Friday Free-for-all

[synecdochic]

Yay, the last backordered scent from my BPAL decant circle is out for delivery with the mailman! (I need to write up a step-by-step guide to everything I did this time around that made it sooooo much easier than last, in case it might be useful for others in the future.)

This post is a free-for-all for people to:

a) post links to perfume-related content they posted elsewhere (on or off DW)
b) talk about anything they want to talk about that isn't big enough for a full post
c) socialize and hang out without worrying about "off topic"
d) or anything else that comes to mind!

Comments

Re: Scents for a pre-teen

[wendelah1]

How times change. When I was a pre-teen I was stealing whiffs of my mother's Arpege and wondering how I would ever afford a bottle of Joy.

I love Lolita Lempika and love the adorable bottle, too.

You could try Miss Cherie Dior. Definitely a young scent. "Notes of chic, green tangerine, violette, and pink jasmine mingle with soft patchouli, musk, and delectably sweet strawberry leaves and caramelized popcorn make up Christian Dior Miss Dior Cherie eau de parfum." $3.99 for a one ml sample vial.

She might like a discontinued Avon Mark perfume called Bohista. "Infused with essences of ginger lily, orchid, rich chocolate & warm musk." So, flowery chocolate. It's yummy. My husband likes it, too, and he dislikes most perfume. I'm wearing it right now. No samples that I can find but you can get a rollerball on Ebay for eight bucks. I am trying to resist buying the body lotion which I ran out of years ago, naturally. I love that lotion.

And then on the other end of the price spectrum we have Love by Kilian. "Taking inspiration from the marshmallow, this fragrance is a sweet treat for sensuous connoisseurs. At first soft and tender, it unfolds into the intensity that graces truly great seductresses. Top notes of glorious neroli are like a shy, tentative kiss given by fresh lips. At the heart of the fragrance, Sambac jasmine caresses skin warm with rose and iris, reaching ecstasy in the embrace of vanilla and musk."

So...marshmallow flowers. Many people think it's too sweet but I kind of love that about it. $3.99 for a half ml vial.

Re: Scents for a pre-teen

[lunabee34]

Oh wow thank you. These are awesome recs. I will pass them on and see what she thinks. That Dior sounds lovely.