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Originally Posted by ExtremeK
Quarry, what's on your sniff list?
Well, since you asked ...
I thought I'd be ever so clever and, per usual,
hyper organized by printing my to-sniff items on heavy paper so as to efficiently spray and file what I hoped to find at
Sephora and
Macy's. However (and also "per usual") ...
Woe is Moi
Mois sojourn was très tragique, mon amis. Most of what I hoped to sniff wasnt in stock (no
Volé, no Stella
Lily, no Tocca
Violet, no Balenciaga
Florabotanica). Sephora has reduced their fragrance section by at least 50%. I suppose the profit-to-shelf-space ratio is better for cosmetics and nail polish. LOccitane had JUST sent out their last bottle of
Pivoine Delicate, Macy's had JUST shipped back their stock of
Karan Woman and
Angel Cuir, but I recognized the Angel Cuir bottle in the showcase and pointed it out to the SA. "Oh, that's just the tester, she said. Well, duh, I'd like to sample that. So, at least I got to note that the leather is, as others have said, puny in comparison to the usual Angel presence. While in Sephora,
Philosophy Violet was difficult to smell at all, as violet can have a tendency to do, but smelling the blotter today, it's pretty and fresh, and
Philosophy Peonys okay.
Unplotted sampling produced pleasant impressions about the
Caudalie Vigne series and LOccitanes scents in general --
Eaux de Provence, fresh herb and bergamot combos are all laudable for their quality. I have to try their
Cherry Blossom on skin some day as the paper sample remains charming today. Daughter was shopping for gifts and, while she resists being just like her mom, I was thrilled she chose L'Occitane's green tea concrete and lavender sachet to give to her pseudo-sister-in-law. Maybe I can drag her into this hobby a little deeper. Mwah-ha-ha-ha.
The success of the day was
Miss Dior Le Parfum.
Evangeline and others have raved, so I saturated my blotter, and unless it got corrupted by the Angel sample in my purse, I notice some of Angel's patchouli presence in MDLP. It is restrained, though, by fresh notes--a successful teetering balance. Will put that on the test-on-skin list.
No "wowsers," but that's okay. It was just a reconnaissance mission. But I continue to feel pessimistic about Wisconsins ability to support the fragrance consumer. I predict that when
Nordstrom comes here in 2015, their fragrance department will start out stocked to the brim, but over time they'll scale way, way down, and I'll have to have an intimate relationship with their best SA in order to score "contraband" samples from Nordstrom HQ.
Isn't it wonderful that this is all I have to cry about in life!?!
So I shan't need those tissues just now,
Jon, and I allot my share to
cestrum nocturnum and any others in need.
Pleasant travels,
gandhajala. How people country-hop on the other side of the Atlantic never fails to stun one who lives in the center of North America.
this is coat fragrance! its so so perfect on fabrics!
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I know how you feel, though. There are very few places here to go sniffing, and our Sephora store has the most woefully-stocked fragrance section of any Sephora I've visited. The highlight of my local sniffing for 2012 was when Von Maur started carrying some Bond No. 9, but none of the really interesting ones -- just the I Love NY line. Woe is most definitely moi. 
