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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 24.6 – 30.6.2019
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
Whoa, Alien, monster jasmine! It enters the room before me LOL! I picked up a sample after reading Fragrantica’s post on best Jasmines. I really like it but find it may be better in winter. Both my husband and brother in law commented it smelled good unsolicited. It projects well and a couple small sprays lasts.
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Ah jasmine. It’s meant to be lush & heady. To me, it’s a very summer scent (the flower, that is)
You smell amazing,
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Agreed! Jasmine is my favorite flower in perfume, lush and heady, very indolic. Mugler scared me off after Angel, but Alien is wonderful. Very heavy? (Not sure that’s the best word) perfume though.
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Angel – horrible stuff.
I. Must. Try. Alien.
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I really was surprised how much I liked Alien, I’m even considering a larger decant or bottle for the right price. I recommend a sniff if you are a jasmine fan, it may surprise you as well.
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I needed something light and fresh so it’s Guerlain Teazzura.
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Beautiful choice Marty!
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Auto correct over rides again, grrrrr.
Matty!
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It’s definitely catching😃
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Ha Ha…. I knew you meant me XX
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Sun is out for a few minutes. Terracotta today.
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Beautiful summery scent! 🌞
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Isn’t it, though? Pity that the sun disappeared minutes later. Where the Dickens is summer?
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SOTN Nina. My mum’s. I don’t wear it often and forget how beautiful it is.
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YUM! Love Nina! So pretty.
Portia xx
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Rubj EdP. Heatwave.
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Perfect foil.
Stay cool Val.
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Guerlain 190 Ans de Creation Absolute Extrait. Mini sample finished. Citrusy opening. A bouquet of yellow and white flowers with a benzoin drydown. Gourmand, but not sweet. Just fabulous!!!
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Thunk 🤣
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Wow, that Guerlain sounds rare and fabulous. From Paris?
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I think it was a limited edition and hard to come by now.
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My dream trip is Paris perfume shops and museums, and includes Guerlain boutique in Paris!
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Please pack little me in your suitcase if you go 😊
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Hey Portia, I was also tickled by your FB feed joke yesterday. I took a screenshot and sent it to friends. It’s very popular, gave everyone a laugh on Monday morning 😉
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Hiya Cassieflower,
WHAT FB feed joke? I have no memory and can’t find it…..
HELP!
Portia xx
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You had it in your Tuesday diary🤣
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O MG! I completely forgot about that. HA HA HA HA
What a hilarious joke. So unexpected.
Thanks for the reminder, I went back, found it and laughed all over again.
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😂
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Meteorites
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Unter den Linden. Limeblossom or lindebloesem as we say in the lowlands.
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Dilettante. First day of a new class, edgy and I needed some joy and confidence. From my perspective, it accomplished its mission.
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Today I plan to test Zegna Indonesian Oud. Luckily I got the original 30ml size for $31 with shipping only. It has been rebranded and priced higher now though I guess the formula probably remains same
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Wow, Fazal! That is a great price! Let us know how it wears.
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wearing today and I like it. it is quite friendly though the dna is quite similar to oud rose combos. However, this does seem more crowd friendly as it is relatively softer than other rose oud combos and also lasts quite a while.
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That sounds really good!!!
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Pour Un Gimme for 🛏️
Night folks 😴😽
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Sweet dreams
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Thanks, love! Good sleep I had! 8pm to 4am…seven hours solid 🙂
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Oh
My
God
Eight hours…..guess it wasn’t enough if I can’t even do simple math 🙃
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😂🤪
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Wow, that’s great. Bet you can actually think clearly today now. I had a good night as well about the same as yourself.👍🏼
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👍👊👊for your sleep
👎👎For my lack of math skills despite a solid night of sleep
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I’m doing a ‘cheap n cheery’ week. Got my scents already selected so should be easier to pick from she says!! Adam Levine for Her was Sunday’s choice – lovely when you spray it but it does not last despite numerous top ups during the day. Maybe it needs the warmer weather? Yesterday was Queen by Queen Latifah, the one in the red bottle. Perfectly acceptable office scent that nearly lasted the day. Today is DKNY My NY.
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I’ve heard Adam Levine mentioned quite a lot .Is it the one in a bottle shaped like a microphone? I’m in the Uk and saw that it was a good price. I’m on a bit of a no spend lately (sob) so cheap and cheerful sounds good.
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Yes to cheap and cheerful for the Adam Levine. Try to sniff first but if it’s really cheap you can’t go wrong.
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I’ve just checked the price on All Beauty. It’s £9.95 for the perfume 100mls.
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Matty, what if I put it to you like this… would I buy it again, no. Would I buy it to get free shipping, then yes. On my skin I get a soft spicy, sandalwoody, musky vanilla. I am keen to try it in some warmer weather. I did also wonder if it would make a good base and add a little something on top. I have the boys version too which is quite different. I’ll wear that one later in the week and let you know xx
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Thank You, Melanie.
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I’m also a fan of Adam Levine for Her! I wrote about it here, if you’re interested: https://scentsandsensibilities.co/tag/adam-levine/. It does last pretty well on my skin, but topping up is not a problem given how low its price is. Definitely a “bargain beauty.”
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Very cheery! Have a lovely week xo
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SOTD was Laboratorio Olfattivo’s Nirmal. 100% of teenaged boys in my house approved, lol. My son doesn’t often comment on fragrance, but this morning he said “You smell really good!” Music to a mother’s ears.
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YAY! I love Nirmal too OH. It’s the only Laboratorio Olfattivo bottle in my collection, even though I really like a couple of the others.
Your kid has good taste too! He he he!
Portia xx
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SOTTuesdayMorn Bond No 9 NY oud #MelScent what I call Oud-Lite. I like this one but I do have to re-dab.
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😘❤️
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I am going with Guerlain Meteorites again because I enjoyed it so much yesterday. Shout out thank you to Tara C for gifting me this beauty.
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In the always refreshing Annick Goutal Ninfeo Mio, for a day that has started stormy, muggy, warm and very unpleasant. Summer is finally here!
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Wohoo. It’s pretty warm and muggy here today also. Deluge of rain overnight didn’t clear the air.
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And the rest of the week will be in the upper 80’s with high humidity. After complaining a lot about winter, I’d better don’t say anything, weatherwise…
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Yep, you’d best keep schtum, otherwise you never know what might happen.
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Yes!! Remember, heat is much better than cold and snow 😬
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😱
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Hey Crew.
For Day 2 of PRiDE Week 2019 I wore two orange fragrances to go with the second stripe of the Rainbow Flag.
Liberté by Cacharel and Seville a l’Aube by L’Artisan. Excellent choices both.
Now I’m leaving the colourways and hitting vintage Joy EdT MMMMMMMMMM
Smelling F I N E!
Portia xx
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Yes to the SaL. It’s one great orange frag. A bit left of centre but that’s why I like it. Wish I had jumped on the Cacharel when it was still available. Oh well? It’s not like I haven’t got lots of others like them😏
What are you gonna wear tomorrow for yellow?
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Awesome 👍
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Eau de Merveilles Bleue for work, now contemplating Assam of India for bed….
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Assam of India!! I wore that one for seven weeks straight two summers ago and earned about 20 enabler pins on NST!! And it was a blind buy with a gift card given to me by my childhood friend who loves elephants ( I bought it for the bottle)
How did you discover it?
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Fragrancenet package finally arrived!! It went from my home state to New Jersey to Kentucky to Pennsylvania and finally back to New York. The box was soft from getting soaked but luckily no damage because there were two presents in there for eldest Marzipan. Plus, my mini of Ombre Rose extrait ( gorgeous!!! Thank you, Kathleen for recommending it!! 40 years later and it still smells sublime) and my travel spray of Safari (while reformulated I still really like it….. and I just LOVE that fragrancenet is now offering travel sprays for dirt cheap!!!! Even niche with discount $12 USD)
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How was the Ombre Rose? I wore that quite frequently in the 70’s. I still remember someone’s remark questioning if I had borrowed my grandmother’s perfume 😒
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Gorgeous. I will make a sample for you 💜💙💚
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And now we are both old enough to wear it 👵👵but I will tell you that I had a bottle of it and wore it as a teenager….a fellow ballerina turned me on to it…..and I was no granny back then!!!
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I’d love to try that one again. And good news, my mule will be going to Vermont mid-July and under strict orders to mail your package!
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😻😸😺
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What a nasty rensekrem about someone’s perfume!
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I was kind of shocked. And I guess it must have been early 80’s when I wore it. It wasn’t out in the 70’s 😟
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Autocorrect strikes again!! I meant to write perfume obviously, not rensemelk (cleansing lotion).
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No worries, I got that 😉. How’s project walking going?
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Project getting back on my feet is going a bit too slowly for my liking. The problem is building muscle strength again, that doesn’t happen over just two weeks of intensive training, I need at least 2 or 3 weeks more, but haven’t been able to secure that help yet. Right now walking distance is not enough to function in society, on a bad day less than 100 metres.
Missed out on both exercise, massage and stretching at the physiotherapist’s yesterday. The ordered special transport paid partly by the regional health authorities just didn’t show up even an hour after designated time (yes, I did phone to ask already when they were 15 minutes late). So a stiff and swollen foot now which hasn’t had professional help for a week. I have had to take painkillers just to get around at home today, that is totally out of character. For sure I pay and organise my transport myself on Monday, no time for setbacks!
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This entire process sounds terribly gruelling. I admire your patience, but it can’t be easy. Is there any physio work that can be done on your own, independently? I imagine consistency and frequency of specific exercises would go a long way toward rebuilding muscle strength.
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I do have exercises to do at home, but can exercise with more intensity when at the physiotherapist’s gym room, using an indoor rower, pull-down machines of various kinds and Redcord.
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You smell beautiful!
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Thanks to you for talking me into the mini!!!
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I’ve been wearing Carnal Flower on repeat for almost a week. We’ve had such stunning weather and it’s just so perfect in the heat. We had a long weekend here, so I tacked on Thursday, Friday and part of today to make it extra l-o-n-g. The girls joined us in the country on Friday night with husband/boyfriend in tow and we all left today. Swam, fished, hammocked, bbq’d, hiked and sunned. Totally relaxing. The kitchen reno wrapped up on Wednesday (finger guy was grumpy but able to work) and tomorrow I’ll start interviewing ACad technicians to do some of the grunt work for the carriage house conversion. Currently working on bathroom project for a new client. Nothing outrageous, but a tidy little step up for them. Hope everyone’s been well!
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There you are!!!!!!! I was wondering where you were!! So glad that you are having a relaxing time….it sounds idyllic. And you smell beautiful.
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Hi ya! Yes, we all decided to turn off our phones for the weekend. Hahaha!! The kids were in withdrawal 🤣🤣
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Smart move!
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Now that’s the way to spend a long weekend.
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And we’ve got back to back long weekends here. July 1st is Canada Day, so everything’s closed again. I’m aiming to duplicate my stretchy weekend magic 🧟♀️
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Hahaha! That emoticon was supposed to be a magical witch. Looks like a hobo 🤣
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Looks like a zombie to me. Maybe that’s what’s you’ll be like on Tuesday after being all zenned out over the looooong weekend 🤣
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From Zara’s Tobacco collection, today is Intense/Dark/Exclusive. Reminds me of something else? Notes say apple, pepper, tonka bean. Not sure about the apple but I get the pepper. A little mint perhaps like JPG Male. Interesting.
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Last night in a cloud of Ombre 🌹…..sort of on theme with Sandra’s post. The drydown is exactly as I remember and also reminds me of several high end niche. I think it’s great to revisit distant loves and realize that they can be even better than some of the current offerings for a fraction of the cost. Even a poor perfumista can smell divine.
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I know you’re smelling heavenly. And you’re quite right. Ombre Rose could easily pass as niche. Especially if it smells as it used to!
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It does…. and I think IT was compied…. because if I am not mistaken it’s been around for a long time….wayyyy before 💄 🌹 or Misia or any other niche powdery, musky rose scent.
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Copied…..not compied…
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It seems to me it’s been around for eons as well. You might be right 🤨
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Ombre Rose the original was launched in 1981 per fragrantica info! Amazing how it’s just as beautiful and relevant now. And for the price compared to Lipstick Rose and Misia! Now that I’m thinking about it, I think I need to order a back up bottle!
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Ahh! 1981. It was a good year.
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Courreges Blanc. Today I really smell the dry iris. This is such a beautiful fragrance. Thank you,pl67!!!
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Glad you are enjoying it! I hope to get the iris some day!
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I didn’t the first time but today I did LOL 🤣 😂
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Diptyque Eau de Lierre. A no-brainer woody, fresh, pale green scent for another hot day. Another sample that is gone!)
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Oooo you smell refreshing!
Thunk 😁
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All cool and fresh in ô d’Azur.
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I’m wearing Eau de Guerlain which should be just right for a hot and humid day. Forecast high of 32C and you’ll not hear any complaints from me ⛱
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Please, save all complaints for later on. I am sure we will need them! 😀🌨❄☃️☃️
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You got that right! I’m suffering from PTSD after the winter we just suffered through.
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😆😆
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Me too!! I don’t want a repeat!!!
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Ugh. It was too awful for words. Our sidewalks were covered in 5” of ice from mid-January until spring. Walking was an Olympic sport requiring split second timing and the balance of a tight rope walker.
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The weather has caught me on the hop. Had absolutely no summer clothes taken out of their plastic storage where they spend 50 weeks of the year, or so it seems. So I had to do a quick pull out of stuff this morning, and the rest is just dumped in a heap on the wardrobe floor. I’ll see to them later.
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Same here. There weren’t spring clothes worn. The heat wave we are going to face starting today and for the rest of the week caught me by surprise. I was not ready for it and tonight I have to dig out some of my summer clothes from the closest.
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We’ll cope 😉
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Same here. I went from turtlenecks to t-shirts. Sad because spring is my favorite season 😭
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First day of my three day staycation and I was doing manual labor in the ridiculous heat all covered up in work clothes and a large rimmed hat….no sun for me because of my skin cancer.
So I took a refreshing cold shower and now smell amazing in Safari. It’s not vintage but I still like it and would definitely consider that gorgeous full bottle. But I have to say that I am really impressed with the new travel sprays from fragrancenet and so thrilled that this is a new offering…..they have several L’Artisan and Serge Lutens travel sprays as well. And the price is right!
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Korres Vetiver Root, Green Tea and Cedarwood for me today.
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That sounds very fresh & summery!
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Penhaligon’s Malabah #MelScent
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Miller Harris Bourbon Vetiver
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Let me guess. You’re wearing the vetiver and drinking the bourbon! Come on over and we’ll splash some of the bourbon in my limoncello!!
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You how I wish! Second day of staycation and I singlehandedly drove seven hours straight round trip taking middle Marzipan back to university cause Mr Marzipan couldn’t do it!!!
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OMG!!!! That is zero fun at all! How bloody well boring and a terrible waste of a beautiful day if you’re on staycation!
Boo! Hiss!!
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But……kudos for being a wonderful Mommy 😘
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And forgot to mention on only four hours of sleep 😴
It’s only 445 pm and I am in bed LOL 🤣 😂 but I smell good now in Safari. Enjoying my new goodies.
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Enjoy your goodies! No wonder you wake up so early!! In bed before 5:00pm? Wait a minute…..is Mr. Marzipan there? And does he smell like Pour Un Gimme or First Cut?
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No I am alone, relaxing and watching a show. But I have been up since 2 am so I might not make it to 7 pm 🤦🛌💤
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Awww! Poor you! 2am is brutal and top it off with 7 hours of driving?? No wonder you’re in bed.
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🤔🤔🤔 what the Dickens is going on???
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We know. Don’t we 😉
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Ha! I wish!
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Don’t know 😦
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Awww sh!!!!te😣 What a pain. But needs must😜
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First Jasmin de Chine.
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And whom doth makest this?
Me likey jasmine 😁
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Van Cleef & Arpels. It’s not a serious jasmine, though, more like an idea of jasmine 😉
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Aha! I like the VCA’s but they do not project or last in me. I wonder if we could ask VCA to imagine some proper performance in their scent?
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This one is quite wispy but the First that I used to wear was edp and had decent sillage and longevity.
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Sounds worth a gander!
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I just did a little looksee and it’s obviously had a new batch made because there’s lots available again. It seemed to disappear for a few years. And it’s cheapo!
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Cheapo is goodo!
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I had and wore First when it first came out…my lord, that was a powerhouse back then!
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Oh! Wouldest that be First fair maiden?
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Needed something refreshing, but especially relaxing: Caron Pour Un Homme fits that bill perfectly! Love it!
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ooh you’re also a lover of the Caron Pour un Gimme! It’s very popular round here.
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It looks like it has so many fans! For what I have read here lately, it is used almost as a potion, so many properties……😂🤣
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🎶Love potion number nine🎶 or should we call it Mrs. Marzipan’s Magical Midnight Elixir?
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Oooo….I like the sound of that!
Do you know that Mr Marzipan took it upon himself to research online where another bottle could be purchased in case we run out? Fat chance .. it’s 200 ml!!!!
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Hahaha! That’s hilarious 😂
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Yep, catnip for ladies 😍
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Indeed
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Try Pour Un Gimme at bedtime! You’ll be off to sleepies land in no time flat 😴
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Or doing some naughtiness lol 😂
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Oh right! That’s your ‘gettin busy with the mister’ perfume. And First Cut. That poor man, he must be exhausted!!
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😜
Always gotta keep him on his toes!
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On his toes, eh? He must be quite the gymnast 😏. Does he ever get to do it any other way??? And do you make him get on his toes when he’s in bed too?? Interesting. Wonder if I could get LH into that bit of kinkiness 🧐
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You
Are
So
Naughty
😁😈😛
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And
You’re
Not
?
Puhleeze
😏
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Ahahaha 😜
Portia is going to kill us for being so naughty.
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I know!
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Perhaps if you let him give a couple of rev-ups on the chainsaw. . .😂
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Okay, you kill me. I’m laughing like a drain! 😂🤣😂🤣😂
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And have you forgotten, ballerina partners do it on their toes!
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🙉🙊🙈
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You’re on fire tonight Cassie 🤣
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Hmph, I won’t be so on fire when I have to get up at 5.45 for an early flight. I’ll be laughing on the other side of my face then. . . seeing as it’s 1:15 now and I’m wide awake🤪
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That’s it. Abandon. Get up and do something. If you fall asleep now, you’ll wake up feeling like a punch drunk prize fighter. At least that’s how it works for me.
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🤣😂
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Dreamy! Better than a sleeping pill! 😴😴😴😀
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Oh yes! Sleeping pills are evil 👿
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But businesstime first😏
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Yep. Quoting you: “needs must” 😁
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Love it!!!
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I smell like a 🍋. Guess what I’m wearing? Hint: the house is Italian.
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Limoncello, haha.
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Nice one Cassie 🤣. It’s certainly warranted. It’s hotter than Haides here. Still not complaining ⛱
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New hint on my SOTD: additional notes won’t be found in a garden setting, rather, in the woods 🧐
Come on gang, put on your thinking caps ( as my Grade 5 teacher used to say) 🤓
I’ll give you all another hint later. Stay tuned. The winner gets a big beautiful bag filled with nothing 😏
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?????
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Marcella, are you wearing something like Via Camerelle (spelling?), by Carthusian? It has citrus, not only lemon.
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Nice guess, Ingeborg, but no winner. There is only one citrus note and that is lemon. The juice and the rind, ever so slightly sweetened. Smells like lemonade. Linear. Start to finish. And the lemon lasts easily 8-10 hours. Which for a citrus is remarkable.
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Seems like Ingeborg is the only one that wants to win the grand prize!!
Here we go then. Another hint: the perfume name has the Italian word for water in it.
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Profumum Roma Acqua Viva?
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She shoot, she scores!!!! And we have a winner! The beautifully fragranced pl67 wins the big bag of nothing.
She gets the title
“Quiz Queen of APJ” 👑👑👑👑
🏆🥇🏆🥇!!!
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Claiming my bag and my crown! 😂👜👑💃
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You earned it, fair and square! All hail Queen pl67!!!
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Yay!!! You won 👏👍😁
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Between you and me, Brig, the competition wasn’t exactly fierce 🤫
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I thought it was fierce! 😡😂😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣
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🤣🤣🤣🤣Hahahhahaha!!
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🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
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Going a little upmarket today, Narciso Poudree for me today. Thinking of you Cassieflower and hoping it’s a good luck charm for me today. I’ve put someone forward for a role in our office. Rather selfishly it will make a big difference to my workload (and sanity) if we can fill the role quickly with the right, attentive and committed person. Fingers crossed!
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That’s not selfish, that’s looking out for No. 1. If you don’t do it, nobody else will. My fingers are crossed for you.
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Thank you xx
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Well I’m sending postitve Narciso thoughts your way. Ommmmmm. And you be smelling beeeootiful.
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Thank you xx
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Oh hey, try to claim some of the luck of the Irish. You might as well cos mine seems to be going spare😉
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Ok – now I’m wearing Narciso too #SOLIDARITY
Fingers crossed, Mel.
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Thanks team! Appreciate the support. Things are looking good. I’ll keep you posted xx
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Please do. Sounds positive.
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Orange Star.
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How do you feel after little sleep?
Sleep during your flight if you can!
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Oh I’m fairly used to surviving on very little sleep. Have reached destination and hitting the ground running. Wouldn’t have any other option with my travelling companions. They’re all full of beans.
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Go Cassie Go!!!
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Chanel 31 Rue Cambon, just because…
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Reason enough!!!! The youngest Marzipan stole my very large decant of that one! But I can always sneak in and steal a spritz!
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Bandit today. This cuts through heat and humidity like nobody’s business. We’ve had a run of the most intensely gorgeous summer weather. Loving it!
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“We’ve had a run of the most intensely gorgeous summer weather. Loving it!” I am going to adopt this sentence and repeat it on the hottest, overwhelming days of the season. That will allow me not to complain!
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Cause you already know that the three of us will be complained about the cold and snow in the winter 😬😨😵
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How is it that autocorrect changes your words to make them grammatically INCORRECT???
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We’re not allowed to complain. We have a finite number of weather complaints. Let’s save them till winter when it’s truly justified.
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Yes!
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Day three of staycation involved eight sixty pound bags of cement mix which the three of us hauled, mixed, cured and poured for the last manual labor project of this week. I was commando. But post shower I was reminded of how glorious Winter Woods smells in the heat (honey, caramelized amber and dark vanilla on my skin) after I sent some off to Kathleen yesterday. It’s odd but sometimes the winter fragrances are completely different on my skin as they literally bloom in the heat. Absolute Pour le Soir smelled of cat urine in the winter but then morphed into this gorgeous honeyed amber in the heat. I thunked a 10ml decant of it in about a week last summer!
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Sounds like you’re getting your weight training in! What a tough job on a hot day.
Musc Ravageur is another perfume that I would typically use in the colder months, but I’ve tried it in the heat and it’s spectacular!
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Oh yes, I got my workout today!
I bet Musc Ravageur smells amazing in the heat!
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It sure does!
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👍👍
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Saturday morning Charlatan+cardamom coffee. Very yummy.
Last of the warm-Ish winter days; I’ve been promised rain today. 100% chance followed by a drop in the mercury.
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Went to bed last night in a ☁️ of Miller Harris Bourbon Vetiver and I thunked it.
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SOTM Phlur Hanami which I believe is described as an aquatic but I smell sweet fig and hazelnut…. it’s a diaphanous scent…light and delicious.
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Chergui, my fave 💕
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SOTD is Gelsomino Nobile edp. Slowly getting into the routine again of applying perfume every day. Yesterday was Lady Vengeance from a sample, it seems to have lost a bit of sharpness, so I’ll just use up the sample sooner rather than later.
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