Comments on: Reminiscence Sol La, Si Do ~ new perfumes

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 17:58:14 +0000

Don't have my musical encyclopedia with me here, but I do recall learning that the original syllables for the major scale– from the Middle Ages?– were “ut, re, mi, fa, sol, la, si, do”. The initial syllables from some Latin piece. I know that some European traditions still use “si” instead of “ti”. Apparently no one found “ut” very euphonious.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 17:52:31 +0000

It does sound interesting. Wish they'd relaunch Eclix

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 17:51:51 +0000

No musical training here, sorry — I'm no help!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 13:10:03 +0000

Sol La sounds pretty interesting – I'm going to make a note to look for it in Sephora next time I am in France. Come to think of it I can't think of too many citrus gourmands – Eclix, Fruits & Passion's Lemon Vanille, Shalimar Light maybe due to the heavy vanilla. But when I look at the notes I also think of Dior's twist-on-an-eau Cologne Blanche, with the citrus-rosemary-almond combo. I actually found Escale a Portofino in the same vein (not powdery though), a sweet take on an eau – reminded me of a refined Fresh Sugar, slgihtly effervescent (must be aldehydes?).

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 05:07:24 +0000

Um, not to get off topic here, and maybe this varies by country/language/method, but shouldn't the last one be “Ti Do” if they're going to follow a traditional (Kodaly?) major scale in solfege? I'm not even sure I remember learning a “Si”…unless it's “sol” raised a half-step? Someone please chime in here….tell me I'm not the only musically trained person bothered by that…

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 03:29:52 +0000

I do too!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 03:29:31 +0000

Nope, they've got a private collection, where you don't do the spoking, and a custom service, where you do.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 20:22:13 +0000

Bespoke is custom made for a client. Now I'm interested in how that works–of if it simply means “we chose some special ones for you.” Which is not bespoke, cause I didn't do the spoking.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 20:12:28 +0000

I guess I should smell these–I really like Flori's two Etros.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 20:10:33 +0000

Boadicea is launching 43(!) fragrances plus a bespoke range (whatever that means). Two a year is positively stately!