SOTD 27.5 – 2.6.2019

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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 20.5 – 26.5.2019

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

372 thoughts on “SOTD 27.5 – 2.6.2019”

  4. It’s almost lunchtime and I’m still commando after being away for my 30th Yale reunion this weekend. I took Seville a l’Aube and Ormonde Woman with me for those festivities. Today I will probably organize my samples and see what needs skin time.

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    • I massively organized my samples by houses. This week I would like to take a break from sampling and just wear one fragrance. Next week I start the month of June with the intention of thunking one sample per day. I might just do this for the entire summer.

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      • I need to do that. I have thousands of untouched samples. But I have thousands of bottles. Never enough time or skin to wear them all. Where do I turn?????

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        • I did this today since I don’t have work. They were disorganized and all over the place. Now they’re better organized and it will make choosing easier 😉

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          • I spent some time organizing samples as well today. I organized by houses and also by notes for many fragrances. I’m more motivated to sample and thunk now that I have a better idea of what I have.
            Thanks for the motivation!

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            • You’re welcome. I feel the same way. Now that everything is in one place and organized it’s much easier to choose.

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      • It’s in my cart! I may get both the EDT and EDP. I have Boucheron Jaipur Saphir from the late 90’s, and noticed it has been discontinued and more difficult to find. I feel I should stock up on Boucheron while available and affordable prices.

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        • Those prices are beyond affordable… those bottles are practically free!!! I am glad I made some recent purchases in the last year because for one of them ( Gap Heaven) the price has now quadrupled! You are wise to stock up while you can.

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        • Yep, go big or go home! If the price is right, then go for it. I’ve kicked myself a few times because I hesitated and lost out.

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          • Agreed, I’ve lost out in the past as well and have been really analyzing the fragrances I love which will possibly be discontinued, reformulated, or not available for an affordable price.

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  7. one spray Bottega L’Absolu and 2 sprays of Carthusia 1681. Bottega L’Absolu really projects and lasts a long time.

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  8. I wore a sample of DSW Colorado this morning. Swoon! And thunked my sample of Ginestet Botrytis. Thanks for the inspiration to pull out some samples.

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      • If you like that one, have you tried Parfums Regine’s Regine? It is a honey lover’s wonder for $16.

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        • I’ve not heard of Parfums Regine Regine Regine’s. I researched, and it is from 1989, the perfume era I am very fond of. The notes sounds wonderful. Did you wear it in the past, or is this a new find for you? Where did you purchase from? Fragrancenet does not have it, off to search eBay………..

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          • Yes, I’ve owned it for about four years or more. I bought it on the predecessor to Notino but when I googled it I see it is available through a number of frag retailers.

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            • Thanks Gina. I googled Regine and see it available for a very affordable price on FragranceX. I’m going to order it; the notes sound wonderful and I’ve been in a nostalgic 80-90s fragrance mode.

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  9. Last night I thunked a sample of Jovoy Remember Me.
    Today’s Tracy Reese. Starting on June 1 my goal is to thunk 1-2 samples per day. Let’s see if I can do this 🤣

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  10. I’ve been in a bit of a mood lately (guess why) so I haven’t been on here. So far this week, I’ve been sporting Montale Aoud Musk, TF Tobacco Vanille and Nasomatto Pardon. It’s cold and it’s time for the heavy scents to come out of storage.

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  11. Wore my sample of Witchdoctor, by Libertine today. All woodsy, warm, and leather. Am seriously considering making FB purchase of this one. Just now I’m also trialling Different Drummer (Libertine) and Bondi Language (4160 Tues.) Not really sure about either of these. Dry down on both better than top notes. Will give them another go another night.

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      • Has been quite miserable again weather wise . The Amber Absolutely has faded so time for a night scent. L’Occitaine Cherry Blossom I have made Craig get some wood cut . The temperature is going to be 7 C on Wednesday. Will be a cooking day

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  13. Le Labo Ambrette 9 from the newly found sample/decant stash. I went head over heels for this a couple of years ago. Today I’m getting a disconcerting note of baby spit up. This one may get scrubbed if it doesn’t shift it’s focus.

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    • Ick, one of the most disgusting notes in perfume – or anywhere else! Baby spit up is the cause of many a carpet being ripped up,

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      • Big $$$$. Cuz it’s silly Le Labo. I think it’s the only LL I have tried. Fine with me. Although for some reason Bergamot 22 is fluttering around in my ‘it could be really good’, ‘you should try it’, ‘great for summer’, ‘something new’ curiousity center.

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        • I tried a few…one was pretty good but didn’t need an FB cause it was a decant which got thunked and not replaced. They are pricey.

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            • Yes and I will tell you that their SAs are snobs. Every single Le Labo counter I have ever approached I have been completely ignored…. happened on four separate occasions.

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              • OMG! That drives me crazy!! Those stupid b*tches are earning minimum wage or on straight commission. Probably living in a sh*thole apartment and spending whatever meager pennies they have on trying to look impressive and failing miserably. Nothing makes me more furious than stuck-up, snotty SAs. I swear I will spit on one of them some day 😡

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                • It really is annoying. I guess because I don’t look like someone who will make a purchase. But you can’t always judge a book by its cover.

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                  • Whether or not you look like you would make a purchase is not the point. I went into Etiket today wearing faded jeans and a hoodie for Pete’s sake! My sister-in-law used to go into Holt Renfrew with a bag from the liquor store and her comfy, but decidedly shabby coat. And she could have bought out half of the Chanel boutique if she felt like it. The guy at Etiket was a doll. Spent an hour with me discussing his meetings with Andy Tauer and Hiram Green. He let me sniff and fool around to my heart’s content and made me samples of about a dozen scents. And that kind of sales experience makes it more likely that the consumer will spend there money there. For the record, I bought nothing. Just went home with my samples 😄

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                    • Ha! So true! You never know a sale potential and shouldn’t make assumptions.

                      I am glad you are venturing out and testing in person and had such a pleasant interaction! Samples to bring home is icing on the cake 🍰

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                • Yes, that’s the spirit, Marcella! I’d be furious if that happened to me, those jumped-up snotty shop girls/boys, as you say, probably working for a pittance but worth their weight in bad attitude. I really would stomp out like a kid with a tantrum. And a good door slam behind me( unless they’re the sliding kind). I’d certainly contact management afterwards to register a very strongly worded complaint.

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  14. Wearing Hilda Soliani Untitled #7. The best sample THUNK of the year. Great citrusy opening and then… it became a headache inducing vanilla bomb that becomes stronger as minutes pass. I have to be patient and keep its company until later tonight when I get home, take another shower and get rid of the blouse that I am wearing, which got several sprays of it.

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  15. On a bit of a dumping rampage today, 3 perfume bottles among lots of other stuff. There was a minuscule amount left in Dior Homme, squirt squirt. Hanae Mori, squirt squirt. And I also tried on a bit of Blossom Love. I’m rather fragrant. Anyway, rest over, back to dumping and organising.

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        • We’d all like to see it! We’ve been planning a heist since last fall. I’ve done the drawings, still waiting for Cassie to get the tools. Planning on tunneling our way in!!

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          • I have loads of blasted tools. Thousands of them, I’d guess. Yep, it’s just awesome being married to a hoarder. I could steal a whole tool chest and they wouldn’t be missed. Do you think I should also bring some dynamite to speed up the tunnelling process? I know a tunnelling expert who could give me some hints and guidelines. Don’t want to lose my thumbs😉

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            • Good idea. You check with your tunnel guy and I’ll get an explosives expert. So explosives mean less tools needed. Just bring a pick axe and maybe a shovel. Dress in black, this will be a night op. And infrared goggles. We’ll be fine 🤓

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        • Yes Saffy. I know two couples who divorced and remained very close friends. However, in your position and given what your husband has done, I doubt that I, personally, would want to remain friends. It would take all my resolve just to remain civil. It will take time, but your life will eventually regain a feeling if ordered normalcy. Take solace here, and anywhere you can find it ❤️

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        • I do not know your situation, but I was told by a wise counselor once that your best friend doesn’t abuse you, lie to you, take advantage of you and hurt you repeatedly. That is not a friend.

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        • I know couples who stayed friends after divorce, but not necessarily best friends. I also have relatives who, 25 years after divorce, cannot be in the same room without creating drama.

          Given how your husband has hurt your feelings, he asks a lot of you if he expects you to be friends again already. Please, please look after your own best interests in the divorce process.

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        • I’d be very wary of his motives, Saffy. Please be careful. But then I can only think of things going on my own experience.

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  17. Arte Profumi Ecclesiae, a curious albeit straightforward incense scent.

    I’ve been having huge problems with my Internet connection. Haven’t forgotten about you guys, just couldn’t get through! Hope everyone’s doing great 🙂

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  19. Wednesday morning 4 C but feels like – 2.5!!!! I have a day off work so I have declared it a cooking day! Slow cooker Beef and Mushroom ragout and then a vegetable soup Sensuous Noir will hum along with me.

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  25. Cuir Beluga this morning. Went downtown for a cut and hi-lites. Since CB was long gone I decided to go sniffing at a niche perfume shop. Worked my way through Ormande Jayne, Heeley, Hiram Green, Nishane and Eau d’Italie. Quick bottle sniffs of some Olfactive Studios, Marly and HdP. Ignored Amouage (don’t know why) Ran out of steam for the rest of the lines. Came home with two goody bags of samples. I was looking for something easy to wear for summer/spring that wasn’t citrusy. I have Heeley l’Amandière on one hand and Eau d’Italie’s Easy to Love on the other. They’re both nice. Heeley being rather powdery, which pleases me and Ed’I a light, airy fruity/floral affair that is a bit soapy. Neither one seems to project much, but that’s okay for summer. Just not sure they’re worth the $$$.

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    • What anout Au Lac from Eau d’ Italie? I don’t pick up much citrus in that , mostly it paints a picture of white water lilies. More floral than aquatic. But it’s big bottles, so it needs to be something you will use regularly.

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    • How almondy was the Heeley? I would like a heavy duty almond such as the smell of the original Jergens lotion.

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      • Not heavy duty almond. I thought it was more about the almond blossom than the actual almond. Very pretty, but I don’t think it’s what you’re going for. I reckon if someone made an Eau de Marzipan, that would be more up your alley!

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          • So I forgot to mention that the reason I found more samples in the basement is that I was frantically searching for Teinte de Neige because I wanted to try it again so that I could tell Crikey I like it rather than not (first time it was full on baby powder and I wasn’t getting the marzipan vibe that everyone talks about). I did find it and sprayed it on the top of my hand before mowing the lawn. I don’t know what it is with my skin and weather but in the heat it did indeed bloom into this gorgeous creamy almond. So now I finally “get” the love for this scent. You know, funny thing is Absolu Pour le Soir did the same thing. In the dead of winter it was dirty panties (raunchy!!!) and I could only wear it in the house. In the summer it morphed into a sweet honeyed amber and it was glorious. I also prefer SSS Winter Woods in the summer…same deal…sweet ambery vanilla and no smoke whatsoever.

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            • That makes perfect sense to me. Both Musc Ravageur and vintage Shalimar perfume are miraculous in warmer weather. All the nuances come out.
              So? You’ve found your almond scent?

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              • Maybe? But I haven’t tried the Caswell Masey Almond yet and that might very well be the one. Honestly, I am looking for one that smells like the original Jergens skin lotion because Mr M loves that scent .. it reminds him of his childhood.
                And, yes, perfectly put, Marcella, the blooming in the heat affect!

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    • Yowza, that was some sniff session. I also went to make an appointment to get the mop done before the weekend but they’re booked solid until midweek. Dammit anyway. My big plan for my noggin might go off the boil in the meantime.

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      • Big plan?? Do tell! If I’m not mistaken you’re an slightly assisted red-head. Going for a heavily assisted platinum?? And then hacking in an ultra short pixie cut?
        Great idea eh? It’ll be no maintenance whatsoever 🤥

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        • Well my hair has gotten long because I’ve been cultivating it. I’m planning on a longish bob that sits just shy of my shoulders. Would like all the front section which frames my face to be rose gold, the rest of it needs a colour refresh too. About three hours in the chair methinks. Hate the hairdressers, so boring. Hubby will defo notice this!

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          • Oh!! That sounds really nice. Don’t change your mind. Do it! Yeah, I spent almost three hours there yesterday 😒 But I go quite short for summer. Probably won’t need another visit till fall

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  26. So I accidentally lefty cell phone in the charger but did bring y bunch of samples to work…thunked seven today..off the top of my head Sharp, Coal, Atlantic Rose, Miss Charming, French Affair ( had to wash that one off as it smelled of pure sex and definitely not work appropriate!!!)…. Can’t remember the other two.

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  27. I have spent this morning crying due to a bad dream I had about my parents dying. Thursday seems to be an emotional trigger because I now need to work until midnight. I have also been doing some online searches of potential rental properties. I will wear DKNY Delicious to work. I will have to reapply at some point

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  28. This morning I gave myself 11 sprays of Gravel and Jin was looking at me like I came from outer space. I smelled fabulous though.
    Caught the bus back to Irkusk from Baikal and smelled wonderful the whole way.
    Thank goodness Gravel isn’t a BIG scent.
    Portia x

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  30. In the last drops of Dusita Splendiris to cheer me up on this grey, cloudy, humid, rainy day. Hope that its beauty and enough coffee can finally help me wake me up on such a busy day!

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  31. Busy week continues; I’ve been covering for the boss at the shop while he’s on leave. While I usually do one morning a week. this week it’s been two full days.

    Yesterday I wore Guerlain’s LIDGE. I ran into a lady in the shop who is a bit of a perfumista, and she loved it. I’m going to nudge her towards this group; it would be nice to have a local here. Today I wore TF Oud Wood. I also had a bit of op shop luck: a new shrink-wrapped bottle of Carven Le Parfum.

    Got a wedding on Saturday, which I’m travelling to Melbourne for. My niece is marrying her girlfriend and, yes, I am going to bust out my recently-acquired Derby for the occasion.

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  32. Dulcis in Fundo. I found a large decant that I had totally forgotten about. A citrusy vanilla that is only a teensy bit sweet. It should be nice for this sunny but cool-ish day.

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    • Sounds good.
      Freezing and rainy here.
      Had to go to the basement to dig out the turtlenecks again.
      Where is crikey????
      I know Neva is on vacation.
      And Matty has been MIA….
      Anyone else I forgot?

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      • You’re sending the crap weather this way for tomorrow. Gee, thanks. Just love cold temps and rain when it’s practically June 🙄
        If you’re missing Crikey, checkout her Instagram account @scentosaurs. It’s fantastic! Perfume talk with a side order of dinosaurs. Her writing is incredible!

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        • Sorry but I don’t want it either!
          I thought cricket had told me that I needed to be subscribed to Instagram in order to read her posts….. and I am not cause I don’t want to go down THAT 🐇hole

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            • I tried to do it through the eldest’s Instagram account but she told me that Crikey’s account is private. Well, at least I tried!

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              • hey! I’m here. Sorry to be AWOL again. I’ve been mostly offline lately while I’ve been trying to get my head/brain/self back in some sort of working order. It was quite a mauling from the black dog, but, doing much better again.

                p.s.my dino/perfume account isn’t private. You should be able to see it at https://instagram.com/scentosaurs I think it was the stories on the other account you can’t see without logging in.

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                • Hey Crikey! No worries. The black dog had me down and out most of the winter and part of spring. Tough battle is all I can say. Glad you’re feeling better. I’ve been lauding your writing skills on scentosaurs to whomever will listen! Geez, you’d think I was personally responsible for your cleverness. I did see you were wildly enthusiastic about Liz Moores’ latest. Royale Bengale? Or something like that? Care to elaborate for the home crew here? Plus, I want more deets too 😈 So not really a magnanimous request.

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                  • Bengale Rouge? It is effing stunning. Just drop dead lovely, pitch perfect perfumery in action.
                    Releasing very soon…and I can’t wait, as I’m one wearing away from finishing my sample.

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                    • So, is it really big? Like MAAI or MEM? (I love them both and they are seriously ‘important’ on me) They keep me transfixed. Or, more like Salome. That is one I will be getting a FB of for sure. Possibly Anubis but later in the year. So…..what I’m saying is, does it wear easily or does it require thought and attention. For me, Salome is practically a comfort perfume. Anubis requires a little more dedication. MEM and MAAI……well they’re on another category entirely!

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                  • It’s a tricksy one in that it’s very present and not shy, but it’s incredibly soft in feel… so not shouty, but it’s not a hermessence watercolor by any stretch. Very languid and sleepy and bedsheet warm, but not skanky.

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                • Hellooooooo!!!
                  There you are!!!
                  Thanks for the link, love….and down another rabbit hole I go. The photos are adorable! I will show my eldest when I get home so that she knows what exactly I was trying for her to find.

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                  • enjoy! this has been a whole lot of fun for me over the past couple of months, getting me writing again. And mucking about with dinosaurs is never time wasted, right?

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                    • Never a waste of time indeed 🙂
                      Thank you so very much for attaching the link…I never would have found it!

                      and so very happy to see you here again!!!!!!!!

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                    • crikey! I have been perusing and I ABSOLUTELY love it!!!! Brava!!!
                      and thrilled to see St Clair Scents Casablanca!!! (I am secretly hoping that it was ME who got you to try it and love it-LOL!)

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                  • hurrah! and thank you 🙂
                    yes, you absolutely get another jewel for your enabler crown for Casablanca. And thank you for your evangelism on that one, it’s a gem!

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              • Wahey, welcome back from your little hiatus. Glad that you’re out, or almost out, the other side. Onwards 🙌

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  33. Finally commenting on my SOTD!
    Started with Tracy Reese on the neck.
    Grabbed two from the sample pile at work to thunk…Kiss Me Intense( could barely smell it) and eau de Lilac or something like that. Later, Vanilla Coco but that was not a thunk.

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  34. Impressed by Santal Nabataea’s longevity. I can still get little puffs of it. Might, just might, pull the trigger on a tiny sample of Areej le Doré Indolis. Sounds kind of awesome. Consolation prize for not being able to get my hair done. I can talk myself into anything 😉

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  35. Bond No9 Chinatown for me today… my first 50ml bottle is so close to a thunk i’m gonna call it. Thunk!

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  36. Benjoin resin and carnation oil on one hand thanks to pl67 and testing vintage Bal a Versailles. I CANNOT believe that I wore this in ballet classes in my late teens!!! My mother’s boss would make frequent trips to Paris and would always buy perfume for the ladies in his office. She didn’t care for it and gave it to me. I loved it because an older ballet dancer whom I admired wore it all the time and always chewed mint gum to hide her cigarette breath.The combo of BaV and mint and cigarette smoke takes me back to good memories. So grateful to be able to smell it again. I have so many stories attached to so many perfumes.

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  37. I did a shite job of shaving today (tried a new cream) so my SOTD is lashings of Floyd Vogoeoso after shave tonic in an attempt to deal with the burn.

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  38. Needed a good kick to get myself awake so I’m in arabica e.o. and Ylang Ylang Espresso. I’ll be the pied piper of coffee addicts.

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  41. Have Bat a proper texting last night as I had only sniffed briefly from the bottle at the shop. Ugh! Disastrous. Used laundry stain remover to get if off. To be fair, it was an accurate representation of garden dirt, freshly dug. There was a very slight hint of rotting fruit under the dirt. Really? I should want to smell like a recently excavated zombie corpse wandering around snacking on a decaying banana? I think not. A very hard pass on that one 😳

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  43. Serge Lutens A la Nuit. A couple of more sprays and it will be full bottle thunk! It is my favorite jasmine perfume, but I am not so sure if I will replace it. Too fleeting!

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  44. Gawd but it’s quiet and boring at work today. All by myself here at the moment. Devil makes work for idle hands: Have three dresses in a basket, bought Smally a gorgeous tutu to wear for her birthday party – her mum will disco it up for her. Made a rude mug for a coworker. That’s the sum total of my output today😜

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  45. 1885 something or other….too bad I can’t remember the name cause I like it.
    Vanilla Shot. Where’s the vanilla?
    THUNK X 2…..I am the thunkinator.

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    • So the deli man complimented me on my perfume this afternoon…I go in there lots of Fridays after work…this was the first time that he complimented me on my fragrance…I have NO IDEA which fragrance he was liking because I am a walking perfume bomb but my guess is it might have been the Vanilla Shot?

      Now I am home and testing Vert Poivine (thank you pl67!)…such a pretty rose! Later I will wear some Bal a Versailles to bed…..I am still laughing my arse off that my skinny little seventeen year old self wore this one out in public!!!!

      and crikey, if you are reading this, the eldest LOVED your dinosaurs!!!!

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  46. In the wee hours of the morning testing Good Chemistry Silver Coast and Bottega Venetta Eau Sensuelle.

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      • It’s much softer than the original which I adore. I like it as well. I could see wearing this one in the summer and the original in the fall/winter. I also tried the absolute which I thought was sweeter. Honestly, I like them all. The Sensuelle is a decant and if you want a sample let me know. It will get added to the pile which can sit in the basement as long as you like until you are ready for it. I haven’t tried the Eau Legere which I hear is stunning and very hard to come by. Fragrancenet sells the original and the Sensuelle for a very good price if anyone is interested. I still have a few samples of the original in the basement so I am good for now.

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        • I was not a huge fan of BV. It seems to me that oftentimes when one perfume of a given line pleases you then there’s a good likelihood that others will as well. And vice versa.

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          • I did not care for BV initially either …it was a tad vomit-y to my nose…but then Portia kept saying how great it smells on Jin and Jin and I have similar taste so I tried it again and it was instant love…something in it is very addictive to me….

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        • OMG! You forgot! I sent you a large decant of Eau Legere last year and you adored it! It never worked for me. Unfortunately, it is not easy to find anymore, but I am always in the look for it, because I know you love it. I will check among my sea of samples to see if there is still a sample hidding somewhere, waiting for you.

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          • Holy cow!!! That is just hysterical! I am so sorry I forgot!!! I was NOT kidding when I told Cassie that my memory has gone the way of the dodo bird!!! And knowing me I will wear Sensuelle love it,thunk it and then six months from now probably forget that I had a decant of it! 😉 May I use the excuse that there are too many flankers and hard to keep track of? May I use my age as an excuse? LOL!

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            • LOL! No worries! I barely remember what I spray one hour ago, especially when I am working on samples! I am going to blame it to age! I always make notes of perfumes that I really adore or don’t work for me so I can easily remember them. The rest I just enjoy for the time they last and almost sure I will forget about it!

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              • Thank you for saying that! I feel God awful for forgetting! But at least I know now that I have tried and love all the BV flankers and the original 🙂

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                • For some reason BV has never worked for me much. I would like to try the Eau de Velours, but I am not so hopeful about it anymore!

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                  • Ah!!! Maybe THAT was the one I haven’t tried yet and I was confusing it with the Legere!!! These flanker names are too much for my middle aged brain!

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  51. and now Cresupule des Armes (or whatever the heck it’s called)…this one is skanky…even the tiny few drops in the 1ml sample which is now gone….

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  52. and I have two Masque Milanos that I will wear after the lawn and my shower….Terralba and Luci ed Ombra…never heard of them…wonder if they are both d/c?

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      • OK so they are already in your “what I will send to Marcella next” pile because I just sampled them….I would LOVE to hear your opinion on both!!! Terralba has a real herbal quality and a “pickle” vibe to me (this does NOT mean I dislike it because Stash smelled of pickles and I wore it daily one winter and finished a one ounce bottle in three weeks) and Luci ed Ombre smells like a suntan lotion from my very very distant past (not sure which one but I like it because it is conjuring up beach memories for me)
        My favorite MM is still LAttessa which is one of the best irises to my nose…pl67 turned me on to that beauty!

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  53. Shwartzkopf Leder….nice.
    Genghis Khan…. so I thought how could such a lovely little lemon number have such an odd name….ha! It morphs into a Salome cousin. Thankfully I didn’t thunk because I am heading out to shop now LOL 🤣 😂

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  55. Sampling Shangri-La, part two. I tried a bit last night. Today the entire vial has been drizzled down my neck. Ooo yeah baby! Love this. Similar in intention to Parfum de Thérèse. But the melon has been replaced by peach. It’s an incredibly smooth and rounded affair, moreso than PdT. Could that have something to do with the use of more naturals? Does Hiram Green use strictly naturals or a bit of both? Whatever, I need to get a decant of this and see how it fares when sprayed liberally.
    Oh yeah. It’s a thunk!

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