SOTD 18.2 – 24.2.2019

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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 18.2 – 24.2.2019

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

358 thoughts on “SOTD 18.2 – 24.2.2019”

    • I bet you are, P! The MdO line, believe it or not, is a new discovery for me (thanks to the generosity of a fellow APJer)….have loved two enough to thunk them (Oud and Tuberose)….will definitely do some more exploring in the future.

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  4. Oh Portia, how are you getting on with Myrrh Cassati? I should have a sample somewhere and I remember loving it. And it is on sale. And you smell lovely.

    Wearing Rozy EdP from a sample. Oh boy, I am falling for Vero like a rock. She is one of the reasons I am happily down a renewed rabbithole, together with AA’s Tanja. Vero’s fragrances do remind me in some ways of Mona di Orio’s ones (Rozy reminds me of Rose Etoile de Hollande), but I do think Vero’s perfumes are much more prismatic to borrow a term Kafka (used to?) use(s).

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  6. Yesterday a girlfriend from my school days who knows about my passion for perfume brought me a mini of Halston 1-12 which she found hidden in her apartment ❤
    Today I've spilled it on my neck, wrists, hair…I'm remembering all the guys I've met during the eighties who used to wear great perfumes back then 🙂

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  7. And I’m remembering a particular guy back in the 70’s who used to wear a great perfume as well. And it ain’t my mister 🤨.
    Speaking of Halston, I remember wearing one a long time ago. The bottle was a very fluid shape. Almost like a smoothly worn river rock. The size of my palm. Weird ivory coloured cap and dark amber liquid. Anyone have any ideas what this could be??????

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  9. -11 Fahrenheit with wind chill in Colorado. On my way in to work, wearing Parfum d’Empire Ambre Russe. Provides the only comfort I’m feeling this morning!

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        • You inspired me. I had a rough day with a colicking horse while I was at my new job. Dealing with calls and vets and three hours at the barn after work. I got home and needed rose and peony. Rose lifts me. I sprayed on Rosa Pop because you put it in my head this morning! What’s your fave Guerlain AA? I think mine might be Winter Delice though I do love Pamplelune and Herba Fresca in summer.

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          • I’m very sorry to hear you had a bad day.I’m pleased I inspired you to spray Rosa Pop. I’ve got a few AA’s. I can’t really say which is my favourite, I love them all .I do like Limon Verde, very fresh.

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  12. In my first wearing of Bogue 07738.

    Please don’t ask me to analyse it in any useful way–even if I was a note-hunter and unpicker of scent threads, it would be impossible. The best I can do for now is wave my hands around, say “spiced, chypre, resinous floral” and smile very broadly. And I’m still only about three hours in… This is a swirling, rich, many-angled creature of gorgeousness. And it has everything in it; before he revealed that it is “bello” as written on a calculator, I would have guessed 7738 ingredients. It is absolutely a Bogue perfume, and clearly one of that complicated beautiful family.

    You know I am a Gardoni fan girl, but, so far the only downside I can see with this perfume is the extremely limited amounts in the world.

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    • I had to research Bogue 07738, sounds glorious. Sadly bottle sold out at Luckyscent. Bogue makes beautiful fragrance, I like Maai.

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      • I’m glad that I didn’t hesitate, because it was sold out in under 24 hours after release.

        I’m hoping that jtd (scenthurdle) or ClaireV (Take One Thing Off) write proper, informed reviews that express their experience of it more coherently than I can.

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      • Your review was great and piqued my interest to do more research!
        Wow, sold out that fast? You did well getting a bottle right away!

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  13. OK so wordpress just ate four of my comments to y’all above….

    finally showered and am wearing my homemade body oil of lavender, patchouli and labdanum…patchouli reminds me of jytosna (forgive the misspelling) and I hope she is OK…

    also, a spritz of Eau de Lierre from my vintage bottle gifted to me by a very generous APJer…I guess it was languishing in her collection so she sent it my way knowing I would love it….and I do….no doubt in my mind it will be thunked some time in 2019….especially if I keep wearing it…..and I really want to keep wearing it…so green and so spring like…puts me in a better mood….

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  14. Happy Monday everybody 😄 I’m having a great day – scored myself a bottle of Tendre Poison earlier. And it didn’t cost a king’s ransom either. In Frangipani today.

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  15. It’s snowing and a day off school for Presidents Day. Husband and son went skiing but with our yo-yo weather (warm/cold/rain/snow) apparently the conditions are terrible but at least it’s not crowded. I’m wearing Alien, because it’s neglected and it’s not a “school day” perfume!

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  17. Not wearing anything on Monday, although I did drop a sample of Penhaligon’s Ellenisia on the floor, so I guess you could say I was wearing that.

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  20. Summer has fled, at least temporarily. It got down to 9 degrees last night, and I’m sitting here in jeans and jumper feeling cold. I’m wearing Tabarome, which is just the thing. Shout out to Portia for convincing me to buy this.

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  21. as part of downsizing process, I sprayed a bunch of perfumes to see if anything changes me mind at the last minute and so far no though they got mixed up so I had trouble knowing which one was which 😀 those going away are Byredo Baudelaire, Mont Blanc Starwalker (I love Starwalker name due to my obsession with space and space is the reason I got in the first place but the perfume could not have been more banal), Dsquared2 Potion EDT for him, L’Artisan Mure et Musc Extreme, L’Artisan Nuit de Tubereuse (have lot of tuberose perfumes already and this does not seem to add much to what’s already out there), and few Carthusias such as fiori de capri and caprissimo. Didn’t spray Carthusias though did take a quick bottle sniffs of them.

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    • Congrats on your decision to go through with the downsizing. I understand that you should be careful because if you give away something you’ll miss in the end, you’ll have to pay at least twice the price to get it back.

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  23. Liz Claiborne Vintage Soul. A perfectly, suitable office scent.
    I got in touch with Jyotsna- she’s been sick, didn’t go into detail but I told her we’ve missed her terribly and hope to see her back here soon.

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  24. Greg- hello! Wondering if you have any other Histories de Parfums in your basket for the markets- would you have any 1826 or 1899??

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    • How interesting! Did you decant it from a larger bottle or did you reformulate the whole bottle?
      I’m a bit jealous of your mixing skills. You can improve any perfume you don’t like 😉

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      • decanted from a large bottle. Then I doctored it up. I usually start with a smaller 3-5 ml decant in case it doesn’t work. But thus far I have had good success. The eau de Merveilles serves as an excellent base for neroli, patchouli or sandalwood e.o.s as well. If you’re daring you can also add bergamot to brighten up any vintage that has lost its top notes.

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      • I only came up with it because I could barely smell EdM on me…wonder if there is a dominant note I am anosmic to? With the added e.o.s I can finally smell it!

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  28. Another bitter cold day riding light rail on my way to work. Keeping it cozy and polte for office, Histoires Ambre 114.

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  29. And the perfume awesomeness continues. My new (old) bottle of Magie Noire arrived and it’s all good. Wohoo. Another frantic sawing with keys to get at it.☺️

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  30. Today vintage No.19, since I’ve just bought more – my supplier (I should call him my dealer, he hooked me on the stuff by giving me a mini when I bought something else) has just let me know what I can buy. He lives abroad and comes back rarely, so opportunity is cherished.

    RIP Karl Lagerfeld – my mid-70s Chloe love started me on this path.

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  31. My SOTD has been Comme des Garcons Soda which to me is a memory caught in a bottle. It reminds me of a drink I used to make when I was a kid: I’d mix baking soda with lemon juice and water. It had the same sharp smell.

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  33. L’Artisan Vanille Absolument, which is absolutely not a vanilla forward scent. More like rum and tobacco. A blind buy which was only successful once I let go of the idea of the vanilla. Good for a cold day.

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  35. My third attempt to post🙄
    Filling the air around me with Magie Noire. All the glamour here – in my old painting duds. Busy morning washing and prepping walls in utility room for painting. Just having a coffee while it dries. And to put some power into my elbows 💪🏻

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  36. Today I wore Nasomatto Pardon because chocolate.

    I spent most of the day documenting the unsold frags from last week’s flea market, ready for sale on FB. There’s about 100, and that’s only about half of my collection. Hopefully somebody will want to buy them.

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    • Greg, if you are willing to ship abroad, please let us know when and where you will post your perfumes for sale. Among 100 perfumes there must be something for everyone 😉

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      • Sorry Neva, but I’d be breaking the law to ship abroad. For some stupid reason neither Australia Post not couriers will ship perfume because it’s hazardous. When i ask them how did all that perfume get ti almost every town in Australia if it can’t be shipped, I get no answer. I can run the risk domestically, but international packages are much more likely to be checked.

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        • Same story here, Greg. Cannot post any liquids outside the country. And yet, I buy most of my perfume from outside the country so it’s obviously a total nonsense. Yet more rules and regs the try to foist upon us.

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          • It is indeed complete and utter nonsense. There must be perfumes being freighted to all parts of Australia every single day for decades on end, and never a single instance of any hazardous incident. The whole thing is a complete joke based on zero evidence, and only applied to individuals. Companies can ship as much of the stuff as they want to, wherever they want to send it.

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  37. Mother Nature is reminding me that it’s only February and winter is not over – snowing and a delayed start for school. Up to 4 inches of snow expected and I think there is a glaze of ice undeneath (heading out to walk the dog and hoping that’s not the case!). Wearing DSH Colorado. I smell like I’m skiing through the glades at Aspen.

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  38. Just scored a vintage Diva EdP!!! It was my late cousin’s signature scent and I’ve been looking for a bottle for the past year since she passed away. Wearing it will bring back all sorts of wonderful, happy memories!

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        • Sel de Vetiver might be my favourite. I wish I were able to wear Womanity: the composition is beautiful but something in the basenotes just doesn’t smell right on my skin. There’s also “salt and marshmallow” Swan Princess made by Duchaufour for a Russian perfume brand. What are your faves, Brigitte?

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          • Aside from Bretagne two others that come to mind are Greylocke (salt, vetiver and apple blossom) and Leau Froide (Serge Lutens) which I am assuming it has a salty vibe because it smells kinda savory/salty to me…..there may be some sort of seaweed note in there and seaweed always brings salt to mind for me……I think I am somewhat inline with Kate’s post on “food/perfume” cravings in this conversation 🙂

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          • oh and there’s a Profuma one…Aqua Di Sale? a good friend sent me a decant for the eldest of my three because she likes beachy notes…also CSP Aqua Motu which might also have some salt in it….. and Sel Marine (Heeeley), while I like it , lasts a nano second on my skin……wondering also if Aramis New West for Women (which was a calone bomb) has salt in it as well…gosh I adored that one…had a cult following back in the day….now sells on ebay for ridiculous prices…..

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  41. Today I am wearing Dior Eau Sauvage Parfum. The hot 20-something redhead who served my morning coffee said “Oh, it’s you that smells nice”. So now this is my favourite fragrance ever. 😉

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  42. I’m still wearing Halston 1-12 during the day, reapplying to my neck and wrists often. I just love all the memories it brings.
    Yesterday evening it was mb02 from Biehl Parfumkunstwerke for my swing class. I think the whole place smelled of it afterwards but my friends don’t bother to comment anymore. In the beginning they were asking what perfumes I was wearing but the wouldn’t know any of them.

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  43. Woke up to more snow. Might go for more In Air de Bretagne after I shovel. Then off to work. It will be a very long day today as I won’t be home until after 7.

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  44. I’ve been staying late in my little office. Mr. LH has some confounded new project going on in his workshop. Making birdhouses and ‘restoring’ old garden tools. Scythe, anyone? Nice and shiny! Anyhow, this seems to require the simultaneous use of every power tool down there. For prolonged periods of time. So, the ‘away’ office it is. And yesterday that little office was awash in the glorious, old world glamour of MAAI. Stunning. My daughters came bearing gifts last night! Not my birthday, just ‘because’ they said. I guess they got fed up hearing me whine about my no sample pergatory and wanting to get my nose on Bogue. So decants of both MEM and MAAI are now in my grubby hands. It will be MAAI again today because it was just that good.

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  47. DK Gold all over. My Tendre Poison arrived so a quick spritz in the crook of my elbow. I forgot how potent this is! And it’s a 100ml bottle, and I was thinking it was 30ml. Score on the double.

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  48. Breath of God today. Mentions here recently reminded that it’s been *ages* since I’ve worn it. Just the ticket for a cool but gloriously sunny day.

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  51. Exhausted this morning…got home late from work last night..

    might just go with my Lavender Eau de Mervielles today…I need something soothing…
    thankfully it is Friday….

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  53. The NST community project today is lime or salt in honor of Margarita Day. So I grabbed my sample of Nicolai L’Eau d’Ete and pretending it’s summer despite the snow on the ground. The lime in this is quite long lasting, but not unpleasant. I’m imagining it chilled in the fridge and pulled out for a blistering hot summer day…

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  55. Today was springlike. Temps in the low teens, but a killer breeze with razor-sharp teeth. Spent all morning out with Smallies running, jumping, swinging, zip lining, muddy puddle jumping, and we were pretty cold when we got home at lunchtime. Of course I gave my Tendre Poison a whirl, and so did Smally this evening post-bath.

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  56. Another lovely day. I’m wearing Malle Bigarade Concentree. Going out tonight and I will be wearing Chanel Egoiste EdT.

    I posted my flea market leftovers over at Fragrance Buy Swap & Sell Australia. There’s a feeding frenzy on; I think I know what I will be doing tomorrow.

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  58. I was a bit down the last few days and -guess what – I wasn’t in the mood for perfume. That was such a strange experience for me. I don’t think it ever happened before.
    The reason was that the guy I was dating since the beginning of the year has decided to break up with me. He was very kind and all, no hard feelings, but I feel such an enormous sadness. It will pass eventually, I know. I deliberately didn’t want to associate any perfume with this phase.
    Tonight I’ll go to a birthday party and I think I’ll wear Cassie’s sample of vintage Magie Noire. It will boost my confidence for sure 🙂

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    • I can understand you not wanting to associate perfume with a sad time in yor life. Hope you are soon feeling better and spraying lavishly. XXXX

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    • I’m sorry to hear that this relationship had to end but it means that there’s someone better for you. Hope that Magie Noire will lift up your spirits. Sending you some cyber hugs

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    • Sorry to hear that things didn’t work out Neva. Of course you are right, the sadness will pass, but that doesn’t make it feel any better. I hope the party and Maggie Noire will take your mind off things. Big hugs to you 😘

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    • Thanks, girls! I meditate a lot, surround myself with friends, drink some red wine (or herbal drops when my heart suddenly starts pounding). Time will heal everything. Another lesson learned: no matter how old a man is when you meet, always ask him if he wants to have (more) children :-/

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    • I do hope that it works its magic for you as it does for me. I’m sorry you’re feeling down, it’s new and raw but give it time and expect to feel hits of gloom. And know that you’re smelling fabulous tonight.

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  60. No need to scent up this morning. MAAI, which I spritzed at 3:00 a.m. is still doing it’s thing. Heaven!
    I wonder how Crikey is faring. Had I not eventually fallen back asleep, I would have watched at 5:30.

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  61. Dusita: Le sillage blanc on my left wrist and Fleur de Lalita on the right one. My birthday’s coming up and I’m thinking of ordering something: I haven’t bought anything since last November.

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  64. Today I was wearing several sprays of First. Was visiting my oldest sis and she asked what I was wafting around me. So then we got to talking vintage and she would love to get her mitts on Kiki. She’s always singing its praises.

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  66. A battle royale going on, on my skin. First proper testing of MEM. The lavender and ylang have been duking it out all day. In between rounds the animals come out to play and deposit all sorts of bodily fluids on the battlefield. MEM is not having a good time on my skin. And the feeling is mutual.

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  67. As I expected, I spent all Sunday following up on the sale. I forgot to come on here and say that I was wearing Azemour Les Orangers.

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