tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post376210872610787224..comments2024-03-28T04:23:30.371+00:00Comments on Bonkers about Perfume: That sinking feeling: my spontaneous scent spotting shame in a Titanic pubVanessahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11847145282522572183noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-34640174553801217202016-02-25T10:46:45.991+00:002016-02-25T10:46:45.991+00:00Doh!! I did wonder if it was to do with my maths a...Doh!! I did wonder if it was to do with my maths about the lady's age, but persisted in my false calculation. ;)<br /><br />And thanks for the explanation of the origin of 'in the wild' - I remember the blog, but not the phrase. Well done for digging up the very post! Vanessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11847145282522572183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-27700426657447672372016-02-25T08:04:38.189+00:002016-02-25T08:04:38.189+00:00"At one point I was sitting near a lady who l..."At one point I was sitting near a lady who let slip that her birthday was 15th April, the day the ship sank. 'Not 1912, obviously,' she added, in case I might have thought she was just a young-looking 113." If she were to be born in 1912, it would have made her 103 years old, not 113.<br />Sorry, you know my relationship with numbers :)<br /><br />As to the phrase "in the Undinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05292100499371921334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-62924717664591488432016-02-24T23:10:47.087+00:002016-02-24T23:10:47.087+00:00Hi Undina,
Your opening comment sounds like a ver...Hi Undina,<br /><br />Your opening comment sounds like a very good joke but I am afraid I am being a bit slow - I will have to ask you to explain the Internet part!<br /><br />I can well imagine that the proliferation of new releases could addle your nose and brain, and good for you for recognising as many as you did back when there were fewer doing the rounds. I do love that expression 'in Vanessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11847145282522572183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-50651275192230021352016-02-24T23:02:45.827+00:002016-02-24T23:02:45.827+00:00I say, what a coincidence! What is it with elderly...I say, what a coincidence! What is it with elderly ladies and a yen for (relatively) unsafe modes of air transport?Vanessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11847145282522572183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-45008285528513447502016-02-24T23:00:51.372+00:002016-02-24T23:00:51.372+00:00Hi Asali,
Yes, I also do a lot of the 'I know...Hi Asali,<br /><br />Yes, I also do a lot of the 'I know this one' frustrated near recognition. ;)<br /><br />I think my mainstream and niche spotting powers are probably on the same very poor footing!Vanessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11847145282522572183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-400958407485282802016-02-24T22:57:50.095+00:002016-02-24T22:57:50.095+00:00Yes, she was great - looked after my brother and m...Yes, she was great - looked after my brother and me from when we were babies, on and off. When I last visited her she opened a drawer and pulled out a drawing my brother had done aged about 3. He is 62 now, so she'd had it a while. And it sounds like my babysitter and your granny were of an age - perhaps they were both sitting on their dad's shoulders!Vanessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11847145282522572183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-71152887675213477642016-02-24T03:02:58.179+00:002016-02-24T03:02:58.179+00:00I've heard that camera adds ten pounds; now I ...I've heard that camera adds ten pounds; now I can see that Internet adds ten years ;-P<br /><br />I used to be extremely good at recognizing perfumes. But it was back in times when new releases were really few and far between. Usually I knew and remembered most of the current mainstream offerings and could recognize them "in the wild." After I dived into the rabbit hole and started Undinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05292100499371921334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-32550191288417904402016-02-23T12:00:48.163+00:002016-02-23T12:00:48.163+00:00ps funny about the helicopter, I just remembered t...ps funny about the helicopter, I just remembered that my great grandmother (about the same year as your nanny) also went on a helicopter trip I think when she was perhaps 90 or so. She didn't make the hundred though, 97 I believe. Asalihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12522693265217204063noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-515186376235467522016-02-23T11:55:45.998+00:002016-02-23T11:55:45.998+00:00Like Tara, I can't spot the mainstream perfume...Like Tara, I can't spot the mainstream perfumes at all, and with other ones... It depends, normally it's just a 'I know this one', unless it's something I know well. <br />You nanny sounds like she was a wonderful woman. Asalihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12522693265217204063noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-12636724068860817852016-02-22T22:30:04.290+00:002016-02-22T22:30:04.290+00:00Your babysitter sounds like a terrific sort--I lov...Your babysitter sounds like a terrific sort--I love the idea of the century-celebration in a helicopter!<br /><br />I really should know when my grandmother was born. I know she was only a little girl at the time--her father, who was a tall man*, held her on his shoulders so she could get a good view. It was a very vivid memory for her. Um. She was 96 when she died in 2002...so, born in 1906 crikeynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-13968337238167642032016-02-22T15:38:46.726+00:002016-02-22T15:38:46.726+00:00Hi Tara,
Glad you enjoyed it, and good spot of Cu...Hi Tara,<br /><br />Glad you enjoyed it, and good spot of Cuir d'Ange on Portia! I would like to think I'd clock that, but if it was in its radiant / diffuse soft leathery phase I guess I might well mistake it for other things.Vanessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11847145282522572183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-58045129465269478722016-02-22T15:36:40.996+00:002016-02-22T15:36:40.996+00:00Hi crikey,
What a marvellous coincidence about yo...Hi crikey,<br /><br />What a marvellous coincidence about your grandmother and my babysitter! How old would she have been? Also a child? My grandmother would have been in her 20s, though she didn't ever live in Ireland.<br /><br />It is reassuring to hear that you are also not particularly adept at identifying perfumes other people are wearing. I do also have those other failures in my bag, Vanessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11847145282522572183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-77314210438456843142016-02-22T11:17:15.307+00:002016-02-22T11:17:15.307+00:00Oh you made me laugh about the woman making sure y...Oh you made me laugh about the woman making sure you didn't think she was a young looking 113! Also enjoyed the Ex Mr Bonkers excerpt. <br /><br />I know hardly any of the popular mainstream scents most people wear. They mainly blur into one for me. I did spot Portia was wearing Cuir d'Ange when I got in the care at Venice airport but I do own that one. Tarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00825957684276136205noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-31012550404265312462016-02-22T10:53:36.208+00:002016-02-22T10:53:36.208+00:00What a lovely sounding evening!
I am the *worst* ...What a lovely sounding evening!<br /><br />I am the *worst* at identifying perfume when other people are wearing it. I don't think it's just because so many just blur together. I think it's in my big bag of failure of identification skills--the bag that also contains many examples of "i know this song, but, bugger, can't place it" and "oooh, that actor, he was in...crikeynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-78030041775486438992016-02-21T17:31:45.674+00:002016-02-21T17:31:45.674+00:00Hi Sam,
And Happy Birthday to you! I laughed at t...Hi Sam,<br /><br />And Happy Birthday to you! I laughed at the notion of Miss Dior's mother not recognising it, and that was a really good spot on your part all right. I nearly mentioned that I would probably be able to spot Coco Mlle as well, and of course Angel. I thought Daisy might have been pushing up daisies by now, but evidently not round your way. Makes the job easier if there are Vanessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11847145282522572183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-10070024176222127392016-02-21T16:55:43.170+00:002016-02-21T16:55:43.170+00:00Hello Vanessa, and what a lovely blog post. There ...Hello Vanessa, and what a lovely blog post. There is something wonderful about the immediacy of live music in a cosy inn on a cold night. <br /><br />I am not bad at scent spotting, although it has made me cynical. I am sure there are only around three fragrances in constant circulation sometimes and they are: Coco Mademoiselle, Angel and Marc Jacobs Daisy. My best scent spot was Miss Dior, Samanthahttp://www.iscentyouaday.comnoreply@blogger.com