tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-415795419713091856.post3742482114351131157..comments2024-03-15T06:00:46.018-04:00Comments on I Smell Therefore I Am: Histoires de Parfums' 1740 Marquis de Sade: Dulling the WhipAbigailhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08164551758520564300noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-415795419713091856.post-81564138113971763902012-08-21T19:31:01.899-04:002012-08-21T19:31:01.899-04:00Must be the new version. It did have a flatness to...Must be the new version. It did have a flatness to it, and just generally was not appealing at all. Thick, heavy, almost sour.<br /><br />Perhaps the sample has improved with age -- it's mostly evaporated as those little spray samples from The Perfumed Court tend to do.Elisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10270808520581466353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-415795419713091856.post-85510946764852746142012-08-21T17:44:00.724-04:002012-08-21T17:44:00.724-04:00You know Elisa, I bet it was. They might have refo...You know Elisa, I bet it was. They might have refomulated - if they did - right around the time they started offering the half size bottles. Actually, my first indication that something had changed was reading a comment from you somewhere saying you didn't like it, and I thought that was strange given you loved A*Men Malt so much. Not that they're entirely similar, but there are some Brianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14293853110472146382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-415795419713091856.post-51831348740329822912012-08-21T16:23:41.973-04:002012-08-21T16:23:41.973-04:00I ordered a sample of 1740 from The Perfumed Court...I ordered a sample of 1740 from The Perfumed Court sometime in the past year and I wonder if it was the reform. I expected to love it: gourmand leather? Sign me up! But it absolutely turned my stomach and I hid the sample away. All I smelled was a really raunchy, unsmooth patchouli.Elisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10270808520581466353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-415795419713091856.post-54401050564355225932012-08-21T11:58:58.665-04:002012-08-21T11:58:58.665-04:00I hope I'm wrong, patty, and that someone will...I hope I'm wrong, patty, and that someone will ring in to say differently. But my nose told me the light in 1740 went dim.Brianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14293853110472146382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-415795419713091856.post-83879559404373470372012-08-21T11:50:39.042-04:002012-08-21T11:50:39.042-04:00What a shame - 1740 is (was) a rich, delicious fra...What a shame - 1740 is (was) a rich, delicious fragrance. It has been a favorite of mine to wear during the winter holidays, as it reminds me of something I would eat or drink around that time! I can't understand the company's need to reformulate something that really hasn't been around that long. Oh well, when my decant is gone, I guess that's that. I'll just preserve theAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-415795419713091856.post-46252619556365267212012-08-20T21:20:04.179-04:002012-08-20T21:20:04.179-04:00Thanks. I wasn't feeling the dark grey any mor...Thanks. I wasn't feeling the dark grey any more. Needed something a little brighter.Brianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14293853110472146382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-415795419713091856.post-73427836144743961002012-08-20T21:10:47.165-04:002012-08-20T21:10:47.165-04:00Off topic, but I like the new site design - very c...Off topic, but I like the new site design - very clean.Nataliehttp://www.anotherperfumeblog.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-415795419713091856.post-40248927648948794442012-08-20T10:51:31.490-04:002012-08-20T10:51:31.490-04:00Haha!Haha!queen_cupcakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18364405341560661291noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-415795419713091856.post-60409166531072090582012-08-20T10:45:03.012-04:002012-08-20T10:45:03.012-04:00I know, right?
I'm scared to try Coco Noir. M...I know, right?<br /><br />I'm scared to try Coco Noir. My summer has been let down enough. Maybe there's nothing in the bottle! And THAT'S why they made it black - so you couldn't tell?!Brianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14293853110472146382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-415795419713091856.post-16021688908322301392012-08-20T10:36:39.616-04:002012-08-20T10:36:39.616-04:00Och, I love 1740 and now here's another one I ...Och, I love 1740 and now here's another one I will be hoarding. I wonder if my sense of smell changed after menopause...I started collecting right about that time! Interesting to think about the hormonal connections.<br /><br />By the way, I tried Coco Noir last Friday. Couldn't smell the card the SA handed me. I ended up by spraying a liberal amount on my arm & <i>still</i> couldn&#queen_cupcakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18364405341560661291noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-415795419713091856.post-12847468040415659892012-08-19T17:43:01.421-04:002012-08-19T17:43:01.421-04:00Josephine, I'm fascinated by that kind of emot...Josephine, I'm fascinated by that kind of emotional reformulation of a fragrance, where nothing in the fragrance itself actually changes, but something in you does and that alters everything. Is there any other fragrance that's happened to for you?<br /><br />Some scents have changed for me somehow and I end up liking them a little less, but not so comprehensively. I've heard from Brianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14293853110472146382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-415795419713091856.post-10554387859979613262012-08-19T16:24:47.315-04:002012-08-19T16:24:47.315-04:00Brian, 1740 was spoiled for me after I got food po...Brian, 1740 was spoiled for me after I got food poisoning the first time I wore it. My decant was traded afterward because I could no longer handle even the thought of the smell, let alone the actual perfume. But it is beautiful, indeed, and I believe my decant from 2008 was the original formula.<br /><br />My reformulation story that STILL pisses me off is Escada's Collection. The Katy Josephinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00504394399778675539noreply@blogger.com