tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2684347516161317491.post6747871249636871841..comments2024-03-02T17:12:10.514+00:00Comments on Katie Puckrik Smells: Tom Ford / Neroli PortofinoKatie Puckrikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12816871787892998256noreply@blogger.comBlogger36125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2684347516161317491.post-20389346100026501982014-06-17T09:30:00.412+01:002014-06-17T09:30:00.412+01:00Individual results may vary, but I find NP the mos...Individual results may vary, but I find NP the most "up-to-eleven" of all citrusy/cologney perfumes. Jo Malone Lime Basil & Mandarin is pretty assertive, too, but not unpleasantly so. Orange Sanguine is delightful.<br /><br />Haha - I'll have to remember your frozen water bottle trick!Katie Puckrikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12816871787892998256noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2684347516161317491.post-72690403131641116632014-06-16T08:37:24.841+01:002014-06-16T08:37:24.841+01:00Anonymous- Please don't! I think you have deli...Anonymous- Please don't! I think you have delighted us long enough.... Justineantonia. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2684347516161317491.post-78333184226876438432014-06-16T04:39:10.907+01:002014-06-16T04:39:10.907+01:00Do let me know if you would like me to explain it ...Do let me know if you would like me to explain it and go in to further detail?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2684347516161317491.post-75178445514671297862014-06-16T03:26:14.511+01:002014-06-16T03:26:14.511+01:00Hmmm, NP was a little too much for me. But then ...Hmmm, NP was a little too much for me. But then I liked the Orange Sanguine from AC.<br /><br />OMG! I thought I was the only one who did the ice pack thing. Not to be crude or inappropriate, but a frozen water bottle works too.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2684347516161317491.post-57176403232924223732014-06-15T20:50:28.918+01:002014-06-15T20:50:28.918+01:00Very kind of you to offer information for Larkin&#...Very kind of you to offer information for Larkin's wedding day. I myself was not privy to the Tra La La connection. But the personal insult that was added seemed very odd to me. <br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2684347516161317491.post-66560610701866392182014-06-15T15:18:16.106+01:002014-06-15T15:18:16.106+01:00I could at this point put up a photo of MK where o...I could at this point put up a photo of MK where one of them literally has a forked tongue, but you'd probably just INTERPRET it as whimsically lizardy .Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2684347516161317491.post-62708969601722102282014-06-15T15:12:55.125+01:002014-06-15T15:12:55.125+01:00What you are calling "chinese whispers" ...What you are calling "chinese whispers" and "unsubstantiated allegations" are to my mind mostly art-interpretation based on available evidence (and possibly deleted evidence, in terms of that Cosmopolitan article), for which there is no definitive answer either way. Maybe Penhaligon's should put a warning sticker on the bottle: this bottle is not art and should not be Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2684347516161317491.post-1760404111640898372014-06-15T10:52:37.916+01:002014-06-15T10:52:37.916+01:00Anonymous, your concern that Larkin not choose a w...Anonymous, your concern that Larkin not choose a wedding-day perfume with ugly connotations is clearly well-meaning. What gives me pause is the rush to judgment across perfume blogs to condemn Meadham Kirchhoff and Penhaligon's based on - as you yourself point out - an unsubstantiated allegation.<br /><br />There's no evidence to be found of the oft-cited "quote" attributed to Katie Puckrikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12816871787892998256noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2684347516161317491.post-12138400328376991382014-06-15T08:35:43.896+01:002014-06-15T08:35:43.896+01:00The funny thing is that my original comment wasn&#...The funny thing is that my original comment wasn't even addressed to Katie Puckrik: I just didn't want Larkin to buy a perfume bottle and perfume that would commemorate her wedding day that she might then come (as others are doing) to strongly suspect to have be subversive and distasteful, Whether she chose to accept that suspicion, or alternatively was believing of Katie Puckrik's Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2684347516161317491.post-54735290094247969942014-06-15T03:14:49.424+01:002014-06-15T03:14:49.424+01:00Being the classy broad that she is, Katie has hit ...Being the classy broad that she is, Katie has hit upon what sounds like a very original, but apt choice for the upcoming nuptials. Whiskey and violets, I like the yin and yang of that one.<br /><br />That being said, I don't quite get the angry tone behind Anonymous' comments. It's very strange to become so defensive over the intentions of a perfume bottle. I don't pretend to haveAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2684347516161317491.post-22378590939252084282014-06-14T11:08:49.810+01:002014-06-14T11:08:49.810+01:00That you don't see your description of their s...That you don't see your description of their style and the bottle as an interpretation of it explains so much about your "journalistic" "style". Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2684347516161317491.post-33290394495116583352014-06-14T10:32:37.184+01:002014-06-14T10:32:37.184+01:00I'm not interpreting anything, Anonymous - I&#...I'm not interpreting anything, Anonymous - I'm looking at the styling of Meadham Kirchhoff's clothes over the years (hearts, bows, ruffles, kitty cats, polka dots, puffed sleeves, pastel colors; doll-face makeup on the models, ie whimsically girly) and recognize their brand very clearly on the Tralala bottle.<br /><br />Your heart-as-genitals theory seems to be the interpretative leapKatie Puckrikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12816871787892998256noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2684347516161317491.post-35849503491277371612014-06-13T19:53:46.549+01:002014-06-13T19:53:46.549+01:00If that's your interpretation, that's fine...If that's your interpretation, that's fine. But I look at that bottle and the name and see a perfume based on a character who is gang-raped, especially in its closeness to look to the Jason Jennifer Leigh character in the film, the bow seeming to resemble a lifted up skirt and the placement of the large heart relative to the head, i.e. in what would be the position of her genitals (and Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2684347516161317491.post-29477987784303815602014-06-13T17:21:53.397+01:002014-06-13T17:21:53.397+01:00Hi Anon - the look of the Tralala bottle reflects ...Hi Anon - the look of the Tralala bottle reflects the whimsically girly designs of Meadham Kirchhoff, the fashion duo who collaborated on the perfume. The smell of the perfume is likewise whimsically girly. It strikes me as a violet variation on Duchaufour's (who created it) Traversée du Bosphore for L'Artisan Parfumeur. Which might also hit the spot for Larkin...if you're still on Katie Puckrikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12816871787892998256noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2684347516161317491.post-69134422531239829692014-06-11T12:07:36.067+01:002014-06-11T12:07:36.067+01:00http://www.nstperfume.com/2014/01/17/penhaligons-m...http://www.nstperfume.com/2014/01/17/penhaligons-meadham-kirchhoff-tralala-new-fragrance/<br /><br />Despite Penhaligon's denial, the design of the bottle very much suggests that the scent was named after the character from Last Exit to Brooklyn. I'm not sure I would want to wear this for a wedding.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2684347516161317491.post-40259014027674843602014-06-09T02:34:43.828+01:002014-06-09T02:34:43.828+01:00Some noses pick up on things that others don't...Some noses pick up on things that others don't. Even in "Perfumes: The Guide" there are instances (such as Narciso Rodriguez For Her) when opinions differ wildly, mostly because one person can smell something that the other cannot.<br /><br />I remember reading the review for Noa by Cacharel. I love "easy" fragrances. The ones that always hit the spot, but don't seem Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2684347516161317491.post-36165735577281861062014-06-08T16:34:55.114+01:002014-06-08T16:34:55.114+01:00The NP body oil is pretty dense, and I feel perfum...The NP body oil is pretty dense, and I feel perfumed enough in it. What the EDP will give you is more sillage.Katie Puckrikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12816871787892998256noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2684347516161317491.post-39675159520059054082014-06-08T16:33:32.077+01:002014-06-08T16:33:32.077+01:00Arghh! What a bummer, Ella. For me, Neroli Portofi...Arghh! What a bummer, Ella. For me, Neroli Portofino, along with Jo Malone Lime Basil & Mandarin, reigns supreme as a long-lasting citrus perfume.<br /><br />Try spraying it on the inside of your clothes, or on scarves if you wear them. Sometimes fabric can hold onto perfume longer than skin, and you'll eek out more persistence that way.Katie Puckrikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12816871787892998256noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2684347516161317491.post-48568278604855319862014-06-08T16:27:26.025+01:002014-06-08T16:27:26.025+01:00Larkin! Whimsical+ethereal describes Penhaligon...Larkin! Whimsical+ethereal describes Penhaligon's Tra La La. Violets, suede, a buttery sweetness. Plus whiskey - perfect for Tennessee, right?Katie Puckrikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12816871787892998256noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2684347516161317491.post-81316836428303062332014-06-06T21:41:18.314+01:002014-06-06T21:41:18.314+01:00So if I have the body oil I don't need the Eau...So if I have the body oil I don't need the Eau de Parfum?tempest moonhttp://www.basenotes.net/members/13441581-tempest-moonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2684347516161317491.post-43758066690705369902014-06-04T00:37:43.834+01:002014-06-04T00:37:43.834+01:00just bought neroli portofino and am so disappointe...just bought neroli portofino and am so disappointed with it. It has absolutely zero staying power on me, lasts less than an hour and is completely non descript on my skin. After the initial zest on spray it just dries down to nothing at all. Least lasting perfume I've ever come across. I happened to test Iris Poudre the same day before I purchased NP which was probably a mistake, a very Ellanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2684347516161317491.post-51879258785482188512014-06-03T15:56:47.855+01:002014-06-03T15:56:47.855+01:00Larkin--
Tennessee is beautiful, I'm sure you...Larkin--<br /><br />Tennessee is beautiful, I'm sure your wedding will be gorgeous. Congratulations! At the top left of the page is Katie's Fume Finder, it's a lot of fun. My personal choice would be something from Parfums de Nicolai, maybe "Kiss Me Tender," link below:<br /><br />http://www.luckyscent.com/product/31334/kiss-me-tender-by-parfums-de-nicolai<br /><br />It'Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2684347516161317491.post-71706976132485362182014-06-02T16:59:52.229+01:002014-06-02T16:59:52.229+01:00Katie! I am getting married next may in the hills ...Katie! I am getting married next may in the hills of Tennessee. The venue/decor/ and dress are whimsical+ethereal. Do you have any suggestions for a perfume that would fit this style? What perfume do you think a fairy princess would wear?Larkinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04541257007410034027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2684347516161317491.post-52986866750793655202014-05-31T13:20:57.316+01:002014-05-31T13:20:57.316+01:00"Harmonizes with sweatiness" is precisel..."Harmonizes with sweatiness" is precisely it, martini. And speaking of martinis, my ice cube technique will be called the "Rat Pack cooler", after Frank, Sammy and Dino & Co.Katie Puckrikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12816871787892998256noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2684347516161317491.post-46454045957734105022014-05-30T23:56:00.468+01:002014-05-30T23:56:00.468+01:00I always reach for neroli-based scents when the te...I always reach for neroli-based scents when the temperature soars -- conveys freshness, but harmonizes with sweatyness! And my AC-less means of beating the heat has always been what I call the "Aussie air conditioner:" a wet bandana around the neck. I wonder which culture the ice-cubes-on-the-crotch technique should be named after...martinihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12472387958529560096noreply@blogger.com