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Monday scent of the day 8/17

Posted by Robin on 17 August 2015 168 Comments

Bvlgari Diva bracelet

And before you know it, it's Monday again! What fragrance are you wearing today?

I'm wearing Eau Parfumée au Thé Bleu (review coming up later today).

Reminder: this Friday, 21 August, wear a scent by French niche brand Parfums de Nicolaï, if you have one. If you don't, wear a perfume by another brand that you think deserves more attention than it gets.

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: shown is the Bvlgari Diva bracelet with pink gold and lapis, price unknown.

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  1. Ari says:
    17 August 2015 at 9:19 am

    Jo Malone Blackberry & Bay, my sister’s favorite scent. We’re moving her into the dorms at University of San Francisco this week- I am very proud, but not very happy with the prospect of being a long-distance sister.

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    • annawilde says:
      17 August 2015 at 9:29 am

      My sister lives in Seattle, 3000 miles from me in DC, so I can sympathize. On the plus side, Seattle (and San Francisco!) are great places to visit 🙂

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    • Robin says:
      17 August 2015 at 9:29 am

      Oh, very good luck to your sister, hope she has a fantastic first year of college.

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    • mals86 says:
      17 August 2015 at 10:37 am

      Wishing your sis good luck and a great first year! (And maybe a visit from the whole family.)

      Blackberry & Bay is really nice.

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    • zara says:
      17 August 2015 at 1:41 pm

      same here! I though it would be a nice scent to brighten up the grey Monday. All the best to your sis 🙂

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  2. annawilde says:
    17 August 2015 at 9:26 am

    Perhaps because summer’s drawing to a close, I’ve been craving creamy, coconutty white florals. So the SOTD is my favorite BWF Carnal Flower.

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    • Robin says:
      17 August 2015 at 9:29 am

      Yum!

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    • mals86 says:
      17 August 2015 at 10:37 am

      Great stuff, and great for summer.

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    • AnnS says:
      17 August 2015 at 1:53 pm

      Carnal Flower is best in the heat!

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    • austenfan says:
      17 August 2015 at 3:20 pm

      I wore it on Sunday, it’s so beautiful in summer.

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  3. thegoddessrena says:
    17 August 2015 at 9:36 am

    Am trying a bunch of vanillas at the moment– Morn to Dusk, 7 Billion Hearts, Vanilla Flash and Mazzolari Vaniglia. Morn to Dusk is so far my favorite– all golden simplicity while testing all 4 seems to make the Tauer rosier.

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    • Deva says:
      17 August 2015 at 9:38 am

      I was just researching Morn to Dusk over the weekend! I didn’t find many reviews, but from the descriptions I have seen, it seems like a vanilla that would work well in the heat, as well as cooler weather. What’s the lasting power on you?

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      • thegoddessrena says:
        17 August 2015 at 9:48 am

        I’m the wrong person to ask about longevity– I have scent glue skin but I’ll let you know later in the day

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        • thegoddessrena says:
          17 August 2015 at 6:11 pm

          I can still smell Morn to Dusk and Vanilla Flash 9 hrs later though Morn to Dusk had a fairly noticeable drop-off between hr 7 and hr9

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          • Deva says:
            17 August 2015 at 8:05 pm

            Good to know! Thanks very much for the update 🙂

    • karen B says:
      17 August 2015 at 12:27 pm

      Read that as Mom to Dusk and thought it pretty catchy.

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      • Robin says:
        17 August 2015 at 2:21 pm

        And what Mom does after dusk is nobody’s business.

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  4. Deva says:
    17 August 2015 at 9:36 am

    Beautiful bracelet- don’t even want to imagine the price!

    SOTD is Kalemat, another successful blind buy! WooHoo! It arrived over the weekend, stunningly packaged and the bottle itself is gorgeous. It helps that I love the juice inside too! I wish all my blind buys were as victorious (looking at you, Terracotta)!

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    • Robin says:
      17 August 2015 at 9:39 am

      Best not to know 🙂

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    • pyramus says:
      17 August 2015 at 9:51 am

      It’s £910, about $1425 USD, $1850 CAD (The Canadian dollar is really in the toilet right now), which is admittedly a lot of money, but not COMPLETELY insane for a piece of high-end jewellery.

      If you went out and bought it I wouldn’t judge you is what I’m saying.

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      • Katrina says:
        17 August 2015 at 11:18 am

        Is there a jewelry enabler pin? ????

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      • missionista says:
        17 August 2015 at 2:13 pm

        Love the jewelry today. Too bad it’s a bracelet–I can’t stand wearing bracelets. Now, if it were a necklace….

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    • pixel says:
      17 August 2015 at 2:11 pm

      Ooh Kalemat is lovely!

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    • Jenkr says:
      17 August 2015 at 2:43 pm

      Kalemat is wonderful! Excellent blind buy choice.

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  5. Perfume Sniffer says:
    17 August 2015 at 9:41 am

    today it’s Houbigant Oranger en Fleurs

    it’s starting to happen as it always does in mid-August, I’m already looking forward to my cozy ambery oriental Fall scents! Even though I hate the colder weather and should be relishing this nice hot summer we’re having and stay happy with my bright fresh summer florals…

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    • Robin says:
      17 August 2015 at 2:22 pm

      I am staying happy with my summer scents!! Boo cold!

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      • lillyjo says:
        17 August 2015 at 2:56 pm

        Boo and Hiss to cold and winter!

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  6. pyramus says:
    17 August 2015 at 9:43 am

    I’m in the very last drops of my decant of Caron En Avion, unknown vintage, but a mostly uneducated guess would put it in the nineties, maybe the eighties but probably nothing older. It’s awfully good, though, floral but not flowery, emphatically a dark-gold and resinous oriental. It’s going to be a hot day and maybe this was a crazy choice but it spoke to me.

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    • Deva says:
      17 August 2015 at 12:07 pm

      If it speaks to you, you are obliged to listen 😉

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  7. Petrichor says:
    17 August 2015 at 9:43 am

    I’m wearing Ineke’s Derring-Do. This is good for the brutally hot day we’re expecting (mid 90’s, just when I thought summer was coming to an end!), but does smell quite synthetic on me. I’m perhaps hypersensitive to something in the Ineke base, as I get the same impression from Balmy Days & Sundays.

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    • mals86 says:
      17 August 2015 at 10:38 am

      I have trouble with the Inekes too – something synthetic I can’t identify.

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      • Petrichor says:
        17 August 2015 at 11:05 am

        Nice to know that I’m not the only one! I was so disappointed, as Field Notes From Paris sounds like it would be something I would enjoy otherwise.

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        • Elisa P says:
          17 August 2015 at 12:11 pm

          I didn’t like that one. It smelled like a very synthetic fougere on me. I think she uses the clean laundry white musk. That’s what it smelled like to me. Haven’t tried others after that disappointment.

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      • mals86 says:
        17 August 2015 at 12:20 pm

        I liked Evening Edged in Gold from a sample, but when I bought a decant that synthetic thing popped up and just ruined the scent for me. (Did spraying make the difference? I don’t know.) I haven’t tried Field Notes, but AFter My Own Heart and Balmy Days and Sundays both had that harshness that burned at the back of my throat. I also bought a bottle of one of the scents Ineke did for Anthropologie – Sweet William – after enjoying a sample, but it had the same throat-burning thing, which based on my experiences with other things is not white musk. That doesn’t typically bother me *physically* the way whatever-this-was did. (Sure, white musk can be very boring! but not usually painful for me.)

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    • sweetgrass says:
      17 August 2015 at 12:02 pm

      I think I know what you mean.. Several of the Inekes smelled like air fresheners on me. Field Notes from Paris wasn’t one of those, if that helps at all, but I still didn’t like it as much as I’d hoped I would (coriander note was pretty sharp on me, and I wasn’t a fan of that). I did like Evening Edged in Gold, though.

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    • Jenkr says:
      17 August 2015 at 2:45 pm

      Agreed. Inekes are ok, but the synthetic notes in most of them put me off a bit. However, Derring do is a good one for a hot summer day.

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  8. Lovestosmellgood says:
    17 August 2015 at 9:46 am

    In Shalimar ode a la vanille
    Because of the “fools rush in” post last Friday I am realizing I am a fool- and I should start wearing my quick buy fragrances. Can’t beat this flanker.
    Is it wrong I love this flanker more then the original ? 😉

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    • Oakland Fresca says:
      17 August 2015 at 1:34 pm

      Your question made me laugh out loud! Thanks for the morning chuckle!

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      • Lovestosmellgood says:
        17 August 2015 at 2:41 pm

        Your welcome! Hope the laughs continue during your day

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  9. Regina says:
    17 August 2015 at 9:47 am

    I’m wearing 4711, finally getting into the cologne thing and just in time as I am about to start a job in a hospital where I will want to wear no fragrance that anyone else can smell. I’m thinking it will be this and similar watery lemon things during the day, and I’ll put on whatever I want as soon as I step through my door at night 🙂 It’s clear I will need to improve my supply of dramatic bathrobes.

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    • SunnyDay says:
      17 August 2015 at 11:29 am

      I’m starting to get into the cologne thing as well. I haven’t tried 4711 yet. Today I’m wearing my sample of Chanel Eau de Cologne which might be good for the hospital job. It doesn’t have a lot of projection, and the citrus isn’t bracing or sharp, if that makes any sense.

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    • karen B says:
      17 August 2015 at 12:32 pm

      The college student who became my first husband wore 4711, which I had never heard of. I remember that it added to his merits in my father’s eyes. He was a cologned beatnik.

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      • Kelly says:
        17 August 2015 at 10:55 pm

        That’s quite the anecdote! Sounds like an interesting story! 😀

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    • AnnS says:
      17 August 2015 at 1:55 pm

      Yeah – congrats on the new job and the colognes! If anyone asks, you can tell them it is some hand soap, lol. I have a lemony hand soap from Trader Joe’s that smells just like eau d’Hadrien!

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    • SicilianaNM says:
      17 August 2015 at 3:55 pm

      I nice selection of robes is a fine thing. Hope the job is enjoyable.

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    • Elisa P says:
      17 August 2015 at 7:21 pm

      I worked in hospitals for the greater part of the last 22 years and some of my fragrance exposure came from some of my colleagues. An RN I was close to wore Angel which is certainly not quiet, another Amarige, and Hanae Mori Butterfly(which was my first FB purchase). No one ever complained. I think the key is applying lightly. Although maybe the rules have changed. There are worse things to smell in hospitals 😉 Congrats and good luck!

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    • Regina says:
      17 August 2015 at 9:20 pm

      Thanks for the well wishes everybody! AnnS, I do think it has a slight touch of cleaning product to it, so it’s all for the best 🙂

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  10. Barqs says:
    17 August 2015 at 9:50 am

    I am wearing Jo Malone Oud & Bergamot.

    My husband and I are taking a vacation later this week to Miami. I’m very excited about it. I’ve never visited there before.

    Any perfume shopping recommendations would be appreciated. I will be bringing some scents with me, but I love to shop for a scent while on vacation. One ofmy favorite things to do!

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    • Deva says:
      17 August 2015 at 12:10 pm

      I had that in he spray oil version and loved it.- used it up in just about a years time. However, the price has gone up and I don’t feel the need to replace my empty bottle.

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    • Merlin says:
      17 August 2015 at 6:45 pm

      Oud & Bergamot is probably my favorite Malone.

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  11. Elisa says:
    17 August 2015 at 10:03 am

    Wearing a little Cologne pour le Matin but I wish it wasn’t matin; I want to go back to sleep.

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  12. scentfromabove says:
    17 August 2015 at 10:16 am

    Wearing Chloe this morning. Since I had to dress “pretty ” for work today, I decided to smell pretty as well.

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  13. perthgirl says:
    17 August 2015 at 10:25 am

    Aesop Marrakech Intense. Lots of cardamom and spicy goodness. A friend at work commented favourably so I gave him a spritz from the top-up decant I had with me 🙂
    I also tried a sample of Aesop Resolute body cream- patchouli, black pepper and coriander seed. Im not a huge patch lover but this is lovely and unusual.

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    • Hamamelis says:
      17 August 2015 at 11:53 am

      The Marrakech sounds lovely.

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      • Deva says:
        17 August 2015 at 12:11 pm

        It does!

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    • Pamela says:
      17 August 2015 at 12:13 pm

      Sounds awesome!

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  14. solanace says:
    17 August 2015 at 10:31 am

    Vintage No 5, for classy Monday!

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    • mals86 says:
      17 August 2015 at 10:39 am

      🙂

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    • Hamamelis says:
      17 August 2015 at 11:54 am

      Edt or EdP? I cherish a splashbottle vintage Edt from my late mother. Very beautiful.

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    • AnnS says:
      17 August 2015 at 1:55 pm

      Classy indeed! You smell wonderful! Vintage no 5 is the best.

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  15. SheriG says:
    17 August 2015 at 10:31 am

    At heart I’m with Perfume Sniffer above – SO ready for autumn and warm spicy scents. But there’s a heat advisory where I am today, so SOTD is Jour d’Hermes. I smell great even if I AM cranky about the weather. 😉

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    • mals86 says:
      17 August 2015 at 10:52 am

      I’m ready for autumn temperatures and all the good stuff that comes with them – but not warm scents, yet. I think that might be because I love the season of the turn best of all – warm days, cool nights, and the crispness of the air, the golden angle of the sunlight.

      (And then there’s always marching band. I’ve only got two seasons left as a band mom, since my youngest has stated definitively that he won’t be doing it, and I’ll have to make the most of them.)

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      • FearsMice says:
        17 August 2015 at 7:41 pm

        Oh, whenever I see/hear a marching band, I imagine I could just grab up a clarinet and fall right in! In my mind, I’m still a teen: no half-time show too complex; no parade route too long… (In truth, I’m decidedly middle-aged and probably couldn’t last four bars…)

        Anyway, I hope you get to enjoy as many magical band moments as possible over the next couple of years!

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  16. mals86 says:
    17 August 2015 at 10:40 am

    No SOTD yet because I have to mow the lawn as soon as The CEO gets finished remowing the cross-country course we made in the pasture behind the house for the high school team to use… they’ve got a scrimmage today. It’s hot already. I expect I’ll be wearing Silences.

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    • Barqs says:
      17 August 2015 at 11:01 am

      Silences is a great choice, and something for you to look forward to later on.

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  17. Mariann says:
    17 August 2015 at 10:42 am

    Some appointments today so something light and fresh to me anyway, Mandragore.

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    • Barqs says:
      17 August 2015 at 11:01 am

      Nice!

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  18. Holly says:
    17 August 2015 at 10:59 am

    Surfing The Sample Sea again! MDCI’s La Belle Helene. Not my usual thing – slightly boozy fruit with a prominent pear note. Actually quite pretty, but note to self: do not buy samples of what you will not want to pay for in greater than 1ml quantities. I am already presenting myself arguments for why I should continue to do so anyway. Sigh … 😉

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    • Katrina says:
      17 August 2015 at 11:35 am

      I am sampling as well! Today is ELdO Bijou Romantique and I am really liking it. I don’t get any of the bergamot or lemon but it’s a nice creamy skin scent. I will be recommending this to my friends who like vanilla scents.

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      • Elisa P says:
        17 August 2015 at 7:24 pm

        I smelled that one this weekend. It is quite “romantique”! I didn’t get any citrus either but it’s a snuggly one.

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    • pixel says:
      17 August 2015 at 2:07 pm

      Bwahahahaha! I have several samples of Wicked Expensive Perfumes that I have yet to try. What if I find I NEED them??? 🙂

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      • thegoddessrena says:
        17 August 2015 at 2:56 pm

        Hope for a good tax refund, hint strongly for special occasions, or perhaps the really radical idea–save up for it?

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        • SicilianaNM says:
          17 August 2015 at 4:01 pm

          Ha ha, hold off sampling till you are expecting additional income? A double suspense builder!

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        • Deva says:
          17 August 2015 at 5:32 pm

          Save up for it? What language are speaking? I don’t recognize it at all…

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          • Merlin says:
            17 August 2015 at 6:47 pm

            Yeah…also not sure? 😉

          • pixel says:
            17 August 2015 at 7:41 pm

            me neither ;^)

  19. Bexca says:
    17 August 2015 at 11:07 am

    How I’m dealing with what will be another scoah-chah (scorcher) in Boston:
    1. Spray EL Private Collection.
    2. Sit in front of fan with shades pulled.
    3. Drink plenty of water and cold-brewed osmanthus tea.
    4. Convince Velcro Cat that she does not need to be snuggled right next to my leg, even though it means she’s closer to the fan.

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    • Perfume Sniffer says:
      17 August 2015 at 11:19 am

      Hahah!!
      I’m from Boston originally – love your scoah-chah comment! Bostonians cannot deal with the heat. I suppose because it’s frigid most of the year; it’s more shocking to the system when it gets hot.

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      • Bexca says:
        17 August 2015 at 11:37 am

        I’m originally from Kansas City, so I know from heat and humidity; I was surprised when I moved here (about, gulp, 25 years ago) that places advertised that they had air conditioning, since it wasn’t a given in Boston. This summer’s been pretty mild overall, thankfully, but I’m looking forward to cooler fall weather.

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      • thegoddessrena says:
        17 August 2015 at 11:39 am

        We just like complaining about the weather

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    • AnnS says:
      17 August 2015 at 1:57 pm

      It sounds like you have it all under control! My fav thing to do when I used to get really hot in the summer is to run cold water in the tub over my feet (or wrists in the sink if you are in a rush). Nothing cools you down faster!

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      • Bexca says:
        17 August 2015 at 2:13 pm

        Good idea!

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    • rose pepper says:
      17 August 2015 at 2:02 pm

      Haha, Velcro Cat must be great in the winter though 😉 Before I had air conditioning (in the mid Altantic region) I used to take cold showers with Dr. Bronner’s peppermint soap. So refreshing and the only way I could get to sleep in the humidity!

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      • Bexca says:
        17 August 2015 at 2:12 pm

        She’s terrific in the winter! My furry, purring water bottle spoons with me under the covers. Dr. Bronner’s peppermint in the summer is a great idea, too.

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      • SicilianaNM says:
        17 August 2015 at 4:04 pm

        Oooh, headed to NC I like the peppermint shower idea.

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    • pixel says:
      17 August 2015 at 2:10 pm

      Ha, I lived in Mass for 10 years. I think the no-A/C is related to that Puritan suffering thing. (We had A/C)

      Scoah-chah here in CA too. And yes, why does my long-haired cat think that this weather is purr-fect for lots and lots of snuggles???

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      • Bexca says:
        17 August 2015 at 2:14 pm

        Maybe they’re trying to transfer their heat to us?

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  20. PriscillaE says:
    17 August 2015 at 11:13 am

    I’m wearing a perfume oil from Possets, called Perpetual Orgasm. The scent is supposed to be honey with lemon zest and other citrus. It’s pretty enough. The problem that I have with Possets is that a lot of what I have gotten from them smells very similar. This is not the case with BPAL, whose perfume oil scents are much more distinctive. Do any of you have a company producing perfume oils that you particularly like?

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    • Pamela says:
      17 August 2015 at 12:15 pm

      Wow, what a name!

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    • Deva says:
      17 August 2015 at 12:17 pm

      I have several from BPAL that I enjoy, but it’s the only company specializing in fragrance oils that I know of, sad to say.

      Unless you may think of exploring companies outside of the U.S. Arabian Oud has a large choice of oils but the website is archaic and I have no clue how to get samples. Plus shipping…that’s were I got Kalemat, shipping was about 2 weeks.

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    • mals86 says:
      17 August 2015 at 12:24 pm

      The few Possets scents I’ve sampled all have this sweet musky base that tends to make the smell alike to me as well. I’m not much of an oils fan… DSH Perfumes used to have a large segment of the (bewilderingly diverse) website devoted to oil format stuff which was generally good, but I think Dawn’s moving away from that to some degree.

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  21. Earthscent says:
    17 August 2015 at 11:16 am

    Wearing Diptyque Tam Dao today. Oh I looove sandalwood!

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    • AnnS says:
      17 August 2015 at 1:57 pm

      Tam Dao makes me think of snuggling down in winter!

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      • Earthscent says:
        17 August 2015 at 9:54 pm

        You know the only drawback is that it only lasts about an hour or so on me.(edt)

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  22. austenfan says:
    17 August 2015 at 11:17 am

    I’ve started early on the Friday challenge as I own loads of Parfums de Nicolaï. SOTD is Eau d’Eté, my summer staple. I’m very curious about Thé bleu.

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    • Pamela says:
      17 August 2015 at 12:12 pm

      I haven’t tried a single PdN fragrance! I really would like to check the line out, but so many of the perfumes are popular that it’s hard to narrow it down to ones I’d try. Are there any you’d recommend for fall?

      Also, yes, very excited for Robin’s Thé Bleu review. 🙂

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      • austenfan says:
        17 August 2015 at 12:47 pm

        Well the line has changed somewhat from when I acquired most of my bottles but bearing that in mind:

        Great scents for autumn: Sacrebleu ( now Sacrebleu Intense), Vanille Tonka and Vanille Intense, New York, Kiss me Tender, Vie de Château. And I wear Le jour de Fête and Odalisque pretty much year round.

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    • mals86 says:
      17 August 2015 at 12:22 pm

      Was just coming back to say the same thing – love PdN, and am looking forward to the Au The Bleu review as well.

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  23. sweetgrass says:
    17 August 2015 at 11:58 am

    I was planning to wear a sample of SL Cédre that I got over the weekend, but I forgot right before I walked out the door this morning. So I’m wearing Pacifica Persian Rose from a solid that I keep in my purse.

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    • rose pepper says:
      17 August 2015 at 1:57 pm

      Persian Rose is a great consolation!

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      • sweetgrass says:
        17 August 2015 at 5:14 pm

        It is! I was glad I had it with me because it was the first thing I thought of when I realized that I was inadvertently commando.

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  24. Hamamelis says:
    17 August 2015 at 12:00 pm

    Trying out Puredistance samples. Today Antonia, a very beautiful green galbanum and orris rich, with a soft powdery drydown. It reminds me of Safari and no 19. I think the samples will last me a long time. I like that it is an expensive luxury niche house based in a very Dutch city that is mostly famous/notorious for being no nonsense and thrifty: Groningen (which I think will be hard to pronounce for most NST commentors;-) )

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    • nozknoz says:
      17 August 2015 at 4:37 pm

      I really enjoy the Puredistance scents and appreciate they also sell beautifully packaged sample sets and handsome refill vials that that make relatively thrifty options. I wish Roja Dove would do that.

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    • SunnyDay says:
      17 August 2015 at 5:08 pm

      Your description of the Antonia notes sounds right up my alley and I love No. 19. I haven’t tried Safari, but I see that minis are available.

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  25. Mary Carol says:
    17 August 2015 at 12:08 pm

    I am wearing AG Le Mimosa and it’s really nice on me. (I know there are others that have problems with this one.) It’s warm here today, but not as hot and humid as it has been over the last three or four days.

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    • austenfan says:
      17 August 2015 at 12:48 pm

      I really enjoy Le Mimosa myself. It doesn’t smell much like Mimosa, but I enjoy it nevertheless.

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  26. Pamela says:
    17 August 2015 at 12:20 pm

    Wearing Carven l’Eau de Toilette again today as a palate cleanser for all the Oud samples I’ve been exploring!

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  27. karen B says:
    17 August 2015 at 12:41 pm

    Comparing Keiko Mecheri samples today. Velourosa v Musc Nobilis. The Musc is barely there after 2 hours, but Velourosa has more staying power and is my favorite of the two. I don’t find the Musc very distinguished at all.

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  28. Elisa P says:
    17 August 2015 at 12:44 pm

    SOTD Shalimar EDT which I friended finally.
    Just came back from a trip to LA to visit my mother who’s not doing well. It was sad and hard to see but good to know she has a great team of caregivers (my father included).
    I did manage to make a trip to Scent Bar which was a few blocks from where we were staying. Probably my favorite boutique so far (and I live in NYC). So much to sniff; I would need days! They’re generous w/ samples (got HdP Patchouli Noir, Perris Monte Carlo Rose de Taif, TDC Rose Poivree). Ended up buying ELDO Rossy de Palma, which I’ve always really liked, after a search for a rose scent. Looking forward to wearing it when the weather cools down.

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    • missionista says:
      17 August 2015 at 2:10 pm

      Sorry to hear your mother is not doing well.

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      • Elisa P says:
        17 August 2015 at 7:27 pm

        Thanks Missionista.

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    • Robin says:
      17 August 2015 at 2:23 pm

      Oh, so sorry.

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      • Elisa P says:
        17 August 2015 at 7:27 pm

        Thanks Robin

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  29. waterdragon says:
    17 August 2015 at 1:32 pm

    Morning, all. I’ve been reading your posts for inspiration, because it’s not yet six o’clock and I’m not out of bed, but for once, nothing is chiming with me. I think I’m going to choose something simple and linear: Donna Karan Iris. It’s a day when I can pootle about in jeans and boots and a leather jacket, and I think it will please me to wear a quiet, pretty, slightly purple perfume with such an easy-going outfit. So, that’s me sorted. I hope everything in your days is as easy to settle. Five thirty– time for our first cups of tea, which I will get up and make….????

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  30. Joe says:
    17 August 2015 at 1:39 pm

    Thé Bleu?! Bulgari is really stretching it now, though I like the Green, White, Red series. (Did I miss something in the tea world and there is now actually blue tea?)

    Anyway, SOTD is Calyx. Oldie but goodie and great for summer.

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    • Joe says:
      17 August 2015 at 1:52 pm

      Just noticed in the comments on your original announcement that “blue” is another term for oolong (one I apparently have never heard).

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    • Robin says:
      17 August 2015 at 2:25 pm

      There is blue tea, yes. And there is already a The Noir coming! Not sure what they can do next. Chamomile? Holy Basil? I personally vote for Moroccan Mint.

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      • Robin says:
        17 August 2015 at 2:26 pm

        Oh, but nearly forgot, there is also yellow tea!

        https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow_tea

        Or they could do Pu-erh.

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        • austenfan says:
          17 August 2015 at 2:28 pm

          With a distilled damp earth note!

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      • jjlook says:
        17 August 2015 at 2:57 pm

        Holy Basil would be great.

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  31. Laila says:
    17 August 2015 at 1:47 pm

    Hot and very humid weather here the past few days, just in time for the HS kids to begin school today and the younger ones tomorrow. I’m going with the feeling of being on a tropical island and wearing YR Monoi Eau des Vahines edt over their monoi body products for Keep-It-Simple Monday. and enjoying its tiare/coconut/vanilla vibe. Hopefully, we’ll get some of the rain that’s been promised over the next few days. We had so much rain this spring it either rotted or washed away almost everything I planted early on. Now we’ve had very little rain for weeks and the summer plants are gasping. Aargh!

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  32. Oakland Fresca says:
    17 August 2015 at 1:49 pm

    4.0 earthquake this morning. We live a mile or so from the epicenter. It felt forceful but very brief. One piece of pottery fell and smashed in the dining-room, and in our bedroom the box with my small perfume flasks tumbled, but nothing got hurt! Putting it all back in order I came across the last of my SSS Violet Rose and drained it. I smell mighty rosy!

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    • rose pepper says:
      17 August 2015 at 1:53 pm

      Scary! Glad you (and your perfume) wasn’t hurt 🙂

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    • AnnS says:
      17 August 2015 at 2:00 pm

      I felt earthquakes 2 times when I lived in Portland OR. I was scared to death – the hairs on the back of my neck stood up and I had this immediate urge to flee. I am shuddering just to remember! It is such an awful, sudden thing to happen. I am glad for you that none of your bottles or other significant property, or you, was damaged.

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    • foxbins says:
      17 August 2015 at 2:01 pm

      I used to live in Vallejo, now in Portland OR. The morning news here showed a clip of meteorologist Steve Paulson doing the Bay area forecast when the set started to shake. I’m glad no one was hurt and damage was slight. Up here we are also expecting “The Big One” and so every tremor is a bit anxiety-provoking.

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    • missionista says:
      17 August 2015 at 2:11 pm

      Glad you’re OK!

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    • pixel says:
      17 August 2015 at 2:15 pm

      Glad all is well! I live less than 2 miles from the San Andreas. Sometimes we feel your quakes, sometimes not — this time, not.

      On the plus side, someday my property will be in downtown San Francisco 🙂 [a few thousand years after it could possibly matter to me]

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    • Robin says:
      17 August 2015 at 2:26 pm

      Glad that was all!

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    • Elisa P says:
      17 August 2015 at 3:37 pm

      Scary stuff. I never got used to them growing up in LA. Our house was over a minor fault line. I was there this weekend and part of the house is buckled from years of quakes. Looks like it can topple over any minute. Glad you’re ok!

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    • SicilianaNM says:
      17 August 2015 at 4:15 pm

      We lived in Alameda till ’09, and I found the hype about the Hayward fault being 30 yrs overdue especially unnerving. More so because we were on the 3rd floor, and the gas shutoff was under the front porch.

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    • SicilianaNM says:
      17 August 2015 at 4:17 pm

      And glad you’re ok, Fresca.

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    • Deva says:
      17 August 2015 at 5:42 pm

      Well, that has got to be totally nerve wracking. The hype about “the big one” is just horrible! How is one supposed to get through the day projecting a calm and collected mien with imminent chaos right around the corner?!

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    • Oakland Fresca says:
      17 August 2015 at 8:06 pm

      Goodness everyone, thanks very much for your concern! I am actually quite sanguine about the earthquakes here. I suppose every place has its “acts of God,” to contend with. I was living in SF when the Loma Prieta struck, and that WAS a very bad day. But it feels like a long time ago.

      Wha?

      Who’s in denial?

      😉

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  33. foxbins says:
    17 August 2015 at 1:57 pm

    Continuing to sample from Atelier Flou, this morning I’m wearing Liva, a fruity oriental. Mostly I like my citrus bracing and not so…ornate, so this is not FBW. Also, longevity from this house doesn’t seem to be very long on my skin. Ah, well, money saved for other frags!

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  34. AnnS says:
    17 August 2015 at 2:03 pm

    SOTD for a llooooooooooooong Monday is Cristalle edp. When I only want the very best to last all day, Cristalle edp is the only one. And so, duly spritzed up, I look squarely at our little heat wave, thinking of horrid heaps of snow I’ll be shoveling for months this winter, and I say to the blue sky and sunshine: BRING IT!

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    • Jenkr says:
      17 August 2015 at 3:12 pm

      You’ve sold me on this one. I keep hearing how good it is – especially for hot weather – and it’s one of the few Chanels I’ve not tried yet. I think I’ll go find some to sample this weekend 🙂

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      • AnnS says:
        17 August 2015 at 4:47 pm

        Good luck! Both the edt and edp are very nice. The edt doesn’t last very long, but sure does smell good while it’s around. Cheers!

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  35. missionista says:
    17 August 2015 at 2:12 pm

    Wearing Mediterrannean Fig, because it is so hot I just need something fruity, and couldn’t bear the thought of yet another day of citrus.

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  36. pixel says:
    17 August 2015 at 2:13 pm

    SOTD is California Reverie. Again.

    On Friday I cadged a sample of Guerlain Jicky Extrait from a somewhat cranky SA at NM. For those who were worried about skank-loss in current versions of Jicky… try the extrait. It’s there…

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    • leathermountain says:
      17 August 2015 at 5:44 pm

      hehe, thanks for the PSA

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    • Deva says:
      17 August 2015 at 5:45 pm

      I stopped by NM to try Cal Rev a few weeks ago and got the very last halfhearted spritz from the bottle and thought it was great! Then over the weekend, I stopped in again and got a spritz from a newish bottle and had a totally different experience. Very strange!

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  37. Parley says:
    17 August 2015 at 2:43 pm

    Today, like most days this summer, I’m wearing Eau de Rochas. I started a new job today and felt like it might be suitable. Since everything went well I might pick something that lasts a little longer tomorrow, Eau de Rochas vanishes within a few hours… If it were possible to transform a scent to taste, it’d make a wonderful drink though!

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    • Deva says:
      17 August 2015 at 5:46 pm

      Congrats on the new job! 🙂

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  38. odonata9 says:
    17 August 2015 at 2:44 pm

    It was cooler and cloudy this morning, after a very hot weekend, so Hermes Eau de Merveilles seemed right. I always want it to be a little sweeter, but didn’t like the Eau Claire or Ambre for some reason. I’ll probably spritz a little YR Vanilla over it later to sweeten it up.

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  39. jjlook says:
    17 August 2015 at 2:48 pm

    L’Artisan Dzing! Sadly almost finished a little decant I was gifted awhile ago. This is a nutty, barny summery scent I’d always like to have a little of, but probably don’t need a giant vat of…which is I think how it is sold these days.

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  40. sugarvenom says:
    17 August 2015 at 2:59 pm

    In Columbus, Ohio for the week, here to support my partner and his team as they play in the Gay Softball World Series. I packed at the last minute and only brought one fragrance with me which is L’ Artisan Timbuktu. I’ve read that it’s not the best fragrance for summer heat but so far it’s been behaving well, granted, applied with a light touch. Have a nice week everyone! Go SF Bombshells!

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    • nozknoz says:
      17 August 2015 at 4:28 pm

      Good luck to your team, sugarvenom!

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    • ihadanidea says:
      17 August 2015 at 5:05 pm

      Go boys go!

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      • ihadanidea says:
        17 August 2015 at 5:05 pm

        Or girls – whomever! We’re on your team.

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    • sugarvenom says:
      17 August 2015 at 5:15 pm

      Thank you nozknoz and ihadanidea!

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    • kindcrow says:
      17 August 2015 at 10:19 pm

      Good luck to the SF Bombshells!

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  41. Jenkr says:
    17 August 2015 at 3:00 pm

    Taking a “me” moment out of my hectic day to say hello here and report on SOTD.

    I had a busy weekend, starting Friday with the drive to Boston (Somerville actually) for a weekend long wedding party. The couple had a courthouse marriage in the spring and organized a huge party weekend. Saturday was croquet in the park – complete with mimosas – for the morning/afternoon hours and then a wonderful party at the VFW at night. Stumbled late into bed that night and got up early Sunday to check out of the hotel and drive to Plymouth where all met at the family beach house. I had a ridiculous amount of fun and ended up with a new appreciation for Mitsouko. I wore it Saturday in the heat at the park and then reapplied that evening. The spices were amped up in the heat, but in a really good way. I never would’ve thought to wear it in warm weather, but now I want to! Unfortunately, I drained my sample of it that day.

    Stumbled into bed late last night and up early again this morning to work. I feel like “stumbling” has been the prominent activity I’ve done today since I’ve been so busy and pulled in all sorts of directions: more new office issues and fighting with the property management over who does what (let alone pay for it), and herding the children (the younger 20-somethings in the office who tend to wander the new office yapping/giggling loudly instead of doing WORK). At one point this morning I wondered if I was in charge of an office or a day care. *head*desk* We have a fun office here, but sometimes I have to play the bad mommy and corral the kids back in line.

    Anyhoo, I rushed out the door this morning and in an auto-pilot mode grabbed whatever sample first touched my hands from my sample box: Diptyque 34 Blvd St. Germain.

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    • galbanumgal says:
      17 August 2015 at 3:21 pm

      Croquet and mimosas sounds just wonderful–wish I’d thought of that!

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    • Deva says:
      17 August 2015 at 5:47 pm

      A little stumbling now and then is good for the soul 😉

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  42. meredifay says:
    17 August 2015 at 4:08 pm

    Mohur Monday – and I have been so busy, I am just now having the chance to check in here. Every time I wear this, I think, I should just buy a bottle of this and put everything else in storage and wear this until it is gone! Weirdly enough after all these hours, I have skin scent ambery musk and a little anise! Something new from this every time i wear it…

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  43. tiffanie says:
    17 August 2015 at 4:23 pm

    SotD is Vanille Galante. So comforting.

    And so hot in the SW US the past few days. When a heat wave happens, I crave a few dabs of No. 5 (or No. 22) in the evening post-shower. It clears my head and makes the heat less of a thing. Last night I came to the end of my sample of No. 5 edp, so now I’m wondering — to refill or not to refill? I shall refill.

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  44. nozknoz says:
    17 August 2015 at 4:25 pm

    It’s HOT here but I was longing for something spicy so I put on Amouage Bel Aidien attar. It’s saffron with hints of rose and oud, very light and close to the skin, which is fine for a day like this.

    FYI, I was trying to look identify a purple flower on the internet and came across a website that sells Amorphophallus titanum plants (aka corpse flower) for only $75! Of course, you’d need to supply your own greenhouse have a plan to placate the neighbors. 😉

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  45. ihadanidea says:
    17 August 2015 at 4:50 pm

    This past week has been crazy – haven’t had time to check in here, but I hope you’re all well.

    I’m about to network with someone and inadvertently DRENCHED myself in 31 Rue Cambon. Hope it’s not overwhelming.

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    • ihadanidea says:
      17 August 2015 at 5:02 pm

      Hoping she’ll love it and hire me immediately 🙂

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      • Deva says:
        17 August 2015 at 5:49 pm

        Good luck!!

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        • ihadanidea says:
          17 August 2015 at 10:42 pm

          Thank you! It went really well! 🙂 🙂

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    • sugarvenom says:
      17 August 2015 at 5:17 pm

      You smell fantastic for sure!

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      • ihadanidea says:
        17 August 2015 at 10:42 pm

        Thanks honey!

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  46. Petunia says:
    17 August 2015 at 6:59 pm

    Since we are experiencing a heat wave, I went with Eau de Rochas today. It’s so great in the heat. I just wish it would last longer!

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  47. leathermountain says:
    17 August 2015 at 7:05 pm

    I’m sampling Branch and Vine from Providence Perfume Company. (When I heard about the fire in Charna Ethier’s shop, I placed an order and this sample was part of it.) I don’t know where I got the idea, but I was expecting tomato leaves. Not at all! It’s a green indolic white floral that reminds me strongly of Eau de Givenchy. I like them both.

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    • Petunia says:
      17 August 2015 at 9:10 pm

      I’ve met Charna and her shop was lovely. She’s a great gal and very passionate about making perfume. What a shame.

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  48. FearsMice says:
    17 August 2015 at 7:26 pm

    SOTD: Jean-Louis Scherrer. If I had realized how hot it was going to be today, I might have chosen differently… but oh well. I enjoyed myself and no one else complained.

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    • Earthscent says:
      17 August 2015 at 9:57 pm

      I love your comment! ” I enjoyed myself”. That’s why we wear perfume!

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