Comments on: An interview with Chandler Burr http://www.nstperfume.com/2005/07/11/an-interview-with-chandler-burr/ a blog about perfume Fri, 10 Feb 2012 15:48:27 +0000 hourly 1 By: Anonymous http://www.nstperfume.com/2005/07/11/an-interview-with-chandler-burr/#comment-4125 Anonymous Wed, 20 Jul 2005 02:41:00 +0000 http://www.nstperfume.com/2005/07/11/an-interview-with-chandler-burr/#comment-4125 A, You really are a Libra! I am a Scorpio, so there is only one side to an issue: mine ;-) Thanks for posting about that article, I hadn't seen it and it was an interesting piece. A, You really are a Libra! I am a Scorpio, so there is only one side to an issue: mine ;-)

Thanks for posting about that article, I hadn't seen it and it was an interesting piece.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.nstperfume.com/2005/07/11/an-interview-with-chandler-burr/#comment-4124 Anonymous Wed, 20 Jul 2005 01:16:00 +0000 http://www.nstperfume.com/2005/07/11/an-interview-with-chandler-burr/#comment-4124 So, after reading all the articles on his site, I wrote to Plenty magazine and asked for permission to post Burr's "Green in Perfume How to build a better rose" in my yahoo group. The information there is accurate and well-researched. Mr. Burr has good research chops, no doubt about that, and in this article gives a new spin on environmental issues regarding fragrance in products far beyond the usual respiratory allergies we have read about so often. Typical Libran, I get a little worked up on one side, and then balance it out by really trying to see the other side. Glad I decided to dig deeper into his portfolio ;-) "The Age of the Foodie is passé. It is now the Age of the Scentie." Me. So, after reading all the articles on his site, I wrote to Plenty magazine and asked for permission to post Burr's “Green in Perfume How to build a better rose” in my yahoo group. The information there is accurate and well-researched. Mr. Burr has good research chops, no doubt about that, and in this article gives a new spin on environmental issues regarding fragrance in products far beyond the usual respiratory allergies we have read about so often.

Typical Libran, I get a little worked up on one side, and then balance it out by really trying to see the other side. Glad I decided to dig deeper into his portfolio ;-)

“The Age of the Foodie is passé. It is now the Age of the Scentie.” Me.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.nstperfume.com/2005/07/11/an-interview-with-chandler-burr/#comment-4123 Anonymous Fri, 15 Jul 2005 00:13:00 +0000 http://www.nstperfume.com/2005/07/11/an-interview-with-chandler-burr/#comment-4123 Thank you so much P! Completely agree that it is best to cast your net widely. There is beauty to be found in the mainstream fragrances, and actually, you are not the first person to mention the MK & A scents. Thank you so much P! Completely agree that it is best to cast your net widely. There is beauty to be found in the mainstream fragrances, and actually, you are not the first person to mention the MK & A scents.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.nstperfume.com/2005/07/11/an-interview-with-chandler-burr/#comment-4122 Anonymous Thu, 14 Jul 2005 23:50:00 +0000 http://www.nstperfume.com/2005/07/11/an-interview-with-chandler-burr/#comment-4122 Robin dear! This was fabulous! Thank you so much. I loved the entire interview. And I was PLEASANTLY surprised that he mentioned Bonds. They are NOT knockoffs of Creed. They are worthy and well-planned, and from concept to juice to packaging and promoting, Laurice has a winner in the Bond line. That being said, I would like to say I especially enjoy the fact that Burr can see worthiness in not just niche and exclusive fragrances, but department store ones as well. I like that and I am like that. One day I will wear Caron FrenchCanCan extrait, and the next day spritz away with MaryKate and Ashley! Robin dear! This was fabulous! Thank you so much. I loved the entire interview.

And I was PLEASANTLY surprised that he mentioned Bonds. They are NOT knockoffs of Creed. They are worthy and well-planned, and from concept to juice to packaging and promoting, Laurice has a winner in the Bond line.

That being said, I would like to say I especially enjoy the fact that Burr can see worthiness in not just niche and exclusive fragrances, but department store ones as well.

I like that and I am like that.

One day I will wear Caron FrenchCanCan extrait, and the next day spritz away with MaryKate and Ashley!

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.nstperfume.com/2005/07/11/an-interview-with-chandler-burr/#comment-4121 Anonymous Thu, 14 Jul 2005 15:29:00 +0000 http://www.nstperfume.com/2005/07/11/an-interview-with-chandler-burr/#comment-4121 Just saw that A! Looks like we're going to be getting lots of new perfume reading! Although actually it isn't clear to me whether his book is about perfume, or the science of smell. Just saw that A! Looks like we're going to be getting lots of new perfume reading! Although actually it isn't clear to me whether his book is about perfume, or the science of smell.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.nstperfume.com/2005/07/11/an-interview-with-chandler-burr/#comment-4120 Anonymous Thu, 14 Jul 2005 12:59:00 +0000 http://www.nstperfume.com/2005/07/11/an-interview-with-chandler-burr/#comment-4120 Luca Turin has just announced on his blog he has finished his book "The Secret of Scent"!!! No more info yet as to what it's about, whether the UK launch will have simultaneous launches in other countries, etc. "The Age of the Foodie is passé. It is now the Age of the Scentie." Me. Luca Turin has just announced on his blog he has finished his book “The Secret of Scent”!!! No more info yet as to what it's about, whether the UK launch will have simultaneous launches in other countries, etc.

“The Age of the Foodie is passé. It is now the Age of the Scentie.” Me.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.nstperfume.com/2005/07/11/an-interview-with-chandler-burr/#comment-4119 Anonymous Wed, 13 Jul 2005 17:38:00 +0000 http://www.nstperfume.com/2005/07/11/an-interview-with-chandler-burr/#comment-4119 A, thank you for the vote of confidence ;-) And LOL at the "age of the scentie" and all the rest! You get my vote for the funniest comment. A, thank you for the vote of confidence ;-)

And LOL at the “age of the scentie” and all the rest! You get my vote for the funniest comment.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.nstperfume.com/2005/07/11/an-interview-with-chandler-burr/#comment-4070 Anonymous Wed, 13 Jul 2005 17:30:00 +0000 http://www.nstperfume.com/2005/07/11/an-interview-with-chandler-burr/#comment-4070 Maybe it smells old-fashioned, but Chandler Burr just got it wrong. Maybe it smells old-fashioned, but Chandler Burr just got it wrong.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.nstperfume.com/2005/07/11/an-interview-with-chandler-burr/#comment-4118 Anonymous Wed, 13 Jul 2005 16:48:00 +0000 http://www.nstperfume.com/2005/07/11/an-interview-with-chandler-burr/#comment-4118 OK, R, we know not to recommend you for a job as a sports commentator, but I'll back you for 'fume writer any day. The amazing thing I forgot to write here yesterday is that the NYT *has* a "writer on scent." Perhaps they're the only paper in the world with this? If so, I think I must coin a new term. In recognition of how food became an object of obsession, art, and worship in the last decade or so, and the resultant rise of the "foodie", we now are entering the age of the "scentie",* the slave to all things 'fumey and frivolous. You may now discuss "high" 'fumes, those that the creator heaped one layer of notes upon each other, until it became a towering spritz of upper-atmospheric ozone depletion; the spare, composed, skillfully-arranged anorexic 'fume that was meant to be gazed upon in its tiny, precious bottle, rarely consumed, er, dabbed on, etc., etc. Yes, indeedy, it's a new scentilicious age a'coming. Stay tuned for he debut of The Scent Network, a subsidiary of Food TV. *© The Real Mc'Oy, trend watcher, silly putty aficionado, and South Beach dilettante OK, R, we know not to recommend you for a job as a sports commentator, but I'll back you for 'fume writer any day.

The amazing thing I forgot to write here yesterday is that the NYT *has* a “writer on scent.”

Perhaps they're the only paper in the world with this? If so, I think I must coin a new term. In recognition of how food became an object of obsession, art, and worship in the last decade or so, and the resultant rise of the “foodie”, we now are entering the age of the “scentie”,* the slave to all things 'fumey and frivolous.

You may now discuss “high” 'fumes, those that the creator heaped one layer of notes upon each other, until it became a towering spritz of upper-atmospheric ozone depletion; the spare, composed, skillfully-arranged anorexic 'fume that was meant to be gazed upon in its tiny, precious bottle, rarely consumed, er, dabbed on, etc., etc.

Yes, indeedy, it's a new scentilicious age a'coming. Stay tuned for he debut of The Scent Network, a subsidiary of Food TV.

*© The Real Mc'Oy, trend watcher, silly putty aficionado, and South Beach dilettante

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.nstperfume.com/2005/07/11/an-interview-with-chandler-burr/#comment-4111 Anonymous Wed, 13 Jul 2005 16:18:00 +0000 http://www.nstperfume.com/2005/07/11/an-interview-with-chandler-burr/#comment-4111 The New Yorker has been abandoning its E.B. White standards of copy-editing I'm afraid. If you think that's bad, go proof-read a Sasha Frere Jones article if you feel like torturing yourself. However, Burr's obvious enthusiasm for his subject, the depth he goes into his subject and his sense of fun made me gloss over all the grammatical errors. I really don't know anyone else who could fill his shoes. Francine Prose's articles on the fashion world, while pleasant, are too caught up with being "elegant." The New Yorker has been abandoning its E.B. White standards of copy-editing I'm afraid. If you think that's bad, go proof-read a Sasha Frere Jones article if you feel like torturing yourself. However, Burr's obvious enthusiasm for his subject, the depth he goes into his subject and his sense of fun made me gloss over all the grammatical errors. I really don't know anyone else who could fill his shoes. Francine Prose's articles on the fashion world, while pleasant, are too caught up with being “elegant.”

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