Scent of the day part 3 - come and join the friendly perfumistas!

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Continuation from previous thread

https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/style_and_beauty/5225415-scent-of-the-day-part-2?utm_campaign=thread&utm_medium=share

Sotd is Diptyque Philosykos, love to wear this in the spring. Realistic green fig, lovely.

Ive bought the fresh and fruity edit with blc discount. Need some freshies for the hot weather when we move as currently I only have gourmands or heavier woody scents

SOTD is Mary Greenwell Fire. This was always a favourite on the old perfumista threads and I don't wear it enough, even though I have two bottles! It's discontinued (obvs) and I really should sell my unopened bottle as it gets good prices on ebay. Spicy, smoky rose and patchouli, perfect for chilly days like this and generally really fabulous.

I’ve ordered the Floral and Fragrant one. It’s the only one where I haven’t tried anything before and I like the sound of Commodity Juice.

I’ve bought a lot of perfume so far this year, I really need to stop but fragrance edits are just too tempting!

The perfume from my China neighbour is Time, Lonkoom. I haven’t find in online so she brought it from China. I’ll try add a photo of the box.

Here.

They won't deliver the edits to Ireland. Good as apart fork Nest I have tried everything I want and have few that I like already.

I convert to 7 to 12 ml travel size s, they are great.

I've ordered 3 of the edits - woody, fruity and sweet. The other one didn't appeal. Will list some and keep some - some new things in there to try.

I haven't seen liberty or HN do a decent fragrance edit recently despite national perfume day on Friday - last year they did quite a few. So this is a substitute of sorts, as its coming in at a similar price point .

So on the way I have the Initio Initiation set of 6 x 10ml, the cult beauty edits and I also got some 10ml sprays from notino which were on offer - D and G the one, alien hypersense and alien extraintense.

I like to balance the niche stuff with the more mainstream stuff.

Anyway - SOTD - I'd love to put the musc ravageur on but as it's an office day and I'm trying to calm it, I will go for something a bit more office friendly. Feeling figgy so debaser+ parisian musc it is.

I like mix too. I am lucky enough to live near shopping mall that I visit at least once weekly that has good few to try - including Initio. I think you will like the brand a lot - if you have not tried it yet.

I haven't tried initio yet but heard good things. Wish more brands would do a box set of 10ml or thereabouts.

Space NK Edit

£75.00 worth over £235

• D.S. & Durga Brown Flowers, 10ml
• Juliette Has A Gun Miami Shake, 5ml
• DedCool Aura Eau de Parfum, 15ml
• Glossier You Eau de Parfum, 8ml
• Diptyque L’Eau Papier Eau de Toilette, 7.5ml
• Phlur Missing Person Eau de Parfum, 9.5ml
• Ellis Brooklyn Miami Nectar Eau de Parfum, 10ml
• Vyrao Witchy Woo Eau de Parfum, 7ml

This perfume day/week will be the death of me! I just bought two of the edits - hopefully I can sell enough to cover the costs of keeping some for myself which is pretty much my business model - I pay myself in perfume not profit!! Love DS and Durga so keen to try the brown flower. Also Miami Shake sounds good. And the samples are just the right size for me not too small .
It seems a very long time since the fragrance calendars were out so just right for some edits and this is good value/good resale opportunity.

Got quite an influx of new stuff on the way - the cult edits are apparently out for delivery so hopefully waiting when I get home

I think the Space NK is nice. It's quite a bit more expensive than the CB edits but all are decent sizes. I've been wanting to try Missing Person but that's probably not a good enough reason to buy. Due to buying the CB Woody edit I already have a travel sized Witchy Woo arriving today.

Oh nooo I really can’t buy any more fragrance as I got the cult edit.. but it looks so good! And I do have credit.. hmm.. I will ponder.

Sotd is em01 + mandarin

My creative accounting brain told me that I'll get £20 Ndulge credit - so it's really only £65/each ( I got 2 sets). They really do know how to make us buy!

It's way better value as the cult edits have been padded out with loads of 1.5ml or 2mls - a good way to try a new scent but then if you like it, it'll be over too quickly! the cult edits have 2-3 decent size samples per edit whereas Space has 8 - so overall yes you are paying more but get far more for your money.

If anyone bought the CB Fresh and Fruity would they mind checking the sizes against the description listed as I can’t seem to get the value claimed by CB so am wondering if something is listed incorrectly.

I hit buy straight away - Space NK perfumes, few very new and great to try, few I know and like. Few I am not too keen on to be fair - I wish they get over their glossier you type. They really go to town with it.

Jo Loves White Rose and Lemon Leave today - meh, bathroom scent for me I feel. I like the smell, but not sure I want to smell like it. I will try it again in the summer.

Miami glow is very fun summer vibe scent, I have 10ml

Hmmm, quite tempted by that Space NK edit!

SOTD is Au Coeur de Desert.

For anyone eyeing up Cult Beauty Edits i’ve just used the code Treat20 and got the edit for £28. LOVE the look of that SpaceNK edit……. Looks like great value and lots I’d like to try so think it’s going to end up in my basket… @IDontHateRainbows that’s interesting that buying an extra edit to sell and it might cover the cost of your edit is that what you meant? Where do you sell the excess and are you able to sell them after you have sprayed them?

SOTD is Xerjoff Dama Bianca. Have also bought myself a PDM discover set - 6 fragrances including Delina which I love but keen to try the others. No more spending now until at least May 🤦🏻‍♀️

While I think it’s better value than the Cult Beauty sets, I’ll give the Space NK one a miss. 4 out of 8 perfumes are the “skin scent but better” type that I am anosmic to - the Phlur, Glossier You, Dedcool and Diptyque. Sigh.

SOTD is from a sample of PDM Valaya. It’s okay, but much prefer Meliora and Delina.

@AprilLady the new DS Durga sounds like this type too. They need to get over that scent profile, the advent was disappointing to me for same reason. I can smell them, but don't love the smell. I am happy to give them another go, just as they are small size

I was so good January and February
So far this month

Space nk set 8 - 5, 7, 7.5, 8, 9.5 , 210, 15
Prada infusions set 47.5
Burberry goddess 10ml
Molton Brown Sunlit Clementine EDP 7.5ml

free - sample form molton brown, 2 samples 2 travels with Dior Beauty order.

Fair to say, not a low buy month!

And I plan to shop more while away but will go on no buy after for few months again. I enjoy sets like this, @IDontHateRainbows got me converted on travel sizes. The total spend is about 160gb. It's not insane amount for 16 travel sizes and 3 samples, is it. Girls maths.

Hmm. Maybe I will refill my space Nk advent box and open one every few nights in April when I return from holiday

Hi Milly
I have an ebay shop - I just list everything on there. I usually either make my money back or come close. I can price up a set now with a fair bit of accuracy as been doing this a while so I know I'll make my money back on the space nk one if I sell, say 3/4 - which means four or so for me. Maybe more - it's all part of the fun seeing what sells and where I can make it work.