Contest -- Win Kaufman's book Perfume

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reposting -- it seems many are on vacation or just not checking in on

the internet, since traffic is waaaay down. Maybe I'll need to extend

this contest a week or so to make sure everybody sees it.

>Hi Everyone:

>

>The mods and I realized it's been too long since one of our fragrant

>contests.....so....

>

>I've been touting this book on this group forever. I first got it in

>1976 and used the Carles method of comparison and contrasting to

>develop my knowledge of scent strength, longevity and interaction.

>This method is still taught in Grasse as a basis for perfumery

>studies. The book is lavishly illustrated with photos of the raw

>materials, bottles through the ages, processing and packaging. There

>are essays by Carles and Roudnitska. I treasure it and grab copies at

>good prices whenever possible to give as gifts. I myself cut up a

>copy early on to create a usable study booklet, as the book itself is

>huge and unwieldy for the perfumer's table. The winner may decide to

>take the easier route and just xerox them, but back in the day the

>copies of the book were rather cheap and the pictures made nice wall

>art, too. Today, the prices can vary from about $25 if you're lucky

>to $100 (typical of a signed copy, shown here) : http://tinyurl.com/yb74dw

>

>So here's the contest: Post a message to the group about the " A Day

>in the Life of a Nose " . Show us how you move through the world

>governed by your nose and how it has changed your life.

>

>The contest will run through Wed. Jan 3, 2007. The moderators will

>choose the name of the winner randomly, so everyone has an equal

>chance of winning. The book will be shipped Miami Florida. Open to

>all members from all countries.

>

>Good luck, and let us hear of your typical day!

>

>

>Anya McCoy

>Anya's Garden of Natural Perfume http://anyasgarden.com

>Artisan Natural Perfumers Guild http://artisannaturalperfumers.org

>Natural Perfumers Community Group

>/

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

>Hi Everyone:

> >

> >The mods and I realized it's been too long since one of our fragrant

> >contests.....so....

> >

> >I've been touting this book on this group forever. I first got it in

> >1976 and used the Carles method of comparison and contrasting to

> >develop my knowledge of scent strength, longevity and interaction.

> >This method is still taught in Grasse as a basis for perfumery

> >studies. The book is lavishly illustrated with photos of the raw

> >materials, bottles through the ages, processing and packaging. There

> >are essays by Carles and Roudnitska. I treasure it and grab copies at

> >good prices whenever possible to give as gifts. I myself cut up a

> >copy early on to create a usable study booklet, as the book itself is

> >huge and unwieldy for the perfumer's table. The winner may decide to

> >take the easier route and just xerox them, but back in the day the

> >copies of the book were rather cheap and the pictures made nice wall

> >art, too. Today, the prices can vary from about $25 if you're lucky

> >to $100 (typical of a signed copy, shown here) :

http://tinyurl.com/yb74dw

> >

> >So here's the contest: Post a message to the group about the " A Day

> >in the Life of a Nose " . Show us how you move through the world

> >governed by your nose and how it has changed your life.

> >

> >The contest will run through Wed. Jan 3, 2007. The moderators will

> >choose the name of the winner randomly, so everyone has an equal

> >chance of winning. The book will be shipped Miami Florida. Open to

> >all members from all countries.

> >

> >Good luck, and let us hear of your typical day!

> >

> >

> >Anya McCoy

> >Anya's Garden of Natural Perfume http://anyasgarden.com

> >Artisan Natural Perfumers Guild http://artisannaturalperfumers.org

> >Natural Perfumers Community Group

> >/

> >

Anya, this is a wonderful idea, and a generous price.

When I first read this post, my mind went into overdrive. It's fun to

really, purposely look at how scents influence and weave throughout a

day. I'm very aware of this, and yet it looked differently, thinking of

how to put it in writing.

I'm not a professional perfumer, even though I've been involved for a

long time, so my day wouldn't have a lot of elements which would be

present in someones day, doing it as business. The wonderful and

offensive mingle and inspire, the need to create something especially

beautiful seems to turn into a compulsion, the longer (or more

intensely) I'm exposed to something torturing my olefactory senses.

There are the inspirations from incredible known and unknown scents,

which challenge to be captured.

My actual work is done mostly in the early morning hours. Often I steal

a little time, when something has been on my mind too intensely, just

because I have to see where this might go. And yet, scents, perfumes,

the arranging and dance of different combinations and possibilities are

always on my mind. Often I get a quick " fix " of NP, checking messages,

or archives, even browsing member websites, dreaming of what could be.

And dreaming is fine. I have a nice collection of my own scents I love

to wear, which is constantly growing, lots of beautiful material, to

make something new and different when I just " don't have anything to

wear. " Which is usually the case with anything one has a little too much

of.

So, even though I'm creating perfumes, I don't think I qualify to enter

this contest, not considering myself a perfumer -yet (still dreaming...)

but I want to thank you for inspiring this thought, and I'm very much

looking forward to the responses.

Thanks again, ne

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Hi Everyone:

The mods and I realized it's been too long since one of our fragrant

contests.....so....

I've been touting this book on this group forever. I first got it in

1976 and used the Carles method of comparison and contrasting to

develop my knowledge of scent strength, longevity and interaction.

This method is still taught in Grasse as a basis for perfumery

studies. The book is lavishly illustrated with photos of the raw

materials, bottles through the ages, processing and packaging. There

are essays by Carles and Roudnitska. I treasure it and grab copies at

good prices whenever possible to give as gifts. I myself cut up a

copy early on to create a usable study booklet, as the book itself is

huge and unwieldy for the perfumer's table. The winner may decide to

take the easier route and just xerox them, but back in the day the

copies of the book were rather cheap and the pictures made nice wall

art, too. Today, the prices can vary from about $25 if you're lucky

to $100 (typical of a signed copy, shown here) : http://tinyurl.com/yb74dw

So here's the contest: Post a message to the group about the " A Day

in the Life of a Nose " . Show us how you move through the world

governed by your nose and how it has changed your life.

The contest will run through Wed. Jan 3, 2007. The moderators will

choose the name of the winner randomly, so everyone has an equal

chance of winning. The book will be shipped Miami Florida. Open to

all members from all countries.

Good luck, and let us hear of your typical day!

Anya McCoy

Anya's Garden of Natural Perfume http://anyasgarden.com

Artisan Natural Perfumers Guild http://artisannaturalperfumers.org

Natural Perfumers Community Group

/

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> So here's the contest: Post a message to the group about the " A

Day

> in the Life of a Nose " . Show us how you move through the world

> governed by your nose and how it has changed your life.

>

> The contest will run through Wed. Jan 3, 2007. The moderators will

> choose the name of the winner randomly, so everyone has an equal

> chance of winning. The book will be shipped Miami Florida. Open to

> all members from all countries.

>

> Good luck, and let us hear of your typical day!

I didn't know whether to start a new thread or post on this one, so I

am just submitting my entry on this one post. Thanks!

_______________________________________

A Day in the Life of a Nose

I awaken.... slowly...

Grasping at the fast evaporating memory of that perfect scent clearly

formed in my dreams, but tantalizingly out of reach from my reality

It curls away, like tendrils of fog, awaiting another night, another

dream, to taunt me again.

Since the day I discovered my need, I have searched and dreamed for

the perfect scent, the flawless blend, the blend that is me.

So close, and yet so far.

Reality time... as I move through the day, every scent triggers a

memory, one infintessimal second of memory, and with the memory an

action...

Coffee. I need coffee...

Nutty, deep, strong and dominating, it permeates my mind, my soul,

enabling me to clear my faculties and begin my day.

The pull of lingering smoke from last night's final cigarette,

dangles in the air like a dull ornament.

Leather... my purse smells of leather... and in the air, lingering

bits of various scents, sweet, sour, sharp, musty, my dog, each note

individually definable, but together, make up the scents of my

home... who I am.

As I move through my day, every smell triggers a new moment. A new

thought. Some fleeting, some tenacious, hints of excruciating joy,

and depthless sorrow...

A whiff of pine... taking me back to my first trip to a jungle

forest... a pine forest, with oak trees, covered with dangling

spanish moss...

A whiff of salt... the ocean... the smell of the water... and the

lively fish that swim beneath the bouncing waves...

A whiff of rain... ozone... clean, alive, rejuvenating, renewal...

the waiting greenery thirsting for replenishment. To refresh and

reawaken... both the plant and me...

A whiff of old perfume... the favorite, worn by an old friend now

gone. That last moment forever stored in that synaptic connection,

from the last time I smelled that perfume, and today, when a stranger

wore it. She doesn't look like my friend... I miss her.

When the day is done... it's time to dream again... to fall into the

embrace of last night's memory of the perfect fragrance. The perfect

blend of ecstasy and agony. The definition of my essence.

It's there, in my mind, and I will find it... maybe.