At last, Friday! Our community project for today: wear a fragrance from perfumer Bertrand Duchaufour. Which one did you pick?
As always, do tell us your fragrance of the day even if you’re not participating in the community project.
I'm wearing Neela Vermeire Créations Pichola.
Reminder: next Friday, 6/26, is Top 10 of Summer. Wear one of your own "top 10 of summer" fragrances (unless it's winter where you are, in which case wear one of your "top 10 of winter" scents)
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: top images are India-7146 and India-7143 by Dennis Jarvis at flickr; some rights reserved.
Scenttwins! I’m trying Pichola for the first time ever, haven’t formed an opinion yet.
Today is Midsummer Night’s Eve in Sweden, biggest family holiday after Christmas. Maybe I’ll pick seven different kind of flowers to put under my pillow tonight and see if I dream of my intended 🙂
Hey twin! And how lovely…have a great evening. I understand they hold celebrations in some cities here but have never been.
No DB fragrances in my arsenal so I am continuing on my theme of the week by wearing another Veritas Inlustrat Perfume called “Lemongrass and Mint”….reminds me very much of Pacifica’s discontinued Thai Lemongrass….lemongrass is an oddity…I think you either love it or hate it….I happen to love it (I really don’t care if I smell of food!)
I love lemongrass in general, that sounds good to me.
I adore lemongrass! I bet you smell great!
Why thank you! Funny, but I thought I would be in the minority with my love of lemongrass.
I love lemongrass too, and so did a lot of my students!
Hello NST. I’m in Copal Azur. I had a trip away last week and I wore it every day and it’s grown on me. It’s really quite addictive. I have an end of school fair to go to tonight and I bet I’ll be smelling a lot of La Vie Est Belle. The French mums love this one.
Oh, nice! (And I smell it on the street here too)
Scent twins. I really didn’t like Copal Azur when I first tried it but it has certainly grown on me. I’m still disappointed that it doesn’t smell at all of copal but I know it isn’t supposed to.
Me three! I liked it the first time I tried it, but now I’m not so sure!
Seville a l’Aube. I wore it almost the entire week. That says a lot, doesn’t it?
Yes!
I considered wearing Seville today. My pores were already saturated with last night’s application of Nuit de Tubereuse, though. Seville a l’Aube is perfect in the summer.
Scent twins. I’ve been on an orange blossom kick lately. (Oh god, my mom always says “I’ve been on an X kick,” I’m turning into my mom!)
Aren’t we all?
Oh, and I too am on an orange blossom kick. I discovered (with the help of BV Knot) that I do enjoy this note after all, and now I want MORE :).
I am all about it lately! Let it be the summer of orange blossom
I’ve come to a place of peace in realizing that I am so much my mother’s daughter! She didn’t raise me, but as we’ve gotten to know each other better as adults, I have been amazed to see how we are more similar than not. Any similarities terrified me when I was a teen, but now I find it oddly reassuring. We are who we are! 😀
I also doodle while on the phone, like my mom used to do. So funny!
For anyone who loves orange blossom, I highly recommend Maria Candida Gentile’s Hanbury. Natural orange blossom flowers, eos, absolutes, extracts and the like have always been an instant mood-lifter for me, and that note always brightens my whole day. I despaired of every finding a perfume that could accomplish that, but this one does. Hanbury is extraordinarily beautiful, and never becomes soapy or overly sweet or bitter.
Interesting! Somewhere or other someone wrote that most orange blossom perfumes make them anxious, and after reading that I realized that that is also true for me. One exception to this is Seville, and another is Ellie Saab Intense.
Isn’t that all fascinating? I think I’m in a minority and I usually find that most people object to orange blossom but I certainty don’t.
I’v also heard others saying that it enhances mood – or is a mood lifter, so I guess it depends on the person!
Lovely!
Scent triplets!
Yaay!
Scent quadruplets. 😀
More by accident than design, I’m wearing Fleur de Liane by L’Artisan. It’s a favourite in extreme heat. Greenery, watermelon, touches of magnolia – it’s a summer gem for me.
Haven’t tried that one. Sounds lovely.
SOTD is Leather Oud (Dior). I just couldn’t do Jubilation XXV or Mechant Loup today…
Happy Friday! 🙂
Got decants of this and Oud Ispahan yesterday, both very lovely. They also remind me at different stages of Balenciaga Pour Homme, albeit without as much patch.
Whereas some of the last community projects left me quite stumped, with nothing in my wardrobe that could possibly fit the bill, this time it became even difficult to decide which of the many options (something classic and refined like Sartorial? something warm and enveloping like Mon Numéro 10? or even something outright weird like Sienne l’Hiver?) to pick.
In the end I opted for what I regard one of the best rose scents available, i. e. Paestum Rose.
Twins! I’m also wearing Paestum Rose.
It’s true, homeboy is PROLIFIC!
Also in Paestum Rose today!
I’m wearing Sienne l’Hiver and so excited because this is the first time I have managed to remember the Friday community project! (Have terrible memory//am not a morning person). This is one of the first niche fragrances I tried – I love truffles and looking for truffle notes in perfumes is definitely what sent me down the perfume rabbit hole.
I too celebrated the first Friday I actually remembered the Friday theme BEFORE I applied my fragrance!
(Small victories! Yea!!!)
I’m wearing Dzongkha from l’Artisan Parfumeur, one of variations of the iconic Timbuktu.
I’m wearing my favorite (so far) BD fragrance, Ciel d’Opale. It’s light and sparkling, with a little peppery kick. I love it! Can’t wait to try the other Ann Gerard scents.
Scent twins! It took me a long time to “get” Ciel, but I do now, and just might wear it all weekend.
Hi twin! It wasn’t quite what I expected when I first smelled it either, but once I fell for it, I fell hard. Might be a fb purchase, which is rare for me.
Triplets. Ciel is an unexpected surprise. I took a sample with me whike travelling. It is gorgeous. My husband remarked on it which doesn’t happen often.
Today’s choice was easy: Nuit de Tubereuse! It will be my choice next Friday, too, as it’s my favorite summer perfume. The hotter and more humid it gets the better it smells, which really helps make those oppressive days more bearable.
I love this one too and almost wore it today. Not your average tuberose, but it’s absolutely beautiful!
This was one of my first niche loves. You smell great!
Thanks! I never expected to love something that had tuberose in its name. It’s been a good lesson: try to smell everything because you never know….
I was going to wear Rose Cut, but my sample evaporated. I’m making up for it by wearing Mohur.
Isn’t you hate the disappearing samples? While I was fishing around for my sample of Kyoto for today I found a completely empty decant of DK Fuel for Men. Sad face. But I also found a completely full 5-mL decant of vintage Hermes Bel Ami I forgot I owned, so happy face.
Well, if one has to give up some things to find forgotten treasures, perhaps it’s worth it? I’m trying to use up samples anyway, and there wasn’t much left of the Rose Cut.
5 mls of vintage Bel Ami? I’m so envious! I’ve only tried the current formulation, but I think it’s gorgeous. Tried to spritz some on at bedtime last night, in fact, but grabbed Bel Respiro by accident – oh well! 🙂
Ugh, I hate evaporated samples. My Nostalgia decant is suddenly a little smear of syrup in the bottom of the bottle and I’m not thrilled about it at all. The so-so ones never seem to do that either, only good stuff.
Traversee du Bosphore!
Me too! Love this one.
Me too. A swapped little decant I needed an excuse to get to know…
So lovely and fun! If it hadn’t been 90F here today, it would have been my choice, too.
Poivre Piquant. I do really enjoy the woodiness of this perfume! I can’t pick out the licorice since everything is so well blended, which makes it one of the first perfumes with a licorice note that I am okay with 🙂
Oh I love Poivre Piquant! My sample dried up years ago but you are bringing back such a strong smell memory all of a sudden. Enjoy!
Unscented now but I’ll try to remember to dab on some Kyoto when I get home from work. That is Duchafour right?
I’m hoping to get some recommendations from the fine folks on here. What would you suggest as a nice perfume gift for a ten year old girl? I got her 100 ml of loccitane verbena last year which she loved. Her bottle’s almost empty now. The price has gone up to $58 now and I’d rather keep it under $40. Any ideas for something similar?
How about something from Pacifica? That would fit the budget! I like Persian Rose and so does my 7 year old daughter.
Great minds think alike!
I actually got her a roll on of that one for Christmas. She learned an important lesson in over applying from it.
yes, the Persian Rose is potent…I prefer it as a candle….sadly it replaced Egyptian Bergamot Rose which was an incredibly beautiful amber rose….another discontinued gem by Pacifica.
And just as an aside, the roll ons are PERFUME and not EDP (as are the sprays) so they will naturally be stronger.
Did not know the roll ons and sprays were different. Thanks.
I would suggest something from the Pacifica line….the boxes and bottles are beautifully done (perfect for a ten year old) and the prices can’t be beat ($22 for 1oz of EDP but they also have rollon perfume strength for $12). If you look online I believe that you could get a free gift box with a twenty five dollar purchase…..I have made box gifts for friends/family members with soap, body lotions, and EDP and it would probably be within your aforementioned budget of forty dollars….depending on her tastes would determine which fragrance you would choose ( I happen to go for the woods and resins but a ten year old would probably prefer the fruity or floral notes). Med Fig, Malibu Lemon Blossom, Island Vanilla, Indian Coconut Nectar, Tuscan Blood Orange, California Star Jasmine are all winners in my book.
http://www.pacificabeauty.com/value-sets/enchanted-roll-trio?id=532
This would be nice for a ten year old. (and I hope the link works!)
Nice price!
Some other cheap and cheerful citruses:
Bali Lime Papaya by Pacifica
Satsuma by The Body Shop
Pink Grapefruit by The Body Shop
Love Satsuma and Pink Grapefruit from TBS. These two are staples in my collection!
I thought of you when I suggested the Pink Grapefruit 🙂 I really like the PG, but it is very short-lived, even for a body spray. It layers well with their raspberry EDT.
To make it last ALL day, I use the shower gel, the body butter, and the body spray. I can smell it on me all day. Thanks for thinking of me Kindcrow 🙂
Sorry to burst the bubble but Bali Lime Papaya is discontinued….irks me that Pacifica discontinued some of the really great ones. If you are looking for citrus specifically I would also recommend Pacifica’s Brazilian Mango Grapefruit…it is incredibly refreshing on a hot summer’s day!
And I almost forgot…Pacifica’s Hawaian Ruby Guava…so succulent and delicious!
Love that one, too!
Yes! The Brazilian Mango Grapefruit would be perfect!
Too bad about the Bali Lime Papaya. I saw it recently at a local boutique, but that must have been old stock. I will cherish the half bottle that I have (and perhaps go back to see if that boutique has any left!).
if you saw it for sale locally and Iike it I would highly recommend buying another bottle! I stocked up and am now down to my two last bottles (but I also bought a solid to keep for reference)
I second the suggestion of something from Pacifica. Alternately, what about scented body wash from The Body Shop? Lots of scents to choose from, and it would appeal to a 10 year old.
Le Couvents des Minimes has some nice, inexpensive stuff. I think Eau Aimable is really lovely, a light, bright ,delicate orange blossom that I think would be appropriate. Their Eau des Minimes sounds nice as it has grapefruit, but I haven’t tried it. I have tried everything else they have, and the quality is great and the price is right. If you have an Ulta nearby, they carry this line so you can check it out. They also offer gift sets at the right price point.
There’s also always Lush where they can direct you to what’s popular with that particular age group. Their fragrances are intense, but there’s always bath bombs and the like to explore.
Good luck with your search!
Haven’t seen le couvent des minimes in Canada.
I just checked Lush and Sun looks like it could be a good option. It’s $25 for 30 ml. Orange and mimosa.
Thanks for the suggestions everyone. I’ll probably go the Body Shop route. They’ve got a buy three get three going on now.
I am wearing Mohur today and getting more spice than usual; it’s very nice. Such a beautiful perfume.
I’m wearing my new sample of Penhaligon’s Amaranthine and I left on my chipped red nail polish for full effect 😉 Very professional. I actually am underwhelmed by the skankiness. I find it to be a fairly tame green white floral but I’m liking it.
It’s not particularly naughty on me either. Nice stuff.
Thought I didn’t have any Duchaufour, but lo & behold, I have an unopened Ann Gerard discovery set from several years ago. Off to yoga soon, but if anyone has a recommendation, I’ll check back in later!
The Ciel d’Opale is very nice. I also like the Cuir de Nacre, and am not crazy about Perle de Mousse (but it may be that I just need to give it another try).
My SOTD is L’Artisan’s Amour Nocturne. I love, love, love this fragrance. I received a small decant of this last summer from a NST reader. I fell in love with it from the moment I smelled it. It is a bit pricey, so I always try to keep a decant of it!
I hope everyone has a great weekend!
Even though I’m usually fig-averse, I’m wearing Ashoka and so far, I like it more than I expected. It seems very different from the rest of the line, though, and I don’t pick up on the thread that seems to tie the other scents together.
I don’t own a single bottle from that list, but I have a sample of CDG Kyoto. It’s nice enough but it doesn’t set my world on fire: if for some reason I had a full bottle, it would never occur to me to wear it. I like the smoky-woody base more than the top and middle.
SOTD is Timbuktu, great as ever
Scent twins!
It’s from a sample for me, and I got to admit that I’m still on the fence about this one.
Somewhat cooler today. I do not have the BD perfumes in my arsenal- boo! But I wanted something fruity and watery this morning, so I VERY liberally spritzed Wasabi+Pear body and Soul spray by Nest. It’s a weird, ozone(which is supposed to be the wasabi?) +fruity spray, but it’s great for waking up in the AM, and it cost me $12 at TJ Maxx, so I regret nothing. Later on in the day I will layer on DKMY on pulse points.
Great catch! Mt last trek to the discount store was totally useless…. tons of bottles of Justin Bieber and other celebriscents…. of no note whatsoever!
Haven’t chosen SOTD yet but I’d better get on the ball – taking my son back to Radiology for an additional MRI since there was something they apparently “didn’t get” the other day. Hope we can schedule his surgery for this summer after all.
I still have some Ann Gerard samples I haven’t tried, and decants of Amaranthine, Seville a l’Aube, and Pichola. I mostly can’t do BD’s earlier, more austere stuff – it seems so acrid and/or swampy to me – but his more recent florals I get along fine with. I’m thinking maybe Seville today.
Oh no, what kind of surgery does he need?
Treatment for pectus excavatum – his ribcage/sternum aren’t developing properly and his chest is progressively more asymmetrical. It’s tough on a teenage boy to feel weird taking off his shirt in public. Then, too, he’s having some shortness of breath after races or hard runs, which could be due to compression and displacement of heart/lungs – so we get all these tests done and then submit them to the specialist to see if he’s a surgery candidate (I think he will be).
Wishing the best to you and your son!
Sending well wishes your way to you and your son.
Wishing you both the best 🙁 Sounds like a difficult condition.
I knew a boy like that in high school many, many years ago. I’m sure he never had surgery, and I think kids were kinder to each other ( at least in small-town America) back then. I hope your son’s condition is soon corrected and he lives a long and happy life.
Arrrggghhhh… you and your son have my total sympathy. I’ve spent many many many hours with my son in an MRI machine…don’t hesitate to get in touch if you like…. ann dot eisenberg at coomcast dotty org
Hang in there, mals! I hope that they get it right today, and it will be smooth sailing from here on out.
Adding my good wishes, this cannot be easy for either of you.
Thinking of both of you.
I’m wearing Neela Vermeire Trayee.
That’s such a good one.
Scent twins! My second trial, from a sample, and I’m liking it much better on a hot day.
Dithered for a long time between Havana Vanille and Paestum Rose. As it is fairly chilly today the latter won out. It’s also the first Duchaufour I purchased and one of my first niche buys.
I love Havana Vanille but I can’t wear it in the summer. I’m curious about Paestum Rose now: curious how it smells and curious why it wasn’t on my radar!
It’s not so much about the rose as it is about woods and myrrh. I don’t wear it very often but it is a gorgeous fragrance and unlike any other rose I own.
http://boisdejasmin.com/2006/05/paestum_rose.html
https://nstperfume.com/2006/08/14/paestum-rose-by-eau-ditalie-perfume-review/
These might help.
Oh thank you! How kind. I’m going to the links now.
The only Duchaufour I have are the few scents in my L’Artisan sample perfume box. Boy, was that a great investment. Anyway, I was running late, and grabbed the first of the Duchaufour scents I found in the box, which turned out to be Timbuktu.
Oh, I had this all planned, but my morning was hectic and I grabbed a non- Duchafor by habit. So I am not in Copal Azure, but rather in Iris Poudre. Happy Friday!
Well you smell FANTASTIC!Love Iris Poudre!
<3 Iris Poudre.
Commando for the moment, but will go with the cheery Bombay Bling post swim. I really get along with many Duchaufour’s so no fretting about this theme!
I love Bombay Bling, and it definitely has enough oomph to dispel any residual Chlorine smell.
Okay, autocorrect decided chlorine needed to be capitalized there.
Swan Princess for me today. Fluffiness rules!
I have been more in the mood for fluffiness lately – I need to get a sample of this the next time I make an offering to the Purveyor of Samples…
Ostara!
Me too! Ostara is so great.
Luckily, Pichola did not work on me (I got a persistent Tide detergent when applied sparingly). I have a weird relationship with BD’s scents — either I love them (I counted six FBs in my collection, and my collection is not that big) or I cannot wear them at all (some of his more recent ones seem to be more that way, so I am even more happy with Ostara).
Hi, twin! Ostara is FBW for me, and that’s extremely rare. It fizzles out pretty quickly on my skin, but that opening is so extraordinary that I’m gonna go for it and spray with abandon.
SOTD Interlude Man.It seems a good choice for a cold-ish winters’ day here in the south.From a sample,don’t think I’d shell out for a fb though,not quite “me”.Happy Weekend all!
Nothing by Bertie in my collection – wearing Naked Honey this morning.
Lol @ Bertie!!Like when we call The Master Uncle Serge…
Mur et Musc Extreme for me today. Perfect for this hot muggy weather, although I wish it were a bit more “extreme” – it doesn’t last long on me. Sometimes I wear it layered with Body Shop White Musk lotion, and that seems to help with the longevity issue, but I forgot to do that today.
Trying the original for the first time today and all I can say is it’s a big shrug. I liked the idea of the blackberry with the musk but it’s boring in my opinion and doesn’t last which is one of my pet peeves in perfume land.
Being that it’s not the extreme it’s not a DB. Not sure that makes a difference on this one.
I have scent-guzzling skin, but MeM Extreme lasts really well on me. I tend to find the strong berry pop soda quality a bit tiring by the the end of the day!
Magnolia Romagna from Eau d’italie. With the exception of Baume de Doge, this line and I don’t seem to mesh. Ah well maybe some Kyoto or Avignon at night.
Chose MDCI Chrypre Palatin for today, once the weather got hotter it just works wonders on my skin. I imagine that I smell hot sand and cinnamon and pines. My 10ml decant is coming to an end fast and that’sll be the end of it. Don’t think I can ever buy a FB of MDCI anything… Well part of the charm of perfume is in its transience.
I wore Chypre Palatin yesterday, such a beautiful fragrance. Those MDCI’s are tempting, very tempting….
Nuxe Huile Prodigieuse layered with Seville a l’aube. I smell amazing. AMAZING 😉
I have never tried such combination! It sure sounds good. So trying it.
TGIF!
SOTD: L’Artisan Nuit de Tubéreuse
Not often that there is a tuberose I can stand/wear and this one, I can!
Ditto! I think it’s misnamed. I can only smell the tuberose flower when the temperature is in the 90s and the humidity is very high. And then I actually enjoy the tuberose because it’s such a surprise to smell it seemingly out of nowhere.
I may head over to the Serge night club in Fille de Berlin
Unfortunately, I seem to have drained all the samples of Bertrand Duchaufour’s work, which is a shame. So I’m wearing my latest purchase, Prada Infusion d’Iris Absolue.
I give myself half points for unintentionally almost fitting in with the theme of the day. I wanted something pretty and uncomplicated, so I grabbed a sample vial of Mimosa Pour Moi. It is both pretty and uncomplicated, which is just right. And probably means it will play well with whatever I switch to later in the day. Maybe another L’Artisan (and this one a proper BD scent), Traversee du Bosphore. . .
The only BD I actually have an FB of is CDG Kyoto, so that is what I’m wearing today.
It’s a WFH day for me and I almost forgot to put on a fragrance (two hours in I ran upstairs to put something on) and then as I put on the fragrance I immediately remembered it was BD day and thought: opps. Oh well. I wanted something a bit light and beach-ish, so I put on Sensuous Nude. I’ll be sweating it off soon enough anyway since I’m going for a run when I’m done with my half day and will maybe put on Deliria later.
Wearing Enchanted Forest from The Vagabond Prince line. When I first tried the sample, I loved it! It kept veering from blackcurrant to pine and back again in a really interesting way. It was one of the few scents that my partner liked and was drawn back to for a second sniff.
Today, however, it is much warmer, and all that comes through is the cassis. Not nearly so exciting. This is a fall/winter scent, for sure.
I get mostly blackcurrant in EF as well. Which is okay with me, because I like it.
Twins!
Yay, I wondered if anyone would be twins with me today.
SOTD =’Ann Gerard Rose Cut
Rose and patchouli and for the first time, I detected vanilla!
You smell great!
🙂
Not really a fan of BD’s work but I do like his CdG Incenses, so I’m wearing Kyoto. (Waving at Jonas, pyramus, and sweetgrass).
Mohur. Mohur. Mohur…. ahhhh….
Yummmmm
Double-dipping here… got Penhaligon Sartorial on my right hand (interesting…..) and Vaara on my left hand (this is definitely not me)
As I discovered this week thet I have drained all my Vermeire samples (except Ashoka that I don’t love), I’m in Enchated Forest. It’s too sweet for me on most days, but I’m so exhausted by work that today it feels nice and comforting.
I have also ordered a set of Neela Vermeire decants…
Ashoka’s my SOTD and even though I don’t love it and it’s my least favorite of the bunch, it still has a lovely drydown. It’s pretty impressive when the “worst” (imho) is still actually pretty darn good!
Looks like I’m quintuplets with Jonas, pyramus, sweetgrass and foxbins. – big wave to all! I’ve had a sample of CdG Kyoto for awhile that I’ve ignored and several mentions of it lately reminded me to try it for today’s community scent. As someone who loves woods and spices, I think this incense/cedar/cypress scent is not only calming and meditative but darn sexy as well, it’s just gorgeous. There’s not a note in this I dislike, although I can’t smell the coffee note, wish I could as I enjoy that note. It’s cooled off considerably here today and Kyoto suits the day well.
I didn’t pick up on the coffee note in Kyoto until I wore it side by side with Avignon for last week’s Friday sotd.
I must be in a contrary mood. Usually the aldehydes scare me off, but last night I wanted nothing more than a dab of Chanel No. 5 at bedtime, and then I wanted more this morning. Thank goodness my sample vial of EdP hasn’t evaporated over the past year. Maybe the aldehydes have weakened over time, or perhaps it’s the warming weather which makes me like this so much more than I expected.
Re: today’s theme
Duchaufour: 91
me: ZERO
😀 Must remedy this gaping hole in my perfume education immediately.
Oh, where to start?
SOTD is Mohur Extrait. And thinking that I’m a fan of this man’s work!
Thought Timbuktu but chose Acqua di Parma Colonia Assoluta( Duchafour and Ellena). Good stuff.
SOTD is Neela Vermeire Trayee, from a sample. The first tine I tried it, in cooler weather, all I got was dry, ashy spice. I like it much better today, in the heat, although the fact that I’m trying it after more experience with perfume might help, too. It seems lighter, and I started getting the jasmine after an hour or so. Maybe tomorrow I’ll break out my sample of Amouage Epic Woman, and see if I have a similar experience.