Spring Fling: Nine Scents I'm Wearing Now

This is a shot of George demonstrating what Spring is all about for me - sniffing the air. There is so much to smell these days. From the many beautiful plants in bloom to the flooded bayou to the hot tar they're using the re-do the roof at work, Spring is full of smells, both enchanting and headache-inducing. 

The warmer air brings them all into sharper focus, perfume included. Everything seems more vivid these days. And strangely, I find that I now like several scents I wasn't able to appreciate the first time I encountered them.

I may write about them when I get a chance, but they include Keiko Mecheri White Petals (hated it the first time), Narciso Rodriguez for Her EDT (couldn't smell it to save my life), and the original Vera Wang (she confused me with all of her flankers). 

I also keep returning to a favorite, Vivienne Westwood Libertine, these days, and keep Serge Lutens Vetiver Oriental close at hand. And I have reached for Narciso Rodriguez for Her EDP and his new Essence more than once in the past few weeks. 

Two new Spring fling fragrances for me are Versace's Essence Exciting and Valentino V Absolu. Neither is new on the market, but both are new to me. As you can probably tell, even as it warms up I like perfumes with substance, and a sexy, musky dry down.

Comments

[Niktaris Dimitris]

Nice blog!!!!!

[perfumeshrine]

Your cat is adorable! And there is certainly substance to what you say: the warmer air does bring an appreciation of subtler smells, augmenting them. Like many of your choices too.
Isn't Essence quite intruiging? A descendant of White Linen for non-White-Linen wearers. They were smart about this, I think ;-)

[scentsignals]

hi, elena - hope you're feeling better! george is adorable, and a trip to know. he is "helping" me with chores this morning as only a loving cat can. he actually came to "tell me" the laundry was ready to go into the dryer! (at least, that was my interpretation!) i am blessed to have him and his brother, peter, in my life.

i am definitely one of the non-white linen wearers who enjoy essence. i tend to avoid "clean" and "shower fresh" in scents, but this one i can do - because of the sexy, musky dry down, which i can smell from the start. still find the "for her" edt the sexiest, but this one is fun, too.

thank you, niktaris! hope you come back to visit often.