Scent of the day with the friendly perfumistas spritzing again - thread 5

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Link to previous thread

https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/style_and_beauty/5346931-scent-of-the-day-part-four-the-friendly-perfumistas-still-perfuming?

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TKMaxx online had a load of Ellis Brooklyn earlier in the week.

@BakeOffRewatch Glad you finally got the Commodity. I need to test Juice, I keep reading it's nice.

I'm really hacked off they are selling in Liberty and haven't fulfilled the web orders from early Sep though.

Haha that’s exactly what I said 😂. I don’t want to carry that home.

Will you cancel and buy in the 10% off at Liberty? It includes the Commodity Milk Orchid.

No. I think the website discount was more than 10% and I do have the travel size from my friend so I'll sit and wait with a slightly sulky face. 😂

I smelled the Byredo Alto Astral today, thank you for the recommendation @MiaN . I smelled it just on the tester paper, it reminds me a lot of university halls and freshers wearing too much Hugo Boss through the halls! I’m not sure what it is exactly there’s a note in it that smells exactly like that over-sprayed teenage boy smell, but I can smell the tropical around it. I looked at the Fragranticaa comparison and shouldn’t be too similar so it must just be one note.

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Got my alto astral sample - perfume samples uk - it's lovely but for some reason it's one I go off after a bit and then get back into it.

Tried the dupe of babylon, mesopotamia, again and it's really not a bad dupe at all. Babylon is maybe slightly stronger but for the price of the mesopotamia vs babylon can't go wrong just spritz a bit more often. Babylon isn't as popular as other penhaligon's, I don't know why as it is lovely, sweet, light, slightly spicy - reminds me of eau duelle. But at over £200 a bottle you can see why I sought out a dupe.

I must confess to having ordered space nk liberty and flannels frag sets which hopefully should come tomorrow. I'll sell probably 2/3 and keep the rest. I need to go to perfume addicts anonymous or something.

I managed to resist the liberty one, mainly because I either have or dislike 50% of it. I'm probably going to regret it when you all talk about the different ones, but I've bought the glam kit and I'm really excited about it. I did get the flannels and SpaceNk crackers though, I'm not sure I'm PAA eligible yet 🤣

@JoRaRaRa I’ve bought exactly the same things.

I cancelled my original Flannels order which didn’t have a delivery update, but Evri already have the Frasers parcel. I must remember next year not to rush to buy from Flannels as last year the frag cracker was heavily discounted after I’d received it.

Liberty 1875 today. Nice, sweet, smoky, hitting lots of spots.
Wfh day so expect a few updates as I spritz through my collection!

Tried la tulips from.the grand discovery kit yesterday. Nice floral, nothing earth shattering. Pleasant. More for spring.

Such a great way to spread my olfactory horizons and i LOVE byredo.
It was exactly a year ago I got the grand discovery kit and this whole perfume thing really took off!

Commodity Milk Orchid today. The one I bought yesterday. I’m so happy and I love it. It really mellows to a lovely warm cosy smell that I find comforting, but still interesting and feminine. It’ll probably be what I wear everyday now so I’ll come off the thread. Maybe some Vyrao Witchy Woo as it gets really cold.

@RainbowZebraWarrior i was just checking the Witchy Woo notes and it says frankincense, I thought I didn’t like that

Top Notes: Moroccan orris absolute, thorny rose absolute
Heart Notes: Nutmeg, cinnamon, black pepper
Base Notes: Frankincense, opoponax oil, white musk, patchouli oil, sandalwood, carrot seed oil

I cancelled and re-bought from Flannels and I've just had a notification it is with DHL this morning. Finally!

DHL have my flannels parcel and say they're delivering today, so that'll be my dior things and my fragrance crackers. Spacenk cracker is also coming today. What an exciting day!! I wonder when we'll get the glam kit. Hopefully not tomorrow as I'm out.

My vinted purchase of witchy woo has still not been sent 😕 I don't like it when sellers take ages to post. I try to post the same day, unless it's been purchased after 9pm, then it's the next day for me. Although, I have been to the lockers at midnight before 🤣

I’m really looking forward to trying the Kilian from Flannels

Me too. I don't think I'm a fan of really boozy perfumes, but I'm hoping that this kilian is an exception. I've only liked gggb so far, sold angels share and roses on ice.

I held off buying the women's kit originally because I only really wanted the Kilian but the discount and cash back made it worth it. I nearly bought this one from the Cosmetics store in Bicester Village in the spring. It is really nice. I ended up choosing Angels Share instead at the time but liked both.

SOTD is Chloe Le Parfum. I love this fragrance and only have a 1.2ml sample 😭 I can get 25% off 30ml today with Look Fantastic making it £56, but I'm wondering if I should just get an 8ml for £20, I'd say it's more an autumn / winter fragrance so I won't use 30ml before spring and I've got so many other fragrances on their way to me 🤔 Obviously it's better value to get the 30ml, but if I just get the 8ml then I've got the fragrance but also £30 to spend on something else (a CB stocking maybe 😉).

I'm looking forward to the creed 😍

I haven't found a Creed I like yet. Hopefully this will be the one.

Really hoping my liberty and space nk scent kits arrive. I ordered on next day delivery as going away early tomorrow - if all else fails I can probably redirect to a pick up point or something but I'm increasingly finding next day delivery = whenever the hell we feel like it. In which case at least I get the extra delivery charge back.

I can see liberty has made it to the local dpd depot at least !!

I have the SNK limitless pass but recently I've found it's very hit and miss whether it arrives next day, usually the day after. This is a Royal Mail issue not SNK, they always dispatch very quickly then it lingers in a sorting office despite being on a ND service.