Comments on: Juliette Has A Gun Miss Charming and Lady Vengeance ~ fragrance review, with a little rant on niche http://www.nstperfume.com/2007/12/19/juliette-has-a-gun-miss-charming-and-lady-vengeance-fragrance-review-with-a-little-rant-on-niche/ a blog about perfume Thu, 18 Mar 2010 05:44:33 -0400 hourly 1 By: Anonymous http://www.nstperfume.com/2007/12/19/juliette-has-a-gun-miss-charming-and-lady-vengeance-fragrance-review-with-a-little-rant-on-niche/#comment-33624 Anonymous Wed, 04 Jun 2008 05:08:02 +0000 http://www.nstperfume.com/2007/12/19/juliette-has-a-gun-miss-charming-and-lady-vengeance-fragrance-review-with-a-little-rant-on-niche/#comment-33624 I'm hoping Citizen Queen, the new one, will be a gutsier fragrance! I'm hoping Citizen Queen, the new one, will be a gutsier fragrance!

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.nstperfume.com/2007/12/19/juliette-has-a-gun-miss-charming-and-lady-vengeance-fragrance-review-with-a-little-rant-on-niche/#comment-33623 Anonymous Tue, 03 Jun 2008 14:48:48 +0000 http://www.nstperfume.com/2007/12/19/juliette-has-a-gun-miss-charming-and-lady-vengeance-fragrance-review-with-a-little-rant-on-niche/#comment-33623 my daughter is a rose fanatic, Stella being her first rose love. we sniffed these last week and were underwhelmed. as mentioned abouve we totally agree that Miss Charming struck us as a watered down and less pretty Drole de Rose (a summer staple for me) and LV a less gutsy Voleur de Rose (a winter staple for me...hm perhaps i am a rose fanatic as well....) we thought the bottles interesting but that was where interesting ended. my daughter is a rose fanatic, Stella being her first rose love. we sniffed these last week and were underwhelmed. as mentioned abouve we totally agree that Miss Charming struck us as a watered down and less pretty Drole de Rose (a summer staple for me) and LV a less gutsy Voleur de Rose (a winter staple for me…hm perhaps i am a rose fanatic as well….) we thought the bottles interesting but that was where interesting ended.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.nstperfume.com/2007/12/19/juliette-has-a-gun-miss-charming-and-lady-vengeance-fragrance-review-with-a-little-rant-on-niche/#comment-33585 Anonymous Sat, 03 May 2008 17:39:20 +0000 http://www.nstperfume.com/2007/12/19/juliette-has-a-gun-miss-charming-and-lady-vengeance-fragrance-review-with-a-little-rant-on-niche/#comment-33585 The bKs are REALLY expensive. Happily I've now tried them all and don't need a single one. The bKs are REALLY expensive. Happily I've now tried them all and don't need a single one.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.nstperfume.com/2007/12/19/juliette-has-a-gun-miss-charming-and-lady-vengeance-fragrance-review-with-a-little-rant-on-niche/#comment-33584 Anonymous Sat, 03 May 2008 07:29:39 +0000 http://www.nstperfume.com/2007/12/19/juliette-has-a-gun-miss-charming-and-lady-vengeance-fragrance-review-with-a-little-rant-on-niche/#comment-33584 I tired Love by Kilian. It was definitely a unique scent but I couldn't bring myself to pay $225 for a bottle of perfume. :( The sales lady suggested Love and Lady Vengeance to me when I was shopping in Holt Renfrew. I ended up buying Lady Vengeance, and the sales lady gave me a sample of Love by Kilian. That sample would probably cost $10 considering how expensive the perfume was. I tired Love by Kilian. It was definitely a unique scent but I couldn't bring myself to pay $225 for a bottle of perfume. :( The sales lady suggested Love and Lady Vengeance to me when I was shopping in Holt Renfrew. I ended up buying Lady Vengeance, and the sales lady gave me a sample of Love by Kilian. That sample would probably cost $10 considering how expensive the perfume was.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.nstperfume.com/2007/12/19/juliette-has-a-gun-miss-charming-and-lady-vengeance-fragrance-review-with-a-little-rant-on-niche/#comment-33622 Anonymous Fri, 18 Jan 2008 02:47:06 +0000 http://www.nstperfume.com/2007/12/19/juliette-has-a-gun-miss-charming-and-lady-vengeance-fragrance-review-with-a-little-rant-on-niche/#comment-33622 Do go back and try LV on skin! And make your GF try it too! I don't think it stays all that fresh on skin. Do go back and try LV on skin! And make your GF try it too! I don't think it stays all that fresh on skin.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.nstperfume.com/2007/12/19/juliette-has-a-gun-miss-charming-and-lady-vengeance-fragrance-review-with-a-little-rant-on-niche/#comment-33621 Anonymous Fri, 18 Jan 2008 00:28:27 +0000 http://www.nstperfume.com/2007/12/19/juliette-has-a-gun-miss-charming-and-lady-vengeance-fragrance-review-with-a-little-rant-on-niche/#comment-33621 R, I thought MP was really nicely done and would have to test the two together for a fair comparison. Speaking from memory, MP to me has a smidgen darker and more polished base in that department-store-fragrance kind of way, but don't consider that to be a bad thing and no, don't think LV is that much better at all. What's more, I feel as though these two develop in the opposite way - MP starts herbal heading for the dark and candied sweet, whereas LV smells, 8 hours after application (on the card, mind you), fresher than in the opening and yes, definitely spicy/peppery (don't take my word for the saffron, it might be sommin else) and earthy (as opposed to MP's clean patch). All this is a loooong, roundabout way of saying that I don't think LV's price tag necessarily reflects the quality of its ingredients and that I'd love to smell either on my GF. :-) Will report on the JOVOYs when they get'em. R, I thought MP was really nicely done and would have to test the two together for a fair comparison. Speaking from memory, MP to me has a smidgen darker and more polished base in that department-store-fragrance kind of way, but don't consider that to be a bad thing and no, don't think LV is that much better at all. What's more, I feel as though these two develop in the opposite way – MP starts herbal heading for the dark and candied sweet, whereas LV smells, 8 hours after application (on the card, mind you), fresher than in the opening and yes, definitely spicy/peppery (don't take my word for the saffron, it might be sommin else) and earthy (as opposed to MP's clean patch).

All this is a loooong, roundabout way of saying that I don't think LV's price tag necessarily reflects the quality of its ingredients and that I'd love to smell either on my GF. :-)

Will report on the JOVOYs when they get'em.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.nstperfume.com/2007/12/19/juliette-has-a-gun-miss-charming-and-lady-vengeance-fragrance-review-with-a-little-rant-on-niche/#comment-33620 Anonymous Thu, 17 Jan 2008 23:38:50 +0000 http://www.nstperfume.com/2007/12/19/juliette-has-a-gun-miss-charming-and-lady-vengeance-fragrance-review-with-a-little-rant-on-niche/#comment-33620 Hey, lucky you! LV certainly seems to have more fans than MC. Did you think it was better than MP in relation to the price, that is, was it THAT much better than MP? I will have to smell it again to see if I can smell saffron, but it certainly seems like everyone is throwing saffron in w/ rose+dark base these days. Looks like you'll probably get to smell the Jovoys long before me, do tell me how there are! Hey, lucky you! LV certainly seems to have more fans than MC. Did you think it was better than MP in relation to the price, that is, was it THAT much better than MP?

I will have to smell it again to see if I can smell saffron, but it certainly seems like everyone is throwing saffron in w/ rose+dark base these days.

Looks like you'll probably get to smell the Jovoys long before me, do tell me how there are!

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.nstperfume.com/2007/12/19/juliette-has-a-gun-miss-charming-and-lady-vengeance-fragrance-review-with-a-little-rant-on-niche/#comment-33619 Anonymous Thu, 17 Jan 2008 20:30:16 +0000 http://www.nstperfume.com/2007/12/19/juliette-has-a-gun-miss-charming-and-lady-vengeance-fragrance-review-with-a-little-rant-on-niche/#comment-33619 R, imagine my utter surprise when, on my way from work today, I stumbled upon a cute tiny shop downtown with "Juliette Has a Gun" written over the shop window. Honestly, in a Guerlainless, L'Artisanless Belgrade I thought this must be a joke. Hell no! The charming SAs (for a change!) inside kindly explained to me that yes, the shop does carry the line and that it'll soon start importing Piguet, Jovoy and some other brands. Hurrah! Anyway, I went out with a smiling face and two cards sprayed generously with MC and LV. Although MC doesn't exactly rock my world, it is a charming, debutante rose. But my oh my, LV is just lovely! Granted, there's nothing particularly edgy about it but the truth is I don't need it to be. I love its candied rose and...am I crazy or is there a dusting of saffron there as well? Reminds me somewhat of Midnight Poison for its treatment of rose and patch. I'd love to smell LV on my GF, it's très sexy, but she just turned her nose up and said: "It stinks!" LOL! R, imagine my utter surprise when, on my way from work today, I stumbled upon a cute tiny shop downtown with “Juliette Has a Gun” written over the shop window. Honestly, in a Guerlainless, L'Artisanless Belgrade I thought this must be a joke. Hell no! The charming SAs (for a change!) inside kindly explained to me that yes, the shop does carry the line and that it'll soon start importing Piguet, Jovoy and some other brands. Hurrah!
Anyway, I went out with a smiling face and two cards sprayed generously with MC and LV. Although MC doesn't exactly rock my world, it is a charming, debutante rose. But my oh my, LV is just lovely! Granted, there's nothing particularly edgy about it but the truth is I don't need it to be. I love its candied rose and…am I crazy or is there a dusting of saffron there as well? Reminds me somewhat of Midnight Poison for its treatment of rose and patch. I'd love to smell LV on my GF, it's très sexy, but she just turned her nose up and said: “It stinks!” LOL!

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.nstperfume.com/2007/12/19/juliette-has-a-gun-miss-charming-and-lady-vengeance-fragrance-review-with-a-little-rant-on-niche/#comment-33618 Anonymous Fri, 21 Dec 2007 17:18:38 +0000 http://www.nstperfume.com/2007/12/19/juliette-has-a-gun-miss-charming-and-lady-vengeance-fragrance-review-with-a-little-rant-on-niche/#comment-33618 The niche lines need to do the same thing the mainstream lines need to do: slooooow down. Release one scent at a time, then wait a year and release another. I've been wanting something new from Delrae & Ormonde Jayne, but beginning to appreciate the brands that aren't flooding the market with new product. The niche lines need to do the same thing the mainstream lines need to do: slooooow down. Release one scent at a time, then wait a year and release another. I've been wanting something new from Delrae & Ormonde Jayne, but beginning to appreciate the brands that aren't flooding the market with new product.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.nstperfume.com/2007/12/19/juliette-has-a-gun-miss-charming-and-lady-vengeance-fragrance-review-with-a-little-rant-on-niche/#comment-33616 Anonymous Fri, 21 Dec 2007 17:02:50 +0000 http://www.nstperfume.com/2007/12/19/juliette-has-a-gun-miss-charming-and-lady-vengeance-fragrance-review-with-a-little-rant-on-niche/#comment-33616 Well, if you can't buy them any more any more, that is truly exclusive ;-) Well, if you can't buy them any more any more, that is truly exclusive ;-)

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