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Just Notes: Momentary Obsessions
Posted by Dain, Sunday, March 09, 2008 4:29 AM (Eastern)
So, I got real impatient with samples and bought a few. These are the ones. It took me some time to become acquainted with Mitsouko. I've met many a perfume with instant charm, but when I blithely rush the purchase, I have found that more often that initial affability is spread too thin over an entire bottle. Mitsouko is pleasant but impenetrable, but to mouth a cliché, still waters run deep, and it is strangely compelling. I was tempted by this huge bottle of the parfum, but it seemed inappropriate to push this budding friendship. EDP will do, in the beautiful bottle shown above. Somewhat unexpectedly, I also adore Fendi Theorema, though it offers no notes I find naturally attractive, so I got a small bottle, even though a larger bottle might be better for hoarding this is discontinued gem. Incidentally layers brilliantly with Mitsouko (2 ½ perfumes), but of course it stands alone without difficulty: Theorema is as comforting as a cat's purr, the kind you can wear to bed (a silly idea). And, just in time for spring, I was considering the sociable Diorissimo or reserved Chanel No. 19, but the EDT of the former and the EDP of the latter is sold out everywhere. I took a chance and got myself a bottle of Paco Rabanne Métal, a house of high repute but little renown, and this is described as similar to No. 19. This will satisfy me while I fuss over the leather samples.
I'm thinking of tackling A La Recherche du Temps Perdu. It's a book almost no one reads to completion, not even people who have PhDs in French lit (to the right, the last page), and Proust has always turned me off because of how pretentious people sound when they talk about it. Like Joyce, but French. No wonder people find it intimidating. But I could use some mental exercise, and perfume sampling and lvling WOW toons is hardly that. I would also like to learn Japanese, and I'm wondering if there is a good basic grammar (I can piece the way it works naturally by watching anime). Any recommendations? And, another bid for information... For gardeners, what are easy, nice things to grow?Labels: fendi, film, just notes, mitsouko, paco rabanne, pearl paradise
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March 9, 2008 1:28 PM,
Good morning! (sorta, it's 10:00 am here)
It won't hurt to shoot those guys an email and ask them if they'd make a longer necklace with the clasp you like.
Another thought would be Etsy...commission someone there to make one for you...but there's perhaps less guarantee of the quality of the pearls (then I haven't looked at Etsy closely for people working with high quality pearls; they do have high end merchants there).
I haven't knotted anything myself as of yet...though I don't think it's as hard as it looks. You need an inexpensive device...it's long and narrow...you tie the knot, then use the device to push the knot up close to the pearl. Another method I saw on the Net involves passing the silk through each pearl twice. First you string the pearls without knotting them, then you go back and thread the silk back through each pearl, and knot between the pearls.
About the gardening...ah, ask Carol. :D I'm drawn toward things that can't die...and that says a lot around here, as we have the worst soil I've ever seen, tons of pocket gophers, and a long dry season. And a slope. And deer.
Congrats on the perfumes! I know exactly what you mean...it's relatively easy to find a good perfume. But there are so many choices, something merely good is probably better left to sample form. A full bottle needs to be...eccentric. Something you can wear every day and never tire of.
March 10, 2008 4:17 PM,
Meh, my internet was down yesterday.
They emailed me that everything I desired is pretty much possible. : )