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post #1 of 53
3/24/12 at 2:43pm
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GUERLAIN - Chant d'Aromes








Tchaikovsky - The Nutcracker - Waltz of the Flowers
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post #2 of 53
3/24/12 at 2:58pm
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TAUER PERFUMES - L'air du desert marocain



Sahara desert




Music of Morocco
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post #3 of 53
3/24/12 at 3:17pm
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SMELL BENT - Mountain High



Mt. Rainier National Park, WA



Smoke Marijuana (Weed Song) - Sizzla
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post #4 of 53
3/24/12 at 4:01pm
here's my excursus on music and perfume. If you're interested, check it out.
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post #5 of 53
3/24/12 at 6:52pm
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Hi, alfarom, I checked out your fascinating website. I copied the URL and it will take me a few hours/days to read all. Your music selections have a powerful beat.

I got the idea of scents/visuals/music from PerfumeShrine where Elena Vosnaki frequently illustrates her articles that way. Like for instance with Caron - Poivre. That piece of music (Bach - Double Violin Concerto in D Minor) I can listen to over and over again, with that repetitious beat. Here is the link:

http://perfumeshrine.blogspot.com/search?q=caron+poivre

I have a few more things I put together and will post them each day another one.
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post #6 of 53
3/24/12 at 7:31pm
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post #7 of 53
3/25/12 at 6:59am
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D.S. & DURGA - Siberian Snow



Cedar - outdoors



Frederic Chopin - Etude Op. 25 No. 11 - Winter Wind
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post #8 of 53
3/25/12 at 10:26am
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here's my excursus on music and perfume. If you're interested, check it out.

Alfa's blog is indeed excellent. I check it every day....highly recommended!
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post #9 of 53
3/25/12 at 10:58am
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Alfa's blog is indeed excellent. I check it every day....highly recommended!

Thanks Ivory!
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post #10 of 53
3/25/12 at 7:10pm
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ECLECTIC COLLECTIONS - Signed, Sealed and Delivered








Stevie Wonder - Signed, Sealed, Delivered, I'm Yours
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post #11 of 53
3/26/12 at 1:35pm
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CARON - Montaigne








Samuel Barber - Adagio for Strings
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post #12 of 53
3/27/12 at 6:13am
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AMOUAGE - Lyric Woman








Michael Nyman - Theme from The Piano
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post #13 of 53
3/30/12 at 11:37am
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TAUER PERFUMES - Lone Star Memories







Cars - Chuck Berry - Route 66
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post #14 of 53
3/31/12 at 7:41am
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OLYMPIC ORCHIDS ARTISAN PERFUMES - Kingston Ferry








Les Choristes - Caresse sur l'ocean
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post #15 of 53
3/31/12 at 4:50pm
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CREED - Aventus




John Stamos




Dinah Washington - Mad About The Boy
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post #16 of 53
4/1/12 at 8:25am
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CHLOE - L'Eau de Chloe



Laura Wood



John Denver - You Fill Up My Senses
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post #17 of 53
4/2/12 at 4:55pm
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GUERLAIN - Samsara



The Wheel of Life




Imee Ooi - The Chant of Metta
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post #18 of 53
4/3/12 at 4:17pm
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LORENZO VILLORESI - Dilmun



Bahrain Fort



Lo vivo per Lei - Andrea Bocelli and Giorgia
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post #19 of 53
4/4/12 at 4:03am
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LORENZO VILLORESI - Teint de Neige









Giacomo Puccini - O Mio Babbino Caro - Maria Callas
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post #20 of 53
4/5/12 at 5:23am
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EN VOYAGE PERFUMES - Havane pour Homme









Tango - Flamenco
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post #21 of 53
4/5/12 at 5:43am



Hashima island





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post #22 of 53
4/6/12 at 10:22am
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SERGE LUTENS - Tubereuse Criminelle









Enigma - Temple of Love
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post #23 of 53
4/7/12 at 6:21am
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GUERLAIN - Apres L'Ondee








Erik Satie - Gymnopedie No. 1 - Flute
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post #24 of 53
4/11/12 at 5:05am
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BOURJOIS - Soir de Paris








Eartha Kitt - Under The Bridges Of Paris
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post #25 of 53
4/12/12 at 6:59am
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GUERLAIN - Eau de Shalimar




The Taj Mahal at 7:00 AM




Rimsky-Korsakov - Scheherazade
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post #26 of 53
4/13/12 at 6:14pm
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PROVIDENCE PERFUME CO. - Rose Boheme









Turkish Gypsy Music - Mahalle Ciftetellisi
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post #27 of 53
4/14/12 at 12:07am




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post #28 of 53
4/14/12 at 5:07am
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JULIET STEWART - Juliet









Ludwig van Beethoven - Symphony No. 6 (Pastoral) - 5th Movement
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post #29 of 53
4/15/12 at 4:46am
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NEW YORK YANKEES for men








Take me out to the ball game
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post #30 of 53
4/15/12 at 1:43pm
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TAUER PERFUMES - Miriam










Mozart - Concerto for flute, harp and orchestra in C major - Andantino
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post #31 of 53
4/17/12 at 4:25am
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INEKE - Angel's Trumpet




Monet - Water Lilies




Tine Thing Helseth - Fanfare
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post #32 of 53
4/18/12 at 6:47am
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BY KILIAN - Beyond Love




Anna Key - Tuberose Flower




FEVER - Daniel Ash
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post #33 of 53
4/18/12 at 7:59am
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post #34 of 53
4/18/12 at 8:02am
Um, why those turned out so small, I ain't got no idea.
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post #35 of 53
4/18/12 at 9:50am
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Um, why those turned out so small, I ain't got no idea.

Thanks, kalli, for your contribution, we shall keep this thread going. The reason that your images came out small is, that you have to take out the tiny hook in the box underneath the URL field, after you have pasted the URL, something like "retrieve locally". Just unhook that, and the image will appear large.
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post #36 of 53
4/19/12 at 6:35am
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DIOR - Cruise Collection - Escale a Parati




BRAZIL - Paraty - View from the water




Shakira - Bamboo (Samba)
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post #37 of 53
4/23/12 at 5:59am
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KEIKO MECHERI - Canyon Dreams




Grand Canyon, Utah




Paul Hardcastle - Chime
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post #38 of 53
4/24/12 at 7:05am
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ANNICK GOUTAL - Ninfeo Mio








Edvard Grieg - Morning Mood
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post #39 of 53
4/25/12 at 6:24pm
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TAUER PERFUMES - Le Maroc Pour Elle




Marrakech Spice Market




Arabic Belly Dance Music
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post #40 of 53
4/28/12 at 4:15am
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YVES SAINT LAURENT - Yvresse








Carlos Santana - Bella
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post #41 of 53
4/29/12 at 4:13am
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DIOR - Diorissimo








Camelot - It's May, it's May, the lusty month of May !
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post #42 of 53
4/29/12 at 6:08pm
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CARON - En Avion








Top Gun - Highway to the Danger Zone
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post #43 of 53
5/3/12 at 4:39pm
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GUERLAIN - Aqua Allegoria Cherry Blossom









Traditional Music of Japan - Sakura "Cherry Blossom"
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post #44 of 53
5/4/12 at 12:26pm
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MYRURGIA - Maja




Francisco de Goya - Majas on a Balcony




Georges Bizet - Carmen - Toreador Song
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post #45 of 53
5/6/12 at 3:40pm
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WIENER BLUT - Klubwasser


Vienna Court Opera


Johann Strauss - Waltz "Wiener Blut"
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post #46 of 53
5/7/12 at 6:53am
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CREED - Citrus Bigarrade




The Great Gatsby - Robert Redford




Johann Sebastian Bach - Gavotte
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post #47 of 53
5/9/12 at 1:17pm
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STRANGE INVISIBLE PERFUMES - Dimanche




Outdoor cafe




La romance de Paris
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post #48 of 53
5/10/12 at 3:50am
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here's my excursus on music and perfume. If you're interested, check it out.

mm, you have lots of stuff there i used to listen to a lot in the nineties (and still do.) slint, dub, leftfield electronics like basic channel, ambient (i was a huge aphex twin fan in his early years) and so on. i wonder what else you are listening to, but i don't want to stray too much off-topic, especially since this is a nice thread. but you could drop me a p.m. if you wish.
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post #49 of 53
5/10/12 at 4:21am
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Thank you. I will explain publicly. Sometimes, I hear a piece of music and the scent comes to mind, and then it is easy to find something visual - via google in the internet. The anchors are the scent or the piece of music.

It just compels me to put these three levels SCENT-VISION-MUSIC together. Sometimes, the trip starts out one way, and on the road there are new ideas creeping in sideways. It is very relaxing, like knitting is repetitious, and in the end, a piece of work comes out.

Nothing is really originally from ME. A perfumer creates the scent with his vision, and I interpret it as my fancy hits me, find a visual on the internet, and somehow the brain delivers the suitable piece of music. Remember that both perfume and music drive on accords. The brain links easily a scent with a piece of music. It just jumps out, and then I put it together.

I hope that more members follow this thread and lay down posts with THEIR interpretations.
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post #50 of 53
5/15/12 at 6:13am
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HOUSE OF THARA - House of Thara




Coco Chanel and Grand Duke Dmitri Pavlovich (1920)




British Countryside to Claude Debussy's Clair de Lune
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post #51 of 53
5/20/12 at 11:02am
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YOSH - Sombre Negra









Santana - Black Magic Woman
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post #52 of 53
5/24/12 at 4:37am
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AYALA MORIEL - Orcas




Durrat Al Bahrain




Ocean Music - Echoes In The Deep
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post #53 of 53
6/28/12 at 4:24am
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NEELA VERMEIRE - Bombay Bling



Night at Mumbai



Singer: Lata Mangeshkar - "O Mor Moyna"
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