#heena sniffs

[bespectacledbookworm]

Just got my perfume samples from Scent Split. I'm in actual heaven and a different person now. Not sure if I'm just going to post reviews here or structure them nice and post them on Medium. Maybe both. Stay tuned for that... oh, I can tell you what I got though!

From Hermetica: Jade888 and Greenlion

From Jo Malone: Velvet Rose & Oud and Vanilla & Anise

From Caswell Massey: Sandalwood and Ros

From Diptyque: Orpheon

From Hilde Soliani: Peccatrice

From Serge Lutens: Fleur d'oranger and Chergui

From Etat Libre D'orange: Spice Must Flow

and lastly, from Nasomotto: Absinthe

I've been really interested in finding a replacement for Tokyomilk Dark's Arsenic, so a lot of these are green/herbal leaning and the rest have just been on my "to try" list for a while.

[bespectacledbookworm]

I'd like to buy something to commemorate my first job in the video game industry, but I'm not sure what... something nice i've wanted for a while? A fun themed enamel pin? I feel like i'm leaning more towards perfume, since scent is so heavily based in memory.

I've been looking at Jo Malone Scarlet Poppy and Narciso Rodriguez Her recently. I almost want to describe N.R.H as Barbie's faux leather jacket she left at your house after a night rocking out on stage. It's creamy and floral, young but sophisticated and has a slight milky quality that I tend to associate with witches and dark things. Scarlet poppy is a dark sweet floral, and it's also quite lovely. Maybe I'll split the difference and just buy two small decants of both??

okay perfume ramblings over thanks for tolerating

[bespectacledbookworm]

Man, I’ve been having bad luck with perfume samples lately. A lot of the stuff I don’t think is gonna be gourmand, ends up being just a touch too gourmand for my taste. I don’t mind smelling sweet, but I don’t want to smell like a marshmallow. Vanilla can go so wrong... it can betray you so easily...