tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2684347516161317491.post2279743541511855793..comments2024-03-02T17:12:10.514+00:00Comments on Katie Puckrik Smells: Perfume Pen Pals: Dude Smells Like a LadyKatie Puckrikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12816871787892998256noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2684347516161317491.post-44940722839741108582012-08-09T21:32:14.885+01:002012-08-09T21:32:14.885+01:00Thanks Lanier. SF is my little town, too. Rural Or...Thanks Lanier. SF is my little town, too. Rural Oregon was one of those decisions I immediately regretted and I can say with complete certainty that no one there is using Tea Rose as an air freshener. Though, in fairness, the country air is awfully fresh already. They have it all over us in that one category.Dan Rollerihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04951155790045833692noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2684347516161317491.post-84616652829657906772012-08-08T03:08:37.411+01:002012-08-08T03:08:37.411+01:00Dan I loved your story. LOVED IT! I have just gott...Dan I loved your story. LOVED IT! I have just gotten into Chanel les Exclusifs myself. However I did take a challenge over at Fragrantica to try some "women’s" classics. So far I love Gres Cabochard and folks here in my little town really seem to like it. Then I moved on to Bal a Versailles and wow! This monster may not smell like it did in 1962 but it is pretty spectacular. It is Lanier Smithhttp://sentsmemory.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2684347516161317491.post-84958844594181145342011-06-01T20:35:39.094+01:002011-06-01T20:35:39.094+01:00Fair enough :-)
I hope there are advantages to li...Fair enough :-)<br /><br />I hope there are advantages to living there besides being kept on your toes in a dance like a butterfly, sting like a bee manner.Marienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2684347516161317491.post-41996836347632499522011-06-01T03:24:28.736+01:002011-06-01T03:24:28.736+01:00Marie, By the time of my fragrance encounter, I ha...Marie, By the time of my fragrance encounter, I had stopped looking for rural bonding situations and was just nervously hoping to survive. The clerk was perfectly pleasant, but I have other stories, none of which are appropriate for a civilized perfume blog. (I was called that Sisters word for "dandy." And other words, too.)Dan Rollerihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04951155790045833692noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2684347516161317491.post-66365790747398244262011-05-31T22:19:06.762+01:002011-05-31T22:19:06.762+01:00Dan, I've been wondering what would have happe...Dan, I've been wondering what would have happened if you had answered the question "Are you wearing cologne?" with "Yes, do you like it?" followed by a big smile. What do you think? Perhaps you both missed out on a nice little bonding situation there.<br /><br />Weather permitting I'm doing a lady smells like a dude tomorrow. Have purchased Chanel Egoiste after KatiesMarienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2684347516161317491.post-37557591355851406122011-05-31T19:02:59.278+01:002011-05-31T19:02:59.278+01:00None of the Chanel Exclusifs are assigned a gender...None of the Chanel Exclusifs are assigned a gender, in the best "anything goes" niche tradition. That makes the reaction of Dan's olfactory audience in Oregon even more telling. The checkout clerk wasn't responding to a violation of a marketing directive, she was reacting to Coromandel's plush opulence emanating from a big handsome man. Dan might not look like a dandy, but Katie Puckrikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12816871787892998256noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2684347516161317491.post-6762727870301123312011-05-31T18:23:11.994+01:002011-05-31T18:23:11.994+01:00I thought Cormandel is marketed as a male fragranc...I thought Cormandel is marketed as a male fragrance. <br />As for Geraniums Pour Monsieur, it is also pour c'est Madame aussi, even thought I never thought I would like a mint. When it gets hot, nothing seems more refreshing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2684347516161317491.post-38011860778401921202011-05-30T01:11:54.063+01:002011-05-30T01:11:54.063+01:00I was wondering about that, Dan. With only 100, I&...I was wondering about that, Dan. With only 100, I'd guess that at least 92 could smell your Coromandel without stretching a nostril.Katie Puckrikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12816871787892998256noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2684347516161317491.post-694148082698694852011-05-30T00:38:49.305+01:002011-05-30T00:38:49.305+01:00Oops, I meant to type Sisters has a population of ...Oops, I meant to type Sisters has a population of 1000, not 100. I don't want the mayor angry with me. (Assuming, of course, the town has a mayor.)Dan Rollerihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04951155790045833692noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2684347516161317491.post-90291051312153756322011-05-30T00:16:31.634+01:002011-05-30T00:16:31.634+01:00Paul, Borneo, with its thuddingly dense chocolate/...Paul, Borneo, with its thuddingly dense chocolate/patch/amber sweetness, strikes some as a barf-y concoction (vomit being the one "magnificent secretion" that can't be prettied up.) Coromandel does have more white space in its composition, thankfully, with an appealing aromatic kick-off that gives lift to the earthy patch and cozy leather-sweet benzoin.<br /><br /><br />Anonymous, IKatie Puckrikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12816871787892998256noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2684347516161317491.post-349529491414322912011-05-29T23:59:40.612+01:002011-05-29T23:59:40.612+01:00Paul: It's all relative. Sisters, Oregon, at 1...Paul: It's all relative. Sisters, Oregon, at 100, is metro non-existent. Though it does have its own post office. Often with shockingly long lines.<br /><br />Coromandel doesn't strike me as vanilla-centric. It's a sweet, sparkling patchouli with more air under its wings than Borneo 1834 has. And I could be wrong but I think its sweetness comes from its amber/benzoin notes and not Dan Rollerihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04951155790045833692noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2684347516161317491.post-63960781871539458302011-05-29T23:49:02.763+01:002011-05-29T23:49:02.763+01:00Just went by Chanel today and sniffed Coromandel, ...Just went by Chanel today and sniffed Coromandel, alas they did not have a sample and my arms and hands has already been sprayed. Before Chanel, dropped by Etro and got a sample of their patch - seems promising even though I have a problem with patch in general - Borneo 1834 made me want to cut my arm off! Why is it that Etro gets so little love on the blogs?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2684347516161317491.post-61709447260029554742011-05-29T22:31:44.974+01:002011-05-29T22:31:44.974+01:00And isn't Portland metro smallish? at 2 milli...And isn't Portland metro smallish? at 2 million...?<br /><br />Dan, Does this Coromandel have a lot of Vanilla?<br />I've seen it characterized as Vanilla patch pudding upon application. I don't do frags with any vanilla in them.<br /><br />I'm playing with a couple of patch frags, (Knowing full well that I certainly don't even approach knowing the gamut of that patchy Paul Kilerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16668913569973248831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2684347516161317491.post-13734953403820942202011-05-29T20:48:23.602+01:002011-05-29T20:48:23.602+01:00I love how Malle ragged on every other fragrance o...I love how Malle ragged on every other fragrance out there too. Very French. But I don't know about his assertation about fresh ferns. Maybe it's because my dad's fresh cologne was always lime based. <br /><br />I think of fern as a componant of a more classically feminine scent, even though I can not cite one single example of such.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18121336237382333150noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2684347516161317491.post-13431506150248128072011-05-29T19:26:13.677+01:002011-05-29T19:26:13.677+01:00But more importantly, what did the cabbie smell li...But more importantly, what did the cabbie smell like?Jennifer Wellshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11769363516299757050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2684347516161317491.post-55134079518853351542011-05-29T19:17:15.229+01:002011-05-29T19:17:15.229+01:00onesmalldog -- ha, that's a thing: what perfum...onesmalldog -- ha, that's a thing: what perfume's worth getting into a fight over?Katie Puckrikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12816871787892998256noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2684347516161317491.post-36823010075902012292011-05-29T19:16:13.491+01:002011-05-29T19:16:13.491+01:00Le Marquis, Dan can handle a goodly amount of crèm...Le Marquis, Dan can handle a goodly amount of crème de menthe in his elixirs and unguents, it seems. I seem to recall mention of Heeley Menthe Fraîche in his stash as well. I agree that mint in a fragrance crosses a line of sorts, although I will admit to enjoying the sweet minty smell in that Aveda Rosemary Mint shampoo....<br /><br /><br />melisand61, En Passant, Coromandel, they'd all Katie Puckrikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12816871787892998256noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2684347516161317491.post-50362855602657101812011-05-29T18:20:29.248+01:002011-05-29T18:20:29.248+01:00I doubt that the cab driver minded smelling En Pas...I doubt that the cab driver minded smelling En Passant on a guy in his cab. They get exposed to much stranger things. But imagine the scene if you wore it to the grocery store in Oregon. <br /><br />Checkout clerk (female): Are you wearing perfume?<br />Me (male): Um, well, yeah, I guess it's perfume.<br /><br />See what I mean?melisand61https://www.blogger.com/profile/12802652658028346558noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2684347516161317491.post-27875867351400046652011-05-29T17:44:37.374+01:002011-05-29T17:44:37.374+01:00sur le minty accord de Geranium PM, perhaps the th...sur le minty accord de Geranium PM, perhaps the thinking was to continue l'investigation de mr man's medicine chest a la rive gauche's shaving soap/cream. moi, I spit it out along with the colgate toothpaste accord that seems to have been an inspiration.<br /><br />a la recherche: I picked up a bar of soap at the nach-all food sto' labeled "mint/clove" then put it back Le Marquis de 'Sagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00946411845072083295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2684347516161317491.post-2928014821540484782011-05-29T17:05:41.480+01:002011-05-29T17:05:41.480+01:00Kitty, Bend IS a bustling metropolis to the citize...Kitty, Bend IS a bustling metropolis to the citizens of Sisters, which is where I lived for two years. Portland? That's a whole other world.Dan Rollerihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04951155790045833692noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2684347516161317491.post-77887986020131866382011-05-29T16:58:09.632+01:002011-05-29T16:58:09.632+01:00Dan, speaking as a former Oregon resident, the &qu...Dan, speaking as a former Oregon resident, the "Where's that? In Bend?" had me cackling. Ah, yes... the bustling metropolis that is Bend! (They do sell the Les Exclusifs in dowtown Portland now, though. Oregon came up in the world a little the day that happened.)Kitty Van Halenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17571248771375813324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2684347516161317491.post-85662062409916659002011-05-29T14:05:02.418+01:002011-05-29T14:05:02.418+01:00amen...if I have learned anything along the way in...amen...if I have learned anything along the way in my scent journey and from following you Miss Katie....smell like you want to smell.....I seeem to be attracted to a lot more scents that are considered feminine. I don't know if it is my imagination but they seem more complex and interesting. Sometimes the men's fragrance are just too damn.....One thing ......so it may be uneasy sometimesAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com