Part 5- And the perfumes just keep on coming...

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www.mumsnet.com/Talk/style_and_beauty/1711275-Part-4-All-you-ever-need-to-know-about-fragrance-continues

Shiny new thread for some shiny new perfumes (and classics and niche brands)

Ok, I'm letting you guys choose what I'll wear today, if you'vre got a fragrantica account (easy to do and no bother at all). Have a look at what I have and tell me to wear it! You've got a few hours to submit your suggestion (first one goes!). After that I will juts go and do a blind grab!

Here is my fragrance wardrobe link of fragrantica (you will probably need to log in):

www.fragrantica.com/member/188224/

Frugal: That sounds like something my DM could use. She's in Thessaloniki right now - 39 degrees and no air con in the apartment.

ToysRLuv- great collection! wear Vent Vert and tell me what it's like. It's on my wish list.

Cool! Will do, Chocs!

Thanks - however, they're not all FBs - minis and samples included (there should be a way to differentiate) - so it's not THAT impressive ..

Ok, back from the bathroom now. Had to look for my mini for a bit , and found it behind everything else.

Then I had a little accident with the splash bottle, so I now reek of Vent Vert I sort of don't mind, as it's a nice smooth leafy, balmy citrus fragrance with a slight bitterness/zing provided by a green tomato stem. I'm not sure, but I think this bottle is a 90s vintage. i bought it from the same German collector as my Missoni Molto and Venezia (both discontinued perfumes from the 90s).

Now the bitterness has gone a bit and the floral aspects are coming out, as well as the oakmoss. Still very green, though.

Wow Toys that is some shelf you have! I only recently realised I could put perfumes on a shelf on Frangrantica so there's only 3 or 4! I probably only have obout 10 and that's including a small pile of samples I don't like!!

Do you buy on German ebay? I have seen that recommended.

I actually wanted to ask if anyone's purchased from the posh peasant?

www.theposhpeasant.com/

The sample sets are VERY tempting... emailed Les Senteurs about some Tauers and posting outside UK but no response yet. Scents&Sensibility don't post outside UK sigh.

am feeling terribly in love with green citrussiness at the moment so smelling of green tea again. Amazing longevity today, can still smell it though I put it on at 8 this morning (kids got some too!). REally now want to try other more sophisticated greens

Put on some noa noa last night going to bed, not sure if I now hate it or I'm just not feeling it at mo...

God am I going crazy? I cannot find the like/love/dislike buttons on fragrantica! Someone tell me where they are???!!!!

Wilting - do you have French? If so, this site has some lovelies:
www.parfumeriedesfontaines.com/index.php?main_page=index

Alas, they don't have Tauers, but I am NOT a Tauer fan.

But you can buy samples of Tauers (in Euros) from the Tauer website:

www.tauerperfumes.com/samples.html

Gosh, Vent Vert sounds lovely. One for the list, I think...

wilting: Re: fragrantica, you go on the fragrance's own page and there before the notes you can press "love", "like" or "dislike" (where the little faces are).

I have heard of posh peasant, but never ordered from them. I'm sure someone here will have done it, though!

Vent Vert has pretty much gone now. It was very nice!

The original Vent Vert (see www.basenotes.net/products/vent-vert-original) was my very, very much loved teenage first scent.
IMHO it's been sadly diminished since then. But, if you have got hold of some of the original, then gosh I am so envious ...

flora: No, the bottle is different than in the picture, so it's probably not the original.. Didn't realise it was that old (1947)! I think the version I have got is very pretty damn good (I would say it's from the 90s), so the original must have been mind blowing!

It really was; one of the greenest and loveliest smells ever. I believe - though I am no expert - that there have been several reformulations, some much nicer than the others. Looks like you've got one of the good ones. Congratulations! Am sure that it's much better than a great many modern offerings.

It's totally understandable from a health/allergies/humanitarian perspective that many past perfumes have been banned but, from an indulgent, simply sensory point of view, it's a great loss also. However, if I'd known what we know now about smells such as civet etc (I used also to love the old Antilope by Weil (humanitarian horrors!)), then I would not have purchased them long ago .... One lives and learns. The EC is often held up to ridicule; here, I think they are on the side of the angels.

flora: I can send you a little bit in a vial to try if you fancy.

I agree about it being a shame about the reformulations due to material bans - I've not got any allergies, neither have I ever heard of anyone being allergic to oakmoss, but I'm sure they have their reasons..

Oh, and totally agree about ethical materials as well.

Flora civet has been a synthetic for a long time (naturals very, very expensive.

I get an itchy rash from some perfumes - oakmoss/Evernyl is a superallergen (it eventually sensitizes at least 2% of people in contact with it) but iirc Lyral /lily scent is the 2nd most comm

Sorry, touchscreen fail, Lyral is the 2nd most common offender. We are not necessarily sensitized via fine fragrances - these molecules are used in functional fragrances too (shampoos, conditioners, detergents, cleaning products, baby wipes...)

I can't decide what I feel about the IFRA changes. On one hand, it's a shame that many 'naturals' are regulated. Did you know that many really innocuous-sounding kitchen spices, such as cinnamon oil and citrus oils are quite common allergens and skin sensitizers that are strictly regulated? On the other hand, nothing is more miserable than the red itchy rash and red eyes that I get from Stella and Bulgari's The Rouge and Dior cosmetics. I'd prefer either thorough ingredient lists (INCIs are very perfunctory on fragrance chemicals) or warning labels (like what they have on hair dye) to these all-encompassing bans.

But I don't know, I'm not that pessimistic. Creative people can overcome restrictions and the new niche has produced so many mind-blowing new experiences. I'm more worried about the cheapening of the mainstream and sickly celeb juices.

About to go and douse myself with 1/4 spray of Loretta, rich and redolent and oozy with tuberose absolute. Politically incorrect and stinks to high heaven...

I would LOVE proper ingredients lists. I am still suffering with my horrible itchy rash and I cannot for the life of me work out what's causing the bugger. It seems to be several products (various creams and one washing powder). If I could just work out what the common ingredients are, it would save me a lot of trouble.

thank you flora and toys, can't believe I didn't realise the faces were buttons!

Have you tried emailing or phoning the companies involved harum? You never know, they might tell you!

Tobacco flower anyone?

Was sold in the body shop. Discontinued.

Anywhere else it can be purchased, or something smelling the same? .

Hashtag: I used to have it and really liked it. Sorry, but am still to find anything similar. It was very good..

However, there happens to be some on sale just now on e-bay. I'm thinking about buying it..

That is a good idea, wilting, thanks!

I only get irritation from my Mitchum bomb proof deodorant every once in a while. I'm really bad with being careful with chemicals - use bleach without gloves etc. so probably just been lucky so far.

I do agree on the ingredients list, but I think the companies resist, because there might be more counterfeiting and copying then? Also, it kind of takes away from the mystery and romance about how a fragrance comes together (made by fairy magic with unicorn tusk?). That is all the same to me, though!

There is an ingredients list on my philosophy perfume, but, granted, that's the only one I've ever seen one in.