...Yourfoxiness:niki de st phalle. lovely leather, mossy, herbal drydown.I only have the body cream but as a base for Mitsouko it does the business! Chypre, you bet!

...Sorry Omni! I'm not familiar with the Musc Nomade so I haven't responded. I'm glad you were able to self-serve and have found something that works.As far as...

...Omni! I'm not familiar with the Musc Nomade so I haven't responded. I'm glad you were able to self-serve and have found something that works.As far as...

...I seem to favour perfume by Michel Almairac, Cuir Amethyste, the new Ivoire and others. I also follow JCE quite deliberately. My favourite perfumes are Chanel 19 EDP, Musc Nomade, Bal a Versailles, Y (YSL), Mitsouko, Mon Parfum Cherie Par Camille and too many to mention

...Dateless and desperate I seem to be replying to my own post. I have found that Elie Saab EDT is rather nice with the Goutal body cream

...I am in love with the Body Cream. It is late winter here in the Antipodes; my skin was dry, so I bought some. It's luxurious all right, I can wear it on my neck as a moisturiser and enjoy the perfumed result. Apart from Prada Infusion Iris Absolue it doesn't layer well with other fumes, but this is an addiction. Is there a soft soft rose that would layer with this? I tried Quel Amour and it's too fruity.

...For this mission I would wear Ivoire by Balmain, the new one, I love it, not too far from Miss Dior Cherie or Elie Saab, gorgeously romantic

...I've bought many many from FX.. All good except for my foray into WORTH. I thought to reacquaint myself with Je Reviens and try Courtesan. Both bottles were decidedly off. To be safe I would buy from them if you are planning to use your fumes up within a year or so.

...Omni:I am fascinated with Love Potion No 9 by Penhaligons. This fragrance pre dates Dune by a year or two and is so similar that Sherapop cannot tell the...

...Omni:I am fascinated with Love Potion No 9 by Penhaligons. This fragrance pre dates Dune by a year or two and is so similar that Sherapop cannot tell the...

...I am fascinated with Love Potion No 9 by Penhaligons. This fragrance pre dates Dune by a year or two and is so similar that Sherapop cannot tell the difference. The behommeth that is Dior made Dune into a commercial success and FI award winner whilst little Brit Penhaligons had not a sniff, if you pardon the pun.

...My Cuir Amethyste opens with a tonne of birch tar, it settles so beautifully. I'm sure we are perfume twins, separated at birth Triff

...familiar olfactory memories there, Omni. In particular, the shoe polish and floor wax aromas resonate with me. Polishing our shoes was a ritual my sister and I shared with our father when...

...ScentFan:I remember my mother wore Abano by Prince Matchabelli and yesterday when I smelled it realized she wore Blue Carnation by Roger and Gallet. She also used lavender toilet water and soaps. Lavender was her favorite note and daisy her favorite flower.I loved Cachet by P Matchabelli. Carnation and Lavender were refined, ladylike scents. My Aunt always had scented gloves, cotton, pin tucked, that she put on to go to the shops, even in summer. The summer ones (white) had lace inserts

...Going back to my Mother/Mother in law's younger days, in New Zealand imported goods required overseas funds. Unless you knew someone who travelled you likely looked at the magazine ads and just yearned. 'English' perfumes were available, such as Lentheric 'Tweed' and Yardley Apple Blossom. I picked up a re-make of Tweed some weeks ago and memories flooded in, the call of the paper boy, the ammonia of the hair salon, the smell of Nugget shoe polish, and Goddards floor wax. My Mother used to wax the floor tiles.

...Eau de Protection aka Rossy de Palma. I keep banging on about this one

...I'm waiting for Quel Amour by Annick Goutal

...My own Mother liked Rochas Lumiere for a while. The perfume she likes most from those that I send her way is Patou's Enjoy. I think it's because it's quite strong and berryish. Have daughters in law or son's girlfriends changed how you feel about fumes?

...My mother in law wore Je Reviens and L'Air du Temps when I met her. She moved on to Anais Anais, Giorgio Bev Hills and White Diamonds. She also had a massive bottle of Infini that sat in her bathroom (I think it may have been a marketing tool in a store) and it was never used, so could have been coloured water. What are your responses to your Mother in law's fragrances?

...I have Catholic tastes, as in embracing all, not incensey taper fumes, and I actually helped my girlfriend sell Avon for a while. I remember a small bottle of, I think it was Genesis Oil, seeping into my makeup bag. Talk about for-evvah!Triffid, I ordered a small bottle of Je Reviens pure perfume with my Courtesan order and in a way it's a blind buy because I only know it through my Mother in law who has a stash of vintage. Now that gives me an idea for a thread. Let's have fun.