tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-415795419713091856.post8511670491518349243..comments2024-03-15T06:00:46.018-04:00Comments on I Smell Therefore I Am: Mona Di Orio: CuirAbigailhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08164551758520564300noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-415795419713091856.post-31364799996051621382010-11-19T00:58:29.264-05:002010-11-19T00:58:29.264-05:00Hey Brian thanks for reviewing this. I've been...Hey Brian thanks for reviewing this. I've been really curious about it. Leathers have held some fascination for me now since Cuir de Russie came my way. And as a skank lover, I want to give this one a go!Jaredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09424300101969094900noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-415795419713091856.post-11491099862038379442010-11-15T12:59:14.108-05:002010-11-15T12:59:14.108-05:00I'll have to try this Cuir. I love Nuit Noire,...I'll have to try this Cuir. I love Nuit Noire, as it is -- as you so perfectly put it -- a surreal experience. I love it when a perfume can do that. <br /><br />Most leathers have that huge dose of IBQ, and the bitter harshness of that has begun to put me off a bit. Wondering how it's used in this one.Olfactahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15789892462517523124noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-415795419713091856.post-9804611493501063132010-11-14T13:17:08.680-05:002010-11-14T13:17:08.680-05:00BTW, I really like Villoresi. Teint de Neige, Car...BTW, I really like Villoresi. Teint de Neige, Carnation, and Donna are favorites but my ultimate favorite is Yerbamate. Perfume the Guide slammed it as if swatting a pesty fly. A gnat, perhaps. A fly is maybe too significant. I wore it again the other day and remembered how much I love it. It's amazing, fairly indescribable stuff, which might be why I haven't reviewed it. Or maybe Brianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14293853110472146382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-415795419713091856.post-84418965453993692192010-11-14T13:14:34.132-05:002010-11-14T13:14:34.132-05:00Hi Marko. Not a fan of Tuca, huh? I still love i...Hi Marko. Not a fan of Tuca, huh? I still love it. I agree about OB and Gaultier's Fleur. I continue to love Fleur. Lush OB has a creaminess to it I think is unique.<br /><br />I have smelled the Mona's. Nuit Noire was by far my favorite. I considered Oiro instead but Nuit stuck with me. Oiro seemed superficially similar enough that when I went back for another it wasn't that,Brianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14293853110472146382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-415795419713091856.post-49631922949417344902010-11-14T11:28:02.943-05:002010-11-14T11:28:02.943-05:00Hey Brian -
Have you sampled all of the Mona'...Hey Brian - <br /><br />Have you sampled all of the Mona's? I've only sampled the Nuit Noire and I LOVED it - but that was about 3 years ago and from a small leaky tiny little tester. I would have purchased a full bottle at the time, but I was trying to be frugal and now regret that it is so hard to find. <br /><br />I, too, am bummed that Mr. Turin's personal opinion became the Markohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10856728244305620822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-415795419713091856.post-62139537477452076332010-11-14T05:57:06.193-05:002010-11-14T05:57:06.193-05:00I found myself nodding at your words in the last p...I found myself nodding at your words in the last paragraph.<br />I'm not a huge fan of incense as often it can take me to a Catholic mass experience where incense seems to make me feel like I will faint as I cannot breathe (I no longer put myself through those kind of experience). :)<br />What I wanted to say is, that I agree there should be more perfumes that "adjust the senses" Ineshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12119611878721554991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-415795419713091856.post-9320889905852753892010-11-13T19:14:14.466-05:002010-11-13T19:14:14.466-05:00Hey, thanks for the review. Yeah, I noticed that ...Hey, thanks for the review. Yeah, I noticed that Luca Turin did that a lot - brutally criticized one person's work and fell all over himself complimenting other perfumers, regardless of what their portfolio contains.<br /><br />Cuir sounds like one I would like - a must try, anyway.Katy Josephinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00504394399778675539noreply@blogger.com