more perfume

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i am accumulating a significant collection of perfumes that don't work for me; sometime soon i'll post a list and see if anybody wants them.

successes since my last post:

• hermetica, darkoud: this is bliss, intense oud/wicca store vibes and it lasts FOREVER on me. not available on the decant sites but the website does sell relatively large (1.5 ml) samples for five bucks each so i will definitely get like four of those at some point
• robert piguet, fracas (modern): i enjoyed this one but my final notes were "this is slightly excessive" so i have to admit defeat before the Tuberose Bomb. still gonna wear it though
• hermes, Un Jardin Sur Le Nil: absolutely delightful, green and wet in a bright sunny way. on the larger-decant wishlist for sure
• Frederic Malle, Lys Mediterranee: ohhhh this was dangerously lovely, apparently i really like lilies. i smelled none of the other notes and it stayed the same the whole time but that's fine bc it was great
• azzaro, pour homme: citrus leather that evolves into sandalwood, i love it
• givenchy, gentleman: also very leather-forward with fruit notes, which is a FASCINATING combination that i like

interesting failures:

• papillon, spell 125: my notes on application include "compellingly ugly" and my one-hour-later note is, in its entirety, "what the fuck". not keeping this one but it was an Experience
• Parfum d'Empire, Fougere Bengale EDP: this smells like curry powder on me. like literally exactly like a jar of curry powder from the supermarket. what

also i did confirm that i do indeed still hate flowerbomb and black opium, which is nice to know.

Comments

[kore]

Oh THAT is why that particular BPAL went total curry on me and I just could not figure out why for the life of me. I thought "immortelle" was like potpourri for some reason!

That Afternoon of a Faun review is lovely, wow.

[rydra_wong]

Oh THAT is why that particular BPAL went total curry on me and I just could not figure out why for the life of me.

I love it when I get to make that intellectual connection and put a name to a note.

I thought "immortelle" was like potpourri for some reason!

No, I think I know what you mean, there's a sort of "preserved flower" vibe to the name. And it is a flower, but not potpourri at all.

That Afternoon of a Faun review is lovely, wow.

Love it. It took a while to grow on me -- I had a sample vial knocking around for years, then started wearing it a lot during lockdown 1 for some reason, then ended up nabbing a bottle in a sale. That and CDG Black have been my two most-worn scents of the past two years.

There, you've got the worn woods/resin thing going on, and then the immortelle gives it this edge which is a bit salty/savoury (it pings as "clean sweat" in my brain), and balances out the rose/jasmine.

In my head, it's not theatre, it's rehearsal room.