Happy National Beverage Day!* Go ahead, drink something. And meanwhile, do tell us what fragrance you're wearing today.
I'm drinking a cup of tea, surprisingly enough: Ten Ren Winter Tea 2015 (oolong). My fragrance at the moment is By Kilian Intoxicated.
Reminder: this Friday, 8 May, will be Bottle Porn Friday: wear something you bought in part or in full because of the bottle, or a fragrance you think has a beautiful (or otherwise perfect) bottle.
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 shows the Aarne glassware collection from Iittala.
*Not to be confused with National Carbonated Beverage with Caffeine Day, which is in November.
I’m drinking mate tea, having foresaken the calabash and bombilla (far too fussy for me) I simply pour hot water over enough Yerba in a cafetiere/coffee press. Et voila!
SotD is Versace Yellow Diamonds from a sample (I’m trying to finish up my samples). It gone now after I sprayed it this morning. It smells like pear shampoo. Completely pointless.
I have never had mate! It’s very high caffeine?
Well….it has more caffeine than tea (85 mg in 8 fl.oz water compared to 42 mg in normal black tea). But according to caffeine informer it is still relatively moderate.
I usually just drink it late at night before going to bed as caffeine does not affect me much, though I avoid Coke and coffee in evenings…I guess it depends on what you’re used to.
Thanks, thought so but wasn’t sure. I have some guayusa tea, which I believe is from a related South American plant, and likewise is a nice shot of caffeine. Don’t love the taste though.
Just chugged coffee in a very unladylike fashion- Wakey, wakey!
SOTD is BFMV. Really want to try Dark Horse, too. Love the fact these are offered in smaller sizes!
Hope it worked
Can use a real drink this morning- having a rough morning at -I got thrown “under the bus “this morning by one of my coworkers..
Peoples behaviors never cease to amaze me..
In Honour Woman SOTD
How ironic – you’re in Honour, and your coworkers would seem to have none. Wow.
Hope your day gets better.
Sorry to hear that. It’s always surprising when people do such underhanded things. You’d think they’d have some semblance of decency, especially in a work environment.
At least you smell fantastic
Ugh! That’s awful
Hope it turns out ok for you!
Yuck! Sorry your workmate was such a jerk. Only really insecure people do things like that. Go get yourself a cup of tea and mentally release whatever uglies she sent your way.
So sorry
Oh, that’s a big fat bummer! So disappointing when people do petty things like that. Hold your head up and continue wafting Honour in the workplace.
Sorry! It’s a shame colleagues can’t support one another.
Hope your day improves
Thanks! I did have a cup of tea and felt much better afterwards.
I am sure this wont be the last time something like this happens but hopefully I will be better prepared
I bet you will be prepared next time! Sometimes it’s hard to catch the red flags the first time around.
Sounds like a Treat Yourself day to me.
relish the knowledge that you are doing a good job and smelling good doing it.
Karma is a b (rhymes with witch). That person will get it 10x worse in the future!
What goes around comes around. I hope your “honour” helped you hold your head up.
After three extremely busy days and lots and lots of caffeine, I’m drinking rooibos chai and trying to re-balance myself. Scent of the day is Un Jardin Sur Le Nil, which I got in the recent swapmeet. It feels so refreshing and clean–like a cool shower on a warm day.
You smell great!
Yay! I was the one you swapped with. I’m so glad Sur le Nil is feeling the love
It was the perfect scent for today, and now that it’s getting warm/muggy here, it will get a ton of wear! Thanks for the swap!
The kettle in on and I will soon be having a cup-or two- of Lapsang.
SOTD, is Vent Vert again. I bought it last year and wore it on a couple of occasions, but it’s only yesterday that it finally got me. It is perfect for this spring.
I remember Angela posting a recipe for Vent Vert chicken, but I would be happy with a cup of VV inspired green tea.
I love lapsang. It’s my comfort tea.
I love Intoxicated!
I could still smell my Angel from last night so I topped it off with something even more vulgar: Gucci Guilty Black from a Sephora sample. I actually don’t hate it — it’s mostly blackcurrant. (Should be Gucci Guilty Red?)
Intoxicated is maybe too light for me? I want to be *really* intoxicated.
Hahahaha love.
Today it is Le Roi Empereur (Rance). Still dealing with allergies and needed something rather low-key.
Hope you feel better! The pollen is fierce here.
I’m drinking a cup of black tea right now and wearing L’Artisan Mure et Musc Extreme.
Happy National Beverage Day!!
SOTD is the Gucci EDP from 2002. The initial blast was a little sweet this morning (probably a sign that I need to put it away until fall), but it’s completely lovely now that it has settled a bit. Mmmmm.
I’m wearing Rose Ikebana. I wanted to be wearing either Lipstick Rose or La Fille de Berlin, but I forgot to apply before I left the house!!!!! At least I’m still in a rose and not naked, even if it’s not the RIGHT rose.
And I’m drinking a tea called orange cookie, which is really just black tea with orange and lots of spice (whole cloves, cardamom, etc.)
love Rose Ikebana – this reminds me to check the state of the rhubarb in our garden. Maybe it’s time for rhubarb crisp…
I love rhubarb. I’ve been eyeing a strawberry rhubarb hand pie recipe I keep seeing on Instagram
That tea sounds lovely!
Queen Mary tea this morning in the office. This week is really draining me and it’s only Wednesday! Yesterday felt like it should’ve been Friday. I think the subtitle to my job should be: professional sh**storm firefighter. That’s all I seem to be doing….
In a weird mood today. It’s just going to be one of those weeks where next to nothing is horrendously wrong, but nothing seems to be going right either and bad news comes pouring in daily on work and personal accounts. I broke out an old Thymes perfume I’ve not worn in a while, Eucalyptus. It’s strong in a good and almost menacing sort of way, which is exactly what I need right now.
Ha! Show em who’s boss with your menacing Eucalyptus! I love it!
Seriously, work stress can really effect your health. If things are really dysfunctional, you can break both arms trying to fix it but it will still be dysfunctional. Sometimes it is better to move on and find a job you like to be at.
I actually love this job. It’s the best one I’ve had, but we’re moving offices and going through some growing pains right now. We’ve more work than we can handle and finding competent employees that would mesh with our current environment is proving difficult. Most of the stress is out of our control but I do need to help smooth things over. It’s one of those “when it rains, it pours” week, but I know it’ll only last for a little while. I’ve got more home/family drama going on as well so that’s not helping. Again, I’m helpless in that situation as well, but it’s definitely taking an emotional toll on me. I’m trying to get back into my regular workout routine to keep myself even-keeled.
That’s a great idea. Working out can be really centering (a body treat and a nice break from all that other stuff)
I’m continuing to explore some the things that I haven’t worn in a long time. I thought about Dune, but I just couldn’t deal with vanilla today. I ended up taking Kenzo Eau de Fleur de Soie out of my discard pile. I’ve only worn it once, but I was disappointed that it doesn’t actually smell like the silk flower trees (otherwise known as mimosa in the southern United States). I love that smell, and this isn’t it. It is a rather nice generic floral, but nothing special.
On Sunday, I finally got to smell what a real gardenia plant smells like. Let’s say that I did smell mushrooms in there and then remembered Luca Turin saying that a friend told him that gardenia perfume has a proper mushroom note in it. I wish I could figure out which gardenia perfume has that because I want to try it. So I guess it’s Nuda today. I’m wondering why Nasomatto discontinued Nuda.
I like Tom Ford Velvet Gardenia – it’s discontinued though
I got a small rollerball on eBay. It’s the closet to smelling a real gardenia I’ve found!
I absolutely agree, it is gorgeous and very close to the real thing. True story: I was preparing food in the kitchen, a year or so ago and suddenly caught a whiff of Velvet Gardenia. And then I realized that it wasn’t Velvet Gardenia, I was just chopping mushrooms.
Not sure if it has mushroom, but I really love Chanel Gardenia.
I just tried the new Dame Perfumery Lime, Gardenia, Benzoin, and I find it the loveliest most realistic gardenia I have found. It may have a touch of that mushroom you mention, but not too much. Very good longevity.
Gosh, I hope Mr. Dame knows how loved his creations are!
Need to get my grubby paws on some of his work…
Heavily influenced by recent comments, I bought some trial size scents from him. So excited to finally try them!
Haha! You can tell him yourself! I sent a note and was shocked when he replied with so much appreciation. The man is talented, hard working and not a snob.
He’s a lovely guy!
Incidentally, the modern version of Gardenia 1933 from Tuvache’, part of his perfume companies, is a properly mushroomy, lush one.
Postcard is in the mail!
I’m wearing The Beautiful Mind Precision & Grace from a sample. The notes sounded great (pear is listed but I don’t smell it—mostly jasmine) but there is something else that seems very familiar and slightly annoying, and I think it might be Iso E Super. I read—maybe in connection with the Escentric Molecules fragrances?—that Geza Schon is known for using it, and this one is now reminding me very much of the drydown of Ormonde Jayne’s Champaca.
I think the Ormonde Jaynes are known for using noticeable quantities of Iso E Super.
That explains why they don’t move me!
Well I’m wearing purple clothing with amythist jewelry today, so it’s gonna be Burberry Brit Rhythm for that lavender goodness. I was wearing Reverie au Jardin last night and it’s kind of a richer, heavier lavender, for me, a little too “baroque” for warm casual daytime. Thinking about picking up a bottle of gris clair at an online discounter. I smelled it again the other day while at Barneys and it is really a wistful lavender, so lovely and quiet. Does anyone have a favorite lavender perfume?
er.. um…that would be amethyst
I have not found a Lavender perfume that I like more than Caron Pour Un Homme. I also just mix straight up lavender EO with lotion and put that on first if a perfume is not lavender enough for my taste.
Oh what a good idea!
You smell great! I like BBR for her too, especially at the discounted prices it can be found at. I love real lavender, but I hadn’t worn any lavender scents before this one got the good review on Bois de Jasmin.
I’m not too huge a lavender fan in perfumes, but I love it for everything else. I used to make lavender sachets for my drawers from lavender I got at the spice shop years ago and it always smelled so different from lavender in perfume. A friend gave me a bottle of Demeter’s Lavender and I used it as a linen spray/ air freshener. L’Occitane used to have a nice lavender as well as Caswell & Massay, but I don’t know if they make them anymore. Thymes has a nice lavender scent too. I’ve not tried the perfume, but the body lotion is luxurious. It’s very adult and rather sensual to me, but that could just be the lotion. It’s got rosewood, sage, and violet in it as well.
That lotion must smell amazing.
It really does. I always give a bottle as a gift to my mom when I visit because she loves it so much. I’m tempted to get one for myself now too.
Years ago I wore Yardley’s English lavender which I adored. I am not sure if it is still on the market.
Nowadays lavender essential oil straight up works for me.
Belle en Rykiel is hard to find, but still pretty cheap, and a lovely caramelized (but not too sweet) lavender.
Wow sounds great.
I am taken with Rania J’s Lavande 44 and with (vintage) Ungaro Pour Homme II.
So many thoughtful suggestions. Thanks!
Btw, I was just at Marshalls and couldn’t resist buying a baby 30ml bottle of BBR to take with me on an upcoming trip to Vancouver in June.
Late comment, but Nicolai Amber Oud completely changed my perspective on lavender (in a good way)
Have fun in Vancouver! If you have a chance, come see the Perfume Shoppe
Hey yes! I didn’t know there was a good perfume shop in Vancouver so def will check it out.
Going home for my mom’s 80th birthday party. should be fun!
Hermes Vanille Galante, which is gorgeous (vanilla-dipped flowers as seen through a haze) and has more lasting power than most of the line: it’s still going strong four hours later. Well, not STRONG strong. But it’s there.
Trying to go through at least some of my samples, so wearing Mojave Ghost today. Not sure what to think about this one, it seems to shift all the time and it had almost faded by noon. I reapplied and now it’s gone again (it’s the end of the working day here).
I adore Byredo’s aesthetic and love their candles, but the fragrances are mostly “almost” for me, to borrow Robin’s phrase from yesterday. Pulp is the only one I’d like ta have a full bottle of, I think (and I do own a Bal d’Afrique hand cream and a bottle of Gypsy Water hair perfume).
I know what you mean about Byredo being “almost” for you; it’s the same for me, as well. Some of their scents are beautiful, but so evanescent that I don’t really feel compelled to buy a bottle. But I imagine their hair perfume to be more tenacious, considering hair usually holds on to scent better than skin.
Which ones do you like?
Bal d’afrique is lovely and probably my favorite in the line (of those I’ve tried, anyway). Gypsy Water is nice too, and Pulp is fun.
I do like Black Saffron – but don’t know if I need to own it. Scoring a sample would be a good thing…
Because I regularly buy their candles, I’m generally well stocked with Byredo samples. Not the cheapest way to get them, of course…
I like Flowerhead, but have only tried it from a small vial sample.
Flowerhead is beautiful.
Need to give Flowerhead and Mojave Ghost a whirl.
Cloudy, cool, and raining here so I am in the coziness of L de Lolita, and thinking about how repugnant some advertising campaigns can be. A giant cup of coffee is in my imminent future.
SOTD is L’Artisan Nuit de Tubereuse. It has Juicy Fruit thing in the opening that I’m not sure I love, but it’s growing on me. And the drydown is lovely.
Beverage-of-the-day is water, and lots of it! as I’m working in the herb garden all day. SOTD is Yardley English Lavender, brisk and aromatic and herbal, mingling nicely with the old plants I uncover from their winter sleep and the new rosemary and sage ready to join them.
Beverage-of-the-evening will be white wine, as I enjoy our season’s final orchestra concert of Mahler and Mozart with a reception afterwards for musicians and guests to mingle. I’m so looking forward to it! SOTE will be the LE Alfred Sung Sha, a lovely lilac-centered bouquet with a creamy drydown – soft, elegant, and ladylike, almost a skin scent – I was lucky enough to snag a bottle before it disappeared. I’m not much of a floral fan, especially mixed-florals, preferring an occasional soliliflore when the mood strikes, but Sha captured my heart.
Yardley’s English Lavender brings back such memories for me. I used to douse myself in it after my ballet classes years ago.
You smell divine!
Mahler and Mozart… sounds great. (Which Mahler is it? Sang in a performance of No. 2 “Resurrection” several years ago, enjoyed it.) And always, always love Mozart no matter what it is.
Symphony No. 5, the first time our community orchestra will be playing it. The Mozart selections include a flute concerto. I usually just close my eyes and let the music lead me to wherever it longs to go!
Enjoy!
I’m wearing Kenzo Amour, in the pink bottle. Blind buy that was pushed along because the bottle is gorgeous
I am wearing Kurkdjian Aqua Universalis. I love this a lot, it is scent I wear during spring summer and feels perfect everytime I wear it.
Continuing my consideration of Shalimar Parfum Initial L’eau, today I have it on one wrist, and Infusion d’Iris Absolue on the other. Despite some similarities, PI l’eau definitely carries a higher tune – that’s the best way I can think to describe it. I can’t identify what scent note/s strikes me as the ‘high’ notes, though.
After an incredibly busy work life this past week (where I was awake for 36 hours straight at one point…not fun!), I’m celebrating the slower pace with copious cups of jasmine pearl green tea and one of my all-time favorites, L’eau d’Hiver. The Frederic Malle suits the cool, overcast weather we’re having too, which I’m enjoying to the fullest before the weather turns hot again.
Goodness, that is a ridiculous busy streak. I’m glad things are slowing down for you. Jasmine pearl tea is so delicious. I love steeping it in a glass teapot to watch the pearls unfurl.
Me too!
SOTD = Copal Azure! Lovely stuff, it’s like I am wearing a little benediction for the whole world…this is rapidly climbing up my favorites list! 15 ml travel sprays are the best! So many exclamation points today! LOL…
Random purse sample is Andy Warhol Success is a Job in New York applied way note liberally than intended. Hopefully I don’t asphyxiate anyone on the bus ride back to NJ
More not note. I know I typed it correctly
Sipping Darjeeling tea and enjoying the scent of Bottega Veneta Knot. Yesterday I treated myself to a fb of the latter – first fragrance purchase in a long time.
Aw congratulations on your new bottle of knot!
Kelly Caleche. Getting a lot of grapefruit today. A lot.
It is definitely there. Sometimes I love Kelly Caleche, and sometimes it is just screechy as can be. Go figure.
Giving some attention to a neglected bottle today, so I went with Dune.
SOTD is Sublime Balkiss. It seems perfect now that the fog is burning off.
current bev is ice water, but looking forward to Upton’s Osmanthus tea this afternoon.
Iced hazelnut latte (decaf). Yummy.
Continuing the decadence, L’Arte di Gucci.
Hmm – L’arte!
sounds like a good antidote to Duchaufour!
Yep. No swampwater. A bit of dirty hair maybe (only a perfumista would find that an improvement, and even then we’d still disagree on the issue!), a ton of green patchouli, rose and narcissus…
I think L’Arte could survive in a swamp, but she would never *be* a swamp.
Oh, right. No, I was playing off yesterday’s mention that so many Duchaufours smell swampy to me.
L’arte would probably kill the swamp. She is a diva for sure.
but Swampkiller di Gucci didn’t sound as alluring
After a crappy night and morning, I am having coffee instead of my usual tea. Add a headache to it, and the only thing I could handle was Yves Rocher Vanilla. Hoping the day improves!
Fingers crossed!
Thanks! It has – free lunch in the office helped, and of course, reading about perfume and lovely perfume people!
Glad to hear it
SOTD: Anna Sui La Nuit de Bohème EdP.
On me I am getting this dark honeyed note which I am quite enjoying!
Felt like ages since I last commented here! Still on my fabulous holiday in Tokyo!
Have fun in Tokyo! I lived there twice, on a high school exchange and then as an English teacher. It can be so exciting and so overwhelming, and then can offer up such surprising pockets of tranquillity. An amazing place. I’d love to go back.
Malle’s lovely Eau du Magnolia seemed to fit the day, really need a bottle of this one.
You smell lovely, it is one of my favorite Malle
I keep reading how lovely this one is. Magnolia is a favorite of mine in spring, so I must sample!
SOTD = Serge Lutens De Profunidis
Lovely fragrance for spring and it lasts and lasts. I had a venti half decaf coffee and now I am drinking water.
My beverage of the day is cinnamon tea – just cinnamon and hot water. I am addicted! And some instant coffee with lots of milk earlier. I gotta get my caffeine in now that I’m taking my allergy medicine. Zzzzz. SOTD is Bottega Veneta Eau Legere b/c it’s kind of cool and rainy (good), and I have a meeting today.
Your cinnamon tea sounds nice. I’ll have to try this.
I was recommended this by a woman to help with joint pain. I can’t really tell if it’s doing any good, but it really smells wonderful, tastes wonderful, and it a nice non-tea, tea for me. I just shake in a few dashes and pour hot water over it. When the cinnamon sinks to the bottom, I drink it. You can drink the cinnamon powder, but I normally don’t.
Must try this!
which med do you take? Usually stick with Allegra or Claritin, though sometimes they aren’t enough. Have been hesitant to try Zyrtec, precisely because of the drowsiness factor.
Allegra and Claritin don’t work for me. I take the good old Chlorpheniramine. Little, yellow, cheap, perfect…except the sleepies. And sometimes combo’d with phenylephrine. I only suffer until July from tree pollen, so it’s no so bad.
Yum! I’ve made tea with cinnamon bark and it was wonderful. It never occurred to me to use powdered, but that’s infinitely simpler!
I have much better quality organic “highland Saigon” cinnamon powder, which is waaay better than the bark I have, so I figured it was better to try it that way.
my drink of the day was an Italian espresso (in a plastic cup (blasphemy!) as I was drinking it behind the wheel) and my scent of the day is Ineke Field Notes from Paris.
Drinking Republic of Tea’s Milk Oolong with a hefty dose of honey and milk and wearing French Lime Blossom AGAIN! ( I keep the bottle at work and it just seems to work for me. I have even garnered quite a few compliments!)
I love linden. I really need to get a sample of that. And Pretty Machine. Have you been able to compare these two?
I am trying to hold off on purchasing more samples until I begin to empty the many samples and bottles that I already possess. However, Pretty Machine is on my “to try eventually list”.
It was a straight-up Coffee and Coca-Cola day today,attended the Africa Health congress in Johannesburg and needed the caffeine!Quite interesting and informative day regarding health reforms and challenges in Africa,and the South African National Health Insurance plan,roughly the same as the UK’s NHS.SOTD Tam Dao!This really is a lovely Fall fragrance,and even got a couple of compliments from total strangers!Lol.Chilled at home now with a cup of Anastasia tea.Yum.
That must have been so interesting! I saw a Frontline/PBS documentary last night on the day by day spread of Ebola last year, and it was just fascinating. Public health is a very interesting topic.
Yes,Ebola is still high on the agenda as well.Being in the medical field,it’s a fascinating disease to study too.I work in the private sector mostly,but we do have clinics and outreach programs cross-country,and also in neighbouring countries Botswana and Malawi.Exciting times ahead though to get more efficient healthcare to rural areas,and make it all-inclusive for all South Africans through the National Health Insurance Plan.Obviously I LOVE my career!!Lol.;-)
Wow – it still sounds interesting, esp. coming from an enthusiastic career pro. What I found most interesting about the documentary (and this also comes b/c I’m a librarian) is that tracking the people, places and locations was one of the most challenging aspects of controlling the outbreak. Record keeping was crucial and they didn’t have any significant rubric in place, esp. in the rural areas, to deal with that data, for recording and sharing. Definitely a lot to be learned from that.
SORRY Robin,I know this was wayyyy off-topic,but thank you for allowing people to be themselves here on NST as well!Lol!AnnS: I’m grateful if the message of our challenges cross-continent reaches the world.I must just mention that the WHO,MSF and the UN has been amazing with support.It was mentioned yesterday at the congress that yes,we are grateful for support,but come on Africa,time to roll up those sleeves:let the real work begin!!SO much I can still say but that would take over Robin’s entire perfume blather…haha!Thank you for your enthusiasm though,Ann!;-))
Hey, no need to apologize! Anything is fine so long as it doesn’t go against the comment policy.
Iris Poudre. Like, but not love. Am I the only one?
I had a triple venti latte today, along with an aspirin when I felt the massive dose of caffeine do a number on me. Must quit the coffee.
Maybe I should run & hide, but I don’t even like it. Feels like it contains a strong dose of rosewood, which makes me feel suffocated.
I like Iris Poudre for the opening, but the base after a few hours gets too sweet and musky for me. If it was just the opening, I’d be sold forever. I don’t hate it, but I don’t enjoy wearing it. I had a mini that I sold a few years ago so someone else could give it some love.
No, a lot of people are underwhelmed.
I love it myself, but it’s not for everybody. I love the drydown best, I think – it’s all that benzoin. So fluffy.
Same here. It’s one of those fragrances I respect, but don’t love – quite a few of them among the Malles, actually.
I really like it, but it only lasts about 4 hours on me sadly. Wish it had the staying power and volume of my other Malles.
No.Definitely LOVE.lol.Perfume loving skin lets it last forever and ever on me!And that drydown….SUBLIME.;-)
My latest sample order arrived so I’m going to try NV Pichola today.
I had a quick sniff of Penhaligon’s Ostara yesterday. On this first occasion, I was lucky not to get a too-clean drydown but rather one that reminded me of the beeswax/honey aspect of Seville a l’aube. Not sure Ostara is as interesting over all to me, but the initial flowers were wonderful, as Robin observed. It’s worth further testing, and I’m thinking people for whom Seville a l’aube was almost but not quite love should try it.
I’m wearing half of what I own, having just decanted samples for five concurrent swaps. The standout is Habanita. Mmmmm. Too bad I just gave up my last couple mL. But I’ve found these scents find their way back to me somehow, so I’ll be very happy whenever that happens.
My beverages were much more up to the occasion of my birthday today: a flight of craft beers. These were my perfume associations:
1. Sisley Eau de Campagne. Sour, herbal, perky, fizzy, delightful. The sour lemonade of beers.
2. The halfway point between Tauer’s Loretta and Must de Cartier parfum. Cheerful, warm-toned tropical fruits. I don’t know any passionfruit perfumes, but one belongs in the melange.
3. Lyric Woman. Yep, in beer form. I’m pretty sure this one was named something like Aprihop.
4. Ava Luxe Cafe Noir (dressed as Guinness). Sweet creamy coffee that even a coffee-hating (beer-loving) spouse could love.
That was such fun! Not much longevity, though.
Happy Birthday!
Happy Birthday! What fun, craft beer and perfume! Which craft beers did you enjoy? There are as many nowadays as there are niche perfumes, I can’t keep up with them!
Sorry if that was confusing. I thought the beers had such interesting and surprising smells/flavors that I was comparing them to perfumes. No actual perfumes were used in the making up of that story.
Happy Birthday!
Thank you, it has been!
Checking the photo I took of the beer menu….
Stone Coffee Milk Stout (Escondido, CA)
Lagunitas Hop Stoopid Dbl. IPA (Petaluma, CA)
Ithaca Cayuga Cruiser (Ithaca, NY)
Dogfish Aprihop (Milton, DE)
Def. a lot more indie brewers than perfumers out there. And a lot more beer getting drunk than perfume used….
FBW in a whole new light
Nice day for a birthday! Happy You day.
HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY!!Hoping your day was just fragrantly awesome!x
I both overslept AND had to be at work early for a big meeting, so go-to Caleche saves me yet again. And despite one spray being hastily spritzed on nearly 10 hours ago, I can still smell it.
Interestingly, Roja’s Bergamot was my scent of the evening yesterday, because I thought I might wear it today. I liked it when I tried it in the store, but I was not so crazy about it when I tried the sample last night. Although it definitely has better lasting power than I remembered (could still smell a tiny bit this morning when I woke up.) Too much for a morning meeting, at any rate.
I got an FB of Natori for cheapo on Amazon and sprayed some on for the first time today. It smells so familiar! Not sure how much I like it, but it stays with you whether you like it or not. I don’t know where I’ve smelled this–very strange.
Shaving cream, says I! Okay, will now be quiet about Natori.
Haha!
Hee hee
Has a three-hour meeting this morning, and went in with my Rich Lady favourite, Encens Mythique.
I love that bottle, and the juice sounds great!
Wore one of my favorites today, Profumum Vanitas. Such a delicious and happy scent!