Re: synthetics versus naturals

[Guest guest]

Hiya, Ambrosia...

I know this is going to read strange but speaking of food... If it

taste good, it is because your nose thinks it smells nice in the

first place, the whole package sends good feeling status to your

brain which stores this in a corner for future use ad vitam eternam.

In a stressful moment, said brain will fall back on feel good status

item wanting to apease the stressful moment making you crave for that

thing but more than this thing itself, the situation in which you

were when you attained this feeling good state food-wise.

It does not have to be but usually, it is something traditional or

familial like your Grand-Ma preserves or a fruit pie or something

hearty like steaming, simmering stew in Automn or whatever works for

you.

It might be that you can buy those things already made out of a shop

so you go buy them, soemtimes cheap even, you get back home, you open

them, heat them, you sit down and you eat. Well, is it good or does

it feel fake ? It is not the same because it does have any of the

inner memories that you have regarding what you have in your plate,

it is just something out of a package...

To me, with scents it is the same :

You know French perfumes from Haute Couture ? Grand-Dad Narcisse was

not into those kind of stuff at all, he was the down right Blue

Mennen man even though he had a flower for a firstname. He has been

dead 30 years but if ever I happen to snif the scent in the air from

a passing man, I kind of hyperventilate and frantically search left

and right to see where he is. Grand-Ma Odette was Chanel No 5, Mama

was Femme from Rochas and my very first scent was Rive Gauche from

Yves St t, all highly distinctive scents. Tradition had them

all done with natural products and all smelled heavenly then some

time in the 80s, producers decided to synthetise scent so that it

cost cheaper I guess. Well, I cannot stand the scents any longer. It

does not stinck no but it is not the same, something is off balance

somewhere and it hits emotions in the wrong way. It is still

pleasurable I guess but it is not perfection any longer, the

olfactive memory is cheated although 90% of it is still there and it

still truns the whole thing sour. Synthetising I guess is sureproof

factory reproducing while one had to be careful with natural

products. Still and all synthetising will never beat natural, at

least with me...

Take good care,

Obside

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[Guest guest]

Hi All,

On the subject of Natural versus synthetic I have a funny one that

you can try for yourself. Estee Lauder have a new Perfume that is

named Sensuous. It is around $80 for a small bottle, I kid you not

that it smells exactly like Australian Sandalwood EO.

What gets me is the extensive list of ingredients in this Perfume and

the price compared to the wholesale cost of around $15 for 25ml of

Australian Sandalwood and $2 for a liter of Alcohol.

[Guest guest]

Hi All,

On the subject of Natural versus synthetic I have a funny one that

you can try for yourself. Estee Lauder have a new Perfume that is

named Sensuous. It is around $80 for a small bottle, I kid you not

that it smells exactly like Australian Sandalwood EO.

What gets me is the extensive list of ingredients in this Perfume and

the price compared to the wholesale cost of around $15 for 25ml of

Australian Sandalwood and $2 for a liter of Alcohol.