Scents and sensibility
Jul. 16th, 2004 12:13 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
badseed1980Ok, I promise I'll go to bed after this post!
I just wanted to say a couple things.
First off, my anxieties of earlier have been resolved, and the world is once again a good place.
Second, I was in Harvard Square buying a wedding gift, when I decided to look in Colonial Drug and smell what there was to smell. I wasn't going to buy anything, but when I saw their selection of nice couture perfumes, I was interested. Now, they have OLD stuff. I am an old-fashioned girl with perfumes. I like it rich and musky and woody and sensually feminine. I browsed a bit, and found a perfume I adored: Habanita, by Molinard. I asked the saleswoman what it cost, and she was instantly impressed. "Oh, that's a wonderful scent. You have excellent taste!" We chatted for a bit about base notes and middle notes, florals and orientals, musk, cedarwood, and other stuff. She showed me a few more scents, many of which I quite liked, especially ones with fig notes. Mmm. But the Habanita was what I was looking for. It's a heady Oriental scent, with fruity top notes that are warmer than what you get today, and richer. It has classic floral middle notes like tuberose and jasmine, moderated by earthy orris. The base notes are a wonderful blend of musk, amber, leather, and civet. It's got this wonderfully light and playful start, deepening to something rich and seductive. This is a perfume from 1924. It's a classic. I bought the lotion as an intro, to make sure I liked it before buying the perfume. I'm wearing it now. Mmmmmmmmm. I think I have a signature scent.
I just wanted to say a couple things.
First off, my anxieties of earlier have been resolved, and the world is once again a good place.
Second, I was in Harvard Square buying a wedding gift, when I decided to look in Colonial Drug and smell what there was to smell. I wasn't going to buy anything, but when I saw their selection of nice couture perfumes, I was interested. Now, they have OLD stuff. I am an old-fashioned girl with perfumes. I like it rich and musky and woody and sensually feminine. I browsed a bit, and found a perfume I adored: Habanita, by Molinard. I asked the saleswoman what it cost, and she was instantly impressed. "Oh, that's a wonderful scent. You have excellent taste!" We chatted for a bit about base notes and middle notes, florals and orientals, musk, cedarwood, and other stuff. She showed me a few more scents, many of which I quite liked, especially ones with fig notes. Mmm. But the Habanita was what I was looking for. It's a heady Oriental scent, with fruity top notes that are warmer than what you get today, and richer. It has classic floral middle notes like tuberose and jasmine, moderated by earthy orris. The base notes are a wonderful blend of musk, amber, leather, and civet. It's got this wonderfully light and playful start, deepening to something rich and seductive. This is a perfume from 1924. It's a classic. I bought the lotion as an intro, to make sure I liked it before buying the perfume. I'm wearing it now. Mmmmmmmmm. I think I have a signature scent.
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Date: 2004-07-16 01:14 am (UTC)Eau de Lancome was always a nice one . . .
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Date: 2004-07-16 03:05 am (UTC)This one has nice muskiness and some woodiness. Not overly fruity or flowery, but feminine.
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Date: 2004-07-16 07:57 am (UTC)Strangely, though, I am just stuck on B&BW's Sweetpea (violet scent) body spray, as it's nice and light. Don't usually get along with florals. There's some pink peppercorn perfume at the Body Shop that
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Date: 2004-07-16 08:03 am (UTC)The one I bought is really musky, with all the other stuff blending into it like background music. Very nice. Not flowery. The pink peppercorn is nice, but I wanted something richer.