tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post6250590462100236419..comments2024-03-28T23:22:33.776+00:00Comments on Bonkers about Perfume: Proustian purses: travel bags of perfume samples with stories to tellVanessahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11847145282522572183noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-41350299022162098672016-04-17T23:03:26.789+01:002016-04-17T23:03:26.789+01:00Hi Lindaloo,
Thanks for the lowdown on your bangl...Hi Lindaloo,<br /><br />Thanks for the lowdown on your bangle collection. The added alliteration is also greatly appreciated, as is the slack cutting vis-a-vis my Truffle pic posting schedule. I promise only to include a photo if its usage is 'organic', which could be every time or one time in six, we shall see, haha.Vanessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11847145282522572183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-69738302822069318232016-04-17T19:58:14.460+01:002016-04-17T19:58:14.460+01:00Oops, I realized I wasn't alliterative as I co...Oops, I realized I wasn't alliterative as I could have been, so "Yea verily I beareth bags of bangles." ;-)<br />-- you know who<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-57852804526565101412016-04-17T01:02:20.386+01:002016-04-17T01:02:20.386+01:00Much belated reply. Yea verily, you will find me w...Much belated reply. Yea verily, you will find me with bags of bangles. Most are not the jangly kind, although I do miss a set of three glass ones that clinked against each other. Broke them one by one (not on purpose). The others are wood, leather, fabric and a range of plastic (unfortunately no bakelite).<br /><br />-- Lindaloo<br /><br />I appreciate how demanding a fixed schedule of Truffle Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-12233156018014244632016-04-07T23:56:51.590+01:002016-04-07T23:56:51.590+01:00Hi Magpie!
Thanks for persisting, especially as I...Hi Magpie!<br /><br />Thanks for persisting, especially as I know you are still travelling - well, you may be home now.<br /><br />THE leather case of your own design is exquisite and you are so gifted to have come up with the idea.<br /><br />Oh what fun that you have a larger cat bag - great minds and all that jazz...;)Vanessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11847145282522572183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-55120348170187367752016-04-07T19:57:57.161+01:002016-04-07T19:57:57.161+01:00Finally I could read this post!! I love those litt...Finally I could read this post!! I love those little pouches. I have a few but my favourite is THE leather case of my own design. ;) I had a few of them made by a leather craft shop and I'm so happy with how it turned out. <br />By the way, the cat bag you have that predicted your destined meeting with Truffle, I have a shopping bag with the same design. :D Thinkingmagpiehttp://www.theperfumemagpie.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-57498416650706891132016-04-04T20:39:01.082+01:002016-04-04T20:39:01.082+01:00Hi Undina,
LOL at 'bagged' memories! I ha...Hi Undina,<br /><br />LOL at 'bagged' memories! I had forgotten that my preoccupation with cats runs to my gift choices, hehe. And I am glad you are so well catered for in the bag department thanks to your GWPs. I do have a few like that - eg the thin cream Clarins one on the left in the top photo - but on the whole I have mostly needed to buy my own. Some of those GWP bags are really Vanessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11847145282522572183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-52476955202560221702016-04-04T20:32:07.099+01:002016-04-04T20:32:07.099+01:00Hi Asali,
You are clearly as bewitched as me, hah...Hi Asali,<br /><br />You are clearly as bewitched as me, haha. The kitty bag is rather jolly, I must say. I think there was a tenuous link to perfume in there somewhere...now what was it?<br /><br />Truffle has had a good old rootle in the garden today - lightly supervised by me - and am hoping to get some photos of her kohl-rimmed eyes peeping out coyly from the foliage. ;) Vanessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11847145282522572183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-7242168644049953252016-04-04T20:27:39.604+01:002016-04-04T20:27:39.604+01:00Hi Lindaloo,
You know I am not sure I can keep th...Hi Lindaloo,<br /><br />You know I am not sure I can keep this bi-postal cat pic frequency up, you know, but I will see how I go. The legitimacy must be maintained, which is the tricky part. ;)<br /><br />LOL at 'purse-piqued'. I have learnt something about you I didn't know, namely that you are into bangles. The jangly bangle kind, or just bracelet-ery in general?Vanessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11847145282522572183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-27883772641190862992016-04-04T20:25:13.554+01:002016-04-04T20:25:13.554+01:00I did think I might be the Britisher in question, ...I did think I might be the Britisher in question, but didn't like to presume. Even the description of the fabric purse wasn't completely conclusive - given the sieve-like nature of my memory for such detail. I do remember our meeting vividly though - two meetings indeed, at either end of the whirlwind US tour - and if you made tea from bags I wouldn't have batted an eyelid, haha.Vanessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11847145282522572183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-23437759185338296482016-04-04T19:08:39.680+01:002016-04-04T19:08:39.680+01:00Being sentimental, I love those things that are li...Being sentimental, I love those things that are linked to other people, events or times - so I really enjoyed reading your "bagged" memories.<br /><br />I have just a couple of bags that are associated with people: an extremely cute bag with a cat on it (thank you once again!) and another one - from Val (similar to yours but of a different color). Other than that... I have to confess: IUndinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05292100499371921334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-64896637250959941292016-04-04T14:10:22.390+01:002016-04-04T14:10:22.390+01:00I may have coined that word -- particularly approp...I may have coined that word -- particularly appropriate verbing in the context of purses, no? ;) <br /><br />As for the identity of said Britisher, ours was a meeting in the midst of a whirlwind U.S. tour, wherein I at one point took the lout's way out and made tea from bags. Which benefits from being of a theme in this particular conversational thread, but which still makes me wince when ScentScelfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12264276265890227820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-32415660284036493662016-04-04T10:23:48.457+01:002016-04-04T10:23:48.457+01:00I truly enjoyed this post, but even more so for it...I truly enjoyed this post, but even more so for its gorgeous ending :-) Truffleeeeeeeeee! I was just thinking that out of all the nice bags I really love the 'Tara-bag', when the kitty bag showed up, and I went into kitty-mode. I adore her Khol-eyes.<br />Sorry, I forgot, where we talking perfumes? Asalihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12522693265217204063noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-52995726821603284512016-04-04T04:51:26.606+01:002016-04-04T04:51:26.606+01:00I laughed *very* out loud when I saw the last pict...I laughed *very* out loud when I saw the last picture, before I even noticed the dedication. I was so impressed, "Vanessa managed to find a legitimate reason for a picture of Truffle."<br />I liked the purse-piqued Proustian memories. In my case you'd more likely hear, "that would be perfect to hold that set of bangles" which I had bought in a specific place, found at an Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-45592288097974360492016-04-03T22:10:10.403+01:002016-04-03T22:10:10.403+01:00Hi Pats,
Nice to hear from you and thanks for rem...Hi Pats,<br /><br />Nice to hear from you and thanks for reminding me of your win on The Thinking Magpie. I remember thinking what a lucky person the winner of that leather bag was, but had forgotten it was you! It is a very special thing for sure, and you won't see anyone else walking round with one in Anderson & McCauley, even if it still existed. ;)Vanessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11847145282522572183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-2530290624134389922016-04-03T22:07:35.331+01:002016-04-03T22:07:35.331+01:00Hi Tara,
Glad you liked it, and thanks for partly...Hi Tara,<br /><br />Glad you liked it, and thanks for partly inspiring it with your lovely perfume-that-is-now-make up bag! My cosmetics collection isn't really supposed to be expanding, but as you know that isn't how these things work, hehe.<br /><br />Yes, I really appreciated Sabine's serial purse purchases for me. I have other elephant imagery in my life, at least. ;)Vanessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11847145282522572183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-39615861727127378312016-04-03T19:56:49.957+01:002016-04-03T19:56:49.957+01:00Loved your post as usual and thanks for sharing th...Loved your post as usual and thanks for sharing the stories of your sample/travel bags and pouches. I always enjoy the thoughts behind the ways that little treasures come to me. My favourite travel bag is from a competition that i won from the lovely Magpie - its a beautifully soft handmade leather bag with a long tie strap (only a few were made). I feel so happy and indeed special to have one ofPatshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00556837049145356619noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-75154275903601964142016-04-03T15:55:58.120+01:002016-04-03T15:55:58.120+01:00Thoroughly enjoyed this post, V! So many lovely co...Thoroughly enjoyed this post, V! So many lovely connections through this fetching assortment of bags. You also have every occasion covered. I'm very pleased mine is helping to accommodate your expanding make-up collection. <br /><br />Elephants were a motif of the retreat so I'm particularly sorry that one was lost. Lovely of Sabine to replace it though. Tarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00825957684276136205noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-40077712481627848052016-04-03T15:22:21.224+01:002016-04-03T15:22:21.224+01:00Hi ScentScelf,
Pulchritude makes a good collectiv...Hi ScentScelf,<br /><br />Pulchritude makes a good collective noun in this instance!<br /><br />I wish people could post pictures of said envelopes and pouches. I am intrigued by the one you describe, also the identity of the Britisher in question. Did you just make that word up, hehe?Vanessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11847145282522572183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-49268912514060342042016-04-03T15:19:17.822+01:002016-04-03T15:19:17.822+01:00Oh Portia, you little duck.;) (As they say round t...Oh Portia, you little duck.;) (As they say round these parts...) <br /><br />I have embarked on a hat for you now by the way - well, I may do a couple of prototypes and send you my top hat pick... xxVanessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11847145282522572183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-56954962483143405002016-04-03T14:41:22.810+01:002016-04-03T14:41:22.810+01:00I read this and as I did so, unearthed virtual wal...I read this and as I did so, unearthed virtual wallets full of memories.<br /><br />I also have a collection of fabric envelopes and pouches (ducking the purse/wallet for now) with assembled delights gathered by various means of divining. One of which is a demo-velvety multi-colored print that by practical selection housed my flight of Dior decants, but with whimsy and fond stirring always ScentScelfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12264276265890227820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-20363878671025409082016-04-03T14:32:20.778+01:002016-04-03T14:32:20.778+01:00OMG! I love this piece. Not much of a travel bag p...OMG! I love this piece. Not much of a travel bag person myself but now I want to find you an Aussie one to add to your collection.<br />I'll start looking immediately.<br />Portia xxPortiahttp://australianperfumejunkies.comnoreply@blogger.com