SOTD Tuesday, 9th October 2012

[ladymurasaki]

Good morning! Wearing Tabac Blond and feeling fab.

Have a great day!

Anita-Ekberg2.jpg

[Twolf]

Good morning. Amouage Dia Women.

[Furriner]

L'Artisan Iris Pallida.

[Larimar]

It's a Jicky day. EdP for now and Extrait later.

[senore01]

Givenchy Play Intense

[gandhajala]

Morning,

Guerlain Liu today.

Best to all.

[JON RODGERS]

Good morning ! - how was the evening at Kew Gardens, G ?

SotD is Creed Original Vetiver.





Happy Birthday JaimeB

[broxwood]

Bleu de Chanel

[gandhajala]

Good morning ! - how was the evening at Kew Gardens, G ?

Evening was superb - thanks for asking, Jon. A big turn out (mostly Kew Gardens' students) and Lila did a fine job in presenting. Lots of perfumes and a few plants to sniff, including two iris pallida extracts from plantations in different countries. Fascinating to compare them. Also got my nostrils on Xerjoff's Irisss for the first time (*wow*).
The hit of the evening was Aedes de Venustas' rhubarby scent - went down a storm with the audience. Perhaps not altogether surprising.
Went on to a pub afterwards with a friend to round-off the night. Couldn't have asked for more ! Well, apart from some more sleep, that is

[d4N13L]

Bois du Portugal

[easyfish]

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........Bonjour Mesdames!

[tdem1961]

SOTD is Shalimar, best to all!

[rtamara41]

Vintage Mitsouko edt, a lovely gift from a smoking hot basenoter. This formulation reminds me of horses nuzzling you on an autumn morning, there is a kind of a hay note, and then there's that that funkiness that hits you in the back of the throat, all wrapped up in a smooth sort of peach fuzz that makes it all alright. Perfection.

[pebblebeach]

Wearing my lovely Chanel Coromandel today....Superb! Hope everyone has a lovely day!

[donna255]

Hello all. Annick Goutal Myrrhe Ardente.

[ROBERTO]

[del]

SotD - two sprays of Tobacco Vanille by Tom Ford (from a sample)

[Evangeline]

Good morning everyone -

I have a craving for roses again, and I'm indulging it in Creed's Fleurs de Bulgarie.

Y'all have a great day!

[PerfumedLady]

Sampling Muguet Blanc from the VC&A Extraordinaire collection. Starts off with a pretty nice l-o-v note, given that this is an impossible note these days. However, it gives way all too soon to a sweetart accord that some refer to as "peony". Not for me, the green blast is enjoyable in the opening but the "peony" here just makes me crave the far more realistic Pivoine Rose by Ava Luxe.

Have a great day, gang!

[Kiliwia]

Good morning!

Sounds like you had a fabulous time, G.

SotD is By Kilian Back to Black.

Have a great day!

[kewart]

Salut mes amis!

Daim Blond again(from a rapidly dwindling 8ml sample) - loving it's soft, haughty,
nose-tingling feel.

[devilcat]

Afternoon all. SOTD was AP Strip - and very nice it was too. Although I expect that wasn't the reaction AP were looking for ...

[iodine]

Avignon for me, today.
Have a nice afternoon

[ExtremeK]

Lady M, love the photo!!

G, it sounds like you had a fantastic night. I'm going to have to check out the rhubarb scent. I wonder if that might be a good early spring fragrance, for when I start to get a yearning for the smell of growing things but it seems too early for my full-on spring/summer Big White Florals .... That tends to be when I reach for Une Fleur de Cassie... Hmmmm. I sense the need for another sample purchase.

Quarry, love the truck. With those new-fangled options (like shoulder belts and airbags) , I'll bet your insurance goes down, too.

RHM, it sounds like things are progressing nicely. I'm so happy for you!

It's overcast, grey, and chill today. So I happily pulled out the lovely, warming Ambre Russe. I'm so ready for my autumn/winter fragrance line-up. Woo hoo!

[katesonskates]

Good morning- first post!
I'm starting my day in Tokyo Milk's Le Petit. Snuggly violet and vanilla for a sweater dress kind of day.

[jujy54]

Everyone's so classy today! I'm greeting this fall day with something funky and even a bit adolescent, Ralph Hot, a "breakfast gourmand" that does go really well with a hot cuppa joe. Good day, all!

[hednic]

Caliber 12 by Jeanne Arthes

[southerngardens]

I just have to say I LOVE that picture of Anita Eckberg! LOL I'm a man and due to my interest in some femme fragrances I'm wearing Shalimar EDP for the first time and I can't keep my wrist away from my nose!

[Quarry]

Welcome, Katesonskates! Welcome, I say!

Hey, Extreme, if you wanna smell rhubarb, gimme your addy and I'll send you a samp of L'Artisan's D'humeur Jalouse, which is a real novelty.

RHM, what kind of work are you shadowing, if you don't mind telling us? Today our daughter is shadowing a professional organizer who's dealing with a hoarder. I expect to hear interesting observations when she gets home.

The Las Vegas BN meet-up has me feeling the magnetism that is you people. Magnetic hugs al-l-l-l-l-l around

From my regular rotation: Jaisalmer -- gees, how I love this. Not a note to shy away from anywhere in its development. Comforting, but not so boringly mellow as to put a person to sleep.

[lilybelle]

DK Gold edp for me today. Love to everybody.

[gandhajala]

Good Evening,

Hello to katesonskates and southerngardens
Since Larimar officially declared it 'a Jicky Day', I've done my duty and spritzed some extrait tonight.

Be well, everyone.

[jacona]

Mauboussin Histoire d'Eau today. Thinking of getting M Generation as a blind buy, I wonder if a woman could pull it off? hmmm

[easyfish]

SOTE
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[bogsc]

Roja Dove Diagalev this am into the afternoon.

[turquoisewater]

Good Morning, all.
Welcome, kateonskates!
southerngardens, if it smells good, wear it. And Shalimar edp smells more than good!

Chanel 31 Rue Cambon today.

[PerfumedLady]

Welcome, kateonskates! Adorable username!

Welcome to you, too, southerngardens! I understand what you are going through- the same happened to me when I first sniffed Shalimar as a young girl. Still sniff myself constantly while wearing it to this day! Makes a great masculine, as mikeperez and many other BN men will attest. Enjoy your wrist-sniffin'!

Have moved on to a sample of Miss Balmain. Waaay more "me" than my earlier sample!

[Foustie]

Evening was superb - thanks for asking, Jon. A big turn out (mostly Kew Gardens' students) and Lila did a fine job in presenting. Lots of perfumes and a few plants to sniff, including two iris pallida extracts from plantations in different countries. Fascinating to compare them. Also got my nostrils on Xerjoff's Irisss for the first time (*wow*).
The hit of the evening was Aedes de Venustas' rhubarby scent - went down a storm with the audience. Perhaps not altogether surprising.
Went on to a pub afterwards with a friend to round-off the night. Couldn't have asked for more ! Well, apart from some more sleep, that is

Wonderful!

Monegal Ambra De Luna today.

[anomie et ivoire]

Azuree last night that lasted past the morning shower. I love that crazy thing's drydown! What unexpected softness after that long toughie opening.

This afternoon it's Fendi Palazzo -- Tuesday situations require a somewhat subdued, easily pleasant fragrance, but I wanted to be autumnal and patchouli louche too.

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I am sort of laughing at how probably few to no one else thinks of Azuree as having a soft drydown. I just do one spray! And also, Palazzo autumnal? The evocation of oranges and browns and Halloween candy was the thought. Oh perfume descriptions and their stupefying subjectivity!

[Kiliwia]

Hi, Kateonskates and Southerngardens!!

[JON RODGERS]

Welcome katesonskates and southerngardens

G, I'm with you on Xerjoff Irisss - absolutely stunning. Unfortunately so is the price. Oh, for that lottery win .....

Going with another Iris for the evening. VC&A Bois d'Iris.

[Alityke]

Welcome Katesonskates belt up for the crazy Basenotes ride

Been in EL Pleasures again today. Funny I really want pretty, clean and healthy now after months of craving almond, vanilla and amber comfort scents. Time to rootle out the happy summer cheerer uppers again

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Welcome Katesonskates belt up for the crazy Basenotes ride

Been in EL Pleasures again today. Funny I really want pretty, clean and healthy now after months of craving almond, vanilla and amber comfort scents. Time to rootle out the happy summer cheerer uppers again

[Evangeline]

Still enjoying my roses, I'm in Frederic Malle's fetching and flirty Lipstick Rose for the afternoon.

Welcome to basenotes, kateonskates and southerngardens - it's great to have y'all here!

[Foustie]

Welcome katesonskates and southerngardens! Nice to see you. Nice first posts too!

Ramon Monegal Umbra for the rest of the evening.

[*dora*]

Hello,

I am safe and sound, everything went well at the demonstration today, except of course that nothing is going to change...

I was wearing the soapy
Iris, Lily of the Valley, Cotton by Korres, from a sample.


I love that photo of irises, Jon!

[Evangeline]

^So glad you got through it in one piece *dora* - good for you! Hang in there!

[misscasey]

Vintage Diorissimo!

[shadesofbleu]

I'm wearing Helmut Lang EDP today.

hugs to all ... (is it the weekend yet???)

[Warum]

Just came back from the BN meetup in Vegas.
Wow, I am completely overwhelmed by smells, sounds, moving machines, cigarette smoke and neon lights. This was my first time in Vegas, I would never go except for the BNers -- and the sniffing and meeting was fabulous. I thought of Quarry.
And Al Gae and I were thinking of PerfumedLady and talking about her -- did your ears burn?
And yours, TWolf -- Redneck Perfumisto and I were saying hey to you virtually.

Anyway, two ambers for me today -- VV Ambra Mediterranea and Mitza by Dior. How could I not know this stuff before? from a dab Mitza was adorable. I crave more! more Mitza!

[Arhlll]

SOTD: Lime, Basil and Mandarin by Jo Malone.