tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post3778574977533263371..comments2024-03-27T09:09:56.489+00:00Comments on Perfume Shrine: Best-selling Fragrances in France & Worldwide: First Half of 2016Perfumeshrinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06222733129203280662noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-37583092235831299912016-06-13T11:15:37.042+01:002016-06-13T11:15:37.042+01:00You can count two of use in the "not in the s...You can count two of use in the "not in the sugar" camp. ;) :D<br /><br />Chanel is there, but I think No.5 is too much of a French totem to be actually worn by the actual French. Unless one wants to smell like their nana or something. Perfumeshrinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06222733129203280662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-41561744175524585012016-06-13T11:14:38.552+01:002016-06-13T11:14:38.552+01:00True, Azar, very true. Safety in numbers, elevate ...True, Azar, very true. Safety in numbers, elevate a notch to include perfume choices! ;)Perfumeshrinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06222733129203280662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-57481599163911736392016-06-13T11:14:11.839+01:002016-06-13T11:14:11.839+01:00Definitely! They're a conservative market and ...Definitely! They're a conservative market and a very traditionalist one. (We are too in our own way) <br />I also think that they want to exude a bourgeois, upscale, "polished" facade, evident on what one sees in the everyday style one sees on the streets. Perfumeshrinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06222733129203280662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-84122828702581642512016-06-13T11:12:58.282+01:002016-06-13T11:12:58.282+01:00Can't quite get my head wrapped around that li...Can't quite get my head wrapped around that line either. Possibly catering to generic people looking for generic stuff to wear so as not to stand out at all. <br /><br />Orange Star is lovely. So sad Tauer stopped shipping to my country due to Swiss mail regulations. Perfumeshrinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06222733129203280662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-28052765280771403812016-06-13T11:11:54.383+01:002016-06-13T11:11:54.383+01:00Of course they are!! Why would anyone think otherw...Of course they are!! Why would anyone think otherwise. They also wear a lot of drugstore stuff (and they do have lovely drugstore stuff too)Perfumeshrinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06222733129203280662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-37352421809734713272016-06-13T11:11:14.386+01:002016-06-13T11:11:14.386+01:00Yup, that's a classic and so very well made! (...Yup, that's a classic and so very well made! (Chevalier made everything seem so nonchalant, no?)<br />I love the whole movie myself as well. Especially the eating those tiny birdies scene, so hilarious, as well as the applying neck cream with those tap-tap-tap motions as shown by her nana. Perfumeshrinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06222733129203280662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-43646361248135513732016-05-28T08:27:36.155+01:002016-05-28T08:27:36.155+01:00So the French are influenced by Huge advertising t...So the French are influenced by Huge advertising too and not by their chic noses ! <br />I notice all of those scents are advertised in papers, magazines etc. ad nauseam !!! LadyJickyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15949734715033673034noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-91906045937833832222016-05-27T18:28:43.047+01:002016-05-27T18:28:43.047+01:00I see your Sherlock poster, and think of my favour...I see your Sherlock poster, and think of my favourite film, Gigi. The scene with Louis Jourdan and Maurice Chevalier, "It's a Bore".<br />Love the whole movie! Here is a clip from youtube of the scene: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hbE9N6LRpG0<br />:) jeanJean Katherine Baldridgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12497992193034414806noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-69876502725259623462016-05-27T13:26:33.325+01:002016-05-27T13:26:33.325+01:00I cringe every time a SA says, "THIS one is o...I cringe every time a SA says, "THIS one is our most popular!" UGH...I do NOT want to smell like everyone else!! Today I am wearing a bright yellow and red flowered dress and Andy Tauer's "Orange Star". No one looks like me and definitely NO ONE smells as divinely wonderful as I do either! 😇Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09183188904802778464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-6394316709757123932016-05-27T08:33:42.107+01:002016-05-27T08:33:42.107+01:00I wonder, holding in mind that the French can be m...I wonder, holding in mind that the French can be more traditional than some other markets, whether also scent being so intimate, that people can be less adventurous. It's one thing be interesting in your hair or clothes, but if you smell what others may view as odd, it's somehow weirder - the so-called old lady thing or smelling what others might receive as more sweaty or skanky or Miss Heliotropenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-52436306109116700512016-05-27T03:38:01.632+01:002016-05-27T03:38:01.632+01:00Hi Elena,
I guess everyone just wants to smell lik...Hi Elena,<br />I guess everyone just wants to smell like everyone else :) There must be something comforting in all this familiarity.<br />Azar Azarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08011756547431804355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-36371670414661610652016-05-26T16:28:55.656+01:002016-05-26T16:28:55.656+01:00Hi Elena
This is very sad for me to see. No sign o...Hi Elena<br />This is very sad for me to see. No sign of Chanel No .5 in the top 10 ? Everyone wants sweet sweet sweet. Except me. LOL Mimi Gnoreply@blogger.com