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Today is Friday, July 12, and we are back from New Hampshire. It is hot, hot, hot here! Going up to 94 degrees Fahrenheit today, and even higher this weekend. NST is doing a community project on colognes, and I am here for it. SOTD is Berdoues’ Assam of India, part of their “Cologne Grand Cru” collection and a refreshing blend of citrus and tea. Perfect for a hot, humid summer day. And I love the little elephants on the packaging!
I have a few Berdoues fragrances, and I really need to wear them more often. My husband has their 1902 Trefle et Vetiver, which is very refreshing. What colognes do you like?
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It is hot! I’ve been gravitating to tea scents as well, and Note de Yuzu by Heeley – yuzu, salt, aldehydes. Blast of salty citrus.
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Sounds lovely!
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As I posted earlier this week I’m particularly fond of Spanish Colonias & not only wear the concentradas but use the large bottles in laundry, household cleaning & hand sanitiser. More adaptable & better smelling than white vinegar.
Today I’m in Clarins Eau Dynamisante & a 4711 cool stick
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I’m enjoying my tea scents now also, especially Nishane’s Wu Long Cha. I like the Nicolai colognes for hot weather, with L’Eau Mixte being my favorite. I’m enjoying the new Chanel No. 5 L’Eau. It’s light and a bit powdery, yet long lasting on my skin. I find it to more well blended and more cohesive than the original No. 5 L’Eau from a few years ago.
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You smell great! I’ll have to toddle over to the department stores and try the new one. I like the first L’Eau very much.
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Woo Hoo OH! I only recently got a bottle of Assam of India and while it’s chilly down here there has been some spritzing and it even works in the cold. LOVE the elephants.
I have a Spanish cologne in the kitchen for final wipe down after cleaning. Smells so good.
Portia xx
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I’m wearing it again today, it’s so great in hot weather!
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I’ll be spritzing it heavily in our next summer too.
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