tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post3360317176740821589..comments2024-03-29T05:13:21.130+00:00Comments on Perfume Shrine: Lady Gaga's Celebrity Perfume: Smelling like an Expensive HookerPerfumeshrinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06222733129203280662noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-29622414268709715372012-02-20T22:35:52.577+00:002012-02-20T22:35:52.577+00:00J,
could be, as things evolve in such mind-blowin...J,<br /><br />could be, as things evolve in such mind-blowing velocity these days, don't they. So your hypothesis is indeed based on solid experience and history.<br />The press likes to build them up and then tear them down, so I suppose now is the time to attempt doing that second part (which might explain why they might tear the scent apart when it comes out "whoa? no blood and tears Perfumeshrinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06222733129203280662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-31462827536489254522012-02-20T19:55:29.048+00:002012-02-20T19:55:29.048+00:00i have the feeling gaga has seen her day, had her ...i have the feeling gaga has seen her day, had her big wave, and is pretty much yesterday's news - so why is she coming out with a perfume NOW? (i know - money.) i mean, she's done the over-the-top dressing bit to death, and has fallen from the headlines from what i can see. is it just me? am i the only one to whom she fells like old news? <br /><br />expensive hooker? could smell really Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-46863776419240113452012-02-20T14:56:24.136+00:002012-02-20T14:56:24.136+00:00Eld,
it's all relative, I suppose. To someone...Eld,<br /><br />it's all relative, I suppose. To someone else refined taste might appear snobbist or deluded. (?)<br /><br />You might be right in what the perfume would entail; it's certainly very probably. The one constant is "fruit" however. Funny how we have come to associate it with very specific, negative associations in perfume-talking land, eh?Perfumeshrinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06222733129203280662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-13966417143879262392012-02-20T14:54:11.106+00:002012-02-20T14:54:11.106+00:00Anon,
growl! :P
But seriously (and thanks for co...Anon,<br /><br />growl! :P<br /><br />But seriously (and thanks for commenting, every opinion is welcome around here) do present the ladies on this page with a defensive argument. I'm sure there would be one!<br /><br />I rather like what Gaga did with herself (making her name in just a short two years requires some intelligence to be sure), but the announcements for her celebrity perfume Perfumeshrinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06222733129203280662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-17461117546655523072012-02-20T14:51:17.251+00:002012-02-20T14:51:17.251+00:00Emma,
Gaga is running for shocks and there's ...Emma,<br /><br />Gaga is running for shocks and there's an inherent degree of non refinement in that attitude. True.<br />Now, how her actual scent might turn out? I don't know. I'm not that interested in finding out but that's just us. There are tons of fans who would be thrilled by its release (if not actual scent). I'm just so bored of this celebrity scent mania.Perfumeshrinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06222733129203280662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-13592549681882506702012-02-20T14:48:04.626+00:002012-02-20T14:48:04.626+00:00Jenna,
I always thought the GBS quote (if indeed ...Jenna,<br /><br />I always thought the GBS quote (if indeed his) was not a put down on hookers/sex workers (indeed, a more accurate term) but rather a put down on hypocricy: that women who did sell themselves out, offering their company for material recompensation, didn't admit in doing so and considered themselves somehow "superior" to those who merely street walked. <br /><br />ToPerfumeshrinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06222733129203280662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-78557559185053855112012-02-20T14:31:02.530+00:002012-02-20T14:31:02.530+00:00Annemariec,
nice story, I agree!
Indeed there is ...Annemariec,<br /><br />nice story, I agree!<br />Indeed there is no evidence produced by Tilar, though it's covered in some degree that Chanel admired Emilienne in the other book about Chanel, by Chaney (review coming up) ~admiration however is not basis for grounding her scent product (already envisioned by Beaux years ago) on her, unless she sensed there would be a demand for it anyway. <brPerfumeshrinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06222733129203280662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-73963586845146584122012-02-20T14:25:07.548+00:002012-02-20T14:25:07.548+00:00P,
hahaha!!!
This is probably how "madams&q...P,<br /><br />hahaha!!! <br />This is probably how "madams" "in the scene", if you know what I mean, get their errands done, you know!Perfumeshrinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06222733129203280662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-3222976728544495512012-02-20T14:24:23.735+00:002012-02-20T14:24:23.735+00:00Anon,
powdery is the new pink, so I wouldn't ...Anon,<br /><br />powdery is the new pink, so I wouldn't be surprised. <br />Come to think of it, powdery+fruit? Hmmm.Perfumeshrinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06222733129203280662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-29314167814229900552012-02-20T05:03:00.412+00:002012-02-20T05:03:00.412+00:00We are catty because we've got refined tastes....We are catty because we've got refined tastes. I'm betting that this latest offering by Lady Gaga is probably the biggest dose of the most animalistic musk imaginable and lots of the rotted fruit smell.Eldarwen22https://www.blogger.com/profile/15592297508456509382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-17748553755436199752012-02-19T18:08:43.562+00:002012-02-19T18:08:43.562+00:00You ladies sound like a bunch of catty teens. Sham...You ladies sound like a bunch of catty teens. Shame on you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-32171388385369962272012-02-18T23:09:13.728+00:002012-02-18T23:09:13.728+00:00I'm pretty sure Lady Gaga's fragrance will...I'm pretty sure Lady Gaga's fragrance will smell hookerish, trashy and slutty but expensive, let's just say I have my doubts!<br /><br /><br />EmmaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-44080763170309411612012-02-18T22:57:29.298+00:002012-02-18T22:57:29.298+00:00On that old supposed George Bernard Shaw quote, if...On that old supposed George Bernard Shaw quote, if the woman is only considering sleeping with you for the high amount, you negotiate up, not down. Otherwise it really is just an insult, and an assumption that a woman selling sex has no option to refuse. Sex workers have the option to say no, or should, though it can be hard to enforce.<br /><br />An expensive sex worker or courtesan would most Jennanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-44223030786837193032012-02-18T20:47:42.932+00:002012-02-18T20:47:42.932+00:00Remember how Coco Chanel is said to have been insp...Remember how Coco Chanel is said to have been inspired by the smell of high class courtesan Emilienne d'Alencon? Apparently Ed'A did not smell of the heavy musk and jasmine scents associated with prostitutes at that time. She just smelled of clean hair and skin. This is in Tilar J. Mazzeo's book on Chanel No 5, and while Mazzeo produces no direct evidence for it, it is a good story!annemariecnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-72620985261422044922012-02-18T14:18:59.881+00:002012-02-18T14:18:59.881+00:00Or how about the classic Henny Youngman:
Hooker: ...Or how about the classic Henny Youngman:<br /><br />Hooker: "I'll do <i>anything</i> for fifty dollars."<br /><br />Prospective customer: "Paint my house!"<br /><br />I thought GaGa looked very last year at the Grammys the other night, btw...Olfactahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15789892462517523124noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-3392686547301120212012-02-18T13:31:43.832+00:002012-02-18T13:31:43.832+00:00"Expensive" merely implies a powdery not..."Expensive" merely implies a powdery note mixed with the expected fruity floral notesAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com