I have a $100 Myers voucher to spend from Paul’s hard-earned “Geek Award” and excited by the prospect of shopping for something I don’t need, I proceeded to brave the Christmas crowds in the city today. I actually make a point of going into cosmetics sections and trying on tester perfume at every opportunity I can get (department stores, chemists, airport duty-free shops, perfumeries, people’s private bathrooms etc.) I love smells. For someone of relatively modest means and most certainly more pressing needs (umm, urgent dental work?) I have spent a small fortune on what woud essentially be, transient molecules that evaporate on use. I thought about all the different perfume I have worn
- Chanel No. 5
- Chanel No. 19
- Coeur de Fleur (Miller Harris)
- Fleur d’Oranger (Serge Lutens)
- Fou d’Absinthe (Artisan)
- Figuer Intense (Artisan)
- Mure et Musc (Artisan)
- Gardenia (Annick Goutal)
- Mitsouko (Guerlain)
- Les temps d’une fete (Parfums de Nicolai)
- Numero Un (Parfums de Nicolai)
- (Van Cleef Arpels)
- Chinatown (Bond No. 9 NYC)
Some I have bought and not loved
Shalimar (Guerlain)
- L’Heure Bleue (Guerlain)
- Mechant Loup (Artisan)
I am tossing up between a very sweet jasmine fragrance by Do Sun or (gasp: fashion-house/ celebrity fragrance alert) Tom Ford’s Neroli Portofino which is not unlike the simple cologne smell of Acqua di Parma but it has a lingering orange flower note in it.
What will conjure up the smell of summer 2012-2013?