tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4922907157797061660.post6519917582823078687..comments2024-03-28T10:30:51.283+01:00Comments on Grain de musc: The Perfume Lover / Séville à l'aube preview samples: the winners of the drawcarmencanada /Grain de Muschttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04046101625425953248noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4922907157797061660.post-34013777945270442042012-04-01T12:43:24.808+02:002012-04-01T12:43:24.808+02:00S&C, thanks, I'll pop over!S&C, thanks, I'll pop over!carmencanada /Grain de Muschttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04046101625425953248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4922907157797061660.post-7478483071108423682012-03-31T20:22:01.223+02:002012-03-31T20:22:01.223+02:00Heyy Grain de musc, got the sample, thanks a lot. ...Heyy Grain de musc, got the sample, thanks a lot. And as promised, I studied and reviewed it on ...<br /><br />http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=415880491772304&set=a.276220969071591.82834.263202847040070&type=1&theaterScent and Chemistryhttp://www.facebook.com/pages/Scent-and-Chemistry/263202847040070noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4922907157797061660.post-81768839918295909112012-03-28T20:43:09.516+02:002012-03-28T20:43:09.516+02:00Tara, thank *you*... I'm happy you're enjo...Tara, thank *you*... I'm happy you're enjoying it.carmencanada /Grain de Muschttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04046101625425953248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4922907157797061660.post-86288697506898972132012-03-28T20:40:29.612+02:002012-03-28T20:40:29.612+02:00The book is fantastic! I am only on page 70 so fa...The book is fantastic! I am only on page 70 so far but it is very well-written (of course) and researched... I am loving it! Thank you dear friend!Tara Cnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4922907157797061660.post-48473515805447842082012-03-28T09:36:18.689+02:002012-03-28T09:36:18.689+02:00Tara, I hope you enjoy it.Tara, I hope you enjoy it.carmencanada /Grain de Muschttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04046101625425953248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4922907157797061660.post-22371230356964944992012-03-28T03:47:33.318+02:002012-03-28T03:47:33.318+02:00My book just arrived, squee! I know what I'll...My book just arrived, squee! I know what I'll be doing this evening...Tara Cnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4922907157797061660.post-66253312487197894032012-03-22T10:03:55.279+01:002012-03-22T10:03:55.279+01:00Nozknoz, Miss Jicky takes a bow... No, wait a minu...Nozknoz, Miss Jicky takes a bow... No, wait a minute, she's just stretching out. Pff. Cats.carmencanada /Grain de Muschttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04046101625425953248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4922907157797061660.post-15696935632472935802012-03-22T02:58:46.408+01:002012-03-22T02:58:46.408+01:00I'm so thrilled! Thank you for picking me, Mi...I'm so thrilled! Thank you for picking me, Miss Jicky, and thank you, Denyse, for this magical combination of book and perfume! ~~nozknozAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4922907157797061660.post-82115901841327751722012-03-22T00:08:51.996+01:002012-03-22T00:08:51.996+01:00This reminds me of a scene in the book, in which I...This reminds me of a scene in the book, in which I meet a perfumer for the first time, Jacques Polge. When I asked him whether a certain material was in one of his fragrances, he answered "if you smell it, it's there". Which is why I try, as much as possible, to write about "effects" rather than pinpoint specific materials when I'm not sure. Of course there's always the temptation of telling a good story with the perfume as a springboard!carmencanada /Grain de Muschttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04046101625425953248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4922907157797061660.post-21100118959444229632012-03-22T00:02:16.147+01:002012-03-22T00:02:16.147+01:00Welcome, Grain de Musc, and well imagination alway...Welcome, Grain de Musc, and well imagination always helps, just as the cassis base 345/undecavertol in Maurice Roucel's 'Be Delicious Women' (DKNY, 2004), which people mistake for apple. Let's say it plays with apple, and after all that's perfumery: To play with imagination. So maybe 'Hypnotic Poison' plays with almonds, but honestly you don't want an almond's almond in there, as it would overthicken the juice. HP lives quite nicely on an anisic radiant breath after all ;-)Scent and Chemistryhttp://www.facebook.com/pages/Scent-and-Chemistry/263202847040070?sk=wallnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4922907157797061660.post-24238949683886980132012-03-21T23:32:23.829+01:002012-03-21T23:32:23.829+01:00Scent and Chemistry, since I intend to write again...Scent and Chemistry, since I intend to write again about Hypnotic Poison for a magazine, your analysis will be very helpful... Obviously, without my dad's help the lab coat didn't work its magic, but between the heliotropin and anisaldehyde, I *still* get an almondy effect. After all, it's not called Hypnotic for nothing...<br /><br />I'm really happy no caraway seed was harmed though, they're such cute little critters!carmencanada /Grain de Muschttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04046101625425953248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4922907157797061660.post-52468760702731148202012-03-21T23:21:23.580+01:002012-03-21T23:21:23.580+01:00Heyy Grain de musc, very happy indeed to have won ...Heyy Grain de musc, very happy indeed to have won a sample of 'Séville à l'aube' – mega mega mega!! Looking forward to the sample very much indeed! Many thanks in advance, totally cool to finally be able to smell it, and not only to imagine it!! Can't wait to do that actually... Since you took your dad's old lab coat to analyse the 1999 'Hypnotic Poison' of Annick Menardo on page 33, one of our all time favorites, we posted an own analysis on our Facebook page ... http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=406922892668064&set=a.276220969071591.82834.263202847040070&type=1&theater<br />... so you might be interested to know that there is NO almond-smelling ingredient, no benzaldehyde or anything the like (and of course no cyanide as well), and not a single caraway seed sacrificed its spicy life for Hypnotic Poison. These are just marketing storries. There's a lot of anisic and warm herbal ingredients in though. The rest is a postrationalization by marketing people, which would explain Annick's chuckling to herself. Still, it's a masterpiece for sure ... hope very much 'Séville à l'aube' is as well.Scent and Chemistryhttp://de-de.facebook.com/pages/Scent-and-Chemistry/263202847040070?sk=wallnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4922907157797061660.post-59582982692714616982012-03-21T18:25:01.389+01:002012-03-21T18:25:01.389+01:00Anna, I've actually refrained from showing her...Anna, I've actually refrained from showing her in her favoured position: on her back with front paws in bunny position and hind ones... rather immodestly splayed. I'd have never survived to tell the tale.carmencanada /Grain de Muschttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04046101625425953248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4922907157797061660.post-3179626194418584522012-03-21T18:22:28.674+01:002012-03-21T18:22:28.674+01:00Miss Jicky is far too lovely to be photographed wo...Miss Jicky is far too lovely to be photographed working. My dear, she might have a whisker out of place and that would never do.<br /><br />Think on!<br /><br />cheerio, Anna in EdinburghAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com