tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-415795419713091856.post6152402204445407695..comments2024-03-15T06:00:46.018-04:00Comments on I Smell Therefore I Am: Niki de Saint Phalle: Review and Bottle GiveawayAbigailhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08164551758520564300noreply@blogger.comBlogger30125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-415795419713091856.post-34219711956721672422011-03-30T10:59:54.494-04:002011-03-30T10:59:54.494-04:00Ooh, ooh! I won a sample of this at one point and ...Ooh, ooh! I won a sample of this at one point and really love it. A vintage bottle would make me happy dance!!!<br /><br /><br />*Jenjensunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00041130248100842593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-415795419713091856.post-18057482584966400712010-12-07T12:37:54.680-05:002010-12-07T12:37:54.680-05:00Damn, probably too late for the drawing, but thank...Damn, probably too late for the drawing, but thanks for the great post. What an interesting story! I smelled this back in the 80s, way before my perfumista days, and couldn't appreciate it (although I loved the snakes). Now that my nose has developed and refined, I am falling in love with chypres. When I re-tested Niki, I said, "that's for me!".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-415795419713091856.post-81325219918512549942010-12-06T12:07:11.512-05:002010-12-06T12:07:11.512-05:00I realize that I am probably late for the draw. V...I realize that I am probably late for the draw. Very rarely... but it happens... people ask me about this perfume and I've never tried it. At least now, I can give them an idea of what is smells like.<br />NormandAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-415795419713091856.post-90253727093998658852010-12-06T12:00:12.117-05:002010-12-06T12:00:12.117-05:00The winner is....Ann N.
Ann, congratulations. Pl...The winner is....Ann N.<br /><br />Ann, congratulations. Please contact me with your mailing info.<br /><br />I wish I had bottles for everyone. Thanks for reading us and for piping in. We get a lot out of hearing from you.Brianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14293853110472146382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-415795419713091856.post-51809856284340562142010-12-06T10:48:40.731-05:002010-12-06T10:48:40.731-05:00Thanks, everyone! Drawing's now closed. I...Thanks, everyone! Drawing's now closed. I'll be conducting this ultra-scientific procedure later today and will get back to you with news of the lucky lad or lass.<br /><br />Pyramus, I've tried to email you before. Would love to ask you something if you have a chance. Can you email me? brnvncnt@gmail.com.Brianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14293853110472146382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-415795419713091856.post-8426580106380128802010-12-06T02:13:36.366-05:002010-12-06T02:13:36.366-05:00Thank you so much for the interesting story.
Any f...Thank you so much for the interesting story.<br />Any fragrance that is described as a grassy green chypre catches my attention. <br />I would love to be entered in the Giveaway.sunnlitthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18350123948334631661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-415795419713091856.post-75452395455117382852010-12-05T18:26:08.786-05:002010-12-05T18:26:08.786-05:00I think I've commented here before.
A friend ...I <i>think</i> I've commented here before.<br /><br />A friend used to wear nothing but Niki de Saint Phalle in the eighties; it had been a gift from a boyfriend, and I think it was more the bottle which attracted her than the scent itself. I haven't smelled it in years and years (I seem to recall a certain soapiness near the top), but I bet it still smells great: I've always been a pyramushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13340660041383869813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-415795419713091856.post-76117583634654246862010-12-04T22:58:18.298-05:002010-12-04T22:58:18.298-05:00Also, would you please include me in the draw? Man...Also, would you please include me in the draw? Many thanks!!Ann N.https://www.blogger.com/profile/15584466185119004425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-415795419713091856.post-25978733841458812842010-12-04T22:37:37.272-05:002010-12-04T22:37:37.272-05:00Hello Brian, thank you for this lovely walk down M...Hello Brian, thank you for this lovely walk down Memory Lane. I wore Niki in the '80s and adored it because it was unlike anything else out at the time (perhaps it was the marigold, I'm not sure). I knew some of her background but your post offered a more complete picture of her. I would love to wear this again, and in doing so, will celebrate her unusual life. Thank you so much.Ann N.https://www.blogger.com/profile/15584466185119004425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-415795419713091856.post-50060191012323523002010-12-04T20:24:10.081-05:002010-12-04T20:24:10.081-05:00Please include me in the draw - if I'm not too...Please include me in the draw - if I'm not too late...Miss Lidia Griersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00064787872080385501noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-415795419713091856.post-2867670050666502532010-12-04T11:42:17.062-05:002010-12-04T11:42:17.062-05:00Please consider me too! : )Please consider me too! : )Dainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10953465181232976983noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-415795419713091856.post-1541139007594319542010-12-04T10:32:18.525-05:002010-12-04T10:32:18.525-05:00Interesting post. I particularly like the fact tha...Interesting post. I particularly like the fact that Saint Phalle added a sculptural touch to the bottle. And the perfume sounds like something my daughter-in-law would love.Fernandohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16608465156897608196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-415795419713091856.post-11208308276923814692010-12-04T08:43:11.357-05:002010-12-04T08:43:11.357-05:00Everything has a story. With our without name :)
T...Everything has a story. With our without name :)<br />Tnx for chance to win this :)Ankicahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14104205094806198566noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-415795419713091856.post-44398372860606289072010-12-04T07:50:16.969-05:002010-12-04T07:50:16.969-05:00Wow! Thanks for offering the draw! I'd love ...Wow! Thanks for offering the draw! I'd love to try this. Never tried Bandit either. So many scents, so little time. But I love trying new scents and appreciate so many different styles and iterations. Perfume is life! :-)Karinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17001466492578674627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-415795419713091856.post-74142604508680505072010-12-03T20:04:56.450-05:002010-12-03T20:04:56.450-05:00I'd never heard of her (and don't know thi...I'd never heard of her (and don't know this frag), but I recently built a new perfume cabinet and thought how lovely (and crazy) that bottle would look in there next to Chanel. Then I googled her and saw this crazy thing: http://www.dailyartfixx.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/Niki-de-Saint-Phalle-Tarot-Garden.jpg -- which makes that frag bottle look incredibly conservative in comparison! Gator Gradhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11866064573173538237noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-415795419713091856.post-85904097531317781252010-12-03T19:05:13.931-05:002010-12-03T19:05:13.931-05:00Wow, a new one for me. Enter me in, for sure. I...Wow, a new one for me. Enter me in, for sure. I'll be ordering a sample though, regardless!Kathleenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17769219583465386621noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-415795419713091856.post-22654483080313380272010-12-03T16:15:21.028-05:002010-12-03T16:15:21.028-05:00Oh I love Niki and am a big fan; please enter me i...Oh I love Niki and am a big fan; please enter me in the draw. Thanks Brian!Carolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06394558427981331885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-415795419713091856.post-4998149770674339142010-12-03T15:44:02.043-05:002010-12-03T15:44:02.043-05:00Thanks for that Brian ,after you mentioned Isabell...Thanks for that Brian ,after you mentioned Isabella Blow and her constant suicide attempts I read about another tortured soul. I have chronic anxiety and depression but have never attempted suicide.<br />I can't imagine that her "celebrity" had some soap powder company wizz out a nasty cheap perfume to sucker in fans .As I live in the U.K I hope not to be entered in the competition Angela Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08261754187289326772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-415795419713091856.post-90094493926428378692010-12-03T11:25:34.984-05:002010-12-03T11:25:34.984-05:00Oh my goodness, this must be Blast From the Past A...Oh my goodness, this must be Blast From the Past Appreciation Week, because I wore Niki de Saint Phalle back in the Eighties, when I wore a lot of audacious, unusual, and sometimes divisive perfumes. (I still do, but now, they're harder to find!)<br /><br />What I remember of NdSP is precisely that grassy-green, smoky tension you describe so beautifully, which I think was one of the reasons Itarleisiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03891545310811763453noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-415795419713091856.post-36898559562124171632010-12-03T11:03:32.465-05:002010-12-03T11:03:32.465-05:00Oh WOW. I love Bandit; I'm dying to try this. ...Oh WOW. I love Bandit; I'm dying to try this. And the bakground info you gave was so interesting. Please enter me.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02521204516836711361noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-415795419713091856.post-55827576692630911772010-12-03T10:56:44.594-05:002010-12-03T10:56:44.594-05:00Wow, how have I never heard of this person before?...Wow, how have I never heard of this person before? Maybe I have (I've read some Harry Mathews) but didn't look into her story, so it didn't stick. That era/scene fascinates me -- as a writer, most of my friends are other writers. I'd like to be hobnobbing with artists and models and the self-loathing rich.Elisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10270808520581466353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-415795419713091856.post-84026235788542912282010-12-03T10:50:06.362-05:002010-12-03T10:50:06.362-05:00Thanks so much for posting this. I never would ha...Thanks so much for posting this. I never would have guessed the back story from the perfume, but now you've written it, it makes perfect sense.<br /><br />I have just a little of the extrait and it's something I wear when I'm feeling a bit foggy and need to sort things out. There's a note in it (marigold?) that just seems to cut through the fog and establish clarity. It's Kathrynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14109729908423909234noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-415795419713091856.post-62909097727761339412010-12-03T10:47:29.776-05:002010-12-03T10:47:29.776-05:00This sounds like a delightful perfume and although...This sounds like a delightful perfume and although I've never smelled it before I'd love the opportunity to try. Thank you and please enter me in the drawing! =)otroyanskyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05480075063796767088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-415795419713091856.post-66874890037349709352010-12-03T10:16:39.242-05:002010-12-03T10:16:39.242-05:00I've long been curious about this fragrance, k...I've long been curious about this fragrance, knowing it to be a sort of cult favorite. Thanks for writing about Niki--I've wondered who she was.queen_cupcakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18364405341560661291noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-415795419713091856.post-45954883802773026132010-12-03T09:57:28.917-05:002010-12-03T09:57:28.917-05:00Hi Brian-
I've commented before that this blog...Hi Brian-<br />I've commented before that this blog is one of my favorites. I stop by daily to see if something has been written. The past few days have been a bonanza!<br /><br />Your writing is insightful,erudite and often snarkily pithy. I like it.<br />Of all things I appreciate about the writing on ISTIA, one of the best aspects is that you and Abigail are HONEST about what you write. I Smedleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01979949704530825111noreply@blogger.com