tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post3636355134239101909..comments2024-03-27T09:09:56.489+00:00Comments on Perfume Shrine: Santa Maria Novella Gardenia: fragrance reviewPerfumeshrinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06222733129203280662noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-76785207123693790792016-02-18T16:05:11.714+00:002016-02-18T16:05:11.714+00:00 A beautiful description of S.M.Novella Gardenia. ... A beautiful description of S.M.Novella Gardenia. I wholeheartedly agree. You have such a gift for putting our thoughts into words. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-58549293421584882982014-09-30T08:50:08.201+01:002014-09-30T08:50:08.201+01:00MH,
this is definitely NOT a florists' flower...MH,<br /><br />this is definitely NOT a florists' flower scent. Very green and earthy. ;-) (Just not gardenia, only segments of it plus violet)Perfumeshrinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06222733129203280662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-47805298603571912612014-09-29T02:28:22.818+01:002014-09-29T02:28:22.818+01:00Interesting, if only bc I find that flower scents ...Interesting, if only bc I find that flower scents often forget/ignore that flowers do come from the soil & plants & so on - not from florists. Miss Heliotropenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-89043005084892415702014-09-27T12:14:03.758+01:002014-09-27T12:14:03.758+01:00M,
I don't give much credence, as you know, t...M,<br /><br />I don't give much credence, as you know, to much that LT/TS said in that publication, because the snark and invested interests are palpable, yet their assertion that most of the gardenias do not smell like real gardenias is absolutely true. The truest as of this minute that can be smelled and is still in production is the Lauder Private Collection TG one. Go sniff! (if you havenPerfumeshrinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06222733129203280662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-44897857507934036422014-09-27T12:09:05.979+01:002014-09-27T12:09:05.979+01:00Lindaloo,
the YR is so perfect (and came so decen...Lindaloo,<br /><br />the YR is so perfect (and came so decently priced) that substituting with the much posher EL PCTG (that's a mouthful) seems like hubris. It's a mystery which one of the possibilities was the reason for the discontinuation; didn't seem like a non_IFRA_compliant. :-/<br /><br />Anyay….Calycanthus is wonderful and I love it dearly. In fact I'm looking into Perfumeshrinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06222733129203280662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-88300832970911721502014-09-27T12:06:30.986+01:002014-09-27T12:06:30.986+01:00FTG,
sorry for the delay. HOpe the sample order i...FTG,<br /><br />sorry for the delay. HOpe the sample order is successful. <br /><br />I haven't had great experience with SMN, but I do love their Calycanthus (excellent). <br />This Gardenia is nothing like a gardenia, it's more like a mushroomy earthy violet. It's not sweet, which I seem to prefer. But given the aniseed aversion, maybe it's not 100% your thing. <br />Keep me Perfumeshrinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06222733129203280662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-29818598554146387262014-09-27T12:04:24.900+01:002014-09-27T12:04:24.900+01:00Jen,
glad it caught your attention. The quote is ...Jen,<br /><br />glad it caught your attention. The quote is so perfect it seemed like a waste not to use it in this instance. <br /><br />This is nothing like a real gardenia (unless one supersizes particular elements in isolation), so it's best taken into the green violet frame of mind. Deceptive, eh?<br /><br />Perfumeshrinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06222733129203280662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-64530730949274349572014-09-25T03:54:36.578+01:002014-09-25T03:54:36.578+01:00I had not paid attention to it in SMN stores, infl...I had not paid attention to it in SMN stores, influenced by LT-TS's (mostly correct) implication that "gardenia" in a perfume name implies no gardenia and no interest. But after your description I need to go and smell.<br /><br />And references to Diorella always get my attention, so Calicanthus too.<br /><br />My favorite, true to the name (though non necessarily hyperrealistic) caciohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17902017914305322799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-31529195379815003342014-09-24T05:16:29.483+01:002014-09-24T05:16:29.483+01:00I love the "photorealistic" Yves Rocher ...I love the "photorealistic" Yves Rocher -- it feels rich yet light at the same time. A very happy blind buy, unfortunately discovered only after it was discontinued. Suspecting I wouldn't like the SMN very much and am curious as to how it compares to Andy Tauer's new gardenia.<br />As for SMN the one I most want to sniff is Calycanthus which I think it what one of my no longer Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-68330840431135860862014-09-24T02:16:43.680+01:002014-09-24T02:16:43.680+01:00I love gardenia scents but I am troubled with this...I love gardenia scents but I am troubled with this one. Does it smell like candies that are not too sweet? The camphor and mothball doesn't kill me but any ultra syrupy thing does. I don't like aniseed either. I am torn. I guess a sample order is in place to decipher this weird feeling I have now. Have you tried their Tuberose or Frangipani? I adore this flowers and now I am curious wefadetograyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07405480340863988032noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-58736660893135856842014-09-23T22:32:42.989+01:002014-09-23T22:32:42.989+01:00Well you had my attention at the use of a quote fr...Well you had my attention at the use of a quote from American Gods by Neil Gaiman, one of my favorite books and a favorite author. I wish I understood the appeal of gardenia more, I admit they only really work on me when they are the cleaned up versions, but even then it can go wrong. Still I do enjoy it when a well loved note is taken down a different path than the usual. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12095625947716520270noreply@blogger.com