Comments on: Givenchy Ysatis, and the Fashion Folly of My Youth http://scentzilla.com/2006/10/12/givenchy-ysatis-and-the-fashion-folly-of-my-youth/ A monster perfume habit. On a rampage... with a wanton waft of sillage in its wake. Fri, 25 Jul 2008 03:21:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.3 by: Scentzilla! http://scentzilla.com/2006/10/12/givenchy-ysatis-and-the-fashion-folly-of-my-youth/#comment-2053 Thu, 26 Oct 2006 22:32:05 +0000 http://scentzilla.com/2006/10/12/givenchy-ysatis-and-the-fashion-folly-of-my-youth/#comment-2053 <b>chayaruchama</b>, we all have some goofy pictures from our past, especially those teen years, no? I do so wish I had that sort of energy, too. Oooh, Misouko, Femme, and Balahe - you were a bombshell! <b>greeneyes</b>, heh, all that black clothing thing is something everyone had to do at some point in the teen years ;) I'd love to see the spiral perm photos - heh, I am so glad I missed out on ever perming my hair. <b>Flor</b>, I can so see it as a princess/goddess fragrance. It's so opulent and big, it seems quite fitting for that. The sillage is just wild on me, too. And thanks :) <b>Robin</b>, ah, you had better musical taste than I, then. I'm curious now as to what the contents of your scrapbook looks like, heh! <b>Nobi</b>, heh, that'd be a trip. It's a little scary going through some of those old pictures, but at least it's good for a laugh. <b>Mimi</b>, no scrapbook? Aw. I love that it was your preppy frag, what a contrast indeed! <b>Andy</b>, thanks, but I'm not sure that's at all true :P But c'mon, you must have some very funny picture from back then! <b>Tania</b>, how is that I'm not able to pick up a magazine with your articles in it or your books at the bookstore yet?! That whole comment is awesome. *kicks publishing industry in the shins* <b>Emotenote</b>, I miss disco, too. Well, the music more than the fashion. The combo of Ysatis, Bonne Bell and Prell sounds potent. It's good though that you moved away from no fragrance whatsoever; how dull it would be to go without. I kind of wonder what music/fashion trend will come next after the world gets bored with this whole "bling" thing... <b>Del</b>, alas, no I don't have a bigger size, but check at toutenparfum.com to see if she's got any scans perhaps? I know I've used some of her scans as backgrounds on my desktop before, so they're reasonably sized. chayaruchama, we all have some goofy pictures from our past, especially those teen years, no? I do so wish I had that sort of energy, too. Oooh, Misouko, Femme, and Balahe - you were a bombshell!

greeneyes, heh, all that black clothing thing is something everyone had to do at some point in the teen years ;) I’d love to see the spiral perm photos - heh, I am so glad I missed out on ever perming my hair.

Flor, I can so see it as a princess/goddess fragrance. It’s so opulent and big, it seems quite fitting for that. The sillage is just wild on me, too. And thanks :)

Robin, ah, you had better musical taste than I, then. I’m curious now as to what the contents of your scrapbook looks like, heh!

Nobi, heh, that’d be a trip. It’s a little scary going through some of those old pictures, but at least it’s good for a laugh.

Mimi, no scrapbook? Aw. I love that it was your preppy frag, what a contrast indeed!

Andy, thanks, but I’m not sure that’s at all true :P But c’mon, you must have some very funny picture from back then!

Tania, how is that I’m not able to pick up a magazine with your articles in it or your books at the bookstore yet?! That whole comment is awesome. *kicks publishing industry in the shins*

Emotenote, I miss disco, too. Well, the music more than the fashion. The combo of Ysatis, Bonne Bell and Prell sounds potent. It’s good though that you moved away from no fragrance whatsoever; how dull it would be to go without. I kind of wonder what music/fashion trend will come next after the world gets bored with this whole “bling” thing…

Del, alas, no I don’t have a bigger size, but check at toutenparfum.com to see if she’s got any scans perhaps? I know I’ve used some of her scans as backgrounds on my desktop before, so they’re reasonably sized.

]]> by: Del http://scentzilla.com/2006/10/12/givenchy-ysatis-and-the-fashion-folly-of-my-youth/#comment-2001 Mon, 23 Oct 2006 17:25:11 +0000 http://scentzilla.com/2006/10/12/givenchy-ysatis-and-the-fashion-folly-of-my-youth/#comment-2001 I love you! I was looking for this ad for ages! Thanks for publishing it. I used to have the pic in real size in my living room during these glamourous 80s, as you say. Do you happen to have a bigger size for this pic? And I wore No. 5 too. I love you! I was looking for this ad for ages! Thanks for publishing it. I used to have the pic in real size in my living room during these glamourous 80s, as you say.
Do you happen to have a bigger size for this pic?
And I wore No. 5 too.

]]> by: Emotenote http://scentzilla.com/2006/10/12/givenchy-ysatis-and-the-fashion-folly-of-my-youth/#comment-1897 Tue, 17 Oct 2006 20:34:24 +0000 http://scentzilla.com/2006/10/12/givenchy-ysatis-and-the-fashion-folly-of-my-youth/#comment-1897 Love those pictures, i wouldn't dare show any of mine, I was miss Disco Queen, baby! I also had a thing for Ysatis, though smelling it now I cannot in any way imagine why. Gehck, I wonder how I smelled with the combo of Ysatis and Bonny Bell with a touch of Prell added on. Luckily I moved from there to Punk, which espoused no fragrance whatsoever. Love those pictures, i wouldn’t dare show any of mine, I was miss Disco Queen, baby! I also had a thing for Ysatis, though smelling it now I cannot in any way imagine why. Gehck, I wonder how I smelled with the combo of Ysatis and Bonny Bell with a touch of Prell added on. Luckily I moved from there to Punk, which espoused no fragrance whatsoever.

]]> by: Tania http://scentzilla.com/2006/10/12/givenchy-ysatis-and-the-fashion-folly-of-my-youth/#comment-1888 Mon, 16 Oct 2006 18:29:35 +0000 http://scentzilla.com/2006/10/12/givenchy-ysatis-and-the-fashion-folly-of-my-youth/#comment-1888 Look, Sebastian Bach was hot. Remember the flack when he was photographed wearing that "Aids kills fags dead" t-shirt? I took his picture down then not only because the t-shirt was tasteless, but because in interviews he revealed himself to be brain damaged, which I couldn't tell from my carefully dissembled issues of Circus magazine. I loved that "Savage Animal" clip. Love. The horror was shortlived, though. At age 13, I would hear, in one magical summer, the Pixies, the Replacements, the Cure, and Concrete Blonde, and by high school all traces of Sebastian Bach would have been washed away by a flood of Elvis Costello. But in those prelapsarian days, middle school was a truly magical kingdom ruled by Aqua Net, Wet n Wild eyeshadow, and writing the names of bands on our jeans with a Sharpie. I am glad to have lived that life briefly, if only because it helped me understand the darkness. I'm sorry, that's not right. I meant to say it helped me understand The Darkness. Look, Sebastian Bach was hot. Remember the flack when he was photographed wearing that “Aids kills fags dead” t-shirt? I took his picture down then not only because the t-shirt was tasteless, but because in interviews he revealed himself to be brain damaged, which I couldn’t tell from my carefully dissembled issues of Circus magazine.

I loved that “Savage Animal” clip. Love.

The horror was shortlived, though. At age 13, I would hear, in one magical summer, the Pixies, the Replacements, the Cure, and Concrete Blonde, and by high school all traces of Sebastian Bach would have been washed away by a flood of Elvis Costello. But in those prelapsarian days, middle school was a truly magical kingdom ruled by Aqua Net, Wet n Wild eyeshadow, and writing the names of bands on our jeans with a Sharpie. I am glad to have lived that life briefly, if only because it helped me understand the darkness. I’m sorry, that’s not right. I meant to say it helped me understand The Darkness.

]]> by: Andy http://scentzilla.com/2006/10/12/givenchy-ysatis-and-the-fashion-folly-of-my-youth/#comment-1885 Mon, 16 Oct 2006 15:43:55 +0000 http://scentzilla.com/2006/10/12/givenchy-ysatis-and-the-fashion-folly-of-my-youth/#comment-1885 ok Katie, here's my truly honest and unbiased critique: You look faboulous, pure eighties. Hmm, I looked at your pictures BRAVO! for posting them and realized that there is an urgent neeed to check some of mine. Not that I would publish my hairy woobly face on my blog though. ..... A final thought: At least we men do not have to worry about our lipstick when looking back ;-) ok Katie, here’s my truly honest and unbiased critique: You look faboulous, pure eighties.
Hmm, I looked at your pictures BRAVO! for posting them and realized that there is an urgent neeed to check some of mine. Not that I would publish my hairy woobly face on my blog though. …..
A final thought: At least we men do not have to worry about our lipstick when looking back ;-)

]]> by: The Scented Salamander http://scentzilla.com/2006/10/12/givenchy-ysatis-and-the-fashion-folly-of-my-youth/#comment-1881 Fri, 13 Oct 2006 23:43:28 +0000 http://scentzilla.com/2006/10/12/givenchy-ysatis-and-the-fashion-folly-of-my-youth/#comment-1881 LOL! I can't really chime in here because I don't think I ever went through a hair metal phase nor ever organized a scrap book. For contrast, I can tell you that I used to wear Ysatis in a very preppy atmosphere, while I was studying at Oxford University; I remember going though 2 bottles of it at the time, alternating with Lauren and Samsara:) LOL! I can’t really chime in here because I don’t think I ever went through a hair metal phase nor ever organized a scrap book. For contrast, I can tell you that I used to wear Ysatis in a very preppy atmosphere, while I was studying at Oxford University; I remember going though 2 bottles of it at the time, alternating with Lauren and Samsara:)

]]> by: Nobi http://scentzilla.com/2006/10/12/givenchy-ysatis-and-the-fashion-folly-of-my-youth/#comment-1880 Fri, 13 Oct 2006 22:22:11 +0000 http://scentzilla.com/2006/10/12/givenchy-ysatis-and-the-fashion-folly-of-my-youth/#comment-1880 Bwah ha ha ha *cough* hee hee hee! I should dig into my old scrapbook, too. Bwah ha ha ha *cough* hee hee hee!
I should dig into my old scrapbook, too.

]]> by: Robin http://scentzilla.com/2006/10/12/givenchy-ysatis-and-the-fashion-folly-of-my-youth/#comment-1879 Fri, 13 Oct 2006 21:26:37 +0000 http://scentzilla.com/2006/10/12/givenchy-ysatis-and-the-fashion-folly-of-my-youth/#comment-1879 Great post K, and just love the pictures -- never did metal...we were into Elvis Costello &#38; Joe Jackson &#38; such, but trust me, my scrapbook is just as bad, LOL... Great post K, and just love the pictures — never did metal…we were into Elvis Costello & Joe Jackson & such, but trust me, my scrapbook is just as bad, LOL…

]]> by: Flor http://scentzilla.com/2006/10/12/givenchy-ysatis-and-the-fashion-folly-of-my-youth/#comment-1878 Fri, 13 Oct 2006 21:26:21 +0000 http://scentzilla.com/2006/10/12/givenchy-ysatis-and-the-fashion-folly-of-my-youth/#comment-1878 I hardly like any Givenchy perfumes, but Ysatis is in a category of it's own. It's an outstanding fragrance that makes me feel like an Indian princess/goddess every time I wear it. It's my "heavy duty" perfume that I pull out when I go to serious parties and events. Everyone comments on it. It has major sillage and dresses up whatever you happen to be wearing. I have a difficult time imagining this perfume on a someone dressed up as Kiss, but you were probably able to pull it off without a hitch. I read your reviews on celeb perfumes - loved it! Have a great weekend! I hardly like any Givenchy perfumes, but Ysatis is in a category of it’s own. It’s an outstanding fragrance that makes me feel like an Indian princess/goddess every time I wear it. It’s my “heavy duty” perfume that I pull out when I go to serious parties and events. Everyone comments on it. It has major sillage and dresses up whatever you happen to be wearing. I have a difficult time imagining this perfume on a someone dressed up as Kiss, but you were probably able to pull it off without a hitch. I read your reviews on celeb perfumes - loved it! Have a great weekend!

]]> by: greeneyes http://scentzilla.com/2006/10/12/givenchy-ysatis-and-the-fashion-folly-of-my-youth/#comment-1876 Fri, 13 Oct 2006 14:45:43 +0000 http://scentzilla.com/2006/10/12/givenchy-ysatis-and-the-fashion-folly-of-my-youth/#comment-1876 Yes! Ysatis! I got a bottle of that junior year of high school (85-86), and I loved it. Back then, it was my lemming. You had your hair, and I was doing the "wear black on the outside because black is how I feel on the inside" thing. What made it so disconcerting was my frigging Breck Girl hair. No match for the darkness. I was the ultimate poseur! No photos survive from that period, but I do have the "I'm a funky hippie chick" spiral perm photos from college. Lucky me. By then I'd moved solidly into Opium and Fendi. Happy weekend, Katie! Yes! Ysatis! I got a bottle of that junior year of high school (85-86), and I loved it. Back then, it was my lemming. You had your hair, and I was doing the “wear black on the outside because black is how I feel on the inside” thing. What made it so disconcerting was my frigging Breck Girl hair. No match for the darkness. I was the ultimate poseur!

No photos survive from that period, but I do have the “I’m a funky hippie chick” spiral perm photos from college. Lucky me. By then I’d moved solidly into Opium and Fendi.

Happy weekend, Katie!

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