He’s Just Not That Into You: 3 Replicas

Well, you can be forgiven for thinking that we have some sort of board meeting every Thursday where we discuss what we are going to write about, so often do we seem to choose the same house week after week, if not the same scents. Not that it would be a bad thing if we could teleport ourselves to the same location to have this putative meeting- especially if it were catered. But I have the sneaking suspicion that there would be precious little meeting and a lot more eating. And sniffing. And dishing, chatting, and laughing. Which while loads of fun, probably wouldn’t be productive in a corporate way.

But no, it’s somewhat by happenstance that I chose to do Maison Martin Margiela this week. Of course I read Musette’s musing on Lazy Sunday Morning, which got me on to Surrender to Chance to choose one of the 137 ones to try, and earlier in this week Cinnamon wrote of a few others.

I chose mine from the titles, which I found intriguing, if a bit misleading.

Sailing Day is supposed to be the smell of “a boat by the ocean” (don’t you mean “on”?) Now I have not been sailing since about the Nina, Pinta, and Santa Maria but I do make a point to cruise by the ocean as often as I can. I love that salty, fecund scent and the feeling of cool moist air. This is bright and fresh and slightly minty on me: Less boat by the ocean and more Scope by the pool.

Whispers in the Library kind of had a high bar to clear for me- I have several times smelled (but have not purchased) CB I Hate Perfume In The Library which is a photo-realistic recreation of leather bound tomes in a silent, cool library. This one might be a library, but it’s one of those new ones with play areas and interactive toys. There might be wood, but it’s newly-milled cedar, probably forming some furniture created by someone named Hans Børge Finn or Yul Uhlu or something. I don’t dislike it, I just don’t need it.

Lazy Sunday Morning is probably the one I liked best, with it’s soft white musks and LOTV heart. It’s described as “soft skin and bed linen” scent. Surely they mean more expensive linens and much more pampered pelts than mine. This is five-star resort bedding and skin that’s been buffed, puffed, and had the sealer applied. Do I like it? Yes, very much. Do I need it? Nope.

I don’t know why I am being so sniffy about these- they’re perfectly nice, reasonably priced and offer several different sizes. Perhaps I just need to look at a few of the other ones in the line.

Or wake up Sunday on better sheets.

Have you tried any of these? Any favorites? Let us know in the comments.

My samples of these were from Surrender to Chance. Photos are from my iPhone, Wikimedia Commons and Pexels.