Comments on: Top Ten Fragrances of Summer (for Around Ten Dollars or Less)

By: surely-shirley

surely-shirley — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 14:51:58 +0000

Quite surprising, that you’ve mentioned a scent from Soviet Union…I’ve never believed, they could produce something as attractive, as this thing is!

By: Alma Rose

Alma Rose — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 07:01:45 +0000

I’ve been searching for years for Pre de Provence Linden Flower eau de toilette. I assumed they didn’t make it anymore, but you mentioned it here. Is it available anymore? Where?

By: mais que perfume

mais que perfume — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 19:15:44 +0000

I just can’t stop reading your articles.
I also have a blog about perfume in Portuguese - Brazil.
Amazing. Congrats.

By: desperateyardleylover

desperateyardleylover — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 12:22:26 +0000

So, where in the US can I get Yardley English Roses talc? I used to haul it back from the UK after visiting relatives but need the space for other things, like Sloggis undies and tea!

By: boojum

boojum — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 02:22:41 +0000

Thank you thank you thank you! I had a completely random flashback on my drive home tonight and was trying to “name that perfume” from my early teen drugstore days. I could see it, smell it, remember what movies and music were popular at the time…but just couldn’t get the name. It was the Jean Nate. :) I would not have been able to sleep tonight if it weren’t for google turning up your lovely list.

By: ScentScelf

ScentScelf — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 18:09:35 +0000

Welcome back! As for Jean Nate, I’d like to know why 4711 has cache and Jean Nate suffers. I claim it’s Dirty Yankee syndrome. I have 30oz that cost me $7.50 (when purchased in a twofer with the lotion), and I’m happy to have it.

(I really like Guerlain Eau Imperiale, too, but guess which serves best on a budget?)

By: T

Tue, 22 Jul 2008 15:10:48 +0000

Ah, Exclamation. In high school a girl I knew doused herself in it and you could always smell her coming down the hall. I myself doused in the Designer Imposters Poison ripoff, so I’m just as guilty. However, your comment about powdery coquettes made me think this the ideal scent for Zola’s Nana, the insatiable (for everything) courtesan. It’s a carnal sweet powder scent, almost giving off that undercurrent of unwashed flesh - Boudoir before Boudoir, if you think about it and manage to wipe out the perky Seventeen mag ad campaigns from your mind a moment. Funny, if they repackaged it with a more adult tone, I bet it could be quite popular again.

By: Robin

Robin — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 18:29:11 +0000

K, what a great idea, to do all budget scents! And great picks, as always.

By: Roland

Roland — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 01:56:26 +0000

Nice list. I saw Sand & Sable on a few summer lists, so after reading yours, I hunted some down. I was not disappointed.

I sometimes think it’s a shame to shower the beach off after just a few hours, so I’m happy to have a way to be clean and get my Coppertone fix.

Thanks for the tip…

By: sweetlife

sweetlife — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 22:02:54 +0000

Ah! Sunflowers! I used to have a bottle of that, and I loved it. It’s not really all that off from the actual scent of sunflower honey, which I had the great good fortune to receive a jar of not too long ago.

As for The Young And Their Irony, my guess is that generation could probably brush their teeth ironically. Irony serves the same purpose for them that morbid Goth fantasies served for ours. It’s a shield, a way to enjoy things without making themselves vulnerable to the taste police, and an acknowledgment of the crappiness of the world that we, their elders, have foisted upon them. But y’know, when they’re not busy being ironic they get a lot done and with remarkable sincerity…