tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2738735825185930519.post4934583482237486304..comments2023-06-02T14:59:44.533+01:00Comments on Persolaise - A Perfume Blog: Persolaise Review: Dior - The Perfumes by Chandler Burr (Rizzoli; 2014)Bloggerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17806816026305227292noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2738735825185930519.post-59587190646063998642015-03-09T10:56:04.612+00:002015-03-09T10:56:04.612+00:00Vagabond, thanks very much for your comment. Yes, ...Vagabond, thanks very much for your comment. Yes, I agree. I enjoyed reading several of the perfume descriptions, but I admit I was frustrated by the fact that the book didn't address a few serious issues.Persolaisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04192014353722036319noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2738735825185930519.post-67689111831284744922015-03-06T06:07:51.660+00:002015-03-06T06:07:51.660+00:00Fantastic review! I agree completely with your res...Fantastic review! I agree completely with your reservations: far too many -isms which aren't helpful for anyone without an art history background (i.e. most people, myself included), and not enough about the perfumers themselves! Burr's writing style is beautiful and evocative, but unfortunately I do prize function over form - and in this case, it does seem as though its function is as a Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2738735825185930519.post-45061924408530915432015-03-05T08:17:55.649+00:002015-03-05T08:17:55.649+00:00BGirl, thanks for stopping by. I never saw Burr...BGirl, thanks for stopping by. I never saw Burr's MAD exhibition, so I can't really comment. But I take your point about getting the feeling that some of these ideas are being shoved down our throats.Persolaisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04192014353722036319noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2738735825185930519.post-84394071603903841762015-03-05T08:16:49.966+00:002015-03-05T08:16:49.966+00:00Duke Of Pall Mall, thanks very much for your comme...Duke Of Pall Mall, thanks very much for your comment. Yes, I've often wondered why people (critics?) don't try to make a stronger case for linking perfume with music, rather than with paintings. I think musical composition and perfume composition have more in common than we currently admit.<br /><br />As for queering the perfumes, I'm not sure. It's not something that struck me. Persolaisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04192014353722036319noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2738735825185930519.post-68359479922063024762015-03-05T08:14:23.287+00:002015-03-05T08:14:23.287+00:00Anon, thanks very much indeed for taking the time ...Anon, thanks very much indeed for taking the time to write.Persolaisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04192014353722036319noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2738735825185930519.post-29136703440663877942015-03-04T14:46:21.150+00:002015-03-04T14:46:21.150+00:00Thanks for this great article, Sir! I was intrigu...Thanks for this great article, Sir! I was intrigued by the work Mr Burr is doing at MAD. Speaking as a fragrance lover, I suppose I love the opportunity to explore other avenues such as art or history or what have you via perfume. I think because I am doing so from the basis of an already established interest, it makes the process of learning something new more meaningful to me because I am Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02523826038692210886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2738735825185930519.post-27633473483456786922015-03-04T14:46:18.399+00:002015-03-04T14:46:18.399+00:00Thanks for this very balanced review. I personally...Thanks for this very balanced review. I personally happen to think it's a bullshit "new criticism" type of approach to decontextualize perfumes from their creators, commodity/marketing environment, cultural olfactory context and very nature as scents only to reconnect them to painting (why not music, which is equally immaterial?) and then, of all things, to Dior the man (dukeofpallmallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00753429045648886175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2738735825185930519.post-86472812698918796002015-03-04T09:59:56.751+00:002015-03-04T09:59:56.751+00:00Brilliant review ! Beautifully written and well ba...Brilliant review ! Beautifully written and well balanced. Thank you !Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com