tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-415795419713091856.post1668760967261736379..comments2024-03-15T06:00:46.018-04:00Comments on I Smell Therefore I Am: Two by Sonia Rykiel: Le Parfum and Rykiel Woman (Not for Men!)Abigailhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08164551758520564300noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-415795419713091856.post-27637250041682427282009-08-01T10:16:30.670-04:002009-08-01T10:16:30.670-04:00Hi Brian -- Thanks for this post! I recently bough...Hi Brian -- Thanks for this post! I recently bought a mini at a flea market. The bottle is shaped like a short-sleeved sweater (yeah, it's real cute). The sticker on the bottom says only "Rykiel." The scent is a little musky, a little woody -- sometimes my nose will mistake a cedar note for coffee, and I thought it was, until I read this. It is a very nice scent, comforting, close Olfactahttp://olfactarama.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-415795419713091856.post-76479122564140302672009-07-31T03:14:03.331-04:002009-07-31T03:14:03.331-04:00Brian: I have not tried Le Parfum, nor any other R...Brian: I have not tried Le Parfum, nor any other Rykiel save Rykiel Woman, but on the latter I couldn't agree more with you. I would struggle to put into words exactly how it smells, and you've done a great job. It's a fine, fine, scent. And yes, I would describe it as "comfort", but definitely far from "barely there." But gosh, that packaging is t-a-c-k-y. Gah! I&Joenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-415795419713091856.post-17778482030171580322009-07-30T22:18:40.061-04:002009-07-30T22:18:40.061-04:00Thank god you have some background info on that do...Thank god you have some background info on that dorky name!<br /><br />Strangely, of the two you reviewed, the Not for Men! was the one I felt I can never live without. . . and meh about Le Parfum.<br /><br />As far as resemblances go, Not for Men! kind of reminds me of Parfumerie Generale's Cadjmere. But I love this one more than the PG.deahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13968291226191425647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-415795419713091856.post-61859482996821533502009-07-30T21:25:30.047-04:002009-07-30T21:25:30.047-04:00Well, I guess I'm not allowed to try the "...Well, I guess I'm not allowed to try the "Rykiel Women (Not for Men!)" if I choose to follow the blatant orders of the fragrance name......(oh brother.....although solar flowers might be good to layer over all of my solar woods and solar musks...), but Le Parfum sounds heavenly and I'll put it on my list of things to "seek and employ". <br /><br />Very funny today Markohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10856728244305620822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-415795419713091856.post-46866734874303060752009-07-30T19:20:17.269-04:002009-07-30T19:20:17.269-04:00"Some sort of wishful thinking"...thank ..."Some sort of wishful thinking"...thank God I wasn't drinking anything! You crack me up! And thanks for some new things to sample; these sound intruiging.Tammyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13269514501438639682noreply@blogger.com