What Perfume Are You Wearing Today?
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So happy to have my sense of smell back again in good working order. I am enjoying Frederic Malle's Carnal Flower today. 
Awesome fragrance. I'm not so much in the mood for it lately. I'll come back to it in the spring or summer. Probably.So happy to have my sense of smell back again in good working order. I am enjoying Frederic Malle's Carnal Flower today.
This certainly happens to me with perfumes too - a sort of waxing and waning of interest. I think it's influenced by changing seasons and probably some other factors.
You've added quite a few interesting new fragrances to your collection - any favorites among them? I will probably be wearing my amber-based perfumes often during autumn. Also, looking to try/wear some patchouli-based fragrances as well. I did not really explore that note much during the summer.
Well, I've recently gotten Le Labo Patchouli 24, Frederic Malle Monsieur., and Dior Vetiver. It's hard to pick a favorite among them because they're pretty different.
Vetiver is really great. I could wear it all year easily. I wish I had it last spring and summer because I think it will really be the best during those seasons because it's not a dark, smoky vetiver. It's pretty green and the grapefruit adds a freshness to it. It really is the best vetiver that I've tried.
Patchouli 24 and Monsieur. are both patchouli-based fragrances, but they're pretty different. Monsieur. is over 50% patchouli, which is apparently a very high dose. There's rum, spice, leather, and a touch of citrus, but it is really patchouli heavy. Dark and a bit dirty. It may be the most rough around the edges of everything I own. Patchouli 24, however, isn't actually a very patchouli-heavy fragrance. It opens with a lot of smoky birch tar and turns into a smoky, leathery vanilla.
Patchouli 24 is closer to the type of fragrance that I like to wear most often, and it's from one of my favorite perfumers, so I naturally gravitate towards that one the most. Vetiver, though, is very new and different for me. I'll have to spend a lot more time with it to see where I place it.
Oh! I forgot about Slumberhouse Kiste. That's another one that's very different from what I usually wear. Totally gorgeous, though, and one spray to the back of the neck is enough to last until I go to bed at night. I think it'll do better in the spring and summer, though, because of the peachiness of it.
Yes, it does sound like your new perfumes are all different from each other, and I think that's great because you don't have any redundancies/repetition in your collection, and each fragrance occupies its own unique slot. I have some perfumes in my collection that are reiterations of the same note with very minor variations (my gardenia perfumes for instance), and I only end up wearing one particular gardenia scent and neglecting the others. I need to figure out what to do with the unused ones.
I haven't really delved into any vetiver-dominant fragrances yet, but I have become much better at identifying and appreciating its presence in various perfumes of mine where it usually plays more of a supporting role.
Patchouli 24 sounds wonderful. I began to appreciate patchouli as a note after wearing Coromandel. Before that, I kind of bypassed patchouli fragrances in general. I have a .25 oz bottle of Amouage Epic Woman, which has quite a bit of patchouli in it. I will probably be wearing these two a lot more in the cooler months. Other than that, I am curious to sample this note, but I don't think I will be adding full bottles of patchouli fragrances any time soon. I am probably just going to play around with samples. I've ordered a sample of Lutens Borneo 1834 - patchouli, cocoa and labdanum. I've wanted to sniff this one for a long time.
Yes! It was Coromandel (and Amouage Interlude, I believe) that really helped turn me on to patchouli. Since then, I've become more interested and willing to try fragrances where patchouli plays a bigger role. I used to have absolutely no interest in Frederic Malle Monsieur., but now I love it.Patchouli 24 sounds wonderful. I began to appreciate patchouli as a note after wearing Coromandel. Before that, I kind of bypassed patchouli fragrances in general. I have a .25 oz bottle of Amouage Epic Woman, which has quite a bit of patchouli in it. I will probably be wearing these two a lot more in the cooler months. Other than that, I am curious to sample this note, but I don't think I will be adding full bottles of patchouli fragrances any time soon. I am probably just going to play around with samples. I've ordered a sample of Lutens Borneo 1834 - patchouli, cocoa and labdanum. I've wanted to sniff this one for a long time.
That Lutens sounds wonderful. I wish it were easier to try those where I live, but our Barney's closed down.