There’s a nice review of Opal and Femme Jolie today on I Smell Therefore I Am. Thanks Abby!
I just added Egyptian Musk as an option for the Body Silk lotion. The EM scent is a bit too light in the heavier shea cream, but it is strong, long lasting, and true in the lighter Body Silk lotion so that’s a nice new option.
Lots to do but I’ll update again this weekend…
Thanks, Birgit, for your beautifully written review of Jour Ensoleille on Olfactoria’s Travels! Glad you like it! When I sent out the parfum bottle for the Nostalgie drawing winner today, I was wishing I was an expert at baudruchage (a traditional method of securing the stopper with thread or cord). Here’s a fun little video…
I worked on Encens Tranquille today; I added a light orris note that softens the sandal/incense/labdanum and I like it this way. The new labdanum is drier than the old so it feels less heavy, and I wanted to add a few other things to the base to offset that effect and stand up to…
A number of Sonoma Scent Studio fragrances are reviewed today on Perfume Posse. Thanks so much for the reviews March! I’m partial to Winter Woods too, and it wears like a woodsy musk for me too. And, yes, the jasmine in Jour Ensoleillé is indolic enough to scare some people, while others enjoy that dirty…
Here’s a nice review just posted for Sienna Musk: http://perfumeshrine.blogspot.com/2008/10/sienna-musk-by-sonoma-scent-studio.html The Perfume Shrine blog has a number of in-depth series devoted to various notes such as vetiver, jasmine, leather, incense, etc. Vetiver fans will enjoy the most recent series, ending here with vetiver part 5 (I love FM Vetiver Extraordinaire and TDC Sel de Vetiver!): http://perfumeshrine.blogspot.com/2008/09/vetiver-series-5-straight-strange-sweet.html…
There’s a great review of Tabac Aurea today on Fragrantica by Somerville Metro Man from basenotes, Mark Behnke. Thank you Mark, and thank you Elena at Fragrantica too (she always works wonders with photos for the articles there). Tabac Aurea Review on Fragrantica In the process of working on the reformulation of Encens Tranquille with…
The new perfume boxes just arrived and are beautiful! Yay! It’s good to have this long project completed. These are the black and gold boxes that will now ship with all 17 ml and 34 ml bottles. I’ll add a photo to the site soon, but I gave a preview on the blog about a…
Hi Laurie,
If I can’t really smell the EM edp (too bad for me–I know others love it) do you think I’ll be able to smell the lotion?
Thanks!
Nope, I don’t think that’d help. The EM is one that people either smell or don’t. It’s a light musk that some people love and others can’t smell at all or can barely smell. I always suggest sampling this one first and the format (oil vs esp vs lotion) probably won’t help someone smell it better or longer, though the oil is slightly more concentrated than edp or lotion. Whether you smell it is just a function of those pesky huge musk molecules! It does make a great lotion though for those who do smell it. Don’t be sad though — plenty of other scents out there!
Just got my package of Fireside and the samples of Femme Jolie, Opal and Sienna Musk. The samples are all lovely, especially the Sienna Musk which I think is my favorite. Femme Jolie reminds me of an old love, Serge Lutens Bois et Fruit – it’s very well done and delicious! Thanks so much for including the samples.
Hi Tara,
Thanks for feedback! Glad you like Sienna Musk and Femme Jolie. The spices in Sienna Musk make it nice this time of year. Many people find Femme Jolie is reminiscent of SL Feminite du Bois or Bois et Fruits, which are in the same family and of course inspired a lot of scents that came after them. I still need to try the parfum form of SL FdB, which sounds interesting! Happy sniffing and thanks for stopping by. 🙂
I’m wearing my Sienna Musk sample today, so wonderful! It is softer and easier to wear than CdG Avignon, with which it seems to share some notes. Can’t wait to sniff the ET, the floral notes you mention sound appealing, hope it works out!
Hi Tara,
So far I’m keeping the floral notes in ET just below the radar and they seem to add some nice things to it that way. The drydown has a dry sort of peppery spicy aspect and the frankincense seems to last well for me. The drydown has prominent sandalwood and amber with the incense. I tried vetiver and rose (separately) but don’t think I like either of those additions so far. I’ll keep narrowing this down.