Another week begins. What fragrance are you wearing?
I'm wearing a little dab of L'Artisan Parfumeur Timbuktu.
Reminder: this Friday, 10/23, will be Slow Burn Friday: wear the perfume it took you the longest to love, or the longest to buy, or the longest to find.
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 image is Postcard 368 by Edmond Fortier. View of the Sankoré Mosque in Timbuktu, Mali. via Wikimedia Commons.
In kelly caleche today.
So far I have found homes for all my lonely bottles thanks to the swap post- I really appreciate NST for providing a nice forum to do these types of exchanges.
Oh good!
Cuir de Russie on the left wrist.
Carthusia Mediterraneo on the right.
Trying to decide what samples to wear when you have numerous decants is quite an olfactive pleasure
That’s quite a disparate combination, Nick. If I get one, my vote would be for Mediterraneo.
Might I ask why?
I would love to send some for you. I find it interesting to hear what the same scent smells like to other people.
I love Mediterraneo, and invested in a small bottle over the past summer. It’s just a very happy, sunny scent, and I was hoping you might have a happy, sunny day.
Ah hah. Indeed, it was also a sunny day in the summer in Capri when I sniffed it and bought it. A very happy time for me!
A cold day calls for something warm like the half-misnamed Feminité du Bois, not feminine but definitely woody, and with a dose of that Lutens dried fruit that makes his work so recognizable. (I bought my bottle in 2012, so it’s been reformulated and doesn’t have the lushness that everyone raves about: but it’s still really good.)
You smell wonderful. My bottle is from the same year, I think (and it’ll be gone soon), and I love it.
This is a timely reminder – perfect fall weather for FdB! I do have an older one, and I think I will never figure it out completely. What an extraordinary perfume!
I am wearing Layal perfume oil by Queen Bilqis today. I blind bought this scent based on strong recommendations from two You Tube reviewers. So far It smells sweet and dry. I like it. Time will tell how much. Also, it came nestled into a beautiful red lacquered box in a red and cut crystal bottle that looks like a prism. The bottle actually has a glass wand attached to the cap for applying the oil. Well worth every penny.
Fun! Had never heard of it.
That sound wonderful, I love your description of the bottle!
Thank you both. If you are interested, there is a review by Natalie Patel on You tube.
I applied Layal around 7AM, now at 6:30 PM I can still smell it as a skin scent. Very pretty dry down. Lovely.
I’m wearing Marni today.
This is going to be a very challenging week. I’m already looking forward to the weekend.
Oh, I hope the Marni helps!
Hey, I just almost wore Marni this morning! Good luck with your week.
Thanks! It is helping to keep my head clear
Timbuktu as well, one of my best purchases ever (and an unsniffed one!)
Such a great one. Amazing it worked out blind tho, I know it can be a little polarizing!
I was coming from CdG2 Man and Gucci pour Homme, so probably not that “blind”
Hey twin!
Tested a couple of florals yesterday afternoon and can still smell last wisps this morning–Neela Pichola and L’Artisan Mimosa Pour Moi. Very pretty if not exactly my thing (I did like the heart notes in Pichola a lot though.)
MPM is very pretty!
It was SO nice to meet you this weekend! I’m sorry I couldn’t stay longer but I really hope we’re able to arrange some kind of DC area perfume hang at some point. It would be so lovely!
So fun to chat! Yes let’s hang again, whether here or there! I totally need to be better organized about these things.
I’m wearing Guerlain Iris Ganache on a cold, sunny New England day and am looking forward to more seasonable weather later in the week.
We are going to warm up later this week too! Hope that is not the last hurrah but suspect it is.
SOTD is Nirvana Black, which is pretty perfect for a day when I wasn’t in the mood for anything in particular. I need more scents like that.
Totally, that one’s very good for that–and still v good in general! Hard to find. (Now I’m determined to think of at least one more, as I feel sorta stumped! Maybe more coffee will help.)
It’s my fall back too. So warm and cozy and doesn’t require too much thought. Yum yum.
SOTD is Heeley Cuir Pleine Fleur. I loved this one at first sniff, but am a little disappointed at how quickly it’s gone for the day. Using that to my advantage today, though, since I’ll need to be scent-free this evening.
SOTD is Cuir de Lancome, inspired by Elisa’s lovely post over at BdJ. This summer I wore it once, and it was stifling, but now it is just precisely exactly right! I love it when that happens.
I love Cuir de Lancome… but not in summer.
Glad I inspired you!
I don’t think I’d like CdL in the summer, but the rest of the year… perfect!
I can wear it on a coolish summer day, but it suits Fall so much better for me!
SOTD is EL Knowing – just perfect on this chilly morning (unfortunately its also quite chilly in my office, time to switch from cotton sweaters to wool).
Knowing sounds so lovely, i might get a blind bottle off ebay if isee one at a good price. Glad it’s keeping the chill at bay, and hooray for wooly sweaters!
PS did it take you a long time before you loved Timbuktu? I have a sample but no click whatsoever, if anything the opposite (and I love Dzongkha so much). Is this a slow burner for some?
Yes!! Definitely a purgatory basket scent for me.
I spent a while rummaging through my samples and decants this morning to find Bottega veneta edp, as i’ve had a craving to go back to it, this autumn. Love the apricoty suede mixed with smooth patchouli, but i can hardly smell it half an hour in after 2 generous spray’s on each wrist and one on chest, why they did a lighter version of this one is totally beyond me, (and my perfume eating skin)
Sprayed Gucci Rush next, as they have a similar feel to me, must be the suede/ patch of B.V and peach patch of Rush make them seem similar. I can now cross B.V off my list!
I own and love both BV and Rush and have never connected them at all in my head, I will definitely do a comparison. Very intriguing!
I’m surprised that BV doesn’t last for you. I find it to be strong and Apply it with a light hand. I accidentally oversprayed the first time that I wore it and one of my coworkers complained. Yikes… Now I am afraid to wear it to work.
I find it weak as well, I guess there’s something in there I cannot smell.
Weak on me too. But then you and I seem to have the same sniffer defect, since we don’t smell MKK either (and I trust the rest of you when you claim it is strong!)
Maybe i have the same sniffer defect as u and Annikky, haven’t smelled MKK, will have to remedy this next time i am near a SL counter!
To me there is a harsh note that keeps me from liking BV. I often wonder if the people who love BV can’t smell that note, or if it just smells different to their noses. It could also be different preferences, of course.
Is it pepper? I sometimes smell more pepper, especially on clothing.
BV smells Terrible on me, like burned vitamins. It’s really bad. Same with Marni and some Burberry scents. Just awful.
Mentioning to say you are not alone
I find that I can really spray lots when I wear BV b/c it is very soft to my nose. It is so plush! It always wears in a kind of low hum to me, but maybe you are having some sort of blocking issue? I really enjoy BV Eau Legere too – IMHO it is not so much lighter in formula than the original BV, but different smelling. It has more green/oakmoss accords in it that the plummy/apricot BV. I think I also like both versions of BV b/c they are good office fragrances. I wish I could compare it to the SL Diam Blonde, which I’ve never smelled, but read is very similar.
I would like to compare to Daim Blonde too, and hope it will have better lasting power and projection on me!
Dame Blonde isn’t nearly as sweet.. It smells more unisex. IMO it has a more noticeable suede note with a hint of apricot.
I also find it to be soft as opposed to a loud fragrance, but not weak. I get that “low hum” too. It reminds me of L’eau D’Hiver which has a soft presence, but I don’t find it to be weak, either.
Gucci Rush and Bottega Veneta are made by the same perfumer I think? They have this sour lactonic thing in common. BV isn’t strong to me either.
SOTD is Burberry Beat. A lot going on today, and this gives me some, but not enough, energy. I’ll switch to … not sure, this afternoon. Cold and bright here in upstate NY, but I don’t think we had a frost.
Really enjoyed the swap talk yesterday!
Ha ha. And here in Raleigh, heading to the airport to pick up my husband on Sunday, I had to scrape frost off the windshield.
SOTD is Neela Vermeire Trayee. I have a large decant and absolutely loved it at first, then gradually stopped wearing it because I started getting this unpleasant bitterness. Today I love it again, go figure.
Do you mind telling me how you got your decant? I’ve been lusting after Trayee for quite some time not but not enough to spring for a whole bottle!
This is cheeky of me but I do have a vintage silver brooch of the head of a navajo woman I could swap…
If you like the other scents in the line as well, I cannot recommend the 4x8ml coffret enough…
Hi Sajini,
I have an 8 ml spray with 80% left in, if you are interested.
I am at merhassel gmail. – the usual inbetween and after
Yes! I will email you tonight.
Got a lot to do today (including rounding up some boxes to ship stuff for the swap!) So I’m wearing the Dzing! I got from a split meet a couple years ago.
Hey thanks everyone for the swaps by the way!
I’m wearing Iris Nazarena, again – the thrill of a new bottle. I like it even more than I did before purchasing and it’s great for work. My only complaint is that the staying power could be better. Then again, compared to La Pausa it wears like iron.
Ooh congrats on you’re new bottle!, Iris Nazerena sounds gorgeous,
i’m hoping to try it on Saturday when i go up to London.
If you like iris, do try it, it’s beautiful and sophisticated.
We’ve got cold sunny weather here in the mountains of VA too; it frosted last night. Caught my dog on the porch trying to eat my 12-inch-diameter pumpkin, of all things. (He did manage to chew off a chunk of it. Argh.)
Rose Jam shower gel this morning, followed by Tauer Une Rose Vermeille. Rose-vanilla deliciousness.
We live near Richmond, but my oldest son just submitted his Va Tech application (early decision) this weekend. I guess I’ll need to buy him some warm clothes for next winter!
PS Rose Jam shower gel and URV sounds like a great combo – I’ve got both so I’ll try it soon.
Um, yes. Warm clothes. We get snow.
People sled on the Drillfield. Congrats to your son!
Rose Jam and URV are really good together! I only have one of Andy’s generous samples of URV and don’t wear it often, but it’s good stuff.
Mals, my dog used to dig pumpkin peelings out of the compost and eat them when he was a puppy. I was told pumpkin is good for them (small consolation).
Today marks the end of my week with Chanel no 19 edt. I am leaving Texas today to go back home. I can’t wait to sleep in my own bed and wear something else perfume wise. But it’s going to make an interesting blog post.
I always love to get back to my own bed. And love No. 19 too, but I have a hard time wearing the same thing for days on end unless I’m in one of those strange craving periods – never know when they’re going to strike, or how long they’re going to last.
I’m wearing Heure Exquise, on this mild grey day. It’s such a fabulous scent. Not a slow burner, more like an instant hit. The great thing is, I love it just as much now, as I did on first smell.
Same here! You smell wonderful.
Double Ditto! Heure Exquise is timelessly gorgeous!
Frederic Malle Une Fleur de Cassie
Always a good choice. You smell great.
I’m really appreciating my “free agency” today: I’m wearing leggings, I’ve got my fleece blanket over my legs and my cat snuggled up against me, and I’m wearing Tolu.
That sounds heavenly. I took today off to do book work…ugh.
Le Labo Vanille 44. I’m having a frustrating day, but at least I smell great. V44 is performing very well on the coldest day we’ve had so far.
And it’s Monday too
Sorry to hear it, but Vanille 44 is a great help, isn’t it, and yes, you smell great!
I find Vanille 44 to be a great layerer for the heavy ambers. I love it by itself as well!
I’m wearing the last of my (second) So Pretty decant. If I ever manage to find a bottle, it would certainly be a long gap between first love and purchase.
I did not know what “So Pretty” was, so I googled it. If it is the Cartier you are looking for, there are several bottles (edp and edt) from different distributors on Amazon, just fyi.
I should say, I have not seen a bottle for both a reasonable price and a seller I trust…it always seems like they are going for $150+ and from a seller with 2-star ratings!
Got it!
Elisa – I have tons of So Pretty, so if you decide you need a swap etc…. just let me know. It is gorgeous and one of my favorite roses. Just in case you see some on line – there isn’t much difference between the edt and edp.
That is so sweet Ann! I may take you up on that one of these days!
Ok !!
My first day back to work after over 3 weeks away. Ugh. I like my job but it feels a bit overwhelming trying to get back to a daily rhythm.
SOTD SHL 777 Rose de Petra which feels perfect for this cold AM with its fruity-rosy-saffrony-leathery-vanilla goodness. One if my favs at the moment.
I would love to try that one, but I’m afraid I’d fall hard for it and then have to save up for a bottle. Gah.
I’d never heard of it until someone sent me some unloved rose samples and that was the end of that. It took me a year to buy it though. *She* didn’t like it so there’s hope, I guess
And it was cheaper than an Amouage or TF or some such rationalization.
If you’re willing to take the risk, it’s pretsky 35 over in hawtmale. I can spare a smidge of the precioussss.
Be gentle with yourself returning to work. I don’t know about you, but this first few days back are full of pressure for me. Good luck
Thanks Nebbe! Fortunately, I work for a great place that doesn’t put a lot of pressure on me.
Glad to hear it
and maybe a little envious! Lol
Chilly weather
Sotd: Dior Mitzah
Twins!
We have snow!!! I am crying over here. I am not ready for it at all! SOTD – inspired by last week’s posters – FM Noir Epices. It’s like a perfect cashmere stole, a cozy fire, a good brandy all rolled together.
Oh dear. I love fall so much that I resent any intrusion on its weather, either side! Summer temperatures or winter – LOOK, weather gods, just stay in your darn lane please.
Let’s type up that Memo and send it out pronto! I never properly got into my fall fragrances yet!
I was afraid you would have! Already! Too soon. Hope Noir Epices helps. And if not, Tolu will soon!
Oh, yes! Tolu will certainly help!!! Another cashmere stole type fragrance!!!
Since today looks to be the last warm day of the fall here (according to the 1-day forecast, anyway), I had to sneak in one more wearing of Berdoues Assam of India. It’s a great pick-me-up for facing a Monday!
I’ll echo my thanks to NST for hosting the swapmeet. Four of my under-loved lovelies have found new homes, and I made connections with 4 very kind NST readers!
SOTD 31 Rue Cambon
Heavenly. Can’t get enough.
– my 6-yo says I might as well superglue my wrist to my nose. ????
I understand.
I understand as well and I’m your scent twin today just to prove that!
Love the postcard of Timbuktu! I hope by the time I have the time and resources (why do those two things never come together at the same time!) I can visit the city.
I’m in Bruno Fazzolari’s Five. It is, in summary, a citrus cologne, but interesting enough (petitgrain and citrus peel) that when summer comes back around I might consider it instead of my usual discounted Hermes D’ Orange Verte. N.B. the first blast is very traditional citrus cologne and I was quick to dismiss it–things got prettier and more interesting after the first 10-15 minutes.
Which brings me to my question for the day: What do you do about samples you get/purchase that you like but either for financial or aesthetic reasons are no where near turning into a full bottle purchase? I have 20+ samples of fumes I genuinely like… but I am eternally struggling with not to use them up so I do not have to make a decision about whether to buy another… anyone else stuck in this stupid quandary?!
So first of all I’m curious to hear which you’re on the fence about!
For my two cents tho, I would encourage you to use them freely and then get decants of the ones you do finish off. Even if you really did love all 20 enough to get decants of all of them, well that would keep you fragrant for years! I think very few would even make it to a re-up on the decant–and at that point you’ve winnowed down far enough to consider a bottle. If only I were consistent about applying those rules, I think it would save me money–the decants cost something of course, and the bottles I did finally buy might be more expensive, but I still think the money saved skipping bottles I never needed would be a net win!
(Do tell us what you’re considering tho, maybe I can help you with a decant!)
Only because you asked, this is what it looks like from the top of the fence: For instance, two Taurs I tried recently are Zeta and PHI… both of which I liked, but I don’t even think I want to re-up with new samples…weirdly, Taur’s just don’t stick with me. But then, I also don’t want to use up my sample in case of something! So there they sit, less than 1 ml left in each…. not to be used because I am a freak! Others that I am eking out, and in point of fact enjoy more than the Taurs are my samples of AbdesSalaam’s Patchouli, Costume National Scent, Lampblack, Oeillet Sauvage… and new to the list is now Amouage Sunshine which I cannot see even ordering a larger decant, but I cannot bear to use up the rest of my sample… Just so you know, I do order decants! On my future decant list Eau Primiere (2nd time), Chamade, La Fille de Berlin… and possibly the Neela Vermiere’s I am just now finishing up… which I will absolutely miss! But maybe I will wait and get a new discovery set… And my Chergui is almost gone–but the quandary is should I wait until I can buy a full bottle, or do I order a decant?-which would cost less, but not be economical, and I do love me my Chergui…so meanwhile it is eke out for me…
Eke out or freak out? That is the question.
Yeah, I get this struggle. I keep having to remind myself how much I love variety and therefore a FB does not make sense. I will do a couple samples and then move to a decant and so far that’s worked because I’m always changing it up.
Ah, I see now, there’s a sub-decant list. Hmmmm… I think I still say use them, if you’re in the mood to wear them! I think if something’s gone and you miss it, that’ll be a good indication that it’s worth getting more of; and if you don’t miss it, well at least you got good use out of it while it was still on your mind! I’ve definitely had a couple situations where I hoarded something, and only to find it had lost its appeal for me (or just evaporated!) at that later date I was saving it for!
But in more concrete solutions: for the Chergui, if you don’t mind having a tester, that’s only $53 at FragranceNet right now–less than an 8ml STC decant!
http://www.fragrancenet.com/fragrances/serge-lutens/serge-lutens-chergui/eau-de-parfum#245171 (plus will ship free if you have an AmEx w/the free ShopRunner membership.)
Aaargh. You are a TOTAL ENABLER! So I didn’t get the Chergui (although that is a good price) as I still have some, but bought an FB of Dzongkha, which is high on my “to buy” list with those shop-runner and 25% off discounts….
Errr… it should be here soon. Anyone want a sample? I’m serious!! It is 3.4 oz!!
email me at ann dotty eisenberg atta comcast dotty net
Hahahahaha sorry sorry / not THAT sorry!!
Enjoy, that’s a great pickup!
(I do feel your pain on the huge bottles tho. There are several I’d pull the trigger on if I could get it in 50ml–or better still, 30 or 15! On the other hand, I finally went for Zeste de Soleil bottle when it became available in 100ml, just because I was so relieved 200ml wasn’t my only option!! All relative I suppose!)
I love tester bottles.
Agree!
Another alternative for something like Eau Premiere… manufacturer’s samples from Ebay. Often cheaper than the same size at STC. Sometimes I buy a few spray mfr samples rather than a decant.
I’ll check them out. I am doing everything on the cheap right now.
Yes, this happens to me too. I really aggressively try and purge out any sample that doesn’t catch my attention. But I have two small decorative boxes of “special” samples that are merit worthy, but not FBW worthy (one box is anything, the other just roses). About 4 times a year I get the urge to entertain my nose, sniff the unsniffed, neglected, or have perfumista ennui for something new, or whatever you want to call it. I get that box out and revisit. I grab a few and just start to wear them. This is perfect for me on the days I’m at home doing housework. Only about 20% of the time does a sample I revisit elevate itself to FBW status. And then when it does, I hope they still make it. I’ve got burned a few times with waiting too long to decide (boo-ho all about AG Eau de Monsieur!), but I know there will always be something else coming along. In any case, if I like the sample I’ll put it back into the box, and if not it goes right into the designated ziplock for the next swapmeet. I try not to let it stress me out – when I’m bored, my little samples horde is like a teeny, tiny best fragrance shop ever.
See. That is what I am saying. I too pretty aggressively purge samples that do not catch my attention. It is the ones that do that give me grief! Because, if I “like” something, sometimes I cannot figure out how much. I recently bought an FB of Weekend in Deauville/Normandy…. but NOW I am on the fence about it after I thought I really really liked my sample…Oh the troubles…
Right now I have very limited fragrance funds so it helps me to be really, really picky. But I have lots of hardly used bottles to show that at other times it was much easier for me to just buy something that smelled good.
Oakland Fresca, neither freak out nor eke out. I suggest you use those things up, and enjoy every fragrant second. Once they are all gone, you may someday find yourself wishing for one or two. If you are able to remember the sample and want it in 6 months or a year or whenever, then clearly you are meant to get a decant (or look for a good deal on an FB, or do a split). If it is gone from your mind, then your decision is made.
I am going to try to embrace that plan, now! (Actually, I just doused myself in Chergui
) Intellectually, it is the most sensible… I, occasionally, am not however.
I agree, use it up! Then decide if you need a decant, or just another sample. If you use up a decant, then you can decide if you just need a bigger decant or a full bottle. But many things will exhaust your nose by the time you use up a decant, and then you will know you don’t need a full bottle of it, but maybe just one more sample to keep around and try again in 6 months or the next appropriate season. You really will save money in the long run, although I must admin, right now I am getting ready to trade the FB of something I didn’t really need for a bottle of something I am desperately excited about… so, everything works out in the end.. gee, I think I just undid my good advice giving…LOL! Do what you want and don’t fret, is really my motto…
It’s Slumberhouse Kiste for me today.
I’m wearing De Profundis for a day of getting the house ready for winter–cleaning the gutters, removing and storing the window air conditioner, tidying up the woodpile. Sometimes I think about how nice it would be to live in a condo with no outside maintenance chores…
Sounds like my weekend :^) I stacked 1.5 cords of firewood, took down the hammock and umbrellas, brought in the deck chairs, cleaned out gutters and drain boxes… the annual winter prep. Stiff and sore today!
yes, but it is so nice to look at a big pile of drying wood and know you will be warm and toasty in the middle of the winter, isn’t it?
Marion Chic. Lovely cacao iris, dark, yummy and complicated.
Marron, not Marion. This autocorrect has a life of its own!
Almost wore it yesterday and was thinking of you as the fellow Marron Chic fan
Cheers! I can still fell it many hours later, it only gets better and better with time. A reliable one!
This sounds wonderful!
I’m a fan.
SOTD = Boucheron…I am in the camp that finds this lighter than expected, but very pretty, and I have it in an 8 day rotation right now. My Tiawanese colleague came into my office and said, “Oh, something smells very nice” but when I let her sniff the back of my hand, she thought it was too strong up close….so interesting how people respond differently to a scent…
We had frost on the horse water tank this morning. I’ll have to turn the heaters on under the chicken waterers tonight…
Boucheron certainly has very lovely sillage. I still have a bottle that I don’t wear so often, but when I first discovered it in the early 90s, I thought it was heaven on earth and wore it quite a bit. I very specifically went to a fragrance counter to find something different than the usual, and it certainly is/was. There really is nothing else like it.
Yes, that is part of why I like it so much, it is unexpected and lovely at the same time. No “Ewww!” Factor there.
I staggered out the door at 7 am in the dark to vote, then stumbled back home to eat some breakfast and go to work. I managed to put some perfume on! I see that No. 19 is going to be my no-need-to-think-about-it office scent for the next while.
I’m giving Malin and Goetz Dark Rum its final warning (wearing) before I exile it to the laundry toilet to be used as air freshener.
SOTD = TF Amber. Yum
Caron Sacre today, perfect after the cold rainy weekend we had.
Parfum Sacre? So cosy when the weather is unpleasant.
Sampling Dark &Stormy from Kenneth Cory now that I can smell clearly again. This appears to be another winner on my skin– big, spicy and warming. Have so far liked all the ones that I’ve tried from him
After making decants this morning for my swapees, I smell like an unholy combo of Chergui, Mythique, Keiko Mechieri Jasmine and Havanna Vanille. Try as I might, I always get a ml (or two?) dribbled somewhere.
Anyone have a magic solution?
Ha, I know who is getting some of your decants
Every time I decant, I always smell like a weird combo, but the house usually smells nice
I’m trying to find the right night to do this when the hubby is not in the way or complaining about the overdose of smells!
Maybe I do a little each night
I’d be interested in hearing the best way to decant from full bottles as well.
I do find that little funnels help, but I rarely use them just because I feel bad about generating extra trash… Instead, I almost always find myself decanting things one fragrance at a time, and arranging it around my schedule–e.g. decanting something light if I know I’m going to go to yoga during the day, then afterward shower and decant whatever was too strong to risk wearing in a yoga studio :), a third the next morning, etc. I realize this isn’t always practical tho, depending on how big the swap is!
I feel the exact same way about waste and plastic funnels! I have tried in the past to make tiny foil funnels (slightly less wasteful?) but they can slip and move too easily. I suppose something ideal would be a tiny metal or glass funnel that could be washed, and wouldn’t be scent-impregnable.
I have a little gold metal funnel that came with one of my perfumes…dunno which one though. It is handy to have. Although I don’t decant very often.
You can get them at the decanting sites, either goldtone or silver metal.
Do you use it with different scents? Do you find it really gets clean? I’d just be a bit worried about residue, I think…
The funnel def helps. SL bottles are the best as you can use the pipettes.
There is this video on youtube that shows how to use the actual syringe, but apparently you really have to practice and master it – otherwise you can damage the plastic part of the sprayer. But I guess this is what the ‘professional’ decanter types on basenotes use.
Oh wow I had no idea, will check that out at least to see a demo, now I am curious!
That’s to say–thank you for mentioning it!
Has anyone ever tried MadHat Scents? They are a small outfit in Chicago suburbs, and someone mentioned to me ‘If you like Slumberhouse, you will love them’.
I have two MadHats–Limed and SantL. Both are discontinued because his batch sizes are really small, although Ryan has said he might make a version of Limed for summer 2016. SantL is one of the best sandalwood scents I own because real Mysore sandalwood was used. I don’t find Slumberhouse and MadHat aesthetically similar, as Slumberhouse scents strike me as dense and oftentimes quite sweet, whereas MadHats are lighter and much easier to wear.
I emailed Ryan of MadHats and he actually is macerating a Sandalwood frag and will be releasing it in November. The description sounded really good: Bourbon & Haitian Vetiver, Sandalwood, Spices, Coffee Bean, Juniper Berry, Pink Peppercorn, Blue Cypress and Apple, so I will be getting 15 ml of that (super great that he has smaller sizes, I cannot be bringing any more big bottles in the house)
Wow, that does sound great!
Hmm, I like dense..I’ll have to get some Slumberhouse samples…
I have 3: Embers (smoky incense), Khus (vetiver), and Royk (woody-incense, currently available). Though I feel like my descriptions are wimpy compared to the scents. I should note that I haven’t found any Slumberhouse scents that I like, but I do like some MadHats. Unlike foxbins I find his scents rather ferocious at times, but then, that isn’t surprising since I usually prefer my scents quieter than she does
How do you like Royk?
Pretty fierce
I could send you a sample if you like. I’m actually a bit undecided on whether or not it’s too much for me.
It’s OK Ryan is sending me a sample of that one, but thank you
the louder the better
SOTD = Dior Mitzah
It was very cold this morning. Mitzah hit the spot with warm spicy incensy amber. There’s supposed to be rose in there somewhere but it got walloped by everything else.
Oh crumbs…. am gonna add that to my “to try” list….I am craving incensy ambers….
I can hook you up with a sample but I will plead innocence if you get hooked. This had been discontinued but made an appearance again a few months ago.
Is there Rose in Mitza? It there is one, it is a good camouflager
Yes,according to Fragrantica but I have never detected any floral note wharsoever. This makes me think that Mitzah may layer well with a rose fragrance. I may try this with a teesy bit of Rise Cut tomorrow!
Oh, please report how it works. I have both
SOTD is Lubin Idole. Yum, just right for a cool day.
Can you smell the leather in it?
Somewhat, but it’s extremely well blended. Idole’s main note, for me, is saffron. With boozy spices, labdanum, touch of incense and orange… very fall.
Cool and cloudy today. Starting on a new contract next week so 3 months break is coming to an end. I read so many comments yesterday about Tauer Phi rose de Kandahar by bedtime I was obsessed.
This morning I was packaging up for swaps to mail out and there it was…The Sample. I put it on my wrists and arms and payed down on the couch and promptly fell asleep. Clearly rose de Kandahar has coma inducing properties on me and must be purchased immediately after returning to work. Closely followed by Naomi Goodsir.
Which Naomi are you thinking about
Iris Cendre
That one is AWESOME!!!
Laid down on couch. Certainly paying will be involved.
Watching Castle, episode involves a witness with hypernosmia. West Coasters may still be able to catch it. She is eccentric/cranky, an interesting character. (10:30 pm Monday)
Love that show. We get Netflix DVDS because we live in an electronic black hole, so it will be a while before I see this episode. Sounds like fun…