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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 29.7 – 4.8.2019
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
Chanel 1957.
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Nice!
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Guerlain week continues.
Vanille Ylang…. I like it 💐🌻
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Hi Brigitte
I haven’t got this one, not even sniffed it. Sounds good X
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I think it’s one of the earlier AAs. It’s very creamy.
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I just looked it up on Fragantica. Discontinued long ago. Typical !!
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🤦🤦
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That was my first and only AA Guerlain, the bottle is from 1999. Very rich and creamy ylang and vanilla!
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It is absolutely delicious.
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and different from what I would expect from the AAs!
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Jo Malone…last of Rosewater Vanille decant. I am SO annoyed this is d/c and wish I had bought a bottle. Grr. Grr again.
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I’m going to wear my DSH/American Perfumer Colorado today to see what it is like in the heat. I wore it quite a few times in the winter/snowy days, so I’m curious to see what it does in the summer.
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I bet it’s gorgeous in the heat which will probably amp up the immortelle note.
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Please come back and tell us how it went MMKinPA,
I loved Colorado when testing it. Beautiful scent.
Portia xx
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I really loved Colorado in the heat. I felt like I was on a hike in Aspen – the pine notes seemed almost cooling!
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I am in Estee Lauder Modern Muse Nuit. Portia inspired me to try Modern Muse a couple of years ago. I continued the exploration and bought this bottle last year.
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YAY! Enabler Pin! What is the Nuit like Gina?
portia xx
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My Nuxe Florale with a couple of squirts of Mystere de Guerlain😏
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🏠 twin
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I’m not sure mine is as good as yours, even though I’m not familiar with that one. But if it’s got Ylang in it then it just has to be good.
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Commando for beach days. The air is already so thickly scented with that unique only-on-a-northern-sea-coast fragrance there is really no point in wearing perfume during the day.
I am, however, debating what I will wear tonight. We’re going to the lobster pound later for picked lobster meat. We’ll take it home and eat out on the front porch which is beachside. Salome? Will it not clash with Eau de Lobster. Actually, Sex and the Sea!! I’ll bet it’s salty undercurrent will work magic. Decisions, decisions 🙄
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Sex in the Sea!!
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Unter den Linden, April Aromatics.
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Vintage Givenchy Gentleman. Words cannot describe its beauty. Even though its summer, the perfume still bloomed well without overwhelming me. If one sprays just 2 or 3 times, it is wearable even in summer. I thank the person who created this perfume. The perfume world would have been so incomplete without vintage Givenchy Gentleman!
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Oh Fazal, you smell AMAZING!!!!!!
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thank you 🙂
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This was one of my perfume staples in the early 1990s Fazal. I keep a couple of vintage bottles here for reference but rarely wear it. Thanks for the reminder, I’ll search them out.
Portia xx
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It’s the evening and I am now in Chamade!!! Go team Guerlain!
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Wow weeee! You’re going to town on the Guerlains. I’m positive you smell wonderful!
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I do!!!! LOL!
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No scent during the day, but loads of Aqua Minimes colognes in the evening. Warm and muggy weather, and it’s going to rain again Tuesday.
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We’ve had some rain here too Ingeborg. Not much but a light smattering. We need a lot more to break our drought.
Enjoy your Aqua Minimes.
Portia x
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Cartier: L’Heure Convoiteé II. Every time I wear this in the cold it takes me back to Prague, where Jin and I purchased it in the snow and freezing temperatures of winter. Happy memories.
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You and Jin really love Cartier’s exclusive line. I remember there was a fragrance you gifted Jin from this line. I forgot the name but it was fougere or woody in nature if I remember correctly.
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Good memory Fazal,
He got VI. I have II and XII but also want XIII. One day.
Portia xx
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Blanc de Courreges, very beautiful and elegant iris with a sweet dry down. Perfect for the office today.
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You’re getting some good wear from your new love Kathleen, so glad.
Portia xx
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I love that one and it’s cheap as chips. It’s also one of cassie’s favorite irises.
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and we have pl67 to thank for sharing it with us 🙂
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I’m thankful and enjoying Blanc very much!
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Hello friends in perfume world!!!!! I have been missing you all very much. I ask for your positive vibes over the next week, esp. on Saturday when my house is auctioned. I have been wearing many different scents since my last post,including the samples from Melanie.(Tokyo Milk) and my usual cheapies of Deseo, Green Tea and Dark Obsession. The more expensive Tobacco Vanille and Coromandal (both belong to “him”) Also the gorgeous vintage Samsara, which simply blooms on cold days. And finally the scent we both wore today to visit our estate agent; Ted Lapidus Altimar. I bought it approx 5 years ago as a gift ,a 100ml bottle. Sadly about 5 years ago the mechanism on the sprayer stopped working and despite many attempts by each of us it wouldn’t work.
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Hello, Saffy!!! xoxo
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Good luck with the Auction Saffy.
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Hope all goes well Saffy. Have been thinking about you.
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Idyll Duet Jasmine and Lilas….beautiful…my second favorite lilac.
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and tonight after I mow the rest of the lawn and shower I will be in a cloud of Samsara……
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Busting out the good stuff! House twin again today.
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Samsara is stunning (note to self: find my bottle asap 😉 )
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😁😁
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Samsara is a bottle full of happy memories for me Brigitte. Have you ever tried the vintage extrait?
Portia x
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No I have not but now I am drooling thinking about it!!!
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I have a tiny bottle of it, it’s delightful!
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Delightful is a wonderful word for Samsara Diana
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I bet it is!!!
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Terracotta today. Need it to lighten the heaviness. Heat without sun. And then the occasional deluge. What the hell?
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We had only a little sun yesterday, rain and a max. temperature during the day of 30C. No sun is not a good combo with the heat, hope you will have some better summer days soon!
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Yes, some more sunny days would be good.😉
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Hi house twin!!!!
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🏡 👯 👋🏻
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😁😁😁
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OOH! Is that the modern Terracotta Cassieflower?
Portia xx
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Yes, and it’s a beaut. I’ve never gotten my nose on the original. I guess it could be said that I like beachy vibe scents. This is summer in a bottle.
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I’m wearing an op shop find today: Rocabar. This is great for a winter’s day, lots of balsamic warmth. I understand the name means “saddle cloth”, which I’m not that keen on smelling like.
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HA! Greg, you’re hilarious.
Portia x
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Champs Elysee
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Oh Champs Élysées is gorgeous . I hope to own another bottle one day
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It really is.
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Champs Elysées was my first Guerlain love, way back in the 90s. I love all the floral notes, and it has lilac too! Of course the original formulation was way better, but I still enjoy it.
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It’s beautiful. And I feel as though I have smelled it before but I don’t remember ever having worn it.
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Lolita Coral Flower.
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Oh how I adore thee Carnal Flower. What I don’t adore is the price tag!!!
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I was very sad when the DCd Coral Flower Cassieflower. It’s impossible to find for reasonable prices nowadays.
Lolita Lempicka is a way underrated house, it’s weird that it doesn’t get more love.
Portia xx
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I agree. And as for the insane prices of L nowadays 😬 I wish I’d stockpiled it.
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The days are long and stressful Very little sleep or if I do slept it is fitful. Yesterday I woke and made some soup then packed away some clothes. I didn’t wear any perfume yesterday. because I didn’t want to associate a smell with my misery. It is now 2 am August 1 st I have just joined the Guerlain party and applied Samsara. I have also been looking for places to rent OMG what a minefield that is!!!
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Good luck with the house auction and with finding a place to rent!
Samsara used to be very good, I bet you smell gorgeous in it!
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Best wishes for the house auction and rental search, I hope both go well. You smell wonderful In Samsara!
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Hello house twin! I am doing a week of Guerlain.
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Wearing Parfums DelRae Amoureuse today. What a spectacular and amazing perfume. Unfortunately, it sounds like the Parfums DelRae is closing so I am running to my perfume store to get a backup bottle.
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Bleu de Chanel ’cause my cousin gave me his bottle. To be honest, I’m underwhelmed: Chanel should’ve known better.
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HA! I think CHANEL were trying for understated work mode with a hint of sex appeal Diana. It’s not really made for us.
Portia xx
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You’re right, Portia, it’s not for us but who is it for? BdC smells like something that is capable of taking away a person’s sex appeal, lol.
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HA HA HA HA HA!
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Elixir Charnel but not sure which one…the nose is smelling creamy sweetness.
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Elixir Chantal French Kiss!
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Thank you!!!!!
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Five o’clock au gingembre this evening, I need to relax and try to get to sleep! Struggling with sore muscles, but glad I am back to some sort of exercise routine.
Getting up to the third floor (or fourth, depending on how you count) was no easy task today after cardio and strength training two days in a row. And the lift is out of service for at least a week, which is unusual, but not totally unexpected during the main vacation period.Good thing I have helpful neighbours who volunteer to go to the post office for me or do other small errands!
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A blessing to have helpful and supportive neighbors . I have never had my nose on ginrabe
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Nor I Saffy. It’s one of the few SLs I’ve never sniffed.
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Same here… never sniffed it but have always been curious about it.
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Auction Day!!!! So so emotional . It is surreal . I barely slept last night and my soon to be ex husband are tip toeing around each other. I am still hurting . Anyway I am going to wear a VERY HEAVY dose of his Tom Ford Tobacco Vanille
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Awww Saffy. You poor darling. You just have to get through this day. You can do it!!
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What better choice for relaxing than Five O’clock au Gingembre. It’s the loveliest of all the Serge Lutens offerings to me Ingeborg and fits like a glove at all times.
Congratulations on getting back into your exercise routine. I’m going to get back into it next week.
Portia xx
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So glad to hear that the neighbors are helping you out!!!
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Hi All. The day before the auction I am feeling in control . However I know I won’t be tomorrow. I thunked a sample of Spiritulle Double Vanille. I haven’t worn it for quite a long time and forgotten how yummy it is. My parents visited today . My mother was wearing one of her signature scents ; Je Reviens by Worth. I may not be able to log on to here for a couple of days so please think of me occasionally.
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Good luck, hope you find a way to keep your calm in the the coming few days.
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Well kids , I have news!!! Our property sold . I won’t say how much but but let you know I am thrilled with the price. A family home going to another family. Bittersweet still . Sunday I am going to a elephant stall/ market I am wearing nothing because I am still reeking of yesterday’s TV
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Yes, it’s bittersweet. But you can be pleased about getting a good price. That may help in soothing the feelings of loss.
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I’m so pleased you got a good price for your house. Bittersweet indeed.Onwards and Upwards now, Saffy. Smelling gorgeous all the way XXXXX
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Will surely be thinking of you. Hope you can hold it together over the weekend. You need a superhero fragrance to help focus the mind.
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I certainly will be thinking of you. Good luck with the auction.I’m sure which perfume you choose to waer will be stunning XXXX
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Nothing but good thoughts and luck coming your way Saffy ❤️ . Remember that whatever happens it’s just a moment in time. Stay strong!
We’re all behind you.
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Good luck 👍😘
We are always thinking of you.
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Off to town for lunch today.
I was undecided what to wear and couldn’t make a choice so went with a spritz and go favourite, Granville by DIOR
Portia xx
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Hope you are feeling better P!
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Much better thanks Brigitte. XXX
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I love those Diors!
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LHeure de Nuit. I am doubling up on my Guerlain testing. One in the morning and one in the evening.
Last night also added to the top of my hand Regina Harris Amber Vanilla oil. I could still smell it in the morning. It starts off smoky and animalic to my nose but the far drydown is sweet. It’s one of those fragrances that fascinates me. And the bottle is stunning.
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Regina Harris sounds wonderful and the bottle!
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Can’t wait for you to try it in the next go round!!!!
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Guerlain testing has to be the best of all testing. Although those Auphorie perfumes you tested with such gluttony sounded extremely appealing as well!
And, talking about gluttony, I just applied a massive amount of vintage Shalimar perfume. I thought an incredibly liberal application might bring out the depth and richness. It did help, but still doesn’t smell as I recalled. Damn it all! I need to win that lotto. First purchase will be a 60’s Shalimar perfume. And back ups too!
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Today I wore 06130 Cedre. Much milder than Rocabar, sort of powdery woods, if that makes sense. Not obtrusive at all. I have a long trip in the car tomorrow with some folks; I think I’ll wear it again for that.
I suspect I had some luck at the op shop today; I’m still researching it. It was a bottle of vintage perfume, but it had no markings on it, just a label. With a bit of help, I’ve worked out that it’s a vintage Helena Rubinstein, but I haven’t nailed down the perfume or the era yet. Could be exciting; I’ll let y’all know what turns up.
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Are there any good pages online to research about perfume bottles? I have a few empty ones after my grandmother and am wondering if I should just toss them, give them away or try to sell them. Apart from a Millot Crepe de Chine, I’m not sure what they are. Nothing truly iconic.
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I am not familiar with perfume bottle websites; however, Crepe de Chine is iconic. I was recently reading the review by Neil Chapman in his Perfume book. He has high regards for the fragrance. I hope you can get a sniff out of the empty bottle!
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I am dying to know which Helena Rubenstein it is!!!!!
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Laurent Mazzone Ultimate Seduction.
Cassis and orange on opening and dry down sweet with patchouli-chocolate and musk.
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Mmmmm….you smell good!!!
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Shalimar Initial.
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❤️
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Would you believe I never wore it? Nor any of the flankers…eau de Mexique or whatever it’s called and all the others….a la route?? I don’t know….the names confuse me but then again it doesn’t take much to muddle my brain 🙃🙃🙃
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Wish I’d jumped in and gotten that bottle of the Mexican vanilla. Now it’s selling for silly money.
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I just looked on fragrantica….lots of different Shalimars…..but the Petite Robe Noire!!! There’s a million of them!
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I know….It’s very confusing. I think that each flanker has a different dress on the bottle.
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How do you like Initial compared to original Shalimar?
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I think it’s beautifuly done and I would certainly wear it…. but I have a history and a story that goes with vintage EDC and as soon as I sniffed it I was transported back in time.
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Scent memories are the best!
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Went without scent for yet another day of physio therapy and exercising. Now it’s past 3 at night and I still cannot sleep. Have put on a well known favourite, the Le Labo Iris 39. Good thing it’s still vacation time, so I don’t have too many tasks I need to finish before the weekend.
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The 3a.m. wakefulness is so draining. Energy levels the next day are on the floor.
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L’ Instant
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I just love,love, love L’Instant. It’s one of my favourites XXXXX
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You’re a huge Guerlain fan girl, Matty😀
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I certainly am XXXX
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I adore L’Instant, but L’Instant Magic even more. I always think of you with Guerlain Matty!
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Thank you Kathleen, that’s very nice to know XXX
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I think of BOTH of you when I think Guerlain 😃
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I can see why!!!! It’s sooooo pretty!! Now I am home and in L’Instant Magic. The Guerlains are just so darn pretty.
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I love Shalimar Souffle as well X
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Ha!! That’s another flanker!! The names all confuse me a bit. Can anyone report on what makes them similar or different? I know one is supposed to have a chocolate note.
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I do t have Soufflé but I sampled it. I recall it being more lemony and custardly. Definitely Shalimar but sweeter? I don’t think I’ve been disappointed in any of the Shalimar flankers. I’ve yet to smell the Mexican vanilla flanker.
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Thanks! I guess any Shalimar is good!!!
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Yep, nailed it with lemony custardy 😂
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Mmmmm….. that’s right up my alley! That would be a safe blind buy for me 😈😈
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And there is also a Souffle eau Legere and a Souffle Intense 😆😆😆
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A good, but relatively cheap,perfume today: Korres White Tea, Bergamot and Freesia.
I was looking online for a good deal on a partial bottle of SL Five o’clock au gingembre, but only found the same seller as in May, who wants just as much for a used bottle as Strawberrynet charges for a NIB bottle. Also found Houbigant Iris des Champs has now a thirty percent higher price at a local discount site than when I looked a couple of weeks ago, so now I’m sitting on my hands and trying not to buy anything!
My father is going to Vienna in September and would shop for me, given exact instructions. But it’s not too easy to find out what the niche perfumeries stock and I have a number of perfumes I’m curious about, but where I cannot find samples. And a few I want which are so expensive, I’d rather not have family members shopping for me 😂
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It’s always tricky to navigate pricing; which ones will continue to rise in price, and which ones will drop in price at discounters with time. I peruse the discounters sites often to monitor prices and see what is new. For some my patience has paid off with reduced pricing, and sometimes I miss out and have regrets.
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I think maybe some sites look at the statistics showing how many people have looked at a particular fragrance and then they adjust prices to be more in line with their competitors. It’s how it’s done in sports equipment and the electronic gadgets online stores according to our consumer advisory bureau.
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That makes sense business-wise and is good to know. Maybe my constant checking on prices is driving the prices up lol!
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Have you had a look at Sniph site. They’re based in Stockholm so no problems with shipping to you. Not a huge selection but worth a look. They sell 8ml decants of each fragrance.
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Thanks for the tip, haven’t heard of them!
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Went to the Sniph page and for the monthly service with 8 ml decant, they only send to Swedish adresses. Oh, well!
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Oh? I didn’t sign up for the monthly service. You don’t need to do that. I just ordered decants of a couple that I wanted. Shipping was no problem at all.
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I just had another look at the site. So sorry, I gave you wrong information. It delivers to UK and Irl addresses only. I thought it was European delivery.
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Well, this is how it is to live in the EEA, not EU. Luckily many Swedish businesses will send to Norway and postage is relatively low.
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Sampling from the Phlur line today. Loving Moab!
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Smelling good! I love that one! It reads very sweet on my skin but others describe it as dry. And it has a Taueresque vibe to my nose.
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Is it really Friday? Today I’m in my $6 TJ Maxx bottle of Eau de Gaga. Not only is the perfume quite nice but the bottle is very expensive looking (By Kilian, anyone?). If I was one to leave perfumes out on the dresser, this would be one of them! Have a wonderful weekend, everyone!
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That’s a great one in the heat!! I thunked my decant of it so fast because I just kept spraying myself all day 😂
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I definitely resprayed – not because it was entirely gone, but because I wanted the top/middle again!
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Ha!! Yes!! Probably why I resprayed too!!
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I went with Paul Smith Rose. Cheap as chips but ever so pretty.
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Cheap as chips works for me 👌
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And me!
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Got Floris Santal on today. A warming scent for a day in Melbourne watching my footy team get crushed.
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Guerlain Oriental Brulant. Perfect for a sunny winter day in Sydney.
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Testing Auphorie Myora and Auphorie Binturong….both beautiful and unusual compositions. They are so smooth and we’ll blended it’s hard for me to discern the notes.
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That would be Mayura…which my blasted autocorrect wants to change to Natural!! It has a real vintage vibe… Very musky and warm…the Binturong ( which autocorrect now has in its database!) is making me want a cup of coffee! To my nose it is coffee and Amber. But there’s something about the Mayura that reminds me of a scent from my very distant past…Miss Dior? It’s a very sensual scent…. similar to Salome…or in that genre.
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That would be “well blended” blasted autocorrect!
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Public Service Announcement
Fragrancenet has Teinte de Neige for 54$!!!!;
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DAMNIT!!! I just ordered from them tonight!
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So? Order again 😈😈
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Whaaat? 😮 No fair, no fair that it’s a US site.
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I could not wait!!! Now testing Auphorie Eau de Niyoya and Iris Macchiato….both yummy 😋
I look forward to retesting in cooler weather.
This is a really amazing house and I thank Kathleen for introducing this brand to me!
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I’m thinking we need a root around in Kathleen’s perfume pile😀
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Yes, much better to take a look at her collection than what I have in the basement 😃. Also, did you see the bottle of Mayora? It’s gorgeous 😍
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I think your collection is pretty amazing! You have introduced me to some wonderful perfumers.
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many of mine are off the beaten path-LOL! You have the classic beauties 🙂 Which is why I think we are enjoying out swapping so much!!!!
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Right? Our fragrance worlds are expanding!
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Definitely!!!!
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Anytime!
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Wohoo
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Happy to hear you enjoy the Auphorie fragrances. The Au brothers create very interesting and well-done perfumes. They are quick to vault their fragrances sadly. There a couple others I wish I had purchased when available.
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They are so well blended and have such a classic vintage vibe to them. With all the “meh” stuff being churned out this is some gorgeous stuff!!!!
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I am super fragrant. Off on my weekend travels in Oriental Express. Stopped off at my local pharmacy and while there had a spritz of Alien Fusion in my right arm (this will be in my near future) and the newest Mugler release that I cannot for the life of me think what it’s called🙄 At least I’m house faithful.
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Oriental Express is beautiful and always reminds me of Portia.
I was thinking of you this morning as I drank my Barry’s tea and had organic sourdough bread slathered with Kerry Gold. It’s the only butter I will buy.
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Girl, you speaking my language!
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Hee hee!! I am Irish at heart 💓💙
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My own breakfast was almost identical, just the addition of a bowl of salad.
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😋
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We have what’s left of the European heatwave, so sunny and 25 or 26 degrees today. Wearing Dior Escale à Pondichéry, enough left in the bottle to last through August, or so I hope.
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Arte Profumi Carpe Diem. It’s a nice juicy pear scent, the downside is it’s a bit boring.
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But I love the name!!
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and looking up the notes there is pear in the top, the mid and the base!!! Wow!! It must be really “pear-y”
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Dior week begins in J’Adore
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J’Adore is one of the few bottles I drained quickly. Shortly after it was released, my sister-in-law gifted me a bottle, which surprised me because she is not a perfume-wearer and has respiratory allergies to almost everything! I loved that bottle!
I’ve purchased a couple of bottles since and apparently the reformulations aren’t what the original was. I wish I had the original to compare.
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I remember sampling the original way back when….I had quite a few samples (remember the days when the SAs you used to hand them out freely?) so never needed to buy a full bottle. I agree wholeheartedly that it isn’t the same…the original was a POWERHOUSE…however, I do very much like the current formulation…it’s more subdued, fresh and lovely. As with all the other decants, I am going to sample again in cooler weather and then in really cold weather 🙂
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and I love that your sister in law gifted you a bottle even though she doesn’t care for perfume!!!! Makes it that much more special. I think I am most drawn to perfumes that tell a story…my own or someone else’s, if that makes any sense? Even if they aren’t earth shattering, if there is a story or memory attached to the fragrance, it goes up a notch in my book. Also, if I associate it with someone…
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