tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19154645.post8783880561337748575..comments2024-03-28T02:24:12.428-07:00Comments on Oh, True Apothecary! : Does a Limited Vocabulary Improve Scent Description?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19154645.post-78271901113422423352009-07-24T08:36:31.192-07:002009-07-24T08:36:31.192-07:00Fabulous blog and so well written, when I'm ba...Fabulous blog and so well written, when I'm basking in a scent and my teens walk in and comment "smells like bug spray in here" ........well what can I say but I love it.Molly Fitchhttp://illumine1.logspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19154645.post-49220675265586776082009-06-26T08:22:26.601-07:002009-06-26T08:22:26.601-07:00Exactly!
Thanks for this comment :DExactly! <br /><br />Thanks for this comment :DJustine Cranehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16224192086918363871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19154645.post-38106186421240353592009-06-26T08:12:50.437-07:002009-06-26T08:12:50.437-07:00Taking a perfume class, I've been using the mo...Taking a perfume class, I've been using the more scientific descriptors as part of the training. But sometimes an aromatic just has simple, mundane words that describe it perfectly.<br /><br />Like this petitgrain I have- it smells like neroli, a little, but also very starchy like corn tortillas, so it reminds me of Mexican food in Phoenix, with the orange groves.<br /><br />So, on my evaluation notes for it, it says "midnight taco truck, Phoenix". Not a good description for a perfume ad, but I bet many people would know exactly what I mean!<br /><br />-MicahMicahhttp://www.al-kemi.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19154645.post-45816553565339983842009-06-25T10:07:45.353-07:002009-06-25T10:07:45.353-07:00I believe we think too hard and want to be impress...I believe we think too hard and want to be impressive with our descriptions. It can get a little out of hand. <br /><br />Kids do say the darnedest things. I remember a few little darlings from my own kids ~ my daughter at about 2 1/2 calling her nose a "snogle"; my youngest at three watching a fantastic sunset and exclaiming, "The sky is falling and it's scooping up the blues!" And then one of my older boys describing how it felt to be shocked by an electric wire -- he was "placked!", and boy, does getting placked really hurt. <br /><br />I've even let this little guy, the grandson, help me out with evaluating finished compositions. He's got an excellent nose, my little apprentice.Justine Cranehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16224192086918363871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19154645.post-85184236207695754152009-06-25T06:07:35.386-07:002009-06-25T06:07:35.386-07:00Wasn't it Art Linklater who said "kids sa...Wasn't it Art Linklater who said "kids say the darnest things"? A shame we adults lose that childlike ability to express in unedited terms!thescentmusehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16374008669517496547noreply@blogger.com