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It's cold outside so the lovely friendly perfumistas are by the fireplace, sniffing our scarves and dreaming of the desert

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Lotsofpots · 21/11/2019 05:32

I think we're on thread no 24 - appropriate for the upcoming advent fun!

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MotherOfDragonite · 17/01/2020 21:40

Thanks for all the good thoughts. Am trying to get on an even keel again.

SOTD was Fleurs de Reine again, just a tiny bit, as I felt it might be a bit too loud for work otherwise...

Stinkyeddie · 17/01/2020 22:11

It's tricky after xmas I think...

It's taking me a while to get back into routine too.

Judystilldreamsofhorses · 17/01/2020 22:27

SOTD Chanel 19, but now in L’Air de Rien after a bath. Sending 💐and🍷 for all perfumistas having a rough time.

MrsMoggs · 18/01/2020 13:41

I have had my attention elsewhere for a bit and need to do some serious sniffing, as I find it very grounding.

Am starting with Icon - which is intriguing, but also feels like it might have narrowly missed being something completely spectacular. It's still very good, and takes a bit of thinking about, which is a quality I quite like (when I'm in the mood).

I guess you'd describe it as an orange incense, but it is myrrh rather than frankincense-based (and the Sahara Noir comparisons were therefore mainly, but not completely, off the mark).

It opens with an industrial (borderline challenging) dark distillation of a cologne like 4711, left for years to stew on a hot window sill. It very quickly becomes seriously dirty (not listed, but smells like there's a shot of cumin in the mix?). This fades rather than disappears, and the perfumes settles into dual accords of a) woody citrus and b) a hippy sort of church myrrh. These sit together happily and are satisfying in quite a non-sentimental, practical and muscular sort of way (which is one of Icon's twists, as you sort of expect the incense to be less worldly). There seems to be some space between these two accords, which originally smelt like a lack of roundness or completeness, but on further wearing, feels more like a gentle provocation to keep thinking about what's going on. It then softens into an integrated incensey-woody warm softness which manages to be comforting and gently uplifting.

I'm thinking of this as the misfit goth cousin of Seville a L'Aube and Shazam! It's treatment of orange blossom is much less feminine than the former and it lacks the latter's sunny effervescence. But it is charismatic and satisfying to wear, if you can cope with the hippy undertones (and that's easier than you might think as it doesn't project much).

You might also think of it as the estranged, and now living in a garret in reduced circumstances, offspring of Trudon's Olim and Mortel. Both are more vivid and plumped out; Olim's myrrh is more luxurious and Mortel's incense is sharper and fresher. But there is something interesting and attractive about Icon's relative spareness.

Stinkyeddie · 18/01/2020 14:14

Sotd sexiest scent with added amber

KaliforniaDreamz · 18/01/2020 16:14

Flora thanks for the tip re body creme.

Hi all. SOTD Tea Tonique but i am still lusting after no19....

MotherOfDragonite · 18/01/2020 19:40

Stinky, I can't remember which joy box scents you liked/disliked, but are there any you'd like to swap?

Stinkyeddie · 18/01/2020 19:51

Hi mother
I've got a couple I could swop if you're interested?
Over the plains and white princess...?

Judystilldreamsofhorses · 18/01/2020 22:56

SOTD Diptyque Eau Duelle.

Stinkyeddie · 19/01/2020 09:34

Sotd fluffy lemon tops
It's sooooo cold here today.
Just off to the shops to get some junk food provisions :)

teta · 19/01/2020 12:04

I'm still here, just really down at the moment. Am in the depths of S.A.D., barely functioning and not sleeping. I also feel horribly fat.
Sotd is Ffern Summer. This and Wrappings are my Winter staples.
I need to snap out of this lethargy !

Stinkyeddie · 19/01/2020 12:12

teta
(Hugs)
I'm having a horroble January too. Feeling very like I need to make changes but don't know where to start :(

Stinkyeddie · 19/01/2020 12:20

I've just ordered some pp by the fireplace fragrance dust to cheer me up

Stinkyeddie · 19/01/2020 18:47

Have any of you tried the pp LADDM??

KaliforniaDreamz · 20/01/2020 09:32

Oh Teta come on here to chat if you can. We will try to keep you buoyant.
I get like that too so totally understand xx

Imstinkyeddie · 20/01/2020 13:58

Well.
I'm pissed off.
Got booted off my mn account and had to make a new one!
Ffs.
Sotd pp by the fireplace

Lotsofpots · 20/01/2020 19:23

I've been a bit absent with a constant cycle of family illnesses, return to work (and a fuck off massive project that is so interesting and so hard), and now flu. No perfume sniffing for me.

Not kept up with the thread but hope everyone is well.

Also, my treat to myself of 4160 OTCS doesn't last anywhere NEAR as long as my tester on me. Any ideas why?

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KaliforniaDreamz · 20/01/2020 19:59

Hi Lots
and eddie what did you do to get kicked off?!!

Imstinkyeddie · 20/01/2020 20:09

No idea!!!
Said I needed to log in but didnt recognise my log in details..?
I'm miffed.

Calmasasleepycat · 20/01/2020 20:57

teta it’s a horrible time of year, especially with the recent weather, all drizzly and overcast. I can’t wait for the longer days and spring, my favourite season.

MrsMoggs, Icon sounds intriguing, if a little challenging. That’s a lovely description. You are so good at analysing perfumes. I am not good at distinguishing notes. I can very rarely pick out more than two or three.

Lots I think the latest batch of OTCC is quite different to the original batch. It has lots of coffee in it, for a start. I do like it, but need to test it against other chocolate perfumes. I do love the dinky 15ml bottle 💕

Eddie well done on your contributions to the Jess Phillips online chat. I think the moderators were a bit trigger happy in deleting posters willy nilly, so perhaps you got included in that?

Imstinkyeddie · 20/01/2020 21:08

Thank you :)
I did wonder about that calm!
I think that's why I'm miffed Angry

Judystilldreamsofhorses · 21/01/2020 10:11

SOTD MMM Jazz Club. Yesterday was JHAG Mad Madame.

Another person longing for spring here. I have tulips in the living room and daffodils on the kitchen table, trying to coax it along!

teta · 21/01/2020 11:28

Thank you all for your kind comments . I've cheered up a bit as the last three days have been lovely and sunny. Also I'm finding that alcohol really disturbs my sleep so I think I need to stop drinking completely. I'm also exhausted as DH has been away in China so I've been doing lots of late night school pick ups. Now a dog walk beckons, after making some leek and potato soup. I'm having the day off and using up all the leftovers in the fridge! Later on I will cook Mary Berry's royal warming beef stew for everyone.
Sotd is La Fille de Berlin with a spritz of L'occitane Lavender on my t shirt.
@Judy, I now I really want some tulips and daffodils💐. A poinsettia is not the same.

Imstinkyeddie · 21/01/2020 12:08

That's good teta :)

I might get some tulips tomorrow...my favourite!

Dh away too atm so I'm running around like a headless chicken :)

KaliforniaDreamz · 21/01/2020 13:54

Teta i know what you mean. My Poinsettas don't normally offend me post xmas but for some reason this year they feel irksome. ha ha. who am i.

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