2016 is over, at last! Do start 2017 with a clean slate and a clean conscience — Donatella Versace, Our Lady of Perfume Profligacy,1 wants to know what you bought in the 4th quarter (October, November and December) of 2016.
My purchases...
Not a thing, again. I did all my spending in the first half of the year, and my grand total was $273.
As always, report your purchases in the comments if you dare! And as always, we don't include samples or gifts, and you can count miniatures, decants and bottle-splits howsoever you like (I usually count them as half bottles). Samples don't generally count at all, even though some of us spend considerable sums obtaining them.
1. Why does Donatella host (against her will, mind you) the damage polls? There is no real reason other than the picture of her perfume collection, which shows that she indulges regularly at the perfume counter. The image, by the way, is originally from Allure magazine and appears here courtesy of Blogdorf Goodman.
Dzonkgha..I couldn’t help myself . The price was too good to pass up
A large decant of Shanghai Lilly…also couldn’t help myself
Forgive me
Dzongkha is what I plan to get this month!
Its really wonderful Bill! Enjoy
Well incredibly good choices.Well done!
A lot of people seem to be getting Dzongkha this quarter! I love it. According to Basenotes’ SODT, calculator, it’s my most-worn scent of all time!
Dzhonka is so wonderful, 1 of my 2 bottles this quarter, I agree that it’s really easy to wear too.
Only one FB – Knize Ten.
My decants/splits (over 5 ml):
Acqua di Parma Gelsomino Nobile 7 ml
Diptyque Eau Duelle 10 ml
Frederic Malle Carnal Flower 7 ml
Frederic Malle En Passant 10 ml
Givenchy Very Irresistble L’Intense 8 ml
YSL Paris EDT 8 ml
Congrats, that’s a great list!
I spent 156.00 on a set of Hermessences (Muguet Procelaine, Epice Marine, Cuir d’Ange for myself and Rose Ikebana to send to my mom).
Great choices and what a lovely gift to your mom.
I was quite good…not one bottle. In fact, as I visually inventoried my very own collection this morning I realized that I have “technically” not bought one bottle for myself in the entire year (I am not counting the Assam of India as I bought that one with an AMEX gift card that I got for my bday and I am not counting the Posh Peasant decants that the USPS lost and never delivered and I am not counting all the full bottles I bought for family members who allow me to steal some from whenever I want and I am not counting one or two Pacifica bottles that I bought at the local health food store which went from my dresser to the dresser of a family member in the blink of an eye before I could even spray them!) Not counting….and putting myself at zero for the year (is that cheating???)
and I am also not counting the essential oils I bought either!
I really like the way you don’t count ????
LOL!
For I have sinned… Six bottles in the 4th quarter, one of them a mostly-full bottle of Coromandel EDT.
Numerous decants/samples acquired.
Could be worse! (And for some perfumistas, it no doubt was)
Sounds like you scored!
My only purchase this quarter: a bottle of Marni Spice, with a big thank-you to KPainter for very kindly sending me samples.
I did buy bottles of Andy Tauer’s Rose Delight and Amber Flush body oils, but they were Christmas presents for family members (who were delighted!).
Oops! Somehow I overlooked the bottle of Chergui and mini of Ombre Rose. That happens to everyone, right?
Of course it does! Where did you find the Marni, I never even saw it?
Ebay! 1 oz for $38 IIRC. The new free, right?
Oh nice, congrats!
I am very proud of myself. Not a single bottle. But I am anxiously awaiting my discovery set from Sylvaine Delacourte, ordered just yesterday. Only 4 euros with free shipping here in France. Belated Happy New Year, ‘fumeheads!
Good for you!
I bought a rollerball of Stash, and then the set with the edp and the oil. At Fumerie’s Profumum Roma meetup with the perfumer, I bought an 18ml bottle of Acqua Viva, and I bought a tiny dab of vintage Box of Eels. I’m calling it three bottles, the BdI is hardly more than a sample. For the year I spent more than last year, but that was due to my trip to Europe. I sold a number of neglected fragrances so moneywise I’m probably even with 2015.
Not bad — and I have a feeling I will buy Stash eventually.
I’m a bit uncomfortable with the number of things I acquired last quarter (between gifts, swaps, and purchases), but the good news is that all but one worked out beautifully. I guess my goal for Q1 2017 is a larger perfume storage cabinet!
Bottles:
-Jacques Zolty Van-Ile
-Tauer Amber Flush
-MAC Velvet Teddy
-L’Artisan Ambre Extreme (which was a huge fail, but at least the price was right)
Travel Sprays/Decants:
-Marni
-Bvlgari Omnia
Goodness, I hope I didn’t forget anything!
The new M.A.C scents are already out?? What did you think?
I liked Velvet Teddy and [mostly liked] My Heroine. Creme d’Nude was too sweet for me, and the others just weren’t my taste. I’m always in the market for a honey scent, though, so Velvet Teddy was a pretty obvious choice. It’s not incredibly demanding or complicated, but it’s a lot of honey without being over-the-top sweet.
I also liked My Heroine, I think the most of them all.
Am thinking of getting Velvet Teddy myself but not for a while
An $18 Omnia split, and that’s IT. (Disposable income has been diverted elsewhere, like the $80 arm-knit-your-own-cat-bed kit I just ordered. I harbor no illusions that the cat will actually sleep in it, but the arm-knitting itself looks very meditative.) But there should be plenty to report the next time Donatella comes around- I suspect this year is going to take a LOT of fragrant armor.
Arm-knitting a kitty bed? You deserve all the perfume.
What is “arm knitting”? It sounds like it requires some contortionist skills.
Using your arms to knit instead of knitting needles..it is actually quite easy once you get the hang of it…I made a bag with arm knitting.
Ohhhh! Thanks. I’m sure I can YouTube it.
I starting buying my armor after thanksgiving after all the stores had either sales or GWP’s. Hermes set with Neroli Dore with my sephora 20% off as a gift to my son for Christmas. I went crazy with retail therapy. Plus we moved to a new town so I needed to explore the shops.
3 full bottles.
Beyond Love, refill as I am way to cheap to pay a ridiculous amount of money for a fancy bottle.
Nuit Etoilée EDP on ebay.
Bois d’Encens, just a few days before New Year. It had been on my wishlist for a very long time, and I finally made up my mind to get a bottle.
It could have been a lot worse.
Yes it could
O Donatella, I feel your blessings fall upon me like warmth from the sun. I am a seeker on your true path of enlightenment.
And I have sought fruitfully this past quarter.
First, of course, we can ignore all mini’s, as always. So we’ll ignore those 20ml Guerlains I bought, along with travel sizes of Zoologist Beaver and Macaque; several Demeters, several BPALs, a Mirus, a couple of House of Matriarchs, E&J Nirvana Bourbon rollerball, and a few small (just a few; certainly less than a dozen) decants and swaps here and there.
Speaking of Zoologist, I have meditated on the subject of purchases direct from an independent perfumer, and I have decided that these should count more as ‘patroness of the arts’. So I am doubly off the hook for those Zoologist purchases, as well as Parfumerie Generale Bois Naufrage, and SP Parfums Sunmilkflowers.
Birthday-gift-to-self clearly doesn’t count. (Neela Vermeire Mohur Extrait. One must buy something extravagant for one’s birthday, after all.)
Perfumes bought with gift cards don’t count. (CBIHP Black March — which was also a mini — AND purchased direct-from-perfumer. Also, Berdoues Assam of India.)
Christmas-gift-to-self can’t possibly count, either. (Neela Vermeire Pichola)
So, down to brass tacks.
1. Hiram Green Dilettante
2. Thierry Mugler Woodissime
3. Thierry Mugler A*Men Pure Coffee
4. Olfactive Studio Panorama
5. Gabriella Chieffo Maisia
6. Perris Monte Carlo Ylang-Ylang Nosy Be
7. Auphorie Regal Secret
8. Dasein Winter
9. Baruti Indigo
There might possibly have been a few more, but my fingers are tired of typing, so obviously the list is complete. Nine(ish)! Not so bad, eh?
Oh! Almost forgot! Sold 4 bottles this quarter. Which brings me down to 5. I can’t understand why I’m having a hard time finding somewhere to put them.
Perfume math at its finest.
I think purchases directly from indie perfumers should go under the philanthropy category – I am not counting those either.
I agree! I’m supporting their art!
” I have meditated on the subject of purchases direct from an independent perfumer, and I have decided that these should count more as ‘patroness of the arts’. ”
Spewed tea on that one!
Wow, such a good list
I also have Dilettante on my to buy list… And Auphorie.. I still dream of Miyako…I have not tried others, though
such a good approach 
Also, selling some of the old ones elevates the guilt of spending
Great list. Philanthropy is so critical!
Fabulous. Best laugh of the day.
Love this!!!
well done!
Haha!
A very well rounded list. That Ylang Nosy Be is really nice and glad to see an Auphorie, too. Seems like after the Miyako hype phase, they fell off the radar.
Lots of interesting perfumes – congrats!
And I think you are quite right about buying directly from independent perfumers. You are supporting them in their unequal fight against powerful perfume giants. So it’s all for a good cause. I admire your unselfishness and applaud your efforts.
Pixel, you are the best.
Thank you for the laughter!
Hysterical!!
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Lots of black Friday deals and stocking up in provision for 2017’s 6 bottles only limit.
Byredo M/Mink
L’Artisan Parfumeur La Haie Fleurie
House of Matriarch Coco Blanc
Dior Homme
Dior Homme Intense
Palissandre d’Or
O. Durbano Citrine
O. Durbano Rose Quartz
MFK Grand Soir
SJP Stash
I am not counting decants, body products or soaps, per the disclosure rules.
I am going to try to go the next quarter without a purchase, heaven help me.
I love Haie Fleurie of which I have a lifetime supply (several back-up bottles).
Baby steps! You can do it while smelling fabulous all the while.
Stocking up is important. We all need reserves to see us through the lean times.
HAH!
My first confession! While I did buy a lot the last quarter, I also discovered three new favorites (Passage d’Enfer, L’Ombre dans L’Eau, and Bulgari Black) so . . . all is forgiven?
Anyway:
Decant order #1
CdG Citrico, Penhaligon’s Ostara, D.S. & Durga’s El Cosmico, L’A’s Voleur de Roses & Passage d’Enfer, and Bulgari Black
– bottle of Aramis New West impulse bought from amazon because I really wanted to try it and there was no way to sample
– bottle of Bulgari Black and small coffret + shower gel of Terre d”hermes eau tres fraiche from a discounter
Decant order #2
Aromatics Elixir, Calyx, Avignon, Heeley Sel Marin, and Clinique Wrappings. Calyx and Aromatics Elixir were high school favs of mine that I wanted to revisit, but somehow more decants crept onto this order.
Diptyque Discovery set – L’Ombre dans L’Eau, Oud Palao, Tam Dao, Philosykos, and Do Son (this is a lovely set, by the way)
This is where I should have stopped! But I read that Bulgari Black was being discontinued (not sure if this is actually true) and panic-bought a bottle from a discounter, plus, um, a set of Estee Lauder minis and a bottle of Narcisco Rodriguez For Her.
Now I was really ready to stop! Except! A bottle of Van Cleef & Arpels Muguet Blanc appeared on eBay. I was winning for days, and someone snaked it out from under me at the last minute. So I went on a mini-eBay buying frenzy and got a Van Cleef & Arpels sample set (only $6 – including Muguet Blanc), a 10ml mini spray of L’Ombre dans L’Eau (only $10) and a decant of Misia.
Then I decided no more perfume until Mother’s Day. Then I succumbed to the Surrender to Chance 15% off sale on Dec 31 and bought decants of Lipstick Rose, La Fille de Berlin, and Muguet Porcelaine.
Whew.
Completely worth it, every one. I love Muguet Porcelaine, so beautiful.
It hasn’t arrived yet but I’m really looking forward to it. I love muguet!
Love it. My willpower is strongest when overcoming my own previously stated goals sometimes as well. Eh! You smell great
Jealous of your New West. Great list.
I miss New West sometimes! Afraid to smell it, no idea if it’s the same as it used to be.
It’s quite cheap on amazon – I think I paid $25ish. I don’t know how it used to smell, but it’s very nice (a little bit fruity, a little bit sage-y, a little bit salty) for about 60 minutes, then it shifts to a boring cedar drydown. I wear it when I work out, then shower it off to skip the boring part.
I went over budget for the year by $11 and change, but this quarter I bought 15ml of Mitsouko edp at STC’s Guerlain sale, and 15ml of Dzongkha at a sale by TPC, as well as 3 of Dame’s Man fragrances in travel sizes – New Musk Man, Leather Man, and Citrus Man. They were on sale also, so I figure I did OK.
Hey, what’s $11? A few lattes.
OOhhh! Nice to see the Dame travel sprays…love those three and they are practically free when you factor in that Jeffrey is beyond generous with his samples!
2016 ended with a bit of fragrant indulgence. I regret nothing.
–Hiris 100 ml, to replace my empty sample vial
–Cologne du 68 100 ml, was discontinued so I replaced my empty decant
–Infusion d’Iris edp 30 ml – to compare to the edt
–Infusion d’Iris edt 50 ml – to compare to the edp
I tested these for science. You’re welcome. I much prefer the edt to the current edp, while Infusion d’Iris Absolue rules them all.
Perfumath free:
–Dzongkha 100 ml
–L’ambre des Merveilles 15 ml
–Barbara Bui Le Parfum 30 ml
–Zum Mist Frankincense & Myrrh 4 oz
I had a birthday last quarter, and my age now includes the number 5. A symbolic bottle of Chanel No. 5 extrait found its way to me along with a few other fragrant gifts.
I’ve learned I really prefer 50 ml and smaller bottles of fragrance. Easier to hold and spritz.
I’ll need to find a perfume with 5 in it somehow for my birthday at the end of this year; a great excuse to buy a masterpiece.
Yes to birthday perfume!
the Infusion d”Iris comparisons for ‘science”…oh that is hysterical!
All kinds of things are done in the name of science, so why not perfume testing?
It’s good to be 25, isn’t it? And yay for Barbara Bui!
I’ll always think of Prada IdI edt as “Prada Milano Toilet” which is what the Sephora SA wrote on the sample baggie????
Yes, it’s good to be 25. Again.
Not a bottle! A bagful of samples, but not one bottle!
I did buy fancy soaps for Christmas as part of my gift basket to friends who will not indulge for themselves!
ARGH! I lied! I bought Stash by SJP! But still, not bad!
ha! ha! I remembered you bought Stash but did not want to say anything
I only bought one but it was a doozy! SL Fumerie Turque in the bell bottle! BUT I did have a very nice gift card from Aedus that in my mind cut the price in half LOL
Ooooh, bell bottle. Nice.
Zero, none, nada, and only one for the whole year! But I’m jonesing after a couple though.
A whole year of no-buy? That’s truly marvelous.
No, I bought one bottle this year. But now that I’m self-employed 2017 may truly be a no-buy year!
I went slightly insane… and bought 14 bottles (which is much more than the whole of the last and previous years), the only excuse I have they all were from eBay, so some less than half priced.
I get into stages when everything smells nice and my lists to-buy are getting too long and I get into this hamster mode of life, where I just need them all in my possession.
so here goes:
Tauer, PHI:URDK;
Guerlain, Vol de Nuit Evasion (that’s what started all this, so I blame my insanity on perfume:)
Guelain, Terracota;
Guelain, L’Heure Bleue (vintage extract);
Guelain, Mitsouko (edt, Vintage)
SL, Tubereuse Criminelle;
Chanel, Cuir de Russie (vintage, extract)
Chanel, Misia;
Coty, Chypre (ext from 70 – the only one I am not at all happy with)
Dior, Diorama (vintage, extract);
Dior, Diorama (vintage, edt [what can I say they seem to be looking for this year:);
Balenciaga, Le Dix (vintage, small flacon)
Houbigant Quelques Fleurs (vintage edt.)
Le Galion, Tubereuse (vintage extract, maybe less than 4mls in the bottle, but the way it smells makes it almost my favourite of the whole lot… though, I would be able to discriminate)/..
Wow… i am shocked myself to be honest… good think to lay it out like that.. as a mode of resistance to spending money…anyway… all judgement is very welcome
would NOT be able to discriminate…
A noble list!
Thank you
Great list!
Really, it is kind of you to give all these unloved perfumes a good home
Wow! Jealous of all your great vintage finds!
Thank you. The postage restrictions and the division of eBay into several ebays so to speak (i mean the US market, then UK one, and there is also Europian) help sometimes, or at least make things interesting, but because of that some prices do not go up as much… I am in London, and what is listed in UK stays in UK these days… but on the other hand, it takes an extra effort to persuade sellers from the US to agree to send things over here…:)
Kudos!
Another stellar list!Love all your choices.
Thank you
I really like the rerelease of Le Galion Tubereuse, but I don’t kid myself that it’s anything like the original. So what’s wrong with your Coty Chypre?
I have heard only good things about new/old line of Le Galion but have not put too much attention to it, now I will definitely go and test it against the vintage one.
The problem with Coty Chypre is that it is not that one, but the other one :), I mean, the usual drama, in 70ies they have completely changed the formula (I am not sure about the rest of coty perfumes, but I suspect now it is the same for all of them)… so when I bought it I thought I am buying Mitsouko’s grandmother, but with more make up…. and it was not it at all, it is something completely different and very 70ies at that.. flowery.. well… I did not enjoy it, but I know people like it for what it is.. I got confused and I should have known better
I’m in awe of that list! Several of my looooong time favorites on it too!
Thank you, I felt like a fisherman.. patience… patience… and fish will find you eventually
I need to remember your philosophy!
Annick Goutal 1001 Ouds, 100 ml.
Annick Goutal Vanille Charnelle, 100 ml.
Lalique Encre Noire à l’Extrême, 100 ml.
LM Parfums Hard Leather, 100 ml.
Armani Privé Myrrhe Impériale, 100 ml.
Lanvin Avante Garde, 100 ml.
Montale Red Aoud, 100 ml.
Dawn Spencer Hurwitz Chinchilla, 30 ml.
Comme des Garçons Zagorsk, 50 ml.
Comme des Garçons Blackpepper, 100 ml.
Comme des Garçons Luxe Champaca, edp, 45 ml.
Comme des Garçons Palisander, 100 ml.
Diptyque, Oud Palao, 75 ml.
Salvador Dali Pour Homme, 100 ml.
Bruno Fazzolari Room 237, 30 ml.
L’Artisan Parfumeur Rose Privée, 50 ml.
Amouage Gold Man, 100 ml.
Impressive! I see you have also sought fruitfully on Donatella’s path to enlightenment
I really was trying to behave this quarter!
I wasn’t.
How’s the Blackpepper?
I like it. It is actually a bit similar to Wonderwood….. and also Wonderoud. But they are all distinct enough to have all three.
Wow! What do you think of Chinchilla?
I acquired a small bottle of Oud Palao in a discovery set and am loving it.
I like Chinchilla. I bought it blind from reviews I read. I trusted DSH to deliver, and I do think it’s good. I just don’t think it’s me, sadly. I’ll give it a few more wearings to decide for sure.
I like Oud Palao a lot….. which is kind of weird because Diptyque and I don’t really get along very well.
Nice! Love the CdG selections.
I’m trying to catch CDG fragrances which look like they’re going to be history. I think the Red series is gone (I’m debating Harissa, which I also saw for sale). I’ve been meaning to get Zagorsk for a while now.
You are a god. I want that Zagorsk with all my heart. And all the Incense series.
A restrained quarter for me–only 3 bottles for a total of $407 this quarter. The bottles are Adjatay (expensive but lovely impulse purchase), Mojito Chypre, and Ella
Nice mix!
I had a FragranceNet coupon, so of course I had to use it. So I got:
Patou Sira des Indes 50ml ~ $22
L’Instant de Guerlain pour Homme Intense 75ml (my SOTD) ~ $30
Queen 100ml ~ $9
I also bought a 10ml of Bvlgari Omnia Paraiba, which was $25. I don’t think I actually bought that this quarter. It may have been last, but I don’t remember if I posted it for last quarter and can’t be bothered to find the post and check.
I’m curious about that Patou. Does it smell like bananas? And that Guerlain is truly a bargain gem. I got mine from a swap but I would’ve bought it anyway.
I don’t really get much banana from the Patou. It’s mostly ylang to me, though I guess ylang does have a bit of a banana-ish thing about it. I bought it blind and was afraid it would be really sweet and fruity, but I don’t find it so. Even the pear note that I don’t usually like works here. It cuts the richness of the ylang and adds a bit of green.
Hmm. Thanks! It sounds quite nice, actually.
Nada. I did acquire a number of samples and small decants, which made me quite content. I still have a gift certificate at BG, but I’m holding that in hopes they stock No. 19 EdP. Failing that, I may go for a VC&A scent.
Good luck — hope they will get it in stock!
OK, I’m a grown up. I can face my frailties… however, I am adopting the philosophy I learned here a couple of days ago that anything bought on holiday is a double no count.
So. In Melbourne in November, so on holiday:
15 mls Ambre Narguile
15 mls Iris Ukiyoe
10 ml sprays of Dries van Noten, en Passant and Carnal Flower, plus the travel spray container thingy
At home
Yes, That Bottle: Galop, 100 mls
In the category of, “Dd I really do that? Goodness me!”: Michael Kors White Liminous Gold 50 mls and (now I really can’t quite credit this!) Michael Kors Midnight Shimmer
And…..I kept a bit quiet about this at the time….75 mls of No. 22 because, ummm, because…because I just did, Donatella, OK?
I think that’s all. Mind you, that’s plenty, really.
Well, that No 22 can be considered an ‘investment piece’ surely?
Like they say in the fashion magazines about trench coats and classic jeans. But seriously No 22 is the sort of fragrance you can wear for YEARS without tiring of it. I have some large decants to get through, but after that will seriously consider a 75 ml bottle.
Oh Waterdragon, I just now held THAT bottle- it is soooooooooo pretty. The spritz on my arm is delicious. I don’t fault you at all for your purchase, This is such a beautiful rendition of leather, with substance for sure, yet total classs…..I see now It’s bewitchment on us mere mortals occurred.
I may indulge before 2017 ends bu my promise is only 2 fb’s this year, maybe only That 1.
I can’t stop sniffing my wrist. And THAT bottle.
It smells like Florence leather shops….
a Florentine – sorry
And – how
A fairly extravagant quarter for me in one sense, but quite restrained with a bit of Donatella’s indulgence. I bought myself one FB – squeaked in on New Year’s Eve with 50ml of Tom Ford’s Noir de Noir, but I had some vouchers, so I can consider it half price.
Another two FBs were gifts from my mother, but I feel that I must be honest to Donatella about paying for half of them. My mother is generous, but I wasn’t going to ask her for the full cost (plus postage from Luckyscent) of Trayee and Thameen’s The Hope. I also would rather she didn’t know the full extent of her daughter’s perfume insanity
And a 100ml bottle of Tobacco Vanille was a gift. I’m not confessing this as something Donatella needs to know about, rather it’s a recognition of a fabulous present from my beloved!
You got nice gifts this time, congrats!
I have great admiration for everyone who bought nothing or almost nothing. I also love to see the choices on more extensive lists and figure there will be company at the alter of Donatella.
My recovery from back surgery was not as rapid as I had hoped, I was not sleeping much, and was home to follow up on every sale and promotion, use all the gift cards, etc. Really, the perfumes were like prescriptions, and although not in my pharmacy plan, were healing. By perfume logic, they were necessities.
Arquiste Anima Dulcis
Chanel No. 5 L’Eau
Chanel Cuir De Russie Parfum
Guerlain Cuir Beluga
Parfumerie Generale Felanilla
Hiram Green Arbole Arbole
Hiram Green Shangri La Travel Spray
Jo Malone Orange Bitters
Providence Perfume Co Cocoa Tuberose
Le Labo Vetiver Travel Spray
Guerlain Shalimar Cologne
EDT
I love Felanilla, great choice.
Absolutely, medical emergencies don’t count! Wonderful list and I’m glad it also had healing qualities!
Well of course! They were for medicinal purposes, and your health is priceless.
I bought Felanilla on Black Friday for my birthday. I used up 3 decants and decided it was time for a full bottle.
Really should be paid for by health insurance.
I’ve been good in October and November. Well, not without a sin – I’ve bought Maria Candida Gentile’s Barry Lyndon, but only a travel size and I’ve been wanting to buy it for a couple of years already.
Then December came. I took a short trip to Italy and was in Florence on my birthday – the rest you can guess…
– Santa Maria Novella – a bottle of Iris cologne, also an Iris body powder
– i Profumi di Firenze – mini bottle of Tulipano Nero edp, Muschio Nero and Muschio e Ambra (love, love, love!) in ‘concentrated fragrance’
– Farmacia SS. Annunziata – 30 ml bottle of Takis (unexpected love)
– Erbario Toscano – Violetta Nobile edp, mini bottle (should have bought a full size!)
– a local pharmacy called Antica Farmacia del Cinghiale – Acqua profumata della Farmacia (a spicy ambery cologne-y thing)
– a home fragrance shop called Teatro – Pura Ambra home & linen fragrance spray
I took a handful of samples to Italy with me, and a vial of Heely’s Iris de Nuit has leaked inside my cosmetics bag. Now this scent for me is strongly associated with this trip. Of course, when I came back I *had* to order a bottle. Bought with a birthday coupon, so also counts as a birthday purchase. I’ll try to be good in 2017. On the other hand, I haven’t bought myself a Christmas present yet…
I also have the Muschio e Ambra in extrait and love it so much, enjoy.
Lovely haul from Florence, that sounds like a fun trip!
It’s all part of your travel budget. Lovely.
Nicolaï Incense Oud
YSL Opium pour homme
Hermès Bel Ami
L’Artisan Pastellier Timbuktu
Aramis Havana
And there’s also sample sets from Amouage, Puredistance…
What a nice mix of classic & new.
I only bought one bottle this quarter, Ava Luxe Palisander. Mmmm. However in order to confess fully I should mention I bought the sample set for April Aromatics and maybe a whole set like that (over $100) ought to count. I’m still making up my mind as to which of those samples will be my choice for first FB purchase of 2017, but probably Calling All Angels.
I would love a bottle from AA!
I am trying very hard to not buy anything these days, and consequently I bought nothing in the last quarter, if you don’t count a couple of li’l bottles of essential oils and some rosewater and orange-flower water to feed my diffuser (they definitely don’t count). One of my New Year’s resolutions is to buy as little as possible in 2017 and to enjoy the things I already have: it would take me the entire year just to clear out my backlog of samples, to be honest.
Good for you! I am in the same mindset…enjoying what I have and buying only essential items in 2017…and like you, I also did not count all of my essential oil purchases as I use them for medicinal, aromatherapy and body usage.
Well,despite my almost-zero purchases last quarter,today I went slightly beserk at Lush…I’ve got enough Rose Jam showerjel for the rest of the calender year,that’s a good thing right?Right.x
Shower gel does not count as one does need to clean one’s body, right?
You are absolutely correct.I think Donatella just said “meh…showerjel…” and threw her elegantly manicured hands in the air.????
Since rosewater and orange flower water can double as food ingredients, they definitely don’t count!
I LOVE your thinking!
Just watched Patsy on Ab Fab swill a bottle of Chanel No. 5, so that opens up many purchase possibilities
Love Patsy and Edina. Anything they do is ok.
Feel guilty but gave away more than I bought for myself: a 100 ml bottle of vintage Calandre to my sister for Christmas; two rollerballs, both Atelier, to nieces; a big bottle of Rose Jam shower gel, to a niece.
I bought a bottle of Del Rae Amoureuse for myself but am hiding it so hubby can give it to me for my birthday later this month. That shouldn’t count for much beyond a spouse enabler pin, if there is such a thing. Still wavering on a few full bottles, among them Galop, all unsniffed. Contemplating trading/selling Lyric which just isn’t working, and striving for cosmic balance.
Nothing!Nada!Zilch!Geen(my mother-tongue).Lol.Smellbent and O’Driu samples yes,otherwise GEEN!!Hehe.
Where is Hajusuuri hiding….
Good for you!
For this 4th quarter, I truly only bought one FB of perfume. The rest were decants, perfumed body oils, body mists, and body butters. My purchases were as follows:
– FB of “Figue” by Molinard (75 ml for $47.00)
– decant of “Intense Café” by Montale (8 ml for $27.00)
– decant of “Rose Elixir” by Montale (8 ml for $27.00)
– decant of “Pear & Olive” by Slumberhouse (8 ml for $84.00)
– decant of “Jardin Noir Café Rose” by Tom Ford and “Orchid Soleil” by Tom Ford ( both 5 ml for $44.00)
– “Rose Delight” body oil by Andy Tauer ($25.00)
Everything else was body mists and body butters that I don’t consider perfume purchases. I counted the “Rose Delight” body oil because it can stand alone without anything else – AMAZING STUFF!
Honestly, I think this is the best quarter (money wise) that I have ever had. I was actually content with purchasing decants over FB’s. This could be the start of something new for me! We’ll see.
Congrats!
For moment, I thought I had to confess the whole year all at once and am quite relieved to realize it’s just this past quarter!!
I can only deal with the biggies; I feel Iike I haven’t really been buying samples or decants. Somehow, they keep appearing but I don’t recall buying them..!
Chanel – 31 Rue Cambon…wait, this was purchased last quarter but received this quarter!!!
Chanel – No. 19 Poudre
Comme des Garçons – Grace
Mugler – Chyprissime
Byredo – Gypsy Water travel spray trio
Le Galion – Snob
MuiMui – mini
MFK Travel Spray set for Women
I challenged Enabler Husband to report his but I think he is in denial.
Nice of the decants to just appear
It’s the strangest thing! ????
Nice fragrances- clearly your list and your husband’s list cancel out each other to zero…
He got the MFK travel bottle set, as well, so those cancel out… and he got a Chanel..!
I’ve certainly sinned this past quarter, but the exact extent has become (conveniently) hazy. Let’s see — a small bottle of Dune via a Sephora discount, a decant of Sa Majeste la Rose, a vintage Champagne parfum mini, and I believe that was all, but I also feel like I’m forgetting something…
…Ohhh, right — the splitmeet happened this quarter. So add travel sprays of AdV and Phi, and a split of Galop.
Purchase count: 0
Bottles received as gifts don’t count, do they?
Donatella averts her eyes, so gifts absolutely don’t count.
I second that! gifts don’t count!
I knew I could count on you!
I was quite bad, but then it was my 40th birthday…
Alaia EDP 50 ml
Guerlain Souffle de Shalimar EDP 50 ml (special bottle!)
VCA Orchidee Vanille 75 ml
and finally the Guerlain Mitsouko Arita bottle ????
Whoops, my comment below was for you, Eva. And happy birthday.
Wow!Nice list!Esp the Arita bottle!That is seriously pretty!Good for you to spoil yourself being 40 and all!(Also turned 40 in June!!)x
I forgot!!
Also Mitsouko EDP 50 ml and
Guerlain Idylle extrait 11 ml ????
Oh, the Arita bottle, swoon!!
Wow, the Arita bottle, how fabulous!
Mitsouko Arita? Oh, gasp! And congratulations.
Not bad this quarter. I just bought:
Philosophy Fresh Cream 15ml
L’Artisan Dzongkha 1.7 oz
Tauer Rose Delight body oil 50ml
Tauer Amber Flush body oil 50ml
Stash gift set with the EdP 1.7oz. and Hair and body oil elixir 1 oz (waiting for this one to arrive in the mail).
Not bad at all, and you got lovely things.
Somehow… nary a one, again, as in Q2. So, I think I managed three bottles for the year, with one on deep discount. Up until 2013, it seemed hard to cut down to one a month and now suddenly I’m below one a quarter and don’t feel deprived. My spending on books has gotten out of hand again, though. Balance in life is a tricky thing
Yes it is! My perfume spending is way down, my book spending is almost nonexistent, yet somehow the money still goes *somewhere*!
I purchased 3 (THREE!) this quarter, and I blame it on 1) a good deal on something I was gonna buy anyway some time, 2) a rare opportunity, and 3 (THREE!), I was on vacation. But now, back to the more-or-less purfume moratorium.
1. Ambrosine (25% off!)
2. Tauer Hyacinth and a Mechanic (special, west-coast limited release)
3. Lys 41 (really pretty, buttery tuberose!)
Total for the year, 4 bottles, I think?
How do you like the Tauer?
It’s a fun experience and a pretty good personal scent. It starts with a really literal “mechanic” note–grease and solvents–but then the hyacinth comes in to be cheerful and oddly pretty. As it dries down, it becomes a lovely, warm, spicy thing with hints of the original mechanic and hyacinth, but much less odd (which is what makes it wearable, imo).
Thank you! I have a sample but it arrived when I was sick, and now I’m behind. Hope to get to it this week.
Oh yes, I forgot that one, I bought the Hyacinth & a Mechanic as well! I get a lot of hyacinth and hardly any mechanic. Love it.
I bought several bottles this quarter:
Delacourte Florentina and Dovana (buy one, get one free deal)
Tauer amber oil
YSL Opium edt vintage bottle
Guerlain Mitsouko edt vintage
Guerlain Shalimar cologne vintage and some vintage minis and samples
I am planning not to buy anything for a couple of months.
Good luck on the no buy!
Me too – going for a no buy quarter, which I really need after the excesses of 2016!
I bought the following in the 4th quarter:
Jasmin de Nuit
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Vintage Coco EDT, EDP and Parfum (I was running low on vintage EDP and I went a bit crazy with the research and purchases here…)
Alaia
Coco Noir body cream (haven’t opened this yet…I think Lovestosmellgood recommended this
Aromatics Black Cherry (also haven’t broken into this one yet…a complete unsniffed blind buy impulse purchase)
And one of the last days of December I bought Tauer’s 2 oils and 2 new soaps so those haven’t arrived yet…everyone keeps talking about how lovely the oils are…
You are going to love the oils! The black cherry sounds yummy too.
Bleah, way too many decants this quarter. I bought a bottle of Egoiste for my 16-yo’s Christmas, but he hasn’t worn it yet, so I won’t count that one. I also won’t count the Mary Kay thingy my husband won at a silent auction benefiting the local Boys’ and Girls’ Clubs (it’s not bad, but it’s a light peony floral and I feel like I have Been There and Done That).
I bought minis/decants of:
DSH Giverny in Bloom, vintage Amazone, Le Galion La Rose, CDG Stephen Jones, Guerlain Charnel Elixir Floral Romantique, TF Tuscan Leather, and Chanel 1932 edp. $145. OW. Probably not good value, but they were all things I really wanted in small quantities.
I still need to divest some perfumes I’m not wearing.
Hey, you don’t have to count gifts! But hope he will love the Egoiste (if he has not smelled it yet).
Donatella, you will surely be disappointed in me, for I have only one purchase to confess:
• BPAL Nasty Woman
That said, I did place an order with one of the discounters for La Fille de Berlin, but the site then told me it wasn’t in stock after all. And they fall outside the confession rules, but for Christmas I received:
• N°5 L’Eau
• Bvlgari Black
Sorry you did not get your FdB!
Oh! I totally forgot that I got Nasty Woman as well!! But I gifted all the bottles, so that doesn’t count, right?
Oooo, 5 L’Eau! Lucky
One for the whole of 2016! I squeezed in an order of Auphorie Zen after Christmas. It arrives Thursday and I can’t wait! I love ready what people loved enough to buy this year.
You were so well behaved! Enjoy the Zen.
Bought a full bottle of CdG Black, a present after a dismal fall, professionally. I’m in a much better place for the new year and already planning my next buy
Good luck going forward. Whether buying or limiting perfume purchases- whatever is more satisfying- enjoy your choice!
Not as bad (or good, depending on how you view it) as I thought!
1) Barbara Bui 30ml
2)Geisha Vanilla Hinoki rollerball oil
3)Geisha Noire oil
4)Lalique le Parfum 50ml gift set
5) L’Artisan Amour Nocturne 10ml decant
6) Tauer Au Coeur du Desert 10ml decant
7)Teint de Neige decant
7)Sonia Rykiel for Women 7.5 ml mini (to compare to Barbara Bui, and they are very similar)
8)Boucheron Jaïpur mini
9)Poison Esprit de parfum mini
I also sold 3 bottles of perfume so I’ll deduct 1.5 bottles from the above.
And I’m happy with all of it!
Is somebody still selling Barbara Bui??
After not seeing it for good prices or in many places at all aside from carded samples, it suddenly started showing up on Amazon. Now the 30ml bottles are $18 but I think I paid a little more than that.
Wow.
And speaking of Amazon, I just remembered my bottle of LT Piver Heliotrope Blanc which maybe I’ll count as a quaint bathroom shelf decor.
And a 50ml bottle of Súlekò Djelem. I really think that’s it.
I was wondering what you guys meant by Donatella but now I get it and I love every second of it! She’s got a collection!
I go in phases with buying bottles – I really don’t have that many, but I have a ton of samples. These past few months though I did some travel, and then was feeling like I didn’t get enough fragrance for xmas so I treated myself – probably the better way to do it, anyway
Here’s what I got!
– Amouage Ubar, in Oman, at their store in Muscat! I also visited the factory. It was amazing. I admit, I went to Oman because of Amouage and there happened to be direct flights from the city in India I was in for work
Ubar was my first Amouage love, so I thought it only fitting. I’m keeping my eye out for Honour and Memoir on sale this year 
– SL Jeux de Peau from the SL boutique in Paris. I love this one for the winter and fall, and had used up my decant! This was on the same work trip – I did a stopover in Paris on the way to Berlin
– ELdO Archives 69 – I had only the briefest visit to ELdO on my last trip to Europe, so this was one of my main smelly stops! My mom (who I’ve gotten into perfume too) also got me their little sample set from Sephora for xmas.
– GOOP’s Edition 01 Winter – I love Gwynnie, and her perfume is really amazing. It goes on resiny and sort of “manly”, but develops into a comforting, smooth, delicious strong scent. I will probably buy whatever she wants to sell me unsniffed!
– L’Artisan Dzing! and Rappelle Toi – they were on super discount!
– ELdO Like This, after sniffing it more in the sample pack. It was also a good deal
– Neela Bombay Bling! as a last minute…Olfactif had 20% off, and I had some Paypal $!! I used up my decant and missed it immediately.
Way more than I’ve bought in years past, but brings me so much pleasure!
Wow! I’m impressed!! I think you probably get the Donatella Pursuit of Perfume Award for the trip to Oman!
Hehe!! Thank you! I drug my friend there too (she lives in Singapore) and she ended up with the mini sample set.
same here, sometimes it just gives you so much pleasure
I have bought 3 for me this quarter.
Bvlgari Black, I had to see why it was so well loved, and now I understand. This was an eBay steal, so practically free!
OJ Ifsarkand travel set. Again practically free as was part of her Black Friday sale.
Prada Lhomme, I gave this one to my wife to give to me for Christmas from our fur baby.
Finally, a mini of Gucci Envy PH. I had this the first time round and had to smell again for old times sake. Still smells good.
I did buy a few more, but these were Christmas gifts, so they don’t count.
Nice mix, and congrats on finding Black. I wonder when it will finally start to disappear…
Donatella, since it is only our final quarter of 2016, you may not find me too naughty?
I purchased a FB of:
SL Al la Nuit
Prada Infusion d’Iris, EDP
Bruno Fazzolari Au Dela
Tauer L’Air du desert Morocain
And…..
Big decants of:
PdN Oud Incense
Daesin Winter Nights
AdO’s Cuir Sacre
AdO’s l’Armes du Desert
Aftelier’s Ancient Body Resins
(And I realllllllly want Amber Tapestry)
That’s a nice fourth quarter. Enjoy the gorgeous scents.
A very restrained quarter, with just 2 FBs, Jovoy “Les Jeux sont Faits” and Parfum d’Empire “Ambre Russe”. And a set of 4x10ml from 4160 Tuesdays (The Buddhawood Box and 3 others I haven’t tried and whose names I can’t recall). I hope to have more quarters like this and fewer of the extravagances of Q1, Q2 and Q3. :^)
Good luck
3-15 ml minis of Eau de Soir, Mon Precieux Nectar and Chanel No. 22
2 FB of Safran Troublant, although one was a gift so I’m only counting one. Plus, they were practically free.
1 FB of Lalique LeParfum, another cheap thrill.
4 decants including Love In A Mist, Cocoa Tuberose, Lune Feline and Vanille 44.
Not bad for me. I am buying smaller quantities, or so I tell myself.
I feel like Donatella would be proud of me. Still in the early stages of perfume addiction, I bought a lot this quarter. Not counting samples and small decants:
1. Papillon Anubis
2. Mendittoroso Nettuno
3. Bogue Maai (30 ml)
4. By Kilian Back to Black in the travel spray with the lovely bottle
5. Tom Ford Cafe Rose (discount and coupons!)
6. MFK Amyris Homme
7. MFK Lumiere Noir pour Femme
8. Biehl mb 03 (sale!)
9. PG Limonakia (30 ml)
10. Ranie J Ambre Loup
11. Atelier des Ors Larmes du desert (10 and 11 from EU with free shipping, so practically free!)
12. Slumberhouse Norne
13. Slumberhouse Kiste
14. Slumberhouse Jeke
16. Hiram Green Arbole Arbole
I *think* that is it — and I’ve got a line up for the next quarter. I am sure I’ll slow down soon, but when we’ve got the cash, we have to keep the small places alive, both perfumes and perfume stores! These are almost all from Twisted Lily, Osswald’s, Luckyscent, and such.
Donatella salutes you!
And the best thing is there’s only one possible mistake here. I am doing much better at this!
Great haul! Enjoy the ride down the rabbit hole, it’s fun! And I agree with you completely on supporting small perfumers/perfumeries.
I also did a fair number of give aways – and a swap with you! This cleared things I wasn’t loving or were almost dupes and gave them good homes.
A bottle of Guerlain L’Heure Bleu to take advantage of Sephora Friends & Family, Small Chanel Boy & a mini of Hermes Neroli Dore & shower Gel for my husband to use a gift card from Saks.
That’s pretty good for me!
i was doing very well in Oct and Nov, then bought 3 in December. A vintage Diorissimo (7ml parfum), a 10ml FM Une Rose and an un-sniffed Rrose Selavy after I read the review on NST. No regrets. Likely to blow January’s budget on Papillon perfumery as I can’t keep putting it off any longer.
Don’t know the release date but Papillon is having a new release next year that is supposedly a foresty scent, can’t wait! I have Anubis, Tobacco Rose and Salomé.
Oh that is extremely exciting! I have Anubis, Angelique, and Tobacco Rose. Might have to get some Salome too sometime, but I can’t imagine using a lot of it, so when the small decant I have goes I might just get another.
This past quarter I purchased 50 ml bottles of Allure and Angel (red star. Yay!) A travel spray of JHaG MMM… Which is almost gone already, and 10 ml of Over the Musk, which I love. I did purchase a few other bottles, but I ended up returning them. So obviously those don’t count.
None, zero, nada. I am not counting the bottle of l’Ombre dans l’Eau EdT which I bought as a gift for my husband for Christmas. I am pretty well satiated with perfume these days, and have been spending my discretionary income on other things such as clothes.
What is this “clothes”? I don’t understand…
What’s discrectionary income?;)
I had to double check that my spreadsheet hadn’t crashed and lost the last few months
Looks like that set of Stash oil and EDP and a 15ml Fresh Cream were my only sins this quarter. I’m shocked and a bit proud of my restraint.
Only 2 small bottles last quarter, and both were from Pacifica: Spanish Amber and Tibetan Mountain Temple. They have become harder to find where I live, so when I saw them, I grabbed them.
Only 2 small bottles last quarter, and both were from Pacifica: Spanish Amber and Tibetan Mountain Temple. They have become harder to find where I live, so when I saw them, I grabbed them.
After being prudent the first six months of 2016, I have gone over and above my perfume quotas in the last quarter.
My indulgences were:
Ex Nihilo Sweet Morphine
Neela Vermiere Rahile
Arquiste Ella
CdG Black Pepper
Tom Ford Vert des Bois and Vert D’Encens
SJP Stash
Fabulous choices and well worth the expenditure!
I *think* it was just one fb, namely the Carner B Cuirs coming in just under the 2016 wire. I too had an “oops, we don’t really have it in stock” situation, which made me feel cranky.
I love Cuirs. I hope you enjoy it too!
Rotten, as usual. Decants, samples, travel sprays don’t count. My NY Resolution: slow down on the purchases and enjoy what I have.
1. Aftelier Perfumes Vanilla Smoke
2. Atelier Cologne Emeraude Agar
3. Berdoues Assam of India
4. Bvlgari Omnia
5. Cartier L’Envol
6. Chanel No. 5 L’eau
7. Hermes Eau des Merveilles10.2
8. Hiram Green Arbole Arbole (split)
9. Indult Tihota (back-up)
10. Jo Malone Orange Bitters
11. MAC Velvet Teddy
12. Masque Milano L’Attesa (split)
13. MFK Grand Soir (split)
14. Prada Amber
15. SJP Stash
16. Slumberhouse Jeke
17. Soap & Paper Factory Owl
18. Soap & Paper Factory Pipe
19. Trish de Gunzberg Ombre Mercure
20. YSL Kouros
21. Discovery Set etc. – April Aromatics and Jo Loves.
Hey, did you ever cave on the Puredistance green travel atomizer? Speaking of Aftelier, have you sampled Amber Tapestry? Plan to try Cuir de Gardenia.
You must need some sort of fragrance roulette wheel to assist with morning spritzing decisions!
Hey galbanumgal! I haven’t bought the green atomizer with Antonia yet. I am waiting to try Sheiduna sprayed before deciding which one to get. The red-orange of Sheiduna is quite nice. I have the spray sample of Sheiduna and I will be trying it shortly.
I like the idea of a fragrance roulette wheel :-). I usually think about which fragrance to wear the night before; otherwise, I wiill end up being commando!
I just realized I never answered your other question – no, I haven’t tried Amber Tapesrptry. It will be part of my next order from Aftelier. Cuir de Gardenia is soooo good.
yay to Owl and Assam!!! I just finished my Owl solid
How are you liking the Orange Bitters?
hajusuuri, this is a great list and I hope you enjoy them all in the new year!!!
Orange Bitters is fantastic by itself and is also great layered. Wendysue gave me the idea of layering it with Cocoa Tuberose and wow!
Eeek, I don’t know what happened to 7. In any case, I saw the link tiffanie included in one of her comments regarding Eau des Merveilles blue…I will get the bottle regardless of what the juice smells like!
That’s a fabulous list, hajusuuri. As always you are an inspiration.
That blue bottle of the new Eau des Merveilles is a big “Yes, Please and Thank You” for me. I hope what’s inside is lovely.
Just circled back to your lovely list. You will keep enabling me because of all of the “twin” bottles ( and the splits you already know about). I agree with your resolution. Perhaps, figuring out what may not be available at a future time is a good screening tool?
I received a $20 coupon from Sephora, as long as my purchase was at least $50. So I really only spent $30. Which is all I spent this quarter. So I purchased three discovery sets.
Etat Libre d’Orange, Histories de Parfums , and Juliette Has a Gun. I’ve been trying to use up some FBs, and I think I’ve succeeded, but I want to try some samples before I commit to more bottles.
I’ve never used Lucky Scent, but I believe my 1st quarter 2017 damage report will be more worthy of Our Lady’s confessional time.
Sounds like you’ve fot a few things in mind to order! My only issue with LuckyScent is you can only use one coupon per order.
I’m curious — was shipping free from Sephora? I know they use ground shipping and I’m not sure how that’s possible to get to where you live
Yes, the shipping is free for orders over $50.00. They use USPS Priority mail for Alaska. Clearly the perfume air shipping rules are different for Sephora vs you or me.
That makes me wonder if Lucky Scent will have shipping issues. BUT…
There’s a Sephora store in Anchorage. And two Ulta’s.
Faster than a dog sled. ????
Well. First, I thought “I bought like nothing” and that was wrong.
I got myself this:
Vanilla insensee, Atelier cologne 30 ml
Rose oud, Yves Rocher, 50 ml
Blanche, Byredo, 12 ml
Rose Pompon, Annick Goutal, 60 ml
Invoke, Ambre oils, 10 ml
Shalimar initial, Guerlain, 50 + 10 ml
So, not quite nothing at all
My son bought my the Vanille Insensee candle for Christmas. It’s really nice.
Only one. That’s the lowest since 2010! Just a bottle of Rodin Olio Lusso perfume, which isnt by any stretch a bargain buy but it was highly discounted.
2 for me, and both eBay bargains; Misia & Dzonka, and I adore them both!
Super late to report, but I submitted the poll answer yesterday.
I bought:
Providence Perfume Co. Branch & Vine bottle
Etro Messe de Minuit bottle
Auphorie Miyako decant
Guerlain Sous le Vent decant
Tom Ford Vert d’Encens decant
Tom Ford Vert Boheme decant
Tom Ford Vert des Bois decant
Olfactive Studio Chambre Noir decant
Olfactive Studio Panorama decant
Frederic Malle Lipstick Rose decant
Diptyque Kimonanthe decant
Parfumerie Generale L’Ombre Fauve decant
Hermes Galop decant
I counted this as 5 bottles because the decants are mostly 5ml (two are 10ml and one is 15ml).
I managed to keep my sinning to a dull roar last quarter. Three full bottles (Parfumerie Generale Cuir d’Iris, Tom Ford Noir Pour Femme, and a backup bottle of 24 Faubourg), and three travel sprays from Sonoma Scent Studio (Tabac Aurea, Forest Walk, and Champagne de Bois) that I will count as one FB. Not too awful.
I’ve bought only one thin – replaced my Lush Kerbside violet with another 10ml bottle. It smells different to me now – cleaner, and lacks that slightly dirty jasminy smell. Don’t know if it’s the batch, change of formula or just my imperfect memory. I have violets in my garden now, wild ones, and they can get quite indolic and musky.
In non-perfume but nice-smelling things (did not include them in my list) I bought a ton of expensive incense sticks from this new seller I found, Sacred Elephant. They are seriously good. Seriously good raw materials and the way it fills the whole room… And the scents are a bit more interesting, not your generic stuff either.
That’s it for now, but I’m planning to splurge next quarter, just have to get through the January bills. Hiram Green here I come.
A bad cold has sidelined my timely confession, therefore please excuse the lateness. Here goes:
Mostly Chanel:
Cristalle EDT 2 oz.
Coco EDP 1.2 oz.
No. 5 L’Eau 1.2 oz. (20% sale from Sephora)
No. 19 EDT 3.4 oz. (present from my daughter, so I didn’t count in survey). I have vintage 19 in EDT and EDP, and I don’t like the green color of the current juice or the clunky sprayer of the bottle. Smells good, though!
Also:
Phaedon Rue de Lilas 100 ml. (waited for years to find one on eBay!)
Yosh, Ginger Ciao EDP 50 ml. (wanted this for a long time and finally bought it when it was 20% off on Olfactif)
I also bought a rollerball of Stash sometime around the end of 2016 and the beginning of 2017. For simplicity in accounting, I’ll confess it here.