tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5453792360015486892.post8102161703677807553..comments2024-03-27T17:55:18.260-07:00Comments on Perfume Project NW: PERFUME VISUALSDoc Ellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08376377441504529063noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5453792360015486892.post-72805251793676291742011-05-03T00:32:46.266-07:002011-05-03T00:32:46.266-07:00I have distinctive memories of the bottles and lab...I have distinctive memories of the bottles and labels of my mother's perfumes and the perfumes I used as a young women. Particularly memorable are my mother's bottles of Shalimar and Nina Ricci and my own Dior ,Caron and Guy LaRoche perfume bottles and labels. Those memories of sight related to scent are indelible. I still like and use some of these perfumes (the vintage brews, not the new ones) today and think of them both as abstract "visions" of fragrance and see them in their bottles with their unique labels. That being said, these days I prefer to judge a new perfume by samples first. I don't want anyone's marketing to get in the way of my own judgement and idea of the fragrance. Once I choose a scent from a sample and decide to purchase it, I like the bottle to be user friendly and the labels to reflect the care that the perfumer takes creating the fragrance. I usually decant my most favorite fragrances into beautiful hand blown bottles of my own. I believe these favorites deserve a kind of "shrine" to live in. While the perfume's actual beauty is not changed by the bottle (or the label) I believe that the total experience of the scent is enhanced by the often stunning artwork that packages and advertises it. GailAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com