Happy Wednesday! What fragrance did you pick for today?
I'm wearing Dawn Spencer Hurwitz's Le Jardin Vert.
Reminder: this Friday, 7/24, will be Perfume Surprise Friday...wear a fragrance you expected to hate but loved, or, give another chance to a perfume you expected to love but hated, or surprise us with another interpretation of "perfume surprise".
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 DGJ_5214 - Curtain of Green [tripled] via Dennis Jarvis at flickr; some rights reserved.
Started off with the teeniest spritz of Terracotta to see if I had a different response to it. Nope. Big mistake! This was a blind buy that was an epic fail and I don’t see that changing in the future, sadly.
Scrub a dub dub and then for something bracing and beautiful:
AG Ninfeo Mio. That’s more like it 🙂
Lush Sikkim Girls for me. No point in trying to fight the heat at this point, I might as well pretend I’m in a tropical paradise.
Sorry, this went to the wrong place.
But Ninfeo Mio is a great summer scent. Too bad Terracotta doesn’t work for you.
Mmm, love Ninfeo Mio!
Deva, Terracotta doesn’t work for me, either. I have had a couple of epic failure blind buys, and I’m glad to have learned that lesson! Luckily, you’ll have no problem swapping Terracotta.
Yes, it will be heading out the door I hope with the next swap meet, whenever that is. I do love the bottle though…:)
Same here, I bought a large decant of Terracotta and it didn’t work for me at all. But I had no problem finding it a new home!
I wore Ninfeo Mio the other day – it’s just so refreshing – zesty and yet dewy at the same time.
Ninfeo Mio is soooo great!
I’m living off the last little bit of Shalimar Ode a la Vanille right now but haven’t figured out what I will wear post shower. But I think that I do need to spend more time with Box of Eels. All I remember is it being a typical Chanel but that’s it.
Update on the PayPal thing, I did get my money back to my account. Evilbay was telling me that it could take up to 30 days before I saw my money. Needless to say, I’m happy that it went into my bank account sooner.
Glad you got your $ back!
PdN Fig Tea, layered with Philosykos to make it figgier.
Two great scents 🙂
Hey you fig lovers! Was at Whole Foods this AM spending too much money on groceries and picked up a liquid hand soap by Nourish Organic, ‘Fresh Fig.’ I don’t enjoy fig perfumes for the most part, but I do love the scent of figs… this soap smells terrific. Not very strong; you won’t be wearing it after washing your hands…
Looks like they do other body products as well in that scent, I’m going to look for it — thanks!
It sounds intriguing! I love the meatiness of figs.
SOTD is Parfums d’ Empire Wazamba. Completely out of tune with the weather but I like the way the heat warms the balsamic notes.
Earthscent, I love Wazamba and wear it in any weather.
And the price is pretty reasonable, too. You smelled wonderful all day
SOTD is sample of Reve en Cuir. Mmmmmmm
SOTD is AdP Iris Nobile EDT again – still deeply in love with this. Hubby loves it too – he likes to pretend that he can distinguish individual notes, which I don’t think he really can, but he is definitely able to tell when I’m wearing the same perfume two days in a row (which, for a “guy” type of guy, is rather surprising).
My husband can only smell roses and head shop patchouli! The rest is just either good or not good!
My husband recognises four perfume categories: flower (hesitantly), nice/not nice, that’s really nice, going to sneeze. I’m hoping to teach him “Meh!” soon.
Meh! is indispensable!
😉
My husband has the following categories: Hubba hubba!, (Iris Poudre and Prada Iris – good!); Not quite hubba hubba (Séville à l’Aube – good enough); a complete failure to notice (wear as I please) and What’s that? (Parfum Sacree, unfortunately, and other skanky things seem to smell far more skanky to him than they do to me – I do not see Onda in my future)
Gosh, your dear man has a rather nuanced and cerebral set of responses compared with mine!
He has many unexpected skills and data tucked away in that head of his. The first time I wore my new Apres l’Ondee, he said, “Hmm, is that Grey Flannel?” Who knows where that association came from.
They both feature violet.
Yes, I just don’t know where he was exposed to it enough to have a scent memory of it.
Commando today. Just back to work after a nice long vacation
At least it was nice & long 🙂
Update on last week’s date, for anyone interested! I ended up wearing Kai- so pretty in that simple, non-threatening way. The dude was very smart, very cute, and very uninterested. Next time! 🙂
Oh, Kai was a great choice! I’m sorry the date didn’t pan out. Next!
Gah! I hate those kinds of dates. If I’m ever single again I’m not doing it – I’ll devote myself to gardening, or cats, or flower-arranging. Anything else! I applaud your optimism though. 🙂
SheriG, I’m not doing it either! It’s just myself and my favorite four legged friend and we are quite happy 🙂
Dating is absolutely the pits! I’d rather stick a fork in my eye and that’s saying quite a lot from a gal who has had four surgeries in the right eye to preserve functional vision!!
Oh Deva – I’m literally laughing out loud at that (and probably making my coworkers wonder what the heck is so funny). You just brightened my whole day! 🙂
😀
On to better things 🙂
::high five:: from a fellow singleton! I’m glad grad school has kept me so busy, or else I’d actually have to deal with the atrocity that is “dating” again! The worst.
Sorry it didn’t work out 🙁
Perhaps next time swap out the ‘pretty and unthreatening’ fragrance for a vampy one! Only then it might be someone who is shy and terrified of seductive women… Nope, there is no way to win this.
I think the way to win is to wear what you think is the most yourself! Not that it’s an easy question to answer, of course…
Agree, I was just being tongue in cheek. Wish there was an emoticon for that!
I think it’s a numbers game and you win by playing (and wearing what you like!)
Lucky fellow if you’re his uninteresting date. Harrumph. I admire your positive attitude and clear-sightedness–so will a cute, smart dude!
I’m voting this comment up. Actually, when Ari said very smart and very cute I automatically read and ‘very uninteresting’! I find people who are a bit too perfect to have a tendency to be dull.
Merlin, so true! Also, lacking a bit in depth of character, not that I would ever make broad sweeping generalizations 😉
Absolutely agree. I tend to like my chaps (sounds as though I run a harem, but you know what I mean) rather “lived in” and definitely humorous. Mr Perfect sounds too dull for you, Ari. He’s the loser.
I’ve upped my game to testing more than one sample at a time. Yay! I probably reek, and I don’t care!
Left arm S-ex. Patent leather, hairspray and strawberry Flintstones vitamins.
Right arm, Bronze Goddess. I’m very late to that party.
I hope you love Bronze Goddess as much as I do. 🙂
scentfromabove, I do love it! I had purposely avoided it thus far, as I’m generally not a fan of coconut, and definitely not gardenia. Bronze Goddess surprised me by being much more than a beachy scent, which usually make me feel hot, sweaty, gritty and plagued by gnats.
Yay! So happy you enjoy it too.
🙂
Un Jardin en Mediterranee, Hermes. A very green and woody fig.
One of my first loves. Still like it a lot.
Love it! You smell great.
Azzarro Pour Homme Elixir today, not sure if it was a good choice…
Hopefully then it has faded by now?
Mostly. I just got back from a walk but can still detect it. Thinking I should save this for cooler weather. 😉
SoTD En Voyage Zelda. I just got my sample yesterday and am trying it out today. I’m not sure what I think yet. I loved the opening, but so far totally wowed by the dry down. It’s sweeter than I expected.
Oh, that one is a real beauty IMO! I love how dense, layered, and undulating Zelda is. A very three dimensional scent, if there is such a thing. I bought a FB which I treasure! I hope you enjoy it 🙂
I blind bought a FB because you love it so much and we have similar tastes and I had a discount code. I haven’t sniffed it yet.
Yowza! The pressure is on and I hope you love it. I am still feeling the pain of the “Blind Buy That Failed” mentioned above, and I would hate that to happen to anyone, although I know we have all risked it once or twice.
Hit me up anytime if I have something you think you might be interested in. I think you have my list. If not just email me and I will get it to you so you can peruse it at leisure! taiga101in the land of the almighty yahoo dot com 🙂
Unbeknownst to you ( and now beknownst to you), you were my guinea pig for Terracotta. Thanks for taking one for the team ;-). All said in fun.
I do have your list from our swap – thanks!
I can’t wait! My sample arrives tomorrow! My sister bough the Frida for herself, and then told me she bought me the Zelda as a surprise. As Roaring 20s and anything-Fitzgeraldian fan gurrl, I’m sure I will love it.
how is your sister liking Frida? I hope you love Zelda! She’s super unique, at least to me 🙂
In the mood for a light, tart floral today so I put on CSP Coeur de Raisin. Maybe it is confirmation bias, but I can totally smell the mangosteen… This is my second try with a sample and I am annoyed by how much I like it! The last thing I need is more items on my wish list 🙂
That’s a great, unusual scent; based on its description, I scored FB of the old formula (judging from the bottle design) on eB a while ago and I cannot quite make up my mind if/when to wear it. It’s, strangely, both tropical and rather cozily, toasty warm. It lasted ages on a paper blotter, with a distinctive raisin note. Is your sample fairly new, and likely from the new formulation..?
It’s at least 5 years old – from back when it was still called Coeur de Raisin – but I don’t know anything about the reformulation history. I wonder if it’s different from yours though because I don’t get anything warm from it – though of course that’s pretty subjective – and smell tart fresh grapiness rather than raisins.
Mine seemed rather raisin-centric, yes, but I you’re right, they did change the name at some point, so we are likely using similar formulas.. I need to smell it again soon, and give it some time on the skin.
And I should give it a few more hours before I declare it unraisiny… It would be a neat trick if they made it go from grape to raisin as it dries down – almost a perfume pun!
Chanel 19 for me today. Have to go to a department breakfast meeting with the big boss (sigh) and it seemed like a good choice.
Breakfast meetings should be illegal! But 19 is a great choice if you’ve gotta go to one.
Yes! Food is sacred and there should be no meetings during breakfast or lunch!
Word!
No 19 is always a good choice!
Agree!
Air conditioning saga continues…it’ll be a miracle if we’re back in business this week. Anyone else annoyed by the Sierra Mist commercial currently airing (la la la lemon, la la la lime)? Makes me want to smash the radio on the floor, but that may be a/c stress related. And I have a mini infestation of…little winged ants! Fortunately they’re quite feeble and easily wiped out with a damp paper towel. Have put out a bunch of ant traps. Deep breath and CSP’s Pamplemousse.
If they’re grossing you out may I recommend Ant Man, a fun if not all that groundbreaking superhero movie, which might help you feel more affectionate toward your unwanted guests.
😀
I enjoyed Ant-Man.
Oy. Hope you get relief soon and that the Pamplemousse does its job!
In the morning Diptyque Oyedo, from a sample, nice but shortlived. Moved on the PdN Weekend, gorgeous for summer.
I’ve never smelled Weekend – if you think it’s gorgeous, then it must go on my “to smell” list!
Do try it, I keep sniffing my wrist with a happy smile. Happy to send you a sample but it is a bit tricky to get it over the Atlantic!
Thanks, but I’ll just try and hunt one down over here. No sense in spending all that postage for a little vial!! 😉
It’s actually not that expensive sending a small sample across the Atlantic. You can send it as a letter. I did so a couple of weeks ago, and the samples arrived just fine. Luckyscent has PdN by the way. I ordered a few discontinued PdN’s from them years ago.
Wearing an Yves Rocher, cheap as chips scent, Naturelle; perfect for a summer day where the heat index is going to be over 100 degrees.
TDC de Bachmakov this morning.
one of my faves!
Ooh, I’ve been wanting to try this. Can you detect the cilantro at all?
You know, I think I can detect it just because I know it’s supposed to be there, but not sure I’d recognize it as cilantro if I didn’t know to look for it. It has a nice green, herbal opening and then I get a lot of iris from it too.
It is most gorgeous. De Bachmakov is one of those scents I bought because I sensed: this is going to change my life! Anyone else have those scent epiphanies too? It kind of ends up NOT changing one’s life …. or maybe it does. We’ll never know!
Feminite du Bois today. Sometimes you just want to feel like a goddess.
Hope you’re all well!
FdB will certainly do that!! That’s a good poll question – what fragrance makes you feel like a goddess/god/divine/other-wordly?
Yum, I love that frag — never thought about it in the summer, though.
I would say my A La Nuit makes me feel pretty darn sexy goddess-like.
Jasmine can do that. 🙂
That would be a good one!
Ubar!
totally copied you, at least the Shiseido iteration…
Slumberhouse’s Pear + Olive. Deeeeeelishus goodness!
I love that quirky little scent! It leaked a bit in my drawer so now I get a whiff of gourmet market whenever I open my drawer.
Ohhhhhhhhh! I want Pear & Olive soooooooo bad! What a great fragrance. For some reason, this fragrance makes me feel like a sexy woman! It’s just so expensive. I am trying to hold on to the little bit I have left in my decant. Good choice! You smell so good!
I have heard so many raves about this one but I just can’t seem to imagine pear and olive smelling like anything other than ready for the saucepan :-/
My lack of imagination is very good for my bank account, though!
I wouldn’t have sought it out either but I got an unexpected sample in a freebie package (from Hajusuuri). It does smell foody(savory) but there’s just somethin’ about it. And it’s definitely unique. But you’re right. Curiosity will kill the bank account…
Forget any misconceptions you may have about it. It is unique and intoxicating. The combo doesn’t sound like it would work well together, it just does. Although you have read several good things about it, there are people who dislike it a lot as well. I guess it is a different experience for each individual. Pear & Olive is like an acquired taste; you either love it or hate it. Most perfumistas like it though.
SOTD: Dior La Collection New Look 1947
I’m wearing New Look 1947 because I’m trying to find a replacement for my *beloved* Love, Chloe. I still can’t believe Love, Chloe was discontinued…..it’s so classy and tasteful for a mainstream. Anyway, I’m looking for something similar so I got a split of 1947. So far today 1947 is all powdery on me and nothing else. Love, Chloe is somewhat powdery but there’s much more going on. So this is a miss. I’ll finish my split of 1947 because I don’t hate it but it’s definitely not a replacement for Love, Chloe.
Any thoughts on something similar to Love, Chloe? I only have one back-up bottle… I think Balenciaga Paris is in the same genre, and I have that, but nearly loved it as much as the Chloe.
((SIGH))
You might be able to get there by layering – Love, Chloe has all those violets and powder. I think it would be relatively easy to find a powder fragrance that “got there”, and then to find a nice violet fragrance that you could layer…? I have a very large sample size of Love, Chloe that I’d be happy to send to you. I got it in a swap, and it’s OK for me, but I never wear it.
That’s so nice of you! But no worries. I already have 1/2 a bottle and also a full back up bottle.
So interesting….I don’t think Love, Chloe has much violet note, if any. It’s mostly a powdery/(but not baby powder) orange blossom with a bit of chewy heliotrope/lilac/white musk in the dry down.
Thanks for the offer though. Very kind. You must have also gone through the discontinuation of a beloved before (these seem to be occurring more rapidly for me!)
Oh, yes! It’s happened to all of us. Thankfully I have back ups of all of my HG or almost HG fragrances, except for the most excellent Mariella Burani.
Late reply so you may never see this AnnS….
but wanted to say that Mariella Burani is among my HGs as well. MB has always made me think of it as Chanel No 5’s warmer, kinder sister with a sense of humor!! Chanel’s seems so humorless and wan to me….
Arlesienne? It’s also got honey, violets, powder
never heard of that one. what is the brand?
It’s a L’Occitane 🙂
I see that fragrancenet has Chloe Love for a good price.
woo! last I checked they were oos – so I’ll snag another back up. THANKS!
I’m considering getting a bottle myself – I have a decant at work that’s almost empty. Its such an easy but pretty scent.
Michael Edwards’ Fragrance Finder is a good resource for finding similar stuff, and Fragrantica lists Misia as being similar.
Thanks for the tip. And coincidentally, I just got a split of Misia, it’s en route to me right now!!
You might also enjoy Oriza Legrand’s Heliotrope Blanc.
I saw Love, Chloe recently on the Sephora website.
OMG you’re right!
That’s kinda weird, isn’t it???
Back up bottles here I come!!!
SOTD TF Cafe Rose mixed into some honey scented hand cream to soften it up a bit. Not bad but the honey turns a bit “grey” after a while.
I find TF Cafe Rose very soft to begin with?
Not on me. Certain roses feel too sharp on me and can be overwhelming after a while as much as I’m really drawn to them (Agent Provacateur & La Fille de Berlin are in that category and I own and love both).
Using up the last of my Rose Velours sample. I was surprised by how much I liked this one; it’s on my wish list!
Another rose I need to try. What did you like about it, if I can ask?
It’s a sweet rose, almost gourmand, but still fresh. Just really pretty!
Aaaand I’m sold. (It doesn’t take much. 🙂 )
And since it is VC&A, it has a similar base to that of Bois d’Iris. The VC&A display was moved to somewhere inconspicuous after the Memo launch. Boo hiss to BG!
And you know how much I love Bois d’Iris.
But I loved the Memo scents too! I lust after Quartier Latin badly.
I like it very much too! However, I get a slightly bitter, or green streak in it: perhaps my skin draws out the violet leaf?
Christian Dior Miss Dior Original is my SOTD
You smell lovely!
Hot day here so I put on a pretty dress and couldn’t resist, doused myself with Apres l’Ondee. Pretty pretty pretty. Trying hard to slow down and not break a sweat…
Apres l’Ondee: Never a bad decision.
yes, generally when I am wearing it, I have the thought, “Why do I even bother with anything else?” at least once or twice…but then I think of my other favorites, and so I have a little rotation – 5 days, often enough to use up bottles, but with a little variety….
Agreed!
I was having an urge for an oriental this morning – it’s not too hot here- but I really struggled with a “summer” oriental. Not the norm. I don’t even know what I’d consider a summer oriental, or if I’d have it! I ended up putting on some just a little bit of vintage Nahema edp, but it was too thick. So now I’ve layered with some Guerlain eau Imperiale. The lime and herbs are really doing to trick to balance the peach/rose. Phew. I should have just picked No 19 in the first place rather than challenging myself!
Are you a Shalimar fan? I just bought a bottle of the EDC – its great for summer.
Yes! I wear Shalimar in the evenings in the summer. I get more of the dark leathery part in the heat than I do when I wear it in cooler weather.
Actually, it sounds like you found a nice combo! Agree on the lighter Shalimars – I have Eau de Shalimar and enjoy it very much in summer.
That sounds very nice.
It worked out surprisingly well. I was preparing for a train wreck.
Another Ineke today, Gilded Lily. Pretty and easy to wear, which is good because it is HOT and muggy and we are cleaning out the workshop, pump room, garage, and tool storage area of the tractor shed. Somehow, Mom has managed to hoard a lot of garbage on the pegboards and in the drawers and the tools are never where they should be. This is not a fun job and there is a fair amount of arguing about whether we need to keep the broken part to the thing we don’t have anymore and the ancient decaying hoses, padlocks with no keys, little twists of wire, etc.
ooooo, that is the only Ineke in her A-Z collection I haven’t tried. Pretty and easy to wear is kind of my theme in July in Chicago.
It’s one of my perfumes most complimented by strange men, not just perfect strangers but really some weird ones that I am vaguely acquainted with. It’s a nice, mildly fruity-floriental to me but that’s probably because of the little bit of patchouli. Patch sometimes kills me to actually wear and always triggers my labeling something oriental. I don’t get huge lily nor lots of pineapple and certainly not Oakmoss (but, I could bathe in the stuff so more sensitive palates may detect some). It’s one I recommend if you are an Ineke fan, certainly has her signature style and very wearable year round in Texas, but probably too light for winter in Chicago.
‘…there is a fair amount of arguing about whether we need to keep the broken part to the thing we don’t have anymore.’
But f course you do! What if you get a new thing that breaks and could be fixed by just adding that exact part? Aaaaaaaaah 😮
And the sad thing is that I’m about one third serious…
Well…we do have a keep pile that displeases both my husband the minimalist and my Mother the junk hoarder so I think I’m doing well as a moderator. I did insist on keeping all 15 unused masonry bits just in case, the wooden toy hammer, and the homemade hay hooks, but the 28 identical allen wrenches that came with towel racks are gone.
Yes, sounds like you are the perfect intermediary 🙂
What’s even worse is when you start thinking you’ll get creative with that junk like the folks on etsy who make jewelry out of wingnuts, braided lint beads, disintegrating erasers and the like.
Totally, I love the idea of making stuff with ‘found’ items. Cannot imagine how much junk I have kept around with some vague idea of re-purposing it!
*snort* 😀
Huh! Just wait until you smell the fabulous perfume I will one day create using only the tincture of old tissue paper, the essence of rusty wire hangers and the balm of used up batteries!
Showered myself in The Vert au Jasmin by L’occitane. I love this one in the summer, but it fades quickly. It’s a shame they don’t make it anymore.
Agreed. I used to LOVE the plain The Vert that they made, it was perfect. When they discontinued it I hoarded several bottles, but the stability isn’t great I guess because they smell “off” to me now.
Probably why they discontinued it, it didn’t keep in their supply either…
I think you are right about them turning. I have the 100ml so I decanted some into a purse atomizer – perfectly refreshing for afternoons right?
Only that atomizer smells yuck!
The bottle is about 90% ok, but I do use it more often as a room spray than a perfume now.
By the way, the 2015 Citrus Verbena smells fabulous, but no, I don’t need 150 mLs of it. I am tempted to get the shampoo, conditioner and shower gel which will add up to more than the cost of the perfume. Decisions, decisions…
I have the travel size bottles and fhey keep well. I loved the shower gel and was down to the last dregs when the plastic container disintegrated.
I’v only seen the Verbena series in the small bottles… Wish I had seen these!
Eeek, see my reply to this a few comments above!
A La Nuit because it makes me happy and alive. Really, is there a jasmine fragrance with more life and sincerity than this one?
I also love Diptyque Olene but have to admit A La Nuit is the best.
It’s my favorite jasmine too. Best thing next to sticking my face into a cluster of jasmine flowers 🙂
Wearing Caleche and feeling on top of my game!
Last night I did a side-by-side comparison of Arquiste’s L’Etrog and AG Eau d’Hadrien. I had thought they were quite similar when wearing them separately, but next to each other, AG blew Arquiste out of the water! AG was SOOOOOOO much more lemony. They had a similar longevity, although AG had the stronger sillage (still not huge, just a bit more than Arquiste.) They both have a somewhat woody drydown, and I think this was the only area where Arquiste had an advantage. I definitely preferred its drydown. I will not be purchasing either at the moment (still working through my samples of both), but when the time comes, it’ll definitely be AG.
I recently did a similar test with vintage Eau d’Hadrien and Hermes Un Jardin sur le Nil. I had thought they might be similar but they’re not. Vintage Ed’H is better in every way, but I’m not sure if the same can be said of the current, attenuated version.
I get so much of a thick woody quality out of JSLN – must the the fig accords – that it really changes for me during development. EdH – all lemon and herbs!
Noz, Hadrien and Jardin are so different to my nose (both current formulations), it would never have occurred to me to put them side by side. I’ll have to try it.
Ann, if you get woody from Jardin, you’d probably really enjoy L’Etrog. It’s a nice scent, just not the lemon blast I was hoping for.
I got a 15ml mini of Ed’H a few years ago and find it unbelievably weak.
Wrist to wrist comparisons are the best! It lets you whittle down the sample stash to the things that really work for you. It is for me a good way to determine what I really want to purchase. Right now my baseline frag is VC&A Bois d’Iris. If it doesn’t smell better than that I don’t buy it!
Such a beautiful day here in Virginia (still a bit hot but not as humid), and I’m working from home with the windows flung open. SOTD is Jour Ensoleillé layered with a bit of A la Nuit to emphasize the jasmine. Perfect!
Wow! What a combo!!!!! I can smell you from here and that is just awesome!!
I have an eye exam this afternoon, so no perfume for me yet. For later I’m currently thinking of Pd’E Azemour les Orangers.
I am going commando today since they are cleaning the entire floor where I work over the next three days and the carpet shampoo and other cleaners are about as much smell as my sniffer can take with bringing on a migraine.
How about a dab of Breath of God directly under your nose….
🙂
Seeing all of those green leaves in the picture made me think of all of the green perfumes that I own. But I had already spritzed myself with my scent of the day, SL Fleurs de Oranger, so maybe tomorrow I’ll have to go with something like Vent Vert or Diptique Eau de Lierre.
SOTD for me is Byredo Pulp — I bought the travel vial set of this a few years ago and don’t reach for it often, but today seemed like the right day! I really appreciate Robin’s review of Pulp, and I agree that it is a fun juicy fig scent!
I have a hard time with Byredo — I also own (and love!) Flowerhead but I feel like it’s not a typical Byredo scent. Every time I’m at the counter the salesperson wants me to try Gypsy Water, and I am always underwhelmed! Don’t even get me started on Mojave Ghost. Bal d’Afrique is nice, though.
I really like Pulp a lot! Just a fabulous burst of fruity goodness! I don’t reach for my decant of this that much either. I need to. I am trying so hard to appreciate Gypsy Water ( been eyeing the hair perfume for a bit now). And, like you, Mojave Ghost IS NOT FOR ME! LOL!
You smell fruit – a – licious today! 🙂
We agree on Pulp AND the rest of Byredo!
Woah – wait just a minute – 1996 is in a class of its own! Agree that many Byredos are rather wan though…
Oh, I do like that one too. Forgot it, sorry.
Flowerhead stands apart (ahead, ahem!) for me as well.
Mojave Ghost not working for me is a huge understatement. I was mildly traumatized by that one.
Wow…but it was so…ghostly?
I found it very suffocating-dusty-choking and it lasted through a thorough scrubbing after I got home from work.
Clearly your skin amplifies scent – I’m quite jealous! Though I can see how this could also be traumatic is some instances…
It seems my annual late summer intense rose cravings have come early this year! I’m slathered in Pre de Provence Rose de Mai lotion, burned a Rose candle last night, and will probably need to pick up some rose water to use in tea. When this craving hits it hits hard. Also waiting impatiently for a blind buy of Tocade to arrive in the mail- I try to avoid blind buys but in this case a big bottle costs about as much as a sample.
I have also been craving roses this summer – L’Ombre Dans l’eau and AG’s lighter roses (Quel Amour and Rose Splendide) have been getting a lot of wear.
Rose Splendide is so perfect in hot weather. It is refreshing and just glorious!
I just tested Tocade and Arpege in a store here. I sprayed them close together and I liked the overlap. The Tocade had a nice cozy, vanilla powdery drydown that I liked. Might order a sample(although true about the low cost of FB) Hope you like it!
Manguier Metisse for me today
I’m wearing Nuxe Huile Prodigieuse – I’ll probably top off with Seville a l’Aube. I like that combo.
The Nuxe body oil, that is
Oooh! Interesting thought!
SOTD = AG Nuit Etoilee
Yay! The morning commute in was spring-like and this was perfect. I think it will do just as well if it is warmer due to its citrus lemon mint notes that linger.
I had your commute yesterday today. The 7 train has frequent delays due to the mysterious “earlier incident” Grrrrr
Trying out a sample of Dame Perfumery Pear Water Lily and Amber after it was mentioned favorably the other day. It’s my least-liked out of the edt samples I’ve tried, but then I don’t care for water lily as a fragrance note and that’s what I mostly smell. Cassis Rose and Sandalwood is my favorite of the Dame edt’s thus far.
Water lily can kind of hijack a scent, in my experience.
I’m wearing Aqua Allegoria Flora Neroli bath oil on the dry skin of my shins. I got it in the Freebiemeet a few years ago from the lovely and generous Hajusuuri. After an initial blast of neroli, it turns to jasmine on me and I get lovely wafts of fragrance as I walk.
Glad you’re enjoying it. The persom from whom ai received it comments regularly and I hope she’s smiling too.
The new Balmain Ivoire, so pretty. It’s musky, but also soft and green and floral. Makes me feel fresh and sweet! Even when i am my same old self 🙂
Ah. I know that feeling of not being quite what the perfume suggests! Sometimes I enjoy it: it’s like playing dressing up; other times the dis-join only makes me cross with myself.
I think 24 Faubourg is TOO much of contrast to who I actually am. I try it occasionally, but can’t cope with the dissonance!
Weird suggestion–spray a little on a scarf and wear it… That is what I do with my Chanel No. 5 and it somehow transports me without my feeling I am ‘faking it.’
I’ll definitely try this! Thanks for the tip.
Sounds like a good suggestion, perfume-wise. Now I need to develop the chutzpah to wear scarves more often 🙂
Ha ha!
PdN Eau d’Ete today (and L’Eau Mixte yesterday!). I love typical summer scents, but also love these 2, which are still refreshing but not your standard summer fare.
Eau d’Eté is one of my favourites, also love Mixte. She does those scents so well!
I reached into my sample box this morning to wear something a bit different today. My SOTD is Versace Bright Crystal Absolute. To my surprise, I really like this a lot. I’m sure I like it because of the peony, amber, and musk. The top, fruity notes blend in well with the others. I want to see how long it will last on me. I can’t stop smelling my wrists!
Another bad sampling day for me: gs03 from biehlparfumtwerks (I have not learned perfume German). I grudgingly admit that it’s much nicer than it was the first time I sampled it, now rather pleasantly fruity-citrus-fresh, but still smelling synthetic.
Next shower is not far off, and I’m doing a 90s week, so I’ll go on to something like Laguna, Insensé, or French Lime Blossom.
Last night for 90s week I wore Bulgari Black to bed and was disappointed that it didn’t work for me, an unfortunate first.
What did you not enjoy about BB? I don’t find it a really restful scent, though I like it very much… Actually, I find it too distracting on myself, so I spray it on my partner instead 😀
It does smell better on my wife! It just didn’t smell gloriously of car tire rubber with whipped cream on top, like it usually does. It was like the notes came apart and back together again into a different form, more distinct anise, altogether sharper, and definitely not restful. Instead of in a well-worn garage in summer, stopping by with my ice cream cone to visit with neighbors, I felt like I was at the tire plant doing quality control with a difficult boss at the other end of my day.
Bvlgari Black is one of my favorites and most definitely a desert island scent. And it is inexpensive!
I know, that’s why it was so sad to have a bad moment with it. Has it ever let you down but then redeemed itself?
Hi, lovely NST-ers. I love your choices, and have added more names to my list of perfumes to hunt down and try when I am able.
My scent today is Jubilation 25, just because it can be. J25 was one of my very first purchases down here in the rabbit hole, and for reasons I don’t understand, I tend to hoard it. I’ve decided that’s just silly: things can spoil, tastes can change. From now on, if I think I’d like to wear the precious ones on an ordinary day in the office or cleaning the oven at home, I will. I’m in charge: see me spray…(maybe not cleaning the oven!)
You are so right about wearing a particular scent whenever you want. The other day I was looking at some perfumes and one caught my eye. The SA told me that a particular fragrance I picked up should only be worn on special occasions. I told her that I wear my perfumes whatever the occasion. My mom also tells me not to use my good perfume just to go to the store or to have lunch w/friends. If I want to wear Misia or Cristalle to the gym, so be it. Life is short……….enjoy things whenever you wish.
Hear,hear!
Yes, I think you’re right. Love ’em, use ’em, and accept that when they are gone, they’re gone, but the memories will stay. And if there!s one thing I’ve learned down here in the rabbit hole, there will ALWAYS be another gorgeous perfume to find, learn and love.
Ditto that!!
My mom tells me not to buy any more perfumes and not to wear any perfumes at all because they stink and she can’t breathe – this is why I am ways on the look out for “safe” perfumes.
I think its an evolutionary remnant from an age in which perfume was only to be worn for an occasion…
Hey – being conscious is an occasion!
Yep–as I advance rapidly (and fairly happily) towards my third age, I appreciate being conscious. Tell you what else I like these days: feeling quizzical. I sometimes think my most useful accessory would be a thought bubble filled with question marks coming out of the top of my head. Is there a noun from “quizzical”? Quizzicality? Whatever, I have acquired this commodity in bucketfuls as I’ve got older, and my quizzical speculations amuse me very much.
According to google there is in fact a noun, quizzicality!
As a dyed in the thread skeptic I don’t need a bubble emerging from my head. My eyebrows tend to the same thing – even when I would prefer it if they didn’t 😀
J25 is one of my favorites! My cats seem to enjoy this one as well. Have you noticed that with yours? My favorite time to wear it lately is when I get home, put on my comfy clothes, spray it on, and then take a liesurely walk outside(in the heat-it’s fantastic in the heat) smelling my arms at frequent intervals. When I get busy at work, I tend to forget to smell and by the time things wind down, the scent is gone!
It’s a bit hard to tell what Dakkie enjoys, apart from Temptations, his knitted mice and being warm. I think the world is a place of wonderment and deep uncertainty for poor Dakkus-Dog-Hoople, and by the time he’s registered a stimulus, it’s already gone beyond recall. His mother, Isabella, is a sympathetic creature and she responds to moods and perfumes, but this morning, she stayed in her bed (it’s C4 degrees; who can blame her?) so I don’t know what she’ll think of J25. I’ll have to observe & report back..
I’m trying my sample of Lostmarch Din Dan. It started out nice, but now I’m getting that unfortunate “Pledge” note. Lemon is awfully hard to do well, I guess.
Am wearing Amyris from a very generous decant sent to me by NSTer C.H. Haven’t seen her around these parts lately… hope all is well in her neck of the woods. As for the Amyris, it reminds me a little of Prada’s Infusion D’Iris…actually there is some iris in there somewhere, but it is not the scent so much as the “clean, freshness” without the squeak that it shares with the Prada. Amyris has some greeny snap and lemony vetiver as well.
This is shaping up to be a week of revisiting neglected bottles, so I’m wearing Agent Provocateur L’Agent today.
I’ve been meaning to sample this one. The description seems like something I’d like. How do you find it?
Flora Nymphea for me today. I haven’t worn it much this summer and enjoyed it very much today. I’m thinking that I’ll switch it up tonight. I hope all my fellow perfume lovers had a good day today.
Wearing Lou Lou today. A belated birthday present from a dear friend.
My day was not great, and adorable hubbies day was awful, so I have put on Mohur extrait, to improve the general tone of life. It’s working very well. For me this is currently the best perfume I am aware of, better than Chanel 5 or Attrape Coeur, or the various iris’s I love so much….
This could be a variation on the desert island question – what is simply the best smelling perfume you have and use, at the moment? Not the long lost vintages, unless you have some you dole out – the best perfume you have right now?
Hope your tomorrows are better!
Thank you for the kind wishes – I am sure they will be. My middle name should be Pollyanna.
I’m glad you’ve found a scent to remedy the ills of the day. I have yet to try Mohur extrait, or any extrait to my recollection.
It’s nice to be reminded that scent can be transformative. I know that’s something I often seek.
Transformative scent -that would be an interesting book to read…
Alarmed by Bois de Jasmin’s comment the other day that her bottle of FM L’Eau d’Hiver had turned, I hunted down my sample and wore it this morning. Mine still smells great, but I do wish it had more “oomph.” Too much JCE understatement for me, I guess. This afternoon, I dabbed on some Seville a l’Aube — had the sample vial with me to take to a friend to try — and discovered I don’t dislike it as much as I thought I did…
Seville has plenty oomph!
Sure does! 🙂