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my halcyon perfume days
I bought this for some trifling amount ($10 US, maybe) on eBay a long time ago. It's a lovely long-lasting espresso with a hint of sweetness (makes me think more of sugar cubes dissolved in espresso than cream) that projects well and lasts for hours.
After quitting cigarettes in 2005, I decided to reward myself with perfume. I tried all sorts of things, and could often find used bottles on eBay for very little. There were perfume blogs but not sites like this one. US eBay hadn't thrown off the hand-decanting sample sellers yet, so I took a lot more gambles than I do now. (When the sample sellers were thrown off, some of them formed their own websites, like The Perfumed Court, but many of them weren't up for that extra work, so sample supplies decreased drastically. There are a few hand-decanting sample sellers on eBay now, but I think they're flying under the radar.)
I bought this one based on nothing other than "I like coffee." When I realized how much I liked it, I bought a backup bottle. I'm finishing the first bottle now, and still finding it to be better than the Comptoir sud Pacifique coffee scents. It's on a par with L'Or de Torrente, but sometimes I am not in a mood for the roses in L'Or . It's also in a league with Comme des Garcons Wood Coffee, which has also been out of production for many years.
It reminds me that perfume *could* be a lot cheaper than it is now and still be good. But popularity makes it more expensive, and I'm also pleased that more people are enjoying scent. I'm just refusing to go to $200 a bottle, and hoarding this, and my old Cinnabar, and a few other gems we won't see again.
After quitting cigarettes in 2005, I decided to reward myself with perfume. I tried all sorts of things, and could often find used bottles on eBay for very little. There were perfume blogs but not sites like this one. US eBay hadn't thrown off the hand-decanting sample sellers yet, so I took a lot more gambles than I do now. (When the sample sellers were thrown off, some of them formed their own websites, like The Perfumed Court, but many of them weren't up for that extra work, so sample supplies decreased drastically. There are a few hand-decanting sample sellers on eBay now, but I think they're flying under the radar.)
I bought this one based on nothing other than "I like coffee." When I realized how much I liked it, I bought a backup bottle. I'm finishing the first bottle now, and still finding it to be better than the Comptoir sud Pacifique coffee scents. It's on a par with L'Or de Torrente, but sometimes I am not in a mood for the roses in L'Or . It's also in a league with Comme des Garcons Wood Coffee, which has also been out of production for many years.
It reminds me that perfume *could* be a lot cheaper than it is now and still be good. But popularity makes it more expensive, and I'm also pleased that more people are enjoying scent. I'm just refusing to go to $200 a bottle, and hoarding this, and my old Cinnabar, and a few other gems we won't see again.
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