Turin and Tania Sanchez' book of perfume criticism is something I have wanted to read since the minute I read this review of the book<http://www.newyorker.com/arts/critics/books/2008/03/10/080310crbo_books_lanchester?printable=true> .
That, it turns out, is relatively mild, as their criticisms go. Consider 212, from Carolina Herrera: "Like getting lemon juice in a paper cut." Amarige, from Givenchy? "If you are reading this because it is your darling fragrance, please wear it at home exclusively, and tape the windows shut." Heiress? "Hilariously vile 50/50 mix of cheap shampoo and canned peaches." Princess? "Stupid name, pink perfume, heart shaped bottle, little crown on top. I half expected it to be really great just to spite me. But no, it's probably the most repulsively cloying thing on the market today." Hugo, the men's cologne from Hugo Boss? "Dull but competent lavender-oakmoss thing, suggestive of a day filled with strategy meetings." Love in White? "A chemical white floral so disastrously vile words nearly desert me. If this were a shampoo offered with your first shower after sleeping rough for two months in Nouakchott, you'd opt to keep the lice." Lanvin's Rumeur gets a one-word review: "Baseless." Admire and appreciate that Turin is apparently a biochemist "specialising in the creation of new smells." Supriya. On Thu, May 1, 2008 at 11:10 AM, Udhay Shankar N <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Good judgment is often little more than the wise exercise of prejudice. > -Luca Turin > > -- > ((Udhay Shankar N)) ((udhay @ pobox.com)) ((www.digeratus.com)) > > -- Doo-bop.
