Addict ( no, not Dior 's )....

I am an addict, yes i admit it. No smokes, no booze, no fetisjes for Louboutins /Manolo's, no mind enhancing stuff, but tatatatata....fumes ! I just love holding my bottles as if they were my babies, gently opening them, enhaling their aroma's and being able to let them transport me to memories from the past or dreams of the future. My most recent experience has been with the long lost and forgotten hit from 1990, Noa Noa by Otto Kern. I came across this one on Evilbay and i got struck by lightning...how i used to love this scent when i was much younger. I asked my good friend Jana in the US ( she owns this wonderful shop packed with hidden gems ) about it and to my surprise, she had bottles available. We decided on a lovely swap and a few weeks later, i had the pleasure to re-experience this beautiful perfume. Its a bit hard to describe, its youthful, but not in the fruity floral kind of way that we still get bombarded with. It has a lot of my favourite notes ( amber, tonka, heliotrope, rose, balsam, orange ), so no surprise this works well on me. try it, if you have the chance, ist getting rare these days.



Since i discovered MUA a few years ago, i feel i am not the only one with this passion for perfumes, it's good to know i am not ' ill ', that i don't need ' professional help ' , that its ok to have this urge. I have built up quite a collection of wonderful beauties, many of them rare. I often feel like an antique hunter , browsing antique markets or garage sales to find that dusty bottle of a 1920's Guerlain a greatgrandmother had forgotten all about. In this context, i will never forget this story. On a boring evening, a few years ago, i was browsing German Ebay and stumbled upon a really bad and blurry picture of what seemed a vintage Dior splash bottle with the houndstooth pattern. You could not even read the label of the box properly and the auction was coming to an end in a few minutes. There were no bids on it, probably because the seller made a few spellingmistakes in the description aswell ( besides from the pic ), DIOR was DIAR and not much further info to attract buyers. I had no time to contact the seller about it, to ask what the scent was or even if there was anything left in the bottle...but still, i took my chance and put in a maximum bid of 4 euros. Needless to say i won the auction ; )
A few days later a spooky package arrived on my doorstep, very poorly wrapped, so a wonder it made it here intact. I opened it and after pinching myself a few times to make sure i was not suffering from dreams that real perfumelovers suffer from on many occasions ( finding the deal of a lifetime ), i realised this dream was reality. Before my eyes stood , on my kitchentable, a perfect, stunningly beautiful , in mint condition bottle of vintage DIORAMA. It was full and smelled like heaven. I held on to it a few months and then decided to sell it on, a bidder was willing to pay over 500 euros for it and told me he was soo happy with this deal he got ! Now i own the current Diorama and although its not the same scent anymore, it still is one of the best ever made imo.

Have a lovely day, my fellow sniffin's friends !

XXX

Eve

YSL Saharienne...

Last week, one of the SA's in my local departmentstore, sprayed her card liberally with the newest YSL release and handed it to me. I had this on my ' eager to try ' list, so i asked her if she would be so kind to spray some on my wrist aswell. After ' the funny look ' , she did. When i read about this new scent a few months ago by the creators of my beloved and ' should be worldwonder number 8' , Opium, with this promising name , i was picturing myself sitting in the actual Sahara ( not that far from here, so possible in theory ), waiting for a camel to come by, bringing me some of this precious juice ( along with some myhhre and gold )....As soon as the tiny perfume molecules touched down on my skin, the dream was over. Poof ! Why do they keep doing this to me ? Coming up with a beautiful , dreamy name , to then fill the bottles with boring and plain juice ? Normally, i take the effort to try a new release again, but on this ocasion, i am not even compelled to do so. Although, fair is fair, Mr YSL created some masterpieces, so maybe i owe it to him to give him the benefit of the doubt...off i go again ( will let you know if Saharienne was able to change my mind ), would love to read your opinions ladies : )

Still working on my saleslist, the count goes on !

Hugs,

Eve

so...my fragrant lovelies...here we go ! My very first blog entry about 1 ( out of many ) passions in my life : perfume, scent, fragrance, sniffing and all things related.

Let me start by saying, i am not an experienced writer. English is not my mothertongue ( so forgive the odd mistake ). A fellow perfumista lady from MUA ( the well known website where i spend some time during evenings and have met wonderful friends ) told me about the option of ' blogging '...after some hardcore ' Googling ' , i got started on this exact page. Not even sure what i am going to talk to you guys about , but we will see where we go from here. I would love your feedback , tips, suggestions , comments etc....

I have decided to start selling decants ( and in some cases bottles ) to share my wonderful collection with all of you. My feedback on MUA is flawless ( brag brag ), i also sell on Ebay sometimes, but i find it hard to deal with their double standard, extreme costs for listing/selling and not to mention their blind eye towards corrupt sellers and counterfeit goods.

Let me tell you a bit about me, myself and I. I am female, 35 years old and the proud mommy of 3 beautiful children, who keep me busy most of the day ( and night ). I am originally from Belgium ( yes, a tiny country somewhere in Europe ), but i have been living in Southern Spain for 10 years now.
Perfume has been a passion since i was in my teens. I remember when my mom stored her beloved scents Madame Rochas, Calandre & Caleche , i could not leave the bathroom without taking a whiff of these classics. I started wearing perfume from an early age aswell and funny thing is, most of the scents i wore back then, i still love now....Examples ? I loved Rochas Alchimie ( still in my collection ), the original Iceberg ( still wear this on a daily basis ), Laura Biagiotti's Roma to name a few.

Besides my perfume obsession, i feel really strong about animalrights. This is my pet peeve and i try to fight on a daily basis to make others more aware. Animals dont have a voice , they do have the same emotions and feelings as humans and i feel every animal should be treated with the same respect as we would like to be treated. Therefore, i made the decision 20 years ago to become a vegetarian and haven't regretted it since. I just recently became a member of CACMA / PACMA organisation here in Spain, they are on the roll to put an end to the horrible bloodsport ' bullfighting ' , thats still being allowed here in Spain and a few other countries. Ok, back to the fumes...

I am going to list my available scents in the coming weeks, i have lots of exclusive, hard to find perfumes, so feel free to have a look and contact me for details & prices. My email is : evelinetaelemans@telefonica.net

Thanks for reading,

Eve