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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: 11.3 – 17.3.2019
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
A follow on from the Guilty Pleasures thread…….Fancy Nights !! XX
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YUM
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Testing Moab this morning courtesy the lovely Mrs. M. A terrific dry woody note has me intrigued, but an uncomfortable musk fogs it in. I much prefer Hepcat from the same line and will enjoy thunking that one once the spring weather arrives. In about…….79 days? 🙄
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Moab reads super sweet on my skin and has a Tauer vibe to my nose. Let me know how Hepcat works for you in warmer weather. I might just have to send you some more 😃
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Sweet?? Wow, that’s sooo interesting. Very different on me, but I think you’ve mentioned that your skin amps up sweet notes and I think there’s vanilla in Moab. I think my skin powers up musks, maybe? I get the same musk driven overload with Heaven 🧐
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That’s hysterical. It never ceases to amaze me how different our skin can react to various perfumes. Heaven is all about the lily of the valley on me.
I love hearing your take on all of these and happy that work has gotten a bit more normal for you to enjoy sampling again.
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And my guess is that your skin would amp up whatever musk there is in Brigitte too 😂🤣😭
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Makes sense. Would you consider musks/animalics in the same category? Because the latter wears really well on me.
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No they are different to me. I think what isn’t agreeing with you are the white musks.
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N°18 EdP. ❤️
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No. 18 and freshly shaved legs. You’ve nailed it today!
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I’m radiating Tocade this morning. Fits in with the guilty pleasure theme for me – the bottle is ridiculous and it’s not at all shy. My bottle is older, found for cheap on eBay. For a funny review: https://museinwoodenshoes.wordpress.com/2009/10/27/perfume-review-rochas-tocade/
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I love Muse In Wooden Shoes. Haven’t been over there for ages. Thanks for the reminder MMKinPA.
Portia x
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Today, I decided to go office-safe rose with Kenzo Flower in the Air EDP.
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Hey Gina,
Is it much different to the original?
Portia xx
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Fath de Fath. I’m enjoying the mini bottle so much. I ordered a new in box bigger bottle from eBay.
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Woo Hoo! FB here we come Kathleen,
Portia xx
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Mmmm, lovely. Lately I’m thinking of buying a bottle of the old Expression by Fath. Are you familiar with it?
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Fath de Fath is new to me and I’m loving it. I’m not familiar with Expression by Fath. I need to research! Is it still available, and What do you like about it?
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I’ve worn it in the eighties and I’m a huge lover of seventies/eighties perfume. I think Portia reminded me of it in a post (don’t remember where) so I went ebaying and I suspect it will turn to ebuying soon 😉
Fath de Fath is a new version?
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Amazing! After reading about Expression on Fragrantica, I recognized the bottle shape and sure enough I have a mini in storage! It is a beautiful chypre style fragrance. I also adore vintage, and am exploring 70s and 80s perfumes. The Fath de Fath that I purchased is the reformulated from 1993 and I love it. I’d love to sniff the original, but very pricy on eBay.
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Overslept
Slathered the body with my vanilla bean and cardamom all natural oil and sprayed myself silly with the lilac lovely Brigitte
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You be smelling all sorts of gorgeousness. That vanilla and cardamom. Mmmm.
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It’s nice spread all over 😈😈
And a great moisturizer too 😇😇
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Nice spread all over eh? 😏
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Hee hee….my mind is always in the gutter 😉
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OOOPSIE!
Late but smelling fabulous.
Portia xx
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Thanks, love. Ended the day in a reek festival!
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Wow! Just wow! 🙂
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😀😀😀
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Mito Voile d’Extrait.
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How is it Hamamelis? Are you glad you got the VdE?
Portia xx
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I am very glad! It has a beautiful jasmin woven through the scent, and all and all it feels more slippery (in a good sense, like a very soft t-shirt) than the EdP (which I also adore). I am so glad that I gave Vero Profumo a try, I don’t know why I didn’t before. I think I bought a sample of Mito years back, but wasn’t ready for it and dismissed the whole line, we human beings can be very silly if not stupid!
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CDG 2 Man, with extra frankincense–I got the dust and sticky resin all over my hands when taking photographs of piles of the stuff this morning. Smells great.
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Hi Crikey,
Why were you photographing frankincense?
Portia xx
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It was in crikey’s stories on IG. Looks – and smells – amazing!
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I’m wearing Silver Couture, which I blind bought during the Ganache Parfums closing sale. It’s a soft, dreamy orange musk.
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OOOOH! Sounds so pretty Verbenaluvvr,
Portia x
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Which brand is this. Ms Verbena? It sounds fab
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Ganache Perfumes. They are having a going out of business sale until March 15. Pretty sure that everything is BOGO.
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Monday I wore Cologne du 68. I think this will be getting more of an outing as we move into autumn. I tend to prefer more overt citrusy colognes when it’s really hot, so this one is better suited to cooler times.
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Hi Greg,
LOVE 68, what a fabulous fragrance. It never felt very colognes to me.
Portia xx
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I agree. I suspect it’s more “cologne” in the generic marketing sense, as a unisex alternative to “perfume”. It’s never struck me as an alternative to something like AdP.
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Finally testing Byredo Pulp. Only took me over ten years before trying it. I had an idea in my head that this was going to be to fruity what Carnal Flower is to floral. How wrong I was. It’s much brighter and sparklier than I imagined. It has good longevity and decent sillage. Like it very much but I don’t think I need any more than my large sample. It’s reminding me of something. . . 🤔
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Morning Cassieflower,
I only tried Pulp a long time ago. It didn’t work for me. Or rather Bombay Bling was more my speed. I should go back and give it another whirl.
Portia xx
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I decided to tackle my samples this week, but sadly got Cozé Verde today. This will not be used again, hate the synthetic wood note. Maybe i can thunk one of my samples this week, will see how it goes.
The boyfriend landed safely in Budapest and is having nice meals at nice restaurants, i envy him!
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Oh NOOOOOO. Did you buy a bottle Tanja?
Ha! I think we ALL envy him. Budapest! Fabulous city.
Portia x
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Yes to thunking 😉
I’m looking forward to a long weekend in Budapest soon. My daughter is studying there.
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I am home now and rather than eating I am speed sampling….just received a glorious package of vials strategically placed between tea bags….fantastic! an MVMPP (marcellavmiller perfume package) So…..even my knuckles are smelling good as i needed extra skin space for Jeux de Peau (yum! is that hazelnut I smell????), Santal Nabataea (double yum) Vientiane (more yum) Heart of Darkness (mmmm…would like to try this one out on Mr M), Sky Father (also…try it out on Mr M), Earth Mother (soft and cuddly musk), Xeroff Uden (tamer than I was anticipating), Tobacco Rose (need to try this one in the cold), Angelique (oh yes! Now I see what the fuss is about with this house and now i need to try Dryad), Remarkable People ( I want to eat my arm now…it;s so succulent!!), Bal DAfrique (have been wanting to try this one for ages! It’s another vetiver that I very much like…vetiver can be tricky for me..this one is fantastic) and finally the very first one I tried Caron Pour Un Homme….holy cow, this one threw me for a loop…someone in my distant past wore this but I cannot for the life of me figure out who? Must have been someone I worked with and was too shy to ask what he was wearing… I really love it…I can see this being someone’s signature scent…and yup, I needs me a bottle…I could pretty much douse myself in this one.
Ok so for the next few days I will pace myself and wear one at a time…I promise!
Merci beaucoup, Marcella! xoxoxoxoxoxo
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Tout le plaisir est pour moi! I’m thrilled they made it. And no customs agent banging on my door. I had a feeling you would like Pour Un Homme. Then again, what’s not to like?
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Exactly.
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Didn’t you plonk that one in a shopping cart way back last year?😉
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ummm, yeah, but I never officially pulled the trigger cause I was a tad bit afraid to blind buy…no more! That baby is gonna be mine eventually! But I have to reign myself in after my recent debauchery….I bought four bottles, y’all! That’s bad, for me. I am thinking maybe at the end of the summer doing another fragrancenet order. Then I can get my Safari and Pour Un Homme 🙂
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And that won’t be far away considering we’re in mid March already😮
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Yup 😂
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Caron Pour Un Homme is wonderful. YAY! So glad you love t too. Good call Marcella.
Portia xx
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Marcella knows what I like 🤣
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It’s good to have such packages to brighten up the no-buy periods 🙂 Have fun and report back on the perfumes, please.
I’ve concluded a new business deal and I’ve ordered samples from Papillon Perfumery yesterday. The FB of something will have to wait until April to arrive until my birthday.
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Wohoo
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Good for you…I need a partner in crime to assuage my feelings of guilt for recent purchases lol 😂
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You can count on my support. We Tauruses are such strong characters 😀 😀 😀
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💛💚💙💜
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oooh, now that’s the best sort of thing to arrive in the post.
Do try the Dryad! I would love to know what you make of my of my loves!
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Thus far all is great 👍
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Bottega Veneta Eau De Velours and love it!!!! I don’t remember how original Bottega smells like (got it few years ago and it is somewhere in boxes) and recently got L’Absolu, too. I think so far Eau de Velours is the best of the three though you can def. tell both L’ Absolu and Eau de Velours are related to each other. I may say Velours come across as more fruity maybe, not the sweet sugary fruity but dense fruity, if that makes sense.
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Ooh, sounds rather gorgeous. I’ve got the original too but have to root it out. Haven’t worn it in forever.
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Yeah, velours is DEFINITELY on my shopping list.
Portia xx
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I love Eau de Velours and I’ll finish my bottle soon. Then I’ll have to decide whether I will repurchase or buy the original instead. They were very similiar to me when I first tried them.
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Think I might need to try this, too. MORE shopping 😂
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Today I just rubbed some Demeter Linden oil on my wrists. Gone within four hours.
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Good thing it was the oil, else it probably would have disappeared in more like four minutes. Demeter has some cute scents, but they are usually quite fleeting.
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Four hours in this weather isn’t so bad for a Demeter is it Greg? I’ve always found them a bit wispy after the first hour.
Portia xx
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Well it was four hours before I noticed it; it was probably gone well before then. I have been sitting around in a fug today because the pathologist screwed up by blood samples and the entry point wouldn’t stop bleeding. On top of a bout of insomnia, I’ve been feeling like shit all day as a result.
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SHIT! That bleeding after bloods is a bitch. So is insomnia.
Sorry to read it Greg.
Hugs,
Portia xx
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Yeah, it is. I really didn’t get over the after-effects until this morning. I was bone-weary and sore all day. I did force myself to go for a walk in the evening, which was a good thing to do. Helped clear my head.
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Teone Reinthal Wan Chai. Of everything I’ve tried from the line this is my standout favourite so far. Even in the heat it blooms beautifully. Full of spicy, resinous goodness. I smell fabulous.
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yum….move closer so I can smell ya 🙂
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It is outrageously beautiful. If not for you, I wouldn’t even know of it 😉 so thank you, Portia!
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Mindfulness book talk tonight so I am going with Santal Nabataea…gorgeous stuff. And I am happy that there will still be a bit of light when I drive home tonight.
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Weren’t you supposed to have the talk last week, Brigitte? Or is this the second time? I probably misunderstood you…
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It’s once a week for three hours after work for five weeks. Tonight is number four.
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Oh, ok, I misunderstood… I hope all went well and your nasty coworker didn’t butt in anymore.
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All is going well…. everyone is behaving and there’s only one more to go!!
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Mugler Chyprissime (thank you Cassie for the sample of this lovely scent)…and THUNK!
I’m going to have my permanent make up redone so I want to smell nice for myself. When I think of the pain that’s awaiting me I’ll need good comfort afterwards
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Ooh, ouch😬 What makeup do you have done? I’ve given a tiny bit of thought to having some done but am too chicken. My daughter’s mum-in-law has her eyes and lips done and it looks very subtle.
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This time I’ve had only the lips corrected a bit. A month ago I did the complete lips. I do lips and eyebrows for many years now but it hurts every time, of course. It’s great for women with a fair complexion. I can really recommend it andI was lucky to have found a very professional PMU artist.
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Heeley Eau Sacrée. This is funereal incense, the most realistic I have smelled. But without causing me to cough and rub my eyes. It’s rather quiet on me, whispering softly rather than screeching. Verrry nice indeed.
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I was wearing that last night. The myrrh really softens it, doesn’t it? Lovely stuff.
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Yes, it’s so soft and chewy but has presence. Well blended. Yep, liking it😬
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Just popping in to say hi! I’m trying to spend less time on social media and frankly, I haven’t even worn any perfume lately. Maybe I need something new or just am temporarily bored. Will know for sure as soon as something new arrives, I guess 🙂
Hope you all are having a great week.
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And Hi to you. No harm taking a holiday from social media every now and then.
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🙂 It feels surprisingly good, Cassie.
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Hi Diana, we’ll be here waiting for you when you’ll feel like it 🙂
Enjoy your time off perfume and social media.
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Aww, thank you, Neva, you always have something kind to say!
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Hi Diana! We miss you. I understand taking a break from social media. I have done it myself from time to time. You will come back to enjoying your lovely perfumes again. Sometimes it’s good to do a palate cleanse…..or perhaps nose cleanse is a better word 😁
Hope you are having a great week too.
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Thank you, Brigitte!
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Hey Diana,
Sometimes we need a moment to recalibrate. Take all the time you need.
We’ll be here,
Portia xx
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Air hugs, Portia 🙂
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Seville a l’Aube today. I have a small decant and I’m probably set for life – only need a couple of small spritzes for this one.
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You inspired my SOTEvening. Seville a l’aude! YUMMY!
Thanks MMKinPA
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A while ago I took all my various samples and bagged them together by house. As you do. Today I pulled out a random bag, and it contains a few Ex Nihilo samples, which I plan to wear the rest of this week.
So today is Oud Vendome. Instinctively it seems a bit early still to be wearing oud, but I think the autumn has definitely arrived now, and this one feels pretty right.
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Inspired by Portia’s Posse post I am going with Heart of Darkness for today.
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Woo Hoo!
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And topped it off with Vietaanne….I smell good 😋
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Mugler’s Womanity. It doesn’t feel like “me” but it’s very pleasant and I like the projection.
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Oh Neva,
Womanity is fabulously weird but I love it. All that briny fig. Thanks for the reminder.
Portia xx
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OJ Tolu. Has long been neglected and I’m down to the last drops of it so it needs to be used up!
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Spritz till it’s dry Cassieflower.
Portia xxx
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Oh, it’s the dryer sister of OJ Woman if I remember it correctly. That’s a nice one.
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Arbole Arbole. Life is good.
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Yes indeed. I really like that and have had the travel spray in and out of my cart multiple times. One of these days I will actually buy it!
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The travel sprays will be discontinued so I suggest not waiting too long if you wish to have it!
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SOTBed: Dzhari by Phaedon. Much more restrained that I was expecting but really beautiful. MMMMMMM
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I’m not familiar with Phaedon perfumes. Are they worth the search?
Btw. how do you pronounce Dzhari???
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Warming up today so thinking spring with AG Grand Amour.
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and rounding the night with Jeau de Peux….I think I would like to smell this one on Mr. Marzipan..hee hee….
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Tut tut😉
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As a replacement for First Cut? Really? 😉
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To add to the repertoire…… this is the only way I can get him to wear fragrances for me lol 😂
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LOL, it’s worth trying 😀
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More Ex Nihilo today. This time it’s Musc Infini. Mostly a lightly powdery musk to me, with benzoin and tonka thrown in.
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I liked this one if I remember rightly Greg.
Portia xx
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I like it too, but I’m not sure that musk is my thing. I do like Silver Musk. Trust me to like the super-expensive one. 🙂
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Papillon Angelique on wrists….Tobacco Rose dripping down my neck and decollete …..I feel decadent today 🙂 and THUNK…..
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Can’t wait for my samples to arrive…
How do you like these two?
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Love them…..but they did not last 😲😞😫
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Hm, that’s a pity. Judging by Salome, which is the only one I know, I thought they’d be very long lasting.
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Salome is a powerhouse.
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And keep in mind that my skin drinks perfume so there are very few that truly last.
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Late to the party…. worn this week L’artisan Voleur de Roses, and Timbuktu and shoot…. I’ve forgot!
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Two spiced roses yesterday: La Fille de Berlin in the morning, PoaL in the evening.
And the greenest greens and polleny lilies of Beaufort’s Fathom V today.
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Both very yummy roses 🙂
My relationship with Beaufort is not an easy one, but Fathom V is nice. It reminds me of the smell of a flower shop when you first enter it, green and a bit aquatic.
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My 2 scents of the day, courtesy of my friend. She sprayed J o Malone Black Cedarwood and Juniper on one arm…. Cade Cedarwood on the other arm. I thought that they might be a bit too “Woody” for my taste, but I’m pleasantly surprised how nice they are.
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Both sound lovely to me. Jo Malone used to have Sweet Cedar and Lime in their line and that one was discontinued. Maybe one of the two cedarwood combinations that you mention could be a nice replacement. Thanks, Matty 🙂
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Mid afternoon pick me up of Bal d’afrique.
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It’s finally springlike here and I’m in Apres l’Ondee.
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Another day, another Ex Nihilo sample. This time it’s Venenum Kiss. I’m probably getting less of the nutmeg than I hoped for, and the rose is coming through very early, but I still like this a lot. It’s my favourite so far.
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Ending the night in Sedona Sweetgrass and Lemon Sorbet.
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Mmmm, love Tobacco Rose, works a treat on me. I found the Angelique a bit delicate and fleeting.
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That was supposed to be a reply to Brigitte up further🙄
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YUP, I figured that was for me. I loved both fragrances but they were both fleeting on me. And I dumped both vials in one fell swoop. I think these would require many lavish sprays on my scent devouring skin.
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Narciso Poudree. Just snuck in before midnight. Busy day at work and forgot.
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Sarah Horowitz Parfums “Brigitte” today because the girls will be home from University and I am curious as to whether they will remark on this one. Last time I wore it eldest was around 2.
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Awww 🥰
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🙂
Let’s hope they like it!
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What in the name of Gawwwd are you doing up at this hour? 😆 I’ve only been conscious for an hour and a half or so (lazy ass me☺️)
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You know, I was thinking the same 😀 wait, isn’t it a bit early on the East coast? 😀
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I got a lot done…spent two hours scrubbing the tub and also cleaned the bathrooms. Youngest has an eye doctor appnt so I took the day off. Will also be cleaning the house and , if there is time, stocking the fridge.
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Isn’t a Taurus supposed to be lazy…like I am? ;-P
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She’s making up for the two of you by the sound of things. She’s got her superpower cape on today.
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Gotta get things done 💪💪💪
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LOL 😂 😋
I have my moments of being a sloth but then I catch a second wind and am on overdrive. Mr. M says I am an extremist…..I would agree!
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I have been up since 3am!
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Cannot compute😱 Sometimes I’ve just gone to bed not long before that.
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That will be an interesting experiment 🙂 Let us know their reaction.
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Will do!!!
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So they like it but not enough to steal it from me. Which is good because I love it.
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Friday night I put on some Guerlain Heritage EdT for a night out. I just sprayed it over the Venenum Kiss; smelt great.
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Here it’s springtime for three weeks already. Recently I’m reaching very often for Asphalt Rainbow and I enjoy its strange soft rose wrapped in the scent of aerosol cans and asphalt.
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I hope that means you are getting warmer weather!
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My newly discovered forgotten Carnal Flower. ❤️Was smelling pretty good while I was doing the trudge through Aldi. I flippin hate food shopping. But needs must. Have visitors this weekend and an empty fridge wouldn’t be much use with this hungry lot🤫
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So great finding lost treasures!
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Wearing Yves Rocher Accord Chic for the NST community project which is Olivier – in this case, Cresp (with Marie Salamagne). Peppery iris and incense, I enjoy it and even more so because I got it on sale in a YR store last summer!
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My last Ex Nihilo sample today is Sweet Morphine. Clearly a floral at the outset, this did not do much for me. I dried down to a nice base of vetiver and a bit of iris. Not really my thing, but I have to give marks for longevity – at least 12 hours.
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I had a decant of that one and thunked it within a week or two one winter…I seem to remember it had lilac? Or is this my imagination?
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Yep Brigitte, the florals are mostly lilac. Not really for me.
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That would explain why I thunked it because I love lilac !
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Etro Musk….thunk….
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Dusita Oudh Infini. That’s a true love: it reminds me of some tree bark. As soon as it gets warm (and if I don’t forget to do it), I’ll need to go to the park and smell all the trees there to find the one that smells like OI.
I received my package with Dusita Issara and Melodie de l’amour and a few samples a couple days ago so sorry guys, I probably will bore you to death talking about them all. I can’t help it!.
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You will never bore us!!! I would love to hear about all your new Dusitas!!!!
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You’re so sweet, Brigitte!
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No, please do tell us all about it so I can already find my favourites among them 🙂
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Green Irish Tweed. What else?
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🍀🍀🍀🍀
Indeed
Smelling good!!
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It’s the evening. Caron pour Homme .. makes me think of Marcella and Portia 💜💙💚💛
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and eau de Lierre today for the green
and sampling my Nikki de Saint Phalle before it gets put away for my birthday next month-LOL!
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I’m wearing Gucci Rush for the last two days. It’s the perfume that people always notice on me and it’s one of the perfumes I always have a backup of.
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Rush is amazing!! Has my own bottle many years ago.
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