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[oreithyia]

For a while now I have been considering getting tattoos, done in black and white to mimic the vintage advertisements of some of the classic Guerlain perfume bottles. The recent invention of InfinitInk, a completely laser removable tattoo ink, has cemented the deal for me. However, I need to consider a few things very carefully, and that is where

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[leokitty]

that black ribbon looking one would be very cute as a shoulder(?) piece, i think.

[oreithyia]

That would be Coque d'Or, the bottle of which is designed to look like a black bowtie :) I will have to consider that placement, and the placement of the subsequent bottles as well. Thanks! :)

[leokitty]

ahh i thought it might be a bowtie but i didn't want to make any false assumptions. it is a very cute bottle.

[angldst]

The upper right bottle is pretty, as is the middle left most one with the wee tassle on the stopper. I happen to like 'Jicky' which is one of the first 'modern' perfumes put out by Guerlain, iirc dating back to 1889?

*hugs&love*

-d

[oreithyia]

The one with the tassle on the stopper is Mitsouko/L'Heure Bleu, which I am definitely planning on getting along with the Shalimar bottle in the upper right hand corner.

I can definitely see you being a Jicky kind of woman! I vetoed the Jicky parfum bottle due to its similarity to the bottle of Djedi (the photograph on the right with the square bottle and gold/bronze plate on front), and also because Nahema parfum comes in the same bottle and if I were going to get one of the two, I would get Nahema since Jicky is a little too civetalicious on me. :)

[oonh]

I have been thinking of getting a fractal tattoo of sorts around one of my arms.

[oreithyia]

I really wanted some fractal tattoos for a while but the ones that I liked were unfortunately impossible to translate into a tattoo :/

[oonh]

There are ways of converting fractal spirals into repeating horizontal friezes, and I would have to do that (as opposed to) instead of gluing different fractal images together -- which would be dishonest and less involved.

[oreithyia]

Definitely Shalimar. Definitely Vol de Nuit (the propellor looking bottle). Maybe I should just do one at a time. I want to do a series of them, and picking which ones and the order of them is tough. I have no other ideas for placement aside from down my spine, though....

[ratspy]

You should get the one you bought for your mother that looks like an alien space ship.

[oreithyia]

That would be this one

[oreithyia]

Actually, baccarat has a version of the bottle that I would totally get, although I have never smelled the actual perfume:

http://img.makeupalley.com/2/6/8/7/902615.JPG

check it out, two to the right of the Pyramid on the upper shelf.

I think it's like $2,000 for .25 oz of parfum extrait though.