A little warning: the damage poll will start shortly! Meanwhile, what's your fragrance today?
I'm wearing Demeter Incense layered with Frédéric Malle L'Eau d'Hiver...I didn't layer them on purpose but it's actually a nice combination.
Reminder: tomorrow is Purgatory Basket Friday...find a sample you haven't been able to make up your mind about, give it a second chance. The following Friday, 10/10, wear a fragrance you discovered via a blog or other online review, and link to the review if you can. Bonus points for not linking to a review on Now Smell This, since everyone commenting here already knows about Now Smell This — hopefully this will help all of us expand our perfume reading!
And for those of you who like to plan ahead, see Scent of the day ~ Friday community projects 2014, where I'll try to always have the next six or seven weeks mapped out in advance.
Note: top image is Beauty In A Piognant Moment [tripled] by GollyGforce at flickr; some rights reserved.
Like today later? Oh dear. That will take me an hour just to write it, and it’s bedtime now… Oh well. Maybe being at the bottom of the list is a good thing so no one can see the extent of my confession 😉
Today was Baiser Vole edp, and now to bed is AG Myrrhe Ardente.
Later today…do just sleep through it, you can confess to Donatella in your dreams.
You’re supposed to give us more warning about the damage poll than a few hours notice. Hmph.
I know. I meant to tweet it the other day but totally forgot. Apologies!
@Perthgirl, what a coincidence! I wore Myrrh Ardente to bed last night, and then got sucked into a quest to research prices of the full size bottles of AG Les Orientalists I don’t have yet. So far, I just have a 100ml of Musc Nomade that’s down to about 30ml, and am getting concerned about that amount. 😉
You smell great and what a perfect bedtime choice. I wonder… Has that line been discontinued as well? It is one of the few where I feel I *need* to own each one in a fb.
I read somewhere (I think) that they’ll be included in the re-packaging. I do hope so! I have ALL the body products, bottles of MA and Encens Flamboyant, and really really want some Ambre Fetiche. I wasn’t so sure about MA when I bought it but am in love with it now- it’s fantastic for bed isn’t it 🙂
I am also wearing Brasier Vole today (although I think the EDT). I got a sample from Nordstrom’s last night because I just had to see what all the fuss was about – it gets so much love at NST. I generally don’t like Lily based fragrances but this one is very nice; I’ll probably go through the whole sample.
I’m wearing Annick Goutal Musc Nomade, and — speaking of the damage poll — this one will be moving from purgatory to a brand new category for me: great, but too similar to too many things I already own to move to the buy list, even hypothetically. The good old GBTSTTMTIAOTMTTBLEH list.
Ah, I know that list 🙂
PG Arabian Horse. I really like this scent–horse and leather and soft florals and something faintly edible. I have about a month to decide if I want someone to mule it here from France ( or do I love it enough to spend the money?)
That sounds really nice…my mule from France list is too long already though.
I’m very curious about that one – is it anything like those two horsey Cartiers (Treizieme and Fougeuse IV)?
I’ll have to wander by Saks this weekend to compare. Not sure I ever smelled Treizieme and I seem to recall that Fougeuse was more haylike on me. Am not sure why but Arabian Horse will literally make me salivate if I sniff it too much
Arabian Horse is fantastic. I would certainly buy it but I absolutely do not like those PG signature collection prices. And I guess I hadn’t noticed that these aren’t being sold in the USA anywhere yet.
I am wearing Maître Parfume et Gantier Grain de Plaisir from the ol’ purgatory basket. And I am still undecided. It isn’t dull, but I am not sure it is weird nice/fun or weird/weird. It might be that it reminds me of a less good Yatagan.
Ah, a less good Yatagan might not be worth MPG prices.
Wearing Rochas Absolu. Today it´s rainy, cold and I had to take several trains in order do an errand at the most unpleasant part of town, known as crackland. My perfume felt like the most wonderful cocoon. No purgatory here, just love. I´ll be looking for a FB of this one.
Sounds like a yucky day…glad you smell good!
You smell great! I bought a back-up of this as it’s been discontinued (of course). It was still cheap but took me forever to find. Hope you have good luck finding some!
You’re in Brazil right? I can only imagine that an area called Crackland is to be wholly avoided.. 🙂
Yep, I´ve been searching the discounters, but it seems Rochas Absolu is gone for good… Will have to hoard my sample, lol! Curiously enough, cracolandia is kind of safe-ish (notice the careful phrasing), because drug lords don´t want the police to have a reason to go in there. But heck, it´s so stinky and depressing, especially on a rainy day!
Pan – and lots of it. I needed some goaty goodness to get me through the day as I’m exhausted from having to talk all day yesterday. I’m glad I get neither head shop nor aromatherapy blend from it.
Haven’t heard of that one in ages…Anya’s Garden, right?
Yes. I never would have bought it, due to the lavender listed – we generally don’t get along, but won a bottle of the EDP in a draw and really love it. Especially after the initial patchouli and lavender settle the heck down.
Demeter Incense is great for layering!
Before I order more samples, I figured I should wear some of the ones I have already and generally overlook. I put on CdG Ouarzazate this morning–a scent I find extremely frustrating–in hopes of making sense of it. I can’t pinpoint the incense, but there’s a great lemony-spice component. The trouble is that when the citrusiness fades out, the remains makes me think of dried spices that never live up to their fresh counterparts in a recipe. If this were food, I’d say it’s missing fat or salt or tomatoes. All in all, I like part of it and am annoyed by the incomplete feeling the other parts leave me with. Anyway, it’s not very strong and it doesn’t last that long on me, so I headed to the office in a puff of Shalimar.
Demeters are perfect for layering but it hardly ever occurs to me to do that. Their Incense is terrific and I bet it would layer well with a lot of others: Vetiver would work, and I bet Licorice, and Mahogany….
It is, I should try it more often.
I need to totally chill out today, but that is never possible. So at least my frag(s) will be mellow. I’m wearing Institute Tres Bien Cologne a la Francaise and also some IPDF Ambre del Nepal. I can’t make up my mind about tomorrow.
I haven’t made my mind up either.
Good luck chilling!
What is the ITB cologne like? By the time I realised I wanted this the firm had disappeared.
It’s so lovely. I think I appreciate it more now than when I got the decant a few years ago mostly b/c I was comparing it strongly with the Chanel cologne, which is more cologney citrus. CaLF is much more subtle and complex. I get an accord of dry almond which is not listed in the notes and may be my nose playing tricks on me b/c there is also the highest quality light as air sweet lavender (I’m used to smelling the more strident lavender), some light dry vanilla, some light wood – maybe cedar. Although neither vanilla or cedar are listed, but I get them. It’s all very dry, almost austere, but warm and sunny. The opening does have some sort of very sheer lemon, but is not lemony if that makes any sense at all. Just a tad like someone squeezed one of those lovely special lemons (not our furniture polish lemons we have in the US) in the next room. It is a cologne, but it’s not all stuffed with citrus and petitgrain and OB and herbs like I normally like. It is really anohter kind of animal. There is something a tad like the iris in the Prada Infusion d’iris. The dusty light iris accord lasts for a very very long time on me. You know how the IdI is very sheer and not a cologne, well, CalF is very much that way. It’s really elegant. I think it’s for sale again from France, so I’m glad I have a bunch of it, but someday I’ll hope for more.
That’s a very satisfying description, you have made me want to have a bottle even more 🙂
I’ve just found the site. It looks they are back in business, but the colognes are sold out. I think I’ll drop them an email.
They were up a few months ago in the summer when another NSTer told me they are back. It’s a very compelling line, so I’m sure they’ll keep making more. Good luck!
Seville a l’Aube for light and warmth … not FBW for me, it develops into something rather ordinary.
Missing Miracle in its initial formulation, with lots of ginger …
I tried Bleu de Chanel EDP pre-shower and it was dreadful: pleasant citrus-pepper opening and then bland and boring and sweet woody amber, nothing to distinguish it from so many other things on the market. A sad lump of nothing.
So I scrubbed it off and wore Hermes Ambre Narguilé, all sweet warm tobacco. Can’t ever go wrong with that as a SOTD.
I just recently tried Ambre Narguile and I am completely smitten! It’s SO cozy, it has moved to the top of my FB wish list and I’m so sad it lingered in my purgatory basket for so long.
Ambre Narguilé is my olfactory equivalent of a cashmere sweater – cosy and warm.
I completely agree, you cannot go wrong with Ambre Narguile, especially in autumn.
God, I miss mine.
It is cold and rainy here today, so I am wearing Apres L’Ondee. It’s still raining, but it feels very appropriate. I’m still in my jammies with a cup of tea listening to the rumblings of the storm. Later today I start a new job, so I may put on something else before then, but I’m not sure what!
Best of luck on your first day!
Thanks, I am so excited! I think it is going to be a great gig.
I’m wearing Le Labo’s Poivre 23. This was a purgatory basket scent for ages but I recently tried it again and like it quite a lot. It doesn’t last very long, though.
I love that one. I have waffled on buying a bottle the last two Septembers when it is more widely available, but I should probably buy a decant since I would be unlikely to use all that (very pricey) juice in the next decade.
I’m wearing Amarige Harvest ’07 Mimosa. A little spring up in my October.
I wish they still did these – they were so good. I have the ’08 or ’09 Organza harvest jasmine. It is really outstanding.
Yes, the mimosa one is so nice — I only have a little bit. The drydown reminds me more of Safari than the original Amarige.
Ooh – Safari! Nice!
L’Orphelline from a sample. My first sniff I thought “Dusty attic” but then it morphed into a sour, cold incense that I almost scrubbed. It’s a little better now, a little warmer, and the sourness is nearly gone. Not FBW. Though I like lots of SL, I like the opulent, radiant ones.
Around 30 minutes in, the warmth came through on me and it was pretty nice for a while (especially outdoors). But overall, L’Orpheline is pretty weird. It reminds me of something from my childhood that smells middle aged and lacks color saturation, but I can’t place it. “Dusty [home]” might be it.
Une Rose Vermeille and Une Rose Chypree are today’s choices. I have never tried Une Rose Chypree and I have a full bottle of it. But by taking off the cap and sniffing, it smells of something I would like.
SOTD is HiM Edp (Hanae Mori).
I’ve read a lot about this HiM, and it gets good reviews. What’s your take on it? I stumbled across it while I was doing some rather extensive research on vanilla woody frags.
A little spritz of Marni today.
I’ve been considering that as my choice today – you smell great!
Jo Malone Peony & Blush Suede. I fell in love with the magazine scent strips, but now that I’ve gotten my hot little hands on a sample, it’s so…boring, and has 0 lasting power. I’m on the hunt for a “pretty,” feminine scent and thought this would be a good candidate, but it’s not for me,
Shalimar EDT (still unsure of the difference between that and the EDP, which I smelled once, but awhile ago).
Topped it off with a big, cozy sweater and I’m ready to do this day.
The most recent (or at least as recent as last fall) formulation of the edp was much thicker in the vanilla/funk at the base though I remember the top being about the same, which makes sense given the IFRA restrictions on citrus.
Thank you! Very helpful.
Telecommuting means I can wear what I want and as much as I want. So I chose Eau de Minuet – Midnight (lolita lempicka) and sprayed with abandon. It might be a bit much for the heat (another hot and humid day) but I find it’s “lighter” than the regular LL. My cloud of sillage is impressive.
I’m sending my nieces (older teens) bottles of the original LL and the L’Eau Jolie and warning them about poisen apples at halloween. Jolie is a light fruity floral thing with no licorice… I think she will adore it. The other picked LL from a bag of samples. She has good taste.
Donatella – I have many many secrets!
Today I am wearing Lubin Korrigan. I didn’t wear it during the summer months, but now I’m really enjoying it.
I’m glad I put on some Dzing! this morning, as I’ve had a crap day and Dzing! is a great comfort scent.
I love L’Eau d’Hiver, wish I had a bottle.
Donatella, I was good this time around. I am maturing in my perfumista walk…I think:). Or at least, atm.
Field Notes, Ineke.
This morning I got out Givenchy Oblique Rewind and was reminded once again how wonderful it is! Really, I wish it had been around longer or at least more widely available.
Due to an infant-induced wardrobe change, I went with Marcheesa d’Ecstase since I got a mini for dirt cheap on Ebay and wanted a clean, not wearing anything complicated sort of scent after the ordeal my poor lo put me through, which is all it is on my skin. Too bad it doesn’t live up to the packaging in my opinion but it smells nice enough if not worth the department store price tag.
Oscar de la Renta eponymous (the original) today.
Although this isn’t ‘me’ in the strictest sense, I like to wear it occasionally, just to recall how really good it is.
SOTD is Candy. This is only the second time I’ve tried it, but even taking the light touch of many Prada perfumes into account, I can hardly smell it. I put on a fair amount this time, to see if that made a difference, but nope. In comparison, Candy L’eau, which I’ve worn once or twice, is very prominent and long-lasting on me. Too bad! It makes me really curious to smell it as others do.
I can barely smell most of the Pradas. I think it’s a musk anosmia issue.
I’ve read a number of people saying that. I can usually smell them well: I own, and love, both Infusion d’Iris and Absolue, and L’eau Ambree. So this is my first real encounter with anosmia, not just in Prada but in any perfume that I can think of. I’m a little scared to go pick my kids up from play school. Who knows how strong this will seem to others!?
I may have that same issue. L’Eau Ambree was a lot of nothing to me, and I found Candy pretty fleeting.
I can’t smell it either. I tried it a few times -generously – but, nope, not much there, even holding my nose to my skin. I can smell other Prada’s, just not this one.
My SOTD is Stila Creme Bouquet. I smell like lilac-vanilla soap, but not “soapy.”
Hermès Un Jardin après la Mousson for me today, since we’re supposed to be getting up to about 90° today and for the next couple of days. I love this one in warm weather, and I’m not complaining about the temperatures because the nights have been so nice.
That’s one of my fav of those floral citrus Hermes. It’s almost like a cologne.
Hauled out my precious SSS Tabac Aurea (custom blend with half the patchouli because I seem to be hyperosmic to patch) for this day that feels like fall.
The dog will NOT stop sniffing me.
Nice!!
Guerlain Vetiver EdT, nice for another hot day
Also in Guerlain, but Encens Mythique D’Orient, nice for a sunny fall day.
DSH Jitterbug in oil form. Just spicy enough for a cool gray fall day.
Cold and rainy. Trying my little decants, I started with Fendi Palazzo, which got too femme-powdery, so I put on one spray of Norma Kamali Incense, which is quite powerful. It’s the extreme-est incense I have tried.
SOTD is Tom Ford Violet Blonde, and it’s heavenly. I’m totally on the fence about tomorrow – I thought I was going to give Lutens Clair de Musc another shot, but I got impatient and did that at bedtime last night. LOVED it for the first 15 minutes, and then it did a thing that was rather less than pleasant … so either it goes back on the Purgatory Friday schedule or it goes into the “not for me” column. Another possibility for tomorrow is L’Eau d’Hiver – I tried it when the weather was hot and was kind of meh about it, but maybe it will be better now that things have cooled down. Guess there’s a last-minute decision waiting for me in the morning. 🙂
I enjoy celebrating the mystical, magical nature of October with my fragrances all through the month, not just at Halloween. Today’s warm but cloudy, gloomy weather, with the portent of storms to come later, is perfect for AG’s Mandragore edp, inspired by the the mandrake root of witch’s brew and Harry Potter fame. I know many of you who wear this enjoy it in the summer but for me, it’s always been a fall scent. While the soft citrus is refreshing and uplifting, the spices and especially the dry, herbal, almost austere woodiness/earthiness of it (I don’t get ‘green’ as some do) as it dries down speak to me of the world outside my window shutting down in preparation for the long, cold sleep of winter.
Wearing a new acquisition, Bruckner Parfumerie’s Aoud Bronze. It is wonderful!
Wearing CdG Red Carnation, which reminds me of the “Fireball” jawbreaker candy I loved as a child. This one is seriously spicy-hot!
Would those be Atomic Fireballs? I consumed a lot of those in high school? 🙂
One and the same! Loved those things. 🙂
How long did it last on you? I definitely got the spice but it was very short-lived…I still love it enough to get a FB 🙂
It was surprisingly short. I wonder if applying to clothing would help, but it would probably stain.
I’m in Elixir des Merveilles today. I don’t have much left of my travel spray, so I imagine I’m going to be putting a bottle on my buy list soon.
SOTD = Bvlgari Black
I got a huge decant from the first NST Swapmeet (thank you swap partner) but left it alone for a while until I read Undina’s post: (I went from decant to a $26 40mL hockey puck after one spray)
http://undina.com/2013/05/16/from-zero-to-forty-ml-in-less-than-15-years-bvlgari-black/
I was at Nordies this past Sunday and one of the perfume company reps for Bvlgari and one other brand said that she thinks Bvlgari Black has been discontinued because none of the big department stores carry it anymore. There are still plenty online at the discounters but I have to seriously consider a back-up STAT. She also shared that the new Bvlgari Man in Black is divine…coming soon to Nordies.
Is that the Soir one or another one?
No, not the Soir. It is Bvlgari Man in Black. It has rose-gold-copperish lettering and accents. I just got a circular from Macys and it’s available there.
Bvlgari Black is still on the shelf at my local Sephora! I am hoping rumors of it’s demise are greatly exaggerated! Today I am wearing Angel EDP, it skips through all the sweet stuff on me very quickly and gets down to the dirty patchouli and staaaaaaays! 12 hours in and going strong. The persistence of Mugler fragrances can be counted on with as much certainty as death and taxes.
I hope so too but there’s never a rhyme or reason for companies to ax something.