tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4922907157797061660.post3190654104783626145..comments2024-03-28T08:33:47.462+01:00Comments on Grain de musc: Boxeuses by Serge Lutens: Tough Plumcarmencanada /Grain de Muschttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04046101625425953248noreply@blogger.comBlogger132125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4922907157797061660.post-16770114242920365352010-08-14T07:47:27.351+02:002010-08-14T07:47:27.351+02:00WOW! This is sounds so gorgeous. I want to try thi...WOW! This is sounds so gorgeous. I want to try this.:)Cheap_Perfumehttp://perfume.cheap@yahoo.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4922907157797061660.post-34365472220280042652010-08-13T11:09:54.318+02:002010-08-13T11:09:54.318+02:00Ce commentaire a été supprimé par un administrateur du blog.Perfumehttp://www.forget-flowers.co.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4922907157797061660.post-54929291996656241652010-08-06T20:48:08.006+02:002010-08-06T20:48:08.006+02:00Perfumaniac: oops, sorry, just as you were writing...Perfumaniac: oops, sorry, just as you were writing I was announcing the winners of the draw... :-(carmencanada /Grain de Muschttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04046101625425953248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4922907157797061660.post-80976781401076846572010-08-06T20:46:17.365+02:002010-08-06T20:46:17.365+02:00I'm so glad Lutens has returned to being "...I'm so glad Lutens has returned to being "Lutensian"! When I think of Lutens, I get the synaesthetic image of dark purple/plum anyway, so Boxeuses sounds like it's right up my alley. I can't get enough of the dark woods of Feminite du Bois and the soft, sueded plum of Femme, so I am chomping at the bit for a whiff of this one.Thanks for the mouth-watering description...Perfumaniachttp://yesterdaysperfume.typepad.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4922907157797061660.post-82254435062484689322010-08-06T18:45:17.257+02:002010-08-06T18:45:17.257+02:00Scentscelf, saying Boxeuses resembles Guet-Apens m...Scentscelf, saying Boxeuses resembles Guet-Apens may be overstating the case, but you could definitely love both...carmencanada /Grain de Muschttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04046101625425953248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4922907157797061660.post-47821449731101824712010-08-06T18:13:15.326+02:002010-08-06T18:13:15.326+02:00Yup, I'm the type to come back and see what ot...Yup, I'm the type to come back and see what other comments have come in...you never know what you will glean...like:<br /><br />There's an Attrape-Coeur vibe in there?<br /><br />Oh, dear. I feel sunk before I even get on the ship.ScentScelfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12264276265890227820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4922907157797061660.post-40950225538889337212010-08-06T15:13:54.752+02:002010-08-06T15:13:54.752+02:00Melissa, no, you're not too late: I've dee...Melissa, no, you're not too late: I've deep into writing my book and have been lazy about doing the draw! You're lucky to own CdR in the vintage: not having access to the US eBay (thank you LVMH for that firewall on eBay France!) I don't have a single shot at owning one some day, but Elisabeth de Feydeau, who worked for Chanel before the reformulation, says Boxeuses reminds her of it.carmencanada /Grain de Muschttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04046101625425953248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4922907157797061660.post-81565227766351662242010-08-06T15:06:30.504+02:002010-08-06T15:06:30.504+02:00Oh, I hope that I'm not too late to the party....Oh, I hope that I'm not too late to the party. Leather with a plum/violet accord? Gut-punched, bells rung, but thankfully, still on my feet and excitedly waiting for September. <br /><br />I like a lot of leather scents, but vintage CdR is probably the gold standard for me. And the smooth, round plum aspect of vintage Femme drops my eyelids to half-mast. Your description of Boxeuses is fabulous. So please, enter me in the draw.melisand61https://www.blogger.com/profile/12802652658028346558noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4922907157797061660.post-5350468534777504292010-08-06T10:04:42.599+02:002010-08-06T10:04:42.599+02:00Klara, it shares the same principle as Marquis de ...Klara, it shares the same principle as Marquis de Sade but not the same feel. Though I admit I haven't worn Marquis de Sade past an initial testing: somehow the name grated on my nerves, not because I have an aversion to the marquis (I wrote my thesis on one of his novels) but because I felt the Histoires de Parfums fragrance had nothing whatsoever to do with him. You'd search in vain through eight tomes to find the least allusion to leather (unless you count the whips).<br />Getting off my soapbox: you're in!carmencanada /Grain de Muschttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04046101625425953248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4922907157797061660.post-7180652530360554702010-08-06T09:51:30.221+02:002010-08-06T09:51:30.221+02:00This sounds gorgeous, based on your description Bo...This sounds gorgeous, based on your description Boxeuses might be similar to Histoire des Parfums Marquis de Sade? Anyway, I really like it when perfumers take the typically sweet frutiy notes and darken them up. Yum! Oh, and I would of course love a sample of the Boxeuses. Thank you!Klarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17627249304947131016noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4922907157797061660.post-54645813590617692962010-08-05T21:13:06.660+02:002010-08-05T21:13:06.660+02:00Datura, what good taste! You're in...Datura, what good taste! You're in...carmencanada /Grain de Muschttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04046101625425953248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4922907157797061660.post-6034520954540427142010-08-05T17:44:43.379+02:002010-08-05T17:44:43.379+02:00Sounds like this guys ideal scent, I was already l...Sounds like this guys ideal scent, I was already layering Femme and Cuir to sleep in....Datura5750https://www.blogger.com/profile/13544863490710818197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4922907157797061660.post-26512553108390062542010-08-05T12:51:20.396+02:002010-08-05T12:51:20.396+02:00Kata, leather is amongst the most "divisive&q...Kata, leather is amongst the most "divisive" note in perfumery, and though most perfumers dream of working with it, they are well aware that it is not overly popular (hence the relatively small size of the family: it doesn't even rate a category in Michael Edwards' scent wheel). Bandit and Dzing are very different animals, totally divergent views of leather: Boxeuses is also different from both.<br />In a word, you're in.carmencanada /Grain de Muschttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04046101625425953248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4922907157797061660.post-86741450546601535722010-08-05T12:47:55.597+02:002010-08-05T12:47:55.597+02:00Dear Denyse,
you're generous draw offers alwa...Dear Denyse,<br /><br />you're generous draw offers always get me out of reading mode to writing mode:) I love reading your informative posts, but I feel that my knowledge of fragrance history& of materials is nowhere around the standard of your blog and I wouldn't have anything to say that's interesting to the others. Despite years of smelling and testing, I'm still a novice.<br /><br />As for leather scents, now that is a category that I somehow missed so far. I find Kelly Caleché compelling, even thinking about buying it, but that's light leather, right? From the real full-blown leathers I've only smelled Bandit and Dzing. I love the former, but I feel months would pass by without the proper occasion to wear it.<br /><br />Boxeuses is such a quirky, creative name!Katanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4922907157797061660.post-38800678164402890682010-08-05T10:10:24.555+02:002010-08-05T10:10:24.555+02:00Karin, you're in!Karin, you're in!carmencanada /Grain de Muschttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04046101625425953248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4922907157797061660.post-9378979741081262542010-08-05T10:10:07.374+02:002010-08-05T10:10:07.374+02:00Anonymous, I'll need a pseudo at least, otherw...Anonymous, I'll need a pseudo at least, otherwise it becomes too confusing...carmencanada /Grain de Muschttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04046101625425953248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4922907157797061660.post-59156659922751131422010-08-05T09:46:21.572+02:002010-08-05T09:46:21.572+02:00Oh dear Lord, a descendant of Femme and Feminité d...Oh dear Lord, a descendant of Femme and Feminité du Bois with leather? I am salivating and hyperventilating, that sounds like my idea of heaven in a bottle. Beautiful writing as always, too, and of course I'm in.Pimpinetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08253317515828585697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4922907157797061660.post-59321902541874674812010-08-05T06:06:13.825+02:002010-08-05T06:06:13.825+02:00as the very proud owner of two of the ultimate HG&...as the very proud owner of two of the ultimate HG's (IMHO) vintage Femme & vintage Cuir de Russie I absolutely have to have this 1 ....please include me in the drawAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4922907157797061660.post-86622924755041097552010-08-05T00:16:01.216+02:002010-08-05T00:16:01.216+02:00London, I wouldn't write with so much care abo...London, I wouldn't write with so much care about something I didn't like, it's just that I'm more of the analytical type so I seldom gush. And I don't tend to rank things in terms of "I like this better than that". They just give off different vibes to me, which is what makes me happy.<br /><br />And you're in!carmencanada /Grain de Muschttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04046101625425953248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4922907157797061660.post-70469969072392342242010-08-04T23:48:01.117+02:002010-08-04T23:48:01.117+02:00You describe it admirably but I didn't get muc...You describe it admirably but I didn't get much of a sense of whether you liked it or not. Did you like it better than Cuir de Russie or Cuir de Mauresque? (Am not criticising the review, am just curious!). Either way, I'd love to find out for myself so I would love to be entered in the draw.londonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4922907157797061660.post-50428466010992660362010-08-04T22:56:50.338+02:002010-08-04T22:56:50.338+02:00Ela, your name's in the hat!Ela, your name's in the hat!carmencanada /Grain de Muschttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04046101625425953248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4922907157797061660.post-14548296557216791702010-08-04T22:13:17.887+02:002010-08-04T22:13:17.887+02:00Would love to try Boxeuses! And can not wait for e...Would love to try Boxeuses! And can not wait for export edition of Cuir Mauresque which is coming very soon.Elanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4922907157797061660.post-19557893833755667892010-08-04T20:06:26.575+02:002010-08-04T20:06:26.575+02:00Katherine, you're in!Katherine, you're in!carmencanada /Grain de Muschttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04046101625425953248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4922907157797061660.post-77340097304723637032010-08-04T19:46:57.501+02:002010-08-04T19:46:57.501+02:00Love your review! The idea of the "feminine b...Love your review! The idea of the "feminine boxer," the soft and the tough, really makes this sound appealing to me. Yes, please enter me in the draw!Katherinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08302221586154662533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4922907157797061660.post-69414507470634589842010-08-04T19:16:01.963+02:002010-08-04T19:16:01.963+02:00Krista, no it's not, it's a Palais-Royal e...Krista, no it's not, it's a Palais-Royal exclusive, unfortunately. You've got a shot at the draw!carmencanada /Grain de Muschttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04046101625425953248noreply@blogger.com