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post #1 of 62
7/12/10 at 10:57pm
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Morning all! I'm wearing Like This by Etat Libre d'Orange and Tilda Swinton today. Hope you all have a fabulous day!
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post #2 of 62
7/12/10 at 11:28pm

YSATIS
de GIVENCHY

Vintage Eau de Toilette



Rain and thunder are raging over Denmark,
so finally I can get back to my heavier loves,
and leave those semi-dull fresh frags on the
shelf. How I could forget the power of this
fragrance for so many years is beyond me,
it's more than beautiful. And back to stay!
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post #3 of 62
7/12/10 at 11:56pm
KNIZE'S

KNIZE FOREST

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post #4 of 62
7/12/10 at 11:57pm
GooD Morning !Wish you all a nice Tuesday




I am in MaxMara Perfume today Sugary floral fresh ...
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post #5 of 62
7/13/10 at 2:00am
Good morning everyone I went to see the doctor to check my eye again today, and it's almost all good. Can probably start to read for the exam in a few days.Can't wait because I'm starting to feel a bit restless! Sotd is L by Lolita Lempicka.
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post #6 of 62
7/13/10 at 2:07am
I waited too late to post my scent of the day for Monday. So, I guess I'll post it for today since I cmae in at 11pm last night lol. I'm wearing Coromandel. I love this on freshly exfoliated skin. It's heavenly. Have a good day y'all!
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post #7 of 62
7/13/10 at 2:08am
I'm in my favourite ever:



I love it all through the year. In the winter it warms me; in the summer it jumps off my skin. *hearts*

Divatologist, I'm wowing over your Coromandel. I can't wait to try that! And ineespenes, congratulations on your eye! That's really good news.
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post #8 of 62
7/13/10 at 2:16am
My SOTD is Parfums DelRae Eau Illuminee.

Notes include bergamot, basil, French lavender, wild aromatic herbs, vanilla, tonka bean, and orris.

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post #9 of 62
7/13/10 at 2:22am
Guerlain's Vetiver - a most wonderful 2002 edition I found in Corsica. It seems that the green juice version has been changed as often as Mitsouko has in the last ten years...

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post #10 of 62
7/13/10 at 4:08am
Cristalle Eau de Parfum - Chanel
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post #11 of 62
7/13/10 at 4:44am
H.M Hanae Morie
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post #12 of 62
7/13/10 at 5:03am
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Hermes Bel Ami this morning.
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post #13 of 62
7/13/10 at 5:11am
Narciso Rodriguez For Her edp.

Enjoy your Tuesday!
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post #14 of 62
7/13/10 at 6:05am
Hello everyone!

With a special "hello" to cello, I'm so happy to report that I'm in Eau des Merveilles by Hermes.






Y'all have a wonderful day!
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post #15 of 62
7/13/10 at 6:23am
Vintage Blue Grass from the 70s. : - )
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post #16 of 62
7/13/10 at 6:46am
Dolce & Gabbana Sicily

Have a lovely day, all!
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post #17 of 62
7/13/10 at 6:57am
Route du Vetiver (vintage juice) by Maitre Parfumeur et Gantier

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post #18 of 62
7/13/10 at 7:24am
Quote:
Originally Posted by Le Grand Duc View Post


YSATIS
de GIVENCHY

Vintage Eau de Toilette



Rain and thunder are raging over Denmark,
so finally I can get back to my heavier loves,
and leave those semi-dull fresh frags on the
shelf. How I could forget the power of this
fragrance for so many years is beyond me,
it's more than beautiful. And back to stay!

Aha, great minds think alike today with a couple of heavy hitters. I chose Dior's Poison, as it just felt like nothing but a sillage monster would do. I know you think Poison is glorious too.

Have a great day, everyone!
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post #19 of 62
7/13/10 at 7:32am
Haunani, talk to me about Miller Harris Fleurs de Sel. I know it's a fave of yours. The heated stench of the first few minutes on my wrists is almost more than I can bear. It's just me, isn't it?



I've sampled FdS before (the perfume, not the feminine hygiene spray of the same initials) and cowered. Last night, in a fit of bravery, I applied some to the top of my hand and held on for dear life. After 20 minutes of an unpleasant smell of black pepper burning on red-hot iron, I began to catch glimpses of a gorgeous floral, as long as I didn't get my nose too close to my skin where the burning smell smoldered on.

I know I'm very sensitive to spices or anything that connotes heat in scent, so I'm curious what others' perceptions are about the top notes of FdS or to hear your guesses as to what note is registering so hot in my nose. Thanks, Peeps.

Notes: rosemary, thyme, clary sage, angelica; iris, rose and narcissus; leather, amber, oakmoss and vetiver.

P.S.
Sophi, wow, wow, wow, what an image!
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post #20 of 62
7/13/10 at 7:37am
AM: Paul Smith Rose
PM: Attrape Coeur
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post #21 of 62
7/13/10 at 7:45am
Scent of the very moment ...but not for long.......Knize 10 . BUG SPRAY!
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post #22 of 62
7/13/10 at 8:11am
Banana Republic ~ M.
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post #23 of 62
7/13/10 at 8:14am
Black Orchid again for the morning - mmm, spicy!

Have a great day
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post #24 of 62
7/13/10 at 8:16am
Back again- scrubbed Knize 10 - now happily in Mitsouko extrait.
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post #25 of 62
7/13/10 at 8:38am
DSH's perfume essense oil "Egyptian Musk." more sillage and-or projection than most perfume oils. Bought several samples on her website; trying out her line of "skin scents." they are beautiful! This one seems a tiny bit cinnamin like
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post #26 of 62
7/13/10 at 8:53am
I have a few Diptyque samples to try so I started off with L'Eau on my left hand. Acch! Cloves and cinnamon. Terrible. I'll give it to hubby to try for fun but if he wears it, I hope it won't be around me!

Then I sprayed Do Son on my right hand. Definitely a tuberose, with some green notes and orange blossom. Turns a bit powdery after 45 minutes or so. I will say this: if you are a fan of tuberose, make the effort to try this one. I generally find tuberose cloying; this one is not cloying, because it's less sweet-- but I still don't want to wear it again. It's headed to my give away pile.

When it wears off a bit more, I'll put on something more familiar. I'm done experimenting for the day, LOL.
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post #27 of 62
7/13/10 at 8:55am
I'm wearing Dzing! again. Love this fragrance!

Have a great day all.
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post #28 of 62
7/13/10 at 8:57am
Chopard Mira-bai
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post #29 of 62
7/13/10 at 9:06am
30roses sorry to hear that L'eau didn't like you... I love its cloves/cinnamon overload, though I confess it's more than I could deal with in this heat and humidity.

On Sunday, I went to a place called Essence in Boston, and using a coupon I made an essential oil custom blend! It was FUN... And a complete surprise to me that I fell in love with their night-blooming jasmine EO. I am generally white-flower phobic, as they often go brown, waxy and funereal on my skin - But this one held its deliciousness steady throughout a prolonged skin test. So my custom blend, which I've nicknamed OWL (for "Outing With Laura" a lovely friend who not only accompanied me but landed me the discount!), is my SoTD.

OWL notes: A delicious and surprsingly light combo of white tea, night blooming jasmine, and Tunisian frankincense. Yum!
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post #30 of 62
7/13/10 at 9:07am
Good Morning, all! 31 Rue Cambon today. I wholeheartedly agree with Luca Turin - it most certainly has ravishing beauty. Loooove!

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post #31 of 62
7/13/10 at 9:13am
Hermès Un Jardin en Méditerranée.
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post #32 of 62
7/13/10 at 9:18am
Want to say THANKS to the guys for sharing and visiting on our SOTD! (Quick count, 16 women, 10 guys this morning... we'd be a threadbare if not for the guys chiming in!)

Today I'm wearing a recent eBay purchase, a spray edt Jean Patou 1000, presumably slightly vintage. Oh, this is L O V E L Y.... occasionally my SOTD is not a question of what I want, but what I don't want -- and when I don't want any aldehyde-fizz, then this smooth yet complex concoction is perfect. (the parfum must be truly awesome...)
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post #33 of 62
7/13/10 at 9:24am
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Originally Posted by ComDiva View Post

30roses sorry to hear that L'eau didn't like you... I love its cloves/cinnamon overload, though I confess it's more than I could deal with in this heat and humidity.

I don't do well with Tea for Two either, which I see you like as well. Odd that I like carnation but not clove perfumes; the two smells are so close.

Odder still that I love cloves in tea but not as a scent, since flavor and smell are so tied together; same goes for saffron-- great to eat, awful to wear.
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post #34 of 62
7/13/10 at 9:56am
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Originally Posted by Quarry View Post

Haunani, talk to me about Miller Harris Fleurs de Sel. I know it's a fave of yours. The heated stench of the first few minutes on my wrists is almost more than I can bear. It's just me, isn't it?...

I've sampled FdS before (the perfume, not the feminine hygiene spray of the same initials) and cowered. Last night, in a fit of bravery, I applied some to the top of my hand and held on for dear life. After 20 minutes of an unpleasant smell of black pepper burning on red-hot iron, I began to catch glimpses of a gorgeous floral, as long as I didn't get my nose too close to my skin where the burning smell smoldered on.

I know I'm very sensitive to spices or anything that connotes heat in scent, so I'm curious what others' perceptions are about the top notes of FdS or to hear your guesses as to what note is registering so hot in my nose. Thanks, Peeps.

[COLOR=Black][B]Notes: rosemary, thyme, clary sage, angelica; iris, rose and narcissus; leather, amber, oakmoss and vetiver....

Quarry, it's an unusual one, isn't it? For me, Fleurs de Sel isn't much about flowers, but about aromatic herbs and salt and a lovely earthy-mossy base. It's not a "pretty" fragrance, but it IS atmospheric. It takes me to a windy brush-covered bluff overlooking a gray sea. I adore it, but I have to be in the right mood!

Today I'm in the very easy-to-wear Eau de Cartier! :-)
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post #35 of 62
7/13/10 at 9:56am
Feels good to be back in the saddle again with posting, after a few weeks away.

This morning: Givenchy Organza Indecence.

Last night at bedtime: Tocade, after using my big soaking tub for the first time.

BTW, haven't bought ANY new frags for several months. Getting that itch....
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post #36 of 62
7/13/10 at 10:05am
Grey Vetiver - Tom Ford
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post #37 of 62
7/13/10 at 10:11am
Declaration Essence (Cartier)
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post #38 of 62
7/13/10 at 10:56am
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Originally Posted by whitelace View Post

I know you think Poison is glorious too.

Oh, God yes! The best. I would spray me some on,
if I hadn't just sprayed myself with another SotE;


N°5 Eau Première

Eau de Parfum

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post #39 of 62
7/13/10 at 11:08am

Sort of scent twins with Evangeline, if only on the right wrist, with Elixir Des Merveilles. I stopped by John Lewis and attacked their testers. I work on the price per spritz principle if given the choice, so Elixir it was! I'll have to try the Eau too - I hadn't realise before getting home that they were that different. Heavens this is good stuff - it reminds me of a grown up, well behaved Angel, none of that uncontrollable sillage! Kelly Caleche on the left wrist, too floral for me, but more pleasing on the drydown.
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post #40 of 62
7/13/10 at 11:17am
I slathered myself with Villainess's Datura products - layered soap, scrub, and body creme and I'm very, uh, fragrant right now. Datura is a really nice tropical white floral, perfect for muggy Summer days.

Notes: Gardenia, Frangipani, Tuberose, Pikaki.
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post #41 of 62
7/13/10 at 11:30am
Hello,

Hot and humid day here.

I was wearing Mitsouko extrait in the morning
and now I am in Soleil by Fragonard.
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post #42 of 62
7/13/10 at 11:48am
Wow, busy day, I just got around to posting my scent of the day - Escale a Portofino by Dior. Ugh.
E, you smell great! glad you are enjoying it.
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post #43 of 62
7/13/10 at 12:46pm
Declaration Cartier Pour Homme
Gary
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post #44 of 62
7/13/10 at 12:52pm
I don't know why because it's completely inappropriate given that it's daytime and hot as heck, but I put on Tom Ford Black Orchid for men. For me this is as an evening fragrance. And it must be an evening that is not hot, humid and sticky! Anyway, I smell darn good, and that's the point, right?
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post #45 of 62
7/13/10 at 1:01pm
So now I'm in AA Lilia Bella. Funny thing about this one. For the longest time I couldn't wear it, because it seemed to have an asphalt-like note when first sprayed. I had other LOTV I preferred to wer.

But now I've noticed that if I spray it under my shirt and don't smell it up close, but just let it waft up, I don't get that weird note at all.

Now I find myself wondering how many other perfumes I may have dismissed because of smelling them up close. Just as many paintings are best viewed from a distance, some perfumes are best smelled that way, too. And the distance from nose to chest seems to have made the difference with this one.
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post #46 of 62
7/13/10 at 1:05pm
I'm back in the swing of things with this golden beauty.

Les Nuits D'Hadrien.
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post #47 of 62
7/13/10 at 1:17pm
Well ronni, unless there's been a new release, Black Orchid isn't "for men." I've always considered it unisex, and when it first appeared at Sephora it was on the women's side. But I too would find it challenging in the hot, hot south in the middle of summer. You're right though-- as long as you smell good, it's all good!

I'm sampling Jo Malone Lime, Basil & Mandarin again today. I think I first tried it about a year ago. It's okay, but I'd prefer it on my husband and enjoy something a little more floral for myself. The scent seems to better suit his Hawaiian shirt/khaki shorts style. I also find the patchouli more dirty than earthy on my skin, rendering a sort of BO odor.

I'm off for my weekly OB appt. Just a few more weeks to go. I'm so huuuuge!!!
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post #48 of 62
7/13/10 at 2:13pm
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Originally Posted by whitelace View Post

Aha, great minds think alike today with a couple of heavy hitters.

Me too! We had a drizzly morning complete with flash flood watches, so I'm in Lagerfeld's KL.

Notes: aldehydes, orange, bergamot, spicy notes, clove bud, pimento, cinnamon, ylang-ylang, labdanum, vanilla, patchouli, and civet.

Yum!
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post #49 of 62
7/13/10 at 2:14pm
Heartwood! So exciting that your baby's arrival is near!

SOTD: Chanel No. 19

Have a great day, all!
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post #50 of 62
7/13/10 at 2:23pm
Cologne du 68 by Guerlain.
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post #51 of 62
7/13/10 at 2:41pm
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Originally Posted by Heartwood View Post

Well ronni, unless there's been a new release, Black Orchid isn't "for men." I've always considered it unisex, and when it first appeared at Sephora it was on the women's side. But I too would find it challenging in the hot, hot south in the middle of summer. You're right though-- as long as you smell good, it's all good!

I'm sampling Jo Malone Lime, Basil & Mandarin again today. I think I first tried it about a year ago. It's okay, but I'd prefer it on my husband and enjoy something a little more floral for myself. The scent seems to better suit his Hawaiian shirt/khaki shorts style. I also find the patchouli more dirty than earthy on my skin, rendering a sort of BO odor.

I'm off for my weekly OB appt. Just a few more weeks to go. I'm so huuuuge!!!

Thinking of you ,Heartwood ! Enjoy this time and rest well too ! I was also huge at this stage you are at . I spent most of my time wallowing on a big beanbag in front of the fan .

Scent twins with dora this morning.
This afternoon- it's Chanel Gardenia.
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post #52 of 62
7/13/10 at 3:20pm
Scent Twins (at least half of today) with Le Grand Duc in Ysatis... the first half was in Fath de Fath, until six hours-later when it went "mouse-nesty" (if that makes any sense to anyone, there is a slightly powdery, sweetish/musty odor of mouse nests that the tail end of the drydown of FdF reminded me of). I was at work and literally too busy to respray with something else, but as soon as I got home I grabbed the Ysatis. In the mood for powerful flowerdyness! I do love the FdF's first few hours though, will simply remember to either reapply or shift scents!
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post #53 of 62
7/13/10 at 3:31pm
Good girl, Luna ... Ysatis rocks!
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post #54 of 62
7/13/10 at 6:03pm
My Sote is.....Clive Christian X Pour Homme
Gary
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post #55 of 62
7/13/10 at 6:33pm
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L'Uomo Trussardi tonight
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post #56 of 62
7/13/10 at 7:14pm
I'm wearing Success Is A Job In NY today.
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post #57 of 62
7/13/10 at 7:40pm
Good evening all.

Ines, I am so happy to hear that your eye is better, thank goodness.

Heartwood, {{{{{for you and baby to be}}}}} I am so excited for you.

Today I wore Nina Ricci Fleur de Fleurs which is an absolutely fabulous summer scent.

Tonight I am wearing vintage Pucci Zadig which smells quite similar to something else, can not place my finger on it but wonderful anyway.

Hope everyone will continue to enjoy the week and smell exquisite.

Hugs all around
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post #58 of 62
7/13/10 at 8:55pm
Finally home after a Looong workday. Reviewing this thread is very relaxing.

Started off this morning in something new to me- Anne Pliska. Wow, I'm loving this!

SOTE is Lolita Lempicka Fleur de Corail.
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post #59 of 62
7/13/10 at 9:43pm
Good evening!!

I am glad inees is on the mend (xoxo).
Heartwood, I bet you want your baby now!!!! I hope you are not too uncomfortable.

Today I wore Love, by Kilian from a decant
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post #60 of 62
7/13/10 at 10:20pm
DH is doing clinicals till 3am tonight, so I'm sneaking in some Borneo 1834 on this cool evening.



Good night, all!
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