tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4922907157797061660.post5145289755402539325..comments2024-03-28T10:30:51.283+01:00Comments on Grain de musc: Yves Saint Laurent: "Les femmes adorent les interdits"carmencanada /Grain de Muschttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04046101625425953248noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4922907157797061660.post-90112806707893126742009-03-18T07:34:00.000+01:002009-03-18T07:34:00.000+01:00Julien: effectivement, c'est un lapsus -- je les a...Julien: effectivement, c'est un lapsus -- je les ai toujours trouvés plus élégants que les fautes d'orthographe... ;-)carmencanada /Grain de Muschttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04046101625425953248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4922907157797061660.post-2147821910285845342009-03-18T06:41:00.000+01:002009-03-18T06:41:00.000+01:00O_o Euh, y'a une petite couille dans le texte.Non...O_o Euh, y'a une petite couille dans le texte.<BR/>Non, un parfum chypré n'a pas une "structure bergamote-laudanum-mousse de chêne". <BR/>Même si ça expliquerait pourquoi nous sommes tous accrocs aux parfums, en opiomanes qui s'ignorent :)<BR/><BR/>(labdanum, pas laudanum !!!)http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laudanum<BR/>:p :p :p<BR/>Le laudanum marque les débuts de la pharmacopée moderne. A base d'opium, très puissant comparé aux autres médicaments d'alors, il a été utilisé à tort et travers, un peu comme un panacée. Rendant pleins de de personnes, de toutes conditions et de tout âges, accrocs.<BR/><BR/>Dans une review sur la marque qui a crée Opium, c'est un joli lapsus ;)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4922907157797061660.post-74451352852015427092008-06-03T19:51:00.000+02:002008-06-03T19:51:00.000+02:00Aux dires de tous ceux qui l'ont croisé (je n'ai p...Aux dires de tous ceux qui l'ont croisé (je n'ai pas eu ce privilège), c'était un homme fascinant et complexe, en effet, une espèce de soleil noir autour de qui tous gravitaient... Quant aux défilés, j'ai encore les invitations, c'est tout dire. Même si ce n'était pas à son époque la plus faste, s'il reprenait et épurait son vocabulaire plutôt que d'innover, c'était parfaitement beau. L'essence même de la couture.carmencanada /Grain de Muschttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04046101625425953248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4922907157797061660.post-41604712549179357972008-06-03T17:03:00.000+02:002008-06-03T17:03:00.000+02:00Hommage au couturier le plus talenteux (selon moi,...Hommage au couturier le plus talenteux (selon moi, en tout cas!).<BR/>Tu as eu beacoup de chance d'etre en position d'ecouter Berge dit ces mots-la! La ceremonie etait merveilleuse, j'ai lu. Et les robes...<BR/>Je connais quelqu'un qui travallait pour Yves (annees 70s) en marketing et qui me dit des histoires sur son talent enorme, sa disposition mauvaise qui lui impossait de la timidite, son attention au detail meme en maquillage. Il avait une personalite "riche".Perfumeshrinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06222733129203280662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4922907157797061660.post-15017377552625950752008-06-03T08:54:00.000+02:002008-06-03T08:54:00.000+02:00Elizabeth, for me, the flashback is Opium. When I ...Elizabeth, for me, the flashback is Opium. When I was working in a shop as a student, the manager showered herself in it. And it was a tiny shop. To this day, I cannot bring myself to wear it despite its beauty! Truly a zeitgeist scent.carmencanada /Grain de Muschttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04046101625425953248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4922907157797061660.post-21417546279478648052008-06-03T08:53:00.000+02:002008-06-03T08:53:00.000+02:00P.S. Only answered part of your comment, Minette (...P.S. Only answered part of your comment, Minette (lack of caffeine).<BR/>My quote at the end of the post, "Mr. Saint Laurent never put women in danger", is actually what someone very close to him in his studio said to me. To say that he respected them with his designs.<BR/>He did, very early on, feel that his work was done, that he was passé. That may have pushed him into the fantasy world that his 70s/80s heyday expressed.carmencanada /Grain de Muschttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04046101625425953248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4922907157797061660.post-85398422510833897002008-06-03T08:49:00.000+02:002008-06-03T08:49:00.000+02:00Minette, yes, I covered them in the last years for...Minette, yes, I covered them in the last years for some silly magazine. It was quite the ceremony: a seating arrangement worthy of Versailles and Pierre Bergé's stern voice coming over the sound system: "The show's about to start, please be seated". It was one of the only couture shows never to start late.carmencanada /Grain de Muschttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04046101625425953248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4922907157797061660.post-22065273957054948212008-06-03T08:47:00.000+02:002008-06-03T08:47:00.000+02:00Merci Tara. J'ai moi-même porté Rive Gauche hier, ...Merci Tara. J'ai moi-même porté Rive Gauche hier, mon premier parfum de "grande fille" -- la pub que j'ai placée en illustration m'avait attirée: je voulais être elle quand je serais adulte!carmencanada /Grain de Muschttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04046101625425953248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4922907157797061660.post-39716819382735803222008-06-03T07:48:00.000+02:002008-06-03T07:48:00.000+02:00Excellent tribute to YSL. I wish I still had my bo...Excellent tribute to YSL. I wish I still had my bottle of Paris...it really does bring back vivid memories from that time period when I sniff it, even if I couldn't wear it today. It's not forgettable, that's for sure! (Much like his fashions from the 80's are not forgettable!)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4922907157797061660.post-89424130901417784242008-06-03T06:48:00.000+02:002008-06-03T06:48:00.000+02:00you got to cover his fashion shows? cool. i thin...you got to cover his fashion shows? cool. <BR/><BR/>i think what i like about his work is that he seems to have actually liked women and wanted them to look and feel attractive (okay, perhaps the trapeze isn't the most flattering, but... ). <BR/><BR/>so many designers make clothes that are clearly unflattering to a woman's body. his you could at least wear and look good in. <BR/><BR/>i wonder if he simply had done what he came to do and pulled back when it was time. or if he grew weary of the way the world was headed and didn't feel like pushing against it. he certainly got a lot done in his prime. <BR/><BR/>very nice ode to him. i enjoyed reading it (it's good for me to practice my french!) <BR/><BR/>- cheers, minetteAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4922907157797061660.post-58450716349472668082008-06-03T01:29:00.000+02:002008-06-03T01:29:00.000+02:00Bel hommage a un homme de classe et de talent... m...Bel hommage a un homme de classe et de talent... merci pour les histoires de ses parfums. Je mettrai Paris demain a son honneur.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com