Hollyween

A waste of a day 😭

I’m in the PNW too! For sure about the IPAs, but similar to my taste in fragrances, I’m all over the map! 😅

Trail running mostly. Live music. Small-time, under-the-radar, accidental sneakerhead. Have tried over 2200 different craft beers since 2014 (when I started keeping track).

DS & Durga Desert Paintbrush- I was barely a year into my perfume deep-dive, had never blind-bought anything, don’t think I had even paid much over $100 for anything, but I was so intrigued by it. Wish I’d thrown caution to the winds then (and maybe less of that more recently 😅)

Mildly-panic-ordered a bottle of Les Abstraits Des Cendres this evening. Xinú OroNardo maybe next paycheck…

Joy by Jean Patou. My mother had a very small bottle when I was young. She didn’t really like it (she doesn’t like many perfumes), but I liked to smell pop off the tiny cork and sniff it!

I nearly choked out my husband by naïvely hitting 6 sprays & hopping in the car w/ that one 🫣 lesson learned

It is!!

But also

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Isabelle Larignon Milky Dragon, Byredo Open Sky, Arquiste Anima Dulcis, Thin Wild Mercury Whisky, 1969. I think. Ask again tomorrow & it might be 4 different ones?!

I am so comforted by things that feel like August sunshine, hazy & glowing. Paraphrase Grasslands (fka Libertine Sweet Grass) is the epitome of that feeling for me. 🌾

Forbidden gumballs 🥹

…Rhizome 03, Serge Lutens Datura Noir, Confessions of a Rebel Rebel Jasmine. Ok I just searched hand cream by itself & forgot to add Apothecary 18 Night Gardenia (from Anthro, I believe discontinued in EdP but lives on in home fragrances?)!

I have no fewer than 7 Nivea hand cream references in my spreadsheet 😅 some refer to that cool, thick density while some are more directly referencing the actual scent. Les Bains Guerbois 1979 New Wave, Dusita Fleur de Lalita, Grandiflora Queen of the Night, Ormonde Jayne Orris Noir…

Oh absolutely!! Such a pleasure!

I have an update! I got out of work early, was able to stop by The Marie-Marie, and after a solid 60 min sniffing decision session, the winner was MISTPOUFFER 🥰

Mystica is so good 🥹

Either Les Abstraits Des Cendres or Kintsugi Carnal. Will I get downtown to get the Kintsugi before I pull the trigger on Les Abstraits? Will I be distracted by Hexensalbe or Mistpouffer even if I get to The Marie-Marie before hitting buy now? Such a nail-biter, y’all! 😅

Tie between Jo Malone Orange Blossom and Nectarine Blossom & Honey, purchased in 2012 in the leadup to my wedding. I had zero perfumes before that. I added Wood Sage & Sea Salt and Blackberry & Bay not long after, that was it til 2020 😅

Yes AND…try to land your nose on some Cloon Keen! Esp Castaña. They’re from Galway but surely there’s a stockist in Dublin?? 😍

Chloé Nomade Naturelle beats out og Nomade for me! Dates & jasmine!