Rec me a perfume!

[lunabee34]

I think I'm going to ask for an order of perfume samples from Surrender to Chance for my birthday in a couple months, and I'm looking for some inspiration.

Rec me your favorite (non-BPAL) perfume. Or maybe tell me about a perfume you think is important that everyone ought to try. Or something that you've always wanted to try but never gotten the chance.

Thanks in advance, everyone!

Comments

[lunabee34]

Oooh, these sound fascinating, especially the Eau de Protection. I love rose and one that's not too sweet and cloying would be fantastic. I'm loving the idea of pairing it with ginger.

The Afternoon of a Faun is such a striking perfume name. Ah, it's based on a ballet. That's really cool.

[rydra_wong]

I love rose and one that's not too sweet and cloying would be fantastic.

Have you tried any Andy Tauer perfumes? He does some smashing spicy roses.

Surrender to Chance doesn't seem to have Une Rose Chypree (my personal favourite of them) in at the moment, but Incense Rose is a very cheerful rose-incense-citrus which doesn't quite tip into "Christmassy". And PHI -- Une Rose de Kandahar is a gorgeous smooooooth rose-bitter-almond-apricot-tobacco thing.

Serge Lutens Sa Majeste La Rose is a very non-cloying rose, in a photo-realistic early morning, dew-still-on-the-petals manner. Uncomplicated but good.

Le Labo Rose 31 is a deliberately androgynous "dirty rose".

[lunabee34]

Thank you so much!

I really appreciate you pointing me to so many goodies.

[rydra_wong]

TOTALLY my pleasure, seriously. I love sharing this stuff, and then it always reminds me of good things that I have samples of but haven't worn in a while.

(Which is why, today, I'm wearing Eau de Protection.)