Question for the Shalimar experts: what is the difference between the Cologne and the Eau de Cologne? Thank you for any help with this curiosity!

This weekend is all about Eau Mohéli from Diptyque. Ylang ylang that leans more fresh and green than smooth and buttery. A punchy ginger peeking through blades of vetiver.

@nickrgilbert.bsky.social Remember Monday!!!!!!!! Aaaaah living for them

One of my very favorite channels!

Episode 1 of my new podcast 'making scents make sense' is here!

I got a perfume with datura recently (Ghost Deep Night) which sent me down the datura research rabbit hole where I learned that datura blooms in the Fibonacci sequence. Which sent me down a rabbit hole looking for a video. So cool youtu.be/-kfK5clC88I?...

I am ridiculously excited for the Pee Wee Herman documentary to air. 🤍

Home from a week of Leigh Bowery exhibits, cat cafes, Italian pop concerts, people watching, miles and miles of walking, and lots of fabulous perfume sniffs in London. I will never tire of that city and all its wonders.

Three of the most exquisite scents I’ve ever smelled. L-R: Myosotis, Dentelle au Coeur, Rose Snow, all dipped into pure perfume bottles by an associate who couldn’t have been lovelier. And the best company in @loreleiking.bsky.social all afternoon. 🥰

SOTD is Ghost Deep Night - a whirlpool of moonflower and datura and peach - recommended to me by another pal who loves affordable gems, and this is most definitely one of them.

Sampled the Cloon Keen line today - now that was a wonderful experience.

A haiku about the Duran Duran perfume line no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no

SOTD is Stella Pop by Stella McCartney. Tuberose and sandalwood doing a little dance, not stepping on each other’s toes. Just a happy, pretty doll head of a scent.

Tested the Aphorismes perfume line by Dominique Ropion yesterday. Quite enjoyed My Clementine - a biting but fresh citrus-floral with a most excellent opening.

I’ve tested 36 perfumes since starting my vacation a little over 24 hours ago. 😬

Tested the revival Bienaime line yesterday. Beautiful, understated old Hollywood cosmetic glamour scents. Not a single dud in the collection.

SOTD: Belle de Grasse from Fragonard. A pillowy, fluffy, cloud of mimosa with just a bit of budding lilac. Springy goodness. 🤍

@filigreeandshadow.co I went to Waitrose yesterday as a flex

Sprayed myself liberally with Prada Infusion d’Iris at duty free before a long flight. It was a good, cocooning choice.

Congratulations @houseofmammoth.bsky.social !!!! This is, indeed, a very special and evocative scent. Well deserved!!

One spray of Soavissima from Profumum Roma is beyond strong My husband just said he can taste the perfume in the air.

Well I just discovered this YouTube channel so there goes all my remaining free time.

My latest discovery is this Ropion creation - Peau de Soie from Starck. No notes listed. It is altogether fresh, fuzzy, musky, and floral - somewhat synthetic but in an interesting postmodern kinda way. Glad I picked this one up.

Today I am wearing and loving Benetton Hot. Zero perfume snobbery here. Never know what $9 treasures await our noses!

@witandwest.com we need to look for this AND the KFC perfume now! 😂

I keep seeing the fill line of my bottle of Bois Farine going down and it gives me the sads. I mean I have plenty left but I need this to just magically refill itself every time I wear it or something.

Strong support for cat memes and Parfumo

SOTD - Stumbled on this Duchafour hidden gem by sheer accident - a powdery, lemony floral - a well balanced composition of both tart and sweet. Lovely for spring!

As an example, this is the kind of perfume talk I want to read/watch/listen to. I love to learn about the smells but more than that, I love to learn about the role perfume plays in people’s lives.

This article is the best piece I’ve read in YEARS. I entered “fragcomm” for community around perfume as a serious hobby, minus any focus on elitism and commercialism. Brilliant, Pia, thank you for this!

Nose First into Fragrance as a Hobby

SOTD - finishing up my sample of Ta’if by Ormonde Jayne. What a gorgeous rose. I like this much better than Arabesque.

The evening is about to improve tremendously on the olfactory front as I just put on some vintage Obsession.

Aw man I was excited to wear Britney’s Intimate Fantasy today for the first time in a while and it’s making me nauseous - it might be the cream I layered it with 🤢

SOTD is Au Dela - Narcisse from Fzotic. The green and yellow tones of the scent of narcissus, a mossy undercarriage, with warmth and softness for balance. An artistic nod to vintage chypres of days gone by. Gorgeous.

What chore do you least enjoy? Putting gas in my car is like pulling teeth. 5 minutes of pure hell (illogical)

This looks SO good. www.parfumo.com/Perfumes/Nee...

My bottle of L’Ange Noir from Givenchy and I finally connected. The secret: exactly two sprays to reveal the powdery sesame-ness without overwhelm. Gorgeous.

We went for a walk and a dog someone was walking sat down and refused to move until we came over and said hi to her. 😍

Gaga on SNL: A++++++++++++++++++

What’s the best thing you’ve smelled recently, perfume or otherwise?

I’m having a perfume sniffing party at my house in a couple of weeks for a bunch of friends and I can’t concentrate on anything else except making plans for this

Until I’m off this Rihanna perfume obsession I’d like to be referred to as DiDi kthxbye

I watched a video of someone making a loaf of bread so carefully and meticulously and it looked so good and then at the end the bread came out of the oven looking anemic and misshapen. 🙃

I remembered my perfume today and it’s a good one. Rihanna Rebelle. Spicy-sweet fruity floral with chocolate coffee undertones. LOVE.

SOTD is Aura from Jacomo - underrated, affordable - what a gem. This will be amazing in summer. Smells like lemony marigolds. Love. And this bottle!

Spritzed from a sample of Ecrin de Fumee from Serge Lutens tonight. It’s gloopy and it’s making me wheeze. Loved it on blotter, on my actual self it’s not working. Oh at all.

A few years ago I went through a mini obsession over coffee. This week I got out my Aeropress and you know what? It makes a damn good cup of coffee.

SOTD has been applied so the universe is back in balance

I forgot to put on my perfume this morning!! 🫣