Travel Perfumes

Chypress by Floris
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Chypress by Floris

Heya ULGers, One of my friends’ businesses here in Sydney City Perfume has been having a big sale on their Floris Travel Sprays. You may know that I’m gaga for a travel size. These are perfect, at 10ml, to throw in a bag and fly away. Also perfect when you know 100ml will probably never get used. So I grabbed three, only one of which I’d smelled properly: Night Scented Jasmine. I knew it was a love but couldn’t bear to buy another 100ml big white floral, so 10ml will do me fine. Probably more chance of me wearing it if it’s not a 100ml bottle in its box, in another box, in a cupboard, in my perfume room. Today I’ve been wearing Chypress and have just given myself another respritz. Maybe you’d like to come along for the ride?

Chypress by Floris 2017

Chypress by Floris

Floris gives these featured accords:
Top: Bergamot | Lemon | Orange Flower | Neroli
Heart: Jasmine | Rose | Osmanthus | Ylang Ylang
Base: Amber | Vanilla | Musk | Patchouli

If you were a fan of the early 2000s Narciso for her or SJP Lovely but wished for something a little more sophisticated then maybe Chypress is the one for you. Still a lean into the radiant floral but less OTT and more smoothly balanced. It’s like the next step in the story.

A rose flavoured orange blossom/ jasmine with a little tropical ylang running through. Not enough to be a major tropical night delight like Songes but a hefty nod to the genre. I love that the pithy musks of sharp citrus bergamot stay right into the heart. It gives a lovely shrill pipe above the bouquet.

Chypress dry down is that beautiful radiant white floral with a whisper of vanilla, still not tropical but a teeny bit more so.

Chypress by Floris

It’s now tomorrow lunchtime and still my arm has a wash of Chypress. That’s some serious longevity, maybe 16 hours. It’s more than a skin scent but you must be close to smell it.

Definitely leaning fem but I’ve been enjoying Chypress in dude mode for a couple of days now. Easy to wear and a lovely life story.

Have you tried Chypress? Sound good?
Portia xx

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South Korea March 2023

Hey there ULGers, It’s a little CRAZY around here at the moment. I’m writing from last week because currently Jin, a couple of our girlfriends and I are in South Korea for a short but sweet tour. Temperatures are expected to range from -1 to 20C (30-68f). When are you all going to catch up with modern systems so we can all have the same? It will be a very nice change from Sydney’s current 40C (104f) with a shit tonne of humidity. It’s nicer outside than in the apartment though. Jin has the AC on and my body doesn’t really like it.

This will definitely NOT be a perfume shopping trip. We have other adventures planned this year that could become very fragrant. More on those later.

South Korea March 2023

So, I’m furiously trying to work out what to take with me perfume wise. I’m in the middle of the New Idea 2023 and will need to take some samples and decants to use up. Also, I like to have a few old faves for stability in the whirlwind rush of holiday adventures.

So here are my ideas.

Cacharel Amor Amor: A fun fizzy fruit scent that makes me smile in remembrance of Anna Maria who gave me my first 30ml.
Guerlain Terracotta le parfum: Need a white floral with tropical accents to add a little zip.
Hermès Cuir d’Ange: I’m halfway through my 15ml travel of this softly leather beauty.
Miller Harris La Fumee Ottoman: Newish 8ml travel from FragranceNet. Something smoky and dark will be nice for the cold.
Niki de Saint Phalle: The 12ml travel size are perfect in the wetpack. A chypre will always centre me.

On top of that I’m going to grab a random selection of samples/decants to help with New Idea 2023.

Does this feel like a sensible perfume selection?
What 5 would you take?
Portia xx