What I Couldn't Resist This Season: Hot discoveries, coveted rarities, trending scent profiles

[@corinalymburner1121]

Cartier brand review? Yes, please ❤

[@MariaMeliora]

😘😘😘😘 will work on it then!

[@ems_h.eartnotes]

Ahhh blackcurrant! Oh so nostalgic for me too. My Grandmother was an avid gardener and had a huge allotment with all kinds of fruit, veg and flowers. It fed our family for decades. In particular I remember her berry plants and bushes... strawberries, raspberries, gooseberries and the most plentiful were her blackcurrants. Spent hours as a kid picking them and helping her make them into jams, juices, jellies and stewed blackcurrants to make sweet pies to serve with homemade custard. Blackcurrant leaf scent, or the taste of proper blackcurrant jam or juice takes me right back there 💜

[@MariaMeliora]

Omg yess same!!

[@corinalymburner1121]

I can’t wait for your lilac review/best of video!💜

[@MariaMeliora]

Yesss , I'm just letting them bake on my skin so I'm sure !

[@corinalymburner1121]

@@MariaMeliora rubbing my hands together in anticipation 🤗💜

[@petraroos3413]

Me too, I have the Pacifica French Lilac and I think it's pretty good. It's still a bit chilly where I'm from. But I have it on my shelf now waiting for a couple weeks when the Lilac blooms come out and it feels more like real spring rather than an extension of a New England winter. But...... it's gloriously sunny today so maybe it's time!!!! Yippee!!!!!

[@corinalymburner1121]

@@petraroos3413 I have that one, too. My lilacs don’t bloom until June (I live in a high elev 6000’ mountain valley), but when they do, their beauty & scent always bring back such sweet childhood memories💜🤗

[@petraroos3413]

Yes! I'd love Cartier breakdown. I brought La panthere because I fell in love with the sample I got from you.

[@MariaMeliora]

Awww that is so sweet! Die you get parfum or edp?

[@petraroos3413]

@@MariaMeliora I got the edp. In a cute travel sized 25 ml bottle. That I'm going to bring with me in my epic, 8 week long summer trip to Turkey and Central Asia. I'm also bringing decants of my vintage Dune by Dior, Ashore by Amouage, In Jardin sur le Nil by Hermes, and I love love, by Moschino. My friends think I'm nuts planning what perfumes I'm bringing. And I probably should just bring one. But meh, I like variety and I'm bringing mostly 7ml decants so it's not that much extra weight or space.

[@petraroos3413]

@@MariaMeliora curious what perfumes would you bring if you were going to Türkiye, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan, in June, July and August.

[@OphelieFontaine]

JACQUES FATH is one of THE perfume houses from the 40ies and 50ies. IRIS GRIS is is one of THE perfumes of all time. No judging, but this is essential. This is absolute history ❤

[@MariaMeliora]

Good point, I'll research more

[@ems_h.eartnotes]

I haven't tried Scentbird, but I was subscribed to Pafory. I only stopped because I had collected all the ones I wanted to try at that time. They are based it Germany and I am in UK. They always dispatched on time (i.e. on my actual renewal date and not after) and they usually arrived in 4 to 5 days

[@MariaMeliora]

Oh good to know! How were the prices? Do they sell 8 ml?

[@ems_h.eartnotes]

@@MariaMeliora yes 8ml, around 16 to 18 euro, less if you have 2 or more scents per month

[@OphelieFontaine]

TARDES is really, besides BESOS, the best scent of the house of Carner!

[@MariaMeliora]

Omg yess🎉🎉🎉

[@perroli]

I want a Cartier brand history review

[@MariaMeliora]

Yesss! Will work on it then!

[@OphelieFontaine]

ELdO is one of my favourite houses ❤

[@MariaMeliora]

Oh then you might be up fir a treat very soon!

[@OphelieFontaine]

In this second I am wearing LIU by Guerlain and yes, this is EPIC!

[@MariaMeliora]

Absolutely is❤❤❤

[@corinalymburner1121]

I blind bought $90, 3.4 bottle of SJP’s Covet Pure Bloom (discontinued) as I had almost all of her other fragrances, so thought I may as well add it to my SJP collection. No regrets; it’s rather nice, and kind of different - like a lot of her frags. Also picked up a 7.5ml travel spray of JHAG’s Juliette because I’m still looking for a cherry fragrance that ‘does it’ for me. It’s not a bad perfume, but the search will continue. That’s it, so far this year.

[@MariaMeliora]

Oh some searches last a lifetime I feel ya. Are you looking for sweet or tart cherries?

[@MariaMeliora]

There I'd this inexplicable pleasing feeling when you round up a collection indeed 🫠 congrats!

[@corinalymburner1121]

@@MariaMeliora Mmm-hmmm, got a bit of the same thing going on with my Thierry Mugler coll⭐️

[@corinalymburner1121]

@@MariaMeliora freshly bitten-into ripe black cherries on a warm summer day☀️

[@ems_h.eartnotes]

I haven't splurged yet on a Byredo body cream. It's £65 so I think I will have to wait til my birthday. What did I buy this quarter? I picked 6 niche samples that I really wanted to try. And then I bought a fragrance 'edit' from Space NK with 5 great travel sizes and 3 less great discovery sets that I tried (and then gifted to my hubby and colleagues). It was a good way to try a bunch of stuff. I spent £95 in total. Accountability 🤗😂

[@MariaMeliora]

Omg applause 👏 🙌 😍 well done !

[@justaddlight]

Shame about the Mefisto shower gel. I suppose Cremo's Silver Water and Birch could be a cheap replacement. Both remind me of Silver Mountain Water. Interesting about the apples in Decou-Vert! The accord is actually pretty simple, just fructone with 2 other materials depending on what kind of apple you want, but perhaps it's an apple blossom you're getting? I'll have to check it out. Appreciate your insight as always Maria! 🍏

[@MariaMeliora]

Entirely possible - it gives me these sweet red apples feel, apple also so different in flavors 😄 I see you have been diving into perfume ingredients?

[@justaddlight]

@@MariaMeliora Ah....yes. 🤭

[@BGalwah1]

I signed up for scentbird for the first time and not impressed! Some of the ones I want to try are an extra $10 so >$26! I did get a few that I’m happy with. I also had issues with customer service as well.

[@MariaMeliora]

Yeah same. 8 ml of niche fragrance for >26 is theoretically ok, but they have such high volume they could really at least have some reward point system or discounts for loyal customers. Yet they seem to do the opposite - rack up the prices and remove the perks.

[@perfeptions_ENG]

I guess the point you’re looking for is that they are cheaper so they get higher margins 😂

[@MariaMeliora]

Any sinners out there? What have you hunted down lately?

[@OphelieFontaine]

I am sorry for your story with SCENTBIRD: this is not client friendly 😢

[@MariaMeliora]

Yeah I was hoping for more flexibility