T.S. Eliot might have written that "April is the cruelest month", but if he'd lived where I do he'd have sacrificed the artful rhythm of his line to write "February" instead. By now, I've had my fill of cold, rainy days. Mean old February seems cannily aware of how I feel and lures me into a false hope of spring by easing a few daphne buds into bloom and the odd robin and scrub jay into the yard. Still, the lilacs are weeks from blooming. It isn't really winter any more, but it certainly isn't spring. What kind of perfume suits the "in between" season?
For me, the in between season is a great opportunity to try something new or to revisit scents I haven't worn for a long time. I'm ready to put away Caron Tabac Blond and Guerlain Mitsouko for a day or two, but I'm not quite ready for the spring-like smell of Annick Goutal Des Lys or Ormonde Jayne Champaca. Now is when I reach for L'Artisan Parfumeur Piment Brûlant and remember its bell pepper kick, for instance. Or I might dig toward the back of the perfume cabinet for Jean Patou Adieu Sagesse or Mauboussin Histoire d'Eau, both of which I adore but seem to forget about when I'm thinking strictly seasonally.
The in between season is also when I base my perfume choices less on the weather and more on the events of the day. Tonight, for instance, is a lunar eclipse. Forget that it might freeze later, I'm wearing Guerlain L'Heure Bleue parfum. Last night I started reading a mystery novel set in the Marais in Paris. Paco Rabanne La Nuit seemed right for the imagined winter-chilled smell of narrow, urine- and exhaust-scented streets shot through with Chanel No. 5 and the rush of warm air from opened cafe doors.
Finally, I depend on the year-round classics in the in between season. Never-fail Dior Miss Dior, Guerlain Vol de Nuit, and Yves Saint Laurent Y see plenty of action when I can't put my finger on the kind of perfume an in-between-season day demands. If the fragrance doesn't last long on my skin, so much the better. It might have been sunny this morning, but by the afternoon it will almost surely be raining again and I'll want to reach for a few drops of Chopard Casmir parfum to warm me up.
What perfume do you wear when you're not sure what is right for the day, when neither the weather nor your mood drives you toward a certain scent? How do you choose?
Note: image of crocuses in the snow via The Scottish Rock Garden Club.
I'm in a different area than you are, we are waiting for a few more warm days to have the desert wildflowers burst into bloom. I'm a chyrpe fan anyway, but this seems to be the perfect time for the oakmoss/patch bottom notes–the earth and moss is perfect for the waning power of winter. When topped by sunnier green notes, it makes a perfect match for the season of advancing light. I love Sabi for this time of year. And I'm fond of Mandragore for that root/seed pod/sunlight mix as well.
Funny you mention this–I thought about doing a paragraph on green chypres. The body and earthiness of a chypre are so good now, and a fresh green (as opposed to a super-charged galbanum green) are a nice reminder of spring.
Lovely list, Angela. Especially like your lunar eclipse connection.
On in between days I reach for tea and incense based scents, warm or dry, depending on the weather and my mood. I've also been loving the combined warmth and dryness of Corso Como's sandalwood.
And BTW — after your discussion of chypres the other day I had the chance to test both the Aedes scent and a vintage Coty (not sure what year, the sample was a gift). The oakmoss in the Coty was mmmmmm, fantastic, and it made me understand your love of vintage, especially next to the modern version. A whole other world… I will definitely keep my eyes peeled for the others you mentioned, thank you!
'the year round never-fail perfume' is a good thing in deed!
mine are coco mademoiselle and carnal flower.
texas weather is so unpredictable, it could be 50 one day and 85 the very next day!
i love your articles angela.
they are much novel-like and always delightful to read in the morning with a cup of coffee.
did you think about writing some like…..a perfume that evokes really bad memory in one's life…? =)
Here in Vancouver where February can be grey and chilly yet somehow serene and elegant, I think that the spare, poetic creations of Jean Claude Ellena match the mood beautifully.
Thanks for the article. Lately I've been wearing (nothing niche, sorry for my humble nose!) Magical Moon at night because it feels like a perfect match for our cold nights (New England) but lightened by the coconut milk and osmanthus. And during the day, I'm working through an L'Eau D'Issey EDP addiction … I know aquatic scents are unpopular, but I love the carnation and it's especially pronounced in the lotion. Those are my 2 currents, and then will be soon moving into crisp greens, and a return to L'Air Du Temps to celebrate spring.
I'd be afraid that JCE would be too cool for me right now–but then my tastes run pretty warm, scent-wise. But “grey and chilly yet somehow serene and elegant” summarize his fragrances so well.
I almost reached for 10 Corso Como yesterday, but I was afraid it would overwhelm me. Now that you've mentioned it, I'm definitely wearing it tomorrow!
I'm hooked on vintage scents, or scents that read as vintage. Love those chypres, I do.
What a great idea for an article! I know better than to try a perfume when life isn't good, because I know the scent will always call up that time in my life. On the other hand, I love wearing a new scent on a vacation because it will always remind me of it.
Coco Mademoiselle is nice, isn't it? I smelled it on someone last week and it was lovely.
Magical Moon sounds nice for a chilly night, and I used to wear L'Eau d'Issey in college (I remember reading somewhere that Karl Lagerfeld sprayed his sheets with it). Aquatic scents don't seem right for me these days where I live, but I understand wearing them.
I love Chamade, especially in spring, and I want to know Chant d'Aromes better. The EdT version of Vol de Nuit is good for warmer weather, I think, although the parfum version is my true love.
Last night I wore Mitsouko to bed after giving my dog a few scratches on the head. This morning I noticed that he smells pretty darn good.
It is almost always warm here in Miami, but I have been wearing CB: I Hate Perfume's Violet Empire to remind me of decidous springime. It is not very tenacious on me, sadly. Maybe someday I will find couple of scents to remind of the northern Indiana woodland in fall and spring
My never fails are Guerlain Vetiver (I keep meaning to try the eau Glacee, maybe during the height od Miami summer), Terre de Hermes and Lutens Gris Clair.
Angela, I can see that so well. Cozy is good when it's still cold and wintery. I think it's JUST barely warm enough here that we can afford to kind of embrace the last somber days of the season. Signs of spring are already appearing, and that image of the crocuses in the snow is just perfect (except our snow is long gone). Just a wonderful idea for a topic — as usual; thank you!
Here in eastern Canada it is still emphatically winter. No chance of putting away the warm-and-soothing scents for a month or more, let me tell you. (And are the lilacs really just weeks away where you are? Here, they won't show up until latest May or the first week of June.)
So right now I'm wearing cheap-and-cheerful Body Shop Altaro (discontinued, but I still have a half-bottle). It smells of gentle spices and sandalwood soap and baby-powder vanilla, just the thing for a cold, brittle day.
A little OT, but I do love how the lilacs smell… I planted a Donald Wyman just below my living room window and the scent fills the room when they bloom… heaven. And yes, Pyramus, ours bloom around the same time. 🙂
Angela, it's so hard right now! I thought about your 10 Corso Como comment. I'm in this phase where I sniff at something, thinking, okay, this is it, and then immediately recoil — everything seems too *strong.* Weird. I swear it's the flukey weather (75! on Saturday, 30ish and windy today). OTOH it ends up being good for blind sampling in a funny way, because I feel like, oh, everything's wrong anyway, why not?!? I don't really care for vetiver, for instance, and I smelled the Lubin Vetiver yesterday and was astonished. Maybe this season makes me open my eyes more.
Agree with March that it's a good time to sample, and to re-sample scents I've dismissed before. Cuir Ottoman- was too much in the summer, don't know why I forgot about it for so long, but it's just the right amount of warm for now. I also have an unopened sample vial of L'Artisan's Fleur du Carotte because- I suppose I have yet to find myself thinking, hmm, I feel like smelling like a carrot today!
My year-round classics are: Chanel No. 22, FM Iris Poudre, Jean Patou Colony, L'Artisan Dzing.
I love the photo that Robin chose for this post, too. It's perfect for the in between season.
Vetiver is so good for this time of year, too! It's earthy but not overly warm.
I can usually count on lilacs around my birthday in late April. I went out and inspected my lilac tree over the weekend, and the buds are tight and not even the slightest bit purple yet.
But sandalwood and baby-powder vanilla–have you tried Alamut? Sounds just like it.
I love them, too. I put them in every room when they bloom and sweep up the little dead flowers for weeks after.
Exactly my response! I've been digging out all sorts of things I haven't tried in a while because nothing quite “fits” right now.
Fleur de Carotte! Hey, I forgot about that one, and it would be perfect for early spring. Your list of classics is terrific. Really diverse, too.
I pulled out Cuir de Russie today and now, upon reflection, it does strike me as a good between-seasons scent. The balance of subtly sparking flowers and smooth, animalic notes just works, and actually No. 19 has the same feel to me, Passage D'Enfer, too. Maybe we need more balanced scents in these in-between times, rather than heavy bass or screaming high notes.
Cuir de Russie and No. 19 sound perfect–the right weight, the right balance of warmth and coolness, sharp and short. They're perfect for about any season.
Dear Angela,
I haven't commented on your posts but have enjoyed reading them for a long time. This one was fun, too. My initial response was, “BOOHOO!” The lilacs won't be out for a few WEEKS? Here, in Anchorage, AK, the lilacs won't be in bloom for another four months. Waaa. Pity, please. Anyway, I tend to choose L'Eau d'Hiver when unsure. I have worn it to go to trial and to wear with my pjs in bed. It's so unobtrusive yet really interesting. I used to always wear PdN Cologne Sologne in that category, though I know it has many detractors. Also Chanel No. 18 works whether you are in Honolulu or Nome. Whispery perfumes.
Gotta be Gris Clair for me. At this clip I'll have snarfed all $110.00 worth in a few months, and I am sparing. It makes me feel both relaxed and on top of things.
I enjoy in-between fragrances because if you're not that thrilled about being stuck in winter, your scent doesn't have to reinforce the idea that you are. I like to mix things up, break up habits of “This is what I'll wear, since it's July.” And I never want to deny myself slapping something on just because it's the alleged wrong season. Delayed gratification is not my thing!
I live in the Northwest as well and have appreciated the few sunny days that we've had the past week. I was able to get out in the garden this weekend which was refreshing. But I do feel like I am caught between the dreary winter (knowing that more rainy days are on the way) and spring (seeing the bulbs popping up through the ground got me going this weekend) as far as fragrance goes. I pulled out my Givenchy Very Irresistible special collection (bulgarian rose) and not sure that it's fitting but it might have to do with the fact that I was trimming my roses and thinking about the delicious summer blossoms – strangely enough I am not really a floral perfume chic. AH WELL.
I live in NC, so the weather this time of year is so unpredictable…Now it's cold because a winter storm will be moving through the state tonight, but last week it was warm. So warm that the flowers bushes started to bloom. 🙂 I've been wearing florals just to cheer me up.
Angie, boy are we on the same wavelength. I have worn La Nuit, Histoire D'eau and Piment Brulant all in the last week (and Sacrebleu!). It is most emphatically still winter here, though. Now I gotta go retry Adieu Sagesse – courtesy of a lovely lady! (Hey, I have some atomizers coming soon – wanna swap again?) And you have reminded me that L'Heure Bleue EdP has gotta be the next purchase on my list.
I have a little trick, I bring along one bottle of perfume and use it liberally on a vacation, and at the end, leave the bottle and never wear it again. I can almost always reclaim the sensation of that vacation next time I smell the perfume again.
It was 19 degrees F this morning. Days like this, I use Comptoir Sud Pacifique (as a room spray) liberally all around the house, and a few spritz in the steam shower in the morning.
You just leave the perfume behind? You don't even bring it home and save it for when you want the vacation feel again? You have more self-restraint than I do! I love the romance of it, though.
Oh, I know I shouldn't complain. But at least you get snow! With some of the cold we've had this year, the least we could have had was a good, city-paralyzing snow storm.
L'Eau d'Hiver is wonderful, and I'd love to have a bottle of it. No. 18 is fabulous, too, and now Cologne Sologne is on my list.
I have a friend who wears Gris Clair, and I love to smell it on her. You must smell pretty great.
I love the idea of breaking up the cold with a different scent, but it feels wrong to me. But you've pointed out that I may be stuck in a “should” sort of rut! I'm putting on some Eau Exotique–one of my summer staples–this evening and I'll see how I handle it. Who knows? I might be more flexible than I think.
I pruned my roses this week, too. You know what might be good for this weather–your mention of roses makes me think of it: Voleur de Roses. I'll have to put it in the front of the cabinet.
Part of me loves the unpredictability of the weather, and part of me wills the thermometer to climb. A floral scent sounds like a good idea.
Uncanny! And I have you to thank for the Histoire d'Eau. Let's definitely swap. I need to order more swapping supplies, but I'll send you an email.
ahtx, which vintage Coty are you wearing? I use L'Aimant (current, not vintage, though I would love to find the vintage version) for these in-between days. It is a very warm and generous fragrance, not quite as heavy as L'Origan which makes it easier for daytime. I also wear Hermes Elixir des Merveilles layered with Jo Malone Orange blossom. I'm not quite ready to qo Elixir alone and the JM Orange Blossom is a bit uninteresting on its own but together they make a really nice combo for me.
Btw – 'in-between' is a misnomer. We're solidly in winter; not quite as bad as Alaska but we're alternating blizzards with sub-zero temps…and lots of ice ..but the birds are starting to sound a bit spring-ier…so maybe soon.
There is hardly any smell on Earth more wonderful than that of fresh lilacs. They're EVERYWHERE in eastern Canada, and as soon as they blossom the air is threaded through with that scent during daylight hours for a couple of weeks. It's heaven. I can't walk by a lilac bush without grabbing a double handful of blooms and burying my nose in it.
Now that's something to look forward to. It makes it worth waiting through the awful winters we get.
Well, it would have to be something one is willing to part with, of course. Yes, I leave the bottle, but it's worked out that most of it is used up by the time I'm ready to leave. Carry only nice or neutral scents for your precious vacation, I packed a hideous-smelling sunscreen on my first trip to Paris, and it's the association I'm going to live with forever.
M, I wonder if she means the vintage Coty Chypre?
Elixir des Merveilles and Orange Blossom sound like a tantalizing combination. I hope it pulls spring closer–at least in smell, if not in reality.
Why is it that sunscreen always smells so sunscreen-y? Paris should smell better than that! I'll take your tip and sniff my new toiletries before my vacations.
hi, angela!
lately i've been reaching for bois de violette as i find it moody and neither too floral or too woodsy. it's like it can't make up its mind on my skin. but that's fine by me. it keeps me guessing. 🙂
That's what I do when I take a vacation!
A new fragrance memory for a new place!
Gucci Envy is a cold winter day in South Korea for me. =)
P, lilacs are wonderful. When I turned 16, I had a slumber party, and my father drove us out to a rickety, long abandoned stage coach stop (we lived in the country) where he told us a ghost story. He had made sure that my uncle and two of my cousins were hiding in the house to make appropriately scary sounds. The house was falling down with peeled white paint and a barn behind it that had collapsed to its roof. I remember feeling terrified by the ghost story and at the same time drunk with the narcotic scent of the 20-foot high hedge of ancient purple and white lilac trees still blooming after all those years in front of the house.
Bois de Violette! That sounds perfect and makes me want to smell it right now.
Well, if ever I'm in South Korea in winter, you can bet that I'll try Envy. (Or maybe I'll spritz on Envy and close my eyes and pretend.)
I've found myself reaching for Aromatics Elixir – for a long time it was the only perfume I wore then I started experimenting! But it's still a great stand-by when nothing else seems right. If I'm feeling a bit more flirty and floral I go for Agent Provocateur. During the winter, I've been wearing it layered with Black Cashmere but now it seems right on its own again. Off to a wedding reception this evening and I can't decide which of the above to go for. I'm working a 50's vintage look and am erring towards AP right now…
Hi Angela, what a lovely article! At the moment I am at home in Amsterdam and overhere the daphnes are blooming everywhere. Days can be very sunny and warm and then misty and grey and watercold.
I just fell in love with Prada Infusion d'Iris and the incense basenote makes this the perfect scent for this time of the year.
Moschino's Chip and Chic and Donna Karan Cashmere Mist feel just good as well.
Lilacs are also blooming in the Czech Republic in april/may and both Prague and the whole country smell so wonderfull in those months. Then there are the white Acacias that bloom in about the same time and truly, being in the countryside with the soft spring wind bringing along the scents of lilacs and acacias is heavenly.
Wonderful article!
Over here in Germany February is the cruelest month of the year, too – at least for me. The days are already too long for winter, the birds start to sing, but it's still too cold for green and flowers.
The typicial smell of nature right now is the scent of wet earth. Somehow I'm drawn towards similar notes in perfume at the moment, in combination with something comforting like fruit or vanilla in them: warming, full bodied scents like Gucci by Gucci, L'Heure Bleue or Coromandel. By contrast I've already put away my fragrances I associate with december and christmas time like L de Lolita Lempicka or Theorema.
Fragrances I currently can't wear are white florals and citrus scents. They are too sheer for the season (but perfect in the midst of winter, when everything is frozen or on a hot summer day).
I hope she lets us know, when time permits!
Do you know, I never had the pleasure of smelling Coty Chypre? I personally got into Coty later in life (thought it was always in my early life) because of its wonderful associations with my mother – she was a L'Origan/L'Aimant wearer. At the time they were way too 'grown up' for me – I wasn't even a teenager yet- but when I got in my teens II gravitated towards Emeraude because of my fondness for emeralds. Didn't really like the scent much and moved on to Patou's Vacances which I adored and miss (to be honest, at the time I think I loved it because of the bottle, with its delightful deep-green stopper, and the fact that no one had any idea what I was wearing. Most teens in the early 70s knew nothing of Patou. Of course, I also wore Heaven Sent (Scent?) so…..
Now in my 50s I find that L'Aimant suits me just fine in the winter, though L'Origan is still a bit heavy (and reminds me of Oscar de la Renta's earliest perfume (name escapes me) that I wore to death!)
And the Elixir/Orange Blossom combo is a good one for me – I hadn't strayed far from citrus for nearly 20 years until I happened upon this wonderful blog, which caused me to look further afield. But old habits die hard and without the OB to cut the heavy warm note Elixir smells a bit foreign to me. The Eau d M is incredible and I can't wait to try it for late spring. Jardin le Sur de Nil is going to be a summer staple!
But there's hope for me – I'm branching out! I am trying Lanvin's new fragrance as well as the brand-new Chloe
One odd, last note: was it you or Robin who mentioned L'Heure Bleu for the lunar eclipse? This is the strangest thing: I was driving through the countryside (everywhere here is countryside:-), marveling at the eclipse….and the image of L'Heure Bleu wafted through my mind! I haven't thought of that fragrance since I was in the House of Guerlain in the late 70s!
Strange doings…
I was the one wearing L'Heure Bleue during the eclipse! I guess the mood was in the air that night.
I'd like to get to know the classic Coty perfumes better. I think I've been afraid that in their current incarnations they're not very high quality, but I could just be snobbish, and I haven't given them a fair try to know any better. I've put L'Aimant and L'Origan on my “must try” list now.
I love the 1950s vintage look, and AP sounds perfect for it!
I love the scent of daphne and how it seems to detach from the daphne bush and float down the block in a self-contained cloud. Now I want to get to know acacia better!
It sounds like it's similar there to how it is here. I wouldn't mind a big bottle of Coromandel to help me make it to spring!
A wonderful article – thanks! Dallas is cold and wet right now, but our weather is erratic. Chanel Bois des Iles is always nice – the wood notes are warm, but it's still lighter than, say, Theorema. JCE's Kelly Caleche is also nice right now – a floral note for the hope of spring, but the warmth of that amazing leather. And I used to love 'L'eau d'Issey – have to see if I still have that lotion somewhere…
I feel that way about Korean Spice Bush – my former neighbors have a gigantic bush in their front garden and the scent is incredible – overwhelming one moment, elusive the next. Funny thing about KSB – I really can't smell it when I'm right up on the bush – it's one of those scents that must come to you on its own terms!
Bois des Iles! I forgot about that one–it sounds perfect.
Perhaps I caught a hint of the scent on the air, as it drifted across the moon.
To be honest, Angela, I am not sure Coty was very high quality even back in the 60s when my mother wore them (that was her every day fragrance – for evening she wore Shalimar) – I don't know what is considered 'vintage' for Coty – I do know that the essential notes seem to be the same now as when she wore them but that's about it. I am not conversant enough to know what they are, nor can I tell you what's different from vintage – there's a 40-year gap between when my mother wore it and my wearing it now. It's not very sophisticated, in my opinion, but there's a very comforting feel to them – cozy without being cloying – especially L'Aimant – and people seem to instinctively draw a bit nearer when they smell it .
I'd love to know what you think, when you do get a chance to try them! Caution: a little goes a VERY long way, especially with L'Origan!
i've been smelling wafts of daphne, too– do you know of any perfumes with daphne in the notes?
I tend to go for soft warm musks at this time of year like Egyptian Musk. The in-between season is a little confusing; I crave the dark smoky frags, but Spring is on the horizon and I long for a lighter scent too. This must be my Gemini indecisiveness coming out!
FYI, has anyone read the Chandler Burr review on Tom Ford's Private Blend-Purple Patchouli?
I second (third?) the lilac-love. They can live for hundreds of years, I read recently, which only adds to their mystique for me. They seem designed for plunging one's whole face into, don't they?
As usual, I enjoyed your post immensely, and now want to join the Scottish Rock Garden Society.
Hi Mamabear — sorry I got busy and didn't check in again, but it was the Coty Chypre. I suspect it's the 1970's version as opposed to the original original but I'm not sure.
thanks for the reply! Alas I have never smelled Chypre so don't know what I'm missing:-). Have you ever tried any of the other early Coty fragrances, such as L'Aimant, L'Origan and their ilk? I would love to know what you think of them.
I'll give them a try–just a few drops, per your warning–and let you know!
They seem so difficult to reproduce well in perfume, too. Besides Vacances, I can't think of any primarily lilac perfume that I really like.
Korean Spice Bush–that's a new one to me. I'll have to try to find one the next time I'm at the nursery.
N, I saw that the Perfume House actually carries a scent called Daphne–I can't remember what perfume house put it out, but they had a whole line of soliflores along with the Daphne. Please let me know what you think of it if you do try it.
I think this season brings out everyone's indecisiveness–Gemini or not. I haven't seen Burr's review, but I'll be on the lookout for it.
you probably know them as viburnum – I should've tasked my brain a bit this morning and come up with the correct name. Many viburnum, especially 'Miss Kim', are incredible but as I said, the fragrance is weirdly elusive. It can hit you like a punch on the nose….and the next minute it's gone!
They grow well here in the Midwest and are the harbingers of lovely spring!
well…..the things you learn! I have loved Vacances (and its charming bottle) for yonks!…and never knew it was a primarily lilac perfume. When I think of a lilac perfume I think of Diorissimo, which isn't lilac at all – but for some reason I always think of lilacs when I smell it. I adore that fragrance and used to wear it often. Maybe it's the springy, muguet scent that reminds me of lilacs? Sort of like the really elusive fragrance of phlox.
I'm probably making no sense here……..sorry!
Obviously I wasn't paying attention!
Angela, Purplelight is a true lilac fragrance and a very good one. I used it as a roomspray once on a very dark november day, and the room smelled wonderfull like it was filled with fresh lilacs for more that a day!
Mmm, phlox smell great. It must be the lily of the valley in Diorissimo that reminds you of spring, that in turn reminds you of lilacs.
I know viburnum and know exactly the scent you're talking about. We have lots of it here, too.
Marianne, thanks for the recommendation!
Now that would be an interesting fragrance, wouldn't it? I am trying to imagine the smell of phlox as a scent. One of the things that makes phlox so lovely, in my opinion, is the elusive nature of its scent……….right after a light rain is when I can best appreciate them.
Re the Diorissimo, I think you're right and thank you for deciphering my rather incoherent post! To me, the very nature of spring scent is based in elusiveness. Even lilacs can sort of 'run and hide', if they are so inclined. That aspect of those types of fragrances is what makes them, in the right circumstances, so quietly intoxicating.
So many of the spring-flowering shrubs, especially, are elusive. I know just what you mean.
Diorissimo has lilac in it!
I know it's a muguet fragrance, but when I smell it, I always smell lilacs.
I agree that lilac is extremely difficult to reproduce accurately in perfumery. I've never smelled a lilac-based perfume that does the job; nothing can compare to the real thing. (However, Demeter Lilac has a short span where it actually smells pretty good; not for the entire duration of the scent, but for part of its life it is, believe it or not, the best lilac scent I ever smelled, for whatever that's worth.)
So glad there are lots of other lilac fans out there! I look forward to lilac season with great anticipation every year. Alas, I have not been able to find a lilac scent that smells true to the flower: Shi smells artificial, En Passant has baked bread and cucumber, and After My Own Heart falls flat on my skin. I even purchased Highland Lilac, which is a soliflore made from the real flower, but it has strong alcohol fumes and doesn't capture the whispery softness of the scent.
The closest I've come is the French Lilac scent produced by Pacifica Soap. It is an impression of lilacs, but they do a great job of capturing their intoxicating scent. Wish they would make an accompanying fragrance!
Well, between you and Mamabear, I'm a believer. I'll have to get out my bottle of Diorissimo and try for myself!
Hi, I live in Italy and these days are really warm and sunny, so I've just bought some new fragrances; I'm in love with these italian brand, u can check it here http://www.profumidelforte.it.
I'm using this:
VITTORIA APUANA
Citrus, fruity, vanillic
Sensuous and delicate, coconut and vanilla in a concert of freshness, in a cascade of emotions. Nostalgic memories of a perhaps untaken journey.
Top notes
Sweet Brasilian orange, Sicilian mandarin, bitter Sicilian orange.
Middle notes
Coconut, tiare’ flower, banana
Base notes
Vanilla Bourbon absolute, vanillin, notes of solar amber
have u never tried it?:)
Z, the fragrance sounds really nice, almost edible!
When neither the weather, occasion or mood are particularly defined, when I have no idea what to wear………I usually wear nothing, but, if I have time, I will pop into a department store for a quick sniff around. Invariably I walk out with no scent on my skin as mostly nothing tempts me enough. Either that, or I reach for my blank canvas, Molecule 01. And, since I have discovered Andy Tauer’s Incense Extreme, I would have to say that is a scent I would wear in any weather, any day, any time!!! It seems to be everything simultaneously – incense that is crisp and fresh, warm and outdoorsy, unusual and absolutely full of character – I find it very special and evocative, yet simple. Bless Andy Tauer. What a personality.