I’m calling all your lemmings!
Saturday Question #176:
Do You Have Any Perfumes on Your “To Try” List?
Let’s be realistic: it’s not a hypothetical question that calls for something like “original Daim Blond” or “pre-reformulation EL Private Collection.” But are there any currently available perfumes that you haven’t tried yet but would like to?
My Answer
In the last couple of years, I rarely feel an urge to try anything specific. I do still enjoy trying new (for me) things, but I rarely care for anything specific – and even less so if I’d need to pay for a sample.
So, I don’t have a formal “to try” list now. But if I think about it, I can come up with several perfumes I am curious about: several recent releases from Amouage – Guidance, Lineage, Purpose and Search (though, I’m not sure I like the names), Armani Magenta Tanzanite (though I wasn’t a huge fan of the previous “stones” in the collection) and Ormonde Jayne Sakura and Fearless (and while I am at it, any other new perfumes OJ released in the last 2 years).
How about you?
Undina's Looking Glass 
Those Amouages are on my list, plus the re-released version of Parfums MDCI Enlèvement au Sérail. There are also a bunch of new Guérlain releases coming up this fall/winter I’m interested in. But in general I’m not looking for anything, just trying the things I can without paying for samples.
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I heard that those new Guerlains are going to be uber-expensive. Do, I’ll try them if I see then at a B&M store, but I’m not paying $6+ per ml to test them.
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Finding Guerlain at B&M made me giggle
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But why? Our local Neiman Marcus has at least that “art” collection, so there’s a hope they would have extraits as well.
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B&M in the UK is like a Pound shop, whereas even the basic Guerlain’s are Dept store. The more expensive ranges are top end Dept stores eg Harvey Nicks that carry them
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I see! Sorry, I didn’t know that you have a store with that name! I used it as an acronym for “brick and mortar.” I wonder how many times I was previously misunderstood… :)
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If I found Guerlain in B&M it would be supermarket sweep time!
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That would be both of us doing a supermarket sweep. Probably killing shoppers on our mad dash round the store !!!
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We could be filmed & go viral!
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This is the sort of thing they carry…
https://bonkersaboutperfume.blogspot.com/2022/10/bnnib-brand-new-not-in-box-sarah.html
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For me the new iris leather from Nicolai. I usually find their offerings to be well made, and I like that they offer the 30ml option. The only others might be the new Aqua Allegoria from Guerlain – one is a rose and the other a vanilla.
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I need to catch up on perfumes from Nicolai: I agree that 30 ml bottles are quite appealing.
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Wait, wait! Am I first? At least one of the first few! Anyway, I am curious about the new Puredistance, Akro East, Le Labo Mryhe 55, and Lush x Barbie (or the body spray). There are probably a few more but these come to mind.
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I don’t care for anything Barbie: I’ll put it to a childhood trauma (should I do a post about it?), but Le Labo sounds interesting.
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Sakura for me as well, and FM Heaven Can Wait. And now seeing hajusuuri’s comment, I also want to try Myrrhe 55. Good thing September is not far off.
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I do want to test both of those as well. I like FM’s name.
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Heaven Can Wait, Galop.
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Ditto on Heaven Can Wait.
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I gave up chasing the new a long time ago. Eventually I stopped obsessively reading about all the newness. Yes I have missed some beauties & the lemming is large when I find them & they are d/ced & now cost $$$$$ on the preloved market. One I am curious about it Penhaligon’s Legacy of Petra but I have loads of ambers. I’m curious as it is myrrh forward & I lem myrrh at present
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Yeah, with the amount of new releases it became impossible to keep up anyway.
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Not really looking to try anything new. If they fell in my lap I wouldn’t mind trying more from the LT Piver line. I have A La Rein des Fleurs and Heliotrope Blanc and love them both.
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I don’t think I tried any perfumes from that line.
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I would try anything new from Ormonde Jayne or Nicolaï. But I don’t make much effort these days. So much in my collection to wear!
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Yeah, I hear you.
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Raw Gold by Thomas de Monaco, Silphium by Stora Skuggan, and I will be buying the new Guerlain Iris perfume if I can get it when it comes out next month.
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I want to try any new Iris perfume I can get without paying (and some even paid :) )
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I would agree with the Amouage Guidance. I keep seeing posts that this is people’s new holy grail, and I do like incense, so I am curious. I am deciding, however, I just don’t like most gourmands. I keep being susceptible to Luckyscent’s mailing of new releases, many of which are gourmands, and which I eventually order to sample, and out of about 20 samples over the last few months, I’ve found none that move me. *** And I’m also curious about the new Puredistance. I may not love every one, but they are always high quality, interesting scents, to me.
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I’m with you on Puredistance!
Gourmands are not my cup of tea either. Not that I would refuse to try them :)
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Any new Guerlain is on the must try list, as well as new OJ’s. I also generally try any new Laboratorio Olfattivo scents.
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I would probably want to try new Laboratorio Olfattivo perfumes as well, but I don’t follow them closely enough to know when it happens.
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There are some earlier releases I would like to try: Bombay Bling and Mohur Extrait. Also a few Hermessences: Santal Massoia, Cedre Sambac and Violette Volynka. And FM Heaven can wait or any new interesting iris for that matter…There is still an April Aromatics I would like to try: Lost in Roses.
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You’re ahead of me: I didn’t even know there was a new Hermessence!
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I’d like to try FM Synthetic Jungle, and Iris de Fath eau de parfum. I recently tried the latest “Jardin” fragrance from Hermès, Un Jardin à Cythère, and it’s lovely. I see a bottle in my future, to join the rest of the collection! (Yes, I have a thing about completion).
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I have similar tendencies with completing sets. Luckily for me, it doesn’t apply to perfumes in the FB format (samples are a different story ;) ).
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I have a sample of Synthetic Jungle I could pass onto you? Lmk.
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I’m still exploring and discovering new favourites (recently Vero Kern’s Mito). There are a couple of new scents I would like to try; Iris de Fath edp and Myrrh 55. And I have a list of new to me scents that aren’t readily available here; Burvuvu, Le Mat, Chypre Azural, some Paris exclusives from Serge Lutens, a couple of St. Clair scents and some from Angeliki Angelos.
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I didn’t know there were any Paris Exclusive SL perfumes!
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I meant the bell jars. They’re not Paris exclusives I guess, but very difficult to try and get a sample of.
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Any new Guerlain
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Good choice! ;)
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Boujee Bougies Gilded.
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Let me know once you tried it: beeswax isn’t my favorite note in perfumes.
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