Things have become a lot easier for me to resist, now that I've found out more about what works for me and what doesn't. I spent a lot of time reading reviews other people wrote and ordering tons of samples in a haphazard fashion, really wasting a lot of money just on them, when I could have been spending it on larger bottles I could get more use out of. But now I think I'm finding my true style and with my most recent sample purchase, taking off once again into territory that was different than what my spirit was leading me to, it confirms it.
What does work are the lighter fragrances from bath and body lines, mainly from France and Italy. I also like some of the colognes by Guerlain, the eau Fraiche fragrances by Hermes, and YSL Roses Des Bois was a rare one that actually dried down on me nicer than it smelled when I first applied it, so that is why I ordered the other four in that line. They are all different, yet based on notes I enjoy.
The notes I love most are:
pink roses
lemon verbena
oranges
orange blossoms
green leaves
lilies of the valley
french lavender
honeysuckle
berries
and some with basenotes of sandalwood and vanilla in cooler weather.
Have you found your groove or are you still looking?
I don't mind spending money on something I'm going to get some use out of, it's the ones I don't that seem like such a waste. I'm going to try harder to resist things that aren't really "my type" and see if I can do better. No more buying loads of samples that aren't or that are too expensive for me to feel comfortable about buying full bottles of. I am making this statement in front of you all today, so I won't backslide.
(Edit: Just so you won't think I'm totally bonkers, I did order four full sizes of the various Paris Springtime fragrances by YSL at a discount, but I'm choosing my favorite two to keep and my sister and her teenager daughter are getting the other two for Christmas, which they have already approved.)
What does work are the lighter fragrances from bath and body lines, mainly from France and Italy. I also like some of the colognes by Guerlain, the eau Fraiche fragrances by Hermes, and YSL Roses Des Bois was a rare one that actually dried down on me nicer than it smelled when I first applied it, so that is why I ordered the other four in that line. They are all different, yet based on notes I enjoy.
The notes I love most are:
pink roses
lemon verbena
oranges
orange blossoms
green leaves
lilies of the valley
french lavender
honeysuckle
berries
and some with basenotes of sandalwood and vanilla in cooler weather.
Have you found your groove or are you still looking?
I don't mind spending money on something I'm going to get some use out of, it's the ones I don't that seem like such a waste. I'm going to try harder to resist things that aren't really "my type" and see if I can do better. No more buying loads of samples that aren't or that are too expensive for me to feel comfortable about buying full bottles of. I am making this statement in front of you all today, so I won't backslide.
(Edit: Just so you won't think I'm totally bonkers, I did order four full sizes of the various Paris Springtime fragrances by YSL at a discount, but I'm choosing my favorite two to keep and my sister and her teenager daughter are getting the other two for Christmas, which they have already approved.)
