It's Friday and National Bittersweet Chocolate Day. Our community project for today: wear a fragrance by Ormonde Jayne, Olivier Durbano, Odin New York or Olfactive Studio, if you have one. Partial credit for any other small-ish brand that starts with the letter O.
What fragrance did you pick? As always, do chime in with your scent of the day even if you’re not participating in the community project.
I'm in Ormonde Jayne Ta'if.
Reminder: on 1/17, wear a fragrance with immortelle, if you have one. Suggested by Hamamelis.
And for those of you who like to plan ahead, see Scent of the day ~ Friday community projects 2020, where I'll try to always have the next five or six weeks mapped out in advance.
Note: top image is A331-222_067 [cropped] by Fondo Antiguo de la Biblioteca de la Universidad de Sevilla at flickr; public domain.
Ormonde Jayne Tiare.
Me too – and we’re having snow, which makes for an interesting combination,
Hi twin! 🙂
I think it should go well with snow – Tiare has a Cristalle-like crispiness, even though it is warmer and sweeter (at least to me).
It’s grey and wet here, and Tiare is like sunshine in a bottle.
Ormonde Jayne Tsarina. Sample thunk!
Happy Friday everyone!
Thunk twins!
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Olivier Durbano Pink Quartz! This sample just won’t quit – works for me!
Hi scent twins!
Yay, hi twin!
I liked that one!
I know! I re-read your review just the other day. ?
🙂
Ormonde Jayne Ormonde Woman. One of my top ten (although I chuckled at the Fragrantica reviews that reference baby wipes.) Just a reminder that perfume is so very personal! Happy Friday!
Best smelling baby wipes EVER. Now I have a mental image of some baby being fed spiced vetiver and hemlock.
Hello Twin. You smell marvelous!
I am going to do a side by side comparison of this with the
Elixir version later on today. I keep thinking that the Elixir is less green- hemlock or violet being the notes I think apply – but not sure yet. I wonder what would happen if I layer them?
I have never smelled the Elixir. Curious about the side by side comparison, and even more intrigued by the idea of layering!
I will report back.
Was going to sample Odin 08 Seylon but it had evaporated, so I instead sampled Olympic Orchids Salamanca which is a heavy dark smoky leather which my husband insisted I wash off
LOL! A scrubber by proxy. What will you wear instead?
I had the same experience !
Odin 07 Tanoke for me. I’d forgotten how much I enjoy this fragrance. ?
I’ve been wanting a bottle of Black Tourmaline for some time but need to curb my spending. ??♂️
I am surprised the Odin scents didn’t make more of a stir, they were all so well done.
Shalimar today, thunk!
Doesn’t begin with an O but makes me go “ooooo”
For points I will share a haiku by Basho:
Winter solitude—
In a world of one color
The sound of wind.
Was that a fb thunk? Are you replacing it?
Yes, it was a older travel spray bottle of the parfum.
I am wanting to replace it yes, lurking on the evil bay and see if I have any luck!
The perfume is gorgeous! Hope you find another bottle soon!
Which do you prefer, the EdP or the EdT?
I like both, but the EdT is smokier on me, which I prefer. I also love the EdC for warmer weather. But nothing beats the beauty of the perfume.
Are you wearing a modern current version? I need to find my sample of so. Smokier sounds great. I am so scared of this perfume – simply by reputation of being a masterpiece. I think there is something in the guerra in-ade that gets amp’ed in my skin so I am never sure where to begin. But I love the distant cousins that get referenced to it ……..
That is a good question..which version?
Have you tried any of the vanille flankers?
I bought my EdT bottle in 2009. Definitely, not vintage, but not the latest version which is less smokier and richer, in my opinion.
Beautiful!
Joining with Olivier Durbano Pink Quartz.
Another playing along in OJ Woman – so, so beautiful. Happy Friday!
Happy Friday to you SheriG!
OJ Taif for me as well. Lovely!
Gorgeous.
Hey twin! We do smell great (although mine is long since gone)
I know that I have some OJ Woman somewhere, but I couldn’t find it. The only thing I found was Olfactive Studio Lumiere Blanche.
…so glad I am not the only one here who has a case of a lost OJ 😉
I had Tiare planned but I couldnt find it this morning.
Greetings from Paris!
Sending this from a very cosy hotel in the city centre.
Place Vendôme is just around the corner (when I hang out of my window i can see the BVLGARI store there).
I wanted to wear Ormonde Jayne Tiare today but somehow forgot where I stowed away my sample urgh
(i had it in my hand yesterday…haha but in my morning rush I probably put it on a weird shelf or somewhere in the kitchen ?)
So now I am wearing Jubilation XXV (‘for men’) from my sample.
No points for me.
But i am still wondering where I left the Ormonde Jayne vial….hahaha
Enjoy Paris!
Enjoy you’re time in Paris Jiji!
I love your description of your location so much ! Have a wonderful time !
☺️
All those expensive shop here, its hilarious and also a bit sad… all those 40.000 euro watches and a 10.000 euro bracelet…. (And for some brands thats a very cheap option)
People are really buying and wearing this I guess???? Or is it more of an investment, like art…?
Oooh, enjoy Paris!
Surely you can find an O fragrance in Paris!
Oh I am sure of that! ?
I actually meant to say that your offsite storage is huge and therefore, should be able to find an O fragrance ?
Have a fabulous time in Paris!
How fun!
You smell great Jiji, I really liked that Amouage. Have a great time in Paris!
Enjoy your Stay in Paris
That sounds wonderful! Enjoy!
I am wearing Chanel No. 19 Poudre today and drinking a cup of jasmine green tea.
Robin, you smell terrific in Ta’if. It is a truly beautiful fragrance.
Ta’if is truly beautiful.
What a winning combination.. no. 19 Poudre + green tea, sounds divine!
It is nice, and I am in Florida and it is just a wee bit humid so it really bloomed. But now it is quite gone…
Jasmine green tea is one of my favorites. Bet it works rather well with the Chanel.
I’m wearing a sample of Ormond Jayne Prive, which I like, but don’t love. I was going to wear Taif, like many others today, but thought I’d start using up the sample. So glad I don’t love this one!
That one is more expensive, isn’t it?
Ormonde Man, very nice, very woody, a good way to do oud if you’re going to wear oud. A decade ago, back before they became grawnd instead of merely niche, before they started selling samples for $10 each, I bought that 10-sample set that they used to have, the one with the two drawers that slid in opposite directions when you pulled the ribbon — how has it been a decade? — and I still haven’t emptied any of the spray vials, but I like to open that sliding drawer every now and then and make a choice. Some day I’ll probably buy Ta’if.
My set has traveled without the box to 3 perfume friends and it’s back with me with a god amount of wearing a left in each!
Love this.
I have just that set and chose from it this morning! I’m in OJ Osmanthus. It’s very pleasant, but a bit too sweet. I’d like to smell more citrus. On the other hand, I’m noticing a really nice buttery note.
We’re having warm weather but there are bad thunderstorms predicted for tonight.
Oh you smell amazing! I tried that for the first time yesterday and it’s a beauty.
Ormonde Jayne Week wraps up with Woman. Beautiful, but Champaca edges it out as the winner. These scents are so well-blended it’s difficult to pick out any notes.
It’s all the iso e super 🙂
I’m wearing Champaca today also.I agree about not being able to pick out any individual notes.I was hoping to sniff the basmati note in this but no luck.
I went with Eau Duelle – I smell like a cupcake and I like it
You smell wonderful!
Looked all over for my sample of OJ Ta’if, but unsuccessful. This cool rainy day doesn’t feel like OJ Osmanthus to me and that’s all I’ve got. Going with VC&A Bois d’Iris. 0 points for CP, enjoyment points for me.
Enjoyment points matter more, probably.
Looked all over for my sample of OJ Ta’if, but unsuccessful. This cool rainy day doesn’t feel like OJ Osmanthus to me and that’s all I’ve got. Going with VC&A Bois d’Iris. 0 points for CP, enjoyment points for me.
oops
? it’s always me.
Everybody’s Ta’if is hiding with the lost socks somewhere!
LOL. I know where my sample is. I read the description of florescent rose/pepper/saffron and decided to try it sometime when I’m 15-20 miles away from the house.
Had an early morning appointment this morning. Overslept and couldn’t take a shower. I reapplied Feminite du Bois for it and now back home to take a shower. I don’t have any perfumes that begin with the letter O. I think that I might go with either Ubar or go with vintage Shalimar extrait today.
Either will smell great!
Ormonde Jayne Vanille d’Iris for me! Happy Friday, everyone.
That sounds really good!
Sampling Flashback in New York by Olfactive Studio. Just a couple drops, because Fragrantica said that it was cumin heavy and I have to be around others today…and it is, but only at first. It settles into a a soft leathery-woody scent after half an hour or so. I’m not in love with it, but it’s not the sweaty mess I was afraid of.
I never did try that one, but I am cautious of cumin too 🙂
Happy Friday! Wearing Olivier Durbano Heliotrope, which does not in fact smell like the heliotrope flower. There is apparently a stone called heliotrope and this is an incense perfume, like many of his line.
Right, I remembered as I was reading. But can’t remember if I ever smelled that one.
Received my sample packs from Zoha Aromas yesterday, and am completely off CP with Eidolon, from their Inspired Collection. This particular scent is inspired by By Kilian Black Phantom. Impressive thus far. I have never sample Black Phantom, so I couldn’t tell you if Eidolon is reminiscent of BP, but I like it a lot already. It is a gourmand, but it’s not nearly as sweet or sugary as one might expect given the list of notes.
Happy Friday, everybody!
So it is a line of dupes?
Seems to be, but with a few original scents, as well. A nicely middle eastern vibe, and they offer both perfumes and perfume oils. They are in Canada, and aside from the shipping, they have a good sample program, of which I took advantage. I think somebody here mentioned them about a month or so ago, and so I went to take a look, and ended up sampling.
Oh interesting, thanks!
Good afternoon! Scent at bedtime and this morning: Ormonde Jayne Ambre Royale.
That’s a nice one! I drained my sample.
I like it. 🙂 Mom just complained about me wearing perfume. I said, “I’ve washed my wrists several times since this morning. Maybe it got on my watchband or the sleeves of my hoodie.” I was wearing hoodies a lot this past week. I think there are the remnants of spritzes or dabs of the several sorts of Ormonde Jayne perfume samples I tried this week in the sleeves of about six of my sweatshirts. lol. These Ormonde Jayne perfumes are persistent.
Next time I do a perfume testing day out of the house, I may try some amber fragrances. I like that balsam and/or resin sort of scent.
TGIF! OJ Osmanthus Elixir for me today. So pretty.
I had a dream last night in which hajusuuri sent me a box of a dozen or so bottles of perfume. The only one I remember now is Guerlain Baiser de Russie. How funny!
Oh oh, now I’m infiltrating dreams ?
Spooky! 🙂
Hilarious! ?
LOL! Were they full bottles?
At least half full 🙂
Blessed!
OJ Frangipani, my favorite OJ that I’ve tried and the only one that remains in my collection.
I think that one is still my favorite, although I probably wear Ta’if more.
SOTD = Olfactive Studio Chambre Noire
https://www.instagram.com/p/B7IzDAbBoQy/?igshid=1u9qsgy24970r
I had forgotten how wonderful this one is. I had to interrupt Indie Week to wear this as I consider this line niche. I was hoping to wear an O indie line but I did not like any of the 3 perfumes I sampled.
Looking forward to the weekend!
I wore that yesterday. I really like it too. On me it really lasts and was still gorgeous when I went to bed.
The drydown is one of the best things about this perfume!
You smell fabulous! I love Chambre Noire, it’s one of my winter favourites.
Yay! It is very well done and did not feel like it was rushed to market.
I love Chambre Noire too, it was my first Olfactive Studio purchase. You smell great.
It’s my only FB from Olfactive Studio! The bottle is huge!
Chambre Noir must be something special for you to interrupt your Indie Week.
Happy Friyay!
SOTD is SL’s Borneo 1834 layered over Tom Ford’s Black Orchid Body Oil – wafting loads of patch, truffles, and chocolate. Looking forward to date night with the hubby!
Sipping a macha latte – that will wake me up pronto! TTFN….
At this moment I am sort of green tea twins, mine is Moroccan mint tea
I’m drinking Moroccan Mint too!! It’s my daily late morning/early afternoon fix.
Oh, I really love Moroccan Mint too! 🙂
That combo sounds divine!
Before I even opened NST I dabbed on a drop of pure oud oil I bought in Oman. Oud from Oman, that’s worth partial points!
You smell marvelous!
Here’s my funny perfume shopping story. A friend lived in the UAE and we visited Oman together. I wanted perfume and there was a lovely small shop, very personal. I know oud can be very polarizing but it’s extremely popular in the Middle East and I love it. The shop owner was so kind and helpful but he was baffled by my refusal to mix my oud with a floral like women do there. I wanted straight up oud! That’s a MAN’S scent, women buffer it with rose, jasmine or a mixture. He really didn’t get that I wanted pure oud for myself and that I wasn’t buying it for my husband. I sniffed several offerings, different oil from various countries and settled on one from Cambodia. When he finally got that YES it truly was for me, he insisted on decanting it into a lovely very feminine bottle; pale blue with painted flowers. He commented that I must have powerful forces within me to handle oud. LOL, of course being American he was already giving me a pass.
Cambodian oud is my favourite variety as well. Good for you for sticking to your guns.
LLOL, too funny! A friend of mine just visited Dubai, and she was overwhelmed by all the Oud worn there.
She had a grand time visiting the Henry Jacques boutique though.
Another funny part; my friend was/is NOT a fan of oud. She had to sit there as I tested and sniffed for almost an hour. This shop sold basically nothing but oud in various formats.
She’s a good friend LOL
One lesson learned though, I made the mistake of asking a non-perfume-wearing friend to pick up oud for me when she was visiting Morocco and Turkey. I insisted that was the ONLY perfume oil I was interested in.
She brought back clove oil instead, stating oud smelled so awful, why would anyone wear that if they weren’t forced to?? 😯
Good heavens, that’s not even close! I’d be so disappointed after expecting oud. Do people actually wear clove oil?
I know, right?? Believe me, I could have won a Best Actress Oscar for behaving so pleased and surprised.
And believe it or not, apparently people are a fan of wearing clove oil! The common popular mix is vanilla, patchouli and a drop of clove oil. I tried it once and it made my skin soooo red. Not for me.
Points!
Wearing Flash Back by Olfactive Studio.
Such a great scent-it opens sharp and fruity with the rhubarb,
but there is a woody smokey sweetness underneath.
It’s so enjoyable!
Happy Friday!!
Happy Friday sunnlitt!
Selfie, Olfactive Studio for me today.
How is that one?
I’m in Devilscent #3 by Olympic Orchids… half points for an O not on the list but double points for 2 Os! (I know we all keep score very rigorously.)
VERY rigorously 😉
I’m wearing Oriza L. Legrand Chypre Mousse today, my only other ‘O’ scent is Origins Ginger Essence and I wore that quite recently.
O is a tough one! P will be easier 🙂
I considered this too, but it was too cold for the scent.
I’m wearing a dab from my sample of Olivier Durbano’s Rock Crystal. It’s a nice incense, and I’d be tempted to get a FB if I didn’t already have a couple of incense perfumes.
That sounds like a nice perfume. I was looking at Liberty fabrics the other day and thought of you.
I like that one too and own it along with several of his other incenses. I find OD has a signature touch to his incense scents, they are never heavy or cloying.
Volutes ! According to Fragrantica, this has immortelle in it. ?♀️
Whoops, I made a mistake with my CP choice
Save it for next week!
I thought this was Immortelle week?
Now you have advance points!
I’m also wearing Ta’if and think I smell lovely. If I didn’t have to dig around to find a sample of Tolu, I would have worn it this week. I’ll just set it aside for wearing next time I come across it.
Update from yesterday: It seems I’m not actually moving to another department. What a whirlwind. But I’m pretty glad. And my boyfriend had a better experience with letting his employee go than he expected. So things have calmed down enough to be able to enjoy the weekend. Thanks for the well wishes yesterday!
That’s good news. Have a happy weekend
Excellent news. Wishing you a relaxing weekend!
Oh yay, always good when there is less stress than you expected, right?
Great news! Enjoy your weekend!
Spent yesterday gardening and this morning I understood the real benefit of having a long hall passage….it allows time and distance for your ankles and knees to reestablish their bend function and for your back to straighten between getting up from bed and putting the kettle on in the kitchen.
I like the fancy ‘O’ in today’s image and all the other images on that Flickr link. I could wear Olympic Orchids California Chocolate but I am testing Bee instead. I got a sample yesterday. I like the honey but am not sure about the rest of it.
I wanted to thank you for recommending Beautiful Kate. I watched it and found it very moving. In fact, I’d even call it rather haunting. What great acting, and I’ve always liked Bryan Brown. The cinematography and music are fabulous also.
It is good, isn’t it. So many great Australian movies…especially small budget. I watched Animal Kingdom again last night for a Ben Mendelsohn kick ( and Guy Pearce). Another Hugo Weaving suggestion is the series Patrick Melrose…Benedict Cumberbatch is the wealthy heroin addict and HW is his father ( awful, abusive character). Jennifer Jason Leigh is also in it. HW often seems to take sexually ambigious roles.
I am reading Robert Bilott’s Exposure at the moment, based on your mention of the movie Dark Waters
Gardening seems to use specific muscles that apparently are not taken care of by my usual exercise 🙂
My usual exercise is sitting on the couch …which is one up from lying on the couch
Sitting with my feet up is definitely a good part of my routine.
Wearing OJ Ta’if now; another sample thunk!
Sadly, we also got snowed out of our lunch date at the friendly neighbourhood pub. It started another dump early this morning, so we decided to come home instead rather than risk it. Supposed to snow all weekend, then temperatures will drop to crazy record lows on Monday.
Oy! Sending weather sympathies.
Thank you! Sympathies gratefully accepted.
It doesn’t sound good. Stay warm!
Ugh! Exactly. We usually sail through January with a bit of snow. Good thing for Netflix and fuzzy blankets.
Hey Twin! Your weather sounds crazy abnormal. Our temps will be unseasonably warm this weekend. I wore a spring jacket today. So weird.
We are twins, smelling great today! I like this one but don’t need full bottles of any of the OJ that I sampled.
There seems to be way more snow than usual this year, being in semi-desert. Usually we have dry winters with a few blasts of snow in February.
Jealous of your warm weather! Wanna trade?
Ooof, that weather forecast is adding insult to injury. Stay safe and warm!
It is! Adding that I’ve become a bit wimpy with the cold as I’ve gotten older. I’m definitely a fair-weather girl☀️?
I love the Friday community projects for many reasons and, today, in order to play, it’s forcing me to step out of my comfort zone (a good thing!). As a seasonal fragrance wearer, I would ordinarily never wear a spring floral fragrance ahead of the heavy rain/ice/sleet/snow that’s coming my way tonight/tomorrow, but since I want at least a few points, I will be brave and do it!
I don’t have any of the brands listed but I do have what I consider to be a small “o”: SOTD is Annie Oakley Morning Dew, which is described as beginning the day in a country cottage with lilacs drenched in raindrops. It is a lovely floral with a strong lilac note, and if I close my eyes, I can make the leap and be there! I happened upon the Annie Oakley perfumery when touring the area a few years ago and would highly recommend a tour should you find yourself in the Amish country of northeastern Indiana. The perfumery is located in Ligonier, just south of Shipshewana, and its story is an interesting one.
After a quick trip for some groceries, I’m planning on tucking in with books and cats – and perhaps lilacs! – for the rest of the weekend. Wishing everyone lovely days ahead!
A weekend with lilacs, books and cats sounds perfect!
I’ve been to the Annie Oakley shop! Ligonier is a nice town and that’s a fun area to visit, picturesque with all of the Amish buggies and gorgeous flower gardens. To be honest, I didn’t much care for any of the scents, but it was still a very interesting place to visit.
Most of the women’s scents were too floral for my taste -I favor woods/oriental and sometimes green scents, gourmand in winter, but I do love a lilac note and Morning Dew does this very nicely. Also, she has some very nice essential oils and household items.
I love lilacs too. There is something so pure and clean and hopeful about them. I can’t get enough of them in the spring.
Bittersweet Chocolate Day?? [Mouth starts watering.]
SOTD is Esprit d’Oscar. It’s the only ‘O’-brand scent I have.??♀️
Enjoy your weekend, NST!
In honor of Bittersweet Chocolate day, a cake we sampled in Lviv, Ukraine:-it was utterly to die for! They call Lviv the Vienna of the north, as it’s famous for its marvellous cafes.
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That does look delicious!
Chocolate and hazlenuts ….. Best cake ever
Oh, Calypso, that cake looks absolutely exquisite! I can only begin to imagine how it tasted. Thanks for sharing the photo—food & travel are a win-win.
hey, almost-twin! I love Oscar 😀
???
Passing you some virtual chocolate, Creosote!
Why, thank you! I shall share some of mine with you in return. I must confess that, this evening IRL, I did eat a fair amount of chocolate/chocolate-covered Christmas goodies: cookies, wafers, petit fours, and a truffle.?
I’ll have to read comments later. SOTD was Ta’if which kept me company during a horribly busy work day.
Sorry it was so busy!
Thanks Robin. Seems like most of us are doing the work of two nowadays.
OJ Woman from a decant. I like it for the First minutes, then the scent is getting in my nerves. Must ne the violet plus ISO E….i h ad a bottle that i quickly Sold and just melt a decant, so no money lost….
Alas, Woman didn’t work for me either but it sure gets a lot of love here!
Participating in Oriza L. Legrand Heliotrope Blanc, it’s nice but I prefer Etro Heliotrope.
Hello there, house twin!
Good to be house twin.
So many Ormonde Jayne, but I have seen some Oriza as well ? so I am not alone.
Oriza L. Legrand Vetiver Royal Bourbon for me today.
I’m checking in late in Ormonde Woman, which I am discovering smells almost entirely of thyme on me. Ah well!
I would have worn that today had I not been sick. You smell great.
Posting late today! I don’t have any bittersweet chocolate in my stash, but I do have plenty of dark chocolate, so that will have to do. ??
SOTD = Oriza L. Legrand Reve d’Ossian EdP again, from the sample stash. If they had 30mL or even 50mL bottles, I’d have this one in my perfume collection. The 100mL size makes me sigh with regret. I suspect I will have a few house twins today… maybe even a scent twin.
Well, um….they do sell 50ml bottles and refills on their website, but I have no idea what their shipping charges are. Another option would be to find out if Suzanne Becker of Shop France Inc. could pick one up for you during one of her trips.
Ruh roh! That is some dangerous knowledge! But it won’t hurt to put Reve d’Ossian on the FB wishlist now, will it?
It’s good to know that it’s attainable in a size you can manage! Now you can either yearn to attain it asap even more or let it languish on your FB wishlist for an eternity. Options!
Olympic Orchids Seattle Chocolate. Yum. Not sweet, but that’s okay! Chocolate, vanilla and musk. ❤️
So. Very. Sick. I think it’s the flu. Super bummed because I would have rocked O week. This is what I would have chosen, all OJs (and some of my favs)- Osmanthus, Tiare, Ta’if, Tolu, and would have ended in Woman. ?
Hope you feel better soon! I just have this stupid cold, but it’s going on for nearly 3 weeks now. Enough already!!
take good care, KellyC 😉 hope you are on the mend soon.
I hope you feel better soon!
Feel better soon! I am still not fully recovered from the nasty cold that I got 3 weeks ago. A persistent cough is still bothering me.
Ugh, sorry KellyC!
Oh ick. I hope it’s not the flu… one of my friends has it and he is a mess right now. Poor guy is on a ton of medicines.
Hope you are feeling better soon!
Boooooo flu! Feel well soon, KellyC!
I hope that you feel alittle better today KellyC. Getting the flu is awful! Can you get ahold of some Tammiflu?
I am so sorry! Feel better soon vibes.
SotD = Oscar by Oscar de la Renta
Almost playing along with today’s theme, and almost twins with Creosote today. 😀
From an old, sealed bottle that I found online . . . it smells as good as the stuff I bought in the early 1990s. Alas, it gives me a headache. I do love it so much, a true syphonic floral perfume, as lovely as vintage L’air du Temps.
Hope everyone had a fantabulous Friday.
For some reason, I missed 90s Oscar but I do remember loving L’air du Temps. I hope your headache goes away soon.
thanks, Petunia! the Oscar headache did go away quickly. 😀
That’s a pity your vintage find gave you a headache. I hope you feel better now. Did Oscar always disagree with you?
thanks, Jalapeno! I do feel better today. 😉 Oscar was fine for me when I wore it back in the day, LOL, so I’m not sure if the bottle I have is different and has something in it that causes the headache, or have I changed and now I’m sensitive to something that causes it. There are a number of perfumes that have changed on me in this way, even modern ones – Infusion d’Iris and a few of the Atelier Colognes. Oh well, there’s too much perfume to worry about it!
Oh no! I really like Oscar, especially vintage; sorry it doesn’t agree with you. Smelling fabulous anyways.
thanks, Gail! Oscar is worth it. 😉
?? Yay for almost-twins! You smell wonderful! What a bummer that it’s a headache-maker for you. Do you think you could enjoy it by sniffing it at a distance from a blotter?
You know what’s funny? Oscar is one of my mother’s signature scents precisely because it *doesn’t* cause her headaches! And I absolutely adore the scent of it on her, but it really does not work on my skin at all. Truly, YMMV, right?!
YMMV, for sure! I do enjoy Oscar from a distance too 🙂