Today I Bought: November 2012

[cazaubon]

Just ordered a 125 ml bottle of Dior Mitzah today, after nursing my decant along for weeks.

[sultanpasha]

Bought a tola of 'Royal Dark Musk' from the Arabian Oud store on Oxford Street. Its just wonderfully complex and way more refined than the now infamous Ajmal AA Musk Gazelle (1st and most definitely even more so from the 2nd batch). Its so wonderful on its own cant take wrist off my nose. Seems to go practically with anything interms of layering and just amplifies the layered fragrance that much more. Longetivity is outstanding and so is the silage. Its an animalic musk derived from the gazelle but the animalic nature is very much tamed and refined. Starts of with dark fruity liquirish, than intensly dark smoky flowers almost indolic then finally sweet leathery honey. The whole transition is very smooth and lacks any harshness one would expect from such dark musks.

[skism]

[Randall Flagg]

Loving this already. Actually reminds me of something Amouage would make, only less complex. Don't pick up any oud though strangely enough.



This one has surprised me. Didn't care much for it after sampling on store a few times. Saw a bottle for sale online for £15 though and took a low risk gamble. After a full wearing, I have to say that I enjoyed it quite a bit. I don't own many fresh scents but this one is a keeper.

[drseid]

Le Labo Rose 31 (thnx womo531), Paloma Picasso Minotaure, Giorgio for Men

Congrats on your outstanding acquisitions, especially the Giorgio for Men (and the good stuff too by the color of the juice in your picture).

[Songkiet]

small quantity of each one, and did not regret any in this month, happyๆ

[Wit_Siamese]

Here comes the mysterious Aoud.

30ml each of Montale Black Aoud and Dark Aoud

[sillage monster]

Broke my voluntary buying freeze with:



Most people ignore this one in favour of LIDGE, but I like this one quite a bit. It was a blind buy too.

[frostyicy]

Being that I too am on a buying freeze I decided to try something very cheap that I had read gets compared to LeMale...



Cuba Gold

Got it from Ross 6.99 for a 3.4oz...I couldn't pass it up. It was a blind buy and I must say I am very impressed with the "truck stop" fragrance. Lasted a very long time with a small half spray, could even get whiffs of it after a shower. My mom actually liked it, and when her and I went to eat at Olive Garden our waitress said one of you smell very good. Lol this was 2 mins after my half spray. So I will try tomorrow for a full wearing and see how it goes.

Oh yeah has some similarities to LeMale, yet this is a lot more toned down, and better imo.

[PalmBeach]

Guerlain L'Ame d'un Héros

[Griff]

Lolita Lempicka Eau de Minuit Au Masculin (I have a good friend in Paris).

[Postumo]

Erolfa tester, Costume National Homme and Kenzo Jungle L'Elephant. Plus generous samples of Derby, Or Black and Bel Ami.

[drseid]

Green Water by Jacques Fath

[PalmBeach]

Took advantage of all the sales and rebates going on.

Guerlain Habit Rouge EDT.
Guerlain Vetiver EDT.
Guerlain Heritage EDT.
Eldo Tom of Finland
Robert Piquet Bandit.
MPG Ambre Precieux

[JiveHippo]

Great haul PB! The 3 Guerlains are staples in any Guerlain lovers collection, I also own all 3.

[El_Guapo]

Tom Ford Tobacco Vanille in 50ml

[Quiptos]

TJmaxx : Versace Dreamer, Hugo Boss no 1, VC&A Midnight In Paris

[mlsweeney]

Damn you Cyber Monday! I buckled under the pressure and got:



Costume National 21 by Costume National

and



L'Instant de Guerlain pour Homme by Guerlain

[SneezeFreeze]

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Also bought - couple of days back during CVS and perfumania sale

[Furriner]

L'Artisan Parfumeur Premier Figuier Extrême, 100 ml, in this bottle:

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I am, yes, lousy with the photos?

[L'Incandescent]

Fils de Dieu du Riz et des Agrumes

[hednic]

I decided not to wait for Christmas and bought the current entire Jovoy Paris Line blind, of six scents (100ml each) available in the US (two haven't arrived on US shores yet) at an 30% discount from Henri Bendels with no tax and free shipping. Should receive them by the end of this week.

[aquariuz]

Congrats on your outstanding acquisitions, especially the Giorgio for Men (and the good stuff too by the color of the juice in your picture).

Thank you, Sir.
Nice scents indeed.

Here are the back-up bottle of Balenciaga pH and a vintage of Guerlain's Heritage I got recently

[starshipvelcro]

Ummm...oops. I went a little overboard.

In the last week or so:

Full bottles of:

Hermes Vetiver Tonka


Hermes Osmanthe Yunnan




And a Serge Lutens Bell Jar frenzy...


La Myrrhe (half jar)


Iris Silver Mist


De Profundis


Mandarine Mandarin


and finally

MDCI - Invasion Barbare




I AM DONE! This is what I saved up for and I can't really think of anything else I "need"....
(don't hold me to that statement, I'll deny I ever said it)



Now I play the wait for my packages game...

[Ulsterman]

God those bell jars are gorgeous.

[PalmBeach]

I AM DONE!

LOL. Famous last words. Can't tell you how many times I have said that in the past (at least to myself, so no one can hear)

[vbs]

Got myself some Egoiste, which has been on my wishlist for years.

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Debating on pulling the trigger on FBs of L'air du Desert Marocain, Portrait of a Lady, and/or Timbuktu, to satisfy my incense cravings of late.

[gid]

Just ordered

Lalique Pour Homme EDP:


TL Pour Lui:

[starshipvelcro]

Hush now...I got a perfect 100 going on. I'd like to at least keep it at that number and appreciate what I have.

[mikeperez23]

Shalimar (Parfum de Toilette) by Guerlain



This was a blind buy...sort of. I own vintage EdC, new Parfum and vintage Parfum, plus the Ode de la Vanille, but I have only smelled EdP not Parfum de Toilette, which signifies it is vintage. But my fellow Guerlain Fan Club Member rubegon has already pre-approved this one so I felt comfortable bidding on one on eBay, and I think I paid a fair price for it considering the supply of this stuff is quickly dwindling.

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Hush now...I got a perfect 100 going on. I'd like to at least keep it at that number and appreciate what I have.

Good luck with that.