Marta fell in love with perfumes in 2007 when she discovered Serge Lutens Chergui and Frédéric Malle Musc Ravageur. Since then she has been an avid reader of Now Smell This (and she also loves our own Angie’s cozy mysteries).

She’s currently searching for a signature scent for special events, something that will make her feel both chic and professional, like her longtime favorite Frédéric Malle Portrait of a Lady. She still finds Portrait of a Lady beautiful but she’s overly used to it now, and no other perfume in her collection feels powerful and special enough to be its replacement. Her perfect perfume will be as cold and chic as a Hitchcock blonde, but also with some wit and panache. So, icy and interesting.

Can we help?

Here is what we know about Marta…

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Scentred participated at Now Smell This and other fragrance blogs for some years, but then life took her other places…now, after 10 years or so, she’s back, as Scentred2, and eager to catch up. She’s hoping we’ll help her get back in the game. She loves her current collection, but she’d love to find something new, unique, unexpected and beautifully put together, and she no longer knows what brands or perfumes are worth the time and effort of sampling. Can we help her get started?

Here is what we know about Scentred2…

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Robin participated in the Monday Mail back in 2014, looking for two perfect fragrances: one for everyday and one for special occasions. Since then, her life has changed and so has her perfume collection, but she still doesn’t have her special fragrances. So, let’s try again! Robin wants complex, beautiful, feminine scents, preferably not mainstream, that fit her personality and style. Ideally, she would like to sniff her own arm and swoon. The fragrances should be grown-up but not too mature, youthful but not teenager-ish. She will spend what she has to. Here is what we know about Robin…

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Thomas, who lives in Berlin, wants to find a new “handsome and rich” fragrance for personal and casual wear. He does not know much about perfume, but he is interested in exploring — especially the world of niche fragrance —and has good access to perfume stores. His price limit is about the same as a 50 ml bottle of a Tom Ford Private Blend, and he’d like his new scent to be long lasting, but without overwhelming sillage. Here is what we know about Thomas…

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Rena (some of you know her as thegoddessrena) is back for her third Monday Mail (see 2012 and 2013). She’s heading to Brussels at the end of the month, and hopes to do some perfume shopping while her husband attends a conference. She wants to buy 2 or 3 fragrances, and her total budget tops out at $600.

Her criteria:

She like to hear about fragrances she can’t easily smell in Boston, and if you know where she can smell them in Brussels that would be helpful too.

She prefers rich, full scents…

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