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post #1 of 85
3/4/10 at 11:59pm
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Nice Weekend everyone

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Lavender, Galbanum, Basil, Pine Needles,Watercress
Heart Notes
Artemisia, Oak, Oakmoss
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Musk, Castoreum, Woodsy Notes

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post #2 of 85
3/5/10 at 12:05am
Ooo, ooo, since I'm still up I'm going to post what my SOTD for Friday most likely will be, then I won't be the thread killer who posts last, lol.

I am thinking of either JHAG Midnight Oud or JHAG Lady Vengeance. Or maybe Narciso Rodriguez for Her EDP. Or maybe my newly arrived Ungaro Diva parfum! Or maybe I shouldn't post yet since I haven't made up my mind. Anyone want to choose for me? ;-j

Back to being the thread killer, I guess, lol.
post #3 of 85
3/5/10 at 12:22am
Hello and welcome to NeedCoffee! (And the thread is still alive and kicking at this point.) Also, hello and welcome to Reine!

I so enjoyed wearing Ormonde Woman on Thursday that I will be wearing it again today. Take care, all.
post #4 of 85
3/5/10 at 12:31am
Hermès Hiris for me again.

Have an absolutely fabulous Friday!
post #5 of 85
3/5/10 at 12:52am
Morning all,
thanks for all the well wishes yesterday. Rheumatism is a crappy thing to live with, but you just have to make the best of your situation. It's worse now when the weather has been cold, I feel really old and worn despite being 36.

Coughing my lungs out today, stuffed nose to the point that my sense of smell is compromised.

Still, up and about and wearing the underrated classic White Linen.
post #6 of 85
3/5/10 at 1:05am
I hope you get well for the weekend Trikkirikki.
Aprés l'Ondée today
Buen fin de semana a todos.
post #7 of 85
3/5/10 at 1:16am
Welcome to NeedCoffee & Reine! Sending get well wishes to Trikkirikki!

Today I'm wearing SSS Rose Musc, I'm on a bit of a rose kick lately.
post #8 of 85
3/5/10 at 1:38am
Happy belated birthday, rtamara!
Happy birthday, ECaruthers!

Welcome, NeedCoffee!

trikkirikki, feel better soon!

I am wearing Zen by Shiseido for a second day.



Have a lovely Friday!
post #9 of 85
3/5/10 at 1:58am
Trikkirikki - get better soon !

Aromatics Elixir for me today .

Edit : .. Oh- A very Happy Birthday to ECaruthers !!!!!!!
post #10 of 85
3/5/10 at 2:03am
NeedCoffee, welcome and go with Ungaro. You said it is your new name and new life, please stay this time!

Surprisingly, nothing hurts this morning on me, a very unusual and slightly disturbing sensation? Or, another sign of spring?

Hugs to everyone who would take them.

In vintage Givenchy L'Interdit parfum, from ubu.
post #11 of 85
3/5/10 at 3:15am
Guerlain Mitsouko for me today
post #12 of 85
3/5/10 at 3:44am
I'm in my (discontinued) Gucci Eau de Parfum again, the bottle I picked up from TK Maxx for £12.99.

I've had two compliments already!

post #13 of 85
3/5/10 at 3:45am
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Creed Millesime Imperial this morning
post #14 of 85
3/5/10 at 4:03am
Trikkirikki, I hope you feel better soon.
Welcome, Needcoffee!

Le Labo Rose 31

Happy Friday, all!
post #15 of 85
3/5/10 at 4:15am
Ambra Tibet. Perfect for a day of travel.
post #16 of 85
3/5/10 at 4:15am
Finishing the week of small perfumers with a new one.

Costamor Sugarwood

I grew up in South Florida and spent a lot of time traveling throughout the Caribbean. For those of you who have visited any of those islands the one consistent crop that grows on, almost all, of them is sugar cane. If you go on a tour of any of these islands it is almost inevitable that you will be taken to a sugar plantation and handed a stalk of sugar cane to suck on. If you’ve ever had that experience you’ve smelled the unique smell of green and sweet that natural sugar cane produces, it is a singular sensation.

In 2009 Elizabeth Wright founded Costamor mainly to produce perfumes that capture the smells of her childhood trips to Costa Rica. One of the first offerings from Costamor is Sugarwood. For Sugarwood she wanted a fragrance that captured that raw sugar cane experience in olfactory form. In many ways I think it took a perfumer who has spent time in the tropics to really understand what was necessary to create this sugar cane accord because Ms. Wright manages to achieve it.

Sugarwood begins with that sugar cane accord and it is a moist sweetness coupled with a slight green woodiness. Ms. Wright makes a great choice in pairing this sugar cane accord with a green fig note. The fig serves to delineate the green aspect of the sugar cane while modulating the sweetness. This combination will be present throughout the development of Sugarwood. The heart is a gentle mix of iris, jasmine, and peony. It gives a light floral heart to Sugarwood that is a nice complement to the sugar cane. The base is cedar and vanilla with a hint of musk. The vanilla takes Sugarwood into more traditional sweet territory but Ms. Wright keeps a light hand on the vanilla and therefore it never really overwhelms the closing stages of Sugarwood.

Sugarwood has average longevity and below average sillage.

It is nice to find fragrances that remind one of one’s youth. It is even nicer to find one with the quality of Sugarwood.

Have a Flippant Friday everyone.
post #17 of 85
3/5/10 at 4:30am
Good morning!
Trikkirikki--may you get some relief today.

I will be stepping out in Elizabeth Taylor Gardenia.

Wishing everyone a weekend driven by purpose and passion...
post #18 of 85
3/5/10 at 4:34am
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Welcome to NeedCoffee!

Wearing Chanel Eau Premier to my x-ray this morning. Got to check on the status of my "pet rock".

Love you guys!
post #19 of 85
3/5/10 at 4:39am
Good morning all and welcome to the newcomers Sotd is Mystere today.
post #20 of 85
3/5/10 at 4:50am
Guerlain's Parure EdT. This perfume is so odd and striking and so long-lasting! Lilac-rose-plum up top, leather-patchouli-oakmoss behind. It smells like a very masculine leather chypre with some diva-like lilac and rose thrown in - the result is quite special...

post #21 of 85
3/5/10 at 5:01am
Twolf, glad to hear you're feelin' fine - as well as enjoying those frags!
Tdem, you ALWAYS smell divine!
Today I'm spritzing some Gucci by Gucci.
post #22 of 85
3/5/10 at 5:12am
Scent twin with RHM today in Chanel Eau Premiere.

Happy Friday to all, welcome to our newcomers and have a great smelling weekend!
post #23 of 85
3/5/10 at 5:21am
From a sample....C&S Citrus Paradise.

Thinkin' about it......
post #24 of 85
3/5/10 at 5:36am
Good Friday Morning!

In Isabella Rosellini's Manifesto today -

Thanks for the warm welcome!

Reine
post #25 of 85
3/5/10 at 5:54am
Happy Birthday to ECaruthers! I hope you have a special day!



I have not decided on SotD yet...will report later.
post #26 of 85
3/5/10 at 6:01am
Asha, what a beautiful picture! And happy birthday, ECaruthers.

I'm in L'Huere Bleue.
post #27 of 85
3/5/10 at 6:10am
Trikkirikki, hope you feel better soon. Welcome Needcoffee!
I am enjoying another sunny day and wearing Flora Nerolia.
post #28 of 85
3/5/10 at 6:28am
Trikkirikki- is THAT the Mighty Boosh on your avatar ?
You gots a gooood sense of humor, honey.
Big hugs to you- albeit tender ones.

RHM- you sound better already, my dear ;-)
SO glad.

Happy Birthday, ECaruthers !

Therese- Ambra Tibet is good, anytime. Great go-to.
Will I see you at Sniffa /
Please say YES.

Welcome Reine, NeedCoffee, other sweet new faces !

Gearing up for a work w/e.
Wearing SL Bois et Fruits- from the original SL variations on FdB, years ago....
This simply has more plum in it, but it's NOT a gooey mess ;-0

Big love out there to those in need...
post #29 of 85
3/5/10 at 7:04am
Belated birthday greetings to Rtamara and timely greetings to ECaruthers.


Grab a plate everyone, we deserve festivities.

T.G.I.F. Did any other Geminis have a really weird 24 hours, Wed-Thurs? Things were almost dream-like-strange here.
Welcome to Reine, and I guess a rewelcome(?) for NeedCoffee.

Remember: The Conga line forms here tomorrow for Chypre-Chypre-Chypre. That's RHMs chant I'm following up on.

Sampling Gucci II right now, and it smells like the buffet above: mandarin, bitter orange, black currant, violet, blackberry, jasmine, heliotrope, cedarwood, musks.

post #30 of 85
3/5/10 at 7:13am
Chanel Antaeus



Getting ready for sniff and speak with one of my favorite leather chypres (though some may debate it's classification, I would not).

"The top notes include lemon, lime, coriander, myrtle, clary sage, and bergamot. The heart is composed of thyme, basil, rose and jasmine, while the base of patchouli, castoreum, labdanum, and oak moss. The perfume was created by Jacques Polge in 1981."

Have a great Friday all.
post #31 of 85
3/5/10 at 7:13am
Testing Ineke's Field Notes from Paris. I'm afraid I don't like this at all :-(

Feel better soon, dear Trikki!
post #32 of 85
3/5/10 at 7:21am
Ce Soir ou Jamais - Annick Goutal
post #33 of 85
3/5/10 at 7:22am
Thank you for the kind welcome, everyone. :-)

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Originally Posted by Twolf View Post

NeedCoffee, welcome and go with Ungaro. You said it is your new name and new life, please stay this time!

I will take your advice - Diva it is!

I'm killing time before I have to leave for work. Ironic, since I am usually running out the door at the last possible minute, applying lipstick and putting on shoes as I run for the car. I had to get my daughter to school very early, so I had time for a Starbucks run (must. have. coffee!) and play time on the internet.

Have a fabulous Friday, all!
post #34 of 85
3/5/10 at 7:31am
Hello everyone!

Thanks to the generous sample from a very special BaseNoter, I'm in my third full wearing of Givrine, by E. Coudray. It's been on my WishList since my first wearing, but I just promoted it to five-star status (another one!) What a seductive and beautiful fragrance - a fresh and vivacious but soft green floral. Despite the fruit in the pyramid, I don't get any real fruitiness, and just a touch of sweetness. The fruit just seems to give the florals some tangy sparkle at the top, and a bit of lusciousness at the heart. But the peony and violet (I don't get any gardenia) are the standouts to me, and they're gorgeous over the warm and creamy sandalwood and clean musk. The sillage is stunning.

Although I wouldn't say they smell alike, I'd put Givrine near Estee Lauder's Pleasures in the floral family, but Givrine is much more subtle, and a lot more elegant and luxurious. I find Pleasures rather sharp, and I have to be in the right mood for its pink pepper note, thankfully absent in the silky, smooth Givrine. Another fragrance that comes to mind is Ralph Lauren's original Lauren, but again, Givrine isn't sharp or insistent - it's the slightly spicy green floral accord that they have in common...it might just be the treatment of the violet. At any rate, to my nose Givrine is superior to these, and I'm having a hard time coming up with an example of this type of floral that Givrine would not outshine.




Top notes - bergamot, kumquat, watermelon
Middle notes - peony, lily-of-the-valley, violet, gardenia
Bottom notes - sandalwood, patchouli, musk, blonde woods



I missed it too, so Happy Belated Birthday, Rtamara!
 Happy Birthday ECaruthers!
Welcome Reine and NeedCoffee!

Y'all have a great day!
post #35 of 85
3/5/10 at 7:55am
En Passant and blue jeans. Heaven.
post #36 of 85
3/5/10 at 7:59am


Guerlain - Parure
A Mr. Guerlain inspired choice, Parure has been compared to Mitsouko;
a fruity-chypre with plum rather than peach.
In Japan, the plum blossom heralds the beginning of spring.

Notes for Guerlain Parure
Top: bergamot, clary sage, galbanum
Middle: plum, lilac, rose, jasmine
Base: oakmoss, earthy forest notes, spices, vetiver, styrax, Peru balsam, wood

Asha, What a gorgeous picture!
ECaruthers - Happiest of Birthdays to you!
post #37 of 85
3/5/10 at 8:04am
First post in here, hello

Today I am wearing a sample of Czech & Speake's Frankincense & Myrrh. It's a crisp but sunny day, and this seems to match that and is working very well.
post #38 of 85
3/5/10 at 8:06am
My SOTD is Eau d'Italie Bois d'Ombrie.

Top notes: whisky, cognac, Korean calamus, wild carrot
Middle notes: tanned leather, Iris of Florence rhizome, Brazilian copahu essence
Base notes: Caucasian leather, Haitian vetyver, Turkish Latakia tobacco, Mexican opoponax, Yemenite myrrh, Indonesian patchouli

post #39 of 85
3/5/10 at 8:14am
All the beautiful pictures of flowers make me so sick of the grey skies and dirty mounds of snow I see out of my window! EL Pleasures-Peony garden for me today!
post #40 of 85
3/5/10 at 8:22am
Habit Rouge (Eau de Parfum) by Guerlain (from a sample)



On an extremely cold Friday morning, this is a cup full of warmth. I love it.
post #41 of 85
3/5/10 at 8:39am
Green Irish Tweed
post #42 of 85
3/5/10 at 8:51am
G.Nejman - Le Sportif
post #43 of 85
3/5/10 at 9:38am
Thanks for all the well wishes, I've slept the afternoon away so I'm feeling a bit better.

Well spotted Chaya, it's the lovely and wierd Vince Noir from The Mighty Boosh in my avatar. Love love love them ("bouncy bouncy, I'm having such a good time, bouncy bouncy - shoes all in a line" - The Bouncy crimp).
post #44 of 85
3/5/10 at 10:00am
SMM, I enjoyed your review. Sugarwood sounds like a must-try for me, as I chewed the occasional sugar cane in my youth, too. (Chergui brings that back for me, a bit.)

Quote:
Originally Posted by Twolf View Post

...Surprisingly, nothing hurts this morning on me, a very unusual and slightly disturbing sensation? Or, another sign of spring?...

Twolf, I think spring must finally be on the way for you. Hooray! And just look at those glorious photos from Asha and Kumquat!!!

Quote:
Originally Posted by RHM View Post

...Got to check on the status of my "pet rock"...

Love this! :-) Please keep us posted, RHM.

Quote:
Originally Posted by Petra Ichor View Post

First post in here, hello ...

Welcome Petra Ichor! And welcome back to you, NeedCoffee!

Also sending warm Happy Birthday wishes to ECaruthers!

My SotD is the amazing, head-clearing Timbuktu. A happy girl am I.
post #45 of 85
3/5/10 at 10:01am
NeedCoffee and Petra

Happy Birthday ECaruthers!

Today I analysed data of a study we conducted - and the data seem to be good enough for publication. Yay! Additionally to filling out a questionnaire we also measured our participants' eyemovements (with an eyetracker). I've not taken a look at the eyemovement data yet, but if we find something on that measure it would be very cool indeeed (or as the prof would say: "sexy" ).

SotD was Chanel No 22
post #46 of 85
3/5/10 at 10:12am
Yosh's Ginger Ciao for me today.

Joining NeedsCoffee in needing coffee
(off to pour 4th cup of the day)
post #47 of 85
3/5/10 at 11:03am
Happy Birthday to ECaruthers! Welcome new BNers!

In a bit of a rush today, but just stopping to say "hello" and post my

SOTD: Bandit EDP
post #48 of 85
3/5/10 at 11:18am
Quote:
Originally Posted by Petra Ichor View Post

First post in here, hello

Today I am wearing a sample of Czech & Speake's Frankincense & Myrrh. It's a crisp but sunny day, and this seems to match that and is working very well.

Hello, to you Petra Ichor. The first post I made here was not long ago, and felt scary to play with the big girls - but I quickly found it's a very welcoming place.

Trikkirikki, hope you feel better soon.
Welcome back Needcoffee- Probaly I didn't know you before but I LOVE your new name.

to business- It's a sunny 66 F day in coastal California and I'm starting the weekend in Balmain de Balmain
post #49 of 85
3/5/10 at 11:31am
Asha and Kumquat, those are gorgeous photos!

Today I'm wearing Annick Goutal's Le Chèvrefeuille. Amazing how it reduces fine lines and wrinkles, nips in the waistline and eliminates grey hairs. This is the real youth dew.

Have a great Friday, everyone!
post #50 of 85
3/5/10 at 11:48am
I'm appalled at how rarely I see one of my beloved Poisons
in this thread. What is wrong with you women?!

Such a shame!
post #51 of 85
3/5/10 at 12:03pm
Happy Birthday, ECaruthers!!!! Welcome Petra Ichor!!!!

Happy Friday to all!!!
post #52 of 85
3/5/10 at 12:13pm
Iris Silver Mist

Happy Birthday to ECaruthers! Happy weekend to everyone else.
post #53 of 85
3/5/10 at 12:24pm
Was wearing Guerlain AA Winter Delice today.
post #54 of 85
3/5/10 at 12:38pm
Hey all! Happy birthday to rtamara and ECaruthers! Glad to see RHM is feeling better!

It's a beautiful day out there, and I've spent the morning reading email and Basenotes, so I must get up and at 'em. I'm going to be doing a lot of yard work out there in the sunny cold (it's about 60º, and yes, that's cold! ) so I wanted something bright and floral. I was looking for my Armani Prive Eclat de Jasmin, but happened across J'Adore first. I haven't worn this in *ages* and it's such a pretty little thing.

Chyphres tomorrow! Yay! In the meantime, happy Friday!
post #55 of 85
3/5/10 at 1:00pm
Ready for bed in InFine Luanda... Flowers, amber and powder...
post #56 of 85
3/5/10 at 1:09pm
So far today I've put on 28 La Pausa, MKK and Nahema.

I just couldn't decide.
post #57 of 85
3/5/10 at 1:35pm
Roberto, I'm sitting next to you on the Basenotes bus today. Everyone else can budge up so I can have a good whiff of that lumberjack goodness that makes me go 'whoo!!!!' And Mikey Perez, you can sit on my other side, because I lurve the Habit Rouge edp bigtime. So that's me in my happy place. (Easily pleased, yes, I know. But hmm, nowadays the things that please me are in suuuuch good taste, darling.)

Happy birthday RTamara and ECaruthers - I hope you get to party all weekend and smell DIVINE for days and days.

My SOTD: I found my sample of Parfums d'Empire Ambre Russe (I'm pretty sure I have Taolady to thank for this) and it's lovely. I finally got the vodka and champagne topnotes today; most unusual and interesting. But it's dominated for me by the tobacco and gets very close to Amber Narguile (which I used to adore but which went Nazgul on me last year, but, I haven't tried it this winter so maybe I should). However it dries down into a very nice base which isn't oversweet, thankfully.

The power of the tobacco in this makes me debate if I'd buy a full bottle. But I might buy a bottle of Cuir Ottoman, which I wore yesterday. So this goes onto the decant list. Maybe that's where CO should be too. I like the motto 'sample, decant, FB' these days. I'm so fickle. And with all these scents, how do I have time to wear them all?

Chypres tomorrow. What to wear, what to wear? Do I get to use my puns? "I feel so chypre..." etc etc.
post #58 of 85
3/5/10 at 1:39pm
Quarry, your feast is making me hungry!
Happy Birthday ECaruthers!
Today I am in Chanel no 19 all the way, baby!!!!
post #59 of 85
3/5/10 at 1:47pm
Well I started the day in Dior Diorissimo, but wanted something warmer.

Now I am trying out my newjustarrivedonlymomentsago FRACAS by Robert Piguet. I thought that this would be a new never been smelled before scent for me, but I instantly recognized it...guess I didn't know that this was Fracas. Go figure!
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3/5/10 at 1:50pm
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Layered Heritage Edp and Edt tonight.
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