Comments on: Fragrance review: Acqua di Biella No. 1 & Baraja

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 29 Jan 2006 12:59:57 +0000

Thanks for the review on Baraja, M! I actually wore this yesterday. I needed a Spring-type burst, something fresh, something lighter than the woodsy and incensy things I've been wearing lately. I think both my husband and I could wear this scent. Lime in a fragrance is not very appealing to me, but it's fleeting. I'll be reaching for Baraja more often when the weather turns hot. If it ever does.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 26 Jan 2006 00:28:46 +0000

Remember back in the 80s (well, I don't, not really no, I was just a little kid) when they had the “If you like X, you'll love Y” cheap immitation line that came in a metal cannister? We need to get that movement revived, at least on this forum. Because you know I'm just not going to fork over 110 smackeroos to smell like hostel soap, I mean, European soap. 🙂

Something like,”if you like Bond No. 9 Fashion Avenue, you might be able to live with write-in-your-fav-less-pocketbook-denting-scent”.

I'm also groveling for a thread about non-perfume products that smell yummy delicious; currently I'm in love with Decleor Nutri-Delice cream, Frederick Fekkai body cream, and that nice bedsy smell that's always in the Clarins bottles and jars. Am I a tool of the cosmetic industry for being bewitched by the smell to buy the product?

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 25 Jan 2006 23:21:41 +0000

Great reviews! I think that these are very nice, but yes, if you are looking for drama, these fragrances will not provide it. I liked them, but did not find them necessary.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 25 Jan 2006 22:18:13 +0000

” Baraja reminds me of Gendarme minus the musks or Castelbajac minus the almond”

this sounds perfect!!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 25 Jan 2006 15:47:18 +0000

First, a big thx to Robin *hugs*

Vanilla – they are simple and classy (and yes, a little boring, huh?)

Colombina – LOL!!! I was thinking bursitis myself and the name made me think of swollen joints.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 25 Jan 2006 15:31:46 +0000

We left the heat running in the office all night. It is 87 degrees in here and suddenly anything light, fresh and eau-de-cologne-like sounds incredibly appealing 🙂 I also wonder what Bursch is like. That sounds so pleasantly similar to Borscht. 🙂

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 25 Jan 2006 14:58:43 +0000

N, sure Marlen will be along to answer you, but am butting in anyway just to say that I have seen the bottles at Tak, and they are pretty much what you see in the picture. Not ugly really, just rather minimalist, and not something you'd buy for the bottle, that is for sure.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 25 Jan 2006 14:52:15 +0000

Marlen, I've noticed these on LuckyScent, and wondered about them…but I must admit I'm always a little offput by the plainness of the bottles! Which may just be a trick of the image, and certainly shows me up as the shallow person I fear I am…but the juice would have to be sensational to make up for the plain bottles and black cap. Has anyone got a bottle? Is it nicer than it looks?