Jo Malone - if I like Grapefruit and Blackberry & Bay I will also like...?

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In London tomorrow, passing Jo Malone shop and want to go in and find myself a new perfume.

I love the above two; on the whole tend to like quite fresh, green scents IYSWIM but don't mind a bit of a floral and prepared to experiment.

The only scents I really hate are very sweet, heavy ones - Alien, Poison, that sort of thing.

Help me narrow down my sniffing? TIA...

Guerlain Herba Fresca or Grapefruit? Both lovely and don't age.

I will keep those in mind, but TBH I really do want a JM one - thanks though.

Have you tried the Vetiver already?

Ooo, I haven't but just read the description and I LOVE bergamot so that's a definite maybe, thank you.

Lol, I was at a friends house at the weekend, and she had little bottles of the Vetiver, and the Blackberry and Bay in her loo, so a snuck a sample of each - and loved them both!

I know you're JM focussed, but if you ever get a chance to try Annick Goutal's Ninfeo Mio, it's in the same zone.

I am very fond of the pear and freesia - and I think my tastes run along the same lines as yours.

Depending on which shop you are visiting, there will be one of the three "tea" fragrances - you should give those a go, perhaps?

There is a new Saffron one, too, which you should probably try just because it's new.

The blackberry is lovely, though. Perhaps just another of those?

Those two are my favourites too but what about lime, basil and mandarin?

Weren't the tea ones discontinued? I loved the earl grey one. I like most of the JL scents and my current favourite is black vetiver cafes. Lavendar and amber is beautiful and DH uses it too. I haven't tried the saffron yet but will do now.

~I tried the earl grey and cucumber last week and loved it. I also like the Lime one?

One of the tea ones is back in mainstream production. Two others are available as "Specials" at two (different) outlets. I forget which. Sorry!!

I think John Lewis has one and Selfridges has the other - but I could be completely wrong about the names of the stores!!!!

Orange blossom?

By the way, all of you on this thread: Can I tell you about "Jour d'Hermes"? It's lovely. I know Jo Malone seems to have "haters" now but I am a big fan . I love the Guerlain Aqua Allegoria's too. And this new Hermes scent is just lovely. It strikes me that we might all be similar in tastes, so I thought I'd just pass that recommendation on ...

We're saving the world from Alien, Poison, etc, one spray at a time.

Rogue apostrophe hanging about Aqua Allegora there .. Sorry, all those of you with tender grammatical sensibilities.

Jo Malone 153 is good. I love grapefruit as well.

Blackberry and bay is my autumn:winter fave. For summer I have been wearing the nectarine blossom and honey one. But I can't smell it on myself now :-(

Pear and freesia or french lime blossom.

Nectarine and honey blossom

Bluebell

DH is raving about the Pomegrante Noir he bought me for Christmas.

I was late through check in this morning, so I didn't have time to buy up more at duty free. Did you all know JM is stocked at Gatwick South?

Yes and much cheaper than the shops.

To update (should anyone be interested) - I really liked most of your suggestions (pomegranate noir maybe a bit flowery) but the Dark Amber and Ginger Lily was gorgeous, esp when combined with Blackberry and Bay.

Black Vetiver Cafe now on the Christmas list, too...

Thanks!