tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27044110.post4287530502701536184..comments2024-03-28T05:28:29.786-04:00Comments on The Non-Blonde: Frederic Malle- Le Parfum de ThérèseGaiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11561470171631737626noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27044110.post-40552243775253916782010-12-02T17:42:28.733-05:002010-12-02T17:42:28.733-05:00I just tried this at the Malle counter @ Holt Renf...I just tried this at the Malle counter @ Holt Renfrew (Toronto) which just opened and was blown away. A rush right to my toes. <br /><br />I am 62, so I've tested a lot of fragrance. This one is fabulous.Duchessehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09986153653120526776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27044110.post-61919810568657821652010-11-12T21:33:31.728-05:002010-11-12T21:33:31.728-05:00It's very beautiful, my signature scent for se...It's very beautiful, my signature scent for several years. Time to move the bottle from the back of the cabinet and start over, I think.dissednoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27044110.post-62817660953330559612010-11-12T12:36:25.534-05:002010-11-12T12:36:25.534-05:00This sounds wonderful - I will make a special trea...This sounds wonderful - I will make a special treat to Barneys to get a whiff of this. Then again, it doesn't take a whole lot to get me to go to Barneys. <br /><br />Thanks - I've been learning about a lot of fabulous scents because of these reviews. I have a new appreciation for fragrances. It's an extremely personal thing and very moving. I just wish I got on board sooner.lexi920https://www.blogger.com/profile/07304918299492020215noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27044110.post-11222916177017556672010-11-12T11:41:02.219-05:002010-11-12T11:41:02.219-05:00I went back and found your post on La Jardin Apres...I went back and found your post on La Jardin Apres La Mousson, and since the comments weren't working there, I'll post here (so this is about La Jardin Apres la Mousson that you mentioned in this post, not about the post itself):<br />I know this post is 2 years old, but due to your mention today of Le Jardin Apres La Mousson I had to look it up. If you don't mind my asking, why do you hate it so much? I had a small bottle I had swapped for, and liked it very much until...I wore it on a day that I got food poisoning, car sick, and a terrible headach all at once. How much La jardin apres la mousson had to do with my car sickness and headache (we were on a long road trip) I don't know, but it contributed something. After that, I knew I couldn't wear it again and swapped it away. The thing is: I never found the perfume itself offensive, and in fact (you'll love this one, Gaia) it was the first high end perfume I smelled, and the first thing that convinced me perfume could be art. Let me explain: I grew up thinking I hated perfume because all I had ever smelled was my mom's Red Door, Tresor, or clinique happy (gag) which she sprayed to much of, and it always made me feel sick. thus, I never wore perfume myself (and in small town Louisiana, there wasn't too much option to ever smell anything else- we didn't even have a Macys let alone somewhere that sells really niche perfumes!) When I was 22 and traveling back from an internship in India, I noticed an advert for Le Jardin Apres la mousson in the airplaine magazine. I was intrigued because it linked my 2 interests - French, which was my minor (and biggest love) in college, and India (I had just come back from monsoon season in India). When I reached my layover (I don't remember where, London or Paris or Amsterdam), I saw Le Jardin Aprea la Mousson in the duty free store. I smelled it and was amazed - it really DID smell like fresh rain in the garden! I've always loved the smell just ater it rained, so I fell in love - mostly with the concept - how could someone reacreate that in a bottle?! (you see I'd never smelled anything other than my mom's perfumes before). For a few years, I sampled it every time I found it (which was usually only in airports as I didn't live in a city that had access to Hermes perfumes). I generally liked it very much. Then, about a year ago, I started really getting interested in niche perfumes, and found many other loves,so LJALM got pushed to the back shelf, but still had a soft spot in my heart for it...unti it contributed to making me sick. What notes btw do you think made me sick?? Anyway, so that is my LJALM story!Ashleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02533306215623884974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27044110.post-71075005293290963032010-11-12T11:29:14.371-05:002010-11-12T11:29:14.371-05:00Wonderful review! I wore this a lot one summer, an...Wonderful review! I wore this a lot one summer, and it was almost too beautiful. I could really feel the love that went into it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27044110.post-5950449973615882102010-11-12T07:25:10.321-05:002010-11-12T07:25:10.321-05:00Lovely review. I tried this a couple of years ago...Lovely review. I tried this a couple of years ago as I was traveling but did not give it the attention it deserves. I, too, am enamored by the thought of a perfume formulated just for me. Very romantic.Katy Josephinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00504394399778675539noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27044110.post-53818609096452800592010-11-12T05:10:19.780-05:002010-11-12T05:10:19.780-05:00You make me get out my sample once more and view i...You make me get out my sample once more and view in in the new light of your excellent review.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com