Let's revive our old perfume threads, perfumistas!

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I know it might seem like we've nothing left to say but I'm sure we have :)

I have to tell you: Seville a l'Aube is on the TK Maxx website for half price - lots of other L'Artisan perfumes but that one is very special and I wore nothing else all summer!

SOTD: Cuir de Russie. Like a fuzzy hug with vague undertones of marauding Cossacks from the 19th century.

I think they are all sold MrsCoco
I'd love to find one of their Chemistry Sets under the tree (would involve buying and wrapping its myself though):

www.4160tuesdays.com/4160tuesdaysscentshop/prod_4146833-The-Sexiest-Chemistry-Set-on-the-Planet-Ever-IMHO.html

4160 Tuesday's, at least those I tried from a sample selection, all end up smelling quite similar on me. The top notes are great but the base oil seems to come through very strongly after an hour, and I'm not too keen. If anyone wants to try them out, I could let them go?

Still working my way through the Juliette has a Gun set, today is the turn of Gentlewoman, and it is bliss! Neroli to start, then almond and musk; it's a warmer take on a summer-y fresh cologne. Have not ventured back to the website to see what FBs cost: I am too afraid!

Jo Loves also does discovery sets but they are £95. They will be very very good though!

SOTD Tom Ford Noir, and I've had my first ever compliment since I started getting really into scent :)

The JHAG set is 10 euros, which they give you back on purchase of a full bottle. it's an excellent box of eight vial sprays, and so far they are all good.

Perfume picks this week: Chanel no 5 Eau Premiere, Vega.

I prefer No 5 Premier to No 5.

Wow - that JHAG sample set is good value - that's going on my Xmas list! I do think the Nose diagnostic sets are good value too. My first try produced some gems - tempted to go back and refine.

SotD is...well actually it is Seville a l''Aube. Only thing in my handbag today and I'm enjoying it more in colder weather. I'm appreciating the way the orange blossom is warmed up by the sweet bees wax. May have to look out for a full bottle.

Lovely - have you done their workshop? Highly recommended.

Cresset, I would be happy to relieve you from the Tuesdays set if you can think of something you would like in return. Will try find my list for swaps..

I think this list is pretty up to date, so if anyone wants to swap or buy anything, get in touch!

Decants: (sizes 1, 5 and 10 ml available unless stated otherwise - all scents are either feminine or unisex variety)

Alexander McQueen - Kingdom EDP
Amouage - Lyric Woman
Aquolina - Pink Sugar
BVLGARI - Omnia
Cacharel - Noa (1 ml only)
Clinique - Simply
Comme Des Garcons - Stephen Jones

Comptoir Sud Pacique - Coco Figue
Comptoir Sud Pacifique - Vanille Abricot
Comptoir Sud Pacifique - Vanille Ambre
Davidoff - Cool Water Woman
Davidoff - Cool Water Woman Summer Fizz (1 or 5 ml only)
Demeter - Fig Leaf (only 1 ml)
Demeter - Green Tea
Demeter - Snow (only 1 ml)
Dior - Diorella (Vintage 1970's)
Dior - Dune EDT
Dior - Miss Dior Cherie EDP (original formula)
Escada - Escada Sport Country Weekend
Estee Lauder/Aramis - Tuscany
Etat Libre D'Orange - Bendelirious
Etro - Gomma
Fendi - Theorema (only 1 or 5 ml)
Frederick Malle - Dans tes Bras (1 ml only)
Frederic Malle - En Passant
Givenchy - Eaudemoiselle de Givenchy
Givenchy - Organza Indecence
Gres - Folie Douce
Gucci - Accenti

Gucci - Envy
Guerlain - Aqua Allegoria Laurier Reglisse (1 or 5 ml only)
Guerlain - Samsara Shine
Guerlain - Shalimar Ode a la Vanille Sur La route de Madagascar
Hermes Un Jardin - Apres La Mousson
Issey Miyaki - Le Feu D'Issey
Jean Charles Brosseau - Ombre Rose L'Original
Jessica Simpson - Fancy Nights
Keiko Mecheri - Loukhoum
Kenzo - 5:40 PM in Madagascar (only 1 ml)
Kenzo - L'Eau Par Kenzo Eau Indigo Pour Femme

Lancome - Magie Noire (Vintage 1980's/1990's) Nevis?

L'Artisan Perfumeur - Drole de Rose
L'Artisan Perfumeur - Dzing
L'Artisan Perfumeur - Mon Numero 7
L'Artisan Perfumeur - Safran Troublant (only 1 or 5 ml)
L'Artisan Perfumeur - Traversee du Bosphore
Laura Biagiotti - Mistero di Roma
Laura Biagiotti - Roma
Laura Biagiotti - Sotto Voce
Laura Biagiotti - Venezia (Vintage 1990's)
Laura Biagiotti - Venezia Pastello EDP (only 1 ml)
Laura Mercier - Creme de Pistache
Lush - Icon
Moschino - Funny
Nicolai - Vanille Intense
Nicolai - Vanille Tonka
Nina Ricci - Almond Amour
Nina Ricci - Belle de Minuit
Nina Ricci - Deci Dela
Nina Ricci - L'Air Du Temps EDT (Vintage early 1990's)
Nina Ricci - Liberte Acidulee (only 1 or 5 ml)
Nina Ricci - Spicy Delight
Parfumerie Generale - Aomassai
Queen Latifah - Queen of Hearts
Ralph Lauren - Blue
Ralph Lauren - Safari
Rochas - Alchimie
Rochas - Byzance
Rochas - Poupee
Serge Lutens - Jeux de Peu (1 ml only)
The Body Shop - Tobacco Flower
Thierry Mugler - Womanity (1 ml only)
Tommy Hilfiger - T Girl
Tommy Hilfiger - Tommy Girl (1 ml only)
Valentino - Rock 'n Rose (1 ml only)
Vivienne Westwood - Anglomania
YSL - Cinema
YSL - La Collection Nu
YSL - Opium Vapeurs
YSL - Vice Versa
Yves Rocher- Voile d'Ambre
Zuma - Zagara di Sicilia Colognia

Body Spray decants (5 or 10 ml):

The Body Shop - Amber Oud
Ulric De Varens - French Sweets

Samples:

Burberry - Burberry Body
Comme des Garcons - Black
Comme des Garcons - Patchouli
Comme des Garcons X Undercover - Holygrace
Donna Karan - Cashmere Mist
Etat Libre D'Orange - Encens et Bubblegum
Etat Libre D'Orange - Putain des Palaces
Etat Libre D'Orange - Vraie Blonde
Hermes - Un Jardin Sur Le Nil
Histoires de Parfums - Petroleum
Juicy Couture- Juicy Couture
L'Artisan Perfumeur - Al Oudh
L'Artisan Perfumeur - Fou d'Absinthe
L'Artisan Perfumeur - Passage D'Enfer
L'Artisan Perfumeur - Voleur de Roses
Madonna - Truth or Dare
Mona di Orio - Les Nombres d'Or Vanille
Narciso Rodriguez - For Her
Parfumerie Generale - Musc Maori
Perfumerie Generale - Psychotrope
Perfumerie Generale - Aomassai
Prada - Infusion D'Iris
Serge Lutens - Ambre Sultan
Serge Lutens - Arabie
Serge Lutens - Muscs Koublai Khan
Trish McEvoy - Trish

Mini bottles: (sizes range from 4 to 7 ml)

Dior - Addict 2
Dior - J'Adore
Gres - Cabaret
Kenzo - L'Eau Par Kenzo
Kenzo - Kenzo Eau de Toilette
Ralph Lauren - Blue
Ralph Lauren - Ralph
Ralph Lauren - Romance
Rochas - Eau de Rochas
Serge Lutens - La Fille De Berlin
Sonia Rykiel - L'Eau De Sonia Rykiel
Sonia Rykiel - Rykiel Rose EDT

SOTD is Agonist No.10 White Oud (yet another from a Discovery Box). Ew!

Topnote of musk with a touch of marzipan, middle note of musk and a suggestion of rose, basenotes of faint amber and....umm....more musk. Want to hazard a guess at one of my least favourite fragrance notes?

Toys, that's a great list.

Can I ask a question? Could you kind people recommend a scent/perfume/EdT for me? In the past I've liked sweet perfumes like Mont Blanc Legend, Flower bomb, Armani Mania .. But now these are too sweet/heavy for me. I'd like something reasonably light for day time, not sour or flowery, sweetish, but not hideously sweet, and not expensive! I tried SJP but didn't like it at all.

Speaking of sweet & heavy I just had a woman stand behind me at the petrol station drenched in Poison.

Talk about 80's flashbacks!

I worked in an office late 80's with a woman who wore Poison and only Poison. She wore enough for the entire office - no street! She wore enough Poison, every single day, for the entire suburb. The woman in the petrol station is her scent sister.

What is it about a scent like Poison? Is it that is it simply so strong? Do people who wear it have an eroded sense of smell? It does tend to be worn by people who smell like not only have they bathed in it, they have washed their clothes in it too! (Of course it is possible people are wearing it much more subtly and I don't notice them.)

I can still smell it now.

My SOTD is irrelevant today - I can only smell Poison. My nostrils are lined with it.

Why do I smell of Poison now? We never touched.

Kazza you will probably like the Atelier Cologne scents I linked to upthread. You can buy a lovely pack of samples from them to try out their 24 scents. The bottles are fairly pricey, but the samples re good value.

I also have the JHAG set and my current favourite is Oil Fiction.

Those discovery kits look fantastic- might put one on my Xmas list.

Impressive perfume library catalogue Toys! And clearly exceptional organisation skills too. My hat is doffed to you.

Quick test spray this morning from a Nose Diptiche sample, Oyedo. It has either gone off, or is based on curried skunk. Going in the shower before walking dog as I cannot bear the smell in the room.

Lovely I feel your pain. Loathe Poison, and Opium too; in fact most of those 80s sillage monsters. I liked Dune (and still do because my grandma also liked it) but stopped wearing it when a man sitting across the aisle from me on a train complimented it. Nice to be complimented but by a stranger, on a train; have always hoped he had a particularly sensitive schnozz.

Can I ask for some help?

My mum wears Cinnabar. She swears that it no longer smells the way that it used to...
Has she gone mad?
Should I try to search and find some old Cinnabar and will its scent have preserved well enough to make the effort worthwhile?

Thanks you wonderful, knowledgeable lot

Ronald: Your mum is probably right. They will have changed the formula, like they have done and do with all perfumes (ingredients get banned or too expensive), so it will not be the same as in the 80s. You could take a chance on vintage bottles on ebay, but they can be pricey and there is a possibility the contents might not be as you expect, as the perfume might have "turned" (gone off) or be a fake.

If I were you, I would get DM to accompany you on a shopping trip, or a few and sniff lits of fragrances to see which ones she likes. Cinnabar is a spicy oriental, so look for similar ones. The fragrantica website can be very helpful.

Curried Skunk conjures up a real vision - love it! ContreauVersial I would probably love that perfume.Most musk notes are adorable on me.
Sotd is Byredo's La Tulipe.Only because I was in a rush and grabbed the first sample arround at 7am.Its got some staying power!I can still distinctly smell a lush sweet very scented bouquet of early spring bulbs.Its nice to be enjoying the Scents of Spring working in my cold conservatory in a heavy rainstorm.
I'm debating whether to buy a bottle of Aedes de Venustas from Alla Violetta with 10% off.Its considerably cheaper than buying in the UK but still a lot of money.I'm trying to talk myself out of it but my decants nearly finished and its difficult to obtain.

www.fragrantica.com/perfume/Est-e-Lauder/Cinnabar-546.html

Thanks so much!

Someone has written that it smells like furs a barbarian warlord would sleep on
ROAR

Hello this is a nice thread. I've been wanting to branch out from my usual only perfume - Origins Ginger. Do love it and find it works nicely as a day perfume but it fades quickly and I'd like to be a little more dating on a night out. Anyone familiar with Ginger that can point me in the right direction?

You all seem so much less scary that the perfume ladies in debenhams.

Last night I reviewed the samples lurking in the bathroom. And I decided to wear the ones I like, do today it's Pierre Cardin Le Baiser Du Dragon. It's woody, slightly spicy and has a patchouli note which I quite like.

I'm rather enjoying it.

I've got some Sunflowers, a sample of Flowers by Kenzo, Chanel's Coco (one from a previous life) and quite a few Czech and Speake samples of No 88, Mimosa & Neroli.

This should keep me going a while...