Scent Diary: 27.2 – 5.3.17
. Portia . Hiya Scenters, This week on Aussie Fragrance Network we are having a Use Your Samples & Decants week so hopefully I’ll be spritzing a bunch of them empty. It has become quite ridiculous...
View ArticleEurope 2017: Jin & Portia’s Big Adventure
. Portia . Hey there APJ, Jin and I leave for our holidays on Tuesday, yes tomorrow. Bags are packed. Friends over for dinner tonight and Jin has done a huge plate of meat & veg that we all make...
View ArticleLightscape by Roger Szmulewicz for Ulrich Lang 2012
. TinaG . Hi APJ, hope your week is travelling well so far. It is a sultry rainy day in Sydney, and I’ve just turned the house upside down looking for my 1.5ml sample of ‘lightscape’ so I could wear it...
View ArticleUnpacking Fragrances After Moving Countries
. Sandra . Hey there APJ! Hope everyone is doing well and I am sure smelling fabulous. To be perfectly honest with you I am completely out of ideas here. It has been a week of living in a daze. The...
View Article1000 EdT vintage by Jean Kerleo for Jean Patou 1972
. Portia . Hey Hey Vintage Fragheads, 1000 was a fragrance I had basically ignored. Joy was my Patou fragrance and at some point I had a Sira des Indes too but though it was lovely it didn’t float my...
View ArticleUltramarine Blue by Dawn Spencer Hurwitz for DSH Perfumes 2015
. Portia . Hey All, A while ago when I got the DSH Chroma Sample Set I grabbed every dabber out and had a quick sniff. It is fun finding the instant likes, loves and loathes. I will admit that...
View ArticleSunshine: Skin & Body Care
. AF Beauty . Hey APJ Crew – how are you all? It’s been a while I know, I took a little longer in the shower than I’d originally planned! #dallas #bobbyewing Sunshine: Skin & Body Care Actually,...
View ArticleCuir Mauresque by Christopher Sheldrake for Serge Lutens 1996
. Val the Cookie Queen . Hey APJ! Cuir Mauresque is an odd creature. I have a bell jar of the stuff and have worn it a lot. Which should indicate that I like it. Although it always smells the same when...
View ArticleAnnick Goutal Discontinuations
. Anne-Marie . Hi all, Since I heard that Annick Goutal is to be re-branded early next year, I’ve been carefully ticking off certain of its older offerings from my ‘to-try’ list. If, as has been...
View ArticleHalfeti by Christian Provenzano for Penhaligon`s 2015
. Portia . Heya Niche Nerds, I done’t remember this little beauty being released. Clearly I must have read about it somewhere but the name rings zero bells at all. Nick, my mate from Libertine...
View ArticleThought For The Day from Harry Winston
. Portia . Hi All, Here are two looks from long ago in the 20th century. Below that you’ll see a Harry winston quote that I have unwittingly lived by most of my life. This post is just a gratitude post...
View ArticleSensual Orchid by Jerome Epinette for LM Parfums 2012
. Tara: A Bottled Rose . Hi APJ, Creamy petals in the breeze… Whenever I’ve encountered LM Parfums online, the brand has come across as rather sleek and sexy. It also has some intriguing English...
View ArticleScent Samples: Love & Loss
. TinaG . Hi APJ, My fragrance collection had a bit of a rough ride last year. I packed up my house & put everything in storage in May while I travelled overseas for 7 weeks, and then it stayed in...
View ArticleEiderantler EdP by John Biebel forJanuary Scent Project 2017
. Erica Golding . Hi all, I hope you are enjoying a gorgeously fragrant day wherever you are! Me, I’m having a woodland faerie princess kind of day. My friend John graced me with a sneak preview of his...
View ArticleTrolling The Internet?
. Portia . Hi there Late Night Shoppers, I have a confession to make. Sometimes I get the urge to surf the net at ridiculous hours looking for lost fragrant loves, super new stuff, blogs and bargains....
View ArticleSoulle Ambar by Shelagh Foyle for Floris 2013
. Portia . Hey there crew, Libertine Parfumerie sent me their Winter 2017 Season Update. I have a bunch of some of their new-to-Australia and brand spanking new stuff to look at. I think that they have...
View Article“My CHANEL Ballerinas”
. Portia . Woo Hoo! Sometimes you need to buy the most extravagant of its kind and then wear it like it’s from Target. That has been a sideline motto of mine since fashion school. What’s the use of...
View ArticleSunflowers In Sunlight: Equistrius
. Portia . Hey APJ, I went looking for this picture today because I’m wearing Equistrius by Perfume d’Empire and it feels and smells like the most fabulous summer day. You know, the afternoon as the...
View ArticleClandestine Clara by Sophie Labbé for Penhaligon`s 2017
. Portia . Hey Hey Lovers Of NEW! Another from the Libertine Parfumerie Pack. There’s been loads of chatter around the Portraits collection with its wildly provocative storyline including fortune,...
View ArticleMusc 25 Los Angeles by Frank Voelkl for Le Labo: City Exclusives 2008
. TinaG . Hi APJ! I’m off travelling again soon! Yay for holidays! Last year I reviewed Le Labo – City Exclusives Poivre 23 London just before I visited that majestic city. Just in case, you know, I...
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