tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post6082024650484513185..comments2024-03-27T09:09:56.489+00:00Comments on Perfume Shrine: Guerlain Shore's Caprice (1873): Perfume History & an EnigmaPerfumeshrinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06222733129203280662noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-21991943541962654822013-10-21T15:46:10.979+01:002013-10-21T15:46:10.979+01:00MH,
great observation and I have to say I too won...MH,<br /><br />great observation and I have to say I too wondered about a recluse, up there in hi datcha etc. but with time I came to the conclusion that either he had it dragged with him by someone caring, or it involved a bit of biographical embellishment on the part of the book author. Like Herodotus, when the story is too good to be withheld, I tell it with caveat emptor that the author is Perfumeshrinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06222733129203280662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-37223206685513844782013-10-21T15:42:56.266+01:002013-10-21T15:42:56.266+01:00Stelma,
part of the reason I'm writing these ...Stelma,<br /><br />part of the reason I'm writing these articles is exactly providing the nudge to Guerlain to do so! <br />It worked in them re-establishing copyright in names at least in the past (after I posted about them), so with persistence, who knows...? :D<br /><br />Thanks for commenting!Perfumeshrinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06222733129203280662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-69674769277804357382013-10-21T15:41:25.080+01:002013-10-21T15:41:25.080+01:00Fiori (((D))),
hello my dearest!
Sorry I am so ...Fiori (((D))),<br /><br />hello my dearest! <br /><br />Sorry I am so late in replying. <br /><br />Yeah, Guerlain unites us again. I hope you're well. We have been having a bumpy and busy summer, but will write in private. <br /><br />Thanks for coming on board again :-)Perfumeshrinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06222733129203280662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-8419999208036896362013-10-18T07:45:46.063+01:002013-10-18T07:45:46.063+01:00AN asetic.
Bother.AN asetic.<br /><br />Bother.Miss Heliotropenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-25716997647541554872013-10-18T07:44:25.798+01:002013-10-18T07:44:25.798+01:00Tolstoy? Who by the time of his death had decided ...Tolstoy? Who by the time of his death had decided to all but live as a asetic?<br /><br />& more importantly, who didnt die in his own bed with his own night table next to, but in the apartment of a station master? Maybe it was the railroad official who had a scented secret...Miss Heliotropenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-55009694909463296312013-10-17T19:35:44.179+01:002013-10-17T19:35:44.179+01:00Well, this is a tantalizing comment you make;
Gue...Well, this is a tantalizing comment you make;<br /><br />Guerlain holds the key to a precious mystery in its archives<br /><br />Humm, makes you wish someone would go into those archives and, ...well, you know! stelmadesignshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07909207146304448538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-36832301728584352522013-10-17T14:38:01.851+01:002013-10-17T14:38:01.851+01:00Hello my dearest E! How could I resist this piece...Hello my dearest E! How could I resist this piece about one of the Guerlain legends? Thank you for such a beautiful article. Wouldn't it be a wonder to actually sniff it? I am sure it would be quite remarkable.Fiordiliginoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-60842169670859109592013-10-17T12:05:06.364+01:002013-10-17T12:05:06.364+01:00NFS,
you absolutely capture the spirit of what I&...NFS,<br /><br />you absolutely capture the spirit of what I'm saying: pointless, yes, because it serves no practical purpose, but it does lend itself to romanticism and yes, poetry. I find poetry is so neglected in our times. Poetry in living, not in actual written words on a book/ebook. Perfumeshrinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06222733129203280662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-84574775202677934592013-10-17T12:04:18.066+01:002013-10-17T12:04:18.066+01:00M,
as you say,a fascinating curio. Mind you, it&#...M,<br /><br />as you say,a fascinating curio. Mind you, it'd be more fascinating still if we could locate some vintage dregs in an old bottle, but it's so old that it is not possible anyway, even if we did. <br /><br />My guess would have been ambergris plus vetiver as the base structure on which to build upon. <br /><br />I suppose "natural" is no guarantee for heavenly Perfumeshrinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06222733129203280662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-8389396297158183042013-10-16T19:38:20.334+01:002013-10-16T19:38:20.334+01:00how intriguing! i'd not heard of "shore&#...how intriguing! i'd not heard of "shore's caprice"...it's a funny name, in a way; one thinks of the waves as capricious, rather than the shore. could it have been named for a person, perhaps even with a punning allusion to both the surname shore and the marine character of the scent itself? utter speculation, of course...<br /><br />i also thought of ambergris as a possible nofixedstarshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15514617120008201743noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-58620922944192354622013-10-16T04:10:12.149+01:002013-10-16T04:10:12.149+01:00What an interesting curio! I wonder what a sea-lik...What an interesting curio! I wonder what a sea-like perfume could have been back then - in a basically pre-synthetic era, and certainly pre-calone. I wonder if my dislike for marine perfumes would still have applied.<br /><br />Perhaps a very salty variety of ambergris plus aromatic fresh-green substances like mint or the like? I have a cheapo from the 1950s called sea-breeze, and the main note caciohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17902017914305322799noreply@blogger.com