A quick reminder: there are less than 2 weeks left to enter the Prix Eau Faux! And now on to the poll...
1. What fragrance are you wearing today?
2. Name a fragrance you were so sure you would hate that you weren't even going to try it, but for whatever reason you did try it and you loved it.
3. Name a fragrance you were convinced would be perfect for you, but you hated it.
4. What's your favorite (print) magazine?
5. What's the last (good) movie you watched?
Answer as many or as few as you like. And my answers…
1. Crown Eau de Russe, for the second day in a row.
2. I am still trying to think of one!
3. I'm sure there's a more recent example, but what comes to mind is Prada Infusion de Fleur d’Oranger.
4. The New Yorker.
5. Valentino: The Last Emperor. I don't much care about fashion, but I found it fascinating — like a glimpse into a parallel universe.
Note: image is Table Cape Tulips by martinhoward at flickr; some rights reserved.
1. What fragrance are you wearing today? Balenciaga Paris LOVE IT!
2. Name a fragrance you were so sure you would hate that you weren’t even going to try it, but for whatever reason you did try it and you loved it. See above, I’m NOT a floral girl, I like heavy orientials. I wear them year round, just vary the amount.
3. Name a fragrance you were convinced would be perfect for you, but you hated it. Tom Ford White Suede, a huge scrubber and gave me a headache.
4. What’s your favorite (print) magazine? Sauver cooking magazine, it’s food porn. I used to prefer Gourmet until it went away, still sad about that.
5. What’s the last (good) movie you watched? “The Art of the Steal” this last Monday. Documentary on the Barnes Foundation art collection and how Philly politicos essentially stole it right out from under them and moved to Philly Art Museum. I’m a film historian and read spec scripts for studios so I’m into films big time.
Oh, I did not know someone had done a documentary about the Barnes Foundation — will add that to my list, thanks so much!
Oh, that film sounds good, KR. I just “saved” it on my Netflix queue. You might like my film (answered way down the comments list): “The Rape of Europa”, a spellbinding documentary about the Nazis stealing the masterpieces of Europe. You can watch it instantly on Netflix.
1. Wearing CdG 2 MAN today
2. Name a fragrance you were so sure you would hate that you weren’t even going to try it, but for whatever reason you did try it and you loved it. Axe “Chocolate” deodorant !!! ewh!!!
3. Name a fragrance you were convinced would be perfect for you, but you hated it. YSL M7
4. What’s your favorite (print) magazine?The Economist
5. What’s the last (good) movie you watched?Bergman’s “Cries and Whispers”
Axe Chocolate deodorant!! Oh my.
Yeah Economist! I am such a nerd. I try and read it through each week but it is just so much!
i looove these tulips from the perspective of an ant
1. started with Verte Violette, then tried Ninfeo Mio, which is so beautiful minus that coconut-y smell, then tried Chanel no19. which is a rubber.
2. I thought i would not like Diorella, for the tabac note, no i think i will buy a FB of a hopefully older version.
3. Melograno was a bit of a dissapointment, way to much incense on me
4. Calvin and Hobbes : )
5. i can hardly remember, but if we focus only on good ones it was Wall-E, last century
I adore Calvin & Hobbes.
Melograno is a strange one. I adore it because of the incense, but I can definitely see how it would not appeal to a lot of people. I try to use a disclaimer whenever I recommend any of the SMN fragrances because they do seem to be something people either love or hate.
i have a tiny decant only , fortunately : )
i just expected something totally different
but i don’t mind at all, it is part of the game
Happy Friday Everyone! Feeling very blessed by incredibly nice spring weather after being flooded out last week!
1.) wearing original EL PC today
2.) I did not think I would like Prada or Prada Intense and dang it! I love them both!
3.) I thought I would love Chanel’s Allure but noooo! ! ~ just way too blah! I was amazed because i do not consider myself trendy or unconventional in any way so for me to find a perfume as blah is saying something!
4.) I gave up getting magazines when I discovered the internet, is that sad?
5.) Crazy Heart – I expected it to be cornball but it really wasn’t. It was very well done and moving.
Can’t wait to see Crazy Heart. And agree about Allure!
Allure is what started me on my perfumista trip! I purchased a bottle, wore it daily, woke up one morning & said, “blah!” LOL!
That’s hysterical!
1. Guerlain Chamade, parfum and EdT — good thing I don’t live in Detroit!
2. I didn’t think I would hate it, but I tried Bandit only because I wanted to learn about galbanum and wound up LOVING it.
3. I thought I would love Love Speaks Primeval (Liz Zorn/Soivohle), but it was pungently weird on me. I don’t hate it, but I’ve not felt compelled to sample again.
4. I don’t get any print magazines.
5. An Education — I almost never make it to the movie theatre, but I knew Carey Mulligan and made a point to get out for that one.
LOL…it is ok to live in Detroit, just don’t work for the city
I knew there was something I was supposed to “get” there… Talk about a lousy memory!
ack! no—really, she doesn’t want to live in Detroit regardless!
1. Essence of Beauty Jasmine/Ginger (yes, the CVS brand!) and Origins Ginger Essence – very nice layered together.
2. I thought I would not like SJP’s Covet because I did NOT like Lovely, but I LOVE Covet.
3. Michael Kors — way too much tuberose on me. I have the kind of nose where if gardenia or tuberose is a note in a fragrance, that is ALL I can smell and it knocks me out.
4. Mental Floss
5. Inglorious Basterds (just saw it last weekend – despite the fact that it rewrites history, it was very stylish and fun and I cared about the characters).
Laura, together we would have a balanced nose — I am almost completely anosmic to tuberose and gardenia, much to my dismay.
I would happily give you my gardenia/tuberose super sensory power
1. Elixir – Penhaligon’s
2. I don’t think I have one yet. There’s a sample of Angel by Thierry Mugler that I’m actively putting off wearing though, maybe it will be that
3. YSL Elle Intense, which smelt divine on the strip and I rhapsodised about for a couple of weeks. When I tried it on my skin I knew in seconds it was a mistake.
4. Empire Magazine – movies are my other big obsession
5. Fantastic Mr Fox – was lucky enough to be at UK premiere and thought a delightful film for both children and Wes Anderson fans
I really want to see Fantastic Mr. Fox — I’m a huge Wes Anderson fan. And you smell great!
That is a great movie. As far as 2009 animated films go, I loved it much more than “Up” just because it’s quirkier. Also an Anderson fan here.
Very fun movie. (I don’t see a lot of them, I admit, and a disproportionate number of the ones I do see are kid-friendly.)
We’ve a range of movie fans/ages, and Fantastic Mr. Fox was a thumbs-up for every single one. A rarity.
1. What fragrance are you wearing today?
Diptyque Philosykos – just got a decant last night from a split and it’s a perfect day for it. So creamy and so green!
Can’t think of good examples for 2 or 3
4. What’s your favorite (print) magazine?
Real Simple. I actually have used recommendations from it many times, from recipes, gift guides, organizing tips, to makeup recommendations. This month they had a page on Spring fragrances and I was surprised to see Bond No. 9 High Line. That bottle is awesome. Have to head to Saks and see if they have it yet.
5. What’s the last (good) movie you watched?
I guess it was The Hurt Locker – watched it a few weeks before it won all the Oscars.
Love Philosykos
Saks does have High Line! I didn’t much care for it- it felt really synthetic- but LOVE the bottle.
Certainly money saved if it’s no good! I’m finally going to do my own sniffapalooza since I discovered our local mall has a Hermes! Finally I can smell all the Hermessences! I tend to avoid this mall, but it has been getting more and more upscale, adding Louis Vuitton, Burberry, etc and now Hermes. It has a Neiman Marcus and Saks also, so I’ve already made a list of everything I want to try!
Nice. I wish Neiman’s and Sak’s were in the same mall here. Sak’s is about three blocks from me but Neiman’s is a long drive. To me anyway, it isn’t out of town or anything, I just don’t like to drive much so it is an event for me to make the trip out there. I should see what other stores they have.
What fun! Love these.
1. None yet, if you can believe it. between splits and samples, 21 new ones hit my stash yesterday, and I just couldn’t decide in the morning rush.
2. Can’t think of one atm…sure I’ll remember one later though.
3. By Killian, Straight to Heaven (which I “affectionately” refer to as Straight to H_ _ _ instead).
4. I don’t read any, though I currently have a subscription to something or other (can’t even remember which).
5. Drawing a serious blank here…we don’t watch many, and I usually have to compromise with my husband, whose taste isn’t quite the same as mine. Probably Elizabeth: The Golden Age, which was good enough, but not fantastic. I can’t remember the last one that really grabbed me.
Oh…and of course, it doesn’t help that I’m bringing in spring frags, and today’s morning temp was 36*… the high for the day.
Oh that’s terrible. Hope you get some of the warmer spring weather soon. It’s 70 here and such a relief after the winter.
Oh, we did… it was sunny and in the 60s most of the week. However, now that the ground is bare… it’s supposed to snow this weekend. :/
Ooo, I also thought I would love “Straight to Heaven” – got my sample finally and tried it this week and I also hate it! Sadness.
Oh yes! I hear you both on straight to heaven. I had the same issue with a taste of heaven too. The “heavens” must be against me….
I kind of don’t want to try the other “heaven” but of course I will – for completeness if nothing else.
I also didn’t love Beyond Love. I’m worried about Love because of the bubblegum note. Will all my By Killian samples come to naught? More sadness.
Is Straight to Heaven the absinthe one? I get them so confused (truth is, I never really learned them to begin with). I think I didn’t mind the absinthe one, but there’s no By Kilian I would buy.
Taste of Heaven is the absinthe one. I love it. Major lemming for me right now…
It’s the rum one. I think I also got a sample of the absinthe one, but can’t remember what I thought of it. Maybe I was too afraid to try it after StH.
The rum one is Straight to Heaven
Yep, that’s what I said.
1. What fragrance are you wearing today? — Several: PG Aomassai, l’Ombre Fauve, Iris Taizo; Ambre Narguile and vintage Guerlain Vetiver. A friend and I want to split a bottle of something and this is part of the research. Most fun!
2. Name a fragrance you were so sure you would hate that you weren’t even going to try it, but for whatever reason you did try it and you loved it. — vintage Chanel No. 5 edc. There are certain aldehydes I simply can’t stomach, and the ones in No. 5 are full of them. But this was a revelation: not powdery, not stifling, not sour, not weird in any way. In fact, they did just what they theoretically were designed to do: make the other notes sing. It’s gorgeous.
3. Name a fragrance you were convinced would be perfect for you, but you hated it. — AG Mandragore. I’d hear raves, but it wasn’t for me, unfortunately.
4. What’s your favorite (print) magazine? — Utne Reader
5. What’s the last (good) movie you watched? — Crazy Heart, because of Jeff Bridge’s win at the AA. I love him, but the movie sounded a bit mainstream and predictable. It was, but his acting WAS absolutely Oscar-worthy. I’d seen A Single Man and had been rooting for Colin Firth as Best Actor, but I’m happy it worked out this way. And I love the fact that Bridges has been happily married for several decades to a woman his age. His acceptance speech which included a warm thanks to her just melted me.
He really just seems like a good guy, doesn’t he? Of course, he also looks stoned to me much of the time, LOL…
He’s the Dude.
Robin – I know what you mean about vintage No 5. I made peace last year with regular current No 5, but then I got my hands on some really really old vintage No 5 parfum from ebay. It comes out almost liquid gold it is so old – it smells like heaven on earth! I can’t even describe it! I really wish I knew what year it was but I do know it is OLD. When I wear it, it is so beautiful it makes me want to cry!
I want to see A Single Man. I love Colin Firth. Mr. Darcy!
love Utne
Happy Friday! It’s close to 70 today in Boston … a nice change from last weekend’s 9 inches of rain.
1. Cristalle EDP, but it’s worn off …
2. Dzonghka – I never thought I would like something like this, but I completely adore it.
3. La Temps D’Une Fete (probably spelled wrong)
4. Rug Hooking magazine (also Dog Fancy, Cat Fancy and any quilting magazine)
5. In a theater? Hmmm, “Atonement”, which shows you how often I go to the movies. On DVD: Spies (1927, Fritz Lang). I love old movies.
Atonement was good though. Not as good as the book, but pretty darned good.
Totally with you on Un Jour de Fete. Peculiar stuff – must be a party I don’t want to be invited to.
Oh, I thought she meant the Parfums de Nicolai scent? Might be Jour de Fete though.
1. Because it’s a lovely warm Spring day I’ve been wearing SMN Melograno these past few days.
2. Lolita Lempicka. I sniffed it at Sephora months ago, found it terribly sweet & never intended to give it another thought. Luckily, Ari at Scents of Self convinced me otherwise.
3. Caron Narcisse Noir. Now, I don’t truly hate it however it’s not nearly what I was expecting. I do enjoy it on certain days after a number of hours. Somehow I find the opening to have some strange sparkling grape juice accord to it.
4. I really adore Russian Vogue if only for the pictures. I also tend to read Foreign Policy.
5. It was probably Inglorious Basterds. I’ve seen a few decent films since then, but really nothing of terrible note — I dunno, I did enjoy Zombieland & Avatar was entertaining enough, but neither were really what I’d call a ‘good’ film.
Oh but Zombieland is great if only for the Bill Murray cameo.
I loved Zombieland — and was really pleasantly surprised by it — but I don’t know if it’s really what most would consider a ‘good’ film.
The Bill Murray cameo was probably the best thing ever.
Ditto here on the Bill Murray cameo – I love him! – it was a really fun movie to watch. And of couse, Woody Harrleson is always fun too.
I’m sort of with you on Narcisse Noir, Klytaemnestra. I thought it was going to be skankier, but that wasn’t so much of a disappointment to me because it is still pretty dark; just not as full-bodied as I had hoped. The main disappointment came when I learned that dumping a 1 ml. vial all over my wrist could not make the stuff last past four hours.
I like Narcisse Noir a lot better when I layer it with Gucci Homme. The combination seems to temper the icky sweetness in NN and bring out its more grown-up aspects.
Robin – I have “Valentino – The Last Emperor” on my netflix list. I generally dress like a potato farmer, but any documentary about the “how do they do it?” aspects of the fashion industry fascinate me. I saw one about the ladies who actually created the dresses designed by YSL for his haute couture collection – absolutely riveting.
Oh, but then you also must see Signé Chanel, about the hierarchy -and artistry- behind the scenes at Chanel as they prepare for fashion week.
And then you can watch one episode of that hideous Bravo program, “Kell on Earth” and realize how repulsive everything that goes into fashion week is. IMHO.
I do wish they had spent more time w/ the seamstresses (I’m sure that’s not what they called them), and after Valentino retired, would be cool if they went back to see what happened to them.
1. Bulgari Black. I stayed true to an all black cothing ensemble and paired it with Ferrari red nails
2. Trussardi – Inside (but it was only a brief fling
or Kilian – Straight to heaven
3. Lutens – Douce Amere
4. can’t decide, really
5. Up in the air
Up in the Air is another I want to see. I’m so behind.
I think you’ll like it. George Clooney’s character’s love interest has brains and cojones and she’s in her forties: yay!
Sounds perfect!
Oh my goodness, I’m actually posting before the thread reaches the 300’s! Amazing.
1. No fume today, sick again. BOO!
2. Probably Alien. Living in the shadow of Angel, I never wanted to bother with it. Then one day I got a wild hair and now it’s top three.
3. Aomassai. A super-sweet gourmand, why wouldn’t I love it! But it reeked of camphor and other things that burned my nostrils, and did so for eight hours. I tried it again a few months ago, in an attempt to get it, but it just felt uncomfortable and foreign. I’m keeping the sample, though.
4. No favorite mag! I’ve tried, but there’s always something that sticks in my craw and makes me wish I wasn’t bound by a subscription.
5. The last good movie that comes to mind is Whip It, that roller derby movie (seriously) with Ellen Page. Totally made me want to be a roller derby girl.
Oh, hope you get better soon!
Off to look at Whip It on Netflix, had not heard of it.
My coworker, who gets out MUCH more than I do (she has no children), said Whip It was fantastic.
I agree with two. Alien is my go-to fragrance.
1. Strawberry Flowers by Fresh (I’m wearing yellow and it smells like strawberry lemonade – yum)
2. Petite Cherie, AG – had no desire to try it, but my daughter sprayed it in sephora and I’m kind of smitten.
3. Narcisco Rodriguez for Her, sounded nice – but was very musty on me.
4. Mental Floss (cover to cover readable)
5. The new Alice was great. Saw it on vacation last weekend with my daughters. It’s beautiful and the girl-power message was a nice surprise.
Oh, how strange! I was so disappointed by Alice… And it is Tim Burton’s hard core fan speaking! And I adore the old Alice!
But I’m glad you and your daughters liked it, of course
I’ve heard such mixed reviews, I’m both anxious and afraid to see it. Love Tim Burton, Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham-Carter, am an Alice collector (even my screen name comes from Carroll)… so it *should* be perfect. Which leaves much room for it to be horrible. :O
I went in with the lowest of expectations, maybe that helped? The saving grace of the movie (I thought) was that it wasn’t trying to tell the original story – just a Burton version of what-could-have-happened-after. I thought Depp was going to be cheese-tastic and over the top like in Willie Wonka, but his hatter was so endearingly sad and sweet. Anne Hathaway was the only disappointment really, and I usual like her.
Have a glass of wine or two with dinner and go check it out now that the crowds have died down.
Yes, that was what made me think it *could* be good… that it was a “what happened next” instead of a retelling. There was just nowhere for them to go with Wonka…Gene Wilder was too perfect. It was either imitate, or fall flat (though I did like that some aspects were truer to the book than in the GW version).
R, I agree with you– such great girl power! And I love Tim Burton.
Which Sephora has Annick Goutal???
I enjoyed AiW a lot more than I thought I would, primarily for that delightful girl-power message. I do think that Johnny Depp and Tim Burton need to take a little break from each other, though… they are going to get stuck in one hell of a rut.
A fragrance that reminds me of pink lemonade was Lily by Calypso St. Barth. Uncanny.
1) SOTD is Annick Goutal Eau du Ciel. Lovely greens+violet & linden. Earlier I had Apres l’Ondee on, but it was just not right for some reason – probably the sunshine.
2) If you’d told me the notes for Hanae Mori before I tested it, I wouldn’t have gotten it anywhere near my skin. I still don’t wear it, but I really love to smell it.
3) Thought I’d adore La Chasse aux Papillons… but didn’t. After the lovely juicy-fresh opening, it goes all toilet cleaner. Bleaurgh.
4) Don’t read many magazines, but I really enjoy Smithsonian.
5) When Harry Met Sally was on the other night – I’d forgotten how good that one is. “I’ll have what she’s having.”
I CANNOT find that flash drive with the four Prix Eau Faux entries on it. Wrote them last fall, probably, and now cannot remember a word. CRAP. Gotta start over.
Oh, I am so so sorry
You like HM???? I never would have guessed! I have avoided trying it because it gets such bad feedback, but now I will have to give it a try.
That’s one I like on other people. My kid’s best friend’s mom wears it, and I followed after her one day to ask what it was, it smelled so good. Not on me, alas.
I always want to like HM, but it always smells like pink bubble-gum to me.
I know! It’s sooo not me. I have two edp sample sprays – big ones, prob. 2ml each, and I’ll never need any more. It is total berry-vanilla foolishness, as ridiculous as eating a whole package of blue cotton candy all by myself, but so much FUN. I don’t wear it anywhere, though.
I’m with Mals on just wanting to smell it. I like spraying Hanae Mori on something and just inhaling the top notes. The pink wrap that induced me to buy it as a gift with purchase is perfect for that use.
1. What fragrance are you wearing today?
Chanel Sycomore which I adore
2. Name a fragrance you were so sure you would hate that you weren’t even going to try it, but for whatever reason you did try it and you loved it.
Bandit. I don’t usually do green and on paper Fracas or Baghari are more my kind of thing but Bandit was passion at first sniff.
3. Name a fragrance you were convinced would be perfect for you, but you hated it.
Ubar. It’s a floral from Amouage, it sounded perfect. But it’s so so bright and it turned out to be a complete migraine-inducing scrubber.
4. What’s your favorite (print) magazine?
I read few magazines. I subscribe to one or two specialist knowledge ones and the only magazines that I buy from time to time are Vogue and New Scientist.
5. What’s the last (good) movie you watched?
An Education. I’m curious about that Valentino film, it sounds like it would be in a similar vein to September Issue which I enjoyed.
Wonder if you would have liked the original Ubar better? It wasn’t quite as bright. Or strong.
Abyss – I normally like big orientals, but Ubar was like Godzilla on Tokyo for me!
It was rather quiet on me – at least, I think so. (Dabbing, always.)
I have this vague theory that there are people whose skins “eat up” big white florals like tuberose so that those scents are not so rude. I have a further vague theory that I’m one of those people with White Floral Damping Effect skin.
Possible, of course, that I have a White Floral Damping Effect nose instead. Or maybe that many people (excluding me) have a sensitivity to white florals the way I do patchouli, where even a little feels very loud.
I tend to test out those theories by making my family members sniff things on me… especially if something “wears off” in less than 8 hours. Since almost nothing does, I worry that I just become immune to it and might wear too much. Fortunately, so far it seems to be my skin rather than my nose.
1. Harajuku Lovers G. It’s creamy and beachy and reminds me of being on vacation, which I’d like to be right now.
2. YSL Parisienne. I thought it would be bland and generic and I’d forget about it immediately, but it’s been one of my go-to scents for the past several months.
3. Havana Vanille. I was so looking forward to it, but it’s like the emperor’s new clothes of perfume for me — I can’t smell much in it other than a tiny bit of rum.
4. I am always trying to eliminate magazines from my life, but I do have a subscription to The Sun and I really like it.
5. “Grey Gardens” — the original documentary, not the HBO movie. I am addicted to it!
I really enjoy G. It’s the only one of the Harajuku Lovers that I consider to be anywhere near worth the money.
I’m surprised at how much I’ve ended up wearing it — my mom gave it to me for Christmas simply because she thought the bottle was really cute. I haven’t tried any of the other HL fragrances though.
But they are so cute! I totally embrace Japanese ideas on cute and have a set of the original dolls – the kind with the big doll and tiny bit of perfume. Maybe I should wear it. I remember liking Lil G best.
1. AT l’air du désert
2. By Kilian Beyond Love: I thought Floral fragrances were not my thing in general, and Tuberose in particular…. The rest is history: I became addicted to big fat white florals.
3. Oh, so many!!!Bois des Iles, maybe. I like it, but not that much, and it was supposed to be big love. I am a sucker for sandalwood.
4. Le monde diplomatique
5. The last movies I saw were all entertaining, but just 3 stars (out of five), at least IMO. Soul kitchen, Welcome and Shutter Iland….
I’m with you on the 3 star rating for Shutter Island. We saw it last weekend and it was not thrilling in the least. I got a Taxi-Driver vibe from it, but this was not nearly at brilliant as that movie.
Ooooo, l’air! Why didn’t I think of that? That’s going on tomorrow!
Shutter Island was ridiculous. I said to my hub about DiCaprio being trapped in a mental institution, “Poor Leo, he’s trapped inside the nightmare of a really bad movie.”
1. Kiehl’s Vanilla. Not very exciting, but I’ve been trying new things this week and I’m kinda needing a fragrance rest.
2. Nothing’s occurring to me on this one, because I’m still formulating what I’m pretty sure I will like or dislike. I was surprised at how much I loved Annick Goutal’s Duel, and bought a bottle despite two men very close to me both hating it.
3. Infusion d’iris. I love the SOUND of all the iris perfumes but I always end up… well, not liking them!
4. New York Magazine. Not the New Yorker, the trashier one.
Or O Magazine. Boy, this is embarassing.
5. I will admit I finally saw “Avatar” last week and I will admit that I enjoyed it. But I have a lot of postcolonialist rage towards that movie so please don’t read this as any kind of an endorsement.
The writing in O Magazine is actually pretty good compared to all the other U.S. womens’ magazines. It’s too bad they insist using the same lady on the cover. ; )
It can get a bit repetitive.
On the other hand, since the model never changes, the focus is on the hair and the clothes!
Lemonprint, thanks for mentioning O magazine. I get annoyed with various aspects of it (especially the perfume reviews), but there is a lot of value. For example, I will always feel grateful for the for the article on Judith Beck that enabled me to lose 40 pounds. I keep renewing my subscription.
wow 40 lbs ! Congratulations! You are amazing ! ( just losing a pound or two is a major effort for me)
Judith Beck’s father founded cognitive behavioral therapy, and she applied it to weight loss. For anyone interested in weight loss, it is worth looking up either Beck Diet Solution or the more recent books on Amazon or at the library.
keeping my face out of the pantry would probably help…..
Wow, good for you! I just always like reading it – I feel smarter and more inspired afterward, which I must say pretty much never happens reading any OTHER magazine.
1. What fragrance are you wearing today?
> Rykiel Woman EdP
2. Name a fragrance you were so sure you would hate that you weren’t even going to try it, but for whatever reason you did try it and you loved it.
> Diorella. Now I have 2 bottles of it.
3. Name a fragrance you were convinced would be perfect for you, but you hated it.
> SL Miel de Bois.
4. What’s your favorite (print) magazine?
> Real Simple.
5. What’s the last (good) movie you watched?
> Changing that question to the last movie I saw in the theater….
> Just went yesterday and saw REMEMBER ME. It was actually quite good. A couple of slow spots but overall it was good. I loved the message in the movie. 9-11 plays a part and I did not expect that at all.
Have a good weekend everyone!!!
~Dawn
Poor Miel de Bois, it has so few friends, LOL…
That’s funny about MdB. I initially had it as one of my sample orders from TPS recently, then at the last minute chickened out and switched to Fleur d’Oranger instead!
1. Dior Bois d’Argent cologne – this long-awaited spring weather cried out for milk & honey.
2. Bond No. 9 Andy Warhol Silver Factory – I generally run from scents with metallic accords, but Silver Factory is so warm in spite of its metallic quality and the incense note is gorgeous.
3. Serge Lutens’ Serge Noir – I’ll stick to Musc Ravageur for my cinnamon fix, thanks.
4. Monocle
5. Fantastic Mr. Fox
Agree on AWSF!
1. Allure Blanche Edition
2. Angel Liqueur. Tried it just cuz u praised it so much. Ended up loving it far far more than the scary original.
3. The original Angel. Notes are right up my alley but the combo just makes me sick. In a close second, the horror that is Couture Couture.
4. Vanity Fair
5. The Hurt Locker. BRILLIANT.AMAZING.INTENSE.INCREDIBLE.
Oh, Couture Couture…would like to not smell that again.
Yes. Im very much looking forward to never smelling it again. Luckily I have yet to smell it on anyone @ school and on the street. Its funny though, Nordstrom has given me 20, 20 samples of Couture Couture!!! Im like, wheres the Viva? Theyre all in my junk drawer never too see the light of day. I have tons of little cuzins who would love samples of a Juicy scent but I refuse to give them away. I figure the more in my drawer, the less this toxin is on the streets of the world. I like to think Im making the world a safer place. LOL! : )
Ha! And so you are.
1. Estee Lauder Azuree
2. Ralph Lauren Notorious
3. Anne Pliska
4. Cook’s Country-it’s by the same people who do Cook’s Illustrated and America’s Test Kitchen. Love the recipes and learning about the history behind them!
5. Julie & Julia
Ooh, Julie & Julia! How could I forget that one. That’s the best movie I’ve seen, recently, too.
1. What fragrance are you wearing today?
By Kilian’s Love
2. Name a fragrance you were so sure you would hate that you weren’t even going to try it, but for whatever reason you did try it and you loved it.
Arabie (it turns out I love stewed holiday fruit. Who knew?)
3. Name a fragrance you were convinced would be perfect for you, but you hated it.
Black Aoud (I was ready for the aoud, but not ready for the rose.
4. What’s your favorite (print) magazine?
W
5. What’s the last (good) movie you watched?
District 9
Arabie is a beautiful perfume. You should sample El Attarine, which to my nose, is very similar with more of an apricot & honey vibe.
District 9 – is a GREAT one! I agree. This one I’d call: a movie I didn’t think I’d like but ended up loving it
District 9 was amazing. I was sucked in right from the start – that poor man! – and even watched the special features when it was over. It was so intense!
1. Atelier Cologne Trèfle Pur – I doused myself in celebration of the sunny, no clouds, 70 degree weather we are having today. This a very very green, bright, and tart citrus followed by a blast of fig (or violet?) leaf and new Spring grass and later a green woodsy dry down. Perfect!!
2. Angel. I so thought I would hate this. And then I tried it. I was surprised at how much it intrigued me. And it sparked a new curiosity in the more gourmand-y genre of fragrances, which I always thought I despised because I don’t like food-scented things.
3. Bois des Iles, sadly. I want to love this, or even *like* it, but it’s way to sweet and nutty for me (which again, triggers my food-smell sensitivity). I told myself I will keep trying…I’m convinced my nose is still *learning*.
4. Oh this is a toss up among several, but I’d have to say the magazine I most like to “indulge” in is The New York Magazine. There’s something in there for all my moods.
5. A Single Man. I *loved* it and *hated* it – which to me indicates its success as a work of art. Colin Firth was simply marvelous.
Bois des iles was also my choice for number three above! But I do not gat any nutty sweetness: I just get LOADS of soapy aldehydes. Where is the sandalwood? The gingerbread? For me it is just so very clean and polished. I wear it to annoying work meetings, when I have to dress smart and smell chanellexpensive. Yes it is one word!!
Hmmm i know you can’t smell it, but maybe it’s the gingerbread that is aggravating my nose. There is just something in there that is way too sweet for me.
M & Z: I’m pretty much with you on BdI. I keep meaning to pull it out again, but the first couple times I sampled it it was just kind of a perfumey aldehydic thing. Oh well.
Zazie – I’ve retested BdI about 10 times, and I still don’t get it. I can smell that it is a “good” woody fragrance, but it just smells so flat to me. I don’t understand what all the fuss is about. You are in good company!
I don’t get nutty and sweet from BdI, but I do get it from Sycomore. I can’t make up my mind about that one. I like it a lot, but the sweetness sometimes gets to me.
So interesting! I don’t get a single note of sweetness from Sycomore. All I get is smoky smoky woods followed by a very bright vetiver.
Sycamore is like 300 pounds of vetiver to me – nice but too linear.
Aw, Ann, you say “300 lbs of vetiver” like it’s a *bad* thing.
1. Joy EDT (Marshall’s find of the century). It’s snowing and I wanted some flower power.
2. I can’t say I love Angel, but I don’t dislike it and I have to admire it.
3. Insolence. I got excited about the idea of a modern version of LHB and recognize the relationship, but Insolence is the Evil Twin.
4. I prefer books, but I do subscribe to Vogue even though I’d never wear anything in it. (The office dress code is “Clothed.”) I miss Jeffrey Steingarten’s cooking columns.
5. On DVD: Miss Potter. On television: a TNT marathon of Deals with the Devil: The Devil and Daniel Webster, Bedazzled, and The Picture of Dorian Gray. I didn’t quite manage to stay up for the Richard Burton Dr. Faustus. In a theater, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince.
I like your office dress code.
I have it, except when we expect clients or other visitors. I came in to interview in a full navy suit…everyone else was in shorts and flip-flops. :O
Me too.
Ohhh yes about Insolence. I was so excited… a violet-featuring, Maurice Roucel-created Guerlain…
Insolence… Kill.Me.Now.
Srsly, if I ever recommend it, you’ll know that those pod aliens from outer space have taken over my body.
now that we know that’s the test…..we’ll keep an eye out for it….
LOOOOOOOL
1. Today I’m wearing Tom Ford’s Black Orchid.
2. I was so sure I was going to hate Tom Ford’s Black Orchid that I can’t believe I made it through today wearing it and that I do love it.
3. I thought Creed’s Love In White was perfect for me but hell to the no. What a disappointment.
4. My fav mag is The New Yorker.
5. I finally watched The Hurt Locker last night and I can’t believe how moved I was by it. It’s so powerful in so many levels.
Marcela, I bought Black Orchid recently and loved it passionately, but now I’m wondering if it’s a little bit too sweet. Still, it’s unlike anything else on the mainstream market today.
I really like it, but find I like it better dabbed than sprayed…the sweetness is better when you wear it lightly.
I was recently disappointed in a young man at Sephora who came in for Black Orchid because he had been wearing some from a friend and loved it, but when he found out is was a “perfume” he backed out. Perfume is for girls (and it was in the girls section), cologne is for men. He was slightly freaked out that I knew about Guerlain Vetiver and Eau Sauvage, so I didn’t mention that I wear them myself along with Old Spice.
Oh, what a shame!
It is very different from anything out there, and it just stayed on me for a long time. Still haven’t decided to buy it yet
1. Iris Silver Mist
2. Lys Mediteranee (lilies usually smell like ham and funerals on me – not this one).
3. 28 La Pausa (more of a case of disappointment than hate – frustrating 20 minute longevity, not much better than Prada Infusion d’Iris)
4. The Art of Eating
5. Air Doll – Melancholy and surprising Japanese film about a sex doll that comes to life. This was part of the recent “Film Comment Selects” series at Lincoln Center.
Awww, I loved 28 La Pausa but sympathize on the low staying power. We’re not paying $200 for poor lasting power, Polge!
mon petite cherie 28 La Pausa, there-there. do not even listen to them!
1. Tam Dao, by Dyptique. It’s my favourite, favourite scent, but it doesn’t last very long and it has no sillage to speak of. I’m terminally frustrated.
2. Un Jardin en Méditerranée, by Hermès. It works on my skin, but not on my great aunt apparently.
3. L’Heure Exquise, by Annick Goutal. I’m so disappointed. It was acrid on me.
4.Creem Magazine!
5. It came out a while ago, but it’s “The Fall” by Tarsem Singh. It was an amazing film- it hit every note I wanted hit. In fact it was so good that I find myself at loose ends cinematically now…
I loved “The Fall.” I recommend that you go to the Amouage website and watch the short film they made for Epic Woman. I’m so in love with Beethoven 7th Symphony now too.
http://amouage.com/epic/
Ravishing. Thank you, Joe.
That is mad beautiful. I do love that piece of music. Plus the advertising is spot on–I really want to try Epic now.
Do try it! It is a fabulous scent!
Tam Dao is so spicy nice!
Have you already tried Corso Como 10?
It has quite some affinities with TD.
I always think of these two fragrances together!
I haven’t, but thanks for the suggestion! I’m desperate for something with a bit more body that works similarly.
I’m going through these comments adding movies to my Netflix queue. The Fall sounds great.
1. White Ginger EDT from Key West Aloe. It’s nothing fancy, but it smells just like Coppertone on me and I wear it anytime I want to protest winter.
2. David Yurman. It’s actually what brought me to this site. I won a bottle from Allure magazine a couple of years ago and was searching for information because I was thinking about exchanging it for something else. I decided to keep it and it’s now my signature scent. I love how it changes throughout the day (I’ve counted 11 so far), that no one else I know wears it, and it introduced me to NST, Chandler Burr, Luca Turin (even though he hates DY), and others. I finally have a hobby that I’m passionate about!
3. Angel. So highly rated, popular, and available. Smells like garbage on me.
4. It’s a toss up. Allure is my bible and they give away free beauty products every month. But I also love Conde Nast Traveler. I’m always dreaming about being somewhere else.
5. Forgetting Sarah Marshall. It’s on HBO almost every weekend and I end up watching it almost every weekend – and it’s still funny. However, I recently saw P.S. I Love You. It was really just an okay movie, but I started crying 15 minutes in and didn’t stop until it was over. Any movie that can clean me out like that deserves a spot in my DVD collection.
Oh, yay for David Yurman then! That’s a great story.
That is a great story. I like reading about what brings people to perfumes and how it becomes a hobby/obsession/lifestyle. What makes someone a perfumista? What is it that urges us to take in another dozen samples even though we may already have dozens of scents yet to try and probably enough perfume in our possession to last the rest of our lives? Now, I’m off to order decants of the Chanel Exclusifs since I fell in love with the Coromandel someone sent me a couple of weeks ago.
1. Le Labo Iris 36… seemed like a good in-between scent for a day that starts at 40 degrees and peaks at 71 degrees.
2. Angel, the description sounded like it would be sickly sweet, but I love it (in tiny doses).
3. Havana Vanille. I was so excited about this one but it smells rather flat on me.
4. I like online magazines… Slate might be a favorite, also Vanity Fair.
5. Ponyo! I love Ponyo. Tomorrow I get to see “The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo” and I am beyond thrilled about that.
Fun poll, I’m enjoying everyone’s answers.
Watched Ponyo last week – that was an odd one. I do love Miyazaki and I guess nothing will ever be as good as Totoro for me. The ham stuff was great though!
Agreed, I love Ponyo mostly for its beauty and wonderful moments, rather than overall story, and Totoro will always be #1 in my book!
Another Totoro fan!
Loved Totoro! Off to look up Ponyo.
I wanna see Ponyo!!! Castle in the Sky is one of my all-time favorite movies, and Ponyo looked so darn cute. I love that Tina Fey is in it, too.
1. Today I’m wearing Andy Tauer un Rose Chypre.
2. The perfumes I thought I wouldn’t like, I haven’t liked. I can’t think of one that I ended up loving.
3. I thought I would really like SL’s Fille en Aiquilles but hated it.
4. My favorite magazine is Vanity Fair.
5. Last good movie I watched was “Coco Before Chanel”.
Une rose chyprée… Lovely!!!
1. O de Lancome (a very nice unisex fragrance that’s perfect for a warm day (like it is today here in San Diego, California).
2. A*Men. I’m usually not a big fan of candy-ish fragrances, but this one wore very well on me (use it lightly and only in the evening when I choose to wear it).
3. YSL Pour Homme Haute Concentration. The original 1971 Pour Homme is BEAUTIFUL. However, the 1983 introduction of the Concentrate only appeared to smell beautiful on paper and from the bottle sprayer. On my skin, it seemed to metamorphose into some chemical peel solution. Awful.
4. Cooking with Paula Deen. Man, that woman can COOK!!!! (unlike 90% of the other so-called cooking mag-rags and “chefs” out there). Her recipes are the best.
5. Breakfast At Tiffany’s (own a DVD copy). Have the original soundtrack to it…the Henry Mancini music is oh, soooo early ’60’s and reminds me of those days growing up and hearing this kind of music (along with the music of Antonio Carlos Jobim (Brazilian jazz), in our home in Atlanta.
“Just a liiiiiittle bit a’ butter.”
1. Body Time Egyptian Musk since I had a meeting this morning and didn’t want to overwhelm anyone.
2. The CEO loves Ciara, and I remember spraying a wee bit on my wrist ages ago and reeling from the smell. I recently tested it again given my ever-expanding love of classics and curiousity concerning frags gone by (even if some of them get a bad rap) and fell in love with it. There’s a really vintage feel about it, but I wasn’t more than a twinkle in my mother’s eye when it came out so I don’t have any unpleasant associations. I bought it in the full strength and love the blend of spices and vanilla.
3. Daphne by CDG. I had never actually gotten nauseous from simply smelling a fragrance before, but there’s something in there that really turned my stomach when I sampled it on my skin. I was soo disappointed because I wanted to love it. I have a little decant of it and don’t think I’ll ever test it again. It just didn’t work on me, poor lil thing.
4. We get nature mags for the kids but I do most of my article reading online.
5. Precious. Gabourey Sidibe is a great actress and did a fine job with the role. And she’s such a ray of sunshine during her interviews that I think she’s got a great career ahead of her.
Oh! Daphne is my number three, too! It just sounded so good. But on me, WAY too sweet and it just didn’t hang together.
1. Roger & Gallet’s Bouquet Imperiale layered with Jo Malone’s Cedar and Lime body oil-it’s a warm sunny day in SF (finally!!).
2. Lanvin’s Eclat d’Arpège. Very pretty floral with woods, not overpowering but excellent staying power. I was totally surprised to like it.
3.Annik Goutal’s Songes. Absolute swamp water on me. And Tom Ford’s White Suede.
4. Gourmet-I LOVE food/cooking shoes and mags..
5. Pan’s Labyrinth, in current movies-the Blind Side or Julie & Julia.
I also love Eclat d’Arpege. And it can be found so cheaply online – I only have a mini now, but once that gets used up, I’ll be getting a full bottle.
You’re so brave! I couldn’t make it through Pan’s Labyrinth. It was so brutal.
Oh, I agree! It’s so achingly beautiful and the score so haunting, but yeah, I was on the edge of my seat anticipating having to cover my eyes….
Also, there is something about Guillermo del Toro’s brand of fantasy that is sad, hard to watch. I thought it was just Pan’s Labyrinth, but I got the same feel watching Hellboy 2.
I agree, but the ending was amazing.
Smokey – Pan’s Labrinth is just an amazing movie. I watched it when it first came out on DVD, and was just so moved by the beauty and hardness of it. Great choice!
Thanks! It was a movie that didn’t leave me for a few days after viewing. Just haunting.
1. Shaal Nur – it’s beginning to feel like spring, at long last.
2. Can’t think of an individual perfume, but I thought I hated powder in fragrances. Turns out I don’t; in fact, I kind of love it.
3. A*men. I keep thinking that I should like it and re-trying it, but that citrusy lavender opening just reads as urinous to my nose and I can’t get past it.
4. Bang, http://bang.se/
5. That would be The 39 Steps, I think.
Yay spring! Love Shaal Nur, I should pull mine out.
Shaal Nur was my SOTD, too, Pimpinett! Nur means light, after all, and it is so fabulous to have all this spring light.
LOVE to read what everyone is writing!
1. today is the maiden voyage of my vintage Diorissimo EDP — I sprayed it on this morning & actually got a little misty-eyed. it is so beautiful. the dry down is tender.
2. Guerlain Samsara — I thought I hated spicy orientals, esp. loud!
3. I love musks, so I thought I’d love Frederic Malle’s musc ravageur. Hate it & have FB. the top is too harsh for me & the drydown to ambery-sweet. (give me my cheap Kiehl’s any day)
Hey GG: I “know some people” who might be interested in that Musc Rav. I love it myself. If you like, contact me through MUA: joe805.
I am one of those people!!! GG, my mua username is slimtonone713. But I suppose your people have dibs, Joe
Hey, you can easily be one of “my people” — heh — if we get this going.
I am one of your people.
1. SOTD – 31 Rue Cambon. Not very spring-like, but it’s working. Almost sprayed Chamade instead, but am wearing a brown long-sleeved T-shirt, and Chamade just doesn’t seem like a brown scent!
2. Thought I would hate – Mitsouko, but it’s growing on me. The oakmoss thing reminds me too much of my mom, who’s worn Y for decades. I love my mom, but don’t want to smell like her! So, I wouldn’t call it “love” yet, but some day maybe?
3. Thought I would love – Maharanih, CDG 2, Amaranthine, to name a few. I can think of so many more scents in this category than in the above (#2). Probably because I typically anticipate positive reactions to scents rather than negative, then get disappointed when I don’t like it or when it’s not what I expect. Seems to happen quite often! So often, actually, that when I find something I really love, it’s a great relief!!!
4. Vogue, InStyle, Elle, any no-mind mag that helps me relax and not think about anything serious.
5. Notorious. Grant and Bergman. Awesome film.
Notorious is one of my favourite films. Such dynamic & intrigue.
I love Notorious too. It IS an awesome film. Ingrid Bergman is perfection. I also like Notorious the scent, but I’m probably in the minority.
I have RL’s Notorious, and like it! Actually a go-to winter office scent for me.
I add myself to the notorius fanbase!!
I love most of the director’s and leading actors’ filmography- so you can’t go wrong with this one!!!
Oh dear… at first I thought we were talking about the Notorious that came out in 2009, about the rapper The Notorious B.I.G., and I was so excited. Your Notorious sounds like something else altogether, lol!
Ha…yes! This is the Hitchcock classic, filmed in 1946. Haven’t seen Notorious Big.
Ari- not sure if you’re joking, but I really did like the “other” Notorious movie! Biggie is one of my favorite rappers (yes, I love hip-hop, and pretty much all other kinds of music too). That actor who played him bears an uncanny resemblance.
1) The temp. broke 60 degrees today so out came PdN Eau d’Ete, naturally…
2) VC&A Orchidee Vanille – it’s really just too, too, TOO sweet. So why do I wear it so often?
3) Hermes Kelly Caleche. (sigh)
4) The Economist
5) Cold River. I actually almost walked out of this one. Twice. I am so glad I braved it out because it’s magnificent.
Happy weekend everyone!
I think I’ve said it here before, but an SA told me the Orchidee was the best seller of that series.
I’m looking forward to trying a sample of Orchidee Vanille
Contact me at julia941 at MUA and I will send you one.
1. SOTD- AA Pampelune. It just seemed like a good perfume for a casual Friday at the office. Gets me moving and out the door.
2. Sure I would hate. Hermes Eau Gentiane Blanche. Normally I really don’t like iris fragrances but I looooove this!
3. Sure I would love. Sous le Vent. I generally love chypres but SlV was astringent with aggressive notes of oakmoss, galbanum and bitter citrus that I personally found to be very off-putting and scrubbed it off as soon as I could find the kitchen sponge.
4. Favorite Magazine. I love Tatler from the UK.
5. Last good movie. I thought Ratatouille was pretty cute. (I am not much of a movie-watcher. Thought “Up in the Air” w/ George Clooney was tedious. )
Eau Gentiane Blanche might be growing on me too. Didn’t love it at first.
1. Hermes Pamplemousse Rose
2. Back to Black
4. Spiriteuese Double Vanille
5. The New Yorker (when I’m feeling high brow), People (when I’m feeling lowbrow and/or home sick)
6. Hmm… I don’t know – I don’t watch that many movies any more.
The glory of the New Yorker (to me) is that every so often they do People-ish sorts of articles. Means I can just get the one mag
Pamplemousse Rose! Finally, grapefruity but not cat-pee! Isn’t it great? I’m thinking that a split isn’t going to be enough. sigh…..
180 Ans has a nice grapefruit opening….
very very very brief on me….then it starts turning into delicious cookies and everything good….I love that stuff! I get more almond and vanilla than grapefruit….but there is that citrusy tang in the opening.
1. PG Cuir d’Iris… SO good! (mostly leather, not noticeably iris)
2. I’m really so open minded that I don’t assume I’ll hate anything except … trendy cheap fruity floral recent launches. And I can’t think of any I’ve tried let alone loved (I don’t do much dept store testing). This is a tough category and I’m coming up blank.
3. Thought I’d LOVE Havana Vanille and salivated with everyone else prior to its launch but… I wouldn’t say I absolutely hate it, but it’s sure not me, and there are at least 5 vanillas I own decants or bottles of and love much much more. (Also with Klytemnaestra on Narcisse Noir: thought I’d love it but to me it’s SUPER soapy. Sad.)
4. I don’t do print magazines much anymore, but on a long plane ride I know I can hunker down with The Economist for hours (and it’s not as dry/boring as it sounds).
5. Last good movie was a DVD: VERY low budget docu-drama about a nursing home called “Assisted Living.” Last GREAT movie was “The Beaches of Agnès,” a documentary-autobiographical film about French artist & filmmaker Agnès Varda. Amazing.
Zara above reminded me. For #2, I’d say I either thought I’d hate Douce Amere or wouldn’t care much about it (meh… anise). But when it dries down after about 15 minutes it is really beautiful. I would definitely wear it.
Check and double check. just added Beaches of Agnes to my Netflix queue. Oh and it’s available to watch instantly!
HV disappointed a lot of people, seems like! I still love it. Going to go look up your movies (I am really overloading my Netflix queue today).
I had such high hopes for HV too- I don’t like sweet vanilla, but I thought it would be that boozy, tobacco-y, hazy dark vanilla I’ve been hoping for. I’ve come to realize that my skin is cursed to bring out the sweet vanilla in every scent, every time.
Hrm, maybe if you layer it with something dry… I keep trying to find the right dry ‘fume for that same purpose. HV wasn’t awful on me, and I do like it, but it sounded like true love, and wasn’t.
I have the same phenomena with vanilla scents. I tried HV and thought it was OK, but trended a bit too sweet. I felt compelled to spritz a bit of uber dry AG Eau de Sud and voila! It worked.
I’m sure there are HV lovers cursing this suggestion, but it worked for me
I get sweet from it too, particularly in the drydown. What saves it for me is that it’s CLEAR, not milky – like vanilla liqueur – and very intense. It goes all the way across the line to Too Much, and I find myself really digging that.
Plus, the vanilla is fabbo with tuberose. Who knew?
Tom Ford Tobacco Vanille is that dark vanilla for me, booze and tobacco, with a strong honey note to me. That might make it too sweet, but it is what I wanted Havana Vanille to be. It is strong and lasts all day and night. Actually , I don’t know it I could wear it for day unless I dabbed just the tiniest bit.
I thought that I’d love NN as well, my being a narcissus ho as well as a rose ho and a green floral ho… Nope. No, it was soapy orange blossom with no narcissus at all. Turns out I had a sample of the reformulation, which I categorically deem a disaster (pour moi, anyway).
Great. Now you’re gonna send me on another Great Vintage Odyssey, eh?
1) Annick Goutal Songes – lovely for a spring day in beautiful Florida!
2) Mmmmm… I can’t think of one either!
3) Bulgari Black – My skin just brings out the vanilla, so its pretty boring on me. I’m not that big on vanilla.
4) Toss up between W, Vanity Fair, and Harper’s Bazaar. But I also like Elle and Vogue.
5) The Dead Girl. The only movie I’ve seen with Brittany Murphy in it that is worth watching (besides Clueless which I unabashedly love) & it is a fascinating movie. Also has Toni Colette, Marcia Gay Harden, Kerri Washington, Josh Brolin, etc. Highly recommended. Played recently on IFC (or maybe Sundance – one of the two channels).
Robin- I recently watched Valentino, The Last Emperor too! I love Valentino’s gowns- he’s a real artist, but the movie was a totally crazy portrait of him as a person. The relationship between him and Giancarlo Giametti is just crazy.
k-scott, you’re so lucky! All I get out of Black is rubber, rubber, and oh yeah, rubber. I would love for a little vanilla to soften it up. And it’s a shame- Brittany Murphy really did seem to be a very promising actress, I often wonder why her career went the way it did.
And I just get a typical yawner tea scent. At least it’s wearable for me, though; it just isn’t anything special.
And of course Ari, I think you’re lucky because you can smell more than just 2 minutes of the rubber! (It reminds me of how girls with curly hair wish they had straight, and vice versa.) But que sera, sera, eh? It continue to be amazed at how much one’s skin factors into the true smell of a fragrance.
Now I’m curious — why did you think that relationship was crazy? To me, it was the only really human part of the movie. Everything else about that whole world seemed crazy to me.
Robin- on the one hand I really did admire that Valentino and Giametti have been together for so long and are obviously a dynamic and creative duo. But to me Valentino seemed to be highly critical of Giametti without showing appreciation for the hard work he quite obviously did for the Valentino brand. Perhaps Valentino is very appreciative in their private lives but in the movie he came across just like a petulant child who was reluctant to relinquish control or credit to his partner, who seemed very deserving of such a concession. Maybe I read too much into it?
Oh, I’d agree with that — V was the petulant child, and G “managed” him. But I know lots of relationships like that! And they did seem to love each other. Absolutely everything else in the movie seemed so entirely artficial.
1. Started out in Caron Poivre (extrait), now a spritz of Chergui. Grey but mild weather, so enjoying the big guns while I can.
2. Eesh, I don’t know any off the top of my head.
3. OTOH, these are too many to count. Recently: 10 Corso Como. I love Tam Dao so I figured this’d be love too, but it’s nauseating, cloying and awful.
4. National Geographic & The Humanist (local mag)
5. Last movie, although no better than “ok”: Shutter Island. Had higher expectations of it after Memento and Insomnia.
Oh, me too… love TD, but 10CC was nothing but sour sawdust. It wasn’t a scrubber, per se, but oh was I sad.
Oooops! I just suggested to a commenter above CC10 based on her liking TD… I really thought these went together, but apparently not!
I love them both, though I lean toward CC10: on me it is less feminine and more “focused” than TD, it really soothes me like few fragrances can!!!
Agreed! One of my favorites.
I think they generally do. That’s why I was so stunned it was awful on me. But I do think I heard it was reformulated, and maybe yours was pre-, and mine was post.
B, don’t beltive the two are so different: I have an old bottle and very recent samples(and not counting my frequent visits to the shop) and CC10 has always been (almost basic) spicy sandalwood, i.e. There are no major differences in the final effect. Sometimes people like to make a little drama out of the reformulation issue, but if you don’t like CC now, you won’t like the old one!!
Good to know, now I won’t go seeking out vintage to see if I’d have loved it.
I really was horribly disappointed; it sounded perfect.
Oh, but that’s exactly why I was so shocked I *didn’t* like it! It’s sorta common knowledge that anyone who likes one will like the other. Except not so in my case.
I’m going to have to start stalking your likes and dislikes…
1. SOTD: MH Geranium Burbon
2. For sure I would hate AT’s Vetivir Dance and it turned out to be so strangely beautiful that I adore it. My St. Patrick’s Dat SOTD.
3. Lots! But my SOTD is about to change tunes. I thought it would be perfect (roses and geranium) and ended up hating it when I sampled it. I decided to give it another shot today and I think I might like it – a lot – after all!
4. Opera News!
5. Julie and Julia – pay per view. All Hail Queen Meryl!
I have a follow up for last week on my ordering blind, MH’s Jasmin Vert. Good news – It’s gorgeous! Pretty with a capital “P” and Floral with a capital “F.” This is a ladylike scent for the lady who dresses for a walk in the park and who enjoys taking tea. Harkens back to a different era for sure. I imagine (sorry for the opera example) Angela Georgiu at the end of Act 1 of Puccini’s La Rondine, dressed in a lovely yellow chiffon dress, t-strapped shoes, and a hat, going out in search for love and adventure, full of hope and anticipation. Just Lovely!
I bow down to Queen Meryl! How great did she look at the Oscars???
I have been searching EVERYWHERE for a sample of that Jasmin Vert, and none of my usual sources have come through. Where did you get your bottle?
Hi Mals, it was an ebay purchase, a tester bottle.
I’d be happy to send you a few drops to try. I have an MUA account although I’ve never used it. If you want you may contact me. I’m “annymack” over there.
Would love to contact you and discuss a nice swappie… Thanks!
1. What fragrance are you wearing today? Euphoria
2. Name a fragrance you were so sure you would hate that you weren’t even going to try it, but for whatever reason you did try it and you loved it. Euphoria
3. Name a fragrance you were convinced would be perfect for you, but you hated it. Kenzo Amour
4. What’s your favorite (print) magazine? Allure
5. What’s the last (good) movie you watched? Grand Torino
I thought Kenzo Amour was a huge disappointment too. The “rice steam” smells more like baby spit-up to me.
LOL!
1. Mitsouko EDT
2. The “leather” category, which I fell in love with after I tried Azuree – now I own several leather fragrances!
3. This would be the whole category “soliflore”.
4. Don’t really read magazines (outside the doctor’s or dentist’s office)
5. “Exit Smiling”, Beatrice Lillie’s first film (a silent from 1926)
So you do like florals, just not soliflores?
Yes. Though my favorites usually lie in the oriental category, I like florals as long as they have a bit of an edge to them – a bracing chypre or animalic note.
1. Angel Pure Coffee for Men
2. Can’t think of any.
3. L’Artisan L’Eau du Navigateur and Norma Kamali Incense were pure musty- ness, and Soivohle Underworld- well I don’t really hate it but it’s cocoa/ soft jasmine & rose on me not some dark earthy creature worthy of cult adoration. Is it just me or do most of Soivhole’s vetiver’s seem to have a cocoa wang in them.
4. Don’t really read magazines, I flip through fashion mags at the grocery store and book store.
5. I haven’t seen any good movies lately, but I did recently discover Six Feet Under on netflix and I rented all 5 seasons consecutively. It’s a dark, but often comical show about a family owned funereal home. All the characters are dynamic and multidimensional but I really love Claire bad attitude and all. That she’s a total mess, hopelessly naïve, fiercely outspoken, promiscuous yet vulnerable. I love she’s a beautiful curvy, pale redhead instead of a blond waif. I loved her/ the actress Lauren Ambrose in Psycho Beach Party too.
“Six Feet Under” has to be one of my favorite shows ever!
LOVED Six Feet Under!
I love SFU as well (have the DVD box set!), though gosh, by the end, I despised Nate…which was tough because I loved his character so much for the first couple of seasons.
I felt the same way about Nate — he was my favorite character in the first couple of seasons, but I could barely stand him by the end.
He did become a horrible protagonist, didn’t he?
Another long time SFU fan here. It is crazy how at first in the show you think Brenda is horrible and you feel bad for Nate; at the end of the show it’s vice versa. The finale of the show is kick ass.
Agreed. And the show got just a bit TOO dark for me as it went on. Still a great one, though!
Aaaaah! I’ve heard such good things about Angel Pure Coffee! How do you like it?
hey Ari, I have some left from the split last month. Drop me a note at Daisyloo82 at gmail dot com
and what I meant by that , but being half asleep only typed about half a sentence, was that if you tell me where to send it, I can get a sample to you. To me it smells like sweetened coffee. I like to sniff it, not necessarily wear it….although lots of people do. And it’s not particularly masculine even though it’s marketed to men.
Ari, I find Angel Men Coffee to be a soft cozy vanilla/ caramel lavender with just a whee hint of coffee. But I’m picky when it comes to coffee frags, haven’t find my java HG yet. Still need to try Ayala Moriel Finjan (turkish spiced coffee w/ roses) and CBIHP Macadamia Coffee. But take Daisy up on that offer for a samp.
Have you tried Bond No. 9 New Haarlem? It is a good coffee fougere.
1. SotD is Caron Pour Un Homme. What a great fragrance!
2. Until recently, I was sure that Pour Un Homme wouldn’t be worth trying, along with Jicky, Gris Clair, and all other lavender-based fragrances, because I don’t like lavender. Well, that was sure silly of me, wasn’t it?!
3. Daphne (see my response to Absolute Scentualist).
4. I like Saveur and Sunset magazines.
5. I don’t go to the movie theater, but we just started watching the HBO series, “The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency”, on DVD. Everything about it is just beautiful!
Is the a spin off of the book series? Local librarian turned me onto them.
Yes!
I did not know that was a series either! Will have to see if I can get it on DVD.
Meadowbliss and Robin, we are renting it from Netflix. We’ve so far watched four episodes and I’m very impressed. The casting is remarkably true to the books, and it’s filmed in Botswana.
I was surprised I liked the books as they aren’t what I usually would read.. Off to Netflix! Thank you, everyone!
There’s one character in the movie series that we didn’t see in the books. You will see. I think he’s a great addition!
1. SJP Covet
2. Miss Dior Cherie. I know I sound like a broken record but this perfume was everything that Nina wasn’t for me. I’m totally bummed that the bottle I bought online had gone bad : / At least I got a refund.
3. Nina by Nina Ricci (the new one). I love apples and musk, but the cotton musk in Nina made me smell like rotten apples, or past due apple cider.
4. Interweave Knits. I am a total knitting junkie!
5. Pulp Fiction, can’t get enough of that movie.
YAY! Interweave! I work at an LYS and the only mags we carry are Interweave Knits and Crochet and the special editions that come out once or twice a year. Do you have the best of Interweave’s sock book. Amazing. And, I just finished the most perfect Kitchener of my life. I did a victory lap around the store then made everyone look at it.
Yay, another knitter! : ) I don’t have that book, but I just bought The Joy of Sox, which has a lot of patterns in it that I’m enjoying. I LOVE SOCKS!
Me, too. I just finished a pair today.
1. Guerlain Vetiver.
2. Tom Ford Tobacco Vanille
3. Tom Ford Oud Wood
4. Oh gosh, so many magazines I like… The Weekly Standard, The Spectator, First Things, The New Criterion, and MAA FOCUS (see http://www.maa.org/pubs/focus.html to see that one)
5. I’m not much of a movie person, alas, so I’ll pass on this one. I guess Up was ok…
We are opposites on the Tom Fords!
1. Voyage d’Hermes – I stopped by their boutique today and got a sample. Smells very much like Kelly Caleche, is all I can tell so far with my slightly stuffed nose
2. I didn’t think I’ll like any of the Prada fragrances but after I got Infusion d’Iris as a present, I have to say I really like it
3. I thought I’d love Elixir des Merveilles but its too ripe and rich for my taste
4. New Yorker – my faithful commute companion
5. Fantastic Mr Fox
Mila, try the other Pradas! I pretty much love them all, especially the original. Can’t wait for the two new Infusions!
Ari, I’ve tried L’Eau Ambree and like it very much! Similarly looking forward to trying the next two infusions.
1. Philosophy Pure Grace.
2. Versace Pour Femme.
3. Chloe (the new one).
4. Poetry and The New Yorker.
5. 500 Days of Summer.
I loved 500 Days of Summer! And none of my friends saw it!
Me, too! Great movie.
500 Days, so clever! Seen it twice.
1. Sheer Tuberose, one of those cute limited edition rollerballs from the limited edition GAP Scent Editions four or so years ago
2. Tommy Girl, hate the brand but this is the first fragrance I ever felt ravenous for. I couldn’t stop spraying it.
3. Fracas
4. The September Issue
I’m looking forward to the September Issue, heard it was great.
I love Tommy Girl too! Tea drinker that I am…
1. Kyoto
2. That’s a hard one…probably Angel..I really like Angel Liqueur!!
3. VL Donna
4. The New Yorker…20 years of love…I can’t wait to get each week’s edition
5. The Hurt Locker…amazing!!!!!
I’ve been subscribing to the NYer for so long that I don’t know what I’d do without it. I live in fear they’ll go under.
1. What fragrance are you wearing today? Miss Dior
2. Name a fragrance you were so sure you would hate that you weren’t even going to try it, but for whatever reason you did try it and you loved it. I have so many to try that i think I’d like I haven’t gotten around to the ones I think I’d hate!
3. Name a fragrance you were convinced would be perfect for you, but you hated it. Knize Ten. I thought it would be a great leather on me but smelled of burnt rubber. Not my thing.
4. What’s your favorite (print) magazine? Lucky magazine.
5. What’s the last (good) movie you watched? Up in the Air. George Clooney would be a celebrity scent I’d wear.
I really think a GC scent would make money. Hope he never does it though.
Seems like I read somewhere that he wears Carthusia’s IO.
I read the same thing. It’s been hovering in my purgatory basket forever. I like it….but not sure I need it.
1. Elixir des Merveilles
2. Shalimar – For years I disliked it because it smelled like “old ladies” and “powder” (I’ve grown as a person since then). I always wanted a bottle because my street is named Shalimar Drive but I just didn’t like it. Along comes NST, my nose becomes a little more developed, and now it is my HGP – now and forever. The first time I spent over $100 on a bottle of perfume was the tiny quarter ounce Shalimar extrait.
3. Santal de Mysore. I really, really thought it would be perfect for me based on reviews and smelling it on my friend, but it is pure sweaty cumin. At least I only purchased a 2.5ml sample.
4. We take National Geographic and Surfer’s Journal. Beautiful photography in both, great articles in NG.
5. I’ve been married 15 years and my husband has taken me to the movies three times (once when we were dating). Two of those times were on my birthday so he had to. I did watch Precious on pay per view last week.
I love NG too! I am a subscriber since I was 10 years old: a gift from my father started it all!
My husband had it on his wish list…and I love it too… but all I could see was years upon years of magazines piling up in my house. NO! He’s the worst packrat ever, and our house is tiny. SO… I got him every issue they ever published, on DVD. Sweet!
Boo! that is a fabulous idea! the NG pile up is exactly why I eventually stopped subscribing. DVDs I had no idea
I had no idea, either…it was serendipity. Just as I was debating whether I could tolerate the pile-up, the full collection on DVD came up as a Gold Box deal on Amazon.
What a good idea, Boo. I’ve seen and read too many stories about people dying alone surrounded by stacks of National Geographic. My MIL kept a subscription for my husband for years and we let it lapse after she died. Then it started coming again! Maybe it is Cele from beyond the grave or maybe one of his aunts took over the tradition and forgot to tell us (most likely), but it seems we can’t get away from them. It is a beautiful magazine, though. Still made on the thick, glossy paper, still has the posters inside, still very valuable as a homework tool even though everything is available online now.
Julia, I am starting to gain an appreciation for Shalimar as well. I bought a bottle of the EDC at Filene’s Basement and found it luscious, especially compared to the rather sad current EDT formulation.
Isn’t the EDC great? I started with that, and now I’m on to two bottles of the parfum (I confess I’m hoarding). Nothing in-between works for me, but at this point I could about drink the extrait.
Yay! Two more Shalimar lovers. I also have several bottles of extrait, new and vintage, and I just love it. I have it in all forms and use the EdT and EdC on my sheets and pillowcases. It has become so associated with sleep for me I’m surprised I can wear it during the day and still stay awake. I keep a travel EdP in my purse (along with a bunch of other samples) and gave the sweet woman at L’Occitaine a little sampler of perfumes and she loved the Shalimar. She thought it smelled “familiar” but is planning on wearing it today. She told me she didn’t know much about fragrance when I went in so I told her a little about fragrance families, too. She is off today and hopefully reading this site now!
I tracked down a bottle of the “Eau legere”..It makes me happy! Really, just smelling it makes me smile…
I wear it to sleep in.
I haven’t tried that one yet, but I would like to.
1. Elexir de Merveilles today
2. Thought I’d hate, but loved: Lovely by SJP
3. Thought would be me, but…: L’Heure Bleue
4. Magazine: it’s russian “Vokrug sveta” (literary translation “Around the world”) wich is smth like National Geographics but it also has science, history, biology, medicine articles and biographies of great people.
5. Movie I recently watched&loved: My Left Foot (1989) – it’s my favourite since. (And made La Vita e Bella (1997) my second favourite)
I have not seen My Left Foot in years — I should watch it again.
Veronika, I was surprised ay how much LHB disagreed with me, as well. It was all headshop incenses on me. Seriously.
1. DKNY Pure Woman.
2. Aquolina Pink Sugar (yeah I know…………)
3. Narciso Rodriguez for her and DKNY red delicious.
4. Nothing specific.
5. Lions and lambs (with Meryl Streep, Robert Redford and Tom Cruise).
Hey, never apologize for Pink Sugar.
Word! I heart Pink Sugar! I’ve been soclose to buying a fb, just for bedtime!
1. 10 CC, with leftovers of Chanel Coromandel wafting off me. There’s always something other than what I initially put on. Occupational hazard.
2. A Taste of Heaven, Killian.
3. Without a doubt, Carnal Flower. Possibly the worse scent I’ve dabbed on my skin. Well, except for Flower Bomb.
4. After a 20 year addiction to Vanity Fair, I’m done. I’m waiting for the Perfumed Times-anyone know when it’s going to press?
5. Saw an old movie last week on cable I’d missed years ago-Reese Witherspoon’s debut in The Man in the Moon. A beautiful coming of age movie.
Great Post, Robin!!!
Ooh, I would love to see that! I am a huge Reese Witherspoon fan. I accomplish this by pretending that Legally Blonde 2 never happened.
hee hee! I LOVE Reese Witherspoon. Ironically, the next day after seeing the movie I went w friend to doctor appt. and there was a People mag with a recent photo of Reese’s daughter-it blew me away! She looks identical to Reese in The Man in the Moon-eerie!
Well hope its better than the ‘Basenotes Magazine’! I took out a subscription to that last August, never received anything, saw all the funny (wierd) stuff on the website, sent emails THEN put in a complaint to Paypal and miraculously one issue turned up – and then nothing since, so what’s that? eight months 44US$ worth…anyway, this mention of a perfume magazine reminded me that I was going to put this out there about Basenotes and hopefully if others come out they will be better.
Actually, subscribing to something like this was the first time I had broken the no-subscribe rule!
Winifrieda, I was being a bit facetious about the Perfumed Times, hoping Robin would see it as a future career move:). That’s terrible about Basenotes-glad you mentioned it and hope others pop in here with some comments. I no longer subscribe to anything as I’m a former magazine junkie–yes, even People, Tatler, all the gossip rags.
Yes mb also a magazine junkie…apparently Australia has/had the highest per-capital consumption of magazines in the world (although I’ve heard that the world trend is in severe decline).
I’ve seen so many come and go that I’ve never risked a subscription…an indication of my perfume mania that I was willing to risk one to Basenotes!!
I buy a couple of Horse mags regularly and still after all these years Vogue, but if I need to fill in time will go into newsagents and load up on about 50 bucks worth!
The internet must be sorely taxing the print media, even I jumped on the net first thing this morning to see what had happened when the cyclone (hurricane) crossed the coast up north last night.
1. Kenzo Amour Le Parfum. I can barely even smell it well enough to determine whether I like it or not!
2. Bond No 9 Signature Perfume, the oud one. The rose note smells so fruity and delicious! I will just cover my ears and hum loudly when others point out the $330 price tag.
3. Chanel Gardenia. It gets such poetic reviews on MUA, but it was waaaay too freaking sweet.
4. Elle. They have a consistently great beauty section.
5. The Princess and the Frog. EVERYONE WATCH THIS MOVIE. You will cry, you will cheer. It’s in my top 5, for sure.
Wow — Amour Le Parfum is really strong on me! Wonder if you’re anosmic to something in there.
!.) Vintage Caron Infini.
2.) Lolita Lempicka’s L
3.) L’Artisan’s Timbuktu – too much pepper!
4.) It’s a toss-up between Bitch and Sauver.
5.) I admit it! I liked Percy Jackson and the Lightening Thief. Anyway I can get a piece of Kevin McKidd…Mrow.
No way! I didn’t know McKidd was in that! Suddenly it sounds much more appealing…
Don’t get too excited! He’s not in it for very much, but man. I don’t need a lot to be happy. Isn’t he just beautiful? He’s not a pretty man, but he’s so alpha-male sexy. SWOON!
My, yes…I’ve adored him since Rome! Lucius “Luscious” Vorenus, baby
(my admiration is recently refreshed because being housebound during last month’s Snowpocalypse spurred a rewatch of my Rome DVDs — at least something good came from that storm!)
I read that comment as “much man.”
1. Tom Ford Jasmine Musk
2. I didn’t think I’d hate it, but I had very little interest in OJ Woman. I loved it immediately!
3 Nuit de Cellophane
4. I haven’t read a magazine in ages.
5. Akira Kurosawa’s Scandal (from 1950)
Always glad to see another OJ fan
Chanel Premiere
Can’t think of one
I don’t hate it, but I wish that Chanel 5 liked me as much as I like it.
Time
The Hangover
LOL — ditto on #3.
1. What fragrance are you wearing today? Sunscreen lotion from banana boat (: I just realized it has its own lovely smell, not sure what they added to it
2. Name a fragrance you were so sure you would hate that you weren’t even going to try it, but for whatever reason you did try it and you loved it.
Hrm this hasn’t happened to me yet
3. Name a fragrance you were convinced would be perfect for you, but you hated it.
Hypnotic Poison, With Love by Hilary Duff
4. What’s your favorite (print) magazine?
Cosmopolitan. I like the New Yorker but I read it online.
Also Time
5. What’s the last (good) movie you watched?
Don’t remember!!!
Oh, I can’t wait for it to get hot enough here to wear suntan lotion!
1) Wearing Coriolan by Guerlain. Don’t ask why, I think it had to do with reading something about L’Ame d’un Hero lately, which is just the $230 version of Coriolan.
2) I thought I would hate Jo malone Amber and Lavender because I don’t care about either amber or lavender. But it’s just beautiful and I feel so good when I wear it. It’s like a Christmas wreath in a bottle on me!
3) I have TWO:
Eau Noire by Dior, I obsessed about Eau Noire by Dior for a year and when I finally got it, I cannot stomach it! Oddly I like the top notes (curry) which everyone hates. But I hate the drydown which others love! On me, the drydown smells of what you find in the lawnmower 2 days later.
Guerlain Bois d’Armenie: I also obsessed with it many times at the Guerlain boutique in Paris. I would go nack and forth, and finally picked it up at Berdorf Goodman. I just cannot wear it! The ingredients are so rich, It’s like a mixture of oil, candle wax and incense from the floor of a cathedral right there on my neck all day. Not good with a suit!
4) Last movie: Amreeka, about a Palestinian family from the West Bank who imigrates to the US. Not very deep, but it was the most interesting choice on the plane!
Oh I forgot the fourth question: I love “Mental Floss” but I subscribe to “Details” magazine
That is interesting, I think of the Armenie as so ethereal. Maybe that is because I’ve never tried it sprayed?
1. I started with Ninfeo Mio, spritzed some Eau du Coq after the gym shower, and am now cozy at home with Parfum
Sacre.
2. Tom Ford Grey Vetiver: I don’t know why, it just sounds so boring, but I really like it.
3. Skaarb–ugh!
4. Fine Homebuilding, American Scholar, and Entertainment Weekly (I know, I cheated with three picks)
5. The Scarlet Empress
Skaarb was that “men crying” scent, wasn’t it? Ack, I can’t even remember what it smelled like.
1. What fragrance are you wearing today?
TDC Osmanthus.
2. Name a fragrance you were so sure you would hate that you weren’t even going to try it, but for whatever reason you did try it and you loved it.
Envy.
3. Name a fragrance you were convinced would be perfect for you, but you hated it.
AG La Violette. I love violets, and one of my favorite frags is Bois de Violette, and I longed for a good soliflore. Gack! On my skin, I got, of course, the huge candy violet opening, and then…more candied violet, and on and on and on ad nauseum. I never did get a simple bouquet of fresh violets culled still dripping from the dewy morning shadows. Anyone know of something like that?
4. What’s your favorite (print) magazine?
Allure, I confess. (blush)
5. What’s the last (good) movie you watched?
A PROPHET. It just came out. Exceptionally violent French film that just astounded me – I had the same reaction as the first time I saw The Godfather. A great and shattering saga, superior filmmaking, should have won the Oscar instead of the Argentinian one (though that was good, too).
Let me add, though, that the best non-shattering movie I saw recently was THE FANTASTIC MISTER FOX. And my favorite movie of the past 20 years is IMPROMPTU.
Monstabunny, TDC Osmanthus is so remarkable. I find it’s one of the few scents I can wear at any time of the year when I want something clean but not boring. Penhaligon’s Violetta is worth sampling if you haven’t already. I love vintage Balenciaga Le Dix, but it’s a leather violet.
Smelling La Violette is like having my eyes gouged out and an ice pick shoved into my temples! I have no idea why it is so painful for me to smell, as I like other violets. Who knows, but I am right there with you. Vile stuff.
Violets are a little difficult for me, since I typically get either a) powdery gack or b) candy. Two violet soliflores that DID work, though, were the AG that went way sweet on you (was only mildly sweet on me) and Penhaligon’s Violetta – there’s more leaf in that, and it was even nicer than the AG. You could try Caron’s Violette Precieuse, which IIRC was more green – it didn’t work at all for me, it was sour.
Going to assume you tried the obvious — Borsari Violetta di Parma? Although maybe not what you’re after really.
Gonna get decants of all these. Thanks everybody!
1. Today I’m wearing AG Ninfeo Mio on one wrist and Philosykos on the other. Testing, comparing.
2. This hasn’t happened yet. But this did: for some inexplicable reason I let a SA spray me with a scent I didn’t know anything about. I fell in love with it (fortunately): Diptique L’eau des Hesperides.
3. I thought I would like the Angel Ligueur de Parfum but it was just too much (and I like Angel).
4. I liked Gourmet. Sometimes I’d read it cover-to-cover. R.I.P. I love it when someone gives me back issues of The New Yorker.
5. Movie: “The Rape of Europa” (on Netflix, instantly). I couldn’t quit thinking about it so a few days later I watched it again. It’s about how the Nazis stole art from European museums and how ordinary people helped save their national treasures. Like any great documentary, however, it’s about a lot more than that.
Just added that to my Netflix queue, thanks!
1.) POTD: I’m wearing Private Collection. I’ve been wearing ambery/spicy lately and I wanted a change.
2.) Accidently Smitten: I haven’t tried anything I thought I would hate, oddly. Guess I’m not that adventurous or I mostly like everything I try.
3.) Surprisingly Hate: Le Feu d’Issey sounded divine – but it smells like pimentos and dirt on me – no vanilla, no rose. Bleh.
4.) Movie: Frida. I’m on a Frida Kahlo kick again (last time there wasn’t as much available to read, but now stuff is starting to come out from the Museum Frida Kahlo opening up her dressing room/bath which was sealed for 50 years on the request of Diego Rivera upon her death. Her clothing is being restored and there’s a wonderful book about that process and the anthropology of the Mexican clothing she wore. Fascinating.) The movie is just so good and truly does her justice, I think.
Forgot my magazine! Knitters (and Interweave Knits).
Oh, what’s the name of the book?
Well tomorrow is the day – happy Spring everyone! I’ve had such a crazy week, but wanted to participate in this while I have a minute.
1. What fragrance are you wearing today? Chanel Coco.
2. Name a fragrance you were so sure you would hate that you weren’t even going to try it, but for whatever reason you did try it and you loved it. The new Chloe. I don’t love it, but I didn’t hate it. Can’t think of one I expected to hate, but love instead.
3. Name a fragrance you were convinced would be perfect for you, but you hated it. Well, I definitely don’t hate it, and I love to smell it, but can’t wear it. Coromandel. I really did think it would be perfect for me but it’s too masculine for me to enjoy wearing it.
4. What’s your favorite (print) magazine? It’s between House Beautiful, Elle Decor and Martha Stewart Living.
5. What’s the last (good) movie you watched? Hurt Locker.
I look forward to reading everyone’s responses later!
Yes Rd I believe the seasons change on the equinox/solstice too!
Perfume-wise I am finding the autumn transition not as ‘easy’ as the spring transition…I go to the shelves and just stand there not being able to make up my mind!
Am thinking the almonds/loukhoums/dried fruities like Chaos and Arabie…
Chaos was SOD
I should hate Angel
I should love Bandit
The Horse, Vogue (although the clandestine advertising of cigarettes in there never fails to make me swear to never buy it again – after about 30 years!)
Movies, hmmmm, I regularly see movies, but invariably find modern Hollywood stuff enjoyable but somehow disappointing and I’m sitting here stumped to even remember a great one recently…but that’s just me, live in the country and only get blockbusters at the theatre and absolute rubbish in the video store!
1. What fragrance are you wearing today?
> just woke up so nothing on really. But yest I had Banana Rep Women (i love smelling like shampoo =) )
2. Name a fragrance you were so sure you would hate that you weren’t even going to try it, but for whatever reason you did try it and you loved it.
>Burberry London. I initially it smelled too mature for me but I loved it esp during the Christmas Season
3. Name a fragrance you were convinced would be perfect for you, but you hated it.
> Any variant of the SF Incanto. It smelled perfect on my friend but when I tried it ’twas like “blah. What was i thinking?”
4. What’s your favorite (print) magazine?
> Not really into magazines, I pretty much read anything that’s available in the salon when Im having my hair done. I’m more into books – I am currently on Haruki Murakami – just finished Sputnik Sweetheart. =)
5. What’s the last (good) movie you watched?
> Oh my. Movies. I don’t really watch movies that much (you get weird stares here if you go to the movies alone) But at home, I’ve finished watching some Anime series – Jigoku Shoujo (Hell Girl). I also saw Spirited Away & Ponyo by the Cliff on the Sea
Dear Shelly, where is this place when people give you weird stares if you go to the movies alone?
If you feel like going to the movies alone, go ahead. If someone gives you weird stares, tell them to take a hike and get a life!
( I don’t want to come across as aggressive, just that I cannot stand that kind of judgment over innocent things)
I loved Ponyo, and I’m determined to see some other miyazaki movies that I’ve missed (not many, but still)
Cheers!
Oh. Here in the Phils. Really weird stares if you are alone in the movies. =) So I generally just watch dvds at home (Not that I have too much time to watch movies anyway)
Oh you should see Spirited Away! And I think Princess Mononoke is also by Miyazaki.
I saw them.
I just went through IMDB to check…
I’m Missing Nausica, Castle in The Sky, Kiki’s Delivery Service and Porco Rosso.
Will get to those soon!
I am going through an anime-fix phase so I’ll gorge myself with more of his stuff – Will download more of his movies next weekend. Or I’ll prolly rummage through my ex bro-in-law’s dvd collection and I bet I’ll find one or two miyazaki’s there. =p
My daughter just got Kiki for Christmas. My niece used to have it, but gave it away during one of those “phases”. Both my husband and my daughter are big fans.
1. Ava Luxe No. 23. A beautiful sandalwood.
2. Can’t think of one.
3. SL Borneo. I like a bold or unusual perfume. And chocolate and patchouli? What’s not to love? But, oh it was just awful on me. Instant scrubber.
4. Africa Geographic. Wonderful photography.
5. How I envy all of you who live near theatres that show more than top 10 movies. Our 16-plex will show 4 movies on 4 screens. So we never get to see anything that isn’t completely mainstream. Thank heaven for Netflix! Like Haunini, we’ve been watching the No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency.
I almost never enter a theater anymore — maybe once a year. Netflix rules!
1. Guerlain Cruel Gardenia
2. can’t think of anything I actively said “uh-uh, no way” because I’m usually game for anything! I’m “optimistic!”
3. too many to list! I was prepared to adore Profumum Confetto because I’m on an almond hunt…but this fell completely flat….the good news is that in spite of the many samples I bought and didn’t like—a kind swapper sent me a sample of Mazzolari Alessandro and I fell in LURVE. Oh, and Papyrus de Ciane sounded so glorious—I bought a bottle unsniffed…..well, again there’s good news—so many people wanted 5 or 10ml that the entire bottle got portioned out to good homes.
4. Beadstyle Magazine….because I’m a jewelry maker. I’ve given up all other mags. –there’s just no time!
5. ah well, pet peeve territory here—I don’t go to the movies because so many people feel compelled to gorge themselves on all manner of smelly, noisy foods while watching and I find that a vile behavior. Since smashing someone’s face into a 5 gallon vat of cheesy-chili-fries is considered assault in far too many states….I watch movies at the ‘home theatre’…….the other night we watched “The Italian Job” (again) …I admire Charlize Theron , the CEO enjoys all the scheming and violence…and J just loves Cooper Minis.
You should go on a weekday… less crowded, esp if you wait until something has been out a couple of weeks. J can relate… he can’t stomach the smell of the popcorn. I just can’t stomach the ticket prices.
So the only movies I insist on seeing at the theatre are ones where the big screen is critical (like the Lord of the Rings movies).
I love Italian Job – (I almost typed “Italian Joe” – how funny). It is such a fun, sexy movie. I love Mos Def! (Everyone go and rent “Be Kind Rewind”). We rarely get to the actual movie theaters b/c of toddler-girl and also we live in the middle of nowhere. We are lucky the library gets all the new release DVDs super quick (like HBO time) – about 3 months after they are out of the movies. We all horde and watch them before they go out to circ. And just a little PSA for all you out there – if your local public library has movies, they probably get them really fast too as there are only a few library DVD vendors. And normally you can rent them for FREE!!!!
Ok, and now I’ll have to watch TIJ again…don’t remember Mos Def in that one, but OMG how I HATED him in 16 Blocks. His voice… nails on chalkboard. It was all we could do to finish the movie. That said, shockingly (because it isn’t AT ALL my usual type), I do like some of his music.
I admit to being annoyed to the point of near-rage by people chomping popcorn in my ear at the theater. I know I’m in the minority here, but I just can’t imagine *eating* through something you’re trying to pay attention to. It’s one reason I prefer Netflix…
I don’t really mind people eating popcorn… manage to tune that out.
But one day you’re going to read about me in the papers because it seems like it’s considered “okay” now to converse about the movie as if you’re in your own private living room. Or at least the people who think it’s okay always sit behind me. WTF, people?
LOL! What about people answering their cell phones and carrying on with the tap tap tap – texting! There’s a movie theatre near me I went to ONE time-unfortunately on Tuesday Free Popcorn Night. Everyone stood in line w their gigantic plastic bowls-I’m not exaggerating-giant containers-some people had two containers! All you can eat-bring your tupperware. It was like walking on velcro what with all the food carnage underfoot.
Those, and then the people who bring their under-age-5 children to a midnight screening. W.T.F?!?!?! I go that late so I don’t have to hear kids yapping or screaming…they should be asleep! Just blows my mind.
Took my teenage daughter to the last Harry Potter, and was STUNNED to see all the four-year-olds in the audience. Wonder how many of them had nightmares and their parents have no idea why?
I think I might have seen as many as five movies at the theater before I was ten… they were all Disneys.
Stepping down from the Old Fogy Soapbox now…
well, y’all just ran thru almost my entire list of peeves about going to the movies….and since the CEO despises going to movies, it is always just me and J and we used to go mid-week to midday shows in order to avoid crowds and “food carnage” (that is perfect!) alas, it seems the lust for cheesy-chili-fries seems equally strong in broad daylight as in the evening. I don’t like the constant chomping but the combination of smells makes me ill. Okay, I’m on the rampage again….so I’ll stop with that. But how about the fact that the volume is generally so high that it’s usually pain inducing?
YES! That drives me nuts too. Unfortunately, it’s the same way at home; for some reason, neither my husband nor my 5 yr old can “hear” the dialogue unless it’s so loud that I find it too loud from upstairs. :/ Meanwhile, my teenager listens to music so quietly, I have to stand right next to the radio before I even notice it’s on. (Not complaining!)
Try sitting next to someone and listening to the crunch of taco chips enhanced w dripping cheese goop…revolting while watching a movie, and agreed, the sound is deafening sometimes.
Daisy, I had pretty much given up on movie theaters for all these reasons, but I HAD to see Avatar in 3D. Fortunately, the Sunday 2 pm showing at the small mall near me was fine (except for 20 minutes of previews). Don’t know if it worked because it’s a time when older people go, if there was less food available, the 3D was so absorbing, or I just lucked out. I heard on NPR about theaters that offer a deluxe experience including no previews – for $20 per admission! I’d probably do on occasion for a select film if there was one near me.
well, I would sort of like to see Avatar in 3D —-just not sure if it would be worth all the other annoyances—will probably just wait for the DVD —ahhh, the beauty of a big screen TV !!
I was toying with the purchase of a big screen tv. And then my husband did the taxes.
arrgg! Taxes!
It was very absorbing in 3D, which might have been why everyone was so quiet. But I think it would also be great on DVD – and what wouldn’t I have given to hit the pause button about two-thirds for a quick break
I AM really hoping that they might show it at one of the IMAX theaters this summer….
Last time I went to a film was in December – Fantastic Mr. Fox. Grabbed up the kids after church and set off for the theater… we were the only ones in the place. It was GREAT. Too bad we can’t order that up every time we go.
Which, I admit, is maybe three times a year.
I was embarrassed reading the movie comments as I haven’t seen ANY of them. Now reading this, I remember why!
I’ve been making a bit of a list here, might give this Netflix thing a try.
Oh bless you, Daisy! So I’m not the only person in America who hasn’t used Netflix? There may be small hope for me yet!
R, I’ve not acquired it myself. I’m so techno lame I assumed I could just ‘get it’ through my tv, but my dear daughter told me to buy the device to stream it through. I will appreciate any help I can get-just a matter of buying and connecting it, right? Mals isn’t an old fogy, I think I am. Can’t believe this post is continuing through Sunday! Shouldn’t u be in church?
LOL! I AM in church – the church of basketball! (Don’t mean to be blasphemous – just kidding).
Oh, and I thought Netflix *mailed* the DVD’s to you!?!
R, I always say I’m in church 24/7 as it’s ‘a way of being’ to me. As to Netflix, my daughter, and I’m sure many people, stream it through their tv or computer. Are you familiar with Hulu? I’ve been watching Hulu movies thru my iMac, but I want movies on my tv so I need ‘the device’ to get that.
I haven’t either. Don’t watch nearly enough movies to make it worth figuring out.
1.Givenchy Pour Homme.
2.L’Artisan Timbuktu. I hate almost this entire line, but this wasnt bad.
3.JML Black Vetyver Cafe. Smelled so good on paper, but didnt blend well with my skin at all.
4.I dont read magazines
5. 9. It was short, but the animation was very good.
My complaint about the JM BVC is the lasting power — nil on me.
1. Philosykos: I’m recovering from a nasty bout of food poisoning, and it was the only scent that appealed to me today.
2. Kilian Pure Oud: I had resolved to hate all the Kilians (!), but this is just luscious.
3. Bulgari Black (instant migraine), AG Encens Flamboyant (smells like mold), Bond’s Warhol Silver Factory, Shaal Nur, and countless others.
4. Allure and People (I know, hopelessly lowbrow, but I read big fancy books for my culture fix!).
5. That Hamilton Woman: Vivien Leigh, Larry Olivier, swoon… Oh, and I’d never seen a Mae West movie, and She Done Him Wrong was a hoot.
Weren’t Leigh and Olivier a hot ticket for sometime? Both of them married to other people?
Oh, indeed they were! I was rather Vivien Leigh obsessed in my teens and watched Fire Over England just to see where their affair began.
Yes, a very hot ticket! They eventually married each other, but I think Leigh had serious psychological problems that eventually torpedoed their relationship. Truly star-crossed lovers…
Yeah, and Olivier was having an affair with Danny Kaye, too. Wild and crazy guys.
Olivier and DANNY KAYE? Thanks for that horrifying image to scrub from my brain!
Had a gorgeous day here along the Florida coast, but temperatures still below normal. Water is still too cold for the manatees to have returned to the river–kinda miss them.
1. Fire Island (sample; interesting to smell like a place!)
2. Timbuktu
3. Spiritueuse Double Vanille
4. Coastal Living (we live part of the year further north so this is my way of staying in touch with my “other life” along the coast
5. “Up in the Air” with George Clooney – oh my!
SDV is a number three for me, too. Overwhelming!
1. SOTH Burberry Brit edt
2. Estee Lauder Youth Dew. A co-worker had it on and I loved it and bought it.
3. Hypnotic Poison. I really wanted to like it and I even wore it a few times but it got to be too much.
4. Martha Stewart Living & Style at Home and about 5 other mags I purchase religiously.
5. Tinkerbell and the Lost Treasure. I have two small kids and I can’t remember when I last went out to a movie or watched a grown up movie.
LOL…I remember those days! Hope Tinkerbell & The Lost Treasure did not rot your brain
Oh, and I watched Princess and the Frog. I highly recommend watching that one. Simply fabulous.
1.Mandragore sample, very strange indeed but I think i like it!
2. tubereuse criminelle – the start sounded scary but i loved it!
3.l’artisan dzing, i just don’t get it i smell like an old lady who keeps 40 incontinent cats in her house with all the windows closed when i tried this
4. none apart from the ones i try to read at the supermarket checkout
5. the princess and the frog with my daughter, loved the frog!!
Ha! Guess you won’t be needed a bottle of Dzing
1. CD Fahrenheit. A gift of a great day in suburban NY (68 degrees) today. I wanted to add to the smell of heat (and burnt rubber haha)
2. Holy cow. CDG 2 Man. When Sephora used to carry this brand, I thought their line was a joke. NO ONE in their right mind will wear these. Then Chandler Burr unleashed the sun out of CDG 2 Man’s ass, and I sampled. And ho-ley s***. Talk about chemistry.
3. Divine L’homme Sage. Intelligent they said. Somebody even mentioned the essays of Emerson by a fireplace, burst of awesomeness yada yada. Masculine yet different. Hey that’s me. Sampled (TGF luckyscent). Short version: on me, girly soap. Even my wife won’t wear it hahaha and she wears girly perfumes (young sexy lovely ysl, )
4. Sunday NYT mag. For the crossword. Will Shortz rules.
5. District 9. I was silent driving on the way home. That is exactly what we will do to them if they are less powerful than us. And Wikus? Nobody deserves that. Whoa. Maudlin. Sorry. Anyway that’s how much this freaking movie affected me. Wife I’m sure was secretly sniggering.
Great movie.
Absolutely yes on everything you said about District 9. Like holding the mirror up to our own faces and how badly we treat everyone. It’s like the whole point of “Animal Farm” but in the 21st century. It was riveting.
District 9 was brilliant. Weird that 3 movies cam out this year named Nine, 9, and District 9.
1. SL Chypre Rouge pre-shower, L’Instant de Guerlain Pour Homme just before work (in homage to Beatrice Piquet).
2. Artek Standard. It sounded boring (I got the sample as part of a Luckyscent collection, I think), but it was really kind of exciting, clean and shiny but with all this wood stacked all over the place at the same time.
3. Montale Chypre Vanille. Love chypres, love vanilla, hated this powdery, gagging mess.
4. Harper’s. It’s the only magazine I subscribe to.
5. I don’t know if “Alice in Wonderland” was *good*, exactly, but I enjoyed it. Does that count?
Oh, and your 2 was a 3 for me. I really wanted to love it, and thought I would, but it was very sour on me.
1. Fresh Hombre de Flores Narcissus.
2. Probably the classic Paco Rabanne Pour Homme. I didn’t think I would like that woodyness but yes I do like it a bit. Can’t say I fall in love with it though. I rarely wear it but do have a bottle hanging around.
3. Issey Miyake L’Eau d’Issey Pour Homme. Doesn’t work on me AT ALL.
4. Wallpaper*
5. The last one I watched was Avatar. Not the best but I did like it. Probably need to go to the cinema more often – just do not have the time!
I should have gone to see Avatar, but didn’t. Not sure if it’s worth watching on a home screen.
Robin, I saw it in 3D but I think it would still be good on a home screen. I went to see it as a result of seeing miniscule previews on the NYT website. What you lose in the glory of the big screen, you make up in comfort.
Good point!
1 Wearing Vanille Bourbon by Il Profumo.
2 Tried Pomegranate Noir and didn’t like it at first but an hour later, WOW! It is now my favourite scent for special nights out.
3 Daim Blond by SL- just doesn’t work for me.
4 Delicious magazine
5 District 9- really enjoyed this one. Hated Avatar (aka Smurfahontas), was bored by Hurt Locker. Looking forward to The Girl With The Dragon Tatoo.
I am afraid to see Girl With Dragon Tattoo.
1. SOTD – AG Heure Exquise edt this morning and then AT L’Air du Desert Marocain this evening.
2. Fragrance I thought I’d hate but then loved – Tom Ford BO Voile de Fleur. The original BO was so horrid to me, and normally I don’t do well with serious white flowers. Now I think it is the living end and the most beautiful white flower fragrance for me.
3. Fragrance I should love but hate – dead tie between Voleur de Roses and Lipstick Rose. Ack for both of them – too much putrid patch for VdR and too much sugary candy for LR. And I am a great rose lover!!!
4. I am kind of lame – I actually don’t really read any magazines with regularity….But mostly anything wtih seriously good articles, er I mean pictures, about gardening….Aspirationally, I want it to be the Economist that I always try and read (but who has the time?), and I do try and read the Harper’s my husband gets, but normally I just fall asleep, lol.
5. Best movie – a tie between Cold Souls with Paul Giamatti and then Serious Man by the Cohen brothers. Cold Souls was one of the most charming & clever movies I’ve ever seen.
Ann, I love it: another Economist geek. I think it’s the most well-written magazine. I’d have a subscription if I didn’t… you know… have to *work* or do anything else. It would take me 3 days to read it each week. Then again, I do commute by bus. Hmm. I instituted a no-magazine policy a few years back because I was recycling more than I was reading (recycling only AFTER stacking them for four weeks saying, “Oh, I want to get back to that”).
I recently got a sample of BO VdF, but I love the original too. Trying to see if the VdF might be a bit … *less*… for warmer weather and such.
Joe – I saw your Economist comment above. Yes! Info nerds of the world unite! I made excuses now for wanting my own personal subscription to it by making my library get it for our standard periodicals. Phew. I believe it is an asset to news magazines for sure. And it is excellent air plane reading – light weight and jam full of info. Funny how I got sucked into it: MANY years ago when I was just a 21 year old pup, it was the ONLY material written in English that my then boyfriend had in his small dorm/flat I was staying in Cologne Germany. I would indeed at that time read it cover to cover to fill in the time (you know, can’t read German, no tv, and certainly no internet then – Economist + Kolsh = good times, lol!). I got hooked. Now I think it is one of the best ways to get information on the US….when I have time to get through them!
IMO, VdF is *perfect* for a summer night, when the air is still very warm and humid…it just blooms.
LOVE Voile de Fleur, it’s so gentle.
My husband keeps pestering me to subscribe him to The Economist – but then balks when it’s time to whip out the Visa.
I think you can read a certain percentage of content free online, and then you can always see if your library has it! That way you don’t have to feel guilty when you don’t get through them, which is a challenge as they are weekly. The writing is tremendous. When/if you ever do read it note that ALL the contributing authors write in the same tone, grammar and style. Impeccable. It is a certain fantasy of mine that I get to be a research librarian for the Economist!!!
1. SOTD Etro Shaal Nur
2. Surprised to love: The Party in Manhattan.
3. Surprised to hate: L’Artisan Patchouli Patch. I like some other Patchouli scents but find this one just revolting.
4. Most of my favorite magazines have been discontinued or reformulated, but I still subscribe to O and Ornament.
5. Used to adore but now rarely see movies. Perhaps the best film seen in the last couple of years is Rivers and Tides, which follows Andy Goldsworthy as he creates http://www.morning-earth.org/ARTISTNATURALISTS/AN_Goldsworthy.html
I saw Rivers and Tides a few years ago – it is beautiful and inspiring! How about all those kids he has, lol!
That’s right! I just love his art (based on the photo books) but was worried that a film might be boring. Fortunately it’s beautiful and illuminating. I keep meaning to track down the other film by that film maker, about deaf dancers (they can feel the vibration of the drum beats).
1. Anais Anais (bought it today at T.J.’s, and am quite happy with it)
2. … haven’t experienced this yet!
3. Amouage Epic–didn’t hate it; but since I expected to love it, feeling “blah” might as well be hate.
4. SEED is as close as it gets to a favorite print mag.
5. I watch too many movies! The best one I’ve seen in the last year was “Let the Right One In”
OMG Let the Right One In is one of the scariest movies ever made!
Really? I found it more… hauntingly melancholic. I left the theatre feeling kinda sad : (
But the pool scene? Not scary?
Perfumes DelRae Debut- which goes really well with Burt’s Bees Avocado hair treatment- the pink grapefruit in the hair stuff is a nice complement to the florals of Debut. I never would have guessed! But so nicely springlike….
What a refreshing-sounding combo!
1. Tommy Girl. It’s finally heating up over here, the sun was blazing in the sky today, and I just wanted to smell like summer.
2. I wouldn’t say I LOVED it, but L’Eau D’Issey Pour Homme was much better than I thought it’d be. So was Monsieur Musk, my biggest drugstore suprise.
3. Fahrenheit. Actually, scratch that: Opium. I tested the Eau de Toilette and found it much tamer (and duller) than its reputation suggests. Epic lasting power though, good Lord.
4. GQ. I’m freshly impressed with its editorial quality and lack of pretentiousness each time I pick up an issue.
5. Chasing Amy, one of the few youth-culture-of-the-’90s movies that doesn’t feel dated.
I have never even heard of Monsieur Musk!
1. Tabu. Its starting to get cooler here, and I’ve gone over to my winter rotation. Someof my perfumesare in both categories. Darn, the space-bar doesn’t always work. 2.- 3.- 4.- 5. The green mile.
How cold does it actually get in Auckland? I was there in early August, and found it quite pleasant. A light jacket was all I needed – don’t know if that was an unusually warm week or not.
I don’t think it ever goes below 1 deg. celsius. In winter, its usually about 10 deg. in the day, dropping to 3-4 at night. It never snows, at the most theres a bit of frost.
1. Hugo by Hugo Boss
2.YSL L’HOMME
3.Versace Pour Homme
4.GQ
5.The Escapist
Had not heard of the Escapist — looks great. Added to queue.
Fun poll!
1. L’air du temps, vintage edt. Mmmmm.
2. Aromatics elixir I truly hated the first time I tried it many years ago, tried it again just recently and loved it, the drydown is just so comforting.
3. Terre d’Hermes. I bought a couple of unsniffed minis, was sure I was going to love it, and I’ve gone from “well, not for me” to “Yuck!”. I don’t even want to give them away to friends since that would mean risking to have to smell it on them :O
4. Filter (Swedish magazine)
5. Not a movie, but an episode of the British series “Wire in the blood” is my favorite lazy night pleasure at the moment.
LOL — what a shame about Terre d’Hermes!
1. What fragrance are you wearing today?
Gucci II pour Homme
2. Name a fragrance you were sure you would hate, but you did try it and you loved it.
The new DKNY Men, from the bottle to the drydown. I thought it would be another androgynous and watery mess, but is has some warm resinous notes that are a bit piquant and sparkly and sexy… I think I am in love!
3. Name a fragrance you were convinced would be perfect for you, but you hated it.
I love the concept/marketing of all the Carolina Herrera for men Fragrances, but then I am disapointed with the Juice.. CHIC, AQUA FOR MEN, CH MEN, you name it, they all sound great in concept but when I try them they are all generic, except for maybe a couple.
4. What’s your favorite (print) magazine?
I am a magazine addict! Sadly magazines are in decline today.
I loved Vanity Fair, but I must say Vogue is my favourite.
I also get newsweek, and Time once in a while.
5. What’s the last (good) movie you watched?
Up! The “Married Life” montage at the begining, along with the oscar winning Michael Giaccino (sp?) score were wonderful.
I need to see Up.
1. What fragrance are you wearing today?
Acqua Di Parma Irise Nobile EDP – love!
2. Name a fragrance you were so sure you would hate that you weren’t even going to try it, but for whatever reason you did try it and you loved it.
Chanel No 19 parfum, I never thought I was a ‘green’ perfume kinda gal but I adore it.
3. Name a fragrance you were convinced would be perfect for you, but you hated it.
Marc Jacobs Lola, I wanted to like it but it was just so boring on me
4. What’s your favorite (print) magazine?
In Style
5. What’s the last (good) movie you watched?
Shutter Island, really enjoyed it!
Nice picks for 2 & 3!
1. Like name ,like perfume- Mitsouko extrait
2.I don’t think there is one….
3.Confetto by Profumum – yuck plasticky almond.
4.Vogue ( US )
5.Case 39 with Renee Zellwegger – a great horror movie.
Confetto! I agree! I had emailed luckyscent asking for some help finding the very best Almond scent, and not just a note but the biggest note, then ordered samples. Confetto was a complete bust. However, Mazzolari Alessandro (sent to me by a swapper) was amazing! All the other samples were bleh. Sinfonia di Note Amande Sucree was not available for sampling (darn it) but it is supposed to be amazing….I’m thiiiiiis close to ordering it unsniffed. Even as I recognize that is bad bad BAD. (someone tell me no, anyone?)
Agree that Confetto was disappointing. If you order the Amande Sucree, I might take a decant. It sounds like a winner if it isn’t TOO sweet!
You know that sounds like a good idea—as soon as I’m done with this pile of Guerlains, I’ll look into purchasing a bottle–I’ll let you know.
Hi Daisy!
I’ve ‘noticed’ that you often speak about splitting bottles…I finally found an Australian group but they are guys, and rarely have anything I’d be interested in…would you consider sending to Australia??? You are always talking about splitting something that I’m DESPERATE for! And I have to get real about all the giant bottles I am buying…..
P.S. Alessandro is at the top of my F.B. list at the moment…please save me!
Hi Winifrieda —this certainly is desperate! Australia? Only men? drop me a note at Daisyloo82 at gmail dot com, we clearly need to chat.
Daisy – FYI , I sent a FB (umm – cosmetic samples) to Australia a couple of months ago, and it was no big deal. I did everything on line except had to physically take it to the P. O.
yuppers, send collectible glass bottles to Australia rather frequently—faster than sending them to Canada! What I want to know is how you did everything first class international online? They have to weigh and stamp it plus collect the CN22 (I fill those out at home) –clearly I need some instruction here.
I’m pretty sure it was Int’l. Priority because at the weight, it was close in price.
Oh, meant to add that this is the second time this week that I’ve heard recs for the Alessandro one. I’ve also got a decant of something (not sure what it is) that I think you’ll like. I’ll send it to you.
Gee whiz- what’s with the black avatar again?!
Vernal software gremlins! I’m seeing the lovely woman’s portrait gravatar rather than the black box (props for how well the name and the gravatar go together, BTW). The last time I the black box appeared, I cleared my cache and that worked.
1. Osmanthe Yunnan
2.Shalimar- actually a re-smell. When I used to sneak a whiff from the bottle in my aunt’s bathroom when I was little, I thought “You want to smell like this? Smelling it on skin as an adult, I fell in love.
3. Tocade- It’s just not happening for me. There’s either something that smells cheap or it reminds me of something cheap.
4. Vanity Fair- I’d like to say The New Yorker, but there’s a whole pile of unread New Yorkers here, and I burn through VF within a day of its arrival.
5. Last good happy movie-Seamless- about the Vogue/CFDA young designer competition. Last good sad movie- La Vie en Rose.
Interesting, maybe I need to check out VF again. Haven’t read it in years. But I do burn through the NYer.
La vie en rose was very sad… The part when she “sees him” arrive from the plane, well… devastating to me.
It’s like having one of those wonderful dreams that are better not had.. waking up can be very hard after that!
On the other hand.. I KNEW it was sad, so I procrastinated for 2 years until I finally saw it.
1. Nothing yet, will probably use LL Midnight Stardust later.
2. Didn’t really hate it, but a pushy SA made Cinema seem unpleasant, fell in love with it later.
3. Nearly bought Guerlain AA grapefruit (forget the full name) unsniffed. Good job I tried it first. On me beyond awful, and it wouldn’t shift.
4. Don’t subscribe, but sometimes enjoy Readers Digest and National Geographic.
5. Recently saw Easy Virtue, quite funny.
Do you wear the edt or the edp of Cinema? I smelled and really liked the edt but then stupidly bought the edp, which is a bit plastic-ey on me and not as fizzy-fun as the edt.
1. Keiko Mecheri Oliban
2. Roja Dove Scandal: big white floral, I thought it would be nasty but it’s so sensuous, I love it!
3. Bois des Iles: It’s OK but sort of ‘blah’ on me
4. Like you–The New Yorker
5. The White Ribbon–beautiful black and white cinematography
Oh, The White Ribbon looks wonderful. Added to queue, will have to think about whether I’d be able to bear to watch it.
Hi Everyone,
Long time reader, first time poster.
1. Sycomore (grading exams)
4. The Economist – Love, love, love it !
Welcome Tulip – and perfect name for today! Jump in anytime.
yes! welcome to the “group” Tulip !!! drop me a note at daisyloo82 at gmail dot com and I can send you samples of both!
you know I have to ask—have you tried Hilde Soliani’s Il Tuo Tulipano? Gorgeous creamy floral that supposedly was inspired by fields of yellow (or red?) tulips from when she was a child.
It really is lovely.
I love it—-and I’ve discovered it’s slightly more complex cousin too….Guerlain Angelique Noire….not that more complex is always what you want. They definitely have similarities and they both magically extract your credit card from your pocket……
Are you splitting AN? If so, count me in!
Thanks for the welcome, Rappleyea.
Daisy, I haven’t sniffed it – but I’m very curious.
Rapple dear, I’ve already got 10ml in a package for you….no worries.:-)
Oh, okay, thanks!
I couldn’t remember if it was that one or Bois d’Armenie. Too much basketball 
Rapple—did you want some Bois d’Armenie as well? best tell me now….I’m ….reaching….for …the…..packing tape…..
Split – yes! But I’ve already got a sample. Not sure which you were referring to. And Mich. State is playing – how in the world can you be packing?!?
Hey Daisy – yay!!!
Will do!
P.S. Another great line in b-i-g bottles!
Yup I’ve had [too] many bottles come in from the US of A, and many decants and samples…
Hi Everyone
Nice poll
1. What fragrance are you wearing today?
Very nice 74 dregree weather here in Miami, SOTD TDC Charmes & Feuilles. I love it!
2. Name a fragrance you were so sure you would hate that you weren’t even going to try it, but for whatever reason you did try it and you loved it.
SJP Cover Pure Bloom nice surprise
3. Name a fragrance you were convinced would be perfect for you, but you hated it.
Hermes Kelly Calèche and 10 CC
4. What’s your favorite (print) magazine?
Better Homes, Coastal Living…
5. What’s the last (good) movie you watched?
I really, really love My sister’s keeper with Cameron Diaz and Abigail Breslin and The Blind Side with Sandra Bullock.
You should read the book (MSK). I think they tweaked a coupla things in the movie. =)
1. What fragrance are you wearing today?
BN2B’s Breathe of God. I love the tobacco note.
2. Name a fragrance you were so sure you would hate that you weren’t even going to try it, but for whatever reason you did try it and you loved it.
Flower Bomb. I normally hate anything that has an overly noticeable gourmande note, but ended up loving Flower Bomb.
3. Name a fragrance you were convinced would be perfect for you, but you hated it.
Calypso’s Mimosa. It smells so cheap on me.
4. What’s your favorite (print) magazine?
Flaunt and Surface
5. What’s the last (good) movie you watched?
Where The Wild Things Are
OOh! I’ve been wanting to try Breath of God. It sounds really interesting.
Hi everyone!
1. Today I’m wearing Musc Ravageur :D. I’m so glad I bought the “discovery” kit from Frédéric Malle. I have found some of my favorites.
2. Hmmm… Probably Côte d’Amour. I tend to not like oceanic fragrances but I loved it.
3. I really tried to like Al Oud by l’Artisan but on my skin there is WAY too much cumin. I’ll have to try once again.
4. Must be National Geographic.
5. I saw Shutter Island yesterday.
That discovery kit is wonderful & I love those little bottles.
1. I’m wearing Bvlgari Omnia Green Jade.
2. I thought I’d hate Chanel Chance Eau Fraiche, but now I wear it with a passion! I once asked a woman what perfume she was wearing, because she smelled so good, and she told me it was Eau Fraiche. I was sold in an instant!
3. I was convinced by the notes and the advertising that I would love Guerlain Idylle, but no – it smells really weird on my skin, somehow bad even. The lily of the valley seems a bit overwhelming and otherwise it’s simply odd (on my skin at least). Also, a few years back, I was sure I would like Ralph Lauren’s Lauren Style, but quite the opposite (though I can’t remember why anymore).
5. The latest good movie I’ve watched was The Pianist, and before that, The Wrestler.
Shame about Idylle, I find it so pretty!
1. Provocative Interlude. Forgotten fragrance I dug out of the crates.
2.Yves Saint Laurent Parisienne; I thought the cranberry note would run it for me. Found a sample by chance in a magazine and loved it. Also happened with J’adore L’eau.
3. Jo Malone Nectarine Blossom and Honey
4. Essence
The cranberry in Parisienne is just right
1. Azzaro Pour Homme…. the first time I have tried it.
2. Tom Ford Tuscan Leather
3. Le Labo Patchouli 24.
4. Sight and Sound
5. Up in the Air
Up in The Air getting lots of mentions…
1. L’Artisan Havana Vanille layered with AG Eau de Sud – heavenly
2. Sacrebleu – sounded way too sweet for my tastes, but I adore it
3. Donna Karan Cashmere Mist – loved the body cream but the musky EDT chased me around the room hitting me with a broom – damn musk bully!
4. Like others here, I’m still mourning the loss of Gourmet. Enjoy Vanity Fair when I have a flight. In-Style is my twice yearly guilty pleasure for checking the styles of the rich and youthful
5. Majority of movies have been kid-oriented, but I rented A Serious Man and Coco Avant Chanel. With any luck I’ll stay awake long enough after the kids go to bed to watch one of them
I have to ask…. how on *earth* did it ever occur to you to layer HV with EdS??? Not exactly an intuitive choice. I’ll have to try it.
I’d like to claim this was a well thought out strategic move, but it was pure instinct. I was enjoying HV but it gave me a big itch for something dry to counterbalance the sweetness. I felt compelled to spritz Eau de Sud. It worked for me, but will surely sound like blasphemy to HV lovers or EdS haters
Give it a whirl and let me know if I’m crazy.
1. SL Rose de Nuit
2. Can’t think of one.
3. OJ – ordered the samples after reading all the comments. All are scrubbers on me.
4. Previously Gourmet
Don’t subscribe to any now.
5. Julie & Julia, The Blind Side
All scrubbers! So sorry.
1. Remnants of Cuir de Russie from yesterday – my skin is very tenacious!
2. Vintage Samsara – I hadn’t liked my sample so why in the world did I think I’d like the vintage? But I love it.
3. Coromandel – but one of the few I haven’t given up on.
4. Don’t subscribe to paper.
5. I won’t bore you all with the list of romantic comedies that I usually watch (I hate well done, gut wrenching realism), but I will recommend Defiance, a true story based on Jews resisting the Germans in WWII.
….and I’m surprised to see you here today….must be taking a break in the basketball tournament watching—-did you see Kansas go down? Ohmigosh—I was riveted to the TV. Probably good for Mich. State, but it was a shock!
Hehehee…. you’re absolutely right. It was a break as they switched games. Of course I saw Kansas go down, and then I worried about celebrating their loss too much as we could be next. But we demolished Wake Forest! WOOO HOOO – GO BIG BLUE!! I’ve done nothing for three days now except watch basketball. It’s now 12:23 a.m. and I’m too hyped up to sleep. Day four coming up!
Daisy, are you a fellow Spartan?
I’m a Spartan by marriage. I went to a small private college in Michigan. I can only watch so much basketball at a time—that stupid horn/buzzer starts to drive me nuts! I try to catch the last 4 or 5 minutes of each game though—since that’s when it’s do or die.
Rapple — by the time your Cats were up by about 30 pts the TV station switched to Kansas St. v BYU, which was not such a butt kicking. You know the CEO barely budged the entire day–it’s a serious love-triangle : him , the sofa, the big screen….I hand food in from the side…..
I’m a Spartan!
As my CEO says: Spartans! Prepare for Glory! (I’ll just cross my fingers since it seems like they’ve been barely hanging on in these games)
…a spartan who loves kitties too! Nice to meet you.
LOL Daisy – I wish I was there with you all. I have to get my own food! Those darn cats (the little four footed ones) won’t fix my dinner. And my television is pretty small too…
Hey all of you Spartan fans – I *always* root for my friends’ teams unless we’re (U. of Ky.) playing them! Go Spartans!!!
well, I’m afraid you’d have to be satisfied with fresh fruits and healthy turkey roll-up type sandwiches…I know; I’m evil to enforce a diet during March Madness — ok, I know he has a can of Pringles stashed by the endtable….I”m ignoring it.
and my loyalties are torn…..I support Spartans….the Wildcats ….and Syracuse since I grew up around there ….but Gonzaga is just fun to say….GON–ZAHHHH–GAHHH
I agree – I had to root for Gonzaga on behalf of my good friends in Spokane, WA. Alas, they went down in flames.
Thank you for the (much needed) support!!
I worked myself into a tizzy during the game today. I’m watching the highlights on the news right now and am still holding my breath watching that last shot. Between blowing a huge lead, injuries, foul trouble, and that shot my emotions are exhausted.
Daisy, are you still in Michigan? I don’t mean to be too personal, but you often recommend fragrances I’ve either never heard of or have no idea where to buy and I’m curious where you shop.
Okay – back in perfume mode… I’m testing as I watch the games and lo and behold I have two new answers.
2.) Thought I’d hate anything with these notes: Top notes: peach, pineapple, papaya, mandarin orange, red berries, orange
Middle notes: cyclamen, lily of the valley, rose, oats
Base notes: sweet woods, white musk, amber
They sound horrific! Fruit, LOTV and musk – my worst nightmare! It is Ex Floribus Vinis #1 Ananas Sativa and it is really very nice. Not at ALL fruity or sweet. Go figure.
3.) Guerlain Tonka Imperiale – I’m a Guerlie Girl for pete’s sake! Of course I was going to LOVE this. Cotton candy with a sharp plastic note (rosemary?) and I’d call it a scrubber but I Can’t. Get. It. Off. HELP!!!
Fun poll, I have enjoyed reading all the answers!
My list would be:
1. SOTD En Passant for an early spring boost. Love, love, love Olivia Giacobetti!
2. Scent I thought I’d hate but ended up loving: Dior Escale a Portofino. I’m not normally a fan of citrus scents or colognes, but this one has a lovely drydown and feels refreshing without making me sneeze. I tried it on last summer after reading several reviews and to my great surprise it was instant love – ended up buying a FB.
3. Scent I thought I’d love but couldn’t (under)stand: SL La Myrrhe. This five star (as per Perfumes the Guide) fragrance turned out to be an ugly scrubber on my skin.
4. Favourite printed magazine: Vogue – I love vintage issues and collect them.
5. Movie last seen (in a movietheather): New Moon (Twilight saga) with my 12-year old daughter. I hardly ever go to the movies, except for with the kids.
I love La Myrrhe – and even I think that it’s a scent that would be polarizing, Love it or Hate it. It has a ton of aldehydes, and can be a little medicinal. Maybe I’m the freak, not you…not that I care, LM just makes me happy!
Lol, glad it makes someone happy! Interesting that you should mention the aldehydes – I always thought it was an amber overdose that bothered me, but as you point out it might be the aldehydes. I tend to stay away from aldehydic scents, they just smell “generic perfume ” on my skin.
1. What fragrance are you wearing today?
Shalimar Parfum
2. Name a fragrance you were so sure you would hate that you weren’t even going to try it, but for whatever reason you did try it and you loved it.
Le Male by Jean Paul Gaultier, i thought i would hate it and i did for a while but that sweet lavender has grown on me.
3. Name a fragrance you were convinced would be perfect for you, but you hated it.
Eau de star by thierry mugler, ughh! watermelon + black pepper. Also Cabaret by Gres, i was so excited for a fresh, lemony rose but all I get is straight up make-up! On me, it smells like lipstick, face powder and pencil-eyeliner shavings. it smells good, but i dont want to smell like my mother’s vanity table.
4. What’s your favorite (print) magazine?
W
5. What’s the last (good) movie you watched?
La Dolce Vita
^Loved that movie. =)
1. What fragrance are you wearing today?
Attar Bazaar’s Tunisian Frankincense. Resinous lemon-lime goodness.
2. Name a fragrance you were so sure you would hate that you weren’t even going to try it, but for whatever reason you did try it and you loved it.
Flora Bella de Lalique. I normally shun florals in favor of orientals, but this bowled me over with its chilly, luminous loveliness and made a convert out of me.
3. Name a fragrance you were convinced would be perfect for you, but you hated it.
Angel. You know…THAT Angel. The topnotes on the test strip were adorable, but that hellish carnival of a drydown only afflicts those who are foolhardy enough to spray it on their skin. Lesson learned the hard way.
4. What is your favorite (print) magazine?
It’s a three-way toss-up between Bitch, Bust, and Boho.
5. What’s the last (good) movie you watched?
“Let the Right One In” : amazing vampire flick for people who would normally shun the genre… maybe because it’s Scandinavian? They have such a way with gloom.
Talking of Scandinavian gloom, see below…….the film i chose is also Scandinavian, and gloomy, and bleak……
Will have to have a look at Boho, as I like your other two B mags…
I’m coming to this really late as i’ve been in the countryside with no internet since friday………!!
1. What fragrance are you wearing today?
On Friday I was wearing Sienne L’Hiver, but today I wore Ormonde Woman.
2. Name a fragrance you were so sure you would hate that you weren’t even going to try it, but for whatever reason you did try it and you loved it……….
RAHAT LOUKOUM by Serge Lutens. I thought it would be too sweet and gourmand, but it turned out to be an absolute winner.
3. Name a fragrance you were convinced would be perfect for you, but you hated it.
Vol de Nuit. Just totally hated the dry-down and was utterly, utterly underwhelmed by it, sadly.
4. What is your favorite (print) magazine?
The Spectator. A weekly UK current events/political journal, has a great Arts section too.
5. What’s the last (good) movie you watched?
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo. It was an above average crime thriller, very well acted, the plot was handled well, the characters and situations were unusual and compelling, it surprised me. All in all, most satisfying! I guess I should read the novel now…….
Rahat, from the sound of it, shouldn’t appeal to me either. Love it !
i am always so late so I haven’t been around for a while
today i am sick, so yesterdays SOTD samsara 1980s perfume..yum!
2)mitsouko has grown on me
3)angel/dont go mad daisy…lyric woman
4) any architectural magazine
5) so many movies…i love going to the theatre
i thoroughly enjoyed it’s complicated on Sat. night and left seeing Precious with my daughter yesterday with lots of food for thought…both different but both excellent. in the past movies that come to mind are the shawshank redemption, schindlers list and visually inspiring/art/design related movies that spring to mind are frida and coco before chanel..i also the great big epic movies..the 10 commandments….
I hope you get to feeling better soon! And always better late than never!
In typical me fashion, showing up days later for the party. I am sure no one will even read this, but I’ve been in a psychotherapy training for three days and need to do this to come back to earth.
1.) SOTD: Started with BK B2B, then sprayed on MAC MV3 when I got home.
2.) Thought I would hate and loved: Amoreuse. I really don’t do lily. At all. Or so I thought.
3.) Thought would be perfect for me and wasn’t: Mitsouko. I keep trying. I think I’ve now tried every incarnation there is of it, though.
4.) Favorite mag: I used to subscribe to everything on the planet, and now I pretty much just breeze through Entertainment Weekly each week and that’s it. Oh, and I do get BUST, even though I mourn what it used to be. I think i keep waiting for it to get good again.
5.) Last good movie watched: A Single Man. So beautifully done. I remember snorting with laughter years ago when I read somewhere that Tom Ford wanted to direct. I have to retract that snort.
I read it!
My literal mind is trying to figure out how one would retract a snort – thanks for the laugh.
You have to inhale and sort of suck the snort back in.
I’m late the party too.
1) Wearing SJP Covet today that I picked up at TJ Maxx. I LOVE IT! Too bad it’s discontinued, I heard.
2) Did not think that I would like Dzongkha, but I LOVE it!
3) Viktor Rolf’s Flower Bomb. My mom’s signature scent. I don’t love it though.
4) Don’t read a lot of mags (no time) but I tend to love Real Simple when I have a moment. And then all the Us Weekly, In Touch gossip rags. (yes, I admit it.)
5) Last good movie I saw was, “The Hurt Locker” – it was pretty good.
Yep, it’s discontinued
1) SOTD:Bois de Filao
2) Par Amour Toujours — evidently love the smell of clementines
3) Back to Black and VCA’s muguet thingie — scrubbers both and so thankful I didn’t buy ’em unsniffed
4) Oprah’s mag is perfect for airline travel, as Real Simple still sort of is
5) No movies this year. Odd.
Bois de Filao is such a great scent, and I never hear about it these days.
1. Lorenzo Villoresi – Patchouli, after much research, the best patchouli I found;
2. You will laugh but I avoided for a long time Mitsouko and Shalimar as stinky…
3. Many much acclaimed frags: Tauer -L’Air du desert marocain, most Bond no.9, most Etat Libre d’Orange, Shaal Nur, Chanel Allure etc
4 National Geographic
5. Sherlock Holmes. The couple Robert Downey jr. – Jude Law is fantastic.
1- Yves Rocher Comme une Évidence EDP. Spring on a bottle to me.
2- The new 3 Tubereuses from Histoires de Parfums. I usually can’t stand tuberose, but these three are wonderful.
3- Sisley Eau de Campagne, Comme des Garçons Lily, Barney’s Route du thé, Hermès Eau de Gentiane Blanche…
4- Imágenes de Actualidad (a Spanish magazine about cinema).
5- El secreto de sus ojos (The secret in their eyes). Best Foreign Language Movie in Oscar 2010.