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Notes07/24/2012
Sherapop
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A Gem of a Bottle, but...
The bottle and the cute play on words in the title of Mauboussin M MOI are very appealing to me. For non-French speakers: the letter 'm' is homophonic with the word 'aime', so this title translates (when spoken): Love me.
Why is the bottle so awesome? Well, in addition to being solid, symmetrical, and smooth, it spins like a top when turned! So even in the twenty-first century paper-free office (which therefore has no need for paperweights), this bottle deserves to be left out within ready reach to be fondled and turned.
Unfortunately, the juice inside is not nearly so appealing. Do tulips even have a smell? No, I think not. I can certainly attest that these tulips are abstract and empirically indistinguishable to my nose from peony, probably my least favorite floral note. Saffron, on the other hand, is one of my favorite perfumery notes. Alas, I do not smell it here amidst the blanket of white-noise, abstract "flowers". To me, this is a very generic peony frag like a hundred others, some of which I have swapped away.
The good news is that M Moi does not feature the rendition of peony which makes me sick. The bad news is that my beautiful bottle of this mediocre juice will in likelihood remain full. Why would I reach for this perfume, when nearly anything else in my collection is better?
Oh well, I'll leave it out on display and cross my fingers that the purple color does not turn brown or fade away!
Why is the bottle so awesome? Well, in addition to being solid, symmetrical, and smooth, it spins like a top when turned! So even in the twenty-first century paper-free office (which therefore has no need for paperweights), this bottle deserves to be left out within ready reach to be fondled and turned.
Unfortunately, the juice inside is not nearly so appealing. Do tulips even have a smell? No, I think not. I can certainly attest that these tulips are abstract and empirically indistinguishable to my nose from peony, probably my least favorite floral note. Saffron, on the other hand, is one of my favorite perfumery notes. Alas, I do not smell it here amidst the blanket of white-noise, abstract "flowers". To me, this is a very generic peony frag like a hundred others, some of which I have swapped away.
The good news is that M Moi does not feature the rendition of peony which makes me sick. The bad news is that my beautiful bottle of this mediocre juice will in likelihood remain full. Why would I reach for this perfume, when nearly anything else in my collection is better?
Oh well, I'll leave it out on display and cross my fingers that the purple color does not turn brown or fade away!
