The past couple weeks, I have been doing quite a bit of window shopping and debating. After the initial panic of not having a backup bottle of Noontide Petals (still gunning for another backup bottle though), I have been considering getting one of Andy Tauer's candles to try out. But while I was poking around his site and Luckyscent, it seems that I have discovered another discontinuation. It comes in the form of Eau D'Epices. I don't see it on his website nor Luckyscent. Eau D'Epices was something that I picked out when I was putting together that 15ml travel set. I don't wear it much and definitely haven't reviewed it. The few times that I have worn it. I found it strange and a little difficult to wear. It's always sad when a perfume gets discontinued and Tauer perfumes don't get discontinued often. Eau D'Epices probably wasn't a big seller from the get go and got the axe.
I am going through a phase of not being able to pick anything out of my full bottle collection to wear. Everything seemed to annoy me or should I say, excite me. I had figured that I probably really needed to pull something new out and wear it. I came away with Indult Tihota.
I'm not the biggest fan of vanilla but do love a few of them. My vanillas do have to be the inedible kind, not the cupcake kind. I am not a fan of smelling edible. Tihota has always been on of those vanillas that I had to test out but the price of a decant had always bugged me a little but when a 15% or 20% off from either STC or TPC came in, I grabbed a decant. And it's a good thing to, the price of a full bottle kind of scares me and I can spring for a full bottle on a whim.
Tihota starts out as straight up vanilla extract and a very alcoholly one at that. I'm not talking a nice alcohol type smell like I get in, I don't know, Frapin 1270 but straight up cheap vodka. Tihota in the earliest stage was almost a scrubber for me. When the alcohol faded, I got a cross between creme brulee and vanilla ice cream. With that, I got a little annoyed and relieved. Relieved in the sense that I didn't spring for a full bottle with out trying it, annoyed in the way of it smelled the way it did. Tihota tried to save itself by making it lean to the inedible. It's the frosted yellow cupcake that has been sitting out for the better part of 4 days and is now fairly stale. Or that bowl of vanilla ice cream that's now melted and pretty much room temperature. I want my vanilla to be burnt like Guerlain's SDV. I was just not amused and really not impressed with something that seems to have almost cult like status in terms of vanilla perfumes. Tihota is pretty tenacious with 10 hours on my skin. I doubt that I will be buying Tihota any time soon.
Monday, January 28, 2019
Sunday, January 20, 2019
Being Sick and Perfume
Ever since Wednesday, I've had some strange head/chest cold thing going on. It's not fully in my chest and not quite a head cold but somewhere in between. Along with that, my asthma is acting up. So the past couple days, I've been binge watching Chicago Fire. So far, I am on season three. Since my cold thing is breaking up and the asthma getting out of line, I've been limited to what I can wear. My collection is full of heavy hitters and some powder bombs. I have found a tiny handful that work for colds. I want to wear something but can't wear something that's just going to aggravate the asthma and make me feel worse.
1. Jicky- is great for the beginning of a cold. Something but not too much. I find Jicky to be one that you have to dump at least a quarter of a bottle on before it's too much. I don't have extrait so I can't comment.
2. Noontide Petals- I'm still not exactly happy that this one has been discontinued but work when things are starting to break up a little bit. Still gentle enough to not annoy the asthma.
3. Sarrasins- When your cold is really starting to break up and want to wear something a little more out there. I just dabbed some on even though I wish that the bell jars would have a spray mechanism.
Tomorrow, I am going to give vintage BaV a go and see how it works while plotting my next full bottle purchase. I am looking at the full bottle list and trying to decide on which one is going to be my next to be added to my stable. I keep coming back to Liu and SDV as the ones that I want to get. The drawback to me is the price. I keep asking myself on which one do I love more. I find that paying $280 for a shade over 4 ounces is a little more cost effective than say paying $260 for 2.5 ounces. This debate is raging in my head for years and can't make up my mind at this point. I hope that I can make up my mind soon.
1. Jicky- is great for the beginning of a cold. Something but not too much. I find Jicky to be one that you have to dump at least a quarter of a bottle on before it's too much. I don't have extrait so I can't comment.
2. Noontide Petals- I'm still not exactly happy that this one has been discontinued but work when things are starting to break up a little bit. Still gentle enough to not annoy the asthma.
3. Sarrasins- When your cold is really starting to break up and want to wear something a little more out there. I just dabbed some on even though I wish that the bell jars would have a spray mechanism.
Tomorrow, I am going to give vintage BaV a go and see how it works while plotting my next full bottle purchase. I am looking at the full bottle list and trying to decide on which one is going to be my next to be added to my stable. I keep coming back to Liu and SDV as the ones that I want to get. The drawback to me is the price. I keep asking myself on which one do I love more. I find that paying $280 for a shade over 4 ounces is a little more cost effective than say paying $260 for 2.5 ounces. This debate is raging in my head for years and can't make up my mind at this point. I hope that I can make up my mind soon.
Tuesday, January 8, 2019
Of Discontinued Things
The past couple days, it seems like I have gotten into some pretty big discussions of Now Smell This. On Sunday, on the Lazy Day weekend thread, I was discussing Call the Midwife with others who also enjoy Call the Midwife. I was happy to know that there were a few people that did agree with me on the past two seasons were not that great. Too many cast changes, the Chummy story line isn't really finished up and a few other things. But the one yesterday sent me into a little bit of a panic.
Ever since Andy Tauer came out with Noontide Petals back in 2013, I have really enjoyed wearing it but I still never wore it a lot until the past couple weeks. When I had started poking around Andy Tauer's site when I had noticed something. I had known that the travel set was not being sold. I figured that it might have been a supply issue or something that was offered only once a year. I noticed that Noontide Petals wasn't being sold on Andy Tauer's website. Initially, I thought that it must have been sold out. When another poster on NST was talking about the travel set, I made a mention of contacting Tauer Perfumes and that I couldn't find Noontide Petals being sold on Tauer perfumes. Someone did ask about the travel set and Mr. Tauer had said that the travel sets were discontinued due to it being cost prohibitive. Another poster said that she found out April of last year, that Noontide Petals was discontinued. I can't exactly remember how they found out but it was by accident. I found a legit bottle on Amazon after asking the people on NST if the seller was legit. I didn't go to Luckyscent because I wasn't exactly willing to pay full price and did have a credit on my Amazon account. So now I have a back up bottle of Noontide Petals.
I always seem a little sad when perfumes that I really enjoy, get discontinued. But it's far worse if I test something, love it and find that it was discontinued years ago. Noontide Petals probably wasn't a huge seller in the long term to justify keeping it in the line up.
Ever since Andy Tauer came out with Noontide Petals back in 2013, I have really enjoyed wearing it but I still never wore it a lot until the past couple weeks. When I had started poking around Andy Tauer's site when I had noticed something. I had known that the travel set was not being sold. I figured that it might have been a supply issue or something that was offered only once a year. I noticed that Noontide Petals wasn't being sold on Andy Tauer's website. Initially, I thought that it must have been sold out. When another poster on NST was talking about the travel set, I made a mention of contacting Tauer Perfumes and that I couldn't find Noontide Petals being sold on Tauer perfumes. Someone did ask about the travel set and Mr. Tauer had said that the travel sets were discontinued due to it being cost prohibitive. Another poster said that she found out April of last year, that Noontide Petals was discontinued. I can't exactly remember how they found out but it was by accident. I found a legit bottle on Amazon after asking the people on NST if the seller was legit. I didn't go to Luckyscent because I wasn't exactly willing to pay full price and did have a credit on my Amazon account. So now I have a back up bottle of Noontide Petals.
I always seem a little sad when perfumes that I really enjoy, get discontinued. But it's far worse if I test something, love it and find that it was discontinued years ago. Noontide Petals probably wasn't a huge seller in the long term to justify keeping it in the line up.
Saturday, January 5, 2019
2018 in Review
It hasn't been a wild ride in 2018 but 2018 has passed and it's been a little strange. Last year, it was dealing with my dad's cancer and my mom getting pneumonia. In April, I had lost my beloved Labrador Retriever, Charlie, to brain cancer and gained another Lab, Sydney.
But perfume wise, it seemed to be a year of restraint. I didn't go out and buy a whole lot in the way of full bottles of perfume. For some reason, nothing either excited me a whole lot or if I did enjoy it enough for a full bottle, it was either out of my price range or it was a limited edition that was out of stock. I did manage to nab a few good deals and I am pretty happy with that. And the fact that I didn't end up with buying too much.
During the year, I had actually managed to finish 2 bottles of perfume. In years past, I had said that I would make an effort to finish bottles of perfume but never did. I was so excited when I actually did finish a bottle of vintage BaV and vintage Miss Dior. I am hoping that I can finish a bottle or two of Chanel no 5.
My year has also been marked with nail polish and eye shadow. I could never resist the e-mails that Ulta would send. Buy two, get one free OPI nail polish, Urban Decay Naked pallet for $27 or whatever was on sale. I'm hoping at the rate I am going, that I can show some restraint with the makeup and nail polish.
Happy 2019, everyone!
But perfume wise, it seemed to be a year of restraint. I didn't go out and buy a whole lot in the way of full bottles of perfume. For some reason, nothing either excited me a whole lot or if I did enjoy it enough for a full bottle, it was either out of my price range or it was a limited edition that was out of stock. I did manage to nab a few good deals and I am pretty happy with that. And the fact that I didn't end up with buying too much.
During the year, I had actually managed to finish 2 bottles of perfume. In years past, I had said that I would make an effort to finish bottles of perfume but never did. I was so excited when I actually did finish a bottle of vintage BaV and vintage Miss Dior. I am hoping that I can finish a bottle or two of Chanel no 5.
My year has also been marked with nail polish and eye shadow. I could never resist the e-mails that Ulta would send. Buy two, get one free OPI nail polish, Urban Decay Naked pallet for $27 or whatever was on sale. I'm hoping at the rate I am going, that I can show some restraint with the makeup and nail polish.
Happy 2019, everyone!
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