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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 29.10 – 4.11.2018
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
Scent of Bed last night was Caron Pour Un Homme from Portia’s Perfume Prize Package. This is definitley also pour une femme. A gentle powderpuff cloud of lavender and vanilla, so well blended that neither note ran the show. Made for a quiet, dreamless night.
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YAY! Isn’t it fabulous Marcella,
I can;t stop spritzing it. Lavender perfection.
Portia x
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OMG. I need this. The twenty five ounce bottle!!!
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Go big or go home!
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You said it, sister!!!
but seriously, I could actually make a huge amount of decants for friends and family for Christmas, right? I mean 25 oz for 80 USD? that is free in my book!!!
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Pretty free in my book. Still working to get my first enabler pin!
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Marcella- you are getting an enabler pin as I will be purchasing this one eventually. Given the amount of fragrance my mom and dad go through on a daily basis I can make a massive amount of decants and samples for them.
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Oops! Forgot SOTD Patchouli-Oud, also from the afore-mentioned PPPP. Reminds me of the patchouli oils I used to smell in the 70’s, but more refined. Not really my style, but fun to wear on occasion.
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That would be my style
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Well, yesterday I wore vintage Boucheron then vintage Ralph Lauren Safari. For bed, I tossed on some Zum Frankincense and Myrrh. I could still smell it a bit this morning; so, I spritzed LUSH Karma.
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Boucheron EdP Gina? I LOVE IT!! So good.
Portia xx
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I adore Karma…. I currently only have a little tin of the solid perfume. it gets ‘lost’ amongst the bottles.
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Yesterday we went to a dog fair in our local park, it was warm and um, doggy…Chanel 19 was the perfect antidote!
Oh, and Halloween costume of the day was the Dalmation whose spots were augmented with spider legs!
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Great costume on the Dalmatian! I have a thing about putting clothes on dogs/cats/horses, but a bit of body paint, it’s all good!
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That spider dalmation sounds hilarious JackieB,
CHANEL No 19 work EVERY time. Yum.
Portia xx
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Masque Milano Luci ed Ombre. WOW! Just wow. It’s eye rollingly, heart palpitatingly, good stuff.
Portia x
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I’ve never tried any Masque Milano scents but you make them sound sniff-worthy, to say the least.
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Very interesting brand Diana. Not all to my taste but this one definitely is.
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I think Masque Milano are not blind buy safe. the one I really like is L’Attesa but I dont know anyone who likes every single offering from them. They do deserve credit for taking risk.
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SOTD
Ted Lapidus White Soul
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Matty- I don’t know this one. What’s it like?
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Fragantica lists that White Soul notes are….Amber…Warm and spicy…Sweet…Aromatic and floral
I sprayed it this morning and it’s still going strong now at 8.30 at night (UK)
I rather like it.
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Sounds delish!
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Love a scent with great longevity….
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I forgot to add that it’s a very reasonable price in the UK. Allbeauty and Notino.
Have a look on Fragantica for more details
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Chose some fat and delish Shalimar EdP, because I needed to soothe myself a bit and probably strengthen my sense of security. Muah!
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Shalimar is a perfect shield, great choice, Margo!
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Hey Margo!
SHALIMAR! One frag to rule them all……
Portia x
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Oh I’ve been there… Shalimar is a great ‘field force’… hope it works. and also know we at APJ send out extra love to those needing it.
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Hermes Un Jardin Apres la Mousson. I like the smell of fruit
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Yeah! I love this too Tussah,
Portia xx
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Fingers covered in last minute decants that I want to mail today.
And wearing Incense Pure ♥️ for a manic Monday
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Brigitte, I’m intrigued: what did you send to your friend? Also, you’re wearing incense which means you smell amazing!
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Three packages going out.. I decanted Reglisse Noire, some of the Phlur brand (Hepcat is a great starter our for those interested), Tibetan Mountain Temple, Nocturnes de Caron both current and vintage, Winter Woods, various essential oils and homemade oil perfume, patchouli balm, lemongrass hand sanitizer, patchouli body oil, loads of tea, hats and the Delacourte musc and vanille samplers.
I really wish y’all lived in the States because I would be sending goodies to all of you 😸😻😼
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Oud not our ..
And Diana this comment is for you!!
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Real treasure chests you got there, your friends will be thrilled!
You’d spoil us all with your generous giftboxes if we all were American Perfume Junkies, I’m afraid 😀
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You would all be getting decants of Caron Pour Homme…if I ever get that 25 oz bottle 🙂
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I’m thinking you just might😏
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I think she’s gonna do it……the suspense is killing me 😳
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Swoon- box of delights!
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I have been blessed by so many fragrant packages over the years…it’s time to pay it forward.
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I imagine the perfume gods smiling on you with your incredible generosity. You are a marvel! My crystal fragrance ball senses that you will be rewarded. And all that knitting to boot. What a beautiful gesture of kindness and giving 😇
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It irks me though that I can’t send stuff to any of you guys 😦
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Kind of irks me, truth be known 😂😂
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you can’t due to cost? Or the fear that it will be destroyed by postal services? I understand on both fronts.
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saffy yes- both
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And I am working on hat number 19!!!! I have them all lined up on Middle Marzipan’s bed!!!
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Of everything you sent I’d most like the lemongrass hand cream. I went ‘overboard’ with lemongrass a while back, and now hubby doesn’t like it.
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I love lemongrass too!!!
But listen you can make this yourself! I just used some aloe vera gel, lemongrass essential oil and tad of alcohol…shake it up and viola! hand sanitizer…you can also add a tad of tea tree oil too…some folks don’t like the smell but I do……
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Brigitte- hope your Monday was not crazy. You smell magnificent!
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Thank you! Incense Pure is so good for stressful days.
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Estee Lauder Private Collection, one of the best autumnal scents, IMO.
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I agree
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I knew you would 😉
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SOTVEM (Very Early Morning;I have been awake since 4:40am) is Masque Terralba. Very zesty green and fresh. Yum.
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Ooooh! I have a sample here that I’ll try.
Portia x
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Portia- Don’t do a 4:30am unless you absolutely must. Blstering headache now.
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Having got some all over my fingers while making a sample, I topped up the dose of CDG2 Man.
And this evening, post gym, some Au Dela Narcisse. Third wearing in a week. Is this a record for me when I’m not away somewhere? But it was just the rich brightness that I needed to cut through the gloom of the early nightfall. Clocks went back yesterday and at 55degrees north, sunset is just past half past four. And there are two more months of the days getting shorter.
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I know, I knowww😢😢😢 that’s why I bloody hate winter, the gloom and dark get to me.
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Me too. It must everyone, don’t you think?
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Hey Crikey,
Short days are hard. Remember to get as much sunlight on your body at lunchtime as you can.
Portia xx
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Oh no! You’ve already moved the clocks back 🙁. It’s the worst. Dark at 4:00. Ugh, that’s coming here next week and it kills me.
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A thorough dousing in Caron Pour Homme in an effort to control my raging anger and sky-high blood pressure. The maniacs at IKEA put me on hold for 40 MINUTES. You’re probably thinking I had some incredibly complicated and difficult enquires to make. No. I needed to change a delivery date. Ten minutes waiting for the first person who could not effect this simple change. Forty minutes waiting for the person who eventually could. Outrageous. A letter of complaint has been sent 😡
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Hate it egen customer service does not delover service. My internet supplier is the worst, and since we have a contract for the whole building, I cannot even dump them. By the way, the Whirlpool for IKEA kitchen appliances do not last as long as Bosch would.
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Whirlpool are not made to last.
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Right there, Cassie.
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Isn’t it ridiculous? And I would choose Bosch over Whirlpool in a heartbeat. I have a Bosch dishwasher and range. Reliable. Functional. Aesthetically pleasing. ‘Nuff said.
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Me too. Bosch. 👍🏼
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Oh boy!!! I would be fuming too…but at least you had your lavender to calm you.
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You better buy that gigantic barrel of it and send her half to bathe in😃
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🤣🤣🤣
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yes, m’am!!!
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Well, it really did help!! I remember you posting a while back about having to keep applying your Reglisse Noire during a particularly stressful day at work. It was for aromatherapy purposes you said. I get that now. I have two scents now that reliably de-stress me. Caron Pour Un Homme and Sedona Sweet Grass. And I’m making a difference here between de-stress and comfort. Comfort for me would be Shalimar, Felanilla or Eau Duelle.
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YUP! Except the Reglisse Noire was a more costly form of aromatherapy than the Caron-LOL! See how I am slowly talking myself into that humongous bottle? Like I said above, you’ve got this enabler pin because the purchase is bound to happen!!!
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I’d feel more secure in my enabler status if I knew the buy button has already been pressed, just sayin’ 😉
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Just take the pin !!!!!
LOL 🤣 😂
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I’m envisioning it in your shopping cart. 😈
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Cassie- it’s there! LOL! But I am waiting…because when you do fragrancenet gives you an even bigger discount!!!
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SOTBed EL Jasmine White Moss. Finding this soothing as I stretch out. Ittbeen a busy day, got to keep the Smallies until the morning so had a bonus day. But I’m wrecked!
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Those smallies have bags of energy, don’t they? Busy, budy
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Stupid. Not busy, budy. Busy, busy, busy……whatever 🙄
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Yes, busy little bodies. Wish l had one tiny fraction of the energy.
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The smallies give you the run-around, eh? Make sure you send the Scented Smally home with her package she forgot last visit.
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My SOTD is Gucci Nobile
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Monday I wore vintage L’Artisan Tea For Two. I have a soft spot for tea fragrances, and this one is a cracker.
Today I am wearing Cologne Sologne by Nicolai Parfumeur. One of a few EdCs I have that I trot out in the hotter weather; this is a pretty good neroli scent. IIRC, I actually got this from you Portia.
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Ahhh, in the VERY old bottle. It’s lovely, isn’t it?
Portia xx
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You mean the Sologne? Yep, it’s the rounded shape bottle. It seems very rare; I can’t even find pictures of it on the web. It is a good one, I’m glad I blind-bought that from you.
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I am going out this evening to visit my favourite person. He took a turn for the worse on Friday but is well enough for us to visit. It’s his birthday today. I’ll put on my Anais Anais. I was most likely wearing it when I met him over 20 years ago!
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My friend is not well enough for visitors today. Hopefully I’ll get to see him on the weekend.
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BUM
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I hope you will get a visit on the weekend.
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Strength and best wishes for your friend, Jyotsna. I remember my Anais Anais so well. That bottle really appealed to me, it was so cute and girlie-girlie. Kinda wish I’d kept it, and the Opium, and the Chanel No. 22 and the……. 🙁
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. . . Magie Noire and the Fidji and the Je Reviens and the Kiku and the Shalimar and the Tabu and the . . . Oh shut UP😢
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Yup 😭
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My Mum has 3 ‘signature ‘fragrances; Arpege, Daliseeme..sorry Cassie I had always thought it was Laguna , and Je Reviens. An empty bottle of the third I could send you.
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Not at all, Saffy, no need ytobgo lto those rounds. But thank you for the very thoughtful offer.
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My friend visited today and that’s her signature scent. She smells amazing in it.
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Monday I wore Fame by Lady Gaga. I’m close to thunking the 30ml bottle. I like the scent ,but won’t be replacing the bottle, I don’t think. Tuesday has arrived ,and I’m feeling quite sad and lonely. I’m not wearing any scent today.
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Oh Saffyishere- sorry you’re feeling so low. Hope you feel cheered up soon. 💕
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Hey kids!!! I feel slightly better. I spent an hour in the lovely sunshine, pulling out weeds in my front garden. Gosh some of them had a really good root,and required quite a lot of effort to remove. I will do some more tomorrow. Hubby is now in Rocky. {Rockhampton to non Aussies} in Queensland. I did up wearing perfume after the gardening. Prada Vetiver. I thunked an 8ml mini.
Thank you all for your care and compassion.
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Glad to hear it Saffy! Sunshine and physical exertion usually does the trick for me as well.
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Aw, you pining a bit? Take yourself off to Sweet Fern for a little sniffy sesh😉
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Great you are feeling better and yes to thunking 😁
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Saffyishere, hope you’ll feel better tomorrow xo
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Hope you feel better today!!!
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Awww Saffy 😕, sorry you’re feeling glum. This transitional season is not easy to start with and with your husband away and a brutish boss, I can understand. But we all know that these dips are usually temporary and they do pass. Be patient. Be kind to yourself. Your inner sunshine will return.
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Please don’t be sad, we are here for you if you need to chat. Or recommend comforting scents. Take care. Xx
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Monday was Joop! Le Bain. I have become quite addicted to this little number of late.
Today was a Cuir Beluga sort of day.
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Cuir Beluga is so good. I’d wear mine today, but a hospital appointment today dictates something a bit more subtle.
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I had always thought of CB as pretty subtle but as I was still sniffing it last night on my wrist, without a top up, maybe it isn’t as subtle as I thought. She sure is gorgeous though.
Good luck with your appt.
SOTD; Chanel Gabrielle, perfect for this spring day.
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Jealous of your spring! Now Cuir Beluga. Let’s talk. You thought it was subtle? Well, so did I. Until the day I was wearing it and my eldest daughter said it was projecting like crazy. She liked it a lot, but thought it was pretty powerful. And she is a bona-fide perfumista herself and wears a lot of heavy hitters sprayed with optimism. You think maybe we don’t smell it on ourselves? Oh, and thank you for the wishes on the apartment! It will be gorgeous if it ever comes together (and yes, of course it will 😃)
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Granville by DIOR!
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Pine and lemon; sounds really good Portia. Yet another discontinued gem.
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Yeah, I suppose if it doesn’t sell it gets the chop.
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Marcella – this one’s for you – yesterday I wore Le Labo Tonka 25. First sprays a lovely spicy orange, yet soft and fresh. Later, musk but not sweet. Bit woody and a bit green. Later I the day it reminded me of Santal 33. It wafted a little but would not call it strong, nor long lasting. Which is a shame because it’s a really lovely fragrance. Just a bit short on staying power on me.
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Thanks Melanie! Great review btw. The fragrance sounds great and it would be one I’d like to try, but your description gives me pause. It’s not very noticeable and rather short on staying power. Combine that with Le Labo’s pricing strategy and I think it’s a safe miss for me. So yeah, double thank you!
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Cassieflower, dis for you 😍 tried NR Rouge on Saturday. First thoughts this is just like the others, but after a little while it became a bit more floral. Rose? Still the same NR musk without being too sweet. And it lasted for ages. And I really liked it. And you guessed it – i will be needing some!
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Yesss💪🏻 Another convert. I get the Rose after a while and think there might be a smidge of iris also. My Smally wore it the other day and it was lovely on her little self.
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Legrand Reve d”‘Ossain…..I am fairly certain that crikey is a fan of this one…I can see why…I will have to put my large sample to the side to mail to my friend who loves incense scents so that she can try it…it’s beautiful in the cold weather…has a coca cola vibe to my nose…..
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that would be Reve d’Ossian….
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I am indeed a big fan of Reve d’Ossian–and I was a whisker away from wearing it today before my hand drifted to the bowl of samples. I like the cold stone layer under the incense particularly…
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Neandertal Dark today. However much I like this–and I really do–I can’t bring myself to spend £200+ on a bottle. Sure, that bottle is an insanely lovely hand made ceramic cast of a knapped flint axe that you would want to just hold a lot, but, damn.
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That really is an egregious sum, Crikey. Some of these pricing strategies really make me wonder.
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I think it’s actually pretty fair–if you consider you’d easily see that for just the ceramic work in a gallery or craft shop. And it’s still cheaper than an awful lot of the higher priced niche stuff out there…just more than I am comfortable with coughing up on a single bottle.
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Nevertheless, those bottles are most likely mass produced, not hand made and while I really appreciate a quality, beautiful bottle, ultimately it’s the fragrance that warrants a potential purpose. If I wanted a one of a kind, hand-cast ceramic I would go to an art studio. Huh, then I could decant the perfume into my unique bottle 😏
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No, these are each hand cast and hand finished by the artist behind the Neandertal project, Kentaro Yamada.
(and it’s still cheaper than the By Kilian stuff…)
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Well then, added value. And certainly a more attractive option than By Killian. Besides, I’d rather have their champagne over the perfumes. Sounds like you’re on track to perhaps be popping the cork sometime in December?
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And now I have to check out these bottles.
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Yes, I really like that bottle design. I’d display it after I used the juice up. I’ve actually got a piece of rock displayed that doesn’t look unlike this.
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oooh… do you think it might be a worked stone that you’ve got? (I’ve found oddments of neolithic stuff before in fields.)
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It’s natural black stone but not flinty, there’s an iridescent hue to it. I know what it is but can’t think of it at the minute.
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I’ve remembered! Silicon carbide.
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Eau de Guerlain. Suitably quiet for a hospital appointment. Not, unfortunately a suitable antidote to this awful weather. Cold and rain. Again! Just heard on the radio while I was driving my daughter to the metro that our temperatures for October have been well below normal. Yup. It’s been one of those.
On another note, I think we need to mount a search party for Neva. Our fragrant friend seems to be MIA 😲
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I think she mentioned that she would be away.
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Right! Travelling for work. I forgot which is surprising because I never forget anything 🤥🤥🤥
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Unlike me who forgets everything 🤦
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Same here🙄
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You did notice the Pinocchio emoji when I said I never forget anything, didn’t you? Means I’m lying like a cheap rug when I say I never forget anything. I have post-its covering every square inch of wall space in both my office and kitchen. And car.
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ha! marcella! I see it now!!!! I blame my forgetfulness on hormones and age…..or maybe because I just multitask too much?
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🐘?
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See above comment.
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Ha, missed the big nose🤦🏻♀️
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Eau de Guerlain is one of the best colognes ever made, don’t you think?
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I really do. Just about perfect as perfect gets.
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And I forgot to add my choices today. Started off in Arpege, and Smally in Blanc de Courrèges. Changed it up for work this evening with Knize Ten. The more I wear this the more I’m liking it.
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Did Smally remember to take her samples home this time? Oh and Cassie….I have sad news…The Dali bottle I was going to send is not Laguna.. 1000 apologies.
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She’s got them stuffed in her Barbie dress bag.
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Oh hey, no need for apologies!
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Love Arpege. You elegant, perfectly coiffed, polite, refined, stiletto-wearing, posh handbag carrying, lipstick wearing, non-swearing LADY!
Knife Ten keeps blipping on my radar. A leather, yes? I though it was a real tough, kick-ass, butch leather.
My, Cassie. You have a multi-faceted personality. Meet Madame Cassie and her evil twin Cassie ‘The Thug’ Roustabout.
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I’m a bit like the human version of four seasons in one day😈😎😇💃🏼
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And I will be elegance personified on Saturday, have posh black tie ‘do’ so will be frantically taking care of hair, nails etc. Sunday I will be a wreck😄
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Getting all buffed up and proper eh? Gonna do the mani/pedi, hair, facial, eyebrow waxing, eyelash tinting, getting all dolled up routine? Nice. Questions: 1) what are you going to wear 2) type of shoe 3) any jewelry 4) fragrance. Is it a ball-gown/opera coat affair? Or a sleek LBD do? Or perhaps a deadly sexy one-piece pant suit plunging down,down, down. This is fun. Can I come over and do your make-up, help pick clothes and generally hang out and make a nuisance of myself?
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Hair, by somebody who isn’t me. Mani and pedi I will do myself. Brows recently done. Now, the dress is giving me pause for though as I can either go cocktail or full length and fabulous. Shoes and jewellery will follow suit. Perfume, will see how I feel on the day. Have to pack all in a travel case and get ready in the hotel. It will be ‘interesting ‘ jostling for space at the mirror as four of us ladies (ha, ladies😀) are sharing a room. And one guy gets a room all to himself, methinks he will have to share mirror space.
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This sounds fun, Cassie! And an away thing to boot. I’d be tempted to go full length and fabulous. The opportunity so rarely arrives these days. I mean, you can never go wrong with a wicked cocktail dress, but that can be worn on so many other occasions. When I get the chance to do it up big, I take it. Either way, our little thug will be looking glam and gorgeous. Hope it’s a fun do, tho. Occasionally, in the past, the getting done up has turned out to be more fun than the actual event.
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How is Blanc de Courreges? I had eau de Courreges (??? not 100% sure of the name) once mailed to me from Japan from a friend who said when he thought of me he thought of this perfume…thunked that one a long time ago.
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You know what? It’s a distant cousin of NR Narciso, I think. On a base of musk with powdered iris and rose.
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mmmm Knize Ten is lovely
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I will not engage in premature pin claiming. In this case, I will summon up the patience of a saint.
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The post above is for you Mrs. Marzipan. No clue why it ended up where it did. Goblins, I guess.
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NOPE…it’s in the shopping cart…you get the pin!!!
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🏅🥇🎖My first pin! YAY‼️‼️I have arrived! My true calling is now clear. Soon I will be enabling movie stars, politicians and royalty. Yasss!
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Is it a shiny diamanté encrusted pin?
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But of course!!!
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Want one!
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You already got one when you forced me to buy Heaven 😇😈
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I love my pin. It’s stunning.
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I’m off to doc today, then I’m going to do a little window shopping, which may end up in retail therapy and spoil myself with a lunch out. Have just spoken with hubby… He told me to stop fretting and keep myself busy.
I will shower soon ,using the shower gel ,then the perfume of Nikki St Phalle.
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LOLLL. Isn’t that like closing the barn door once the horses have escaped?
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And most definitely retail therapy and a nice lunch is in order. Because 1) you had to go to the doctor and 2) your husband told you to keep busy. I rest my case, your honour.
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Hope the doc visit and retail therapy went well! You must mention your Christmas cards! NdStPh – top notes artemesia, mint and green notes! Sounds perfect for a spring day.
(Although it is going up to 31 here today. I am starting to panic. Hate summer.)
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OMG I would love 31 degrees. Can we swap houses?
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Yes!!
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Hello All. I’m overwhelmed that you’d accept a card from me. Thank you. Now we may return to perfume lol
I received a little package of samples a couple of weeks ago, which I opened, and promptly ‘misplaced’ until last night, when I found them on my kitchen bench behind my slow cooker{which I had moved from its usual place to conduct my ‘factory’} Anyway there are a couple of fragrances by Dustia, Slumberhouse and Amourage. Last night at about 4am I decided to try the Amourage Figment Woman, and almost immediately wanted to scrub it off!!! Well to me it smelt like hairspray. Has anyone else tried this and had similar experience?
I’ve not quite decided which scent to wear to work as yet.
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Do you have an open fireplace?
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No, as they’re very uneconomical to heat a house. 80% of the heat goes up the chimney. I do have a multi-fuel stove that throws out serious heat, though.
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Can we split that 31 degrees? It’s still 15.5 a piece which is better than the 2 we’ve got this morning. With rain, of course.
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Positively balmy here by comparison with 6 degrees and rain.😒
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Oof. Yes- 15 works for me! 15-19C and I am a happy human.
No fireplace here. Why?
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Wearing Nest Wisteria Blue. Light and floral. I feel I should paint an English meadow of cow parsley, columbine, and cornflower.
Gosh it reminds of a perfume I used to wear in my teens- might’ve been an Avon. Maybe?
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Wisteria Blue? I’ve never heard of it. .however , I imagine it to be ‘soft and delicate’ like Bluebell? Doc appointment was positive…. my BP is lower, and considering the strain I’ve been experiencing, I’m happily surprised. Hubby is further up the Queensland coast. The Nikki was great ,although I sprayed minimally. later this arvo I sprayed Issara by Dustia.
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Great news on the BP. Especially with your a$$hole boss on your case recently.
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True what Cassie said. Especially about your a$$hole boss. Good lord, if this crew ever hooks up with him/her, he’s dead meat. Collective rage here over his treatment of you.
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Today promised to be really hot – although it never really got there – so I decided on a citrus fragrance that I don’t often break out: CdG Energy C Lime. Lime is hard to get right; too often it smells like dishwashing detergent, so when I first smelled this I bought it and never looked back.
BTW, I’ve often found some pretty nice fragrances in op shops, but take a look at what this guy found in a Texas thrift store:
https://www.styleforum.net/threads/the-official-thrift-discount-store-bragging-thread-part-iii-sept-2018.637155/page-225#post-9521100
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Wow!!! I am always amazed by the gems some folks find at thrift shops, estate sales and TJ Maxx stores…. sadly, I have never been so lucky.
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Lime is bloody hard to get right! You’re right about the detergent note if not done well. Jasmine is one I dread. So often they smell like insect repellant. Op shops!! Never thought to look there! Thanks, Greg!
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You don’t find fragrances often, but I have found vintage Equipage, vintage Must de Cartier, vintage Lancome Climat and a bunch of other rare stuff. Certainly worth keeping an eye out.
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Stunning!
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Greg, have you ever tried Ormonde Jayne Zizan? Or Frangipani? Both heavy on the lime, Zizan is more green with a tinge of herbal woody vetiver, the Frangipani is a BWF blend but the lime is very linear.
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Haven’t tried either of those cassie. I have an OJ? coffret, but Zizan isn’t in the set. I’ll have to track them down and have a sniff some time.
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Speaking of Wrappings I very nearly wore that today, but the Petit et Mamas just ‘spoke’ to me. Will wear it tomorrow morning, and decide if I think it is suitable for work. Will shower soon and will apply Green tree cherry blossom.
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Last night I tested the Rosie Jane perfume oil samples that came in the mail before I package them for middle Marzipans birthday in two months. James reminds me of Pacifica’s Mediterranean Fig and Leila Lou of Annick Goutal’s Petite Cherie. Rosie I cannot smell at all and Tilly is pretty but fades fast on my scent devouring skin. Angie is new and is a very pretty honeysuckle, jasmine and fig.
This perfumer is Australian but now resides in Los Angeles and I think her line is well worth exploring because the fragrances could replace the d/c Pacifica’s I love and they are also very very affordable for niche. Not only do they come in oils but also EdP and 1.7 oz are only 50USD but I see them discounted as well. Oh and the sampler pack of five was only 10USD with free shipping 🙂
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That’s for free almost! Buy, buy, buy.
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Sounds like you’re angling to get yourself an enabling pin, Mrs. Marzipan. Probably on my dime 🤨
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Honestly NO! Just reporting on what I am sampling before it gets passed on as a gift!!!
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Ya, right 🙄 LOLL
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Oh and I think my SOTD will be Architect’s Club…I have a neglected spray sample of it.
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Inspired by Sue b yesterday, Cuir Beluga.
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Hi all. Would anyone like one of my ‘Christmas creations’ ie a card? If so email me please.
Saffronmcg@hotmail.com
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Me!! Me!! Please. 👏🏻
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Hello Jyotsna.. firstly did you get a new job/ contract? Secondly I accidently deleted your email to me. The email/ box’ is new to me and I’m not sure how to find deleted emails…. I’m not very good with emails lol. Include your address ,please.
Apologies for being a dag.
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Hey Saffy- will do! Thank you!
No still applying and waiting to hear back from interview peeps.
You are not a dag.
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Me 👋🏻.
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Me, me ! I even have a mantelpiece on which to display cards (I still write and receive snail mail).
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Then you shall have a card sent to you , Ingeborg. Just email me your address ,and it will arrive via snail mail.
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Saffy! I honestly thought you were doing e-cards. Don’t do my card. Postage to Canada is absurd. I’ll e-mail you.
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I sent you an e-mail earlier in the day. lf it didn’t reach you I will try again!
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Thank you! Living in a small flat with no room for a full size Christmas tree, decorating on and around the open fireplace has become a thing for me, including lining up the most spectacular cards ♥️. It is very noticeable how the British still pay attention to this tradition, while my younger friends here have stopped sending even e-cards.
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Me too!! 😛
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You are so sweet saffy 🙂
Mine will need to be mailed too far away so I will decline.
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I wasn’t so considerate. Jumped right in with the ‘iwantone’ as per usual, greedy beeatch😀
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Yikes 😲 Maybe I should have declined, but I thought they were e-cards!! I don’t want Saffy to be spending postage on me.
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If I wasn’t willing to spend money posting out my cards, I wouldn’t have offered, sweetie, Marcella. I have made plenty, as you’re aware,lol
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Yay! I really wanted one, but I thought I should be polite and ladylike like Mrs. M
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Apparently Cassie and I are greedy-guts 🙄
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Me too. Greedy and thoughtless. Pah!
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How much further? I’m sending to Canada and Ireland lol. No pressure, Brigitte.
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Oh and Norway
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USA…but I know postage is expensive.
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Opulence and lushness today in Jubilation 25. Just the ticket for a soggy, chilly day.
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Warmer today, but rainy. Will spray some Ambre Nuit. Just came home from the dentist’s where I had preparatory work done for TWO crowns. Unlike other heath expenditures, this is something where very little is refunded. So me thinks there won’t be a lot of money for perfume before December.
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Me too. I’m in next week for crown prep. Dammit but dental work is expensive here and I only get 20% back on my taxes😡. At least I don’t have to get TWO!!!
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Stupidly expensive here too. Regular cleaning takes what? Twenty/thirty minutes? That’ll be $280.00 ma’am.
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Whaaaat? Ffs! (Excuse mon Francais.)
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Yup. You heard me right. And cuz I’m self-employed, I have no insurance 😖
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Guerlain Santal Royal. This is my latest acquisition, a large decant. Perfectly lovely but won’t need a FB. Will use it and enjoy it but It’s too similar to my NR Santal Musc, which in my opinion is the better of the two, it works better with my chemistry.
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I got two sample & decant packages, there’s a dozen of Arabian houses’ scents I’ve never even heard of, – but more importantly, there’s a couple of Goutals, Cuir Cordoba by Keiko Mecheri, Angelique Lilas Aqua Allegoria… Now I’m wearing Nuit etoilee (regretting I didn’t go for the full bottle) and Maria Candida Gentil’s Cinabre, the latter has a vintage Opium vibe.
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* Gentile
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Nice!
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Ooo. That last one is very very appealing. Vintage Opium vibe 😋
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It’s very good. I have to confess, while I admire Opium, I can’t wear it, its successors such as Cinnabar EL or this one seem like an easier option.
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Who makes Nuit Etoilee? And what does ‘Etoilee” mean ,please? I suck at French
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A starry night, isn’t it? It’s from Annick Goutal.
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Oh now I remember.. in a stunningly gorgeous blue bottle.
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Saffy, it’s Goutal, and Etoilee means Starry. I think it’s an ommage to Vincent Van Gogh’s painting, at least that’s what it smells like: there’s pine, mint, angelique and citrus notes. It’s amazing!
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I LOVE that one and should have bought a bottle when it was at the discounters.
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SAME. I didn’t grab a deal because the reviews didn’t really impress me, and I regret it now.
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Jury’s out. Sue b was pondering if Cuir Beluga is subtle. It was noted and complimented both both sets of painters today. The one at my daughter’s apartment and the team at my client’s house……which is almost finished. New hardwood flooring going down beginning of next week. Almost finished tiling for kitchen and bathroom floors. This baby is coming in ON TIME 👏
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Excellent…on all counts.
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Now come over here and find a tiler for my measly 6m2 kitchen backsplash🙄 Hubby said he’s going to do it himself. Over my dead body, he is. I would be doing cleanup and picking up his tools every day for bloody weeks! And the rows😱
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OH $HIT NO! Do not let the hubby do it!! I’d rather eat grout than let mine touch that job.
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🤣🤣 Honestly I am laughing like a drain. My husband and I were at my daughter’s apartment today. Putting back switch plates and giving the electrician some help holding up ceiling fixtures. In the space of one hour he 1) trod on his glasses 2) lost his car keys 3) lost his headlamp (the breaker circuit was turned off) 4) got a parking ticket 5) couldn’t find all of the outlets 6) cracked two covers cuz he overtightened the screw (I had extras with me anticipating this outcome) and then, as is his wont matched out in a huff 😂😂
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Marched*
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I’m heading to work today in Petit et Mamas
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Missing the Smally?
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He comes from the Laurel and Hardy school of handymen, then?
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Once again you need to send your hubby over to the Marzipan clan…we would train him right! Mr. M does everything around the house and then some…I won’t even begin to tell you some of the jobs he has tackled over the years. He watches youtube videos to get the “training”.
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Can you just duplicate him and send over a copy? My guy doesn’t travel well. Won’t go anywhere without his mountain bike, skates, hockey stick and fishing gear 🙄
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Wohoo
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Yeah. I was hot stuff today 🤣
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Really hot here, 35C, so another Eau de Cologne today. This is one from the cheapies aisle: Hierbas de Ibiza AdC Fresca. It’s another one that’s big on lemon, and has lasted pretty well in the heat.
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SOTveryhotA
ELDO You or Someone Like You. My very first time trying out YoSLY. Fresh minty but not toothpaste. I don’t often wear green fragrances (I love Wrappings though) becuase they smell like household cleaners or toiletries. But THIS, I like. (So far) Caroline Sabas has me spot on. Thank you, Mel!
Off to my son’s OT. Brace the heat. Yuk! I will sit in a cafe and sketch or pop into the op shop.
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OT= Occupational Therapy? Or something else?
and I love Wrappings too!
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Brigitte- Yes Occupational Therapy. To help with fine motor skills.
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Horizon..while I do like it I think wearing straight up patchouli oil would be much less expensive.
and Portia has a post on Caron pour Homme over on Perfume Posse…lordy, I may just make that purchase this weekend….I could make full bottles and decants for holiday presents with all that juice.
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Are you going to get that 25 oz bottle?
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Portia is talking me out of the big bottle and recommends the smaller one…
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Listen to your inner self. Do not be swayed by well-intentioned people (except for me). Go ahead and buy what seems like the best deal. Right now. You’ll be too busy riding on the mower this weekend to do it then. Never put off to tomorrow what you can do today. Just a thoughtful little reminder 😇
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I second Portia’s words: a 4.2 fl.oz. bottle will last you for years (I know because mine has).
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Just buy it! Gwan gwan gwan😀
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LOL! It’s still sitting in the shopping cart…
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Oy! In that case my work is not done. I can not claim my pin. Now listen carefully, wander on over to your computer, find that cart and click buy/purchase/get it/check-out/proceed to payment. It’s easy. And fun! You can do it, I know you can. I’ll be very proud of you. Let me know if you managed and how it went 😁
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I am telling you, your work is done!!! I will be purchasing something, whether that honking 25 oz bottle to distribute amongst the marzipan clan (including my perfume DOUSING parents) or the 2.5 oz conservative bottle which Portia recommends….either one will be bought eventually and perhaps this weekend while the men of the house are away!!!
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This makes me little bit nervous. On the other hand, it’s a splendid activity whilst the menfolk are away felling trees and hewing wood.
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Nope the menfolk are at a chess tourney!!!
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Ah! They be well-bred gentlemen then.
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It doesn’t have to be that way 😇
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Remember you will be too busy riding around on the estate lawn this weekend. You better do it now 😇
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No riding this weekend as the men are away and Mr.M does not let me ride when he is not around. I will be inside mopping all the floors and knitting like a fiend!!!
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We’ll be house slave sisters! I’ll be mopping floors at her new apartment. She gets to do the kitchen cabinets. That’s out of my league. I’ll do floors. I’ll even do windows. But this lady does not do kitchen cabinets.
So, did ya buy it yet 😇
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LOL! I will buy it eventually…I promise!!!
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😉
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Tokyo mIlk Tainted Love for me today.
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Every time I see this in print I start humming the song to myself.
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Me too!!!
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Same here!
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Love that name.
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I would spray a nice shot of Musc Ravageur this morning if I thought it would stick to my skin. This is unlikely cuz my flesh is raised in three inch ‘I just saw a creepy-crawly’ horror hives. On my wall, above the bed – a three inch long hideous monster with seventeen million very long legs, flatish body and crazy long antennas. Kind of brownish-gray. 😳😳😳 I am completely creeped out!
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😂 so there IS something you’re afraid of. Did you take a photo for a google reference?
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Of course I did. The big bugger has been ID’d. Apparently they are GOOD to have? They eat spiders. And silverfish which I don’t have, probably cuz he ate them all. I need something that will eat him. Oh ya, the Japanese feed ‘em up real good and keep them as pets 😳. Who knows wtf they do with them once they’re all nice and fattened up 🤮
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What is it? And what are silverfish and why would they be in a house? Confused.com
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It was a Scutigera coleoptrata. Silverfish are rather short bodied gray things that move like lightning. They like a very damp environment. If you have crappy plumbing they will crawl out of the bathtub drain and party in your bathroom.
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Where’s Mr Laurelhardy with his hockey stick when you need him?😃
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Mr. Laurelhardy 🤣🤣 that’s a “keeper. He wiped the goo off after I had annihilated it with a fifteen minute long spray of Raid.
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😂
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Wow… The heat is on!!! Yesterday it got to 31C in Ballarat, my Lordy it was stifling!!! Anyway thankfully hubby is on his way home to me.. heading South from today….Saffy is happy. He doesn’t know what to buy as a gift lol…I said just go to every ‘touristy’ town/museum and buy me a pen or a Christmas decoration!!! I went for a little walk in my garden this morning, which was delightful. At the time ,it was raining gently. I could smell the wet earth/ grass and when I got to near my rubbish bins…very pungent. Working this arvo again… such joy… going to wear Ostara.
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I’m happy that you’re happy 😉
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I had my hand on the Ostara bottle…..then other hand picked up another bottle and began spraying. Gaga L’eau….was a blind ‘gift’… Will report tonight how it goes.
Also, Jysonta… hoping you are not located near the bushfire.
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Oops, forgot again, today is Mure et Musc, nothing controversial as I’m visiting the doc. Don’t want to gas them.
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You smell delicious Cassieflower. I did pick up the very same for today then went to my trusty L’Art Al Oudh.
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No you don’t. Apparently they don’t like that anymore. I wore Pour Un Homme for the same reason when I was at the dic’s earlier this week.
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LOLLL! Doc’s!
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And just what were you up to at the Dic’s😉
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🤭
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Lovely choice, Cassie!
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Fourreau Noir today, now it’s finally cold enough for tonka warmth. Topped that up with Feve Delicieuse when it was down to its last whispers tonight. Goes well with the candles and fairy lights and big fuzzy scarf.
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That sounds like my idea of pure heaven.
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You smell like magic!
Oh forreau noire is so magical. I love it! I don’t know feve delicieuse. What’s it like?
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In my bathrobe tonight which smells like a cacophony of scents!!! I think some of them might be the Rosie Janes I sampled the other night..
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I love putting on a garment that’s infused by a nice mixture of perfumes. It’s the only good thing about this bloody weather. Coats, sweaters and scarves all smell fabulous. And bathrobes too!
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And leather gloves! When I worked in Manhattan a lifetime ago and took public transportation my gloves were always infused with an amalgamation of scents. Now that I drive to work I don’t often wear gloves.
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I spray the inside of my gloves occasionally. I can waft my hands around all dramatically and leave a trail.
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ha!! this is one of the many reasons I love ya,cassie!!!!
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Mmm. Wonderful.
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AND I just received my sampler pack from Portia so the next five days will be fun exploring new scents!
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Yay! New scents for our mower-riding ballerina! Don’t forget about your one true love in all that excitement. That sad, lonely, depressed bottle of Pour Un Homme miserably crying in the corner needs a nice Mommy.
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Right. I’ll quit bugging you. The bottle song is getting old.
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Listen, you deserve the enabler pin because I am definitely getting it…between you and Portia and my love of lavender it is coming to me eventually!!
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and you do realize that I have never even smelled Pour un Homme 🙂 Nonetheless, it WILL be mine…
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I was actually thinking that last night. I wore it to bed and thought to myself “I think Mrs. M is probably doing a blind buy”
You’re safe tho. I’m sure you’ll love it.
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Nest Dahlias and Vines. This is very spring! I normally don’t do florals unless they’re BIG and WHITE but this is soft without being “little old lady”.
I am delighted that the range is inspired by British paper artist Mary Delany. I might make a Delany inspired piece in my sketchbook today💕
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Shalimar EdP for a relaxing evening. I went to a moving van rental location today. Two agents were sitting unoccupied behind the counter. I was the only client. I asked if I could book a van for Sunday. I was told I had to call 😳I said “but I am standing right here. You want me to go home and call you?” Yes was the answer or I could book on-line. I returned to my car, called them and told them to keep their van and their ridiculous business policy. As I was leaving I grabbed an enormous handful of their Halloween candy 😎
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Shalimar is fabulous. Those rental folks are idiots. Candy is awesome.
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Candy is awesome. That’s all I focused on.
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O M G! What outrageously poor service. They couldn’t even help you get online to do it?
WOW! Marcella.
Portia x
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They don’t deserve anyone’s business.
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Nope. Ridiculous, right?
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Damn idiots are an international curse, sorry you had to interact with those lazy shits. I met a couple of those this morning (they delivered me a package which I still haven’t unpacked because I’m very pissed and don’t want to ruin the pleasure). The thing is, I left a complaint online and I will try to find the time to go to the company office and give them a piece of my mind about their customer service but, frankly, in Russia not many people are actually afraid to get a bad rap that’s why they don’t care much about complaints.
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It’s utter bull$hit. Customer ‘service’ is getting as rare as hen’s teeth, these days.
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😮 aw come on, modern life has crawled up its own ass now. I hope you left the door wide open as you left.
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Unbelievable, right?
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Muggy, rain early, humid and quite hot. I brought out Putman’s Formidable Man. I like this one so much, they named it after me!
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That weather sounds just gorgeous. One degree and raining here 😖
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L’Insomnuit……gorgeous stuff…thank you P!!!!!
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Well folks… I’ve had another very busy shift….in tears with pain. Generalized back pain. Will be heading to bed soon, hot pack in tow. I’m wearing Habanita to provide a little comfort, too.
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Take care, hope you get through the next few days without the back pain getting worse!
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Habanita is such a bliss, Saffy. I didn’t think I’d like it but I do, very much so.
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You’re jobbis total murder on backs, for sure. Let those muscles relax. The Habanita will help a bit, I hope.
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In a deliberately monstrous nuclear cloud of Russian Oud guaranteed to offend all but the most hard-core perfumista, for a meeting with some folks from my favorite company, IKEA. I will be lurking at my daughter’s apartment awaiting a sofa delivery today. IKEA will rue the day I stepped through their doors 😈 Wearing my tool belt, construction boots, dirty Levi’s and a thick flannel lumberjack jacket. I’ll be scratching my a$$, burping and picking my nose while they’re setting down boxes. Maybe I’ll spit on the floor to indicate where they should place the box.
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Marcella, I’m rolling on the floor laughing again 😀 😀 What a sight!
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Kinda cheeky, I guess.
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You have to burp loudly as well.
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I did 😉
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In Seville à l’ Aube, this one projects well and it is a shame I so often forget about it!
Seems we are getting Couvent des Minimes here now. Does anyone have suggestions for what to try first? Not cheap, but mid-price, and it does look like the people at Kicks (the perfumery chain) plan to take 100 Bon out of their perfume shelves (at least cannot find the same nuber of products as before), so the variety isn’t getting better.
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Yummy 😋
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Eau des Minimes is their most popular cologne and in my opinion it smells best.
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Thank you! I’ll seek that cologne out next week, it lions like there will be some gift sets available before Christmas, too.. So I have decided against buying anything Y. Rocher at this point, hoping those gift sets from Couvent des Minimes will be good value.
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lions? lol
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I sure should stop using my phone when commenting! 😂😂
I guess you won’t believe me if I say I’m being trusted with proofreading at work?
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There was one I adored…my best friend sent it to me…it was a mini splash and it was the very best citrus I have ever smelled. I loved it so much and knew it was highly affordable so I went a bit crazy and finished it quite fast only to find out that it was no longer being sold in the States…I will have to research the name.
and one of them is supposed to be a dupe for SDV..It might be the one Neva mentioned. Again, that one also disappeared from the States.
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The one I love was Eau des Minimes…various citruses, florals, rosemary and vanillic woods..it was so refreshing and addictive…perfect for a hot day…you could douse yourself in it.
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Oh, rosemary! Absolutely need to try that if I can find it.
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I’ve finally decided to join in again. Last week was busy, visited a fair in Germany and came back after four days. Woke up the next day with a cold and back pain. I was very patient, didn’t go out every night because I didn’t want to make it worse, drank a lot of tea, did some slow yoga,…it took me almost a week to get back in shape. The last two days I was visiting cemeteries, lighting candles and meeting my family – the usual occupation on All Saints’ Day. SOTD was Antonia’s Flowers Tiempe Passate, which I thought appropriate. Today for a bit of work and a business lunch I wore Orris Tattoo from Parle Moi de Parfum. It’s my first iris based perfume and I’ve bought it mainly because it reminded me a lot of Versace’s V/S from the nineties.
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Welcome back Neva, we been missing you.
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Welcome back!!!!!!!
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Welcome home, Neva. Sparklepoints for self-care!
I don’t have any irises except SL ISM. I think?
There was a popular brand of biscuits called Parle- so I always think caramel and butterscotch when I hear that name.
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Thanks for the email, Jyotsna…. I’m home from work logged on and found your email with details. Before I go to bed I’ll have a shower and glass of Shiraz,then select your card ,write it out and ad to the pile of snail mail to be sent on Monday.
Brigitte, I’m guessing that Aoud Amber Rose is by Montale, but likely wrong. Will be wearing a couple of squints of Tabu and my hot pack to bed.
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Yes! it is Montale!!!! it’s luxurious!!!! I wearing it as I mop the floors of the entire house while the men are away and no one is underfoot!
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A luxurious OTT perfume for mopping floors. Hope you’re completing the picture by wearing stilettos, a swank LBD and diamond studs. Red lippie, your blond hair piled up, a martini in one hand and a ciggie in the other would not be amiss.
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In Starkville contrast to the elegance that is Mrs. Marzipan’s mopping outfit (which only exists in my mind 🤪) I will be engaging in the same activity in gray sweats, beat up sneakers, and an oversized, faded black sweatshirt. I will be trailing Felanilla and wearing pearl studs however.
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And….no idea where Starkville came from 🤔.
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Marcella- I hate to burst your bubble but I am in hubby’s boxer shorts, the girls white tank top they left behind and fuzzy socks..just finished the entire mopping…now moving on to the laundry …..
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Thanks, my perfume family! I was missing you too 🙂
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Boss Intense, a throwback to 2003. I remember I bought this as a gift for my daughter for her birthday and liked it so much I had to get one for myself. Lovely rosey, ambery vanilla with light spice. Discontinued now unfortunately, yet they thought MaVie would be a good idea. Well whatever🙄
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Welcome ‘home’ Neva. The back pain has eased greatly….I had a very good sleep ,and the hot pack provided great relief. Will wear Habanita to work today. the temperature has dropped from 30C to about 12C…. I’m not at all hardened so I have my heater on. I’ve selected and written a card for ,Cassie, Marcella and Melanie this morning. Jyotsna, I accidently deleted your email.. could you send another please? Neva would you like a hand ‘created’ Christmas card? If so write address details in an email to;
saffronmcg@hotmail.com.
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I just sent it.
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Wohoo, jeez you’re so organised, I haven’t even come to terms with it being November yet.
Glad your back let you sleep. Do you visit a chiropractor at all? Or try Pilates? Great for strengthening the back and girdle muscles. That job of yours is a killer on the body and you have to take care of yourself first.
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So glad you’re feeling better, Saffy. 12C it was not, surely? Where can I find 12C on this continent? Lead me to it. I am dying here.
You are super-organised! I am in awe. I only just packed away zombies, ghouls and ghosts. Today, just today, I pulled out my supplies. Sheesh.
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Saffy, I’d love such a Christmas card ❤ Will be emailing you soon.
I see you too have problems with back pain. I hope it's nothing severe and it will get better soon. I had two massages and I was doing yoga for back pain and various stretching so after a week it feels better. The older I get, the more I realize I must not hold the same position for long. Moderation all the way 😦
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Neva- do you do yin yoga? Really good for slow long stretches?
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Yes, I do yin yoga too, but rarely. I prefer vinyasa or power yoga because I like to get sweaty. Actually, thank you for the suggestion, yin yoga is what I need right now. That should calm my mind too.
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I am the same way…I like to challenge myself in my old age..while I haven’t always been doing the weights (I am now though thanks to Marcella and crikey) I have always done handstand, headstand and crow because it’s good for the bones…my yoga teacher does what she calls a “flow” class and gives so many adaptations you can go at your own pace.
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Still mooching in my jimjams but have decided on Orris Noire for today/tonight/tomorrow morning.
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Testing another Portia goodie…Aoud Amber Rose…I am thinking this is an oil? (it’s early folks!)…thick, unctuous and boozy…looking forward to retesting in the heart of winter and cold.
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Brigitte— Mmm hmm. That’s sounds divine. Who’s it by?
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Guessing it is a Montale, but could be wrong
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Saffy- You guessed right!
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Yipeee.. I’m never right at anything lol.. so pleased with myself.
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Saffy is correct!!!
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Guerlain Rose nacree tonight. Just a waft.
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Big afternoon colouring in, eating cheese n biscuits, listening to tunes and trialling lots of my new samples with my darling niece Nyree. Highlights were Tommy H Loud for Him and Her for Nyree, Tom Ford White Patchouli for me. We both liked Malin Goetz Dark Rum.
Funniest smell of the day- DKNY My NY = Smokey olives!
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Sounds like the perfect afternoon. But smokey olives? Really??
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Jyotsna, it’s been a lovely time. Today we making cupcakes and doing plaits in someone’s long hair xx
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Smokey olives??? I can’t even imagine the smell of it…is it a mainstream fragrance?
I only know the Tom Ford that you mention and it may be the only one of his perfumes that works for me. The others are a bit over the top to my nose.
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Hi Neva, we retried a bunch of scents this morning. Seems the Smokey olive is actually Coach Signature Rose but on second smell we get a leathery spicy rose. It’s got a sharpness, or something Smokey/ burnt to it. Interesting. We also trialled DKNY My NY again and describe it as a floral, woody musk. Next highlight was Modern Muse Nuit – a soft, musky floral.
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Great, Melanie. Testing perfume with a buddy is such fun. Now you’ve made me curious about Coach Signature Rose.
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PG Felanilla which is a bit of a no-brainer for me. Sprayed it on then ducked back into bed. Loads of moving/cleaning/organizing/packing to do with my daughter but…….it’s gray, raining, damp and miserable today. So procrastinating.
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I’ll be right there with you cleaning today…I have a ton of stuff to do plus a tiny bit of yardwork if it stops raining and two more hats to knit ….I will be busy and can get lots done since I am home alone.
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Fun, eh 🙄
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Put on some fave music ,the kettle ,and knit knit knit.
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Slow start, lounging about reading a novel and drinking coffee before getting my lazy arse to the gym. Where the a/c is broken and it was nearly as humid as the steam room. Bleh. Managed to split my trusty swimming cap, too, so no pool time: I’d leave a trail of pink and magenta dye behind me, and my hair hates chlorine.
Rocking some t-rex today.
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My daughter’s apartment has now passed the litmus test of cleanliness which is my approval. Considering I did most of it while she was working it kinda makes sense.
UGH! Clocks get turned back tonight. Me no likey! Wearing Carnal Flower to distract me.
Tomorrow is moving day. At least the sun will be shining. I hope I can refrain from murdering Mr. LaurelHardy. I suppose I can behave since we will be helped by my daughter’s friends, my other daughter and my SIL. Yeah, I reckon I’ll be able to keep a lid on it.
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OMG Marcella, I wish you luck for tomorrow. Moving is such a stressful thing to do but since you’ll have so many helpers I think it will be all right. Don’t forget to bring a bottle of champagne to celebrate when you’re done with the work.
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Home. Pooped. Not me moving, Neva. My youngest daughter with stuff scattered in three places after a terrible breakup. She’ll be in her new digs on Wednesday when her bed gets delivered. But wow! I’m gonna miss her all over again 😢
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I suppose you have a wonderful relationship with your daughter Marcella. It’s always hard when they leave us but I hope she will not live far away from you and you can see her regularly.
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Well ,kids.. I’m in LURVE!!!! I sampled Dustia Fleur de Lalita….so fabulous on my skin. Not such a fabulous price….. Might have to just buy a travel spray to see me through Summer, and save up for a big bottle. Heading to the pits,wearing Il Bacio. Hubby is having a ‘rest day’ today near Noosa ,after driving 700kms yesterday.
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Well Yay!! Not about the price. Hope work treats you well. And you get a chance to have a good rest. I’ve just started my cards and I am panicking!
When does your husband get home?
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Do not panic, sweet Jyotsna…one day at a time. Hubby has to be at work this Friday at 9,30 pm ,so I’m hoping he will be home on Wednesday,so he can get some sleep because he works nights. Work was remarkably ‘calm’ this evening, and now I have 4 days off. I will be joining in the cleaning frenzy which Marcella and Brigitte have been doing. It is nearly 10pm.. will shower soon ,have a glass of Shiraz and apply some Bluebell to go to sleep.
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Saffy- I must focus. On cards. Got sidetracked by Midsomer Murders and then started sketching noir-ish characters. Do you think a Cluedo theme would well-received?
Sleep well, lovely Saffy, wrapped in Bluebell. And enjoy your time off!
I’m wearing YSL Y. (Thank you, Portia) And inking the last of the shady characters.
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Y is one of the best chypres there is, I love its sharpness. Glad you like it!
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Y is such a beauty. They are still selling it in those beige cubical bottles but I haven’t tried the new version.
Is there a possibility that you post a picture of your noirish characters?
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Enjoy your relaxation time!
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Yes, Dusita perfumes are so good that somehow one doesn’t think they’re overpriced. That said, I just wish I had more money to buy them all. Hope you’ll get a bottle of Fleur de Lalita soon enough, Saffy!
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Saffy, please describe Fleur de Lalita. I haven’t been able to try Dusita Perfume but there’s been much talk about them recently. I hope your husband has a safe trip home.
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Neva I’m useless at describing things, however ,I will try. On spraying I immediately feel uplifted and I feel happy. Imagine if you go to a florist shop to find the flowers behind glass doors in a cool room, or a fridge. Open that door ,and a cacophony of gorgeous scented flowers greets your nose. Add the iciness of the fridge. There is a ‘lightness’ or ‘airiness’ too. I’d equate Fleur de Lalita to a fragrance like SL De Profundis, or even April Violet by Yardley. Hope this helps.
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Saffy, this sounds amazing. If it is half as good as what I think it smells now, I want it too!
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We change our clocks this weekend which will be an annoyance for me as I already get up so early!
So I am up at technically now 330am…yikes! But I smell fabulous in my Portia sample of Diptyque’s Olene!!!!
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I bet you smell fabulous, Brigitte! Gotta go read about Olene 😉
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It’s a rich white floral. Now it’s the evening and I am in vintage Dioressence.
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Yes, changing the clocks is annoying. Even more annoying is the fact that it is completely dark at 5 pm 😦
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I find the sun going down early a bit depressing. 😥
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Oh Brigitte- sending fragrant warm hugs.
Also have you considered getting one of those lamp thingies. My friends in the UK, Canada swear by their usefuless in keeping their (friends) mood up. (I hate giving unsolicited advice so ignore if not helpful)
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Neva- I will scan and link some inkwork! Thank you for adking- super chuffed.
Oh and I dusted off my yin yoga dvd.
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Yay! Looking forward to it 🙂
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Travelling between cool and hot climes yesterday, so I went for AdP Acqua Essenza di Colonia. This is a really good all-rounder in my opinion. Today was another warm day, and I went with Tom Ford Mandarino di Amalfi.
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I’m sending out Christmas items today, so in fitting in with the theme , I’m going to wear Winter Delice.
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I have trouble correlating Christmas and winter in my mind saffy. It’s always been stinking hot most years.
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Gosh yes. That was the biggest system shock I felt after moving to Australia.
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I could cope admirably with that, Jyotsna😉 👙🕶🌞☀️🍹
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I would kill to be trimming the tree in shorts and a tank top. Opening presents on the beach! Going for a swim on Christmas Day. That’s my idea of living.
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Nest Citrine today. And this one blows me away. Delightful play of floral scents. One of which is lemon blossom. Perfect spring scent.
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