Comments on: Crazylibellule and The Poppies Chere Louise, Hommage a Gabrielle ~ perfume reviews

By: Lollipop

Lollipop — Sun, 27 Jun 2010 23:37:31 +0000

Thanks Robin… I am having such a great time with perfume. It all kicked off (sorry, everyone is football crazy right now and it must be seeping into my sub conscious despite my complete disinterest…) anyway sorry to ramble, hmm it was when I was in the UK and I came accross a perfume I used to wear, Eternity; I couldnt resist! Memories came flooding back and I have to say I like it still. Then I tried to test everything I had ever worn, (Miss Worth was my first perfume and sadly you can’t buy it now). White Musk!! Cristalle, Coco, Eau de Lancome, l’eau Issey Miyake… Then I found your blog and voila a whole new world opened up. I have made friends at Sephora! I get them to label my samples, too confusing otherwise. So far I really like L’Artisan Parfumeur’s Ete en Douce and lots of the Hermes line, SL’s Sa Majeste La Rose is heavenly to start with but dries down dusty on me – will keep trying it as I really like roses. I have spent hours reading, testing, gathering samples..

By: Robin

Robin — Sat, 26 Jun 2010 15:54:00 +0000

Hi and welcome! And you could be right, that might be it.

By: Lollipop

Lollipop — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 21:20:59 +0000

Hello I am a newby here, been reading this blog for a while. Anyway I read this review because I bought Chere Louise recently. You said “I would swear it smells just like some other scent that I can’t pinpoint”…. well my Mum wore Anais Anais in the 80′s and I swear this is very similar! Perhaps it is the Hyacinth?! Fun to make that connection although I found AA sickening in the end, sorry Mum! So Chere Louise gives me a bit of a blast from the past.

By: boojum

boojum — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 03:57:26 +0000

Monstabunny, you’ll probably never come back to this thread to see this but…you’re a genius! Don’t have the Burt’s Bees, but when I unpacked my daughter’s backpack from her sleepover, I noticed my husband had tucked some Ivy Cleanse towlettes in there. I just made some samples, rather carelessly, so when I was finished, I grabbed one to test your theory. There is NO scent left on my hand at all, save for under the fingernails where I didn’t think to scrub. Brilliant!

By: Robin

Robin — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 22:43:23 +0000

Oh good, so glad it worked out!

By: Jill

Jill — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 22:08:46 +0000

I ordered the Chere Louise and received it yesterday, and I must say I like it very much! I agree with you that it’s almost, but not quite, a “wood pudding.” Only wish it had a bit more sillage, but then it is a solid! Packaging is too cute.

By: Robin

Robin — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 20:32:15 +0000

Great story, thanks!

By: Nlb

Nlb — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 20:23:42 +0000

It is—a while ago, I made a painting that everyone remarked at with “Oh, it’s Louise Brooks!” As an inside joke, I called it “Not Louise Brooks”. Since the name made me chuckle, every time, I carried it over into a couple of online things .

By: Robin

Robin — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 12:59:00 +0000

Yeah, I’m thinking these aren’t strong enough to scent a car. Maybe you’ll end up proving me wrong though!

By: Robin

Robin — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 12:58:10 +0000

They were both fine, I just didn’t like them as well as the 2 above. Tamara Charleston was really the only I didn’t like.