tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post6939314866546831588..comments2024-03-28T23:25:17.414+00:00Comments on Bonkers about Perfume: Diss your worst! Share your scent slur similes in a perfume putdown throwdown. (Featuring a 'subject to availability' fragrance flingaway, and other prize options)Vanessahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11847145282522572183noreply@blogger.comBlogger35125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-62803270522091037352017-03-08T13:54:55.510+00:002017-03-08T13:54:55.510+00:00Hi Asali,
I quite agree with you in your approach...Hi Asali,<br /><br />I quite agree with you in your approach to reviews - helping someone decide if their taste chimes with the reviewer - or the exact opposite - is equally helpful. Good on you for getting Sergei to do your dirty work on that Zarko brand. I also enjoyed 'grim citrus-ozonic' - if Copenhagen smelt like that it would surely put me off returning.Vanessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11847145282522572183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-65189438459405806192017-03-08T09:02:08.363+00:002017-03-08T09:02:08.363+00:00I like this theme very much, so finally catching u...I like this theme very much, so finally catching up on my reading I'll chime in 😊 I think I've written quite a few times that I prefer to write in a way that make people decide themselves if they like something or not. I can often see in the comments that it works, which means if I would have written a putdown those same people wouldn't have assumed to like this same perfume. I thinkAsalihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12522693265217204063noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-26142277932196874152017-02-13T10:17:19.264+00:002017-02-13T10:17:19.264+00:00Well, that's a happy spin off of this post! ;)...Well, that's a happy spin off of this post! ;)Vanessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11847145282522572183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-28430277518951911132017-02-13T10:13:54.204+00:002017-02-13T10:13:54.204+00:00Hi Hayley,
I completely agree with all the points...Hi Hayley,<br /><br />I completely agree with all the points you make - I shy away from blandness and vitriol and love a witty riposte, especially - as in the case of the sublime putdown from The Black Narcissus - it is prefaced by 'I might be wrong'. That is just brilliant.<br /><br />I have put you in the draw as I do normally post on a Sunday, and my deadlines are as capable of the Vanessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11847145282522572183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-12708512887323754262017-02-12T20:11:45.007+00:002017-02-12T20:11:45.007+00:00Hi Vanessa
I don't like to read horrible and ...Hi Vanessa <br />I don't like to read horrible and sometimes cruel reviews especially about independent perfumers, it's just plain mean. However I do think it's a bit dull to read some bland reviews were its obvious the reviewer doesn't want to upset any brands. I like blogs that offer an opinion but that appreciate it might not be others, as its unpleasant to read something nastyhayleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13473922115363004380noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-24864304263292849932017-02-09T20:01:03.680+00:002017-02-09T20:01:03.680+00:00Oh, thank you, you have just reminded me that I ne...Oh, thank you, you have just reminded me that I need to throw away a BOTTLE of Sunflowers that sits on my mother's bathroom counter. She will not know what happened to it,and I will be spared every smelling it again, up close and personal. <br />Shudder!!!sunnlitthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18350123948334631661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-51140466922813386362017-02-09T18:01:48.436+00:002017-02-09T18:01:48.436+00:00Hi Blacknall,
LOL at the notion of the US shying ...Hi Blacknall,<br /><br />LOL at the notion of the US shying away from ass in the perfumery sense. Americans are supposed to have more preppy, Estee Lauder-y tastes, aren't they?Vanessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11847145282522572183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-22605051003730316142017-02-09T18:00:25.045+00:002017-02-09T18:00:25.045+00:00Hi Anonymous,
Strong opinions definitely count, I...Hi Anonymous,<br /><br />Strong opinions definitely count, I'd say, given the strong meat of the perfumes in question. That is a very fine selection, thank you. I have myself had a pop at Yatagan - here it is, being compared to Amouage Tribute, which I dubbed 'Attila the Attar'. And I stand by that!<br /><br />http://bonkersaboutperfume.blogspot.co.uk/2010/07/Vanessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11847145282522572183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-26110613914586289812017-02-09T17:56:00.341+00:002017-02-09T17:56:00.341+00:00PS May have to find a tester of Sunflowers, hehe, ...PS May have to find a tester of Sunflowers, hehe, to make your sample.Vanessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11847145282522572183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-8600116187491340772017-02-09T17:55:36.346+00:002017-02-09T17:55:36.346+00:00Hi odiferess,
Ooh yes, there's a lot of Emper...Hi odiferess,<br /><br />Ooh yes, there's a lot of Emperor's New Clothes syndrome going on I feel. Entire wardrobes of it.<br /><br />Like that quote from ScentBitch - this stuff must be her stock in trade - or should I say mother's milk? ;)Vanessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11847145282522572183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-61595601801438644722017-02-09T17:53:24.263+00:002017-02-09T17:53:24.263+00:00In fairness, my comment about Cardinal is from way...In fairness, my comment about Cardinal is from way back. I may be better with substrates of dank flagstones these days.<br /><br />Diss as the epicentre of sprout cultivation! I have learnt a new fact there. Way too abstruse for me to have incorporated it into the post, but hat's off to you meanwhile. I needed the celery to tie in with my review of The Unicorn Spell. Funnily enough I used to Vanessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11847145282522572183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-72392524092611766862017-02-09T14:34:30.975+00:002017-02-09T14:34:30.975+00:00This was a brilliant idea Vanessa. We've all r...This was a brilliant idea Vanessa. We've all read some nasty put downs and I like "bathtastic" too. <br /><br /> Sometimes pans and praise are close to one another. I thought Mona di Orio's Ouiro was all about ass, but would sell poorly Stateside because Americans dismiss ass. What we do is to kiss ass, kick ass, or haul ass, but we don't talk ass. The French do that ;-) Blacknall Allenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10481392513383253641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-15213178826588726332017-02-08T22:30:28.889+00:002017-02-08T22:30:28.889+00:00Eww... melony showers. Yes. Exactly. (I rather lik...Eww... melony showers. Yes. Exactly. (I rather like Cardinal, but, now I may have to revisit my sample to see if I get the whiff of Cif.)<br /><br />Meant to say, when I saw the title I was suprised to see a sign for celery rather than sprouts. Diss is very pleased with itself for being the town with the higher per capita consumption of said veg. (Are there any unfortunate perfumes that have a crikeynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-83327850559150144162017-02-08T22:27:25.425+00:002017-02-08T22:27:25.425+00:00When I am sad I go read reviews of Yatagan, Serge ...When I am sad I go read reviews of Yatagan, Serge Lutens Muscs Koublai Khan, YSL Kouros, and of COURSE EDLO Secretions Magnifiques. Some of the following may or may not be compliments and not disses but there is nothing like a perfume that is supposed to smell like a hint of something unmentionable to bring out the strong opinions: <br /><br /><br /><br />" It smells of ice cold razorblades,Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-17526997541705421592017-02-08T19:01:25.489+00:002017-02-08T19:01:25.489+00:00Oh this has made me chortle!
I can't think of...Oh this has made me chortle!<br /><br />I can't think of any moments when I've thoroughly slated a whiff, but I do think there are many bottles that are worthy of such vitriol! In general I find the industry nowadays frequently riseable in Emperor's New Clothes stylee. Niche, privee exclusif anyone?<br /><br />Instead I shall quote from the wonderful 'ScentBitch':<br /><br />&odiferesshttp://odiferess.blogspot.co.uk/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-56689519345526237262017-02-08T08:34:23.063+00:002017-02-08T08:34:23.063+00:00Hahahaha, so you do!! I have a decant somewhere, b...Hahahaha, so you do!! I have a decant somewhere, but it is easily overlooked in the tray of silver topped decants. Assuming it isn't gold. ;)Vanessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11847145282522572183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-69748054617951237312017-02-08T08:32:19.637+00:002017-02-08T08:32:19.637+00:00You did, you did!! And I always pride myself on te...You did, you did!! And I always pride myself on telling fact from fiction, and spotting irony, poetic licence and tongue in cheekness at fifty paces. I was well and truly fooled. ;)Vanessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11847145282522572183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-40521491630117446552017-02-08T03:12:18.749+00:002017-02-08T03:12:18.749+00:00That's because now I have your bottle. And bot...That's because now <i>I</i> have your bottle. And <i>both</i> boxes ;)Undinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05292100499371921334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-11115751765586512262017-02-08T03:10:05.275+00:002017-02-08T03:10:05.275+00:00See! See!!! I got even you confused with the milk ...See! See!!! I got even you confused with the milk example in my 6th year anniversary post :)<br />Just to set the record straight: I love milk and I adore butterflies (and not afraid of them) ;)Undinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05292100499371921334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-69938320056316179822017-02-07T18:35:57.488+00:002017-02-07T18:35:57.488+00:00Hi Val,
The Bussis are the giveaway? I do remembe...Hi Val,<br /><br />The Bussis are the giveaway? I do remember an incident that upset one perfumer - something nasty as you say. I am sure you rocked those pungent perfumes of your youth. I do love me a lightly louche scent as you know. Your pet hate is Chergui, interesting. I can totally see that - it is a bit medicinal - but I do like it myself. Saying that, I haven't worn it in a long whileVanessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11847145282522572183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-21453762809802605152017-02-07T18:27:10.197+00:002017-02-07T18:27:10.197+00:00Hi Undina,
Thanks for your very interesting contr...Hi Undina,<br /><br />Thanks for your very interesting contribution to the debate, which resonated with me on a number of levels. I am very similar to you in that I also say to perfume houses that wish to offer me samples that I will only write a review if I a) like the scent in question and b) can think of a bonkers angle. Or a personal connection / story of some sort.<br /><br />I also suffer Vanessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11847145282522572183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-1728927191028172422017-02-07T18:14:16.466+00:002017-02-07T18:14:16.466+00:00Hi crikey,
How I larfed at your 'waterboardin...Hi crikey,<br /><br />How I larfed at your 'waterboarding' image. Reminds me of my take on the 90s classic l'Eau d'Issey - 'a melon-scented freshly exited shower cubicle' - but your line is more surreal. And your La Religieuse description has a parallel in my description of Heeley Cardinal as flagstones in the nave of a church that the verger has scruffed with lemon Cif. Vanessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11847145282522572183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-26568255002016095872017-02-07T17:04:28.025+00:002017-02-07T17:04:28.025+00:00creative snark*creative snark*Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-70784918998635009602017-02-07T17:03:30.137+00:002017-02-07T17:03:30.137+00:00Oh my gosh how I would love to put a whole big lon...Oh my gosh how I would love to put a whole big long put down post together. Hahahahahaha. So much utter rubbish to write about. But of course I wouldn´t because it´s all so personal isn´t it? More laughing. Truthfully, I have read some stuff from bloggers, some really nasty stuff, and it hurt people badly. Bringing them to tears, including two perfumers very dear to many perfumistas hearts. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-17312064438361899852017-02-07T06:25:00.244+00:002017-02-07T06:25:00.244+00:00I think my inability to properly review perfumes c...I think my inability to properly review perfumes come from several aspects: my limited scent-related vocabulary, limited capabilities of my nose and, what is the most relevant to the topic of this post, my complete lack of imagination when it comes to building parallels between what I smell in perfume and what it reminds me of. I don't get any images in my head - be that good or bad - so thatUndinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05292100499371921334noreply@blogger.com