<![CDATA[How Do You Describe Something You Can't See, Feel, or Hear? - Jezebel Comments]]> <![CDATA[How Do You Describe Something You Can't See, Feel, or Hear? - Jezebel Comments]]> <![CDATA[How Do You Describe Something You Can't See, Feel, or Hear?]]> The color of bourbon and two or three melted ice cubes, it smells luxurious, grosteque like the arch of a wrist, exposing the close veins. It is Chanel no. 5, and she wears it in her hair and scarves, with the cigarettes.

JeanGenetRamsey

]]> <![CDATA[How Do You Describe Something You Can't See, Feel, or Hear?]]> @not.a.clever.name:

Um, what the hell are you trying to say?

Go back up and dab on some stuff from the recomendations above.

Live girl! (And get cogent....)

e.varden

]]> <![CDATA[How Do You Describe Something You Can't See, Feel, or Hear?]]> @susna: Paris the perfume smells lovely; Paris the city doesn't smell quite so good...

seresy

]]> <![CDATA[How Do You Describe Something You Can't See, Feel, or Hear?]]> @Sarasvati49: Thank you! I'm going to have to scour the internet and find more- it's the one scent I've stuck with for almost 4 years now.

seresy

]]> <![CDATA[How Do You Describe Something You Can't See, Feel, or Hear?]]> I love reading good perfume writing -- having my smell memories called up is always a cool trip.

Yes, I've bought perfume based on reading about it, and also from smelling it on others and from trying it at a perfume counter. I'm going to buy Paris as a result of reading some of the comments here!

Lately, I've been wearing Tresor, which smells to me like really good chocolate that's sitting next to a bowl of lilacs in a fur coat store.

susna

]]> <![CDATA[How Do You Describe Something You Can't See, Feel, or Hear?]]> I LOVE Black Cashmere! I got some last Christmas. I told my husband he would have to either drive across town to Nordstrom to get it, or order it online. I was so pissed after the first time I tried it that Nordstroms got exclusive rights to it. It is still available online, hon...@seresy:

Sarasvati49

]]> <![CDATA[How Do You Describe Something You Can't See, Feel, or Hear?]]> My old stand-bys since high school are Cinnabar (winter) and Aliage (summer). I try different things from time to time. I cannot wear any Ralph Lauren colognes, because they all have a particular note that is in his signature fragrance (in the small, red square bottle). That's what I was using when I became pregnant, and experienced a bad case of morning sickness. If I pass someone in the mall today wearing that fragrance, I become nauseated...

Sarasvati49

]]> <![CDATA[How Do You Describe Something You Can't See, Feel, or Hear?]]> I change up perfumes all the time, but one of my favorites smells like the first really nice day of spring.

mlle.cara

]]> <![CDATA[How Do You Describe Something You Can't See, Feel, or Hear?]]> @caffeinequeen:

Er, "winds up smelling like old cat pee on me", that is. Caffeine hasn't hit the ol' brain yet.

caffeinequeen

]]> <![CDATA[How Do You Describe Something You Can't See, Feel, or Hear?]]> @seresy:

Oh, man, anything with grapefruit SERIOUSLY winds up smelling like old cat pee on it...with the sole exception of Lavanilia Vanilla Grapefruit. Not sure why, but I cherish that bottle!

caffeinequeen

]]> <![CDATA[How Do You Describe Something You Can't See, Feel, or Hear?]]> I wore Obsession all through high school and now I wear Armani Sensi. I also like to wear Cashmere Mist by Donna Karan every now and then... it smells good and it reminds me of my mom.

Right now though, I'm wearing this new scent from Gap called Sugar Snap. It's very... clean. And fresh!

lollygagger

]]> <![CDATA[How Do You Describe Something You Can't See, Feel, or Hear?]]> Bah, why did I not read this thread yesterday?

I have three scents that I rotate, a winter, a spring/summer and an inbetween. For winter - it's all about the Gucci Rush 2 - Rush is just a bit too much for me. I've worn this since college, and I will love it forever. Spring/Summer is Philosophy's Amazing Grace. However, it seems the boy has a mild alergey to it...so on the market for a new scent. Otherwise, my secret shame is L'Air du Temps. It's sooooooo old lady when it first goes on, but, by the end of the day, it gets really really sexy, and I basically have to stop myself from sticking my nose in my chest.

london_calling

]]> <![CDATA[How Do You Describe Something You Can't See, Feel, or Hear?]]> @Jezebabe: Kenzo Flower has a faint hint of baby powder as well. Seems disgusting in theory- but is amazing in practice.

Philthyist

]]> <![CDATA[How Do You Describe Something You Can't See, Feel, or Hear?]]> @seresy:

For me, green scents go rank when they touch my skin. I love them on other people, but it smells like I used Glade bathroom spray after about 5m.

Jan74

]]> <![CDATA[How Do You Describe Something You Can't See, Feel, or Hear?]]> @Oface:

Every time I use those automatic fragrance recommendations, the results always have either green notes as the top notes, or they are a lot more "dessert-y" than SMS, with chocolate and/or caramel as base notes. So I smell them and I am either immediately disappointed with the green notes, or disappointed later when I smell like I poured ice cream syrup on myself. *sigh*

Jan74

]]> <![CDATA[How Do You Describe Something You Can't See, Feel, or Hear?]]> Oh yes. I bought my latest perfume online, without ever smelling it before. Why?
It smells of violets. I love, love, love that scent, and I wasn't disappointed! It's also of a much better quality than my Fragile from Jean Paul Gaultier.
The scent is of warm violets, with plenty of honey in them. Not candy-violets. It's the little dark purple flowers of Viola Odorata. It's called Violette EDT from Calypso.

Elin

]]> <![CDATA[How Do You Describe Something You Can't See, Feel, or Hear?]]> Does anyone else have citrus scents go absolutely rank the second they hit their skin? My sister and I both have that issue, and since neither of us is a straight up floral type person, that's limited things pretty severely.

seresy

]]> <![CDATA[How Do You Describe Something You Can't See, Feel, or Hear?]]> My favorite (Black Cashmere by Donna Karan) was discontinued a few years ago. Fortunately, I found it at the outlets after learning it was on its way out, so I bought a few big bottles, and am just now on the last one.

It's spicy without being overwhelming, very warm, and definitely not a summer scent. Summers are for Demeter's Tomato.

seresy

]]> <![CDATA[How Do You Describe Something You Can't See, Feel, or Hear?]]> @Jan74: I LOVED SunMoonStars. I was highly disappointed when it was discontinued. I wish I had a recommendation. I just wanted to commiserate how great that scent was.

Oface

]]> <![CDATA[How Do You Describe Something You Can't See, Feel, or Hear?]]> @Alohamaid: For my next-to-last exam, Federal Jurisdiction, I finished the reading assignments the night before the exam. Outlining didn't happen. Hope you do well. Hell, I hope I did well.

@estrojen: I'm glad I'm not the only person who has warm weather and cold weather perfumes. My ex came over the other night and told me I smelled different, was a wearing a new perfume? And I said no, I just save this one for hot weather. It's Rockin Rio by Escada, and it smells like candy and palm trees to me. I also do Hermes Eau de Mediteranee and Angel Innocent in the summer. And I switch off between JPG Fragile and Noa by Cacharel in the winter. I did just get a sample of Armani Code, and I adore it, but will probably wait until fall to buy it.

dictator4life1

]]> <![CDATA[How Do You Describe Something You Can't See, Feel, or Hear?]]> @Alohamaid: @Residentdrunkgirl: Good luck on exams, y'all, I took my last law school exam EVER on Monday, and I feel like a new person.

And as for perfumes, I bought Jean-Paul Gaultier Fragile just for the bottle the year it came out, I had never smelled it before. It turns out, I love it. It is the perfect winter scent (it's too heavy and dark for summer). But of course they discontinued it in the US, but my dad goes to France every other year and can get it for me. Now, when people ask me what I wear, I can tell them, "You can't get it in the US anymore, but my father buys it for me in France," and I feel like an Upper East Sider, instead of a kid who's dad teaches French at public school and gets a free trip as long as he chaperones 15 teenagers. Still the coolest bottle ever.

dictator4life1

]]> <![CDATA[How Do You Describe Something You Can't See, Feel, or Hear?]]> @Jezebabe: Oh, don't get me wrong, I really did like patchouli for a long time. And I still like a whiff of it in certain perfumes (I think Lovely has a little patchouli going on). But the straight-up perfume oil, on a person using it as a substitute for deodorant... Yeah, one Rainbow Gathering too many, if you know what I mean.

Now, weed and patchouli together... Taking me back to the Ypsilanti of my mind, puffing on the Cousin to the Kind. Yeah baby. I'm old.

estrojen

]]> <![CDATA[How Do You Describe Something You Can't See, Feel, or Hear?]]> @Jezebabe: flabled? I guess I mean "fabled" like famous? wtf? I can't even understand myself.

Jezebabe

]]> <![CDATA[How Do You Describe Something You Can't See, Feel, or Hear?]]> @littlemissfrench:oops, it's perfume not perdume.

littlemissfrench

]]> <![CDATA[How Do You Describe Something You Can't See, Feel, or Hear?]]> I can't buy a perfume without trying it on because after awhile the smell of it changes for me. I might like a perfume when I smell it at first, but by the end of the day the same perdume make me want to puke. I have visceral reaction to bad smells-they make me want to throw up.
Also, my first perfume was Eau de Jeunesse, and it smelled like citrus, jasmin, vanilla and other scents. To this day the smell of it reminds me of my childhood, of climbing trees, of being happy, and of lying in the grass with the sun warming my body.


littlemissfrench

]]> <![CDATA[How Do You Describe Something You Can't See, Feel, or Hear?]]> @not.a.clever.name:

Have you tried that body spray by Neutrogena called Rainbath? It smells like the fresh rain detergent scent.

Jan74

]]> <![CDATA[How Do You Describe Something You Can't See, Feel, or Hear?]]> Can I do a minor threadjack?

My favorite perfume was Sun Moon Stars by Lagerfeld. When it was about to be discontinued, I bought 4 bottles. Now it is finally over... any recommendations that would smell sweet-ish like it did, but not dessert sweet like Angel by Thierry Mugler, cause that is the one the perfume store workers always rec for my Sun Moon Stars orphaned ass, and it smells gross on me?

Jan74

]]> <![CDATA[How Do You Describe Something You Can't See, Feel, or Hear?]]> @estrojen: I love patchouli, I think a lot of people don't give it a chance because of it's association with unwashed hippies. The most popular and flabled perfumes have notes of patchouli, and it has been around way before hippies ruined it.

Oh, and age inappropriate perfumes!!! On my first trip to Sephora when I was 19 I found a perfume-and-lotion set of Dior J'adore for like 45 bucks. I was so excited I could afford it and I never really had worn perfume before. I loved the J'adore ads in the magazines, and it always had a very assertive musky floral frangrance in the scent strips. I bought it and wore that shit out to class!!! Good lord, how inapproprate, one little spritz lasted the whole day, it's very strong, not really for teenagers to wear to class in the morning, I dont' know what i was thinking. I was just starting to get into perfune and makeup and girly stuff, And J'Adore smells like a 50 something divorcee who likes younger men, smokes a pack of Marlboro Reds a day, has a really dark orange tan, and wears too many animal prints. Ugh.

Jezebabe

]]> <![CDATA[How Do You Describe Something You Can't See, Feel, or Hear?]]> I got Lolita as a farewell present when leaving Japan. It smells like German blackberry candy to me. I can only wear it during certain moods, certain outfits. Do other people coordinate their perfume to the time of day, outfit and season?

biancajames

]]> <![CDATA[How Do You Describe Something You Can't See, Feel, or Hear?]]> Judging a perfume solely on its bottle is absurd: you wear the scent, not the package. And the terms "citrus" and "amber" are only vague if you do not know what they mean, they are very distinct, just like the taste of, say, strawberries and mangos are distinct. Most people don't really have a comprehensive olfactory vocabulary, you usally don't grow up being intimately acquainted with fragrance notes, so we are on the whole usually not very well equipped to describe scents, specially perfumes. However, it doesn't mean that it's impossible or vague, or an exercise in futility, people are just not usually equipped with the tools to describe a scent or a perfume. I also think that perfume is very personal, the same notes will not work the same way on everyone, so reading one person's subjective opinion is not necessarily applicable to everyone. Perfume reacts to your individual body chemistry and interacts with the other scents you might carry from soap/shampoo/laundry detergent, etc. And the writer of the Slate article overlooks the fact that Tania and Luca re focusing not on the packaging, or how well known the brand is, or how ubiquitous the fragrances' marketing campaign is, they are focusing solely on the scent. That's why they have good things to say about more "low end", pedestrian brands like Stetson and Tommy and have bad reviews for well known, highly regarded expensive European brands: they are going by their nose, not by the price or the reputation of the name in the label. And sorry to be too pedestrian, but Fracas, beloved of little old ladies everywhere, always smells like Bubblegum to me, and anything with too much tuberose or too many white flowers always gives me a headache.

@tsiyhtlihp: OMG, I love Kenzo Summer, it's not very popular or well known, but it's so awesome. It's like a really light oriental, apparently it has hint of almond that makes it really sweet, it has a faint smell of baby oil, lol, it's sultry without being too heavy for the warmer months. I love it. And the bottle is cute too, hey...

Jezebabe

]]> <![CDATA[How Do You Describe Something You Can't See, Feel, or Hear?]]> @amandahugnkiss (ΑΞΔ): Haven't tried it but I've only heard raves about Chinatown. You could go to the perfumed court and buy a little decant of it to try before you commit to a full bottle and buy it from the Bond website.

Alohamaid

]]> <![CDATA[How Do You Describe Something You Can't See, Feel, or Hear?]]> @ktburrr: oh man, polo black is like the kiss of death to my good judgement

brandnewkey

]]> <![CDATA[How Do You Describe Something You Can't See, Feel, or Hear?]]> @TwoScoops: I actually really like Amour Amour. I think that's because it's simultaneously sweet and tangy.

Perfume is such an intimate choice, I think. It speaks volumes about the person wearing it.

Think about it and tell me you don't judge someone if they're wearing a Britney Spears scent.

Branza

]]> <![CDATA[How Do You Describe Something You Can't See, Feel, or Hear?]]> I rocked the Gucci Rush during my trampy years and it was luscious and highly effective.

Since marrying a hippie mountain dude, I've switched to Aveda's Yatra because its much closer to a natural essential oil than a manufactured artificial scent.

DirtyThirtiesDenizen

]]> <![CDATA[How Do You Describe Something You Can't See, Feel, or Hear?]]> I just remembered I used to wear those GAP smells freshman year in high school (Sky, Dream, Heaven...). I made my husband smell one a few weeks ago and he almost yakked.

I wore Electric Youth when I was in elementary school, followed by Sunflowers, CK One junior high through freshman year, and Emporio Armani until I was about 20. The only one I still like is Emporio Armani.

amandahugnkiss

]]> <![CDATA[How Do You Describe Something You Can't See, Feel, or Hear?]]> I've worn Angel for the past seven years or so. It smells like chocolate, vanilla, and a twee bit like patchouli (I think I really butchered that one). My husband loves Romance by Ralph Lauren, and the first time I wore it I sneezed for an entire day. I'm still not a big fan, but I do the spray in front of me and walk through it.

I've really wanted to try Bond No. 9 Bryant Park, but nowhere around me has it to smell. Mainly I like the bottle, so I'm trying to convince myself I'd like the way it smells (this works for wine, why not perfume?). Has anyone sniffed it to let me know if it's even remotely worth it?

amandahugnkiss

]]> <![CDATA[How Do You Describe Something You Can't See, Feel, or Hear?]]> Jersey hooker smothered in champagne-soaked diamonds.

Can you smell it now?

FreshTyn

]]> <![CDATA[How Do You Describe Something You Can't See, Feel, or Hear?]]> @Residentdrunkgirl: Holla for law school finals! Although we're not into exams yet. But soon, soon. sigh.

I have a few perfumes I love...La Maison du Vanille Madagascar, obsessed with Tom Ford Black Orchid at the moment, Prada, and Stella (which I loved and used up entirely). Nom nom nom.

Meanmllemustard

]]> <![CDATA[How Do You Describe Something You Can't See, Feel, or Hear?]]> @Residentdrunkgirl: I pwned evidence this week. I'm pretty sure tax is gonna be my waterloo though. Its the night before and I'M STILL OUTLINING. I've never ever had a class take this long to outline.

Alohamaid

]]> <![CDATA[How Do You Describe Something You Can't See, Feel, or Hear?]]> Perfume is so evocative for me. Every scent I've loved reminds me of a particular time of my life. Age 5: Mom's Tigress. Age 7: The perfume solid in the back of an Avon snowman pin. Didn't smell like the nasty grownup perfumes Avon had (which I also believe were all the same formula in different bottles...I get a headache just thinking about it). Age 9: My first perfume - Love's Baby Soft (ye olde formula, not that new dreck they're trying to pass off as Love's). Age 12: Heaven Scent - again, the original formula. I still love that shit. Age 13: Muget du Bois, which I thought was very chic with its French name, but ended up making everyone sick every time I sprayed it. Age 16: Liz Claiborne, in the triangular plastic bottle. Age 18: United Colors of Benneton. Age 20: Coco, and also Fendi. I maxed out my Hudson's store card on those two. And for everyone who still remembers when it was Hudson's and not Macy's, I have just dated myself.

Then I discovered perfume oils and it was down the rabbit hole from there. Sandalwood, amber (puke), patchouli, etc. I still love sandalwood, but patchouli says to me, "Hi, I slept in a rotting log last night!"

Nowadays, I like Sui Dreams and Covet in the cool seasons, and a mix of lavender and pink pepper for the warm weather.

estrojen

]]> <![CDATA[How Do You Describe Something You Can't See, Feel, or Hear?]]> Hermes Caleche: The best perfume there is.

golddigger

]]> <![CDATA[How Do You Describe Something You Can't See, Feel, or Hear?]]> I used to wear Crabtree & Evelyn's men's cologne (it didn't have a name) but the label featured a dude on a horse. I could scoop up the ladies when I wore that, but alas, it's been discontinued.

Now I wear Paloma Piscasso and occassionally Clinque Aromatics Exilir. I prefer spicy or clean scents. Flowery or sweet scents make me hurl.

BowlingForDollars

]]> <![CDATA[How Do You Describe Something You Can't See, Feel, or Hear?]]> @AmazonRedheadedUberVixen: Yeah I definitely not doing family law, no offense. I want to either do sports law or admiralty law - if I have to practice law at all. I'm still holding out for hosting a show on the travel channel.

@Alohamaid: Oh man I feel for you. Can't be worse than my evidence final. It's notoriously tough at my school. I took it Monday and I'm around 90% sure I failed. I turned the exam over and BLANKED. Straight up couldn't remember a thing.

That said, I love Issey Miyake..eau de issey light. It was discontinued but my ex managed to find it and buy it for me for christmas. He was a good guy. Shouldn't have ditched him so coldly - karma sure made me pay for that.

Residentdrunkgirl

]]> <![CDATA[How Do You Describe Something You Can't See, Feel, or Hear?]]> @RyanB: I bought a bottle of Lolita Lempicka when it came out, based on the gorgeous bottle and how it smelled on a strip of paper. Unfortunately, on me, it was not so pretty. I'd describe it as:

"Cat piss on a rubber tire that was set out in the sun to dry, and caught fire."

petuniacat

]]> <![CDATA[How Do You Describe Something You Can't See, Feel, or Hear?]]> My mom's perfume is so much better than mine, since I refuse to buy the good stuff until I'm sure I'll wear it all the time. Hermes Eau de Nil smells like Egypt, oases, summertime, palm oil, and the feeling of the sun when you have tanning oil on and you're lying outside. Elizabeth Arden Green Tea smells like Cape Cod evenings, picnics, and mommy hugs. I'm lame. But I really love her perfume.

magiciannamedgob

]]> <![CDATA[How Do You Describe Something You Can't See, Feel, or Hear?]]> @Residentdrunkgirl: Ugh I've got a law school final bright and early tomorrow at 9 and the subject is still kicking my ass. Pour one out for your girl!

Alohamaid

]]> <![CDATA[How Do You Describe Something You Can't See, Feel, or Hear?]]> I LOVE Velocity!

@embobly:

gfunkg

]]> <![CDATA[How Do You Describe Something You Can't See, Feel, or Hear?]]> I'm right there with you! I love lemon scent and the smell of orange blossoms. Why do they always get rid of the good ones!

If you haven't tried Origins Ginger you should! It is very energizing in a citrus way.

@embobly:

gfunkg

]]> <![CDATA[How Do You Describe Something You Can't See, Feel, or Hear?]]> @Residentdrunkgirl: Please indulge me as I give the following unsolicited advice from a divorce lawyer: do NOT go into family law after graduation. If you hate it, which eventually you probably will, you will have a VERY hard time getting out of it and into another practice area (unless you happen to know the right clout-bearing people or you end up in the tippy top of your class at a first tier law school).

That said, good luck on your final. Drink up, everyone!

AmazonRedheadedUberVixen

]]> <![CDATA[How Do You Describe Something You Can't See, Feel, or Hear?]]> @caffeinequeen: I like this one too, a lot - I love anything with amber. But I can't reconcile owning it and the Mary-Kate and Ashley. Someday I will work up the nerve.

LoSpaz

]]> <![CDATA[How Do You Describe Something You Can't See, Feel, or Hear?]]> @BritneyCanadaWhore: i'm not drunk yet....:( trying to study for family law final that i have on SATURDAY. ugh. I want to be drunk. Outside preferably. I'll have to think of what I want for a new avatar.... I don't know though - I've had this one for a while.

Residentdrunkgirl

]]> <![CDATA[How Do You Describe Something You Can't See, Feel, or Hear?]]> Where do y'all get these fancy-sounding and priced perfumes?

I don't know a good chunk of these ...

Miss Smith Drank Your Vodka

]]> <![CDATA[How Do You Describe Something You Can't See, Feel, or Hear?]]> @BritneyCanadaWhore: This is making me really thirsty.. Cheers! I should study....not drink...study...not drink. I think I can do both...

Residentdrunkgirl

]]> <![CDATA[How Do You Describe Something You Can't See, Feel, or Hear?]]> @BritneyCanadaWhore: ADG

Miss Smith Drank Your Vodka

]]> <![CDATA[How Do You Describe Something You Can't See, Feel, or Hear?]]> @Residentdrunkgirl: i say i say, that is the FAHNEST mint julep i have evah tasted suh. let us ajourn to the pah-lour. (sorry it just makes me think of Foghorn Leghorn)

anyway get a new picture. also let's get drunk. unless you already are, which would stand to reason. i will catch up.

BritneyCanadaWhore

]]> <![CDATA[How Do You Describe Something You Can't See, Feel, or Hear?]]> i'm still waiting for a perfume that smells like walking up to a bakery

gumbytime

]]> <![CDATA[How Do You Describe Something You Can't See, Feel, or Hear?]]> oh and in the interest of contributing, if anecdotally, to the conversation, i wear cologne: D&G light blue and Ralph Lauren Polo Blue are my go-tos, for summer and winter, respectively. any suggestions for yummy-smelling (man) colognes are always welcome.

BritneyCanadaWhore

]]> <![CDATA[How Do You Describe Something You Can't See, Feel, or Hear?]]> @BritneyCanadaWhore: Whoooaaaaa. But I love Makers. Mmmm. Kentucky Derby is this weekend - mint juleps. :)

Bourbon is definitely something I like the smell of.

Residentdrunkgirl

]]> <![CDATA[How Do You Describe Something You Can't See, Feel, or Hear?]]> My sister adored this rancid scent from the late 80s--god, I wish I could remember the name--it literally stank of death. Smelled like the spray of lillies from on top of the coffin three days AFTER the funeral. Wait--I just remembered the name. Sand and Sable. The horror, the horror! It was worse than the entire bottle of Polo my brother spilled in my parents bathroom in 1987--the marble STILL smelled like Polo when we moved out a decade later.

GGordonGiddy

]]> <![CDATA[How Do You Describe Something You Can't See, Feel, or Hear?]]> @Residentdrunkgirl: also cheers! let us imbibe together!

BritneyCanadaWhore

]]> <![CDATA[How Do You Describe Something You Can't See, Feel, or Hear?]]> I forgot to mention my secret shame: I actually own a bottle of Hilary Duff's perfume, With Love. It's SERIOUSLY good. Sephora puts out a perfume sampler every year, and it comes with a voucher for a full-size bottle of your favorite. I couldn't believe it when that was the one I wound up choosing. I think many people who wouldn't sniff it based on the fact that it's a Hilary Duff perfume---never mind that her sole contribution was allowing them to use her name on it---would go insane for it if it came from L'Artisan Parfumeur or Bond No. 9 instead. Seriously, it is THAT good.

caffeinequeen

]]> <![CDATA[How Do You Describe Something You Can't See, Feel, or Hear?]]> @♥ dosido ☮: From one perfume junkie to another, we totally need to hang out. Right now I'm rotating serge lutens un bois vanille, iris poudre, en passant and lys mediteranee from Frederic Malle and insolence from Guerlain. Thank god for decants.

Alohamaid

]]> <![CDATA[How Do You Describe Something You Can't See, Feel, or Hear?]]> @Residentdrunkgirl: dude, you're gonna have to step off with that avatar. there's plenty of booze to go around.

BritneyCanadaWhore

]]> <![CDATA[How Do You Describe Something You Can't See, Feel, or Hear?]]> @♥ dosido ☮: OMG Yes this book was so amazing. It was the first book I picked for my book club and it was just PERFECT. Honestly, if his perfume guide says something smells like ass, I believe it. No questions asked.

Amazing man.

sassydame *diva on a misson*

]]> <![CDATA[How Do You Describe Something You Can't See, Feel, or Hear?]]> @FourInchHeels: Ooooh then do yourself a favor get a bottle of Lys Mediteranee from Frederic Malle, its like a lilly orgasm.

Alohamaid

]]> <![CDATA[How Do You Describe Something You Can't See, Feel, or Hear?]]> My first scent, if you can call it that, came in plastic decorative "pins" from Avon. Classic photo of me in 2nd grade wearing a huge, hideous pin of a bunny on rollerskates--swivel his tummy and there was a solid fragrance in there--I think they called it "glace". It smelled vaguely like something that should be dangled from a rearview mirror.

GGordonGiddy

]]> <![CDATA[How Do You Describe Something You Can't See, Feel, or Hear?]]> @LaFemme: I'm working with Mary Kay's Velocity right now, it's just enough citrusy. Also Lucky is pretty, but every lady in the world wears that one.

embobly

]]> <![CDATA[How Do You Describe Something You Can't See, Feel, or Hear?]]> @brendastarlet: "Kind of screechy"! Oddly enough, that description makes me able to smell it! Well done! Sorry they effed up the perfume, though. :-/

ItchykooParker

]]> <![CDATA[How Do You Describe Something You Can't See, Feel, or Hear?]]> Oh god, perfume is my biggest splurge. I hate shopping for clothes, and I couldn't give a shit about makeup (aside from Dr Pepper Lipsmacker and a bit of mascara, without which my already small eyes look like piss slits in the snow), but I won't leave the house without perfume.

Two of my favorites and how they smell to me:

* Molinard Tendre Friandises: Like spicy jelly beans. Whenever I wear this, I have an irresistible urge to lick my wrists.

* Minnie Wilde Magic: Imagine a young woman slathered in Bain de Soleil. She's lounging by the pool, and after smelling a tigerlily given to her by an admirer, she lays it across her belly.

caffeinequeen

]]> <![CDATA[How Do You Describe Something You Can't See, Feel, or Hear?]]> Tommy Girl! Yess. And Vanilla Fields in 9th grade.

Has anyone mentioned Lancome Miracle yet? It looks and smells like white flowers and pink candy. It's great.

AllThatYaz

]]> <![CDATA[How Do You Describe Something You Can't See, Feel, or Hear?]]> Anyone remember Ocean Dream from Georgio?

Oface

]]> <![CDATA[How Do You Describe Something You Can't See, Feel, or Hear?]]> @RyanB: I as well. I got it because the bottle was pretty.

AllThatYaz

]]> <![CDATA[How Do You Describe Something You Can't See, Feel, or Hear?]]> @TheGintheCity: Ei ei ei. Deodorant.
I am so challenged today.

TheGintheCity

]]> <![CDATA[How Do You Describe Something You Can't See, Feel, or Hear?]]> All through college, I wore Navy, by cover girl. I always got lots of compliments -- one friend didn't want me to wash clothes I borrowed when I gave them back, one guy friend always referred to me as the best-smelling girl he knew. But then I went to law school and decided it was time to "upgrade" my signature scent, so I went through a couple of years of Estee Lauder Beautiful, and then a couple of years of Amarige (which I bought without even smelling, because a friend told me a story in which one of her boyfriend's friends said, you're a sexy girl anyways, but then when you put on that perfume, it's not even fair). And then about a year ago I bought some Navy, and I'm back baby. It's as good as ever. I think it smells like me before my "upgraded" life turned out to be hell.

luxylux

]]> <![CDATA[How Do You Describe Something You Can't See, Feel, or Hear?]]> @Philthyist will cut a bitch.: I try to keep it light.

BAngieB

]]> <![CDATA[How Do You Describe Something You Can't See, Feel, or Hear?]]> @mysterygirl: I wore Coco Mademoiselle for years too! I have been branching out recently though.

LaFemme

]]> <![CDATA[How Do You Describe Something You Can't See, Feel, or Hear?]]> I am a total olfactory-phile personally and have soldered many of my most precious memories to smells. So of course, I put some thought into what I am spraying on my own bod. Here's the run down:

High School: I started wearing Victoria's Secret Love Spell when I was 14 before I knew any better. When I smell this I always get brought back to making out in my mom's garage on top of the grey hoodie I spent the better part of my adolescence in. It's like a bouquet of carnations and gin and tonic.

Early College: I had a boyfriend who started buying me a lot of gifts the summer right before I went off to school. One of them was Pleasures…which I wore for the amount of time it took for us to break up….about 3 months. It gives me a headache and smells like getting your teeth drilled.

Mid college: I had a brief love affair with D&G Light Blue…then it became the scent du jour and the smell of it mixed with stale smoke made me nauseous so I got over it.

Late College: I went off to London for a bit and picked up a bottle of Vivienne Westwood's Anglomania. A lot of people complain about this one and I think it's been discontinued, but for some reason it works really well with my skin. It is super leathery and it is like bundling up in a cashmere scarf, slipping one some heels and sipping whisky on a mid winter night.

It's sort of become my signature fragrance ever since college. I've always wanted a bottle of Luctor et Emergo…but since it's like 200 big ones, maybe in another life time.

This was fun : )

antioxidant

]]> <![CDATA[How Do You Describe Something You Can't See, Feel, or Hear?]]> @LoSpaz: I knew a guy who didn't wear deoderant, so he'd just bathe himself in CKOne. Now it's indistinguishable from B.O., for me.

Which actually reminds me of CoolWater, too. My friends and I used to say the scent was a mixture of B.O. and geek.

TheGintheCity

]]> <![CDATA[How Do You Describe Something You Can't See, Feel, or Hear?]]> @manos: the hands of kate:

I have a bottle of that and it smells so good but so sexy to me that I almost feel indecent wearing it in public.

To me it smells like burnt vanilla and night blooming jasmine and hot tea laden with honey, with a splash of whiskey and sex sex sex.

Heidiismyrealname

]]> <![CDATA[How Do You Describe Something You Can't See, Feel, or Hear?]]> I wear Prada. It's really simple, yet there's something about it that just does it for me. If I could put a face to this scent, it'd probably be Natalie Portman in "Closer". Seductive, mysterious and extremely tantalizing.

And the one for men is also absolutely fabulous. Very musky and sensual.

carbonyl

]]> <![CDATA[How Do You Describe Something You Can't See, Feel, or Hear?]]> @LittleDebbie: That's how I feel about A&F's The Woods - sigh...

chelotoyou

]]> <![CDATA[How Do You Describe Something You Can't See, Feel, or Hear?]]> @lumenatrix: you might want to try a "chypre": [nowsmellthis.blogharbor.com]

desylicious

]]> <![CDATA[How Do You Describe Something You Can't See, Feel, or Hear?]]> @wahine429: Holy shit! That website is ridiculous and awesome. They have Debbie Gibson's Electric Youth! Holy shit! Everyone is getting 4th grade perfume for their birthday this year.

hortense

]]> <![CDATA[How Do You Describe Something You Can't See, Feel, or Hear?]]> @embobly: Try L'Artisan Parfumeur "Mimosa pour moi" if you like the citrus. It is really beautiful and citrusy without smelling like Mr. Clean.

LaFemme

]]> <![CDATA[How Do You Describe Something You Can't See, Feel, or Hear?]]> ::spasms::

Need book NOW.

I wear Chanel Cristalle (the eau de parfum-- it's different, OK?!) and there is just nothing like it. I've tried fragrances with similar components and nothing smells remotely like it. It is light but not informal, rich but not heady, and most importantly it is not powdery, musky, warm, vanilla, nor does it smell like any immediately recognizable flower. It is liquid ocelot; aloof and not overly sweet.

My sister thinks it's stinky, but I get nothing but compliments when I wear it.

I once fell hard for a spritz of Tubereuse Indiana by Creed, but at $150 for a 2.5 oz bottle, it can never be.

half_ocelot

]]> <![CDATA[How Do You Describe Something You Can't See, Feel, or Hear?]]> @oeditrix: There is something incredibly comforting about the fact that there are numerous blogs blogging about something with a depth and passion that seems completely bananas to me - like, no matter what kind of weird obsessive shit you're into (for me, it's yarn), there are people out there who care so much more than you ever will.

Vive le difference, man.

Smackdown

]]> <![CDATA[How Do You Describe Something You Can't See, Feel, or Hear?]]> @hortense: No it was Tribu! The bottle was a really distinctive red/yellow frosted glass. I literally just tracked it down and bought a bottle.

TheGintheCity

]]> <![CDATA[How Do You Describe Something You Can't See, Feel, or Hear?]]> I have Issey Miyake right now. I'm not entirely convinced that it's for me - it's a lot like that new Marc Jacobs daisy scent - light and somewhat shallow and forgettable. I guess it smells like spring - like sap running through new branches. Snow melting. Blossoms opening, but in a cold place.

chelotoyou

]]> <![CDATA[How Do You Describe Something You Can't See, Feel, or Hear?]]> Oh my God twice! Just found it on 1stperfume.com.

Praises be to the olfactory gods!

WantToTouchtheWahine

]]> <![CDATA[How Do You Describe Something You Can't See, Feel, or Hear?]]> @Residentdrunkgirl: Oh yes! Every girl I knew in high school wore Cool Water at some point. I won't lie -- every time I smell it, it makes me so nostalgic.

LittleDebbie

]]> <![CDATA[How Do You Describe Something You Can't See, Feel, or Hear?]]> @Miss Smith Drank Your Vodka: Oh my God I couldn't believe I'd gotten almost all the way through with no mention of ADG!!

Call it cliche, but I can smell and want to hump a man wearing Acqua di Gio from miles away. Especially if he fine...

I'm sitting here giggling at how we ALL wore Tommy Girl in high school.

And crying because Dior discontinued their Lily fragrance years ago. Anyone, ANYONE have any lily scents?

WantToTouchtheWahine

]]> <![CDATA[How Do You Describe Something You Can't See, Feel, or Hear?]]> OH. and another one. *Sorry*

I found it a few years ago. The name is Cabaret. I couldn't tell you who it was bye. To me, it was dirty, nasty, can't look you in the eye the next mornings sex in a bottle.

Oface

]]> <![CDATA[How Do You Describe Something You Can't See, Feel, or Hear?]]> Did anyone else's middle school smell of Sunflowers and CK1?? That is a smell I will never forget.

I recently splurged on a trip to Barneys and made my first foray into couture fragrance. I settled on one called Bigarade Concentree by Jean-Claude Ellena for Frederic Malle- sublime! Bitter orange, a touch of rose with a woody base of hay and cedar for warmth. I've had people following me around and asking me about it every day since.

baconpants

]]> <![CDATA[How Do You Describe Something You Can't See, Feel, or Hear?]]> @Marsgaret: yay! BPAL! i always have about 5 of their scents in rotation. i love that you can buy samples and test them out. and if you are in the l.a. area you can go to their warehouse on the full moon and sniff everything.

romastrega

]]> <![CDATA[How Do You Describe Something You Can't See, Feel, or Hear?]]> @LookyLoo: Yes Pure Poison is beautiful. When I first tried it, I thought it a bit too old lady for me. Then it wore off a bit and I couldn't stop smelling myself.

@oeditrix: Yeah it is. Makes me think of laying on the couch watching classic movies.

Bulgari's Omnia amytheste is one I discovered yesterday. It will be my next purchase. I wanted to throw myself down at work last night and have my way with me.

Oface

]]> <![CDATA[How Do You Describe Something You Can't See, Feel, or Hear?]]> @KathrynwithaY loves Joan Collins: Ah, I hope you come back to this thread! Sephora has a huge sale on all the products by La Maison du Vanille right now--like, bottles of perfume for $10 sale. I have and love Madagascar.

Meanmllemustard

]]> <![CDATA[How Do You Describe Something You Can't See, Feel, or Hear?]]> @BAngieB: I was hoping someone would play with me- but these comments were a mess. I was thrilled to see someone else in the game.

Philthyist

]]> <![CDATA[How Do You Describe Something You Can't See, Feel, or Hear?]]> @sheistolerable: So THAT's what it is? Chocolate?
Angel is my signature scent. Sooo lovely and indescribable. I would have said there's some vanilla, a hint of citrus, and some floral, but it's just so indefinable. LOVE! Angel Innocent is really good too, in a super-feminine sort of way. Roses, etc.

Oddly enough, I love Paris Hilton's original perfume, but I hear it's a rip-off of Ralph Lauren Cool.

As for the man - my favorite on him is Burberry Weekend. That's some instant sex. Also good is Old Spice, as he's sorta musky and old-school. DO NOT WANT POLO - seriously ewwww.


lautaylo

]]> <![CDATA[How Do You Describe Something You Can't See, Feel, or Hear?]]> I wear Crystal Noir by Versace. I don't normally consider myself a Versace person, but its the only perfume that just sunk right into my skin and doesn't bother me all day. I would describe it as spicy coconut and a little bit too heavy to be truly tropical.

Although reading an online description of it leads me to believe that there is no actual coconut note in it...huh.

AFever

]]> <![CDATA[How Do You Describe Something You Can't See, Feel, or Hear?]]> @ItchykooParker: I'm so sorry to hear that about your mom, but I'm sure it made her feel much better. When people are ill, their sense of smell declines, so it would have to be something strong like that to have any effect. Maybe someday you can revisit it.

The first thing I ever wore was Diorissimo, which I bought in a shop in Paris for 39 Francs (when there were Francs.) It was a tiny bottle of cologne, and it smelled like lilly of the valley with some other scents mixed in. Perfect for a teenager. However, it was reformulated a few years ago and now smells kind of screechy instead of soft.

brendastarlet

]]> <![CDATA[How Do You Describe Something You Can't See, Feel, or Hear?]]> Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab, people. Buy a vial of Morocco if you want random people burying their noses in your neck. But any from the "Wanderlust" collection (perfumes based on specific geographic places) are amazing. I think it's probably not cool to post the link here but you're smart. You can find it.

Marsgaret

]]> <![CDATA[How Do You Describe Something You Can't See, Feel, or Hear?]]> @GTCosita: There was a girl on my all-female hallway in my freshman dorm who literally bathed in CK1. The whole hall smelled like it. To this day I associate the smell with stale beer and coordinated menstrual cycles.

LoSpaz

]]> <![CDATA[How Do You Describe Something You Can't See, Feel, or Hear?]]> @Oface: Kenzo Amour is yummy on rainy days especially.

It smells like rice pudding.

oeditrix

]]> <![CDATA[How Do You Describe Something You Can't See, Feel, or Hear?]]> @Skinny Bone Jones: I plan on wearing Amargie (sp?) when I am an older lady. Right now it smells too old. More power to you!

Miss Smith Drank Your Vodka

]]> <![CDATA[How Do You Describe Something You Can't See, Feel, or Hear?]]> So I just went and read the actual article, and... Stetson? Really? Stetson makes me nauseous (again, bad ex-boyfriend associations, but even so). The fact that this guy endorses it makes me not really trust his judgment all that much.

girlscoutcookie

]]> <![CDATA[How Do You Describe Something You Can't See, Feel, or Hear?]]> @Philthyist will cut a bitch.: I guess that is what happens when the comments lag, huh?

BAngieB

]]> <![CDATA[How Do You Describe Something You Can't See, Feel, or Hear?]]> I wear B&BW Cucumber Melon during the day. It smells like a naked baby running through a melon patch. At night I wear Dior Pure Poison, and IT smells like having sex on a dark purple velvet blanket. Very multiple personalities of me, I think.

LookyLoo

]]> <![CDATA[How Do You Describe Something You Can't See, Feel, or Hear?]]> As for guys' cologne, I bought my BF (well EX as of a month ago) Calvin Klein's Euphoria because I love love it in the bottle, but it didn't mix so well with him.

I still love Acqua di Gio on the menz.

Miss Smith Drank Your Vodka

]]> <![CDATA[How Do You Describe Something You Can't See, Feel, or Hear?]]> @hortense: Didn't we ALL wear CK1 in Middle/High School? I didn't even live here in the States, and wore the hell out of that perfume.

GTCosita

]]> <![CDATA[How Do You Describe Something You Can't See, Feel, or Hear?]]> Blagh, I gave Fracas to my mom. It was too, um, "mature" for my taste.

Odeur 71 by Commes des Garcons was disappointingly 90s smelling, but it had an awesome write-up:

The ultimate anti-perfume. The notes are inspired by dust on a hot lightbulb, bamboo, metal, electricity and lettuce juice…no lie! But what does it smell like? Surprisingly, it's a completely wearable scent; metal and electricity manifest as the invigorating smell of ozone just before a storm, and the combination of we-don't-know-what makes for a familiar soapy freshness. Hot laundry right out of the dryer served up on your clean, sexy Xerox machine.

BlackPhoenixAlchemyLabs(.com) has the most insane, literary, irrelevant write-ups. They're vegan and they don't test on animals. Yay.

bernat

]]> <![CDATA[How Do You Describe Something You Can't See, Feel, or Hear?]]> @Residentdrunkgirl: Coolwater, Hugo Boss and Curve stunk up the boys of HS for sher.

Miss Smith Drank Your Vodka

]]> <![CDATA[How Do You Describe Something You Can't See, Feel, or Hear?]]> Wow, it's funny that so many of us wore CK1 in high school and can't stand it now. It really does turn my stomach, especially since I so closely associate it with the foul ex-boyfriend who bought it for me.

I really... y'all don't understand, thinking about my favorite scents and perfumes, especially as they correspond to the events for which I wear them, is really making me want to have some sex. I wouldn't have expected that.

girlscoutcookie

]]> <![CDATA[How Do You Describe Something You Can't See, Feel, or Hear?]]> @TheGintheCity: Is the Bennetton perfume Colors, by any chance? I swear I wore the exact same perfumes as you up to Sophomore year!

GTCosita

]]> <![CDATA[How Do You Describe Something You Can't See, Feel, or Hear?]]> I don't usually waer anything, when I do it's Chanel Allure, but your descriptions are making me think about testing a few different ones..

What I would love to find, though, is something that smells like Redwood trees. I love the way they smell, kind of woody, but sweet and spicy ant the same time and there's usually a mossy smell as well from the forest floor.

lumenatrix

]]> <![CDATA[How Do You Describe Something You Can't See, Feel, or Hear?]]> I hate most perfumes. I think soap and deodorant is all the scent one needs.

ceejeemcbeegee

]]> <![CDATA[How Do You Describe Something You Can't See, Feel, or Hear?]]> @RyanB: @Oface: Oh, I made out with a guy who used Curve once. I still think of him to this day when I get a whiff of that cologne.

GTCosita

]]> <![CDATA[How Do You Describe Something You Can't See, Feel, or Hear?]]> @brendastarlet: I think the scent Paris is captivating. If I didn't do my own, I'd wear that. Lovely that it reminds you of your mother.

Scent can work the other way too. I'll never wear/burn anything - soap, lotion, candles - that is vanilla scented. We used to massage my mom with vanilla scented lotion when she was ill with cancer, and now the scent makes me unutterably miserable.

I have GOT to smell that cannabis/rose combo in Fresh! Road trip!

ItchykooParker

]]> <![CDATA[How Do You Describe Something You Can't See, Feel, or Hear?]]> @vanka: Yeah, I only wear it to go out/special occasions, and spritz TWO times: one right on my neck, and one on my wrist, which I then rub on my other wrist. I spend all day sniffing myself!

GTCosita

]]> <![CDATA[How Do You Describe Something You Can't See, Feel, or Hear?]]> @TheGintheCity:

Awww we have similar noses. ;)

I forgot about Sunflowers (6th) Gap Dream of Heaven (7th) and CK One (8th). haha

I think my first ever was Baby Love or whatever that's been mentioned on here. Yuck.

Miss Smith Drank Your Vodka

]]> <![CDATA[How Do You Describe Something You Can't See, Feel, or Hear?]]> I think this book is really funny...they did a good interview on NPR also.

My favorite entry was her description of Dior's Addict, where she went into Macy's drunk and thought Addict smelled like bourbon, only to realize it was her and not the fragrance.

Instantly won over.

salmon.villa

]]> <![CDATA[How Do You Describe Something You Can't See, Feel, or Hear?]]> @♥ dosido ☮: Herbal Essence shampoo seems to get 'em too. Wasn't Love's Baby Soft the one with the commercial of Donovan singing "Wear Your Love Like Heaven?"

Parasol

]]> <![CDATA[How Do You Describe Something You Can't See, Feel, or Hear?]]>

There are some blogs devote to perfume reviews that are helpful when buying stuff online

[perfumesmellinthings.blogspot.com]
[www.perfumeposse.com]
And the perfumed court does sampler sets by note: [theperfumedcourt.com]



hamburgerhotdog

]]> <![CDATA[How Do You Describe Something You Can't See, Feel, or Hear?]]> @RyanB: Sometimes I just want to smell straight up like a doomed French love affair. Gucci Rush gets the job DONE.

♥ dosido ☮

]]> <![CDATA[How Do You Describe Something You Can't See, Feel, or Hear?]]> my favorite perfume: its main note is rosewater -- i remember rosewater in little wooden hand-painted vials, that my godmother brought from her native Bulgaria. the wood added a hint of aroma as well, so the overall effect was a forest nymph: powerful yet ethereal. Now the perfume retained the ethereal quality, but the other layers made it so smooth, a little sweet and summery like a golden tan.

My perfume smells like a forest nymph, who spent a day at the beach and is now sitting at a beachside cafe eating a pot-de-creme

dashenbka

]]> <![CDATA[How Do You Describe Something You Can't See, Feel, or Hear?]]> @♥ dosido ☮: Oh, totally! With elements of hair gel and linen spray.

@TheGintheCity: I want to play too!

Middle School: Something the name of which I don't recall by Avon. It was shimmery and very light and floral-lineny.
HS: CK1. I can't really explain why.
College: The very first purchase I made after moving into my dorm was Abercrombie's Ready perfume. (My hometown doesn't have an A&F, but my college town does.) I save it for special, though, and used to wear Bath & Body Works' Black Raspberry Vanilla for everyday until my boyfriend gave me the DKNY Be Delicious.

That was fun, although I'm not very scent-adventurous, it seems.



girlscoutcookie

]]> <![CDATA[How Do You Describe Something You Can't See, Feel, or Hear?]]> Perfumes are to people as soundtracks are to films. Inexplicably bracing.

RyanB

]]> <![CDATA[How Do You Describe Something You Can't See, Feel, or Hear?]]> The worst is when I get a whiff of Joop! My first real boyfriend (and first guy I had sex with) wore it the whole year we went out, and every time I smell it, the scent takes me back to when I was 17... Memories...

GTCosita

]]> <![CDATA[How Do You Describe Something You Can't See, Feel, or Hear?]]> @TheGintheCity: The Benetton scent was probably Colors. And I wore CK1 in high school, too. The smell of it makes my stomach sick.

hortense

]]> <![CDATA[How Do You Describe Something You Can't See, Feel, or Hear?]]> @GTCosita: I LOVE flowerbomb, but I'm not so sure I'd feel justified spending 100$ on a bottle of perfume and they don't make an eau de toilette anymore.

vanka

]]> <![CDATA[How Do You Describe Something You Can't See, Feel, or Hear?]]> -Miller Harris Fleur de Sel - absolute favorite, like salty yummy skin after a day in the woods with sweet notes
-Creed Original Vetiver
-Les Nereides Musc de Samarkand
-Comme Des Garcons White

I buy a ton of stuff on perfumed court and dabble around




hamburgerhotdog

]]> <![CDATA[How Do You Describe Something You Can't See, Feel, or Hear?]]> How come no one has mentioned Cool Water? EVERYONE wore Cool Water.
My ex wears Curve.... should have been signal. Curve reminds me of high school age guys.

Residentdrunkgirl

]]> <![CDATA[How Do You Describe Something You Can't See, Feel, or Hear?]]> @ItchykooParker: marvelous! My mom wore Norell when I was growing up, and then switched to Paris. Either one of them are distinct memory perceptions.

brendastarlet

]]> <![CDATA[How Do You Describe Something You Can't See, Feel, or Hear?]]> @Oface: I used to steal spritzes of my sophomore roommate's Curve when she was studying. She found me out and hid the bottle. To this day, Curve makes me feel ashamed

RyanB

]]> <![CDATA[How Do You Describe Something You Can't See, Feel, or Hear?]]> Anytime I smell Curve...it reminds me of the steamy affair I had when I was 20. It was his signature scent.

I could honestly talk about fragrance for days.

Oface

]]> <![CDATA[How Do You Describe Something You Can't See, Feel, or Hear?]]> @girlscoutcookie (ΔΔΔ): Christian from Project Runway needs to put out a fragrance called "Ferosh", STAT. It would smell like cute little pocket gays.

♥ dosido ☮

]]> <![CDATA[How Do You Describe Something You Can't See, Feel, or Hear?]]> @♥ dosido ☮: What a filthy, filthy description ;)

RyanB

]]> <![CDATA[How Do You Describe Something You Can't See, Feel, or Hear?]]> @Miss Smith Drank Your Vodka: Oooh ooh! Me too!
First perfume ever (5th grade?): Liz Claiborne (talk about smelling like an old lady)
Middle School: Sunflowers, a great Bennetton scent whose name I can't remember and for which I still search Freshman year high school: Ex Cla Ma Tion! (used to cover up smoking smells), CK One (shudder)
Sophomore Year: Gap Dream, CK Escape
Junior Year: Polo, Tommy Girl
Sr. Year: Abercrombie & Fitch
College Freshman Year: Chanel Allure
Sophomore Year: Coco Mademoiselle
Junior Year: the aforementioned Lolita Lempicka (shudder)
Senior Year: Demeter Tomato/Gin & Tonic
2003-04: 212 Carolina Herrara
2005: Stella
2006: Miss Dior Cherie
2007: Marc by Marc Jacobs, Flower by Kenzo (LOVE), Armani Code
2008: Armani Diamonds(men's)

TheGintheCity

]]> <![CDATA[How Do You Describe Something You Can't See, Feel, or Hear?]]> My mom bought Woman by Alexander Julian and I swear to God if I could find that scent again...I'd buy every bottle they had.

Oface

]]> <![CDATA[How Do You Describe Something You Can't See, Feel, or Hear?]]> @Philthyist will cut a bitch.: You should get a Hello Kitty vibrator and bring that back, sug.

Miss Smith Drank Your Vodka

]]> <![CDATA[How Do You Describe Something You Can't See, Feel, or Hear?]]> @onesong: I like RL's Blue. It's simple and pretty and it's pretty faint once it's on your skin. I usually wear that to work and the Lempicka when I go out.

hortense

]]> <![CDATA[How Do You Describe Something You Can't See, Feel, or Hear?]]> I can't talk about this. I'm beside myself (yes) over the fact that I have to work on Saturday and cannot go to Bloomingdale's all-day fragrance thingee.

I almost bought this book on Sunday, but decided against it, which I am glad of because apparently he bitterly rails against some poor indie perfumer, in a really inappropriate, personal way.

Still.

Fracas is nice on me, but I'm not in love with it. I am, however, impossibly attracted to my GF when she wears Serge Lutens' Borneo 1834.

I'm being a total fucking nerd right now, but who cares. Scents that should be ultra-sexy on me end up smelling dated and old-ladyish; scents that are known for being "more mature" end up really sexy on me. It's strange! Also, why Givenchy's Amarige has been a favorite of mine for years.

I feel like I could die a peaceful, sweet death every time I smell Frederic Malle's En Passant. That shit is dreamy as fuck.

Skinny Bone Jones

]]> <![CDATA[How Do You Describe Something You Can't See, Feel, or Hear?]]> @ktburrr: I can never again smell B&B Works Pearberry or Calgon Hawaiian Ginger without wanting to vomit. They both remind me too much of drinking too much Southern Comfort, chain-smoking Marlboro Reds, puking, and then dousing myself and friends with those sprays "to fool our parents." Yuck.

Miss Smith Drank Your Vodka

]]> <![CDATA[How Do You Describe Something You Can't See, Feel, or Hear?]]> @aubonpam: @desylicious: I loved how the book put 18th century Paris into the context of smell - because I always used to think about how everything and everybody must have been so freaking rank back then, but no one ever talks about that.

RyanB

]]> <![CDATA[How Do You Describe Something You Can't See, Feel, or Hear?]]> Kenzo Flower (does not actually smell like flowers) mixed with Palmer's Cocoa-Butter with Alpha Hydroxy (the teal bottle)- it smells like sex and summertime and youth.
It was my signature for the longest. In the last few years, a certain someone has drained all sense of myself and stopped being sexy.


Philthyist

]]> <![CDATA[How Do You Describe Something You Can't See, Feel, or Hear?]]> I'm obsessed with perfumes. I started working at Ulta for makeup, but now own more perfume than I ever thought I would. Some of my favorites:

Kenzo Amour-I feel really sexy when I wear this. Its got a bit of a chocolate smell. Maybe the frangipani?

Marc Jacobs Essence-Its the only floral I'll wear. Reminds me of my mom's miniature gardenia bushes. Also reminds me of Casual by Paul Sebastion. I wore the shit out of that in high school. This stuff reminds me of the beach. Its gardenia and sunscreen combined. YUMMAH

Jadore-MMMMMM.....luxe. I feel like a trust fund baby.

Vera Wang Sheer Veil-This is something I'd wear on my wedding day. Its light and virginal.

OH...and my honey wears RSVP by Kenneth Cole. Its SOO hard to not hump the hell out of him.

Oface

]]> <![CDATA[How Do You Describe Something You Can't See, Feel, or Hear?]]> The last time my sister came home with a nasty-smelling perfume my dad told her she smelled like five nights in Renton (our hometown. Lovable, but occasionally ghetto. It's doing its best to not be a coal-mining town, and it starting to succeed).

That's my new insult for when someone smells trampy or cheap -- tell her she smells like five nights in (insert trashy local town here)!

FourInchHeels

]]> <![CDATA[How Do You Describe Something You Can't See, Feel, or Hear?]]> href="#c5482040">ktburrr:

oh and also: The three guys i'm currently attracted to all wear 'Polo Black'. maybe its the scent and not the man...hmm haha. I perk up when ever I smell that.

ktburrr

]]> <![CDATA[How Do You Describe Something You Can't See, Feel, or Hear?]]> @♥ dosido ☮: Now THAT is a perfume description!

I have one perfume--Fluid by H20, sadly discontinued--that seems to prompt universal and vocal appreciation whenever I wear it. Stupid name, but it smells good.

@and Begorrah: Demeter's Wet Garden! I was so sad when I finished my bottle. Their Rain is pretty nice too. And I liked Dirt, as well. (Hmm, if you mix Rain and Dirt and add some seeds, you pretty much have a Wet Garden.)

hurdygurdygirl

]]> <![CDATA[How Do You Describe Something You Can't See, Feel, or Hear?]]> @brendastarlet: Thank you. That is lovely.

I mix my own scent, and have done since I was 14: rosewood and patchouli essential oils. It smells earthy and womanly, mysterious and warm, and I feel like a medieval woman walking through the English countryside when I'm wearing it. I'll wear it until I die. I always think that when my children smell patchouli or rose when I am gone, they will think of me.

ItchykooParker

]]> <![CDATA[How Do You Describe Something You Can't See, Feel, or Hear?]]> @Political Party Girl: hahaha

Residentdrunkgirl

]]> <![CDATA[How Do You Describe Something You Can't See, Feel, or Hear?]]> @embobly: i LOVED gap's day.
i wear Romance by Ralph Lauren. It's a clean lily of the valley smell, with a yummy smell of cookies somewhere in there. i love it because it reacts really well with my sweat (there's a lot of it) and gives off this spicy, bright, almost bitter almond smell...like my body odor but better.

onesong

]]> <![CDATA[How Do You Describe Something You Can't See, Feel, or Hear?]]> @manos: the hands of kate: @safi: @Political Party Girl: I've read numerous times that men like food smell too, and VANILLA.

But smelling like vanilla and food just makes me hungry.

Miss Smith Drank Your Vodka

]]> <![CDATA[How Do You Describe Something You Can't See, Feel, or Hear?]]> @RyanB: and the film of the novel does a beautiful job translating smell into sight and sound.

Apropos of nothing, I hate smelling like fruit. And when I was in Grasse, I did the whole "make your own perfum with a professional nose" thing and it was so much fun. Came out stinky though. Too much civet. I called it L'eau de Pipi.

desyliciou