aroma M Geisha Botan by Maria McElroy 2018

November 6, 2018November 7, 2018 / cookie queen / 17 Comments

Val the Cookie Queen

Afternoon from Europe APJ

I am in the middle of getting ready to go to London for the weekend, taking my daughter along to look after me, you know? Make sure her mother can cope with getting on the Tube. Stuff like that. I am meeting up with a A Bottled Rose and with The Candy Perfume Boy. I am gonna pick up a vintage N°5 Perfume that Portia sent home with Tara. I have noticed recently that it does not always get a lot of love from bloggers, but I adore it. I think the fact that I booked a ticket to England to go pick it up, says how much. BUT before I go, let me briefly introduce you to the new Geisha Botan from aroma M. Continue reading →

SOTD 5.11 – 11.11.2018

November 5, 2018October 31, 2018 / AustralianPerfumeJunkies / 544 Comments

Portia

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 5.11 – 11.11.2018
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Scent Diary: 29.10 – 4.11.2018

November 4, 2018November 4, 2018 / AustralianPerfumeJunkies / 38 Comments

Portia

Hey there APJ Crew,

Full week again. We are warming up here in Sydney. Friday hit 38C (100.4f) which is quite hot for spring. Wore some awesome fumes and hung out with some of the crew. Quite a bit of my time was spent being a homebody though. BLISS.

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Saturday Question: What Are Your Favourite Floral Fragrances?

November 3, 2018November 3, 2018 / AustralianPerfumeJunkies / 127 Comments

Portia

Hello Fellow Fumies,

At APJ we have a Saturday Question. Everyone gets to chime in with an answer, chat with other responders and it’s a fun event each week. Taking sides never means taking offence and everyone keeps it respectful and light, even though we can sometimes trawl the depths.

The idea is you’ll see it on the weekend or chime in through the week. Hopefully you will come back regularly and see if anyone has responded to your comment and you can reply to them. The aim is to generate real conversation and connection even though we are scattered around the globe.

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New Sniffs: 1.11.2018

November 1, 2018October 29, 2018 / AustralianPerfumeJunkies / 74 Comments

Portia

Hey Hey Perfume Junkies,

The idea is that anything worthy of comment, either good or bad, that’s passed under my nose through the week will get a short write up. Up till now I have kept APJ positive comments only, those days are gone. If I think something is terrible, shamefully lazy, greedy or stupid and you should know about it, it will be said. Not everything works for everyone and it would be pretty boring if it did >>> YMMV. I’d love it if you all agree, respectfully disagree, have any thought-out opinion and want to share, do so in the comments below. The point is starting a conversation.

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Scenting Gigs, The Rampage, and MMA.

October 30, 2018October 31, 2018 / cookie queen / 38 Comments

Val the Cookie Queen

Hey Guys

I have not had proper training session at the gym for a couple of weeks, due to a hurt knee and a strained neck. I am actually in a filthy bad mood because of it, but no time to really feel properly sorry for myself as the last week was so busy. This is a fifth Tuesday which is not a normal CQ Tuesday so I will take the liberty of telling you what went down. You will need to excuse the few dodgy photos.

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