tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4922907157797061660.post1472924321742752301..comments2024-03-29T09:11:58.393+01:00Comments on Grain de musc: Schiaparelli Shocking: Hot, Pink and Frillycarmencanada /Grain de Muschttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04046101625425953248noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4922907157797061660.post-16659281907220378382008-11-22T16:33:00.000+01:002008-11-22T16:33:00.000+01:00Alyssa, the answer popped up in my mind just as I ...Alyssa, the answer popped up in my mind just as I was typing that I didn't know... But again, this term is not listed in perfumer's manuals, it's just a French expression, a little old-fashioned.carmencanada /Grain de Muschttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04046101625425953248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4922907157797061660.post-15587149499993733432008-11-22T00:49:00.000+01:002008-11-22T00:49:00.000+01:00Yes! Yes! That's it! Thank you so much, it's bee...Yes! Yes! That's it! Thank you so much, it's been bugging me for months now, wondering where I read it and what exactly I read. I knew you would know!<BR/><BR/>You know, I read Emperor of Scent years before my perfume obsession began. I've been meaning to read it again now that I know all the characters so much better, perhaps now is the time.Alyssahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08651065872724626149noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4922907157797061660.post-38398347744901191302008-11-21T23:37:00.000+01:002008-11-21T23:37:00.000+01:00Alyssa, frankly, I can't think of a formal word us...Alyssa, frankly, I can't think of a formal word used in perfumery for that accord, other than what you may have read in "The Emperor of Scent", "odeur d'une femme qui se néglige", the smell of a woman who neglects herself. I'm not sure it's taught in any perfumery class, though! But that must be the expression.carmencanada /Grain de Muschttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04046101625425953248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4922907157797061660.post-47088155114309811692008-11-21T20:48:00.000+01:002008-11-21T20:48:00.000+01:00My, my...a review worthy of the perfume and Shiapa...My, my...a review worthy of the perfume and Shiaparelli's legacy. Bravo. <BR/><BR/>D--here is something you are sure to know. Is there a word, probably a French one, used in perfumery to denote the scent of "odor feminina"? I could swear I read something somewhere about the scent of used silk underwear, about the scent of three days without washing, and so on, you get the idea, a word for that scent, to denote the search for that accord in perfumery or the successful result...<BR/><BR/>Or is petit culottes enough?Alyssahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08651065872724626149noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4922907157797061660.post-73116733996383336512008-11-21T17:11:00.000+01:002008-11-21T17:11:00.000+01:00Dusan, for the short time I've smelled it, SM is m...Dusan, for the short time I've smelled it, SM is more like sperm than anything else, with a little metallic blood spilled in...<BR/>As for Kouros, I've never quite thought of it in that light -- sounds about right though.carmencanada /Grain de Muschttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04046101625425953248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4922907157797061660.post-3337684449441795522008-11-21T17:05:00.000+01:002008-11-21T17:05:00.000+01:00Yes, I realize I haven't done justice to Shocking ...Yes, I realize I haven't done justice to Shocking the fragrance, looking instead only for the odeur reference. Will have to rectify that and see how it blooms from top to bottom.<BR/>Have never smelled SM but can only imagine it smelling like a post-match male locker room chockfull of sweated-out, testosterone-charged lot about to have a group shower. Close enough?<BR/>Also, would you say that Kouros is the male equivalent of Shocking?Dusanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06499372234215611666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4922907157797061660.post-14012034691079571302008-11-21T16:46:00.000+01:002008-11-21T16:46:00.000+01:00Dusan, my experience with the odor di femmina (as ...Dusan, my experience with the odor di femmina (as Don Giovanni would say) is not terribly varied -- I am probably more qualified to evaluate the authenticity of Sécrétions Magnifiques -- but definitely, Shocking has it. And as I said in my answer to ScentScelf above, McQueen's "gousset", if anything, is more of the underarm type, I agree.<BR/>That said, Shocking is *also* a shockingly beautiful fragrance...carmencanada /Grain de Muschttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04046101625425953248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4922907157797061660.post-52253140311329040522008-11-21T16:27:00.000+01:002008-11-21T16:27:00.000+01:00Omg, you are *so* right! Last night I put on some ...Omg, you are *so* right! Last night I put on some EDT concentration on my wrist (rather innocuous-smelling florals/spice on the open, but then I crashed out soon enough) and woke up today to... vag juice (vajuice)? soiled cullotes? I'm grinning in disbelief!<BR/>Just for reference, I've said it before and I'll say it again: whoever first started the story of Kingdom replicating the smell of the vulva clearly hasn't been near one. Kindgom is superb but if anything, it should be linked to the armpit area, though I don't get the association myself.<BR/>Now Shocking is a different story altogether. Ha - wait, I have to smell it again - yes, just ever so slightly repulsive but oddly compelling! :)<BR/>Thanks for the review, D, don't know if I'd ever have pulled it out of my sample trove.Dusanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06499372234215611666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4922907157797061660.post-38539974954854996052008-11-21T16:07:00.000+01:002008-11-21T16:07:00.000+01:00Suzanne, that Persian lamb coat must be a beauty. ...Suzanne, that Persian lamb coat must be a beauty. I used to have a couple from the 40s -- you're right, they're so heavy, they gave me tension headaches!<BR/>Shocking would certainly complement the style...carmencanada /Grain de Muschttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04046101625425953248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4922907157797061660.post-91881055263153171982008-11-21T13:10:00.000+01:002008-11-21T13:10:00.000+01:00Oh, I loved this review, and now I must hunt down ...Oh, I loved this review, and now I must hunt down a bottle of the original. A few years back, my husband bought me a Schiaparelli black persian lamb coat with a mink collar that I was admiring in an antiques store. It looks to be from the 1950s and is in mint condition. Just inside the lining of the coat, "Shiaparelli Paris" is embroidered in hot pink script, along with the name of the former owner of the coat "Peggy" (a true American '50s name if ever there was one), also in hot pink. The coat is so heavy I don't wear it as often as I should, but your fabulous review has me wanting to bust it out of the closet -- especially if I can wear it with a dab of vintage Shocking perfume.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4922907157797061660.post-23464165072179134612008-11-21T10:20:00.000+01:002008-11-21T10:20:00.000+01:00Tom, it can't be that difficult to find on fleabay...Tom, it can't be that difficult to find on fleabay, it was extremely popular in its day.carmencanada /Grain de Muschttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04046101625425953248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4922907157797061660.post-58365170593189748332008-11-21T10:19:00.000+01:002008-11-21T10:19:00.000+01:00Well, ScentScelf, Kingdom probably compares a litt...Well, ScentScelf, Kingdom probably compares a little more to the original meaning of "gousset", which was the piece of cloth sewn on the chemise at the underarm, and which by extension came to mean the (highly valued in beautiful women, in bygone times) smell of the underarm.<BR/>It's the cumin.carmencanada /Grain de Muschttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04046101625425953248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4922907157797061660.post-54740806453126316692008-11-21T03:42:00.000+01:002008-11-21T03:42:00.000+01:00ooh I would so love to try the original.ooh I would so love to try the original.tmp00https://www.blogger.com/profile/07394341047945443955noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4922907157797061660.post-19438061684969981782008-11-21T02:15:00.000+01:002008-11-21T02:15:00.000+01:00At some point, I want to sample some of this...yes...At some point, I want to sample some of this...yes, for the "schock" value. (Groan...) <BR/><BR/>Thanks for the new word. Now, I can replace my standard word for McQueen Kingdom--panties--with the more refined "gousset." For that is what I get out of Kingdom, 7 times out of 8. (Don't ask why I am able to offer that particular ration, especially if I am not pleased with a panty--er, gousset--fragrance.) Have you sampled Kingdom? How would you compare it to vintage Shocking?<BR/><BR/>I enjoyed the post very much, btw. (Doesn't matter that I am cranky and thrifty when it comes to this type of perfume, and that if I want some l'll simply spray roses on my gousset and be done with it.)<BR/><BR/>:)ScentScelfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12264276265890227820noreply@blogger.com