Comments on: Guerlain Sous le Vent and Plus Que Jamais http://perfumeposse.com/2006/05/30/guerlain-sous-le-vent-and-plus-que-jamais/ Perfume Reviews from Around the World, as long as the Credit Card Holds out. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:07:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: March http://perfumeposse.com/2006/05/30/guerlain-sous-le-vent-and-plus-que-jamais/#comment-2803 March Wed, 31 May 2006 22:31:15 +0000 http://pdawwg.com/blog/index.php/2006/05/30/guerlain-sous-le-vent-and-plus-que-jamais/#comment-2803 Carmen -- when I am queen, I will pour money into Coty and instruct them to dig into their vaults and re-release their classics, starting with Chypre, which I can only dream about ... I have a vintage bottle of L'Origan which I think is lovely, even though I suspect it retains only some of the glory it had when it was new. I put on Sous le Vent today, again. I cannot think of the last fragrance that had such an effect on me. I am still shocked. Carmen — when I am queen, I will pour money into Coty and instruct them to dig into their vaults and re-release their classics, starting with Chypre, which I can only dream about … I have a vintage bottle of L’Origan which I think is lovely, even though I suspect it retains only some of the glory it had when it was new.

I put on Sous le Vent today, again. I cannot think of the last fragrance that had such an effect on me. I am still shocked.

]]> By: March http://perfumeposse.com/2006/05/30/guerlain-sous-le-vent-and-plus-que-jamais/#comment-2801 March Wed, 31 May 2006 21:56:43 +0000 http://pdawwg.com/blog/index.php/2006/05/30/guerlain-sous-le-vent-and-plus-que-jamais/#comment-2801 Beba -- you've listed some of my Guerlain favorites. I wouldn't be surprised at all if I go back and smell PQJ in a month and think, wow, that is just amazing!! I have changed my assessment regarding all sorts of things at later times. I also may decide it's the perfect fall fragrance, it has the kind of subtle richness that seems right for that season. Beba — you’ve listed some of my Guerlain favorites.

I wouldn’t be surprised at all if I go back and smell PQJ in a month and think, wow, that is just amazing!! I have changed my assessment regarding all sorts of things at later times. I also may decide it’s the perfect fall fragrance, it has the kind of subtle richness that seems right for that season.

]]> By: carmencanada http://perfumeposse.com/2006/05/30/guerlain-sous-le-vent-and-plus-que-jamais/#comment-2798 carmencanada Wed, 31 May 2006 21:01:49 +0000 http://pdawwg.com/blog/index.php/2006/05/30/guerlain-sous-le-vent-and-plus-que-jamais/#comment-2798 To March: I have vintage Coty l'Emeraude. Not green, despite its name. Like Chypre and Ambre Antique, it starts with a generic "cotyness" and develops into a very soft amber with a dash of mint, and perhaps some orange blossom/jasmine. Of course, the amber being pre-1950s it is, at the very least, ambrette (perhaps not ambergris). As for Sous le vent, it's so unusual and elusive (I don't mean its availability but its complexity) that I'm smitten... To March:
I have vintage Coty l’Emeraude. Not green, despite its name. Like Chypre and Ambre Antique, it starts with a generic “cotyness” and develops into a very soft amber with a dash of mint, and perhaps some orange blossom/jasmine. Of course, the amber being pre-1950s it is, at the very least, ambrette (perhaps not ambergris).
As for Sous le vent, it’s so unusual and elusive (I don’t mean its availability but its complexity) that I’m smitten…

]]> By: Beba http://perfumeposse.com/2006/05/30/guerlain-sous-le-vent-and-plus-que-jamais/#comment-2780 Beba Wed, 31 May 2006 16:37:15 +0000 http://pdawwg.com/blog/index.php/2006/05/30/guerlain-sous-le-vent-and-plus-que-jamais/#comment-2780 Last night I tried Sous Le Vent and will try it again tomorrow, because I hate to regret a wrong first opinion. Minutes ago I tried PQJ and....loved it!! I am third generation of a four generation Guerlain addicts and I have placed PQJ in the range of preference of Vol de Nuit, Attrape, Metalys, Cuir, Mitsouko and L'Heure. Last night I tried Sous Le Vent and will try it again tomorrow, because I hate to regret a wrong first opinion. Minutes ago I tried PQJ and….loved it!! I am third generation of a four generation Guerlain addicts and I have placed PQJ in the range of preference of Vol de Nuit, Attrape, Metalys, Cuir, Mitsouko and L’Heure.

]]> By: March http://perfumeposse.com/2006/05/30/guerlain-sous-le-vent-and-plus-que-jamais/#comment-2743 March Wed, 31 May 2006 03:16:11 +0000 http://pdawwg.com/blog/index.php/2006/05/30/guerlain-sous-le-vent-and-plus-que-jamais/#comment-2743 Vi Noir -- honey, just want to make sure you knew I was funnin'. I'm used to teasing Patty and Marina, and I guess I figure you're family too. I love all your loves except Precious Heart (which is just okay to me.) I am always trying to talk people into Meteorites, which is dirt cheap on eBay and so underrated. I have never smelled Voile d'Ete... I have 6 or 7 samples unsmelled from a Fellow Guerlain Slut upstairs that I've been saving for a day my nose really clears up. I too love the smell of their Vetiver -- on anyone but me!;) Huh, what a great way to think about it: perfumes that hit the ol' G-spot... Vi Noir — honey, just want to make sure you knew I was funnin’. I’m used to teasing Patty and Marina, and I guess I figure you’re family too.

I love all your loves except Precious Heart (which is just okay to me.) I am always trying to talk people into Meteorites, which is dirt cheap on eBay and so underrated. I have never smelled Voile d’Ete… I have 6 or 7 samples unsmelled from a Fellow Guerlain Slut upstairs that I’ve been saving for a day my nose really clears up.

I too love the smell of their Vetiver — on anyone but me!;)

Huh, what a great way to think about it: perfumes that hit the ol’ G-spot…

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