Speaking of self love -- it was my 44th birthday last Tuesday. It was just another day -- I worked (my life is work). My self love is indulging in fragrance. Cristalle EDP is a perfume I got for an Xmas gift from my stepmother in 1994, when I was 17. It was much too complex and mature for me then, but I asked for it because of an ad I saw in Cosmo that pulled me in; and to my delight she bought it. I still wore it sometimes even though it didn't turn out to be suitable for me at the time. My best friend said I smelled like a "grandma. But a rich grandma." I can't remember what happened to that bottle. I was a drug addict (Crystal meth being one of my DOCs, ironically) for much of my life, so it was more than likely stolen. Anyway, on my birthday I bought myself a sealed 1994 vintage bottle off eBay. It arrived today, and I have to admit I'm afraid to crack it open and revisit that time in my life. I'm definitely mature enough, and certainly cold enough, to successfully pull it off now. Thank you for this review.

@PB_324

2 жыл бұрын

Did you like it?

Thanks Eugene, as a consequence of this video I went out and got my nose onto Cristalle at my local Chanel perfumier here in Antwerp and indeed it is as you say. Distant, self-contained, solitary and elgant. Bright but not shrill, sharp but not cutting, deep but not dark, but most of all, surprisingly complex.

Eugene, WOW! What an awesome, intellectual review! It was so fitting for this very cerebral and also earthy perfume. I can never decide if I love Cristalle, or simply respect her for the genius she is.

You have just explained the meaning of life to me. Thank you with much love my friend.

You are one strange dude...but in a bonkers/good way 😘

Wow! I was blown away by your review. Hitting the subscribe button now. Thank you sir ✨👏🏾

This could not possibly speak to me more. I have been focusing so much on self-compassion and self-love lately and it’s been super helpful.

I don’t agree with you that this is a sad perfume, romantic and melancholic maybe, but I’ve worn it for years and it makes me happy…

Without self love we search for validation our whole life especially in the darkest places and when we find it we are never sure if it's true.not until we love ourselves first and foremost.

@cravis123

3 жыл бұрын

'Love others as much as you love yourself.' Matthew 22:39 Lev.

I love Cristalle. It is sparkling.

I love Cristalle....i find it very chartreuse green rather than blue/gray..it is a very chilly "fresh" scent but also stand off(ish) as you say. Its my fave of the entire line of Chanel's scents. Im not a fan of the normal DNA that Chanel uses in its fragrances so this one is an outlier in that regard for me.....As for the Fredric Malle's perfume... the creators wife after her husband died, suggested that the perfume be shared w/other women and thats how it became in modern usage. Even though the scent was created for her specifically she felt it should be brought out to the world (so ive heard)...If anyone else has heard this info let me know. Thanks for the review..I dont find it as melancholy as you suggest but we all have feelings regarding this amazing scent...Thanks again..Bob

Beautiful

Well said my man, well said indeed.

"Fill her tank" lol

@gediminaskontrimas7992

3 жыл бұрын

F...ck her for dummies :)

The meaning of life... Why think about it? Live and let live. We did not ask to be born. Since we live, we should enjoy life. Lately I pamper myself only by buying fragrances. A long time ago I considered spending a lot of money on fragrances unreasonable. Later I would only: spray myself at various department stores and ask for samples. And only when fragrances could be purchased for much, much, much less than their original price I started buying them. I am compensating for all those times when I wanted some fragrances, but would not get them. And THAT makes me feel GREAT! My fragrances are my wealth. I can sell them for much, much, much more than I spent on them. I did not open all my perfumes, maybe just 1% of all. My mother enjoyed fragrances I gave her until she died. I intend to do the same... after all, 2 of the guys I was in love with (a looooong time ago) are already dead.

@janisezack1610

Жыл бұрын

Sweet Victory I totally understand and agree.

I tested it ten minutes ago. I am always in surch of meaning. And aloof too. It seems I have to buy

impressed. thank you.

Oh bull shit and Abe Lincoln appeared to me last night. LOL Coco is an interesting woman. Have you seen the movies about her? Saw a pair of vintage yellow sapphire and diamond Chanel earrings on 1stdibs for over $6K. I may buy those for mom for Christmas.

Thanks for the video always like your content . SOTD: Cuir de Russie EDP for some reason I’m finding this pretty soft not too much leather or animalic or maybe I dont find animalic fragrances that difficult to wear don’t know but even I find difficult to smell it but will wear it this weekend all day and the dry down remind me of Chanel 5 eua premiere and milliseme imperial from creed maybe is the iris fruity or something else :)

Thank you.

Love is.... And it is within... And when we shine that love that we already are into the universe we're simply loving the other aspects of ourselves... because consciousness and the universe that it observes are one and that one is love... So in the words of the great philosopher John Lennon love is all there is... ✌️💓

Cristalle, to me, is austere, yes, but also ethereal and otherworldly. It actually picks me up, I feel no sadness in it at all. I guess I have mastered self love :). I am heartbroken as I think Chanel is about to discontinue it, if not already. What a cruel, cruel decision!!!

@Sarah-gf9ed

9 ай бұрын

Totally agreeI! Why on earth are they discontinuing this beautiful classy fragrance? I am heartbroken! What a cruel decision by Chanel!

Very nice

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Truer words haven't been spoken in a long time

Ive been wearing Cristalle for over 20 years and I still catch my breath at its blissful aura, every time I dab it. Its not cold and neither am I!! But it is ethereal and has grown with me. I get the loneliness..which is me to a point, I push people away for fear of loss and that is what I imagine my afterlife will be. Floating , spiralling down for eternity, never to ever encounter another being..shit now Im sad..damnit, sprays another waft of my constant, olfactory, companion..hey love your channel, such a lovely contrast to all the wallflowers discussing either Poison or Poison, yawns...

Yeah boyee.

Taking responsibility in oneself is a clear indication the amount of self respect one has. On a side note, a very interesting review with the back story and history of it with Coco Channels life, I really thought this was a brilliant review!

i got a little bit scared and confused when he said that iam watching myself in the beginning !!!

Erich Fromm - The Art Of Loving ..that one came to mind watching this, i recomend reading it.

Looking good Eugen!!! I contemplate life myself...but I’m thinking I should get a bottle of Christalle from Chanel and maybe Mme Coco can appear to me...or maybe you will appear as her. The lack of self-love.....wow...

Its almost as if Serge Lutens is talking ^^ like in his interviews or narrator in the clip for SL la religieuse. Enjoyable things. Thumbs Up.

Finding meaning is a pleasant but pointless activity. The "meaning of life" is just to live. Everything else doesn’t matter.

good thoughts about self-love = thanks for that ..

Do you think Cristalle is more melancholy than Guerlain's Vol de Nuit?

@usmellsgood

3 жыл бұрын

Yes, it’s more moody, if that’s what you mean.

@ruthannemackinnon588

3 жыл бұрын

@@usmellsgood yes, I have Vol de Nuit & I love it for rainy dreary days. I have Cristalle EDP on my to buy list, thank you

That's the EDP which isn't the original cristalle. EDP was created in 1993. Get the EDT it's different and a heck of a lot better

@cosmokramer4703

3 жыл бұрын

@@seilanemsei Well to me the EDT always smelt cold and serious. I always thought of it as scent of a business women and nylons

@seilanemsei

3 жыл бұрын

@@cosmokramer4703 That's interesting. This proves that perfume is very personal and subjective. 🙂

I can relate to experiencing love and losing her.

Longevity: timeless

You're not supposed to drink the bottle.

@timw8228

3 жыл бұрын

LOL

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Beautiful beautiful and brave. I hope you watch the Super Dacob channel on KZread. He would love this.

Have you thought of doing ayahuasca?

@fantasy8833

3 жыл бұрын

no which website would you buy it from?

@radeque

3 жыл бұрын

@@fantasy8833 you don't buy it off a website. You go to the Amazon and do it under the supervision of an experienced shaman. Or, given current situation, not in the Amazon, but with a shaman if there is one in your country

@fantasy8833

3 жыл бұрын

@@radeque i'm pretty sure there are some markets out there on the internet that sells them that are legitimate, i'm in canada you?

@fantasy8833

3 жыл бұрын

@@radeque you know of any other substance close to ayahuasca that is more read9ily available for people

@radeque

3 жыл бұрын

@@fantasy8833 it's definitely not something you should buy and take yourself. Do some research, read about it, watch some videos on KZread..

This particular perfume was created after her death. She was an extremely tough lady towards her employees, and collaborated with the nazi regime but it’s my favorite perfume, it just lacks myrrh.

Lol lol ..she ...coco Chanel appeared to me ....she is I ...and I is she .....lol you are Gas

The EDT is one of my favorite perfumes ever! EDP not so much.

Always stay happy. It's better you are single. 🤣🤣🤣❤❤❤❤👍👍👍👍

I respect you as a person but I do not agree with your view of reality, if a person can choose to be apart then we are created being with free wil seperate from nature and animals that don't have a choice. Animals and plants also lack a moral sense. When you scold Spot for chewing the carpet and tell him what he did was “wrong,” you aren’t assigning guilt of sin to him, since he can’t commit a sin. Animal and vegetable souls are dependent entirely on matter for their operation and being. They cease to exist at death. Human souls, by contrast, aren’t material. They’re spiritual. Only a spirit can know and love, a spirit’s two chief faculties being the intellect (which knows) and the will (which loves). We know human souls are spiritual since humans can know and love. So i can't subscribe to a group of people or a person who will rape, tourture, abuse an innocent child, i mean we know there are groups of people who preform blood orgies in a drunken frenzy to feel the power of chaos = The power of Chaos is the most seductive, powerful, and addictive drug ever imbibed by mortal souls and, like all drugs, the addicted are doomed! All that remains is a soulless husk driven by the hollow desires and to them it is good as it gives them a feeling of wellbeing and ultimately power, and sometimes information as my belief is that Satan runs this twisted show. But if morality is subjective there is no right or wrong the universe is just dancing for itself, there will be no consequences for pure evil on this world, so saying God is creation/space using itself to perceieve things is a scary proposition to me. I think there is a spirit beyond space and time who actually set the laws of logic, mathematics etc. in place, who designed the structures, the DNA and of course the body of humans to evolve through time same as God word and law was revealed gradually, humans as reflections of himself with free will = to choose him which is good/life or choose evil and death. How do i know that God is good, well he revealed himself to me in Jesus, by saying stuff like "love your enemies" , humbling himself totally, being born where animals are born, and through his life being a ulitmate teacher, healer, priest, king and taking on himself the curse and dying on the cross showing what PURE selfless love is! to me Yeshua showed the invisible reality, he is a God who stumbled upon his throne. We in Croatia are mostly Catholic and i see this secular morality and atheist new age spirit is growing in huge cities, where money and love of things is the game not relationships, love, family and so on and i hope to see people go back to their roots. So the big diffrence between Christianity and other religions and views is that i admit i can't do it by myself, i must look beyond my own wicked spirit and seek purity in God, i struggle and my fallen nature want evil things, but with help of the Holy spirit and me being honest to God that i am a sinner and i need help i will get his love and peace and the door wil open for me. Relying on myself will get me nowhere especially not to a holy state which i thrive to be in as i only see peace in that kind of state free from material free from this finite sickly body, to sustain this body we need flesh we need to consume nature, but for eternal life we need to consume the body of the divine God who is freely giving himself to us, making us more and more into what we should be/suposed to be, made to be, to follow the footsteps of Jesus back home, and it is only achiavable with him holding our hands like we are a little child crossing the street and arogant or pridefull spirit wont hold on, wont look, and crash will happen. His pure blood, his righteousness is a gift not something we need to achieve or work for. He was born of a woman - so that we could be born of God! and my own wordly eclectic spirituality wont save me from my lies, thievery, perversion, love of things, hatred it will only lead to a dead end! Herod couldn't kill Him death couldn't handle Him the grave couldn't hold Him! He has always been and always will be; He had no predecessor and will have no successor; You can't impeach Him and he isn't going to resign! His name is above every name; That at the name of Yeshua Every knee shall bow, Every tounge shall confess His is the kingdom, the power, and the glory for ever, and ever. Amen!

@usmellsgood

3 жыл бұрын

I’m glad we can respect each other’s opinion even in having different world views. Thanks for watching.

@tonyjemz777

3 жыл бұрын

Beautiful!

@CroElectroStile

3 жыл бұрын

​@@tonyjemz777 The Greatest Man in history is Jesus. He had no servants, yet they called Him Master. He had no degree, yet they called Him Teacher. He had no medicines, yet they called Him Healer. He had no army, yet kings feared Him. He won no military battles, yet He conquered the world. He committed no crime, yet they crucified Him. He was buried in a tomb, yet He lives today, He had no wife, yet He's the Bridegroom, his name is light even the shadow cannot deny. “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." "I am that I am" -He is enduringly strong -He is entirely sincere; -He is eternally steadfast; -He is immortally graceful; -He is imperially powerful; -He is impartially merciful; The Heavens declare His glory and the firmament shows His handiwork He who is, who was, and who always will be; The first and the last He is the Alpha and Omega the Aleph and the Tau the A and the Z; He is the first fruits of them that slept. He is: -King of the Jews .King of Israel -King of all the Ages -King of Heaven; -King of Glory; -King of Kings and Lord of Lords; A PROPHET before Moses A priest after Melchizadek; A champion like joshua; An offering in place of Isaac A king from the line of David; A wise counselor above Solomon; A beloved/rejected/exalted son like Joseph And yet far more.... "For in Him dwells all the fullness of the Godhead [a]bodily; and you are complete in Him, who is the head of all [b]principality and power." He is our Kingsman-Redeemer and He is our Avenger of Blood; He is our City of Refuge; Our preforming High Priest, Our Personal Prophet, Our Reigning King, He is the loftiest idea in Literature; The highest personality in Philosophy; The fundamental doctrine of Theology; His Incarnation, touched and transformed time.Now the whole world counts time as Before Christ (BC) and AD (Anno Domoni - in the year of our Lord). Jesus Christ is the central figure of History. He is available to the tempted and the tried; He blesses the young; he cleanses the lepers; He defend the feeble; He deliver the captives; He discharges the debtors; He forgives the sinners; He franchises the meek; He guards the besieged; He heals the sick; He provides strength to the weak; He regard the aged; He rewards the diligent; He serves the unforunate; He sympathizes and He saves! His Promises are sure His Goodness is limitless; His light is matchless; His offices are manifold; His reign is righteous; His grace is sufficient; His love never changes; His mercy is everlasting; His Word is enough; His Yoke is easy and His burden is light!

@Canada-gs3jc

3 жыл бұрын

Well said, praise be the Lord Jesus Christ. For the sake of his sorrowful passion have mercy on us and the whole world.

Stop the feminine sensitive crap, grab some ted lapidus pour homme and man up! (Yes I'm trolling lol) nice video pal 👍