http://community.basenotes.net Discussion about perfumes and fragrances en Sun, 12 Oct 2008 06:11:11 GMT vBulletin 60 http://community.basenotes.net/images/misc/rss.jpg http://community.basenotes.net http://community.basenotes.net/showthread.php?t=216920&goto=newpost Sun, 12 Oct 2008 05:56:36 GMT My birthday was Thursday, October 9, but I didn't do much to celebrate it that day because I taught all day into the evening, capping the day off by giving an oral midterm exam to my evening class.

The following day, however, my spouse and I escaped San Francisco, and drove up to Mendocino, about a 150-mile drive inland and then up the coast of California. The town is quite picturesque, with water towers behind many of the older houses and a general late-Victorian atmosphere. It was a logging town for many years, until in the 1960s and '70s many artists and hippies moved up there and revived the place by making it into a coastal resort and artists' colony.

The Mendocino Hotel, where we stayed, dates from 1878. It has a Zagat-rated restaurant; but we opted for a much grander dinner venue, the Café Beaujolais, an excellent restaurant which it is my pleasure to recommend very highly. The place serves impeccable French-style dishes. We had a great three-course dinner there, capped off by a great Alvear Pedro Ximénez Solera 1828 sherry dessert wine.

While there, we looked around the coast, hiking out beyond the town to see the various coves and sea-caves that abound along the coast. We saw pelicans and cormorants along with the more usual sea gulls and grebes. We also saw three painters with easels and canvas set up in the cool, breezy morning, each rendering a unique version of the coast and seascape. One painter even made it into another one's canvas!

We looked around the town, too, with its shops and galleries. Mendocino has been the scene of quite a bit of filming of both movies and television. We visited "Jessica's house" (now a bed-and-breakfast), the place where Angela Lansbury played Jessica Fletcher in some scenes of the TV series Murder, She Wrote, filmed in the 1980s.

There are excellent jams and jellies sold in town, as well as good chocolates (we bought some of both), a killer espresso joint (Moody's Organic Coffee Bar on Lansing Street), and many art galleries; best of all, for me, was Perfumes Mendo, where a very gracious Judith Brandman sells many fine men's and women's scents. I ended up buying Chevignon and Keiko Mecheri Bois de Santal.

The drive up and back, the beautiful sunny and slightly crisp weather, the hotel and restaurant, and the scenic and laid-back town made a truly extraordinary birthday getaway, which my loving spouse Russ planned as a wonderful surprise. I'm one hell of a lucky guy![/size][/font] ]]> Off topic JaimeB http://community.basenotes.net/showthread.php?t=216920 http://community.basenotes.net/showthread.php?t=216919&goto=newpost Sun, 12 Oct 2008 05:55:38 GMT I'm searching for pretty much anything but light fragrances: Aqua Di Gio, Le Male, Issey, A&F Fierce, Bvlgari Aqua Marine, and so on. These are all light and some are sweet. No thanks. I'm looking for something new. Niche or non-niche, it's all good :thumbsup:


I will trade and pay the difference or just trade:
- Calvin Klein Truth, about 91% full 3.4 oz. No box.
- I will also include never used CK Truth Aftershave 3.4 oz
- A&F Cologne for men. It's a couple years old: 19ml bottle, about 13-14 ml left. No box.

PM me! ]]> Fragrances Wanted Mires http://community.basenotes.net/showthread.php?t=216919 http://community.basenotes.net/showthread.php?t=216918&goto=newpost Sun, 12 Oct 2008 05:48:16 GMT Good morning!

L'Artisan Tea for Two for me.

Enjoy your Sunday, all! ]]> Female Fragrance Discussion tigrushka http://community.basenotes.net/showthread.php?t=216918 http://community.basenotes.net/showthread.php?t=216917&goto=newpost Sun, 12 Oct 2008 05:26:17 GMT I received this in an email today. This $15 off any two items also works with inexpensive items, and I basically got a free item with it. You can... I received this in an email today. This $15 off any two items also works with inexpensive items, and I basically got a free item with it. You can only use one code per order.


Save $14.92 on any 2 items using coupon code COLUMBUS

$5 off any purchase using coupon code KL1966

$10 off any $40 purchase using coupon code CD1972

Free Shipping with FS2000 ]]> Male Fragrance Discussion bbBD http://community.basenotes.net/showthread.php?t=216917 http://community.basenotes.net/showthread.php?t=216916&goto=newpost Sun, 12 Oct 2008 04:16:06 GMT Looking for 3 more members to split a 100ml (105.00) bottle of Puro Lino EDT.

30.00 each for 25ml. I'll pay for S&H and decant supplies.

Please PM me. :) ]]> Fragrances Wanted silverbullet http://community.basenotes.net/showthread.php?t=216916 http://community.basenotes.net/showthread.php?t=216915&goto=newpost Sun, 12 Oct 2008 03:58:15 GMT I'm looking for partial bottles of the following fragrances, prefer 50% or below left in bottle:

Balenciaga
Hermes Bel Ami
Guerlain Coriolan
Dolce & Gabbana
Chanel Egoiste & Envy
Bourcheron Jaipur
Michel Germain Sexual
Gucci by Gucci PH ( not the discontinued or #2)
Azzaro Acteur
Byblos


Please PM me :) ]]> Fragrances Wanted silverbullet http://community.basenotes.net/showthread.php?t=216915 http://community.basenotes.net/showthread.php?t=216914&goto=newpost Sun, 12 Oct 2008 03:40:08 GMT L'Origan Cologne by Coty ]]> Male Fragrance Discussion ultranova3 http://community.basenotes.net/showthread.php?t=216914 http://community.basenotes.net/showthread.php?t=216913&goto=newpost Sun, 12 Oct 2008 03:37:50 GMT To our dear friend Tang, Your perfume bottle naming games have been enjoyed by so many of us here at basenotes. These games really bring us... To our dear friend Tang,

Your perfume bottle naming games have been enjoyed by so many of us here at basenotes. These games really bring us together in the hobby we share. The time and care it takes to put these gorgeous collages together is a loving gift. The pink bottle game participants, on behalf of all bleary-eyed basenoters who have ever had the pleasure of doing your bottle searches, decided it's high time YOU receive a grand prize! :beer: In appreciation for your dedication, generosity & kindness, we present you with a $100.00 gift certificate to the fragrance e-tailer of your choice! (You will receive a private message regarding the details!)

This thread is open to anyone wishing to direct a few words to Tang... ]]> Female Fragrance Discussion ubuandibeme http://community.basenotes.net/showthread.php?t=216913 http://community.basenotes.net/showthread.php?t=216912&goto=newpost Sun, 12 Oct 2008 03:31:11 GMT Ok... I know this is a wierd one... but I really like the smell of the Original (green) Speed Stick "Great Clean Scent" Deodorant (they don't use the same scent in the anti-perspirant version). Are there any scents out there that have the same smell? ]]> Male Fragrance Discussion Popgeer http://community.basenotes.net/showthread.php?t=216912 http://community.basenotes.net/showthread.php?t=216910&goto=newpost Sun, 12 Oct 2008 02:26:28 GMT Hi, all. A broad question that I wanted to ask while I've still got time to think and plan. If you were a high school student learning about perfume as part of a class, what you find helpful and interesting? What would freak you out or turn you off?
I teach a high school English class on the Gothic novel. We read Frankenstein, Dracula, and Suskind's Perfume. We also read a lot of shorter pieces: short stories, essays that help develop a particular theme, current journalism. Last time I taught Perfume, I found that the kids had little experience with perfume, and that many of them hadn't thought much about smell, how it matters to them, how to describe it. So I started each class with fifteen or so minutes of perfume smelling, little lectures about the history of perfume, how perfume is constructed, etc. The room got pretty frigging fragrant. I tended to present an olfactory family: vetivers one day, musks the next, roses, and so forth. But I think there must be more interesting and creative ways to go about the smelling. And we spent time writing about the perfumes and then attempting to describe them to each other, trying to associate them with situations and characters in the novel, and so forth. We read some stuff by Burr and Turin, a bit of Corbin's The Foul and the Fragrant, talked a bit about connections to magic and hermeticism, and actually I showed them a great old Basenotes thread about olfactory autobiography that they loved. I also asked them to write about an experience where smell became important.
It was fun, but I really wanted to ask you all what you'd do, and I was shy about asking at the time because I was very new and felt all dorky and exposed. Really, teaching the course was a big part of what got me into perfume in the first place.
So now that I'm feeling braver, I'm asking. And I'm excited for your suggestions. What would you do if you were teaching the course? What would you definitely want them to smell? to read? to think about? to write about? ]]> Male Fragrance Discussion Strollyourlobster http://community.basenotes.net/showthread.php?t=216910 http://community.basenotes.net/showthread.php?t=216909&goto=newpost Sun, 12 Oct 2008 01:44:00 GMT I spotted this one at Marshall's looks like it never made it to the department store shelf here in the USA.

I picked up a bottle since it was so cheep - the scent is really nothing like the original. This intense is very licorice and very sweet candy like.

It seems to last longer on me then the original Apparition. ]]> Male Fragrance Discussion scentimus http://community.basenotes.net/showthread.php?t=216909 http://community.basenotes.net/showthread.php?t=216908&goto=newpost Sun, 12 Oct 2008 01:02:05 GMT Was just browsing Macy's website and I saw this one. I don't believe its really been talked about - has anyone smelled it?

http://www1.macys.com/catalog/produc...tegoryID=30175 ]]> Male Fragrance Discussion leor_77 http://community.basenotes.net/showthread.php?t=216908 http://community.basenotes.net/showthread.php?t=216907&goto=newpost Sat, 11 Oct 2008 22:47:44 GMT Today I got a call from a friend who lives quite far away. We known each other for decades. While we were talking about things, she stopped and... Today I got a call from a friend who lives quite far away. We known each other for decades. While we were talking about things, she stopped and said, "Oh, by the way, that perfume you sent me. I really liked it!"

What a joy to be able to kind of guess what someone might like and be able to help them find something they enjoy. I couldn't have done that without the help of others on this forum, and I just wanted to say thanks. Everyone here kind of contributes a little to my perfume knowledge every day, and challenges what I think I know. And that has helped me to share the joy of perfume with others in my life. Muchas gracias, people! ]]> Off topic Aiona http://community.basenotes.net/showthread.php?t=216907 http://community.basenotes.net/showthread.php?t=216906&goto=newpost Sat, 11 Oct 2008 22:20:47 GMT I love the Lychee note, and I have a friend who's positively obsessed, and I'm trying to find her a lychee-centric fragrance. I've tried Safi, which is lovely, but she found it too complex..not lychee enough! Any recommendations? What about the Demeter Lychee? Fresh Sugar Lychee? Others? Thanks! ]]> Female Fragrance Discussion lizzie_j http://community.basenotes.net/showthread.php?t=216906 http://community.basenotes.net/showthread.php?t=216905&goto=newpost Sat, 11 Oct 2008 22:11:40 GMT Well, I've had this scent for awhile now and it didn't wow me at first.. got it at the wrong time of year I guess as it just doesn't work so well in summer. I've worn it a few times recently though, and have fallen absolutely in love with it. Such a rich, complex, well blended scent. The finest formal scent I've got in my wardrobe, and although not my #1 overall, it's definitely one of the finest and most interesting blend of notes that I've come across, designer and niche included.

I've still got a lot left, and don't want to buy a backup right now because I fear it'll go off by time I get around to it, but eventually I'll need to replace it and eventually, too, it will become impossible to find as it has been long discontinued.

So, what scents are out there that are quite similar? Specifically, they need to have that hint of animalic dirtiness in them that the civet provides in Ungaro II. The blend of civet, rose, vanilla, and citrus, over the sensual vanilla/sandalwood base is just gorgeous. I've heard Caron PuH is similar. Who agrees and disagrees? It seems like it would be less animalic (if at all) and less complex, based on the pyramid. It'd be nice to find a scent that has a rose note, too.

Thanks everyone. ]]> Male Fragrance Discussion SculptureOfSoul http://community.basenotes.net/showthread.php?t=216905