tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post5358680032390949269..comments2024-03-27T09:09:56.489+00:00Comments on Perfume Shrine: On Vintage Stuff and the Polemics of TruthPerfumeshrinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06222733129203280662noreply@blogger.comBlogger38125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-65674088025622409322014-02-21T13:47:21.773+00:002014-02-21T13:47:21.773+00:00Taffy,
if I recall correctly it was on the POL fo...Taffy,<br /><br />if I recall correctly it was on the POL forum Talk about Perfume page. The requests however were sent to the cousin (?) directly, POL had nothing to do with sales. <br />Perfumeshrinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06222733129203280662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-48109082347510483112014-02-21T13:46:27.536+00:002014-02-21T13:46:27.536+00:00Mary,
thank you very much for saying so and sorry...Mary,<br /><br />thank you very much for saying so and sorry about the platform eating your comment. This one went through, thanks for the kind and supportive words!Perfumeshrinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06222733129203280662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-23357894450692312442014-02-21T07:04:19.969+00:002014-02-21T07:04:19.969+00:00Where was Linda's sale list posted? I would l...Where was Linda's sale list posted? I would love to see it.Taffyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12732175030258490272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-63938159930104621052014-02-21T04:07:25.416+00:002014-02-21T04:07:25.416+00:00Aauugh, this box keeps eating my comment. Well, E...Aauugh, this box keeps eating my comment. Well, Elena I loved your article and I am devoted to your blog. Imagine a lengthy, humorous, well written and supportive note right here. Which there would be, only it did not get through. Trying this one ; 0) MaryAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-57014094535968544272014-02-20T11:15:57.572+00:002014-02-20T11:15:57.572+00:00Anon,
wise words. Thanks for sharing!
Glad to se...Anon,<br /><br />wise words. Thanks for sharing!<br /><br />Glad to see I wasn't the only one thinking of this seeing Linda's list. It left me with a sad taste in the mouth. On top of her sad passing, this. Oh well. Who am I to judge, right?<br /><br />Sometimes I feel that our "nostalgia" for things past is just nostalgia for our prime. Or for a time we have envisioned through Perfumeshrinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06222733129203280662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-22228425962232621902014-02-20T11:05:37.798+00:002014-02-20T11:05:37.798+00:00Mim,
thanks for offering your opinion on this and...Mim,<br /><br />thanks for offering your opinion on this and for your kind note. I do see your point. I have tried to do that myself with a couple of things (retain what I absolutely can't see my life without)<br /><br />I realize that IFRA-panic stocking is at the helm of many evolving collections. No one suggested it might all be a ploy of making us buy more perfume (we do, don't we?) Perfumeshrinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06222733129203280662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-17117463066265227412014-02-20T11:01:57.777+00:002014-02-20T11:01:57.777+00:00Stelma,
you got it right! No moratorium on vintag...Stelma,<br /><br />you got it right! No moratorium on vintage was suggested. Just careful, double checking and some sanity on both sides (sellers' and buyers'). <br /><br />I too have some good vintages. They were lucky items. Some others I had to brace myself and throw away in the trash (Diorissimo parfum, I'm talking at you)<br /><br />There is wisdom in not taking the collection asPerfumeshrinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06222733129203280662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-71730434630652331402014-02-20T10:56:06.015+00:002014-02-20T10:56:06.015+00:00Ann,
I had absolutely no knowledge of the Adrienn...Ann,<br /><br />I had absolutely no knowledge of the Adrienne Rich quote so thank you for bringing it here. <br />"Nostalgia is the sugar fix of the mind". It makes you think. Nostalgia by its very etymology suggests algos (=pain), therefore its being also the cure to the pain is a most fascinating concept, but yes, it is "curative".<br /><br />Your analogy with the slot Perfumeshrinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06222733129203280662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-20533078866886487042014-02-20T10:45:42.590+00:002014-02-20T10:45:42.590+00:00Ana,
thanks for commenting.
I can see your poin...Ana,<br /><br />thanks for commenting. <br /><br />I can see your point. LIke I said above, the hateful stance is a response to some of the comments themselves. If one opens up the bag of "preposterous! she's taking as for fools!", then others follow suit. It always happens online. Always. <br />The unimportance isn't related to the perfume, it's related to egos. Egos are Perfumeshrinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06222733129203280662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-57963393426277677832014-02-20T10:38:50.670+00:002014-02-20T10:38:50.670+00:00C,
thanks for reading the article and for your ki...C,<br /><br />thanks for reading the article and for your kind note of support. <br /><br />Honestly, I don't think it blew up all over me. Sure, I see that there was some ferocity in the comments, but that is understandable, in fact predicted and I consider a writer's job to provoke conversation. <br /><br />There is something about psychology of the masses as well as something about Perfumeshrinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06222733129203280662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-9128874800349428682014-02-20T10:31:51.239+00:002014-02-20T10:31:51.239+00:00C,
thank you for pointing out the construction of...C,<br /><br />thank you for pointing out the construction of thought behind the axiom by Heraclitus. People are transient too, I suppose. The ephemeron of things is a matter which greatly interests me since I was a teen. It makes for fascinating observations too. Perfumeshrinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06222733129203280662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-3454337565517427272014-02-20T10:30:23.667+00:002014-02-20T10:30:23.667+00:00Ricky/K,
thanks for offering your point of you.
...Ricky/K,<br /><br />thanks for offering your point of you. <br /><br />I don't think all vintages are condemned to die horribly, but better use up your decants; they evaporate, oxidize or sour over time. It's the fate of the "vehicle". <br /><br />Dame's claim has being a spike in the eye of collectors, but although his timeline is rather strict (IMHO), he has a logical Perfumeshrinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06222733129203280662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-23166922546344543732014-02-20T04:28:59.440+00:002014-02-20T04:28:59.440+00:00I too had that thought after the passing of a perf...I too had that thought after the passing of a perfume addict. I saw the list of what she had and I have a good clue of what she spent for it. And now they are selling what they can to recoup money for her children. <br /><br />I don't want that to be my fate. <br /><br />I don't want to "save things" only to have never gotten to enjoy them and have them sold on ebay to Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-54874132975261335222014-02-19T15:22:04.651+00:002014-02-19T15:22:04.651+00:00I really enjoy your blog. I'm sorry to hear yo...I really enjoy your blog. I'm sorry to hear you've been taking a lot of flak for your personal opinion. <br /><br />My personal take on vintage scents is that perfume, like clothing, tends to smell of the era when it was made, and I *really* like perfumes with the lines of particular eras. But just as I'll wear repro clothing, I'll wear 'repro' perfume. I haven't Mimhttp://crinolinerobot.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-30257770500964219442014-02-19T02:48:23.679+00:002014-02-19T02:48:23.679+00:00To the commenter above me, don't give up entir...To the commenter above me, don't give up entirely on vintage perfumes! I didn't get that message from Elenas article at all. In fact other than the remark about the perfumer chuckling into his sleeve or what ever it was, I didn't find anything that would be so offending. (and I wasn't offended by that either) Maybe it is because I read all your posts and I am familiar with yourstelmadesignshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07909207146304448538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-81608669240346748332014-02-18T22:25:44.783+00:002014-02-18T22:25:44.783+00:00Ha. I was just going to quote Adrienne Rich and th...Ha. I was just going to quote Adrienne Rich and thought I better check the wording, and lo and behold googling could not confirm the quote. But I digress! <br /><br />Paraphrasing (or perhaps making this up whole cloth?) Adrienne Rich... Nostalgia is the sugar fix of the mind. <br /><br />Your article is messing with some peoples' serious fixes! I think, in the spirit you intended, people Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-85797565364856176912014-02-18T22:21:42.697+00:002014-02-18T22:21:42.697+00:00Thank you for all your posts,Elena!Very informativ...Thank you for all your posts,Elena!Very informative and well researched.I always value and rely on your opinions and also on my nose and skin chemistry.So,there are a handful of bloggers whose vast knowledge I base my search upon,but ultimately the decision lies with me and only me.So it's beyond me how people can get so offended about someone's opinion which is different to their own.I Ananoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-36151191805892220732014-02-18T20:47:46.996+00:002014-02-18T20:47:46.996+00:00okay, just read the article on fragrantica, and i ...okay, just read the article on fragrantica, and i really don't see why it blew up all over you. it doesn't feel like an attack on vintage perfumes or collectors at all, just a point of view to consider (one that i have already considered more than once as i love vintage perfume and have noticed how they can vary, evaporate and age well or poorly), and that's it. <br /><br />if someoneAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-54493264423424011732014-02-18T19:23:42.306+00:002014-02-18T19:23:42.306+00:00"you can't cross the same river twice&quo..."you can't cross the same river twice". It's the transience of perfume that is accountable for that.<br /><br />i need to go back and read your original article and the comments it illicited, but these lines stuck out to me. i would say it's actually the transience of humans or humanity that makes it thus. we are changing in every moment, and we cannot bring exactly the sameAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-24433789280707959622014-02-18T17:47:56.486+00:002014-02-18T17:47:56.486+00:00This was all very fascinating to me as a relative ...This was all very fascinating to me as a relative newbie to the perfume world. I've been into the perfume world about 2 years and have only gotten maybe 2 vintage bottles and a couple of tiny decants of vintage scents. I must admit that some of the vintages I got off Ebay (they were cheap, believe me- I'm no dummy) were a mess and got poured down the sink. I realize that they are fadedrickyrebarcohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02481413067557996809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-4074570194218727892014-02-18T16:56:25.217+00:002014-02-18T16:56:25.217+00:00To Karin:
Perfume lovers know a thing or two abou...To Karin:<br /><br />Perfume lovers know a thing or two about preservation and therefore have much higher chances to have their vintage bottles keep longer than 8 years (or even 10, LOL). Unfortunately lots of stuff circulates searching for the new or naive or very impatient buyer who will buy something less well preserved. <br />The canister of Rive Gauche is the perfect vehicle for perfume and Perfumeshrinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06222733129203280662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-10664796592735253262014-02-18T16:52:33.815+00:002014-02-18T16:52:33.815+00:00Karin (from Savvy Thinker) sent me the following c...Karin (from Savvy Thinker) sent me the following comment which was eaten by Blogger, so sent it in an email:<br /><br />< < I enjoyed your article today and missed the controversy.<br /><br />For myself, I wish I hadn't used up perfumes during the time when I felt I had to use up one to buy another, because I feel certain that mine would still be fine. (I could be entirely wrong). Perfumeshrinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06222733129203280662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-78794339406561114532014-02-18T16:51:30.159+00:002014-02-18T16:51:30.159+00:00James,
you're very welcome. I have always tho...James,<br /><br />you're very welcome. I have always thought that knowledge should flow. Apparently PR deems otherwise. But I'm not much of a PR person, I'm afraid ;-)Perfumeshrinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06222733129203280662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-64853676919010550222014-02-18T16:50:41.715+00:002014-02-18T16:50:41.715+00:00Jean,
awww, aren't you sweet :-)
Thank you, t...Jean,<br /><br />awww, aren't you sweet :-)<br />Thank you, that made my day!Perfumeshrinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06222733129203280662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-41262815540924672322014-02-18T15:55:39.363+00:002014-02-18T15:55:39.363+00:00I'm a newbie to perfumes and i just wanted to ...I'm a newbie to perfumes and i just wanted to let you know how much i appreciate you sharing your experience and opinions! Jamesnoreply@blogger.com