tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post606100195556066248..comments2024-03-29T05:13:21.130+00:00Comments on Perfume Shrine: At Last: Guerlain HommePerfumeshrinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06222733129203280662noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-11726702804128271742008-09-12T12:16:00.000+01:002008-09-12T12:16:00.000+01:00AromaX,that's easy! You didn't find a review becau...AromaX,<BR/><BR/>that's easy! You didn't find a review because I have yet to smell it! (I know, unbelievable, isn't it?) I have postponed it but I hear it panned so much I am really curious now. <BR/>Will definitely report back when I do! (mojito is a good thing, it's the other things I am most worried about, as you succinctly point out!):-)Perfumeshrinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06222733129203280662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-52174951990036848182008-09-12T08:26:00.000+01:002008-09-12T08:26:00.000+01:00Dear Helg, the whole summer I was teased by your r...Dear Helg, the whole summer I was teased by your review waiting till Guerlain Homme will come to the shops. Well - yesterday I could smell it. So I wanted to find your review after you've smelled it, but I couldn't. So - very curious to what do you think about the scent. For me personally - it makes me smile and I can't take it seriously. The fact Guerlain makes a mojito, a film about Mowgli usedAromaXhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14212200633591194271noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-44438144615842806132008-07-09T20:13:00.000+01:002008-07-09T20:13:00.000+01:00Thank you. I am sure you'd have LOTS to say! LOLAu...Thank you. I am sure you'd have LOTS to say! LOL<BR/><BR/>Autres temps, autre moeurs...Perfumeshrinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06222733129203280662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-1270716188317060532008-07-09T06:31:00.000+01:002008-07-09T06:31:00.000+01:00Good comparaison, their compositions failed to del...Good comparaison, their compositions failed to deliver on promises but don't start me on them! LOL By Kilian and all the others hope to do what Serge Lutens started doing more than fifteen years ago but none of them have his visionary genius. It takes more than overtly gourmands or insipid scents at $200.00 a bottle to come up with a masterpiece perfume; most use high quality ingredients but the Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-83214100984460614962008-07-08T08:52:00.000+01:002008-07-08T08:52:00.000+01:00DG,thanks! I haven't been around as long, but I di...DG,<BR/><BR/>thanks! I haven't been around as long, but I did have some older <I>En Avion</I> which was fabulous (same with <I>Alpona</I>) and I realise that I will probably never get as good a batch, ever again. <BR/>Didn't follow the previous ownership of Caron, just know about the Ales Group. <BR/>I also came to understand that the reason I never "got" <I>Tabac Blond</I> is possibly because I Perfumeshrinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06222733129203280662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-36913337438369677422008-07-07T21:14:00.000+01:002008-07-07T21:14:00.000+01:00I 'm 38, not that old after all but I 've been aro...I 'm 38, not that old after all but I 've been around LOL. I started wearing En Avion in the late 80's and it was always as beautiful and unchanged until Groupe Ales took over. (Caron has had a succession of different owners between the 80's and the late 90's so Groupe Ales was seen as financial security found back then). I have had lengthy discussions with Diane at their new location, she 's Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-38571868512953478332008-07-07T19:44:00.000+01:002008-07-07T19:44:00.000+01:00Daltrofian Girl,I admit I thought you were younger...Daltrofian Girl,<BR/><BR/>I admit I thought you were younger: I don't have your scope of experience with Caron wearing I'm afraid. I came late to the brand via swapping/online buying, with the exception of a couple of fragrances which were available where I live (the rest were not). <BR/>Therefore I difer to your greater expertise on the matter.<BR/><BR/>I do believe he reviewed some Carons as Perfumeshrinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06222733129203280662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-86576664920093250092008-07-07T02:30:00.000+01:002008-07-07T02:30:00.000+01:00* PerfumeShrine, about the book, I wish it had bee...* PerfumeShrine, about the book, I wish it had been "him" and not "her" reviewing the Carons...but I don 't think he would have come up to different conclusions. I read his 1994 Caron reviews in french, they 're all excellent, back then he admitted TB had been "watered down" a little but that it was still beautiful...I shall find this out very soon, I just won a small TB vintage bottle from the Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-75998352264840023632008-07-07T02:20:00.000+01:002008-07-07T02:20:00.000+01:00I know, unfortunately that 's human nature...You k...I know, unfortunately that 's human nature...<BR/><BR/>You know I didn 't wait for Luca Turin bash Caron reformulations, I was the first one to talk about it at POL and other boards back in 2004/2005 already but it never really went anywhere, mostly because it 's was coming from "me" and also I noticed most cyber-perfume afficionados who discuss Caron rarely wore them before the Groupe Ales Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-77550414471231925062008-07-06T07:29:00.000+01:002008-07-06T07:29:00.000+01:00Daltroffian Girl,thank you. Well, I did receive lo...Daltroffian Girl,<BR/><BR/>thank you. Well, I did receive lots of mails congratulating me on that honest review, so it all balances out! I like to think there are people with varying degrees of humour and irony in any venue, so I don't ruffle my feathers too much.<BR/><BR/>Very weird what you're telling me about Caron! <BR/>I confess I haven't done this myself so my samples are a mixed lot and Perfumeshrinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06222733129203280662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-8892132694521448992008-07-05T22:00:00.000+01:002008-07-05T22:00:00.000+01:00PerfumeShrine, I 'm glad you let people speak thei...PerfumeShrine, I 'm glad you let people speak their minds here; actually I remember the way a few POLers treated you because of your Perfumes The Guide review... these people who think so high of themselves are really stripped of any sense of humor, sense of irony and take everything seriously, anyways...<BR/><BR/>I hope we 'll have a chance to tackle the Caron reformulation thing too. Actually IAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-8558124957085174642008-07-05T14:43:00.000+01:002008-07-05T14:43:00.000+01:00SLF,Honestly, I think all that innovation professe...SLF,<BR/><BR/>Honestly, I think all that innovation professed in advertising is a bit exagerrated. I recall <I>Allure</I> being toted to be shattering the traditional pyramid (and it does have notes which come and go and then come in again and then go again etc.) and <I>Insolence</I> supposedly being constructed like a prism. Smell them with a non-expert perfumer's nose and the concept doesn't Perfumeshrinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06222733129203280662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-63352757230848070862008-07-05T13:25:00.000+01:002008-07-05T13:25:00.000+01:00I am curious about this "defiance" of the traditio...I am curious about this "defiance" of the traditional pyramid structure. Does it mean, in effect, that it creates a 3-level linear ribbon? And the curiosity of a relative newbie also makes me wonder how if all things are going on simultaneously, how does one identify three separate multi-note accords, versus an overall melange of scent??<BR/><BR/>That said, I have to admit I am intrigued, and Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-3721789431642185552008-07-05T09:10:00.000+01:002008-07-05T09:10:00.000+01:00Daltroffian Girl,or A or whatever, you're always w...Daltroffian Girl,<BR/><BR/>or A or whatever, you're always welcome to comment here. We speak our mind here too!<BR/>{And I haven't forgotten about the Caron *cough* issue *cough* which will be tackled in due course}.<BR/><BR/>I do hope you're not implying any of our discerning readers is lame or haggard or any of those things; maybe you were thinking of some select exceptions on other venues? <BRPerfumeshrinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06222733129203280662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-52352436381695348532008-07-05T04:08:00.000+01:002008-07-05T04:08:00.000+01:00I 'm so tired of all those lame people who are exc...I 'm so tired of all those lame people who are excited everytime there 's something "new" out there! <BR/>With Thierry Wasser as Guerlain new in-house perfumer, Guerlain has officially become Dior 's clone. Say goodbye to guerlinades and hello to insipid fruity florals for girls and woody florals for guys!<BR/><BR/>Daltroffian Girl (The Kathy Griffin of the Perfume Community, the only girl who Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-77497934002229016402008-07-04T09:41:00.000+01:002008-07-04T09:41:00.000+01:00The campaign should be good, which is always a nic...The campaign should be good, which is always a nice bonus. Of course if the juice is disappointing it's a bummer, but I think they have set a good example with L'Instant HOmme which was fabulous, so let's hope for the best.<BR/>Lucky you! ~it's great to have a SO who appreciates this stuff, isn't it?Perfumeshrinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06222733129203280662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-90455546381280909952008-07-04T09:40:00.000+01:002008-07-04T09:40:00.000+01:00M,what a pity! Perhaps if it is unisex enough howe...M,<BR/><BR/>what a pity! Perhaps if it is unisex enough however (and why shouldn't it be with all this minty, rosey -the pelargonium- stuff going for it) you might wear it yourself! <BR/>Am awaiting impressions when you try it out in any case :-)Perfumeshrinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06222733129203280662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-87243315669545894012008-07-04T09:27:00.000+01:002008-07-04T09:27:00.000+01:00Ha! I am excited! Sounds good and i love things ju...Ha! I am excited! Sounds good and i love things jungle-y, that's why i like the campaign.<BR/>As my SO is a "perfumista"-grade user of EdT he will surely be, too! :-)<BR/>lillieAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-45107393606525438882008-07-04T08:16:00.000+01:002008-07-04T08:16:00.000+01:00I shall seek this out and have a sniff when it com...I shall seek this out and have a sniff when it comes my way Helg! <BR/>I have to tell you - my husband NEVER wears aftershave! LOL <BR/>My daughter and I have bought it for him but it just goes on the shelf and goes off! <BR/>I guess its just me and the dogs that smell here! LOLlady jickyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09013352537776588166noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-4093672094548807612008-07-04T08:02:00.000+01:002008-07-04T08:02:00.000+01:00LOL! It looks like an animal straight out of "Lost...LOL! It looks like an animal straight out of "Lost" doesn't it? <BR/>The notes are in contrast with the slogan, I guess, but in any case a new Guerlain is always cause for desire to sample :-)<BR/>Love the bottle, don't you? Seems hefty and solid: Hurray, into the direction that Dior Homme showed!<BR/><BR/>You caught what caught my attention as well: it's the first time I see pelargonium in notesPerfumeshrinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06222733129203280662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-88469860368743880762008-07-03T21:49:00.000+01:002008-07-03T21:49:00.000+01:00Well, I'm not sure of how much of an animal a moji...Well, I'm not sure of how much of an animal a mojito is meant to make me feel... Probably a thirsty one, at the very least. Just hold the rhubarb and geranium in the drink. ;-)carmencanada /Grain de Muschttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04046101625425953248noreply@blogger.com