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post #1 of 86
9/9/10 at 6:04pm
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Tonight I will be holding an education/presentation seminar on Acqua di Gioia for around 50-60 people, so naturally, my SoTD will have to be Acqua di Gioia.

NOTE: It has been mentioned on two occasions this week that I am starting these threads "too early". I think the reason why members have this impression is because the BN post clock is/may be set to Grant's local time in the UK. When I started this post today, it was at 8 or 9 am West Australian time, which is 7 hours AHEAD of London. So can we please cool it with the "Why are you posting so early" PMs, kids? Thankxverymuch.

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post #2 of 86
9/9/10 at 6:35pm
post #3 of 86
9/9/10 at 8:22pm
Quote:
Originally Posted by Sorcery of Scent View Post

NOTE: It has been mentioned on two occasions this week that I am starting these threads "too early". I think the reason why members have this impression is because the BN post clock is/may be set to Grant's local time in the UK. When I started this post today, it was at 8 or 9 am West Australian time, which is 7 hours AHEAD of London. So can we please cool it with the "Why are you posting so early" PMs, kids? Thankxverymuch.

post #4 of 86
9/9/10 at 8:28pm
Haha...the sulky little gurl looks remarkably like you, Ducky!

What's the difference between Acqua di Gio and Acqua di Gioia?
post #5 of 86
9/9/10 at 8:28pm
Thread Starter 

Don't be a Diva, Ducky!
Noone is tredding on your nail-polished toes... you can roar about todays "Scent Synchronisation day" from the rooftops! (I hear you have the lungs for it)!
post #6 of 86
9/9/10 at 8:30pm
Thread Starter 
Quote:
Originally Posted by domperrier View Post

What's the difference between Acqua di Gio and Acqua di Gioia?

Acqua di Gio is a men's fragrance, with a female counterpart, and Acqua di Gioia (Water of Joy) is an all new womans fragrance. You can read a review and learn about it on my blog here:
http://sorceryofscent.blogspot.com/2...ia-armani.html
post #7 of 86
9/9/10 at 8:32pm
Quote:
Originally Posted by Sorcery of Scent View Post

Don't be a Diva, Ducky!
Noone is tredding on your nail-polished toes... you can roar about todays "Scent Synchronisation day" from the rooftops! (I hear you have the lungs for it)!

Diva? Moi?! Never ... that said;
it's with a Z, mon chéri ... a Z!
post #8 of 86
9/9/10 at 8:34pm
Quote:
Originally Posted by Sorcery of Scent View Post

Acqua di Gio is a men's fragrance, with a female counterpart, and Acqua di Gioia (Water of Joy) is an all new womans fragrance. You can read a review and learn about it on my blog here:
http://sorceryofscent.blogspot.com/2...ia-armani.html

I loved the smell of Acqua di Gio. Without bothering about the gender, I thought offhand that it was for women.

However, I hate the fact that everyone seems to own(& use) at least 1 bottle.

Also, with the kind of inflated perfume prices in my country(to give you an idea : 100ml of Midnight Poison EDT costs the equivalent of $124.44 currently!), I'm better off using the cash to scour eBay for worthy fume-vestments...
post #9 of 86
9/9/10 at 8:42pm

Well then, Imma start off this fridays
celebrity scent synchronization with:

Midnight Fantasy
by miss Spears


What?! He has pants (!) on!
post #10 of 86
9/9/10 at 8:43pm
Thread Starter 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Le Grand Duc View Post

Never ... that said;
it's with a Z, mon chéri ... a Z!

Awwwww sugar *pats head*... you've so much to learn, sweet fledgling. Australia, just for those uneducated sorts, is a British colony. Mkaaaay sweetcheeks?

http://www.spelling.org/free/instruc...n_spelling.htm
post #11 of 86
9/9/10 at 8:45pm
Oopsie, my bad! Thought I could be a smartass there!
post #12 of 86
9/9/10 at 8:45pm
Quote:
Originally Posted by Le Grand Duc View Post


Well then, Imma start off this fridays
celebrity scent synchronization with:

Midnight Fantasy
by miss Spears


What?! He has pants (!) on!

Hmmm...why do I keep seeing her ex-bodyguard in that photo?
post #13 of 86
9/9/10 at 8:49pm
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post #14 of 86
9/9/10 at 8:53pm
SoS, The 2nd pic is hiiillllaaaairrrrriooooussss...
post #15 of 86
9/9/10 at 8:54pm
Even though this thread is already waaay off track, I have to add:

Quote:
Originally Posted by domperrier View Post

Hmmm...why do I keep seeing her ex-bodyguard in that photo?

Funny ... all I keep seeing is my next bf!

Quote:
Originally Posted by Sorcery of Scent View Post

...

LOOOL! If you can't handle our delights over here,
you can just retreat back to the male section!
post #16 of 86
9/9/10 at 11:05pm
Carlos Santana for Men.



Happy Birthday shadesofbleu !.
post #17 of 86
9/9/10 at 11:46pm
Rocking the Celebrity Synchronisation day in Outspoken by Fergie & Avon. Have a great day all!!
post #18 of 86
9/9/10 at 11:56pm
Dia- Amouage
post #19 of 86
9/9/10 at 11:57pm
Beatrice Piquet's

( 1963-2010 )


L' INSTANT, EdT





GUERLAIN
PARIS
post #20 of 86
9/10/10 at 12:43am
What a strange SOTD thread this is turning out to be!
If I had any DIVA by Ungaro I would put it on, but as I don't
I shall wear Manifesto by Isabella Rossellini for the synchronised
Friday.
post #21 of 86
9/10/10 at 12:53am
Good morning everyone! My SOTD is Alan Cumming - Cumming the Fragrance for Synchronization Friday (Celebrity Fragrance). This is the BEST celebrity fragrance.

Happy Birthday shadesofbleu!

Notes include bergamot, black pepper, scotch pine, whiskey, cigar, heather, douglas fir, rubber, leather, Highland mud, peat fire, and white truffle.

post #22 of 86
9/10/10 at 3:33am
Happy Birthday to Shades and Ted (Indie_Guy) -- and many fragrant discoveries. Let your day be filled with joy and faith, good people and nice smellies. It is a priviledge to know you both.

Personally, I do believe that today's pictures are mauvais tone, except for Gioia and Joe's. Not like I am going to report it to the mods or anything, but please use better judgement -- seems like SotD threads are the ones geeting most attention, including that from the esteemed guests.

Joe -- good luck with the walk tomorrow, it is an important mission you are involved with!

Madeleine Vionnet for my celebrity scent today.
post #23 of 86
9/10/10 at 3:46am
LIVE by J.Lo
post #24 of 86
9/10/10 at 4:38am
Wiggle's Penelope
post #25 of 86
9/10/10 at 5:01am


Hello
Happy Day Everybody

Wearing M by Marriah Carey and it will be BLACK PEARLS by LIZ TAYLOR for the evening
M by Mariah Carey
:top notes
MarshmallowSea Water
middle notes
Gardenia,Tiare Flower
base notes
Amber,Patchouli,Incense

Black Pearls by E. Taylor :
notes
Spices,Sandalwood,Gardenia,Lilac,Vanilla,Peach,Whi te Rose,Jasmine,Water Lily,Bergamot,Lotus!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO SHADESOBLUE
post #26 of 86
9/10/10 at 5:05am
In honor of synchronized friday celeb scent, and tomorrow's final of the US Open tennis tournament (the last Grand Slam of the year), I am wearing Gabriela Sabatini by Gabriela Sabatini.

Gabby won the US Open in 1990, finally beating Stefi Graf, for her first and only major win. She started her own line of perfumes, using her status and her model good looks.
post #27 of 86
9/10/10 at 5:19am
Thanks for all the visuals today guys! VERY FUN!

Happiest birthday wishes to Shadesofblue!

I'm not wearing a celebrity frag today - but I am giving one as a gift. FANCY, (Jessica Simpson) to a co-worker for her birthday!
My own frag is Miss Dior Cherie. (Which makes me feel young and spritely - like a celebrity!)
post #28 of 86
9/10/10 at 5:36am
Happy Birthday shadesofbleu, I hope you have a great day!

My SotD is Fancy Love by Jessica Simpson
Top notes- Peach Blossom, Bergamot, Goji Leaf, Pink Champagne
Middle notes- Lotus, Peony, Plumeria, Jasmine, Turkish Rose
Base notes- Amber, Blonde Woods, Musk, Patchouli

post #29 of 86
9/10/10 at 5:44am
Happy birthday, Shadesofblue!

Bulgari Black for me on this crisp morning. I'm so not ready for fall.....
post #30 of 86
9/10/10 at 6:02am
Happy Birthday, Shadesofbleu!
I hope you enjoy your day and sending you special birthday wishes today.


Roberto, you romantic! ♥ (I love that pic!)

Interesting Scent Synch choices so far today.

Ubu, I think gifting a celebuscent definitely counts.

I’m wearing SJP Lovely this morning.


Off to check out Sorceryofscent’s blog on Acqua di Gioia. I love Acqua di Gio for women. I don’t know the men’s version, although I’m sure I must have smelled it on someone at some point.
post #31 of 86
9/10/10 at 6:10am
Happy birthday Shadesofblue!

Happy Friday to all of us!

I have to tell you that for the first time in my life, I have been having dreams about perfume. Just one perfume, Hermes Eau Claire des Merveilles. It's a reoccurring dream in that its always about ECdM, however the story is different each time, alternating between two themes.
In one version, I walk into a perfume store looking for ECdM and don't find it. I search the shelves and then ask the SA if they carry it. I am told she didn’t know it exists. I walk out of the store and the dream is over. In the other version, I walk into a "non-perfume" store and I’m joyfully surprised to see it on the counter or a shelf. I run up to the bottle, which is always the same, but it is NOT the bottle Hermes uses. I can't quite make out the design, and I peer at it…a tall, rectangular and multi-faceted bottle. I always wonder why it’s not a(n) Hermes design. In the end, I don’t buy it, because the store has priced it at $500USD !!! So, I leave the store as well as the dream at that point.

It would appear that I’m wrestling with some seriously ambivalent feelings toward buying this fragrance. I find it quite charming and I’m wearing it today (from a sample). Perhaps I’ll soon decide if I need to get me a bottle of it!
post #32 of 86
9/10/10 at 6:16am
Happy Birthday, Shades of Bleu!

It's too nice a day for me to spend it chained to a celebuscent. I'm experimenting with Imogen Rose and Tuca Tuca this morning, and plan on wearing vintage Je Reviens for the rest of the day
post #33 of 86
9/10/10 at 6:17am
Happy birthday, Shades! I hope you have a wonderful day.


Scent twins with Lilybelle in Sarah Jessica Parker Lovely. My daughter gave me her tube of the body lotion (she's since moved on to Stella) so I smoothed some on this morning. It's very nice, gentler and softer than the juice which went a bit sharp on me when I tried it.

Happy Friday to all!
post #34 of 86
9/10/10 at 6:22am
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Scent Synching in Kiss Him by Kiss. One of the best Celeb Frags IMO.
post #35 of 86
9/10/10 at 6:31am
Hope you rock on your Acqua di Gioia presentation Dimmy! I wish i had a sample of this one, since i love mint, sugar, and discovered recently that i quite like jasmin when it`s not donne in an indolic way.

My scent of today is boucheron initial edp. I`m curious because today Initial is soft on me, and I gave generous sprays of this one. On me Initial seems like a pre-modern chypre. What i detect is lots of salty patchouly, creamy musk, honey, roses, an a bit of almond that gives me a plastic impression at the top notes. I love the creamy honey patchouly of Initial on my skin...
post #36 of 86
9/10/10 at 6:35am
Just a silly question, how do you guys know who is getting old each day?

Happy Bday Shades! Wish you love, money, hapiness and lots of awesome fragrances []
post #37 of 86
9/10/10 at 6:49am
Quote:
Originally Posted by rickbr View Post

Just a silly question, how do you guys know who is getting old each day?

Today's Birthdays are listed at the bottom of the main Forum page.
post #38 of 86
9/10/10 at 6:53am

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, SHADES!

Quote:
Originally Posted by pomander View Post

I have to tell you that for the first time in my life, I have been having dreams about perfume. It's a reoccurring dream in that its always about ECdM It would appear that Im wrestling with some seriously ambivalent feelings toward buying this fragrance.

No "civilian" therapist would ever understand us. We're going to need an official BN shrink on staff.

Not ashamed to admit I'm enjoying Britney Spears Believe.
Guava, tangerine, honeysuckle, linden, patchouli, amber, pink pralines.
post #39 of 86
9/10/10 at 7:21am
Thank you everyone for the birthday wishes! Love those bleu cakes and balloons too!

No celeb scent for me today ... I'm in full-on Angel! I'm wearing the body oil, the bluish shimmer body powder with spritz of EDP on top. No worries, I'm not working today. The only one smelling my Angel saturated self is myself!
post #40 of 86
9/10/10 at 7:34am
Quote:
Originally Posted by Twolf View Post

Personally, I do believe that today's pictures are mauvais tone, except for Gioia and Joe's. Not like I am going to report it to the mods or anything, but please use better judgement....

Thanks, Twolf, I was thinking the same thing.
Annnyhoo!
Happy Birthday, Shadesofbleu!
No celebuscent for me, either, just another day enjoying an old favorite!

Hypnotic Poison


The funny thing is that for about half a day, I thought my tastes were changing as this suddenly felt waaaay too sweet. I'm over it, though.
post #41 of 86
9/10/10 at 7:39am
Participating in the Scent Synch Friday - Celebrity Fragrance day, on the Female Board

This morning: Cumming by Alan Cumming



This afternoon: Like This by Etat Libre d'Orange (Tilda Swinton) from a sample



HAPPY BIRTHDAY SHADESOFBLEU!!
post #42 of 86
9/10/10 at 7:46am


Happy birthday Shadesofbleu !
Wishing you a gorgeous scented birthday .

Well ,my scent of the day choice has changed ! Thanks to Mike up here - who reminded me about Like This by EdLO - I'll be wearing that instead of VIP by Usher.
post #43 of 86
9/10/10 at 7:47am
Cooler weather today has me in Amouage Gold--mmmm now that's goood!
post #44 of 86
9/10/10 at 7:49am
I'm hanging out with Quarry and the Duc at Britney's house in Fantasy this morning. I'll probably switch to SJP Covet or Maria Sharipova later on.

Sent from my SPH-M900 using Tapatalk
post #45 of 86
9/10/10 at 7:49am


Happy Birthday-
Shades of Bleu!
post #46 of 86
9/10/10 at 7:57am
i only have on celebrity scent, so that's what I've got on Elizabeth Taylor Diamons & Sapphires
post #47 of 86
9/10/10 at 8:00am
HAPPIEST OF B-DAYS SHANNON SWEETIE!!!

TOTALLY forgot this was Scent Sink day....coulda gone with JLo's Miami Glow. Maybe later....

Had already grabbed...



Virgin Island Water
post #48 of 86
9/10/10 at 8:14am
Amouage Lyric Man.

Happy Birthday, Shadesofbleu!
post #49 of 86
9/10/10 at 8:18am
Quote:
Originally Posted by lilybelle View Post

Happy Birthday, Shadesofbleu!
I hope you enjoy your day and sending you special birthday wishes today.


Roberto, you romantic! ♥ (I love that pic!)

Interesting Scent Synch choices so far today.

Ubu, I think gifting a celebuscent definitely counts.

Im wearing SJP Lovely this morning.


Off to check out Sorceryofscents blog on Acqua di Gioia. I love Acqua di Gio for women. I dont know the mens version, although Im sure I must have smelled it on someone at some point.


Thanks lilybelle Do you know the history of that pic ?
post #50 of 86
9/10/10 at 8:20am
Happy Birthday to Shades, Ted and my Mother!!!
Polo Double Black!!!
Gary
post #51 of 86
9/10/10 at 8:49am

Salvador Dali
Salvador Dali-Femme
A warm amber-based fragrance
that is subtle and serene.
Dreamscapes sculpted in sand and stone
stir the imagination.
Warm, edible scent is timeless
and comforting.
Clouds roll by. I close my eyes and
remember beautiful creatures I've never seen.

Created in 1987.
Top notes of bergamot, violet leaf, carnation and myrrh.
Heart notes of rose, jasmine, frankincense, jonquil,
narcissus, mimosa and ylang-ylang.
Base notes of sandalwood, musk, patchouli and oak moss.
Presented in a bottle designed along the lines of the
Salvador ‘lips’ by Luigi Bormioli.
post #52 of 86
9/10/10 at 9:53am
SotE -

post #53 of 86
9/10/10 at 10:00am
Happy Birthday, Shadesofbleu!



I am wearing the only celebrity fragrance I own:

With love - Hilary Duff

post #54 of 86
9/10/10 at 11:19am
Quote:
Originally Posted by ROBERTO View Post

Thanks lilybelle Do you know the history of that pic ?

No, I do not! Is it wonderful?
post #55 of 86
9/10/10 at 11:21am

Happy Birthday SHADESOFBLEU!!



I have no celebuScents! So this morning I'm enjoying Oriental Brulant by Guerlain from a sample... luxurious and lovely! (thank you so much ibeme!) This afternoon.... think I'll change to Chamade.
post #56 of 86
9/10/10 at 12:07pm
Amber Sultan by Serge Lutens.
post #57 of 86
9/10/10 at 12:07pm
I don't have any celeb scents, either. So I went with a neglected one...

SOTD: Child

I'm not sure if I (my 'fume) was too strong. Oops. Well, at least I'm working in my office now, far from delicate noses (is it really THAT strong? hmmm)

Happy birthday hugs to ShadesofBleu from me, too!
post #58 of 86
9/10/10 at 12:13pm
Have spent the day in Kate Moss Vintage from a tester at my local shop.
It just came out on me like a general vanilla without any real character, but after all its a models fragrance.
(Regret that I didnt go for something more adventerous or challenging while at it.)
For this evening I stay in vanilla in - Helmut Lang Parfum
post #59 of 86
9/10/10 at 12:41pm
Hello,

This is my first post (don't know much ).

My only celebrity scent is a sample of Sinner by Kat von D, so that's what I'm wearing.

Another site listed the notes as orange blossom, mandarin, plum, jasmine, white-flower bouquet, cinnamon, vetiver, patchouli, woods, creamy vanilla, musk.

Looking forward to seeing what everyone wears tomorrow.
post #60 of 86
9/10/10 at 1:03pm
Happy Birthday, Shades of Bleu!

I'm wearing LIKE THIS
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