Hi Perfume Posse! WOO HOO! Order Arrived. So…. you know I love to sample stuff, right? Well recently I went on a bit of a Surrender To Chance Sample Binge. I grabbed about 20 samples of different sizes and from a few of my fave crews. They arrived and I’m a bit overwhelmed. As I probably won’t get around to doing full posts on them all I thought you might like to have a couple of quick prose bites about two I really liked.

Surrender To Chance Order Arrived!

Musk Gold: Ermenegildo Zegna

Fragrantica gives these featured accords:
Coriander, black pepper, musk, patchouli leaf

Years ago Patty did a Musk Post with some of the best at the time. If that post were updated Musk Gold would definitely make the grade. More Kiehl’s than MKK yet still managing to plump up the funk to 90%. Never was a musk quite so naughty kitty. Don’t be fooled though, Musk Gold is also gourmand. I have bought a bottle of Musk Gold for my mate Scott who bathes in the stuff. It’s so good on him that I wanted to see how it would wear for me. Consequently it went in the STC cart. So when this order arrived I spritzed about 1ml on myself and it is fabulous. These are not white musks, though I’m sure they’ve used some to smooth the composition. Rather, Musk Gold is the sexy scents of animals.

Drama Nuui: Parfumerie Generale

Fragrantica gives these featured accords:
Jasmine; wood, absinth, spices

A fragrance that perfectly captures the fresh breeze of spring. Photo realistic jasmine features in such perfect detail that I’m transported back to my childhood home and the enormous jasmine climber over our boundary fence. Somehow Pierre Guillaume has managed to capture the feeling of walking down the driveway in the afternoon sun and being hit by this sheer but all encompassing fragrance. Yes, Drama Nuui is more than simply jasmine but what is most standout to me is the memory it conjures.

Don’t you love that Order Arrived excitement? Anything come for you lately?
Portia xx