Happy Tuesday, and happy birthday to John Cleese! What fragrance are you wearing?
I'm wearing Comme des Garçons + Pharrell Williams Girl.
Reminder: this Friday, 10/30, will be the Halloween Special: wear the fragrance that would match your fantasy Halloween costume (or your real Halloween costume, or one you've worn in the past).
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.
My favourite comedian! I’m wearing ELd’O Rien. Which is wonderful.
Funnily enough I watched a bit of the documentary last night about Python’s O2 show. It was very interesting as well as being very funny.
Mine too! Awsome with the Monthy Python crew, incredible on his own.
They have better sketches, but Cycling Race has a special place in my heart: I remember watching this when in the university, it was my first MP episode and when this bit came on, I was sold forever:
Trench (John Cleese): (Standing at roadside) Well something certainly is happening here at Tolworth roundabout, David. I can now see Picasso, he’s cycling down very hard towards the roundabout, he’s about 75-50 yards away and I can now see his painting… it’s an abstract… I can see some blue some purple and some little black oval shapes… I think I can see…
(A Pepperpot comes up and nudges him.)
Pepperpot (Michael Palin): That’s not Picasso – that’s Kandinsky.
Trench: (excited) Good lord, you’re right. It’s Kandinsky. Wassily Kandinsky, and who’s this here with him? It’s Braque. Georges Braque, the Cubist, painting a bird in flight over a cornfield and going very fast down the hill towards Kingston and… (cylists pass in front of him) Piet Mondrian – just behind, Piet Mondrian the Neo-Plasticist, and then a gap, then the main bunch, here they come, Chagall, Max Ernst, Miro, Dufy, Ben Nicholson, Jackson Pollock and Bernard Buffet making a break on the outside here, Brancusi’s going with him, so is Gericault, Ferdinand Leger, Delaunay, De Kooning, Kokoschka’s dropping back here by the look of it, and so’s Paul Klee dropping back a bit and, right at the back of this group, our very own Kurt Schwitters..
Pepperpot: He’s German!
Trench: But as yet absolutely no sign of Pablo Picasso, and so from Tolworth roundabout back to the studio.
I can’t remember that particular sketch but it sounds briljant.
I think that my favourite MP sketch is probably Penguin on the telly. Favourite FT episode is The Psychiatrist.
Love that one. One of my favorites is The Cycling Tour. I’m convinced that Mr. Pither is somehow a caricature of my father (only without his snazzy rainbow cycling suspenders).
I’ve wondered if a Python encountered him on an early cycling trip, but it’s probably pure coincidence.
Must see! I’m laughing just reading it. And how I love John Cleese.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DSl5LHTn1rE
Couldn’t help looking for it on youtube.
Thank you, saved me the trouble
MP and Fawlty Towers are two of my favorite childhood shows. My favorite to this day is the secret service in the field skit. Got thrown out of class once beacause my friend and I couldn’t stop giggling (it was actually on next door) ????
My scent of the day inspired by NST’rs. Last Friday’s community project reminded me that I need to break out my Shalimar Initial, so that’s on one wrist. And then I got a sample from another fellow NST of TF Venetian Bergamont that’s on another wrist. Someone yesterday commented they were wearing TF lipstick so I am as well –thanks for the inspiration
Just smelled the Venetian Bergamot last weekend – what are you thinking of it?
I am enjoying the sample- it’s well done. But not FB worthy yet. What did you think?
It felt very, very clean, as I recall. Wish I still had my blotter.
I must ask – which lipstick?
Plum shade called So Vain . Are you a TF lipstick fan?
I’m a lipstick (and lip product) fan in general and I do have a few Tom Ford ones. So Vain is a gorgeous colour, my favourite of the fall shades, together with Dark & Stormy. I’m sure you look stunning.
I will have to try dark and stormy
Me too just for the name alone. Love the cocktail.
Trying out Chergui today. It’s not bowling me over so far. Lots of powdery sweetness… wishing for a bit more depth. I want to like it though. I’ll give it a few more wears for sure.
Chergui is very strange: it seems to change from wearing to wearing — sometimes it’s exactly what I want and sometimes I feel as if I made a mistake putting it on.
I know what you mean. Sometimes it smells very warm but other times very cool. I like it better when I get the warmth.
I’m in Chergui heaven – love this scent and happy to be your scent twin
I can only dab it on, not spray, but it lasts all day and is such a complex tobacco/honey scent..
From my endless pool of samples, Tonkamande by Pafumerie Generale. Sweet but not overwhelmingly so, lots of almonds and baby powder: very nice but very reminiscent of Rahät Loukoum, which I prefer.
I cannot remember it at all…so I must have preferred the Serge too?
My scent of the day is L’Eau de L’Artisan sprayed on my long johns because I forgot to they’re them in the wash last night. Waiting at bus stop freezing as I type this. Winter is here and I’ll be outside most of today
*throw them in the wash
ha, ha, ha…
I love John Cleese! Today, I’m wearing Laura Mercier Crème brûlée body souffle. It’s so highly scented that it’s enough on its own.
Sounds yum!
Started out in Elixir de Merveilles which wasn’t what I wanted and so I’m now in Mimosa and Cardamom. Much better.
I am hankering for SL Cuir Mauresque but my little decant is long gone. I wish this was available here in the US but I believe is just comes in the bell jar. Too bad for me. It’s a grey and dreary day here and CM would be heaven!
Instead, because I had to got back to the dentist this morning I wore a very conservative single spritz of Un Bois Vanille. Sadly, it didn’t help with my dental anxieties.
Hope you all have a wonderful Tuesday, which means it’s almost hump day, which means the weekend is right around the corner! I am a very good pep talker
Good luck with the rest of your dental ordeal (cringe)! Eau de Xanax is effective, though
Yes, I have thought of that but am in such dire fear of liking that calm detached feeling TOO much…I think I am one of those people who puts a toe over the threshold and then suddenly the entire body follows. Back in my younger days, I really enjoyed clubbing because of the effect of alcohol. I’m quite sure I would be an alcoholic if I had grown up in a home where I saw alcohol used as a coping mechanism. Thanks for you well wishes, I do appreciate them. As they say, this too shall pass!
I getcha. My husband is from one of those said families.
Good luck Deva. Perhaps you should plan a treat for yourself at the end of your appointment.
Deva, I got my Cuir Mauresque in 50ml from Premiere Avenue. Shipping is horrible to the states, but still the total is way less than a bell jar.
Oh! My! God! I am totally checking that out! Right now! Thank You!
The Ministry of Funny Walks! I love John Cheese and all things Monty Python. SOTD YSL Nu I got from Elisa in a swap. I’m loving the spiciness, with incense, and a hint of something citrusy/piney.
So glad you’re liking it!
This is great, I’m also wearing YSL Nu, which I also got from Elisa during the swapmeet! It’s wonderful stuff.
Happy birthday, Mr. Cleese!
Wore my vintage Emeraude to bed last night and I smelled sooooo good when I got up. But I think I shall haul out the Mariella Burani for today.
I never see mention of it anymore (which is not all THAT surprising, it’s been d/c for several years), but I still love the stuff and can’t really say why. Hard to describe it, too: aldehydic, musky, powdery, soft, and yet none of that even adds up to how pleasant it is. I wore it to the bank last week and the teller leaned over to tell me how much she liked my perfume.
Mals,
Totally unrelated to today’s topic, I have the opportunity to purchase a bottle of L’Arte de Gucci. It’s an EDT. Do you have a preference in strength or can you give me a comparison between strengths?
Thanks.
I have not smelled the edt. I only have the edp.
My vague vague memory of the comparison (can’t remember now where that was, although I think it might have been a discussion in comments, maybe on BdJ or the Posse) was that the edt was quieter and less rosy and most of the handful commenting preferred the edp.
I know that’s not really helpful, sorry.
Actually, it is helpful. Thanks a lot.
Marielle Burani is exceptionally lovely and I wish I had a back up bottle of it! It has very happy memories for me. It could easily be a flanker for No 5 Eau Premiere (the original version), or the inspiration for what they did to No 5 to get to the EP formula! It is a very elegant and cheerful fragrance.
Today it’s Caron Tabac Blond, which might be my Friday scent as well. My fantasy Halloween costume is kind of a cross between Lauren Bacall and Jessica Rabbit.
SOTD is Daim Blond, for the second day in a row. I found my sample while cleaning last weekend. I mentioned last week that I had found a sample of Beige and that somehow my sense of smell had changed and it was no longer pleasant. Daim Blond was the opposite. I have always really liked it; It has been on my to buy list since first sniff. But yesterday it was so amazing that I reapplied after an hour to smell more. It hadn’t really faded, it did it “just because.” I haven’t had this kind of olfactory love affair in awhile. Today it the day I finally get my credit card out, while SL is offering 36 samples with a purchase. (But I do have to say…it was $120 a bottle when I first tried it. When did it jump to $150?!?! Doing it anyway, it’s still worth it to me.)
Love that one! It was love at first sniff for me too and the first SL FB I bought.
Not sure if you get the wax samples from the SL website purchase, but if that’s not too important to you, I have seen is for about $80-100 on Amazon. If you have Amazon bucks, it’s even cheaper. This is usually the route I go because I can cash in my Fitbit points for an Amazon gift card. I buy from reputable sellers and haven’t ever had an issue with authenticity.
Wherever you get your bottle from, I hope you thoroughly enjoy it
Thanks for the tip. If I find time today I’ll shop around a little. But if I don’t have the time I’m just going to pay the ridiculous amount of money – I want it yesterday.
Samples are solid perfume.
That stinks. I don’t understand the point of that. If I want to buy spray then I want to test spray. Testing from a solid will only give me a vague idea of the end result, like buying partially unsniffed.
Thanks for pointing that out. I found a few places where I could get the DB cheaper. There’s no point in paying extra $$$ for samples that really won’t help me to find another bottle.
36 samples! Great deal!
I was checking out there makeup products – anyone try these?
I don’t think I’ve ever come across a lipstick for $75 — what the heck is in that?!?
Maybe sprinkles of gold… ????
I’ve wanted to try the SL lipstick since I first heard about it, but no-one ships it to Aus. That’s probably a good thing because the cosmetic mark-up here is astronomical. Ridiculously so. A Chanel lipstick is about $55, so I can only imagine what the SL would be. That said, when I saw Anniky’s blog post about the Louboutin lipstick for €80 (erm.. A$122… that’s almost my fortnightly grocery bill!)… I’m pretty sure I wouldv’e bought one too. The packaging is so fantastically outrageous and would be impossible to pass up!
If feel for you poor, poor Australians. The prices on some things there are just ridiculous. I remember hearing how expensive things like peanut butter and cereal were 30 years ago. Is that still the case? Is there anything you can get that is affordable?
Marmite
I’m so embarrassed to admit I had to Google marmite. I’d heard the name before, and knew it goes on toast, but never really knew what it was. Now I want to try it!
I’ve never looked at the makeup. For that much money Uncle Serge should show up at your door every morning and apply the lipstick for you. I’ll stick with my drugstore lip balm.
In my country we don’t celebrate Halloween, but since I dress kind of like a witch year long, and work with witchy subjects, I decided to do witchy week. Yesterday it was Samsara, and today I’m in Borneo. My boy said Borneo smells like the forest, which I took a a big compliment, since there is no better smell than that for me!
Do you use a broom for transportation as well?
I wish.
For my 13th birthday my dear mother, may she rest in peace, gifted me with a real broom, as in the kind one sweeps the floor with. She handed it over with the loving comment “just because you’re such a witch, the kind with a “B” in front.”
She had a strange sense of humor
Personally, I wish I could get around on a broom!
:-0 !!! Whaaaat??? Obviously you know your mum’s sense of humour, for for one who doesnt, at face value, that is one very odd encounter!! Lol!!
Yes, she was one of those that made “borderline” comments very frequently. If you expressed any hurt feelings, you were deemed “too sensitive!” She was a funny one
Your mom sounds really witty and fun.
Aww. That is so sweet! If my son ever says something like that to me my heart will melt.
I’m wearing Incense Flash, but it’s being overpowered by my leave-in conditioner, which has a surprising amount of sillage. Fortunately, it’s a nice combination.
Ooh what does your conditioner smell like? I am imagining kind of a creamy coconut thing which evidently is what I would like to add to Incense Flash!
My favorite conditioner, which I usually use actually has a sweet, creamy floral coconut scent, but I picked a different one today because I thought this one would match Incense Flash better. (I swear, I don’t usually match my hair products to my perfume…)
So today, I went with kind of a smoky-floral-vanilla leave-in conditioner (“black vanilla”)… but now I’m curious about how Incense Flash would smell with coconut!
Hahaha great minds, vanilla was my other idea!
Will you please share the names of your conditioners? They both sound lovely.
Absolutely! It’s Shea Moisture Coconut & Hibiscus and Carol’s Daughter Black Vanilla. The Coconut & Hibiscus is by far my favorite (I have difficult hair and have never found anything that works as well as this), but Black Vanilla is fun when I want to switch up the scent (be warned though, that the scent is really strong and really long-lasting).
Thank you Eleebelle! I’ve seen both of these brands, but never tried either. I’ll make sure I stop and sniff both the next time I’m out shopping.
How do you like that one? Is it along the lines of L’air du Desert?
I like both Incense Flash and LADDM. Both are masculine-ish (“masculish”
), so I feel like they both suit similar moods for me. I haven’t tried them side-by-side, but off the top of my head, Incense Flash is leathery and dry, while LADDM is spicier and seems brighter to me. Both are worth a try!
Thanks for your response. I did enjoy LDDM when I got it in smaller 5 bottle 3ml set I got a few years back, but not enough to go for a FB. Incense Flash sounds more me and I will need to get a sample sometime. I bought his vanilla flash blind and enjoy it. It is also “mascu-lish” but more incensey than vanilla-ish on me. Cheers!
I LOVE Vanilla Flash, but I will say that I notice a lot more vanilla in the spray than in the rollerball (which is what I have).
Masculish! I’m going to start using that one
I chose Bois de Isles today, which I love. I am seriously thinking about purchasing PHI Une Rose… but I’m not sure if I should get a fb or the 3 x 15 ml explorer set. Then I can also get a L’Air du Desert… decisions, decisions. Anyone want to weigh in?
I vote for variety. Unless you think 15ml won’t do.
Second vote for variety! Especially if you think URdK is not something you will wear often and you know you like others in the line. Enjoy!
Thanks girls… that is the way I was leaning too. I just needed to hear some agreement.
Explorer Set! His perfumers are so powerful, 15 will last you forever.
So I tend to agree abt the Explorer Set but just to consider all angles, I will mention that Phi seems to come and go in terms of availability. If it’s something you know you’ll use regularly and eventually want more than 15ml of, I feel like it could be a smart plan to go ahead and get a bottle so you don’t have to worry about it being gone when you want to reup.
But only if you need more than 15ml! I am a light sprayer anyway, and Tauers are strong enough that 15ml would be like 200 wears for me. As I tend to wear L’air du desert marocain only in the winter, a lot of winters will pass before I’ll have worn it 200 times!
Sampling Liqueur Charnelle this beautiful crisp and sunny morning. I’ve had this sample for ages but haven’t tried it because of reviews calling in a Spicebomb clone , which I think is great but not on me, and one mentioning a ton of ISOe Super, which can really bother me. I’m finding it pleasant and wearable, completely unchallenging, and not going on my FB list but not going in the trash pile either. I like it better than Spicebomb and either I’m having a day where ISOe doesn’t bother (they do happen), or it isn’t as concentrated as I feared.
Hope it makes the house cleaning more fun. I caught myself thinking, “I sure wish the kitties would stop eating weird crap off the floor…hmm, perhaps I should vacuum.”
Housework! Ugh! I miss my dog so much because anything I dropped from table or counter she was able to field in midair, thus decreasing the frequency of kitchen floor scrubbing.
Pets are the best
They certainly help with the spiders that get inside (and make it quite amusing). Mom’s house is right on the river so we actually have to sweep the outside of the windows every second day or so, else it looks like a horror movie set. I have suggested an “Arachnophobes Beware” sign by the gate.
Whoops! A very happy birthday to not quite my favorite Python, but one of my favorite actors.
This begs the question about who your favourite Python is?
A solid tie between Michael Palin and Terry Jones. Ripping Yarns gets as much screen time at out house as our complete Python collection. Actually, Terry J may have a slight edge, just because I think he’s under appreciated and I adore him as the stripping Minister in, I think, the Atilla the Hun Show Python episode.
“Perhaps I should vacuum.” Thanks for the laugh this morning! Nice to know that I’m not alone in my lack of interest in housekeeping activities.
The sad thing is, I had pulled about five things (desiccated insects, dried leaves, pieces of gravel, an orange pip) from kitten mouths before it occurred to me.
I’m on my way from Córdoba to Sevilla and in the absence of Cuir Mauresque I’m wearing Cuir de Russie. There’s lots of leather everywhere here, but I must say I smell much, much better than the leather shops. Had roast peppers and grilled local prawns for lunch and am reading a good book on Islamic history. Life is great.
Sounds delightful
except for the freshly tanned leather, of course. That smell almost makes me retch :-/
For when you arrive, are you familiar enough with Seville a l’aube to know whether it marries well with it’s namesake?
I agree, that smell really is difficult to bear. Then again, it’s a small price to pay for being here.
On Seville a l’Aube: my sample was finished a while ago, so my recollection probably isn’t very accurate and for a literal test it’s the wrong season, too. The orange trees are absolutely everywhere, but there are of course no flowers, just the green or slightly yellow fruits. You cannot really smell anything unless some riper oranges have fallen to the ground or you get REALLY close to a tree and sniff. I tested this repeatedly. That said, I walked by a church just after the arrival and smelled some wonderful, sweet, dense incense and saw huge candles in enormous silver candelabra, so the ingredients are definitely there.
Sigh. Your trip sounds wonderful.
I’ve really been enjoying this, I must say.
Sounds delightful. Thanks for letting me live vicariously!
You’re most welcome!
I’m wearing Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab’s Vial of Holy Water, which is a clean, clean scent. Not what I was going for. I thought that it would have incense, but it doesn’t.
Mitsouko kept me alert and focused during an incredibly tedious meeting…it’s my “Shore up the professional presentation” perfume!
I was raised on Python, which I think is a solid foundation for life. (Thanks parents.) Cleese’s talent for being the appalled “straight” man is amazing, and I often wish I was that clever in the face of inanity/insanity.
Trying one of the samples acquired this weekend – Memo’s Inle. It’s basically an aquatic, so I’m not loving it, despite it having notes I love (tea and osmanthus).
Too bad the swap didn’t happen after Sniffapalooza – I would have had so many great goodies to share!
Washed off the Inle and will put it in my new “goodies to add to other people’s packages” pile, which I’m delighted to be able to now build.
A generous NSTer’s swap package just arrived and contained (among other things) the tiniest little bottle of Chanel’s Sycomore in a little Chanel black and white box. I am delighted with it, and with the smell.
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I agree on Python being a good foundation for life! Did you know that one of the other Pythons described Cleese as “the Prime Minister in disguise”.
Were you raised similarly?
Hadn’t heard that specific phrase but that does seem in line with what I’ve read.
Not on Python so much as I grew up in the Netherlands, but watching and listening to comedy definitely played a large part in my life as a child. The down side is that I still find it hard to take people seriously, who take themselves very seriously.
Is that a down side? Seems a like a good quality to have – to me anyway.
I’m right there with you on that!
No, it isn’t. But it can be awkard if you can’t hide the fact from rather pompous consultants
Agree it is a good foundation along with laurel & hardy, billy wilder and hitchcock movies
And the Marx Brothers – can’t forget them!
Had a lovely day off today (although not as good as Anniky’s!). Got up early and went for a two hour walk along the beach, then stayed there for a coffee in a great cafe. Came home, did lots of housework which is so rewarding once it’s done- although Im seriously considering a house-cleaner once a fortnight to do the mopping/dusting/bathroom which I hate. Then a friend popped in for a beer and a chat this arvo, and Im now having a black tea with rose on the verandah watching and smelling the rain that’s just started.
SOTD were Voyage d’Hermes today, and this evening I craved vintage Samsara. I forgot how potent this stuff is because 2 spritzes was about 1 1/2 too many for the first hour or so.. lol…
What a beautiful day. Enjoy your sandalwoody evening!
Since I am pre-shower, I’m wearing Lyric. I was thinking of when I hop in the shower (soon) I will continue on with the Lyric body products. Good thing that my dentist appointment is tomorrow but yet I am dreading it. I’m wondering what exactly that I need done to my mouth. Dry mouth due to medication sucks and causes all kinds of hell on teeth. Maybe Infusion d’Iris will help tomorrow.
Id’I is a great dentist-friendly scent.
I totally feel your dental angst! Best of luck and sugarless gum is great way to offset dry mouth induced by medications. Also, Xylitol has been found to help prevent cavity formation.
What sucks the worst is that I have already lost my wisdom teeth and three molars on top of it due to dry mouth. I’m thinking that a root canal and possibly losing another tooth might be in order. I didn’t realize that epilepsy itself can do a number on teeth and dry mouth due to medication can compound that. I am a nervous wreck because of the cost and I really don’t want to lose anymore teeth. I hope that I am a canidate for dental implants.
Oh I feel for you both Dawn and Deva, hopefully you both have the best experiences and outcomes that can be had at The Dentist.
But implants too cost a fortune. My gums have vacancies that I hope I hide so that I’m not deported.
I could still smell Back to Black from last night, so I’m keeping it Kilian with some Apple Brandy.
Inspired by yesterday’s post – SOTD Arquiste 31. Lovely.
As much as I find the roller ball an economic way to increase my fragrance collection, I do miss the satisfaction of a of a spray covering more surface. However, still a good trade-off.
Check their website again! I bought a spray on clearance with a 50% discount on top of that two weeks ago.
Public service announcement: I just got an email from Parfums de Nicolai that Le Temps d’une Fete is officially discontinued. THey didn’t say when that happened, and I don’t know, maybe I’m the absolute last to know it, but it’s gonnnnnne. And I’m so bummed.
I am, in fact, bummed enough that despite my backup bottles of what is probably my Favorite Perfume Ever Ever, I just bought another one at Parfum1. With a 15% off coupon, which is the best I could find without waiting for one of their great 25% off sales because I didn’t want P1 to sell out.
So bummed.
A back up bottle of a back up bottle is sometimes as necessary as oxygen. Sure you don’t need 2 back ups of the back up? I’m totally serious. All NSTers KNOW how much you adore that one. Just saying…
Um. Well.
I have one 100ml bottle of the newer stuff that I opened in… 2013, I think, and it’s nearly half gone. Another full 100ml bottle of new. Plus this one I just ordered.
A partial 50ml of older stuff that I bought from a perfume friend who was paring her collection, and a full 30ml of older stuff that I bought and set aside for future use. That might oughta do me.
Piping up late to say I’ve now been thinking about this for two days and not only am I persuaded that yeah you should probably follow Perthgirl’s advice and get one more bottle the next time Parfum1 bestows a good coupon–now I’m also thinking that the 110ml of Honore des Pres (two bottles and two decants) I’ll soon have in hand are not enough, and maybe I should get a third 50ml bottle while I can do so for cheap.
Enabler pins ALL around!
bottleS..
Well you did the only sensible thing when presented with such a situation. And if, when the next big Parfum1 discount arrives, there are still bottles available, it again would be the only sensible thing to do to take advantage of it.
OOh, good thought. Who was it that bought up all the Parure when it was discontinued?
RIP – so sad for you Mals! I think I have a small decant somewhere that I never wear. I’ll have to send it to you. ;-(
Wearing and loving Ormand Jayne Woman. It’s so perfect for fall!
Ditto! It smells like the changing of the trees and cold air.
I really have to get in the shower. My first appt (fortunately it is a phone interview) is in 30 minutes! My sweater smells of Tabac Aurea and it is just the thing for this cool grey morning…
Yum.
P.S. We have tried to raise our children to be kind, loving, hardworking, and to call upon the wisdom of Monty Python in times of need.
When faced with difficult situations, both of my boys frequently recall the great wisdom gleaned from ‘Holy Grail,’ which they pantomime with enthusiasm: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7FPELc1wEvk
Awwww.
Mine like to do the Constitutional Peasant bit. And the Holy Hand Grenade.
I love that bit. Another favorite family quote is: I am not dead! I think I’ll go for a walk….
I feel happeeeeee!
That is brilliant!
Ha I love this, I am so going to teach my niece and nephew this when they’re older!
I started this morning testing Atkinsons Amber Empire, which reminds me of a rose-less Mohur but very quiet. I was decanting some ELDO Like This and got it on my hands and now can’t decide if I should layer that or Mohur! I think since I already have the Like This on one side, I will have to just spray some more!
Another person in Chergui here. I have always really liked it and I see I have only about 1/4 bottle left.
SOTD is from my new Dzongkha sample with thanks to a generous NST friend. I only wish I had sprayed more! I shouldn’t buy anything, but if you were I would you go for Dz or Daim Blond? Maybe a nonsensical question.
My answer: I love Dzongkha and have already bought a bottle. If Daim Blond appeared for a good price, then it may at some point join the Lutens family I own. But it isnt on my priority list. If I didnt already own Dzongkha it would be.
Wearing Cuir Ottoman today. I wanted something comfy because I’m coming down with a cold and feeling like crap.
Also yay for John Cleese! I have a DVD box set of Monty Python’s Flying Circus. My parents introduced me to Monty Python with Monthy Python and the Holy Grail, which I still love, even if I haven’t actually watched it in a long time.
Oh, John Cleese and MP! Some of my favorite hours have been spent with them. I love the Dead Parrot sketch.
Today I’m wearing Guerlain Myrrhe & Delires that I got in the swapmeet. It’s very pretty, and I can tell I would love, love, love it if it were amped up about 10x. It’s so polite I can hardly tell I’m wearing it. It would make a good scent to wear to the dentist.
Love M&D. So elegant!
“It’s pinin’ for the fjords.”
No, it’s resting
It’s not pining, it’s passed on!
I’m wearing my new sample of La Fille de Berlin. This has been on my “to try” list forever, and I wish I hadn’t waited so long! I feel like I have finally found the rose perfume I’ve been looking for.. more interesting than a fresh/pretty rose, but easier to wear than Malle’s Une Rose. And it lasts!
It is really gorgeous!
Geoffrey Beene Grey Flannel – because I want to smell serious but be cozy. I need to finalize some work projects and get some headway on the next ones. Wish me luck!
Also, I’m happy to imagine John Cleese in my SOTD which makes me adore him more.
Oh, that IS good.
I keep meaning to get that one. The last time I tried, I managed to purchase a bottle of Eau de Grey Flannel…. BIG mistake…. They look the same, from the outside….
Good luck! (cracks whip)
Wearing DC Oriental Lounge, a not-bad substitute for a chaise longue, which just couldn’t fit into my office…
The first of my lovely swap goodies arrived yesterday evening, and I sprayed it on – Amouage Lyric Woman – at 6 this morning. Sometimes I wonder if the SUV full of kids I drive 45 minutes to school each morning will be permanently imprinted by my fragrance testing. It’s a car of boys, ages 5 to 15, and so far not one of them has said a thing about the billows of freshly applied scent greeting them near dawn each weekday. I figure at the very least, they won’t be the frag-intolerant complainers in the offices of their futures.
Love this. Think of how you are subtly expanding their fragrance appreciation!
I’m wearing Pear & Olive by SlumberHouse . I think it’s quite fitting for the season.
Kerosene Copper Skies today, it’s yummy.
SOTD is Mitsouko extrait b/c I needed some strong shoulders and it’s a perfectly chilly fall day. It’s silly really, but I had to buy a new vacuum cleaner today. My 22 year old beast of a machine has finally died and there are no more parts to be found. Each time I shell out some money for some mundane necessity, I think of the bottles of fragrance that are languishing on my “to buy” list…. boo, ho. Mitsouko was up to the task!
I admire your fiscal priorities.
Ditto this!
It gets to the point when the hair-balls and dust bunnies win.
Scent Twins! And may your new vacuum cleaner also last 22 years!
I hope so!
Never stint on a good vacuum cleaner, you’ll just buy one cheap one after another. We have a nice, heavy, expensive, 13 year old one downstairs and a mid-price at Walmart one upstairs so I don’t have to carry the good one. Guess what I do every time? Yep, lug the beast up and down stairs and trip over the cheapie (which my husband uses so we have to keep).
This is so true!
Have you considered sabotaging the cheap one so that the husband will carry to beast up and down stairs?
Wearing SL Santal Blanc, a swap from the gracious LisainDenver. It’s beautiful, and reminds me of my first bottle of sandalwood essential oil 20 years ago, soft and spicy.
Coming down with a bug, so Bvlgari Black.
Hope you feel better soon.
Love John Cleese! The U.S. member of Monty Python and film maker Terry Gilliam was interviewed on NPR recently. I think this is it:
https://onpoint.wbur.org/2015/10/21/terry-gilliam-monty-python-memoir
Based on the interview and loving Monty Python and the his film Brazil, I’m looking forward to reading the memoir, too.
I’ll try to put on a suitably silly perfume after Taiji class. Any ideas?
Rockin’Rio, my most airheaded fragrance!
I need to try Rockin’ Rio! I don’t have that, but I do have Escada’s Summer in Provence, which may be my most airheaded fragrance.
Encens et Bubblegum! Alt: Jeux de Peau?
Thanks, I think I do have a sample of Encens et Bubble gum.
Still smelling some traces of todays Birch & Black Pepper. I wanted something along the lines of I don’t give a damn and it worked rather well.
That’s a great one for when you need a little edge.