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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 10.6 – 16.6.2019
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
Wearing Guerlain Rose Barbare on a cold, dark, rainy day. Beautiful rose scent. Sample thunked!
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Mmm. Perfect weather plus gorgeous scent!
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Thank you!
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Yup. That’s our Jyotsna. Perfect weather, indeed 😉
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As long as is not winter! 😀
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This!!!
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Yay, you’re back. We missed you x
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I am. Thank you! I missed you too. 😘😘
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SOTMorning, Noon & Night. Chergui. 💕
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Hermès. Cardamusc.
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Tom Ford Lavender Palm. Excellent on this soft, warm and slightly humid day.
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It’s in the post, Marcella. Fingers crossed 🤞
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Exciting! All digits employed.
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Niki de Saint Phalle
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You have been wearing it for many days. Are you going to thunk it?
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Maybe yes! LOL 🤣 😂
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You’ve inspired my afternoon spritz Brigitte. Fabulous choice.
Portia xx
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I always think of you when I wear it. Just like I always think of Jin when I wear Bottega Venetta and all its flankers.😉
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Now where did that Y come from???
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I was looking in a box of perfumes i haven’t worn for ages. Found Flowerbomb so wearing that today.
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Flowerbomb is gorgeous. You smell delightful Matty xx
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I’d forgotten how nice it was. It’s a long time since I last wore it.
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Flowerbomb is my sister’s scent!
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Love Flowerbomb! A good friend gifted me a bottle and my eldest stole it.
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Frangipani cos I reminded myself 😉
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More Fève Délicieuse, just because it was there! Still not finished packing for the coming two weeks, really need to organise my clothing better to make it easier. In all fairness I have gotten rid of a lot of old paperwork these last three weeks.
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You and Cassie are on fire getting rid of paperwork. Literally. She’s burning her’s 🔥
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I don’t really use my fireplace, the chimney isn’t the best, so really easy to get a lot of smoke into the room unless the firewood is good and there’s a breeze outside. I get help shredding the paper instead.
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Packing is easy Ingeborg, getting rid of old paperwork is a STELLAR ACHIEVEMENT! Congratulations.
Portia xx
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Meeting my ex-employer for dinner. Wonder what’s on his mind 🧐A liberal dousing of Carnal Flower was in order. We’ll be eating outdoors on a terrace, so hopefully CF will float around gracefully 😬
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CF – good choice! You smell Ah-Mazing!,
Ex-employer??? Have you gone rogue and set up your own business?
(I have missed so much news. I shake my fist at the Universe)
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How was the meeting Marcella?
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Thought provoking. And I’m still thinking!
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First version Obsession for Men (it is amazing). Cinnamon is not a note I enjoy but so far there are two fragrances with cinnamon note that I love. One is Shiseido Feminite du Bois and second is this vintage Obsession for Men. I hate Lutens Rousse for the very reason that it comes across as cinnamon overload to me in which cinnamon completely overwhelms other notes. However, if you love cinnamon, Rousse has the most realistic cinnamon note I have ever smelled.
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OOOOH! I love Rousse! Yummy!
Both your other choices are winners too Fazal.
Portia xx
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That fragrance was amazing!!! I wore both female and male versions back in the day.
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vintage Obsessions are quality creations and I have been amazed how cheap I have gotten them, thanks to research and patience. I think my last two bottles of first version of Obsession for Men cost me in $20s each and both were mostly full. i do feel bad at losing one auction of sealed box that was close to $30 or so. I do wonder how a sealed fresh Obsession first version smell like.
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Wow!!! Excellent finds, Fazal!!!
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Tom Ford Plum Japonais!
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SOTM – SL Five O’clock au Gingembre
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My favourite Lute’s by far Jyotsna.
Portia xx
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Would you believe I never tried it? How does it smell to you, Jyotsna?
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Brigitte – it’s a soft, sweetish ginger that seems to cuddle you. I spray extra lavishly because I love the menthol/mint/patchouli(??)notes. Do try it!
Jyotsna xx
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Yum. I will next time I am in the city.
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Yes!! Do let me know what you think! Are there any Lutens that you like? I forget.
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I haven’t sampled as many as I would like to have but we do share a love for Chergui. I also thunked Decants and minis of This Clair, Santal Bois and Daim Blonde. And I have a bottle of Leau Froide which my son ” borrowed” from me 😆
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Gris……oh this blasted autocorrect!!!!!
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Hello it was my birthday yesterday I wasn’t happy and nothing about the day was happy I went out to eat with some friends from work It was a disaster because the service was so slow . I ordered a risotto which usually is filling but I came home and cooked myself some toast! I wore Tobacco Vanille Please don’t mention my birthday
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Birthdays are like New Years Eve, so much expectation and often so little reward. I hear you Sally Anne.
Hugs,
Portia xx
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I agree, Portia, which is why I personally prefer low key. Best birthday celebrations are new perfume purchases 😁
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Agree! 😀
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But at least you were smelling gorgeous for the non-event. See, didn’t mention the B word😉
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Slow service is annoying at the best of times which clearly these aren’t. Then again, Tobacco Vanille is great even in the worst of times 😉
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Niki de Saint Phalle on this cold rainy day.
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I just love Niki de Saint Phalle!
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It really takes me back!! I think I purchased my first of many bottles in 1984? Then I stopped wearing it for many years. Saw an Eau Defundue with my eldest’s birth sign at fragrancenet for practically free so I snatched it up as one of my birthday bottle 😁
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Ha! And just realized it’s my youngest’s birth sign too! Now the bottle is double special! I like also that it’s a pour so easy decanting but also comes with a sprayer if you want to spray. Wish all bottles were like this
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Fantastic price point for the beauty and quality of the perfume. I had never heard of it until Portia mentioned it. I’m a latecomer, but love this fragrance. I have a couple of the zodiac bottles as back up!
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You are so smart having backups!!! One day those twenty dollar beautiful bottles will be selling for hundreds a piece on eBay!!
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Hello all Wednesday morning at 8 Amish I am lying in bed writing this . I can hear the rain on my windows and the occasional chirping of birds beginning their day The sky is dark and gloomy , not dissimilar to the mood in this place. I had intentions of trying the Tokyo Milk samples which Melanie sent me yesterday but I was too busy packing up “ stuff” that I couldn’t concentrate on them. The cheater is leaving me alone next week so I promise Mel I will wear them next week. As for now I can smell the last f remnants of last nights sleep scent; L’Occitaine body lotion and Yardley Lavender perfume. I am going to try to get a little more sleep now . Ciao
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So happy! Jyotsna’s back xx Yippee xxoxoxoxox
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Hello, my lovely friend. 💕 Thank you for keeping my spirits up when the Universe was chucking. rocks at my head. 😘😘
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Solange Stoned gorgeousness today!
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Chris Rusak Bluer Skies today. Sunny but a little edgy. I bought a cute 15ml bottle – might have chosen his QUA (which has a L’Heure Bleue vibe to it) but the 15ml was sold out and I am so much happier with the little bottles these days.
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Narciso. Just need uncomplicated as I keep plugging away at my old docs incineration. Almost got busted by hubs earlier so had to run and dump in linen basket😬phew.
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Hahaha. I didn’t realize project burn was an undercover special ops affair.
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Yes, undercover, sneaky, “interfering with my stuff” sort of goings on😉 I have gotten rid of armloads since last week. No way am I going to pack them to haul them around or store them! We have to get a push on to really clear up around here as the house selling agent wants house on the market by mid August at the latest. Good news is that very little work is needed indoors. The outside, though, needs lots of help. Not my department.😃
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So this is a serious effort with a view to moving. Will you hire someone to do the outside? Are you talking landscaping or exterior maintenance? Brick pointing? Exterior painting? We talk moving from time to time, but LH wants none of it. He likes his basement work shop too much.
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Painting the recently-plastered garage. Move out some of his ‘vintage’ tractors (just heaps of unsightly rusty shite in my eyes), power washing deck and paths and general bits and bobs. He will need a helper for sure as my still-not-working at 100% arm prevents me from lifting too much weight. I’m usually his assistant donkey but I’m gonna be busy indoors. At least the neighbours won’t have to put up with us swearing at each other😂 How spouses can work together beats me. I’m sure I’d hit him with a heavy tool if I had to work with him long term. Perhaps I need anger management classes. . .🤔
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Hahaha! In that case, never go camping together. By the time LH and I had successfully set up sleeping and kitchen tents the sites around us had cleared out. People obviously wondered ‘if this is what they’re like on a sunny day one, imagine them on the fourth day of consecutive rain’ and ‘why do you suppose the mister is digging a moat around the tent?’ and ‘why is she stringing a clothesline around the mister’s neck’.
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😂yep, that would be like us.
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Diptyque Fleur de Peau to cheer me up on another dark, rainy morning. However, the afternoon will be bright and beautiful! Looking forward to seeing you soon, my sun friend! ☀️🌞
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How do you like it? I will give it some skin time next time I am in the city. GCT has a Diptyque right in the terminal!
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It is very soft and pretty. Musky with the ambrette very strong and a beautiful and delicate iris note in the drydown. It is long lasting. Full bottle worth for me, but too pricey. It was good to try it though!
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Tested Lys 41 last night (thanks MM!) and giving it a proper wearing today. I was mightily impressed with it based on the back of the hand test last night. For me it was tuberose with hints of jasmine. It was the development that had me sitting up and paying attention. A nice woodiness and then vanilla joined the flowers and the dry down was simply gorgeous. I hate it when I like a Le Labo. Their idiotic marketing ploys disgust me.
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That’s my favorite of the bunch which is why I sent it to you. More to come of other Le Labo in the next package. Don’t fall in love with it, though, cause it’s pricey lol 😂💛 💚
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Le labo is just plain silly with their pricing and marketing. I’m trying to leave the vial half full so I can send it off to Cassie. She’s a tuberose lover as well.
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But I promised Brigitte that I’ll never give my money to Le Labo because of their silly snobbishness. And I’m sure that if I ever walked into their little shop they’d shop me out as I don’t usually dress like a princess tippytoes when I’m shopping😉
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Shoo me out, ha.
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Autocorrect still loves you 😉
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Yeah, I’m its favourite!
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Home now and testing SSS Rose Musc, Velvet Rose, Vintage Rose and Rose Volupte ( thank you, Tara C!!) And they are DROP DEAD gorgeous. If I had a time machine I would go back 5 years and buy full bottles of every SSS fragrance.
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No you wouldn’t, cos then there’d be none left for me😌 I have about 3 or 4 sprays left in my Rose Volupte, I think. How do the others compare? I never got a chance to try them.
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Vintage Rose smells very ambery…My guess is there is labdanum in there. Rose Musc is a fresher rose with musk. Velvet Rose is smooth. If I was forced to choose I would say Rose Volupte is my favorite but if full bottles of all four fell out of the sky I would snatch them up in a heartbeat.
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Brigitte, there IS a God. 😃 Did you see Old Herbaceous’ recent post? 🤸🏽♀️ 🕺🏻 💃🏼🤸♂️
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It was pl67 who alerted me!!!
I will pop over to OH’s post now
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You know when you really want to wear a certain thing but it’s boxed away in the cupboard and you know it’s going to be impossible to find? I play a game with myself. If I get it on the first box then I can wear it, otherwise pick something else.
Today I JACKPOTed and scored Bulgari Man In Black first go. I smell like a figgy woods, manly dream.
Portia xx
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Wow, lucky dip considering the options there. 🤓
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Portia that sounds delicious!!! Lately I have been craving fig. Might wear my decant of Premier Figuier to 🛏️ tonight.
Any other fig scents worth sniffing?
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I LOVE FIG Brigitte! Ashoka by NVC, Premier Figuier by L’Artisan Parfumeur, Womanity by Mugler and Fig by Aftelier are the ones I can think of in my collection. Philosykos by Diptyque is another widely regarded well.
Portia xx
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Thank you for that list!!! I need to get my nose on the NV!! I thunked a bottle of the Diptyque one last summer. And the Aftelier one didn’t smell figgy to my nose. I bet I can test the Mugler in my local dept store. Great suggestions 👍
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That is the kind of problem which those of us with a small collection never encounter, really 😊 But you have a smart solution to the problem!
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Renier Crystal Rain. Yep, another big like. Have to stop testing new stuff and creating ‘the want’ and just wear what I already have.
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Ha!!! Yes!!! Which is why this week I am taking a break from sampling!!!
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Very cold this morning for summer …. 50F. Niki de Saint Phalle is my SOTD.
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You smell fabulous Brigitte.
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😘😘😘
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Wrapped in a cloud of beauty in Masque Milano L’Attesa!
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Yay!!! Smelling good, pl67!!!!
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Thank you! All the talk about iris is making me reach for my iris perfumes now!
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Good choice. And you have several to choose from. 💜💜💜
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Oooo. Pure gorgeousness. MM is such a stunner of a house.
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They have gorgeous perfumes!
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Sonoma Scent Studio has a new owner.
https://sonomascent.wordpress.com/2019/06/12/sonoma-scent-studio-has-a-new-owner/
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WOO HOO! That is BIG news!
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Woot woot!!
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Thank you for telling us, pl67!!!! You just made my day!!!!
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Yes, isn’t this just the best news in ages!!! I’m so delighted.
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I was promised rain. Where is my rain??? Wearing Vintage Shalimar, and painting today.
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HA! Shalimar scared the rain away.
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Must’ve. I am now chilly and aloof in Iris Silver Mist (inspired in part by Sandra’s gorgeous iris photos).
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It’s over here, Jyotsna. What’s your address and I’ll send it straight to you. Freepost.
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Ah- that’s where it went. Silly rain. Send it to Canberra please. Ta!
Some of my friends in the UK are running their heating – in June!! 😮
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Yes. Me too. It might as well be October 🥶
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Giverny In Bloom by DSH Perfumes. Cool green florists AC freshness. A perfect foil to the oncoming cold I feel tickling my bones.
Portia xx
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That’s one of my favorites!
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The ever so playful Tuberose Love, it’s a bit bubblegummy, probably a bit girlish for this old broad – but I don’t care. It’s very cheerful.
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Oh sounds very nice! You smell yummy! Is it the Amouage? I simply A.D.O.R.E. tuberose. My favourite flower.
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Yep, Amouage. It’s not what I’d really call a tuberose though, just a nod to it.
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Winter Woods.and it’s cold and pouring here😖😖
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Basically we have had no spring and now no summer! I had to dig out my cashmere sweater in my winter bin from the basement this morning. But on the plus side, I smelled amazing in SSS Winter Woods. Now I no longer need to hoard my full bottle! Let’s just pray that the prices stay reasonable when the new owner takes over.
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Good morning! Today I’m in Aesop Marrekech intense+ Aftelier Parfum de maroc. They play well together.
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I had some Mecca Balsam by La Via del Profumo on earlier, bathed and now I’m in JOY EdT vintage. It’s fabulous. I smell amazing!
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JOY!!! You smell fab! Hope you’re having a fab day, too. Is Jin back yet?
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Issey Mikaye L’Eau Bleue Pour Homme for me today. Lots of lovely pepper, and woods and lime. Liked me little sample so much I’ve found a tester at a super dooper price – would be wrong not to…
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You did the right thing. That sounds like a fun scent! Have a lovely weekend!
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Another cold morning….another day with Winter Woods.
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My bff Fidji. Have been neglecting it lately😔
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Mitsouko Parfum. Thanks Brigitte! Is it vintage? I’m assuming yes. The notes seem to be a bit muddled. Still good tho.
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I think so….but not 100 percent sure? The ones that are vintage I labeled vintage cause I made those samples myself 😬😂
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Yes. I see the ones labelled vintage. And I just tried Bal a Versailles. So damn good. But, I kid you not, it smells so similar to Salome on me. The civet?
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Must be the civet. Now that I know you love it I will send you the decant in the Fall.
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Only if you have more than you know what to do with. And what respectable perfume lover ever has too much 😉
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The very idea of too much is ridiculous 😀
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Unthinkable, isn’t it. Ridiculous!
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It’s on hold for you 😘😍
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Testing Omnia White Madera. Surprise winner here ladies and gents. Coconut and vanilla but beautifully balanced by licorice. Bet this is no longer available 😒
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I loved that one. I had two samples. One was thunked the other I saved for you thinking it might remind you of your father’s special hot milk.
So maybe we aren’t evil scent twins after all???
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Awww! You’re so cute. Not evil scent twins. And I can see and appreciate why you thought it might remind me of my bed time toddy. It does, but only ever so slightly. If it was not coconutty it would. But, who cares. It’s really good. Really really good. A big thanks to you!
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You’re welcome! It’s so much fun to read your interpretations of everything I have tried, even if it doesn’t always work for you 😃
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Even when it doesn’t work, it’s still a boatload if fun!!
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Exactly!!!!
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Damn and blast, I just HAD to check it out. 🙄 Me and my big nose.
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It is😈
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I found some in Austria. Closer to you than me. And it’s really good. You’d like it!! Just so you know 😉
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I found it in the same place! But it’s 100 ml and who needs that much? Will keep 👀 peeled for a decant, though.
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Good idea Cassie!
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You and me both baby. One of us is bound to get lucky!
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heading to bed in pure patchouli essential oil…instead of mint this time my skin is amping up chocolatey notes…I just love the smell of pure patchouli!!!
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So you smell like a hippie who’s been into the chocolate? Actually, why is it that only some patchouli scents smell like that typical oil that was so overused in the 60’s-70’s? None of the perfumes that I enjoy and have patchouli as a note actually do smell like the hippie stuff 🧐
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Maybe because those perfumes don’t use real patchouli oil. I also find that even the same patchouli oil ( I have a huge bottle in the house) smells different at different times of the year in different temps. And also patchouli oil ages like a fine 🍷. It gets smoother and mellow in passing years.
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Hmm…..but can I drink it?
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ha ha 😉
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Patchouli e.o. can smell very different depending on the brand.
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Aha 🤓
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Now trying Wan Chai. My skin chemistry is being a traitor. Turning that lovely rose into a sour puddle of macerated petals. Too bad. The incense is really good in it. I’m wondering if all TRNP perfumes are this well constructed. Great stuff, unfortunately not for me.
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Kate is a huge fan of this brand. They are all natural and wear different on each person. From what I have read most are well constructed. Maybe a different perfume from the brand might suit you better 😉
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Oh that is sad. Teone Reinthal is fantastic. I love all her stuff that I have tried.
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I have a feeling I would like her other scents. It’s just rose. It rarely works on my skin 😢
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Chanel Bleu for Saturday morning errands and coffee, because I dropped my V&R Spicebomb sample on the bathroom floor. Grrrr! Bathroom smells awesome though!
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Whoah, your bathroom is smelling awesomely good.
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Oh no! 😰 Run a hot bath and soak. You’ll at least get to enjoy the fragrant bathroom.
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Thanks Cassieflower xx I did manage a little try on my arm prior and loved it, hence wanting to wear the entire sample today. Onto the wish list it goes…
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Rough night sleeping and a very busy day. Parents are coming up on the train for brunch and farmers market, then yardwork, mow the lawn, do the laundry and drive back to the train station to pick up middle one who is visiting a friend today. Might go with Tracy Reese since it reminds me of Antonia’s Flowers and my mom always loved that fragrance. It was she who bought me my first bottle of it around 27 years ago. My, how time flies!
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Have a lovely day with your parents. You will probably fall into exhausted sleep tonight (hopefully).
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I hope so too Cassie! I know you can understand, my fellow insomniac!
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Don’t I just. 🥴
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How wonderful! Have a lovely time!
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Thank you 😊😘
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Busy day but sounds like a good one! Are your parents perchance bringing a little something for you?? You know….like maybe umm…. a chocolate covered marzipan log. Or two? Or four 😃
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Ha! No! But I am sending them off with some decants.
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Well then, they owe you big time at Christmas! Plus, you’ll be getting my stuff. You’ll be in your element 😉
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Oh yes I will!!! Really looking forward to it. Nothing like homemade goodies 🍥🍮🍪
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Indeed! I wanted to make LH a strawberry shortcake for Father’s Day dessert, but, apart from a few nice days, the weather has been so wet that the local berries are not even at the market yet 😡. Last year at this time we had already been feasting on them for at least a week!
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yesterday I picked up the most succulent and flavorful strawberries from the farmers market…they were sooooo goood!!!!
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I found some this morning!
🍓🍓🍓🍓🍓🍓🍓🍓🍓
But they were $8.00 for a small cntr 😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱
I bought them anyways
😋😋😋😋😋😋😋😋😋
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Enjoy your time with your parents and good luck with all the tasks at home. Hope you can get enough rest and sleep well tonight!
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Thanks, pl67! I expect to pass out tonight lol!
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Busted out the Bottega Veneta from its hidey-hole. It’s so gentle, it might play nicely with the stage moms and kids at work later.
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BV…yum!!
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You smell absolutely awesome Cassieflower xx.
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Hope everyone is having a great weekend.
We’re playing Minecraft. I made pizza. So a very cosy day at home.
SOTN Nameless rose attar from the Delhi bazaars.
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What a wonderful day.😃
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Vintage Chanel No. 19, courtesy of the marvellous Mrs. Marzipan 😘
Feeling all grown up and professional for back to back meetings with potential clients. Looking the biz too in a sleeveless black linen sheath dress and my fave black patent pumps. Ooo-la-la!
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You smell divine and look marvelous! We have pl67 to thank for sharing it from her bottle 😍
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Oh and good luck! Hope you get the contract!!!!
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Landed one out of two. I ‘discouraged’ the second potential client from undertaking any renos right now. Quite frankly, she was an absolute nut bar!!! Good luck to the sucker that picks her up 🤪
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Ha! Smart move 👍👏👊
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The Chanel No. 19 spoke: “walk away Marcella, this one’s a heap of trouble”. I pays to listen to the 19 😌
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Smart woman! Glad no 19 spoke to you!
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Weeding out the weirdos from the get go is a good strategy 😉 Congratulations on your new client.
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Busy weekend doing tons of things at home. I am wearing and thunking many samples this weekend. Righ now, I am in Isabey Fleur Nocturne. Heavy, sweet white flower scent. Very loud for the first hour, but now after 3 hours is almost gone. Nice, but not full bottle worthy for me.
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yay for wearing and thunking! and don’t you love when you like something but not enough to be full bottle worthy? You can enjoy it for the moment but then not obsess over it for days after 🙂 This is GOOD in my book!
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I wish I could dislike everything I try! 😆. That would save me lots of money. I always fall in love with the most expensive ones 😫. The good thing is that since I cannot afford them, it is like “nice to meet you, but good bye. Next one, please” 🤣.
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Ah! Yes! Perfectly put!! “Nice to meet you but bye” followed by now I will enjoy one of my full bottles 😁😉
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Isn’t it funny how we always make a beeline for the most expensive. I have a knack for doing that, and not only with perfume. Champagne taste with a lemonade budget😃
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It is really frustrating. That’s why sometimes I want to stay away from sampling expensive stuff, because I either make a huge hole in my wallet or the lemming becomes unbearable. 😫😀
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🙈 not looking, not looking, not looking. Well, maybe just a tiny peek🤓
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Exactly, I wish I could become temporarily blind when weakness wants to kill me! 😡
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Me too! Never fails. And it’s across the board. Perfume, shoes, clothing, furniture, handbags.
I like to think I can spot quality when I see it. Fat lot of good it does me 😒
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Ha, yeh, that’s me to a T.
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Awful! 😡😆
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I am laughing at this because if you saw my wardrobe you would be yelling at me. In my old age the only taste I have for “finer things” is perfume. I am a minimalist with everything else.
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Like you, my only expensive hobby is perfumes. Everything else is quite simple.
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And I wore vintage Chanel No. 19, from the marvellous Mrs. Marzipan who informed me she came by it from you!! So thank-you pl67. When I get around to sending my package to her, there’s something in there for you as well. She knows what it is and I’m not telling 😈 . You can beat it out of her!
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Oh Marcella, that is very touching and nice of you. Thank you! 😘.
I already told Brigitte that anything that I send to her that she shares with you or anyone else, that it is loved and she knows that I have enough to share I will be more than happy to send it either directly or thru her. I love spreading the love for this hobby! You are always welcome!
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💛💚💙💜
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Aren’t APJers the best? I love that these samples and Decants are literally moving around the globe amoungst all of us ( we need to shout out a thank you to Tara C too who sent me some of those samples too 😘😘😘😘)
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We’re a right sneaky little bunch😂 Well, strictly speaking you’re not, but if the postal police track me down I’m gonna be arrested, stripped, dipped, shaved and given a very fetching black and white sack to wear😏 (wonder if they’ll also give me a spray-tan? If I ask very nicely they might.)
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You won’t be alone! We might end up in the same jail cell together. Who knows and we might make them perfume converts!
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That would be one fragrant jail cell though.
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APJers are the Absolute Best People on the Planet.
(I’m sure we’d be able to bust you out of jail- Cassie, pl67. We’d go in with vats of Angel and douse the guards.)
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Second and final sampling of Papillon Dryad. Thunked! This is huge NO for me. It did not fall into the scrubber category, but it smells too dirty and fleshy for my taste. I know it gets love of love in the perfume community, but definitely not from me!
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Like Salome was for Brigitte, too much of “ooh errr, missus, what have you been up to?”
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It stinks! 😩
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SOTSundayNight – Guerlain Nahema. Sipping tea, and sketching while I listen to a Agatha Christie audiobook. Perfect.
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EL Pleasures Intense. BIG peony and lily.
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Ooh. Lovely! How’s your weekend turning out? Any warmer?
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13 degrees with grey skies hanging over me. I’ve got a fleece on. I can’t warm up at all😯 You’d love it!
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I don’t know Pleasures Intense. But I will tell you that when I was in graduate school I ended up befriending a fellow student who was as much a perfume nutter as I was (she kept about 50 bottles stored in her fridge). When we sniffed those paper strips in the magazine of the original Pleasures we vowed to buy the bottle as soon as it was released (and we did). And as an aside, it was because of her that I met Mr. Marzipan (but that’s another story for another day!)
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You’ll have to tell us that story. And how you came to elope and where to😉 The Pleasures Intense is a very different little beastie to the original. It’s big, and not for scaredy-cats.
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you should know by now that I am not scared of anything 😉
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Obviously not. Sec Mag doesn’t faze you at all. How would you feel about Lush Lust, I wonder, or have you tried it?
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Unfortunately the closest Lush store is a state away so I don’t get there often. But I will seek it out next time I see it!!!!
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Let’s see if I can sneak some to you😉 I’m getting very brazen in my old age.
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Tracy Reese cause it smelled so good yesterday 😂.
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and now Vanille Abricot because middle one went through her collection just now deciding what she is taking back to university (she was home for the weekend) and I snuck in a spritz…
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SOTMondayMorning Bois 1920 Sandalo e The
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