Hi there Perfume Posse, I’m on a rant. Long Fragrance Names! Don’t they give you the pip? If the fragrance name takes longer to say that the joy in saying it then you can be quite sure I’m not buying it. No matter how fabulous it smells, no matter how much I want it. When someone asks me what I’m wearing I would like there to be a 90% chance I can get the name out before the enquirers eyes glaze over and all thought stops. The recent ELdO: Hermann A Mes Cotes Me Paraissait Une Ombre by Etat Libre d`Orange I am definitely looking at you. Smells great. Wouldn’t buy it if you gave me the money.
Long Fragrance Names
Hermann A Mes Cotes Me Paraissait Une Ombre by ELdO
Fragrantica gives these featured accords:
Geosmin, island musk, pepperwood, petalia, rose, patchouli, ambrosian
Seriously? Everyone is calling it Hermann anyway.
Shalimar Ode a la Vanille Sur la route de Madagascar by Guerlain
Fragrantica gives these featured accords:
Top: Citruses, mandarin orange, cedar, bergamot, lemon
Heart: Iris, patchouli, jasmine, vetiver, rose
Base: Leather, sandalwood, opoponax, musk, civet, vanilla, incense, tonka bean
Alright. I own this little lovely. When people ask me what I’m wearing I tell them Shalimar. If they are perfume people then I’ll say the Madagascan Shalimar, or if they are a hard core perfumista I’ll tell them it’s the Sha_Lemur (thank you Sheila from Alembicated Genie who first coined it).
Eaudemoiselle de Givenchy Absolu d’Oranger by Givenchy
Fragrantica gives these featured accords:
Top: Orange blossom, jasmine, rose
Heart: Rice, incense, woods
Base: Tonka bean, vanilla
Yes, I know this one was designed for the Asia/Middle east market but still it is a LONG name. You can’t say just part of it either unless you called it Eaudemoiselle Orange but that sounds crap. Givenchy is a serial offender in the Long Fragrance Names stakes but I wanted to get one from the last couple of years, their longest name being Ange ou Demon Poesie d’un Parfum d’Hiver Santal d’hover. Seriously, try saying THAT in a pub after a couple of martinis. Ridiculous!
Surrender To Chance has fragrance samples of stuff with sensible names.
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Portia xx
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