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post #1 of 40
1/10/12 at 2:23pm
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Hi!
Literally just set this up today.
I've never blogged before, I hate social networking, so this is really for myself, I like to write and share my opinions, and I love talking about perfume of course.
I haven't got a trained nose and I don't want to come across like I really know what I'm talking about :') but, i'm learning!!
What do you think so far?
Do I have potential?

smellythoughts

I know I know it's so basic so far, and far from being original. I hope to consistently work on it to explore things and try and get my own opinions on things across to myself. I sample so so much and I don't want to forget my thoughts on things.
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post #2 of 40
1/13/12 at 6:40am
fucking love it freddie! i write "cologne show", second update coming Monday!
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post #3 of 40
1/15/12 at 12:19pm
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Ahhh wicked!! Thanks dude appreciate it. I'll keep my eye out for ya.
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post #4 of 40
1/15/12 at 10:52pm
Very nicely done.
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post #5 of 40
1/16/12 at 12:20am
Your blog looks very polished and should do quite well. I appreciated the review of the two Tauer fragrances as I have been considering both of them as future purchases. I will definitely refer to it again. Good luck with it!
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post #6 of 40
1/16/12 at 3:11am
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Thanks so much for the kind words guys really appreciate that!
I'll be updating it most weekdays, it's crazy how many views you lose by not updating. Got lots more interesting things to put on there so lookin forward to that. It's helping me greatly with note identification and such
In regards to the Tauer's, yes they're both amazing to me, underrated too. I can't wait to own one.
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post #7 of 40
1/16/12 at 4:16am
Very nice blog forfreddie. Consider adding a link to it in your signature
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post #8 of 40
1/16/12 at 4:28am
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Thank you!
I'll add a link to my signature when I've at least doubled my content ( hopefully by the end of the week if I work hard and my nose can handle it :P ), thanks for the idea!
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post #9 of 40
2/29/12 at 4:09pm
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The blog is finally starting to bulk out and with a hugeeee batch of samples on it's way to me it's gonna get more and more interesting.
Feeling rather chuffed with myself, even with my less than 40 view a day average Lol
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post #10 of 40
2/29/12 at 4:42pm
Oh I like it very much ForFreddie ! I like the clean and simple layout and you write well.
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post #11 of 40
3/7/12 at 11:02am
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Thank you so much Mimi, every read means a lot
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post #12 of 40
3/26/12 at 1:44am
I've had a peek too and keep up the good work. I love your fresh attitude and approach.
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post #13 of 40
3/26/12 at 2:39am
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Originally Posted by mumsy View Post

I've had a peek too and keep up the good work. I love your fresh attitude and approach.

That's really nice of you,
Thanks for looking
I'll keep trying!!
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post #14 of 40
7/5/12 at 2:09pm
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Just posted my 100th post today Still not many readers but, I've learnt a ton from when I started at the beginning of this year.
Thanks to many people on here who have influenced me to try new things as I have discovered some truly wonderful fragrances in the last 6 months
x
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post #15 of 40
7/7/12 at 12:12am
congrats man. blog looks great. keep up the good work
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post #16 of 40
7/7/12 at 12:40am
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Originally Posted by mt219 View Post

congrats man. blog looks great. keep up the good work

Cheers dude I apprecciate that
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post #17 of 40
7/26/12 at 8:34am
Keep up the stinky work.

Have a look everyone..... He's good.
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post #18 of 40
7/26/12 at 1:11pm
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mumsy: probably the sweetest lady on basenotes. Thank you Fran <3

Thankfully I have a ton of new samples - my work has become desperately unfrequent recently! My views have slowly fell to the pits of hell haha, I'm sure it's just me refreshing the page :')
Lots more up and coming though
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post #19 of 40
7/26/12 at 2:55pm
Very nice looking site and awesome blog! Love the layout, good job!.
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post #20 of 40
7/26/12 at 2:56pm
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Originally Posted by kalli View Post

Very nice looking site and awesome blog! Love the layout, good job!.

That's very sweet kalli thank you I'll be sure to add a ton of new stuff on soon!
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post #21 of 40
8/27/12 at 10:03am
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Just wanted to say my blog has took a big step forward in that I am now given the opportunity to host my first every giveaway!
The hugely generous Dominique Dubrana of La Via Del Profumo is offering a reader 15ml of his new release Tawaf.
Head over to check it out!
Smellythoughts Tawaf Review + Giveaway
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post #22 of 40
8/28/12 at 12:46am
Lovely review. You are sterling......
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post #23 of 40
8/28/12 at 3:40am
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Originally Posted by mumsy View Post

Lovely review. You are sterling......

Thank you Fran - generous and thoughtful I appreciate you giving me the first step to writing this review and discovering the La Via Del Profumo brand.
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post #24 of 40
9/13/12 at 2:40pm
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First ever video

Should I not waste my time with YouTube and stick solely to the blog?
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post #25 of 40
9/13/12 at 3:29pm
Nice first video. Go for it.....
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post #26 of 40
9/13/12 at 3:44pm
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Thank you as always mumsy
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post #27 of 40
9/13/12 at 10:29pm
Great, video, you should definitely keep going!

I like the fact that it was fast and to the point. Many reviewers seem to go around and around repeating things or adding irrelevant material. I think that the more concise and quick, the better. Here you talked about several frags and said the main point about each of them. My favorite reviewer is indeed Katie Puckrik, who was a professional presenter after all and so she knows her lesson about rhythm and speed.

I personally prefer shorter videos, who has the time of paying attention for 10 minutes? Rather break in pieces, or better, try to condense even more, eliminating all repetitions and nonnecessary words, and speaking fast (there is a reason why news anchors speak fast). this of course may require scripting (again, news anchors ... ), which is time consuming, but well worth it.

cacio
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post #28 of 40
9/13/12 at 10:38pm
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Cheers cacio.
Yeh I pretty much did it without any cutting which was a bad idea - I'm no pro with video editing so though I'd rather have a long first video than one with bad, choppy editing.
I'll be sure to brush up the time on any next ones or if I re-record this.
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post #29 of 40
9/14/12 at 12:52am
I reckon treating it like an essay would be useful. Take a transcript and draw a line through any unnecessary words unrelated to the actual perfume and see what is left. When we were designing things as graphic designers, we used to have a saying called 'Kiss' = keep it simple stupid. Apply that to everything and everyone and you cannot go wrong.
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post #30 of 40
9/14/12 at 2:57am
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That sounds like a clever way of doing things mumsy thanks for the pointer.
I may give one or two more videos a go, if they don't work out then so be it Your help is always appreciated thank you.
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post #31 of 40
9/20/12 at 8:18am
Love the writing, love the clean layout. It's fast becoming one of my favorite fragrance blogs, Freddie.
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post #32 of 40
9/20/12 at 8:29am
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Originally Posted by Diamondflame View Post

Love the writing, love the clean layout. It's fast becoming one of my favorite fragrance blogs, Freddie.

Ahhh thank you so much man I really appreciate that!
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post #33 of 40
1/18/13 at 11:55am
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It's been just over a year of blogging Crazy to think that it has brought me to some amazing people - can't quite believe it haha.
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post #34 of 40
1/18/13 at 4:40pm
Freddie, l only just saw this thread! l've been lurking on your blog on a regular basis for the last few months, & l'm really impressed with your writing & the whole layout. l highly recommend everyone here to read it. Well done mate!
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post #35 of 40
1/18/13 at 5:05pm
I just found you too. Good job! I like your writing and your videos. You seem very sincere.
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post #36 of 40
1/19/13 at 1:07pm
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Originally Posted by teardrop View Post

Freddie, l only just saw this thread! l've been lurking on your blog on a regular basis for the last few months, & l'm really impressed with your writing & the whole layout. l highly recommend everyone here to read it. Well done mate!

Aww thanks Catherine - always so supportive <3

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I just found you too. Good job! I like your writing and your videos. You seem very sincere.

You're late JDBIII!!! Hope to see you around there more often :P
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post #37 of 40
1/20/13 at 2:25pm
Love your blog and your YouTube Chanel Freddie , great stuff
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post #38 of 40
1/20/13 at 3:30pm
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Originally Posted by Pour_Monsieur View Post

Love your blog and your YouTube Chanel Freddie , great stuff


Owwww thank you Pour Monsieur that's really kind x
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post #39 of 40
4/4/13 at 7:02pm
Just wanted to say this is one of my favorite blogs. I watch your YouTube videos as well (keep doing those!), and I just generally appreciate what you do. Keep being you and keep writing about fragrances!
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post #40 of 40
4/5/13 at 4:34am
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Originally Posted by OctaVariuM View Post

Just wanted to say this is one of my favorite blogs. I watch your YouTube videos as well (keep doing those!), and I just generally appreciate what you do. Keep being you and keep writing about fragrances!

Awhghgh thank you so much OctaVariuM That means a lot to me.
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