August 4th, 2008 — , Chanel Cuir de Russie, Jacques Polge, Les Exclusifs from Abigail @ I Smell Therefore I Am
Dear Chanel,
Remember a few weeks ago, when I was out in L.A., and I came to see you, and I smelled every last one of your Exclusifs fragrances because, as I believe I told you at the time, I’d been reading about them forever, and had developed a love affair with them in my head, and didn’t want to be deluded, to be romantically involved with blinders on? I wanted to be sure. Did these
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June 21st, 2008 — , Chanel Allure Sensuelle, Coco Chanel, Jacques Polge, Jessica Rabbit, Rita Hayworth, Rube Goldberg, Tom Ford Black Orchid, Vintage Glamor, cuir de russie, rive gauche, unisex, vetiver from Abigail @ I Smell Therefore I Am
More than a few people have noted a passing resemblance between Chanel Allure Sensuelle and Tom Ford Black Orchid. Both follow a recent trend in feminine perfumery, mixing a floral up top with a grunge accord at the bottom, albeit to varying degrees o…
Related StoresJune 3rd, 2008 — , Jacques Polge, Review, aldehydic, rive gauche, yves saint laurent from perfumeshrine @ Perfume Shrine
“What KGB agents would have worn to seduce James Bond”* is not a bad description for any fragrance. But when it applies to an Yves Saint Laurent one you know it has the pedigree and the icy demeanor of Daniela Bianchi in From Russia with Love. Ian …
Related StoresFebruary 28th, 2008 — , Chanel, Jacques Polge, baudruchage, coco mademoiselle from perfumeshrine @ Perfume Shrine
A clip with Jacques Polge, in-house perfumer of Chanel, in which he explains the necessity of perfume.
You can also see the procedure of securing the neck of the extrait de parfum bottles with thread and a wax seal, properly called baudruchage (the coiling of the silk thread),barbichage and brossage (the following steps into securing the neck and seperating the ends of the thread). The whole
December 20th, 2007 — Chanel, Jacques Polge, Review, ballets russes, cuir de russie, diaghilev, ernest beaux, leather series, review from perfumeshrine @ Perfume Shrine
Whenever I think of Cuir de Russie by Chanel I think of a particular place and a woman I once saw. She is of Slavic features, quite old and she must have been beautiful at her prime. Now the fallen features speak of a splendour gone by, an existence th…
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October 16th, 2007 — Chanel, Jacques Polge, advertising, commercial, das parfum commercial, esprit, no.5, tim duquette from helg @ Perfume Shrine
I stumbled upon this lethal CHANEL commercial, originally found by Octavian Coifan, with actor Tim Duquette and directed by Marcel Langenegger. It just begged for commentary, don’t you think?(Uploaded by TIMDNYC on Youtube) Click to watch.The chronolog…
Related StoresOctober 5th, 2007 — 31 rue cambon, Chanel, Jacques Polge, Les Exclusifs, Psychology, chic, chypre series, colour rosette test, extrovert, sophisticated from helg @ Perfume Shrine
Previously on this series we mentioned briefly that chypres have apparently fallen out of favour in late years, with the exception of the very new “modern” ones discussed. And we pointed out that this is due to the differentiation in ingredients listed…
Related StoresSeptember 5th, 2007 — Chanel, Icon Magazine, Jacques Polge, Les Exclusifs, No. 18 from Ayala Sender @ SmellyBlog
I recently came about a short interview with Jacques Polge on Icon magazine (fortunately it was short enough for me to read it in the store – the magazine costs 5 times the price of a “normal” magazine, looks like a paperback cover book, and cont…
Related StoresAugust 21st, 2007 — Aldehydes, Chanel, Jacques Polge, New Releases from Colombina (Marina) @ Perfume-Smellin' Things Perfume Blog
Up until a couple of years ago, when Chanel No 5 Elixir Sensuel was released, Parfums Chanel seemed reluctant to play the flanker game with their legendary No. 5. I wonder if even Elixir Sensuel can be justifiably called a flanker as it simply is a different formulation (concentration, consistency) of No. 5 rather than a new scent capitalizing on the success of Chanel’s bestseller. Chanel No. 5
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