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OOPS, sorry it is Princes Square :doh:
I have said before blind buying can be a nightmare. Even if the notes sound likes other perfumes you like you skin chemistry can change things big time. I laugh in department stores where they spray a card and expect you to buy it on the spot. You might love the top notes which last 10-20 minutes and hate the dry down. Or even the other way round. Its better to get a sample and wear it all day.
I remember when the Library only cost around £6!!!!! When I bought Penhaligons they used to be around £35 for 50mls. I made a very bad mistake with Castile which they mentioned in the show. Day trip to Glasgow bought it, then got home and the neroli nearly killed me. My skin blasts neroli like a bomb, so it got stronger and stronger and stronger and nearly choked me. I had to give it away.
As for the prices, to be honest Niche brands can quite easily be £100+ for edt and 50mls.
Penhaligons I own:
Night Scented Stock, gorgeous and does smell like the flower. But they discontinued and relaunched at over £100!!! Mine was the £35 version.
Violetta old fashion Parma Violets
LPNo9 Men soft oriental
Cornubia florienal big loud think the 80s powder house.
Hammam Bouquet rose otta and jasmine, if you have ever smelt REN Rose Bath oil it smells like that. This was is really old 1890s one of Penhaligon's first, its based on the smell of Turkish Baths.
I have said before blind buying can be a nightmare. Even if the notes sound likes other perfumes you like you skin chemistry can change things big time. I laugh in department stores where they spray a card and expect you to buy it on the spot. You might love the top notes which last 10-20 minutes and hate the dry down. Or even the other way round. Its better to get a sample and wear it all day.
I remember when the Library only cost around £6!!!!! When I bought Penhaligons they used to be around £35 for 50mls. I made a very bad mistake with Castile which they mentioned in the show. Day trip to Glasgow bought it, then got home and the neroli nearly killed me. My skin blasts neroli like a bomb, so it got stronger and stronger and stronger and nearly choked me. I had to give it away.
As for the prices, to be honest Niche brands can quite easily be £100+ for edt and 50mls.
Penhaligons I own:
Night Scented Stock, gorgeous and does smell like the flower. But they discontinued and relaunched at over £100!!! Mine was the £35 version.
Violetta old fashion Parma Violets
LPNo9 Men soft oriental
Cornubia florienal big loud think the 80s powder house.
Hammam Bouquet rose otta and jasmine, if you have ever smelt REN Rose Bath oil it smells like that. This was is really old 1890s one of Penhaligon's first, its based on the smell of Turkish Baths.