Perfumes on my Radar for Future Purchase!

Lately I have come to the conclusion that sadly, my Perfume Collection is quite sufficient without any new purchases for a least 6 months.  So in deciding what to do about that situation I have instead been acquiring decants of newer scents as a cheaper (soooo much cheaper) way of testing new scents.

In the last few months I have amassed a few perfumes that are on my must have or future purchase list.

They are in no particular order being that if they are even on this list, then I have savored every last drop of the decants and sadly all I can do is frown over the lost scent until I go through my lesser loved scents on my table so I can quickly replace it with my new found lovelies!!!

First one is Eros Por Femme by Versace: A citrus white floral, woody and musky accord.  Omg this is good stuff.  The only other Versace I even like is the Versace’s Dreamer which is a mens scent.  This particular offering for women is right up my alley.  Divine, strong and heady and I love the citrus explosion on first spray.  The sillage is good to moderate and the lasting power is really strong on me.  The bottle is absolutely a thing of beauty.  I love Gold and it’s a heavy bottle and will look prominent on my perfume table.  Cant wait to own a bottle.

The second one is My Burberry by Burberry: This is a sweet and spicy rose floral.  Funny as I can’t really get the rose in it but the sweet pea and the freesia are prominent.  I simply love this scent.  As an added bonus I was wearing it out during the day and an elderly lady walked by me and whispered to her husband that my perfume was “potent”.  I was immensely pleased….lol.  It’s rare that a perfume that I am in love with has any type of bold sillage.  I’m paying good money for something that others can smell on me.  So with just two light spritzes on my wrist I got a comment from a passerby.  Some would be horrified but I was quite happy.  When I finally do purchase this it will last a while as a light spritz is all I  will need.  The longevity is excellent and the bottle and the story behind the fragrance is my kind of thing.  I love England and London is somewhere I want to visit soon.  A lush, cool garden and the uber classic trench.  This perfume exudes a distinct variation on the British esthetic.  I love!

The next one is an old favorite that I believe is discontinued but I will find a bottle I hope soon. 

 It’s Georgio Armani’s Acqua di Gio for Women.  I wore this when it first came out and it was one of the most lovely expressions of a clean and sweet water scent.  I loved it then and love it still.  Being a fan of acquatics anyway this is a must buy whenever I can find it.  Though there are many fruity accords in this such as watermelon, citrus, pineapple etc, it is the floral notes that remain in my mind during the drydown phase.  It has three of my favorite floral notes which are freesia, hyacinth and ylang-ylang.  Though its initially quite sweet the drydown is warm florals on a cool evening breeze.  Omg…..Love!

Chanel’s Coromandel.   Personally I love most Chanel scent offerings.  I have never taken the plunge to purchase the Exclusif line as its so pricy-yikes!  However I love smoldering orientals and I also like Patchouli and have yet to have found one that I like terribly much.  By all accocunts and countless reviews I have read this is one that I would purchase unsniffed.   I love warm ambery balsamic scents.  They simply make my little heart squeak with joy!

Tom Ford’s Signature Collection Jasmin Rouge   I have wanted this scent from his Signature Collection for a very long time.  Walking by the counter and discreetly sniffing the bottle and a quick unseen spritz.  I’m sure I’ve made an interesting sight to see scooting away from the counter before the associate gives me a disapproving glare….lol.  However I have wanted this perfume forever.  To me this is a SPICY super white/yellow floral fragrance.  Fragantica describes it as being an “erotic and hedonistic blend”, and I agree.  Very warm and with a sexy earthiness to the ambrosia like quality of the Sambac jasmine, amber and clary sage.  Those notes in particular seep into my pores and set fire to my nerves in my brain.  I just don’t think straight when I smell this.  I might have to descent into madness to enjoy this lovely and sexy scent!

 

Well that’s it boys and girls and if you can relate to my ever growing collection let me know what’s on your must have in your future purchases! 

Happy scent journeys from your fellow Perfumista!

Guerlain Insolence Eau de Parfum

Imagine walking by an old fashioned candy store stocked to the brim with all sorts of candied and sugared confections to delight your eyes and nose.  I dont mean Hershey's kisses but the real candy.  Turkish sweets and marzipan and candied gloriousness and the sweetest of them all would be the sweet smell of candied violets as the C. Howard Violet Candies and gum sweets of old.  

Some are not fans of those violet candies and find them too sweet and overpowering.  Reasons as to why I love them so much!  I have memories of always digging through my Father's jean jacket with the shearling lining for his hidden violet candies.  To this day that smell reminds me of my Father.  This is why nothing is so thought provoking as this sweet smell.  It literally takes me back to being a young girl excited to see her Father come home from a long journey away. 

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Guerlain's Insolence Eau de Parfum is the sweetest powdery violet I think you can find anywhere.  It's such a beautiful warm and comforting perfume.  Its a swirling air of feminity wrapped around me like a cashmere shawl.  Soft and sweet as it envelopes you in its Victorianesque aura.  Purple is the perfect shade for this juice.  The color and the sweet liquid inside fits to perfection.  If you are a girly girl inside and out then give this flower bomb a try.  This truly is a flower bomb.  I've yet to smell anything remotely like this is power, beauty and projection.  This literally lasts all day on me.  Hours later I can still catch faint wafts of violet candies when the wind blows by me. 

 Insolence Eau de Parfum was launched in 2008 and was created as a more intoxicating version of the Eau de Toilette.  It indeed succeeds in being the stronger and more exhuberant sister to the Edt version.  According to the notes listed its main accords of stimulating iris and seductive violets abound in this perfume.  Though I haven't smelled the Edt as I have the Edp, I can only imagine it being a less intense version of this one.  A good two sprays if that will last all day long.  Be aware that this is not one I would rush to spray and then leave to go out.  It's very potent and its sillage and lasting power pack a powerful punch!  So sprayer and wearer beware.  Frangantica lists this perfume as being created for an eccentric and chic woman.  I suppose I can see that, but from my point of view there's not much sexy about this perfume.  Perhaps because of my memory associated with violets this makes me feel very young and innocent when I wear this.  It seems to me to be youthful and like the name attests....insolent.  I adore this!

I  doubt that there is any better play on violets than Guerlain's Insolence in Edp.  I'd be interested in what violet scents you've tried and liked.  Although I think I am forever smitten with my pretty little purple bottle of violet ambrosia that is Insolence.