tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post1321432499963359594..comments2024-03-27T09:09:56.489+00:00Comments on Perfume Shrine: The Perfume Wars: Old Lady vs Older WomanPerfumeshrinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06222733129203280662noreply@blogger.comBlogger88125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-75414597026522359442023-01-23T04:36:43.962+00:002023-01-23T04:36:43.962+00:00I am an old lady (74 thank you very much) and I te...I am an old lady (74 thank you very much) and I tend to wear natural fragrances with lavender and and citrus notes because that's what works with my chemistry. I could care less about what is trending now. Nothing makes me happier than when my grandchildren hug me and say "Boy Grandma you smell good". To me, it's the same way I felt about my grandmother who always wore Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-10300371247398350902018-12-19T16:18:18.843+00:002018-12-19T16:18:18.843+00:00Hello! What a lovely reply, thank you so much. I w...Hello! What a lovely reply, thank you so much. I wasn't notified of your comment back, otherwise I would have said something. I'll have to pop back by and read what you've been up to. :)L. Smallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04780441643673008185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-19908784664201563382017-10-10T14:02:15.427+01:002017-10-10T14:02:15.427+01:00when I was very young (VERY! around 5) in the earl...when I was very young (VERY! around 5) in the early 1950s, my aunt had an empty vial on her dressing table of Chypre, Coty. She just kept it around for the residual smell. I could have crawled into that bottle and never come out I loved that smell so much. I've spent the better part of my life off and on trying to find that perfume counterpart. <br />Now, I'm old enough to flash off old arimusehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10054671384185032917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-70894092493753543652017-09-07T03:44:48.540+01:002017-09-07T03:44:48.540+01:00When I was a little girl growing up in the seventi...When I was a little girl growing up in the seventies I used to attend the ballet recitals of a school friend. In the foyer of the theatre would stand knots of mothers gossiping and smelling absolutely divine. I don't know how old they were but in the seventies women even in their thirties and forties seemed much older than they would be nowadays. I just know that those heavenly scents, Ella Gamberinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-41414348702202573472017-06-22T16:50:51.977+01:002017-06-22T16:50:51.977+01:00Incredible quest there. What occurred after? Take ...Incredible quest there. What occurred after? Take care!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-30565698083724228032017-02-28T18:57:55.146+00:002017-02-28T18:57:55.146+00:00CompassRose has an excellent point, and to me that...CompassRose has an excellent point, and to me that's exactly what 'old lady' perfume is. It's not really the lady that's old, it's the perfume itself that has aged to something it was not originally meant to be. Unfortunately, it's really only 'old ladies' who wear that type of perfume. It could be for a couple of reasons, though.<br />1- she's kept using Valorahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07297525307557766988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-43081713194082872962016-04-15T09:45:58.589+01:002016-04-15T09:45:58.589+01:00Thank you Larkin for your kind comments and your d...Thank you Larkin for your kind comments and your detailed stories on how you came about discovering your preferred scents. It's very interesting and I'm sure lots of readers identify. <br /><br />To be honest, I often hear about "powdery" in connection to "old lady scents", but if you notice it's not the powdery element per se that sparks this classification but Perfumeshrinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06222733129203280662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-76301056331161343462016-04-15T09:33:40.494+01:002016-04-15T09:33:40.494+01:00Very interesting comment Goblinboy and you hit the...Very interesting comment Goblinboy and you hit the nail on the head on the recent "youth" segmentation of the market. Back in the 1980s people (teenagers) still wanted to be perceived as older and more sophisticated and grown up; they wore what everyone else wore, I wore Opium at 14 for Pete's sake! There was nothing wrong with smelling like an older person, because, well, older Perfumeshrinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06222733129203280662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-27142503003198498782016-04-15T06:36:36.277+01:002016-04-15T06:36:36.277+01:00I find the 'old lady' moniker interesting ...I find the 'old lady' moniker interesting and sort of confounding. See, when I was growing up(in the 70's and 80's,and even into the 90's) there were no 'young' perfumes and 'old' perfumes, at least not that I can remember. Women(and men) of all ages just wore whatever they liked, which usually was something popular, 'in', or current, but it had nothingGoblinboyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00298103542559188336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-18282670356760233892016-01-24T09:52:06.749+00:002016-01-24T09:52:06.749+00:00Hello,
I've just recently discovered your bl...Hello, <br /><br />I've just recently discovered your blog! I enjoyed this entry and the comments, it has made me think more deeply about scent and its language of description, which I have started doing more of lately. <br /><br />I fell into obsessive love with L'Heure Bleue at 26. I was totally surprised when I smelled and love it, because I had a feeling that I wasn't "Larkinhttp://www.smokeandsky.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-31889933562407400692015-12-24T23:28:43.624+00:002015-12-24T23:28:43.624+00:00I would proffer that a lot of what is considered &...I would proffer that a lot of what is considered "old lady" scent is not complex, but quite the opposite. Lots of simple, blunt components dispersed in a lot of alcohol so you "pay attention" and then fading quickly. So hard to characterize. Some of it does have to do with what was "in fashion" in a particular era. I remember when I was young, there was a populist redmenacehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07237941069965154389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-30461731293364840352015-12-22T08:23:36.756+00:002015-12-22T08:23:36.756+00:00Vintage is a good one, in the sense that it evokes...Vintage is a good one, in the sense that it evokes a retro ambience. As you say classic is debatable. Not everything is a true classic. And some classics are not entirely too sophisticated either. (For example an eau de Cologne is non sophisticated by default; its very purpose is to broadcast joie de vivre). <br />I believe that with advanced sensual education these oversimplifications will ceasePerfumeshrinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06222733129203280662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-61197850898204030272015-12-21T16:53:45.114+00:002015-12-21T16:53:45.114+00:00I think better use of the words "sophisticate...I think better use of the words "sophisticated" and "classic" might help. Not every fragrance is truly classic, nor sophisticated, regardless of how many times those words are bandied about. These words are indicative of the refinement of taste that comes with maturity and the elegance and uniqueness of style that comes with life experience and self knowledge. Perhaps accurateAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-81774522757852453382015-10-26T08:35:53.149+00:002015-10-26T08:35:53.149+00:00You're welcome, it's the truth :-)
The Oa...You're welcome, it's the truth :-)<br /><br />The Oakes books are good fun. And not without nuggets of wisdom. Wish I knew how to read Romanian as Octavian is a wonderful resource (and a very kind guy too). But he's not interested in publishing in English (and who can blame him?) The blogs do provide alternative points of view and it's good that everyone has their own viewpoint Perfumeshrinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06222733129203280662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-44310261441378046332015-10-24T19:42:34.479+01:002015-10-24T19:42:34.479+01:00Thank You very much, I am very happy you appreciat...Thank You very much, I am very happy you appreciated my comments, you are very kind. Sorry for the spelling :)<br />I will try to find this book. Till this moment I read only Octavian Coifan's book about perfumes (in romanian, my native language - and his), and more years ago at the very beginning of my fragrance madness John Oakes "Book Of Perfume" and "New Book Of Perfume&Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-21372592699350490412015-10-01T08:51:52.960+01:002015-10-01T08:51:52.960+01:00Not sure if hip hop is only the result of musical ...Not sure if hip hop is only the result of musical illiteracy (though one could see a predominance of lyric over music in it, therefore a shift of focus) as it could also mean that the audience identifies with the lyrics first and likes the beat second. But it definitely touches on the lack of exposure, same with more unusual fragrances; they seem like they're something butt-clenching inducingPerfumeshrinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06222733129203280662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-84051657001419882212015-10-01T08:49:19.132+01:002015-10-01T08:49:19.132+01:00Milkbone, I definitely subscribe to the "wear...Milkbone, I definitely subscribe to the "wear perfume to please ourselves" school of thought; for any age!! :-)Perfumeshrinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06222733129203280662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-70578025526024369022015-10-01T08:47:22.431+01:002015-10-01T08:47:22.431+01:00Some things persist for a reason :-)Some things persist for a reason :-)Perfumeshrinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06222733129203280662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-39617901832061393492015-09-27T02:38:37.270+01:002015-09-27T02:38:37.270+01:00It could be that we wear perfume to please ourselv...It could be that we wear perfume to please ourselves, not to appear "hot."Milkbonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15851811395292457171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-58882653985001620042015-09-27T02:36:19.212+01:002015-09-27T02:36:19.212+01:00Great points. Analogous to their ignorance of musi...Great points. Analogous to their ignorance of music - anything orchestral is called "classical" and disdained. Only musical illiteracy could account for the widespread preference for hip hop. Same thing with fragrances, just lack of exposure.Milkbonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15851811395292457171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-7916414305623536972015-09-22T07:54:59.647+01:002015-09-22T07:54:59.647+01:00LA,
thanks for the very succinct comment. I supp...LA, <br /><br />thanks for the very succinct comment. I suppose this is something that has to do with an acquired taste? We don't expect babies and little kids to really appreciate aubergines or stiff dry red wine but they often grow into them slowly as they grow up, right? I think this has something to do with what you say. Young people are conditioned nowadays to lay their disposable pocketPerfumeshrinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06222733129203280662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-49901550717547591842015-09-22T07:52:03.408+01:002015-09-22T07:52:03.408+01:00Thanks Todd. I suppose it reinforces the sexism th...Thanks Todd. I suppose it reinforces the sexism that runs through the fabric of society on other aspects as well. How dare older women wear this stuff?? I do love Old Spice myself, even though my father never wore it. It's a lovely smell, you know? :-) Thanks for chiming in, much appreciated. Perfumeshrinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06222733129203280662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-42027053624956902372015-09-19T22:00:33.391+01:002015-09-19T22:00:33.391+01:00I like "classic." Many of the classics ...I like "classic." Many of the classics are complex scents that aren't always "easy" to get. True. But many of them are masterpieces of perfumery. Maybe it takes a little more age to appreciate something more complicated? I don't like all of the classics, but I like a lot of them. It would never occur to me that they were bad because they were developed before I Leigh Annhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17459054294111375380noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-46630192871956945752015-08-23T03:48:20.401+01:002015-08-23T03:48:20.401+01:00I have definitely heard people describe fragrances...I have definitely heard people describe fragrances as "old man" colognes, but not with the same connotation of unpleasantness. The ones that most readily come to mind are Kouros, Old Spice, and Polo. Usually people seem to be saying that the fragrance in question is for mature men, yet they could very well find it pleasant (often the case with Old Spice, which reminds women of their Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-71259817564654335982015-06-28T21:31:29.456+01:002015-06-28T21:31:29.456+01:00Thanks Anon for commenting and for all those wonde...Thanks Anon for commenting and for all those wonderful alternatives!! (wow, such good ones)<br /><br />I personally think it's not that much that they consider elders to have "no taste" (or "bad taste") so much as they consider them terminated as sexual beings and they want to avoid the association with that. I read a local forum frequented for the quite young (most late Perfumeshrinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06222733129203280662noreply@blogger.com