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You wild and crazy layering ladies have had your way with me...
I am now, at this moment, layering Lolita Lempicka with splashes, mind you, splashes of Bulgari Black! I feel so FREEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!
Dark and smudgy, but sweet and snuggly at the same time
After a day of layering Arabie with mere dabs of Narcisse Noir, interestingly, the Arabie drydown won out as the day progressed, but that beginning with the NN...that was WILD! WHHHEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!
High pitched spice with flowers strewn beneath one's feet on cobblestones, releasing their notes as one steps over them, offering their perfume for your pleasure.... ahhh....
I see new worlds opening!

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"Hey, Moondeva, we've got company--another free soul!"
Ah, rtamara41, isn't scentschizophrenia amazing? I can imagine Bulgari Black would dovetail into others scents, yes. Some of my "hybrids" have a couple notes in common, but sometimes two frags simply extend an arc of scent with hardly any note(s) overlap. You just never know until you put different frags on different wrists and orbit your fists around each other like a cheerleader or boxer.
Many welcoming hugs to you, sweet stuff.

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Originally Posted by Quarry "Hey, Moondeva, we've got company--another free soul!"
Ah, rtamara41, isn't scentschizophrenia amazing? I can imagine Bulgari Black would dovetail into others scents, yes. Some of my "hybrids" have a couple notes in common, but sometimes two frags simply extend an arc of scent with hardly any note(s) overlap. You just never know until you put different frags on different wrists and orbit your fists around each other like a cheerleader or boxer.
Many welcoming hugs to you, sweet stuff. Thank you for clueing me in on this specialized technique for checking layering potential... I feel that I have been initiated somehow .

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I have Flowerbomb and CB I HATE MUSK sort of overlapping here this evening. Surprisingly (big surprise), Flowerscud has whomped that CB Musk right in the horse's tail, and the two are not incongruent in the drydowns.

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I have now named my new layering experiment, Lolita Noir... Lolita Lempicka and Bulgari Black... She is a total swoon at work, and everyone is loving her...
Long Live Lolita Noir!!! I am wearing this combo again tonight. The real test was when two of my coworkers who humour me by sniffing my sotd religiously agreed on this one. They usually have tastes at different ends of the spectrum. Lolita Noir is a real pleaser.

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Originally Posted by rtamara41 I have now named my new layering experiment, Lolita Noir... Lolita Lempicka and Bulgari Black... She is a total swoon at work, and everyone is loving her... Cool! I'm a big layering fan -- helps extend my dinky (so far) collection Keep 'em coming!

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Originally Posted by coumarin Cool! I'm a big layering fan -- helps extend my dinky (so far) collection Keep 'em coming! coumarin, I looked at your wardrobe to see if I had any inspirations , I haven't tested many of the ones you have, but I did have a good run with Chanel no.19's green crispy elegance when I layered it with Hanae Mori Butterfly, which is a sweet vanilla gourmandy smell, like buttered raisin toast.
They seemed to anchor one another, whereas my Lolita and Black mix seem to sing along the same accord together, one a bit lighter and softer, the other deeper with more longevity.

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Originally Posted by rtamara41 I have now named my new layering experiment, Lolita Noir You mean the name Lempgari wasn't lyrical enough?

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Originally Posted by Quarry You mean the name Lempgari wasn't lyrical enough? hee hee hee, Lolita Lempgari Noir, mais oui!!!

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Originally Posted by Quarry
"Hey, Moondeva, we've got company--another free soul!" Yay! Welcome to the dark side rtamara41 - your view of perfumes will never be the same again!

I am luxuriating in another winning combination right now as I type: Guerlain Vetiver + Dior Homme.
This is wonderful - bright, complex iris and vetiver, fresh with a subtle darkness (tobacco, leather) that stops the blend from being too clean, soapy, or powdery. This combo will be great in warmer spring and summer weather - especially if I use Guerlain Vetiver Eau Glacee on warmer days.

By the way your combo of Lolita Noir (Bulgari Black + Lolita Lempicka) is positively 'inspired'! I will have to try it soon. How about Bulgari Black + Caron Aimez-Moi as an alternative combo? I think you will be pleasantly surprised...