tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post9124635055464858600..comments2024-03-29T05:13:21.130+00:00Comments on Perfume Shrine: A Game of SynaesthesiaPerfumeshrinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06222733129203280662noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-8871702231013490692009-02-05T18:15:00.000+00:002009-02-05T18:15:00.000+00:00This is a fantastic website you have here. The onl...This is a fantastic website you have here. The online community will greatly benefit from your efforts. Please when you have time do check out my site for insights on Perfume Cologne and how to get discount perfume gifts sets for less.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-16615555703176785852008-05-07T07:05:00.000+01:002008-05-07T07:05:00.000+01:00Thank you dear M!I love all your descriptions and ...Thank you dear M!<BR/><BR/>I love all your descriptions and especially <I>Fleur de Cassie</I> and <I>Ma Liberte</I>!<BR/>(and your maternal grandmother must have been very stylish!)Perfumeshrinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06222733129203280662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-1349686239086846262008-05-07T07:03:00.000+01:002008-05-07T07:03:00.000+01:00Rappleya, you're luckier than I am in that regard,...Rappleya, you're luckier than I am in that regard, then.<BR/>Rudolph by all accounts was much better in live performances than on tape: he had magnetism.<BR/><BR/>Chanel No.22 is certainly a gem!Perfumeshrinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06222733129203280662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-14671524849723301282008-05-07T07:02:00.000+01:002008-05-07T07:02:00.000+01:00It sounds like it might find its audience nonethel...It sounds like it might find its audience nonetheless, T!<BR/><BR/>Thank you for your compliments on the blog, I appreciate it a lot: you make my day :-)Perfumeshrinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06222733129203280662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-88651437900184159982008-05-07T06:19:00.000+01:002008-05-07T06:19:00.000+01:00femme is the south of france in autumn. farouche ...femme is the south of france in autumn. <BR/><BR/>farouche is a small town outside of toulouse and innocent summertimes in florida.<BR/><BR/>madame rochas is stained glass in brilliant reds and greens.<BR/><BR/>une fleur de cassie is silk flower (what we call mimosa over here but not true mimosa) blossoms growing out of my skin.<BR/><BR/>ma liberte is heaps of brown spices - all powdered.<BR/><Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-86231450685407786742008-05-07T03:33:00.000+01:002008-05-07T03:33:00.000+01:00Wow, Swan Lake! Makes me want to dig out my sampl...Wow, Swan Lake! Makes me want to dig out my sample of Chanel No. 22 and try it. I was lucky enough to see Nureyev dance Swan Lake when the Paris Opera Ballet came to the Kennedy Center.<BR/><BR/>Great associations!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-50356851274892577552008-05-06T23:26:00.000+01:002008-05-06T23:26:00.000+01:00A discerning nose - but not very discerning eyes, ...A discerning nose - but not very discerning eyes, terribly nearsighted, I'm afraid... Turns out the hero is a butch... They still live happily ever after, of course! But the ending is not so happy for the author, the Swedish market for queer romance novels is, shall we say, small.<BR/>I enjoy your blog, even thought I don't comment a lot, I like your cultural and historical take on perfume!Solanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02542273590683132160noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-78992932308125808922008-05-06T21:04:00.000+01:002008-05-06T21:04:00.000+01:00I would love to read the romance novel then, dear ...I would love to read the romance novel then, dear T! Thanks for your comment :-)<BR/>Like your description and the heroine must have a discerning nose. <BR/>I agree that to me as well it's not true synaesthesia, but wild imaginings and associations. Fun though!!Perfumeshrinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06222733129203280662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-11912849327245377832008-05-06T19:53:00.000+01:002008-05-06T19:53:00.000+01:00I featured Bandit in an (unpublished) 50ies romanc...I featured Bandit in an (unpublished) 50ies romance novel where the heroine thinks it smells like the biker hero's leather jacket in a Swedish summer meadow by the road. So, yes, black leather and grass. But I actually think Bandit smells a little bit like a barn full of warm animal bodies and fresh hay too... It's not true synaesthesia though, for me, it's just "smells like". Sometimes scents Solanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02542273590683132160noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-20410795234396303912008-05-06T19:26:00.000+01:002008-05-06T19:26:00.000+01:00I couldn't agree more on the Bandit! (only I had t...I couldn't agree more on the Bandit! (only I had thought of a grass-smeared jacket myself instead of gloves)<BR/>The description of Loukhoum and Bois de Copaiba are smashing!Perfumeshrinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06222733129203280662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-4030313906282002472008-05-06T17:24:00.000+01:002008-05-06T17:24:00.000+01:00I love this! I love abstracting one sensation into...I love this! I love abstracting one sensation into another (scent into picture, sound into texture, touch into color)<BR/><BR/>Loukhoum, KM- those thick, pastel clouds from the caterpillars hookah in Alice in Wonderland<BR/><BR/>Bois de Copaiba, PG- the discovery of an old, ornate wood and gilded box filled with silk scarves of red, gold, orange, brown. <BR/><BR/>Bandit, grass stains on black Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-12147249350120316952008-05-06T15:31:00.000+01:002008-05-06T15:31:00.000+01:00Dear J,how perfect! Those are spot-on!Dear J,<BR/><BR/>how perfect! Those are spot-on!Perfumeshrinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06222733129203280662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-25440389439747836282008-05-06T15:30:00.000+01:002008-05-06T15:30:00.000+01:00I love your image of Coeur d'ete, dear S! And LOL ...I love your image of Coeur d'ete, dear S! And LOL at Alen, sounds positively a marvel that way ;-)Perfumeshrinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06222733129203280662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-21020176970709014992008-05-06T15:29:00.000+01:002008-05-06T15:29:00.000+01:00Mwah back to you dear I!I am now hopelessly intrig...Mwah back to you dear I!<BR/>I am now hopelessly intrigued by Venus Sands...see what you have done?!Perfumeshrinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06222733129203280662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-17767174865525308022008-05-06T15:21:00.000+01:002008-05-06T15:21:00.000+01:00Bal a Versailles: wild cat sleeping by a fire, the...Bal a Versailles: wild cat sleeping by a fire, the tips of the fur glowing from the firelight.<BR/>Osmanthus Interdite: perfect cream colored rough silk dress with suade belt.<BR/>Femme: ditto, I have always thought of a fur stole too.<BR/>Sicily: The hot sultry evening when not even a breeze is blowing.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12095625947716520270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-88518861385666713702008-05-06T12:59:00.000+01:002008-05-06T12:59:00.000+01:00Miller Harris' Coeur d´Été: the smell of a cat's f...Miller Harris' Coeur d´Été: the smell of a cat's fur after being outside a summer night (but the furs of my two cats smell even more deliciously! :)<BR/>Since you mentioned Mugler, wearing Alien is like diving in a wet suit in the Atlantic, exploring the life world under waterAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-18584394944573150622008-05-06T12:42:00.000+01:002008-05-06T12:42:00.000+01:00The MUSE has surely bitten you, my friend.How exce...The MUSE has surely bitten you, my friend.<BR/><BR/>How excellent !<BR/><BR/>Gaucho : summer sun scorching dry and still-green grasses and herbs, sleeping in a Monet-esque haystack.<BR/>With a cowboy, please.<BR/>A REAL one.<BR/><BR/>Venus Sands: Zelda Fitzgerald, frolicking in the salt water off of Tahiti- with her long string of pearls hanging down her back...<BR/><BR/>Oiro : shafts of chayaruchamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04889166567884475415noreply@blogger.com