2014 is almost over! Meanwhile do tell us what fragrance you're wearing today.
I'm wearing Hermès Vetiver Tonka.
Reminder: on Friday 1/2 we'll be doing our quarterly damage poll! It will also be Go Big or Go Home Friday...and you can interpret that howsoever you please.
And for those of you who like to plan ahead, see Scent of the day ~ Friday community projects 2015, where I'll try to always have the next five or six weeks mapped out in advance.
Note: shown is the Hermes Joplin Rond leather pendant, $485.
Guerlain Vetiver today, and tonight after work, Yvresse
We nearly match!
You went for the lighter touch
cant believe i havent gotten me any of that yet- the Hermes travel set has been on my list for about 4 years now… and as the damage poll will evidence, its not like ive been on a fragrance embargo… :-/ lol
I have gone through several small bottles of the VT so should have bought a large one to begin with! But I may end up with another travel set before I’m done
SOTD is Stella Rose Absolue – soft and friendly. I’ll be in the car all day traveling, so I wanted to be cool about it. I’ve missed so many polls the past few weeks b/c of year end madness at work and holiday prep.
I hope everyone has a wonderful New Years and best wishes for lots of fabulous bottles and decants in 2015!!
Such a nice fragrance, I do like Stella! And yes, everybody’s busy…I look forward to everything settling down again.
I didn’t know there was an Absolue. How is it compared
to the original? Stella nude was the first perfume I chose as an ‘adult’. I still like it in the summer, or layered, or sprayed on sheets, but would love something richer.
That’s such a lovely scent. Good choice for a driving day
I’ve missed a lot of polls too. *sigh* I so wanted to do the one after xmas, but I left the perfume I was gifted here and I was far away on vacation.
I am wearing Phenomene Verte from Parfums Lalun which is a lovely soft round green scent that I really like. This makes scent #272 that I’ve tried on skin this year. Of course, since my samples have been breeding, I still have over 300 samples to try!!!
I am glad I am not keeping count
Unemployed and on school break– I clearly have too much time on my hands
Scent bunnies. . .
Or tribbles.
Wearing vintage Shalimar EDT, this was indeed the trick! I do not care for the jumbled harshness that is the opening of the modern formula, but the vintage is smoother and plusher and sublime layered with vetiver EO.
Yum…now you need to try the vintage extrait!!
SOTD is my all-time favorite; Nectarine Blossom and Honey by JM. It’s my “happy” fragrance.
I’m captivated by these Dobbin necklaces:
http://www.baileydoesntbark.com/shop-dobbin-necklace/dobbin-necklace-no-8
Will be out later so no perfume. I’ve been enjoying the Aftelier Ancient Resins oil a lot recently.
(No affiliation with those necklaces, of course.)
Seriously never necessary to say that!
Definitely on my list of things to try soon. Too many good reports about this one.
Me too, although I’m afraid my sheets will smell of it – I need a daily break from perfume and sleep time is that break.
The necklace is cute! I have hundreds of handmade beads that I had collected over the years that I NEED to do something with them. Beads may be the one item I have more of than perfume samples (please don’t yank my perfumista card!).
Buy some cord and Google “adjustable knot for necklace.” I have a stash of antique buttons that I’m going to use for jewelry someday …
I’m wearing (reformulated) Arpege today, which seemed a safe quick pick given the brown and burgundy wool that I wrapped up in to face our cold cold day (in 24 hours it dropped from +3 to -13 Celsius!).
Tonight I have my 40th birthday party. I know I should say eeek! or something, but I feel pretty ok with the milestone. But I’m having a hard time deciding what to wear, both clothes and perfume. I tend to over-dress, and often end up feeling like I arrived at the wrong event…. Yet if you can’t go all-out for a big birthday, when can you, right?
Happy Birthday! Wear what you want! It is your day!
If can’t go all out for your own birthday, then when can you! I think it’s great that you dress up a lot! Not enough people do, imho
Happy Birthday!
Go all out! You’ll feel that much more special, which is what you should feel on such a day.
Happy birthday!
Have a wonderful birthday!
Happy Birthday! You get an early start on Go Big or Go Home
Happy birthday!!
Happy Birthday!!Hope your day is fabulous!
Happy Birthday! Dressing up is like wearing big perfume – if you own it, you aren’t out of place!!
Thanks, everyone! I’m sure we’ll have a blast, whatever I wear
Happy Birthday! 40 is WONDERFUL! And wear whatever you damn please.
PdN’s L’Eau Mixte today, nearly gone now, so I’ve put some Moon Bloom on my wrist. Very gorgeous.
Trying out my sample of SL L’Incendiaire (starting early on ‘Go big or go home’). At the moment the amount of smoke is making me giggle… waiting for my husband the firefighter to drift thru the room and ask me what’s burning. :^) Gotta say it’s quite nice so far. Not sure it’s $600 nice, but maybe worth a small decant…
I am loving that one too from the few times I’ve gone to Barney’s and sprayed. I’m hoping someone will suggest a dupe that I can buy. Does it remind you of anything else? Me – not so much, but I’m new at this.
I like this one a lot, too….the price, not so much!
Commando so far. Had a 8 am dentist appointment, ran errands, and now working on the Great Closet Purge of ’14. The fiancé and I are looking for a house and I don’t want to drag a bunch of crap to it when we find the right one.
I’ve missed so many great polls! Argh! I was given a FB of Coco for xmas by the fiancé’s fam and then left the bottle here (Philly) b/c I felt it was too much for the heat of Florida while I was away. I’m glad I took a bunch of lighter scents (Jour d’Hermes to the rescue) with me. Of course we come back to rain and cold so now I’m ready for all my dark, heavy scents again as we head into winter.
Hope everyone is having enjoyable holidays!
Hey, I’m doing the closet-cleaning project as well! Mr. Spicebomb and are “under negotiations” for him to move in with me. But my little house was built in the very-little-closet-space era. So, I’m trying to figure out what will survive under the eaves or in the crawlspace or just needs to go to Goodwill. . . There’s no way around it, we’re gonna be cramped!
Mr. S. *and I* are under negotiations! . . . that is.
Ooh…congrats on nicely progressing relationship
Thanks! He proposed in August and we FINALLY got around to setting a date for late October ’15. It only took us 10 years to get to the “engaged” status
His father jests it’ll take another 5 before we are actually married.
Oh gosh. You are awfully patient to wait that long!
We live together in a barely-over-400 square foot apartment right now. Over half of his stuff is still at his parent’s house in the ‘burbs so he basically lives minimalist style with what room I can spare for him here. He got a new job recently and I bought him a hanging shoe rack for his nice shoes b/c they were all over the floor!
I totally get your trouble with closet space. Some of the houses we’ll be looking at next weekend have walk-ins! *fingers crossed one of them is decent enough to buy*
Wow. 400 square feet. I should totally stop referring to my house as little–I’ve got about 3 times that. . . (and I’ve been very successful at filling it).
Three cheers for shacking up! (Sounds so seventies. Ha!) Congratulations on the negotiations, MR!
Shacking up. . .
Now if only we could work “going steady” into conversation more often!
Second wearing of the 20-year old No. 5 parfum. If it’s like the other day, I will spend all day saying to myself, “Who’s wearing Chanel here? Oh, it’s me.”
Wooo! That sounds like lovely stuff!
At work in a mostly empty office, wishing I was at home. SOTD is FM Eau d’Hiver. I chose it to match the snowy weather, and also to compare it with Olfactive Studio Lumiere Blanche which I tried for the first time yesterday in the Detroit airport. It was a wonderful surprise in an otherwise uneventful couple hours
A coworker gave me a bottle of Mauboussin – her signature fragrance – because I always compliment her on it. It smells more subdued on me, but that’s likely because I don’t drench myself as she does :).
I am very, very ready for 2015. While I had a great time here with all of you, I’m hoping for happy changes in the new year.
Hoping for the same for all of you.
I am wearing Cabotine green. It feels more like a spring time fragrance to me, but I needed it with all of the cold temperatures we’re having now. Just made me feel good.
SOTD = Guerlain Cuirass Beluga
I’m also in the great closet (house / stuff) purge mode. I have my nephew helping me with all sorts of Guy Friday kinds of things although he clearly did not understand the meaning of it since I called him that on a Sunday and he looked perplexed. So far, we’ve brought almost 300 books to the library and I still have 3 more boxes to look through plus a few assorted nooks and crannies. Mind you, I am holding some back as there are just some books I cannot part with!
As for this Friday’s community project, I want to wear Opium but my scent-phobe family will object so I will be nice to them and think of something else.
That’s a LOT of books to take to the library! I used to hoard all my books, but then I fell into the e-reader trap and now I so much prefer it to books. I did keep some of them though for sentimental value, but I’m amazed I managed to give 2/3 of my collection away.
Opium would be the best perfume to wear for Friday, I think. Can you just dab a little on or would the fam be up in arms about that?
Besides being scent-phones, they all have bloodhound noses so there’s no hiding except for my safe perfumes (so far — Cuir Beluga, Bvlgari Black and if applied lightly, Chergui and Ambre Precieux).
Guess if you’re dealing with family then you’ll be the one who’s covering the “go home” part of “go big or go home”
LOL
Good job! Getting rid of stuff always feels so good
OMG – I just realized my iPad autocorrect should autocorrect itself. Y’all knew I meant CUIR Beluga, right?
I am always, always going to think of this scent as Cuirass Beluga from now on.
I’m wearing Tonka Imperiale. The colder it is outside the better I like this one.
I’m in a pretty wretched mood – travel day, vacation ending – so I put on Hanae Mori, for reliable comfort.
So many people waering Hermes yesterday made me jump on the bandwagon today – Caleche it is for me.
Scent twin! I’m wearing it yet again today.
Frederic Malle Portrait of a Lady.All this talk this week about luxury and enjoying what we have,made me reach for it today!Still my absolute favorite Rose-Patchouli!2 Spritzes and you’re good for the day/night.
I’m thinking this is actually perfect for Friday’s Go big or go home event!!Lol!
SOTD my third wearing of my sample of Rose Cut. I want to love this, but I just don’t – it’s nice – really quite nice, but I don’t get that “love this!” glow. Maybe it would be better in the summer time. Right now it is cold in Michigan, and the Vanilla Bourbon Intense I wore yesterday was much better. And the Scent of Hope I wore on Christmas Day was much much better….for me. Guess I am a DSH groupie!
I’m in a mood today. I’ve been reaching for Theorema and Arquiste for JCrew No 57 a lot lately. They are both warm and cozy and easy. But, after using rose jam in the shower I decided to go for a rose fragrance. Today is my first time trying FM Lipstick Rose. Rose, Violet, vintage but not old fashioned … Pretty
Hermes for me too – the Parfum des Merveilles. One of those ones you don’t want to pull apart and analyze, it’s so beautiful just being sniffed.
Woke up to -3F cold early this morning, so I wanted anything that shouted ‘warmth’ and L’Occitane Ambre & Santal seemed like a good choice, especially as we’ve since gained an anemic 5 degrees over the last 7 hours. It’s wafting nicely through layers of long johns, fleece and wool!
Today I am wearing Marni…one of the few fragrances I can get away with wearing to work.
You smell great! Marni is on the top of my To Buy list and think it’s the perfect fragrance for work. I’ve seen it on eBay but finding it difficult to throw down any $ on myself after the holiday crunch of gifts and travel. Maybe next month when the holiday flurry becomes blurred…
Very cold today but dry, lots of bright sunshine and clear blue skies – my favorite kind of winter day. Relishing a quiet introspective day as the next few will be crowded, busy and noisy. My scent to match the day and my mood: Barbara Bui Le Parfum layered over BBW’s Cashmere Glow lotion. A bit of spice and incense in my favorite winter skin scent enlivens the cozy warmth of vanilla and a touch of amber – just perfect but still the essence of softness.
Oh I love Barbara Bui and I have a nice big decant of it somewhere. Nice to see it mentioned and your description is perfect. I’ll be wearing it as soon as I can find it
PG Un Crime Exotique today. Cinnamon and spice and everything nice.
SOTAfternoon, Orange Star, from my just-arrived Tauer Explorer set–Yes, I won one of the Advent draws!!! I feel like I got a second Christmas! I can’t believe it arrived so quickly from Zurich–I was notified just before Christmas.
The other two scents I requested were Reverie Au Jardin and L’Air du Desert Marocain. I had to decide if I would get back-ups of scents I already knew and loved or to try something new. I settled on new. I went to Our Lady and did some sniffing and settled on these three–and the Explorer Set is 15mL of each, which seems like such a treat!
Funny thing, though, as I was sniffing, I’d placed a dab of several on my hands/arms. One of them was Le Maroc Pour Elle, which has a top-note that was just awful! Nearly a scrubber. But then, maybe half an hour later, as I was doing other shopping, I’d dutifully kept sniffing, and it transformed into this lovely, sweet floral! It really took me by surprise! Too bad the start is so terrible to my nose.
SotD is Vanille Galante. Robin’s Monday Scent of the Day here on NST reminded me to try it again. I like it even more than I did a few weeks ago.
It is a nice surprise that I like VG so much. Based on the notes listed I would not have thought it would work for me. I’ve also sampled Osmanthe Yunnan and Rose Ikebana recently and while thinking their notes sounded absolutely perfect, it turns out I don’t like them anywhere near as much as I thought I would.
Wearing two winter favorites layered together – Les Nereides Imperial Opoponax and Patchouli Antique. It’s a gorgeous combination and it smelled so good wafting up through all the wooly layers of sweaters and scarves I had on today, trying to stay warm.