Happy Monday! If you've a spare minute, do share your scent of the day, and tell us what the weather is like where you are. We're expecting a sunny day with a high of 79 ºF; I'm wearing a dab of Crown Perfumery Eau de Russe.
Reminder: this Friday, June 6, let's all try to wear something by Chanel. The following week will be Friday the 13th — wear your own version of 'Eau de Protection', i.e. something that brings you good luck or otherwise makes you feel safe and happy.
Note: image via the Advert Museum.
SOTD is Gianfranco Ferre for Man. The weather is cloudy, humid, chance of rain with thunderstorms, same as the previous 3-4 days.
Hope you’ll have sun tomorrow…
It’s sunny and supposed to be in the high 70s here. I’m wearing L’Artisan Iris Pallida.
Your bottle must be getting old…is it aging well?
It is a new-to-me bottle I got in a swap and I think it’s the reissued one from 2011 or so… I’ve had samples of the original one from 2007 and I can’t tell the difference between them, although someone with a more discerning nose might be able to!
Oh, my mistake….totally forgot they’d reissued it! Was mostly curious because my decant of Crown Eau de Russe ought to be long spoiled, but in fact it’s gotten deeper and better. So funny how sometimes that happens when other, much newer and better packaged things go bad in a few years.
I have the original. It’s still fabulous!
Good to know, thanks!
Finally sunny and supposed to be about 78 degrees… I am wearing Cartier Baiser Vole edp b/c its so pretty and cheerful. It’s one of the few light florals that I thoroughly enjoy from top to bottom, and one of the few lilies that I truly enjoy. Double score!
Reminds me that I must get to the mall and try the new BV!
New BV? I’ll have to look this up – I missed that. Let us know how it is.
https://nstperfume.com/2014/05/24/cartier-baiser-vole-lys-rose-new-perfume/
I slapped on some Bobbi Brown Beach this morning after my shower. That was less than 3 hours ago and it’s already fading quickly.
Vacations never last
Ha! Good one!
SOTD is Prada Infusion d’Iris. The weather is sunny and heading for the mid-80s, though it was nicely cool this morning. It’s just starting to get humid in DC.
I do NOT miss DC’s humidity, although in all truth it’s only slightly better where I am.
Jardins d’Armide is my scent, currently in the mid 60s with an expected high of 80
P.S. In preparation for Friday, does anyone have any hints on how to get a glass stopper out of a vintage bottle of extrait without ending up with broken glass everywhere?
Try these:
http://sorceryofscent.blogspot.com/2010/11/faq-how-do-i-remove-perfume-stopper.html
http://perfumeshrine.blogspot.com/2009/11/frequent-questions-how-to-open-stuck.html
http://thevintageperfumevault.blogspot.com/2009/11/how-to-remove-frozen-or-stuck-perfume.html
lol! Great minds, Robin, great minds.
Exactly
I usually use “the stick it in the freezer for a while” method, and it has worked fine for me. However, here are some other options as well as a Basenotes discussion on the subject.
Elena @ Perfume Shrine:
http://perfumeshrine.blogspot.com/2009/11/frequent-questions-how-to-open-stuck.html
Basenotes thread:
http://www.basenotes.net/threads/208351-How-to-open-stuck-glass-stopper-from-the-perfume-bottle
Oooh! Sounds exciting. Vintage extrait??? I look forward to your Friday SOTD ;D Hope your unstoppering goes well! Be well.
Victoria visited this theme too, with the usual beautiful pics as a bonus:
http://boisdejasmin.com/2014/03/baudruchage-how-to-open-perfume-bottles.html
First day back in the office after a week in San Diego (conference combined with a family visit) – I meant to spray on Safran Troublant, but thanks to jet lag and poorly organized decants, I accidentally put on Santal Majascule (and 1 too many sprays to boot!). So I smell “wrong” today. Oh well, better luck tomorrow.
Oops!
Sympathies from a habitual oversprayer!Lol!
Ha! The irony is, I tend to be an undersprayer and am trying to be more liberal in my applications – I was three sprays in before I realized I’d put on the wrong fragrance. Doh!
Is 3 sprays over-spraying with SM? It is dense but does not have huge projection on me…
Also, with its dark cocoa accord I do think it would work for formal – if that’s any consolation! You may be providing everyone with a little more pleasure than they are used to via you sublime scent:)
I mean ‘your sublime scent’…
Nope, 3 sprays is just fine – I was actually going to go for 4 of Safran, so when I hit #3 and discovered my mistake I called it quits.
Fortunately, I have a private office and now that it’s summer (I’m @ a university) no one even comes in. I wear a lot of things during the summer that are “far worse” than my beloved Santal Majascule, lol (like Lush’s Breath of God).
It sounds like you can wear whatever you feel like, at present! And Breath of God is well suited to summer, with its menthol vibe! But I agree it has volume, lol:)
SOTD: ORANGE SANGUINE by Atelier Cologne
I want to buy this fragrance. How long does it last on you without reapplying?
A GREAT juicy, floral; as with ALL AC offerings, they last a good long while even if YOU can’t still smell it, others still can…they DO LAST! I want them all.
OS is a great Spring/Summer scent!
Thanks.
That’s what I needed to know. This will be THE next purchase I make. I have a sample of it and its almost gone. I absolutely love it. Your response is greatly appreciated!
GOOD…glad I can help…you won’t be sorry.
Sunny and 70, should get to 80 today. SOTD is Sa Majeste La Rose. Impulse bought this weekend while at Aedes de Venustas in NYC. That store is amazing, I could have spent all day there
Yes, really a lovely store!
SOTD was Lys Soleia. I say “was” as it’s 6.30 pm here and it has faded since the morning. I can smell it but only if I put my nose on my wrist. I am afraid it doesn’t last very long on me.
Weather today was a mix of sunny, cloudy and windy – but warm – around 80 degrees Fahrenheit according to Google. I just hope it doesn’t get hotter too soon because I cannot stand the heat. But I think we will get a heatwave quite soon. Oh well.
I can’t stand cold…I’ll take your heat wave
Wearing JLo Still today. Love the price point, the sweet tea scent, and longevity. Awaiting the arrival of Kelly Caleche… should be any day now!
SOTD is No Matter What by Liaison de Parfum from a sample I have. It’s the first time I’ve put it on, and so far I am liking it. I get a light soap note, but I like that.
Regarding the stuck glass stopper problem, I once put on a pair of latex gloves and very gently wiggled the glass stopper out of a perfume bottle. You can get a good grip and carefully pull the stopper.
Latex gloves are a super idea!
I’ve also put drops of alcohol around the stopper for a day or two if it was resisting usual efforts and I suspected that it might have gotten glued with perfume residue.
Mary Greenwell Plum. It’s just right for a beautiful summer day.
That’s a great fragrance – I have a big tester of it somewhere. Hm… these SOTD lists are making me hanker to wear things that I forget I have. It’s supposed to rain tomorrow – maybe I’ll wear that.
That is one of my all-time favorites. Great choice. I raced out of the house at 6:30 a.m., completely forgetting to spritz anything in my desperation to get to a 7:00 a.m. doctor’s appointment on time. Who makes 7:00 a.m. appointments anyway?!! Since the office is a “no scent zone,” I’m not comfortable with spraying anything now that I’m here. I’ll have to make up for this tomorrow morning, don’t you think?
LOOOOOVE the Plum.
Wore it Sunday.
Lovely pre-summer day here, high in the 80s.
I’m wearing Elizabeth & James Nirvana Black — got a mini rollerball as a freebie at Sephora and I rather like it.
After listening to our local weather man natter on and on this a.m. about how hot and sultry and humid and etc., etc. it was going to be today, turns out it is cool (low 70s) and cloudy. Supposed to storm. Suits me; I love storms!
SOTD: Guelain Samsara (vintage) – I love it, but turns out it wasn’t right for today (me or the weather!).
I think that would have been great as my SOTD over here in the gloom of Winter!
Yes, it’s a sunny, cheerful fragrance.
I like to wear Alahine when it’s summer cold and cloudy. It’s such a warm fragrance. I love Samsara too!
I don’t have Alahine, but in hindsight I was more in the mood for Voleur de Roses or something of that nature.
Vintage Samsara is beautiful!
Vintage Donna Karan Fuel for Men. Haven’t ever smelled the revamped version but could it possibly be as strange and arresting as the original?
Good Morning NST family. It is sunny and about 83 degrees in Houston, TX. I will probably have more than one SOTD since I had physical therapy early this morning. I put on some Pomegranate Noir from Jo Malone. After I shower, I will probably put on something else.
Hope everyone has a fabulous day!
Started out with Ninfeo Mio, an unreflected choice that wasn’t excellent for stressy office day – felt like it was taunting me with its garden scent. Finished a huge project application and celebrated by trying on White Diamonds (sheer and subtle floral, not quite what I wanted) and Guerlain Shalimar edp (vanilla overload! not particularly well suited to the warm day but delicious).
Expecting mid 70s, sunny and breezy, my favorite weather! Wearing Hermes un jardin en Mediterranee. Hmmm…I think I really like this one!
Interested to hear about Crown, that’s a new one to me. Humid, low 70s, scattered showers today. Tomorrow looks like it’ll be much nicer.
Wearing Liu, which I’m trying to distinguish from my sample of Vega. They are very similar.
Crown was an old English perfume house that was purchased by Clive Christian around 2000 or so (my dates might be off); he then discontinued the Crown scents and used the bottle style for his own fragrances. (I have yet to smell any CC, and I probably won’t. Mr. Christian annoys me.) So of course all the Crown stock hit the online discounters very cheap for a couple of years, and I picked up Crown Bouquet – tons of galbanum, plus some gentle white flowers; you might love it. I adore the stuff, which probably contributes to my annoyance with old Clive. I didn’t get to smell all of them, but I do really love Crown Bouquet.
You know, Liu and Vega are similar, but Liu seemed much flatter and more powdery to me. Love Vega; Liu not so much… couldn’t say exactly why.
SOTD!Serge Lutens Serge Noire.It’s nice and spicy,I get carnation and some African spicyness.Seeing we are now starting Winter,it seemed perfect this morning at 5am when I was dressing!Not my absolute favorite Lutens,but a nice comfort scent on a blue-ish Monday!
Just to add!Loving the new Daily SOTD here on NST!Feels like I’m getting to know some people a little bit better!:-))
So glad!
Yes, I agree johanob, that’s so nice!
It’s going to be 90 degrees here with 70 percent humidity. I did one tiny spray of DSH Passport a Paris.
Wearing Safran Troublant.
That’s what I wanted to wear (see above).
You can enjoy it for the both of us! ; )
Haha, just read it now. Better luck tomorrow, and hopefully you Willy recover soon from the jet lag
I’m wearing Philosykos and deciding whether or not I need a bottle… I probably do. Have a sample of the EDP to try tomorrow!
Yes, you need a bottle
I love the EDP and bought a FB a few months ago.
To me the EDP does not have the milky sweetness of the EDT and is instead more woody. I’d be interested to know which you prefer and why!
Wearing Givenchy Gentlemen Only.
It’s 80 and drizzly, and I’m wearing Black Orchid. Tom Ford must be having the vapors, because I’m wearing his glamourous perfume to scrub the sinks, clean the kitchen, and do the laundry!
Lol…I was doing laundry last night in Malle Une Rose…I think doing the mundane tasks in a glamorous scent makes it seem less domestic!Lol!:-)
Too funny! I had Carnal Flower on yesterday as I scrubbed the tub!
Why not!
Foggy and about 65F now but should clear soon and temps should hit about 72F this afternoon.
I’m sampling L’Artisan Traversee du Bosphore this morning. The opening about did me in with sugared saffron and something sour (probably the pomegranate) but shortly thereafter quieted down to a fruity vanilla. Like all L’Artisans on me, it will be gone in an hour and then I think I’ll go put on some L’Heure Bleue.
For me to enjoy TdB the most, I need to bring it down to earth by layering it. I normally dab on a tad of Lancome Magie Noire, AT L’Air du Desert Marrocain, or SSS Champagne de Bois to help give it a bit of gravity. The dark, dry woods and ambers of the above tend to reduce that super “pink” brightness of TdB and give it some balance for my nose.
Ann, that’s a very interesting comment re: CdB, which tends to get sweet and “pink” on my skin!
Hot and humid here…and just really getting started. I chose Un Jardin Sur le Nil, and it’s been a great match for the day. Every time I wear it, I marvel that I don’t reach for it more often. Perfectly de-sticky-fying, to make up a silly word
(hey, the purpose of language is to communicate, right?) Be well!
My scent to cut through high heat and humidity is Sous Le Toit de Paris. Bought it during a heat wave last summer and it works great
I love that, and wore it yesterday! An evil minion at Atelier Cologne had suggested it’s even bettah layered with Orange Sanguine, and I loved the combo. I love them singly or layered. Sous le Toit de Paris is no longer available in the just the 30mL bottles, so I recently restocked with the ginormous one :p I cannot be without it.
Gorgeous 77 here in NYC. Just perfect. I planned to go out for lunch, but then remembered I need to leave early for a dental appt. and so ate at my desk
SOTD: Prada’s l’eau ambree
Cheers!
The weather is hot, hazy, humid, with a chance of thunderstorms here in Toronto. No SOTD (thanks to work restrictions) but I went for a walk at lunch and came back with a 50ml bottle of Goutal Nuit Etoilée. Impulse, unsniffed purchase. My favorite kind. I guess that will be my SOTE.
Guerlain Meteorites. Pure girly whimsy, powdery violet – brings a smile to my face, exactly right for today: a public holiday, and meeting a girlfriend for coffee at an arty cafe in the afternoon. I live on the equator, so no significant summer/winter changes. It was a coolish day with a few rain drops.
Oh!a Guerlain I do not know yet!Shall have to investigate!(still on a semi violet kick as well!)
I love Meteorites in Spring on “a coolish day with a few rain drops,” one of the few scents I own that I actually finished the entire bottle. Luckily, I have 1 more hidden away. It’s been d/c awhile, don’t know how readily it can be found. So enjoy every drop and every smile!
Cashmere from the Parfums Intimes line from Victoria’s Secret.
Vamp à NY, it’s still one of the most cheerful scents I know.
I just love that name!
I love that one in the summer. It’s a trashy beach-novel of a scent… as you say, really cheerful.
SOTD is Ganesh by Arcana. Clove, spices, and honey. It is sunny and we’re expecting a high of 83.
I like the graphic that you used today.
Eau de Russe sounds nice. Do you own that lovely bottle?
I do not, I have a decant! I almost bought it when I first discovered it, but it was already discontinued then and I was worried about the shelf life. Turns out to have kept well even in a decant, so I should have bought it. Oh well!
You need a perfume fridge. The bottles are small and you could use it just for the discontinued stuff.
I need one too..eventually. Christmas list?:). Never too early, I say.
Here in Estonia we have rainy and cloudy day, 13C (55F), so I wear a coat. And Jovoy Paris – Les Jeux sont Faits –very lovely men’s fragrance with tobacco and alcohol notes. I don’t know why it’s men’s, it looks like unisex for me.
It’s sunny and high seventies here…just gorgeous! In my attempt to make friends with vetiver, I’m wearing Diptyque’s Vetyverio and quite enjoying it.
Lol.I wonder if I myself shall EVER make a really really good Vetiver friend!
Hello NST! Here in Alberta it is a balmy 34 celsius. Hot like summer. SOTD is hubby’s Hermes vintage eau de colgne which is a splash that I keep in the fridge. It’s fleeting but very nice in the heat.
It’s 87 here in Houston (according to the Weather Channel app on my phone), and I’m wearing Aromatics Elixir. I got a sample from a fellow fumie who was offering the bottle. She sent me a sample to evaluate before I make a decision because she thought the bottle might be a little off. Smells fine to me.
It was a more or less temperate Autumn day, here in South Africa – and I am wearing both Mugler’s Pure Havane (about 2 or 3 sprays) and Santal Majuscule (2 or three sprays). From what I gather that would be considered heavy perfume application, but I am not feeling smothered (just getting a whiff here and there) and no one seems to have noticed that I am wearing perfume! So, opinions? Am I over-applying?
By the way, I find SM a much more dense scent but to have far less projection that the sweeter PH…
I would have thought SM would simply drown PH in the projection/longevity stakes!?Interesting!Did you intentionally experiment with these 2’s layering?(Une Rose is fabulous,by the way!lol!:-))
I put on a spray of PH on each arm because I haven’t worn it in a while, but then, as I was getting dressed, I was utterly bewildered with the fabulous dark scent coming from a shirt I had worn a day or two ago! The dry down of SM on cloth is a delicious dense dark cocoa:) So then I added about 2 sprays of SM to the sleeves of the shirt I was wearing. I think the scents have mixed now!
Glad UR works on you! Turns sour on me, unfortunately.
I think PH and SM play nice together because of the chocolate and cocoa connection!
Nice!Sounds like a good experiment!:-)The only layering I’ve done recently,was our 2-day Sniff-a-thon sprays on my scarve!lol
My SOTD is Samsara EDT by Guerlain. Its a beautiful 25 celsius here with a clear bus sky
I have a good candidate for Friday already!
I’m thinking we should all do a Chanel No 5 Memorial Day also,sometime soon…Articles on the impending July EU/IFRA ruling are making serious headlines with regards to esp. No 5’s future….:-((
Ambre Nuit, Dior from a sample. Yummy, a bit masculine. There’s gotta be patchouli in this but it’s not enough to bother me. Powdery, good scent. Not sure if it’s worth the price tag, perhaps to one that can afford it more easily than I, it would be, still good scent.
80 degrees and humid, a little bit of sun and off-again/on-again (much-needed rain). A perfect day for one of my favorite Atlantic seaboard scents, C&E’s Nantucket Briar. Reminds me of camping with the wild ponies – think Marguerite Henry’s famous book, Misty of Chincoteague, – at the Assateague Island National Seashore (Maryland & Virginia). A hint of spice from the maritime forest, wild briar roses by day and tiny evening primroses buried in the sand by night, salty sea breezes, hot sun on clean cotton clothes, and watching the sun rise and set from this tiny barrier island.
Wearing a sample of Still Life by Olfactive Studio today. It’s in the low 80’s and sunny, although it might rain later.
It’s a beautiful sunny day here in Venice by the beach, so I thought I would throw on some Urban Lily by Strange Invisible Perfumes. It is local perfumer Alexandra Balahoutis’ take on the first day of spring in Paris. It seemed to be the perfect weather for it, but also gives me a feeling of escape since there is nothing LA or beachy about it…A really unexpected take on lilies.
The weather today has been sunny, but not that warm. This is a time of year that is considered especially beautiful here in Sweden, “between the *hägg*(bird cherry) and the lilac”. It’s midnight and I’m writing this in the midnight sun
SOTD Neela Vermeire Mohur
Can you explain:
“between the *hägg*(bird cherry) and the lilac”.
A midnight sun? Sigh, I need to move to Scandinavia:)
It’s the time between the bird cherry is in flower and the lilacs start to bloom!
Oh! What a fabulous way of describing the period.
Sounds beautiful – I should really try to experience the midnight sun at least once!
94 in the shade and humid but supposed to be the coolest day all week so heading out to mow the lawn. Forgot perfume this morning but think I will put on some O de Lancôme for mowing. Coming back from lunch today the elevator and hallway smelled like popcorn and patchouli (our office is on the floor with the break room and often smells of popcorn) and my coworker and I had a good laugh about how nice it was and how we would both wear it if someone bottled it.
They did. Miss Dior Cherie 2005 lol
It is rather cold and humid here, and I’m wearing Jeux de Peau and enjoying it a lot, even if I am not sure I can get the toasted bread.
another SoCal gal, 80’s sunny, facial, Target run and Tommy Girl, I still love Tommy Girl!
and all you Angelenos, vote tomorrow!
It was 87F and humid here in the mountains of Virginia… SOTD was the gorgeous Le Temps d’une Fete.
SOTD Opium body oil and lotion. My dear Aunt passed away last week. She gave me my first bottle of perfume as a teenager-Opium! She also wore Clinique Aromatics Elixer-been wearing that a lot the last few days.
Sorry for your loss, Dixie. She must have been quite a lady to introduce you to real perfume like Opium and Aromatics Elixir.
SOTD = VC&A Orchidee Vanille
I needed something comforting to last me the whole day so I slightly over applied but since this is such a beautiful vanilla and stays quite close to skin, no one around me minded (or if they did, no one said anything). I went to a wake in the evening, then had dinner with friends at this tiny hole in the wall hand-pulled noodle place in the upper west side.