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post #8881 of 10562
11/8/09 at 7:30pm
Well, that WAS a quickie! Golden Shadows it is. Great job, team!!!

Hey, we haven't seen BrothaG, Riannon, or SenZ for a while. We miss you!

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post #8882 of 10562
11/9/09 at 12:55am
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Hello all, and thanks Haunani I wish I had more time to play along recently but things have been quite hectic. I think I'll have the chance to do a new puzzle today though!

Here we go..



Fragrance name only please!
post #8883 of 10562
11/9/09 at 4:13am
Hello and good afternoon, G Good to see you back.

Maybe best to identify the statue first? I think that is the statue of the Virgin Mary in the Straits of Messina.

First guess: Le Parfum: Virgin Number One by Thierry Mugler?

Missed you too, Haunani
post #8884 of 10562
11/9/09 at 4:38am
Maybe it is helpful as a clue: the statue has an inscription on its plinth: Vos et ipsam civitatem benedicimus (We bless you and your city), a quotation from a letter which according to the legend Mary gave to the Christians of the city.
post #8885 of 10562
11/9/09 at 5:06am
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You are correct about the statue, Riannon Virgin Number One however is not the right answer.

Thanks for elaborating on the inscription, but you won't need it to find the right fragrance to match. The answer lies in the rest of the picture, although it is not 'correct' technically speaking. Slightly devious!
post #8886 of 10562
11/9/09 at 5:34am
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"In some circumstances (in the Strait of Messina) the mirage of Fata Morgana can be seen looking to Sicily from Calabria."

so....Mirage by Mandini?

Good to see both BrothaG and Riannon back on the Thread!
post #8887 of 10562
11/9/09 at 6:19am
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Happy to see you as well Ken!

I'm sorry, no to Mirage. Keep focusing on who the statue is and what surrounds her. It's quite simplistic
post #8888 of 10562
11/9/09 at 6:59am
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Unfortunately I'm not here tonight, so I can't answer to your guesses for a couple of hours.. will try to reply when I get back! Have fun.
post #8889 of 10562
11/9/09 at 7:23am
Hi BrothaG and Riannon, and good morning Mr. K! Ooh, I wish I didn't have to run out the door to work. A puzzle sounds like so much more fun!

Hugs, H
post #8890 of 10562
11/9/09 at 7:29am
Hello and good afternoon, Ken Good to see you!

So, our Brotha is only slightly devious......oh dear, it could become a long day

I fear it is something with 'water' or 'eau' (and if not he will tell us and we will know a lot more )

Let's try Acqua Santa / Holy Water by AbdesSalaam Attar Profumo

Edited to hug Haunani. Don't work too hard, dear!
post #8891 of 10562
11/9/09 at 4:09pm
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No, I swear it really is only slightly devious I'm afraid Acqua Santa/Holy Water isn't right, but that's a very good guess!

Your first guess however was even closer... When combined you've found two out of three 'puzzle elements' already

I hope you might be able to join us later, Haunani! Take care.
post #8892 of 10562
11/9/09 at 5:55pm
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Virgin Island Water by Creed?
post #8893 of 10562
11/9/09 at 5:56pm
Hi all! I'm going to go out on a different limb. How about

Oropuro
by Laura Tonatto (2000)

The statue is gold, Mary is pure, and the setting is Italian.

???

Adding a second guess:

Water Of Notre Dame
by Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab

???
post #8894 of 10562
11/9/09 at 10:19pm
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Virgin Island Water by Creed?

Looking again at this guess, and thinking that you may have nailed it, kbe!
post #8895 of 10562
11/10/09 at 12:24am
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Fabulous guesses all, but kbe has nailed it with Virgin Island Water by Creed!

A statue of Virgin Mary of course, surrounded by water, and the devious part being that Messina is not actually an island Looks like an interesting place to visit either way.

Congratulations Ken and thanks to all who played along
post #8896 of 10562
11/10/09 at 3:50am
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......A statue of Virgin Mary of course, surrounded by water, and the devious part being that Messina is not actually an island :

Hmph Nice puzzle!!

Congratulations Ken, Master of solving devious puzzles
post #8897 of 10562
11/10/09 at 5:16am
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"First, I would like to thank the Academy.."

Without Bro's clues and comments about the near-misses by Riannon I would not have guessed it.

Really a good puzzle Bro. Thanks!
post #8898 of 10562
11/10/09 at 7:51am
Hooray for Mr. K! And very clever puzzle, BrothaG. When I first saw K's Virgin Island Water guess, my eyes went right past it because I associate it with a different part of the world. Neat!
post #8899 of 10562
11/17/09 at 4:00pm
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New Puzzle. Fragrance only.

post #8900 of 10562
11/17/09 at 7:33pm
Hmmm... what a sweet old-fashioned picture! Here are some wildly varying guesses (the last one is probably a real stretch):

Curve Wave for Men
by Liz Claiborne (2005)

Ciao
by Houbigant (1980)

American Classic
by Avon

The Morning After
by The Morning After
post #8901 of 10562
11/17/09 at 7:50pm
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Originally Posted by Haunani View Post

Hmmm... what a sweet old-fashioned picture! Here are some wildly varying guesses (the last one is probably a real stretch):

Curve Wave for Men
by Liz Claiborne (2005)

Ciao
by Houbigant (1980)

American Classic
by Avon

The Morning After
by The Morning After

Waves at Haunani! :wave:

You are on the right track with one of those..

(Nothing to do with the answer but..does that guy wear rouge or what??)
post #8902 of 10562
11/17/09 at 8:48pm
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Waves at Haunani! :wave:

You are on the right track with one of those..

(Nothing to do with the answer but..does that guy wear rouge or what??)

The rouge is what made me think of "the morning after".

So you aren't going to tell me which one is on the right track, are you?
post #8903 of 10562
11/17/09 at 8:50pm
Hmmm... going out on a limb here...

Leaves Femme
by Ramon Molvizar

???
post #8904 of 10562
11/17/09 at 8:53pm
Or...

À Bientot
by Lenthéric (1938)

???
post #8905 of 10562
11/18/09 at 4:38am
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Originally Posted by Haunani View Post

Or...

À Bientot
by Lenthéric (1938)

???

Well Sluthed Haunani! It is À Bientot by Lenthéric! (So Long). Very quick and very good!
post #8906 of 10562
11/18/09 at 7:11am
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Well Sluthed Haunani! It is À Bientot by Lenthéric! (So Long). Very quick and very good!

Oh, yay! :wave: I was thinking something like "see you later" and tried different languages. Fun one, Mr K! I'm off to work, but wishing I could be a homemaker today. It's foggy outside here! Have a great day!
post #8907 of 10562
11/18/09 at 7:26pm
New puzzle, fragrance name only:

post #8908 of 10562
11/18/09 at 8:02pm
I have no good idea but I'll give this a shot anyway:
Ice water by Silvestre.
Nothing about mooses, reindeers or rennes so far.
There is one Alaska by Axe though.
Or perhaps it is not Alaska but Siberia and that is a musk deer? Blue musk by O'Boticario or Musc bleu by Il Profumo or Wild country musk by Avon.
post #8909 of 10562
11/18/09 at 8:29pm
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How about Purple Water by Asprey?
post #8910 of 10562
11/18/09 at 8:44pm
Hi DD! Hi kbe! You have identified one word in the fragrance name. The animal is an elk, by the way, but that is more or less irrelevant.
post #8911 of 10562
11/19/09 at 4:04am
Great solve of kbe's puzzle, Haunani!

For your puzzle: maybe Cool Water Game by Davidoff? That elk is certainly game. Poor elk....*very* cold feet
post #8912 of 10562
11/19/09 at 4:46am
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Just to get if off my mind: Silences Purple by Jacomo ?
post #8913 of 10562
11/19/09 at 7:17am
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...For your puzzle: maybe Cool Water Game by Davidoff? That elk is certainly game. Poor elk....*very* cold feet

Riannon, how can you read my mind across so many miles?! You are right on with Cool Water Game!

Yes, that poor elk with cold feet, and in my scenario a hunter aiming at him.

Kbe, in my singlemindedness I didn't even notice the purple color. Brrrr... indeed. And DD, I liked your musk/musc idea.

Thanks all! Now I can head out knowing that my puzzle was solved. Have a great day!
post #8914 of 10562
11/19/09 at 10:45am
ESP again, dear Haunani?

Thank you for the lovely puzzle. Let's hope that Cold-Feet-Elk was only 'shot' by the photographer.
post #8915 of 10562
11/19/09 at 5:23pm
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Elk? I think not..I callit a delimma, as I was stuck on it's horns trying to find the answer!

Beautiful pic Haunani. Just beautiful. I could sense the silence and the crisp cold air. Nice too puzzle Haunani and another swooping solve by our resident Dragoness
post #8916 of 10562
11/20/09 at 4:58pm
Here's a quick one for a Friday night...in case there are others who spend it at home like me.



Perfume name only.
post #8917 of 10562
11/20/09 at 7:10pm
Hmmm... been thinking about this one. Looked up some info. In Assyrian mythology, a human-headed winged lion is called a lamassu, but there is no fragrance with that name. There is no fragrance in the directory with the word myth in it, though there is a new fragrance called Mythique by Parfums DelRae.

There appears to be a link between lamassu and sphinxes, cherubim, griffons, and something called a manticore.

For now, I will start the guessing with these two:

Fantastique
by D'Orsay (1958)

or maybe

Cherub
by Scentsational of Huntington
post #8918 of 10562
11/20/09 at 7:31pm
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Sphinx (by various manufacturers)?
post #8919 of 10562
11/20/09 at 7:42pm
None of the answers above. Haunani, kbe is getting closer. Don't dwell too much on how many legs this beast has.
post #8920 of 10562
11/20/09 at 9:19pm
Avatar
by Coty (1997)

or

InCarnation
by Ayala Moriel (2008)

???
post #8921 of 10562
11/20/09 at 10:31pm
Hmmm... I think I have it now, after reading your clue again...

Enigma
by Alexandra de Markoff (1972)

???
post #8922 of 10562
11/21/09 at 6:49am
Yes, you have it now!
Enigma it is!
post #8923 of 10562
11/21/09 at 11:03am
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Yes, you have it now!
Enigma it is!

Yay! Neat puzzle, Darkdreams! And I learned some things about mythological creatures.
post #8924 of 10562
11/21/09 at 2:08pm
No puzzle is a match for you! First I wanted to post this pic:
http://www.louvre.fr/llv/oeuvres/det...15&bmLocale=en
but thought it would be too even easier than the one I posted.
post #8925 of 10562
11/21/09 at 4:12pm
New puzzle. Let's see how fast someone gets this. Fragrance name only:

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11/21/09 at 4:55pm
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Just checking in..

Off-topic but somewhat relevant to the Enigma puzzle.

I must have clicked on a really nasty malware or virus site infected site when checking out a pic from Google Images in attempts to find out more about the Enigma puzzle while on my home computer last night. Something on that site immediately and completely disabled my Antivir Gmb Premium Anti-virus etc. program and won't allow it to reinstall. First hint I had a monster in my puter was when I tried to search the Fragrance Directory right after clicking on the Sphinx site to get more info for the game. I was unable to get info on any frags thereafter..just clicked on my choice and nothing happened repeatedly. Then I tried an Antivir scan which wouldn't work at all. I download another antivirus premium program from Cnet to try to get rid of the problem as my Antivir program wasn't working at all. After download the AVG program from Cnet said I needed to delete the Antivir program in my computer to avoid conflict. I did so but the AVG won't install either.,, blocked also. Looks like I will have to take my tower to a Computer professional Monday to hopefully have it debugged. Damn...first time ever in 10 years. I may be offline for a few days
post #8927 of 10562
11/21/09 at 4:59pm
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Just checking in..

Off-topic but somewhat relevant to the Enigma puzzle.

I must have clicked on a really nasty malware or virus site infected site when checking out a pic from Google Images in attempts to find out more about the Enigma puzzle while on my home computer last night. Something on that site immediately and completely disabled my Antivir Gmb Premium Anti-virus etc. program and won't allow it to reinstall. First hint I had a monster in my puter was when I tried to search the Fragrance Directory right after clicking on the Sphinx site to get more info for the game. I was unable to get info on any frags thereafter..just clicked on my choice and nothing happened repeatedly. Then I tried an Antivir scan which wouldn't work at all. I download another antivirus premium program from Cnet to try to get rid of the problem as my Antivir program wasn't working at all. After download the AVG program from Cnet said I needed to delete the Antivir program in my computer to avoid conflict. I did so but the AVG won't install either.,, blocked also. Looks like I will have to take my tower to a Computer professional Monday to hopefully have it debugged. Damn...first time ever in 10 years. I may be offline for a few days

What a mess! I hope you're up and running soon.
post #8928 of 10562
11/21/09 at 7:00pm
My God, kbe! I am so sorry your computer got so messed up because of me. I hope it's not too bad and you can get it back to normal quickly. sooooo sorry....
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11/21/09 at 8:20pm
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darkdreams, you had nothing to do with it! I should have scanned the site before I clicked on. Thanks for the good wishes folks

but...

Got it sorted out I think. Dumped all traces of Avira and AVG. Rebooted, reloaded Avira Antivir from net. All seems to be OK
post #8930 of 10562
11/21/09 at 8:50pm
Love this thread! But the latest looks like a tricky one by Haunani...esp the bit on prescription pills.
post #8931 of 10562
11/21/09 at 10:04pm
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Got it sorted out I think. Dumped all traces of Avira and AVG. Rebooted, reloaded Avira Antivir from net. All seems to be OK

Good for you, Mr. K. Next step: get yourself a Mac.

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Love this thread! But the latest looks like a tricky one by Haunani...esp the bit on prescription pills.

Good to see you here, Diamondflame!. Hint on the puzzle: It's a one-word fragrance name.
post #8932 of 10562
11/22/09 at 6:54am
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OK...maybe 'No' for the first letters (New Orleans?) and 'ade' (aid) for the last letters? Nomade by D'Orsay starts and ends that way but doesn't fit the other pics. Hmmm
post #8933 of 10562
11/22/09 at 8:14am
I don't even know where to start on this one. What is the basorelief? Pythia? Looks like something you'd see at a fair. But I've never been to one.
post #8934 of 10562
11/22/09 at 9:49am
Whew! You both unknowingly came very very close.
post #8935 of 10562
11/22/09 at 7:35pm
No more guesses? Time for another clue?

All the pictures are supposed to lead to one word, which is the name of the fragrance.
post #8936 of 10562
11/22/09 at 11:35pm
Good morning to your evening Haunani

I will give it a try: Relief by Forvil?

Pictures show relief from being endangered by water, a stone relief, medication as a relief and food (?) distributed as relief.

Or maybe they are showing something completely different

Ken, is you computer completely safe again?
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11/23/09 at 4:57am
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Good morning to your evening Haunani

I will give it a try: Relief by Forvil?

Pictures show relief from being endangered by water, a stone relief, medication as a relief and food (?) distributed as relief.

Or maybe they are showing something completely different

Ken, is you computer completely safe again?

That sounds like the answer Riannon!

My computer seems back in form, although searching for a fragrance in the Fragrance Directory is excruciatingly slow..nothing else on Basenotes takes so much time to load. Odd..
post #8938 of 10562
11/23/09 at 5:23am
I could not sleep last night and I was thinking about this game. All I could come up in my semi-sleep state, was something related to faith. So maybe Destiny by Marilyn Miglin although I don't think Haunani would be so pessimistic. hmm...
P.S. kbe, I am glad your computer is better now.
post #8939 of 10562
11/23/09 at 8:06am
The more I think about it, the more I believe Riannon got it. Come on Ms. H. tell us!
post #8940 of 10562
11/23/09 at 1:07pm
Sorry, guys. I slept in today (no work this morning!) and then Basenotes was down.

Yes, Riannon, it is Relief by Forvil! As you describe, all four pictures depict that word, in one way or another.

K and DD, you came so close with your "aid" and "basrelief" comments!

Great job!
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