Advance warning: damage poll coming up on Tuesday! Meanwhile, five questions for today:
1. What fragrance are you wearing today?
2. Do you restrict your fragrance purchasing in any way, and if so, what are your rules or limits?
3. Tell us about your favorite home fragrance item?
4. Found any good new TV shows so far this year?
5. Had any wonderful chocolate lately? Tell us about it.
Answer as many or as few as you like. My answers...
1. At the moment, the remains of yesterday's Aftelier Ancient Resins.
2. For a long time I restricted myself to two bottles a month. Now I don't have to...it's hard to talk myself into buying anything.
3. Right now, some cypress incense by Shochikudo Koho, plus still using the wonderful Year of Armenia Papier d’Arménie.
4. No, that's why I'm asking!
5. I am working on a Hole Molé bar by Tumbador, but I'm not really finding it wonderful. Best bar I had recently was an old favorite, Taza stone ground with coffee.
Note: top image is auguri [cropped] by Andrea at flickr; some rights reserved.
SOTD: Bn9 Silver Factory
No aquatics or sporty fragrances, ever.
Not sure about favorite home fragrance.
Ray Donovan is definitely worth watching, season 1 just ended.
No chocolate lately, but it is WAY past due…
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Hi all!
I plan to wear Traversee du Bosphore today. I think it’s perfect almost anytime but especially when it’s chilly outside.
I’m on an unemployment-induced diet at the moment so I am limiting myself to samples, if anything. The good thing about it is that it has renewed my appreciation for the perfumes i do have.
I absolutely love Voluspa Baltic Amber room and body spray. The smallest spray fills a good amount of space and lasts & lasts.
Of the new TV line up, so far I really like the Goldbergs and Trophy Wife. Good brain candy!
Chocolate? I’m still loving Trader Joe’s sea salt & dark chocolate. Gourmet at a budget price.
Have a great weekend, all!
Ooh I will have to check out that TJ’s chocolate. Thanks!
I love polls and of course I end up with a ton of lemmings of the caloric and non-caloric types after reading all the comments.
1. Nothing yet but SOTD will be Guerlain Tonka Imperiale and then later, Bvlgari Black for a get-together with 25+ others at a friend’s house (I guess I should call this a party!)
2. I started the year with rules ($s, # of bottles, no blind buying, trying all my samples before buying more samples) and I broke them all in the first two weeks of January….so now, I don’t follow any rules.
3. I don’t fragrance my home. My scented liquid hand soaps tend to be in the citrus and/or vanilla family.
4. I’m a Food Network / Bravo TV junkie and there really aren’t any new shows but new seasons of the same shows. Lately, there are more shows featuring a “kids can cook” theme.
5. Nothing new on the chocolate front. I do like Trader Joe’s Organic Stone Ground Extra Dark Chocolate (70% Cacao). The packaging describes it as “A traditional Mexican-style chocolate, stone-milled in small batches” Just note that the chocolate is not smooth and in fact, has a crunch to it. Now I need to go check out that Taza stone ground with coffee!
Happy Fragrant Saturday!
Laughing at #2! How many New Year’s resolutions go that way?! 🙂
The Taza bars are like that…the chocolate, sugar & flavorings dissolve in your mouth and meld together. Strange at first, but now I love them.
1)I’m wearing Aromatics Elixir; trying to learn to love it, but haven’t succeeded yet.
2)No rules; I buy if I see something absolutely irresistible and can afford it, or if I see a fantastic offer. This year I’ve bought 2 100ml bottles of L’Artisan for 44€ each.
4) Nothing better than old chapters of The Sopranos.
5) They’ve just opened a small artisan chocolate shop almost opposite my house, so, recently, dark chocolate with Maldon salt.
I can’t decide if I’m jealous or grateful that I don’t have a chocolate shop across from my house!
In fact, I have an artisan ice-cream shop 50 yards in the other direction. It IS good and terrible, too. Your cake sounds incredible!
Thankfully (?), I am lactose intolerant, so ice cream holds less allure to me! I’ve never had an undeniable craving for sorbet! 🙂
YES!! A Fellow Sopranos fan! There is nothing better. We’ve watched it end to end several times. Favorite episode is “Pine Barrens.”
Hang in there with AE. It’s an acquired taste, but I couldn’t live without it, now. Try walking “into the mist.” Spray, then walk through it. I think one problem is that sprayed directly on it’s a bit overwhelming. Great to sleep in.
Well, I did like it better 12 hr later! Its opening is just so acrid…but it smooths down a lot with time. I’ll try the mist method and see if that gives a gentler opening,
1. No SOTD today, but yesterday, with our first real fall storm looming, I felt comfortable bringing out a heavy hitter–Memoir–and it’s still lingering on my jammies!
I’m going to my first hockey game tonight with Mr. Spicebomb (microfiche). Any suggestions for an appropriate scent? Bulgari Black seems too obvious. . . 😀
2. I used to have a 1 bottle per month rule, but this year, it’s been more boom and bust than that! I bought nothing for a few months, and then bought 3 bottles last month. . .yeah, damage poll is gonna look frightening this quarter!
3. I like to spray my house with a combination of febreeze (to reduce cat smell) and Balenciaga Paris. In fact, I’ve nearly drained 100 mL of BParis, and I’m trying to decide if it’s silly to look for another bottle to use as a home fragrance rather than a personal fragrance! There’s got to be a more economical option. . .
4. I don’t have “live” TV, so everything I’m watching would be reruns for everyone else. I’ve gotten DVDs from the library of Game of Thrones, Downton Abbey, Sherlock, and Dexter over the past 6 or 8 months. I’m really enjoying season 3 of Downton Abbey at the moment–fascinating to watch the shifts in the house as it enters more modern times.
5. I baked a cake for a friend’s birthday this week. It was a chocolate and vanilla layer cake with orange-lemon curd filling and whipped chocolate ganache frosting. Nothing better than homemade chocolate baking, in my opinion! And that curd. . . I could have just eaten it with a spoon!
Wow, that cake sounds good!
Thank you! Yeah–it was yummy and very pretty! We were at a birthday party of another friend the week before, and after having this beautiful lemon chocolate cake from a bakery, she made a request for something like it. It was fun to have an excuse to play around and try something new!
It’s fun to bake like that! The cake sounds marvelous.
Really, it’s my favorite way to bake or cook! I love hearing a good idea and sort of bastardizing my way to creating my own version of it.
This is hardly thinking outside the box after the Bulgari Black idea but Dzing could work too! I feel like pro hockey probably has many of the same smells as a circus 🙂
And I second Robin’s “wow!” about the cake!!
So maybe I should be going in the Muscs Kublai Khan direction? I’ve got some nice, dirty, vintage Shalimar. . . 🙂
Yes exactly 🙂 I say vintage Shalimar for tonight. Then see if there’s a rodeo you guys can attend together and wear MKK to that 🙂
Um, Marjorie Rose? My birthday is coming up….:-)
Hahaha brilliant!
No problem! Let me know what flavors you like and where to send it! Not sure the best packing materials, though. . . bubble wrap could get messy!
Just love that you spray perfume as a home fragrance! I’m always paranoid about how my house smells with its two (very clean) kitty residents, and I like the room sprays that Parfums de Nicolai make as they linger beautifully. Also fond of reed diffusers, but have to keep them out of reach of inquisitive paws.
So you don’t vote that it’s ridiculously decadent? It took me a while to get used to doing it, but I *really* like BP as a room spray–less fond of it as a personal fragrance.
I’ve been playing with the reed diffusers, but haven’t figured out how to control the amount of scent as well as I like. I’m using only a couple of reeds in the diffuser I have upstairs, and that seems a bit better. And as you say, those are tempting toys for curious kitties!
The big goal, of course, is keeping my house from smelling like cat/ catbox. I’m way too scent sensitive to want my guests to *notice* that I own cats as soon as they walk through the door!
For the hockey game: Secretions Magnifiques for its blood and adrenaline accords?
Sadly, that one’s not a part of my collection!
Mr. Spicebomb (microfiche) seemed quite amused by my bemusement at hockey last night! There were 4 fights, including two with guys “throwing their gloves off.” I just don’t get a sport that sanctions men beating on each other! I kept wanting to stop play because someone had just been mashed into the glass. . . seems like a very silly and unsportsmanlike sport!
I can’t handle the brutality of hockey or even football. I love baseball, but even it has some violent aspects that I find unappealing.
1 – Remnants of yesterday’s 31 RC. I don’t wear it in the summer so it’d been a while and I really missed it. That picture makes me crave a spritz of L’Eau d’Hiver, though!
2- Never, ever buy unsniffed. Only buy things that I adore. Never, ever buy sniffed.
3- I’m still digging the Papier d’Armenie that this place got me hooked on a few months ago. Just had some more delivered this week, in fact 🙂 I’m also looking forward to see what limited edition Christmas candles Diptyque bring out this year since I always treat myself to one.
4- Nope, but I’m okay with that because it means that I have the time to do other things so I’m trying to keep it that way for now.
5 – Nope
Wait. So what you’re saying is that you never, ever buy unsniffed? 😉
So I was wondering….do you ever buy unsniffed?
I *think* what she’s suggesting is that she never buys unsniffed. . .
No, I’m saying that I definitely never buy unsniffed. Sorry for not being clear!
😀
oh, Thanks….we were so confused. 😉
Yes thank goodness that’s cleared up! But now what I want to know is: how does she feel about purchasing bottles she hasn’t tried before?
That’s risky….do you think she’d be offended if we suggested that she test things before purchasing? *I was thinking of trying that myself.*
Abyss— look what you’ve started! *snicker*
I love alla y’all. Just sayin’.
Seconding Mals 🙂
Hello again!
Today I’m wearing Shailmar EDT which I just bought yesterday after much deliberation (my first Guerlain!) because if I have to be stuck at work on a foggy Saturday better suited for napping well at least I can smell fabulous.
I keep a pretty tight budget for perfume and don’t have many local options for buying so as long as I stay away from the Internet I usually keep it under $100 a month.
I’m not a big candle or room spray girl but I do have some Zum Mist by a company called indigo wild in sandlewood citrus that I like to spray on me or my pillow at night.
Marvel’s Agents of Shield just started on ABC but unless you are a giant geek like me that may not interest you. 😉
And finally, anything that Voges makes is pure chocolate bliss.
Congratulation on that Shalimar! May it be associated with such happy times that you’ll always love it and wear it.. If I were to be faithful to a perfume, Shalimar would be it. It’s the one I’m always reaching for, it’s great in any weather, never boring, never cloying, my good pal.
We now have the Marvel Agents of SHIELD here, and I think I like it but I got a bit confused …. maybe I should watch it without having drunk a glass of wine beforehand!
1. Vintage Habanaita – to cheer myself up, I have a cold coming on.
2. Very restricted at the moment due to lack of money – but that said I have a huge collection and I have not had any great yearnings this year so I don’t feel too bad about it.
3. i LOVE Voluspa Baltic Amber!!! I have a candle and it fragrances the room without it being lit – amazing. Sadly cannot get the body sprays in UK or I would be buying them!
4. British telly a bit weak at the moment – waiting for the return of Benedict Cumberbatch in Sherlock & Dr Who Xmas special.
5. Some candied orange rinds covered in dark Belgian chocolate – at a dinner party last week. Unbelievable!
Let me throw in a book – The Rook By Daniel O’Malley Somewhere between fantasy & Sci-fi – great heroine and it’s funny too!
Thanks for posting about The Rook! It’s just gone on my list. You might be interested in the series by Ben Aaronovitch (who has also written for Dr. Who…) about a wizard/constable in London — those books are great too.
SOTD is Royal English Daisy. I’m going to a 1st birthday party and wanted something light and inoffensive.
My only rule for buying seems to be find the cheapest discount online price possible.
5 cats, so I don’t use any home fragrances.
Only chocolate I have had recently is Reeces peanut butter cups.
I also have five (indoor) cats! Also a giant dog — a Leonberger. I’m also very careful about house scents. I’ll occasionally use some incense, but monitor the pets to be sure they are bothered by it.
That was supposed to be ‘aren’t bothered’.
I googled Leonbergers – truly a giant! It sounds like it has a wonderful temperament, too.
Hi Nozknoz,
Yes, they have wonderful, gentle temperaments. This is my third Leonberger and I’ve been fortunate that my last two lived long. My current dog, Triton, has been trained by myself to be an unofficial service dog. I don’t need that much of his help anymore with things like dressing, but every once in awhile we still train for these tasks so he doesn’t forget. He’s been invited by a head nurse to visit an old age home on “Dierendag”, the annual day celebrating pets. He will be taken by her into the secure area, where there are patients with severe dementia, etc. Triton is very calm with small children, the elderly and the infirm. The downside of these dogs is that humans who share their homes will always have to deal with dog hair, muddy pawprints, sand, etc. Fortunately, unlike their cousins, the Newfoundlands, they don’t drool.
OK, just looked these puppies up. . .what an adorable teddy bear of a dog! I just want to wrap my arms around that big doggie neck and burrow in! Sounds like they’re very nice, too! For a short while, when I was quite little, we had a Saint Bernard in my home. I remember him being very sweet, drooly, and stinky!
My friend has two Leonbergers, a male and a female. They are wonderful dogs-She wanted big dogs but not as big as my Tibetan Mastiff.
You must have a very large Tibetan. I’ve met numerous dogs of this breed and most of them are the same size as my Leonbergers. Having said that, I’ve met some that are larger and I’ve met some Leonbergers that are much larger than the breed standard. The largest two dogs I’ve ever met were also bigger than the standard. One was a Caucasion Ovcharka (there are several dogs that fall under this breed classification) and the other was a Pyrenean Mastiff. The latter dog was being led by an Easy halter, and I thought at first it was a pony!
Mountain breeds tend to be very independent . The Leonberger is the exception and is even known in its native Germany as the “Kinderfreund”.
That’s the funny part! Her Leonberger male is now larger than my TM–but my TM is older, so when she was researching dog breeds she thought my TM was very large. She had never owned a dog before.
1. Nothing yet.
2. Trying to convince myself that I don’t need backup bottles of ANYTHING.
3. Votivo Island Grapefruit reed diffusers (occasionally…don’t use home fragrance all the time)
4. Like CBS’ Sherlock and PBS Market Warriors. Looking forward to tomorrow’s Breaking Bad finale.
5. Green & Black’s–70% dark, milk and milk with almonds are all fabulous, and I don’t usually like milk chocolate.
What’s Aftelier Ancient Resins like?
Here you go:
https://nstperfume.com/2012/12/14/aftelier-ancient-resins-quick-body-product-review/
interesting, not what I was expecting. Still trying to decide if I want to pull the trigger on a bottle of Huile Prodigieuse (usually use unscented lotion).
Nuxe is nice…and the version with gold shimmer in it is fun too. But if you just want to moisturize your skin without exposing yourself to a lot of chemicals ….try just 100% pure Argan oil. I get argan oil from an online shop called Camden-Grey.
1. Today: Come La Luna, got it out of the Drawer. OMG, will be wearing it again!
2. Restriction is good! Only the ones that I‘ve thought about for a long time make the list. Besides, I’ve overspent last year, so I’m on sidelines until the spring; in the mean time going thru my last year stuff . will have stuff to share/swap
3. I love Esteban, Teck & Tonka home frag. , doesn’t matter spray or the stones…
4. Don’t have time nowadays… Would love hear your suggestions. Wake me up when the new Game of Thrones, or Suits too……
5. Leonidas, pretty much anything, pricey though… Lindt’s new caramel & salt or any other dark ones. Try them all!
6.
1. Nothing yet. Probably Eau d’Italie Sienne l’Hiver to start. I got this bottle for half price when Ludwig Beck in Munich decided no longer to carry the line, and it happened to be during Oktoberfest, so I always associate this and Paestum Rose with Oktoberfest season (yes, Oktoberfest is actually mostly in September).
2. Never be bullied into buying perfume: Never buy anything from a specialty shop that tries to force you to buy within 3 minutes of trying a perfume on skin. Also never buy anything from a shop that won’t let you browse and determine what you like, or tries to pick out perfumes for you based on the most expensive brands you own, not notes you like. I learned this the hard way at a shop in Seattle.
3. My favourite home scent ever was a honeysuckle grapefruit candle that Fresh made when they were just a small shop in Boston in the late 90s. They’ve long since discontinued it, of course, so I’ve been hoarding my last candle for a decade, burning it maybe once a year. (I also have an Archipelago grapefruit candle that’s decent, but not quite as good. Otherwise, I’m liking those Year of Armenia Papier d’Armenie, too.
4. I’ve pretty much given up on TV, other than Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert….and Mad Men.
5. Anything by Beta5, pretty much.
So jealous on your 50% off Paestum Rose! I am looking for a deal on that one, but nothing in sight …
I know — that’s my best find ever! (Well, between that and a good deal on a full bottle of Amouage Gold that I got a really good discount on when they changed the bottles; probably the only thing I’ve ever bought unsniffed, and haven’t regretted that one!) I almost didn’t see it…went in there because Beck’s website said they carried the line, then couldn’t find it anywhere, and lo and behold it was on a sale table. I’m never the one who finds the good vintage stuff in thrift stores, so I’ll just have to live with those two finds. 😉
Totally agree with your point 2–always be a tough customer. I find it helps to state “I need to sample first” right from the get go, so the SA knows it’s unlikely I’ll make a spur of the moment purchase.
1. I kinda stink right now. I’m testing some samples. One is particularly unpleasant, bordering on scrubber. It’s supposed to be a sandalwood scent but it’s not smooth and stings the nostrils.
2. I always impose new restrictions on myself. Right now I’m not buying anything because I’m saving my pennies for Sniffa. I also spent a lot this quarter so I’m dreading Tuesday.
3. I love scented candles and don’t really have a favorite one.
4. I don’t watch much TV. Hubby usually watches sports related stuff. I could easily live without a television.
5. Haven’t had any noteworthy chocolate lately either. 🙁
Poodle, if you find a lovely sandalwood, please let us know! I’m searching for something to replace my beloved vintage Samsara, and find so many sandalwoods now are exactly as you describe (guess it’s because of the rarity of the good Mysore stuff).
Obviously the Mysore is lovely, but the Australian is nice enough. I think it’s the fake chemical version that is the offender. There’s a few perfumes out there that do it to me. They smell like a lab experiment.
1. I have sooo many new toys from the swap, I haven’t picked one for today yet! Ahhh the excitement! Maybe something from Sonoma Scent Studios, which I’ve never smell before! (Did I mention I’m excited??)
2. I’ve lately been won over to the wisdom of buying a decant before a full bottle. It’s not even a rule though; when I found I wasn’t even finishing decants of things I was sure I loved, bottles seemed a lot less appealing. (Still the policy is flexible–if Sephora wants to sell me a 15ml bottle of Timbuktu for $30, it makes no kinda sense to refuse that offer!)
3. It’s not quite yet the right time of year but I love L’Occitane’s winter forest candle. I found an old one in my dresser earlier this week and the drawer smelled heavenly!
4. Alas no new TV yet. Hoping others have suggestions!
5. I am really not as serious about chocolate as many here, so I’ll have to poke around for suggestions on that front too. I did have a really good bar with sea salt recently but alas have already forgotten which brand!
I’m a big fan of decants too. Isn’t amazing how far they go? Very practical and allows for lots of variety.
Totally! Even decants I do wear regularly enough to finish have lasted me 4-6 months. Finally I did the math and realized it would take me, just to pick one example, three years to spend on decant refills of En Passant what even the smallest full bottle would cost. In which time the bottle might turn, or I might move on to something else, or other heartbreak might strike! I find it much easier to enjoy my perfume with that pressure removed 🙂
Curious to know what you’ve played with so far! Find anything good, yet? 🙂
Wellllll if you must know 😉 (Twist my arm!)
Aedes EDP — One of those amazing cases where I am so glad I tried on skin, because while I would never have gone for the top notes, it dried down to something I adore, and then lasted quite some times in that vein. Very pleasing turn of events.
Le Labo Cuir 28 and Gaiac 10 — Must have some ingredient that doesn’t agree with my skin because while I thought each smelled fantastic (and distinct) when I sniffed the traces on the outside of the vials, on me they had really similar and really unappetizing foody smells… like kielbasa?! The Gaiac even more than the Cuir which I find extra bizarre. I am going to try spraying them on scarves and see if I do better.
Ed Hardy Woman–Robin’s review was dead on, enough said!
Tauer L’Air du desert marocain–Incredible. I am not even generally an incense person (got a lifetime’s worth of that growing up Catholic) and yet this was so beautiful I cried. I have a sense of wanting to write Andy a note to thank him and tell him how much it moved me. Maybe I will include it when I order a discovery set to try the rest of his line, since clearly that is the next order of business!
(…this is to say, it’s already been an incredibly successful swap for me, because that is really a lot of great outcomes for a set of things it would have taken me really a long time to getting around to sniffing–if ever–on my own!)
They’re trying to get Andy to come and speak at Our Lady some evening–I think it would be very difficult for me to not treat him like a rock star! I kinda want to ask him to sign my cleavage in permanent marker or something. . . 😀
Glad you’re having fun sampling stuff! I can completely imagine the Aedes switching up on you. It didn’t work for me, but I could recognize that it’s a well-done scent.
Decennial Santal Sacre’. Light and austere for an early fall day.
I am going through my multitude of samples. I think I will stick to Travalos from TPS for awhile. Good bang for the buck and I can indulge in the spendies this way. Can’t seem to commit to anything over 10mls.
In deference to the animals, I enjoy the burst of scent from my Milton Brown hand soaps. They seem to linger nicely.
I am truly enjoying Last Tango in Halifax on PBS.
Discovered Sheila G’s Brownie Brittle. Love the Toffee Crunch and will try the Caramel Sea Salt next. Highly recommend!
1. SOTD is Eau du Sud.
2, I like to restrict myself to one bottle a month. If there’s nothing I absolutely have to have a whole bottle of one month, then I can have 2 the following month!
3. I don’t scent my home. Sometimes I have a bouquet of flowers in the dining room, and they add a nice smell.
4, I liked The Goldbergs last week. Prior to that I watched the Million Second Quiz. when it was on. (I watch too many Jeopardy type game shows.)
5. For chocolate, I’ve been enjoying my usual Hachez 88% and then some Chocolove Cherries & Almonds in dark chocolate, plus a few sea salt & dark chocolate squares available at my local coffee place.
Ah, Eau du Sud is just perfect for early fall!
1. Jour d’Hermes
2. Not really, but I am strict about clearing and selling bottles that I am not wearing regularly before buying new ones.
3. Lots of Diptyque and Cire Trudon candes. The, coing, menthe verte, merida, abd el khader, balmoral, cypres are all favourites.
4. Haven’t discovered anything new yet.
5. Waitrose pistachio and almond bar and Lindt speculoos bar.
Speculoos chocolate sounds amazing!
And I couldn’t POSSIBLY recommend eating it with Lotus speculoos spread… 😉
I’m trying not to think about combining this with bacon! 😉
Yikes, I am salivating over the Lindt speculoos. It’s too bad I can’t unread the comment about it :-p
1. Today’s scent it Liu.
2. I don’t have restrictions, but I seem to binge. I can go with no purchases for several months and then buy five in one week. Then, none again for months.
3. I use reed diffusers in lavender vanilla in the baths and Yankee Candle Good Air beads in the litter box room. (I have cats.) Nothing in the rest of the house.
4. We don’t have a television.
5. Home-made chocolate lasagna (Recipe I adapted from a local chef).
I would love to know more about that recipe!
I’m on a friend’s computer. I can post it tomorrow when I’m at home. Basically, the “pasta” is white chocolate, the filling is dark bittersweet chocolate, and the “sauce” is milk chocolate. I use Ghirardelli chips to make it. It is outrageously rich, but delicious.
1. What fragrance are you wearing today? Chanel Coromandel. It’s lovely but a little sweet for me. Might give Borneo another try.
2. Do you restrict your fragrance purchasing in any way, and if so, what are your rules or limits? Oh, dear. As a new perfumista, I feel like I have been playing “catch up” to those of you who have been sniffing for years. I have spent quite a lot on samples this year and even more on vintage ebay buys. I think buying will slow considerably in the future. And for an unsniffed buy the price must be under $15.
3. Tell us about your favorite home fragrance item? Febreeze. I have a very elderly dog who sometimes dribbles on the floor.
4. Found any good new TV shows so far this year? I had a good time watching Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
5. Had any wonderful chocolate lately? Tell us about it. Every Christmas Ghiradelli sells Limited Edition Peppermint Bark squares. I stock up at the after-Christmas sale and buy eight or ten bags to last me until the following year. It’s my favorite and comes in both milk and dark.
AHA! All yesterday I had your screen name stuck in my head with no earthly idea where I’d ever heard the word before! So thanks for commenting today and clearing that up for me. 😉
I’m in the same boat with being new to this world of fragrance. It’s hard to resist spending like crazy when you just want to smell all the things!
You had “Foxbins” stuck in your head? I am so sorry!
Hmmm…I need to watch for that peppermint bark!
They were available at Target aroundbthe holidays – with Dark, Milk and White.
That peppermint bark is good. I bought some after Christmas last year and I’m looking forward to when it hits the shelves this year.
1. I wore Amouage Dia yesterday; it’s hard to top that, so I haven’t picked one for today yet.
2. I retired recently so I’m trying to restrict all spending while I adjust and develop a budget. Fortunately I already have an extensive collection and was already tending to procrastinate or bog down in indecision. For example, I’ve been meaning to get an Aftelier or two and order some rollerballs from La Via del Profumo for ages and haven’t gotten to it. Nonetheless, I have to stay away from ebay. It’s still hard to resist vintage.
3. I’ve never figured out how to make home fragrance work for me, so at least that’s one less temptation.
4. No TV – just wasting time on the internet and an occasional DVD. I last watched the entire SyFy Caprica series (the prequel to Battlestar Gallactica).
5. No new chocolate recently, but now I’m really curious about the Taza stone ground chocolate mentioned above – need to try that!
Congratulations on retiring!
Good thought, Dia. Perhaps that will reconcile me to going back to work on Monday. 🙂
Five(ish) answers, and a question:
1. Remnants of Cristalle Eau Verte. Thought I was going to get to a perfume shop today, so didn’t put on anything this morning, but the clothes in the wardrobe smell like the Eau Verte. (It’s still really warm here.)
2. Don’t buy without having tested a generous decant over at least a week. I violate this rule every time I get to Barney’s (Boston), and, inevitably, regret it.
3. Fresh air.
4. Italian reality shows (see below) are entertaining, and good for language practice! We don’t watch much reality TV at home. If I were in the States, it would be a steady diet of MLB right about now!
5. In gelato form: dark chocolate with candied orange peel. I am not much of a chocolate ice-cream lover, but this is fantastic. From Gelateria del Teatro.
Question: I am in Rome (Italy) for a while, and would welcome suggestions for perfume shopping. I know about Profumum, although haven’t been there yet (I admit to being intimidated), the Santa Maria Novella shop isn’t too far from where I’m staying, and I’ve already discovered that Sephora Rome has Serge Lutens (!!). What I’m looking for are suggestions about the little “profumerie” that seem to be on every block. Any that have good niche selections? It’s hard to tell from the windows, and I don’t always have time to go in and explore. Anything “within the walls” is easy for me to get to; further out is possible, maybe.
I’ll answer the questions later, but wanted to post my question early in the hope of getting a good reply.
I’ve been unable to find the new Diorama here in Holland. A good friend will be in Paris for several days next week, and said she’ll try to bring back a sample for me if she gets a chance. So my question is:
Where in Paris can she buy/obtain a sample of Diorama? If there are several options, it will make it more likely that she’ll be able to do this for me.
Thanks very much!
SOTD has been Amouage Epic Woman. I haven’t got my full sense of smell back yet, due to this horrible cold (third week!) But I can rest assure that I smell good. More answers when I next check in.
I have no help for the Paris issue. But I am sorry to hear about your horrible cold. Be well soon.
Thank you, Daisy. I saw the doctor this week, and she said it’s a virus that is going around and can easily last three to four weeks. Ugh! At least, I’m starting to regain some sense of smell.
When I went looking for Diorama, the sales assistants in Douglas and Sephora thought I was confused with one of the other Dior fragrances. They refused to believe me.
Here it is, Sunday evening. In desperation, I looked at the Dior site and Diorama isn’t even listed! Is this new version something marketed as an exclusive to the UK and the US? I should think it would be available in Paris. Angela? Robin? Doesn’t anyone know?
My friend is leaving for Paris in the middle of the week.
Perhaps Denyse at Grain de musc would be able to help if you sent her a quick email. Her listed contact is name of blog at good old gmail.
Thank you so much, Lindaloo. I’ll email her right away.
I’m so sorry but I don’t know…I would have your friend call the Dior flagship in Paris and/or Bon Marché. If it’s in Paris, seems likely it’s at one or the other.
Thanks, Robin. At least now I’ve got two leads.
1. Right now I am wearing Prada Candy. I will probably change it to either Guerlain Insolence or Chanel Coco for tonight. Its my wedding anniversary and we’re going out to dinner.
2. I really don’t have any restrictions, just try not to spend too much money per month.
3. My cranberry scented candle
4. I love Castle. And, I am looking forward to American Horror Story, Coven which starts next month.
5. Jelly Belly makes a really delicious chocolate malted milk ball that I am craving right now.
I live 10 miles from the Jelly Belly factory. I should go to the factory store and get some malted milk balls, I didn’t know they made them.
I hope you enjoy them!
Maybe i’ll have a few with breakfast.
I ended up wearing Guerlain Insolence for our dinner. I can still smell it this mornng on my pillo. So nice!
Happy Anniversary (belatedly)!
Happy anniversary!
Thanks!
1.SOTD Ouarzazate.
2. No interest in buying anything right now
3. Nothing
4. My PBS station has the new season of Foyle’s War, The Bletchley Circle and Last Tango in Halifax all on Sunday night. I am enjoying them but I wish they were spaced out a bit.
5. There’s a candy kitchen in my little town that’s been in continual operation since 1906. They’re toffee is perfect: buttery, crisp and not too sweet. They have worked hard on their dark chocolate (all milk chocolate for years) and the dark chocolate covered toffee is my latest obsession. That’s where I need buying restrictions! And it’s right up the street.
Wow, that toffee sounds amazing!
1. By Kilian Amber Oud
2. strictly only buy what I truly love and also work with decants
3. Chanel N5 soap for bathroom and closet. Love to spray about Gucci Envy (what a waste!) and Osmanthus DC on sheets and pillows
5. Divine white chocolate bar
Cybele, how do you like that Amber Oud?
Nozkoz, I looove that Amber Oud! To me it’s a true comfort scent and a great shield to the cold. It’s a amber-vanilla-oud trio and very nicely balanced. Some people seem to miss oud and associated weirdness or uniqueness, I don’t, I appreciate it’s straight-forward pleasantness. Still the oud and a certain oriental denseness and very subtle smokiness keep it interesting.
1. What fragrance are you wearing today?
I’m wearing Byredo Inez & Vinood 1996, a great patch/violet- scent, both cold and warm. Love it.
2. Do you restrict your fragrance purchasing in any way, and if so, what are your rules or limits?
– I’ve stopped buying back up bottles because I have so many scents I love, it’s no point really.
3. Tell us about your favorite home fragrance item?
I have two favorite candles from Diptyque, Essence of John Galliano & Rose duet.
4. Found any good new TV shows so far this year?
I love “Nashville” and “The great british bake-off”.
5. Had any wonderful chocolate lately? Tell us about it.
I love many of Divines chocolate bars. White chocolate & strawberries and the dark one with chili & orange are both lovely.
Their mint + dark chocolate bar is the best mint bar I’ve tried so far.
1. The remnants of yesterdays Miel de Sauvage et Tabac by Alkemia. I have a love hate relationship with that scent… The tobacco is so nasty and pungent and at the same time so utterly wonderful… And longevity and sillage are stunning, especially for a perfume oil!
2. I try to restrict myself to 50 € a month… which means I am on a samples and indie perfume oil diet right now. When I have more money I’ll buy some of the fabulous niche scents I have fallen in love with! First I’ll buy bottles of Sova and Jeke by Slumberhouse and a bottle of Tropic of Capricorn by Olympic Orchids!
3. I don’t use home fragrance a lot but when I do I prefer burning essential oils in my oil burner. Indie perfume oils also work really well as home fragrance!
4. At the start of the year I began using Netflix so it’s safe to say that I have found A LOT of new shows this year as well as rediscovered a lot of old ones! So far I have really enjoyed watching Whitechapel, Walking Dead, Sherlock, Firefly and a lot of weird reality shows.
5. I just ate the last of some delicious chocolates that I got in a giveaway on Olympic Orchids owner Ellen Covey’s blog. She gave away some samples of her new scents (Tropic of Capricorn, Cafe V, California Chocolate and Seattle Chocolate). The chocolate was a bonus that accompanied, and was inspired by, Seattle Chocolate. Let me tell you, chocolate with a taste of evergreens is amazing!! I’m so sad that it’s gone and I want more of it but have no idea where to find it… :¨(
1. Diaghilev extrait….one teensy spritz on top of each shoulder because I’ve had my hands in water and now I’ve got to go clean the pond so more water is imminent.
2. well, I try…..I try to keep a handle on the spending….I do buy unsniffed (ulike Abyss, who I think, tries not to buy unsniffed, not sure…) because if I don’t like it: I just split it up! ha! There’s always someone out there who loves things even if I don’t!
3. my current favorite home fragrances…..I just got a L’Artisan Amber Ball and that’s pretty cool. Put it in my bedroom. But downstairs I have two great smelling diffusers : both fairly inexpensive from Pier 1 —Bombay Saffron and Asian Spice ….neither is terribly strong but the CEO would complain if they were overpowering.
4. I have mostly given up television. Will occasionally watch Elementary but that’s about it. Seems like most of what is on is either annoying or disturbing.
5. no! don’t even talk to me about chocolate! I am pretending I don’t even see Robin’s yummy chocolate bar comments…or anyone else’s….there are only 4 questions….
Cleaning the pond sounds like an idyllic task if it’s a nice day where you are, Daisy. If not, well, EVERYONE should do their mucky tasks in Diaghilev, right? 😉
It’s an onerous task….takes all day to drain it mostly down, spray down the boulders cut back some mutant plants and then refill….but this weekend is downright hot….which makes it my last opportunity for a pond clean before winter….I’m a pansy so once it’s cold, those koi are on their own!!! It doesn’t smell bad…other than a bit of mud…the waterfall and filters keep the water good,…it just gets a bit mucky on the bottom. sigh….darn fish could clean up after themselves for once!
But yes, if one must clean mucky ponds….let it be in Diaghilev extrait. Which is pretty ahmazeballs anyhow.
Maybe a catfish would help?
It would. I had a catfish…..last fall (late November) I had Minks come thru and they killed all my fish….ate most of them, killed what they didn’t want to eat. They left the catfish, dead….he was 27″ long so maybe too big to pull out of the pond. This summer ….no sign of minks since last Nov. ….we bought 10 new baby koi. They are growing like weeds, and have doubled in size! But I have not yet replaced the catfish. Next summer I need one for sure. Cross your fingers the minks have forgotten about me.
I want one of those amber balls. I wish it had a good way to turn it “off” as I really try to only scent the environment occasionally. Eventually I will buy one, enjoy it for a bit, and then lose it somewhere in the house when I put it away. :-/
Daisy, I’ve got an amber ball too (the teeniest size) and it is wonderful! And when the smell gets weak (after a couple of years), you can get a refill! So in fact it is really rather economical …….
1. Tauer Incense Rose.
2. I am completely intimidated by what I already own. The idea of adding any more makes me feel panicky & nauseous. Budget = $0.
3. Fir balsam needle and sage incense. I like my house to smell like I’ve smuggled a chiminea indoors.
4. Weirdly addicted to “Catfish”.
5. Dark & Twisted Lemon Black Pepper Chocolate by Good&Delish.
“…completely intimidated by what I already own…”
YES!! I completely agree. Plus, it also helps that I’m old enough to remember lots of real oakmoss or sandalwood in perfume, so the newer chemical soups don’t interest me.
[stricken with a terrible case of oakmoss envy]
I don’t know why, but my mind conflated “oakmoss envy” with “poison oak”, and I yearned to offer you Caladryl. 😛
Perfectly understandable to have oakmoss envy.
Agree fully RE: the chemical soup du jour– today’s hot notes leave me cold. The benefit of this is that I’m not tempted to buy; therefore the growth of my collection is limited. Guilt is great deterrent too; all those samples I haven’t even worn yet are just STARING me in the face….
lol! And I’ve found that the older a sample is, the less likely I am to try it. I have no idea why, but if I don’t put it on skin almost immediately, it goes into that vast dark hole (aka magazine basket) of samples.
SOTD: Back to Black
House Perfume: That Penhaligon’s Bluebell decant I can’t wear myself works as a charm on my bedroom drapes.
TV: Downton Abbey and Girls. And The Middle. Gotta say I love The Middle, and totally relate to that mom.
Happy Saturday! Where has this day gone!
1. SOTD: Like This, Etat Libre d’Orange – love the pumpkin accord for the fall. Beautiful scent.
2. I budget every month for a new group of samples, and if I find I really love something I purchase (within reason).
Waiting on a dozen vetiver scents that I’ve been wanting to try, very excited! Most were all recommended with your help!
3. Home scent: whatever I’m cooking or baking as I do a good deal of both 🙂
4. Nothing to recommend, sorry. Although me colleagues cannot stop talking about Breaking Bad. Probably need to purchase the first season to see what all the hype is about.
5. Love chocolate, but I’m very seasonal with my food and so I’m rockin’ the Autumn Mix candy corn by Brachs these days. There are some chocolate flavored candy corn in there I love.
I haven’t seen Breaking Bad, either. I’m a little afraid of it, since I tend to be uncomfortable with how educators are represented in popular culture–we’re either saints or villains–very little nuance! From what I understand, he’s a very sympathetic meth dealing chemistry teacher, though! 🙂
I’ve been wearing Like This a lot lately, too, as we transition into rainy fall. That one just feels like fall.
1. Agonist The Infidels. I kept trying samples and couldn’t decide between this one and Arctic Jade. I think maybe what I liked the most was wearing the two together! So a bottle of A.J. may be in my future.
2. I try to keep it to one f.b. a month, and also to buy decants of things I’m feeling a sudden lust for, to make sure the lust will last. Just now that means Portrait of a Lady. Hated it the first few times I tried it and put my sample away. I recently took it out and felt “whammo!” this is great!
3. Just discovered Archipelago products (at a garden store, of all places) and fell in love with Stonehenge–smoked cedar, bergamot, and amber. I bought a candle, but sort of wish I’d bought the diffuser. The candle is REALLY intense.
4. No, except for the PBS shows already mentioned above. But I can’t wait for the new season of Hannibal which begins soon!
5. This isn’t super-gourmet but I really love the Ritter’s dark chocolate with hazelnuts. Anything with hazelnuts.
1. What fragrance are you wearing today?
ADP Mandorlo di Sicilia
2. Do you restrict your fragrance purchasing in any way, and if so, what are your rules or limits?
Only buy what I really love, avoid purchasing scents too similar to what I already own.
3. Tell us about your favorite home fragrance item?
These ridiculously cheap anti-tabac candles that smell like Opoponax.
4. Found any good new TV shows so far this year?
Finally watching Breaking Bad now I can watch it all together.
5. Had any wonderful chocolate lately? Tell us about it
Almost – Thornton’s chocolate covered vanilla fudge.
Wearing Le Labo Ylang 49 and trying to convince myself that it isn’t my style. In fact, it isn’t my style, but it is an interesting fragrance and I enjoy wearing it … it is going to be hard to resist (wish I had rules …)
Favorite home smell for everyday use is Matsu-no-tomo Shoyeido incense.
I am just trying Lake Champlain dark organic chocolate: rather traditional but a good one.
Don’t own a tv.
I had a similar experience with Ylang 49, and after a good-sized decant, got a full bottle. You won’t regret it. It’s SO unique!
Thanks, mough! (even my cat, who is pretty much a perfume hater, seems to like this one) — but let me at least resist until Tuesday, as I already have 3 to report …
I didn’t know about Ylang 49, so had to search on NST, which brought me to Angela’s reviews of this and also Iris 39, which sounds just right for me. So I need to add both of these to my ever-growing samples list!
1. SOTD Arquiste Infanta en Flor- highly recommended!
2. No firm rules, regularly reapeat my motto “Buy in haste, Repent at leisure” 🙂
3. Seldom use any home fragrance.
4.Watching reruns of Foyle’s War, nothing new at present.
5. Some Swedish local chocolate- Kiruna praliner
I’ll watch the last Foyle’s War from Season 8 tomorrow, then will be very sad that there are no more.
1. Nothing yet – hadn’t gotten around to checkout out the Le Labo city exclusives at Saks, so I might do that here in a little while.
2. I don’t buy many bottles because there is just so much that I want to try that I end up spending my money on samples. And whatever I don’t spend on samples goes toward materials for my own experimentation. I try not to buy unsniffed, but I do sometimes break that rule. I got a $100 Amazon gift card for my birthday so I’m deciding what I want to use it on. There is a $59 bottle of Cuir de Lancome so I might just break the unsniffed rule for that.
3. I have some Juniper Ridge sweetgrass incense that I love (it’s also basically where my screen name came from). I also have a couple of candles: Voluspa Warm Perique Tabac and Archipelago Botanicals Istanbul, which smells a lot like Rossy de Palma.
4. I watch entirely too much TV..lol. I just started Sleepy Hollow and Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D, both of which I’m enjoying. I have Hell on Wheels sitting on my DVR (I somehow missed season 2 but I’m recording season 3 until I can get caught up on Netflix). And I’m eagerly awaiting American Horror Story: Coven and The Walking Dead.
5. I’m a fan of chocolate in general, especially if it’s 70% cacao dark chocolate. And if salted caramel is involved, even better. I love the sea salt caramel bar from Trader Joe’s and Vosges Black Salt Caramel bar.
Curious about that incense…have you tried the pinon and fir ones too? (hard to tell from the site how each differs). The cabin sprays also look nice.
I haven’t tried the pinon or fir incenses from Juniper Ridge, but now that I’m thinking about it, some fir incense would be nice. I haven’t tried the cabin sprays either. I’m not sure if anywhere around here sells those. The one place that I knew of closed down.
Hi Sweetgrass, there are only a few leathers I like, but Cuir de Lancolm sounded wonderful, and since I could only get it on the internet I came quite close to pulling the trigger. I did however manage to secure a small sample before doing so, and what do you know – I didn’t like it.
So, I would say keep that $100 intact for something you know you love, and try get a sample first.
Saying that, I have to admit that out of 20 or 30 samples I try, I often only like one or two – as a result buying anything blind would make no sense for me. I realize that people who can predict their tastes better and who just like a higher proportion of scents would obviously have better luck.
Same here on Cuir de Lancome
That makes, at least, two of us;)
I’m sorry CdL didn’t work for you, Merlin and Morgana. I probably will get a sample first. I was just thinking I could also take the risk because it’s not my own money. My tastes are pretty broad, but I’ve been wrong before when I thought I would like something. 🙂 I’ve also been considering a few Lutens that I know I love that I found good deals on at Amazon, so my mind isn’t made up yet.
I’ve been wanting to give a shout about Juniper Ridge myself. Unsniffed(!), I bought several soaps as gifts for friends in France and Sweden who extended hospitality to my family during the summer. I felt very happy about gifting those soaps. Beautiful fragrances, very real and three-dimensional, but not harsh or sharp or rustic, which which was what I had prepared myself for. ( I had pictured boiling up some pine boughs in a 55-gallon drum in the garage, more or less.) All were well-balanced and somehow soft, but still lively. And nothing Christmas-tree about them at all. I’ll bet the cabin sprays are equally pleasing.
I have an unopened box of Sweetgrass incense from Juniper Ridge. I think I’ll go burn some now. I’ve never seen their cabin sprays in a brick and mortar store, but I’ve seen their incense and soap at health food stores, including Whole Foods. I saw it in the gift shop at Muir Woods yesterday.
Earlier I forgot the TV question – I watched The Blacklist, and really enjoyed it. I love anything with James Spader.
On spending habits:
I have tried various restriction systems (monthly budgets, a tin by my bed etc). Recently I set up a new bank account just for internet purchases of non-essentials and I have deliberately NOT set up an automatic transfer of funds into it. In order to purchase anything I have to manually transfer the money first. This acts as an automatic brake on purchasing, a built in cooling-off period. Oh my goodness it’s effective. Readers, I recommend it.
Don’t watch much TV, don’t eat much chocolate. Books … now …
Excellent idea! And good for you for making this a priority. I use to feel tricks like these were so constricting, but it actually is quite liberating to the alternative which is to go into debt.
Hey! aren’t we smart girls!! I keep a separate account that feeds my paypal account….if I want to buy something; I have to go to the bank and transfer funds into my “fun account” ….then I can use paypal to pay for what ever it is…..okay, it’s usually perfume…..
1 Wearing Lush Rose Jam body wash. I just got it and really love it.
2 I play all kinds of spending games with myself. I try not to spend more than I just paid on a credit card. I was just in Sephora and refused a basket because I figured I would only spend what I could carry.
3. I love Crabtree and Evelyn for home fragrance. The Spider Lily is my favorite.
4. I am obsessed with Ghost Mine.
5. Lindt Dark Chocolate Coconut.
1. Some body lotion as I’ve been running errands and just touched up my hair. I’ll find something to sample later.
2. I’ve been avoiding buying things just because I *like* them. Full bottles must be OMG LOVE! and I haven’t found many of those this year,
3. Candles (love Orleans brand, and Trapp Amber and Bergamot right now) and/or incense always on in my house.
4. Project Runway is a staple, and The White Queen is good mind candy.
5. Anything with dark chocolate, caramel, and sea salt. Oh heck – any chocolate, really.
I’ve been moving towards only purchasing FBs of LOVE perfumes, too. Not an accident that the only FBs I’ve purchased lately were of scents I’d drained bottles or decants already.
1. I rearranged my perfume into a tower storage shelf I bought today. I’m hoping I’ll be able to come up with an organizational system so I spritz them all over the course of a year. It was a reunion with some I’d forgotten I had so I spritzed a few: AQ Kingdom, HdP Noir Patchouli and Deneuve (what a beauty).
2. I’m not buying because I have too much. If I did it would be FM Portrait of a Lady and Parfum de Therese.
5. No chocolate for me because I’m on a very low carb diet (lost 18 lbs-woohoo!)
4.Used to love the food network but I can’t watch it while on a diet.
3. Nothing special for home fragrance here.
Congrats on the 18 lbs. I tried low carb for a month, went NUTS, so again, congrats..I could not do it. Low protein, I don’t think I’d have a problem with, or even low fat..idk, lol. My pastor seems to have really good luck with the Paleo Diet which is low carb as well. Basically, he eats meat all the time:).
I lost about 30 pounds in like 2011. Part of it was done by starving because my school had very limited meal options. But then when I was in Germany, I was able to regain enough weight that I regained my ~*curves*~ but I did not gain weight around the middle. When I was in Germany, I ate a lot of Turkish, Lebanese, and Syrian food (but not Döner/Shawarma, obviously…). So if you’re trying to lose weight but don’t want to give up carbs, look up Mediterranean recipes. You’ll get a lot of variety and it is not a short term diet so you’ll just develop healthy eating habits.
Way to go on the weight loss! That’s terrific.
Big congrats on the weight loss! I’m jealous, but happy for you!
Actually I think it was low carb dieting that REALLY made me appreciate chocolate…for a long time, I only let myself have exactly .5 oz of chocolate a day, so then I made sure it was really good chocolate!
That’s kinda my dessert rule in any case–only eat it if it’s so delicious, it’s worth the calories! Pretty much means I only eat stuff I cook for myself or get from really nice bakeries (none of which are near my home, thank goodness). Low-quality chocolates and mediocre Costco muffins need not apply!
I would agree — even though I’m no longer actively dieting, I don’t reach for sweets the way I used to, and don’t eat “any old thing”, and I tend to eat smaller quantities than I used to. But some mass market candies are irresistible to me and so make the cut. Goldenberg’s Peanut Chews, every so often. And cherry M&Ms. Oh, and Ben & Jerrys Chocolate Peppermint Crunch, my secret fling.
I eat dessert pretty much daily–but something about my own cooking, I don’t find myself overeating like I might something mass-produced. That cake I made this week was darned satisfying!
If you’re a chocolate lover B&J Chocolate Therapy is to die for.
Use to be you could only purchase it in the B&J store, but they got smart and now you can buy it any old place. It’s really super delicious.
I agree with Marjorie that quality is key when doing sweets. I feel much more satisfied when I enjoy a homemade or bakery item vs store bought (and usually very processed) sweets.
Chocolate Therapy is one of my son’s favorites, along with Coffee Heath Bar Crunch. We all have our own separate pints around here 🙂
1. Les Nez Manoumalia
2. I haven’t bought anything in ages, but my rule of thumb has been: buy a sample, then a decant or split, and only when that’s finished buy a bottle.
3. Can’t really do home fragrance as husband has allergies.
4. Sleepy Hollow! Aforementioned husband and I watched the first episode expecting to laugh ourselves silly at a hot mess of a show. Instead, we loved it – beautifully filmed, fast paced, snappy dialogue, insane plots, great characters, humor, and some terrific actors (doesn’t hurt that the lead actor is very handsome). It’s a surprisingly fun, enjoyable show.
5. Mmmm….. chocolate. Still loving raspberry or mint M&Ms.
Sleepy Hollow twins!!! We expected it to snark fodder but it is pretty good! The lead actor is a total doll. Of course we like Supernatural too….so maybe we’re just easy.
“to be snark fodder” —I need an editor.
did you notice that the actor playing the sheriff is the guard from Shawshank Redemption? The lead actor brings to mind a finer-boned, British version of Noah Wylie.
He was also the main bad guy from The Highlander movie…. okay, I just exposed how old I am!!!
Clancy Brown…..took me a minute to think of it.
Daisy, there can be only one!
1. What fragrance are you wearing today? / SOTD is Botrytis. I was looking for a really good honey scent and boy is this it.
2. Do you restrict your fragrance purchasing in any way, and if so, what are your rules or limits? / I don’t have a formal policy for how much I can buy/spend, I just sort of self-police. I’ve bought four fragrances in the last four months, but that’s probably a little bit more than usual.
3. Tell us about your favorite home fragrance item? / I lean toward fresh, citrus scents for my home. Mrs. Meyer’s Lemon Verbena cleaning spray, a “sparkling yuzu and lime” candle to get rid of cooking smells, and lately I’ve been spraying my Aqua Allegoria Nerolia Bianca around the house.
4. Found any good new TV shows so far this year? / Brooklyn Nine-Nine is off to a great start. From the creators of Parks & Rec (my favorite) and Andre Braugher – instant must-watch for me. We’re also watching Sleepy Hollow, which is like Grimm in that it’s sort of ridiculous yet totally watchable.
5. Had any wonderful chocolate lately? Tell us about it. / Not so much a chocolate person. Sorry!
I tried Botrytis for the first time a month or so back, and it’s really stuck in my mind. Where did you encounter it?
I did searches for fragrances with honey and saw it mentioned again and again as the gold standard. I actually bought it unsniffed – which I keep telling myself not to do and then I keep on doing it – from Beauty Habit via Amazon (my sister had given my an Amazon gift card for my birthday, so I figured no real loss if I hated it).
I love it, though. It is such a true, warm honey. It’s still hot here (Florida) but I’m guessing I’ll love it even more in cooler weather. Highly recommend to anyone who likes honey scents.
I did a little sample swap with someone who sent me Botrytis, and since I knew someone going to paris I tried to find out where a bottle could be bought. I couldn’t find anywhere in France, only on-line sites in the US. Strange.
Oh yeah. Target just had 3 bags for $8. I got dark chocolate and the mint ones.
1: Layered Smell Bent 2010 and CDG2. they play very well together.
2: I am quite restrained when purchasing for myself. But I go hell for leather when it comes to my partner. He has a eclectic yet focused collection. He always smells wonderful, best accessory ever
3: discontinued L’Occitan incense from about 10 years ago, may have been an Amber/Myrrh of some description. I am so sad they stopped selling those. And the solid perfume cubes you put in the beautiful pomander
4: Not much of a tv fan, Loved the movie ‘Sound of my voice’ though
5: I am obsessed with making rocky road at the moment. The more gourmet the better. last night i made it with Whitakers Hokey pokey chocolate, Frys turkish delight, mixed berry marshmallows and macadamia nuts. so good. Feel free to share any good recipes or magical ingredients.
I hear you on the L’Occitane incense. I had some amber & lavender incense I got there years ago that was really nice.
1) Coco M. EDP
2) If I can’t afford it, I don’t really buy it.
3) I smelled this AWESOME one by Glade or Febreeze that just came out, Sandalwood & Soothe..something like that, in the spray. Reminds me of Sensuous by EL.
4) I don’t watch TV, don’t have cable…more money to perfumes and less money on junk shows:D
5) Not really. I think my next purchase will be the White Chocolate Big Cup by Reeses though:D.
1. Wearing Diaghilev. I just can’t get over how gorgeous this is. They have a 200 dollar off sale at BG this week, PLUS I had a credit at Barney’s for $250, so putting that together, I got a 100 ml of Diagilev for around 400. So excited. PLUS, I rummaged through all my mom’s odds and ends of jewelry I will never wear, and I didn’t think she’d mind if I sold it off. I got $3,000 and will use it exclusively for self indulgence, Christmas, etc. Otherwise, I’m on budget restriction of late. Bridge loan looming.
2. Almost ALWAYS, never buy unsniffed. I broke that rule and got a bottle of Balmain Ivoire and was fairly disappointed. I use it to spritz the shower head and floor before I get in to mask the chlorine…
3. It’s pricey, but worth it: Frederick Malle’s Russian Nights room perfume gun. Ugly bottle, lovely scent. It has become my bedroom’s signature scent.
4. Fashion Police. Intervention. Sopranos. Something there for everyone. Intervention has made me a more compassionate person.
5. I had a great peanut butter/chocolate and salt bar the other day but can’t remember the name. BUT, for yogurt fans, I can NOT praise Noosa highly enough. It’s like a dessert. Blows all others out of the water. Truly. Two servings per container. I just had lemon. Yum!
I read your comment about “masking the chlorine smell”, so I thought I’d share my solution:
http://www.reactual.com/home-and-garden/toiletries/best-shower-filter-2013.html
I use the Sonaki filter, and love it (not affiliated).
Very interesting; thanks for posting that link, Rappleyea. I hadn’t heard of Vitamin C filters before, but am now motivated to try one! Do you know if/how much chlorine residue remains on the skin after showering? If there’s much, I assume it could affect either the smell or the longevity of a perfume application.
I originally got the shower filter because I was concerned about how much chlorine was absorbed by the skin, but the couple of times that I needed to put in a new filter and hadn’t, I was shocked at the chlorine smell on my skin. I had gotten that used to being chlorine free! One of those times, I was in the middle of testing a fragrance for Laurie (Sonoma Scent Studio) and it drastically altered the scent to my nose.
1. Bvlgari Black
2. No rules, I just haven’t been buying any for many months. I have more than enough for life.
3. Haven’t tried a lot
4. Not a huge TV watcher
5. Dark Chocolate Dreams by the Peanut Butter Co.
1. Today I’m testing Rectoverso Man Tea Tobacco.
2. I wish I restricted my perfume buying more. Mostly what it boils down to is telling myself I shouldn’t buy something. Sometimes it works; mostly it doesn’t.
3. My favorite home fragrance item is the Nest Moroccan Amber candle. It is so gorgeous I burn it every once in a while even though my poor beloved will not enjoy having it burned. It’s just so yummy. There’s a matching shower gel. I cannot rave about it enough.
4. We came late to the “Big Bang Theory” train. We could watch that 24 hours a day. Looking forward to getting a new season of reruns.
5. My day-in-day-out chocolate is just about always my favorite, though it can be variable in quality; that’s Green & Black’s Organic, 85% dark. I have some new chocolate nibs from nuts.com that I’m tossing in smoothies, though, and they’re more pleasant than I would have expected.
I lied down there and said I don’t watch TV… but I watch the HECK out of Big Bang Theory reruns.
1 Vintage Shalimar edp – have decided this is my favourite scent.
2 In a state of perfume ennui, haven’t bought any since May,
which is unheard of for me!
3 Sandalwood Vanilla candles
4 Seinfeld reruns – just watched the marble rye episode for 10,000th time and still laughed.
5 Reese’s Peanut Butter cups – don’t want sea salt/cayenne pepper/asparagus/green tea chocolate – lol
Asparagus-chocolate…….that made me gag a little.
lol – good to see you again, Daisy.
A pretentious -ssshhhh don’t tell him- pastry chef friend of mine
recently served asparagus ice cream with tuile cookies @ a
dinner party he hosted. Interesting, but I wouldn’t want to eat it again.
lol – And there was no chocolate, thank god!
A small town outside of Portland is semi-famous for its Elephant Garlic festival each summer–the star of which is probably the garlic icecream you can buy at one of the booths. . . haven’t been brave enough to buy a scoop, yet!
Hello Marjorie Rose!
I’ve had sweet corn ice cream and that was really good 😉
Plus I like ALL things garlic, whether the garlic is raw, roasted. etc.
But imagine a piece of asparagus and vanilla ice cream in the same bite. It wasn’t inedible – but it wasn’t delicious either.
Roasted garlic ice cream has my mouth watering – lol
Sounds like you need to make it to the North Plains Elephant Garlic festival next August, then! I’m a big garlic lover, too, but I’m not drawn to sweet + garlic. Asparagus icecream I have no interest in, although I am very happy to eat any green vegetable as a vegetable rather than dessert!
I’ve had corn pudding, so I can imagine sweet corn icecream being not bad!
gah, my local station has discontinued one Seinfeld rerun & replaced it with Family Guy, which I never watch. Marble rye is a fave, along with the David Puddy/Jerry man-fur episode (think that one includes the European carryall)…STILL makes me laugh!
1. Guerlain’s Encens Mythique D’Orient. (It’s a sample. I don’t have that kind of money!)
2. I don’t have any formal limits, but because I bought 8 FBs so far this year (2013 = the year I discovered fragrance ;-), I’ve put on the brakes for the rest of the year. And I’m practising restraint with samples, too, ’cause when I get too much into accumulation, I stop exploring/enjoying what I’ve already got.
3. Favourite home fragrance item = Japanese incense (current fave: Baieido Syukohkoku), or aloeswood chips heated over a Japanese censer.
4. The Fall, Broadchurch, and Top of the Lake. Now waiting impatiently for the next series of Sherlock… *drums fingers*
5. I’m trying to cut down on the chocolate *cough* but I gave my in-laws some handmade chocolates by Bernard Callebaut and they made me eat some of them. Lovely in-laws <3
Callebaut chocolates are excellent–they have a store near me, but I only go in there on special occasions–don’t need another expensive habit!
My day started with sampling Siam Proun from Olympic Orchids–I really like its herbal opening–I could smell a hint of thyme 10 hours later. I then went to the wilds of Brooklyn to gocheck out the brand new perfume shop. Twisted Lily carries some brands that I don’t see in my usual circuit in Manhattan, so I sampled Silent Grove from d.s.and Durga (nice opening but quickly turned into that diffusive musk that I can’t stand), Peche Mouselline from Providence Perfume (liked but was overpowered by the musk from further up my arm so I ‘ll have to retry it solo), Flou from Slumberhouse (bad idea–it smells sort of like grape soda on me), and Sana from Slumberhouse (best-possibly going on my FB list). I got samples of the Peche and Sana so I can retry them solo. also, Twisted Lily is within a block of Atelier, so I got a sample of Silver Iris as well.
Perfume rules–pay rent first and try not to spend more than a month’s rent in any given quarter
What fragrance are you wearing today?
Today I tried out MPG’s Cuir Fetiche. This was something I got in the recent swap (hooray for the swap, it was fantastic!), and thought would be appropriate for this weekend, as it is Folsom Street Fair weekend here in SF. (If you don’t know what Folsom street fair is, beware that googling for it will be NSFW). Anyway, interesting scent. I get some leather, lots of musk, a little bit of something olive-y in the beginning, and a touch of some skank. I don’t know if I love it, but I can certainly see using the sample from time to time.
2. Do you restrict your fragrance purchasing in any way, and if so, what are your rules or limits?
I try to do what another poster above mentioned–get a sample first. If I use that up, but a decant. If I use that up, then a full bottle. Doing this, I haven’t bought any full bottles in a long time. My other rule is never pay full price, but I feel like that about almost everything. So, I haunt online sales, garage sales, trades, etc. My job will be coming to an end on November 1, so I’m trying to be a bit careful with my spending now, but I’ve promised myself a bottle or two when I get a new job.
3. Tell us about your favorite home fragrance item?
I rarely use home fragrance. But I once had a bottle of CB I Hate Perfume in Fir that was a great home scent. These days I use scrubber samples to spray in the bathroom. I’ve got slightly over 1 ML of BCBG’s Bon Genre (I think that’s the name) in the bathroom now. OMG, that is a painfully sweet scent. It’s like infusing candy in perfumer’s alcohol. I hate it. But it’s just fine in the bathroom. 🙂
4. Found any good new TV shows so far this year?
Nothing new yet. I’m still catching up on Downton Abbey (which is fun) and I want to catch Last Tango in Halifax, but haven’t gotten around to it yet.
5. Had any wonderful chocolate lately? Tell us about it.
As some commenters above mentioned, Trader Joe’s does surprisingly good chocolate, but otherwise, I haven’t sampled much lately.
1.Coco Mademoiselle
2.By what I can afford
3.Candles usually, BBW has some nice ones Sweater Weather and Fireside .Colonial Candles brand has a nice Rosewood one too.
4.I saw the first episode of Sleepy Hollow which was interesting,JJ Abrams is doing some new show(must look it up forgot what it was but his work is usually good),and Agents of Shield is or has come out too. Bletchley Circle (3 part BBC Masterpiece Mystery ) was good (I saw pt 2)about 4 codebreaker women after the war start hunting a serial killer with thier codebreaking data analyzing skills.
5.Chocolate bar with sea salt .YUM!
I really love B&BW’s Winter candle. Smells related to Fireside, but spicy and not as smoky (I actually have a working fireplace, so I figure I don’t really need the candle).
1. What fragrance are you wearing today?
Kenzo Jungle Elephant, which is one of the only things I can smell at present. I can’t wait to lose this cold! I have to say, that without the daily use of a neti pot, I’d probably have pneumonia.
2. Do you restrict your fragrance purchasing in any way, and if so, what are your rules or limits?
I never do blind buys. My skin turns lots of otherwise lovely fragrances into cat pee. I regularly order lots of samples, and am lucky if even one smells good on me, let alone good enough to be fbw.
3. Tell us about your favorite home fragrance item?
Santa Maria Novella Patchouli soap. It is heavenly, and can scent quite a good-sized room. I plan to buy a few more to have throughout the house, providing my pets don’t react adversely.
4. Found any good new TV shows so far this year? I know it’s old hat in the US, but they’ve just started sending out “Boston Legal” here in Holland on my cable station, and I love it! My other big TV love is “Death in Paradise”. I have to wait until January for the new series to air.
5. Had any wonderful chocolate lately? Tell us about it.
My ortho-molecular doctor has me on a special detox diet until early December, so no chocolate at present. (Can you hear me sobbing?) My favorite is handmade gianduja bonbons from a great chocolaterie nearby.
Hello everyone! I just returned from Warsaw on yesterday evening.
1. What fragrance are you wearing today?
I’m testing Puredistance BLACK.
2. Do you restrict your fragrance purchasing in any way, and if so, what are your rules or limits?
Yes, I do restrict my purchases to one flacon each 3-4 months.
3. Tell us about your favorite home fragrance item?
I love Sandal-Cinnamon incense sticts from HEM Corp.
4. Found any good new TV shows so far this year?
No, I’m not a TV show kind of person.
5. Had any wonderful chocolate lately? Tell us about it.
All Polish chocolates are wonderful. Lately I ate a milk one with caramel crisps.
Puredistance Black – wowee…hope to read your review soon, dear Lucas 🙂
1.No perfume yet; but it’s spring so I’m sneezy and it may have to be Lush Ginger…
2.Like Jonette I don’t blind-buy, nor am I tempted to because the chances of even finding a sample that is FBW (with my unpredictable taste) is rather low. My Achilles heel is good deals, discounts and sales – especially if I’m in a place I can’t get back to.
3. I used to like candles, but often I have hay-fever etc that can make just wearing perfume a bit of a challenge so now I prefer not to use home-fragrance stuff – though I would like to get an air-purifier and one that takes scented oils may work.
4.Watching The Following at the moment…
5.. Lindt Whole-nuts!
Reporting back, 7 hours later:)
I ended up soothing my nose by adding lavender essential oil to some body cream, which I used on my upper body. Then I was able to spritz some L’Ombre Dan L’eau on my wrists – perfect for spring. Then this evening it suddenly got very cold and I added some Ambre Russe to my chest. I’m becoming glad I got the 100ml bottle of that and am starting to think it may be worth buying larger sized bottles after all.
The problem with small bottles is that I’m a little reluctant to use them as I don’t want to run out, and this is even worse in the case of decants…
1. SOTD will be Lonestar Memories. I crave it this time of year.
2. Rule: never blind-buy. Resolution: get over my fear of Saks’ and Neiman’s SAs and sample in-store. I spend a lot of money buying samples of things that I could try for free if only I weren’t intimidated by people who have no business being haughty in the first place…
3. I like The Thymes reed diffusers, especially Frasier Fir.
4. I rarely watch TV; when I do, it’s usually to catch up by DVD on series that everyone else saw ages ago.
5. I need to lose another ten pounds, so I’m trying my best to stay out of the chocolate. It’s a day-to-day struggle, though!
I always find myself extra-contemptuous towards people who are haughty – whether they have business being so or not! 🙂
Today is Sunday,so I’ll reply with what I wore yesterday: my blind buy Rive Gauche spritzed around my neck and then my new sample of Costume National Scent on my wrists. The RG I got this summer and was not inclined to wear it – the acrid note being quite odd to me. But now that it is fall that burning, powdery elegance sort of works. I must like it because I’ve been wearing it every day for a week now!
I’ve decided to limit my spending on samples only until I find something I MUST HAVE- but have you noticed? Samples are not cheap and add up extremely fast.
“Enlightened” with Laura Dern! I can’t believe no one else has mentioned it. I purchased all the episodes from Amazon (that adds up quickly too) and watched both seasons twice. I wish she had won the Emmy.
For a cheap but yummy chocolate fix, buy a bag of Ghirardelli 60 per cent (no symbol on ipad!) cacao chocolate chips. They are not that much more expensive than the Nestle’s and melt in your mouth. A little handful is just enough to kill a craving!
Hey, does anyone have a recommendation for Seattle perfume shopping? Thanks!
Um. Yeah. Samples add up… which stinks for those of us who live in the boonies and can’t sniff new things for free… I do try to limit my sample purchases to $50 for a year (it helps somewhat if you can wait until there’s a discount code, and then have a wishlist so you can get lots of goodies with only one shipping fee).
If I didn’t buy any samples I could get to that bottle of Iris Poudre in only… six years?
In case no one with local Seattle knowledge replies, you might find the following guide helpful:
http://your-perfume-guide.blogspot.ca/2012/07/seattle-usa.html#more
1. Hommage à l’Homme
2. I don’t really restrict myself, but I try not to get fragrances that smell too much like each other. These days, that is getting more and more difficult. LOl
3. I love candles. I love Makassar Ebony & Peach from Voluspa, Poivre Noir from Catherine Memmi, Raspberry Ganache from Godiva chocolatier, and Feu de Bois from Dyptique.
4. Just waiting for Downton Abbey to start in on this side of the pond
5. Trying hard to resist chocolate, but dark chocolate covered cocoa nibs are a weakness…
1. Opus 1 (a sample, still stalling on the FB)
2. Try to sample first. Finding a lot of stuff I don’t like that way. Try to limit myself to one investment a quarter.
3. Febreeze to counter two cats and a dog. Also using Caldrea Sea Salt Neroli, got the tip here. Doesn’t really remind me of the beach as much as I’d hoped though. Has anyone tried the Diptyque hourglass diffuser? Interested in Baies. I don’t think the cats could knock it over.
4. Foyle’s War. And the Red Sox.
5. Valrhona 70 percent. Second Joviana’s recommendation about Ghirardelli 60 per cent chips. MAy have to make chocolate decadence cookies today ….
Foyle’s War? I love MIchael Kitchens, the most attractive man ever. Its not as good now, but still better than anything else!
1) SOTD is the light and pretty, makeuppy, faintly spicy Cartier Heure Convoitee, from a decant sent to me by a kind friend. I like it. I wish it had more presence. Think I’ll go put on some Prince Matchabelli Potpourri (another carnation scent – this one a $10 1oz ebay find!!).
2) Yep, I restrict. However, not enough! I don’t buy full bottles blind anymore, even from the discounters — but I am still susceptible to old/vintage/discontinued fragrances especially on eBay. Also, I am still prone to blind buying 5ml decants of stuff I just THINK I will like.
3) Current favorite is a scented candle by Pier 1 called Aspen Flower. A tad sweet, but really great – peach, violet, jasmine. Big happy white flower thing… luckily it doesn’t throw as far as it did in the summer. I need something else for fall, though… will probably move to an el-cheapo pumpkin pie spice candle.
OOOOOOH! News! A Polish candle company called Korona, which makes scented candles for other companies’ labels, has just purchased an unused factory building in my town and will start production by next year. I’m excited.
4) I… um… don’t really watch TV these days. No reason, just don’t. (I miss ER. Can I say that?)
5) At the moment, I am sort of addicted to dark chocolate almonds. That is all.
I miss George Clooney on ER. . .
Noah Wyle for me. LOOOOVE me some Carter.
I loved Dr. Carter on ER also
I miss ER, too. And The West Wing.
I’ll join you all in missing ER, and I’ll add that I really, really miss Gilmore Girls.
SOTD: The lovely Mito, plus whatever is left from yesterday’s Hedonist. Mmmm. Both are FBW and I’m already planning a purchase when my decants are gone.
I do try to refrain my purchase to one or two bottles a month (depending on price). I’m not so good at limiting sample/decant purchasing and those certainly add up.
I’m a big fan of Tyler Candles. They have perfumista-worthy scents and last a long time. Cowboy is a fantastic leather scent, and there’s even one that rivals Amouage Dia! These are jarred candles and when you open one, you can see the scent oil beaded on the surface. Fantastic. I also love Papier d’Armenie for a quick burn.
I’m looking forward to the return of favorites -Once upon a time tonight!
I’m trying to cut down on sweets, but I have to recommend Chuao Firecracker chocolate bar. Sweet, savory and spicy! Sultry sea salt, smoky chipotle, and popping candy exploding in dark chocolate.
LOVE Firecracker. Need to send my college-freshman daughter some soon… but wanted to wait until there was less danger of it melting in the mail.
1. What fragrance are you wearing today?
A sample of Cocoa Tamarind by Voluspa. I’m enjoying all of its changes.
2. Do you restrict your fragrance purchasing in any way, and if so, what are your rules or limits? I try not buy unsniffed, but if something is inexpensive and is supposed to prominently feature one of my favorite notes — one that’s difficult to find — I might mail-order it unsniffed.
3. Tell us about your favorite home fragrance item?
I don’t use it much, but I like incense.
4. Found any good new TV shows so far this year?
I’ve enjoyed the first two episodes of Last Tango in Hallifax and the first two episodes of Sleepy Hollow — I recognized the sheriff (played by Clancy Brown) from The Adventures of Buckaroo Bonzai.
5. Chocolate: The last candy bar that I had was a Violet Crumble — good stuff, but it sticks to your teeth like crazy. I like chocolate (of course!), but my husband is the chocoholic of the household. I buy Ritter Sport dark chocolate and Perugina dark chocolate for him and I’ll have a few pieces.
1. Today I am wearing Angel Garden Of Stars Le Lys, Le Labo Patchouli 24, CdG 2, Aedes De Venustas Une Histoire de Chypre (remember this?), Costume National Scent Intense. I’m going through some old samples.
2. I restrict my fragrance purchasing by giving myself a budget. I don’t put a lot of money into my perfume fund so it takes me about 1 year to come up with the money to buy anything. I also hate having a lot of stuff. So for both of these reasons, I need to find the one perfect perfume to add to my collection and it takes me more than a year to decide to devote myself to a perfume. I’m going to buy Coze or Bois D’Ombrie in October. A recent review on Luckyscent says Coze was reformulated so I have to try it to see if I still want it.
3. I’m not big on home fragrance items but I just got a bunch of cedar sachets, planks and blocks. I’m interested in the Parfums de Nicolai room sprays.
4. I just found out about Pretty Little Liars this year. I’m not so sure everyone would call it “good” though. I’m really excited about the spin-off that begins in October. It looks really really low budget and cheesy but hopefully it is entertaining. The new season of American Horror Story starts soon, and it is starring Jessica Lange, Kathy Bates, Angela Bassett, Francis Conroy, and my queen from last season Sarah Paulson.
5. I don’t eat chocolate regularly.
1. I’m wearing Fracas today.
2. I restrict my fragrance purchasing to what will fit in my top dresser drawer – that’s where the collection resides! If I want to add something, I have to make room by using up, swapping, or giving away something.
3. I don’t use home fragrance.
4. The TV show “Damages” isn’t new, but I got hooked on it and have been binge-watching as I get out each season from the library. I’m waiting for the last one now.
5. Leonidas from Belgium! They make terrific truffles.
1. I’m wearing Bottega Veneta today.
2. My fragrance purchases are limited now b/c I am just not smelling anything new. There are a few “big things” I’ve wanted over the years that I am attempting to pick up. I only bought 4 bottles this year!
3. Right now SpongeBob rules my world b/c of my 5 year old. We just saw an old one with “Doodle Bob”, which just blew my mind. It’s put my faith back into irreverent creativity. I know I’m a little behind the times right now.
4.We just had these wonderful customizable chocolates from a local company in Scranton called Bella Faccia. They use a special edible ink jet machine to imprint an image on top the chocolate. The dark was very creamy,which was really nice.
1) Yesterday’s SOTD was Silk Road Caravan
2) I buy only when I can afford it and when everything else is paid
for, that means frequent haunting of T.J. Maxx and Marshall’s
3) Don’t have one, prefer to keep indoor air as frag-free as possible
due to allergies
4) I really liked this year’s season of So You Think You Can Dance –
Aaron should have won!
5) A simple Mounds bar usually does it for me in a pinch.
1.) Today I am wearing Dior Diorama.
2.) I buy about 2 new fumes every pay day. It is something that I really look forward to doing. I try to stop at 2 but it doesn’t always work that way…
3.) I love the indoor fragrance range by Sanderson. The one I have atm has some passionflower, rose and cedar in it.
4.) Enjoying a new series called “Castle” about a crime writer turned detective and his partner in crime. Plus still watching my secret guilty pleasures of housewives of vancouver, and millionaire matchmaker!
5. Oh give me those lindt white chocolate balls ANY day of the week!!! 😛 yummo.