SOTD 24.12 – 30.12.2018

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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 24.12 – 30.12.2018

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

487 thoughts on “SOTD 24.12 – 30.12.2018”

  1. Is wet and foggy outside, so my Sotd will be Akkad from Lubin 😊 Happy Holidays everybody 🤗🎄 and may Santa bring under the tree, your most wanted and special perfume 😜😜

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  3. (Post copied from last week’s SOTD thread)

    So far today I have worn Chinatown (oh gosh yes, goddess quality), SL Tuberose Criminelle, and the utterly beautiful YSL Y.

    Right now I have ELDO YoSLY, Masque Terralba, and Nest Citrine on.
    Hey, it’s almost Christmas!! 🎄🎷🎉

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  4. Today I have been preparing a Thai banquet for family lunch tomorrow, and in the absence of a lemongrass or garlic perfume I put on Cuir Beluga. Happy Christmas to everyone!

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  5. It’s after 9a.m, I’m lying in bed reading and drinking tea. Oh it is blissful. Hubby gone to work. Silence. Don’t know what SOTD will be yet, I’ll check back later. Happy Christmas to our southern APJers, it’ll soon be beddy-byes for you all. Hope you’ve been good girls and boys so that Santa will come with something nice. Because there IS a Santa 🎅🏼

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  6. Carols by Candlelight. Wearing SL Fumerie Turque, SL La Myrrhe, Fort&Manle Charlatan.

    Merry Christmas, dear friends!! Love & joy to you and yours. 💕

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  7. Sitting outside catching the cool breeze, wearing Dame Desert Rose. Some cooking done ready for tomorrow. Merry Christmas my fragrant friends. Hope it’s a lovely day for you all, whatever you do.

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  13. Merry Christmas to all who celebrate. I’m wearing my sample of Casablanca (I’m blaming you, Marzipan, for making me violate my no-buy). It was worth it – quite a perfume, and so amazing it’s only Diane’s 4th perfume! Preparing my beef tenderloin for tomorrow’s dinner and relaxing after a dinner party last night for my sister-in-law’s Birthday.

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  14. Dearest APJers, merry Christmas to you and your families. Hope you all are having an amazing time.

    Orthodox Christians celebrate Christmas in January so don’t congratulate me just yet (and New Year’s Day is much more popular for most Russians, anyway).

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  15. SOTD: a drop of vintage Fahrenheit. It’s a new one for me, I’ll give it some skin time to be able to pass the verdict: it’s so not what I expected it to be (way greener!).

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  16. A beautiful bright blue sky over a frosty city today. Broken out the 1970s-vintage No.19 parfum to go with the suprising sunlight. Chergui post gym, now it’s dark again.

    A round of more vet shenanigans: Atkins’s turn this time. Yesterday she broke her meow. So, one very, very angry and weird-sounding catty to the vet today. (She’s fine. Had something small stuck in her throat, and a bad tooth to round off the everything-is-closing-for-xmas fun.)

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  17. Jardin Sur Le Nil. Because it doesn’t clash with the cooking odours! Kitchen is in full swing already. We have our family celebration tonight -pressies and lots of food. Yummy food 😋.
    A happy, joyous and Merry Christmas to all you wonderful APJ’ers and, of course, our intrepid host Portia . However all of you celebrate the holidays do so with joy and merriment in your hearts.

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  19. Christmas morning. A break from tradition. No Lutens or Guerlain. I’m wearing Chanel Bel Respiro. A gift from JackieB. Thank you so much for this, Jackie. 💕And to Melanie too who sent me the first sample. 😘

    Presents opened. Santa has been so very generous. Now it’s time for a quiet cuppa.

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  20. It’s past 2 in the night and the house is quiet. Cannot sleep just yet, too much food today which seems to be the general rule on Christmas Eve. No scent under the Christmas tree for me, but niche products of dark chocolate, Greek sweets, salted almonds and a bottle of quality port and much more.

    I wore Dior Ambre Nuit and found it did not interfere with the wines So it was a good choice. We had wines from three different countries this evening, even if the pork and traditional side dishes go better with beer.

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    • I have a feeling that I’ll be lying awake with full belly syndrome tonight, Ingeborg. Glad you enjoyed your feast! Lots of food and mixed drinks doesn’t make for good sleep😉

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      • Have been wearing Dior Ambre Nuit again. Christmas Day had us eating a buffet of different salmon, pickled herring, cold cut meat and sausages, potato “lefse”, home made jams and more. So we have really eaten nearly as much as yesterday! Today there was time for church for those who wanted and a leisurely stroll for the others.

        We take baking for Christmas seriously, but this year only Vanillekipferln, biscotti and an American style Christmascake/fruitcake were homemade. Luckily some artisanal producers have started selling their cakes at the farmer’s market, so we had plenty of variety also of sweets and cakes. Good thing we don’t eat like this during the rest of the year! But sooo good between Christmas and New Year.

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          • Christmas baking is traditionally supposed to be 7 types of biscuits/ cookies. So that is what we would usually aim for. My stepmother has brought some Austrian specialities into the family, but there wasn’t time and energy for whole days in the kitchen this year.

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  21. Christmas day here chez Marzipan..it’s 5am and I am already on APJ-LOL! need coffee or tea stat!
    The kids are still sleeping but will be up soon as we are doing a morning Christmas movie at the theatre…they want to see A Star is Born so their good mum will oblige and take them. After that I plan on being in my bathrobe all day long 😉
    Merry Christmas to all those who are within my time zone!

    ooo and I forgot….Casablanca today! (last night I wore Cuir de Russie to bed)

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  23. Merry Christmas to all who celebrate.! My lovely person gave me the special edition bottle of Lipstick Rose and so that is what I am wearing today. Both bottle and perfume are lovely.

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  24. So, A Star is Born was fantastic! Unfortunately the movie theater had no heat!!! But the movie was fantastic!
    Forgot to mention that Santa left me a present in the mailbox this morning…A TRAVEL SPRAY OF CASABLANCA!!!! So y’all are gonna be sick of me for a while because that is all I will be wearing! (but I will mix things up in the evening, I promise, cause I have a few more decants to thunk!)

    and we just filled our bellies with Chinese food, later to be followed with stollen….we are having a very unconventional Christmas but I love it…and yes , I am FINALLY in my bathrobe!!!

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  25. All the eating and unwrapping was done last night. I found it to be an exceptionally magical event this year and it reminded me to be very grateful indeed to have such a kind, generous, close and loving family. That’s what the holidays are really about.
    Spent two hours at the clinic with my youngest daughter early this afternoon. She was coughing like a two-pack-a-day smoker last night and when I went to hug and kiss her, the girl was burning up with fever! She said that had been normal the last several aft/evenings and ‘relax, I’m fine’ 😳 Well, not in my books! She’d been coughing for ten days and now fever. So I dragged her kicking and complaining to the clinic (was deserted). She has bacterial bronchitis. She now has an inhaler, cough medicine and antibiotics. Finished there and dragged her back home with me. Making curing soups and teas currently. Also cooking up a storm for some hard partying friends that will be joining us tomorrow.
    This morning was the brilliant Parfum de Thérèse to be followed by vintage Shalimar later. Loads of leftovers for dinner. Stollen and Christmas cookies for dessert 😋

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  26. SOTD Lush Breath of God solid perfume. Gift from my son💕. It smells light & clean and I get the wood and incense. Beautiful! Doesn’t last long tho’ Re-applied.

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  27. Four in the morning and I sprayed on some Cuir de Russie. I have six decants, a mini and two samples that I am planning to wear next month in between Casablanca. Mission thunk continues into 2019.

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    • I’m with you Brigitte! I’ve some samples right here on my desk next to the laptop and I intend to drain them in the next days/weeks. Let’s keep encouraging each other 😉

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      • Yes, definitely keep encouraging each other…cause I need to remember also that there is more in my collection than just Casablanca and also that these decants will evaporate if I don’t start using them.

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      • Vintage parfum must be gorgeous. Don’t know what mine is because it’s a decant but I am guessing EDT. I will tell you that I wear fragrance at all hours all days all seasons no matter what. And when I am in the bathroom in the wee hours of the morning on those nights of insomnia I may give myself a dab or spray of something ……

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  28. I’m a bit late to the party, had to bake cookies and make cakes during the weekend. I was also dancing the nights away, as usual 😉 Christmas Eve and everything was nice, cozy and everything it should have been. I got a copy of Perfume The Guide 2018 from my daughter and I was wearing Armani by Giorgio Armani. I notice I wasn’t the only one wearing a vintage perfume that day. Magie Noire, Nuit de Noel…you’ve all smelled heavenly!
    I wish everyone a beautiful happy season. Enjoy, have fun, give love ❤
    Thank you Portia and the APJ crew for this wonderful platform for many people who share their passion about perfume.
    Thank you all for making APJ a comfy place. You're my perfume family and I love you all ❤
    …and now go back into the kitchen, Neva!

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  29. Merry Christmas y’all.

    I did end up layering Mark Birley and vintage Eau Sauvage for the big day. Nice combination, I thought.

    Today, of course, was the Test match, and I chose Hugh Parsons Hyde Park, which is a figgy green scent which just seems to go with cricket at the MCG.

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  30. Having a super-lazy Boxy Day so far. PJs, curled up cats, coffee, new books to read.

    Nice, chilled out xmas day. Started with coffee and presents–including that oops moment where it turns out we each bought the other a copy of the same book–a rare cooked breakfast. Which made up for the later culinary fail: I was going to do a chicken tagine. But had completely forgotten to marinade the meat in the spices. Hey ho. We’ll eat that later today. Smoked mackerel pilaf may not be a traditional xmas dinner, but it was tasty. Otherwise, we had a good long walk around Leith, played on the swings, hung by under a tree which was full of 20, 30 maddly twittering sparrows, wandered by the river to see the scruffy teenage swans, checked out the big graffiti wall for new work. All the while, mr crikey was trailing a wisps of deep foresty Slumberhouse Norne, and I was cocooned in vintage Cuir de Russie. (And Zoologist Civet when that finally faded away about 16 hours later.)

    Pondering Bois des Iles extrait… three chanel parfums in a row? Or a rare dab of old No.5?

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  31. Dryad. And it’s a thunk. I will probably violate my no-buy and get at least a decant of this. It’s far too good to be without.
    Little daughter fever-free last night and therefore thinks she can go to the gym today. NO!
    Cooking continues, this time for the party animals coming over tonight. My recycling bin will be a neighbourhood embarrassment when it finally hits the sidewalk. Looks like the liquor store did a massive decluttering. Mr. LH suggested we drive it elsewhere and make it someone else’s bin of shame. I think he’s on to something.

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    • Trust Mr LH to come up with a plan! At least you can (kinda) cover your embarrassing excesses in your roadside bin. I have to go clanking to the public glass recycling facility and THUNK each and every bottle, jar, whatever. My shame is out there for all and sundry to witness, except of course I have zero shame😛
      Your Mini has obviously turned a very sharp corner. What sort of nitro antibiotics did she get? Super duper ones obviously! Have a great evening of partying with your friends, my kind of evening. I’m babysitting tonight, Smallies all tucked up cosy while their parents are out on the town. I will resume my own partying on Sunday when I hit Germany with a bang or three.

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    • Am I allowed to buy samples when on a no-buy? Somoeone has to write down the rules… If yes, I’d go for the Papillon samples next year. Dryad is the one I’m most curious about.
      Marcella, I always take the empty bottles away after the guests are gone, in the middle of the night, just to make sure no one is watching 😀

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    • Dryad is an utterly lovely spring scent. Yes, I like it all year, but there was something particularly special about Dryad in spring air. Hope you can find a decant, or a really good deal.

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  32. I’ve decided to start thunking my samples so I wore CdG Blackpepper (nice but I can do without it), Molinard Les Amoureux de Peynet (the jury is still out on this one) and Molinard Figue (very good. Do I need a bottle, though?).

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      • And actually Diana, a question….have you tried any of the other Molinards? The current formulations in the beautiful purple bottles (here comes my bottle porn!!! 🙂 ) show up heavily discounted online. The Musc one I was eyeballing a while ago because various folks say it smells like Nag Champa (and I love champaca as a note) but Amber and Patchouli and the Fig ones look good too.

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        • Following your footsteps 😀 !
          I wish I could help you to decide whether Musc, Ambre and Patchouli are a safe blind-buy but unfortunately, I haven’t tried any of them. I am, however, familiar with Violette (I envy the people who say it’s a violet: on me it’s some kind of apple air freshener), the sweet Nirmala, citrusy Les Amoureux, the old-school aldehydic Molinard de Molinard and Figue which is really delightful: there’s fig and a bunch of citruses in it. If I see a nice bargain, I’ll grab it, that’s fo sho!

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      • Neva, I can’t compare Figue de Molinard to a real fig (the figs they sell here in Russia don’t seem like reliable sources of information, lol) but this scent definitely reminds me of juicy ripe fruit. It’s a greenish citrusy scent, very cheerful and bright, yet, it might look a bit linear if you compare it to, say, Atelier Cologne Figuier Ardent. Then again, these are very different scents so this wouldn’t make much sense.

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      • I watched only five minutes of it and decided to add it to the MY LIST and try to get Mr. Marzipan to watch it with me…it is quite often that we cannot agree on shows to watch together in the evening…I am going to force him to watch the first episode with me tonight…will report back later….I did watch the trailer , though, and it looked good! Oh and it’s a murder mystery…right up my alley!

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        • A murder mystery? Now you’ve piqued my curiosity. Ok, I’ve looked it up – it’s supposedly based on the novel (and movie) The Perfume. I’ve read the book when it came out in the eighties and the movie is great. Have fun with the series.

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    • Whaat? I haven’t yet decided if I need Netflix. Have satellite tv and yet I don’t really watch a huge amount of it other than property porn and medical stuff with a little bit of soaps thrown in. Going to check out this Perfume thing now.

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      • I think if you have satellite TV you probably don’t need Netflix. We gave up cable because it became too expensive and there was very little we enjoyed watching. We got Netlfix and then Hulu after being without TV for several months. Netlfix and Hulu are not nearly as good as they once were AND the priced have gone up…they dropped a lot of shows we enjoyed and now there is quite a bit of crossover between the two…plus, I binge watch (like Portia!) so most of the series I do enjoy are done way too soon! I think lots of folks in the States are now saying that there are better options (like Amazon Prime) but I don’t know what they offer. For now I make due with what I have…will let you know if Perfume is any good.

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        • Also, I think Netflix out of the States offers up different shows…I know Portia has mentioned some shows that I just can’t get on my Netflix…so I think the selection varies country to country.

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        • I was just reading up on it. I had actually read about it before when it was released but had forgotten it. My friends have Amazon Prime on the Firestick and they find lots of good stuff to watch. Do they have a trial period for you to see what you think?

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          • Not that I know of. Right now I am making due with what we have. If Hulu gets worse we might drop it and then consider Amazon Prime. Not sure how it works because I think it also ties into expedient shipping (which is good because Mr. Marzipan does order from amazon). I look into it eventually.

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          • Oh— it’s based on the Suskind novel! I have that. Very good read! I actually have Parfum and Jitterbug on my New Year’ eve reading list. Both re-reads.

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          • Jyotsna- yes! it is based on the novel. It’s in German but they have dubbed it. Watched the first episode and Mr. Marzipan said it was too horrific for his taste so I guess I am on my own with this one. Are you re-reading T Robbins Jitterbug Perfume? One of my all time favorite books! I think I must have read it about 4 times.

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        • Yes! The Tom Robbins’ novel Jitterbug Perfume! I love it too!! We’re having a quiet New Year’s Eve so I plan to do a lot of reading. I think the boys are cooking dinner that night but I’m making the ice-cream.

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  34. Zadig & Voltaire for Her – back to work today. glad for the air con.
    Jysotna – thinking of you as you are going to be very warm today. Can’t invite you to mine as we care going to be hotter!!

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    • Mel- I really like For Her! Both the Zadig&Voltaire perfumes are excellent! I was thinking of you- heard the temp’s going to be around 41 🥵

      But..but back at work already? That’s a bit extreme. I mean, everyone needs a couple of days to recover!

      Stay indoors and stay cool! xx

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      • Yes back to work. As the new girl who doesn’t have a lot of leave it’s a good chance to catch up on stuff. Might as well use works air con!! You take care too as I see the hot is coming your way 🥵☀️❤️

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  35. MelScent today. CB I hate perfume At the Beach 1966. Evap cooler switched on at 8. Roasting outside.

    My son is trying to teach his dad how to the Xbox 😂

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    • I think we may have that one in the house. My dear friend sent me a whole bunch of samples and decants of beachy scents when I told her that my eldest liked those. They are either in her room or up at university 🙂 I bet you smell good….and you need to trademark “MelScent”…..

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      • Of which Secretions Magnifiques was one of them but I kept that one for myself because I am the only one in the house who adores it-LOL!

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  37. Up at the buttcrack of dawn wearing Daim Blonde..my bathroom shelf is lined with the decants and samples I plan on using this month for night/early morning wear in between Casablanca…I am counting two samples as thunks because I am mailing a few drops of them to a dear friend and APJer (Casablanca and Laro Kulfi). Later after shower I will go with my preciooooouuuussss……CASABLANCA!!!!!!

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      • It really is good…I have a decant my friend sent me when I told her that I don’t really have or wear much leather. I am still in it because I haven’t made it to the shower yet and need to drive the middle one to the train station for her weekend trip into the city…so it may be a while before I get to apply Casablanca….but I will!!!!

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    • Daim Blonde is so nice. But, I never got around to a bottle. Every time I almost did, I went back to Bottega Veneta for the suede/apricot instead.

      So, Casablanca… how long is that xmas travel spray going to last you? This isn’t a need-20-sprays number is it?

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      • I love Bottega Veneta too and that is now in my leather rotation…I have the most adorable little mini bottle of it!

        Oh lordy, crikey! Casablanca is a 50 percent concentrate extrait! Finally a perfume that can stand up to my scent devouring skin! One spray is MASSIVE…I am thinking about decanting a bit into a dabber bottle and applying that way…my guess is that my travel spray will last a very long time!

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    • You smell amazing. Daim Blond is such a sophisticated scent but like crikey said, if one got Bottega Veneta or, like me, Cuir Amethyste it’s really difficult to justify buying a FB of Daim. That said, they all have tiny little differences.

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  39. Got a nice package from DSH yesterday. I ordered a rollerball of Dark Moon (cocoa and wine) and a small spray of Noel Enchante during the holiday sale (still on!) Dawn included a whole bunch of samples that are completely new to me so I will be having some fun over the next few days. First up is Foxy!

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  40. A day off from work but not from the kitchen. I am cleaning up the mess from yesterday’s evening with my cousins and their families. SOTD FM Une Fleur de Cassie. It’s one of the samples I keep because I didn’t like it the first time. Now I enjoy the creamy mimosa.

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  41. Oh. And my SOTD is Pour Un Homme. Something soothing after last night’s debauchery.
    I was planning on working today but….nah.
    I’ll switch up to a more full-bodied perfume later. Maybe Musc Ravageur or I’ll thunk my sample of Le Mat which I’ve enjoyed most thoroughly. Rose with enough of a patchouli punch to keep it from going sour on my skin. I think the immortelle helps too.

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      • Mrs. Marzipan, we need to talk turkey. Or swan. I have a problem. I am sitting on some almost full bottles and quite a number of samples/decants that I will NEVER use. None of my female friends wear perfume, never mind appreciate it. Of my two daughters, only the eldest one has even a passing interest, and she has already declined to take on my unloved ones.
        Would you open your heart and consider welcoming into your basement some unwanted scents? They are lonely and need a loving home. I would be more than a little delighted to ship them to you and you will be helping me cull my collection so that what remains are only perfumes that I really love.
        Please say yes! I know you are not at all far away.
        Contact me at the gee mayle dot calm. My username here precedes the mail address.

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  43. Teone Reinthal Antarctica. Longing for an icy blast of wind. Stay cool and hydrated Aussie APJers- another stinker of a day. 🥵

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  44. Home alone with Adam Levine – ha ha 🤣 for her on left arm, for him on right. For her standing out as most suitable office scent. For him rather sharp. Might suit my dearest better than me. Will try again tomorrow. Wore Queen Latifah Queen of Hearts today to work and was very impressed with its staying power. And even more impressed because I thought I had bought Queen, not Queen of hearts.
    So happy for a change in the temperature – might be able to sleep! Sending the cool breeze to my eastern state APJers xx

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    • Glad that the temperatures are getting more pleasant in your corner of the world. Here it was a rather mild Christmas and I won’t complain. I don’t like freezing temperatures.
      I’ve heard only the best of Queen Latifah (probably Queen). Unfortunately it is not available in our market, as well as the SJP scents. Which one do you find better, Queen or Queen of Hearts?

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    • Thanks, Mel. We still have the cooler on- maybe leave it on all night. I don’t know the Adam Levine scents. Or Queen Latifah- tho’ maybe you’ve mentioned it before? Tried some Middle Eastern scents today- a stall has popped up in our local shopping centre. The one tge SA was warning me against developed beautifully. The citrus one went wrong pretty quickly. Didn’t get the names.

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      • Full bottles in the States are practically free (I am certain under 20 dollars for each) so I would say yes to a safe blind buy if you can get them for that price.

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      • Diana, I would say safe blind buy, that’s what I did. I paid $10aud each, for her 50ml, him 100ml, which almost seemed too good to be true. The For Her looks a little dark In the bottle compared to pics online so maybe my bottle has been kicking around for a while. I know Portia said no one needs 100ml of anything, and I do agree but for under 10 bucks, I can deal with that. Besides I may need to send some samples out….
        I’m wearing just For her today – will see it it goes running errands in the overcast but humid day. I get some spice, jasmine, vanilla and sandalwood. Nothing wow, but definitely wearable xx

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  45. Again I’m in the kitchen. This time prepairing a dinner for a few friends who are scattered all over Europe but usually come home for Christmas holidays. We only see each other once or twice a year.
    Quiche Lorraine and a salmon quiche are ready and I’m cutting onions and peppers for chilli con carne. There are plenty of cookies left and half of an orange cake so the desert is taken care of. I only need to buy some more wine, it could be a long evening.
    SOTD Armani by Giorgio Armani, my beloved vintage perfume I’ve worn in high school when it came out.

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      • The bottles are gorgeous! Citrine is my fave! Was a bit sad because I wanted to love Indigo the most.
        Wisteria Blue is just like that perfume from my teens that I cannot remember!

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  47. Continuing with Daim Blonde….soon to be a thunk…and Casablanca later on post shower….I have a boatload of cleaning so I will tackle that first with Blonde and then shower after the manual labor.

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  48. Well hello All. Email still not working, so found you via facebook….Ingeborg…your lovely card and the Tauer samples arrived today…thanks very much. I wore Sotto de luna Gardenia to work, and received 2 compliments from co- workers. Stash for bed.

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  49. Today it’s Premiere Figuier, and little miss Smally is in Cartier l’Heure Coinvitee II, if you don’t mind. She’s all about the personal grooming lately, spa baths, lotions and hair. And don’t mention clothes, she could turn shopping into an Olympic event. At five years old! She’s hilarious.

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    • I’m madly jealous. You have Smallies and I don’t 😡. My youngest daughter was forever floating around in princess dresses, nail polish and feathery wings. The other one was only happy hanging upside down in a tree with leaves and twigs sticking out of her hair. Had to wear the same pants. Every day.
      The princess daughter is now happiest mucking about in the stables and the tree climber’s preferred habitat is a hair/nail/brow/facial/massage salon😮

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  50. Gym done. Walking done. Showered and a spritz of Chanel No. 19 EdP in an effort to shove me out of holiday lethargy and into drawing mode. Worked great until I read Cassie’s comments. I can’t work. The mental image of Mr LH running around trying to chop down trees with his Swiss Army knife has left me giddy and useless. Thanks Cassie! I didn’t feel like working anyways. I was faking it 😌

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  51. Cologne 68 Guerlain. Thunked the sample but it got me thinking: should I get a bottle? I haven’t got a New Year present for me yet ’cause I’m not in the mood but I will have to, eventually (it’ll probably be the Old New Year present . Yep, Russians have two New Year Days :), we celebrate the second one on January 14).

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      • Love Begins in Winter by Simon Van Booy. Beautiful stories, I have his new book but thought I’d try this earlier one first. Before I got to any of my books, I had to play minecraft and then read some Goosebumps.

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        • Minecraft and Goosebumps – you are hanging out with the cool kids for sure! Sunday will be last few epidsodes available of Vikings season 5 in between washing and tidying up. New Year’s Day a day off. Not much planned. You?

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          • I haven’t watched Vikings! Day off is 👌

            Here we’re playing more minecraft! Although my husband has taken over. Do you play? I’m signed up for a year long portrait class so getting some prep done. And my 2019 planner set up. Fold a mountain of clothes. Pack away Christmas decorations. I get all the fun jobs here.😏

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  54. Last night thunked Dain Blond. Also, put a dab of vintage Chloe extrait on my hand… I only have maybe half of one ml left but a good friend reminded me that it’s in my basement and I wanted to try it on my skin…takes me back to high school when I wore it decades ago. Now I am in Cuir de Russie for early Walmart run. Later post shower Casablanca 😉

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  55. The Smallies vacated the building around noon, and two minutes later I had the hoover out. Did all upstairs and down. Threw all the toys and bits that were lying around everywhere into the playroom and slammed the door. Stripped some beds, cleaned two bathrooms. Had a coffee to recharge, and some cereal. Threw one load of laundry into wash, then dryer. Another load of washing. Then a nice bath for myself and colour boost conditioner for my hair. I’m the goddess of the underworld today in Anubis. Dark and deadly I am😉. Clothes rolled up and ready for packing. We leave the house around 2.30a.m. for early flight. No sleepies for me tonight unless I grab a few winks on the couch.

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    • I’m amazed by your efficiency. I usually leave the stuff around for at least half a day because I need a strong motivation to get started. But on the other hand, you don’t want it to be lying around when you return, I understand.
      Have a wonderful time. You’ll knock the flight assistants down with Anubis. They mostly smell sweetish-fruity.

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  56. Been spending a lot of time schlepping to and from Melbourne for the cricket, and not much time on here.

    Friday was really hot. To cut through it I wore one of the best citrus bombs there is: Monsieur Balmain. Yesterday was not so bad, but still muggy. I chose Penhaligon’s Blenheim Bouquet. It started off with lemon pepper, perfect for the weather, When I got home around 12 hours later, I could still smell the pepper on my wrists. Very good longevity from this one.

    Home on Sunday and relaxing. Again it will be warm, so I’m going with AdP Colonia Essenza, one of the most versatile of their colognes, in my view.

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    • Hello Greg, hope you were sitting in the shade but good to hear your scents handled the heat ok. I’m wondering if you would like to be the new owner of a bunch of samples I no longer require? I was gifted a bunch of samples a little while ago and of course have been adding to them. Even if you try them and then share with an another. I did a tidy up of my perfume shelf yesterday. (smelanie at outlook dot com) no pressure to accept…

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      • Hi Melanie. That’s very generous of you. We could perhaps swap my excess samples for yours.

        This sort of reminds me of an idea I had a while ago but never enacted: a samples round-robin. APJ members could circulate their unwanted samples rather than keep them in a cupboard. You could do it in a pay-it-forward fashion; person A gets 5 samples from person B, sends 5 of theirs to person C, and so on.

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    • I’ve never tried Blenheim Bouquet and I think it’s one of Penhaligon’s bestsellers. Colonia Essenza is a perfect cologne, I agree. Have a good day!

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  58. SOTD- Breath of God + Dzongkha. More ugly heat.
    Virtual decluttering today. ACK! Backups, then sort, file, and delete. Fresh backup. Not as painful as the physical decluttering- I have some good automated systems in place.

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  59. Saturday scent for going to bed:Theorema. Sleepless so far and it is 4 in the morning. Trying to stay warm, so will fill a hotwater bottle. Meeting friends on Sunday, so really need some hours of sleep.

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  60. SOTE MelScent BOIS 1920 Vetiver e ambra. Turned out to be too warm and too sweet. So sprayed on Masque Terralba. Delish.
    A smidge cooler this evening.

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  61. Remember the evening when the guy who was smelling great pulled out his sample of FM Noir Epices and handed it over to me? Well, I’m wearing the sample right now. Don’t remember how he looked exactly anymore, but Noir Epices is wonderful. I’ve sprayed all over my clothes and hair and there’s still a bit left for the afternoon.

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  63. L’Heure Bleue this morning for training–because benching while smelling beautiful is extra fun.
    Pondering what to switch to later..it might be time for a lucky dip in the sample bowl.

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  64. Repeat of yesterday’s routine. Early gym and walking followed by a solid 10 hours of work. This time in vintage Arpege extrait. And without interference from grinding nonsense. Mr LH has two hockey games today and will be properly tuckered out. Phew!

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  65. 31 Rue Cambon from a soon-to-be-thunked decant. I’ve been cleaning up my room the whole day and wrapping up the presents for my friends.

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  67. In the car schlepping to Melbourne yet again, this time to get some sea water for my reef tank. Might as well do some op shopping whil eI’m there. Not a bad result: Gant knit, Aquascutum top (both ladies),Turnbull & Asser tie and Brooks Brothers shirt for me and a LE etching for the two of us. Oh, and some Dior spectacle frames for $2.

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    • Oh, I completely forgot to mention fragrance with all my bragging. I saw some, including a mystery bottle and a bottle of Laurelle Loves Me Loves Me Not. Couple of Lauders and some Lynx. Nothing to get excited about. I didn’t wear anything during the day but am wearing TF Italian Cypress for the evening.

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  69. Copying Jyotsna, SOTLastEveningof2018 Lubin Idole de Lubin. And thunk goes my very pretty, fruity and spicy little sample… cheers all 🥂

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