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Forum: Community Centre 27th September 2008, 07:35 PM
Replies: 30
Views: 1,840
Posted By FloatingPoint
Re: The review rating system is a bit buggered up...

I agree. The editing feature should be turned back on. And I, for one, haven't experienced any difficulties with my thumb ratings. Could it be a browser issue for some folks?
Forum: Just Starting Out 13th August 2008, 02:22 AM
Replies: 14
Views: 533
Posted By FloatingPoint
Re: What's The Best Perfume Guide?

Now Smell This is a great fragrance blog, widely regarded as one of the top two or three.

You could do a lot worse than to start with their 100 Fragrances Every Perfumista Should Try:
...
Forum: Fragrance Industry Discussion 12th August 2008, 10:09 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 318
Posted By FloatingPoint
Re: The Secret of Scent - Needs An Epilogue

For anyone who's interested, here's a pretty comprehensive (and technical) overview of the state of olfactory research circa 2002:

http://www.leffingwell.com/olfaction.htm
Forum: Fragrance Industry Discussion 12th August 2008, 01:33 AM
Replies: 8
Views: 318
Posted By FloatingPoint
Re: The Secret of Scent - Needs An Epilogue

I don't possess the expertise to comment on the issue with any kind of authority--I was simply marshaling the information available to me for purplebird7's benefit. So take whatever I say with a huge...
Forum: Fragrance Industry Discussion 9th August 2008, 06:08 AM
Replies: 8
Views: 318
Posted By FloatingPoint
Re: The Secret of Scent - Needs An Epilogue

Linda Buck was a co-author (not the lead author) of the retracted paper, which likely means she just put her name on it to give a young researcher a career boost. Richard Axel had nothing to do with...
Forum: Fragrance Industry Discussion 25th July 2008, 12:26 AM
Replies: 1
Views: 225
Posted By FloatingPoint
Re: Current prices of Chanel Exclusifs and Hermessences in USA

Last time I checked (May) the Chanels were more like $190 for the 200 ml bottles. No idea about the Hermessences.
Forum: Fragrance Industry Discussion 15th July 2008, 01:44 AM
Replies: 3
Views: 263
Posted By FloatingPoint
Re: New Frederic Malle fragrance?

Even more info:

http://www.mimifroufrou.com/scentedsalamander/2008/06/editions_de_parfums_frederic_m.html

http://thenonblonde.blogspot.com/2008/06/new-frederic-malle-perfume-by-maurice.html
Forum: Fragrance Industry Discussion 12th July 2008, 06:56 AM
Replies: 79
Views: 3,033
Posted By FloatingPoint
Re: Ebay fined by French Court over Counterfeit Goods, Perfumes

Just to thicken the plot, LVMH has its own legal woes at the moment:

http://cosmeticnews.com/visit/affichage/asp/headlines_article.asp?id_article=27836

They only put the lead in US-bound...
Forum: Fragrance Industry Discussion 10th July 2008, 02:35 AM
Replies: 12
Views: 554
Posted By FloatingPoint
Re: Musk & Synthetic Musks

Very interesting article. My guess is that if anybody is still using real musk in luxury perfume composition, it would be the Japanese, since they're not subject to the EU ban. That said, most...
Forum: Fragrance Industry Discussion 9th July 2008, 03:56 AM
Replies: 12
Views: 554
Posted By FloatingPoint
Re: Musk & Synthetic Musks

The answer to your first question is actually in the Wikipedia article on musk that you linked to:

"Musk has been a key constituent in many perfumes since its discovery, being held to give a...
Forum: Fragrance Industry Discussion 8th July 2008, 04:18 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 291
Posted By FloatingPoint
Article on L'Artisan

http://lifeandhealth.guardian.co.uk/fashion/story/0,,2289630,00.html

My favorite part of the article:

The most unusual, though, is Dzing! "It's inspired by childhood nostalgia, trips to the...
Forum: Fragrance Industry Discussion 18th June 2008, 04:22 AM
Replies: 39
Views: 895
Posted By FloatingPoint
Re: Who is Your Favorite Nose?

In alphabetical order:

Michel Almairac
Ernest Beaux
Pierre Bourdon
Jean-Claude Ellena
Olivia Giacobetti
Christopher Sheldrake
Forum: Fragrance Industry Discussion 15th June 2008, 07:11 PM
Replies: 29
Views: 854
Posted By FloatingPoint
Re: "Above all else, a perfume must smell good" - source?

You have to read it in the context of jaded perfume connoisseurs, who go through a period of thinking that perfumes have to be "interesting"--until they realize the futility of that, and come back...
Forum: Fragrance Industry Discussion 14th June 2008, 07:31 PM
Replies: 29
Views: 854
Posted By FloatingPoint
Re: "Above all else, a perfume must smell good" - source?

I recall Luca Turin attributing this quotation to Guy Robert in PERFUMES: THE GUIDE, though I'm not sure where Turin himself found or heard it (perhaps from Robert directly).
Forum: Fragrance Industry Discussion 13th June 2008, 01:48 AM
Replies: 35
Views: 1,514
Posted By FloatingPoint
Re: Is there a market for niche perfumes in a city of 1.000.000+ people?

Perhaps, but I have yet to see a city that can support high-end retailers but can't support a McDonald's. Unless it's an imaginary city where nobody makes less than 70,000 Euros a year. Of course it...
Forum: Fragrance Industry Discussion 13th June 2008, 12:43 AM
Replies: 35
Views: 1,514
Posted By FloatingPoint
Re: Is there a market for niche perfumes in a city of 1.000.000+ people?

Aedes de Venustas in New York doesn't get a lot of random walk-in traffic. They're located off a main street with a very small storefront. You have to buzz to be let inside because they have small...
Forum: Just Starting Out 11th June 2008, 04:44 AM
Replies: 21
Views: 545
Posted By FloatingPoint
Re: 3 S's: Scent, Society and Psychology

Are you happier when you wear fragrances than when you don't? If so, wear them. (If not, don't.)

Would you really be spending that money on charity if you weren't spending it on fragrances? If so,...
Forum: Fragrance Industry Discussion 9th June 2008, 11:34 PM
Replies: 277
Views: 13,940
Posted By FloatingPoint
Re: New Luca Turin book - your thoughts? Here are mine.

I'm not suggesting a moratorium on criticism. Far from it!

But I do think that negative appraisals should be substantive and delivered with sobriety--even solemnity--rather than glee. As in,...
Forum: Fragrance Industry Discussion 9th June 2008, 09:19 PM
Replies: 277
Views: 13,940
Posted By FloatingPoint
Re: New Luca Turin book - your thoughts? Here are mine.

I get the sense from his earlier replies that Mr. Turin thinks carefully dissecting bad fragrances isn't worth the time and effort ("saying a lot about very little is tiresome"), but critics of other...
Forum: Fragrance Industry Discussion 9th June 2008, 08:30 PM
Replies: 35
Views: 1,514
Posted By FloatingPoint
Re: Is there a market for niche perfumes in a city of 1.000.000+ people?

If it makes you feel any better (not that I want to encourage smugness), Luckyscent's selection is so phenomenal that I've had to order stuff from them that I couldn't find in New York (Parfums MDCI,...
Forum: Fragrance Industry Discussion 9th June 2008, 08:06 PM
Replies: 35
Views: 1,514
Posted By FloatingPoint
Re: Is there a market for niche perfumes in a city of 1.000.000+ people?

I lived in New York for about eight years and only discovered that list about two weeks before I left! Arrgh! But at least I get to go back fairly often.

You can't go wrong with Aedes. That should...
Forum: Fragrance Industry Discussion 9th June 2008, 04:40 AM
Replies: 35
Views: 1,514
Posted By FloatingPoint
Re: Is there a market for niche perfumes in a city of 1.000.000+ people?

I don't mean to torment you any further, but here are about fifty more reasons to go to NYC:

http://nowsmellthis.blogharbor.com/blog/_WebPages/PerfumeShoppingNewYorkCity.html
Forum: Fragrance Industry Discussion 9th June 2008, 02:39 AM
Replies: 35
Views: 1,514
Posted By FloatingPoint
Re: Is there a market for niche perfumes in a city of 1.000.000+ people?

I think hirch duckfinder is absolutely right about location.

As for competition from the Internet, I think the solution is simple: do both. Luckyscent in LA and Aedes de Venustas in NY have both...
Forum: Fragrance Industry Discussion 7th June 2008, 05:14 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 378
Posted By FloatingPoint
PERFUMES: THE GUIDE Favorite Reviews

As penance for my role in derailing the last thread, I'm starting a new one (with a slightly more inclusive title). Please tell us about your favorite reviews in the book by either Luca Turin OR...
Forum: Fragrance Industry Discussion 6th June 2008, 11:55 PM
Replies: 62
Views: 1,585
Posted By FloatingPoint
Re: what 's your favorite Luca Turin review?

*Sigh* I was content to let this issue fade away, but if you insist...

For the record, I never said he was racist. I do not believe he is a racist, merely a casual Eurocentric chauvinist. It's a...
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