Scent of the day part 10, the friendly perfumistas are spritzing again!

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Shiny new thread just in time for the new season - I'm thinking smoky, spicy gourmands as we head through autumn.

Old thread here
https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/style_and_beauty/5536911-scent-of-the-day-part-9-with-the-friendly-perfumistas-cheapies-or-niche-were-smelling-divine?reply=152661590

Well, its a bit vague. It says any perfume of 75 eur pkus from the Skins Collection. But what is the collection?

When I check my code online it takes out the 25 from BDK Impadia and Ex Nihilo sublime salt hairmist so... ehm it might be a glitch or it might include every perfume. I really dont know. It even takes it off of the Fragrance box even though it states on the voucher it doesnt include a box. It works on the Advent and the Holiday one as well.

The Widian is not a heavy one. It feels like a light warm smell. Top notes are Plum and Mandarin Orange; middle notes are Musk, Sandalwood and Rose; base notes are Vanilla and Moss.

For me the middle notes come out more than any of the others.

I get what you are saying. The full bottles also spray differently. But I can only use so much perfume a day. I also rather buy fresh perfumes with smaller amounts instead of holding on to a 100ml bottle for years.

With the influx of all the perfumes through the edits, advents and boxes Im trying to cull my collection at the moment. Its hard!

The 30mls are my favourites. Cute little bottles, spraying as they are supposed to. Never getting too old. And still very handy for travelling and putting it in a handbag.

having a BDK day - bought the extraits travel set and do not regret it! I sold the gris charnel extrait but the rouge smoking and pas ce soir are absolutely gorgeous. Really recommend this house, they are a bit under rated but well worth a look .

Ok, so they did let me check out the Hairmist from BDK Impadia 50ml and the Ex Nihilo Exalt Sublime body and hairmist 100ml with the 25 Eur off voucher. I also bought a giftcard from an exchange site who gave me a 10 percent discount. Choose 2 samples, Oribe Shampoo and conditioner plus a 2ml Purple Trouble of JHAG which is their new scent and as a gift with purchase I chose the Diptique Sapin candle 35gr again.

It all came down to 126 EUR in total.
If I wouldve been really stingey I wouldve chosen the Demon Dancer 7.5ml as it easily sells for 18 to 20 EUR making it cheaper but I like the little Sapin candle for the holiday season 😀

I needed to swerve away from my recent cosy vanilla-fest and go for something a bit more bracing, so SOTM (almost certainly SOTD given it's longevity) is an old favourite, Aromatics Elixir.

It feels a bit more vintage than I remember, but I'm enjoying it.

Trying to stay away from the advent calendar and deals threads as I've bought far too much recently and need to reign it in until black Friday at least. This thread is a bit safer.

I like Soie Malaquais Dries Van Noten a lot. However lucky for my purse I don't want to have it. It's nice to be at stage I can say something is lovely and still not want it!

@demantoid I have a ffern subscription and love it - about a 60% hit rate, tending towards the summer and autumn releases and away from spring and winter. Across the board, they release very 'natural'-leaning scents, kind of the opposite of a lot of the heavy gourmands, abroxan and other synthetics that feel like they're around so much right now (no shade on that, I love a good modern chypre).

Autumn 26 is great - opens with a very punchy herbal lavender, before drying down into a more warm woody/lavender/vanilla, like a creme brulee in the forest. I don't think how the perfumes are described in their marketing really lines up with what you get - always worth checking the actual notes on their site instead.

Where / what is the Skins Collection everyone has? Am trying not to get more samples/small sizes, but the current Liberty kit looks extremely tempting...

I think it's only available in the EU and doesn't ship to the UK.

SOTD this morning was a sample of Barrois Aldebaran. Kinda medicinal to my nose, not awful but definitely not a love at first sniff. Sprayed at 8.30 am, was completely gone by 11 am when I was in the local department store so helped myself to a generous spray of Chanel Cristalle from a tester bottle, which transported me back to the 90s with astonishing speed. Loved it then, love it now.

My SOTD is The Matcha. It's not as strong as I expected and I'm categorising it as inoffensive, could wear anywhere, any time. Will reapply it a bit later and see what I think then.

I’m wearing Zara Fashionably London today. I love this perfume and think it’s great value. I was surprised to read the notes are bergamot and rose because it feels sort of woody rather than floral to me.

I received a sample of DedCool Moochi Magic last month. I tried it on today, its described coffee vanilla, its a sweet caramel with hint of coffee on me. very sweet. its an easy fragrance to wear if you like sweet gourmands. Not one i would purchase but happy to give it a try.

Liquid Imaginaires Liquide Gold SOTD- another surprise one. I didn’t like it for the first 30 mins or so but kept revisiting and sniffing my arm… and now I love it! So pleased I decided not to just sell it as the description had initially put me off.

SOTD was Discothèque Lola at Coat Check. Out for lunch with friends who don’t wear fragrance, so didn’t want anything overpowering.
MM Bubble Bath tonight. I normally wear this in warmer weather and can’t smell the lavender, but tonight I can.
I love how perception of perfume changes with the seasons and over time.

Ooh this is really nice. Amber creme was also lovely but I went with this for now

I sold few perfumes that I am not going to use in Facebook group. Not a single buyer was female!

The pricetags of the Dries van Noten fragrances have that automatic effect on me lol

Yup EU and Ireland. Blame Brexit for that

Ormonde Jayne Levant today, a heady yellow floral. Want to explore this brand more in future.

Wfh day= testing/ spritzing day. My MH discovery kit arrived so maybe start there

Thameen Cullinan diamond. This made my heart jump when I first smelt it 2 or 3 years ago. It’s deep and rich. Love it!

I tried the reservation parfums suite 909 from the liberty scent kit, wasn't sure at first but quite liking it now, it's a woody peppery one but not too sharp and whilst masculine leaning it's not overly manly if that makes sense.

I have a few from the liberty scent kit I'll be listing, if anyone was after a particular one. I do find these kits really good value and a great way to try new houses -had never heard of reservation parfums before.

The discovery kit (4 x 10ml) is good value at I think £120. I do like DVN, great house.

Ex nihilio blue talisman. Testing it from a test card sample I got with an order. A bit artificial smelling, which isn’t the best description but not sure how else to say. I don’t really enjoy very strong fragrances and there’s a lot of notes in this one competing eachother and I’m not really enjoying it. Citrus, musky, fruity. I did have the extrait version in a travel size which I sold on as that one was really not my thing, more white floral I think, which I don’t like. I can see why people would like but it’s not my vibe at all.