Chanel N°5 Bath Gel

I can't remember the last time I had a bath.
Yes, I am a soap dodger, but that's not the reason I can't remember when I last had a lovely warm relaxing bubble bath. The reason for that is because I prefer to shower.
Actually, that's not entirely true, it's more that showering in our current house is easier than having a bath - because the hot tap in the bath is a tricky bugger, and it never seems to stay hot enough for long enough to fill the bath.
Our shower is much better behaved, it's perfect; hot, powerful, and once I'm in there I never want to get out - despite being a soap dodger. ;)

Anyway, my lack of lounging in a bath of lovely warm bubbly water is why I hadn't opened my bottle of Chanel N°5 bath gel, apart from to smell it, for years. That's only a slight exaggeration.
I love the smell of Chanel N°5, mainly because it always reminds me of my mum. Chanel N°5 is her favourite perfume, and she loves the other products in the range too, including the bath gel.
It's wonderful how breathing in the perfumed scent of this bath gel evokes such good memories of my mum, who always smells very lovely.

Unfortunately, as I've had this bottle of Chanel N°5 bath gel for a long long long time, I'm pretty sure it's gone off, so it's going in the bin - not that there's much left in the bottle, thankfully.
Do you like Chanel N°5?
Do you wear Chanel N°5 perfume?
Or are there other Chanel beauty products that you love?

Bvlgari Omnia Crystalline L'eau de Parfum - Review

Bvlgari Omnia Crystalline L'eau de Parfum

It's nice receiving gifts in the post, such as a sample bottle of Bvlgari Omnia Crystaline L'eau de Parfum.
Mr.R had asked Bvlgari for a bottle of Omnia and within a day or two it arrived.

We've had the Bvlgari Omnia Crystalline perfume for a while now, but it wasn't until this afternoon that I opened it to find out how it smelt.

I definitely do know how it smells, because I had a little trouble getting the bottle open, due to its slightly strange shape, and I spilt it everywhere, all over me, the sofa, and the floor.
At least I smell nice now, and so does the sofa, and the living room floor.

So, what does Bvlgari Omnia Crystalline L'eau de Parfum smell like?
Well, the official blurb says - Notes of Italian Mandarin, Lotus Flower, Orris Concrete, Heliotrope, White Sandalwood, Benzoin from Siam, Musk.
Omnia Crystalline L'eau de Parfum opens with notes of lotus representing a symbol of purity in Asia and juicy mandarin that with its sweet fresh droplets enriches graceful petals. 
The heart is bestowed with a blend of iris root and vanilla heliotrope, wrapping us in a fine, powdery-sensual embrace. 
Heat and creamy shades come from sandalwood, benzoin from Siam and musk, which together create the base of the composition.

I haven't worn the Bvlgari Omnia Crystalline L'eau de Parfum properly yet, I've only experienced the scent from what I spilt all over me.
I think it smells quite nice, light, and very floral.
Once my sample bottle is empty I'm not sure if I'd actually buy a proper full bottle of it though, mainly because despite washing my hands about a hundred times (that's only a very slight exaggeration) my skin still stinks of the perfume, so I think it may be quite overpowering when sprayed on to other areas.
I probably won't wear the Bvlgari Omnia Crystalline L'eau de Parfum at all, I think I'll just splash it on my clothes, rather than my skin.
For a freebie it's not bad.

Have you tried Bvlgari Omnia Crystalline L'eau de Parfum?
What do you think of it?