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Pete Fiutak
Fire over your questions to me at
email@example.com. I might not be able to answer them
all, but I promise they're all read. Any e-mails sent to this
address may be published or edited unless requested otherwise.
(Please put ASK CFN in the subject line, and PLEASE keep the
questions short ... it makes my life easier.)
Pete, help me
out here. I know this is College FOOTBALL News, and I love my
Georgia Bulldogs as much as the next guy, but it is obvious you
have an interest in the NCAA Tournament. I have gotten into a
few debates recently with buddies/co-workers about the
significance of Mario Chalmers' shot to tie the Kansas/Memphis
game. No one agrees with me here, but I will argue until I'm
blue in the face that Chalmers drained the most clutch shot in
the history of basketball, college or pro. Christian Laettner's
shot was in the Elite Eight, so that one is out right away. The
more interesting comparisons are to Michael Jordan's shot that
beat Utah in 1998, John Paxson's that beat Phoenix in 1993, and
Magic Johnson's junior sky hook against Boston in 1987. None of
those occurred in a game seven, and that's my argument for
Chalmers. Lo Charles made his dunk vs. Phi Slamma Jamma in a
tie game. Chalmers was faced with the situation of "make this
shot, or lose the national championship." To me, it is the
equivalent of a buzzer beater in game seven of the NBA Finals.
Do you agree?
– David
A: No. The Chalmers shot was an all-timer to be sure, but it
didn't win the game. Had KU lost in OT, the shot would've been
as important as the Jerry West half court bomb in game five of
the 1970 NBA Finals against the Knicks. Neither the Jordan shot
to beat Utah nor and the Paxson shot to beat Phoenix came in a
game seven; I refuse to believe either of those Bulls teams
would've lost a seventh game. The Lo Charles dunk wasn't clutch;
it was opportunistic. What about the Keith Smart shot to give
Indiana the 1987 title over Syracuse?
I know it was a regional final, but I'll still go with the
Laettner shot to beat Kentucky in 1992. The argument could be
made that Laettner also came up with a "make this shot or lose
the national championship" play, but Duke needed to beat Indiana
and Michigan while Kansas had to get through overtime.
The other qualification is the legendary status. Find 100 guys
in a sports bar tomorrow night and ask them about the Laettner
shot. 99 of them would have a story about where they were when
it happened. Ask the same 100 guys to 1) name who played in the
2008 national championship and 2) who hit the key shot to send
it to overtime, and maybe ten will answer both of them within a
reasonable time.
Assuming you must watch a lot of the games each week on TV -
please discuss what you think of the play-by-play and color
analysts that are out there. Who is bad, good, very good, off
the charts ..... – CD
A: I've always been a lone wolf when it comes to the announcers
I like. I love hearing Brent Musburger call a game, and he's
great with Kirk Herbstreit, while Verne Lundquist is also high
on my list. Maybe it's because they've been around forever and
sound like classic college football, and maybe it's the
confidence they have after years of work, but they're my
favorites. Of the new guys, Thom Brennaman and Charles Davis
have been solid on the Big Ten Network and Fox. I also really
like the GameDay guys doing weeknight games. As far as the guys
I can't handle, Paul Maguire has always been at the top of my
list. He was better last year after being banished to the
sideline, but he fails to add anything.
I was wondering if you
had an opinion on why Pat Hill's name, out of Fresno State, doesn't come
up when big time coaching vacancies are open in BCS conferences?
A: He hasn't actually won much of anything significant. Fresno State has
come up with a few good wins here and there over average BCS teams, but
where are all the WAC titles? He was hot several years ago but he didn't
take the program to another level, and now he has cooled off. That might
change if this year's team is as good as expected.
Had to vent this to someone...it seems that every year that goes by,
the '04 Auburn team seems more and more screwed. Your BCS projections
just reminded me how unfortunate that team was. Not only to sit
undefeated behind two other undefeated teams, that's the obvious part,
but to do it in 2004 instead of more recent years is now my new
torture. As you pointed out in your Championship Game prediction "it
will take a lot to keep the SEC champion out of the title game". If the
LSU and Florida titles had happened in '02 and '03, Auburn would have
walked into the title game, based simply on the results of the two
2-loss SEC teams winning the title. But, of course, it didn't happen
that way. Auburn didn't have the benefit of the precedent we have now
on which to judge the relative strengths of the contenders. – JD
A: In hindsight, yeah, the Tigers got screwed out of playing for the
national title, but they probably didn't get as hosed as you think. The
big difference between the last two years and the Auburn season is that
2004 Auburn probably doesn't beat 2004 USC.
I was reading CFN's "Way Early BCS Projections" and I noticed there
was no mention of a possible USC-Ohio State rematch in the Rose Bowl. I
realize the guess is that the winner of the 9/13 contest will probably
go unbeaten the rest of the way, BUT if neither one of these teams make
it to the title game, yet each goes on to win their respective
conferences, we'd have a rematch between the two, correct? I feel this
would be a bad thing for college football, but I was wondering what your
thoughts were. What would the national perception be? And more
importantly, how would the Rose Bowl/Big Ten/Pac 10 feel about it? –
A: Yeah, there's a chance to the two could meet in the Rose Bowl again
since they'll automatically go if they each win their respective
conferences and don't play for the national title. The Rose Bowl, Big
Ten, and Pac 10 would take that matchup in a heartbeat no matter what
happens on the 13th considering who they are.
Is it good for college football? I hate rematches, but it would be far
more competitive than last year's debacle. At the end of the day,
remember, bowl games, outside of the BCS Championship, are glorified
exhibitions. If it's USC vs. Ohio State in the Rose Bowl, fine. It's not
that big a deal. If it's USC vs. Ohio State in the BCS Championship,
then I have a big, big problem considering the issue was already
settled. The only way a rematch might be acceptable is if USC wins a
nail-biter and there's some question about whether or not the Buckeyes
would win on a neutral field. Even then, I'll be 100% anti-rematch if
that time comes.
As a life long Nebraska football fan i was extremely disappointed
with Callahan's 07 year. I think that the Huskers had losing seasons
because he [Callahan] changed the offense style to west-coast from their
old and very effective option-run. Do you think that might just be the
reason? – MR
A: No. I love the option and think there's a place for it at the highest
levels of college football, but Callahan's offense wasn't the problem.
In fact, and most Nebraska fans don't want to acknowledge this, but he
was on the right track. What's to complain about when the offense
finishes ninth in the nation, seventh in passing, and averages 33.4
points per game? It wasn't consistent, but it was starting to catch on
late. Callahan's problem was defense; the Huskers finished 116th
in the nation in rushing D, 112th overall, and 114th
in scoring defense. That's what Bo Pelini has to change and that's his
first order of business. Don't expect a major tinkering with the offense
right away; there are other problems to deal with first.
With New England Patriots getting a slap on the wrist for their video
taping scandal from the NFL, how do you think the NCAA would've handled
a similar situation? Does the NCAA's ridiculous or harsh punishments do
more to preserve the integrity of the game or are they as meaningless as
the NFL's punishment of Patriots? – MM
A: Interesting thought. If the NCAA got ticked off enough, it would've
stricken the affected game from the record books, take away
scholarships, and hit the offending school with some kind of probation.
To me, spying on opposing teams like the Patriots got nailed for is far
worse than any kind of $100 handshake, paying players, or any other
goofy reason the NCAA tags programs with probation. The Patriots got off
I know that Tim Tebow was awarded the the Heisman Trophy last year
and I believe Darren McFadden was the runner up, but what about Pat
White? I really thought he carried West Virginia through many crucial
moments when Steve Slaton was missing, or just did not have the game in
his heart. Pat White really carried the team on his shoulders, and there
was no doubt that he leads that team with poise and confidence. Tebow
was phenomenal with the numbers he put up, but Pat White singlehandly
won a lot of games for the Mountaineers, at least he should of been
runner up, don't you think?! -Matt, Malden, MA
A: I'm with you, and if you did the Heisman voting after the bowls, he
might have won, or else he would've finished No. 2. Look at what
happened to the finalists. Tebow lost to Michigan, Chase Daniel didn't
do anything in the win over Arkansas, Colt Brennan was a grease spot
against Georgia, and Darren McFadden was mediocre against Missouri.
White should've been in the Heisman mix over the last few seasons,
especially last year, but he was banged up in two of the team's biggest
games and West Virginia lost to South Florida and Pitt partly because of
it. I think he gets his due, finally, this year. As long as he's
healthy, and as long as West Virginia is decent, he deserves to be a
finalist this year.


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November 15, 2013
The Freddy Cole Quartet is amongst the most respected jazz musicians today and his style is described as suave, elegant, formidable, and articulate. With Freddy on piano, the Quartet includes guitarist Randy Napoleon, drummer Curtis Boyd, and bassist Elias Bailey. Even though Freddy is often compared to his brother Nat King Cole, his voice is raspier, smokier, some even say jazzier, and has established himself as one of the finest jazz musicians today whose "toe-tapping forays recall the bluesy minimalism of Count Basie, the urbane sophistication of George Shearing and the uptown swagger of Duke Ellington" (Topeka Capital-Journal).
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Hole196, a vulnerability in the WPA2 security protocol, has been a topic of debate in the wireless security industry since its discovery was announced a few weeks back. Everyone's got an opinion on this one - is it legitimately dangerous or much ado about nothing?
Glenn Fleishman writes in Ars Technica that while it "is quite serious, it is unlikely to cause widespread disruption in the corporate and government networks for which it would have the potential to cause the biggest headaches." On his blog, he added "Boiled down, I don't think anyone need worry about Hole196."
Will Hack for Sushi says "The truth behind this issues is that, well, it's a non-issue for most organizations."
Now of course, you must be wondering, 'What does AirMagnet think about this?' Fortunately, I sat down with Matthew Gast, Director of Product Management at Aerohive, to hash it out. Check out the below podcast for our take on Hole196, possible impacts and if it's really all it's hyped up to be. Once you've listened, take to the comments and let us know your opinion!
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I was wondering what your thoughts are on 312 Marketing in Raleigh, North Carolina?
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They are currently hiring for entry level sales positions in the Raleigh/Durham metropolitan area. Their jobs are hard but pay a high salary.
Salaries don't really matter if something is a scam. 312 Marketing is not one of those companies, but there are a lot of advertising firms out there that are.
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Maharashtra chief minister Prithviraj Chavan's fate hangs in balance, as the National Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar pushed hard for his removal to pave way for a fresh face ahead of Assembly elections scheduled in September.
Congress president Sonia Gandhi's political advisor Ahmed Patel and former defence minister AK Antony called on Pawar at his residence on Thursday, to discuss alliance, seat sharing and poll preparations in the state.
Coming out of Pawar's house, Ahmed Patel said the meeting was only to discuss the seat-sharing in Maharashtra and there was no discussion on the change of guard. The general secretary in-charge Mohan Prakash also told reporters in All India Congress Committee (AICC) that there was no plan to change Chavan at this moment.
But a source close to Congress president put it that there was 50-50 chance of removal of Chavan, as Mrs Gandhi was not inclined to rock boats with the alliance partner Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) at this moment. The Congress--NCP partnership, which has ruled the since 1999, was decimated by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-Shiv Sena combine last month in Lok Sabha elections.
After meeting Pawar, the two senior Congress leaders went to 10-Janpath to brief Mrs Gandhi.
Sources said Pawar has favoured former Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde as the next chief minister. Shinde, however, is convalescing from an eye operation in Boston in the USA. Pawar wants a replacement without any loss of time.
Other names under discussion for chief ministership are the state's Revenue Minister Balasaheb Thorat and Vikhe Patil, Maharashtra's Agricultural Minister.
Pawar is also said to have met the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati also during the day. Sources here said he has conveyed Patel to discuss with Sonia Gandhi the prospects of including the BSP also in the alliance to contest polls together. Pawar's calculations seems that under a Dalit CM Shinde, together with the support of Mayawati can blunt the edge of BJP-Shiv Sena and RPI combine.
The BSP has 3% votes in Maharashtra, with higher percentage in Vidarbha.
Maharashtra minister Patang Rao Kadam also called on Sonia on Thrusday, but refused to part with details.
Chavan's clean image was the primary reason for him being made chief minister in 2010.
He replaced another Maratha face Ashok Chavan, who was found involved in Adarsh housing scam. But the chief minister been continuously under fire for his indecisions and ignoring party workers.
Sources also say the Chavan's replacement could also trigger change of guard in Assam and Haryana as well, where polls are also due later this year. The party is also squirming to break alliance with the National Conference (NC) in Jammu and Kashmir, which is also going to polls by the end of this year.
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Bringing them home; Lab's mission is to recover and identify the 90,000 American soldiers missing in action.
At first, Thomas D. Holland wasn't interested in a job identifying those who had gone missing in America's wars.
But the director of the military's Central Identification Laboratories in Hawaii kept calling. An archaeologist, Holland had published several articles in the Journal of Forensic Science on determining the gender, race and stature of skeletons from fragments.
The year was 1991. Holland and his wife were content living in Missouri, where he was a curator at the University of Missouri's museum. Yet gradually he found himself influenced by an important historical event: the 50th anniversary of the bombing of Pearl Harbor.
"Every time I turned on the TV, there was Hawaii again," Holland recalled. "In January 1992, I said, `OK, I'll do it for three years.'"
The job proved more to Holland's liking than he could have imagined.
Today, he is the scientific director of the facility in Hawaii, which is the largest forensic anthropology laboratory in the world. It is operated by the Department of Defense's Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command, located at Hickham Air Force Base near Honolulu. Its mission is to identify the roughly 90,000 Americans who are listed as missing in action and presumed dead since the early 20th century, among them 78,000 from World War II, 8,100 from the Korean War and 1,800 from the Vietnam War. About half are considered "unrecoverable" because they were lost at sea.
Advances in forensic science and DNA testing are making it possible to identify a soldier or sailor on scant physical evidence. But Holland, 50, said that even today, the most reliable method is through dental records.
"Already this year, the lab has identified 23 from World War II, 20 from Korea and 20 from Southeast Asia," Holland said with obvious pride. "We are identifying somebody about every two and a half days."
Not long ago, the laboratory put a name to a soldier from World War I. His remains had been discovered in France by a construction crew.
More than 400 people with a wide range of specialties - from archaeology to criminal investigation to DNA processing - are engaged in the work of the laboratory. Eighteen search and recovery teams travel around the world to retrieve remains, and any evidence that could make positive identifications possible. The teams have tramped through the jungles of the Amazon, where planes were lost en route to North Africa during World War II, and trekked along the icy peaks of the Himalayas. "We lost several hundred aircraft flying the hump from India to China," Holland remarked.
The teams are on humanitarian missions and are unarmed. Earlier in his career, Holland found himself in remote and sometimes dangerous spots. In the early 1990s, he was on teams that visited Cambodia.
"The Khmer Rouge were still very active, so the missions there were something of an adventure," he recalled. "We were on one recovery where the Khmer Rouge didn't want us there anymore. They rocketed our base camp." The team quickly withdrew.
In 1995, Holland and others from the lab were in the Iraqi desert investigating the crash site of Navy pilot Lt. Cmdr. Michael S. Speicher, who was lost in January of 1991 during the Gulf War at age 33. Controversy surrounded what had happened to Speicher. Some people were certain that he had survived and was being held hostage in Iraq by Saddam Hussein's henchmen.
"In the case of Speicher, the evidence showed the ejection seat had worked," Holland said. "He parachuted into the desert. What happened to him after that we don't know. It's western Iraq. The desert is a pretty empty place out there."
Back when he arrived at the University of Missouri for his freshman year, archaeology piqued Holland's interest. He was on a work-study program and took a job in the archaeology department's laboratory. A printmaker and painter, he majored in fine arts and then stayed on at the university to earn a master's degree and a doctorate in bio-archaeology.
In his current position, Holland reviews all the evidence for each case and writes the final report, detailing the justification for an identification. Before the evidence reaches him, it has been through a rigorous peer review by departments at the lab, each independent of the other.
Field work was fascinating, Holland said, but it allowed for involvement in only one part of the process. "Some cases take six months, a year or five years," he explained. "A lot of times you never know what happened to that case." Now he sees the pieces of the puzzle come together.
Holland still travels a good deal. While on long plane rides, he writes fiction based on forensics. He has produced two books: "One Drop of Blood" is now in paperback, and "KIA" will be released in January by Simon and Schuster.
But Holland has no plans to give up his day job.
"In terms of forensics, this is the ideal job," Holland said. "Your average forensic job is dealing with murder, abuse, rape. It's nice to assist and bring bad guys to justice. You often think, `Just how slimy are individuals?'
"What we do is so different," he continued. "It has all the intellectual satisfaction of solving these complex puzzles. Our country asked them to do something onerous and they did it. In many cases they died horrible deaths, but they did something noble. You go home and you don't feel ashamed to be a member of the human race."
`Let the Dead Bury the Dead: Forensic Science Behind the Recovery and Identification of U.S. War Casualties'
What: A talk by Thomas D. Holland
When: 7:30 tonight
Where: Cafe at the Worcester Art Museum, 18 Salisbury St., Worcester. Hosted by the Worcester Chapter of the Archaeological Institute of America
How much: Free and open to the public
CUTLINE: (PHOTO 1) Forensic anthropologist Thomas D. Holland in the Iraqi desert investigating the crash site of Navy Lt. Cmdr. Michael S. Speicher, who was shot down in 1991. (PHOTO 2) The Joint POW Accounting Command (JPAC) Central Identification Laboratories at Hickham Air Force Base, Hawaii. (PHOTO 3) Thomas D. Holland in Cambodia with a search and recovery team in the early 1990s. Holland will speak at 7:30 tonight at the Worcester Art Museum.
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KUALA LUMPUR: The RM36bil Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) project, the country's largest ever infrastructure project, will belong to the Government to ensure that it is completed on time. It will also be built at the lowest possible cost by ensuring complete transparency throughout the project.
In announcing that the Cabinet finally gave its approval on Friday, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak said the project would not be privatised.
It would instead be owned by Syarikat Prasarana Negara Bhd which already manages the city's two Light Rail Transit (LRT) lines and the bus services for here and Penang.
The Cabinet also decided that the Land Public Transport Commission (SPAD) would supervise the project, said Najib.
He said MMC-Gamuda JV Sdn Bhd was appointed as the Project Delivery Partner to manage the project but the company, its associates and subsidiaries would not be allowed to tender for any of the nine parcels of the project except for the tunnelling works.
They would be paid a fee for managing the project with the added responsibility of having to deliver the project within an agreed time and cost.
Stressing that MMC-Gamuda Joint Venture is not a turn-key contractor, the Prime Minister said the project would be divided into work packages which would be awarded individually through open tender.
Even for the tunnelling works, MMC-Gamuda JV would have to make a bid and the job would be awarded to the most competitive one.
Najib said the Government felt that the company should be allowed to tender for the tunnelling works because it is the only local construction company with such experience, citing as examples their work in the SMART Tunnel and the Kaohsiung MRT in Taiwan.
The tunnel for the MRT line here is estimated to be about 10km.
The MRT will generate 130,000 jobs during its construction.
It is also expected to generate a gross national income of between RM3bil and RM4bil per annum from 2011 to 2020 from direct construction and operations and another RM8bil and RM12bil as a result of its multiplier impact.
"Total cost of the project is still being discussed in detail," Najib said at a press conference yesterday.
The cost of the project was estimated at RM36bil (by MMC-Gamuda Joint Venture Sdn Bhd) last year but the exact cost would depend on open tender contracts offered, overall price increase of goods as well as determined by the value management studies, he said.
Future lines have been proposed and are being studied as part of the Urban Public Transport Master Plan being drawn up by SPAD, said Najib.
The Prime Minister also announced that the construction of the first line from Sungai Buloh to Kajang, covering 60km with 35 stations, would start in July and work was expected to be completed within five or six years.
"The Government picked the Sg Buloh-Kajang line to start the MRT project as this corridor is not adequately served by rail-based public transport," he said.
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They do pretty much nothing, other than your omega 3 tablets.
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I loved these as a kid. Now I'm just lazy and never take them.
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@cale: I'd say Omega-3 qualifies. I take that and B complex. I should probably take D as well.
My parents had me take chewable multivitamins as a kid, but I hated how they tasted so I wasn't particularly consistent.
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No. I have had bad heartburn all my life and as a result taken many calcium antacids that are kind of like Vitamins, but that's as close as I got.
Supplements? No. I did as a kid, yes. Very very picky eater as a kid and needed them as I wouldn't eat many things that I needed to have nutritious diet.
My mom force fed me fruit and fish. :C
One day I discovered finely chopped carrots in my spaghetti sauce. I never trusted mom after that incident. D:
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Never. Unless you have a really poor diet or some specific medical reason it's a complete waste of money.
Yeah. If you eat well and go outside a little bit you'll be perfectly fine.
As a vegetarian, I try to take B12 vitamins daily. Especially since lately my hands have been itching a lot, which may be a sign of Palmoplantar Pruritus which can be caused by vitamin B12 deficiency. But I think it might also just be an allergic reaction to petting my roommate's corgi a lot...
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No generally healthy person without major medical problems should take any kind of supplement. They are at best a waste of money and are likely even dangerous. All vitamins come in two categories. Fat soluble and water soluble.
The water soluble kind are harmless and in supplement form they barely even get absorbed at all and just come out in your urine. So yes you are literally pissing your money away.
The fat soluble kind are the dangerous kind. You will absorb them but with any first world diet you probably have all that you need. Since these vitamins usually come at high doses that means they your body will start storing them as mineral deposits in your joints and eyes. Yes minerals in your eyes. That is a pretty big health problem.
I do take Vitamin D supplements on occasion as my doctor tells me to because my digestion system is all kinds of messed up. I also have to get Vitamin B-12 shots on occasion despite them selling B-12 pills because they are the water soluble kind and injecting them into your fat is pretty much the only way to keep them in your system long enough to absorb them.
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I take this daily when I remember (can't stand most green vegetables)
I don't know if it's doing anything, but I do seem to dream a lot more when I'm using it.
Unless you have an absolutely terrible diet, or have a medical condition that necessitates it (an actual diagnosed condition, none of this self-diagnosis bullshit) there should be absolutely no need for vitamin supplements. And if you do have an absolutely terrible diet, no amount of vitamin supplements are going to make you healthy and stop you from ending up in an early grave.
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Vitamin C tablets when i'm feeling a bit tired.
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Off and on when I was a kid. Not really now.
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I took vitamins as a kid and I still take them as an adult.
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Sometime last summer I went to the doctor and my white blood cell count was low so he told me to start taking Vitamin D. I've been taking it every day since.
I didn't get out much at the time. It's a little less of a problem these days, maybe I could do without them, but whatever.
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With a diet consisting entirely of pizza, chick fil a, and fast food breakfast sandwiches I figure it's probably a good idea to take them.
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Not really, but I do like those tasty vitamin C drinks.
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I take protein, but never vitamins.
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Like many people in this thread, I took those Flintstones vitamins as a kid, but I pretty much don't take anything as an adult now. Occasionally, when I feel like I should pretend I want to be healthy (although it seems vitamins are fairly useless?) I'll buy a bottle and take most of it before forgetting it exits.
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Spanish Word of the Day Archive
Wednesday January 22, 2014
honestamente, adverb:
honestly; to be honest with you, frankly
When honestamente refers to the way in which you do something, it works in a similar way to English honestly:
Dime honestamente lo que piensas.
Tell me honestly what you think.
Tengo que admitir honestamente que no entendí el argumento.
I have to be honest and admit that I didn't understand the storyline.
However, you also use it like frankly in English, to qualify what you are about to say:
Honestamente, no lo sé.
To be honest with you, I don't know.
Creo honestamente que es todo lo contrario de lo que dices.
Frankly or To be honest with you, I think it's the exact opposite of what you're saying.
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Djedi is a major discovery, like an archeological dig unearthing a Pharoah's tomb. I can see why bottles of this are selling for $500 and $1,000 on Ebay. There is nothing else like it.
I'm not going to tell you that it is beautiful. It is arresting. It is stunning. It is majestic. But it is not pretty. If you find "challenging" fragrances unpleasant, don't go near this one with a ten-foot pole. If you yearn for a true fragrance experience, you will be amply rewarded. Djedi leaves all the the others behind in the dust as far as the Goth factor goes.
In comparison, Voleur de Rose seems natural, like garden soil and dead-headed roses. Messe de Minuit seems familiar, like a poor, old church. Vol de Nuit seems dry and austere but pretty. L'Heure Bleu is a bit melancholy like a lonely old schoolteacher. And Mitsouko is downright tasty, all things being relative.
So, what does Djedi smell like? Why is it so compelling and sought-after? I must return to my archeological dig metaphor.
Phase One: The top note smells like dirt. It is probably vetiver and/or orris root, but it is very earthy, like shovelfulls of dense clay, full of minerals. One can imagine the door to the Pharoah's tomb opening and being surrounded by air that is thousands of years old, so--extremely--dry, not one hint of sweetness or life, only stillhess, silence, and an oppressive feeling.
Phase Two: Now comes my favorite part. It is brief, so look for it quickly. Oakmoss, some spices, a few faint florals and--powder. There it is! The Guerlain signature scent. Yes, this is a perfume--proud, dignified, and astounding. Ancient, dry, austere, and forbidding, Djedi is still meant to be worn.
Phase Three: Then it lapses into its final, lengthy phase, as captivating as the first two but long-lasting. A growing mustiness overtakes all other notes. It is heavy, sad, and decidedly animalic. It is bitter, strangely herbal, old leathery, and full of civit at it very strongest. I know people who discern civit best in the opening notes of a fragrance, not as it has been listed as a base note. I can understand why. Although civit is persistent (we all have our cat stories to prove it) it can quickly be blended into heavy florals and spices. In Djedi, there is no such coverup occurring. At this point, it smells like a big, old, haunted house, an underground tomb, some dark, dank place of great tragedy.
How do they make this perfume? Incredible.
Dammit, I wish Guerlain would reissue this one. **wishes upon a star**
Is it 'real' civit do you think?
POL gals are talking about Djedi, too. Of course, not with anywhere near the descriptive vocab of our hued bird!
In a world where 6 million people are added each month, every landscape matters.
Purplebird, you are a dangerous woman.
I think this is the most enchanting review of Djedi I have ever read. Not even Roja Dove could improve this.
And you are the cause of a terrible dilemma: I remember the scent of the last drops of my Djedi sample and now I am here with an unopened bottle.
Staring at it and too afraid to open it. Afraid that the memory is better than the extrait I hold now.
I think I will print your words and maybe I will feel brave enough to finally open the bottle.
Will it be heaven or hell?
The bird of paradise alights only upon the hand that does not grasp
My goodness, Purplebird, that was extraordinary! What an awesome adventure. Loved receiving the postcard back here at home.
I would never believed how a perfume can transport you to the level of an experience before I tried Opone, but I now know it can happen.
You've added another travel destination to my list. But it is shockingly expensive for a sample.
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Wonderful review!
Here's another scent to add to my list of "must smell".
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Djedi was reissued in 1996. My thanks go to Twolf for getting ahold of a bottle then, and giving me the last, precious drops of it.
Here's my offer: I would like to pass it around.
You people, PM me your addresses, I will make a list. Then I will put the vial in the mail to the first person. Use a small dab or two, cross your name off, and send it on.
Really, this is too fabulous to miss. And Riannon, you can smell it before you open the bottle. At the going price, it is almost an investment.
Really? **fans self** That is just so amazingly generous of you. PMing you now!
Oh my gosh Purplebird. You are truly generous!!!!
Also, we should all write a review after sniffing this one. I must power up my nose, dig up my thesaurus and post a review worthy of this fragrance.
PM sent.
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Fanning the flames: Here's a link to Columbina's review of Djedi from almost exactly one year ago.
In a world where 6 million people are added each month, every landscape matters.
Sorry to disappoint you all, guys, but I have never had a bottle. This same little sample as received from one wonderful Basenoter is ALL we are all swooning over. I tried it, I passed it to someone else, because everybody should have a first hand (nose) experience of what it is, just for reference purposes and to know what the fragrances should be like.
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I have smelled it before, I have a bottle. I could not live with myself trying your sample just to assure myself I made a right decision.
Others have never smelled it. Let them be the ones to grasp this opportunity.
Maybe there will come a day when I will overcome my fears. And yet, maybe the dream will be too precious for me too disturb.
When I ever open the bottle, I will go back to this thread. Remembering the ones who longed to dream as well.
Update: I have sent you a long, long mail with the complete explanation.
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(This community ROCKS!)
I simply cannot own this sample. It has wings; it wants to travel.
This is far too important of a perfume to keep to myself.
"...Nor does anyone after lighting a lamp put it under a bushel basket, but on a lampstand, where it gives light to all in the house."
Purplebird, heartfelt thanks - reviews like that bring out the lemming in all us.
A question - is this one better to try in the evening, rather than morning? A rainy day as opposed to a sunny one? It seems both an evening and a cool day scent. I do want to maximize the experience.
I want to note my experience before I forget. The first thing that strike me is a familiarity. Annoying because it's hard to pin down. There is a definite similarity to Messe di Minuit but after the initial vetiver mellows, the heart is cinnamon, labdanum and myhrr. I pull out a few others that are ringing memory bells; Hermescense--Vetiver & Tonka, Bond--Chinatown (too sweet but cinammon & tonka are so familiar) and Heeley-Cardinal. The Messe di Minuit is closest but the incense is much softer in Djedi. It creeps up rather than bursts into smoke and flame. At the heart is this gentle musty cinnamon which I think might be combined with labdanum. It has an other worldly edible--almost yeasty aspect that makes me think of fresh cinnamon buns (drips partly burned in the bottom of the oven). It's not at all sugary though, dusty as though served in a farmhouse kitchen on an ancient hewn oak table with the sun shining through hand-made glass.There would have to be an iron stove with a wood fire. No wonder those buns are nearly burned!
I just want to compliment you on your excellent review.
I'm glad you enjoyed my review. Otherwise... If a tree falls in a forest and nobody is around to hear it, does it make a sound?
Kumquat, I believe you have once again positively identified the elusive notes. Your bloodhound nose is on the right track with Messe de Minuit and cinnamon.
I smell it, too.
I have to go out and find some "mastica" powder, which is resin from a tree related to pistachios, and also musty. I will let you match up that aroma to your enormous library of mental reference files.
flathorn - As far as when to try it? I would recommend a humid night at dusk.
On further exploration in the 'olefactory' I realized the same notes are closest in Guerlain; Sous le Vent. This is a re-release limited edition avaiable only in the Paris Salon. I have a decant. Its listed notes are: lavender, taragon, basilic, citrus, carnation, oakmoss, iris, woods & patchouli. It is very much the same note at the heart of Djedi exept for the soft dusty incense. I tried layering it with a touch of CDG Kyoto nearby and it wafted pretty effectively, just not the subtlety of the original of course.
The evocative juice has arrived in Wisconsin. I anticipate focusing my full attention on it tomorrow so I can still participate in floral SnS Saturday. Just from sniffing the vial, I'm really looking forward to the experience. Thanks, Purplebird.
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You're very welcome.
And I look forward to your review, Quarry.
Thanks kumquat for displaying your aptitude for analysis that is unrivaled by Sherlock Holmes.
The Sous le Vent reissue is also available at the San Francisco Neiman Marcus Guerlain counter, or at least it was a month ago when I bought a bottle. Divine!
Now I will have to counter-sniff the two when my turn comes in the list to see if this comparison is true for me.
First off, when I sniffed the vial yesterday, imagining the wearing to come, I got a rush of minerals that made me think I had put my tongue to our basement wall of sedimentary limestone, glacier-rolled fieldstone and the leachate of a hundred years. The cool scent I'm attributing to aldehydes and vetiver came to me on the inhale and morphed into a warm wood scent just before I exhaled, when the vapors had been warmed for an instant in my nose. [Our cellar wall and some deep, dark wine aging in glass carboys.]
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This morning I showered and scrubbed my arm with vigor, applied only a little moisturizer to my face, in order to be fragrance free, and waited for all household activities to subside.
"What does it smell like?" Mr. Q asked as I sat ceremonious at the table. I offered up the open ziplock bag laden with rich, Djedi basenotes. "Smells like a diaper, doesn't it?" he ventured to say.
(I didn't hurt him.)
Then, at 8:05 a.m., I put a shimmer of Djedi on my left arm, just above the wrist. And the ride began. This is a beautiful perfume. I guess there's a rose here, but it's been cross-bred with something dark--not dark as in depressing (that was my take on Caron's Or et Noir), but dark like coal. I sort of see my mother's leather purse, warmed by the sun, supple and radiating something elegant due to the presence of a perfume sample she must have gotten from the Sunday paper and tucked inside her purse. This pleasurable moment is reminiscent of Dzing! ... I run to my bottle of Dzing! Oh, my gosh, kids, other than Dzing! being much sweeter, there's a real similarity.
I'll enclose a sample of Dzing! when I send this on so the rest of you can tell me if I'm completely crackers!
Okay, I'm exactly one hour in, and I'm getting all nice and musty now.
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In a world where 6 million people are added each month, every landscape matters.
I've mailed the Djedi and Dzing! to Dimples. (That sentence looks like one of those keyboard exercises I remember from seventh-grade typing class.)
In a world where 6 million people are added each month, every landscape matters.
I'm glad you liked it. I like it a lot too.
BTW, Guerlain is issuing this April 28 the once-a-year-for-one-day-only-and-Paris-exclusive release of Muguet (2007 edition of course) , if someone is in Paris by that time, be sure to get it! and to spend some 200 Euros for a small bottle.
Formula remains the same. Only the bottle/presentation is different.
Five hours in, and the mustiness is gone. I'm surprised. There's a sweet base left--woody, maybe cinnamon-like. If this is the patchouli, it's mildly tempered.
I had put a single drop of Dzing! on the other wrist for comparison. It's more potent, and clearly has what I call a sweet Magic Marker accord, but I'm still finding a bit of similarity.
In a world where 6 million people are added each month, every landscape matters.
Hi Quarry,
Still anxiously awaiting the Djedi. It sounds like you had a lovely trip with it. Easter Monday was a postal holiday for us, so I should be receiving it early next week. Will keep you posted.
Have you sniffed this one? I'm so excited as I heard last month, that they are offering some bottles up for sale at my Guerlain boutique on that same day. I'm on their list to their event and I can hardly wait. It will cost me approximately $300CDN (approx. $250US), which is what they charge for 1oz of L'Heure Bleue parfum. Is it worth it? Should I purchase a bottle? I don't have too much time to decide as I heard if I want one, I have to snatch it up quick. Luckily the store manager and I are on really good terms and if I really want a bottle, she'll do her best to get me one, but I have to buy it on that day.
OK, I'll bite... does anyone want to share some of this. PM me.
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Those basement walls, Quarry.
How do they get aroma that into a bottle?
Intellectually, one knows that minerals cannot be bottled for the purpose of emitting an odor.
Or can they?
I once got into an arguement about this concerning Messe de Minuit.
No, no, no, I said. It has to be real-life ingredients. Cinnamon, incense, civit.
But now, I'm not so sure. Maybe they just scrape the walls...
The package just crossed the border up north and into my waiting :wave::wave: arms. I just received the Djedi and it's sister-in-scent Dzing! This is better than Christmas. I'm holding it reverently, just thinking... hmmm.... how do I best sample these two? I'll have to wait till morning, as my bewitching hour is fast approaching (my snozzle doesn't work very well past 9pm -- this happens almost every night).
I can smell it through the packaging, though, it's very earthy and musty. Very exciting indeed. I'll keep you posted.
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I think Muguet by Guerlain is one of the must-haves when it comes to lily of the valley "soliflores". It's a fantastic scent that as opposed as the sweeter ambery sunny Diorisimo (wich i love and it's another lily of the valley must-have) , Muguet is more of a greener one, spring in a bottle if you will, that when you smell it you get the morning dew, the cool air, the soft green leaves and in a strange way, it's delicate but also strong, almost "constant".
It's a transparent scent but dense, like a -i think- cool icy glass that you can see right through it and it's shaded in a soft green delicate hue.
So do i think it's bottle worthy? Sure it is!
and please tell us more about you djedi tracking, i'm counting the minutes too!
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Hey fellow fragrance lovers.
I've started on the Djedi journey. About an hour ago, I dabbed the Djedi on my left wrist and the Dzing! on my right wrist. I did the same to my eighteen year old son, hoping to see how our individual chemistries react to this scent. Oh, the hazards of living with frag-a-holic -- the trials and tribulations that he has to put up with -- but that's another story!
Initial notes:
The opening smells very familiar, very true to a guerlain. The smell is similar to another fragrance that I cannot quite put my finger on. I smell the vetiver, some rose, and some spices in the initial blast. It's not a sweet scent, as noted before, but a really warm scent. It's not dark but not bright either, quite elegant and understated. Of course the initial blast smells the same on both my son and I.
After about 30 minutes:
I simply cannot stop sniffing my wrists. The beauty of the guerlain is in the evolution of the scent and this one is no exception. I detect the the strong leather notes now, but they are not animalistic, but rather understated. I can make out a light floral but it does not compete and it works very well with the leather. I do not smell the incense though and it does not remind me of bare basement. To me, this scent reminds me of Chanel Cuir de Russie, but somehow crossed with a Guerlain? Wow, can you imagine that?
My son does not wear it as well as I do. On him, the leather is not as pronounced. I do detect musk and I smell the mustyness, still no incense.
Quarry, I do hear you, wrt to Dzing!, they somehow do share some notes in common, especially in the opening. The Dzing! is more sharp, less spicy. Alas the Dzing! did not last on me.
Will report back after a couple of hours.
After a couple of hours:
My precious, my precious.... I cannot stop sniffing my wrists, my kids were asking what the heck I was doing? After my last report, I sprayed Chanel Cuir de Russie on the inside of my elbow, just to try to get some comparisons going. There are many similar notes in common. The CdR is brighter, more sparkling than the Djedi, even after the drydown, but the leather scent is very much the same. Djedi is much smoother, gentler, more soft than CdR, less leather in your face, if you will.
At this time, I'm noticing the musk, again a rather understated musk, not sexy, nor even sensual -- it just, simply, exists. There is a very, very, very light powder as well and the floral has long flown away. This fragrance reminds me of dusk, turning into night with a huge luminous full moon in the horizon, with enough light to make my surroundings almost bright. It certainly is not dank, nor is it gloomy. It reminds me of the colour deep indigo.
OK, sniffed my son again, the poor boy, he says it's an odd feeling to have him mum sniff deeply into his wrists.... luckily he's old enough not to be marked for life by this! Djedi now smells almost the same on him as it does on me, but with more leather and less musk. We must share similar chemistry. Dzing! smells like vanilla on him now -- very different from the Djedi.
Truly, this is an exceptional, elegant, remarkable fragrance and it works very well with my chemistry, *sigh*. Simply marvelous.
I'll be moving it along tomorrow morning to mHarvey, along with a sample of Chanel CdR. Wish I could keep it for longer... my precious.
Thank you purplebird7, for giving me the opportunity to enjoy this. I am blessed.
Last edited by dimples; 18th April 2007 at 03:01 AM. Reason: Reporting back after two hours
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Hooray, hooray, I'm next! Best news I've heard all week!
How terrific you've got back-up wrists to turn to, too. Does your son have any idea how special his experience was? Of course, he doesn't have anyone to share this with as you do with us here in this forum. His friends associate Jedi with Star Wars.
In a world where 6 million people are added each month, every landscape matters.
My son is quite naive when it comes to appreciating fragrances, everything smells just nice to him. It's good that he humours his mum, he'll make a good BF and spouse one day. But I do know that over in the men's forum, there are some guys his age that do get it, so there's hope for dimples-junior yet. Ooops, hope he doesn't read this forum.
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That is totally fascinating, dimples!
I just love the way people smell things differently, and the way things smell differently on people.
I cannot understand how forum members get bent out of shape when one person says a fragrance is great, then another person says it's horrible, and the first person becomes angry because he thinks the second person is debunking his opinion.
The cool thing about art is that everyone sees it differently.
One person loves it, another person hates it.
To me, it was musty.
Oh, boy, keep that little vial going.
And remember, ladies, write your reviews to the database on the Directory. I was the first person to review Djedi! There were no other reviews at that time, dispite the fact that everyone knew about this fragrance long ago.
Last edited by purplebird7; 19th April 2007 at 01:01 PM.
Just checked the list and I am next after MHarvey!! :bounce: You guys have got me all worked up!!
"The world is ruled by letting things take their course. It cannot be ruled by interfering." Lao Tze
I'm looking at your taillights now cuz you passed me on the "100 most prolific reviewers list." <seen here> Of course, not only have you logged more miles/vials, but you did so with the creativity of automotive metaphors and superior styling.
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Yay, hooray, the package arrived today! Thanks to Dimples for sending it along and getting it successfully past those nasty confiscating customs people. :P
Thanks to purplebird for the Djedi, Quarry for the Dzing! and Dimples for the CdR EDT. I am looking forward to a full sniff and swoon session with all 3 tomorrow, along with some counter-sniffing of my own Sous le Vent to see if there's a common note there. I will also be including a sample of Sous le Vent in the package when I send it off to TaoLady towards the end of this week.
I can't wait to smell it all! This will be amazing.
We're all ears, mharvey816.
In a world where 6 million people are added each month, every landscape matters.
Finally, an opportunity to try out all these wonderful scents on clean unscented skin, with DH and DS safely out of the house.
Djedi on the left wrist. I am instantly transported...to my grandma's house, at least 35 years ago. I can see all the old furniture she had piled on her screened-in back porch. I can almost touch the individual pieces in her huge collection of salt&pepper shakers. I can see my dad sitting at the kitchen table, eating a big plate of rhubarb, fresh from the back yard garden. These are things I haven't had in my mind for years and years, and thanks to Djedi, they are front and center. I think it's the musty smell that purplebird mentioned before, but it's not a repulsive mustiness -- just a familiar one.
Dzing! on the right wrist. Warm, spicy, enveloping -- this is my grandma's house at Christmas time, with the potpourri smell floating in the air, the oven working overtime in the kitchen and the decorated pine tree in the corner. It's an earlier time than what Djedi evokes, but it's the same location in my memory.
CdR on the right arm. Mmmmm, leather. I'm not smelling leather in the other two, but I always love sniffing CdR. It's almost like sherbet after two similar courses, as it's not similar enough to me, but doesn't clash with them either.
And finally, Sous le Vent on the left arm. Ah, here is Djedi's younger sister. I'm right back to my grandma's back porch, except it's now at a a time before I was actually there, the way I envision it was when my dad was still a kid himself and the porch was more than just the out-of-the-way storage place for unwanted items. I can see him playing in the back yard and my grandma sitting on the porch davenport, reading her beloved trashy romance novels.
The package will be going out to TaoLady in tomorrow's mail. I've included a sample of Sous le Vent in the package (the only vial that isn't labeled with the scent name). I hope it works as well for you as it has for me.
This was just as wonderful an experience at the end of a long week that I had hoped it would be. Thanks to everyone who made it happen. You all are the best!
Fragrant Package from MHarvey arrived today smelling most heavenly. Frags encased in a dental floss case with a Happiness sticker on! Such fun!! :bounce: Am wild to sample - and me in the middle of a Neil Morris week!!
Never mind - today's NM has faded. and I have scrubbed and applied a few drops of Djedi (sample's running low and has two more stops still to make!!) and am transported - but so differently to MHarvey! (Aren't juices wonderful! So evocative in so many different ways!!)
To me this classy scent is all silks and jewels and dinner by candlelight and then off to the theatre in the Rolls. Delicately floral with a powdery musk underneath (as has been said elsewhere - the satin interior of Mother's beaded evening bag in which nested her enameled powder compact and - yes - cigarette case!) - tres raffinee!
Gonna try a couple of the others later on when I've recovered and will report tomorrow. Love the idea of each experimenter adding on another sample. Will brood on what to add!! :bounce:
"The world is ruled by letting things take their course. It cannot be ruled by interfering." Lao Tze
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Ditto on the thankses guys....today's report:
CdeR - lotsa heady flowers but no Cuir!!! Waaah. Lovely though.
Dzing! - not much zing, but pleasantly citric.Would love to experience the animalic gasoline trumpeted elsewhere but - nada!!
SleV (in the Nordstrom vial) - greeny citrus with a hint of amber. Nice. (Took a generous swig 'cause it seemed appropriate for this warm day!.
Am adding Lea St. Barth to the package going out to Riannon tomorrow!!
This has been a great adventure!! Who wants to start a "Progressive Sniff-In" ??? Like a progressive dinner. :bounce:
Later: Wrongo!!! Going out to Flathorn in Alaska first. By the way - where's she been???
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"The world is ruled by letting things take their course. It cannot be ruled by interfering." Lao Tze
mharvey, I can just see that porch you're talking about, and I think I smell it too. The fragrance of old houses is special to me. I can understand, too, the elegance Taolady finds in the Djedi. A great perfume can be many things, can't it?
Nobody else seems to wet their pants at a whiff of Dzing! the way I do, I guess. I'm delighted it does impact me so pleasantly as it does.
Yes, ladies, save those flip-top dental floss dispensers. They're sturdy and, with a little decoration, almost elegant holsters for those vials entrusted to postal transport.
This is fun, but less so since purplebird is on leave.
In a world where 6 million people are added each month, every landscape matters.
I just picked up the sample at the post office, and I have to say I haven't been as excited and expectant over trying any other fragrance to date.
I'm spending some time reading the reviews and it's history, so am not plunging right in like I usually do, without an ingredient list or a clue. I realize this may be my only chance to sample it so I'm going to approach Djedi the way it deserves.
I have to admit after reading so many stellar reviews, I have impossibly high expectations, so I need to clear my mind a bit and approach this as if it were 1928, trying a new release for the first time.
The smell of it in the baggie is, surprisingly, all the things others have said of it. I'm prepping myself for it right now. This is really such a fun experience. I would love to do something like this again.
- Kathy -
Oh, I can't wait to hear your impressions Kathy.
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I've been trying it for 3 hours, and my feeling right now is ... depression. This is an awesome fragrance - how am I going to get some of this stuff? I should never try these impossible to get fragrances I almost wish I didn't try it now.
I'm not saying this in the heat of the moment. It is what I wanted Cuir De Russie to be but never was on me - sensual, leathery, animalic, enticing, bewitching, dark, yet refined, almost ladylike. It got everything just right. Sous Le Vent felt spritely and annoyingly bright next to it. Dzing was reduced to a leather without the depth, animalics or submerged floral element that gives Djedi a a satisfyingly full roundness to it. Neither have the animalic smoulder of Djedi. This is a perfume to call your signature scent. I must say this was a bit of a set-up as I love chypres and especially leathers, so I was destined to take a fall here.
I'm finding it hard to do an adequate review with one small testing, but will proceed with the knowledge everyone is suffering the same limitation.
This was a sensual fragrance right out of the gate, and I smelled the dry earthy quality of vetiver immediately. The presence of the submerged rose was also apparent from the beginning, so when the leather emerged in a few minutes it wasn't the straightforward leather of Dzing, but a more subtle rounded one. Also present from start to drydown was a suffuse low-key sweetness, in the style of Messe De Minuit. Balanced against these elements was a flirting in and out of animalics, in *just* the right amount, and, tmn, the musty earthy spiciness of angelica. On me it became more the "tremendous animalic vetiver " of Luca Turin than the "driest perfume of all time" of Roja Dove. There is a certain indolic note to it all, which adds to its sensuality and earthiness. But with that angelica note, it's incapable of staying in the earth, as is the paradoxical angelica, a root basenote that reaches to the heavens.
It was satisfying and strong in all phases, a requirement for a great perfume. My favorite phase though was the top midnote. It was wonderful, with a strong, wild presence.
There are several things I appreciate about this fragrance. One is that it isn't blatant in spite of being a leathery floral animalic. No note predominates or stands out. Everything is made subject to the service of the fragrance as a whole. It doesn't flaunt itself as a leather, it doesn't highlight a vanillic note, it doesn't proclaim itself a chypre. It feels categoryless and timeless. I get a little tired of the labels and "types" sometimes. The creator obviously had a vision in mind, not a type or category.
Two is that it didn't have an hesperidic opening, and is one of the rare fragrances I've smelled that doesn't seem to have any hesperides. Bergamot is a classic component of chypres and leathers and is probably there, but if so it's almost entirely submerged and used only for modification. As above, I sometimes get a little tired of the token citrus opening notes.
There is a refined tragic note to this fragrance, in a grand Goth tradition. But it is high-minded, and doesn't involve anything as prosaic as cellars or crypts to me. It would be more the cold regalness of a castle, as the energy of this fragrance does seem age-imbued.
In a thread last winter people were speculating what fragrances Catherine and Heathcliff from Wuthering Heights might wear. I said the soul scent they had in common would have been Black Aoud. But I now feel it would be Djedi. It has an air of time past Black Aoud doesn't.
So beautifully worded, dear. I hope Purplebird will be back soon to read this.
And so, I am next. Take your time, because I have developped an extreme allergic reaction to perfume and I think it will take quite some time before I am able to wear anything again
The bird of paradise alights only upon the hand that does not grasp
We are so lucky to have a reviewer like this on Basenotes! Thanks, Flathorn.
"The world is ruled by letting things take their course. It cannot be ruled by interfering." Lao Tze
Thanks so much for a wonderfully worded review Flathorn. I was re-living my experiences with Djedi through your words.
Riannon, I hope you get over the allergies soon. I for one, would dearly love to hear your poetic impressions of this one.
BTW, I couldn't resist, and ordered a small sample of "my precious" from Buffalo_Gals -- just to sniff, for medicinal purposes, you know.
I'm simplifying my life. For Sale Thread (some niche, some designer):
Riannon, that is a shocking turn of events - I hope you get over your allergies soon. I might need to send this to you quickly, as like Dimples, I am calling it My Precious, and we all know what happens to those who fall under the spell of My Precious. Actually, that sounds like a powerful name and concept for a fragrance, though maybe a little kitchy with its tie-in to LOTR...
Taolady - so you too carry a torch for the most classic man on the planet. Thanks for the little shift in perspective. I've been dejected since last night. The pleasure is in the moment and the pain comes from holding on. You truly are a "Tao" lady.
I've been gone for several weeks - is Purplebird okay?
On reflection, it's difficult to say where the power of Djedi lies. It isn't as long-lasting as it would seem. When I woke up this morning I couldn't smell it on my wrist anymore, though I could still smell the Sous Le Vent. The drydown of SLV was really very nice, and much stronger to the nose than Djedi. If I sniffed SLV I couldn't smell D anymore and had to clear my olfactories. But it just wasn't as compelling as Djedi.
Those combination of notes seemed to tap into the limbics more, and work on a deeper level where the true power of a perfume lies. After all, the original uses of fragrances were for spiritual purposes, to connect one to the gods. Djedi has that same authority in that it works on a more submerged level, and taps into some primal stuff. Jacques Guerlain was more than a genius or master perfumer - considering he created some of the most evocative fragrances ever made, he was connected at a level you can't teach in perfumer's school.
Edit: Oh yes, I wanted to thank Twolf and Purplebird for making this experience possible. This was a wonderful idea.
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Ditto everything said by Riannon, Twolf, Taolady, and Dimples.
You, Flathorn, make me more aware that Djedi is a symphony. That analogy is probably used too often with regard to perfume, and seldom when it's really warranted. But Djedi is a performance, consistent in elegance but changing so as to maintain interest for both the well-schooled nose and the nose of the common man, as it were--in a league with Mozart.
Additionally, Flathorn, I must thank you for the nudge your review of Nanadebary Green gave to me (I'm hesitant and shy in all things by nature). When almost no one wrote of NG and I sat sniffing droplets of my sample, your comments prompted me to get a bottle of NG, which I'm now loving to death. (Oh, the theatrics of those words--I know, but we can do that here of all places, can't we?)
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In a world where 6 million people are added each month, every landscape matters.
A couple of weeks ago, PurpleBird7 said she had to leave for a while - here's the thread: http://community.basenotes.net/showt...=195568&page=4. I think it's safe to say we are all sending healing positive vibes in her direction.
And I would join in your vote of thanks for this great - and generous - idea. We are blessed!! :bounce:
"The world is ruled by letting things take their course. It cannot be ruled by interfering." Lao Tze
what a description! you should be a writer
Djedi is back in the Old World from where she came.
Flathorn's parcel arrived yesterday but somehow I was hesitant to open it. Almost afraid.
Last night, thunder and lightning and I can't sleep. And I open the parcel, knowing I am the last in this line of sharing beauty.
Holding you all in my hands, everyone who shared this vial before it reached me. I try to imagine what you have felt at those first moments of wonder.
Everyone who added a scent of her own choice. To compare, to make it even more complete.
Fragrance and memory. Not often does a scent hit so hard. The moment I apply one precious drop on my wrist, time turnes and there are tears in my eyes.
I remember you, Djedi. And every emotion that came with you so many, many years ago.
Like a lover whose face you can't forget. Whose last embrace lingers in your heart.
The fragrance embraces me again and I welcome her. You are home at last.
For the moment this will have to do. Right now I need to be alone with her.
But how could they ever call this a 'dry' scent? The richness of earth and smooth leather sings in her.
To be continued........
The bird of paradise alights only upon the hand that does not grasp