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On the scent....
Jun. 24th, 2013 07:28 amYears back, I fell in love with D&G's "feminine" for a summer daytime fragrance, and L'Artisan Parfumeur "Vanilla" for evening. They're both dry (not sweet), slightly floral scents, and suited me perfectly.
Sadly, both of them have been discontinued, and I'm down to the last drops of my last bottles. So it's time to seek out replacement.
Anyone who has a relevant suggestion, please toss it my way....
Key terms: Oriental (don't look at me, that's the perfume industry's term), vanilla, dry (as opposed to overly sweet-smelling), floral, powdery.
For the record, and just FYI, I've yet to find a BPAL scent that works on my skin. Yes, I've tried. Somehow it just doesn't 'take.' I'm not saying never, but you'll be fighting an uphill battle, especially since I can't go to a local counter and try it, first.
Fragrance description for feminine:
Top Notes: Tangerine, Yuzu
Middle Notes: White Cyclamen, Green Pear, Blue Wisteria, Lily, Heliotrope
Base Notes: Musk, Vanilla, Sandalwood, Kashmir Wood
Fragrance description for vanilla
top notes: narcissus,
middle notes: amber, nutmeg
base notes of ylang-ylang, vanilla, and sandalwood.
I suspect at some point I'll find a L'Artisan and throw myself on the mercy of the salesclerks, which is exactly what I did in the store below the Louvre when I bought my first bottle... but their vanilla replacement is a new version of the one I rejected then, so I'm not hopeful.
Sadly, both of them have been discontinued, and I'm down to the last drops of my last bottles. So it's time to seek out replacement.
Anyone who has a relevant suggestion, please toss it my way....
Key terms: Oriental (don't look at me, that's the perfume industry's term), vanilla, dry (as opposed to overly sweet-smelling), floral, powdery.
For the record, and just FYI, I've yet to find a BPAL scent that works on my skin. Yes, I've tried. Somehow it just doesn't 'take.' I'm not saying never, but you'll be fighting an uphill battle, especially since I can't go to a local counter and try it, first.
Fragrance description for feminine:
Top Notes: Tangerine, Yuzu
Middle Notes: White Cyclamen, Green Pear, Blue Wisteria, Lily, Heliotrope
Base Notes: Musk, Vanilla, Sandalwood, Kashmir Wood
Fragrance description for vanilla
top notes: narcissus,
middle notes: amber, nutmeg
base notes of ylang-ylang, vanilla, and sandalwood.
I suspect at some point I'll find a L'Artisan and throw myself on the mercy of the salesclerks, which is exactly what I did in the store below the Louvre when I bought my first bottle... but their vanilla replacement is a new version of the one I rejected then, so I'm not hopeful.
