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first into a full bodied floral and then a warm hearted almost wooded amber scent that never loses her edgy integrity arpege can give the best in class including the biggest names a run for their money people speak in hushed tones of her family heritage and i would have loved to have met her mother in her vintage days the part of arpege played by francoise hardy please do pop over and visit our guest reviewer the perfumed dandy the perfumed dandy link http theperfumeddandy com february 15 2013 categories guest post perfume storytime women s perfume tags francoise hardy lanvin paris perfume the perfumed dandy vintage women s perfume author laniersmith comments 14 comments in the shadow of vesuvius oscar for men by oscar de la renta can you imagine the sound it must have made i said almost to myself in the garden of the house of the faun as i caught sight of vesuvius over what remained of the ruined back walls of the villa or how frightened they must have been my mother said as she came up beside me she took my hand in hers and held it she hadn t done that for a long time not since i was a little boy not like that august 24 79 a d it was february 14 1999 my mother s birthday my step father had brought my mother to italy on a tour with his old alma matter to celebrate her entry into her seventieth year he had invited me along because since i was a boy i was fascinated with pompeii and all things roman i was so enamored of the civilization that after the rains came to southern california i would build roman cites in the wet adobe mud they would bake in the sun until the other kids in the neighborhood found my roman cities and destroyed them i called those children the barbarians reconstruction of a pompeian garden atrium pompeii is deserted in february it is the only way to see it our group of fifteen on the cornell university alumni tour was as it turned out on this chilly afternoon the only living people in the entire city as we wandered the remains of the house of the dancing faun our italian guide explained that when the gardens of pompeii were excavated the archaeologists found remains of the plants that had been living at the time pompeii died the remains were analyzed and all the gardens were replanted and look just as they did exactly 1920 years before almost the same as they had been that noon day in august when the city was full of people none of whom knew that there was a continent beyond the pillars of hercules that would one day be called america or for that matter what a volcano was the guide explained that there is no word in latin for volcano and that the romans had no idea that vesuvius was one the first of two gardens in the house of the faun after lunch we had a little free time and i told the guide i wanted to explore on my own he gave me i had a half an hour before we were to leave and said we could meet up by the gate to the city in agreement he volunteered to tell my parents where i had gone i strolled into the forum and peeked into a warehouse full of objects found in the excavations rows of amphora behind a wrought iron gate and in the center the plaster cast of a crouching man in the position he had been in at the moment that the pyroclastic flow from the mountain hit him further on the garden courtyard of the temple of apollo found me at its center i took in a quick and deep breath of awe as i stood before the one remaining statue of the god he looked from where i stood as though he was about to set the top of vesuvius alight like an ancient lamp the smell of the garden was soft and full of aromatic evergreens cypress and a few very early plum blossoms i closed my eyes and i could hear off in the distant voices murmuring on the edge of reality hello do you speak english i opened my eyes to see a beautiful young man standing under the statue of apollo are you lost i smiled and told him no that i wasn t lost i turned to point to the entrance of the temple courtyard i am with my family and a group off i turned back and he was gone the wind came up from the sea and made a low moan as it pushed against the trees and through the columns of the portico it was so sudden and strong that i staggered against it the distant voices grew clearer they were calling a name my name what had just happened everything was suddenly intensified a thousand times colors sounds and most of all smells i was flooded by the smell of rich resinous fir trees and garlands of roses jasmine and lilies violet leaves as purple as the roman sea i could smell the ancient market filled with oranges nutmeg and cloves and a bright sharp dark indian pepper that bit into my senses there was leather and sandalwood from the humming workshops along the edges of the forum and the musky smells of pack animals entering the city above it all swirled the intoxicating heady aroma of temple incense the perfume of the gods used to carry offerings and prayers to the very gates of olympus the temple of apollo pompeii i stepped back and reached out to steady myself against a marble column older than anything i had ever touched before the voices were more urgent now that called my name seemingly over the centuries backwards or forwards i could not tell i walked to the gate leading to the street turned for one last look at the statue i shook my head to clear it there you are my mother came up and swatted my arm why did you wander off without telling anyone i did tell the guide i mumbled still in a fog the others in the group were laughing and my stepfather patted my back you gave your mother a scare we walked through the city gates and down to the waiting bus that was to take us to sorrento i was seated next to our guide as the bus navigated the corkscrew that is the amalfi road he studied me with knitted brow and then smiled something happened to you in pompeii didn t it what do you mean i said his look was all knowing and warm the city remembers you it happens sometimes not until today when i first sprayed oscar for men my oscar de la renta did i think again of that moment in pompeii when time slid away and i just may have met apollo the god of the sun pompeian wall painting oscar for men opens beautifully and instantly transported me to the smell of southern italy and the gardens of pompeii the top notes of this very masculine perfume are mandarin orange fir resin bergamot and pepper middle notes are nutmeg lily lavender jasmine violet leaf cloves and rose base notes are leather sandalwood musk balsam fir vanilla and incense it lasts on my skin for a good ten hours and the projection is immense this is a spicy woody incense blast that would do any roman emperor proud it could fill the flavian amphitheater and eradicate any other offending smells of bloodstained gladiators lions senators or saucy prostitutes under the arches oscar for men five gold stars bbc drama about the last day in pompeii february 10 2013 categories memory men s cologne storytime tags fragrance for men italy men s cologne oscar de la renta pompeii author laniersmith comments 30 comments miss audrey taylor the life of a star for madame weebles audrey at the ball of the century audrey taylor was the name given to my halloween persona by my late friend neal fitzgerald kay o pectate the the following story was presented to me on my birthday as a life magazine article i posted this for madame weebles enjoyment oh and audrey has been retired now for many years story by neal fitzgerald edited by lanier smith audrey taylor was born in the small english village of highteasing on wigg her family moved to london shortly before the war and during the blitz audrey suffered hearing damage that left her tone deaf all her singing in later musicals was dubbed after the war the family emigrated to the u s where they settled in riverside california on a class field trip to grauman s chinese theater audrey stormed the stage and began belting out the old baby jane hudson song i ve written a letter to daddy there was as hollywood luck would have it a casting agent in the audience and the raven haired child was offered a screen test despite the fact that she could t sing it was her charm and un natural beauty that got her a contact at metro goldwyn mayer her first film shot her to the top of the star roster at the studio gassie come home the story of an english farm girl and her flatulent old collie at 18 she landed the part of a runaway princess to shacks up with a reporter in the enchanting neapolitan holiday who can forget the lithesome young audrey being chased through the back alleys of naples by a leering van johnson after her divorce from first husband nicky six heir to the motel six fortune audrey plunged headlong into a stream of hits the girl who had everyone elephant stomp and the delightful seborrhea about the chauffeur s daughter who marries a millionaire humongous from the edna ferber bestseller about oklahoma pig farmers she stole the picture from co stars rory calhoun and sal mineo as the gal with the biggest spread in the west up next was funny puss with pipi chanel and gene kelly audrey wore a sensational wardrobe as the shop girl who becomes a lingerie model in paris although her singing was dubbed by marnie nixon she danced up a storm with kelly and chanel at the premiere of the film audrey met the man who would become her second husband larger than life producer jack rodd they began a whirlwind romance in which he wooed her with fabulous gifts including a famous diamond engagement ring audrey s life long passion for collecting jewels began at the time i was rodd who gave audrey the fabulous tears of russia tiara which she often wears to this day the couple had a huge hollywood wedding at which sexpot annie day burst out of her gown lunging for the bridal bouquet audrey in the delightful breakfast at woolworth s the newlyweds moved into a huge bel air mansion that had once belonged to fallen screen star margaret elliot audrey s happiness was to be short lived however tragically rodd was struck by a tourist bus outside van cleef and arpels in beverly hills and killed instantly at the time audrey was finishing production on the civil war epic wetbush county ever the trooper she missed only one day s filming to attend the funeral of her husband at which the grieving audrey elegant in a black dalian et rae was mobbed by reporters when wetbush was released she received great reviews and another oscar nomination but despondent audrey began having problems with the pills she had taken steadily since childhood and the massive quantities of caffeine that fueled her star s shine on a weekend bring at las vegas hideaway casino audrey was introduced to nightclub singer bobby sailor by actress kay o pectate the two stars began an affair that shocked hollywood and the world when sailor left his wife debbie dallas to marry audrey now dubbed by the press as the black widow thou the marriage was never a happy one audrey did some of her finest work in the next few years first there was kitten on a cold wood floor adapted from an ill fated broadway play with helen lawson and annie day audrey took over the day role and made the picture a success then came butifico 8 and breakfast at woolworth s her greatest triumph was in suddenly last call a shocking tale of a barfly who is institutionalized after the closing lights in her bar illuminate her cousin s grizzly murder for this role she receive her seventh oscar nomination time cover for suddenly last call shortly before the awards ceremony audrey was dining at perino s with joan crawford when she choked on a chicken bone and had to be rushed to the hospital where she nearly died it was a visibly weakened taylor who appeared at the oscars when her name was announced as the best actress the audience cheered as audrey resplendent as always in a magnificent dalian et rae gown ran to the stage to accept the prized statuette scandal followed upon the heels of acclaim when in rome on the set of pompeia she fell for married british actor richard bourbon as the affair blazed across the newspapers of the world and her marriage to crooner bobby sailor crumbed the film ran into huge budget overruns nearly bringing imperium international into bankruptcy suffering from a weak script the film was a huge success due to the scandal its highlight was an elaborate scene of audrey entering the baths of pompey astride a golden bull borne by nubian slaves then came the film version of the broadway hit low fair lady again dubbed by marnie nixon audrey was woefully miscast and the film was her first flop a great big flop the bourbon s decided to work together again on the sandcrabs this proved to be another flop and the marriage began to show strains richard was a notorious drinker and audrey was often wild on caffeine the fights became legendary desperate for a hit but nervous about carrying another picture on her shoulders audrey took a secondary role in her next film who the hell am i anyway the film was a psychological thriller featuring irish star kay o pectate as a woman with multiple personalities tormenting her sister played by annie day audrey had the pivotal role of the neighbor but it was not a highlight of her career it was bourbon who coaxed his wife into her next film i m afraid of virginia graham audrey gained thirty pounds to play her first frump who shouted vulgarity all night long at bourbon and co stars troy donahue and sandra dee dee was hospitalized with acute hysterical blindness because audrey s performance on the set was so disturbing the film brought excellent reviews and one more oscar nomination for taylor it was at a post oscar party at the home of dinah thurst that audrey in a snit over loosing the oscar and high on champagne pills and her usual caffeine stunned the party goers by doing an impromptu strip tease caught by a photographer the pictures were flashed around the world financial difficulties followed despite huge salaries richard spent million alone on audrey s appetite for jewelry designer fashions and wigs on top of that there was the mansion in bel air the homes in london mismaloya and a huge villa outside of rome strapped for cash the famous couple appeared in a string of regrettable flops that last being bang shortly after bang fizzled at the box office the battling bourbons were divorced 50th birthday photo and single again audrey took what cash was left and her jewels and moved to the roman villa where she went into semi retirement she made a few screen appearances in the following years there was an italian production called incoerente incoherent in britain and the us and a cameo in airport 81 her last tv appearance was as a guest spot on dynasty as alexis carrington s good twin sister she was killed off after only three episodes still a tabloid favorite today audrey lives alone in her lovely edwardian home in san francisco where she entertains close friends such as annie day and rusllyn rozzel when 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