Happy Wednesday, and happy Grammar Day! What fragrance are you wearing?
I'm wearing Yves Saint Laurent Parisienne, from perfumers Sophia Grojsman and Sophie Labbé. I think I'm the only one who liked Parisienne.
Reminder: this Friday, 6 March, we're celebrating International Women's Day — wear a perfume by a female perfumer.
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.
Is that Joni Mitchell?
I’m wearing Ambrosia by Arcana because I wanted to smell like lemon custard today.
That is Joni Mitchell! Lovely ad, and a bit of a shock, as was the Joan Didion ad for Celine.
The older woman is coming on strong in fashion advertising. Finally. Let’s see if the clothes will be more becoming for older bodies as well…
Mmmm… Custard. I am wearing Chocolate Greedy because I am only allowed to inhale desserts for the next three weeks. The scale tells me that I gained ten pounds during the last phase of my writing!
Anyway fellow bee lover, in case you did not receive the Princeton excerpt of the book I attached long after your reply to my honey recommendations, here it is again
Weird linos don’t appear here so just google “honeybee democracy”, Princeton , and excerpt
“Fellow bee lover” as in kindcrow and anyone else on here!
In response to the comment about Joni and Joan, please check out the Advanced Style blog and documentary film of the same name. I seriously doubt that we would be seeing such wise and beautiful ladies in ads if not for the success of the blog and the film. Both gave me reason to believe that getting older did not entirely suck!
Thanks so much! Found it!
Oh, I really liked the topnotes of Parisienne – but it dwindled to pale so quickly that I was indeed disappointed in it. (What I’d really like is a stack of those roses that were in the ad for it. Like, every week for a year.)
I got out my sample of Soivohle Lilacs & Heliotrope because I have suddenly turned the corner on wanting spring florals. (We’re supposed to get wintry mix over the next two days, though – will have to see if my florals craving lasts.)
We have a significant layer of ice from last night, AGAIN, and are expecting snow tomorrow. I’ve about had it.
(and agree about the roses! The ads were silly but pretty)
I’ve had it too – my arms is numb from shoveling – the school waited very late to cancel. My hubbie and I were out at 7 am shoveling 3 inches of snow as heavy as wet sand. GRX! I am done too!!!
Decided it would be a rosy day! Started with Body Shop Morroccan Rose body butter then some Olympic Orchids Ballets Rouges and then some tiny dabs of Providence Perfume Rose 802 perfume oil. Look at that! All three companies founded by women and two of them noses as well! Got the trifecta today!
I really loved that Moroccan Rose body butter – shame it’s gone. I don’t like the Atlas Mountain nearly as well. But Ballets Rouges is truly wonderful.
I should have bought that body butter. Agree with Mals, the newer one isn’t as nice.
Ballet Rouges is very pretty – I think that’s going to be my Friday scent
you smell fabulous today!
I need to get the raspberry butter..it’s not bad. Also, Honeymania products are growing on me. I like that it’s not over-the-top sweet like so many scents.
Thanks for the “heads-up” on the Advanced Style blog.
Oops! Atlas Mountain Rose, well those Mountains are in Morrocco….hence my confusion.
SOTD is Infusion d’Iris. One of my most used and loved fragrances for sure, and fits with the women perfumers week!
Daniela Andrier
I went through a bottle of that over the summer, now I have moved on to Bois d’Iris and Scent of Hope, with the kind assistance of all the lovely people here!
I actually like Parisienne! I own a bottle of Parisienne L’Essentiel actually.
SOTD: Soir de Lune.
Ready to face the rest of the week!
Oh good!
Ooh- Soir de Lune is recently on my “must sniff” list. I’ve overlooked the Sisley line and need to investigate them further.
I’m wearing Tauer’s Une Rose Chyprée. Mmmmmm, I smell good!
Yes you do!!
Bandit today! I love how guys make lots of lovely perfumes for women, but women make totally kick-a** perfumes for women. Thanks Germaine Cellier
F%&#in A!
And to bed tonight, Guerlain Cologne Du 68. This has been a summer staple for a few years and Ive realised ive almost totally neglected it this summer- ahhhh…. its like a long-lost friend… so good to sniff again…
We got a high of 81 today, so Eau Sauvage it is. I love it year around, but it has a special beauty in warm weather.
Eau Sauvage! Haven’t had any for years, but it was an early love. Need more!
SOTD: Galaad (Lubin)
Today I’m wearing Ralph Lauren’s Pure Turquoise by perfumer Annie Buzantian. This is a very nice fragrance for the office or the gym, and it’s too bad they discontinued it.
Yes! I wish I had bought some of that!
I wanted to include an Isabelle Doyen creation in my women’s only week, so today I’m thoroughly enjoying Eau du Fier. Such a pity it didn’t sell and wasn’t IFRA compatible. It’s a true gem.
agreed! Might just have to copy you with my sample today…
I quite like Parisienne, as well! I have the same relationship with her as I do with Rose Jam; I seldom want to wear it, but there are times when nothing else will do.
Plus, ya know, cute bottle. ( Chief Resident Bottle Ho’, reporting for duty!)
We have had torrential rain to wash away all our snow; this will turn to sleet in a few hours, and give us a good icy base for 6 inches of snow. My kinda weather… I have any amount of foodstuffs laid in, a stack of books on the night stand, the husband was told to stay home, and I am giddy as a schoolgirl!
I think my SOTD will be Fille D’ Eve, one of my all time favorites, and perfect ( if a bit over the top) for a snow day.
Good, glad to see another fan
Fabulous! And who says winter is all bad?
SOTM is MFK Lumiere Noire pour Femme. I don’t get cumin from this, fortunately, just rose and narcissus. Love me some narcissus!! LNpF starts out sparkly and incredibly spring-like but after an hour or so it devolves into a scent I don’t like. That’s why it’s just my scent of the morning.
I love LNpf… I do get the cumin, but it’s just a thread, not a huge sweaty overlay. Funny how I really don’t like patchouli unless it’s either super-aged and herbal, or if it’s paired with rose. LNpf is chock-full of the patch, but I manage to like it.
Mals, I’ve read comments that claim LNpf has been reformulated and bemoaning that fact. I don’t know. My decant is current formula. I like it but can’t help wondering if I missed the boat by not trying this when it first came out.
WUTTTT NOOOOOOO!!!
Crap, I’ve been saving up for a full bottle.
I finally got over my cognitive dissonance and put on Bronze Goddess, even though I guess we’re in for another winter storm tonight.
I was running late this morning and at the last minute grabbed my sample of Thierry Mugler’s Over the Musk. It’s pleasant–not laundry musk, but pretty tame.
Wearing Bottega Veneta today. Good in the cold and rain. But my decant was having issues this morning–I pressed the sprayer down and nothing came out. I tried it many times before I finally got one spritz. Does this happen to other people also? Anything I can do to fix it? Just keep pumping for ages?
Unrelatedly, anyone in NYC going to the Diptyque (and Byredo) sample sale? I might try to get over there tonight after work.
I do have some decants where it seems the little spring gives out after a while. At that point I’ll normally just remove the top and dab the fragrance on. I’ve only once had a snap on spray top that I couldn’t get off. I don’t remember what I did then. I guess you can crack the top off and just go for it! BV is very nice!!!
Hey missionista! I might see you there
The line is still long.. but I’d like to check it out.
Did they say Byredo will be sold too?
I’m wearing Armani Prive Cuir Amethyste which is actually incredibly similar to Bottega Veneta.
Yes, Byredo is confirmed for sale. You can check out the writeup of the sale for prices, etc. at Racked.com
Atomizer malfunction must be catching! Mine happened yesterday with DSH Oeillet Rouges and then before that, my VC&A Bois d’Iris atomizer also pooped out. No fix other than use a new one.
After looking at the forecast I wanted to cry. I’m DONE with this winter! So I put on some Kai edp, given to me by hajusuuri (thank you! and btw LOVE Kalamet!!) to kinda cheer myself up that this will be the LAST snow storm of the year. At least it’s….. over 30F outside. You know it’s bad when 30 feels balmy and my fiance declared 40s “tee shirt weather”.
Yeah – it was 35 degrees at 7 am this morning!!!! I got so hot shoveling snow I had to take off my coat. I only hope it just keeps warming up more and more. I need to get ready for the big melt.
Ha! I almost considered going out in a light jacket today and then thought: wait, no, it’s still ONLY 30 outside! That is not right!
It’s all relative – spring break for Shackleton?
With Annick Menardo again today. Wearing her incredible Bvlgari Black.
Twins!
Triplets!
SOTD = DelRae Wit. LOTV is one of my favorite odors and I really like this. Opening was wonderful green Lotv. Then there was a few minutes of harsher greeness- not sure what that was. But that was replaced by mixed florals with LOTV prominent but not linear, subsiding to a skin scent that is pretty much straight LOTV again, so I am impressed – Diorissimo doesn’t hang around this long on me! And this is just some sample dabs. I expect I will get at least a decant of this. Have to compare it to the other LOTV sample I got, the Oriza L Legrand muguet..I forget what it is called. What fun!
Duh! Not Wit! Debut! Geez. Need ore coffee…
The Oriza is Muguet Fleuri. I need to try that one.
hmmm must try Debut!
I had a dream last night that I was logging/hacking into a computer and the password was Muguet1
I got two decants of AG Le Muguet, one for myself and one for my niece. Like a bunch of us East Coast and Mid Westerners on this blog, I was craving the sweet smells of spring. Le Muguet is pleasant, but smells a little bit canned to me. It has a slight trace of a napthalene which puts me in mind of grandma’s hanky drawer in a cottage in Maine. I know there are fresher LOTV’s out there, and have gotten several excellent suggestions here, including vintage diorissimo (if only I had appreciated it enough years ago to get some…sigh) just haven’t found them yet.
This is still going on close to the skin on me. Very fresh, very pretty, impressively tenacious for a straight on LOTV. It’s great!
I love the password!
Le Muguet update: I was busy sorting through my clothes and suddenly I caught a whiff of the most gorgeous perfume. Could it be coming from the clothes? I wondered. But no! It was the Le Muguet I sprayed on earlier! It had a lovely lift to it, reminded me of Bvlgari pour femme.
SOTD is Le Labo’s Rose 31…my favorite from that line.
This morning I put on a small dab of SL La Fille de Berlin (from a generous swap with ihadanidea!) to test. It is so lovely. It reminds me a lot of AG Ce Soir ou Jamais edp – esp. the musky skanky base. I’ll probably put it on again later.
Oh boy! A sample of this is on its way to my house this very day! I can’t wait to smell it.
I’ve reapplied and now I can smell the immediate smell of the Perfumer’s Workshop Tea Rose… which I used to have when I was a teen and also still have a bottle of. But the it passes and goes on to more interesting notes. I’m really liking this!
I like Parisienne too! I have Parisenne body cream in my purse today and may use it as hand cream later. I swapped away a small bottle of the perfume a few years ago but I sorta regret it – the vinyl top-note was interesting. It felt brazenly artificial.. in a cheeky fun way instead of the sad way.
This morning though, I am wearing SSS Lieu de Reves. A brief gasp of spring beauty on a warmish rainy day before we get slammed with a snowstorm tomorrow…
Hey, we’re all coming out of the woodwork! Yay.
Wearing 1000 Kisses from Lush.
Today I put on Olfactive Studio’s Ombre Indigo. I get kind of an ink and paper scent plus light floral notes, and it’s very nice.
I wanted fruity so I put on Forbidden Games, which certainly is, by Calice Becker.
L’Artisan Eau du Navigateur. Like some quintessence of maleness: coffee, rum, wood, spice…so good.
Never tried that scent, but I’m female and those notes sound darn good!
SOTD is Vicks VapoRub…
So sorry, hope you feel better soon. Your SOTD made me laugh out loud.
Well at least one good thing came out of it! Haha!
Can you pick out the top, heart and base notes or is it a linear scent?
Feel better soon!
You crack me up! Thanks for the laugh!
JP Sublime with Ambre des Merveilles. I’m a sweet orange cloud moving around. Since layering Friday I can’t seem to quit experimenting…
You smell fabulous! I never thought of adding orange to AdM – must try!
I wish I could turn back the clock about 15 years to make myself buy a bottle of Sublime the first time I ever laid eyes on it and smelled it (wonderful!) at a Nordies in PDX. I remember how beautiful it was/is?
Do you have a current or older/vintage bottle? Any comments on the newer version?
No comments on the newer one, but I, too, fell in love with JP Sublime the first time I sniffed it years ago. Like Songes, I didn’t expect to like it, much less love, much less adore it, but I do. Fortunately I did get a bottle (or two) and though I wear it sparingly, it truly is ‘sublime!’ It’s my scent of choice on the few annual occasions I attend a charity function/benefit at our local country club (am not a member, could never be, a member). Sublime says elegance, class, wealth, old money, and pure gold to me!
Years ago when I lived in Pittsburgh I knew a woman who wore Sublime as her signature scent. It was about the time it was very hard to find and she was in a panic. I always told her how good she smelled and then I could always smell it on her!
I wore Sublime when it was first released and adored it. I don’t care for the current formulation unfortunately.
Although I love L’Ambre, I can’t imagine layering Sublime with anything, it’s such a rich scent, at least the one I have is (see my reply below). Do you have the edp or the edt, the old or newer version?
That should be, my reply above, to AnnS.
SOTD is Sarrasins and I don’t care if nobody likes the indoles but I like them.
I was undecided about what to wear until I saw your comment. Joining you in Sarrasins which I adore. As an aside, I don’t really understand the concept of a “dirty” perfume. There are smells I like and smells I don’t, but the interpretation is in the mind of the person doing the smelling, isn’t it?
Sarrasins is good stuff. Wish it was in the export line …
I’m with stinker_kit on this being a rose-y day – went with Chanel No. 19 EDP, layered with a bit of Diptyque Eau Rose sprayed on the abdomen to amp the rose note in 19. Heaven!
I love picking up on the rose note in No. 19.
I think any simple rose soliflore (or close to soli) would do! I like to wear No. 19 over that TBS Moroccan Rose body butter, myself. Sadly, I’ve only got a little bit of the body butter left and I’ll have to find something else to pull the rose out of 19 when it’s gone.
I have the beginnings of a head cold and it’s making almost everything smell disgusting so I chose Fresh’s Sugar Lemon because it just smells clean and citrusy.
I love Parisienne too! But my absolute favorite is YSL Paris. I was in art school when it first came out in 83 or 84. One of the new teachers was wearing it and I remember smelling the trail of it as she walked down the hall. I never identified the rose notes at the time, it seemed very exotic, hip and modern to me. I bought a mini of it a few years back, but there was an element missing from what it used to be.
Today I am doing a massive de-cluttering of my things. I’m using the KonMari method of tidying which involves discarding things in a specific order. It is shocking how much S**T I have! I will probably have some things for the freebie meet.
OH, that KonMari method is great in theory – I haven’t been brave enough to try it in person. Let us know how it goes (and how many Freebie meet items you have generated!)
Well today I dealt with clothes, shoes, bags and accessories. The method involved putting everything (even the stored stuff in the attic and basement) from the “clothing” category in one big pile and then sorting/discarding in a specific order. The criteria for keeping something is to hold it in your hands and feel if it sparks joy. If not, into the recycling/donation bag it goes. At first it was really hard – sounds weird, but after awhile I could really feel if an item was “tired” or really wanted to be let go of. The most difficult thing was an old woolen shawl from India that I have been using for warmth/meditation/cat blankey for years. The thing was disgusting, but I was sooooo attached to it. I spent a few minutes just thanking it and then in the bag it went! What a relief.
Paris is such a great scent.
Sorry Robin, don’t mean to get distracted from the business at hand!
Are you kidding? I thought getting distracted from the business at hand was the whole point of SOTD
Haha! And that’s why we all love Robin.
Always happy to oblige my fellow procrastinators and scofflaws
My best friend in high school wore Paris and whenever I catch a whif of it I think of her. I’m usually terrible at recognizing scents but this is one I’ll always remember.
Totally. It’s such a special scent, there’s nothing quite like it.
I’m always pleased to see another YSL Paris fan. It’s such a wonderful and memorable fragrance. She isn’t what she used to be these days, but the current EDP is closer to the “real” Paris than the EDT.
I so need to declutter as well. Not something I’m good at. Much more talented at cluttering.
ha. My husband wrote in his wedding vows to me that we are a great match because he never cleans and I never put things away. If Marie Kondo can get someone like me to be tidy, that’s a good endorsement for her system!
Also thanks for the edt vs EDP info. I think the mini I had was edt so I will try the EDP.
SOTD is Jo Malone Oud and Bergamot Dry Oil Spray.
I bought a 100ml bottle last summer and used almost the entire bottle! There is about an eighth left and I have neglected this over the cooler months in favor of my rarely worn, heavier scents.
Still smells “mostly” good but I have a feeling the oil has turned just a bit. I am thinking of a repurchase because I used the heck out of this and loved how soft it made my skin, but when I look online I see the price has gone up 10 large ones! Ugh!
But, today is my birthday (the BIG 50!) so I may just splurge!
Happy birthday!
Happy Birthday!
Happy birthday!
Happy Birthday! Yes, you should splurge – treat yourself!
Happy BDay!! Treat yo self (and if you haven’t seen the Parks & Rec skit of this you should)
Ditto – the Birthday wishes AND the Parks n Rec skit. Enjoy! !
Happy Birthday! And if I catch you claiming to be ‘old’ ever again, I’m gonna give you a virtual smack ;^) You can’t be old, you’re younger than I am, and I’m not old…. hee heee
Happy Birthday, Deva! I think you should treat yourself to a ‘golden’ scent to celebrate. May the next 50 be even better than the first!
Happy birthday!
Happy Birthday, Deva! A splurge is definitely called for.
Many happy returns of the day to you
Happy birthday, and hurray for dry oil!
A very happy birthday to you!
Happy birthday, Deva! Hope you splurged…
Happy birthday!!
Happy Birthday, fellow Pisces! I splurge ALL MONTH. Why? Because I’m worth it and so are you!
SOTD L’eau de L’artisan – for an icy day
Looking forward to Friday!
Oh, I love that one. You smell great. Sadly my decant went off. I need a full bottle for summer.
Here at Keep It Simple Wednesday: Bas de Soie. Cool day, but lots of sun.
I am so confused about what day “Keep it Simple” is…are there people doing this on Monday & Tuesday too?
Robin, I started doing it on Mondays because, as much as possible, I like Mondays as quiet wind-down-from-the-weekend, introspective days with a ‘ simple’ scent to match. I think others have just chosen whichever day they need for a ‘simple’ scent for whatever it means to them. There’s no communal KISS day, it’s as the spirit moves you.
Ah, that makes sense, thanks!
SOTD is Chloe Eau De Parfum just because……
Hope everyone has a great Wednesday!
A FM Iris Poudre day.
Couldn’t decide on what to wear, so put on something from an old bottle I haven’t worn in ages – Burberry for Women (the oldest one, I think). It was a friend’s signature scent and it reminds me of a very specific time, right when I moved to San Diego and lived with this friend. It smells off today – I’m wondering if it turned or my nose is just different. I bought it years ago, before I was into perfume, so either is possible!
Perhaps it’s just off. I, too, love that one, am on my second bottle (a rarity for me) and have one in reserve. Perhaps weather plays a role, too? I like to wear mine in the late summer/early fall, when the weather cools here but is not yet cold.
I’m wearing Sweet Pea & Vanilla by Skeem, which smells exactly like SweeTarts taste. Nothing sophisticated, but I was in the mood for something light and happy!
I am wearing Sel de Vetiver (Celine Ellena), which is great on a warm and humid day.
Ooh love sel de vetiver! Summer in a bottle
SOTD = Bvlgari Black
Continuing the woman perfumer theme, this one is by Annick Menardo. I gassed myself this morning and I love the results!
Black is on my list for this week as well. Ménardo has done some stunners.
I still really want to try her Labo Patchouli which supposedly is something else too.
I have a decant of this but to date had only smelled this on paper.
I wore a lot of Menardo in the past couple of weeks while working on an article about licorice scents. Love her!
Wearing Passage d’Enfer, which smells like a white incense to me.
The same! It is like a ghost to my nose – barely there and then again definitely there! I only have a small dabber sample, though. Wondering what this would be like sprayed in abandon.
Me three! After I put it on, I thought that I probably should have chosen something warmer for such a cold day — but I enjoyed PdE’s chilly austerity anyway!
I wanted something bright this morning, so I went with Prescriptives Calyx, by Sophia Grojsman.
That is a great beauty! I actually forgot about Calyx, even though I’ve owned a bottle for years. I do plan on wearing a Grojsman creation this week. Such a great perfumer.
I loved Calyx – went through bottle after bottle back in my signature scent days…
Not a fan of Parisienne, that initial vinyl note was a real turnoff for me (and wouldn’t leave my nose!).
Hey, baby, it’s cold outside! Arctic temps today and tomorrow – highs only in the teens – with subzero temps tonight. Brrr! My scent needs today conflict: something warm and comforting to ward off the chill yet keep my dreams of warm weather alive. My choice is Givenchy’s original Hot Couture edp (I think it’s now called Hot Couture Collection No. 1; the reformulated versions/flankers don’t hold a candle to the original IMHO in terms of depth, complexity, and smoothness). The woody, peppery and gourmand notes satisfy my winter needs and the creamy magnolia and aromatic vetiver that linger to the drydown keep my warm-weather dreams alive. Although I’m not much of a white-floral fan, magnolias are a springtime scent favorite for me.
Papillon Perfumery Tobacco Rose for me today… wore some to bed last night and it was soooo good I had to wear it again today (and a female perfumer!) I should wear Anubis Friday.
Dzing! today, and I realized I’ve used half the huge bottle. That’s amazing. I really enjoy it. Olivia Giacobetti makes some great scents. En Passant was yesterday, but those lilacs had to carry me through a day so crazy, I never got back to tell you guys about it. So, back to the zoo today
I love Parisienne! Glad to see that you love it, too!