Comments on: Perfumes: The Guide http://perfumeposse.com/2008/04/10/perfumes-the-guide/ Perfume Reviews from Around the World, as long as the Credit Card Holds out. Fri, 12 Mar 2010 12:58:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Mervedes S http://perfumeposse.com/2008/04/10/perfumes-the-guide/#comment-84162 Mervedes S Mon, 21 Apr 2008 13:36:32 +0000 http://perfumeposse.com/2008/04/10/perfumes-the-guide/#comment-84162 Great! Btw, looked up "Beyond Paradise"...blather, babbel, long string of incoherent "tech" words, and non sequiturs such as "women have no business smelling like flowers" (as if the current trend, of havng them smell like chocolate and other sweets is preferable)... I am not impressed. Plus, I do like "Amarige" (one star in the book, where the rating starts out "we nearly gave it four stars". I do not understand these people. Great!

Btw, looked up “Beyond Paradise”…blather, babbel, long string of incoherent “tech” words, and non sequiturs such as “women have no business smelling like flowers” (as if the current trend, of havng them smell like chocolate and other sweets is preferable)… I am not impressed. Plus, I do like “Amarige” (one star in the book, where the rating starts out “we nearly gave it four stars”. I do not understand these people.

]]> By: March http://perfumeposse.com/2008/04/10/perfumes-the-guide/#comment-84092 March Mon, 21 Apr 2008 00:20:28 +0000 http://perfumeposse.com/2008/04/10/perfumes-the-guide/#comment-84092 Um ... I pretty much have no argument against you on that one. I can't decide whether that or Beyond Paradise gets my goat more. /:) I'm announcing tomorrow that we'll do a forum on The Guide a week from Monday. I hope to see you there! Um … I pretty much have no argument against you on that one. I can’t decide whether that or Beyond Paradise gets my goat more. /:)

I’m announcing tomorrow that we’ll do a forum on The Guide a week from Monday. I hope to see you there!

]]> By: Mercedes S http://perfumeposse.com/2008/04/10/perfumes-the-guide/#comment-84041 Mercedes S Sun, 20 Apr 2008 13:57:24 +0000 http://perfumeposse.com/2008/04/10/perfumes-the-guide/#comment-84041 Look forward to that! P.S. "Tommy Girl", five stars? I rest my case. Look forward to that!
P.S. “Tommy Girl”, five stars? I rest my case.

]]> By: March http://perfumeposse.com/2008/04/10/perfumes-the-guide/#comment-83952 March Sat, 19 Apr 2008 00:35:09 +0000 http://perfumeposse.com/2008/04/10/perfumes-the-guide/#comment-83952 I do see the difference, but I don't see that it has anything to do with The Guide. As far as I know, with a few (unspecified) exceptions that they had to go sniff at counters, all the stuff LT/TS sampled came free from the houses, and they handed out plenty of one-star ratings, so how did the houses buy them off, precisely? They seemed perfectly able to overcome the Dark Forces of Marketing to hand out plenty of crap ratings. We're clearly never going to agree on this, but what I really want is for you to come back in a few posts when I do The Guide discussion group (I'm aiming for a week from Monday) because I think your perspective would add a lively note to the discussion. :)>- I do see the difference, but I don’t see that it has anything to do with The Guide. As far as I know, with a few (unspecified) exceptions that they had to go sniff at counters, all the stuff LT/TS sampled came free from the houses, and they handed out plenty of one-star ratings, so how did the houses buy them off, precisely? They seemed perfectly able to overcome the Dark Forces of Marketing to hand out plenty of crap ratings.

We’re clearly never going to agree on this, but what I really want is for you to come back in a few posts when I do The Guide discussion group (I’m aiming for a week from Monday) because I think your perspective would add a lively note to the discussion. :)>-

]]> By: Mercedes S http://perfumeposse.com/2008/04/10/perfumes-the-guide/#comment-83950 Mercedes S Sat, 19 Apr 2008 00:01:57 +0000 http://perfumeposse.com/2008/04/10/perfumes-the-guide/#comment-83950 Hmmmm... let me put it this way. Notice all the wonderful quotes in movie ads on Fridays? From people you've probably never heard of? And they all RAVE about these REALLY bad movies? These people are known as quote whores in the business. They are flown to Los Angeles or New York (or sometimes to some really exotic locale, like Hawaii or Paris), shown a movie, put up in a lovely first class hotel room, and given anywhere from 3 to five minutes to interview a star from the movie the next day. Then they're asked to submit a quote for the movie. The more positive quotes they submit, the more movie junkets they're invited to. Back when newspapers had their own movie critics and their own movie writers (today most papers subscribe to wire services or Roger Ebert's columns), they would pay for their writers' travels and hotel rooms, which meant those writers could be relied on to give honest opinions about the movies. See the difference? Hmmmm… let me put it this way. Notice all the wonderful quotes in movie ads on Fridays? From people you’ve probably never heard of? And they all RAVE about these REALLY bad movies? These people are known as quote whores in the business. They are flown to Los Angeles or New York (or sometimes to some really exotic locale, like Hawaii or Paris), shown a movie, put up in a lovely first class hotel room, and given anywhere from 3 to five minutes to interview a star from the movie the next day. Then they’re asked to submit a quote for the movie. The more positive quotes they submit, the more movie junkets they’re invited to.

Back when newspapers had their own movie critics and their own movie writers (today most papers subscribe to wire services or Roger Ebert’s columns), they would pay for their writers’ travels and hotel rooms, which meant those writers could be relied on to give honest opinions about the movies.

See the difference?

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