tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5713094656031780936.post2648397722372504216..comments2023-10-30T06:47:54.342-07:00Comments on Rambling Chicken: SOTD: Serge Lutens Daim BlondMarthahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06115821731964909442noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5713094656031780936.post-2611447791367372982010-01-23T15:50:15.097-08:002010-01-23T15:50:15.097-08:00Yep - it could be nice to have skin that amplifies...Yep - it could be nice to have skin that amplifies the subtleties. I think that's what I mean. <br /><br />But that would make the splatness extra annoying. Have you tried moisturizing experiments - extra moist skin, extra dry skin - to see if it has an effect on the phenomenon?Marthahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06115821731964909442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5713094656031780936.post-47780105219568603392010-01-21T13:07:26.662-08:002010-01-21T13:07:26.662-08:00I feel reassured that LCN agrees with me on this o...I feel reassured that LCN agrees with me on this one, though I think we are a small minority. : - ) Your theory that I may turn out to have rather delicate, overly sensitive skin has been suggested by a couple of other perfumistas with whom I have had some satisfying swaps. For I am terrified by the likes of Narcisse Noir, which is sensory overload of the darkest and most repellent kind, but Vanessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11847145282522572183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5713094656031780936.post-25862218000704519852010-01-21T10:13:09.059-08:002010-01-21T10:13:09.059-08:00"@ChickenFreak Wait...what?"
Er. Er. OK..."@ChickenFreak Wait...what?"<br /><br />Er. Er. OK, I can't really explain my convoluted thought there. :)Marthahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06115821731964909442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5713094656031780936.post-67042452478045493742010-01-21T06:09:55.838-08:002010-01-21T06:09:55.838-08:00I'm with FlitterSniffer on this one-- "ho...I'm with FlitterSniffer on this one-- "horrid" just about sums it up. I decided this is what arsenic *ought* to smell like-- you know, derived from apricot pits? Bitter leather + cloying sweet-- I don't know what the fruity part is. <br /><br />@ChickenFreak Wait...what?The Left Coast Nosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10102549295051352579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5713094656031780936.post-16538170735757280032010-01-20T12:15:58.965-08:002010-01-20T12:15:58.965-08:00A Theoretical Consolation: If you get all that Exc...A Theoretical Consolation: If you get all that Excessive Character out of some scents, then presumably you get Extra Character out of the lighter scents that are excessively well-behaved on everybody else's skin. That is, you can't get some good stuff that other people can, but you can get some good stuff that nobody else can?Marthahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06115821731964909442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5713094656031780936.post-7620728235410545782010-01-20T11:42:45.724-08:002010-01-20T11:42:45.724-08:00This is one of the scents in relation to which I f...This is one of the scents in relation to which I feel a complete pariah and philistine, for this is just horrid on my skin - acrid and sweaty suede loafers.<br /><br />Loved this notion though:<br /><br />"an apricot danish thrown at a lady's suede hat"<br /><br />I know someone who got married in this scent - what is it about my skin that adulterates it so... : - (<br /><br />A Vanessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11847145282522572183noreply@blogger.com