The Friendly Perfumistas Thread 33 - ☀️ Summer is here & we are all fragrantly fabulous

[FestivelyScent]

Hello fragrant friends,

This is edition 33 (!) of the long running perfumista threads.

Newbies most definitely welcome. Come and discuss your Scent Of The Day (SOTD), old favourites, new infatuations, the best dupes and scents of any price point. We are very friendly! 😊

Feu de bois is one of my classics. If you have the chance, give the Narguile a sniff if you ever see it in a shop. It's allegedly honey and tobacco but it smells like honey and 5,000 expensive things to me.

Oooohhhhhhh

Hello all, sorry for being so quiet. I have been away on holiday. While I was away I used Tardes by Carner every day. It's my signature summer scent. I actually finished the bottle so am planning a face to face visit to Bloom to buy a new one as I have only ever bought online from them before.

Sotd is my sample of Vanille and Tabac Noir from Cochine. I love this discovery set. They are all so heady and tropical. I suspect a fb of one of them will make it onto my Christmas list.

I was very disappointed by the duty free perfume options at the airports I was in but I did manage to get a bottle of Aqua Allegoria Granada Salvia on the way out, and Coco Noir on the way back. Both about £10 cheaper than the usual price.

I'm not sure I can justify any more perfume! 🤣🤣

It's my 50th in a few weeks and I have NO idea what I want 🙃

Sounds like you’ve got enough perfume @Chevyimpala67 😂 How about a beautiful atomiser (or several) so that you can keep spritzing on the go? I’ve got this one on my wish list: www.penhaligons.com/uk/en/product/admiral-blue-travel-atomiser-000000000065169349

Oh thats LOVELY
And my favourite course too!
Definitely going on the list 🙂💙

colour not course

Me having 50 bottles of perfume is rather appropriate with my coming birthday 🎂 🙂🤣

Omg!
I forgot pp killian angels share! 😮

Ooh, Autumn/Winter perfumes are my absolute without-equal favourites too! Can't wait to bring them out.

Some of my faves:

YSL Opium
EL Cinnabar
EL Youth-Dew
SL Ambre Sultan
SL Arabie
CK Obsession
Chanel Coco
Guerlain Mitsouko
MMM By the Fireplace
TF Amber Absolute
Hermes Ambre Narguile
Kenzo Jungle Elephant
Clinique Aromatics Elixir
Aramis JHL
YSL Kouros
TF Tobacco Vanille

I've been racking my brains and I'm sure there's a couple I've left out.

New things for this Autumn (from samples)
Guerlain L'heure Bleue
4160Ts Captured by Candlelight
4160Ts Eau my Soul

I'm hoping to add a couple more A/W fragrance samples to my collection when I order more samples soon! 🍂🍂🍂❄️❄️❄️

Wow, everyone’s got such large collections 😍

I only have a handful of bottles:
Chanel No 5 - my top favourite
Chanel Gardenia
Chanel Chance
Calvin Klein Euphoria
Armani She

Plus a few samples:
Penhaligon’s halfeti
Penhaligon’s bluebell
Chanel No 22 (which is used up but I’m distraughtly holding onto the bottle)

I don’t get to the shops often, and when I occasionally do, I spray literally everything and get confused about what I like. But I’ve ordered the almond set from Escentual this month which will be a nice way to get to know some new scents.

I'd recommend a 4160tuesdays discovery set too 😀

@Chevyimpala67 You're such an enabler 🤣

Guilty 🙂😬😍

Definitely guilty @Chevyimpala67 😁😂 You've given me so many good recommendations!

@ThreeImaginaryBoys The only dupe site I know is Perfume Parlour. It's been quite popular on here over the years. They sell perfume oils, perfume sprays, and scented body and home products. I think they are generally really very good - most of their things are spot on and sometimes even better than the reformulated originals. However, some of their dupes are not so close. It's just a case of trying and seeing, I think. They are very cheap. And addictive! 😁

SOTD was liberal spritzings of discontinued Boots Lavender Water (RIP) decanted from its huge splash bottle into a spray.

SOTN is Shalimar.

Thank you @FestivelyScent!

And thanks to all of you listing your scents :)

I have several samples heading my way so once they have arrived I will compile my autumn top ten!

I’ve only tried 2 things from PP and sadly they don’t do Jo Malone well at all. I could tolerate the Peony and Blush Suede, but the Pomegranate Noir is quite unpleasant and I’ve had to pour it away - it’s not even nice enough to scent the hallway. They were cheaper than Jo Malone but still more expensive than good high street perfumes, e.g. I’d rather buy a good original from M&S or Zara than a PP dupe again 😔 Having said that, they do get good reviews on Mumsnet so maybe I got unlucky.

Ime Pp dupes are mostly great but I've had a couple of awful ones (obsession springs to mind...)

Foodbank today. sotd pp mmm whispers in the Library

I love all the Autumn/Winter scent lists. Definitely my favourite time for the best perfumes.

Here's my list

Pengaligon's Roaring Radcliffe
Pengaligon's Elixir
Pengaligon's Cairo
4160T AKBTFS
DK Black Cashmere
FM L'Eau d'Hiver
FM Noir Epices
Lorenzo Villoresi Teint de Neige
L'Occitane Eau d'Iparie
Freddie Albrighton 11 Candles in Antwerpen
Liz Earle Botanical Essence No 9
Rook Thurible
L'Artisan Parfumeur Passage d'Enfer
Monotheme Rose Oud

SOTD clean reserve skin (one of my faves)

My new bottle of Dioressence today.
It's not as green as I thought it would be. More ambery than anything. In fact Dior classify it as an amber. I'm not sure whether it's for me or I will grow to love it.
We've survived results day.
DS into his first choice & DD brilliant As results.

Huge congratulations 🎊

I remember it well from last year! (Wibble)

I have a soft spot for Rook @musicmum75 - it was after reading a friend's descriptions of their samples that I decided it might be fun to try a few more current fragrances and see about updating my (small) collection a bit. I felt a bit conflicted about thurible (loved the incense/ cloves opening, not sure about the base) but undergrowth is on my want list.

FB I have at the mo:
D&G Light Blue Intense
Molecule 01
Aromatics Elixir EdT
Fragonard Santal Cardamome
half an old bottle of Angel (for nostalgia's sake)

Among the other samples, I had a free sample of YSL Libre which I love. OH also really liked it and suggested he could buy me a bottle for Xmas. Waiting on some BDK samples at the mo.

Currently on the want list:
Gucci Bloom (apparently I do like tuberose (!) )

SOTD: aromatics elixir

My Estee lauder desert Eden sample has arrived.

Hmmm. It's a bit screechy on first spray..
Hope it calms down!

Nope.
It's a scrubber.