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…
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…
Nik wants to buy the perfect fragrance to give his girlfriend for Valentine’s Day. He lives in London, so has great access to perfume stores, and he’d like to keep the cost below £100 (about $140). Here is what we know about the object of his affections…
I am late, again, but hopefully not too late to help Anna. She wants to find a daytime fragrance, something light and suited to warm weather, but with good lasting power, to replace her discontinued favorite, Montblanc Starwalker. At the moment, her substitute is Diptyque Eau Duelle, and she does like it but she finds that it starts out strong, and then wears off too quickly.
She’d love to keep the price below $150, but she might be willing to go higher for true love. Here is what we know about Anna and her fragrance preferences…
Amy has a Monday Mail request — she needs help finding a particular “fragrance unicorn”. Her quest started when she passed an older woman in Boston who smelled “absolutely electric”. She was wearing Caron Poivre. Amy eventually managed to smell Poivre at the Caron boutique, but it no longer had the same “gutsiness” she remembered. Meanwhile, she has moved to Texas, where the heat makes it hard for her to wear dense fragrances. So Amy would love to find something with a Poivre-level spicy punch, but in a warm weather fragrance. Her maximum budget is $200 but she’d be thrilled to find something cheaper, and she’d like her new scent to be something that’s still in production (no hunting down vintage treasures, please). She’s fine with ordering samples online.
Amy is in her mid 20s. Her new fragrance doesn’t have to be work appropriate, but it has to be something she can wear in very hot weather…