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FIREFLIES ON THE GRASS: Y by YVES SAINT LAURENT (1964)

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  1. Lilybelle
    February 26, 2015 at 1:32 am

    How lovely to revisit that one. 🙂

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  2. brielle8383
    February 26, 2015 at 3:14 am

    A truly unique and heart-wrenchingly beautiful scent. It definitely follows in the lineage of great chypres yet it has such a distinct personality.

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    • ginzaintherain
      February 27, 2015 at 11:23 am

      I think it is the patchouli contrasted with the green notes and the honeysuckle; it is more vivacious, somehow. At the moment I am really getting into Ma Griffe. What do you think of that one?

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      • brielle8383
        February 28, 2015 at 2:30 am

        I absolutely adore Ma Griffe, but only in vintage extrait. The parfum de toilette is not too far off, but the EdT comes across as a wee bit shrill and tin like. Ma Griffe is definitely one of those scents that has not done well in reformulations over the years. Experiencing vintage alongside modern is the equivelant of smelling a fragrance and its flankers; there is that much of a disconnect between the two.
        Another glorious Carven scent is Vert et Blanc (Carven’s signature colors) it is similar to Ma Griffe, yet it has great body and dimension to it. Actually, any vintage Carven scent you come across will smell lovely and they all have that wonderful aldehydic skeleton to them.
        Looking forward to a review of Ma Griffe.

      • ginzaintherain
        February 28, 2015 at 2:34 am

        Perhaps you could do a guest review for me.

      • brielle8383
        February 28, 2015 at 2:54 am

        I am quite flattered. I will pull out the vintage extrait and give it a couple of wears and work on a review.
        It us humorous, the vibe I always receive from Ma Griffe is of someone who us really well put together, yet wants to come across as being more sophisticated than she really is; as opposed to just being content to be who she is.
        It is a scent close to my heart though, my mama was the one who originally wore it and she introduced it to me.
        I will be working on it and send it off to you.
        What vibe do you have from Ma Griffe?

      • ginzaintherain
        February 28, 2015 at 2:58 am

        Fresh and green and depthful; I can’t quite get a handle on it. Send me a review and I will put it up.

  3. brielle8383
    February 28, 2015 at 2:55 am

    *autocorrect always turns is into us. Very curious…

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  4. brielle8383
    February 28, 2015 at 3:02 am

    Will do. Thank you.

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  5. brielle8383
    February 28, 2015 at 3:05 am

    Fresh, green, depthful, I like that. It is funny, Ma Griffe was the preferred scent of Parisian ladies of the night for ages, they claimed it made them seem “well bathed” pendant toute la nuit.

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