tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post6563623870206833543..comments2024-03-29T05:13:21.130+00:00Comments on Perfume Shrine: Coty Chypre: fragrant pilgrimage and reviewPerfumeshrinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06222733129203280662noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-70800933271197179142011-02-26T04:58:16.512+00:002011-02-26T04:58:16.512+00:00What an incredible review. I especially love the ...What an incredible review. I especially love the final paragraph, very evocative and beautifully written. I am a classic chypre lover, and that includes Coty Chypre of course. It seems that encapsulated in this one perfume is everything that I love in my other favorite chypres. I find it interesting that Chypre de Coty is so often described as 'Mitsouko without the peach note' because toAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-83802903546131961912010-08-07T06:11:18.288+01:002010-08-07T06:11:18.288+01:00chateau de lourps is also the setting of Huysman&#...chateau de lourps is also the setting of Huysman's "En Rade" in which it plays a much bigger role - as almost a character itself - than it does in "A Rebours"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-82807520375133801542009-06-06T10:44:50.721+01:002009-06-06T10:44:50.721+01:00Thanks anon, a wonderful addition. It's wonder...Thanks anon, a wonderful addition. It's wonderful to see that Lubin had such a reputation at the time as to be referenced. A double joy actually, as there is also the fragrance by Hermes which was named with the same name later on.Perfumeshrinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06222733129203280662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-61411017038010919282009-06-02T10:49:23.088+01:002009-06-02T10:49:23.088+01:00If you are interested in literary connections, I c...If you are interested in literary connections, I can also mention another novel by Guy de Maupassant (yes, he's one of my favorites!). In BEL AMI (1885), among the smells of the crowd in the streets of Paris is - thank God - "Eau de Lubin". An obvious proof of the longtime status of that immortal classicAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-53564457653421101662009-06-01T06:49:26.585+01:002009-06-01T06:49:26.585+01:00Thank you A for your comment! As an archeologist I...Thank you A for your comment! As an archeologist I am aware of chypre being an ancient recipek, as elaborated in the <A HREF="http://perfumeshrine.blogspot.com/search/label/chypre%20series" REL="nofollow">Chypre Series</A>part 1 (and I intend to focus on this past on a subsequent post with a surprise). <br />It's always thrilling to find a perfume quote in a novel, though, isn't it! Lovely of youPerfumeshrinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06222733129203280662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-46725044949202871632009-05-31T16:28:32.421+01:002009-05-31T16:28:32.421+01:00One point must be clarified: the word "chypre" as ...One point must be clarified: the word "chypre" as a special Mediterranean fragrance was not invented by François Coty. It had long been the name of a particular perfume, unexistent in nature, (like "Jockey club", "Russian Leather", "Fougère", "Peau d'Espagne" etc.) CHYPRE is mentioned in Guy de Maupassant's novel "Notre Coeur" (1892). The protagonist Mariolle buys an "eau de toilette au chypre" Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-51811967960985636942007-10-10T14:50:00.000+01:002007-10-10T14:50:00.000+01:00Seconding "A rebours" reading ;-) Very detailed de...Seconding "A rebours" reading ;-) Very detailed descriptions of perfume making. <BR/>And there is a wonderful introduction in the english-translated edition, I later found out.Perfumeshrinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06222733129203280662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-86579484677294173982007-10-10T12:58:00.000+01:002007-10-10T12:58:00.000+01:00Dear C., I actually had to Google the château de L...Dear C., I actually had to Google the château de Lourps before realizing it was the location in which the hero of Huysmans's novel "A rebours" (in English: "Against the grain") was born. Even though I re-read the book a couple of months ago! It contains a classic and fascinating chapter on late 19th century perfume composition and as such, is recommended reading for literate perfume lovers.<BR/>Icarmencanadahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04242409369868615074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-89624968650427931002007-10-10T09:31:00.000+01:002007-10-10T09:31:00.000+01:00Dear C,thanks on behalf of D (who did a very diffi...Dear C,<BR/><BR/>thanks on behalf of D (who did a very difficult job indeed and honours me with her work) and I am very glad that the choice of Medea was not lost on you ;-)Perfumeshrinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06222733129203280662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-87542552620235354242007-10-10T02:01:00.000+01:002007-10-10T02:01:00.000+01:00I never thought of a Chypre as a scent of the Deca...I never thought of a Chypre as a scent of the Decadence, but your review places it firmly there. This, I thought, is what the Chateau de Lourps would smell of, as like that fictive place, it plays with a decaying aesthetic and social order ... and from it births something of uncommon, difficult beauty. It was a great defiant >>je m'en fou<< in the face of Coty's contemporaries, a "problem" Vetivressehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13184229271272395673noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-30055589130096489222007-10-09T21:58:00.000+01:002007-10-09T21:58:00.000+01:00Divina, Dinazad, thank you so much for the kind wo...Divina, Dinazad, thank you so much for the kind words. Chypre was a daunting scent to review, but Helg's series was the best possible occasion to attempt it.carmencanadahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04242409369868615074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-38426398780817086802007-10-09T15:22:00.000+01:002007-10-09T15:22:00.000+01:00Superb post indeed! Thank you!Superb post indeed! Thank you!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-18927976691560091722007-10-09T13:40:00.000+01:002007-10-09T13:40:00.000+01:00I am sure Denyse will be thrilled. :-)I am sure Denyse will be thrilled. <BR/>:-)Perfumeshrinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06222733129203280662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-56665902539094744392007-10-09T13:22:00.000+01:002007-10-09T13:22:00.000+01:00Fabulous, fabulous post. A joy to read. Thank you....Fabulous, fabulous post. A joy to read. Thank you.Divinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14846908655432168778noreply@blogger.com