First, the winners of the Serge Vitriol samples from last week: Ninara Poll, JAntoinette, Catherine and Flora. Most of you know the drill – click on the Contact Us button on the left, remind me what you’ve won and send me your address, I’ll send you a quick “got it” e-mail so you know you didn’t land in my spam filter, and I’ll get these out to you. Enjoy!!!
The nice profumo.it folks sent me a nice bottle of Sharif and some samples of it as well to give away to you guys. Yeah!!!!! So I have three generous samples and one 32 ml bottle to give away. Drop a comment to be entered into the drawing! It’s a great leather.
I read Tom’s nonreview about seeing The Help, and I went to see it Wednesday evening. I really liked the book, it was compulsively readable. The movie did a nice job of covering that territory, but I think this is one story that loses something in the translation just because what I liked about the book the most was the story-telling. It hooked early and drug me to the finish into the wee hours of the morning. The person that went with me hadn’t read the book, and he really liked the movie on its own. So I think the story holds up in both formats.
And with that, I’m off to put a heating pad on my back and some painkillers. Not sure how I strained it, but I did, and it is being incredibly loud and complainy since this afternoon!
I’m not that familiar with the profumo.it line, except that I know that the guy that owns/runs/composes for them is incredibly nice and generous, and I hear that from multiple sources. Leather scents aren’t really my thing most of the time, so what should I sample from this line? Favorites? Recommendations?
Please add my entry to the draw if it is still open. Thank you!
I’ve been reading a whole lot of good things about this perfumer. I would love to try the leather fragrance! I hope your back feels better : )
Boo to back pain! My kid brother is considering pursuing a career in chiropractic- I am all for it.
I love leather, would love to experiment with this iteration.
I’ve never tried a leather fragrance before, but I do love the scent of real leather!
Ooh ooh oooh! I’m not too late to enter, am I? I luuuuurve leather!
Love to be entered in the contest, I just **loved** the Balsamo de Mecca one and I’ve heard Sharif is even better ((rubbing hands together))
oh, heard wonderful things about Sharif… what a great draw! :)
I loooove leather scents!! Thank you for the generosity!
I don’t think that I have tried ANYTHING from this house yet-though I’d love to…
Please enter me in the drawing if it’s still open.Thanks!
Ice reduces the inflamation (I have thrown my back out a time or two working in freight unpacking boxes shipped to my work).
A “cool” recipe for an icepack-
2cups rubbing/isopropal alcohol
4cups water
in a gallon freezer bag .Eliminate excess air and double/triple baggie it .Freeze it overight .Pull it out ,wrap it in a bath towel(trust me this is COLD!!!!) and apply wrapped icepack to the injured area .Be careful not to get frostbite as it’s VERY COLD!
Hope you feel better soon!
Oh -and my favorite leathers are Azuree ,Aramis,Cabochard(Yeah- I’m a Bernard Chant fangirl -so sue me)Quarum ,Replique and Miss Dior.
I’ve sampled a number of fragrances in this line, and the one I liked the most was Mecca Balsam. La Via Del Profumo has a great sample program,WA set of 5 ml minis that arrive in a little wooden crate. I asked about several scents I had read reviews of that werent listed for the sample program, and he thoughtfully enclosed 1 ml vials of those too.
Of course I’d love to try this new leather fragrance. Carol had a great interactive conversation with the owner/perfumer AbdesSalaam Attar last September on her blog WAFT.
I would love to give this a try, it’s been getting great reviews!
I don’t know this line either so I can’t help – sorry. I do appreciate the drawing! Thanks
This line of scents is new to me! Sorry, that I can’t
make any suggestions for you to try. I would appreciate
being entered in your drawing…
Many thanks, Cindi
I haven’t tried anything from this line, so I’d love to be included in the drawing please.
Oh shoot, stick me in the drawer please! I’m tediously straight. I may swear I love Lancome Cuir because it’s so purely ‘straight’, but then I wear Dzing! because it smells like the horses I adore and feel so close to. There\s that gap between the logical and the emotional… So very British…
Am I too late to be entered into the draw? I don’t know much about the Profumo line, but they did catch my eye at TPC when I was pondering my next selection of sample goodies!
I think my favourite leather would have to be Bandit.
I’ve been lusting after Sharif after I read the amazing review over at Grain de Musc the other day. It sounds so good! I’d love to be entered in your draw, thank you. :)
Oooh, leather! Count me in.
I tried Gringo and Mecca Balsam and both are really good, I read many great reviews about this new creation, and I’d love to be entered in the draw, many thanks!!!
(*)I would like to be entered in the drawing. Thank you.
Uh I don’t know what to suggest… I don’t even know how would leather notes react on 35°C :)
Thanks for the draw
A leather that’s about nobility – count me in!
Ooo, yes I really want to try this one! I found his animal tester pack quite revealing and wonderful…
Ive seen this line mentioned but have not tried any of their scents. I’d love to try a great leather scent, thanks for the chance. Hope your pain is short lived!
Count me in! I would try the Mecca Balsam
I’m not familiar with the line, but I’d love to be entered in the drawing. Thanks!
I love leather — please include me in the draw!
I quite like Hindu Kush. I would recommend Naviris as an earthy iris but it last about 5 minutes on me, sadly. Same with the Zafferano — I would love this dirty saffron scent if it stuck around for more than a few moments.
Mariekel, I LOVE Hindu Kush and Tcharas too,they are so RUGGED and distinctive. They both last very well on me, but I would just kill to smell them on a man!.
Have only tried tried Mecca Balsam. Was loverly. Would like to try more especially leathers. Have a few in my collection-Cuir d’Lancome, Knize Ten, Serges Cuir, but I love a good leather. So please count me in.:d
I haven’t been able to try anything from profumo.it, so I can’t recommend anything :( I would love to enter the draw, however (even though I was just lucky enough to win one!), as yesterday was my father’s birthday, he LOVES leather scents, and I have a secret hope that I win so I can give him what I win :)
This is a very iteresting parfumerie. I have many samples thanks to their sample order and the fellow could not be more obliging and kind in assisting in choices. Like everyone else, I agree that Mecca Balsam is a winner. I also very much like African Night.
Please enter me to win the Sharif sample. I’d love to try this. There is something very special about these fragrances.
Love leather scents, one of my favorite being Cuir de Lancome. Would love to be in the drawing. Saw “The Help” today and have not read the book yet. Very much liked it.
I don’t think I have any leather perfumes so would love to try this. Please enter me in the drawing.
You need to try Mecca Balsam. I’m seriously considering buying a full bottle. I’m dying to try Sharif… many thanks for putting me in the draw!
I’ve only tried Mecca Balsam, but it’s beautiful, and I’d love a chance to win Sharif! His bottles are so lovely, and I’m very interested to try more from this line…
Oh SQUEE, I can’t wait to get the Vitriol sample, will send my addy ASAP! Thank you!!!
Would love to be entered for the Sharif as well, I adore the Profumo.it line and leather too! I have been so impressed with this line form what i have tried so far.
Re; The Help, this is one of the few films this summer that have even remotely attracted my interest, I really must see it soon.
Please add me to the draw, like you I’ve heard lots of good things about profumo.it but haven’t sampled any of the line yet!
Ohhhhh I’ve sampled several of their fragrances listed at TPC. I’m especially fond of Special Scents Hay, Aalacho and also Holy Water. Sea Wood, Tabac and Tasneem were really nice too. I’d be thrilled to win a sample of Sharif.
Soaking in an epsom salt bath and applying magnesium oil helps when I’m having back problems, (Which is often. I have spinal stenoisis.)But the heating pad and lots of rest seems to be the best medicine.
Oh please oh please oh please enter me in the drawing!
Leather attracts me a lot lately and I would be pleased to explore this perfume! Please enter me in the draw!
His line is really amazing. I have ordered several bottles of the ambergris tincture which is great for layering with anything.
I’m afraid I’m not familiar with the profumo.it line either, but would love a chance to try Sharif. Thanks so much for the draw!
Haven’t tried the line but I do love leather! Please enter me in the draw…thanks and feel better!
Hi there! I dont know this line, but i do enjoy a good leather. Please enter me into the drawing.
Please enter me in the draw. never tried anything of this line but kill for leather. Musette turned me on to AL Film Noir; love that stuff.
I thought I didn’t like leather scents either- but I have ended up loving many leather scents- especially when the leather is either spicy/floral or incensey..
Please enter me in the draw!
So sorry about your back! Hope you are feeling better soon. I’m not that familiar with this line, beyond their Mecca Balsam, which I like a lot. I would like to try this, and have also been eyeing their oak moss scent, and dreaming about their bespoke fragrance service, which is pretty reasonable – only $400.
Sadly, Mecca Balsam made me sneeze. Might be willing to give ’em anothre go, though…
Please enter me in your draw.
Sorry about your back.
Arome de Ben-Gay? Get well fast.
I’d love to be in the draw.
My favourites so far from profumo.it are Grezzo d’Eleganza, an elegant and self-assured resin and castoreum concoction, which I can see would come across as masculine on a man, but really doesn’t in the least on me, and Legno di Nave, a rather unusual scent I’m somewhat at a loss to describe – there are spices, and vetiver, but mostly a fascinating sort of tidal rock-pool minus the ozone smell. For about 10 minutes Chilum is a fantastic slightly musty ginger and smoke scent (which, alright, may not sound that appealing, particularly the musty bit, but is lovely); afterwards it’s an admirable and quite tenacious sandalwood scent, but I can’t help missing the wonderful top notes. Apart from those, I’ve been most taken so far with Cuoio Tartaro, which is quite subtle and beautifully blended, and I which I keep hoping I’ll fall for if I try often enough, although I may be reaching the point I have to admit it’s just not going to happen (I can imagine someone who didn’t generally like leather liking this, which since I love leather may be the problem for me), and Hindu Kush, which I also have hopes I’ll appreciate more with further wearings.
The various tinctures he does, some quite unusual, like hyraceum and ambergris, are also fascinating to play with.
Definitely interested in this one. I tried Mecca Balsam, but it didn’t quite work for me. Seemed a little too reminiscent of Baklava. But the line does intrigue me. Someday I’ll find the money to order a bunch of samples.
Hope you get better soon. Pain is always very difficult.