Old-fashioned Flemish Fragrance Fanciers - Lovely, Friendly Perfume Thread 7

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Welcome to our new lovely, friendly thread for perfume lovers. All are most welcome to drop in and chat, whether dabbling in scent for the first time or as full-blown fragrance junkies.

Tell us your Scent of the Day, or latest discovery, or ask a question - because one of us is almost bound to know the answer.

Blimey . Have asked MNHQ to delete duplicates. That'll help us on the way to thread no.8 though.

What does it smell like on your DH Pest?

On DH - No fecking violets!
No noticeable jasmine,
Soft roses, soft musk, a hint of citrus and something else which because I know the notes can call almost coconut.
He could wear it with a hangover.

On me - electric parma violets, rose soap with a hint of jasmine and possibly dirty root veg or an earthy amber (but very gentle in the background).
Not suitable for a hangover unless purging was the intention.

Poor bugger is going to get sprayed more often, never noticed such a difference before. I've scrubbed, he smells nice.

So I think I must come out towards your DHs end of things. There is a soapy parma violet along with the rose and musk but it's gentle and definitely not electric. I am missing out on the root veg and amber too .

What's it like on you Bluebell?

I like their gorse - it's sweet and earthy but it does, at a certain point, have that sort of urinous quality that fig can sometimes have.

But then fig and coconut notes have a fair bit in common too?

Goodness knows what my skin will do to gorse then. The risk is I smell like a urinal.

I smell good in jasmine.

Blue sounds similar to you and DH

I like fig (especially fresh rather than dried), not so keen on coconut, never smells quite like coconut on me.

Mmm, I'm the odd one.

did someone talk about rose perfumes as ive recently bought a bottle of Ombre Rose and im a bit obsessed with it. It smells all powdery and rosey floral and just beautiful.
www.fragrantica.com/perfume/Jean-Charles-Brosseau/Ombre-Rose-L-Original-3973.html

I managed to get some for a tenner on ebay, but I can see this being a staple

Oh, I like the idea of a 'crimson powder bomb' Branleuse.

Ombré Rose sounds wonderful Branleuse thanks for the tip off

MrsMc Caldey Island number 1 opens very power and masculine on me but quickly settles into a very soapy violet rose which is quite bitter, so no amber or any sweetness. Then the musk kicks in. It smells clean and fresh.

I’m having trouble with Mumsnet today. The viewer had gone into widescreen and it makes it very difficult to review what I’ve written and read the thread.please excuse my typos and lack of references to previous posts as it’s really tricky to scroll.

*powerfull

SotD is Blue B.

MrsM give me an hour or so and I will also be in Blue B

Pepper, soft purple flowers and a hint of citrus.

Stuck on train with someone wearing a nuclear PM so struggling!

Almond/heliotrope plus white or yellow flowers? When I sniffed before I got orange blossom (or was that Blue C?).

Stuck on train with someone wearing a nuclear PM so struggling!

Almond/heliotrope plus white or yellow flowers? When I sniffed before I got orange blossom (or was that Blue C?).

Sorry - recurring probs posting from this phone. May have to go quiet on you 'til this evening.

Pest I'm now wondering if I may have squirted Blue C? (wasn't wearing my reading glasses...)

Not trusting my nose or skin after yesterday.
On a bit of paper, this is quite sharp still.
On my skin, this is a bunch of flowers and twigs wrapped in buttery suede. Almost a liquorice twist, just catches on the back of my throat, but not in a bad way.

That my have been the herbal toothpaste influencing that.
Lilac has faded, has this stuff got about twenty notes?
I like it, it has that melancholy feel.
Enormous difference between paper and skin. Will spray DH later.

Suspect there is nothing wrong at all with your nose or skin Pest - you may just have more refined taste/olfactory powers.

To channel W1A's Tracey Pritchard for a moment, given yesterday, I'm getting a bad feeling about Mrs Mc C - might just send you both something else...

SOTD is Carillon pour un Ange. I'm not surprised that some people have a real issue with this - the top notes are so, so carroty on me today! However, it's now settled into the intense lily of the valley heart notes, but still quite green and fresh. I find this a really interesting scent but it's not an easy wear, imo. Have been for a lovely head-clearing walk in the chilly sunshine and it's suited that, though.

I am in Dans tes Bras.
Very violetty. Need to put Apres l'Ondee on other arm and see if there is a difference. I think Apres may be less pungently violetty.
Both would be lovely for a young woman's summer wedding. Which is to say perfectly inoffensive and not my thing!