What fragrance did you choose for today?
I'm wearing the sunny and cheerful Lush Furze, and wishing I was somewhere warm enough to match.
Reminder: this Friday, 12/5, is Friday At The Mall: wear something from a mall chain (Lush, The Body Shop, Victoria's Secret, L'Occitane, etc & etc).
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.
I’m wearing SL Datura Noir. It is cold today, and I woke up wanting to smell something lush and mysterious and semi-tropical.
I have not worn DN in ages…you smell great!
That’s a good one.
Thinking about tomorrow’s scent: I only have l’occitane fragrances and they are so spring/summery light I might need to layer one of them with something more substantial because I need warm and lush for this cold weather.
Wearing Anubis by Papillon Artisan Perfumes today. Soft, comforting leather.
Layering counts
Do department stores count too? I may have a few more options now thinking about it.
That wasn’t the intention, but hey, wear what works for you!
Ok, I didn’t think so. I’ll stick to my layering to be in keeping with the theme.
I have The Bug from Lush but the local mall sent me to the Union Sq store to sniff when those came out since that set of fragrances had limited distribution. On the other hand, I could pay a visit to a very upscale mall and try the new Hermessence. Definitely not the intention of tomorrow though
I am wearing Odin Nomad. I really like the juniper, citrus and tonka that somehow all come together well on me.
I want to try their new White Line…
I’ve still got Vanille Insensée stuck to my skin from last night. It’s very tenacious stuff.
Robin, speaking of Lush, it looks like the perfume has finally returned to the North American site in the new packaging. Also, Lush UK is doing five limited editions. So far they have Jungle and Lord of Misrule available.
I saw that this morning…was about to complain about how long they were taking! And waiting for the fifth LE to post an article
Okay. So they’ve been adding a new one each day this week? That means the final one is tomorrow. I wonder what it will be. Any word on these coming to North America? I want Lord of Misrule pretty badly.
And you’re right. They did take their precious time getting the perfume back up. It’s still just greatest hits though. I’m really looking forward to the new stuff. Kind of miffed they got rid of the 2 ml sample sprays though. Overall, much better packaging though. Those black bottles were grim.
Yes, one every day. And did not want to do 5 posts. Have a vague feeling the US will not see these, but Lush does not keep me informed
so just guessing.
Vanille Incensee sticks around for sure. I smelled it the other day and it reminds me of Dior Hypnotic Poison. A coworker has been wearing HP and when I got my mini of VI last week the similarity hit me.
Wonder if my theory would hold up toa side by side comparison. .
Please update once you get a chance to compare side by side. I always like to hear the results from these comparisons. Maybe we could do a weekend poll on this topic? I find Rose Anonyme quite similar to Timbuktu.
Yes, a poll! Too impatient not to share my Chergui = Bulgari Black opinion right now, though.
SL Cuir Mauresque = Dior Cuir Cannage
Can do! ! Fun projects
I love reading about people’s side-by-side comparisons, and I love doing my own. My scent memory isn’t good yet, as I’m new to scents still, so I find it the best way to clarify my impressions.
I picked the last spritz of Fille en Aiguilles from my sample. I love this stuff and wish I had a bottle but I don’t know if I need it more than some others.
Sadly it’s pretty warm here in Houston. I feel hot in my long sleeve tee-shirt.
I will trade weather with you!
I’ll wish with all my might.
SOTD is Halston Man Amber
Yesterday’s Sacrebleu inspired my choice of L’Heure Bleue today. It’s still very grey and quite cold here, but LHB is beautiful no matter what the weather.
Mulling over my choice for tomorrow. I’ll probably have to cheat as I don’t own any mall fragrances.
mmmm Sacrebleu
I love LHB. You smell amazing.
I’m astonished at how beautiful it is every time I wear it.
Sacrebleu and l’Heure Bleue are both among my all time favorites. You smell great!
You smell wonderful yesterday and today! They are very close.
I’m finally giving Bvlgari Black the chance it deserves and have to admit it’s significantly better than I originally gave it credit for. I’m still not sure whether or not it’s working for me, though. One minute I’ll think it’s great, and the next minute, something about the vanilla doesn’t seem quite right. It’s been growing on me all morning, though, so maybe by the end of the day, it will be love.
I love it on my husband but usually when I wear it I end up wishing it was slightly less sweet.
Serge Lutens Fleurs d’Oranger, from a sample. I don’t think I’d buy it, but it’s AWFULLY good, unexpectedly spicy (almost a hint of curry) among all the flowers. If I had to wear a white floral at gunpoint, this would be the one.
Oh I so agree! I know the majority opinion is that the cumin makes it difficult to wear, but I feel just the opposite–takes the BWF edge off for me!
If you like it but it isn’t quite ‘it’ yet, try Houbigant’s Orangers en Fleur, it is a lovely orange blossom with nutmeg instead of cumin.
Wow, orange blossom and nutmeg sounds wonderful – I’ll have to seek out a sample of that!
Wearing Carolina Herrera edp today, after buying it based on Lucas Turin’s review. He gave it 4 stars. It’s very sweet in a floral way, with the tuberose predominant.
I love that one.
Wearing Carpathian Oud Cologne from Soivohle and if it was still available I’d get a full size bottle but both that and the travel size are sold out. So sad. At least I was able to get a full size bottle of Centennial from the sale…..Plus my Byredo Green arrived yesterday. Yay!
I got a big bottle of Centennial too. YAY.
In fact, I’m chilly. Think I’ll wear it today.
You’ll smell great if you do
Oh and my bottle of Kalimantan just arrived. The Chantecaille site kind of glitched on Cyber Monday so I ended up with a full size bottle for the price of a travel size with 25% off that. Yay!
I’m wearing Ambre Fetiche by Annick Goutal…amber, incense, and leather. Yes, please!
It’s lovely isn’t it? I like all of the orientalist fragrances, & I can never quite decide which is my favourite.
They are especially nice this time of year, aren’t they?
Oh, I love the sound of this. Added to my must-smell list
Ditto!
I have a sample and will try it soon. I just got my Ambre Preciux blind buy and that will also get worn sometime soon.
Ambre Precieux is next on my list, too! I’ve been on an amber kick lately.
This sounds amazing!
I guess I am wearing a mall scent today–EL Knowing. I really love this fragrance–it is the only EL that I wear (except for the occasional laying w White Linen to amp something up). I’d probably wear it more often if I wasn’t such a snob about having my fragrance recognized. Knowing is pretty easy to identify, and I hate the idea of someone knowing I am in Knowing! (Yes, this is a dumb pretension on my part!)
I doubt anyone other than a hardcore Knowing fan would recognize it! I am terrible at recognizing perfumes “in the wild”. I think the only things I definitely can identify are Angel, Light Blue, Eternity and Womanity. And Knowing is very nice – used to have some of the cream that came as a GWP.
Gosh, I thought I was off the grid w Womanity. Such a weird name. . . But now that you mention it, I did see it sold in a very tiny pop up type duty free shop at the airport along with Chanel No. 5, Lovely, and only about 10 other frags. I was surprised it made the airport’s top 15 selling list.
I don’t know how popular it is, but once or twice I have smelled it out and about. It is just very distinctive, so easy to identify.
I like your list. I’ve caught whiffs of those in the wild, too, along with La Vie Est Belle, which seems to be all over my daughter’s middle school right now.
Today I am wearing ELDO Like This, and I am super happy about it!
I wish I still had some of Like This! Should order another decant.
Ditto! I have the smallest amount left of my decant and protecting it fiercely.
I found Like This to be too sweet and I like sweet frags. I should give it another try!
Like This is awesome. I only have a little bit left in my small decant that I am hording…
Like This is a stunner. When I smell it I think Tilda Swinton’s house must smell really, really nice.
I am without perfume so far today.
But I smell like Grapefruit from the bar of soap by Fresh that I used this morning and my face smells like cucumber from my face cream.
I guess that something!
I used to wear EL Daywear and it smelled like cucumber!
Happy Friday – Eve Everyone!
My SOTD is EL – Sensuous Noir. In my opinion, this is the best fragrance from Estee Lauder. All of their fragrances are exceptionally made, but this one is fabulous. I really like Modern Muse also. But, I know a lot of NST readers aren’t fans.
I generally have difficulties with something in the base of many Lauders, even though they tend to smell great to me for the first two-three hours (all three of my aunts wear EL, and they smell wonderful). On my skin, after three hours, I’m nauseated for some reason. I did figure out that I could wear Beautiful on a scarf, and it was really lovely… I’m just not going to purchase something I can only wear on clothing. Oh well.
I really enjoyed MOdern Muse on a scent strip – left it on my desk to smell from time to time – but on my skin it was a lot less successful. I don’t know what the difference is.
Really? Even my beloved Knowing? That is interesting.
Yep. Knowing is gorgeous for two hours and then it’s allll barfbag city (like most of the other ELs). My aunt wears it, and I love it on her. It’s MEEEEE, I’m the problem.
I used to wear Knowing about the time I graduated college. I had a small bottle that must have been from a gift set. I used to feel so uber sophisticated when I wore it. I haven’t smelled it for a long time.
We’re scent twins today! I’m wearing Sensuous Noir too. We smell great.
I also really like Private Collection Tuberose Gardenia. I haven’t tried the other Private Collection ones, Amber Ylang and Jasmine White Moss. I think I’ve only seen those two at Neiman Marcus.
I didn’t like Knowing.. just went all laundry detergent-y on me.
PdN Maharadjah. Falling deeper and deeper in love with this one this fall.
I am wearing Fracas perfume, only two drops and I think I prefer Fracas when it is cold outside, I have always tried it during summer and spring and for some reason I much prefer it now.
Wearing DSquared2 Potion today. Rich, warm, elegant and comfy. Perfect for a cold, grey day at work.
A whole lotta Lolita Lempicka L’Eau Blanc.
“A whole lotta” anything is my strategy these days. Not sure if I am attracting or repelling, but it feels badass don’t it?
Yes, like a protective aura!
I used to marinate myself in Paris, especially if I had to take an exam.
Me too – my husband complains occasionally but I don’t care. I want to SMELL what I’m wearing. Plus I have enough juice for three lifetimes – why skimp?
I just remembered a college friend who used to spray perfume all over herself, her clothes, even in her shoes. She said it was a little thrill to take off her shoes later in the day and get a fragrant surprise from Calvin Klein.
She had so many bottles of CK fragrances, she liked to make them work for her.
Wearing Kenzo’s Flower. I always find it to be an oddball but such a comfort scent.
The whole Flower line seems to be a bit oddball. I went through many bottles of FlowerLeParfum before it was discontinued. I never found anyone else who liked it though (although I had a roommate once who wore Flower, and it felt like such a coincidence!). Strange, because I don’t think either Flower or FlowerLeParfum is particularly unapproachable.
I’ve never smelled Le Parfum but I find Flower very friendly for all its weirdness. I mean, all of the notes taken individually are probably relatively safe and popular but Kenzo has managed to put them together in a way that doesn’t smell like anything I’ve tried. Maybe that’s what weirds people out?
I didn’t realize the flanker collection was so extensive. I would love to smell more by Kenzo. I also love Amour (have a FB) and a sample of Jungle L’elephant. I only ever see Amour and Flower in shops which is too bad, because they’re a little off the beaten track for mainstream perfume.
Just ordered Kenzo Flower Oriental and looking forward its arrival. It’s like an incredibly light cashmere wrap.
Just looked up this one and it sounds lovely! And because it’s Kenzo, I am betting it doesn’t smell exactly the way I think it might which makes it all the more intriguing
I on and off consider a bottle of Flower. I keep thinking I’v got enough rose and violet accords with powdery dry downs – but Flower has an interesting nuance that smells just slightly like clove…
Personally, I can’t deal with the potency of Flower. When I first smelt it, I thought it was love, but each time I wore I felt like it was trying to choke me!
Just spritzed on some Atelier Trefle Pur. It’s rainy, but sunny out now so feels more springy than fall. And I’m a little bit headache-y an dthis one is light enough to not bother that.
It’s pretty and low-key.
Today I’ve got Atelier Cologne’s Rose Anonyme on one wrist, and Armani Prive Rose d’Arabie on the other. To my unschooled nose, the AC smells more incensey at this early stage, the AP sweeter/richer, but they seem fairly similar. I’m interested to see how they develop side-by-side.
Oh wow, OK, they are definitely doing two very different things. Maybe I should have waited a little longer before commenting!
Insolence EDP today – beautiful and powerful. Probably not so good for the office but I’m working from home today.
Tommy Bahama Compass from a sample and it is fine if unremarkable and a little harsh. I had read it was a ringer for Terre d’Hermes and I can smell a connection, but definitely not a dupe.
Calvin Klein Reveal today for me. Had a good strong look at my scent wardrobe this morning, and this one jumped out as The One. So i went with it
Malle’s lovely Iris Poudre on this beautiful snowy morning.
SOTD = Guerlain Cuir Beluga
So subtle and cozy – perfect for working at home on a cold day!
I’m wearing L’Arte di Gucci edp. It was what I chose last night for an evening with friends and it smelled so wonderfully warm, enveloping and just plain gorgeous that I wore it again. It was a good choice since we had to take our tween son to his annual doctor’s appointment and he was less than happy and cooperative about it. So I’d just close my eyes, inhale and think about cocktail parties and not of grumpy, moody pubescent boys. I’m already wondering what aromatherapy I can employ when his twin sister goes in next week. *cringe* Maybe knockout drops. If I have to be conscious for that whole affair, it might be Fracas time or some other BWF along with lots and lots of patience.
Mmmmmmmmm. L’Arte.
Yeah, I know. It’s almost depressing to wear it because I can’t understand how it got discontinued. It just baffles the mind…
It probably got too expensive to develop before all the “houses” decided to aim so high with prices. It would truly deserve the aspirational price it would have. I am lucky to have some. Thanks Mals!
Welcome!
I’m wearing a blast from the past today, Revlon’s Scoundrel. I seem to remember this coming out in the early ’80s. Revlon had a string of really nice drug store scents that came out around that time. Scoundrel was one of them. Short-lived, though, as I recall.
The bottle I have has gone off quite a bit. It took a good hour into wearing it before it started smelling like the scent I remember. I may just keep the bottle as a scent reference and not try to wear it again as so much has been lost. But it’s still nice to have it and remember a time when I was young and good scents could still be had at the CVS or Osco.
Mr. Ab. Scent really likes Ciara, which I think is by Revlon as well. It is very powdery with a good bit of wood and vanillaI don’t reach for it often, it can be quite the comfort scent if worn lightly. Some of my first perfumes were drugstore perfumes. Malibu Musk, Exclamation, Coty Wild Musk and Love’s Baby Soft were some of my favorites when I was eleven or twelve.
Oh, that takes me back. I used to wear Ciara long ago, and remember it as spicy and rather sweet, at least on me. I doubt I would have recognized wood in it back then, unschooled in perfumistahood as I was at the time.
Yep.. I wore Exclamation when I was 13-14 or so.
Hmm. It seems like everybody above chose a very special scent today as a pick up against weather or some other kind of blahs.
I did the semi-random picking technique this morning and am wearing Bois Bleu (Cedar and Cedar). However, when I got to the office, my Cyber Monday package had arrived and there was a bottle of my beloved and delayed purchase Mono Di Orio Vetyver waiting (along with the Pachoulli Noir you guys helped me pick as an office gift).
No cheating and opening my Vetyver early but it would probably layer well with the cedar.
this is always such a struggle… i’m still scentless and it’s already 2! maybe i’ll try another histoires de parfums today. i haven’t had much luck with them yet, but you never know!
Tocade. sweet and perfume-y, but incredibly linear. Linear isn’t necessarily bad, I guess. But I keep thinking it would have been interesting to have something that has Tocade elements, but which evolves in phases.
Inspired by last Friday I am wearing Balmain Jolie Madame. It’s truly lovely and brightens my day considerably.
I just acquired a bottle of JM – my first-ever true blind buy. It’s the round cylindrical bottle – is that the one you’re in? I haven’t sprayed her on skin yet, but am looking forward to doing so soon!
Oh, I hope you love it! It was a near-ish blind buy for me, and I adore it!
My bottle is square, bought from some internet discount store a couple of years ago. Should a bottle of vintage fall from the sky (as the NST saying goes ;)) I’d love to smell it as well.
No SOTD for me today. My cold turned to a (not too serious) pneumonia, so now I’m on heavy antibiotics, resting and drinking ginger-lemon infusion. Darn!
That doesn’t sound fun at all! Feel better!
Gosh, what a bummer! Hope the antibiotics will kick in quickly.
Just get well soon, get plenty of rest and fluids!
Sending get-better-soon wishes to you!
Yikes, get well soon!
Yesterday’s raves about Coromandel prompted me to pull out my decant and wear it today. I haven’t worn it in awhile but don’t remember it smelling much different today than when I initially tried it. Perhaps I just have a different ‘sniffer’ than those of you who commented on it, but my perceptions are rather different from yours. (I do love patchouli, by the way, and I also do love sweet, gourmand fragrances.) On me, Coromandel is a dry, herbal patchouli, with a tinge of incense. It doesn’t morph into anything else (I’ve been wearing it for hours), it’s not sweet, nor is it creamy. It doesn’t remind me at all of Angel – which is lush, rich, warm, redolent of chocolate and other notes besides the patch, it wraps around you like a blanket. Coromandel is, well, it’s just patch on me, nothing more, nothing less. And while I love patchouli, I guess I love patchouli AND . . . ., but this one has no AND for me. I prefer some of the other Exclusifs to this one.
I consider Clinique’s Aromatics to be a dry herbal patchouli – too dry and too herbal! Borneo is also dry but with a dark chocolate accord, and the patchouli in L’Orpheline I would also call relatively dry. Relative to them Coromandel is quite sweet and amber-y. More on the same page as Prada in which the dry patchouli seems to run parallel to the sweet amber. Coromandel is more blended and refined, but I’m still not a fan… I’m waiting for the right patchouli. One place I know has some Givenchy Gentleman, but no tester. Given my track record of predicting what I will like though, I’m too scared to go for it!
Fascinating. I bet with all the Coromandel love going around you could trade it if you wanted to.
SOTD is Teo Cabanel Alahine. It is so warm and sunny and is very cheering on blah early winter day. One of my fav ambers ever.
Epic woman today, needed armor for the workmen (three different trades here today).
SOTD is Dior Escale a Portofino – am visiting family in warmer climes than home these days, and the Dior is lovely in the heat.
This was a blind buy for me a couple of months ago and I’m surprised how much I’ve enjoyed it throughout the fall (I find it has an aromatic warmth). I’m looking forward to wearing it in the summer heat and seeing how it might vary
OJ Woman today. I think I’m going to have to buy the 50mL when I finish my little sample. I’ve been hoarding the sample so as not to run out. It’s so great.
Wore Voleur de Roses to work, but have now switched to Traversée du Bosphore.
I’ve gotta ask – is your screen name a nod to the character Edward Causabon from Middlemarch??? (I imagine no, but I thought I’d ask, haha…)
So I was perusing the Estee Lauder tester counter today and it was their normal fare (Modern Muse, Pleasures, White Linen, Beautiful, Youth Dew) – and behind the testers was a tray of really interesting and more difficult to find EL frags (well, for me anyway – I don’t know her line all that well) – it had Beyond Paradise, Bronze Goddess, Cinnabar, Intuition, Aliage, et al. et al. flankers of flankers! It looked like an unloved collection of testers sitting there since 1972 – man, did I want to steal that that tray! Alas, no. Anyhow, I had never tried Aliage, and it was freaking awesome – the original sports spray? Hmmmm – not so much….
I’m wearing a bunch of Rose Ikebana this evening. I like it a lot, but it has this perfume-y kick in the middle that grates on me for a bit, then everything is just swell as it dries down. Is that crinkly bit some Iso E Super or the citrus/rhubarb or what? Must know, must keep sniffing . . .