tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5713094656031780936.post6667938077635329280..comments2023-10-30T06:47:54.342-07:00Comments on Rambling Chicken: SOTD: Hermes Terre d'Hermes (And sugar and spice and modern women's scents)Marthahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06115821731964909442noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5713094656031780936.post-34140530199504077102010-02-03T12:20:15.432-08:002010-02-03T12:20:15.432-08:00Mals, I keep wishing that I could like modern No. ...Mals, I keep wishing that I could like modern No. 19 EDT. The parfum is often a little too much, and I'd enjoy spraying lavishly, and, of course, you can buy it without having a friend who travels to Paris. :) But the green isn't sharp and deep enough for me, and there's something aldehydic that I dislike, so my lavish-spray Chanel green is Cristalle.<br /><br />Yeah, I can definitelyMarthahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06115821731964909442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5713094656031780936.post-3495507652027165382010-02-03T08:54:41.757-08:002010-02-03T08:54:41.757-08:00No. 19 is stunning, is it not? But it is odd how ...No. 19 is stunning, is it not? But it is odd how much the concentration of this one seems to matter to me. I prefer the vintage edt, with its small edge of leather... actually, I have a vintage parfum as well, and while it is in very fine shape, no weirdly aged notes, I think I'd rather have modern edt than vtg parfum. It might be something about the weight and the weather - I never ever Mals86https://www.blogger.com/profile/09757305840611623427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5713094656031780936.post-75159445453225077442010-01-28T09:34:18.369-08:002010-01-28T09:34:18.369-08:00LCN, Terre d'Hermes is much more emphatic than...LCN, Terre d'Hermes is much more emphatic than the average Ellena scent, or at least it is on my skin. It does have a tendency to smell fairly synthetic once every several wearings for me - infrequently enough that it's not a dealbreaker, but I wanted to offer that as a caution in case it happens more often on your skin.<br /><br />My acceptance of the "womanly" scents is still Marthahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06115821731964909442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5713094656031780936.post-79929325414000425212010-01-28T09:33:28.124-08:002010-01-28T09:33:28.124-08:00Mals, I suspect that you're one of those women...Mals, I suspect that you're one of those women that can be feminine _and_ still retain your power. (Whereas I am emphatically not, at least for any definition of feminine that I yet fully understand.)<br /><br />Although the scents that you mention don't sound, from a quick glance at the reviews, like nervous-smile "don't worry; I'm powerless" scents. Rose d'Ete, in Marthahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06115821731964909442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5713094656031780936.post-59557963903444772452010-01-28T09:32:49.690-08:002010-01-28T09:32:49.690-08:00Thanks, SignatureScent! Yes, it's an odd trend...Thanks, SignatureScent! Yes, it's an odd trend. I have hopes that it may be fading just a little bit, with last year's green trend - compared to many offerings, Jasmine White Moss and even soft, sweet, eager-to-please A Scent were relatively challenging. If they did well (I don't know if they did), maybe the next round for this trend will be more so.Marthahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06115821731964909442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5713094656031780936.post-9184750899898279472010-01-28T07:51:06.381-08:002010-01-28T07:51:06.381-08:00What a post!! I've never tried TdH, because I ...What a post!! I've never tried TdH, because I gave up on House of Hermes a while back-- their scents are simply too retiring (and they go to bed early on my skin as well.) But "sharp dark gravel and peppered orange peels"-- Hel-<i>lo</i>. Now you are talking my language.<br /><br />I still haven't pulled apart "masculinity" and "femininity" in scent-- the The Left Coast Nosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10102549295051352579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5713094656031780936.post-3264289420728478752010-01-28T07:31:40.304-08:002010-01-28T07:31:40.304-08:00Interesting point about girly vs. womanly, and how...Interesting point about girly vs. womanly, and how times have changed. My first fragrance was Sweet Honesty, which was all girly-wirly and sweet - but I was something like eight years old! My first "real" fragrance was Lagerfeld's Chloe, which my grandmother gave me when I was twelve. I recently revisited after not having smelled it for a couple of decades... and it's huuuuge. Mals86https://www.blogger.com/profile/09757305840611623427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5713094656031780936.post-16321680542166188872010-01-28T04:58:39.899-08:002010-01-28T04:58:39.899-08:00The women vs. girly fragrance thing is a really in...The women vs. girly fragrance thing is a really interesting area. Our cultural obsession for youth and all things young is matched by the trends in fragrances. Our mothers and grandmother wanted to smell like 'ladies' and felt that Chanel, Guerlain and Dior were accessible to them. But now women, whatever their age, want to hang onto youth as long as possible so baulk from wearing MyPerfumeLifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17468093321436346274noreply@blogger.com