Another week starts...what's your fragrance today?
I'm commando. I might be coming down with something.
Reminder: this Friday, 11/28 (Black Friday!) will be Cheap Thrills Friday. Wear something that costs $50 or below, double bonus points if it costs $25 or below. No points for wearing something expensive that you bought cheaply via a sample or decant or somesuch! We're trying to find real bargains here.
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 five or six weeks mapped out in advance.
Hope you feel better soon, Robin. There’s nothing worse than being sick during the holidays.
My SOTD is my signature scent, Nectarine Blossom and Honey by Jo Malone.
Thanks. We had a big family Thanksgiving on Saturday so I’ve managed half the holiday already…we’ll see what happens for Thursday!
I love doing Thanksgiving “early.” It takes the pressure off the holiday and stretches out the fun.
I always go for eau de cologne or lavender when I’m feeling blah. Take care!
I’m sorry you are not feeling well, hope you are better by Thursday. I know I’m crazy, but I wear perfume even if I’m sick (usually Caron Pour Un Homme, I find it very comforting). Today I am wearing Esprit d’Oscar, very pretty.
Thanks!
Yay! for Pour un Homme. I love the lavender. Sometimes I want to spritz it all day long just for that lovely top note.
Feel better soon!
I’m wearing Trefle Pur today, since it is suddenly unseasonably warm. Just needed a bit of Spring on the wrists too.
The weather is downright weird here…feels like a rainy spring day.
Oh poor you, get well soon. I’m wearing a tentative spray from my Portrait of a Lady sample. This is powerful stuff! Beautiful, but I doubt I will want a bottle.
I’m wearing Lolita Lempicka Eau de Minuit, which I always seem to forget I own.
Get well soon!
I love the original, but have never tried this flanker. What is it like?
Very similar but darker and with perhaps more of an intense licorice sweetness in the beginning; the top notes are just incredible and I almost prefer it on paper or fabric or just in the air to on my skin.
Sounds gorgeous, I will give it a try.
Get better soon!
In the morning I tried some vintage Balenciaga Le Dix, perfume concentration according to the bottle. I got it reasonably cheap from That Big Auction Site, but I had to get my DH to help me pry the stopper out (he used a pair of polygrip pliers). The top notes felt a bit off and I didn’t get much violet, but the base notes were very smooth and rich, almost thick. Very enjoyable.
Anyone have a clue how to date Le Dix?
Now I am off into the world and need something a bit more pushy. L’Occitane Labdanum de Seville fits the bill perfectly. Happy Monday everyone!
Can’t help with the dating of Le Dix, but I have a mini of the perfume concentration that’s probably at least 20 years old and it still smells wonderful. Its what introduced me to my love of violet scents, and still remains my favorite violet. I have a later spray edt I purchased, which is nice but not as wonderful as the perfume – just a dab or two does it for me.
Lovely to hear from another Le Dix lover :)! I am not a violet fan in general but this is something out of the ordinary, to my nose anyway.
Hope you manage to shake it off before it takes hold
SOTD was Terracotta Le Parfum
SOTN Caron Violette Precieuse. I find this really calming and cooling in the same way as Dzongkha. It smells of damp, cool earth and violet. Not sweet at all. More like a cold and damp early spring morning.
Ugh, I hope you’re not getting what’s been going around here! Feel better before the holiday.
I’m wearing a sample of Phi Une Rose de Kandahar. I wore a tiny dab yesterday and really liked it, I applied it a bit more heavily this morning and am waiting to see if whatever it is in the base of some Tauers that often doesn’t work for me shows up… but so far not!
Feel better! Being sick over the holidays is no fun!
I’m wearing CB IHP Fire from Heaven. I smell a little sweet, a little creamy, and a little like smoked meat.
My best wishes for your soon recovery, Robin.
I’m wearing Xeryus Rouge today, needed that extra energy for some work I gotta finish today but still haven’t even started it.
Feel better, Robin! Today I’m wearing Dior New Look 1947. I’ve worn it a few times now, and the first time I tried it I was really disappointed. I thought it would be more like Lipstick Rose or something really glamorous. It is really mellow, but now that I’ve gotten over the fact it’s not what I expected, it’s really grown on me. Especially as a sort of subtle winter floral scent. It has a nice warmth to it, and really is a lovely fragrance.
It’s very pretty! I had a similar experience with it. It makes me think more of the Chanel aesthetic, which I like!
Nothing is as glamorous as Lipstick Rose!
Sampling Paris Premieres Roses which feels like it goes with the weather. I am liking it so far
Get better Robin!
I was sick during the night, but now I’m feeling better.
I have an interview today, so I’m wearing Prada Infusion d’iris body lotion, which brought me luck last time so hopefully it does again!
Good luck on your interview!
Thank you!
Good luck! Nice choice of scent for the occasion.
Thank you! I find Infusion d’Iris very appropriate for those kinds of settings, where you want to smell nice and sophisticated, slightly comforted, while keeping it understated.
Good Luck to you, Vanie. I know you will knock ’em dead!
Haha! I hope you are right!
Thanks
Feel better soon!
SOTD is Amouage Epic Woman. So comfortable and lush.
Love! You smell great!
SOTD is Le Labo Bergamonte. My boyfriend bought me a full bottle for my birthday. I love bergamont, and it was a complete surprise! It smells great. Although, today I am getting a very savory note that I didn’t notice before – maybe the cumin that Robin mention in her review?
Oh no – being sick is the worst! Hope you kick it soon – maybe try some zinc if your stomach can handle it.
I haven’t picked a fragrance yet. I was thinking about wearing my new sample of Knot, but I may be going out to the mall, so I wonder if I should save myself for different sprays there… oh the dilemma, hehe.
I received a sample of Knot too the other day. I haven’t had a chance to try it yet. Please report back and tell us what you think of it if you decide to try it.
So far on me it does ring a bit too soapy – like a dryer sheet after the dryer has finished. It’s pleasant enough, but not quite perfect for me. I’ll give it a few more tries though.
I’m glad you’re liking it so far!
I’m in Caron Coup de Fouet. It’s a grey, about-to-rain day and I was in the mood for that sharp, jittery peppercorn-and-carnation buzz. This might be in my top 10 all-time favourites, now that I think about it.
I’m very tired and achy today. Don’t know why I’m at work “training” my replacement again. Think I’ll put up the Christmas decor so I don’t bother her.
Wearing Ineke Poet’s Jasmine and really loving it today. Completely uncomplicated and pretty and the perfect choice for today.
Achy as in illness kind of achy? Hopefully not. Decorating is an excellent way to spend the time
Allergy season has officially hit here. We had three cancellations from patients with sinus infections and two with laryngitis but I’m not sick yet, just tired from moving the sofa upstairs and other move related soreness. We have some really big heavy furniture as my husband is a woodworker and he and I opted to move it ourselves. The exhaustion is worth it to me, listening to him rant if someone else had damaged his creations would be much worse
Since we’re not completely moved out yet and have an agent breathing down our necks about showing the place, I’m still totally stressed. We still have to pack up the garage and plants so one more big moving weekend will happen in December. I’ll keep everyone updated on the saga whether y’all like it or not.
Feel better-tis that time of the year for colds.
The tea you are drinking in that photo is one of my favs.
So far I have not put on anything for my scent of the day…we shall see!
Sorry you’re under the weather, Robin. That echinacea tea and lots of rest might give you what you need to bypass anything worse. If you have access to a sauna, you could also sweat it out.
Today I put on Ambra del Nepal.
Adding get-well vibes to all the other well wishers here. It sucks to be ill around the holidays.
PA is having some ridiculously weird weather this week! 70s today and then a chance of snow in a huge storm on Wednesday night?! Ugh. I’m on the cusp of the snow/mix line so I’m hoping it’ll be more in the mix-rain by then. So not ready (read wanting) snow this year after the hellaciously cold one we had last year.
Wearing Opus III today.
I was just arriving at work when I realized I left the house without makeup. I don’t wear much, just a light application of the basics. Of course I haven’t forgotten a fragrance. SOTD Bvlgari Black, which is certainly enough for me to rock it in style today!
Just need to make it through Monday – hope you are feeling better soon, Robin.
You’ve got your priorities straight
I agree!
Who needs make up when one is wearing Black?
True that!
Absolutely!
Nightingale, you are just like me. Lol!
If I leave the house w/out make-up on, no worries.
But, I will turn my car completely around and go back home if I forget to put on fragrance. For me, its like forgetting to put on an article of clothing! I have learned, though, to always keep samples in my purse and also in my desk at work.
I think when I pass away, the minister would say, “She may not have gotten to places on time, but by golly she always smelled amazing!”
I keep decants in my purse for just those occasions!
The crazy thing is that I did have a handful of fragrance samples to choose from but nothing to powder my nose! At least no asked me if I was tired. That always feels like back handed concern.
Yes! I have more than a dozen samples in my purse at all times in case I have a fragrance emergency
SOTD: Sous le toit de Paris
Feel better, Robin!
hope you feel better!
wearing oj Osmanthus. i bought a sampler kit a few years back and found this only half used. love it…what was i thinking not using it all!? it is making me happy on a chilly day.
Sampling Tauer Noontide Petals today. Frankincense can turn sour on me, and that’s what I am smelling in the base. It’s making me a little queasy, hope it tones down some in a little while.
Get better soon, Robin! Hopefully, you’ll be able to shake whatever is trying to attack.
I’m wearing Slumberhouse Pear &Olive today. I really enjoy that one. It lasts quite well on me, but I usually do re-apply once just because I want a little more.
Pear & Olive is one of my winter favorites! It can permeate many layers of clothing!
Pear & Olive is on my list of fragrances to try. People keep raving about it. It seems like the pairing makes for an interesting combination. Can’t wait to try it out.
Same here. Haven’t seen the brand anywhere around in my neck of the world though.
If you live in an area where you can order from STC (Surrender to Chance), you can get it through them. I am waiting for them to have another sale and will probably order Pear & Olive and a few other things I have been wanting.
I will keep my eyes open, thanks :)!
Robin, and anyone else under the weather, feel better soon!
Ugly, ugly day here, temperatures already plummeting, cold rain has already turned to snow. I’m abandoning my usual Keep-It-Simple Monday theme, needed something with oomph to get me jumpstarted on Thanksgiving prep rather than pulling the covers over my head. SOTD is the original Givenchy Hot Couture edp (I believe it’s now called Hot Couture Collection No. 1) and this definitely has oomph! Raspberry-peppery-woody-smoky-oomph and deliciousness! Just like the original Organza Indecence, I fell head over heads in love with this scent the first time I tried it and still love it; luckily I have a backup bottle and a mini or two of the original formula. And, just like the original OI, Hot Couture’s reissue and various flankers don’t hold a candle to the original scent IMO, neither does its now boring bottle. Yes, that original Art Deco bottle does have a tendency to tip, but it looks awesome on my 1930’s vanity!
Going to adopt “Keep-It-Simple Monday”, since “Running-out-of-the-House Monday” isn’t terribly dignified. My Keep-It-Simple Monday scent is Ferre.
Ha ha, good luck!
SOTD is AA Mandarine Basilic. The weather is warm once again here in San Diego – another Santa Ana coming through. And crazy 15 month old twin girls kept me up half the night so I needed something zingy to keep me awake at work today.
I’m wearing Hermes Jardin en Mediterranee for the 2nd day in a row. It’s in the ’60s and it’s really nice in this weather. Spent the weekend re-arranging my apartment and (finally!!!!!) getting rid of my awful old couch to make way for new furniture that will be delivered Wednesday.
Tested L’Artisan Seville a L’Aube but it was just too soapy, so I changed to Byredo Gypsy Water. I find that it mixes well and is my go-to for covering perfumes I don’t like!
Inspired by Angela’s review, I’ll wear Knot today. I totally agree that this is a very nice dept store fragrance, and I got myself a mini off eBay (which is exactly how much of it I need). Not that I know that much about Bottega Veneta (have one secondhand purse), but it seems to me that, in comparison to prior fragrances, Knot somehow matches the brand most accurately.
I am guessing that Knot would work alright even when one feels sick, but Echinacea probably works better …
This is a nice one. Hopefully, they might have gift set available for Xmas. I would love to add this to my list.
Scentfromabove,
I don’t think your cats (or whoever is working on your wishlist) should have hard time with this one as it seems that they already have a variety of Knot things (creams, body lotions …) to assemble gift sets.
I’ll probably stay happy with my $14.99 mini.
Lol! No cats here. My friends and family know I comment on this site and they know my handle, so hopefully one of them is reading this and taking notes!
SOTD JoMalone Lime, Basil, and Mandarine. I’m finding it a little dry and masculine, but maybe it just isn’t a good choice for this rainy, dreary day.
Hope you feel better soon, Robin.
Meredifay,
That particular JM fragrance is a bit masculine IMO. I bought this for my ex-boyfriend years ago and it smelled terrific on him. I think it is meant to be worn by either gender, but leans more towards the masculine side.
My SOTD is Wild Violets Body and Room Spray by Antique Pansies Soap Company. I think that I got in in a gift shop in Oregon during a Lewis and Clark road trip with my husband.
I sprayed it all over myself and then got dressed while it was still wet, thus ensuring that the scent would stay with me all day. It is not very sweet, but it does remind me of violet candies. It is also green and slightly soapy. By soapy, I mean that I smell like I just bathed with a bar of violet soap. I keep sticking my nose down my shirt to smell myself. Good thing no on ever visits my cubicle!
Haha, I do that too. Sometimes I do it in my car at a stop light and then notice the person in the car next to mine staring at me.
Ditto. Have had to explain my odd self-sniffing behavior more than once.
Ooh, Wild Violets sounds nice. Between that and Le Dix mentioned above, I feel a violet craving coming on . . .
I see that STC has the EDT and parfum versions of Le Dix. I think that my next batch samples will be violet-themed
Robin, I hope that you feel better soon!
SOTD is Burberry Brit Rhythm for Women from a carded sample, and I’m quite enjoying the pink pepper in it. It’s not complex, but very wearable I think. Better than I expected.
Get better soon, Robin.
It’s getting colder outside, the wind is picking up and baby and I are fighting off yet another cold, so I went for one of my “soft fuzzy blanket” perfumes and wore NR for Her edp. It doesn’t seem like a sillage monster on me yet lingers gently for hours, and is just so cozy, soft and pretty that I love being wrapped up in it on difficult days.
Oh no – I feel like baby and I have been fighting through an onslaught of colds since the summer too.
Hope you guys can hold down the immune system fort for this one!
I heard part of a fragrance-related program on NPR tonight. I think it was an interview on Marketplace by Kai Ryssdal, but I missed the opening and can’t find it on the website. Maybe it will show up tomorow?
They were talking about Macy’s reinventing itself to attract millennials, and the role that fragrance launches by Justin Bieber, Rihanna, etc., have played in creating excitement and getting millennials in the door.
If anyone else heard this and can remember more, please enlighten!
nozknoz, they didn’t say much more about fragrances than what you reported (they mentioned celebrity fragrances as a part of the discussion on Black Friday and how to get young consumers).
By the way, Kai was clearly nonplussed (in the original sense) at the idea of a Justin Bieber perfume.
Transcript here:
http://www.marketplace.org/topics/business/macys-new-target-millennials
Thank you so much for everyone who sent get well wishes! By early afternoon I knew I was sick despite large intake of nutraceuticals …hoping tomorrow is better.
Oh dear, get well soon, especially before Thanksgimme!
CB I Hate Perfume’s Winter 1972. It’s awesome, but it smells more like salt air, or when you’re underwater in a lake or an ocean. Very natural, but I’m just not getting winter from it.
Also, the Frederic Malls coffrets ARE officially back on the Barney’s website! Both men and women’s! I’m going to post this again tomorrow early because I know a few ppl were asking about it. It’s not in my budget, but gosh, I wish it was!