Eau d'hadrien - Annick Goutal

It's a frosty morning here, and not overly pleasant. However, it is quite sunny. In light (pun intended) of the sun, I've decided to don Eau d'hadrien by Annick Goutal. It's one of my favourite hot hot hot summer scents.

It literally smells like lemon and sunshine. Almost like lemon icy's. The first time I wore it was this past summer. I had just gotten home from Ontario, and surprise, it had come in while I was gone.

When I opened the package and tried this for the first time, immediately a smile came to my face. In the next few days, I drove down to Banff for the first time, and when I smell this wonderful lemony joy, it reminds me of driving through the mountains for the first time, and literally being in tears over how beautiful it is.

After going through the mountains, my friend and I headed to the Calgary Folk Festival and I wore this the entire time. It was perfect for those incredibly hot days, drenched in sweat, music, and illicit smoke.

I've heard this compared to lemon pledge among other things, but I don't find that in the slightest. It's a fresh, sparkling lemon scent that carries such fantastic memories for me, I think I will always have a bottle handy.

The sillage, as with many of Goutal's blends, isn't fantastic, but it is light enough to spritz frequently throughout the day. The only sad part of this for me, is the price. It is not a cheap item, but a very loved one.

Bois et Fruits - Serge Lutens

Sadly, I've missed posting the past two days. I'm not going to try to play catch up though, I'll just forage on as usual.

I can hardly believe that in November, we still have not gotten any major snow. It's warm enough today to go outside with just a heavy sweater, which is uncommon for this time of year.
Due to the unseasonably warm weather, I've decided to review a spring/summer evening fragrance.

Bois et fruits - Serge Lutens

First off, I am a huge fan of Serge Lutens. Specifically, I love his 'Bois' lines.
This one, I have just acquired recently.

This opens with a strong fruit note, literally like a blast of plum and peach. It brings up memories of walking through a orchard in the summer. You can smell the ripe fruit on the trees, and a glass of merlot in your hand.
It's a very dark fragrance for me, and definitely something I'd wear in the evening instead of the day.
The cedar in this really grounds the fragrance, and keeps it from becoming too sweet. You can smell the fig and all the luscious fruit, but the cedar keeps this from becoming a sweet fruity mess; However, I find that the mixture of the cedar and apricot can almost mesh into a cumin accord which you really need to be in the mood for.

Over all, this scent is fantastic, and smells heavenly. Its like a pitcher of sangria on a warm day.

The sillage is wonderful, and will last for hours and hours. Although I've mentioned it is more of a warm weather fragrance, I believe it would be beautiful on a cooler day as well.

Play for her, Intense - Givenchy

Quite warm today. Unseasonably warm in fact.

I bought this on a whim one day while at Shoppers Drug Mart, buying halloween decorations.  They had just gotten it in, I gave it a spritz and immediately fell in love with it.
I'm not typically a huge fan of 'celebrity endorsed' items in general. They typically seem to be mass marketed nonsense that generally smell quite generic.

This isn't terribly far off from that. I can see this being a huge hit with the 20-something age range, but I found it is perfect for daily use, or when you can't decide what you want to wear.  This is the perfect jeans and t-shirt perfume in my opinion.
It doesn't invoke any specific imagery, it just smells good. I've gotten plenty of compliments on it, and I didn't find it too shabby price-wise, at least in comparison to some of the other niche brands I typically purchase.

It's a nice woodsy, semi-sweet perfume that I think anyone could wear with the greatest of ease. I detect a slight floral, but I find I pick up more on the wood and tonka accords than anything else.

Sillage is fantastic on this one, and only 1 or 2 sprays are enough to last all day.

a day off...

Too busy to do a proper review today. I baked Soul Cakes today however, and the fantastic scent of ginger and allspice is still in the house. Fresh spiced cakes are better than perfume today. :)