Thanks for this wonderfully sentimental video! On Jasmin et Cigarette, and only b/c you asked (this is also one of my favorite jasmine perfumes, second only to A La Nuit). I left Iran a year before the revolution in 1978, but I have a strong association w/ Iran and the scent of this heavenly flower as well. We always had a few jasmine bushes in the backyard while I was growing up. My dad plucked the new growth daily, put them in a small crystal bowl and set it on the breakfast table. While he plucked the flowers, he sang to the plants and thanked them for their gracious gift. How can this dynamic not make an indelible mark on a child's psyche?! Unlike you, I go back often, as my parents still live there. The jasmine bushes are going strong and still the recipient of my 90 year old father's gratitude, daily!! Aaaaaaaah 😪.
Oh wow, what an amazing story, thank you. And wouldn't the world be a better place if we all sang to flowers? We could all learn something from your 'baba'.
Thank YOU for watching, Angela. You know, I’ve had a thought. Maybe ‘the system’ blocked you because you leave lots of shorter comments instead of one long one; maybe it thought you’re spamming. I’m so pleased you can comment again, and I’d hate for you to get blocked by the gremlins, so I just thought I’d mention this.
I mean absolutely no offense, but Kouros half ruined London club life for me in the early 90s. All of these cheesey men trying to look like modern Omar Sharif's, stuffed into clubs reeking of the animal urine smell of Kouros. I'm glad that there are some who like it. But, I think I would rather have a bear just pee directly on me. But, there we are.
Kouros the one I discovered from a holiday romance and can smell vividly in my mind and will forever equate with that time and hot Greek nights and a hot man .
Le Lion is what I'd always wished Shalimar smelled like. It felt like Olivier Polge had tapped into something that people had been wanting to smell for ages!
My 2021 perfume obsession is in great part due to those who write about perfume. I’ve always enjoyed great journalism and I’ve especially enjoyed reading sports writers because they tell real stories wherein there’s no room for a lack of integrity. And that’s true of perfume reviewers. For the most part, great writers …writing from the gut, heart and mind. There are exceptions…but so few. Great talk here. Thank you!!
I, too, have a scent association with France - when I was younger, we used to visit our friends in Paris frequently, they lived in a very nice arrondisement and had a lovely big apartment which smelled of cédrat. Since then, I always associate Paris and France with this smell and have found Roger et Gallet Cédrat to smell very very similar to my scent memory. Lovely episode!
Loved this so uplifting and cheery and while İ am here may i ask a random question what is the note in certain scents that to my nose smells like bug spray ie like Aventus sorry for nearly mentioning the c word
Methyl dihydrojasmonate is an insect repellent and common cheap perfume ingredient. I understand that N-diethyl-meta-toluamide (DEET) is actually used in some perfumes. Of course citronella oil is used for both perfume and natural mosquito repellent. AventusCreed and Aventus for Her have citronella, Bergamont and lemon. Or possibly patchouli smells odd to you? It’s a love/hate smell. Recently studies have shown that Victoria secrets “bombshell“ perfume is just as good as Deet for repelling mosquitoes.
@@MFLimited Ah well as i love patchouli in fragrances i take it the other culprits though i also dont mind citrınella candles which i use in the summer 🙄 thanks for your answer💙
Thanks very much for watching. The truth is, there could be several ingredients out there that could be read as ‘bug spray’. A lot will depend on our personal associations.
What an inspiring conversation and an extremely well chosen theme! Alice has been just the right lovely person for it. Just as dance and perfume do, she appeals to feelings in people with her enjoyable presence.
Very Nice Persolaise! I notice your little desk there moves from left to right....Changing it all up is good...Your looking alive and well today! Hope your doing well....
Super! I buy and wear different perfumes but in the '90's I used 2 bottles of Cerruti 1881. It was then a perfume that not many people wore...distinctive and féminine for sure. 👍🌷👍
Ah, I used to wear Kouros, even though it was "weird" to wear as a barely-out-of-my-teens woman at the time. My goodness, what a classic. And yes, SO CLEAN!
Thanks for this wonderfully sentimental video! On Jasmin et Cigarette, and only b/c you asked (this is also one of my favorite jasmine perfumes, second only to A La Nuit). I left Iran a year before the revolution in 1978, but I have a strong association w/ Iran and the scent of this heavenly flower as well. We always had a few jasmine bushes in the backyard while I was growing up. My dad plucked the new growth daily, put them in a small crystal bowl and set it on the breakfast table. While he plucked the flowers, he sang to the plants and thanked them for their gracious gift. How can this dynamic not make an indelible mark on a child's psyche?! Unlike you, I go back often, as my parents still live there. The jasmine bushes are going strong and still the recipient of my 90 year old father's gratitude, daily!! Aaaaaaaah 😪.
Oh wow, what an amazing story, thank you. And wouldn't the world be a better place if we all sang to flowers? We could all learn something from your 'baba'.
What a beautiful story. How wonderful and such a privilege that your parents are alive. Stay blessed always.
Very true, thank you.
All good wishes to you too.
12 minutes in and I am crying. So beautiful x
Oh no! Someone pass the tissues.
Alice is wonderful and I wasn't familiar with her since I boycott FB and IG. I loved both of your stories. Thanks!
Thanks very much indeed.
Best guest ever . Thank you so much for an absolutely wonderful stream 😀
Thank YOU for watching, Angela.
You know, I’ve had a thought. Maybe ‘the system’ blocked you because you leave lots of shorter comments instead of one long one; maybe it thought you’re spamming.
I’m so pleased you can comment again, and I’d hate for you to get blocked by the gremlins, so I just thought I’d mention this.
@@Persolaise Thank you
@@Persolaise i think you are right though
The idea of Alice’s little girl going into school with Le Lion in her hair for courage is testament to the pure magic of perfume. Amazing.
True! What a wonderful scent to wear to primary school, eh?
I’m purchasing Jasmine Cigarette and Le Lion as we speak thanks to Sire P and Alice. 10/10 vid, more pls!!
Thank you so much, Ryan. Enjoy your purchases.
Think le lion will be my Christmas present to myself this year .
Do it!
I mean absolutely no offense, but Kouros half ruined London club life for me in the early 90s.
All of these cheesey men trying to look like modern Omar Sharif's, stuffed into clubs reeking of the animal urine smell of Kouros.
I'm glad that there are some who like it. But, I think I would rather have a bear just pee directly on me.
But, there we are.
Ha! This made me laugh.
I agree that Kouros needs to be used in the right context. And it’s certainly easily overused.
Love Alice even more as a fellow Gemini . She is an absolute dream .
Yes, she's great, isn't she.
I always said that you were very easy on the eyes Persolaise but it’s your kind nature and knowledge and humour which is even more striking .
Well... thanks very much, Angela.
This was worth the tech adventure. You were both fabulous! I love these top 10 with guest 💖
Very, very kind, Lia. Thanks for sticking with us.
I loved Alice’s story about her mother and Kouros, so glad to hear she’s healthy now.
Yes, me too. And I hope the oncologist finds this video!
Thanks for watching.
Kouros the one I discovered from a holiday romance and can smell vividly in my mind and will forever equate with that time and hot Greek nights and a hot man .
Potent memories.
It was fabulous.
Ah, you're too kind, thank you.
Mr P. the great things about life occur during the inexplicable gaps. Great show.
Thanks very much, Thea.
Thanks for this! I thoroughly enjoyed! Do you know the next time you will be live?
I’m sorry, I haven’t been able to work out the time of the next broadcast yet.
Thanks for watching this video, though.
Le Lion is what I'd always wished Shalimar smelled like. It felt like Olivier Polge had tapped into something that people had been wanting to smell for ages!
100% agree xxx
Yes, superb way of putting it, Jeremy.
My 2021 perfume obsession is in great part due to those who write about perfume. I’ve always enjoyed great journalism and I’ve especially enjoyed reading sports writers because they tell real stories wherein there’s no room for a lack of integrity. And that’s true of perfume reviewers. For the most part, great writers …writing from the gut, heart and mind. There are exceptions…but so few. Great talk here. Thank you!!
Thank you so much, Lynn.
I am actually glad I wasn’t watching live now as too stressful . I can imagine it was a nightmare at your end and such a wonderful live too 😫
Yes... it wasn't the most restful experience... but Alice made it all fun.
I, too, have a scent association with France - when I was younger, we used to visit our friends in Paris frequently, they lived in a very nice arrondisement and had a lovely big apartment which smelled of cédrat. Since then, I always associate Paris and France with this smell and have found Roger et Gallet Cédrat to smell very very similar to my scent memory.
Lovely episode!
Ah, Roger & Gallet do some good stuff!
Thanks for watching and writing.
Loved this so uplifting and cheery and while İ am here may i ask a random question what is the note in certain scents that to my nose smells like bug spray ie like Aventus sorry for nearly mentioning the c word
Methyl dihydrojasmonate is an insect repellent and common cheap perfume ingredient.
I understand that N-diethyl-meta-toluamide (DEET) is actually used in some perfumes.
Of course citronella oil is used for both perfume and natural mosquito repellent.
AventusCreed and Aventus for Her have citronella, Bergamont and lemon. Or possibly patchouli smells odd to you? It’s a love/hate smell.
Recently studies have shown that Victoria secrets “bombshell“ perfume is just as good as Deet for repelling mosquitoes.
@@MFLimited Ah well as i love patchouli in fragrances i take it the other culprits though i also dont mind citrınella candles which i use in the summer 🙄 thanks for your answer💙
Thanks very much for watching.
The truth is, there could be several ingredients out there that could be read as ‘bug spray’. A lot will depend on our personal associations.
@@Persolaise 💙
What an inspiring conversation and an extremely well chosen theme! Alice has been just the right lovely person for it. Just as dance and perfume do, she appeals to feelings in people with her enjoyable presence.
Thank you so much what a lovely thing to say. Glad you enjoyed the show! x
@@aliceduparcq425
See, that's what I mean.... how sweet of you to respond personally to my comment. Thank you!
Alice was the *perfect* person for this list. Thanks for watching, Heinke.
Very Nice Persolaise! I notice your little desk there moves from left to right....Changing it all up is good...Your looking alive and well today! Hope your doing well....
Ha! The apparent movement of the desk was a result of the camera settings not functioning properly.
Thanks for watching, Terry.
@@Persolaise I was just pointing that out! making convo!
I have to say that when Alice talked about being protected by Kouros, it's how I feel about Le Lion. My patronus shifts and every bad thing goes away.
and then Alice picks le lion and I am floored, floored, floored - sniffling again.
Sounds like we are spirit scent animals xxxx
Ahh… how spooky is that!
Thanks for taking the time to write.
Very shyly asking if anyone knows what time P will be on this Sunday? (Am sorry if this is the wrong place to ask!) x
So sorry, but I'm afraid I don't have a regular Sunday slot. I'm not sure I'll be able to manage a video this weekend.
Super! I buy and wear different perfumes but in the '90's I used 2 bottles of Cerruti 1881. It was then a perfume that not many people wore...distinctive and féminine for sure. 👍🌷👍
Ah, I'm so glad you're a fan too.
Thanks for watching.
I loved that Cerruti, enjoyed it so much, what a throwback!
Yes -- an overlooked gem, right?
Ah, I used to wear Kouros, even though it was "weird" to wear as a barely-out-of-my-teens woman at the time. My goodness, what a classic. And yes, SO CLEAN!
Fascinating -- I see it as super-dirty!
Thank you for watching.
@@Persolaise I wore it in the 90's! I assume it's dirtied down? hehe
How did you come about your name Persolaise?
I made it up 😉
Love Alice’s Instagram channel .
Thank you!
It's one of the best, right?
This was absolutely brilliant! ❤
Thanks for watching.
This is the one that I have been waiting for . Tuning in now 😄
Enjoy!
And I'm so pleased that your comments aren't vanishing!!!
LOVE! the outfit! X
Thanks for watching.
Loving your decor
Thanks for watching.
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😊
Don’t be knocking home sense 😂
Never!
Always loved CKone
Me too!