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Portia
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Hi APJ,
A SOTD (Scent Of The Day) thread is a really good conversation generator. The idea is you’ll chime in through the week with whatever scent you are wearing. You don’t need to be super knowledgable, have high faluting tastes or be a published author to comment. Just tell us what fragrance you’re wearing, smelling, buying etc.
You can also comment on everyone else choices too. It’s great to tell someone how much you love their choice, ask for more info about it, the house or perfumer. There’s someone here from around the world 24/7 and perfume people love to chat.
SOTD 5 March – 11 March 2018
You probably won’t have time to write every scent, every spritz but whenever you feel the mood take you share your current spritz and a few things about it. Maybe you love/loathe it, want it, are excited by the notes/bottle/SA who sold it: WHATEVER! As always here at APJ, taking sides never means taking offence and everyone keeps it respectful and light, even though we can sometimes trawl the depths.
Hopefully you will come back and see if anyone has responded to your comment and you can reply to them.
Go To It Crew.
Portia xxx
Australian Perfume Junkies 
Testing Exultant…reads very dry and masculine on my skin.
Later I will touch up with St. Clair Scents First Cut because lord only knows I need me some sunshine, honeyed hay and smoooooth lavender about now. My place of employment has been closed since Friday due to lack of power, downed trees and overall dangerous conditions due to the blizzard. Some folks in my area have been out of power since Friday and are not expecting a return until Tuesday….just in time for the next storm which arrives Tuesday night into Thursday morning….talk about March roaring like a lion…..First Cut will mentally put me in a Spring frame of mind 🙂
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Hey CM,
Exultat is so freaking good. Very cold incense, arctic, and woods. I can see why it might read too masculine but I love it.
Good luck in the storms. I’d be shit without electricity.
Portia xx
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I looked up the notes and it is the violet leaf I am smelling. Happen to like that note which was very prevalent in grey flannel.
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Stay safe (and warm! and fragrant!) Chez Marzipan!
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Thank you Lillybet! I just got a call from work…our building is still shut down and their are downed electric wires all over the road so another day at home for me tomorrow.
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Oops, I read ‘erotic’ instead of ‘arctic’
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“erotic” is good too -LOL!
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Hang in there! These storms have been crazy, I’m glad we haven’t had them out here in western PA!
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Yes you don’t want any more snow
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OMG CM you all are really going through it there! Losing power is no joke, we are so reliant on it for virtually everything. Hope you’re able to get some heat going somehow and not shivering. Here’s some virtual sun ☀️ ☀️ (yeah I know that’s bloody useless to you at the moment).
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Thank you for the virtual sun!! Fortunately I have power at home now but some of my neighbors are still without.
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I’m with MMKin. Hang in there. I know what it’s like. Usually CT gets hammered with these storms but amazingly this one barely winged us.
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You lucked out 🙂
Hopefully the next one starting tomorrow night will miss you as well.
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Vintage CHANEL No 22 EdT.
The opening moments are a bit OTT but about 5 minutes in, HEAVENLY!
Portia xx
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I have been a long-time lover of most of the Chanels; however, No 22 has always had a special place in my heart. I’ve never sampled vintage, my bottle is from the early 2000s. It is heavenly! I haven’t worn this fragrance in awhile; today will be the day!
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Hi APJs, it’s a chilly morning here. I thought some of my sort of vintage Opium in the limited edition bottle would go great with my red leopard print wrap dress…come to find my son has been poaching it…and the sprayer is trying to jam. I only wear it a few times a year. I thought that bottle might last my lifetime. Now it feels like there’s about 10 ml left. Mild panic has ensued. When I found out that sporty 16 year old boys actually run the fragrance market of the US via Brazil I should have bought him his own bottle! At least he always smells great…
Alanna
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O M G! I would have taken him out back and stoned him to death Alanna. How are you so cool about it?
This is why I remain childless.
No self control.
Portia xx
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😂😂😂 I’m in bits here, the visions.
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Portia you would have a fit Chez Marzipan cause the youngins are constantly using my stuff. Honestly I don’t even know if there is one bottle that is exclusively mine
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Red leopard-print coupled with vintage Opium. Holy crap you are speaking my language, girl.
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Exactly my thought ,too. Presumably a bright fiery red lipstick, too.
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Hey Allana, my vintage Opium arrived a few weeks back and the first time I wore it hubby took a big sniff and said it was gorgeous, and in the next breath said “Is that mine?” So I had better be careful where I leave it otherwise mine might be going missing too.
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I believe that if one tries to judge both objectively and subjectively, vintage Opium is the best women perfume ever made!
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Last drops of Roja Dove Amber Aoud tonight. Obviously only a sample given the price!!
Rich and animalic, but surprisingly not really long lasting.
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WOW! How annoying to pay all that money and have your fragrance last so short a time. My body gets that with most of Jo Malone sadly.
Portia xx
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A little Sonoma Scent Studio Winter Woods for this cold morning. Spring isn’t here yet so I may as well get a few more wears out of my favorite winter frags!!
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I will be curious if your nose finds St. Clair Scents Frost similar to Winter Woods.
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Wearing L’Air de Rien today.
I smell like the morning after a quasi-debauched weekend.
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Quasi- debauched weekend….. May you share details? lol
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HA! I don’t need the frag to smell like that this week Tena.
Portia xx
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Seville à L’aube today, its kooky warmth is just what I need.
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Even though it feels positively balmy today at 5 degrees.
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Kooky warmth is an excellent explanation Cassirflower.
Portia xxx
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Looks like a day for JM Velvet Rose and Oud.
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Trialling Bas de soie. It is good but I’m kinda glad that I haven’t liked it enough to crave for more than my sample. A real perfumista should learn how to choose their battles, right? 🙂
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I only ever needed a sample of this because I kept getting whiffs of hairspray off it. Mad I know, but the nose does what the nose does😀
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I’ve read reviews where people compared Bas de soie to a polyethylene bag 🙂 Actually, I quite like it but it’s similar to Chanel 19 sans the hyacinth note, and I already own a bottle of N. 19.
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LOVE Bas de soie Diana,
Can completely understand you not needing it but it’s a perfect whisper of fragrance.
Portia xx
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Portia, please, don’t encourage me! You do it so well, it must be one of your superpowers 🙂
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Today I am wearing Chabaud’s Lait et Chocolat. I smell like an Oreo!
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Fact 1. You smell scrumptious. Fact 2. Now I want an Oreo 🙂
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LOL.. I’m the opposite of your thoughts, Diana.
1. I’d never want to smell like a biscuit.
2. I’ve never eaten an Oreo.
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LOL I’m with you Saffy on #1 and on #2 I hate Oreos and have ever since I was a kid. The filling is so sweet it makes me gag.
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That’s the beauty of being a perfumista: we can smell like a millionaire’s widow, a cookie jar or even a bag of potatoes if we wish so 🙂 I’m all for diversity.
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Today I used up the rest of my sample of PG Arabian Horse. I like it but not for a bottle, but probably a decant.
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Arabian Horse!! I want it SO BAD and think it will be my purchase at the PG store in Paris later in the year.
Portia xx
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I am wearing Kenzo UFO. For a bottle that is one of the most beautiful I have ever seen, the scent is rather forgettable. Its is the plain benzoin-focused drydown so common in many oriental and gourmand perfumes.
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Fazal, that is a beautiful bottle – i just looked it up! Perhaps all the budget went into the bottle design and not the scent?
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Yeah, the bottle is amazing even in person. fortunately I didn’t pay much for it and its one of those rare cases where the bottle design makes it worth keeping.
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Is that the scent which has that marvellous advertisement with the ‘weird dancing’?
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No you’re thinking of Kenzo World I think Saffy.
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Bel Respiro EdP for me today. That big bold swoon-worthy herbal galbanum opening is gorgeous but it settles enough to be office friendly. Gotta get stuff done today.
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Perfect getting stuff done fragrance Lillibet,
Did it work positively towards that end?
Portia xx
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It did! I was in a much better space by the end of the day.
Xx
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Happiness all round here as two lots of perfume surprises in the letter box last night. My STC order and my Fort & Manle discovery set. WOW! I can see why this brand gets the love and i can totally get why Charlatan is a favourite here. I ripped open the packet (the packaging and style is fantastic) in the car and from one spray on my hand i could tell straight away this is a Winner! it was like Montale, Mancera and CdG Incenses all in one with a splash of amber. So amazing!
This morning i picked Maduro – I’ve used all my sample as initial spray is wicked – a little sweet, a little smokey, a little amber and woody but its very light and soft on me. Which is a shame as this is super pretty and warm. DId do small sprays of Harlem Rose and Amber Absolutely – both were lovely, and smooth. Looking forward to trying the rest.
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Perfume packages are just the best. You can’t wait to rip them open.
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Mmm…Forte & Manle are on my to be tried list too…must…stop…adding…to…list…right after add new Tempo frag from Diptyque…or something…
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Harem Rose is my fave from this brand. What did you buy from STC?
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YAY Melanie,
You got the good stuff!
Portia xx
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It’s always exciting to get a new perfume package, enjoy 🙂
Fort & Manle are getting so many positive reviews, I might need to try them myself.
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I caved yesterday on the way to work LOL…now I’m waiting impatiently for my same set to arrive.
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Tonight I’m sampling from my mail call- St Clair Scents First Cut – enabler pin to Marzipan for this one. So far I like. And my big win of the day, snagged a 100ml bottle of Atelier Pomelo Paradis on a local Facebook “sell your stuff” group for $20. Was an unloved gift, apparently. I felt slightly guilty picking it up from the porch and leaving my cash in the door slot…. it’s not my favorite Atelier but the price couldn’t be beat.
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Bargain 🙂
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Fabulous price…. And if you really don’t like it much, you can always decant some for friends/ workmates.
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Ha! we are house twins!!! I started the morning in something else I was testing but am now in St Clair Scents Gardener’s Gloves.
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Hi All APJers….Well I FINALLY had a decent sleep….so relived.
On Monday , yesterday I was surrounded by hubby’s YSL M7 Oud Absolu, so didn’t wear anything until late afternoon.
I received Portia’s Winners package….Glorious. late at night, I used some of the Ombre de Hyacinth….pretty, but to my nose not dissimilar to Bluebell by Penhaligon’s.
This morning I tried One Seed’s Symphony…..Yuckko…a scrubber to me…. Will shower soon and apply the sample of Sables.
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I’m double dipping for a Tuesday as i’ve just put on some Atelier Tobacco Nuit. This is truly delightful. Its big – all the usual suspects – spices and wood. I only get the tobacco if i sniff my arm! Insert “happy dance”
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We can double-dip together! I just put on some luscious Putain des Palaces 🙂
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Going a round wirh SL Boxeuse–not the best, but not the worst of SL. Picked it randomly and went for it. I’m enjoying the lemony brisk topnote followed immediately by tart plum and leathery woods, then wine-soaked fruits now as I drift off to sleep. This is still better than loads of new frags on the market, and still decidedly SL. This is easy to wear.
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I think you have to be perfectly in the mood for SL Boxeuse Shiva-woman. Any other time it wears wrong for me too.
Portia xx
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Agreed. I learned yesterday that it does not much well with hormonal grumpiness. Love Boxeuses, but yesterday it was just All Wrong.
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Paco Rabonee Calandre vintage EdT tonight.
It is amazing, so stark and metallic on open yet smooths down to a soft furry comfort. MMMMMMM
Portia xx
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Calandre sounds nice, Portia. I only tried Eau de calandre, and I have to admit, it wasn’t that special.
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MMMM is right!!! I wore Calandre in the 70s…..have you tried Calandre’s sister, Metal? Love that one even more 🙂
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A day for No. 19.
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It really was. There was vintage No. 19, and plenty of it. And it was *exactly* what I needed.
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I reached into the far corners of the collection today and came back with L’Artisan Parfumeur Premier Figuier Extreme. Although it is overcast and blanketed with snow where I live, I am dreaming of sunshine and warmth.
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Double layer of Organza, a good slather of the dry oil followed by a generous spray. I’m a warm luscious flower today.
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Cassieflower – you smell delightful x
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Today I’m wearing Kazimi from the House of Matriarch, an unusual blend of tons of roses, ginger and Eastern spices.
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The House of Matriarch looks interesting but the prices make this line out of reach for me.
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That sounds delightful, I wonder if they sell samples… I shall investigate!
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The internet and TV went out again last night and just came back on in the afternoon today. I have never experienced so much Netflix withdrawal! My idle hands knit two scarves and one hat because my work building is still closed due to lack of water , heat and live electric wires on the road.
This morning I tested Acqua Sextus….now I am in Gardner’s Gloves…the best tomato leaf out there IMHO.
Tonight comes another storm which will dump another foot of snow…if y’all don’t hear from me again it will be because I lost power and/or internet (let’s cross our fingers that doesn’t happen!!)
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In case I am forced offline tomorrow I intend on testing the following over the next few days- Caprifoglio, Hammam, Gelsomini di Capri, Cologne Sologne and 38N16E Calabria….they all smell citrusy and summery to me and I need some sunshine….
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You are on a serious testing binge CM, WOW! That is a lot of fabulous fragrance.
Portia xx
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ugh, that’s such dramatic weather! I hope things become boringly temperate soon.
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Jo Malone’s Dark Amber & Gingerlily for me today.
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Oh I like that one….
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Fort & Manle Harem Rose today from my sample. Absolutely beautiful. Super nervous as i dont think its going to last for long on me. Trying to use sparingly and adding a spritz now and then when no one watching. Its really lovely – vanilla, rose and amber.
Saffysihere – you have great taste!
I tried a couple of the others from the set last night – couple of them are full on and a little weird for me! Will write them up later when time permits!
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YAY! Love reading good things about Fort & Manlé. Glad you’re enjoying harem rose.
Have you gone Garden Gnome yet? The four distinct seasons are masterful.
Portia x
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Thank you, Melanie.
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Profumum Roma Rosae Mundi. I love this so much. What a beautiful patchouli drizzled lolly rose!
Portia xx
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Wednesday. Woke full of beans and wanting to have a fabulous day.
Invited to lunch at one of my favourite restaurants. I chose my favourite meal ,too.
I chose to wear Le Chasse Aux Papillion’s for the day. Now I’ve applied Samsara for sleeps.
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OOOH! Two sensational frags. Night Night.
Portia xx
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Wow, two gorgeous fragrances in the one day. Hope you’re sleeping tight!
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Started the morning with a tiny dab of First Cut….bergamot, lavender, herbs, mimosa and honeyed hay…gorgeous….later I will test one of the citrus samples I have put to the side for my five day testing extravaganza 🙂
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Dryad. And just loving the narcissus/oakmoss combo today which is outweighing all the greenery. And on a high of relief: just wrapped up the six week catch up session with my coach and I get to move to the next round of rehab work because: progress! Aim is to get back to where I was by Christmas. Learning patience is *hard*.
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Expecting a challenging day, which of course disrupted my sleep – awake since 4 am. A little Ambre 114 because it’s warm and easy, needed that today.
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Oh MMKinPA,
If I hadn’t just spritzed something else (see below) I’d be wafting 114 too.
Portia xx
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After answering a friend’s question, “What do you have that you ask yourself, ‘Why the hell don’t I wear this more often?'” I went with Caron l’Accord 119. It’s a beauty. I guess I’m not really a fruity floral kind of girl, but this one does hit the spot, especially on a nasty, stormy day.
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I saw that question Francesca.
You’ve now inspired a triple spritz of Caron l’Accord 119 because I have never worn mine yet. Originally drained a 5ml decant, saw the bottle for a very good price, bought it, ignored it. I may even have to open it.
Thanks for the reminder,
Portia xx
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SOTD: L’ombre dans L’eau EdP to keep me thinking cool thoughts on a hot day.
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I had forgotten the tomato-leaf opening – gorgeous – how did I forget that,
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I will send some of our snow your way 🙂
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Sound good to me 😉
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Same as yesterday, double dip of Organza. But when I got home from work I just had to have a spritz of Samsara, because Saffy reminded me, and I haven’t worn it in yonks. I still smell great☺️
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I just had to google to see if Australia gets snow 🙂 Was curious about that!
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HA! Yes, we do in a few regions CM.
Sometimes within an hour of Sydney.
Portia xx
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Montale day here! Gone a little crazy (or is that clumsy – i’ve dropped so many things this morning – my breakfast, my sample vial of Montale, keys and my raspberries for snack time & i left my glasses at home – doh!) Put on all my Montale Red aoud sample this morning – its really good. Like Black Oud but softer and sweeter. Then because i know it wont last all day i’ve added Montale Arabians on left arm and then Montale Louban on the right. Arabians is good – cardamon and leather. Louban with a touch of rose and violet. I should stop ordering Montale but we seem to like each other!! To my APF family – hope its a good day for you xo
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Doh! and i cant type either today! A P J . APF could be australian perfume friends?
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Found this little sweet sentence while reading my novel at lunch just now and thought it worthy of a share… 2nd page in…. “thankfully I packed some sandwiches and a thermos of tea to keep me going; that will be my supper tonight” (the French Perfumer, Amanda Hampson)
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I think I read that book! I’m going to check my shelves.
Oh, and I can smell you from Parramatta! That is a LOT of Montale.
Portia xx
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Hey Melanie, I just heard that a Montale-shaped hole opened up in the ozone layer over Oz, haw haw.
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🤣🤣
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😂
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Caron Accord 119. Sweet and furry.
Portia xx
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Furry…now I’m trying to think which frags smell furry to me… furry cuddly or furry like…well…fur Portia?
Xx
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Have you ever put your face into a vintage fur coat at the second hand store? That kind of furry, real fur poorly kept and a bit dusty.
Portia xx
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Ooh interesting.
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Enjoying the lush lemony rose and spicy resinous vanilla of Lubin’s Kismet tonight.
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OOO that sounds delightful….was Kismet the one that years ago came in an elephant shaped bottle?
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I think the story behind it was that but I’m not sure it ever really did 🙂
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Will start the morning in St Clair Scents Frost for my shovel the driveway extravaganza and later freshen up with one of my citrus samples.
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So Mother Nature decided to test your muscle power along with your patience for IWD? Very nice of her indeed, pfft. But your perfume choice is totally apt.
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My tiny old body is beyond sore 😦 We get a reprieve for a few days but then something is coming on Monday….more snow..yikes! And I STILL haven’t been able to go to work!!! The county where I work in has been declared a State of Emergency and the roads are still closed and power out. Thank heavens I only lost power for one day!!! Small blessings 🙂
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Lancome Tresor Midnight Rose by Anne Flipo. wearing fragrance created by a woman for International Womans Day.
Stay strong women and fight.
Portia xx
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Thank you, Portia! That’s what I wanted to hear today, not the usual “stay kind & pretty” stuff. Lots of love!
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Yes Diana, and I think there are probably lots of strong and resilient women on here, don’t you? That’s because we wear a good coating of fragrance and it’s like a shield😀. World watch out.
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Today it is Fred Segal #10 Citrus. Straight up orange peel, I am inhaling my vitamin C for the day! 🙂
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Wearing nuclear amounts of Fidji today, the sprayer got a bit stuck, and it’s one of those continuous sprayers, so it went everywhere, even ran down my hand and up my arm. Such wastage. I said blast and damn. But you could probably smell me coming before you see me.
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But Fidji is a good one to overdose on 😉
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Fidji is such a beautiful scent, have no regrets since you’ve made anyone close to you day’s better 🙂
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Can smell you from here Cassieflower 😉😆❤️
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Thus far for my afternoon/evening freshen up/testing all of this week I have tried Cologne Sologne, 38N16E Calabria, Hammam, Gelsomini di Capri and Iskander…all very lemony and citrusy a la 4711 or Cristalle….all nicely done but I don’t need full bottles 🙂 Tomorrow afternoon maybe Capri foglio
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You know what it is? You’re craving some sun and you’re trying to invoke some with all that citrus wafting about. Your house must smell terrific.
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YUP! I think you are on to something , Cassieflower! Sunshine a la citrus!
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I got some Rouge on me earlier in the day but I’ve just got some Rose Calligraphy on; I blind-bought this bottle not long ago. I’m still trying to wrap my head around this fragrance, feels like too much of everything. I really hope it’s travel fatigue.
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I almost blind bought both the Rose and Saffron Calligraphy because they were both heavily discounted online but I never did.
My new motto is no more blind buys….no matter how great the reviews or how good the notes sound.
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Good motto CM,
Blind Buying is a good way to fill your wardrobe with unused scents.
Portia xx
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Diana,
Spritz your back and backs of legs instead of your usual spots. Those Calligraphy’s need space to breathe.
Portia xx
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Thanks for the advice, Portia, I’ll try that!
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They do sound so very fine. I think I’d like to try them ALL. But definitely, Calligraphy Rose.
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Sticking with Dryad for IWD, because Liz Moore’s fierce independence and no-compromise creativity seems just about right today. (While doing battle with the persistent and inevitable demons of self-doubt at my meeting with my PhD supervisors.)
I might need to round out the week with frags from Vero Kern, Sarah McCartney, and Germaine Cellier.
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Bust out the Fracas and take no prisoners.
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hell yes. Or Bandit.
Fracas or Bandit?
or… Fracas AND Bandit?
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I vote Bandit! Bandit every time for that! Or…if you have it Rossy de Palma.
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Ha! Another reason to continue my wearing of St Clair Scents….Diane St. Clair is the perfumer…female and also a farmer and a high end artisanal butter maker 🙂
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https://www.sevendaysvt.com/vermont/st-clair-scents-brings-the-farm-to-perfumes/Content?oid=12686610
I am in awe of this woman!!!
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Now THAT’S a woman we could all aspire to be like. I hope her new perfume line is a big success for her. Hard work and determination deserves its rewards.
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that’s fascinating–thanks for sharing the link–and I’ve really been enjoying reading about the pleasure of your discovery of her fragrance.
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Forget the perfume. I want that BUTTER. Omg – just look at it. Drooling. $50 per pound- 😮
I want THAT butter.
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Fracas AND Bandit!!??!!
Hope the meet with your supervisors went well. Your inner critic is quite wrong, y’know-don’t it any more airtime. xx
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I know that sounds absurd, but I accidentally once ended up with one on skin and the other on a scarf and the combo was mind-blowing. (Fracas and rien, also.) Godzilla florals seem to work best in me if I give them a dab of something darker, dryer, or leathery to lean against.
And thanks. It was a difficult but good meeting.
I spend half my time chasing those little demon critics around so I can gag them and lock them in a box! And either I’m getting faster, or they are getting a wee bit slower and easier to take down…
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Ooh Rien! YES
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Another hot day here in Adelaide…hoping this is Summer’s last wave of serious heat! Blackberry & Bay today. TGIF! Bring on the weekend!
Xx
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Aha! It’s FRIDAY!
Have anything interesting or fun planned for the weekend?
Portia xx
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Hi Portia- Long weekend here in Canberra. We plan to go to Enlighten, the Night noodle markets and chase the hot air balloons Monday morning!
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Fringe Festival is on here and it’s a long weekend. Hoping to make it to something over the weekend but if not maybe an evening swim or two two at the beach to take advantage of this last blast of summer heat.
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Oh that is a fantastic Jo Malone!!! Love it in soap format too!!!!
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Fringe Festival is awesone from what I’ve heard. Enjoy your long weekend.
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Givenchy Ange ou Demon for me.
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I’m wearing the comforting SL Five O’Clock today. I’ve been AWOL all week, just catching up on posts.
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Welcome back beautiful,
AND you’re in one of my favourites.
Portia xx
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I finally tried this yesterday. Delicious on paper, but sickly on my skin. SO disappointed. (It’s ok, I will take my ginger from SL’s far less edible Bapteme du Feu, and leave the five o’clock to smell gorgeous on the rest of you!)
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Oh no! That’s no fun 🙁 BdF is pretty good too.
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Blanc Violette this morning…and I am finally back to work after having over a week off!Building is open and roads are clear .
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Yayyy☺️
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Jasmine Rouge today but it doesn’t really have much longevity so have to top up now.
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But it’s so good, though!
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Cuir Amethyste, perfect for a long walk.
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One of my great loves.
Portia xx
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Thanks for enabling me to get it ;)! XX
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Coromandel today. I’ll smell lovely tonight. I think I want more of this one.
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Oh yum! You smell gorgeous!
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Started the day in Demeter’s Wet Garden fir the NST photorealistic scent challenge and when that wore off I puy on some Encens Mythique de Orient. It’s pretty warm and dry today 35C and Crikey suggested a couple if weeks back that I should give it a spin in the heat. Verdict: blooms nicely and very wearable. Not at all overwhelming in the heat which was what I’d feared it might be. Thanks Crikey!
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Love the idea of a photorealistic scent challenge Lillibet. They do some fun stuff on NST.
Portia xx
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oooh, thanks for being brave enough to try something that could have gone catastrophically wrong. I am SO glad it worked in the heat.
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I’m a bit late to the party today! Wore the last of my Olibanum (evocative perfumes) This is a goodie – lots of pine, woods and some incense. Has lasted well all day with a light trace if I sniff my arm still.
Right now, a spray of Montale vanille absolu right hand and a spray of Eau de Italie paestum rose on other side.
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Olibanum is really good and I love how reasonable Evocative Perfumes are Melanie. Good choice.
Portia xx
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Testing Manomalia on one arm and Floriental on the other.
Happy Saturday!!!
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Who are these by CM? Monomania is a fab name for a frag.
Portia xx
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I misspelled it…my bad…Monaumalia is Les Nez and Floriental is Commes de Garcons…both are interesting and I like them but not enough to desire more than just the 1ml samples 🙂
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oh crap! Misspelled it again…it is MONOUMALIA…SHEESH!
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Tonight Annick Goutal Nuit Etoilee.
There is nothing in perfume land quite like this zingy sweet cooling fragrance. It is amazing.
Like Mint Jelly!
Portia xx
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Sounds perfect. I’ve never tried it but the name always makes me think of Vincent Van Gogh.
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I must search in my samples for this, only tried it once and must revisit. I did like it.
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Shalimar for me today. Everything changes but there are a few things, I hope, that I’ll still love for years to come, Jacques Guerlain’s masterpiece is one of them.
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Naja yesterday. Bandit today (from my micro-mini-bottle of vintage extrait. Seriously, this tiny thing belongs in a doll’s house.)
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Vintage Bandit extract sounds gorgeous!
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Sonoma Scent Studio Equestrian today. Hay, leather, apple.
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How does Equestrian compare to First Cut?
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Never mind..I saw your other response 🙂
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SOT lazy morning is Aftelier Ancient Resins oil. I will also try styling my hair with this after the shower.
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I could not wait until tomorrow so the top of my right hand is sporting the 1976 decant that just arrived in the mail…gorgeous!!! I am saving this one for summer 🙂
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Testing Cafe Diem by PK Perfumes this morning while I drink coffee and catch up on blogs. Really enjoying it so far. It’s a dabber sample so I might decant it into a sprayer and reapply after my shower to see how it sprays on. It’s always interesting to see how the way you apply a scent can change your impression of it.
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Hmm…like but not love *phew* LOL
Saming is a major part of the fun of this obesess..I mean… hobby…but it is dangerous for the budget 😉
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ha ! I am like you….so happy when I don’t “love” something enough to obsess over wanting a full bottle 🙂
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I am still really enjoying my rather new perfumes, Ambre Nuit and Iris 39. I think I might havve over-applied scent on Thursday morning (6 small sprays of Iris 39), but at least that made the scent last for nearly 8 hours, impressive!
Trying to relax and fight migraines and tension headache this week, so the smooth Ambre Nuit was perfeect today.Work has been too busy for some weeks and it is not likely to get much better in spring either.
Other than that, have enjoyed baked egg plant (aubergine) and other vegan food, including a new-to-me store-bought vegan aioli. Good thing it exists (I cannot have eggs), but I guess I could have made it better myself, with more garlic certainly! No energy for baking, so I guess I will og without cake at my young nephew’s birthday tomorrow (Sunday).
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Feeling a bit out of sorts today and we have lunch out so some Dame Black Flower and a few dabs of their Desert Rose. Be nice to be able have sleep in, or day in tomorrow thanks to our public holiday.
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Enjoy it. I think any hope of a slerp in has been banished by the impending sleep over tonight of my seven year old boy’s best friend. Still…looking forward to another Sunday-ish day without too many demands.
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That’s a nice combo…I find that both Black Flower as well as Dame’s New Musk for Man pretty much layer with anything…..the Chocolate Man does too but you have to have a sweet tooth like I do 🙂
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Planning to wear 1976 on my neck today to keep the wrists free for sampling at Sephora. The dry down of 1976 on the top of my hand last night was gorgeous.
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What’s on your list to sample CM?
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Not sure…my Sephora is REALLY small so they don’t have the offerings that the Manhattan NY Sephora does…I will see if they have the Iris Rebelle and maybe give that one a whirl….I would love it if they carried the Berdoues as I haven’t sampled the three newer ones…and I also saw online that they are carrying some Kilians but I highly doubt that my Sephora will have them…I don’t exactly live in a high end exclusive neighborhood so the level of niche isn’t exactly there….each Sephora pretty much stocks what it sells……
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So I tried the Atelier Iris Rebelle on skin…very dry rooty iris. Gabrielle on one hand (sweet) the Mugler in the green bottle, Aura?, on the other (also sweet but nutty and minty) and on paper the eau de Merveilles Bleue….nothing that required a full bottle purchase…money saved 🙂
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And also Chloe Nomade on paper which was very heavy grapefruit…pleasant, but grapefruit….
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Stupid Perfume Name of the Week goes to Daisy Dream Twinkle. I have seen it all now🙄
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O ye gods and little fishes, WHAT an abomination of a name. Is it for five year olds?
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Daisy Dream Twinkle?!?! Noooo. That name actually hurts 😫 It’s for under-twos. Those who watch teletubbies and stuff. Ouch.
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Testing samples of Neandertal Light and Neandertal Dark edp today (a lovely surprise gift from a friend). They are really interesting–but, in this first perhaps overcautious try at least, very short lived on my cold-skinned wrists. Larger doses next time. I want to smell more of these, and the light and air and earth, and sense of place that seems to live inside them.
I’ve been wanting to try them since reading http://www.ascentofelegance.com/2015/11/between-flinted-spoor-sky-neandertal-by.html on their initial release, but soon they will be out as EDP rather than perfume.
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Wow they sound interesting. Amazing bottles too.
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Aren’t those bottles amazing? It may be the first time ever that the bottle has made me hanker after a scent., rather than just being an incidental bonus (or horror).
I wonder if they are as nice to hold as actual flint hand axes which have the most amazing *rightness*.
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Checking out a sample of Goutal Vanilla Exquise this cool morning. Not foody but goes well with pancakes so far 🙂
Two tired little guys after they talked until at least midnight (when I could pursuade them to stay in their beds – cheeky things). But they still managed to seriously dent some pancakes this morning and are having a lot of fun already – 7 year olds – bottled energy I think
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Ah, the best days! Seven year olds are absolute dynamos. I have one too!
Were you going to Fringe, I forget?
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Was thinking about it but it’s turned into the laziest type of weekend instead.
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Laziest type of weekends are perfect. Plus you had two wild ones for a part of it, so extra downtime totally recommended. We never made it out either.
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Well we sent the second one back home after breakfast LOL but my own Mr 7 has held up surprisingly well given hiw little sleep he had compared to usual. A lazy day suited all of us really. Jigsaw puzzles and a few quiet games. Might need an early night tonight with something comforting and snuggly – perhaps MEM 🙂
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Lazy day here. Chergui, again 🙂 No wonder I keep buying bottles of this- It gets the most wear of any of my perfumes.
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You smell lovely! Chergui is a beauty but I need a proper crisp day to wear it comfortably so it’s just a little early for me to pull it into rotation.
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