O.k. so this afternoon I arrived three quarters-of-a-hour late for my Create Your Own Perfume
session (kindly bought for me by my son.) I was stressed out, because I had not left enough time for the
inevitable traffic jams and diversions around Worcester and Kiddiminster, but the lovely Maltese girl
at the beauty salon was more than willing to keep my appointment anyway and, after a cup of coffee and a quick recovery, I was ready to roll!
The perfume hour comes courtesy of the Perfume Studio and is basically a "Create your own Perfume" by numbers. There were 18 accords or blends that I had to sniff on mouilettes and place into definite/maybe/no way piles. The accords smelled very natural and not synthetic at all.The resulting choices are then used to create my own special scent. I selected the following blends:
Top:- Citrus, Fruity and Amber (always thought that was a basenote, but anyway.)
Middle:- Spicy, Gentle Floral and Rose Floral.
Basenotes:- Musky and Woody (Sandalwood)
The choices were then put into a 15ml travelo, along with some kind of filler blend that tops them all off
and I was then asked if I wanted to tweak it by adding less or more of some of my choices. I smelled it and decided to amp up the spice and amber. It comes in a nice presentation box with a scented feather.
I named my scent CADENZA (because I am a musican and love that part of a concerto, where the soloist gets to show off his or her talents to the full.) I also like the sound of the name.
Et voila! I can now re-order the scent again. as it is listed on their files and you can also get scented body lotions and bath oils scented with your own creation.
I thoroughly enjoyed the session, despite knowing more than the assistant did (I didn't tell her that of course!) These Treat Me gift vouchers are available through lots of sources online.
By the way, the scents I rejected outright were Oceanic, Floral Floral and Fresh Floral.
My "maybe" pile included Aldehydic, Sporty Blend (whatever that is - it smelled like CKONE!)
Does it smell how I expected it would? Not quite, but it is a very soft, ambery, spicy floriental
that has a fair amount of sillage but,sadly, not much lasting power (2 hours at most.)
session (kindly bought for me by my son.) I was stressed out, because I had not left enough time for the
inevitable traffic jams and diversions around Worcester and Kiddiminster, but the lovely Maltese girl
at the beauty salon was more than willing to keep my appointment anyway and, after a cup of coffee and a quick recovery, I was ready to roll!
The perfume hour comes courtesy of the Perfume Studio and is basically a "Create your own Perfume" by numbers. There were 18 accords or blends that I had to sniff on mouilettes and place into definite/maybe/no way piles. The accords smelled very natural and not synthetic at all.The resulting choices are then used to create my own special scent. I selected the following blends:
Top:- Citrus, Fruity and Amber (always thought that was a basenote, but anyway.)
Middle:- Spicy, Gentle Floral and Rose Floral.
Basenotes:- Musky and Woody (Sandalwood)
The choices were then put into a 15ml travelo, along with some kind of filler blend that tops them all off
and I was then asked if I wanted to tweak it by adding less or more of some of my choices. I smelled it and decided to amp up the spice and amber. It comes in a nice presentation box with a scented feather.
I named my scent CADENZA (because I am a musican and love that part of a concerto, where the soloist gets to show off his or her talents to the full.) I also like the sound of the name.
Et voila! I can now re-order the scent again. as it is listed on their files and you can also get scented body lotions and bath oils scented with your own creation.
I thoroughly enjoyed the session, despite knowing more than the assistant did (I didn't tell her that of course!) These Treat Me gift vouchers are available through lots of sources online.
By the way, the scents I rejected outright were Oceanic, Floral Floral and Fresh Floral.
My "maybe" pile included Aldehydic, Sporty Blend (whatever that is - it smelled like CKONE!)
Does it smell how I expected it would? Not quite, but it is a very soft, ambery, spicy floriental
that has a fair amount of sillage but,sadly, not much lasting power (2 hours at most.)
. That is a good name by the way.
