...Ooooh, I'll have to think about this - what an interesting observation. I do think it may have gone the other way for me - I love lots of exposed wood in my home even before I loved it in perfumes.

...PBullFriend:I tend to agree with Barolo on this one. If I don't think something is available somewhere (eBay, discounters), then I usually avoid it for fear of...

...Oh, oops. That was not fishing for compliments. Thanks, Dulcemio!

...Triffid:I think there's another thread somewhere about recruiting more reviews from members and it is a bit surprising to see that a fragrance owned by, say 100 members, has only garnered a handful of reviews. Triffid: Good thoughts, all! I think the reason why that happens sometimes, though, is that the page will show everyone who owns the perfume on both the .net and the .de sites. Sometimes I see that 20 people own a perfume and no one has reviewed it. But then I click through on the member names and discover I'm the only one from .net. (The .de site has been around longer and is more established.) But you're right - more reviews would be great.There are some reviewers on here, though, who are SO eloquent, that I regularly read what they've written and thought, "Yep. That says it all." I don't have the gift for beautiful metaphor that some do, and my terse, factual style seems so prosaic next to the work of Ysbrand, Coutureguru, Sherapop, jtd, Silverfire, and others. (Those were the first few who came to mind. The full list is prob 2-3 dozen.) But I'll still write a review if one of them hasn't!

...PBullFriend:Whee! Fall is my favorite season & I always get a big mood boost when I see it's coming! Almost time for the smoky perfumes!!!!I agree completely...

...PBullFriend:Whee! Fall is my favorite season & I always get a big mood boost when I see it's coming! Almost time for the smoky perfumes!!!!I agree completely...

...Flavorite: Yeah, I think Bonfire is out of the regular lineup. I bought my bottle on eBay. I can send you a decant of that & a small sample of Burning Leaves if you like. (I'd wait a couple of weeks until the weather cools down - it has been hitting the mid-90s here & I don't want your perfume fried before it reaches you.)Nope, haven't tried "Fire from Heaven."Whee! Fall is my favorite season & I always get a big mood boost when I see it's coming! Almost time for the smoky perfumes!!!!

...PBullFriend:I really like the CB IHP Burning Leaves. There's a Demeter Bonfire that I also really like, but I think they're pretty close, so you might not like...

...I really like the CB IHP Burning Leaves. There's a Demeter Bonfire that I also really like, but I think they're pretty close, so you might not like it. Have you tried Profumum Roma Arso? I only have a little sample but I think it's quite nice.

...Thanks, Sherapop. Good to know!

...Thanks, Pipette! There are so few good books about perfume. Right now, I'm reading The Perfume Lover: A Personal Story of Scent by Denyse Beaulieu, a book about B. Duchaufour's creation of L'Artisan's Seville a l'Aube. The author is a good writer, but a really annoying person to me. (She gets one of the world's finest perfumers to work with her for free on making a perfume that captures a special time in her life. She spends a good deal of time being disappointed in him for not dropping all of his PAYING customers to work on her project. Also, lots about her adultery and her wearing of furs and Louboutins, none of which I wanted to know.) I'm hoping she writes another perfume-related book that is less about her. :roll:

...PBullFriend: Outdoors, when I smell water, I think I'm usually smelling the water's effect on dirt and flowers and trees.You made a great point here, I'm sure it...

...PBullFriend:I don't smell anything when I sniff iodized table salt, but there certainly are types of salt that smell. Doesn't that have to do with the other...

...I'll be eager to hear what Sherapop, who has a chemistry background, will say here. It has been my impression that, when you smell water, you're not smelling WATER, per se. I think that, when I smell water that I've poured into a glass, I'm probably smelling the chlorine that has been added to it. (I just took a sniff of the glass of water that's on my desk and think I may also be smelling a hint of the dish detergent I used on the glass.) Outdoors, when I smell water, I think I'm usually smelling the water's effect on dirt and flowers and trees. (This article points out that animals may be smelling geosmin rather than water: http://web.expasy.org/spotlight/back_issues/035/ This article points out geosmin's affect on how water tastes: http://gallery.usgs.gov/audios/411 )I don't smell anything when I sniff iodized table salt, but there certainly are types of salt that smell. Doesn't that have to do with the other minerals that are in with them?

...PBullFriend:Did you ever go to the Thymes Warehouse Sale in the fall? Sadly for us/good for them, they stopped holding those a couple of years ago. Their...

...Hey, Flavorite! Good mention - yes, Garden of Eden is still there and I believe they do at least carry all of the Votivos and all of the Thymes. (Thymeses???)Did you ever go to the Thymes Warehouse Sale in the fall? Sadly for us/good for them, they stopped holding those a couple of years ago. Their inventory control has improved to where they don't have enough overstock to hold a sale any more. It has never occurred to me to search Grand Ave. specifically for perfume, but I should. And, meanwhile, do PM me if you ever come back to visit, OK? I'll do my best to find something worth smelling.

...PBullFriend:I don't know that there's anything worth writing about here in Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN, US. We have the standard department stores that are in many...

...Passage features somewhere in this equation as well...Thanks for the input PBullFriend, that's something to consider...

...Hey, ChapeauClack: I don't think I have both available. However, my testing notes (which are several years old) say that one time Dzongkha reminded me of Timbuktu and another time it reminded me of Passage d'Enfer! Sorry I don't have anything more helpful to say.

...PBullFriend, thanks for replying anyway. Maybe I should have posed the question differently, because feedback on one or two would be nice too. But I thought you...