Consolation Zone | Fragrance Posse

Hey, my beloved Posse!  Not too long ago I’ve been listening to lots of people speak about their Consolation Zone – normally along with one thing being ‘exterior’ that zone.  Bear in mind the Very Inappropriate Man?  Lordt Floyd!!!! – that was the least enticing factor about him, the clinging to that (eckSTREEEEMLY) restricted zone.

A couple of days in the past I lunched with a pal who, when requested about her meals likes, stated ‘I’ve a extremely small consolation zone’. She then checked out me and stated ‘ you don’t actually have a consolation zone, do you?’.

It acquired me pondering.  And I believe the reply to that’s No.  Residing as a WoC in a hostile nation, in a hostile work surroundings (however, actually, what work surroundings isn’t hostile ?) if I hope to have any type of cheap success in life I need to step out of no matter ‘consolation zone’ I’d wish to inhabit and simply get on with it.

Ecksept.  Fragrance.  And footwear (extra on that another time).

As a fragrance blogger I’m consistently launched to a plethora of perfumes – and so many are attention-grabbing, compelling…all the nice issues.  Then there are these which might be much less attention-grabbing, mundane…or simply FreakyAF.  Within the early days of running a blog I satisfied myself that I needed to put on – and be intrigued by- any fragrance that was deemed ‘uncomfortable’ (drugstore buys and mainstream have been ecksempted (my ecks key’s wonky – are you able to inform?) in that snob method)… however something haute?  I’d higher, on the very least, discover it ‘fascinating’.  And I’d higher be as much as sporting it, if solely to try it out.

Omg.  The DRAMA of all that!  Right here’s the truth:  I’m only a Common Perfumista, identical to errrybody else.  I’ve my likes and Lordtamighty!  I undoubtedly haz my dislikes!  And I’ve sure perfumes that make me joyful, make me comfy.  And I’m not afraid to like the dwelling snot out of them for causes that aren’t all the time on the forefront of class (the place so many eckspect me to reside, like Aphrodite (or Hera, gods forbid), always.  Listed below are a number of that reside – and comprise – my Consolation Zone.  These scents require no thought in any respect; they’re senseless grabs, and I discover myself reaching for them increasingly more, as occasions develop into extra…attention-grabbing. Proper now? New samples are relegated to check strips.  My nerves can’t take the potential for Discomfort.  Not proper now (my bil’s Stage 1 prognosis was simply rediagnosed as Stage 4 – that, together with a number of extra quotidian challenges, has my nerves shredded)

1. Chanel No5.  Yeah, yeah.  I’ve yarked on this one advert infinituum… let’s transfer on.  It’s good.  Yah,yah. However there’s nonetheless nothing fairly prefer it for holding me intact.
2. Ines de la Fressange – the wonderful Alberto Morillas model for the wonderful Mme Ines. When you requested me if this is able to be a Consolation Zone fragrance I might’ve checked out you such as you have been bonkers. However.  And but. In these bizarre days, with the bizarre(er) climate (and this can be a melancholic time of 12 months for me, anyway)….I discover myself reaching for it A Lot.  As I’ve mentioned, M. Morillas has a method with these refined fruit notes .   Funnily sufficient, that linked submit was from one of many darker occasions (Bruno’s decline), so that you’d suppose I might’ve remembered. However the fantastic thing about Morillas’s work is.. it exhibits up when it’s wanted.  This model of Mme Ines is so overtly “I’ve acquired this’” in that refined fruit/floral (not fairly fruitY-floral)…. it calls for that you just give it some consideration, and in doing so it redirects among the stress.  As Yogi Berra stated ‘you’ll be able to’t suppose and hit on the identical time’ – Morillas takes the pondering out of the equation, so you’ll be able to quiet down sufficient to hit. I don’t know of some other perfumer who soothes my soul fairly like M. Morillas.
3. Femme (modern) – as with the Morillas ‘Ines’ (there’s a Calice Becker model that’s way more….. effectively, it’s extra… structured? Dunno.  It’s beautiful – however not as pleasant)…the modern Femme is way more In Yo’ FACE! than the classic, The present model (within the eckaggerated Mickey Mouse bottle with the black cap) amps the plum and chypre notes… the unique was a wartime creation by Edmond Roudnitska for Marcel Rochas.  I can solely hope it did for these wartime ladies what the present does for me in these Attention-grabbing Instances.  I’m sporting it proper this very minute and it’s like being wrapped in a cashmere throw in a barely chilly home (oh, hey!  that may be me, proper now!!).  One thing about this scent makes me wish to sit up straighter and never swear a lot.  And to ensure my pedicure isn’t chipped.  Nevertheless, it’s not ‘ladylike’ – that phrase all the time suggests a selected e(cks)pectation of a sure sort of femininity that I’m not all the time ready to interact in.  This …. this can be a ‘womanly’ fragrance.  You is likely to be feeling a bit fragile (Floyd is aware of I’m) however there’s that titanium core that’s holding you collectively.  Femme helps. When you might have time I implore you to learn this absolutely stunning article on Fragrantica, which hyperlinks the vaunted Mae West to Femme.  I’ve all the time held Mme West’s ethos in excessive regard – each time I really feel like ‘settling’ or making an attempt to slot in (particularly right here, the place I might no extra ‘slot in’ than Godzilla can) I bear in mind how she simply jammed a finger (most likely the center one) within the eye of the established order – and gained.

So!  That’s me, making an attempt to remain in my Consolation Zone so I can assist my sister navigate her Decidedly UNCOMFORTABLE zone, going ahead.  I’m stankin’ up the jernt one thing FIERCE and ask me if I care.  Generally you simply must wrap that cashmere throw a bit tighter, so you’ll be able to knit your titanium core again collectively.

WINNER!  Tara C, come on DOWN!  gmail me (evilauntieanitaAT) together with your deets.  I can not imagine it however I believe I’m truly All Caught Up! So there might be a little bit enjoyable attending to you before later.

ecks,ecks,ecks – and a few o’s.

(notice: pictures by way of pexels, WordPress wouldn’t let Musette add any, hope she doesn’t hate them! ~ March)

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