tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5453792360015486892.post861591658645425782..comments2024-03-28T21:11:46.849-07:00Comments on Perfume Project NW: TO SEE OR NOT TO SEEDoc Ellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08376377441504529063noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5453792360015486892.post-4357969176169162962011-07-23T03:24:36.987-07:002011-07-23T03:24:36.987-07:00oh I definitely care about how my perfume looks . ...oh I definitely care about how my perfume looks . If I am shopping for vintage , I pick the darkest jus I can find . Darker is always better , seemingly more complex . Clear = water...<br />Not always true of course !waftbyCarolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14784265823926668236noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5453792360015486892.post-68898480679860889662011-07-22T01:05:31.250-07:002011-07-22T01:05:31.250-07:00I decant some of my favorite perfumes, the ones I ...I decant some of my favorite perfumes, the ones I know I will use in a relatively short period of time, into opaque art glass perfume bottles, bottles chosen for colors and shapes that work with these perfumes. That being said I would rather purchase perfumes that I can see. I avoid fragrances that seem to have added coloration.<br /><br />Since I am subject to synesthetic responses that relate color to sound and shape it seems only logical that certain colors ARE certain scents and some scents ARE colors. Fortunately for me these scent/color and color/scent equivalents are not something I deal with as often as the real synesthetic responses I am subject to. I don't believe that the color/scent experiences can truly be labeled synesthesia. I suspect that most people smell a scent they have been trained to expect when they see a certain color. For example, when I see the picture of the Golden Cattleya bottle above I smell the top notes of the fragrance quite clearly, just as if I had applied it to my skin. This effect, which I believe to be simply a matter of familiarity and training, is no doubt very important when it comes to packaging and marketing. It makes me wonder why Serge Lutens' Sarassins is purple. There must be a really good psychological, historical or literary reason for the color choice but I don't smell it. GailAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com