tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4922907157797061660.post5373244456889477292..comments2024-03-29T09:11:58.393+01:00Comments on Grain de musc: (My) Best Perfumes of 2009 -- and a look at the year gone bycarmencanada /Grain de Muschttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04046101625425953248noreply@blogger.comBlogger32125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4922907157797061660.post-10793904240323124982010-07-12T06:47:41.388+02:002010-07-12T06:47:41.388+02:00Ce commentaire a été supprimé par un administrateur du blog.pheromones attract womenhttp://luvessentials.com/pheromones_work.htmlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4922907157797061660.post-25623951759790139132010-01-18T07:13:46.020+01:002010-01-18T07:13:46.020+01:00Ce commentaire a été supprimé par un administrateur du blog.Perfume Bottleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05057198731392312478noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4922907157797061660.post-9271441622907478312010-01-06T19:25:14.068+01:002010-01-06T19:25:14.068+01:00Parfymerad: that's some catching up you have t...Parfymerad: that's some catching up you have to do, but it's all good... I'm with you on the Pure Oud: I'm holding out until they get purse atomizer refills to do a split. And I'm so very happy to see Manoumalia get all the plaudits it deserves: I can't wait for more scents by Sandrine!carmencanada /Grain de Muschttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04046101625425953248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4922907157797061660.post-55549820664904898642010-01-06T17:18:29.464+01:002010-01-06T17:18:29.464+01:00There have been a good few relases that sound exci...There have been a good few relases that sound exciting, but which I haven't had a chance to sniff: Al Oudh, Havana Vanille, the Kurkdijans & Cartiers, and Amarinthine are all on my 'to smell' list for the coming year.<br /><br />Of the ones I have tried: Pure Oudh is pure beauty, definitely my favourite new release. Manoumalia probably comes second; even though I wouldn't want to actually wear it, it's stunningly well made and original to the extreme.<br /><br />A good year I'd say, even if I'm not desperate to buy any of them (well, I would buy Pure Oud at the drop of a hat if it weren't for the crazy price!).Parfymeradnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4922907157797061660.post-39627210593163205042010-01-03T19:40:45.112+01:002010-01-03T19:40:45.112+01:00Monika, could that be a Zurich vs. Geneva thing? I...Monika, could that be a Zurich vs. Geneva thing? It's true that those three houses are very tiny and not widely distributed, but still... I mean how many perfume houses are Swiss? I'm sure you brought them up to speed.carmencanada /Grain de Muschttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04046101625425953248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4922907157797061660.post-38516524782321497562010-01-03T19:15:26.261+01:002010-01-03T19:15:26.261+01:00My perfume year was overwhelmingly Swiss: Manouma...My perfume year was overwhelmingly Swiss: Manoumalia by LezNez and Une Rose Chypée by Tauer.<br /><br />I never managed to get my hands on Turtle Vetiver 1, and so will have to wait for the second edition to come out. And this week, I shall be heading to an Artisan Parfumeur counter for some of that divine vanilla...mmm...<br /><br />On a side note, I am shocked that the stores here in Geneva not only do not stock anything by LezNez, Andy Tauer or Vero, but have not even heard of them (we are talking about the stores that stock the niche lines, like Malle).<br /><br />-monikaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4922907157797061660.post-20342387356933725302010-01-01T03:37:34.895+01:002010-01-01T03:37:34.895+01:00Betty, um grande abraço!Betty, um grande abraço!carmencanada /Grain de Muschttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04046101625425953248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4922907157797061660.post-90096753459670573742010-01-01T03:36:28.227+01:002010-01-01T03:36:28.227+01:00Thierry, je suis navrée de ne pas encore avoir tra...Thierry, je suis navrée de ne pas encore avoir traduit ce post, je prends ce temps sur celui consacré à ma famille!<br />Je suis ravie que j'aie réussi à te faire percevoir autrement Havana Vanille, que je porte encore ce soir pour la saint-Sylvestre, c'est dire que je suis en bonne compagnie!carmencanada /Grain de Muschttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04046101625425953248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4922907157797061660.post-21043024299649204922010-01-01T03:34:09.141+01:002010-01-01T03:34:09.141+01:00Melissa, actually, I'd have to ask. I only kno...Melissa, actually, I'd have to ask. I only know it's going into production soon... I'll talk about it as soon as I can.carmencanada /Grain de Muschttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04046101625425953248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4922907157797061660.post-55338760737896925262010-01-01T03:32:15.180+01:002010-01-01T03:32:15.180+01:00Anatole, welcome to the club... As we always say, ...Anatole, welcome to the club... As we always say, so many perfumes, so little skin (time/money/space on the shelves...)!<br />Et ça ne s'arrange pas avec le temps, hélas, en tous cas pas pour moi.carmencanada /Grain de Muschttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04046101625425953248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4922907157797061660.post-11477695157120295962010-01-01T03:29:48.047+01:002010-01-01T03:29:48.047+01:00Zazie, the answer to your question about the Swiss...Zazie, the answer to your question about the Swiss perfumer is: no. More in a few weeks!carmencanada /Grain de Muschttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04046101625425953248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4922907157797061660.post-42311252401382879792009-12-31T17:30:11.243+01:002009-12-31T17:30:11.243+01:00Hi dear
FELIZ ANO NOVO! Beijocas de ElisabethHi dear <br />FELIZ ANO NOVO! Beijocas de ElisabethBCashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00401650777844659090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4922907157797061660.post-14841285551701053722009-12-31T16:08:40.254+01:002009-12-31T16:08:40.254+01:00Ce commentaire a été supprimé par un administrateur du blog.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4922907157797061660.post-2803496903211339312009-12-31T13:30:05.444+01:002009-12-31T13:30:05.444+01:00Oups... il s'agissait surtout pour moi de XIII...Oups... il s'agissait surtout pour moi de XIIIème<br />(TREIZIEME heure)<br />Ah ces Romains...Thierrynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4922907157797061660.post-54680664920386076482009-12-31T13:26:40.558+01:002009-12-31T13:26:40.558+01:00Dear Denyse, I do apologize but I want to avoid m...Dear Denyse, I do apologize but I want to avoid my horrible Frenglish to your English-speaking readers....<br /><br />Pour moi aussi Turtle Vetiver (exercice 1) et la XIIème de Cartier constituent sans conteste les plus belles découvertes de cette année et que j'ai envie de porter (bien qu'un petit obstacle financier demeure pour la 2ème référence...)<br /><br />Mon grand revirement de cette année porte sur Havana Vanille : je fais mon mea culpa : il ne faut jamais s'arrêter à une première impression (ici le rhum). Une fois de plus Bertrand Duchaufour démontre la primauté du style sur une simple énumération d'ingrédients. Les "reviews" lues ici ou là me paraissent quelquefois bien hâtives et superficielles... J'attends la tienne avec impatience !<br /><br />Enfin, je suis passé à l'acte, en termes freudiens, pour 2 parfums des années précédentes dont je repoussais l'achat et "non, je ne regrette rien..." :<br />-Jubilation25 d'Amouage (2007)<br />- Cuir d'Oranger de Miller Harris (2005) dont les stocks touchent à leur finThierrynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4922907157797061660.post-46052619032659157872009-12-31T05:16:53.287+01:002009-12-31T05:16:53.287+01:00I'm so curious! I'm trying to figure out w...I'm so curious! I'm trying to figure out who developed this mystery tuberose fragrance. And of course, I have no real idea, although I have a couple of decent guesses. Any known date for the release?melisand61https://www.blogger.com/profile/12802652658028346558noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4922907157797061660.post-71685161164771941362009-12-30T21:55:33.244+01:002009-12-30T21:55:33.244+01:00I'm still on catch up but to this point my bes...I'm still on catch up but to this point my best of the best for 2009 are: Iris silver Mist, L'Air du désert marocain, and Patchouli 24, shorlty followed by Bulgari Black Encre Noire and The Unicorn Spell. <br />For the launches, Manoumalia has my vote.<br />Weirdly, the more I sample and consequently buy perfumes, the more my must try/ must have list gets longer, (partly because of you, I must say). I wish I could decide which Veroprofumo's scent I like most, I'd like to have now a tuberose, a F. Malle, more time, more arms, a wealthy bank account,.. and Derby. Is it serious doc?<br /><br />Happy 31th!Anatole Lebretonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05104980395066145836noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4922907157797061660.post-33286285448388518982009-12-30T17:49:12.194+01:002009-12-30T17:49:12.194+01:00My favorite launches of the year?
-Une rose chypré...My favorite launches of the year?<br />-Une rose chyprée<br />-Havana Vanille<br />-Bois d'iris by VC&A<br /><br />I can see a bottle of the first one in my future. The others are interesting takes on notes I usually don't care for. We'll see...<br />However, this has been an year of great (re)discoveries: Beyond love and Carnal Flower made it on my shleves and would appear in a very short desert island list with two Chanel les exclusifs (I must try Tubereuse Criminelle, now I really must).<br />And when I hear new tuberoses are getting launched by HDP or by a misterious parfumer... well....<br /><br />BTW, Is the mysterious parfumer a very nice (swiss) man? I think he will be tackling the note, too.Zazienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4922907157797061660.post-77651583379762279392009-12-30T16:05:39.478+01:002009-12-30T16:05:39.478+01:00Alex, you were right to mention Clemency by Christ...Alex, you were right to mention Clemency by Christophe Laudamiel, which I have a sample of, but haven't had the time to wear properly. I find the whole Humiecki and Graef line extremely interesting: like LesNez, it is a kind of laboratory where perfumery can develop along more experimental lines.carmencanada /Grain de Muschttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04046101625425953248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4922907157797061660.post-87027696696357118542009-12-30T11:21:26.538+01:002009-12-30T11:21:26.538+01:00Denyse,here is my list of top 10 perfumes for 2009...Denyse,here is my list of top 10 perfumes for 2009 with some comments :<br />1.Turtle Vetiver <br />2.Manoumalia( LesNez gave for 2009 THE SCENTS OF THE YEAR)<br />3.Clemency Humiecki&Graef (alien leather disguised under a maternal look :) )<br />4.Ubar Amouage ( beside the perfume, also for the coming back almost not altered) <br />5.Vespres Siciliennes MDCI(beautiful Italian landscape)<br />6.Wazamba Parfum d'Empire ( was a good companion during Xdays)<br />7.Back to Back By Kilian ( a real challenge for my skin )<br />8.Essence Narciso Rodgriguez <br />9.Black Afgano Nasomatto<br />10. Vanille Galante Hermessence<br />( the most exquisite vanilla)Alex Pnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4922907157797061660.post-25004549337408469812009-12-30T06:31:09.773+01:002009-12-30T06:31:09.773+01:00Katie, I'm wearing L'Heure Mystérieuse as ...Katie, I'm wearing L'Heure Mystérieuse as I type this: it's really gotten under my skin, and well deserves its name. And I see we see nose to nose on the tropicals: I feel totally at home both with Amaranthine and Manoumalia. I'll have to try Côte d'Amour -- Céline Ellena is someone whose work I really enjoy and the woman herself is a delight. I could listen to her for hours...carmencanada /Grain de Muschttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04046101625425953248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4922907157797061660.post-24165219616246920062009-12-30T06:28:12.938+01:002009-12-30T06:28:12.938+01:00Melissa, next year will bring us a new tuberose fr...Melissa, next year will bring us a new tuberose from someone we admire... I can't say more, but I've been wearing it a lot and it's a very different take on the note! Haven't tried the Histoires de parfums ones but I'll get on them as soon as I get back to Paris.carmencanada /Grain de Muschttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04046101625425953248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4922907157797061660.post-32955483685942732042009-12-30T06:26:32.871+01:002009-12-30T06:26:32.871+01:00Nathan, I'm glad you're enjoying Al Oudh, ...Nathan, I'm glad you're enjoying Al Oudh, and I am definitely amongst Bertrand Duchaufour's greatest fans... The man's brilliant, and always gives an unexpected take on things.<br />As for Back to Black, I ended up not buying it because I find it a tad capricious. Every time I've tried it I've felt differently about it, sometimes enthusiastic, sometimes a little underwhelmed...carmencanada /Grain de Muschttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04046101625425953248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4922907157797061660.post-63751533634182150322009-12-30T06:24:26.086+01:002009-12-30T06:24:26.086+01:00Amy, we'll certainly have a lot of catching up...Amy, we'll certainly have a lot of catching up to do, and not just on perfumes, but I can only approve your current loves, since I own and wear both...carmencanada /Grain de Muschttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04046101625425953248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4922907157797061660.post-44974902347763634182009-12-30T06:23:30.042+01:002009-12-30T06:23:30.042+01:00Louise, I remember well! Now you have to get Pigue...Louise, I remember well! Now you have to get Piguet Visa in the vintage. I'm sure you'll adore it.carmencanada /Grain de Muschttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04046101625425953248noreply@blogger.com