Comments on: Perfume and Age http://www.nstperfume.com/2006/10/09/perfume-and-age/ a blog about perfume Fri, 10 Feb 2012 03:52:20 +0000 hourly 1 By: Anonymous http://www.nstperfume.com/2006/10/09/perfume-and-age/#comment-16821 Anonymous Tue, 10 Oct 2006 18:22:33 +0000 http://www.nstperfume.com/2006/10/09/perfume-and-age/#comment-16821 Oh, yes, I wore Rive Gauche throughout my faculty years, it was my signature! I must try the scents you mention, Angela, thank you. I really use a lot Dior Homme, Terre d´Hermes, M7 Fresh,... Oh, yes, I wore Rive Gauche throughout my faculty years, it was my signature! I must try the scents you mention, Angela, thank you. I really use a lot Dior Homme, Terre d´Hermes, M7 Fresh,…

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.nstperfume.com/2006/10/09/perfume-and-age/#comment-16819 Anonymous Tue, 10 Oct 2006 17:21:24 +0000 http://www.nstperfume.com/2006/10/09/perfume-and-age/#comment-16819 My first grown-up perfume was Chanel 22. Then I did a drastic switch in college to Coco and Dolce Gabanna as I tried my best to be Anna Magnani. Today I'm settled down with a gentle spray of Eau des Merveilles. My first grown-up perfume was Chanel 22. Then I did a drastic switch in college to Coco and Dolce Gabanna as I tried my best to be Anna Magnani. Today I'm settled down with a gentle spray of Eau des Merveilles.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.nstperfume.com/2006/10/09/perfume-and-age/#comment-16820 Anonymous Tue, 10 Oct 2006 17:15:45 +0000 http://www.nstperfume.com/2006/10/09/perfume-and-age/#comment-16820 Have you tried the Divine L'Homme Sage? It's a men's scent I adore. L'Homme de Coeur is great, too, it has more iris. (I'm not sure I would have appreciated it so much ten years ago.) I've always loved the blue and black metal canister of Rive Gauche. It must have seemed really adult. Have you tried the Divine L'Homme Sage? It's a men's scent I adore. L'Homme de Coeur is great, too, it has more iris. (I'm not sure I would have appreciated it so much ten years ago.) I've always loved the blue and black metal canister of Rive Gauche. It must have seemed really adult.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.nstperfume.com/2006/10/09/perfume-and-age/#comment-16814 Anonymous Tue, 10 Oct 2006 17:12:15 +0000 http://www.nstperfume.com/2006/10/09/perfume-and-age/#comment-16814 Yikes, a Cultural Revolution for perfume! I can't seem to leave the house without something from 1957 on me, whether it's a purse, coat, necklace, or perfume. But I do try to stay true to myself as I age. I don't think that it means that I look (or smell) older, but smarter, deeper, and more experienced. Now I'm really in the mood for the Mahler, off to the stereo.... Yikes, a Cultural Revolution for perfume! I can't seem to leave the house without something from 1957 on me, whether it's a purse, coat, necklace, or perfume. But I do try to stay true to myself as I age. I don't think that it means that I look (or smell) older, but smarter, deeper, and more experienced.

Now I'm really in the mood for the Mahler, off to the stereo….

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.nstperfume.com/2006/10/09/perfume-and-age/#comment-16818 Anonymous Tue, 10 Oct 2006 15:09:38 +0000 http://www.nstperfume.com/2006/10/09/perfume-and-age/#comment-16818 I agree with the level of sophistication becoming keener or more refined. It is similar to developing a discerning eye when looking at fine art. As far as rereading books goes. Most of what I read is nonfiction. I have a few books about and by Richard Feynman the theoretical physicist. I love just picking one up and turning to a page. Some things like my reading and take on philosophy have evolved. Once I was all intense and hell bent on making a point. Now I tend to listen and observe, perhaps making up for all the time that I did not listen. My beliefs have not changed, just the way in which I choose to display (or not) them. C. Yes I hope you enjoy the Sienna Sun, full of coffee, not for everyone, but definately different, and possibly a bit old school, like Tabu. The Rive Gauche, I remember that perfume in the blue and black. A friend of mine wore it. It was always too big for me. My first grown up perfume, one that I started wearing in my teens, was the original Zen Perfume by Shiseido I agree with the level of sophistication becoming keener or more refined. It is similar to developing a discerning eye when looking at fine art.

As far as rereading books goes. Most of what I read is nonfiction. I have a few books about and by Richard Feynman the theoretical physicist. I love just picking one up and turning to a page. Some things like my reading and take on philosophy have evolved. Once I was all intense and hell bent on making a point. Now I tend to listen and observe, perhaps making up for all the time that I did not listen. My beliefs have not changed, just the way in which I choose to display (or not) them.

C. Yes I hope you enjoy the Sienna Sun, full of coffee, not for everyone, but definately different, and possibly a bit old school, like Tabu.

The Rive Gauche, I remember that perfume in the blue and black. A friend of mine wore it. It was always too big for me. My first grown up perfume, one that I started wearing in my teens, was the original Zen Perfume by Shiseido

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.nstperfume.com/2006/10/09/perfume-and-age/#comment-16813 Anonymous Tue, 10 Oct 2006 13:20:31 +0000 http://www.nstperfume.com/2006/10/09/perfume-and-age/#comment-16813 So true.. Many of my [much] older friends lament that the mirror fails to reveal the perpetual adolescent lurking beneath the wizened exterior... I say, make yourself happy, and , if you can, those around you- To thine own self be true, and hang the rest... [BTW, ZZ, if you are Ms. Zorn- I'm absolutely thrilled [all puns intended] to be awaiting Sienna Sun ! I'm going to kiss my mailfolk when it arrives !] I may not enjoy the way others perfume themselves, but it's their choice, NOT mine. AND, I resent being made to feel old-fashioned if I adore something from another era ... Do we burn Bauhaus? Shred Vermeer? Murder Mahler? WHAT??? So true..

Many of my [much] older friends lament that the mirror fails to reveal the perpetual adolescent lurking beneath the wizened exterior…

I say, make yourself happy, and , if you can, those around you-

To thine own self be true, and hang the rest…

[BTW, ZZ, if you are Ms. Zorn- I'm absolutely thrilled [all puns intended] to be awaiting Sienna Sun ! I'm going to kiss my mailfolk when it arrives !]

I may not enjoy the way others perfume themselves, but it's their choice, NOT mine.

AND, I resent being made to feel old-fashioned if I adore something from another era …

Do we burn Bauhaus?

Shred Vermeer?

Murder Mahler?

WHAT???

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.nstperfume.com/2006/10/09/perfume-and-age/#comment-16817 Anonymous Tue, 10 Oct 2006 08:57:30 +0000 http://www.nstperfume.com/2006/10/09/perfume-and-age/#comment-16817 Hi, everybody! I´m 35, also a biologist, and my interest in perfume grows stronger with age. I must say that my tastes were defined since I was 17 or so, I bought Rive Gauche by YSL, my first adult scent, and I keep on liking oriental fragrances in cold weather and citrus ones in warm weather. I also have a thing for masculine scents, I wear some of the a lot...And smells ARE evocative... Hi, everybody! I´m 35, also a biologist, and my interest in perfume grows stronger with age. I must say that my tastes were defined since I was 17 or so, I bought Rive Gauche by YSL, my first adult scent, and I keep on liking oriental fragrances in cold weather and citrus ones in warm weather. I also have a thing for masculine scents, I wear some of the a lot…And smells ARE evocative…

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.nstperfume.com/2006/10/09/perfume-and-age/#comment-16816 Anonymous Tue, 10 Oct 2006 06:51:39 +0000 http://www.nstperfume.com/2006/10/09/perfume-and-age/#comment-16816 You're the perfect person to comment, being a man, a biologist, and someone who sells men's fragrances! Does the sense of smell diminish for women, too? Maybe I'd better pack away some of my Guerlains for my golden years. And I know what you mean about how evocative smells can be. I'm still a sucker for a man who smells of Dial soap, the orange one. Thanks for your comment. You're the perfect person to comment, being a man, a biologist, and someone who sells men's fragrances! Does the sense of smell diminish for women, too? Maybe I'd better pack away some of my Guerlains for my golden years. And I know what you mean about how evocative smells can be. I'm still a sucker for a man who smells of Dial soap, the orange one. Thanks for your comment.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.nstperfume.com/2006/10/09/perfume-and-age/#comment-16815 Anonymous Tue, 10 Oct 2006 06:15:26 +0000 http://www.nstperfume.com/2006/10/09/perfume-and-age/#comment-16815 Maybe for females, but this male smells this... as a biologist stuck selling mens frag.-I note the following...current medical literature says our sense of smell decreases with age, perhaps its why Aramis and Brut still rules over 60, comes in loud and clear,also, I see the Old Spice guys in mid life go Colonia by Aqua di Parma or Creeds Tweed, males like what has worked, or may work to attract the female OR like "you all", (Male of the South) what just smells good to us...And in matters of the heart, guys still get weak knees when a whiff of the scent of the women that got away, or the wife waiting at home for us hits the remaining olfactory neurons left..a kiss is still a kiss, but a smell, now thats a lasting memory...but yu'all knew that too I bet. Maybe for females, but this male smells this… as a biologist stuck selling mens frag.-I note the following…current medical literature says our sense of smell decreases with age, perhaps its why Aramis and Brut still rules over 60, comes in loud and clear,also, I see the Old Spice guys in mid life go Colonia by Aqua di Parma or Creeds Tweed, males like what has worked, or may work to attract the female OR like “you all”, (Male of the South) what just smells good to us…And in matters of the heart, guys still get weak knees when a whiff of the scent of the women that got away, or the wife waiting at home for us hits the remaining olfactory neurons left..a kiss is still a kiss, but a smell, now thats a lasting memory…but yu'all knew that too I bet.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.nstperfume.com/2006/10/09/perfume-and-age/#comment-16812 Anonymous Tue, 10 Oct 2006 02:03:18 +0000 http://www.nstperfume.com/2006/10/09/perfume-and-age/#comment-16812 Maybe we don't so much change as evolve. When you reread the books you first read a while ago, do you find yourself appreciating them in a new way? That's the key for me. Once the books or perfume or whatever has stopped piquing my interest, it's time to move on. My taste may not change, the level of sophistication I require might (or not, I do still love that nasty boxed mac and cheese). It sounds like you're really conscious about staying true to yourself, which I admire. In fact, I'm going to dig out my bottle of Tabu and spritz some on! Maybe we don't so much change as evolve. When you reread the books you first read a while ago, do you find yourself appreciating them in a new way? That's the key for me. Once the books or perfume or whatever has stopped piquing my interest, it's time to move on. My taste may not change, the level of sophistication I require might (or not, I do still love that nasty boxed mac and cheese).

It sounds like you're really conscious about staying true to yourself, which I admire. In fact, I'm going to dig out my bottle of Tabu and spritz some on!

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