tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2684347516161317491.post4891914290024289033..comments2024-03-02T17:12:10.514+00:00Comments on Katie Puckrik Smells: Creed Original VetiverKatie Puckrikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12816871787892998256noreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2684347516161317491.post-70143504095668009282013-06-21T10:13:33.967+01:002013-06-21T10:13:33.967+01:00I can't remember exactly, but my recollection ...I can't remember exactly, but my recollection is that it's on the softer side but lasts a reasonable amount of time. It's not a bombastic powerhouse.Katie Puckrikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12816871787892998256noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2684347516161317491.post-60633530781308225302013-06-21T02:18:23.999+01:002013-06-21T02:18:23.999+01:00hello katie, how long does it last on you? thank y...hello katie, how long does it last on you? thank youAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2684347516161317491.post-17291417604254464872012-09-24T21:34:02.994+01:002012-09-24T21:34:02.994+01:00Hessa, given your preferences, I think you would a...Hessa, given your preferences, I think you would absolutely love one of my favorite perfumes: Portrait of a Lady from Frederic Malle. It has the rose and patchouli of L'Agent Provocoteur, the sandalwood of Bois des Iles and the sweet musk of Shalimar. Plus incense. Your friend will find it at Les Senteurs or Liberty. The other one you will like is by Miller Harris and is called Fleur OrientalKatie Puckrikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12816871787892998256noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2684347516161317491.post-58356864021580419732012-09-14T00:09:17.918+01:002012-09-14T00:09:17.918+01:00I tried creed the other day and i didn't get o...I tried creed the other day and i didn't get over the citrus opening I waited for the musky velvety dry down but it didnt do it for me, simply! Hessa71Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2684347516161317491.post-24189222471572275232012-09-13T23:52:44.881+01:002012-09-13T23:52:44.881+01:00Katie I need your help pleeeease, I live in the mi...Katie I need your help pleeeease, I live in the middle east & we dont have many niche perfumary in our country. My friend in london for a course & i would like to ask her get me a perfume that is not a main stream, whate would you suggest knowing that i love heavy rich {queen of sheba} type as shalimar, boise de ills chanel & lagent provacture ?? Hessa71Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2684347516161317491.post-54505619448740985122012-09-13T13:41:16.892+01:002012-09-13T13:41:16.892+01:00I will definitely have to try this one. I'm a ...I will definitely have to try this one. I'm a big fan of the "is it fragrance or just you"-type of scents. Which is probably why I wear Bvlgari pour Homme pretty much 24/7. I need to branch out. Another awesome review! Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2684347516161317491.post-27089621704101413722012-09-13T10:33:03.339+01:002012-09-13T10:33:03.339+01:00You were probably right with the anti-glamor part:...You were probably right with the anti-glamor part: as much as I loved the original formulation, it was a bit the olfactory equivalent of wearing corduroy. I think that a lot of people had trouble matching up the Guide review with the actual scent (including myself), and its title suggests what it wasn't too: it was less Manhattanite than softly spoken geography teacher. But it was superbly Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2684347516161317491.post-21503365004882072422012-09-13T10:15:55.781+01:002012-09-13T10:15:55.781+01:00If you like those APH and are thinking of giving N...If you like those APH and are thinking of giving New York another chance (issues re reformulation aside), my other recommendation for you to try is Fahrenheit 32 if you haven't already, which also falls into the affable territory of 'masculines".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2684347516161317491.post-79267433705854228302012-09-12T23:03:18.155+01:002012-09-12T23:03:18.155+01:00Salvador Dali mammary train nightmare scenario for...Salvador Dali mammary train nightmare scenario for sure!<br /><br />Thanks for the old/new New York analysis. I had tried it shortly after reading Perfumes: The Guide in 2008, curious to see what was getting Turin all fuzzed up. At the time, it reminded me of the air freshener smell in an airplane toilet cubicle, somehow generic and anti-glamor. But the intervening years have seen thousands more Katie Puckrikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12816871787892998256noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2684347516161317491.post-53574009947539390902012-09-12T22:57:34.160+01:002012-09-12T22:57:34.160+01:00Another Goldfrapp perfume connection: I met perfum...Another Goldfrapp perfume connection: I met perfumer Pierre Guillaume of Parfumerie Generale at Les Senteurs in London a few months ago, and he told me he was inspired to create Papyrus de Ciane by listening to Goldfrapp tracks "Ride a White Horse" and "Satin Chic" on his iPod "creation playlist".Katie Puckrikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12816871787892998256noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2684347516161317491.post-31609284277498406362012-09-12T22:51:51.089+01:002012-09-12T22:51:51.089+01:00The Japanese buy their metaphor milk from vending ...The Japanese buy their metaphor milk from vending machines in train stations, I'm told.Katie Puckrikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12816871787892998256noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2684347516161317491.post-11355355244754147902012-09-12T02:43:07.127+01:002012-09-12T02:43:07.127+01:00Nothing gets me through an all-nighter in the lab ...Nothing gets me through an all-nighter in the lab like Goldfrapp. Knowing that she has excellent taste in perfume makes me love Alison Goldfrapp that much more! You are friends with the most fabulous people, Katie. <br /><br />Can't wait to try out OV!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2684347516161317491.post-2936834984287937972012-09-11T22:47:54.405+01:002012-09-11T22:47:54.405+01:00New York has been reformulated. It was a really am...New York has been reformulated. It was a really amazingly blended vanilla orange and woods fragrance- a bit like Habit Rouge without the dirtiness. It wasn't a striking or different fragrance- just amazingly well crafted. I bought a bottle just before reformulation and have recently smelled the reformulation, albeit in a cursory way: it just doesn't smell like it used to: it's now Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2684347516161317491.post-76790691256236399502012-09-11T22:11:01.202+01:002012-09-11T22:11:01.202+01:00Nora - the big deal on New York for me only arrive...Nora - the big deal on New York for me only arrived after I'd smelled all the laundry freshener on sale during my stint as a Macy's Men's Fragrances employee years ago. I tried it out based on a huge rec from Luca Turin, and was prepared to hate it. But it holds its own, while still being that "safe" kind of clean, vaguely aquatic scent folks look for at the mall. <br /><Stefushhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05664194471684692785noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2684347516161317491.post-32127033822838519152012-09-11T20:12:47.795+01:002012-09-11T20:12:47.795+01:00I smelled "New York," and thought, "...I smelled "New York," and thought, "What's the big deal?" but knowing how I loved Azzaro Pour Homme once I gave it a chance makes me want to try it again, too.<br /><br />Jennifer Wellshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11769363516299757050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2684347516161317491.post-27358641120453721452012-09-11T15:56:40.934+01:002012-09-11T15:56:40.934+01:00Stefush, your New York-triggered vivacity is enoug...Stefush, your New York-triggered vivacity is enough reason for me to revisit that one. I didn't quite get on board that train the first time around, but the first time around was probably about 5 years ago now, and it's time to buy another ticket. (Is this metaphor becoming less and less useful the longer I milk it?)Katie Puckrikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12816871787892998256noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2684347516161317491.post-59803844660873743072012-09-11T15:52:38.254+01:002012-09-11T15:52:38.254+01:00Next time I'm at Harrods, I'm going to sta...Next time I'm at Harrods, I'm going to stage a dance-off between M de Givenchy and OV and see if I can buy what you're s(m)elling.Katie Puckrikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12816871787892998256noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2684347516161317491.post-32696019221747606682012-09-11T15:36:40.450+01:002012-09-11T15:36:40.450+01:00Oh man! If'n we're back, as you say here ...Oh man! If'n we're back, as you say here Pooka, in "Goof Proof" territory for men's fragrances I hereby most enthusiastically vote for Parfum di Nicolai's <i>New York</i>. <br /><br />Because in the swollen sea of "fresh, non-offensive" but great-smelling scent, <i>New York</i> is the relaxed couple holding hands on the beach and nuzzling each other while Stefushhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05664194471684692785noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2684347516161317491.post-56416049085386331742012-09-11T14:51:41.797+01:002012-09-11T14:51:41.797+01:00Great review of Creed O.V, Katie, and yes, you do ...Great review of Creed O.V, Katie, and yes, you do always look lov-er-ly! Do you, by chance, notice any similarity between Creed O.V. and Givenchy Monsieur de Givenchy? Maybe not the specific notes, but the fresh, clean, good smelling vibe? Or is it just my under-sensitive nose?Randyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15091946503578657810noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2684347516161317491.post-457786756056873652012-09-11T14:11:49.635+01:002012-09-11T14:11:49.635+01:00<<*slams a glass* "Tastes good to me!&q...<<*slams a glass* "Tastes good to me!" over and over again.>><br /><br />That's really at the heart of enjoying anything in life, I think!Katie Puckrikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12816871787892998256noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2684347516161317491.post-4927403798155973732012-09-10T18:26:08.696+01:002012-09-10T18:26:08.696+01:00Katie always looks lovely.
I hereby also nominate...Katie always looks lovely.<br /><br />I hereby also nominate Azzaro Pour Homme for the "goof-proof" category. At first, when I smelled it, I was under-whelmed. My husband turned up his nose and said, "This smells like English Leather."<br /><br />It does not. It has stolen my heart and I wear it every day.<br /><br />Oo, and yes, Katie, you mentioned that you loved Arpege. I Jennifer Wellshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11769363516299757050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2684347516161317491.post-64665150550505582732012-09-10T17:29:06.860+01:002012-09-10T17:29:06.860+01:00Thanks, Jo - just a refresher trim did the trick f...Thanks, Jo - just a refresher trim did the trick for the follicles.Katie Puckrikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12816871787892998256noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2684347516161317491.post-51633861670472933462012-09-10T17:21:51.756+01:002012-09-10T17:21:51.756+01:00This sounds like something I might like! Did you ...This sounds like something I might like! Did you just do an excellent job in describing it? yes, you did!<br /><br />I also like your look - did you do something with your hair? (I hear Audrey Hepburn, as Eliza Doolittle, trilling "Lov-er-ly" in my head!) Love the dress. <br />JoAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com