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Fragrance from a dream ( rose + violet )

post #1 of 19
1/2/09 at 12:16pm
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I've obviously been spending way too much time on Basenotes!

Last night I had a dream about a fragrance, and unlike many dreams, the impression of what the fragrance smelled like was quite clear. ( I should have asked for a sample from the woman who showed it to me in the dream... but I have a feeling I couldn't have taken it back with me! )

The fragrance was a rose and violet centered, heavier on the rose than the violet. It was very smooth, cool, and mossy ( coincidentally the rose note strongly reminded me of a moss rose ). It was a predominantly floral fragrance though, not a chypre or fougere, and it wasn't particularly oriental or powdery.

It's likely a fragrance that exists in my mind's nose - "mind's eye" is the wrong term for a fragrance - alone, but all the same, I find myself wanting a fragrance that smells just like it.

Other likely pointless details from the dream were that is was a womens fragrance and an older fragrance, though given its smell, I wouldn't be surprised if that was true of its real life equivalents.
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post #2 of 19
1/2/09 at 12:57pm
I can't be of any practical help but:

a)I am damned jealous you are dreaming of frags and

b)it actually sounds very nice!
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post #3 of 19
1/2/09 at 1:16pm
I thought I was the only one who had dreams where I smell things. We. Are. Not. Alone.
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post #4 of 19
1/2/09 at 3:01pm
I dream about perfumes all the time. Most of the time I am in an amazing store or boutique, confronted with scents I have never seen and smelled before, or scents that have long been discontinued. I love those dreams!
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post #5 of 19
1/2/09 at 3:28pm
It makes me think of the limited edition springtime versions of YSL Paris.
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post #6 of 19
1/2/09 at 3:55pm
Quelques Fleurs?
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post #7 of 19
1/2/09 at 5:29pm
My first thought was Bulgari pour Femme. It is cool and smooth with lovely violet and rose notes, but I don't think mossy. Some reviews complain of the powder, but it doesn't turn powdery on me.

I dream of perfumes quite a bit. But I read BN right before going to bed a lot of times.
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post #8 of 19
1/2/09 at 6:34pm
I just read somewhere that in Paris EDP the rose is more dominant than in the EDT. Some consider Paris powdery, but to me and on me, it's more fresh.

One of the few fragrance dreams (where I dreamt in scent) was about trying Jo Malone Red Roses- which is classified on the Osmoz site as a rose-violet scent. In my dream it was a very green rose scent, clear and earthy (stems). Still have not sampled IRL.
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post #9 of 19
1/2/09 at 6:39pm
Paris is very powdery on me, but I find Paris Jardins Romatiques (the 2007 spring edition) not powdery in the least, with its grass, lilac, muguet and mandarin notes.
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post #10 of 19
1/3/09 at 8:22am
I dream fragrance, too.
And I eat and taste in my dreams.
I bet you really did smell something similar in your waking hours, and I hope you find it because you are longing for this scent.
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post #11 of 19
1/3/09 at 4:18pm
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Originally Posted by purplebird7 View Post

I dream fragrance, too.
And I eat and taste in my dreams.
I bet you really did smell something similar in your waking hours, and I hope you find it because you are longing for this scent.

I eat and taste in my dreams, too! I thought I was the only one. I am happy to learn I am not.
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post #12 of 19
1/3/09 at 4:35pm
I initially thought of Parfums de Rosines Une Folie de Rose...in any case this is a line you should and must explore if you are dreaming of roses, my friend!
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post #13 of 19
1/4/09 at 7:56am
Paris (I prefer edt because it's more sparkly than the edp, to me) and Bulgari pour Femme seem like good recommendations. I also frequently dream about fragrance. Usually I discover a hidden or forgotten cache of vintage fragrances. I hate waking up from those dreams to find out it isn't true! Most recently, it was a small bottle of vintage Je Reviens parfum, the round bottle with the blue juice. it smelled amazing. Now I'm craving it in my waking life.
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post #14 of 19
1/4/09 at 3:56pm
I dream about perfumes, too, often ones that i know , and i smell them in my dreams. So far I haven't created or discovered any in my dreams. What a wonderful phenomenon!
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post #15 of 19
1/4/09 at 4:51pm
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Originally Posted by lilybelle View Post

I also frequently dream about fragrance. Usually I discover a hidden or forgotten cache of vintage fragrances. I hate waking up from those dreams to find out it isn't true!

Yes, yes! You have described many of my dreams exactly! What wonderful, multidimensional dreams they are, no?
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post #16 of 19
1/5/09 at 10:09am
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What wonderful, multidimensional dreams they are, no?

Colorful AND fragrant. And mystical.
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post #17 of 19
1/5/09 at 9:07pm
I immediately thought of Parfums de Rosine, too, maybe Rose de Rosine.
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post #18 of 19
1/5/09 at 9:21pm
Lipstick Rose was the first scent that came to mind for me, but it isn't at all mossy.
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post #19 of 19
1/5/09 at 10:45pm
Gee, I'm envious. Can't wait until I have a fragrance dream! I dream about my cats, too, beachroses! And my other passions, including food and hula. So I'm sure fragrance will be showing up one of these days.

GB, your description reminded me of Stéphanie de Saint-Aignan's Le Pot Aux Roses. It does have a somewhat powdery quality, though, so not sure.
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