Portia

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Hello Australian Perfume Junkies and friends, So glad to have you drop by Scent Diary. Grab a cuppa or beverage of choice, sit back and check what has happened, been eaten, spritzed and seen in our lives in Sydney, Australia.

At then end please leave us some comments. What or who did you see, do, eat with. Did you spritz, purchase, have arrivals or finish a sample? What’s happening in your world? If you’re writing or reading opinions, we can disagree but keep it nice and try not to give or take offense. Right now the world needs a web of friendships and connection more than ever. We all have perfume and each other in common. That’s a whole lot.

Scent Diary: 5.10-11.10.2026

Monday

Woke early. Fabulously rested. Gave Momo a wee and then popped her on the couch.

by Kilian Sweet Redemption

Set up my Scent Diary templates till December.

Started organising my Trivia Jackpots and Runs for the month.

Kath and TinaG met us in a halfway suburb between town and us. We were supposed to have Taiwanese BUT it was closed for the public holiday. So we headed around the corner for Yum Cha. So good.

Home

Napped

Gallivant Tokyo.

Back doing Trivia Q&A

Jin cooked Pork Schnitzel and we both made some sides. Gisella and Matt came over for dinner. It was fun, always so much to chat about, laughs to have and even some heavier discussions. LOVED it.

Dinner over, the crew left. Jin went to bed.

Waf next door came home. I popped in and we chattered for an hour. Alarm rang.

Back to Trivia Q&A

Midnight I jumped up and fed/walked Momo.

Finishing up Trivia Q&A. Mailing, printing.

Cartier L’Heure Fougueuse IV

Bed. Read.

Zzzzs

Tuesday

Morning Routine: 10 Minutes.

1. Don’t Touch The Phone
2. Avoid Negative Input (TV, Socials)
3. Drink Water
4. Sunlight In Eyes
5. Move Body 3 Minutes
6. One thing I’m grateful for
7. One Small Win

Gave Momo a wee.

CHANEL Coromandel EdT

Packed my Trivia bag.

Got the place ready for Miranda, who’s coming to do Admin today.

We admitted the shit outta the day. Getting organised, invoice, tax and whole business/life. It was productive.

Fed and walked Momo

Bubble Bath

Salvador Dali Sunrise in Cadaques

Had an hour to kill so went and did some reading.

Jin came home and fixed the toilet in. my bathroom. It had been continually running rivulets of water rather than stopping when full. All fixed. He’s a bloody champion.

Wish I’d taken some photos. Tonight was a really spectacular look and I was completely up myself.

Home. Undressed. Make Up off.

Little bit of computer faffing.

CHANEL Paris – Riviera Lotion and EdT

Fed and walked Momo in the chilly night air.

Bed. Read.

ZZZZ ZzZzZzZzzz

Wednesday

Good morning. Woke on my own. Beautiful.

Morning Routine: 10 Minutes.

Jacques Fath Velours Boise

LAZY DAY!!

Went to Post Office. Did some grocery shopping.

Did some laundry. Watched TV with Momo.

Made the most delicious lunch. Ham salad on light rye sourdough. MMMMM

Fed and walked Momo.

Read.

L’Artisan Parfumeur La Chasse aux Papillons

Saw this online. TRUTH!

Work tonight at Greystanes Inn. With the chosen family! Love our monthly get togethers.

Here’s the crew. Jin, Matt, Aunty Ann, Valda, Dad and me.

We were SUPER busy, only one two seater table available in the whole room. It was happy bedlam

Home. Computer. TV

These came in the mail today. Mon Guerlain Bloom of Rose and vintage Dioressence EdT for someone very special (It smells freaking AMAZING!).

Fed and walked Momo.

Bed

Thursday

Morning routine 10 minutes

Cleaned the house, well gave it a quick spit and promise. Took Momo for a wee.

Betty arrived and we headed off for lunch. On the way we noticed that the Dioriginals were in stock. Drenched myself in Dioressence on one arm and Diorling on the other.

Lunch at L’il Miss Collins was fun. Loads of catching up to do. Food was excellent. We were met there by Jean-Luc and then Penny flew in from Noosa.

Afterwards we wandered over to Westfield where we met Scotty and smelled the nine Dioriginals they currently had in stock. It was so fun. Everyone had a favourite, all of them different.

Yes, I purchased two Diorling and Dioressence. Diorella will be mine too when funds allow.

After our sniff and shop we needed a cuppa. Penny had fled to see her daughter so we four imbibed.

Came home. Betty and I fed and walked Momo.

Nap time.

Bubble Bath

Jacques Fath Lilas Exquis.

Jin came home from golf.

We met up with Phil and his family. Took them to our favourite Korean BarBQ and we had a hoot. It was such a lovely night.

Home. Jin went straight to bed.

I stayed up watching Matlock, the single season Netflix series starring Kathy Bates. It’s pretty good.

Neela Vermeire Creations Rahele

Fed and walked Momo.

Friday

Morning Routine 10 minutes

Vacuumed the house. Fed and walked Momo in the glorious sunshine.

ZARA Vetiver Pamplemousse

Caught the bus and train across the city to North Sydney for lunch with Lisa. We had such a good time. Sorry no photos. Just lunch, chatter and laughs.

Home.

Jin and I organised dinner. Mainly Jin, it was a vegetarian leaning dinner for one of our friends Jane. Her partner Martin eats fish so I provided the protein.

It was Mum’s Snapper Fillet recipe. Super simple. Throw some salt, pepper and tarragon in with some plain flower. Cover the fillets lightly. Lay thin lemon slices and a dob of butter on each fillet. Wrap in foil. Cook 180C for 20 minutes. Freaking easy and delicious.

Then we had fruit salad.

It was a lovely evening but I forgot to take pics. Sorry.

Bit chilly tonight so Parfums Gres Cabochard EdT

Saturday

Serge Lutens Five O’Clock Gingembre

Up early this morning to get brunch ready. Our neighbor’s 20th birthday, Ash. Her and her Mum Waf came in. Simple fare. Ham & Cheese Croissants and Scones. I have home made Plum Jam, Cherry Jam and Passionfruit Lemon Butter in the fridge. All gifts of loving friends. We had them with heavy dollop cream and coffee. It was fun. SORRY! No pics.

Fed and walked Momo. We headed off in a bit of a different direction today but didn’t walk much longer than normal. She must have sniffed every meter of ground we covered. Such joy and excitement. She was exhausted by the time we got home. She hit the couch and stayed there.

Watched a bit more Matlock.

Jin came home from work and we chilled for a while.

DIOR vintage Dioressence EdT. This is my OG bottle. It smells much less fresh and alive in the first minute than the one I bought for Tara. Two minutes in though, HEAVEN!

Our dear friend TinaG’s birthday dinner tonight. It was a very cool crew. Jin, Simon, Kerri, TinaG, Kath and Miranda. We headed to our favourite Chinese restaurant, Liu Rose. It was opened in 1971 and my Dad’s shop was two doors up so I’ve been going there since childhood. It’s still exactly the same decor and the staff are amazing. We think it’s the best Australian 1970s Chinese food anywhere.

Home.

Got this Scent Diary up to date.  SHIT! It’s midnight. Where did that nearly three hours go?!?

Guerlain Vol de Nuit EdT (vint-ish)

Fed and walked Momo.

Sunday

Jin brought Momo into my room and Sahe jumped up and cuddled for about 20 minutes. What a beautiful way to wake up.

Morning Routine 10 minutes

Milla Milla September

I know this is boring but we changed the bed linen. Tonight we’ll both be getting into fresh sheets. Woo Hoo!

Kath came over and we had Ham & Cheese Croissants with salad and Scones after. She also took this photo.

Jin and I went to Kath’s Dad’s place and did some stuff around the house. Light change, azalea cutting, a couple of other little things.

Home and Jin did a ceiling fan for our upstairs neighbour.

Bubble Bath time for me. On this very warm day I had an unbelievably hot bath. It was heaven.

Le Galion Sang Bleu. The original batch that smells a LOT like vintage DIOR Fahrenheit but even better. Tonight at work one of the staff TJ said I smelled really good. YAY!

Work was fantastic tonight. Loads of fun.

Home.

Jin already in bed.

Spent the last hour finalizing Scent Diary.

One last spritz before the week is done.

Elizabeth Taylor Diamonds and Emeralds

Apologies for the lack of pics this week. I don’t know why but just kept forgetting to take them. As I was leaving a crew it would occur. SORRY!

 

 

Now it’s your turn. Please tell us something you did, spritzed, ate, wore, bought or finished. Maybe you saw a friend, a show, an exhibition. Maybe you got through the week without having to bury a body. Whatever, please share something with us.

I read and respond to every comment. C’mon, let’s chat.
Portia xx