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Sad Perfume Seeking
I am making a concerted effort to find some new perfumes; my old are tinged with sadness as perfume sampling was a thing ma and I did - and pa but he thought everything smelt of bicycle inner tubes (bless him, sometimes he could suddenly smell and we would be treated to hours of, "What's that smell? ...

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Down the Rabbit Hole
Down the Rabbit Hole of Arabian Perfumes I go.Three new ones, Narjis (Al Haramain - purple urn), Yaluli (Swiss Arabian - purple flower), Twin Flower (Al Haramain - pink). Apparently Twin Flower is the same perfume as Wardia although elsewhere I have seen them listed as different perfumes with different...

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Neat Indole, and a very, very sad topic
What does neat indole smell like to you?Fiddly faddeling around with my table-top chest of drawers filled with little bottles of essential oils and other fragrance related paraphernalia I came across a sealed tin; curious.Opened up said tin and inside were two little bottles of 10% indole...

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Three Blind Buys
To the tune of Three Blind Mice, let all who plead guilty sing it:Three blind buysThree blind buysSee what you've doneSee what you've doneYou dug around in the bargain boxPicked up some boxes that matched your frocksThe smell of the fragrances gave you shocksThree blind buys.Casmir eau de parfum by Chopard...

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Two successful blind buys
So sad. My Mac had a complete hard drive failure. I was backed up with Time Machine and found some software to get back my important documents but where are my photographs? I expect they are there but I can't find software to extract them onto my laptop. I could just cry. But crying is no use so I had better...

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Grossmith Samples Failed to Inspire - What Shall I try Next?
I have a basic approach to perfume - does it smell nice and does it lift my spirits? Basically,What I want,Is something that smells nice.Importantly,What I need?Something that lifts my mood.Unfortunately,What I get,Is something that is neither.Doggedly, What I'll...