I have a plethora of scents in my possession, but I’ve taken
to keeping a select handful on my desk to help me use them up faster. I swap
some of these out and I do still use scents from the rest of my ridiculous collection,
but these are the ones that have taken their place on the desk shelf lately!
I spoke at length about my issues with Lancome Tresor in
Love, and I’m hoping to use a lot of this bottle before our next
anniversary rolls around, to increase my chances of getting a new bottle of
juice. This is a fruity rose scent, with notes of nectarine, bergamot, peach
and Turkish rose, and I tend to wear it at night when we go out for coffee.
A recent launch from one of my favourite brands, Illamasqua
Freak* is definitely a unique part of my scent collecton and unlike
anything else I own. It smells spicy and
rich to me, and I tend to wear it when it is cold out and I feel quite tough
and brave. I had to look up the notes for this, and they include opium flower,
poison hemlock and frankincense. I have personally smelt this on quite a few
people and it is definitely one you have to try on in store to judge, as it
changes drastically depending on your skin.
Balenciaga Paris*, a powdery floral scent with notes
of violet, cedar and carnation, is one of the most luxurious scents in my
stash. I find this stays quite close to my skin when I wear it, and I use it
sparingly as it is a travel sized sample gifted to me from the Balenciaga PR. I
adore the bottle and have been hoping to add a full size Balenciaga to my
collection once I use up a few more bottles, and this is a contender for that
top spot.
Tucked away in the back in that image is a gorgeous Jo
Malone bag filled with a teensy bottle of Orange Blossom* and a body
cream in another scent, that I have been squirrelling away since before I began
beauty blogging a few years ago. I received this in a Primped goody bag, the
very first bag of that kind that I had ever received. I absolutely adore both
the aesthetic and the scents from Jo Malone, and know that when I begin
full time work my Jo Malone collection will grow from this small bottle
up.
So Hooked on Carmella from Benefit is one of
the stronger scents in my collection, and was purchased from a blog sale a
while back. Classified as an oriental
floral, this contains notes of grapefruit, lemon, rhubarb, peony, sandalwood,
amber and vanilla. Most of these notes are my very favourites, and though I
can’t wear this scent around my sensitive-nosed Mumma Bovary, I do pop it on
quite often on days when I know I won’t see her.
Last but not at all least is my all-time favourite
fragrance, and the one I hope to wear for the rest of my days here on earth. Guerlain’s
Champs Elysees is a fruity-floral that contains notes of mimosa, rose
almond and forest fruits, but most of all it smells like me! I feel strong, powerful
and intelligent when I wear this, like I am the woman I want to be.
Isn’t it amazing how fragrances can make you feel certain
things?
