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Tuesday is Scent Day: So Fresh and So Clean
Oct 14th
While I wrote of my love for the chocolatey Princess by Vera Wang last week, I’m also very fond of fresh and clean scents. One of my long standing favorites is 212 by Carolina Herrera. It’s been around for over a decade, but I very infrequently smell it used by anyone else. That’s nice, especially when there seems to be a perfume trend in flux and you can’t escape the scents (thinking of Polo Green and Giorgio in the 80’s along with the Liz Claiborne and Hugo Boss in the early 90’s, and then EVERYONE was wearing CK1 in the mid 90s, and the late 90s were dominated by Happy, and Burberry Brit in the early 00s).
Top notes include orange blossom, bergamot and mandarin. The heart note, also floral is composed of camellia, gardenia and lily. The base is made of sandalwood and bright musk
It’s slightly fruity, it’s fresh and it’s powdery. I actually adore the cactus note, strangely enough. Apart from the cactus note, I also sense the mandarin orange and orange blossom notes which are subtle yet divine. The floral notes which make their first appearance after the initial 10 minutes, are quite powdery and strange, not at all what you’d expect. The flowers are somewhat plastic and artificial smelling, however I believe it only adds to this fragrance’s appeal.
The sillage is actually quite strong, which surprised me because most scents of this nature are soft and intimate. The lasting power is also fabulous. I would recommend 212 as a unique Spring/Summer fragrance for women that long to stand out in a crowd. It’s not a seductive scent, so it’s perfect for wearing while running errands or lunch with friends. It’s suitable for every season and occasion!
Tuesday is Scent Day: Chocolate!
Oct 6th
My current personal favorite is Vera Wang’s Princess. Although it officially claims to be fruity and floral with vanilla and pink guava, to my own nose there seems to be a bit of chocolate spiked in for good measure. I am drawn to chocolate scents, so I was very surprised to see no official word stating that chocolate is used in this. I’m looking forward to eventually trying the newest in the Princess line, Rock Princess, which is supposedly geared to an older audience (what does it say about me that I liked the regular Princess enough?).
Bath and Body Works produced a line called Tutti Dolce which included lotions and body washes in chocolate. I was very surprised when the line was discontinued because I loved it so much, I thought others did too! I don’t know of any other current lines that feature a pure chocolate scent, and while I know that there are many smaller businesses out there that produce these, I’m a bit hesitant to buy without being able to sample at a store.
Although I love shopping online, there’s definitely one thing that we can’t do through a computer just yet. And as soon as I have a scratch and sniff monitor, I’ll be the first to buy!