Happy One Hit Wonder Friday! Our community project for today: wear something that is the only fragrance you really like by the brand, with partial credit for a fragrance that is the only one made by the brand.
As always, do chime in even if you aren't participating in the community project.
My pick: Lubin Idole.
Reminder: next Friday, 2/27, is Spicy Friday. How spicy can you go?
And for those of you who like to plan ahead, see Scent of the day ~ Friday community projects 2015, where I'll try to always have the next five or six weeks mapped out in advance.
Happy Friday!
SOTD: NUXE Prodigieux Le Parfum. I love the oil so having the fragrance to layer is perfect! Plus it’s the only fragrance from NUXE so double credit? Haha, it’s Friday so I can be a little greedy with my treats right? 😉
I love the oil as well but have never had a chance to set eyes to the perfume.
Really good one! And lovely fragrance to boot!
I’m wearing Houbigant Apercu parfum, a very pretty green/woody chypre, and the only Houbigant I own. Maybe a bit formal for work, but I smell fabulous!
You do smell fabulous. I could have picked that one too if I’d thought of it.
I only know about Apercu from an old review of yours, Robin, so thank you!
I only know about from someone on MakeupAlley who I can’t remember, so I will thank MUA 🙂
This sounds like it’s worth looking for…
You can probably find it for a great price at the online discounters.
thanks, Bastet – I’ll take a look.
SOTD is Nirvana Black. Sandalwood!!!!! I actually also liked Nirvana White at first, but the musk turned into laundry musk in mouth – blech! I gave my roller ball away to someone who wears it better.
Twinsies. Perfume jinx. If that’s a thing…
Should I say your name three times so you can comment again?
Ha!
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Rose Pepper Rose Pepper Rose Pepper!
Happy Friday!
I picked Askew by Humiecki & Graef. It is one of the best perfume names ever, and I was very attracted by it the first few times I wore it, so I bought a decant. The attraction, however, died, and my eyes have been glancing over that particular decant for ages.
I understand why I fell for it with its majestic woods and smokiness, but it is very unapologetic and stern.
So all in all a very shortlived One Hit Wonder :).
It really is a great name!
I loved my trendy sample of Askew but now I can’t find it anywhere! It’s probably for the best as the line is a bit pricy.
I mean the actual perfume, not my sample. Lucky Scent doesn’t have it anymore and none at the decanters.
Wearing Nirvana Black from Elizabeth and James. They’ve only made two, but Nirvana White made no impression on me whatsoever. This is now absolutely one of my favorite winter comfort scents.
A belated thank you to everyone who commented last week on my question about tracking what scents you’ve tried! I end up getting so far behind in my commenting and not appropriately thanking people who have responded to my questions, and I feel so rude. Sorry about that! I have been using Google Docs intermittently, but I’m not so good at updating.
Hope that the miserable winter is tolerable for everyone today. As terrible as it is, in New York, it still seems better than last year…or is that just me?
Happy Friday dears!
P.S. My La Fille de Berlin is FINALLY supposed to arrive today….which is good because OH MY GOD I CAN’T WAIT ANY LONGER!
Scent twins today!
Congratulations on your new bottle of La Fille de Berlin. Such a rich and wonderful perfume. Just last week I stepped into my entry-way after a day at work and wondered what the fabulous rosy smell was. Turns out it was a trace of La Fille lingering on a scarf I had worn the day before (the scarf was hanging on the coatrack). My entry smelled like roses and musk for days!
Isn’t it a good one? It was supposed to arrive last week, My skin eats scent half the time, so spraying a scarf has been one of my primary modes of experiencing scent this winter. Such a nice little treat to get wafts of it when you pick it up again.
One of my top ten. Hope it comes as scheduled!
It was supposed to be last week, and now the Post Office website says it was delivered here (I have everything delivered to my office), but it definitely was not…..
I should stop checking for a while. I’m getting a little stressed out at this point.
Do you have time to go to the post office? I got that same message recently, then went to visit the post office where the package should have been, and they delivered it the next day.
SOTD = Aftelier Cuir de Gardenia
I am not wearing it yet but will do so in a bit. I have tried several Aftelier perfumes (Secret Garden, Parfum Prive and Palimpsest) and have other ones in my samples stash and unfortunately all of these turned unbearably animalic on me or otherwise remained “flat”. Cuir de Gardenia is also animalic but something about the consistency of the perfume and the brightness of the tiare made it a stunning, close to skin fragrance.
I will continue to explore the Aftelier line ( hello Mount Sample). Ms. Aftel makes samples accessible at a very reasonable price; her customer service is also a shining example of how to do things right!
I’ve placed myself on a no-buy for at least the next month or so, but Aftelier is definitely a line I want to explore. Have you read any of her books? I’m eyeing “Fragrant”.
Hello dear! Kafka had a wonderful interview with Ms. Aftel. She recommended “Fragrant” and “Essence & Alchemy”. Since I recently offloaded 400+ books from my collection to the local library, acquiring two books will be my reward 🙂
Here’s a link to the interview:
http://www.kafkaesqueblog.com/2015/02/16/afteliers-mandy-aftel-learning-creating-and-the-love-of-scent/
I had the same problem with Palimpsest… just too feral for me… but I am still on and off with Lumiere, which is not animalic… at its best it smells like white petals crushed between fingers in a good way… other times there are a few bruised petals in the mix and while still interesting to smell, for the price I hesitate to wear it as a fragrance. I also wear her Wild Roses, which is unlike most of her fragrances…but a cousin to her patchouli spice body oil. I like it a lot, but I like patchouli….weirdly, I get a hit of cake frosting from Wild Roses at the start.
I have never tried Wild Roses. My Aftelier samples are actually in a special place and I just checked…I don’t have Lumiere either.I feel a samples order coming 🙂
My favorite is Tango. It includes a very unusual essence extracted from roasted seashells, choya nakh.
Woo hoo, I have Tango and will need to move that up on the the samples testing list!
Check the note lists on her website. I have learned that I have to avoid anything of hers with ambergris — it just explodes off my skin, most unpleasantly.
I like her Oud Luban though… no ambergris.
I don’t have Oud Luban…added to the samples purchase list! I hear you about ambergris — it is on my yucky notes list.
Funny you should mention ‘Palimpsest.’. I’d never heard of this word until I read Angela’s review of the Aftelier scent here on NST. Just this morning I actually ‘read’ this word in the current book I’m reading – wonder if that will ever happen again? I wouldn’t have known what it meant if I hadn’t read about the perfume!
Ha! My equivalent word experience was “Chiaroscuro”. I read Jessica’s review of the Roxanna Illuminated perfume and soon thereafter, saw it on a museum artwork label describing a painting in the hall across from the Edgar Allan Poe “Terror of the Soul” special exhibit at the Morgan Library.
Forgot AGAIN about the theme for today! I’m wearing Incense Oud (By Kilian), been getting a lot of skin time lately with it.
My pick for one hit wonder would be Untitled (MMM).
Oh yes! Untitled is a fantastic OHW! Nothing else from them is really worth it I think..
I think I will dig out my sample for tomorrow 😛
I was inspired by Robin’s pick yesterday, so I’m in Oeillet Bengale. This is a one-hit wonder for now since I haven’t yet tried the others in the line. (Close enough for the project?)
Close enough 🙂
My pick is Costes; very nearly a cheat, as I have only smelled a test strip of Costes II, but I still am willing to declare Costes I as the only one I like in the line 🙂
Works for me. Plus, great scent.
Oh shucks..I am wearing Journey woman
My one hit wonder would be carven le parfum
Carven Le Parfum is so nice! It’s one of those that just makes me happy when I wear it. Unfortunately it’s too cold here today to wear anything light floral.
I had expected to love Ma Griffe, but it was really awful on my skin. Am not a big fan of vetiver so I doubt I’d like that one, and the one bit of Vert et Blanc I tried had surely aged badly (it’s discontinued in any case). Didn’t like Madame Carven either. So Le Parfum might be my OHW from this house.
Never tried Ma Griffe–are you speaking of vintage or the new version? I tend to like greens, but too much vetiver can be problematic.
The vintage. I’m very interested in trying the new stuff, but can’t find a sample of it anywhere.
Oh. And I meant that the classic Carven Vetiver was unlikely to suit me so I didn’t even both with it.
Oh, Ma Griffe, I used to wear it before it was ‘vintage.’ 🙂 Haven’t smelled it in a long time but I have fond memories, even as a young woman I loved greens!
I could have gone with Gucci (own the 2002 Eau de Parfum and love it; have tried Rush, Guilty and the *other* EDP and didn’t care for any of them), but went with Carthusia Mediterraneo instead. I smell lemony fresh! I’m too new at perfumistahood to really be able to declare that I won’t find another fragrance to love from either of those houses, but this is a snapshot in time, right?
Absolutely! Though I’ve just recently decided I really like Gucci Premiere. (It’s just pretty. Easy to wear.)
This may be cheating, but here goes: there are actually two Tom Ford scents that I like, but today I’m in Black Orchid, the only one of his that I’ve ever liked enough to buy. Tobacco Vanille is very nice but absolutely not worth $215 for a 50-mL bottle. Black Orchid, though? Intoxicating ink-dark flowers on a bed of the most glorious vanilla? Worth every penny.
It’s funny how much better Black Orchid seems to smell on men, in my opinion. It’s mushroomy and dank on me, and I can’t manage the cocoa powder stuff either, but I’ve smelled it on two different guys, and it was almost intoxicating.
(I do love the Voile de Fleur version, though.)
Considerably cheaper Tobacco Vanille alternative: Phaedon Tabac Rouge. Pretty damn close, and only $160 for 100 ml.
I am wearing Fendi Fendi. It was either this or Agonist Black Saphir – I have tried all the scents in that line and was really disappointed! But Fendi clearly won out!!
Oooh – Fendi – that’s a super fragrance. Nothing else like that at all!
I was thinking of wearing Christopher Street today because it’s the closest thing I have to one-hit-wonder. For a couple years it was the only fragrance by Charendon Macerations but now they have another one, although I’ve not tried it yet.
However, it was way too utterly bitterly cold this morning for such a chill fragrance as that. It was 3 F with a windchill of -16 this morning. NO THANK YOU.
So I threw on Samsara to be wrapped in warm comforting sandalwood.
Boyfriend by Kate Walsh, which has now been discontinued. This is disappointing as it is quite well made and really works on my skin. Extra points for discontinued celebuscent? Haha!
Oh nice pick–esp since Billionaire Boyfriend was really no competition for best-in-line at all…
Ugh. Billionaire Boyfriend. That scent and name and the whole thing vaguely insults me. Somehow i take it as an affront to my intelligence as a female.
Now, Boyfriend, that’s a nice one.
I second that!
I wish I had thought of that one this morning! Great choice!
Great choice! Boyfriend is/was really good. I still have a rollerball left of the oil and its so very nice. Very cozy.
I kinda had a hard time picking one for today, since I don’t have that many lines where I know I only like one. I had a few where I didn’t feel I had tried enough to say. I went with Gucci Rush today because I do like and own a bottle of this one, and I haven’t been impressed with the others I’ve tried (though I’ve heard good things about L’Arte de Gucci, I haven’t tried it).
I completely forgot today was Friday, and I had Gucci Rush all picked out too. For some reason, I don’t even have an interest in trying any other Gucci’s but Rush seems to make me smile.
As I couldn’t think of any one hit wonders in my collection I chose to do the opposite and wear a scent from a house with far more hits than misses. I’m wearing PdN’s Maharadjah and thoroughly enjoying the spices and the lavender. I also thought of wearing a Goutal, or a Guerlain or Malle or…..
Chinatown, which is kind of cheating because I haven’t tried all the numerous offerings in the Bond No. 9 line. The ones I did try, though, I didn’t care for, and I love Chinatown…so it’s my choice for today’s one-hit wonder.
Please let me know if there are other Bond No. 9 fragrances that should make my sample list. I wanted to try Silver Factory but haven’t had any luck finding it. Is it discontinued?
I think Silver Factory is gone, yes. Shame – it’s the only Bond No. 9 I’ve liked so far. No, I take that back – I liked Broadway Nights too.
Pretty sure it is not gone, just renamed. Bond no. 9 Silver, maybe?
Good to know!
Silver Factory is now named Silver. All of the scents associated with Andy Warhol have been renamed, all but the one named Andy Warhol, which was discontinued.
Do you like tuberose, Farouche? I’m not such a big fan but I’ve got an unopened Bond No. 9 bon-bon of Central Park West if you’re interested. Especially since you so generously gave me that bottle in the freebiemeet, I’d love to pass it along for you to try.
Emailing you!
I forget if you like booze, vanilla, rose and sandalwood combo, but West Side is all of those things. Not sure how it performs next to Chinatown, but might be worth a sniff.
As long as it’s not too boozy, I’d like it as the vanilla, rose and sandalwood combo sounds lovely. I’ll put it on my sample list.
I would recommend trying Fire Island- very beachy solar jasmine.
Fire Island is the only Bond No. 9 I own. Some days it is brilliant, others it gives me a headache. It is my favorite of the suntan lotion frags (except maybe Terracotta, which I would purchase if I didn’t already own Fire Island).
I agree on Silver Factory/Silver. I also like Wall Street, because I like actually salty ocean things (not just calone), but I don’t think it has as big a following among perfumistas.
I have a decant of Silver which I could have sworn is actually Silver Factory…will have to see if I can convince a Saks SA to give me a sample so I can do a side x side test. I’ll include some in the long overdue package!
Thank you, Hajusuuri!
Not able to play today. Wearing Bvlgari Black – I needed a soft cozy scent as I am accompanying a family member to a difficult medical appointment today.
I find Black very comforting. Hope the appointment goes well.
Thanks mals.
Heliotrope Blanc again, the only Oriza I’ve been able to tolerate thus far.
This gives me hope for Heliotrope Blanc, as I think we have some tastes in common. Of the original 7 Orizas, five of them were utter and complete scrubbers (in particular, Horizon and everybody’s darling, Chypre Mousse). I liked Reve d’Ossian and Relique d’Amour but wouldn’t bother to buy them.
I just got my LuckyScent order yesterday, which contains samples of HB, Marrion-Nous and Muguet Fleuri. We’ll just have to see how it goes… sometimes I think there are commonalities among a brand’s fragrances that just don’t mesh well with my preferences or my skin, and Oriza might be one of those brands I don’t have an affinity for.
Marrion-Nous is great for me (I couldn’t take Jardins d’Armide) so I guess that is my one hit wonder, but I am very interested to smell the Muguet Fleuri, and also their carnation ones, they have two, that are both from old recipes, especially Royal Oeillet, because I love the pretty label on the bottle. I will be interested to read what you think of Marrion-Nous and Meguet Fleuri…
The Jardins was very soapy/powdery in an unpleasant way, to my nose. I often do all right with powdery scents, but it depends on where the powder is coming from. I disliked both Jardins and Oeillet Louis XV.
Will report back on Muguet Fleuri and Heliotrope Blanc.
Wasn’t wild about either Marions-Nous–very soapy opening, and Muguet Fleuri was too intense for me. I like the muguet in PdN Odalisque and another one I can’t think of at the moment.
I couldn’t stand the suspense anymore re: Heliotrope Blanc, en plus. I just added to Mount Sample. Le sigh…
I am wearing Maison Francis Kurkdjian Aqua Universalis, the only scent I have from the line and it is a big love for me, I would like to try others from the line but unfortunately it is not available in Montreal if I am not mistaken.
I don’t think the line is available anywhere in Canada: even The Perfume Shoppe doesn’t have it, which surprises me. But you can get samples from Luckyscent: I’ve dealt with them many times with never a problem.
Thank you, that’s good to know
I went through a sample of Cologne Pour Le Soir lickitysplit but it’s the only MFK that I have tried that I really liked. I do like his packaging though…
I wish I’d thought of Idole! I picked Antonio Visconti Alhambra. I don’t think this line is even available in the U.S.–I got this one when I ordered some samples a while back from First in Fragrance, and I think there are a lot of different perfumes but this is the only one I’ve tried. It’s a heavy, spicy, resiny scent with benzoin and opoponax and patchouli–nice on a very cold day, but it would probably suffocate me in the summer.
I thought about Bvlgari Black, as it’s the only one I really like from the house. Unfortunately, my mini bottle has gone dry. Could have gone with Gres Cabaret, or Givenchy Organza Indecence, or Oscar de la Renta Esprit d’Oscar… or Tommy Girl. Or Versace Blonde.
I finally decided on Escada Margaretha Ley, that BWF bomb that seems to be the only Escada not too sweet for my tastes. It *is* sweet, actually, but in that white-flowers way instead of a sugary one. There’s coconut in it too, so between the flowers and the coconut it’s standing up to our sub-zero temps very well.
This has been a fun challenge!
I’m wearing Caldey Island Lavender today – a lovely lavender oil. This is the one so highly ranked by Luca Turin in the Guide, he gives it 5 stars and calls it “simply the best lavender soliflore on earth”. Had to have it after reading that, lol. And yes, it is wonderful (but I don’t know if I would go so far as to call it the best on earth…)
That’s a great choice! I love Caldey Island too.
Ha! Ha! I am wearing Anne Pliska while listening to “I’m Too Sexy” by Right Said Fred.
Powdery amber with some tart orange, pleasant and easy to wear.
The 60ml EDP bottle is indeed one of the tackiest ever produced, but I think it comes in an aluminum cylinder now. ;D
I was gonna wear that but I can’t find my decant anywhere. It’s fantastic, though.
And now I have to listen to that song and dance at my desk.
Haha! A friend’s boyfriend sang this at karaoke recently, and it was awesome!
The room was half thirty-and-forty-somethings (us!) and half twenties/university crowd, and i think that was the first time some of then had heard that song. Funny stuff!
My 13 year old sings it whenever I tell him he needs to take a shower…. makes me laugh every time.
My 14-year-old went through a phase a couple of years ago, before his voice changed, where he’d sing it to me. It was hilarious.
Still funny 25 years later.
Says the 31 year old 🙂
Very nice.
Twins!
I saw a onesie for sale at a discount store in NYC with “I’m Too Sexy to Wear a Diaper”
Triplets! With you and Deva.
We smell great! 😉
I had planned to wear Barbara Bui today, a total cheat but a long time favorite winter perfume, and then my bottle of En Voyage Zelda arrived so of course I had to wear it instead. And I smell great! And Zelda is definitely not a one hit wonder as I’ve liked every En Voyage perfume I’ve tried.
I was going to join you in Barbara Bui Le Parfum, but that also became my second choice today. I do love, it, though, and I believe it is the only fragrance produced by Bui.
Oh Zelda! A full bottle made its way to my home at the end of last year- gorgeous scent! You smell spectacular!
While it wasn’t the only one made by the brand, I chose Monyette Paris today. I did love her Hello Kitty Momoberry, and Coquette Tropique not so much. But I still wear and love MP and have some awesome memories associated with it.
Hope everyone’s having a wonderful Friday.
I thought about wearing Lolita Lempicka, but I didn’t feel like anise today. I thought about Prescriptives Calyx, but it felt too summery. I ended up layering Origins Ginger Essence and Philosophy’s Pure Honey. It worked surprisingly well. I used to have Spring Fever by Origins, but I’ve lost it. And I’ve never even smelled another Philosophy scent. I think that I just didn’t get the theme at all. Oh well, I smell good.
I’ve smelled almost all of Philosophy’s fragrances – used to really love them – but I’ve given up on them since the company was sold and the perfumes have gone downhill. Sadly even the better original formulas have been changed. The original Amazing Grace was a really lovely floral musk with a tomato leaf note that was different and refreshing. Doesn’t quite smell the same now. I still have some backup bottles of Amazing Grace and Falling in Love (a vanilla blackberry thing that my beloved, stereotypically for men, does not object to. And which is sometimes cozy on cold days.)
Calyx – that’s a wonderful choice too!
Say hello to your honey for me 🙂
Last weekend I decanted Parfum Sacre in the bathroom and the whole bathroom smelled like Parfum Sacre for the rest of the night. I apologized to him about it and he just said, “Nah, no big.” It appears aliens have kidnapped my beloved and replaced him with a not-quite accurate replica.
Falling in Love is very nice.
I still like it! But I did get a backup bottle of the old formulation.
I used to really like their scented shower gels but they’re just too drying for me any more.
There are three Lubin’s I really like/love (Idole, Le Vetiver, L’Eau Neuve) so that was out for me, but you smell great. I am wearing Preparation Parfumee Andree Putman, which is a little light for an uncharacteristically cool day in South Florida, though lovely all the same.
I’m in Le Labo Gaiac 10. I was in a state this morning and had a little trouble figuring out this assignment, so the choice was a default – it’s the only fragrance I like by the brand because it’s the only fragrance I’ve smelled from the brand.
It’s a fun, realistic wood, but it seems really simple (especially for the price). Though when I looked it up on fragrantica this morning and saw musk listed as the dominant note I freaked out a bit and thought perhaps I’m not experiencing the full scent (I’m anosmic to musk). One of my fragrance fears is that I will wear what I deem an “office friendly” scent, only to learn that everyone around me thinks “sex bomb.” I walked straight into my husband’s office and made him give a determination – not an inappropriately sexy musk, so phew! (he’s not anosmic; yes, we work in the same building; yes, it’s kinda weird).
Haha that’s a great story–and yes, no fear, Gaiac 10 is very mild. I quite like it but at that price…
You’re safe! Gaiac 10 is subtle woods and musks, not a skankfest that your nose skips. I’ll give it the HS Office Stamp. Hope your day goes well.
I lived in Japan for a while. Your worry about Gaiac 10 made me think about those days. Perfume was such a big no there, in the tiny town where I lived. Big smells did not go over well. I only wore fragrance on my days off. I’d be so curious to hear about that Le Labo’s Tokyo Patchouli 24 sales stats 😉 It might be surprising. Be well!
I have the same fear. Can’t recall just now which frags, but I have definitely applied perfume repeatedly to catch the scent, only to have someone say “politely,” wow that is a nice scent…. a friendly way of letting me know I am probably billowing perfume.
Much of the Smell Bent line relies heavily on musk, especially the “Sunset People” releases. So for a few of them, I thought I smelled like orange blossoms or citrus or something fun, and it turns out I completely missed the main event.
Leave if to me to misread a perfume called “Walk of Shame”…
Ha!!! That made me laugh.
Yeah, that Smell Bent musk is… um… well. I tend to find the Smell Bents a little on the raunchy side, except for One (oh hey, another OHW I could have chosen).
I once ordered a sample of Commando after reading a post from Tom at PST calling it “the smell of freshly-washed baby,” and saying it smelled like skin, only better.
Nope. Really, really, really not. Try “ancient locker room full of hairy sweaty guys” instead.
Bwahahaha! I’m currently plowing thru a bunch of SB samples. The other night, I tried Apres Soleil… hmm, what is that smell, it’s so familiar…. GAH!! PORT-A-POTTY!!!! oh crikey!
(dihydromercenol, apparently)
If they say “wow that’s a nice scent”, I don’t care how many “quotation” marks they intend, I’m going to take them at their word. 🙂
If they say “Oh, is that scent yours?” or “That makes quite an impression” or even just “Huh,” I’ll get that perhaps it needs to be reigned in. 🙂
(This as someone who probably wears less perfume than most of us – it’s rare I wear more than two sprays of anything. Some things are powerhouses even at 2 sprays, though. Rubj comes to mind – but I got nothing but compliments. Real ones. “What smells so good in here?” was one. 🙂 )
Oh yah…. I am talking waaaay more than two modest spritzes…
I think I can still smell Angel if that was you who had a trigger finger..
There have been some mentions I didnt think of- Calyx, Ma Griffe, MFK APOM…
This morning I wore Acca Kappa Mimosa, the most realistic mimosa ive ever tried. Then the day got too hot so I switched this arvo to Roma by Laura Biagiotti
oh, I’d like to try the Acca Kappa–is it short-lived or tenacious?
If it even still exists any more (Im not sure, ive had mine a few years), its quite persistant. A lot of frags I carry a decant to top up, but i dont think ive ever topped up Mimosa.
There were only a few I really wanted to pick that were right for super cold weather. I ended up with the Donna Karan “Signature” original b/c it’s really just great in super cold weather. That and Amouage Memoir are my fav leathers. Oh, but now I remember I have a bottle of Gold that I rarely wear Oops! Oh well. I should have picked Bal a Versailles then, b/c it’s definitely the only one from Desprez that I have…..
Bal a Versailles – another nice choice and a classic one.
Oh, great choice on Bal a Versailles! That’s the only Desprez I have, too, and I love it.
Boudoir by Vivienne Westwood. It’s rubber-dark chocolate-spice without being sweet, and it has a lovely sweat note somewhere in there.
Kai today, out of season. It’s a dreary day, and I need to get things DONE! I thought I’d try to bring some pretty green energy to my steps.
I like tropical florals in the winter, assuming that they’re not too light… brightens up the day.
I thought I wasn’t going to play today as I’m not at home and only have a couple of boxes of samples and decants with me but, thanks to a Perfume Posse post I’m wearing Padparadscha and feeling a bit sad that I may never have more. It’s not exactly love but it is strong like and for $80 I really should have snagged a FB when I could.
Oh, I’m sad that I missed trying that one when it was still around…
I thought about Carner Barcelona D600 or Chopard Casmir for today but instead went with Teo Cabanel’s Alahine. I was surprised to see that I don’t have very many perfume line “orphans,” it appears that if one works for me I tend to have good luck with others from the same house. Hence multiples from Guerlain, Malle, Nicolai, and SL.
Alahine is so gorgeous! I like Oha too, but it’s much like many of the well done spicy roses. Alahine is a one hit wonder in my wardrobe too. Queen of the ambers!
Alahiiiiiiine! Love the stuff. Adore it.
I don’t own any other Teo Cabanels, and was really interested in Oha when I ordered a sample of it and of Julia. Alahine was a freebie, and it’s the one I fell for hard. I do like Early Roses too, very much. If I weren’t stocked up on pretty warm-weather rose scents I’d buy it too.
Ooh i have to try those then, no roses yet!
If I recall correctly, I ordered a sample set directly from Cabanel for not too much $. I got five or six of his scents, but Alahine is the only one I really liked.
I have Meloe (my fave TC) and Early Roses. Both work very well for this dont-like-em-too-sweet gal. PS they pop up on EBay for not much $ quite often…….. [enable much?]
And the shopping in paris list just grew longer 🙂
I decided to be a point hog today and wear Anne Pliska. As far as I know, its the only scent from this brand. Woot Woot!
It was so cold here (by Florida standards), that this beautiful scent just works like a warm cashmere turtleneck today- very radiant and snuggly, fuzzy, powdery and feminine.
I am a tom boy at heart but I feel like a girly girly today.
And who could say NO to that hot pink metal bottle? Its like Barbie, trapped in a bottle 😉
Let your inner Barbie out! Lots of love for Ann Pliska today. Actually, that might make a fun Friday challenge, to wear a perfume that represents a character/persona for you 🙂
I’ve almost bought a FB just for that bottle!
AP was perfect for this extremely cold day in Virginia. I don’t have a pink/Barbie personality at all, but am a total sucker for metal bottles! One of my earliest loves was Charles of the Ritz Light Perfume in the silver canister with burgundy accents…
I understand the metal bottle love! I am still hoping to find a Montale to love because of the bottle! Crazy but true- there is something about those dispensers that I find very futuristic and architectural and I need one (No, I really don’t)!
I did become very smitten with Sweet Oriental Dream but I would only be able to wear it rarely because it’s so DENSE! It really flips my switch, but only in very cold weather.
I forgot about the community project. Got up and immediately sprayed on Byredo 1996, which I’m kind of addicted to lately. It still works with the theme, however. I’ve tried many–not all–of the Byredo line and was ready to write it off until a decant of 1996 fell into my hands. Otherwise, I would have chosen Bulgari Black for today.
I wanted to participate in this but this morning we had no water at home. The -35C temperature outside is causing water mains and water pipes to burst everywhere in the city. So SOTH is the same Silences de Jacomo that I wore to bed last night.
I had Idole the Lubin (EdT) on my to-buy list for too long and when I finally decided to buy it, this gorgeous bottle was gone. I tried the EdP version and I don’t like it as much, plus- I might be alone in this- I find that the new bottle looks just horrible!
I WAS going to wear Heros by Didier Calvo. To my knowledge, the only fragrance from this clothing designer.
I hope your water pipe issue gets resolved soon. I had to deal with no water this week as well. It’s really aggravating.
I have never bought a perfume just because of the bottle, but a tacky or ugly bottle has stopped me from buying things I didn’t totally love. Actually, come to think of it, kitschy bottles have stopped me from really trying some perfumes – lids with big bows and ballerina skirts, little plastic “charms” hanging there, bottles molded like torsos…ugh.
Good luck with the water issue, what a bummer!
I hate the new bottle too.
I dabbed on some Eau de Polder by L’essence de Mastenbroek. Pretty sure it’s the only perfume made by the company. It’s wildflowers and hay on me and I usually wear it in the summer, but it was nice to put it on today.
Polder is lovely–it’s an oil, if I remember correctly? It is a bit of spring fields, distilled into golden liquid. You smell great!
Although I haven’t tried all of Cartier’s scents, of the ones I’ve tried the only one I love and own is Le Baiser du Dragon, so that is my choice for today. I’m wearing the body creme, which I totally fell in love with when I first tried it and is my favorite form of the scent. Will touch up later with the parfum.
Le Baiser won out over Barbara Bui today because spring training started this week and I’m reminded that I always wear Le Baiser to the opening day game in April; I can be generous in applying and its wonderful complexity has room to breathe – and waft – in the usually-still-cold open air. Here’s to spring and baseball!
Yes!!! Pitchers and catcher have reported, everyone else does next week. Soon, my friend…SOON! I can’t wait.
Spring training!
I love Winter so much that baseball is one of the few things I look forward to about it ending!
The doggone Braves need to just chill for a few years and quit putting me at risk for a major cardiac event with these end-of-season meltdowns they keep having.
I was very fortunate (once in a lifetime) to go to two WS games when my team was in it, so I know what you mean about cardiac arrest! But I lived thru it. 🙂
Me, too. Nice to see another baseball fan here, I am passionate about it!
I was thinking the same thing… and I am perhaps beyond obsessed! 😛
Another baseball fan here. I have MLB Network on TV in the background right now 🙂 L’Aromarine/Outremer vanilla perfume reminds me of baseball games because it smells like the cotton candy that I eat at some games.
pink or blue cotton candy?
At the ballpark, they sell bags with several layers of colors — pink, blue, and purple. The perfume smells like the pink cotton candy. Eating that messy stuff at games always makes us giggle a bit. Other ballpark snacks: peanuts (of course!) and my husband gets cups of chocolate malt ice cream that come with little wooden spoons.
Sotd is Bang! the only Marc Jacobs scent that was remotely interesting to me and I actually like it a lot.
It’s also good for a frigid day in Chicago…
Of course! Bang! Another one i forgot i own!! :-0
I had a hard time thinking of what I could choose, from my limited options. So, I went for CK Reveal. It’s certainly not a ‘wonder’ in my mind, but I like it and enjoy wearing it, and I can’t think of another CK that I would want to wear. And, it also felt like a good pick for today: enough substance to redirect my attention after a tricky morning getting kids ready for preschool….
I too am wearing Chinatown. Their only other perfume I liked was Little Italy, but Orange Sanguine completely trounced it with orange goodness.
Orange Sanguine is the only fragrance from the Atelier line that I truly like. It blew me away from the moment I smelled it!
I couldn’t think of a single thing that fit today’s theme, so I’m not participating. Definitely seeing some things I wish I had thought of this morning, though!
Instead, I’m wearing Ro’s Argan body conditioner and added some of the Pearl massage for extra fragrance/moisture because my skin’s been soooo dry in this cold weather. Just topped it off with Rose Musc and wow, layered with the Rose Jam, I’m getting a lot more musk than usual. Enjoying Rose Musc more and more every time I wear it.
Ro’s Argan body conditioner is the best! Really moisturizing and love that it has the rose jam scent.
I’m wearing Yosh Ginger Ciao as my one hit wonder. Although I still want to test Konig and Sombre Negra.
I like Ginger Ciao also. Nice fragrance.
I like Omniscient too. That’s on my to-get list.
But I’ve worn Ginger Ciao more than a few times lately. Lovely choice.
I thought of Ginger Ciao after I put the Chinatown on. I’ve gone through several samples and small decants.
Knowing! Thanks to happy888cat’s post yesterday.
Hermes Kelly Caleche. I heart Hermes, but this is the only one i wear (so far!!)
My choices this morning were The Party in Manhattan, Byredo Seven Veils, and Chopard Wish. I decided to go for Chopard Wish, and got a big compliment right away from the husband, so I guess it was the right one. 🙂
Ah, I didn’t think of it but I could have worn Seven Veils. None of the other Byredos really grabbed me. No wait, I loved Gypsy Water – that’s Byredo, isn’t it? So.
I haven’t smelled Wish, will have to look for it! I do like Chopard Casmir.
The Party in Manhattan, just by chance. It’s not the only fragrance in this line and I also have The Garden Party Jasmine, but it is certainly the most infamous!
I am dangerously low and it has gotten even more ridiculously expensive, so I’ve been hoarding.
I stand corrected; it’s The Garden Party Frangipane!
This theme was a bit difficult, but in the end I went with By Killian Sweet Redemption. It’s the only one that tempts me to buy a FB, the other from BK leave me kind of cold. The other choices that came to mind was DK Gold or Scherrer EDP the original.
Oh, Sweet Redemption is definitely my favorite By Killian so far. Well, Beyond Love is rather nice, but it just does not stand out to me among other tuberose fragrances. As for Sweet Redemeption, there is something unique and distinctive in it.
That’s it exactly!
SOTD is Versace Versense, although there are many Versace scents I have not tried. Actually, I would like to try Blonde – it has many notes I enjoy.
As for Versense, I like its sweet freshness – it smells almost good enough to drink. Even though it gets a little monotonous as the day passes.
Theo Fennell Scent. I can never decide if I really like it. It has an odd way of changing from sniff to sniff. Perhaps I like it, actually, but I can’t smell it without thinking I would like it better if it were just slightly more x or less y.
I was interested to see that it was composed by Christian Laudamiel. The only other scent I have by CL is S-ex, which is a very weird perfume, and Scent is weird in its own way.
Love this community project idea but I’ve been showered this week with generous freebie givers and I’ve lost my focus on nothing but..
SOTD is Coromandel and I think I’ve found my winter favorite. Absolutely love it. Sweet, but not too sweet and just a ultra smooth scent. I can’t imagine getting tired of this one and next wear I’ll be spraying instead of just dabbing.
Happy Friday!!
Inspired by the rose question in the recent giveaway, I’m wearing Le Feu d’Issey. Don’t remember ever being a fan of L’Eau and haven’t tried the flankers.
Hard one for me to participate, as I haven’t explored many lines yet. Working my way thorough Eau d’Italie, so Bois d’Ombrie today. Unfortunately, its going into the no pile.
Natori! I think I should get partial partial credit, because even though they do technically have another perfume (Josie), 1) I haven’t smelled it and 2) they only have ONE other perfume!
Lubin Idole was my second discovery from Lubin. I really liked Black Jade. I went on to smell the rest (and I like Gin Fizz and even Nuit de Lubin). But Idole is a standout. Nice choice.
Natori is lovely, I have that and totally forgot about it this morning.
My SOTD happened by accident today. I actually had outpatient surgery this morning and of course couldn’t wear perfume. I had worn a sweater that was sprayed a few days ago with Chloe eau de Parfum. It was still very noticeable because the nurses told me how good I smelled. I had to reassure them that it was on my sweater and not me.
Even though this wasn’t “supposed” to be my one-hit-wonder, it actually is. I adore the original Chloe from the 80’s, but have an appreciation for the new, reformulated one. I don’t like any of the flankers that have come about such as Chloe See and Chloe Love Story, etc… just the plain, simple Chloe.
Hoping all went well this morning!
This was a tough challenge for me! I finally settled on Chopard Madness because I think it is great and very under appreciated. We will just ignore the little bottle of Casmir that is sitting next to it……
I agree on the Madness. Just pulled out my long-neglected bottle the other day, it smells so good, soft/spicy/woody yet very ‘red.’ My Casmir gets ignored, too, don’t care for it half as much.
I caved and bought a bottle of Paris L.A., and one of the samples I received with my purchase was Lostmarch Lann-Ael. I LOVE it…it smells like breakfast cereal created by Dominique Ansel!
Lann-Ael is great. If the bready part lasted a little longer, I would own a bottle. Lostmarch Din Dan is also a very nice lemon.
I can’t believe it! Yesterday I took out my bottle of L’Idole, which I hadn’t worn in years and never see mentioned. Gave myself a few good sprays that told me I still like it. A “new” discovery. I think I would have been even more bowled over, Robin, if I’d seen your entry today before I remembered my own bottle. Not twins; I was a bit premature.
I don’t see many mentions of it these days either, and might be that Lubin is done issuing new perfumes for that matter.
SOTD is Miller et Bertaux Green Green Green. Nice nice nice 🙂
Has anyone mentioned Habanita or Niki de Saint Phalle? Classic one hit wonders. Molinard of course has produced dozens of perfumes but anything to touch the mighty Habanita? Honourable mention to Molinard de Molinard perhaps.
I sold my Niki and it’s too hto for Habanita. So, undecided ….
Niki is a spectacular OHW — I wore it in the 1980s and loved it to pieces! I’d love to have some again, but worry that it’s been reformulated beyond what my memory can bear.
Maybe, yes. I never smelled vintage. The modern stuff smelled pretty edgy to me though. It would give a lot if niche stuff a run for its money.
Today I am wearing Ex Idolo twenty-three. I am not sure if they make anything else.
It is a pretty sexy fragrance and although I applied it ever so lightly, I still got called
down for my perfume. No matter what I wear or how lightly I apply it, I get a complaint from my boss. With the exception of a couple of people, most people in my office wear no fragrance by choice. I have even heard a few say that they “hate” perfumes. I cannot imagine a life without perfume.
That’s a bummer! Given how much scent is already in shampoo, lotion, washing powder, how does he/she know? I find some body creams to be far heavier in scent than most perfumes.
My unsolicited opinion is that (most) people like that are nut jobs. Seriously. And to be clear, I don’t have anything against nut jobs, because I’m one too, and proud of it 😉
I worked in a cubicle situation for a while (I felt like an animal in the zoo! No more cubicles for me!) and the person in the next cubicle complained about everyone’s perfume with a lot of associated drama (She said she had allergies and asthma, gasping and wheezing, hand to throat, choking, saying she couldn’t breathe -but was still talking!) yet she came in every morning and literally hosed down her cubicle with aerosol Lysol Spring Fresh Scent!
I detect some underlying pathology, Sherlock! It was my daily entertainment! lol!
I’m wearing Memoirs of a Trespasser (the only Imaginary Authors scent I’ve tried/own samples of) and then in the mail I got a 5ml spray of Olympic Orchids Mardi Gras so I’m testing that out as well. Very interesting stuff today!
You should try “Yesterday Haze” by Imaginary Authors. It is such a well done fragrance in my opinion. I tried Memoirs of a Trespasser. Although it is nice, I prefer Yesterday Haze. Not a sweet fragrance, but so nicely done.
I had a hard time with this one because I like multiple scents from most brands. But I decided upon Balmain Ambre Gris, and it’s been a great companion to my crazy Friday. I suppose I should try the newset formulation of Ivoire, but the original version does very little for me. Also, Vent Vert and Jolie Madame were almost right but just not. It’s been some years since I’ve tried them, so maybe I should give them another go.
I’m wearing Bottega Veneta EDP today. I really dislike their other scents!
The Original BV is the best. I really liked it at first, but then somehow it became too “big” for me. Very odd.
I know what you’re saying! I can’t spray it on my neck or cleavage anymore, a light spritz on my wrists is plenty. I also have to wash my clothes after wearing it because it smells sour the next day.
Wore “With Love” by Hilary Duff earlier today to sync. I had the second one” Wrapped With Love “at one point , but I didn’t like it and passed it on . As far as I know Ms. Duff only has two scents in her line. I only like..no love one of them. By the way -to sync with another theme(BN) I overlayered Pure Malt over With Love after I’d worn the first scent for about 4-5 hours. Very good combination ! Mmmmm…..!!!
I found a real one “hit” wonder at bedtime. Danielle by Danielle Steel, which I think I was one of the few who actually liked. So much so I’m on my second 100ml bottle and picked up a bottle of the extrait off Evilbay for around $22. It is pretty, sultry and just a perfect bedtime perfume. I never got any of the unpleasant notes (some noticed something like a subtle beer/hopps note), just a spicy, musky floral that’s really nice. I’ve never read the author, but really like the fragrance a great deal, as well as the minimalist bottle.
I LOVE THAT SCENT! Bought it like about 2 weeks after it debuted for my Mom!
Participated yesterday by wearing Lollia Relax