Comments on: Lazy Thursday poll ~ the best buy ever http://www.nstperfume.com/2008/10/02/lazy-thursday-poll-the-best-buy-ever/ a blog about perfume Fri, 12 Mar 2010 23:22:52 -0500 hourly 1 By: Anonymous http://www.nstperfume.com/2008/10/02/lazy-thursday-poll-the-best-buy-ever/#comment-51486 Anonymous Tue, 07 Oct 2008 03:32:00 +0000 http://www.nstperfume.com/2008/10/02/lazy-thursday-poll-the-best-buy-ever/#comment-51486 My perfume purchases work out for me, :) not necessarily everything else. I won't buy unsniffed, without checking reviews on certain blogs..., and just plain forcing myself to wait. When I make a purchase, it is with great thought and trepidation. I do enjoy the decants to test out a new scent, and usually, by the, I've lost the love. I found myself through the years wanting to purchase much more selectively, and also, to revisit scents of my earlier days. My perfume purchases work out for me, :) not necessarily everything else. I won't buy unsniffed, without checking reviews on certain blogs…, and just plain forcing myself to wait. When I make a purchase, it is with great thought and trepidation.

I do enjoy the decants to test out a new scent, and usually, by the, I've lost the love. I found myself through the years wanting to purchase much more selectively, and also, to revisit scents of my earlier days.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.nstperfume.com/2008/10/02/lazy-thursday-poll-the-best-buy-ever/#comment-51538 Anonymous Tue, 07 Oct 2008 02:37:00 +0000 http://www.nstperfume.com/2008/10/02/lazy-thursday-poll-the-best-buy-ever/#comment-51538 Then I'll admit that Attrape Coeur was just the same for me -- waited so long that it let me down. Felt the same about Sous Le Vent. They're both in my purgatory basket waiting for me to try again with no expectations. Then I'll admit that Attrape Coeur was just the same for me — waited so long that it let me down. Felt the same about Sous Le Vent. They're both in my purgatory basket waiting for me to try again with no expectations.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.nstperfume.com/2008/10/02/lazy-thursday-poll-the-best-buy-ever/#comment-51537 Anonymous Mon, 06 Oct 2008 15:32:00 +0000 http://www.nstperfume.com/2008/10/02/lazy-thursday-poll-the-best-buy-ever/#comment-51537 Best buys for me are Guerlain's 'Chamade,' because it was one of the first 'proper' perfumes I sniffed and I still think of it, further into my olfactory education, as a 'perfect' perfume of its kind. Also three Frederic Malles : 'Le Parfum de Therese', 'Une Rose' and 'Iris Poudre'. Ok, they are all a little pricey, but these are holy grail scents which make me feel grateful to their creators. If I was never to smell another perfume, these three would suffice. I regret to say I have never smelled Attrape Coeur and it has become such a craved after scent in my head I'm almost nervous to, lest it turn out to be a disappointment. Best buys for me are Guerlain's 'Chamade,' because it was one of the first 'proper' perfumes I sniffed and I still think of it, further into my olfactory education, as a 'perfect' perfume of its kind. Also three Frederic Malles : 'Le Parfum de Therese', 'Une Rose' and 'Iris Poudre'. Ok, they are all a little pricey, but these are holy grail scents which make me feel grateful to their creators. If I was never to smell another perfume, these three would suffice.

I regret to say I have never smelled Attrape Coeur and it has become such a craved after scent in my head I'm almost nervous to, lest it turn out to be a disappointment.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.nstperfume.com/2008/10/02/lazy-thursday-poll-the-best-buy-ever/#comment-51524 Anonymous Mon, 06 Oct 2008 13:33:00 +0000 http://www.nstperfume.com/2008/10/02/lazy-thursday-poll-the-best-buy-ever/#comment-51524 I think Mousson has had some good reviews too -- I'd call it a "love it or hate it"! I think Mousson has had some good reviews too — I'd call it a “love it or hate it”!

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.nstperfume.com/2008/10/02/lazy-thursday-poll-the-best-buy-ever/#comment-51536 Anonymous Mon, 06 Oct 2008 13:32:00 +0000 http://www.nstperfume.com/2008/10/02/lazy-thursday-poll-the-best-buy-ever/#comment-51536 Duel is such a great scent -- congrats! Duel is such a great scent — congrats!

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.nstperfume.com/2008/10/02/lazy-thursday-poll-the-best-buy-ever/#comment-51535 Anonymous Mon, 06 Oct 2008 01:07:00 +0000 http://www.nstperfume.com/2008/10/02/lazy-thursday-poll-the-best-buy-ever/#comment-51535 I am still in love with the bottle of Annick Goutal's Duel I bought this summer. It is not like anything else I wear. Usually I wear things that are relatively green or lightly floral; the deeper notes tend to fall right off my dry skin and I am invariably left with something powdery, which I can do without. So I wear scents without very deep notes. But Duel I loved on paper and I love on my skin and I love how it lasts. I love the smokey tea and the tomato and the leather I smell in it. And I bought it despite the fact that neither my brother nor my fiancé (my two favorite men!) really cared for the smell of it. It is just for me - and I love it and am still glad I bought it (at a very reasonable price from amazon, in fact!). In fact now that you've reminded me of it I'm going to go decant a little of it into a glass spritzer I can carry with me this week. :-) I am still in love with the bottle of Annick Goutal's Duel I bought this summer. It is not like anything else I wear. Usually I wear things that are relatively green or lightly floral; the deeper notes tend to fall right off my dry skin and I am invariably left with something powdery, which I can do without. So I wear scents without very deep notes. But Duel I loved on paper and I love on my skin and I love how it lasts. I love the smokey tea and the tomato and the leather I smell in it. And I bought it despite the fact that neither my brother nor my fiancé (my two favorite men!) really cared for the smell of it. It is just for me – and I love it and am still glad I bought it (at a very reasonable price from amazon, in fact!).

In fact now that you've reminded me of it I'm going to go decant a little of it into a glass spritzer I can carry with me this week. :-)

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.nstperfume.com/2008/10/02/lazy-thursday-poll-the-best-buy-ever/#comment-51523 Anonymous Sun, 05 Oct 2008 22:52:00 +0000 http://www.nstperfume.com/2008/10/02/lazy-thursday-poll-the-best-buy-ever/#comment-51523 oh and also, i ended up scoring a bottle of l'ete en douce, and kenzo l'eaudeete (the green leaf bottle, not the yellow one), which i like very much also - thank you daddy and european department stores! oh and also, i ended up scoring a bottle of l'ete en douce, and kenzo l'eaudeete (the green leaf bottle, not the yellow one), which i like very much also – thank you daddy and european department stores!

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.nstperfume.com/2008/10/02/lazy-thursday-poll-the-best-buy-ever/#comment-51522 Anonymous Sun, 05 Oct 2008 22:50:00 +0000 http://www.nstperfume.com/2008/10/02/lazy-thursday-poll-the-best-buy-ever/#comment-51522 i did try a bunch from the mail, ended up falling in love with one or two of them... despite the horrible reivews i've been reading about hermes un jardin apres la mousson, i love it! i've also found a way to make mugler cologne last longer (layer with fresh hesperides lotion), so i've bought a smaller bottle of that too. lately i've been on a sugar kick, which RARELY happens to me, it's probably because of the cold weather and all that, and me needing comfort... so i've dug out the lolita lempicka (which i find is less nauseating and skanky than angel) and i've been stealing a few sprays of my mother's ambre sultan, which to me smells pretty edible (but not nauseating). hopefully this passes and i can get back to enjoying cool, crisp scents, but the weather is just so BLAH! i did try a bunch from the mail, ended up falling in love with one or two of them… despite the horrible reivews i've been reading about hermes un jardin apres la mousson, i love it! i've also found a way to make mugler cologne last longer (layer with fresh hesperides lotion), so i've bought a smaller bottle of that too.

lately i've been on a sugar kick, which RARELY happens to me, it's probably because of the cold weather and all that, and me needing comfort… so i've dug out the lolita lempicka (which i find is less nauseating and skanky than angel) and i've been stealing a few sprays of my mother's ambre sultan, which to me smells pretty edible (but not nauseating). hopefully this passes and i can get back to enjoying cool, crisp scents, but the weather is just so BLAH!

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.nstperfume.com/2008/10/02/lazy-thursday-poll-the-best-buy-ever/#comment-51530 Anonymous Sun, 05 Oct 2008 13:35:00 +0000 http://www.nstperfume.com/2008/10/02/lazy-thursday-poll-the-best-buy-ever/#comment-51530 Yes, very sweet. :) I don't suppose there was anything much they could do with the testers when they were closing the shop and the full bottles were sold off, unless someone on the staff wanted them, but still very, very kind. Yes, very sweet. :)

I don't suppose there was anything much they could do with the testers when they were closing the shop and the full bottles were sold off, unless someone on the staff wanted them, but still very, very kind.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.nstperfume.com/2008/10/02/lazy-thursday-poll-the-best-buy-ever/#comment-51534 Anonymous Sun, 05 Oct 2008 01:06:00 +0000 http://www.nstperfume.com/2008/10/02/lazy-thursday-poll-the-best-buy-ever/#comment-51534 Oh, your collection must be gorgeous! There are tons of antique stores in my town, I really should try harder to visit them once in awhile. Oh, your collection must be gorgeous! There are tons of antique stores in my town, I really should try harder to visit them once in awhile.

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