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Lazy weekend poll ~ whispering to Santa (or the gift-giving entity of your choice), 2023 edition

Posted by Robin on 25 November 2023 140 Comments

Our sixteenth annual holiday gift poll. Here are the three questions:

What is the fragrance-related gift you’d most like to receive this year?

Let’s say you were going to ask for just one unsniffed fragrance this year, what would it be?

Are you giving any fragrance items for gifts this year, and if so, what?

I am not feeling decisive this morning, so I'll add my answers in the comments later.

Note: top image is Holiday Market Bokeh [cropped] by David Geitgey Sierralupe at flickr; some rights reserved.

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  1. pyramus says:
    25 November 2023 at 12:31 pm

    1 ) Someone wants to give me a box of all seven of the new Lush scents, I won’t say no. Went to the shop this morning: they don’t have them and don’t think they’ll be getting them — apparently they’re available only online….

    2) …and obviously I’m not going to order any of them unsniffed, but if I were to ask for one, it would be Tramp, I think: it sounds the most me.

    Today I’m in Todd Oldham, which is so good I still wonder every time I wear it why it wasn’t a hit. They must have thought it would be and manufactured an awful lot of it, because it’s easily available online, if I should ever run out.

    Our phone carrier is having a Black Friday sale — who isn’t? — and while we were at the mall we signed up for new plans: as a consequence, we’ll be saving well over $600 a year between the two of us, which pretty much makes my day. (Cell phone service in Canada is preposterously expensive, among the highest in the world, so what a relief to be able to save some money.)

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    • Coumarin says:
      25 November 2023 at 2:06 pm

      Todd Oldham is great! I really do think they think it would be a hit. I have a huge bottle that will last me forever.

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      • DeniseH says:
        26 November 2023 at 10:37 am

        Another Todd Oldham fan here. Pyramus, you smell great. I have a mini somewhere I should dig out. So opulent and pretty!

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    • madtowngirl says:
      25 November 2023 at 3:41 pm

      That’s a nice savings on the cellphone plan! Good for you.👍

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    • lillyjo says:
      25 November 2023 at 4:18 pm

      I was just looking up Todd Oldham. Do you know which company made his perfume?

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      • Sapphire says:
        26 November 2023 at 9:40 pm

        Looks like it was Parlux.

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    • AnniePerfumes says:
      26 November 2023 at 5:00 pm

      I might have gone nuts on Lush.

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    • Sapphire says:
      26 November 2023 at 9:41 pm

      Looks like I need to order myself a mini of Todd Oldham.

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  2. Deva says:
    25 November 2023 at 12:47 pm

    1) I really wouldn’t mind if a couple of those SL room sprays fell in my lap.

    2) Nah, I am (hopefully) getting over the acquisition of unsniffed bottles

    3) Don’t think so.

    Wearing the same flannel as yesterday which is wafting the last wispy bits of JM Ginger Biscuit. Will switch it up a bit later after a shower.

    Hoping everyone has a peaceful, relaxing weekend.

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    • Robin says:
      25 November 2023 at 6:40 pm

      Gosh, I would take an SL room spray too 🙂

      Hope your weekend is perfect Deva!

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  3. 50_Roses says:
    25 November 2023 at 1:12 pm

    1. I just thunked a bottle of Ancient Resins body oil. I do have one more bottle, but if someone were to gift me a couple of extra bottles, it would be much appreciated.

    2. Maybe Hey Jude? I have yet to sniff this, but I doubt I would hate it. As it is, I plan to get a sample when I order more Ancient Resins. If I were to really ask for the moon, it would be a bottle of Shiseido Suzuro. This is one Shiseido I have not managed to sniff yet, and not for lack of wanting to. Samples seem to be almost impossible to come by, but I am very intrigued by it and the glowing reviews I have read. I have not, so far, outright disliked any Shiseido scent that I have sniffed, so I think it is very probable I would like this one.

    3. My DH will be getting a bottle or two for Christmas, as usual. He doesn’t actually “need” any bottles right now, but I have several in reserve for him. He has seven bottles at the moment, and he wears them all in strict rotation, meaning that he always wears the same one on any given day of the week (so if it’s Tuesday, he must be wearing Encre Noire). The number of bottles has varied over the years, but he seems to like having seven.

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    • Robin says:
      25 November 2023 at 6:41 pm

      Do DH never wakes up and thinks, oh, I’m in the mood for, say Encre Noire? He just wears in order? That is an ordered mind!

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      • 50_Roses says:
        25 November 2023 at 7:31 pm

        He has them arranged in a row in the cabinet, and wears them is order. When he has more or fewer than seven, it makes it a little trickier to keep track, but he does. He will also go through restaurant menus in order; if it is a place we go to rarely or only once, such as on a vacation, he will get whatever appeals to him, but for local places that we expect to go to fairly frequently, he will actually go down the list in order. If they get new menus and rearrange things, it throws him off. I wouldn’t really say he has an ordered mind in general, but he is with certain things.

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        • Robin says:
          26 November 2023 at 7:13 pm

          That must be a huge time savings over a lifetime!

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      • DeniseH says:
        26 November 2023 at 10:39 am

        Exactly what I was thinking, Robin! And also sticking to seven scents. I could n ever do either of those things but then I have a very un-ordered mind.

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        • 50_Roses says:
          26 November 2023 at 2:03 pm

          Well, DH never buys fragrance for himself, so how many he has at one time depends entirely on how many I have bought for him. I plan to give him at least one bottle for Christmas–it is traditional for us. I always give him perfume for Christmas–but I don’t know whether he will hold onto it until one of his others runs out or go to an eight fragrance rotation.

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  4. apsara says:
    25 November 2023 at 1:27 pm

    11 hours sleep.
    mmm, coffee is good and my bathrobe smells of about three different scents that somehow combine to a nice warm spiciness.

    1. Dior Tobacolor or Ensense Suave.
    2. Botox gift from sister (done) and a job please.
    3. No gifts of fragrance to anyone.

    Cleaning out fragrance cabinet today or tomorrow. I sold a bottle on ebay the other day, never opened. So, maybe a few more in there and I can use perfume math and get that Tobacolor.

    SOTD will be Une Nuit Nomade Sugar Leather.

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    • Robin says:
      25 November 2023 at 6:42 pm

      That perfume math works just like regular math!

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      • apsara says:
        26 November 2023 at 2:24 pm

        amazing, yes!

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  5. foxbins says:
    25 November 2023 at 1:42 pm

    I’m wearing Chipmunk this cold, sunny morning. I bought nothing fragrance-related yesterday, but did buy a new coffee grinder and some craft supplies.
    I need a new Thymes Fraser Fir candle, so I would like it if somebody bought me one.
    I would pick a bottle of Indigo Smoke unsniffed. Several people whose tastes are similar to mine have it and like it.
    No fragrance gifts for anyone this year. I went to the Made In Hawaii festival earlier this year and got everyone’s Christmas gifts there.

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    • foxbins says:
      25 November 2023 at 2:07 pm

      Frasier Fir! I misspell it almost every time.

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      • Calypso says:
        25 November 2023 at 5:39 pm

        I have a couple of those left over from last year, only half burned, so I might not buy a new one, but I always love it.

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        • Calypso says:
          26 November 2023 at 11:18 am

          They are the ones that come in a pretty glass jar decorated with a fir tree with glitter.

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  6. Lovestosmellgood says:
    25 November 2023 at 1:46 pm

    Holiday music is on. Tree 🌲 bought , we are decorating..

    1. Maybe Encens Mythique or I am going to try Shalimar MI on skin next time

    2. TF
    MYRRHE MYSTÈRE

    3. I bought a Jo Malone candle for my neighbor in Orange Bitters. She is retired and very kind to me and my kids

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    • Lovestosmellgood says:
      25 November 2023 at 4:15 pm

      Oh my SOTD is Side Effect
      Notes..tobacco, vanilla, rum and coffee

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      • apsara says:
        25 November 2023 at 4:26 pm

        you smell great!

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        • Lovestosmellgood says:
          25 November 2023 at 4:33 pm

          I do!

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  7. Coumarin says:
    25 November 2023 at 1:58 pm

    Hello all!

    This year I don’t believe I’ll be receiving any fragrant gifts, but I might treat myself to a box of Astier de Villate incense. I have Opera right now and it’s lovely in winter.

    If I were to blind buy today, it would be one of the Costes perfumes. I love Olivia Giacobetti’s work and can’t believe I haven’t tried them. I’m a bit surprised they’re still around.

    I can’t think of anything I would give, honestly. Maybe a candle to a few friends.

    I’m officially on sleeve island with my sweater. Wearing 31 Rue Cambon and wishing it was ten degrees colder.

    Have a great day everyone!

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    • apsara says:
      25 November 2023 at 3:04 pm

      ohh their incense is so very tempting!

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      • Coumarin says:
        26 November 2023 at 3:12 pm

        It is but I’ve resisted this weekend!

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    • DeniseH says:
      26 November 2023 at 10:41 am

      That Costes 1 was so beautiful. Incense and spices and woods. Very ethereal in the OG veil way. Bonus points for pretty ruby bottle.

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      • Coumarin says:
        26 November 2023 at 3:13 pm

        I’m glad to hear that. I’ve always loved her spicy halo scents.

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  8. Gaynor says:
    25 November 2023 at 2:23 pm

    Four weeks till Christmas! I always wonder how a year has passed so quickly, and every year it gets faster!
    I might well buy myself something for Christmas, but I’m not sure what. I have yet more samples on route, so there might be something fabulous in my future.
    Having broken my rule to never buy unsniffed, but only if it’s very cheap, I’m not sure what I’d ask Santa for if money was no consideration. Maybe some of the new Guerlains.
    I not planning any fragrant gifts, but maybe some nice soap for my mother.

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    • madtowngirl says:
      25 November 2023 at 3:37 pm

      Every year does get faster! Sigh. Nice soap sounds like a lovely gift.

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  9. Aurora says:
    25 November 2023 at 2:28 pm

    1. Soap from Oriza L. Legrand

    2. Dévotion I think

    3. 2 very chute 25ml bottles of Pour un homme aftershave

    I was in Dia today and really enjoyed it. Tonight it was the turn of m’y new bottle of Prince Matchabelli Beloved, an obscure scent, it is a floral animalic, make it very animalic floral, think Bal à Versailles, I love it. It comes in a very ornamented Crown bottle.

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    • Calypso says:
      25 November 2023 at 5:42 pm

      Oh, that had the most romantic advertisements back on my teenage years! I’m not sure I ever smelled it though.

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      • Aurora says:
        25 November 2023 at 6:58 pm

        Delighted you heard of it, my little bottle is pristine, no box though.

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    • Jalapeno says:
      27 November 2023 at 11:04 am

      Which soaps do you have from Oriza?

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  10. Aurora says:
    25 November 2023 at 2:29 pm

    *cute not chute

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  11. madtowngirl says:
    25 November 2023 at 3:35 pm

    1. I’d take a bottle of the Chanel L’huile Vanille body massage oil. I bet it feels and smells amazing.
    2. The new Dame Perfumery Sonoran Desert Musk Perfume, which has yet to be released, but I’m looking forward to trying it when it does.
    3. I’m thinking of getting each of my girls a bottle (tube?) of Glossier’s body hero daily body perfecting cream to put it their stockings. It’s supposed to smell like orange blossom neroli. Yum. I think they’d like it, and I think I’d like to borrow some.😈

    We had a very low key turkey day, just the way I like it. Making the turkey ahead of time really is my new life hack.
    Yesterday I didn’t even leave the house but did a fair amount of damage online shopping. All 3 of my kids gave my their lists and I’m about 90% done with my shopping already! Goal to be done by December 1, which will be the earliest ever.
    SotD is Gypsy Water.

    *freebie alert* the Victoria Beckham sampler set of her 3 new perfumes seeks a new home. Email me p k wisdom (one word) in the yahooland.

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    • Robin says:
      25 November 2023 at 6:44 pm

      Sad to say my new life hack is ordering an already cooked and deconstructed turkey and heating it up on Thanksgiving. It was quite good.

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  12. perfumelover67 says:
    25 November 2023 at 3:45 pm

    Sotd SL 5 O’clock Au Gingembre.

    1. Nothing comes to mind right now.

    2. The Olivia Giacobetti scents for Zara.

    3. I am gifting both my sisters the Dove first limited-edition Holiday Treats Collection (Body Wash, Body Scrub, Beauty Bar, and Hand Wash). They come in Cinnamon Pumpkin Pie, Sugar Cookie and Peppermint Bark. I am really tempted to get the same for me as a gift to myself, since I love Dove products.

    Happy weekend! 🌻

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    • Robin says:
      25 November 2023 at 6:44 pm

      Happy weekend pl67! I would probably take the OG set too.

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      • perfumelover67 says:
        25 November 2023 at 11:14 pm

        Thank you, Robin!

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      • Coumarin says:
        26 November 2023 at 12:46 am

        They’re pretty good but I didn’t need the set. The steam one and the book one were pretty good.

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    • lillyjo says:
      25 November 2023 at 10:18 pm

      Do you have Zara where you are? I don’t here. They seem to have a ton of perfumes.

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      • perfumelover67 says:
        25 November 2023 at 11:05 pm

        We do. I will eventually stop at one of the stores after the holidays.

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    • Jalapeno says:
      26 November 2023 at 9:13 pm

      Where did you find that Dove collection?

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      • perfumelover67 says:
        26 November 2023 at 9:42 pm

        The collection is sold exclusively at Walmart.

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        • Jalapeno says:
          27 November 2023 at 11:04 am

          Thanks for the info!

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  13. happy888cat says:
    25 November 2023 at 3:56 pm

    Happy weekend everybody!
    I am having a blast with my bestie who I haven’t seen for sooo long.
    Sotd is Good Girl Gone Bad Extreme.

    1. I would love to receive anything perfume related. Perfume is not something you can just gift without a smidgen of thought so I would like to think the gifter put some effort into it and I will be grateful.

    2. Nishane Ani X. Heard good things about the new X collection.

    3. I gifted my mum the Jo Malone Advent Calendar. Glad to say she loved it!

    PSA: Estee Lauder is having 30% off your entire online order with code FRIDAY30 until November 26, 2023, at 11:59PM PST. (Excluding certain sets and discounted items though)

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    • happy888cat says:
      25 November 2023 at 4:00 pm

      Oops correct code is FRIDAY23!

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    • Robin says:
      25 November 2023 at 6:45 pm

      So glad you guys are having fun! And nice that your mom loved the advent calendar.

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    • DeniseH says:
      26 November 2023 at 10:43 am

      I love the idea of a perfume advent calendar!

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  14. cazaubon says:
    25 November 2023 at 4:12 pm

    I’m wearing a sample of the new Guerlain Fève Gourmande (ex Gourmand Coquin). It smells really good and I’d like a bottle please. 🙂

    As for unsniffed, I try to avoid that as I have bad luck, but I would take a bottle of Mes Bisous Tobacco Flirts with Vanilla.

    No fragrant gifts, I only buy perfume for my husband and he’s well-stocked.

    We’ll see if I get any holiday gift money from dad this year, I might spring for a new bell jar of Iris Silver Mist.

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    • Robin says:
      25 November 2023 at 6:45 pm

      Glad that Guerlain still smells worthy!

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  15. lucasai says:
    25 November 2023 at 5:00 pm

    I’m wearing Cierge de Lune today, it’s pretty festive to me.

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    • Robin says:
      25 November 2023 at 6:45 pm

      Hope you are having a good weekend Lucasai.

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  16. Calypso says:
    25 November 2023 at 5:52 pm

    1. I’d love to be gifted with Le Labo Myrrhe 55. After sampling it I bought a carded sample and the more I wear it, the more it grows on me. It’s too expensive and I don’t expect it as a gift but a person can dream! It’s my SOTD for now too.

    2. I want the scent Robin posted just the other day: BeauFort Absent Presence. The bottle looked beautiful and I loved the description of the fragrance. Those new scents hardly ever get my attention but this one really did.

    3. Yes I will probably exchange scented soaps with several good friends. My female best friends like hand made soaps with wholesome ingredients and my best two men friends love Penhaligons. But if I find some exotic things in Riyadh I’m sure they’ll love those instead!

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    • Robin says:
      25 November 2023 at 6:47 pm

      Remind us when you are heading to Riyadh? You must be so excited!

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      • Calypso says:
        26 November 2023 at 11:20 am

        Soon! December 5th!

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        • MossyBerry says:
          26 November 2023 at 3:06 pm

          Bon Voyage!

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        • Robin says:
          26 November 2023 at 7:14 pm

          Very soon! I am going to Texas the same day, which is just not as exciting.

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    • Kanuka says:
      26 November 2023 at 1:17 pm

      I haven’t smelled the Le Labo Myrrh but I have a very nice Myrrh scent from Fiele called Myrrha, which is lovely. Maybe we could do a Myrrh perfume CP?

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      • Kanuka says:
        26 November 2023 at 1:20 pm

        https://freebox.it.com/2015/08/12/heatwave-favorites-olfactive-studio-panorama-fiele-fragrances-myrrha-fragrance-reviews/%3C/a%3E%3C/p%3E

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      • Robin says:
        26 November 2023 at 7:16 pm

        Yay, had one spot left and we’ve never done myrrh. You are on, for 12/29.

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  17. MissGoldsmith says:
    25 November 2023 at 6:15 pm

    1. Bois des Iles, any format
    2. Iris Silver Mist
    3. No. There’s no one in my life who A) I’m on gift-giving terms with, and B) likes perfume. (For these reasons, I’ll also never receive any perfume gifts that aren’t from my own self.)

    Today was low-key: a quick tour of the farmers market (acquired: baguette and pate). Then some crafting with my mom. Relaxing now before cards and stir-fry dinner.

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    • lillyjo says:
      25 November 2023 at 6:17 pm

      Yum to the baguette and pate!

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  18. hajusuuri says:
    25 November 2023 at 6:55 pm

    SOTD = Von Eusersdorff Classic Patchouli Balmy

    Slightly dirty patch, tonka, sandalwood and vanilla. 🥰

    https://www.instagram.com/p/C0FmOkZR_p3/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

    The poll:
    1. The other 3 Guerlain extraits I did not get because I have limits. The 3 are Vanille, Tonka and Rose
    2. Hmmmm, nothing comes to mind at the moment. Yes, feel free to take my perfumista card. (I have plenty 🤣)
    3. Not this year. I won’t be seeing my nieces and my older sister usually gets her own.

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    • lillyjo says:
      25 November 2023 at 10:15 pm

      You have some of the most interesting fragrances.

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    • AnniePerfumes says:
      26 November 2023 at 5:09 pm

      I have that perfume! That is a great patch. And it was a gift.😊

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    • cazaubon says:
      26 November 2023 at 10:32 pm

      You need Tonka. 😉

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  19. meredifay says:
    25 November 2023 at 8:08 pm

    SOTD=Tam Dao, a good travel scent!

    Poll:
    1. Gift: A Bell Jar of La Myrrhe or Iris Silver Mist
    2. Blind gift: Le Labo Myrrhe 55, guess I am on Myrrhe kick
    3. My sister and I always trade samples at Christmas. Our tastes are different enough that there is always something I didn’t like that she does, and vice-Verda.

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    • Robin says:
      26 November 2023 at 7:17 pm

      That’s so nice that you trade samples.

      On myrrh…see Kanuka’s comment above!

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  20. lillyjo says:
    25 November 2023 at 9:02 pm

    1. Unrealistically I would like a bottle of Dolce and Gabbana Sicily. Realistically LVEB Iris Absolue.
    2. Jo Malone Orange Bitters
    3. I bought my daughter a bottle of Truly fragrance mist in Glazed Donut.
    I’m resampling Ginger Biscuit today.
    I hope everyone gets their No.1!🌞

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    • MossyBerry says:
      26 November 2023 at 3:05 pm

      Iris Absolue has landed at FragranceNet! Prices are very good.

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      • lillyjo says:
        26 November 2023 at 8:09 pm

        I saw that!

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    • Robin says:
      26 November 2023 at 7:17 pm

      I did not know the Sicily cost more!

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      • Robin says:
        26 November 2023 at 7:18 pm

        Oh, duh, as soon as I hit post I realized I was thinking of Devotion. Sicily is from that something-something series and of course it costs more.

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        • lillyjo says:
          26 November 2023 at 8:09 pm

          The original Sicily is from 2003. People are selling it for crazy money though. They put it in the fancy line( but I don’t know if it’s the same) both are discontinued now though.

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    • Jalapeno says:
      26 November 2023 at 9:12 pm

      Do you like JM Ginger Biscuit?

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      • lillyjo says:
        27 November 2023 at 8:07 am

        It’s pretty nice, but as most perfume is now.. overpriced!

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        • Jalapeno says:
          27 November 2023 at 11:03 am

          Hah! Makes it easier to keep the wallet closed, I guess.

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  21. Kris says:
    25 November 2023 at 9:52 pm

    1. No one buys me fragrance gifts, which is probably a good thing, because I don’t think they would think of anything that cannot be purchased at the local Macy’s or Dillard’s. This year I have purchased my own gifts at reasonable prices – BUB of Splendiris and the EdT iteration of Mitsouko.

    2. I try to stay away from unsniffed, but I would maybe go for Ginger Biscuit. I think I may have smelled it years ago, but not sure.

    3. I am giving candles and wax melts this year to my hair stylist and my nail tech though I many times do give them perfume. One is a Nest candle, and the other is an Anchored Northwest Woodwick. I also threw in books and some other little items.

    SOTD was VCA Bois d’Iris.

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    • allo says:
      25 November 2023 at 10:19 pm

      Bois d’Iris is such a beauty😊

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      • Kris says:
        25 November 2023 at 11:23 pm

        It is nice and easy to wear anytime.

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  22. allo says:
    25 November 2023 at 10:28 pm

    I’ve been wearing a hodge podge today, as I do most days. I started in the smell of POAL on my sweater and amped it up with another spritz. When that seemed to wear off, I dabbed Grandiflora Saskia from a sample in my car. And then I topped it off with LL Patchouli 24 tonight.

    1. I would most like to receive CdG Daphne but I don’t think I’m going to get my hands on a bottle until the next time we go to the UK, maybe this summer.

    2. Unsniffed, I would get the Guerlain Iris Pallida Extrait. Can’t imagine I’d be disappointed.

    3. I occasionally gift scented candles. My little sister loves fragrance but I think we have her set for awhile. Turns out, some people are content with 2 or 3 different bottles…🤔

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    • Kris says:
      25 November 2023 at 11:23 pm

      Did you get a bottle of the Shalimar MI since you like Iris?

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      • allo says:
        25 November 2023 at 11:51 pm

        I don’t have a bottle of Shalimar MI but I definitely enjoyed it from the sample I sniffed. I should add it to the ever growing list!😋

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    • Coumarin says:
      26 November 2023 at 1:02 am

      I’m so curious to try Saskia. How did you enjoy it?

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      • allo says:
        26 November 2023 at 1:09 pm

        I think it perfectly captures the smell of a flower shop, complete with a Petrichor note and Gardenia filling the room.

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        • Kanuka says:
          26 November 2023 at 1:11 pm

          Sounds beautiful

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    • DeniseH says:
      26 November 2023 at 10:47 am

      I didn’t realize that CdG Daphne was still in production. That was such a beauty and a unique scent. Lovely bottle too. Yet another good reason to visit the UK.

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      • Kanuka says:
        26 November 2023 at 1:12 pm

        I had the original ( long gone ) and bought the new version this year and they smell the same, based on my memory of the former

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        • cazaubon says:
          26 November 2023 at 10:34 pm

          I agree, bought a new bottle and it smells the same.

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  23. ringthing says:
    26 November 2023 at 8:17 am

    Sunday. We’re expecting the first snow of the year. Wearing Nuxe Oil and JM Myrhh Tonka.
    I would love to receive a bottle of Bombay Bling.
    Unsniffed – a travel spray of Zoologist Penguin.
    I give scented soaps.

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    • lillyjo says:
      26 November 2023 at 10:11 am

      Joining you in a snowy Sunday.

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      • Kris says:
        26 November 2023 at 11:43 am

        Here too.

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      • Kanuka says:
        26 November 2023 at 1:21 pm

        Snow!!

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        • lillyjo says:
          26 November 2023 at 8:10 pm

          That means your summer is on its way!🌻🌞

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  24. Turtje says:
    26 November 2023 at 8:57 am

    Hello everyone!

    1. I’d love to receive the Store Skuggan discovery set. I’m not too familiar with the brand and their perfumes sound interesting so I’d love to smell for myself what everyone is talking about.

    2. I would dare a blind buy of the new Astier de Villatte au de parfum, Mantes-La-Jolie. It of course helps that they also offer 10 ml bottles!

    3. I once bought a bottle of Anatole Lebreton’s Fleur Cachée, which is centered around Vanilla. It’s not really for me and I will give it to my mother, who tried it once at my place and loved it.

    Have a nice Sunday all! 🖖

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    • Kanuka says:
      26 November 2023 at 1:09 pm

      That’s a cool list. I’m also interested in Stora Skuggan ( Moonmilk ) and have also had my eye on Astier de Villette Grand Chalet for a long time. Both would be blind buys.

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  25. Deva says:
    26 November 2023 at 9:59 am

    We drove further south yesterday and it is surprisingly chilly! Down in the low 30’s last night and barely making it to the 50’s today.

    I did a little cyber Black Friday damage, but kept it under $150, so in Holiday Math, that’s pretty much free, right? 😝 Didn’t buy any perfume even though I was tempted…

    Todays temp, although bright and sunny, calls for SL Cuir Mauresque. Very cozy!

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    • Calypso says:
      26 November 2023 at 11:29 am

      I did some damage too on Black Friday on the Neiman Marcus website where I bought a clothes item I’ve been wanting, and some fancy Oribe shampoo. It turned out that if you spent $250 you’d get $50 off and so I added a small travel sample set from the House of Bo which was $48 to get up to the $250 and got the $50 off which did make the perfume samples actually free! Now go figure that, it’s real math not even perfume math, ha ha! I had tried them on my last visit to Neiman’s in person and thought they were interesting. Now I get to spend more time with them.

      Here’s a link to the set in case anyone else is interested. They’re fairly new, a house from Mexico. If someone else is planning a separate purchase from Neiman’s you might find it worthwhile to spend the $250 also so as to get this set “free.”

      https://www.neimanmarcus.com/p/house-of-bo-fragrances-bo-discovery-travel-gift-set-3-x-5-ml-prod249570393?childItemId=NMC5NLL_&msid=4271682&position=9

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      • Deva says:
        26 November 2023 at 11:55 am

        Nice haul! I’d love to know what you think of those very essspensive hair products. I’ve been sorely tempted for years…🙃

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  26. Hera says:
    26 November 2023 at 10:16 am

    1. I would like to get a full bottle of Divine Vanille and the matching shower gel.
    2. I am not good with un sniffed but I wouldn’t mind something from SMN.
    3. I would get some scented soaps and candles for friends.

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    • Robin says:
      26 November 2023 at 7:20 pm

      I would like that shower gel too, I’m sure! It sounds delicious.

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  27. Kanuka says:
    26 November 2023 at 12:57 pm

    I had a hankering for discontinued Boucheron Jaipur this morning when I woke up…maybe something in the garden, wafting through the window reminded me of a note? So, that would be my idea for a perfume gift to myself? Unsniffed treat could be almost anything but I will stick with Serge Lutens Bois et Fruits. Perfume gift? I’d like to buy some plants for the bees in the garden, maybe just some bee balm, borage and lavender and also something night scented for the moths , there are some natives but also moonflowers and datura.

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    • MossyBerry says:
      26 November 2023 at 3:00 pm

      Borage is very pretty. I grew it one year and it got huge in a hot, sunny spot.

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    • Robin says:
      26 November 2023 at 7:21 pm

      It is almost astonishing how well bee balm works to attract bees. If you planted bee balm, butterfly bush and moonflower you could just sit and watch insects all day long.

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  28. DeniseH says:
    26 November 2023 at 12:57 pm

    Aaahh! I have so many fragrances I’m gifting for the holidays. At least 9 of them. I buy them throughout the year when I find a good deal on something that would appeal to each relative. Goth niece is getting Excess from Tokyo Milk in their ‘dark’ line. She likes that brand. Vegan niece is getting something natural/organic. One SIL is getting Kai. The other might get Shalimar. And this year, MIL has even commissioned me to buy her 2 bottles of Paco Rabanne Calandre for one of *her* friends.
    As for what I’d love to receive, I’ll wish for a big bottle of vintage L’Artisan Dzongkha.

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    • AnniePerfumes says:
      26 November 2023 at 5:11 pm

      I might be able to find that L’Artisan.

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      • DeniseH says:
        26 November 2023 at 6:48 pm

        omg really?? That would be amazing. I’ll email you, Annie.

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  29. MossyBerry says:
    26 November 2023 at 2:59 pm

    1. Some Chanel and/or Guerlain soaps and body creams; I’d like any of the popular scents, but maybe Coco and Samsara as first-choice.

    2. Any one of the new Guerlain extraits.

    3. I am not even thinking about Christmas shopping yet – but candles are the most likely scented item. My sister liked her gift of the Diptyque holiday set one year. Special teas are also in the running.

    Perfumed hugs to the NST’ers who shared my love of vintage Heaven Sent in Friday’s CP. I had not worn it in a while, and it is just such a love.

    SotD Guerlain Patchouli Ardent, from an NST’ers gift sample. To my nose, it shares a “manly rose” opening with Musc Noble. PA is peppery, and like Musc Noble has a crisp formality that is never an instant love for me. But then I find the Guerlain warmth, and both have a lovely, lingering, and non-linear scent bubble.

    Here’s hoping for a mellow afternoon and a soft post-holiday Monday landing for those who celebrated. Everyone else: have a good week!

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    • Robin says:
      26 November 2023 at 10:32 pm

      I need to get my (minimal) Christmas list started…meant to do that today but instead took your advice and had a mellow afternoon 🙂

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  30. ockeghem says:
    26 November 2023 at 3:38 pm

    1. Wode or Ummagumma are at the top of my list this year. But I’d also take Box of Eels or Jubilation 25.
    2. Those SL room scents are the only thing I can think of that I’d take unsniffed at this point.
    3. I’ll probably give some scented bath / body products to my sister-in-law, in the name of relaxation after her daughter’s wedding. Just have to find something in the UK — I think she likes Neil’s Yard, but may have a look over at Les Senteurs to see what they have, too.

    SOTD is Jo Malone English Pear and Sweet Pea, which I got a sample of in a gift with purchase that came with the Neiman Marcus advent calendar. It’s very wearable, so I will probably slip the sample into Ockeghem Teen’s advent calendar.

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    • Jalapeno says:
      26 November 2023 at 9:09 pm

      Ummagumma is available in a travel size now, which would make it almost Perfume Math Free. But IDK if Fzotic ships to Canada.

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      • ockeghem says:
        27 November 2023 at 10:00 am

        …updates wishlist. We’ll see if anyone bites. 🙂

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        • Jalapeno says:
          27 November 2023 at 11:01 am

          The travel size Fzotic perfumes are limited time, alas. Not sure how long they will be around.

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  31. Jalapeno says:
    26 November 2023 at 5:18 pm

    It’s a cold rainy afternoon for me. I packed more things today instead of doing errands that would have required me to go out into the weather.

    Had a very tasty spaghetti dinner yesterday at Friendsgiving! One of my friends also loaned his power drill/screwdriver to me so I could do some small projects around the house. I will return that to him later on this week.

    On to poll answers!

    1. I sprung for travel sprays of Unsettled and Au Dela Narcisse from the Black Friday sale at Fzotic. Hopefully I don’t have any delivery problems with them.

    2. Unsniffed? Not at this point.

    3. Scented gifts this year? No. I gave one perfume sample to 2 different friends who were interested this week, but am not buying any gifts this year. I did my Xmas gifting back in September and October.

    SOTD = back in TF Oud Wood today. Really liking the far drydown of this one on my shirts.

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    • lillyjo says:
      26 November 2023 at 8:13 pm

      We are Spaghetti twins one day apart!

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      • Jalapeno says:
        26 November 2023 at 9:07 pm

        Hope you enjoyed your spaghetti too!

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  32. AnniePerfumes says:
    26 November 2023 at 5:29 pm

    SOTD is sleepy lotion with Confetto. They compliment each other well.

    1. I already know I am getting some of the Lush perfumes from the perfumes releases.

    2. Unsniffed. I would try all of the new extraits from Guerlain. Go big or go home.
    And puppy fur, about 11 lbs.

    3. I might get my some friends/hairdresser/pet transport, something. Maybe candles or a bath&body set.

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    • Jalapeno says:
      26 November 2023 at 9:06 pm

      Just puppy fur?

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      • Robin says:
        26 November 2023 at 10:33 pm

        I thought she wanted a puppy?

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        • AnniePerfumes says:
          26 November 2023 at 11:49 pm

          That’s what I’m getting!!!!
          🤞🙏🎉🎉🎉

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      • AnniePerfumes says:
        26 November 2023 at 11:48 pm

        Not. The whole puppy. 🤩

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        • Jalapeno says:
          27 November 2023 at 11:00 am

          Exciting! When?!

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  33. spiderplant says:
    26 November 2023 at 6:11 pm

    It’s been a long few days here in Spiderplantland…
    No SotD for me.

    1. I wouldn’t say no to a decant of the original Spiritueuse Double Vanille or one of CBIHP 7 Billion Hearts. I periodically kick myself for not buying both back in the day.
    I have a birthday in December and may gift myself something.
    Sr. Spiderplant has been giving me scenty LUSH bath goods every year for the past couple decades now. Pretty sure this year will be no different.

    2. I am committed to unsniffed acquisitions, since these days I’m inevitably looking for things vintage… (1st rule – never pay more than 1/3 the going market rate – the thrill of the hunt.) Odds are it will be a green chypre…

    3. Nope.

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    • lillyjo says:
      26 November 2023 at 8:15 pm

      Is Sr. Spiderplant feeling any better?

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      • spiderplant says:
        27 November 2023 at 7:37 am

        Yes, considerably better, thank you! It hasn’t been too bad.

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    • Robin says:
      26 November 2023 at 10:34 pm

      Sorry it’s been a long few days! Hope next week is better.

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      • spiderplant says:
        27 November 2023 at 7:39 am

        Thanks, Robin. Everything is on the upswing.

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    • AnniePerfumes says:
      26 November 2023 at 11:51 pm

      Vintage-y!
      I have a lot for you to sift through.

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      • spiderplant says:
        27 November 2023 at 7:40 am

        hmmm…..I shall have to keep an eye out…

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  34. Gail says:
    26 November 2023 at 7:40 pm

    Wearing Lush Ginger today.

    1. I’d love to get a bottle of Guerlain MVP from someone. I know it’s a holy grail so I’d love if one fell from the sky. Still sad that I missed it.

    2. Unsniffed, the new Guerlain iris extrait. Go big or go home!

    3. No fragrance gifts to be given.

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    • lillyjo says:
      26 November 2023 at 8:19 pm

      I once saw MVP at a discounter but it was sold out. I keep an eye out in case it pops back up.

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      • Gail says:
        26 November 2023 at 8:32 pm

        Thank you, lillyjo! I really appreciate it!

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    • AnniePerfumes says:
      26 November 2023 at 11:52 pm

      You smell great!

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  35. cazaubon says:
    27 November 2023 at 9:06 am

    Wearing Teone Reinthal Beaudesert and contemplating the cyber Monday deals.

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