Welcome to the weekly Perfume Chat Room, perfumistas! I envision this chat room as a weekly drop-in spot online, where readers may ask questions, suggest fragrances, tell others their SOTD, comment on new releases or old favorites, and respond to each other. The perennial theme is fragrance, but we can interpret that broadly. This is meant to be a kind space, so please try not to give or take offense, and let’s all agree to disagree when opinions differ. In fragrance as in life, your mileage may vary! YMMV.
Today is Friday, March 14, and Spring has sprung here at home.
The air is full of lovely spring smells, from the daffodils everywhere to the early pink magnolias, and one of my favorite scents, hyacinth. Now Smell This had the community project this week of wearing a hyacinth scent. My favorite hyacinth fragrance is Jo Malone’s Blue Hyacinth. It smells exactly like the real thing! Another of my perennial favorites, Chanel No. 19, has a strong hyacinth note.
I bought several pots of hyacinths for a spring luncheon I hosted this week, and they still smell wonderful. Some of their predecessors, planted outside after they faded, have come back beautifully in my garden. I’m enjoying the fragrance indoors, where on pot of bulbs can fill an entire room with scent.
I plan to go on a binge of green scents starting this weekend. I have plenty from which to choose, lol. I know not everyone shares my affection for the green scents — if you do, do you have a favorite? Please share in the comments! And happy Spring!
Serenity Now Scents and Sensibilities 
I’m feeling linden, mimosa and narcissus fragrances right now. I’m wearing Talia by Marc Antoine Barrois today (a linden blossom fragrance) and Jo Malone Mimosa and Cardamom tomorrow, Fragonard Narcisse in the evening. The greenest fragrance I have now is Parfums de Nicolai’s Bois Belize, which is supposed to be reminiscent of a rain forest with lots of green notess.
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Glad your indoor hyacinths have come back to life in the garden! I’ve started adding green fragrances to the mix with Prolégomènes by Notes de Bas de Paje, which is a very strong green fig that lasts all day with two spritzes.
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Cristalle EdT is my favourite hyacinth fragrance & favourite of all time.
Others are Eau de Campagne, the scent of a greenhouse full of tomato plants.
Silences, witchy & almost spitefully green, like nettles.
No19 EdT, gives the best side eyed bitch face!
Papillon Dryad, the bountiful forest goddess.
Green Tea, a perennial big hit of foliage.
EL PC, sometime too green even for a green lover!
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I share several of those favorites!
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WOO HOO for spring OH! I’m a green scent lover too. There are SO MANY that thrill me but the #1 in my heart is DSH Giverny in Bloom. The greenest green that ever did green.
We are officially in Autumn but no one told the weather. 38C today which pulls up at just over 100f. Warm.
That lunch looks so good. What did you serve?
Portia xx
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Giverny in Bloom is gorgeous! I served real Coronation Chicken (very different from what one gets in sandwich shops), a rice and pea salad with scallions, mint and lemon, and a green salad with vinaigrette. Dessert was mini cupcakes with lemon curd. It was fun to use our pretty china and silverware!
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So fabulous. I bet everyone had a lovely time.
One thing we love is sitting around a table with friends. Such an easy pleasure.
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