Lady O.
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I hate florals with a passion.
Those sweet, sticky, flowery scents are just too damned cloying to me, plus they always morph into the scent of cheap air freshener when I wear them (must be my body chemistry.) But yet, every friggin' perfume nazi at Sephora/Macy's/Bloomies is always trying to make me smell like a 'Spring Breeze, after the rain' because I'm female. (I'll pass, thank you very much.) Woodsy scents, like pachouli, amber, and sandalwood are more of my thing, yet I can only find those notes in men's cologne.
Enter Bond No 9. Through the magic of a brilliant sales associate, I was handed a cup of yummy tea and introduced to my current obsessions; Hamptons (which is my everyday scent, with clean notes of lime, sandalwood, and beachy-goodness) and West-Side (my come-hither date-nite scent, with elements of rose, amber, and vanilla.) Though I forget his name (tall, blond, blue eyed, slightly annoyed by my torrent of questions) he listened to my 'anti-florals' rant, and suggested several alternatives that I did enjoy.
Though they're not cheap (small bottles are $120-130, and large bottles start at $175) because the perfumes are made with 18-22 percent essential oils, the scents will stick around much longer than that bottle of JLO Glow you've been reapplying ever 15 minutes.
My suggestion; take a Sunday, pay a visit to Bond no 9, and if you fall in love with a scent, but aren't ready to make the full commitment, buy one of the Bon-Bon's, which are a travel-sized version of the scents.