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The Friendly Perfumistas Thread 36 - Cuddling Sweaty Deer Into a New Season! 😉

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FestivelyScent · 01/06/2023 23:07

Looks like we ran out of space - welcome to a shiny new thread! (the 36th edition!)

Hope you approve of the title. 😁

As always, everyone is very welcome - we're most definitely open to Newbies. 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! 😊

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EvelynBeatrice · 27/07/2023 17:37

I have a sample of the new Narciso Rodríguez Forever. Nice but I think almost identical to original Estée Lauder Modern Muse, although Modern Muse is far heavier on the lily.

Magpiecomplex · 27/07/2023 20:49

Guerlain Pamplelune for being a sensible grown up academic in the graduation procession today!

Judystilldreamsofhorses · 27/07/2023 22:08

SOTD Diptyque Geranium Odorata.

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FestivelyScent · 27/07/2023 23:08

@Judystilldreamsofhorses I will have to go and see Barbie now, just so I can wear Violet Ida and be in sync!

@Jackydaytona Aasma's final dress was stunning, but tbh most of her makes were perfection or very near. Must be her surgeons hands. And she did it all in heels! A very deserved winner.

SOTN is Miss Dior Originale.

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Judystilldreamsofhorses · 27/07/2023 23:44

@FestivelyScent i absolutely loved it!

Jackydaytona · 28/07/2023 14:07

Sotd avon attraction

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FestivelyScent · 28/07/2023 23:20

SOTN is No19.

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FestivelyScent · 29/07/2023 23:57

SOTN is Samsara, for comfort. I have to put a treatment on my hands tonight that make them sting and burn and keeps me half awake til morning, and I'm not looking foreward to it. I just want to sleep. Bluergh... 😴

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Jackydaytona · 30/07/2023 18:14

Sotd 4160tuesdays clouds Illusion ⛅️

In an unexpected development I bought a 🚗 today 😃

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FestivelyScent · 30/07/2023 18:44

Ooh, congratulations on your new car@Jackydaytona I don't drive, but frequently dream about what I could get up to if I had a car!

No SOTD yet, it has rained solidly all day, so will have to look for something cosy.

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Jackydaytona · 30/07/2023 19:36

FestivelyScent · 30/07/2023 18:44

Ooh, congratulations on your new car@Jackydaytona I don't drive, but frequently dream about what I could get up to if I had a car!

No SOTD yet, it has rained solidly all day, so will have to look for something cosy.

Dc1 is having my current car 🚗
Ita mot brand new bit it's a lovely shade of teal 😊💙

chatelai · 30/07/2023 19:56

SOTD Lush Grass. Pure fresh cut green grass on the top note, light floral dry down.
My other go-to is Lush Ginger, which is a little more sophisticated.

Just treated myself to a Tom Ford F......Fabulous body spray. Really quite keen, however it is a winter fragrance I think.

Tried a squirt of Samphire in John Lewis yesterday (I forget who by, they also do Gorse, Atlas and a few others). Wow. Reminded me of Cristalle (?). Very fresh and breezy!

Jackydaytona · 30/07/2023 21:26

chatelai · 30/07/2023 19:56

SOTD Lush Grass. Pure fresh cut green grass on the top note, light floral dry down.
My other go-to is Lush Ginger, which is a little more sophisticated.

Just treated myself to a Tom Ford F......Fabulous body spray. Really quite keen, however it is a winter fragrance I think.

Tried a squirt of Samphire in John Lewis yesterday (I forget who by, they also do Gorse, Atlas and a few others). Wow. Reminded me of Cristalle (?). Very fresh and breezy!

They are by laboratory perfumes.
I had a set. They are all quite nice.

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FestivelyScent · 30/07/2023 23:21

SOTN is Miss Dior Originale. I didn't fancy vanilla or amber after all.

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Judystilldreamsofhorses · 31/07/2023 17:35

SOTD NRFH. Yesterday was Diptyque Eau Papier.

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FestivelyScent · 31/07/2023 22:55

SOTN is Ambre Orient.

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Jackydaytona · 01/08/2023 18:54

Sotd 4160tuesdays clouds Illusion ⛅️

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FestivelyScent · 01/08/2023 23:48

SOTN is Samsara.

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Judystilldreamsofhorses · 01/08/2023 23:55

SOTD Escentric 01

Jackydaytona · 02/08/2023 09:14

Sotd kayali musk for a hospital appointment

I'm struggling with this weather perfume wise...not really summer scent worthy but not suitable for my heavy hitters either 😕

TakeYourHatOffBoy · 02/08/2023 09:20

SOTD La Fille de Berlin, for a 6-hour round trip to a funeral.

Still, off on holiday at the crack of dawn tomorrow so that will be cheering, hopefully!

EvelynBeatrice · 02/08/2023 15:16

Lanvin Arpege - blind buy - thank you @Miss Battleaxe. I tried this based on your recommendation. I wasn't sure initially - reminded me of the smell of old 'Oil of Ulay' (when it was Ulay and not Olay!) on my mother's dressing table - but it has transformed on me over the day into something lovely.

EvelynBeatrice · 02/08/2023 15:17

Can anyone comment on Elizabeth Taylor's 'Passion' on sale at TK Maxx? I like the sound of it, but not sure....

Jackydaytona · 02/08/2023 16:28

EvelynBeatrice · 02/08/2023 15:17

Can anyone comment on Elizabeth Taylor's 'Passion' on sale at TK Maxx? I like the sound of it, but not sure....

I like it
Quite heavy but I like that!

EvelynBeatrice · 02/08/2023 21:22

Thanks @Jackydaytona. What does it resemble? I'm always illogically drawn to perfume in purple bottles thinking that they will smell like my beloved discontinued EL Sensuous Noir - they never do!

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