tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-415795419713091856.post2981446851788297684..comments2024-03-15T06:00:46.018-04:00Comments on I Smell Therefore I Am: Naomi Goodsir: Cuir VeloursAbigailhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08164551758520564300noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-415795419713091856.post-51820590841102326712013-02-16T12:26:42.541-05:002013-02-16T12:26:42.541-05:00Katy, I had a similar experience with Shalimar, bu...Katy, I had a similar experience with Shalimar, but I didn't like it until I tried a much older version. I'm still working on No. 5. :)Elisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10270808520581466353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-415795419713091856.post-9402607629576818702013-02-16T09:05:20.049-05:002013-02-16T09:05:20.049-05:00Oh, when I think of the perfumes I have swapped aw...Oh, when I think of the perfumes I have swapped away, including "L"! <br /><br />And yet--I have come to realize that my nose doesn't care to be as adventurous as so many other folks'. I don't feel the need to smell like burnt rubber, someone's old leather jacket or dusty books. So I guess I continue to savor my vintage collection. There are not many new perfumes, even queen_cupcakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18364405341560661291noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-415795419713091856.post-5905077516941730232013-02-14T19:39:54.235-05:002013-02-14T19:39:54.235-05:00Elisa, I think L de Lolita is amazing as well. I...Elisa, I think L de Lolita is amazing as well. It is the signature fragrance of someone I work with and she smells of incense and vanilla, not the cupcake kind, real vanilla. I think sometimes it takes our brain a while to catch up with our nose. Chanel 5 was like this for me. When I finally capitulated to its abstract beauty, I could not understand why it took me so long to love it! Katy McReynoldshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09086369021148283362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-415795419713091856.post-28890829740847022092013-02-14T15:07:29.861-05:002013-02-14T15:07:29.861-05:00Vague, suspicious interest or even vague, disappoi...Vague, suspicious interest or even vague, disappointed dislike have turned to unbridled love for me several times. When it happens, it tends to make me rabidly loyal to and defensive about that fragrance, like no one understands its GENIUS but me. I remember that happened to me with L de Lolita Lempicka, which I smelled a couple of times and didn't get; it didn't strike me one way or the Elisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10270808520581466353noreply@blogger.com