tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post3907101832055808860..comments2024-03-29T05:13:21.130+00:00Comments on Perfume Shrine: Top 20 Best-Selling fragrances for women in France (2011)Perfumeshrinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06222733129203280662noreply@blogger.comBlogger26125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-81747947648172710372013-07-24T13:54:32.872+01:002013-07-24T13:54:32.872+01:00Ramon,
it's a well known fact that Fracas is ...Ramon,<br /><br />it's a well known fact that Fracas is bigger in America than it is in France :-)<br />As to No.5, it's in the best-selling lists, you didn't read carefully?Perfumeshrinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06222733129203280662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-86347997047679310602013-07-24T04:46:45.870+01:002013-07-24T04:46:45.870+01:00How come there is no Fracas?? or Number 5??How come there is no Fracas?? or Number 5??Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-49299313172185190612013-03-04T11:09:16.799+00:002013-03-04T11:09:16.799+00:00anon,
there is some on Ebay right now!!anon,<br /><br />there is some on Ebay right now!!Perfumeshrinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06222733129203280662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-31599740048290326382013-03-04T11:08:50.467+00:002013-03-04T11:08:50.467+00:00Rosabell,
very interesting comment!
I agree 100%...Rosabell,<br /><br />very interesting comment! <br />I agree 100% on Y! :-) Perfumeshrinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06222733129203280662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-78101561214581622252013-03-03T21:35:00.971+00:002013-03-03T21:35:00.971+00:00Hi does anyone know where I might be able to obtai...Hi does anyone know where I might be able to obtain a bottle of JardinClos?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-28186856650852068142012-06-23T07:15:32.601+01:002012-06-23T07:15:32.601+01:00For me the stereotype of French perfume is Guerlai...For me the stereotype of French perfume is Guerlain: strong, sweet, sexy, poised, all of these done in a classy way. I have never conected French perfume to aldehides and oakmoss because I consider both aldehidic and oakmossy perfumes as being 100% American style perfumes. Think Knowledge, Alliage, Cinnabar, Youth Dew etc. They don't smell European at all. Maybe most of the people are Kristalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11059516501008876718noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-44770287177831488792012-03-05T15:25:47.032+00:002012-03-05T15:25:47.032+00:00TFC,
those are very elegant perfumes, all of them...TFC,<br /><br />those are very elegant perfumes, all of them! Great smelling family you have! <br /><br />I have a theory that, in the old days, for a perfume to succeed and be on the market for any sustained period of time there had to be some marketing and advertising of course, but it also needed for it to be physically smelled on people around! People seemingly had more of a "perfume Perfumeshrinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06222733129203280662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-53500381908534588572012-03-03T13:26:58.948+00:002012-03-03T13:26:58.948+00:00My mother is French, so I always think of perfumes...My mother is French, so I always think of perfumes she'd wear: Chanel No.5, Vent Vert by Balmain. My aunt wore First by Van Cleef & Arples. My father wore Eau Sauvage by Dior. I'm going back several decades, so I'm thinking about the original fragrances not the reformulations.The Frowzy Chickadeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06871843383990515005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-42274627974597117512012-03-03T10:21:22.708+00:002012-03-03T10:21:22.708+00:00Barbara,
young French girls are not shunning aqua...Barbara,<br /><br />young French girls are not shunning aquatics! (they also wear White Musk by The Body Shop, to shatter another illusion, LOL!)<br />It's just that we have come to so revile aquatics through overexposure to L'Eau d'Issey that we think badly of them en masse. <br />There are some good aquatics out there if one cares to find them (a daunting task, I'll grant you Perfumeshrinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06222733129203280662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-12784361232651146992012-03-03T10:18:19.360+00:002012-03-03T10:18:19.360+00:00M,
you just made the wisest point: yes, it's ...M,<br /><br />you just made the wisest point: yes, it's ironic that the Americans (Lauder etc) have actually preserved their own classics so much better! They're Frencher than French at this point. <br /><br />I'm not sure that the webzine is run by the behemoth. Dior is indeed very popular in France and J'Adore and Miss Dior (Cherie) are HUGE sellers in France as they are in the Perfumeshrinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06222733129203280662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-13174648222931593082012-03-03T10:14:18.050+00:002012-03-03T10:14:18.050+00:00Eleonore,
thanks for corroborating from the Frenc...Eleonore,<br /><br />thanks for corroborating from the French side of things! <br /><br />Being neither French nor American by birth provides me with a unique POV that never stops from fascinating me into seeing how one nation sees another. (and not just in perfume-land)<br /><br />I think the French are more easy with their use of perfume, in that they have much more fun with it on the whole. Perfumeshrinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06222733129203280662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-22566390980184227242012-03-03T10:10:48.636+00:002012-03-03T10:10:48.636+00:00Mimi,
I agree on Guerlain: they have this rich, s...Mimi,<br /><br />I agree on Guerlain: they have this rich, sinful, patisserie thing down pat and they used to do an excellent bourgeois type (in the best possible sense) of perfumery: classy, not jarring or too individualistic, showing that someone made some effort, still rather restrained and never vulgar.Perfumeshrinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06222733129203280662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-32471563590246162112012-03-03T10:09:08.957+00:002012-03-03T10:09:08.957+00:00Mimi,
it's always shocking considering not to...Mimi,<br /><br />it's always shocking considering not to see No.5 in lists, as it's so iconic. I think it has encapsulated a sense of Frenchness in its most distilled form: the desire for elegance, the spartan colour scheme, the aldehydic smell which can't be anything BUT perfume, the unapologetic story that accompanies it...<br /><br />I like the J'Adore flankers L'Or and L&#Perfumeshrinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06222733129203280662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-28828794807146736552012-03-02T16:59:24.287+00:002012-03-02T16:59:24.287+00:00Had to google the Rem by Reminiscence
and floral a...Had to google the Rem by Reminiscence<br />and floral aquatic does not fit my image of what French women smell like. Maybe teenage French girls!Barbaranoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-55104869550648583142012-03-02T16:17:37.789+00:002012-03-02T16:17:37.789+00:00As others pointed out, the lack of Chanels from th...As others pointed out, the lack of Chanels from the list suggests that the webzine must be run by the lamentable Arnault group (see also the Dior presence).<br /><br />But to what is French - yes, the stereotype is chypre or aldehydic. At least from an Italian point of view, the stereotype has always been of Italians making simple, fresh easy things (eau de cologne, pine, etc.), and the French caciohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17902017914305322799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-46544092207301838982012-03-02T15:57:19.049+00:002012-03-02T15:57:19.049+00:00Hi E! I'm French as you know and agree with ev...Hi E! I'm French as you know and agree with everything you wrote (with Emma too..) so sad we go for the cheap and easy...Though with some niche brands such as Frédéric Malle's Editions de parfums and a few others, there is some "resistance", thank God for that! :-)Eleonorenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-24746237527515470832012-03-02T15:21:26.446+00:002012-03-02T15:21:26.446+00:00Elena- I was so busy being shocked that No. 5 was...Elena- I was so busy being shocked that No. 5 was not on the first list - I forgot to say...........<br /><br />Annemariec has said it - oakmoss and also Guerlain. Guerlain always smells incredibly french to me - the classics and not particularly the newer offerings.Mimi Gardenianoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-15012221096315144832012-03-02T15:17:54.627+00:002012-03-02T15:17:54.627+00:00Hello Dear Elena !
What no Chanel No. 5 at the t...Hello Dear Elena ! <br /><br />What no Chanel No. 5 at the top ?? Mon Dieu ! <br /><br />J'adore - the last time I smelt J'adore on a lady it smelt like a hot synthetic mess.<br /><br />Though, I do have a couple of the J'adore flankers which I love L'or and Absolu , the original J'adore , I think , has been 'fiddled with' and smells cheaper .Mimi Gardenianoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-89544848112655352042012-03-02T14:45:04.020+00:002012-03-02T14:45:04.020+00:00AMC,
oakmoss by rights should be connected to the...AMC,<br /><br />oakmoss by rights should be connected to the Balkans, I'd think. LOL! (its source being there and its history in perfumes starting there as well)<br /><br />But I do agree with you! This mossy, perfume-y thing is intextricably tied to images of classic French perfumes: they did those so well. :-)<br /><br />Deneuve (which you mention and I love) however was not marketed to thePerfumeshrinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06222733129203280662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-9216886467894885092012-03-02T14:41:34.766+00:002012-03-02T14:41:34.766+00:00V,
I was surprised not to see Chanel either! Chan...V,<br /><br />I was surprised not to see Chanel either! Chanel is rather a popular brand with the French bourgeoisie (and this is empirically corroborated) and for good reason: the brand always stood for code for streamlined elegance and the bourgeois feels best when they mingle well with their own. <br /><br />I beg to differ on what makes it to the top of the tops in the US lists thoug (must Perfumeshrinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06222733129203280662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-30402660103790842172012-03-02T14:37:01.004+00:002012-03-02T14:37:01.004+00:00Emma,
I think you intelligently point out a very ...Emma,<br /><br />I think you intelligently point out a very painful truth: that the actual quality of mainstream fragrances (French included) has dropped dramatically in the last 20-25 years. <br />When someone bought -for instance- a Dior all those years ago it was a high artistry product, envisioned by Edmond Roudnitska or such, and with the necessary spacing between releases to really cement Perfumeshrinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06222733129203280662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-74068620227657026072012-03-02T14:28:41.665+00:002012-03-02T14:28:41.665+00:00B,
thanks for sharing your thoughts.
LL is indee...B,<br /><br />thanks for sharing your thoughts. <br />LL is indeed very popular as is Angel: I think they capture that indulgent, sinful side that the French (and many other Southern Europeans) enjoy so much (a case of living life instead of just living to work, "being part of the machine" etc.)<br /><br />That was exactly my point: what you so succinctly refer to as perfumes marketed Perfumeshrinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06222733129203280662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-87743421958196926192012-03-02T06:31:58.877+00:002012-03-02T06:31:58.877+00:00Okamoss. That is my idea of Frenchness. I would no...Okamoss. That is my idea of Frenchness. I would nominate Deneueve by Catherine Deneuve as a great examplar: dense, mossy, a bit dirty. Recently I came upon a third of a bottle of Laura Ashley No. 1 that I had forgotten I had, and the oakmoss struck me very forcibly. But the fragrance is also very clean and soapy as well. Not French!annemariecnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-88846585181179962862012-03-02T02:08:22.728+00:002012-03-02T02:08:22.728+00:00Interesting that there's no Chanel on the firs...Interesting that there's no Chanel on the first list! I still think this list is a bit fancier than the top 20 American scents would be. I'd imagine that list would be filled with Britney Spears, JLo, Pink Sugar, and other generic fragrances.Victoriahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03947972389586608536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-4832751932944055992012-03-02T01:06:28.568+00:002012-03-02T01:06:28.568+00:00Younger french women wearing a little bit more wha...Younger french women wearing a little bit more what other european and american women are wearing than 30 years ago is because of globalization but also because the big brands such as Chanel and Dior used to market their perfumes solely to "la bourgeoise" or the upper-middle class french woman who was more educated and refined than working-class women who would only wear a generic Eau Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com