Comparing Two Carnation Perfumes

CdG Carnation on the left wrist. JAR Diamond Waters on the right wrist. It's been 30 minutes.

It's not easy to tell them apart. However, I detect just a hint more clove in the CdG, and a smidgeon of jasmine in the JAR. The JAR also seems to have a very slight blend of oppoponax into it.

The CdG is an overall impression of Red Carnations and cloves, and has a very slightly soapy quality. The JAR is an overall impression of White, or more subtle Carnations -- and Oppoponax. It has no soapy quality whatsoever.

If I bring my nose out and away from my arm to catch only the sillage, they are identical except one seems warmer (the CdG) and JAR has a church incense vibe.

If I bring my wallet to the store to buy them, the CdG Carnation is in the $100 range, and the JAR Diamond Waters is in the $800 range. I guess it all depends on how much you want to spend, and whether or not you prefer soapy or incensy carnations!

FOUR HOURS LATER: The JAR has turned into a barely detectible light floral with hints of carnation and opoponax. It is not a "carnation" fragrance at this point. The CdG is just as strong as when I first applied it (LOL). And true. Steady as she goes!

 

10 favorite perfumes

The dog days of August! whew. I can't even take the camera outside because the lenses fog. My house windows are fogged! And my ankles are covered with mosquito bites.

BUT!! There is respite in a cooling shower and a refreshing perfume. Feel human again! Here are my ten perfume choices (in no particular order) to lighten up these dog days of summer:

• Carthusia's Meditteraneo (soft lemony iced tea)
  
• The Different Company's Divine Bergamote (soft citrus)
  
• Michel Comte's Shared Water pour femme (jasmine and saltwater)
  
• Bond No. 9's Hamptons (a greener rendition of Chinatown)
  
• Chanel No. 19 (sparkling greenery)
  
• Etro Heliotrope (soft heliotrope)
  
• People of the Labyrinths' Luctor et Emergo (dried sweet grasses)
  
• Stella McCartney's Stella (cooling roses, with amber)
  
• Comme de Garcons' Carnation (cooling carnation)
  
• Monyette Paris (tropical paradise)
  

Want to see more Top 10 Summer Fragrance lists? Check out An Alabaster Brow, Blogdorf Goodman, Bois de Jasmin, Brain Trapped in Girl's Body, C'est Chic, Koneko's *Mostly* Beauty Diary, Life in Paris, Ombligo!, Seldom Nice Nowadays, She'll Be Feverish After So Much Thinking, Self-Styled Siren, and This Bananafish Smells Like Leaves.