We're celebrating World Tourism Day with our usual open thread: talk about anything you like — the perfume you’re wearing today, your favorite perfume you bought on vacation, whatever.
Or, ask a question about fragrance, then see if anyone else has asked a question that you can answer…
Note: top image is Park Güell mosaics [cropped] by Karoly Lorentey at flickr; some rights reserved.
Was recently in France, very briefly in Paris, and managed to pop into a Guerlain store on Champs d’Elysee. Told the SA I was specifically looking to try something not available in the US, and she showed me the limited ed muguet one. It was nice, but when I explained to her it was available at Neiman Marcus, she was surprised–she’d never heard of them.
If I get there again, must hit Rue Castiglione.
To the tune of “It’s a small world after all”…
Wonder if she knows about the Guerlain boutique in “France” at Epcot 🙂
Oooh, I don’t think it was there when my kids were little!
When I was there, the stock was not really all that great…nothing like what I expected.
Never heard of Neiman Marcus…that made me laugh!
Don’t feel too bad. I sent my father, who was traveling in Paris a month or so ago, in search of three specific Guerlain’s that I cannot find here. Never mind my list, the lovely SA showed him something really tough to find… Le Petite Robe Noire edp. So he snapped it up for me.
(Insert the sounded of Whaawhaawaaa horns here.)
Oh, how very sweet of your dad. Didn’t want you to miss out on something special. But… the list…that SA…sigh.
Do you find LPRN wearable?
Wearable? Perhaps. The one perfume I wear that is sort of in that genre is Lolita Lempika… and I only need the one. I’ve donated the Petite Robe to Victoria’s fundraiser for Medecins Sans Frontieres on Bois de Jasmin as a runner up prize. Hopefully it will go to someone who really likes it! 😎
Excellent solution!
Got unexpectedly axed yesterday, so I am wearing the strongest perfume I own since I clearly don’t have to worry about overpowering anyone at work. An awful lot of my decant of Lush Potion has evaporated but one spray is sufficient for me to reek strongly for more than 24 hrs
Oh no, I’m so sorry! No warning at all? That’s just terrible.
At least it was at the end of the month so I have rent and monthly train pass and I’d already paid for my continuing education class that I need for my massage license renewal.
Good then. Hope you’ll find something else quickly.
Oh, I’m so sorry. Hoping the next door that opens for you leads you to a much better place than the one that just closed.
Sending lots of positive vibes that this turns out to be a *good* thing and you find something even better. Good luck!
I am so sorry! I hope you find something better soon!
oh my gosh! that’s horrible, especially with no warning! Hoping you can find a better job ASAP!
How horrible! I’m so sorry. Sending positive vibes your way.
Makes me want to go to your ex workplace and spray Secretions Magnifique heavily into the air.
I wish you luck on finding even better work soon!
I like this idea – or we could Axe them! 😉
Ha!
Double HA!
Remind me not to get on your bad side….
“unexpectedly axed” are two words that are cringe-worthy when put together! Hoping for that next and even better opportunity to appear soon and just as unexpectedly!
Oh no, that’s awful! I hope a new opportunity presents itself quickly for you.
Oh no! Sending good thoughts your way that something better is waiting right around the corner!
Oh, no! Good luck, hope everything gets back on track soon.
So sorry! 🙁
That’s dreadful! Hope you find a much better new position soon.
Lushly reek on Goddessrena! You will land on your feet! You are a Goddess, after all!
Wow, that’s awful. I’m sorry to hear that. I hope you have a stroke of good luck very soon.
I’m sorry to hear about being axed! I wish you the best of luck and pour on the scent!
Oh no!!! I am so sorry Rena! How awful.
Sending sympathetic thoughts, fragrant and otherwise, your way, and hoping it may ultimately lead you to better things.
What a nasty shock. Sorry that happened, Rena. Best of luck in your job search, and in the meantime, take care of you.
Rena, I’m so sorry to hear about this. I hope a wonderful new opportunity presents itself soon.
Since it was already paid for, I’ll just trance out for a few hours, immersing myself in the NY Burlesque Festival.
Definitely enjoy!
Oh no Rena that’s terrible news! So stressful. Sending you the best wishes and hope you find something better, quickly x
Ugh. Sorry to hear this news. Who’s to tell what interesting and more enjoyable work is right around the corner…
I do love your spirit!
Oh, so sorry! Here’s hoping that when this is over you end up finding this a blessing in disguise and are working at a place that truly appreciates you.
That’s terrible! I hope the next thing comes soon and is better than you imagined! In the mean time, take good care of yourself and stay optimistic!
I am on “probation” at work. I received a long list of things I have done wrong…after 27 years of service. I will know my fate this coming week. Also, besides what was on the “list”, I have also been singled out for offensive perfume…and believe me, I never wear offensive perfume. With the exception of two people, the rest of them find all perfume offensive.
Eek, that sounds incredibly stressful. Also, I know there are worse things to dislike about a workplace but if everyone thought perfume was offensive I’d be pretty blue most of hte time! I hope things work out for you…27 years is a long time to work anywhere, and it sounds like you’ve been a faithful employee.
Hope you stay employed –I am still feeling like I got punched in the gut
A true perfume story I’ve been wanting to share with you from our recent trip to a mountain music festival in northeastern Kentucky.
Beautiful surroundings and beautiful music surrounded us in the foothills of the Appalachians. We were miles away from the nearest small town, with not even the usually ubiquitous Walmart in sight, much less a department store or boutique, for perfume-sniffing. Just fiddles, dulcimers, banjos, and acoustic guitars being played everywhere by groups of men with real beards (not the ‘pretend’ fashion beards of today) and women, musicians from all over the world and all walks of life. We went to a storytelling event, where anyone in the audience could tell a story, the only caveat being it had to be true.
One gentleman, a Kentucky native, recently retired after a successful career as a district engineer for the state, told several humorous stories about his early unsuccessful student days. My favorite was his telling of how he was kicked out of summer Bible camp at his local Baptist church in first grade. It seems he had a brand new water pistol, which he filled up with Blue Waltz perfume – “the bottle is shaped like a fiddle, but the stuff inside is just awful!!!” (his words and expression). Yes, he took it with him to the first day of Bible camp, during which he shot this “vile stuff” at the teachers. He was immediately expelled and told never to return. Somehow, however, staff failed to notify his parents, so his mother dutifully dropped him off at the Church each morning for the remainder of the two-week camp. Each day, as soon as she was out of sight, he changed direction and went to the nearby tobacco shop, where the oldsters taught him how to chew tobacco! After the initial Bible camp was over, his parents never sent him to another one again because his mother couldn’t understand why it had made him so ill each day! 🙂
Great story! One of my closest friend’s parents were missionaries in SE Ky., way down in the mountains (I’ve visited her parents’ graves with her and we literally had to hike uphill to them!), and she’s got lots of wonderful stories of life in the mountains. Life here in the Bluegrass is much more “citified”! 😉
Awesome story!!
oh, would love to attend a storytelling event. This reminds me that a friend suggested soaking bits of cloth with loud, cheap fragrance and placing them around plants as a nibbling-deer deterrent. My friend has a friend who’s successfully tried this, with the caveat that one has to change the fragrance periodically, lest the deer become acclimated.
Fabulous story! As a nursing student, I used to work at an adult day care center. I felt like I was at a story telling event daily. No doubt some of the stories were embellished, but they were so wonderful – and one particularly unforgettable.
M and S were married for over 50 years. S was known for baking the most delicious cakes in among all their family and friends. One night, M went to bed early while S waited for her cake to cool so she could frost it and have it ready for church the next morning.
When M awoke the next morning, S was not next to him. He went downstairs to find the most gorgeous layered cake with butter cream frosting on the kitchen counter, and his lovely wife deceased on the couch.
He told me that he ate a piece of that cake each day until it was gone, and hasn’t had a bite of cake since.
oh geez! that’s heart wrenching!
That’s a great story! 😉
I love Eastern KY and the people. I had an internship working in Prestonsburg KY for a civil rights org when I was in college. LOVELY people. The music, the food, the humidity, the crickets and frogs… all are still very much with me.
The perfume that I’m wearing today is Russian Tea from Masque Fragranze. It’s a rich and smoky composition with a noticeable minty accord.
I’m super happy today as I just placed an order for Le Galion Iris, the perfume that stole my heart at Pitti Fragranze.
Next Thursday I will be going to the Baltic seaside to visit my grandma for a longer weekend, so I might have a limited access to the internet.
Hope everyone has a good weekend and that Autumn has started nicely where you live.
Did you try Sortilege?
I did, it’s very beautiful and classy.
Le Galion hasn’t hit North America yet, I take it.
They’ll make it there in no time
Not sure they’ll launch here at all since they can’t use the name Sortilege here…
ok, so today I really pushed my 49 year old self and did two (count ’em-2!) hour long back to back spin classes.
I have lived to tell about, which, at one point in the second hour, I wasn’t sure I was going to do…
I wore BPAL “Mouse’s Long and Sad Tale” to spin and now that I am home, showered and fresh as a daisy, I will wear Onda VdE just because I can! I feel invincible!
Best wishes to all for a great weekend =)
Good for you! Sometimes we just have to push our limits to show ourselves where they are!
I returned to the gym last year after nearly a decade off, and what a joy! I’m doing a program that I found that focusses on increasing strength rapidly, and I feel like such a bada** to dead lift 50 pounds or to row with a 20lb weight in each hand, thinking, “next week, I think I’m going to need to go up again!”
Hope you’re taking care of yourself afterwards! Do some light exercise, stretch, soak in a bath and all that. Wouldn’t want to ruin the buzz with a muscle cramp!
BTW–do you go scentless to the gym or put something on?
MR, I usually wear something close to the body- I have several BPAL perfume oils that I like to wear class, because as I “heat up” the scent rises but stays very close to me. So far it has seemed to be a safe practice and no one has complained.
Kudos to you for getting back to the gym after a period off! Our bodies are amazingly forgiving and transformative, miraculous really!
I usually do light stretching, warm shower and then a green smoothie with plant based protein powder post spin. No muscle cramps or soreness at all. Then after getting dressed, I spend a few minutes choosing a fragrance to wear, which is the fun part!
I go to the gym 5-6 times a week. I usually wear a little perfume but something light and sporty.
Cue the Helen Reddy song replacing “woman” with “Deva.” 🙂
You know it Sister! 😉
I tried spin once many years ago…and never again. Good for you, that is quite a workout!
Farouche, that is EXACTLY the way I felt about jogging! Gave it some serious effort back in the day when I was younger and more fit, and I can honestly say I HATE to jog or run- to me it is akin to torture and my body parts just say “are you nuts? We are NOT doing that!”
I only run if something is chasing me.
Same here. I saw a Prius with a bumper sticker that said “0.0.” Ha!
I tried spin once too and I am with you with the “never again”….OTH, kickboxing, which I haven’t been to in a while, I can kick a**.
Never tried kickboxing although I have seen it in action, and it DOES kick some serious a**! I think if I tired to do anything that required coordination of all my appendages, the entire gym would die laughing.
BTW, my nickname is “Crash” so that tell you something 😉
Two spin classes? I would die right then and there.
Bravo to you for living to tell the tale.
After my shower, I’ll wear Violetta di Bosco (iPdF) to my crafting group. My yarn storage system (such as it was) has broken down, and I can’t find the extra yarn to finish the project I’m working on. Oh, well, I might just have to bring another PhD (project half done) with me.
I have many, many PhD’s and am sadly storage challenged! it’s good to know I’m not alone 🙂
Wearing 31 Rue Cambon today. Can’t tell you the last time I wore it; I’m milking the last 10ml of my bottle. If I’d known how much I would want to wear it I would have bought the 200ml. Has anyone smelled a newer batch recently? I’m worried it’ll be reformulated one of these days.
By the way, I’m hosting a split of Frederic Malles’s Eau de Magnolia in the 3x 10ml travel set. One more spot available! If you’re interested, check out the split meet thread or email me at outofgrasp at live dot com. 🙂
I bought a sample on Ebay a couple of weeks ago on recommendations from here, it is a Chanel branded one and I don’t know how old it is but it is beautiful and the only Chanel I’ve ever liked on me. It’s definitely bottleworthy.
A bit of my vintage Shiseido FdB, one of my first (and still best) thrift store finds. I’m getting more cedar from it today, which is not a complaint.
Question: since I’m temporarily in Minneapolis, any scent stores I should check out while here?
I’m also interested, as my daughter lives in Minnie and I’m going to visit her there next month.
Too bad Cherie Boutique Francaise seems to be closed…
…but maybe this isn’t? http://www.lapetiteparfumerie.com
Thanks!
My ex used to make jokes about the street called Excelsior. Now to visit the town at the end of it?!?
hee.
La Petite Parfumerie *is* closed — because they’re moving the store to the Southdale Mall in Edina – so don’t drive all the way out to Excelsior! The new store isn’t supposed to open until “later this fall.” I was just at Southdale last week and it weren’t there yet.
I know people have mixed feeling about the Mall of America, but in addition to the Lush, L’Occitane, Perfumania, etc., the Nordstrom there has an excellent perfume selection. They’re one of just a few Nordstroms that carry the entire Bond No. 9 line, for example. (Anecdotal Example: My family was travelling in Chicago, and I chiseled an hour out of sight-seeing time to go the downtown Nordstrom. I asked to try a couple of Bond No. 9’s, and they told me A) they didn’t carry much there, B) only a few stores in the whole Nordstrom system carry all the Bonds, and C) Minneapolis was one of them. It was exciting to drive 500 miles to learn your own town has what you’re looking for, you just didn’t think to look there.)
One other interesting place is MartinPatrick3, north of downtown in what they’re calling the North Loop. They have a surprisingly wide range of perfumes there. The potential downside is that it’s a men’s boutique, so sometimes they’ll only have a few fragrances from a line, and they tend to skew masculine. Nevertheless, they have perfumes by Nasomatto, Santa Maria Novella, Odin, Etro, and Thirdman, and their website now shows Ramon Monegal and Mona d Orio, which I didn’t see when I was in the store in June, but maybe they’ve got even more stuff now!
Thanks, DaveStPaul, MartinPatrick3 sounds worth a look. My daughter is in the Warehouse District, so if it isn’t too far away, maybe we can go there.
Good intel Dave. My contact info is on my name if you ever want to do a peruse etc. I am terrified of the MoA but I did go approximately once per year when I was in high school…
Dave- Thanks for the men’s shop in North Loop. I was also looking at Petit Perfumerie last week also. I’m a little disappointed they will not be carrying any body products, only perfumes and home stuff. I always love an expensive bath oil or body lotion! LOL
My info is also in my profile. We should have a mini-MN perfume coffee meet-up!
Eau des Merveilles today and a book rec, “History of the Rain” by Niall Williams
I loved his Four Letters of Love, I will check this out.
House of Matriarch Devotion today. I smell incense and cedar, but the notes are myrrh, incense, leather, oud, amber, ambrette, African gaia, teas, opopomax, spices, and vanilla. It’s warm and stays quite close to the skin.
that sounds wonderful! I am wishing for cool weather so I can comfortably wear scents just like you described 🙂
SOTD is Oriental Lounge. My kind of stuff.
I’m in the Twin Cities, but live over on the St. Paul side and am just not familiar with any perfume shops that we might have here. I order most of what I have from from online businesses. There is always the Mall of America, but I don’t know of anything there, either, except that Nordstroms is in the mall.
Southdale will soon have La Petite Perfumerie. They used to be out in Excelsior. The owner has a wonderful selection of niche frags and both she and her staff are very knowledgable. They carry Bond, SL, Kai, several Italian ones I’m completely blanking on. WELL worth a visit. They will also carry home frags but are dropping body products. They used to also have Sugar and a couple of niche make up lines, I don’t know if those will make the move.
I used to have time to kill in airports, and my preferred method was to sample new perfumes in duty free shops. Often there were perfumes that had just launched in Europe and were not available in the U.S. yet (I remember Tresor and Hiris, for example), or that were not widely distributed in the U.S., such as Joop! and Jil Sander. The general aroma of many different perfumes in the air was delightful, as well.
I love the ‘all perfumes together’ smell! And hope my fellow travelers like it too, lol!
Ditto!
Well I did organize a tour of Prague’s Old City, one of the most atmospheric places on Earth 🙂 so here’s me celebrating tourism.
In a moment of insanity I sprayed Arabie on my wrist and can’t scrub it off now.
That sounds wonderful!
Going commando today. Serge Lutens day was a little overwhelming. At different points yesterday I was wearing Borneo 1834, Chergui and Serge Noire. I have decided, in the spirit of those brave perfumistas who have proceeded me to take a more rational approach to sniffing offerings from House Lutens. I think maybe chronological order might be interesting. I love Sherapop’s haiku and Mals’ color coding system but I think I need to approach this in a fashion that seems logical to me. Any thoughts?
I’ve been mostly commando today as well, although I just spritzed some Pour un Ete – nice and light! I was in Chergui yesterday and, while I enjoyed it, it was a bit much in the heat for me.
It is time to reorganize the perfume. Currently most bottles are sitting atop a tall dresser. The ones in the middle are out of sight and out of reach (too short!) so I’ve cleared out a couple of drawers and am moving bottles into drawers instead. I keep most bottles in boxes, so it’s pretty easy to cram them in (leaving enough wiggle room to get them out again, and no stacking – of course!)
I’ve rediscovered a few hidden gems. The Pour un Ete was hiding this whole summer and just made it’s debut today -it’s still quite warm here, so nothing too heavy yet.
I’ve also sorted out a couple of bottles for the perfume swap. Rochas Muse you and I are just not working out and I hope someone else will enjoy your sweet banana leaf goodness.
A few surprises, too. I own a lot of Patricia de Nicolai and Lolita Lempicka. I also seem to gravitate toward greens, orange blossom and powdery scents (but I guess I already knew that).
You read my mind. Too many perfumes, too little time & space. 🙂
Do you mean you keep the bottles in the original boxes they come it? I was wondering why people do that. It seems to take a lot of extra space and also make it a little more difficult to use them. I have some of mine in their boxes just in case it really does preserve them better, but I can’t decide on it in general…
I keep the boxes, but I don’t keep the bottles in them unless it’s an as-yet-unused backup bottle. I worry about damaging the box with all the opening and bottle removal (some of the boxes are a really tight fit!). And I keep the bottles that aren’t in current rotation in a small refrigerator – the light DOES go out when the door is closed, doesn’t it?? 🙂
The boxes definitely wear badly when one has to keep opening and closing them. At the moment I have a collection of cooler boxes I keep most of my perfumes in…and if I take out all the boxes I could probably fit the rest. I don’t worry too much in winter but the weather gets hot here in summer and my room is not air conditioned or anything.
I don’t keep the bottles in the boxes but I do keep the boxes…at least most of them.
I do that too – but sometimes I go looking for a box only to find out I have all the others but that one has gone awol!
I often keep perfume in their boxes with the top flap open so I don’t have to mangle the box tops opening and closing… You can just tip the box and sort of pour the bottle out rather than pry it out. For instance, Serge Lutens bottles with the sprayers attached do not fit back in the box with top closed, so I just leave the boxes open. A lot of boxes also lift off, like Amouage, so you don’t have to keep tucking the flaps in and out. So far most boxes have held up. There’s a couple of perfumes in boxes that are almost impossible to open the first time let alone repeatedly, and for some, the boxes are just plain awkward. For those, I just discard or set aside the boxes altogether. For perfumes that I use often, I will leave them out for easy access until I realize i’ve stopped wearing them for a while and then I’ll put them back.
I will say that using drawers for storage is a heck of a lot easier to manage than shelving. Plus there’s no dusting since most things are safely put away and it’s dark inside. You do, however, need to write the name of the perfume on the box top if it’s not already printed there so you don’t have to keep lifting things up to see what you’ve got.
Keeping the flap tucked in does wear the cardboard in double quick time!
SOTD is vintage Balenciaga Michelle ETD—a spicy, soapy tuberose. It is by far my favorite tuberose (but then again I haven’t tried that many tuberose scents!) perhaps because it seems to not in the least care about Fracas–as so many other tuberoses I have smelled are either homages to Fracas or try too hard to take tuberose in a different direction. It is powerful stuff however!
Today is a very special day because it’s the first time I wore my sample of vintage Jicky EDT and didn’t hate it. In fact, I’m liking it quite a bit! What a pleasant surprise!
Fun! I’ve never tried Jicky, but I will keep in mind it may take a number of tries to enjoy 🙂
I heard that it can take some time to grow on you, which is the only reason I kept trying. The first time I smelled it, I don’t even want to say what it reminded me of. It became a joke in my house. I don’t know what changed in the past few months, but I see now why it’s a classic!
My first encounter with Jicky was most unpleasant . It was probably when i realised what a scrubber really meant . Fast forward and I love it , one of my treasured faves and I even named my dog Jicky in honour of this great perfume . Hang in there and a little nasal conditioning helps . Good luck
Jicky is such a cute name for a pet! Unfortunately our kitten came to us before I warmed up to the scent, or I’d have used it for her, as well!
I feel that way about most vintage perfumes I buy! 😛
I’ve never had a perfume adventure beyond going to the mall or ordering online. I would love to visit Paris for Chanel and Serge Lutens. Today’s SOTD was Chanel no 5. Tomorrow is about going to a funeral of a 3rd cousin I never met. I’m wondering if I should wear no 5 again or go with no 19 in parfum form.
Both are classics and wonderful perfumes. You can’t go wrong with both. I would pick N°5 though. It is smoother.
Today, I am wearing Pur Desir de Lilas by Yves Rocher. I believe its name has now changed but it is the same perfume. When I was in NY in may (I live in France), I bought Aerin’s Lilac Path. I like both. Really.
Question of the day. Most perfumes are now being reformulated due to several “problems”. I am a great admirer of the Lauder range. They don’t seem reformulated. Or if they are, they are doing a great job? Who knows more about this? Thank you.
A few years ago on a whim, when in Space NK in Glasgow, I bought Hampton Sun’s Privet Bloom, mainly because privet was a note in AG’s Eau de Camille (I won’t labour this point!), which wasn’t available either where I live or indeed in Glasgow. I really liked the fragrance & got many compliments when I wore it. I’ll be in Seattle in 3 weeks’ time so was sussing out if Hampton Sun had a stockist there or indeed if Space NK had a branch there – neither, unfortunately. Was going to just do Space NK mail order but on contacting them, I was informed that it had been discontinued by HS. On contacting HS, I was told the opposite, & that they would have words with the Space NK people about the matter! Also, given they don’t have a stockist in Seattle, they’d be happy to ship a bottle to the friends we’re staying with, so I was delighted, even more so when confirmation of the shipment came through with a note saying they’d popped in a complimentary travel roll-on of Privet Bloom along with the purchased bottle! So I’m now looking forward to our holiday in Seattle even more than I originally was – kudos to HS for excellent customer service.
Have a wonderful time in Seattle – I grew up there and sometimes miss it terribly (although it has changed a lot in the hmm-hmm years I’ve been away from it). I love its hilliness, and the lakes and bays, and the glimpses of Mt. Rainier, and even the frequent damp mist that never quite turns into rain.
Thank you so much – this will be my fourth visit in 20 years, & I am very fond of the city, but my husband’s first time there – we are really looking forward to it.
I continued my Lutens trend yesterday and wore Tubereuse Criminelle. Realized I actually prefer it in warm/hot weather. I thought I had gone off it a little in the last few months, but apparently it was just the weather! Today I’m in Concentre d’Orange Verte, which is lovely as usual but which I was surprised to ALSO like in cold weather – and perhaps even prefer…
Hi everyone! I just wanted to share that my anosmic husband is having surgery on his nasal/sinusal polyps this week. He’s been anosmic for over a year, so, when he gets his sense of smell back, he’s going to understand fully what has happened to my perfume habit during that time! But it will be nice to get some perfume-related compliments from him again; today I’m wearing a generous amount of Ambre Sultan and the first person to compliment me was the 86 year-old waiter who served my breakfast.
I wish your husband all the best and it is wonderful that his surgery will bring back his sense of smell (and taste I imagine!)… But if he has a problem with any of your fragrances… you just go ahead and call him Rip Van Stinkle!
Ha! As you say, that problem would be his, certainly not mine! Thanks for the good wishes.
Wow I can’t imagine being anosmic for so long. That sounds like it will be quite an experience for him, to regain his sense of smell at taste! Do you have any perfume in particular you might wear for when his sense of smell first returns?
I was thinking of that. I don’t want to knock him out or make him dizzy at first, so something not too heavy. Perhaps a Hermes like Eau de Merveilles or Épice Marine, or an Atelier – Vanille Insensée is lovely on these warm autumn days. I won’t hit him with a Lutens or 24 Faubourg right away!
Actually, he’s been wearing perfume himself all this time – mostly far too much Eau Sauvage edp. I do tell him but he can’t smell it. In fact a friend commented on it the other day as it wwas asphyxiating.
Perhaps the first thing that will happen is that he will asphyxiate himself!
Hi all, I have a Sunday afternoon advice query, if anyone’s around to weigh in! En Passant: one of my very favorites but I’ve understood from some that it can turn rather quickly, so I’ve never bought a full bottle, just decants as I use them up (about 10ml/year for anyone keeping score at home!)
However, reading more about the new allergen regulations, I’m increasingly suspecting En Passant will have to be reformulated (Lyral’s on the chopping block, and various places make it sound like that’s an En Passant ingredient, esp here: http://perfumeshrine.blogspot.com/2008/06/patou-ma-collection-part-5.html ).
I’m trying to decide if I should just buy one last decant, enjoy it while I can, and accept that nothing is forever in this life 🙂 …or if I should buy a set of travel sprays and keep the two I’m not using unsprayed in a dark box in the fridge, and hope to get a few years of shelf life out of them that way. Thoughts? Or maybe someone knows more about the new restrictions and plans for reformulation than I do and I’m asking the wrong question here?
I don’t know anything about new restrictions, but it sounds like you really like the stuff (enough to use 10 mls per year), so why not buy a travel set and keep it in a dark box in the fridge at all times (except when applying, of course 🙂 )?
After a very dry spell of buying any perfume other than samples, I went overboard during the summer. I will now have to refrain from buying perfume until I choose my Christmas present to myself.