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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 17.6 – 23.6.2019
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
Cacao Dreams. Satisfying the chocolate craving.
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Cacao Dreams. Satisfying the chocolate craving.
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Have a good week, everybody 😃
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Oriza Legrand Marions Nous, a vintage wonder like L’Heure Bleue or Bal a Versailles. Swoon.
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That sounds good..
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You have me intrigued with Marions Nous Gina. I’m an Oirza Legrand fan. I’m researching now.
I wanted to tell you I found a great price for a bottle of Regines. It is gorgeous, and I love it! I just wish it lasted longer on my skin, but I just re-apply frequently. Thank you for mentioning it.
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Tracy Reese
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Lancôme Tresor Elixir! Trying to be office appropriate and this is lovely.
Happy Monday!
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Vero’s Mito. Green beauty.
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Bottega Veneta all day, body cream this morning and perfume tonight. Rediscovered in my collection and wearing happily”
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Yay, isn’t it great to rediscover hidden loves.
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Hey JackieB,
Bottega Veneta is SO YUMMY! I reckon it’s one of the best releases of the 21st century. Sweet leather done exactly right for my tastes.
Portia xx
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I totally agree!!!!
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Shalimar vintage perfume. Never fails to please.
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You’ve inspired my choice for today Marcella. Thanks,
Portia xx
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Damnit! I thought it was the Shalimar extrait spritz but it was Vol de Nuit. I still smell Ah May Zing but it was a surprise.
Bloody cigarette lighter bottles in another language.
Portia xx
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Hahaha!!!
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Chanel. Paris – Venise.
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Chanel Gabrielle. A lighter version of Coco Mademoiselle, which I have never liked. It is more wearable though, but I don’t need more than the sample that I just finished.
Happy week to everyone!
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I had a generous spray of Gabrielle in the Department store. I really liked it
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Fils de Dieu, which is nice in hot weather. Makes me crave Thaifood too. But we will have homemade pizza for dinner
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Oh, that’s a nice scent which is on my want list. Good to know it performs also in warmer weather. I used my small decant towards the end of winter, I think. Haven’t had any for at least a year.
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I get more herbs and shiso in the heat
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How’s your new temporary accommodation? Hope it’s helping recovery along. All you need is ☀️ ☀️
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The weather has been a bit overcast and with a real storm last week, but then some sunny days! Today back to grey skies, but temperatures are acceptable, around 17 to 20. So no tan yet, but excellent weather for exercising outdoors.
Food is good, even got a homemade vegan flapjack at the weekend. Hoping to start weight loss with all this exercise I’m doing. Being on crouches for any distance to speak of, is still hard work. I’m trying to get from walking 100 metres to walking 3-400 metres, as a start. Would much rather not go home on Tuesday, but come Midsummer, the main period for summer vacation starts, so staff go on holiday and they cut the number of patients here.
I’m keeping perfume free, as requested, thus not much of interest to contribute to the discussion here at the time being.
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That all sounds so good in comparison to the last rehab unit. Even edible food. Being outdoors more is very therapeutic in itself, even if it’s not as sunny as normal at this time of year. I hope you see continued improvement.
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A few hours outdoors every day surely is therapeutic! Plus I love the sea air, even if this is a very calm part of the coast, no pounding waves usually at this time of the year.
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JPG……Scandal by Night
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JPG..Scandal night
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It’s only 5 pm and I am already in bed. I am so exhausted that I don’t even want to eat dinner 😯
Wearing a blend that I made for my Ireland bound co worker who gifts them to her family members every summer…. it’s my homemade vanilla bean oil with Neroli e.o. and sweet orange e.o…..I smell like a delicious orange creamsicle.
Watching Being Erica on Hulu. Hopefully I will be able to sleep better tonight.
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Hope you slept well Brigitte.
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😘😘 thanks, P! I did.
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Molton Brown Mesmerizing Oud. I used to have Molton Brown Rogart in the past but sold it. This one is better. New Molton Brown perfumes are cheaper but the bottle was much better for Rogart.
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The Harmonist Guiding Water from a swap sample. Quite long lasting for an aquatic…. but not really my jam. Will go into the pile to pass along.
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Reality beginning to bite. House goes for auction on in 7 weeks and the realisation my marriage is really over!!!! I have been packing and sorting my clothes for the past few days woweee I have some items that I have no idea of buying and still have tags on!!! As for perfume today I am trying A Lovers Tale from a sample . To me it is a sweet soft powdery scent And don’t crucify me but maybe a toned down Pravda Candy
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Hey Sally Anne,
WOW! Selling the house is big. I’m really sorry you’re going through this. It must be a million shades of awful.
Prada Candy would be extra lovely if it was a little toned down. Good idea to be wearing samples, no long term memory scents. Clever!
Portia xx
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Oh hugs, Saffy. Yay for new found treasures, and sample delights. Hang in there.
Jyotsna xx
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Had a decent night’s sleep.
Wearing a blend I made with a L’Artisan that was so fleeting I decided to doctor it up with a vanilla bean, patchouli and orange and let it marinate for several months.
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Was the outcome good?
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It’s fantastic! Bright citrus that segues into powdery patchouli. I love that the same patchouli can smell either earthy, powdery or chocolate y depending on how and when I wear it.
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You slept well so you’re all full of piss and vinegar today!
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You know it 😈😈😈
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Robert Piguet Visa for me today. Perfectly delightful office scent that lasted nearly all day and deserved googling a good price for a possible purchase …
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Visa does not get enough love Melanie. Thanks for the reminder.
Portia xx
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Kelly Caleche. I’m a laydeee don’t ya know 😉
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And I’m just a bit slut-tee cuz I’m wearing Sex and the Sea. And it’s exactly what I was hoping for. On the nose! And you are now a charter member of TEO. Initiation successfully passed. You’re handling distribution for UK and Western Europe. Keep the product moving 😑
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Wohooo I’m beyond delighted yippeee. You also love your customised birthday card, of course!😂 Hours of blood, sweat and tears went into the making of that. Welllll. . . Ok then, I sprinkled a smidgeon of glitter on it. All by myself and everything.
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Yes. The glitter put it over the top!
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I’ll be The Don. Western Europe and beyond😉
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Don’t forget to recruit a few soldiers, for the dirty work 😬
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LOL 🤣 😂
Always happy to hear successful transportation involving our traveling perfumes!!!!
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The cartel is flourishing 😏
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👍👍👍
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As a founding member, you should be well pleased 👏👏
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Indeed I am .😁
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Le Labo Ambrette 9 sprayed lavishly. Trying to finish this full bottle that has only few mls left. It will be thunked before summer is over. Very comfy for a dark, rainy, muggy day.
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Yes to thunkin’ full bottles!!!! Lavish sprays are the best.
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I used to enjoy that one, until I got a whiff of baby spit up. Where it came from, I don’t know, but my decant sits neglected now.
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😨😨😨
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Yeah. I don’t know what happened 😢
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It’s my birthday, no it’s not 🤣🤣 but a homemade bday card was waiting for me at the office. Macaroni, glitter and everything!! And a carefully curated selection of samples successfully smuggled through Cassie. I pounced on Sex and the Sea. And bloody hell if it isn’t perfect. It’s me at age 23. Plastered on my towel at the beach perfecting my tan. With lewd thoughts galloping around in my head. Hormones running wild. The quintessential summer scent. Some coconut, some vanilla, add a dash of salt and heaping helping of lusty thoughts 😈 I love it!
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Yep, it’s awesome stuff. It does what it says on the tin, conjures up all the feelings – and memories (yes, I was that verrry naughty girl back in the day)☺️
And I’m so super-talented and artistic, it just bursts forth every now and then😂😂😂
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The Harmonist Yin Transformation which will be going into the pass along pile. This one is floral/musk, but not particularly special to my nose.
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Oh no! I like it, but I will not look for a back up anymore. It is very comfy, but with low projection and longevity. I always have to overspray to smell it. Not worthy!
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This was for Marcella. I don’t know how it ended up here.
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Hey, I figured it out. I mean I’m running a smuggling cartel after all. Got to have a bit of brains 😌
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🤣😂
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And, more often than not, I will scrap a perfume from my FB want list if it’s got performance issues. Unless it’s a real bargain. Then I’ll make an exception.
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Same here….as it is I have scent devouring skin.
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In that case you probably couldn’t smell a Byredo if your life depended on it. I had a hard time with them, especially Gypsy Water, which could have been expensive tap water for all I know.
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Some of this Byredos are quite light and diaphanous but others are BEASTS!
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I just found and tried a sample of Blanche. Man that stuff was in your face and never-ending. Not to mention it smelled like scented panty liners 😱
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Yes I had a travel spray of Gypsy Water….I could smell it but it barely lasted five minutes. Same with the INUX line…… doesn’t last at all. People complain about JoMalone but that line is a thousand times worse!
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Same here. There have been perfumes that I have loved and enjoyed wearing, but that I refused to buy full bottles because the perfomance is poor and the prices don’t justify the expense.
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Exactly. I reckon if I’m paying top dollar, I want it all. A perfume I love, one that can be smelled without diving my nose into my skin, and one that lasts at least six hours. Very few of those unicorns around 😒
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Caron pour un gimme for 🛏️ 💤💤💤
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Oh my Lord!!!!!! Pour Un Homme!!!!
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Oh yeah, we know what you meant. Gimme gimme gimme. You’re sooo demanding😛
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😈😈😈
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Oh nice! I wear it to bed frequently. Hope you get another good night!
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I think Portia likes it for night time too.
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HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!!!
Caron pour un gimme for 🛏️ 💤💤💤 is FReAKING HILARIOUS!
Brigitte I laughed like a hyena.
Portia xx
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So glad it gave you a good laugh!!! We have my lovely autocorrect to thank for that one🙃
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SOTD Vintage Arpege. My mum’s. I love this one.
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OH!! That’s so very very good. I have a wee bit of that myself, but lately I’ve been hoarding it.
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Beautiful
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I just got a used bottle on Ebay for 5€, seems to be the extrait. Good deal.
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Doing some decants I now smell a bit like CdG Avignon, Kyoto and Ouarzazate. ALL the incense.
Portia xx
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Mito extrait today. Tomorrow Carnal Flower – my husband comes home from a trip, and CF is his favorite. Mito and all her gorgeousness is just for me.
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Fève Délicieuse and THUNK. Wouldn’t mind a small bottle of this, I like it a lot. Not so wonderful on the longevity front, mind you😐
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L’Artisan Vanille Absolument – I do adore this one.
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I love it too. Broke my bottle (😱) but salvaged a good amount into small sprayers, thankfully!
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Thinking about Neva so I might go with eau de Lierre. Also, where’s Diana? Some of our peeps have been absent….hope everyone is doing well 💛💚💙💜
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Maybe it’s holiday time for Diana, though she was having internet issues.
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Hey, Cassie! Internet has been fine, but no rest for the wicked: there’s a little project I’m working on, so I’m trying to avoid social media.Hope you’re all doing great!
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Yep, we’re good👍🏼 Keep beavering away.
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Working, Brigitte, working… Somehow summer’s way busier than the rest of the year. Thank you for thinking of me 🙂
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Well I am glad you are well, albeit busy! XO XO
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Thank you! Hope your summer has been kind to you, as well! xx
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Sampling SSS Rose Volupté. Exquisite!
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Isn’t it amazing???? So glad you’re enjoying it.
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It is beautiful! Thank you! 😍
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Won’t it be great when we can buy from SSS again?
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My wallet is going to suffer greatly, for sure! 😰
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As will mine!!! Rose Volupte is already on my mental list!!!
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We better start saving up our pennies 😉
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The new owner better not quadruple the prices!!!!
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Noooo😱
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Splendiris. Hey, everyone! I’m currently trying to stay away from social networks and such, but I haven’t forgotten about you all
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There you are!!! You smell great!
I completely understand taking a break. I do it too from time to time. Kinda doing it now by staying exclusive to only two blogs. I just don’t have the time or energy for all the reading and commenting anymore.
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I know what you mean, Brigitte!
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Hey Diana,
We haven’t forgotten you too. Here when you want us.
Portia xx
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Thank you, Portia! There’s no way I could forget about you: been wearing some of fragrant gifts this week. xx
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Hi Diana! You smell amazing!
(I am in awe. Social media breaks leave me traumatised.)
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Thank you! Splendiris is lovely. It needs colder weather to bloom, though.
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Hey Diana 👋🏻
Good to see you x
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Nicolai L’Eau Mixte today. I wanted something a little zesty. It has decent longevity for an Eau Fraiche – I can still smell it despite being caught in a downpour.
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Eau de Merveilles Bleue , because its hot here in Germany
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Going with the “gimme” again tonight! It’s a great sleep scent and one that Mr Marzipan and I share! Thankful for my 200 ml bottle.😍
Oh and I wore the Way de Lierre over a base of sandalwood essential oil….it was soooo good!
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Damn this autocorrect 😡😠😤
EAU
EAU
EAU
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😂😂😂
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🤣 cracking up laughing
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Inspired by Portia’s decanting, I’m wearing CDG Jaisalmer today. And ….. that’s a thunk! Ouarazazate next on the hit list.
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Woo Hoo! Thunking!
Jaisalmer is on my list to buy FB but I have so much Indian incense around here it seems like overkill.
Portia xx
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oooh. nice! Do you like the Jaisalmer?
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I do like it. It lasted nearly all day. If I’d had a few more sprays in the bottle in would have wafted all day. It’s perfect for winter xx
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SoMyBirthdayMorning!! Yes, actually factually my birthday today. Wearing the very fab vintage Givenchy iii. (Also my mum’s.)
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY!! I hope you’re making fun and fabulous memories.
Portia xx
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Thank you, Portia! The family refuses to brave the winter night air 🙄 so Saturday lunch is our celebration. But yes, I had a lovely day.
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Happy Birthday!
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Thank you, pl67!!
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY 🎂🎈🎉🎈
And you smell fabulous 😍❤️❤️
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Thank you so much, Brigitte! The Givenchy is such a gorgeous scent- I use it very rarely. (My dad bought it for my mum. I miss them both.)
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I remember it well. I had my own bottle a LONG time ago.
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Happy birthday you beautiful lady, you xx. Sending big squishy, fragrant hugs to you.
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Aww, thank you, dearest! Hugs back! 😘😘
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Happy Birthday, Jyotsna! Givenchy III is marvellous, I believe it matches the day perfectly 🙂
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Thank you, Diana! It makes me feel all grown-up and beautiful. But still fun.
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Happy birthday tooooo youuuu 🎶 🎵 🎶 🎂
Hope your day was beautiful.
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What a beautiful voice you have, Cassie! And thank you 💕
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Happy Birthday!!
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Thank you, mmkinpa! 💕
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Parfums de Nicolai Week-End a Deauville. From a dab sample. Trying to go through the bajillion samples I have and use up, keep, toss (if they’ve evaporated) or give away.
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Orange, green pepper and honey today….Phlur Siano. Haven’t worn this one in a while.
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Love all those notes, Brigitte! Which one dominates?
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On my skin the honey but I definitely smell the freshness of the green pepper and the succulence of the orange. It’s gorgeous and a real powerhouse!
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Tuberose Love. I’m pretending to be a flirty teenager. It needs many many sprays to make any impact, though. Amouage needs to step up!
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What?!?! Really?? Lyric Woman is the opposite — needs a warning. Huge spillage. I love it. I love rose. But I love tuberose mucho mucho more.
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Yes, this one is on the weedy side for a tuberose. Imagine describing tuberose in those terms, I’ll be lynched! That said, I still like it a whole heap.
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Tauer L’Eau. Citrus but not a cologne – unusual and most definitely a Tauer.
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I am intrigued. Must try it,
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Courreges Blanc for bed….. courtesy of pl67…..many thanks!!!
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How do you like it?
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Love it. It’s a bit sweet which surprised me but very good 😁. And the full bottle price is outrageous!
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How do you like it?
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I like it 😊
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Velvet Orchid – it has been tucked away in the cupboard for ages and I just re-acquainted myself with it this week!
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Today i will go with Boucheron Iris de Syracuse (not the one in NY but the one in Italy). Has anyone tried any from this collection? There is a neroli, tuberose, sandalwood, oud and amber as well as the iris. I am curious because they show up discounted online.
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FragNet has spray samples Brigitte. You’ve tempted me but I just bought some stuff off a Sale Doc.
Portia xx
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I know!! I saw them! But I just did a fragrancenet order for eldest birthday and will have to wait😩
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Orange Star. I haven’t met a Tauer I didn’t like.
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I’m with you. I think Orange Star is one of the ones that didn’t get a lot of love but I like it. I only have samples of most of his line but they last forever.
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Tauers are amazing! Orange Star is such a genius fragrance.
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Le Cri De La Lumiere by Parfum d’Empire. Like a sunlit cup of Korean grain tea. MMMMMMM
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Mmm. Sounds perfect.
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Be the rose.
Lazy Saturday morning- bath with Lush rose jam, clad in warm rose-patterned flannel pjs, drinking a cuppa rose tea. I even found a cerise hairband.
And best of all a some gorgeous Paestum Rose.
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HA! You ARE the rose.
Cue Bette Midler………….
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haha- did feel a bit like that. Btw- the tea is T2 Black Rose (if you like strong black teas). I loooove the Bette Midler song.
😘😘
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Wow! Now that’s a perfect day!
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Oooo I like this pink button!! I must have typed in the wrong email address. Blasted phone makes me type it in every time.
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Pink! Rose! I love the pink button.
It was a perfect day.
I too have to enter my email with every post.
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I know I like it too but it’s attached to an email I typed in erroneously so I can’t get it back 😧
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Incense Pure because I was craving it this morning.
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I definitely have occasional incense craving days. Have you tried Chris Rusak’s Io? I think you would enjoy.
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No but his perfumes have been on my radar for a while now. I have heard good things about his creations.
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Iris Rebelle with a bit of added Cuir d’Iris to rough it up a bit.
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I like the way you roll!
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For travel this morning I wore Pacific Lime. For dinner tonight I may wear the sample of Chanel Les Eaux Riviera I just snagged at the San Francisco boutique (I bought 50ml of the Paris-Deauville but will save that for my birthday…). The SA was lovely and gave me a generous sample of the Riviera as well as several others. I also passed by the VCA counter at Neiman Marcus while catching up with my family and snagged several samples there. So far a successful trip, perfume-wise!!
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Ooo I will be curious to hear what you say about the VCA samples! Which ones did you get?
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I’m too nervous to try the Chanel Paris-Someplace range; I cannot afford any more loves. Which VCA samples did you get?
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Portia, don’t murder me when you read this but I doctored up my Niki de Saint Phalle with some bergamot, tangerine and fir balsam essential oils last night to breathe some life into it and wore it to 🛏️ whilst munching on an almond croissant with marzipan filling that I picked up at the farmers market.
Today will go with Incense Pure again ☮️🕉️☯️✌️
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Last night doctored up Niki de Saint Phalle ( added bergamot, orange and fir balsam essential oils to bring it back to life) with an almond croissant with marzipan filling. Tonight that same Niki de Saint Phalle with an orange blossom cream and blackberry pastry puff…..both treats from the farmers market yesterday
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And I wore Incense Pure again during the day ☮️🕉️☯️✌️
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I adore Niki de Sainte Phalle. Can’t imagine it getting any better; however, with your essential oil skills, Brigitte, sounds amazing!
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