Comments on: CBMUSK from the CB I Hate Perfume Reinvention series ~ fragrance review

By: ixzy

ixzy — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 18:50:04 +0000

Nothing ever can replace the scent of real animal musk, i was blessed to experience the smell of real musk during the early 80s. If as humans we have conquered the sea,air,space and moon, we can’t we have a farm just as we have poultry for birds that produce the musk deer for use in perfumery.

By: Kevin

Kevin — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 18:33:39 +0000

nwatts88: thanks so much…very kind of you to write!

By: nwatts88

nwatts88 — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 15:56:34 +0000

Wow, Kevin, you are a great writer. I’m at university here in Australia studying writing and literature, and the number of people who try to do exactly what you have done–blend vivid descriptions of memories with a commentary on whatever artform they’re pursuing–and fail miserably, is just depressing. So seriously (as we’d say) mad props to you, because you would smash most writers featured in (apparently) respected print publications around here.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 14:00:38 +0000

D: thank YOU, K

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 11:06:42 +0000

Really beautifully written, Kevin. It was such a joy to read this! Thank you,

Divina

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 05:05:45 +0000

K: yes, I can smell the tonka bean/vanilla but it is so muted on me…this one CAN be called MUSK without apology on my skin! Either I'm the perfect pH for musk or the person who should never wear musk! HA! K

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 03:37:26 +0000

This one is so tonka bean heavy on me, that it's nearly obscene to refer to it as “Musk.” Of course, anything even remotely vanillic does seem to have an odd way of clinging to me like a life raft, so perhaps my own experience is unique. It's also like the closest I've gotten to Esteban's Teck & Tonka candle in fragrance form that I've ever found, which might sound like a backhanded compliment but it's not! It's not really strong on me, either, just VERY full of character.
… And thanks for the discussion on the musk deer. I think it's one that still needs to be brought up from time to time.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 21 Jun 2007 10:34:45 +0000

Information on hunters from China that are illegally crossing the border and hunting in Russian forests can be found quite often. And of course you can not explain to an animal that borders are not to be crossed. I also would like to mention that at the turn of centuries there were two varieties of musk known – Chinese and Siberian. The well known Russian perfumer Henry Brocard moved to France before the revolution. He used to include Siberian musk into his compositions. When he was in France and had no source for Siberian musk he had to replace it with several other ingredients incl. ambergris and Chinese musk to restore the original impact.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 21 Jun 2007 01:51:13 +0000

Hi Tom…when the weather cools a bit I'll retry this and see if I can detect the blackberry you noticed…I certainly got a good blast of sweetness at one point in the development but did't associate it with fruit but with an old hair pomade that certainly had some vanilla in it …but a bit of fruit in this, esp. a dark berry, would be nice. Maybe I'll try CBMUSK with some of Voluspa's Santiago Huckleberry spray. K

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 21 Jun 2007 01:45:27 +0000

Certainly China fuels the killing of musk deer for medicinal use within its own borders but I'd never heard that Chinese hunters actually entered Russian territory to kill the deer themselves — (if that's what you meant). The person I spoke with at the U.N. while I was writing this article did say that officially Russia, China, etc., are against the killing of musk deer, but are unable to properly police the situation due to the isolated areas the deer live and localized 'circumstances' where officials are guilty of bribery or “looking the other way” as deer are trapped and killed. A sad situation. Thanks for all your comments…I'll try to get a sniff of musk ketone. K