A Trip to NYC

So last week I went to New York for Mercedes Benz Fashion Week, attending five shows.  I also got to do some sniffing, of course!  Hey, I was in NY and wasn't going to let that opportunity pass me by, especially if I had free time.  So last Tuesday I visited Bergdorf's with my friend Diane, mainly to sniff the new Guerlain Cruel Gardenia (I liked it, but won't be making the investment).  Because it was La Maison Guerlain event, Mary Line Patry was there for the occasion and tried to convince me that Quand Vient la Pluie was *my* scent.  She said it went with my skin type.  I had to disagree - Quand Vient, while beautiful, is too dry for me.  In fact, it's just the kind of fragrance I like least.  Now, I did like the Candide Effluve, as did she, but not for $2000, no matter how beautiful the bottle and presentation box! 

Honestly, now.  It's just perfume.  Oh, I know you just collectively gasped in horror at my statement, but it's true.  I have 100 other fragrances - why would I need to spend the equivalent of a mortgage payment on yet another bottle?  That sort of thing is truly for the man or woman who has everything--including way too much money.

On Thursday I took the opportunity to visit Henri Bendel.  Their perfume department is so very tiny that I can't even bear to get near it during Sniffapalooza.  Too many elbows and grabbing hands.  This time I had the place to myself and leisurely sniffed all of the Memoire Liquide line (I liked Freesia, Ivoire, and Rose Tendre).  I also took the opportunity to sniff the Etat Libre d'Oranges that have not yet crossed my path.  I liked the awkwardly-named Don't Get Me Wrong Baby, I Don't Swallow (quite the mouthful in itself), but probably wouldn't buy it just because of that name.  It would be too hard to explain if someone asked me what perfume I was wearing.

I was very good and didn't buy anything.  Just a reconnaissance mission, you know.  Planning for the future.  Maybe. :)