tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post6852814362694448824..comments2024-03-28T04:23:30.371+00:00Comments on Bonkers about Perfume: Kitchen sink cologne and over-egged coleslaw - and how, as with slaw, less is moreVanessahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11847145282522572183noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-7119846005165636302018-09-05T18:57:06.069+01:002018-09-05T18:57:06.069+01:00Hi AnnieA,
That sounds well worth a sniff, haha!Hi AnnieA,<br /><br />That sounds well worth a sniff, haha!Vanessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11847145282522572183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-50648060814519152772018-09-03T20:53:45.200+01:002018-09-03T20:53:45.200+01:00Following the example of Old Herbaceous, I too wil...Following the example of Old Herbaceous, I too will quote Perfumes and suggest Cosmic by Solange, a "mad, three-ring circus of a scent"...AnnieAAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-37376774657590043152018-08-31T17:21:56.086+01:002018-08-31T17:21:56.086+01:00Hi Portia,
Diva by Ungano...oooh, with that name ...Hi Portia,<br /><br />Diva by Ungano...oooh, with that name I can well imagine. And the others are also great suggestions. I know how much you love Ubar so I hope you weren't offended by my choosing it to illustrate the kitchen sink principle.<br /><br />I am definitely going to try that KFC coleslaw. Would be nice with a chicken wrap, say.<br /><br />Isn't it fun about the differences inVanessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11847145282522572183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-31729816508884050622018-08-30T01:10:17.674+01:002018-08-30T01:10:17.674+01:00Hey Vaness,
Diva by Ungaro is my kitchen sinker. Y...Hey Vaness,<br />Diva by Ungaro is my kitchen sinker. YSL Opium ids another.Youth Dew by Estee Lauder could cheerfully compete too.<br />ALL the coleslaws please. Val is correct, KFC still makes the best even though it too has changed over the years. Yeah, load em up with almost anything and I'm in.<br />I LOVE how your brother remembers your story too but in a totally different way. It'sAustralianPerfumeJunkieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14404313441040574550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-31247941006060158862018-08-27T09:50:12.838+01:002018-08-27T09:50:12.838+01:00Hi CQ,
If your coleslaw is anywhere near as mouth...Hi CQ,<br /><br />If your coleslaw is anywhere near as mouthwatering as your cookies, I would love to try it. Especially with this added reassurance on the raisin front. I hate it when they put cheese in coleslaw too. That is all kinds of wrong. Red cabbage obviously has its festive place. And now I am curious to try the KFC one, if it is still the same...Vanessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11847145282522572183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-10743012640348018892018-08-27T09:46:52.806+01:002018-08-27T09:46:52.806+01:00Excellent! Thank you, Old Herbaceous, for this fin...Excellent! Thank you, Old Herbaceous, for this fine example of note frenzy. And what a great description too. It was a long time ago but I do remember quite liking it!Vanessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11847145282522572183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-1755599930806619952018-08-27T06:12:47.744+01:002018-08-27T06:12:47.744+01:00I make a good coleslaw, preferring the classic com...I make a good coleslaw, preferring the classic combo of cabbage and carrot. Red cabbage is nice in it too. Once a year at Christmas. No raisins. Ugh, the very thought of it. Americans add pineapple sometimes too. Don‘t. I used to love, and might still if I bought some, KFC‘s coleslaw. This is going back years mind, and usually involving a munchies attack. If I remember correctly, they cookie queenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10722782753774480165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-55106454107460869782018-08-27T02:17:51.689+01:002018-08-27T02:17:51.689+01:00Boucheron! Luca Turin, who gave it five stars, com...Boucheron! Luca Turin, who gave it five stars, compared it to a team of eight pulling a gilt carriage. SO many notes! Va va voom.Old Herbaceoushttps://scentsandsensibilities.conoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-35590435663967290762018-08-26T22:41:13.024+01:002018-08-26T22:41:13.024+01:00Hahahaha, Roger, you are off the hook, and the tru...Hahahaha, Roger, you are off the hook, and the true story - that is now vaguely coming back to me as you tell it - is even better than my wrongly remembered version. This is where your greater age and superior recall comes into its own. Did I at least get the light principle from you though, to even think of suggesting this to my classmate? I was no more than eight,maybe younger, so definitely Vanessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11847145282522572183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-67665859904261142062018-08-26T22:35:31.862+01:002018-08-26T22:35:31.862+01:00Hi Tara,
'Big oldfashioned florals' is ju...Hi Tara,<br /><br />'Big oldfashioned florals' is just what I was scratching around to say, and sums up the category nicely. For me they usually have LOTS of flowers and every conceivable base note known to perfumery, with a slug of spices for good measure.Vanessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11847145282522572183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-16725478904715425562018-08-26T22:32:35.723+01:002018-08-26T22:32:35.723+01:00This is completely untrue. The true story is this:...This is completely untrue. The true story is this: one of Vanessa's classmates was doing some project involving a deer. She had written "the deer has a white backside" and asked Vanessa how to colour something white. Vanessa then suggested mixing all colours together. Crayons not behaving the same way as light, the result was as you might expect. Vanessa then cheerfully advised her Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18326375633198434760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-8584276036244003462018-08-26T20:40:59.096+01:002018-08-26T20:40:59.096+01:00Loved reading about the superfood bingo coleslaw, ...Loved reading about the superfood bingo coleslaw, V and your days as an industry mogul. Tasting 36 sanples every Friday morning must have been quite something. <br /><br />I think of those big old fashioned floral as kitchen sink fragrances. Something like Joy, though I have no idea if it has a ton of notes. Tarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00825957684276136205noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-84770865698945988202018-08-26T12:41:00.189+01:002018-08-26T12:41:00.189+01:00Hi Ines,
I am glad I am not the only one sufferin...Hi Ines,<br /><br />I am glad I am not the only one suffering from mental blanks when it comes to this 'niche' category of perfumes, but am pleased you can relate to it. They are probably best forgotten, haha.<br /><br />I am less surprised that coleslaw is not 'native' to your part of Europe than I was to hear that Undina cannot buy it in tubs in the supermarket. ;) The exceptionVanessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11847145282522572183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-13605222548731713572018-08-26T12:36:59.492+01:002018-08-26T12:36:59.492+01:00Hi crikey,
I think raisins are a bad addition to ...Hi crikey,<br /><br />I think raisins are a bad addition to many things. The time I have spent picking them out of muesli - I could have done so much else with it! Chocolate raisins are perhaps their best manifestation.<br /><br />I hear you on the 'big production yet nevertheless successful' perfumes, and there are doubtless many examples of those. I might still be wary, but I know in Vanessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11847145282522572183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-73639458031374183242018-08-26T12:10:46.483+01:002018-08-26T12:10:46.483+01:00No perfumes come to mind at the moment, but I'...No perfumes come to mind at the moment, but I'm sure I came upon what you mention. Luckily (in this case) my memory of names is bad so I also successfully forgot them.<br />I'm pretty sure I never had a real coleslaw salad as it's not native here (is that the right word for a salad?). But when it comes to cooking, I stick with as little ingredients as possible but they have to be goodIneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12119611878721554991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-59881839883787647762018-08-26T11:02:28.025+01:002018-08-26T11:02:28.025+01:00I'm wary of mentioning these examples, because...I'm wary of mentioning these examples, because though they list masses of notes I think they are bloody lovely rather than kitchen-sinky and certainly not the stomach-curdling idea of squash and coconut coleslaw: MEM, MAAI, and Zoologist's Civet. While the latter two are "big and rich", MEM is complex but not one of those two-puddings-at-once type of perfumes.<br /><br />p.s. mycrikeyhttps://instagram.com/slowlightnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-9513905766110111342018-08-26T10:14:02.442+01:002018-08-26T10:14:02.442+01:00Hi Undina,
I had no idea that prepacked coleslaw ...Hi Undina,<br /><br />I had no idea that prepacked coleslaw was not a thing in the States - it is very common here. Well, obviously. I wonder what the market is worth now, if it was about £45m then.<br /><br />I was curious to try this new take on coleslaw, so it doesn't surprise me that you would also be intrigued, but I am confident you would also find it icky. ;)<br /><br />I thought of Vanessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11847145282522572183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-72435950191699082602018-08-26T10:05:19.585+01:002018-08-26T10:05:19.585+01:00Hi Lady Jane Grey,
Oh, I know that scenario so we...Hi Lady Jane Grey,<br /><br />Oh, I know that scenario so well of concocting eclectic 'back of the fridge' fusion dishes, with varying degrees of success. ;)<br /><br />I am the same as you, and tend to avoid those scents with shedloads of notes, for the same reason. I just think it will be sensory overload and not in a good way. Sacrebleu Intense is even worse, by the way...I forgot to Vanessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11847145282522572183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-30618802374662373092018-08-26T10:00:13.984+01:002018-08-26T10:00:13.984+01:00Hi Jillie,
650 notes is going it some! Though it ...Hi Jillie,<br /><br />650 notes is going it some! Though it smells all right to my nose, unless I have only ever been exposed to the thinner version. ;)<br /><br />I don't think the rogue pots got very far into the supply chain, but am sorry you had a bad experience that time. I have not been put off - I will just revert to classic coleslaw as I have with 'classic' Gmail.Vanessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11847145282522572183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-869335965024191042018-08-26T09:21:08.163+01:002018-08-26T09:21:08.163+01:00I had no idea that coleslaw can be anything but a ...I had no idea that coleslaw can be anything but a side dish in a restaurant or maybe an item in the fresh deli section of the supermarket! I don’t think I’ve ever seen a pre-packed variety. But leaving aside the fact that I’d eat that type of salad only freshly made, the combination you described doesn’t sound that bad to me. I mean, I understand that whatever you tried could be horrible, and I Undinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05292100499371921334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-28996477501982983402018-08-26T09:12:14.736+01:002018-08-26T09:12:14.736+01:00That over-the-top coleslaw reminds me my attempts ...That over-the-top coleslaw reminds me my attempts to use up the leftovers in my pantry, when arriving home from a weeklong business trip late at Friday and all shops are already closed, so buying fresh goods is no option...<br />(Hm, parfum-wise, I‘ve never gone for those with miriade of ingredients - they always remind me the result of your first try to achieve white : muddy brown - not a scent lady jane greyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07026015014367427852noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-64960239544694537792018-08-26T08:09:09.247+01:002018-08-26T08:09:09.247+01:00When Estee Lauder launched Beautiful in the 80'...When Estee Lauder launched Beautiful in the 80's, they made great play of it containing 1,000 flowers! I am sure I read something at the time saying it actually had something like 650 notes, but can't find any reference to that. Even if it really was so full of ingredients then, I would definitely say it's a bit thinner now!<br /><br />I used to love coleslaw until I was really ill Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com