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Melbourne Sniff-Together dates for 2013

post #1 of 28
1/4/13 at 10:36pm
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Following the success of last December's event, Efemmeral and myself have come up with seasonal dates for Sniff-Togethers in 2013 as follows:


  • Sunday 3 February
  • Sunday 5 May
  • Sunday 4 August
  • Sunday 3 November


from 11.30am.

The venue is:

Alphabet City Cafe (in the back 'loungeroom')
100 High Street Northcote

A decent lunch menu and good coffee will be available - most people order a meal, but it's up to you if you want to eat. The atmosphere is casual and fun.

Bring along your current fave bottles or samples for 'show and tell' (optional), plus any frags you'd like to swap or sell (also optional).

All welcome (guys, don't be shy!)

I'll post reminders on this forum about a week before each event.

Cheers
MsV (Christine)
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post #2 of 28
1/8/13 at 2:55am
I'd be interested. I'm only a beginner though.
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post #3 of 28
1/20/13 at 7:06pm
Wow! Just came across this now. It would be wonderful to attend one of these Sniff-Togethers.
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post #4 of 28
1/20/13 at 7:39pm
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Wheelspinner and Dalbir.Singh - you are both more than welcome! (NB: it's not a 'clique-y' group)
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post #5 of 28
1/20/13 at 9:32pm
Definitely planning to come. I have a bunch of decants from STC and LS to show off.
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post #6 of 28
1/30/13 at 6:12pm
Hi folks. For those coming on Sunday, I have a couple of duplicate decants I'm interested in swapping: ELdO The Afternoon of a Faun, and Tauer Lonestar Memories. Happy to bring them along if you're interested.
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post #7 of 28
1/30/13 at 7:27pm
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Yes please!! Bring along anything you'd like to swap or sell.

Sunday will be a hoot.

Efemeral and I are planning a fun sniffing game with a cool prize!

See you (inc. any other Melbourne perfume fans reading this) at Alphabet City from 11.30am.

MsV
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post #8 of 28
1/30/13 at 8:44pm
I will try to get there.....but no guarantees. Got a busy weekend.
If anyone sees anything in my wardrobe you'd like to try, let me know and I'll bring it.

John
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post #9 of 28
1/31/13 at 11:36am
Great likeness in your avatar John E! Would be lovely if you can make it, if you can, I'd be curious to sniff A Lab On Fire... thanks for offering :-)

It's shaping up to be a great prize MsV9, some lucky sniffer will be very happy :-)
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post #10 of 28
1/31/13 at 1:36pm
Yay! Would love to come! I will be able to make it for the 3rd i also may have samples/bottles to swap & sell.
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post #11 of 28
1/31/13 at 4:11pm
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Rosecat - look forward to meeting you!

John-e-Buoy - if you are able to come (and I hope you can!), I've been wanting to sniff Mugler's 'Cologne' for ages.

Thanks :-)
Christine / MsV
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post #12 of 28
2/3/13 at 12:03am
It was great to catch up with everyone again, and to meet some new faces.
I am am glad to see that there are guys that have the fragrance disease worse than me.
Thanks Christine and Rosemary for organizing the competition.
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post #13 of 28
2/3/13 at 12:54am
I had a great time and really enjoyed seeing and sniffing some more unusual fragrances. I worked out that I came dead last in the competition. Must try harder.

Thanks to Christine and Rosemary; looking forward to the Autumn meet-up.
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post #14 of 28
2/3/13 at 2:11am
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Thanks to everyone who came along today - I had a ball and I hope the game was fun! Rose and I had a great time coming up with the ten scents for you all to guess

Here's a pic of the group (less one member who was taking the shot):

Attachment 19089

And here's our Sniffing Game winner 'Fruitful' showing everyone how it's done:

Attachment 19090

Rosecat: I was looking forward to meeting you! Hope you can make the next Sniff-Together in May.
LL
LL
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post #15 of 28
2/3/13 at 3:35am
Thanks to everyone for coming along and sharing the obsession :-) Great to have non stop fume chat and sniffing with such a fun and passionate group of people.

Az, I loved the colognes you shared, and John E, again a dazzling array of bottles - that Lab on Fire is still keeping on! Wheelspinner, you brought two Guerlains I had no idea existed and both so interesting. Fruitful, I have come home wrapped in an incensey haze thanks to your lovely selection of Tauers. And very pleased that bnusr remembered her Basenotes iD! hopefully we'll have the pleasure online as well as in person, always appreciate the associations you make.

Finally, huge thanks to MsV9 for her generosity in contributing so many of the great scents for the *prize*. We're already inspired with scents for an autumnal version of the game!
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post #16 of 28
2/3/13 at 4:36pm
It was such a day that the word "Fun" was made to describe. I am now motivated to buy more perfume so I can contribute more to sniffing and discussing I am wearing Kenzo Flower at the moment which was one of the samples in the prize I'm so chuffed to have won! And Knize Ten proved more wonderful as time went on, a surprise favourite.

Not sure I can replicate the lovely commingling of scents I experienced yesterday and that lasted until I went to sleep!
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post #17 of 28
2/4/13 at 2:10am
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It was great to meet everyone and loved the non stop comments whizzing from one creation to another with such passion! Really enjoyed the game - so much effort and thought has been put into it - thank you!
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post #18 of 28
2/6/13 at 2:46am
Looks like it was it great fun! Unfortunately I have been on night-shifts as of late, and thus couldn't attend. Hoping I can come to the one in May and meet some fellow Melbourne fummies.
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post #19 of 28
2/7/13 at 2:22am
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Originally Posted by Dalbir.Singh View Post

Looks like it was it great fun! Unfortunately I have been on night-shifts as of late, and thus couldn't attend. Hoping I can come to the one in May and meet some fellow Melbourne fummies.

Just noticed you're in Tat. My sister lives there.
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post #20 of 28
2/7/13 at 3:34am
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Originally Posted by wheelspinner View Post

Just noticed you're in Tat. My sister lives there.

What a small world, even smaller considering the size of Tat! haha We're just down one of the roads near the racecourse on a farm, nice and relaxing after spending a few years studying in the city.
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post #21 of 28
3/13/13 at 8:35pm
Having a brain fade. Can somebody remind me of the vintage fragrance that MsV brought along to the Feb session - Bint something-or-other?
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post #22 of 28
3/14/13 at 12:40am
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Hi Wheelspinner!

It's called 'Bint el Sudan' (which means 'Daughter of Sudan).

Here are a couple of links with interesting background info:

http://www.mimifroufrou.com/scenteds...ican_chan.html

http://www.perfumeprojects.com/museu...El_Sudan.shtml

Cheers
MsV
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post #23 of 28
4/22/13 at 4:00am
Ladies and Gents, have a great sniff together in a few weeks. Wish I could be there, but I'll be overseas on business.
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post #24 of 28
4/22/13 at 4:25am
Looking forward to it, although I may be a bit too much the worse for wear - big party Sat night.

Good luck on the trip.
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post #25 of 28
4/22/13 at 12:48pm
you'll be missed John E! give my love to *overseas*.

wheelspinner, worse for wear at a sniff-together is a very happy place In My Experience. will be great to see you again!
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post #26 of 28
4/24/13 at 2:06am
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Glad to see some recent comments have bumped this thread to the top of the list, which means I don't have to create a new thread to remind everyone about the next Sniff-Together, which is happening on Sunday 5 May from 11.30am at Alphabet City Cafe (in the back 'loungeroom') @100 High Street Northcote. If you can't make it in time for lunch, come anyway, as we're usually there 'til well after 4pm.

Efemmeral and I are currently plotting another fun perfume-related game with a cool prize!

Newcomers and newbies are always most welcome.
XOXMsV


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post #27 of 28
5/7/13 at 3:29am
Another great day. Thanks for organising this msv and effemeral.
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post #28 of 28
5/7/13 at 5:36pm
You are so welcome! Thank you very much for coming and adding a crazy layer of synchronicity to the day. How amazing that your lucky bargain find of ultra-rare Dior Jules would have brought such nostalgic pleasure to our very special guest! I know we were all thrilled to be able to chat with the creative director of a local perfume company, and it was delightful that you could offer him something so meaningful by way of thanks :-)

I know he is keen to continue the conversation with local perfume enthusiasts, so I'm sure there will be more in store for the cognoscenti ;-)

efemmeral
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