tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-82847041806026347.post8112487975135364816..comments2023-10-04T04:09:39.525-05:00Comments on Notes From the Ledge: Lily of the Valley -- The Path Less TravailedScentScelfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12264276265890227820noreply@blogger.comBlogger36125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-82847041806026347.post-30449592208754443032010-05-20T11:33:10.410-05:002010-05-20T11:33:10.410-05:00Whoa. That's a good one for the file, Mals.
...Whoa. That's a good one for the file, Mals.<br /><br />And for the comic relief...a Woody Allen style analyst voice over, "So, she said 'you already have some; you don't need more" as the shot of you sniffing and then madly typing an entry into your blog dissolves into one long, loving pan of your current collection...".<br /><br />I am sorry. 'Cause yeah, I've smelled the current version, and this Coty is not the old Coty. However (becomes very small, hops onto one of your shoulders, whispers into your ear), I do see it appear on the online auction site which shall not be named, and not always does it spark interest...ScentScelfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12264276265890227820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-82847041806026347.post-54669786486530611832010-05-20T11:14:33.213-05:002010-05-20T11:14:33.213-05:00You know, a memory came back to me today about the...You know, a memory came back to me today about the Coty Muguet - I am almost sure that I saw it at the Big Lots (um, yeah) when I was maybe twelve. I have a memory that there were three Coty scents, probably edc although I didn't notice at the time - Les Muses, Muguet des Bois, and Chypre. I opened caps and sniffed bottles. I didn't like Chypre, but the other two I did like, and asked my mom if she'd buy one of them for me, and I could pay her back when we got home. <br /><br />She said, No. She said, You already have some perfume. You don't need more.<br /><br />I sighed and put the bottles back. Boy howdy, do I wish I had them now...Mals86https://www.blogger.com/profile/09757305840611623427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-82847041806026347.post-71559737991936979632010-05-20T10:20:46.048-05:002010-05-20T10:20:46.048-05:00Aw, Rose. :(
(But I hope you'll look at the ...Aw, Rose. :(<br /><br />(But I hope you'll look at the draw results post...especially the pictures...there was a little magic for you...)<br /><br />Thanks for coming back and re-registering your thoughts. You are right...say, I don't like tobacco, much, outside of a bottle, but really enjoy it as a note in perfume. As for liking the current version...notice Pamela (and Terry and Edward's) comment about how it brought pleasure, and what else currently on the market would come as close to whatever the vintage had been?<br /><br />Isn't that Coty bottle charming? At first I found it twee, but then May Day came, and I thought "May basket!," and aw, what the heck, I embraced the charms it offers. :)ScentScelfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12264276265890227820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-82847041806026347.post-16350836594234200452010-05-20T08:01:47.088-05:002010-05-20T08:01:47.088-05:00really big sigh- I am certain I commented on this ...really big sigh- I am certain I commented on this and now it is gone- perhaps to junk<br /><br />Anyway was just saying I don't really like Lily but I adore Diorissimo, truly adore it- which makes very little sense but is the way perfume works! Or perhaps it is that I don't like sickly lily perfumes because I do like the oil. Anyway it is divine and I have only tried the new versions, a vintage one probably sings!<br /><br />I'd be interested to try the coty- and I love the bottle <br /><br />Now I am going to have to wear some Diorissimo!Rosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08459305021803770946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-82847041806026347.post-79651747617456376322010-05-19T09:20:04.801-05:002010-05-19T09:20:04.801-05:00Okay Mals, I'll toss you in. And close the do...Okay Mals, I'll toss you in. And close the door behind you. :)ScentScelfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12264276265890227820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-82847041806026347.post-5859687704415613202010-05-19T08:45:36.403-05:002010-05-19T08:45:36.403-05:00I was gonna be nice and let others have the shot a...I was gonna be nice and let others have the shot at vtg 'issimo and the Coty... but I decided to jump in too.<br /><br />Love Diorissimo. I already talked about my aunt's LotV and how they didn't make it into my wedding bouquet, so I won't belabor that. Someday they'll be growing in MY yard (alas, since 8 years ago my yard was open pasture, we have little shade). My last two attempts to grow LotV were utter failures. Sigh.Mals86https://www.blogger.com/profile/09757305840611623427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-82847041806026347.post-44870928643880296552010-05-18T08:04:32.273-05:002010-05-18T08:04:32.273-05:00March,
You are in, indeed. :)
Nice to know you&...March,<br /><br />You are in, indeed. :)<br /><br />Nice to know you're lurking about...it's shadowy company, but nice all the same.ScentScelfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12264276265890227820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-82847041806026347.post-89771306852527513712010-05-17T21:36:27.013-05:002010-05-17T21:36:27.013-05:00All right, I'm in. I've never smelled vin...All right, I'm in. I've never smelled vintage Diorissimo! All the LOTV lovers say it's all that... <br /><br />ps. Yeah. I lurk on here.Marchhttp://www.perfumeposse.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-82847041806026347.post-47028164348303243942010-05-16T19:17:59.074-05:002010-05-16T19:17:59.074-05:00Popping back in to say that I thank you for offeri...Popping back in to say that I thank you for offering to put me in the draw, but I'll let someone else have my chance.<br /><br />About the Caron, none of my bottles are terribly old, but the edp I have that's around 12-15 years old is sweeter and "rounder" than the latest edp issue. Someone sent me a little of the parfum some time ago, which seemed just like a richer version of my older edp--but of course I don't know its age. The edt, frankly, I never much liked and have not ordered a recent bottle. I'd liken the formulation change to what Caron did to Montaigne--made it drier, more linear, more sheer. Muguet du Bonheur was always a fantasy of the flower, really, but now it's more science fiction than fairy tale. Not bad, but just...less soulful.BitterGracehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18262639525430954930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-82847041806026347.post-48066262400067762032010-05-16T10:54:37.062-05:002010-05-16T10:54:37.062-05:00Ines,
No problem, glad to have you here any time!...Ines,<br /><br />No problem, glad to have you here any time!<br /><br />Sure, you're in the draw. You join the "my mother's perfume" group when it comes to Diorissimo or LOTV...I wonder if there is such a group among our mothers...it can be a lovely way to come to a perfume, of course.<br /><br />Hope your week ended on a "happy busy" note.ScentScelfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12264276265890227820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-82847041806026347.post-91449906807648470642010-05-16T10:17:17.050-05:002010-05-16T10:17:17.050-05:00I have no idea how I missed this post (but I reall...I have no idea how I missed this post (but I really did have u busy week). :)<br />So I'm waving here to get my name in the draw! I really love LOTV and I think some of that love was actually transfered from my mother who adores it.Ineshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12119611878721554991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-82847041806026347.post-90056599588193966922010-05-16T08:39:42.448-05:002010-05-16T08:39:42.448-05:00PT&E,
Thanks for joining! I love your story ...PT&E,<br /><br />Thanks for joining! I love your story of intrepid research and digging up. Good on you for chasing down the story. I am sorry that you, too, find the current version not what the former was...but also appreciate your "closer than anything else would be" approach. Indeed, what else would come close? Dior did put out a limited edition called "Lily," which a perfume friend sent me a sample of; LOTV is prominent there. <br /><br />But it's not Diorissimo.<br /><br />Smiling at "never thought you'd be someone who had a signature fragrance"...and I never thought I'd be someone who is "into" perfume!<br /><br />You're in the draw, and I'm glad you stopped to chat. Your blog is charming, btw; my regards to Edward, with a scritch behind his ears.ScentScelfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12264276265890227820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-82847041806026347.post-46519269514866250822010-05-14T05:34:54.052-05:002010-05-14T05:34:54.052-05:00I cannot believe that I land on your blog for the ...I cannot believe that I land on your blog for the very first time and this is your topic! Diorissimo is the only perfume I have worn for years and years. People always want to know what I'm wearing and it just seem to suit me somehow. It became harder and harder to obtain here in the states, so much so that I was ordering it from Galeries Lafayette in Paris, through a haze of mangled French over telephone wires. Then came the news that it had been discontinued. I was distraught. So, I did what any girl would do ... pretended to be a journalist and telephoned the head of Dior fragrance in New York. I was, rather rapidly, given the information that it had not been discontinued, merely repackaged, and was soon to be on sale exclusively at Saks Fifth Avenue stores.<br /><br />Cut to last month, when I finally ran out of my stash and ventured into Saks. I had since read of the "reformulation" to a "more modern" approach... and was highly skeptical. I spritzed some on my wrist and.... well.... it has changed. I was pretty blue for days. Searched the internet for a replacement. Then decided to buy a bottle and see how bad it could be. And, I like it. I mean, it's closer to Diorissimo than anything else would be.<br /><br />Funny, I never thought I would be someone who had a "signature fragrance". But I am.<br /><br />I will have to search out the Coty LOTV though. I'm curious.<br /><br />Lovely blog, by the way!Pamela Terry and Edwardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12746603636884819522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-82847041806026347.post-6018535241889394592010-05-13T23:40:42.785-05:002010-05-13T23:40:42.785-05:00The Cuir???
Well, you know *I* approve.
;)
(T...The Cuir??? <br /><br />Well, you know *I* approve.<br /><br />;)<br /><br />(This weather is wiggy. I myself am wearing Vol de Nuit. Hunh.)ScentScelfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12264276265890227820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-82847041806026347.post-75376201275227680482010-05-13T23:38:33.977-05:002010-05-13T23:38:33.977-05:00dk,
Okay, you're in the draw.dk,<br /><br />Okay, you're in the draw.ScentScelfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12264276265890227820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-82847041806026347.post-74956031658286505232010-05-13T23:38:05.209-05:002010-05-13T23:38:05.209-05:00Aw, well, both my grandmothers and my parents play...Aw, well, both my grandmothers and my parents played bridge...but afraid I only picked up the whiskey.<br /><br />I'll just enjoy the sweet peas, then...but if they make it to fruition, I'll post a picture. :)ScentScelfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12264276265890227820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-82847041806026347.post-29170744846676896342010-05-13T19:17:23.569-05:002010-05-13T19:17:23.569-05:00Don't faint: right now it's Cuir de Lanco...Don't faint: right now it's Cuir de Lancome.<br /><br />Shelley?<br /><br />Shelley?<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />xoMusettehttp://www.bearboring.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-82847041806026347.post-5736700424425805522010-05-13T18:52:32.742-05:002010-05-13T18:52:32.742-05:00Wow, I'd love to try this.Wow, I'd love to try this.dkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03158766278283822524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-82847041806026347.post-24896286258330834632010-05-13T14:40:34.176-05:002010-05-13T14:40:34.176-05:00Oh yes indeed, the story about the poor woman who ...Oh yes indeed, the story about the poor woman who burst into tears because LOTV touched an olfactory nerve. That was quite some reaction.<br /><br />Re your success with sweet peas, had you been younger, you might conceivably have proved my fond hope that reincarnation exists.<br /><br />But I sense you are considerably the wrong side of 11. : - )<br /><br />Though I do know a small boy who was born on the day my mother died, and I am monitoring him for early signs of whisky appreciation and an aptitude for bridge.Vanessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11847145282522572183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-82847041806026347.post-33706487152737048472010-05-13T14:06:50.151-05:002010-05-13T14:06:50.151-05:00Ah, Lucy...I had been both nervous about being abl...Ah, Lucy...I had been both nervous about being able to find something "accurate," and also realizing how hyperreal the actual flower is. Did I want, did I need to find that in a perfume? <br /><br />And what is it about that flower...I moved many times in my childhood, but if I pause and reflect, I remember the places where lily of the valley grew...the power of those shady nooks...I know just what you mean by thinking discovering them was like finding treasure.ScentScelfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12264276265890227820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-82847041806026347.post-51787758260123977012010-05-13T13:01:56.643-05:002010-05-13T13:01:56.643-05:00I like the accurate ones, like the Penhaglion Lily...I like the accurate ones, like the Penhaglion Lily of the Valley. I remember the lily of the valley we had from the prior owners of our house, it felt like such a prize to discover them huddled against the house in Spring...indieperfumeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16933060392329498890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-82847041806026347.post-72804271192968229402010-05-13T10:33:28.218-05:002010-05-13T10:33:28.218-05:00QC, the PS, it does sing. I am sorry to say it la...QC, the PS, it does sing. I am sorry to say it laid protected but idle for a number of years too sad to quantify, but a friend persuaded me to bring it back out when my oldest was in kindergarden. I was able to get enough skill back that I now play in an orchestra, and for a while was doing a full round of chamber groups, recitals, etc. <br /><br />And yes, regular maintenance is again part of our life... :)ScentScelfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12264276265890227820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-82847041806026347.post-53067163456686424672010-05-13T10:28:38.021-05:002010-05-13T10:28:38.021-05:00Musette, I do indeed know your love for them...you...Musette, I do indeed know your love for them...your passion was among those that persuaded me to go for the bargain, even with my mother's voice saying "It's no bargain if you don't like it"....<br /><br />Some things take time. :)<br /><br />I would think that sometimes Mits is NOT the thing, if it conjures visions of and need for armoring up. That isn't always fun or welcome energy.<br /><br />We have had well over 4" of rain since yesterday. Citizens alert around here...flash floods, standing water, blah blah. I'm trying to conjure comfort and awake--which I think perhaps for you would be Charmes and Leaves? :)ScentScelfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12264276265890227820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-82847041806026347.post-55591233055497480162010-05-13T10:16:14.310-05:002010-05-13T10:16:14.310-05:00Musette, I hope you will feel better soon!
Scent...Musette, I hope you will feel better soon! <br /><br />ScentScelf, the Prima Sankyo is a fine flute; I sure hope she is allowed to sing on regular occasions...?queen_cupcakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18364405341560661291noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-82847041806026347.post-55581242920174820252010-05-13T09:41:38.346-05:002010-05-13T09:41:38.346-05:00Sweetie,
You know my love for both of these frags...Sweetie,<br /><br />You know my love for both of these frags and you know that it is ONLY my extreme love for you that prevents me from busting into your house, armed to the teeth (including breastplate and sword) and relieving you of both of those gorgeous little bottles! :-D<br /><br />I am not feeling quite the thing today (back pain and ennui) and was wondering if I should chance vintage Mits - decided against it. I think the weather is mercurial enough (sun one minute, storms the next) that I will chance Diorissimo. If nothing else, it will put me in a decent mood!<br /><br />xoxoo AMusettehttp://www.bearboring.comnoreply@blogger.com