...MiaTrost:The marketing of perfume involves more than just selling an aroma.(..)"Perfume, in and of itself, is not just an aroma. It is potentially a carrier for the imagination. Perfume is thick; it is poison and pure desire. It is Eros in prison!"Serge Lutens(..)Clearly a commercial must tap into the human psychology and link the brand with a desirable abstract idea, such as passion, femininity or masculinity, to successfully advertise a fragrance.(..)Not surprisingly many perfume advertisements are erotic in nature.The other perspective is that advertising agencies are another dehumanization factory for naive women, exploiting them and discarding them when their youth and beauty are gone. To be fair, that isn't the only industry known for such treatment -- the music industry, the film industry, and others function the same way. I've always thought that if you make your appeal to sex, then you are selling sex first, and your product only secondarily. For instance, the Opium ad just makes me want to jack off, not to buy Opium.

...Sad to say, I probably wouldn't think of taking any. I'd probably be on the run from the NSA or something equally crazy and perfumes would be the last thing on my mind.

...MRoth:And I have a female housemate who couldn't pick out a note to save her life, so it amuses me that she thinks BPAL is the pinnacle of perfumery. :roll:I know about some of BPAL's issues, but still I have to give them props for demonstrating that fragrances *could* express emotions and perspectives that would never be popular. But to answer the question -- I am the only parfumisto in my family, yes. However, my fiancee` has an interest in fragrance and I am helping expand her horizons. :)

...The emotional connection that the scent produces in me, or the emotion that I expect the scent to produce in me, period.

...What you're asking is that is it difficult to be a walking encyclopedia of all the fragrances you've worn or smelled. Answer: yes. However, it's no more difficult than being a walking encyclopedia for every song you've ever liked, every outfit that you worn, every building you photographed, and so on. Most cultures are throwing information at us so quickly and in such amounts that it's a wonder anything can be recalled by anyone at all.

...I also find neutrality rather pointless in fragrance reviews. I'm not interested in something dispassionate; all that such a review tells me is that the reviewer wasn't much moved or is such a master or mistress at stifling their own emotions that he or she could double as a machine -- either way, creepy in a bad way, and definitely weird. And the reporting function? Oh. I think that is a spectacularly bad idea. Usually that is the crack through which censorship spills in and cliques enforce the rule of the mob.

...I guess I'm the only one that liked this scent. :? I ended up smelling like bergamot all day. It was a classy scent, though I'm not crazy about the name or the name or the marketing campaign. My only real complaint is the lack of silage.

...PontNeuf:Uhmm.....I can´t smell salt, I am pretty sure about that.If at all, I might be able to detect some kind of smell when holding the salt package right under my nose but never ever could I find it in seasoned foods or even in salted noodle water.Guess my nose is just not so great :(I'm the same way. Salt in the packet never smelled to me; it's just there. Sugar is the same way. Now I can taste it just fine and I can smell sea salt because it's different.

...PBullFriend:Whee! Fall is my favorite season & I always get a big mood boost when I see it's coming! Almost time for the smoky perfumes!!!!I agree completely. Fall is MY FAVORITE season, and when it comes, I feel more alive, more real, more of everything I want to be...For smoky woods scents, you can't beat "Norne" or "Jeke" -- both by Slumberhouse.

...Right now, Sirenia, Mortal Love, and Eowyn.Mortal Love - All the Beautyhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=62n4QZt1TU0Eowyn - Silent Screams https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UozAe4IiQ6cI did try to listen to glitchcore, terrorcore, and other kinds of super-fast minimalist techno, but that made me want to throw things because I hated it so much.

...Samples get the samples checkbox. Everything else gets the Have. Everything that I've put on my skin gets the Tested. I like to keep it simple.

...Flaconneur:Are you asking about removing perfume from skin or clothing, Silverfire?Skin.I don't seem to have a problem removing it from clothing.

...I've read that rubbing alcohol is supposed to do the trick, but honestly I don't think that works, with especially strong scents or with perfume oils. I'm not convinced that soap and hot water always do it, either. Does anyone have any surefire techniques, or is it a matter of scrub harder (three movies: Scrub Hard, Scrub Harder, a Good Day to Scrub Hard)?

...One of the biggest problems in an internet community is when the rules are not stated explicitly. Although I disagree with the notion that Parfumo is censoring anyone, there are limitations on freedom of speech here that are not stated explicitly -- or worse -- were changed without notifying anyone. That is precisely the kind of thing that destroys trust, both slowly as in corrosion, and quickly, as in detonation.http://www.romanticloner.com/2013/05/04/how-communities-die/It sounds like Parfumo just used Sherapop for her popularity, her efforts, and her time; then, when they had milked her dry, they changed the rules in order to drive her away.I really think that is a bad idea, morally, but it's especially a bad idea as far as consequences go in the small online community of perfume. I don't think that Parfumo will prosper if what I suspect above is true; it's an incredible risk to run, and all for what? Because someone dislikes cats? I have seen many instances of cutting off your nose to spite your face, but if true, this would be an egregious one. Sherapop:Apicius:Sherapop, does freedom of speach mean to you that everything has to be done according to your wishes?This is really becoming tedious, Apicius. As I have repeatedly indicated, I asked Don all of these questions upon my arrival. He changed the rules without telling me or anyone else (except his friends the ailurophobes), and now you act as though I have done something wrong.You guys are a bit confused about the state of this place. If you ever have a decent flow of internet traffic, it will not be because of the 18K profiles pilfered directly from Fragrantica (as is evident in every case where flagrant errors have been repeated verbatim here). No, people go to sites for NEW content, specifically, contributors' content. You act as though the contributors are worthless and only the administrators matter. As though somehow you guys do all the work.But some of the perfumes in the database here are not at Fragrantica. That's because people like me brought them here. Not only did we bring the perfume profile information, we also contributed reviews and images of the bottle, set framed beautifully by several elements, including (in the two perfume images mentioned above, and I encourage you to go look at them) a sliver of a cat.If I had been told that ailurophobes would be determining the future direction of Parfumo, I can assure you that I would never have contributed any of the nearly 1300 reviews penned here by me, nor (obviously) the nearly 500 perfume photos composed and uploaded by me.Instead of thanking me and people like me, you act as though the TIME and THOUGHT and ENERGY which we have invested in this site, through all of the various contributions which we have made, are worthless.I actually don't know what to say.

...I too think this is a great idea and salute it wholeheartedly.

...Dlane1953:Wichapi:Digindirt:...Is it even possible to train a dog to be prejudiced???Unfortunately, yes. Some people train dogs to react to specific races. In the "Old South" (or any other state with a heavy KKK membership), these were called "White Dogs". Shamefully, some dogs are still clandestinely trained to do this, from alerting presence, to tracking/hunting, to out-and-out attack. There are a few books, academic papers, and films about it.Oh, this is dreadful news. But nothing should surprise us, sadly enough. I wonder how many generations before we're all color-blind?On the other hand, I've lived in the Old South my entire life and this is the first I've ever heard of this. So, as with a lot of things, your mileage will vary.

...I'd edit it also, unless you were 100% wrong. In that case, delete it and submit a new one.

...NSku:AromiErotici didn't say he didn't like wearing the perfume, or it didn't fit him even though he loved it. He didn't say he didn't like the way it worked with his body chemistry. He didn't say it wasn't his style, though spectacular. He said he loved it so much, that it was so spectacular, he couldn't choose a setting or occasion to experience and let others experience the fragrance, and because he worshiped the perfume in the bottle he made himself sell it because he didn't like worshiping inanimate objects.So I can understand the second half of this, but I cannot understand how you could love a perfume but never want to smell it or express it.Actually, I'd still consider this as "fit" -- it just never seems to be the right time to wear it, for the reasons he specified. If you feel that something is too good for you, you are overawed by it, and so you shy away from it. You feel yourself unworthy of it. Maybe only some people perceive beauty that intensely that they feel themselves humbled by it? That would be sad if true.

...That is genius, WolfM. I don't decant very often, but the next time I do, I am definitely going to try that!

...AromiErotici:I have been fortunate enough ( or unfortunate enough......depending upon how you look at it ) to having owned a handful of masculines so freakin good that I cannot find a setting or occasion worthy enough to don these scents.I suppose once a year or maybe twice is good enough for some folks to warrant owning a stupendous fragrance, but with me, it bothers me to the point of selling them off. I don't like enshrining an inanimate object like scent and never being able to decide if I should use it because it's so difficult and expensive to replace.Patou pour Homme is one of these and I eventually sold off all my bottles simply to rid myself of this worship I had for it.I still own Aigner Super Fragrance for Men and I feel the same way about it that I did about Patou. Is anyone else here as crazy and unbalanced as this ???? It truly annoys me........No, I understand where you're coming from. The fragrance must fit, however you want to define fit, and some fragrances fit only very rarely. I try to nip these things in the sample stage and quarantine them there. :) That's why although I love "Sienne L'Hiver", I still only have a sample. It fits only a few weeks out of the year, being a rustic Christmas scent. It's really no different than clothing; some outfits are rarely worn if bought, or never bought because while they make you look fantastic, you're just not sure when you'd ever wear them. Formal dresses and tuxes come to mind.