India and Nepal 2025 (Travel Perfumes)
Heya Crew, Jin and I are off again this week. I’ll be reading all your comments but might take a moment to reply in spotty Indian WiFi. This year Jin wanted to get back to India to see Ghats and Ganges in Varanasi and the Golden Temple in Amritsar. Who am I to say nay? It’s been many years since seeing either. I’m very excited to see the changes wrought over 20+ years on Varanasi and maybe 15 years since visiting Amritsar. I really wanted us to do both Bhutan and Nepal. Sadly, timing does not allow such lavishness so we are doing India and Nepal. Bhutan will have to wait.
We are also going to see my last longterm partner Varun. For his 50th birthday a couple of years ago, Jin, our mate Rose and I went and celebrated the week before his big day. He and Jin got on like a Maison en Flambé. We have been invited to stay in his family home. I think we are going to stay in one of the family’s hotels. Jin is not comfortable staying with people. I’d have liked to stay in the house. It’s a big old three story cement edifice with a beautiful garden. Maybe one day.
India and Nepal 2025 (Travel Perfumes)
There will be a wide variety of warm temperatures on our travels. Expecting tops in our visited sites from 25-43°C (77-109f). Evenings substantially cooler, especially in the desert areas. So high summer and mostly pretty dry. We will need to have liters of water on hand at all times. It also presents fragrance related problems. So many just burn off in the heat in moments.
So this is my line up for India and Nepal 2025
Eau de Campagne by Sisley
Yes, another FragNet 8ml. A basil and tomato leaf led chypre floral from 1976 that ends in a dry grassy patchouli.
Eau Folle by Le Galion
A ginger spiced aromatic aquatic. Perfect wear to cut through the heat of an Indian summer.
Un Jardin Sur La Lagune by Hermès
Cold salt water and lily with a very interesting trajectory that many found too disjointed but I love.
Pichola 2022 by Neela Vermeire Creations
The 2022 remake of Pichola, even greener and more sparkling. Cut through with gorgeous white florals and ylang.
Santal Blanc by Serge Lutens
Honestly, this is the perfect sized box to keep the rest from bouncing around too much.
Don’t you love the Surrender To Chance boxes? They come full of decants and then when you travel they fill back up perfectly!
What do you think of the selection? What fragrances would you pack for India and Nepal?
Portia xx
Here are some farers I’ve loved in India before
2013, 2017 and
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