Comments on: Comme des Garcons Play ~ fragrance review http://www.nstperfume.com/2007/08/07/comme-des-garcons-play-fragrance-review/ a blog about perfume Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:35:57 +0000 hourly 1 By: Anonymous http://www.nstperfume.com/2007/08/07/comme-des-garcons-play-fragrance-review/#comment-27113 Anonymous Wed, 26 Sep 2007 01:00:00 +0000 http://www.nstperfume.com/2007/08/07/comme-des-garcons-play-fragrance-review/#comment-27113 I am almost heartbroken to say that I have to agree w/ you ... the line seems to be going downhill, at least in terms of taking risks w/ unusual scents. I am almost heartbroken to say that I have to agree w/ you … the line seems to be going downhill, at least in terms of taking risks w/ unusual scents.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.nstperfume.com/2007/08/07/comme-des-garcons-play-fragrance-review/#comment-27112 Anonymous Tue, 25 Sep 2007 23:04:00 +0000 http://www.nstperfume.com/2007/08/07/comme-des-garcons-play-fragrance-review/#comment-27112 Play smells definitely nice, but it is definitely not the kind of frag I would have expected from CDG : too much casual and not enough weird for me... ! To my mind, the very first perfumes were much more interesting... Play smells definitely nice, but it is definitely not the kind of frag I would have expected from CDG : too much casual and not enough weird for me… ! To my mind, the very first perfumes were much more interesting…

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.nstperfume.com/2007/08/07/comme-des-garcons-play-fragrance-review/#comment-27111 Anonymous Fri, 17 Aug 2007 13:17:00 +0000 http://www.nstperfume.com/2007/08/07/comme-des-garcons-play-fragrance-review/#comment-27111 I don't think there is really an across-the-board answer to that. The big mainstream houses have more resources than the niche brands, and can command more attention from the big flavor & fragrance companies. Sometimes that shows, but the niche houses are frequently more willing to take risks in terms of unusual compositions, and so by and large, the niche houses interest me more than the mainstream. If I had to pick which tended to smell more synthetic, I'd say the mainstream brands, but that is just a tendency, not an absolute rule. There are lots of great mainstream scents, lots of crappy niche scents, and vice versa. I don't think there is really an across-the-board answer to that. The big mainstream houses have more resources than the niche brands, and can command more attention from the big flavor & fragrance companies. Sometimes that shows, but the niche houses are frequently more willing to take risks in terms of unusual compositions, and so by and large, the niche houses interest me more than the mainstream. If I had to pick which tended to smell more synthetic, I'd say the mainstream brands, but that is just a tendency, not an absolute rule. There are lots of great mainstream scents, lots of crappy niche scents, and vice versa.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.nstperfume.com/2007/08/07/comme-des-garcons-play-fragrance-review/#comment-27110 Anonymous Fri, 17 Aug 2007 05:14:00 +0000 http://www.nstperfume.com/2007/08/07/comme-des-garcons-play-fragrance-review/#comment-27110 Robin, what do you think about niche fragrances in comparison to big, widely recognized brands? I have heard contradictory stuff about them and I don't know what to think , I have tried way too few to be able to tell. Someone told me that they are very well done, refined and natural feel to them, yet I have also heard from someone else that they don't seem as high quality as the big brands, meaning they felt more synthetic to her. What do you think? Robin, what do you think about niche fragrances in comparison to big, widely recognized brands? I have heard contradictory stuff about them and I don't know what to think , I have tried way too few to be able to tell. Someone told me that they are very well done, refined and natural feel to them, yet I have also heard from someone else that they don't seem as high quality as the big brands, meaning they felt more synthetic to her. What do you think?

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.nstperfume.com/2007/08/07/comme-des-garcons-play-fragrance-review/#comment-27109 Anonymous Wed, 08 Aug 2007 16:44:00 +0000 http://www.nstperfume.com/2007/08/07/comme-des-garcons-play-fragrance-review/#comment-27109 Hope you will love it then! The bottle is way cool, and I will say that Tom at Perfume Smellin' Things liked it more than I did. Hope you will love it then! The bottle is way cool, and I will say that Tom at Perfume Smellin' Things liked it more than I did.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.nstperfume.com/2007/08/07/comme-des-garcons-play-fragrance-review/#comment-27107 Anonymous Wed, 08 Aug 2007 16:42:00 +0000 http://www.nstperfume.com/2007/08/07/comme-des-garcons-play-fragrance-review/#comment-27107 What message, LOL... What message, LOL…

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.nstperfume.com/2007/08/07/comme-des-garcons-play-fragrance-review/#comment-27108 Anonymous Wed, 08 Aug 2007 15:10:00 +0000 http://www.nstperfume.com/2007/08/07/comme-des-garcons-play-fragrance-review/#comment-27108 Just bought my bottle of Play online - it's coming in any day now. Will post my review when I sniff it. Hoping I 'get' it differently, than you did. Agree with everyone else's comments - would love to read a 'List' from you! Just bought my bottle of Play online – it's coming in any day now. Will post my review when I sniff it.

Hoping I 'get' it differently, than you did.

Agree with everyone else's comments – would love to read a 'List' from you!

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.nstperfume.com/2007/08/07/comme-des-garcons-play-fragrance-review/#comment-27106 Anonymous Wed, 08 Aug 2007 08:56:00 +0000 http://www.nstperfume.com/2007/08/07/comme-des-garcons-play-fragrance-review/#comment-27106 Hey - why are you reading this message? Get on with your listage, and now please! ;-) Hey – why are you reading this message? Get on with your listage, and now please! ;-)

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.nstperfume.com/2007/08/07/comme-des-garcons-play-fragrance-review/#comment-27102 Anonymous Tue, 07 Aug 2007 23:58:00 +0000 http://www.nstperfume.com/2007/08/07/comme-des-garcons-play-fragrance-review/#comment-27102 That's right, it was 85, not 100, best scents. I can't wait to read your list! That's right, it was 85, not 100, best scents.

I can't wait to read your list!

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.nstperfume.com/2007/08/07/comme-des-garcons-play-fragrance-review/#comment-27105 Anonymous Tue, 07 Aug 2007 22:57:00 +0000 http://www.nstperfume.com/2007/08/07/comme-des-garcons-play-fragrance-review/#comment-27105 Hey, everything is reasonably rosy here, hope it is there too! I love those kinds of lists though! I was actually inspired to do this after listening to a podcast of "The Paste 100 Greatest Living Songwriters" last summer while driving home from Maine. But I can't do Best Of lists, it's just too hard. It did make me think about what would constitute an education in perfume, so to speak, from the consumer angle. Hey, everything is reasonably rosy here, hope it is there too!

I love those kinds of lists though! I was actually inspired to do this after listening to a podcast of “The Paste 100 Greatest Living Songwriters” last summer while driving home from Maine. But I can't do Best Of lists, it's just too hard. It did make me think about what would constitute an education in perfume, so to speak, from the consumer angle.

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