Comments on: Open Microphone

By: Tigs

Tigs — Wed, 22 Nov 2006 23:25:31 +0000

Please, no more ridiculous note lists: no iced lichen martini or carmelized indigo plumeria accords, no tears of only very sensitive sumac plants, no triple-distilled vodka notes.

By: SniffQ

SniffQ — Wed, 22 Nov 2006 21:40:57 +0000

I’m raising my hand to vote for smaller bottles. Excellent idea.
And I’ll join in the chorus for a ten-year ban on fruity florals.
Please make a few perfumes that are complex, interesting, and make a person smell good.
I don’t want to smell like metal, rubber, any celebrity, no matter how privileged, or unwashed body parts.
Please quit making perfumes that smell the same in the bottle, on a piece of paper, my arm, my clothes, the woman next to me in the Metro and retain the same potency for 12 hours. Perfume is like film photography–let it develop over time.
Please do not put perfume in a bottle of such artistry that I can’t afford the perfume in the bottle. I know there are bottle collectors. Sell them exquisite bottles of your perfume. But for the rest of us in the common ruck, put your perfume in a bottle that I can open, that stands upright, that won’t slip through my hands, and with a top that has heft. And a spray that works.
Thank you. Next.

By: Dylan

Dylan — Wed, 22 Nov 2006 18:25:08 +0000

You are SO RIGHT about the classics! –STOP reformulating!! You are right about the differences being Vast as far as the Vintage Shalimar and Today’s Shalimar goes. The reformulated Shalimar is simply awful, it is unwearable.
I cannot believe a perfume house like Guerlain would purposely RUIN a classic the way they have done. They could have just tweaked it, but no, they had to make it repulsive. I never could wear the EDT form, but they have now destroyed the parfum versions too. P.U. Shame on Guerlain.

yeah and the teeny bopper scents–most teenys I know don’t even want them–my 15 yr.old babysitter wears Chanel No. 5.

By: Judith

Judith — Wed, 22 Nov 2006 14:17:41 +0000

OK–since I’m late to the mike, I will simply reinforce some of the previous brilliant points:
–Bring back some (as many as possible) wonderful classics (Guerlain has the right idea here) and DON”T reformulate.
Making specific requests for
Diorling
Scandal
Djedi
–More leather, smoke, skank. No fruit or chocolate, please; keep food and perfume separate. And to quote BrooklynTbone, “Noir is the new black.”
–More small bottles! Yeah!
–vote for Patty for Evil Empress. Marina and Ina for heads of Ministery of Lemmings. And create a special department for Elle.

By: MonkeyPosh

MonkeyPosh — Wed, 22 Nov 2006 13:59:58 +0000

PLEASE for the love of God get rid of the cluless teenage sales associates who know NOTHING about fragrance, who have NO passion about fragrance, who are no help AT ALL TO ANYONE who is seeking fragrance.
When someone with chipped nails and a bad attitude who is “representing” a fragrance line cannot answer any questions and I know more than they do it just pisses me off. TRAIN YOUIR EMPLOYEE! Plus 9 times out of 10, I will have a query about something specific and they will have no clue, but they will say something very intelligent like “Have you tried the New Juicy? It’s really awesome”
BLECH. It cheapens the art of fragrance and totally turns me off.

I believe whomever sales the fragrance is a direct reflection of the fragrance and the line.

Who wants the mike next?

By: Tom

Tom — Tue, 21 Nov 2006 23:22:10 +0000

(taps microphone)

I am the indulgent (sometimes) godparent of a 14 year old god-daughter. She is in every way a normal girl-on-the-verge; as of alte I can see the woman she is going to become. She lives to shop at American Apparel, has her iPod, MySpace page and desire to denude Sephora of all the lip gloss and sparkly eyeshadow she can herniate out of the place. What perfume did she ask for last year for her birthday? Acqua di Parma. What did she poach off her Mom’s dressing table the other day? Gris Clair by Serge Lutens. You perfumers are criminally underestimating these kids.

In short, the only person who wants to smell like Paris Hilton is Paris Hilton. And I’ll bet she wears Clive Christian.

By: Teri

Teri — Tue, 21 Nov 2006 19:39:35 +0000

To put it simply….if I can eat it, I’d rather not wear it as a fragrance.

Give me something interesting. I don’t wish to smell like every other female on the commuter train. I want my scent to be so interesting, so different, that heads turn when I pass. I will pay more for interesting, if need be. And I can. I’ve spent 40 years shaping and crafting the unique and special individual that I am. I want my scent to reflect it. I don’t want it to be a ‘one size fits all’ fragrance.

And as far as reformulations…no matter what your reasoning is behind them….JUST SAY NO. If you can’t bring back a classic in it’s original form, move on to something new. Case closed.

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Tue, 21 Nov 2006 17:31:07 +0000

Quit underestimating women below 25 appreciation of scent. We do not all want to smell of fruit salads and cupcakes. And please bring back the original formulation of the classics so that we too can learn how to appreciate them.

By: violetnoir

violetnoir — Tue, 21 Nov 2006 17:21:47 +0000

How about this?

I agree with March: Put the juice in smaller bottles!

One more thing: Stop with all of these perfume releases! As much as I love and adore the stuff, I feel that I am on perfume-overload, not giving each new release enough testing time because I’m trying to keep up.

Hugs!

By: Elle

Elle — Tue, 21 Nov 2006 17:05:14 +0000

I need to third March’s comments about small bottles. I can *never* finish bottles. A 30 ml bottle could last a decade or more for me. Enough w/ these whopper 100 ml sizes!