Guest guest Posted March 21, 2008 Report Share Posted March 21, 2008 Adam Gottschalk wrote: > > I can't find this word in any dictionary, English or French, except > in the meaning of that which fills a silo. I think I understand its > meaning. I'm not one to Frenchify if at all possible not to (ambiance > for example: I say " ambience " and so should you). But I'm guessing > this word is to be pronounced " see-ahj " . Or is it just sillage, just > the way it looks? > Hi Adam..... The first time I saw this term back when, I googled it.... le sillage [see yazh] (from one of the sites)... The site listed the definition as: wake (of a boat), slipstream, trail I immediately thought of a woman at work who left a wake of scent (synth), whenever she passed... But I'm sure she was an extreme, and it has levels of presence...<G>.... -- W. Bourbonais L'Hermite Aromatique A.J.P. (GIA) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 21, 2008 Report Share Posted March 21, 2008 On Mar 21, 2008, at 6:01 PM, Bourbonais wrote: > Adam Gottschalk wrote: >> >> I can't find this word in any dictionary, English or French, except >> in the meaning of that which fills a silo. I think I understand its >> meaning. I'm not one to Frenchify if at all possible not to (ambiance >> for example: I say " ambience " and so should you). But I'm guessing >> this word is to be pronounced " see-ahj " . Or is it just sillage, just >> the way it looks? >> > > Hi Adam..... > > The first time I saw this term back when, I googled it.... > > le sillage [see yazh] (from one of the sites)... > > The site listed the definition as: wake (of a boat), slipstream, trail > > I immediately thought of a woman at work who left a wake of scent > (synth), whenever she passed... > > But I'm sure she was an extreme, and it has levels of > presence...<G>.... > > -- > W. Bourbonais > L'Hermite Aromatique > A.J.P. (GIA) Thanks . Actually, " wake " is one of the French definitions. Dullard that I often am, it was lost on me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 21, 2008 Report Share Posted March 21, 2008 I say sillage as silly-ahg, as if there were an i in the word. I'm from texas though, and we generally don't know how to pronounce things, especially the word " nucular " ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 22, 2008 Report Share Posted March 22, 2008 Adam Gottschalk wrote: > I can't find this word in any dictionary, English or French, except > in the meaning of that which fills a silo. I think I understand its > meaning. I'm not one to Frenchify if at all possible not to (ambiance > for example: I say " ambience " and so should you). But I'm guessing > this word is to be pronounced " see-ahj " . Or is it just sillage, just > the way it looks? > Hi Adam - I discussed this with you here: message # 23343 Marcia also wrote a nice piece on it, but I can't find that for some reason. -- Sincerely, Anya Anya's Garden http://AnyasGarden.com - perfumes, aromatics, classes, consultation Natural Perfumers Guild http://NaturalPerfumersGuild.com 1400 member Natural Perfumery group - / Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 22, 2008 Report Share Posted March 22, 2008 Adam Gottschalk <adam@...> wrote: I can't find this word in any dictionary, English or French, except But I'm guessing this word is to be pronounced " see-ahj " . Or is it just sillage, just the way it looks? that would pronounce it with a hard g sound..... it is a soft prononciation seelahjj with a soft sh sound .... see lah shj google perfume sillage and tons of meanings come up every good wish , Janita --------------------------------- Sent from . More Ways to Keep in Touch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 22, 2008 Report Share Posted March 22, 2008 On Mar 22, 2008, at 6:39 AM, Anya wrote: > Hi Adam - I discussed this with you here: message # 23343 Marcia also > wrote a nice piece on it, but I can't find that for some reason. > > -- > Sincerely, Anya > Anya's Garden http://AnyasGarden.com - perfumes, aromatics, > classes, consultation > Natural Perfumers Guild http://NaturalPerfumersGuild.com > 1400 member Natural Perfumery group - http:// > health./group// Anya, thanks. I thought I'd asked before. Before I ask any question I look it up in the archives. I've done so at least a dozen times. I've never once been able to find what I'm looking for. The problem is there's just too much. " Sillage " brought up almost 1000 hits. The advanced search doesn't help much because I have no idea what parameters I'm looking for. %-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 22, 2008 Report Share Posted March 22, 2008 Adam Gottschalk wrote: > On Mar 22, 2008, at 6:39 AM, Anya wrote: > > >> Hi Adam - I discussed this with you here: message # 23343 . >> > > Anya, thanks. I thought I'd asked before. Before I ask any question I > look it up in the archives. I've done so at least a dozen times. I've > never once been able to find what I'm looking for. The problem is > there's just too much. " Sillage " brought up almost 1000 hits. The > advanced search doesn't help much because I have no idea what > parameters I'm looking for. %-) Like with any search, you have to narrow the parameters. Don't bother with the advance search, I never use it (didn't know it existed!) and I can usually find stuff. Perhaps use *adam sillage* if you remember you were involved in a thread about it before. i used *marcia sillage* because i remember she wrote a nice piece on it. oddly, my search didn't turn up that message, lol. Perhaps a search of *pronounce sillage*. Two or three terms narrow the search results. -- Sincerely, Anya Anya's Garden http://AnyasGarden.com - perfumes, aromatics, classes, consultation Natural Perfumers Guild http://NaturalPerfumersGuild.com 1400 member Natural Perfumery group - / Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 22, 2008 Report Share Posted March 22, 2008 Adam Gottschalk <adam@...> wrote: On Mar 22, 2008, at 6:39 AM, Anya wrote: > Hi Adam - I discussed this with you here: message # 23343 Marcia also > wrote a nice piece on it, but I can't find that for some reason. > Sincerely, Anya II thought Bourbanais wrote the first reasonable explanation about Le Sillage 1st the wake of a boat. Cheers Bb --------------------------------- Never miss a thing. Make your homepage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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