Happy Tuesday! What fragrance are you wearing?
I'm wearing Parfums de Nicolaï Eau d'Été, from Erin's Top 10 of Summer 2013.
Reminder: this Friday, 6/26, is Top 10 of Summer. Wear one of your own "top 10 of summer" fragrances (unless it's winter where you are, in which case wear one of your "top 10 of winter" scents)
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 LandArt Engel Angel [cropped] by Nicola at flickr; some rights reserved.
SOTD: Shaal Nur (Etro). Lemony incense, yum!
Very yum! Have a great day.
Busy packaging for vacation-commando as of now but thinking Eau de Cologne for later ..or Cristalle eau Vert. Can’t decide. Someone can choose for me. May bring one along for my trip.
Which Eau de Cologne?
If it’s Chanel’s, I vote for that!
Me too.
OK-yes its Chanel-and I will spritz that~
Nuit de Tubereuse: it withstands the National Weather Service’s heat advisories!
Good luck
Atelier Cologne Rendez-Vous. Perfect ripe peach; I am forever grateful to the Unseen Censer for generously sharing her 30 ml mini with me.
After a good eighteen hours of hiding under the bed while we moved into our new apartment, Zelda has emerged to rub her face on every door, chair, and surface she can find. “Your name may be on the lease, human, but we both know who really owns this place.”
Good, glad she is taking over
I thought a 43″ table would be tall enough to thwart her. How silly of me!
Scritch Zelda’s ears for me.
I hope that we’ll be able to get you up here soon to scritch them yourself!
Welcome to the hood, Ari!
Still getting over stomach bug from yesterday (thanks to all the well wishers!) so I’m in Santal Massoia. Light, clean, and very zen. Pretty much all I can handle today!
I hope you continue to feel better today
More of the same!
Wearing Elizabeth Arden’s Green Tea this morning for what promises to be a really hot Manhattan day. This one’s a bit of a throwback – I discovered a bottle of Green Tea Intense in a TJMaxx circa 2006, long before my perfume habit, and decided I loved it. I wore it a lot, then tired of it, and passed it on to someone else.
Partially due to a summer desire for tea scents and a love of green tea everything, I bought a cheap bottle of the original and am wearing it today for the first time. Nice and refreshing, though perhaps not as sophisticated as the Bvlgari Green Tea, which I also have (sitting in the refrigerator).
I wish I’d find some of the EA Green Tea flankers in TJ Maxx…would love to try the Yuzu one esp.
Keep checking! Just last week I saw GT Honeysuckle, Camellia, Cherry Blossom and Lavender in my Marshalls for $8-$10 each. I should have picked up a few, but didn’t want to buy unsniffed!
Wow! For that price I think I would buy them and if not skin worthy use them as room sprays.
I probably would too.
Me too! Especially in the summer, I’d imagine that one would be nice.
Robin et al, they had the Yuzu at a TJ near me in the Boston area (Natick). Lots of it. I can do a run if people wish.
Oh, how kind!! I want to smell it though, not buy it…and I’m actually resolved to never buy bottles larger than 30 ml again if I can help it.
But thank you!
I’m just now debating between Courtesan or maybe En Passant. I’m just hating the thunderstorms that are passing through, bringing the humidity and mosquitos. After suffering through 10 minutes of being outside with my dogs so they can go to the bathroom, I wake up to 11 mosquito bites on my chest and arms and landed on my face. I am so annoyed that my dogs have to wander at night making standing on the deck a must.
En Passant smells amazing in the summer. I just wish it lasted longer on me
I love it too. I call it “In Passing” as I need to reapply if frequently as well!
I’ve been seeing Courtesan mentioned quite a lot in the past few days….time to investigate.
I was one of those mentioners but I spilled my sample yesterday
I surprisingly liked it. The notes look like a hot sticky mess but after the fruit salad dies down, it’s a soft, makeup-y, musky, slightly salty skin scent.
The aquatic vibe in En Passant seems perfect for a thunderstorm. The mosquitoes really are going hard this year- I find three new bites every time I leave the house!
Annawilde, I hope you feel better soon.
I’m wearing 28 la Pausa today, which I didn’t much care for in the depths of winter, but which I am truly enjoying today. Clearly, some scents to some noses require a particular Season!
I love that one, but it doesn’t last long for me. How about you?
3 hours, tops. so, I must be willing to re-spritz.
But such a lovely three hours it is.
Givenchy Dahlia Noir is my SOTD. I know its not really a scent for the heat, but I’ll be mostly indoors today and I was craving patchouli today.
I’m in O d’Lancome today. I have a fairly modern bottle, and really enjoy it. But I do wish I could try the vintage which apparently was wonderfully full of oakmoss.
There is nothing like vintage O. It was my summer staple for many years (as well as O Intense).I think I emptied approximately 7 or so bottles. I cannot wear the current rendition for my nose remembers the original.
Well, maybe its a good thing I never smelled the original!
My advice always is that if you like the current formulation stick with it and don’t seek out the vintage, as you may very well fall in love with the vintage which ruins your relationship with the current rendition!!!
Excellent advice! This has been my approach to Cabochard, and I wear it in ignorant bliss. Not today, though. It’s too darn hot.
Yes. A slippery, expensive slope indeed and good advice.
We’re having a stormy day, so I’m in Amouage Beloved. It’s not summery, but it’s the perfect silky cushion shield for today.
I am wearing Tom Ford Costa Azzurra, which smells great, but not Tom Ford Private Collection price great (to me).
The weather prediction is severe thunderstorms and possibly a tornado late this morning so I needed a comfort scent today…Coffee Patchouli by Veritas Inlustrat Perfumes.
You always the most interesting brands! I am keeping a record and looking them up as you mention them. Thanks for sharing
I truly enjoy finding the most obscure brands (selfish of me as I don’t always want others wearing my scent!). But actually, Veritas Inlustrat Perfumes are locally made and I have only found them at three different stores (one of which has gone out of business). There is no online store for this brand and when I googled all I could find was a facebook link to Crossroads Gift Shop (one of the places I frequent). I love that they are 100 percent natural made with only essential oils and so ridiculously affordable in comparison to Afteliers, Ayala Moriel, Strange Invisible Perfumes and other companies who make only naturals.
As far as the Fiele Fragrances go (which I spent about two weeks ranting and raving about) I found them thanks to Now Smell This (so I cannot take credit for that find!)
Whatever the source, you get major credit for wearing and reporting with aplomb!
Wearing Guerlain Vetiver today. SO’s been testing vetiver fragrances with me, so we got a bottle to share.
There seems to be a lot of love for Gierlain Veriver. I’ll. need to pay more attention to this the next time I’m out sniffing!
How was your Atelier Cologne sampling?
I’ve been having a great time with the Atelier Colognes. Thanks for putting me on that track! So far, Trefle Pur, Oolang Infiniti, Orange Sanguine (especially layered with Vanilla Insensee), and Vetiver Fatal have really stood out, but it will probably be a while before I figure out which ones will get the most wear, and I haven’t even tried them all yet! On the plus side, 23 samples should keep me busy all summer.
That’s a good one! You smell great
Thanks! It’s doing a great job with both the weather outside and the weather inside
I love Guerlain Vetiver, but my husband and son prefer Encre Noir (also available for a very good price online).
Encre Noir is on my list, but I haven’t had a chance to try it yet. It sounds wonderful.
SOTD is The Different Company Kashan Rose. My bottle arrived yesterday and of course I had to wear it today, come what may. It’s actually quite nice sprayed as opposed to dabbed – it’s lighter and fresher, and quite summery. I’m happy!
Yes! I agree. I got a decant through the last Swapmeet. I wore it a lot in the spring.
Trying to stay elegantly cool in Delrae Mythique. It’s so hot and humid that my air-conditioner-despising husband actually wanted to turn on the air conditioner. Happily, in three weeks we will be in northern Germany where it’s a bit cooler. It’s a climate where I actually enjoy summer!
I’m continuing the not-so-summery iris theme with Infusion d’Iris Absolue.
Since I will be stuck inside much of the day, I opted for my sample of Mugler Fougere Furieuse. I am really enjoying this but not are I want to spring for a full bottle! I may need to do some sampling if fougeres! I have been alternating between this and happy, pretty rose based scents lately.
IF you are looking to sample more fougere I happen to like Derring-Do by Ineke. If you purchase a deluxe sampler pack you get fifteen dollars off of a full size bottle.
http://www.ineke.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=23&products_id=41
What me? an enabler? a bad influence? heavens, no!
I concur. Derringer-Do is such a wonderful light fougere and really affordable. The entire Ineke line is worth sampling.
SOTD = Atelier Cologne Sous le toit de Paris
It’s too hot for anything else. Looking forward to Fall and Winter!
HI hajusuuri!
I am curious as to how you got on with the Fiele Fragrances? My guess is you liked the sweet patch one as I know you lean towards gourmands.
I’ ve only tried one so far – Pogostemon. It was too headshoppy for me – it felt like an oil slick amd unwashed hair. It didn’t smell nasty, just felt unclean. I sprayed on CSP Amour de Cacao to counteract that feeling. I will try it again when the weather is cooler. I have 4 more to try!
Received my Field sampler today, and also tried Pogostemon. Being of that period (!), I thought it smelled very much like vintage Dana Tabu. Heady (& heavy) stuff. I might enjoy it in winter, though. (Was 99 today, 108 two days ago.)
Fiele. Don’t get me started on predictive software.
Looking forward to fall and winter too! Only 5 more months of summer heat and humidity here and things should start to cool down to about 80 degrees
Egad.
Egad is right!
Me three on looking forward to Fall and Winter. I live in Texas where we stay in the 90’s and 100’s and the humidity is horrible. This is the most dreaded time of the year.
I visited Austin in March and loved it (considered it as a possible place to move), but perhaps I would not love it quite so well in the summer…
As a lifetime Texan (I’ve lived all over the state except the Dallas area), I agree that you should visit in August or September before moving here. I don’t like that heat at all but I am resigned to it. 65 degrees F and misty is my ideal weather.
Texas is an awesome state to live in. I have lived in Houston my entire life (born and raised here) and I couldn’t imagine anywhere else to live. My only complaint is the heat. Some people absolutely love it. I just can’t stand to be hot. I am already hot-natured.
Don’t get me wrong, I wouldn’t leave either but I do not like being a sweaty mess all the time
I don’t know how you do it but thank God for A/C!
Amen to that!
I don’t like summer either.
Sistahs!
I am most certainly in the minority as I love the heat and hate the cold….as I am always cold….even in the summer with everyone cranking up the air conditioning! Spring and Summer are my favorite months!
I am with you. I am also almost always cold. I wish I could appreciate autumn, but I just dread the winter here so much. The snow and cold and the poor driving conditions. That said, it is better perfume weather for me.
I thought for a second we were twins today–I’m in Jardin sur le Toit (after being inspired yesterday)–but then realized you’re wearing a different roof scent. Too confusing some days!
I have to differ–summer is my favorite time of year. Bring on the heat and humidity.
Sous/sur, sound so similar.
I have to look for my bottle!
Yes! I’m in the autumn/winter lovers camp as well. That is a great summer scent.
Thanks. It had served me well in the thick of summer in the Berkshires and in the heat of Venice and eastern Mediterranean (Greece and Turkey) in August.
After visiting Michigan recently, where highs were in the low to mid 70s, I am seriously considering moving farther north. Although I would miss the magnolia grandiflora trees.
My favorite temps, and spring in DC is so fleeting we see few of those days…
As a native of central Michigan, I must warn you – the summers are beautiful, but the winters are overcast and last forever. Maybe not quite so far north so you can still see the sun between November and April?
I have visited many states but so far I have never been to Michigan.
Yeah, Michigan & Minnesota have worse winters than western NY, my home region. What they have in common is clouds blown across the Great Lakes almost without interruption, most of the year. No Mental Health Award potential there. Gorgeous in summer though.
I decided I was really in the mood for Hard Leather, just a dab or two, in spite of the weather. Hope I don’t regret it once I’m outside.
SOTD CSP Amour de Cacao.
As with edible chocolate, I have absolutely zero control.
I am even thinking of taking my beloved 30ml bottle backpacking with me- along with some tasty dark chocolate trail mix protein bars.
I have to avoid edible perfumes like that – they always give me cravings and it’s hard to distract oneself with the aroma present. But if you’re hiking, you can spritz and munch while burning up the calories.
Wearing Silences today. I recently read that it is schedules to be (already has been) discontinued this year. I’m glad I just got a 100ml FB
RIP Silences.
Love Silences. Perhaps I shall wear today.
Silences is my Goldilocks fragrance. I still haven’t figured out how many bottles would last me another 30 years. Luckily I’m old, and it’s cheap.
Gotta admire a positive outlook. : )
Random sample of the day is Tom Ford White Patchouli since I’m off today
That was a disaster on me so I scrubbed it off and am now in the much better on me Rosa Sur Reuse from Soivohle.
What was White Patchouli like?
On me it was a very fresh top disconnected to a roiling base. Gave me a headache. Smells much better and more integrated on my roommate so I gave it to her
SOTD is Atelier Orange Sanguine. In my opinion, this scent is the poster child for summer. Fresh oranges that are amazingly ripe. I hate the heat and the summer, but I love this fragrance.
I like it as well.
And thank you for your input on Angelica Tuberose yesterday.
Have you been able to sample the Mimosa & Cardamon or the Cedrat Incense yet? I know you are a huge Jo Malone fan so I thought you would surely figure out how to get a sneak peak before they are released.
Lol! No, I just recently had a hysterectomy on the 10th. I am supposed to stay off my feet a bit for the next few weeks. As soon as I am given the green light to drive and move around more, I will be on my way to try those out.
Oh goodness! here’s to a speedy recovery!!!!
In July I will be near a Jo Malone and plan on getting my hands on either or both if I can to sample….
Oh, please do report back and let me know what you think.
Get well soon! And apply loads of therapeutic perfume – you’ve earned it.
Thanks so much!
Wishing you a speedy recovery!
Sending positive vibes your away. I wish you a speedy recovery.
Have you tried Thymes Agave Nectar cologne? Notes: Ruby red grapefruit, guava, lemon blossom, and aloe leaf.
All the best,
K
I hope you heal quickly and find this time to be relaxing and rejuvenating. Sending a gentle hug.
Sending fragrant healing thoughts your way!
I used the Orange Sanguine shower gel yesterday and it was refreshing.
Thank you everyone for the well wishes. I appreciate it. I am taking it easy and smelling fabulous during the process!
I’m moving on to green fragrances, and wearing one of my favorites, Silences.
Well, that does it: two mentions of Silences. I’m off to get that big black bottle out and spray it on. In the 90s today, and humid.
Humid and stormy today, went with Attrape-Coeur.
Perfume Fail today.
Testing out Byredo Blanche. It’s smells like overly chemical dryer sheets. Luckily it’s mostly gone now.
Oh I hate those fail days! I had one recently with DK Gold! Scrubbity-dub-dub!
I actually did scrub it off recently, but mostly because I was looking for a fragrance online to buy and found out the cheapest place to get it was at a mall nearby! So I thought – must prep the arms for more sprays at the shop! I might be making some perfume purchases after work today
Power to the Perfume Purchaser! WooHoo!
I’m wearing Cuir de Russie, one of my absolute favourite fragrances. Love it.
You smell fabulous! I keep trying different leathers, but nothing beats CdR.
You smell fabulous!
You do smell fabulous, but I didn’t mean to post that twice :^) Blog gremlins….
I have nothing against reading it twice
It’s my favourite leather, too.
Can’t go wrong with that one
Wearing Bois 1920 Classic, which is really nice in warmer weather.
Started with PdN l’Eau Chic (delicious mint and geranium) and after a very hot day end up in Cristalle Eau Verte. All good.
Inspired in part by Annikky’s post yesterday, I’m in my all-season favorite, Lumiere Blanche. I figured it should go well with a Red Sox game this evening, if it isn’t thunderstormed out.
Thank you! Lumiere Blanche really works whatever the season, doesn’t it? And I often wear it when the weather is strange and unseasonably cold or warm.
It does! I don’t have many FBs, but I have one of this because I don’t want to run out.
GO SOX!
Heat index is already 103 here, but I’m not leaving the AC zone so I can wear whatever I want to. Angela’s post on Estee yesterday was tempting me to wear something bold. Was considering Youth Dew but scaled back to Aromatics Elixir, which is hitting the spot.
Also meant to note: have been testing Roja Dove’s Bergdorf Goodman exclusive Bergdorf. My first impression was that it reminded me of Mary Greenwell Plum, but done with a $545 budget. In a side by side test, it’s closer to EL Beautiful, since it lacks Plum’s tart fruit notes. Oddly, it strikes me as an almost cartoonish (but luxurious) version of American department store floral perfumes. I personally prefer the lighter Plum as a floral, and Beautiful as a classic American perfume.
I’m also testing his Creation-R, which I like better.
Perhaps it’s spot-on, at least if BG qualifies as “an almost cartoonish (but luxurious) version of American department store[s].”
I’ve heard unfortunate things about his Tutti Fruttis and wasn’t moved by my single sniffs at the Aoud series. Are his best days behind him? Anyhow I have a very soft spot (with zero budget) for Diaghilev and Fetish Pour Homme. Love to hear your further thoughts on Creation-R.
I bought a sample of Creation-R after reading this 5-bone review on The Scented Hound:
http://thescentedhound.com/2015/03/09/roja-parfums-risque-creation-r/
I found it softer and less animalic than I expected, but very appealing. Unfortunately, my favorite Roja Dove so far is Diaghilev, but that four-figure price tag is daunting. If only it came in a small size!
I haven’t been interested in the Aouds, either.
I did the same in regards to Creation-R, nozknoz. I wasn’t thrilled, and I’m trying to speed-date my samples. I’m glad you mentioned this, and I think I’ll give it another try.
speed-date, adorable!
nk, thanks for the link and impression!
Three cheers for the A/C Zone!!!
In Bas de Soie for Keep It simple Tuesday. Someone here said earlier it wasn’t a summer scent to them and that might actually be the case.
I found a second sample of Après l’Ondée, after draining the first one, so I’m wearing that. Matches the weather too! I think I’ll have to buy a FB… Too bad it’s not more easily available here!
It’s available here. Let me know if I can help.
It is? That’s good to know!
Sotd in my neck of the woods is Amouage’s Opus VIII. I know this will be shocking to most perfumistas, but it is the only Amouage I’ve liked.
Nope. So far, they smell like headshop on me. Thanks for reminding me – I have a 10 ml decant of Opus VIII I should revisit.
Continuing with Ormonde Jayne testing… yesterday was Woman and Champaca, both nice, but didn’t last more than ~2 hours. So far today: Tolu, which has kinda punched me in the nose, but my perfume-loving cat thinks it’s fascinating.
Oh man, one of my cats does a number with perfume and most scented products. Any lotion, skin care like retinoids, vitamin c, sunscreen. It’s just too hot to have an additional layer of cat saliva. I can’t even address the topic of what he’s ingesting …
Sunshine outside, but there is roadwork being done somewhere in our glen and the sound of a jackhammer is ricocheting off the hills and making me extremely irritable. I have a conference call with an editor today so I am stuck in my office (at home) with this dreadful noise. Sought solace in Chergui… perfect scent for a sunny day when you have to stay inside with all the windows and doors shut tight!
Wow, that’s too bad! Hope they don’t take all day with that.
About two minutes after I got off the phone, the jackhammer stopped. It might just be a lunch break, so I am glad I can finally leave the house.
I love our little “dingley dell” as my husband calls it, but loud noises travel and reverberate horribly.
Chergui was a good choice for smoothing out the dissonance.
SOTD Cristalle edt. Hate to comment and dash, but chores await!
FYI
http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2015/jun/23/how-to-wear-perfume-in-summer
Nice! Gin in limonata sounds pretty appealing, too. I don’t know about Pear & Olive for the heat, though. Anyone here tried that? In the end, who can argue with well-ventilated fun?
I may be a chorus of one, but I am a Pear & Olive detractor. It turned my stomach. Milky, oily, over-ripe frootiness…with salt.
I am a fan of Womanity (not remotely the same fragrance, but the two share fruit, milk, and salt in their mix), but on me P+O was a scrubber. Definitely not something I could wear on a hot day.
I haven’t managed to get into either of these fruit milk salt scents.
Oh gosh. When I just read the words pear and olive together, I feel queasy. I know it’s illogical and there are many fans. Maybe I’ll go there some day, but summer doesn’t seem ideal for that …
Yes, the heat alone can make me feel queasy. Definitely not the optimal time for braving queasy scents.
Pear + Olive only works in cool weather for me unless I’m going to be in freezing air conditioning all day. It is lovely stuff but does have that fattiness that would be hard for me to do in the heat.
fattiness, yes
Pear &Olive , oddly enough, suits me during all seasons. It seems like it should be a fall / winter scent, but I do wear it year round with no problems.
Lucky!
Wearing Hermes Eau de Gentiane Blanche today. Perfect for a sunny day after a night of rain.
I’m in Yves Rocher Neroli, a sample from a fellow NST’er. It’s really! Sadly I think it’s DC’ed.
I am guessing that you like it?
I have heard so many wonderful things about Yves Rocher but haven’t yet tried any.
It is still available in Europe.
I’m in AG Songes, a BWF that’s blooming in the heat, Lovely!
I love a BWF in heat.
First an all-over multi-spritz of refrigerated DSH Pompeii water-based spray, followed up as needed with dousings of refrigerated Melissa aka Lemon Balm hydrosol and/or Sweetgrass hydrosol. (Psst, @sweetgrass, have you tried this stuff? It’s from Arlys. Pretty anicity!) Just barely keeping my cool, with all that liquid courage.
Lemon balm I am all too familiar with….love it!
Sweetgrass hydrosol? I am intrigued…off to google Arlys….
wondering also if Eden carries this…they have an excellent cucumber hydrosol……sometimes that is all I need for cooling fragrance….
and I just purchased an incredibly large 1000ml bottle of Peruja lemon blossom cologne from amazon for twenty one dollars….I use this for everything in the summer…(after bath, before bed, freshening up after being outside, a hand sanitizer when combined with anti bacterial essential oils like rosemary, lavender, tea tree, patchouli, peppermint). It can also be “amped up” with any heavier essential oil for a customized EDC ( I have added frankincense, jasmine, amber)
I am in trouble…so many wonderful items at Arlys! I was looking at those tea blends also!
http://www.amazon.com/Preja-Lemon-Cologne-Pereja-1000cc/dp/B000RKXH8U/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1435085147&sr=8-2&keywords=pereja+lemon+cologne
In case anyone is interested…sorry, I originally misspelled….
It is Pereja
Ooh I’ve never heard of sweetgrass hydrosol. I should have some, shouldn’t I.. lol. I’d never heard of Arlys either, so I’ll have to check it out. Thanks for the tip!
This sounds awesome, leathermountain. I do the same sort of thing myself! I tend to also use birch, spruce and fir in the heat as I find them invigorating but not heating.
I’ll check out Arlys.
I’d like to suggest that anyone intrigued by the natural stuff check out White Lotus Aromatics. I love their poetic blog, and they’re so informative and genuine. What I’ve bought from them is sincerely exquisite, but the knowledge they share is as valuable.
Thanks for the suggestions, Holly! I’m getting close to replacement levels and those woodsy scents from poetic genuine purveyors of exquisite cooling hydrosols…Who could resist? Please feel free to email me too if you would like to swap hydrosol samples.
Wearing L’Air du Desert Marocain, which I enjoy because it lasts and because it feels appropriate in any weather. But I have a dilemma: Silence or Light Blue? The latter is twice as expensive. I want it more, but I can’t make up my mind … more for less or better for more? Heeeeeelp.
Get thee to fragrancenet! There is a twenty percent off sale which means Silences is twenty three dollars and Light Blue is thirty four dollars so you can get both.
And I believe that Silences is being discontinued…..
OMG, chocolate. Thank you! I am your slave.
Yes, Silences is being discontinued this year as per basenotes. It is my Goldilocks scent, and
chocolatemarzipan is right, fragrancenet is your best option (as far as I know.)
Sometimes if you sign up for their email registry and click on what you want, they’ll offer better discounts when they’ve tracked you and you haven’t purchased yet.
And if you sign up for ebates and enter Fragrancenet through ebates, you get 6% back in cash once a quarter. ebates also works with many other retailers and I always check it before purchasing anything online.
Here in my part of the world it’s one of those rare times in winter when the air is so still and crisp that it almost seems a shame to wear perfume in case even the loveliest scent spoils the purity of the day. However, I need to get on and face my Wednesday, and I want something gorgeous to help me do that. Bois des Iles, judiciously applied, a bright lipstick and a cool head…working together, these three should get me through!
I hope NST in the other hemisphere enjoys an excellent summer afternoon and evening.
That description was sublime….I know exactly what you mean….as much as I detest the cold the scent that emanates from the air on a snowy crisp still morning in the dead of winter is indescribable. I also love the scent of the air in early spring at dawn with vegetation coming back to life…cool, damp, earthy, alive…..there is this unique fragrance in the air that just resonates with me….
Chocolatemarzipan, I’ve never experienced the scent of snow as you describe it (another entry for my B-list!), but I know exactly what you mean about the smell of green things growing. One of my favourite in-the-moment things is to step out of the beating heat of a summer day into the margins of NZ bush. It’s always cool and damp and dim after the brilliant light outside, and if you stand still, the smell of dark green washes over you. I’ve never found a perfume that is the right company for that moment: everything floral or citrus feels too noticeable; anything green seems too light and clean for the dense tangled growth around me.
Wow, that’s a lemming I am happy for!
I’m glad to see you here, waterdragon. It’s rare to hear from someone from your neck of the woods. (I think.) I’ve always been intrigued by New Zealand, so I hope you’ll stick around! I’d like to hear more.
Hi, Holly. Thank you for the welcome. Now that I’ve finally de-cloaked after dithering around the edges of NST for about 3 years, I think will stay around. However, I don’t know if A-NZ will feature much in my posts. It’s just home to me, and therefore seems quite ordinary. I love hearing about the delectable perfumes that all of you can sample and buy — that’s definitely intriguing and exotic to me!
Well, I look forward to reading whatever you have to say. I find it very exciting to hear from you, and I’m glad you’re here.
This morning I grabbed my rollerball of Momoberry and as soon as I swiped it on my wrists, I realized it had turned and all I could smell was canola oil! (I doubt the carrier oil used is canola oil, but that’s what it smelled like to me.) I was running late for work, so I had to live with it until I got there, where I scrubbed it off. I don’t have any backup perfume at work, so I’m contenting myself with Caudelie hand lotion, which has a very nice, “grape-y” smell.
Frustrating.
I know that smell! I don’t even like it when it actually IS canola oil!
Decided to go with Philosykos today.
SOTD: Amouage Dia W
I just purchased a discounted bottle online because an alien took over my body and wallet and I had to surrender.
First full bottle purchase in years! Never underestimate the power of aliens…..
So that’s who sells perfume!