Comments on: The Semiotics of Perfume and Social Context http://angelaathomas.com/2007/08/30/the-semiotics-of-perfume-and-social-context/ Sun, 12 Feb 2012 00:59:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Angela Thomas http://angelaathomas.com/2007/08/30/the-semiotics-of-perfume-and-social-context/#comment-19187 Sat, 01 Sep 2007 10:15:51 +0000 http://angelaathomas.com/2007/08/30/the-semiotics-of-perfume-and-social-context/#comment-19187 Ooooh Christy that is FANTASTIC, thank you for the link!!!!! Wow. I am impressed with SJP, crazed look and all :)

I like that critique Mary-Helen. I wonder whether somebody has done a critical analysis of perfume ad discourse. It would be fascinating and fun! Thanks :)

]]> By: M-H http://angelaathomas.com/2007/08/30/the-semiotics-of-perfume-and-social-context/#comment-19145 Fri, 31 Aug 2007 23:54:28 +0000 http://angelaathomas.com/2007/08/30/the-semiotics-of-perfume-and-social-context/#comment-19145 Years ago in NZ there was a perfume ad (can’t remember which one, sorry) showing a man bringing his wife perfume in a maternity hospital, with the comment “Make her feel like a woman again…” And I though giving birth was one kind of ultimate proof. :)

]]> By: Christy Dena http://angelaathomas.com/2007/08/30/the-semiotics-of-perfume-and-social-context/#comment-18973 Fri, 31 Aug 2007 04:56:29 +0000 http://angelaathomas.com/2007/08/30/the-semiotics-of-perfume-and-social-context/#comment-18973 Hey Angela, have you seen the Covet ARG?: http://www.argn.com/archive/000639the_sweet_scent_of_mystery.php

]]> By: Angela Thomas http://angelaathomas.com/2007/08/30/the-semiotics-of-perfume-and-social-context/#comment-18908 Thu, 30 Aug 2007 10:41:24 +0000 http://angelaathomas.com/2007/08/30/the-semiotics-of-perfume-and-social-context/#comment-18908 chuckling… you have to admit it is a pretty fascinating conversation on that TV show forum though. it intrigued me :)

]]> By: Jerry http://angelaathomas.com/2007/08/30/the-semiotics-of-perfume-and-social-context/#comment-18907 Thu, 30 Aug 2007 10:25:00 +0000 http://angelaathomas.com/2007/08/30/the-semiotics-of-perfume-and-social-context/#comment-18907 And as for:

“how we use it to communicate and why Aramis sends Am swoon, thudding to the pavement in front of a very bewildered stranger…”

I would say that has less to do with communication and more to do with a nasty allergic reaction…

]]> By: Jerry http://angelaathomas.com/2007/08/30/the-semiotics-of-perfume-and-social-context/#comment-18906 Thu, 30 Aug 2007 10:20:11 +0000 http://angelaathomas.com/2007/08/30/the-semiotics-of-perfume-and-social-context/#comment-18906 I agree – it makes sense (scents?) that if meaning is socially construed then the social context needs to be factored into any semiotics – that’s why Halliday had an interpersonal strand as well as intertextual within his systemic functional semiotics

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