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

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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! 😊

@doozledog You could also try Perfume Parlour. They definitely have a dupe for Bronze Goddess. I second the rec for M&S too, good quality fragrances that smell more expensive than their price tag. They come in smaller 30ml sizes too.

@Whatliesbeneath707 Seconding the rec to get a sample first. Molecule 01 is ISO E Super, which smells like hands sanitizer to me, even when it's mixed into other perfumes as part of the formula. That's because I think I just smell it differently, but I know people who honestly can't smell it on themselves and were disappointed.

SOTD yesterday was Miss Dior Originale, for a stifling bus journey, during which I remembered I'd forgotten to purchase one of those rechargeable tiny fan thingies.

SOTN yesterday was Ambre Orient.

SOTN is Samsara, because it feels so sticky this evening here on the edge of London, and this makes me feel clean and composed. My new sunglasses arrived today, and I think the tint is too light, they look like Elton John glasses from the eighties (the tint, not the shape!)

Thank you! I will look at ordering the sample then. That could have been a costly mistake 😊

Went to TKMaxx yesterday following recommendations on this thread. No Miller Harris sadly, but they had some cheapies from Les Essentials so I bought a couple: Figue and Gourmandise. Figue I quite like, but I made the mistake of blind testing Gourmandise directly on my wrist. Sherbert asshole. Then had to sit with it until I got home 🤡 A scrubber.

SOTD is Creme de Pistache from Seventy Seven Scents, an indie I found on Etsy. Can recommend!

SPTD Kiehl's Musk. Off to the beach in a bit so it won't last long!

SOTD Jean Patou- Vacances a TKMAX bargain.

SOTN is Miss Dior Originale, for watching Elton John's final concert thingy at Glastonbury. Very good indeed. I had a lump in my throat.

SOTD Whispers in the Library. Not particularly weather appropriate but I love it and felt like wearing it.

SOTE Zara Bohemian Oud. Again perhaps more autumnal but I love it.

SOTD Tauer Sundowner.

EJ was excellent, wasn't he @FestivelyScent? I wouldn't call myself a fan (and actually was slightly dreading watching after the I'm Dill Danding fiasco during lockdown!) but I really enjoyed it. Hit after hit after hit, gotta hand it to him.

TakeYourHatOffBoy that lockdown concert was hilariously awful, glad his voice seems to be back.
SOTD 4160 Tuesdays Passion and Purity.

I wouldn't have called myself an Elton fan either @TakeYourHatOffBoy (I may be now, though!) but was surprised how many songs I knew and loved and could sing along to. I also can't believe how strong his voice is still ( I was trepidatious too), and that he played that piano and sang for two hours straight at the age of 76. Found myself surprisingly emotional at the end. A nigh on perfect set, I think.

SOTN is Ambre Orient.

SOTD L’Occitane Jasmine Immortelle Neroli

SOTD Chanel 19. Yesterday was Commodity Moss which I really like after a few wears, but that's the end of the sample now.

Van Cleef & Arpels California Reverie is Sotd - Orange groves & Jasmine. One of the few perfumes I've repurchased.
I've also been wearing a lot of Perfumes H decants - Moss, Frankincense, Orange Leaf & Lemon Tree. They're all so Sheer that they're suitable for warm weather.
I'm currently at home by myself for the next 3 weeks dog sitting our sick dog, as the others are all on holiday. The house seems really quiet!

SOTD memo Paris - Marfa

I took an expensive risk and blind bought killian I can't stop loving you in a sale. It's gorgeous

SOTD is also No19! 😊

SOTD Fluffy Lemon Top.

SOTE Amberama (also 4160T)

@Cantonet hope your ddog is OK.

SOTD Chloe - Chloe sample

SOTN was Rahat Loukoum by Serge Lutens.

SOTD is Lira by Xerjoff.

@DramaAlpaca doggie is anaemic & in the advanced stages of kidney failure. But he's still happy surprisingly, as he must be feeling rotten😥
Malle's Un Lys Mediterranee is Sotd.

SOTD - Kilian - I can't stop loving you.

SOTD 4160 Tuesdays Sunshine and pancakes

@Cantonet Sending warm thoughts for you and DDog. 💐

SOTN is Miss Dior Originale. Bit cooler here today, thankfully, and I'm not sure this was the right choice. But I'm enjoying the lower, more moderate temps, so not complaining. 30° is not my sort of weather at all.

SOTD pacifica dream moon