Hey Gang,
Jin and I are off on holidays. We leave today and I’m FREAKING EXCITED!! I haven’t taken a holiday in over 2 years and we are doing some catching up. I thought you might like our itinerary in case you happen to be in or around the cities we are visiting and would like to meet in person for a coffee, dinner, fragrance sniff, tour, dance, show or maybe you would like to meet me so you can slap my face. WHAT EVAH!! We’ll be glad to meet you no matter the reason and we can do pictures to show on the blog. It will be awesome!! Leave a comment here. If you follow the blog via email then I will be able to reply easily.
Daily Fragrance Reviews will continue as normal, barring serious incidents. I have pre-done a few and some will be done on the road. Most of our Guest Posts are in but a couple missed the boat, and if you think I’m editing on my HOLIDAY you can go get nicked. Saturday and Sunday may suffer from can’t-be-bothered-itis. I am hoping to do some happy snaps and bought this week stuff but it may not happen. Honesty reads like laziness and you can be pretty sure there’ll be some of that around. If I am a bit less diligent in my comment answering I know you’ll understand too.
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COMPETITION
Please try and guess which of these frags I’ll be wearing on the plane from Sydney to our stopover in Korea? The first and second to get it right will get a 5ml decant of one of the fragrances I buy in Paris or Venice.
Bulgari BLV Pour Homme
CHANEL No 5
Aftelier Parfum de Maroc
Narciso Rodriguez for Her
Guerlain Lys Soleia
Annick Goutal Mandragore
Bal a Versailles
Versace Dreamer
Diorissimo Vintage Parfum
Estee Lauder Brasil Dream
Olympic Orchids Ballets Rouges
Paris Hilton Siren
Versace Blonde
CHANEL no 19 Parfum
Royal Bain de Caron
DKNY Gold
Patou 1000
SOIVOHLE Rosa sur Reuse
Nikki de Saint Phalle
CdG Incense
Estee Lauder Azuree
Guerlain Shalimar Vintage EdT
Hermes Un Jardin Apres La Mousson
Gucci Guilty
A Wing & A Prayer Berkeley
Annick Goutal Songes
Guerlain Jasminora
One Seed Courage
Jessica Simpson Fancy Nights
I’ll still be in touch. Cherio!!
Portia xx
Peter, Paul & Mary LIVE
A Wing & A Prayer Berkeley.
Lovely choice calidreaming
Portia xx
Have a wonderful time! Vacations are supposed to have lazy moments so relax and enjoy yours. Take lots of pictures too!
I am not a huge fan of the airborne experience and since you’re going to be meeting parents and family, my vote is for One Seed Courage.
I do love a little extra Courage in my perfumes Poodle
Portia xx
You are adorable, Portia! (I thought you might like our itinerary in case you happen to be in or around the cities we are visiting and would like to meet in person for a coffee, dinner, fragrance sniff, tour, dance, show or maybe you would like to meet me so you can slap my face. WHAT EVAH!! We’ll be glad to meet you no matter the reason and we can do pictures to show on the blog.– not only do you smell good, but you seem like the most accepting person evah!)
Can I guess two? No? Then I’ll just guess Patou 1000.
Have a great trip!!
HA HA HA I wouldn’t be pleased if they slapped my face. I adore 1000, what a remarkable fragrance
Portia xx
I’ll have to say One Seed Courage too. I tried it just this week and it’s so lovely, won’t offend anyone on the plane! I’m also a nervous flyer. Have a wonderful holiday!
Yes RuthF Liz Cook is doing great work
Portia xx
I’m going out on a limb and saying Chanel No 5. Had no idea you were also going to Prague Miss P. I have Czech heritage and lived there for 6 months three years ago – beautiful city! Ahoj! And dobry den!
X M
Wow! Jin says I knew about Prague and you living there but I have no recollection of you mentioning it either. Nice choice for fragrance, you know how I love my Chanel no 5
Portia xx
Well, if you are still in Vienna on the 26th,sometime after midday and would care to grab a handmade, fantabulous “armadillos cookie”, we could meet outside La Parfum, downtown Vienna. If not …. have a brilliant time.
What you gonna wear??? No clue. Hmmm. Diorissimo??
Wanna guess which cookie?
White and milk chocolate chunk
Cranberry, white chocolate, pecan and caramelised almond?
Peanut butter studded with chocolate chunks
Traditional oatmeal and raisin?
Ha ha ha!
Love from Valerie
Austria´s Cookie Queen
Nr Salzburg
We would Love to do cookies in Vienna. Can I check our itinerary and please get in touch at portia underscore turbo at yahoo dot com dot au
Thanks
Portia xx
I did. <3
Sounds like an AMAZING trip! My mother in law recently visited Spain and Venice for her first trip outside Australasia, and she’s been raving about it ever since. I am totally jealous!
My fragrance guess is Aftelier Parfum de Maroc.
I am so happy for your M I L. Parfum de Maroc is a super choice
Portia xx
I guess A Wing and A Prayer too. Have a wonderful, wonderful trip Portia x
Thanks Tara
We are already having a lavish and lazy breakfast in Korea on our stop over. Have you tried the A Wing & A Prayer crew yet?
Portia xx
Nope, I haven’t tried it yet. Very jealous that you are going to get to visit Birgit in Vienna! Enjoy it all.
Thanks Tara,
Pretty excited about seeing Birgits myself
Portia xx
This seems like a time for Ballets Rouges. Have a great time!
Ballets Rouges was one of the short listed 5. Having a great time thanks Heather
Portia xx
What a lovely itinerary! Such wonderful cities, so romantic. Sure you are going to have a lot of fun!
Now let me guess… AG Mandragore?
Your itinerary is inspiring me to plan a trip. Have a wonderful time. I’ll guess Lys Soleia.
Plan, plan, plan. It was a friend who inspired this trip by reminding me that we’d not been away for nearly two and a half years.
Lys Soleia is a beautiful choice,
Portia xx
I’m thinking “Estee Lauder Brasil Dream” – have a lovely, safe trip. I’m envious!
Thanks Linda
Such a wonderful perfume I love it.
Thanks.
Portia xx
Guerlain Lys Soleia?
A Wing and a Prayer would make sense though.
Thanks for joining in blauriche.
Portia xx
I vote for Aftelier Parfum de Maroc and Olympic Orchids Ballets Rouges.
Enjoy your holiday!
Naughty Lucasai, I will give you your two choices because you are such a sweetly.
Portia x
SO jealous! Your itinerary sounds amazing! And WHAT, no Hermes Voyage!?! But I know it’s not all in the name. I say Bal a Versailles to start the trip off with decadence and maybe the added bonus of ending up with an empty seat next to by the middle of the flight.
Bon Voyage!
B A V is an inspired choice and Jin and I choose to sit down the back in the last 2window seats so it doesn’t matter what I wear because there is no one close enough to smell.
Portia xx
I can’t guess! Too many wonderful choices! I just know that you are going to have an amazingly fragrant holiday!
Have a wonderful time. Ps. I’m dying to know: what are you wearing to meet the folks?
Meeting the parents will be a great and terrible choice, the question still ponds, thank you for your great wishes.
Portia xx
You’ll be beautiful! They will love you!
And I know you will leave a beautiful scent trail!
Definitely leaving a scent trail. He he he
Have a lovely time! It sounds like it will be a busy trip but very fun. I’ll guess “Dreamer” for your long flight, if only because I hope you’ll get some sleep on that flight!
Dreamer is a super great choice and was on the short list, stay posted
Portia
I’m so jealous….I’m guessing Narcisco Rodriguez For Her….bon sejour!
Please don’t be jealous, narciso Rodriguez is so lovely.
Portia xx
Vaya con parfum!
Maybe?
Even tho’ I’m not the first or second to suggest it, I’m guessing One Seed Courage – partly because it’s the only Aussie perfume you have on your list (and I reckon you’ll be flying our flag proudly) and partly because you’ll be needing all the courage you can get in the lead up to meeting Jin’s parents in Korea (just a guess).
XXChristine
I can’t even think yet about what to wear for that meeting yet but great choice in Courage,
Portia xx
Jessica Simpson Fancy nights!! is my guess, not a well thought out one either! Seriously, have a fantastic trip….. we will miss you, and cannot wait to hear /read about it and see some photos too, ciao xo
It’s funny that you mention Fancy Nights it missed the short list by one.
Portia xx
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Of course I’ll have to guess that you’ll be wearing Olympic Orchids Ballets Rouges, egoist that I am. My second guess would be Nikki de Saint Phalle, which I love.
Hey Ellen,
I love it!! Thanks for coming by
Portia xx
Have a great trip, Portia!
My initial guess was also A Wing & A Prayer. But since this one is already taken I’ll not loose anything if I try another one. I’ll go with my favorite CHANEL no 19 Parfum – that’s what I’d probably wear if I had to choose fromyour list.
Thanks Undina for your good wishes. I do love a bit of CHANEL as you know.good choice,
Portia xx
Wishing you a great time (I know it will be)!
And I’m jealous you’re meeting with Birgit – hopefully I will too this year.
Pretty damn e xcited here too nines.
Portia x
Oh my goodness!!! Have fun! Enjoy the heck out of your holiday, and good luck meeting Jin’s parents. I’m sure they’ll love you!
Thanks Shiloh,
His brother and sister in law are great. We are currently with them in Slovakia. We’ll be seeing them back in South Korea too so that makes it a little easier.
Portia xx
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN!! to put you all out of your suspense I wore CHANEL No 5 Parfum spritzed liberally at the Duty Free in Australia. Madeleine you are our winner.
The top 5 were
Ballets Rouges
Brasil Dream
CHANEL No 5
Dreamer
Mandragore
Thanks for playing and Madeleine I’ll sort you out when I get home.
Portia xx
Have a wonderful holiday, and I am okay with missing the guessing – I would have been awful at it!
Wonderful holiday being had Natalie.
Portia xx
What fun, Portia! I’ll take a wild guess and say Gucci Guilty
I would specially love to hear about Venice as I am planning to be there for a few days in August!
Have a safe and funtabulous trip!
Great choice but it’s all over hajusuuri. It was CHANEL No 5.
Portia xx
Ha, late to the party but hey, you smelled good.