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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 1.10 – 7.10.2018
You probably won’t have time to write every scent, every spritz but whenever you feel the mood take you share your current spritz and a few things about it. Maybe you love/loathe it, want it, are excited by the notes/bottle/SA who sold it: WHATEVER! As always here at APJ, taking sides never means taking offence and everyone keeps it respectful and light, even though we can sometimes trawl the depths.
Hopefully you will come back and see if anyone has responded to your comment and you can reply to them.
Go To It Crew.
Portia xxx
Australian Perfume Junkies 
It’s gotten cold and fall weather here. Yesterday I wore Tiziana Terenzi Laudano Nero. Today, I am in Tauerville Incense Flash.
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Ooh nice choices, both. May have to look at them tomorrow! Today was Cuir Beluga.
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Oh Jackie B, I love Cuir Beluga! Such a fine leather. My daughter gave me a decant. She finds it harsh!?? I don’t get that at all on me. How does it play out on you?
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I find it soft and vanilla-like, not harsh at all. Dries down the same, does not change much.
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I don’t know if you’re getting the leather as well, but yes to the vanilla. And def soft, luscious. Not harsh. Her nose must be broken. Or she was in a rotten mood. I’ll bet on the second scenario
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Sticking with Ambre et Vanille again today cos I loved it so much yesterday.
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I checked Ambre et Vanille out yesterday, Cassie when you wore it cuz it sounded good to me as well. Where can one get a sniff of this? Is this oldie still in production?
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Have you had a gander on Surrender to Chance? It’s well worth having a sniff of. Oh, and it smells aaaamazing in a man too. Just sayin’ And it’s still in production so maybe it’s in some brick n mortar shops too.
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Great lead Cassie. Will check STC.
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Don’t lead her down that rabbit hole!! We will never get her out!!
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I am not familiar with Ambre et Vanille, but it seems to be very cozy and that’s exactly what I need at this time of the year.
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Yes, cosy is exactly it. Put it on your ever growing list🤓
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Before I forget, Please don’t enter my name in this week’s draw, Portia.
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Correct wording is “do not enter me”.
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Nooo, only Brigitte is allowed to say that😏
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And I WILL say it then. P, do not enter me.😂
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LOL, again!
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🤗🤗🤣🤣🤣
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We are so bad. Forgive us, Portia.😈😇
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Nasomatto Nuda.
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Portia, you seem to fancy jasmine, am I right?
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It has been freezing at night where I live and snow is predicted for next week. I have brought out the box of vanillas to cheer me up. Today it is FSSA “Vaniglia del Madagascar”.
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Vanillas are the ultimate freezing, snowy weather fragrance. Great choice.
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Agree
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Oh nooo, too soon! It’s only just October for gawd sake. I can’t be doing with winter. I want a place in the sun. The only upside to cold is that the orientals can be busted out and sprayed lavishly.
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Rather a stingy compensation for six months of ice and snow methinks. But I’ll take it. ❄️❄️🌨🌨🌨💨💨💨🌬🌬❄️❄️❄️💨. Ugh. Soul destroying ☹️☹️☹️☹️☹️☹️
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That’s usually my only consolation when fall kicks in, Cassie.
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Reglisse Noire
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I like your determination Brigitte. I think I will change my perfume this week. Probably to Tiempe Passate which I wore today.
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less about determination and more about laziness and also loving this stuff 😉
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Laziness? I get that. Sometimes it’s just too much. Standing in front of your collection deciding what you’re in the mood for. Sometimes spray and go just works. Less mental energy required. I’m thinking of trying this with the vintage Shalimars I bought. I’m really loving it and it always feels just right.
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OOO I am so glad that you are enjoying your vintage Shalimars!!! Sometimes having the familiar over and over again is just comforting and easy….as you said it “feels just right”.
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You’re right. If I had to choose every day among all the perfumes I have, I think I’d miss my life completely. I usually have some seasonal favorites in a cluster and I only look in that direction.
So, you got used to your vintage Shalimars?
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Yay! Yes I did!! After the initial disappointment wore off. They are not what I wore in the 70’s, but I have made peace with that.
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Le Maroc Pour Elle. Andy Tauer. My bottle is a good few years old and it ages like wine. Absolutely beautiful.
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Sounds good Val. X
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That one is a total scrubber on my skin. Good thing Andy Tauer has so many other beautiful creations
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I think for many they are hit or miss. First time I tried it I said “oh my” and put it to the side as I did not think it was for me. But I kept on wearing it and it really grew on me. it’s powerful stuff at the onset but the drydown is gorgeous.
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Oh my, absolutely beautiful, Val!
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SOT business trip – Tiempe Passate, Antonia’s Flowers. It’s a beautiful creamy tangerine and I haven’t worn it since last winter. I couldn’t get enough of it today and during the meeting I noticed that I was paying more attention to the smell of the perfume than on what I was saying. No one noticed, good for me.
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Great choice, Neva! I love when a perfume does that, and I’m pretty sure you were saying all the right things, too.
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I wore Antonia’s Flowers but the one just called Antonia’s Flowers in the 80’s. We were on a family vacation in West Coast, Florida. I was bowled over by all the lushly landscaped, open air shopping centres. I tried AF there and immediately bought it. Very floral, very pretty. Guess I was more ladylike back then. Still keep the bottle as a momento. Happy times the were.
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I wore that one too. I had the pure perfume in a huge 1 oz bottle which I still have. I use it now to fill and blend my e.o.s because it has a huge opening with a nice accompanying stopper. Antonia’s Flowers was a gorgeous freesia, right?
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Yup! Freesia is my favorite flower and my hubbie loved the scent on me. It was gorgeous, don’t you think?
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Yes, Marcella, it was gorgeous.
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I got a sample of Tiempe Passate two years ago. And immediately ordered a FB. I wasn’t familiar with Antonia’s Flowers before because American perfumers are rarely sold in Europe and you don’t get to know their perfumes easily. I’ve read a bit about Antonia’s Flowers when I bought Tiempe Passate and I feel I would like all of Antonia’s creations.
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I bet you would have liked the original. I know that Undina is a huge fan of Tiempe.
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You mentioned that American perfumes are rarely sold in Europe. This reminds me of something my mother used to say. She maintained that the only perfumes worth having were European, French, specifically. Said the American stuff smelled cheap. Lol. I wore Antonia’s Flower one day. She asked me what it was. I said it was an American perfume and she replied well, it smells very French!
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That must be the best proof that Antonia’s perfumes are beautiful.
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That’s obviously working it’s magic on you. And maybe the meeting was just too boring to keep your attention,
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The older I get the less serious I take all this business stuff 😉
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Same here Neva. Apart from family and health I take very few things seriously these days.
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Neva- perfect choice! I should try that on my next bt!
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Do try it Jyotsna, it’s among my favorites.
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Neva- also please let me know when your meetings get to be more interesting than your perfumes; I will come and work for your company!
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LOL, we both know that will never happen 😀 although I’d love to meet you 🙂
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The magnificent, fierce and lovely Rozy VdP until it got saunaed and showered away after lifting.
Kiste this evening, which is feeling lush and indulgent. The first few minutes are sometimes just too boozy for my taste–a double dose of Drambuie–but it relaxes into a rich, smooth glow.
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Now that sounds seriously great. I’m going to check it out. With the colder temps already arrived and worse to come I need to fortify myself with indulgent lushness.
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It’s gorgeous, and surprisingly easy… but it is *not* a morning scent. It’s lovely on warm skin, and will be interesting to see how it fares in colder weather. I’m developing a bit of a dangerous fascination with Slumberhouse. Norne amazes me.
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Interesting your comment about ‘morning scent’. I have a really hard time smelling most of my perfumes when applied to early. Perhaps I’ve not warmed up enough. I certainly don’t have any issues when applied later in the afternoon or evening. Food for thought, Crikey
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I also find this…perhaps because have just got out of the shower, and even though I am moisturised, scent just gets sucked right into my skin and not my nose!
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Hmm. Different for me- scents work as soon as I apply them . Must be my Indian skin- more oily?
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Rouge Hermes. I was too lazy to reach for the older version but the modern formula is just as fine.
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LOVE Rouge Hermès Diana.
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Portia, we have quite a few common favourites 🙂
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TWINS!
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I’m an aspiring twin of yours. Our mileage varies but I’ll be there one day 🙂
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HA!
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My Eau Duelle/Rose de Cassis failed to materialize. I hopped on my bike and pedalled furiously along the lakeshore. Because now I can with my hip feeling better. Ducked into the gym after. Came home, showered and went to vote. I wore extravagant amounts of Shalimar while I exercised my rights. We have a provincial election happening today. There were nine possible choices on the ballot. Including the Marxist-Leninist Party 😳. In reality it’s a three way contest. The six others don’t stand a chance.
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Now that’s a result! It was worth the pain in the pocket 💵
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Damned straight it was!!
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Happy that you are fully mobile again Marcella. Enjoy it!
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Thanks so much Neva. I am loving my pain free mobility 😁
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Cycling already?! Now that is a good result.
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Bum about the frags but a big WOO HOO about the hip Marcella!
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Tonight I will go with either vintage Femme or vintage Dioressence (or maybe both!)…these were the minis that were sent to me by a kind perfumista. She had thought the Femme might be a bit off but to my nose it’s just the top notes which is exactly what I would expect. The drydown is gorgeous.
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Oh yeah, brag about it why don’t you. Doesn’t matter about my feeelings😢
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I am sorry ;(
Honestly, this was a real surprise as I mentioned before I was expecting the minis she sent me to be empty!
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That was an unbelievable stroke of luck!
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I’m tellin’ ya…the perfume gods are smiling down on me!!!
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vintage Dioressence is so bloody lovely.
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I totally agree! i had forgotten about this beauty but as soon as I sniffed it I was instantly transported back to childhood. There must have been a bottle of this one in my house…we had so many perfumes back in the day..
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I wish our small community from APJ could travel back in time and find ourselves in a place where we could sniff all the vintage perfumes we once owned or knew…and then come back to the present and talk about it for days… sigh…
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That’s why we need Cassie’s genie to make us the stuff! Then we would not need to travel!
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Yes. Yes. And yes.
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I’m working on it😀
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How fantastic! Both are exceptional perfumes. You reminded me of my Femme mini in my fridge (I keep all my vintage perfumes in the fridge). I’ve found it in my mother’s dresser some time ago. She gave it to me, of course. I don’t know how come I’ve overlooked it for so many years.
I guess it will be my SOTD 🙂 What a beauty!
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You will be smelling sublime.
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Tough choice, both Femme and Dioressence are so beautiful.
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I know, right?
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Oh FEMME! Killer perfume. I have a really old parfum that I sometimes get out and sniff the nozzle. It’s still so gorgeous.
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Femme has this sweaty touch which gives it true depth. Yummy!
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The newest one is seater still. they have replaced most of the animalics with cumin. YUM!
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Oh, gotta give it a try!
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I am testing L’Or Rouge Torrente, it is very fruity scent. I still have not tried the original torrente which is famous for coffee note.
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Sounds yum, Fazal. Is this a new try? I just can’t wear candied or fruity notes.
Mmm coffee notes intrigue me!
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Pricked up my ears at coffee.
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Sorry to confuse you guys..torrente rouge that I wore has no coffee. I meant to say the original Torrente seems to have coffee but I have never tried it. Torrente Rouge, a flanker, is fruity with no hint of coffee.
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One of the earliest modern fruity florals Fazal. i like it a lot. Such a fun wear.
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Brigitte- I done it!
Chergui 8 sprays. I got two compliments. Smells amazing. Blends beautifully with all the smells in the cafe. Yet stands out. Gosh, I love Chergui. 😍
I should get another backup (backups don’t count as spends, right?)
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oh yes!!! I had 15 ml decant of Chergui and found I enjoyed it much better when sprayed lavishly. so lovely to get compliments!!! I bet you smelled fantastic! I would recommend getting a back up because they are offered discounted online now. Get it while the price is still reasonable.
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Brigitte—. Sorry I meant 16 sprays!! I got another compliment 🙂
Not sure which discounted outlet will ship here. I bought a 50ml not so long ago.
I practically live in chergui.
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fragrancenet has it but I am not sure if they ship outside of the States…I have seen it for as low as 50 USD not that long ago..for a bottle!
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Buy a back up or two, Jyotsna, the sooner, the better.
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Do it. Do it. You need and deserve BUBs. Hurry. Do it before it’s discontinued. Or reformulated. Or all sold out.
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It’s not only allowed it’s a requirement 😈
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Backups count as refills, so go for it! You smell gorgeous.
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FRAGRANT moment. Chergui is yum
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Magie Noire. Watch out world, here I come.
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Cassie, you’re killing me!!!! I suppose it’s the vintage juice. Am I right?
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Yeah, she’s got the GOOD stuff 🙂
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Yep, my little bottle of diamond dust.
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Put it on your face!!! Diamond dust is a great alternative to that expensive and hard to source belly button lint!
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REglisse Noire….all my clothes are starting to smell of it 🙂
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and y’all will never look at black licorice again without thinking of moi!!!
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I’d devour a bag of Bassets Allsorts about now.
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OMG!!! Love those! But they have to be really really fresh. Not those dried out turds that I sometimes come across.
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As soon as I saw the word turds I burst out laughing at work…my juvenile non lady like alter ego.
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Aren’t those Allsorts just the best? Better watch what you’re laughing at. You are the founding member of the Ladie’s League.
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Careful not to jeopardize your high-falutin’ status. Records are being kept.
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Which is good. You’ll be able to use less perfume and still smell strong 😀 Maybe your new bottle will last till the end of October, LOL.
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Ha! I am a perfume junkie and rather like the initial burst of licorice so I have been spraying several times throughout the day to keep myself entertained and awake at work 🙀🙀😽😼
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Do you bring….Monica to work? What’s the name of your work chair? What do you call your desk? See where I’m going with this? You may have a bit of a problem there! Did you drive Ralph, the car to work?
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LOL! No monica is packaged up ready to be sent out as a birthday gift 😉
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and MOnica is gone…just stopped off at the post office after work and mailed it to the recipient 🙂
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Awww! Do you miss her? Are any of her friends still with you?
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All kidding aside, you’re a kind and generous friend, Mrs. M.
You trying to keep up with the exercises? 💪🏽
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Yes I miss Monica and yes I am still forcing myself to exercise!!!
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Well, give your purse a name and make it your new ‘friend’ 😐
Very very proud of your exercise efforts!! 🥇
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Which means that I will be lucky if it lasts until the end of the month.😈😈👻
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Why does it not surprise me at all? 😀
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Vintage Shalimar perfume. I’ve been prolifically posting away. Some real pearls of wisdom 🤓 Then I realized I was still on last week’s SOTD 😜. Sometimes I wonder how I even manage to get dressed. Anyhow, I’m sure I’ve bumped last week’s number of posts into the millions. I wonder what Cassie’s protocol/directive is when this happens 🧐
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If I had a rule book I’d consult it, but I haven’t. I just make things up as I go along😏 And the only sorta rule I have is that rules are for others. Not me, of course.
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Gawd Cassie! You’re incorrigible. No Ladie’s League for you. Rude sleep masks. Insubordinate and won’t sit in the corner. Loves ugly metal bottles. Opinionated. Won’t obey rules. Clearly, you are not Ladie’s League material!
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Well when you put it like that it makes me seem like a troublesome juvenile with ADHD. Wait a minute. . .
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Case closed! Got the picture now? Go to your room, now.
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You forgot about throwing rocks at cars😜
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You are SOO BAD!! 🤗. Secretly I like it
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Is that your vintage that doesn’t smell vintage enough but will do until you get some vintage vintage😎
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Exactly. Wrong decade. But I’ve forgiven it.
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Another great blackcurrant today, – l’Ombre Dans l’Eau.
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Ooo i love that one!!
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It’s quite lovely 🙂
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Now that alleged ‘masterpiece’ did not work on me. Neither did Miller Harris Feuille de Cassis, also blackcurrant. Very, very pissy.
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Chanel Pour Monsieur this morning. Love it, but the modern version has little to no lasting power. I probably shouldn’t go wandering off on a hunt for a bottle of the vintage. Maybe I need to try the new again. Lovely Aedes Iris Nazarena this afternoon. And a long walk from the centre of town on a gorgeous sunny but blustery early evening.
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…and having now seen the vintage prices, nope. NOPE.
(sigh)
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I know how you feel Crikey. Same with me and a proper vintage, vintage Shalimar. Mucho dineros. Put some pressure on Cassie, our vintage genie. She has made promises. Intimidate her. Still hasn’t even finished polishing her stupid lamp. Total reprobate, that one.
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How fresh is your bottle, Crikey? Mine was produced in 2013, its lasting power is rather decent.
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I only tested it briefly but it seemed like New York de Nicolai (perhaps it was the Intense version, I’m not sure) was close enough to Pour Monsieur.
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oh, good call! I hadn’t considered the two of them as related. i will try a side-by-side sniff soon. thanks for the tip.
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it’s a sample from… not sure. The last few years. It might just be my skin. Sometimes this vanishing act just happens.
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That’s a bummer. I
On a different note: did you happen to find any substitute for Bois d’Encens?
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trialling my Le Labo The Noir 29 from my sample set today. Notes says black pepper, amber and black rose. Its got a sweetness and a little musk to it. See how it’s going in a few hours. Really hoping it will survive as I wore all my Le Labo Rose sample Saturday and found it rather disappointing.
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Oh that’s too bad. I think the Le Labos are hit or miss. I did have a few samples and tried them out but don’t remember which ones and none made it to my full bottle list which is just as well as they are costly.
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Le Labos are an epic fail on me. Might as well just wear table salt.
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Last night wore a few of my neglected Phlurs -Greylocke …the most delicious vetiver, Moab….delicious cinnamon goodness, and Hepcat…powdery oud which Marcella might like…remind me a lot of Ineke’s Field Notes from Paris which I might spray on my shirt this morning since I left Reglisse at work yesterday….I will top it off with Reglisse once I get in.
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How do you pronounce Phlur??? Otherwise I like the name Greylocke, Moab and Hepcat but I’ve never tried them.
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Fleur… the French word for flower
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Oh, I’d never think of that..sure, now I get it.
My first thought was of Phteven and I burst into laughter. Have you heard of Phteven? 😀
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That’s funny Neva 😆 I looked these guys up Brigette, soon as I read cinnamon and oud I was interested. But alas, they don’t ship to oz. then I googled Australian natural perfumes and the few that looked good – all their sample sets were sold out. Not to be.
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Ha Neva!
Melanie-that’s too bad. I think Sephora carries them now but not sure if there is a Sephora that is in Oz or that ships to Oz. They are all well done and reasonable priced.
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LOL, Neva 😂
“Phteven” so reminds me of Wodehouse.
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Is it the same kind of humor? Can you recommend something to start with? I don’t know his work.
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Are we talking about PG Wodehouse? He’s one of my favourite authors, I’ve read (and reread countless times) every novel of his I could get my hands on. The Mating Season from his Jeeves and Wooster series might be a good start, and my personal favourite is Summer Moonshine.
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Yes! The author but there was also a TV series with Hugh Laurie (from House and Chance)
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Thanks Diana, the book goes to my reading list. I’ll look up the series too.
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Ah, Diana, my favourite is “Summer Lightning”. And “Thank You, Jeeves” is probably the place to start with the Jeeves and Wooster novels–right at the beginning! Heavy Weather is one of the very best and is a great follow up to Summer Lightning.
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sorry, second part of that was for Neva, as recommendations. (Am another PGW fan)
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Thanks Crikey! I love some nice new reading suggestions 🙂
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Crikey, you’re right, – it’s only natural to start from the beginning, it’s just my weird habit to sometimes read books in non-chronological order.
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Vintage Shalimar perfume. Day two of heavy cloud cover over here. I can feel my cranky meter rising.
Hepcat? A powdery Oud. Worth investigation for the name alone.
Although Neva has advised me that I can safely shun oud without jeopardizing my status as a bona fide perfumista. So the pressure is off, no need for me to learn to love oud 🙂
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I’m another oud-avoider. A trace of it here and there? No bother. But an oud-centric perfume? Nope, not for me. And while I’m perfectly open to the idea of finding the oud that makes my socks roll up and down with delight, it’s not a quest.
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I love the idea of my socks rolling up and down with delight 🙂 It’s such a vivid picture.
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full disclosure: blatant theft of imagery from a comment made by Toby in an old episode of the West Wing.
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LOL, never mind. I’ve heard it for the first time and I like it 🙂
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Agree. I’m happy enough having it be part of the big picture, but not worth seeking it out as the star of the show.
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I like it and I get more booze and powder than oud.
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I’m down the oud rabbit hole! I love them. Earthy, woods and the such. LArt Al Oudh is my favourite just now. There’s plenty to choose from thats for sure
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I think Hepcat would be a perfect starter oud. It’s different and interesting but not over the edge if you know what I mean. Also, there is something about it which reminds me of Field Notes from Paris so if you are familiar with that one you will get an idea of what Hepcat is like. Plus the name is just too cool!
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Have you tried Russian Oud, Melanie? Prior to my ‘ignore oud’ declaration I ordered a sample of this. I tried it today and Holy Schnickles! Mega-watt power. Funky, barnyard opening-all oudy and musky, develops into an incredible rush of resiny, honeyed incense with oud still starring, but just. A very feral, animalic note joins the party and it is all sorts of extravagant richness. Incredible presence with personality plus. It’s a bit OTT for me, but I do love it. I’ll save it for when it’s -30 with biting winds and blizzard conditions. Which probably means I’ll be wearing it soon and often.
Not masculine, but would be lush on a confident man. Stunning. Do try it if you get the chance!
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Thanks Marcella, adding it to the ever growing wish list x
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I adore oudh, Melanie. Adore it.
First smelt it in attars- oh my!
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Is that the Hepcat?
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Yes Hepcat for powder and booze
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Because booze and powder sound very nice!!
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and it is…
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Vintage Shalimar perfume!! HEAVEN
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Daim Blond. I was a bit underimpressed by it when I first tried it. but now it does seem like a FB material. Oh my god, why does it happen to me all the time?!
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Welcome to the club 😀 and yes, Daim Blond is truly a nice perfume.
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I wonder, does the club choose us, or we do it :)?
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I do not care who chooses whom. As long as we are together.
Because Reasons. 🧐
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That happens to me frequently. Test #1 – meh, whatever. That’s when I should leave well enough alone. But no! I persist until meh turns into ‘I need it’ Why? 😩
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Stop doing that!!!!
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Yes m’am! You’re very right.
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Thankfully this was way too well behaved and quiet to be FB worthy for me.
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I’ve already got a bottle of Cuir Amethyste which is close enough to DB so a FB of the former is in the distant future (unless there’s a bargain).
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Daim Blond is FABULOUS!! You smell FABULOUS, Diana!
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Thank you!
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Vintage Miss Dior EDT this morning, running around town and hunting for birthday presents for the Mister. Now in Lush/Gorilla Breath of God for the rest of my post-gym and post-sauna day. (and bonus: one of the things that I love about this scent is that it always reminds me of my trip to Seoul)
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A happy birthday to your Mister, Crikey! Good luck with the gift purchase. If he’s a fragrance wearer, I doubt you will find yourself perplexed.
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thanks. It’s still a couple of weeks away. For once I’m trying to be well prepared! he does wear scent now… it took a while, but he’s got a decent wee wardrobe. And is currently rocking the Dior Homme and smelling very good indeed.
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Happy Birthday, Mr. Crikey!!!!
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Couple of weeks to go… I am busy plotting and scheming 😉
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enjoy the fun of plotting and scheming 🙂
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That sounds good. Please let us know when everything will be set. I love birthday surprises.
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Crikey,
Do you wear Breath Of God Fragrance or Stick?
Portia x
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The fragrance. I’ve never got on well with their solid scents. This and The Smell of Weather Turning are my weird loves, that don’t smell weird on me.
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Aha! We don’t get the frag here. I’ve only used the stick and it never smelled quite right, still good but different to what others were getting from the frag.
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SO a package arrived from my beach loving friend and I now have Sel Marine and Mr. Hulot’s Holiday in decants as well as a sample of Bottega Venetta Eau Legere (gorgeous stuff which reminds me of something from my distant past…does any vintage lover out there know?) and three minis that are full of juice!!! So I might have to take a break from my Reglisse..or not…maybe I can do both????
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What stellar scent you’ve been sent Brigitte.
Wear them ALL.
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Ha ha! I already did last night!!! Mr. Marzipan’s face dropped when he saw the package as he already knew what was coming…he muttered “the nightmare begins” LOL!
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and somehow I see Mr. Marzipan and Jin in the same camp-LOL!
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Brigitte- is there any Reglisse left? TheBV Eau Legere is the stuff of dreams!
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About 2/3 of the bottle is still left…at this rate I will be done in about three weeks! But I have been having a rough time at work and frequently re-spray throughout the day…that burst of anise is such a mood lifter for me. And yes, eau Legere is phenomenal…I wish I could figure out which vintage scent from my distant past it reminds me of.
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Sorry to read about your work situation. If you didn’t like Reglisse so much, you could spray it right into the nasty workmates’ cakeholes (assuming they’re to blame, of course).
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Haha oh how I wish I could do that LOL 🤣 😂
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What? A new package? I’m so happy because we’ll never run out of material for chatting 🙂
Sel Marine is beautiful, but on my skin it is a citrus scent, no sel at all. And no longevity, unfortunately.
I can’t help with the Eau Legere. I know BV and Eau de Velours only. But there’s another one for my “to try ” list.
What minis did you get???
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I am going to retest Sel today…last night it smelled salty to my nose. The minis are one of the Omnia but not sure which one (I will have to investigate and also figure out how to open it!!!), Juicy Couture (I think?) and Versace Bright Crystal….they were sent for my Christmas ornament project but they are all full so I will have to drain them first.
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Sel Marin was just salt on me as well. Very disappointing. Did not remind me of North-east coast beaches at all. They are much more than just salt!
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It’s salt and citrus….very nice but lasts less than an hour on my skin
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Same here. Did you feel that it evoked/reminded you of being at the ocean? I
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hmmm….not sure…maybe? the only one that really evoked my ocean (Atlantic and the beaches of my youth) was Secretions.
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Oh, wow! That’s very interesting.
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I should probably look into that. And yes. Same on Atlantic. The only one that came close for me is What I Did On My Holidays.
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Let me know what you think about Sel Marine today.
You should hold the Omnia mini with two fingers (more would hardly fit on the glass surface) at the glass sides of the bottle and pull the rest up. I had the same dilemma with my Amethyste mini but there is a drawing depicting how to open it on the box, which you probably don’t have 😉
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Doesn’t last😫😫😫
I used my new muscles to open the Omnia and then decanted into a sprayer. It smells like freesia. I am not familiar with the Omnias at all. I am assuming it’s a flanker?
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There are too many flankes of Omnia. You can tell by the color of the glass which one it is.
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The top is silver and the glass is light …a lavender/silver hue? it isnt what I was expecting it to smell like.
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That’s probably Amethyste, the same that I have. It’s just one of many flankers, nothing special. Nothing comes close to the initial Omnia. It was such a beautiful woody perfume.
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OMG how lucky are you😀
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I know right?
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you get the *best* surprise packages!
I’m going to have to re-sniff the BV Eau Legere. I love the original BV but sort of skimmed past all the others.
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I really like the Legere but I think it’s discontinued.
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Oh my goodness, Brigitte! So happy for you, and I’m not even envious! Say hi to the perfume gods, will you ;)?
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Will do!
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SOT Bed isGuerlain Cherry Blodsom, because Ineeded something pretty. Even a massive dose of prescription painkillers dosn’t really wok for long. I was diagnosed with shingles by the third doctor I saw. It hurts and the rash is under my foot, so very unfortunate that the diagnosis came late, I missed the 72 hrs window where anti-viral medication would have been an option.
Tried Amouage Opus VIII from a sample. This one is nearly only incense to my nose, no floral. It just does not open up and develop much on my skin. The soft dry down, very close to skin was the best part.
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SHIT! Shingles are rubbish. Good luck living it Ingeborg. I hope you have some good food in the house.
Portia xx
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Ingeborg- oh no! Take plenty of rest. Plenty. Shingles are so painful. Hope you are better soon.
Incense is such an odd smell. Some are lovely other smell like an old dusty dusty attic.
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So sorry, Ingeborg. It takes a few weeks but then it will be all right. Try concentrated royal jelly. It really boosts the immune system.
The Opuses are tricky. I don’t know all of them but they are heavy in general.
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Get well soon, Ingeborg!
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Get well soon, Ingeborg!!!
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Thank you, trying to rest and avoid secondary infection.
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Shingles? Oh, you poor sausage. That’s rotten luck.
I hope the pain eases quickly, and the beastly stuff doens’t linger too long.
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Ah the worst 😖 Hopefully it improves soon. That’s a bloody horrid affliction.
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Oh dear, Ingeborg! That is just awful! My heart goes out to you. Nothing is worse than living with constant pain. I hope this will pass.
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Yes, right? Hope you will be pain free for a long time!
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Wet and gray today. Coming out of illness. SL Five O’Clock au Gingembre for my meeting. More luscious smelling than all the pastries at cafe. I did’t even need sweet. Mmmm.
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SWOON! SL Five O’Clock au Gingembre
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Melanie- who ships what to Oz? And what’s your sotd.
The threading on the forum is leaving me dizzy; they were never designed for real conversations!
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The SOTD thread does become a spider web through the week Jyotsna. It’s hard to follow.
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It’s because we are such a chatty bunch and the number of comments by the end of the week are HUGE now!!!
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Yes.
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All your fault, Brigitte 😜
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Ah, excuse me Cassie. That would be you, m’ dear, Queen of the snide one liners, liberally sprinkled about.
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😘😘😘
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Cassie those were for you
Marcella, you are chatty too 😂😂😂
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☺️☺️☺️ yeah but you love me anyway
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Agreed Jyotsna. It’s really hard to keep up with it.
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Jyotsna, Dame ship to Oz. We were talking about Dame perfumes . But when you email me I’ll share some Dame with you coz my order has arrived xx
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SOTD Chypre Charnel by Molinard. This one’s a really good modern chypre – rich, elegant and sensual. You can smell patchouli all the way. I feel ready for the day’s challenges.
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This sounds lovely. I love a good patchouli.
the molinards have been on my radar for a while. I owned Molinard de Molinard years ago and loved it. And then there was another Molinard that was supposed to be the original Angel (it was Thierry Mugler’s mother’s signature scent) the name escapes me at the moment but I had a decant of it six years ago and it was good. It’s the current Molinards that I have been eyeballing..the single note ones…like Musc, Amber and Patchouli. Over the years they have changed the bottles but the current ones that sell massively discounted online are in a purple bottle…
Good luck with facing the day!!!
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Thierry’s mum wore Nirmala. I’ve got a sample of the modern formula, it’s lovely but way too fruity for my taste (I don’t usually care much for fruit in my perfumes). I do get the connection between it and Angel.
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Thanks. I couldn’t remember the name of it
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I have visited the House of Molinard in Grasse this summer. They’re well organised and I’ve really enjoyed the guided tour. Afterwards I’ve spent some time in their shop but I didn’t have enough time to try out everything. I bought the chypre, because I love chypres and a Neroli EdP for my mum and another EdT travel spray for myself. All is high quality stuff.
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I am jealous!!!! LOL! But seriously, sounds like an extraordinary time. Too bad you did not get to 1000 Flowers…she is also in Grasse…next visit for you if you go again…and then report back!
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Hmmm, 🤓 was looking at this one before, and wondering, as you do. .
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Sounds lovely Neva. Adding it to my sample wish list x hope it was a good day for you
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Tubereuse Criminelle today. Hubby asked this morning was I wearing something with cinnamon. He was convinced he smelled it.
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SOT going to the dentist Russian Oud. An offensive choice for what will be an offensive bill. Just a mini spray from a mini sample, but sure to singe some nasal hair and arch some eyebrows 😈 but not mine! I love it’s filth.
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Dentists aren’t our friends. They just reach into our purses and take money that’s not even in there🙄 I had a root canal a few months back and it needs capping before the end of the year. The amount of money I could have had to fritter about if not for that.😠
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Yes. It’s outrageous!
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Hey now Marcella, didn’t we agree on not liking oud fragrances? 😀
Ok, I understand if you wore it as a repellent but I’m not sure if it really worked. If the dentist forgot to charge you the job then it was successful 😉
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I suppose we did agree, Neva, but I ordered this before that pact was put in place. So maybe it doesn’t count?
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All right, I’ll let it pass 😉
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And yeah. My dentist forgetting to charge? As if 🙄
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I will say that this perfume is getting a lot of compliments. SIX today!!
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OMG what a bloody busy day at work. I hardly had time to pee! I was multi-tasking like an octopus on speed. I took a second to blast more TC on, though. I needed it badly.
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LOL! I won’t be able to shake that image off easily.
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I agree 😀
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Same here on the work front…. and this is why I am plowing through my Reglisse!!!
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…aaaand half the bottle is gone already 😀
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LOL! Not quite but if I turn it upside down there seems to be more juice gone than when it sits upright. dont be surprised if you hear a ‘THUNK’ in two weeks time. Work is so overwhelming (yesterday I worked through my lunch and break so I could leave on time) that I need me some aromatherapy!!!!
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I hope your eos helped you fight the stress of work. It sounds so great being able to influence your mood with aromatherapy.
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Surrounding myself with good smells always helps.
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Thanks for your good wishes everyone! I’m surviving. Just had to tell people at work that I really cannot deal with work at all for now.
Have sprayed on SL Five o’clock au Gingembre, nice and calming as always.
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How could anyone even contemplate work while dealing with shingles? I’ve heard- but never ever want to experience- that it can be excruciating. You will have to take time to get better. Sooner rather than later, I hope. Enjoy your comfort scents.
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Yes, I am on sick leave, but with my smartphone from work here at home, so it is easy for anyone to think they will just ask a question. When several people do expect answers, it feels too much by far. So I had to put the work phone away during ordinary office hours today and just rest.
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Keep the work phone away and just focus on your recovery. That’s my motherly advice 😉
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Brigitte, are you sure you’re even a lot older than me 😄?? I’m in fact older than Portia with 4 years, save a few weeks.
Oh yes, I know it is good advice, obviously. Thanks for caring!
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LOL! I am also older than Portia by almost four years…I guess we are contemporaries then 😉
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But still take my advice! Your health and sanity comes first!
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Work? While having the pain of shingles? I would think that just managing a modicum of self-care is work enough.
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2:30. Thhi morning’s mini spray of Russian Oud is still going strong. Time to go and let it project itself on my hairdresser. He loves fragrances, so I’m interested to get his opinions.
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Oooooh. What did your hairdresser say?
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Inquiring minds want to know 😉
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Russian Oud, again. This little monster got SIX compliments yesterday!!!
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Ha! I guess you found your oud!
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He loved it, as I thought would be the case. I brought the sample with me and he tried it on. So very very good on a man!
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Excellent
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His partner’s birthday is upcoming. He’s also big into scent. So Richard is going to get him the Russian Oud as a pressie.
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Except, I’ve known Richard for almost twenty years, and that pressie….well, I think he kind of got it for himself 😏
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Pierre will be lucky to get a couple of uses 😂
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Inspired by Brigitte and Jyotsna I’m wearing L’Artisan Al Oudh again, and lots of it.
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Good choice all. I so rarely get my bottle out. thanks for the reminder.
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Go Melanie Go!!!!
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Melanie— Oh my, oudh! You smell like a dream.
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I am forcing myself to stay awake at least until 8pm by watching the Blacklist which I am really enjoying. In not passing out between 6 and 7pm I am somehow able to sleep through most of the night for the past two nights. Thank gawd!!! last night I wore a combo of eos which I still smell on my robe this morning…sandalwood, rose, myrrh and frankincense…today i will test Mr Hurlot’s Holiday and continue with my Reglisse which is at work. And thankfully it is Friday…..it’s been a very long week….and Monday is a holiday so three day weekend for moi!!!!
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Yippee, I bet you’ll be out riding around your lawn😉. Isn’t it fabulous to have a virtually full night’s sleep? It makes such a difference next day. I’ve had a couple of them as well. Wow, we’re ready to take on the world now. Thinking? No problem! Adding two plus two? A doddle! Getting sh!t done? C’mon then!
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Lordy I never thought about how important a good night’s sleep is until I stopped getting them-LOL! It’s amazing what a good night ‘s sleep will do , right? much much easier to get shite done and face the world.
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Yay for the long weekend! We have a holiday on Monday too 🙂
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Yay!!! Three day weekends for both of us!!!
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You have a holiday there as well? Us Canadians have our Thanksgiving on Monday, so holiday here too. Yay for holidays!!
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Happy long weekend Marcella, Brigitte, Neve!
Whatcha all got planned?
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food shopping, gas in the car, Walmart run, clean the house, mow the lawn, do the laundry….the usual wash , rinse, repeat that is my life !
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And spraying loads of Reglisse about your person. Don’t forget that. (As if.)
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Gobble-gobble! Turkey lurky!
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Shopping for chairs for my new dinner table, making an autumn wreath from hydrangea, reading, going out with friends, visiting my mother…I feel like I have plenty of time.
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Songes by the bucketload today. I’m nearing the end of my lovely original bottle😢. Has anyone got or tried the new shape? I’m dreading a reformulation of this. Better get looking for another before they disappear forever.
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Cassie- Songes is lovely. I am keen in finding out if the reformulation is any good.
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I’ll keep my eyes peeled for it so that I can try the new one.
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There are still some old stock original bottles floating around the discounters if you’re lucky Cassieflower
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Portia- which discounters should one be looking at? And do you know if the ship to Oz? Thanks!
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Try these guys Jyotsna,
I’ve bought from them before and they do send to Oz.
Portia xx
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Portia- there’s no link?
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Friday night – crabtree and evelyn lavendar. In my PJs, drinkingbhot choc and drawing zombies.
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Friday night, at work, surrounded by zombies. No, only joking about the zombies 🧟♂️ 🧟♀️
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Sounds like a good plan Jyotsna…but what do you mean by drawing zombies??? Did I miss something ?
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Haha, sorry Neve. I was literally sketching and inking zombies for hallowe’en.
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Oh, nice! We have an artist here 🙂 what do you do with the drawings?
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Saturday morning errands with Montale Black Oud.
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Hope the errands are delightful or you get a chance to chill soon!
We’re out beyblading hunting at Target, Kmart. Undecided what to wear. Very rarely does this happen to me.
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Thanks Jyotsna, I was out early so yes I had time to chill xx what’s beyblading?
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Melanie— Beyblades are spinning top thingies. My son loves them; he and his friends have beyblade battles. He’s doing some small jobs around the house to earn pocket money. Glad you had time to chill.
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I guess my two nights of good sleep was just a fluke for i am up at the but crack of dawn…good grief!!!
I left my bottle of Reglisse at work because when I looked at it upside down yesterday it looks like I am almost at the halfway mark which is ridiculous (or maybe not as it has been keeping me sane at work scenting my office, my clothes and me and making me happy)
i might test that Omnia today….I think it is the Cristalline one based on the look of the bottle and from what I read of the notes. It smells like freesia to me but that is not listed as a note but it has this clean, sharp. floral vibe that I associate with freesia…or maybe my nose is just wonky-LOL!
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I lied…I went with Winter Woods…my holy grail amber. I needed some comfort.
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Winter Woods sounds lovely although I don’t know it. Woody scents in winter are just perfect!
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Undina wrote about it a while ago-
https://undina.com/2011/12/21/o-christmas-tree/
On my skin it reads sweet and very ambery…but my skin tends to amp up the sweet notes !
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A blast of Fleurs D’Orlane for a cool but beautifully sunny morning. This is a floral cocktail for sure, slightly green. Really pleasant and cheery. Probably a bit ladylike for this old broad but I don’t care.
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I don’ t know that one but it sure sounds good. You have my permission to wear ladylike perfumes 😉
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Thank you😘
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Not so fast there Cassie. A little early to be throwing out kisses for permission granted. See my comment below.
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It’s not early here Marcella😄
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No fair pulling the time zone trick 😡
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It’s from the early 80s but not a powerhouse Think Anais Anais but with less of that powdery facet.
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Ha! I looked it up in the wee hours of the morning and it is indeed an 80s that gets a lot of love out there in perfumeland…and others have compared it to Anais which I wore in the late 1970s so it must be good.
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I wore Anaïs Anaïs too. That squat, white, thick glass bottle with the strip of pink flowered paper wrapped around it was so pretty. I wish I still had it. 😭😭😭
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Every time think we are evil scent twins you throw me for a loop! Because it seems as though we wore quite a few of the same fragrances back in the day!!!
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Oy! She does not have MY permission! I have seen no effort on Cassie’s behalf to mend her wild and wilful ways. Unless, of course, this is training session. Highly doubtful, but we can hope.
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And I have no intention of mending them. Wild and wilful are in my genetic makeup. I come from a long line of wilful fillies😏
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Maybe that’s why I like you Cassie. But that could be the hot whiskey talking 😊
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Cassie, you’re the queen of vintages. I remember Fleurs D’Orlane but I never wore it. Do you have your vintages since the eighties or did you buy them later?
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This particular one was part of my job lot box that I got earlier this year, or was it last year🤔. I did well on that deal since I see the same bottle for sake now at €70. Reesult
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Absolument, chèrie. Autre chose? Peut-être un peu de rose foncé? Avec le gris pâle? Completment chic! Je vous assure! Bissou.
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No pink would rear its head in my kitchen, apart from the wine, that is😉
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Understood. Can I interest you in a stretch PVC lacquered ceiling then? It really does look impressive. We’ll do it in black. Countertops will be black granite flecked with silver glitter. You will of course need all your appliances in stainless steel. Get the stuff that does not show fingerprints. We can do custom hand-fired tiles. We’ll randomly scatter tiles depicting vintage perfume bottle etchings amongst the others. High gloss black porcelain farm sink. I dunno Cassie. I guess you should tell me what you would like, non?
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Haha, I have just recently taken out my black worktops and replaced with a soft white with glittery flecks. And my black mosaic tiles are going too! I need to inject light into north facing kitchen as there was just too much black. I will go for the stretch pvc ceiling though, I’ve seen that done and me likey. Already have the stainless steel/black appliances.j
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You’re well on your way. And yes on lightening things up in a north facing kitchen. Try to avoid cool whites though.
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They look sterile and cold. Warmer whites and colours with a yellow undertone. Are you in the UK?
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No but just next door in Ireland. My walls are all warm white. See, I DO know my shit😎
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You are just sooo clever, my dear!
Never doubted it for an instant 😏
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Are you in the UK? If so, you must know of Farrow and Ball paints. They have some ridiculously gorgeous colours.
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Ya. But you’re Cassie. You’d just spit at it.
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😂😂
Not exactly “hotel chic” style!
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Pas de tout! 😉
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Fleurs D’Orlane is like Anais Anais?!?! Why didn’t someone tell me this before? Omg I love anais anais. It used to be MY SCENT.
Thank you, my lovely friends!
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NEVA- yes PG Wodehouse is my favourite author is whole world. Summer Moonshine is adorable! So too Heavy Weather, Summer Lightning.
Leave it Psmith is my personal favourite. The Blandings Castle novels are a hoot!
I’m going to spray some Tuberose crimnelle and read a Wodehouse before bed. I think there’s a bit of chocolate too. Daylight Savings for us east coast, non-Queensland Aussies.
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Jyotsna, thanks so much for the recommendation. I’ll look him up in the library and if I don’t find anything, I’ll order something from Amazon. Now comes the reading season and soon we have a book fair coming up. I’m so excited!
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Neva- Enjoy!
I adore book fairs! We used to have amazing international book fairs in New Delhi. I wonder if they still hold those? Whereabouts are you located?
Jyotsnaxx
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I’m in Croatia. Every year in November we have a book fair but our market is very small so not all interesting books are being translated. Luckily I speak English and German so I’m not limited to translated books.
But soon starts the huge international book fair in Frankfurt, Germany. I should plan a visit next year.
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Oh. My. Gawd. Not just a second, but a third😯 language. Jesus H Christos but I’m feeling more stupid by the minute. And I just bet that your German is as good as your English. I give up . . .
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LOL Cassie, no need to feel stupid. That’s the curse of small nations. Very few people speak our language so we have to learn foreign languages if we want to communicate. When you start early enough, it’s not hard at all. I’ve learned German when I was a child so yes, it’s actually a bit better than my English 😉
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CHANEL Coco tonight. It’s an older parfum. Somewhere 80- 90s.
Smells so rich and luxurious.
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OMG…so jealous you have vintage Coco extrait-LOL!
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We gotta crack that house!
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I’m in!
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Me too!!!!
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I’ll fly the plane. I’ve got a traveller of hot whiskey, so no worries!
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Wait for me! I’l hold the torch 😀
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Portia, I can imagine how fantastic it smells. Lucky you and the people you’re gonna meet today.
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So glam, Portia!
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Deelish 😋
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Seriously under the weather today. Sore throat and no voice. Laying low in Ligne St Barth Vanille West Indies Parfum. Going to save my energy for the epic turkey wrestling match scheduled on Monday. Tune in.
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Errr what the heck? Talkin’ turkey in October? Or in your case today typing turkey. I recommend the strongest hot whiskey remedy for the sore throat. Make it as hot as you can stand it!
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🤣🤣Yup! Canadians do Thanksgiving October 8th. We’re très avant-garde, don’t ya think?
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Aha! Thanksgiving is an alien concept this side of the Atlantic.
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Yes, I know. I’m native Dutch. My parents always thought this Canadian turkey tradition as very peculiar.
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So we sprinkled chocolate on our bread. Nothing peculiar about that.
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Hot whiskey, eh? Does the scotch that snuck it’s way into my tea count?
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No no no. Hot whiskey is made thus: Heat your cup or glass by rinsing with boiling water. Stick several cloves into a lemon wedge, and bung it into your glass, add a spoonful of honey and a slice of ginger then fill two thirds of way with boiled water and top to the brim with whiskey. Drink it as quickly as you can. Repeat😉
It’ll put a chest on your back.
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😋That actually sounds really good. I’ll try it later. Right now, I’m back in bed. Thermos of hot whiskey beside me.
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It’s working well. My throat no longer hurts and I can’t feel my legs.
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I love this recipe Cassie. May I drink it when I ‘m not sick or does it have terrible side effects? 😛
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It may be drank at any time you wish! But too much may lead to sickness which means you’ll need to drink more to get better🤤
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Marcella- hope your throat is better! I used to read a romance author Betty Neels whose stories always had impossibly rich, vast, handsome Dutch doctors. Oh the food, the sweets in those books – to die for! Do you make a lot of traditional Dutch dishes?
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What about the rum that insisted on joining my hot honey toddy?
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You’re such a naughty patient, Marcella, LOL!
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😷 🍯🥃🤪😴
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I’m sure the gin that infiltrated my cough medicine does not count. It’s a clear spirit, after all.
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Feel better Marcella!!!!!
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Thank you! Do a couple of laps around the lawn on your riding mower for me. So jealous you have that toy. I’ve always wanted one.
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Marcella, I found something today that sent me almost delirious with excitement – and it’s not even perfume! Glitter tile grout. OMG how did I not know this was a thing???
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Ah yes, my little rebrobate. The world of design and décor is a wonderful thing. So I guess I’m doing that in your retirement bungalow? Just not brown glitter, I assume.
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Silver glitter in pale grey grout sil vous plait. Brun? Non!!!
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Marcella- Please, you may come to my house ANYTIME and mow my acre of lawn-LOL! I will gladly let you do it!!!
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Yasss! Do I get to check out your basement, though????
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But of course! Payment for mowing the lawn is massive perfume spritzes.
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Alien Eau Sublime.The initial bottle shock wore off and now I can finally enjoy the sparkling, joyful essence. Its longevity is actually great but I wasn’t able to stop respritzing myself with AES throughout the day. It must be “the Brigitte way” 😉 !
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She seems to be rubbing off on all of us. I’ve gone up from about 4-6 spritzes to not even counting. Except for my precious vintage parfums, I will count those! Ha, that sounds so pretentious, I’ve only got a few parfums🙄
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A few PARFUMS you say? Like that’s not pretentious? Parfums? Well, excusez mwah. I only have perfumes. I only wish I could have some real parfums.
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Cassie- yes!!! Stop counting! we have so much juice we might as well spray lavishly 🙂
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Rightyo!! I’ll go mental with the sprayer digit. Watch out for the miasma over there if the wind changes direction 😷
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Rightyo!! I’ll go mental with the sprayer digit. Watch out for the miasma over there if the wind changes direction 😷
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YES! That’s what perfume is for! Enjoy it while it lasts.
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Same. And it feels so good!
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Speaking of Brigitte. I think she’s stuck going in circles on her ride on mower. Poor girl 🤥
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Nope..I’m back!!! survived the weekly ritual of mowing the lawn ;0
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Still jealous, ya know. I want one. Badly. I used to mow hay on a tractor and I just loved it.
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The excitement wears off when you have to do it every week 😫😫
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Of course. Do you think this is the last mow of the season? Or will you be stoking her up one last time?
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ha! Diana! go big!! spritz away!!!
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Oh, I do! Thank you for the inspiration 🙂
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Diana- what are the top notes for AES? I should respritz throughout the day too.
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Hey Jyotsna. I like the citrusy top notes and something that reminds me of bird cherry blossom (Prunus padus, it’s got different names in English so maybe you know it as hagberry or some other name).
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😂😂😂
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What are you laughing at there, Mrs. M? Prunus padus or hagberry? I’m laughing at both. You should have heard me when my FIL, a horticulturalist and dendrologist told me the name of one of his pine trees. Pinus Americanus. Say that out loud without snickering.
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Cassie, Marcella;
It didn’t occur to me that you two were discussing kitchen and not a wetroom design!
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I would have glitter grout in the wet room too. And it’s soft white and dark grey tile in there- the dog likes it, it’s her en suite bathroom 🤣
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Right. The Weimaraner’s en-suite. Are we putting in a hot tub? And what about hi-tech heat lamps? Those doggos have a very fine coat. They chill easily. A cigar room off to the side? Give me the deets, I’m working on the specs right now.
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She’s partial to a canal but says there’s no way she’s getting in a hot-tub. She just likes to shower, but requires an on site masseuse/back scratcher. Bloody diva she is.
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She’s a Weimaraner, what do you expect? Divas of the dog world. And rightly so. Have you ever seen a more gorgeous colouring?
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We’ll give her a proper shower room. Might she accept an indoor swimming track as substitute for the canal?
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You ask her. She might get mad at me.
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Ingeborg, Cassie is an…umm…. very ‘special’ client, if you catch my drift
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Yeah , my school principal thought I was ‘special’ too. She may have been on to something. But I just thought she was a b!tch.
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Aftelier Parfum de Maroc with Aesop Marrekech Intense today. Beautiful day. Was planning on spending the day cooking but vampires, skellies and zombies call.
Have a lovely day Everyone😘
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Is the Marrakesh Intense worth purchasing if I already own a bottle of the orig. Marrakesh?
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Hi Saffy! I was wondering where you were!
I would say not – I got this as a gift. I found it very linear and way too sweet. So I always layer it with a sandalwood, or oudh. I haven’t tried the original but I may well like it better? Intense smells too much like gulab jamun to me.
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What do you do with your bunch of monsters, Jyotsna? Decorate the house?
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Neva- I’m making cards, halloween decorations, and invites to our Hallowe’en/Spring tea. It used to be my annual Spring tea but for the kast few years it’s been Halloween themed. I have an eight year old!
I’m starting early this year.
Jyotsna xx
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How nice! The things a mother does for her child 🙂 I bet you enjoy it too and I have a feeling it will be a great party.
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Jyotsna, are you having an early Halloween or drawing the baddies?
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Diana- drawing baddies as decorations plus practicing faces for some face painting at my party. It’s way too light to go trivk or treating here. I grew up in the US and LOVE Hallowe’en,
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Fleur Narcotique and its everlasting loveliness tonight.
G’night All.
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Miss Dior parfum -. Several sprays! I am living dangerously and Using Stuff Up.
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Lots of Stash for work… I will shower soon, and think I will apply Tabu. When I walked in the door ,I could smell hubby’s scent he is wearing for night shift; YSL M7 Oud Absolu.
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Wohoo you’re both going for it today! If I stick my nose out the window I’ll probably smell you 👃
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Smelled Stash for the first time a couple of days ago. My daughter was wearing it. Very nice stuff.
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Power couple.
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I love Tabu, really should wear it more often. You smell fabulous, Saffy, and so does your husband.
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Thanks twas a pity we weren’t able to ‘meld’ together
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Tabu. My sister circa 1983.
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Marcella.. I hope you get to have a little fun today with family and friends. Save me some roast pumpkin and tatoes, please. What scent have you chosen to wear for your Thanksgiving?
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Tabu! Mmm, you smell fab, Saffy!
Still haven’t picked up Stash. I keep forgetting.
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FABulous.
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Way to go, Cassie! Life’s too short to smell modest 😉
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On the theme of use it up, or don’t let the good stuff gather dust…Cuir de Russie extrait, super-vintage.
For my very thrilling day of not going out on the planned walk (it’s windy as hell), and instead lolling about with the floof cat, while little cat chatters on the windowsill and gets over excited mistaking blowing leaves for small creatures. I might stir myself enough to make a pot of tea and read something vaguely study related. Or maybe not.
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I love your combo Crikey – mighty perfume, kitties, tea and a book. The day is saved 🙂
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Nah, don’t bother with the study stuff. It would be more entertaining to watch little puss being silly. Is C de R really leathery? I want a full on leather that smells like it just came from the tannery but it has so far eluded me. It’s windy here too and now wet as well🙄
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I think you should probably have a sniff of Zoologist’s Rhinocerous–that’s quite a beastly aromatic leather. CdR has a softening layer of aldehydes and florals, and the older ones are much deeper on the leather than the newer ones–but it’s more warm saddle leather than raw tannery. What do you make of Knize 10? Too elegant? I thought LM’s Hard Leather was annoyingly harsh–not in terms of leatheriness but rough overdosed synthetics.
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Have a rhinoceros in my cart. Will update when I pull the trigger.
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What are you waiting for? PULL
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Please say that’s a sample not an FB!! (P.s. happy to send you a little rien or knize if you fancy either of those)
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Sample! (I haven’t taken leave of my senses entirely.) There are a few things in there that I’ve been wanting to try. Knize is on the way right now as well as yet another iris/leather combo. Will see how they work. Thank you for your kind offer but you have been way way too generous already. I won’t be a greedy beeatch😉
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Oh Rhinoceros…be warned Cassie! The first blast felt like a slap on my face. The same goes for Rien. I’m probably too weak for such fragrances 😀
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Oh. Have you ever tried Bandit? Mean green and new leather. Not a soft suedey handbag. Or Rien, the Etat Libre de wotsit scent? Incense leather, much dryer than the sweeter, floral leathers above.
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Yep, tried Bandit. Rien, nope, haven’t tried it. Thanks for all the suggestions. I will get bizzy. So if anyone says “I smell heifer” it might just be me.
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Oh, wow, Crickey.
What are you studying? Sorry if you’ve mentioned it- I’ve forgotten.
Tea and kitties! Perfect. Enjoy!
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A few spritzes of Osmanthe Yunnan for my meditative walk in the woods this morning. But it was in vain. The misty wood smelled very strong of wet autumn leaves and evaporating warm, humid air, and then it started to rain…The combination of smells was heavenly. I had to force myself to leave because I’ve enjoyed it much more than I was hoping for.
Will probably give OY another try tomorrow.
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oh, that sounds like a lovely walk. Rain in woodland smells so very good…
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Oh my! Gorgeous walk!!! Such nice earthy smells this time of the year. Love it. Warm, humid air…..you put me right there, Neva. I’m chained in the kitchen today. Every time I open the fridge that giant turkey is glaring at me. Wait a minute, my turkey still has eyes?????
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I’m sure you can handle it Marcella. And I’m sure your family will be delighted.
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It’s cool. I gouged it’s eyes out. I’m kind of sick, so I’m cranky. It had to happen.
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Happy Thanksgiving, Marcella!
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A few generous spritzes of Cuir Amethyste for some cinema time: I went to see Venom. The cold wind took away most of benzoin and tonka leaving the gorgeous violet sillage.
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Now, your description makes me want to try Cuir Amethyste immediately. Sounds like a great cold weather scent. Yes, I’m the one who divides perfume into seasons 😉
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SOTEvening: YSL Opium Fleur de Shanghai. A breathy summer flanker from 2005. A very pretty rendition.
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