Mzesumzira
@mzesumzira.bsky.social
Perfume. Food. Things that make me happy. An occasional rant.
#SOTD is Chanel’s No 19 Poudre. There is the throw back galbanum reference to the OG 19 in the beginning and a less finely milled powder predecessor accord to Comete but the wear down is the top third of 31 Rue de Cambon. None of this is a negative. #perfumesky #fragrancesky
November 16, 2025 at 7:08 PM
#SOTD is Chanel’s No 19 Poudre. There is the throw back galbanum reference to the OG 19 in the beginning and a less finely milled powder predecessor accord to Comete but the wear down is the top third of 31 Rue de Cambon. None of this is a negative. #perfumesky #fragrancesky
#SOTD Keiko Mecheri Mulholland: a soft rasp of a perfume, like a lounge singer with a cold, struggling to get the melody out and you sing along, if only to remind yourself of what it should sound like. Also: this made my husband sneeze. #perfumesky #fragrancesky
June 17, 2025 at 4:31 PM
#SOTD Keiko Mecheri Mulholland: a soft rasp of a perfume, like a lounge singer with a cold, struggling to get the melody out and you sing along, if only to remind yourself of what it should sound like. Also: this made my husband sneeze. #perfumesky #fragrancesky
#SOTD Chanel’s Comete: each time I wear my decant, I hope that this time, I will change my mind about it. Nope. I’m bored and disappointed. It’s “nice”.
#perfumesky #fragrancesky
#perfumesky #fragrancesky
June 15, 2025 at 6:07 AM
#SOTD Chanel’s Comete: each time I wear my decant, I hope that this time, I will change my mind about it. Nope. I’m bored and disappointed. It’s “nice”.
#perfumesky #fragrancesky
#perfumesky #fragrancesky
#SOTD Pichola from Neela Vermeire. It’s obviously lovely. Note: There is a house signature base here where a certain clarity accompanies each scent, blessedly free from the modern habit of stuffing the base full of musks, as though fluffing a pillow to disguise the threadbare cover. #fragrancesky
June 14, 2025 at 8:27 AM
#SOTD Pichola from Neela Vermeire. It’s obviously lovely. Note: There is a house signature base here where a certain clarity accompanies each scent, blessedly free from the modern habit of stuffing the base full of musks, as though fluffing a pillow to disguise the threadbare cover. #fragrancesky
#SOTD Is Parfums de Nicolai L’Eau MiXte - reads as a more floral, less sulphuric Guerlain Pamplemousse, yet more refreshing. I layered it over a vintage Shalimar EDC to keep it in the family and it is just perfect, like this or by itself. #perfumesky #fragrancesky
June 9, 2025 at 10:19 PM
#SOTD Is Parfums de Nicolai L’Eau MiXte - reads as a more floral, less sulphuric Guerlain Pamplemousse, yet more refreshing. I layered it over a vintage Shalimar EDC to keep it in the family and it is just perfect, like this or by itself. #perfumesky #fragrancesky
Actual size of box AND what was in it. Note the “sustainability” lingo on the top flap 🙄 #roanfragrance #perfumesky #fragrancesky
May 31, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Actual size of box AND what was in it. Note the “sustainability” lingo on the top flap 🙄 #roanfragrance #perfumesky #fragrancesky
#SOTD Neela Vermeire’s Rahele. Doesn’t get the hype but absolutely should. The florals do a tug of war between an innocent osmanthus and bright rose-violet combo, a different side winning each time. The base is glimpsed throughout, a serene santal-cedar combo #perfumesky #fragrancesky
May 20, 2025 at 9:23 PM
#SOTD Neela Vermeire’s Rahele. Doesn’t get the hype but absolutely should. The florals do a tug of war between an innocent osmanthus and bright rose-violet combo, a different side winning each time. The base is glimpsed throughout, a serene santal-cedar combo #perfumesky #fragrancesky
Heard in Portland: “Fuck cocaine and heroin, imagine just to be a white man!” #pdx #patriarchy
April 3, 2025 at 5:17 AM
Heard in Portland: “Fuck cocaine and heroin, imagine just to be a white man!” #pdx #patriarchy
#sotd I’m spraying my way through my musks. The OG white cube was well loved for a reason. The chalk is a delicate layer and so is the gardenia, all accords balanced on a tight rope, harmony suspended in mid air.
#perfumesky #fragrancesky
#perfumesky #fragrancesky
March 13, 2025 at 11:42 PM
#sotd I’m spraying my way through my musks. The OG white cube was well loved for a reason. The chalk is a delicate layer and so is the gardenia, all accords balanced on a tight rope, harmony suspended in mid air.
#perfumesky #fragrancesky
#perfumesky #fragrancesky
#SOTD Helmut Lang EDP goes on clean and takes a quick detour to naughty. Animalic orange blossoms are my favorite. The notes on Basenotes say that it’s Virginia cedar at the base but I’m wondering if it’s actually atlas. #perfumesky #fragrancesky
March 12, 2025 at 11:48 PM
#SOTD Helmut Lang EDP goes on clean and takes a quick detour to naughty. Animalic orange blossoms are my favorite. The notes on Basenotes say that it’s Virginia cedar at the base but I’m wondering if it’s actually atlas. #perfumesky #fragrancesky
Mona diOrio Lux as my #SOTD Love how she uses animalics in her perfumes, this evokes Jicky, Habit Rouge L’Eau , and Shalimar. Feel lucky to have a decant now that the house is no more and the bottle pricing on resale is full on gauge mode. #fragrance #perfume
February 26, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Mona diOrio Lux as my #SOTD Love how she uses animalics in her perfumes, this evokes Jicky, Habit Rouge L’Eau , and Shalimar. Feel lucky to have a decant now that the house is no more and the bottle pricing on resale is full on gauge mode. #fragrance #perfume
Wearing Nahema PDT. Such a standout rose - full, deep red and velvety in texture but yet also cool and dewy, jammy but not sweet. A study in contradiction. And a lovely rose water musk ending on a plush bed of sandalwood.
#perfume #fragrance #vintage
#perfume #fragrance #vintage
February 21, 2025 at 6:46 AM
Wearing Nahema PDT. Such a standout rose - full, deep red and velvety in texture but yet also cool and dewy, jammy but not sweet. A study in contradiction. And a lovely rose water musk ending on a plush bed of sandalwood.
#perfume #fragrance #vintage
#perfume #fragrance #vintage
Getting the stash out. Wish they made this as a perfume. #perfumesky #soap
February 18, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Getting the stash out. Wish they made this as a perfume. #perfumesky #soap
Wearing a sample of Frederic Malle’s Monsieur for Basenote’s Malle month thread. I’m not sure this term existed when the perfume first came out, but the first thing that comes to mind:
Leather Daddy
#perfumesky #sotd
Leather Daddy
#perfumesky #sotd
February 8, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Wearing a sample of Frederic Malle’s Monsieur for Basenote’s Malle month thread. I’m not sure this term existed when the perfume first came out, but the first thing that comes to mind:
Leather Daddy
#perfumesky #sotd
Leather Daddy
#perfumesky #sotd
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Some of the folks on the forums are participating in Frederic Malle February (Freduary?), where they are wearing different Malle's throughout the month
#perfumesky #fragrancesky
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#perfumesky #fragrancesky
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Frederic Malle February!
I'd been proposing this since last year but held off so there wasn't dedicated month burnout, but I can wait no more! 😂
Frederic Malle February (Freduary?) will be here in a week!
Bring out your Rop...
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February 7, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Some of the folks on the forums are participating in Frederic Malle February (Freduary?), where they are wearing different Malle's throughout the month
#perfumesky #fragrancesky
basenotes.com/community/th...
#perfumesky #fragrancesky
basenotes.com/community/th...
Reposted by Mzesumzira
Hey Indie Perfume Brands! You know if you want your perfumes listed on basenotes.com then all you need to do is let me know you exist, and when I get time, I'll add you to the directory.
Feel free to drop your URLs to your websites in the replies and I'll go from there :)
#perfumesky #fragrancesky
Feel free to drop your URLs to your websites in the replies and I'll go from there :)
#perfumesky #fragrancesky
February 7, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Hey Indie Perfume Brands! You know if you want your perfumes listed on basenotes.com then all you need to do is let me know you exist, and when I get time, I'll add you to the directory.
Feel free to drop your URLs to your websites in the replies and I'll go from there :)
#perfumesky #fragrancesky
Feel free to drop your URLs to your websites in the replies and I'll go from there :)
#perfumesky #fragrancesky
#sotd syncing up with Malle month over at Basenotes, Musc Ravageur is vanilla, Musc, and allspice. The older version has a more animalic opening but an hour in, and they’re indistinguishable.
February 6, 2025 at 12:02 AM
#sotd syncing up with Malle month over at Basenotes, Musc Ravageur is vanilla, Musc, and allspice. The older version has a more animalic opening but an hour in, and they’re indistinguishable.
This feels appropriately patriotic
February 1, 2025 at 2:38 AM
This feels appropriately patriotic
February 1, 2025 at 12:39 AM
It’s always jarring to see people who fled here to escape the MAGA metaverse use screenshots from fragrantica, as far right as a perfume site can be while still staying ( sorta) on topic
February 1, 2025 at 12:33 AM
It’s always jarring to see people who fled here to escape the MAGA metaverse use screenshots from fragrantica, as far right as a perfume site can be while still staying ( sorta) on topic
January 22, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Santa Maria Novella Opoponax. Bright and resinous, once feeling too austere in its contrasts, tonight, on skin warmed by a too long and too hot shower: perfect.
November 18, 2024 at 12:55 AM
Santa Maria Novella Opoponax. Bright and resinous, once feeling too austere in its contrasts, tonight, on skin warmed by a too long and too hot shower: perfect.