Comments on: The Monday Mail ~ help Laura find a new perfume http://www.nstperfume.com/2009/01/19/the-monday-mail-help-laura-find-a-new-perfume/ a blog about perfume Fri, 10 Feb 2012 18:48:11 +0000 hourly 1 By: Anonymous http://www.nstperfume.com/2009/01/19/the-monday-mail-help-laura-find-a-new-perfume/#comment-59039 Anonymous Fri, 23 Jan 2009 20:02:26 +0000 http://www.nstperfume.com/2009/01/19/the-monday-mail-help-laura-find-a-new-perfume/#comment-59039 i can remeber, at about 5 yrs old, my mom getting ready to go out. my dad in his suit, and my mom in her heels and evening dress... Givenchy Xeryus is wafting off my dad, strong and manly. But my mother was pulsating with another smell - something not sickly sweet, but strong and controlled and clearly feminine. I had no idea what made it so, not knowing anything about frangrances... and i'v only just come to find out what it was - L'eau D'Issey pour femme. It may be a bit oriental, or mainstream, but it is my vision of the mother of two, thirty-something in control. i can remeber, at about 5 yrs old, my mom getting ready to go out. my dad in his suit, and my mom in her heels and evening dress…

Givenchy Xeryus is wafting off my dad, strong and manly. But my mother was pulsating with another smell – something not sickly sweet, but strong and controlled and clearly feminine. I had no idea what made it so, not knowing anything about frangrances… and i'v only just come to find out what it was – L'eau D'Issey pour femme. It may be a bit oriental, or mainstream, but it is my vision of the mother of two, thirty-something in control.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.nstperfume.com/2009/01/19/the-monday-mail-help-laura-find-a-new-perfume/#comment-59038 Anonymous Tue, 20 Jan 2009 18:42:49 +0000 http://www.nstperfume.com/2009/01/19/the-monday-mail-help-laura-find-a-new-perfume/#comment-59038 Shiseido's Feminite du Bois (still available in shops here in Europe) - cedarwood and plums and hugely radiant. It always feels intelligent to me, but is very definitely alluring. Failing that, I'd suggest Habanita de Molinard - a great history, a rich, powerful feminine fragrance with tobacco, vetiver, vanilla combining to make something that is WAY more than the sum of its parts. Shiseido's Feminite du Bois (still available in shops here in Europe) – cedarwood and plums and hugely radiant. It always feels intelligent to me, but is very definitely alluring.

Failing that, I'd suggest Habanita de Molinard – a great history, a rich, powerful feminine fragrance with tobacco, vetiver, vanilla combining to make something that is WAY more than the sum of its parts.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.nstperfume.com/2009/01/19/the-monday-mail-help-laura-find-a-new-perfume/#comment-59034 Anonymous Tue, 20 Jan 2009 10:42:44 +0000 http://www.nstperfume.com/2009/01/19/the-monday-mail-help-laura-find-a-new-perfume/#comment-59034 The slightly tricky thing about this brief is that the notes Laura likes are more traditionally used for day wear fragrances. To generalise shamelessly, many of the scents conventionally considered eveningy and "come hither" veer towards the orientals and gourmand end she doesn't care for. The slightly tricky thing about this brief is that the notes Laura likes are more traditionally used for day wear fragrances. To generalise shamelessly, many of the scents conventionally considered eveningy and “come hither” veer towards the orientals and gourmand end she doesn't care for.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.nstperfume.com/2009/01/19/the-monday-mail-help-laura-find-a-new-perfume/#comment-59033 Anonymous Tue, 20 Jan 2009 10:38:51 +0000 http://www.nstperfume.com/2009/01/19/the-monday-mail-help-laura-find-a-new-perfume/#comment-59033 Magie Noire was my signature scent in the 80's, in so far as I had such a thing, and I thought it was fab, come hither, all those things. I only heard about the possible reformulation after I retried it last year and found the civet note disturbing, though it had never troubled me before. Wonder if that is an aspect that has been tweaked? Private Collection is exactly as Hollyc describes it, with a bit of a galbanum pain barrier at the start, till the floral bouquet breaks through. Magie Noire was my signature scent in the 80's, in so far as I had such a thing, and I thought it was fab, come hither, all those things. I only heard about the possible reformulation after I retried it last year and found the civet note disturbing, though it had never troubled me before. Wonder if that is an aspect that has been tweaked? Private Collection is exactly as Hollyc describes it, with a bit of a galbanum pain barrier at the start, till the floral bouquet breaks through.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.nstperfume.com/2009/01/19/the-monday-mail-help-laura-find-a-new-perfume/#comment-59037 Anonymous Tue, 20 Jan 2009 08:02:25 +0000 http://www.nstperfume.com/2009/01/19/the-monday-mail-help-laura-find-a-new-perfume/#comment-59037 Fleur De Narcisse by L'Artisan, it has most of the loves you mentioned. Bulgari black? Good luck, Becca Fleur De Narcisse by L'Artisan, it has most of the loves you mentioned. Bulgari black?

Good luck,

Becca

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.nstperfume.com/2009/01/19/the-monday-mail-help-laura-find-a-new-perfume/#comment-59005 Anonymous Tue, 20 Jan 2009 06:29:06 +0000 http://www.nstperfume.com/2009/01/19/the-monday-mail-help-laura-find-a-new-perfume/#comment-59005 I second Jubilation 25. The notes I like are very similar to what Laura likes, and it sounds like our lives are similar in many ways, down to where we live. Jubilation 25 is my go-to when I want to feel sexy & feminine without being girly. One thing worth noting, though is the cumin. I get a pronounced cumin note at the beginning that fades later in the drydown. It doesn't bother me but I know it might not be to everyone's taste. I second Jubilation 25. The notes I like are very similar to what Laura likes, and it sounds like our lives are similar in many ways, down to where we live. Jubilation 25 is my go-to when I want to feel sexy & feminine without being girly. One thing worth noting, though is the cumin. I get a pronounced cumin note at the beginning that fades later in the drydown. It doesn't bother me but I know it might not be to everyone's taste.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.nstperfume.com/2009/01/19/the-monday-mail-help-laura-find-a-new-perfume/#comment-59036 Anonymous Tue, 20 Jan 2009 04:33:46 +0000 http://www.nstperfume.com/2009/01/19/the-monday-mail-help-laura-find-a-new-perfume/#comment-59036 How about Aliage, by Estee Lauder, Or Metal by Paco Rabanne? How about Aliage, by Estee Lauder, Or Metal by Paco Rabanne?

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.nstperfume.com/2009/01/19/the-monday-mail-help-laura-find-a-new-perfume/#comment-59035 Anonymous Tue, 20 Jan 2009 04:30:57 +0000 http://www.nstperfume.com/2009/01/19/the-monday-mail-help-laura-find-a-new-perfume/#comment-59035 Hello Laura, have you tried Paco Rabanne's Metal, or perhaps Estee Lauder's Aliage? Hello Laura, have you tried Paco Rabanne's Metal, or perhaps Estee Lauder's Aliage?

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.nstperfume.com/2009/01/19/the-monday-mail-help-laura-find-a-new-perfume/#comment-59032 Anonymous Tue, 20 Jan 2009 00:29:12 +0000 http://www.nstperfume.com/2009/01/19/the-monday-mail-help-laura-find-a-new-perfume/#comment-59032 Perhaps Montale's Aromatic Lime? Very deep, rich and I think, sexy, woody drydown, not girly. Second Miss Dior and while not overtly sexy, very commanding. Magie Noire, if I'm not mistaken has cvbeen destroyed in a reformulation, but try it at least. Aliage by Estee is very herbally green and unique. Private Collection by Estee is also a lovely, albeit slightly more vintage in tone, green chypre. Ahhh, so many perfumes, so little time. . . Perhaps Montale's Aromatic Lime? Very deep, rich and I think, sexy, woody drydown, not girly. Second Miss Dior and while not overtly sexy, very commanding. Magie Noire, if I'm not mistaken has cvbeen destroyed in a reformulation, but try it at least. Aliage by Estee is very herbally green and unique. Private Collection by Estee is also a lovely, albeit slightly more vintage in tone, green chypre. Ahhh, so many perfumes, so little time. . .

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.nstperfume.com/2009/01/19/the-monday-mail-help-laura-find-a-new-perfume/#comment-59012 Anonymous Tue, 20 Jan 2009 00:16:19 +0000 http://www.nstperfume.com/2009/01/19/the-monday-mail-help-laura-find-a-new-perfume/#comment-59012 Don't you think that Alpona would do the trick for lovely Laura as well?? I think it should be find-able without her going to Paris. . .? Don't you think that Alpona would do the trick for lovely Laura as well?? I think it should be find-able without her going to Paris. . .?

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