tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post1598822403928909565..comments2024-03-27T09:09:56.489+00:00Comments on Perfume Shrine: Parfums Weil Chunga: fragrance review & historyPerfumeshrinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06222733129203280662noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-87177693210984077832013-05-24T14:44:04.461+01:002013-05-24T14:44:04.461+01:00Anon,
delighted to hear you say so! What a good s...Anon,<br /><br />delighted to hear you say so! What a good story, thank you. I think it surfaces on ebay from time to time, one has to have an eye on it though. Perfumeshrinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06222733129203280662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-32159646145321918892013-05-23T23:48:24.190+01:002013-05-23T23:48:24.190+01:00Oh! I was an English girl in New York in the early...Oh! I was an English girl in New York in the early 80s and I bought this at JFK flying back to the Big Apple. People (men) used to stop me everywhere and ask me what I was wearing. I have never forgotten it, and long to find an EDT to have again! And yes... it was absolutely for a spirited, independent girl. Never saw the advertising though. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-85988994047888175462012-10-15T08:22:39.681+01:002012-10-15T08:22:39.681+01:00Anon,
ah, that's all right, then! Enjoy!
I a...Anon,<br /><br />ah, that's all right, then! Enjoy!<br /><br />I agree with you that perfume is aspirational. In more ways than one. It's nice when one recognises that and then sets down to enjoy regardless of the trappings of this situation. <br />And it's transporting, yes!Perfumeshrinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06222733129203280662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-1930174738088454672012-10-15T08:21:16.385+01:002012-10-15T08:21:16.385+01:00B,
it's largely unknown, that's why!
But...B,<br /><br />it's largely unknown, that's why! <br />But I'm happy to share well-kept secrets :-DPerfumeshrinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06222733129203280662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-45646121940138863652012-10-13T23:22:21.691+01:002012-10-13T23:22:21.691+01:00I did get a good bottle! The first thing it remind...I did get a good bottle! The first thing it reminded me of was the scent that surrounded me when I descended the escalator of one of the older, elegant dept. stores in my town, growing up. An aldehydic, chypre blast! Adult, sophisticated, elegant. I am sure it was an amalgam of similar scents of the era that combined to create this euphoria. Back-lit, blond wood cases, gorgeous murals, the Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-52987267204735116712012-10-12T11:06:26.710+01:002012-10-12T11:06:26.710+01:00As a chypre queen in the late 70s (I wore all that...As a chypre queen in the late 70s (I wore all that were mentioned, stole daily sprays from my mum's perfume collection) how did I not know about this one?brienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-10498606053776525922012-10-11T15:39:11.460+01:002012-10-11T15:39:11.460+01:00AMC,
I think it would be unmarketable for many re...AMC,<br /><br />I think it would be unmarketable for many reasons, and not just name. But yes, names are hard and Chunga isn't doing anyone any favors! :-DPerfumeshrinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06222733129203280662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-9176014302797838812012-10-10T21:23:35.718+01:002012-10-10T21:23:35.718+01:00Thanks for the additional info about the name '...Thanks for the additional info about the name 'Chunga'. Lord, imagine trying to market a mainstream perfume with a name like that today!annemariecnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-69753543989551065052012-10-10T15:13:54.657+01:002012-10-10T15:13:54.657+01:00Miss Heliotrope,
as mentioned above, I have added...Miss Heliotrope,<br /><br />as mentioned above, I have added an explanation on the name in the body of the review. It's thankfully not about vomit, though you had me in stitches when I first read your comment!! :-DPerfumeshrinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06222733129203280662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-36797061220162098182012-10-10T15:12:59.441+01:002012-10-10T15:12:59.441+01:00AMC,
you're not far off!! I have added a bit ...AMC,<br /><br />you're not far off!! I have added a bit on the name in the review because it baffled two of you so it's warranted. And yes, it explains a few things. ;-)<br /><br />It's a classic aldehydic chypre, in the class of say Caleche, only much sharper in the start. Perfumeshrinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06222733129203280662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-36171498867264755572012-10-10T15:11:29.035+01:002012-10-10T15:11:29.035+01:00Anon,
hope you landed a good bottle and by all me...Anon,<br /><br />hope you landed a good bottle and by all means thanks for the trust and enjoy!! :-)Perfumeshrinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06222733129203280662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-34925817899392405502012-10-10T15:11:01.789+01:002012-10-10T15:11:01.789+01:00K,
ha! I think it's a combination of things t...K,<br /><br />ha! I think it's a combination of things that got them out of business (none the less that furs became seriously "out" at some point during the late 1980s-early 1990s).<br />I have added a bit on the name in the review, because I had missed mentioning it and it seemed an odd name choice to many (when you think about it, with the added info, though, not so much!). The Perfumeshrinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06222733129203280662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-7974421080218930522012-10-10T15:09:00.420+01:002012-10-10T15:09:00.420+01:00Carole,
that's a beautiful thought! Yes, inde...Carole,<br /><br />that's a beautiful thought! Yes, indeed. I guess the difficult things make life more interesting on the whole though they can be hard to get through when you're intent on doing so. <br /><br />I think Chunga is more of an aldehydic chypre than a straight out floral chypre or animalic chypre (which are generally mossier), in the same class as say Caleche. It might Perfumeshrinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06222733129203280662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-607365684093108262012-10-10T15:07:04.584+01:002012-10-10T15:07:04.584+01:00M,
I don't know... It seems rather average to...M,<br /><br />I don't know... It seems rather average to me (not plutonium-lasting power but not disappearing in a flash either). Could it be that your bottle is watered down? Is it a reputable seller you bought from? I sure hope not. Or perhaps you have very warm skin? Sometimes I find that too warm skin (as in summer or on men) might make frags evaporate sooner than usual. <br />Antilope Perfumeshrinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06222733129203280662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-19584614705300381562012-10-10T11:01:33.017+01:002012-10-10T11:01:33.017+01:00I don't think that ad is too bad, but the name...I don't think that ad is too bad, but the name 'Chunga' is a drawback. I wondered if it is some kind of exotic dance move!? I love the black dress in the second ad. Seriously gorgeous. <br /><br />The perfume sounds very sexy indeed, but sexy skanky rather than sexy clean. Man, those were the days. annemariecnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-91058016395458391072012-10-10T04:34:40.398+01:002012-10-10T04:34:40.398+01:00Thanks for the heads up! Just pinched a bottle on ...Thanks for the heads up! Just pinched a bottle on ebay based on your review.<br />That was my era, and I love an aldehyde. Can't wait to get it!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-59919773049054862332012-10-10T02:04:46.549+01:002012-10-10T02:04:46.549+01:00It sounds lovely - but agree about the name - it s...It sounds lovely - but agree about the name - it sounds like some slang term for vomit.<br /><br />Sorry...Miss Heliotropenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-30609478531445801152012-10-10T00:17:07.487+01:002012-10-10T00:17:07.487+01:00The name and the advertising are seriously ugly. I...The name and the advertising are seriously ugly. I don't see the point in presenting something good as the most unattractive thing ever. Three languages on a poster are way too much. The bottle is interesting. Perhaps if they had fired their advertising team they wouldn't have gone out of business.Kostashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05750962454869496441noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-89425613444156792782012-10-09T21:46:21.430+01:002012-10-09T21:46:21.430+01:00I want to be a woman who can wear chypres-sometime...I want to be a woman who can wear chypres-sometimes they wear me. i love the notes but when the oakmoss really starts to rear its head I feel like Medusa, with a head full of snakes. i have vintage Miss Dior (gardenia chypre, with the most heart breaking vanilla note) and I have Rochas Mystere, which is lovely and silvery. The notes that keep things interesting also make life difficult-it'Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-39250576345955646332012-10-09T21:05:00.148+01:002012-10-09T21:05:00.148+01:00Great review as usual! As it happens, I bought a b...Great review as usual! As it happens, I bought a big bottle of Chunga EDT on ebay a couple of months ago (square bottle, not the ones in the first pics). Funnily enough, I thought it was a masculine! Sort of like a butch floral in the tradition that later produced the equally doomed Insense and Globe.<br /><br />I love it for the short period I can smell it. But then it disappears within minutescaciohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17902017914305322799noreply@blogger.com