Hey! It’s your lucky damn day if you’re reading this – or it could be for ten of you!
The nice folks at Coty Prestige – makers of Bottega Veneta’s new perfume and Balenciaga L’Essence – sent me a press release, I of course do what I always do, beg — er, asked for samples for me and however many of you I could get them for, and they sent me generous amounts of both scents that I’m going to decant into 10 2.5 ml spray decants to give away. AND My Chanel Jersey came in as well as my personal bottle of Prada Candy. So, yeah, I’ll throw in samples of each of those in the giveaway too. Last of the bonus pack (partly as guilt because I still haven’t done that ginger thing yet) a sample, if you want it, of the vintage version of Caron’s Violette Precieuse. I wonder why I ever wear anything else? So Ten commenterss drawn at random will win.
The Bottega Veneta – what March said. Plush, luxurious leather, exactly the way those great 1k — 2k plus handbags smell like. Anyone know exactly when 2k become the new 1k for luxury handbags? Pretty soon a Birkin will be practically free at 9k. It’s a great scent, easy to wear, upscale, not pervasive enough that you’ll start smoking people out of the next cubby, and you’ll probably get asked what you’re wearing about a zillion times, and you’ll feel like the inside of a super-plush leather bag, minus all the candy wrappers and keys poking you.
I ran BV by the youngest son, who by now is used to me sticking things under his nose to get his opinion on it, elder son has never had any patience for this game, and he says he could wear it. I’m not saying he WOULD, but he has decants of Le Labo Rose 31 he takes with him everywhere. BV is not strongly feminine, just a nice soft leather. So guys shouldn’t be running the other direction on this just because they are displaying it in the women’s section. I think it would smell hot as hell on a guy. It may or may not work for you, though, cuz, well, you’re not me.
I don’t have any notes on the Balenciaga L’Essence or the Jersey yet, sorry! I spritzed quickly on both, but wound up obssessing over the BV and Prada Candy (yes, again and still).
hmm…please count me in too!
have a lovely day and sweet dreams to you all. :D
They all sound wonderful!
Ooh, I’d love to try the BV, if the draw is still open. :) Thanks for your generosity!
oh gosh! yes please!! thanks for entering me.
Great Giveaway! Please enter me.
Ooo, I’d love to try those scents!
Thank you for the chance! :d
Wow! Count me in please :)
Eeps! It IS our lucky day, isn’t it?! Please enter me in this drawing.
I would love to try Chanel Jersey, especially that the Les Exclusives aren’t available in New Zealand.
Looking forward to trying Jersey, although Octavian’s negative review gives me pause. (He criticizes the development & quality of the formula.) Prada Candy seemed too sweet in my 2 encounters with it, but I didn’t try it on skin. Can’t wait to try BV!
Oh I would love to try them!! Thanks for a great giveaway! I hope I’m one of the lucky ones:)
I’d love to try any of these, please count me in! Thanks!
Wow, how generous!!
I’ll soon be over with the Lutens samples I just bought, so these would be welcome! :)
And of course I’d love to try Caron’s VP! I tried Bois de Violette today; violet is a very interesting note indeed!
Thanks for the drawing! So excited to try all of these!
LEATHER. Yes, please.
Yay!!! Please include me in the draw, dying to try the BV.
I WANT CANDY !dum,duh,duh-duh,dumdum duh…Sorry I’ve been in the birthday cards (and musical ones too can you tell?) today hunting one for my brother’s 27th tomorrow.
Please enter me in the draw-I’d love to sniff these!
And thank you Patty ! The Dior Patchouli and Parfum Initial arrived safely today.I have to say the pink Shalimar IS nice but HAS to be tested AND waited for ON SKIN ! Paper testing is pretty useless to really smell this one(paper tested at Belk day before yesterday .I think they just got it.On paper it smelled more like a new book glue,+ a whiff of licorice? The vanilla is where?)
Speaking of ginger- did you try Dior Homme Sport? Very very gingery.Mmmmm I picked up a sample at Sephora (we FINALLY got one here in Huntsville!!! Major happy dance time.:-) )
Count me in, and thanks for the drawing. :)
OMG, this sounds better than a Luckyscent sample bag! Almost all of these have been sitting on my Basenotes wishlist.
I would love to be included in the draw. March’s review of BV has me itching to try it. Thanks!
Pleeeeease add me to the draw. All of them seem swoon worthy to me.
Oh, please enter me!
BV sounds wonderful, L’Essence is intriguing, and Violette Precieuse?! *swoon*
The Bottega sounds nice, please enter me in the draw.
Great giveaway, please count me in.
I’m getting more and more excited to try the Bottega Veneta, it sounds so very promising!
did i miss it? count me in, please!
Oh yes count me in! :)
Ooh, throw me in! they all sound great!
I’ve been dying to try the BV since reading the first description!
Please enter me for anything but the Jersey – i’m in on a split already :-)
Thanks!
Please, enter me in the draw! I’m very curious about BV. It must be luxury with capital letters.
And I loved the first Balenciaga, so I’m looking forward to trying L’Essence too.
Thanks!
Oh yes! Please enter me in the draw. The BV sounds amazing.
I love me some leather, mhh-nnn.
wow – you make them sound so wonderful. please enter me into the draw.thanks! :)
How did I miss this? Thanks for the opportunity; I’d love to try the BV and am hoping that this is my lucky (birth)day :d
Huh – why didn’t that emoticon work? It was meant to be a big birthday grin, like this –
:0D
(is that better?)
These sound amazing. I have to admit that I’ve never even smelled a 2k handbag for comparison, but I’m sure the perfume is lovely. Even perfume is too expensive for me mostly these days. Le sigh.
It seems like money and jobs are getting scarcer, but prices just keep rising.
What a great drawing. I can’t wait to spritz jersey and the BV. How sad but true that 2K is the new 1K in regards to luxury bags.
Yay, giveaway! If my computer hours aren’t too late, please enter me :)
Please add me to the mix — would love to try that new Bottega Veneta. Mmmmmm….leather…
Hooray!
I’m truly excited about a new leather. Maybe a suave leather can be the new oud! There just doesn’t seem to be enough out there in accessible perfume land.
Cheryl
You are so kind and fun!!
I would love to be in on the drawing.
Thanks so much.
Patty, you’re KILLING ME with the vintage Violette Precieuse! Luck be a Lady tonight!
Put my name in the hat. What fun it would be to try all of these, all new to me, and in such generous sample sizes too.
Chanel Jersey! :O
I hope I’m not too late to be included in the giveaway! I’ve been searching for where to get a sample of Bottega Veneta, it sounds like I’d love it! And I absolutely love the bottle. Simple. And classy. Please include me! thanks
Well this is exciting. I want to sniff the BV, hoping it will nudge me outta the doldrums
Thanks for the generous and tantalizing offer of a chance to sniff so many intriguing scents.
Squealing with joy! What an abundance of goodies and oh yes please enter me in the draw. I am in love with all Channel Exclusive’s line so this Jersey is sure to be wonderful too. BV oh yes, leather and sweet Prada candy. Yes. Thanks for this great write up to spur me on.
Oooh, please count me in! (And yay, my net connection actually stayed up long enough for me to type this… darn DSL’s been up and down for a month now and the provider has no idea why :P )
o.k. so this is comment #140, and I don’t know if you will read this, but did anyone see the little blurb in some magazine (maybe Real Simple) that said that something like 25% of people surveyed would rather give up their sense of smell than one of their electronic devices? what is this world coming to?
Hi Patty! Wow, how generous! Please enter me. :)
Thank you!
I’d love to try these, thank you so much for the chance.
Yes please! Right now they all sound perfect.