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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. and how it makes you feel and/or anything else about it that tickles your fancy.
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 10.9 – 16.9.2018
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
Reglisse Noire..in my top five of all time and wonderful in the Fall and spring. This is the one that made me like licorice notes. I am down to the very last drop 😟😖😢
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I ordered a sample set of the 1000 Flowers collection based on your love of Reglisse Noire. And they are a Canadian company!
I suspect our tastes in perfume may well be similar as my skin accentuates sweetness as well. And also gobbles up scent like a starving alley cat. I also suspect we are of a similar vintage age wise 😏
Tried to order The Elephant Bottle Perfume, but the place where I had my 20% discount did not carry it.
Aww shucks!
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Oh boy I am a very very very bad influence!!! Yes, Jessica September Buchanan is a Canadian indie perfumer who now lives in Grasse and I adore her work. I have been a fan since her company launched. I have had all from the original collection (Reglisse Noire, Narcotic Flowers, Ode for Him, Love is Sweet and Fleur no 1) and drained them all with the exception of what is left of Reglisse. Sadly the last two are d/c but Fleur no 1 was a beautiful green scent that reminded me of a more youthful version of no 19. I haven’t tried any from the Blue Collection as that is fairly new.
My skin devours fragrance just like yours! Keep your eyes peeled for Assam of India. If you are in the States it always shows up on a few of the discount sites. I am vintage age too 🙂 and do let me know (good/bad/indifferent..be honest!) your thoughts when you get your sample pack!!!
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Will do! Just love perfume chit chat!
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Confession time…despite my no buy I repurchase a full bottle 🙂
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AHA!! That’s wonderful!😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁
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You know y’all are a bad influence on me, right? But seriously, this one NEEDS to be in my curated collection!!!!
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Congrats, Brigitte! Blame the purchase on us, we’re fine with this 🙂
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Eau de Merveilles today, which is not feeling very marvellous. It seems to die a little bit in this cooler weather and feel thinner. It’s not something I wear often, certainly not as often as Snarl wears it. He wears it better too, damn it.
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GRRRR Husbands that wear it better should be banned. I have one too Crikey.
Portia x
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Horrible Monday! This calls for a dose of Musc Ravageur(from sample). This does not ravage my skin at all. On me it comes across as a comforting gingerbread scent. Similar to the Dutch cookies speculaas that I love to nosh on.
And why do I need comfort you may well want to know?
Well, I had my hip injected 9 months ago for chronic trochanteric bursitis. The cortisone did it’s magic and poof! no more pain walking, lying on it..etc..etc.
The shot wore off, as it normally does, after a nice long stretch of 8 months. I complained to my doctor that the pain was back. Had x-rays to rule out arthritis (very good news there tho! Apparently my hip joint and surrounding cartridge is still in ‘fresh from the factory’ shape!
Ultrasound revealed that yes, bursitis is back.
So I called for an appointment to have another cortisone injection and was told, rather sheepishly I might add, that there was now a 12 month waiting list. HUH? Welcome to Quebec’s insanity that is called MediCare!!
Some exciting news! Based on someone’s suggestion after declaring undying love for 70’s era Shalimar yesterday…..I hunted down and purchased a teeny tiny amount of extrait in the Marly bottle of the vintage juice. I think 1/4 oz. Not enough to keep me rolling around in Shalimar glory but enough to perhaps spark some wonderful memories.
Hope everybody’s Monday is better than mine!!
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You’re going to find this place is absolutely lethal for sending you on hunts for stuff that you simply MUST try!
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I second Cassie’s opinion. APJ aka Enabling Perfume Junkies 🙂
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Agreed! APJ: making you hanker for scents you’d never even heard of before. And/or can’t get in your country without willing accomplices.
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p.s. I am *not* complaining about this!
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Hmm 🧐. Time to recruit a patsy, oops, I mean mule.
I knew having kids would come in handy one day!
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They have their uses occasionally 😃
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And since I am a natural born people pleaser I will hunt away and do it with gusto!
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Oh and you’re smelling wonderful in MR.
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Well thank you kindly. And I love, love your gravatar? avatar? thingy. Such a gorgeous dog. Beautiful colouring. Weimaraner?
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Yep, my furry daughter is almost 11 now.
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That’s verging into senior years for her. I’m such an avid dog adorer. My last puppers made it to 16. An Irish Wolfhound/Griffon mix and my first rescue dog. And I still miss him.
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ugh, you poor thing! The idea of waiting when you’re in pain is just rotten–particularly when you’d managed to make it go away before. Are there any proper fixes for bursitis that can prevent it coming back, or reduce the odds of that at least? (but yay that the joint and capsule is otherwise in good nick!)
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No fixes that I have discovered. Frankly, if I could make it go away with alternative therapy: physio, heat/cold I would. That injection hurts like a bugger!
Nothing else appears to work tho. Will see if I can go private on this. I refuse to hobble around like an old biddie for the next year, even tho I may already be one!
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I hear you on the no fun–I’ve had injections into the hip capsule for pain relief and for taking samples of ick. *shudder*. Agreed, hobbling is no good–it can mess up your gait long term–and chronic pain is the devil.
(And, if i it’s not too obnoxious to count my blessings as a veteran of too damn much hip surgery in such an over-enthusiastic way while you are suffering: I will perform the PAIN FREE dance, chanting “I love my hardware. I love my surgeon. And I bloody love being able to walk.”)
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Hip surgery! Oooo that must be the devil. Hoping to avoid that. I don’t know what was the cause of you requiring surgery but I can only assume it wasn’t something as relatively trite as bursitis.
Ya. Just go ahead and do your PAIN FREE dance. Rub it in, why don’t cha!
No worries, I’ll be stomping along with you sooner rather than later. As my husband says “you are one determined b**ch when it comes to getting health issues sorted out.”
Hear that MediCare. Be afraid. Be very afraid.
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The only thing worse than being an old biddy is looking like one!
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Yeah. Well doing a bit better on that front although some days the mirror would disagree. I cover it with a towel on the days it lies to me.
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It really is no fun getting old! But you are fortunate in that it is NOT arthritis.
I don’t know how far you are from this shop but take a look as they carry all the Berdoues including Assam of India. The first picture shows all the lovely bottles. You can actually test in person!
https://theperfumechronicles.wordpress.com/2018/03/02/perfume-shopping-in-montreal-henriette-l/
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Oooo! Nice tip there! I had not heard of that shop and it’s just downtown. A hop skip and a jump away actually.
Will make my way over for a visit soon-ish. Fancy that! An out-of-towner alerting me to perfume shops in the city where I live. These perfumed ladies really know there stuff!
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Fantastic!!! How fortuitous that it can be a day trip for you! You will then be able to see the bottles (and boxes!!! which are gorgeous as well!) in real life and give them all a good sniff.
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And sniff I will, snarky SA’s not withstanding. Too old to care!
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From what I’ve heard the owner of the shop is lovely and another APJer said a real perfumistas with a passion for fragrance so I’m sure it will be a lovely experience!
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The owner, Louise, is very nice and a real perfumista. They are having a special event Sept. 18 with The Different Company scents if you’re interested. I plan to swing by.
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Tara- i was hoping you would chime in !!!!
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Can you go to a private clinic? Hopefully a cortisone injection is not too expensive. I know it’s galling given how much tax we pay, but if you are in pain it may be worth it.
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Thanks for the suggestion. And yes that is what I am looking into now. Not sure if I will have much luck because I don’t know where to start. The injection is given under guided ultrasound. So I need a private clinic that has both ultrasound capability and a good/painless/at least experienced needle giver. I’ll start casting my net and trolling this morning.
Sept. 18? Henrietta’s Perfume! I’ll give it my best shot. Pretty sure I will go unless life/work gets in the way.
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Perhaps you could meet Tara in person ,too.
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I’m very Superstitious today. It’s going down a treat on a grey and misty Monday.
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Look out for black cats crossing your path. No cats in your hood? No problem, I’ll lend you one of mine to cast the evil spell.
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Yep, my furry daughter is almost 11 now.
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Ha, no cats would dare stray into my hood cos of the beady-eyed, long-legged beast that lives here. No, not me. The great protector Weimar. 🐶
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Woo Hoo! Superstitious is GOOD!
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We are in the middle of epic rain, it hasn’t stopped for 48 hours. I tried OJ Champaca this morning (lovely) but it’s not holding up, going to need something cozy! Yesterday I pulled out my DSH Perfumes Tunisian Amber body lotion and that was amazing, might need to revisit today. Hard to believe it’s amber weather again since a week ago it was 90 degrees F!
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OMG so much rain…I’m still not ready for it. I feel your disappointment and hope it won’t last much longer. We have a beautiful September after a few rainy days in the beginning. OJ Champaca is really beautiful , just like Tiare and I can’t make up my mind which one to buy.
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Send some of that rain this way please MMKinPA,
We have had a little but nowhere near enough.
Portia xx
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You can have ours as well if you really want it, we always have more than enough to go round. ☔️ 💨
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PLEASE!
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Send your excess rain down to Australia ,please. We are in a drought
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I was cleaning the house the whole day, In Love Again and Grace by CdG were with me (this combo smells a lot like Blouse by YSL). Black currant and roses are perfect for a warm September day.
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Sounds yummy 🙂 I remember liking In Love Again a lot. Must revisit it.
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I remember BEING in love again. I like THAT a lot too! Think I’ll revisit. As if…
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Always in the mood for it. Bring it on 😉
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Being in love is great, but you know, ‘fumes wouldn’t break my heart so I might stick to them for a while 🙂
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It’s worth revisiting! I find ILA performs even better when it’s cool outside. The summer is leaving, dammit but the chypres and greens make their comeback, yay!
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Ohhh Sounds lovely.
Portia xx
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It is! When I received the bottle I was glad In Love Again was as I remembered it (lots of black currant) but somehow the joy I felt when I first sniffed it (mind you, it was more than fifteen years ago) just wasn’t there, and now I can see why: it seems that ILA doesn’t care much for the summer heat.
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Bum
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You must smell gorgeous. I don’t know Grace ,or Blouse. However, In Love Again is one of my ‘coveted’ bottles in my collection.
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vintage poison edt, even with just 3 sprays it is a monster
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Ah you smell gorgeous, Fazal!
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PHWOAR! Best smelling monster in town.
Portia xx
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Oh you little devil☺️
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hahahahhaha
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I packed my stuff quickly on Sunday afternoon and went for a few more days to the coastside. The weather is heavenly and I don’t mind working on my laptop as long as I can swim and lay on the beach a few hours a day. In the closet I found a bottle with a few mls of Acqua di Parma Arancia di Capri and wore it to the beach today. I’ve sprayed all over my blouse so I could smell it the whole day.
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Heavenly Neva,
How far to the water from your home?
Portia x
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Only some 200 km Portia. I’m so grateful for that because I’ve spent all my summers here and I feel a strong connection to this place 🙂
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YAY!
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I’m not jealous. Well not much anyway 😜
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Haha, I hope so 😉
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Switched to Coromandel for the remains of my evening after going to the gym. It’s dark and rainy, and this is *just* right.
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I absolutely adore Coromandel!
That is really some kind of fine smelling stuff. Positively green with envy! But happy for you!
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Coromandel is indelibly imprinted on me as Val the Cookie Queen and Scott’s scent. I love to smell it for the memories alone.
Portia xx
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oh, those are *good* associations! A lovely addition to a lovely scent.
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Totally
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You are so lucky if Coromandel works for you in humid weather! On me the edt will sometimes have a mildew note if it is rainy or humid weather.
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eek, how unfortunate! Everything I have, I think, works with rain on me… which is just as well, given that I live in Scotland 😉
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I wore it today in the heat and humidity and it is absolutely stunning….warm, sweet, oriental …happy to say I don’t get mildew 🙂
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I guess we seldom have rain and really warm weather at the same time. Coromandel is beautiful indeed.
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Wearing Fort & Manlé Fatih Sultan Mehmed… It helps me to calm my stress. Last night I had to fish some important work but fell asleep as I was very tired after having a heavy meal. Woke up 4 AM and had a panic attack. But thank god I can see the sun.
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Poor you Evan,
Hopefully you’ll get it all done today and can laze away tomorrow.
Portia xx
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Sorry to read that, panic attacks suck 😦
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I hope you got some of your work done, Evan and the panic attack didn’t last all day. I have the sample pack of Fort and Manle. I might get hubby to try the FSM one day.
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Dark and soon rainy tonight. Have spritzed on a decant of Costes Noir twice but it has faded completely both times. I plan to switch to Dries van Noten.
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Bummer about the Costes Noir but DvN will sort everything out.
Portia xx
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Found Tabacco Toscano by Santa Maria Novella hiding way down the back – forgot I had this one. Bought it in Florence in their lovely old store on my first trip to Italy many years ago. Wearing it today with lots of happy memories.
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Woo Hoo! Love reconnecting with happy memories.
Isn’t the SMN store gorgeous?
Portia xx
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I could kick myself for not having gone when I was in Florence in the mid 1990s. Back then I really did not know much about niche.
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At least now you have an excuse to return!!
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Ha! Yes, when I win lotto-LOL! before that the eldest marzipan wants to go to Sweden to see the Northern lights and the middle Marzipan wants to go to Korea because she is OBSESSED with everything Korean (ever since DNA testing revealed some Asian in my blood-LOL!) I swear we are going to have to get her and Jin together one of these days!!!
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Happy to meet in Korea, we’ll be there in November. You want to send MidMarz for a week with us?
Portia x
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Oh Portia how I wish I could…or rather how i wish I had the financial means to do so-LOL!
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BUM
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SMN is an old house but new to me. I have/had a bottle of Pomegranate which I adored (the youngest one stole it from me…he uses it as a splash on his neck rather than spraying it). I have also heard great things about Tabacco Toscano. It is definitely a house I need to explore more.
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I love Acqua di Cuba dearly, it’s such a great scent: citrusy tobacco laced with leather.
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Someone else on another blog really loves Acqua di Cuba….there are numerous SMN fragrances I am going to get my nose on one of these days. I know there is a shop in NYC so one day I will make that a priority to visit…..maybe for my birthday next year.
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I regret not buying this and/or the SMN Patchouli when I was there early this year.
You smell so good…
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Mysore sandal soap and some strong smelling balm for my headache.
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LOVE that Mysore sandal soap. I think we used our last bar. It goes in Jin’s bathroom because I know it will last, smells great and it leaves his skin creamy.
Portia xx
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MMMM on the soap.
hope the headache is gone.
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Liberty by Cacharel. Its zingy sizzling citrus was exactly what the doctor ordered.
Portia xx
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I don’t remember having heard of this perfume. Is it something older? It sounds beautiful anyway.
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Neva,
It’s a citrus version of Lolita Lempicka. Imagine an orange version.
I love it but it’s no genius fragrance, especially now that the fizzy sugar craze has made it seem a little generic. When I first sniffed it though it was the Angel lite that i’d been searching for.
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“citrus version of LL” and “Angel lite” sounds very good.
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To me, VERY good.
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I love these SOTD posts. So many lovely perfumes.
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Inspiring, isn’t it?
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I think today I will go with Pacifica’s Tibetan Mountain Temple (orange, ginger, vetiver but I swear it smells like a spicy, smoky gingerbread cookie…the first blast is resinous but the drydown is very sweet on my skin- it was Pacifica’s first perfume and sadly it has been discontinued). I have brought up from the basement several bottles which I think I will concentrate on for the autumn wearings. This is one of them.
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Oh Brigette, i really like this scent, had a few decants but sad to see it’s discontinued. This brand is hard to get in aus. I love the initial spice – I get a lot of clove xx
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Yes yes yes!!!! the clove is in there too!!! thank you for reminding me!
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MY FAVOURITE of their fragrances. So good. I went through a decant and then bought another which got completely ignored, NEED to search it out.
Portia xx
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IMHO it is by far the very best of their offerings…I am so sad to see it go….even the candles are all gone…they were also lovely and highly affordable!!!
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I really really NEED a basement.
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LOL! Mr. Marzipan says the basement is my “crack den” because I am often down there mixing up weird essential oil concoctions which look like a drug experiment gone wrong…also, I spray myself in the basement when we are in full blown allergy season because all the Marzipans (except me) have allergies and the perfumes can often bother them. Plus, it is very cool down there year round which is why I store everything down there.
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You had me with smoky, spicy gingerbread. Sweet drydown sealed the deal. Discontinued dashed my hopes.
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You need a “mule” who lives in both the States and Canada to bring you things back and forth. I think you could probably find it on a States online store.
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The mule? You mean they can be found on line? Lol.
Just kidding. Good info tho I thought anybody could be a mule. Does it require dual citizenship?
I do know someone who has that.
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yes!!! well then get him/her to shop and shuttle for you 🙂
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Oh that sounds lovely. (There’s a few of the solid perfume versions of ebay here… but, bah, it’s in coconut oil). Looks like it’s back to Bapteme de Feu for me, for a related ginger-orange with a touch of gunpowder rather than clove…
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Is coconut bad for your skin? I know you have skin issues 😦
The middle Marzipan has about 20 of the Pacifica solids. Some she left behind when she went to University. I don’t wear them, I just sniff them from the tin-LOL!
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and they are also in the basement-LOL!
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Annoyingly, I’m allergic to the stuff. It used to be just for eating…but turned into a skin thing too. I think because coconut is now in pretty much everything. It’s bizarrely limiting: no liquid soaps or bubble bath for me!
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It sounds amazing, and yes, more like a cookie than a life of austerity. I wonder what other bottles you’ve found in the basement 😉
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Listen, there are /were four folks wearing fragrances in this house…everyone has their “own” stuff and then there is the shared stuff…but there is also the seasonal stuff and the samples and decants that got shuttled back and forth to university when the eldest first went and brought things for her friends to try…..you would NOT believe the things I have found down in the basement….especially the little vials that suddenly appear in strange places -LOL!
and yes, Tibetan Mountain Temple is more gourmand than spiritual….for spiritual I would recommend Incense Pure.
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The basement makes me think of Aladdin’s cave!
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A fab scent. I had a very small vial of this, which I think came from one of Portia’s giveaways.
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Portia has the most amazing giveaways. You get to try things you normally would not be able to get your mitts on.
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So true. I haven’t even heard about half of them.
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In a big woosh of Paul Schutze’s Behind the Rain this morning–a dark vetiver chypre-ish with a layer of mastic and a bright line of grapefuit. Ideal for a day that’s switching between bright sun and dark bluster.
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Sounds wonderful Crikey.
Portia x
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If you ever get your paws on some of his original three, I’d love to know what you make of them. I really enjoy this and Tears of Eros. My sister waltzed off with my travel spray of the orangey-goodness of Cirebon–she seems to have developed a taste for citrusey vetivers (and is generally fonder of higher-pitched scents than I am.)
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I love all three of these two. Have you smelled the two later ones? They haven’t shown up in the US.
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Too!
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I’ve not tried there two newer ones yet, because there’s nowhere up here that sells them. But, next time I’m in London I hope to have a sniff (because I don’t really want to spend a tenner on two samples…)
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The next find in my closet in the house at the coastside is E. Arden’s Green Tea. Today this was my beach scent and I was reminded how much I like it actually. It’s a pity I didn’t bring my Green Tea body cream. It would be perfect for the warm late summer evening.
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Proving that cost doesn’t equate with quality or enjoyment.
I love it too.
Portia xx
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Exactly! And that’s a comforting thought for perfumistas 😉
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I have a friend who wears Green Tea to the barn. It smells absolutely gorgeous on her and mixes surprisingly well with ambient odours of hay, leather, cedar and warm horse (new accord?).
Also envying your beach experience. My most favorite place to be. Always has been. Always will be.
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Ok, I need to do some layering obviously.
Ahhh yes, the beach…in the late summer with few people around…it leaves me speechless. And the sea is still warm.
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Heaven!
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Wearing a very generous portion of Mitzah. Whooo it’s good stuff. It’s reminding me of something but can’t think what🤔
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Next time at the airport I must try Mitzah. It seems to have many admirers.
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it’s lovely… but, mostly discontinued. The only place you can still get it is on the French website or at the Dior boutique in Paris. Bah!
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Oh no…then I suppose I’ll have to find a decant.
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YOu smell beautiful. I THUNKED three decants of Mitzah!
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Currently commando as I plan on an early gym session to fling around a few weights. If I manage not to knock out any innocent bystanders with an errant dumbbell I will celebrate with lavish sprays of Eau Duelle. It should provide sufficient calm when I take my daughter to the driver’s license bureau to have her learner’s permit re-newed for the fifth(?) time! What is it about this current crop of kids? They are not interested in driving. Eldest daughter who is renewing is 33! Apparently just not geared up enough to actually take the test and get a license.
Every couple of years we renew the learners permit. She drives around a bit. Loses interest. Then rinse repeat. Well to her credit that’s one less car on the road. But the beaurocratic bungle-force of the license bureau is a real test of patience. Hoping Eau Duelle does it’s job!
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I think much of it is dependent upon whether or not there is good public transportation. I lived my entire life in NYC until the age of 31. I got my license at 25 but then never drove (no need to). Then my husband said he would not be my chauffeur so in my 30s I was forced to drive. After 22 years I still don’t like driving but I do it out of necessity because I live in a small , rural town and there is no other means of transportation. Good luck to your daughter!!!!
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Agreed. Public transport here in Montreal is really very very good. Parking is abysmal anywhere near the downtown core. And that is her logic. Makes perfect sense actually and that is why a drivers license has very little appeal to her.
Personally tho, I despise public transit. Have little to no stomach for peoples’ idiosyncracies (polite word for disgusting/rude/cra-cra behaviour) and enjoy even less being squashed shoulder to shoulder, butt to butt with people suffering from varying degrees of Personal Hygiene Disorder.
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I’ve never had a driving licence. I did finally start to learn in my thirties, when we moved from central London to the countryside but then I kind of lost the power in one leg which made it tricky. But that’s fine… back in a city, and there are excellent buses and taxis aplenty. Snarl drives, but we don’t have a car anymore.
Hope the licence shenanigans aren’t too time consuming.
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Ah! You’re a Brit! I’m a big fan of all things British. Brit-lit, Brit-coms, CHEESE ROLLING! (If you don’t know it, google). Never miss an episode of Corry (coronation street). Had a British boyfriend a while back during an unscheduled but ultimatley beneficial ‘marital interruption’. A North Londoner. A bit gritty but also charming, witty, hilarious and a great gardener to boot!
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‘marital interruption’…interesting term, Marcella.
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Lol. Yes, interesting term for interesting times I guess
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WOW! I got my license the day I was legally allowed. Times have definitely changed.
Eau Duelle should do the trick.
Portia xx
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I also think ride shares have had an effect. I don’t drive, sort of ridiculously at my age and given that I’ve lived in some not pedestrian friendly places, but Lyft has entirely changed the experience of, say, Southern California for me.
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I hadn’t considered that but suspect you’re right. Not sure if that is a ‘thing’ here yet. Uber made a big impact here until the government intervened and passed legislation rendering the service on par monetarily with established taxi services.
In any event the Big Girl (eldest daughter) has vascilated yet again declaring that maybe she will ‘wait a while’ and think about it. Well, it saved me a soul destroying afternoon at the license bureau.
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I’m wearing My numero 10 by l’Artisan Parfumeur and am deeply regretting it. I didn’t know it could be so suffocating! I feel like a demon being casted away.
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O M G! That’s so descriptive Diana.
I didn’t know they were so big also.
Portia x
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Yep. See, even made me confuse the languages (*mon numero) 🙂
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Wow ,I’ve just spent an entire half hour reading, and replying to comments in this post. Welcome, Marcella. I wore Spirituelle Double Vanille by Guerlain. It is from a manufacture vial which came to me in Ballarat ,via a perfumista in Perth who had visited Paris earlier this year.
For a dinner date last evening I wore my 52 ANS. I woke up this morning,
and can still smell it. I’ve showered ,using a sweet orange soap…smelt lovely in the shower, but can’t smell it on my skin, sadly. I’m wearing Soul today.
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It gets addictive keeping up with everyones lives here Saffyishere.
I don’t know 52 ANS, what is it?
Portia xx
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52 ANS is the perfume I created at Sweet Fern on the 20th of June. Craig paid for the class for my 52nd birthday!! We were told to name our creations. Hence 52 ANS
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That is such a thoughtful present, this perfume must be a treasured one in your collection.
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WONDERFUL!
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You spotted that too eh Portia? My ‘I haven’t heard of THAT one’ radar immediately went into overdrive. Instant googling to find out more info. Nothing! Oh HELP! A perfume I haven’t heard of and NO information! Immediate frustration. Intense FOMO on the next great, perhaps BEST PERFUME EVER!!! Ridiculous but kinda true 😟
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HA! Welcome to the club.
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Happy to be here! And love reading your Scent of the Week.. and hearing about the dogs…and Jin…and all your wanderings! Much fun.
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Thanks Marcella.
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Sorry to cause this frustration.
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No worries Saffyishere! I was making jest for the purpose of entertainment!! Although I will admit to being more than a bit curious.
What a thoughtful, kind and loving gift to receive. Lucky you!
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Thanks for the welcome! I must say I am really enjoying it here in Portia’s Land of Oz! Everyone here is sooo nice! I actually started reading this blog last winter (just in lurking capacity) then it seemed to vanish. Glad it’s back and happy to have joined in the fray.
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Beware, though: it’s going to become an additional addiction very soon :)!
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Umm ya! I already see that!
Well in any event it’s a free pleasure. The best!
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Wore Dryad today, one of my favorite perfumes of the moment, and got a ‘you smell great’ from a very discerning barista. He does not compliment everything I wear!
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Oh, that’s the next Papillon perfume on my “to try” list. It is supposed to be green, right Amy?
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Yes green and missy and lovely, if that’s your thing. I have been wearing it A LOT!
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Mossy!
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That’s exactly my thing! Ok, a new sample order is going out soon…
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LOVE it, from the very first sniff.
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Will be wearing a mystery perfume today. I got a package last night and it was in there unlabeled so I tested it. It smells of the Atlantic Ocean which to me has a very unique smell. I traveled quite a bit in my youth and have been to numerous beachy spots all over the world but nothing smells like the Atlantic Ocean. This fragrance captures that and I really like it so I am going to wear it again today. If I find out the name I will let you know. it also reminds me of a muted version of Aramis New West for Women. Does anyone remember that one? It was probably the first aquatic…it was so fresh and original and when I wore it NO ONE smelled like me (kinda like when I first wore Giorgio and when I first wore Angel before all these scents became ubiquitous and everyone was suddenly wearing them and every company started copying them….in the very early stages when they were unique and groundbreaking and no one else knew of them or wore them were magical).
Wow, that was verbose! Sorry folks 😦
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In huge agreement with you on the smell of Atlantic beaches. The best.
I was ahead of the curve with Angel as well. Missed the boat with Giorgio smelling it for the first time on my SIL well after it had already become a hit.
Curious to know what your mystery scent is!
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Brigitte, don’t you ever apologize! I, for one, enjoy reading your memories very much, and I think I’m not alone.
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Y’ALL WILL NEVER BELIEVE WHAT THE MYSTERY PERFUME IS……my friend who sent it to me just told me….. Secretions Magnifique!!!!!!! I am rolling on the floor laughing because I wore it last night and I wore it today to work and I actually really like it!!!!
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You dirty, dirty girl!!
😂😂🤣🤣
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😈😈😈
But honestly it wears clean and a tad sweet on my skin… the seaweed and milk notes. Even Mr Marzipan proclaimed it to be pleasant and innocuous when I shoved my wrist under his nose.
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Right. If you say so….🤥
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Hmmm. Mr. Marzipan. He’s maybe a little kinky, is he?
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😉
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OMG Brigitte….will you buy a bottle?
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I am considering it. But right now I am obsessed with Un Air de Bretagne. I want that gorgeous bottle and juice in my curated collection.
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We will reserve a spot for you in a chastisement chamber🤣
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LOL 😁😁 😁
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That’s hilarious. The infamous SecMag, tamed to “clean and sweet” and worn to work 🙂
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On an extremely petite nerdy middle aged woman!!! Luckily no one asked what I was wearing. But then again I could have honestly said that I didn’t know.
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I knew that there are lucky few who can actually pull it off! C’est magnifique 🙂
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This is why she didn’t tell me what it was. She asked me to wear it twice and then tell her my impression and if it’s full bottle worthy.
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OMG, I always thought Secretions Magnifique was too repulsive. See, sometimes it’s better not to know anything in advance. Ah the prejudice…
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Exactly. That’s what my friend said. She didn’t want me to have any preconceived notions. I wore it blind and really enjoyed it.
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SOTN 1899 from Histoires de Parfum – this is awesome! Was trying to find something like Intrigant Patchouli and this one came up. Then I remembered I had a lovely sample of this from Lillibet. It’s super -warm, spicy, amber, pepper and vanilla. Floating around me after just a little spray on my hand.
Diana – I’m thinking of you. Have you tried this one?
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Not Diane! Sorry, and I have not tried 1899. But you captured my attention with Intrigant Patchouli! Parfumerie Generale does not seem to get mentioned very often, but I am a big fan girl!! Aomassai, Felanilla and Indochine are amongst my favorites. His perfumes just seem to work really well with my skin chemistry.
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Indochine has grown on me (by the time the sample was almost empty, lol). My favourite is Bois de Copaiba as it reminds me of vintage-ish L’Heure Bleue.
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Thanks Marcellavmiller, there’s a few more for me to add to the sample wish list!
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Sample away. Word of advice. Some of the PG perfumes lean a little sweet. Although my skin does seem to amplify sweetness.
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Oh, not girly, cakey,silly, sickening sweet tho. More warm, woody, nutty sweet.
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Melanie, that is so nice that a perfume made you remember me for a moment, I’m immensely flattered! Sadly, I haven’t tried any Histoires de parfum but I will 🙂 1899 sounds fantastic, I bet your coworkers were swooning.
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Diana i think our perfume style is similar. if we lived in the same country we’d be swapping and chatting lots xo
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Twinsies 🙂 Pretty sure we would spend an awful lot of time chatting about perfumes!
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Wearing Safran Troublant for a hopefully non-troubling day. First full wearing after a couple of tests from a decant. Starting to get the feeling that this may well venture into FB territory. Well…I do have a birthday coming up later this month so……
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One MUST ALWAYS treat themselves a birthday gift.
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Yup 😍😍😍
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I’m doing a comparison test today with Montale Jasmine Full on one arm and Al Rehab White Full on the other. For the first couple of hours they are incredibly similar with the Al Rehab just sweetening slightly after that. The projection is slightly better with the Montale as it’s got alcohol and is an atomiser, while Al Rehab is in rollerball format. But I must say, if I didn’t know any different I’d be hard pushed to decide which is better. If I was recommending a straight up jasmine I’d have to say that the absolute cheapie is just as good, it’s a tiny fraction of the price of Montale.
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Wow! I might need to look into Al Rehab frags. Have you tried any other perfumes from them, Cassie?
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Not yet, but I plan to. I just have to do a little research. They’ve got quite a lineup.
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I’ve got some Al Rehab oils. I’ll have to look where I’ve put them as I can’t remeber which frags they are.
I know the little bottle / roll ons are very reasonably priced. I think Amazon do them
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Please report back if you find them and let us know what you think.
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Cassie, Matty, I’m looking forward to reading your opinions!
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I am as well!!!
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Ha Ha……That may take some time.!!!!!!!
I’ve also got a few by Al Haramain.
I didn’t choose any of the frags……I friend of a friend went to went to an Asian perfume shop and brought us about 10 oils each (we paid of course). I remember one of them was called “Soft” it was quite sweet.
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My SOTD was Oudh Infini by Dusita Parfums which was pretty nice, and then I decided to try some Black Afgano on me. What can I say, I’m not impressed. I don’t trust first impressions, – good or bad, they may be deceptive, so I’ll give it a few chances and see what happens.
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WOW! Heavy hitters.
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Portia, I can’t explain the returning desire to hit some heavy-weight champion of a perfume right before the nighttime. I once put some Knowing on before sleep and it kept me up! Just like a proverbial moth to the flame 😦
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I haven’t tried any from Dusita. Looking forward to your impressions if you end up wearing others from this brand.
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Brigitte, I haven’t yet my paws on Fleur de Lalita and Erawan but the other five are exceptionally beautiful. As you might have already noticed, I have a huge passion for vintage perfumes, and I find that Dusitas have this vintage feel about them. I liked them all, especially IIssara, the gorgeous fougere that reminds me of a pine forest. Le Sillage Blanc is another masterful creation by Pissara. I wouldn’t be the first one to say that it’s made in the same vein as Germaine Cellier’s Bandit but I actually prefer the newcomer to the vintage. Oudh Infini takes the bronze. As for La douceur de Siam and Melodie de l’amour, I like them both quite a lot, – LDdS is quite close to vintage Joy, – it’s just that I’m still getting used to white florals. Besides, the quality of the materials is outstanding. I hope you’ll get to try them and tell me what you think of them all.
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Thank you. These sound beautiful.
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I’m wearing Jessica Simpson’s Fancy.
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You are FANCY indeed
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You got to the keyboard before me! Fancy, indeed!
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Last Friday I wore Molecule 01 to the office. Since then every day I can smell the remains of it on… something at my desk – and every day I wish I’d worn it instead of anything I’m wearing, no matter how much I like it. Should I probably wear it again tomorrow?
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Yes wear it again…go with what moves you, even if it is wearing the same fragrance several days in a row.
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I don’t remember the last time I did wear the same perfume twice in a row (I know it happened – just don’t remember when), but it felt like enough break between the last Friday and today, so I decided to go with it. Still enjoy it. Hm… I’ll see what I think tomorrow 🙂
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Yes. Why not? It’s obviously ringing your bell😉
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Thank you for the support! After reading all the “cheering” I decided to go with it today – and it was a good decision.
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I figure that if you get the “every day I wish I’d worn it instead” feeling, you should wear it. Some scents just wriggle into that insistent wear-me-now space for a while, don’t they?
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You’re right. I even don’t know why I resisted for so long 🙂 Thank you for the support!
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Wow! That’s quite a rap for Molecule 01 Undina.
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You should read my “horror story” about this perfume (I gave a link in the comment to Neva below) 🙂
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OK will do
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Molecule 01 is a fantastic scent on other people. My daughter wears it and I can smell when she spritzes it in the bathroom all the way to my working place which is 10 meters away but I can never smell it on myself.
When I first tried it, I had a sample on paper on my desk and a wonderful woody smell wafted from the paper for days. Maybe the solution is to spray it on the papers I work with 😀
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I have a very special relationships with this perfume (https://undina.com/2011/01/29/elusive-perfume-ecsentric-molecule01/ ) 😉 but I just accepted that it comes and goes in terms of me being able to smell it, so I enjoy it whenever I can 🙂
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What a story Undina! Now I’m really longing to smell Molecule 01 but alas – yesterday evening my daughter took it away because she’s leaving for her final year at the university. I will miss it and I will miss smelling it on her so much more…
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I’m sorry: it should be very hard, especially first days after kids leave. Hopefully, she’ll be back for holidays soon.
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Good luck to your daughter Neva! My eldest is also in her final year and my middle one started her first year…both at the same university both studying the same thing 🙂
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Thanks Undina and Brigitte, in a few days I will be all right. This time she’s not so far away and I guess I’ll drive up to see her every now and then. Brigitte, how come your kids are studying the same thing? Is it a family thing or do they really have the same interests?
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Neva- not a family thing at all. They both love science and medicine.
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Aww. Poor you Neva! I feel your pain. It’s terribly sad when our little cherubs fly the nest. An enormous adjustment is required. Mine are older than yours and have been out of the house for some time. But my oh my, I surely remember how difficult it was when they moved on. 😢
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I am going to give some serious skin time to In Air de Bretagne today. I almost blind bought this one for the eldest Marzipan because of the name. After receiving a decant the other night from a good friend I kinda wish I had. Not only is the juice phenomenal but I love the bottle. I am really getting into sea/ ocean type fragrances.
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Un Air…. gosh I hate leaving comments from my phone… silly spell check changes everything 👿👿
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I don’t know the fragrance but there are so many promises in that wonderful name.
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It’s another one that reminds me of the sea…. it’s sublime to my nose
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You’ll thunk the decant and then will buy a bottle – isn’t that the right order? 🙂
I haven’t tried any of the new L’Artisan perfumes in the last couple of years at least. Not on principle – I just don’t come across them, and I refuse to buy those samples. But I’ll get to them one day.
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I had to have the friend who sent me the decant talk me out of the bottle!!! I was really contemplating buying it. But I see it more as a summer scent and with fall approaching I can put the decant to the side and wait until next Spring before making a decision. Also, the eldest marzipan loves the ocean and the beach so I would want her to sniff it too. If she loves it then perhaps a full bottle for her birthday next year (and she always shares with me…..see how I rationalized that one?)
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I’ve chosen my scent for work….. MANY hearty spritzes of Ostara.
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Lovely choice, Saffy! You smell like springtime.
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How pretty. I wore that on numerous occasions this past spring. That lovely narcissus note!
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Midnight Poison applied bright and early this morning ☺️ The weather has cooled and is grey and gloomy so I’m wearing it and that’s that! I usually only wear this when I’m going out out.
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You smell fabulous, Cassie!
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Thank you.
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Is there a difference between “going out” and “going out out”? 🙂
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Ha, well it’s the difference between going for a casual night out and a BIG night out😃
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I’ve just seen something that I need to try. It’s called Ylang Ylang Espresso by a company called Floral Street. Their frags sound interesting so gonna try the discovery set. Aaaand, they are on the cheap end of the market. Aaaand the bottles are lovely. Did I mention that they also come in 10ml bottles?
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Winning all around, Cassie.
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Winning at everything except holding on to some money🙄
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LOL 😀
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WOW! Enabler alert!
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Floral Street sounds exciting! Looking forward to your reviews 🙂
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Update: I don’t know WHAT happened, there I was just having a browse on the site, minding my own business and not bothering anybody when suddenly and without warning a lickle bottle of YYE jumped into my basket and money disappeared from my account. It’s a mystery is what it is😉🤷♀️
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Could be Russian hackers, lol.
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Yes! That’s it, for sure😜
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Allen Ginsberg whom I love very much has a poem named America, here’s a wee quote: “its them bad Russians.Them Russians them Russians and them Chinamen. And them Russians”, and after that “America this is the impression I get from looking in the television set”. Spot on and still true after all this time! Don’t get me wrong, Russian media is not above making believing that other countries have bigger problems than ours. Thank god there’s the Internet!
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The internet, the internet. My firstborn for the internet😃
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That’s almost a haiku, Cassie!
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The dog did it. Those Weimaraners are real clever.
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Oopsie….time to put that credit card in the freezer.
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Time to destroy it, even, and disable PayPal too!
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My Ostara is still strong after my work, so it shall my scent of sleeping ,too.
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I hope you’ll like whatever arrives 🙂
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Me too. Looking forward to trying it.
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Grim day ahead. A miserable dental appointment the outcome of which I can guess. Probably going to lose my second implant 😞. Eighteen years ago I spent a bundle of cash to have implants put in at the bottom furthest back two molars. Was delighted at outcome. Apparently I have outlived them. One was removed two years ago and judging by the feeling I have this one will go today. Probably not enough bone left!?? I dunno. Ugh!
Will wear Gypsy Water. My name for it is Tap Water. On my skin it behaves thusly: barely discernible scent. Zero projection. Aaaand the ever so slight scent, yup, you guessed it is Gone in 60 Seconds.
One of those. Luckily it’s just a small decant. I’m so annoyed with it I’m tempted to fling it out of the window in the general direction of cars driving buy. Maybe it will get run over and die!
Oh dear. Crappy mood alert. Better go before I harsh everyone’s mellow.
Toodle-oo! Oh god, did I TEALLY just day that! Bye all!
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Apparently I can’t type either today. Jeez this is gonna be a goodie.
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Well hopefully it shan’t be too painful. I rarely go to the dentist[ yes naughty, I know] so when I go I always wear a heavy hitting perfume.. because I don’t want to smell that awful ‘dentist smell’ lol
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And if you smell powerfully the dentist might be inclined to treat you with kid gloves. And be prompted to work quickly in an effort to get the scented bomb out of his/her chair.
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Look at things this way, things can only improve. Hope you’re a brace girl at the dentist and get a sticker🤤
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Brave even!!!
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Awww! Shucks Cassieflower! Thank you sooo much for your sweet words of encouragement. Dog people are sooo great!
😘
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🤗🤗! I got a sticker. I also got a red lolly. I got to keep my tooth too. It was fun. I liked it today.
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Win win, Marcella!!!! Maybe you can spray something on you which you can smell properly now.
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I did! I did! My happy celebration scent! Carnal Flower. It’s so wonderfully odd. But so delicious. I only have a decant and doubt I will shell out for a FB (I mean really? Those Malle prices are criminal) but my oh my, every wearing is a treat.
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Marcella, Carnal Flower is gorgeous. I bought a 50ml bottle approx 3 years ago,and I still have maybe 25ml left. despite occ. using a heavy hand. However it really is the type of scent where a heavy hand isn’t really required.
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Ooo! You’re so lucky Saffyishire. Glad you like it too. Even if I did own a full bottle I doubt that I would allow my self to wear it too often. I wouldn’t want my nose to get too used to it. With infrequent use it retains it’s full delight every single time.
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I will begin… I live in Ballarat, a Regional City which is a two hour train ride from Melbourne. I’m in healthcare..to be specific , aged care. I still haven’t decided what scent to wear to work.
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See?! cassieflower was right with her prognosis for your day.
I’m happy for you about the tooth: I hate everything related to dentists (though, it’s better to have access to them than not).
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Yassss! Cassieflower? Are you out there? Please lovely soothsayer, what do you see for me tomorrow? Thanks for happy tooth day wishes Undina. Might fine of you 😍
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I overslept this morning. When I was ready to go out I grabbed the first thing I could.Liberally sprayed.
I kept getting something nice and spicy. Received 2 compliments.Still didn’t know what I had sprayed.
Got home and looked at the bottle…..It was Habit Rouge.Mystery SOTD solved.
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Habit Rouge is sooo good. I wear it myself from time to time but on my husband! WOW! Smells incredibly great.
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It certainly is…Love it XX
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Here I am, large as life and twice as fabulous (well I’m trying). I couldn’t find a reply to the thread on Carnal Flower, that beautiful beast😍, but are you aware that it comes in a perfect little 10ml size that’s not too spendy? It will last for ages with occasional use, like mine did. I’m due for a repurchase soon. “Hellooo Santa” 🎅🏼
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Not aware! Now fully aware! No need to wait for ho-ho-ho man. Another one of those birthday things coming up later this month for moi. Except I already bought myself a vintage Shalimar extrait (maybe I bought two ☺️) to congratulate myself. Hmmm, do I wait till 🎄for the beauty of CF? 🧐. And I’m pretty sure you are all sorts of fabulosity. I know these things!
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Only two bottles for your birthday?Three is the absolute minimum allowed☺️.
My work here is done. Yes indeed.
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LOLLL! 😆. Great work. Top notch. You’re hired!
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Also, what perfume to wear to work. 2 hour train ride. Then working with seniors.
Allow me to help if I may be so bold. Firstly you need two perfumes. One for train. Low sillage, short longevity. May I suggest Gypsy Water a.k.a Tap Water for the train. You will smell very quietly nice for 20 minutes. YMMV. Not likely to offend or even be noticed by other travellers.
On the other hand if fellow riders are particularly brutish, smelly, foul-tempered and rude. Annoy them in equal measure with copious sprays of Secretion Magnifique. Carry a baseball bat. The oldies at your work won’t mind due to their diminished olfactory abilities. (Sorry seniors! I’m one of you (almost). No offence.) They will say you smell wonderful, just like their favorite scent from back in the day.
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😂 train travel is just the best when you share personal space with the great unwashed.
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Just charming.
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Ha ! that is fantastic! Except cassieflower’s skin might be like mine and Secretions might smell wonderful 😉
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Well, good point. Guess she will just have to use the baseball bat unprompted. So Secretion Magnifique smells good on your skin. I’m guessing your skin is made of fairy dust, unicorn powder, marzipan (which I think I was weaned on, being Dutch) and some gorgeous silky chocolate! I’ve actually never smelled SM. Wouldn’t mind to try it tho. It seems one of those scents that any perfumeophile worth his/her diploma must smell!
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Good morning. So I’ve just nearly spent 45 minutes reading this entire forum.… gosh we cover a lot of , don’t we? So far ,we have ,in our midst, a chemical seller, a theatrical person, an interior designer/ caterer, fitness guru, a Drag Queen and an aged care nurse. The globe is covered rather well ,also…Australia, Canada, Croatia, Ireland and Scotland. Feel free to add to this list ,if you haven’t so far {no obligation}. All of us ‘bonding’, becoming a little online family, based on our love of perfume ,scent, cologne!!! I can still smell remnants of my Ostara, from yesterday, however today is going to wintry with top of 10C. I’m expecting work to be a bit stressful, so I need a fragrance which gives me focus, yet covers me in a warm blanket. I will decide in an hour after my shower and lunch.
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Yum, and that’s one that isn’t widely worn anymore.
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I know, but how fab isit.x
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So French by Eisenberg. It’s true love, people! In fact, I’m thinking of getting a backup bottle: this leather is a must-have for me.
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I’ve got So French….I agree it’s lovely. I’ve also got another 2 Eisenbergs but I can’t remember which !!!!! Must find them xx
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I’ve heard a lot of great things about Diabolique & Eau Fraiche.
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@ Diana
I’ve looked at my perfume list this evening…..These are the Eisenberg perfumes I’ve got
La Peche
Rouge Noir
Tentation
I love the boxes and the little booklet in each box. Beautiful illustrations.
Must look for the actual perfumes now,
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Matty, I’ll need to retry the perfumes you mentioned, thank you for reminding me of them.
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Why are there so many perfumes I’ve never heard of? So many of them sound appealing. I’ve never even heard of Eisenberg. Where are they based?
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Jose Eisenberg is Italian but his brand used to be called Eisenberg Paris, I’m not exactly sure where they are based now but it’s definitely Europe. Eisenberg also sells cosmetic products as well as perfumes, I guess they could be found in shops similar to Sephora.
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Agree with you on how come there are so many perfumes/brands I never heard of! I’m not exactly living in a cave. What’s up with that! Guess I need to read and study more.
Eee. Sounds like homework. Not sure I’m down for that.
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Well why are you here, Diana? You should be at this moment ,trolling through the Eisnberg website ,buying a bottle of So French. Now hop to it.
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Ha! I’m a multitasker 🙂 As a matter of fact, the deed is done, I’ve ordered a big nice bottle of SF. One down, a few hundred to go.
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Is it leathery leather or polite glove leather? Inquiring minds need to know😉
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Cassie, it’s a leathery leather with fruity notes (plum, more specifically). I’ve already mentioned on a different SOTD thread that it makes me think of Cuir de Russie but Chanel is more forthright.
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I wore Byredo Flowerhead today when I went shopping with my daughter for the things she’ll need in her student’s accomodation during her last year at the university. I needed something fresh and clean and Flowerhead is pure jasmin on my skin.
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Flowerhead sounds lovely. And glad to hear that you can actually smell it.
Is it soft? A quiet scent? Kinda close to the skin?
I’m asking because I also have Bal d’afrique which is very pretty. Also not very tenacious but at least I can smell myself.
Maybe just Gypsy Water is the odd man out.
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Yes, I’d say it’s soft. I can smell it when I put my wrist closer to the nose and maybe around my head in the air for one-two hours. Then it’s gone. I have this problem with Byredo perfumes – they don’t last long enough.
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Glad to have that confirmed. I thought I had contracted some sort of weird olfactory syndrome. Contracted in some shady pharmacy surreptitiously sniffing non-tester bottles. Bottles that were previously subjected to others’ surreptitious sniffs. A new weird disease. And I was patient zero. Phew!
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“Surreptitious” was a new word for me. I’m always happy to learn new words in a foreign language 🙂 I like it even better when I’m able to remember them and this one’s so specific that I will for sure.
I’m an eighties babe, went to high school and college back then. I’m used to perfume you applied in the morning and you could still smell it in the evening 😀
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Ha Neva! YOu and I both…I miss those sillage monsters of the 1980s!
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Surreptitious could be used in all sorts of scenarios. Me likey 👍🏼
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And tomorrow’s word will be duplicitous. Hint: we aren’t.
Your reply should contain the word, used as an adjective, in the form of a question. Bonus points if you slag someone. Deductions if you slag someone on this forum.
What will you do with all those points? You could have more if the NR discussion between yourself and Portia falls in your favour.
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Was it beautiful mother/daughter time? I used to love shopping with Mum.
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It was wonderful, Portia. My daughter and I always have so much fun and yesterday she hugged me and said: Shopping with you is better than going out with friends! I was melting inside, of course.
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AWWWWWW! Lucky you
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Welcome to Friday morning ,folks. I’ve woken to a gloriously sunshiney day… blue skies, birds chirping and a slight ‘warmth’ on the skin, however a long tee shirt still needed. I am not quite decided on my perfume for work yet, so I’ve applied a little dose of the decant of Dior I love Dior, until I get ‘public ready.
I was also wondering, if each of us could[if willing to do so…no obligation] state the name of City/ Town they live in , and their ‘general’ field of occupation?
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I Love Dior too Saffyishere.
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Actually Portia, I’m not overly keen on the I love Dior….might pass it on to a friend.
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V nice of you.
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Yep, good idea if people don’t mind sharing. Here goes: Middle Ireland working in theatre and the arts.
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Cassie, how fascinating! Could you perhaps tell more about what you do?
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If I did that I’d have to kill you🤐
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😂😂😂
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Is that like Middle Earth Cassieflower? Or just in the surrounding area?
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Hmmm, now that I give it some thought it could well be Middle Earth🤔 Certainly feels like that sometimes
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It would suit, you know? Very theatrical!
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Why not? Montréal, Quebec, Canada. Field of occupation: generally – interior design mostly,
personal fitness trainer occasionally, caterer when I must. So, gainfully (or not) self-employed. Usually. When I feel like it. Less these years rather than more.
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Interior design? Get round to my house. Stat😃
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Jeez, I need someone to kick my ass on the fitness front too, and a caterer, I hate cooking😂
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Me too on the fitness front.
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Can I live in? I love dogs so will happily walk the Weimaraner as often as her heart desires! And brush that gorgeous fine coat, while plying her with ‘surreptitious’ treats. There’s that word again! I still very much enjoy my design work, especially kitchens and bathrooms. So no problem there. I’ll bring my tools and knock out a couple of walls while I’m at it. Fitness training can be very rewarding. I have older clients with which I work just to increase mobility and improve muscle mass. The younger (read 40 and up) usually want to lose weight and get toned. They can be frustrating tho. I have nutritional accreditation so design food plans both for weight loss and competition bodybuilding. None of my clients do the competition level anymore. So they just want to lose weight basically while working out. And……they cheat like crazy on their meal plans. Then they don’t lose weight. They think I don’t know they’re cheating. Ugh! Don’t get me started!! 🤯
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I need an interior designer,pronto. Despite my house being built in 1959 , I want to have an influence of Art Deco / Chinoiserie.
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Great! The year of the house and interior architecture does not confine your choices. I love the juxtaposition of disparate styles.
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Like wearing vintage Chanel no. 5 with a ratty t-shirt and old, faded Levi’s. The contrast brings both elements into high relief. Providing there is some unifying factor, such as pattern repetition, colours of the same tonal value etc, these interior/exterior treatments look fresh, quirky and truly stand the test of time. I really value my clients’ personal taste, even when it is not in line with mine. A good interior quite often hinges on good balance, proper proportion and well thought out placements and flow. Styles and pieces from different eras will live together quite happily in this scenario. In general you want to stick with probably not much more than two different styles. More than that and it becomes a jarring, unharmonious ahem, uh, mess.
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Wood Mystique by Estee Lauder for work.
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I just looked that one up. I’m sure your smelling real good. That’s a brilliant choice!
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Great idea! I live in the south of Russia (not far from the Sea of Azov) teaching foreign languages.
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English being one of them, I guess 😉 What are the others?
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It’s English and French, Neva. I’m also self-teaching Spanish but the student is kinda lazy 🙂
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Good variety of languages.You cover all grounds 🙂
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Thanks :)!
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I need a langutteacher too! Gosh all you educated and intelligent people. I’m feeling sooo dumb right about now☺️
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I can’t even spell!!!
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But you have an extraordinary sense of humor!!! I almost choked on my dinner just now.
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I’ll second Brigette! Delicious sense of humour! Outweighs regular ole book learnin’ every time, honey chil’.
Ya’ll hang on to that. It’ll hold you in good stead in life!
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Oh yeah, I was always the class clown🙄. Had I spent more time behaving myself and keeping my head down in school and less on being a rebellious idiot I could have made something remotely useful of myself. I could now be a surgeon, and stinking rich. But I’m convinced that I’m going to win bazillions on the lottery so I’m not too downcast.
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Said the woman working in the arts sector 😉
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🤡
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Ok, I’m in! I live in Zagreb, Croatia and work in my home office, representing a foreign company selling chemicals.
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Oh nice! We should have a prize for most exotic locale! You could win. Selling chemicals, huh? Sketchy stuff there Neva, but cool 😎. Points for cool, possibly sketchy employment.
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The Russians again, Diana?😎
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There’s conspiracy everywhere!
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LOL, I wish the chemicals were perfume but they aren’t.
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Oh if only.
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Funny. I had that thought too!
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Up with insomnia….test drove Blackbird YS6-O last night…I smelled Laughy Taffy Banana candy combined with a steam iron and Mr. Marzipan smelled pineapple. This fragrance is very intriguing. May watch some TV and try to go back to sleep. Will contemplate what to wear/test in the morning…either Acqua Moto or Acqua di Sale….two fragrances new to me ….sent to me by my beach lover friend! She has a beautiful fragrance collection and is turning me on to ocean inspired scents.
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Sweet dreams, CM!
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Thank you my dear! I did fall back to sleep but I can already tell it is going to be a LOOONG day! Lots of tea for me 😉
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Ginger is a great pick-me-up when I’m flagging.
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I should have stolen some of the youngest Marzipan’s all natural organic ginger drops this morning.
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It’s Friday! I hope this though will support you 🙂
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Yes, Undina , it did!!! and I am home now.
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Lucky you with a beach fiend scent friend.
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Yes, she has been so generous sending me all the stuff that she really really loves….and turning me on to all of her favorite scents- However, I have to say that even with an application of unscented carrier oil to try to make my skin less scent devouring neither one of them made it past early afternoon. So on my skin the longevity was not so good which is sad because they were both lovely….did not get seaweed at all from either one.
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I have same problem, Brigitte. I tried this little trick a while back and it seems to affix the he scent so it lasts a bit longer. If you have any matching body lotions for your fumes, pour a glob into your palm and spray some perfume into it and mix it by rubbing hands together lightly. Then apply and allow to settle a moment. The spray over it like bejeezus. Any unscented lotion or oil works just as well. The problem is dry skin, basically, and the lack of surface oil doesn’t give the fragrance molecules anything to grab onto.
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Thanks! Yes I do have dry skin. So dry I can slather my little body in oil and it’s absorbed in a nano second. I usually spray liberally which is why I thunk my bottles and decants so fast. But I wanted to save my new acquisitions for the Marzipans to try when they return from University
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Eee gads! Joining you on the insomnia Brigitte! Did you watch scary movies late into the night? Drink coffee after 1:00 in the afternoon? I did neither and I don’t like scary movies in any event. But got nailed with the insomnia. Fell asleep briefly shortly before dawn, but got up at 5:30 to give my Little Girl (youngest daughter) a lift to the metro. And…loads of work and driving were done today. Brain dead now.
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The hubs woke me up going to the bathroom -LOL!
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😂😂. Of course he did! Isn’t it always the way.
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You’re so brave: testing something in the middle of the night is not for the faint of heart! Blackbird sounds pretty cool 😉
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It was cool….my friend who sent it to me says it smells more like jasmine to her on the drydown but for me it smelled like a hot iron or rather the steam from a hot iron which reminded me of both my mom (who would iron numerous clothes back in the day) and my hubs who used to always iron his work shirts himself.
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Dior Dolce Vita for me today.
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You smell very good Melanie 🙂 I bet you got some compliments today.
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Hope your day was just as sweet and pleasant, Melanie!
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You must be having a sweet life. I’m sure you deserve it!
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I once owned bottle of Dolce Vita. Sadly I dropped it one day at a friend’s house[ bloody ceramic tiles!!!}, and it smashed into smithereens. I couldn’t / can’t bring myself to smell it again.
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That was a dramatic exit for Dolce Vita.
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Fragile for me today. Because I’m not.
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CSP Aqua Motu on one side of the body and Profuma Roma Aqua di Sale on the other. They are both supposed to be oceanic/seaweed scents and are supposed to be similar. AM is very light and smells a bit of coconut and milk to me (not getting the seaweed at all) AdS smells of powder and flowers to my nose and is lasting much longer. I don’t find them identical but they both read sweet on my skin. The AM also has immortelle flower which reads like maple syrup on my skin and I love this (the essential oil which I have worked with is gorgeous..tricky to work with because it is very very thick and sticky and needs to be diluted in a carrier oil but so worth it…love it!!!)
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Oh, so you’re wearing both perfumes today, each on one side of the body? That’s an interesting concept. I wonder which one will win throughout the day…
I’ve tried Aqua di Sale a few years ago and I remember that after the initial freshness a woody sweetness remained with a strong bitter salty accord which I could not handle. Unfortunately.
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One was all on the left (neck, wrist and crook of arm) and the other all on the right.
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So what’s the verdict, Brigitte, do they really remind you of the ocean or of a day at the beach?
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They were not as oceanic as some fragrances I have worn in the past (Aramis New West for Women is one that comes to mind). But they were lovely but sadly short lived on my scent eating skin. It is the evening and I am home now so I am testing her holy grail of L’Attessa (a beautiful dry rooty iris) and Orris Tattoo which smells very sweet but more fruity sweet (not lipstick like to my nose)
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and honestly out of the entire bunch the one that really smelled most like the ocean to me was Secretions Magnifique.
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You’re a rare breed, Brigitte.
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Well fish have sex in the ocean so there’s that😂😂😂
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L’Attessa sounds like my kind of perfume. Are you a fan of orris/iris scents?
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Honestly I really like all different notes. But my friend is a huge fan of iris so she sent me both of these in samples. L’Atessa is one of her all time favorites. It is definitely a dry rooty iris. Having worked with orris butter (I used it in a blend I once made) I really do like that smell. so if that’s your thing then you would like L’Atessa. It’s pricey, though, so I am just going to enjoy my sample and not even contemplate a bottle.
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Scentless so far. Will remedy post shower. Pet peeve #1- days that spin out of control. Pet peeve #2- clients that inexplicably and annoyingly change dates for presentation. On a Friday. Pet peeve #3- related to #2- having to go careening on highways under construction/repair/or otherwise stupidly detoured to pick up samples for #2. Final Pet Peeve #4- getting road raged at. Yes. It happened. Again.
Almost forgot: Pet Peeve #5- which was directly implicated in the occurrence of #4- highways that have speed limit signs of 70 km/hr on one side of the road and 90 km/hr directly opposite on the other side of the road.
If you followed all of this you are decidedly sharper than I am. Congratulations. You get points.
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About #1: do you often have work days that are not like that? 😉 (I’d ask a similar question about your #2, but I don’t want to aggravate your day)
Hopefully the weekend will allow you to get some rest and recharge for the next week.
What did you end up wearing?
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Cuir Beluga. Totally inappropriate for the weather today. And with my oven on. In answer to your question, most of my days are pretty chill. I try not to let things get to me anyhow. Life is too short and my preferred way to roll is to have fun living it. Be goofy, silly, irreverent sometimes. I really don’t take myself too seriously and on account of that I am pretty good at letting things roll right off me. Pfft! Gone! Minor distraction in an otherwise great life! And you could never annoy me. We’re on the same team in life. I’ll be home working on the weekend, preparing for Monday. But that’s just fine 😉
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Hence the reason I don’t drive. Being a victim of road rage can be very scary. You owe yourself a stiff drink.
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It is pretty unnerving. I’ll give you that. But as luck would have it, the cops were in an unmarked car, in the median, patrolling the highway lane narrowing business.
The moron was punching my driver’s side window, yelling at me to get out. I laid on the horn and did not let up. It drew the police’s attention who grabbed the stupid muck-face and hauled him away. I win! 🤗🤗
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My God, that’s horrible! I hope that excuse of a person got what he deserved.
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Thank you. I certainly hope so as well. A similar incident happened to me many years ago, but on a quiet side street. I think the guy was high/crazy or both.
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What is WRONG with people who think this is acceptable? This kind of behaviour should result in an immediate driving ban, on top of whatever other offence, and it is an offence, they have committed. That might cool their jets for a while (though probably not).
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No clue. My theory is that they believe they are the center of the universe. The world revolves around them, to please them and to make their lives comfortable and not too difficult. Unfortunately, things that get in the way of this type of mentality cause instant outrage. ie: you’re making my life difficult now, I’m pissed with the road work, it’s not going my way! Then they lash out. Honestly, in a way I feel sorry for them. Such angst-filled existences. Life just doesn’t always work out easily. Not for anyone. There are always figurative road blocks. We all get them. So, just get over yourself and deal with it like a rational, thoughtful human being. Truly, their lives would be soo much better. Huh. But what are ya gonna do eh? 🤷🏼♀️
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I was rearranging my perfume drawer (it started with taking a few pictures) and, naturally, I was spritzing some frags that aren’t worn very often: Fleurs de Rocaille, Chanel №19, Eau de Joy, Eau Sauvage (the regular version and Cuir Fraicheur) and something else I can’t recognize on my skin. Surprisingly, the perfume cloud they’ve all created smells rather nice.
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Try going out and coming back into that room 30-60 minutes later: it’ll smell even better!
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It totally does! I leave the window open so that the air would stay both fresh and fragrant.
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Crazy week. Finally checking in with my SOTD – Sonoma Scent Studio Champagne de Bois I am sort of hoarding this but at the same time it’s a huge love so I want to wear it.
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Don’t hoard it .. please wear it and enjoy it. You smell fantastic!!!
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Me too MMK. One travel spray of this beauty left😢. Luckily it doesn’t take much to achieve the desired effect and it has good heft and amazing longevity.
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You inspired to hit the musk after my bath. Kiel’s Original lotion and Musc Ravageur!
Woo Hoo!
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Mmmm that’s all sorts of amazing.
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All of Laurie’s fragrances were perfume strength. I hope the new owner continues to offer perfume strength at the same price. This is my fear…. the possibility of a price hike!!
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Oops that comment was meant for cassieflower!!! Sorry, P!!! ( But you do smell amazing too!!)
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Yes, that’s something I’d fear too
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See below…. I can’t type properly on my phone 👿👿
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Ha! It did it again!!! Ok I give up!!!
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😂😂😂 sausage finger strike?
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LOL! except my fingers are the size of a child 🙂 I don’t know if it is a wordpress thing or I just don’t know what I am doing on the phone. Right now I am typing on the computer…on a keyboard…this is so much more my speed …plus I can type really really fast!!! as opposed to the one finger typing on the phone (I can’t do thumbs so I use my right pointer finger…I used to talk into the phone but the mini Marzipans shamed me out of that maneuver….it was faster and easier though)
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I totally get that, I’m a whiz on a keyboard but always backtracking on phone.
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Somehow I have managed to retain the typing skills that were taught to me in middle school in a required typing class for all seventh graders. My kids are amazed that I can still type so fast without even looking at the keyboard!
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Brigitte, did we go to the same high school? 😉 It’s one of the most useful skills I have from back then.
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Neva- I was 12 when I took that typing class in junior high school and the teacher was extraordinarily mean spirited so I did not enjoy it at all…but now I am so grateful as those skills have served me well for over 40 years!!! I completely agree with you- very useful skill!!!
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Girls, I didn’t learn to type until my early 20s and my tutor was very impressed with my typing style. She once asked me if I played the piano (I didn’t, cos of horrid piano teacher) but I played accordion in my youth so maybe she was on to something ☺️
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Oud Spirit. Aussie oud frag producers Grandawood. This is oud done pretty cleanly. Opening is quite decal and medicinal but 15 minutes in a cozy warmth envelopes me.
https://www.grandawood.com.au
Portia x
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Hmmm, I’ve tried hard but I never got used to oud because of this medicinal note. Don’t know if I should keep trying. But then, not everything called oud smells like oud 😉
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Coramandel today for the very first time… lovely… and delicious
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First time! Did your eyes roll and body go all languid and boneless? Coromandel is gorgeous.
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oy…yes…it’s stunning…I am going to test drive it again in much cooler weather to see how it performs.
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Oh lovely! One of my top 5. So very, very good.
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Same on the mad typing skills Brigette! Compulsory course back in high school. Guess they thought we were all dreaming of becoming secretaries. Lofty ambitions, right.
Ha-ha. I was stupidly good at typing. I thought it was because I was forced to play classical piano for ten years. Might have had something to do with it 🤷🏼♀️
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Oh Brigitte! Yes. Talking on the phone. My kids shamed me out of that too. Apparently ‘au courant’ Moms text, they don’t talk. My youngest daughter who is here with me temporarily will actually text me from her room! And no. The house is not big! LOLLL!
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oh don’t even get me started on the texting when both parties are in the house!!!!
and what I meant was the phone has a microphone you talk into which transcribes your words into text…that is what I was doing..but they insisted that I use my thumbs to text instead of my mouth 🙂
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They said that talking into the microphone to text is “cheating” LOL!
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Oh! Well! LOLLL! Ummm…that IS kind of lame Brigitte 🙄. However, anyone that purports to wear SM so beautifully (pay attention to that p word, Brigitte. We have no clear evidence of this claim, just your word. And given that there is clearly something ‘interesting’?, perhaps ‘unique’? going on in the bedroom between you and Mr. Marzipan, I ask myself: can you be trusted?). However, based on a fairly new pen-palish relationship I am inclined to extend you the benefit of the doubt. You are hereby granted permission to pursue all sorts of dorky behaviour, such as talking into your phone, without any fear of being of being called out on it. The young Marzipan crew must cease and desist their ridicule immediately. They are required to hold Mrs. Marzipan in high regard. In AWE to be precise. This adoration and complete subjugation, compliance and bravoing will remain in place, regardless of any dorky, un-cool or cringe-worthy behaviours exhibited by their all powerful, all knowing Matriarch! The Queen is dead! Long live the Queen! 👑. May she reign in perfumes benevolence. All hail!
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Thank you my dear!!! You made me laugh just now and set the tone for my MOnday (back to work…boo hoo)
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Tsk, dammitall, another I have to try🙄
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Summer by Kenzo in an effort to entice the season to linger. If the real summer lasted as long as this scented facsimile I would be wearing shorts and a tank top on Christmas Eve.
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Pop over to Australia in December and you CAN wear shorts and a tank top on Christmas Eve.
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Ticket bought 🛫. I’ll be flouncing around in Shalimar. I’ll be wearing a red carnation in my hair. See you st the beach!
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Where will we meet up? I’ll be the one in an oil-slick of Hawaiian Tropic and wearing a hibiscus print bikini and sarong.
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I’ll go for Bain de Soleil, age dictates a one piece, but daringly cut high on the leg and a big deep V, ridiculously large straw hat and similarly over-sized, very dark (à la movie star) sunnies. Bring the trashy mags and a few crosswords!
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And a very chilled bottle of bubbles.
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Excellent! Much hilarity will ensue and a good time will be had by all.
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I’m sooo there (in my dreams).
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I am right there with you!
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I’d love to join you for the Christmas Party at the beach!
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After all the chat this week it’s Narciso Poudrée of course.
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Woo Hoo!
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Hello All, It is nearly 10pm Saturday evening. It is cooooolllllllllllllldddddddddddd. So cold ,in fact that when we were leaving work,at 9pm it was SNOWING. I got home, and jumped into a lovely warm shower. Feels soooooooooooooo good. Now I’m wearing Costume National Soul., and drinking a whiskey flavoured coffee.
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SNOWING!!
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I’m feeling your pain Saffy. I don’t want to even hear tell of snow this winter.
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Oh hey, float some whipped cream on your coffee and ta daah you’ve got Irish coffee. (My Christmas morning breakfast for many years now)
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I thought you had to add a dash of Irish Whiskey too?
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Well she’s already got the whiskey in it, so that just tops it off.
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Are you somewhere in my kitchen??? Seriously! Unusually for me, I made whipped cream last night to smother what are getting really close to the end of summer strawberries. I was required to coddle my favorite fruit. No choice. Maybe I didn’t even want to. But probably I did.
So I had left over whipped cream in my fridge this morning. This was the first thought that occurred to me when I woke up. I rocketed out of bed and had coffee with an enormous whipped cream island floating around languidly. Yum yum yum. I freaking LOVE whipped cream!!!
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I’m a lazy cook , my whipped cream comes out of a can. And after I read your comment, I too now am drinking a cup of coffee with whipped cream…alas no whiskey this time because, 1 ,it is before midday, and 2 I have to go to work this arvo.
Might I suggest another treat for your strawberries? Cut them in halves, removing the green ‘bits. Place in a container ensuring they are not too on top of each other. Pour in a dash, or two of Baily’s Irish Cream, and pop on lid. Place in the fridge to let them macerate. Minimum of 2 hours, but best 6 hours. Delicious.
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Oh that does sound good. I love what strawberries do when you ignore them. They kinda soften and melt into their surrounding liquid and then the liquid is all strawberryish tasting too…sold. Will try tomorrow.
Since you mentioned liqueur here’s a treat my family always had on Christmas, birthdays, Sundays, wednesdays, sort of whenever. 1) large amount of whipped cream (Dutch people are obsessed with it!) 2) Advocaat liqueur (a Dutch liqueur, brandy based, enriched with egg yolk) Now quit dry heaving! It’s gorgeous stuff. Trust me. So you put an obscene amount of whipped cream into a bowl and poor over a very generous amount of Advocaat, very generous. It’s super thick stuff and sits on top of the cream. A very small gentle bit of stirring. Then you will have alternating stripes of pale yellow Advocaat and whipped cream. You eat it all. Then make more. And eat that too. It is insanely delicious. Your welcome.
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or balsamic vinegar and a spot of black pepper on those strawbs. Mmmm…
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Work. Gym with my Big Girl. Shower. Got stuff done. Post shower more summery, beachy goodness. 4160 Tuesday What I Did On My Holiday. Probably one of my favorite beach/sea scents. Sel Marin, Aqua Motu didn’t inspire me. Wood Sage and Sea Salt came close. Would like to give Air de Bretagne and Amongst The Waves a try. My goodness it is HOT here! 29C feels like 37! Not complaining.
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I drink Advokart and lemonade.. A fluffy duck.
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No waayyy!! I’m unreasonably excited that anyone else even knows what Advocaat is, never mind drinks it! Suddenly. I do not feel so all alone 😛
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My mother used to have a special treat of brandy, advocaat and lemonade.
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We used to have Advocaat, Vodka, lemonade with marashino cherries.
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Oooo weee! Glad to hear Advocaat is not an exclusive Dutch delight. Although….. I think we do it best: poured over whipped cream! 😋
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Adding What I did on my Holiday and Amongst the Waves to my list of ocean scents to try.
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I hope you like WIDOMH Brigitte. I love beach scents as well, however, I am mighty picky about which beach I would like to smell. Caribbean? No. Costa Rica? Guess again. I want/need a perfume that brings to mind the beaches of Maine. We go and have gone every summer for decades. Some years just the nuclear family, other the whole extended pack. There is something so grand about the smell of Maine’s beach air. Briny, humid, sand, seaweed. Of course all of those. But the air smells ‘big’? Hard to describe, obviously ☺️, but it’s similar to the quality of air after a monstrous thunderstorm. Full of negative ions, I think. Maine’s beach scent: expansive, rejuvenating…oh my! I just love, LOVE it. So far WIDOMH gives me the closest impression of this elusive scent. There is just the tiniest bit of sun tan lotion vibe, but nothing to detract from the rugged north eastern sea smell. More just something to soften it. It really is lovely.
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have you tried Kerosene Walk the Sea? I want to get my beak into that so very badly.
(Fleurs de Sel is still my current salty-seaside scent otherwise)
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I just looked up walk the Sea… intriguing
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Yes Briny and marine like is beautiful… I am really growing to love this genre
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Marcella, I cannot cope with heat like that. 27C is my happy place. I promised a work colleague that today I’d wear L’Artisan’s Chasing Butterflies… however it is simply too cold. I’ve decided it is going to be a THUNKING day….,3mls of Plum Japanois. Also going to take the vial of I love Dior to apply to one of my ladies.
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THUNK…..and you smell AMAZING!!!
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Awww! So sorry it’s freezing there. But thunking will warm you up. I can’t say I adore the intense heat and humidity but our winters are so wretchedly, cruelly soul destroying. So endless. Starts getting gross mid-November. No sign of life till May 😢. Days and days of temps in the minus 20’s. Windchills consistently in minus mid 30’s. Exposed skin freezes in one second. Tears freeze. Toes fall off. Nose hairs freeze. Your breath turns to ice. And snow. Lots of it. Hip high. Waist high. And then ice. Make. It.Stop. I HATE it. Using a strong word there, hate. But it’s true. I get stressed just thinking about it. So yeah, I’ll take the heat!
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Please visit Australia in any of those months…You’ll love it.
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Yes, in fact I know I would Saffy!! A couple of my friends spent extensive time there, both working and playing. Based upon their experiences I quickly cottoned on to the fact that not only would I love it there, I probably would not want to leave. Just one thing…..you guys have loads of weird, big, ugly creepy crawlies🕷🦂🐍. Ick. Not my thing. And sharks! Huge ones, lots of them! It’s like a shark convention down there! I would plan on spending the majority of my times outdoors, in nature. Swimming at those stunning beaches. Hiking in the outback. How would I manage? 😲
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One word: Emigrate!
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✈️ 🏃🏽♀️
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and you are going to pack my little body in your suitcase so that I can join…I would love to go to Australia!
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Okay teeny, tiny, quirky skin chemistry lady; you’re on! I outfitted my suitcase with a teeny, tiny pillow, a teeny, tiny, duvet and a teeny, tiny bottle of SM so that you may have a lovely fragranced journey. OMG! You just reminded me of something! POLLY POCKET! Do you have daughters? Were Polly Pockeys a thing when they were little? You are my human Polly Pocket! How exciting. I can take you everywhere with me. And unlike my imaginary friends, we can have proper 2-way conversations. Brilliant!
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Heading out to girls lunch. Age old dilemma – what to wear? Plenty to choose from but nothing I want to wear. Ugh! Least I know which perfume – Le Santal 33.
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I really like Santal 33. Good choice.
Portia x
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Thanks Portia. And I had such a lovely lunch I came home, put my comfy pants on, poured a glass of wine and ordered a discovery set from Le Labo!! Uh oh 😬😉
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Santal 33 is beautiful and timeless. It’s also the only Le Labo I know. Please let us know what you think of the others when your discovery set arrives.
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I am up at the crack of dawn (again!!! this time it was me who needed to use the bathroom and it woke me up!)….last night I tested another large decant my dear friend sent me….Lalique Noire Elegant Animale….a beautiful fruity (peach) leather….I am definitely saving this one for the cold weather.
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It sounds like a good choice for cold weather judging by the notes. My “to try” list is getting longer and longer…
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Wow, any fruity leather is a must-try for me. I’ve never heard of this Lalique before.
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Neither did I until she sent it to me
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I’m reading all the comments I’ve missed yesterday and thinking very hard what to wear as my SOT prepairing lunch. I absolutely don’t feel like it so the scent should be motivational. Ok, I’ll try the sample of Amouage Imitation Woman! It says it’s an “olfactive imitation of New York City’s multiculturalism in the 70s, a floral aldehyde”. I’m gonna listen to some 70s disco music and dance in the kitchen while cooking.
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Oh yesss, close your eyes and pretend you’re working in the kitchen in Studio 54 (not that there was any kitchen there) with the walls reverberating to the sound of Donna Summer singing Hot Stuff.
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I bet my neighbors were dancing too 😀 every now and then when I’m in the mood I kill them with my sound system. Donna Summer, Village People, Delegation, Sisters Sledge, Melba Moore…
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Wohoo, go you, a woman after my own heart. Saw Sister Sledge in concert earlier this year. Amazeballs😍
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Whaaaat? Lucky you! Let me know next time some of our 70s and 80s musical heros have a concert in Europe. I’ll be there. I mean, you only live once and I have a few passions that I won’t give up 😉
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I like the idea of SOT preparing lunch! Can we have SOT making breakfast? And SOT slaving over dinner? And a special SOT freaking out over making holiday dinner for starving, unruly gangs of relatives?
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Oh! What about SOT getting dressed? SOT walking the dog? SOT parking the car in an especially tight spot? We’ll call them Situational Scents. Made to last 30 minutes. Then time for a new one. Hey! Yea you, Tom Ford! I beat you to the punch. A marketing ploy you missed out on! Hahahahaha. 😈
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My scent SOT making breakfast was Parfum de Lit as I was still in my jammies. I flat out refuse to smell of cooking for the whole day so IF I’m actually cooking breakfast I do it before showering.
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Oh goodie! We’re doing it! Yay! Neva, it’s begun! My SOT slaving over dinner is Dzing! Schnitzels, pommes dauphinoise, baby spinach salad for my Little Girlie. Grilled salmon and spinach salad for the moma. Cuz her arteries are 28 years old and mine aren’t. And ya. Smelling like cooking is nauseating. Windows open here so I won’t stink.
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Yessss Marcella 😀 I can only imagine the cacophony of smells – Dzing, schnitzel, grilled salmon…and I’m hungry again although it’s past midnight.
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Oh ya! Quite the medley of odours for sure. Ha! I often (usually 🤭) have a bed-time snack. I’m such a child 😐
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Dans Tes Bras this morning. That psychedelic violet note in the opening is so silly. But I love it. I detect an occasional undercurrent of licorice. Then it transitions into the a clean-ish, sweaty, very honest scent of perspiring skin. A ladies skin. Her bosom perhaps.Whilst sitting under a tree after some gardening. It’s incredibly poignant and achingly beautiful. Very real and oh so human. It humbles me.
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Marcella I’m glad this works for you! Beeecause it was instant scrubber on me. Tomcat Pi$$ in fact. It was indescribably awful. You’re obviously wearing it well.
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😂 Tom Cat Pi$$! Wow that’s funny. Yes, I think it’s one of those weirdo fragrances that doesn’t work for everyone. Oh! Maybe I have magic skin! Like Brigitte! Perhaps Secretions Magnifique will smell just as calm and gentle on me as she SAYS it does on her. 🤥??? And apparently Mr. Marzipan agrees with her? 🤔 Hmmm. Got to watch those two.
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Hey I guess you make three mini Marzipans in four years without being a tad bit naughty 😈
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That would be ” don’t make”
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Yep, you’re a naughty girl. Here, have a slap on the legs 😉
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YUP! Go team Marzipan!
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Dans Tes Bras is one of the perfumes I always want to have in my collection because when I feel like wearing/smelling it there’s nothing that can replace it. It’s unique and -yes, achingly beautiful.
Sorry you don’t enjoy it Cassie. It’s the same old story of skin chemistry. But lucky enough there’s so much lovely perfume around 😉
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I agree. Don’t necessarily need a FB, because it’s really a mood driven fragrance, as you said, but definitely a decent decant.
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NVC Pichola. I am head over heels with this. If only if only it came in a smaller bottle I’d pull the trigger, no question.
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Portia, have a word, pretty please, nudge nudge, you being mates and all.
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Yehiknowwww there’s the Take 2, but I want to Take 1. I’m always wanting something. . .
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They do Nichola in the Take 2 range Cassieflower. 2 x 15ml bottles.
Portia x
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Birch and Argan body butter topped off with Orange Sanguine…. very creamsicle like
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Scent of the “wake up and get your arse to the gym so what if it’s Sunday” was Bel Respiro.
After that, and a wee swim and the (ugh) obligatory sauna (four times a week because my coach is a git) a lovely wrapper of Naja. I am dreading the end of this decant…
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😂 and here’s me loving a good sauna. They’re good for you. They’re character-building. They get rid of toxins. You might lose a smidge of weight. They’re good for your joints. Just mind that they don’t burn your ass.
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You are, of course, entirely right. I just hate getting that hot. If I could sit and read in there, I might hate it less. But, good for rehab, good for rebuilding muscle, good for recovery. So, in I go like a good little donkey. I just sit and mutter swearies.
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Mutter swearies’….thanks for the laugh, crikey.
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Ditto…..
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Brilliant turn of phrase. I claim it for use in Canada. No one else can use it. I’ll patent it. It’s that good. You would need a cattle prod to get me into a sauna. I can’t breathe in there. Who on earth ever thought it would be fun to enter a tiny wooden box, naked. Place your buttocks where other buttocks have committed all sorts of unspeakable acts. Then throw water on hot rocks and try to breathe in air that has been transformed into what is basically water. Really? And this is a good thing? My gym is equipped with a stretching rack. I’m sure you’d like that as well. Lie down naked on a rough wooden plank. Have wrists and ankles tied and attached to iron rings. I turn the wheel in an effort to release all the your tight muscles and loosen up those kinks. Sometimes I get carried away and you might dislocate a shoulder or two. Also your knees might never bend again. But it’s really good for you and you will feel much looser afterwards. Taking membership requests now. Get yours. 50% off till 11:59 pm.
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Oh wow, Marcella… that is so funny….I’m laughing so much.thanks.
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