Perfume angst

[winter]

I've recently decided on my next signature fragrance - it was pure chance, but I tried out L'Instant Magic de Guerlain and it was almond love at first right. I adore oriental fragrances, always have - Samsara is still my standby for when I want to knock people dead - and as my bottle of Poème by Lancôme wore out, I wanted something different, less floral. I've been getting by with various pure-rose things, but they're really not cutting it, and with L'Instant Magic, I keep sniffing my own wrist obsessively.

And this is the pefectly wrong time for me to notice that there's another fragrance that I'd love, love to have. And it's bloody Mitsouko. I mean, it's Mitsouko - almost 90 years old, freaking chypre, the fragrance every ten-bucks bottle of "Parisian" perfume imitates.

Currently I have L'Instant Magic on my right wrist, Mitsouko on my fingers on the right hand, and possible RSI from turning my hand all the time to sniff them both.

(I also have Vol de Nuit on my left wrist, but buying three bottles of Guerlain perfume to alternate would be madness.)

Comments

[winter]

I'll have to keep an eye out for that one :) A quick google shows it's not sold in Poland (or generally much in Europe - I see one place in London, one in Brussels, plus the original pharmacy), but I've got a trip to Edinburgh coming on, so I'll try some digging.

[kali921.livejournal.com]

Santa Maria Novella products are made by Italian monks, and date back to something like the 13th century. I think that's so awesome.

They should have an aggressive ad marketing campaign that goes something like:

"Santa Maria Novella: Making People Smell Good for Jesus Since 1271."

[winter]

And here I thought the monks mostly made only booze ;)