September 2011
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Native American style musak
August 2011
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Ruckus in Seattle
July 2011
11 posts
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Jasmine
Why is it that real jasmine (as in the flowers on the vine) smells pretty, but so many jasmine perfumes smell - quite literally - shitty?
Les Parfums de Rosine
I almost bought one of these unsniffed. Descriptions are so tempting. I ordered some samples, and am soooo glad I didn’t order an unsniffed bottle. I can hardly smell any of them, but here’s my quick take:
Rose d’Ete - Roses decaying
Rose d’Amour - Soap
Ecume de Rose - Salt note that disappears in 5 minutes
Roseberry - Sweet and juicy for 30 seconds, then gone
June 2011
2 posts
Scent Swaps
I’ve been sniffing up a storm preparing for a scent swap. I want to send off a bunch of things, but I would like to revisit them first to make sure I’m not sending off my future perfume love.
Today I have Yves Rocher Rose Absolue on one arm and Profumum Fiore di Ambra on the other.
Rose Absolue started off smelling like a sugared Phillip Morris. As it has dried down, the sweet has...
May 2011
9 posts
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Ava Luxe Loukhoum
I can’t even bring myself to spray it, it smells so awful in the bottle.
If anyone wants 2/3 of a bottle of this, let me know.
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Profumum Alba
Been outta town for awhile. Came home to a Lucky Scent package with some sniffies. Up tonight: Profumum Alba. Quick take: it smells like mineral oil. Not bad, but not worth 175 clams.
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Notes that ruin scent
There are some perfume notes that can manage to ruin an otherwise fine perfume. Or drown out all other notes.
I ran across two of them last night in a new batch of sniffies: mint and almond.
First up, almond. I love marzipan, and I even enjoy almond massage oil from time to time. But almond in a perfume inevitably goes wrong on me. Case in point: Knize Two. One of the reviews on Basenotes...
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Why?
I have smelled some fantastic perfumes. Things I adore, things I would love to smell like, things that perk me up to smell them.
I have smelled many, many more things that I don’t like. Things I mildly dislike, things I abhore, things that are so vile they turn my stomach. Why, then, do I keep sniffing?
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Semen y sangro
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April 2011
17 posts
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Untitled No. 8 by Brent Leonesio
It’s been nearly 11 years since Virginia fiddler Coolidge Winesett was rescued after 3 days stuck in his collapsed outhouse, and 7 years since his death. I hadn’t thought of him in nearly that long, but I was reminded of him today when I sampled Untitled No. 8.
Now, I am a person who doesn’t understand what the fuss is with Serge Lutens Muscs Koublai Khan, and I absolutely...
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Rotting onions and cabbage
Not a particularly good smell, but what I started my Sunday with. I am doing some air monitoring on a particularly stinky job involving ethyl mercaptan. That’s the stuff that in small concentrations lets you know that you have a propane/natural gas leak. In higher concentrations, it smells like you are stir frying onions and cabbage that are just a bit past their prime. It has great...
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emmy-t:
we bid you goodnight.
grateful dead.
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L'Artisan Piment Brulant
I am seriously craving pimiento cheese spread now, but I am not sure that I want to smell like this all day.
Pic from chow.com
Update - Sun Feather Angelica and Balsam
I found out today that Sun Feather has merged with a larger company, and they are discontinuing many of their products. So, no more Angelica and Balsam wash and balm for me.
I am on the hunt for a replacement product, so if you have suggestions, please let me know!
Scent memories and my favorite notes
I received an email tonight from my mother, asking if all those posts about perfume were from me, and pointing out that violets have been her favorite scent since she was a teen. Hi mom!
Violets have always reminded me of my mother. And I am sure that is why I like the scent - it is comforting. I sometimes wonder what perfume she wore before she started wearing Penhaligons. Was it Yardley,...
