tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574003980721581984.post511960521630506399..comments2024-03-15T10:40:20.085-04:00Comments on LAWN TEA: SCENTS MEMORYRachelDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11204947567574886675noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574003980721581984.post-38499710518988574632010-05-25T15:21:31.135-04:002010-05-25T15:21:31.135-04:00I started out with Wind Song as a young teenager -...I started out with Wind Song as a young teenager - that stuff was so light that it floated out of the bottle. And I think that I went through the obligatory (if you were a teenage girl in the '70s) Love's Baby Soft phase. I love all different perfumes (and am a sucker for a pretty bottle), but my 'signature' frangrances are Ysatis for the fall and winter and Chanel's Cristalle for spring and summer. My mother wore Arpege and Ma Griffe when I was growing up and the fragrance of either can take me right back to THERE.Kim S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06609086775319252934noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574003980721581984.post-15834600779950080762010-05-25T11:31:17.317-04:002010-05-25T11:31:17.317-04:00PS Rachel, such a well worded post, great memories...PS Rachel, such a well worded post, great memories, love the pix. Excellently done, as usual.Kouign Amannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574003980721581984.post-76691351878987749682010-05-25T11:30:10.391-04:002010-05-25T11:30:10.391-04:00Muguet de Bois
Love's Fresh Lemon (everyone el...Muguet de Bois<br />Love's Fresh Lemon (everyone else wore 'BabySoft')<br />Jontue (til a roommate in college wore it. On her it always smelled like fat-person sweat - but much stronger than the real thing could ever be. I gave her my brand-new bottle bottle, for fear I smelled the same way, wearing it). Every other girl in school wore Charlie.<br /><br />no signature scent since then. I should try some that arent quite so dimestore, I suppose.<br /><br />Mom wears Opium, but so faintly, I rarely know it. The girl person enjoys picking a perfume - has from infancy. Of the choices on the shelf, she's rejected the vanilla-based ones and most often choose Rare Gold (Avon), or her dad's Polo.<br />Mostly tho, she smells like Johnson's Baby Shampoo.Kouign Amannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574003980721581984.post-87161934272335644172010-05-24T03:04:08.390-04:002010-05-24T03:04:08.390-04:00Not even, Rachel! I barely take a whiff- that'...Not even, Rachel! I barely take a whiff- that's enough scent to fuel my memories.Cape Coophttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15304856888463799939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574003980721581984.post-22002127744612063662010-05-21T11:15:29.347-04:002010-05-21T11:15:29.347-04:00It's so wonderful to hear everyone's remin...It's so wonderful to hear everyone's reminiscences of their aromatic histories. I can savor the lovely scents from here, as you speak of your tastes and your moments.<br /><br />Rebecca, if you're like me, you'll dole out that Ondine in coffeespoons, making it last as long as possible. Such a small way to step back into the kaleidoscope of bright memories is priceless, indeed.RachelDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11204947567574886675noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574003980721581984.post-20506889624700251172010-05-21T02:50:50.639-04:002010-05-21T02:50:50.639-04:00I spent an obscene amount of money a few years ago...I spent an obscene amount of money a few years ago to buy a tiny bottle of Ondine, my mother's old favored scent. Oh, the rarest of darkened memories- my scented mother, resplendent in a dress of mermaid green sequins and her braided "fall" which was dressed in platinum chains, leaning over me in my cozy stuffed creature filled bed, to kiss me, caress my arms that encircled her throat and whisper "I love you, Rebecca" before she floated away to some party with Daddy.<br />To this day, a tiny whiff will take me to those glittering moments.Cape Coophttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15304856888463799939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574003980721581984.post-6419220017341617152010-05-20T02:11:02.997-04:002010-05-20T02:11:02.997-04:00Hi Rachel, it is really late and I just came over ...Hi Rachel, it is really late and I just came over to thank you for the sweet comment on my post. Now I am all caught up in your post about perfume. I love this post and it gave me several good laughs. My mother loved Chantilly, my best friend wears only Shalimar and I wear only Opium. I once bought a bottle of Chanel #5 when I went on a trip to Cuba. (before Castro, I was 16) It is so late I will tell you about that perfume another day. It will make you laugh.<br /><br />Goodnight my friend,<br />Hugs, Jeanne xoxoJeannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02496069719875179788noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574003980721581984.post-9599823151417532402010-05-20T02:08:28.124-04:002010-05-20T02:08:28.124-04:00Hi Rachel, it is really late and I just came over ...Hi Rachel, it is really late and I just came over to thank you for the sweet comment on my post. Now I am all caught up in your post about perfume. I love this post and it gave me several good laughs. My mother loved Chantilly, my best friend wears only Shalimar and I wear only Opium. I once bought a bottle of Chanel #5 when I went on a trip to Cuba. (before Castro, I was 16) It is so late I will tell you about that perfume another day. It will make you laugh.<br /><br />Goodnight my friend,<br />Hugs, JeanneJeannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02496069719875179788noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574003980721581984.post-30741828235927066912010-05-19T18:02:18.885-04:002010-05-19T18:02:18.885-04:00OH my gosh! I can't tell you the memories tho...OH my gosh! I can't tell you the memories those perfumes bring back! What a great post!! :)<br />Patrick bought me a "Joy" and and he was so proud. I have owned several of the others...DIL wore Shalimar for years...<br />What memories. <br />I now wear "Beautiful" by Este' Lauder. Gift from my daughter years ago...and I'm hooked.<br /><br />And Rachel, thanks for missing me, Sweetie. How neat it is getting to know you and having you as a precious follower!! :) Your comments ALWAYS make me smile!<br />Hugs and love,<br />MonaWsprsweetly Of Cottageshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17990765326246470929noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574003980721581984.post-17274319216293329192010-05-19T17:15:25.757-04:002010-05-19T17:15:25.757-04:00Ah, Rachel -- as you know, this is a topic so dear...Ah, Rachel -- as you know, this is a topic so dear to my smelly heart! With the exception of Shalimar, I'm not a vanilla girl, but I am a Guerlain girl so I suppose that explains the Shalimar exception. The vanilla in Shalimar is mysterious.<br /><br />Chantilly was my very first parfum -- I think that my daddy gave it to me for Christmas when I was thirteen. I felt sooooo grownup! In my teens I kept a bottle of 4711 in the fridge every summer;a splash was as refreshing as a non-alcoholic gin and tonic. I loved Estee's Private Collection, still do.Maggie McArthurhttp://margaretmcarthur.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574003980721581984.post-49511358139321504162010-05-19T14:49:48.382-04:002010-05-19T14:49:48.382-04:00Just saying that word...woodhue...brought that sce...Just saying that word...woodhue...brought that scent back to mind! I can bring to mind Intimate, and Arpege, too. And, you didn't mention Opium...that was a fav with my group of friends. BUT, non so lovely as Estee Lauder's Youth Dew. For the longest, the closest plce you could get it was Atlanta, and that was 5 hours away! So, only the girls whose parents travelled often had some. But, we all covetted it! It was and still does bring delicious pictures to mind! My Mom always wore Chanel #5...oh, it smelled so dainty and sweet.<br />Thanks for reminding me of those days!Tonjahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08699862913139313405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574003980721581984.post-49244274760851509022010-05-19T13:24:54.780-04:002010-05-19T13:24:54.780-04:00Perfume does spark the memory banks, doesn't i...Perfume does spark the memory banks, doesn't it? I hoped someone would chime in with their favorites. I think we could tell each other's ages by the our scent history.<br /><br />Marlene, you mirror mine almost exactly, and I'm so glad to have you visit! Thank you for the kind words.RachelDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11204947567574886675noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574003980721581984.post-53791343622587685382010-05-19T13:12:21.155-04:002010-05-19T13:12:21.155-04:00Oh my, you have brought back so many memories.I re...Oh my, you have brought back so many memories.I remember Blue Waltz in the McCrory's in town.Raised on my Mother's Chanel No.5, wore Woodhue in the 60's, loved Obsession, went through the Georgio phase until a colleague bathed in it. I have given up all scents lately as so many people have allergies...and I'm mainly in my garden anyway..Thanks for the memories! Love your blog.Marlenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09292354710015395886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574003980721581984.post-20539516924126686492010-05-19T11:17:38.986-04:002010-05-19T11:17:38.986-04:00I love that ending. Scent is such a strong memory-...I love that ending. Scent is such a strong memory-trigger.<br /><br />It was Love's Baby Soft sampled at Turner Drug Store downtown for me. Later, Windsong, also from Turner's.<br /><br />In high school and college, I wore Eternity by Calvin Klein. Talk about loud! Like you with Intimate, I think everyone in my dorm freshman year wore Eternity.Keethahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10391755322320140235noreply@blogger.com