Cheap & Cheerful: Tesori d’Oriente Mirra & Hammam

And it’s Blame Musette time!

She wrote about the white musk body cream of this line and I had to go to the dreaded Amazon and order.

The wrong thing.

I just ordered a bottle of perfume that looked like the white musk packaging without really paying attention, which I can’t even blame on impairment since my drinking days are long over.

I ordered Mirra (myrrh) which looked like it should have been white musk. As a matter of fact, Amazon insists it is (see photo). Now it easily could be. If it’s myrrh then it’s pretty demure (demyrrh?) with none of the spicy, smoky, or balsamic elements that I think of when I think of myrrh. This is kind of like one of the three wise men were carrying a box of dryer sheets. It does get a little spicy as time rolls on, but nothing that would scare the horses. Since I was buying this thinking I would perfume the sheets with it, I don’t rue my whopping $18.21 investment but would have liked it if there was a bigger bottle. But it’s cheap and cheerful, not free and funky.

Hammam is trying to say it’s clementine. It’s not, really. It’s much more of a floral with touches of candied citrus peel, and, oddly that missing myrrh. As it goes on I even gat a slight whiff of peppermint in there. Not so much that I think the wise men were bringing Altoids to the Baby Jesus, but it’s in there. Were I in the habit of carrying handkerchiefs and needed something to sprtiz my “mouchoir” at $15.81 this would be a bargain. Well, at $15.81 it is a bargain, period.

Have you tried any of these Tesori d’Oriente? I even see that they do fabric softeners, at least in the musk. I’d love to give that a try.. 

My bottles were purchased at Amazon.

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Photos: Mine and Pexels.