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Friday scent of the day 3/27

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It’s the last Friday in March. Also, International Whisk(e)y Day and World Theatre Day. Birthdays: Edward Steichen, Ben Webster and Sarah Vaughan. Our community project for today:  wear a fragrance with a mimosa or cassie note, if you have one. Thanks go to Laila for the suggestion! 

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.

So I went looking (again) for some Lush Furze, and had no joy, but this time I did come across another mimosa fragrance I’d been looking for: Maria Candida Gentile Hanbury.

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I love the smell, I love the color, I love the pompon

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I have a mimosa tree in my garden here, and when it blooms, I make a very big bouquet of mimosa. I love the smell, I love the color, I love the pompon. It’s shiny, it’s sunny, and it brings me back to the Tanneron hills, near Grasse, where the mimosa blooms make all the hills turn yellow. There’s something very dewy, a little bit powdery, very comforting, and comfortable about the smell, but it has also this feeling to it that’s creamy, crunchy, and a little bit watery.

— Perfumer Julie Massé on the smell of happiness. Read more in The Perfumer Who Loves the Smell of Shiso Leaves at The Cut.

Frederic Malle Une Fleur de Cassie ~ fragrance review

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mimosa on black

Every once in a while, a fragrance comes along that should be labeled “Not For Beginners.” Frédéric Malle Une Fleur de Cassie fits that category.

Of course, perfume agnostics and newcomers can and should enjoy Une Fleur de Cassie. If you swapped out a barfly’s beer can with a glass of good Vouvray,1 he might chug the wine with a lot of satisfaction. But is he going to catch every nuance? Une Fleur de Cassie is all about nuance.

The other barrier Une Fleur de Cassie presents to the beginner is that it’s not pretty. Some people might even say it’s ugly. Yet it sure is beautiful…

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Jo Malone Mimosa & Cardamom ~ fragrance review

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Jo Malone Mimosa & Cardamom brand image

Jo Malone recently launched Mimosa & Cardamom, a new fragrance for women. It was developed by perfumer Marie Salamagne and its notes include honey, mimosa, heliotrope, rose, cardamom, sandalwood and tonka bean. Its tagline is “A new bohemia awaits.”

This list of notes made my mouth water, so to speak — lots of my favorites in there! And the visuals for Mimosa & Cardamom are fantastic, with that wavy-haired brunette model in Eastern-inspired wear, looking like some kind of contemporary Matisse odalisque as she lounges amongst decorative porcelain and big bunches of mimosa blooms. So, how is the fragrance? Well, it does feel like a Jo Malone, which could be either praise or a warning, depending on your point of view…

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Von Euserdorff Classic Mimosa ~ fragrance review

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Von Euserdorff Classic Mimosa

When it comes to perfumes and seasons, I’m never totally satisified. In the middle of summer, I long for cold weather to arrive so that I can wear my heavier, spicier fragrances. Then, as soon as winter hits the East Coast, I start craving light, airy scents and springtime florals. Luckily, a kind friend recently passed along a sample of Von Euserdorff Classic Mimosa, and it satisfied my need for an olfactory escape on a freezing day.

Classic Mimosa is a floral fragrance with top notes of bergamot, neroli and green leaves; heart notes of mimosa, violet, rose and a marine accord; and base notes of musk, orange blossom and vanilla. It’s a soft yet radiant interpretation of the mimosa flower that lasts well on my skin and lifts my mood…

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