Eau de enstein

[Guest guest]

A year ago, I read this article, cut it out, meant

to send it on and just now found it. Maybe it will

be interesting to all and probably to Yosh.

" " Eau de enstein, anyone?

Waterstone's, the English bookstore chain, is offering

a unique sensory experience to its customers. According

to 'the guardian',the chain's Piccadilly branch is selling

perfumes by Italian perfumer Tonnato that are

designedto capture the atmospheres of classic books.

One scent, an attempt to evoke Wilde's

'The Picture of Dorian Gray', recreates " violets that

woke the memory of dead romances. " Another, \

based on Gustav Flaubert's 'Madame Bovary', boasts

the musky scent of the Viscount's cigar case. There is

alsothe vanilla-tinged essence of sweet cakes from

Proust's 'Remembrance of Things Past'.

And, naturally, there is one scent inspired by

Suskind's novel 'Perfume' —an effort to recreate the aroma

of 18th century Paris. 'The Guardian's' verdict? Success!

The perfume contains " a stomach-yanking undertow that

did, for a nauseous moment, make real the ubiquitous

reek of decomposition that Suskind's antihero yearns

to escape. " Phew—how is that for ambiance? " "

So what do you think it contained?

I am guessing essence of Onion, Garlic, Valerian, a bit of Jasmin,

Massoia, and of course Civet plus a touch of spice.

Jeanne Rose

[Guest guest]

At 05:50 PM 12/31/2004, you wrote:

> " " Eau de enstein, anyone?

>also the vanilla-tinged essence of sweet cakes from

>Proust's 'Remembrance of Things Past'.

I had some wonderful madelines from a French bakery recently, and

the need for wheat absolute and a fleeting bit of lemon comes to mind.

> And, naturally, there is one scent inspired by

>Suskind's novel 'Perfume' —an effort to recreate the aroma

>of 18th century Paris. 'The Guardian's' verdict? Success!

>The perfume contains " a stomach-yanking undertow that

>did, for a nauseous moment, make real the ubiquitous

>reek of decomposition that Suskind's antihero yearns

>to escape. " Phew—how is that for ambiance? " "

>

>So what do you think it contained?

>I am guessing essence of Onion, Garlic, Valerian, a bit of Jasmin,

>Massoia, and of course Civet plus a touch of spice.

" Perfume " would need some vomitous davana, poorly-distilled vetivert,

asafoetida and Aroma Stone. I know they can all be sublime when diluted

down, but, except for the asafoetida (I know, I'm the only one who likes it

:-) the others just make me ill right out of the bottle.

Interesting, though, I wrote to someone the other day describing Aroma Stone:

" Mouldy paper, fish fry, saturated anerobic earth (soil), wet glass, old

oysters. No poop. "

In " Perfume " images of all of those elements (even poop!) were conjured up

by Suskind. Stone also enters the description, IMO. Cognac EO, given that

it's France, should also be tossed in. Yech. But let the perfume blending

for that Suskind scent go to someone else, I'll pass, LOL. Better that

Italian perfumer than me, I'd never be able to produce a Suskind scent.

PS so they didn't try to recreate the " boeuf " (sp?) for Tom Robbins'

" Jitterbug Perfume " ? First, get some Jamaican Jasmine grandi from a Rasta

beekeeper.....

Anya

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