Comments on: Holy Grail. Mod 3. Marina’s Review

By: Marina

Marina — Fri, 15 Sep 2006 15:38:52 +0000

C,
When do decide to try the bonafide skanky ones, do try Muscs Koublai Khan. Even skankier than that is CB I Hate Perfume Musk. Too skanky even for me

As for darkness, leather, incense, spicy woods and endolic jasmine evoke darkness for me.

By: kuri

kuri — Fri, 15 Sep 2006 14:22:48 +0000

Hrm.. I’ll have to try out the bonafide Real Skanky Ones some day. So, what evokes Darkness for you?

Fruity lavender sounds fascinating.

By: Marina

Marina — Thu, 14 Sep 2006 03:13:49 +0000

Anya,
Pan certainly has skank in abundance. And I say that very happily
That lavender-vanilla combo sounds great, thank you!

By: Anya

Anya — Thu, 14 Sep 2006 00:27:57 +0000

Someone wrote me the other day that they liked the “stank” of one of my perfumes, and I guess one woman’s stank is another’s skank.

Hmmm….rounded, soft note…if you’re in an herbaly mood, Seville lavender. Not your mother’s lavender, full-bodied, fruity, soft, round, luscious. Intoxicating in a way, and not a skank way. Combined with a touch of vanilla it would add the softness without the overpowering sweetness that vanilla alone might.

By: Marina

Marina — Sun, 10 Sep 2006 13:55:55 +0000

C,
This is the level of skank I’d like for this particular scent I came to the conslusion that I have enough Of Real Skanky Ones already and need something that is has *some* skank but cannot be definied by that skank alone. Heh.
I agree about that overpowering note of saffron. One has to dig under it to smell anything else. I want it gone for good. I am so over saffron

By: kuri

kuri — Sun, 10 Sep 2006 04:13:58 +0000

Yay, it’s so interesting to read your impressions! The Mod does have great staying power and sillage. So this is the level of “skank” you like. I don’t find it too skanky I think you’re right about the saffron; there’s something about the Mod that is overpowering everything, so I don’t notice a lot of the complexity that I recall from ealier Mods. It’ll be very interesting to find out what “round” and soft means!

By: Marina

Marina — Fri, 08 Sep 2006 17:09:11 +0000

Victoria, thank you! I also think we progressed and progressed in the right direction. Now to get rid of that saffron (or whatever I think is saffron) and we’ll be really on the right track. And your comment about sillage reminded me what I forgot to say in my review, that the Mod has awesome staying power, literally stays all day.

By: Victoria

Victoria — Fri, 08 Sep 2006 15:38:33 +0000

I am glad that you posted too, because like J, I was waiting with my own comments. I like how the mods progressed to reflect the kind of raw and sensual warmth that you were seeking. I am sure Clement would be able to access what is needed to lend the composition further softness. I wore my sample a few times, and I received three compliments on it. It has a lovely sillage.