tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2684347516161317491.post3799681150380881240..comments2024-03-02T17:12:10.514+00:00Comments on Katie Puckrik Smells: Perfume Pen Pals: Parfums MDCI La Belle HeleneKatie Puckrikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12816871787892998256noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2684347516161317491.post-66454184707644727722013-03-21T10:16:55.967+00:002013-03-21T10:16:55.967+00:00on the fruit stages of ripeness theme- isn't i...on the fruit stages of ripeness theme- isn't it interesting how we all have distinct favorite stages of fruit? I will only buy/ eat greener bananas..but know some who like them yellow- almost brown in late stage....to me, mango is the trickiest..there seems to be a one day window with me and mangoes from when I adore them to when they become reminiscent of something found in diapers..but- Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2684347516161317491.post-80085954269512651102012-01-26T02:56:59.107+00:002012-01-26T02:56:59.107+00:00The greenish ones remind me of bamboo.
I would ne...The greenish ones remind me of bamboo.<br /><br />I would never ruin tuberose for you! Are you an especial fan of it? I should hit up TPC for a little set of tuberose frags. <br /><br />I own Juicy Couture. Then was crestfallen when you dissed it.Jennifer Wellshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11769363516299757050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2684347516161317491.post-53890411249661536642012-01-25T09:02:22.961+00:002012-01-25T09:02:22.961+00:00Sorry for tugboat-ing in with a reply;I couldn'...Sorry for tugboat-ing in with a reply;I couldn't resist...<br /><br />My nominees for 'plummy' are Balenciaga's Quadrille and Guerlain's Parure, the latter with a strange musty directionless-ness thrown in.<br /><br />In the non-rare category, I also find Ungaro's Diva scintillating-ly plummy.DPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17982303391681945457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2684347516161317491.post-27587052118646215792012-01-25T07:11:57.605+00:002012-01-25T07:11:57.605+00:00Don't ruin tuberose for me, Nora. Maybe I go f...Don't ruin tuberose for me, Nora. Maybe I go for the adjusted, de-banana'd perfume tuberoses. But it's ripe to freckled bananas that cause my gorge to rise. Greenish are a-ok.Katie Puckrikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12816871787892998256noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2684347516161317491.post-18933220933834449192012-01-25T06:10:27.378+00:002012-01-25T06:10:27.378+00:00Katie, WHAT???? Ripe bananas??? But doesn't tu...Katie, WHAT???? Ripe bananas??? But doesn't tuberose smell like bananas? <br /><br />You can't stop there, you must give examples.Jennifer Wellshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11769363516299757050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2684347516161317491.post-27446803463075958752012-01-25T03:11:49.348+00:002012-01-25T03:11:49.348+00:00I'm gonna barge in and guess that Melissa will...I'm gonna barge in and guess that Melissa will nominate Rochas (yes, yes, I'm pronouncing the "s")Femme for plummy perfume. Am I right, m61?Katie Puckrikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12816871787892998256noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2684347516161317491.post-46269964974061807352012-01-25T03:09:59.067+00:002012-01-25T03:09:59.067+00:00Ooh! I wanna play the fruit-disgust game. It's...Ooh! I wanna play the fruit-disgust game. It's ripe bananas that yak me out.Katie Puckrikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12816871787892998256noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2684347516161317491.post-3330709558369751952012-01-24T16:35:01.152+00:002012-01-24T16:35:01.152+00:00Yes. I have a punchbowl of death.
*devil horns*
...Yes. I have a punchbowl of death.<br /><br />*devil horns*<br /><br />Melisa, give me an example of a "plummy," fragrance, please. I suppose enough google research could answer that question, but that would defy the purpose of the comments section. <br /><br />And rock on with your bad self.<br /><br />*devil horns*Jennifer Wellshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11769363516299757050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2684347516161317491.post-18370924170696107502012-01-24T04:03:51.317+00:002012-01-24T04:03:51.317+00:00Nora, I never thought of that before. I can tolera...Nora, I never thought of that before. I can tolerate unripe pears, but once they are soft, forget it. I love plums though. On their own, in tarts and in fragrances. Especially in chypres. But a pear chypre sounds like it could join the poison nightcap club.melisand61https://www.blogger.com/profile/12802652658028346558noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2684347516161317491.post-78939776345842830872012-01-24T02:21:26.108+00:002012-01-24T02:21:26.108+00:00You do have a colorful past, Vanessa!You do have a colorful past, Vanessa!Katie Puckrikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12816871787892998256noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2684347516161317491.post-27967166788954115912012-01-24T02:20:41.643+00:002012-01-24T02:20:41.643+00:00Anyone for a nightcap? Punchbowls of death all aro...Anyone for a nightcap? Punchbowls of death all around? It's horribly ambiguous!Katie Puckrikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12816871787892998256noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2684347516161317491.post-1977910227373770032012-01-24T02:11:19.066+00:002012-01-24T02:11:19.066+00:00I only like pears before they are ripe, because on...I only like pears before they are ripe, because once they are, they have a horrible alcoholic smell that I find sickening. <br /><br />Melisa, yes, fruit scents sound good to me(look at us fruit lovers coming out of the woodwork)if I'm told what type of fruit it is--blackberry, peach, etc.--rather than just some horrible ambiguous punchbowl of death.Jennifer Wellshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11769363516299757050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2684347516161317491.post-68775328738153315412012-01-24T00:04:02.099+00:002012-01-24T00:04:02.099+00:00So I did! Well, it's the fuzzy exception that...So I did! Well, it's the fuzzy exception that proves the rule - and the flittersniffer in me up to her usual tricks. Belle Dope stays short of rasp though, which is key, while Loulou isn't fuzzy to me so much as a fruity mushroom cloud, felling all in its path. Or bringing on a very bad head, certainly. And I speak as someone who once owned a bottle, also of Angel. Though not at the Vanessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11847145282522572183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2684347516161317491.post-20135081566325824472012-01-23T20:31:30.540+00:002012-01-23T20:31:30.540+00:00No shame in pear-dissing, Melissa. You can't g...No shame in pear-dissing, Melissa. You can't give a home to *every* perfume, after all.Katie Puckrikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12816871787892998256noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2684347516161317491.post-8750236382262672152012-01-23T20:28:51.155+00:002012-01-23T20:28:51.155+00:00Traversee au Bosphore fuzz central? It's odd, ...Traversee au Bosphore fuzz central? It's odd, to be sure, and sweet in a distant, dusty way, but it never pills into actual fuzzballs on me. My idea of a fruity, fuzzy scent is LouLou by Cacharel. But hey, don't you find YSL Belle D'Opium fuzzy? I remember you had a fling with that one.Katie Puckrikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12816871787892998256noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2684347516161317491.post-67404198594591321052012-01-23T16:32:00.389+00:002012-01-23T16:32:00.389+00:00Luckily, my expectations for this were never high....Luckily, my expectations for this were never high. I only seem to like fruit based fragrances if I adore the fruit that they're based on. And my shameful little secret is that I find pears to be a tad boring. Unless I pair them with cheese. And I'm not sure that the addition of notes of nutty Alpine would do much to enhance La Belle Helene.melisand61https://www.blogger.com/profile/12802652658028346558noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2684347516161317491.post-57728909156160683422012-01-23T16:31:51.031+00:002012-01-23T16:31:51.031+00:00I did not like this one one bit, because of the sw...I did not like this one one bit, because of the sweetness and the oddness, which - as I now learn - may have been the licorice wood trying to sneak up on me in hour four or earlier. I think I found it odd from the off, to be honest, and fuzzy and raspy in that bad way Daim Blond goes on me. AG Le Mimosa was another one of those sweet, odd fuzzy scents that did not work for me at all. I've Vanessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11847145282522572183noreply@blogger.com