Happy World Television Day! We have 3 questions — answer as many or as few as you like.
1. What fragrance are you wearing today?
2. What's a great tv show that you think we should all be watching?
3. If you like, tell us what fragrance one of the main characters would be wearing, or, tell us about a perfume sighting in a television show or movie you've seen recently.
1. Montale Intense Cafe. Today marks 56 straight days without a day off. I need coffee in any and all forms!
2. Definitely enjoying Master of None on Netflix, although not necessarily laughing as much as I would expect to for a comedy.
3. Since it stars Aziz Ansari, aka Tom Haverford from Parks and Rec, I choose the fictional “Tommy Fresh” from Parks and Rec!
56 days–Holy smokes! Coffee and a masseuse and maybe a big, fluffy down comforter snuck into the back room! Hope the work feels like progress, at least!
Ha, Tommy Fresh – perfect! I’m also enjoying Master of None.
I struggle through some 4-day weeks, so all I can say is that you’re a total rockstar. Hopefully Thanksgiving’s a day off?
1. Ode a la Vanille Shalimar the Mexique version. Since now I know there is 2 versions! This one is light, radiant and sexy.
2. Indian Summers on PBS. I am a huge fan of Masterpiece-and I am enjoying this show tremendously. Shot in Malaysia the scenery is breathtaking. The season finale is tomorrow and I am so excited!
3. Julie Walters (who is a lovely actress) plays Cynthia on the show and I would have here wearing Jicky. Alice is a another main character-she is soft but had a strong side to her-and is also in love at the moment-so I will put her in Shalimar. Aaffrin would wear La Fille de Berlin, though he is a man I think LFdB would smell lovely on a man. The other main character Ralph would be in Eau Sauvage.
Indian Summers is awesome! I am not caught up though. Love your perfume selections!
Thanks! I adore the shows on PBS. When you are caught up we can discuss!
I’m going to check this one out- never heard of it!
You should-they stream most shows on their website so you don’t need a TV to watch. 🙂
Have been saving Indian Summers on Tivo so I can watch all at once — glad to hear it’s good! Just start watching Home Fires last night, did you see that too?
I haven’t seen home fries- I was saving that for my maternity leave. Do you like it?
Really only saw 1/2 of the 1st episode. Good cast, a little predictable so far but that’s to be expected for a “cozy” British series.
I’m looking forward to the 2 hour finale of Indian Summers tonight too! Good thing you have it recorded, Robin. The first episode I found difficult to get into but by the second I did enjoy the show. I found it useful though, to not only read The Guardian’s hilarious synopses, but also to re-watch each episode. What you have learned will help piece together what went on.
Nice choice. I finished my sample of Mexique yesterday and decided I have to buy a bottle.
I’ll have to check out Indian Summer on PBS.
I have a sample too that I am draining. Let me know where you find your bottle?
Beauty spin has it for around $60.
Ah! Ok thanks
I just got backup bottles from Beauty Encounter.
Great! The other website is sold out
I’ve been waiting for the winter break when most shows go on hiatus to work on my long list, Indian Summers is right at the top, together with Home Fires.
Let me know how you like it
1. Safran Troublant
2. We have been watching The Man in the High Castle on Amazon. It’s chilling and quite well produced.
3. The episode we watched last night featured the Japanese Crown Princess, who would wear something classic and demure like Apres L’Ondee.
You smell great! I have been waiting for the next installment in this series, so I will make sure to watch it tonight. =)
Started watching The Man … last night. Exhaustingly suspenseful and dramatic. I’m going to stick with it and highly recommend it.
That’s on my list — is it terribly violent, or just suspenseful?
This is some violence, but I wouldn’t say it is overly graphic. Definitely disturbing though.
Ugh. *There* is some violence.
Thanks so much!
Got my hair cut yesterday, and my stylist used a Moraccanoil product prior to blowdrying….really didn’t care for the scent, and spent the rest of the day wanting another shower.
It’s snowing/raining here in Chicagoland, so it’s gonna be a ylang day…either Eau Premiere or Alahine.
You have to take the violence with a grain of salt (or avert your eyes), but Fargo on F/X is turning out to be suspenseful, well-acted, and best of all, unpredictable. I’d scent Peggy, a hairstylist with other aspirations, in Charlie–perfect for the late ’70s.
Love Fargo and almost anything by the Coen brothers. They create such incredible characters and then cast actors in roles you would never imagine for them.
I have been having a lot of fun with Fargo.
Winter in the Northern Plains in the 1970s–it’s like watching a different world, for me.
The acting is fantastic!!
I dont have a TV but I’m still going to play today!
1) SOTD will be PdE Tabac Tabou (Kafka has a review of this on her blog today if you’re interested in this scent). I am still cooling down post spin and shower.
2) Favorite TV Series I think everyone should watch is True Detective Season One with Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson. The series has it all: Outstanding plot, fantastic cinematography, chilling music, incredible acting and superb dialogue.
3) I dont know what Rustin Cohle is wearing, but it’s complex and dark with despair. His counterpart, Marty Hart, would be wearing whatever is popular and cheap, since Marty is all about the top notes 😉
Deva – you nailed it on Marty Hart…popular and cheap.
I loved that series. Am watching The Affair right now. have to go back to season one.
SOTD – Assam tea – or Tea for Two.
Indian Summers most enjoyable. Spent one summer in Darjeeling which is why I must be wanting a tea scent today. Darjeeling just envelopes you in tea and clouds, you are so high in the Himalayans.
Sounds wonderful! I havent really found a tea scent that works for me yet, but i love the idea of it. I will have to check out The Affair- is it on regular TV, HBO, Netflix or some other channel?
its on Showtime. right after Homeland!!
I thought from the title it might be crappy…but the characters are drawn so well, it pulled me in.
Started out years ago with Route de The from Barneys and wonderful much missed The from Comptior Sud. The one in the orange bottle. took a 20 year break from tea after that bottle was gone.
I’m very interesting in trying Tabac Tabou. What do you think of it?
By the way, I did buy the travel spray of Dries Van Noten yesterday. No regrets! 🙂
Good for you with Dries! That’s just an all around wonderful scent that fits any occasion- you can from a funeral to night out on the town in that one.
Regarding TT, I participated in a split with Hajusuuri and others, so I have a 10ml decant and I have been wearing it quite often, usually after my PM spin/shower. I dont really get any tobacco with it, so if that is the pull for you (or the reason you think you wont care for it) I wouldn’t be too worried.
On me it is primarily a nice animalic, low key and warm. It’s not the cheetah in a full-on sprint, focused on the leaping, zig-zagging gazelle. It’s more like the cheetah after the meal, belly full, stretched out in the sun, purring in contentment. Secondarily, it’s a delicate floral that stays present the entire wear time, but it’s in the background for me. It gives a nice lift to the cheetah part.
What I like most about it is that it doesnt smell like perfume, odd as that may sound. It doesn’t smell “manufactured” or “processed.” It smells “natural” but not in the way most people imagine when thinking of “natural” perfumes. It’s not “rough” or “incomplete.” It’s wonderfully rounded and something in the bits of my Neanderthal DNA recognizes it, and is comforted by it. I’m not familiar with a lot of animalic scents, so this is a nice change for me. Your nose may or may not like it, but I say give it a sniff, just don’t let the name give you any preconceived idea of what it will smell like. It lasts for-evah but wears close to the body, so you could wear this easily in work situations I think.
Hope the snow wasn’t too bad in your area. Cheers!
Beautiful description! Thanks so much for writing all that out for me. You’ve definitely convinced me to try it asap!
I’m quite taken with Tabac Tabou – that wonderful horsey smell, in addition to the narcissus and tabacco. Mmmmmm!
Yes, the more I wear it the more I like it, but I dont get too much tobacco, hardly any really. But i have several other perfumes that deliver on the tobacco front, so it’s all good. Yes, I did get some imagery of horse butt when I first tried this! But horse butt in the nicest possible way!
I agree, the tobacco is not out front – it’s more like the unifying element in the background that ties everything together.
Wearing Versace Blonde parfum today. Cant honestly say it smells different to Fracas but a side by side may prove otherwise.
So many shows im looking forward to next series of, including Outlander and The Knick. Im hungover today and it was way too hot to venture out so watched movies all day- Conversations With My Gardener and A Royal Affair, then The Notebook was on tv.. lol. Teary movie day..
Just before I turned the telly off Private Benjamin had started. Released in 1980 I havent seen this for many years. In her wedding night bathroom scene there’s a big bottle of Lauren. That red/brown bottle and gold cap are so recognisable! There’s also a bottle of something next to it that I didnt know. Wish I had that 1980 bottle of Lauren!
Another fan of The Knick!
Yowzers. I used to douse myself in Blonde edt (blue egg-like bottle) way back when. Too bad it’s been discontinued.
I second Outlander. I read the book series years ago. Of course Claire wears L”heure Bleu. For myself, I am house cleaning today so wearing Visa right now but will probably put on some Mitsouko after I shower.
Does anyone know where I can get Mitsouko Extrait in the US? I saw some on EBay but they are all vintage. I have no idea if I should buy vintage? I’m wondering if anyone has tried buying Mitsouko from the bay and I’m curious if the perfume had gone off? I have a sample of the modern perfume and really love it.
Third Outlander!
I recently bought a new bottle of Mitsouko EDP from Bloomingdales and noticed they have the parfum version also. The recent formulation is very good.
Thanks Bastet!
I wish I had that red bottle too. I got a decant of Lauren, but its just not the same without that bottle. 80’s for me were good times.
Happy Weekend, all!
No SOTD, yet, as I’m still in the “MMMMmmmmmm COFFEEEE!” stage of my day. However, I’ve been wearing Dune nearly daily as the weather’s turned truly cold the past week, and it has seemed really perfect. Likely, it will get worn some more.
I am useless with the rest of the questions as well, as I am not a TV watcher pretty much at all. Sometimes I get a series on DVD from the library and binge-watch, but it’s been most a year since I did that last–finally saw the end of Madmen.
My Mr. Spicebomb loves those wierd fakeumentary kinds of shows and giggles his way through Nathan For You, Review, and shows of a similar ilk. (The fact that I don’t find Arrested Development funny has been a divide between us from the beginning! Hopefully, through good communication and compassion, we can prevent it from becoming a sore spot in our relationship!)
Arrested Development is one a very few shows of which I have watched several episodes more than once.
Favorite quote: “And that’s why you always leave a note!”
Yeah. I’ve never managed to sit through an entire episode. I get annoyed about 2 minutes in and reach my limit after about 5. Thankfully, Mr. S thinks I’m cute anyway! 😉
The equivalent in our house was Curb Your Enthusiasm. My husband’s an addict, and I can’t even sit in the same room with it. Headphones (for him, not me) are my salvation!
YES! Thank the Gods for cordless headphones! I have noise from middle school students all day long, and the last think I want is the noise of TV when I decompress in the evening. Mr. Spicebomb wears his headphones regularly, and it means I can be nearby and enjoy his company while actually being able to relax! 😀
And now I know what to get my partner for Christmas :), headphones!
Mariann, it truly is a generous gift for both of you! 😉
My poor husband watches lots of tv in headphones too…he likes loud & violent shows and lots of sports, and he likes to keep the volume up. Headphones are cheaper than divorce 🙂
Ha! And now I know what to get next time I need a wedding gift!
Ha! I know exactly what you mean! In our family it is “Waiting for Gadot.” I find Becket boring, and even excruciating. My husband just cannot understand this and vaguely finds a whiff of lowbrow in my disdain. He, who cannot remember to by a ticket for a train he on, is on a mission to get tickets to every Becket play for himself and our boys–as I have declined to join them.
“Nothing is funnier than unhappiness, I grant you that. Yes, yes, it’s the most comical thing in the world.” –S. Becket
See! Nothing funny in that!!!
I have to admit to leaving the theatre at half time during one ( very mediocre ) performance of Waiting for Godot…hee hee. Felt like a philistine for ten seconds then fabulous relief. I think I just got tired of hearing men talking…which says more about me than it does about the play.
I’ve never left a play, but I’ve walked out on a couple of movies. And if my brother wasn’t in it, I would have left during a performance of the opera Nixon in China. I hate to “waste” my money, but then my time is probably worth even more to me!
I have to say, I have walked out of a play at the intermission and never returned. It felt really rude! But early in our marriage (we were very hard up then) I saved and saved to buy tickets to a Hamlet, wanting to give the dear one what I thought would be a high treat, you know. Anyway, it became clear during Act 1 that he was pretty much hating everything, and so at the intermission we found somewhere to have beer and scotch eggs, and I asked him if he was enjoying the performance… we walked home, because we’d spent the bus fare on the beer and scotch eggs! Now we measure how much he’d hate something by the number of scotch eggs he would need to sustain him through a whole performance–“Wanna come to Tosca?” “That would be no, at half a dozen.”
Perfect! I love the idea of cinematic pain being measured in Scotch eggs!
Except I love Tosca. 🙂
We saw play this week called Fool for Love because we’d both read it(Sam Shepard) and loved it. But the lead female’s yelling all of her lines really grated on me and I might have left. Instead, I took an expensive nap 😉 .
I have to join Kanuka and OF here. I love the theatre, love the opera, and have sat through some very poorly acted and painful performances. I have only walked out once though, and that was Waiting For Godot. It was waaaay back in high school. My friend Claire and I got tickets through drama class. It was a weekend night, and there was a party we were planning to get to afterwards. The longer and more painful the play got the more the party appealed, so we high-tailed it halfway.
Even if there had been no party I cant say for sure I’d have stayed..
Ha! I laughed when I read that quote you wrote above and then laughed louder when I read you final sentence! I’m with the Becket lovers i guess 😉
I did the same thing! I loved that play, though.
1. Champagne again. The leprechaun in the back of my closet is such a cool guy.
2. Game of Thrones
3. Deanerys in Shangai Lilly
Tyrion Lannister in Field Notes from Paris
Cersei in Jub 25
Jamie Lannister in Egoiste Platinum
Margaery in Mohur
Jon Snow in vintage Azzaro – this thought makes me a little breathless.
Lady Melissandre in Rumba
Sansa Stark in L´Heure Bleue
Arya in 4711
Brienne of Tarth in Sarrasins
Wow! There’s a lot of thought put into this response- kudos to you! I have never smelled Champagne, but I’m quite sure you smell fabulous 🙂
YES, lol, the kids are out with their uncle and I´m totally procrastinating… Have a great weekend, Deva.
Oh, procrastination is my religion! You have a great weekend too 🙂
If only I knew more of the scents you mentioned. I hope I can save your noble (heh-heh) effort for future reference.
🙂
Lol at Jon Snow! 😉 I can picture all of them and I think you did a great job solanace! 🙂
Ditto – Awesome list!…esp love the comment re Jon Snow!
Thank you!
I don’t get to watch a lot of TV in my house. The TV is used for my Xbox since I find gaming more enjoyable. I layered vintage Bal PdT and MKK yesterday and it smelled really, really good. Right now, I’m about to reach for Chanel no 5. I’m thinking of wearing it through Wednsday since it’s going to be a zoo at work.
Interesting combo!
That sounds great. I have these so I will definitely try
Sampling Fougere Osmanthus from Kenneth Cory. Rich, dense and knock out amazing
Yep. Its official. I have Carpal Tunnel Syndrome of the brain. Repetitive and forceful thoughts are giving me tingling and numbness in my erstwhile noodle. Working to meet an INSANE deadline, naturally I decided to read NST this morning just in case it could shed light on my project. I am so smart!
We watch very little tv as we live in a dingly dell and do not have cable, so we get exactly two channels. Netflix and Amazon usually fill the void, but it has been a busy fall—so the only show I have managed to catch is The NewsHour (one of our two channels is the public tv station). I think I’ve done this team before, but given current events they have all changed their fragrance. So here it goes:
Gwen Ifill- Peau de Péche
Judy Woodruff- Joy
Hari Sreenivasan- Racine
Jeffrey Brown- Acqua di Parma, Colonia Cologne
Margaret Warner-Amouage Memoir
Mark Shields-nothing, showers with Irish Spring soap
David Brooks-Egoiste
David Brooks – you nailed it!!
I love when Gwen does interviews on various topics- sometimes she makes her guests a bit nervous and she cuts to the chase. Both her and Judy are a great team
Your matches are delightful, Oakland Fresca! 🙂
I am officially stealing the term “dingly dell” 😀
No SOTD yet, it will be a sampling day, eventually.
Annikky, hoping life in Brussels is ok today.
Yes, Pixel..Annikky has been in my thoughts all week.
Same here, and yet if anyone is capable of countering evil with intelligence and gracious living, it is Annikky.
I was thinking the same, Pixel. Just read that in Brussels bookstores are fast selling out of copies of Hemingway’s “A Moveable Feast.” I hope everyone is safe and snug in their homes reading a good book, eating good food, and spending time with their loved ones. So sad to see life shut down due to human violence.
1) Wearing J.Crew no. 57;
2) One vote for network: Limitless;
3) As an overgrown adolescent, Brian Finch could even be wearing an Axe, but maybe one day he’ll be on a case where he needs to know about perfume: he goes on a one-hour sniffathon and on the way out picks something beautiful for himself, oh, and also something for everyone in the office.
I would love to know what Eau de Panache from Grand Budapest Hotel ( a movie I watched on TV ) is like. I thought it might have a hint of violet…a bit of a cross-over scent. I watch Country Calendar on TV but only Waterdragon and Gaynor will know what I’m talking about. It’s a farming program that’s been running for 49 years in NZ. Once a year they include a high country sheep muster …. Beautiful landscapes, thousands of merinos, corrugated iron huts and fires, and sheepdogs and horses and all the townies watching let out a collective sigh of longing. My Country ale dark scent would be Lumiere Blanche (olfactive studios)
Just remembered that there was a perfume called Panache back in the 70s? About the same time as Tosca and Tweed and all those scents. I can’t see RalphFiennes character wearing that Panache though.
It still exists! . I used to wear it when I was about 14.. For a cheap pharmacy find it’s actually rather nice, and though Im sure it’s no longer the same formula, the last time I sniffed it for old times sake it wasnt actually too bad! 🙂
How fantastic. Reminds of when I used to buy all my mums presents from the local chemist. Very sophisticated!
And the theme music for Country Calendar hasn’t changed in those 49 years!
True! I lived in Germany for 4 years and whenever we got homesick my husband would play the theme on his guitar.
What perfume will you wear today? Something that can compete with gale force winds!!!
Funny! It is a very distinctive tune.
Nice and sunny so far, but a change is forecast. Trying to use up some of my samples and decants, so haven’t committed to anything yet. Wearing a tiny dab of Comme des Garçons Stephen Jones and it doesn’t appeal, so it’s about to get scrubbed off.
Nothing can compete with the wind! I’m tucked up in bed, having come down with a little ‘flu thing, really annoying because I’m not properly sick but I feel off. Scent for me today is the remnants of Bill Blass Nude, which I put on late last night.
I watch CC too– it both feeds and assuages my home sickness for the heartlands. If I had to choose a perfume for the show,it would be that one I daydream about that hasn’t been made: Te Tai Tokerau, extrait. Top notes: sun, clean salt air, a touch of manuka; heart, earth warmed by the sun, with a tiny touch of animal, and the smell of shearing, sweat and wool; base, the bush: cool, damp, dim, but every now and again, fractured occasionally with the brilliant silver light of the top notes. I’d like to get some saddle leather in there, but it’s not fitting in.
And your honey
1. Wearing Vanille Galante today. I like it all the more when I re-spritz often of course. The Hermes website has all 12 Hermessences in-stock in the 15 ml travel/gift set size. (Hat tip: Hajusuuri. :D)
2. I suggest Orphan Black for anyone who needs a mental vacation, an incredible ride, and a deep-dive into identity issues. I usually stay away from dark suspense dramas, but as intense as this can be (for TV), I think it is truly well worth watching (although I admit I sometimes close my eyes). The layered storytelling is compelling and the characters touch my heart.
3. Sarah Manning would surely wear Bvlgari Black.
I wonder what scents would work for Alison, Cosima, and Helena. And Felix? Love him!
Bonus points for scenting Beth Childs or Katja.
Katya! Oh god. Someone with a more extensive knowledge of scents than mine will hit the nail on the head.
Love Orphan Black!
Orphan Black rules! Can’t wait until the new season.
Alison Would wear something low-key and clean and all-american like Calvin Klein Beauty. Definitely not anything from her mother’s soap shop. Helena would fall in love with something random, like a candy-floss scented disney princess perfume that one of Alison’s children lends her. Cosima would wear something artisan, from Sonoma Scent Studio. Incense Pure would suit her. Felix would be in something mainstream with a flashy and sexy ad campaign like gucci guilty. Sarah would definitely be in Bvlgari Black. Beth Childs would be wearing she-wood by dsquared, or something else with a wood and glass bottle.
A Netflix series that has stuck with me for a long time is The Spiral, or Engrenages, French with subtitles. I can’t remember how many seasons there have been, but I still hope for more. Gritty French crime series with plenty of moral/emotional twists and turns and terrific cast.
The scent I am wearing today is Regal, and I think it would be perfect for the attractive lawyer without scruples who pops up whenever nasty doings are afoot.
Those lawyers without scruples are always attractive! 😉
World Television Day??!! Wow, well I am a television junkie and plan to spend the day in bed watching television, so perfect timing.
I spent my morning at Neiman Marcus because Jo Malone had their private holiday brunch event. Met some cool pefumistas there and told them about NST. Look at me recruiting folks! (LOL). Got some holiday gifts for family, friends, and myself.
1. What fragrance are you wearing today?
Dark Amber &Ginger Lily by JM – got today at holiday event
2. What’s a great tv show that you think we should all be watching?
Choosing just one is impossible for me to do. I am a “Gladiator”, so I am a huge “Scandal” fan and I also like “Empire”. But, I am a rerun nut of old shows as well. I love “Martin” and “Everybody Loves Raymond” – I can probably recite all episodes from both shows.
I love good comedy shows and good drama shows.
3. If you like, tell us what fragrance one of the main characters would be wearing, or, tell us about a perfume sighting in a television show or movie you’ve seen recently.
I guess if I had to choose a character from one of these shows, it would be Olivia Pope from Scandal. I see Olivia Pope wearing something from Chanel. She’s classy, polished, and knows what she wants. To me, that has Chanel written all over it.
Dark Amber and ginger lily sounds so good!
Its so good and appropriate for this time of the year.
1. Today is my baby shower (yay!) and I’m trying to decide among three options: SL Sa Majeste La Rose to match my pink dress, SL Five O’clock au Gingembre to match the teatime theme, or Dries Van Noten par Frederic Malle to match the snow outside (plus I bought it yesterday and am eager to take it for a spin).
2. I recently binged Season 1 of Jane the Virgin on Netflix and am now catching up on Season 2 on Hulu. Such a delightful show!
3. I see Gina Rodriguez’s character Jane in something bright, happy, and appropriate for Florida, like Jour d’Hermes.
I vote for the Dries Van Noten. You’re sure to impress a wonderful scent memory on a new perfume. Have a great time!
Ditto!
Have a great day and hope your showered with many gifts
I took this advice. Thanks to you both!
I third this and hope you have an outstanding day!
Big fan of Jane as well and I like the idea of Jour for Jane, bright and fresh!
Love Jane the Virgin! Do you think Rogelio wears Egoiste?
Ha, definitely!
Commando so far. Made the mistake of pre-chopping onion and garlic (among other things) for my soup today so I could get the garbage out last night. Turns out having my ‘fridge smell eye-wateringly of alliums isn’t any better than a stinky trash bin. I can’t get the smell out of my brain!
We haven’t had television service for so long that I can’t really contribute. Coincidentally, we are supposed to have tv and internet installed today, which may not happen 🙁 The nice tech has been here for HOURS running wires and now it looks like an engineering error may mean that our house was left out of the loop when the neighborhood cables were installed. I’m going to be very upset if we can’t have home internet at all, since nobody else services our area at this time.
Crisis averted, there was a break in the system. I’m now properly dressed and wearing Iris Cendre.
Congrats and you smell great too!
That was too close for comfort. Glad all ‘ s well in the end!
1. Truth by Calvin Klein. My friend nicked a mini for me from her mother’s collection of old ‘fume minis sometime last year and I was hooked. Watery-fresh without smelling like ick, and sweet-ish with a hint of vetiver plus a bit of vanilla to keep it interdasting. Excellent longevity, too, and cheap as chips (discontinued).
2. Peep show.
3. Mark Corrigan would probably wear a Boss scent as ironic commentary on contemporary consumerist society. And then he’d feel like an arse for it.
1. Fifi Chachnil EdP. AnnS once gave me a sample of this, and it was instant love. When one of the decanters had a sale recently, I ordered a LD of it as I have noticed it’s become increasingly unavailable. I am hoping it will give me some verve as I broke my fibula and am newly poorly mobile, a week before I move!
2. The Knick. Also Fargo, and Transparent. Things you watch on your computer.
3. One of the amazing aspects of the Knick is that they use contemporary electronic music to illustrate 1901 in NY, so I don’t feel compelled to scent it with something vintage. Eau du Fier, or Lonestar Memories. Something smoky/creosote for their newly electrified instruments. Something with a constant hum.
Ouch! Sorry about your fibula. I broke my foot a few years back and was a total baby about it. It huuuuurt. Take care of yourself during the move!
Oh, so sorry for your injury and lack of mobilty! I have never sniffed the perfume you mention, but I’m pretty sure you smell fantastic in all your wounded glory 🙂
thanks guys! I don’t know how glorious I was scooting up cement stairs on my bum, but I smelled OK doing it. 😉
So sorry!!
It’s early morning here, so haven’t decided on a perfume yet, although I can still smell last night’s Rose d’Arabie on my clothes this morning. I might go for a walk this afternoon to Wellington’s sole perfumery and try a few things, I’m trying to narrow down options for my next purchase.
I don’t watch a lot of TV, but am working my way through the complete collection of James Bond movies. My beloved bought me the set for my birthday a few weeks back – he’s good at picking presents 🙂
We’re still on the Sean Connery films, I read somewhere he wears Jicky, which seems appropriate. As for the other characters, it has to be opulent and exotic perfumes all round, everything is much larger than life!
I can totally see SC in Jicky! Mind you, for reasons I am not entirely clear about, I now think I like the scent a little less!
Gaynor, please can you tell me the name/ location of the perfumery in Wn of which you speak? I may be down there in Jan, and I’d love to visit it. Does it have an on-line presence?
It’s World, and probably much the same as in Auckland, I expect. It used to be a separate shop to the clothes shop, tiny and interesting, but now it’s part of the main shop – same perfumes, but less charm.
Ah. Thank you. But I will make a point of going, because they do have different perfumes from the AK shops, which (slightly irritatingly) have different perfumes from one another. I was going to walk to Ponsonby this weekend to try Nanbam, but this flu-ette thing is making me all lackadaisical and anyhow. I wish they held stock at Btitomart (for my particular convenience, you understand) because Workd is about 250 metres from my apartment.
Ambre Sultan for my SOTD today. It is crisp and cold outside and this is so warming and cozy. The herbal part makes me think of winter kitchens with warming soups and stews. Delightful.
The last thing I’ve watched was Narcos. Enjoyable and interesting, though light on originality. I’d put Escobar in Brut, a bit literal perhaps and he’d probably go more high end with his love of flash and expense but to me Brut fits!
I am wearing vintage Jolie Madame and enjoying it a lot.
I am watching Masters of sex , it is entertaining. I love the main character Virginia and I am imagining she would wear Bal à Versailles, sexy and strong.
Love Masters of Sex! Now have to wait for ages for season 4 :-/
I am towards the end of saison 3. I didn’t know it would be a season 4, definitely will be waiting for that.
1. L’artisan Parfumeur Oeillet Sauvage
2. American Horror Story Hotel
3. Lady Gaga Tubereuse Criminelle
Chloe Sevigny Safran Troublant
Kathy Bates Passage d’Enfer
1.Well I’m all about lavender today, first Encens & Lavande, now it Kiki.
2. Borgen! I had to ration the episodes I was that hooked.
1. Jour Absolu. After all my obsessing over My Sin this week I needed something bright just for balance! But y’all, I obtained My Sin after bath lotion this morning at an antique mall so this break will not last long. Must be stopped… but how could I resist comparing it to the perfume and the powder?
2. I am head-over-heels in love with the new The Muppets. It wonderfully spoofs those mockumentary comedies like The Office, just like the original Muppet Show did for variety shows. There are so many great moments, but my absolute favorite is when they all went out for karaoke – somehow they managed to pick the perfect song for each Muppet to sing.
3. I just performed possibly my favorite Google search of all time, “What perfume does Miss Piggy wear,” and found out to my delight that there is an answer to this: of COURSE she has launched her own fragrance, and it is called “Moi.” Anybody ever smelled it? I also think she would do just fine in My Sin.
I MUST HAVE MOI. 🙂
SOTE is Heeley Cuir Pleine Fleur layered over the drydown of Dior Cuir Cannage. I wasn’t expecting much, but it’s really quite nice. They seem to fill in each others’ gaps, as it were.
Inspired by Deva’s wearing of PdE Tabac Tabou, I’m in Costamor Tabacca. Beautiful honeyed tobacco amber, perfect for a day around the house…
Mostly I did laundry today but I did try a dab of vintage Caron Fleurs de Rocaille. It’s much spicier, and more geranium-y, than I would have suspected given its successor.
My favorite show right now is an extremely silly adventure/fantasy show called The Librarians. Because I love Librarians saving the world. A lot.
I’m terrible at scenting people but I think my favorite character, Colonel Baird, would perhaps wear Gucci Premiere. Her clothes are always very functional and fitted, never fussy but never masculine, and she always looks pretty even in a fistfight; I think she’d pick one scent but wear it most of the time, and Premiere seems grown up and elegant and all-purpose enough for her.
Stone, the country boy genius who’s afraid to be himself, I would put in something masculine but mysterious; maybe Guerlain’s Vetiver, I’m not sure.
Jones who’s all flash and self-importance I would put in something by Tom Ford. Mandarino di Amalfi, maybe; I think an Australian would appreciate something sunny.
Cassandra I think wouldn’t be able to take a lot of stimulation from scent. But she always wears a lot of color in her clothes, so maybe I’m wrong. Something girly would suit her, perhaps SJP Lovely.
And Jenkins, played by the fantastic John Larroquette – whatever he damn well wants. 🙂 Let’s put him in Brioni. He’s got a bit of dashing going on.
And when he’s around, the original Librarian, Flynn Carsen? I don’t know men’s scents well enough and he just gets whackier and whackier with time (there were movies, since 2004, before this television series). He would definitely wear something he did not pick up in the United States, and it needs a bit of panache. Let’s put him in SL Encens et Lavande. I think that would go well with his suits and the Sword in the Stone. 🙂
We just watched the movie! Well, I sort of half watched while distracted by other things. But I enjoyed what I saw even though that’s not usually my genre. My husband looooves those kind of shows about geniuses solving all of the worlds evils. Scorpion and Numbers were 2 others he really likes.
I’m saving Numbers to watch One of These Days; will keep an eye out for Scorpion! Thanks for the tips.
Cuir Velours for me on a rainy Sunday morning. Not a TV person really so I can’t comment on that part.
Yesterday was a spritz of Bois des Iles from a quick run through Bloomies.
I have a set list of shows I record, and was catching up today until my husband took over the TV for college football.
The Blacklist. First season was wonderful, but I still find it intriguing. Not sure how to scent James Spader. Habit Rouge?
Main female, Elizabeth Kean, I think in Narciso Narciso Rodriguez. Although I really don’t know what I’m talking about on that front. Her husband, Tom, now he’d be an intriguing one to scent.
I think today will be shower with Rose jam, and I may just stay on the Rose vibe all day….
Finishing off a sample of L’Air de Rien which I pulled out of the give-away pile last week to give it another try. It’s gone from slight revulsion to a strong attraction and now I’m craving it. What gives? Not sure I’d be comfortable wearing it out, though, because it’s a pretty weird animal. But it’s on the theoretical “to buy” list.
I don’t watch that much TV. My NYs resolution is to watch more TV! I did recently watch a pretty addictive BBC drama series called Last Tango in Halifax which was kind of soap opera-ish, but a juicy good one.
It’s with Sarah Lancashire whose character I’d scent with Carnal Flower or Chanel 5.
Looking at everyone’s TV loves and making a list!
Reading the Monsieur Guerlain blog (which I somewhat inexplicably tend to forget all about), I came across this summary of an interview given by Sylvaine Delacourte in French. Wish I had seen it in time to post on International Men’s Day. 😉
“In a recent interview, Sylvaine Delacourte recounts how she made an impression on Jean-Paul Guerlain in the early 1990s, when she was a makeup artist, and then became Guerlain’s first and only ‘director of perfume evaluation and development.’ She tells us about the way she later met external perfumers, among them Thierry Wasser, and that she’s now the central figure who links the marketing team and Thierry Wasser.
“Sylvaine Delacourte states that she was responsible for the hiring of Thierry Wasser. She would have liked a woman as Guerlain’s perfumer, but the CEO of LVMH, Laurent Boillot, asked her to name only men. She proposed a few she knew, and eventually, in 2008, Wasser was chosen.”
Very interesting. As I’ve got older I’ve become far more inclined to ‘vote with my purse’ and support female perfumers – Mathilde Laurent, for example. But if I find a perfume I really like I will wear it regardless of the creator…difficult.
Yes, and fortunately there are many wonderful female perfumers. But I must have Duchaufour, too. It’s difficult, yes.
Monday forecast: “Sunny. High 66”
Glory glory! I am SO excited! I’m stuffed in a room full of people, cheek by jowl tomorrow, but I don’t care- I’m gonna wear Musc Ravageur and let the chips fall where they may. I will also wear my favorite deep cranberry cowl neck sweater that I love to death, but can only wear about twice a year.
In anticipatory celebration of tomorrow’s change in weather, SOTD is Kalemat, which is one of my top 10. Just a glorious scent, smooth and silky.
I just can’t wait…! Happy Sunday to all 🙂
Deva, joining you in a cheek-by-jowl Monday, but my Monday is already upon me and it’s back splashing about in the think tank with the “experience designers” for me. I can only say that I must be paying now for some appalling action in a past life! I can’t follow you with Musc Ravageur and a gorgeous cranberry jersey, but I need something to get me through, so I think I’ll wear a new shift dress and my pretty cream-and-caramel brogues and team it with a perfume we both like: Fate. And –this is a promise–if the twig of a child who is the female member of the “experience designers ” tells me one more time that my ideas are “orsum” and that the new degree will be “orsum” and that every little thing that ever happens is “absolutely orsum”, I will commit spoken violence and accept the consequences with fortitude.
Dear Water Dragon, you can whip them all into shape with Fate and those delightful cream-and-caramel brogues! Gird your loins and give them the old what for!
If you commit violence, which I don’t encourage as the slammer is not a sweet smelling place and will most certainly put a hitch in your giddy-up, rest assured we here at NST will provide with a magical aromatic concoction guarunteed to knock the guards senseless, thus ensuring a rapid escape back to the sweet smelling world of olfactory wonder. We got your back, girl 😉
Is “orsum” a relative to “awesome”?
It’s a first cousin, or an illegitimate child, or something! I hope she was teasing, but she spelt it like this–really!–and says it every third word! I feel old and jaded and cynical and deeply pragmatic and — actually, just old, I think. I’ve just undergone an exercise in compulsory enthusiasm.
SOTD = Naomi Goodsir Iris Cendre
I happen to love Iris Silver Mist but I know some could not stand its icy carrotty vibe. It’s time to rejoice! Iris Cendre has the non-carrotty iris, spiced up with cedar. The cedar is more cedar chest cedar than pencil shavings.
TV Shows – one of my favorites is Shark Tank.
Scenting the Billionaires on the show? Meh, too lazy to do it but I will mention that someone got on in an earlier season with smell of money perfume!
I went on an all-day hike yesterday and today I am recuperating in a cloud of Panthere de Cartier.
My television watching is mostly confined to reality shows of persons demonstrating talents I don’t possess. I like The Amazing Race, Project Runway, and The Great British Baking Show. Top Chef will be back soon too. And Sherlock, but I’m making do with the DVDs until the new season arrives. Sherlock does not wear scent. Anyone who endeavors to forget that the earth revolves around the sun is not going to be wearing cologne unless it’s for a case.
Envying your hike! And pretty sure Sherlock is one of those anti-fume folks. Will be thrilled when the next series starts 🙂
Agree that Sherlock could solve a case by scent alone! And if Benedict Cumberbatch wants to sniff me out….well….I’m OK with it! 🙂
Doing a little shopping with my teen girl today, and we found ourselves sniffing around at the Estee Lauder counter (and to get the annual bonus kit)….Both of my girls (age 14 and 11) are budding perfumistas, no doubt.
1. Wearing Modern Muse Le Rouge, and we both think it’s a winner! So much that we bought the Modern Muse Rollerball travel set.
2. TV: Nah. I don’t have a single show that I follow. Just the news, and that’s only if I’m still awake at the end of the day! I have been watching snippets of Simply Nigella on BBC’s YouTube channel….until it gets to the US.
3. I picture Jesse Waters (Fox News) in a classic scent….like JHL or something similar….. 🙂
I’m currently hooked by ‘London Spy’, a wonderfully suspenseful drama starring Ben Whishaw, i’ts centred around a meeting and subsequent relationship between two gay men, one is very mysterious, and is murdered (the spy) in shocking circumstances, turns out the younger man, played by the amazing Ben Whishaw, knew nothing about him, not even his real name..
I have two more episodes to catch up on, British drama at it’s best, i can’t recommend it highly enough. Did i mention how much i love Ben Whishaw?!
This is a slow and smouldering burner, but boy is it worth it.
Edward Holcroft (Wolfhall) is a mysterious and charismatic counter point to Whishaw’s puppyish, overly trusting character.
Wearing L’Temp d’une Fete today, perfect for crisp, cold bright weather, and a nice alternative to my iris’s, which i usually wear for driving lessons.