I was told soon, and I am on the list to get it. We have a Guerlain boutique corner at the local department store. Other way, you can write to Paris with a request to reserve a flacon for you and they re-send your request to the nearest local corner
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I was told soon, and I am on the list to get it. We have a Guerlain boutique corner at the local department store. Other way, you can write to Paris with a request to reserve a flacon for you and they re-send your request to the nearest local corner
Hello! Glad I remembered correctly!
Actually, there are 2 things I remember discussing with you: Chloe's perfume and the story of your visit to Marco's workshop when you were in Italy (I sincerely hope that latter one was you because I'm feeling very confident in that memory!)
Yes, the new stuff is so far removed from the original scent.
I didn't know that it was so popular!
Totally agree with you; they really shouldn't mess with something that isn't broken. I wish I could get my hands on a bottle today. It was a perfume that really suited me (as well as having an emotional resonance).
Hi back! It's great to see you here.
Hmmm..... I never visited Marco's workshop (and never been to Italy), so there must be another person out there who loves Chloe AND has visited his workshop!
Yes, I would love to find an original bottle. Another fragrance of that time that I would love to sniff again is Ralph Lauren's Lauren.
Likewise!
It serves me right for being overly confident!
I have no idea who that was, then. I was so certain it was you!
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I've sampled Vanille Abricot by Comptoir Sud Pacifique for the first time. I smell like a bag of confectionary sugar!
If there's meant to be fruitiness in this scent, my nose cannot pick it up as yet.
Sometime back we discussed beautiful perfume bottles in this thread. Here is a stunning bottle -- vintage Chamade extrait. One of my favorites, and my scent of the day.
Beautiful bottle! For how long do you have it?
Talking about stunning bottles, I'm waiting for one from Memo Paris.
Thank you @bagshopr and @Chanbal!Beautiful bottle! For how long do you have it?
Talking about stunning bottles, I'm waiting for one from Memo Paris.
@Chanbal, I've only had this bottle since last fall. I had a small decant of vintage Chamade a few years ago, and absolutely loved it. However, I was hesitant to purchase from online auction sites until last summer when I went on a vintage spree. The bottle itself is a few decades old at least if not more, and I purchased it sealed (you can see the sealed golden cord in the picture), and in its box.
Which one are you waiting on from Memo? I haven't tried any of their perfumes.
I'm impressed by how long some perfumes last. I like to rotate perfumes and I sometimes take a long time (years) to finish a bottle. I recently bought a few perfume bottles from Byredo and I really hope they don't get spoiled soon. Lalibela is my first purchase from Memo, the bottles are so pretty…
Perfume really doesn't "spoil" that easily. I have multiple bottles that are literally decades old, and they're totally fine. Hell, I just bought a bottle that's almost twenty years old, and no one would ever know how old it is (other than because it's the vintage formulation of Kouros).
A lot of companies just say that the perfumes will go bad because they want to encourage people to buy more. I don't really need to be encouraged to finish a bottle of perfume before buying another, though.
Got a discovery kit from Gallagher Fragrances,
fruity, sweet and very special in that way if they are wearable on a long term. I liked 3 samples out 10, the rest are funny and would bore me quickly, I think.
also, got a discovery set from Les Bains Guerbois. Its fragrances were made in collaboration with Duchafour, Ropinion. I am not charmed by this brand either.
Who knows what it means: made in collaboration and made by?
fruity, sweet and very special in that way if they are wearable on a long term. I liked 3 samples out 10, the rest are funny and would bore me quickly, I think.
also, got a discovery set from Les Bains Guerbois. Its fragrances were made in collaboration with Duchafour, Ropinion. I am not charmed by this brand either.
Who knows what it means: made in collaboration and made by?
I'm not entirely sure, but if I were to guess, "made by" is perhaps a situation where one perfumer takes full ownership of the creative process of making the perfume, while "collaboration" suggests that more than one person was involved in the process of designing the perfume. I am guessing that in a collaboration, there might still be one main perfumer, with the others providing kind of a high level input or direction or feedback. I could be completely wrong, so if anyone else knows more, please feel free to add your thoughts!
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I can't disagree with you. I read an article about a talented British perfumer, named Ruth Mastenbroek. She said that she had made many scents for great noses and her name had never been mentioned even in a press release. She was fed up and started her own brand.
What I find strange in collaboration, only the famous nose is mentioned. That reminds me story about Rembrandt's signature. He had many students and he only signed their paintings. That was a real embarrassment.
I'm counting on that. These are some of the fragrances I purchased over the last month or so... I'm still waiting for Lalibela, which is backordered at NM. I need to check in at the Perfume Ban Island ASAP.
I love discovery kits, and I often only like a couple of scents from them. Though, I just got one from Ormonde Jayne, and I'm afraid I'll be in trouble. The fragrances are amazing. Today, I tested Ta'if and I need a full bottle…
In this case, I think Jean-Pierre Marois, the owner of Les Bains Guerbois, calls collaborators to the several famous perfumers he contracted to make the fragrances for his company. Each fragrance has its own perfumer.
People taking credit for others' work is an unfortunate reality in many areas.
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