tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-82847041806026347.post2828797490912831084..comments2023-10-04T04:09:39.525-05:00Comments on Notes From the Ledge: Let's Make a DealScentScelfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12264276265890227820noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-82847041806026347.post-63262229040289030972010-04-22T10:58:41.902-05:002010-04-22T10:58:41.902-05:00Mals, sometimes I find some of the best parts of s...Mals, sometimes I find some of the best parts of someone's post in the comments! Glad you are enjoying the fun here. Have you been to FS's blog? She's like Mrs. Jones...she's got quite a thing going on...<br /><br />Oh! What a fun bag o' samps. 31RC was one of those scents that was a Big Challenge for me; took a while for me to even "get it." But then I did, and I LOVED it. Tabac Aurea...funny, I was just thinking about how much I love that one. And had felt a little bad I couldn't bring it up on my springtime favorites list (tobacco + spring = Fleur de Narcisse or Bois Blond for me), but it will be an important reference for fall. Skipping Alahine...I haven't sniffed, but I get the category! :) Citizen Queen...speaking of fun on blogs, I remember enjoying your entry on that one very much.ScentScelfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12264276265890227820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-82847041806026347.post-21575756838650687042010-04-22T09:59:03.268-05:002010-04-22T09:59:03.268-05:00(Oh, I'm enjoying this little exchange between...(Oh, I'm enjoying this little exchange between you and FS! My own HS grad gift was a Merriam-Webster, not quite so pedantic as the OED...)<br /><br />Sadly, I do not travel frequently enough to have pre-packed travel scent bags. However, when The CEO got out the small suitcase for a weekend trip, I did find the bag of samples I'd taken with me for a three-day agricultural conference in Richmond in late November. The contents? Samples of 31 Rue Cambon, Tabac Aurea, Alahine, and Citizen Queen. One Elegant, one Earthy, one True Love, and one Come 'n Get Me - but all warm and statuesque scents.Mals86https://www.blogger.com/profile/09757305840611623427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-82847041806026347.post-78631154258036802032010-04-22T07:41:07.634-05:002010-04-22T07:41:07.634-05:00Ah, see, there you go...my father was a newsman......Ah, see, there you go...my father was a newsman...editor...and gifted me with an OED on my 18th birthday. <br /><br />The word "putative" took me by suprise as I was sitting in on a conversation once. It wasn't so much the latin derivative as the latinate cognate from my Spanish classes...why did I think of that? Oh, yes...I was haunted by the echoes of the minatory tones you mentioned...ScentScelfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12264276265890227820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-82847041806026347.post-84804218012506744542010-04-22T05:17:02.689-05:002010-04-22T05:17:02.689-05:00Nascent is good. Incipient I also like. My fathe...Nascent is good. Incipient I also like. My father was a raving academic, and regularly used words to us children like "matutinal", "ablutions", "frippery", "fornication", "beverage" and "condiments". "Fornication" obviously mentioned in a minatory tone.Vanessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11847145282522572183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-82847041806026347.post-67308755395068180582010-04-21T20:09:38.652-05:002010-04-21T20:09:38.652-05:00FS, I shall add your category. And pack a bag. A...FS, I shall add your category. And pack a bag. And head to Vienna to see how it works. (Hey, somebody needs to fly the friendly skies after all this Holmenkollen stuff. Or Ejectafayetifall. The reverse snarf mountain thingie.)<br /><br />Inchoate. Nicely outed. I do believe, based on evidence in our nascent correspondence, we are going to give this abundant language a run for its vocabulary.<br /><br />Ah, yes...those random meetings...unplanned, and yet one is prepared!ScentScelfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12264276265890227820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-82847041806026347.post-26933830196856521872010-04-21T14:29:02.172-05:002010-04-21T14:29:02.172-05:00Oh, I like your categories - in my travelling bags...Oh, I like your categories - in my travelling bags I may very probably have similar categories, but they have remained hitherto inchoate.<br /><br />(That word just fancied a bit of an outing too.)<br /><br />I think that if subjected to careful thematic scrutiny, my collection might yield a broadly similar mix of safe, somewhat less safe, button down weekend and button up business-y, as well as some for sharing with random perfumista strangers I may happen to meet along the way (it just happened!), and a few provocatively unsuitable ones either to wear ironically in meetings (Party in Manhattan), or to re-appraise.<br /><br />May I add the subtle refinement of a "bag to take specifically to German-speaking countries". Bought in Berlin, it is regularly repatriated, and its contents regularly rotated (when I remember).Vanessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11847145282522572183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-82847041806026347.post-76690761068138474932010-04-21T12:57:50.741-05:002010-04-21T12:57:50.741-05:00Zoiks, my own typo. (YES, it was a typo. I insis...Zoiks, my own typo. (YES, it was a typo. I insist.) "Reminded me." I think I was thanking your for reminding me, letting you know you reminded me...<br /><br />(YES, that's a typo. Not a mind blart.)ScentScelfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12264276265890227820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-82847041806026347.post-38737458612662350522010-04-21T12:56:55.148-05:002010-04-21T12:56:55.148-05:00LOL! Yup, TF would undoubtedly love that, both co...LOL! Yup, TF would undoubtedly love that, both collectively and as separate concepts.<br /><br />I smiled out loud at your description of your NYC baggie. Thank you for 'fessing up to mystery baggies, too. <br /><br />And you've reminding me, I really need to try that Sonoma Scent Studio Femme Jolie.ScentScelfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12264276265890227820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-82847041806026347.post-27639820733882910052010-04-21T11:28:34.514-05:002010-04-21T11:28:34.514-05:00What a funny typo: Tom Ford "Boy" oil. I...What a funny typo: Tom Ford "Boy" oil. I'm sure he would enjoy that.Nancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03290057216929749835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-82847041806026347.post-91380975359066690532010-04-21T10:26:25.161-05:002010-04-21T10:26:25.161-05:00I keep sets of vials specifically for traveling. I...I keep sets of vials specifically for traveling. I have my winter baggie (mostly incense), my beach baggie (fig, citrus), and a seasonless NYC bag (whatever makes me feel fierce at the moment). But, for some unknown reason I have mystery bags as well. I'm wondering how the following came to occupy the same baggie:<br /><br />An unlabeled roll on decant of what smells like Estee Lauder/Tom Ford boy oil.<br />A vial of L'Artisan Al Oudh<br />SSS Cameo 10/09 mod<br />By Kilian Back to Black<br />SSS Femme Jolie 10/09 mod<br />A vial of MoslBuddJewRastaman<br />A vial of SSS Viole de VioletteNancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03290057216929749835noreply@blogger.com