tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-415795419713091856.post2955495668653897994..comments2024-03-15T06:00:46.018-04:00Comments on I Smell Therefore I Am: Balmain Vent Vert: Thoughts and Older Version Bottle GiveawayAbigailhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08164551758520564300noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-415795419713091856.post-31983424256062128532011-01-23T16:45:36.558-05:002011-01-23T16:45:36.558-05:00Sadly, I am too late for the draw (would have love...Sadly, I am too late for the draw (would have loved to try the '91 Vent Vert!), but wanted to share my scent memory any way...<br /><br />When I was in my second semester of university, I started going out with the man who was my first real love and first lover. We were lovers for many years before finding it possible to part for good. <br /><br />His scent has left an indelible mark on me..monikahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04244107894681624458noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-415795419713091856.post-30831847432138263382011-01-21T18:26:24.302-05:002011-01-21T18:26:24.302-05:00Thanks, for participating, everyone. I loved hear...Thanks, for participating, everyone. I loved hearing your stories. The winner of the draw is: Tally. Tally, please get in touch with your contact info?Brianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14293853110472146382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-415795419713091856.post-13902846917791478082011-01-19T03:29:14.410-05:002011-01-19T03:29:14.410-05:00I haven't tried the Calice Becker version, onl...I haven't tried the Calice Becker version, only the original which is one of my all time favorites.<br />My family never wore much perfume (or almost any) when I was young so the smell that most strongly evokes a memory of a person is when I smell nettle in perfume as it instantly evokes my grandmother and the shampoo she used on her hair and ours too (when my sister and I got to spend time Ineshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12119611878721554991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-415795419713091856.post-87661877108983400612011-01-18T15:45:33.590-05:002011-01-18T15:45:33.590-05:00My aunt passed away in 1978 at the young age of 46...My aunt passed away in 1978 at the young age of 46 - she was gorgeous and amazing. When I think of her, I think of her scent. I always thought it was V05 (yes, the hairspray!), but I just emailed my cousins, and they say it was Chanel No 5! Wow. I had no idea! I wore No 5 in the 80's, and loved it. I've since transferred to the Eau Premiere. My cousin has my aunt's bottle, and Karinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17001466492578674627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-415795419713091856.post-6159238249070543932011-01-18T14:12:48.066-05:002011-01-18T14:12:48.066-05:00Hope I'm not too late for the drawing. Coty&#...Hope I'm not too late for the drawing. Coty's L'Origan was a favorite of my mother's, and she also wore Coty Airspun powder, which has the scent of L'Origan.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-415795419713091856.post-64013736769226049502011-01-18T10:59:57.214-05:002011-01-18T10:59:57.214-05:00My father used to wear the old formulation of Mons...My father used to wear the old formulation of Monsieur Balmain in the opaque yellow glass bottle with the black screw top. That smell takes me straight back to childhood.Katherinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08302221586154662533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-415795419713091856.post-34139076944888659202011-01-18T07:36:54.422-05:002011-01-18T07:36:54.422-05:00Vent Vert by Balmain.. yes, it is one of my very f...Vent Vert by Balmain.. yes, it is one of my very first fragrances. I also remember My griffe but this one I tried it a few years later through a vintage bottle. Vent Vert was the first with Calandre that I used while I was going to the institute. I haven't smelled the version that is sold nowadays. When I remember Vent Vert it brings me back to those times, when I first started buying Vintage Ladyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17360008343132814160noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-415795419713091856.post-14213299679258797252011-01-18T00:59:03.884-05:002011-01-18T00:59:03.884-05:00My first fragrance memories were, of course, from ...My first fragrance memories were, of course, from my mother. Joy and Chanel No. 5 were part of my daily life. Then years later, Paris entered the picture. I loved them all. They filled me with feelings of happiness, beauty and a sense of security. My stepping stones to my own loves of present. And they just keep growing and growing.I am a lucky girl!tallyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14111508186661110162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-415795419713091856.post-69706486154322892182011-01-17T16:04:37.910-05:002011-01-17T16:04:37.910-05:00My grandmother used a hand/body cream called Rose ...My grandmother used a hand/body cream called Rose Milk. I haven't smelled it since I was a little girl, but the smell of Perfumers Workshop Tea Rose is close, and it reminds me of Grandma.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02521204516836711361noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-415795419713091856.post-79490892457395171462011-01-17T15:12:16.753-05:002011-01-17T15:12:16.753-05:00I only have one perfume memory, and it's reall...I only have one perfume memory, and it's really of a time, not a person. (I honestly can't remember anybody in my family or close friends wearing perfume. Maybe they did, and I just didn't notice it among other smells. My Dad smoked, for instance). <br />My memory is of a day spent at a school friend's house just before Christmas, as her mother baked Christmas cookies and fed us Taniahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16033325684252709482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-415795419713091856.post-84407418100411962422011-01-17T11:39:40.637-05:002011-01-17T11:39:40.637-05:00Each time I smell vintage Jolie Madame, I think of...Each time I smell vintage Jolie Madame, I think of my sister who wore it years ago. She was the well-read and worldly woman who married and went to live in NYC when I was still in grade school. She always kept in touch, and seemed to understand me during the difficult teen years much better than my mother could. She was and continues to be my mentor and confidante.queen_cupcakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18364405341560661291noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-415795419713091856.post-91043157432738841502011-01-17T10:55:09.974-05:002011-01-17T10:55:09.974-05:00I have tried the Becker VV parfum, which I expecte...I have tried the Becker VV parfum, which I expected would knock my socks off, given my galbanum-hyacinth-green floral lust. <br /><br />It had no word to speak to me, much less something transcendent. I still don't know why. So please don't include me in the draw; VV has had its chance with me.<br /><br />I had always remembered my mother wearing Chanel No. 5 and other clean-ish Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-415795419713091856.post-63568127112656633222011-01-17T00:35:57.592-05:002011-01-17T00:35:57.592-05:00Moment Supreme and my mother's mother: she usu...Moment Supreme and my mother's mother: she usually smelled of starched cotton, good leather and a mist of Chanel No5 but when she put on her good jewelry she switched to a perfume that enchanted me. The perfume was Moment Supreme. I can still close my eyes and remember standing in her closet rubbing my cheek against a soft fur coat that always had the smell of Moment Supreme.Maggie O'Boylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11936851595025659165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-415795419713091856.post-76105064446832471842011-01-16T18:31:46.015-05:002011-01-16T18:31:46.015-05:00I don't have a single perfume that raises a sp...I don't have a single perfume that raises a spectre of a single person.<br /><br />I do, however, have Jicky, which takes me on a wild and crazy flashback through history that is both mine and before me, of images of more than one grandparent, both as I knew them, and as I imagine them younger, in a time before they even had children, let alone grandchildren.<br /><br />Add in the babies (ScentScelfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12264276265890227820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-415795419713091856.post-12846048213089125422011-01-16T09:18:30.859-05:002011-01-16T09:18:30.859-05:00When I was a child I used to go to the house of a ...When I was a child I used to go to the house of a dressmaker which made some of my favorite dresses.<br />Her house and herself always smelt like the classic Carolina Herrera.<br />The strong tuberose note is unforgettable. That perfume is not my cup of tea but it brings strong memories of that time.<br /><br />I would love to be entered in the draw :) Thanks!Isahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04951349809505658744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-415795419713091856.post-46011824566558072562011-01-16T05:41:20.999-05:002011-01-16T05:41:20.999-05:00Madame Rochas and my first french teacher
She was ...Madame Rochas and my first french teacher<br />She was an elderly lady, real lady that had seen better days before the comunists came in power in Romania and was giving french lessons for a living when I was about 9- the first real perfume I ever smelled-the first time I became aware there's something special about wearing perfume and about keeping your head up even in difficult timesIrinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17679510095584834371noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-415795419713091856.post-49426121315244598302011-01-16T05:01:09.791-05:002011-01-16T05:01:09.791-05:00Two in particular conjure up my mother, another pe...Two in particular conjure up my mother, another perfumaniac all her life. That would be the original Fidji, which I have also been known to wear, and First, which I can't because she did. When I find it - which isn't easy these days, I always make sure to sniff it, and there she is as I remember her. I love First, but it has always belonged to her, and it always will.tarleisiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03891545310811763453noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-415795419713091856.post-53371663372443433352011-01-15T20:45:32.537-05:002011-01-15T20:45:32.537-05:00Estee Lauder's Azuree, and my mother. She die...Estee Lauder's Azuree, and my mother. She died last February and I wear Azuree to remember her in her prime, before a heart condition took her spunky energy and, eventually, her life. <br /><br />Azuree is not really 'me', but it's one of the surefire ways I can channel the vibrant woman she was. For that reason, I will love it always.Katy Josephinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00504394399778675539noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-415795419713091856.post-26888095037732542942011-01-15T18:27:23.771-05:002011-01-15T18:27:23.771-05:00While my mother owned several perfumes, she did no...While my mother owned several perfumes, she did not in fact wear them. I recall Bal a Versailles and Fidji, and know there were a couple of others, but they seemed to be more for display than anything else. The strongest personal scent memory I have is of my mother's skin cream - which did not smell nice and thankfully is no longer made. More than anything, my scent memories are directly langhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02926842948561494587noreply@blogger.com