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Dear Yuletide Writer 2014
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[perfumeblogging] 'Borneo 1834', Serge Lutens
This was recommended to me as an alternative to Coromandel (which, as you might recall, was the scent that went to Orange Pez on my skin. I blame benzoin. I think benzoin and I are not friends ( Read more... ) -
[perfumeblogging] Miel de Bois, Serge Lutens
Everyone who is Into Perfume has to try this eventually. It seems to be some kind of ritual, along with McQueen's Kingdom and maybe Muscs Koublai Khan, a weird trifecta of 'things that might be really horrible or really awesome on you depending on your skin chemistry'.
The 'really horrible' option on Miel de Bois is apparently catpiss. Miel de Bois ( Read more... ) -
[perfumeblogging] 'Cuir de Russie', Chanel
And now for the opposite side of the coin: Cuir de Russie, the Chanel scent I love, and own an entire bottle of.
thatyourefuse just described this as ‘very posh’, and I agree technically. It is posh in the sense of being sophisticated, elegant, put-together. But it is not clean. I wear it all the time; it is both an ‘I am femme and lovely and ( Read more... ) -
[perfumeblogging] 'Coromandel', Chanel
Well, everyone needs a weird perfume disaster that is both disappointing and boring, I guess ( Read more... ) -
[perfumeblogging] 'L'air du Desert Marocain', Andy Tauer
It has snowed again; I am endlessly writing the dissertation. It has become necessary to wear this perfume every day, as it is the antidote to damp cold, being a thing that smells like a sirocco wind out of a red desert. I love it, a little. It is austere and expansive and everything I do not feel right now ( Read more... ) -
[perfumeblogging] "Nahema", Guerlain
I got a sample of this based on the commentary that it is a scent that Marisa Coulter or Queen Jadis would wear. (I mean. I had to, after that ( Read more... ) -
[perfumeblogging] Bulgari Black
Everything is terrible forever, re: my dissertation and bureaucratic obstacles between me finishing it and me submitting it, and also I am reading a book which is making me very angry but which I need to read so that I can prove I’ve read it. And also it’s about 60% awesome insights, just with 40% WHAT THE FUCK, IMPORTANT SCHOLAR, YOU ARE MADE OF ( Read more... ) -
[perfumeblogging] "Mandarine Mandarin", Serge Luten
So I love citrus. I love citrus a lot. I have grapefruit-scented body wash! I will make lemon buttercream which is about 50% lemon juice just to eat it with a spoon afterward. I like citrus EVERYTHING. So I thought, self, what you need is a citrus perfume you can wear in the winter and which won’t make you smell like a teenage girl with a gift card ( Read more... ) -
[perfumeblogging]: "Fracas", Robert Piguet
Reposting these on DW because the perfume conversation seems to be over here!
( 'Fracas', Robert Piguet )