WtH IS It??? | Perfume Posse
I remember when my hair was like this (sorta)
Okay – so this is NOT a post about hair, though I would dearly love to throw myself down that rabbit hole… this is a post about WTH is this SAMPLE?!!! Because I am a FIEND! and a lunatic who is positive she will NOT forget That Perfume, even as her skittery little mind has jumped to the next Whatever is clawing for her attention, 30 seconds after she spritzes a hunkajuice into the sample vial. And it’s not like I don’t do this ALL THE TIME! Which makes me… …mindless? A Goober? Arrogant? AlladeAbove? Witness the most recent foolishness: I was packing for my trip to the Land of Enchantment (aka March’s house – but more on Santa Fe in another post, once I stop drooling over the incredible ice cream from this little vendor Hello Sweet Cream at this fabbo Food Court. Blue Corn with Pinon Brittle… omGOSH! Too fabulous! And a friend agreed that, though it sounds exotic, it’s really just a Southwestern riff on your basic nut brittle… but it is astonishingly good! Unlike a lot of nuts pinon has a faint musky taste that balances the sweetness in the brittle sugar and it’s possible that I could’ve eaten the entire tray!!
the one next to it is Apple Green Chile Crumble. Oh, yeah, bay-bee!
But! Back to the samples! I was rootling through my most recent samples and came upon this absolutely glorious galbanum-heavy scent… sooo pretty! But! No label, not even a felt tip mark to give me a hint. And it’s a shame because this scent really is beautiful (vintage Cristalle vibes)… and I can just imagine me thinking ‘oh! there’s NO WAY! I will forget this! No way.
Way.
I haven’t a clue. Took it to March who sniffed it and gave a shrug of Gallic proportions. What a heartbreak (sez the gal who has more perfume than she will ever be able to use… but you KNOW what I mean 😉
So… here’s the question for the ages: what do you do with unlabeled samples? Do you wear them and just hope to hell that you don’t fall in love with this unmarked beauty? Or just hope to hell that you pass someone on the street who says ‘omgosh! You’re wearing X! You smell divine!’ . This was a very strong perfume and it was dregs so I decided to wash out the large sample vial (10ml? probably. and NO! I did not boost 10 ml of perfume… I don’t think..) I cleaned it out in my shiny new bathroom and wowzers! does that bathroom smell delightful! And I guess I’m not that bummed because I got to wear it at least once (possibly more than once but I’m OldAF and can’t remember sh!t anymore (insert that shrug)… but I can still smell it in the bathroom! And it is deeeLISH!!!
So…. your hack/workaround for unlabeled samples (obviously it’s not No5 or Shalimar , which most of us can identify in our sleep) ??? Toss? wash linens in? (I’ve done it – rinse cycle. Ooooh, dryer smells GOOD! Obvs these are samples you really like – I cannot imagine washing my bathroom in Aromatics Elixir (gorgeous-but-migraine-inducing) or Opium (NoMigraines). Throw the Scary Samples into a live volcano? But the stuff that is beguiling enough to… maybe NOT throw into a live volcano?
And! If this has never happened to you? Don’t tell me! (oh, c’mon. TELL ME! Revel in your superpower!)
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