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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 8.7 – 14.7.2019
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
Tendre Poison. Time to start powering through this big bottle.
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I so want to own that one. I haven’t even gotten to try it.
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Got so lucky to hit on this beauty for a lot less outlay than some of the silly prices on eBay.
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Wohoo I’m first out of the traps 😀
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Today, I am wearing Chopard Amber Malaki.
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Byredo Sundazed. Nice sweet citrusy and flowery opening. Ten seconds later starts smelling like cheap laundry detergent. It doesn’t develop more than that. Very tenacious. After 3 hours it is still going strong. Good for a day where I will be outside at some of the construction sites. Not full bottle or sample worthy. Sample thunk!
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Good luck today and stay hydrated!
And yay for thunk!
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I also was not impressed by this.
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It’s been BWFs all day. I think I’m going to detour off to the woods with Bulgari Man In Black tonight. YUM!
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A BWF works for any time of day for me😉
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Me too. Adore a BWF.❤️
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St Clair Frost, relishing almost the last of this sample and I am hankering for a bottle.
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GET
IT
😈
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I shall!
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👍👍
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Gucci Rush today
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Love Rush!!!!
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This isn’t a SOTD. I have a question for you before this thread gets too long.
I have nearly gone blind searching through a post from last week with over 300 replies. !!
Someone mentioned how nice and reasonably priced Boucheron was.
Is this Boucheron Pour Femme of Place Vendome?
I don’t mean to derail this thread but I thought that you would know X
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Yes the regular Boucheron EDT.
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I knew that you would know, Ha Ha
It’s a very good price on All Beauty XX
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❤️
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Phlur Hepcat. Thanks Brigitte ❤️
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You are so welcome! Glad you are enjoying it. How is it in the summer? It read powdery on my skin in the summer but in the deep cold the 🍒 pops and so does the tobacco.
Let me know if you need more!!
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Same experience here. I got a quiet powder flutter. Very nice indeed.
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Just read a cracking review of Bengale Rouge and I think your wallet is going to take a hammering when this hits the shops!
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You know it $$$. I’ve been hearing nothing but praise. Still, I won’t blind buy it. Cuz I’m mature now 🤫
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IRIS
WEEK!!!!
Misia today…. beautiful!
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Misia is lovely. I’m finishing my decant which happens to me very rarely 😉
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I can see why! It’s such a beautiful and versatile scent!!
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Love it!!!!!!!!
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Iris Silver Mist. I know, it seems like an odd choice for a hot summer but it works!
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We are iris twins.
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Oh, yeah!
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I’d say its chill was perfect for hot and humid days 🙂
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I know, right? People keep saying how beautiful albeit gloomy it is in cold November, but it’s just as good now.
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I tried it as well, last week. But it’s still a no go for me. Just way too carroty.
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Which means now I need to try it
👁️💛🥕
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Carrots are for wabits 🐰
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What’s up, doc? 🐇🐇🐇
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You smell fab! ISM is a fave of mine.
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Thank you, Jyotsna! ISM might be my favourite iris (I need a backup 😉 )
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I am doing a chypre week, so started with Mitsouko. Still not a favorite, something about the dry sour peach is getting on my nerves….
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Mitsouko was never a favorite of mine either. However, a co worker adored it so I gave her my bottle many years ago.
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As much as I wanted to love Mitsouko it never worked for me. I ended up swapping the bottle not long time ago.
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Don’t think I was ever so affected by a perfume as when I tried this. It was so melancholic that it nearly brought me down with it.
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End of the day and have a quick spritz of Le Labo Ambrette 9…..crap! I really like it.
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Isn’t it great?
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It is!!! Thanks for it!!
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I did too. Went through a decant. Bought another large one and then disaster struck. The dreaded baby spit up hit my nose 🤮. I’ll send you what I have left.
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Thus far I have worn it twice and I really do smell the ambrette. Reminds me of Eden Botanicals Ambrette Seed Essential Oil.
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Bad news. My decant has all but evaporated 😱. Sorry for the false hope.
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No worries at all! I have enough to play with.
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You know, In an effort not to be wasteful before I chucked the bottle, I sprayed the last bit, two squirts. Lo and behold, the baby puke note did not rear it’s ugly head. And, of course, I loved it again. Ambrette came through loud and clear. I love that note as well. Have you tried Chanel No. 18? I’ve not, but have read that it too has a beautiful ambrette note. I’m hit or miss with musk, but ambrette? It’s a favorite of mine.
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Oh crap, had I known you wanted to try no 18 I would not have thunked my EDT and EDP samples. If you want more of the Le Labo let me know…enough juice to make you a sample. And PLEASE get your 👃 on the essential oil! Straight to the source!
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Yes. I’m checking the e.o.
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I received my vintage Chanel 5 edp bottle so wore it. I got headache not long after I sprayed twice on my chest. The aldehyde is really strong in this one, quite reminded me of vintage Lauder Linen which has to be the most aldehyde-heavy fragrance I have ever smelled. White Linen is one of those fragrances I wanted to like and bought at least twice but both times it was a failure and had to sell it.
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Fazal,
Try spritzing clear the tube. The perfume in it is most exposed to air and those aldehydes get a nasty metallic and greasy smell if they’ve turned. If you give it 6 or 7 good blasts and try it again you may find it smells a LOT better,
Portia xx
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Thanks Portia for the valuable tip. This might work.
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Bloody Hell. I didn’t finish my Trivia Q&A last night. Set the alarm for 7am top get it all done. its 9.30! So I’m in a flurry.
Thinking I’d wear something quiet and focussed…..um nope. Ambre Ceruleen by Huitieme Art
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Monday SOTD: Wore Le Labo Iris 39 for a shopping spree at one of our better shopping centres, which also happens to be disability friendly. Came home with a lot more clothes than planned, plus new olive oil, toasted savoury almonds, new shower oil and some cute little travel size products. Then got help tidying my flower boxes before my visitors had to go to the airport for a late flight home. SOTE was Prada Candy, the original. Love the burnt caramel smell from time to time.
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Beautiful Tuesday in Bel Respiro. 💕 (Thank you Mel & Jacki)
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Holy smoke Batman, you must be spraying ever so carefully- it was only a little sample. Either that or you only need one spray- I’m impressed and glad it’s found a loving home xx
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It is Ah-DORED. Thank you 💕
I couldn’t use any perfume when I was sick & drs. doing tests and all. Plus Jacki sent me some too.
I think that there is a Chanel botique in Sydney- hopefully we can swing past and buy some. 🤞
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Bit late to the party… I wore the last of my Ashley Alyssa Amber Gris on Sunday – so delightful and one compliment. I think this one discontinued? Why do I find things I like, then find out they discontinued – guess I should check before ordering my samples on availability! Jill, by Jill Sander yesterday. L’Art Timbuktu today. Tick compliment.
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Ugh. I hate it when that happens.
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Arielle Shoshana Saturday. Always makes me smile!
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I wish she hadn’t changed the name 😝
Have you tried Sunday? If yes please report 😁😁
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Lalique Le Parfum. Packing a small punch😉
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Jorum Studios Trimerous. This earthy, rooty, textural iris is perfect for a rainy summer day.
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First Cut on another spectacular sunny day 🌝
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And doesn’t it perform beautifully in the heat? Be careful of men throwing themselves at you 😉
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Haha! Not worried. I’ll catch them all and drag them into my cave.
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FIRST
CUT
🙃🙃🙃
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I had my doubts when I received the bottle this winter. Sat on it till now and glad I did. Beautiful in the heat of the summer.
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Well you already know that I adore it year round! But yes, I would imagine it’s marvelous in the summer heat!!!
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Home is the hunter. And what a welcome home pressie awaited. My lovely niece in Canada made me a beautiful birthday card, complete with glittery stickers, and she stuffed it chock-full of perfume samples😂 It is kid in a candy store situation here. Oh my gawwd, what to choose? I have one spare arm crook so trying out Providence Hindu Honeysuckle. I think it’s more Hindu Jasmine, really like this.
Thank you , Marcella High Priestess of Perfume Cards. Wheeee 💃🏼 🤸🏽♀️ 🌺🥰💋
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Ohhh yipppeee!!!! It arrived. Not eaten by cows or run over by tractors. Phew.
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It’s the two-legged cows in the sorting office that I’d be more worried about😉 All safe and sound, and present and correct. I’m so thrilled that if I had two tails I’d wag them😆
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That makes me happy 🤗
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This is excellent news :)The traveling perfume box continues!!!!!!!
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And what a box it is😯 so much to try.
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🙂 🙂
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Yes. The cartel remains strong and unchallenged 😉
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OH YES!!
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And the supply chain continues later this week. My mule is headed stateside this weekend and be posting your care package.
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Ooooo!!!! Thank you!!! More goodies for me and our APJ family who live in the States!!! I have to start keeping a list of who I owe what too!!!
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Bridgy, you got to keep the accounts clear. Or we’ll send over some muscle who can help you. This is the cartel, not nursery school 😏
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👶👶👶
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And you have to keep track of what I said i’ll send cos doncha knows I forgets stuffs.👵🏻
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What??My memory is worse than yours cause I am older than ya!
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We’re done for in that case😂 The lunatics will be running the asylum.
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😱😵😲
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Diorissimo today. Writing about it on Sandra’s post reminded me how much I love it – the bottle is rather a fragile and impractical shape, so I keep it in its box, and it’s so much easier to grab one of the others. But today I made time and I am happy I did.
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Wow! Gorgeous fragrance. I bet you smell divine.
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In my opinion I do. Thanks for the vote of confidence!
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♥️♥️♥️
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Eldest Marzipan had a special delivery today…Berdoues Grand Cru Collection Azur Riviera…the bottle is gorgeous , the fragrance is gorgeous and the box is gorgeous! A slightly salty beachy marine that reminds me A LOT of LE Escada Ocean Bleue from 1995. I was going to give it to her for her birthday next month but decided to give it to her today because she passed her NCLEX and this is by far a huge accomplishment which is deserving of a gift. Plus, she is sharing her bottle with me-LOL!
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Well done to Miss Marzipan. Clever clogs. And of course she’ll share with her lovely mother. An unwritten rule Chez Marzipan😉
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Yes she will and other APJers too🤸
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Good luck to her in her chosen career. Not an easy one, either. She’ll be job-hunting I’m guessing, or is she ahead of the posse?
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She already has her job lined up in the hospital she did her clinical in and starts in a week and a half.
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Ah, yes, I remember now. You said this a while back.
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SL Santa Blanc. Beautiful in winter. (I don’t get the hit of spices that some complain about, but then you’d need a fistful of garam masala for me to say “a bit spicy, no?”😄)
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Oh I got a huge dose of spices from that one but for me that was part of it’s charm. Thunked my adorable mini bottle which now sits in the basement ready to be turned into a Christmas ornament 🎄🎄
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its not it’s….
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Oh I do like it. And I figure that others can smell the huge spice cloud. I use those spices a lot so my nose is pretty accustomed to the notes. But if I sprayed any more then I would smell like a spice bazaaar.
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😉
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Coolife le Sixtieme Parfum as iris week continues….oh yes! I really like this one!
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On my right it’s VC&A Orchidee Vanille, very nice but poof! Gone.
And on my left, Le Labo Lys 41. Now you’re talkin’🥰 reallll good. I’ll be wearing something from The Travelling Contraband Box for the foreseeable. And by the way yesterday’s Hindu Honeysuckle put in a stellar performance. Hours!
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I had the same experience with the VC&A. No legs.
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Yep, and yet they’re not giving it away cheaply.
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Eau de Givenchy. It works well on steamy days. I’m pretty sure this is vintage. Splash bottle with a blue and white marbled hard plastic screw top. Cute!
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Yes that’s vintage. Thunked my same mini a while ago.
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Testing Dame Chili Head Oil which is reminding me a lot of Giorgio for Men. It’s powdery 🙂
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Not chili pepper at all. It is not even powdery on me. Definitely, vetiver creates that spicy pepper smell very well. Decent men’s cologne though!
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It’s like a dry powder. Definitely leans masculine. Thankfully I don’t need a full bottle….
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Money saved! 💃
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😸👍
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Goldfield & Banks White Sandalwood for me today from my discovery set – it’s a winner 😉
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Amber Absolutely from TTCB😉 Yep, I get the amber. Like it. A lot.
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Glad you’re enjoying your dabbling 😉
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Dabbling, dribbling and babbling. All good round here😏
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About 11 hours later and this is still humming along. Colour me impressed.
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Iris Week continues in Courreges Blanc courtesy of pl67! this one is great on a hot day!
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PG Arabian Horse. Perfect for today. I feel like galloping the hell out of dodge. If they don’t mind their p’s and q’s, The Wealthies will soon be renamed The Jerkies 😠
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Yikes! Hope you can navigate through your day with less exasperation.🐎🐎
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Thanks Mrs. M. Still in a bit of an uproar and hoping settle tomorrow.
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Fingers crossed! (can’t find the emoji for that one on my computer…only on my phone!)
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And breathe. . . In through the nose, out through the mouth. Count to wherever you get to without losing count. Failing that, kick a tyre, with your work boots – not sandals 👡
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Lolll. I breathed and nothing but fire came out. There was a bit of hair singed around here today.
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Yikes. The Mannerless Wealthies. Hope that project is DONE!
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Miss Balmain today, and one of Antonio Gardoni’s unfiltered series samples yesterday. Both bloody gorgeous.
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Carnal Flower this evening. Celebrating our 29th wedding anniversary with dinner out and CF is my husband’s favorite. (I’ve tried Moon Bloom around him to see if he is reacting to the tuberose, but nope. CF or he won’t notice. Not a bad fate, after all.)
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Happy Anniversary!!! and how lovely and thoughtful to wear your husband’s favorite!
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Thanks! We’ve been together for 34 years and countless perfumes. Yet he never notices or comments on any other scent, and always notices (and appreciates) Carnal Flower. Something about it just gets him. I am lucky he’s in love with one I like!
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Happy Anniversary! You smell wonderful!
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Happy Anniversary!! Perfect choice!
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Happy Anniversary. That’s a beautiful perfume to favour. 🌺 🌸
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Happy Anniversary! I hope some bubbly will appear on the menu tonight. And, Carnal Flower is one of my husbands favorites as we well.
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I told the server it was our anniversary when we were seated (a delicious tiny booth with walls, seriously the best table ever) and they brought us a complimentary toast of norther Spanish bubbly. It was actually pretty good! Then there were wines chosen to complement each course. I am pleasantly buzzed.
Thanks to all for the kind good wishes! It was a lovely celebration.
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happy anniversary! ❤
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Heading to bed in Vol de Nuit (current EDT as recommended by Kate!)
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Zoologist Camel for me today – trying to make the last bit of my sample last as long as possible.
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Oh I ❤️ it. Beeooitful.
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Oooo, lovely!! Do you like it, Mel?
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Oh I don’t like it, I LOVE it. Seriously considering buying more than a sample. See if you can sniff some – i thinks it’s pretty special. Zoologist say ‘ Rose, jasmine infused succulent dried fruits with a blend of incense, myrrh, amber and spices’ Check out http://www.lknu.com.au – they do samples of it for reasonable price xx
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A wild splash of Mona di Orio Myrrh Casati. Perfect for this wild, windy winter day.
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Going with vintage no 19 EDT courtesy of pl67 as Iris Week continues 🙂
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You smell glorious! Adore Vintage No 19.
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Thank you! I love it too 🙂
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Absolute Aphrodisiac. Err, why?😏
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Why not?? Hee hee….
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But I was going to work😆
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You don’t need it. You’re already absolutely irresistible!
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Only when I wear First Cut, and turn into a danger to myself. 😯
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Oh? You mean like Mr. LH?
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Phew. The weekend has arrived. Wearing Douce Amère which is so much better in the heat. Serge and I do not play well together. I didn’t like this in the winter, but wow! great in the summer. The only Serge I like. But, then again, I have not tried them all.
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Bloody hell 😡. I just posted my scent with an accompanying ramble and it disappeared!
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Hahaha. There it is ⬆️
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🤣🤣🤣
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For a minute I thought WordPress was trying to mess with me. But it seems to prefer you and Cassie. Haha 🤷🏼♀️
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👿👿
Autocorrect and WordPress don’t like me
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Iris week continues…Athalia Parfums de Marly courtesy of Kathleen 🙂
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What is that one like, Brigitte? I think it is not a cheap perfume, so is it a good iris?
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It’s very cozy and lovely. But not an iris soliflore to my nose. It has a warm muskiness to it and maybe even a drop of sandalwood? I could be totally wrong because I did not read the notes but that is what my nose is telling me.
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Thank you! Muskiness is sometimes a dealbreaker for me, while sandalwood is a plus in my book.
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I have been wearing Le Labo Iris 39 most days this week, plus tried again the Tauer Tuberose Flash, sadly not a new favourite. Did you all see that Tauer has to stop sending samples other than to a few select countries (more postal restrictions, again!). So sad, luckily the body oils can still be shipped!
Yesterday a few sneak spritzes of Un jardin sur le toit. It is lovely, but my stepmother has had her bottle for years without making a serious dent in it.
In the evening Friday more Le Labo Iris 39 to match my new summer skirt and to not disturb the scent of bread-y champagne and fresh seafood (a birthday celebration in the extended family).
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I am smelling of all sorts of things after making decants and samples. Post lawn mowing and 🚿 I will test 1957. Excited to try it!!!!!!
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Fantastic fragrance. And I think it will wear beautifully on a man.
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Wearing the last drops of Le Labo Iris 39 oil. I liked it a lot, but it was super fleeting on me. No intentions to replace it. I enjoyed for the time it lasted.
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Thunk 🙂 🙂 🙂
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And I saved a sample for you, so you are part of the “thunk” 😀
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Hee hee!!! Even better!!!!!!!!!! Can’t wait 😍😍 Thank you! Those are the best kinda thunks!!!
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I haven’t chosen my SOTD yet, need to have a look what samples I finally grabbed to bring along.
Just wanted to point you all in the direction of Bonkers about perfume. Vanessa has a sweet story about perfume involving an Australian lady and one of Portia’s perfume packages.
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I’ve read Vanessa’s story about the Australian lady and Portia’s package.
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Such a nice and uplifting story! Thank you for directing us to it.
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Creed Irisia Femme.
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You know the onset of this one smells very vintage…something i may have worn in my distant past. The drydown hours later is a gorgeous iris.
When I finish exercising I will decide on what to wear next…might test Caron Parfum Sacre…it’s calling to me-LOL!
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Nomenclature Adr_ett on one arm and Para_iso on the other. Both samples thunk. Very nice perfumes, but found them very flat, uninteresting and fleeting. Money saved!
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I agree…I tried two from this brand and I did not feel the need for more. Two more thunks for you and money saved 🙂 🙂 🙂
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Douce Amère again for a working weekend. It’s perfect for the circumstances. Unusual but not distracting and comforting but not boring. I’m busier than a one armed paper hanger. The Wealthie’s insistence on starting the carriage house conversion prior to the agreed upon (and contracted!) date has left me in a flap. My efforts this week in trying to get them to respect the contract were futile. They are lucrative clients and I could not risk alienating them so I capitulated. So the juggling act continues for a few more weeks. Still hoping to hang on to the sun and sea vacay in Maine. In the meantime we’re running before the wind in full sail ⛵️
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Keep that gorgeous head above the water, Marcella! You can do this!!! And a vacation in Maine? lovely, and well deserved! Hope it happens!!!!
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It damned well better. It’s our yearly tradition. The girls, their SO’s, LH and me. Since before the kids were born!
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Caron’s Parfum Sacre EDP is drop dead gorgeous. Can’t stop smelling my wrist.
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