Happy Origami Day! What fragrance are you wearing?
I'm starting off my half-week of cheap thrills with Body Time Egyptian Musk.
Reminder: this Friday will be Cheap Thrill Friday...as we head into the holiday spending period, wear a fragrance that would not break the bank even in a full size. (suggested by Bardot)
And for those of you who like to plan ahead, see Scent of the day ~ Friday community projects 2015, where I'll try to always have the next five or six weeks mapped out in advance.
Note: top image is big face 2 [doubled and background added] by Joel Cooper at flickr; some rights reserved.
Happy Diwali to all those who celebrate.
Today is Veterans Day- which is a somber day for me. I will spend most of the day thinking of my father- when I miss him I dig out his old tobacco pipe that still smells a bit of tobacco and fruity spices.
Hope it provides some comfort. Sending you good wishes.
Thank you! <3
I hope you are enjoying all the fragrances you inherited.
🙂
I still have to figure out how to properly thank you :). I am so, so grateful.
How I wish I had some item of my father’s, scented or not. It’s odd that although he has been dead more than half my life, I have a very faint scent memory of him still.
Wearing Champagne as the antidote to grey dampness
Mostly grey dampness here too.
I first read it as, “Drinking Champagne as the antidote to grey dampness”…
That works too but not today
Finally a sunny day here (NC). Gonna trial-grill cauliflower steaks as a possibility for Thanksgiving.
Still smelling the reminents of Frapin 1270 but after my shower I’m probably go for Chanel no 5.
And that wouldn’t be a bad mix…
The Noir 29 (maybe?) today from my sample. I’m really enjoying it, but not enough for a full bottle.
I wonder if it will sell?
Carner D600/
Good one
Oh, I like that one a lot, too!
I am wearing l’Artisan Vanilia. I have decided to finish some of my bottles and this is one of them. This is a big love for me and I have a backup bottle.
It’s so satisfying to finish a bottle, isn’t it, especially when it is a perfume you love AND have a back-up of!
Yes, it should be satisfying but I have a problem not to want to finish my bottles, so we will see if I will be successful, but in this case since i have another bottle, it is easier.
Calyx, because I’m worth it 😉
Hahaha, and you are!!
And now imagine Deneuve saying that in French: “Parce que nous le valons bien”
And I’m nothing like Deneuve
I’m wearing Dune outside the house for the first time (I know – daring), and wondering what everyone’s favorite sandalwood fragrance is.
I hear a lot about Dune, but have never tried it. My favorite sandalwood is Bois des Iles.
It makes me sad that you are afraid to wear Dune outside the house, do you think it’s too potent?
I love Dune. Haven’t worn it in ages but it strikes me as among the most unusual and creative fragrances ever made. I need to remedy not wearing and put it on my ‘wear list’ for the upcoming week.
my fave(s) sandalwoods are: SSS Champagne de Bois and Diptyque Tam Dao and SL Santal Blanc
Not really afraid, exactly – I was being about half tongue-in-cheek and half serious. 🙂 It’s not Dune’s potency that made me trepidatious (is that a word?), but more its unusual-ness. I love the odd notes of broom and salt and something asphalt-y at the beginning, but as it settles I find I absolutely adore the sandalwood note in Dune. Tam Dao didn’t work for me when I sampled it a year or so ago … but then, neither did Dune! I should give TD another whirl. And the SSS has been on my list for a while now – will order a sample as soon as Laurie opens her store again.
I’m thinking of doing a weird / unusual perfume week and Dune is in the running! You smell great!
Thank you! Dune definitely gets better and better as the day goes on. I don’t know the vintage of my sample, unfortunately, but I do plan to acquire a FB in the near future. Should I try for an older bottle (via Ebay) or just go with what’s generally available, do you think?
Also meant to ask if you have the new formulation or vintage. If you have the code on the bottle, there’s a way to date it although I don’t know how accurate it is.
Mine was a signature for me in my late teens- Yardley Sandalwood. It was fabulous stuff, but long, long gone. It followed shortly after The Body Shop oil Woody Sandalwood. I still have some of this as a little went a very long way. I wonder if I can overcome my 16yr old self associations enough to ever wear it again..
I’m sure you smell divine! I loved Dune but I can’t wear it, something with the scent and my body chemistry has changed.
My favorite favorite favorite sandalwood samsara. I have One of those older bottles that is shaped like a coffin clear with the red top, the sandalwood in this particular bottle is bliss
How does it compare to modern versions in your view?
I just find that the current version is a bit sharp and the one I have is like a second skin.
If you want to read more Victoria does a great comparison. http://boisdejasmin.com/2011/10/guerlain-samsara-new-and-vintage-perfume-review.html
If I knew you were interested I would of made up a small sample. Let me know!
Aww – I think you gave me enough! 🙂
Samsara is one of my favorite sandalwoods. I haven’t tried any vintage versions but the modern is pretty darned good, IMO.
It is! And actually -Samsara is my most complimented perfume -the current and “vintage” versions.
I third this sentiment that even the newer one is great. It’s my super “comfy” scent.
I wear straight sandalwood oil at work. I have two perfume favorites: Fragonard Santal has been called the budget Tam Dao. It really smells like actual Mysore sandalwood with a bit of citrus. That one is beautiful for summer. My new love, though, is Chillum from Via del Profumo. I traded some chocolate for it (thanks dear trader!). Pretty sure they use actual Mysore sandalwood in that one, it’s just like my oil only with a bit of projection.
One of my massage clients is obsessed with sandalwood so I usually mix a few drops into his massage lotion. Recent research has found that there are olfactory sensors in the skin and that sandalwood has healing properties.
I also have sandalwood EO that is fairly good quality and layers really nicely and lasts a really long time.
I _just_ put on a bit of a sample of that for the first time. I’m enjoying it so far!
Oh, and I’m developing a sandalwood obsession like Sajini’s client, so I’m busily writing down others’ favorites. My favorites are Box of Eels and Champagne de Bois, plus the drydowns of No. 22 and No. 5; I like Samsara, but Tam Dao smells like cedar pencils on me.
When it comes to sandalwood, Bexca, you and I are exactly on the same page! Weird…. even down the pencil shavings in Tam Dao….
Sandalwood twins!
I bet I’ll get pencil shavings too if I encounter Tam Dao again. The Mohur EDP smelled like pencil shavings to me too.
At the moment, Bois des Iles, Tam Dao, Santal Carmin and even Nirvana Black. Need to investigate the Serge sandalwoods properly, and of course am will be taking notes on all suggestions here.
Love sandalwood, and very much enjoy Dune. It’s a scent that gets better the longer you wear it.
Bois des Iles is probably my #1 sandalwood, but I recently bought Samsara EDP and find this to be wonderful too.
Santal Majuscule is another one I recently bought a decant of but there’s something in it I don’t like and still struggle to wear.
Could it be the chocolate?
Maybe with the other notes combined, yes?
Not sure.
I get the same reaction from Santal Majustcule and I don’t think it’s the chocolate. It’s almost like a meat smell if that makes any sense.
Today I’m wearing another sandalwood…Tam Dao.
Hm. I need to go smell it again and really concentrate on what it is.
Tam Dao I like a lot but it only lasts maybe 2-hrs on my skin. 🙁
For me, I get a fairly strong whiff of cumin (or something like cumin) in the opening of SM and it never fades away completely. That ruined this scent for me.
Wow, great input – thank you, everyone! I have lots of sampling in my future. 🙂
I always forget that I wore Dune as a signature scent from about 1993 – 1995 ish. I have a mental block b/c of a bad relationship. But I concede that it’s a gorgeous fragrance. Major oriental fragrances are totally wearable in all circumstances if you just apply a little. Sometimes I think it’s sad that so many newer frags have such low sillage.
My fav sandalwood frags are Chanel Bois des Iles, SSS Champagne des Bois, and AG Heure Exquise.
Oh, I need to try that AG also. I have trouble with most Goutals and it makes me sad because I WANT to love them. Maybe Heure Exquise will do the trick.
I’m wearing Dior Ambre Nuit for the second day in a row. It faded too quickly yesterday, so I went with 4 lavish sprays today. I was worried about offending my fellow commuters, but since my L train car smells mildly of stale pee this morning, there is really no basis for complaint. :p
Gorgeous.
That one doesn’t last long on me either.
I’ve recently found Ambre Russe by PdE to be similar to Ambre Nuit but stronger and lasts much longer. It’s not as floral as Ambre Nuit.
Mmmm, Ambre Russe. On me the tea and tobacco notes are strong, making it very different from Ambre Nuit. But it does last long, while staying cozily close to the body.
Interesting! I have found that Amber Nuit lasts so long that I sometimes avoid wearing it because I want to be able to switch perfumes throughout the day! I just need to find something in my little collection that plays well with it!
Commando right now but guess I will reach for Plum Japonaise to match Origami Day!
I love that one!
I love that one, and am sad i’m nearly at the end of my 5ml decant, it lasted for quite a while tho, as it lasts all day, and silage is really good too! I would love a full bottle of this beauty.
Cheap thrill #3: Ungaro Diva.
that’s what I wore when I was 14. I was a weird 14 year old! and it was the 80s…
Ah, I love that about the 80s! When women were women and children were women too
Gosh that made me laugh. I graduated college in 88 so I know whereof what you speak!
LOL, YES! I was wearing Poison as a 15 year old in the 80s. (But heavens forbid, not listening to the band of the same name–they were way too tame for my tastes at the time. 🙂 )
I was pretty out of it in the 80’s in terms of hair bands so I didn’t know about Poison till I ended up giving Bobby Dall a professional massage a few years ago. What a hot mess that man is (but very nice).
Poison is the ultimate “glam rock hair band” – I’m guessing your tastes leaned toward hardcore heavy metal or the goth (precursor to emo) stuff like The Smiths, The Cure and all those I hold dear to my heart. (I also loved heavy metal, btw, went through two very different phases).
Loved the 80’s too. Those were some of the best times of my life!
Oh, I was dousing myself in Shalimar at 15 years old. This was in the early 90’s, not that it makes it any more appropriate. I’m hesitant to wear it again, for fear that it will dredge up all that angst!
Well, it’s worth a try, but I’m afraid you may be right. I bought vintage White Shoulders, which I wore as a teenager, thinking it would make a nice, light, summer cologne. What an unpleasant surprise! Objectively, it smells nice, but subjectively, it practically makes my hair stand on end with intense unease. Excruciating!!
My aunt and uncle used to spray it on hot oshibori at their house when they passed the cloths around before meals. So my associations with it are around pre-meal wash etiquette–weird, I know.
That sounds lovely – the scent would be very nice for that!
Teenage associations are what make vintage Chloe unwearable for me now, although it smells wonderful.
Such a good one.
I love Diva! I have a mini….
SOTD is Jo Malone Wood Sage & Sea Salt. I’m hoping it will be bracing enough to keep me alert through my work day after a night of interrupted sleep. Had to get up at 3:30am to see my daughter off to her school trip to Washington DC. Went back to bed after and I feel OK now. Just need to make it to 6:00pm without biting anyone’s head off.
Ugh…hope the JM is helping!
Diptyque Olêne. Lots of it to be smothered in indolic jasminey happiness.
Trying to not be angry today. Someone I really liked turned out to be a lying, deceiving cheat. The bit that makes me angry though is that my instincts told me that, but wow, he was such a convincing storyteller. So really Im mostly annoyed with myself. Apart from the jerks of the world though, all good 🙂 I had a nice short shift at work and it’s very warm and sunny down here. I paid my minute’s silent tribute for Remembrance Day, and it always reminds me of how good I have it and how lucky I am. I dont take that for granted.
Jerks suck. I hear ya on being annoyed with yourself, but sometimes we need to touch the stove to reinforce that we know it is hot. Maybe this experience was profitable after all, for the chance re -tune your jerk alarm system.
(I’m a perpetual silver lining kinda gal)
It has indeed. If nothing else, at least I have learned to recalibrate 🙂
And I do believe there’s a lesson to be learned in every relationship- I just wish it werent MY lesson! Lol 😉
Also, you smell great 🙂
I’m so sorry Perthie. I’ve seen this happen to so many great girls, and it is so not your fault for having had hope. Your attitude is a great one and I hope the jasminey-happiness cheers you.
One doesn’t want to go through life feeling unnecessarily mistrustful, so it’s good to know your instincts were spot on. Olêne is wonderful – to paraphrase F. Scott Fitzgerald, smelling great is the best revenge! 😉
I dated a compulsive liar in college, and once I got over it, I realized it was a very useful experience to help me spot them in the future. Take heart – all the men you will meet will be jerks until you meet the right one. Tricky for sure. You will prevail!
Oof, I am so sorry to hear that, and I’ve been there too. It’s so hard when someone you were giving the benefit of the doubt to–and, I can only imagine, making a similar effort to be generous with in a host of ways–betrays that trust and goodwill. Really hurts. Take care and don’t blame yourself–his bad behavior is fully his to own!
(Oy, this is a very good reminder that I need to send a message about getting rid of some things belonging to someone whose behavior was all too similar to what you describe–was a little while ago but I just haven’t even been able to look at his things ’til now. Ok text sent. Thank you for the prompt, I’ll def be better off when his stuff is out of my house!!)
Chalk it up to being a valuable life lesson. Your gut was telling you something was off and that’s a good thing. It’s ok to be annoyed with yourself because it means you really understand how much you can learn from the experience. So in the future if it smells like $&#* it probably is $&#* 😉
You smell lovely today.
I’m sorry that happened to you. Such a sucky feeling. I was married to a guy like that for a second many moons ago. Very charming but deceptive and manipulative. Yes, don’t blame yourself. Intuition and gut-feelings serve as self protection and it’s human to ignore the signals sometimes like I did back then. I’m glad I had the strength to finally trust my gut and move on. Wishing that your jasmine cloud showers you with strength and love!
I’ve had this experience several times. I’ve learned that if I assign an estimated number to how many of these people are in the general population – maybe 1 in 50 (though you won’t get close to that many) – it’s easier to go with your instincts immediately. You already accept that they exist. Quantification helps override emotion.
Just another blessing to count.
sotd: Canturi eau de parfum. Gosh I love this stuff! The bottle is to die for. Please, Perfume Gods, don’t let this one disappear.
Oh I remember that gorgeous bottle! I dont recall ever smelling it but I just looked it up and I wish I had- it looks really nice! There doesnt seem to be much of it about though..
it’s gorgeous (the scent) – sort of a hybrid between Chanel Coco and Jo Malone Pomegranate Noir. I love it.
You get a big fat enabler pin. I just ordered a mini off eBay from your description. That may be the fastest description to purchase evah!
Thanks, had never heard of this one, and I see discounters are practically paying people to take it off their hands currently.
You’re seeing Canturi at online discounters….(GASPS) pray tell which one’s??? I’d love a back up bottle. Canturi is special to me.
I Googled and am seeing it on FragranceX, Amazon and ebay. Some of the ebay prices are a bit lower, and I’m considering one of the sellers who is “Top-rated Plus.” (They have more than one. Also, no affiliation.)
I just read your 2011 review of it, and it sounds absolutely gorgeous (your review was gorgeous too, btw). You also mentioned Alahine in that review – how do the two compare? I’ve been intrigued by NSTers’ references to Alahine for quite some time now.
I had no recollection of having reviewed Canturi back in 2011. I went back to read my review and I must say it’s still pretty accurate for me! Today I’m noticing the plum note, which is registering to me almost like the pomegranate note in JM’s Pom Noir, which is why I mentioned that in my above comment.
I don’t think Alahine and Canturi are similar – only that they’re both generally (on the dry side) spicy orientals. Alahine will forever be in my top 5 and my top favorite oriental. Over the years I’ve detected a strong iris note in Alahine so now I’ve come to think of it as a spicy-iris-oriental. Alahine has a more aldehydic style than some of the other orientals I like, so keep that in mind, if you don’t like aldehydic starts.
Oh, now I’m torn – I’m not wild about aldehydes, but I’m a big fan of spicy orientals and I LOVE iris in all its forms. Guess I’m just going to have to try them both. Sigh – the sacrifices I make in the name of science. 🙂
That big face image is kinda creepy.
Happy Veterans day.
I’m in Esquel by Xerjoff today and huffing my wrists. I love opoponax something fierce. Does anyone else have any opoponax fragrances to recommend?
Yes! Imperial Opoponax is really great if you’re into sweet.
And Imperial Opoponax is my SOTD 🙂 it’s wonderful stuff.
Thanks, I’ll check this one out!
So sorry it’s creeping you out! I thought it was pretty cool.
It’s not a bad creepy or scary, it’s just sort of odd. The type of creepy that is hard to not want to look at, but it makes you feel weird when you do.
I guess it’s sort of like a death mask?
I first had read Kevins review today, then saw the mask picture. The combination made me a little nervous. but I tend to read to much into things.
Oh gosh, and when I posted the sotd this morning, wasn’t thinking of Kevin’s picture. That is maybe a bit much for one day!
It reminds me a bit of those “green men” that appear in English cathedral carvings. He names some of his creations after mythical gods and heroes.
My first thought was that it was an Art Nouveau or Art Deco ceramic architectural detail. He coats them in beeswax and resin to preserve them, with colors added for decoration, which does give them a glazed look.
It’s in many perfumes that I like. La Via del Profumo Tawaf would be ideal if you like natural jasmine with your opoponax. Fragrantica lists SNM Melograno as a fragrance with opoponax, and a reviewer I respect (Scent for Thought) recommends Diptyque Eau Lente (if you also like clove).
I love clove, so I’ll definitely take a look at that one. Thanks for the recs!
There seems to be many ways to spell opopanax! Anyway, the one that comes to mind is Prada No 8 Opoponax. I smelled it a year ago and thought it actually smells like iris. I need to revisit!
SOTD SL Un Bois Vanille- long week sitting in a room full of people so I am forced to be more conservative with scents this week. Can’t wait for the weekend to bust out a big scent bomb- maybe jungle l’elphant time 🙂
I have “meeting” days like that. Once I am free, I’ll even put on some major blast of fragrance in the car from my purse stash.
Wearing Bois Blonds by Atelier Cologne. I was hoping the woods would work today, but they are just too light for this time of year. Better in September…
Twins! Just received a little bottle of this from a sweet perfume fairy. We smell good.
I like wearing this one at night in the summer because of how fleeting it is.
Enjoyed my Cheap Thrill shower gel this morning – Softsoap Wild Honeysuckle & Orange Peel, which reminds me a bit of The Body Shop Moringa. Not much orange to it, and honestly not much honeysuckle, just soft summery white flowers. Very pretty.
Put on a bit of Cuir Cannage just now, and am kind of haaaaating it. It’s being all fecal at the moment, and it’s distracting me immensely. Think I’ll scrub it off and go wear something comfortable, maybe TF Black Orchid Voile de FLeur.
I struggle with leather – really don’t like any. I love “suede” type scents, like Jolie Madame and I’ve enjoyed Bottega Veneta, but I’m completely left out of the leather party, can’t join in with those who love Cuir de Russie and Cuir de Lancome and I’ve tried (and tried)
Leather is a fickle thing for me too. I love Cuir Ottoman and at times I loathe Cuir Ottoman. I find that if I just do a tiny spray of it under my shirt, that’s enough to get small whiffs of it through the day. But if I overspray it’s like having a gorilla wrapped around my neck.
I don’t like strong leather and really had to work on leathers for a long time. Do you enjoy Shalimar or Vol de Nuit? They have just the slightest hint of leather. That still counts!
I love Vol de Nuit! If that counts, then perhaps I can join the Leather Party. But, if I’m being honest, VdN doesn’t register as “leathery” to me. I’d describe it as a weirdly green-wood-musk.
I get a cold air with leather kind of smell from it. Definitely an unusual fragrance, but it counts!!
Funny, I agree with you. I think of myself as someone who would love leathers…but I generally do not. I have a small decant of Cuir de Russie that I never seem to choose… I like the scent of leather in perfume, to sniff in the bottle… but not to wear so much….
Have you tried Puredistance M? Also, Cuir Beluga but then again, it’s Cuir in name only!
You know, some leather I really like. Lurve vinty Jolie Madame extrait (but that is very very floral). Lurve Cuir de Lancome. Like Cuir Ottoman.
Really liked Cannage the first couple of times I wore this decant, and said that to me it smelled more “Chanely” than Chanel’s leather (which, God help me, smells like our cattle working pens to me). But today? poo. Pretty much alllll poo. I don’t know, maybe it’s just reacting badly with my shower gel or something.
Layering experiment: No. 19 and Habit Rouge.
Lemon, vanilla, tonka, leather and some green galbanum, iris, vetiver. Having freshly baked lemon meringue tart in the midst of a garden…
Very cool! Sounds wonderful. All that vetiver and powder. Do you like Habanita by any chance?
Ooh i do, i layered it with L’Ombre dans l’eau yesterday, was a lovely combination, it made LODL cosier for Autumn.
Ooh, thank you Anns, I have to check Habanita out since it sports similar notes. I have never sniffed any of the Molinards.
On another note, I went randomly to sniff Candy and Van Cleef & Arpels Ambre Impérial. I found Candy to be understated, luminous and not at like the diabetic cotton candy I had thought of — either that is the true character or I am anosmic to something candy in Candy? Should Candy be similar to Trèsor or Angel?
As for Ambre Impérial, it has a character that is
true to an oriental. Peppery and bergamot opening, albeit minimal and oh the warm powdery vanilla and tonka bean accented by luminous benzoin… on wish it were a bit cheaper!
Despite the insipid name, Candy is a beautiful benzoin scent, not at all like Angel or Trésor.
Candy after all! Next haul!
Yes.
I had never bothered sniffing it for the same reason as you, but I was pleasantly surprised to find it completely un-candylike. Good stuff!
SotD is Eau des Minimes, a zesty wake-me-up scent.
Yay for Origami Day! I’m off to fold some cranes.
Then the Eau des Minimes worked! I’ve been fighting the urge to collapse on the couch all day.
Yeah, Eau des Minimes is my sunshine-y wake-up spritz lately. I’m in denial that winter is knocking on the door.
I stopped at Ulta this morning and tried the Eau des Matines and like it just as well, maybe more. It’s simpler and less floral than the Eau des Minimes, but just as refreshing.
I planned a date with my couch for later this afternoon. Give yourself a break if you can. You deserve it. 😀
And thanks for the origami mention. I’d forgotten how relaxing it is to fold paper. I’m spritzing the paper with fragrance as I fold — a la Hermes and the scented origami horse they trotted out a while ago.
My husband is not into fragrance at all but uses Eau des Matines as an aftershave and I can smell him from across the room! I always whine that he has more sillage than I do. That one has more warmth to me and makes it seem more cross-seasonal.
I love the idea of scented origami!
No worries, I made it to the couch for a bit. Not sure why I have the winter blahs so soon, it’s a bit worrisome given it’s only mid-November! Hoping we’ll get some sun tomorrow.
Enjoying my new rollerball decant of Attrape Coeur! Thank you generous NSTer!
Thanks, Robin – I had no idea of the existence of this kind of complex origami! This artist, Joel Cooper, has a blog that includes some tutorials and and YouTube videos:
https://joelcooper.wordpress.com/
Fascinating! And of course there are links to other origami websites, in case you have time on your hands. 😉
For some reason, tessellations are making me think of Christine Nagel’s Mauboussin, which Angela described as “a perfume that could have scented the runway during Yves Saint Laurent’s Ballets Russes collection.” I’m seeing the 100-ml EdP on a reputable discount site (no affiliation) for under $30 – now, there’s a cheap thrill that’s ten times better than many perfumes that cost ten times as much.
(Note: there is a trick to that lovely pyramidal bottle: twist the top section to release the sprayer; otherwise, it doesn’t press down.)
Oh fun, I will check that out later! I am doubtful I have the patience to actually make anything, but would be interesting to watch someone else do it.
I am a huge Christine Nagel fan. Love her!
I love origami, and try to do basic patterns myself. The PBS Independent Lens on the art and science of Origami “Between the Folds” is one of the most inspirational art documentaries I’ve ever seen.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S98RmijbvD4
I have some drawing and photo work to do in the studio today so I think it’s going to be Ambre Sultan. That one always makes me feel calm and focussed.
SOTD is Portrait of a Lady that I got in the swapmeet from foxbins. Yay! It smells wonderful.
🙂
Bois Blonds for me today, and though it’s faint, it is lovely.
Bois Blonds is a great one. I need to get my sample out and use it up.
Scent twin!
Today during my shower, I though, “Chanel No. 5. That’s a must for today.” I’m using up a sample vial, so there’s no sprayer to go cattywampus. (See, Annikky? I still managed to squeeze the word in.)
I want to get a kitten and name her Cattywumpus.
😉
That would be a fantastic name for a cat!
Bravo!
*Taking a bow*
Excellent, Bexca!
FYI to Annikky, there is a fun series of YouTube videos, “Sh%t Southern Women Say.” Pretty sure cattywampus is in one of this series. Adorable southern accents guaranteed!
It’s in Episode 4 🙂
Huh, I grew up near Kansas City, so I’m not sure how I picked up that word.
I’m from north of the Mason-Dixon Line, so not sure where I heard my version, katty-wonkered. Television, probably.
I LOOOOOOVE that video series. Every bit of it (well, okay, except maybe the mean stuff) is things I grew up hearing.
After much sniffing and dithering, I’m in L’Heure Bleue today. Nicely fits the cool, grey day today. Feeling rather pensive and introspective today.
Fitting for a pensive and introspective mood.
Happy “Hump Day” everyone! I decided to wear “cheap thrill” fragrances for the rest of the week. So, my SOTD is “Bombshell” by Victoria’s Secret. Since the mosquitoes are quite bad right now, I am trying to test that theory out that Robin posted a few weeks ago. Supposedly, this fragrance is supposed to be some sort of bug repellant. I haven’t been bitten by anything thus far, but the day is still young. Most bug repellants smell horrible in my opinion. I have always been a fan of the original “Bombshell” – not all of those flankers that came after it. I always imagined myself being one of the VS angels when I wear it – and also being a “man-magnet”. LOL!
Please don’t judge. A girl can always dream, right? 🙂
A man magnet and a mosquito repellent– nice double duty, especially if you’re looking for an outdoorsy type
Very happy in Guerlain’s Elixir Charnel Gourmand Coquin. This is probably the most gourmand I can do, but it is delicious and so sexy (IMHO).
A chocolate fragrance I can love.
Aaah – so chocolate isn’t usually a problem for you then, which refutes my Santal Majuscule theory.
Almost wore No.57 – but then I remembered today is Veteran’s Day wouldn’t want to smell like booze. Still continuing Cheap Thrills week, though!
SOTD = Grey Flannel
An elegant yet comforting fresh and woody violet. Perfect for a day of remembrance.
I found mine at TJ Maxx for $15, although I have also seen it at Ross. I’m sure it can be found at other discount stores (not to mention online), for less.
I miss Ross. We don’t have one her in the city but I use to go often when I lived in San Francisco.
Gosh, I forgot about Grey Flannel. Years ago I worked with a gentleman who wore it. I need to try it on myself.
And thanks for mentioning Kenzo Flower yesterday. I spritzed it twice on a test strip while shopping this morning. I have to agree – it smells like nothing else. At first I thought, oh no, this is too strange. But I keep sniffing and thinking wow, there’s a lot going on here. It’s got depth and strength. My car smells wonderful from just those two spritzes.
You’re welcome! It’s a fragrance that I can imagine is an acquired taste, although I liked it almost immediately.
IMO the powder helps tone it down and makes it office-appropriate. Plus it’s complexity keeps me interested, so I have fun trying to figure it out. 🙂
Since yesterday I’ve been sniffing Kenzo Flower and liking it more and more. It is interesting! I’m headed back to the store to spritz again and perhaps buy . . . 🙂
SOTD is vintage Bal a Versailles pdt. So gorgeous. I wanted something warm, that lasts, but also in the kind of go big or go home category. I have yucky meetings today and want a force-field of sillage around me.
I like the pdt best, I think. I only have a tiny bottle of it, but man does it last.
Happy Martinmas (and start of carnival season) :)! I tested Encens & Lavande today and it’s the first Lutens I love.
So many holidays today! And congrats on your first 🙂
Fragonard Billet Doux. I’ve just got up and wandered into the kitchen and noticed that the clean up after a dinner party fairies failed to show….you know, roasting pans, wine bottles, coffee cups and a whole lot of LPs after someone decided a dose of ‘you must remember this’ music would be fun …. So I’m wearing Billet Doux and picturing a woman in a big silly dress, on a swing as I start on the dishes.
I might join you in Billet Doux, it’s dawned a horrible day here, and I need something cheerful!
I actually need a ‘best perfume to cure a late night , too much food and wine’ …never learn despite having said/thought ‘never again’ on more than one occassion.
I don’t know Billet Doux, but I do know those morning-after-the-party kitchens! Good luck with that project! I’m liking the picture of you in a wide-skirted dress, white muslin, perhaps, or one of those impressionistic floral prints, swinging pensively in a rose arbour…I suspect nothing could be less like the reality of Kanuka!
I’d love to be swinging pensively in a rose arbour, rather than heading off to a day in the office 🙂
Actually, you’re right — it doesn’t sound at all bad! Perhaps I could join you around morning tea time, and we could sit in companionable silence, sipping very nicely made tea, and nibbling–what? I make good Anzac biscuits, or maybe a date scone (Waiheke recipe).
Billet Doux is such a pretty scent.
Semi-cheap thrill day in Prada Infusion d’Iris Absolue. A vat of it can be found online for 50$, so, semi-cheap it is.
I’ll probably get to wear something else after morning appointments and the gym…
No idea it was that cheap now. Pouting over what I paid for mine!
But you had a two year (maybe 3) headstart on enjoying it 😉
My reward for being behind the trends?
Very, very good morning to all. You all smell wonderful, and I wish I were about to meet one or all of you for coffee, so I could revel in both the scents and the conversations.
I’m struggling with the aftermath of yet another very bad night, so I’ve chosen Jean Louis Scherrer. Its decisive presence is both cheering and bracing, and it somehow suggests the bush in A-NZ: cool, dark green, dim and always a little dank. JLS is a slightly difficult perfume, I find. I love it, but it’s just the tiniest bit defiant, like my adorable, charming, but wayward great-niece. I expect it to be like THIS, but it tootles off and does THAT instead. THAT turns out to be just fine, but I’m always adjusting to it (and her), not the other way around.
I’m sorry about those bad nights and hope they soon come to an end. Your JLS sounds wonderful to me and as if it should be an effective remedy. And I’d love to smell the A-NZ bush. Best wishes.
That’s no good – all those sleepless nights. Hope you can sneak in an afternoon nap. I like the sound of your perfume – especially the dank aspect. Hope you get up north soon!
Late to the game today–I settled on Tom Ford Amber Absolute today, giving my sample a try. Before I thought I’d wear Byredo 1996, but I wasn’t quite in the mood for it.
SOTD = VC&A Orchidee Vanille
I am continuing my Vanilla Week which will culminate with Cheap Thrill Vanilla on Friday to stay on theme.
Orchidee Vanille is grown-up sophisticated vanilla and I dare say that i probably would not even think “gourmand” In my top 10 adjectives to describe this. It has the classic VC&A base (perhaps for the Collection Extraordinaire only) and a vanilla so smooth and luxurious. I’m sure there are floral components to it but they blended in like a smoothie that I can’t tease out the individual flowers.
I only tried it once but I still remember it as being a lovely and rather delicate vanilla. Well behaved, but still interesting. I never got round to sampling it again, but it left a good memory.
Tom Ford Fleur de Chine for me today. Now this is my kind of fruity floral 😉 Fresh yet creamy, with plum and woods to make it feel right for fall.
I repeat myself, but I adore this one. You smell beautiful.
Next time I’m at the Tom Ford counter, I’m giving this a try.
I’m wearing Paco Rabanne La Nuit today. I love animalics and this is civet with a capital C. I was reminded to wear it because last night their was loud caterwauling beneath my windows. It turned out not to be cats, but a faceoff between a raccoon and an opossum. Both apparently wanted to investigate the garbage bin. I don’t know who won last night, but this morning very early there was a plump raccoon wandering down the middle of the street.
I think I would enjoy animatics but don’t have a clear idea of what they are. Can you give me a few examples? I would just look for La Nuit but see it’s discontinued. Thanks!
They used to be derived from animal secretions, hence the category animalics. Things like musk from the Tibetan musk ox, civet from the civet cat, castoreum from beavers, and hyrax from hyraxes. Now almost all are synthetic reproductions since the animals were hunted almost to extinction or the methods used to collect the secretions were inhumane. They add a wonderful warmth and depth to fragrances and also act as a fixative, I believe.
and doesnt the detailed explanation just make you want to run out and try some?! 😉 lol
Not musk ox, musk deer. But I like musk oxen better, big shaggy beasts with the softest undercoat ever.
Wearing Encens Mythique , for Anything-But-Cheap Thrill Wednesday.
Ha! No joke. That was the first sample I ever bought and it spilled all over my unfinished wood dresser and scented my room beautifully for a month. Such a nice scent.
Ah that is at the top of my samples to buy list ,but I need to divest myself of more of what I have before I can just getting more…
Work is back to its usual crazyness, so I’m late. I had planned to wear something cheap today, but ended up in Lyric, as I’m wearing a dress almost the colour of the Lyric bottle. And matching lips and shoes.
I love your reasoning behind your perfume choices. If my fragrances were meant to match my outfits I would never have an occasion to wear my Amouage Gold.
And work was crazy here too.
I’ve been thinking of Lyric for several days and haven’t quite gotten to it yet – maybe later this evening.
It’s been at the back of my mind, too. Unfortunately, I’m not sure where my decant is. (There are two spots it’s LIKELY to be, so I guess I should check those. I’m just being lazy.)
It was sunny here this morning, but has turned cloudy now and the forecast is for rain later. I decided on L’air du Desert Marocain and it feels like the right thing to have on.
I’m wearing Cuir de Lancome today. I had been wanting to wear it for a couple of days but ended up passing it over for more-neglected things. But today it’s her turn. And it was a cheap thrill too because I got my bottle on Amazon for like $30 or something (don’t remember the exact amount but it was in the $30-40 range).
Spending this very hot melancholy day doused in Amaranthine. All my cousins have started for home and it’s very quiet here; even the kittens are a bit subdued. I’ve been cleaning and wishing it was a cold, rainy day to suit my mood.
Wearing Bois Blond today. I like it but it’s not a must have. Sort of like an acquaintance whom you aren’t inclined toward know better.
Good Veterans Day to all of you in the US.
Coincidentally, this morning my mother brought by a photo of her mother taken at the wedding of one of my mother’s uncles… My grandmother and her five brothers and their spouses, and my grandmother’s parents are all in the photo… The date on the back says June 15, 1941–so the war was raging in Europe but most Americans still thought (hoped?) it was to be a war “over there.” I don’t know if they knew it then, but their families back in Poland were almost certainly liquidated by June 1941. Most of the women are wearing floral silk day dresses, all with tightly cinched belts and poofy shoulders. The flowers in the brides hands and in the women’s corsages are white gardenias. I’m having trouble thinking of a pre-war perfume that smelled of gardenias, so I am imagining that most were wearing Chanel No. 5. I put on Bois de Iles this morning, but now I wish I had chosen Chanel No. 5–not in any way in reference to Coco Chanel, but as a nod to those wonderful old WWII photos of American GIs lining up outside shops in Paris to purchase the famous perfume for their sweethearts stateside.
Those old photographs are truly priceless.
Tuvache Jungle Gardenia would have been in existence then
That’s interesting. My grandmother was itching for exotic adventures (within a couple of years of the photo she would join the Red Cross and serve as a nurse in the South Pacific where she met my grandfather). I can easily imagine her wearing Jungle Gardenia!
How exciting! I love old family photos – the stories they tell, and maybe even more the stories they only hint at.
I was way to tired to give much thought to how I smelled today, so went with Philosophy Fresh Cream. Someone said ” it smells good in here, like donuts” so…there you go.
Mmmmm…Donuts… 🙂
I got a sample of this from Sephora recently. It’s pretty snuggly. I wouldn’t mind the body wash.
The body lotion is very nice. long lasting, and moisturizing. the price is reasonable too.
I got a sample from Sephora and I like it – Vanilla Cupcake with buttercream icing. I have to spend $85 before 12/31 to keep my VIB status. 20% off coming up 11/13 to 16! I may end up getting this.
Your right about the buttercream icing! I’m thinking about getting a backup of Gucci Rush with the 20 percent discount, but not sure yet.
My cheapie for today was YSL Cinema. Pleasant, but not exciting. Will switch to Tauer Incense Flash for evening.
For me, I get a fairly strong whiff of cumin (or something like cumin) in the opening of SM and it never fades away completely. That ruined this scent for me.
I have no idea how this ended up down here. Whoops.
SOTD is Coze and it is!