Comments on: Czech & Speake Citrus Paradisi, No. 88 and Frankincense & Myrrh ~ fragrance reviews

By: marymorrissey

marymorrissey — Sun, 10 Jul 2011 17:31:41 +0000

too bad 88 has been reformulated – ruined! you’d be hard pressed to find any rose whatsoever, aside from in the printed literature accompanying the bottle. a tragedy! 88 has become a band without a stone, a frame without a picture. a joke, in short, and not a good one!

how can you miss the lavender in F&M? there is tons!

By: nasal_passages

nasal_passages — Thu, 23 Sep 2010 16:58:26 +0000

I agree with “the good life” that 88 is not what it once was, to its tragic detriment. Proust notwithstanding, you can’t trust what you remember “from ages ago”, sir. With all due respect: Test the old and new side by side!

I feel there can be no discussion of F&M without speaking of lavender of which there’s a generous dollup, to be sure! The “vintage” version isn’t all that different from the more recently available product.

By: Dizzy Dazzy

Dizzy Dazzy — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 04:56:33 +0000

Frankincense & Myrrh is wonderful, not unlike Grossmith’s Phul-Nana. When I win the lottery I shall bathe in C&S Frankincense & Myrrh lol! I want to get the Room Spray for my house at Christmastime.

By: julesinrose

julesinrose — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 22:20:30 +0000

A few months ago I received samples of everything C&S from them, very nicely packaged, a real treat. I don’t know if it’s me or them (or both), but every single one of their scents has, for me, an off note in it, something very “fake” smelling, and seemingly the same thing, though I haven’t enough knowledge to tell you what it is.I remember thinking they should stick to bathroom fixtures, which are very nice.

By: Kevin

Kevin — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 22:23:31 +0000

The Good Life: I noticed a change in intensity with No. 88…but it’s character is still “intact” to me. F&M is very similar to how I remember it AGES, and I mean AGES, ago. I’m with you on the Neroli and Dark Rose though.

By: Kevin

Kevin — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 22:21:24 +0000

Blimunda: there is a similarity, but the Andy Tauer is STRONGER, and dare I say a tad “harsher” than F&M. But I like both fragrances…I’m not adverse to harsh in incense fragrances.

By: Rappleyea

Rappleyea — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 19:57:41 +0000

While I was the proverbially hated yankee in their midst, my husband’s family were very early settlers in the Suffolk area, so they tolerated me!

By: mals86

mals86 — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 16:50:07 +0000

I signed up with them just after Daisy did – and got samples of everything, no leakage, and absolutely no charge… I wondered at the time how long they could continue to send samples without charging shipping for them, and the answer is, “Not long.”

I found all but Rose (boooooring) and Dark Rose (really nice, but pricey for the lasting power) very masculine. Having said that, I thought they all smelled really nice – especially No. 88, which made me all swoony. (Insert fluttering-eyelashes emoticon here.) I keep leaving the sample on my husband’s dresser, but will he try it on? Nooooooo, he’s sticking with the Acqua di Gio.

By: mals86

mals86 — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 16:45:37 +0000

My husband’s great aunt would stand at the first hymn and turn around in her pew, surveying the church and carefully noting who was absent. Anyone who was missing would receive at the very least a phone call, if not a pound-cake-in-hand visit, from Aunt Ada, wondering if the missing parishioner “was feeling better yet?”

By: sacre bleu

sacre bleu — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:18:28 +0000

Krok – and in this case running with the wrong crowd is the right crowd . . .good on ya