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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 7.1 – 13.1.2019
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
Smelling sensational in Le Mat this morning. My sample is almost thunkable. It’s really gone the distance tho, because this is an extrait de parfum and does not need a heavy application. It’s also one of the few roses that I can wear. The combo of rose, immortelle and patchouli on my skin is positively mesmerizing. Super choice for this -23C morning.
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MINUS 23?? Cannot imagine how cold that must be!
Le Mat sounds really exotic.
I am on an oud sampling expedtion at the moment…Mancera The Oud courtesy of Portia. Quite nice and not as animalic as I expected.
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If you want a more barn-yardy oud, give Russian Oud by Areej Le Doré a whirl. The first 10 minutes are quite a ride.
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Yessss, I have a tiny vial of this and love it. In fact this house is intriguing but way too expensive. Bugger.
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I thought the same thing. Too $$.
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YAY! I love The Aoud! It’s poopy but in a genteel way. HA!
Portia xx
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Genteel poop. Perfect!
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-23! Marcellavmiller! Where do you live?
I enjoy Menditerosa Le Mat as well; however, I purchased Ritual after sampling both. Love the bottles as well from that house.
I am wearing Aerin Amber Musk; warm, soft, pretty and office appropriate for work day.
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Hi Kathleen, how is Rituale? What prompted you to choose it over Le Mat? Is it an equally tenacious scent?
I’m in Montreal. Long, dark, cold and snowy winters. Sounds appealing, eh? 😒
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Woo Hoo! Le Mat is out of this world Marcella. I love reading that people are enjoying it.
Portia xx
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Yup. This one will be joining my collection soon in the form of a hefty decant.
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Yikes on the cold! We are experiencing it as well.
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Yeah. That’s what I figured. We’re also supposed to get snow tonight. You too?
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Snow, sleet , freezing rain and then rain…should make for an interesting morning ;(
I may not get to exercise again as I will be shoveling!!!
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Shoveling is exercise! You’re in the clear. Disgusting weather tho.
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Exactly like Marcella said – shoveling counts as exercising 😉
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I did both!!!!🤸💪👌👋
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-5 and some snow here. Just perfect for some Bocanerra from Orto Parisi 👌🏻👌🏻
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Today I’ve been wearing Kolonya by Rasei Fort.
Don’t let its name fool you. This is fine fragrance and at least EdP concentration.
I got my hands on the whole package today. The carved rosewood container is so freaking beautiful.
I’m trying to talk GentSac and Men’sBiz to stock in online here in Australia so everyone can get one.
Rasei has such a limited amount he’s going to number them. WOW!
Portia xx
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Kolonya has got a lot of praise lately.
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That sounds beautiful. I love a gorgeous presentation.
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You wrote about Kolonya and I’ve got my eye on it already. A strong cologne is what I’m looking for.
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You know you have ‘arrived’ when you number your flacons!
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HA! I thought that was super cool too.
It’s such a limited release. We will be doing a giveaway here of some samples. VERY excited for you all to try it.
Portia xx
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Ooooo…yay!!!!
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I’ve just seen on the instagram fort and manle account, your photo with Rasei having some food, looking good 👌🏻👌🏻 Now since you’re praising Kolonya so much, everybody’s waiting for the giveaway 😜😜, i hope i win 😄😄✌🏻
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Doing the happy dance 🙂
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Dior‘s Oud Ispahan. xxx
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First Cut is getting its first outing and I’m loving it😍 It’s the smell of warm summer’s days around here when the farmers are cutting hay. Getting a citrus hit too. I’m slightly reminded of Fougere Bengale, though I don’t quite know why 🤔
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Ahh! Mid-summer in a bottle. The only place I’m going to find it these days. Glad you like it. Next up, Casablanca?
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I have been wearing Casablanca for the last two days. Just stunning, instant love. Incredible lasting power, I even smell it on my sheets.
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Wow! Lucky you. Casablanca just bullies me around, but I guess someone’s gotta do it.
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Bully you? Can’t see it myself😏
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😂
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Yup!!!
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😂🤣😂
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Marcella, I agree with you on the bullying. I think Casablanca is beautiful, but I got a little on the sleeve of my “walking the dog” fleece, and it lasted through a couple of washes. That is some potent stuff!
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Even survived the wash. That’s quite a feat.
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MMK, I think this is why I love Casablanca. I desperately need something with longevity!!!
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I am squealing that you love them!!!!
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❤️ ❤️
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And yes definitely has the SSS vibe.
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Our Mrs M has a great taste. Obviously First Cut works for most of you. Is Mr. Cassieflower impressed too? 😉
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Me Cassieflower didn’t even bloody notice🙄. Your ‘letter’ is in the post today fingers crossed 🤞
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YES! Fingers crossed you’ve managed to trick the post 😉 Thanks sooo much, Cassie !!!!
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😘 you’re welcome
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😸😻😼
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Continuing with my NEST mini rollerballs and Citrine. Lemon Blossom, Lotus Flower, Freesia, Dew Drop Accord, Precious Woods. I get a lovely lemony opening and 2 hours later some vague woods which lean cedar (which is not a favorite), only the barest hint of citrus left. Super disappointed, but not surprised as I have yet to love any of these from this set (2 left). Although I have a mini rollerball of Cocoa Woods that was a Sephora reward and I really like that one!
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And this is the present from your sister-in-law? Hope she’s not snooping around here.
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My sister-in-law wears two perfumes – Burberry Brit in the colder months and DKNY Be Delicious in the warmer months. I have never been able to get her to even TRY something else. So she definitely isn’t lurking around here!
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I love Britt! Bet she smells good.
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I don’t suppose she has any problems picking out her SOTD 😏
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I enjoy the opening of Nest Citrine.
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The Different Company Sublime Balkiss, It’s a nice black currant scent, a bit linear, though, and the price is overwhelming.
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What a lovely name for a fragrance 🙂
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I like the name, too but I just don’t get the connection with the Queen of Sheba.
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Oh, there’s supposed to be a connection?
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Today is the beautiful Bal a Versailles.
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Utterly beautiful
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Beaufort’s Couer de Noire. Goes surprisingly well with dust. Which is just as well, as there was a lot of it stirred up. Finally starting to feel better but I’m still pretty wobbly and though I’m pining for the gym and the outside world, that’s clearly not a good idea yet. So I’ve been pottering about at home trying to be useful. I am a *terrible* housekeeper, but I’ve dusted and tided the perfume collection, sorted out and refolded everything in the chests of drawers and put away the last four loads of laundry–told you I was a lousy housekeeper–and just started to do a shelf-by-shelf sorting out in my study, when I realised I was *done* for today’s wild action. Nap time. Oh yeah. exciting day. Hopefully awake enough later to do some writing. But I’m still madly spacey. Stupid virus.
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Well now you’ve earned lots of domestic goddess points today imo.
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aye, but that might be it for the year 😉
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Is Couer de Noire also a complicated scent like the rest of the Beauforts? I guess I’m not man enough to wear them 😉
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I think this might be the easiest of their scents “hell or highwater” series… for me it’s pretty relaxed, but my comfortable might be someone else’s scary-weird. I’d say this is more kicking back in a leather armchair and smoking your pipe and writing about your adventures with a leaky fountain pen by candlelight, than the others that might be more about swigging rum during a blood-soaked gunpowder-clouded sea battle… but your mileage/fathoms may vary 🙂
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That’s a pretty vivid description. I like it 🙂 The old captain in the leather armchair feels more comfortable to me.
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oh, and brigitte: I dug out my sample of L’Air Du Desert Marocain to re-try yesterday, after I’d been complaining last week about how it was unbearably HUGE on me. I don’t know if it has changed in the five years or so it’s been sitting in that tiny vial, or my skin’s changed again, but, two wee spritzes was just bloody lovely to wear. And it didn’t turn into a fallout cloud that could take out the entire population of the city. Huzzah! Yes, the mini has been added to my wishlist…
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Isn’t it amazing how something can change when you revisit it? I am glad you are loving it.
Hope you feel better too.
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It’s a beauty, no doubt, I can manage way more spritzes than two. Probably cos of the crocodile skin.
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You and me both with the crocodile skin!
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Oh LDDM gets a lot of love here! So glad you can enjoy it. And that you’re feeling better!
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Dior Ambre Nuit for work today. I have used nearly half of my 40 ml bottle, so need to get myself another warm scent, possibly heavy on tonka bean. It started snowing tonight, but temperatures around or over zero means it will turn into a wet mush by tomorrow noon.
30 minutes strength training today after physio and oh did I have to work to move the usual weight, so happy it’s not free weights. Still not really into the programme for use at home, only did a few stretching exercises during the weekend.
So, all of you with shiny resolutions for the new year: Yesterday I tested my new waffle maker and also ate a substantial amount of dark liquorice. Impossible to resist the Dutch treats from a care package! In comparison eating a small bar of dark chocolate is hardly worth mentioning. I am getting back to more sensible behaviour soon.
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Dutch licorice!! Yummy, yummy. Was it the DZ? Dubbel Zout? Or the Munt Drop? I love them all.
I received a small bag of the DZ in my stocking, but they were stale 😧
Still good and salty, but far too hard.
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I admit I’m glad that not everybody is as disciplined as Brigitte. I’m approaching the end of my detox and I’m looking forward to drinking some red wine and coffee again 🙂
Ambre Nuit is yummy.
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Hey it’s only been a week for me! I could still fall of the wagon.😈
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Noooooooooo! Please don’t ! Think of how happy you’ll be if you manage at least one month. They say it takes 40 days to change a habit, so be patient 🙂
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I am trying to endeavor 🙂
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Channeling spring in eau de Lierre. It was ridiculously cold this morning and I overslept so no exercise but I did go six days in a row I think. Have a late meeting at work but if I can muster the energy might try to squeeze it in tonight. And I am eating lots of protein and good fats and gained two pounds 💪💪💪 but drinking all of this water is killing me because I need to pee every two seconds!
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Wohoo (except the pee-a-minute, obvs) you’re doing great.
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Holy Muscles, Batman!! That’s a pretty impressive gain. You eating 17 avocados a day or what?! Don’t worry about the pee-a-thon. Your body will get used to the extra water intake and adjust. And give yourself a day off from exercise. The muscle work, anyhow.
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No just one avodaco a day…and lots of olive oil and nuts and yogurt and cheese and fruit and salad and tuna and meat and chicken and seeds and hard boiled eggs and steel cut oats….everything you told me to eat…plus more green tea than black and also today Jyostna’s lime, mint, pepper and cumin in the water…interesting combo…..and I was so good…there was a huge amount of a variety of mini chocolate bars and M & Ms and whatnots on the conference tables during the meeting…and my coworker sitting next to me had both a donut and a snowball…talk about temptations! I did NOT eat a thing…..
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And it’s good that you’re getting your oats😃
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Yup I cooked a big batch on the weekend so that I can have it all week!
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She’ll be feeling them soon enough. Hide the First Cut!
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Ha!
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Ha! I’m pretty much on the same diet- avos and chicken. Loving the extra energy although I had exercise. Slept better because it was cooler last night.
You can vary the amount of ingepredients in the drink or even add a bit of salt.
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Ok will try some salt too. But I am annoyed that I forgot the fresh mint when I shopped yesterday.
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Spot on! You are FANTASTIC!!!
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I am trying but I have to keep at it!
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I wish I could lose two pounds a week 😉 great job, Brigitte! Please continue with your plan. Every day it becomes easier and you stop craving some stuff you thought you couldn’t do without.
Eau de Lierre is so beautiful. I think I’ve thunked my sample already but I remember it so well.
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Yes I find my sugar and carbs cravings have decreased.
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That’s so impressive, Brigitte!
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I worked out this morning and shovelled as well!
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I am wearing Shanghai Lily though I am not sure if it is authentic or fake. Is the sillage quite soft on it?
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Hey Marcella,
I found Shanghai Lily was a big opener and then collapsed into itself quickly on my skin. Left a very simple skin scent that lasted but wasn’t interesting. I was sad, it works heaps better on other people.
Portia xx
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Marcella, Fazal…..it’s all good😉
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I had the same experience with it, beautiful opening then where did it go???
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Probably then I did not get fake one, it dies really quick
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Fort and Manle Charlatan.
Still decluttering. Now in the tidy up part. Sometimes I open a drawer or cupboard and am surprised to see how tidy it is 😆
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That’s a good one. I thunked the sample that Portia sent me in the PPP a while back.
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SO GOOD! On Rasei Fort’s birthday too. Excellent timing.
Portia xx
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It’s so fab.His Birthday?? Rasei and I must have some celestial connection!
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Think I am going with Grand Soir today.
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Good choice.
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It bloomed while I shoveled the driveway in the cold… good stuff!
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I’m so annoyed. I wrote my SOTDs on the Scent Diary.
Started the day in Niki de Saint Phalle
For work I wore Green Tea by Elizabeth Arden.
SOTBed: Tresor Midnight Rose by Lancome, I find it freakishly addictive.
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Since Tresor has nothing in common with the vintage one, maybe I should try Midnight Rose. Is it in the same nice bottle?
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I think it’s an elongated one with purple-ish juice (or maybe it’s the bottle? I can’t remember).
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Diana is right Neva. Elongated purple to clear bottle with a rose tied jauntily around the crimp of the spritzer.
Portia xx
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I think I need to revisit Green Tea. I loved it but that time wasn’t exactly happy. I bought a bottle of GT Yuzu but it did nothing for me.
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TBH Diana I’m just trying to empty the bottle. This isn’t bad, it IS tea but a very synthetic one nowadays. The Bulgari is loads better.
Portia xx
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That’s what I was afraid of, Portia. I’ll look for some Au The Vert instead, thanks for the tip. And oh, how I regret not buying Au The Rouge, it’s so good! Was.
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Did they mess with Rouge?
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This is so weird, Portia!!! Last night I went to bed thinking and asking Why hasn’t Portia worn Nikki yet?
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HA! Well, I’ll tell you a secret. I’m really lazy. The closest to me out of Silences, CHANEL No 19 and Niki de Saint Phalle will get the spritz.
Lately there has been a CHANEL No 19 vintage EdT and Extrait on my desk, so they have been getting the wear. I was spritzing as I dressed yesterday and Niki de Saint Phalle is in the tray on the Bureau.
So now you know.
Portia xx
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Get the Niki back on your desk 🙂
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Feminite du Bois yesterday and today. I just can’t get enough of it although the bottle is nearly empty.
My detox goes well and I’m surprised how easily I handle the “no coffee and light food” part. I also avoid every kind of temptation and don’t go anywhere near sweets and yummy kitchen smells.
Tonight I go on the second date and I’ll wear FdB because it makes me feel sooooo good 🙂
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YAY to Feminite, your restraint and the second date! Hope you two will have a great time!
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Thank you Diana ❤
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🙂
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Wohooo, hope you have a great evening.
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Things are looking pretty rosy for you. Springing into the new year with a successful detox, gorgeous perfume and date number two. Bonus points cuz he has a bike. Hope it’s a good evening.
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Yes to second date 😍😍
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And your skin will be glowing from all the detoxing 🙋
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WOW! You are making LEAPS ahead in all directions Neva.
YAY for you.
Portia xx
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I received a fragrant letter from Portia today, – thank you so much!! Vintage l’Heure Bleue is such a beautiful thing, Jacques was a genius, I’ll never get tired of saying it.
I’ll wait for the next New Sniffs to tell what else I got 🙂
The last day of winter holidays. I’m watching YOU, a thrilling drama about a stalker in love.
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PPPs are the best! I’ve just read up on that series, it sounds good. I’m gonna see if I can get it on Amazon
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Portia’s gifts are incredible, and the card!. Love it.
I’ve started watching in the afternoon and I’m well into the third episode. I’ll probably have watched half the season by midnight.
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Diana, I’m so jealous of your binge watching. I’d love to do it but I’m always busy with friends in my free time. I wish I had five more hours each day 😀
Vintage L’heure Bleue must be wonderful. I haven’t tried it.
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Neva, all my friends live elsewhere, we only see each other a few times a year. It’s a good thing that I love being alone, otherwise I’d feel miserable way too often.
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Diana, I am like you. I enjoy my alone time. My perfect day would be in my bathrobe all day long with tea and sweets and watching TV.
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Ooo I binge watched that series!!!
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That’s how we do it! It’s very engaging. I’ve finished binge-rewatching Episodes the other night, have you seen it?
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Yes. I finished it fast!!
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YAY! I’m so glad it arrived and you’re loving what you got. We had a bit of a mix up with the packages and I think everyone got each others lately. Sorry about that but all the frags are fabulous and trying new stuff is always a treat.
Is YOU a psycho thriller?
Portia xx
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Yes YOU is a thriller about a stalker with an almost comical element to it.
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Portia, every package from you has something fabulous, mix up or not. Thank you for being so generous.
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I’m in EL Jasmine White Moss. It’s definitely more Moss than jasmine 😉
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That’s discontinued, right?
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Errrr not sure about this one, it’s quite possible. I do know the Amber Ylang Ylang from this line was discontinued quite a while ago.
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Oh maybe I am getting the two confused.
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Brigitte yes, JWM is discontinued too – at least a couple of years ago I managed to snag a bottle already off the floor but not shipped back or whatever its fate would have been…
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Thanks AnnieA- lucky you got that bottle !
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Oh, that’s a good one. I wish I would’ve bought it back in the day.
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YUM!
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Back on track today in l’Ombre Fauve, a PG perfume. Probably my second favorite of his. Coze would be the first and the always satisfying Felanilla comes in third.
Oops! Forgot Aomassai, another favorite.
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You are most definitely a PG girl 😍😍😍
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🎤 Marcella and Pierre up a tree, KISSING 🎶
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💏💑👫
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🎶First comes love, then comes marriage, then comes a baby in the baby carriage 🎵🎶
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😂
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LOL 😀
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Isn’t it possible, or have you ever noticed that sometimes a house just works for you? Or conversely doesn’t. For example I’ve yet to find a Serge Lutens that is agreeable on me. Same with Byredo. Yet with PG and Papillon I can find at least three that work. What’s up with that anyhow??? Curious.
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Yes. What works for me is SSS, 1000 Flowers and St Clair Scents. I have had no luck with Aftelier and Byredo. Dame works for me too but most of the bottles in the house don’t belong to me.
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You seem to have success with the indie houses. Have you ever tried anything from Hendley? They’re an artisanal house based in New York (I think) It seems to me that the perfumes could be very pleasing. Rosenthal is one of their perfumes that is screaming at me to try it. In fact, the entire line is begging me to purchase a discovery set 🙉
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I have not tried anything from Hendley but Hans has been on my radar for a while now. Caitlin over at This Side of Perfume recently did some reviews on his stuff and reinvigorated my interest. But I am on a no buy so sample set will have to wait until 2020. And yes, I do indeed have good success with the indie/artisanal lines. and Hendley is based out of Brooklyn so you are correct in that it is a NY house.
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Lutens just loves me!
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Interesting, I’ve never tried any of these from PG. I know they are the favorites but somehow I’ve been avoiding them. Are you satisfied with the longevity?
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Some are more tenacious than others but 6 hours seems to be the duration for most. Not bad.
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That’s very good. Gonna check them out…wait, no samples for the time being…
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Yeah. For some reason they’re not widely available in sample form.
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We are a chatty bunch!
And did anyone else notice that the Saturday question has almost 270 comments????
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I think we broke a record 😁
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🥇🥇🥇
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Ha!!! Was looking for those on my phone!!!
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It wasn’t me, Miss😆
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Yes, love, it’s a Marzipan with diarrhea of the fingers 🙊🙊🙊
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Wow!
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It was a fun question. I wonder how we could adjust it so that it would be relevant during the year.
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A mid year or half year version???
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Why not? That might work.
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🤣
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Oops my numbers were off ..close to 230, but still that’s a record!!!
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Congratulations crew. Kicking goals already in 2019!
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YUP!!!
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Home now and might bust into my CSP sampler…Vanille Blackberry, maybe.
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Cacharel Homme. My husband’s, lost in the clutter. Finders Keepers?
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TOTALLY! Are you loving it?
Portia x
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Totally loving it! I would raid his stash but I’m such a lovely human. Mostly.
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Oh, that used to be a huge fav of mine back in the eighties. I wonder if it’s still so good. I’ve neglected the “homme” perfumes in the past few years. There’s so much going on in the perfume world and I can barely keep up with the “femme” and unisex variations.
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Why not?
the Marzipans do that to me all the time-LOL! In fact, the girls are borrowing two of my recently acquired decants so in my book I am considering those a THUNK since in all likelihood this is what will occur to them.
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Juliet Has A Gun – Mad Madame today. It’s another rose-patchouli combo. I think their Lady Vengeance is very similar but I don’t remember it so well anymore. Anyhow, it’s nothing revolutionary but I think the crowds would like it because it’s straight, simple and strong.
Today I’ve cheated on my detox plan and had a coffee in the morning. I’ve noticed that I’m becoming slightly grumpy. Maybe it’s the restraint, maybe the stars but it’s definitely not good. And when I got up yesterday after working on my laptop I suddenly had back pain which got worse since then 😦
The second date was good though 🙂 I try to keep it slow and controlled, just for a change.
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Hope the back pain subsides 😦
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Back pain BEGONE PRONOTO! Thank you!
Good news on date, not so good on the grumpies. Wishing you softness and sparkle tomorrow (today?). xx
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PRONTO! (Hope the Universe doesn’t mind requests with typos. Sheesh)
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LOL Jyotsna, I bet it does not 🙂 I already feel a bit better after today’s vishesh massage. Your wishes surely helped 🙂
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Massage can cure a host of ailments.
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I was wondering about that second date, glad to hear it went well. Sorry about the back pain, hope you already feel better.
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A good slather of Tauer Wowilla oil topped off with Stash. Great combo, me likey.
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ooo that does sound good!
I might go with my own homemade body oil of labdanum and vanilla bean today (a cheap version of Tauers Amber oil-LOL!) and top it off with one of the CSP from the sampler set that has been neglected in the basement.
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It’s humming along beautifully
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Sounds an awesome combo!
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It is. The oil base ever so slightly sweetens the Stash.
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I am totally eyeing that Wowilla oil. But I’m staying firm on my no-buy so I will have to make do with the Rose Flush for the time being….
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Ha, I wanted all the oils but contained myself😉
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Wowilla – at first I thought it was a typo 😀
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My eyes automatically see wowzilla
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Just realized I was reading this incorrectly as well. I was convinced it was Wowzilla.
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YES! Exactly 😀 😀
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Aren’t made up words the best? Trondalia. My new body oil.
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I’ve had a lazy morning at work. Know what I’ve been doing? Watching Portia perfume vids on YouTube 😂 Gosh, soooo busy.
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Ha! You found them!!!!
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They’re very funny.
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I adore Portia in action!
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Great occupation Cassie 😀
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I could never survive in a ‘real job’
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Try working from home. The distractions are endless if you want them. Plucking chin hairs, a sudden desire to shave your legs, nail buffing sessions that last longer than reading War and Peace 🙄
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Oh I’d be disastrous 🤪 I’m so easily distracted that, oh look, a squirrel .
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😂 The cat’s drinking water. Need to take 18 photos. There’s snow removal going on outside now, I’ve got to go and watch the trucks 👋🏼
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🤓 there’s a dog pooing on the lawn, but it’s not our 🐕 . 👀 Out the door, 🏃♀️. That’s one scenario!
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Last day of NEST mini rollerballs. Yesterday was Black Tulip – went all powdery on the drydown and I couldn’t wait for it to wear off. Today is Indigo which is starting out promising, but I’m going to hold off on final opinion because several others started that way as well. At least this one has fig, which is a favorite note. I feel a little bad because my sister-in-law was so excited to give this set to me – I just don’t think the house style is “me”, although I like Cocoa Woods (Sephora reward rollerball). Do people swap rollerballs? I feel a little weird knowing that they have touched my skin but I really don’t see wearing most of them much again given the size of my collection and how many true loves I have.
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What would you say is actually NEST style? I’m asking just to have an idea of whether I should consider them at all or not.
You could keep the mini rollerballs in your purse just in case you need reapplying?
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Neva, Nest sytle is very much like Floral Street. Borderline niche treatment of celebrity/designer scents. Not the greatest quality and very much bounce off Millenial tastes for the sweet and femme.
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Oh, I see…nothing really intriguing. Thank you.
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Yeah, sorry Neva, not sure there is anything amazing about them. 😕
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Their packaging is the best thing about them. Some are likeable, none unforgettable.
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Except for the original Midnight Fleur which is gorgeous…Amber and vanilla but I also get a pineapple vibe. The eldest has the original bottle from 2012 I think. If I am not mistaken our APJer Mel likes it too. The bottles have all changed since then so it’s probably reformulated.
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Swapping rollerballs has an ick factor, don’t you think? I would probably take one from my daughters but that’s just about it.
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Whoa! Checking in to see how the no-buys are going? Are you surviving, getting itchy fingers and noses, sweating it out, or breezing through it?
Found a bottle of Cinema Festival d’Ete in a box I had hidden out of view. Been wearing that and not sure how I feel about the slightly citrus popcorn vanilla. A strange one.
Really finding this change from apprentice to qualified mentally tough. I’d love to see the system changed. There is a huge gap between learning mechanical theory and the practical doing of a job. I am not sure I am ever going to be the mechanic I had hoped I’d become. Feeling quite disillusioned and spiritually drained at this stage.
My message to wives who have mechanic husbands – he earns every cent!
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Give yourself time Kate. It’s a steep learning curve but soon the jobs that required a lot of mental focus will become second nature. My Dad was a mechanic and had to transition from the way cars were built in the 60’s and 70’s to the increasingly computerized and electronic components that started being used. He was a dash man. Did all the electricals in the dashboard. Back in the 70’s he drove me to school in a Corvette. The client wanted a TV in the dash. That was some innovative work for the time.
You got this Kate!
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Wow, Kate, I hadn’t realised you were an apprentice. Such an achievement, I take my hat off to you. Same as any other job the doing is a different animal from the theory. Nobody ever waltzes into a job knowing exactly what they’re doing. Sometimes it’s flying by the seat of your pants, mixed in with a bit of spoof, with a sprinkling of bravado. The learning really starts when you’re under the bonnet, where you get to grips with the actual nuts and bolts, much as a surgeon can’t perfect their craft on a cadaver or with their nose in a book. You’ll be good, give your head a chance to settle. You’ve got this!
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It’s only the beginning Kate and after you’ve experienced a few small successes you’ll feel better. No one was an expert after finishing the studies. It takes time and determination. If you want it, you’ll get there for sure.
The no buys should be no problem in the first ten days but the more we comment here, the more stupid ideas I get 😀
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Bahahahaha Neva! Yes, it takes determination right?
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Hang in there Kate – you can do it! dont be too hard on yourself.
Citrus, popcorn vanilla – now thats a crazy mix! xx
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Bizarre, for sure.
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Citrus, popcorn, vanilla 🤔
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Please don’t be hard on yourself. We are constantly evolving and learning, at any age…you will get there.
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Kate, having a bit of self-doubt only proves a person’s high level of intelligence. I’m sure that soon enough you’ll look back at this time and say: Why was I so worried? I’ve been great right from the start. Do let us know when this moment comes 😉
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Wonderful comment Diana ❤️
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Wearing Prada Infusion d’Iris and it’s boring me to tears. It’s pretty enough, but these days pretty just doesn’t cut it for me. I’ll have to switch to something else later.
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Yep, it’s ‘nice’ but blah, and disappears off me in a blink.
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Blah. Exactly.
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I love IdI but as most irises, it only shines when worn in warm weather, at least, that’s what I’ve noticed.
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Then I’ll give it another turn when/if it warms up. Like in about 6 months 🙁
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Playing SOTD catch up – this week so far has been Ungaro Diva, Tokyomilk Pretty Rotten (so good), Burberry Body – haven’t worn this for ages – wasn’t really in love it which is not good as i have two bottles of it. MIght be better when its cooler. Today is CdG Jaisalmer.
PS Jyostna, did you see that Marie Kondo has a Netflix series xx
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Hey Neva- glad your back is better! Jaisailmer is so nice.
I did hear about the Netflix show. I’m not really a MK fan. Although I used to fold clothes beautifully. Once upon a time. Before MK. There are a few TokyoMilks on a list that is tucked away. I think I have Burberry Brit Rhythm. I quite like(d) it. Haven’t worn it in ages.
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Hey, guys! Didn’t even have the time to read all the threads ’cause of work, will catch up with you tomorrow (it’s 2 30 AM). Is it crazy that I’ve missed you?
SOTN Le Sillage Blanc. Magnificent!
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We missed you too!!!
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Aww, thank you!
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2:30 😱 go to sleep. Although maybe your perfume is keeping you enchanted. I’ll bet it’s gorgeous. I’m busting to try Dusita. Maybe when I have logged more time under my low buy restriction. And I’m really not enjoying this low buy business. It’s like eating Brussels sprouts. You don’t like ‘em but you eat ‘em cuz they’re good for you.
And anyhow, where you been?
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hey! I ADORE brussel sprouts! Roasted with olive oil!
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Totalt agree! Add a few small bits of chil to the oil, too.
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Chili powder? Good idea!
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Haha! So do I! But boiled? Hard pass 😬
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Nope I would eat them boiled too!
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Oh no, go away. Not boiled, no way.
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Keep in mind that the full bottles of Dusita are quite pricey..which is why I haven’t ventured into fully sampling them.
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Oh great. Well then I’ll steer well away. I’ve already fallen for too many pricey lines last year.
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I sometimes translate stuff so that’s what I’ve been doing, plus I’ve taken up an Italian for beginners online course. This low-buy/no-buy thing is starting to get to me 😦
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What a fun idea taking Italian. It’s a beautiful language. Especially when spoken by a handsome Italian while sitting in a sidewalk café in a small picturesque village in Tuscany shadowed by fig trees and sipping a nice Italian wine. Let’s go!
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That or haggling for something 😉
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ooo Cool! what do you translate? Duolingo?? Or some other program. Enjoy! xx
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We missed YOU! I don’t know that perfume. (Note to Self: And it’s staying that way for 2019. Right!)
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LOL Jyotsna, of course it’s staying that way as long as the willpower is there 😉
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🙂 Jyotsna, Le Sillage Blanc is heavy on galbanum and sparkling green notes, think Bandit. In fact, Bandit didn’t work for me, although I only have a sample, and you know how they are: the juice could get oxidized or something. Parfums Dusitas are truly exceptional, if they were more affordable, I’d buy them all, and I have to say, I rarely feel that way about any brand.
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Gosh galbanum and greens – that sounds beautiful. I think I would love it. Samples and decants aren’t the best but they are the only way to wear some of the stuff.
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No, it’s normal. APJ is addictive 🙂 Happy to have you back, Diana 🙂 Hope you had a good night’s sleep.
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I slept like a baby, thank you!
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Woot! Good news, people! I have thunked a bottle. 30ml of Beautiful. I dropped her in the bin 2 hrs ago.
Buuuuut… I do have a 75ml back up to open. 😂😂😂😂
I also thunked my Nomade shower gel.
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Oh no, Kate 😀 for a second I thought – WOW! Anyhow, you have more space now 😉
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Good going. 👍🏼
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yay!!!
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🥇🥇🥇
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WOO HOO! Thinking in ACTION!!
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Been MIA so far this week because I have been boring. I have decided to thunk a decant I have of TOm Ford Mandarino di Amalfi, given that we have a hot spell coming on. Not much point telling you the same thing every day. It’s a competent citrus fragrance that, weirdly, does not have mandarin in its notes. It doesn’t last a huge long time on me and I won’t be going FB at its price.
BTW, what do you guys do with an emptied decant when it’s a nice bottle?
Finally, my “this year’s fragrant buy” arrived (see Saturday question). It was eShave Vetiver Lime shaving oil. I broke it out this morning and was greeted with a fantastic lime smell. If only you could buy this in a fragrance.
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Vetiver and lime sounds like a beautiful refreshing combination.
To answer your question – I keep it, of course, although I can never clean it thoroughly enough to refill it with something else. It stays here and takes up space….I hope that’s the answer that will encourage you to do the same 😀
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The shaving oil sounds fab, great pairing of lime and vetiver.
I don’t hang on to the decant bottles generally. With one exception. I have had one that I got as a present for Christmas 1984. It’s about 5ml and black lacquer with a pattern of tiny dots and swirls in white. It has never leaked or evaporated the contents. I wash with soapy water, then fill with vodka. I leave that to sit until I remember to empty it, then leave it to air dry for ages. Does a pretty good job of killing previous scent.
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What cassie says…I clean it…similar way (soap and then alcohol and then air dry for days). I too keep lovely looking bottles and good refillable decants.
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I have had an idea for the decant. It really is very well-presented, with a gold label very similar to the TF labels. Rather than try to re-use it, I’m going to leave just a little bit in it and donate the remainder to the op shop. Perhaps the op shop karma goddess will reward me.
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Sounds like a plan Greg. A lovely thought. What you really need to do is write to me, so I can send some samples to you and then when it’s super hot next week you will have some new things to sniff coz it’s too hot to go outside. And it’s gonna be hot coz the hot weather is hitting ol’ Radelaide tomorrow and early next week ☀️🙁
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TF sounds great. I keep decants and usually manage to get rid of the scent: first I fill them with an eau de cologne (I mean the actual thing, something like 4711. I buy a cheap Russian one) and then with pure alcohol. I’m a bit of a germaphobe so I use the decant to wipe my keyboard, my smartphone etc. After a few cycles the scent is gone, and I can fill it with whichever scent I want to take it with me when I go out or travel.
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Yesterday I wore JHAG’s Mad Madame and there’s still half of the vial left. I sprayed the whole day and it’s too boring to repeat the same today…so, no thunking
Today I need something that’ll be enjoyable so I’ll play it safe – Orris Tattoo by Parle Moi de Parfum.
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ha! you’ll get around to thunking it eventually.
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Hey Neva, this one on my sample list. I like some of this gear but the few I have tried don’t last that long on me. Have Calamity Jane and Citizen Queen still to try, has a gun anyway and mmm are on my ‘need another sample’ list xx
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I’ve had a bottle of Anyway. It’s a lovely citrus linden perfume but as you said, very light so I had to spray madly and used it up in one month. I didn’t repurchase. I can live without it.
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Orris Tattoo seems really nice, I love the note. Did you try the other scents from the line?
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It IS nice. My first iris perfume. I’ve tried Chypre Mojo from the line. It’s a fruity floral with a wood base and somewhat aquatic.
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First?? Oh mama, iris scents are yet another rabbit hole: they’re alike but you gotta have them all 🙂 At least that’s how I feel about them.
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Yeah, it sure is.
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Yes, I have a complicated relationship with iris so it took some time for me to find one I really liked. I think I won’t go for another…unless…you know 😉
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Ha! Don’t entice her down that hole 😂😂😂
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Sipping my tea and reading APJ and wondering what I will wear perfume wise today…maybe Paprika Brasil? It’s been getting neglected lately. I overslept yesterday so I need to get exercising this morning. If I don’t do it in the morning I don’t do it at all because at the end of the day I am exhausted (mentally and physically).
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We were in Hermès today and Paprika Brasil was the one that Anna Maria loved the most. Cool coincidence.
We also tried on scarves.
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It’s an underrated gem IMO
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Are you sleeping any better with your regime now firmly in place?
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Oh yes I am 😴😴😴😴
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Fantastic! 🙂
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Nice!!!!
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I had a really funny snippet of a dream this morning, I was on a whirlwind visit to Sydney with some friends-who kept disappearing , and others would appear – and decided I just had to go see Portia to say hello, but couldn’t find my phone to make contact. I think I need a break from APJ. Invading my dreams😂
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Oh, it’s a great dream. I like it and hope it’ll come true some day.
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As a certified dream interpreter allow me to analyze. Your friends are rather flighty and you’ve been watching too many Portia YouTube videos at work 😉
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Pawwwsibly😆
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🐶
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A break might not help you: APJ is in your subconscious now 🙂
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As usual I’m so busy talking crap that I forget the purpose of this thread🙄 I’m in a blend of Ylang Ylang Espresso and Cacao Dreams. I’m very fragrant. Hope nobody tries to lick me.
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HA! I hope they do try to lick you., That would be HILARIOUS!
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Would serve me right 👅
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I would 😀 I didn’t have coffee nor chocolate for 9 days in a row and I don’t vouch for my actions when confronted with the smell of it 😀
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Yikes. You’re a dangerous woman at this point. When does this misery end?
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Tomorrow is the last day. I’m already planning on getting drunk on red wine on Saturday 😀
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Happy days again, Neva. Watch out because you’ll be very susceptible to the alcohol 🤪🥴
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You’ll be a cheap date tomorrow night. A couple of glasses ought to do it after the abstinence and diet. But hearty congratulations for roughing it out 🤗
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Thanks, girls! I’ll arrange my third date for tonight and blame everything on the wine 😛
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I’m a danger to myself today😉
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LOL 🤦 🤦
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OMG – you must smell irrestible. Is YYE a Floral St. and the other the Alexandria?
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Yes and yes😀👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 and it’s done well over the round of the clock and I can still get whiffs.
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oh my!!! Yay. Both are on my 2020 list. Do you have any other Alexandria’s? There are few I am dying to sample.
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That Alexandria website is deadly for me! Good to know it’s good stuff for 2020!
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Smelling distinctly matriarchal in vintage Arpège EdP. I’m the dowager countess in Downton Abbey 👵🏻
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Oops! I just liked my own comment. Guess it’s gonna be one of those days 😒
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Yeah. Heading right to the top of the class is where I’m going 😑
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Ha! I have been known to do that.
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We do love ourselves, don’t we 😄
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Indeed 🙂 🙂 🙂
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All growed up and sensible.
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Smoke and mirrors, I tell ya.
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Very Don’t-Mes-With-Me Maggie Smith. Adore VInatge Arpege edp. It’s my suit of armour.
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Adore Maggie Smith, Arpege, whipped cream and cheese. Not necessarily in that order 😉
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Finally moved on from the NEST rollerballs and wearing Bvlgari Omnia today. Soft creamy spices. Will probably be gone by lunchtime – disappointing for a favorite – so I’ll have to find something else to wear this afternoon.
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Bulgari Omnia was a huge love of mine. I’m so sad it’s been discontinued.
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SOTM: Shalimar, vintage extrait. I have two teeny tiny 2 ml bottles and I’ve decided to wear at least one of them.
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Wow!!! Good for you on wearing at least one…life is too short to not enjoy it now.
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A little goes a long way with this one: I can still smell the remnants of vanilla.
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Oh all sorts of fabulous ❤️
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Oh yeah!
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Do it Diana. That’s what it’s here for 😉
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Absolutely!
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Off topic but this drinking water is killing me…every half hour I am looking for a bathroom!!
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How much are you drinking?!
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48 ounces in a day
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If the converter is right, it’s only one liter something. That’s not much… I drink at least the double quantity per day.
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It’s four water bottles…and it ‘s killing me….but I also drink tea and tisanes all day and night too….you can drink double that amount? I think I would be in the bathroom every five minutes! I have a wimpy bladder 😦
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It may be the tea. Warm liquids in big amounts usually do that to me.
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I think you are right but I am freezing all the time and I need my hot liquids! although I drank ZERO water before I started this diet so maybe the influx of double the amount of liquid is doing it….my pee is absolutely clear for the very first time (sorry I know TMI)
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On top of all that tea, no wonder you’re peeing all day! For a tiny, I’d say that two to three litres liquid in total is plenty (That’s what I aim for, even when training. Extra litre if I take a sauna, though, or it’s super hot out.)
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I cut back on the tea during the day and it seems to be helping….can’t go beyond 54 oz though right now…what is that 1 1/2 liters? Not sure. I read somewhere that you should aim for half your body weight in ounces so I am already over the allotted amount if that is correct.
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Knize Ten this morning, for rushing about town buying supplies for the nephew’s wedding reception tomorrow afternoon. (Mmmm… all the cheese! fat shiny olives!)
All smooth and lush in Bois des Iles parfum, with a bit of extra EDT on my scarf for going out for dinner this evening. Rozy VdP all day yesterday. Fourteen glorious hours of it, shimmering and smouldering.
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Did you say CHEESE? One of my favorite food groups surpassed only by whipped cream.
I’m longing to try the Rozy VdP, but I can only seem to find decants of the EdP. I reckon that it’s a worth trying since both you and I have rose averse skin.
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And enjoy your nephew’s wedding minus any family drama.
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Cheese!!! Whipped cream!! My fave foods too.
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My advice (not that you asked for it-LOL!) don’t seek out the Vero perfumes …what happens if you fall in love with a bottle that sells for five hundred dollars on ebay?
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Right. I’d forgotten that the availability was uncertain on account of Vero Kern’s death. Good point,
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REALLY GOOD CHEESE too. We’re lucky to have a fantastic cheesemonger here. We got a nice mix: a scottish ewe’s milk cheese, a very aged gouda, a shropshire blue, and a washed-rind goaty cheese, Rachel. Yum!
I’d second B’s thought on not hunting down any Rozy unless we find out it will still be made. Falling in love with things that are next to impossible to find is horrid.
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Every once in a blue moon I actually say something sensible!
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I only had a sample of Rozy EdP and it was a very interesting take on the rose. I’m not familiar with the VdP.
Have fun on the reception. I’m curious what you will wear for the occasion.
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It wasn’t a formal wedding, so, dressed up but not frocks-and-hats-Dressed-UP… a dark plum-brown frock coat type jacket and pinstriped dark grey trousers, lavender-purple turban scarf and a plum-coloured big foofy sheepskin collar/scarf, and chunky big brothel creeper shoes. Yes, I have official weird-but-cool aunt status 🙂
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Oh. you meant perfume wear! oops! My precious: vintage Cuir de Russie extract.
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I meant perfume but now that you’ve mentioned your outfit, I find it even more interesting 😉 You ARE totally cool in every way!
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Ten and Bois des Isles are both exceptional. I’ll look for my decant of the latter, it’s been neglected for too long.
Have fun at the wedding, hope the reception goes smoothly!
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* des Iles, of course.
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Home now and testing Mona di Orio Vanille sent to me by a a very generous APJer…not at all what I was expecting…but boy is it good!
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and now on the other hand DSH Kyphi and Cardamom….and I want to eat both of my hands……
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Sprinkle them with icing sugar and I’m sure you will. Hope the sugar cravings aren’t too bad.
I’m joining you in Mona di Orio, Santal Nabatea. It’s a very toasty warm and enveloping scent. I’ll probably wear this all weekend long. Our nite time temperatures are headed into the -30’s with day time temps not much better 😬
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Time to crack out the Michelin Man gear😬 waaah, unthinkably cold to me! The lowest I’ve ever weathered is -18.
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Chri$t! It’s bloody awful. It looks like a frozen tundra out there and it’s impossible to keep the house warm.
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OMG Marcella, how do you survive in such cold??? It makes me nervous even thinking of it. Ok, I guess you are well equipped because it is common in your area but nevertheless…ugh! I suppose during the cold season you do most of your work from home, right?
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That SN is on my to try list…one of these days..
we are also getting ridiculously cold weather…
Mr. Marzipan smelled amazing in the Kyphi last night…he asked me to apply on him one of my favorites in the frisky category…it worked…now the travel spray sits next to First Cut but I will still steal some from time to time 🙂
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Ooo-la-la! That’s one way to keep warm 😉
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Is Kyphi a Solstice Scent perfume? How is the lasting power and projection?
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No it’s a Dawn Spencer Hurwitz…. it’s fantastic.
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ooo forgot to answer your whole question…projection is average but it lasted forever on Mr. M’s oily skin….and did pretty good on my crocodile skin too.
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Wow, Vanille sounds intriguing.
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I was expecting a rum vanilla but the vanilla has a green ting to it and reminds me of orchid vanilla.
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Chanel 19. Must conquer the world. More job apps.
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PMA Jyotsna. Fingers crossed 🤞 for success. Come on, universe, she’s cleaned out her house and everything is in its place. Now is the time to send her out into the world to sort out other stuff.
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You smell fantastic and you can do it! I wish you all the luck!
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Sending you lots of good luck and success vibes xxoo
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Best of luck, Jyotsna! The people wearing No.19 deserve to rule the world 🙂
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Thanks, Diana. And Truth!!
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Good luck Jyotsna! Chanel No 19: the suit of armour. We’re rooting for you.
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After having my appetite “whetted” when shaving yesterday, I felt the lime urge today, so I’m wearing CdG Energy C Lime. Wife hates it.
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I haven’t tried it but it sounds amazing.
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OK so a package arrived last night from a ridiculously generous friend and I went on a testing frenzy. Last night tested Kyphi & Cardamon, Mona di Orio Vanille, Meteorites (pretty sure this is the original not the remake), the Different Company Un Parfum des Sens & Bois and Aqua Parma Iris Nobile. This morning testing Apres L’Ondee extrait de parfum and Bvlgari Ashlemah (which I think means sweet dreams? holy sh$$$t this is good stuff!)….thus far liked/loved everything I tested…..will be doing more testing than thunking me thinks in the upcoming weeks.
For those on my side of the world, TGIF….it’s been a long week!
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The no-buy period will be challenging 😉 I try to avoid entering any shops that sell perfume to keep away from any kind of temptation.
Never heard about Bulgari Ashlemah. Is it a new release?
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I think having these samplings might make the no buy easier for me as I have lots to play with and could not justify buying anything for this reason.
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And I think it’s a 2014 release from a collection centered around gemstones. Portia might know and probably has a bottle from this collection 🤣🤣🤣🤣
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How wonderful, Brigitte! Your friend is a gem. Please tell me more about Un Parfum des Sens & Bois, I’ve read everything I could find on it but I still can’t imagine what it smells like.
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It’s Woody and diffuse and wears close to my skin. I will wear it alone one day and comment on it.
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Please do! I need an opinion from someone whose taste in perfumes is relatively close to mine. Thanks!
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See below somewhere!
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Top of left hand Amor America, top of right hand Serge Lutens L”eau Froide…love them both…will be great for the summer weather!
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The youngest just texted me that he stole the Serge LOL 🤣 😂
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😂😂 Let the young ‘un have it. The last thing we need today is l’Eau Froide😬
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Ha true !!!!
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Top of left arm Atelier Mistral Patchouli and top of left arm eau de Cartier…both thumbs up!
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I can smell you over here, Brigitte 👃 😃
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Oh yes you can 😵😳😵😈👺
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Ha, I can never put only one fragrance on when I receive a fragrant package: curiosity gets the best of me.
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We are so bad 😁😁
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We are 🙂
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😈😈😈
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Musc Ravageur for some cozy up this morning. It’s -31. The long underwear is on with about seventeen layers on top. And that’s just for in the house. I have to go out later on. Counting the days, hours and minutes til Guadeloupe.
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I don’t miss living in the Central part of Russia, the winters there were just as harsh as Canadian ones. Brrr!..
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It’s true. Our winters are similar to the ones in Siberia. I hate it. Then we can get temps in the 30’s in July and August. I’d prefer something more temperate TBH.
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Same, same.
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Crazy 👾
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Holy crappa that’s cold! We had ten degrees Fahrenheit which made me cranky.
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Double your crankiness factor and you know how I’m feeling.
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Yikes and double yikes 🌬️❄️☃️
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Damn WordPress, you’re driving me crazy!!! It keeps logging me out and refuses to keep me logged in😡😡😡
Anywayyy. . . It’s our anniversary today, 11 years since I was standing sweltering on that beach wearing Island. So I have cracked out my lovely purchase from last year that I’ve been saving for today. I could do with being on that beach today as it’s grey and damp. What’s new🙄
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Happy anniversary! So what are you wearing, Cassie?
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MK Island which was my wedding fragrance.
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It’s discontinued for a few years now, was lucky to score a set of perfume and body lotion exactly the same as the one I had then.
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Never tried any Kors frags but I assume this one must be good since you’ve bought a backup bottle.
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It’s ‘driftwood???’ With whatever. I smell honeysuckle. So that’s good enough for me. Like a lot of perfume it’s hitting that emotional gong for me. I’m a silly emotional old buddy (on the quiet).
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I find that it’s good to stay emotional, the opposite would be becoming numb at best.
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Happy Anniversary!!!!!🍾🎉🎊
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Thank you.
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Happy Anniversary!! Only eleven years eh? You’re practically newlyweds. Mr. LH and myself will be creeping towards 40 years this summer 🙀. That doesn’t count the ‘interruption’ tho. Break out the bubbly tonight.
Huh. For the life of me I can’t remember what perfume I wore when I got married 🧐
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I can😇😇😇
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Well……so aren’t you gonna tell us?
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HEAVEN! The only perfume I wore during our first year of courtship because it was the only one he ever complimented me on (some of the others he complained were too strong). Then Cassie talked me into buying a big back up bottle because I only had the travel spray hidden in the basement for reference. Then I talked her into buying the Michael Kors she is wearing today because we are nothing but a bunch of enablers!!!!!!
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Eleven years officially. We took an awful long time to get around to it.
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Happy Anniversary, Cassie!! Have a fab day
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Thank you. We did😃
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Happy anniversary Cassie ❤ I always get romantic when I hear of happy love affairs! I wish you many more beautiful years together 🙂
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Thank you Neva. Yes, considering that in many respects we are chalk and cheese and argue about a lot of things we’re still going strong.
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Inspired by crikey’s comment, I chose Bois des Iles.
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Beautiful
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You smell *beautiful*
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Thank you both 🙂
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When you linger too long over coffee and have to rush to get to work, you grab something tried and true – SJP Stash. Happy friday!
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My daughter wore that a few months ago. I was bloody well impressed. Big bang for little bucks!
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On me it smelled like pickles but I kept wearing it and thunked my 30 ml bottle in about three and a half weeks last winter or early spring…. it’s in my desk drawer at work and I think I have a few drops left… love it !
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Pickles! Really? I did not get that at all. Then again, I hsben’t tried it on. Who nose?
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Wow. I typed some real gobbeldey-gook there. Not my fault. My fingers are frozen. So are my feet for that matter.
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I enjoyed that goobly gook!!! It’s supposed to be an incense fragrance but for some reason I get a pickle vibe (a few other commenters elsewhere said the same thing about). Still like it though 🙂 And for the price, heck it’s a great one to have in your collection!
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I never really WANTED Stash until you mentioned (last week or the one before) it smelled of PICKLES!
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🙂 🙂 🙂
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LOVE Stash, both of them.
Portia xx
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You do!! I remember you wrote a perfumeposse review.
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Bricker Aoud on the hand and testing a whole bunch of Perfumery oil dupes before the girls steal them. Right now I am enjoying By Kilian Love dupe.
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Bricker Aoud? Is that auto-correct lingo? Never heard of Bricker 🤨. Sounds fishy to me.
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oops…it’s Bruckner Aoud…it’s very powdery….
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SOTE Pierre Guillaume’ Aomassai which blends nicely with the remnants of Musc Ravageur. Our furnace sounds like it’s about to expire. It hasn’t had a break all day. Anyhow, Mr. LH and I decided to go out to dinner. Actually, I did because the kitchen is currently the coldest room in the house. I’m sure if I spilled water on the floor it would freeze in a matter of seconds.
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Hope you enjoy your dinner and the restaurant has a fireplace!!!!!!!!
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Pfff, how I hate the cold. Hope you had a nice evening with Mr. LH.
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OK one last application for the night (Mr.Marzipan is already giving me the stink eye because I reek…and he is yelling at me to “get out of that bucket!!!” which is where I am keeping all the new stuff to test). For Diana- Sens et Bois…hard to explain to me it now smells slightly sweet and woody…really good…nice for bed…and the bottles of the Different Company are gorgeous!!!! Took me a while to figure it out but the cap unscrews!!! and thick heavy glass…me likes this!!!
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LOL at the perfume bucket and thank you for sharing your impressions. I agree, TDC bottles are pretty cool. So you’ve got a whole bottle of SeB?! Nice!
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yeah a whole bottle…and if I happen to thunk it amazon has it on sale for dirt cheap..55 dollars for 100 ml!!!!
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That bucket is the place to be I think 😉 I’ve never tried anything from the Different Company…there’s so many things to try, it’s pretty frustrating.
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I tried Oriental Lounge from a PPP I was sent a while back. Gorgeous stuff and thunked in one day. but I have to say that the bottles really impress me. So interesting the twist off cap!
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Back to Mandarino di Amalfi, which I’ll wear again tomorrow and then thunk via the op shop.
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those are the best kinda thunks where we pass it on for someone else to love !
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Opium Poesie de Chine by Yves Saint Laurent. Opium for summer 2008.
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You smell fabulous!
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Zadig & Volaitre For Her (its a favourite when it’s gonna be warm) for breakfast, the movies and shopping with my niece. Saw the Nutcracker movie. A good show – awesome costumes and visuals.
Sorry to admit this but I took one for ‘no buy’ team. When we were in Lush some solid perfumes fell into my hand, just like magic 😳 😉 I was “guided” by the always lovely Jysotna and went for Breath of God, Cardamom Coffee and Rentless. Oh and bath bombs for my sidekick! Wonder if Lush have ever considered a lipstick type container for their solid perfumes – would be more practical me thinks.
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Oooh I love Z&V For Her. Nutcracker– what a delight! How old is your neice- I forget, sorry.
I don’t have Relentless. God, yes a lipstick style applicator would be so smart. I’m at the goudge the scent out with tiny spatula stage. And then I rub the perfume on as though applying icecream. Sheesh. We always buy heap of bath bombs. The SAs exclaim – “ooh so many relaxing baths. Me: “um no.. They’re for my son”.
What’s Relentess like?
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This niece is 10. I have a soon to be 18yo and then a 12. And two nephews. Applying ice cream? 😂 you make me smile 😆 Breath Of God is my favourite so far. Rentless is Patchouli and tonka bean. Will get you proper review when I’m wearing it on its lonesome coz right now I don’t get patchouli at all!
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Now that should been icing, not icecream. Bah my overheated brain. We had icecream for dinner. And dessert. Teh boy was over the moon.
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LOVE breath of god. I bought some Rentless. Mr crikey told me it was “nope, nope, too much patchouli”. Then stole it for himself. Sneaky.
There’s no solid, but, if you get the chance to try “The Smell of Weather Turning”… that’s my real favourite from Lush.
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There’s no such thing as too much patchouli-LOL!
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They used to have a swivel up solid perfume lipstick like container at LUSH.
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The one I recently got is like a tub of Blistex.
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For Her is so lovely! I had a decant which I thunked not too long ago.
Thanks for taking one for the team!!! We can live vicariously through you! Have heard that Cardamom Coffee is great and Breath of God makes me smile because I think of the kindness of Jysotna’s son gifting it to her.
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That’s great, Melanie! I might follow your example soon 🙂
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SOTD- Dzongkha – goes well with the heat.
SOTE- MelScent SL Santal de Mysore which is my least fave SL but I applied extra and now I smell like a temple kitchen. Wow! Very surprising.
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I think it’s good to over apply some perfumes from time to time because it really does change our perception of them.
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I will be testing Berdoues Violettes from the “to test” bucket sitting next to my computer after my shower. Overslept and have a lot on my plate today. later I will do lots more testing and chime in.
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There’s no such thing as overslept when you’re an insomniac. It’s your body’s way of catching up while it can.
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so true so true….
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But actually cassie I have been sleeping through the night and waking up at 4am which I kinda like cause it gives me time for tea, APJ, exercise, shower and get ready for work. Worse for me is those late night early morning wake ups and then I fall back asleep. I think the exercise and diet is helping me to sleep more soundly.
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4 a.m. 😯 An unthinkable time to be getting up as far as I’m concerned. But I’m regularly awake before then and am falling back to sleep not long before my alarm goes off. I don’t start work early every day, luckily.
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I leave the house before 7am for work five days a week.
Of course I jinxed myself because last night I only got three hours…I think the stress and worry about the financial stuff is weighing on me.
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😠😔🙁😢
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How’s this for a fine smelling group yesterday: me in very vintage Cuir de Russie extrait, Mr crikey in Dior Homme, and Awesome Niece in PoaL?
Today: Vetyver Rain Skin (from the Zoo) this morning for gym. Still commando this afternoon, but slight wisps of iris and leather from the tauer data miner soap, so might go in that direction.
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You certainly made up a fragrant triumvirate. Beautiful lineup. Hope you had a good day, sans drama.😉
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Casablanca again. Lurrrve it so much😍🥰
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You smell amaaazzziinngggggg!!!!!!!
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I want to know how everyone keeps up with the comments here – so many! I’m on my phone usually and it’s almost overwhelming to scroll all the way down to post.
Today I’m in Alaïa. Unusual, both the perfume and the fact that I like it (perhaps not love, but I found it at Tj Maxx for $17 so it’s ok to just like!)
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Wow!!! Great price!!!!
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I only read threads on my laptop, scrolling down drives me nuts.
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Alaia is a great scent. I want to buy it ever since it came out a few years ago and somehow every time I see it I say to myself: next time. Here it costs around 60 USD so not a bargain. I like its spicyness and the fact that it does not remind me of anything else.
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From the bucket, 31 Rue Cambon…the juice is dark so I am guessing vintage EDT…delicious…I am practically crosseyed because Mr. M and I just spent six hours filling out financial aid forms online for just ONE of the Marzipans…I will be ranting about this on the scent diary post so get ready!!!
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OK I am not going to rant tomorrow. I said enough just now. It is what it is…I just wonder if things are different in other parts of the world. In the States the colleges have become nothing but businesses and will bleed you dry. It’s quite common now for kids to be graduating college 200K USD in debt (basically a house mortgage) And to get any sort of financial aid you have to jump through hoops no matter how bright you are and also be very poor on paper. The days of MERIT scholarships are gone.
Rant over 🙂
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Wow, that sucks! But then again, we have no such thing as scholarships, merit or not, in Russia, only orphans get some kind of advantage.
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I often wonder how affordable higher education is in other countries. Or maybe it’s even worse.😾
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Not here!
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Not everyone can afford it, that’s for sure. I was lucky to have gotten it ten years ago. It was before kids started having SATs, I only had to have excellent marks for all the subjects we studied, and this provided me with a sort of school certificate cum laude and an actual silver medal 🙂 I actually managed to get accepted into university for free but of course I had to rent a room since there were not enough rooms in the dorm. We don’t usually have student campuses so students have to rent rooms or flats, and it’s never cheap. Well, at least I got my education for free. Like I said, nowadays only a few kids per year, usually those are orphans, can be admitted to uni without paying any fee.
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Here now in the States not only the SAT but SAT subject tests (Chemistry, Physics, Biology, Math 2, etc) are required for the more competitive schools…plus they want a huge amount of extracurriculars and community service. On campus living situation is crazy cost wise too…the dorm rooms are the size of a shoebox and you pay about 5 grand per semester… the food costs are 3K per semester of which the student only get 800 dollars to pay for food (which is horrible)…the rest of that money goes to administration, food workers, supplies, etc. Plus the fees…each semester about 2K in fees 9/10 of which are for things my girls don’t even use…like a said, it’s a HUGE money making business.
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Just when I was thinking how hard done by we are here, you remind me that we’re not. At all. It’s really outrageous how much it costs there to get on an undergrad course. My friend has put one through, with two more in the pipeline. My mind boggles at the figures.
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OK so I am not unreasonable for ranting then 🙂
Even the state schools with room and books are now close to 30K. And everyone is applying to them because they are the most “affordable” so competition is fierce.
This is why the student loans in the States are in the trillions.
Your friend is like me..three to get through. Two in and one heading.
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It’s outrageous! Education should never be a business. All schools outside of the public sector should be on a not for profit basis. It’s a very unfair system when the brightest are effectively locked out of further education if they fall between rich or poor. I understand your rage, totally.
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Thanks, love. I promise to try not to rant about this anymore before Portia kills me 🙂
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Have you ever considered sending your mini Marzipans to Europe? There are branches of US colleges mainly in Eastern European countries and they are waaaayyy more affordable. My daughter went to an US college here in Croatia and many students were from abroad, even from the US because when you consider the costs of living and renting an apartment and even plane tickets twice a year it is much cheaper than the same college in the US. After graduation they get both diplomas – a US and a Croatian one.
Just an idea…
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The two older ones are very happy where they are and would kill me if I told them they had to switch. Not sure about the youngest.
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Australia 🇦🇺😁
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ha ha! I would have lots of you folks to come and visit for sure!!!
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AND old man Marzipan and I are breaking my no alcohol rule by sharing a Fosters Pale Ale right now…hopefully it will calm me after the stress of being on the computer all day! Tomorrow we will tackle the forms for the middle marzipan 😦
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Oh dear!! I feel so badly for you and the Mister. What a miserable rigmarole. We have some excellent universities both here in Montreal and the rest of Canada. McGill Univ, Waterloo, Queens, Dalhousie….and, not surprisingly a significant American student body. You guys get bled dry down there for post-secondary education!! It’s bloody-well criminal to my mind. When my girls were studying, one at McGill and one at Concordia business school their tuitions were around $5000-$6000 per year. Student loans were and still are painless to procur. Obviously, good marks and extra-curricular involvement remain important aspects of the admissions process but it remains an affordable and accessible option for most families. I get furious when I read about higher education in the States. It’s becoming a privilege that only the wealthy can afford! Don’t get me started! You really have my sympathies. It’s a terrible burden to place on parents and students who just want a good education so that they can work and provide for themselves. Disgusting 😡
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But the saddest thing is that everyone is being steared into to get a college education so it isn’t just for the wealthy! However, the poor students get the free tuition from government grants. The rich don’t care because they can afford it. Those of us in the middle have to pay up the wazzoo :(. If you saw what college administrators make (it’s all on the internet now) you would understand the high cost of post secondary education (we are talking 625K per year for state college administrators…and their pensions are slightly below 500K per year). The banks also profit from this because they make loads of money off the interest from student loans (most private schools are now in the range of 70K per year) It’s a crime. And the worst part is that when you have a child that has extraordinary grades and extraordinary SAT and SAT subject scores they still don’t get scholarships because there is no “financial need”. When I went to college I was paying 39 dollars a credit. Those days are long gone.
OK..on to perfume!!!! Cuir Cannage on the left wrist (smells like wintermint to me!) and Bottega Venetta Absolute on the right wrist (oooh soo good!!)…I am making a huge dent in my bucket! and don’t have to many more to test!
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“steered”
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God damn, those fees are outrageous! Stay strong, Brigitte and Mr Marzipan.
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Cuir Cannage=wintermint?? I’ve got to try this.
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Hey I have a very wonky nose but I swear this is what it smelled like to me…kinda like real tuberose absolute which also smells like wintermint to me…..
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But at least you are smelling incredibly fabulous 😍☺️
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Up early and testing Enslaved, Unspoken and Devour…. interesting names. And the minis busted into my bucket and hijacked quite a few fragrances…thunk via taking possession 😂
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Ultra THUNKing there Brigitte!
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yup!!! They literally raided the bucket last night 🙂
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A whole new ‘thing’ bucket busting!
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Ha ha ha ha 😈 😈😈 😈
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That also counts 😉
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That’s what I say! It counts!
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Testing Pink Manhattan now. Never heard of this one. It has an oily consistency. It’s sweet as in fruity sweet. I forgot that I also tested some of the mini bottles last night too….Prada Candy, Mon Guerlain and Miu Miu…I told middle one to return the minis when she is done with the juice as they are adorable and will be part of my Christmas ornament collection. She also took the decant of Miu Miu Blue. The girls have several friends that are into fragrances so I told them both to share what they have as very few of those girls even ventured into niche (but now they will 🙂 !!!).
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and now testing IUNX 02 and 05…both interesting…yeah,I like them both…and the bottles and the container are fascinating too. I think I have just about tested everything 🙂
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Atelier d’Or Iris Fauve and smelling beautiful. Hoping for a repeat of yesterday’s productivity with work.
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Good luck with the productivity!!!!!!
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Ooh, Iris Fauve got a lot of favourable reviews!
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Justified, in my opinion.
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Cuir Amethyste. I mentioned it talking to Portia on the Bottled Rose post and I just had to wear it. It smells amazing in the freezing air.
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OOO I bet it does! That was one of the things I sampled this week.
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Freezing air?? Want!! Here🥵😭
I was up at four am writing applications.
You smell gorgeous, Diana.
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HEy! I got an early morning buddy 🙂
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I’m a fragrant cloud. Café Tuberosa that wasn’t quite Tuberosa enough. So what could I do only squirt some Fracas on top.
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I need to try that one. It got so many favourable reviews and made it into so many “top something lists”.
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And the house is incredibly fragrant too. The lilies are opening and giving their blast of beauty.
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Heavenly 🙂
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Nice 👌
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Lilies – oh simply divine. I adore lilies.
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Testing Casablanca again today thanks to the marzipan enabling. I can really only wear this on weekends or after hours – way too much for work. It is truly a beautiful perfume but I’m not sure I would buy the bottle. Even the 13ml travel is $95; I know it’s an extrait and would last forever but I don’t need another weekend/evening only perfume, sadly. (I realize that in today’s perfume math under $100 is practically free but my budget doesn’t stretch that far!)
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If you can do it decant your sample into a vial and apply sparingly. One work days it was too much to spray. I almost feel like Diane needs to sell it in 1/4 oz dabbers. If you think about it it’s a higher concentration than the Chanel extrait but still cheaper. But that’s the type of bottle it needs.
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On not one…
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I was again socially active during the weekend so less active here 😉 In the evenings I went to clubs with live bands playing disco tunes and Saturday morning I went to a great yoga class where a friend of mine had her examination after her teacher training. Today my arms, shoulders and back hurt like crazy but I’ve rediscovered how much I love yoga. Damn, why does a day last only 24 hours…?
SOTD – Soir de Lune. Everybody noticed it because it’s rather strong and I had to wear it both days in a row because my hair and skin smelled of it even after showering. Sample thunked!
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I always loved the sore feeling after yoga!
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Oh yes. Have you tried yin yoga, Brigitte?
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Yin yoga is great for a relaxing friday evening but I prefer to get sweaty during my class.
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Ashtanga or Vinyasa? Both sorts are important. And kinda cool!
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Vinyasa:-)
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YES!!! the only yoga I have not tried yet is hot yoga (oh and also naked yoga) but my yoga teacher told me not to because she almost passed out in class.
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my teacher does what she called a “vinyasa flow” class and offers up lots of modifications..so depending on what you are feeling you can make it an easy or challenging class….as a former professional ballet dancer I like to sweat and feel sore the next day so I always try the most challenging asanas..not that I can do them all at my age but I at least like to try. I really need to get back to my daily practice at home…this and meditation….I have been such a slacker with both….
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I’m with you Brigitte. I’ve decided to do yoga more often but I don’t want to go to a studio and waste much time. YouTube offers many great yoga classes which last some half hour.
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Beautiful Terralba is my SOTM. Four days of forty degree heat. I am going to die.
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40 degrees??? OMG, that’s extremely hot. Stay at home if possible.
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I plan to! Except for another interview on Thursday. Wish me luck!
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Wishing you all the luck you need. I hope you’ll report back with good news:-)
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Fingers crossed for you xxoo
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