Almost to Friday! What fragrance are you wearing today?
I'm in Annick Goutal Folavril. Tea at the moment: Bao Zhong Royale oolong from American Tea Room.
Reminder: this Friday, 24 April, wear something from Annick Goutal or perfumer Isabelle Doyen.
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 wings by Bill Automata at flickr; some rights reserved.
SOTD: Noir Extreme (Tom Ford). Tomorrow will be something from AG.
I still need to go try the Noir Extreme…
I’ve seen a lot of complaints about it out in the community, it doesn’t seem to be getting a lot of love. It is more sublime than I had imagined, and I certainly don’t think it is a more extreme version of Noir, rather a different scent altogether.
Me too. I have a bottle of Noir edp which is great but has longevity issues. Is extreme same but.. extreme?
This stays close to the skin for several hours, at least on me, with 3-4 sprays. I applied it last night before going to bed, and I could still detect it when I got up.
I think extreme is a misnomer for this scent. I wasn’t in love with either the EDP or EDT versions of Noir, but I am liking this version a lot more than them.
I find that the spices are much more noticeable in NE than in Noir.
I am wearing Myrrhe Ardent and it is in the root beer phase.
Is that your favorite part, or not your favorite part?
I very much like the root beer phase. I find the vanilla musk drydown, fine but generic.
Just checking. I love root beer in fragrance.
I don’t love that part of Myrrhe Ardente, but I do love that part of Opium Fleurs de Shanghai. No idea why.
I love root beer in fragrance as well. I get root beer in Mitzah. Perhaps there could be a poll for Favorite Beverage Perfumes.
It is almost Friday. I am looking forward to the weekend.
I gave away my bottle of AG matin, so I get zero points for today.
I am wearing Fate today, I ordered this bottle off a discount website and it smells a bit off to me. Could be a number of things.
Tea today is MF Eros, a fruity floral black tea “for lovers” the container says. Very good for this chilly morning!
I used to have the green version of Eros
MF Eros is one of my favorite teas! It’s lovely.
Glad you enjoy it ! Any other favs?
Feeling so blah today. I think I am going to bite the bullet and use the very last sprays of my Vonay Brume d’Hiver sample. Just loving this one and definitely need a FB. Happy Thursday!!
Hope the day gets better!
Darth Vader is throwing some shapes on my t-shirt today. So I’m in Bvlgari Black, because that’s what he would wear. Best not to question the Dark Side…
Nice match!
Yes, I think I will think of that the next time I catch sight of DV
I had a sample vial of SL Fleurs d’Oranger lying around so I thought I’d try it and see if I liked it any better. I don’t hate it, and I can tell it’s well made, but it just doesn’t do anything for me. The only orange-blossom I’ve ever genuinely liked was L’Artisan Seville à L’Aube, and I don’t even like that sufficiently to buy a bottle because I’d never wear it enough to make it worth owning.
I don’t usually like orange blossom either – it goes lathery creamy soap on me, usually – and the two you mention are the only ones, along with By Kilian Sweet Redemption, that don’t smell soapy on my skin. I pick up a lot of tuberose in the Serge, though.
Maybe that’s the problem! Tuberose and I are not great friends, with the one exception of vintage Poison, and there the tuberose was pretty much drowned in a sea of other eighties notes like grapey damascones and opoponax.
Right! Poison used to suffocate me back in the day, even though I love tuberose, and it was probably all the dark fruits and orientalish stuff in there that bothered me. I can wear it now. (In dabs.)
My experience with orange blossom is very similar. The three you mention are more-or-less the only ones I like and the Lutens is the only orange blossom I love. And I’m pretty sure it’s because of the tuberose.
Continuing AG week with Le Jasmin, which is more my speed than the other samples I’ve tried this week. Drained my sample of Mandragore last night because it was nice but not my thing.
I’m wondering if I’d like this line more as EDPs – all of my samples except Vanille Exquise are EDTs. I still have at least half a dozen more to get through to see if there is anything I love enough for a FB down the line!
Aside from the “eaus” in the AG line that are fine as edt, I prefer the edps. They seem to hold up in the floral stages better. Its too bad that AG mostly distrubutes the edts in the US.
Agreed!
I would agree, although I do prefer Petite Cherie as an EDT.
Ah, I didn’t realize about the distribution, I’m in Canada so I’ve just been throwing in a few samples with my discounter website orders
I do feel like I’m missing a certain lushness and depth that I can imagine. I love big perfumes so the EDTs were already at a disadvantage!
After last night’s adventure in Secretions Magnifique (which was a joke “gift” for my SO… ugh), I’ve been trying to undo the experience by drenching myself in various scent-loves. Wearing Jicky today. Despite my initial revulsion, is it weird that I think Jicky smells really fresh and clean now? And not just in comparison to SM.
5 O’clock au Gingembre- perfect on a sunny autumn day
Tea and spice is perfect for fall!
I’m wearing AG’s Le Mimosa, which few people seem to love. Tea is Blue of London, Earl Grey du Yunnan from the Palais des Thes. It’s ok, but I’ve fallen out of love with it.
I really need to try that AG. I love mimosa.
Katie Puckrik liked it.
SHould note I haven’t smelled it myself.
Le Mimosa didn’t work for me. I don’t remember what I didn’t like about it though. But it was immediately a big NO. Almost scrubber NO. I do like mimosa fragrances, but this one goes in a different direction than regular mimosa powdery frags.
I’ve never tried either Mimosaique or Mimosa pour moi, so I cannot comment as to how mimosa normally translates into fine fragrance. But Le Mimosa smells very different to the mimosa soaps I often buy in France. I also seem to remember from the reviews that it isn’t a typical mimosa soliflore.
I really enjoy it for what it is, a nice summery floral. It has quite prominent fruity notes and I seem to remember that Victoria of BdJ found the rose notes a tad sharp, so that might explain your instant dislike.
I have 3 PdT teas I’ve fallen out of love with, and the one I still love, I’m all out of. Figures!
This is my 2nd one. Which one do you still like?
I might have liked Le Mimosa but found it difficult to smell, in the same way I find Mûre et Musc difficult to smell, just on the edge of my osmic perception. The PdN is the opposite, very dense and powdery to my nose.
I am wearing Thierry Mugler Angel EDT today.
Have a great Thursday!
Weather has turned cool again, so I’m in Samsara, which is helping me feel cozy and warm.
I’m excited to get our dining room table today! It’s a custom made farmhouse style table. We’ve had chairs since the move on Saturday, but now we’ll have a proper table. I just need to find a good side-board for the room now. More furniture shopping will be happening this weekend. I cleared out all our empty boxes and packing materials last night and now the house looks empty again!
Love a farmhouse table.
Agreed!
Farmhouse table is the best table.
JHaG Lady Vengeance is my SotD. It’s tenacious and easy, which fits my needs today. I am having a rough week- Friday night can’t come soon enough, though I am not sure if I’ll be able to “turn it off” after I leave the office, and I have much to do before the day is through.
My tea of the moment is a blackcurrant tisane.
I hope your week picks up.
Big endurance week for me at work too. Lady Vengeance is a really great rose – I like those early JHAG frags. Good luck!
I hope you are able to relax this weekend.
Hang in there! I am often unable to “turn it off” after I leave the office. I hope that you are able to relax this weekend.
When know that I am in for a really difficult day at work, I wear my wolverine (the animal, not the comic book character) earrings. Wolverines come across as both tenacious and easy (breezily galumphing over snow-capped peaks) to me
I’m a firm believer in letting a “higher power” babysit work/client stuff while I am not at work. If a client is having an issue that isn’t resolved or even at a good stopping point by the end of the session, I ask their higher power to take care of it for them. If I didn’t do these little mind rituals I would be a basket case.
I tried quite a few of the JHAG perfumes and Lady Vengeance was my favorite! You smell great.
Wearing AG Le Chevrefeuille today. Such a lovely scent but, sadly, it fades on my skin within about an hour. If it had any staying power is have a FB by now.
There’s just too many others I love and would buy first at this point.
*I’d
Stupid spellcheck.
do you have another honeysuckle frag you like more? I want to start getting a selection of honeysuckle samples to test, so I am looking for suggestions…
Wearing Pomelo Paradis, which is nice but won’t replace my favorite grapefruits.
Which are your faves? Have an OLD bottle of CSP Pamplemousse, which doesn’t last long, but is quite uplifting.
I love PdN L’Eau Mixte and Moschino Funny!, both of which have some blackcurrant and other stuff in there to keep in interesting. Pomelo Paradis pretty much just smells like a grapefruit.
Yay for L’Eau MiXte! It gets so little internet love. Now I’ll have to check out that Funny stuff.
Have you ever tried Balle de Match? ( now called Eau des Sports) it’s a very nice grapefruit over an incense base. Very long lasting and yet not brash.
Early this morning I applied Petite Cherie on one wrist and Ce Soir ou Jamais on the other. They are both extraordinarily similar
to my nose. Unfortunately these pretty yet ephemeral scents lasted less than an hour. I am currently wearing one spray of Jo Malone Red Roses and two sprays of Nectarine Blossom & Honey on each wrist. At the three hour mark this blend is still going strong.
I have become smitten with linden blssom as a note having recently discovered my love for Jo malone’s French Lime Blossom. Could anyone please recommend linden dominant fragrances that might be similar?
D’Orsay’s Tilleul is supposed to be a nice linden.
thank you, galbanumgal!
I really like Tilleul, I think it’s lovely.
I like linden too, and French Lime Blossom is a great fragrance. Other lindens that smell really good are ….. ugh. I realized all my fav lindens are actually discontinued fragrances. There is a great list of linden based fragrances on the “notes” page at fragrantica though. I don’t want to rec something to you that is hard to find! Sorry.
Oh, yeah, I remembered one I really like that is NOT discontinued, lol. It’s the De Ma Mere by Shelley Kyle, which falls into that mimosa/linden category. It is very pretty and very wearable. I discovered this a few years ago at a local soap shop, and really like it. It has descent longevity. There’s a good review of it on eaumg….
http://www.eaumg.net/shelley-kyle-de-ma-mere-edp-perfume-review/
A second thank you for the Shelley Kyle recommendation…the bottle and description are lovely…would you say it is a linden dominant fragrance or does the mimosa stand out as well?
It’s one of those fragrances that is pretty 50/50 linden mimosa so it’s really fresh and powdery, but they both help prop each other up. It’s very green and fresh.
I’m also wracking my brains: another one that I think has a linden/mimosa accord that is still around is the “Coach” edt fragrance. It gets a little soapy, but still pretty and summery.
The coach I could probably sample in the store.
thank you.
Thank you, AnnS! I perused fragrantica and yes, there are several lime blossom scents that are now discontinued…the L’Occitane was very popular and it is gone. The D”Orsay is available at a reasonable price at amazon. Yet, I am apprehensive about purchasing a bottle unsniffed. I know that I like the Jo Malone so perhaps I will treat myself to a bottle of that. I haven’t tried L”Artisan’s Le Chasse Aux Pappilion which I read had linden. Is it dominant or just playing a supporting role?
IMHO, I think Chasse is more of a soft pastel mix of white flowers. I actually don’t care for it, but that’s just me. If you are looking for that super fresh linden thing, it is not in Chasse. But you may like it anyway. It’s a very popular fragrance.
I think you are right in not buying unsiffed. Get the FLB that you really like. None of the fragrances mentioned above smell like it, so fair warning. FLB has a bit of a citrus eau de cologne aspect, and a lot of the others that are mentioned are linden/mimosa, or linden/white flowers, so there going to be all over the place. It will be a fun note to explore!
Yes. The French Lime Blossom has citrus and a tad bit of sweetness along with the soft, powdery aspect of the linden. It smells to me of very expensive soap and it lasts forever on my skin. However, I will continue to explore other linden blossom options.
Thank you all for chiming in and providing me with some options and further explorations. Much appreciated!
Well, I succumbed to the pull of Jour d’Hermes last night and bought a FB .. and this morning the weather is much too cold to wear it. Yes, Oregon, it was me … but look on the bright side – I didn’t wash my car, so at least it’s not raining.
SOTD is Violet Blonde – I might be cold, but I smell spicy-warm!
Violet blonde is a great frag for cool spring weather!
“I didn’t wash my car, so at least it’s not raining.” Ha!
I washed my car yesterday as a mitzvah for the Bay Area…sure enough we had a light rain. The first in a very long time in this drought-plagued region! The power of washing one’s car!!!!
Glad to hear your tactic worked! Possibly all of LA should get out there with buckets and sponges – they have tons of cars.
I also find that taking a lipstick tube in hand at a stoplight never fails to make the light turn green. In case anyone was looking for THAT magic spell.
I thought rain was the thing that washes a car….
I thought that too!
I’m wearing Un Matin d’Orage today, continuing on with the AG samples. At first it is a gardenia bomb, but it settled down quickly. I’m not sure it’s going to last on my skin. We’ll see. Yesterday, Songes lasted very well. I could still smell it on my way home from work.
I find Matin d’Orage pretty light – maybe three hours’ worth of wear until I spray madly, and then maybe four hours. Songes is long-lasting on me, though.
Last night, I sprayed on some Un Matin d’Orage right before bedtime. This morning, when I was working out (free weights and eliptical) I would catch little blasts of it every now and then. It really is pretty!!
It’s cold today (and snowing!) so I’m glad that I held off on my AG, so today it’s Vanille Exquise. I smell so warm and puffy! It’s like a big cozy blanket.
Still doing the Goutal sampling week, with Quel Amour! On me, it reminds me of Lutens La Fille de Berlin, – floral red fruit juiciness – but wih the rose swapped for another flower (I think it’s peony an geranium, according to Fragrantica), and the red fruit part played by pomegranate instead of raspberry. Nice presence too!
P.S.: yesterday’s Mon Parfum Cheri par Camille (ridiculously long name!) turned out to be amazingly long-lasting, especially on my clothes!
It’s a grey and stormy day here but I’m not complaining because we need the rain. My dog is belly up on the couch snoring for all she’s worth. She knows how to handle rainy days
SOTD is Bvlgari Omnia (lé original) which is perfectly soothing, comforting, and refreshing.
It’s almost Friday, and that means GoT and Wolf Hall is right around the corner- wahoo!
Love the saffron in Omnia…..
Hey Lisa D, I am waiting for my Vertigo Cuir to be delivered and looking forward to trying it. I think it was you who mentioned Perfumes by Terri, right…? But I could be wrong. Cognitively, I have had better days
I am loving Perfumes by Terri’s Confit de Rose. It is becoming one of my favorites. I hope you enjoy your Vertigo Cuir. I love waiting for perfume or perfume samples to come in the mail.
Sunday night is the best night for great TV shows. Game of Thrones, Mad Men and Wolf Hall — all so good !!
Usually I can’t watch all of them in one night. I’ll fall asleep watching them. Good thing for DVRs!!
Cursing the snow that is on the ground because we haven’t had much of a spring so far. But no SOTD yet because I’m gazing at my sealed vintage no 19 extract. I’ve dated it to late ’70’s/early ’80’s. Now I am wondering when Chanel went from just 7ml to 7.5ml with their extracts. I can tell this is vintage because the current formulations I own and the vintage versions are a yellow. I will say that Chanel vintages hold up well and still smell mostly like the current formulation.
Wear it! Break that seal!! You know you want to.
And I think No. 19 holds up just fine to cold weather, especially vintage 19.
I’ve already opened the box. But Amouage Gold is calling my name too.
Brag: A month or so ago I picked up a vintage tester refill of the parfum that is 30 mls on eBay… was somewhat concerned about it when I ordered it… but it is AMAZING and HUGE for a Chanel parfum… hmmm that might be my “Best Bargain Buy,” especially because I went out on a limb and wasn’t sure what I would be getting.
Wow – lucky you!
Lucky you! My best find on E-bay was 8.5 ounces of vintage Jicky. I was worried that the top of the bottle wouldn’t be properly secured and I’d lose almost all if not the whole bottle of perfume. But hey, good bargains don’t come along often.
I was lucky to get a vintage No 19 extrait, and there is nothing like it. gorgeous, gorgeous, gorgeous!
I am in AG Eau de Charlotte today. Definitely enjoying it!
There is a squirrel on my deck railing right now that has scrunched all the way down onto his tummy and he’s taking a little nap. Really cute!
Aww!
I love squirrels!
We had to get a heavy-duty screen because we had a squirrel breaking into our kitchen and stealing our food!
We used to have a squirrel come by and do just that. We’d call her Squirky.
Femininite du Bois for me today on this cool spring day
Oh, and drinking Constant Comment tea. Nothing fancy, just an old standby.
I’m not fancy either- drinking True Blueberry by the ubiquitous Celestial Seasonings. A cuppa is great on a rainy day
I love Constant Comment! I’m not fancy with my teas, or my perfume really – I love mostly cheap thrills there as well!
I have actually never tried CC, I should!
When waiting tables years ago, a waitress friend of mine used to drink Constant Comment, but she would call it Constant Compliment. When ever she was sipping I would say something like, “You look fabulous”, “You’re really skilled at holding that drink tray”, “Have you lost weight”…you get the picture. We were young, and totally cracking ourselves up as we busted our buns until 2am!
You smell very good.
My SOTD is Phoenix by MCMC Fragrances. Notes: aldehydes, peach, cherry blossom, neroli, and vanilla. It’s available in alcohol- and oil-based versions. I have the oil-based version. I should wear this more. It pleases me
As Jessica said (https://nstperfume.com/2011/08/21/mcmc-fragrances-love-phoenix-fragrance-review/), “there’s a lot to be said for simple beauty.” I concur.
Simple beauty is wonderful.
Hear, hear. The older I get, the more I adore simplicity in all forms.
I’m painting trim and the closet doors today and wearing DK Gold.
SOTD is Grand Amour. Was afraid for a bit that my sample had gone off, as it went on very sharp, but it has settled down nicely. It was the only Goutal sample I could find – I know I have a lot more, but my samples have gotten officially out of control and I couldn’t find anything else! Tomorrow I will have to wear Mandragore, my only Goutal bottle.
Will be doing AG today and tomorrow. Today is the perenially popular Matin D’Orage.
I’m reveling in my new part time worker status (it was a choice and not forced on me) and am celebrating by wearing something I would never have been able to pull off in the office. Wearing Bruno Acampora Musc. In the daytime! Mushroomy musky goodness.
As long as you’re disciplined about your work boundaries, being able to go part-time by choice is great. I’ve seen many cases of part-timers who end up working full-time hours but getting paid part-time.
I love BA Musc but can only smell it for 15 minutes. I’m so jealous. I have since discovered Sballo which smell like an authentic chypre. I am curious if you’ve tried it? I don’t see too many references to this line.
Eau de Camille today. I like the late dry down the best, lilac.
Still commando. Gearing up for clearing weeds from a patch of roses outside my kitchen … last night I applied Azemour Les Orangers liberally… that might be a good scent for gardening…
Drinking the best tea: Coffee
Hey, no taunting with coffee
Just said goodbye to a dear friend and family member last weekend. He chose to die at home, so we were able to spend his last day with him.
I’ve been hanging out with his long-term partner this week and yesterday she told me that he didn’t like scent so she never wore it. But now that he is gone, she wants to start wearing perfume. I don’t have a ton of stuff, but offered to let her sample what I do have to find something she really likes. This was the family member who put a bottle of vintage Yardley lavender that belonged to her mother in my stocking last Christmas.
Last night I pulled out a bottle that I thought was going to be Imperial Opoponax and it turned out to be Patchouli Antique. I sprayed it on and wow! It is so beautiful. Maybe it is the warmer weather, but I smell much more pipe tabacco in it.
I have one more client this afternoon (the sniffy guy) so may put on something with wood notes. It’s still a little cold for Fragonard Santal, but I may do Indochine or even Dzing! Somehow the weather has turned a bit cold again.
Sorry to hear about your friend.
It’s nice that you may have a new perfume friend though
I was really surprised when she told me about her interest in perfume! She had a tough couple of years dealing with her guy’s cancer treatment. Seems like she is looking for some joy and pleasure for herself now.
Sajini, i am sorry for your loss. Would his partner be interested in receiving a fragrant care package? I have a bunch of samples i could send your way for her.
OMG yes. That is so kind of you. My email is orange_vermilion@msn.com I can tell you a little about her via email.
I will let her know that it is from a kind soul in the perfume community.
Emailing now!
Reading this made my day, nebbe. What a sweet gesture. I’m so very touched.
Something good has to come from pain!
Sorry to hear about your friend passing.
Thank you. He went really quickly, but there was still time to get him home. He was conscious and aware of what was happening up to a day before his death and surrounded by loving friends and family on his last day. The last thing I said to him while he was still conscious was “it was great hanging out with you” and he replied “it was great hanging out with you too”. I guess I meant that it was great hanging out with him in the ICU for a few hours just then, but later realized that it had a broader meaning.
No matter the interpretation, what a nice sentiment to share with each other and a comforting memory for you.
I’m so sorry for your loss, Sajini. I’m glad you have your friend’s partner, and I’m sure she’s glad she has you. Hugs to both.
Akhh! So sorry Sajini.
Wearing no. 5 EdT – love this one.
SOTD = Scent of Hope! Love, love this friendly iris! It’s good when it is warm, and it is good on this chilly spring day. We had snow on the ground and ice on the horse’s water tank this morning. Will spring ever come???
It’s sunny, but chilly and windy here today. I’m wearing DSH White Lilac plus a wee squidge of Crown Bouquet for the green, and I smell wonderful.
Off to watch my 8th grader run in his last middle school track meet later this afternoon.
Love those milestones! I hope it was a good race!
I’m wearing Iris Poudre. It’s not among my favourite irises, but I got this lovely FM sample yesterday and thought I’d try again. It’s a good office scent, I think (received a compliment from a colleague, too).
Iris Poudre is a beauty. Very refined in polite company, too.
Adore IP. Though to be fair it’s mostly about aldehydes and benzoin, to me, with iris present but not the centerpiece.
Iris Poudre is my favorite iris at the moment, along with Scent of Hope and VC&A Bois d’Iris. What other iris scents do you love? ( I wore Iris Silver Mist to bed last night, and I think it helped me sleep soundly, but it is too sweet to me really to wear in the day time….)
Five that I absolutely love are Iris Silver Mist, Iris Nazarena, Rue Cambon, No 19 and Dior Homme. La Pausa and VC&A Bois d’Iris come very close, but the first doesn’t last at all and the second is too faint for my preferences (maybe I should just spray more). I also like Hermes Hiris, The Different Company’s Bois d’Iris and OJ Orris Noir. I’m sure I’ve forgotten something…
And I believe you’re the first person ever I’ve seen saying that ISM is too sweet
PS Actually enjoying the drydown of Iris Poudre quite a lot.
I think hajusuuri says that the drydown of Iris Poudre is perfect. Vc&a Bois d’Iris was my favorite until I did a side by side comparison, and IP’s drydown won all the way. I have most of the rest you mention on my samples to acquire list. If you had to pick just one which would you pick today?
If you have not tried Rue Cambon, I would go with that. It’s not a ‘pure’ iris, but then again, neither is Iris Poudre. It’s extremely well made and while some say it’s aloof, I think it’s just polished and beautiful. I’ve worn it a lot lately and not getting tired at all.
Yes, the Iris Poudre drydown is so perfect someone should make a perfume that’s all IP dry-down
Have you tried Love les Carottes? It’s a bit like ISM’s naughty little sister.
A vote for Ferre…
Iris Silver Mist was too sweet on you? Wow. That is the driest iris I own. My favorites are Dzongkha, Iris Nazarena, ISM and Iris Ganache.
I, too was surprised at ISM being sweet but each person’s skin is different. Now, speaking of Iris Ganache, THAT is tooth-achingly SWEET!
Have to admit, Iris Ganache attracts me not at all. No Candies, Sugars, Icings, Cotton Candy….but to each her (or his) own…
And I vote for Armani Prive Pierre de Lune. Dusty and dry but still a hint of sweetness. It’s excellent quality, and a tad expensive, but definitely worth adding to the Iris List!
SOTD Bang! For a chilly, sunny day. Had some lapsang souchong tea earlier and am looking forward to working in the garden later this afternoon…
I feel like I haven’t been here in ages! Work has been crazy. That’s life I guess.
SOTD is Mugler A*Men Ultra Zest. I don’t pick up a lot of orange but it certainly is a fresher version of the original.
The Great Samples Purge of 2015 continues! SOTD is Guerlain Shalimar Ode a la Vanille Sur la Route du Mexique. Smoky sweet to start, but it soon devolves into spoiled milk on me. Bummer.
The only Shalimar I know of is the original. How many offshoots are there?
I am an owl lover as well and enjoyed perusing your blog.
I think there are a couple: Shalimar Ode à La Vanille and Ode à La Vanille Sur La Route De Madagascar. Don’t know if there are any more than that, though.
Thanks for the kind words about the blog (poor, abandoned thing that it is). Owl lovers, unite! I know hajusuuri is team owl, too.
Hear, Hear (or should it be Hoot, Hoot?)!
Hoot, hoot!
Mexican Shalimar = bleh.
I’m with ya. Even though I do get momentary whiffs of goodness, overall it’s a mess (on me, at least).
I actually find it smells more like my vintage Shalimar than the current formulation does..
This seems to be shaping up as the Week of Neglected Perfumes for me, so I’m wearing Bottega Veneta today.
I would have worn BV today if I wasn’t trying to do AG most of the week. It’s such a great go-to fragrance, and it’s chilly today.
Another good potential topic for Friday…
Atelier’s Mandarine Glaciale for me today, citrus, bergamot and ginger,what’s not to love? Got compliments on it too.
Confessing to Donatella in advance of the 2Q damage poll — I bought Mandarine Glaciale AND Sud Magnolia last week, taking advantage of my 15% off Sephora coupon!
Second day this week for Encens Mythique. This week I have to remind myself that if it weren’t for my job I wouldn’t be able to buy perfume at all, much less Guerlain’s fancier offerings…
Ombre Indigo for me today – was feeling indecisive and very tired this morning, but it worked out well.
AnnieA, one of my coworkers used to have a sign taped up over her desk that said, «Remind me again how lucky I am to have this job.» Sometimes it’s hard to feel grateful – the last 2 weeks have been like that for me to. I want to sleep all weekend to recover.
I wore 1 spritz of 24 Faubourg and 2 spritzes of Flora Nymphea today. All gone after 3 hours.
SOTD = AG Ambre Fetiche
It sure was cold enough to wear amber. I have a small decant from a swap (thanks U.) and it was my first time wearing it. Not sure of the appropriate dose, I wore 3 sprays which is probably equivalent to 2 light sprays from a bottle. Nice! It reminded me of MPG Ambre Precieux and, to a lesser extent, Dior Mitzah. It is definitely FBW at a discount.
My SOTD yesterday was Le Labo Iris 39.
Id love a fb of AF, but it’s rather difficult to find
I hope AG re-release the Orientalists
Enjoying AG Eau d’Hadrien today thanks to a super generous NST swapper. I keep sniffing and sniffing and asking myself what is underneath all the lemon that is familiar? . . . something a bit dusty and green, maybe it’s hay?
I agree, there is something unique about Eau d’Hadrien. According to the notes it has cypress – maybe that’s it?
That must be it. There are cypress trees in my neighborhood, and they have a dusty, green smell, especially when the wind blows through them.
Despite my plans to focus on AG this week, I could not resist L’AP Seville a l’aube today, perfect for our cool spell.