It is not that I haven't managed to write a review over the weekend...it is just that I want to start the week on a fun note... And that is my story and I am sticking to it. Anyhow, here are some funny and at times startling similarities between perfume bottles, other perfume bottles and some unexpected objects. (Another post about bottle lookalikes can be found here.)
The Pebble / Computer Mouse Trend: Nicky Verfaillie Grain de Folie (1982) VS Donna Karan Black Cashmere (2002) VS IUNX L'Ether (2003)
The Sunny Side Up / Eye of Sauron Trend: Pierre Cardin Paradoxe (1983) VS Paloma Picasso Mon Parfum (perfume concentration) (1984)
The Home Improvement Trend: L'Artisan's new packaging (2006) VS Yves Saint Laurent L'Homme (2006) VS A Bolt
Guerlain Shalimar (1925) VS Fragonard Billet Doux (2006 reissue of an old scent, which, given that Fragonard was established in 1926, still would have come later than Shalimar). Imitation is the best form of flattery, no?
Revillon Carnet du Bal (1937) VS Apricot Preserve
Caron Urn VS Samovar
Francesco Smalto Full Choke (2004)
VS...
...
(Gasps in the audience...Would she really dare to...?)
...
Car Shift Stick. What did you think it looked like, eh? Tsk tsk tsk.
The Sunny Side Up / Eye of Sauron Trend: Pierre Cardin Paradoxe (1983) VS Paloma Picasso Mon Parfum (perfume concentration) (1984)
The Home Improvement Trend: L'Artisan's new packaging (2006) VS Yves Saint Laurent L'Homme (2006) VS A Bolt
Guerlain Shalimar (1925) VS Fragonard Billet Doux (2006 reissue of an old scent, which, given that Fragonard was established in 1926, still would have come later than Shalimar). Imitation is the best form of flattery, no?
Revillon Carnet du Bal (1937) VS Apricot Preserve
Caron Urn VS Samovar
Francesco Smalto Full Choke (2004)
VS...
...
(Gasps in the audience...Would she really dare to...?)
...
Car Shift Stick. What did you think it looked like, eh? Tsk tsk tsk.
Speaking of IUNX, if you would like to be entered in a prize draw for a sample of one of the scents from this sadly defunct line, very summery No. 07 Eau Latine, let me know in your comment.
Have a great week, everybody!
The picture of L'Ether is courtesy of Judith (lilybp), the samovar is from specialteas.com, the preserve is from germandeli.com.
Have a great week, everybody!
The picture of L'Ether is courtesy of Judith (lilybp), the samovar is from specialteas.com, the preserve is from germandeli.com.
well of course Full Choke looke like a stick shift. What else would it look like? (ahem)
ReplyDeletePlease enter me into the draw.
ROFLMAO!!!!!!!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteVery perceptive, Colombina.
Please enter me in the draw. I AM Latine; this must be my water. :-)
:D
ReplyDeletePlease enter me in the draw too..
Oh, that is a great side-by-side comparo - who knew how much the Full Choke looked like....what it looks like? :-D
ReplyDeleteYes, please enter me in the drawing! That sounds just wonderful.
great post! and not even an april fool in there. please enter me in the drawing, thanks!
ReplyDeleteYou've put a smile on my face. It'll get bigger if you put me in the draw.
ReplyDeleteAren't those l'Artisan bottles top-heavy now?
badda bing badda boom (sp?)
ReplyDeleteGreat post, keepin' it clean for a Monday morning! Please enter me in the draw.
What a great way to start the week! Loved the comparison pictures and most especially loved the L'Artisan/YSL/bolt comparison. What was L'Artisan thinking? I can actually see YSL using it for their Homme fragrance, but L'Artisan? No.
ReplyDeleteLOL! I've always wanted to be able to hear what the discussion was around the table when they chose the Full Choke bottle design. *Had* to be one h*ll of a lot of laughter.
ReplyDeleteAm really surprised at the PC Paradoxe (which I've never even heard of) and the Picasso bottle. Fascinating!
Tee hee! How perceptive of you to notice that Full Choke looks so much like a stick shift. I would never have come up with *that* comparison! :D
ReplyDeleteWonderfully funny post! Loved the eggs, in particular. Someday I'll learn the trick of taking professional looking perfume pictures like the rest of you (or rather, someday DH will learn it, since I don't do it at all:)
ReplyDeleteI'm a lured (not lewd) lurker and I loved your article. The concept of originality is unrealistic when we are so geared towards the recycling of all information around us.
ReplyDeleteOh and yes I would love to be in the draw.
Tom,
ReplyDeleteBut of course. I see no other similarities. :-)
You are in the draw.
Marina,
ReplyDeleteYou are in! Do you love tangerines? Eau Latine is all about tangerines.
Lavanya,
ReplyDeleteYou are in! :-)
Flora,
ReplyDeleteYou are in! :-)
S,
ReplyDeleteNo April fool today, we already discussed The New Chanel Scent yesterday :-)
You are in the draw!
L,
ReplyDeleteYou are in!
I hate the new L'Artisan caps, they are definitely top-heavy and they add the unnecessarily butch/macho type to a line that never had and hopefully never will give such a vibe.
A,
ReplyDeleteWe are always keepin' it clean here at PST :-)
You are in!
M,
ReplyDeleteThank you!
L'Artisan is trying to make their bottles and consequently their scents more appealing for men who are afraid to use anything even remotely, tiniest bit feminine...YSL's cap is excusable, it IS a men's scent after all, if they want to be stereotypical, it's their choice, but L'Artisan??
Shychai,
ReplyDeleteYou are in!
L,
ReplyDeleteI'd love to a fly on the wall during that meeting too. You know, I have this feeling that actually had no clue that it looked like...a car shift stick :-) I wonder WHAT they thought they were making it to look like.
Minsun,
ReplyDeleteWell, to be fair...the top of Full Choke bottle is a little small to be completely identical to a ...shift stick. :-P
Judith,
ReplyDeleteMany thanks to you and to Mr. Lilybp for the picture!!
♥
Amarie,
ReplyDeleteI love when a lurker is lured :-) Welcome! You are in the draw.
Vika,
ReplyDeleteI really, really want to know what they were thinking. What did they want it to represent...apart from what it turned out to look like :-)
LOL! Awesome! I especially chuckled at the Home Improvement category. But that last bottle... that's exactly what I thought when I saw it - stick shift. ;D No dirty thoughts here. HA! Kidding, of course.
ReplyDeleteIna,
ReplyDeleteOf course it is exactly what you thought. What else is there to think of? :-P
hurrah germandeli.com! this is an awesome comparison list; you're so funny and perceptive!
ReplyDeleteRisa,
ReplyDeleteOMG, that deli is fantastic! :-)
I love that one actually looks like a bottle of apricot preserves. And thank you so much for showing the Caron Urn by the Samovar (for a while now at the tip of my thoughts the Caron urns have always reminded me of something, I just couldn't figure out what). Please enter me in the drawing.
ReplyDeleteFaizanjax,
ReplyDeleteLOL! :-)
Jennifer,
ReplyDeleteWhen I first saw Caron urns, I thought, OMG, my granny used to have one of those and my mom threw it away :-)))
Hello Marina! This post brought a smile to my face on this, my first day back in the office for a couple of weeks. Now hopefully I am going to make you smile - I went to Haute Parfumerie in Harrods last week (met Roja Dove!! He invited me to sample his own perfumes!! Beyond wonderful but another story)Anyway - they have Diorling and Diorama. The only place outside Dior's hq in Paris apparently. It is the edt, 100ml bottles (so cute with their houndstooth ribbon!) for 52 UK pounds. They also will send it out.(And I checked that they'd send to the US - they said yes). Their telephone number is 00 44 207 893 8797 and fax is 00 44 207 893 8335. Or I'd be happy to go back buy a bottle and send it to you - we could sort out payment through paypal or something I'm sure. Nicola
ReplyDeleteNicola,
ReplyDeleteOh, I can imagine what wonderful time you had there!! I actually got Diorama from them, it arrived last week (AAAAA!!!!)...but I do want that Diorling, and I WILL remember your incredibly kind offer :-) Thank you!
You're welcome! I'm glad you've got your hands on Diorama after the slight scare a few weeks ago over its availability. I left HP smelling so divine (though I say so myself but Mr Dove agreed since it was one of his) and on such a high that I forgot to sniff Eau D'Hermes which they also have so I must go back....And I'd like Diorling too and there was an amazing Baccarat scent. Happy sigh.
ReplyDeleteNicola,
ReplyDeleteI am so envious! What a blast you had there. Gosh, what wouldn't I give to be back in or close to London!
C, oh man, very cool. Love those first two comparisons and the apricot preserves one is making me wicked hungry. Very enjoyable Monday morning post...
ReplyDeleteThank you, Erin, I am so glad you liked!! :-)
ReplyDeleteI thought I commented earlier? I guess not. And maybe that's good because those egg-shaped ones look like ... well, personal massagers.
ReplyDeleteHmmmm, maybe I'll post this anonymously.
Dear Anon,
ReplyDeleteThe Maleficent part gave away your identity :-) Personal Massagers? LOL!
Very funny! It does make one wonder just what those bottle designers were thinking.
ReplyDeletePlease include me in the draw. Thanks!
the apricot preserves and the samovar are what got me this time. especially the samovar. very funny. full choke also looks like florida's state capitol building. except the capitol building also has buildings on either side of it that reinforce the image of um... well, you know... - minette
ReplyDeleteDana,
ReplyDeleteYou are in! :-)
Minette,
ReplyDeleteImage of...car shift stick? Off to look at Florida's state capitol building...
Yep, I see what you mean...very car-shift-sticky. :-D
ReplyDeleteThis is brilliant, and that last comparison was too funny
ReplyDeleteThank you, Maryam, glad you liked! :-)
ReplyDeleteLovely associations/great observations! Please enter me into the drawing as well.
ReplyDeleteSteve,
ReplyDeleteThank you! You are in the draw.
Opps, laughing, blushing, laughing, blushing....wondering! Nah, not a chance then I scrolled down and saw the gear shift. Pretty Sneaky! If there's still room, I've got to be in that drawing of yours, please??????
ReplyDeleteHi,
ReplyDeleteThe draw is now closed, but there should be more in the future. :-)