Hi, Honey, I'm Home

I've been kind of obsessed lately with getting a new honey perfume, and have been doing a lot of research into it. I almost bought 4160 Tuesdays Dirty Honey, just because the name sounded like something I'd like, but backed down at the last minute.  Ditto with Ginestet Botrytis, which I was afraid would be too girly on me, as it sounded super sweet.

When I had ordered Soivohlé Oudh Lacquer a few weeks back, I got a sample of Amun Re:  The Tears of Ra, which, actually, fits the bill rather well.

It's not at Miel de Bois levels of love, but I do like it a lot (more than I do Oudh Lacquer).

Continuing on, I also (finally?) got a bottle of Yves Saint Laurent Kouros, of which endless hordes complain of smelling like urine because of the overdose of honey.  Well, it's not bad, but smells rather clean to me.  What's all the ruckus? Anyway, I don't get the honey.  It also doesn't seem very fougère-like to me. Clean and powdery.

Of course, I'll have to wear it all a bit more before coming up with a better impression. I'd have no compunction about wearing it to work, thank you, ma'am.

The third scent I got recently, which has absolutely no connection to honey, is Frapin Passion Boisée.  Patty at Barneys had given me a couple of Frapin samples last time I was there, and I liked this a lot.   In the past, Frapin has kind of left me cold, but I will say, this is very nice.

The above bottle is the one I got. I have noticed that there seem to be several versions with different lettering.  I hope this is okay.  I got it from Fragrancenet, at more than 50% discount. The bottle itself is very heavy.  You could probably kill someone with it.


Photo from Candyman.

Some new things before the end of the year I've failed to post

I did get some new things since I last wrote.

Soivohlé Oudh Lacquer, 30 ml.  It's ok, nothing exciting but nice.  Not particularly oudh-y but definitely chocolatey. They did send me samples of Carpathian Oud, Meerschaum, and Amun Re Tears of Ra, which I am looking forward to trying.

Someone started a Serge Lutens fan thread on Basenotes, so while on there, there was a sale at the sergelutens.com site (US) where, if  you spent more than $135, they would include a free gift of Le Vaporisateur Tout Noir.  I figured it would be the empty one, so I ordered Fille en Aiguilles, 50 ml., which I had never gotten.  I think it's much easier to wear when it's cold.  I used to think it smelled like crayons (Chypre Rouge definitely does).

Anyway, it turned out the offer gave you a choice of four fragrances:  Ambre Sultan, Feminité du Bois, Fourreau Noir, or Iris Silver Mist. As I have three of the four, and hate Ambre Sultan, this was a tough decision.  I was going to choose Iris Silver Mist, but never really wear it.   In the end, I chose Fourreau Noir, which, if you are keeping score, I just bought a bell jar of. So now I have tons of it (the atomizer comes with 60 ml of perfume! ). Anyway, this was definitely a deal.  The site lists the atomizer with Fourreau Noir at $190!  The offer ended up being on the site for only one day.  Do I love Fourreau Noir that much?  I'm not so sure.  I'm wearing it on one wrist and my bête noire Chergui on the other right now and they are very similar.

Moving along.

I dropped into Barneys last week and lo! and behold, Comme des Garçons Luxe: Patchouli (45ml) was available, so I got that.  Yes, it's pricey -- more so than the Serge bell jars!  But I really do love it.

Anyway, I think that brings me up to date.  If I've missed anything I'll add them here.