fume: dior's eau sauvage
i wasn't expecting much because this class of perfume, the kind that's bright, light, and citrusy for daytime in the summer, tends to underwhelm me (and i downright disliked a lot of the similar citrusy stuff from hermes). but it smells GREAT--that pine-y rosemary mixed in with the citrus and (very present and bracing, yay) lavender really gives it that added something that makes it special. only problem is, like most of these sorts of perfumes, it doesn't last long at all. but if it wasn't for the longevity issue, i'd be all over this for summer especially given it fulfills a niche in an area that's sorely barren for me because i don't like most summery scents.
still waiting for a few samples of some of the supposedly more unusual or true-to-life woody or aromatic aquatics and greens (stuff like sel marin, figuier, l'homme de coeur, kenzo pour homme), to see if i can find something i like for summer besides steely iris stuff. if that works out pretty soon i'll have a definitive list of my favorite perfumes, broken down for any occasion.
i've also determined given i live in a perfume shop wasteland when it comes to walk-ins, reformulation is just a shitty shady thing marketing-wise (nordstrom's and all of those places pretty much lied to my face in email about the whole 2013 edp version of mitsouko which really turned me the hell off), and gray market online retailers have been a total bust for me, i'm just going to have to resign myself to giving up the glamor of bottle designs of my more obscure absolute favorites and just buy the biggest size decants from sampling spots i trust that label different versions honestly (mainly the perfumed court and surrender to chance). so i'll have some little spray bottle decants that all look alike, which is kind of a bummer, but at least they'll actually smell like they're supposed to, having been stored and cared for properly. grumble grumble.
still waiting for a few samples of some of the supposedly more unusual or true-to-life woody or aromatic aquatics and greens (stuff like sel marin, figuier, l'homme de coeur, kenzo pour homme), to see if i can find something i like for summer besides steely iris stuff. if that works out pretty soon i'll have a definitive list of my favorite perfumes, broken down for any occasion.
i've also determined given i live in a perfume shop wasteland when it comes to walk-ins, reformulation is just a shitty shady thing marketing-wise (nordstrom's and all of those places pretty much lied to my face in email about the whole 2013 edp version of mitsouko which really turned me the hell off), and gray market online retailers have been a total bust for me, i'm just going to have to resign myself to giving up the glamor of bottle designs of my more obscure absolute favorites and just buy the biggest size decants from sampling spots i trust that label different versions honestly (mainly the perfumed court and surrender to chance). so i'll have some little spray bottle decants that all look alike, which is kind of a bummer, but at least they'll actually smell like they're supposed to, having been stored and cared for properly. grumble grumble.