Pointless Perfume Reviews for the knackered: Vanilla

[smokingboot]

Trying to start work this morning, and very reluctant to do it. I put the Hubby's jeans on by mistake and am too tired to replace them. The Hubby has the answer (about the situation rather than the jeans. He's philosophical re the latter.)

'You're exhausted. You've been fighting cancer for 18 months, then you got this horrible lurgy for a month, you're still coughing, you are about to start radiotherapy, you have already been told you will be tired for weeks after, so if you edit this now you will come back to it later and say 'this isn't very good.' You are the worst patient in the world. What you should actually be doing is something relaxing like using your painting by numbers present.'

Wise and kind for sure. But I can't do the painting by numbers thing right now because the cleaner's in the kitchen where stands the only table large enough to spread out the picture.

I want to review something and am taking forever to read it for all the above reasons. A chapter a day finishes me. Ridiculous.

So back to Pointless Perfume Reviews! This time it's Absolute Aphrodisiac
(https://uk.initioparfums.com/products/absolute-aphrodisiac) one of those scents that seems to drive perfumistas mad. There was much stuff about musky bottoms and one controversial comment that likened it to spaghetti bolognaise. Clearly this person faces greater cooking challenges than even I do. Absolute Aphrodisiac is an almost simple vanilla fragrance, with just enough castoreum to keep it from cookie sweetness (though I like cookie sweetness too!) There's a bit of musk and amber, resulting in one of the least challenging perfumes imaginable. This is lovely for cold days. Not convinced about its longevity. But yes, gorgeous easy stuff.

Comments

[mallorys_camera]

R is quite right, my dear. ❤️

I have been toying with the idea of sending you a sample set from these people:

https://imaginaryauthors.com/collections/sample-sets

The samples are packaged to resemble a book, so it might make it past customs. (Sending scents by mail is not allowed for some reason.) I wonder how careful the customs people are? 😀

[smokingboot]

I am interested in Imaginary Authors! Heard a lot about them!

But don't worry about sending something that might get you in trouble. There will be many days and many scents for me to try XXX

[mallorys_camera]

I like their perfumes, but I'm not a real perfume aficionado. Their real appeal, though, is their packaging. 😀

[smokingboot]

R is quite right, my dear.

He is. I suppose I should give him his trousers back ;-)

[mallorys_camera]

Not necessarily. 😀