tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3902352134639664562.post6654804871946393814..comments2023-10-29T00:53:38.290-07:00Comments on Vetivresse: Nosing Around in Scent, Wine & Style: After the StormVetivressehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13184229271272395673noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3902352134639664562.post-58766403296187760292008-07-29T08:22:00.000-07:002008-07-29T08:22:00.000-07:00Dinazad, Melon and ginger water sounds very, very ...Dinazad, Melon and ginger water sounds very, very nice in this humidity. I, too, am not the biggest fan of melon notes but isn't it funny that, given the misunderstood-in-its-time genius of Roudnitska's Parfum de Therese, this too contained spiced melon? Just a thought.Vetivressehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13184229271272395673noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3902352134639664562.post-69774758040843317332008-07-29T08:19:00.000-07:002008-07-29T08:19:00.000-07:00Nathan, I think maybe he was going out on a limb w...Nathan, I think maybe he was going out on a limb with his review -- the way, perhaps, JCE was going out on limb, quite literally, with UJALM. And I have no problem with that. In fact, when reviewers and critics take risks in trying to explain what they don't understand I find myself admiring them all the more. There is an "art" to criticism (always was), and I just was baffled to find that art so lacking in the review. The carting out of the chemical regalia really put me off. If I were to think of "one-star" fragrances to blow my lid about, this one wouldn't be among them. It's on the cusp of niche -- and, quite frankly, I'd rather smell this than <BR/>dihydromyrcenol.Vetivressehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13184229271272395673noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3902352134639664562.post-76190765261937130862008-07-29T01:13:00.000-07:002008-07-29T01:13:00.000-07:00I'm not really a fan of melon notes in perfume, bu...I'm not really a fan of melon notes in perfume, but Après la Mousson was so exactly what the melon-and-ginger water I drink in copious amounts in summer smells like, that my association was not the expected and dreaded "sweet, sticky, fruity, yuck" but instead "fresh, cold, refreshing, bright". Unfortunately, the entire thing disappeared from my skin after about five seconds. And reappeared some 10 hours later with a whiff of fresh ginger. It's strange, it's baffling, but much to my own surprise (not being a terrible Ellena fan) I do like it!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3902352134639664562.post-64432318018822168582008-07-28T22:46:00.000-07:002008-07-28T22:46:00.000-07:00I was totally baffled by Burr's review. I mean, w...I was totally baffled by Burr's review. I mean, why would he review something that he admits he still doesn't understand? Why smack it down as a failure when he hasn't yet been able to wrap his brain around it?<BR/><BR/>I thought Un Jardin Apres la Mousson was terrifically subtle and almost strangely beautiful (and I'm using the word "strange" in its most literal sense). Its initial seeming minimalism is just a cover for its actual complexity, and I haven't smelled anything else like it.<BR/><BR/>I think that's probably what I admire the most about it.<BR/><BR/>Individuality is hard to come by, especially in a perfume bottle. I would have given it more than one star.nathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00271243404344348986noreply@blogger.com