Happy Saint Patrick's Day! What fragrance are you wearing to celebrate?
I'm wearing green... Providence Perfume Co Branch & Vine.
Reminder: this Friday, 20 March, we're doing Nouveau Niche...wear a perfume from a new (2010+) niche 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 Happy St Patrick's Day.....xx by Bluebells 2008 at flickr; some rights reserved.
Grey Flannel again today, perfect for early Spring!
Love that violet leaf bomb! You smell great!
Continuing with my gorgeous Ineke sampler I am wearing Balmy Days and Sundays…..leafy greens, grass and chypre accents…perfect for the season of “unlocking” and St Patrick’s Day…It reminds me so much of my original bottle of Grass circa 1994 which was so much better than the re-issue of 2008.
I am sorry I never smelled the original Gap Grass…the later version I smelled was a huge disappointment.
The original was incredible ( a great drydown). The reissue was thin and cucumbery to my nose.
I only smelled the reissue, and yes, it was sort of sad.
All the original Gap scents were pretty incredible except Heaven. I adored Grass and Earth so so much. I miss them.
I miss them all (including OM and Heaven). Heaven, actually, seemed to have been reformulated as well….I remember the original having an incense vibe in the drydown. I still love it,though, and it is a great go-to scent to wear to work or around those who don’t like fragrance. Every single time I wear it I get compliments.
I liked Dream and Heaven, and gave some Earth to my boyfriend at the time to wear. My brother wore Grass.
and I know I am going to sound like a broken record and drive everyone crazy but the prices were unbelievable when they first came out…..4 oz of EDT for under fifteen dollars! Not bad!
I had the solid of Grass way back in the day! It was great!
Balmy Days is a great spring fragrance.
oh yes…wish I had a full bottle…..actually the bottles and packaging are so aesthetically appealing I would not mind having the whole collection just to showcase the bottles! (currently I only have three fBs from the alphabet collection and one from the floral curiosities collection)
Just needed something easy today so some Burberry Brit Rhythm layered over Ylang-Ylang EO. Showing my Irish by breathing, there is no denying it, wearing my handmade ribbon rosette with all the colors of the Irish flag. Like so many, my Irish heritage includes ancestors of contradictory political persuasions!
Ah, I like “showing my Irish just by breathing”….
A great phrase! My grandmother used to say that we were so Irish we didn’t need to wear green on St. Patrick’s Day (but I do anyway).
My mother is remarried to a Northern Irish gentleman, and they make sure to wear their Orange today!
My SOTD is Pink Molecule by Zarkoperfume — barely sweet elderflowers and apricots. It has good longevity for something this light. It really does smell like the various elderflower beverages that I have tried.
I need to try that brand…
that sounds amazing!
Oh, St. Germain! I love the taste, the smell, and even the bottle. It would be lovely to find a fragrance that captures its delicacy. I’d never even thought to seek one out bc I assumed it would be too fleeting to ‘work’.
Yes, I love the taste, smell and bottle of St. Germaiin, too! You can find photos on-line of lamps thst people have made from the bottles.
I went for a short walk several hours after I applied Pink Molecule, and my body heat re-released the fragrance. You can get samples from Indie Scents.
This sounds worth checking out – the name would’ve kept me away, so I’m glad to have your recommendation.
Yeah, I hate the name
Fortunately, I was able to get past my intial visceral reaction to the name and the silly description of the heart being ripped out (no middle notes). Anyway, if you like elderflower liqueur or elderflower lemonade, it’s worth a sniff.
SOTD is TF Shanghai Lily. It’s so pretty, creamy, and spicy. My first time trying, but I think I want a full bottle. So much for free samples keeping me from wanting to spend $$$ …
The opening of that one is so gorgeous. I saved $ by not loving the dry down
Ditto. Love that one and added it to my “one day I’ll buy this… hopefully” FB list.
I really liked Shanghai Lily, but found it quite similar to DK Gold that I already have a full bottle of. So I’m not that tempted to get myself a bottle.
I am taking a break from my Memo sampling and wearing Journey Woman today.
Anxiously waiting for sunshine sample in the mail
Accidentally wearing some green, too – Gucci Envy. Very nice today.
I had to break out my Gucci Envy too!
I’m in another Amouage today, Gold this time. Still my favourite Amouage and my favourite aldehydic floral.
Gold is so wearable. It’s perfect for day or night. At least this is what I’m telling myself if I happen to see this at a good price!
If you see it at a good price; go for it. It’s quickly become one of my most worn scents.
I love all the Amouage-such a problem! Gold is great
Have you tried Sunshine yet?
No, I haven’t. I still want to try Beloved; it got such a great review here on NST.
I like Gold, and I also think Gold (for Men) is really gorgeous too. It’s been too long since I’ve worn either. Major fragrances!
SOTD is the green-green loveliness of Chanel Cristalle in the edp concentration – my first wearing of the year, and I’m loving it.
I’m sampling this one today! (EDP on one arm, EDT on the other). So far, it’s lovely
I love Cristalle – both the edt and the edp. It’s my fav fragrance for super hot days in the summer. You smell wonderful!
I woke in a fit of allergy misery this morning and was not up to any challenge so the SOTD is Santal Carmin.
Stopped by the pharmacy before work and luckily I’m feeling much better. Only downside is the medicine jacks me up with nervous energy so I’ll have to limit my coffee consumption while I’m on this stuff.
So sorry, hope you feel better!
I have trouble mixing caffeine and decongestants too… leads to racing heart and nausea.
Thank you ladies!
SOTD is Vetyverio. nice spring vetiver. Forgot how much I liked it…
I’m wearing EL Private Collection for a bit of green. I haven’t worn this for a while, and I’m really enjoying it.
I forgot to mention earlier: for those of you who are knitters and are interested, I finished my (green) qiviut shawl. Pics are on Ravelry at my screen name here.
Gorgeous!! Knitting is something I’ve always wanted to learn to do.
I’ve taught lots of people, and it usually takes an hour to learn, then a couple more hours to become obsessed.
Good! Just what I need – something else to become obsessed about!
I still have sheets, pillowcases and hankies crocheted by my grandmother back in the ’60s!
But now you’ve inspired me!
I can knit squares and rectangles. I get too distracted to count stitches to do anything more interesting. But it’s still fun. I have 4 different scarfs I am working on for the past 6 years, lol! I’m still working on the baby blanket for my daughter who is now 7. Maybe someday I’ll finish it for her child? I’m using baby-terry yarn with 115 knits across… I’m slow. It takes me 10 minutes to do a row! Only 4 more skeins to go and I’m finished. If Ulysses were my husband, I’d be in good shape.
Hmmm…. now I’m “un” inspired. lol! Although I was always pretty good at finishing needlepoint projects. But for that kind of time investment, I’d like to be able to wear the finished product (how many needlepoint belts do I need?).
Don’t let me bring you down! Partly it’s b/c my daughter’s always jumping on me, and I can’t have needles in my hands. Or because she’s trying to imitate me knitting and almost knocks projects off the needle, so I have to keep my knitting away. One of these days I’ll pick it up again with earnest. I want to learn how to do hats. But I’d love to do a big gorgeous shawl with some wonderful yarn and not the cheap stuff I use now.
Could you repurpose the yarn for hats or doll/baby sweaters? Since they’re completed faster, you get a sense of accomplishment sooner.
I will take a look, Bexca
Wow. Beautiful! It’s as beautiful as the animals who provided the fiber. Thanks so much for sharing!
They finally got some of this in my local independent yarn shop.
It’s fantastic to work with, which is good since it’s rather horrifyingly expensive. I may have to buy more, but I’ll have to figure out if I need Bois des Iles first.
If it’s the Jasmine White Moss, then we are scent twins! (Otherwise I guess we are scent cousins)
Scent cousins! I’m in the one from the early ’70s.
Great choice — Private Collection is so beautiful!
Mossy Breaches. It is what I imagine an Irish stream bank smells like.
Do you mean Moss Breches? If so, I used to have a nice decant of that, but gave it away :(. And of course, now I would love to have it back.
Sounds like you need some good whiskey to go along with that!
I’ll be draining my sample of Miller et Bertaux’s Green Green Green Green (I forget how many greens) today.
Totally forgot I had a sample of that – I need to get it out…
I didn’t think to wear a green scent this morning, which is a shame because it’s supposed to be beautiful today and I’m ready to embrace spring. Wearing L’heure Bleue parfum instead and it’s wonderful.
Even though not green that is a great spring scent
Wearing FM Portrait of a Lady today thanks to a sample given by a generous NSTer.
It’s lovely and I can see why so many like it.
Twins! I love PoaL.
I just went for the easy choice today, Demeter’s (again) Clover.
I just ordered a bunch of samples from Demeter, and that was one of them.
I think this year spring will never come, snowy and cold again.
I am wearing Tom Ford Tobacco vanille, I am not crazy about it but my family adores it, my daugher and husband always compliment me when I wear this.
I hope it warms up for you very soon. Tobacco Vanille is one that my partner thinks smells great on me but I find very linear. It’s a lovely, cozy, scent, especially on a cold and snowy day, but it doesn’t really do it for me.
I went with Inis Midnight for St. Patrick’s Day. It has a nice spring time smell.
SOTD: Eau du Soir (LE 2013 GREEEEEEN Bottle to match St. Patty Day)
Definitely wearing something green!
Now that I have gotten my corned beef started in the slow cooker, I will hop in the shower an think of wearing either Chanel no 19 or vintage Givenchy III. It’s a tough choice but it’s got to be green.
I vote for Givenchy III
!!
Had dentist appointment this morning and went for a quick spritz of vinty Chanel No. 19 edt. Mmmmmmm.
Three of my four grandparents are of Irish extraction (Ó Dochartaigh, Powers, and Strahan), so it shouldn’t matter whether I’m wearing green today, right? Granted, they all seem to have come to the colonies before or shortly after the Revolution, but still. Irish is Irish.
I put on 19 this morning when it was a lovely balmy 44 degrees outside, but switched up to Safari for this afternoon as the temperature plunges and the snow returns. I am green to my socks and at least they play nice together. You also smell wonderful!
Angel Les Parfums de Cuir – received in the mail yesterday. This is my first FB with leather and I love it. I’m hoping to get a small decant of Cuir de Russie in the next swap meet.
That one is so great! Leather was just what Angel needed to tone down the sweetness.
This one is really good. I got it last year and love it to bits.
How is it that I could stare blankly at my multiple fragrance choices and not find one to fit my mood? Any non-perfumista would have thought I was bonkers. I had to walk away from it, start breakfast, and it came to me suddenly. SOTD Lancome Cuir. Of course, it’s lovely and completely perfect for the day.
Yay, Cuir de Lancome!
I have this problem sometimes, too. I think to myself, “People would think I was insane, being unable to pick a scent from this big old collection.” And maybe I am…
But, I had that same problem this morning, and now that I was reminded by the lovely NSTers that it’s St. Patrick’s Day, it has narrowed my choices to green fragrances. So Balmain Vent Vert, Cristalle EDT, or vintage Balmain Ivoire. But still, I also kind of want to wear Beige. Or Fille de Berlin….UGH, choices!
I have days like that too sometimes. I think it’s like the times when I’m going to get dressed, and I look at the clothes in my closet and think “I’m not really feeling any of this stuff”.
That is it EXACTLY. I have been standing in my closet for the last twenty minutes thinking, “What to wear? What to wear?” It has been the same with my perfume today. I’m glad you spotted this connection.
So true sweetgrass! I have it with clothes, perfume and music. Love them all but sometimes I just can’t deal!
Oh yeah I do it with music too. I sometimes stream music on Spotify in my car, and some days I just can’t think about it, so I’ll just put on the radio instead.
Not insane, it’s harder to make a choice when there are so many good options! And you smell lovely – Cuir de Lancome is a favorite, and it is especially nice at the end of the day when I think it’s worn off but I notice a wonderful smell – hey, it’s me
Wearing Hermes Eau de Gentiane Blanche today.
You smell great and special!
Thanks! I do love this one. It was a decant from missionista from the last freebie meet, and I’m so glad to have discovered it. It really does feel special to me: introspective, like it encourages being slow and reflective rather than rushing about.
This is a really nice description, Delacey!
I gifted Eau de Gentiane Blanche shower gel to my husband. Yes, it is expensive but a bottle of that stuff lasts forever and it is the most amazing quality. I’ll buy it again.
I’m Irish but not wearing green today; I’m in purple and the scent is Carner Barcelona D600.
Totally forgot it was St. Patrick’s Day until after I left the house this morning, so I’m not in any sort of green, sartorially or olfactorily. And I even have a sample of Demeter Clover. It would have been perfect for today.
Anyway, I’m wearing the lovely Byredo 1996, which I got in the last split-meet. Love it. It’s smelling slightly different today than it did the last couple times I’ve worn it. Usually the labdanum is dominant, and I just get a bit of the iris, but today it seems more balanced, and I’m getting more of the iris. It’s like amber with makeup, and I really like it.
You all kindly reminded me today is St. Patrick’s Day but I am still undecided on my fragrance. I’m between Cristalle, Vent Vert, and vintage Balmain Ivoire. It’s kind of a damp spring day, so green scents are great, but I also wouldn’t mind wearing Beige or Fille de Berlin (which for some reason I love on a rainy day). Why is it so hard to decide?
Trying to decide between whether to put on CK One and Balenciaga L’Essenze before I go out and run errands. Wonder what that layering combo would be like!?
Hermes Cuir d’Ange. Since I got my 15ml bottle (eBay), I am wearing only this. I never really liked heliotrope (not even in L’Eau d’Hiver) and don’t have another leather fragrances in my collection, but this is just perfect.
We’re back to chilly, ‘typical’ March weather here today, but the sun is shining and the snow is totally gone, so I don’t mind the cold at all. The change in weather requires a scent with more heft than greens, so I chose SSS. To Dream, definitely old-school French. Lovely and complex, but almost a bit too heavy for today, guess I’m already in a ‘think spring’ mood. Will keep this as one of my winter violet scents.
Still in Rome and still wearing samples. Today, Seville a l’Aube, the best orange-flower I ever smelled.
Didn’t get to any perfumeries but I did buy a box of Leone orange-flower pastilles, which smell EXACTLY like the flower (but taste mostly of sugar).
THe Leone Orange Flower Pastilles are my favorite! I hassle people to bring them back for me anytime they go overseas. I know you can probably buy them online but it’s such a treat, I almost don’t want to. And yes, they smell exactly like orange flowers but the taste is mostly sugar. A fleeting, sweet treat. Sometimes I hate to even eat them!
I also got a box of the Anice ones. Haven’t tried them yet but can’t go wrong with anise. And the little boxes are so appealing.
I was fascinated by orange trees just growing all over Rome. (Would love to go back.)
Séville à l’aube is the best orange flower I have ever smelled, too!
This would be a fun discussion. What’s the best rose scent you ever smelled? The best iris? Etc.
I’m joining the crowd in a green perfume for St. Patrick’s Day – Silences. I haven’t worn this since last spring (or maybe summer) and I forgot how much I like it.
Lovely scent!!
SILENCES IS AWESOME. That is all.
I’m wearing Bois de Filao.
Wearing the obvious choice of Byredo Green. Spring in a bottle!
April’s Vanity Fair just came in the mail. There’s an ad/scentstrip for Eau Premiere, featuring a naked Gisele clutching a huge EP fatice.
She’s gorgeous, but could use some lipstick, ha!
Joining Bastet in choosing Silences today.
Yay, Silences!
Poivre 23. The peppery opening actually makes me sneeze (separate from allergies) but I love it. The cream-pepper middle is great, too.
I love that one! “Cream-pepper” is a good description.
Like the St Patricks pic BTW. I’m trying out La Religieuse. Still thinking about it. It’s quite a soft perfume with a chemical hazy, floaty aspect going on. Florals strong up front but quickly calm down.
Wearing Tonka Imperiale now and then probably Mitzah after I shower. I’m making a last grab at neglected bottles that won’t see light of day once the weather warms up.
Any recs for a sheer, realistic, pink rose? Goutal’s Ce Sour ou Jamais is close, but I’d like something a little less dusky for springtime. I thought Rose Ikebana was ‘it’ and even have a travel size, but it’s just not working for me. Any thoughts?
I’m not the one to tell you about sheer roses because I like them either big and brash or crepuscular and a bit scary (Lutens roses, the smutty La Nuit de Paco Rabanne, the inky Rossy de Palma) but Demeter Bulgarian Rose is a very light, fresh, slightly soapy rose that might work for you. I gave it to a friend and she adored it.
I think we might have pretty similar taste in roses. I love Rossy de Palma. I haven’t tried La Nuit de Paco Rabanne, but seeing your description of it as “smutty” made me want to.
Angela wrote a great review here in NST a few years back. I hated La Nuit when I first smelled it new in the mid-eighties: I had some growing up to do, because now I get its raunchy, heavy- duty sexiness.
Hee, hee. I’ve always loved the word “crepuscular,” but I’ve only heard it applied to animals.
Rosine’s Un Zest de Rose, Goutal’s Rose Splendide perhaps?
Everyone’s rec’s are all good. I love all of them. I’d also suggest Delire de Roses by Caron (kind of spendy to get a fresh rose), and Early Roses by Teo Cabanel, and especially if you are looking for something very light and not too expensive, L’Occitane 4 Rienes and Crabtree and Evelyn’s Rosewater.
I’ve always liked the concept of pairing perfumes to a specific color.My perfume-cupboard was once arranged according to my own set color schemes as well:Paco Rabanne Mētal:Green,Portrait of a Lady:Deep purple etc…When I think of Pink roses-not neccesarily sheer but realistically pink,I’d recommend these ones:
1.Acqua di Parma Rosa Nobile(pretty sheer as well!)
2.Frederic Malle Une Rose-really realistic,and imho,a pretty realistic darker fragrant rose.
3.Crabtree and Evelyn Evelyn Rose:Pretty fantastic,and to me a dewy freshly picked darkish pink fragrant option!
4.Ultimately sheer/light and a softer shade of pink:another C&E:Rosewater.makes me wanna do a cleansing spa ritual with pink-petals in the bathtub!Lol!
Hope this help a bit!;-))
I’m stocked up on light sheer roses at the moment (Parfums de Rosine Rose d’Ete, which I love, and one of the Paris springtime LE flankers) – but when they’re gone, I’m planning to get Teo Cabanel Early Roses. So gorgeous.
Or Parfums DelRae Coup de Foudre, that’s pretty too.
Oh- Coup de Foudre – I forgot about that one. I think I have an LD of it somewhere….. it is very pretty.
I know its meant to be a chypre, but Aromatics in White smells like delicate soft pink rose, to me. Just to check I was not completely insane I looked at the Fragrantica page and see that pink rose has been voted the ‘main’ note.
Mind you, it’s milky rather than crystalline…
You’v received many fine suggestions, but here is a crude designer one: Paul Smith: Rose.
Noble Rose of Afghanistan by 7 Virtues. It’s a very pretty soliflore and ever so slightly peppery.
tavogels! I have nothing to say about the roses but wanted to mention that I LOVE Tonka Imperial AND Mitzah.
Violet Blonde. I didn’t even think about wearing a green scent for St. Patrick’s Day… although I don’t have many, so the violet leafiness in this one perhaps makes it one of the closest.
I stopped in at Sephora and tried this today. Just love the spice and powder. Definitely going on the “to buy” list!
I put on Chanel No 19 early this morning when it was nice and not cold outside, dreaming of balmy spring. But this afternoon I had to update with Safari b/c it’s green and warm. It got cold again and now it’s actually snowing. ;-( My hubbie has Irish (or some sort of Viking marauder via Irish blood in him). And also English, so he’s kind of a pale mess of stubborn and polite. I, on the other hand, and screaming mad with a dash of super stubborn Scottish blood (along with the rest of my European soup). Argh! Thank goodness we get along!
Snowing, yike. Love 19, love Safari. Am thrilled with our current “chilly-spring with sun” weather, as it just calls for all the greenies I own.
I own a lot of greenies. #notsorry
Greens and herbals/eaus have become my favs recently too. I look at all my bottles, and they don’t lie. I used to just be all about orientals and roses. There is definitely a quiet revolution going on. Oh, how things have changed!
Wearing Miss Dior Cherie, a great ebay find.
I’m wearing Agent Provocateur Fatale from a sample I received. I forgot about St. Patrick’s Day green.
I’m surprised how much I’m liking this yummy chocolate, mango in this scent.
I’m not bothering with wearing green today. If you can’t tell by looking that I’m of Irish extraction then something’s wrong
Unfortunately, my allergies have been torturing me this week and I haven’t been wearing much fragrance. We are currently in the middle of our two weeks of spring, and summer will be here in a flash. The neighbors already have their air conditioners on and we should but I’m too stubborn. Things are beginning to get that lovely yellow-green coat of pollen.
I decided today to try out Copal Azur again and remain underwhelmed. I want that diesel exhaust copal smoke scent not bright, sweet, chirpy incense (yeah, I know it isn’t supposed to smell like copal but I still object). Think I’ll scrub soon and spray on some Trefle Pur since I couldn’t resist one of those ginormous bottles.
I just sprayed myself with Trefle Pur.
Yes, I got one of those ginormous bottles–what was I thinking?
I love the scent, but I’ll never use it all up….
but, I do smell fresh and greeny today.
If it helps, it works great splashed in a warm bath as a traditional cologne.
This morning I put on Atelier Cologne Silver Iris, and this afternoon switched to Eden by Cacherel. My tiny mini is almost empty, I think. It’s hard to tell because the bottle is opaque.
Does anyone know if this is still being made?
It’s still on the Cacharel website, so my guess is yes. I remember how odd I found it after it first came out. I need to try it again. I haven’t sniffed it in years.
To me it smells like spring grass coated with morning dew when rubbed between the thumb and forefinger.
Happy St.Pat’s! SOTD is Madonna Truth or Dare. Just sitting down to watch Madonna week on Ellen!
I should add with a green beer lol
Holy Cow! Another day and another uncomfortable,
stressful meeting, just one in a who slew of them related to unprofessional behavior (no, I’m not the guilty party! lol) and I find this kind of conflict really disabling and beyond uncomfortable. Ugh!
However, it is St Patrick’s Day and I’m half Irish on my fathers side, who was born and raised in SW Cork on the Beara Peninsula. Beautiful area for dreamers like me who prefer to walk through pastures filled with sheep, cows and horses than deal with crazy bi-pedals!
I knew it was going to be a tough day after a night of no sleep, so I hit up Andy Tauer and my true love PHI Un Rose de Kandahar. One spritz from 6AM and I still smell it wafting- so soothing!
Oh gosh – sounds uncomfortable! Hope it is going (or otherwise went) ok. Tauer can definitely soothe!
Sending you virtual tea and sympathy, Deva. Hope a Tauer can send you off to a good night’s sleep, too!
There is some one on my team at work that is very unprofessional – and management has just started to deal with it. Very difficult! Hope it works out and improves for you.
Stress at work (the usual) and stress at home (remodeling — everything’s a mess!) left me unable to even process the fact that it’s St. Paddy’s today. I went with a default spritz of Covet this morning — at least the bottle is a weird sort of (yellow)green, right? — and counted on my red hair and blue eyes to prove my Irishness.
I think the remodeling is even harder on my cats than it is on me: my boy is sulking under the dining room table and refusing to eat his supper. Feliway doesn’t seem to help, unfortunately…
Oooh, poor kitty. Maybe you can distract him with a teaser toy and some catnip spray (if your guy responds to nip the one made by Kong is amazing stuff) and some cuddles after he has blown off his stress.
Wearing the verdant PdN Le Temps d’Une Fête. It’s divine from the first spritz to the lingering far drydown. My favorite from PdN…..
SOTD = Atelier Cologne Sous le toit de Paris
I was going to do a week of Figgy Friday but was a week too early! So I’m going to try to do nouveau niche the rest of the week. A search of niche vs. indie yielded Atelier Cologne which was founded in 2010. I may end up wearing AC perfumes for the next few days.
As for the Irish, one can’t escape it in NYC. Walking to the office this morning, I saw people dressed up to party, a bunch of bagpipers in their regalia and Fifth Avenue had barricades all over with many of the side streets closed to traffic. I wore a green blazer although it was not the traditional shade.
Tuesday SOTD=Montale Oud Queen Roses. I was highly disposed to like this, but it was disappointing. Didn’t last long, the roses and woods were very pretty while they were there, but something in it was irritating to me..allergy alert! So this one is going in the swap bag.