Can you believe it's Monday again? Do tell us what fragrance you're wearing.
Purely by accident (I'm a little tired) I am wearing Fendi Theorema and Parfum d'Empire Azemour Les Orangers layered. It's not half bad!
Reminder: 2/20 will be One Hit Wonder Friday: wear something that is the only fragrance you really like by the brand, with partial credit for a fragrance that is the only one made by the brand.
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: top image is Vintage postcard [cropped] by Double-M at flickr; some rights reserved.
SOTD: Amouage Beloved Woman. The name saids it all.
Oh, you smell wonderful!
It’s sleeting outside and I don’t have to leave the house! I’m wafting a warm cloud of Chanel Bois des Isles. Now that you mention it, Robin, Theorema would have been a good choice. I don’t think I’ll try layering it with BdI though
BdI is perfect for miserable weather! It always makes me feel very luxurious, more than any other fragrance I own.
Ugh. I have not left the house since Friday (!) but have to go out this afternoon. Hope we don’t get sleet. It is warming up though…we’re supposed to get a high of 19.
Wow, that’s bikini weather
I might wear a beach cover up though!
Aren’t we supposed to get more snow tonight and later this week too? (I assume PA is similar to MD…)
Don’t know, not going to look!
Yes, possible 3-5 tonight plus another possible 2 early tomorrow morning. Ugh, so done with winter.
Trying little Miss Panda Gets Lei’d which so far has a nice bright opening
Ha! Love that name!
Nicolai Vanilla Insensee from my sample stash project.
Eh. Pretty sums this one up, at least for me.
Hope everyone had a fab valentines! Mine was a historic day in which I acurately diagnosed, treated, and cured my leaky toilet- all for under ten bucks!
It’s hard to beat a Valentine’s day like that!
Anytime I can do something myself I figure one way or the other it washes out through the whole budget to get funds into my fragrance expenditures!
Good point!
Ha! That is a good Valentine’s Day. It’s really rewarding when you can figure out something that you thought you might not be able to deal with. Bravo for fixing it and doing so cheaply!
And the cherry on top is the fact that I schlepped into my local Ace Hardware, asked the guy “Where can I find a thingamajig for my toilet?” and he KNEW! He led me to the part I needed based on that very vague description.
Too bad he was only about 19 or I would have put some moves on him because he KNEW EXACTLY what I needed
Hahaha! He has a good future ahead of him!
Odin Seylon, which I really like and should wear more often.
I think Kevin liked that one too.
Wearing Clinique Aromatics in white. This one’s nice!
I was bumming – I finally made it to an actually department store (Macy’s) last week, but they didn’t have the Aromatics in White tester. But I did get to test the original Aromatics after so many years that I can’t count. I’ve decided it’s not as bad as I remember when I was about 20. No surprise there.
What does Aromatics in White smell like?
It starts out a bit strong, but then it’s a nice musky, sighly creamy, quite spicy scent with touches of rose. I like it!
Thank you!
I still need to test this one out!
Good luck!
Snow day! I am wearing a dab of SL Un Bois Vanille, the richest, plushest, most lavish vanilla imaginable.
That’s a well used bottle in my collection. I can see repurchase wIthin the next several months. You smell great!
If I’m ever gonna go through an entire bottle of Lutens, it’ll be that one, for sure.
I’m going with scent of the morning b/c I’m sure that later I’ll put on something else. Another snow day b/c of record cold! BRRR – what goes best with minus 35 F windchill? I’ve yet to discover the answer to this “What would Shackleton wear?” scenario. I’m wearing Bottega Veneta Eau Legere right now b/c I’m doing some research on oakmoss accords. Cheers to everyone, and my best wishes to those up coast who are struggling with more snow than anyone deserves.
35 below? Brrrrr! We’ve got Actual Snow (more than just a dusting) for the first time this winter, and the current temperature is 15F, wind chill down to 1. It’s not the coldest it’s been this winter, but it’s nice to get snow.
We were doing really well for a while – not too much snow, not like last year when it was feet and feet of it. But now, Feb is just killing us with bitter cold! I hope your farm is OK with the cold. Any troubles with animals?
Lol: “what would Shackleton wear?” Let us know what you decide!
Love it!
And I suspect the answer would involve whale blubber. . .
Ha!
I’ve decided Shakleton would wear something like Hermes Bel Ami….!
I’ve never smelled that one, but after reading some reviews on Fragrantica, I think it’s a good choice for him.
“What would Shackleton wear?” Hee, hee! The following decription of him from Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest_Shackleton#Merchant_Navy_officer) sounds like the backstory for a niche perfume:
“He was, as a shipmate recorded, “a departure from our usual type of young officer”, content with his own company though not aloof, “spouting lines from Keats [and] Browning”, a mixture of sensitivity and aggression but, withal, sympathetic.”
haha! You’re killin me!
We have a photo of my grandfather wearing a fur jumpsuit with a hood. I think it was take in Labrador circa 1925 or so. He looks like an oversized teddy bear with a man face.
I think I need a fur jumpsuit! Local sigthings of female Bigfoot in the Poconos, oddly smelling of Chanel…..
haha you are sooo funny!
SOTD: Anvers (Ulrich Lang)
I’m wearing Pd’E Osmanthus Interdite on one wrist and The Different Company Osmanthus on the other. Osmanthus Interdite always smells bitter to me at first, like tea that’s been steeped too long, but I love the drydown.
I recently got these two plus a few others to explore osmanthus – yay!
I plan to hold off wearing until it warms up a bit as they do seem like good Spring scents. But, on a quick try via a couple dabs I really liked PdE’s Osmanthus Interdite, and agree on the drydown -gorgeous.
Today feels like a Mitsokuo day. I usually wear something flashier but I sprayed a bit on before bed and I was captivated by its beauty.
Odliesque, an Oriental Lily of the Valley.
I wore it to remind me that Spring will come.
Odalisque is really pretty.
That one caught my interest when I was researching LOTV perfumes. How do you like it?
I’m pretending it’s spring in Ninfeo Meo. It’s really very long lasting for a figgy summer cologne style scent! I don’t wear it enough but I think it’ll fit better when it’s actually warm.
I think Ninfeo Mio is a good winter cologne too. Something about that boxwood note makes me think of Xmas decorations, etc. It’s good all year.
I love the picture.
Today is a cold and windy day. I am wearing Carnal Flower and enjoying it.
I know everyone else is sick of winter, but I’m hoping for a solid snow storm tonight. I want it to close down my workplace and I want it to close down schools and universities. We haven’t had a really satisfying snow this year and I would rather have snow and get to stay home than trudge out to work in vaguely scary but half-hearted ice.
I’m wearing Songes, which I guess is quite tropical, but it’s so plush and creamy that it works very well in the cold!
I may be the only person anywhere near the East Coast who isn’t sick of winter, but that may be because we haven’t had snow before today. We’ve had dustings, enough to make roads slick, but not enough that the kids could go out and play in. Looks like we might get that today! I’m excited.
I’m sympathetic to both sides. When I lived in Minnesota, I remember Jones’ing for a really good, clean snow. I also remember trudging through another cold March, desperate for the winter’s end!
This has been an odd, warm winter in the West this year, though. We haven’t hardly had proper winter storms. Makes me worried about looming water shortages for the summer. . . I would welcome some snow pack to ease my mind!
Raising hand for the “desperate for winter’s end” camp! Please sunshine, come back to us soon!
So sorry! I will try to push some of my sunshine your way.
I’m with you there, sistah! (raises ice cold scaly hand)
Here in CA, wishing for winter storms as well. This past weekend was gorgeous — mid-70’s, sunny. Apologies to all y’all on the east coast… as an east coast refugee, I recall those winters all too well .
Spent the weekend testing summery scents — EL Bronze Goddess, EL Azuree, Dior Dune. Fun
Today is Armani Prive Bois d’Encens. mmmm
I don’t mind a snowy winter, but this brutal cold is making me wish for spring a lot earlier than normal. I’d like to get a proper snowfall too. We’ve had two storms predicted, but both ended up being non-events. Maybe we’ll get something a little more substantial tonight.
I’m not that sick of winter either … I grew up in California and lived in the Midwest for awhile. I found that I don’t mind cold, but I need some sun in the winter! I’ll take 12 degrees and sunny over 40 and rainy
Agreed! It’s definitely starting to come down here (west central VA), so I might leave early, hit the store, and settle in at home. I would not mind a snow day and a few inches of fun powder.
Minteacup – nothing is worse than ice. At least snow is romantic, maybe a little fun (apologies to friends in Boston!). But no one likes ice. Misery. My miseries here are the extreme high winds that just grate on the nerves after hours and hours of howling. I’m ready for spring.
I’ve given up on my sample testing after two weeks or so, and I decided to go with one of my favorite roses, Perles de Lalique. This one is my second favorite after Rose Anonyme.
I have just a touch of yesterdays Oriza Reve d’Ossian left on my wrist and haven’t applied anything new yet because I’ve yet to shower… Despite the fact that I haven’t showered, it feels like today has been the longest day ever! We realized that the pipes leading to our downstairs bathroom have frozen, so we’re doing our best to heat them up and prevent a burst (our pipes burst last winter and flooded our cellar). Let’s hope it works, because thats a lotta bucks we don’t need to spend on clean up / fixing!
OH DEAR. Hope you can get them thawed.
Oh, gosh, best wishes on the thaw. I am alwasy totally paranoid that our pipes will burst. I leave everything dripping when it goes below 5 degrees.
Rose Absolue, a lovely rose. Today was fairly busy and it was a nice companion through various activities.
The smooth, sturdy and beautiful Cuir de Lancome is my SOTD.
A wee drop of Attrape-Coeur is my SOTD. I have to be careful with this – it can get to that jammy type of rose which I don’t love as much – but today it is a perfect vanilla/musk/powder/rose and I’m so enjoying it.
You smell wonderful!
Snow day here too, after several weeks of mostly 60-degree weather. I’m wearing Chanel No. 22, which I used to perceive as intolerably sweet, but not today! Glad I kept the sample around.
This gives me hope… No. 22 is sugary on me, or at least the pre-LE version is. The LE version is less so (that incense!) but I still don’t love it. Should try again, as I like aldehydes and generally get on with Chanels.
This could be a seasonal thing too? Maybe I tried it originally in hot weather. Today it reminds me of a sweeter version of White Linen, but not overly sweet.
SOTD is 31 Rue Gambon but my coat is still soaked in Guerlain Santal Royal so now my right wrist smells like 31 Rue Gambon of it were made by Bond #9. It’s super weird; it smells like the base of Scent of Hope and another Bond floral I’ve sampled.
I’m right there with you in 31 Rue Cambon today – this scent makes we feel good about myself; confident and beautiful.
I put on some Ferragamo F. Definitely more there than the Incantos and so far, it’s quite nice.
No scent, yet, this morning, unless you count eau de Coffee.
I plan on using my President’s Day holiday to do some chores that have been neglected for too long. Also, I’m slowly getting the house ready to incorporate Mr. Spicebomb’s possessions into mine. So, I’m organizing, weeding out, tucking away, etc., etc. I want my home to feel like shared space, so I’m trying to give away and sell enough that his things clearly have room to mix with mine. Fun, but such hard work!
Sounds like such a wonderful and exciting time of your life! Enjoy every moment
Thank you! It’s pretty great–and made easier because he’s a wonderful communicator. This has been a slow process, so we’ve had months to talk out details, joke about expectations, etc. This is VERY different than how my last LTR worked, so I’m feeling very grateful and optimistic about the whole process.
(With apologies if I’ve become that annoying, happy person. :] )
Love seeing people happy, it inspires optimism
(Ok, I will admit, on like the 47th Facebook picture of someone’s baby tagged, “My Valentine!” this year, I started to grow a little weary
)
Ugh! Not in favor of the endless baby photos! (And I’m truly sorry for that child’s future self, when there’s documentation of absolutely every moment for them to grimace at later!)
Funny comment along those lines by Mr. S this last Halloween, actually! He said that years back, he’d get holiday greetings with pictures of cute, attractive people getting dressed up as “sexy nurse” or “sexy cat” or Dracula with his “sexy Vampress” on his arm, etc. Now, all he gets are pictures of his friends’ children as pumpkins and such!
Agreed. I need to pace myself on how much FB stuff in take in. On the one hand I do enjoy seeing friends and family with good things happening for them, on the other hand it sometimes seems a bit much and self-absorbed..
Not that I any less self-absorbed, but I prefer to not announce it to the world on a daily basis!
Hahaha yes it’s quite a shift isn’t it? The analogy that has been coming to mind for me is the one about boiling a frog. I feel very much like, “Wait when did I sign up for a website devoted to photos of weddings and babies?” But then, I’m guessing there’s a much larger number of people who regard this transformation as a positive development!
Anyway, it just means we’re all getting old. A teacher friend of mine recently overheard in her high school classroom: “Y’all, Facebook is for ‘late 20s til you’re dead.’ ” Hahaha.
Ha! And I just read somewhere that the best contraceptive is looking at ugly baby pictures on Facebook. Just using an imperfect human touch to balance out the universe with all this talk of cute babies…
Oh, so nice! Is there a date for the move?
We’re looking at Spring Break (late March) being the official transition, but he’s talking about beginning to move things over in pieces any time now. He’s NOT excited to move all his stuff, and I’m completely sympathetic. We only just moved him from one apartment to another about a year ago, and a year before that, he’d moved when he sold his house. So, this will be move #3 in as many years. Hopefully, we can make my little house comfortable enough that he can settle in for a while.
Oof I am so sympathetic: there was a span in which I moved six times in eight years. (And before that college, where I moved TWICE every year.) Very happy that you guys at least have a happy reason for this move; I hope it leavens the stress!
What great news, Marjorie Rose! You could never be annoying…thanks for sharing.
Thank you, Farouche! I figure, I inundated ya’ll with the details of my online dating crazies all that time, it’s important that I keep you abreast of the progress!
Yay! The shacking up negotiations are over and it’s gonna happen! Congratultations!
Boss decided to give us off for the holiday and if we get the snow predicted (for a change) we might be wfh tomorrow. *fingers crossed*
After throwing out my back in an attempt to be productive – cleaning the bathroom – I’ve given up and am ready to curl up on the sofa now and read. Wearing Amouage Ubar. I wasn’t too keen on this one the first time I wore it, but for some reason I *get* it today and it’s beautiful.
Today’s a holiday for us, so I’m lounging around in sweats, wearing Absolue pour le Soir, watching Sherlock, and crossing my fingers for lots of snow tonight.
Sounds like fun! I wish I could take over the shows for a whole day. I can’t wait until the new Sherlocks are on TV. Today, I’ve been watching Curious George vidoes until my head will burst. My husband always says it would be nice if we could have a snow day without our daughter here, lol!
About to hop in the shower so no scent yet! Not sure what I want to layer with my coconut vanilla body creme…
Songes might go well.
I wish I had Songes!
I needed something layered, lush, and warm for this frigid (and now snowy) day, so I’m in Santal de Mysore. I’m almost done with my little spray vial that a generous NSTer gave me in a swap last year. This morning I just started hunting for it online, thinking maybe it would be good for the upcoming split meet. Yeah, I didn’t realize this is only available in the bell jar. Too steep for me at this point in my life.
So double thanks to my swap partner (Was it CH, hajusuuri? I’m sorry I’ve forgotten now – but know that it’s been loved!!)
I shouldn’t even tell you this but The Perfume Shoppe has the 50-mL spray of Santal de Mysore, so you know it’s at least a few years old and not some recent reformulation. If I could justify spending $200 on it I would already own it: maybe you want to?
That’s getting closer. The realm of a generous Christmas present perhaps. Thank you for the hot tip.
You can give credit to CH
Good to know – thanks!
Back in Burberry Body. Got a compliment before i left the house from Mr. B, always nice
SOTD Séville à l’Aube. I smell good!
Temp this morning when I left my house -13 degrees.
Temp right now 7 degrees on my lunch hour
SOREL boots with the fur around the top is currently very fashionable here in Southeast Mchigan!
Oh, you do smell good! That’s the only orange blossom I could see myself wearing on a regular basis.
For keep I Simple Monday I am wearing Jour D’hermès Absolu. It reminds me of a refrigerator in a flower shop. Am I right in thinking there’s a perfume with a name like that?
From Smellbent
Florist’s Fridge from Smell Bent.
I would love to smell that perfume! I’ve always liked the smell of the real thing.
Yes. And it might be cliche, but I really love that real-life smell. (I like the Smell Bent, but I thought it needed more green leaves and more… chill, maybe? Also, I wanted more rose in it.)
I could always try layering it… FF plus a rose soliflore. I still have my tiny decant of the super-spendy Montale Highness Rose. I bet that would be amazing. Will report back.
I think Carnal Flower smells like a florist’s fridge!
Smell Bent was it! Haven’t had too much luck with them other than Bollywood or Bust, but might have to try FF. And Carnal Flower is the Easter version of FF, I would think…
I am wearing my last drops of Narciso Rodriguez musc oil. It is not too long lasting, so I might wear something else this afternoon.
Does anyone know if I can still find this? and where? thank you
Good news, it’s been re-released! I’m seeing the Lord & Taylor has it, Bergdorf’s, etc. And I *think* people have found it to be the same as the original but I have not smelled the new one so I can’t say for sure. Perhaps worth hunting around in blog comments, etc. to confirm this impression!
Here’s one write-up of the re-release: http://thecandyperfumeboy.com/2013/09/16/skin-touching-skin-narciso-rodriguez-musc-for-her-perfume-oil-review-giveaway/
And then one of the original, but some commenters at the bottom of the thread mention the new one: http://boisdejasmin.com/2012/03/narciso-rodriguez-musc-for-her-oil-long-lost-favorite.html
Thank you so much, I will check Bergdorf’s
My pleasure! At one point I felt sure it would be my holy grail–didn’t quite work out that way, but I was so panic-stricken when I thought maybe I’d missed my chance, and went on a frantic hunt. Glad I can put the fruits of that search to use for someone!
I sampled it at Bloomingdales not too long ago, so you could try there, too
Thank you
Off work fot the holiday, and lounging around doing crossword puzzles with hubby. SOTM is a light application of Or du Serail, which is blending nicely with Eau du Coffee (as someone above cleverly coined) and of which hubby is especially fond. Am thinking about new paint for my office/den/little room of zen, so SOTD might be Eau de Latex!
Dulcis in Fundo on this baking day
I love that stuff! You smell wonderful.
What are you baking?
Decided to dig into the sample box this morning, and I grabbed Ineke Poet’s Jasmine. Quite pretty! But a bit too polite and fleeting, I think, for me. I’m not generally a jasmine girl, but maybe I need to try more. Any thoughts on one with a little more oomph but not a total indolic, jasmine BOMB?
(As an aside, I’m also sampling my dad’s record collection. Currently listening to Sesame Street’s *In Harmony*: James Taylor singing “Jelly Man Kelly” and Doobie Brothers singing “Wynken, Blynken and Nod.” Hilarious!)
Oh, Poet’s Jasmine! I never see that one mentioned anywhere, but I really enjoy that one. The summers are hot, sticky, and humid where I live, and Poet’s Jasmine is a welcome – and yes, polite! – companion during such times. I can’t help with other jasmine recs, because my only other jasmine, SL A La Nuit, is nothing if not a jasmine bomb.
Maybe I will hold onto it for the two weeks of summer a year that we get when I might want something so well-behaved. Every once and a while we get surprised with some sultry weather!
SOTD is the Shalimar Parfum Initial that I put on for bed last night. I have the day off, so I snuggled with my kitty this morning – now Parfum Initial is her SOTD too! I may put something else on later … It’s fun to read what everyone else is wearing before I pick something out!
A PI scented kitty, how wonderful!
After having to take a break thanks to a nasty cold, im back to sampling, hurray! Baume de doge today, boy does it last
I’m wearing Delrae Mythique from a sample today. I recently realized that I don’t have much iris in my collection. The only FB iris I have is Dior Homme. I’m not sure if I’d add this one, though.. it’s nice now, but the earlier stages went a little sour on me.
I get a whiff of something kind of oily, almost fishy, soon after I spray it on. I do love the dry down though & bought a full bottle when Barneys had it on sale.
SOTD = Les Couvent des Minimes Eau de Missions
I did not want to go commando before my haircut appointment so went with this cheapie but goodie. Note: It is NOT a deadringer for Guerlain SDV, despite the internetz buzz. Now I smell like hair salon.
Agree, not dead ringer. At that price, if only!
I’ve cycled through a few today but I am now enfolded by Calligraphy Rose.
Spending Keep-it-Simple Monday with my Little Ones, who have President’s Day off from school. Enjoying them and philosophy Fresh Cream because they gave it to me for Christmas. Sweet, creamy, warm and comforting on a bitter cold day.
Mmmm … Fresh Cream sounds like it would be great for layering. I’ll try to remember get a sample the next time I’m at Sephora.
I hope that you are teaching your kids the names of the wildlife in your yard
I thought about you today because it’s the last day of the Great Backyard Bird Count (GBBC). Did you get to participate? It’s strange that we’ve done tons of other bird counts, but we haven’t done the GBBC. My husband does keep a yard list.
Fresh cream smells just like that, sweet cream, w/o being cloying and w/o that sometimes sour note that milky scents sometimes have. Yes, I suppose you could layer this nicely but I wear mine straight (but then I’m a purist when it comes to ice cream, too, a simple but rich vanilla is my favorite).
Yes, we do backyard camping and nature study as often as time and weather permits, bird and plant identification. Just today we were talking about the maple syrup festival we always go to about a month from now at a nearby nature preserve, the kids understand and have participated in the arduous task of tapping the trees for the sap and then boiling gallons of it down to get a tiny amount of real maple syrup. We plant giant sunflowers each year in late spring that grow right outside their windows; the goldfinches that feed from the gorgeous yellow blossoms in late summer are quite a spectacle to behold in the late afternoon sun.
Unfortunately, we missed the GBBC. Too many activities crowded out the weekend. But we watch all the poor frozen birds swarm to our feeders. A sweet flock of about a dozen cardinals are our daily highlight.
Oh, I’d wear it (FC) straight, too
A simple but rich vanilla is my favorite flavor of ice cream, too.
Well, it sounds like your kids do not suffer from Nature Deficit Disorder
My mother is a retired junior high school science teacher. I am very grateful for the curiosity in and love of nature that she instilled in me as a child.
Would wearing an immortelle frag be overdoing it for a maple syrup festival?
Oh, and I envy all of those cardinals! We don’t get ’em in California.
Sleepy today after working night. SOTD Guerlain Tonka Imperial, appropriately cosy
My husband and I are both government employees, so we had today off. After I put on amethyst jewelry this morning, I had purple on the brain, so I wore violet perfume — Violetta de Bosco by i Profumi di Firenze. I will definitely finish my 50 ml bottle of this stuff. It was perfect for birding/nature-watching in the spring-like weather we’re having. While we were birding, I had my husband sniff my neck. His response was an enthusiastic “That smells very good.”
Highlights for Laila:
Butterflies and plants: We saw California pipevine swallowtail butterflies and California pipevine/Dutchman’s pipe (with “pipes”) — the only host plant of California pipevine swallowtail caterpillars. We also saw a Mourning Cloak butterfly and numerous wild cucumber vines (their springy tendrils are quite charming).
Birds: We saw and/or heard 42 species in 78 minutes. Highlights: Adult Red-shouldered Hawk screaming from its nest; Great-blue Heron carrying nesting material to its nest in a four-nest mini-rookery; Acorn Woodpecker attacking a non-native squirrel; Varied Thrushes, Western Bluebirds, Yellow-billed Magpies, and Anna’s Hummingbirds.
You sound like some sort of dream early spring fantasy I have right now… Sounds wonderful! I love birds. We get quite a lot of migrating birds in the spring up here in PA with all the water (and bugs) we’ve got.
We have not done much birding in Pennsylvania, but we hope to someday. You guys in the eastern U.S. have awesome spring migrations!
It has been unseasonably warm here in Northern California. We’ve been having record-high temperatures. We’re in a huge drought, but I’m hoping that we got enough rain late last year to have good wildflower displays. Fingers crossed!
Finally, my husband really wanted me to share the following: If you are looking for birding hotspots in your area, ebird.org (managed by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology) is a good place to start. Go to ebird.org, Explore Data, and Explore a Region.
Your birding excursion sounds incredibly successful! I live near the water and often see herons and eagles. I never tire of the sightings – it always seems so magical.
Yeah — it never gets old! If you just put yourself out there, you are bound to see something magical.
Oh, thank you for those lovely highlghts! I envy you. Last summer we joined many others in trying to help the monarch butterfly population in our area, planted milkweed in the garden and were hoping to raise some monarchs but were unsuccesful. Hoping for better luck this summer!
Purple is a favorite color of mine and violet a favorite scent note; I often wear a violet fragrance when I wear purple, will have to try the Violette de Bosco, it sounds lovely. And you have a very sweet hubby!
Oh, I hope that the monarchs show up for you this year!
My favorite colors are purple and green, so I have a lot of amethyst, peridot, and chrome diopside jewelry (rings, mostly). Hmmm … I think that linden would go well with peridot
Whenever I wear purple I wear Iris, violet or lavender scents. It just matches!
Funny thing – my other favorite color is also green – but not paid attention to what scent I choose when wearing green
Have now made it through all my Ormande Jayne samples: today was Tiare. I put it on just before 8 am and enjoyed it for 5-6 hours. Now, the dregs of it remind me of my most-hated accord: Secret Anti-perspirant spray circa 1976. I sometimes get a whiff of that in other perfumes. I think orange blossom might be to blame, but I can’t say for sure…
Ew. I was dodging a woman in the grocery store the other day who reeked of spray Secret. My husband was very entertained by my starting down an aisle and turning around in disgust. Maybe it was actually a perfume. I’m so glad I’ve never experienced that dry down myself.
I had a bunch of rescheduled appointments today after all the cancellations last week, so this morning I put on some Persian Shafayat perfume oil from Attar Bazaar. I bought it years ago before I was really into perfume and haven’t worn it in a really long time. It is really lovely, smells a bit like Shalimar only more natural/musky/lemony. I felt I could get away with wearing it around clients because it’s subtle, but long lasting.
Tonight I will put on some Indochine. I still have a little left in my decant and will use that before breaking into the bottle. In any case, it’s nice to have the decant bottle for refills of Indochine to take in my bag.
For some reason I could not get to sleep last night, so I am feeling a bit draggy today. Working on taxes=insomnia for me. Today I’m wearing MPG Ambre Precieux. I like lots of ambers, but some are spicy and some are smoky and some are dry or flowery, but today this one is just right!
It’s snowing, finally. So happy to get SNOW and not just nasty cold weather (it’s been around zero six times this winter, but only a dusting of snow to this point)!
SOTD is Soivohle Centennial, for warmth.
In other news, I finally bit the bullet and went mucking around in my blog database to change my password and reinstate my admin privileges. SO GLAD to be able to post again – I’ve been locked out for three weeks now.
Nothing worse than irritating tech snafus and failures. What looks so easy has so many moving parts. I’ll have to visit again. I like reading your fragrance smackdowns. Cheers!
SOTD Hermes Un Jardin en Méditerranée from a sample. Although it’s on my To Buy list, I am on a self imposed fragrance spending moratorium. I went on a bit of a spree for fall and winter purchases and am trying to focus on those until the weather warms up. Clearly it didn’t work today – the sun was shining and I instinctively grabbed for a warmer weather scent.
Trefle Pur today, it has me wondering if there is something in it that smells like isopropyl alcohol? Even after several hours I keep getting wafts of something like that. It’s a bit sweet and aromatic as well.
I can still detect hints of Trefle Pur the next day. Great fragrance!