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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 26.11 – 2.12.2018
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
SOTN – a soft sprtiz of Nina. This is my mum’s and I miss her so mch during the holidays.
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Your Mum wore Nina Jyotsna? Classy! I love it too. She’s giving you a scented hug from the heavens.
Potria xx
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💕😘😘
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Aww shucks, Jyotsna. I miss my mom too. She always did Christmas with such a big heart. Bustling about in the kitchen, Chanel No. 5 oozing out of every pore. Beautiful.
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My mam was the same. Christmas cakes and puddings galore! She made them for all and sundry. Her lazy ass daughter has not inherited her baking skills🙄
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So I won’t be seeing you on the Great British Baking Show, then? Or the Irish version? GIBS?
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Definitely not. The very idea makes me lol😂. No baking, cooking or any sort of domestic goddessery.
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😂 Then you and my youngest daughter have a lot in common. I was hoping she’d learn….I guess not.
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Yes but I bet she has other talents, just like me😃
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Wait! Except for your trusty Hoover! That counts, ya know. Unless the trusty Hoover is Madame Weimaraner.
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I got a sample of Nina from Portia a while ago. I’ll wear it tomorrow for you. I’m sorry your mum is not with you anymore.
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Oh thank you, lovely, You are a sweetheart. 😘😘
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Nina is really beautiful and rich. I’m sorry that I still have only a few drops left but I’ve enjoyed it so much tonight during a fancy dinner. I was thinking of you and your mum ❤
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For today the amazing Montale Honey Aoud for me, so make room everybody, the sillage train is coming 😃😃
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Hey Alen,
Those Montales are beasts, in the best way possible.
Portia xx
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Phew. I just fell over, but I’m alright 😃
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Hi Alen, you smell awesome! Montale Honey Oud is on my full bottle wish list. Along with a few other Montales. Sadly on me the Montales aren’t that big, nor knock people out! It sits really close on me and I only get comments if someone hugs me and sniffs at the same time!!
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This morning I spritzed Issara by Dusita, it was very oud, high pitched but with a floral jasmine note. Then I got sick of it and it would not go away!
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Oh No! Did it calm down at all JackieB?
Portia x
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What a bummer! Issara was a love at first sniff for me.
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I think I did like it at first spray, but found the drydown got stuck and didn’t meld with my skin.
Perfume speak not my first language!
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I get what you mean. Well, plenty more fish in the sea 🙂
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Beyond Paradise Blue by Estee Lauder.
Oddly sweet, white flowers and gasoline. One of the weirdest concoctions ever released by this house. Both hot and cold simultaneously.
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Must try. I love white flowers and I love the smell of gasoline. I don’t think I own any EL. And honestly I would’ve thought it had marine, tropical floral notes and walked right past.
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Sadly this flanker is long gone Jyotsna,
The original is beautiful too but not so outrageously OTT.
Portia xx
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Oh, interesting…I don’t think I’ve ever tried it.
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A very light dose of Yves Rocher Rose Oud. Rainy and cold, will snow later.
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OMG!
Anna Maria and I both have bottles of this, bought in Paris on the Champs Elysee! So many great memories in this one fragrance.
Portia xxx
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Tauer Les Annes 25. It’s a very cold morning and I’m bundled up taking the train downtown to work. My office is sadly scent sensitive so I have to be careful with my spillage. Les Annes is warm and dry with that lovely Tauer DNA.
Nina; what a beautiful scent memory Jyotsna.
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Pour Un Homme for the walking effort this morning. A mild, rainy weekend made it possible to saunter outside in sneakers! Christmas lights went up in full force this weekend and made the darkness more cheerful. And the birds thought it was spring. In full whistle mode by 6:30.
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Christmas lights already! I love Christmas in the northern hemisphere.
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Christmas, yes. The five months of winter that surround it, not so much.
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Truer words have never been spoken Marcella.
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😬
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😂
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Aromatics Black Cherry. The day is bright but cold and there’s lovely spice in this. Spent my morning at the funeral of a lovely lady who has been battling a brain tumor for six years. They told her on diagnosis that her prognosis wasn’t entirely optimistic. She was damn feisty and gave in to nothing very easily. Hence the six years.
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Sad news, Cassie but the fact that your friend didn’t give up on her life is inspiring.
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For sure.
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That’s so sad. I hope you found comfort in this lovely perfume.
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A moving morning for you, Cassie. Sadly, events such as these are beginning to pop up rather more frequently in my circle. And it’s always a shock, no matter how long or well-fought the battle was. My sympathies and a warm hug to you.
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It makes us pause for a moment and think of our own mortality.
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Yes.
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Oh Cassie, I am so sorry. Loss is so very hard- soft hugs. Your friend sounds like an awesome woman.
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Wore my vintage Mitsouko again during the day (two vintages, to be precise, ’cause they differ), and now it’s the vintage Jicky time, and it’s terrific.
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Your cup runneth over😉
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Fantastic, Diana!
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Vintage Jicky rules.
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Swoon! So fab, Diana.
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Thanks 🙂
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SOT business trip – Agar Ebene from the Hermessence line. I’ve applied three times during the day, each time 8-10 spritzes but I could feel it all the time. It’s the only oud I like so far because it’s warm, woody and creamy. Now I’m in the hotel room killing time on my laptop. For tomorrow’s meeting I have another Hermessence – Cuir d’Ange. Then I’ll thunk both samples!
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You’ll be leaving some beautiful scent trails in that hotel room!
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Yum on the Cuir d’Ange.
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It had better longevity than Agar Ebene and I like it better overall. Yes, it’s yummy 🙂
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Neva- you smell gorgeous. Where are you? Have fun!
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Just travelling through Croatia visiting my customers with a colleague, the usual “end of the year” visits 😉
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Tom Ford Black Orchid today, in honour of my dear friend who gifted it to me. He moved interstate some time ago but he’s back in ol’ Adelaide this week catching up with his family so I’m seeing him tonight for dinner, and lots of laughing and perfumed hugs 🤗
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Isn’t it fab meeting up after some time apart. There will definitely be fragrant hugs. And ❤️ Black Orchid, always reminds me of NY where I had my first sniff of it.
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Friend reunion! Best thing!
Have a grand time, Mel.
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Finally home
Started the day in eau de lierre and ending in Bottega Venetta 💙💚 💛💜
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and now I will slather myself in my labdanum oil which smells a bit smoky but I still like it….
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Get out the bathrobe!
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Aaaand deeecompressss
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Beautiful perfumes, both of them!
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they are two of my absolute favorites at the moment!
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Received my January Scent Project sampler today. Tested Burbuvu and Eiderantler. Both were most certainly original, quality fragrances. Also, a bit of a challenge for the first go round. When I sprayed Burvuvu I realized I had smelled a similar note in Carnal Flower. Eucalyptus. In Burvuvu it is joined by a strong and natural cedar. What I am smelling now is Vick’s Vapo-Rub. It just might work next time my nose is stuffed up. Eiderantler is certainly a lavender, but not the lavender lollie of Pour Un Homme. There’s something fusty hiding under the lavender. A very earthy, damp mushroom? I dunno. Probably a bit too ‘out there’ for my tastes. But wholly original if that’s what floats your boat.
Big snow starting tonight. 20-25 cm. No red suede foot ornamentation for me tomorrow 🙁
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I looked at that sampler a while ago and said pass because I am way too old and crotchety to be challenged these days by my perfumes…I will take a lavender lollie any day 🙂
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and crap on the snow….I am so not ready for this winter…..
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I think I’m inclined to agree with you 😏
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Hey I’ve got a pair of black sparkly wellies you could borrow. And a 🧣The Michelin Man get-up you can supply yourself.
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Black sparkly wellies are just the ticket! Anything to distract from the mess.
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Oh what mess?? Are you okay, Marcella?
Boo to the less than spectacular samples!
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No worries Jyotsna. The mess I’m referring to is 25cm of snow.
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Bummer about the sample set Marcella,
I wonder if you’ll crave them once they are done. That’s how the weird ones work on me. I’m like, phew, glad that didn’t work. THEN I’m intrigued, go back for more, then I thunk it. Niggle, niggle, niggle in my brain. Suddenly I can’t live without it.
Portia xx
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Anything’s possible, but I’ll be needing to gird my loins for the second go-round 😳
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I am wearing gucci nobile. I feel that it was influenced by drakkar noir. I am actually wearing the first version of nobile because it was reformulated before being discontinued
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Drakkar noir! I remember that well. My husband never liked it. He’s a Brut man.
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Drakkar Noir, boyfriend from 1983 to 84🙈
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Drakkar Noir…how my husband snagged me…then never wore fragrance ever again! Until First Cut 🙂
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And we all know what happens then😏
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🤸😈😈
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hahahahhaha
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WOW!
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Drakkar Noir – the ultimate eighties perfume. I can’t remember Gucci Nobile…
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Drakkar Noir was abused but you cannot define it is a classic. You know perfume collectors are weird bunch. Drakkar Noir sells for nothing while Gucci Nobile commands ridiculous prices online (also owing to its discontinued status). But if you check Nobile reviews, some go overboard in praising it. Nobile is a good fragrance but I wore the original first version and I immed. detected the influence of Drakkar Noir in it. I checked dates online and Drakkar Noir came first, 6 years before Nobile. Gucci Nobile seems to have imitated it in hope of similar financial success as many other fragrances of the era did since Drakkar Noir ruled supreme.
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damn spelling mistakes..I meant to write in first sentence “you cannot deny it is a classic…”
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It IS a classic…and I still LOVE it 🙂
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I thought I’d spend this week in my vintage cupboard, as these do not get much love at all. Something to do with being reluctant to use them up, I suspect.
Monday I wore Yardley Bond Street. I think this is pretty old, maybe 1950s. The bottle and packaging are very similar to the one in this photo, except the box says “Skin Perfume Cologne” instead of just “Cologne”.
Today I’m wearing Vers-Toi, by Worth. This one seems to date from the 1960s; it’s identical to this picture.
I bought this bottle at a flea market stall that was charging outrageous sums for empty L’Air du Temps minis because they were “designed by Lalique”. Further down the table, with all of their regular dross, was this moon-shaped bottle, that is actually stamped Lalique on the base. Some people. :rollseyes:
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Chergui, me, and an overcast day.
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That’s a nice combo, Jyotsna 🙂
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Gorgeous!
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I left a post this morning that still says it is “awaiting moderation”. That was less than 20 minutes after my response to Diana went up no problem. Am I doing something wrong?
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Did it have a link, Greg?
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Yep. Is that a problem?
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Yes, if you put links in it will need approval. that’s what junkers do.
Leave out the links for easier access.
Portia xx
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SOTN- 1932. Neva’s favourite exclusif.
Yummy butter chicken and green beans with rice. Wish I could share with you all.
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I wish you could, too!
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YUM on both counts Jyotsna,
You smell;l and eat great.
Portia xx
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Cassie took the words right out of my mouth.
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That’s right Jyotsna 🙂 I hope you’ve enjoyed it…just like I would have enjoyed the meal.
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Paprika Brasil…I am going to take a break from testing this week and wear my loves.
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Change of plans….First Cut…because Diane has released all of her perfumes in larger bottles AND has a new one (Casablanca) just released yesterday!!!
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And guess who ordered a sample of Casablanca yesterday? Yep, me! The review I read sounded very promising, and apparently Diane created this in the depths of winter, longing to smell her garden. I can relate!
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As can I!!!💐🌸🌹🌺🌻🌷
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Lily, I take it?
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Tuberose, I believe .
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Wooh, must read up. Not that it’s any good to me over here.
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Surely I could ‘sneaky mail’ you a sample?! Does your postal service have a perfume-sniffing canine squad or something? Why couldn’t I just declare: Christmas Gift. I don’t understand these restrictions. I don’t think we have them here. I’ve received full bottles from the United States and France with no problems. I’m confused
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And orange blossom
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And jasmine. Do I smell a BWF?
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Get the mule Cassie!!!
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I think she’s gonna need more than one.
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I’m going to have to get my head around the prices and try some of these, right?
($35 for 4ml of scent with post!)
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Well you know that I won’t talk you out of it😈😈😈
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I as playing basket hokey-cokey with Chris Rusak’s sample set at the weekend, too. Argh. Hurrah for indies and artisans, but, damn, life is simpler when they have a retailer or shipper on the same continent as yourself! (thank you, the zoo nyc, for sending from Berlin, for example!)
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The price is right, Crikey. Go on…..you know you want to 😏
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Good choice Brigitte,
I hope you enjoy them. I love shopping my collection.
Portia xx
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Except my collection is much smaller than yours!
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Repost without the links …
I thought I’d spend this week in my vintage cupboard, as these do not get much love at all. Something to do with being reluctant to use them up, I suspect.
Monday I wore Yardley Bond Street. I think this is pretty old, maybe 1950s. The the box says “Skin Perfume Cologne” instead of just “Cologne”.
Today I’m wearing Vers-Toi, by Worth. This one seems to date from the 1960s according to posters I have seen.
I bought this bottle at a flea market stall that was charging outrageous sums for empty L’Air du Temps minis because they were “designed by Lalique”. Further down the table, with all of their regular dross, was this moon-shaped bottle, that is actually stamped Lalique on the base. Some people. :rollseyes:
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I LOVE that story Greg,
So fabulous. Good find.
Portia xx
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Haha, hope you were away from the stall before you rubbed your hands together 😃
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Actually I only spotted it when I got home. I just bought it because I knew it was quality vintage.
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Dulcis in Fundo which seems to suit this snowy day. Surprisingly I have not been craving my gourmands this winter at all. This is rather disturbing as my collection is quite heavy in this category. I suppose I’m just in winter denial. Perhaps once I slide into acceptance they’ll regain favour.
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Is that a sweet gourmand? I think the weather has us on the turn. I’m wearing sweeter denser fumes lately. Or at least craving them. Aaaand, guess what? I scored a bottle of Missoni yesterday. Yes, the fruity floral chocolate one! Now that’s enough to make some people retch but I had it about 8 or nine years ago I think and I loved it. Then it was discontinued and got awfully expensive, but I threw my eye on this last week. Happy days. I seem to have fallen off my wagon. Truth be told, I just set fire to the damn thing cos it was useless anyway. It was only getting in my way😉
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Oh and if I could score some Anima Dulcis I would be delirious altogether 🙈
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Yep. Been eyeing that one for at least a year. I almost bought Coeur de Vanille, Antonio Visconti. Vanilla flecked with hot chilli pepper. It was incredibly good and very unusual. I’m wondering if Anima Dulcis is in the same vein.
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Dulcis in Fundo is most often described as an orange creamsicle. I get citrus of some sort on the opening but it doesn’t last long. It is essentially a very rich vanilla, citrus overtones and not terribly sweet. Amazing longevity but sadly not much throw. If you’re craving sweet, try Sucre d’Ebene, Pierre Guillaume. Amazing burnt/caramelized sugar note.
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Well now, there’s more homework for me🤓
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Dulcis in Fundo, 100ml bottle! That’s a big fat no from me. Wohoo more money saved (gonna see if I can find a decant though😉).
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Yup. Go for the decant, not full bottle worthy in my opinion.
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Which Missoni do you mean? The old one from the eighties? Oh boy, everybody Is buying samples and perfumes. I haven’t bought anything for a month…I guess…hahahaha, I need to get back in shape again 😀
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Me neither, Neva! I’m honestly surprised myself 🙂
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No, this one was released in 2006. In the oddly leaning to one side bottle. It was drunk on its own contents by the looks of it☺️
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You’be been too busy travelling for work! But you can catch up during the holidays I’m sure😉
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Well I hope I will order something smelling in time to put it under the Christmas tree, at least a sample set 😉
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PPS. I am in Parfum de Thèrése today, since you reminded me of it. Had to root it out. But how gorgeous it is.
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Ohhhh yessss!
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I usually crave gourmands and woods but lately am reaching for the more spring like fragrances.
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Same here. What’s up with that 🧐
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We are wishing for spring!!!!
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I think you’re right. Ugh. Such a miserably long way to go 😩
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Reve d’Ossian today, and oodles of Mitzah last night.
Under the weather a bit, and feeling a bit sorry for myself, so wrapping myself in lovely scents. Nothing serious, just a combo of headaches and the blues.
(word to the wise: superstitious does *not* sit well with a headachey head. Those gorgeous aldehydes can be mean little stabby bitches.)
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Reve and Mitzah beautiful in the cold. Mean little stabby bitches really made me laugh 😂😂😂
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I’ll bear that in mind!
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And speaking of wishing for spring…I am testing my first Dusita..the new one that thus far has no name that we (the perfume peeps) have the opportunity to name….it’s sweet and floral…iris? jasmine? heliotrope? Not sure….the juice is the most gorgeous lilac color…
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Eeeek. I think I might be jealous. Dusita is really tempting me.
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Don’t be jealous. It’s pretty but not blowing my mind right now. And the full bottle prices are WAAYY out of my budget.
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Oh phew! Honestly, for me to consider a full bottle purchase these days one of my criteria is that it must be mind-blowingly good! I’m very fussy these days, given the prices.
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I am extraordinarily fussy too…because the frugal and crotchety old lady that I can be thinks about how many mind blowing scents I wore years ago that sold for a fraction of what the market is charging now….drugstore goodies that would be considered and sold as niche in today’s market…sorry, that’s just me being cranky 😉
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It’s not at all cranky, or maybe it is. In that case, I’m guilty as well. I think back to the 80’s, when arguably, I was at the peak of my consumerism and purchasing power. When I see the cost of things now, clothing, paint, cars, food….you name it, everything has become exponentially more expensive. So, maybe it makes some sense that perfume follow suit? I dunno. It does seem that the increase in perfume prices are not in line with other consumer goods. But then again, it’s a luxury product and I suppose cost reflects market demand. All of this to say, yes, it pisses me off too!
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Marcella- I would agree with you in that the cost of everything has gone up. However, I think fragrances are disproportionately higher. I think much of this is due to the fact that we , as consumers, are willing to shell out the money. Also, the internet and easy access to perfume reviews also creates a frenzy and desire for the latest and greatest. I am trying very hard these days to sit on my hands and as Portia beautifully put “shop my collection”. Oddly enough, I feel happiest when wearing something that is beloved to me, rather than a sample of something that disappoints. At least that is where I am at this moment! That may change tomorrow 😉
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True. All of it. It used to take actual effort and a bit of planning to sniff out new perfumes. A trip downtown to the department stores or a walk 😱 to the local pharmacies.
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Yep, mine too!
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Oh, that’s good to know. It means I will skip Dusita when considering which sample set to order. I just don’t want to have another sad love affair with a beautiful perfume.
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Le Galion Iris. I found a sample I’d had for some time and just poured it all over myself. Risky move, I know but this is such a calm scent. I won’t go for a full bottle but it’s a nice take on iris.
PS I’m waiting for my Dusita sample to arrive, too.
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I will be curious as to what you think of it. I am going to give it some proper skin time today. Last night was just a one spritz. I know you are a fan of this brand so I am curious if the other offerings are similar or different. This is the only one I have tried so I have no point of comparison.
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Brigitte, I’ll share my thoughts on this iris with you as soon as I get the sample! You know, Pissara’s perfumes have two things in common and those are 1. excellent quality of the materials, – 2. all of them have this “instant classic” feel. Of course, we’re all different and what works for me and in my climate, won’t probably work for you or someone else.
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yes this is very true..skin chemistry,skin type, weather, etc etc. I would still love to hear your thoughts. I sprayed eight sprays this morning but it did not last very long on my scent eating skin.
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Fleeting scents must be a bummer 😦
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It is but it happens a lot for me 😦
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Today I wore Gilvo 7777 Eau de Cologne. Gilvo was an Australian perfume maker that stopped operating in the early ’50s, which helps date this bottle from the mid-1940s to the early 1950s. (I wrote an article for APJ on the Gilvo company in 2013). The bottle that I had then contained this inky black juice that I wasn’t letting anywhere near my skin. Fortunately, some time later, I found a little bottle of it in a flea market that was in good condition, and that’s the one I’m wearing.
The name is obviously a play on 4711, and that’s a pretty good guide to what this smells like. It’s quite a competently-executed cologne, with a fresh citrus opening and some powdery musk and light woods in the dry-down. Considering this stuff is at least 60 years old, it’s impressive that the top notes are still there and that it lasted about 8 hours on my skin.
Back in the 1940s, Gilvo 7777 Cologne was sold in Myer’s and DJs alongside French houses such as Bourjois and Roger & Gallet, which was no mean feat for a little Australian company. Gilvo is a part of Australia’s perfume story that we can be proud of.
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Well wow. What an incredible find. I take my hat off to you on your incredible vintage shopping sprees. And this brand was likely unheard of outside of Australia.
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Another interesting story, Greg. I wonder how come the top notes are still there. Usually the citrus notes are the first to disappear.
Was 7777 Gilvo’s most popular perufume?
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I’m giving Thèrése another outing. We’re on the way down south to see daughter dearest in her stage production of the Producers. A filthy day to be driving anywhere with high wind and deluges of rain. But looking forward to the show.
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I’m sure Thérèse appreciates the outing. She’s so beautiful. Do drive carefully. Hoping your daughter is a smashing success.
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Therese is a masterpiece in my opinion. So subtle but special.
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There’s a lot of incense going on around here: following on from the Reve the other day, the last three scents have been Encens Mythique, Vetiver 46, and CDG2Man… (yeah, I chop and change a lot given that I go to the gym and/or pool during the day.)
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I think I might have fallen in love with incense as a note. I have tried very few that I can think of. But, one of Portia’s Perfume Pressies was Tiger’s Nest. My oh my! I am loving every single drop of it.
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Incense is one of my very favourite notes — or range of notes right across the myrrh/frankincense/elemi/benzoin spectrum (and yes, I have a big bag of frankincense that I burn from time to time which is *amazing*). From the austere to the lush. Yum yum.
Some of my favourites for churchy incense: CDG Avignon, Heeley Cardinal, Unum LAVS are all fabulous, though that latter has a slightly odd scratchy feeling to it sometimes
A bit churchy: Oriza L Legrand Reve d’Ossian
Non-churchy: Aedes Copal Azur, CDG 2 Man, CDG Ouarzazate
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Fabulous round-up Crikey, thanks! I think I’m leaning churchy here 😇
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You would have loved SSS Incense Pure. I think I already told you that a Buddist nun stopped me in my tracks to ask me what I was wearing when I wore that one.
If you are looking for an inexpensive fix get your hands on some frankincense essential oil….I have used Vitacost brand, Now essentials brand and Eden Botanicals also has a sampler pack which pairs it with myrrh which is also part of the incense Accord.
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Ah yes! SSS. Still not resurrected, I suppose.
Just a couple of days ago, my shopping cart was piling up at Eden Botanical. They were having a sale and I ordered both Frankincense and Myrrh. Then I thought I’d be very clever and added rose, lemon, labdanum and several others believing I could make my own version of Tiger’s Nest. That fantasy passed. I emptied my cart in disgust. I’m now back at square one in my e.o. exploration. I should have just bought the Frankincense and Myrrh sampler pack 😒
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See if you can find the frankincense oil in a local health food store. They usually have testers. Same with the myrrh.
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Hermes Cedre Sambac, – nice! It’s been snowing AND raining at the same the whole day, the scent helped me to deal with the weather 🙂
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Snow and rain here too. It sucks!
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and here too 😦
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😞
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Chin up, girls!
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Yesterday was Midnight Fleur, by Nest. The only one from Nest I enjoy. Lots of pineapple to start with, an unusual note. This sits nicely but gone by mid afternoon. Tis a very pretty bottle.
Today is L’Art Al Oudh – loads of it and its awesome!
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Ha!!! No one ever mentions that pineapple note! It isn’t even listed as a note but I smell it for sure. My eldest won a bottle on a draw several years ago. It still smells great and reminds me of her.
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Yesterday evening and today Shalimar perfume. This always sits just right. Shalimar can do no wrong in my books.
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Don’t you just love when that happens? You smell divine.
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Today I’m wearing Moustache, by Rochas. At least I think I am. I bought a little coffret of three vintage Rochas minis in an Air France case, but they do not have anything on them that says what they are. I have another bottle of Moustache and they smell very close, so that’s my guess. The other two I’m clueless about, although they might be Macassar and Monsieur. One day I will need to hook up with a Rochas fan and do a sniff test of these little blighters.
The Moustache is almost empty, but still smells pretty good. Sadly the longevity is not there and it disappeared on me very quickly.
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If I can find my sample vial of Frost I might go with that one today. If not then Eau de Lierre. It will be a long workday so I need a no brainer.
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So which one did you wear, Brigitte? Hope your day was alright.
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I could not find the Frost and I had meetings today so I needed to wash my hair, dress a bit more professional and wear make up today. I was going to go for the Lierre but then saw that I had just enough for one wearing of a tiny decant of This Is Her so I went with that instead…pleasant gourmand and it was perfectly office friendly. But like Marcella I have to say that I am not as moved by my gourmands as I would normally be when the weather turns cold (and it was very cold today).
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The point that I was actually trying to make was that I was in a rush this morning and did not have time to find the Frost!
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Choose Frost! You can freeze everyone out.
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The weather froze ME out..I went with a gourmand instead but kinda wish I went for the spring green in Lierre.
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It was cold here too. The thermometer was stuck at zero which isn’t ridiculous but it was damp and raw. I put on some Santal Nabatea. This is probably the quintessential wood pudding. Very rich, slightly sweet and dense. It’s without a doubt beautiful, but I think I’d prefer an airier sandalwood or a hit of a floral to give it some lift. Or maybe even a bit of citrus.
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it sounds pretty darn good to me 🙂
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That’s the Mona one , right?
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Yes Mrs. M, Mona di Orio. Wish I could send you my decant. I honestly think you would love it. It’s almost ‘too much’ of a good thing on me. Your scent-eating skin would probably tame it to perfection.
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Rose Royale by Patricia de Nicolai. It’s a well rounded rose scent but is it royal, though 🙂 ?
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I haven’t tried this one. It seems you’re not too much pleased with it. I thought there would be no rose by the name. Patricia de Nicolai often gives her scents names of ingredients that I don’t smell at all.
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Neva, RR is actually lovely, it’s just it reminds me of a rose essential oil which is not a bad thing per se but I expected some twist and there was none. IMO the most spectacular rose scents are Parfum Sacre, La fille de Berlin, Rouge, Blouse YSL, Voleur de roses et cetera – they’re so much more than a rose fragrance, so while I like a simple soliflore like this one or CdG Grace Coddington from time to time, I love the complexity. E.g. I’m not a big fan of Paris but it’s got personality, you know?
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Shalimar again. Too lazy to ponder other choices.
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YOu’re turning into me 😉
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Champagne today (on the outside only, not inside, unfortunately ☺️).
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Easily remedied.
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Ha!
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Yummy!
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A lavender day to brighten the gusty rain and dark.
MEM this morning. Which amazingly, survived a hard gym session and a quick shower, and then, turned positively surreal when I was in the sauna… becoming almost toasted around the edges on very hot skin, almost a burned caramel whiff. It’s a facet I’d never smelled in MEM before. Fourreau Noir to smooth out my evening, now.
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That sounds lovely – a lavender that turns to burned caramel…mmmm…
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oooh, Fourreau Noir is beautiful!
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I can see the bottom of my Nubian Heritage Raw Shea butter…luckily I have two more! Mr. Marzipan did say something last night about my leg feeling “sticky”…too bad…it’s needed for baby’s bottom skin!
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Rub it in, why don’t you😉 haw haw.
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If it makes you feel better he told me last night that I look and feel like a basted 🦃…. that’s his new nickname for me “basted turkey” 😋😜😝
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LOL!
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😂😂😂
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But he will change it to Baby Bottom Skin soon☺️
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You betcha baby bottom!! I told one of my colleagues and she said I have the skin of a thirty year old …she happens to be in her 30s!!
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Together with your petite stature I am picturing you as a doll😉
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I also told her that she needs to start basting her body NOW….then in 20 years she will be baby bottom skin too -LOL!
I am a bad influence on her…I have been making oil blends for her for the past two years but she recently started asking me what to buy from vitacost…she fell down the e.o. rabbit hole…no thanks to me!
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It’s never too early to start taking care of your skin. I have drilled this into my daughter since her teens. She’s lucky that she hasn’t inherited my dry crocodile skin, though.
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It’s years of sunworship that did mine in. My daughters have been so well trained they wear sunscreen on their faces in winter. One look at me and they needed no convincing 😎
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I’m guilty of sun worshipping too. But I can’t help myself, once the sun comes out I want to get out in it as quickly as I possibly can. I always wear high sun factor though.
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And I would call you a good influence.
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cassie- a mean crotchety old doll is what I am.
and yes, to both of you to avoiding the sun…i was diagnosed with skin cancer in my early 30s so no sun for me at all…which is probably what saved my skin in terms of its appearance…that and my twice a day slathering of all sorts of goops…I have very dry skin so it needs to be greased up as much as possible.
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😂 Sticky legs!! 🤣🤣. I love that stuff! I wonder what Mr. Larelhardy will make if it when he decides to come out of hibernation?
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Ha!!
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Still in hibernation?😮
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Yep. He’ll be called back to duty soon. Can’t put up the Christmas tree myself, ya know. And, that job requires no tools. We’re in luck 😉
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He’ll be all skin and bone, fending for himself out there in the wilderness 😂
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It’s character building 😉
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I’ve finally had an office day and I wore the smooth Santal from Fragonard. In the afternoon I was making my wreaths and completely forgot to reapply perfume. It feels so good doing something creative. Time just flies and I’m absorbed in my ideas. It’s almost midnight and I should go to bed.
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Sleep well Neva!
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Go to bed!😴
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Sounds like a lovely way to spend the day Neva.
Office then creative.
Portia xx
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Today I’m wearing Potter & Moore’s Mitcham Lavender. While it is discontinued now, this has been around since 1750 and there are endless versions out there, so this is very hard to date. I’ve seen versions dated to the 1940s that are nearly the same bottle as mine, but mine has a ground glass stopper where they have metal caps. I guess that might make mine older, maybe 1930s-1940s.
The juice still looks OK and the fragrance still has kick. It’s a strong lavender; I can smell it right now with the bottle next to me, even with the stopper in. On my skin, it was quite linear, not developing much, but it lasted for at least 5 hours.
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I love a good solid lavender. Years ago I wore Yardley’s English Lavender daily for an entire summer and as I sweated in my daily ballet classes it was like I was surrounded by a lavender cloud…very soothing.
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They really are classics, aren’t they. I think everybody needs at least one top-class lavender scent in their rotation. This is not it for me – too linear – Rive Gauche Homme is probably still my favourite.
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I don’t know the Homme version…only wore the women’s version back in the day. But the men’s version must be great if it has lots of lavender. Did it also come in a metallic spray bottle?
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Yep, it’s a similar bottle, just a different colour.
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Hmmm. Pour Un Homme is most definitely a solid lavender, just sayin’ 😉
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Ha!! Still have not gotten it yet..
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I thought not. We would have heard 😉
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You still have the pin though because I own it in my mind
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Laura Mercier Tarte au Citron…..thunk…
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🤗🤗
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And Vanille Gourmands…thunk….and Rania J Ambre Loup…thunk…. scent eating skin folks….
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Wow! You’re on a roll!
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Received my perfume package prize from the always delightful Portia so a little spritz of many things this evening.
Heeley Verveine – lemon and lemon
Kilian Sweet Redemption – incense and soap
A Lab on Fire California Snow – warm, musky, bit floral – I like this one a lot.
Frapin Orchid Man – yum! Spicy man stuff. Reminds me of something RL Safari? This one has surprised me as I expected something floral. Couple more to try…. Thank you Portia xx
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Sweet Redemption be like: cleanse your soul and wash your hands 🙂
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Isn’t it just the best thing, receiving the pressies!!! Sweet Redemption sounds very nice. Hope it’s not too soapy.
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I was decanting Passion ET for a friend, now everything smells like it. Guess it’ll be my SOTD.
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And it’s lovely. Nothing like a white floral in the cold to cheer oneself up😉
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Cassie, that’s exactly why I decanted it generously: white florals aren’t my thing even though I get why they can be so attractive 🙂 I admire it but on me it’s too big, too demanding.
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I used to think that too Diana, until I found Carnal Flower. Maybe you just haven’t found the ‘one’.
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Some BWF are appealing, like, say Rouge Malachite, however, I can never blind-buy a perfume that belongs to this group: there’ve been plenty of unsatisfying purchases in the past. Nevermore, I hope 🙂
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Oh I agree with you on that. I tread carefully when contemplating a BWF purchase. Lots of testing with samples. If a sample passes the test on to the decant. Sometimes a second decant before the purchase. The BWFs are never a sure thing on me.
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The Elizabeth Taylor one? How lovely!
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Oh I was thinking Annick Goutal.
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Yes, it’s Liz’s Passion. Not mine, lol!
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La Fille de Berlin. I really don’t like this on me, but I showered with Lush Rose Jam and used some rose scented shampoo so I figured I’d go with the theme.
Bed at 4:00 am last night. I entered a kitchen design competition back in September and the deadline was last night. No monetary prizes, but it would look good in my portfolio if I get at least an Honourable Mention.
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Get some sleep!!!! 😴😴😴
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We will give you an honourable mention on APJ😉
But good luck, I’m sure you’re going to make an impression.
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Yeah, but what kind of impression 🤪
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Best of luck with the competition!
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Thanks Diana. I really don’t expect to win, a mention would be great though!
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Trying out Zoologist Camel. It’s a hit. It is another of those that retreats and then sneaks back when you least expect it. It’s a rich and resinous fruity floral, perfect for cold weather. Doesn’t have huge sillage but decent. I’m impressed.
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Somehow smelling of Camel does not appeal …
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It’s a curious title, I’ll grant you that. Smells fantastic, though.
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St Clair Scents Casablanca
It is BEYOND GORGEOUS…
side by side when compared to my beloved Jour Ensoleille there is a striking similarity…I had better start saving my pennies!!!!!!!
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Oh wow! You got it. I’m still waiting on mine. Do you prefer it over Furst Cut? It’s supposed to project more. Is that the case? Pleeeze give us a wee review?
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*First 😒
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OK so First Cut is a completely different animal…and not as potent…I did one tiny spray of Casablanca and it is still going strong…it’s definitely a BWF but my nose hones in on the orange blossom (smells like the real deal…have you ever smelled orange blossom absolute e.o.? lordy, it’s potent and intoxicating!), honey and the animalics in the drydown as well as the oakmoss…but there is also a fruity component at the top…definitely black currant and citrus…this is elegant, classy and could become a classic but it’s not dated….my gosh, it’s just gorgeous…and I have found a replacement for my beloved SSS Jour Ensoleille which is a good thing…..I could see First Cut for the spring and summer and Casablanca for early spring, fall and winter…could this be my signature scent if I ever got one…you betcha! and it’s selling like hotcakes so I would not be surprised if it ends up selling out…..mark my words, friends, Diane St Clair…and WE discovered her-LOL!!! and yes, you will NEED both…sorry, I know I am supposed to talk you out of things but I am drooling right now ……
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😂 So I’m glad you’re not too excited. It really does sound gorgeous, tho. That fruity twist could prove very interesting. So what’s it gonna be? One of each?
I’m still smelling my empty vial of First Cut. I keep it in the car and practically suck it up into my nostril when I’m stuck in traffic. No. It doesn’t look at all weird 😏
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And thanks for the review Mrs. M! I’ll share my impressions…..if I ever get it. The mail’s been ridiculously slow lately.
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Ha! Mr. Marzipan looks at me with great bewilderment when he sees me sticking my nose up my wrist 🙂
See how you like Casablanca as YMMV….I would say yes to both but that’s me…however, trying to be good I am sitting on both hands as I have other more pressing expenses like college…I might spring for a travel spray when my birthday arrives.
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I hope your birthday is soon 🙂
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Muuule! I need you!
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Whaaat? Big ear prick up here!!!
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Aww shucks Cassie. You having a bit of FOMO? Too bad 🤥. All kidding aside, how is your post going to know if I send you little samples? Unless of course you require mega-size samples. Umm, ya. You probably do 🙄
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It wouldn’t necessarily be my post that would confiscate them but could be confiscated from your end. International post of perfume is a finicky thing. It really depends how dutiful the sorting office is, because sometimes they can sneak through undetected. It’s a risky procedure 😉
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But thank you for considering it.
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Carrier pigeon, perhaps?
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Ahaaa, our post office has a mail forwarding service address in US. So I can avail of free US postage and pay postage here, which works out a good bit cheaper than international postage costs. So First Cut and Casablanca could be falling through my letterbox at some time in the future. (Wonder if FC is catnip to ALL women?😏)
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Looking forward to what you have to say…btw, Casablanca is not a complete dupe for Jour but there is definitely a strong similarity.
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It will be interesting to compare.
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You’ll have to conduct ‘the experiment’. Probably multiple times. And run a blind study while you’re at it.
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Off to the city for an overnighter and a concert. I am going to bring my little darling Jour Ensoleille with me to give her the tour of Dublin😉. She doesn’t get out much because she’s precious.
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Enjoy and you smell fabulous!
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My, you’re fickle. One day it’s Thérèse and now a new darling
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Pulled out my vintage Van Cleef & Arpel Pour Homme today. This is a monster in every way: a colossal, chunky, square splash bottle (made in France by Pochet et du Courval) and a huge fragrance to match. A real beauty. It’s somehow odd to think that this frag was only released in 1978; the bottle looks so quintessentially Art Deco that I figured it must be much older than that. Given the bottle’s design and origins, I’m assuming that this is the original version, or close to it, but I can’t be sure.
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one spritz of Casablanca.
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Glad you’ve found a new love, Brigitte.
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It’s both good and bad because I don’t need any more new perfume in my life-LOL!
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Forbidden love, lol! Seriously, though, it’s exciting to find something that makes you feel a bit more alive, if that makes sense to you.
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Yes, Diana , it makes absolute sense 🙂
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Makes sense here as well Diana.
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You must be in heaven!
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😇😇😇
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Aeon 001. Because every time I wear it it’s interesting but not distracting (unless I choose to be distracted by it) and because it’s bloody beautiful in a non-pretty way.
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I love your style 😉
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why, thank you Brigitte!
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Cuir Amethyste. I wanted something bulletproof for this cold day.
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Hope it works!!!
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Like a charm, thanks 🙂
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Heading to bed for some slathering of the oil and TV with Mr. Marzipan. I am exhausted !!!!
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For my final vintage cupboard day, I’ve gone for something special: my 1947 Jean Patou L’Heure Attendue. This is the first serious vintage fragrance that I bought, and what got me into collecting them. I was into Art Deco stuff at the time, and the Art Deco bottle design is what grabbed me; and I then branched out into fragrance collecting. Yet, somehow, I have never actually worn it until today. It’s very much a soft floral, powdery and sweet. I don’t think it’s too girly though; we’ll see how it develops.
I have to face a choice with this one. There seems to be a fair bit of evaporation going on and it might eventually disappear on me. So I’m thinking it might be time to pass this on to some other collector who will wear what remains rather than letting it disappear into the ether.
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You’ve got a real treasure, Greg, I only own a tiny bottle of LHA from Ma Collection 1984. I understand your dilemma so well. If you know a devoted vintage perfume admirer, that would be wise to pass the bottle on to them.
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I think I’m going to have to; it seems such a waste. The juice does not look so good, but I had no problems wearing it and it did develop through the day as expected.
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Solstice Scents Estate Vetiver
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That Vetiver must be something, you’ve mentioned it a few times already.
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Ironically I don’t smell vetiver… just a thick boozy unctuous vanilla with dark patchouli and cocoa… it’s a grown up vanilla. I would not mind if a full bottle fell from the sky but I am satisfied with my little decant because it’s potent and lasts so a little goes a long way.
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and now my fingers smell of a whole lotta essential oils because I was blending in the basement..I made two very simple blends – one of carrot seed and cedarwood to try to create an iris accord and the other of fir balsam and my vanilla bean blend to replicate a Christmas tree scent. Then I made three more involved blends- champaca, sandalwood, myrrh, frankincense and tangerine was the first, then bergamot, almond, iris accord, jasmine, maillette lavender (gorgeous sweet delicate lavender which is what I imagine Un Homme to smell like) ,vanilla bean blend and opoponax was the second, then tangerine, rose, seville lavender (wow is this one boozy!!!!) vanilla bean blend and labdanum was the third. And now they will marinate for weeks in their rollerball containers.
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OMG!!! Those sound deliciously decadent 😋 How very clever. I have no idea how you can stand the waiting though, I would have roller-balled myself silly.
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I have learned the hard way that one needs to be patient. They don’t register as ‘complete’ if you don’t give the oils time to blend. after a few weeks it smells more like perfume.
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I’ll be awaiting reports/reviews
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Pesky insomnia so hanging out here for a bit. Discovered this evening that Tiger’s Nest and Sedona Sweet Grass share a similar note. At least to my nose, so fair warning. Something sweet and resinous. It is the focal point in SSG and only a fleeting impression in Tiger’s Nest but both are equally delightful. And both are beautiful, meditative and soothing scents. Good for what ails you at this time of year.
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This might be a good thing as SSG is much more affordable..a tiny rollerball might be in your future?
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Here’s hoping 🤞
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