tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28037586.post4415266139948942216..comments2023-09-18T10:38:30.306-04:00Comments on Indieperfumes: YSL and the Seventies and Opiumindieperfumeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16933060392329498890noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28037586.post-57850879557191373932008-07-06T14:12:00.000-04:002008-07-06T14:12:00.000-04:00Me too! How about I give them all a head start an...Me too! How about I give them all a head start and carry Opium around with me like they do in the Department Stores? I can spritz men surreptitiously and they will wander around smelling like their dates' carnation corsages rubbed up against their clove cologne.Brianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14293853110472146382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28037586.post-22551862082527326192008-07-04T13:28:00.000-04:002008-07-04T13:28:00.000-04:00Thank you Brian, I have been enjoying your writing...Thank you Brian, I have been enjoying your writing on your site quite a lot lately -- I love that series on Dandies...<BR/><BR/>Yes, the unexpected pleasures (especially in perfume) are pure gifts, they cause us to step away from cynical expectations -- and then that really puts you in a different frame of mind, does it not? The idea of a man walking around in public wearing Opium is so lovely. You are making such a good example! I hope it is emulated by more men...indieperfumeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16933060392329498890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28037586.post-2836545955809764582008-07-04T11:54:00.000-04:002008-07-04T11:54:00.000-04:00Maybe women can't wear Opium for the time being, b...Maybe women can't wear Opium for the time being, but men certainly can. The more I get to know fragrances (ie the more I sink into them and spend time walking around in their space) the more I wonder at how many are really not all that hyper feminine after all. A fragrance like Estee Lauder's Alliage is downright robust. Even Azuree smells nearly identical to Aramis, minus some of the citrus tang. If you strip away the marketing and conditioning you find these fragrances are a lot more androgynous than they at first seem. I bought Opium EDP at a discount shop here. It was 3.4 oz for 30-40 bucks. I saw it and because it was so cheap I thought, why don't I smell it. I never had, because it's supposed to be your grandmother's scent. I was instantly floored by it. I couldn't believe how amazing it was, and because I'd never smelled it before it just smelled new to me, like nothing else, and it occurred to me that I should buy it, even if I wasn't supposed to wear it. And now I do wear it. And it makes my eyes roll back into my head. Which makes the ad so apt. Thanks for writing such juicy stuff, Lucy.Brianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14293853110472146382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28037586.post-70744741967738364232008-06-10T13:20:00.000-04:002008-06-10T13:20:00.000-04:00Ah yes, Chaya, how many perfumes have been ruined ...Ah yes, Chaya, how many perfumes have been ruined for me by association with a romantic situation turned wrong? Too many. <BR/>Yes, that Sophie Dahl is something else. That skin, so graphic, a fantastic vision.<BR/>I too cut out the pads from my coats and jackets and other things. I recall finding pads even in the pullover sweaters at that time. A person could end up with stacks of them on top of each other in the winter. The only thing such practices are good for is if you have that slouchy posture -- shoulder pads disguise this very well.<BR/><BR/>Time heals all wounds, and I think Opium will win in the end with you...can't let the cads "own" such beauty, now can we...indieperfumeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16933060392329498890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28037586.post-39794704787093999832008-06-10T08:16:00.000-04:002008-06-10T08:16:00.000-04:00That woman takes away my breath !Never was there a...That woman takes away my breath !<BR/>Never was there a more glorious image.<BR/>PERFECT.<BR/><BR/>I loved Opium- but associate it with immense betrayal and heightened eroticism.<BR/><BR/>I still keep a bottle, hoping I'll change my mind, and be able to wear it again...<BR/><BR/>Great writing- just inspired.<BR/><BR/>[BTW- I NEVER did big hair, or shoulderpads; with these GreenBay Packer shoulders-of-the-caryatid, I used to CUT THEM OUT of my clothes... the heresy !]chayaruchamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04889166567884475415noreply@blogger.com