Huge Perfume Haul 2016!

You usually find there are plenty of online offers over bank holidays as you have longer to wait for your items in the post.

I picked up one of my biggest hauls of perfume ever over the bank holiday at the end of March.

I got 5 Marc Jacobs fragrances including the whole Daisy Blush collection; Daisy Blush, Daisy Eau So Fresh Blush and Daisy Dream Blush.
I also got Daisy Dream Forever which was released in 2015 and Decadence which I don't think is from the same range.

I love them all.
Decadence is a long lasting fragrance with notes of iris, amber and woods. It is quite creamy. I'm not crazy about the bottle design, but the scent is gorgeous!
Daisy Blush is a fresh, white floral scent.
Daisy Eau So Fresh Blush has quite a citrusy scent to begin with and develops quickly into a soft, sweet, floral.
Daisy Dream Blush is a soft, powdery floral scent. It has notes of violet leaf, rose and freesia.
Daisy Dream Forever is a lot sweeter and less harsh than the original Daisy Dream, which had white flowers on the bottle.

I also bought Vera Wang by Vera Wang, which I love. It is quite a mature white floral fragrance.

Jimmy Choo Illicit is such an interesting scent. To begin with it reminds me of Nina by Nina Ricci, but it is a bit deeper than Nina. It has notes of ginger, amber and honey. It is very warming.

Jimmy Choo Blossom smells like one of Escada's summer fragrances. It is sweet and has a tropical, fruity scent. In my mind the bottle design and the scent don't work well together. It is a lovely, light summer scent though.

L'Artisan Parfumeur La Chasse Aux Papillons is a light but unique floral fragrance with notes of bergamot, jasmine, orange blossom, tuberose and lime blossom.

Trying new perfume and jewellery and jeans shopping!

I tried the new Jimmy Choo fragrance, Blossom today.

It is really fruity. It reminds me of one of Escada's summer fragrances. To me it has quite a tropical scent. The fragrance notes include red fruits, but it reminds me of passion fruit.

I think this fragrance will appeal to younger women.

I am in no rush to add this fragrance to my collection.

I also tried out Chloe Love Story, which I really like.

This fragrance has a similar scent to the original Chloe fragrance and has joined my list of perfumes to add to my collection.

It has notes of neroli, orange blossom and stephanotis (jasmine from Madagascar).


I have been loving jewellery this month and this is one of the rings that I have picked up. I love how detailed it is.

I also bought these gorgeous earrings from H Samuel. I love them and managed to get them in the sale for just £20.00.

I also bought some new jeans. I bought some from New Look not long ago and found them a bit uncomfortable so I ordered these jeans in black and in dark blue by The Collection from Debenhams.

I wore the blue ones today and they have been really comfortable so I'm pleased with these purchases.

Hopefully February will be a cheaper month, but I say that all of the time and I still keep spending!

2015 perfume releases!

I am excited to try the new fragrances due for release in 2015 especially Jimmy Choo's new fragrance, Blossom.

It is to be released in the same bottle design as Flash, but with a deep pink bottle.
Flash is my favourite fragrance. I love it! I have bought it as a gift for lots of my family and friends as well since it came out at the beginning of 2013.

Flash London Club was released earlier in 2014 and that is another lovely scent, which is similar to Flash, but I think Blossom is going to be something rather different.
The top notes of citrus and red fruits of which raspberry dominates.
The heart notes are sweet pea and rose.
The base notes are sandalwood and white musk.

It sounds interesting and I can't wait to try it, but for me I don't think anything can live up to the original Flash.

Nina Ricci's 2015 release sounds like it is going to be super sweet and the bottle helps to illustrate this. The fragrance is called Les Délices de Nina.

It will be available in 50ml and 75ml bottles. Usually Nina Ricci releases 30ml, 50ml or 80ml bottles.

The bottle makes me hungry just looking at it and the fragrance sounds like a bakery-sweet, gourmand.
The fragrance has top notes of mandarin and lemon, heart notes of strawberry and caramel and base notes of raspberry extract, praline and white musk.
I'm excited to give this one a go. I think it'll be lovely, but I tend to find sweet fragrances like this don't last long on your skin.

I mentioned in a previous post that Marc Jacobs will be releasing new limited edition Daisy and Daisy Eau So Fresh fragrances next year.

I have been really impressed by the Sunshine editions and 2014's Delight editions so I don't think the Sorbet editions are likely to disappoint.

Daisy Sorbet has top notes of pink grapefruit, pear and passion fruit.
The heart notes are wisteria, jasmine and lily of the valley.
The base notes are violet, wood, cedar and musk.

This one sounds gorgeous. I love the scent of passion fruit and I'm sure this fragrance will be done well. I think the floral and woody notes will give the fragrance a bit more depth so that the passion fruit isn't too sickly sweet.


Daisy Eau So Fresh Sorbet will be released by the side of Daisy Sorbet.
Daisy Eau So Fresh Sorbet has top notes of mandarin, apple blossom and lotus.
The heart notes are magnolia, jasmine and violet.
The base notes are woods and musk.
A lot of the heart and base notes are similar in the two fragrances. I think Daisy Eau So Fresh Sorbet will be the softer of the two and Daisy Sorbet will be bolder.

I am looking forward to trying these fragrances too and will probably end up purchasing them both.

So it looks like we have some lovely spring scents to look forward to next year. I'm sure there'll be many more wonderful fragrance releases announced in the new year as well.