Oh I love Serge lutens. I used to wear jeaux de peau a lot, then feminite du Bois. I loved the iris one too and la fille de Berlin. Oof.
Sali Hughes #61 She simply cannot countenance a sequin
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I’ve only got Five O’Clock Gingembre which love and wore on my wedding day. I’ve got Ambre Sultan on my wishlist. I’m sad Liberty don’t stock them online because I would def have spent my £20 a month saving up for it!
I really love Jeux De Peau too! I didn't think that many people knew about it. I can't get on with feminite de bois and I also don't like Apres L'Ondee and I realised that they both have this violet note that I find kind of fake and chalky and unpleasant. I adore Chergui and Arabie - managed to get a cream box Arabie (pre L'Oréal buy-out) from ebay. It is like christmas pudding. Bapteme Du Feu is very interesting as well, it smells like fireworks night.
JdP is one of my favourites, along with Fille en Aiguilles (smells like mince pies and Christmas trees).
I want to try the rest of the LBTY fragrances now but I’m nowhere near London and the travel sizes are pricey so I’ll step away slowly I think 
I'm a Fleurs d'Oranger girl myself, but Sali once said Caitlin Moran wears it. Ugh.
This chat makes me realise I'm so basic when it comes to perfume, I do not want to smell like mince pies or fireworks night
Kate Moss wears it too though so you've got a bit of yin an yang there.
You mean she doesn’t wear Cosmoss sacred mist?
She did a Vogue (I think) video where she said she started every day with an aura cleanse with Cosmos’s sacred mist and her affirmations.
Times have changed
Oh my god, that terrible robotic video.
She did that Christmas video in December too. It was hilarious. Bless her.
I love JdP too, is it still available?
Only in a bell jar I think.
The bell jars are stunning. I got one in the only SL I like, Fleurs de Citronnier, but haven't used up my previous bottle yet. I find these days I really have to be in the mood for wearing perfume otherwise it annoys me following me wherever I go. I used to have a bad perfume habit but either Covid or menopause has made my nose super fussy and irritable (a bit like its owner).
I have a little lemon tree which lives in my porch in winter, and when the flowers come out it smells EXACTLY like the SL. I was surprised how heady the scent is, not fresh and light.
There’s a Penhaligons fragrance which I thought smelt like oranges in the sun but both Mr. Crumbs and Ma Crumbs said it smelt like cucumbers so I haven’t bought it yet.
i want a perfume that smells like Imperial Leather soap.
i want a perfume that smells like Imperial Leather soap.
Imperial Leather was what we used when I was a kid. You've made me nostalgic for it, so I've just ordered some. It's not available in the US, except for British specialty stores/imported via Amazon
I'd forgotten about Lush perfumes until you posted this! I used to absolutely love their Ginger (I think it was called?) one. Beautiful. Their prices have skyrocketed though
Nobody has mentioned She Here's column
. It really is completely irrelevant now isn't it? About the amount of beetles used to make red lipstick. I actually was quite surprised tbh - I assumed almost all lipstick was vegetarian these days. I didn't think Sali (she's a vegetarian you know) would be happy owning quite so many red lippies then.
They still use cochineal? In the year 2024?
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