Perfumes tested this week

I had a bit of a protest day on Tuesday this week, because I was a bit tired of wearing all these really out there kinds of scents. I wanted something normal and perfumy. So I had a break for a day and wore Van Cleef & Arpels First. I won't even try to describe the notes for you - that link leads to a really good review of it. To me, it's one of those old-fashioned head-kicker perfumes that screams OLD MONEY. You know those rich old ladies in tweed or herringbone suits you see doing their grocery shopping in David Jones? This is exactly the sort of thing I would imagine them wearing. I love it. Anyway, on to the test subjects:

Perfume shopping - wheee!

For the last few weeks I've been spraying myself with Van Cleef & Arpels Orchidée Vanille from the limited edition Collection Extraordinaire every time I went into David Jones. But at $200AUD a bottle, I just couldn't justify buying it, no matter how much I loved it. I just don't have that kind of cash to splash around these days (sad face). However, eventually I decided that when I got my tax return back, that perfume was going to be mine. Tax returns are found money as far as I am concerned, and therefore able to be spent freely. This morning it turned up in my bank account, I was out the door to DJs and on that perfume like a fly on pie. 
It's a spicy, oriental vanilla rather than a foodie-sweet one, and it's just unbelievably gorgeous. Anyone who works with me will be finding out what it smells like, because I suspect I will be wearing this every day for weeks.