Bubba surprised me one day, albeit not too smoothly, with a gift.  No occasion at all.  It was just a simple gift that illustrated his thoughtfulness.  I was giddy.  I read the box and it said Sarah Jessica Parker.  I can’t help cringing, as I am not best in hiding my feelings whatever it is, but properly said, “thank you” and hugged him.  Now, I have nothing against SJP and I like her (I don’t necessarily love her like girls who desperately and observably imitate her character, Carrie in Sex and the City) but I’m iffy about “celebrity” perfumes since most are eagerly produced without much thought and study.  They only let the celebrity’s name be the retail thrust.  

I smelled it and initially thought it was strong and is more suitable for an age-bracket that’s older than mine.  It’s evocative of the words risky, mature, and bold.

After a few days though, I realized that the smell is milder than I initially thought.  It’s bordering girly and sexy, scent markings of chocolate, lavender and lemon.

Online it says that the notes include wet greens, geranium leaves, Sicilian lemon, lavender, chocolate, honeysuckle, magnolia, muguet, musk, vetiver, bois de cashmere, teakwood and amber.

It’s my favorite parfum at this time so Dolce and Gabbana’s Light Blue and DKNY’s Be Delicious Apple (which is my 2nd bottle, expensive at 4K plus) took a backseat.  Bubba really has excellent taste 😉  (Thanks again Bubbalicious!)

This is the second perfume I got from Bubba.  The first one was during our first Christmas together and it was Lacoste Touch of Pink –which I really really adored.

Some of the perfumes I loved through the years (which I at least had 4 bottles of) also include L’Eau Par Kenzo, Escada Sentiment, Estee Lauder Pleasures, Clinique Happy, Elizabeth Arden Green Tea, D&G Light Blue, Acqua de Gio, Ralph Lauren Polo Sport Women (which is the very least I like now –my favorite in HS but I guess my scent preference is different now).  I think there’s a handful more that I don’t quite remember at this exact moment but above are the ones I still won’t hesitate to use until now.

I’ve also used and pretty much like Gucci Ii Perfume, Tommy Hilfiger Dreaming (which might be the bottle I buy next), Jennifer Lopez’s Love at First Glow (only because it was on SALE in Japan when I bought, plus the cute pink bottle and charm attached to it!  It reminded me of the sexy bottle of Cool Water Women in HS.  Bubba hates the smell.)  I kept at least one empty bottle to remember my perfumes by but when Bubba laughed at how sentimental I was about them, I decided to throw it out last year in one of my “de-cluttering” moments (okay, honestly, it stayed for a few more weeks in our garage but the bag of empty perfume bottles was eventually thrown out). 

I used to have at least 4 perfumes at a certain season but realized that it’s such a waste and the perfume vaporizes after some time so now I only keep one or two.

I think the very first perfume I used was my mom’s Christian Dior’s Pure Poison (eeps, I faint now) and when I was in grade school watching “combos” in hotel music lounges, I was akin to the singers’ perfume, which I later discovered as Farenheit (I faint again).  I also liked Perris Ellis when I was young.  I can only shake my head now. 

There was a time (mostly in HS and Freshman College) I was more into men’s perfume and actually wore them instead of women’s.    

In the recent years, the colognes I like in men include Armani Black, Acqua de Gio, Carolina Herrera 212, Hugo Boss 51, Tommy Hilfiger’s “Hilfiger.” 

But of course, man or woman, nothing beats the natural scent of the skin right after a shower.

XOXO

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