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I am finishing the last things before leaving Switzerland on Saturday. As always… the closer the vacation comes, the more you feel like you could not work one day more….a mental thing. There is one issue that bothers me: As we will travel by bike, my luggage is restricted to the absolute minimum. What perfume shall I take with me? Difficult matters…..
There was one point that I forgot two mention yesterday. As a matter of fact, there were two points. One was raised by Anya in her comment…yes, indeed. Anya called it the collective unconscious, a glimpse on a paper, a comment on a blog, swimming in a flow of information and influences, all these little puzzle stones finding their way at the right moment hopefully when creating something.
The other point was: With all my likes and dislikes, and the unconscious influences…I am still quite disappointed with my lavender thing. Maybe there is another influence… a relaxed mind that is fresh…
Finally, here is the link to the a spectacular review on Lonestar Memories on Scented Salamander… This review was the first thing I read this morning except for the headlines about what is going on in the Near East. I loved it and highly recommend to read these lines that are like poetry…. enjoy.
Finally: More comments and critics on Perfume of Life on the Orris blog birthday sample scent. You may find this interesting to folllow…
July 20th, 2006 at 4:52 pm
Got to agree Andy, Mrs Frou-Frou’s review is fabulous. She manages to put into words the feelings that I had in my head about it, but was unable to verbalise.
It is such a pity that you are disapointed with the progress of your Lavender scent. It would have been ideal to dab behind your knees as you cycled around the French countryside. If you are doing a lot of cycling in the countryside, Sisley’s Eau de Campagne is quite nice. Failing that, I have heard about this perfumer from Zurich who is gaining worldwide notoriety for creating the most amazing scents, I think you should wear one of his creations, Lonestar Memories would be nice….tee hee!!!!
July 20th, 2006 at 9:46 pm
I read the PoL review of your Orris bouquet with great interest. As with all your perfumes, I am totally delighted. Your skill at layering harmoniously is inspiring.
My take was a bit different tho - which is the beauty of perfume.
The top which shouts out to me is the warm/spicy cinnamon notes which evolve to a more woody edge. I think your combo of cinnamal, iso-
Eugenol with the ionone is fascinating. On me, it becomes a bit of a masculine scent but not to the point where I feel inappropriate.
I love the farnesol with the other rosey notes.
Each time I spritz (and spritzing away I am!) I get more interesting tops..just now the lemony freshness popped before the now familiar cinnamons.
Thanks so much for a delightful dalliance! Gail
July 21st, 2006 at 8:34 am
Dear Barry
How could I forget the scents of this guy…. yes, I think it will be perfect: Leaving a trail all over France of this guy’s scent, enchanting the French with some smokey leathery scents from the Atlantic to the Mediteranean… will do so!
Dear Gail
Thank you for your nice comment. Your taking of it is pretty interesting as you picked out a few notes that I described earlier and that are in the ensemble hard to get out individually… I will post in a few minutes the key notes of the formula to share it with those interested and to make clear why there are different aspects manifesting differently depending on the wearer…