Welcome to the perfume room.

My send of the day today is a layering combo that I am loving.

So I am wearing La Perle Possibilities layered with Gabriella Chiafo Lai. Now these are two sons that I have talked about separately, but I don't know that I've ever talked about them together. And really and truly, after discovering this layering combo, it's my favorite way to wear either of these sons. Gabriella Chieffo is an Italian fragrance brand, and it's a little bit difficult to get a hold of in the U.S.

So let me share what it's most comparable to that you've likely smelled or could easily smell if you are so inclined.

That would be du or privy, bois d'Argent.

It's got a similar sort of myr-ir-iris base that feels similarly balsamic and vanillaic in its sweetness. But lye is a little bit

more sheer. I guess Badaresjean is sheer too, but there's like the sort of like bright but

enveloping almost like warmth of the sun kind of feel that I distinctly get in lie. Now it's meant to

evoke that sort of ashy but pillowy, clean feel of

lie soap. And obviously, this one is different from brad d'Argent. And I would say that it's the

citrus notes in Lai that give it its distinct signature. To me, that's what adds that sort of

sunny brightness to the composition, almost like a faint hint of like lemon cookie, but still on like a bois d'Argent kind of base. I think this scent

is just beautiful. And now I want to pivot for a moment to another topic that I know has come up

before, but I'm curious about you, like you listening right now. How and why do you perfume? Do you tend to wear fragrance

that functions as a costume or as the reveal? In other words, do you gravitate towards

perfumes because they feel exactly like you and they further punctuate the very essence of you?

Or do you wear perfumes in a more escapist way to evoke a place or a time or perhaps convey

who you're trying to be, almost like dress up?

If I reflect on my own collection, even though I have such different fragrances, I think a lot

of the ones that I'm reaching for most reflect some piece of me or how I see myself. But I definitely

wear a few that feel like cosplay. And I bring this up today right now because going back

to La Perla Possibilities, that is a cosplay fragrance for me. And not because it has crazy,

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