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Portia
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Hello Fellow Fumies,
At APJ we have a Saturday Question. Everyone gets to chime in with an answer, chat with other responders and it’s a fun event each week. Taking sides never means taking offence and everyone keeps it respectful and light, even though we can sometimes trawl the depths.
The idea is you’ll see it on the weekend or chime in through the week. Hopefully you will come back regularly and see if anyone has responded to your comment and you can reply to them. The aim is to generate real conversation and connection even though we are scattered around the globe.
Over 100 responses I will draw a Scent Sample Pack (from my collection)
This week:
Sample Pack
- Vintage Ungaro Diva
- CHANEL Coco Extrait
- Hermès Equipage Geranium
- Masque Milano Russian Tea
- Loani Collection Lôtree
Last Weeks Winner: Jyotsna
eMail me at (portia underscore turbo at yahoo dot com dot au) with your address please
Saturday Question: What Is Your Everyday Scent?
What is your staple? Your Go-To? A spritz and go perfume that seems to work effortlessly every time. The one you wear when the day’s going to be wash, rinse, repeat. Maybe it’s your office scent, around the house favourite, cheap and cheerful, go through a bottle annually, favourite. What are you most likely to spritz for routine life.
My Answer:
I feel like this question doesn’t really fit my life, which makes it even more interesting to read what you all say. I don’t have an office job. My very loose routine is rarely within confined spaces at all. Yes, I have a bunch of favourite perfumes that get more wear than the others but that isn’t because they are everyday. The fact that they are stridently NOT everyday his what makes them popular choices for me.
So I can talk about a couple that have hit the forefront of my heavy rotation tray lately.
Granville by Dior Prive is a modern cologne that has all the cool and zesty bells and whistles. Iy’s excellent longevity also makes it a good choice for going about my day.
Kiehl’s Original Musk has been getting a few outings because I’m using up my Annick Goutal Musc Nomade shower gel. It’s the perfect sweet, caramel musks overlay and smells wonderful to me all day, even into the evening of wear.
Equipage Geranium by Hermès is so damn wearable. That nose ticklingly good opening. A very unusual spice and soapy heart with the soft focus woodsy dry down. It fits in everywhere and never makes a poor showing.
SL Chergui. Always. I adore it; I cannot begin to tell how much it is me.
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Great choice Jyotsna. Congratulations on your win too.
Portia xx
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You’re the lucky one this week! Congrats!
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Congrats on your win. Enjoy your little surprises.
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congrats, Jyotsna!!!!
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Oh yes get a backup bottle!!
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Good choice! I’ll wear it as soon as it gets cooler here.
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Congratulations Jyotsna and let us know what you think of the samples you’ll get. Chergui is amazing indeed.
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Neva- I will! I don’t think I have any of them! Squeee!
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Congratulations on your win! Chergui is a great choice (did you get that backup bottle? 😉 )
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I did. Shhh.
Thanks, Portia!
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Kiehl’s Musk is so wonderful! And Granville is a great call for hot weather; super elegant and understated. I need to try Equipage Geranium now-Hermes can do no wrong.
For me, right now it’s all about iris. So I’ve been circulating The Different Company’s Sel de Vetiver (sea salt driftwood, vetiver, and creamy iris), Prada Infusion d’Iris for better-behaved days, and Etat Libre d’Orange La Fin du Monde for days when I’m all exhausted from the news and need to just bask in buttery iris and popcorn-very much a comfort scent.
Any other irises I have to try???
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Hi there Katrihaas,
IRIS! Yummy note. Have you tried Parfum d’Empire Equistrius. It’s not just iris but it is wonderful.
Portia xx
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Thanks, Portia! I just ordered a sample and can’t wait for it to arrive 🙂
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Welcome. X
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I would recommend Atelier Bloom Iris and Masque Milano L’Atessa for iris. I am curious about the Sel de Vetiver…how does it compare to Heeley’s Sel Marin (if you have tried that one0?
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Thought of another one… Berdoues Arz El Rab.. ginger, Iris, cedarwood
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Oh, do try Atelier d’Ors Iris Fauve. An almost-but not-quite gourmand iris. Enriched with tonka and only slightly powdery. A very cozy iris, indeed.
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Just thought of VCA Bois d’Iris. That’s a goody, if a bit ephemeral.
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Penhaligons Iris Prima is a soft elegant leather, and Frederic Malle Iris Poudré is an aldehydic bomb, in a good way.
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Irises… Where do I start? 🙂 This past February we did a mini-community project on my blog, and I (and some readers) wore iris perfumes for the whole month.
My favorites (some of them were already named by others): FM Iris Poudre, Masque l’Atessa, Le Labo Iris 39, Atelier Cologne Silver Iris and Iris Rebel, Chanel No 19 EdT, Armani Prive Le Femme Bleue, Annick Goutal Heure Exquise, Prada Purple Rain and Infusion d’Iris (EdP, Absolue and Amanda) and Ramon Monegal Impossible Iris.
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I love Ramon Monegal Impossible iris! It doesn’t get enough love.
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I think Ramon Monegal just overwhelmed everyone by releasing that many perfumes at once – as the result it was easier to ignore them all than to try to test more than a dozen perfumes at once. But I think that Impossible Iris is an interesting and unusual perfume.
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I totally agree Undina.
Was it 10 fragrances already in his line up before he went worldwide? It was a lot to consider.
Those bottles though!!
I have a bottle of Impossible Iris, very nice. Sheer and clean, so pretty.
Portia x
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I have this bottle as well and like it… But I’m not compelled to keep testing others: I already have one cool bottle 😉
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HA! Fair call Undina.
I especially like your 5 things question today on Undina’s Looking Glass.
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Impossible Iris. Great name, isn’t it? I’ll look that one up. Seems it’s worth a sniff for the name alone.
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I completely agree! It’s a cool name. And I happen to like perfume as well.
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Wow, thanks for the summary, Undina!
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I recommend Orris Tattoo from Parlez Moi De Parfum. It reminds me of V/E from Versace from the nineties. Pretty powdery.
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I bought V/E Versace for my sister one year. It was a BIG hit.
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Iris, huh? Went through a glorious few months seeking ANYTHING iris. I found Masque Milano’s L’Attesa glorious. Others I love:
Dior’s Voile de Pafum (J’Adore range)
Givenchy’s L’Ange Noir
Valentino’s Donna EDP
Chanel’s No 18
Teone’s Violet Firefly and Mary Jane and Chopin
I am sure I have more but early morning brain fog…
K xx
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Have you tried Bois d’Iris by the Different Company and Iris des Champs by Houbigant?
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How could I forget?! Iris des Champs is my most recent iris love.
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I would say SL Iris Silver Mist. And I am probably a lone voice in this corner.
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No I’m with you! I also love Iris Cendre.
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Chanel No. 22 EDT is the perfect office scent for me. Rich enough to make me happy, polite enough to sit through meetings.
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22 is gorgeous.
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Have not tried the current version, but wore the heck out of it in the 70’s for sure! Is it still in a white canister with gold edging? That bottle always looked so elegant. I miss it ☹️
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No that canister is long gone…I had the same canisters for no 19 (silver with gold edge) and no 5 ( black lacquer with gold edge) and Coco (large rectangle black lacquer with gold edge). The current 22 EDT from the exclusives does not have the incense note from the original no 22 from the 1970s but it is still lovely. Haven’t tried the reformulated EDP.
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I still have that empty canister for no 22 though…it was a refill canister..but sadly there are no refill bottles for sale anymore. Do you remember how inexpensive it was? Then they took it off the market and turned it into an exclusive. I think I paid under 40 USD the last bottle I bought in the 1990s.
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Same here! And in the 80’s? My pay check was good for at least a couple of bottles of seriously excellent perfumes, some top notch, quality clothing and plenty left over for necessities like shoes and vacations. I want those days back 😭😭😭
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Aww shucks. Shame about those canisters. I loved them. Why do they keep doing this?? If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it 😡
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Because they make more money calling it an exclusive and quadrupling the price. I can’t will myself to buy contemporary bottles of something that I know I paid significantly less for years ago.
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Agreed there. Will not do it. Frankly, I get very angry on occasion when I see the exorbitant fees being charged by some perfume brands. I mean how greedy/conceited/usurious can you be. Really, 🤬you all!
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Yes, Marcella, I wholeheartedly agree. It’s all about profit for some of these very large companies. My plan is to not make any more purchases for a while but when and/if I do I would like to direct my money towards small indie/artisanal lines.
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I am going to think on that very seriously. It seems right and just!
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Oh, those bottles were gorgeous, elegant and sophisticated and practical. They could not break when you carried them all day in the bag. I miss them too.
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Yes!!! Functional and beautiful.
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By the way, Portia has several of them which gives us yet another reason to break in and loot-LOL!
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Why can’t we have them back 😭😭 I wish I’d saved them, even though they were empty. Nostalgia!
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Yes same here..I wish I had saved all of them and not just no 22
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At least you have the No. 22. That was my favorite anyhow. I have none ☹️
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We really must stop talking and start the looting! Just imagine! A treasure trove of vintage.
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OMG! No 22 is polite? That is the first time I’ve ever heard that said about it Tena. On me it is ferocious, an aldehydic sillage monster. Isn’t it amazing how differently everyone gets their ride?
Don’t get me wrong. I LOVE No 22 and have some seriously fabulous scent memories with it.
Portia xx
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I am laughing at your description Portia because I started wearing 22 in my early teens so I guess it must have been polite for me too LOL 🤣 😂. But actually I think the current reform both EDT and now EDP may be more subdued than vintage.
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22 is polite and Prada Infusions d’Orange is a total filthy skankfest on me. Ain’t body chemistry a wonderful thing? 😆😆😆😆
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O M G!
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Chanel 22 is gorgeous!
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I sadly don’t have an everyday scent, which I often wish I did. Something so comfortable and “me” that I could routinely effortlessly spritz and find comfort in would be wonderful. My problem is that I love so many fragrances for different reasons/seasons/occasions, I could never choose one as an everyday scent. I have fragrances that get wear marginally more often than others. These include Molinard Habanita, Chanel No 5, Chanel Coromandel, Chanel Bois des Iles, Papillon Salome, Parfum D’Empire Ambre Russe, and Amouage Fate.
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I don‘t really have one, but this year has seen Cuir d‘Ange, Cedre Sambac, and N°18 used a LOT. Really, a shit ton. 💋
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What a beautiful trilogy Val.
Exquisite.
Portia xx
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18 is a dream.
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It is never the same one day to the next. Recently Cuir Beluga for work, Laudano Nero for shopping, and Swiss Arabian oil when I feel self indulgent, um, quite often! Hard question!
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What is Swiss Arabian Oil, Jackie b? That got my attention immediately. I already need it and I haven’t a clue what it is. Come on. Spill the beans.
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Incoming beans…so Swiss Arabian is a brand. I was at Dubai airport once and found some wonderful incense discs called Kashkaa. When I got home I kept thinking there should be a perfume of it, and there is! Hence my perfume oil. Not sure of the notes, but there is rose and spice and agarwood.
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Ugh. It sounds lovely. I don’t foresee any trips to Dubai, unfortunately. Then again, you never know. Waiting on Cassie’s promised, virtually guaranteed, mega gazillion lotto win. It’s a sure thing!
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For some strange reason I am thinking Amazon sells it but I could be wrong
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Yay! You’re off the mower! I’ll have a look on amazon. Although I am not supposed to be buying anything until the New Year.
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Oh JackieB,
Isn’t Cuir Beluga the loveliest? So smooth and elegant.
Portia xx
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No two work days or nights are ever quite the same so my perfume wearing follows that non pattern. I wear whatever I like, whenever I like. I don’t work in close quarters with anyone else so a space-filler perfume is not out of bounds.
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Love your answer. Variety is fantastic.
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I posted my answer first and then went on reading everybody else’s comments – so I see that we’re similar in our perfume wearing habits (though I do have to take into account meetings with other people in small conference rooms, but I do it with different perfume every time 😉 ).
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You are one of the very lucky ones Cassieflower,
It’s nice to have no boundaries.
Portia xx
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I think y’all know my answer already…that highly addictive black licorice number that I have almost half drained a full bottle of in less than two weeks….1000 Flowers Reglisse Noire.
Also in the lineup would be Nocturnes de Caron and Gap Heaven and as of late SSS Incense Pure and for the upcoming cold weather Winter Woods.
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Still really lemming that SSS Incense Pure. Sure hope the company gets resurrected soon.
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Shame you are not in the States cause I would mail you a sample .
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Aww, what a generous thought. That’s so sweet 😚
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Reglisse Noir? No kidding? 😀
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😉
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You’ll need to ask for a litre falcon of Reglisse Noire Brigitte. I’m sure they’d accomodate and it would work out heaps cheaper for you.
Portia xx
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Ha!! Don’t think I have not thought about this!! I need a 200 ml bottle!!
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Like others posted above, my days follow no predictable pattern. Most days will see me in the gym, however. If I think discretion is called for, however, my go-to’s are amongst Eau de Merveille, Infusion d’Iris, Un Jardin Sur Le Nil and Ligne St Barth Vanille West Indies Parfum.
I find all of them to be serviceable (a rather perjorative term for a perfume, I suppose) and unlikely to spook the horses.
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I admire you gym-going routine. I won’t even pretend that it’s lack of time or health issues that prevent me from going. I just hate exercising (and don’t have time but have back problems). On the positive side, my nightly walks, into which I force myself, allow me to put on practically any perfume I want.
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Hey! Anytime/anyway you choose to move, it counts. Keep it consistent. That’s what counts.
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Hi Marcella,
I’m so glad someone mentioned Eau de Merveilles. It’s so good and I forgot to mention it. The perfect weird but beautiful under the radar frag,
Portia xx
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I suppose it is weird with no floral notes. But it wears so easily and never fails to please.
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I don’t have an everyday perfume – I rarely wear the same thing more than once a week! That said, some go-tos, depending on season: SSS Champagne des Bois and Fig Tree; PdN Fig-Tea; Si Lolita; Tauer L’Eau. I find that I can easily wear all of these regardless of the day’s activities.
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CdB is fantastic. I hope that one gets brought back into the lineup when a new owner takes over.
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It had better, or there’ll be trouble 😠
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Second that!
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Last year I had to throw away my Fig Tree travel atomizer because it turned :(. I was planning on getting a new one this year…
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😭
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This makes me sad 😦
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YAY Lolita Lempicka Si Lolita was a nice surprise to see on the list. I like it too but often it gets forgotten in the crowd. Thanks for the reminder MMKinPA.
Portia xx
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I try to mix it up during the week, but if I had an everyday scent for spring/summer it would be JM Basil and Neroli, so simple and refreshing, and for fall/winter it would be VC & A Bois d’Iris, for comfort. Strange that I just picked 2 fragrances that I don’t even own bottles of.
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Maybe your subconscience tries to tell you something? 😉
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Interesting Sunny Day,
I like those VC&A Prive frags. Simple and wearable but so nice.
Portia xx
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Oddly enough, I do not own full bottles of some of my favorites either. Mostly because they’re prohibitively and ridiculously expensive.
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Well I have an entire tray of office scents so there are a lot. All my irises are there as well as Ivoire , Ferre and No. 19.
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Well, I have an entire tray of office scents so there are a lot. All my irises are there as well as Ivoire , Ferre and No. 19.
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Beautiful..all of them.
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Hey AnnieA,
Old Ivoire or the new one? I like them both for different reasons.
Portia xx
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Gosh, Annie, those are lovely. U was just on ebay eyeing some Ivoire and Ferre.
An office tray of scents!
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Even though I do have an office job, this question isn’t for me either since I almost never wear the same perfume twice even in the same month. So most of my perfumes that are not designed by me as “special occasion perfume” belong to the “everyday perfumes” category. This week, for example, I wore Chanel 1932, Yves Rocher Nature, Aedes … the carnation one, can’t spell it before coffee and vintage Miss Dior cologne. But I’m not sure when I’ll wear any of them the next time (well, Miss Dior will probably make her appearance within a month or two but the rest…). So, most of my collection is my everyday scent.
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You can’t go wrong with vintage Miss Dior 😉
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Seconded.
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Thirding
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And motion carried! V Miss Dior!
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Lol
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I forgot a recent acquisition. Providence Perfume Sedona Sweetgrass. More than serviceable, but still incredibly easy to wear.
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I LOVE the Providence Perfume bath oils. Have you tried them?
Portia x
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No. Did not even know they existed. Must remedy that because I love and really need a nice bath oil in winter.
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Not too expensive either.
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Magic words again. Not too expensive!
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HA!
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I really miss those days when I had my perfume and wore it until I finished the bottle. Sometimes I even immediately repurchased it. Back then I was really in love with a single perfume at a time.
Nowadays, well you all know how the story goes…constant changing. To answer the question – I like green perfumes so there are a few perfumes that I could wear every day for all occasions and I’d feel perfectly “dressed”: Clinique Wrappings, Weekend PdN, Hermes Sur Le Nil.
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Neva- I miss those days too!!!
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And YES to Wrappings!!!
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Do you REALLY miss them, though 😉 ?
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YAY! I live Parfums de Nicolai. I have a Weekend bottle too but it rarely gets a wear. I will get it out this week. Thanks Neva for the reminder.
Portia x
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I do not miss having/liking just one perfume (those times are long gone), but I miss times when I knew (at least about) most of the notable new releases… With thousands of new releases every year now even reading the list would take significant amount of time – let alone trying to find those to try in stores or paying for samples online.
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Yes. That’s incredibly frustrating.
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Undina- yes this mass release of fragrances is insane. Arrrgh!
But I’d like to find magical new ones and buy from indie perfumers. Teine Reinthal, Goldfield and Banks, and Fort and Manle are high on my list because the shipping to Oz is headache for me. I like buying bottles. I don’t wear/have so many, mostly Lutens and my mum’s vintage.
I can’t keep up with the bogs.
BTW- Kafkaesque has a new oud review that sounds a winner.
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I saw the review. But real agarwood probably never works for me – so money saved. In this case.
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Neva- Clinique Wrapping! Yes 👏🏻
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If I had to choose one perfume to wear for the rest of my life, it would be Wrappings.
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Wow, high praise indeed.
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My all time “go to” fragrance is Origins Ginger essence. Always works for me. And my go to gourmand is Guerlain SDV or Jo Malone Blue agava & cacao.
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OOOO..love Blue Agave & Cacao and don’t know why they discontinued it????
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I know! I can only think there was some ingredient on the European hit list. 😦
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hmmm….maybe that is it. But I find that with Jo Malone when they introduce new fragrances they ax the old ones that aren’t as popular…which is a real shame.
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As you mentioned elsewhere, the better to line their pockets. Ooo. You’ve given me a cynical streak a mile wide.
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Of which the numbers appear to be steadily growing. Are any perfumers not bound to these restrictions? Independents? Some American or Canadian. Australian, perhaps?
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True on the Guerlain. Pretty much any non-sweet vanilla is a go-to for me.
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Hey Tussah,
Is Origins Ginger essence an Essential Oil?
Portia xx
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I wear scent every day. Does that count?
Once upon a time, a long time ago, I was a serial monogamist with perfumes. These days? Not so much.
I don’t have any I save for special occasions, though like others of you, there some I avoid if I’m going to be on a plane or stuck in a small room. There are a handful that get worn more than others, absolutely. This year it’s been Aeon 001, MEM, Rozy VdP, Dryad, No.19, Miss Dior, Encens Mythique. And now the temperature is falling… well, hello Madame Mitzah.
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Mitzah and Encens Mythique..MMMMM 🙂
and I need to get my nose on MEM because I adore lavender.
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I am sorry that the rules and regulations of the Royal Mail prevent me from sending you a drop of this wonder… but, please, do try it. I know I bang on about MEM quite frequently, but I think it’s something truly special.
And yep: I broke out the Mitzah this evening.
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Ha, no worries Crikey! I understand that many of us are prohibited from mailing samples to each other. I will get my nose on it one of these days and will let you know my thoughts.
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Those are some great smelling fumes.
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OMG Crikey!
That is a list of mainly clear the room, 1980s size heart hitters if I ever saw one. WOW! Love it so much.
Portia xx
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I never was very good at subtle 😉
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Ha Ha Ha ha. join the club
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No.19, Miss Dior, Encens Mythique and Mitzah are among my favorites as well.
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Strangely, I have been going crazy for Chanel’s Beige edt. I scored a used bottle with a bit left for absolute peanuts, so it was a blindish buy. I hate frangipani, so was happy to pass it on if it was gross. But… I ADORE IT. I gave been faithful to it for 4 days now and am scouring the internet for a full bottle that won’t cost me an airline ticket to Europe.
Generally, I wear whatever and rarely wear anything twice in a row, or all day.
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It must be very, very good then. I’ve never really lusted after that one, although I have a real soft spot for the Chanels. Something about that name is just soo uninspiring. Glad the scent does not match the name.
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Lol. The name always put me off. Sooooo glad I took a split second chance. By the way, the edp is denser, richer in honey and frangipani and dialled down on the freesia. Sad face.
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Oh poop! I love freesia! I used to wear the original Antonia’s Flowers back in the 80’s. A really beautiful freesia forward scent. Still and all, the EdP does sound very tempting.
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Who in their right mind would name a perfume “beige”?!?!
I love beige/tan/cafe au lait colours because they go well with my Indian skin but I would just ignore a scent called beige. Gah!
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Which is exactly what I did. Apparently I’ve erred.
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Ditto. I do not enough monoply money to allocate to beige, and the banker is frowing. (Yes, I monpoly budget for luxury stuff!)
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Interesting Kate,
All the CHANELs are so elegantly refined, it’s so easy to become obsessed with the sheer quality.
Portia xx
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I agree Portia. There is something so right about the Chanels. Honestly, I can’t think of one that I would kick out of my perfume cupboard.
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Hate frangipani? The real flower or in a bottle?
I am such a big fan of the white florals and so so lucky to have grown up with a garden filled with all those heady, gorgeous jasmines, night jasmine tuberose, lilies, frangipani.
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The scent of frangipani. Bottle and real.
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Oh no. That is sad. But luckily there are thousands of alluring scents!
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Yikes. I have a problem with BWF. I just can’t do it. Again, it’s like I am wearing someone else’s clothing.
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Wow, lucky hit. This gets loads of love out there, but what is with the name? I mean, beige baayyyge blaah. It sounds as boring as you can get. I’ve been keeping an eye out for a small bottle of this for ages, no luck as yet, but I won’t give up easily🤓
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I know. Beige. Really, Chanel? Next up: Chanel Brown. Gonna give that one a try Cassie?
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😂😂😂
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For me Prada Amber and Gingembre from Roger & Gallet hands down 👍🏻 I’m really curious about Kiehl’s Original Musk since i heard a lot of nice things about it ✌🏻
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That makes two of us on the Original Kiehl’s Musk, Alen. Do you know if it’s still available. I think I’ve read Portia saying he uses the bath oil. That also sounds interesting.
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I have the body lotion and fragrance, is there a bath product? NOW you all have ME interested.
It’s an excellent sweet musk that wears beautifully. Not a super big scent so I rarely get walk by compliments but if I’
ve been sitting with someone for a bit they might ask.
Portia xx
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My bad, Portia! I remember you posting about using some Kiel’s body product. Must have been the lotion.
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Yeah, I use it a lot. It’s very nice, fully fragrant and leaves my skin so moisturised.
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But, come to think of it, a bath product would be welcome though, wouldn’t it??
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I’ve just looked on Kiehl’s official site and they have the fragrance, the oil essence , lotion body and the shower gel , so practically the full set :))
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Ooo. Excellent sleuthing, Alen. Going to look now. I’m on a no buy till January, but….I am struggling with a virus? I don’t know. Sore throat, laryngitis, dead tired…so, I need a little pick me up, right?
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Hands down Shalimar Cologne edt is my winner everyday work scent at the moment. Just bought a big back up from fragrancenet as it seems to be harder to find. I’m a midwife so work very closely with other humans so I spritz lightly. I come home and spritz Coromandel edt heavily!
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Beautuful choices, Ruth!
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I cannot think of two greater, more iconic fragrances!
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Hey there RuthF,
That Shalimar Cologne (the EdT right?) is yum. Have you tried the Souffle too?
Portia xx
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Yes, I have the 1st soufflé but much prefer the Cologne edt!
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Lovely..both fragrances!
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RuthF- Yes, both are gorgeous and absolute winners! Heavy Coromandel is the only way to wear it!
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I’ve been wearing Grey Flannel a lot recently as I find it doesn’t exacerbate my nausea (sorry if that’s tmi). Jacomo Silences, Chanel Cristalle Eau Verte, and No 19 are also good in this respect.
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Oh, a lot of green beauties 🙂 I love your choice lena. I’m curious about Grey Flannel nowadays. I only know the eighties version of which I had a FB back then.
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It might be vintage eau sauvage for me
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And a perfect choice, Fazal
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It certainly was my dad’s everyday scent. Love it!
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ah, thank you so much. you know the funny thing, I smelled eau sauvage extreme first because my dad had it and my mom loved it so much she would wear it herself, too, back in the 90s. I only smelled eau sauvage after coming to US in 2000s and fell in love with it. i may say both eau sauvage and eau sauvage extreme (vintage) will always be in my collection. I dont touch the current versions of eau sauvage or extreme which both have been ruined significantly.
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Oh Fazal- that’s a lovely story! My mum sometimes wore herself too!! My dad didn’t use any fragrance. He just used cinthol or santoor soap (common where I come from). Memories!
So sad to hear the new versions have been ruined.
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I wear scent most days but recently I have been enjoying the lighter ones as it starts to warm up in Queensland. Current favourites are Amande Honorable, Narciso Poudree, La Vierge de Fer, Rose Privee, Royal Sovereign by Christopher Hanlon and La Tulipe.
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Ah, La vierge de fer. Another lovely one 💕
Certainly heating up but we’re expecting a couple of cool days this week.
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I rarely wear the same fragrance for two days in a row unless it’s a new acquisition or when I’m considering a purchase. However, there are two perfumes that never ever fail me: whenever in doubt, I wear Shalimar and Miss Dior. They always fit my mood or make it better. The other contenders are any iris- or incense-centric perfumes, and sometimes vetiver gets into rotation (Guerlain, Palais Jamais by Etro).
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I agree with the Shalimar. It always works. Every single time. The Miss Dior you wear, is that current or vintage? I wore it frequently in the 80’s and since I’m still maybe considering vintage Shalimar hunting, I’m more inclined to pursue the current Miss Dior formulation. Getting a good vintage is a right royal pain in the butt. Bloody expensive to boot.
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My Miss Dior bottles are vintage, as well, Marcella, mostly from the 80-es but I also have a bottle of Miss Dior Originale made in 2014. It’s different, of course, but it bears a resemblance to the perfume it once was. Vintage Miss is still available on eBay, and far less expensive than vintage Guerlain (unless you want extrait because that one is never cheap), just be careful with splash bottles: even if the juice is authentic, it may turn.
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Oh nice tip! That brings joy to my miserly heart. I don’t think I wore the extrait. More likely the EdT because I remember that very smart looking houndstooth bottle.
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So avoid the splash. I’ll have a look.
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A generous seller sent me a vial of the vintage extrait along with a bottle of eau de cologne (a houndstooth bottle, a splash one! I break my own rules 🙂 ). It’s amazing, of course, but I prefer to pay for a big bottle of edt/edc instead of getting a tiny bottle of extrait. Call me greedy if you dare!
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You’re greedy.
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Good luck! And one more piece of advice: look for clean looking bottles (it usually means that it’s been stored properly) and listen to your heart. I mean it: sometimes you just look at a bottle or read the description, and a little voice in your head says: “Don’t buy it”. If after an argument with your Jiminy Cricket or whatever this is you still want to take a chance, get the bottle, just don’t get your hopes up.
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I rarely wear the same thing even for the whole day! This summer I wore a lot of Capri and Mito though and now that fall is coming here Hendley Rosenthal is out and Suede de Suede. And L’Attesa and Iris Cendre are good anytime. I came to perfume recently and alas don’t know te vintage classics🙁.
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Don’t know the vintages? Consider yourself blessed. They only leave you wanting what you can’t have.
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fun question! I’m enjoying everyone’s responses!
I habitually reach for Guerlains when I can’t think what to wear. Eau de Guerlain, Apres L’Ondee, Jardins de Bagatelle, and Vol de Nuit are easy choices with a wide variety of notes.
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I haven’t heard Vol de Nuit mentioned for a while! Probably because it was a hot summer in most places.
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Agree! I like my VdN edt best in cool weather.
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Love Eau de Guerlain!! I wore Jardins de Bagatelle in the 70/80’s. It never really suited me for some reason. Which makes me wonder why I wore it 🧐
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Yay for Eau de Guerlain, it is a beautiful cologne. The mint note is understated but makes it work. JdB was a surprise love for me. I received a partial bottle unsniffed in a swap. I love it so much.
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Agree with you on the Eau de Guerlain. The mint note! Was never able to single it out.
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Now that you’ve pointed it out, it makes so much sense!!
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A fellow Guerlain lover!
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Isn’t everyone? Those vintage Guerlains!
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Actually, not everyone likes Guerlain, and I mean any of their legendary classics, not only their newest offerings.
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Crazy! Guerlains are sooo lovely.
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I ‘learned’ perfume from my mother, who, as I understand it now, was a perfume snob. Her dresser contents leaned heavily towards Guerlains, Chanels with a few Rochas thrown in. She deemed any non-French perfume house to be vastly inferior.
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Guerlain is my go to house, along with Hermes 🙂
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The last 3-4 years I have really used a variety of perfume. Among the ones I own in FB Guerlain AA Pamplelune is the most obvious to call an everyday scent. Bulgari Mon Jasmine Noir has always been much used at the office. In the colder months or when I need a calming scent SL Five o’clock au Gingembre and L’Ambre des Merveilles are typical choices.
A hard question this week! i guess I try to give most of my scents some skin time.
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