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Wilko to Zurich...? Lovely, Friendly Perfume Thread 6
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MrsMacNally · 03/09/2017 17:28
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explodingkittens ·
06/09/2017 07:21
That sounds utterly blissful, Green, you lucky thing!
SOTD is Tauer's Carillon pour un ange. This is a fabulous surprise. I was expecting something rather thick and cloying, given that it's lily-of-the-valley which is far from my favourite flower. But this has some very green, wet top notes which are just gorgeous, very bright and reviving. I put it on an hour ago and it's starting to develop into something a bit more powdery, but it's not sickly at all. It smells wonderfully expensive 
I really really like this so far!
GreenPolishToGo ·
06/09/2017 12:49
I was very, very lucky and Cheap there are plenty of other opportunities to bankrupt oneself on the scent front in Paris. There's a big branch of Sephora smack beside Guerlain on the Champs-Élysées for a start. DD and I only nipped in briefly but we found a stand stuffed with Juliette Has A Gun testers cheek by jowl with one brimming over with Atelier Colognes, and came away with quite a pile of scent strips.
There's a Fragonard a stone's throw from the Louvre and we kept on bumping into branches of L'Occitane. There was also this rather wonderful shop in Montmartre. Unfortunately it was shut when we spotted it but the window was full of fabulous vintage atomisers and framed vintage perfume advertisements, as well as a range of modern colognes and EdTs. It looked well worth a browse round. I hope I get back some day - and that the exchange rate's healthier when I do!
If you're looking for bargain alternatives to Black Opium, Hashtag Parfum Rock It is under a fiver for 30ml at the Fragrance Shop and worth a try. It's not a dupe but it does smell like a lighter member of the same family to me.
SOTD is L'Heure Bleue. 
MrsMacNally ·
06/09/2017 13:46
Green - thank you for a wonderful description, taking vicarious pleasure and inspiration from your fragrant adventure. Think this makes you official thread poster-girl given the travel theme
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BluebellGal ·
06/09/2017 16:50
SOTD is NR poudre- love it, perfect for business meeting/ presentation today.
You lot on Tom Ford's new perfume FF it has 2.30 average on Fragrantica and most people haven't even smelt it yet. Seems to be going down like a lead balloon. Some of the comments are funny - worth a read.
Exploding kittens - I visited Les Senteurs today near Marble Arch. Thank you!!! What a lovely shop, shame they are closing it next month. The assistant was very helpful, I got to try out a load of stuff from my list.
FM Lipstick Rose - old school glamour make up vibe for sure, but didn't love it as much as Iris Rose E Coudray (which is fab except longevity especially of lipstick note isn't great). FM LR actually reminded me of Kenzo Flower (that'll be the violets) which is a good thing, but can't justify price as it's not totally amazing.
FM POAL - I absolutely loved this. Really unique and soft, not the big blousy roses as I expected. Could see myself wearing this for special occasions.
Tauer - LADDM loving this on my skin. Getting very pleasant wafts as I travel on train home of spices and seeetened incense - love it. Tried the couer version too which is much more intense and creamy.
Ruth Maestonbrook - Amarosa. I currently have this on my other arm and it's gorgeous. It is a fruity woody scent with patchouli - it's quite heady (but not too much) and unusual as its fruity but not in a sickly sweet way. Reminds me of some of the Shay and Blue blends (which I love but their longevity isn't great). I ended up purchasing a FB
Also tried (on paper) several Francis Ks - baccarat rouge (sweet in a strange and beautiful way with a heavy dose of 'hospital corridors' weird and good), satin oud (heavenly - this is on my wish list).
I also ended buying FB of 4160 Tuesdays What I did on my holidays mainly because I wanted a mint scent and I absolutely loved it. Best of all it was half price! The lovely lady threw in the half full sample bottle for free (lucky me!) and lots of Kilian and ELDO samples. I feel like a girl on Christmas morning with my haul - very happy right now (also stinking out the train!) thanks Kittens
explodingkittens ·
06/09/2017 18:02
Oh wow, I didnt didn't realise it was closing Bluebell! Best get myself down there asap! Sounds like you had a fab time though I like the sound of Baccarat Rouge - hospital corridors are a thing with me, oddly enough!
So Carillon has ended up rather carroty by now, almost 12 hours after application. Am seriously impressed by the longevity though! It is lovely but after spending the day with it I don't know if Lily of the valley and carrots are really my bag. It's probably not a 'work' scent, maybe more of a 'nice walk on a spring day' one...
ThreeSangriasFloor ·
06/09/2017 20:16
SOTD was Couvent des Minimes Eau de Missions (which one of you enablers recommended it again?)
Second time wearing it and I like it, but it is a very linear (although very true) vanilla. I could get bored, so might keep it as a cosy home fragrance on its own and experiment with layering with other fragrances when I'm craving a vanilla kick. Also seems to leave a faint trace of tobacco in the dry down, which all grown-up vanilla fragrances do on my skin - and I just cannot get down with tobacco (as an ex-smoker!).
Hope you're all easing in to Autumn, anyway. I'm already feeling slightly frazzled 
...but on the up-side, have cracked out the black opaques and ankle boots today for the first time in months
Pestilentialone ·
06/09/2017 20:51
If I have to motivate a depressed person to go to a Bollywood exercise class, I have to smell the part Loving the new job
MrsMacNally ·
06/09/2017 21:05
Are you going to need to send people anywhere else? (Trying to get a sense of the olfactory challenge that the new job brings).
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