Comments on: Top 10 Spring Fragrances 2008 http://www.nstperfume.com/2008/04/18/top-10-spring-fragrances-2008/ a blog about perfume Sun, 21 Mar 2010 04:28:28 -0400 hourly 1 By: Anonymous http://www.nstperfume.com/2008/04/18/top-10-spring-fragrances-2008/#comment-63750 Anonymous Wed, 23 Apr 2008 17:45:00 +0000 http://www.nstperfume.com/2008/04/18/top-10-spring-fragrances-2008/#comment-63750 Hi Becca! A few thoughts: I've never tried Amethyst by Geisha! Do you perhaps mean the Violet from the Aroma M Geisha line? That's one that very nearly missed my list: lilac, violet, and cocoa. Very unusual! Goutal's Chevrefeille fragrance is a beauty. Not extremely long-lasting, but perfect for spring and summer. I wouldn't call Chamade a heavy oriental at all (not like Opium, or Youth Dew...) It has a lot of "presence," as most Guerlains do, but I think it would be a lovely dress-up floral for any time of year. It may have some good reviews on Makeupalley.com, since lots of Guerlain fans congregate there. :) Hi Becca!

A few thoughts:

I've never tried Amethyst by Geisha! Do you perhaps mean the Violet from the Aroma M Geisha line? That's one that very nearly missed my list: lilac, violet, and cocoa. Very unusual!

Goutal's Chevrefeille fragrance is a beauty. Not extremely long-lasting, but perfect for spring and summer.

I wouldn't call Chamade a heavy oriental at all (not like Opium, or Youth Dew…) It has a lot of “presence,” as most Guerlains do, but I think it would be a lovely dress-up floral for any time of year. It may have some good reviews on Makeupalley.com, since lots of Guerlain fans congregate there. :)

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.nstperfume.com/2008/04/18/top-10-spring-fragrances-2008/#comment-63749 Anonymous Tue, 22 Apr 2008 05:58:00 +0000 http://www.nstperfume.com/2008/04/18/top-10-spring-fragrances-2008/#comment-63749 Floral Girl here too! Go team. I have the YSL Jardins Romantique and Micheal Kors. The YSL is way lighter and very fresh mowed lawn scent. It is so light my animals don't run from the room!--a first. People tell me they can smell the rose-violet but it just smells...well springy and pretty. I like to hear from another Micheal Kors lover. It seems people either love it or find it cloying...like Fracas can be. Estee Lauder's beautiful Love is a flanker that is creamier and greener than the original. Springhmmm. I like the original Coty Muguet Des Bois, Le Chasse aux Pallion, Amethest by Geisha, with the Lilacs, and Monyette Paris. I'm just throwing things out there because I'm tired. Sorry Oh by the way, does anyone know if Annick Goutal"s (I know I spelled that wrong) honeysuckle fragrance is very light? I would also like some advise on a wedding scent mentioned in post by Guerlain called Chamade?? Someone said it was "heartbreakingly beautiful". Who wouldn't want that? I'm a floral girl and it's listed as an oriental floral, so I fear it. I don't like heavy orientals but I think I want to buy it so I too can feel poetically heartbreakingly beautiful. What do you all think? There's not a good review on Os Moz or here. But I respect the experienced opinion better. I hope I don't regret writing this in the morning, fogive my sleepy head. -Joy, Becca I Floral Girl here too! Go team.

I have the YSL Jardins Romantique and Micheal Kors. The YSL is way lighter and very fresh mowed lawn scent. It is so light my animals don't run from the room!–a first. People tell me they can smell the rose-violet but it just smells…well springy and pretty.

I like to hear from another Micheal Kors lover. It seems people either love it or find it cloying…like Fracas can be.

Estee Lauder's beautiful Love is a flanker that is creamier and greener than the original. Springhmmm. I like the original Coty Muguet Des Bois, Le Chasse aux Pallion, Amethest by Geisha, with the Lilacs, and Monyette Paris. I'm just throwing things out there because I'm tired. Sorry Oh by the way, does anyone know if Annick Goutal”s (I know I spelled that wrong) honeysuckle fragrance is very light? I would also like some advise on a wedding scent mentioned in post by Guerlain called Chamade?? Someone said it was “heartbreakingly beautiful”. Who wouldn't want that? I'm a floral girl and it's listed as an oriental floral, so I fear it. I don't like heavy orientals but I think I want to buy it so I too can feel poetically heartbreakingly beautiful. What do you all think? There's not a good review on Os Moz or here. But I respect the experienced opinion better. I hope I don't regret writing this in the morning, fogive my sleepy head.

-Joy, Becca

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]]> By: Anonymous http://www.nstperfume.com/2008/04/18/top-10-spring-fragrances-2008/#comment-63780 Anonymous Sun, 20 Apr 2008 00:04:00 +0000 http://www.nstperfume.com/2008/04/18/top-10-spring-fragrances-2008/#comment-63780 Ah... "Black Narcissus." Sounds like a wonderful choice to me! I like the idea coordinating fragrance, weather, and mood. They're all closely connected! Ah… “Black Narcissus.” Sounds like a wonderful choice to me! I like the idea coordinating fragrance, weather, and mood. They're all closely connected!

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.nstperfume.com/2008/04/18/top-10-spring-fragrances-2008/#comment-63779 Anonymous Sat, 19 Apr 2008 20:31:00 +0000 http://www.nstperfume.com/2008/04/18/top-10-spring-fragrances-2008/#comment-63779 Love your description of your doom & gloom late teens/early twenties days. I can relate. As far as spring fragrances go: Diorissimo, Diorissimo, Diorissimo. & for days when I'm feeling particularly wicked--Narcisse Noir. NN seems to express the darker side of spring for me. I live in Houston--which is a subtropical climate ; & springtime for us is the beginning of inferno season. (100% humidity, soaring temps, ozone & hurricane watches & mosquitoes out the wazoo) Narcisse Noir seems to hint at that crazy darkness.... Love your description of your doom & gloom late teens/early twenties days. I can relate. As far as spring fragrances go: Diorissimo, Diorissimo, Diorissimo. & for days when I'm feeling particularly wicked–Narcisse Noir. NN seems to express the darker side of spring for me. I live in Houston–which is a subtropical climate ; & springtime for us is the beginning of inferno season. (100% humidity, soaring temps, ozone & hurricane watches & mosquitoes out the wazoo) Narcisse Noir seems to hint at that crazy darkness….

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.nstperfume.com/2008/04/18/top-10-spring-fragrances-2008/#comment-63778 Anonymous Sat, 19 Apr 2008 16:50:00 +0000 http://www.nstperfume.com/2008/04/18/top-10-spring-fragrances-2008/#comment-63778 We have to thank Stella for bringing rose fragrances back into the mainstream! It's a pretty one. We have to thank Stella for bringing rose fragrances back into the mainstream! It's a pretty one.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.nstperfume.com/2008/04/18/top-10-spring-fragrances-2008/#comment-63777 Anonymous Sat, 19 Apr 2008 16:48:00 +0000 http://www.nstperfume.com/2008/04/18/top-10-spring-fragrances-2008/#comment-63777 Wonderful list! For a mainstream release, I'd like to add Stella to the list. Very evocative of a dewey, spring rose garden for me. Wonderful list!
For a mainstream release, I'd like to add Stella to the list. Very evocative of a dewey, spring rose garden for me.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.nstperfume.com/2008/04/18/top-10-spring-fragrances-2008/#comment-63772 Anonymous Sat, 19 Apr 2008 16:20:00 +0000 http://www.nstperfume.com/2008/04/18/top-10-spring-fragrances-2008/#comment-63772 *waves back* Great idea! Look forward to checking out the Caron powders next time I pop into the city...thank you! :) *waves back*

Great idea! Look forward to checking out the Caron powders next time I pop into the city…thank you! :)

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.nstperfume.com/2008/04/18/top-10-spring-fragrances-2008/#comment-63776 Anonymous Sat, 19 Apr 2008 14:59:00 +0000 http://www.nstperfume.com/2008/04/18/top-10-spring-fragrances-2008/#comment-63776 Mavoumeen, I smelled Bolt of Lightning once and I nearly fell out of my chair in the JAR boutique! Forceful, indeed. :) Mavoumeen, I smelled Bolt of Lightning once and I nearly fell out of my chair in the JAR boutique! Forceful, indeed. :)

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.nstperfume.com/2008/04/18/top-10-spring-fragrances-2008/#comment-63775 Anonymous Sat, 19 Apr 2008 03:53:00 +0000 http://www.nstperfume.com/2008/04/18/top-10-spring-fragrances-2008/#comment-63775 It took me a while to love Voleur de Roses--I smelled too much plum at first. But I have grown to love it. It does remind me of wet dirt and rain. Another scent that feels the same to me, although scent-wise in no way resembles it, is Bolt of Lightning by JAR. It is so forceful at the beginning, but melts into a beautiful green, woody fragrance. I think I put them together because they both whisk me outside where conditions are very dramatic and I am hyper alert to what is going on around me. I wear them when I feel like a drama queen! It took me a while to love Voleur de Roses–I smelled too much plum at first. But I have grown to love it. It does remind me of wet dirt and rain. Another scent that feels the same to me, although scent-wise in no way resembles it, is Bolt of Lightning by JAR. It is so forceful at the beginning, but melts into a beautiful green, woody fragrance. I think I put them together because they both whisk me outside where conditions are very dramatic and I am hyper alert to what is going on around me. I wear them when I feel like a drama queen!

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.nstperfume.com/2008/04/18/top-10-spring-fragrances-2008/#comment-63774 Anonymous Sat, 19 Apr 2008 02:48:00 +0000 http://www.nstperfume.com/2008/04/18/top-10-spring-fragrances-2008/#comment-63774 Hi Kaos, Well, I'm nothing if not consistent. :) Hi Kaos,

Well, I'm nothing if not consistent. :)

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