tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post2740503842934754343..comments2024-03-28T23:25:17.414+00:00Comments on Bonkers about Perfume: Bonkers about Perfume turns seven! (And ponders on the 'seven year itch'...)Vanessahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11847145282522572183noreply@blogger.comBlogger29125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-82888557338334333232016-11-05T11:54:25.765+00:002016-11-05T11:54:25.765+00:00Hi Cynthia,
Thanks for dropping by, and what a ma...Hi Cynthia,<br /><br />Thanks for dropping by, and what a marvellous coincidence of hobbies! I can tell you that the odds in the draw are excellent, so I wish you luck. ;)Vanessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11847145282522572183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-68740856392667935462016-11-05T02:16:37.787+00:002016-11-05T02:16:37.787+00:00I love fragrances and have a huge Jo Malone collec...I love fragrances and have a huge Jo Malone collection. And, alternatively, I do love elephants and also have a large collection and would like to add this to it. (Maybe I have a hoarding issue)Cynthia.Richardsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09845634023273239854noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-63895319254117292512016-11-04T21:55:12.092+00:002016-11-04T21:55:12.092+00:00Hi Blacknall,
I am touched by your lovely comment...Hi Blacknall,<br /><br />I am touched by your lovely comment - positive feedback like that gives me the impetus to carry on!Vanessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11847145282522572183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-6036618245857050082016-11-04T19:18:02.725+00:002016-11-04T19:18:02.725+00:00Happy Seventh! Yes blogging such a long time must...Happy Seventh! Yes blogging such a long time must sometimes seem rather more like a job than a hobby. Asali is probably correct that one's interest rises and falls over time, but your posts are so consistently amusing and inimitably your own that you're a pleasure to read. Do consider that book ;-) Blacknall Allenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10481392513383253641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-60087633311965215312016-11-01T19:54:11.339+00:002016-11-01T19:54:11.339+00:00Hi Undina,
The thanks are all mine to you for bei...Hi Undina,<br /><br />The thanks are all mine to you for being such a loyal follower and good friend and perfume enabler over the past 6? of the 7 years (approx!). I know I didn't know you when I was in California last, or I would have suggested we met then.<br /><br />I do understand how your recent busy spell - at your old place of work, but the new one also seems to keep you occupied! - Vanessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11847145282522572183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-25508532104538279002016-11-01T07:36:14.546+00:002016-11-01T07:36:14.546+00:00Seven years? It's a long time for almost anyth...Seven years? It's a long time for almost anything, especially hobbies. Congratulation and thank you! I enjoyed many of those 579 :) I hope you'll keep going (they say it gets better with the time - I don't know about hobbies but can attest to some other aspects of life ;)) but in any case... I know where you live!<br /><br />I don't like elephants (and perfume bottles), so DNEM. Undinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05292100499371921334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-59170741700939841882016-10-30T11:43:16.034+00:002016-10-30T11:43:16.034+00:00Hi Asali,
Thanks for your good wishes, and I thin...Hi Asali,<br /><br />Thanks for your good wishes, and I think you could well be right that the ups and downs are part of the process of blogging. I think I also feel a bit overwhelmed at the moment by all the jobs that are outstanding on the house and garden. Had a minor flood yesterday and the lights blew, which was a bit alarming, and will need professional intervention on both counts. You Vanessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11847145282522572183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-55849539578514513202016-10-30T11:36:11.743+00:002016-10-30T11:36:11.743+00:00Hi Hayley,
Great to hear from you, and to learn t...Hi Hayley,<br /><br />Great to hear from you, and to learn that you have found some of my posts helpful - that is a bonus!<br /><br />Ooh, I can so relate to the point about lots of choice stressing you out - I am also that soldier - which partly explains why I am pulling in my antennae in terms of all the new stuff out there.<br /><br />Sample splurges are a good way to control any remaining Vanessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11847145282522572183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-41766075751788348482016-10-30T09:54:19.601+00:002016-10-30T09:54:19.601+00:00A very happy anniversary dear Vanessa. 7 years! Ti...A very happy anniversary dear Vanessa. 7 years! Time flies... I think the ups and downs are just part of blogging, and accepting them is the only way to keep enjoying it. At the moment I write so much at work that I just can't keep my creative writing skills going when I get home. I try to keep up, but just as I sit down to answer an old post by you or other lovely bloggers, I notice a new Asalihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12522693265217204063noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-34469163059706871482016-10-29T17:28:57.700+01:002016-10-29T17:28:57.700+01:00Hi vanessa
I love reading your blog, I always drop...Hi vanessa<br />I love reading your blog, I always drop by to see if there are new posts and your past advice to me was super helpful. I too have slowed down with my perfume hobby not frantically smelling everything, but I like that. I feel more confident in what I like. I don't like lots of choice it stresses me out so I have a small full bottle collection and think really carefully before hayleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13473922115363004380noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-37273493692445343272016-10-27T21:44:48.474+01:002016-10-27T21:44:48.474+01:00Danke, Sabine, und das hat keine Eile!Danke, Sabine, und das hat keine Eile!Vanessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11847145282522572183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-70084854035937654642016-10-27T21:44:12.295+01:002016-10-27T21:44:12.295+01:00Hi Anna,
Nice to hear from you and LOL at 'sp...Hi Anna,<br /><br />Nice to hear from you and LOL at 'spiffing knitting' - you are a wag!<br /><br />You are duly de-entered from the draw. ;)Vanessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11847145282522572183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-13755043555302661962016-10-27T21:43:02.018+01:002016-10-27T21:43:02.018+01:00Hi Tara,
Thanks for your kind words and I am as s...Hi Tara,<br /><br />Thanks for your kind words and I am as surprised as I am pleased that I ignite your fragrance flame in any way at all, despite my own ennui. <br /><br />I know that one about other friends not understanding the status of perfume friends. I am closer these days to some of my PFs than my RFs ('regular friends'), and they tend to know more about the ins and outs of my Vanessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11847145282522572183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-35525592445958408482016-10-27T21:34:45.277+01:002016-10-27T21:34:45.277+01:00PS I mean grey with flecks - and solid grey with p...PS I mean grey with flecks - and solid grey with peach stripes on the brim. That wool has yet to arrive.Vanessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11847145282522572183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-80161532302085242582016-10-27T21:33:49.486+01:002016-10-27T21:33:49.486+01:00Hi Portia,
I am excited about the beanies too. Th...Hi Portia,<br /><br />I am excited about the beanies too. The grey wool with the fleck of peach arrived and it is beautiful. I may experiment with two different styles and you can take your pick. I know I could 'move' the other one.<br /><br />Thanks for your good wishes and support and you are hands down my favourite 'caution', haha. xxVanessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11847145282522572183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-44292839908994381082016-10-27T21:32:25.858+01:002016-10-27T21:32:25.858+01:00Hi Jillie,
Thank you for your lovely and inspirin...Hi Jillie,<br /><br />Thank you for your lovely and inspiring comment. Inadvertently inveigling people's spouses to read my blog is a real feat and I feel suitably honoured that your husband is a fan. Even if he is not a fumehead as such, he might appreciate the forthcoming bathroom post?<br /><br />We sound very similar in terms of our stages in the perfume hobby. Point noted about the Vanessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11847145282522572183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-63451707769468409242016-10-27T21:28:38.460+01:002016-10-27T21:28:38.460+01:00Hi Martha,
Thanks! I do think of us as very much ...Hi Martha,<br /><br />Thanks! I do think of us as very much contemporaneous, and you have just provided the evidence. Maybe it is a thing with blogging over the long term that you do start to veer into different directions. First sewing with you, and now growing. Perhaps it is the restlessness of middle age, but in the end you have to follow the muse!Vanessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11847145282522572183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-75218888550477677792016-10-27T19:48:52.876+01:002016-10-27T19:48:52.876+01:00Happy Geburtstag, dear bonkers. Just saw this and ...Happy Geburtstag, dear bonkers. Just saw this and I will leave a longer reply tomorrow. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13967920797621584017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-61064909586925226032016-10-27T15:08:24.355+01:002016-10-27T15:08:24.355+01:00Congratulations, Bonks, on the blog anniversary an...Congratulations, Bonks, on the blog anniversary and on the spiffing knitting too - I'm very impressed by both!<br /><br />cheerio - and please omit me from the draw as I'm trying to cull things, honestly, I am ...<br /><br />Anna in EdinburghAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-71943498248488880012016-10-27T09:56:34.790+01:002016-10-27T09:56:34.790+01:00Wow, V. 7 years is impressive and what a lovely po...Wow, V. 7 years is impressive and what a lovely post to mark it. <br /><br />Although your writing never feels laboured it's clear you put a lot of time into your post and it's much appreciated.<br /><br />You also help re-ignite my fading fragrance flame. It's the people that keep you going, I agree. It still rankles me that when I mentioned my "perfume friends" my work Tarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00825957684276136205noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-78076546134295914712016-10-27T05:54:50.375+01:002016-10-27T05:54:50.375+01:00WOO HOO! Excited about your Blog-iversary (a bit) ...WOO HOO! Excited about your Blog-iversary (a bit) but SCREAMINGLY excited about my beanies! YAY <br />I will collect them in March when in London. SHHHHH<br />7 years is a huge effort. Congratulations.<br />Love from your favourite "caution".<br />Portia xxxAustralianPerfumeJunkieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14404313441040574550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-3753886863895469252016-10-27T05:46:54.516+01:002016-10-27T05:46:54.516+01:00Your blog has been a relatively recent discovery f...Your blog has been a relatively recent discovery for me, but now having found it I don't want to lose it! I value your different and often funny take on all matters and appreciate your wit and intelligence. In fact I enjoy your writing so much that I have recruited my husband to reading it and he is now a fan too. Oh my goodness, this sounds a bit stalkerish ..... but it's true.<br /><Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-50630850920252497202016-10-27T05:15:57.025+01:002016-10-27T05:15:57.025+01:00Congratulations on the seventh! Your anniversary m...Congratulations on the seventh! Your anniversary made me go check my own log date and discover that I too am a few weeks past my seventh anniversary, which reminded me that I think that I made the same discovery around your fifth blogoversary, or so.<br /><br />Perfume has taken a back seat to The Farm for me lately, which I find rather sad. Not that the Farm is sad; I just rather wish that I Marthahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06115821731964909442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-5129625019159150142016-10-26T23:40:16.008+01:002016-10-26T23:40:16.008+01:00Hi Lindaloo,
Thanks so much for the alliterative ...Hi Lindaloo,<br /><br />Thanks so much for the alliterative greetings- always appreciated. ;)<br /><br />Haha, you have been keeping up with the asynchronous marking of past occasions, I see. I am glad to hear you are still fired up about perfume, and I might do a very occasional knitting post if I can think of an appropriate (as in potentially humorous) angle. I am mindful that my subject matterVanessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11847145282522572183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-88672052829952389322016-10-26T21:03:37.409+01:002016-10-26T21:03:37.409+01:00Bountiful Blessings on your belated birthday bemus...Bountiful Blessings on your belated birthday bemused blogging.<br />Have to admit that wben I read "one day" my immediate response was "it's been a lot longer in the past. :-)<br /><br />I'm not in tbe doldrums, at least not about perfume. But I do know I need to use up a lot more of what I have.<br /><br />Congratulations on the knitting venture. Personally, I'd be Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com