It's Wednesday, and it's Kevin Bacon's birthday. What fragrance are you wearing?
I'm wearing Eau de Givenchy.
Reminder: this Friday, 7/10, is 3 star fragrance Friday: wear a fragrance you would "objectively" only give 3 (or fewer!) out of 5 stars, but that you love and wear frequently.
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.
I could really go for some bacon right about now. However, I will be content with chocolate in the form of CSP Amour de Cacao
Happy Hump Day to all!
Haha, bacon does sound good. You smell good too
Bacon, super ripe tomato and homemade mayo on whole grain toast. Yeah.
Also, you smell great!
Droll.
Drool is what I meant. Ha!
You smell great, Robin!
Why thank you!
I like those photos.
Wearing Chloe today. The humidity has gotten worse, so I wonder how soon this fragrance will wear off.
Me too!
Which Chloe are you wearing? The original or the reformulated version? I loved the original, but the reformulated version has become a favorite for me.
Donatella looks good, doesn’t she?!?
One of the better pictures I’ve seen of her lately.
I am wearing Omnia Crystalline. I bought a 10 ml travel bottle and that is about perfect for the amount I want to wear Omnia Crystalline.
Hey, yeah, that’s probably about how much I want to wear it too.
Yup. I got a full-size bottle maybe… 8? years ago and I’m still nowhere near using it all!
Luckyscent Decennial Bois Bourbon. I’ve talked myself in and out of buying a bottle since it came out years ago- can anyone persuade me in either direction?
Pro: It probably won’t be around forever.
Con: It probably won’t be around forever.
Would you use it up before it went bad? Would the joy it brought you be worth at least its price? And can you afford it? I don’t expect answers, of course.
Mandarine Glaciale by Atélier. It’s lovely but I do wish it had a little more staying power.
I agree! I bought it last week while on vacation. I enjoyed wearing it so much, but I’d have to reapply occasionally.
I love the ginger note in it.
Yes, it’s a little more than just a fresh citrus, but lovely in the heat
I’m in Baiser Vole today. This is one scent that I really feel you have to wear to appreciate. It just smells like a powder bomb on a blotter. But it’s really nice on skin.
Love Baiser Vole in all its concentrations. Just so pretty.
I love BV too! I wore that yesterday. I have the tiny GWP bath gel and lotion and they smell really good too. It’s one of my fav summer florals now.
One of my “go tos” when I cannot seem to make up my mind. I works on many moods…!
I love the lily in that one.
I’m in Bel Ami Vetiver by Hermes. It has nothing of the bitter fury of the original, but it’s still a good out-of-the-ordinary men’s scent. Strange pineapple note at the very top: didn’t expect that.
Mmm pineapple
I find myself strangely attracted to pineapple in fragrances.. it’s one of those notes that perk up my ears when I hear of it 
Try Frapin 1270, good stuff
Me too. Not such a fruity person, or so I thought, but I’m planning on my favorite 3-star pineapple for Friday: Must de Cartier vintage parfum.
I love Must..I get no pineapple though, may have to test it again.
another good pineapple is by hdp, 1804
1804 is my favourite pineapple
So no pineapple for you in Must de Cartier, eh? What notes seem most prominent?
leathermountain….I would say animalic amber..I get mainly animalic notes though.
Interesting! Your animal is my pineapple. Makes for surrealist poetry.
Have you tried Worth Courtesan? Pineapple heavy fruit salad which may sound scary but I am growing quite found of it. And I love the snuggly drydown. Maybe FB consideration for cooler weather.
It does sound scary, and sometimes those are the best ones!
perthgirl, I have a massive bottle of 1804 that I will never, ever, ever get through. It’s the old HdP packaging, a full 120 ml. You must let me send you a decant, since it’s your favorite pineapple! Give me a holla – lisadarty at the old hawt mayl.
It’s too bad Demeter discontinued their Hawai’ian collection because they had one that was just pineapple and orange (and discreet rum) and it was sublime, incredibly bright and fresh. CSP also did a Vanille Pineapple that was like a pineapple milkshake.
I used to turn my nose up at pineapple notes, until I met Ananas Fizz…. Love it! It is unclear to me whether the scent is discontinued–I have a decant from STC.
They discontinued AF and then brought it back. I got a 100 ml fb in exchange for some wool in the last swap meet and use it like a body spray in the heat. It’s the perfume version of an umbrella drink with a lovely sweet skin dry down.
Helmut Lang EdC
Agent Provocateur L’Agent today, with matching body cream. Trying to think ‘objectively’ about how many stars i’d give it. I wear it and love it, but yes it’s mainstream, but it’s also better than a lot of expensive niche dreck out there, and it’s been discontinued!!
So I’m really not sure that I’d call this as 3 or below. More like 4 or 3 1/2. I’m even tempted to get a back-up, because discontinued :-/
What does anyone else think? How many stars?
Well for a cheaper incense it’s certainly not bad. I’d give it three for what it is. I saw some at Ross for 15 bux. Bought it, didn’t love it…sold it at cost. And yes, it is very ‘niche’ even though it’s not.
Eta: I was impressed with the quality of it…I over-applied and caused a woman near me to have allergies. Lol. Felt kinda bad…but when I apply, I apply.
Oops. I wonder sometimes if Im that girl that everyone whinges about when I leave the room! But sod it! Perfume is made to be smelled!!
(but yeah. Allergies. Cant help that :-/)
I hope I am the girl ppl gripe about;). hehehe I joke, sort of? Lol. I was sitting by someone when I sprayed..like four sprays of vintage Poison on..it was way too much for me, LOL but didn’t have time to scrub some..she was holding her nose the whole time and sniffling. I did feel bad about that
I haven’t smelled it in a while but remember it being pretty good. (The original is great IMO and the newer ones in the square bottles are mainstream “meh”) And it’s a weird mainstream line because their distribution seems more in line with niche. It’s definitely a 4-5 compared to most mainstream and it’s discontinuation probably means it didn’t smell mainstream-boring enough. But I think there are 4-5 star perfumes in that woody, spicy, floriental genre so in
comparison to, say, the original Opium, I’d give it a 3.5 like you said. Now that you mention it, I want to revisit this one.
Discontinued? Oh Dear.
I am not an awarder of stars, but I would agree it’s worth a back up.
Calvin Klein Euphoria is my SOTD.
Being a little experimental today – trying my beloved Urban Outfitters nameless rose oil (I am obsessed) underneath my also-beloved Parfums d’Empire Eau Suave. I thought they’d combine, but right now the top notes of Eau Suave are beating the oil into submission. Let’s see how this goes.
I swear I like notes other than rose, despite appearances. Promise!
The top seems to be the trickiest phase of layering. Your combo might still turn out great!
We’ll see! Hope you are well dear!
I tried this rose oil today since you’ve been singing its praises. It is straight up rose, nice for what it is but really not my thing.
Glad you found such a cheap deeply enjoyable scent with this!
Can see how layering would work well too.
Have you tried Rose Flash? It’s quite affordable, and it’s a huge, psychedelic rose that is as close to a rose eo as you can get, times 100.
I have the day off. Just lounging around,feeling comfy so I decided to wear Hilde Soliani Saaliisssimo. I just love the combined licorice and rice notes.
Btw- I can’t ever get the spelling right on it and I am too comfy to get up and look at the bottle! LOL.
Close enough..also too lazy to spell those Soliani scents. I love that one…you smell delish
Thanks! I am not a big gourmand fan but there are a few I like and that’s one of them.
That’s comfy! Enjoy!
Wearing 24 Faubourg for the first time after Squirrely’s comment yesterday that it is a good office scent. Couldn’t agree more! It is lovely and somehow seems to fit in perfectly with paper and ink. Wish my sample had had more than one spray left in it… I will have to try this again.
Glad it’s working out for you!
Wearing Arquiste’s L’Etrog. I’ve got to do a side by side comparison with Eau d’Hadrien. I wore some Ed’H last night post shower, and this morning, the two fragrances seem so similar.
I just watched an episode of Will and Grace on WE television the other day. It was the episode that Kevin Bacon was on there and Jack was stalking him! Soooooo funny!!! So, happy birthday Kevin. And many, many more. I wonder what scent he wears, if any. I am always curious to know what scent celebrities like to wear.
My SOTD is Cristalle EdT. This seems to be a popular choice this summer. Its been a while since I’ve worn it, so I pulled it out today. Great fragrance! Works nice with the humidity!
Cristalle has been mentioned so many times lately! I know I’ve sniffed it before, but really need to give it a spritz next time I’m in a department store.
SOTD so far is vintage Jean Patou Eau de Joy. I can’t always wear this Joy, so this is a choice from left field for today. I just wanted to dig a little deeper in my collection. I get a lot of animalic/skanky notes out of this – probably the jasmine and the civet- so I layered it with just a dab of Molinard Rose (les fleurs). It seems to be balancing things out a bit more.
Fascinating! I always thought that Eau de Joy was the pretty rosy one. I’ve got some and it wears that way to me. I wonder if it’s a matter of how each bottle ages. Have you tried different specimens? I think I’ve only tried this one I have.
I’ve only had one “joy” – don’t know what version – tester from the long past, and then this bottle of the vintage Eau de Joy which was unused when I got it. I really can’t say. People always mention the rose, but I almost never get it. Now it’s in the mid development for me, which I like – soft green white flowers with a classic base. I’d love to try other versions or even the modern version, but it’s low in my list of fragrance things to do.
Oh, but I love TINY dabs of Joy over a light layer of spray, especially in warmer weather. I have done Joy over The Body Shop’s Moringa body spray, and it gives this wonderful sense of of being near a flower garden without being overpowering.
That sounds so lovely! I’m starting to think that if I do some more layering experiments with Joy, I’ll wear it more.
Wearing Fracas <3 It's gloomy and windy here today, so it is perfect with a little splash of pink
You smell fabulous.
Thank you
What are u wearing? 
I was originally wearing Mohur, but then applied Strange Invisible Perfumes Black Rosette (to test) later and that was the end of Mohur…
I was thinking tuberose for my afternoon refresh. I wasn’t quite there for Fracas, but I put on some Esprit d’Oscar.
I’m wearing Eau d’Orange Verte on one arm, Azemour les Orangers on the other, and a tiny squirt of Mandarine Glaciale on the top of one wrist. I’d like to know your thoughts on these to guide me through my sniffing this morning!
Some of my favorites!
You smell great!
Goutal’s Myrrhe Ardente. Which I would give 4 stars.
I really like Eau d’Givenchy, even if Luca Turin only gives it three stars.
I had to look at the guide this morning when I was reminded of the Friday theme, because there are some fragrances that I like and wear occasionally which I am embarrassed to mention here. On the other hand I found at least one that I wear a lot and love that was only three stars. I’m going to look at the two and one star ratings next to see how low I can go. Anyway, today I’m wearing Burberry Brit Rhythm for the first time. This was one of the minis I received yesterday. So far I’m enjoying it.
I agree w/ relatively few of his ratings, but in this case, I think I’d go for 3, yes. I really like it too though, in fact like it better than some fragrances he rates much higher.
Commando atm..can’t remember the last time I saw anything with Kev in there…I think it was one where monsters come out of the ground and hicks shoot at them or blow them up, Idk LOL. I didn’t watch the whole thing…was pretty funny tho.
Sitcoms..was never a fan…Idk why. Studio laughter always annoyed me. I do admit I am a very former soap watcher though…-shakes head-. I know..horrible.
Robin, husband actually has gotten me into TNG..can’t believe that happened. Anyway..the one where Jean Luc gets tortured by the Romulans? is an unbelievably good/well acted and very sad episode. I cried. I also like Data, very lovable character. Husband makes silly jokes cuz he knows I had a crush on Wil Weaton way back when LOL, the episode where he falls in love with a shape shifter..was too funny..they kiss and she turns into the silliest, furry monster. Campy episode. We joked that if he dated me back then..I soooo wouldn’t have done that to him. LOL. Ok. Enuf TNG.
Omega – welcome to TNG nerdery! The Cardassian torture episode is one of the greats, and Patrick Stewart is brilliant in it.
Also – your crush on Wil Wheaton? Adorable. Did you do the whole posters on the wall thing?
No, no posters..lol:). I fell for Wil from that movie Stand by Me..I loved his character. The kids needed soap in the mouth in that movie…but it was a fave. He did such a great job in that movie…thanks for the TNG welcome:D. Clingons get on my nerves some..they are a little too nerdy and caveman like to me…oh and cleavagey, Captin Obvious Deanna…like she is sooo annoying…says things that are so obvious…like do they really need her to point out obvious things? meh lol
TNG nerdery and scent. How wonderful!
1) That episode (Chain of Command 1+2) was incredibly brilliant. That could play on a stage and you lose NONE of the impact. It’s also brilliant because Deanna is FINALLY in a proper uniform.
2)Q was built to be VERY annoying and awful!
3) As the seasons went on, Wil Wheaton got better as an actor.
Ya, Wil really kinda stunk acting wise in that show…now that I am older and actually paying attention to what he says, lol.
Also, being the former soap fan..I knew Q was also Eugene on Days of Our Lives..so sad that I knew that. LOL. I dislike the Q character..very annoying..was better as Eugene, rofl
I heard someone pronounce Kardashian “Cardassian” recently when talking about the famed family. It made me giggle. I guess they could be considered alien spawn by some.
Tremors is the movie – such a fun one!
My favorite episode of TNG is “Who Watches the Watchers?” I loved Stand By Me. Remember when Teddy told Gordie that he was “odd as a cod”? I had a crush on River Phoenix in the 80s.
Oh, and Q was extremely annoying to me.
I don’t remember that quote from the movie..I will have to ask about that TNG episode. Many girls liked River back then it seemed.
Sous Le Toit de Paris for cutting through humidity
Also, I’m organizing a Boston sniffing a week from tomorrow. Email me if you’d like to get together. My screen name is what I use for my yahoo address
Decided to branch out from my summer rut – today is the very pretty Peach Blossom, Violet, and Vanilla by Dame Perfumery. No need to be fierce today
I have only heard nice things about Dame Perfumery, so that is joining my long list of places from which I must order samples.
When I finally get to the States again (maybe next year), I must see if I can convince my husband that he really does need to visit Arizona so I can try the Dame perfumes. They sound gorgeous and interesting, and I love the pleasure you are all getting from them.
And Scottsdale is lovely! Jeffrey Dame is the antiRoja
This Californian thinks that you guys really do need to visit Arizona! If you are interested in nature, I recommend the following things in Arizona: Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum in Tucson (https://www.desertmuseum.org/) and hummingbirds near Sierra Vista (http://www.visitsierravista.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=view_template&id=6526&cityid=20).
don’t know if you have tried Dark Horse yet but I think it is my favorite. There is a nutmeg note in there that I find super sexy. the 7ml travel sprays are great for trying out their frags
ihadanidea, go to Dame’s website, click on the link to ‘postcard samples’ and follow the instructions for a free sample of your choice. Actually, you will probably get 3 free samples plus a card offering a discount for the month. Use that discount to purchase a few travel sprays (great buy!) and you will get more free (multiple) samples plus another discount card for the next month. Use that discount to purchase a full bottle, and you will get yet more free (multiple) samples, and probably a free travel spray, too, etc., etc. etc, ad infinitum!
Free shipping, too, no minimum purchase. Mr. Dame is a very generous soul (with great marketing strategy!
Yes, I highly recommend this line to everyone wherever in the universe you live. He is incredibly generous, and very responsive to personal requests. He always responds in person and seems to be happy receiving any request.
I ordered a sample of Black Flower last weekend. I love perfumers like that and it feels good to buy from them and promote them. I am also a shameless promoter of Sonoma Scent Studio because her scents are fab, but also because of her inviting, inclusive, and personal nature.
I’m wearing Ce Soir ou Jamais, which is holding up well in the humidity so far.
Love that one, and its name. So sassy – “tonight – or never!”
Exactly!
Ah! Thanks for the translation. I always glance over that name and think it has something to do with Jamaica
I love Ce Soir ou Jamais! I was futzing around in my garden on Monday and cut some of my Oklahoma rose. I kept thinking, of all the rose scents that I have, which of them gets closest to that heady, dark, deep rose aroma of Oklahoma. I didn’t want to get into one of my winter roses, like L’Arte di Gucci or Ta’if… so I really gravitated to Ce Soir ou Jamais. It is so deep and luscious! It is one of my fav dark roses no doubt. You smell wonderful! And IMHO humidity makes it smell better. You get such intense sillage.
I was going to go with Diptyque Geranium Odorata for this hot/humid day but my husband said it smells like Deep Woods Off. Not regular Off. I think I need to do a side-by-side with Off and its flanker! So ended up in Iris Poudre which I love in any weather.
It’s so withering when someone makes a comment like that about a frag you like!
He’s usually respectful and doesn’t make unsolicited comments as he is happy that perfume makes me happy. It’s only when I demand an opinion from him(like today) that he’ll let me know. But when I hear something like that it makes me hesitant to wear it to work as others may have the same reaction. I shouldn’t care if *I * like it I suppose…But you’re right. My geranium withered
Guffaw. Deep woods is Off’s flanker. Too funny.
Maybe “deep woods” could be code for Oudh flankers
That would actually make perfect sense.
Hahahahaha!
Today I am testing Shay & Blue Blood Oranges on my left wrist and Watermelons on the right. Blood Oranges opens with pleasant orange and then moves onto the leather and wood that are listed in the notes. Definitely interesting and not like anything else I am familiar with. I do like it. Watermelons is kind of sweet, but it’s not a big blast of froot. It kind of smells like when you first cut open a watermelon, but doesn’t get sugary. Not sure how these two smell together on me, but no one has complained about an odd smell coming from me (so far, at least)!
Thanks for the notes on these! The Shay&Blue range sounds so nice…
Mitsouko EdP, to see what happens in muggy summer air. So far so good, but I wish I had one with full oakmoss. I thought I did have a sample like that, but the vial I found is contemporary. It’s more powdery than I remember from the last wearings. Any thoughts on Mitsouko’s powder or non?
I have both contemporary and vintage Mitsouko (only a small half-full tester bottle for the vintage, but still..), and there is a big difference between real oakmoss and not, at least in the contemporary formulation I have. In the newer one, they clearly swapped out all the oakmoss for Evernyl, which I guess could come off as powdery, but to me it almost seems chalky. Evernyl is a good fixative, but it also lacks the deeper, smoky/tobacco-y notes that oakmoss has, and that come across in the older version and add richness.
I know my recent formulation isn’t the most recent, though I don’t know the age. I’ve heard that it was reformulated again within the last couple of years and that it’s better.
Interesting because I tested current Bandit for the 1st time and found it very powdery on me even though I’ve not seen anyone describe it that way. So wondered if the synthetic oak moss can register as powder as they attempt to replicate musty-dusty with those chemicals. Sounds like a possibility. Although I have the current Mitsouko EDP and it doesn’t register as powdery on me.
Really, you found Bandit powdery, Elisa. That is so interesting. I find Bandit’s texture very difficult to describe, maybe chilled molten leather, but anyway not powdery.
This wouldn’t be the first time that I used the word powdery in a way I later discovered was not the same thing that other people mean by it. For instance, I used to find some labdanum notes sour or sharp in a way that I first described as powdery. (And now those same notes generally smell sweet, rich and resinous to me, so go figure!)
My powder experience with Mitsouko burned off within half an hour, and the Mitsouko is lovely many hours later, but I still wish for the full oakmoss.
sweetgrass, I’m not sure which recent formulation I have. It’s a little vial from STC, from the look of it, so I probably won’t find out.
Thanks to you both for the very helpful input!
I wonder how Hiram Green made the note that’s a dead ringer for oakmoss in Shangri-La. I thought he used all-naturals, and I thought he was IFRA-compliant…. Maybe he’s both of those things, and an alchemist, too. Doh! I should have asked him at that event a couple months ago.
When I say “powdery” it’s either J&J or cosmetic powder/talc. And Bandit verged on J&J for me that I wondered if they gave me Baghari by mistake (which is very J&J on me). But I spritzed at Bigelow’s and it was Bandit for sure. Puzzlement…
I was wearing Mohur, because I wanted something beautiful, but also comforting (got home from work at 2AM). But then couldn’t resist in the afternoon and dabbed some Black Rosette on my wrist – my Strange Invisible Perfumes sample set arrived yesterday. This is a very different, dark, leathery rose. It’s interesting, but not an immediate love.
All I can say is hang in there, dear. Sending you a big hug.
Thank you, Holly! And I really should stop going on about work, I’ll bore people to death. But I’m getting so tired now that self-control is slipping. NST provides lovely relief.
I understand. You’re not going on about work, and there are times when it’s inexplicable. I had a year like that, and my incredibly brave and astute friend kept urging me to hang on. At times I was frustrated by that, but I came to see the wisdom of it.
When most of your life IS work, it’s hard to avoid the topic really… But this too, will end. I guess there’s not much to be done but ride it out. Stay present for all that needs to be done and wait until you finally arrive at the other end.
2am though. That’s insane. And yet you still seem so composed! Lol. Hats off to you Annikky, and big hug
Happy Birthday to Mr. Bacon. He’s really had a long and diverse career, hasn’t he? I’m wearing TF Shanghai Lily today.
Morning to NST! I’m only awake because my cat arrived on the bed with a faceful of knitted mouse (the one with the blue tail) and an astounding story to tell of his courage and cunning in hunting it down. I’m only a little bit pleased with his prowess – it’s 4.15 in the morning here! My dear one said a word I won’t trouble you with and buried himself under the bed clothes; I accepted that the day has started, made my first cup of tea, and spritzed myself with some Bill Blass Nude, because it made me smile to wear a perfume called Nude when I’m encased in about 37 layers of merino. I bought Nude unsniffed on the strength of Angela’s review, and I find it to be a lot of fun. I don’t think it’s going to hold up against the cold today, but that’s OK: I’m not sure I am either. My perfume and I can whimp out together.
Hope the rest of your Wednesdays go well. You all smell delectable.
THIRTY SEVEN? It was really cold here a week ago and I reached my own record of 5 layers (only the gloves had any merino wool
)
Well, if I’m to be accurate, it’s four actually, but then I topped it all with 2 beanies and a scarf, all merino too, a leather jacket and a puffer, because I decided that I could not face the daylight without gold kiwifruit, and went to the supermarket. Not 37, but I am very far from nude. My dear man tells me I look like the cocoon of one of the larger native moths–I think maybe I’ll re-work my outfit a bit before I go work. Oh, and Nude has already given up the unequal battle. Who can blame it?
Ah, at least your kits tell you about their hunts. Mine deposit moths and daddy long-legs, crumpled paper, bits of saliva covered leather, and the occasional shred from my bedspread without telling me anything. I was told it was a phase, but its been teenage mutant ninja kitties around here for years!
I have a theory (I know that’s a really irritating statement, sorry) that Dakkie brings me his mice because he has observed I’m a pretty hopeless hunter and he worries about me. Do you think your purrs are leaving you gifts to Help You Get Through?
Oh dear. I think your cat is so much more nurturing and thoughtful than mine. My kits definitely act like they don’t need me and don’t need my approval….until they do! I cannot tell you the number of time one will crawl into the bed next to me at night, but with a look on his face that it just a coincidence that I happen to be there as well. As for the wee giftees… I suspect they think I am too dumb to find such treasures myself, but they have no intention of helping me to do so. They may feel sorry for me on occasion, but that is as deep as their compassion goes. Mostly, I think I embarrass them.
Dakkie’s mother Isabella, an oriental lavender of supreme elegance, confidence and sagacity, always looks down her aristocratic nose at me. I don’t think she’d give me anything except an occasional civil nod. Poor Dear Dakkie, though, so sweet, and so confused by almost everything, he just wuvs me under all circumstances. He won’t get another chance to give me little love-gifts at 4.15, though, not if I know it!
Aww we. My male cat “graces” me with his affection. Every once in a while he’ll curl up next to me in bed and as soon as I notice and get all blissed out, he leaves. Such a tease. I blame his commitment issues on being hand fed. He’s got Mom issues for sure!
I almost started a web search for Isabella the aristocratic oriental lavender… perfume. Between waterdragon’s mystery scent and Oakland Fresca’s mystery getaway at Fire Island, I am all mixed up!
Oh, Leathermountain, sorry, I’m so used to the breed name, I didn’t think. I don’t know what Izzy’s breed would be called in America, but I now see the overlaps into the world of perfume. Too funny! Mind you, I won’t tell Isabella: she’ll take credit and expect to become a muse.
I love this kind of confusion. And I think Izzy already Iz.
I’m wearing Ostara. I suddenly thought of Antonia’s Flowers earlier today, but was too lazy to search for my sample.
Do you like it?
Ostara?
I’ll just assume so … yes I ended up buying a bottle which is rare for me these days. As was mentioned in the comments for Robin’s review (by me as well) it does slowly become boring but I adore the first few hours of it enough to just re-spritz. I’m an absolute sucker for daffodil and hyacinth notes, and I find them to be so radiant and playful in Ostara that I feel like skipping about!
Yea, I meant Ostara and I’m sorry, I remember now that we already discussed this once. I agree with you, I think the beginning is lovely and then it becomes totally unremarkable. But as you say, that’s what reapplying is for.
Happy Birthday to Kevin Bacon! 2 KB movie recs for you – Tremors is good silly fun and Stir of Echoes is a great scary/suspense (not gory) movie.
Just put on some Hermes Eau de Merveilles. It’s the only one of the group I like and seems to fit well with the kind of cool cloudy summer weather we’ve been having lately.
Little Miss Panda — probably 3 stars, and I’d probably wear it a lot if I owned a bottle.
Testing Dolce & Gabbana pour Femme. I haven’t tried the original yet, so I can’t compare, but I find it interesting as a bearable version of the seductive but poisonous peach-vanilla structure of Lancome Tresor. I’ve ordered samples of the original version to see what I’m missing in this reformulation.
There is no comparison. The red lid one- one of my signatures from the early 2000’s- is from an entirely different universe.
Yes, perthgirl. Oh my goodness that was huge! I remember being advised to spritz it on the bottom of my feet!
Bacon sandwich while watching Kevin Bacon movie is called for!
Had a shower with bay rum soap made locally in PDX, then am wearing Eau De in Citrine. Am feeling very fresh indeed.
Splashed on a little Carthusia Fiori di Capri, and augmented the carnationy goodness with a dab of DSH Oeilets Rouges. Very happy.
I decided to go with SL Santal Mysore today. I guess I had a craving for sandalwood and curry this morning.
In Caron Pour Homme…. I need a lot more of this to really feel the lavender, and I just drained my sample given to me by a very generous NSTer… I keep thinking about Kiki… I should test these two side by side as I recall a lost of Kiki detractors said it was an overpriced version of CpH.
Love Caron PH
I adore lavender and Caron Pour un Homme is one of the best. You smell great.
Have you tried L’Impact de Pour un Homme? The extrait de parfum version. Lovely as well.
No I haven’t. Is it also a lavender scent?
Yes, another interpretation of Pour un Homme, in pure perfume.
I adore Kiki! I love many lavender frags but Kiki edp is different because of the passionfruit note. It’s just so much more FUN than lavender!
Stepped into Saks for a spray of Samsara (a few recommend it because of my love of Mohur) and also did a spray of Elixir Charnel Gourmand Coquin on the other arm, a little crazy in today’s very humid weather..
Samsara is beautiful and I can understand the likeness to Mohur with its creamy sandalwood note but that’s about all.
I am wearing Goutal’s Nuit L’Etoile which was named after a painting by Vincent Van Gough, an artist played in a movie by Kirk Douglass, an actor who appeared in a movie with a comedian named Phil Hartman, who was a show called Saturday Night Live on which Kevin Bacon appeared.
Which puts my scent within six degrees of Birthday Boy Kevin Bacon.
Well done!
Impressive! I would need 10 cups of coffee to come up with something like that.
Well it’s really hot and humid here in Beantown. I keep smelling au the vert and can’t figure out where it is coming from. Sometimes I think the humidity plays tricks on my nose. In any case, I think I will counteract it with some Rose Anonyme for its sweaty musky Oudh armpit of a dry down. Heck, may as well go with it and layer it with some Al Oudh.
Cool and cloudy again today, SOTD is EL Private Collection Jasmin White Moss. edp Very mossy on me with just a hint of gentle jasmine (wish it had more jasmine as it’s one of the few white flower notes I enjoy), but it’s quite contemplatively lovely.
SOTD = Chanel No. 19 EDP
3 days in a row – 7 sprays and as I said yesterday, it cut right through the humidity!
Today is my birthday too. It was just a typical Wednesday. Other than coming home to find the whippet was very pink because he had been licking his legs and his mouth was bleeding. So I had to hose him down outside to get the blood off. We found out a few weeks ago that he has oral cancer. Some days it’s not that bad, other days he bleeds a lot. Today was one of the messier days.
I forget what I spritzed on this morning. Tonight I’m sampling Memoirs of a Trespasser and it must be the weather or something because it’s unbearably sweet. Must go and wash it off I think.
Oh gosh, poodle. That sounds really difficult and I’m so sorry. I know that the last year has been one of many changes. I’m sending you a big hug, and gratitude that this is your birthday. Thank you for being here and sharing your experiences with us.
Thanks. Yeah, it’s been a rather awful time for a while. One of these days things will have to start trending the other way I hope.
Happy Birthday, Poodle! Sorry about your whippet’s diagnosis. How’s the kitchen reno?
We’re in a holding pattern on the kitchen. It’s functional but not finished. Waiting for some replacement stuff that’s on order and waiting on the backsplash.
Thanks.
Hi, Poodle — Happy Birthday! Hope you have a chance to celebrate later this week, perhaps with a delicious new perfume…
I’m awfully sorry to hear about your poor dog, though; I’m sending healing thoughts toward you both.
Thanks. I might just have to check something off my to buy list.
Hi, poodle, belated birthday wishes for a year ahead that gets better each day.! Sorry about your dog, I had a cat with oral cancer, know what you’re going thru. Hugs.