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Monday scent of the day 10/5

Posted by Robin on 5 October 2015 164 Comments

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So sorry, but it's Monday again! It's also Neil deGrasse Tyson's birthday. What fragrance are you wearing?

I'm in Frédéric Malle Vetiver Extraordinaire, one of the many masterpieces from perfumer Dominique Ropion.

Reminder: this Friday, 9 October, wear a fragrance from perfumer Dominique Ropion, if you have one.

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 from the Digital Universe Atlas, which you can download for free from the Hayden Planetarium at the American Museum of Natural History.

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  1. Katrina says:
    5 October 2015 at 9:31 am

    Happy Monday! SOTD is SL Ambre Sultan, which is in the running for my post Avon Walk treat. I smell delicious! I hope everyone is having the best possible Monday!

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    • Robin says:
      5 October 2015 at 10:10 am

      Oh — you did your walk! How did it go?

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      • Katrina says:
        5 October 2015 at 8:09 pm

        Actually, the walk is the 17th and 18th. But I am preparing for my perfume shopping when finished!!!! ????

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        • Robin says:
          5 October 2015 at 9:42 pm

          Oops, didn’t read carefully! Good for you for planning your shopping ahead.

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    • C.H. says:
      5 October 2015 at 12:31 pm

      Ooh, great pick! I’ve found, rather unexpectedly, that coriandre is a unifying thread in many of my favorites, very much including this one!

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      • Katrina says:
        5 October 2015 at 8:10 pm

        Interesting! I need to sit down and really look at the notes in the scents I like!

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  2. Bexca says:
    5 October 2015 at 9:42 am

    On Saturday, one of my good friends from college, who also happens to be a perfumista, came up to Boston from Providence for Ethiopian food and a perfume adventure at Colonial Drug. Today I’m wearing Guerlain’s Cologne du 68, which I sniffed and bought there.

    At one point, we were talking about “gateways” to some of the classics, and how, say, Chanel No 5 Eau Premiere and the Shalimar flankers can help people understand the originals better. Is there a gateway for Mitsouko? She’s tried to “get” it for a while; I’m no help because I liked it the first time I sniffed it.

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    • Robin says:
      5 October 2015 at 10:19 am

      Well, not to me, or not in the same way, or maybe just none of them have worked for me. But presumably any lighter fruity chypre would do. Also Jubilation 25, and there is a vague relationship as well to Diorella, and even more to vintage Diorama. And Gucci Rush, Rochas Femme, YSL Yvresse. But in my experience it is quite possible to like any of those and still not quite like Mitsouko.

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      • galbanumgal says:
        5 October 2015 at 10:21 am

        agreed, vintage Diorama works well for me, but just can’t get behind Mitsouko.

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        • mayfly says:
          5 October 2015 at 11:18 am

          I adore Mitsouko, but am stil trying to ‘get’ Diorella, (vintage). I was so looking forward to trying it.. i must give her another go!

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      • mals86 says:
        5 October 2015 at 10:37 am

        And I’ve sniffed all of those and AdP Profumo – except vintage Diorama – and not liked *any* of them. I did finally “get” Mitsy, after trying some early-90s parfum, but I don’t love it.

        I do love floral chypres – favorites would be really-vintage (i.e., not the 80s rerelease) Coty Chypre, Soivohle Centennial, and Pierre de Velay No. 11, plus just about every rose chypre ever. I have come to terms with not liking fruity chypres. I just don’t. Oh well. 🙂

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        • galbanumgal says:
          5 October 2015 at 1:52 pm

          Never heard of the Pierre de Velay–sounds luscious.

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          • mals86 says:
            5 October 2015 at 9:17 pm

            I think it’s actually by Roja Dove, based on some old formulas from the long-defunct de Velay business. StC has it (but I think it’s on closeout). It’s gorgeous, and a lot like the first version of Diaghilev edp, but without the velvet stage curtain note.

          • FearsMice says:
            6 October 2015 at 8:24 am

            Thanks, mals — that’s interesting; I got a sample ages ago from StC and really liked it, but never knew anything about de Velay or the Dove connection. I should check StC and see if it’s still available.

      • Bexca says:
        5 October 2015 at 10:57 am

        Ooh, that’s a great list of recommendations. Thanks!

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    • Annikky says:
      5 October 2015 at 10:44 am

      This is only moderately helpful, but I find that with the classics, extrait is often easier to like than EDT or EDP.

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      • Bexca says:
        5 October 2015 at 10:58 am

        It might be really helpful, actually. I’ll tell her that as well.

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    • Jenkr says:
      5 October 2015 at 12:01 pm

      You smell great! I really like Cologne du 68.
      I’m no help with Mitsouko. It just took time for me to like enough to buy a bottle. I knew that it intrigued me, but I couldn’t put my finger on it for a long time.

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      • Bexca says:
        5 October 2015 at 12:13 pm

        Thanks! I was worried I’d bought it without testing enough, but I’m really enjoying it. This would be good for a subtle office scent.

        I’m sure she’ll keep trying, so the messages of support help.

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    • AnnS says:
      5 October 2015 at 2:47 pm

      I think for gateway into Mitsouko, the best thing to do – because there really is nothing else like it – is to spray some on a tissue and just kind of have it around. If she ever warms up to it, then just the tiniest dab on the wrist far away from the face… then if she likes it some more… keep progressing slowly with more in application. Some fragrances, and I include Mitsouko here, need a lot of space. Don’t shove the nose right in it – allow your friend to try and enjoy a tiny tiny bit of the sillage. This tactic worked for me with patchouli fragrances and aldehydes… but it can take a while – a few years even!

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      • Bexca says:
        5 October 2015 at 3:32 pm

        Hmm, I might have to try that technique with Angel. 🙂

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  3. annawilde says:
    5 October 2015 at 9:50 am

    Finally wearing perfume again after a week with a nasty stomach bug the whole family had, even my poor sister visiting from Seattle. Not fun! I’m sampling OJ Sampaquita today. It’s nice, but can’t compete with Frangipani or Tiare. Or Champaca. But it is nice. I’ll enjoy wearing my sample for sure.

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    • Robin says:
      5 October 2015 at 10:19 am

      Ugh, glad you’re better! And agree about Sampaquita.

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    • SophieC says:
      5 October 2015 at 10:44 am

      I can never decide which of those I like best but yes Sampaquita seems the least special. Seriously considering the new Vanilla Iris OJ.

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  4. Elisa says:
    5 October 2015 at 9:51 am

    I’m wearing Rien. This stuff is so good, so much better than nothing.

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    • Perfume Sniffer says:
      5 October 2015 at 9:53 am

      hah!

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    • austenfan says:
      5 October 2015 at 10:08 am

      My favourite ELdO and my favourite perfume name. It’s one stunning fragrance, you smell very good!

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    • AnnieA says:
      5 October 2015 at 12:41 pm

      Excellent for smelling like an Executive Lady, or Lady Executive if you prefer.

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  5. Perfume Sniffer says:
    5 October 2015 at 9:53 am

    i’m wearing MOR Marshmallow

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    • Robin says:
      5 October 2015 at 10:20 am

      Wow, haven’t heard that mentioned in ages!

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    • kindcrow says:
      5 October 2015 at 2:51 pm

      Good stuff!

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  6. SophieC says:
    5 October 2015 at 9:56 am

    I’m in Mimosa and Cardamom today but can’t really smell it as I have a horribly bunged up nose with the first cold of the season – dull. Looking forward to being able to smell again soon I hope!

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    • Annikky says:
      5 October 2015 at 10:31 am

      Twin! Sorry to hear you cannot smell it, though.

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      • SophieC says:
        5 October 2015 at 10:42 am

        We both smell good though!

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  7. pyramus says:
    5 October 2015 at 10:02 am

    At home today so I’m in vintage Byzance, an unwieldy, uncategorizable eighties thing: aldehydic green floral oriental chypre kitchen sink. They just threw everything in there. It is SO strange and SO eighties and SO good.

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    • Elisa says:
      5 October 2015 at 10:04 am

      I’ve come to think of those as “everything perfumes,” like everything bagels.

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      • pyramus says:
        5 October 2015 at 12:34 pm

        It was a real trend in the eighties, wasn’t it? The apex came with Red by Giorgio Beverly Hills, whose ads proudly trumpeted its 692 ingredients, which has to be at least six hundred too many. (It was awfully good, though.)

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    • SophieC says:
      5 October 2015 at 10:43 am

      I always wished I had smelled that – I seem to remember the ads were quite impressive.

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    • Erin says:
      5 October 2015 at 10:47 am

      Love the old Rochas scents, and love that one, in particular. I don’t mind the non-vintage stuff either, though it’s less maximalist and the amber is gone.

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    • waterdragon says:
      5 October 2015 at 3:24 pm

      I found I had a bottle of Creation by Ted Lapidus (how did that happen? life is full of wonder sometimes!), and tried it the other day, just for kicks and giggles. Wow — as you say about Byzance, it has one of everything and two of many. I didn’t exactly hate it, but I won’t be rushing back thinking, “Gosh! Creation! That’s the very thing for me!” Not any time soon, anyway.

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  8. austenfan says:
    5 October 2015 at 10:09 am

    I’m wearing a Yann Vasnier creation: L’Ame Sœur, Divine in extrait de parfum. Lovely, and gentle, a lot softer to wear than the EDP.

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    • Perfume Sniffer says:
      5 October 2015 at 10:12 am

      I LOVE that one. Divine is a great house. I also adore L’Inspiritrice.

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      • austenfan says:
        5 October 2015 at 10:20 am

        L’Inspiratrice is gorgeous too. My favourite is the original Divine.

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  9. galbanumgal says:
    5 October 2015 at 10:12 am

    Ropion week! Will peruse my cabinet upon my return this afternoon for an appropriate selection. Maybe a smidge of Safari.

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    • mals86 says:
      5 October 2015 at 10:39 am

      Safari big thumbs up.

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      • mayfly says:
        5 October 2015 at 11:22 am

        I’m waiting for my (blind) bottle of safari to arrive, so excited!- love every perfume created by DM that i’ve tried so far, and the list of notes is so beautiful.

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        • mals86 says:
          5 October 2015 at 12:29 pm

          I didn’t love it the first time I tried – but should note that I was first trying the parfum, which was considerably too sweet in the base for me. When I tried the edp two years later it was instant love.

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    • AnnS says:
      5 October 2015 at 2:48 pm

      Safari!!!

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  10. solanace says:
    5 October 2015 at 10:26 am

    Hypnotic Poison because it’s Monday and it’s rainy. Have a great week, everybody!

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    • Robin says:
      5 October 2015 at 4:32 pm

      Perfect reason!

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  11. PriscillaE says:
    5 October 2015 at 10:34 am

    I actually have several Ropion fragrances, so I could participate in Ropion week, but today I wanted something both spicy and rosy, so I chose Cabaret. I was a little tired of super spicy fragrances. I think I smelled like ginger through the entire weekend.

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    • mals86 says:
      5 October 2015 at 10:39 am

      I love Cabaret on my husband. Rrrowr.

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  12. Annikky says:
    5 October 2015 at 10:37 am

    I’m somewhat boringly wearing Mimosa & Cardamom again. I picked it, because I wanted something that would smell good on a soft wool sweater. And it does, but I should have gone for something deeper and darker: because it’s a chunky, big cable knit, not a pretty yellow cardigan. Feminite du Bois would have been better.

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    • mayfly says:
      5 October 2015 at 11:25 am

      You smell pretty tho!. I’ve been cooking with cardomom pods today,
      and added them to my coffee this morning, yum!

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      • Annikky says:
        5 October 2015 at 5:52 pm

        Next time, add rose water, too, and it’ll be even better. Unless you hate rose water, in which case carry on as before.

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    • waterdragon says:
      5 October 2015 at 12:38 pm

      Good morning, Anniky. You didn’t mean to, but you enabled my recent purchase of FdB! I’ve always meant to buy it, but dithered around never quite getting organised, then over the last couple of weeks, I read your comments and suddenly just did it. And very glad I am too. I will enjoy it very much on cooler summer days, and it will withstand Auckland’s humidity, I think.

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      • Annikky says:
        5 October 2015 at 5:51 pm

        Really? This might be my first pin, in fact. I’m very glad you like it and it’s one of the few fragrances I am willing to recommend to anyone, even at the risk of people eventually not loving it. Because the potential reward is simply so huge.

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  13. mals86 says:
    5 October 2015 at 10:48 am

    Was raining earlier and is still chilly – but it looks like we might get sun for the rest of the week, so I think I’ll pull out my sample of Jungle L’Elephant and wear it today before we get warm weather again.

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  14. Oakland Fresca says:
    5 October 2015 at 10:52 am

    Wow, Ropion has such a diverse portfolio, and I own two of his that are polar opposites–Carnal Flower and Burberry Brit Rhythm…the first I love, and the second I am still a bit wary about… but it is not a Carnal Flower day. Hmmm. Still commando. But, Neil deGrasse Tyson is a major fixture in our household, so in honor of his birthday, I will try to find some to wear that is out of this world.

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    • Robin says:
      5 October 2015 at 11:09 am

      I should fix that page to clarify that he did not do Burberry Brit Rhythm for Her, just the men’s…which was the only one when it came out.

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      • Robin says:
        5 October 2015 at 11:10 am

        And done.

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      • Oakland Fresca says:
        5 October 2015 at 11:28 am

        Aha! Hmmm… never sniffed the men’s version… perhaps I would like it better…

        For “out of this world” I was inspired by Victoria over at Bois de Jasmin who wrote a lovely piece on the creation of icons in Kiev… so am in Bois d’Ascese for a spiritual lift, peace and contemplation.

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        • waterdragon says:
          5 October 2015 at 12:43 pm

          Oh, Oakland Fresca, that sounds wonderful! I don’t know the perfume you’re wearing, but I’m going to find my own version of “spiritual lift, peace and contemplation”…I think it might have to be Bois des Iles. If it were warmer, maybe Bel Respiro or Apres L’Ondee.

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          • Oakland Fresca says:
            5 October 2015 at 1:12 pm

            Crumbs! I wish I could send some to you… It is by Naomi Goodsir. I have a very good friend who is Greek, and her daughter took one whiff and gasped that it smelled just like a little chapel on Naxos.

        • waterdragon says:
          5 October 2015 at 3:29 pm

          You’re so kind. A chapel in Naxos sounds like an ideal location to be transported to…I’m really looking forward to my trip to the States next year, when many of these lovelies will be sniffed and may become mine. The dear man is planning to give me a couple of days at least in San Francisco, so with the right research beforehand, I should be able to maximise my perfume exploration. He has also sweetly factored in a stop in Portland so I can visit the Perfume House.

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          • meredifay says:
            5 October 2015 at 4:17 pm

            Isn’t it nice when they obviously spend some time and thought to making us happy?

          • waterdragon says:
            5 October 2015 at 4:36 pm

            It really is! Mind you, he loves planning and logistics almost as much as he loves me, I think…I sometimes make him a self-saucing choccy pudding (hate it, myself) to give back the love in a practical way, but it pales into insignificance beside his careful construction of our overseers travel.

          • waterdragon says:
            5 October 2015 at 7:59 pm

            “Overseers travel”???? Honestly, what is this autocorrect up to? And why did I not notice?

          • foxbins says:
            5 October 2015 at 10:35 pm

            I’d be delighted to put a little smellathon together with the Portland perfumistas while you are here, Waterdragon. It would be such fun!

          • waterdragon says:
            5 October 2015 at 11:41 pm

            Oh, thank you! That would be a major highlight. We plan to fly into Vancouver in early-ish September and drive to Portland (this is beginning to sound wrong–I should check) and fly to SF, then home. It’s all about the Rockies this time- and perfume of course.

  15. Eleebelle says:
    5 October 2015 at 10:54 am

    Today felt like a rose day, so I’m wearing J. Crew/Arquiste 31, (which I picked up on Friday since I couldn’t resist the price), Ro’s Argan Body Conditioner, and Crème Pour Les Mains Extra Pur Rose.

    Since the only Ropion I have is a years-old sample of Very Irresistible, I might turn this into a whole rose week.

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  16. missionista says:
    5 October 2015 at 10:58 am

    Woke up later than I hoped, hard time getting the child off to school and self to work, and hit with perfume choice paralysis into the bargain. Caleche to the rescue, yet again.

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    • nebbe says:
      5 October 2015 at 12:13 pm

      You smell great!

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  17. springpansy says:
    5 October 2015 at 11:00 am

    Wearing my new Miss Charming and really loving it. Also, doing the awful job of telling people at current job that I am leaving. (Love the people, not the job.) Gritting teeth and getting it done.

    I am sure that along with really liking Miss Charming, my purchase something to do with the stress of the job search and upcoming changes, etc. However, I found a good deal on fragrancenet (starting to really love that site) and I am very happy to own it, so I’m not sorry that I dealt with my stress this way.

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    • C.H. says:
      5 October 2015 at 12:36 pm

      Oh, glad you have Miss Charming to keep morale up through the transition! Hang in there!

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    • AnnS says:
      5 October 2015 at 2:49 pm

      Good luck on a graceful exit from your job. And Miss Charming is very, very pretty. If I didn’t have the jumbo sized bottle of Stella, I’d be very interested in some Miss Charming for myself. They smell so similar, though I think MC is better…

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  18. Mariann says:
    5 October 2015 at 11:04 am

    In Bois d’Iles today. Love the sandalwood, struggle a bit with the aldehydes.

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    • Perfume Sniffer says:
      5 October 2015 at 11:17 am

      I understand the aldehyde struggle. Mostly don’t wear Chanel due to that.

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      • C.H. says:
        5 October 2015 at 2:00 pm

        (whispers) Same here. Went back to resmell the Exclusifs this weekend and as much as I admire the craftsmanship, nothing’s really true love for me.

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      • hajusuuri says:
        5 October 2015 at 7:56 pm

        Coromandel has no aldehydes, nor 28 La Pausa

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    • waterdragon says:
      5 October 2015 at 3:30 pm

      Twins! Adore it; don’t care about the aldehydes; basking in sandalwood heaven.

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  19. sayitisntso says:
    5 October 2015 at 11:05 am

    Sotd is vintage Guerlain Vetiver. Old faithful.

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  20. kindcrow says:
    5 October 2015 at 11:09 am

    Oooo, I heart Neil deGrasse Tyson!

    My SOTD is Apples Crave Tea by Arcana.

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  21. scentfromabove says:
    5 October 2015 at 11:13 am

    Today has been a nice, crisp, breezy morning and for some reason I was in the mood to smell some roses. My SOTD is Rose de Grasse by Aerin Lauder. I hope everyone has a “rosy” Monday. 🙂

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    • Oakland Fresca says:
      5 October 2015 at 1:15 pm

      Rose de Grasse for Neil deGrasse Tyson?….well done!

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      • scentfromabove says:
        5 October 2015 at 9:32 pm

        Lol! Just realized that!

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  22. mayfly says:
    5 October 2015 at 11:29 am

    After a golden start to Autumn, today is the first (of many i’m sure) rainy, grey day’s. i’m resolutely cheerful in Lolita Lempicka.

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    • Oakland Fresca says:
      5 October 2015 at 1:14 pm

      Perfect for a rainy day!

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      • mayfly says:
        5 October 2015 at 4:45 pm

        Yes!

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  23. Vanie says:
    5 October 2015 at 11:38 am

    SOTD is Eau Parfumée au Thé Rouge. Love the nuttyness and figgyness of this one.

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  24. platinum14 says:
    5 October 2015 at 11:49 am

    Rediscovering my L’Instant Extreme. The bottle had been pushed to the back of all the others.
    It almost feels like a new purchase!!

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  25. Mary Carol says:
    5 October 2015 at 12:02 pm

    Today I am wearing AT L’Air du Desert Marocain. We’ve had such a nice warm fall up to this point, I hadn’t really taken out many of my fall scents yet, but now I think it’s time.

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    • mayfly says:
      5 October 2015 at 4:49 pm

      I’ve really enjoyed rearranging, and putting away my summer bottle’s and getting out my autumn ones today.

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  26. Jenkr says:
    5 October 2015 at 12:04 pm

    Functioning on maybe half an hour’s worth of sleep. Feeling quite craptacular today.

    I threw on Derring Do by Ineke because it’s harmless and my nausea won’t go into overdrive.

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    • mals86 says:
      5 October 2015 at 12:27 pm

      That happened to me on Friday night (women’s conference, very late night after waiting nearly 2 hours on a shuttle ride to our car so we could get back to the hotel… one of my roommates insisted on leaving the bathroom light on all night and unfortunately I had left my sleep mask at home, and then there was snoring… very very early morning alarm). I was miserable all day Saturday. Felt like my head was disconnected from my body.

      So. Wishing you an early bedtime tonight and uninterrupted sleep.

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      • Jenkr says:
        5 October 2015 at 1:02 pm

        Ugh, that sounds brutal. I very much have that head disconnected from body feeling going on today. I’m so out of it I may take a half day. I’m caught up on all my work at present.

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    • waterdragon says:
      5 October 2015 at 12:47 pm

      Oh, I feel for you! I hope you get through OK and can fall into bed as soon as it’s dark and sleep the sleep of the just for ten hours.

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      • Jenkr says:
        5 October 2015 at 1:02 pm

        Haha, me too. Thank you 🙂

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  27. perthgirl says:
    5 October 2015 at 12:11 pm

    After a whole weekend (days AND nights) in Costume National Scent Intense, I thought I had broken my insatiable craving and went with Bvlgari Black this morning. Turns out I’d have preferred more Scent Intense!

    You all smell so good today- wearing lots of my favourites! 🙂

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    • mals86 says:
      5 October 2015 at 12:24 pm

      Sometimes I get those streaks, where I’ve been wearing one thing over and over and Nothing Else Will Do.

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  28. sugarvenom says:
    5 October 2015 at 12:12 pm

    This morning I am testing Room 237 by Bruno Fazzolari from a sample given by the generous Oakland Fresca. As a horror movie fan this makes me grin :mrgreen: It really smells like a grand hotel bath soap made sinister with that vinyl shower curtain note. I’m seeing if this turns into something more than a novelty fragrance for me and even then I’ve committed to not buying fragrance until 2017 😯

    I’m deciding on what fragrance to wear for the day and it’s between Dzing! and Black Orchid EdT.

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    • nebbe says:
      5 October 2015 at 12:18 pm

      Dzing! Would be perfect for the weather in my neck of the woods. I should drain my sample tomorrow. Thanks fir the reminder!

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    • nozknoz says:
      5 October 2015 at 3:19 pm

      You are brave, sugarvenom! I have a sample of Room 237 but am skeered to try it. I do like several of the other Fazzolaris.

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  29. nebbe says:
    5 October 2015 at 12:23 pm

    Chanel no 5 edt today. Mega love for this lady.

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  30. Laila says:
    5 October 2015 at 12:27 pm

    SOTD for Keep-It-Simple Monday is L’Occitane Miel & Citron, a nice balance of citrus and sweet. My fall and winter favorites are either woody/spicy or gourmand, and M&C satisfies the latter with its strong honey note and just enough patch to ground it a bit.

    Simple Mondays in fall and winter always mean soup! Tonight it’s homemade chicken noodle soup for the first time this season and pumpkin muffins.

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  31. meredifay says:
    5 October 2015 at 12:33 pm

    After testing heavy incense and oud perfumes this weekend, (and Memo Luxor Oud won, by the way, even inspiring multiple sniff backs and , Hmm, that’s interesting , from adorable hubby) today I am in friendly dependable Seville a L’Aube. So good.

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    • hajusuuri says:
      5 October 2015 at 9:05 pm

      I have to pay attention to this the next time I’m at Bergdorf. The line overwhelms me with so many at one time. I tend to smell through an entire brand instead of going by the notes I like / love.

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  32. foxbins says:
    5 October 2015 at 12:36 pm

    SOTD is Bois d’Armenie from the swapmeet, and lovely Ann delivered it in person. It’s lighter than I expected; one of the papers will pervade the whole house, but I spritzed four times and it’s quite faint. Pretty, but faint.

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    • jjlook says:
      5 October 2015 at 5:06 pm

      Oh I am part of that split, too, but haven’t gotten mine yet. Part of the whole reason I did a split instead of a bottle (besides the money) was that I’d heard it had been reformulated. Why must everything be made worse? Wouldn’t it be nice if we occasionally heard of a scent that was edited to be even better?

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      • AnnE says:
        7 October 2015 at 1:05 am

        Oh gosh, I only put on a small spritz and thought it did smell lighter than I had remembered, but didn’t know it had been reformulated. Argh.

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  33. AnnieA says:
    5 October 2015 at 12:40 pm

    Another day of pretending my ship has come in with Encens Mythique.

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    • Regina says:
      5 October 2015 at 8:39 pm

      I love perfumes that make me feel rich! For me it’s Cuir de Russie.

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  34. Filomena says:
    5 October 2015 at 12:49 pm

    My SOTD is Guerlain Mitsouko.

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  35. C.H. says:
    5 October 2015 at 12:53 pm

    Interesting, turns out I’ve got almost nothing of Ropion’s. Curious how these things shake out (or, maybe it just underscores the weirdness of organizing the perfume market around brands rather than creators!) Maybe I’ll use the occasion to circle back to old samples–maybe I’m up to the task of Carnal Flower by now 🙂

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    • Jenkr says:
      5 October 2015 at 1:03 pm

      Me too! I went through the list and realized I didn’t have any of them.

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      • waterdragon says:
        5 October 2015 at 1:39 pm

        I haven’t many either, so I’m saving Jungle l’Elephant for Friday. I have Ysatis, but I couldn’t be less in an Ysatis mood at the moment –just don’t think I could live up to it. I can’t be bothered wrestling with a perfume to make it mine, if that makes any sense.

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  36. jirish says:
    5 October 2015 at 12:54 pm

    Testing Felanilla on a chilly grey day, and it’s warming me up nicely!

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  37. pixel says:
    5 October 2015 at 12:57 pm

    Ropion! I forgot. Will have to remedy, starting tomorrow. But for today: purple sweater, purple fume: SOTD is Natori.

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    • stinker_kit says:
      5 October 2015 at 1:52 pm

      I own precisely 2 Ropions, Alien and Lalique Le Parfum. One quite loud and the other quite soft. I wish I had a bottle of My Queen.

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  38. MikasMinion says:
    5 October 2015 at 1:00 pm

    Happy Monday! I doing my best to be cheerful today but we are heating up again for the next few days instead of cooling off and I’m ready for fall.
    Wearing L’air de Rien anyway, which brings me to a question. When my MIL was visiting Ireland and England she tried to buy a bottle at a boutique someplace and they refused to sell it to her since she would be traveling to the US. They told her it had been banned and would be confiscated by customs so it was against policy to sell it to her, and that they might loose their Miller Harris distribution of they sold it. Luckily for them, my father-in-law wouldn’t let her stay and argue, but it meant she didn’t find out if they were just full of talk or could back it up with some facts. Any insight? Is this a combination of some silly exclusivity thing and misunderstanding of IFRA regs, or is L’air somehow toxic to Americans? The reason I ask is that she’s heading to London next month and offered to try to buy me a bottle at Harrod’s. She is more than willing to lie and bully her way through the visit if necessary (I pity the person telling her “no”), but she would like to know what to expect. I know Harrod’s won’t ship it out of the UK, but will they hassle her?
    Also, I’ve heard conflicting rumors about reformulation. Is L’air de Rien completely unrecognizable or just slightly less dirty? I don’t find it animalic anyway so it probably won’t bother me but I’m curious.

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    • C.H. says:
      5 October 2015 at 1:22 pm

      Pure speculation here and will be curious to know the truth, if anyone’s got the inside scoop, but to me the supposed ban sounds like…let’s say, melarky 🙂 Would guess the risking-their-distribution-license part is the issue–I see it on some online discounters, so I wonder if Miller Harris is trying to control this by cracking down on unlicensed exports (but one bottle certainly is not that). Or could be a total invention. This weekend an SA at a standalone Chanel boutique told me the only Exclusif that comes in parfum is Gardenia, so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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    • Oakland Fresca says:
      5 October 2015 at 1:25 pm

      That is nuts… She was buying it as a gift for her host of course… And I really doubt customs has time to look up frag formulations to figure out which ones have ingredients that have been banned in the US.

      I hope someone can shed some light on your MIL’s experience. I am really curious.

      FYI Some site called Beatyspin.com has it for sale for $83, no tax.

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    • stinker_kit says:
      5 October 2015 at 1:39 pm

      I say balderdash! Just tell her to wrap it carefully and put it in her checked luggage. It should be fine. My daughter brought me perfume goodies back from France last year and had no problems.

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    • MikasMinion says:
      5 October 2015 at 4:55 pm

      Thanks, all. Just wanted to be sure there wasn’t some huge perfume transportation ban I hadn’t heard of. Not likely, I know 😉 Although my MIL is one of the most exasperating people I know, I wouldn’t want her busted for terrorism because she was trying to bring me some scent. I had considered just trying to find a gray market bottle here but she really wants to get me something special on her travels and L’air de Rien is one that I wear a lot but don’t have a FB of, and it isn’t horribly expensive.

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      • C.H. says:
        5 October 2015 at 6:07 pm

        I totally get this. It sounds absurd but I have one family member with whom my relationship has SUBSTANTIALLY improved because I generously allow him to go look for perfume for me while on business trips abroad! Now have a number of things I don’t strictly need in FB, but it’s really nice that we have something pleasant to talk about, so I shoulder the burden 😉

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      • hajusuuri says:
        5 October 2015 at 9:11 pm

        I say it’s all hogwash. I’ve never heard of this ban. Best to put in checked luggage even though I understand TSA had relaxed its every thing you can fit into a quart size bag as long as each item is =< 3 oz rule.

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  39. farouche says:
    5 October 2015 at 1:06 pm

    Had a hard time getting up this morning and grabbed my old faithful L’Ambre des Merveilles, a fall favorite.

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    • stinker_kit says:
      5 October 2015 at 1:41 pm

      I wish I could smell it…..my first “I do not smell anything perfume.”

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    • thegoddessrena says:
      5 October 2015 at 2:22 pm

      You smell good

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      • mayfly says:
        5 October 2015 at 4:55 pm

        Top 5 autumn favourite!

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    • hajusuuri says:
      5 October 2015 at 7:27 pm

      I agree this is a go to perfume if you couldn’t decide quickly.

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  40. hajusuuri says:
    5 October 2015 at 1:16 pm

    SOTD = Slumberhouse Ore

    OMG and I have honest to goodness cured myself of the hankering for SL L’Incendiaire.

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    • C.H. says:
      5 October 2015 at 1:23 pm

      Really! Is Ore the cure? (I haven’t smelled either, maybe this is totally off-base.)

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      • hajusuuri says:
        5 October 2015 at 7:22 pm

        It is the cure on account of the perfume development after the chocolatey top dissipate. To my nose, Ore and L’Incendiaire are virtual doppelgangers from that point on and throughout the drydown. I’ll ask ihadanidea to validate since she is the other person on NST who had mentioned liking it almost enough to buy a FB if money were no object (or I could be making this up…). Ore is a little less than half the price, still spendy but not as outrageous as the SL.

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    • stinker_kit says:
      5 October 2015 at 1:42 pm

      I love Slumberhouse fragrances, except Norne, which I find a little tame.

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      • hajusuuri says:
        5 October 2015 at 7:25 pm

        I wonder if what you tried was an older formulation as the original perfumes were definitely weaker than the current extraits. The older ones were EDP.

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  41. Parley says:
    5 October 2015 at 1:17 pm

    I slept zero hours last night and feel like I’m coming down with a cold, but deadlines wait for no-one.
    Luckily I bought a bottle for Smugglers Soul this weekend! I obliterated 10ml of it in no time (and it’s not weak stuff) so I got a hulking 50ml bottle this time around. Let’s hope it lasts a little while!

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    • Robin says:
      5 October 2015 at 4:35 pm

      Yuck…hope you can bypass the cold, and get a good night’s sleep!

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  42. sweetgrass says:
    5 October 2015 at 1:21 pm

    In honor of Neil deGrasse Tyson’s birthday, I’m wearing Lolita Lempicka Eau de Minuit (ok not really, but it does have stars and stuff on the bottle, so it kinda works).

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    • sweetgrass says:
      5 October 2015 at 1:23 pm

      Also, I’m drinking Kusmi Euphoria tea (maté with chocolate and orange). I found a place here in Houston that carries a little bit of their stuff, and I’d heard so much about their teas here, that I had to get it. I got the winter sampler pack.

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      • Robin says:
        5 October 2015 at 4:37 pm

        Yay, did you get Violette? Still my favorite Kusmi, although at the moment I have a ridiculous number of Kusmi teas in rotation.

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        • mayfly says:
          5 October 2015 at 4:58 pm

          The violette is the one i have, it really nice, also love the grapefruit/detox one.

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        • sweetgrass says:
          5 October 2015 at 6:19 pm

          No, they didn’t have Violette, unfortunately. I do want to try that one. It’s not in the sample set that I got. They just had the winter sample set (which has ones like St. Petersburg, Prince Vladimir, etc), a big thing of Tsarevna, and I think one other sample set that I can’t remember.

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          • Robin says:
            5 October 2015 at 9:41 pm

            Oh, you’ll try some I haven’t tried then! Enjoy 🙂

    • SheriG says:
      5 October 2015 at 4:11 pm

      Oh dang – if I’d been thinking, I’d have gone with L’Ambre des Merveilles this morning for the exact same reason!

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  43. clarissa says:
    5 October 2015 at 1:41 pm

    Commando for now as I am down with a cold.
    Have any of you tried the new Diptique – Oud Palao? I tried it yesterday and it was just really straight forward heavy hitting oud – I think this is was the worst Diptique I ever tried. Wondering what other people’s experience was with it

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    • apsara says:
      6 October 2015 at 12:12 am

      Thanks for the comments on the Oud Palao, Clarissa. I was getting close to a blind buy but think I’ll just wait and sample.

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  44. waterdragon says:
    5 October 2015 at 1:44 pm

    Hello, all. I did end up with Bois des Iles extrait as my SOTD, and very gorgeous it is, in every dimension. Following Oakland, I sought something golden and contemplative, and BdI is just exactly the ticket.

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  45. stinker_kit says:
    5 October 2015 at 1:48 pm

    I received my Olympic Orchids package today. Ripped open with glee. I now smell like a spice market with new wood construction because I sprayed Gujarat on one arm and Woodcut on the other. Woodcut is amazing, a blind buy for me, so if you are still seeking that savory wood and vanilla fragrance, it may be the ticket!

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  46. thegoddessrena says:
    5 October 2015 at 2:20 pm

    Rose Rebelle Respawn for me today.

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  47. AnnS says:
    5 October 2015 at 2:52 pm

    I discovered a happy layering accident today – I had some small spray vials in a travel ziplock b/c I was out of town for a day. I thought I’d give my Smell Bent’s some time as I was in the car driving for a long time by myself. Before I left, I put on some Cocoa Rose (love it!) and then wanted to put on some Disco Nap…. but instead grabbed Debonair Eau Dandy. Whoops!! At first I was like, oh no! But then, discovered it was a very happy accident, and the mint or basil ? in DoD really pumped up the rose in Cocoa Rose. Very cool indeed.

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  48. nozknoz says:
    5 October 2015 at 3:28 pm

    That’s a LONG list of perfumes by Dominique Ropion! I have quite a few but have only scratched the surface. And yet, while I admire the ones I have and enjoy wearing them occasionally, none of them are in my top 10 or 20. Partly, I blame Frederic Malle, who tends to make perfumes just that little bit harder, more dense or more blunt than they need to be (to my taste).

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    • C.H. says:
      5 October 2015 at 6:10 pm

      Same for me with Malle. I respect the endeavor, that someone should be doing such robust perfume in the current fresh-and-clean fragrance landscape, but in the end few work for me (and as En Passant is the one that does, it’s sorta the exception that proves the rule–so much wispier than most of that line.)

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      • nozknoz says:
        5 October 2015 at 8:58 pm

        I feel the same way about Eau d’Hiver with its beautiful softness – the exception that proves the rule.

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  49. SheriG says:
    5 October 2015 at 4:08 pm

    I’m in Azemour les Oranges again – love it!

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  50. Petunia says:
    5 October 2015 at 6:02 pm

    I began the day MCG Sideris and am winding down with Bois 1920 Sutra Ylang. Both perfect for today’s weather.

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    • thegoddessrena says:
      5 October 2015 at 6:21 pm

      Sideris is lovely

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  51. jjlook says:
    5 October 2015 at 7:20 pm

    Looking for Ropion samples, I found POAL. Even the slightest dab has me much more ladylike than usual.

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    • mals86 says:
      5 October 2015 at 9:23 pm

      You know what secretly amuses me about PoaL? (Which, I must note, I like in slight dabs, but which I did not want to buy because of that Youth Dew thing in the base).

      It smells super-awesome on guys.

      Not to say that it’s not good on women, but there is just something about it on a man that seems… right.

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  52. Barqs says:
    5 October 2015 at 8:14 pm

    My SOTD is Illuminum Tomato Leaf.

    I hope everyone has a good week.

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  53. Sajini says:
    5 October 2015 at 10:47 pm

    Good evening. Late to join, enjoying everyone’s comments. The only Ropion I have is L’elephant and no clients Friday.

    Today I got the news that a friend passed away suddenly from a heart attack so spent some time composing a letter to his wife and then liberated my bottle of PHI from storage.
    SOTD was PHI Un Rose de Kandahar and SOTBedtime will be more PHI sprayed on the pillow.
    So many people I know have died this year. it’s kind of unsettling.

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    • MikasMinion says:
      6 October 2015 at 1:07 am

      I’m sorry for your loss. Sympathy letters are always so hard to compose, but the people who get them usually don’t care so much what you’ve written, just that you care enough to write. Glad you could drown your sorrows in rosy goodness.

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    • Robin says:
      6 October 2015 at 9:55 am

      So sorry to hear that.

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  54. apsara says:
    6 October 2015 at 12:19 am

    Sajini,
    I am so sorry to hear about your friend. My brother in law died from a heart attack 7 years ago and left my sister a widow too young.
    It’s still hard. And it’s one of the reasons she and I travel so much, because life is uncertain and I don’t want to have a list of regrets.
    Hence my liberal use of fragrance. Can’t enjoy it when I’m gone.
    Unless heaven is a version of the interior of Aedes de Venustas.
    Enjoy that Kandahar on your pillow.

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