tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-415795419713091856.post2300192167618839605..comments2024-03-15T06:00:46.018-04:00Comments on I Smell Therefore I Am: Perfumes I ought to like... but don'tAbigailhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08164551758520564300noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-415795419713091856.post-470637922663228622011-12-03T15:01:53.909-05:002011-12-03T15:01:53.909-05:00Delighted to be able to open your blog on my Netbo...Delighted to be able to open your blog on my Netbook - for some reason Firefox likes you but my version of IE doesn't, and I have been tantalised by post titles too numerous to mention which I haven't been able to go on to read!<br /><br />Anyway, enjoyed this post very much, and heartily agree on L'Instant and Cinema and Sublime! Am not mad about Coco Mlle either and even prefer the Vanessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11847145282522572183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-415795419713091856.post-24416923650592835762011-11-24T03:15:47.291-05:002011-11-24T03:15:47.291-05:00Love this premise, Abigail! I'm filled with so...Love this premise, Abigail! I'm filled with sorrowful disappointment in myself that I can't love Mitsouko. I feel like I'm not just missing the boat by not digging it - I'm missing the entire fleet. I love rich, dark, Queen-of-Sheba perfumes - so what's my ding-dang problem with Mitsouko? It smells oily and a bit stale to me. The only way I allow myself off the hook is to Katie Puckrikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12816871787892998256noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-415795419713091856.post-86934536233342664272011-11-23T13:03:06.394-05:002011-11-23T13:03:06.394-05:00Olfacta,
Oh, but that IS what Iris Silver Mist sm...Olfacta,<br /><br />Oh, but that IS what Iris Silver Mist smells like, on it's best day! :)<br /><br />annemariec,<br />that's too bad about Y. I actually like that one. But I see what you mean. It's polite.<br /><br />Scenterella,<br />Pencil shavings is true! And I think there are many who enjoy that smell. Not me. Even Frangipani and Tiare have left me cold (and I thought I Abigailhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08164551758520564300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-415795419713091856.post-52006048058872657992011-11-23T11:08:32.776-05:002011-11-23T11:08:32.776-05:00I always enjoy your posts because they make no apo...I always enjoy your posts because they make no apologies for the fact that you don't always agree with what seems to be a majority of the perfumista community. I think this is the first time I've seen someone on a perfume blog or Makeupally actually saying they don't enjoy Ormonde Jayne fragrances or YSL Cinema. I am glad to finally hear it--I have tried to like these fragrances, Scenterellanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-415795419713091856.post-19139144377435940822011-11-23T06:25:53.943-05:002011-11-23T06:25:53.943-05:00Y by Yves Saint Laurent. I love chypres, I love gr...Y by Yves Saint Laurent. I love chypres, I love greens, I love understated, well-tailored classic fragrances. But every time I try it I get bored very quickly. It seems to lack character, but at the same time it tries too hard to impress. This lady cares too much what people think. Chanel No 19, on the other hand, goes her own way and doesn't care what people think. That actually makes her annemariecnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-415795419713091856.post-27883280856256310592011-11-22T17:34:51.663-05:002011-11-22T17:34:51.663-05:00Fracas. Smells like candy floss to me.
Coco Madem...Fracas. Smells like candy floss to me.<br />Coco Mademoiselle also leaves me cold.<br />Eau des Merveilles, or any concentration thereof - sour and thin and bitter.<br />Actually, just about anything by Jean-Claude Ellena; they all seem to turn on me.Fionanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-415795419713091856.post-63842345871673669802011-11-22T11:46:52.509-05:002011-11-22T11:46:52.509-05:00I also expected to love Vamp a NY and thought it w...I also expected to love Vamp a NY and thought it was pretty gross.<br /><br />I should also love Tocade, but nope: too sweet w/ not enough rose, and there's a really soapy note that drives me crazy. If I want a cheapo gourmand I'd rather wear Hanae Mori or even Pink Sugar.Elisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10270808520581466353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-415795419713091856.post-54073161438079216842011-11-22T07:09:40.125-05:002011-11-22T07:09:40.125-05:00Montale's Black Oud. Sorry, smells like feet t...Montale's Black Oud. Sorry, smells like feet to me. Iris Silver Mist. Unwashed, soil-bearing carrots infused in vodka.(I really should revisit that one, though, because after 3 1/2 years doing this I'm finding that my tastes have changed a bit.) Oh, and White Linen -- screechy, nails-on-blackboard.<br /><br />In the case of Sublime, that opening note is off-putting fer sure. But the rest Olfactahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15789892462517523124noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-415795419713091856.post-79093917622761756552011-11-22T06:42:15.067-05:002011-11-22T06:42:15.067-05:00When I read the notes for Chanel No. 19, I was sur...When I read the notes for Chanel No. 19, I was sure I would love it. I don't. I keep trying it in case something has changed (hey, I grew to love Shalimar, why not No 19) but so far, it's a no go. Maybe I should sample the new version.<br /><br />Ann C.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-415795419713091856.post-51268086068234380632011-11-22T03:38:27.235-05:002011-11-22T03:38:27.235-05:00Thank you!
It seems I am also hyper-sensitive to I...Thank you!<br />It seems I am also hyper-sensitive to Iso Super E because all OJs have this shrill note that takes over the whole perfume and is all I can smell. Except for Tiare and Frangipani.<br />Does Iso fall into the musk category? Because that's what I thought was wrong with each of the OJs I can't wear - that is a note they share.<br />And I couldn't agree more on L'Ineshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12119611878721554991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-415795419713091856.post-65631088711303839912011-11-22T01:03:56.440-05:002011-11-22T01:03:56.440-05:00I thought Vamp a NY was horrid, but I never expect...I thought Vamp a NY was horrid, but I never expected to like that one! it smells like lard with a dash of tuberose.<br />The Guerlain, Paris to Moscow, does sound promising, though. That's a shame it's doesn't live upAbigailhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08164551758520564300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-415795419713091856.post-85484506899725624262011-11-22T00:03:59.747-05:002011-11-22T00:03:59.747-05:00Great post. Vamp a NY and Guerlain's Paris to ...Great post. Vamp a NY and Guerlain's Paris to Moscow fall in this category. The note list for PtoM is swoonworthy to me: Lemon, bergamot, red currant, jasmine, absinth, plum, pine needles, Tonka, white musk. And the name reminds me of "Murder on the Orient Express", so that's a plus. But the fragrance is just ok on my skin, every time I've tested it. I actually want to Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com