Comments on: Marina’s Message to Clement regarding the second mod of Holy Grail http://whatwedoissecret.org/madebyblog/2006/07/marinas-message-to-clement-regarding-the-second-mod-of-holy-grail/ 2 Perfume Bloggers Meet 2 Perfumers Sat, 30 Aug 2008 01:48:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Andy http://whatwedoissecret.org/madebyblog/2006/07/marinas-message-to-clement-regarding-the-second-mod-of-holy-grail/#comment-234 Andy Fri, 11 Aug 2006 06:08:40 +0000 http://whatwedoissecret.org/madebyblog/2006/07/11/marinas-message-to-clement-regarding-the-second-mod-of-holy-grail/#comment-234 In quest of the holy grail. 21st century variation. Without looking at any posts that have been presented here, I go along with this scent, Holy Grail R2 D, that I do not understand, yet. Maybe I am too much linked in medieval times, in search of prince Arthur and his companions, with their horses, visiting churches, that seem to touch the sky, dark, cool, mysterious and filled with the scent of Frankincense clouds, fumes spread to praise a higher being. In search of the holy grail, these men will eventually come by some spices from far away places, pepper from India, saffron too, cardamom from Egypt, and Myrrh, ahhhhh Myrrh that smells so rich and leathery and full bodied, a woody, flowery delight. And Sandalwood.... Thus, I sit here in front of R2D, having flash-backs to Star Wars and realize: This is a 21st century search of the Holy Grail. Our churches do not touch the sky anymore and the spices, you get in the local supermarket. Thus, Prince Arthur wears blue jeans, learns Chinese and listens to JL on his I-Pod. He will not find exotic delights on his journey, the real stuff I mean, these mysterious, spiritual scents, animalic, smokey woods, delighful spices and sandalwood. He will find an abstraction of these delights that –eventually- fits better with the shiny i-Pod. Thus, I sniff and I kind of like it, because R2D got braver, much more. And it got character. I do not like the kick-off, though. I find it unbalanced, somehow. After an initial puff, I get spices on an aerial kind of background, with some vibrant dry powders, which might be part of a Saffron interpretation. Myrrh (again, but there I probably am wrong) and woods reminding me in scents from the local bakery, but before 4 am, meaning the bread dough is getting prepared, flour clouds, dry and with an edible quality, but not really inviting you to take a bit, yet. Flowers are there, too. A shy rose maybe, I get phenylethylalcohol, with some powdery ionons eventually, but may be totally wrong. The edgy spices give space to more round forms, soon, the story gets more balanced, a little bit sweeter, and –this I like a lot- is very present, not shy at all. Sandalwood I miss somehow, and I miss a little bit of dirt, you know: Dirty, sweaty horses and men sitting on them.... Where are we now with this R2D version, are we there yet? No. Are we getting somewhere? Yes, but on our quest for this century’s holy grail, we might want to look back a little bit, get in touch with sandalwood again, inhale this natural delights and dream the dream of far away places In quest of the holy grail. 21st century variation. Without looking at any posts that have been presented here, I go along with this scent, Holy Grail R2 D, that I do not understand, yet. Maybe I am too much linked in medieval times, in search of prince Arthur and his companions, with their horses, visiting churches, that seem to touch the sky, dark, cool, mysterious and filled with the scent of Frankincense clouds, fumes spread to praise a higher being. In search of the holy grail, these men will eventually come by some spices from far away places, pepper from India, saffron too, cardamom from Egypt, and Myrrh, ahhhhh Myrrh that smells so rich and leathery and full bodied, a woody, flowery delight. And Sandalwood…. Thus, I sit here in front of R2D, having flash-backs to Star Wars and realize: This is a 21st century search of the Holy Grail. Our churches do not touch the sky anymore and the spices, you get in the local supermarket. Thus, Prince Arthur wears blue jeans, learns Chinese and listens to JL on his I-Pod. He will not find exotic delights on his journey, the real stuff I mean, these mysterious, spiritual scents, animalic, smokey woods, delighful spices and sandalwood. He will find an abstraction of these delights that –eventually- fits better with the shiny i-Pod. Thus, I sniff and I kind of like it, because R2D got braver, much more. And it got character. I do not like the kick-off, though. I find it unbalanced, somehow. After an initial puff, I get spices on an aerial kind of background, with some vibrant dry powders, which might be part of a Saffron interpretation. Myrrh (again, but there I probably am wrong) and woods reminding me in scents from the local bakery, but before 4 am, meaning the bread dough is getting prepared, flour clouds, dry and with an edible quality, but not really inviting you to take a bit, yet. Flowers are there, too. A shy rose maybe, I get phenylethylalcohol, with some powdery ionons eventually, but may be totally wrong. The edgy spices give space to more round forms, soon, the story gets more balanced, a little bit sweeter, and –this I like a lot- is very present, not shy at all. Sandalwood I miss somehow, and I miss a little bit of dirt, you know: Dirty, sweaty horses and men sitting on them….
Where are we now with this R2D version, are we there yet? No. Are we getting somewhere? Yes, but on our quest for this century’s holy grail, we might want to look back a little bit, get in touch with sandalwood again, inhale this natural delights and dream the dream of far away places

]]> By: Marina http://whatwedoissecret.org/madebyblog/2006/07/marinas-message-to-clement-regarding-the-second-mod-of-holy-grail/#comment-211 Marina Tue, 25 Jul 2006 18:27:08 +0000 http://whatwedoissecret.org/madebyblog/2006/07/11/marinas-message-to-clement-regarding-the-second-mod-of-holy-grail/#comment-211 Judith, I completely agree about it being yellow! And I do want something deeper and darker. Thank you so much for your comment! Judith,
I completely agree about it being yellow! And I do want something deeper and darker. Thank you so much for your comment!

]]> By: Marina http://whatwedoissecret.org/madebyblog/2006/07/marinas-message-to-clement-regarding-the-second-mod-of-holy-grail/#comment-210 Marina Tue, 25 Jul 2006 18:26:30 +0000 http://whatwedoissecret.org/madebyblog/2006/07/11/marinas-message-to-clement-regarding-the-second-mod-of-holy-grail/#comment-210 C, Sweet mothballness sounds strangely appelaing to me :-) I haven't found any Mon Ange, but if it is, as you say, just another fruity-floral, I am not even going to bother with it. :-) C,
Sweet mothballness sounds strangely appelaing to me :-)
I haven’t found any Mon Ange, but if it is, as you say, just another fruity-floral, I am not even going to bother with it. :-)

]]> By: lilybp http://whatwedoissecret.org/madebyblog/2006/07/marinas-message-to-clement-regarding-the-second-mod-of-holy-grail/#comment-209 lilybp Tue, 25 Jul 2006 11:58:19 +0000 http://whatwedoissecret.org/madebyblog/2006/07/11/marinas-message-to-clement-regarding-the-second-mod-of-holy-grail/#comment-209 Well, I finally got a chance to try R2/D (I think my postal carrier was sampling it before) and on a first try before bed I got. . . saffron!! Lots and lots of saffron!! I can see the resemblance to LT's Saffram, although this seems less vanillic. I didn't get much leather. It's quite a pleasing fragrance, but it's very----yellow. Marina's Holy Grail should be painted in deeper tones. Well, I finally got a chance to try R2/D (I think my postal carrier was sampling it before) and on a first try before bed I got. . . saffron!! Lots and lots of saffron!! I can see the resemblance to LT’s Saffram, although this seems less vanillic. I didn’t get much leather. It’s quite a pleasing fragrance, but it’s very—-yellow. Marina’s Holy Grail should be painted in deeper tones.

]]> By: kuri http://whatwedoissecret.org/madebyblog/2006/07/marinas-message-to-clement-regarding-the-second-mod-of-holy-grail/#comment-203 kuri Fri, 21 Jul 2006 18:08:17 +0000 http://whatwedoissecret.org/madebyblog/2006/07/11/marinas-message-to-clement-regarding-the-second-mod-of-holy-grail/#comment-203 Er, R2/D2 haha! Sorry. Fascinating; I don't get anything animalic from this, but see the oily sweetness Marlen mentions. Sweet mothballness. I want to hear more about this torrid stay at the Seine. Side notes: Marina, did you track down Mon Ange? It sounds like a regular fruity floral. I found the eponymous Marina de Bourbon a lot more interesting, though didn't try either on skin. Does Takashimaya carry "T" in Japan too? Can't find any info on it. Er, R2/D2 haha! Sorry. Fascinating; I don’t get anything animalic from this, but see the oily sweetness Marlen mentions. Sweet mothballness. I want to hear more about this torrid stay at the Seine. Side notes: Marina, did you track down Mon Ange? It sounds like a regular fruity floral. I found the eponymous Marina de Bourbon a lot more interesting, though didn’t try either on skin. Does Takashimaya carry “T” in Japan too? Can’t find any info on it.

]]> By: Marina http://whatwedoissecret.org/madebyblog/2006/07/marinas-message-to-clement-regarding-the-second-mod-of-holy-grail/#comment-201 Marina Wed, 19 Jul 2006 22:37:24 +0000 http://whatwedoissecret.org/madebyblog/2006/07/11/marinas-message-to-clement-regarding-the-second-mod-of-holy-grail/#comment-201 Dear Cait, How different are the perceptions! I did not get any Shalimar (That's a good thing, for me. I am not a fan of Shalimar). I do actually understand what you mean by electric, yes, I can definitely "see" that. Thank you so much for sharing your impressions! Dear Cait,
How different are the perceptions! I did not get any Shalimar (That’s a good thing, for me. I am not a fan of Shalimar). I do actually understand what you mean by electric, yes, I can definitely “see” that. Thank you so much for sharing your impressions!

]]> By: Marina http://whatwedoissecret.org/madebyblog/2006/07/marinas-message-to-clement-regarding-the-second-mod-of-holy-grail/#comment-200 Marina Wed, 19 Jul 2006 16:59:22 +0000 http://whatwedoissecret.org/madebyblog/2006/07/11/marinas-message-to-clement-regarding-the-second-mod-of-holy-grail/#comment-200 Vamp-goddess...I like that! :-) Thank you for sharing your impressions, Marlen! Vamp-goddess…I like that! :-) Thank you for sharing your impressions, Marlen!

]]> By: perfumecritic http://whatwedoissecret.org/madebyblog/2006/07/marinas-message-to-clement-regarding-the-second-mod-of-holy-grail/#comment-199 perfumecritic Wed, 19 Jul 2006 14:10:16 +0000 http://whatwedoissecret.org/madebyblog/2006/07/11/marinas-message-to-clement-regarding-the-second-mod-of-holy-grail/#comment-199 Hmmm, on me, my first thought was Shalimar or maybe more accurately, Takashimaya's homage, their namesake "T". Yet somehow Katie's allusion to snickerdoodles also applies. Someone mentioned an oiliness that I found trailing in the basenotes, a kind of slick, oily sweetness. I'd imagine more saffron and leather with a little something nasty to change the overall effect from southern belle to vamp-goddess. Marlen Hmmm, on me, my first thought was Shalimar or maybe more accurately, Takashimaya’s homage, their namesake “T”. Yet somehow Katie’s allusion to snickerdoodles also applies. Someone mentioned an oiliness that I found trailing in the basenotes, a kind of slick, oily sweetness. I’d imagine more saffron and leather with a little something nasty to change the overall effect from southern belle to vamp-goddess.

Marlen

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