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A perfume for this 'story'..

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Tsukiko · 24/10/2023 21:20

It will sound completely nuts but humour me Grin

This is fiction, just so you know:
I live on the edge of a vast forest. I am romantic yet brooding, and my days are usually spent playing the cello or the grand piano in a draughty turret in the westernmost wing of the house. I have long wavy hair and like to wear velvet, silk and soft leather. I am middle aged, slim and fancy myself riding on a wild boar through the forest with leaves in my hair. I like Leonora Carrington (the surrealist painter) and Renoir.
In the evening I sit by the glowing embers and read. I have company only on rare occasions, but it is special. I have 2 cats and a silly dog. I used to keep horses but they grew tired of my indolence and left.
My house is a castle, but I am skint. I am of indeterminate class and shudder at the thought of polite society.

What is my perfume??

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WildFlowerBees · 28/10/2023 13:22

Maison Francis Baccarat Rouge

Honks · 28/10/2023 14:02

After the rain - Arran Aromatics I think.
Petrichor, gorse and open countryside notes I’d say.

Tsukiko · 28/10/2023 14:21

I am tempted to try Arran Aromatics After the Rain Eau De Toilette, thank you!

I am also drawn to Perfumer H 'Rain Wood', so these are my top 2.

A lot of woody fragrances in this thread, I am wondering if my wild boar imagery nudged this alongGrin

Interestingly I found another Leonora Carrington (who inspired the boar reference) book at a local bookcycle yesterday, one I haven't read! I also found an antique version of Christina Rossetti's poems and an Elizabeth Von Arnim I haven't yet read too (she wrote 'Enchanted April' which is an exquisite book (and film!)).
I mention these because my perfume senses seems to entwine with my mood for books. Especially old and lovely books.

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Honks · 28/10/2023 15:01

Enchanted April is a magical book and an enchanting film.
Have you read “The Lost Art of keeping secrets “? Eva Rice
Rather think you would enjoy it..

Tsukiko · 28/10/2023 15:02

No but will check it out, thanks!

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DramaAlpaca · 24/10/2023 22:08

Guerlain Mitsouko was made for you

I adore Mitsouko. Smells so rich (to me anyway).

Puppylucky · 28/10/2023 15:18

Jo loves vetyver and golden vanilla - sweet and smokey without being harsh and lasts !

Tsukiko · 28/10/2023 15:37

I definitely want to try Mitsouko!

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impressivelycunty · 28/10/2023 15:49

Sorry if this has already been mentioned but Aesop might fit the bill - Gloam or Hywl maybe. You'd need to go to the store though - the staff tell amazing stories about their origins that sound right up your forest path!

EUmumforever · 28/10/2023 16:04

L’Heure Bleue, Guerlai

EUmumforever · 28/10/2023 16:05

Guerlain*

AsCoolAsKimDeal · 28/10/2023 16:06

Halfeti by Penhaligon. Interesting how differently people interpret the brief!

SE20schools · 28/10/2023 16:09

1969 by Histories de Parfums

Ihateboris · 28/10/2023 16:27

Clinique Aromatics

Tsukiko · 28/10/2023 17:22

I am going to bookmark this thread and keep returning to it, it will take me many months or even years to sample all of these exquisite recommendations!

I used to buy Aesop soaps and whatnot, although have never tried a perfume by them. I will have to plan a city trip soon.

I have fallen in love with the idea of rain in the woods, a fresh yet mysterious, sensual scent, am always a bit wary of going too far to the masculine side which might be my downfall - i found this with Byredo once upon a time and can't trust it now.

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Pigeon31 · 29/10/2023 11:29

Another one you might like to try is Ruth Mastenbroek, she has some eau de toilettes inspired by British landscapes and one of them is a foresty scent that I really liked when I tried the samples.

Zephyr Eau De Toilette | Ruth Mastenbroek

Zephyr Eau De Toilette | Ruth Mastenbroek

Zephyr is crisp and clean, energising and refreshing those in its path. Luminescent and shimmering, Zephyr can be found in a Hampshire forest floating on the breeze.

https://ruthmastenbroek.com/product/zephyr-eau-de-toilette/

JaninaDuszejko · 30/10/2023 12:13

Dryad is my favourite perfume and I was going to suggest it.

Tsukiko · 30/10/2023 13:51

Lovely, thanks! I would love to try Dryad indeed!

Is it heavy on the patchouli? I am not a fan so would have to be subtle - quite a few of the ones I am interested in contain patchouli, aaaahhh.

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Tsukiko · 30/10/2023 13:57

Gosh, this text from the Papillon website for Dryad....what to say??? Grin

"Settled in silence. I utter no words, but my lashes flash fluent in the language of birds. My fingertips feather the sparkled patois of flora my skin, steeped in sunlight, flows smoothly with fauna. The hushes of rushes steal sounds from the wind. Is it often lamented, the weight of my tongue? Or the vetiver ash that rests in my lungs?
Wordless in woodlands, my senses can sing. sound is not needed to speak from within. I press soft flesh to bark in the evening’s gold dusk, to breathe heavy hues of a Satyr’s musk. My body is swelling with the oak’s root and seed Our veins and our vines weave together with ease, And as your chatter dispels at the shake of our leaves, You set your ear to our chest, to hear the whisper of trees. We rise not in your throat, nor your mouth, nor your teeth.
But we streak coloured streams set to dazzle. When your eyes close in the chaos of our heady wood drowns, and heavy with ache in the spectrum of colours you’ve found, I hold you close. Ignore tingles and deafen sounds. Beneath the dark of your eyelids, our damp forest floor rises. The lilac of lavender soothes dwindling sight. The essence of our body’s sap stained perfume Soars above oak beams, drenched in silk, silver light. I press the soft suede of an apricots sheath to your lips.

The sweetness jars with narcissus’ bitter. Head tilted, enchanted, you breathe your first breath, with the timber of touch I lead you, bereft of sight and of sound, but with gilt dew on your skin each of your pursed pores unravels, and the forest seeps in. I watch moist emerald moss survive in the sun, I catch burnished, bronze leaves that fall from each stem. While dwelled in the canopy, I skim saplings in starlight, And dust gilded galbanum through the dim of the glen. From autumn to summer, from winter to spring I glow.

The branches and bow are open. The changing of seasons ticks with the sun. Each colour prints petal marks to rest at your chest; it is dappled with wolf’s blood and the slick of deer’s tongue. Roses creep at my ankles, bergamot blooms Clary sage clouds you with billowing fumes, and here in my tree I watch you awaken; I do not hide behind trunk or stem. So dance with the Dryad’s, sip all you have taken Fall blind, deaf and drunk in the pearl of the glen. Whisper so soft, your breath on my neck without words, Inhale at the bow of my tree. What are words in a wilderness? save your lament I spin voices and chants with the power of scent. My touch lifts you to heights of nature’s true worth, and I speak every word, with the fragrance of earth. © Jasmine Moores and Papillon Perfumery"

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TotalOverhaul · 30/10/2023 14:10

Blimey they need a better copywriter on that! What does 'feather the sparkled patois of flora my skin' mean?

SpongeBobJudgeyPants · 30/10/2023 14:11

Tis very Private Eye Pseuds Corner stuff...

CorneliaStreet · 30/10/2023 14:44

It’s incredible, the silliest perfume description I’ve read (and there’s some stiff competition). Papillon’s perfumer is Liz Moores and that’s copyright Jasmine Moores, so probably her daughter.

They’re based in the New Forest, surprised it doesn’t mention ice cream vans, the whiff of pony poo and the sound of spats between tourists and locals about parking on the verges.

Tsukiko · 30/10/2023 15:08

Haha, that's cheered me up on a miserable afternoon!

It sure blew my own little dream ditty out of the water.

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Tsukiko · 30/10/2023 15:12

i did just order a sample from Papillon so will see how that goes. Going off that...remarkable prose, I am quite excited Grin

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