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Forum: Off topic 1st October 2009, 02:57 AM
Replies: 14
Views: 248
Posted By Shycat
Re: Remembering "Sudsy". d. September 30, 2007

I remember Sudsy, too. It's good to see that wonderful picture again--thanks for the thread, Ken.

Remember this enthusiasm! The first envelope got there on the 17th--with 20 samples and 29...
Forum: Off topic 2nd September 2009, 02:14 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 200
Posted By Shycat
Finding smells that repel

What? What was that?

Turns out it's research on what human aromas repel mosquitos. I had no idea I produced 300-400 distinct aromatic chemicals. I'm impressed with myself. :)
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Forum: Female Fragrance Discussion 3rd August 2009, 07:30 PM
Replies: 33
Views: 458
Posted By Shycat
Re: Carnation scents

Aha!
Forum: Just Starting Out 3rd August 2009, 07:20 AM
Replies: 20
Views: 470
Posted By Shycat
Re: Creamy Clean Rose?

I own many a rose scent, and a couple you may like are Pennhaligon's Elizabethan Rose and Shiseido's Rosarium. ER is a young rose with a bit of citrous energy-think grapefruit, and Rosarium is a...
Forum: Female Fragrance Discussion 3rd August 2009, 06:44 AM
Replies: 33
Views: 458
Posted By Shycat
Re: Carnation scents

Sacrebleu by PdN is one of my favorite carnation scents.

I know, I know, carnation is not listed as a note in the directory, but I didn't know the notes when I sampled it so I freely...
Forum: Off topic 21st June 2009, 06:06 AM
Replies: 81
Views: 970
Posted By Shycat
Re: What'cha got growing???

Thanks Ody. Don't think I wasn't thinking of northern growers, either. I set a bunch of seedlings aside in big plastic drawers outside for this winter. It rained, they froze in solid chunks of...
Forum: Off topic 21st June 2009, 04:49 AM
Replies: 81
Views: 970
Posted By Shycat
Re: What'cha got growing???

Homemade daylilies
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Forum: Female Fragrance Discussion 23rd April 2009, 02:18 PM
Replies: 51
Views: 617
Posted By Shycat
Re: What do you want

I'd have my just ordered decant of AG Un Matin d'Orage in hand --which my sadly American brain insists on translating to A Morning of Outrage. Which would be excellent, because some guy honked at me...
Forum: Female Fragrance Discussion 23rd April 2009, 11:38 AM
Replies: 68
Views: 459
Posted By Shycat
Re: SotD Thursday 23 April

Oh, I just feel the need to check in and let all my old friends know that kai season has started early this year. Tis amazing, the hold some of these fragrant discoveries have on me.
Forum: Female Fragrance Discussion 6th April 2009, 07:14 PM
Replies: 19
Views: 391
Posted By Shycat
Re: Olfactory sunshine

For me, LA Verte Violette and Mimosa pour Moi and AA Gentiana say sunny spring day.
Forum: Female Fragrance Discussion 6th April 2009, 07:07 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 184
Posted By Shycat
Re: Paris, Lucky Rose, and Cannabis Rose

PM'd you.
Forum: Just Starting Out 30th March 2009, 12:58 AM
Replies: 15
Views: 331
Posted By Shycat
Re: Re-Using Sample Vials

Honestly you guys don't need funnels or pipettes to decant. Just line up the holes, stabilize the vial against your pump finger above, and squirt. You'll find the whole shebang moves as a unit with...
Forum: Female Fragrance Discussion 29th March 2009, 11:56 PM
Replies: 23
Views: 421
Posted By Shycat
Re: Where can I find Pussy Deluxe Velvet Kitten?

Has anyone ever smelled it?
Forum: Female Fragrance Discussion 25th March 2009, 09:12 PM
Replies: 68
Views: 536
Posted By Shycat
Re: SotD Wednesday 25 March

I pulled a truck bed's worth of weeds from my flowerbeds these last two days. I put them
in my compost pile. They think they were merely transplanted. Why...won't...you....DIE!

Made myself...
Forum: Female Fragrance Discussion 16th March 2009, 11:53 AM
Replies: 70
Views: 696
Posted By Shycat
Re: SotD Monday 16 March

Another Happy Birthday wish for you, Wordbird, out there somewhere and smelling good!

I'm reliving the dream in Mimose pour Moi.
Forum: Female Fragrance Discussion 11th March 2009, 10:11 PM
Replies: 34
Views: 683
Posted By Shycat
Re: your favorite gardenia fragrance?

I still like kai, but only in the oil. I can't bear the EdP. I've tried gardenia scents to utter exhaustion. I'm whipped....and then of course I check in here and hear about Annick Goutal's Un...
Forum: Female Fragrance Discussion 5th March 2009, 04:02 PM
Replies: 72
Views: 665
Posted By Shycat
Re: SotD Thursday 5 March

Gloriously unscented today, preparing for destination mall. I've found someone who's absolutely addicted and hordes Origins Spring Fever. Eh? Natch, such a thing must be carefully explored at the...
Forum: Female Fragrance Discussion 5th March 2009, 03:50 PM
Replies: 22
Views: 382
Posted By Shycat
Re: Rose fragrance for my wife

Ah, hold me back! Okay, nothing can hold me back....

Fleur de the Rose Bulgare is fabulous, but layer it with a dab of Serge Lutens Fumerie Turque and you have something to die for. This isn't...
Forum: Female Fragrance Discussion 2nd March 2009, 03:46 AM
Replies: 31
Views: 564
Posted By Shycat
Re: A scent for Galadriel:)

CBIhateperfume's Winter 1972. Hands down.
Forum: Female Fragrance Discussion 1st March 2009, 08:08 PM
Replies: 69
Views: 673
Posted By Shycat
Re: SotD Sunday 1 March

Yes, welcome Anon! And a big HI to you, Quarry!

Here I am. Older, wiser, thoroughly basenoted. I'm facing a second date--with twisted steel and sex appeal, a man who looks like I won him in a...
Forum: Female Fragrance Discussion 26th February 2009, 12:15 AM
Replies: 105
Views: 3,679
Posted By Shycat
Re: Best/worst name of a perfume?

The bad names are too numerous to count. I'm not fond of my very mostest favorite's name
kai. I always want to say kayak. Yak, yak, yak. But...I console myself....sniffffffff.

I read the...
Forum: Female Fragrance Discussion 25th February 2009, 11:44 PM
Replies: 32
Views: 558
Posted By Shycat
Re: Yes, Size does matter

I agree. Size matters. I tend to go for the default 50ml...and minis cuz they're just so darn cute. I don't like bigger bottles. They take too much space, too much money. They are clumsy for me...
Forum: Female Fragrance Discussion 25th February 2009, 07:04 PM
Replies: 73
Views: 612
Posted By Shycat
Re: SotD - Wednesday 25 February 2009

I'm wearing Avicenna for a little warmth on this gray, drizzly day.
Forum: Off topic 23rd February 2009, 11:42 PM
Replies: 1,849
Views: 27,572
Posted By Shycat
Re: The most meaningless topic ever

My toes are ssssoooooo cold
Forum: Female Fragrance Discussion 10th July 2008, 01:21 AM
Replies: 50
Views: 1,110
Posted By Shycat
Re: I'm looking for jasmine recommendations please...

It's very concentrated and very lasting(eight hours) It comes in a corked aluminum vial, and I tilt it to wet the cork, and apply one dab to my inner arm. Pure star jasmine to the end--very little...
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