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SOTD 21st July 2012

post #1 of 38
7/21/12 at 5:17am
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Oh yoo- hooooooo! Where is everyone? Hope it went well Dr G. Do tell.

Going out for a nice lunch today. SOTD is Impossible Iris.

Is there a SOTD somewhere and I have missed it? That is possible you know!
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post #2 of 38
7/21/12 at 5:23am
Wowzers I must be up early to be number 2 in line. I am testing out my Magnolia again this morning. I hope all have a wonderful day!!
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post #3 of 38
7/21/12 at 5:29am
I'm in Lush Exhale
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post #4 of 38
7/21/12 at 5:47am
Afternoon all,

Slow start to the weekend for me too.
Foustie - In answer to your question, it was a 'pint of milk and two paracetamol' kind of morning. Hehehehe Have a lovely lunch !

Starting off with Lorenzo Villoresi's Acqua di Colonia.

Have a lovely Saturday everyone.
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post #5 of 38
7/21/12 at 6:30am
I'm in Eau d'Hadrien today...we'll be doing a bit of sniffing in Boston later on today and by then it will have worn off.

Gorgeous summer day here! Sunny, 70s, low humidity. Finally, bearable weather.
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post #6 of 38
7/21/12 at 6:36am
I'm in GIT for today
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post #7 of 38
7/21/12 at 7:12am
Started at 5:00 am with Heritage, and now it has worn off. Think I'll go with Kenzo Jungle L'Elephant.

Have a good weekend, Y'all.
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post #8 of 38
7/21/12 at 7:27am
Sharing the house with Gandhajala in Lorenzo Villoresi Musk, have a lovely day all!
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post #9 of 38
7/21/12 at 7:32am
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Originally Posted by 30 Roses View Post

I'm in Eau d'Hadrien today...we'll be doing a bit of sniffing in Boston later on today and by then it will have worn off.

Gorgeous summer day here! Sunny, 70s, low humidity. Finally, bearable weather.

Wouldn't I love to be hanging on you elbow today! One of these days I may go to the mall just to smell the pedestrian scents allowed to enter our state.

Well ... I've been waiting for a day to do an intimate sampling of Caron French Cancan. When a person gets something special like Djedi or vintage En Avion or, in this case, Cancan, it behooves said sniffer to give full focus to the experience. DH & DD are jogging down by the lakefront, and I am alone with a rich perfume.

The scent of the juice alone produced two flashbacks, both of which surprised me. Firstly, I was reminded of the smell of our homemade wine, which is aged dry on oak. Very pleasant. The second memory places me near the dime stores I frequented in the '60s. I don't know how, but I must have been exposed to some of the common scents of the day and their now-less-frequently used ingredients, which remain in this sample. Once on the skin, Cancan very much puts me in mind of the dusty carnation in Terra Cotta Voile d'Ete, an association I'd never made before with "drive-by" sniffing of Cancan. Now that I'm into the heart notes, the scent is mellowing and sweetening, which I prefer since the spiciness of carnation is right near my heat tolerance.

I'm going to luxuriate now, enjoying my solitude, the air conditioning and Cancan. It is really, really beautiful. Thank you, Kumquat, for these many moments of pleasure I will experience with full mindfullness.
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post #10 of 38
7/21/12 at 7:33am
Hi everyone! It's going to be another hot and humid day here.

Wearing Diptyque Don Son. With notes of tuberose, orange tree leaves, rose berries and musk. It's a
very pretty and light tuberose. I like it!



Have a great day!
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post #11 of 38
7/21/12 at 8:05am
Nejma II by Pascal Morabito
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post #12 of 38
7/21/12 at 8:28am
Oh Mrs. Quarry, you making me jealous.
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post #13 of 38
7/21/12 at 8:33am
Gandhajala, congrats on your ceremony! Your folks deserved to be excited; congrats to them, too!

Kiliwia, what a beautiful pic today! White blossoms with a bit of blush always get to me.

Am Foustie's house twin and actual twin in a way- I'm wearing her Cuirelle! Have a great weekend, gang!
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post #14 of 38
7/21/12 at 8:48am
Prada L'eau Ambree.
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post #15 of 38
7/21/12 at 8:59am
Kiehl's Original Musk edt. I'm hanging around the house doing laundry today. I need to do some vacuuming and dusting, too, but we'll see how energetic I get.
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post #16 of 38
7/21/12 at 9:01am
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Originally Posted by Kiliwia View Post

Hi everyone! It's going to be another hot and humid day here.

Wearing Diptyque Don Son. With notes of tuberose, orange tree leaves, rose berries and musk. It's a
very pretty and light tuberose. I like it!



Have a great day!

Fabulous picture Kiliwia !
I'm in Fracas today !
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post #17 of 38
7/21/12 at 9:35am
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Originally Posted by wooznib View Post

Oh Mrs. Quarry, you making me jealous.

Understandable ;-)

I really like to make sampling ceremonious. I'll have you know, W, that your popular orange fragrance is on my list for a special date in the fall. DH & DD will be going out of state in October, and my plan is to indulge myself with sampling. I used to sample more impulsively, but now I like to drag out the anticipation and reduce the distractions.
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post #18 of 38
7/21/12 at 10:12am
Hello all. PG Cuir d'Iris.
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post #19 of 38
7/21/12 at 11:49am
Q "that your popular orange fragrance" -- it has a name, Orange Cologne, Ms.Q. So glad it is finally becoming popular -- well-deserved. Guys, once again, I am encouraging everyone to try it. Just wait, I am ordering empty vials next week, I will be sending it out left and right.

Iris Poudre, working all day today.

Have a nice weekend if you can guys, hit that farmer's market nearby, I heard tomatoes are making an appearance now. And please, send us some rain and cool temps.
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post #20 of 38
7/21/12 at 1:26pm
Ahhh Twolf, DH did hit the farmer's market this morning and brought home some wonderful tomatoes (along with sweet onions and several jars of sand plum jelly!) I didn't go with him today since I am on call for the hospital and it's not convenient to drive two cars in case I get called in.

Wow, several of us are wearing iris fragrances today! I'm testing Parfume Generale Iris Taizo today (thank you Haunani!) I'm finding this a very interesting take on iris ... a little play on contrasts with some cool iris notes + warmer wood-y notes. There is a touch of honey, but it doesn't go all sweet on my skin. Lovely.

Enjoy your weekend, everyone!
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post #21 of 38
7/21/12 at 1:45pm
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Made a "kerfluffel" today, well, that's what we call it. Fresh apricots, blueberries and raspberries baked in a golden brown sugar tart. I always causes a kerfluffel here.
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SOTD is the newly discovered (for me) Chanel #22 edt. The aldehydes scared me off for years, so I never tried it. Now that I have samples from Terry, I am loving the incense dry down immensely.
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post #22 of 38
7/21/12 at 2:11pm
The new reformulation edp of Habanita on the ankles and collarbone with vintage Miss Balmain pure perfume on the wrists and crooks of thumbs. The interplay between the scents feels to me like a much quieter interpretation (but with the same spirit) of great Flamenca Carmen Amaya's dancing:



Now that's real duende.

Carolina smells gorgeous--yum for Jungle. And it seems it's a musk day of summer for many. I can never get enough musk, but I have to limit it or would never discover another scent, so comfortable in Sienna Musk and all.
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post #23 of 38
7/21/12 at 2:19pm
Evening fragrant friends.

SotD was SL A La Nuit which according to Mr Ali was "a bit full on in sunny weather".

SotE is a present from Mr Ali today EL Amber Ylang Ylang which he loves for the Play-Doh notes...lol
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post #24 of 38
7/21/12 at 2:26pm
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The new reformulation edp of Habanita ....

Ooh, You smell wonderful. I grabbed a sample of this just today. Had a quick sniff in-store and was very impressed.

Thanks PL for the lovely words. You're too kind.

RHM - that 'kerfluffle ' looks delish. Save me a piece, will you ?

I wore Acqua di Parma's Colonia tonight.

Best to all.
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post #25 of 38
7/21/12 at 2:33pm
Kouros


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post #26 of 38
7/21/12 at 2:46pm
Inspired by a recent purhcase by my friend Hedonist, tonight I'm wearing Jasmin Et Cigarette
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post #27 of 38
7/21/12 at 3:55pm
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Wow, several of us are wearing iris fragrances today!

I am not! Oh, how I wish so...Out of my comfort zone in citrusy Entre Natanjos by Ramon Monegal, thank you Foustie
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post #28 of 38
7/21/12 at 5:05pm
Spicebomb by V&R
Gary
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post #29 of 38
7/21/12 at 5:43pm
Coconutty today, braved the shimmer in the coconut body butter and over that smell bent St Tropez Dispenser. All co co nut.
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post #30 of 38
7/21/12 at 6:08pm
Chypre Pallatin...great new fragrance, a profound ambergris dry down. All hearts and flowers for me.
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post #31 of 38
7/21/12 at 8:08pm
Une Fleur de Cassie tonight - beautiful . Still no skank at all, just pure mimosa goodness .
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post #32 of 38
7/21/12 at 8:18pm
Soir de Lune
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post #33 of 38
7/21/12 at 8:51pm
SOTN: Magie Noire. This stuff (vintage) is intoxicating.
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post #34 of 38
7/22/12 at 12:11am
Looks like I'm the early bird again!
Where are the rest of you?

Lovely, hot day forcast here (at last) so I shall
wear Eau Sauvage. It doesn't last long so frequent
applications will be necessary.
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post #35 of 38
7/22/12 at 7:04am
Are we all sleeping in? I'm easy like Sunday morning with Avon Cotillion, now back to my coffee & NYT. Belle journée Ã* tous mes amis!
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post #36 of 38
7/22/12 at 8:43am
Today I'm wearing a dab of the Empress herself Shalimar, worn it twice already in the past week, and everytime I put it on I seem to get more of an experience. Today's a cool clear day, and my nails are blue coordinating with the bottle cap I'm feeling a little simple elegance. I've been up since about 6 am, window's been wide open, watching I Love Lucy and The Golden Girls, did my nails in blue, drank a good amount of coffee. I'm going to crack open Anna Karenina and read. I might switch to No Regrets or Bal A Versailles later on this afternoon/evening if Shalimar wears off.

Shalimar and my hand in the bedroom window.

Edit 1:00 PM: switched to No Regrets, Shalimar got too sticky on my wrist and she was getting in the way abit
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post #37 of 38
7/22/12 at 8:56am
Up late...we got back late from Boston last night. No scent as yet, but I plan to wear Fico di Amalfi.
 Lovely summer day here; 80s but lower humidity.

Edited: requested merge of the two SotD threads.
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post #38 of 38
7/22/12 at 9:14am


vintage Eau de Parfum, courtesy of Mr. Easyfish
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