Comments on: Acorelle ~ new line of organic perfumes

By: sacre bleu

sacre bleu — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 15:56:36 +0000

yep; I’d wear fragrance anyway, but I’d make sure it was organic/natural whatever . . . and yep, Amherst, just across the river from Northampton . . .

By: Robin

Robin — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 01:20:42 +0000

Longevity is always a concern w/ naturals…but I guess it’s a trade-off many people are willing to make.

By: Robin

Robin — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 01:19:54 +0000

There are lots of interesting things happening the organic and/or natural field over the past couple years

By: parfumnut

parfumnut — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 23:58:18 +0000

I agree, i love some of the organics, my favorite at this time is Ayala, i found they work wonderful with my chemistry and the Ajne fragrances are beautiful too and the nice thing is you can order samples first.

By: EileenS

EileenS — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 21:54:13 +0000

Hmm.. the Citrus Verbena and Tea Garden sound nice, but I’m wondering about the longevity. Even with boatloads of synthetics in them, these citrus-y sorts tend to fade very quickly on me.

By: Robin

Robin — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 21:43:34 +0000

Hey, you’re right, the descriptions do sound a bit off.

By: Tama

Tama — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 21:17:36 +0000

As I was reading these descriptions I kept thinking they had gotten mixed up. There is no berry in the Berries one, but berry in the Orchid one, which has no orchid. The Bamboo Lotus has lots of citrus, whereas the Citrus, hardly any. Hm. Maybe they have just composed them so the scents work.

Funny the convo has turned to banning – another group I post on (not perfume-related) was talking about Axeing Axe.

By: lilydale aka Natalie

lilydale aka Natalie — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 20:50:21 +0000

Not to revert to stereotypes, but as a whole the Japanese are a whole lot more obedient when it comes to rules! Around here, even when they do ban cell phones while driving or cell phones in public places, everyone blithely ignores the law and keeps yacking away. As Joe noted above, often there’s a real conflict between our ingrained American individualism and the right not to be driven bananas by other people’s nasty perfume, braying voices, etc.

By: Joe

Joe — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 18:45:08 +0000

I know, and I don’t want to start that whole debate again because i know it’s a no-win and raises ire on both sides. I can certainly see what you mean and we’ve all been close to death-by-Emeraude.

I guess I’m probably more likely to wish someone were thrown out for reeking of cigarette smoke (funny how some chainsmokers aren’t as smelly as others) or for reeking of not washing, or having dreadlocks, or some other such thing. I’m torn between the culture of “banning” and the culture of “let’s do anything we want anywhere anytime.”

One discourteous apple ruins the whole bunch.

By: pinkfizzy

pinkfizzy — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 18:34:48 +0000

In Japan they’ve banned using cell phones on public transit, and it’s rare to even hear a loud conversation on the subway. I miss it! Sometimes here in Canada I want to grab that cell phone and chuck it out the window!

I too have mixed feelings on perfume bans. There’ve been times when I would appreciate it, like that girl at the gym who apparently bathes in Britney Spears Fantasy. You can always tell when she’s arrived! Or the woman next to you on the bus whose perfume makes your head and throat hurt. I guess it’s difficult to ban “too much perfume” or “cheap horrible perfumes”!