tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19154645.post4861230131588850842..comments2024-01-18T10:51:25.238-08:00Comments on Oh, True Apothecary! : Got Sarcasm?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19154645.post-4668059699658641452007-02-08T13:28:00.000-08:002007-02-08T13:28:00.000-08:00Well that depends.... is the 4000 year old vial of...Well that depends.... is the 4000 year old vial of King Tut's frankincense perfume that was handed down to you by your gypsy (joker) ancestors, coveted and protected by your Catholic green witch grandmother until it was passed to you, the genius perfumer, ORGANIC?<BR/><BR/>Dangit, your lineage is more impressive than my lineage.<BR/><BR/>I bow to your superior posturing...Sarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05592584406221528110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19154645.post-8810589523560744962007-02-08T11:26:00.000-08:002007-02-08T11:26:00.000-08:00I'm so sorry. As consolation for my horrid behavio...I'm so sorry. As consolation for my horrid behavior, would you consider accepting a 4000 year old vial of King Tut's frankincense perfume that was handed down to me by my gypsy (joker) ancestors, coveted and protected by my Catholic green witch grandmother until it was passed to me, the genius perfumer? Or perhaps you'd consider accepting a drop of Turkish rose otto stolen by Vlad Tepes from the ancient coffret of the King of Tashkani in 1452? Yeah, my gypsy (joker) ancestors managed to get their hands on that, too. Right after they started the vampire wars.<BR/><BR/>hehehehehe!Justine Cranehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16224192086918363871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19154645.post-61096657302665879992007-02-07T18:47:00.000-08:002007-02-07T18:47:00.000-08:00Hey!!!!! Don't you oppress me and invalidate the ...Hey!!!!! Don't you oppress me and invalidate the epiphany I had at the tender age of 8 months, when my grandmama picked me up out of the crib and I could smell her White Shoulders eau de toilette!<BR/><BR/>I've been a perfumer for 30 yrs, dammit. I've been blending scents since I buried Cheerios in my mom's tomato plants, and got the yellow tomato schmutz on my finger and sniffed it and gagged!<BR/><BR/>Geniuses are BORN, dahling, NOT taught!<BR/><BR/>I've been a perfume since I smelled my uncle's dog from waaay up in the highchair, the day he rolled in catpoo and got skunked. Phew!! Indoles and skatoles, baby. Indoles and skatoles. It was like the time mommy dropped me on my head, but in a smelly way!Sarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05592584406221528110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19154645.post-12548188087022821932007-02-07T09:36:00.000-08:002007-02-07T09:36:00.000-08:00Bottom line: all this blubbering on about years of...Bottom line: all this blubbering on about years of experience is a sermon to the choir ~ these adoring singers are already listening, and looking up (on the pedestal these time bandits have placed themselves), unquestioningly. Customers don't give a crap about all this posturing, though. They just want something that smells good, at a reasonable price, and they really don't give a rat's patoot in outer space if you're the reincarnated spirit of Jean Carles or some hack from Fresno! Stay warm, lovie.Justine Cranehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16224192086918363871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19154645.post-66076579306685017352007-02-07T00:01:00.000-08:002007-02-07T00:01:00.000-08:00Amen to that sistahh:-D
Not to mention how some co...Amen to that sistahh:-D<br />Not to mention how some comes out as knows-it-all and real experts on all various angles on the history, the art and the vocabulary - without one single minute of training in a "real" perfumery school?<br /><br />I did write about it way back, but I think that calling yourself a professional perfumer without being through the "10 years to learn, 20 to master it" (or was it 30??) proffesional training, is to belittle these people who haver struggled and fought their way through. It would be like calling yourself a surgeon without even being to med school...<br /><br />Aggghhh, of my perfume box and back to some creative (???) work. It's minus 14C here today and I have to go outside - buhu.Rubyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04729087632982233208noreply@blogger.com