Oooh MrsC, the vintage Avons are magnificent! I always save those on my ebay list but rarely find anyone prepared to send to Italy. I love all of those on your list. Did you get them? I am hanging my nose over some Moonwind soaps and sets I have never seen in Europe over on Ebay.com, postage is $$$$ though. And for 3 bars of soap I will just gaze lovingly at....I think it's Occur! that Barbara H says smells like a little girl mixed all her mum's perfumes together. (I think she's mistaken it for Fracas
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Justaweeone- aaaaargh. I didn't realise feelunique did samples. I often get skincare from them. They ship free to Italy god love them.
Hysterectomy- I last smelled Heritage in August (in a priest's bedroom- which I never tire of saying, it makes me sound so very Thorn Birds) and it still smelled fabulous.
Dream- I think whatever scent we want our children to associate us with, won't be- not us perfume ho-ars anyway! When I bemoaned to dd that she had given me the Ateliers that I didn't actually like that much (or may, once winter hits again) she said "Oh, I gave you all the heavy stinky ones that are like the perfumes you usually wear"
I wore Paris yesterday and she asked what it was, I said "do you like it?" she said "it's not as bad as your usual ones"
Speaking of which- she wore the Atelier Mandarin something yesterday and it was lovely- in the way of TFs though, (I wore Neroli P for about 20 minutes on Saturday till it disappeared completely) Very very very nice- and oddly, I would never have said it was orangey based- to me it seemed more "aqua" . It had gone within an hour though,. so in answer to a pp, I don't reckon they're probably worth the £££s. (If anyone wants a Neroli Portofino-alike that's not Perfume Parlour, try the Yves Rocher Neroli, I got 2 good sized bottles absolutely free (YR has mad offers where the first thing you put in your basket is free, a couple of handcreams and body lotions and as the perfume carefully went in first, ta-da)