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Seeker by Liz Cook for One Seed
. Portia . Hello Indie Perfumery Lovers, A while ago Liz sent me this sample to try, which I promptly lost and it has only now resurfaced in my New Year Cleanup. PHEW! So finally I get to tell you...
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CHANEL: Le Baudruchage
. Portia . OK Folks, Great to see you, as always. Have you ever wondered about the piece of skin that they put around the neck of perfume to keep the air out? Me too. So it’s called a Baudruchage and...
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Scent Diary 16 – 22.1.17
. Portia . Hi Hi Fragrant Fumies, I thought it might be fun to add a scent diary. Over at Muse In Wooden Shoes Mals86 has been doing one for years and I always love reading her updates and SOTDs. Now...
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Un Jardin Après la Mousson by Jean-Claude Ellena for Hermès 2008
. TinaG . Hi APJ! In an effort to combat Sydney’s summer heat and humidity, I’ve been seeking out fragrances that I find refreshing. These have ranged through modern and retro aquatics, juicy citrus,...
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Antibiotics, Assumptions, OCD and A Literary GIVEAWAY
. Val the Cookie Queen . Good day APJ Readers! Antibiotics, Assumptions, OCD The Joy Of Medication Seriously. After nearly a month of swollen eyes and a slightly puffy face you´d have thought I´d have...
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Favourite Fragrance Note?
. Portia . Hi there Fumies, There are a few notes in fragrance that if I see them in a note list I definitely want to give them a sniff. Not all the fragrances that have these notes in them work for or...
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Attaquer le Soleil Marquis de Sade by Quentin Bisch for Etat Libre d`Orange...
. Portia . Hi there APJ, Recently I went and hung out with my mate Bronwyn of Gascoigne & King Candles. I did some Xmas shopping with her and 7 of my buddies got Gascoigne & King candles....
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A Literary GIVEAWAY WINNER
Good morning APJ, Sun is shining here in Sydney and the world is warming up. Let’s see who Val’s lucky winner is. Thanks for your kind generosity my love. Portia xx A Literary GIVEAWAY WINNER WHAT CAN...
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Micky & Moby Candles
. Portia . Hey Ambient Scenters, One of my mates, who has been a mate since our teen years, gave me some Micky & Moby candles for my birthday last year. I thought the packaging with its black &...
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Attaquer le Soleil Marquis de Sade GIVEAWAY WINNER
Hey APJ, Woo Hoo! Let’s see who won, Portia xx Attaquer le Soleil Marquis de Sade GIVEAWAY WINNER Fragrantica Fragrantica gives these featured accords: Labdanum Surrender To Chance has samples from...
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Scent Diary 23 – 29.1.17
. Portia . Hey Crew, Welcome to week two of Scent Diary. Really it’s a meandering wander with me through my life with scented asides. Hopefully you like this shit, sorry ’bout it if you don’t. This...
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Rubis Rosé by Dawn Spencer Hurwitz for DSH Perfumes 2014
. Portia . Hey Fumies, This week is Use My Samples & Decants Week. You’ll be reading a bunch of first time experiences of fragrances that have been here in vials or decants and sat unworn so far....
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Sylvaine Delacourte Workshop In Sydney
. Ainslie Walker . Hello APJ gang! Happy New Year!! Doesn’t it already feel like 2017 is galloping along at an incredible pace?! Sylvaine Delacourte Workshop In Sydney Sylvaine Delacourte ‘Queen Bee’...
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Ode by Guerlain 1955
. Greg Young . Bienvenue treasure-seekers. Over summer I was in Canberra and visited the Treasures of Versailles exhibition. There were a few nice things in the exhibition, but nothing I could afford....
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Celestial Rose by Ramón Béjar 2014
. Portia . Hello Rose Freaks, Having had a boxed sample of this fragrance on my desk winking at me since Josie at OSSWALD NYC gave it to me as a GWP in 2014 I finally felt compelled today to open it...
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3 Best 2016 Fragrance Buys
. Portia . Hello Fragrant Family, We have suddenly jumped into 2017 and we’ve had some time to reflect. I’ve been madly going through my fragrance wardrobe to find things that need to be culled....
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Scent Diary: 30.1 – 5.2.17: Sample Week
. Portia . Hey Crew, So it’s Monday and I just realised last night I’m going on a cruise on Saturday. By the time you read this I’ll be deep in the South Pacific living it up. It was a mad scramble, as...
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Black Afghan by Mad et Len 2016
. Portia . Hello lover of NEW! Recently the LuckyScent Unboxing Day pack arrived. I love to buy them because usually half the things in them are stuff I would never go out and try. Part of that is...
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Cologne Cashmere by Carla Chabert for La Manufacture 2015
. TinaG . Hey APJ! I came across La Manufacture through a gifted sample of Cologne Rare, and I was so impressed that I promised myself to purchase a few more of their colognes to try out. A major...
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CHANEL: Scented Journey
. Sandra . Hi there sexy smelling APJers About a week before I left Vienna I was sniffing my way through the new Eau de Parfums of the Chanel Exclusives when a lovely SA came up to me and asked if I...
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