Grumpy Monday: Ex Vinis Fragrances and a Prize Draw
 From the least to the most unappealing:Ribes Rubrum - S-Perfume 100% Love on steroids (the most interesting of the six scents- an appealing blend of drunken cranberries and fairly dirty musk) Anthemis Nobilis - an overpriced budget version of Yatagan Armeniaca Vulgaris - vanilla, in big doses probably indeed Vulgaris Piper Officinarum - a fruity-woody scent spoiled by the presence of overly fresh notes, i.e. bergamot and lime, the duo that turned many a good composition into generic "drugstore" concoctions Rubus Idaeus - Masculinus Genericus Ananas Sativa - clean-smelling room freshener covering bathroom aromas Moral of the story: gimmicks in perfume almost never work. If you would like to try the Ex Vinis fragrances for yourself, please say so in your comment. One randomly chosen commenter will receive a set of six samples. Labels: Ex Vinis |
posted by Marina |
12:03 AM
22 Comments:
"Masculinus genericus"- too funny for words! Perhaps I am a "Feminicus eccenticus". Please enter me in a draw for the original of the accompanying photograph ;-)
My cc adores you. :-) One positive thing about these scents - they inspired your brilliant reviews which had me literally laughing out loud.
M,
Hehe, if I had it, it woold've been yours.
L
I don't know about brilliant, grumpy- yes :-)
Oh, what the heck - I'll try anything! Please enter me in the draw. :)
Har. Hope your terse humor helped get the grumpies out...I know it helped twist my mouth up to a smile!
Erm...no need to enter me in the drawing.... ;)
I'd like to be in the draw, please. It's difficult to find non-mainstream perfumes where I live.
Thank you, Colombina!
One deliciously unnattainable photograph and a review so funny that I choked on my coffee.... Priceless.
However, my visa is saddened by the absolute lack of opportunity here:)
Wow...overpriced *and* budget.
That Ananas Sativa...it's an all-in-one? You don't even have to create your own bathroom stink anymore? It's just all there for you.
Oh, I needed a Monday morning chuckle. Thank you for that. I would love to be included in your drawing.
Кто-то сегодня в плохом настроении ... )
ROTFL - no thanks on the draw, but a brilliant summation of these scents! Gotta love the photo too, I did a double-take before I realized what I was actually looking at. :-D
Picture and post both got a laugh out of a fellow grouch--but don't put me up for the drawing, please! There's enough meh to evil stuff out there, and i seemed to have picked up samples of most of it already...
Put me in the drawing
Put me in your drawing
despite (or because of, haha) your reviews, I'd still like have the chance of trying them. Ribes Rubrum sounds pretty good, at least.
A draws a draw! Please enter me and better luck next time.
Think I'll pass on the draw. I'm grumpy enough...
I love the photo. Is it to illustrate a particular scent? Ex Vinis Canidida albicans, perhaps?
I'm in on the draw
LOL, Nancy - in the immortal words of Ausin Powers: Oh, be-HAVE! :-D
ROFL! Both Armeniaca Vulgaris and Rubus Idaeus had me laughing! Thanks, I really needed a little laughter after my 'beautiful' statistics book that deserves to be burned for repeating the same thing four times as though every reader is an idiot. And after that, the joys of marvelously laconic, funny writing.. Ah, thank you :)
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