Status: FED
· Tri-Colour Gazpacho
· Mole something, anything. Maybe just the beef cheeks + some pickled celery + celery leaf?
· Pork Belly + Arepas + Corn Sauce + Cilantro Aioli
Guest #99.1: Nahla Saad
Occupation: Owner, http://noorboutique.com/Noor Boutique
Contributed: dessert platter
Sent thank-you: card in the mail
Guest #: Lily Cho
Occupation: mother to be of Coreymintz Jr. (they’d better name it that), teacher
Contributed: Chateau de Panigon 2005 Cru Bourgeois, Cave Spring 2009 Pinot Noir
Sent thank-you: email
Guest #: Zachary Green
Occupation: father to be of Coreymintz Jr. (they’d better follow through on their promise to name it that) lawman
Contributed: see above
Sent thank-you: see above
Guest #99.4: Dane Penney
Occupation: something in trademarks, author of http://www.peredepierre.com/
Sent thank-you: card in the mail
MIGRAINES
SAAD
I get, and this is another reason why I could never be like Dane — and I say that with love — I get really bad migraines. The store, when we were under construction, I was getting samples and testers. I didn’t know how I’d get through it. I couldn’t walk through a department store.
CHO
You know that your migraines are …
You know that your migraines are …
SAAD
Scent is a big problem, almost more so than food allergies.
Scent is a big problem, almost more so than food allergies.
CHO
So how paradoxical is it that …?
SAAD
My mother still has difficulty understanding what it is that I do.
So how paradoxical is it that …?
SAAD
My mother still has difficulty understanding what it is that I do.
PENNEY
That’s the irony of your store. When you walk in you never smell anything.
That’s the irony of your store. When you walk in you never smell anything.
SAAD
I think the perfume fairies must have been smiling.
I think the perfume fairies must have been smiling.
PENNEY
You’ve got some really great ventilation.
You’ve got some really great ventilation.
CHO
Do you think because you have this limit with your migraines, that it might make you more focused, in terms of your smell experience.
Do you think because you have this limit with your migraines, that it might make you more focused, in terms of your smell experience.
SAAD
I think that’s why every day is like Groundhog Day. When I give a tour, like when you visited, it’s like I’m smelling it for the first time.
I think that’s why every day is like Groundhog Day. When I give a tour, like when you visited, it’s like I’m smelling it for the first time.
PENNEY
That’s a great feeling. It’s like finding an old friend.
That’s a great feeling. It’s like finding an old friend.
SAAD
It’s better that I don’t wear too much. Because people will lean in and smell and ask, ‘what do you wear’?
PENNEY
I was going to ask you that today because I’ve never actually asked what you do wear. I’ve never smelled one thing.
It’s better that I don’t wear too much. Because people will lean in and smell and ask, ‘what do you wear’?
PENNEY
I was going to ask you that today because I’ve never actually asked what you do wear. I’ve never smelled one thing.
SAAD
And that’s by design.
And that’s by design.
THE MASTER OF BREATHING THROUGH MY MOUTH
CHO
So does this effect how you go through daily life? Do you feel hypersensitive about smelling anything?
PENNEY
Yes.
Yes.
CHO
Is it debilitating? Because the world is so full of smells and it’s one sense that you can’t turn off.
Is it debilitating? Because the world is so full of smells and it’s one sense that you can’t turn off.
PENNEY
And I’m the master of breathing through my mouth.
And I’m the master of breathing through my mouth.
GREEN
Everyone needs something they’re good at.
Everyone needs something they’re good at.
PENNEY
You can see something bad coming towards you. And if it was any other aspect of life, you might turn around or run, close your eyes or plug your ears, if you’re walking by a jackhammer. If I see something walking towards me, that my best guess is not going to be pleasant, I’ll start breathing through my mouth and I give them a good ten feet past me, just in case there’s a little wind.
A LINEAR DISH
PENNEY
That’s an important part of perfumery, the idea of the grand compositions that have stages and completely different styles of ingredients. And then there’s a whole genre of what we call linear perfume, which start off smelling like a rose and they end smelling like a rose. And there are people that tend to gravitate towards that because they love that ingredient in general so they don’t want to have to look for it. They want it to be upfront and maybe accentuated in the background .
CHO
So this would have been a linear dish?
PENNEY
So this would have been a linear dish?
PENNEY
It would very much be a linear dish. Three different linear dishes.
MINTZ
Maybe those are the ones that get our attention in the bad way. That woman who sits down next to us in a restaurant, who just smells like a rose barfed up another rose. You’ve sat next to this woman, have you not?
PENNEY
She was wearing Paris.
Maybe those are the ones that get our attention in the bad way. That woman who sits down next to us in a restaurant, who just smells like a rose barfed up another rose. You’ve sat next to this woman, have you not?
PENNEY
She was wearing Paris.
CHO
I’ve got to avoid that one.
I’ve got to avoid that one.
PENNEY
Well if you want to smell like that, then go crazy. I don’t judge …
Well if you want to smell like that, then go crazy. I don’t judge …
CHO
Of course. You don’t judge.
Of course. You don’t judge.
PENNEY
Well I fully judge the perfume itself. But when it comes to what somebody wants to wear. I mean I can say I hate your shirt. But if you love it, what does it matter to me.
Well I fully judge the perfume itself. But when it comes to what somebody wants to wear. I mean I can say I hate your shirt. But if you love it, what does it matter to me.
GREEN
But obviously it does matter to you.
But obviously it does matter to you.
Sorry this is the only photo of Dane. He was really entertaining.
5. POCORN vs HITLER
CHO
I have to confess, speaking of smells, I have a huge aversion to the smell of popcorn.
CHO
I have to confess, speaking of smells, I have a huge aversion to the smell of popcorn.
PENNEY
I have a problem with it.
I have a problem with it.
SAAD
Microwave or stovetop?
CHO
Corey, you said you were making a popcorn sauce? I’m dying to try it because I’ve heard talk of it. But when I got to see a movie …
Microwave or stovetop?
CHO
Corey, you said you were making a popcorn sauce? I’m dying to try it because I’ve heard talk of it. But when I got to see a movie …
PENNEY
I won’t eat it.
I won’t eat it.
CHO
I take a deep breath and I think of it as running the popcorn gauntlet. Between the door and getting into the theatre, I have to just hold my breath.
I take a deep breath and I think of it as running the popcorn gauntlet. Between the door and getting into the theatre, I have to just hold my breath.
PENNEY
The easiest way to deal with something like that is to be eating something else.
The easiest way to deal with something like that is to be eating something else.
CHO
I actually feel nauseous at the smell of popcorn.
I actually feel nauseous at the smell of popcorn.
PENNEY
Because it’s gross. It’s burnt, dried up, exploded vegetable.
Because it’s gross. It’s burnt, dried up, exploded vegetable.
MINTZ
I didn’t know this about you at all.
I didn’t know this about you at all.
CHO
I try not to talk about it because it’s weird and I love going to see movies.
PENNEY
So what other smells do you find …?
CHO
Popcorn is the most prominent. And it’s the most prominent because I’m most likely to encounter it in a social setting. … smelling this dish being concocted, I thought I might die. So I opened the door.
CHO
Popcorn is the most prominent. And it’s the most prominent because I’m most likely to encounter it in a social setting. … smelling this dish being concocted, I thought I might die. So I opened the door.
LG
I don’t smell any popcorn.
I don’t smell any popcorn.
CHO
I actually like eating popcorn.
I actually like eating popcorn.
PENNEY
I find it gross.
I find it gross.
SAAD
I like stovetop, when it’s covered in …
I like stovetop, when it’s covered in …
PENNEY
That’s different. You can cover anything in sugar and make it delicious.
That’s different. You can cover anything in sugar and make it delicious.
CHO
So your texture aversion is popcorn. We’re totally dissing this sauce.
So your texture aversion is popcorn. We’re totally dissing this sauce.
PENNEY
Ok, is there popcorn in the sauce?
SAAD
No, it’s corn, popped corn.
Ok, is there popcorn in the sauce?
SAAD
No, it’s corn, popped corn.
PENNEY
What is it?
MINTZ
Now I’m not going to tell you. Wow, it’s not even a vague opposition to this course. It’s a strong, visceral objection to the existence of this sauce.
What is it?
MINTZ
Now I’m not going to tell you. Wow, it’s not even a vague opposition to this course. It’s a strong, visceral objection to the existence of this sauce.
GREEN
How do you feel about the colour blue?
CHO
Have you ever served a dish where people have already dissed one of its components, prominently, before you brought the dish out?
Have you ever served a dish where people have already dissed one of its components, prominently, before you brought the dish out?
MINTZ
No.
No.
PENNEY
Yeah, but we do this in perfume a lot. Because people will always say, “I hate rose” or whatever. And then you say, try this. And they say, “This is beautiful!” And you’re going, mmm-hmm.
Yeah, but we do this in perfume a lot. Because people will always say, “I hate rose” or whatever. And then you say, try this. And they say, “This is beautiful!” And you’re going, mmm-hmm.
MINTZ
Well, this is a done deal.
Well, this is a done deal.
PENNEY
I just don’t understand who decided to make popcorn explode into pieces of Styrofoam and then love it and drench it in butter so it’s soggy and then put gross orange Kraft Dinner mix on top.
I just don’t understand who decided to make popcorn explode into pieces of Styrofoam and then love it and drench it in butter so it’s soggy and then put gross orange Kraft Dinner mix on top.
SAAD
Stop. Stop.
Stop. Stop.
PENNEY
Who said, I’m gonna pay $11 for that?
MINTZ
I’m gonna say the pope.
Who said, I’m gonna pay $11 for that?
MINTZ
I’m gonna say the pope.
CHO
Do you still not avocados?
PENNEY
Really?
MINTZ
I’ll eat avocados.
Do you still not avocados?
PENNEY
Really?
MINTZ
I’ll eat avocados.
EVERYONE
I love avocados.
I love avocados.
So did Hitler.
Date of publication: Saturday, October 8th, 2011
5 comments:
Funny, when I first read the title, I saw "Nahla Salad", as if you christened a dish in her honour.
Anyway, thanks again for the wonderful meal! I'm glad to see you pointed out that I don't know what a peach smells like in your article. ;)
This is so excellent! What an evening it must have been. Dane is so darn entertaining- what fun!
I thought it was funny that you missed peach, after nailing coumarin, Galaxolide and castoreum.
Peach is a complicated, multi-faceted note...for the experts only! :P
Let me know when you're ready for your next perfume excision...I will not rest until you own at least one acceptable fragrance. No self-respecting man can leave the house smelling of "shower" when there are so many more interesting options.
Deal.
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