tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3451296477223734429.post8141732001564582199..comments2014-06-24T23:27:36.070-07:00Comments on The Scentimentalist: Halston Couture: Le Chypre, C’est Chic The Scentimentalisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01726819132736339666noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3451296477223734429.post-82605720851781195182010-01-24T14:08:16.774-08:002010-01-24T14:08:16.774-08:00Disco is all well and good but in the 60s we were ...Disco is all well and good but in the 60s we were getting down to Tamla and Soul and wearing Antilope by Weil - sourced for me at Christmas by dearest daughter Scentimentalist. "How sweet it is...mumsinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3451296477223734429.post-21845975817901912712010-01-20T03:49:41.124-08:002010-01-20T03:49:41.124-08:00Hey, cool, GBF! Thanks! Very, very keen to read, a...Hey, cool, GBF! Thanks! Very, very keen to read, and your recent Marchesa Casati suggestion was spot-on. :-)The Scentimentalistnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3451296477223734429.post-59025473300497315262010-01-19T20:13:00.347-08:002010-01-19T20:13:00.347-08:00If you wish I can dig up some info on Halstons per...If you wish I can dig up some info on Halstons perfume and accompanying empire (and the Max Factor connection) if you so desire - there is a book by S. Gaines called 'Simply Halston', which although quite salacious at times, goes into great detail about his perfume business as well as his personal and professional relationships with Elsa Peretti. <br /><br />here is a link to the book delivered to your door for US$9.50 post included (burn the glossy book cover - its awful - and the author looks like Claude Montana before he aged!)<br /><br />http://www.betterworldbooks.com/Simply-Halston-id-0399136126.aspx<br /><br />GBF XXxAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3451296477223734429.post-84063648011913198562010-01-18T08:02:02.522-08:002010-01-18T08:02:02.522-08:00Hi Flit! If the bottle you had was a bone-white co...Hi Flit! If the bottle you had was a bone-white colour, then it was the original 'Halston', which is -- apparently -- one of the best selling perfumes ever! Certainly massive in the '70s and '80s. It's also a chypre, but woody. The Halston line was bought out a couple of years ago by Elizabeth Arden, and in a bid to make it relevant and marketable again, they've reformulated Halston Woman and Man, much to long-time wearers' distress. I have been told that the recent version is a fairly naff floral, though I must confess I have not personally smelt it.<br /><br />Brutus jeans, by the way!!!The Scentimentalisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01726819132736339666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3451296477223734429.post-68141365220098373162010-01-18T06:32:34.845-08:002010-01-18T06:32:34.845-08:00I was boogying on down throughout the 70s in my gr...I was boogying on down throughout the 70s in my green velvet loons and egg yolk coloured smock, later followed by Brutus flares with strawberry applique patches, topped with a fitted angora woolly.<br /><br />I appear, however, to have gone scentless for the entire decade - with the possible exception of my Blue Grass phase - to which I have only recently tumbled in my 1975 diary.<br /><br />I was given a bottle of Halston in the mid 80s by a BF, but not this one, I don't think.Vanessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11847145282522572183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3451296477223734429.post-11227390462111959062010-01-18T04:33:16.596-08:002010-01-18T04:33:16.596-08:00And - OH! - Bianca Jagger wears Patou's 1000, ...And - OH! - Bianca Jagger wears Patou's 1000, which is one of The Sentimentalist's favourites EVER!The Scentimentalistnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3451296477223734429.post-14507860965182721792010-01-18T04:30:02.054-08:002010-01-18T04:30:02.054-08:00Thank you, GBF! So Liza Minelli wears Guerlain'...Thank you, GBF! So Liza Minelli wears Guerlain's L'Heure Bleue and Patou's Joy! Fab taste!The Scentimentalistnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3451296477223734429.post-24651561143505677642010-01-18T03:22:48.226-08:002010-01-18T03:22:48.226-08:00Oh Scentimentalist, I was a late developer - I did...Oh Scentimentalist, I was a late developer - I didn't start dancing till I was 20! Around that time, I was wearing cinnamon oil. High strength, though - useful for clearing space around me!Franceshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07131199250970527487noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3451296477223734429.post-77424054985978656102010-01-18T03:18:05.434-08:002010-01-18T03:18:05.434-08:00well, not that I too would have been 3 when Studio...well, not that I too would have been 3 when Studio 54 (or Filthy Whore as was often called) opened (i could have eclipsed Drew Barrymore who went when she was 10) - here is a list i chanced upon which contains a LOT of people who went there and even more who wish they did. I am unsure how the author came across all this information so treat with caution (interesting and exhaustive list all the same) ->>> <br /><br />http://perfumeshrine.fortunecity.com/celebritylist.html<br /><br />GBF XXxAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3451296477223734429.post-78784002174062826162010-01-18T02:14:04.503-08:002010-01-18T02:14:04.503-08:00What scents were YOU rocking in the 1970s, Frances...What scents were YOU rocking in the 1970s, Frances? Did you have a favourite number, for doing 'The Hustle' at your local nitespot?The Scentimentalistnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3451296477223734429.post-58451423625781832642010-01-18T01:49:25.971-08:002010-01-18T01:49:25.971-08:00It looks great now!It looks great now!Franceshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07131199250970527487noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3451296477223734429.post-71452435635773325432010-01-18T01:03:33.898-08:002010-01-18T01:03:33.898-08:00Oh, Frances .... you weren't supposed to read ...Oh, Frances .... you weren't supposed to read this until I'd fixed my wonky formatting!The Scentimentalistnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3451296477223734429.post-32267193340297594002010-01-18T00:58:54.456-08:002010-01-18T00:58:54.456-08:00I think so, too!I think so, too!Franceshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07131199250970527487noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3451296477223734429.post-18393731482818682132010-01-17T15:36:08.411-08:002010-01-17T15:36:08.411-08:00Dear Scentimentalist, this is simply wonderful.Dear Scentimentalist, this is simply wonderful.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com