Comments on: Les Exclusifs de Chanel: 28 La Pausa fragrance review

By: Robin

Robin — Fri, 08 Apr 2011 22:46:05 +0000

Oh, how sweet! Thanks.

By: Olive

Olive — Thu, 07 Apr 2011 20:48:27 +0000

From what I can tell, the evolutionary biologists and philosophers are still insisting there’s no way to translate scent into words. But from your description, I easily picked out La Pausa from the several others on my irresponsibly/overly sprayed forearms.

Apparently, those scholars ain’t reading this blog. Glad that I am.

By: Jubba

Jubba — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 16:26:56 +0000

Thanks for your suggestions, Robin!! I think I must have tried Caleche & 24 F. before, but now I am more educated about these things. The ones that Jean Claude Ellena did for Hermes are truly lovely. I just finished the Chandler Burr book and things are more sorted in my head.

By: Jubba

Jubba — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 21:15:36 +0000

Thank you for the suggestions, Robin. I definitely will try…although I’m scared of the Hermes, so scared. I think I’ve tried some of JCE’s and they toppled me. I’ll give it another go…:)

By: Robin

Robin — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 18:34:44 +0000

Really glad you liked them both! You might also want to the the 4 Diptyque colognes as well, and also wonder if you’d like some of the Jean Claude Ellena scents at Hermes…

By: Jubba

Jubba — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 16:05:29 +0000

I’ll try next time I’m at a department store counter – thanks, Robin! I think I experience smelling/tasting them both at the back of my throat. It’s very weird.

On another “note,” somewhere in the comments of your reviews I read praise for Diptyque’s Do Son…I tried that at a store, didn’t think much of it but ordered a sample anyway. But I also tried Philosykos and loved it right away. Upon receiving the sample of Do Son, however, I immediately loved it & could not get enough. I ended up purchasing both of these Diptyque frag’s on eBay & am waiting for them to arrive. This very rarely happens to me. To me, they have a similar effect to Prada’s Infusion d’Iris – this “veil” like quality – and everything that I want a fragrance to be: fresh, crisp, unobtrusive…takes me to far away lands & warmer climates. I’m so happy I came across them!

Almost anything else I’ve sampled since I’ve started reading this blog, I find cloying & heady…

By: Robin

Robin — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 00:49:48 +0000

CK One did have some iris, I think, but not all that much. Have you tried wearing them at the same time?

By: Jubba

Jubba — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 19:13:48 +0000

Hi Robin,
I don’t know what is wrong with me! I received a sample of La Pausa yesterday, and I’m trying to give it a chance but after the initial burst of iris, all I am smelling is CK One. EEEK . I used to wear that way back when, but it’s not exactly what I wish for to be wafting about me at present time. I read your review of CK One to make sense of things and I’m still perplexed. I wonder what note my skin is bringing out…or what is my nose picking up??

By: Robin

Robin — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 13:35:50 +0000

LOL…that’s funny about ISM! Still one of my favorite smells. Love this one too though!

By: www.mybeautyblog.de

www.mybeautyblog.de — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 08:56:08 +0000

This is the first iris-scent that knocked me off my feet.
It is softer then Hiris and yes, the ingredients smell of high-quality beeing very effortless in their way.
I would compare it to a Chanel suit – you could wear any occasion and 20 years and it would still be a Chanel suit, recognizable by its quality and tailoring.
Wow.

Btw: I can’t stand Iris Silver Mist – OMG I think is one of the worst smells I ever had coming to my nose.