spray — warmish spice herbs.  seems like fall potpouri.  The potpourii must be the woodsy note that is the new thing for feminine perfume.  And now…. I smell fruit.  I check the notes available at perfumed court and see Nectarine.  Aside from the decetable peaches available at my farmers market around mothers day (we call them crack peaches.  people wait in line for an hour to buy a peck at a time!) I do love a perfectly ripe juicey nectarine.  Further into the sniff I feel as though I am at a bonfire eating an almost too sweet syrupy fruit.  Through out the day I smell bnfire and fruit.  I love the bonfire, but not so much the fruit.  In the end, I’m left with a hyper sweet after taste.  This realy isn’t my favorite, though I do find it interesting.

Well, readers, I had the baby Tuesday June 2 at 2 am after 5.5 hours of lightening fast labor and no drugs.  Wow.  what a crazy trip that was!.  Maxwell is 8 pounds, 10 ounces 20 inces and absolutely perfect.  When life calms down I’ll be back to work reviewing. 

SOTW :  Kiki, Jicky Encese at Lavende…. lavender seems so soothing after the birthin’ and helps Max sleep too.

Happy Mother’s Day to all of you out there.  I’m pretty lucky to have the most awesome little girl ever.  Just wish I’d go into labor already with number two.

SOTD: New Femme EDP.  Cuminy, warm, a little sexy skin perfection.

Is anyone out there interested in a Split of Ellie D?  It runs 185 for 1/2 ounce at Luckyscent, which is a bit hefty during the recession….

If I get enough interest I’d love to arrange a split.

On to other things –  pregnancy is really messing with my nose.  I recieved (finally, thanks US MAIL) a very nice surprise package from the winner of the last drawing.  Thank you so much Jen!  I have yet to sniff much of it as everything smells kind of off to me lately.  Hopefully things go back to normal post birth. 

However, my beloved Eau des Merveilles still smells pretty great to me, and I have actually gotten to the half way usage mark on the bottle of EDT.  imagine that!  I might have to replace it in a few months.

Taking (ok, kind of stealing) a page from the brilliant blogger at Now Smell This, I am asking my readers what they would scent Marie Antoinette?  Inspired by tickets to the Houston Ballet’s production of Marie this Sunday, the thought has been on my mind all day.  In a past post, I decided Vero Profumo’s KIKI fit the bill with it’s decadent sweetness, musky frenchness and utter wrist glued to the nose sniff perfection.  Though I have been pondering if this is the absolute choice…

Somedays Jicky seems quite appropriate.  KiKi seems to be a nod to the Guerlain great, though on the wrong day it tends to remind me of the airport bathroom in Houston’s Hobby.  Serge Luten’s Fleurs D’Oranger seems almost right, though not quite enough girlish coquetteishness.   I almost think something pinker….

Leave your thoughts, I’ll be thinking on it too.  I can’t wait to see what you guys come up with and why!  And if the fabulous Now Smell This catches wind of my copy-cat poll, please think of it as a nod to your fabulosity!

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Got some samples hanging around that you’ve tried and not loved?  Me too.  Once a month I’m rounding them up and I will draw a winner from the comments posted on the drawing listing.  I’ll send you the samples, you can send samples back, something not perfume related or even nothing at all.  I’m seriously sick of looking at my sample bowl overflowing with things I’ve tried and not loved but don’t know what else to do with!  I’m desperately trying to downsize myself in an effort to keep clutter down…

So the official February sample swap consists of:

Donna Karan Chaos– .25 ml

Ormonde Jayne Tolu EDP  over a ml left in manufacture sample spray.  I love this, but bought a little of the parfum recently. 

Etro Messe de Minuit– most of 1.5 ml

Chanel Sycomore — 1.5 ml — nice but not my favorite vetiver

Neil Morris Prowl– half the manufacture vial –patch monster!!

L’artisan dzongkka — aside from the nifty name, it left me kinda cold.  though so many others rave about 1.5 ml.

Neil Morris.  le parfum d’odette — pretty, but just not me.  most of the manu. vial

Parfumerie Generale L’ oiseau de Nuit — about 2 ml .  sweet, too sweet for me, and woody.  the dry down is pretty nice

Look for updates until Jan 31, when I finish the month’s sampling

So… leave a comment if the batch strikes your fancy, I will draw for a winner Feb. 5

77 degrees as the high, sunny skies and lovely breezes.  I had a tough time choosing between Apres L’ondee and Iris Poudre, which finally won.  It’s slightly sweet, a little cashmere and a lavender in color beauty.  What are you guys wearing today?

Off to find my spring box of perfume!

it’s official

I will periodically repost this …

For Sale

DelRae Bois de Paradis EDP and Body Creme  125.00  – EDP is 90% full and lotion about 2/3.  Lotion was used with a sterile spatula each application (yes, I am THAT OCD) It is a gorgeous jammy rose that I just don’t wear as often as I should.  New the EDP is 125 and lotion is 85 , so price is a real steal. notes: Citrus, French rose, blackberry, fig, spices, woods, and amber

Annick Goutal Duel: EDT 15 ml, dabbed twice 25.00 musky tea and violets notes:wild orange, absinthe, heather, Paraguay seed, absolu maté tea leaves, iris root, leather, tobacco, musk

Worth Courtesan 90ml  75% full 80.00  warm and sexy gourmand.  goes for 3.75/ml at TPC and impossible to find stateside.  notes: cinnamon, cardamom, clove, pineapple, red berries, bergamot, orange blossom, egyptian jasmine, Turkish rose, woody notes, sandalwood, peach, caramel, raspberry, chocolate, cocoa beans, amber, vanilla and musk

Estee Lauder Youth Dew EDP 90% full 10.00

Shiseido Feminite du Bois EDP 5 ml full 15.00  warm plummy woods.  Love it, but bought the parfum before I received the EDP

Let’s call shipping 10.00, mostly to pay for a box and packing… but if you buy the Boid de Paradis, it’s free