(PSA: a "regular" lazy weekend poll is coming up shortly!)
Want to meet local perfumistas? Here's your chance to find out if there's anyone near you who would like to get together to...have coffee? go perfume shopping? attend a local scent-related event? Anything really — this is very loose. You can use this poll to find others for a specific event, or just to build a contact list of local perfumistas for future planning.
It would make it much easier for everyone else (and help prevent duplicate efforts) if the very first words in your post were the name of your city or local area! If you're responding to an existing thread, that's obviously not necessary.
You can also check episode 1 to see if there are already groups in your area.
Note: world flower map [color altered] via Dior at Facebook.
King of Prussia PA / Philadelphia PA / Wilmington DE/New Jersey
A group from Eastern PA / Wilmington / New Jersey met for lunch and shopping at King of Prussia in May of this year, and we will meet again. I’m not sure where, and I’m sort of hoping someone else will take over the mailing list since I’m kind of slow to plan events, but do comment and sent me an email and I’ll get something started later this month…
email to robin at nstperfume dot com (and it would help us plan future events if you would include your general location in the email)
Vancouver, BC! There is a small Vancouver sniffing group and we can arrange to meet sometime at, say, the Perfume Shoppe and then stroll to other downtown destinations. Wine might be involved later on…
Email a123amos at inbox dot com if you’re interested in meeting up sometime – we meet several times a year…
Montreal, Quebec
There is a 5 year anniversary party at Etiket on 9/29 at 6pm, we could go to that together, or we could just go for a sniffathon around town. Write to me at my user name @me.com.
Ann Arbor, MI and extended area west, north, south, east. I’d love to find perfumistas anywhere close! Last meet up I met one grad student who immediately graduated and left the area.
Ann Arbor is surprisingly short of scent vendors, and I am happy to wander in search of good smells!
Email me through gmail using my name here. And as always, thanks to Robin for setting up these great opportunities.
SF Bay Area
A few of us were thinking of making a sniffing trip to Union Square in SF once the holiday decorations are up (which should be any day now – bleargs). We can visit Barney’s, Chanel, Hermes, Dior… Maybe late October / early November?
Also, there’s Mandy Aftel’s annual holiday open house, in December I think; might be fun to go with company.
Email me at emc dawt 7 1 1 7 in the land of geeee mail.
Another possibility: the Perfumer’s Apprentice in Scotts Valley (no affiliation) offers an introductory perfume-making class. It would be fun to get a group together to do that.
https://shop.perfumersapprentice.com/c-62-perfume-course.aspx
Oh this sounds good. Would love to do all but not sure I will be able to. For sure will commit to Aftel.
Washington, DC/ NoVa/ MD
We have a very active meetup group in this area! Several of us went to the Hermes boutique in DC and then in April we had our first big gathering at Arielle Shoshana in Fairfax, VA where we sniffed around and shared samples and got to know each other, then proceeded to True Food Kitchen for a bite, and then on to Tyson’s Galleria to visit Chanel and Neiman Marcus. I invited Steve from The Scented Hound to join us, and he graciously accepted. In June, we met at Arielle Shoshana again when Ari was hosting Barbara Herman who introduced us to her Eris Perfume line. I invited Mark Behnke to be part of our group, and he brought his Facebook perfumista group along so we had quite a nice crowd. In August, we went to Ari’s event hosting Carlos Huber of Arquiste and he introduced his new perfumes, El and Ella. A few of us traveled to Santa Maria Novella and Saks in Chevy Chase, MD later in August and had a wonderful afternoon with a very knowledgeable and charming Chanel SA.
All are welcome! If you have anywhere you’d like to go, or just get together to meet, you may contact me at: harukirumi in the land of yawhoo. I anticipate that our next meetup will be in October, and will be sending out a group email in the next week or so.
UK/London area
Would love to organise a meet up in London, SophieC and I met up in
May, and had a lovely time sniffing perfume and drinking coffee, it would great to meet some more perfumista’s as well, and maybe go to Les sentaurs this time, I know mrsdalloway couldn’t make it last time.
My email is; rosiemay79@gmail.com
Sounds good! We could do Harrods too, or did you do that last time?
Just a thought but Odette Toilette has one of her Vintage Scent Sessions (1980s) at Les Senteurs on the afternoon of Sat 8 Oct. Tickets are £39 but that includes cakes and sparkling wine, and a 10% discount in Les Senteurs. I’ve been to the 1920s one and it was good fun. Anyone up for that?
https://www.tickettailor.com/checkout/view-event/id/34776/chk/88e8
Hello fantastic idea and thanks for suggesting it! I could do 8 Oct and will liaise via email.
Brilliant, I’ve emailed Rosie too.
Unfortunately Rosie can’t make 8 Oct but let’s look out for future Les Senteurs events.
Pretoria/Johannesburg,South Africa.I’ve already met and became very good friends with Merlin from Johannesburg,but you never know!Maybe another SA perfumista is lurking,or someone is planning a trip down here from another country?I’m at icloud dot com!
Toronto, ON? We could go to Niche Essence, or Holt’s, or the new Saks Fifth Avenue, or the new Nordstrom’s, or I’d love to find out more options! My email is jeniferocious AT gmail D0T com.
I would love to go on a perfume crawl in the Toronto area. I’ve been wanting to check out Niche Essence for ages!
Please contact me at suemagyarody AT hotmail DOT com.
Hello jenbat !
I’d love to connect with local parfumistas. I’m sure there are quite a few, must be!
Haven’t heard of Niche Essence though but ill check out the location. Any other location such as Holt’s, the new Saks or Nordstrom’s are fine, of course, provided they are willing to give us time and space to chat. (btw I’ve had an amazing experience at Saks Sherway with one of their SA just a few days ago, so may be there?).
Let’s do it. Will you be the hub?
I will email you and we can discuss when and where. Sometimes this early fall would be nice. 🙂
Hello Toronto perfume peeps. I was a pretty active perfumista for years when I lived in the DC area. I moved to TO last year and haven’t yet checked out the perfume shops except a few department stores. Must fix that. Please keep me in the loop if there is a meet up Sariah dot Ian @ Gmail dot com.
Hello, Cleveland! I need an excuse to go check out Indigo Perfumery. Hit me up!
Hello! I’m a guy in Bergen County, NJ. I would love love love to meet other perfume lovers in the area! I’m an RN & an Esthetician by trade. I’m also hearing impaired & I wear a hearing aid in my right ear. Although I’m a guy I love & primarily indulge in perfumes marketed to women (yes, I’m gay- I know your wondering, lol) although not exclusively. I love BWFs, Greens, & Woods. I especially love those that have an underlying “skank”, lol. Animalic, barnyard, urinous, fecal, raunchy, are all selling points to me. Finding a “true” solifleur perfumes of Gardenia & Osmanthus is my Holy Grail. Some examples of my favourite perfumes are all of vero profumo (especially Rubj & Mito); Carven Ma Griffe; Balmain Vent Vert; Serge Lutens Sarrassins, Muscs Kublai Khan, Un Lys, Tubereuse Criminelle; Tom Ford Velvet Gardenia, Fleur de Chine, Shanghai Lily; Shiseido Inoui; Chanel (too many to list here); Frederic Malle Lipstick Rose, Carnal Flower, Un Fleur de Cassie; Guerlain Misouko, Le Terracotta; Nasomatto Nuda; Isabey Fleur Nocturn; does that give a good idea of my tastes? I have many FBs & I love to make decants & share; I have a label maker & all. I’m up to my eyeballs in samples & would love to share those too. But I have only one friend in California that loves perfume too & I would love to meet others- especially nearby. I feel quite alone & freakish in my love of fragrance. If anyone around me is interested in communicating with me please feel free to reach out, I’d love to hear from you! ????
New York City
Hey Gian, there’s a bunch of us who have meet ups in New York City (since NJ is bereft of any niche perfumeries). You can email me by clicking on my name and I will add you to the mailing list for when something comes up.
Our last meetup was in May at the Madison Avenue Annick Goutal Boutique, arranged via Sniffapalooza. There might have been something in July (ElisaP would know) with a visitor from DC; I was away on vacation and was bummed not to have been able to make it. Some of us meet one-off as well.
Sniffapalooza “Fall Ball” is coming up again from Oct.21 to 23. The 21st is an evening event at Twisted Lily. The May event was the first time there was no breakfast presentation at Bergdorfs and no goodie bag from BG either…but we got our usual big bag of samples +++ at lunch. Anyway, no one is scrambling to sign up yet but I’ll send out an email to find out who may be interested.
Awesome! Thank you so much! And yes, NJ is very sadly bereft of any actual niche perfumerie shops. I will shoot you an email with my info shortly. I will put “Gían” in the subject line so you don’t think it’s spam pushing Viagra or something, lol.
Have you had the chance to try Eris “Ma Bête”, Gian? It sounds like it might fit your aesthetic. (Sadly I’m on the wrong side of the Atlantic to say anything useful about swaps or meetings ). :^)
Thank you so much for reaching out. I take it your in Europe then? I love it there although it’s been awhile since I’ve been. At least you can get the Serge Lutens bell jars without having to pay the obscene markup in price that we Americans must pay (although I flatly refuse to do so & so I sadly do not own a Serge Lutens bell jar ????)! And no, I have not tried Eris ‘Ma Bête’ but I’m going to now!
Hi Gian! Please do join us NYC ‘fume heads. We probably all feel a little freakish from time to time given how much time & energy (not to mention $) we put into this hobby, but no reason to feel lonely 😉
Hope to meet you soon!
Portland/Seattle/West Coast…
Members of the FB group Facebook Fragrance Friends are meeting in Portland for a day-long perfume event on Sat. Oct 22nd 2016. There will be perfume studio and store tours, a no host lunch, and an afternoon perfume swap followed by dinner!
I’m in Portland and that sounds great! You can reach me at my username at A oh ell dotty com.
Hi Robert, I’ve been catching up on missed reading and would love to join you all. Please add me to your list: standing:dot:armsakimbo in geemail land. Thanks!
Triangle area, Raleigh/Durham/Chapel Hill, NC
Anyone out there? 🙂 I’m at brackett at geemail dot com.
Denver/Boulder – anyone? I’d love to get together with some fellow perfume enthusiasts. You can find my email by clicking on my screen name above.
Twin Cities, MN!
I just moved to the area and would love to meet local perfumistas. My email address is my user name plus doublemint, all one word, at gmail.
Charlotte area – maybe Asheville? Or west to Kentucky or Tennessee? (I’m now a bit too far from Raleigh & DC). If you’re interested, email me at andrea deveto at gmx etc.
New York City
I keep a mailing list of NYC area perfumistas. Those of you who are on it know who you are. Those who would like to be added, please click on my name for my email address and send me an email. If there is an event happening in the area, I will send an email and we go from there.
Anyone who plans to visit NYC can email me too and some of us may be able to get together with you to stink up one or more venues 🙂
This will stump most of you…..Echuca anyone? 😉
Nice! I remember the historical museum but I don’t live close by ( Dunedin, NZ)
Anchorage, Alaska
Anyone out there? While the sniffing opportunities are minimal (Nordstron, Sephora) a chance to talk fumes would be great.
Anyone visiting, and want to meetup, let me know.
I’m mereope at yahoo dot com
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada anyone? Not too many perfume venues here, but would be nice to know if anyone else in the area shares my interest in fragrances!
Los Angeles, Ca. anyone? Never been to scentbar would love a cohort to visit there.
Hi there – I live in Colorado, but wanted to say you must go to Scentbar. Even alone. It’s not intimidating and it’s so much fun!
I’m in Los Angeles too! I’m always surprised there aren’t more of us here. Or perhaps we just haven’t found each other yet.