tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6462391128916934464.post2502891607428136603..comments2023-03-09T16:06:16.653+01:00Comments on state of the carnation: ...of Orient Aredukeofpallmallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00753429045648886175noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6462391128916934464.post-88894358235055430882010-12-06T23:10:15.913+01:002010-12-06T23:10:15.913+01:00I was once asked by a librarian on asking for an E...I was once asked by a librarian on asking for an Edward Said book " I suppose you know he is anti-semitic?". I just stayed calm and mentioned that it was not his business what I read .Angela Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08261754187289326772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6462391128916934464.post-18356746618976328072009-01-07T23:10:00.000+01:002009-01-07T23:10:00.000+01:00Wonderful post duke, as always.I did not know that...Wonderful post duke, as always.<BR/><BR/>I did not know that story from JP Guerlain. <BR/><BR/>It is indeed odd that the imperial term "oriental" has persisited in perfumery. Less suprisisng though, that with respect to the attars and ouds one would have to search for the good stuff rather hard and pay rather a high cost if they are found and still exist.<BR/><BR/>I take comfort in the theory that the true quality stuff has probably always been very hard to come by and it is likely a myth that there was a golden age when oud oil flowed from a tapped tree on every street corner and santalum album was sold in litre cups.<BR/><BR/>I do like that montale attar though.<BR/><BR/>h-dAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com