Emeraude Agar by Jerome Epinette for Atelier Cologne 2016
. Portia . Hey Hey APJ, Do you remember Coty’s Emerald? Well I love it, even in its modern form, but in the interests of full disclosure I rarely wear it anymore. As soon as I saw the name of todays...
View ArticleOpus III by Karine Vinchon Spehner for Amouage 2010
. Portia . Hello Fragrance Family, Yes, I know i’ve come late to the Library Collection. I don’t know why but earlier I found them boring or awful. Ever since I fell madly in love with Opus IX in...
View ArticleScent Diary: 6.2 – 12.2.17: Cruise Week
. Portia . Hey All, The connectivity on board the ship has been spotty. I have tried to keep up but it hasn’t been so easy. Here is a little look into the wonderful fun we’ve had aboard Explorer of the...
View ArticleCHANEL No 19: The Furriest Green
. Portia . Hey APJ, We talk a lot about the rigid backed, aloof and cool angel that CHANEL No 19 is but rarely does anyone speak about the furriness. While wearing it today I had this FUR-piphany....
View ArticleScent Of The Day Diary
. Val the Cookie Queen . Greetings APJ, “Perfumes are the feelings of flowers.” Heinrich Heine Colouring Book v iPad It has become popular and encouraged over the last couple of years for adults to...
View ArticleEau du Sud by Annick Goutal for Annick Goutal 1996
. Anne-Marie . Hi all, It’s summer in my part of the world and my citrus colognes are helping me push through the dog days. I own a number of classic and wonderful citrus colognes, and while I always...
View ArticleMystery Nina Ricci Vintage + GIVEAWAY
. Portia . Hello Vintage Fragrance Freaks, I have a problem, well one we are going to discuss today anyway, let’s leave the rest. Recently I was trolling eBay, as we all so often do. One of my...
View ArticleSurrender by AbdesSalaam Attar for Surrender To Chance 2014
Hey Hey Perfume Junkies, I have some incredibly exciting news for you all. Surrender To Chance have worked with La Via Del Profumo to create two incredible, all natural scents that will blow you right...
View ArticleMystery Nina Ricci Vintage GIVEAWAY WINNER
Hey APJ, I think the fragrance is Nina. Thanks for all your help. Portia xx Mystery Nina Ricci Vintage GIVEAWAY WINNER WHAT CAN YOU WIN? This week there will be 5 winners who will receive: 1 x Sample...
View ArticleScent Diary: 13.2 – 19.2.17
. Portia . Hiya APJ, Back into the daily glamour grind. I love returning from holidays relaxed a refreshed, ready to jump on all the exciting developments since I left. This time there have been loads...
View ArticleNEW!! Suzanne R Banks: Banks Botanicals Fragrance Line
. Post by Portia . Woo Hoo Crew! One of the things I really love in life is watching friends realise their dreams. Over the last couple of years I have watched Suzanne have an idea to write a book...
View ArticleHoliday Scents: Anne-Marie
. Anne-Marie . Hi all Last month my kids and I spent a couple of weeks in my home city of Hobart, visiting family and just generally relaxing. We go nearly every year and never feel especially...
View ArticleScent Free Day?
. Portia . Hi there APJ, Sometimes my nose needs a rest. I am not quite sure why. Today I woke up and usually before I grab the dogs to feed & walk them I scent myself so I can enjoy the fragrance...
View ArticleBass Solo by Bertrand Duchaufour for The Vagabond Prince 2016
. Portia . Hello Happy Huffers, More today from my LuckyScent Sample Pack. Remember when the Vagabond Prince brought out their original scent? The one with the fabulously screechy top of Black Currant...
View ArticleHeart of Darkness EdP GIVEAWAY WINNER
Woo Hoo Crew, We have a WINNER! Heart of Darkness EdP GIVEAWAY WINNER Fragrantica Fragrantica gives these featured accords: Oak moss, cedar moss, lavender, vetiver, espresso, nutmeg, tonka, cedar wood,...
View ArticleEssences Insensees Rose De Mai by Fabrice Pellegrin for Diptyque 2016
. Portia . Hey there Rose lovers, There’s been a LOT of rose chatter on the blogs for February is now the month of roses. Chemist In A Bottle, Undina’s Looking Glass and others are doing roses, roses,...
View ArticleFed Up With Fragrance? Perfumed Apathy!
. Val the Cookie Queen . Hello APJ Readers! The very fact that you are reading this already shows that you are at least one step beyond a normal person. Normal as in spritz and go and pay no attention...
View ArticleUnicorns! OMG Unicorns!
. TinaG . Hi APJ! If you haven’t noticed, unicorns are so hot right now! I mean, they even have their own emoticon. Here’s a few colourful and fragrant ways to dive into all things unicorn. Fragrantica...
View ArticleFragrance Bottle? What Scent? GIVEAWAY
. Portia . Hey there APJ, I think I have told you before about my friends Mum & Grandma who is losing the battle with dementia and Alzheimers. When they had to take all the glass, including...
View ArticleMetal by Robert Gonnon for Paco Rabanne 1979
. Portia . Hello vintage lovers, Arriving in the post yesterday from eBay and on my skin ever since is a 30ml old, old bottle of Metal. As I opened it I thought I’d give myself a spritz and sadly the...
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