Comments on: Danger Alert! http://www.aromascope.com/wp/2007/04/02/danger-alert/ A perfume blog about all things perfume - reviews, shopping, recommendations. Tue, 25 Oct 2011 11:35:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Ina http://www.aromascope.com/wp/2007/04/02/danger-alert/comment-page-1/#comment-11505 Ina Tue, 03 Apr 2007 04:51:07 +0000 http://www.aromascope.com/wp/2007/04/02/danger-alert/#comment-11505 Donna, I can't help but agree with you! There're numerous examples of fruit done right and with taste. Seems like the 90s were the ozonic years, and the 2000s are all about the FFFs. I already much prefer niche and vintage to the current trends - because they have taste and class. Donna, I can’t help but agree with you! There’re numerous examples of fruit done right and with taste. Seems like the 90s were the ozonic years, and the 2000s are all about the FFFs.
I already much prefer niche and vintage to the current trends – because they have taste and class.

]]> By: Flora http://www.aromascope.com/wp/2007/04/02/danger-alert/comment-page-1/#comment-11501 Flora Tue, 03 Apr 2007 04:37:02 +0000 http://www.aromascope.com/wp/2007/04/02/danger-alert/#comment-11501 I totally agree, and may I add that piled on top of these clones, we often find the dreaded "aquatic" or "ozone" notes - makes my throat catch just to think about it. My two worst offenders, from opposite ends of this spectrum from Hell, are Dolce & Gabbana Light Blue (the dreaded aquatic) and Juicy Couture (the cavity-inducing sweet). GAAAACK! In between these are all the insipid sticky messes, many of which I truly cannot tell apart. I also love fruit, but I agree with SniffQ, they do not translate well at all in these cheaper formulations. And let us not forget the men's versions - even more likely to have a heavy overdose of aquatic/oceanic/ozone. At least they only (usually) pile citrus on top of that and not so much with the melon and strawberry. That being said, there are some fragrances that DO have fruit in them that I adore, and they are done very well. I could (and I often do) mention the great vintage perfume Jean Patou Colony, a masterful fruity chypre that is redolent of pineapple. However it is NOT the overly bright and fresh-out-of-the-can version you encounter in these modern fragrances. Oh no, it is dark and lush and mysterious, and you can just about hear the ceiling fan whispering overhead and feel the tropical humidity. It CAN be done properly! Yet over and over it is done the same old way, and we get yet another wishy-washy scent. I say we all wear vintage perfumes from only the best houses, or new stuff from niche houses, until the rest of them come to their senses! I totally agree, and may I add that piled on top of these clones, we often find the dreaded “aquatic” or “ozone” notes – makes my throat catch just to think about it. My two worst offenders, from opposite ends of this spectrum from Hell, are Dolce & Gabbana Light Blue (the dreaded aquatic) and Juicy Couture (the cavity-inducing sweet). GAAAACK!

In between these are all the insipid sticky messes, many of which I truly cannot tell apart. I also love fruit, but I agree with SniffQ, they do not translate well at all in these cheaper formulations. And let us not forget the men’s versions – even more likely to have a heavy overdose of aquatic/oceanic/ozone. At least they only (usually) pile citrus on top of that and not so much with the melon and strawberry.

That being said, there are some fragrances that DO have fruit in them that I adore, and they are done very well. I could (and I often do) mention the great vintage perfume Jean Patou Colony, a masterful fruity chypre that is redolent of pineapple. However it is NOT the overly bright and fresh-out-of-the-can version you encounter in these modern fragrances. Oh no, it is dark and lush and mysterious, and you can just about hear the ceiling fan whispering overhead and feel the tropical humidity. It CAN be done properly! Yet over and over it is done the same old way, and we get yet another wishy-washy scent.

I say we all wear vintage perfumes from only the best houses, or new stuff from niche houses, until the rest of them come to their senses!

]]> By: Ina http://www.aromascope.com/wp/2007/04/02/danger-alert/comment-page-1/#comment-11461 Ina Tue, 03 Apr 2007 00:59:55 +0000 http://www.aromascope.com/wp/2007/04/02/danger-alert/#comment-11461 Cindy, exactly! It's either too sweet or too clean. Why? Gimme some oakmoss, baby! Cindy, exactly! It’s either too sweet or too clean. Why? Gimme some oakmoss, baby!

]]> By: CindyN http://www.aromascope.com/wp/2007/04/02/danger-alert/comment-page-1/#comment-11456 CindyN Tue, 03 Apr 2007 00:45:39 +0000 http://www.aromascope.com/wp/2007/04/02/danger-alert/#comment-11456 Ina, I'm with you...I am so very tired of the inexhaustible SAMENESS of most every dept store, celebrity, fill-in-the-blank scent out there. The FFF reign must surely come to an end soon. Can the tweens, preteens, teens and twenty somethings really purchase so very much ffragrance that every scent panders to them? Ina,
I’m with you…I am so very tired of the inexhaustible SAMENESS of most every dept store, celebrity, fill-in-the-blank scent out there. The FFF reign
must surely come to an end soon. Can the tweens, preteens, teens and twenty somethings really purchase so very much ffragrance that every scent panders to them?

]]> By: Ina http://www.aromascope.com/wp/2007/04/02/danger-alert/comment-page-1/#comment-11436 Ina Mon, 02 Apr 2007 22:47:27 +0000 http://www.aromascope.com/wp/2007/04/02/danger-alert/#comment-11436 Patty, LOL! How can they possibly even get excited about their new perfumes. I don't want their job. Patty, LOL! How can they possibly even get excited about their new perfumes. I don’t want their job.

]]> By: Patty http://www.aromascope.com/wp/2007/04/02/danger-alert/comment-page-1/#comment-11435 Patty Mon, 02 Apr 2007 22:46:32 +0000 http://www.aromascope.com/wp/2007/04/02/danger-alert/#comment-11435 Isn't it boring? I just hate to see it, and the ladies behind the counter are pretty tired of me rolling my eyes, sighing and saying something profound like, "Yuk." Isn’t it boring? I just hate to see it, and the ladies behind the counter are pretty tired of me rolling my eyes, sighing and saying something profound like, “Yuk.”

]]> By: Ina http://www.aromascope.com/wp/2007/04/02/danger-alert/comment-page-1/#comment-11394 Ina Mon, 02 Apr 2007 18:08:47 +0000 http://www.aromascope.com/wp/2007/04/02/danger-alert/#comment-11394 SniffQ, I like your comparison, and I agree, it hardly ever smells what it claims to be. Ugh. SniffQ, I like your comparison, and I agree, it hardly ever smells what it claims to be. Ugh.

]]> By: SniffQ http://www.aromascope.com/wp/2007/04/02/danger-alert/comment-page-1/#comment-11386 SniffQ Mon, 02 Apr 2007 17:22:09 +0000 http://www.aromascope.com/wp/2007/04/02/danger-alert/#comment-11386 The whole fruity floral thing reminds me of a tapestry fabric that's too busy and has too many colors. It's kind of a nice concept, but actually having it in your home would never work. I like the way fresh lychees smell, and the same goes for real coconut and strawberries, but it's never what the juice smells like. It always smells like Spring in Hell, spritzed by supercilious angry commission-driven demons. The whole fruity floral thing reminds me of a tapestry fabric that’s too busy and has too many colors. It’s kind of a nice concept, but actually having it in your home would never work. I like the way fresh lychees smell, and the same goes for real coconut and strawberries, but it’s never what the juice smells like. It always smells like Spring in Hell, spritzed by supercilious angry commission-driven demons.

]]> By: Ina http://www.aromascope.com/wp/2007/04/02/danger-alert/comment-page-1/#comment-11379 Ina Mon, 02 Apr 2007 16:51:06 +0000 http://www.aromascope.com/wp/2007/04/02/danger-alert/#comment-11379 Christen, what a perfect way to comfort yourself! I wish we had more options around here besides Barney's. Thank goodness for ebay. ;) Christen, what a perfect way to comfort yourself! I wish we had more options around here besides Barney’s. Thank goodness for ebay. ;)

]]> By: Christen http://www.aromascope.com/wp/2007/04/02/danger-alert/comment-page-1/#comment-11377 Christen Mon, 02 Apr 2007 16:42:31 +0000 http://www.aromascope.com/wp/2007/04/02/danger-alert/#comment-11377 FFF - I love it! It's like the fragrance lover's version of a triple threat. Yep, I went on the same Nordstrom/Sephora sojourn last weekend, and I couldn't agree more. Gahhhh - so much square footage devoted to FFF's! What's a girl to do? I comforted myself with a trip to Essenza (here in Seattle), bought an Esteban Pivoine Imperiale candle...then bought soap from the Black Phoenix Trading Post site when I got home. Ah, much better now ;) FFF – I love it! It’s like the fragrance lover’s version of a triple threat.

Yep, I went on the same Nordstrom/Sephora sojourn last weekend, and I couldn’t agree more. Gahhhh – so much square footage devoted to FFF’s! What’s a girl to do?

I comforted myself with a trip to Essenza (here in Seattle), bought an Esteban Pivoine Imperiale candle…then bought soap from the Black Phoenix Trading Post site when I got home. Ah, much better now ;)

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