Comments on: L’Occitane ~ Eau d’Iparie http://scentzilla.com/2006/02/20/loccitane-eau-diparie/ A monster perfume habit. On a rampage... with a wanton waft of sillage in its wake. Sun, 23 Nov 2008 16:40:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Scentzilla! http://scentzilla.com/2006/02/20/loccitane-eau-diparie/#comment-640 Scentzilla! Thu, 23 Feb 2006 02:24:08 +0000 http://scentzilla.com/?p=105#comment-640 Cait, thank you. It is one to test if you have a L'Occitane shop near where you live. March, he really has made some good movies, Blade Runner amongst them. He's also made some really embarassingly bad ones. Poor Rutger. And yeah, the Cumming samples are totally free - I tested it out by having one sent to my sister just to make sure :) Thanks, Marlen. Glad to amuse. Heather, I am not keen on their stories, but then I'm not keen on a lot of the commerical advertising stories. Yours don't spin tall tales like that though - there's a sincerity and honest sentiment behind them that is undeniable, and I feel it's like comparing apples to oranges. I guess I think the strength of the L'Occitane company rests solely on the quality of their products - as a line they are very high in quality for all their ranges, which I think is quite impressive. I love thier soaps and shower gels especially. And I did mean it abou their perfumes being ridiculously easy to wear - even with the ones I don't care for personally I can see others pullling them off without a hitch. You might enjoy this one, I think? There's a lightness to it that isn't always there in some myrrh-based scents. Cait, thank you. It is one to test if you have a L’Occitane shop near where you live.

March, he really has made some good movies, Blade Runner amongst them. He’s also made some really embarassingly bad ones. Poor Rutger. And yeah, the Cumming samples are totally free - I tested it out by having one sent to my sister just to make sure :)

Thanks, Marlen. Glad to amuse.

Heather, I am not keen on their stories, but then I’m not keen on a lot of the commerical advertising stories. Yours don’t spin tall tales like that though - there’s a sincerity and honest sentiment behind them that is undeniable, and I feel it’s like comparing apples to oranges. I guess I think the strength of the L’Occitane company rests solely on the quality of their products - as a line they are very high in quality for all their ranges, which I think is quite impressive. I love thier soaps and shower gels especially. And I did mean it abou their perfumes being ridiculously easy to wear - even with the ones I don’t care for personally I can see others pullling them off without a hitch. You might enjoy this one, I think? There’s a lightness to it that isn’t always there in some myrrh-based scents.

]]> By: Heather http://scentzilla.com/2006/02/20/loccitane-eau-diparie/#comment-639 Heather Wed, 22 Feb 2006 15:28:32 +0000 http://scentzilla.com/?p=105#comment-639 Oooh Katie I'm going to have to disagree with you on this one - not the perfume review because I haven't had a go yet - but I'm not sure of their shops in the US but here in Europe they are very very nice and really Olivier whatever his name is has built the whole thing on his little 'stories' - I sort of do the same but mine are real stories whereas his are a bit contrived - but I hate to admit it but I am so so one of their fans - and I have unfailingly liked their perfumes and particularly their mens range. L'occitane get a massive thumbs up from me as a company - even if they do go over board on the story telling Heather Oooh Katie I’m going to have to disagree with you on this one - not the perfume review because I haven’t had a go yet - but I’m not sure of their shops in the US but here in Europe they are very very nice and really Olivier whatever his name is has built the whole thing on his little ’stories’ - I sort of do the same but mine are real stories whereas his are a bit contrived - but I hate to admit it but I am so so one of their fans - and I have unfailingly liked their perfumes and particularly their mens range.

L’occitane get a massive thumbs up from me as a company - even if they do go over board on the story telling

Heather

]]> By: Marlen http://scentzilla.com/2006/02/20/loccitane-eau-diparie/#comment-637 Marlen Wed, 22 Feb 2006 03:53:11 +0000 http://scentzilla.com/?p=105#comment-637 ROTFLMAO! Like Herpes! ROTFLMAO! Like Herpes!

]]> By: marchlion http://scentzilla.com/2006/02/20/loccitane-eau-diparie/#comment-636 marchlion Tue, 21 Feb 2006 22:09:32 +0000 http://scentzilla.com/?p=105#comment-636 I thought Rutger Hauer in Blade Runner was absolutely cool.I love that flick. Laugh away. The Cumming thing -- I mean, they didn't even charge for shipping!! They meant FREE! The whole thing took 90 seconds. I know it's a lil' thing but it blew me away, I guess I order enough samples I've now learned to ask up front about shipping if it's not clear, y'know? Esp from France. Sometimes it's 30 euros on a 10 euro order or whatever. I thought Rutger Hauer in Blade Runner was absolutely cool.I love that flick. Laugh away.

The Cumming thing — I mean, they didn’t even charge for shipping!! They meant FREE! The whole thing took 90 seconds. I know it’s a lil’ thing but it blew me away, I guess I order enough samples I’ve now learned to ask up front about shipping if it’s not clear, y’know? Esp from France. Sometimes it’s 30 euros on a 10 euro order or whatever.

]]> By: Cait http://scentzilla.com/2006/02/20/loccitane-eau-diparie/#comment-635 Cait Tue, 21 Feb 2006 22:04:57 +0000 http://scentzilla.com/?p=105#comment-635 When I finally came by today I thought, well shame on me for missing out on your wit for part of a day. I haven't smelled this but what a bunch of nonsense. I'll give it a sniff, of course, anyway. Thanks for the scentzilla treatment on this one! When I finally came by today I thought, well shame on me for missing out on your wit for part of a day. I haven’t smelled this but what a bunch of nonsense. I’ll give it a sniff, of course, anyway. Thanks for the scentzilla treatment on this one!

]]> By: Scentzilla! http://scentzilla.com/2006/02/20/loccitane-eau-diparie/#comment-634 Scentzilla! Tue, 21 Feb 2006 21:41:31 +0000 http://scentzilla.com/?p=105#comment-634 Oh yeah, that's me... I do love me some bad, bad movies, and Dolph seems to specialize in them. I'm actually a much bigger fan of Rutger Hauer, who is a marvelous actor making some truly god-awful movies. I watched this one a few months ago that was howlingly funny, about an incestuous mutant family who lived in underground tunnels and ate corpses. Hee! We were just rolling! However, I love Rutger too much to make a "Make Your Own..." set of tables for him. I changed the layout of my template, so I don't have a link to my regular blog - and I didn't even think of adding myself to my own blogroll, so I'll get on that. "Perfume X without the “Y,” Y being equal to (thus far) skank, bling, ho… bet you could fill in the houses, couldn’t you? " Ah, this would be so funny :) Heh! And yeah, I thought that the offer for folks to be able to try Cumming without having to buy it (since it's not available everywhere in testers) was such a cool thing for them to do, so you're very welcome. Oh yeah, that’s me… I do love me some bad, bad movies, and Dolph seems to specialize in them. I’m actually a much bigger fan of Rutger Hauer, who is a marvelous actor making some truly god-awful movies. I watched this one a few months ago that was howlingly funny, about an incestuous mutant family who lived in underground tunnels and ate corpses. Hee! We were just rolling! However, I love Rutger too much to make a “Make Your Own…” set of tables for him.

I changed the layout of my template, so I don’t have a link to my regular blog - and I didn’t even think of adding myself to my own blogroll, so I’ll get on that.

“Perfume X without the “Y,” Y being equal to (thus far) skank, bling, ho… bet you could fill in the houses, couldn’t you? ” Ah, this would be so funny :) Heh!

And yeah, I thought that the offer for folks to be able to try Cumming without having to buy it (since it’s not available everywhere in testers) was such a cool thing for them to do, so you’re very welcome.

]]> By: marchlion http://scentzilla.com/2006/02/20/loccitane-eau-diparie/#comment-633 marchlion Tue, 21 Feb 2006 21:05:45 +0000 http://scentzilla.com/?p=105#comment-633 Yeah -- like that write your own Dolph Lundgren Movie (that WAS you, right? Where'd your Seldom Nice link go? I miss it, it's prob. there; I am a computer dunce), I have been toying with something along this line -- e.g., like Perfume X without the "Y," Y being equal to (thus far) skank, bling, ho... bet you could fill in the houses, couldn't you? PS thanks for the cumming sample link, I wish like hell they'd all do that! Yeah — like that write your own Dolph Lundgren Movie (that WAS you, right? Where’d your Seldom Nice link go? I miss it, it’s prob. there; I am a computer dunce), I have been toying with something along this line — e.g., like Perfume X without the “Y,” Y being equal to (thus far) skank, bling, ho… bet you could fill in the houses, couldn’t you? PS thanks for the cumming sample link, I wish like hell they’d all do that!

]]> By: Scentzilla! http://scentzilla.com/2006/02/20/loccitane-eau-diparie/#comment-632 Scentzilla! Tue, 21 Feb 2006 20:52:15 +0000 http://scentzilla.com/?p=105#comment-632 Well, in the specific case of my husband's last trip to L'Occitane, he thinks it's because the clerk was also a guy, and was just so happy to see another member of the male species in there on a really slow weekday evening. But really, who knows? You know, we should collect up all our favorites of the various silly "stories," and then mix them up to describe the wrong scents and see if anyone even notices. Because I think to a certain extent they are so disconected with reality and practicality that I think we could and no one would be the wiser. Or perhaps we should have a kind of a match the blurb to the fragrance contest, heh. Well, in the specific case of my husband’s last trip to L’Occitane, he thinks it’s because the clerk was also a guy, and was just so happy to see another member of the male species in there on a really slow weekday evening. But really, who knows?

You know, we should collect up all our favorites of the various silly “stories,” and then mix them up to describe the wrong scents and see if anyone even notices. Because I think to a certain extent they are so disconected with reality and practicality that I think we could and no one would be the wiser. Or perhaps we should have a kind of a match the blurb to the fragrance contest, heh.

]]> By: marchlion http://scentzilla.com/2006/02/20/loccitane-eau-diparie/#comment-631 marchlion Tue, 21 Feb 2006 20:36:10 +0000 http://scentzilla.com/?p=105#comment-631 No, really, I know what you meant about the silly blurb stories -- I was just chiming in with my own stories about the establishment itself since there were other comments re: the stores not giving samples... I wonder if the clerks think that guys would be more likely to spend $$ on an actual purchase, hence more worthy of samples?! PS There's some other frag I had a carded sample of that had the stupidest blather I've ever read, and it's driving me nuts that I can't remember which one. No, really, I know what you meant about the silly blurb stories — I was just chiming in with my own stories about the establishment itself since there were other comments re: the stores not giving samples… I wonder if the clerks think that guys would be more likely to spend $$ on an actual purchase, hence more worthy of samples?! PS There’s some other frag I had a carded sample of that had the stupidest blather I’ve ever read, and it’s driving me nuts that I can’t remember which one.

]]> By: Scentzilla! http://scentzilla.com/2006/02/20/loccitane-eau-diparie/#comment-630 Scentzilla! Tue, 21 Feb 2006 20:17:45 +0000 http://scentzilla.com/?p=105#comment-630 March: Oh, by "story" I just meant the sell, the spiel given to the product to make you think it's got magical properties that imbue with whatever advertised meaning they wish to assign to a product. In all honesty, I've always gotten nice service from my L'Occitane shop (also in a mall), though I do wish they'd be at least half as generous with the samples as they are with my husband. He finds it amusing that he's only ever in there once in a blue moon and always comes out with freebies, whereas I never get anything. V: heh, I know, I know, I suppose I may someday. I just... honestly, I can't work up the energy. It bores me more than anything else! March: Oh, by “story” I just meant the sell, the spiel given to the product to make you think it’s got magical properties that imbue with whatever advertised meaning they wish to assign to a product.

In all honesty, I’ve always gotten nice service from my L’Occitane shop (also in a mall), though I do wish they’d be at least half as generous with the samples as they are with my husband. He finds it amusing that he’s only ever in there once in a blue moon and always comes out with freebies, whereas I never get anything.

V: heh, I know, I know, I suppose I may someday. I just… honestly, I can’t work up the energy. It bores me more than anything else!

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