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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
- CHANEL Coco Extrait
- Pour Un Homme De Caron
- Guerlain Shalimar Extrait (20th century)
- Hermès Equipage Geranium
- Ungaro Diva (20th Century)
Last Weeks Winner: Crikey
eMail me at (portia underscore turbo at yahoo dot com dot au) with your address please
Saturday Question: What favourite scent do you want in a bottle?
This week we are talking those things you smell and love but don’t seem to be in a bottle yet. You know, the kind of thing Demeter is famous for. Not really perfumes but smells. Like Grass, Candy Floss, Gin & Tonic or Christmas in New York. What smell do you love that you haven’t yet found in a bottle.
My Answer:
The list is endless obviously but a couple that I think would make excellent perfumes are
Dog Paws
My pups have the best smelling feet. It’s freaky but true. There’s something so warm, friendly, animalic and sweet about them. Sometimes when my greyhound Paris and I are cuddling he’ll put a paw up to my face like he’s going to pat me. The smell is so good I just want to sniff it till the end of time.
Delhi International Airport (before the renovation)
Getting off the plane at Delhi International was a sensory experience like no other in the world. It wasn’t a bad, or a big smell but it was unique. Hot air, aircraft fuel, car fuel, dust, dirt, humanity (clean and unwashed) and something el;se I could never put my finger on that was completely Delhi. Now it’s as sterile and lifeless as almost every other major world airport. Sad.
Jin Wearing Bottega Veneta EdP
Nobody smells as good in Bottega Veneta EdP. Jin brings a healthy skin, spiciness and voluptuousness to it that I’ve never smelled on anyone else who wears it. Entrancing. He lifts the fragrance to something holy, id follow that smell almost anywhere.
I cannot think of a thing I‘m afraid. I love the smell when I walk into the gym, and I love the way my cat‘s ears smell. But I sure as heck don‘t want them in a bottle.
Maybe a few drops of you would be nice …. I could just squeeze the seat belt out. Bussi. ❤️
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HA HA HA HA!! Val, you are hilarious. It doesn’t still smell does it?
Portia xx
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Only in my imagination. ❤️
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Aubrey Organics GPB Original Scent Shampoo…the old formulation used a secret blend of essential oils.
Jergens Original Lotion (Mr. Marzipan says the smell reminds him of his childhood….hence I am on an almond/cherry almond scent quest)
Fresh mown grass in Autumn which is what I smell now when I mow the lawn
the smell of a cold snowy morning in my neck of the woods
the smell of the onset of spring in my neck of the woods
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I am very greedy because I picked more than one-LOL!
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and I forgot to say congrats to crikey!!!!!
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I am wearing Bottega Veneta in honor of Jin…although I am sure it does not smell as good on me as it does on him!
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Portia- I am mad at you (no not really!). I wore the Bottega today because I knew I had a sample of it in the basement because you mentioned it in this post. First time I wore it a while ago I thought yeah, it’s OK. Today I am loving it-LOL! No more purchases for me though!!!! At least not for a while. But this could be the one and only leather I would own in full bottle. (several years ago I had a bottle of Ineke’s Evening Edged in Gold which i think is also categorized as a floral leather but I wore that one so much one winter I drained that bottle!!!)
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OMG! Poor Brigitte,
It’s sensational, isn’t it. I feel all safe, calm and yet ready to conquer the world when I wear Bottega Veneta EdP. On Jin is it sublime.
Bet you are rocking it beautifully too.
Portia xx
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I am in trouble because I am really loving it.
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Lovely list Brigitte,
It should have said SCENTS in the question, silly me. I love the smell of snowy days anywhere, something pristine and Hollywood about it for me.
Portia xx
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And yet the smell of snow in NYC is completely different . I would love that bottled too. Manhattan streets of slushy snow, chestnuts roasted for sale by street vendors and fresh Christmas 🌲 for sale on Broadway. That is the scent of my childhood.
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Since Miss Greedy-Pants above picked more than one, so will I.
Similar to you, Portia, the smell of big boy’s (aka Harry’s) paws. Harry was my huge Irish Wolfhound cross that I took home from the SPCA some nineteen years ago. He lived to the ripe old age of sixteen and I remember vividly the smell of his enormous paws. Warm, earthy, nutty and incredibly comforting.
The smell of Germaan. He was my most difficult dressage horse, but smelled better than any horse has a right to. Slightly leathery, barely animalic, a touch of sweet hay and that same smell of warmth that Harry’s paws had.
The smell of my eldest daughter’s crib, linens and pj with her in it at about 6-8 months of age. I used to use Ivory Snow to wash all of her clothing and crib linens, then line dry them in the spring sun. Bending over to pick her up as she awoke from a nap I was always struck by the most incredible smell. Clean, warm, happy baby. And yes, happy babies smell different than angry ones 😉. A gentle blend of her pristine, incredibly satiny soft skin, the airy, sunny, breezy, slightly Ivory Snow tinged bedding melding with that clean, warm baby smell was absolutely incredible. At once a smell of happiness, contentment, safety and love.
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And I forgot to mention, I received Portia’s goody bag yesterday! Yay! Now that is some serious spoiling effort. I am wafting Tiger’s Nest with pride today. I never, ever win any bloody thing, so I feel like the bee’s knees this morning wearing my winnings. And for the record, Tiger’s Nest is drop dead gorgeous.
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One always feels very special when a package arrives from Portia.
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Portia’s the best😍😍😘
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Yes to clean baby smell.
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WOW! What a lovely scent memory of your daughter Marcella, Don’t horses smell fabulous? It’s a distinct odour.
YAY! So glad your pack arrived and that you’ve already found something to love.I love spraying it forward so you guys get to try things you may not have.
Portia xx
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Well it’s incredibly generous and kind of you Portia, to let us play around here at APJ and then double up on the pleasure by sending out your goody bags.
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I second this
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Those are such lovely descriptions, marcellavmiller. All of them made me smile. Thankyou!
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Thank you so much, Sue. Gosh, I’m blushing.
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Yes to the scent of clean happy babies! I miss it.
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You and me both. Such magical times.
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First off, congratulations Crikey 👏🏻
My smell list – top of baby head, top of my dog’s head (sort of warm and nutty), grass just turning to hay, hot sun on your sheets hanging on the line, petrol fumes, warm tarmac being layed, hot sand, , jeez I could go on, but I’ll stop now.
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Oh do go on! I love all of those Cassie! More, more, more.
I also like the smell of my hand mixer as I just turn it on. It’s an absolute ancient thing that my MIL probably bought in the 60’s. It smells solid and reliable and like well-oiled, heated up machinery. With a tough of vintage plastic.
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Cordite, like that too.
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Is that the smell after firing a gun? You lead an interesting life, Cassie 🤨
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😂😂😂 yes gunshot aftersmell. But am deathly ascared of guns.
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Cassie, I went to a proper indoor shooting range several years ago. Used by police officers and other gun fanciers. I thought I would feel terribly cool and tough firing off my .357, but…just picking it up was so weird. I knew I had the power of someone’s life in my hands at that moment. Very creepy. The sound when I fired off a round almost made me jump out of my skin. And that was with hearplugs AND eat covering on. Don’t need to try that again. It did smell good tho 🙂
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I know that smell, too! I have my Mum’s Sunbeam mixer, she bought it before she married, so it’s over 60 years old. I’d know that smell anywhere.
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Amazing isn’t it? The one I have is a Sunbeam as well!
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Grass just turning to hay? Wonder what you would think of St Clair Scent First Cut which is inspired by Just that. The Perfumery is a farmer and artisanal butter maker too. Her three fragrances are sublime and representative of many of the scents many of you are searching for.
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The perfumer… I am on my phone and it is changing all of my words 👿👿👿
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Grass turning to hay is sooo up my alley! I looked on Fragrantica but could not find it. Maybe I searched stupidly.
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Her perfumes aren’t on fragrantica. Go to her website…. St Clair Scents
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Aha! Thanks and hope you’re starting to feel better after a day of knitting and relaxing.
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thank you !!! I am..but I did not completely relax as there was laundry to be done and an air conditioner to remove from the kitchen window. I did complete two hats and am now on another one !!!
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I checked them out. I think a tester set is in the offing. Although I’m not a great fan of the 1ml dab format.
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Do get the samples! I reviewed two of her three scents (First Cut and Gardener’s Glove) and plan to publish a review of the third (Frost). My favorite is Gardener’s Glove.
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Great review! Brigitte kindly posted a link. I enjoyed your writing very much.
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Thank you!
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The fact that she makes butter goes a long way to soothing my irritation of the 1ml format tho. Very cool indeed.
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The butter is bought by a couple of über-top chefs – American top tier eating. She is a fascinating woman. Diane lives in Vermont with her gorgeous Jersey cows She hand works the butter on marble. I would love love love to try some.
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I want her butter. OMG. Yes. The butter.
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Marcella and anyone else who is interested
Old Herbaceous did a stellar review-
https://scentsandsensibilities.co/2018/07/13/fragrance-friday-first-cut/
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Thank you for that 🎃
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You are welcome…and I love the pumpkin!!!
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Thank you!
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I’d love a whiff of those scents. Next time either I or my mule go to the U S
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Have the mule get you a sampler pack
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I sure will😎
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Wow! With the buzz on here about St. Clair’s Scents and the super-good, very famous, internationally acclaimed butter and the excitement surrounding everyone’s love of the fragrances I made an incredibly long, run-on sentence just to say that you all got me so stirred up so I had to and did order the sample set 😍
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Marcella- see the link above so that you can read ahead on what you are getting…and ha! I get another enabler pin-LOL!
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My beagle’s paws smell like Fritos corn chips so I’m not going to choose that! I don’t know that I have a smell that I want replicated . I love various cooking and baking smells but not as perfume. Same with rain and snow- like the smell but probably not on my skin!!
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Yeah MMKinPA,
But imagine you are somewhere else and want to scent the air like it, for remembrance sake?
Portia xx
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Congrats to Crickey
I haven’t got a dog any more, only a cat. I know what you mean about doggy smells. My daughter has just got a new puppy. She smells lovely and warm and cuddly.
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Matty, I have four kitties and they smell incredible. More animalic than my dogs or horses, in fact. Also slightly musky. They’re not on my list because I have seemed to have chosen, quite inadvertently, all smells from my memories that I no longer have access to.
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Wow. Horses?
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Oh yeah! My favorite four legged creature.
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I used to have a black cat that had a lovely smell. It was warm and powdery, most unusual.
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Love, love, love black cats. If I ever decide to add to my brood. A sinewy, stealthy black will be my pick. Short-haired. Preferably green eyes.
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That little guy was so handsome, small and sleek for a male and so cuddly and full of personality. He used to let me put him in the bath after he was outside getting dirty, and never batted an eyelid. And of course he had a red collar.
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Sounds like my kind of dude. I wonder if I could get the mister into a bath sporting a red collar. Might lead to all sorts of nonsense.
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Marcella- my third and final cat was a black cat with green eyes. My eldest was distraught when she was hit by a car not far from our house. AFter that Mr. Marzipan and I said no more cats. The eldest is still trying to talk us into getting another one. Nope. Not happening. She will eventually get her own and then I can enjoy my “feline grandchild” while visiting without having the responsibility-LOL!!!!
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Ahh. The beauty of grand-cats, children, dogs. All the fun and you can dump them when they’re crotchety or sick.
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Oops! And congratulations to our Queen of Steel, Crikey.
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I’m still looking for the ultimate marine scent. The fresh scent of the North Sea or the Atlantic on a day with cool weather and waves. We’ll see if Un Air de Bretagne comes anywhere close, a sample is on its way to me.
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I’m there with you Ingeborg. Both on the type of fragrance and the location the perfume should evoke.
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The Atlantic ocean for me is Secretions Magnifique. I have a decant of un Air de Bretagne which the eldest Marzipan took with her to university because she loves it and it has part of her name. Definitely full bottle worthy.
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I’ve forgotten what else would be worth sampling. I know the Wood Sage and Sea Salt is good, but it wasn’t what I’m looking for. I’m not looking for warm sand and driftwood either.
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My good friend loves sea and marine inspired scents so she sent me Secretions Magnifique, In Air de Bretagne, Sel Marine, Acqua Motu, Mr Hurlot’s Holiday and Acqua de Sale
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Un Air
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Do you remember which week you tested them? I think I should go back and read your comments a second time!
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Three or four? I will see if I can find it.
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I scrolled through a few of the SOTD posts from the past but I can’t seem to find when I wore them???
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Thanks for your time, I’ll make a list of the perfumes now.
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I will tell you that Sel Marine and Aqua Motu lasted a a nano second on my skin. Sel Marine was salt and citrus and I seem to remember cassie saying it was nothing but citrus on her skin and also did not last. Acqua de Sale is a bit longer lasting.
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That is just plain weird Mrs. Marzipan. Like I said, you be havin’ da magical skin.
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🙂
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Definitely the smell of my cat’s fur. It is so incredible….people tend to say “i guess it smells like any normal animal or familiar” but it smells so so good and clean and “catlike” , i cannot explain myself how is she doing that :))). Probably you people that own one or more cats, know exactly what i’m talking about 🙂 I’ve also had the chance to test from Demeter the “Kitten Fur” fragrance and i was really disappointed, it smells just like an old (in a bad way) powdery musky spicy with a bit of vanilla….a joke.
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Alen, I have four kitties and I know what you mean. I think duplicating the smell of something as intimate and alive as an animal’s fur is nigh-on impossible.
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Marcella i agree 200% about duplicating the smell, impossible ✌🏻
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🤛🏼
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Yes to kitty smell!!! I have had three in my lifetime but haven’t smelled 🐈 fur in about 13 years.
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Come on over Mrs. M, I have four for your olfactory pleasure. And you won’t have to mow my lawn.
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LOL l would love to cuddle with a 🐈 again 😍
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Cuddling with a cat is simply Nirvana 😀😀😍
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Scientifically proven to reduce blood pressure.
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They are so cute. I love my cuddly girls 😽
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my second cat, Biddy, used to sleep under the sheets and comforter between my legs all night long and if I moved she would bit me!!
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Mrs. M, that is what cats do. They don’t give AF. You are on this earth for their pleasure and convenience. Pointe finale! 😼
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Absolutely yes to dog feet, fur on the heads of cats…don’t want to smell of them necessarily, or frying bacon or the air before a thunderstorm.
But can someone please make a true brown boronia perfume?
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What is brown boronia, Jackie?
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It is native to Western Australia, tiny brown bell flowers with bright yellow inside. They perfume the air for miles where they grow and there is no way to capture it, sadly!
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Just had a nice little read up on brown boronia. A charming little plant and, as you said prized for it’s scent. Apparently not very easy to grow as a cultivar. Thank you, Jackie b for that interesting post.
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The smell of the cooler air hitting the warm air when a storm rolls in and rain begins to hit hot slate sidewalks. Just petrichlor doesn’t capture it at all. It only lasts a minute or so… before you get the “usual” storm smell. It happens right at the air exchange.
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Thank you, Portia!
Sunbathing cat: warm dust and pastry.
The haar: this is an unbelievably place-specific smell. It’s the sea mist that comes in to Edinburgh, which has mixes stone and salt and not-quite-cold and promise and mystery. I try every single “fog” scent that comes along, but nope. One of my very favourite smells and sights.
The smell of cold fireplace in my old house–brick and ash and iron and wood–particularly after I’d been pruning the apple trees.
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The last one sounds heavenly, Cassie.
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Crikey, do you wear gloves when lifting? I don’t and I love the smell of the steel on my hands.
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Congratulations, crikey!
I’d love to find a true sea mist/fog scent, too.
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Cat fur yes but more than that geranium leaves! I love the earthy smell when you rub them. Still hoping for a geranium perfume that includes this.
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I know what you mean about the geranium leaves. Anything that remotely resembles one is not safe around me. Immediately rub those leaves, hoping to get ‘that smell’
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I do the same 🙂
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Have you tried Meyers dish soap in geranium? I love that one.
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Oooo and this reminded me of two more ..Meyers Bluebell Dish soap…a beautiful floral and Nubian Heritage Raw Shea Butter soap which is creamy and delicious
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I have some Myer’s Household cleanser in Lemon Verbena. It’s not available here so I had to order in from the US, but I bought it specifically for the smell. I did not know they made other products as well. I’ll have to investigate further.
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Don’t go down the Meyers rabbit hole… you’ll be sorry 😝😜
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I’m crazy for their basil products. It smells so good I don’t mind doing the dishes 🙂
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Now that’s what I’m talking about!
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Gigi- you need to try some of their other scents…especially the limited edition ones..there was a dish soap that came out around Christmas several years ago and it smelled exactly like Escada’s Limited Edition Un Ete en Provence from 1994…I think I bought five of those dish soaps that year! I will also recommend the Apple Cider and Pumpkin Spice LE Autumn Dish soaps and last year’s LE Pine Dish soap which I hope they bring back this year.
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Is it a US brand? I dont think Ive seen it before. But I‘ll definitely seek it out when I‘m next there!
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Yes a US brand
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Mrs. Marzipan, you are a uniquely gifted enabler! Anyone can enable a purchase of perfume, but dish soap? Wow! Crazy talent 🥇
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LOL! sorry!!! but my nose knows what it likes and it doesn’t matter what format it comes in!
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I’ve been reading everbody’s Smells with great interest and appreciation. Great topic, Portia.
Inspired by Cassie, another one of my favorites: a nicely aged stack of apple and cherry wood waiting to be burned in the fireplace.
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Oh no. Just thought of something else amazing😮. The smell of our living room at Christmas time when I was young. My mother would always surround the tree with loads of clementines. Back then, both Christmas trees and clementines smelled so much more powerful and better. If they could bottle that, I would definitley wear it.
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Oh that’s reminded me of Christmas when my mother made puddings and cakes, lots of them. She let the mix sit for days and added a tiny drop of brandy each day. The smell wafted up the hall from the room she used to store them in and the smell of dried fruit and alcohol permeated through the house.
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Now that smells so good and comforting
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Somewhat bizarre but garden hose water.
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1st of all congratulations to Crikey.
Now, one is hard. Like others I am going to select more than one.
# I used to collect night blooming Jasmine ( Cestrum Nocturnum) on the way to school. The refreshing morning wet dew and the invigorating smell of Jasmine is just utterly beautiful. And I can still feel the smell from my memory.
The next two are special because they are very unique..
#Walking in a tobacco field on a hot day.
# Squeezing marijuana leaf on a sweaty palm.. don’t get me wrong. The tension and the excitement with the haunting smell is just too good..
AND
# GUCCI ENVY for man. I don’t have a bottle at this moment. But I would love to have it again. So many memories with that fragrance.
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Nice choices! Your first two choices would get me going. No experience with the last two. I might have tried weed a couple of times a long time ago, but never saw or grew the plant. I was a real goody-goody 😇
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Yeah, of course we believe you😏
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Lol…
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YOu must all read this post by Normand from the Perfume Chronicles
Portia , if it’s OK to post-
https://theperfumechronicles.wordpress.com/2018/10/20/aurora-blue-dream/
the different types of marijuana really do read like perfume notes-LOL!
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I read the article and had to laugh. Yes. The stores were sold out of most products in three days. People were lining up for hours only to find out that there was none of their favorite stains left 😂 OMG, it ‘s just insane that governments can be so incredibly inept.
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Evan I have heard that night blooming jasmine has the most intoxicating scent…I have never experienced it myself.
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That are lovely
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They are lovely
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Like some of you guys, I’d like to find a nice marine scent, maybe some petrol but the one I’d really pay for is the scent of burning autumn leaves. They used to burn them in the street in my hometown, – it’s prohibited now, of course, but someone always breaks the law (as long as they don’t burn plastic I don’t mind).
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CB I hate perfume’s Burning Leaves really smells like that, and specifically maple leaves.
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Ha!!! Great minds, crikey! I was just about to post that scent!!!
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If that is the case it becomes a ‘must smell’
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Thanks for the suggestion!
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I am also thinking Union’s Celtic Fire might have that smell but it’s been years since I sniffed it. Also, Sonoma Scent Studio Fireside Intense.
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That’s a beaut.
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Crickey might like Celtic Fire because several folks say it smells of Scotland and peat smoke
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Celtic Fire seems like a great name.
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ooh, that sounds interesting… I do like a peaty smoky smell. But the barbecue opening sounds a bit iffy. A current new fascination along the same lines is Kingdom’s Metamorphic, particularly worn on a scarf. (it’s a new Edinburgh company, with the same perfumer as Neandertal, Euan McCall.)
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OOO a local company! that must be exciting for your crikey!
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that’s two we have now, Brigitte: Kingdom and Reek 🙂
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Honestly, if and when SSS ever re-invents itself, I will be at their front door, first in line, on opening day. I get more intrigued by their fragrances by the day.
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I am telling you Marcella , you NEED to get your hands on SSS samples (provided the formulations stay the same!)
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Love that one too! I used to spend most of my time in the countryside during my riding days and the smell of the burning leaves was just so gorgeous. I really miss that.
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The scent of my beloved dog Dot’s fur. She had the most wonderful smell, I loved burying my face in her fur and inhaling deeply.
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Aww. Same here with my sweetest big boy Harry. I loved that dog like nobody’s business and he always, always smelled so incredibly good. I’ve read that some breeds can be quite stinky, beagles seem to come to mind. That’s a concept completely foreign to me. My yellow lab before Harry also smelled fantastic.
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There are arab desserts with saffron in them that smell as good as they taste. I want someone to bottle them in perfume. Tom Ford Noir femme explores the idea but still misses it by a long distance. It should not smell as sweet as noir femme and should have amplified notes like saffron and white rice.
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Yum. I would like that bottled as well.
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You can bottle that for me, as well.
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Test cricket. Fresh-mown grass, leather, wood, musk, dew evaporating into water vapour, summer is here.
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Sounds lovely.
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Congrats to Crikey! Enjoy your goodie bag.
There are two smells I’d love to have around forever for they gave me the feeling of safety – my mum’s and my dad’s skin smell. Mum’s skin had the smell of cotton balls, not perfumed but somehow powdery and dad was a smoker so his skin was impregnated with cigarette smoke and the Eau Sauvage he used as an after shave. That would be it for me.
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Congratulations to Crikey! Wow, so many wonderful smells you all have described! I would like almost all of them, so I won’t repeat, but a smell I love is the glogg (hot wine punch) I make during the holidays. Lots of red wine, cardamom, cloves, cinnamon, orange peel, raisins, almonds, etc. Heavenly! But I have to warn people: one cup will make you feel all warm and cozy and festive — more than one, and you might end up on the floor.
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Interesting. Someone here posted not long ago about glüwein. Apparently many of us enjoy our hot, spiced wines.
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That sounds delicious…wonder though if I could survive one cup?
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Awwww I need your glogg, even though it is Summer… I want to feel festive and ‘safe’
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It’s probably safe if you make it without the aquavit….
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Sorry, didn’t see this comment before I posted my question.
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No worries! Aquavit is the silent assassin in this punch, and I suppose one could make it without — but why not live on the edge once in a while? As long as it’s only one cup’s worth …
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A whole cup of Aquavit? Sure, I’m in for that, but you’ll have to peel me off the floor when it’s finished!
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Well, many recipes do call for a whole cup of aquavit in each batch (https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1448-swedish-mulled-wine-glogg), but I meant that one cup of the punch itself is plenty! Two cups of the mulled wine is what leaves folks on the floor. Yes, we have had some good parties … not often, but we make them count!
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Yeah, Old Herbaceous, but I was talking about just the cup of Aquavit. Minus the wine and auxiliary ingredients, lol. That stuff can put hair in your chest 😂😂
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lol!
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So, do you put anything stronger than wine in the glogg/gløgg? After the last exchange here on APJ about mulled wine, I had to look up the less common (in Norway) “bisp” which is usually made with white wine, but also some stronger alcohol added. And then, to my surprise I found something called “bishop” described on a British page, so I guess there must have been a strong influence from the British Isles around 1900.
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Ah, “smoking bishop”! A la Charles Dickens. Here’s a recipe, though I haven’t tried it myself: https://toriavey.com/toris-kitchen/drinking-with-charles-dickens-the-smoking-bishop/.
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Just thought of another smell that I need to revisit soon. I spent many years living in the Eastern Townships – an area of countryside/farming about two hours south-east of Montreal. The smell of the evening dew lightly dampening the dirt road and ripening hay fields in late summer was THE BEST EVER. It was under these circumstances that I met my husband, so a particularly memory-laden smell for me.
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Ages ago I answered a question on Fragrantica about the perfect smell of a man. Mine was body warmth, clean skin, horses and saddlery, sunshine, a touch of cigarette smoke, a touch of woodsmoke, espresso, hay, and saltwater. I would definitely buy that. And if anyone could suggest something that comes close to it …!
Congratulations, Crikey.
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Will you share that man when you find him? Or at least his scent. Big yes to the horses, saddlery and a touch of cigarette smoke part. I quit smoking a few years ago, my husband will have one very occasionally, and if there’s just a small whiff of it on him, it’s great.
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Coffee! Best aroma I can think of.
I also love the smell of my cat’s head, I lean in and give a big sniff every day. I can never quite figure out what it smells of: a bit sweet, a bit musky maybe.
Snuffed out matches and candles smell fantastic, too.
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Oh yes snuffed out candles and matches!
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Oh a huge YES to coffee!!! Love that smell.
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Since Portia has already asked for vintage Delhi airport (I’ll thave a FB and few backups of that, please), I will go for the scents of Diwali!
Omg, the heady rush of ALL the scents- limestone whitewashed walls, ghee and fire cooked sweets, cardamom and clove, marigold, jasmine and rose garlands, fresh sandalwood paste, ash and vermillion for the altars, the smell of the ghee in the diyas (lights), smell of new dresses and sarees, the sulphur and phosphorous of the fireworks, the cool night air of Delhi. The most magical mix of scents.
Yes, Diwali in a bottle for me.
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Jyotsna, what a wonderful description. Something I would love to experience – and inhale!
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India is on my bucket list…would love to do a yoga retreat there one day.
Thank you for reminding me also of the smell of crushed marigolds…tagetes is one of my favorite perfume notes.
sandalwood…heavenly 🙂
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Fantastic description of your favorite smells of Diwali. For a few seconds, I almost thought I could smell it.
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Oh, this sounds so beautiful!
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Congratulations, Crikey!
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Agree 100% re: cats! If someone could bottle the scent of my cats’ heads and paws I’d be content 🙂
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New favorite smell alert! Walking into a quality tack shop. One that sells not only new saddles and bridles, but used as well. The smell of the old, cared for leather mingling with the cleaner new saddle leather is beyond gorgeous.
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Sorry guys. I really love to involve in a conversation and I do love this group. My phone is funny with this site also last couple of weeks been very busy..
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As long as you’re OK Evan. XX
Portia
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I want to smell the Dutch cookie Speculaas in a bottle. The Belgians spell it Speculoos. Similar to gingerbread, but way better.
Now I need opinions here. I may have found it. A perfume called Le Speculoos by l’Antichambre perfumes.
Has anyone out here in APJ land ever tried one of l’Antichambre’s perfumes??
Do let me know please. I am on the verge of buying a 10ml bottle of the pure perfume! Help! 😬😬😬
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