Double whammy: Monday, plus Daylight Savings. What fragrance are you wearing?
I'm wearing Frederic Malle En Passant, another fragrance by the fabulous Olivia Giacobetti.
Reminder: this Friday, 13 March, we're doing Old School Niche: wear a perfume from L'Artisan Parfumeur, Diptyque or Frederic Malle. Double bonus points if the fragrance was released before 2010!
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.
Note: image via the Frederic Malle page at Facebook.
You smell great of course. I wanted something strong, and bold today so I’m wearing Rien. I still need to sniff the Intense version. Have a great week and a good Monday!
Ack, I need to sniff the Intense too, and the new True Lust. Perpetually behind…
If you’re behind, and I’m behind, and everybody we know is behind, doesn’t that somehow make us all on track, in some Einsteinian sorta way?
Sure, by Lorentz transformations.
while applying the Heisenberg principle 😉
You would think.
Thanks for the nudge – wearing Rien too. Now eating breakfast at my desk – yay DST Monday.
It will be a long and complicated day so I reached for something uncomplicated and cheerful……California Star Jasmine.
Hope it all goes well!
Ugh, daylight savings!!! I barely slept. I’m wearing Exultat by Maria Candida Gentile.
I could use another couple hours myself. Couldn’t fall asleep so stayed up too late watching a stupid Bollywood movie on my iPad. The iPad needs an automatic shutdown app that senses when really you ought to stop for the night.
It should slowly get darker and darker while playing a soft lullaby.
Which movie? Anything good?
What movie?
I did that on Sat night watching back to back episodes of The Americans. Felt just like I had eaten too much junk food– wired AND tired.
I haven’t chosen a fragrance yet today. I am so depressed about the death of my cat Sunny, and I think that I have a bad case of Seasonal Affective Disorder. Although we haven’t had truly horrible weather other parts of the country have seen, we haven’t had more than a few days of sunshine since November. I think, in honor of Friday’s theme I will pull out some of the L’Artisan samples I received last year and have yet to try.
Oh, hugs to you…I’m sure you’d be down today in any case but surely the lack of sunshine can’t help. Hope the week will get better.
I feel for you. My dog is still alive but I’m sure this is her last year. I hope you’ll be able to let yourself grieve. Just indulge in some fragrant pleasures!
I’m so sorry about your cat. My sincere condolences. I too suffer from SAD. Just in case you’ve not tried it, I found some relief with a therapy lamp that emits light waves that mimic those of natural sunlight. I got mine on Amazon for around $50. Also, although I was really skeptical, I found that GABA and L-Theanine supplements have been particularly helpful. Finally, since this is a perfume blog, I’d be delighted to send you some perfume samples to brighten your day. 🙂
So sorry to hear about your cat 🙁
Give yourself an extra spritz of something beautiful today and take a deep, deep breath.
Wishing you some warm sunshine today!
Such a hard lose… one day at a time.
Hope you feel better soon.
I’m so sorry about your kitty.
I’m so sorry about your cat. Loss of a pet can be so devastating.
((hug)) He must have been a great friend. In regards to the S.A.D., I work in a windowless grey cubicle and my full spectrum lamp helps me.
I had a really remarkable cat about 15 years ago that came to me under remarkable circumstances. This cat was really amazing. When he died suddenly and mysteriously, it took me a long time to recover. I have cats now, but it will never be the same for me. Just take your time and eventually it will pass. It’s always OK to not wear fragrances so you don’t associate them with a bad experience.
Hugs to you, my dear. Invest in a full spectrum light, they really do help. I use mine for reading. I am sorry about the loss of your feline companion, I think we feel their loss so deeply because they understand us and love us in a way no other being in our life does.
Sometimes I think it’s better to go with the flow rather than fight it. Our emotions are legitimate and should be respected, painful though they may be, they will ebb and flow with time. I hope some peace and comfort will find its way to you soon. Sending ((hugs)).
I have had my kitty for over 10 years and the relationship can’t be expressed in words. So sorry for what you are going through.
I get SADS in the winter too. I have gotten thru this brutal winter with the help of samE and B vitamins. Plus booze and cigarettes as needed.
Time will take away the rawness of the hurt. Hugs.
Sending virtual hugs your way. Take care.
My condolences on the loss of your kitty, Priscilla. Please take the time you need to mourn the loss, and use as much scent-power as needed.
So sorry for your loss. Only time will heal that kind of sadness. Many hugs to you.
SAD is definitely no joke. I feel the darkness weighs on me as well. Luckily the weather is warming up and will hopefully be more sunny soon.
I’m still a newbie here, but I still have to tell you how sorry I am to hear about the loss of your little friend Sunny. It’s so hard.
I’m truly sorry to hear about the loss of your fur-baby. Kitties are so special…
So sorry to hear about your poor kitty. We lost our 16-year old cat shortly before we had to move to Arkansas. But it would have been a really hard move for her and I’m glad she didn’t have to tackle that transition. SAD is a booger. I don’t have a full-spectrum light. I tend to compensate by exercising and getting outdoors whenever I get the chance and sometimes I just turn on every available light in the house. Feel better!
I’m so sorry to hear about Sunny – pets hold a special place in our hearts and at least there will always be a place for Sunny in yours. Best wishes through this time.
SOTD is Cuir de Lancome
Yum.
Just paid for a bottle of Mon Parfum Cheri I can’t afford but couldn’t pass up. The auction ended yesterday on Ebay at $45! Who knows when I could get it for that price again? I’ve generally had pretty good luck on ebay and the seller assures it has been kept well. Hopefully it will be the lucky gem for a steal that I think it is.
Congratulations, what a great deal! This is one of my favorite perfumes and the one I probably wore most this winter.
Do you have the edt or edp? My sample and the bottle I just ordered are both edt but I’m curious to know about the edp. I imagine heaven ; )
I have the EDP, and it is heaven. But I’ve heard the EDT is good as well and also quite strong.
They are both very good, I have both. The edp is a bit darker/richer but they are both plenty potent. Enjoy!
Hey, considering that MPC is going for upwards of $170++ for new bottles *at the discounters*, you did pretty good!
True!!
Nice find!!
I’m starting the Friday theme early with Philosykos. I’m excited that most of the perfumes I have to fit the Friday theme are also spring-like perfumes, and it is predicted to be ABOVE FREEZING all week long here! So much ice and snow is melting already. It’s really exciting.
I wore that last Friday and could wear it again this Friday 🙂
Yay, warmth.
Ha, great photo! As I’ve mentioned before, the Little Trees originated and continue to be manufactured in my hometown (still haven’t tried the oud tree!). This would be quite a collaboration, though!
It really would be quite a collaboration! I’d buy one.
I’ve started my working week with Duchaufour’s beautiful Nuit de Tubereuse. It takes my breath away.
I think I’m going to wear NdT tomorrow as my week of L’APs progresses. It is one of my favorite treatments of tuberose.
I felt like I needed something bright to get me motivated this morning, so I’m wearing Cedrat Enivrant.
Snap!! Spring seems to have come early here, with 25ºC today, Also I had to get up at 5,30am to take my daughter to the airport, so I needed something energising, Cédrat seems to fit the bill beautifully.
Wearing Inoui which I haven’t worn in months but with the promise of spring in the air it seemed appropriate
Oh, that one is gorgeous. I only have a tiny decant, but it is wonderful.
It almost smells like spring. We should have a full week of above 0C temperature. YEAH!!
Wearing Montana Black Edition.
Cool! I was wearing the “red box” last night. Such great stuff. I bought two back-up bottles.
I have a couple of back-up bottles of the red one too!
I just recently got the blue box one. I don’t like it quite as much, but I just HAD to have it! LOL
haha! Same here! 🙂 I have a couple of the blue ones as well. I’m with you. I don’t like it as well as the red, but it’s still beautiful. And while I’m not the biggest fan of citrus scents, the blue box is still so much better than so many of the men’s citrus scents on the market. The herbal dry-down is beautiful, and it really works well on a hot day. On another note, I got one bottle of the black edition, and I have to say I was kind of disappointed. It smells a lot like the red box, but it’s not nearly as complex. Would you agree?
You’re right, the red box is hard to beat. For me, the Black Edition works a little better in winter. The red is pure spring and as you said, the blue is better on hot summer days.
Great to hear from another Mantana fan!
SOTD for me is Hermes’ Cuir d`Ange. I’m falling more and more in love with this one. It’s SO comforting to me. I don’t like heliotrope, but with the leather this is just the most exquisite leather I’ve tried.
The copy on their site says, “engaging, bewitching, hazy” — perfect!
Cuir d’Ange is wonderful – you smell fantastic. I tried it for the first time yesterday and was surprised by how much I liked it – based on the reviews I had read I wasn’t expecting much.
Longing to try it!
I was pleasantly surprised at how nice the sales person at Hermes was! She gave my friends and I some nice samples.
Which Hermes was this??
King of Prussia in PA. They were really nice at Nordstroms too!
Did they have all the Hermessence there?
They had all the hermessence that are listed on the U.S. website. At least as testers, they were out of one or two in samples.
Ditto. Sounds totally like my cup of tea.
Thanks! And I still can smell it 4 hours later! An eternity for a Hermessence!!
I think I’ve got some kind of bug… had feverish chills last night so I went to bed with nightgown, sweatpants, sweatshirt, socks, and the heating pad. Then, of course, woke up sweating later. Ugh.
Also, I kind of dissed the current version (or what I thought was the current version) of Tuvache Jungle Gardenia on my blog recently, and Jeffrey Dame of Long Lost Perfumes sent me a new bottle (now called Tuvache Gardenia) to try. I had thought he was sending me a carded sample, and was surprised.
I take it back. This is a proper bleu-cheesy gardenia – not much in the way of earthy mushroomy stuff but it does get that narcotic thing right. It is anything but thin!
Hope you feel better soon!
I remember wearing Jungle Gardenia back in the day (and my father complaining it was too strong!) I didn’t know it was still around even in re-formulation. Alyssa Ashley also made a lovely gardenia (I think it was part of a “garden collection” with other solifleurs ) and I had a bottle of that as well…potent and so ridiculously affordable….
Feel better soon…hate those feverish chills!
Feel better soon! My whole house was sick as dogs last week and my daughter still has sniffles. Late winter colds are awful.
Sending get well soon wishes!
Feel better soon, Spring is coming!
It sounds like you need some pampering – spritz yourself with something wonderful. Hope you’re feeling better soon.
Oh no, get better!
Wow! Thanks for the tip on LOng Lost Perfumes! My Sin, Crepe de Chine…and the prices! (and your Gardenia by Tuvache is sold out!)
NEWS FLASH: I accidentally got a bit of Memoir Woman on my sweatshirt sleeve last night, and then a bit of Tuvache Gardenia on it this morning. Now, twelve hours later, it smells rather shockingly civetty and ripe, sort of like overapplied Elizabeth Taylor White Diamonds (there’s a woman who grocery shops where I do, and she consistently wears so much that there’s this… Whopping Bodily Stink + Big Flowers thing that follows her through the store).
Word to the wise: don’t get these two anywhere near each other unless you want to smell like a used Depends. Oh dear. I’m going to have to wash it.
SOTD is AG Amber Fetiche.
I’m wearing Cartier La Panthère’ Eau de Parfum Légère. Do I love it? Nope. But I like it, and I like it much better than the 2014 not-légère version. Most importantly, though, it comes in 0.8 oz and I really want that bottle. Must be strong…
SOTD: Triomphe (Rance).
Happy Monday! My SOTD is Smell Bent’s Ice Station Pineapple. The pine (like a freshly sawed piece of lumber) and pineapple (not sweet) work so well together, along with the mint and “icy musk.” Can’t stop sniffing my arm! Good job, Brent!
Thank you, kindcrow! You just gave me a great idea on what to do with my pine needle e.o……going to make a body oil with pine and “pineapple” accord (rhododendrum leaf e.o. paired with tangerine e.o.)
Thank you for the tip on how to create a pineapple accord with EOs! The Jeffrey Pine’s bark can smell like pineapple, vanilla, or butterscotch. There is nothing like the smell of a sun-warmed Jeffrey Pine. Ahhhhhhh …
Since we are rhapsodizing about pines, I will chime in. I love their smell too! You expressed some curiosity about the original Pino Silvestre and I would encourage you to try a sample or small bottle because the smell, to my nose, is less pine and more fir and because Pino is really an old school fougere not a musky sweet one but rather an aromatic, dry, ambered oak mossy one. It’s pleasures are fleeting but it smells like nothing else and I really enjoy it.
I love the smell of fir, too. I made a body oil with fir EO with cocoa absolute (like Olympic Orchids Seattle Chocolate). Yum!
I am not a fan of oakmoss, but the mini is so cheap and so cute (kind of kitschy), that I’ll just get one. With IFRA, there probably isn’t any oakmoss on the new stuff, anyway.
I cannot take credit for that tip …I actually read it in the comment section of the e.o. on the Eden Botanicals website…quite often commenters leave really great tips :)!!
I would also recommend SSS Forest Walk…not sure if pine is in it but it does indeed have a “foresty/piney” smell to it and I love it!
I love Eden Botanicals as well! There are interesting tips left in the comments. It helps me decide which Vetiver to order since there is such an embaressment of riches available!
sinker kit- have you tried the double distilled vetiver from Eden? the only vetiver I can wear straight up! and you are so right….they have SOOO many different types of e.o.s in just one category (like 10 different lavenders, a variety of jasmines, etc.)
Double distilled Vetiver? Sign me up! I purchased a sample of the Haitian which is dark and syrupy and wonderful. I mix it with an unscented lotion or a carrier oil and layer it with other fragrances, like jasmine soliflores.
I don’t often do well with vetiver (unless artfully blended) but the double distilled is smooth and refined to my nose and I just love it! I do the same with my oils…add them to either coconut oil (the one that solidifies and becomes a “body butter” for me) or carrier oils (sesame, sweet almond, etc). I have also made face serums with argan/jojoba mix and Edens tamanu oil, frankincense, patchouli and lavender (all great e.o.s for mature skin which, unfortunately, I have 🙂 !!!!)
I made a similar oil for the face with sweet almond, lavender and patchouli EO. Sometimes I just put straight patchouli EO on my face because it smells so wonderful. I too, am aiding more mature skin. I may have to try the coconut oil……
That’s interesting about making a pineapple accord with rhododendron leaf and tangerine. I happen to have both of those, and now I want to try it.
go much heavier on the tangerine but do so drop by drop and keep sniffing it as you go!
Angel Liqueur de Parfum 2013. The best of the Angels, I think, certainly the least sweet and most grown-up.
Agreed – it’s the only one I can wear.
Wearing Balenciaga Florabotanica.
Goodness, it was hard getting started this morning. Not only is it Daylight Savings Time, but there is a 100% thunderstorm forecast all day today in Houston, Texas. So, triple whammy in my case!
My SOTD is English Pear and Freesia by Jo Malone. I was hoping that this bright and fruity fragrance would bring some sunshine to this gloomy day!
You smell great! i might just go with a Jo Malone tomorrow as well!
SOTD: I Love Les Carottes.
After the previous talk of root vegetable scents I could resist no longer and got my FB of this fragrance. I don’t know why I put off buying it before because I really do enjoy it!
Like others, I’ve started Old School Niche early with Diptyque L’Ombre Dans L’Eau. I was surprised to learn that it was created in 1983. For some reason I thought it was much newer.
Oh my goodness. When I smelled l’Ombre Dans L’Eau for the first time in 1995, I became instantly obsessed. I didn’t think it was possible for anything to smell that good. A friend was wearing it and wouldn’t tell me what it was. I searched for years to find out what he’d been wearing and that curiosity never left me. I finally discovered what it was when I moved to New York. It was probably 2000, and when I found it at a store down in Little Italy, I bought it instantly. To this day, I still think it’s Diptyque’s best, though there are certainly other beauties in their line-up. I think they’ve become less innovative over the years since they got bought out. I just hope the don’t stop making their classics.
It smells so modern to me, too. Nothing like most of the excessive fragrances of the eighties. Once my travel size is gone, I’ll buy a full bottle.
Ld’L is gorgeous. You smell great!
Love the new a avatar!
I think it looks great too!
Super cute!
I am wearing Amouage Beloved. I wish Amouage sold smaller bottles at a more reasonable price, because my decant is almost empty and I love this one!
I love it too! I couldn’t resist and got a bottle. It’s indeed very pricey but I do not regret one bit! 🙂
I love Beloved too. One of these days – if I am good and don’t buy anything for the rest of the year then I can justify it for a combo birthday/xmas present. But one of these days! I have about 4 mls left and I know it will be gone this year.
Well, my birthday is coming up in April!
Mine too! I love your moniker by the way; are you interested in Egyptology, or just love cats, or both?
Thank you for the compliment! I do love cats and had two beautiful long-haired sisters (or maybe medium-haired – they were rescue cats not purebred) named Bastet and Isis. Isis is still with us but Bastet died, so I am using the name in her memory. Anyway, this has started a fun tradition in my family of naming cats after various gods/goddesses, for example one sister’s cats are Artemis and Athena, and the other sister’s are Thor, Loki and Freyja.
So it sounds like you are interested in all sorts of mythology. Gosh, if that’s the case, I could spend hours chatting with you! 🙂
Love your kitties’ names. My cousin once owned a cat who she had also named Freya because she was then studying up on the Norse mythos; since Freya was often portrayed (along with the famous necklace and the dwarves) as riding in a chariot pulled by two large, grey panthers, it seems perfect sense!
Fragrancenet carries some Amouage at a good discount. If you join eBates and enter the Fragrancenet site through it, you get cash back.
I’m trying to do a full week of L’AP b/c of Friday’s challenge. This morning I put on some Traversee du Bosphore. It is just so darned pretty, but it’s also a tad sweet for me. I layered just a smidge of Encre Noire to cut the sweet. They definitely play nice together.
Testing out PdN Sacrebleu Intense. It doesn’t smell like I expected it would, for some reason! Very fruity-sweet. I am not enamored but I am OK with it today, it certainly lives up to the “intense” promise and I could use the energy as I adjust to daylight savings time. I hope y’all are feeling perkier than I am today!
SOTD for Keep-It-Simple Monday is L’occitane Miel & Citron. Smooth sweet honey is brightened with light sunshine lemon and anchored by a soft note of patchouli, my favorite earth-begins-to-stir note as The Big Melt begins! Temps in the 40’s all week and reaching 50 degrees for a couple of days, spring is beckoning . . .
Actually, I just received a sample of True Lust complimentary from Parfum1 with my order and decided to try it out.
Some perfumes came to mind with this one: Cashmere Mist, Spellbound and possibly, Robe Noire.
The powdery musk is noticeable right away and I would say the perfume is ‘surrounded’ with powdery musk. The powdery/musky is stonger, in a Cashmire Mist kind of way. I noticed some yummy, dark, sweet orange as well. It smells a bit dark and sweet overall, in a Robe Noire type way almost, without nearly as much fruit. The rum is noticeable. There’s a slightly balsamic, smoked/woody apricot note in a bit of a Spellbound type way. The peachy note is probably the osmanthus and I get this note the most out of the florals. There’s a slight jasmine but the florals are pretty balanced overall. I get a little leather as is dries. Not a lot of leather though. I would say this is somewhat similar to that musky/powdery Cashmere Mist with a bit of, woody, Spellbound apricot/osmanthus note, and some sweet violet and a smidge of leather, with a dash of orange and rum on top. Again, surrounded with powdery musk. I don’t really get any coconut. Not really any ginger either. Not much lotv at all. I do like the scent some but the musky powder is a little over the top for my tastes. The florals are nice though:). I think I would really like this one if the musky powder was toned down. Eck.
That’s how this scent is for me anyway:).
The old school niche is going to be a challenge for me so maybe I will just make it new school niche for this week! I have some older Serge’s floating around here somewhere so maybe I will try one of those on Friday but I have Olympic Orchids, Kerosene and Mona Di Orio samples to keep me busy for the time being! So today I am wearing Olympic Orchids Arizona.
I am challenged as well (don’t have samples or FBs of any old school niche) so I am wearing my very simple but pleasant scents all week and saving one of my Sonoma Scent Studio fragrances for Friday.
Today I’m finishing the papers part of the KonMari tidying method. Some of the stuff I found was like a time capsule from another lifetime, and not in a good way. Felt so good to get rid of it!
Today I put on Imperial Opoponax. When I first tried a sample of IO, I fell head over heels and ordered a 100ml bottle from a vendor in Italy. Then I got nervous about running out and ordered another 100 ml bottle. And today I’m feeling very meh about it. Anyone experience this with a perfume?
yes. twice with Field Notes from Paris. bought a fb and then gave it to my father. retested my sample and bought another bottle…..I like it but don’t often reach for it which means I guess I don’t love it? (and it doesn’t help that someone commented that I smell like Barbasol shaving cream the last time I wore it).
Yes, this has happened to me too. Frags that really went from true love to meh for me the past few years (and that I had/have bottles of): L’Heure Bleue, PDR Bois de Paradise, Lancome Magie, Givenchy L’Interdit, ….. I am sure there are more and I’m just blocking them out. I confess I will get kind of spazed out if I hear that a bottle will be discontinued. Thank god for swapmeets and ebay to get rid of the unloved!
I love that book! Sometimes I just like to reread bit of it because of how wonderfully it’s written. It’s so uplifting. I’ve been doing some KonMari-ing myself in preparation for when we move next month. I got rid of a bunch of photographs that I hated from a really depressing time in my life. I wonder why I even took those photos, but then also wondered why I held on to them for so long. Getting rid of that kind of emotional baggage is so invigorating!
I’m not using the KonMari meeting hod yet but downloaded the eBook. Over the holidays when I had my nephew helping me organize, sort and shred, I came across my vrad school application essay and some grad school papers. I sadly let them go because I really don’t need them but it was nice to reminisce nontheless.
Not “meeting”, method! Darn fat fingers!
A glorious spring day here and I am ushering it in with Infusion d’Iris Absolue. It’s wearing a little powdery on me this morning, but I put on a lot.
Me too!
Overslept, running behind, still dragging my sleepiness along with me. One spray of Burberry Body, one barely coordinating outfit, and i was out the door!
Good luck today, everyone!
Topped off my afternoon with some Chanel no. 5 lotion from a tester at nordstrom. Quite strong! Lovely stuff.
Hypnotic Poison, a huge mood lifter for a rainy day.
That sure is a beauty! Sweet but interesting.
When i showered before work i used coconut showergel then a very coconutty body butter, planning to top it off with something co-ordinated, like Azuree Soleil or Songes.
Im not sure how I couldnt smell myself, and completely forgot as I gazed at my bottle of Nasomatto Absinth and thought ‘mmmm… nice calming smooth and nutty vetiver…’ before dousing myself in it.
Driving to work I could smell coconut… omg! Thats me! Lol! I completely forgot! But somehow they actually went quite nicely together..
You smell marvelous!
I wore some Songes edp yesterday and it really just is so amazing – it’s one of the most elegant fragrances I have, but still so earthy and lusty. It lasts all day long!
Just spritzed on some Jardin en Mediterranee. Love the fig and cedar. I don’t know what I’ll do for Friday – no bottles of any of those, so will have to dig through my samples.
Like many, I’ve had a hard time adapting to the time change. Slept horribly (read next to not at all) last night and am working on a caffeine-induced auto-pilot today. At least the sun is out and it’s warm-ish. I put on some Dia hand lotion last night and then knew I had to wear the perfume today.
SOTD is Le Labo Vetiver 46. A green scent for a green time of year.
I woke up late today and ran out the door without putting anything on, so I broke out the Pacifica solids in my purse. I’m wearing Mexican Cocoa layered with Persian Rose.
yum….a chocolate rose!
I’m wearing a sample of Thierry Mugler’s Alien Essence Absolue. When I sniffed this in Sephora over the weekend, I thought it was quixotic and amazing. Now I’m just smelling mint with a touch of eau de toothpaste. Maybe it only worked for me while surrounded by the cacophony of a thousand other scents? I dunno, but I am disappoint. Still, I’ll give it a fair run… the elusive je ne sais quoi might show up yet.
The Alien bottles look cute to me, like little replicas of that all powerful alien on Babylon 5, that made the cryptic comments. “It is too late for the pebbles to vote.” Hmm, what was his name?
Kosh Naranek!
I have some AEA and I’ve discovered that the less I apply and the less I sniff at it, the better it wears. Does that make sense? It’s very “tree falling in the woods” type stuff. The sillage after about 1 hour is amazing.
Ann, you made me laugh out loud. Tree falling in the woods scent. The closest I come to that relationship w a frag is with a very vintage bottle of Eau Arpege. A quick sniff and then faith. . . .
I love Alien Absolue but it is a bomb sillage wise. I apply with great caution and usually while in my underwear so little puffs of perfume will rise from under my clothing. I think of it as sunshine in a bottle, a radiant syrupy vanilla amber. The jasmine it contains is reading as minty and like tooth paste to your nose and this is actually quite common. You are not alone Hiddles. Put it away and try it again later on.
It’s a relief to know I’m not the only one smelling toothpaste. Thought I might be having a perfumed aneurysm. I’ll do as you suggest and try it again after a little time has passed. I really did love it in the store!
Understood! Next time I’ll dab it on judiciously and revel in the sweet olfactory silence.
I’m in Osmanthus Interdite. I haven’t worn it since last summer… it’s sweeter than I remember. I love osmanthus sooooooo much, but I think after this sample is gone I won’t need to repurchase. But if you love osmanthus you should definitely try it, it’s one of the better ones I’ve smelled. 🙂
I put on a little bit of Chinatown today. It is quite strong on me, so only a small amount was needed.
Sampling Lyric Woman today, yum!
You smell FANTASTIC!
The day I sampled Lyric was our coldest day of the year, and it didn’t do much for me. I’ll have to try it again, since there is so much enthusiasm for it…
Yes, i’m curious about that too! Can’t wait for some warm weather.
SOTD the recently aquired Van Cleef &Arpels Midnight in Paris.Yummy Iris note!You’d think by now I’d be tired of Iris/Orris,but it still wows me everytime I encounter it in a well-crafted perfume!Hope everyone has a fantastic week!
AND then I read Kevin’s review….lol.And no mention of the Iris note anywhere…maybe it’s been reformulated since 2010?Anyway!Still love it.
Johanob – I will never get tired of iris / orris. It is hands down my favorite perfume note.
SOTD=Mohur (thanks, Hajusuuri) which is fantastic, so I am rearranging my full bottle budget! Not sure what, but something has to go, or at least be drastically delayed, because I think I need to by this soon…
The Vorlon, Kosh. Oh, my head is stuffed with useless information. Bet the Alien bottle does look like him.
But. Can’t type either. But..
LOL! Well, it is not really your fault I like Mohur so much.
Ha, I really did not mean to enable but since my Iris Nazarene was missing in action, I had to make up for the hole it created 🙂
SOTD = FM Carnal Flower
Spring has sprung and while this is not the springest of scents, it was still perfect and met the old school niche theme plus a continuation of last week’s women perfumer theme. This is by Daniela Ropion in 2005.
Sorry, lovely fragrance but it’s Dominique Ropion and he’s a man.
Was carried away by the idea of Spring this morning, so put on Chamade EdT — and loved it for the entire hour I could smell it. I need to find other concentrations of this beauty that aren’t so fleeting.
I thought I was scentless today. But I just ate a ginger candy, and as I leaned over I thought, “Wow, something smells great.” I was smelling the little bit of Ylang & Vanille I dabbed on my wrist almost 24 hours ago. I guess the ginger reset my sense of smell. Wowza!
We had our first exceptionally warm and sunny spring-like day here – warm enough to sit out on the balcony. I am luxuriating in Puredistance I, which is perfect.
This morning before I left for work I sprayed a quick mini spritz of what I have been wearing for about 9-10 days…Chanel’s Misia. I thought it was light enough and mild enough that my boss would not notice…but no…we were working on something and he told me to please move down. He did not mention my perfume but I assumed that is what it was And yet Misia is really not terribly strong but it is lasting and has that lipstick rose feel to it, yet not as blatant as FM Lipstick Rose. I sometimes only wear a scentless body lotion and he even complains about that. Also, he once complained about my fragrance when all I had used was a scented soap in the shower.
Perhaps I should not shower during my work week…that might change his thinking!
I think your boss needs help!