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, April 4, and my roses have just barely begun to bloom. Right now I have lots of buds and two or three actual blossoms.

While I’ve been tending my roses, I’ve been reading a new book about them, and it has a whole section on the chemistry of rose fragrance. Very interesting! I know some of you are quite knowledgeable about this aspect of fragrance.

My current fragrance is still Rosarine by Parfums Dusita, which I’m getting to know. It’s a complex, multi-layered rose scent, starting out as a fruity rose, then becoming a musky rose, and finishing up as a woody rose.

It’s too bad that most azaleas and dogwoods don’t have a scent, because ours are in full bloom, though just starting to fade.

I went with friends to view the millions of daffodils in bloom at a location in North Georgia, and they do have a lot of scent! I also wore my beloved Ostara to match, and wondered anew why, why Penhaligon’s discontinued it.

I know some of you have lost fragrance loves — which discontinued favorite would you most like to see return?