tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-82847041806026347.post940129179115362915..comments2023-10-04T04:09:39.525-05:00Comments on Notes From the Ledge: Avon Timeless: Is it Soup Yet?ScentScelfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12264276265890227820noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-82847041806026347.post-33561354791081435192011-02-18T14:51:23.925-06:002011-02-18T14:51:23.925-06:00You said "Or des Indes" and I ran to my ...You said "Or des Indes" and I ran to my little carousel of MPG samps. (Oh, the joys of the occasional online auction score.) <br /><br />You're right. Oh, I'll bet it is even opoponaxier when sprayed. Oooooh.<br /><br />Heh. I, too, love the word "opoponax," in either spelling. And mutations such as I see fit to coin. ;)ScentScelfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12264276265890227820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-82847041806026347.post-46291872209356163322011-02-18T10:35:18.444-06:002011-02-18T10:35:18.444-06:00...des Indes, not des iles, sorry. Their Eau des I......des Indes, not des iles, sorry. Their Eau des Iles is great too though, but is not an opoponax. :)Marinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15701846431262505659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-82847041806026347.post-57356755616731422632011-02-18T10:32:31.995-06:002011-02-18T10:32:31.995-06:00Remember MPG Or des Iles? Also a great opoponax sc...Remember MPG Or des Iles? Also a great opoponax scent.<br />I just love the word, opoponax...:)Marinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15701846431262505659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-82847041806026347.post-34490611965051333182011-02-17T16:50:06.248-06:002011-02-17T16:50:06.248-06:00"Lumpen gingery foghorn." Now that'..."Lumpen gingery foghorn." Now that's evocative...I take it it never helps you make it through the fog, erm, pea soup? <br /><br />Vanessa, you reminding me of your (painful) memory of trying to create "brown" now reminds me of scratch art...did you ever do that? Put down random blobs of color, then color the whole thing over with a black crayon, then scratch out a line drawing which emerged in groovy random but colorful life? Somehow, that's like an inversion of pointillism. {gears slowly turn, go nowhere} Oh, dear; not sure where to take that, except not to the soup kettle.<br /><br />Have you tried much DSH btw? I've focused on colors (and some other theme I concocted at ordering time; perhaps best summarized as "on sale/special"), but have really tried precious little of her impressive lineup.ScentScelfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12264276265890227820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-82847041806026347.post-76283502331769426902011-02-17T16:44:55.114-06:002011-02-17T16:44:55.114-06:00Joan, I see what you mean. I think the "soup...Joan, I see what you mean. I think the "soup" here -- as cribbed from the seminar-- meant that all those ingredients were in the pot, but never came together as a cohesive vision. So, you could be chock full of stuff (like in VCA First), or oddball/seemingly random in what was pulled together (your TF Black Orchid), but still have an overall picture, and not just parts.<br /><br />I'm wanting to say something about being able to stand back from Seurat's "Sunday Afternoon..." and see the park and not just the dots, but don't want to suggest you have to pull your nose away from soup scents to get that they are coherent. <br /><br />Now I'm going to dig out my sample of Black Orchid and spray; you've got me curious. I was paying attention to other things when I tried that (no shrinking violet, Black Orchid), and didn't have soup on my mind. Probably not even in it...that was a couple years ago. (Gasp! Really? Where did the time go??) Yup, time to say "hello" again. :)ScentScelfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12264276265890227820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-82847041806026347.post-49070664732679073712011-02-17T12:34:32.455-06:002011-02-17T12:34:32.455-06:00Interesting theory - I think we will all turn out ...Interesting theory - I think we will all turn out to have different takes on scented soup. One that springs to mind for me is DSH Mahjoun (sp?), which is a sort of gingery cakey fragrance with way too many ingredients that ends up as a lumpen gingery foghorn on me. <br /><br />The perfume equivalent no less of those childhood drawings we discussed where I tried to get a white deer's bottom and used all the crayons on top of each other to produce brown sludge instead!Vanessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11847145282522572183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-82847041806026347.post-7080221210753163312011-02-17T12:03:22.959-06:002011-02-17T12:03:22.959-06:00I don't necessarily think soup is a bad thing....I don't necessarily think soup is a bad thing. IMO Tom Ford's Black Orchid could be construed as soup, because the ingredients are so random.Joanhttp://www.scentsate.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-82847041806026347.post-19661621311982391692011-02-17T09:08:26.960-06:002011-02-17T09:08:26.960-06:00From the place affectionately referred to as FleaB...From the place affectionately referred to as FleaBay. Dirt cheap. Less than $5, s/h included. Gift sets (with deodorant and lotion and talc, too!) for @$12.ScentScelfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12264276265890227820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-82847041806026347.post-37444864357912665722011-02-17T08:42:28.496-06:002011-02-17T08:42:28.496-06:00Did you get it on Avon's website?Did you get it on Avon's website?Brianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14293853110472146382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-82847041806026347.post-39732502262033698952011-02-17T07:27:38.702-06:002011-02-17T07:27:38.702-06:00Brian, it's not subtle, for sure. It's li...Brian, it's not subtle, for sure. It's like a succession of this, and that, and the next thing, and while you get each of them, they are also accumulating on the shelf. While I am leery of some whompers, there are some perfumes that are by no means small that I love (Amouage Epic, Magie Noire immediately come to mind), and some notes that I can happily huff in a cloud (opoponax for example). But this...this is like...I dunno. Backstage at an American Idol audition, early round?<br /><br />But that's me. You can wrap your arms around more of the Big Scents than I can. I'll be curious to hear what you -- and Jack -- think of this one.ScentScelfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12264276265890227820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-82847041806026347.post-51764003877937635222011-02-16T18:23:18.313-06:002011-02-16T18:23:18.313-06:00My friend Jack promised to get me some of this at ...My friend Jack promised to get me some of this at Avon where he lives. He likes hot and heavy and, I guess, soupy. I remember smelling a very old bottle of this at a flea market. It didn't seem subtle.Brianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14293853110472146382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-82847041806026347.post-69618247267006268962011-02-16T12:03:55.426-06:002011-02-16T12:03:55.426-06:00Yup. Soup. Kinda handy label. Though apparently...Yup. Soup. Kinda handy label. Though apparently I felt it needed salting. ;)<br /><br />Stay tuned; I've got way more Timeless than the sands of my hourglass require.ScentScelfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12264276265890227820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-82847041806026347.post-44924720036631304552011-02-16T09:30:08.930-06:002011-02-16T09:30:08.930-06:00I somehow missed the soup idea until now but I'...I somehow missed the soup idea until now but I'm glad it exists. :) <br />I do wonder how the Timeless soup smells like though. I can't recall at the moment if I ever smelled anything in that vein, I'm more likely to notice a perfume so well done that notes make a symphony out of it (not that that happens often either).Ineshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12119611878721554991noreply@blogger.com