tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post5753054544475367935..comments2024-03-27T09:09:56.489+00:00Comments on Perfume Shrine: Spring Anticipation-a Joint Project from Two Sides of the WorldPerfumeshrinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06222733129203280662noreply@blogger.comBlogger25125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-2091903030773998932008-03-05T19:59:00.001+00:002008-03-05T19:59:00.001+00:00You're welcome N! Hope you like it :-)You're welcome N! Hope you like it :-)Perfumeshrinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06222733129203280662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-425290202819863102008-03-05T19:59:00.000+00:002008-03-05T19:59:00.000+00:00Lavinia, I see you have dvelved into the works of ...Lavinia, I see you have dvelved into the works of Leung! I was mesmerised by the colour co-ordination of nature-costumes in <I>Hero</I>: it was soooo semiotically loaded. <BR/>Thanks for the rec on<I> Happy Together! </I>More on the "to see" list! :-))Perfumeshrinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06222733129203280662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-48809137274475572842008-03-05T19:39:00.000+00:002008-03-05T19:39:00.000+00:00Thanks E ! I will let you know when it arrives.Thanks E ! I will let you know when it arrives.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-9577300940972451482008-03-05T18:11:00.000+00:002008-03-05T18:11:00.000+00:00"2046" is another great film. And Hero - a real po..."2046" is another great film. And Hero - a real poem, you are right. I love that fight scene above the surface of the lake, where you can see every drop of water. I can recommend you "Happy Together", where Leung plays a gay. It is a very interesting, difficult film.<BR/><BR/>BTW I had to google Ladurée macaroons, I've never seen something like that. But I am sure they are very tasty. :)<BR/>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-64505928211933220462008-03-05T17:55:00.000+00:002008-03-05T17:55:00.000+00:00Oh, you're lucky then! And good to know, I was una...Oh, you're lucky then! And good to know, I was unaware of this.<BR/>We also have warm weather early and it stays quite hot till September, but strawberries are long gone by then (I don't consider the greenhouse ones that appear sometimes worth consuming) .Perfumeshrinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06222733129203280662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-10464054403961370622008-03-05T17:53:00.000+00:002008-03-05T17:53:00.000+00:00Dear Iris,thank you for stopping by. Cherry blosso...Dear Iris,<BR/><BR/>thank you for stopping by. Cherry blossoms are wonderful. It's fascinating how the Japanese celebrate them.<BR/>Enjoy CB!Perfumeshrinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06222733129203280662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-59721836221455899882008-03-05T17:51:00.000+00:002008-03-05T17:51:00.000+00:00Dear N,no need to apologise: anytime you're ready ...Dear N,<BR/><BR/>no need to apologise: anytime you're ready your comment is welcome :-) (btw, sent you the prize for the Quiz!)<BR/><BR/>What lovely choices of scent: Deneuve is ever so wonderful and I have a deep love for No.19.<BR/><BR/>I will join you in the chilled Rose: Cheers!Perfumeshrinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06222733129203280662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-78601924787038259372008-03-05T17:04:00.000+00:002008-03-05T17:04:00.000+00:00Helg, ironically spring gets here really early (Ca...Helg, ironically spring gets here really early (California), it just feels like the heat of summer here only makes the strawberry sweeter, so that's why I consider it more of a summer fruit. Our farmer's markets are flooded with strawberries well into September.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12095625947716520270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-48783569048508880872008-03-05T16:30:00.000+00:002008-03-05T16:30:00.000+00:00Dear N,I will be looking forward to your detailed ...Dear N,<BR/><BR/>I will be looking forward to your detailed commentary then! <BR/>Thanks for the rec on "2046": since you vouch for it, how can I resist? :-)Perfumeshrinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06222733129203280662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-74431854939341535992008-03-05T16:29:00.000+00:002008-03-05T16:29:00.000+00:00Lavinia,I know....why they decided to discontinue ...Lavinia,<BR/><BR/>I know....why they decided to discontinue Flora Nerolia is beyond me. The initial line-up in the Aqua Allegorias was very credible I thought...<BR/><BR/><I>Diorissimo</I> is heavenly for spring, especially in extrait de parfum which has a little animalistic hint. It's not too ruined either, for a classic Dior ;-)Perfumeshrinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06222733129203280662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-12809284711549761942008-03-05T16:16:00.000+00:002008-03-05T16:16:00.000+00:00Looking forward to the blooming of the cherry blos...Looking forward to the blooming of the cherry blossom trees in the park down the block. The blooms are glorious. Alas, they are short-lived. I will wear Guerlain Cherry Blossom parfum while enjoying strolls among the trees.IrisLAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10784920758182679760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-79117249022683331472008-03-05T15:12:00.000+00:002008-03-05T15:12:00.000+00:00Sorry to comment so late. I thought about this joy...Sorry to comment so late. I thought about this joyful post for quite a while yesterday, thanks E! It is strange, even though it is colder this week than some weeks in Janury or February I feel much much happier. This is down to the "March" effect, one of hope and optimism. It has enabled me to consider scents such as Chamade and Deneuve and 19 and Osmanthe Yunnan. I always like wearing green in Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-48619660660680737442008-03-05T12:51:00.000+00:002008-03-05T12:51:00.000+00:00Thank you for the interest, i'm afraid i'll have o...Thank you for the interest, i'm afraid i'll have only time to read it completely when i'm away. But will come back later to the topic. Promise! ;-)<BR/>Reg. Tony Leung: please see "2046" if you haven't. This movie is something...!!<BR/>LillieAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-78626686635648065442008-03-05T11:23:00.000+00:002008-03-05T11:23:00.000+00:00Flora Nerolia is my love, but it is impossible to ...Flora Nerolia is my love, but it is impossible to find it in the shops here. Diorissimo is my next buy probably, every time I go to perfume shop I spray it on my hands and sniff it with so big pleasure.<BR/>lavinia_dAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-80788508144397723732008-03-04T17:00:00.000+00:002008-03-04T17:00:00.000+00:00Dear M,thank you! You get a chance to see spring m...Dear M,<BR/><BR/>thank you! <BR/>You get a chance to see spring more intimately than I do (and don't I envy you for that!), so I am wishing you a swift progression.<BR/>Some florals do perform better in warm days/nights. White florals especially, I've noticed.<BR/><BR/>If it weren't for Lou, I wouldn't have heard about the Wilson book: glad it made to your list, as it did on mine :-)Perfumeshrinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06222733129203280662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-8058933539133690662008-03-04T16:57:00.000+00:002008-03-04T16:57:00.000+00:00Dear Lavinia,you're welcome. Glad you enjoyed it!T...Dear Lavinia,<BR/><BR/>you're welcome. Glad you enjoyed it!<BR/><BR/>Tony Leung is very handsome: I fist noticed him in "Hero" (which is a poem set to images, really!)<BR/>"In the mood for love" was excellent as well.<BR/>There's a beeline for "Lust, Caution" in my local videostore...Perfumeshrinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06222733129203280662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-23587712955520439722008-03-04T16:55:00.000+00:002008-03-04T16:55:00.000+00:00Thank you Jen for your very kind words. Asparagus ...Thank you Jen for your very kind words. <BR/><BR/>Asparagus is such a short-lived treat, isn't it? Same with fresh peas.<BR/>From your strawberry comment I understand that warm weather comes rather late to your part of the world. Still, a joy when they come!<BR/><BR/>What lovely fragrance choices!!They're all so pretty, so elegant, so effortless.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the recommendation of the bookPerfumeshrinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06222733129203280662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-86503846632349935012008-03-04T16:25:00.000+00:002008-03-04T16:25:00.000+00:00What fun list, E. We're stepping into spring here,...What fun list, E. We're stepping into spring here, but it's not in full bloom. I've yet to see my first turtle or snake of the season, and I'll be happy when the hyacinths come up.<BR/><BR/>I am looking forward to the first really warm day so I can break out the Narcisse Blanc--it only reaches it's full glory in the heat, as far as I'm concerned. <BR/><BR/>BTW, many thanks to you (and Lou) for BitterGracehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18262639525430954930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-39396922153995054712008-03-04T16:16:00.000+00:002008-03-04T16:16:00.000+00:00Helg/the non blonde:Thanks for all these great tip...Helg/the non blonde:<BR/>Thanks for all these great tips and thanks for mentioning Lust, Caution. I want to see it, it wasn't in our cinemas here yet. I like Tony Leung, he is my favourite Asian actor, very handsome actor by the way. :-)<BR/>Have you seen "In the mood for love"?<BR/>lavinia_dAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-87118353982059743772008-03-04T15:03:00.000+00:002008-03-04T15:03:00.000+00:00By the way lovely children's illustrations you cho...By the way lovely children's illustrations you chose, the beauty and beast book is very popular at the library I work at. I highly suggest you look up Kinuko Y. Craft too for lovely illustrations. And check out the lovely Swan Lake http://www.amazon.com/Swan-Lake-Lisbeth-Zwerger/dp/0735817022/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1204642956&sr=1-1Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12095625947716520270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-24339929993807512552008-03-04T15:00:00.000+00:002008-03-04T15:00:00.000+00:00Helg what a great post! Really has me thinking abo...Helg what a great post! Really has me thinking about what I am looking forward to this spring: rhubarb and asparagus. Strawberries are really more of a summer treat for me. Scents: Bvlgari pour femme, Chanel 22, and Infustion d'Iris.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12095625947716520270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-10612928438817154462008-03-04T13:16:00.000+00:002008-03-04T13:16:00.000+00:00Dear Sol,thank you for your comment and your recom...Dear Sol,<BR/><BR/>thank you for your comment and your recommandation. Although I do follow Greenway (he has been mentioned here before), Nightwatching hasn't opened here yet. So I am now looking forward to it!<BR/><BR/>BTW, the plot reminds me a bit of -well before Da Vinci phenomenon- Arturo Perez Reverte's "La Tabla De Flandes"/"Uncovered", which was lightl in treatment, though (I expect Perfumeshrinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06222733129203280662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-63899179539418896392008-03-04T11:09:00.000+00:002008-03-04T11:09:00.000+00:00You mentioned movies that reproduce art paintings,...You mentioned movies that reproduce art paintings, as a project of yours: I saw Nightwatching on Sunday, the newest film of Peter Greenaway, made around/about Rembrandt's The Nightwatch, with Peter Greenaway himself introducing the film (at the film festival Kosmorama in Trondheim, Norway). The film is esthetically of the most beautiful I have seen, rush to see it, and if in Amsterdam, see the Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-52019683213039919012008-03-04T09:07:00.000+00:002008-03-04T09:07:00.000+00:00Dear N,so happy you liked it :-)I am wishing you a...Dear N,<BR/><BR/>so happy you liked it :-)<BR/>I am wishing you a swift spring arrival!<BR/>"Special Topics in Calamity Physics": now there's a title one doesn't hear of everyday ~care to elaborate?<BR/><BR/>And have a GREAT trip, sound marvellous!Perfumeshrinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06222733129203280662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-70108627703435816922008-03-04T09:04:00.000+00:002008-03-04T09:04:00.000+00:00Helg/the non blonde:loved that project!! Will have...Helg/the non blonde:<BR/>loved that project!! Will have to think of my spring ideas although we're having a flashback to winter currently...<BR/>Agree absolutely on Diorissimo and have a longing for hyacinths (Chamade) and lily (DK Gold), SL's orange blossom of course... gonna read "Special Topics in Calamity Physics" now and maybe some Neruda poems for the holidays...<BR/>Music: Overpowered by Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com