About a month ago I finally cleaned out my perfume "stash".  Though I still have quite a formidable collection still it feels so nice to have it sized down to ones that have managed to still remain enjoyable or special to my nose.

I have also been trying to come up with a better way for me to categorize my scents in a way that makes sense for me.  For the longest time I was categorizing them by season and I have since switched that to the more commonly used habit of separating them according to their distinct scent profile.  In retrospect that would seem to always have been the best choice, I mean why stray away from what the experts do right?  I am certainly no expert but I am certain about my likes.  Rather than just restate my entire collection in a Blog post which I had done much earlier this time I am doing short videos on my favorite scent profiles from my own collection.

Today I will be highlighting what I consider to be my favorite "Green" scents from my own personal perfume collection.  Please understand that these perfumes are what I see as a green scent even though they may not be listed as a green centric scent on on sites like Fragantica.com which I use all the time.  What my nose detects as green may be entirely different for someone else so this really is all subject to individual interpretation for the most part.  To be begin with I pulled 7 scents from my collection which I think are my "greenest".

The first in this new series is from the house of Lolita Lempicka a house well known for quality and enduring scents in the range.  I personally love the original Lolita and have worn that for years.  The only other Lolita that I have acquired since is Si Lolita Eau de Toilette.  The EDP for the Si Lolita came out in 2009 and the EDT was released in 2011.  This is only regarding the EDT as I never had an opportunity to try her predecessor.

On the Lolita Lempicka website it quotes this perfume as being one " who is as natural as she is fashionable, gentle and full of sparkle."  I would heartily agree with this being a scent for a naturally gamine and laughing woman with a twinkle in her eye and a chuckle behind her dimpled and coy smile.

On Fragantica this is listed as a "bright and cheerful" fragrance with warm base notes.  It is said to be a lighter and more playful version of the original Si with more green notes and lacking the heavier spice and licorice notes of the former.  I believe my skin loves the green notes and I really detect that in the initial spray and in fact it lasts throughout the entire wear time which is about 3 hours for me.  Its definately one of those that gets sweeter in the dry

down and with that almost spearmint vibe in the green accords its like walking through a spring garden after a morning rain whilst enjoying a mint in the morning.  That refreshing blast of mint surrounding the scent of sweet peas and spicy flora is what this perfume continues to be throughout the dry down.  I find it delightful and youthful.  The greeness of Si Lolita is such a sweet girly-girl kind of perfume.  Like a tree full of youthful glowing green leaves in Spring this is what this scent brings to mind for me.

I like this little treasure and as ALL the bottles from this House the presentation is gorgeous with a 4 leaf clover glass bottle with frosted edges and golden details along with the signature fabric scarf which in the EDT is red with white and green.  A true feminine and sweet/green perfume for the summer sprite in your heart.

Hope you enjoyed the first in a series of 7 of my favorite green scents in my personal perfume collection and my next green perfume I will showcase will be by ma griffe by Carven.

YouTube and the Female Perfume Community Online

For some time now I've been looking at YouTube to see if I could find the kind of fragrance community that I've been searching for.  In my research I realized that our fragrance community online is extremely small!  Believe it or not the mens fragrance community in general is pretty varied and has some very consistent and excellent content creators and videos and reviews.

The reason why I decided to write a post is because I really fancy hard to find, niche or unusual designer perfumes that I haven't tried yet, or have an interest in a certain fragrance profile.  I try to find reviews or even anything outside of an advert for some perfumes and there is nada!  Why is that? I don't want to just do perfume collections.  I really enjoy individual perfume reviews.  The more obscure the better!  There are a few perfume reviewers that I really enjoy their content and they are funny and just very enjoyable to watch, I will recommend them below so do check them out.

Why is it that the female fragrance community is so disjointed on YouTube?  I myself should qualify this by saying that because of some life trials recently I have done nothing with my Channel regarding posting the last few months.  My last post was about my current status and asking for patience from my viewers and readers.  I really appreciate all that have stuck with me throughout this time.

As an example last night I stayed up trying to find one, just ONE fragrance review of a designer perfume that I was very interested in.  It's not niche and its not discontinued.  I found quite a few reviews on online perfume forums like Fragantica.com but absolutely nothing on YouTube.  Also, I found tons of videos regarding the male equivalent to the perfume I was looking for but no perfume reviews.  I really find reviews fun to watch.  This seems typcial.  I will look for a video review and find absolutely nothing about to watch-only read.  I love reading reviews but for me I really enjoy seeing the effect of a fragrance in real time.

So because of that I have decided to really focus on individual perfume reviews for my YouTube Channel because perhaps its a void that hasn't been filled yet and maybe others that want to expand the perfume fragrance community online will jump on board and we can make it better for all of us with our interest in Perfumery of all sorts.

The mens fragrance community is a lot of fun and interesting and I have found them to be overall very nice and supportive.  So if you are a female perfumista  and like myself find the community on YouTube to be sparse then please jump in the "proverbial" desert and make individual perfume reviews.  Start with what you own and like and perhaps do collaborations with other fragrance YouTuber's like myself and many others.  I would LOVE to collab with someone regarding my obsession with the nose to brain connection.

Since I have not been able to find the reviews I would love to see regarding perfume I will do my best to make a dent in individual perfume reviews.  Thank you to all my supporters.  Every single one of you that has commented, liked, subscribed or just watched a video or read a post.  I appreciate every single one of you.  This is not something I do to make money, this is my passion and for me its a sublime hobby that I love to share with others because it brings me so much joy.

Thanks so very much and I look forward to getting back to it.  The below list of 3 of my favorite reviews so far.  This is not a definite list please keep that in mind.  I'm sure there are lots of fragrance fanatics like myself online, but I haven't found many as yet.  Looking forward to connecting with more in the future though!

Samantha








https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCx7UTni1UBqs0YNCmxweu4A
(She had an older channel which is closed but this new one is where you can view her awesome content.)

https://www.youtube.com/user/fubar1963  (She's been offline for a little bit but is now back making videos.)  She reviews a lot of niche scents that I have never heard of or thought to acquire.

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHwoRDMgPQPMLUIjMUUhWLg (Great reviews on some wonderful scents.)  Wish she'd come back and do more but she's been away to concentrate on other things.  So wish her well!

Samantha's Perfume Channel, Collection and Reviews

Life Update!

Where have I been these last few months?

Well earlier in the year I suffered a terrible set back emotionally, physically and spiritually.  It took me a couple months of intense internal work before I felt able to even get back to my Blog or YouTube Channel.  So first of all I would like to apologize for any viewers of my content that felt that I just up and disappeared out of disinterest.  So NOT the case for me.  I ask for your patience and understanding as my scheduling of content is still up in the air.  I can only do what I feel I am capable of doing from day to day.  I will absolutely try to keep up a good posting schedule as was the case before life got in the way.

I have some new interests and am looking forward to sharing my recent acquisitions and thoughts about a whole variety of perfumes, YouTuber's, and other related subject matter.

I appreciate any and all kind comments and thoughts regarding anything I put out and once again want to thank everyone for their patience.

Samantha

Samantha's Perfume Diary: Want to smell like black pepper? A stinkfabulous ...

Samantha's Perfume Diary: Want to smell like black pepper? A stinkfabulous ...: Hi Perfumistas and Perfumisters! Welcome to a different variation of my reviews.  I have never done a stinker video or blog post before ...

Want to smell like black pepper? A stinkfabulous review!

Hi Perfumistas and Perfumisters!

Welcome to a different variation of my reviews.  I have never done a stinker video or blog post before so prepare yourselves for some fun and I proceed to give my review of something I bought and tried out and simply detest!

Now usually I am a big fan of Roberto Cavalli's line of fragrances.  I love all of his flankers of his original the classic "Roberto Cavalli".  However recently I saw one I had yet to see at my local Marshall's and based upon my love for his other fragrances I blind bought a 3.4 oz bottle of his Serpentine scent.  The scent was designed by Perfumer Jacques Cavallier and is marketed as a floral/oriental with amber and balsamic undertones.

The bottle is goregous as usual for all the scents I have seen thus far.  I tend to favor less trendy bottles and instead prefer well crafted glass bottles in a more traditional shape.  

 

 This scent starts off really well to me.  I intially get the blast of a tart citrus and can immediately detect the frangipani note which is rare for me.  If the scent didn't progress any further than this stage I would so very happy because I love frangipani especially during summer.  However the florals blend really nicely to me for their are like jungle flowers warmed by the sun.  That's literally the mental image that I get at this stage.

For me when I wore this the warm floral stayed for about half an hour before the strangest thing started to happen.  Now, for me who is a BIG fan of pink pepper in her fragrances and typically adore spicy scents I was surprised when this perfume reached the stage of pepper-and I do mean straight black pepper.  Imagine dumping a bunch of pepper in your hands and rubbing it all over your pulse points and then smell your arms!

I am so crushed as I really liked the immediate scent until it turned into a kitchen table black pepper scent!

I had never experienced a perfume that actually smelled like black pepper.  Certainly I have smelled and adore the pink pepper notes in perfumes, but this was a first for me.  So sorry Mr. Cavalli but your scent went way off the mark for me in Serpentine.  Though I found the story behind the perfume, bottle, and esthetic of its marketing delightful.  It felt like a let-down half way through and sadly it didn't recover its initial warm flowery juiciness.  At the end it just smelled dry and roasted.

The one thing about this scent however is the longevity.  Two sprays and I could smell the continuous wafting of black pepper all day long, which is about 6 hours or so.  If this perfume just smelled like the opening without the dry black pepper I would LOVE this!  Alas no such sweet addiction for this scent from Mr. Cavalli.  Dont worry though.....I cant wait to try his other scents in the future as they typically have great longevity and work well with my chemistry with the exception of this pepper bomb!

Thanks again for reading and keeping up with my sweet scent journeys!!!

Til later lovelies and keep exploring the wonders of Fragrance.

Samantha

Samantha's Perfume Diary: Perfumes on my Radar for Future Purchase!

Samantha's Perfume Diary: 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. ...

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!