tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1352411146204226127.post2926766754804233670..comments2023-04-13T13:19:51.726+01:00Comments on Life happens between books: Perfume, pubs, people-watching, all of that.Lucy Fishwifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12468092971495182126noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1352411146204226127.post-72797850067812756702011-01-20T23:38:43.620+00:002011-01-20T23:38:43.620+00:00I don't know how I missed this post. Your pos...I don't know how I missed this post. Your posts are so far and few between, unfortunately. I'm still laughing at smelling like a Kinder egg! xxChristina @ Fashion's Most Wantedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06583201549332262341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1352411146204226127.post-41158382660700119362010-11-10T21:27:22.533+00:002010-11-10T21:27:22.533+00:00A friend once gifted a bottle of something Ms. Mal...A friend once gifted a bottle of something Ms. Malone for my birthday. <br /><br />The scent was redolent of mint and multi-storey car park stairwells, i.e. those otherwise masquerading as urinals.<br /><br />Alas, my friend and I are no longer... <i>friends</i>. <br /><br />Sarah x<br /><br />P.S: I have only now discovered your blog - <i>quite why it has taken so long, this lazy cow may never explain!</i> - and have fallen quite hopelessly in love.<br /><br />http://stylesouk.wordpress.comStyle Soukhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11428750394977843062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1352411146204226127.post-66054288328320521482010-11-01T18:01:28.970+00:002010-11-01T18:01:28.970+00:00who is she ?who is she ?Laurahttp://incautareatimpuluipierdut.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1352411146204226127.post-63933976638889478672010-10-03T02:18:41.641+01:002010-10-03T02:18:41.641+01:00I'm ultra-late to this party but I have to say...I'm ultra-late to this party but I have to say THANK YOU! for the shoplifting koala visual.<br /><br />Thank you. I was having a Very Crappy Evening. <br /><br />Now I am Not!<br /><br />:-)<br /><br />xoMusettehttp://www.bearboring.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1352411146204226127.post-61995655393784917192010-09-30T12:37:21.350+01:002010-09-30T12:37:21.350+01:00Flittersniffer - and it's still just plain laz...Flittersniffer - and it's still just plain lazy! It means they had the idea of doing a rose and baboon one but couldn't be arsed and want to charge you twice as much to do it yourself. Gits.<br /><br />Sgt Pepper - I recommend "Jasmin Et Cigarette" by Etat Libre d'Orange - although 20 Marlboro Lights far cheaper. No, that was just a comment deleted by its own author as (probably, like me) she may have inadvertently spelled something wrong. I have done this myself in the past, and on the plus side it adds to the mystery.Lucy Fishwifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12468092971495182126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1352411146204226127.post-14170679275617379062010-09-25T17:27:17.034+01:002010-09-25T17:27:17.034+01:00Love Red Roses as Ronseal!
Yes, I agree about lay...Love Red Roses as Ronseal!<br /><br />Yes, I agree about layering being a greedy strategy on the part of the perfume houses, as they browbeat you into buying two bottles for twice the price of one...When it comes to the Armani Private Collection (the SA at Harvey Nicks tried to sell me Eclat de Jasmin AND Rose Alexandrie), the price of the combo is just plain silly.Vanessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11847145282522572183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1352411146204226127.post-30635403433221738242010-09-25T17:25:07.168+01:002010-09-25T17:25:07.168+01:00This comment has been removed by the author.Vanessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11847145282522572183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1352411146204226127.post-1408509447316837192010-09-25T12:44:37.892+01:002010-09-25T12:44:37.892+01:00Flittersniffer - I also have the Orange Blossom, w...Flittersniffer - I also have the Orange Blossom, which is great but smells like Fanta, the Linden Blossom which is great but smells a bit like soap (shame as I love linden soap, when I can get it), the Blue Agava And Cacao (see above) and I used to have the Red Roses (the Ronseal of perfume). The "layering" concept strikes me as both lazy ("We couldn't be arsed to do this ourselves") and greedy ("Buy two or we'll call you timid and unadventurous!") - still quite like JM though.<br /><br />Helen - There's one particular soap-flake note that makes me sneeze and it seems to be in everything these days. I'd like to say that's why I go for obscure stuff, but that's more a nerd thing...Lucy Fishwifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12468092971495182126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1352411146204226127.post-59125985379405957922010-09-23T14:52:41.759+01:002010-09-23T14:52:41.759+01:00They have all started to make me sneeze, a new mid...They have all started to make me sneeze, a new middle aged allergy! Have enjoyed reading you.Helen McCookerybookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10997428723795124462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1352411146204226127.post-85604934545421395232010-09-21T20:41:42.128+01:002010-09-21T20:41:42.128+01:00Speaking as one of those dotty perfume bloggers, I...Speaking as one of those dotty perfume bloggers, I am amazed at the reverence accorded to "Pom Noir", for the Vicks accord is undeniable. The persistence with which the SAs try to persuade you to layer every other blinking JM scent with Pom Noir I also find concerning...<br /><br />I own four from the range, the most from a single house out of my 60+ collection (I said I was dotty): the Lotus and baboon (it can be a little sharp, granted), the Dark Amber & Ginger Lily (intriguing phantom coconut note), the Orange Blossom (bright and sunny in a Spangles kind of a way) and Vanille & Anise (the acceptable face of liquorice).Vanessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11847145282522572183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1352411146204226127.post-23061405355174686562010-09-21T17:09:36.711+01:002010-09-21T17:09:36.711+01:00Steve - I know, you men are all about the armpits,...Steve - I know, you men are all about the armpits, aren't you? <br /><br />Blighty - Odd that that was the first example that came to mind - my parents had a solar panel idea and the last thing I could POSSIBLY imagine was my stepdad flinging it on the roulette table in a flashy Ocean's 11 style.<br /><br />Fran - Far cheaper to buy Britney Spears's "Faerie Lapdancer" (or whatever her latest atrocity calls itself), I'd have thought. I have got an impressive, crunchy and offputting cough though!Lucy Fishwifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12468092971495182126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1352411146204226127.post-34051503182441444132010-09-20T21:29:19.542+01:002010-09-20T21:29:19.542+01:00Might be handy to spray yourself with a bit of tha...Might be handy to spray yourself with a bit of that perfume on those days when you want to be left alone. Or to smell like you have pneumonia, which will probably have the same effect.Fran Hillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07935088780461825341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1352411146204226127.post-72691745605189512542010-09-20T17:46:00.099+01:002010-09-20T17:46:00.099+01:00i loved the line about the solar panel subsidy, by...i loved the line about the solar panel subsidy, by the way, makes me feel wild and reckless just thinking about itBlightyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17567627987700387034noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1352411146204226127.post-22430433599800503102010-09-20T16:42:47.855+01:002010-09-20T16:42:47.855+01:00Poor cow. See, if she hadn't been masking her ...Poor cow. See, if she hadn't been masking her natural pheremones she'd probably have been "in" there.Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02133900289384226725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1352411146204226127.post-22734658977114455672010-09-20T14:41:12.223+01:002010-09-20T14:41:12.223+01:00I've got the white chocolate and tequila one (...I've got the white chocolate and tequila one (or whatEVER). Fine until the cactus topnote wears off and all you smell of is Kinder Egg. Love the Orange Blossom (which just smells of orange, sod the blossom) but bought a minty jasminey one - cat pee. that is all. Just cat pee. She seems to be a bit hit and miss. The depressing thing is that I do, as I said, like Pom Noir on my friend Nix, but on me it smells like excruciatingly cheap aftershave.Lucy Fishwifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12468092971495182126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1352411146204226127.post-67295784068074829742010-09-20T14:34:53.321+01:002010-09-20T14:34:53.321+01:00So funny it's scary! I have a Jo Malone that ...So funny it's scary! I have a Jo Malone that really lingers - Lotus flower and baboon or something, I mentioned in on my blog (=shameless plug, god, i am good) and another blogger, janet at Gardener's Cottage explained to me how perfume makers put extenders and other chemicals in to make the perfume last, she was v knowleda g e - oh stuff it, very well informed xxBlightyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17567627987700387034noreply@blogger.com