Comments on: Inhale to visit a “Garden After the Monsoon” http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2008/05/21/inhale_to_visit/ All that flavorful brownness in one savory packet Sat, 30 Nov 2013 11:11:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: bruna http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2008/05/21/inhale_to_visit/comment-page-1/#comment-279558 bruna Mon, 01 Nov 2010 12:30:25 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=5203#comment-279558 <p>Chic perfume. I want to afford such usually buy at <a href="http://bruna.com.ua/index.php?cat=7"> buy perfume </ a></p> Chic perfume. I want to afford such usually buy at buy perfume

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]]> By: Hermes Un Jardin Apres La Mousson http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2008/05/21/inhale_to_visit/comment-page-1/#comment-232114 Hermes Un Jardin Apres La Mousson Thu, 26 Feb 2009 05:39:21 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=5203#comment-232114 <p>Having been to India, especially Kerala, I can say that Apres La Moussoun is spot on regarding the scent. I have not smelled the others, but this is truly one of my favorites. Ellena did a good job</p> Having been to India, especially Kerala, I can say that Apres La Moussoun is spot on regarding the scent. I have not smelled the others, but this is truly one of my favorites. Ellena did a good job

]]> By: Farzana http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2008/05/21/inhale_to_visit/comment-page-1/#comment-216951 Farzana Mon, 29 Sep 2008 20:54:09 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=5203#comment-216951 <p>Hermes is fabulous this year. I'm a collector of antique Hermes scarves with an India theme. It's so niche, I'm wondering if any of you are similiarly crazy :) Hermes came our with Years of India a few times, and some scarves have become very rare collectibles. I now have 5-6 such rarities and they are just stunning, eg. a maharani on her throne with a background of horses and elephants and rajas. Or another scarf that is the "tree of life" - full of various iconography and motifs from the Indian subcontinent. My latest acquisition is a scarf with old Indian architecture.</p> <p>Anyway, salu to Hermes! I'll have to try to scent too, Sandhya.</p> <p>F</p> Hermes is fabulous this year. I’m a collector of antique Hermes scarves with an India theme. It’s so niche, I’m wondering if any of you are similiarly crazy :) Hermes came our with Years of India a few times, and some scarves have become very rare collectibles. I now have 5-6 such rarities and they are just stunning, eg. a maharani on her throne with a background of horses and elephants and rajas. Or another scarf that is the “tree of life” – full of various iconography and motifs from the Indian subcontinent. My latest acquisition is a scarf with old Indian architecture.

Anyway, salu to Hermes! I’ll have to try to scent too, Sandhya.

F

]]> By: Brigitte http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2008/05/21/inhale_to_visit/comment-page-1/#comment-204451 Brigitte Wed, 28 May 2008 06:39:40 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=5203#comment-204451 <p>When I read about the process of creating Un Jardin du Nile, I had to sample it. Now it's my summer scent. I'll have to check this one out just out of curiosity.</p> When I read about the process of creating Un Jardin du Nile, I had to sample it. Now it’s my summer scent. I’ll have to check this one out just out of curiosity.

]]> By: Manvantara http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2008/05/21/inhale_to_visit/comment-page-1/#comment-204410 Manvantara Tue, 27 May 2008 21:26:56 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=5203#comment-204410 <p>lifelong @11:</p> <p>That smells like an ABD.... :)</p> <p>Disdain and contempt for India....yes, India is dirty beyond your wildest imagination. Get over it.</p> <p>The piece is about the smell of monsoon and I find it amazing that someone even made an attempt to bottle it!!</p> lifelong @11:

That smells like an ABD…. :)

Disdain and contempt for India….yes, India is dirty beyond your wildest imagination. Get over it.

The piece is about the smell of monsoon and I find it amazing that someone even made an attempt to bottle it!!

]]> By: Tevadi http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2008/05/21/inhale_to_visit/comment-page-1/#comment-204194 Tevadi Fri, 23 May 2008 07:22:19 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=5203#comment-204194 <p>Oops Kusala- I did not notice your comment before posting about Kenzo. And I agree, I would never want to smell like that!</p> Oops Kusala- I did not notice your comment before posting about Kenzo. And I agree, I would never want to smell like that!

]]> By: Tevadi http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2008/05/21/inhale_to_visit/comment-page-1/#comment-204165 Tevadi Fri, 23 May 2008 00:18:32 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=5203#comment-204165 <p>I absolutely adore Hermes' India line. It was largely advertised when I was in India last month. As there are only a couple of Hermes boutiques in India so I had to wait to get to Germany before buying anything from their line! How timeless, Indian inspired Hermes! Kenzo also has a perfume inspired by India...I think it is called Amour Indian Holi and is a limited edition.</p> I absolutely adore Hermes’ India line. It was largely advertised when I was in India last month. As there are only a couple of Hermes boutiques in India so I had to wait to get to Germany before buying anything from their line! How timeless, Indian inspired Hermes! Kenzo also has a perfume inspired by India…I think it is called Amour Indian Holi and is a limited edition.

]]> By: kusala http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2008/05/21/inhale_to_visit/comment-page-1/#comment-204130 kusala Thu, 22 May 2008 20:50:23 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=5203#comment-204130 <p>By the way, Sandhya, some of Brosius's products (the line is actually called "CB I Hate Perfume") are great -- the one that smells like tomato vines really evokes being in a summer garden. I'm not sure I'd want to wear it as a perfume all day, but having a little vial of it to sniff once in awhile is great for nostalgia.</p> <p>If anyone's really interested, there are sites where you can mail order small vials of almost any perfume ever created (including the ones discussed here) -- a real value and good way to test since full bottles are way too pricey. Google "perfume decants" and you're sure to hit a few sites. Just FYI.</p> By the way, Sandhya, some of Brosius’s products (the line is actually called “CB I Hate Perfume”) are great — the one that smells like tomato vines really evokes being in a summer garden. I’m not sure I’d want to wear it as a perfume all day, but having a little vial of it to sniff once in awhile is great for nostalgia.

If anyone’s really interested, there are sites where you can mail order small vials of almost any perfume ever created (including the ones discussed here) — a real value and good way to test since full bottles are way too pricey. Google “perfume decants” and you’re sure to hit a few sites. Just FYI.

]]> By: kusala http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2008/05/21/inhale_to_visit/comment-page-1/#comment-204129 kusala Thu, 22 May 2008 20:44:34 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=5203#comment-204129 <p>There's an undeniable element of orientalism in the creation of this scent -- but just look at the fragrance industry in general in terms of the imagery it tries to evoke about anything. It's too easy a target to lob serious attacks at -- even those who follow the business a little find it frequently laughable. There are as many stereotypes attached to "Un Jardin en Mediterrannee" (the first scent in the series -- themed with scents of fig from the European Mediterranean region) as there are to the images allegedly "evoked" by Kerala or India in the Western mind.</p> <p>I happen to be an addict on various perfumery blogs. When Jardin Apres la Mousson was being launched, those who cared were VERY excited because Hermès has done a great job with their first two scents in the series, and Jean-Claude Ellena is considered one of the reigning gods of the fragrance creator world. However, when news was that the scent would be more "green" and "fresh", many readers of these blogs expressed disappointment because they said "India would smell more like warm spices like cinnamon, cardamom, cumin, etc." (cue excerpt from Chitra Divakaruni here...). However, there was similar surprise that the "Garden on the Nile" scent smelt like green mango (good New Yorker article on that <a href="http://www.newyorker.com/archive/2005/03/14/050314fa_fact">here</a>)</p> <p>I coincidentally am wearing the "After the Monsoon" (so easy to confuse with Rahul Bose's new film "Before the Rains"??) fragrance today (it's unisex), and it's actually sort of cucumbery-melony at first, with an undercurrent of spice and maybe the sap of green spice plants... but it's not exactly chai masala in a perfume bottle.</p> <p>A much worse example in my mind was a company called Kenzo and their limited edition version of a scent that they called <a href="http://www.kenzostore.com.au/indian-holi.html">Kenzo Amour Indian Holi.</a></p> There’s an undeniable element of orientalism in the creation of this scent — but just look at the fragrance industry in general in terms of the imagery it tries to evoke about anything. It’s too easy a target to lob serious attacks at — even those who follow the business a little find it frequently laughable. There are as many stereotypes attached to “Un Jardin en Mediterrannee” (the first scent in the series — themed with scents of fig from the European Mediterranean region) as there are to the images allegedly “evoked” by Kerala or India in the Western mind.

I happen to be an addict on various perfumery blogs. When Jardin Apres la Mousson was being launched, those who cared were VERY excited because Hermès has done a great job with their first two scents in the series, and Jean-Claude Ellena is considered one of the reigning gods of the fragrance creator world. However, when news was that the scent would be more “green” and “fresh”, many readers of these blogs expressed disappointment because they said “India would smell more like warm spices like cinnamon, cardamom, cumin, etc.” (cue excerpt from Chitra Divakaruni here…). However, there was similar surprise that the “Garden on the Nile” scent smelt like green mango (good New Yorker article on that here)

I coincidentally am wearing the “After the Monsoon” (so easy to confuse with Rahul Bose’s new film “Before the Rains”??) fragrance today (it’s unisex), and it’s actually sort of cucumbery-melony at first, with an undercurrent of spice and maybe the sap of green spice plants… but it’s not exactly chai masala in a perfume bottle.

A much worse example in my mind was a company called Kenzo and their limited edition version of a scent that they called Kenzo Amour Indian Holi.

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