and i would like to report that i remained strong in the face of this, despite being a known and diagnosed perfumaholic:
it's the summer line from kenzo
tea - silk - magnolia
light and gorgeous (magnolia is best)
(i didn't say i resisted TRYING them on)
(that's what they're THERE for)
but aren't you all proud of me?
i think i'll extend austerity april into may, just for fun.
but i will do a new perfume review soon, after all, i've still got all this to go (and more):
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Hi Julie,
I'm flying tomorrow so will check out the duty free perfumes this end and report back my favourite...
Way to go!
I don't think I could keep my hands off perfumes though, or shoes. Well, at least you didn't cut out wine or coffee, or reading... or the thing that would make you vanish into thin air (which shall not be mentioned, lest we jinx it).
Good for you. You resisted the buy-me-now-temptation.
You want to extent this project, watch out it can grow into a habit. LOL
Well done, Julie... also, I've been very inspired by your austerity april, I found it easier to be austere myself knowing there is someone else in this world who's also being austere :-) I'm on a roll, I may extend the austerity into may as well... with one small hiatus for next week's weekend in Paris, please! Polly x
Perfume is like an olfactory photograph. As you know, the fragrance of perfume is a liason between you and your memories and I really enjoyed reading your 12/22/08 post on your personal collection of perfumes and the memories you've attached to them.
I gave up wearing perfume a few years ago since it seemed pointless. I'm already seriously aromatic after spending hours every day working with essential oils and am pretty sure that after 18 years of handling the stuff, I have essential oil running through my veins instead of blood. Wherever I go I hear "you smell so good, what is that?" When I pull into Dunkin Donuts for some (really bad) coffee, they lean over and sniff my car..."what smells so good?". My mother claims she can smell the oils when she steps on my front porch.
But I digress. Since perfume is a mixture of fragrant essential oils, aromatic compounds and fixatives I can't wait to read your new perfume reviews!
Who knows, I might even be inspired to return to the perfume counter!
-Liz
I'm very proud of you! I must report though, that I failed (miserably) last week... it wasn't my fault, I blame Gap. I'll come clean in my blog soon!
yours a wonderful blog
I am impressed! and proud...but...i don't even wear perfume, and I don't think I could pass up a perfume named "tea". I once took the wrapper to a Twinings Earl Grey teabag and rubbed it behind my ears.
Don't tell anyone, though. OK?
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Oh no, now I've got the perfume bug!
all those essences of flower. gorgeous.
Wow nice perfumes... but currently I love Chanel n. 5 eau premiere...
I cannot stop smelling my wrist when I have it on ;) ...
I'm so very proud of you
me too. perfumaholic for sure although two years ago i decided to marry one perfume. and so i am a coco chanel mademoiselle. i am in love with that perfume.
as austerity april is now over, are you going to consider (something alliterative) may?
From one perfumaholic to another, I do not know how you did it. You are a woman of steel.
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