tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6035515932306404722.post7210530985207378546..comments2024-03-26T03:19:32.389-06:00Comments on Notes From Josephine: Coco - The Smell of FriendshipKaty Josephinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00504394399778675539noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6035515932306404722.post-86319353599808409892010-08-19T18:54:27.198-06:002010-08-19T18:54:27.198-06:00Muse, thanks for this great comment. Your husband...Muse, thanks for this great comment. Your husband is right; No. 19 is unfriendly, which is why it's perfect at certain times.<br /><br />I decided long ago that I would have to trust my nose and if I love a perfume, my husband eventually comes to love it, too. I simply have to keep wearing it until its his idea.<br /><br />You're so right - even No. 19 is worth giving up for a great friend.Katy Josephinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00504394399778675539noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6035515932306404722.post-9298491166833292052010-08-19T08:36:47.603-06:002010-08-19T08:36:47.603-06:00I've never liked Coco... but then, I hated Opi...I've never liked Coco... but then, I hated Opium and Cinnabar and Youth Dew and Tabu and all the classic balsamic scents. (I blame the woman who'd bathed in Opium before sitting next to 12-year-old me in a crowded movie theater.)<br /><br />But even though it's not to my personal taste, it's distinctive and smooth and elegant.<br /><br />And you're right on target with this: "Note to men: This is Always a Bad Idea. Even if she gives up her favorite perfume for you, she will think you were unfair and will be predisposed to criticizing your personal hygiene at the very moment you want a little nookie." Yes, exactly.<br /><br />My husband dislikes my Seven-League Boots, I-can-do-anything No. 19. Says it's unfriendly.<br /><br />Luckily for HIM, I have other options. He likes the girly light florals and the bosomy white florals and the sexy woody roses, and I'm happy in those. The one that always surprises me that he does like - Cuir de Lancome. Really? Scented-hanky-in-leather-purse, Could Be Old Lady, Cuir? Yep. So I have hope for his nose.<br /><br />But I'd even give up No. 19 for a really, really good friend.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6035515932306404722.post-5824261507825428202010-08-18T06:20:06.629-06:002010-08-18T06:20:06.629-06:00FS, you're right - the older one gets, the you...FS, you're right - the older one gets, the younger 75 seems! I agree, Coco does not belong in any category - it's simply classic and quite beautiful.Katy Josephinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00504394399778675539noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6035515932306404722.post-73412251654496813452010-08-18T06:18:45.979-06:002010-08-18T06:18:45.979-06:00Hi Bloody Frida - yes, it's an amazing comfort...Hi Bloody Frida - yes, it's an amazing comfort to go through challenging times with a friend. <br /><br />Isn't it nice to get a bit older? One's perspective certainly changes. That's a good thing!Katy Josephinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00504394399778675539noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6035515932306404722.post-10619381044219856462010-08-17T16:34:09.835-06:002010-08-17T16:34:09.835-06:00Your loser lunch sounds like a positive and mutual...Your loser lunch sounds like a positive and mutually supportive step - good on your Coco-loving friend! I have an Goth / indie chick friend whose signature scent is Coco, while Mr Bonkers' mother has recently made it her signature scent at the age of 75, having never previously worn any perfume. I guess 75 could be classed as "just the wrong side of late middle age". Have you noticed how the elasticity of this bracket constantly expands the older one gets....? So in short I think Coco transcends any attempts at categorisation!Vanessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11847145282522572183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6035515932306404722.post-13739253938652836012010-08-17T10:08:07.843-06:002010-08-17T10:08:07.843-06:00oh I'm sorry you both didn't make the list...oh I'm sorry you both didn't make the list, but so happy that you have such a dear friend - my friends have been such help to me these days esp.<br /><br />And Coco doesn't smell old-lady to me, but then again, I AM getting on to the old-lady years! LOLCarolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06394558427981331885noreply@blogger.com