Can you believe it's Monday again? Hope everyone enjoyed the weekend! Do tell us what fragrance you're wearing.
I'm in Estee Lauder Private Collection Tuberose Gardenia (but not from the solid compact shown above).
Reminder: this Friday will be 3 Hour Tour Friday: you're going on a short afternoon cruise but who knows, you just MIGHT get stranded on a desert island. You can take up to 3 perfumes from one brand OR one perfumer. Choose your 3, wear one of them. (From a suggestion by Nozknoz)
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.
A nice cool morning.
I believe last night was the first night we slept without using the air conditioning. Fall is my favorite season-so I am really excited.
Lately I have been obsessed with the TF fall makeup collection. I love plum colors for the autumn season.
So far I am commando this morning. Thinking of Journey Woman.
Enjoy your week everyone
Very cool here too, needed a fleece jacket for my morning walk 🙂
Wearing Soliflore Gardenia from Dame Perfumery. It was one of the samples in the Unreleased set from Tigerlily and I really hope this is one of the ones that will eventually be released–it really is nothing but straight gardenia, including the funk, especially close up
That sounds great!
I started the day off in Eau Dynamisante, and have since topped it up with Ninfeo Mio.
Did you catch Peter Dinklage sporting a man bun last night? Back to the familiar today with Eau Premiere.
Yes!! Not sure how I feel about it on the over 20-something crowd! ????
Scent twins!
SOTD is Dior Cuir Cannage, a lovely soft spicy leather.
Being inspired by the Top 10 fall scents post, I almost wore Balenciaga Paris. But at the last minute changed mind to drain Infusion D’Iris sample (one of two). It’s good in fall too!
That’s what I wore yesterday and again last night. I still have plenty left, and I agree–good in fall, too.
Have you tried the Absolue version of Id’I? Its especially nice in cooler weather.
Bastet, I tried the Absolue and DID. NOT. LIKE. IT! Yuck, total scrubber for me. The regular is great though. 🙂
Interesting, it smells so similar to me, just a touch warmer.
I had same experience with the absolue, missionista! Just absolute scrubber.
Love the original though! For me, i think it’s the Tonka, just blows up the absolue version on my skin 🙁
First day wearing a sweater and jeans since spring, so I’m in Allure Sensuelle. Time to get out there boots and blazers! PSL anyone? 😉
PSL for sure! Afternoons after Hot Yoga a PSL is totally perfect in the autumn! 🙂
Inspired by the cooler weather I am wearing Burberry Britt Rhythm for her. So far I’m really enjoying the peppery sweetness.
Just spritzed some Box of Eels because I’ve been in a sandalwood mood ever since the temperature dropped below 85.
Spent all day yesterday at the Brooklyn Book Festival and went to several panels – saw Renata Adler, Joyce Carol Oates, and David Simon in person and was rather star struck in each case. Forget the Kardashians – these are my kind of celebrities.
Ooh! Were any of their personalities different than what you had imagined?
David Simon was much as I’d seen/heard him in interviews – eloquent, and self-deprecating. Renata Adler had her classic side ponytail and veered a bit off topic, and Joyce Carol Oates was thin and…I’m not sure how else to describe her but thin and “bookish” looking, taking careful notes on what she was about to read from her latest memoir and looking somewhat startled instead of smiling when people said something funny.
The whole experience was a pleasure.
Renata Adler! Wow, I need to look and see what she’s written lately.
Not exactly sure – she wasn’t discussing her latest work, but instead was on a panel technically called “Fiction, Memoir, Criticism” where there wasn’t much discussion of either memoir or criticism. But I liked it anyway! 🙂
Correction – there wasn’t much discussion of fiction or memoir. Criticism – there was plenty.
Ha!
It must be nice to have some cooler weather. We are predicted to still be in the 90s for a while here in Texas, at least my part of Texas. Anyway, I decided to revisit some of my Smell Bent scents, and today I am in Lady GoGo.
My part of Texas is plenty warm too, and unusually humid. I was sweating within seconds of walking outside this morning 🙁 Where’s our danged cold front?!
Right?? I’m ready for this 90’s temperature business to be over.
I think we got it–sorry! The temp here dipped back to 14 (!!!) again yesterday.
Here in Houston it still remains hot. Tomorrow is supposed to be the first official day of Fall, but it sure doesn’t feel that way.
Robin I love EL Tuberose Gardenia!
Today the temps are much cooler. I’m in HdP Ambre 114. A colleague (who knows zilch about perfume and doesn’t wear any herself) said ‘you smell so good, it’s familiar, like something I wore in junior high — is it Shalimar??’
Now I don’t think HdP smells anything like Shalimar but I was kind of impression that she at least connected 2 orientals!
Plus, impressed that she wore Shalimar in junior high!
Over the weekend, I caught up on logging my samples in my spreadsheet and realized I REALLY need to double down on finishing samples before I order any more. I’m wearing my sample of Miel de Bois today, and this is very possibly love. Perfect on a perfect fall morning.
I have a bad sample addiction (hundreds of samples to try!) but I’m currently marginally making progress– I have tried more samples since moving in mid- May than I have acquired (94 vs 92). Of course, the fall releases will trip me up…..
You and me both for the samples! You sound like you have a good system–I organize everything alphabetically but that means things I haven’t tried are mixed in with stuff I have … should really pull them out and keep a dedicated to-try queue. Would have to make better progress than I am making now! 🙂
Miel de Bois is suddenly of interest to me after having recently seen salmon poached in heated beeswax! Truth be told, the resulting flavor did not strike me as particularly remarkable, so it was a bit of an empty trick on the culinary front, but hot beeswax smelled heavenly! So now I’m emboldened to try more honey scents, which I’ve previously been a little shy about–glad to hear you’re getting on so well with MdB! Anything in particular that makes it so fab?
I theoretically have a separate box of untested samples, but I haven’t done a good job of actually putting anything in that box, so it hasn’t been too effective. 🙂
As for Miel de Bois, I read a lot of less-than-temping reviews, but I find it smooth, golden and sweet (without being cloying). For me, honey strikes the right balance between sexy and edible, and fortunately, doesn’t register as urinous to my nose. Hopefully you’ll have the same luck!
SOTD = FM Iris Poudre. Lovely! 48 degrees this morning when I left the house. FALL! Stupid crazy meeting today…much as I enjoy the job security of this large organization, the administrative nonsense is getting to me. I need a better job. Sigh. Maybe I’ll start making soaps and lotions…well not really …fun to do but really hard to pay the bills…
Cooler weather, at least for awhile, and I think my SOTD will be Wrappings. I suffered a sad loss of data–all of my samples with notes on when worn, opinions, comparisons, etc–from my Google Sheets file. Just gone! ???? haven’t wanted to think about it and not sure what I’ll do next.
Contact Google-they maybe can help
Wrappings is great, in my fall rotation but I haven’t worn it yet this year – now that you’ve inspired me I may wear it tomorrow.
Hope you can retrieve your data!
Google Drive discarded a bunch of files adorable hubby was using for the networking class he teaches at the local community college. Bad Google!
Thanks for the hints and sympathy, y’all. I’m crossing my fingers.
Wrappings! I forgot to add it to my Nordstrom order last night and triple points are over. It was out of stock for the season by the time I thought of it last year (mid-October). I knew there was something else I was going to order, but I waited until too late and the site was slow so I got my order in just before midnight. Grrrr.
Sorry about your documents. I would try contacting Google. I know I’ve heard that random data loss isn’t a new thing with them, so they may have some advice.
Oh no that is rotten!! Gosh I am so sorry to hear it, and thank you for sharing the cautionary tale with us, it wouldn’t have even occurred to me that I’d need to worry about lost data with the cloud… (That’s certainly naivete on my part, but, so it goes!)
Cooler weather here in VA too, and a little rainy this morning. Such a treat after the hot and humid weekend! I’m testing my new TF Santal Blush sample. Very pretty at first, but seems to fade quickly.
I found that one very fleeting, too, no matter how much I put on. It is a pretty scent though.
Going to spend some time outside in the cooler weather today and thoughts sample of Bvlgari au the blu would be perfect.
Oh, and I saw in my Instagram this morning that an ice cream shop in New York is making two ice creams inspired by perfume – one being cedar scented vanilla ice cream with ginger and grapefruit. I’m a little obsessed with food inspired by perfume right now – such and interesting idea!
That sounds like a great ice cream, and not a bad scent, either!
Sounds interesting in theory. Not sure I’d want wood-flavored ice cream, though. There’s a place in Brooklyn called Oddfellows that makes “odd” flavors like that and the line is usually out the door.
Yes, that’s the place!
I like Oddfellows, but I stay pretty much within the “safe” flavors.
The oddest one I tried had miso in it. It was weird but good. I end up tasting a bunch and then go with something pretty conventional, too.
OMG, I am there! That ice cream sounds great.
Enjoying the cooler weather here this AM. Wearing Lubin Korrigan which smelled much smokier this time (smoke +salted caramel=bacon :-D).
I should get at least a decant of this one.
If they made a smaller size, I’d buy it. It’s pretty addictive.
Cosign. Lubin, are you listening??
You smell great! I am on small decant number two and should really just get a bottle. I keep saying that about six or eight things though and can’t afford them all 😉
You have intrigued me…mmmm bacon.
That was a first. Maybe I was just really hungry this am. It’s good even without the bacon.
Le Labo Ylang 49 is my SOTD.
I’m having trouble with my nook tablet, so a trip to Barnes & Noble for me today. It kills on me in the middle of reading my emails or books. I need to straighten this problem out. I really miss it working properly. I hope its something easy and inexpensive to fix.
I’m wearing the No 22 extrait I’ve just bought and I like it much better than the EdT. No 22 isn’t a natural fit for me, as I have trouble with aldehydes. So I’ve been working on liking it for some time now (don’t ask why, it’s not rational) and I am making progress.
But in the afternoon, I got impatient and sprayed Cristalle all over myself 🙂
Haha, being a perfumista is hard work sometimes! No. 22 doesn’t work for me either, I get root beer or cola from it.
Hah 🙂 Will look for cola!
Agree!
For me No. 22 = nutmeg + vanilla = rootbeer and/or cola.
Remarkable stuff.
There you go! When in doubt, douse yourself with something you really like. My go to douser is Seville a l’Aube, the resins make it dense enough to cover up almost anything! I can just see you getting impatient, and thinking, “I can fix this!” Spritz, spritz, spritz! Been there, done that…
Cristalle probably doesn’t quite cover everything, but I believe it works with most Chanel drydowns.
You know it’s probably still cheaper than therapy 😉 and more enjoyable!
Yes, definitely – as I’m sure I’d pick a very expensive therapist.
With therapists I wonder if there is any positive correlation with price.
But I know you would, just because.
Yeah, I’d probably go to that überexpensive gentleman therapist who has excellent taste in malt whiskies and medieval art. But possibly also to that lady who doesn’t really charge anything and who everybody says is crazy, but I find fascinating as a person.
I find 22 too effervescent, but like you, I try periodically to understand it better. I end up up feeling I’ve wasted my time, though, because it doesn’t seem to have anything more to offer.
Have you tried the extrait?
No, but I will as soon as I can. I understand that Chanel is opening a beauty boutique down town quite soon, and will stock the Exclusifs, so I’ll make a point of spending some thoughtful time with 22. I must admit, though, that if I were spending some Exclusifs dollars, I am still hankering for Sycomore!
Oh, I completely agree – I would not have bought this if I didn’t own my big Chanel loves already. And Sycomore is exquisite.
Today’s discussion of No. 22 is entertaining. 😀
There is something unusual about No. 22 for me. It is the only fragrance I’ve applied in the evening and found that it woke me in the night as I wondered why I was dreaming in fragrance.
Good dream or bad?
Having had 3 solid days of Penhaligon’s Bluebell while in Edinburgh & Glasgow at the end of last week, I’m giving myself a break today! Husband very impressed with the sample of Blasted Heath I picked up for him – trying to wean him off Paco Rabanne’s Black XS, which he’s used for some years now, but haven’t had much success! Not too impressed with Blasted Bloom – didn’t seem to smell of much at all. Discovered that Jenners in Edinburgh no longer stock Annick Goutal, & Frasers don’t stock the reworked Eau de Ciel, which I was hoping to try as I wore the original years ago – looks like that’ll have to wait for London in December, though I may try Fenwicks in Newcastle when I’m there next month for Steve Earle gig. The trials of living in the north east of Scotland…!
On World Gratitude Day I’m thankful for a beautiful sunshiney Monday to immerse myself in the pleasures of Keep-It-Simple Monday. My fragrance choice to match is philosophy Unconditional Love, a deeper sweet berry than Falling in Love, but not as rich as my fave, Trish No. 9.
It’s nice and cool here too, so the SOTD is Atelier Blanche Immortelle. I’ve been looking forward to wearing it in the fall. The maple syrup note reminds me of cold winter mornings when I was a kid. My dad would make pancakes, the only thing he could cook, which we would drown in maple syrup. So it’s a nice comfort scent for me 🙂
Lovely memory. 🙂
After a weekend of Dior Homme Parfum (just perfect for me) I went lighter today and I’m wearing Dior Homme, the 2005 Olivier Polge “vintage”
I love Dior Homme. I really need to get another decant of it.
There is a parfum version of Dior Homme? I have been living in darkness and ignorance…
It’s feeling more summery today where I am, with tempertures in the upper seventies, so I am wearing Ineke Angel’s Trumpet, something nice & floral.
I’m sampling Bois d;Encens today. It’s truly lovely, very smooth incense with cedar and spices, and not as sweet as Encens Satin. I’d buy it if I didn’t already own so many incenses. I’m trying to pare down, not add more!
Cool here too – although very wet and rainy now so not altogether a good thing. Started in Mimosa and Cardamom which I really like but doesn’t last long, and received a sample of Angelique from Papillon in the post and have tried that. It’s nice but I thought on the notes it would be perfect (mimosa and iris) – I need to try it more to decide.
You’re right. After about 30 minutes, I could no longer smell Mimosa and Cardamom. It’s a shame.
Counting you two, I’ve now heard four people report this! Funny, it lasted a good while (for a JM anyway) on me. IIRC, through a workout, even. Wonder what’s up with that.
Interesting. JM’s Mimosa and Cardamom lasts for most of the workday on me.
Same here.
Oh ok, glad I am not alone! Wondered if I’d started hallucinating 🙂
SOTD = SL Chergui
Because Fall …
It’s muggy and still here so I’m putting my feet up and keeping the kitties company. There are workers here patching some spots on the stucco and they are making scary noise… and finding other expensive things that need to be fixed, so nobody’s happy.
I’m testing AJ Arabia Black IV. Not terrible but far too sweet for me today. I keep looking around for the scented candle; wonder what it is that triggers that for me. Must be a specific aroma chemical. Think I’ll test again in cool weather.
SOTD: MIlle by Patou. I love this stuff, but fades so quickly!
I was at Rose City Comic Con this past weekend,a nd got my picture taken with a Darth Vader cosplayer. He smelled amazing! Turns out he was wearing Guerlain Vetiver. So under that complex costume he still smelled wonderful!
Mille’s really nice.
SOTD is PdN L’Eau Mixte. Such a nice one. We had a super hot weekend, but it’s cooled off a tiny bit and we may get some sorely needed rain today. It’s getting cloudy now, so fingers are crossed (also that it is done by rush hour!) Happy Monday everyone!
Estee Lauder ‘s Private Collection is a good one, Robin. I love the Lauder fragrances.
My SOTD is Pear & Olive by SlumberHouse. I am addicted to this stuff!
Went with Divine by Providence Perfume Co today. This one had been my least favorite of the three I have, but it’s working better for me today than it had previously.
Sotd is Berdoues Naturelle, a bright eau de cologne (mostly citrus, a touch of herbes de Provence, rose, and a light amber finish). Tested in in Galeries Lafayette in Nice and was happy to discover it costs about $20 for a huge 8 ounce bottle! Cheap and cheerful!
SOTD for me is Bottega Veneta. Love this for fall.
Me too 🙂
Good morning! Winter’s stopped by for the week, slyly wearing spring’s clothes to trick everyone into dressing light and freezing solid! I’m wearing Bois des Iles, just because I can, and I think I smell delicious.
Oh, wow, a poll building on the desert island perfumer/brand idea coming up! I’ve toyed with this idea for years, and I forget who reminded me of it recently by saying they could survive on Jean Claude Ellena’s perfumes if they had to. Even thought I’ve given some thought to the choices before, I’m still not sure. Now that the perfume is about to hit the skin, and I need to delve into further research on the creators of some of my other indispensables. Yay, so excited to see what everyone comes up with!
It suddenly feels like fall here in the DC area – overcast, cool, slightly damp. I was going to put on SSS Tabac Aurea, but AG Vetiver caught my eye, and it’s perfect.
Also, if anyone is interested in a bottle of Aftelier Tango, please see the late split I posted on Saturday’s split meet post. It’s semi-discontinued, i.e., available with a minimum order of two bottles, and I’m looking specifically for someone who would take the second bottle. If that doesn’t work, perhaps I’ll host a more conventional split the next time around.
For the poll, Guerlain and Malle are in the ring right now. Not sure who will be the victor….
Good news for everyone that sent prayers for Mittski– she’s eaten food and kept it down for 3 days straight and she’s back to purring. Thank you everyone for your support and caring
Good to hear!
Such great news! Will continue with good thoughts and prayers.
Thank goodness! We (the kittens and I) will continue to send purry good vibes and prayers.
Way to go, Mittski!
Yay! That’s such great news. Many wishes for good health for your kitty.
Wishing Mittski continued progress.
Awesome news!!!
Scent twins! I hadn’t worn this one for months and it’s so lovely.
Hello to all u scented lovelies!, my SOTD is Balenciaga Paris, which seems so much nicer in the cooler autumnal weather than it did in the summer. I blind bought a 10 ml mini from ebay, i wish i could spray it tho, maybe i’ll get around to decanting it one of these days.
looking forward to my blind buy of Le Dix to arrive & saving up for a FB of Silver Iris, ive got a £30 off voucher from Liberty which i’m going to use, i love Iris Poudre too, thats next on my rather long list!
Has anyone been perfume shopping in the Brussels airport recently? A potential perfume mule has offered to pick up something later this week, if I send detailed instructions, but I’m having a hard time tracking down what the options are… If anyone knows what’s on offer there these days, I’d love to hear it!
The selection is pretty good these days: the usual mainstream suspects, but also Jo Malone, Diptyque, Tom Ford Private Blends (although not everything), Lutens export line. There are no Hermessences, but a very good selection of everything else by Hermes, incuding candles and body products. Also, I think, some of those expensive D&G perfumes that I don’t really know. They usually have some of the classic Guerlains available, too – Mitsouko, L’Heure Bleue, but no Chanel exclusifs. I’m sure I’ve got some of it wrong, but hopefully this is marginally helpful.
Oh you’re the best!! Thank you so much for this rundown–with so many options, I’m sure I can come up with a list of several things to choose from just in case something’s out! How exciting. Merci mille fois!
It’s on its way to 99 degrees, so I’m in Geranium Odorata by Diptyque. It’s fresh, clean, spicy, herbal, and aromatic. It’s almost minty fresh. It is clean without smelling like detergent. After six hours, I can still smell it without having to stick my nose where I applied it 🙂
I wore that one a lot on vacation last April in Puerto Rico, where it was very hot. It smells like something I’d want to drink. Like some sort of exotic “ade”. Tangy, green, and refreshing.
Sadly, when I got into the car with my husband, he asked me if I had applied perfume recently. That’s never a good sign. I had applied a little bit more to my arms about four hours before he picked me up. After saying some sweet things about my interest in perfume to buffer/soften what he was about to say next, he said that “it smells like perfume, and I mean like PERFUME, and I can taste it in my mouth.” I hope that I didn’t bother any co-workers during a meeting today 🙁
My husband said it smells like Deep Woods Off! I would rather it smell like perfume. Although I think geranium oil might be a natural insect repellent which maybe the plants are so durable.
Anyway, I don’t find it to be perfum-y at all. It smells like natural oils to me.
But those kinds of comments make me self- conscious even when I might love a scent.
KNIZE TEN today.
Very cool.
Was feeling contrary this morning (boo Monday!) so I skipped wearing perfume. I pulled into the parking lot at work and felt under dressed without scent, so I found an essential oil blend of lime and cedar plus vanilla out of my purse.
Day saved. 🙂
Read Angela’s piece about the Big Five, which prompted me to a very late application of 1000. (Just can’t do Joy.) This is so strong I couldn’t look at it all summer, but it’s beautiful at the moment.