/fa/ - Fashion

quick spritz of aventus at lafayette champs elysee. i can’t believe it’s such a nothing perfume holy shit. it’s just a citrusy pineapple. how the fuck have people been going apeshit over this thing for 10 years?

also passed by the chanel parfums there, compared bois des iles and cuir de russie’s parfums to their eau de parfum counterparts. bois des iles’ EDP is essentially just a less rich, less saturated version of the real thing, but cuir de russie EDP may as well not even be the same fragrance. it borders on iris soliflore and lacks much of the birch tar smokiness of the pure parfum. i walked out with CdR parfum.

also, visited the parfums de nicolai store near champs elysee. as it turns out, the flagship is the one near the louvre, but they all have a similar selection of perfumes (ie. the whole lineup). tried bois belize intense vie de chateau intense, neroli intense, odalisque, baikal leather, fig tea, patchouli intense, and of course the new iris medici intense. walked out with iris medici (a stupendous iris without the breadiness) and bois belize (tea chypre?) but i also loved odalisque. that one can wait, while apparently iris medici is an in-store exclusive for the time being (ignoring the fact that it’s technically not released yet).