Comments on: Schiaparelli Shocking new & vintage ~ fragrance review http://www.nstperfume.com/2009/02/09/schiaparelli-shocking-new-vintage-fragrance-review/ a blog about perfume Fri, 10 Feb 2012 20:40:17 +0000 hourly 1 By: Anonymous http://www.nstperfume.com/2009/02/09/schiaparelli-shocking-new-vintage-fragrance-review/#comment-61160 Anonymous Sun, 15 Feb 2009 03:24:28 +0000 http://www.nstperfume.com/2009/02/09/schiaparelli-shocking-new-vintage-fragrance-review/#comment-61160 I think grandma would be proud. I think grandma would be proud.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.nstperfume.com/2009/02/09/schiaparelli-shocking-new-vintage-fragrance-review/#comment-61159 Anonymous Sat, 14 Feb 2009 23:34:33 +0000 http://www.nstperfume.com/2009/02/09/schiaparelli-shocking-new-vintage-fragrance-review/#comment-61159 And a perfumista was born! And a perfumista was born!

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.nstperfume.com/2009/02/09/schiaparelli-shocking-new-vintage-fragrance-review/#comment-61158 Anonymous Sat, 14 Feb 2009 23:33:53 +0000 http://www.nstperfume.com/2009/02/09/schiaparelli-shocking-new-vintage-fragrance-review/#comment-61158 And a perfumista was born! And a perfumista was born!

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.nstperfume.com/2009/02/09/schiaparelli-shocking-new-vintage-fragrance-review/#comment-61157 Anonymous Sat, 14 Feb 2009 17:26:14 +0000 http://www.nstperfume.com/2009/02/09/schiaparelli-shocking-new-vintage-fragrance-review/#comment-61157 That sounds like a dream! My grandmother had a set of tiny bottles of perfume, and I can't remember what they were, but I used to fill the empties with water and play with them. That sounds like a dream! My grandmother had a set of tiny bottles of perfume, and I can't remember what they were, but I used to fill the empties with water and play with them.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.nstperfume.com/2009/02/09/schiaparelli-shocking-new-vintage-fragrance-review/#comment-61156 Anonymous Sat, 14 Feb 2009 02:39:15 +0000 http://www.nstperfume.com/2009/02/09/schiaparelli-shocking-new-vintage-fragrance-review/#comment-61156 I do! I do! Isn't it funny, Angela, that they don't make those miniature "Imported French Perfume" sets anymore -- at least, I haven't seen them here in Canada. I think they'd do really well with a certain kind of retro-vintage-loving customer -- a customer much like myself! Okay, and this is totally a fantasy and would never happen in real life, but wouldn't it be the coolest thing if they came up with a set of a dozen different fabulous scents from various French houses, 4 or 5mls each in authentic mini-bottles of the originals, all in extrait and all pre-reformulation???!!! In a lovely box with a satin lining??? Sigh. . . :-D I do! I do! Isn't it funny, Angela, that they don't make those miniature “Imported French Perfume” sets anymore — at least, I haven't seen them here in Canada. I think they'd do really well with a certain kind of retro-vintage-loving customer — a customer much like myself! Okay, and this is totally a fantasy and would never happen in real life, but wouldn't it be the coolest thing if they came up with a set of a dozen different fabulous scents from various French houses, 4 or 5mls each in authentic mini-bottles of the originals, all in extrait and all pre-reformulation???!!! In a lovely box with a satin lining???

Sigh. . . :-D

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.nstperfume.com/2009/02/09/schiaparelli-shocking-new-vintage-fragrance-review/#comment-61154 Anonymous Fri, 13 Feb 2009 01:54:57 +0000 http://www.nstperfume.com/2009/02/09/schiaparelli-shocking-new-vintage-fragrance-review/#comment-61154 Consider it added! Consider it added!

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.nstperfume.com/2009/02/09/schiaparelli-shocking-new-vintage-fragrance-review/#comment-61155 Anonymous Fri, 13 Feb 2009 01:54:19 +0000 http://www.nstperfume.com/2009/02/09/schiaparelli-shocking-new-vintage-fragrance-review/#comment-61155 That's an interesting point about vintage fragrances being harder to appreciate because they're a little "off" from being old. It definitely makes sense. Shocking does have a whiff of powder to it, and it's so not what I expected! I like it, though. Don't you wish you could have that miniature perfume collection again now? That's an interesting point about vintage fragrances being harder to appreciate because they're a little “off” from being old. It definitely makes sense.

Shocking does have a whiff of powder to it, and it's so not what I expected! I like it, though.

Don't you wish you could have that miniature perfume collection again now?

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.nstperfume.com/2009/02/09/schiaparelli-shocking-new-vintage-fragrance-review/#comment-61161 Anonymous Fri, 13 Feb 2009 01:51:37 +0000 http://www.nstperfume.com/2009/02/09/schiaparelli-shocking-new-vintage-fragrance-review/#comment-61161 S, I use to buy pots of shea butter to put on my hands, and it worked really well. One day, though, the dog got into it and finished off half a jar! It didn't seem to hurt him. Good thing it's all natural. S, I use to buy pots of shea butter to put on my hands, and it worked really well. One day, though, the dog got into it and finished off half a jar! It didn't seem to hurt him. Good thing it's all natural.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.nstperfume.com/2009/02/09/schiaparelli-shocking-new-vintage-fragrance-review/#comment-61153 Anonymous Thu, 12 Feb 2009 19:24:52 +0000 http://www.nstperfume.com/2009/02/09/schiaparelli-shocking-new-vintage-fragrance-review/#comment-61153 Whoopsy-daisy! Add the extra p to sapphire, please! Whoopsy-daisy! Add the extra p to sapphire, please!

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.nstperfume.com/2009/02/09/schiaparelli-shocking-new-vintage-fragrance-review/#comment-61152 Anonymous Thu, 12 Feb 2009 18:38:02 +0000 http://www.nstperfume.com/2009/02/09/schiaparelli-shocking-new-vintage-fragrance-review/#comment-61152 Late to the party, Angela, but have to say how charming I find the thought of a saphire blue satin dressing gown from a thrift store. What a lovely find! A beautiful aesthetic with the Shocking, too -- love the strong contrasts. I remember first smelling vintage Shocking from one of the little miniature French perfume collections which were all the rage in the late sixties and early seventies. I was in my teens, and I remembered Le De and Le Dix in the same collection. I was in love with them all. Shocking was actually, even to my young nose, easy to appreciate; I think the "difficult" nature of some vintage fragrances we experience today must be at least in some measure due to the new, oxidative notes they develop with decades in the bottle, because that 1967 Shocking was all fresh powdery roses and rich sweetness to me. Recently tried the reformulation. Doesn't register in my memory center as having anything significant to do with the original Shocking. I don't mind it, and it lasts forEVER with some serious sillage. Great article, Miss A. As usual! Late to the party, Angela, but have to say how charming I find the thought of a saphire blue satin dressing gown from a thrift store. What a lovely find! A beautiful aesthetic with the Shocking, too — love the strong contrasts.

I remember first smelling vintage Shocking from one of the little miniature French perfume collections which were all the rage in the late sixties and early seventies. I was in my teens, and I remembered Le De and Le Dix in the same collection. I was in love with them all. Shocking was actually, even to my young nose, easy to appreciate; I think the “difficult” nature of some vintage fragrances we experience today must be at least in some measure due to the new, oxidative notes they develop with decades in the bottle, because that 1967 Shocking was all fresh powdery roses and rich sweetness to me.

Recently tried the reformulation. Doesn't register in my memory center as having anything significant to do with the original Shocking. I don't mind it, and it lasts forEVER with some serious sillage.

Great article, Miss A. As usual!

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