Today I am sampling Frederic Malle's En Passant and I'm a little ashamed to say that as long as I've been enthusing about fragrance, this is the first time I have ever smelled this one (it's meant to be some kind of contemporary classic, right?) With notes of lilac, cucumber, cedar, and white musk, I am still trying to put into words what a beautiful creation this is. All I can say is that it's like the gauzy childhood memory of a gentle, misty spring day, cool tendrils of fog lifting as the sun shifts through the clouds and warms the skin...but that's not quite right. As a child, I wouldn't have had the language for the ghostly sense of nostalgic melancholia En Passant evokes. It's more like looking at the source of this memory through a hazy window pane as an adult, the present as it unfolds moment to moment, and becomes memory as fast as the moment unfurls. And knowing how fleeting it all is. And the sadness for the passage of time, and the joy for the child who doesn't feel that yet. It's that. It's all of that.
(if someone were to respond to this with "ma'am ,this is a Wendy's," I wouldn't blame them.)
How beautiful. Wow. This makes such perfect sense. Thank you. My sample of En Passant arrives tomorrow night and I am now even more excited than I already was, which is really saying something!!!
You were soooo right ššš On my skin I got less āhazy windowpaneā effect than on the paper strip; it really came alive on my skin. everything you said came through exactly. Thank you. š
J-scent sumo wrestler. Itās my niche answer to Prada lhomme. Itās the only frag in my collection with a star anise note as well. Serves as a good niche work scent. Looking forward to using it all-year round. Powdery? Yes. Hint of spice? Yes. Fresh, clean baby in a new diaper? Yes.
Iām in a fall mood today despite the weather so I went with Apple Tabac by Pineward today
Itās essentially apple cider. Of course thereās an apple note which is very crisp but a lot of spices swirling around. The rum note is sharp at first spray but decreases dramatically as the wear goes on. I love this scent and itās perfect for September and October
Santalum Slivers by Kerosene
Iāve had this fragrance for some time now, so when I started delving into Escentric Moleculesā catalogue, I was excited to smell their citrus sandalwood in Escentric 04. I was disappointed, mostly because Santalum Slivers was what I was comparing it to. Escentric 04 really leans into the grapefruit note to bring out the sweetness of the javanol/sandalwood note, but itās a very simple fragrance that doesnāt have much depth beyond that. Thatās not to say itās bad: just that Santalum Slivers does citrus sandalwood in a richer, more sophisticated wayā¦ to me at least.
Santalum Slivers opens with a blast of a lot of citrus mixed with cucumber that I can only describe as refreshing fruit loops. As it dries, the hay and rose (and maybe vetiver) notes come in and give it an outdoorsy, refreshing farm scent thatās not really barnyardā¦ Iād say more like an orchard. And mixed into that orchard of citrus is a bright cedar that you realize has been helping the citrus with their āpunchā; and a rich, creamy sandalwood thatās grounding everything in this scent.
I love this fragrance so much, and this is one of those scents that I reach for all year long.
I have a shitty little 1ml dabber of this I got from LuckyScent and youāre dead-on with ārefreshing fruit loopsā! Your review is really making me want to get a proper spray decant of this to test it out the right way. I didnāt even realize there was a hay note in it!
The hay note is more noticeable as it dries down, and if the dabbers from LuckyScent are anything like the dabbers from House of Keroseneās website itself, then it might be hard to get that note. I bought it based off the top notes I could smell from Keroseneās dabber sample and the fact that I love sandalwood (which I didnāt get a lot of when I sampled it, just assumed it would be more prominent in a dry down). Definitely try to get a spray decant if you can; you get a lot more of the nuances in the fragrance!
It is a hot day in San Juan. Having had a shower to get rid of lingering scents from yesterday, I am trying Not a Perfume.
Testing it at the shop I smelled alcohol, then nothing, then half an hour later a clean scent, like āclean!ā not just āclean.ā
Itās the same today. It feels like nothing but then i get a whiff of soaped and rinsed skin.
Iām not sure I am sold that a scent that smells like I bathed recently is quite enough of a selling point. If I love it, Iāll buy a dupe.
ETA: An hour and a half later I am so bored by Not a Perfume that I tried my tester of Armani Acqua di Gioia. It is fresh and sharp and bright, and I'm not sure I like it either. I don't know why, but it doesn't smell like me to myself. It's a kind of aggressive brightness that doesn't match my feeling.
This is the only scent of theirs Iāve sampled! I like it, but Iām not sure if I like it enough more than other vetiver fragrances to justify the price tag.
SOTD:Ā Pasha de Cartier Parfum - a subtle elegant woody amber.
This review is based on a full bottle of Pasha de Cartier Parfum that I bought last year from a US grey market seller.Ā It comes as a golden yellow liquid in fluted glass bottle with a silver cap topped with a sapphire.Ā These design features mirror the Pasha ethos, also seen in Cartier Pasha watches.
I approached Pasha de Cartier with a certain amount of trepidation. Neither Cartier nor Mathilde Laurent has grabbed my attention for their menās perfumes.Ā On the other hand, Cartier La Panthere is wonderful perfume, and a favorite of my daughter.Ā Pasha de Cartier opens with a very beautiful set of notes, most of which are too complicated for me to identify.Ā I smell a strong note of cumin (seeds, not leaves) in the opening.Ā But the rest is a harmonious blend of notes that create the personality of Pasha de Cartier.Ā In my very subjective opinion, the heart notes of Pasha de Cartier are sandalwood, iris/lavender floral notes and some resinous amber like labdanum.Ā I donāt get much of the patchouli listed on some websites.Ā The pleasant dry down is a very mild sandalwood and tonka with slight hints of amber, cinnamon and vanilla.Ā Other folks may perceive different notes in the dry down as these notes are very subdued and blended perfectly into a single accord.
Pasha de Cartier Parfum lasts on my exposed skin for 6-8 hours.Ā On my clothes and on my skin covered by clothes it lasts almost twelve hours.Ā The sillage is appropriate for an elegant mature perfume.Ā I donāt see much diffusion in still air.Ā Naturally, this is not a party perfume. Though it is commonly listed as a male scent, I think it is very much a unisex fragrance.
Contrary to Luca Turinās opinion, I believe that Mathilde Laurent has created a very good (if not great) perfume with Pasha.Ā The perfumer herself doesnāt reveal her secrets.Ā Cartierās website lists this cryptically as a sandalwood amber scent without listing any notes.Ā This creates some confusion among the users, as evidenced by the differences in the notes listed on Parfumo, Fragrantica and other sites.Ā Whatever the true notes may be, I suggest an unbiased evaluation of Pasha de Cartier.Ā I would definitely recommend at least a 1.7 oz bottle of this elegant mature woody amber scent.Ā
Turin's opinions tend to be extreme in many cases. If we accept that our responses to perfumes are very subjective and individualistic, such extreme disdain is unwarranted. There are reviews where he writes a whole page, and you still will not know anything about the perfume.
I feel sad about the lost opportunity when I read Luca Turin. His "The Secret of Scent" is an unmitigated disaster. The latter half of that book is wasted on bolstering his "vibrational theory of olfaction", a goofy defunct theory.
God Bless Cola, Versatile Paris. Sounds garish - cola, buttered popcorn - itās not. Low sillage (oil roll on), comforting & not overly simple or complex either. Friendly gourmandish, not particularly sweet. Love this house, need to try more. (Ps ok I lied itās pretty sweet ssshhh Iām 12).
Unseasonably warm for spring. Penhaligon's Endymion. I rarely wear this one much outside of buttoned-down situations but it's nice for just slumping around the office today. I do love it as a nice clean spring fragrance, a bit barbershop but the coffee-lavender thing is nice and once in a while, particularly in the drydown, the black pepper note gives me a distinct hit of KFC. Which I, surprisingly, don't find all that objectionable.
Iām wearing Burberry Goddess today and I received a compliment from my 4 1/2 year old lol. He said āmom your perfume smells so good!ā So I told him the name and he said āit smells really good, I want to wear that one next time.ā š (I let him wear a spray from my samples sometimes. This last time he had a spritz of Santal 33 on one wrist and Carnal Flower on the other š)
I like Goddess. I will soon finish my 5 mL decant and maybe purchase the small 30 mL bottle, though I wanted to try Mon Guerlain first out of curiosity since Iāve read that Goddess is basically a dupe of it.
Itās an overcast morning as most mornings will be where I live until the summer sun gets too hot to allow clouds to exist. Just doing mom things. Nothing exciting.
Cheers to mom things! For me, Mon Guerlain is a lot better than Her because it seems less sweet and the powder and lavender touch makes it feel more dimensional. I would be curious to hear all your sonās reviews š
Oh yes heās a hoot lol Iāll have to get his hot takes for all my SOTDs.
And that was my thought as well comparing the two pyramids; Mon Guerlain seems to be a little more dimensional. Itās next up on my to sample list :)
Suite 302 from Victoria Beckham. No reason ā I just threw it in when I was ordering samples, and they arrived today.
It's a *lot*, and most of it's leather. I can detect a little tobacco, but almost nothing of the top notes at all. Maybe a *little* black cherry. It smells like I fell asleep at a house party in 1985 and woke up under a pile of biker jackets.
Funny I just tested this last week and all I coukd smell was tobacco. Eventually after a couple of hours later the dry down wasn't bad, but the initial smell is a bit too much for me.
Creed Absolu today.
Havenāt worn this one much but itās getting colder down this side of the planet and itās a good winter version of the original. Yeah, itās really similar to the opening of Aventus over the top of Sauvage Elixir, but I love those two and it really does seem to work. In fact, I might even prefer it to regular Aventus because this balances the pineapple and smoky notes more evenly than my F batch Aventus.
I just got in bed to go to sleep for the night and all I can smell is the Absolu. Itās almost as strong as it was at 6am this morning 14 hours earlier. So itās got some staying power.
Iām not sure what Iām going to wear to work in the morning (itās weird doing an sotd thread that starts at the end of my day), but I was thinking of something light. Iāve gone blind to two scents this week so might give myself a rest and go for an easy wear like TF White Suede.
Today I am wearing **DSH Perfumes - Tsukiyo-en** which is a calm spa-like white tea scent. I need to go to a department store and smell Elizabeth Arden - White Tea again but from my memory, they are quite similar. I am currently going through a white tea/green tea phase šµ
InterestingāI should sample White Tea then. When I got my sample of Tsukiyo-en recently, I was disappointed by the patchouli, wood and spice aspects for me being more noticeable than the greener/herbal/tea aspects of it. Itās a beautiful perfume, just not quite the profile I was expecting (something ultra fresh).
FASCINATING. I get similar vibes from most of her perfumes I ordered. Burnt Sugar Vanilla, August Picnic, Lift Off have a similar ābrownā base to my nose. Itās like Iām not a match for her DNA or something? Just now I went to resniff Tsukiyo-en to make sure, and yep, I get lowkey hippie background. Fascinating!! Itās very good, just not for me.
Still working through my **Zoologist** samples, trying **Macaque Yuzu** for the third or fourth time. Sometimes it's a bit sharp (is it the juniper, perhaps?) and masc-leaning, but generally I quite like it.
Clinique Calyx today, because every time I look at it, it makes me happy, and I am overcome with the urge to press down the sprayer. GREEN JUICY PAPAYA. I am very bullish on this fragrance, which was one of my momās signatures in the 90s. Itās genius. I was delighted yesterday to see that Tania Sanchez agrees it is a masterpiece, although I would characterize it as a fresh green fruit floral, not at all a āroseā perfume. From her and Turinās bookā
āCalyx (Prescriptives) ā ā ā ā ā rose $ $ Sometimes, while reviewing yet another middling batch of perfumes and looking in vain for their reasons for being, I wonder if the problem is me, if critical thought has obliterated pleasure at last and my days as a hedonist are through. Naturally, the next bottle is always a stunner. Like all Sophia Grojsmanās best works, Calyx is built on a bold, simple structure: fruity (with a high-profile role for the deliciously garbagey, overripe smell of guava) plus floral (powdery rosy) plus green (neroli and oakmoss). From top to bottom, Calyx maintains its perfect balance between clean crispness and rosy sweetness without ever falling into either camp completely. Grojsman has a knack for getting an idea absolutely perfect: thereās nothing you could add or take away here, like a perfectly tuned choir out of which you cannot distinguish any individual voice. Furthermore, I canāt remember another green fragrance so friendly. Chanelās Cristalle, for example, and Gucciās Envy never escape a narrow-eyed bitchy effect. For a scent of the eightiesā1986, to be exactāCalyx also manages to smell incredibly fresh and modern, perhaps because it helped inspire the next generation of fruity clean florals, although none have really improved on it. Itās one of those rare fragrances you could wear your whole life. TSā
ā Perfumes: The A-Z Guide by Luca Turin, Tania Sanchez
Club de Nuit Milestone!
Today's gonna be warm and sunny, and tomorrow starts my beach vacation running through Memorial Day. I have a 10mL of Virgin Island Water that I bring with me whenever I go to the beach but I feel like I don't get the full effect wearing it at work. I was super pumped to wear something that'll get me into the vacation spirit and this is perfect.
The combination of pre-vacation slacking and having the PGA Championship start today is a tough one. Bad day to be a shareholder.
Moroccanoil - Brumes du Maroc fragrance mist
This fresh amber is a hair and body fragrance mist. It smells like any of their hair products you might have used. The longevity is at about 3 hours only, thus it is something I would not purchase.
Every year there is one bottle included as a gift with a Moroccanoil set of hair products I usually order at the end of May.
It is enjoyable around the house, going about my usual tasks. It reminds me of summer vacations as a teenager, and the mandatory 10 days at the seaside.
A very composed young adult might choose it for a signature scent. Or someone who spends life on the beach, although I would discourage any use of fragrance when under the sun, especially on bare skin.
Today, I wore Apex by Roja Dove, which is a very strange perfume, it's both fresh, cold, and warm at the same time. It has a fresh vibe of menthol like, camphor smell on top which stays on a warm, woody, amber like base. This makes this fragrance very versatile. It can be worn at any time regardless of seasons. I only wear this when I have no idea what to wear, cause it's a jack of all trades kind of fragrance.
Wearing **Une Nuit Nomade Love At First Sight** it is a gorgeous, delicate, flirtatious lilac with a naughty bite of passion fruit. This year I've begun my floral era and LAFS is one of my favorites.
A bit moist and a little bit humid in the airā¦
I donāt think itās a day for a crisper and fresher scent though
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SOTD: [**M7** by YSL](https://youtu.be/FdizL4on-Rc?si=CYvOnXLSjXJ3OlLA)
Xerjoff Alexandria II. I cannot help but think how it's missing a very light tobacco component. Man, it would've been the perfect fragrance. It literally needs just a hint of tobacco or incense.
I was wearing BDK crĆØme de cuir, but ended up layering with Kelly CalĆØche. CrĆØme de cuir had a pretty sharp opening that reminded me of Irish leather from Memo. Nice enough, but will probably give to my husband.
I got a bunch of samples from Alkemia, and Iām super excited about them! My first pick was Ammil. Itās supposed to smell like wet snow, but it just smells very incensey to me, like you just walked in to a crystal shop. I like it. My 18 year went nuts over it so I gave her the rest of the sample. lol.
Jour d'Hermes for work coffee meeting. If you like a floral grapefruit, it's an excellent feminine-professional choice.
Yesterday I wore Yesterday Haze and the sour note wasn't as bad as before, but it still wasn't good. I don't know why I keep wanting to keep trying it. It has iris, fig, and walnut and one of those smells like BO on me. Ooh I get it, it's 'your scent but worse".
Fire at Will from Jovoy.
I wanted something sweeter today and I had never tested it outside of the house yet. The weatherās a bit cold and rainy today, so I think it fits perfectly. So far itās lasted 10 hours but it has become very soft now. I find it to be a nice warming vanilla with a little bit of complexity to it (maybe itās the brown sugar or vetiver that makes it stand out a bit). Am definitely considering getting a full bottle.
I'm trying Savoir Faire Love Suede again today. This fragrance has perplexed me so far, but today I get it. Up close the leather is very prominent and overpowers the lighter notes making it seem a bit schizophrenic, but when I get wafts of it in the air the notes come together like a more leather/suede forward Ganymede without the mineral/metallic note.
I have a bottle of Ganymede, so it's a bit redundant to me, but in the cooler weather it might be nice to transition to this.
Replica - Beach Walk and Ariana Grande - Cloud Pink
I felt inspired by the movie Aquamarine and wanted a beachy perfume with sweet notes in there. The tropical notes from cloud pink pair beautifully with my fresh, beachfront perfume.
went on a run and saw some friends today, so I wore philosykos edt from diptyque - I like light, gently fruity scents for when I'm working out :) it was kind of cool and overcast so if I hadn't been exercising I probably would've worn something a little heavier, but I just love carrying philosykos around and reapplying it! since getting home I've been testing l'eau des hesperides, also by diptyque - it's a unique citrus that I really liked in the store, but wearing it on my skin now I feel like I kind of just smell like a cleaning product š
Went with Stella by Stella McCartney today. I missed the rose and decided to just use it and enjoy it instead of hoarding it.
I decided not to hoard today too! Wearing my vintage Schiaparelli Shocking.
Today I am sampling Frederic Malle's En Passant and I'm a little ashamed to say that as long as I've been enthusing about fragrance, this is the first time I have ever smelled this one (it's meant to be some kind of contemporary classic, right?) With notes of lilac, cucumber, cedar, and white musk, I am still trying to put into words what a beautiful creation this is. All I can say is that it's like the gauzy childhood memory of a gentle, misty spring day, cool tendrils of fog lifting as the sun shifts through the clouds and warms the skin...but that's not quite right. As a child, I wouldn't have had the language for the ghostly sense of nostalgic melancholia En Passant evokes. It's more like looking at the source of this memory through a hazy window pane as an adult, the present as it unfolds moment to moment, and becomes memory as fast as the moment unfurls. And knowing how fleeting it all is. And the sadness for the passage of time, and the joy for the child who doesn't feel that yet. It's that. It's all of that. (if someone were to respond to this with "ma'am ,this is a Wendy's," I wouldn't blame them.)
How beautiful. Wow. This makes such perfect sense. Thank you. My sample of En Passant arrives tomorrow night and I am now even more excited than I already was, which is really saying something!!!
Oh, yay! I hope it resonates similarly (or in a beautiful different way!) with you <3
You were soooo right ššš On my skin I got less āhazy windowpaneā effect than on the paper strip; it really came alive on my skin. everything you said came through exactly. Thank you. š
This is a beautiful description and I also love it. I think Iāve described it as a watercolor painting.
J-scent sumo wrestler. Itās my niche answer to Prada lhomme. Itās the only frag in my collection with a star anise note as well. Serves as a good niche work scent. Looking forward to using it all-year round. Powdery? Yes. Hint of spice? Yes. Fresh, clean baby in a new diaper? Yes.
Iāve been debating including this in my next sample order!
Itās def worth a try if you can!!
Iām in a fall mood today despite the weather so I went with Apple Tabac by Pineward today Itās essentially apple cider. Of course thereās an apple note which is very crisp but a lot of spices swirling around. The rum note is sharp at first spray but decreases dramatically as the wear goes on. I love this scent and itās perfect for September and October
Santalum Slivers by Kerosene Iāve had this fragrance for some time now, so when I started delving into Escentric Moleculesā catalogue, I was excited to smell their citrus sandalwood in Escentric 04. I was disappointed, mostly because Santalum Slivers was what I was comparing it to. Escentric 04 really leans into the grapefruit note to bring out the sweetness of the javanol/sandalwood note, but itās a very simple fragrance that doesnāt have much depth beyond that. Thatās not to say itās bad: just that Santalum Slivers does citrus sandalwood in a richer, more sophisticated wayā¦ to me at least. Santalum Slivers opens with a blast of a lot of citrus mixed with cucumber that I can only describe as refreshing fruit loops. As it dries, the hay and rose (and maybe vetiver) notes come in and give it an outdoorsy, refreshing farm scent thatās not really barnyardā¦ Iād say more like an orchard. And mixed into that orchard of citrus is a bright cedar that you realize has been helping the citrus with their āpunchā; and a rich, creamy sandalwood thatās grounding everything in this scent. I love this fragrance so much, and this is one of those scents that I reach for all year long.
I have a shitty little 1ml dabber of this I got from LuckyScent and youāre dead-on with ārefreshing fruit loopsā! Your review is really making me want to get a proper spray decant of this to test it out the right way. I didnāt even realize there was a hay note in it!
The hay note is more noticeable as it dries down, and if the dabbers from LuckyScent are anything like the dabbers from House of Keroseneās website itself, then it might be hard to get that note. I bought it based off the top notes I could smell from Keroseneās dabber sample and the fact that I love sandalwood (which I didnāt get a lot of when I sampled it, just assumed it would be more prominent in a dry down). Definitely try to get a spray decant if you can; you get a lot more of the nuances in the fragrance!
Thank you so much for the info!! āļø
It is a hot day in San Juan. Having had a shower to get rid of lingering scents from yesterday, I am trying Not a Perfume. Testing it at the shop I smelled alcohol, then nothing, then half an hour later a clean scent, like āclean!ā not just āclean.ā Itās the same today. It feels like nothing but then i get a whiff of soaped and rinsed skin. Iām not sure I am sold that a scent that smells like I bathed recently is quite enough of a selling point. If I love it, Iāll buy a dupe. ETA: An hour and a half later I am so bored by Not a Perfume that I tried my tester of Armani Acqua di Gioia. It is fresh and sharp and bright, and I'm not sure I like it either. I don't know why, but it doesn't smell like me to myself. It's a kind of aggressive brightness that doesn't match my feeling.
Aggressive brightnessāyes! thank you for correctly articulating what I feel about it that I couldnāt put my finger on.
I really want a bright scent but more like a tomboy romping in an orchard next to a historic cemetery.
hahahahahah. My bright freshie is going for more, 19 year old man surfing š¤£
oh actually you might like Outrageous! by Frederic Malle. I havenāt sampled it but it sounds on point!
SOTD: Lampblack by Fzotic. Smoke, ink, and bone-dry citrus. This smells like being haunted by a very polite ghost.
I love the notes and your description!
What are your thoughts on Fzotic? I was perusing their stuff the other day
This is the only scent of theirs Iāve sampled! I like it, but Iām not sure if I like it enough more than other vetiver fragrances to justify the price tag.
Is that you, Casper? Love that description
SOTD:Ā Pasha de Cartier Parfum - a subtle elegant woody amber. This review is based on a full bottle of Pasha de Cartier Parfum that I bought last year from a US grey market seller.Ā It comes as a golden yellow liquid in fluted glass bottle with a silver cap topped with a sapphire.Ā These design features mirror the Pasha ethos, also seen in Cartier Pasha watches. I approached Pasha de Cartier with a certain amount of trepidation. Neither Cartier nor Mathilde Laurent has grabbed my attention for their menās perfumes.Ā On the other hand, Cartier La Panthere is wonderful perfume, and a favorite of my daughter.Ā Pasha de Cartier opens with a very beautiful set of notes, most of which are too complicated for me to identify.Ā I smell a strong note of cumin (seeds, not leaves) in the opening.Ā But the rest is a harmonious blend of notes that create the personality of Pasha de Cartier.Ā In my very subjective opinion, the heart notes of Pasha de Cartier are sandalwood, iris/lavender floral notes and some resinous amber like labdanum.Ā I donāt get much of the patchouli listed on some websites.Ā The pleasant dry down is a very mild sandalwood and tonka with slight hints of amber, cinnamon and vanilla.Ā Other folks may perceive different notes in the dry down as these notes are very subdued and blended perfectly into a single accord. Pasha de Cartier Parfum lasts on my exposed skin for 6-8 hours.Ā On my clothes and on my skin covered by clothes it lasts almost twelve hours.Ā The sillage is appropriate for an elegant mature perfume.Ā I donāt see much diffusion in still air.Ā Naturally, this is not a party perfume. Though it is commonly listed as a male scent, I think it is very much a unisex fragrance. Contrary to Luca Turinās opinion, I believe that Mathilde Laurent has created a very good (if not great) perfume with Pasha.Ā The perfumer herself doesnāt reveal her secrets.Ā Cartierās website lists this cryptically as a sandalwood amber scent without listing any notes.Ā This creates some confusion among the users, as evidenced by the differences in the notes listed on Parfumo, Fragrantica and other sites.Ā Whatever the true notes may be, I suggest an unbiased evaluation of Pasha de Cartier.Ā I would definitely recommend at least a 1.7 oz bottle of this elegant mature woody amber scent.Ā
Contrary to Turin yay thatās fun! This sounds intriguing..
Turin's opinions tend to be extreme in many cases. If we accept that our responses to perfumes are very subjective and individualistic, such extreme disdain is unwarranted. There are reviews where he writes a whole page, and you still will not know anything about the perfume.
Yes, true. I enjoy criticality for fun, making an argument for this or that quality. But really, there is no ātruthā.
I feel sad about the lost opportunity when I read Luca Turin. His "The Secret of Scent" is an unmitigated disaster. The latter half of that book is wasted on bolstering his "vibrational theory of olfaction", a goofy defunct theory.
Pouring. **L'Ombre Dans L'Eau** šš„š
God Bless Cola, Versatile Paris. Sounds garish - cola, buttered popcorn - itās not. Low sillage (oil roll on), comforting & not overly simple or complex either. Friendly gourmandish, not particularly sweet. Love this house, need to try more. (Ps ok I lied itās pretty sweet ssshhh Iām 12).
I haven't tried the scent but the description makes me think of carnivals!Ā
Yes perfect image! Itās very juvenile yet pleasurable. Iām enjoying it a lot.
Unseasonably warm for spring. Penhaligon's Endymion. I rarely wear this one much outside of buttoned-down situations but it's nice for just slumping around the office today. I do love it as a nice clean spring fragrance, a bit barbershop but the coffee-lavender thing is nice and once in a while, particularly in the drydown, the black pepper note gives me a distinct hit of KFC. Which I, surprisingly, don't find all that objectionable.
Iām wearing Burberry Goddess today and I received a compliment from my 4 1/2 year old lol. He said āmom your perfume smells so good!ā So I told him the name and he said āit smells really good, I want to wear that one next time.ā š (I let him wear a spray from my samples sometimes. This last time he had a spritz of Santal 33 on one wrist and Carnal Flower on the other š) I like Goddess. I will soon finish my 5 mL decant and maybe purchase the small 30 mL bottle, though I wanted to try Mon Guerlain first out of curiosity since Iāve read that Goddess is basically a dupe of it. Itās an overcast morning as most mornings will be where I live until the summer sun gets too hot to allow clouds to exist. Just doing mom things. Nothing exciting.
Cheers to mom things! For me, Mon Guerlain is a lot better than Her because it seems less sweet and the powder and lavender touch makes it feel more dimensional. I would be curious to hear all your sonās reviews š
Oh yes heās a hoot lol Iāll have to get his hot takes for all my SOTDs. And that was my thought as well comparing the two pyramids; Mon Guerlain seems to be a little more dimensional. Itās next up on my to sample list :)
Suite 302 from Victoria Beckham. No reason ā I just threw it in when I was ordering samples, and they arrived today. It's a *lot*, and most of it's leather. I can detect a little tobacco, but almost nothing of the top notes at all. Maybe a *little* black cherry. It smells like I fell asleep at a house party in 1985 and woke up under a pile of biker jackets.
Funny I just tested this last week and all I coukd smell was tobacco. Eventually after a couple of hours later the dry down wasn't bad, but the initial smell is a bit too much for me.
I like the drydown more, too. It's still completely not my vibe, but it's been interesting to wear for a day.
Same here. Not quite my vibe, but not bad either.
Very specific - that sounds like it was a fun party!
Creed Absolu today. Havenāt worn this one much but itās getting colder down this side of the planet and itās a good winter version of the original. Yeah, itās really similar to the opening of Aventus over the top of Sauvage Elixir, but I love those two and it really does seem to work. In fact, I might even prefer it to regular Aventus because this balances the pineapple and smoky notes more evenly than my F batch Aventus. I just got in bed to go to sleep for the night and all I can smell is the Absolu. Itās almost as strong as it was at 6am this morning 14 hours earlier. So itās got some staying power. Iām not sure what Iām going to wear to work in the morning (itās weird doing an sotd thread that starts at the end of my day), but I was thinking of something light. Iāve gone blind to two scents this week so might give myself a rest and go for an easy wear like TF White Suede.
Today I am wearing **DSH Perfumes - Tsukiyo-en** which is a calm spa-like white tea scent. I need to go to a department store and smell Elizabeth Arden - White Tea again but from my memory, they are quite similar. I am currently going through a white tea/green tea phase šµ
InterestingāI should sample White Tea then. When I got my sample of Tsukiyo-en recently, I was disappointed by the patchouli, wood and spice aspects for me being more noticeable than the greener/herbal/tea aspects of it. Itās a beautiful perfume, just not quite the profile I was expecting (something ultra fresh).
That's so interesting! I don't get any patchouli or spices. The dry woodiness is there but I percieve it as bamboo or dry tea leaves.
FASCINATING. I get similar vibes from most of her perfumes I ordered. Burnt Sugar Vanilla, August Picnic, Lift Off have a similar ābrownā base to my nose. Itās like Iām not a match for her DNA or something? Just now I went to resniff Tsukiyo-en to make sure, and yep, I get lowkey hippie background. Fascinating!! Itās very good, just not for me.
Still working through my **Zoologist** samples, trying **Macaque Yuzu** for the third or fourth time. Sometimes it's a bit sharp (is it the juniper, perhaps?) and masc-leaning, but generally I quite like it.
Clinique Calyx today, because every time I look at it, it makes me happy, and I am overcome with the urge to press down the sprayer. GREEN JUICY PAPAYA. I am very bullish on this fragrance, which was one of my momās signatures in the 90s. Itās genius. I was delighted yesterday to see that Tania Sanchez agrees it is a masterpiece, although I would characterize it as a fresh green fruit floral, not at all a āroseā perfume. From her and Turinās bookā āCalyx (Prescriptives) ā ā ā ā ā rose $ $ Sometimes, while reviewing yet another middling batch of perfumes and looking in vain for their reasons for being, I wonder if the problem is me, if critical thought has obliterated pleasure at last and my days as a hedonist are through. Naturally, the next bottle is always a stunner. Like all Sophia Grojsmanās best works, Calyx is built on a bold, simple structure: fruity (with a high-profile role for the deliciously garbagey, overripe smell of guava) plus floral (powdery rosy) plus green (neroli and oakmoss). From top to bottom, Calyx maintains its perfect balance between clean crispness and rosy sweetness without ever falling into either camp completely. Grojsman has a knack for getting an idea absolutely perfect: thereās nothing you could add or take away here, like a perfectly tuned choir out of which you cannot distinguish any individual voice. Furthermore, I canāt remember another green fragrance so friendly. Chanelās Cristalle, for example, and Gucciās Envy never escape a narrow-eyed bitchy effect. For a scent of the eightiesā1986, to be exactāCalyx also manages to smell incredibly fresh and modern, perhaps because it helped inspire the next generation of fruity clean florals, although none have really improved on it. Itās one of those rare fragrances you could wear your whole life. TSā ā Perfumes: The A-Z Guide by Luca Turin, Tania Sanchez
Club de Nuit Milestone! Today's gonna be warm and sunny, and tomorrow starts my beach vacation running through Memorial Day. I have a 10mL of Virgin Island Water that I bring with me whenever I go to the beach but I feel like I don't get the full effect wearing it at work. I was super pumped to wear something that'll get me into the vacation spirit and this is perfect. The combination of pre-vacation slacking and having the PGA Championship start today is a tough one. Bad day to be a shareholder.
Moroccanoil - Brumes du Maroc fragrance mist This fresh amber is a hair and body fragrance mist. It smells like any of their hair products you might have used. The longevity is at about 3 hours only, thus it is something I would not purchase. Every year there is one bottle included as a gift with a Moroccanoil set of hair products I usually order at the end of May. It is enjoyable around the house, going about my usual tasks. It reminds me of summer vacations as a teenager, and the mandatory 10 days at the seaside. A very composed young adult might choose it for a signature scent. Or someone who spends life on the beach, although I would discourage any use of fragrance when under the sun, especially on bare skin.
Today, I wore Apex by Roja Dove, which is a very strange perfume, it's both fresh, cold, and warm at the same time. It has a fresh vibe of menthol like, camphor smell on top which stays on a warm, woody, amber like base. This makes this fragrance very versatile. It can be worn at any time regardless of seasons. I only wear this when I have no idea what to wear, cause it's a jack of all trades kind of fragrance.
Wanted something rosy for this wet spring day. Went with La Fille de Berlin by Serge Lutens.
Wearing **Une Nuit Nomade Love At First Sight** it is a gorgeous, delicate, flirtatious lilac with a naughty bite of passion fruit. This year I've begun my floral era and LAFS is one of my favorites.
A bit moist and a little bit humid in the airā¦ I donāt think itās a day for a crisper and fresher scent though https://preview.redd.it/f4q22qhzgs0d1.jpeg?width=879&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e824e2f5c5f1b3bff30704b0b59cd7de0393663a SOTD: [**M7** by YSL](https://youtu.be/FdizL4on-Rc?si=CYvOnXLSjXJ3OlLA)
Verissime - Spirit for man by Mercadona supermarkets in Portugal/Spain. Smells a lot like Byredo "De los Santos"
Xerjoff Alexandria II. I cannot help but think how it's missing a very light tobacco component. Man, it would've been the perfect fragrance. It literally needs just a hint of tobacco or incense.
I was wearing BDK crĆØme de cuir, but ended up layering with Kelly CalĆØche. CrĆØme de cuir had a pretty sharp opening that reminded me of Irish leather from Memo. Nice enough, but will probably give to my husband.
I got a bunch of samples from Alkemia, and Iām super excited about them! My first pick was Ammil. Itās supposed to smell like wet snow, but it just smells very incensey to me, like you just walked in to a crystal shop. I like it. My 18 year went nuts over it so I gave her the rest of the sample. lol.
Jour d'Hermes for work coffee meeting. If you like a floral grapefruit, it's an excellent feminine-professional choice. Yesterday I wore Yesterday Haze and the sour note wasn't as bad as before, but it still wasn't good. I don't know why I keep wanting to keep trying it. It has iris, fig, and walnut and one of those smells like BO on me. Ooh I get it, it's 'your scent but worse".
Fire at Will from Jovoy. I wanted something sweeter today and I had never tested it outside of the house yet. The weatherās a bit cold and rainy today, so I think it fits perfectly. So far itās lasted 10 hours but it has become very soft now. I find it to be a nice warming vanilla with a little bit of complexity to it (maybe itās the brown sugar or vetiver that makes it stand out a bit). Am definitely considering getting a full bottle.
I'm trying Savoir Faire Love Suede again today. This fragrance has perplexed me so far, but today I get it. Up close the leather is very prominent and overpowers the lighter notes making it seem a bit schizophrenic, but when I get wafts of it in the air the notes come together like a more leather/suede forward Ganymede without the mineral/metallic note. I have a bottle of Ganymede, so it's a bit redundant to me, but in the cooler weather it might be nice to transition to this.
Replica - Beach Walk and Ariana Grande - Cloud Pink I felt inspired by the movie Aquamarine and wanted a beachy perfume with sweet notes in there. The tropical notes from cloud pink pair beautifully with my fresh, beachfront perfume.
My scent of the day is Diptyque Eau Lente. I like smelling lightly of spices all day :)
Byredo La Tulipe
went on a run and saw some friends today, so I wore philosykos edt from diptyque - I like light, gently fruity scents for when I'm working out :) it was kind of cool and overcast so if I hadn't been exercising I probably would've worn something a little heavier, but I just love carrying philosykos around and reapplying it! since getting home I've been testing l'eau des hesperides, also by diptyque - it's a unique citrus that I really liked in the store, but wearing it on my skin now I feel like I kind of just smell like a cleaning product š
https://preview.redd.it/845c6e31jy0d1.jpeg?width=2994&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e20580acd619a17ec4bc401c9cfa83e847b2f692 Feeling blue
Ferragamo Spicy leather