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Perfumistas in Autumn: Crunchy leaves, bonfires & smoke in the air, the smell of Petrichor & the rich perfumes of Vanilla & Hot Chocolate. Thread 28.

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teta · 30/09/2020 21:23

New thread .

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FloofyFoolishYetFragrant · 22/10/2020 17:13

@KaliforniaDreamz PM me your address and I shall be delighted to pop some in the post! (Although I think my teeny decanting funnel is in my Loft Perfume box so I'll have to chase DH up again first).

I just realised - because I am getting my perfumes out of the loft, I will genuinely have a waft from the loft...

Shrillharridan · 22/10/2020 17:15

floofy
😅😅😅😅

teta · 22/10/2020 20:09

You know @Floofy as regards Tender I actually really like it, but I really am totally confused by it. I recognise very few of the notes, even though I'm familiar with many of them. The top notes for me are not hyacinth but a sweet/sour citrus which is just stunning but then morphs to the Ink note - which I can smell distinctly. This note hovers over the Rose and Peony which is quite obvious and then the tulip & cyclamen which are sharp & slightly bitter or is that the frankincense and styrax? It's very long lasting ,slightly bitter ( which I love), slightly green ( which is my thing) and totally unlike anything else I've ever tested.
I would be very happy to send you some if you wish?
As regards Ffern @MrsBattleaxe that was a poor move refusing to give you a sample . But I have to say one of the perfumers for Ffern - Francois Roberts is the same perfumer as three of the Friedemodin's, Mary Greenwell Plum and also Charlotte Tilbury's Scent of a dream. So whilst it's a small operation it certainly packs some heft.

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1frenchfoodie · 22/10/2020 20:16

I had a feeling international samples were a no no Floofy , shame. Can’t immediately see MH stockists here in Paris but will keep a nose out for a sniff this side of the channel.

SOTD an uninspiring spritz of Eau Sento, by IUNX. Supposedly chock full of wood (cedar, teak, cypress) but just pale and uninteresting to me.

Off work so had a good old cook up and mainly smell of food (spicy braised chicken, chocolate almond cake) and log fire right now.

Judystilldreamsofhorses · 22/10/2020 20:57

SOTD a very unseasonal TF Soleil Blanc. Have been really headachey all day and wanted something light after a bath.

MrsLorenson · 23/10/2020 11:49

Equally happy to send you some Floof. Teta is right, it is a step into unusual (whilst still be eminently wearable. It's not one of those 'out there' creations that are very interesting, but you need a clear diary and to be in an experimental mood). I really like wearing it and will reach for it a lot - my kind of floral.

Interesting you get the ink note Teta - I often pick up that patchouli/indigo note as 'dry' ink in other things, but mostly get saffron, rose and bitter greenery where I am guessing the ink would be in Tender?

Anyway, life is feeling hard, so I come to be also recommending Nina Ricci's L'Extase Rose Absolue (currently on the TK Maxx website Wink). As other people have said elsewhere, this is like a refined take on Lush's Rose Jam. A sophisticated boozy, sweet(but not cloying) dark, rich, woody rose. It's on a comforting powdery, vanilla-ry (?), woody-musky base. It's straightforwardly satisfying, but perhaps not quite as obvious a tooth-rotting gourmand as the notes might suggest? It's by Francis Kurkdjian. I like it more the PoAL, as the woody turn in that some how feels slightly too harsh for the rose.

MissBattleaxe · 23/10/2020 15:30

@teta I LOVE Francois Robert. He also did a lovely collection for Friedemodin but that sadly folded. Thanks for the tip off!

KaliforniaDreamz · 23/10/2020 16:23

MrsLorenson i have this im my basket....

SOTD Coco mademoiselle

Shrillharridan · 23/10/2020 17:53

Sotd m&s vanilla Woods

Jean patou are no longer making scent. Seems a shame. Such an iconic fragrance house.

Judystilldreamsofhorses · 23/10/2020 21:36

SOTD Diptyque Eau Duelle for a trip to the optician. I have had such headaches since WFH and wondered if my prescription needed changed. Nope. It’s just staring at a tiny laptop screen for seven hours a day. (Usually I wouldn’t use it to teach, or to mark, really just for putting lessons together, and admin, so it’s a big change.)

OneNightTimeMenaceStrikesBack · 23/10/2020 22:36

SOTA is Black Perfecto EDP Florale Guerlain. Love it, i smell lamonds, roses and lots of leather. Dirty stinking well used leather, like a grizzled biker in his creaky boots.

Not feeling too much pull to wear soemthing new every day which is a bit rubbish nice i have a LOT to get through., I dont think I NEED to buy another bottle of perfume in my life at this point!! I think though im going to have a clear out and a cut down and gulp give some of them away to friends and my sisters. We'll see, im making no promises hahahaha

OneNightTimeMenaceStrikesBack · 23/10/2020 22:36

and that of course should have said ALMONDS!!

teta · 24/10/2020 10:52

I've found my Ffern Autumn Sample and have tested it again. No, it's still definitely not for me. I smell like a tramp that's been camping out in the woods with some bottles of Grog, a campfire, ripe body odour and leaf mould. But then I felt similarly about Friedemodin Feu Follet. This didn't have an attributed perfumer but the other Friedemodin's are all Francois Roberts, so I'm sure he must have had a hand in this.
@MissBattleaxe would you like me to send it to you?

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Shrillharridan · 24/10/2020 12:08

My 1st bloom subscription has arrived!
Its called dare to wear and features some very...um...interesting picks!
I'm currently wearing ELDO exit the king...ALL the aldehyde! Quite nice.

Benjispruce2 · 24/10/2020 16:50

TK Maxx visit today. Picked up 100ml L’air du Temps for £16.99.

FloraMacDonald · 24/10/2020 18:11

Are you feeling okay one? Do we need to stage an intervention?

Well done Benji. I keep half planning to go, but I never quite make it. Maybe Monday.....

Sounds interesting, shrill. I keep eyeing up the unisex pack. I fell in love with Bloom after finding Black Calamus in the roots pack. There's also a new perfume society box out, which looked okay.

In other news, I've decided I don't like By the Fireplace. I love the way it smells, I just don't want me to smell like it, iykwim. I'm so glad I decided that before I bought a full bottle, as it was quite near the top of my list.

Shrillharridan · 24/10/2020 18:16

flora 😲😬 BTF is one of my al time faves...I'm wearing it atm!

There are 2 in the pack I really don't like (and can't imagine anyone liking but there you go..)
Go fetch (cherry and almond 🤢)
And one that smells like weed 🤢

Shrillharridan · 24/10/2020 18:18

I rather like zoologist T Rex 🦖

FloraMacDonald · 24/10/2020 18:29

Mmmmm, Bakewell perfume....

Isn't there a MM Replica one that smells of weed? I took one sniff and thought, 'Ffs, I'm too old for this shit!'

teta · 24/10/2020 18:55

Ooh .. I love perfumes that smell of weed. Aedes De venustas is one of my favourites. Also Heeley's Verveine used to, but now just smells of chemicals.

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teta · 24/10/2020 19:00

@Benji that was a brilliant deal.
@Flora dont you know it's sacrilege on this thread to not love 'By The Fireplace' 😄

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Judystilldreamsofhorses · 24/10/2020 20:30

SOTD FM Noir Epices.

It’s MMM Music Festival that smells of weed.

Shrillharridan · 24/10/2020 20:33

teta sacrilege indeed! :)

Shrillharridan · 24/10/2020 20:33

benji that's amazing!

PearsMorgan · 24/10/2020 20:35

Here for the weed

Malin + Goetz cannabis v disappointing on that metric

SOTD is incense extreme. Everyone and everything is pissing me off today.

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