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Feb 07, 2007 13:32

Samhain update: well it didn't smell like autumn all day - it mellowed after awhile - Fred could still smell apples cloves and he detected a cedar note as well, but it ended up smelling a little powdery on me by the end of the day. I will stick with the final analysis that as a result of my body chemistry - it's better as a potpourri or room scent ( Read more... )

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boadiccea February 7 2007, 18:52:16 UTC

Samhain is my favorite scent, but I believe the' 05 LE to be a better version than the '06. YMMV. :)

omphaloskepsis February 7 2007, 19:03:06 UTC

Ah - that's good to know! I'll have to keep an eye out for that version. :)

boadiccea February 7 2007, 19:05:51 UTC

They're very similar, but there IS a difference. :)

ramblings on soapy smells salami_salome February 7 2007, 20:29:15 UTC

Soapy scents can be difficult to get a handle on. I used to hate them, then my tastes changed a bit and I like some of them in small quantities. Balmain's "Ivoire" is a green soapy scent which is very strong but also very classy and very refreshing in summer. It had a little bit of mossy spice to it, and I like that contrast between soapy and earthy. Dolce and Gabbana has a scent I don't know the name of, but it's usually just referred to as "Red Cap" because of the bottle. I thought of it for a while as my "doctor's office" scent, not because it smelled like one but because I was going to a lot of doctors at the time and it seemed like a good smell for such an occasion, not sexy, not intrusive, but clean and long-lasting. I found eventually though that it just wasn't "me ( ... )

Re: ramblings on soapy smells omphaloskepsis February 7 2007, 22:38:34 UTC

I totally know what you mean about egyptian musk being a little soapy - but it's soapy in a good clean wonderful way.

I really want to start training my nose to understand what it's perceiving and then be able to put words to it. It took me awhile with wine, but I can do it now. My nose tends to be fairly sensitive but more in the I can tell what oil you were wearing 2 days ago sort of way, not the picking out individual scents sort of way. I think I'll be much more able to predict what I will like once I am able to do that.

(The Numb did become less aggressive over time, but it didn't change too significantly.)