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Posted by Dain, Saturday, March 15, 2008 3:11 AM (Eastern)
Cuir de Russie, Tabac Blond, and Bandit stand out as the iconic leather perfumes (I'm missing Knize Ten, but I'll review Yatagan for the masculine), but though these are idiosyncratic interpretations according to house, there are yet a few variants well worth teasing out. So that brings me to Cuir Beluga, a part of Guerlain's L'Art de Matière line, available only at their flagship boutique and Bergdorf Goodman's.
Those fangs are small, but sharp.
This is a highly gourmandized leather, so much so that the note is far from central, only seeming to give it a texture; indeed, its influence is so slight I wonder if I would be able to detect any leather at all if it were not for the name. Cuir Beluga seems closer to the oriental gourmand of Shalimar: white chocolate, heliotrope, amber, vanilla, and hints of immortelle. Mostly, it is white chocolate. It is quite sexy in a comforting way, but totally inadequate as a leather, even a leathery gourmand, for which I daresay Daim Blond may be a more appropriate candidate (and the far greater perfume), with its sumptuous soft suede with hints of fruit.
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March 15, 2008 7:50 AM,
This is 100% off-topic, but I wanted to tell you two that I'm starting school in August.
I'm probably going to start with just a class or two online and one in real life and I have NO idea what for yet, but everything is set up and good to go.
March 15, 2008 9:28 AM,
AWESOME!
p.s. If it's possible, go for a good professor, rather a cool-sounding class. ; )
March 15, 2008 1:40 PM,
That's great! I knew you could do it. :D
My advice is to start out with two classes at most. You can always take more classes next time. But you have to see how two classes fit into your current schedule.
Post back what you decide to take. :)
March 15, 2008 1:44 PM,
Eh, you will always have to deal with the "small people" in life. The people who are actually important, don't go around telling other people how important they are. They don't have to.
March 15, 2008 2:19 PM,
Um... no, that's not what I mean, if the "small people" comment is intended for me. What I mean is the best guarantee of getting a good class is to choose a good professor than material. A good professor can make any material really worth your while, whereas a good subject is easily ruined by an inept one.
March 15, 2008 2:28 PM,
Ooo... that came out kinda rude. Just trying to clear up the confusion--if there was any. : )
March 15, 2008 7:59 PM,
Nooooo!!!!! I meant the Heathers thing. There will always be people who try to assert a pecking order, based on...a lot of meaninglessness. It's good to be able to suss it out and know how to deal with it, not good to become involved in it, because it's a train on a track to nowhere.
I agree with you about the professor thing.
March 15, 2008 8:52 PM,
Wah, ok... That makes much more sense. I thought you thought I was talking about big professors and little professors or something, which... doesn't quite make sense. I didn't mean to sound rude in the first place, if you know what I mean, only confused.
Yeah, I guess cruelty is the first major step into maturity. ; )
March 15, 2008 9:20 PM,
Yup. Well, people have to make their way in the world, they have to figure themselves out.
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