Belated Merry Christmas Everyone!

Time for gift giving and receiving again! Despite trying times I tried so hard to enjoy Christmas (I might share it here once everything is fine).

Just wanna share my favorite amongst the gifts I received well bcoz they're blogg related.

Addition to my collections:

Elizabeth Arden Green Tea Perfume
Not a fan of this perfume before. When I smell this on others, it smells like grass for me. I guess it depends on each body chemistry coz when i wore it, i smell subtly sweet and fresh. I surprisingly liked it. Good as summer scent coz of its lightness and no-musky feel. Sadly it doesn't last long on me.

Re-usable bags (foldable bags)

I love these bags. I always have on on my bag for shopping use, or whenever I'm bringing extra things coz i don't like stuffing my shoulder/carry bags like they're gonna pop already. Also I do this to balance the weight on both shoulders. Putting it on one side only gives me the worst back/shoulder/nape pain.

XOXO Hobo bags

My first XOXO. Nice for mall outs coz its smaller than my usual bags.

Human Heart and Nature Shampoo and Conditioner

I already have some of of HHN Line, so this is a nice gift for me.

Balenciaga Bag

My gift to myself!

So there, hope you guys enjoyed your Christmas too!

A welcome addition to my perfume collection

As I mentioned on my perfume post, I’m out of stock of 2 my HG perfumes (namely Lancome Miracle and Burberry London),. So I got myself replenishment already. So there my Burberry London

Bath and Body Works Chocolate amber

It’s not full? Correct. The story behind is, I throw my pack lunch at my officemate’s trash bin. It kind of smell so I borrowed my officemate’s alcohol on atomizer so I can spray it and try to mask the smell. She instead gave me this, and I said “Ok ka lang?” (way of saying “are you sure?”).

She said “yes I don’t like the smell, I don’t like sweet scent I use it as insect repellant instead.” And I said “Nge, me I like sweet scent, aside of course with floral musk.” Then she said “ You can take it, its yours.”.

How can I refuse, Libre e! (It’s for free!). Hehe.. The perfume addict me was all smiles like a child given a candy,. And why not, the body splash smells like chocolate vanilla.

I seldom use body splash, coz the scent never really last on me. I only keep a bottle to refresh myself, say I went out of office at noon time, I walk under the sun, etc.. I’ve tried Victoria’s Secret and Avon, the smell doesn’t last, but it does its job, it refreshes my body. Surprisingly this one, the scent lasts on my shirt and skin. It serves as a perfume already. I see myself testing other variant to see if it’s the same with others. Coz the bottle is different, I don’t know if they have different versions. I can use this for weekends, When I’m just at home, or I need a quick trip to the mall

Bulgari Rose Essentielle

I always see this on magazine, with a slogan of “the scent of a Jeweller”.. I thought at first that, scent will be most likely be my French perfume; strong, heady floral musk. Got a chance to sniff it at the Bazaar in our office and I was thrilled. The scent was flowery musk top notes with sweet under note. Really elegant, sexy smell. I cannot help but put it on my top choice of perfumes. This will be a staple one on my cabinet from now on.

So what’s my top five scent now? (yes five, I cannot live with one scent only, I can actually list 10)

Bulgari Rose Essentielle
Burberry London
Mango Adorable
Escada Pacific Paradise
Lancome Miracle

By the way I had a chance to sniff Channel Mademoiselle. Interesting too,. But it’s two perfumes in a row now,. Next time perhaps,.

What's in my vanity cabinet – 2nd Installment

Here's the second installment from my treasure cabinet... my Perfume cabinet..

I've been into perfumes eversince I was grade 2.. While the little girls use Johnsons baby cologne, I was using Jovan,. When I went to highschool everyone was into Nenuco and Angel's Breath while me, I used Poison by Christian Dior,.

I've emptied bottles of perfume already but my fascination with collecting bottles (and scents)started in Year 2006. Here's what I've treasured so far,.

Here's what I use in the office.. (Yup, that's a second bottle of Mango adorable, Im inlove with this scent, this will always be a staple scent for me)

I’ve emptied some of them, I just put them at the table side coz I find it fascinating to look at and I sometimes sniff the scent from the spritzer . What’s left is a body mist from Avon (to freshen up), a little from The body shop Vanilla and a French perfume (at the back of Prescripto bottle) – this perfume is too strong and last really long so I just use a spritz of this and spread it all over.. I’m not even halfway from the bottom..

You might be wondering what's a prescripto bottle is doing here,. This was among the limited scent, its not 'a version of' or 'immitation' scent. This is amongst the original scent released back then and it was a good musky, flowery scent...

This one is a Liz Claiborne perfume given by BF (I forgot to include it in the photoshoot,. hehe..).. I use this at office since it is a musky, powdery scent too.. Sometimes I use it for overnights,. its a sexy scent..

So there, hope you like the second part,.. two more to go,..