tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7269575691954060432.post8998955977740563481..comments2023-10-24T17:22:17.336+02:00Comments on Blu's vue's: Vanilla and a painful past.Bluhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12519994628335802996noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7269575691954060432.post-74751189461796565372009-03-21T10:52:00.000+01:002009-03-21T10:52:00.000+01:00Lovely old buildings and cobbled streets. I also l...Lovely old buildings and cobbled streets. I also love the smell of vanilla.....and the taste of vanilla in hot chocolate sauce poured over icecream...yumArtPropelledhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15853722164314994360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7269575691954060432.post-4807205862332441232009-03-20T12:01:00.000+01:002009-03-20T12:01:00.000+01:00Mmmm....real vanilla is lovely. Stay away from th...Mmmm....real vanilla is lovely. Stay away from the fake stuff - it is actually a by-product of paper manufacture.Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11236459315155380910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7269575691954060432.post-35344955082586096212009-03-19T20:59:00.000+01:002009-03-19T20:59:00.000+01:00I didn't know that vanilla is pollinated by hand ...I didn't know that vanilla is pollinated by hand either and yes I thought how sad that Edmond who I had never heard of died in poverty.<BR/><BR/>French fancy makes a weekend in Nantes sound lovley.<BR/><BR/>I have noticed the slightly non-pc statues. France is very non pc but I feel that the UK has gone too far the other way.Bluhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12519994628335802996noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7269575691954060432.post-35988170897947497312009-03-19T20:15:00.000+01:002009-03-19T20:15:00.000+01:00Have you noticed in French furniture shops the sli...Have you noticed in French furniture shops the slightly non-pc statues dotted around holding trays and fans behind sofas and chairs?The Accidental Fanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15970315855759659754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7269575691954060432.post-13175723299708382602009-03-19T18:10:00.000+01:002009-03-19T18:10:00.000+01:00How interesting! I didn't know vanilla is pollinat...How interesting! I didn't know vanilla is pollinated by hand. And how sad that Edmond died in poverty and obscurity after his contribution that made everyone rich.binduhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13156291956967889455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7269575691954060432.post-66385309755948544622009-03-19T15:30:00.000+01:002009-03-19T15:30:00.000+01:00We spent a fabulous weekend in Nantes a few years ...We spent a fabulous weekend in Nantes a few years ago. It really is full of café culture - lots of al fresco dining in a covent garden quite chichi kind of way. Needless to say I loved it.<BR/><BR/>I also love vanilla flavoured things, especially my icecream that I stick into the little machine and try and stick my spoon in the gap, whilst everything is still churning round and round. I know I shouldn't but it is the illicit tastes that are the best.French Fancy...https://www.blogger.com/profile/04941577892849157015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7269575691954060432.post-58074367238909817282009-03-19T11:13:00.000+01:002009-03-19T11:13:00.000+01:00I adore vanilla and, like Diane, it is one of only...I adore vanilla and, like Diane, it is one of only two perfumes I can wear and even then only in oil form, so I guess I must smell like it all the time. Interesting post. I have been to Nantes - one of our friends works at the airport there. The old part is lovely, but now I want to see Rennes too, it looks a bit like Troyes.The Ice Bloggershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01715481978820481961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7269575691954060432.post-33439279745335461722009-03-19T08:40:00.000+01:002009-03-19T08:40:00.000+01:00soap, ice cream, scent, umm nice.I do have some va...soap, ice cream, scent, umm nice.<BR/><BR/>I do have some vanilla scent but it is very strong!<BR/><BR/>I dont know how old the buildings are, but very old haaa.Bluhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12519994628335802996noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7269575691954060432.post-5092259418388077242009-03-19T08:19:00.000+01:002009-03-19T08:19:00.000+01:00Wow - those buildings remind me of the Tudor/Eliza...Wow - those buildings remind me of the Tudor/Elizabethan buildings in the UK... How old are they?<BR/><BR/>A lovely pic and lovely post - I do love vanilla - but not as ice cream!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7269575691954060432.post-24439206027084289262009-03-18T23:11:00.000+01:002009-03-18T23:11:00.000+01:00I'm allergic to perfume but there are certain scen...I'm allergic to perfume but there are certain scents I can wear without getting sick... vanilla is one... I love it :)Dianehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16637670293642285740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7269575691954060432.post-42545712488375426892009-03-18T21:10:00.000+01:002009-03-18T21:10:00.000+01:00I now know something I didn't this morning, thanks...I now know something I didn't this morning, thanks. <BR/><BR/>Vanilla is one of the smells that brings lots of lovely images. Really good vanilla ice cream ummmmm.claire phttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16313963622279623204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7269575691954060432.post-91352093033572292009-03-18T20:14:00.000+01:002009-03-18T20:14:00.000+01:00Vanilla soap the best. I love my little French les...Vanilla soap the best. I love my little French lesson :) TFxDABhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10596811034169293653noreply@blogger.com