Today's poll was suggested (ages ago) by Daisy: name the five fragrances you'd preserve in a time capsule for future generations.
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BWF: Fracas
Abstract: No 5
Oriental: Shalimar
Green: No 19
Woody: Feminite du Bois
My inclination is to give up on attempting to educate future generations as I can’t seem to get my younger coworkers off their papaya/cat pee combos.
So…. I would chronicle “the wonder of me” through the ages:
Sortilege – my first great scent
Biba – purchased at the iconic store in Kensington as a 17 year old.
Parure – still my favorite. Pure beauty.
Bandit – sexy as hell
Bois des Iles – classic, and on my mind this week as Chanel just jacked up the price horribly.
These samplings would speak volumes about me and let anyone who found them know that we had some real beauties!
LOL — now I want to know what smells precisely like mango + cat pee!
Worse can be said about most white florals.
Of course that was me waxing and I don’t wish to offend anyone here, so I won’t divulge the name, only the initials SJP NYC. Oops.
cat pea and mango smells to me like the little girl in school whose clothes were not washed often enough-does that stuff smell good on anyone? I loved the original Tiffany fragrance, but don’t think that it is quite the same.
Ha!
Parure? Really Guerlain? Surely the Guerlain family has a wicked sense of humor to give a perfume that unfortunate moniker. Paruresis is when the sufferer experiences an inability to…umm..well, pee..in the presence of others. “Pee shy” would be another way of putting it. Hope that doesn’t ruin the love you have for the fragrance but thought you should know just the same.
The word parure means a set of matching jewelry, and comes from an old French word meaning adornment.
Thank you for your tutorial in avoiding voiding, but in this case 50 Roses has it right.
And I thought ‘cat pee’ was one those indolic/civet-like notes – the kind that a sophisticated perfumista has finally acquired a love for, lol!
maybe…unless you are a cat owner…in which case it only inspires a case of frantic searching and sniffing with the phrase “damn worthless cat” thrown about liberally.
Both of my cats recognize swear words, and when used in conjunction with “cat”, they fly into hiding.
Especially since those boys are probably hanging off the drapes when those words are used….
EXACTLY!!
Ha! Civet we love, I’m talking about American Shorthair. Not elusive enough, and not for a top, heart and base note.
And please, never with tropical fruit!
Th note I was describing is neither feral nor sexy, simply flat and stinky, and when you add in 110 degree AZ summer days my nose cries “Uncle!”.
Bulgari Black, Tubereuse Criminelle, Thierry Mugler Angel, CdG edp, Etat Libre d’Orange Secretions Magnifiques
can the secretions gagnifique have some sort of disclaimer attached to it? Or a warning….like the ancient tombs did?
you know, just to protect the unsuspecting….
Daisy, with gagnifique and shalibarf and a couple of others from you, I name you Most Apt Renamer! Though I will say that my b.f. While not loving S.m. also did not think it was ‘bad’. His words were at least it doesn’t smell like washing powder or soap, lol!
I think it’s SmokeyToes who always says it is a warm cozy floral on her? A few others have said similar…..but I haven’t ruled out the alien changeling idea yet….
It would be nice if that could help me get intergalactic citizenship;)
Hi Daisy!
Yep, Secretions is a beautiful incense & leather on me with woods dry down. After reading the horror stories I was prepared to be ill but I loved it.
How I’m TOTALLY with you on Shalibarf.
I love Secretions, glad I’m not the only one who enjoys it.
Fracas, Joy, No. 5, Shalimar, and Jicky.
The Classic time capsule.
Amouage Gold, Shiseido White Rose, Shiseido Feminite du Bois, Ormonde Jayne Woman, and Guerlain Vega.
You’ve listed some worthy classics there, Roses.
This could be a personal ‘pre-perfumista history’ for me:
Diorissimo
Coriandre
Eau de Givenchy
Calyx
ck one
Please tell us what would be your “now full-blown perfumista” list.
Ack, it would be SO hard to make that 5. This could be a list from my very early days as a perfumista…maybe a list from when I started NST?
Diptyque Philosykos
Guerlain Vetiver
Ormonde Jayne Frangipani
Serge Lutens Iris Silver Mist
L’Artisan Passage d’Enfer
So those came to mind right away, but then I started thinking about Fracas, and the Frederic Malle line, and there’s no rose on that list, and hey, there’s nothing by Jean Claude Ellena on that list which is obviously crazy. So can’t be done! Might be nice to do a list like this every year.
were you asking about personal favorites, or in general? I listed some I thought would be notable for posterity, not my HG scents.
Oh, and I recently acquired my 1st JCE (vintage First edt, more substantial than the current edp) and my 1st Hermes, 24 Faubourg.
The question can be interpreted however you like — I think Daisy probably meant in a non-personal way, but hey, then everybody’s time capsule would look pretty much the same.
Joy, No 5, No 19, OJ Woman and SL Gingembre
Mitsouko
No. 5
L’Air du Desert Marocain
Timbuktu
Le Troisieme Homme
I bet Daisy proposed this one before 2011, the year in which most of the great perfumes were destroyed. So the question makes me sad, since I’d like to have had someone put some backup bottles in a time capsule for me of some perfumes that, despite being released within the last 6 years, have nonetheless been reformulated badly. All that aside,
5 for a time capsule? Hmmm …
Bandit
Borneo
Vetiver Pour Elle
L’Heure d’Nuit
and maybe Nahema extrait?
Oh, she might well have! I don’t know and have no way to check…I keep a list but it’s not dated.
This was a LOOOOONG time ago….who knew Robin had lists this long? While I don’t really remember what I was thinking of at the time…..was it pre-coffee, post-coffee, while I was bemoaning a reformulation…..now that I’m thinking about it this morning — my time capsule would have to have a few more than the top five land mark fragrances in their original (or close to it) form. Just off the top of my head I’d pick these:
1.Chanel No5
2. Shalibarf….er, I mean Shalimar or Molinard Habanita
3. Guerlain Sous le Vent
4. Fracas
5.Coty Chypre
But now I think there could be a few other important categories as well (I’ll order the “large size” time capsule) Or maybe I’d change my time capsule to make it a “Best of the Best” type thing: 3 best Citrus, 3 best green, 3 best chypre, 3 best fougere, etc. That would be more fun.
What can I say — my list-keeping skills are second only to my procrastination skills.
Robin – my sistah!
Hi Daisy! I was just thinking that a time capsule really makes me sad since if I actually had to put bottles in it that I had to find myself, today, I’d have to try really hard to get older lots – even my Vetiver Pour Elle reissue would have to be before 2011! One doesn’t expect things that one bought a few years back to be dramatically different toda;, something like Chypre, sure, that’s expected, but when people are running around trying to find pre-2011 Miss Dior Cherie, there’s something so wrong with the industry! But I love the question you posed. I just have to think of it more in ideal terms
I like your list. Sous le Vent, swoon!
No worries, Lys — the Perfume Gods will be supplying the unadulterated pre-remangled bottles.
oops, did I say pre-reMANGLED? of course I meant to say pre-reformulation….
*when I dream, I dream BIG!*
Mitsouko, Cuir de Russie, Bois de Violette, Gold, Ten…
and maybe Gucci Envy as my personal time capsule…
I love Knize Ten – it’s the essence of European masculine elegance (unisex, too).
Excellent list, though I would have substituted TDC Bois d’Iris but only because I’m allergic to Guerlain and, well, I’m an iris freak…
Ormonde Woman
Carnal Flower
Sel Marin
Bandit
L’Air du Desert Marocain
I was thinking of adding a Duchaufour fragrance, but couldn’t choose one! Mon Numero 8?! Dzongkha!? Which is his best. does anyone think?!
I am torn between Timbuktu and Paestum Rose. But also love Havana Vanille. Also bet there is not widespread agreement on the issue!
Mon Numero 7 is lovely, too – spices, tuberose, not too strong, not too sweet. It has been my most worn scent this summer.
Hah – there are so many wonderful Duchaufours, and, while he does ring the changes on some themes, they are also diverse. I think there would have to be a separate top five just for Duchaufour!
My choice would be (though I can’t say that these are my most favorite perfumes but it’s not just about the personal tastes, right?):
– Amouage Gold
– Chanel №19 EDT
– Dior Miss Dior (the original one, not the latest renaming game abomination)
– Guerlain Chamade extrait
– Ormonde Jayne Ta’if
Absolutley the original Poison. And maybe CKOne or Drakkar Noir also. They are all just so evocative of their respective eras, even though they are not all favorites.
vintage Emeraude
Amouage Gold/Gold Man
Amouage Beloved
Guerlain Apres L’Ondee
Chanel no. 5
It’s very wicked of Daisy to limit us to only five – even with 10 or 20, it would be hard not to cheat, and Daisy would be the first to find a way!
Lanvin Scandal – leather
Caron – En Avion – truly adventurous
Dior J’Adore (original 1999) – hedione done right – Calice Becker
Frapin 1697 – gourmand – Duchaufour
Via del Profumo – Mecca Balsam – natural
It pains me not to include Eau Sauvage, Diorella, Seville a l’Aube, more leathers, weird Duchaufours, Puredistance I, Turtle Vetiver Back, AG Passion, Tauer L’Air du Desert Marocain, BK Liaisons Dangereuses and Rose Oud, Aftelier Tango, Shalimar, and many others, but I’ll leave it to someone else.
Noz– it WAS mean of me! Must have had the idea PRE-coffee…. And you know me well….I’d be the very first to break my own “5” rule. *you would expect no less*
*prostrates self before the Empress of Enabling*
Nice poll! Great Daisy!
M7, Cuir Mauresque, Avignon, UJSLN, Eau du Soir. It’s difficult to tell by the top of mind.
Thanks….but I’m a huge cheater at these things…I like to blame it on poor math skilz ….there’s no way I could keep it to 5 !
ROFL Daisy! I’m with you my 5 sometimes means 15.
Finally some love for Eau de Soir. I was too chicken to put it in my list after the horrid review given by Turin and Sanchez. I love it and think it’s the best chypre everrrrr. So . . . here goes. . .
Onda extrait
Cuir de Russie
Cristalle or Mito
Cabochard extrait (vintage)
Vent Verre or Ma Griffe (both vintage)
My list is a little heavy on leather and perhaps more representative of my loves than a broad reflection of genres but there you have it.
Sometimes I think Turin/Sanchez have their nose up their tush. Some of the stuff they love is as bizarre as what they choose to hate.
I’ve never read their book and even if I read one day, these people’s opinions don’t change mines.
Oh Eau du Soir, the underrated giant chypre! Soir de Lune is as good as it!
Yes,I love Soir de Lune also. Both these beauties have beyond belief lasting power and the far drydown (like a day or TWO later) is so very beautiful. I’m awaiting Campagne and Eau de Sisley 3 and can’t wait for them to arrive. Sisley is an expensive line but in this case truly worth it.
True, excellent longevity and sillage they have! I will buy their entire line of perfumes some day. 3 is excellent!!!! You may also like Aromatics Elixir.
1. Mitsouko (vintage, with real oakmoss)
2. Bulgari Black
3. Angel
4. Eau de Merveilles
5. Carnal Flower
I’ll put five roses in my time capsule, a nod to the sweet future I dream about:
Guerlain Rose Nacrée du Désert
Goutal Rose Splendide
Rosine Une Folie de Rose
AC Rose Anonyme
SL Fumérie Turque
Shiseido Feminité du Bois
DelRae Bois de Paradis
Guerlain Chamade (vintage)
Annick Goutal Tubereuse
Neela Vermiere Mohur
I know how to cheat this!! Of course ALL our time capsules will be included, so by my very rough calculations there could be well over hundred separate little containers buried together, which means that there will be lots more than just five fragrances for future perfumistas to smell!
Jillie!!! my long lost twin!
Or we could dispense with the poll altogether and just save Daisy’s collection!
I must admit….after YEARS of snide comments….I now have a bottle of Shalibarf extrait….which is not barfy like the other concentrations. And the good folk at the Palazzo are trying to suck me in with the new Mexique….
Please let me know if you split the Mexique; I’d be in. Like you, I’m not a huge Shalimar fan. But then I said that about L’Heure Bleue and now have it in two concentrations!
Rapple — I will email you if I do…..currently my efforts are all directed at schmooozing the folks at Guerlain into shipping us a few Bees of Place Rouge …which is secretly Quand Vient la Pluie.
OMG – that’s some serious insider information. I haven’t even heard of Place Rouge – when was that announced? Or is that more insider info? Other than NST, I haven’t been following any perfume blogs at all for a while now. Guerlain made a mistake (IMHO) with Quand Vient with that ridiculously expensive bottle. But they do that every so often.
And if memory serves… I believe I sent you my sample of Quand VIent. Same mailing address for the shiny stone.
Good to know… an additional stone for you virtual enabler pin is on order!
Glad to see Ormonde Jayne getting love – I would definitely be putting Ta’if in my capsule.
Balenciaga Le Dix would also be there, together with CK’s Eternity(vintage version) together with PdN’s L’Eau a la Folie and Guerlain’s Samsara (again pre-reformulation).
Glad to see these!
How about four bottles of Chergui and one of Iris Silver Mist?
(I’m choosing my personal favourites in case I get reborn!)
I hadn’t considered the “reincarnation factor”……I will now be loading my time cabinet (grin) with Amouage Dia, Lyric, Jub25…Guerlain (gawd, pick 25)…..Chanel 31RC, No22 and Bois des Iles…..Clive Christian X woman….AT Une Rose Chypree….Vero Mito & Rubj….SL La Myrrhe, Sarrasins & De Profundis….Neela Vermeire Mohur…Montale Boise Vanille….a few Frederic Malle…..oh heck, you get the idea…..
Well, after all that preparation I hope you are not reborn anosmic!
eeek! don’t even think such a thing!!
But imagine the ebay sale I could have!!!
It’s interesting, knowing the size of your collection, to see a favorites list. Or as close to one as you can get.
hahahahaaa I passed the 700 mark a while back…not including my absolutely required backups. So the favorites list is always in a state of flux. Currently Vero Mito is hovering very close to the top….
Lord, I’ve never even tried any of the Vero’s.
I’d be happy to find a bottle of Chergui in the future!
Note to Merlin: keep Chergui containing time capsule location secret…..
Daisy, you have a point. Just imagine Solance plundering my stash! I’ll have to be very careful regarding which hypnotist I employ to do my past life regression. I’ll have to look into their perfumery record first…
also in time-line form: Bandit, Philosykos, Jicky, Terre d’Hermes, Ormonde Jayne Man……and now I’ll choose something not on the list for my SOTD. Love reading the threads, thanks Daisy & Robin!
Mine:
Bulgari Omnia
Gucci Envy
Mitsouko
Coromandel
Bulgari The Vert
So glad to see several people appreciate Envy…it is one of the best white florals ever, and a beautiful bottle.
I’m a cranky “woman of a certain age”, so of course I’m going to cheat!
But, I’ll do it with some valid reasoning (of course I will) by doing it in categories.
LONG LOST GREATS:
Houbigant Fougere Royale
Fath Iris Gris
Coty Chypre
Guerlain Djedi
Caron Alpona
STILL AROUND BUT GROSSLY REFORMULATED:
(obviously we’re saving the pre-reform versions)
Lanvin My Sin
Rochas Femme
Chanel Cuir de Russie
Guerlain Vol de Nuit
Worth Je Reviens
CURRENT PERFUMES:
Guerlain Spiritueuse Double Vanille
Roja Dove Unspoken
Amouage Jubilation 25
Serge Lutens Silver Iris Mist
Tauer L’Air du Desert Marocain
There are so many great ones not on these lists.
I love your reasoning! and your lists.
Thanks, Austenfan. And I love your screen name! Austen and Regencies are my other addiction besides perfume.
You know, I almost included Djedi on my uber-classic list but I was concerned about getting the hardcore amongst us all riled up.
I have a tiny sample of vintage Djedi extrait, and it is indeed wonderful. My ultimate perfume find dream would be to find an unopened bottle of it in a thrift store somewhere.
I’d rather do that than to win the lottery! Now that’s hard-core!!
Heh, heh, heh… and when has that ever stopped you?!?
you make a valid point.
That first list is outstanding. I want to dig up a time capsule like that (buys shovel…)
You’ll have to find it first… MWUUUHAAAHAAAHAAAA
You’re on the right track, Rapple – we just need more categories!
That would be fun! Houses, noses, time slots like I did, A list, B list, etc. In the end, we’d save almost everything (except maybe a few celeb scents!).
I can’t possibly stop at 5, but I will try, honestly.
Amouage Gold & Chanel No.5 ( the last one isn’t a personal favourite but should be preserved because of it’s iconic status)
Piguet Fracas & Bandit
Clinique Aromatics Elixir and Guerlain Mitsouko
Guerlain Après l’Ondée and L’Heure Bleue
Lutens Iris Silver Mist and Etat Libre d’Orange Rien
And I sincerely apologise to: Goutal Sables, Songes, Heure Exquise, Vetiver, Eau de Monsieur and Eau du Fier. De Nicolaï’s Le Temps d’une Fête, Odalisque, Sacrebleu, New York and Pour Monsieur. Chanel’s Cristalle, No.19, Pour Monsieur and Cuir de Russie. Malle’s Le Parfum de Thérèse, Carnal Flower and Noir Epices. Lauder’s White Linen and Prescriptives Calyx. Dior’s Dune, Diorella, Diorissimo, Eau Sauvage and Poison. Bvlgari’s Black and Thé Vert and last but in my case not least: to YSL’s Paris.
Sneaky minx getting all those other names in. By the way, I’ve conferred with CdR and your apology is NOT accepted :)!
Will it help if you tell CdR that I am planning to buy it in the near future? It is in second place on my “to buy” list at the moment.
Second place?!!! Oh the horror . . . . lol. Please tell me what’s no. 1? If it’s a Vero Profumo you’re forgiven
( It’s Fracas….)
Sneaky minx indeed. It’s like the Noah’s Ark of perfumes. Lemmings came by twosies, twosies!
It would only work when there are ‘pour homme’ and ‘pour elle’ versions
I applaud this type of sneakiness!
*you go, girl! *
Thank you!
I was at a close friend’s house the other day, not a perfumista. She had three or four bottle of perfume on her dresser (so better than most people) and one of them was a bottle of Diorella in the HOUNDS TOOTH box! I almost fainted.
They would have to be a VERRRRRY good friend for that bottle to still be there when I left . . . . he he he . . . . .
I’m hoping I can tempt her into trading some for some of my Attrape Coeur which she fell in love with. The woman obviously has good taste!
The wanna be historian in me would want to save a picture of what the public at large deemed important. So even though I have not smelled most of these here goes:
Paris Hilton Heiress-undoubtedly a good representation of Ameica’s celebrity obsessed culture and emphasis on show off sexuality. (Plus, the other candidate for this honor, Justin Bieber’s Someday smells awful).
Avon’s Derek Jeter scent-whatever it is called because it is the number one male scent, probably represents the fact that most men still obtain their fragrance as gifts from women (who are probably buying Avon in small social parties or from that secretary in the office). Besides I love baseball and would vastly prefer it if other players would confine their chemical explorations to aldehydes, neroli extract etc.
Flower Bomb- probably the most popular current “prestige fragrance.”
Tide- yeah, most of us DO smell lightly of laundry detergent.
Kerosene Pretty Machine, as representing the development of American niche perfumery arising, in some sense, in response to disenchatment with, or decline of American mass manufacturing. (What would you all out there chose as a representative of the niche movement?)
I totally get the representative nature of these selections….however I threw up a little at the mention of Justin Bieber’s Someday.
*one of the worst I’ve ever smelled….not sure if I should thank or curse the discounter for sending me that sample. * :::shudders:::
It has been a phenomenal best seller, but I agree it really is awful.
Any way, that’s why I chose Heiress, (unsniffed by me.)
Plus, the title also reflects this culture’s depressing interest in children of celebs, rich and famous, or political leaders who may be charming and wonderful, but who have not had outstanding achievements themselves
Thats the problem with scholarship: sometimes decency is sacrificed for knowledge;)
What an interesting list, Dilana, and I’m impressed with your academic reasoning. To answer your niche category question, I think I would pick Sonoma Scent Studio’s Champagne de Bois (American) or Ormonde Jayne’s Woman (British).
I will say this for your readership, Robin: they are a very tasteful (smellful?) crew.
Hey, but of course!
We get to add five a day, right?
Must have Hermes Doblis, Chanel Coco, Shiseido Nombre Noir, Caron Tabac Blond and Narcisse Noir.
How interesting… some of the old well known perfume like Mitsouko and many Chanel ones have to share the throne with the very recent creations by Vero Profumo and Neela Vermiere, Ormonde as well, though maybe less recent…
It is like when you love and then you are in love…this new intoxication that you cannot just dethrone for the sake of what is proven to be much better than good…
and you are not certain if it is just you or it is really the new true gem…
and by the same token we build collections…at least I have built it and still still there is much love out there that I have to steal away
Daisy: nice to see you back. Your husband must’ve known the day he married you that he would never die of boredom. You must be a riot to live with. Ever thought of doing stand-up? I so enjoy your humour-infused wisdom. Thanks for this poll!
My personal classics are:
1. Jessica McClintock
2. Michael Kors Island
3. Ocean Dream (Giorgio of Beverly Hills)
4. Fleur de Diva (Ungaro)
5. Fleur D’Interdit (Givenchy)
6. White Linen Breeze (EL)
So few people who are trying to list their favorites are listing contemporary creations. Trying to stick to ones representing high achievements created in this millenneum (as opposed to public favorites e, as in my previous answer)
1. Serge Lutens Iris Silver Mist
2. Balenciaga Paris
3. Atalier Cologne Vanilla Insensee
4. Fetish
5 Malle Geranium Pour Monsieur
Oh dear, nothing U.S. in that listing
I’d have at least 10 for my time capsule, but my top few would be:
White Floral: Chanel No 22 eau de cologne (incense with white flowers)
Leather: Bandit
Oriental: The original Fendi Per Donna
Green: Chanel No 19
Woody: Feminite du Bois
my time capsule would have to contain
Dior Eau Sauvage – Love at first smell
Hermes Jardin Sur Le Nil – One of J-C Ellena’s greatest hits imo
Creed Green Irish Tweed – Cool Water’s Aristrocratic cousin
Clinique Aromatics Elixir – A true American classic
YSL Opium – Lives up to its name!
If Opium is the Pour Homme one your list is impeccable!
Vintage No 5 extrait
Vintage Mitsouko extrait
Vintage L’heure Bleue
Vintage Vol de Nuit
And the wild card- A & F Fierce so they will know just how bad a scent can get. *LOL*
A bit off topic, but I just finished reading The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern and she did an exquisite job incorporating scent into the book… then in the credits she gives a shout out to BPAL! A great read, even without the olfactory smorgasbord.
5 Daisy, really 5??..:D
I’m trying to make an objective list, only slightly influenced by my taste (Let’s see if that is even possible):
1. Amouage Gold
2. Guerlain Shalimar
3. Serge Lutens Tubereuse Criminelle
4. Puredistance M
5. A chypre like MDCI Chypre Palatin or a green floral like vtg chanel no. 19 or PdN Le Temp (I can’t believe they are discontinuing this)
Sorry, I wasn’t being very realistic saying “5”.
I know! Le Temps! GONE! I grabbed a bottle as quickly as I could….
The classics are already well covered here, and it seems reasonable to think scents that have already been around for 100+ years will still be around in another 100…so my capsule would be filled with favorites from my lifetime with great personal meaning.
1. Dior Dune – stolen from my mom as a teenager, one of my proudest discoveries
2. Gucci Rush – This holds such a special place in my heart. I discovered it on my first trip to Vegas (so appropriate!) and loved it so much that I wore it every day in my early 20s…to the office…when I thought fragrance should always be applied with a spritz to each wrist and one to the neck. So inappropriate. Oops. I bet all my old co-workers still make fun of me. That’s okay. Nothing makes me want to drink, dance, and sing out loud like Rush.
3. Hermes Eau des Marveilles – similar to Dune, but shows progression. So easy to wear everyday and elegant. If I were ever forced to pick a signature scent this would be it.
4. Chanel Coco – discovered (recently) as an adult, but deserves a spot in history. Plus it melts into my skin like no other fragrance.
5. Estée Lauder Pleasures – I need a floral in the capsule and this one’s so distinctive. It was popular right around the time I graduated from college. Everytime I smell it I am reminded of that exciting time of my life – living amongst all of my friends, a sense of pride and great accomplishment, and a few weeks of downtime to party like a rockstar before starting a real job. There were so many possibilities back then. Everyone should have the chance to feel like that.
Fun poll! And it’s nice to see Daisy, too – I was wondering where you’ve been?!
Nice to see Pleasures get a mention. I too find it joyful and exhilarating.
Yes, yes Gucci Rush! That should definitely go down as a classic of the time period in which it was released. Thank you for reminding us, I went through two bottles (boxes?) and still have a little of one of them left. I heard it had been reformulated and was not what it once was. Sigh . . . .
I also went through two boxes and have a drop left. Someday I will buy another but for now I just search online and check Sephora’s site every few months to make sure that it hasn’t been totally discontinued.
I didn’t know about the reformulation. I wonder if I would even notice it because I never got the floral notes in Rush – just the spicy, earthy vetiver and patchouli, and maybe a little peach. I was shocked when I read gardenia was in it. To my (possibly incorrect) nose, Tokyo Milk’s French Kiss is an affordable doppelgänger. You might want to check it out if you don’t like the new formula.
Hi Lucy! ….life just carried me in a different direction for a while.
Cool idea – now after all this work, everyone, I think that Daisy really ought to organize a time capsule for us
This!!! LOL! It would be a so refined capsule! Daisy is tasteful!
Okay — y’all just send me all the bottles you’ve mentioned and I’ll get right on wearing them….er, I mean I’ll get right on that time capsule thing….yeah….
I love this topic!
Chanel No. 5
Frédéric Malle Carnal Flower
Clinique Aromatics Elixir
Christian Dior Fahrenheit
Thierry Mugler Angel