tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7039707457010939097.post6080921112146829799..comments2024-01-18T04:42:47.809-06:00Comments on BitterGrace Notes: Thoughts on the two MackiesBitterGracehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18262639525430954930noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7039707457010939097.post-46105507305849841262009-04-14T16:53:00.000-05:002009-04-14T16:53:00.000-05:00Truth be told, Alyssa, I am as attached to the old...Truth be told, Alyssa, I am as attached to the oldies as anybody. I do appreciate the style they embody. I'm not in any danger of pouring my Lanvins down the sink or anything. I just feel that it might be time to let go of some of that attachment. At least, that's how I feel today. Tomorrow might be a different story ;-) <br /><br />E, you would almost certainly dislike the new Mackie. The old one would be much more to your taste, though truth be told, it is not a stellar example of its type. It's a little incoherent--like a Mackie dress!BitterGracehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18262639525430954930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7039707457010939097.post-42220151675149312232009-04-14T15:48:00.000-05:002009-04-14T15:48:00.000-05:00You certainly have a point there and for everythin...You certainly have a point there and for everything there is a the proper time (I've got a 60s song earworm right now!). It's alsoI believe related to the disillusionment of a whole generation and the coming of age of the kids of the hippies. The ones who rejected revolution )their parents') even before knowing what it is. (The generation I like to call "born old" -I'm marginally a little older than them thank God!)<br /><br />Mackie sounds like the absolute terror!! (Spellbound and Amarige? Kill me now! LOL)Perfumeshrinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06222733129203280662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7039707457010939097.post-36269495634623533892009-04-14T14:32:00.000-05:002009-04-14T14:32:00.000-05:00Oh I don't know. I understand where you're coming ...Oh I don't know. I understand where you're coming from, but I like having something around that I have to live up to, that encourages me to sit up straight and command the room, and that helps me understand the baroque power games of old. And I desperately want perfumers to know their history and be able to draw from it.<br /><br />And, believe it or not, Mitsouko really does feel like a comfort scent to me sometimes.Alyssahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08651065872724626149noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7039707457010939097.post-43346544401013267902009-04-14T05:27:00.000-05:002009-04-14T05:27:00.000-05:00I'm glad you sympathize with the heresy, Mary. Too...I'm glad you sympathize with the heresy, Mary. Too bad the grand perfumes can't last the way great paintings do. It would be wonderful to think that people could at least get a sniff of them as relics 400 years from now.<br /><br />I love the bottle, too, J. It's sort of whimsical and elegant at the same time.BitterGracehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18262639525430954930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7039707457010939097.post-10495310547698765922009-04-14T04:43:00.000-05:002009-04-14T04:43:00.000-05:00I doubt I'd like either of them, but that bottle i...I doubt I'd like either of them, but that bottle is great.jmcleod76https://www.blogger.com/profile/17756115118582961551noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7039707457010939097.post-23110672548777021352009-04-14T04:16:00.000-05:002009-04-14T04:16:00.000-05:00Re: your final paragraph; I never thought about it...Re: your final paragraph; I never thought about it that way, but I think you're right! :)Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12577766593643216036noreply@blogger.com