We may be filled with despair, but we smell utterly divine. It’s the Lovely Friendly Perfumistas - thread 23. All welcome!

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Ohhh shame I missed the theme this morning; I'll pop on something rose-y this evening instead.

Rouge Avignon is fab pots - and glad you had a good night!

I absolutely love a rose scent - from the linear freshness of Paul Smith Rose to the sweet, dusty complexity of a Tauer, a spicy, sharp, sour rose like Clinique Beyond Rose or a clear, green, almost metallic rose like La Fille de Berlin. A Lab on Fire's Rose Rebelle Respawn is a brilliant cacao rose which should get more love imo.

I never get much rose in MG Fire, much as I love it.

But SOTD has been something completely different - WIDOMH. Which may not be a sophisticated perfume, exactly, but must surely be the most cheerful scent ever blended

I was away last night so only took one sample with me which was MMM Lazy Sunday Morning so I'm not themed I'm afraid, although I do love a good rose. It's a shame that not all of them like me, however!

Speaking of MMM, I tried Jazz Club the other night from the sampler I've had since Feb - how have I ignored this for so long?! It's boozy, vanilla rum sweetness, with a hint of tobacco and aftershave and I imagine is very close to how a jazz club would/should smell! It's delicious!

What did you like from the HN box hooo? I might be interested in an Eau d'Hadrien swap...

So much for the buying ban...

Have just ordered decants of Diorling, Diorissimo, TF Tobacco Vanille and Mitsouko off ebay. But I neeeeed top-ups of the latter 3 and I neeeeeed to try to first one. So that's ok then.

SOTE is Rose Rebelle Respawn . This is what I hoped Silk, Lace and Chocolate would be, and wasn't. It is very foody in the top notes, with mint and cocoa, so definitely not one for the gourmand-haters but the heart of rose, geranium and incense is altogether more interesting.

If SL&C was stale Quality Street, this is expensive, dark-chocolate rose creams of the highest quality.

Little bottle of vintage Femme ending soon...

Stop it MrsM

I already had that on my watch list, MrsMoggs, but just out of interest. It’s a bargain at the current price of ~£12 but I bet it sells for a lot more!

I wore Rose Privee (L’Artisan Parfumeur) this afternoon. This is a fresh, green rose with some interesting undertones. I’m not sure if it is a like or a love. I need to try it again. This evening I dug into a box of Atelier samples and came out with Rose Anonyme. This is a rose and patchouli and I’m very much enjoying it.

Maud, Silk, Lace & Chocolate is not stale Quality Street. 😱. It is most definitely expensive chocolate strawberry creams from a silk-lined box! Rose Rebelle Respawn sounds lovely, though.

Went for £12.74 - hope to one of you lovely Perfumistas . Stock up while it's still possible to pick up masterpieces very cheaply.

calm, funny how we all smell things differently. I just don't generally get on well with Sarah's sweeter creations and SL&C is pretty much unwearable to me.

The mahoosive (216ml) bottle of vintage Dior-Dior just went for £34, but for some bizarre reason I thought making dinner was more important than bidding on it

I don't mind sending it on body

I'd like it to go to someone who loves it :)

My sample drawer produced Le Dame en Rose (Pierre Bourdon) - a violet rose. Wearing it with Une Rose Chypree on the other wrist. I thought I would love this, but it is a borderline sour, herbaceous and savoury on my skin. The huge bay note swamps the rose. Sorry, I now that's sacrilege.

New andy tauer perfume!!!!

L Air du Alpes Suisses

@BR540 yes, I really dislike the Montale bottles too. I have the little bottles and the nozzle plus clips fly off so easily. However I find the perfumes including Jasmine Full very sensual and seductive and unlike anything else I have in my 'wardrobe' .
Wearing Rosine Rose d 'Ete - a yellow Rose with Mimosa, Apple, Linden Blossom and Galbanum. A light fresh sunny vision of a Rose and impossible to dislike. Even ds1 didn't complain of the smell going back to school tonight. He normally says my perfume gives him a headache.

That sounds interesting Hooo - I love a fir note . Has he stopped doing samples to GB now?

Got into the violet rose vibe and move onto Tart's Knicker Drawer. Really sad I didn't get a FB whilst SotW was still running.

*moved

MrsMoggs, I bought the Al Haramain Million for £5 from Amazon! It was such a great buy.

SOTD was Ffern summer 19. I have subscribed (aka "joined the Ffern ledger", apparently). It doesn't last very long on me but I do really like it and I'm not averse to reapplying.

I'd love to try the new Tauer. Thanks for mentioning it, hooo! Maybe worth a trip to Les Senteurs when they get it in...

Which is the online shop where you can get Amouage samples, btw?

SOTD Chanel 19 Poudre. Off theme. I had the Tauer email too, I might order a sample, or do I remember some sort of change in terms of shipping?

body I need to try Jazz Club. I find those samples really fiddly to get out of the wardrobe-box, so have used far fewer of them that I should have! I am in Edinburgh for work next week so might take some with me then. I wish they were sprays.

I've also joined the Ffern ledger @MotherOfDragonite.
I'm really intrigued to see how the Autumn one will smell. The notes sound so interesting and autumnal.. Francois Robert ,- the Nose for Ffern, also was the Friedemodin Nose and the same for many of the Rosine perfumes. The Ffern summer was a like, not an immmediate love. But then I realised it was sort of addictive and I couldn't stop wearing it 🙂.

I also got the Tauer email so a trip to Les Senteurs is definitely in order. Perhaps we could make it a perfumista day out, with tea and cake at Peggy Porschen afterwards

Oh, posted too soon - haven't had coffee yet.

SOTD is Chanel Jersey. Liking this more each time I sniff it; it's very understated but so chic and elegant. Perfect for me then hehehehe. I rather like the idea of being the kind of woman who wafts around in a cloud of this, though. Shame FBs are prohibitively expensive...

I'm going to wear a tauer today.

Prob LADDM.

It's grey and cold and wet here.

Coffee needed!

Btw have any of you got 4160 over the chocolate shop? What's it like?

Wearing Aedes de venustas today. To me its the very definition of Autumn, with sharp Rhubarb, hazelnut and incense. It's got all the rhubarb that Heeley's Verveine has lost !
No, I haven't @Hoooo.
No coffee yet either.

Sounds very interesting teta!

Oh I LOVE Aedes de Venustas. It really is the best rhubarb. I went into the shop in New York last year; it's lovely but slightly intimidating Samples are hard to come by - there's a shop called Shy Mimosa in ?Bristol which stocks them but its online platform is useless so I've never managed to actually order anything from them.

@MaudBaileysGreenTurban I order 10ml bottles from Gerald's decants on Crystal Flacon. Yes, with regards to Bristol isn't this shop closed on funny days? Dd1 is at Bristol Uni. and whenever I drop her off it's always closed.

I've got the samples ready, just pm me your addresses body and mrsm

Enjoying wearing LADDM today.