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Excited for the forthcoming Pacific Rock Swell. I love aquatic/marine fragrances. And then there's their most recent release: Sunset Hour Dark Peach.

If you're looking for samples of the Swiss niche brand Pernoire, these guys have a small selection of them including the hyped tropical scent Anelo.https://bloomparfums.com

Has anyone here used Cosmetics Online? The Melbourne based fragrance warehouse outlet.https://www.cosmeticsonline.net.auI have an order with them currently and it's been a month now since I checked out and so far no sign of the item. Granted it was an import item and that does take longer, but not usually this long! I have had an email from them telling me to rest assured that it's been taken care of, processed and awaiting shipment, but even that was a week ago now. This may be my first time buying from these guys (I don't remember) but it could be my last if this kind of delay is what I can expect. 🙄The item I've ordered is a mini gift set for Montblanc Explorer Extreme, the new flanker.

Eau De ParfumThree Scents. One Wardrobe.CALIBRE fragrance begins at the junction, where what you know meets what you did not realise you were looking for. Our goal is simple, to give the CALIBRE man another way to complete his wardrobe, aligning his signature style with a signature scent.MORNING GLORYWaking up to mountains wrapped around you, crisp air cut by the scent of timber, stone and steam. Fire, oils and hot rocks in a private sauna, that first exhale as heat hits skin. It’s familiar, that feeling of knowing someone forever, even though you have only just met. A perpetual moment of exhale, where dry meets wet, where heat meets cool. Both the tension and the calm.DAY DRUNKExisting in a space most people visit in their imagination. Air moving slowly. No urgency, no alarm. It is sunset on a terrace, light catching the side of your glass, time pausing while the clouds keep drifting. It is the scent of freedom, the quiet signal to yourself and everyone around you that your room, your pool, your view are waiting.NIGHT THRILLSOccupying the after-dark spaces that sit just on the right side of trouble. A balcony high above the city, lights flickering and rearranging themselves while you lean into conversation. It is the moment you decide to fall to temptation rather than away from it. A little tipsy, completely present, unwilling for the night or the feeling to end. This scent does not take you away from the action. It delivers you straight into the middle of it.

Last weekend I braved a wet Winter's day in Melbourne to travel to trendy Gertrude St, where you can find flâner's flagship store, hemmed in by Le Labo & Aēsop. flâner's been around for a couple of years now & is something of an institution to the people of Gertrude st, but it hasn't yet made big waves on the int'l fragrance scene. Something that might change with their soon to open London store. Talking to the brand leader Dave, (wonderful person, very easy to chat to, full of information & ready to break down all the scents for you,) I found out that the brand is owned by an ER nurse at one of the local hospitals, who specialises in paliative care there. Apparently around people who are ventilated you can't wear certain perfumes due to the ingredients not playing nice with the system, so all of fláner's fragrances are safe to wear in a hospital setting. Something I've never really considered, but when thought about makes a lot of sense. On to the fragrances themselves.flâner believes in riding the line between niche appeal & accessibility, & I feel they do so successfully.When some brands go for accessibility or mass market appeal they lose personality & interest, all the edges are sanded off for an easy to swallow product. Not so for flâner. Whilst not every scent of their 9 was an absolute banger, I feel like there's something for everyone there. My cousin & her boyfriend who came along with me enjoyed Vive la Fleur & Under the Rose respectively, but to me there were a few stand outs.I tried two on skin:Fiesta del Agave was a lovely fresh, green, herbal scent, an evocative lime & tamarind opening, to an almost smoky agave-chili-marigold complex then an oakmoss forward dry down that retained most of the character of the heart. Manhattan Cherry started with an edible maraschino, a burst of orange zest, which filled out a bittersweet vermouth accord. From there whiskey predominated, the acetones fading to the barrel woods, which lingered throughout the dry down.Of the scents I didn't try on skin the one that most impressed me & my cousin was Sonic Silver - inspired by Melbourne's tram lines, it had an aromatic, metallic character that wasn't off putting in the slightest. Sage & lavender filled out the scent. It's perhaps the most "niche" of flâner's offerings, but the fundamentals are really there. We both kept coming back to sniff the sample. I really want to try it on skin as well. I could go on, but a discovery set is a safe purchase & you can explore for yourself!In sum, visiting the flagship is a lovely time, & if you're ever in Melbourne I really recommend visiting, there's plenty to see on Gertrude st. I pressed Dave for some info on upcoming fragrances, & he let slip a Citrus forward scent was in the works, so look forward to new offerings from flâner in the near future!Forgive my poor photography of the store :)

=I take no responsibility for the service or products delivered by the following sites. As always when buying decants take care & do your research because there are bad actors out there= The decanters I've tried that are Australian based.https://www.fragland.com.au/ - I've ordered from them before, & they seem reputable. A wide selection of more niche offerings. Pretty good value. Go to their Facebook page to get access to their full product listings.https://scentdiscovery.com.au/ - Ordered from them before. Probably some of the worst value per decant, but if no one else has it, you pay what you pay.https://www.lovethatscent.com.au/ - A wide selection of Arabian scents, good prices, very good service.Australia based decanters that I haven't ordered from before but seem legit.https://opulenz.com.au/ - Their prices seem legit. Very wide selection & good value.https://www.mrperfumista.com.au/ - A little expensive, & mostly niche offerings, but a good tasteful curation. Worth to keep in mind. https://www.ozfragrances.com.au/ - A good selection at good prices, a mix of niche & designer. https://www.scentsamples.com.au/ - More femme leaning & designer rather than niche, but the prices are very reasonable.Haven't tried them & haven't looked too deeply into their background or range.https://nichescents.com.au/Foreign decanters that ship to Aus & seem legit.https://twistedlily.com/ - An okay selection, most of their prices are cheaper than what you'd pay here even after currency exchange, but their postage is expensive. https://gallerybyflo.com/ - Rare & hard to find niche scents, ships to Australia & have good customer service. https://www.fragrancesline.com/ - A good alternative to Scent Split.https://www.scentsplit.com/ - The widest range of decants that I've yet found on the internet. A warning to stay away from the following.Fragrance Samples Aus - Avoid. Very fishy. Allegations of dilution & fakes.

EOFY sales are starting to roll in, post 'em here if there's anything good. To start off with we have FeelingSexy Aus, ignoring the name they're having an up to 20% off sale starting now, check it out herehttps://www.feelingsexy.com.au/pages/eofy/

Frustrated with the wait on the arrival of some new fragrance releases in Australia? Yeah, me too.In my quest to find samples of some of these new releases I recently discovered a decanter/sample outfit based in Canada that offers cheap & fast international shipping and stocks a lot of the very latest Middle East/Arabian and Designer releases. Some of which still haven't hit the shelves in Australia yet - not even as samples from local decanters.Their prices are very competitive too, and all tagged in NZ dollars (for Aussie customers) which makes them even cheaper after the conversion.Check out https://manodecants.com

Libertine Parfumerie has a VIP 40% off sale on some Xerjoffs, Rojas, & other odds & ends. https://www.libertineparfumerie.com.au/collections/online-secret-sale

But worth mentioning anyways. Libertine Parfumerie is hosting the nose behind Matière Permière at their new store in Armadale (VIC) & he's doing a master class going throuh the creation of Metal Lavender. Unfortunately tickets sold out in like 3 hours, but they seem to host events like this pretty regularly & they have spots throughout the country, so you may well like to join their mailing list. I've bought their decant sampler before & it was generously filled & the customer service was quite good, so I don't mind giving them a bit of a shout out here.

One of the houses that first got me into scents was Di Ser, a Japanese outfit that specialises in all natural perfumery, & I've been chasing that high ever since. So I was super chuffed to stumble across Teone Reinthal's work thanks to a review here on Parfumo.Does anyone here have any experience with their work? Samples or decants they're willing to part with so I can have a try? It's a shame that she doesn't offer discovery sets, but I understand why being a small outfit with lots of different products...

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