tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33281954131756278992024-03-21T06:18:23.494-07:00OdiferessA blog for the perfume junkie..Sarah Waitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02225799091497587153noreply@blogger.comBlogger115125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3328195413175627899.post-88075797576862728302021-02-06T06:49:00.001-08:002021-02-06T07:10:55.767-08:00Dior J'adore edt - spray on sunshine<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Zk6Vp3nVZrQ/YB6qoxkLH-I/AAAAAAAAEEo/HDdJJ1NsxKEGYRW26OwoHWsgvo5wTemeACLcBGAsYHQ/s592/Screenshot%2B2021-02-06%2Bat%2B14.41.17.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="457" data-original-width="592" height="309" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Zk6Vp3nVZrQ/YB6qoxkLH-I/AAAAAAAAEEo/HDdJJ1NsxKEGYRW26OwoHWsgvo5wTemeACLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h309/Screenshot%2B2021-02-06%2Bat%2B14.41.17.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /> <span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue";">I long for travel, the delirious joy of standing in a foreign land, eyes wide as I take in an unfamiliar landscape, nose braced for the scent of warm sand or the aromatic sap of a sun baked forest.</span><p></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;">But I’m marooned in wintry Yorkshire, in full Covid lockdown yet again. I leave the house only for work or a chilly walk in the hills. A trip to the supermarket has become the week’s adventure as I don my mask and brave humanity to make the heroic feeling mission for a loaf of sourdough and something sweet to feed my hungry stress hormones. </p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Having sold some of my lesser worn scents, I decided to cheer myself with the purchase of a newcomer. I’d been craving a whiff of J’adore for some time, but with the shops closed I was unable to take a good sniff of the different formulations. I knew it was a choice between the fulsome heady edp or the perkier citrus laced edt. So taking a blind(ish) chance, I ordered the edt, figuring it would zest me out of the doldrums. </p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">It was the right choice. </p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-zRZyHHGNrkM/YB6q8oUX6KI/AAAAAAAAEFA/0SOhsC_qURw7kxauQCwxnMxjTBgk6M0FQCLcBGAsYHQ/s798/Screenshot%2B2021-02-06%2Bat%2B12.26.10.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="445" data-original-width="798" height="223" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-zRZyHHGNrkM/YB6q8oUX6KI/AAAAAAAAEFA/0SOhsC_qURw7kxauQCwxnMxjTBgk6M0FQCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h223/Screenshot%2B2021-02-06%2Bat%2B12.26.10.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;">J’adore edt is everything you’d expect from Dior’s fragrant family of Jasmin fuelled blockbusters. A glance at Fragrantica reveals that it may be a re-name of the previous incarnation of J’adore Lumiere, a title much more fitting to this light saturated scent. </p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">It’s unapologetically feminine, with a grand heart of white flowers and a (just audible) whisper of lush Rose Centifolia. In its current form, it’s only been around for ten years, but it feels like good old fashioned perfume, that which existed before trend making buffoons decided to drown every new release in a bucket of sugary notes.</p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Not that it lacks sweetness, but the sugar in J’adore edt stems from buoyant citrus notes, with sweet juicy mandarin and bracing lemon that exist not only in the opening, but well into its wear. There’s a hefty dose of Neroli in here too, but the overall impression is that it draws from every aspect of the orange tree, woody bark, green leaves and sharp sap adding a distinctly Mediterranean nuance. There is an airy quality to the fragrance, not in an aldehyde manner, more like an ozonic musk. I’m reminded of the time I sniffed Galaxolide at one of Sarah McCartney’s <a href="http://odiferess.blogspot.com/2014/03/adventures-in-scent-at-4160-tuesdays.html">perfumery workshops</a>. I can’t recall what this synthetic creation actually smelt like, nor how it interacted with other ingredients, but I was enamoured with the name ‘Galaxolide’. It suggested a scent that could send you skywards, a molecule soaring into space</p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">J’adore edt is all about sparkling brightness, a decadent floral that bursts with blue skies. The same concept was attempted by Chanel with the release of Gabrielle, an attempt to capture a younger audience that surprised lovers of the brand with its high pitched nose battering screech. J’adore manages to capture that energetic optimism in a thoroughly wearable scent. There are no screeches here. It’s as vivacious as the much celebrated Clementine California by Atelier Cologne, as ripe and sweet as Arancia di Capri from Aqua di Parma, and as decadently Jasmine rich as our historic scent memory of the original J’adore. </p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-uvtiD67Wqng/YB6rFz2Pw3I/AAAAAAAAEFE/wqgrdxK1xVYVQVndOvKzNVIoU7skeRv1wCLcBGAsYHQ/s385/Screenshot%2B2021-02-06%2Bat%2B14.40.21.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="305" data-original-width="385" height="318" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-uvtiD67Wqng/YB6rFz2Pw3I/AAAAAAAAEFE/wqgrdxK1xVYVQVndOvKzNVIoU7skeRv1wCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h318/Screenshot%2B2021-02-06%2Bat%2B14.40.21.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">I’ve worn it every miserable morning as the sky spilt a barrage of sleet onto my endless commute. I drove through the stark leafless countryside, mired in a wintery gloom, knowing that it would barely get light that day. Yet my nose smelt a different landscape, one peppered with fragrant orange trees, fruit ripening under luminous cobalt skies. Whilst I can’t physically travel right now, my spirit has jumped on a plane with the joyful company of this gold tipped bottle of sunshine. </p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><br /></p>Sarah Waitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02225799091497587153noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3328195413175627899.post-12196922776296312182020-11-30T05:37:00.000-08:002020-11-30T05:37:04.172-08:00Tom Ford - Black Orchid, the re-emergence of my scent nemesis<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2bpEEI2fFW8/X8TzwOOomgI/AAAAAAAAD5o/2IeUKkYBxYkJff1VNgx2Bk8FRlfetYyjQCLcBGAsYHQ/s509/Screenshot%2B2020-11-30%2Bat%2B13.28.31.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="509" data-original-width="339" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2bpEEI2fFW8/X8TzwOOomgI/AAAAAAAAD5o/2IeUKkYBxYkJff1VNgx2Bk8FRlfetYyjQCLcBGAsYHQ/w266-h400/Screenshot%2B2020-11-30%2Bat%2B13.28.31.png" width="266" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14.7px;">I was never destined to love Black Orchid. </span></p>
<p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14.7px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 13.3px;">My first experience with Tom Ford’s blockbuster scent was being engulfed in the deafening sillage of a work colleague. The glamourous blonde wore buckets of the stuff and topped it up frequently throughout the day. The shiny black bottle would often appear in the staff room at lunch time, you could taste it in your sandwiches. On my drive home, I felt as if she were in the car with me, her perfume sat like a patchouli laden ghost in my passenger seat. </p>
<p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14.7px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 13.3px;">As the brand’s popularly began to soar, it gained an ardent fan base in online perfume groups. People paid a fortune for ‘Private Blends’, falling hard for the stylish point of sale displays in upmarket department stores. Bestsellers such as Oud Wood and Tuscan Leather gained a following that rivalled that of the notorious Aventus by Creed. </p>
<p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14.7px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 13.3px;">Advertising campaigns for the brand divided opinion. Featuring explicitly depicted isolated female body parts, bottles of perfume were wedged between cleavage, bums and open thighs, fans of the brand applauded the shock factor. Others were horrified by the fact that many of the women featured in the campaigns looked controlled and objectified. The term ‘badvertising’ was used to describe Tom Ford campaigns in marketing industry articles, as advertising professionals mocked the graphically naff ‘sex sells’ throwback theme. </p>
<p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14.7px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 13.3px;">It’s no wonder I left the Tom Ford counters well alone, I didn’t want to contribute to the hype of a brand that left me cold. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-G3GAXtdy5MI/X8T0vVyLddI/AAAAAAAAD50/irDc4l7I0RsPCMJBekxSXjTlIuK1v6nUgCLcBGAsYHQ/s359/Screenshot%2B2020-11-30%2Bat%2B13.33.01.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="262" data-original-width="359" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-G3GAXtdy5MI/X8T0vVyLddI/AAAAAAAAD50/irDc4l7I0RsPCMJBekxSXjTlIuK1v6nUgCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/Screenshot%2B2020-11-30%2Bat%2B13.33.01.png" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Never has a campaign invited so many spoofs!</span></div><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14.7px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 13.3px;"><br /></p>
<p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14.7px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 13.3px;">Many years have passed since I baulked at the monstrous sillage of my colleague. This year I’ve found myself craving fragrances with a dominant fruity note. I’ve worn the pants off my bottle of Cristalle, revelling in it’s joyous ‘fruit salad in a basket of hay’ aroma. Piguet’s Visa sated my more decadent moments, my bottle seemed to spray humour as it brought to mind an image of over-ripe peaches squished up inside dirty leather trousers. As I pondered the possibilities of what else I could get my nose around, I was hit by the desire to once again smell Black Orchid. I recalled that amongst the dense syrupy proliferation of patchouli and chocolate, there nestled a good wallop of fruit. And so, with a sense of moral unease, I purchased a small decant from a friend. </p>
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I’m not sure. A single spray still fills a room, two sprays could induce the gag reflex the area of my postal code. It’s bossy and domineering and synthetic to the point that a bottle could come accessorised with pointy nail extensions and giant lip fillers. It’s not me. </p>
<p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14.7px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 13.3px;">But a little part of me sniffs at my wrists and marvels at the oddity of how distinctive it smells. There is an abundance of fruit, swimming in a peculiar wash of aquatic waves. Chuck a load of dense oriental notes into the mix and it becomes a unique whiff. In a marketplace where there is a multitude of scents that the smell almost the same as their shelf-fellows, Black Orchid smells like Black Orchid. </p>
<p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14.7px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 13.3px;">My tiny decant was enough for me to satisfy the curiosity of my memory. I’ll pass it on to a friend (who lives a very long way away!). </p><div><br /></div>Sarah Waitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02225799091497587153noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3328195413175627899.post-38049205980054275292020-10-04T13:39:00.005-07:002020-10-04T14:14:45.650-07:00Review & Giveaway - Puredistance RUBIKONA, a heritage patchouli<p><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue";">The history of perfumery is a constant source of intrigue for me. I’m fascinated by so many aspects of how artfully scented water influenced (and also reflected) the society it entered. I believe perfumes were often ‘better’ in the past; created and released at a slower pace, with substantial concepts rather than gimmicks, an exhilarating olfactory journey through a pyramid structure and an aspirational desire that you could subscribe to without the wallet of an oligarch.</span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue";"> </span></p>
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<p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">I have a grand collection of books about perfume, one of my favourites being Roja Dove’s beautiful coffee table slab - The Essence of Perfume. Chapters within celebrate the history of perfumery, featuring advertisements from renowned scents that shaped each decade. The fragrances manifest the design aesthetic of each decade, with those of fashion houses being the most captivating reflections of each era. </p>
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<p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">It’s no surprise that there are few perfume houses from the 21st century that I am loyal to, whilst I’ll race to smell the latest creations from Guerlain or Hermes, I can wait patiently for a sniff of most of the contemporary niche creations that line the ‘drop em’ if they don’t shift’ shelves of Selfridges and the like.</p>
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I am deeply loyal to <a href="https://www.puredistance.com">Puredistance Master Perfumes</a>. They create considered, classic and elegant perfume. The upcoming release of <a href="https://www.puredistance.com/2020/09/">RUBIKONA</a> marks 13 years of trading, in this period there have been only 12 carefully curated fragrances. In comparison to similarly placed brands such as Amouage or the aforementioned Roja Dove, this is a tiny output. For comparison, Roja Dove has released 135 scents in just 15 years. With the arrival of a press release from Puredistance comes the knowledge that you are about to smell something that has been a year or more in the making, regardless of ‘wether it’s you’ or not, it will smell of the type of craftsmanship that graced the classic scents of a slower era.</p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ihP3l2ZJkMc/X3ouW4iwrLI/AAAAAAAADt4/IsdE9ieaguAmXFyBeN9eXozhPqWkRvK3gCLcBGAsYHQ/s583/Screenshot%2B2020-10-04%2Bat%2B17.04.59.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="583" data-original-width="378" height="485" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ihP3l2ZJkMc/X3ouW4iwrLI/AAAAAAAADt4/IsdE9ieaguAmXFyBeN9eXozhPqWkRvK3gCLcBGAsYHQ/w314-h485/Screenshot%2B2020-10-04%2Bat%2B17.04.59.png" width="314" /></a></div><br /><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p>
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<p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">RUBIKONA smells like a scent from the past. Whilst not remotely old fashioned, its potent personality is intensely memorable. It’s almost as if you’ve recalled something that didn’t previously exist. And as you raise your wrist to nose and inhale, you realise with mystified affection that you’ve missed it. </p>
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<p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">The overall composition pays a grand homage to patchouli in a way that we don’t encounter today. Patchouli has existed in so many guises, from a single note redolent of the 1960s bohemian, to an earthy substitution for oakmoss in the era of IFRA regulations, and, in it’s current role - as the title of many a niche perfume where ingredient focused names and compositions have become a significant trend. </p>
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<p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Created by <span style="font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;">Cécile Zarokian, </span>RUBIKONA treats patchouli as a warm and earthy foundation to a deeply decadent perfume. It isn’t a cool Chypre composition, more a sumptuous giant of a scent, a sensual fragrance for a grand evening. As with the similarly characterful <a href="http://odiferess.blogspot.com/2017/10/puredistance-warszawa-proper-perfume.html">WARSZAWA</a>, RUBIKONA is a truly harmonious creation. Whilst patchouli sings clearly to the wearer, a seamless heart of luxurious floral absolutes and juicy citrus top notes ensure that RUBIKONA is indeed a complete and fulsome perfume rather than an homage to a dominant note. </p>
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<p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">The pyramid structure of RUBIKONA, for me, offers its greatest treat at the close of wear. The dry down is utterly sublime. My journey lands on a soft cushiony bed of musky vanilla with a creamy hint of iris still present, offering a sophisticated nuance to the ice cream sweetness. It is at this point that I can’t keep my nose away from my wrist. </p>
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<p style="font-family: "helvetica neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">There’s something about the cocooning effect of a warm bath that’s deeply tranquil, or the zingy bombardment of a shower with the pressure turned up to max. </p>
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<p style="font-family: "helvetica neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">I’ve always revelled in the joy of bathing, but with the outbreak of Covid 19 it’s become even more of a necessity. When I return home from a day’s teaching, I immediately strip off and bundle my clothes into the washer, then comes the race past the window as I leg it to the shower, hoping that I haven’t shocked the neighbours with a high speed nude bounce!</p>
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<p style="font-family: "helvetica neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">For the perfume lover, choosing a bathing potion is a joy. It’s yet another way to feed our fragrant obsession. In recent months I’ve gone vintage (not literally, I’m not using putrid bottles of bacteria from the 80s), but vintage as in ‘I’ve been around for a long time and there’s a damn good reason why’.</p>
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4711 Original Eau de Cologne Shower Gel</b></p>
<p style="font-family: "helvetica neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Exactly as it sounds, a shower gel fragranced with the iconic scent that’s been around since 1792. The bright turquoise gel creates a lush lather with exactly the same effect of dousing yourself with the EDC, a bracingly bright burst of citrus and herbal notes that cool your body and spark your spirit joy-wards. Nothing feels as perky as 4711. </p>
<p style="font-family: "helvetica neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">My bottle marks the transition from an anxiety ridden day to a restful evening, show me a therapist that can do that for less than a fiver. </p><p style="font-family: "helvetica neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: "helvetica neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-K5fQsRHkWWo/XwrD4aJLKwI/AAAAAAAADSs/ceS-GaGbAg45gnLLD16b0wfPqm1_TzFtACLcBGAsYHQ/s580/Screenshot%2B2020-07-09%2Bat%2B13.30.28.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="580" data-original-width="417" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-K5fQsRHkWWo/XwrD4aJLKwI/AAAAAAAADSs/ceS-GaGbAg45gnLLD16b0wfPqm1_TzFtACLcBGAsYHQ/w288-h400/Screenshot%2B2020-07-09%2Bat%2B13.30.28.png" width="288" /></a></div><p style="font-family: "helvetica neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p>
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<p style="font-family: "helvetica neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Another reviving delight hailing from Germany (these guys really know how to bathe). Badedas is probably best known for its saucy advertising campaigns from the 70s and 80s. The strapline ‘things happen after a Badedas bath’ promised bathers anything from a handsome peeping Tom lurking outside their window to a leather booted goddess striding from a helicopter. Sadly after a Badedas bath I usually just have a glass of wine and watch some telly. </p>
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<p style="font-family: "helvetica neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Badedas is one for the forest scent lovers. The lurid green bath soak offers up deeply aromatic woody foam, with oodles of coniferous sap and a calming earthiness. Its therapeutic circulation boosting ingredient is extract of Horse Chestnut. I’m not sure wether the extract imparts a scent or if it’s added with perfume, but there is definitely a whiff reminiscent of peeling open a conker ready to thread and bash over someone’s knuckles. </p>
<p style="font-family: "helvetica neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">This is my go to relax bath, soothing and invigorating in equal measure. Its a real treat year round but particularly beautiful in the winter when I crave the scents of nature around me to banish the dark nights. <br />
You can find a large bottle for less than a tenner online and in big pharmacies. </p><p style="font-family: "helvetica neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ywOGMtQpUqo/XwrEBZEy_6I/AAAAAAAADS0/BV8cJDpRyeA4UdQII-9iyEPbIPJUWhprACLcBGAsYHQ/s357/Screenshot%2B2020-07-11%2Bat%2B10.37.54.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="357" data-original-width="295" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ywOGMtQpUqo/XwrEBZEy_6I/AAAAAAAADS0/BV8cJDpRyeA4UdQII-9iyEPbIPJUWhprACLcBGAsYHQ/w330-h400/Screenshot%2B2020-07-11%2Bat%2B10.37.54.png" width="330" /></a></div><p style="font-family: "helvetica neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p>
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<p style="font-family: "helvetica neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">If Badedas is your reviving soak, Fenjal is your dreamy one. Launched in Switzerland in 1962 (yet another German speaking country), Fenjal has been lulling us to sleep with its pthalo blue goop since the days before most people indulged in a nightly bath. Back then, it must have been a treat for those with time and money. Nowadays most Europeans have indoor plumbing and it costs about £7, a utilitarian treat indeed!</p>
<p style="font-family: "helvetica neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Fenjal is strong, a little capful scents the upstairs rooms of my house with a heady oriental whiff. The fragrance is deeply sensual and soporific, ideal for a late night pre-bed bath. Even the bottle looks sensual, she has a waist!<br />
According to their website, the notes are vanilla, rose and pine, yet neither of those notes dominate. There is a distinct terpene whiff, slightly reminiscent of pine but it reads more as an aged patchouli, underpinned by a sweet vanillic, earthy and powdery nuance that lulls you into a deep state of relaxation. </p>
<p style="font-family: "helvetica neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Fenjal released a range of fragrances a few years ago which seem to have disappeared from the shelves as fast as they were launched, unless they just didn’t come to the UK? I’m not sure I’d buy one anyway as veering away from the original scent would feel like an act of infidelity. </p>
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<p style="font-family: "helvetica neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">In the current crisis I’m staying close to home with my woefully expired passport. But I’m still dreaming of where I’ll travel in the future. Perhaps a trip to Berlin is in order? Whilst tourists flock in their thousands for the city’s arts scene, I’ll revel in the wonder of German toiletry shopping…</p>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">Once out on the hills a network of trails weaves through the moor and farmland. Narrow lanes are lined with Hawthorn busting into fragrant blossom. Clumps of Narcissus and Bluebells sway a gentle scent into the breeze and remind me that despite the human horror, new life blooms. Up here there are few others, but there is so much beauty in the isolation of the natural world. Bees and butterflies fill the air. A Red Admiral appears to accompany me, landing periodically to spread its wings and bathe in the unseasonably early heat.</span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">I have a passion for the easy listening music genre. I still love to dance myself daft to some grizzly drum and bass or steep a dark mood in the haunting howls of Beth Gibbons. But there is a peaceful joy in the honeyed jazz of Henri Mancini or the soulful samba of Brasil 66 from Sergio Mendes.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Our moods fluctuate. At times there may be euphoria, excitement and thrill or darkness, anxiety and melancholia. We hope for contentment punctuated by frequent moments of joy, but the reality is that much of the time we are in stasis, a state of unremarkable equilibrium as we go about our daily routines and habitual behaviour. </span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">When I prepare for a night out, I consider my scent choice with great care. Do I want to ooze glamour? Or lay a scented trail of indie quirkiness? Do I want to immerse my companion in a cloud of exotic spice? The selection of a special occasion scent is pleasurable, and one of the reasons why many fragrance lovers own far too many bottles of perfume!</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">When I consider my own collection, these ‘special’ fragrances are not my most valued. I often fear for their molecular breakdown as they are worn so rarely. I buy the smallest bottles available and store them with the care of a Museum Curator. I don’t own many.<br />
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">My most melodic easy listeners are the classic chypres: Guerlain Mitsouko, Chanel Cristalle and Clarins Eau Dynamisante. There’s a theme here, they all smell natural. </span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Mitsouko and Cristalle both feature an earthy dollop of oakmoss and lush layer of fruit. The mossy undergrowth is reassuringly grounding, the fruit, cheering and summery. They are the opposite of a Northern Winter. Whilst Mitsouko is warm, subtle and sensual, Cristalle is vibrant and full of daylight. Both have the capacity to be sprayed through my skin into my soul. They feel like me. <br />
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">I rocket through bottles of <a href="http://odiferess.blogspot.com/2015/10/review-clarins-eau-dynamisante-my.html">Eau Dynamisante</a>, at least one supersize Scarlett flacon per year. It’s the only bottle that I keep in my bathroom, safe in the knowledge that I’ll have used it up before the light and the humid heat can get their molecular meany mitts on my scent. Nothing refreshes like Eau Dynamisante and I will never be without her. </span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">A browse through the forums of Fragantica or Facebook often reveals threads where members ask ‘how much is too much?’ Or ‘when does a hobby become an addiction?’. The answer is a personal one, we all know what we can and can’t afford to buy, what we can realistically use up before it turns and what will make us feel joy rather than guilt. </span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">When I observe my own collection, I see fragrant friends, the number of easy listeners far outweigh those that will only anoint only ‘the right’ mood. These infrequently worn exotic beauties are loved, but ruthlessly edited. I am happy in the knowledge that I will actually wear most of my perfumes to the end of the bottle. Maybe this is the answer to a carefully curated collection? </span></div>
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Sarah Waitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02225799091497587153noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3328195413175627899.post-41859638822592162892019-11-23T15:04:00.001-08:002019-11-23T15:19:47.154-08:00Ill communication<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Just a quickie to say thanks to anyone who comments on the blog and an apology to say that you won't get a response from me!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Well not really. It's a problem with Safari. But if I switch to Chrome it's fine. I imagine that's probably the best option for anyone with disappearing comments. </span>Sarah Waitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02225799091497587153noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3328195413175627899.post-42562093993280953672019-11-23T08:52:00.000-08:002019-11-23T11:04:37.644-08:00Puredistance GOLD, a tender Oriental<div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 10px;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I can divide my perfume collection into roughly two camps. On one side sit the fabulous oddities, scents like Robert Piguet Visa with its strange odour of overripe fruit and leather trousers, and the original Gucci Eau de Parfum, an exercise in darkly spiced vanilla with an air of antiseptic dental clinic. Whilst I adore them, I wear these scents infrequently, their personalities being so huge that they serve to accompany a specific mood, usually a gregarious one!</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">On the other side sit my faithful companions, those with a tender beauty, gentle compositions that I’m happy to let in to my space whilst dressing for work at 6.30am. <a href="http://odiferess.blogspot.com/2014/08/the-mitsouk-alikes-grossmith-golden.html">Mitsouko</a> is often reached for at this sensitive hour, as her subtly earthy aroma caresses rather than engulfs me, a hint of peach peeping through to perk up the dark morning. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">These tender beauties are a rarity in contemporary perfumery, especially within the niche market, who’s creations are often either artfully odd or bombastically bold, sometimes linear creations, ‘full on’ from the first spritz. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">A rarity is the perfume house who refuses to follow contemporary trends, a house that simply desires to make extraordinarily splendid perfume. No novel quirky concept, no loud space domination, simply sprayable beauty. One such house is <a href="https://www.puredistance.com/">Puredistance</a>. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">When I smelt GOLD, their latest release, I was immediately struck by the complete absence of novelty. The brief was simple, Jan Ewoud Vos, founder of the company, desired an exceptionally fine fragrance that would synesthetically communicate the concept of Gold. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Gold could alternatively signify prestige, superiority and wealth, Amouage have a Gold creation, popular in Arabia where Gold is a much utilised sign of wealth. Kim Kardashian and Jay Z have their own Gold scents, again hinting (or pointing obviously!) to a lavish lifestyle. But that is most certainly not what Puredistance GOLD is about.</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">My passion for forest themed scents is well documented at Odiferess. I’ve written of the witchy delights of <a href="http://odiferess.blogspot.com/2013/09/0-false-18-pt-18-pt-0-0-false-false.html">Ormonde Woman</a>, the festive cheer of <a href="http://odiferess.blogspot.com/2013/12/review-enchanted-forest-vagabond-prince.html">Fille en Aiguilles</a>, and the outdoorsy vibrancy of <a href="http://odiferess.blogspot.com/2014/04/review-clinique-wrappings-oxygen-bottled.html">Wrappings</a> with deep adoration. As a sufferer of Seasonal Adjustment Disorder, these scents give me a much needed burst of green sapped clarity to cut through the oppressive fug of the dark nights.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Whilst pondering the emerald scented steam from my bath tub, I considered what this product actually is, a 30% concentration of essential oils in a carrier. It’s essentially a perfume extract. That evening I swiped a little Forest Therapy over my wrists and décolletage to explore the idea of wearing this bath oil as a perfume. Much in the same manner as Estee Lauder’s clever oily origins of <a href="http://odiferess.blogspot.com/2014/10/review-estee-lauder-youth-dew-bath-oil.html">Youth Dew</a>, it worked. I delighted in several hours of it’s scent in full technicolour and fell asleep to a soft earthy drydown. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>“Native to the Peruvian Andes, exotic Pink Pepper berries lend their spicy, fruity scent to uplift and energise, revitalising the senses while also easing breathing. Gently steam distilled from delicate young Cypress needles, soft, woody Cypress essential oil fills your bathroom with the scent of fresh forest air, washing a sense of calm and comfort over you. Our Juniper Berry, foraged from the mountainous regions of Macedonia, grounds and balances emotions as if you were taking a soothing stroll under the canopy of tall, majestic trees.<br />A woody heart of balancing Petitgrain, cleansing Ho Wood and earthy Patchouli, complemented with sweet, floral notes from the Davana plant, warm, buttery aromas from luxurious Mimosa flowers and sparkling Sicilian lemon, all our ingredients come together to form a fragrance that is synonymous with the crisp smell of nature. Open the cap and be transported to giant evergreens and woodland walks.” (Aromatherapy Associates website)</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">I believe I have. My first spray of <a href="https://www.puredistance.com/e-store/puredistance-aenotus-17/">AENOTUS</a> by Puredistance unearthed the memory of one of my favourite films, Hitchcock’s - To Catch a Thief. The extraordinary ability of scent to link the olfactory sense with the visual burst in action and journeyed me from my soggy Yorkshire home to the glittering solar playground of The French Riviera. </span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Last year Puredistance released <a href="https://odiferess.blogspot.com/2017/10/puredistance-warszawa-proper-perfume.html">WARZSAWA</a>, a composition so opulent and grand that I described it as ‘proper’ perfume. </span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">AENOTUS, the latest release from Puredistance, feels like the masculine partner of WARSZAWA. It is once again a ‘proper’ perfume that feels far removed from the masses of trend led industry releases of recent years. </span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Jan Ewoud Vos, Founder of Puredistance, briefed Perfumer Antoine Lee with the creation of a signature scent for his personal wear. The scent was required to “combine freshness with long lasting sensuality”. Indeed it does, and with a profoundly picturesque quality.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Which leads me to Hitchcock's glamourous masterpiece. In this 1955 movie, Cary Grant plays a retired cat burglar, framed with a copycat crime on the sparkling French Riviera. Locations are lush and verdant, as viewed from the many scenes of Grant and Grace Kelly speeding around the cliffs of Cannes in the ubiquitous open topped sports car. </span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">The ‘fresh’ phase of AENOTUS is exuberantly Mediterranean. Rocky scrubland peppered with aromatic sunbaked herbs, the waxy green whiff of citrus tree leaves and the lush swollen fruit growing within, the piercing cold sharpness of botanical sap and bursting buds. It’s all there, and it moves in an extraordinary rhythm. The scent doesn’t sit still, notes move in and out of focus, now you smell it, now you don’t. It’s an olfactory kaleidoscope. There is a sense of illuminating optimism, the hope of adventure, all played out under piercing radiant light. </span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">For a Northern European, this dazzling opening creates a feeling of otherness, so distant from our often dulled landscape that it reeks of technicolour film stock. Fully saturated escapism.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Cary Grant is far removed from the youthful male leads of contemporary movies. He represents the archetype of old Hollywood masculinity. Whilst inarguably suave, he is also somewhat dishevelled and aged. A leathery suntan colours a craggy expressive face that hints at a decadent lifestyle, a wild ride. He is deeply sexy and unashamedly masculine.</span></div>
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And this is the thing about men, they smell. No matter how freshly showered and sweetly perfumed they are, they emit a musky, slightly feral whiff. Enter a man’s bedroom and it will smell instantly recognisable as such. They are the ferrets of the gender divide. AENOTUS emphases the muskiness of masculinity. As it begins to dry down, the freshness retreats and a warm fougère-like base emerges. It is deeply mossy. Oakmoss absolute smells earthy, musky, fusty and animal. Distinctly not fresh and green, it is nature at its muckiest and most intriguing. </span><br />
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In this way AENOTUS exaggerates masculinity, unapologetically creating a gentle trail of post party Cary Grant. </span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">AENOTUS is a complex and contradictory scent. Fresh and exuberant yet earthily sensual, vibrantly light and softly dark, freshly soaped cleanliness and morning after filth. What is intriguing about the contradiction is that it was created as a signature scent. The purpose of which is to define the personality and presence of its wearer. The most fascinating people are complex individuals who’s contrasts attract our curiosity and desire to know them.<br />
If AENOTUS defines Jan Ewoud Vos, I’d really like to meet him…</span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000; font-size: x-small;">Watch the trailer for To Catch a Thief by clicking <a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0048728/">here</a>.</span></div>
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Last year, they published ‘Perfumes: The Guide 2018’. An insightful book that depicted the state of the current market i.e so oversaturated that they were only able to review a small percentage of what is now a boom industry. Within its covers, I read a marvellously accurate essay entitled ’10 Years Later’, the spot-on review of Black Opium (which represents the worst of recent releases to me) and flicked through the necessarily incomplete ‘Index by brand’. The book remains by my bed with the occasional rare dip. </span></span></div>
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This is the situation - there is too much perfume, released too quickly, by too many companies keen to cash in. You can’t blame them, it is after all a business. The result is that a great many trend led dreadful fragrances abound and discontinuation increases as brands are unwilling to continue production of an older line that isn’t selling at ‘trend’ speed.</span></span></div>
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Amber de sultan’s flip-flops, rose oud de Thomas Cook desert camel outing, cuir de handbag, bois de something more expensive than all of the other woody scents in our line sold at Boots, cologna di inexpensive ingredients that is the same as Spanish folk sensibly buy for 10 Euro at their local pharmacy. </span></span></div>
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My great joy in wearing fragrance is the delight of the pyramid, experiencing the journey as a scent develops and transforms from euphoric sparkling top notes to a satisfyingly deep and comforting base. It was an art, perfumers were a cross between alchemists and travel agents. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I love to share my thoughts with the many readers of Odiferess. I am thrilled when I look at my stats and see that yesterday 500 people in the USA read an article written from my sofa in soggy Yorkshire. I love the people I’ve met and the friends I’ve made through writing and my fragrant hobby. I love the fact that I now know people from New Orleans and New Foundland. I love to engage in comments and feedbacks from readers. <br />
I do not like the fact that I’ve written the equivalent of at least 2 well-read novels in the last 6 years in return for no income from perfume creators. I made a choice not to add advertising to the site as it was created initially a way to share words and creativity with fellow enthusiasts. But sometimes, when I see the thousands of hits on an article about a niche perfume, I consider how valuable this publicity is to a small brand and think - “Well, you could send me a full bottle as a thank you please!”.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">At the age of 22 I moved to the capital to seek thrills, pizzazz and otherworldliness. I took a sales job in a publishing company, developing a trade title for the casino industry. I travelled Europe drumming up new advertisers for the magazine. My clients were mostly wealthy businessmen who wore radiant citrus colognes of the European tradition. My job smelt good. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">At weekend I would hang out with friends from Art College who had raced to London before me, we’d dance all night to drum and bass at The Blue Note and spend Sunday afternoon loafing bleary-eyed around the bohemian bars of Notting Hill. I lived in scummy house shares, saving on the rent to pay for a social life and the occasional treasure from Liberty’s beauty hall. My clothes were eccentric and glamourous, often lucky finds in charity shops and vintage markets. I dressed like Margot out of British Sitcom ‘The Good Life’ whenever possible. I remember a lone visit to The Tate Gallery on a hot summer’s day when I wore a shot satin orange 70s cocktail dress. I pulled - a gorgeous Frenchman with whom I spent several decadent days. There was opportunity - be it amourous, adventurous or simply otherness. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Otherness was a significant feature of London. It was here that I encountered the astonishing wealth of others for the first time. I used to catch a bus from my Soho office and travel home through West London to my rented room in Westbourne Park. It was on this extraordinary journey that I played at window peeping. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">It began in the messy throng of Oxford Street, headed west to Marble Arch and then zig zagged it’s way through a maze of enchanting streets populated by some of the wealthiest people in the world. They lived in grand abodes, often white Georgian houses with elaborate plasterwork and ‘Mary Poppins’ doorways. By day the journey was a delight to observe but by night it became almost cinematic. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">It was by night that the rich were revealed. Nobody rich had slatted blinds, they had grand velveteen old-school folds, fashionable modernist drapes in vintage Heals fabric or nothing. Whatever window dressing their interiors people had selected, they were often open. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">As my bus crawled through the London traffic, I would watch their lives. Dinner would be eaten by gentile candlelight, no doubt by a luxurious Diptyque or Cire Trudon treasure. Furniture was achingly stylish and the space was clear. This was not the land of dumped domestic stuff littering their living. It was ‘The World of Interiors’ enacted by real people. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">By far my favourite abodes were the embassies and consulates where grand gatherings took place. Here I spied on exotic groups of people, often from lands I’d never heard of before. Men were immaculately suited and their wives were decorated with cocktail splendour, dripping with jewels and vertiginous Louboutin heels. Champagne was quaffed from crystal flutes from which light sparkled. Their evenings were literally ‘edged in gold’. </span></span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">At first spray I’m enveloped in spice, a sharp cinnamon that laces luscious plummy fruit. The opening is divinely opulent in it’s gilded sweetness. I'm reminded of fine bone china, decorated with lush interpretations of a </span>bucolic<span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"> harvest lipped with glowing gold. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I have smelt the combination of fruit, spice and leather so many times, although undeniably beautiful, it can often be a little flat and one dimensional (Feminite du Bois or Aziyade being typical examples). In Evening Edged in Gold, Ineke Ruhland has created a sparkling version of the theme, that develops and delights throughout its wear. </span></span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">I love fruit. Nothing beats the gastronomic joy of biting into a perfectly ripe mango or sucking bits of tasty seeded slime from the dimpled husk of a passion fruit. </span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">In the perfume world however, fruit is a frequently occurring whiff on the shelves of high street stores but underrepresented within niche perfumery offerings. Whilst citrus fruits have reigned as King of the top note and formed the backbone of tradition eau de colognes, their sticker siblings have not enjoyed the same favourable treatment Is it the stigma of fruit being one half of the often derided ‘fruity floral’ genre? As enlightened perfume lovers continue to bore of the same old ‘oud-this’ and ‘amber-that’ there is room for a new trend. And with the possibility of enormous olfactory diversity, I hope to see the pulps, pips and juices stake their claim.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Quirky interpretations of fruity notes do exist right now though, we’ve just got to hunt them down. </span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Middle: Ylang Ylang, Jasmine, Caramel, Rose, Green Leaves</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Upon first spray, you are hit by sweet smoke - imagine a bonfire where dry leaves are coated in caramel. The smokiness is cut through by a fruit abstraction. You can’t detect the individual notes, instead a general air of juiciness announces it’s presence. There is a distinct feel of ‘Christmas market’ to the composition, rendering the whiff pleasingly wintry. </span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">As it progresses in to dry down, Angelo di Fuime loses the smoky quality and develops an extraordinarily sumptuous base, a perfect vanilla. Not the sweet tooth vanilla of a teen market scent, nor the boozy vanilla of Mona di Orio or L’ Artisan Parfumeur. This is a creamy, woody vanilla harmony, no doubt an atmosphere enhanced by benzoin and sandalwood joining the party.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I was overwhelmed with the kind comments and encouragement about my artwork and I thank everyone dearly who entered. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Add two prints to your basket, then during checkout add a 'message to seller', drop me a note stating 'Odiferess' and tell me your choice number three. I'll then add it to your order free of charge. </span><br />
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Over the last month I created a collection of mixed media artwork themed around imaginary perfume. I spend my working days teaching young people how to make visual art that passes exams, it’s rare that I get chance to relax and create my own. However, in the recent holiday I got the bug back and spent the fortnight ankle deep in cut paper, devouring coffee and listening to French radio. I felt quite the bohemian!</span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">I think most people with a serious perfume habit have at least a little bit of Synesthesia. As fitting for an artist, I sense colour in fragrance. That which most pleases my nose tends to conjure gold and yellow hues. I don’t think it’s just the case that I have a deep adoration of ylang ylang. I gravitate towards scents that fizz and sparkle with an emphasis on volatile top notes, so perhaps I’m visualising champagne and jewels in my collection.</span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">I monoprinted, stained, painted, tore and reconstructed paper. I also stained my kitchen worktop in the process which is now light grey wood with ‘crimson accents’. Joseph (also known as the feline paper shredder) ate several of the paper components and gained a temporarily Prussian blue paw. Coloured magazine paper was also used, sometimes soaked and scrunched up or scrubbed at to alter the surface texture.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></div>
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Sarah Waitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02225799091497587153noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3328195413175627899.post-78623644482627257862017-10-31T12:38:00.000-07:002017-10-31T12:54:27.176-07:00The 100th post - revisiting my favourite articles at Odiferess<br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">To mark the occasion, here is a round up of my favourite posts over the last 5 years. They are articles that fizzed out of me faster than my typing speed, those which are an utter joy to write. I like to think that they are somewhat 'different' from what visitors expect to read and that they offer an insight into my often bizarre thought process! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>On Witches:</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">It seems fitting to include my review of Ormonde Woman by Ormonde Jayne, it is Halloween after all. Highlights include references to my Grandmother's dubious home remedies and getting ferns in your knickers.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://odiferess.blogspot.co.uk/2013/09/0-false-18-pt-18-pt-0-0-false-false.html">click here</a> to read</span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">On Music:</span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">A celebration of exuberant women in music, inspired initially by the technicolour wonder that is Regine Chassagne of Arcade Fire. What perfume would suit these musical marvels?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://odiferess.blogspot.co.uk/2014/07/regine-chassagne-kaleidoscopic-woman.html">click here</a> to read</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>On a truly saucy scent:</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">When Anubis by Papillon Perfumery brought to mind salty pirates, Captain Nolan and the power of female sensuality.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://odiferess.blogspot.co.uk/2014/02/review-jul-et-mad-terrasse-st-germain.html">click here</a> to read</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>On an under appreciated Guerlain:</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Why is Idylle not hallowed in the Guerlain hall of fame? Here I speak of my love for the scent and swoon at Thierry Wasser. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://odiferess.blogspot.co.uk/2014/08/review-guerlain-idylle-and-why-we.html">click here</a> to read</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>On heartbreak:</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">A personal story of love and loss inspired by Jul et Mad - Terrasse a St Germain. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://odiferess.blogspot.co.uk/2014/02/review-jul-et-mad-terrasse-st-germain.html">click here</a> to read</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>On the great outdoors:</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">A picturesque post where a walk in the Yorkshire Moors became an ode to the chilly aldehydes of Clinique - Wrappings<br /><a href="http://odiferess.blogspot.co.uk/2014/04/review-clinique-wrappings-oxygen-bottled.html">click here</a> to read</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>On the significance of a Royal Warrant:</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">A rather slapstick look at branding within the British Perfume Industry featuring discussions about the Queen's fear of warts and why Fergie was the only Royal I'd invite to the pub. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://odiferess.blogspot.co.uk/2013/07/the-scent-of-british-spirit-part-2.html">click here</a> to read</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>On proper perfume:</b><br />The most recent post, on how I was overwhelmed by the beauty of Warszawa by Pure Distance. This posts discusses the concept that we might all be 'a bit too expert' and ponders the days before the online fragrance community existed.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>On the cats of perfume land:</b><br />How I fell in love with a furry little fella called Joseph and a photographic peep at the feline companions of my fellow perfume writers. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://odiferess.blogspot.co.uk/2016/01/joseph-beginning-of-furry-scented-love.html">click here</a> to read</span><br />
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<br />Sarah Waitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02225799091497587153noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3328195413175627899.post-48571487510018235092017-10-10T04:33:00.003-07:002017-12-09T13:21:24.829-08:00Puredistance WARSZAWA - a PROPER perfume<div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">‘Proper’ perfume is grown up. It’s sits on your dressing table and simmers until you are sufficiently dressed up to reach for it’s seductive bottle. It doesn’t travel to work with you, or the supermarket, or similar non-event. It’s an uncommon wonder. It’s got a personality more colossal than your own. You can only wear it when you feel emotionally abundant and dressed to kill. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Fitting really, as WARSZAWA was inspired by good old fashioned glamour. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i>Inspired by the class and elegance of Polish women and the rich history of the city of Warsaw, WARSZAWA evokes the chic of the golden days of Fashion and Perfume.” </i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Perfume used to be a curious phenomena. We didn’t know what was in it. Although our noses could detect familiar notes such as culinary spices or garden flowers, we had no idea how the perfumer conjured the mysterious juice. The perfume lover probably new nothing of the nitro musks, aldehydes and other bonkers sci-fi ingredients that helped to create the allure. Nowadays we consult Fragrantica’s (excellent) ingredient database and compare fragrances with similar notes. We avidly read note lists supplied by the perfume houses and actively seek out a perfect interpretation of our favourite. They make it even easier by naming their wares with the notes e.g. Tobacco Vanille, Patchouli Imperial etc. We swop tips and decants with our online friends and gain access to luxury goods that we would not normally be able to afford. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">In some ways this is helpful as it allows us to find fragrances that might suit us more easily. It adds knowledge to our hobby and the research and subsequent hunting offers quite a thrill. We’ve become experts. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">But sometimes I don’t want to be an expert. I don’t want to own thirty bottles of well researched fragrant wardrobe. I want to relish and adore one bottle of precious perfume and not have a clue what sorcery has created it. I want to have saved up for it patiently and bought it full price from a beautiful shop in Paris. I want some proper perfume. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">WARSZAWA is not a note list. It’s a grand composition, symphonic, multi-faceted. You can’t smell a dominant feature ingredient, simply a gargantuan perfume. It’s overwhelming, aspirational and bloody gorgeous!</span></span></div>
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Your first ever clubbing outfit, the heady perfume that your mum wore when you were six, the weekend break in Venice when it was minus 2 degrees and all the palazzos sparkled with frost, the sensual (real) fur coat that you bought from a charity shop in Leeds and felt (sort of) OK about because you hadn’t directly contributed to the fur trade, shopping before the internet existed, the jewel hued antique glass Christmas tree baubles from your childhood that reflected fragments of magical light when you spun them, whopping shoulder pads in a 1980s edition of ‘Le Smoking’, red </span>vinyl lipstick, <span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">Bryan Ferry’s tight trousers, a pool party attended by Grace Coddington in the 1970s, backcombed hair, violet cream chocolates from Charbonnel et Walker (bought in Bond Street, not the food discount section at TK Maxx), your first trip to London and the moment that you bought your first pair of ‘knickers with intention’.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">In recent years, I’ve wandered around Selfridges feeling bored. I am throughly fed up with over-priced, over hyped-nonsense, constant replications of a jaded theme, bottles of bandwagon bollocks applauded for being ‘niche’.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">In WARSZAWA I feel like I’ve discovered perfume again. I am no longer a 44 year old perfume ‘expert’. I’m 17 year old me, buying my first ever bottle of Shalimar and inhaling possibility.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">The January Scent Project is a line of three unisex fragrances created by John Beibel, an <a href="http://www.johnbiebel.com/">Artist</a> from the USA who is well known amongst the fragrance community for his regular columns at Fragrantica. Each of the three fragrances has a corresponding artwork which has been published in the form of gorgeous little postcards. </span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><i><span style="color: #134f5c;">“The "vintage" artworks for the perfumes was a really fun side project that I wanted to include as part of the creative process. The idea that I could envision the scents in a different time context was so appealing, and it kind of plays on both the timely and timeless, if you know what I mean.”</span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">My favourite of the three scents - Eiderantler is certainly ‘timely’. It feels neatly into the current resurrected trend of the aromatic fougère genre and yet could easily invoke a spirit of the seventies when airy outdoorsy scents such Alliage and Diorella graced our tanned outdoorsy skin.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Eiderantler is described as an ‘Ivy fougère’. Fougère translates as ‘fern’, a term used to categorise fragrances that contain green notes associated with nature, they tend to feature lavender and coumarin (a derivative of tonka bean). Here are the notes for Eiderantler:<br />
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Ivy is essentially an abstract composition, a clever combination of ingredients that create a cool and crisp atmosphere reminiscent of dewy woodland foliage.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">What struck me about Eiderantler is it’s vibrancy. Lavender rich scents have a been a trend in recent years with Chanel - Boy (an elegant version of Brut) and Guerlain - Mon Guerlain (muggy sugared lavender) being perhaps the most discussed releases. Both of them feel ‘dull’ to me. Not dull as in boring, but dull in the true sense of the word in that any sparkle or radiance has been eroded. Eiderantler feels sparkly and volatile. It hasn’t been mugged by the blanket of tonka bean that so often occurs in a fougère I asked John how he created the sparkle effect and received a wonderfully detailed answer:<br />
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="color: #134f5c;"><i>“In answer to the question about "sparkle" I attribute that to a few different things. There are a number of small elements in the perfume that add a nice touch. In this case, a small bit of ultrazure, a mixed aquatic/air molecule that has a very bright and faceted quality, and other small bits like templin fir cone (which is like a bright pine lemon), pink pepper (which has a lot of sparkle.) There are some key ingredients that help this all along too, primarily champa or champaca leaf. It's related quite closely to magnolia and to the magnolia flower (also known as champaca flower, usually imported from India.) it shares a fairly primary component that is found in a number of greens and flowers called linalool. It's an incredible substance, which has a scent somewhere between lemon, pepper, orange flower and very gentle wood. That, I believe, is at the heart of the perfume and helps it keep its sparkly quality.”</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My love of books was instilled at an early age by my mum who took me to Garstang library every week to borrow an armful of magical free words. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Each night I send myself to slumber via another world; a curious country, an eerie haunting, a torrid love affair or simply the complexities of someone else’s life. My arms cradle the book ‘praying mantis’ style whilst Joseph purrs away under an elbow. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Most towns in the UK had a library until about 5 years ago when the government cut funding under austerity. Big cities had many branches with the largest ‘central’ library housed in a grand municipal building. Many of the smaller suburban libraries closed forever whilst others now survive on limited hours as volunteer run organisations.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My local library in Huddersfield is a quirky venue where alongside newly releases titles, you can find a selection of the bizarre and unconsidered. Whilst browsing the health and beauty section this morning I discovered that alongside Lizzie Ostrom’s ‘Perfume - A century of scents’ and <a href="http://odiferess.blogspot.co.uk/2013/10/make-your-own-perfume-magnificent.html">Sally Hornsey</a>’s two make your own skincare and perfume manuals, you can find books about both DIY welding and the history of arsenic. This could be handy if you are planning a murder and an evidence burial in a skilfully sealed metal box. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Library books can smell a bit stale. Whilst new releases still retain a delicious inky print whiff on their fresh unblemished pages, older titles can sometimes carry an ‘eau de damp portacabin’ or more worryingly ‘unidentifiable fragrant stain’ which might be a bit of spilt Ovaltine if you’re lucky.</span></span></div>
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much it costs to scent your home with Diptyque’s beautiful Rosa Mundi candle.
If it’s the middle of winter, or you live in a flat and have money to burn
(literally) I understand the desire to buy this object of loveliness. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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a hell of a lot of real flowers. Not the rubbish ones that don’t smell of
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from my sky high urban flat to an old Victorian terraced cottage. It’s tiny and
a little bit knackered, but there is a garden. As the proud owner of green
fingers I couldn’t wait to plan my much missed outdoor space. I have only a miniscule
front garden, South facing and elevated from the lane by rickety stone
steps.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Its patio area is just big
enough for a few planters and a deck chair from which I can tipple gin in the
summer. At the rear of the house is a yard filled by an old outdoor toilet
shed. I plan to sow a ‘cut flower’ patch in grow bags upon its roof when the
sun rises high enough to battle for daylight dominance with the neighbouring
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mess, an overgrown patch of shrubs that had never seen a blade and waist high
grass on a mission to self-seed dandelion clocks and sadistic thistles. My
determined Dad spent several hours ‘strimming’ the grass, pausing every few
minutes to rethread the machine as its exhausted cord broke repeatedly.
Meanwhile I destroyed my back digging up a plethora of eye pokingly sharp
cordyline plants. I have a fear of spikes…</span></span></div>
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late in the season to grow many seeds, I couldn’t resist giving life to some
sweet peas. I spent 99p on a packet of ‘Spencer Mixed’ variety which by August grew
into a 5 foot high pot of scented glory. For the next couple of months my house
was filled with their intoxicating fragrance and I slept soundly lulled by
bedside vases of this frilly wonder. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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her old fashioned carnation plants and gave me clumps to plant up by the patio.
If you’ve never smelt a garden grown carnation you will be astounded by its
peppery floral fragrance. Imagine a Caron boutique in the 1950s and that’s
about it. They smell exactly like Bellodgia. A single bloom can fill a room
with a strident Oeillet </span><span style="background: white; color: #222222;">olé
such is its bold exuberance!<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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Rosa Alba that lived here had bolted to a giant straggle. Although a few
Dior-esque petals remained it needed lopping almost to the ground to encourage
healthy new growth next year. Meanwhile I headed to the garden centre and chose
a David Austin ‘Generous Gardener’ climbing rose to satisfy my craving. Chosen
for its scent, this pink beauty smells like the finest Rose Damascena absolute
with a teeny hint of sugared almond. Sadly I knocked its heavily budded head
off in a clumsy car exit but it rapidly grew back.<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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vivid scented annual flowers. My ‘Spencer Mixed’ sweet peas are growing
vigorously. In October I transformed a worn out G-Plan side table into a
miniature bubble wrapped greenhouse to see if it really is possible to
‘overwinter’ annual seedlings in the cold damp Pennine winter. It is. In May I
will plant a second variety ‘Sweet Pea Promise’ – a posh one from Thompson and
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hopefully reawaken and battle the slugs to bring some elegance once again. Their
scent is a marvelous combination of the skanky indole that we devour in our white
floral fragrances and a more delicate and fresh green nuance that brings
brightness and vivacity and makes the plant smell ‘youthful’. </span></span></div>
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millions of the little thugs. With Joseph and his neighbouring cat friends
around, the use of toxins was not a possibility. This year I’m conducting an experiment. I am collecting my own hair in order to create hairy rings around
the base of tender seedlings. I never brush it so a hair wash yields lots of
useful strands! Apparently slugs hate the dry texture of hair and wool and
won’t cross it. The witchy side of me loves the idea of having a part of myself
lurking sentinel like in the garden. My grandmother would have approved of this
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you know which plants yield the greatest fragrance. I would dearly love to hear
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">January is a bleak month for those of us
residing in Northern Europe. It’s chilly, the days are diminutive, and we crave
the onset of the light and energy delivered by Spring. Following the excited
delights of the pre-Christmas credit card binge that is ‘Black Friday and Cyber
Monday’, January brings us ‘Blue Monday’, rumoured to be the most depressing
day of the year.</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It’s not all blue though. January often
gives us an opportunity to make personal changes. We are more likely to ditch
an overly stressful job, rethink our personal goals or make good on our
seasonal gluttony and get healthy. Although I didn’t make a list of New Year
resolutions (I’d inevitably break them), I definitely feel a positive force for
change.</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">With this in mind, I’m shedding some flab.</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I’m not obese, just a bit podgy. An auf
wiedersehen to half a stone would set me free to wear my favourite ‘brilliant
arse’ jeans that lie forlornly at the bottom of my thin clothes drawer. It
wasn’t really Christmas that piled on the pounds, more the proximity of a work
canteen that sells fabulous sausage rolls and the forgiving nature of winter
clothing. It just crept on.</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My diet is not strict, I’m simply cutting
down on the usual adversaries; booze, sugar, cheese and the occasional foray
into pies. Vaguely based on Slimming World but without the culinary dreadfulness
that is 1 calorie cooking spray and Quark. </span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I took a jaunt to the January sales and
purposefully left tight fitting clothes well alone, I’d already dropped a
couple of pounds and was excited at the prospect of delving into my thin
clothes drawer in the near future, no point buying new ones. However, in the
sale I found an ideal motivator. Nestling amongst the Estee Lauder counter’s
sale shelf was a discounted purse spray of Private Collection Tuberose
Gardenia. I bought it, took it home, and promptly decorated the package with a
chastising post-it note. I will not unwrap and spray the perfume until I get
half way through the diet. It will be freed from it’s bondage when the scales
display 10 stone 6. As I write this, I’m 1 pound away. Tomorrow might be the
day.</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ironically, Tuberose Gardenia is a fulsome
fatty scent, the fragrance equivalent of one of those delicious custard
pastries that accompany your Espresso in a Parisian café. A Gardenia petal is
firm and waxy to the touch, clustered tightly in a heavy globe, there’s no
frailness here. It’s a voluptuous flower. Tuberose is often likened to the
scent of bacon fat, as rancid and corpulent as it is beautiful.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In Tuberose Gardenia, the Lauder labs
have synthesised the concept of gargantuan white flower decadence. If it were a
woman, she would not be thin.</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">10 stone 6 will mark the occasion of the
first ‘well done you’ spray. From that point it will be consigned to the
fabulous arse/thin clothes drawer. It won’t be properly allowed out until those
jeans fit. By this I mean that I can actually sit down in them without the zip
bursting or instigating the onset of bleeding from my kidneys. </span></span></div>
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into fragrant flower as the narcissus in my garden open their faces to greet
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Sarah Waitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02225799091497587153noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3328195413175627899.post-1864728233022946582016-09-12T12:44:00.000-07:002016-09-12T12:44:10.709-07:00Keiko Mecheri - Bois de Santal, the sogginess saviour<div class="MsoNormal">
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As a concept, ‘dry’ is currently highly
desirable to me.</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Usually, the word dry implies an absence,
an emptiness, perhaps a lackluster landscape. But right now, dry means the
opposite of damp. And for that reason, it’s a beautiful word.</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My new (ancient) cottage is distinctly soggy.
Nestling amongst woods at the bottom of a steep scar, it seems to suck the
moisture from the land. The cellar is a spooksome little hole, with steps that
descend to a mouldy stone room. 5 minutes in the cellar and my hair has
absorbed the moisture and achieved the wild manifestation of life before
styling products. Not that I’m really complaining. I’ve swopped my trendy city
flat for a historic Victorian home and the new walls (despite their often moist
tendencies) feel to be enveloping me in cosiness. I sleep well here. And so
does Joseph after his errant nocturnal adventures with the neighbourhood cats. </span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Recently, a friend posted me a decant of a
well timed scent, Keiko Mecheri’s Bois de Santal. After a bleak and rain sodden
drive over Holme Moor, I made myself a cup of tea and sat down to test the
contents of the little package. It soaked up my waterlogged mood.</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Bois de Santal is the fragrant equivalent
of those little silica bags that you get inside packaging, it’s dryer than an
own brand Cream Cracker. Sandalwood rich scents always radiate warmth but
somehow Bois de Santal manages to bypass warmth to the point of becoming
parched. </span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I’ve smelt the perfumer’s synthetic creation of ‘hot sand’ several
times, perhaps my favourite interpretation being in Estee Lauder’s summertime
rerelease – Bronze Goddess. However, Mecheri’s perfumer has out-beached even
Bronze Goddess by adding a bossily dominant ambergris note to transport the
salt to this sun bleached olfactory location. </span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As I sniff my sandalwood infused arm I don’t
really smell ‘perfume’. I smell youthful summer skin. As a child I would holiday
in North Wales. Usually in a shabby rented caravan. Being a kid, I’d race into
the sea, ignorant to the icy temperature and dustbin sized jellyfish that would
wash up on the shoreline. I’d spend hours hunting rock pools for soon to be
captive crabs and random beach detritus. Back at the caravan, baths were out of
the question. I imagine that I probably got away with not washing at all. I
remember smelling my arms and marvelling at the way they retained the scent of
the sea, I even licked them to taste the salt. </span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I imagine that the brief for Bois de Santal
was to create an exotic oriental, to conjure a sun scorched picture of India
and the 1960s hippie trail. That it certainly does. But for me, the fragrance creates
a significantly more valuable olfactory image – autumnal armour. Although Bois
De Santal won’t win any awards for innovation, it will certainly keep me dry as
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Have you ever considered how your choice of
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Marketing folk certainly do. There’s a
reason why the sultry young Jerry Hall was once chosen to front YSL’s most
exotic and decadent scent – Opium. Hall was the epitome of edgy glamour,
spandex clad lover of Roxy Music’s Bryan Ferry - uber-groupie. She led the life
that we could picture only in the most vivid corners of our imagination, far
away from the reality of trudging down a grimy high street to our local branch
of Boots to pick up a relatively cheap bottle of (albeit wonderful) mass market
scent. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">From Bryan Ferry to Murdoch, oh Jerry!</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">This raises a question. Do we choose our
scents to complement who we are or who we aspire to be? </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">I recently revisited one of my favourite
scents, <a href="http://odiferess.blogspot.co.uk/2015/03/review-pure-distance-antonia-and-opardu.html">Antonia</a> by Pure Distance. Reviewed back in 2015, my first experience of
Antonia moved me. It felt like as if it had been created just for me. I
described it thus:<br />
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“</span></i></span><span style="color: #274e13;"><span style="background: white;"><i>Antonia is a floral of cool intentions. She is
an ivy draped ethereal character who conjures a rain sodden landscape of picturesque
melancholy. Sap fuelled green florals are my favourite genre, capable of
summoning the outdoors in, they evoke in me an otherworldly serenity that
belongs far away from my urban life. Opening with the vivid green bite of
galbanum, Antonia is uplifting and spiritual depicting spring’s abundant
fertility in full force.”</i></span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Cool atmospheres and outdoorsy notes
dominate many of my favourite scents. I feel both serenity and invigoration in
earth goddess whiffs. The forest ritual lure of <a href="http://odiferess.blogspot.co.uk/2013/09/0-false-18-pt-18-pt-0-0-false-false.html">Ormonde Jayne’s Woman</a>, the mountain
stream chill of <a href="http://odiferess.blogspot.co.uk/2014/04/review-clinique-wrappings-oxygen-bottled.html">Clinique’s Wrappings</a> and the mossy earthiness of Guerlain’s
notorious Mitsouko, they all echo the experience of existing deep in the
countryside. </span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Nowadays I’m a city dweller, living on the
edge of Manchester’s central district, I neither see nor smell trees. The view
from my flat features fashionable living in converted Victorian mills,
immaculately dressed young urbanites heading off to long hours in offices and a
brashly plastic looking tram stop. However, my childhood was one of wellies,
cowpats and nature books. I led the country life and I can probably identify
most things you’d find in a hedgerow. It’s likely that my passion for outdoorsy
scents is filling a gap. Essentially, Antonia and her similarly green friends
are taking me home. I’m aspiring to be me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">However, sometimes I need ‘not to be me’.
And in those instances, I dress myself up in an alter ego. I am not, not will
ever manage to be, a cool and calculating type. I am the polar opposite of a
Hitchcock Blonde. There are times in your life when you could benefit from
having a personality different to your own.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And right now, I need to be someone else. </span></span></div>
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purchase. The complexities of this transaction have been stressful. I’m far
too passionate and direct to handle the process with the sort of cool and
detached businesslike approach required to out-swim the shark-infested system. </span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">One particularly bitey shark is the estate
agent. A few weeks ago I had to visit her office to provide mortgage documents.
After some testing encounters on the phone, I’d envisioned her as heavily made up with cartoon eyebrows and an air of someone who could throw a good punch in a pub. In reality, I’d got the image spot on. In preparation for our meeting I selected
tailored black clothes, properly blow dried hair and ‘business bitch’ perfume.
I was masquerading as someone else, someone capable of making a huge financial
investment with success. Not, my techni-colour print clad, wonky haired and kindly self. My scent of choice was the Lanvin classic – Arpege.
Nothing implies control more than a stern floral aldehyde. </span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">It didn’t work. I’m still haggling my way
through the complications of buying a very old house. But at least I felt
protected by my formidable scented armour for one day.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If I ever get there, I will be
returning to the wilds of the Yorkshire Moors. Perhaps I shall rename myself
Antonia?</span></span></div>
Sarah Waitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02225799091497587153noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3328195413175627899.post-56900974429679185682016-01-02T11:39:00.000-08:002016-01-02T12:48:10.038-08:00Joseph, the beginning of a furry scented love affair<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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Christmas post at Odiferess in 2015. Not even a measly seasonal greeting. I
apologise profusely. You see, just before Christmas, my ordinarily calm existence was
delightfully disrupted by the arrival of a new and wonderful friend – Joseph
Cat. Perfume was far from my thoughts.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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at Manchester’s Millstream Animal Shelter, a charity that re-homes pets and
provides life long care for the more feral creatures that are unlikely to find
a loving human. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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easy to love. In similarity to the other males I have adored, he's a curious
type, a keen adventurer and a tad complicated. He doesn’t particularly like me
hanging out with other men, despite those that he’s met so far being either
related to me or gay. For the moment, we snooze together in a middle-aged
stereotype of cat besotted woman, (plucked) Italian wool blankets and spoilt
cat. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My perfume habits have
been restricted as I try and get him used to ‘my smell’. At night, I have worn
nothing, not even my beloved blends of essential oil remedies that I used to
slather over my hands in bed. In the daytime I wear my most cat-like
scent. A miniature bottle of Serge Lutens Clair de Musc which has always
reminded me the scent of feline fur.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>He seems to like it. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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smells like a cat. A subtle whiff that is barely discernible, given his
excellent licking skills and cleanliness bordering on the neurotic. He
frequently sleeps next to my face. I gave up trying to keep my pillows cat free
about 3 nights in when the joy of being close to this purring pile of affection
outweighed the hassle of having to launder my bed linen more frequently. On
these wondrous slumbers, I bury my nose into his belly and inhale his smell.
The sensation is one of warmth, closest in my memory to the smell of extreme
heat on sand and dry stone experienced in the deserts of Oman. A very slight
sourness is detectable, not unpleasant, but similar to a trace of fresh human
sweat at the point before it stales. Whatever pheromones are contained within
Joseph’s fur have an overwhelming effect on me. I’m fiercely in love and feel
an urge to protect and nurture him, despite the fact that, as a cat, he won’t
love me back with the same unconditional adoration!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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land played a role in influencing me to adopt a pet. Their blogs and Facebook
feeds bombarded me with images of beloved companions. Vanessa of Bonkers About
Perfume recently adopted the girliest pretty kitten on the internet, <a href="http://bonkersaboutperfume.blogspot.co.uk/2015/12/kitten-incorrigible-truffle-centred.html">Truffle Bonkers</a>. </span></span><br />
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Liz of <a href="http://odiferess.blogspot.co.uk/2014/09/review-papillon-artisan-perfumes-anubis.html">Papillon Artisan Perfumes</a> added to her gargantuan menagerie
with the arrival of stud muffin Bengal ‘Baby Boy’ who rapidly impregnated Mimi
with a litter of exotically spotted kittens (lucky Mimi). <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> Jicky, her elder feline sister must surely be feeling envious.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://undina.com/">Undina’s</a> beautiful ginger Rusty has
long graced her perfume photos with a whimsical pose adding a uniquely personal
touch to her blog. Cats are not known for looking 'kind' but somehow Rusty looks like a compassionate cat. I adore him. </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Whilst Gaspard, an elegant and comically spooksome black cat
not unlike my own Joseph, resides with the equally elegant Alex, AKA <a href="http://www.ascentofelegance.com/">The Silver Fox</a>. Gaspard is king of the wild eyed pounce pose.</span></div>
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pets belong to my first and greatest perfume buddy, Saskia. Lubbe and Lano are
her much photographed Weimaraners who reside with her in the Netherlands. Some
years ago she likened one of them to handsome indie perfumer Kilian Hennessey,
I think the likeness is detectable in the cheekbones and lithe figure. </span><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Perhaps the most famous pet in perfume land, is the black cat featured in the notorious 1960s adverts for My Sin by Lanvin. They chose to feature a moggy rather than a long limbed Oriental or a pampered Persian, a feline symbol of luxury. Maybe it's because this tough looking black cat represents the dangerous life of the street cat, hinting at the perfume's ability to render it's wearer feral and vicarious?</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If you know anyone in the North of England hoping to adopt a pet, please do consider a visit to <a href="https://www.facebook.com/Millstream-Animal-Shelter-111664635592769/?fref=ts">Millstream Animal Shelter</a>. They are reliant on donations and the hard work of volunteers to provide a safe space for some very vulnerable animals. </span></div>
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