Comments on: Darkness http://perfumeposse.com/2008/04/20/darkness/ Tue, 22 May 2012 23:42:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: SLF http://perfumeposse.com/2008/04/20/darkness/#comment-84271 SLF Tue, 22 Apr 2008 01:33:41 +0000 http://perfumeposse.com/2008/04/20/darkness/#comment-84271 That's it! Apres for Melanie!! That would be why my mother, who has in her a Drama Queen, and I had pegged for Scarlett, thought she wanted to be Melanie!!! Melanie gets the man, gets the great scent...and then...disappears, just like the scent. But oh, how she affected the plot... And I like the tobacco/leather for Scarlett, who tried to hard to lace up her corset like Mammy told her, but who really wanted to use the whip on the horses and run the Emporium. Now, what would Belle have worn...and let's say, what would she have worn for Rhett? Not one of those {scents for a whore--what's the French phrase?}, but something to rival the Apres l'Ondee... That’s it! Apres for Melanie!! That would be why my mother, who has in her a Drama Queen, and I had pegged for Scarlett, thought she wanted to be Melanie!!! Melanie gets the man, gets the great scent…and then…disappears, just like the scent. But oh, how she affected the plot…

And I like the tobacco/leather for Scarlett, who tried to hard to lace up her corset like Mammy told her, but who really wanted to use the whip on the horses and run the Emporium.

Now, what would Belle have worn…and let’s say, what would she have worn for Rhett? Not one of those {scents for a whore–what’s the French phrase?}, but something to rival the Apres l’Ondee…

]]> By: Sarah http://perfumeposse.com/2008/04/20/darkness/#comment-84166 Sarah Mon, 21 Apr 2008 13:56:18 +0000 http://perfumeposse.com/2008/04/20/darkness/#comment-84166 Continuing in the Austen thread, Fanny Price from Mansfield Park. She has long been a beloved heroine, and the more recent (2002??) movie with Frances O'Connor (although grossly inaccurate by the book) managed to stay in the spirit of things and Fanny was truly, wonderfully brought to life. I haven't sniffed enough to have any sort of idea what she would wear, but I must believe it would transition with her character throughout the novel. Continuing in the Austen thread, Fanny Price from Mansfield Park. She has long been a beloved heroine, and the more recent (2002??) movie with Frances O’Connor (although grossly inaccurate by the book) managed to stay in the spirit of things and Fanny was truly, wonderfully brought to life. I haven’t sniffed enough to have any sort of idea what she would wear, but I must believe it would transition with her character throughout the novel.

]]> By: Latebloomer http://perfumeposse.com/2008/04/20/darkness/#comment-84129 Latebloomer Mon, 21 Apr 2008 11:22:17 +0000 http://perfumeposse.com/2008/04/20/darkness/#comment-84129 Well, thank you Bryan. I did so enjoy your post and the reference to perfume and the sense of smell as another way to access/explore one's emotional response to art. While your post explored the less light aspects of humanity, it made me go to the light and remember beloved beautiful portraits of women in Renaissance Florence. That thread of thought led to me considering and then discarding the notion that Botticelli's Venus would have worn anything in the moment captured in his glorious painting. Certainly, the more earthbound of Florence's women did wear something? What do you imagine for them? Well, thank you Bryan. I did so enjoy your post and the reference to perfume and the sense of smell as another way to access/explore one’s emotional response to art. While your post explored the less light aspects of humanity, it made me go to the light and remember beloved beautiful portraits of women in Renaissance Florence. That thread of thought led to me considering and then discarding the notion that Botticelli’s Venus would have worn anything in the moment captured in his glorious painting. Certainly, the more earthbound of Florence’s women did wear something? What do you imagine for them?

]]> By: Bryan http://perfumeposse.com/2008/04/20/darkness/#comment-84099 Bryan Mon, 21 Apr 2008 01:51:06 +0000 http://perfumeposse.com/2008/04/20/darkness/#comment-84099 Latebloomer, Please do not ever, ever apologize. I found your words gloriously romantic and I am flattered you responded to my humble post. I agree completely with your insights. I am quite sure Scarlet would have been delicately scented with something sweet and yet animalic, for the men to lean in close and catch a breeze. I think her handkerchief would have been more heavily scented so the women in her life would have been warned! Brava! to both you and her. :) Latebloomer,
Please do not ever, ever apologize. I found your words gloriously romantic and I am flattered you responded to my humble post. I agree completely with your insights. I am quite sure Scarlet would have been delicately scented with something sweet and yet animalic, for the men to lean in close and catch a breeze. I think her handkerchief would have been more heavily scented so the women in her life would have been warned!
Brava! to both you and her. :)

]]> By: Latebloomer http://perfumeposse.com/2008/04/20/darkness/#comment-84084 Latebloomer Sun, 20 Apr 2008 23:39:52 +0000 http://perfumeposse.com/2008/04/20/darkness/#comment-84084 How great!! I believe that your Creed and Aoud capture Rhett's complexities well! Monster sillage for Scarlett? Private Reserve - Semaramis? Love a big, edgie gourmand for her too or what about a fragrance with a tobacco note or a leather note too? I am thinking that Melanie might wear Apres l'Ondee - beautiful and feminine, with a melancholy note too. How great!! I believe that your Creed and Aoud capture Rhett’s complexities well! Monster sillage for Scarlett? Private Reserve – Semaramis? Love a big, edgie gourmand for her too or what about a fragrance with a tobacco note or a leather note too? I am thinking that Melanie might wear Apres l’Ondee – beautiful and feminine, with a melancholy note too.

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