http://www.nathanbranch.com/2009/02/kerouwhacked-part-1.html Good Taste is a Trillion Dollar Industry Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:57:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.nathanbranch.com/2009/02/kerouwhacked-part-1.html#comment-1678 Nathan Branch Sat, 07 Feb 2009 10:42:32 +0000 http://blog.nathanbranch.com/?p=1906#comment-1678 Mission accepted! Mission accepted!

]]> http://www.nathanbranch.com/2009/02/kerouwhacked-part-1.html#comment-1677 Katie Puckrik Sat, 07 Feb 2009 03:27:04 +0000 http://blog.nathanbranch.com/?p=1906#comment-1677 Bear in mind that my layering Labdanum 18 and Bal a Versailles fits in with my tendency to go all "Coldstone Creamery", as the husb terms it. You know, when you think, "Hmm, I like caramel ice cream," and you order a scoop of dolce de leche, then add a scoop of pralines'n'cream, then chop in some Heath Bar, then top it with hot caramel sauce. And then you're eating a hell of your own making. So L-18 and BaV might be a tad Coldstone Creamery in the barnyard dept, but I am a thrillseeker, y'know. But I think what might actually be brilliant with BaV is your fab new Aftelier Leather Essence. Try that too and report back! Bear in mind that my layering Labdanum 18 and Bal a Versailles fits in with my tendency to go all “Coldstone Creamery”, as the husb terms it. You know, when you think, “Hmm, I like caramel ice cream,” and you order a scoop of dolce de leche, then add a scoop of pralines’n'cream, then chop in some Heath Bar, then top it with hot caramel sauce. And then you’re eating a hell of your own making.
So L-18 and BaV might be a tad Coldstone Creamery in the barnyard dept, but I am a thrillseeker, y’know.
But I think what might actually be brilliant with BaV is your fab new Aftelier Leather Essence. Try that too and report back!

]]> http://www.nathanbranch.com/2009/02/kerouwhacked-part-1.html#comment-1676 Nathan Branch Fri, 06 Feb 2009 18:39:52 +0000 http://blog.nathanbranch.com/?p=1906#comment-1676 That was almost the plan, but we were so hungry and the hotel didn't offer room service (what kind of self-respecting hotel doesn't offer room service?), so we were forced to go out and find something to eat at the hotel restaurant (overpriced and not all that great, naturally). We had to wait for the scene they were filming in the lobby to finish and for the director to yell "cut!" before we could push our way through the throng of extras, stepping over bunches of power cables, to find the restaurant. I'll tell you what -- the horror movie hallway looked even scarier after a couple of martinis. That was almost the plan, but we were so hungry and the hotel didn’t offer room service (what kind of self-respecting hotel doesn’t offer room service?), so we were forced to go out and find something to eat at the hotel restaurant (overpriced and not all that great, naturally).
We had to wait for the scene they were filming in the lobby to finish and for the director to yell “cut!” before we could push our way through the throng of extras, stepping over bunches of power cables, to find the restaurant.
I’ll tell you what — the horror movie hallway looked even scarier after a couple of martinis.

]]> http://www.nathanbranch.com/2009/02/kerouwhacked-part-1.html#comment-1675 Tara Fri, 06 Feb 2009 17:13:14 +0000 http://blog.nathanbranch.com/?p=1906#comment-1675 That hotel hallway is scary - looks like something out of a B horror flick. After sixteen hours of west Texas, I think I would have taken an ambien and gone straight to bed, given the lack of a functional bar. That hotel hallway is scary – looks like something out of a B horror flick. After sixteen hours of west Texas, I think I would have taken an ambien and gone straight to bed, given the lack of a functional bar.

]]> http://www.nathanbranch.com/2009/02/kerouwhacked-part-1.html#comment-1674 Nathan Branch Fri, 06 Feb 2009 13:32:39 +0000 http://blog.nathanbranch.com/?p=1906#comment-1674 The four saddest words in the English language. After nearly sixteen hours straight of driving, I was ready to kill for a drink and hearing <i>"The bar is closed"</i> was like poking a hungry lion with an electric cattle prod. It's a testament to the restraining effects of modern law and order that the poor desk clerk is still alive. The four saddest words in the English language.
After nearly sixteen hours straight of driving, I was ready to kill for a drink and hearing “The bar is closed” was like poking a hungry lion with an electric cattle prod. It’s a testament to the restraining effects of modern law and order that the poor desk clerk is still alive.

]]> http://www.nathanbranch.com/2009/02/kerouwhacked-part-1.html#comment-1673 Marin Fri, 06 Feb 2009 13:25:13 +0000 http://blog.nathanbranch.com/?p=1906#comment-1673 The. bar. was. closed. I think I need to go lie down. The. bar. was. closed.
I think I need to go lie down.

]]> http://www.nathanbranch.com/2009/02/kerouwhacked-part-1.html#comment-1672 Nathan Branch Fri, 06 Feb 2009 02:13:31 +0000 http://blog.nathanbranch.com/?p=1906#comment-1672 Oh! Labdanum 18 and Bal a Versailles . . . that sounds like an eye-popping combination (and I mean that in a good way). I have a small bottle of Bal a Versailles at home that I now want to rush back and grab so that I can test this combo for my very own. I did, however, bring along some Aftelier Leather Essence and CB I Hate Perfume Ethiopian Frankincense, both of which layer extraordinarily well with Labdanum 18. And I can totally empathize with the mindset behind lugging a bottle of Bulgari Black along with you only to question your sanity about that decision later. Bulgari Black has that effect with me -- it seems like a great idea in theory, but then it opens its mouth and the fantasy is obliterated. Congrats that your Santa has such great sense in fragrance gifts! Who knew that Santa was so sympathetic to the Frenchy boutique cause? Usually, he's just lobbing Calvin Klein N2U grenades down random chimneys. Oh! Labdanum 18 and Bal a Versailles . . . that sounds like an eye-popping combination (and I mean that in a good way). I have a small bottle of Bal a Versailles at home that I now want to rush back and grab so that I can test this combo for my very own.
I did, however, bring along some Aftelier Leather Essence and CB I Hate Perfume Ethiopian Frankincense, both of which layer extraordinarily well with Labdanum 18.
And I can totally empathize with the mindset behind lugging a bottle of Bulgari Black along with you only to question your sanity about that decision later. Bulgari Black has that effect with me — it seems like a great idea in theory, but then it opens its mouth and the fantasy is obliterated.
Congrats that your Santa has such great sense in fragrance gifts! Who knew that Santa was so sympathetic to the Frenchy boutique cause? Usually, he’s just lobbing Calvin Klein N2U grenades down random chimneys.

]]> http://www.nathanbranch.com/2009/02/kerouwhacked-part-1.html#comment-1671 Katie Puckrik Fri, 06 Feb 2009 01:06:20 +0000 http://blog.nathanbranch.com/?p=1906#comment-1671 Nathan - I continue to be fascinated by our scent twin-ship. I toughed out Thanksgiving on Harbour Island in the Bahamas, and the only fragrance I wanted to bring was Labdanum 18. Unfortunately, my husband had yet to act on the clanging hints I'd dropped since July (Santa finally coughed up the frag), and all I had of L-18 was a linen scarf with the remnants of the whore's bath I'd given myself in Le Labo with their tester. Although I'd brought a travel size of Bulgari Black with me to Harbour Island to "fake the delight", I spent the holiday snorting in the fading L-18 on my scarf like it was some kind of fetish item. Shades of Nijinsky's "Afternoon of a Faun" with the nymph's scarf. And now that I have my very own bottle of L-18, I've gone a bit hardcore with my search for total barnyard immersion (TBI). I wear it with several hearty dabs of Bal a Versailles parfum. I'm officially an olfactory scat freak. But it's an amazing combo - so sexy! On the lighter side of equine poo, L'Artisan's Dzing! is a cozy little number, I know you'll agree. Happy trails, Katie Nathan – I continue to be fascinated by our scent twin-ship. I toughed out Thanksgiving on Harbour Island in the Bahamas, and the only fragrance I wanted to bring was Labdanum 18.
Unfortunately, my husband had yet to act on the clanging hints I’d dropped since July (Santa finally coughed up the frag), and all I had of L-18 was a linen scarf with the remnants of the whore’s bath I’d given myself in Le Labo with their tester.
Although I’d brought a travel size of Bulgari Black with me to Harbour Island to “fake the delight”, I spent the holiday snorting in the fading L-18 on my scarf like it was some kind of fetish item. Shades of Nijinsky’s “Afternoon of a Faun” with the nymph’s scarf.
And now that I have my very own bottle of L-18, I’ve gone a bit hardcore with my search for total barnyard immersion (TBI). I wear it with several hearty dabs of Bal a Versailles parfum. I’m officially an olfactory scat freak. But it’s an amazing combo – so sexy!
On the lighter side of equine poo, L’Artisan’s Dzing! is a cozy little number, I know you’ll agree.
Happy trails,
Katie

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