Comments on: PSC- Winter 1972, Gingerbread, Nuit de Noel

By: EIRHNH81

EIRHNH81 — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 12:09:22 +0000

I CAN’T WAIT TO RECEIVE MY NUIT DE NOEL TOMORROW!I HOPE I LOVE IT AS YOU DO

By: Rita

Rita — Sat, 15 Dec 2007 11:53:11 +0000

I haven’t tried Nuit de Noel extrait either, I tried the edt and it was nothing like I wanted to be. It was a dull and linear powdery scent,not at all like the wonderful descriptions I have heard about it. Like Louise, I was very disappointed, but I guess the edt might explain why. Rose, jasmine, oakmoss, vetiver-how can I NOT like it? It’s been driving me crazy for months, I have sprayed and resprayed. Thanks for restoring my hope…I really, really wanted to love this one.

I have been wearing La Myrrhe a bit to get into the Christmas spirit, but I have mostly been wearing some of the heavier scents I just can’t do when it’s hot outside, like Bal a Versailles and MKK. Also in my rotation: Mitsouko, Jicky, and that Chanel set that I bought because I have a problem resisting anything in a little bottle. I’m really hating myself for not buying one of those sets in previous years, I always wanted to. They used to have No. 19 and No. 22, but their replacements aren’t quite as beautiful IMHO.

By: Sariah

Sariah — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 22:21:34 +0000

I certainly think so – I can’t abide the women’s angel (on me), but love the men’s. They are definitely related, but the men’s is so much more wearable.

By: Calypso

Calypso — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 20:47:00 +0000

I really like wearing the spicy SL’s like Rousse, Chypre Rouge, and Arabie in cold weather.
When you’re doing incense next month, don’t forget to suggest that people try Angelique Encens. Divine!
I love going to the barn or field in the winter to watch the animals’ steamy breath go out in the air, and see their shaggy coats–My parents neighbors in Michigan have burros and they’re so shaggy and cute in winter!

By: Teri

Teri — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 19:47:57 +0000

Although I’m an urban child, my grandparents had a farm on the Iowa-Minnesota border. I spent summers on that farm and from the time I can remember, it was my duty to milk the cows. There were only two, as they were kept just to supply the family. I remember those early mornings vividly, but my memories are of summer smells – hay, heat, humidity, and the cows themselves.

I’ve always been so grateful to have grown up with a foot in both the urban and the rural camps. Farm life is indeed tough and taxing, but it leaves with you a special understanding of the rhythms of life that you don’t get in the city.

I love winter scents; rich ambers, mysterious spices, worshipful incenses, deep woods, glowing honeys. For me, these scents conjure up furs and cashmeres and fabulous wools and leathers. Although I’m as fair and red-cheeked as any northern German, in winter, swathed in hat, overcoats and tall boots, I can imagine myself a kohl-eyed, Machiavellian Mata Hari slipping onto the Orient Express for a covert meeting.

I liked all 3 of today’s scents. I like Caron’s in general and there is something intensely peaceful (if that isn’t an oxymoron) about Nuit de Noel. Christmasy? I dunno. But lovely all the same. Gingerbread doesn’t quite hit the baking smell on the nose, I’d agree. But it was awfully nice for the few minutes it stuck around. I’d have to buy it by the gallon to really enjoy it, and alas, my budget is a bit under being able to do that. lol

For some reason, Winter 1972 made me think of cross-country skiing, which was one of my passions in my younger days. I think CB has successfully bottled the smell of ‘cold’ – and yes, it has its own smell. I’m not sure it’s wearable, but it’s darn interesting.