Comments on: Memoire Liquide Bespoke Perfumery ~ fragrance review http://www.nstperfume.com/2007/09/08/memoire-liquide-bespoke-perfumery-fragrance-review/ a blog about perfume Fri, 10 Feb 2012 20:53:55 +0000 hourly 1 By: Anonymous http://www.nstperfume.com/2007/09/08/memoire-liquide-bespoke-perfumery-fragrance-review/#comment-28570 Anonymous Sat, 22 Sep 2007 03:28:06 +0000 http://www.nstperfume.com/2007/09/08/memoire-liquide-bespoke-perfumery-fragrance-review/#comment-28570 Thank you for your 'calm' response. I'm sorry I was so harsh but I have no patience for this kind of lack of attention to detail. I'm not only French but a literary translator, as well as an editor and proofreader (in both languages), so spotting mistakes comes naturally to me. I'm glad to hear you will endeavour to correct the errors I pointed out. I live in London so I don't know whether I will ever be able to try your creations. They sound very nice indeed. I wish you all the best with them. :-) Thank you for your 'calm' response. I'm sorry I was so harsh but I have no patience for this kind of lack of attention to detail. I'm not only French but a literary translator, as well as an editor and proofreader (in both languages), so spotting mistakes comes naturally to me. I'm glad to hear you will endeavour to correct the errors I pointed out.

I live in London so I don't know whether I will ever be able to try your creations. They sound very nice indeed. I wish you all the best with them. :-)

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.nstperfume.com/2007/09/08/memoire-liquide-bespoke-perfumery-fragrance-review/#comment-28569 Anonymous Sat, 22 Sep 2007 01:46:22 +0000 http://www.nstperfume.com/2007/09/08/memoire-liquide-bespoke-perfumery-fragrance-review/#comment-28569 Hello -I have never written to a blog before, but you have inspired me! I'm Robin, one of the Creators of Mémoire Liquide...Like you, I am a stickler for proper grammar and spelling in any language, and I truly appreciate your savvy in catching the aforementioned errors... Somehow, in spite of all precautions, these errors were the product of an over zealous and uninvited English language spell check somewhere between computers. This was a huge project- a labor of love, we were bleary eyed by press time and didn't catch it, but I assure you that our attention to detail in the realm of fragrance never wavered for an instant. This is the product of over 20 years of development, and the print errors will be corrected. I only hope that you can look beyond those small things and see the purity of purpose that went into this fragrance project. We feel quite confident that the quality of our fragrances will make up for these admittedly embarrassing mistakes-and just consider this still a work in progress. So, thank you for your good eye- but we hope that you come back to us with a good report from your nose! PS -our grandmother was of French extraction and she was a great inspiration for Mémoire Liquide... All the Best- Robin Hello -I have never written to a blog before, but you have inspired me!

I'm Robin, one of the Creators of Mémoire Liquide…Like you, I am a stickler for proper grammar and spelling in any language, and I truly appreciate your savvy in catching the aforementioned errors…

Somehow, in spite of all precautions, these errors were the product of an over zealous and uninvited English language spell check somewhere between computers. This was a huge project- a labor of love, we were bleary eyed by press time and didn't catch it, but I assure you that our attention to detail in the realm of fragrance never wavered for an instant. This is the product of over 20 years of development, and the print errors will be corrected. I only hope that you can look beyond those small things and see the purity of purpose that went into this fragrance project. We feel quite confident that the quality of our fragrances will make up for these admittedly embarrassing mistakes-and just consider this still a work in progress.

So, thank you for your good eye- but we hope that you come back to us with a good report from your nose!

PS -our grandmother was of French extraction and she was a great inspiration for Mémoire Liquide…

All the Best-

Robin

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.nstperfume.com/2007/09/08/memoire-liquide-bespoke-perfumery-fragrance-review/#comment-28568 Anonymous Sun, 09 Sep 2007 18:06:34 +0000 http://www.nstperfume.com/2007/09/08/memoire-liquide-bespoke-perfumery-fragrance-review/#comment-28568 No, if that's the way they call those fragrances, that's the way they call them. Let them hang themselves... LOL! No, if that's the way they call those fragrances, that's the way they call them. Let them hang themselves… LOL!

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.nstperfume.com/2007/09/08/memoire-liquide-bespoke-perfumery-fragrance-review/#comment-28567 Anonymous Sun, 09 Sep 2007 16:58:31 +0000 http://www.nstperfume.com/2007/09/08/memoire-liquide-bespoke-perfumery-fragrance-review/#comment-28567 Hi J, Some of those spellings didn't look *quite* correct to me (not a native French-speaker by any means), but I left them as is. I suppose I could insert "sic," but that would make my review look very odd. :) Hi J, Some of those spellings didn't look *quite* correct to me (not a native French-speaker by any means), but I left them as is. I suppose I could insert “sic,” but that would make my review look very odd. :)

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.nstperfume.com/2007/09/08/memoire-liquide-bespoke-perfumery-fragrance-review/#comment-28572 Anonymous Sun, 09 Sep 2007 16:55:59 +0000 http://www.nstperfume.com/2007/09/08/memoire-liquide-bespoke-perfumery-fragrance-review/#comment-28572 Thanks! I would always like to see more perfume coverage in magazines... especially more coverage of fragrances that are not sold by the magazine's own advertisers! (I'm delusional, of course!) That's why I was pleased to spot ML. :) Thanks! I would always like to see more perfume coverage in magazines… especially more coverage of fragrances that are not sold by the magazine's own advertisers! (I'm delusional, of course!) That's why I was pleased to spot ML. :)

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.nstperfume.com/2007/09/08/memoire-liquide-bespoke-perfumery-fragrance-review/#comment-28566 Anonymous Sun, 09 Sep 2007 12:54:29 +0000 http://www.nstperfume.com/2007/09/08/memoire-liquide-bespoke-perfumery-fragrance-review/#comment-28566 Yes, and when they make stupid (and easily avoidable) mistakes like these: Memoire instead of Mémoire Le Fleurist - Le Fleuriste Mélange Gormandise - Mélange Gourmandise Les Feuilles Vert - Les Feuilles Vertes Frais Sauvage - Fraise Sauvage they lose all credibility. If they can't spend a few minutes checking a French word in a dictionary, what does it say about their attention to detail in the rest of their operation? They end up looking pretentious and ridiculous. Yes, and when they make stupid (and easily avoidable) mistakes like these:

Memoire instead of Mémoire

Le Fleurist – Le Fleuriste

Mélange Gormandise – Mélange Gourmandise

Les Feuilles Vert – Les Feuilles Vertes

Frais Sauvage – Fraise Sauvage

they lose all credibility. If they can't spend a few minutes checking a French word in a dictionary, what does it say about their attention to detail in the rest of their operation? They end up looking pretentious and ridiculous.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.nstperfume.com/2007/09/08/memoire-liquide-bespoke-perfumery-fragrance-review/#comment-28571 Anonymous Sun, 09 Sep 2007 03:58:57 +0000 http://www.nstperfume.com/2007/09/08/memoire-liquide-bespoke-perfumery-fragrance-review/#comment-28571 I agree allure has some good perfume in this issue, I just wish they would do more articles on new perfume and scents! They are few and far between. Have a good weekend. :) I agree allure has some good perfume in this issue, I just wish they would do more articles on new perfume and scents! They are few and far between. Have a good weekend. :)

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.nstperfume.com/2007/09/08/memoire-liquide-bespoke-perfumery-fragrance-review/#comment-28563 Anonymous Sun, 09 Sep 2007 02:07:59 +0000 http://www.nstperfume.com/2007/09/08/memoire-liquide-bespoke-perfumery-fragrance-review/#comment-28563 Hi Rosarita! I agree: quite a few of the oils are complex enough to work as "perfumes" on their own. (And Bois Sec is excellent, even if I'm not a "woods" person.) Others are simpler. I'm tempted to splurge on the three-scent box of three straight oils next time! Hi Rosarita! I agree: quite a few of the oils are complex enough to work as “perfumes” on their own. (And Bois Sec is excellent, even if I'm not a “woods” person.) Others are simpler. I'm tempted to splurge on the three-scent box of three straight oils next time!

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.nstperfume.com/2007/09/08/memoire-liquide-bespoke-perfumery-fragrance-review/#comment-28565 Anonymous Sun, 09 Sep 2007 02:05:55 +0000 http://www.nstperfume.com/2007/09/08/memoire-liquide-bespoke-perfumery-fragrance-review/#comment-28565 Ah yes... a Californian company with French trimmings. Well, it's hardly the first time, I suppose! As Oscar Wilde said, "When good Americans die, they go to Paris." ;) Ah yes… a Californian company with French trimmings. Well, it's hardly the first time, I suppose! As Oscar Wilde said, “When good Americans die, they go to Paris.” ;)

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.nstperfume.com/2007/09/08/memoire-liquide-bespoke-perfumery-fragrance-review/#comment-28561 Anonymous Sun, 09 Sep 2007 02:03:35 +0000 http://www.nstperfume.com/2007/09/08/memoire-liquide-bespoke-perfumery-fragrance-review/#comment-28561 Hello! Sorry it's taken me a while to respond... I was out of town today! But yes, I spotted that Memoire Liquide mention (by its founder) in Allure, too. Lots of good perfume coverage in that issue! Hello! Sorry it's taken me a while to respond… I was out of town today! But yes, I spotted that Memoire Liquide mention (by its founder) in Allure, too. Lots of good perfume coverage in that issue!

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