What’s with my obsession with 香水?

Kiehls 

Only at our second stop to Kiehls (first being in Boston. Second stop in this original apothecary at the corner of 13th St and 3rd Ave.) did I notice this edt. Do they have this in SIN? 

My pic is the side view as I was crossing the road

With aromas of Bergamot Nectar, Orange Blossom and – of course – Musk, our signature scent is a soft, aromatic scent for both men and women. Believed to have been created in the 1920s, our iconic “Love Oil” was reintroduced to our customers in 1963. Kiehl’s Musk Eau de Toilette Spray is a modern take on our signature Musk fragrance.

I found out days later after arrival in SIN that it’s sold here as well, but at S$150!!!! I paid only US$48 (approx S$65) 

MAC Cosmetics - Turquatic

Next is this sampler piece of paper which I left aside in my folder. I haven’t seen this for a very long time, where I used to see them in magazines. 

Didn’t notice this was slipped into the paper bag and only saw and smell it until we got back home. I’ve never seen this before, maybe it’s new. 

Woah! I love the smell. 

A classic sea-inspired fragrance with notes of anemone, lotus, orris, cottonwood, mineral water and Corsican blue cedar 

whatever smell anemone and orris (wth is that?!) gives out definitely smells nice. 😜

Found out more info about this perfume. Apparently it was launched in 2005 and then re-released in 2011. What?! Checked and not available locally. So immediately went into mac online and placed my order. Of course I went for the bigger bottle. For some reason I don’t understand why the bigger bottle is also cheaper than the smaller bottle. ???

I’m still using my Chanel Allure. Have an unopened Bvlgari Green Tea and now two more new fragrances. I think can last me for the next 5years 🤭. So now will wait for my new perfume. 

* edited on 16th August 

Apparently after it was sent to Vpost warehouse I was informed that I can’t send it to SIN. Oh my! I totally forgot I couldn’t courier back my nail polish. My goodness! 

First thing we did was to check with one of Che-che’s friend (Jeannie) if she could help bring back for me. Then I’ll do a redirect delivery to her. But she messaged few days later that her bag is maxed out as she had to bring some textbooks home. 

I could also do a returns. Being careful (not that careful enough tho’ to remember prohibited international delivery items 🤪), I double checked with both Vpost and MAC how is returns done. Dropped them emails and there I am reminded of how inefficient Americans work, nobody replied me, then dropped message in their webpage ‘contact us’. After the first message to both places got thru, I’m dealt with some idiots who keep repeating the same thing, as if they copied and paste their replies to all. I even wrote in simple english “do you send someone to collect the returns item?” , “do you help to drop the return item to the nearest postal office?” 他妈的! They keep repeating the same standard reply which can be found in their website which is not clear obviously that’s why I had to ask. Now I wonder apart from their inefficiency, there is something wrong with their language proficiency? Oh yah! I forgot the Americans don’t speak English. 真的会被他们气死😡！No wonder che-che refuse to find a job there. After all the ding ding dong dong, I learnt that MAC expects people to drop the returns to nearest postal office but VPost expects the merchant or somebody to come and collect from them. Ahhh….. the lazy Americans! If we say that we do a lot of taichi from one department to another in Singapore, theirs is worst! Well, at least my American friends are smart efficient people.

In conclusion, returns is out. I will probably need to just learn an expensive lesson. Until I remembered JL is going to Chicago. Asked them if they can help, I got her Uni hostel address after a  few weeks on 16th July. She informed me timely as 17th would be the last day of free storage in their warehouse 🤣. I would have paid for extra storage after 18th even if she replied late. Anyway, did the re-direction on 17th, $38 poorer but no choice - I’ll have to pay a price for my dumb mistake.

On 22nd July @ 6.35pm (SIN) received email that its OTW. Yay! 🎉 . My parcel arrived Vpost on 17th June, 17th July I redirected the parcel

They even sent a photo of my parcel sent  to the office. So many parcels on the table, I had no idea which is mine. I am speechless. 

S arranged to meet up after JL returned. Collected this from her on 16th Aug. Really so 感恩 for their help. 

I wrote about their inefficiency in this post, it has got to do with something that happened during my May’s US trip. Blog entry is still in Draft mode. Aunty is going to write a period storyline with the sword fighting so it’s taking me a long time to get it posted. I’ll link back when I’m done.