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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: 18.3 – 24.3.2019
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
I got a little, wee, vintage bottle of Alyssa Ashley’s Illegale and love it for the springtime: lily, hyacinth, oakmoss and musk.
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As soon as I see “vintage” and “oakmoss” in one sentence, I get anxious to try it. I bet it is beautiful.
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OOOOOOH! Sounds excellent Gina,
Portia xx
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Wearing Sublime, modern formulation. Not as beautiful as the vintage, but nice.
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Hey Kathleen,
I still think it’s SUBLIME!
He He he he. See what I did there?
Portia xx
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You’re too cute!
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Happy face.
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N°18. EdP. 💋
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Becoming your signature Val?
Portia xx
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Sonoma scent Studio Equestrian. It’s my big week as a preschool music teacher – the parents are coming in to observe classes. Needed something that never fails me!
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Good luck MMKinPA! I’d much rather deal with students than parents!
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L’Artisan Caligna. It’s totally my type of fragrance but it reminds me a lot of something I cannot remember…
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Hmmmm, this was not supposed to appear as a reply… 😀
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Hey Neva,
I tried Caligna but have no memory. What’s it like?
Portia xx
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It’s a nice green rose. Very smooth and clean and I still don’t know what it reminds me of…maybe Rosabotanica (but I haven’t smelled it in a while so I’m not sure)? It’s not unique but the ingredients feel rich and well blended.
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Ahhhh, sounds lovely. I will search it out again.
Thanks Neva.
Portia xx
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AAARRGGHHHHH! I can’t do children but parents must be even worse in a 21st century world.
Good luck MMKinPA.
Portia xx
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They are a thousand times worse 😦
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Good luck MMK!!!!
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My hand slipped as I was applying Russian Oud…ooopsies, half a vial on my arm! Just about the right amount IMHO!
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WOW! Is it amazing JackieB?
Portia x
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Jolie Madame, vintage EDT. Top notes are less than perfect, but she’s still kicking arse and not smudging her lipstick. Ever.
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She’s a badass!
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YUM Crikey,
You smell excellent.
Portia xx
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My daughter has just given me 3/4 full bottle of J;Adore, so that’s my SOTD XXX
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J’Adore is so fun Matty. are you loving it?
Portia xx
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Yes I do like it. I have had it in the past. Now I’ve got about 75ml….Free. Wowzer XXXXX
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Uber spritz time.
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That’s lovely, Matty! Enjoy your new bottle 🙂
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I certainly will !!!! XX
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Brigitte for a s$#t crazy Monday.
See you tomorrow, folks!!!
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HUG
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Thanks P! I survived! Very important meetings all day for which I am case manager yesterday compounded with my last book talk at night with a visit from an administrator who oversees all employee training..all went well so I am happy but exhausted this morning!
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Patting you on the back for a week well done.
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thanks love …the pressure is off-LOL!! Now I can have a regular more relaxed week.
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Yeah, i’ve been feeling so chill the last couple of weeks after a roller coaster opening to 2019. Let calm reign eh?
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CHILL calm and boring is my favorite way to be😁
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You’re like a small hurricane. Hope you can relax a bit now. Are your girls still home?
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ha ha!!! Yup, hurricane one minute, total sloth the next!
yes, they are still home…until Sunday 🙂
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OJ Woman for a bit spring gardening. Still undecided if i like it or not.
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It’s a beauty. Feel free to send it to me if you realize you don’t like it 😀
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Yeah, I’m a fan. It is famously challenging on some skins though Tanja.
Enjoy your garden.
Portia xx
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I think i like it, but it’s one of the few perfumes that actively dislikes me, and gave me a whacking great headache each time I tried it. Bah!
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Champagne, cos it’s the day after our national holiday and I’m still celebrating with friends. And they keep arriving!
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Have fun! You smell wonderful. The original juice is amazing, I still remember it well.
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It’s gorgeous, and I’ve introduced it to my friend who has fallen hard for it. I may have done a bad thing 😏
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You naughty, naughty girl… 😉
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Sounds like a perfect fit Cassieflower,
Have fun.
Portia xx
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I did a bunch of so don’t know what I am really smelling on my skin. I sprayed morabito or black, bogner deep forest, dior homme intense, and maybe two sprays of incense ultramarine wildsurf, too. its a confusing result because they are all so different from each other. Three of these are going to be listed for sale so I guess I was having last fun with them. Morabito is semi-vintage and I have lot of vintage Or black so selling the semi-vintage version. Dior Homme Intense is a favorite so it is the only one that is not going for sale.
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Sounds like the cull is coming along nicely Fazal. Good work.
Portia xx
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its a bit slow and it does not help that I keep getting tempted to buy more 😀
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OMG! We all know thew feeling buddy.
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sorry for double reply, I did not see the first reply upon refreshing the page so I thought it did not go…
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it’s a bit slow and it does not help that I keep getting tempted to buy more. facebook experiment was failure and ebay is a bit better. Anyways. as long as most of it is gone in 4-5 years, i will be happy.
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How do you rate the DHI against the regular Dior Homme? (Which I love for myself, but also appreciate on mr crikey.)
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My most favorite version is really Dior Homme in original version (it has been reformulated few times since its introduction). DHI is kind of a gourmand version of DH, adds bakery tones but sacrifices the sparkle of DH. DHI is better suited to cold weather and preferably night social events. DH is versatile and works all year. They both have that iris but I think lipsticky iris works better with DH formula than DHI. If I have to lose all of my DHI bottles, I will be sad but it will not be the end of the world. On the other hand, if I have to lose DH, my collection will always feel empty. I love DH so much that I think it is the best ever perfume created in the 21st century, men or women, designer or niche.
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thank you, that was really helpful and gives me a good sense of the differences. I think I’ll steer clear of the bakery, and carry on with the original 🙂
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Good decision 🙂 But if you want a gourmand fragrance with iris, DHI is better than most of the gourmand perfumes out there. However, I would not suggest it as a replacement for Dior Homme which I believe is def. the best.
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Monday was Formidable Man and today was Chanel Pour Monsieur. Neither of them impressed by barista much, but that’s OK because the hot redhead has been replaced by a tattooed bloke with a beard.
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LOL Gred, I’m sorry. Maybe they have changed shifts 😉
Anyway, you smell wonderful!
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Gred = Greg 🙂
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I didn’t even notice the mis-spelling until your correction. 🙂 Did you notice mine?
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Not at first, now I’ve checked again 😀
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😀 did he have a top knot as well, Greg? It seems to be a requirement for the male barista round here.
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Brigitte again because it’s a no brainer.
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Unlike the REAL Brigitte, which is a full brainer.
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ha ha!!! Portia, lately I am NOT so sure about that 😉
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Ha Ha ha ha. We know though.
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Today wearing Bvlgari Thé Bleu. First two days of parents went pretty well although not as many came for the 4 year old class – was disappointed for the kids whose parents forgot or didn’t want to make the time. Seeing their faces as they walk in and don’t see mom or dad or grandma – 😢. Two more days to go. Thanks for the well wishes. Off now to teach a flute lesson, and then playing flute with the praise band at church tonight. Might need a more energizing perfume!!
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I saw on Insta that you have the 10ml of it MMKinPA. I have a Vert Extreme in the same refillable travel bottle, so cool eh?
Portia xx
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I have the green tea version in the travel soray as well. I am a huge fan of small bottles. I’m such an undersprayer that I don’t know if I will ever even use up a travel spray, let alone a full bottle!
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YAY! Snap!
I’m not an undersprayer. Usually 8-10 sprays. This 10ml won’t go so quickly because I have so much choice but if it comes on holiday it could easily get emptied.
Portia xx
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Finally trying out Papillon’s Dryad…I’m hooked! Its green feels like a combination of Scherrer and Chanel 19, absolutely amazing ❤
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Hurrah! It is *so* very good, isn’t it? I think Vol de Nuit is another of its grandparents.
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YUMMO!
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Vintage Chanel 19 perfume today. Because why the hell not?
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There is always a good reason to CHANEL No 19 Crikey.
Portia xx
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Oh, I love it…I would buy a vintage bottle but Chanel 19 is so popular on ebay and in such cases there are lots of fakes being sold. Where did you get yours?
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eBay. With the splash/dabber there is always a risk that it has been refilled with something else, particularly given that people buy and sell empty bottles and boxes. But, if you are scammed with a fake, you should be able to get a refund through ebay and/or paypal. I’ve been lucky, though. I keep a close eye on what the seller has a history of buying as well as selling–looking for those empties–and how they describe and photograph things.
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I didn’t know one could check the seller’s buying and selling history. That’s new to me. You’re right, one can draw many conclusions from it. Thanks for the tip!
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Amouage Beach Hut Man. Sort of honeyed mint? Not sure about this. Of course the first thing I did was go wash the dishes, so now all I can smell is Morning Fresh
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Can you spray some more Beach Hut Man using a big trigger spray Greg?
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I just applied it again after doing the dishes. There are days when I am constantly getting my arms wet with dishes, tank maintenance, car wash, etc. I should learn to defer putting on the fragrance until that stuff is done.
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HA! Bugger.
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I need something calming today…..Yardley’s Lavender
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beautiful
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Perfect choice Sally Anne,
Lavender is so restful.
Do you have Un Caron Pour Homme?
Portia x
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Sadly no Un Caron Pour Homme in my collection, Portia. It is on my ever expanding wishlist, though
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Sarah Horowitz Parfum’s Brigitte again…I think I am going to stick with this one all week because the creamy lilac note in this one is just so good.
Saying “hi” to all the absent APJers and hope that they are doing well.
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Creamy lilac sounds heavenly for the beginning of spring. Enjoy it and have a great day!
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Thanks Neva, you too!!! happy Spring!!!!
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Hiya back! You smell gorgeous! Lilac rarely makes appearance in modern perfumes, doesn’t it?
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Yes and it’s such a pretty note! Some folks think it’s old fashioned but I don’t.😄
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It’s gorgeous, and btw, something old-fashioned might mean something being really classy 😉
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Love that!!! Good attitude 👍
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Another top pick for spring, Goutal La Violette. There is nothing challenging here. It’s an unabashedly innocent and feminine green-violet-rose thing, doesn’t last long but lovely while it lasts – if you like violets!
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PG Mècanique du Désir. Have house back to myself after the long weekend of visitors. Can’t summon up the required energy for a big cleanup.😴
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I understand you so well…tomorrow’s another day, you may feel stronger 😉
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Take a break and relax
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Today I’m again wearing Caligna by L’Artisan. It’s such a pretty spring perfume and I’m using up my sample vial quickly. I have the chance to buy an almost full 100 ml bottle at a VERY good price. Brigitte, should I do it??? 😉
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If it ‘s a really good price and you can see yourself wearing it a lot and you do not have any other perfume similar to it then I say DO IT!!!!
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I’m going to poke my nose in and shout YES.
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Thanks girls, I knew I could count on you for support 🙂
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Yes Neva, do it. Esp if a good price, or you know you’ll regret it
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Exactly, I don’t want to regret it. Tomorrow I’ll meet the guy and he’ll bring me the bottle 🙂
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Ostara. I saw a good bargain on eBay and decided to give my sample another try and maybe get a FB but no, it doesn’t work on my skin, in fact, it hates me. That’s okay, no biggie, plenty more fish in the sea..
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It didn’t work out for me either. And yes, plenty other beauties.
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Ostara is nice but nothing more, I agree. Go for something you’ll love wearing!
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Oh, what a bummer Diana. Ostara is a super smile worthy spritz for me.
Your wallet will be celebrating though.
Portia xx
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. I get great joy from wearing Ostara. It just gives me an extra ‘buzz’ sorry it didn’t works its magic on you, Diana
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Money saved Diana 😀
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You guys are so supportive no matter what! I feel that I don’t say it often enough: you’re all are fantastic!
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Right back at you ❤️💛💜
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Aww, thank you, Brigitte!
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Yup, that’s the APJ bunch 🙂
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United we dance 🙂
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And shop😂
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YUP!!!!
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New Arrival from Kate apted,
Pacific Rock Moss by Goldfiel & Banks. Definitely a hark back to the 1990s locker room fragrances at gyms worldwide. Pacific Rock Moss is a sparkling, briny, moss and greenery heavy fresh scent that is fitting perfectly into this drizzly Parramatta morning.
Portia xx
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I’ve found out that in a perfume shop here in my hometown they now have perfumes from Goldfield & Banks! I have to try them out as soon as possible. Which one is your favourite, Portia?
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I now own Pacific Rock Moss and Wood Infusion. They’ll get good wear at opposite ends of the heat spectrum. The new pink one is on my radar but haven’t got my sniff on it yet.
Can’t wait to read which you like Neva.
Portia xx
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Ooh, exciting.. Why can’t there be any decent perfumeries where I am, without the two hour journey 😡
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Working through a few minis and samples that I found. Got L’Eau Serge EdP on today. I mainly get clary sage from this.
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I love clary sage…..is it long lasting? would you consider purchasing a bottle?
There doesn’t seem to be many clary sage prominent scents
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I’m on a bit of a “no-buy” wagon at the moment, and I don’t think this one would be my highest priority should I fall off it. It was certainly long-lasting, but I’d sample before buying. I got this sample from Mecca, so that is possible.
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I had a mini of that one and thunked it quite quickly. Has a used bottle of Leau Froide but the son stole it. Both are really good.
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Brigitte which I will wear until the girls head back to university. I want them to associate this fragrance with me LOL 🤣 😂
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And do they like it?
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They do! But neither has asked to steal it so I guess it’s a like and not a love.
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They can’t steal your specially created scent. Anything else, maybe, but not that. It’s yours alone😉
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But if one of them really loved it I probably WOULD let them “borrow” it 😄
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Which would explain why there are so few bottles chez Marzipan that are TRULY my own!!!
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Hello all. It is Thursday pm here… just home from work. Oh my Lordy…..I had such a busy shift, and my back is really feeling it. I wore Aromatics in Black to work. I couldn’t wait until I got home so I could have a hot shower to soothe my aching back. I’m now wearing 2 competing scents; deep heat and Fancy by Jessica Simpson.
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How do the Deep Heat and Fancy play together Sally Anne? Is it scent cacophonous?
Portia x
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Hey Saffy
Recommendation from Dr. Cassie for your back. I’ve recently started using something called Etoflam Gel, it’s an anti inflammatory, and seems to work for me anyway😏
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I hope deep heat and Fancy were the winning combination and your back feels right by now, Saffy.
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Bracken Woman today our first full day in Tokyo. Visited some shrines, a teahouse, shops, the old fishmarket area. Ramen noodles for dinner. Feet are burning…
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Needed something comforting and uncomplicated this morning after virtually no sleep. So Missoni it is. This day at work is dragging and I could willingly sleep on the floor. I’m that tired 😴
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It’s probably due to the full moon, Cassie. I’m sorry. By Missoni you mean the first Missoni from the eighties, right?
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You know, I never even thought of that! Of course. Plus my sinuses are causing havoc again, even my eyes are swollen. This Missoni is 2006, from the bottle that looks drunk (to me anyway) and is mostly chocolate orange. I find it easy and undemanding
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I don’t know that one. I’ve looked it up on fragrantica now and they say it’s similar to the long discontinued Trussardi Skin. That one was yummy!
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I received fragrant gifts from Portia (the latter just a couple hours ago), so I’m wearing some ISO E Super on one wrist and Cuir Cannage on the other. Dior is quite interesting!
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I seem to have accidentally lost the part where I mention receiving perfume presents from Melanie, too. So excited to try them all!
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Hooray for perfume packages!!! You will get your perfume mojo back!!!
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It’s inevitable 🙂
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Yippee, happy 💃🏼
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Yay!
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YAY! So glad they arrived. Iso E Super on its own is not what you expect, eh?
Portia xx
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In fact, it is exactly what I expected:) Now it’s easier for me to discern it in perfumes
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Ahhhh, interesting. I was surprised at how it smelled. Not nearly as full and rounded as it becomes when it plays with other notes. For me anyway.
Portia xx
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I read in a perfume evaluator’s blog that it can smell differently with different notes and proportions, e.g. Fahrenheit: I never would’ve thought that it’s got so much IES in it!
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Today I was trying out Papillon’s Angelique…it’s a strange perfume – very soft and powdery flowers with iris root in the beginning and then it gets a strange note which reminds me of gum, you know, like tyres. I don’t get the gum on the paper strip but on my skin it’s very prominent although the perfume is soft and totally close to the skin. I couldn’t feel anything after 15 minutes so I was spraying the whole day and the tester will be gone by the time I’ll go to bed.
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It didn’t last on me either. I thunked the whole vial when I wore it. I think on my skin it would need multiple lavish sprays!!!
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Had exactly that experience with it, too. A strange little wisp of a thing.
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Vintage Chanel No 19 EdT. I am wearing green shorts, a green shirt, a green leather band on my watch, a green jade ring and green perfume. I like galbanum.
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☘️☘️☘️
Smelling good
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Beautiful! Have a green day, Greg 🙂
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YUM!!
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Brigitte…. until Sunday
Next week, Casablanca all week
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Testing Tobacco Rose by Papillon today. It’s reminding me a lot of the patchouli rose in Lady Vengeance (JHAG). No tobacco to my nose. Anybody else had the same experience?
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Interesting Neva,
It’s a honeyed tobacco rose on me but it’s so thick and rich like immortelle overdose.
Portia xx
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Yes. Little tobacco. And little longevity. Bit it was really nice while it lasted.
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I can’t complain about the longevity. I can still smell it after 10 hours (4 spritzes in the morning). I will now reapply for a quick drink with a friend in a nearby bar.
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That one was really good on me, my skin must have amplified the tobacco. I like it heaps.
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Yes, it’s very good. I’ll test it next to Lady Vengeance soon because I only had a tester of LV a few years ago. I’m curious about the result…
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In Superstitious today. I’m going to a show and it plays nicely on me and is a crowd pleaser. I always get compliments.
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Superstitious is great! Its retro vibe is the real deal for me. I hope they sell it as a travel size. I have FM perfumes only in travel sizes.
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Good news, Neva, they certainly do😀
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Tauer L ‘ Eau for an overcast and cool spring day. We will explore Tokyo today without a guide, so expect to get lost a bit….
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Saturday morning. Back is only slightly better….it is just one of those things as a carer one has to put up with occasionally when it flares up. Of course the current stress I’m under hasn’t helped. Yesterday I thunked YSL M7 Oud Absolu. {it was Craig’s 20th Anniversary gift brought in Hobart} . Well the girl I was working with had to be reassigned because she had a reaction ie kept sneezing. She asked… are you wearing perfume? Oh Duh. of course I am!!! She sneezes and says I shouldn’t be allowed to!!! my response was ‘Wow, good thing I chose a subtle scent!!! 30 years I have been nursing and this is the first time EVER I have had an issue!!!!!! Today I am wearing Kerosene Unknown Pleasures . Portia enjoy your democracy sausage
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Wore Mark Birley EDC for the opening of the footy season. We got thrashed.
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Well, at least you smelled good, Greg!
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That’s true.
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Chamade edt, the 2013 batch. It’s so good that I’m seriously contemplating getting a bottle: it’s rare when a modern Guerlain seems like a better option for me than vintage C.: the latter has too much hyacinth for my taste. Or maybe I’m just sour grapes and don’t want to pay through the nose for another vintage 🙂
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Interesting…will have to give the current formulation a sniff next time I see it in the wild. I don’t blame you for not wanting to pay vintage prices. I bet you can get current for a great price at the online discounters.
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There are affordable bottles on an American discount site, I just need to decide what else to buy to get free shipping. This might take time 🙂
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Oh I looked as soon as I saw your post…the prices on US discount sites are AMAZING!!!
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Hello All. Sunday night….just home from work. I wore Lady GaGa…..the black liquid. I will shower soon, using my new shower gel; L’Occitaine Lavender {a Xmas gift from my Mum}. It is so soothing. Will wear Avon Goddess to bed.
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Guess what I am wearing today???LOL!
Eldest took the youngest to the mall where they will shop and she will take him out to lunch. I took the middle one out to brunch and a new local bread place/coffee shop.
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Sounds like fun for each of you.
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It was!
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They probably came home smelling great too?
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always 🙂
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Chocolate Greedy. It smells so similar to my Arabica eo that if I did a blind test of them it would be a very close call. I really like it, though.
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And today’s kick my own ass question is: why the hell didn’t I buy a full bottle of EL Amber Ylang Ylang years ago? 😢 Prices are beyond silly now. Oh wellll. . .
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oh yes. and on that “note” I thank my lucky stars that I listened to you and Undina and Marcella and bought my bottle of Heaven because I see it now for 99 USD when in fact I paid around 25 USD last summer/fall.
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Whaaaat? Crazy!!!
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Errmmm, just spied with my busy little eye a bottle on eBay for $28.90. Jus sayin😉 And your birthday is only a month away. . .
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You’re naughty 😈
Would you believe that I have never done the eBay thing?
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You need to explore it. I don’t know how I managed without it😏
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But that would send me down another rabbit hole 😱😬😵
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Versace Pour Homme today, from a mini sample. Not sure about this; it might be op shop-bound.
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In DK Gold. A huge big cloud of it. Yum yum.
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