Well, the cat's out of the bag, so to speak. (Okay, pause. Who came up with that phrase in the first place?!) Anyways... I'm moving! And not just like the "across-town-and-down-the-road" kind of move. It's more like the "pack-your-life-into-a-pickup-truck-and-drive-it-for-24-hours-straight-across the-country" kind of move. (Check out all the details here if you missed it!)
In the meantime, I wanted to share this Franck Olivier eau de parfum I picked up via Fragrance Outlet. New scents are something I love, but also something that I don't splurge on often.
Why does a tiny jar of liquid cost so much?!
That's something I've never understood. During the spring semester of my freshman year of high school, I bought my first "real" fragrance. As in, not a Victoria's Secret Love Spell body spray, haha. I bought a small purple bottle of Ralph Lauren perfume, "Hot." I thought I was really "hip" and "adult" for sporting an eau de parfum, and wore it everyday for the rest of the semester and into the summer. That summer I got my first job at an ice cream shop, had a boyfriend with a car (a big deal when you're 15!) and spent every night with my friends in my microscopically small hometown. Oh, the memories. Those were the days.
As in, the days without bills and responsibilities, but also, the days before iPhones and Instagram. (So I guess it's kind of a trade-off.)
It's it funny how a smell can be linked so closely with a memory? This summer, I've been rotating between my holy grail Stella McCartney scent and my new Franck Olivier Bamboo perfume. I really love the notes of this Bamboo scent, which surprisingly, doesn't smell like what I'd imagine bamboo smells like, at all. It encompasses top notes of blackcurrant, violet leaves and ivy; middle notes of lily, rose, freesia and ylang-ylang; and finishes off with base notes of musk, cedar and vetiver. If you've been around for a while, you may have noticed I'm a fan of rose. So drop a rose note into a scent and...
I. Am. Sold.
Do smells trigger certain memories for you? Drop a line & let me know!
This perfume sounds awesome, thanks for sharing!
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Katie
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I really like it! Thanks for stopping by, Katie!
DeleteI love the bottle and it looks like this perfume smells really good!
ReplyDeletexoxo, Jenny
Same, Jenny! I love the minimalist design.
DeleteHow cute is that box and I love the bottle its so pretty!
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Seriously, I know! Thanks for stopping by, Bella!
DeleteThis story was so cute- brought back high school memories for me! My first perfume was a Britney Spears one and I still love her fragrances (and music lol) today!
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www.southernbelleintraining.com
This sounds like a great fragrance! I wish there was a way to smell it through the screen!
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I'm a sucker for anything bamboo!! need to try these!
ReplyDeleteThis box and ribbon are so cute that I might have to buy the perfume just for that!
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What pretty packaging!! I have so many memories related to scent especially perfume!
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Love the packaging! I'll have to try it out!
ReplyDeleteThat's such classic, pretty packaging. I don't have a go-to perfume so I might have to try it!
ReplyDeleteThis is such a cute bottle, and I love the packaging! I'd love to try it out.
ReplyDeleteI've always heard that scents can be linked to memory, but I've yet to have an experience where I smelled something and it gave me a flashback... is that weird? haha. Love your little story and so fun we had #twinning posts!
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Amy | Pastel N Pink
I love perfume and that packaging is so cute! I have so many smell-memories!
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