It's Almost-Friday! Plus, National Tea Day. What fragrance are you wearing?
I'm wearing Aftelier Vanilla Smoke. Tea at the moment is a Dong Ding oolong from Tea Trekker.
Reminder: on 4/22 we're doing What's in a name, part 2 — we'll be wearing "misnamed" fragrances. You can interpret that howsoever you wish. The project was suggested by Dilana, who noted that Jardins d’Écrivains Orlando smelled like traditional honey cake instead of a modernist multi-gender novel or hero/heroine. If you like, tell us what your fragrance should have been called, and/or tell us what the fragrance you're wearing should have smelled like in order to fit its name.
And for those of you who like to plan ahead, see Scent of the day ~ Friday community projects 2016, where I'll try to always have the next five or six weeks mapped out in advance.
Note: image is Orbits Tatara Gold Cast Iron Teapot from Teavana, $63.
Tauerville Vanilla Flash for me today.
I am drinking a Yunnan Hong Luo, which is sometimes listed as red (black) snail spring. This is from Yunnan sourcing.
Happy National tea day Monkeytoe
Ambre Nuit (Dior). 🙂
In broad daylight?!? (j/k)
i KNOW! 😉
I am wearing Frederic Malle Eau de Magnolia and drinking my usual Stash Chai Green Tea.
I just ordered a sample of that one…can’t wait to try!
You smell gorgeous! I bought Eau de Magnolia to wear this summer in Montréal, can’t wait to break it out.
Stash is one of my favorite brands…..haven’t tried one I didn’t like!
Love love love EdM. It’s great in the dead of summer, too!
I love Eau de Magnolia, you smell great
National Tea Day!
I sipping Cherry Blossom Green Tea, a stunning Sencha green tea infused with the delicate sweetness of Japanese cherry blossoms.
SOTD A Lab on Fire What we do in Paris is secret. Should be re-named What we eat for desert in Paris is secret.
I am also sampling a natural lipstick my friend passed on, so far its very nice. A velvet berry color. I feel better about kissing the babies with this on my lips..
Have the day off, and I am glad to be home. Taking the little chubby Buddha for his 3 month check up.
* I meant “dessert” not “desert” silly me
Enjoy your day off!
I will..every second!
Aw, the chubby Buddha! I can see him now. Hope all is well.
Now I want some dessert in Paris. I think I am going to start with a Mont Blanc at Angelina.
I completely agree about that name and was thinking of that one for Friday. I should think with a hat name it should smell more sinister and less snuggly.
Hope the checkup goes well!
Elisa , I agree. When I saw that title I thought, this is really sweet for something I was thinking would be a bit sexy and sinister.
Check up went well..he is a little over 14lbs
Sounds delightful and I completely agree about the name – it really is yummy in a very French desert way. Glad to hear the check up went well and wow what a great weight.
I am wearing the very small sample of Hedonist Cassis I just bought. Nice and yet luckily for me not the huge draw that I would have thought from reading and wearing a few of her others. Lucky due to the fact it is even more expensive than the first Hedonist I bought when it first came out. Still trying to think what to wear for Fri. I guess I have perfumes that are pretty close to their names. 🙂
I really like the original Hedonist plus the bottle is so pretty. (Not that the bottle should matter! 🙂
It’s a gorgeous sunny day and the warmest we’ve had so far. My SOTD is Roma Imperiale in celebration.
I’m drinking organic chamomile tea from the Signature Tea Company, which I have never heard of before.
You smell wonderful! I’m waiting for a warmer sunny day to wear that one out. Thanks for the chance to try that lovely 🙂
I’ve been saving my last bit of Rose de Petra for the same purpose. Now if my allergies would just cooperate. 🙂
Roma Imperiale is utter perfection.
Still drinking Mangue Macaron Jasmin, wearing Noir Epices and a little Trayee on my wrist.
What do you think of Trayee?
You didn’t ask me, but I absolutely adore it. Have you tried any of the NVCs? I can’t get enough of Trayee and Mohur, and am fond of Ashoka (those being the three I’ve tried).
Yes, I’ve tried all of them – I adore Trayee, love Mohur and Bombay Bling! and like Pichola, the only one that didn’t convince me was Ashoka.
I’ve got the discovery set (I highly recommend it) and received Mohur extrait as a gift, so a full bottle of Trayee is next on my list 🙂
The discovery set is very, very high on my list of things to buy as soon as I scrounge up the cash! I’m expecting to be able to try Bombay Bling, Mohur Extrait, and maybe Pichola sometime soon, so I’ll get to figure out what my other favorites are 🙂 What an amazing gift to receive! I hope to be that lucky someday, too!
Out of the three Vermeires that I’ve tried I like it the best, but I’m still not smitten. They are not my thing, I think. ( the other ones being Bombay Bling and Mohur (edp))
I thought you might quite like Trayee. But there are many good things about NOT being smitten with a 200-euro perfume.
Especially if you have a penchant for Amouages and and exclusive Guerlain 😉
Loulou Cacharel, THE heady floral perfume.
Here are two oddly named scents. YMMV
Visit Azzaro, the ads made it seem like a booty call. Actually a nice cedarwood and incense scent. The women’s version is a floral with cedarwood.
Perhaps…….? Bob Mackie a nice orange blossoms scent. I like the weird, what does that mean, attitude.
🙂
Drinking my favorite tea : triple strength coffee! 😉
LOL — that’s my favorite tea too, only can’t have any. Except when I cheat.
Why can’t you have any?!
Yucky health reasons. But I do cheat from time to time.
Yeah!
Wore that yesterday. I really adore Loulou. And that’s my tea of choice as well!
Glad to hear there are other coffee addicts out here – although amazingly I am sat with a cup of Rooibos tea beside me.
Off topic! Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but Prince has passed on.
He left some great memories for me. RIP Prince and David Bowie.
If I get to heaven, I want to see that concert. 🙁
I used to really enjoy Prince’s music back in the day. Do you know what caused his death? He wasn’t that old….at least not to me 🙂
No, no cause of death disclosed so far.
And I am the same age as he was – 57.
Food for thought……..
Prince cancelled his Atlanta show just last week, due to flu….SO SAD!! I love his music…. 🙁
Robin! Remember ages ago when you hypothesized a licorice incense and I said maybe mixing Demeter Incense and Demeter Licorice would work? I finally found my bottle of Licorice (stuff goes missing, you know how that is) and mixed some 50/50 with the Incense I had on my desk, and it is WONDERFUL. At first it has an earthy-dirty aspect that doesn’t seem to be present in either scent, or is maybe just the synergy of the two: then the licorice emerges and dominates for a while but fades faster than the incense does, so you’re left with that dreamy smoky haze. Absolutely worth trying, I say.
Maybe mixing the original Lola Lempicka with Tauerville Incense Flash would be similar?
This sounds absolutely yummy!
Ah!! And just to clarify, the Incense on your desk was the Demeter Incense, not some other incense? The one that’s a little sweet/amber-ish?
That’s the one. Demeters in general mix really well, because they’re so simple: I’m especially fond of Caramel plus Black Pepper.
Great, thanks.
CdG Black is my licorice and incense scent, but that combo sounds nice!
Sampling She Belongs There from Olivine Atelier which is a big white floral centered on gardenia.
I won’t be sampling this..you lost me at big white floral
Snerk.
Whenever I feel bad about being a fumehead who absolutely cannot handle balsamy orientals, I just remember that I can handle galbanum, aldehydes, and BWFs no prob, and I stop feeling guilty. 🙂
This is why there are so Many perfumes! Something for everyone…
*squeaks*
That actually sounds lovely!
5 of the 7 perfumes in her sample set include gardenia
I’m drinking Twinings Earl Grey to keep me awake and for my sore throat. It’s not as bad as yesterday, but still there. I managed to drag myself to work, but don’t know how long I’ll last.
I’m wearing Tam Dao.
Feel better (and head home if you don’t, because rest is everything). 🙂
Thanks, my throat is actually doing a lot better. It’s just the fuzzy head feeling now, which means it’s just my sinusitis acting up. I’ll be kinda loopy all day as a result, but will survive.
I hope your throat feels better by the weekend. Tea actually makes my throat more dry, but I drink it straight up.
I usually drink tea straight during the work week and then add cream and sugar for my full breakfasts on the weekends. I just like having something warm for my throat when it’s a bit off.
I don’t blame you. I usually gargle with hot salty water. Gross tasting but it works.
Yes! It does taste gross if you don’t like salt water (like me), but it’s a doctor-recommended home treatment. There isn’t anything I’ve found that helps better!
Hot salty water works! It actually staves off colds!
Twinings has been sending me emails everyday, advertising their tea created for Queen Elizabeths’s 90th birthday! Tempting….the tin is lovely too!
I just drink Twinings at work because that’s all we have. We keep the English Breakfast, Irish Breakfast, and Earl Grey stocked in the cupboard. The tin for the Queen’s birthday / Mother’s Day does look really nice.
Hope you feel better! Gargling with diluted tea tree oil helps me quite a bit, but the trade off is having to suffer through the taste for hours. And hope you enjoyed your outing last night.
I need to do a nasal rinse for my sinuses and gargle. That’s usually what I do for a couple days and then feel better.
I did have a very fun outing last night. The restaurant was amazingly good and the movie was good too.
Earl Grey and Tam Dao – a good combo that should help you feel better!
Actually I do feel a bit better than I did when I woke up this morning. I think I’ll make it through the work day, but will definitely kick back and rest a lot when I get home.
Hope u feel better soon. Tam Dao is such a soothing perfume, I often reach for it when I’m feeling under the weather too.
Thank you. It really is a soothing scent. Something about woodsy is calming and Tam Dao is definitely helping today.
feel better..
I hope you feel better soon. How was the movie?
Gray and stormy once again here. Wearing 31 Rue Cambon for the sunny citrus opening and the warm amber heart.
Sorry — hope your weather clears up!
You will smell good through the gray, stormy day!
I’m feeling very, very YSL Kouros today. No clue why. I promise to apply sparingly– no point in scaring the villagers. 😉 Today’s tea is True Black Organic.
By all means, scare the villagers.
Indeed! Scaring the villagers is often the best time they will have all day!
Clinique Happy being the ever present fragrance of the town where I work, Kouros will come as a surprise to be sure 🙂
And take no prisioners!
No mercy, no quarter given! 😉
Bring on the torches & pitchforks! 😀
Agreed – by all means scare them (or more to the point look forward to people asking what smells so interesting).
The townsfolk’s scent choices being so limited (see above), they’re sure to find mine an eye opener…
I’m wearing Calvin Klein Truth, a blind buy from years ago — noticed today I’ve managed to use more than half the bottle.
is it the truth for women or men? I read about the men’s version and it seemed (surprisingly) interesting and I’m all about affordable and interesting perfumes!!
The one for women — I’ve never tried the one for men. It’s a nice soft, creamy greenish woody floral.
I got a bottle of that from Farouche in a freebiemeet. I wore it a lot last summer. It’s really nice on warm days.
🙂
I like Truth (for women) too – very easy to wear, in fact my bottle is currently in my perfume drawer at work.
I need to make a perfume drawer at work.
I need a perfume drawer at work! Would be nice to freshen up late afternoon…..
SOTD is Bulgari Black
hi scent twin! We smell great don’t we?
we definitely do!
Went to a fab perfume party at our local niche store last night and so am wearing the remnants of a very expensive Serge Lutens d’Or (Sidi Bel-Abbes?) that I will never be able to afford to wear again, and would not philosophically support with cash even if I had it. Nice enough, though!
Mostly here for National Tea Day. I am drinking Muscatel second-flush Darjeerling, hand-muled home by myself from Delhi.
Nice enough, or nice enough to warrant the price even if you won’t pay it?
And been meaning to send you an email nag, glad to hear you are drinking fantastic tea you bought on location!
Probably nothing would warrant that price for me. Most of them are $750 here before tax. But for what is no doubt a comparable price now, if I won enough money in a lottery, and I could be frivolous with a small percentage of it, I’d buy J.A.R. Golconda instead. In the ultra-luxe category, the JARs are definitely the biggest stunners for me. (I loved your comments on OJ the other day, by the way – completely in agreement.)
I agree, too. These exagerated prices turn me off in a philosophical level.
I can never decide if JAR Bolt of Lightning really was great or if I just thought it was great because I couldn’t have any, even so much as a sample. So all I have is the memory of that (somewhat silly but great fun) production in the JAR boutique. Probably better that I never smell it again.
Hello all! Not saying I’m actually going to do this, but has anyone ever reduced their collection to just two or three “desert island” bottles? If so, how were you able to decide? Sorry in advance if this post creates distress for anyone (nothing to see here, folks, move along…)
Also, a few kind souls posted info on good places on the internet to sell perfume and of course I can’t find it now. Could you repost?
SOTD: OJ Woman
I have thought of it. I don’t even have that large of a collection to begin with, but I have realized that some scents I’m not reaching for as much as others and while it’s nice having them there (options), I wouldn’t be for the worse without them.
I am a bit of a minimalist in almost every other aspect of my life, so this is something I could consider.
BTW, you smell fabulous. Love that scent.
Hi Jenkr,
I like your comment about realizing there are some perfumes you don’t reach for often. I think that would be a great place to start the reduction plan. There is something really appealing about minimizing and simplifying. I think I might divide the collection into three groups. One of them would be those gems that I don’t wear very often that can be put into more or less permanent storage. The second would be stuff that is not a gem and doesn’t get used (to be sold or gifted) and the third would be one to three bottles that are the tried and true, versatile greats.
The third group would be the desert island keepers.
That sounds like a good plan.
No, I could not get down to 2 or 3, but I am considering a one in, one out policy as my collection is over 700 bottles.
Sounds like a good plan.
My collection is considerably smaller but I have a similar general principle, and it does feel good. Keeps the sprawl limited and simultaneously transitions my collection to true loves.
That really does sound like a good way to distill and refine.
Wow! Maybe you covered it elsewhere but I would love to know how you store and organize your collection.
Angela featured my collection back at the end of January I think, if you look in the archives you can see pictures of some of my collection. 🙂
There is a reader here who sticks to 10 bottles, and won’t let himself buy another until he drains one. (Or at least, he did that for a long time, don’t know if he still does)
I really like that idea.
I wonder how well this works for samples though? I think samples/ decants are the bigger problem for a lot of perfumistas.
I have all the samples and decants organized in these little cylinder boxes that my husband gets his fancy caramels in. When he is done he gives me the container and I fill it up with perfumes. There is a little mushroom colony of them in my file drawer.
I need to sell some stuff, too, and am probably just going to go eBay with it. (Craigslist is not really a good option for me as I don’t live in a highly populated area, and I doubt Basenotes would be better, since what I’m selling is not the sort of thing that would impress Serious Fumeheads.)
If you’re not on Facebook Fragrance Friends already, you can join the group. They have a “files” section wear you can list stuff you’re selling, swapping etc.
My collection is pretty small already, relatively speaking.
But I like the plan you listed. We moved recently and all my clothes were packed for over a week and I lived with 3 outfits, which I thought would drive me crazy. Now my clothes are unpacked and am overwhelmed by the amount of stuff I have and am looking to downsize after realizing I was fine with only a few choices for a while.
Thank you for reposting that information. I re-signed up on Facebook just to join that group.
I think it’s wonderful to try and do without for awhile just to see if it’s possible and your story is inspiring. While I was in India I was living “Indian style” in a house. It had a wall faucet for washing and laundry in the bathroom and a ceiling fan and a few outlets. Everything worked but it was extremely basic. There was no TV, computer, etc. and I read books every night. I loved it.
I completely get you
I go through these phases were I believe I have too much so I monitor my use (how many times I use this bottle) and then take it from there.
I believe some NST’ers have been recipients of some bottles of mine during these “phases” and I have no regrets.
I also don’t allow myself to feel guilty about keeping or giving away anything.
I don’t have any recommendations of where to sell, but you can swap some out during the swap meet or reverse swap meet coming up!
Yes that’s a good idea. I will list some of the bottles on Saturday. Thanks!!
I like to fantasise about being able to do this and given how I am not storing my bottles in the most – ahem – organised fashion I suspect I am not using them as best I can but still the thought or two or three makes me sort of sad and stressed. I am sure if it happened subject to what was left I would be fine and enjoy other smells (although who knows) but it sounds like an exercise too far right now…
Interested to see what others say to this. What do you think would be your choice for the three?
Whenever I tried to do this, I regretted it afterwards so no I don’t want to minimize my collection .
I get very antsy when my collection gets above 15-20 full bottles ( I don’t have samples or decants ). I usually do a somewhat brutal cull to around 8-10 and then the number slowly increases. I usually start by getting rid of bottles I don’t like the look of: tall bottles, ornate bottles, bottles with too much gold or with cheap caps and nozzles. Anything with musk gets the biff. Florals and gourmands go next as I rarely wear them. Then the ‘posh’ and chic scents are out. I then cut back on duplicates of notes…so I will have one incense, one orange etc. if I’m uncertain I will put the perfume in the car glovebox for a while so I can still access it but not see it.
At the moment I could easily get down to two scents and be happy: Pohadka and Blackbird.
Actually…can we make that four scents and add Cristalle and Kyoto.
I just think of our local department store as housing my personal collection soI can always go there for a spray if I get feeling peaky.
A bit tired today, after yesterday’s Pina Coladas and Planteurs. Consequently, forgot to put perfume on in the morning, so wearing the Keiko Mecheri Peau de Peche sample that in the office.
Also too tired to type all the words…
Ha! I feel like I am always that tired . . .
Ooh but you do smell good. And tired after one Pina Colada too many is at least an enjoyable reason to be tired. No I am really going to have the Pina Colada song in my mind for a while.
Sorry ‘now’ not no!
This song is evil. We’ve all been singing it.
I think a lot of us seem to be suffering from the same problem. I recently made a bad mistake in a translation (French-Dutch) where I got confused between troops and herds. (troupes vs. troupeaux). My teacher was highly amused 🙂
How did your party go? Since you’re tired, I’m guessing it was a late one and that means it was… good?
It was fun and very relaxed: I have some lovely (mostly younger) colleagues and we actually enjoy each other’s company. We didn’t finish that late, really, but I’ve been gotten too little sleep for too long (too much work, too much reading) and I can really feel it now.
Hope you manage to get some good rest in rhe weekend!
guerlain vetiver for a very long and tedious day of work. I’m limited to the tea selection at work which is dismal – I’ll make up for that once I get home tonight!
At least you will smell fresh as you battle through work!
it is lovely! But I got my brother hooked on vetiver and now he won’t wear any other kind of scent, so whenever I wear something vetiver-heavy I feel like I’m wearing his perfume 😛 it does last though!
I thought Vetiver Tonka was all the vetiver I needed, but enjoyed the Guerlain so much I bought a FB. It’s a lovely scent for not much money. :^)
Smell Bent One, for no particular reason except that I like it and forgot I had a large sample. Not sure it really suits the muggy weather today, but I’m tired and don’t care. I was in the car with a heavily blooming Star Jasmine for four and a half hours yesterday so I’m a bit over heady tropical scents for the moment.
I like One but it’s pretty much a fall scent for me.
Me too, but I thought I would try to fool myself into thinking it won’t be ninety degrees here next week.
That teapot is gorgeous! I used to collect china teapots, but then realized they were all just taking up space in a cupboard so gave them all away (except for one that actually came from China and has rice grains embedded in the porcelain). Cast iron would actually be useful though.
I’m in Serge Lutens De Profundis today, from a decant obtained in a swap with our favorite perfume fairy (thank you!). It’s so different from pretty much everything else I own, and when it’s right it’s just SO RIGHT.
Waft some my way. I meant to wear that today. I didn’t sleep well last night and my foggy brain forgot this morning. You smell wonderful.
I hear De Profundis is out in the Vapo Tout Noir presentation for export this year, planning to get that as soon as I can find it.
Thanks for the PSA!
I literally just squeaked – thanks for the news! I’ll be on the lookout for it too.
You smell wonderful!
Thank you! I think so too. 🙂
I just smelled that on paper recently, hoping to have a chance to circle back and try on skin–it does seems wonderful.
Still sneezing and sniffing. It is a gorgeous day here, but apparently winter will be back next week, so I enjoy it as long as it lasts. SOTD is Muguet Porcelaine (enabler pin for Robin) which I bought on ebay as I don’t need any other Hermessences. It is lovely, pretty, totally fitting the day (although I am probably too blocked in the nose department to smell its nuances in all their glory) and unmistakenly JCE. After the first few realistic Lily of the Valley note, I smell an echo of the melon note that is loudly present in Un Jardin Apres La Mousson, a scent I like very much but only when in high summer, in lower temperatures it just doesn’t flower. It is definitely dewy and watery but not aquatic. I am happy to have it.
I ordered a small bottle off EBay too because I couldn’t wait.
Ditto on everything you said. 🙂
I think you deserve an enabler pin too She-ra, I seem to remember you commented on Robin’s review post of Muguet Porcelain that you ordered it via ebay? That gave me the idea to buy it that way instead of the 4 bottle gift box!
I’m hanging on for the 4 bottle set as I’m out of Osmanthe Yunnan and very low on Epice Marine. But what to get as 4th scent?
Cuir d”Ange.
Glad you’re enjoying lovely spring weather, and hope sneezing and snuffling ends soon. Trying Ostara today, so perfect on a warm and sunny day, it’s really lovely.
I think I have loved all of the samples u sent me!, (the only one one I haven’t tried yet is Cristalle vert). At some point u will be getting lots of enabler pins from me!
Ostara is so gorgeous and totally fitting the day! I am eager to try your samples, I will as soon as I feel better. I am glad you loved the samples, Cristalle Vert is simple and likeable, good for the hottest days. Do you like the Cristalle EdT or EdP better? And belated congratulations on your boy, in my book, being a great admirer of mothers but not having any actual experience, congratulations first go to mom and dad!
Thanks!- he had a really fun day. I’m child minding at the moment, so after pre school we had a simple birthday tea in the garden, followed by chocolate caterpillar birthday cake. It was such a lovely sunny day for him too.
I loved both the Edt & Edp, but think probably the Edp if I had to chose. Really surprised that I loved them all!(so far) Thanks again.
Happy belated birthday to your little guy, I missed yesterday’s post. Three is such a fun age and his celebration sounds just perfect!
And I just read on Twitter today that MP will be JCE’s last scent for Hermes. So very glad I bought some.
It’s also National High Five Day in the USA! High five to all my sweet smellin’ NST gang….. 🙂
SOTD: L’Artisan Mure et Musc. I am completely anosmic to it…a first for me! My daughter and coworkers can smell it (and say it’s light and OK), but I can’t smell a lick! Go figure….
I got this sample in a 3 pack coffret from Sephora. Can’t wait to see what the other 2 smell of (or don’t smell of) to me….
It’s Thursday already? Time to power up and cruise into Friday! 🙂
When I met up with the Portland perfumistas at Imaginary Authors, I found out that I’m completely anosmic to three musks and partially anosmic to a fourth. It makes me wonder if my usual six spritzes of Musc Ravageur are too much….
HAHAHA that is hilarious. Well, if anyone ever finds it too much, please instead come sit by me. (I myself am a half-spritz wearer of MR but I am way more easily overhwhelmed by my own perfume than I ever am by anyone else’s–I hardly ever even notice perfume in the wild, wish it happened more.)
Fascinating stuff….I’ve been reading up on anosmia, and apparently some musk molecules are on the upper end of the size some of can smell! Other reasons can be olfactory nerve damage, polyps, and such. Mure et Musc is a musk, that has molecules too big for my beak? Cool stuff! 🙂
PS. Also read that taking a zinc supplement by mouth (never by nose!) is helpful to some. I’m not that worried, but fascinated!
Well, it wasn’t just Foxbins – it was all 4 of us in the studio!!! Hopefully there is some chemical reaction that occurs that allows us to smell the musks when they’re combined…
I also got a coffret with a Mure et Musc Extreme mini which is lovely. Luckily I can smell (and enjoy) the musk.
If it was all 4 of you, are you CERTAIN there really was a musk to smell? (Could’ve been The Emperor’s New Musk, or something like that.) 🙂
🙂 I would have entertained the thought if it hadn’t been Josh – he’s much too kind and was obviously flabbergasted. Also, I could tell I was sniffing something because it felt different from breathing normal air. It was just the strangest sensation since my nose was telling me there was something different, but wasn’t registering any scent. I imagine it would be the same sensation as sniffing natural gas without the commercially added sulfurous scent.
I tend to be anosmic to musk and can’t smell much in the M&M, but the Extreme is very nice, the blackberry is more prominent.
I can only smell Mure et Musc a little bit at first. Too bad, what I can smell seems very nice.
ELDO Fils de Dieu, which disappeared almost instantly leaving a trace of leather. So I had to start over with some Cuir de russie.
Sorry Fils de Dieu disappeared. I love that one, but when I wear it, I do wear a ton of it (10 sprays or more). In that quantity, it lasts well into the evening (though that could just be my skin).
10 sprays!! I salute you. I think it honestly wouldn’t occur to me to keep going past about four even if something were still lighter than I wanted. I admire your bold action in face of such a challenge 🙂
Wow! 10 sprays? Since I only have a sample, no wonder it disappeared!
Happy Thursday!
Some cooling off and we are heading back into normal spring temperatures for the region. That’s not a bad thing- we are just coming off a drought, and heat too early in the growing season is not good for the plants here.
SOTD: After shower Eau Universalle- then a couple of spritzes of Caleche Soie de Perfume from a sample. This is lovely, very rosy, powdery and clean, with a citrus edge. It seems shy, though, because it has settled into my skin to stay, and does not seem to project all that much.
Sounds really lovely for a light and elegant spring scent.
Happy tea day! I am drinking Kusmi Bourbon Vanilla mixed with some Red Fruits right now, scent of the day is my new bottle of Tauer Tuberose Sotto la Luna. It’s green and not at all like most renditions of tuberose I’ve smelled.
I did not like the SLL Gardenia, but the Tuberose is definitely interesting.
In the top notes it reminds me of Tubereuse Criminelle.
Agreed. I used up my sample of that a while ago but it is memorable. 😉 I should pick up another maybe.
Minus the rotting raw chicken.
You smell great. I really like that one.
Tea sounds amazing
Testing Soivohle Quan Yin today, as I’m still doing roses. It’s d/c, described as “Elegant, a classic romantic floral”, with rose, carnation, plum, sweet amber and soft woods.
I’m not liking it. I think it’s that plum note, which tends to smell really sour and acrid to me (as in SSS Vintage Rose and BK Dangereuses Liaisons). Bleargh. Might have to scrub and put on something else.
Sounds like something I’d love 🙂
I’ll set it aside for you, then. 🙂
Jacomo Silences, which I bought mostly to learn more what galbanum smells like? I actually think it really helped! And while I don’t love the opening, I am enjoying the drydown, which I find pleasantly bracing.
The first time I tried Silences, I thought it was screechy. That was in autumn. By spring, I tried it again and fell in LOVE.
Onto another topic: Any vintage hounds on here?
I’ve been having email conversations with a woman who has long had the original Norell as her signature scent. She doesn’t like the Five Star version, and I see her point, having now smelled the original parfum. I’m not going to wear this small bottle I found on ebay, so I’m sending it to her, but I thought I’d try to give her some suggestions of other things to try.
Can’t come up with anything off the top of my head, though. Norell is so different than anything else I’ve ever tried that I can’t think of something similar. It’s very bold and intense – huge galbanum to start, very rich florals (hyacinth, rose, narcissus, carnation), then moss and Youth Dew balsams.
I thought of suggesting Ungaro Diva and Aromatics Elixir, maybe MFK Lumiere Noire pour femme, for boldness plus rich floral blend. Anything else?
Estee Lauder Private Collection? It’s too green for me, just like the Norell is.
Oh, possibly!
Maybe if she layered PC with some Youth Dew… hmm.
I also have a bottle of vintage Norell and it gives me the same feeling as vintage Chloe (by Lagerfield, should come in a calla lily bottle). I have about 5 different iterations of the vintage and they all seem to have aged well (gotten more bitter green and rich although the fruit notes have been lost).
Jean Louis Scherrer is also a good floral chypre, even in its modern formulation. Not as intense/rich, but very green.
Oh, I remember KL Chloe well – wore it ALL through high school and college! (Can’t wear it now for emotional reasons, but I keep a mini parfum around just to smell it now and then. It was so good.)
Scherrer might be a possibility, but I think Chloe doesn’t have that… um… b*tch thing goes on that Norell does. 🙂
Vintage Scherrer has the B going on, don’t worry!
They don’t really make ’em like that any more. Seriously, the type of musk and other ingredients are no longer available or are severely restricted. If she’s looking for other vintage perfumes that might be easier to find, I’d recommend Jacomo Parfum Rare Coeur de Parfum or Balenciaga Cialenga or Le Dix. For something modern that is also elegant and rich smelling, I’d recommend the Puredistance sample set – perhaps one of those would work. I haven’t actually tried any of the Jean Patou reissues yet, but they might be worth sniffing if she can find them.
Commando at the moment and drinking Tazo Chai right now. I’m currently debating on either Chanel no 19 or Deneuve. It’s definitely a green day.
Love Vanilla Smoke!
Sticking to the misnamed theme, I finished off last night wearing EL Sensuous, which I actually think smells like Nilla Wafers taste. I’m currently testing out Les Liquides Imaginaires Tumultu, and while I already knew the name didn’t reflect the scent, I was hoping to get something coconutty. All I can smell in real life, though, is cedar. Good thing it’s pleasant, because I accidentally poured almost the whole 1mL sample on myself this morning!
Jo Malone Nashi Blossom this morning.
How is that one? I have yet to try the new line. Do you love it?
Yes, do tell how you find it please.
My girl at Neiman’s (SA) just sent me an invite for a preview event in May. So you can check your local NM if you are near one.
sweet/juicy with a white musk base. VERY simple. not too much going on. unless you need a cheer up I’d only wear it in (warmer) Spring or Summer weather. fleeting.
I wanted to buy something from Arielle Shoshana to remember our perfumista gathering of last weekend by, and to thank Ari for hosting. I ended up ordering the MFK Pour le Soir candle – it just arrived yesterday. I unwrapped it and set it on my dresser and soon my entire bedroom smelled delicious (and I haven’t even lit the candle yet). Today I am wearing Cologne Pour le Soir from the sample Ari kindly included in the package.
My next purchase will be from there! Love Ari.
That candle is heavenly, and it’s amazing how much scent it puts off even when it’s not burning (I’ve only burned it once). Mine lives on my dresser, too, and every time I go over to that side of the room, I swoon.
Its incredible, isn’t it? I didn’t want to leave my bedroom this morning but I had to go to work. In fact, I left all the windows closed even though its going to be warm today, because I didn’t want the scent to dissipate. It’ll probably be like an oven when I return home this evening, but at least it will smell good!
Oh, that sounds nice! I ordered CBIH Black March.
That sounds lovely, Bastet. I purchased a bottle of Tauer PHI from Ari and am really enjoying it. I got Incense Flash and Rose Flash too, completely ignoring my very deliberate ritual of getting a sample and trying it out before purchasing. It was just a delicious impulse!
Wearing “Pulp” this morning by Byredo. I actually layered this (if you will) with Molton Brown’s “Rhubarb and Roses” shower gel. The two together go hand in hand. Perfect combination!
I am bracing myself today because it is storming again on my end! So scary!
I just received a sample of Byredo Pulp the other day and am going to try it out tonight.
Stay safe.
Be safe. Was it enough rain to cause any additional flooding?
I heard that 249 had some……again. It rained really hard for about an hour in the Woodlands today. But now the sun is out.
Also, was going to tell you I ordered Queen Latifah today for a song and a dance. Had to get the body butter too. The entire works for 20 bucks. Very cheap.
Yeah, its a great deal. Hope you love it and also the Pulp! 🙂
I’m also commando for now (hi, Dawn!) and will probably remedy that with Vanille Galante for some comfort on almost-Friday. I just realized Vanille Galante vaguely reminds me of smelling the base of Chantilly when I was a child. Vanilla + ylang = happy memories.
I’m a fan of the Swiss Miss design blog and was tickled to see Tattly now offers temporary tattoos that are scented. Mind blown.
I’ve been wearing small temporary tattoos on my wrist for a couple of years now… have just about made up my mind to get a real one. DOn’t know what yet.
Meanwhile, over to Tattly to investigate…
After a migraine last night, I conscientiously did the dishes and made my cappuccino before sitting down to read NST….only to find out it’s National Tea Day. Well, there’s always tomorrow.
A spritz of Vetiver Tonka has dried down to something like the absinths I wore earlier in the week – my imagination, or an idiosyncrasy in my sense of smell?
Sajini, re your question above about a major downsizing of your collection, after maybe five years of perfume collecting I’ve noticed that there are years (1-2) that I lose interest in a particular note or category, then seem to cycle back. Could be an argument for decants, but I don’t see myself doing any serious purging.
Hah! Every day this week I’ve had tea – except today. Glad to know I’m not alone. 😉
I agree. I look at all my little darlings tucked away in my perfume dresser and cannot bear the thought of parting with any of them. I am just not ready for the culling to begin!
Trying to do White Linen again, layered with some White Camellias. It’s not quite doing it for me, so I’ll probably use the the remainder of the White Linen to gently spritz my work dresses. Unless someone out there wants a 15ml freebie?
I’ve never tried the original White Linen, but I’ve got some Pure White Linen, and my nose doesn’t really distinguish between it and some high-quality dryer sheets >.< It's a very pleasant scent to me, but not necessarily one I'd pay money for. I don't get it! Have you tried PWL? Are they very similar?
I haven’t, alas! I didn’t know there WAS such a thing–that’d be interesting to sniff!
Supersugar, want to trade minis so we can each try the opposite perfume?
Sure! Send me an email at miater23@geee-male.com (spelled correctly, ofc!)
Sent 🙂
I’ve tried both, but like White Linen better. White Linen has more floral and fruit while Pure White Linen feel more transparent. PWL was created as a modern formulation of WL (just as Eau Premiere is to No. 5), so it is more versatile (but has less personality IMO). Both are very pretty, and must tries for aldehyde lovers.
I am not wearing anything because I am quite sick and can’t smell anything anyway (including a very stinky boss-figure, happily). I’ve got a question for anyone who’s tried the Tauerville set: While those 10-mL rollerballs are 50 % off, are they worth getting? A friend has generously given me a good half of her Rose Flash rollerball, and I LOVE it. Can I have your opinions on the other three? I know I’m not supposed to blind buy, but they’re only $15ish for 10 mL for now…. So hard to resist. I’ve been resisting for MONTHS.
Feel better!
I like the Flash series, personally, and I think it’s a good deal. Vanilla Flash is my favorite (and it’s way high up on my overall favorites list, too). I haven’t worn Amber Flash in a while, but I remember it being pretty, not oppressively heavy or sweet, though not the most memorable amber you’ll ever encounter. I thought Incense Flash was more leathery than incense-y, but I like that one, too. Actually, the only one I don’t really like is Rose Flash, but I keep meaning to try it layered.
Thanks 🙂 And thanks for your evaluation of the series! (I like rolling Rose Flash all over myself before going to bed. This results in dreams in which Rose Flash plays a pretty prominent role. Now I know for sure that I can both smell and see color in my dreams.)
Cosign on this entirely. The Amber could work really well layered too (but yeah standalone is a little tame.)
I adore Rose Flash, and Amber Flash is my second fave — it’s just a really good amber. Vanilla Flash might surprise you if you’re expecting something analagous to Rose Flash — it isn’t sweet or thick or gourmand-y, and there’s a lot of tobacco/hay/smokeness going on with it. I like it, and I find that it’s great layered with drier, incense-heavy fragrances, to make them a titch more voluptuous. Incense Flash was my least favorite, which surprised me since I’m a big incense fan, but it was just too acrid for me. The drydown was lovely, but it was a rocky road to get there. 🙂
Feel better!!!
WHERE are the Tauerville Flashes 50% off?
On the website, you can get all four 10-ml rollerballs for $60ish instead of at the normal price of $120ish! Sooooo tempting, right?!
Totes tempting – but I had looked on the Tauerville website and didn’t find it…now that you wrote it, there it was!!
It’s a clear beautiful day and I’m wearing Bulgari Red Tea to celebrate National Tea Day and drinking Tazo organic Earl Grey Blanc tea with a splash of almond milk.
You smell wonderful! I got a bottle of Bvlgari Au The Rouge in anticipation of the summer, and it is wonderful. Love the use of fig to smooth everything out.
I went simple today with Marc Jacobs Daisy.
Received a few samples the other day and tried out OJ Woman last night. I was very disappointed that I didn’t care for it, although my billfold is happy about it. I think the grass oil in it probably is what turned me off.
Well, it is probably good that perfumes are made for all different tastes or I would probably have more than I already do.
My 8 year old got a sample of that at the mall the other day. I was so impressed with her; spraying scent strips, waiving them dry before smelling… Such a proud fumie Mom moment! She had on Daisy but I kept thinking she had sprayed Mugler Fougere Furieuse somewhere because there must be some notes in common!
Wearing Jour Gardenia today…
I have tried regular Jour, Absolu and Gardenia and they are all lovely but similar to me. I wouldn’t think I would need more than one of the mix.
I have Jour parfum and that is the most different to me. I bit richer and deeper.
I believe I would like Jour Jasmine next, Mr. Ellena, if you’re reading.
Haha, love it–you’ve got my vote for Jour Jasmin!
Morning everybody! Thanks for the great advice yesterday! I typically read through all the comments at night, so I don’t reply back. But I wanted to let you know that I do actually read everything and your comments have been taken to heart.
SOTD = mojito fragrance
Woke up with to the musky drydown of Jessica Simpson Fancy Love, which was so reminiscent of the drydown of the mojito fragrance that I just had to wear it. I should really pace myself so I’ll have enough to last me through the summer…
Robin’s picture of the day reminded me of the Jo Malone Rare Teas collection. Does anybody know when they are going to be released (it was supposed to be in April, right?)?
I am going to an event for the rare teas tonight and I know the boutique at South Coast Plaza is selling them starting today.
Ferre, for Keep it Simple Week.
Oooh, Vanilla Smoke is way at the top of my to-sample list. I’m willing to bet you smell wonderful, Robin! Today I’d wanted to wear Un Jardin En Mediterranee but couldn’t find my sample anywhere, so I went with L’Ombre Dans L’Eau instead. It’s rainy rainy raining on my rose garden at the moment, and everything is juicy green and the air feels mild in spite of the rain, so it seemed like a good fit for the day. We’re interviewing a potential part-time nanny today in anticipation of my return to full-time work in June, and I can’t decide if I’m aghast at the thought of leaving my little man with a relative stranger for a couple of half-days a week, or excited at the prospect of bringing a hopefully kindly and helpful person into our little family circle.
I did smell fantastic. Long gone now.
And maybe she’ll do chores too!
SOTD: CN Soul. Love the spicy, woody opening. Day 21 of my 30 day sample-only challenge. It’s been fun and challenging to pick a sample knowing that it’s the only one I can wear all day.
SOTD = Chanel #5 EDP, not vintage, smells fine but is pretty well gone at 6 hours, not like the old stuff. Next time I will spritz more generously and see what happens. 🙂
No.5 happens. LOL. Hope all is well with you meredifay!
I’m wearing VC&A Lys Carmin, one of my very favorite lilies. I’m thinking of not doing anything house-related today, though there is mulching, sanding, cleaning out the garage attic before it gets too hot, and mowing the lawn on the list. I have the new J.D. Robb to read and I could knock that out this afternoon.
Oh yes, go read, by Jupiter. House chores ain’t going anywhere…
Had a trial size of Rhubarbe Ecarlate shower gel so used that this morning. Nice but I don’t think I’ll be getting this one.
It did put me in the mood for Rose Ikebana though, which I rarely think of. So that is my SOTD and it is prettier than I remembered.
Since I also had a trial size of the Rhubarbe lotion, I used that too afterwards. The consistency is fabulous but the fragrance is a definite no for me. It smells like slightly off celery to me. Yuck.
Oh what a bummer–I have just the opposite experience, I really liked the Rhubarbe scent but at least in its spray form, it was too fleeting for me to want to buy a bottle.
I was surprised by how much I like Rose Ikebana!
Needed a bit of comfort today so went with Kenzo Amour.
I wish I could switch from coffee to tea, as I drink a lot of coffee and have become tolerant to the caffeine at this point. I think I need a switch out and reset for a while. Although I do drink coffee for the taste, too.
I am a tea drinker but I do love a good coffee or cappuccino.
Hi Elisa do you find caffeine has an impact of you try different coffees? I do find that coffee from different coffee shops or just different blends can almost reset the caffeine impact.
Cheaper coffee feels more effective in terms of caffeine-especially instant, but then there’s the taste… Really good, smooth coffee is such a comforting experience for me but seems to have less of a wake-me-up.
Same here. I even buy tea, love the idea, but rarely feel like drinking it. Coffee is the dope!
Yup(she says while drinking third cup)!
I used to drink a lot of coffee too during the day and would switch to tea at night time. But it keeps me awake now and I’d rather sleep than drink coffee. I do miss it though and I cheat on weekends when I don’t have to get up for work. I love perked coffee, so much better than drip IMO.
I have been drinking venti half-decaf starbucks in the morning and I don’t feel like I OD’d on caffeine even if I get a drink with 2 shots of espresso in the afternoon.
Tea of the day – Guatemalian Coffee.
SOTD – Various Mona di Orio fragrances – I have their mini set and finally testing it. Ambre is excellent, Rose is too light for my taste, Eau feels really nice with all the honey. Will have to test rest later as no more skin space
Digging into the sample mountain, trying on Kilian Lemon in Zest and Annick Eau de Ciel and not liking either much at all! Surprising how grumpy it makes me to wear something (two somethings) I’m not enjoying. A reminder of why sometimes the sample collection piles up–as exciting as it is to smell something new, on many days it’s nice to wear things I already know I like!
HAHA, oh Lemon In Zest… I swiped that sample across my hand one time and never looked back. It was what finally convinced me that I like lemon *in* scents, but I mostly hate lemon scents.
This is why my samples never dwindle, I wear what I like even if it is prime sampling day.
Trying my sample of Ostara this afternoon, put it on just before taking the dog across the fields. This is so gorgeous on a sunny, breezy day, I really enjoyed catching little whiffs every now and again.
You smell lovely and springlike and hope the dog walk is suitably warm and spring like too!
Ostare is stunning!
Absolutely love this one!
Wearing the remnants of Lyric from a Christmas dinner with my best friend last night (so we’re a little late, don’t ask!). Need to shower and get ready for a committee meeting later today. May beak out some 31 Rue Cambon or something else light and pretty for an outdoor patio discussion. Glad the weather is finally at Spring!
Mmmm 31 Rue Cambon is fantastic!
Nice teapot!
Continuing the theme of misnamed perfumes —
SOTD = Chanel Sycomore
Is it a real word? Is it supposed to be sycAmore? What does a sycamore tree smell like anyway? From what I’ve read, it could be as pleasant as sweet tea or nastier than rotting garbage coupled with unwashed armpit.
On me, Sycomore is nutty smokey vetiver, just right for this schizophrenic weather ranging from low 40s in the morning to 70s later today..
Sycomore is really good.
Agreed 100%!
Yes, great perfume, irrelevant name! Sycamores (the mapley things) don’t smell of anything much. They got the name from an unrelated tree in the bible, the sycamore fig (now generally known as sycomore fig in English to distinguish). Also the French for sycamore is sycomore. Does this help? No. Whatever sycomore figs smell like, I bet it’s not Sycomore. But at least it’s a better name than Beige or Jersey.
Good to know. I didn’t even think to look up the etymology and stuck with “American”.
It really is a beautiful woody vetiver. I just tried it last Saturday at the Chanel boutique at Tysons Galleria. It was made all the better by the company of my fellow fume heads. I thought Coromandel was lovely too but the dry down is a little sweet. Maybe not my ultimate reference patchouli.
Boxeuses, for that stamina kick I need so much. It would fit tomorrow’s project, though, since it smells mostly like pink bubble gum that was left inside a good leather bag with a pack of cigarretes and a lipstick, so that bits of both got attached to it. Quite nice, though.
and some plums!
I like Boxeuses, nearly bought a couple of years ago, but La Myrrhe won.
I so want to try La Myrrhe, and the fact that you like it only adds to ots appeal.
I so want to try La Myrrhe, and the fact that you like it only adds to its appeal.
Started the day in Lune de Givre from Cloon Keen Atelier and then sprayed a bit of Iris Nobile on later. Now pondering what to wear to viewing of a design exhibition. It’s been slightly muggy today so might go for something bracing or at least green post shower.
I’m wearing Demeter Pink Grapefruit mixed into some rose body butter.
Wow, tea sounds really good. I had some coffee awhile ago, but I’m going to have to go drink some asap…maybe iced, for lunch….
My sinuses/allergies have been acting up so much lately, causing terrible headaches. My doctor put me on antibiotics and decongestant.
I am wearing Hermes Hiris, sprayed very sparingly. I can’t take a lot of fragrance on me today.
My allergies and sinuses have been wicked this year too. I hope you feel better Barqs.
Oh, sinus headaches are a drag! I’ve been congested for around 2 years straight, so I really feel your pain. Have you ever tried sniffing something infused with eucalyptus essential oil? It’s soothing and helps clear nasal passages. In any case, I hope you feel better soon!
I keep a jar of Vicks vapo rub by my desk and also one on top my nightstand. It does help. I breathe it in and hold my breath. My husband says I look like Cheech & Chong when I do that ????
???? Ha ha! Oh no! I do that with Vicks too, and now I’m gonna end up laughing the next time I bust open a jar!
Oof that is the worst–hope you feel better soon!
Get better soon!
Thanks for get well wishes. Headache is getting better as day goes on. My doctor said this year has been a bad one for people who suffer from allergies and sinuses .
I didn’t get to put on perfume until after the news about Prince, so I decided to wear Like This. It’s not purple, but it is honoring a sexy weirdo, so it’s appropriate.
Oh! I hadn’t heard before your post. Shocking and sad, he was so talented.
It just seems (because I’m sad right now) that the world is getting less and less interesting as the year goes on.
<3 sexy weirdo
Definitely need to find more scents evocative of/in honour of sexy weirdos.
That would be a fun list.
I’m late to the NST party today, after spending a day wandering around Avignon. Visited the bridge (hi Tiffanie!) and the papal palaces. Extraordinary to think of this as one of the great power centres of the medieval world, before the Black Death or the fall of Constantinople or Columbus’ voyages.
This week I’m trying samples which are likely to struggle to match their names (and bonus points if those names are also pretentious). SOTD is “Immortal Beloved” from Ys-Uzac. This is notable for a boozy/plum opening with Immortelle as a minor note. I like it, but it won’t replace Nobile 1942’s “Rudis” as my go-to boozy scent. Not least because the ‘immortal’ part of the name fails to deliver, on my skin at least.
Pretentiousness factor: 3/5 (“Temporarily Liked” doesn’t really have the same ring, does it?)
Incongruity factor: 1/5 (It could have been great)
Perfume score: 3/5, might revisit but a world where Rudis exists doesn’t need IB.
What a beautiful area of the world you’re visiting right now!
Jealous!
But truly glad you are having a wonderful adventure in France. 🙂
This morning I could still smell a bit of Promesse I’d put on before bed so hadn’t put anything on over it. But I’ve just learned of Prince passing away, and while I may not have been into the latter part of his career, I loved a lot of his music when I was a kid. So off to put on some 3121 in memory, play “The Beautiful Ones” and hope he’s finally at peace.
Sad perfumista.
I’m not wearing anything yet. But I just found out that my friend is going to be in Paris this weekend and it’s taking EVERYTHING I have not to ask her to bring me a bottle of Ne M’Oubliez Pas. I’ll probably break down and ask in a couple of hours. My God that perfume is like crack. Maybe I’ll go spritz some now…
I just ordered a sample of that. Maybe I shouldn’t have.
So sad to hear that Prince has passed away. He was the first concert I ever to as a young girl with my aunt. RIP Prince.
Love Prince — a one in a million musician, and quirky as they make them.
Wearing L’Instant today as I finish going through the final page proofs of my book. Almost done. I don’t know how Mals ( and others ) feel but at this stage of re-reading and checking I begin to feel physically cramped, as if trying to thread a length of wool through the eye of a small needle. By the end of the day the book will be gone, and off to the printers next week. L’ instant has accompanied me throughout the entire editing process of this book and it’s done it’s job well… Time to move on now!
Congratulations on the book – that will be a great sense of achievement!
Congrats/good luck with your book, and you smell lovely!
Congratulations!
We’re well into autumn here, and the weather is amazingly mild still. I’m thinking of Angélique from Papillon, it’s a soft scent that should go well with a cool and sunny morning, with not a breath of wind.
Yes, it’s ridiculously warm in the afternoons here too. The wind is getting cooler though, and the night temperatures have dropped, so there are signs of true autumn. I loved being in Whanganui last weekend–it’s only 250 miles south, but that was enough to reduce confusion about the seasons.
I want to wear Elephant now, after my little rhapsody above, but I’m going to see a dressmaker, so that might be tactless. Maybe 31 RC? No right-minded person could object to it, surely?
The world is full of left-minded people but pay no mind to them. Go team 31RC!
I love that! “Left-minded people”! Yes, indeed.
Morning, all! Late, late, late– I slept forever, how wonderful, so I feel as though I won Lotto, even better, and I’m skiving off work today, FABULOUS! I’ve started the Friday project from the opposite end by wearing Jungle L’Elephant, which I DON’T think is misnamed, although a gorgeous scent and a large pachyderm aren’t perhaps the most obvious associations. Anyway, the reason that I think E is well-named is its behaviour: once free, it presses forward powerfully, it’s more nimble than you might expect, it’s loyal and long-lived. Other stuff too. It’s heavy, for sure, but not ungraceful; it’s exotic, but in a familiar way; it says its truth without deviation or forgetting…I love it. Tomorrow, on Friday for TOH, I’ll join in the project the way Robin specified it.
I love your description of Jungle L’elephant !
L’Elephant trumpets loudly and exuberantly in joy- it’s impossible not to be cheered by it. ????
Wearing my beloved Jasmin de Provence today–it is such a warm weather scent, and I’m so happy to be wearing it again after months!
Once I washed off my Quan Yin I put on some Deneuve, and I’m much happier. 🙂
Quan Yin and Deneuve, two goddesses in one day.
Nice.
Sad news about Prince today. I’m wearing Cuir d’Ange. I think I was planning to wear something else today, but I saw my sample while I was deciding what clothes to wear this morning, so the other plan went out the window. Not sure what I’m going to do for tomorrow. I don’t really have any good ideas. We’ll see.
How sad. I just googled and saw that he got the ultimate tribute with the purple Google icon.’i know what to wear tomorrow even if I won’t be on theme…(I already did 4 days’ worth)
I started the day in some of my cheap delightful monoi oil and a little LL Poivre, but both of those smell just like their names…
So, on my way home I stopped off at Sephora to try SL la religieuse, which is soapy sweet floral–not much for its name connotation?
Just a quick spritz of Muguet des Bois for me this morning before driving the grandkids home. We had a fantastic time at the ballpark yesterday. A great pitchers’ duel between two aces, but our Chris Sale outpitched the Angels’ and out-duded both Mike Trout and Albert Pujols. We sat in the special ‘K Zone’ section, so-named for Sale’s many strikeouts and only available on days he pitches. As part of that special promotion we all got K Zone tshirts and large K cards that we flash each time Chris gets a strikeout – shirts and cards are red so we were a noticeable group! Funniest happening of the day is 8-1/2 year old grandson got a new haircut, all gelled and punked up, and, along with that, was all about being cool. Wouldn’t even wear his Sox cap because he didn’t want to muss his hair! – his twin sister, who’s not yet into ‘being cool,’ just rolled her eyes and said, ‘Boys!’ and never took her cap off her head.
Will change into a vintage and 60’ish fragrance tonight for the slightly delayed 50th anniversary showing of “Thunderball” in the classic film series at our historic theater, complete with Bond themes on the Wurlitzer organ, special guests, a raffle, and several artifacts from the film – there’s a James Bond movie prop warehouse nearby in Kankakee, Il. I love the fun of these early Bond films – and Sean Connery – but how can this one be 50 already? Shakes head in disbelief . . .
What a special day you had with the grandkids! Enjoy the movie!
I love lily of the valley scents!
Glad you got the W on top of the fun of spending the game with your grandkids. And your granddaughter may not care yet, but girls in baseball caps are supercool! ???? (BTW, my D-backs won in a pitchers’ duel, too: Greinke v. Bumgarner. It was all it should’ve been. Oh wait, we just now swept the Giants. Woot.)
Just finished my little sample of Mon Jasmin Noir today, but still not entirely sure if I like it enough for a full bottle yet.
Happy National Tea day! I’m drinking hojicha all day.
Sotd was Opardu. I didn’t see that today was tea day otherwise I would have tried something special today. I may remedy that tomorrow, either with some chrysanthemum tea or a milky oolong. I’d love to try Ding Dong Oolong, but I have to find some here first 🙂
Er Dong Ding. It’s late 🙂
LOL and I LOVE LOVE LOVE Opardu!
Discovered that the big Walgreen’s in downtown Boston has a few dozen of the Demeter range so I’ve got Lilac on one arm and Wet Garden on the other. The lilac is very true and I may eventually get a bottle. I think this display will be my own little playground
I have been having a super time with our nephew Matt in Orlando for the last few weeks. We went to a Blue Jays game in Tampa when Matt caught a fly ball bare handed off Josh Donaldson, so impressed! Then lucked into a bottle of Fancy Nights for $8.00 at TJ Maxx and then a bottle of Queen for $10.00 at Ross. Further to this I then lucked into 2 bottles of Heure Exquise yesterday; they look like pre-formulation.. I know I’ve seen them in the same store before, same spot..