Monday again! What fragrance are you wearing?
I'm wearing Ormonde Jayne Champaca.
Reminder: this coming Friday we will not have a community project. But on Monday 12/28, we'll do a special Monday project...we'll be posting our annual Best of 2015 list, so wear one of your own Best of 2015 fragrances.
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.
You smell good!. I’m wearing Ambre Russe. I wish it would make my cold disappear. It’s been nearly a week and I’m beginning to get rather grumpy about it!
Yuck…I’d be getting grumpy too. Hope it disappears soon.
Feel better soon, and hope you can smell that amber through the stuffiness!
Ambre Russe is one of my favorite winter scents. I get a lot of black tea from it. Hope you feel better soon!
Hope it goes away soon – I think I read somewhere that colds last 7-10 days, so yours sounds like a tenacious one. Love Ambre Russe, just got my decant out last week.
Hope you feel better soon. I know exactly how you feel. Today is my first day getting out and about after 3 weeks. So, again, I know how you feel. Get well soon.
Colds that outstay their welcome would make me grumpy too! Get well soon!
Your good wishes must have helped; I’m definitely on the mend!
Pacifica’s Vanilla Vera Cruz….I have had this bottle for seven or more years and it has aged beautifully (the playdoh aura some described is gone)……and what is left is Mexican Bourbon vanilla and vanilla bean fused with orchid…..some say it is the sister of Lush’s Snowflake….sadly it has been replaced by Pacifica with their new Island Vanilla…..I really hate when they do that!
That would be “Snow Cake”…..
Love when perfumes improve with age!
Ohhh I love Snowcake!! Drat, very sad to have missed that.
I’m wearing PdN’s Sacrebleu, today. It’s the perfect counterpoint to a morning air temp that actually felt like Winter.
Sacrebleu is fabulous in the winter
You are smelling great!
Testing a couple of samples– Parfums de Marly Kahuyan and Coolife Le Premier Parfumerie, neither of which is wowing me
I still need to try the Coolife…plus their next 2.
My recent sample lot purchase included all three so I’d be happy to send them on after I try them
Oh that’s sweet, thank you! But after your comment + OF’s comment below, might wait to hear from you if you think any of the 3 are really worth trying? If not, might as well save you the postage!
Tested Le Deuxiéme from Coolife over the weekend (courtesy of ihadanidea!) and found it pleasing, but unmemorable. For all the talk of Chakra and Anahata and a lover’s hand… for me it was a pretty, pale pink, fruity floral and musk thing.
4 days until Christmas….how is that even possible?
Wearing Hilary Duff’s With Love. I like it! It’s very well done for an inexpensive scent. I ordered from FragranceNet, when I had a choice between paying shipping, or paying for another fragrance. Duh!! Of course I’ll take another scent. #NeverPayShipping
Cute story: My hubs and my oldest daughter went to Belk to buy my gift. The story told is that my hubs was a deer in headlights, and my teenager had to school him on Mommy’s favorite perfumes! She ALMOST gave away what they bought, but caught herself when she said “Clinique counter”…..LOL I THINK I have a bottle of Calyx under the tree! HAVE A GREAT MONDAY Y’ALL!
Yay! Enjoy smelling luscious!
Ha too cute!
Oh, lucky ducky! Calyx is wonderful!
Have a wonderful Monday/Solstice!
Cute story.
I miss Calyx! I need to see if I can get a mini off of ebay.
Coromandel and Candy here and there to emphasise the benzoin and give a luminous touch to the dark smoldering.
I miss champaca flowers; I have to go and sniff them soon during this Christmas!
Oh what a nice combo, thanks for the suggestion!
WOW! Now there’s a combo!
I have to try this combo!
This morning so far I’m commando. For those of you who read my post last week, our sweet kitty passed away last night and went on to her next life. She was in hospice upstate
I think Samsara would be a fitting perfume for a day like today
Hugs to you.
So sorry to hear that. Hugs and sympathy
I’m sorry – it’s so hard to lose a pet. Be tender with yourself.
Oh honey….I am so sorry. Again, remember what a good life you gave her, and remember that she knew she was loved. All a kitty could ask for.
Thinking of you and your family
So sorry about your cat.
Sorry for your loss. It’s good that she’s no longer in pain.
Samsara is very fitting for a comfort scent.
So sorry to hear of kitty.
I am so sorry.
Oh, I’m so sorry to hear that. It’s so heartbreaking to lose a pet.
So sorry to hear about your fur baby….Let yourself grieve, and hope the Samsara is comforting and cozy today!
I’m so sorry to hear about your cat. I know it is hard, but it does get better. Just think about how much you loved her and how good a life she had while she was with you.
I’m very sorry for your loss. Hugs.
So sorry
So sorry to hear about your kitty. You had the fabulous vets who kept her, right? Hopefully it’s comforting to know she was in caring hands.
Yes, our vet was amazing. Nice to know she passed in her sleep overnight without suffering. She had a good life for sure! Our other cat is now a bit needy but the feeling is mutual <3
Condolences for the loss of your kitty.
Oh, I’m so sorry.
So sorry about your beloved kitty.
So sorry for your loss.
Oh no, so sorry!
So sorry to hear about your cat.
My condolences, I am so sorry.
I’m so sorry, it’s very hard to lose a dear friend.
I’m so sorry. I was hoping she would get better.
I am so sorry, may her memory be a blessing. Big hugs to you as you mourn her.
Im sorry for your loss. In my experience, they tend to send along a successor when the time is right (whether you think you want one or not). I hope you and your other kitty find time for some peaceful healing cuddles.
So sorry to hear that. My heart goes out to you.
Oh so sorry and hugs too
Kitty crossed the Rainbow Bridge. Hugs to you!
Reading this late, but wanted to add my condolences.
So sorry to hear about your furr baby.
SOTD: Ambre Nuit (Dior). I have a horrible cold or sinus infection, and happy that I can smell anything at all.
I just got over something similar, tis the season for colds
Ambre Nuit is beautiful. I almost reached for it this morning, but went with Shalimar instead.
After a busy weekend, I’ve gone back and replied to everyone’s comments to my comment on the weekend poll. Silly life getting in the way of my NST time! Especially loved hearing about everyone’s favorite cheeses, and have written them down so I can try each.
Also, a note for the lovely Gaynor who mentioned a Rose d’Arabie that apparently smells like Rose Omeyyade – which Rose d’Arabie are you referring to (so that I might smell it too!:)?
Gris Clair today, sprayed with a desire to be calm, cool and collected.
Have a good day!
Don’t you just hate it when that life thing happens and you cannot concentrate on commenting? So annoying.
I know! Not always, but sometimes NST > Life.
Enjoy your calm cool collected day
Sending all good thoughts and wishes to you honey – I hope the happy memories are providing some comfort.
Thank you <3
Re cheese. Sorry I forgot to mention my favorite earlier: Humboldt Fog. It’s from California, and I buy it in New York but don’t know about its general availability. Just served some last night and gave the remainder to my son. Now I miss it.
I had some of this just last week at a party! I’d had it before, but it is sooooo good. You have good taste, Karen!
That is a great compliment, coming from you ????
Why thank you!
Love Humboldt Fog. I’ve gotten it at Fairway, Westside Market, and Garden of Eden.
I know I could get it easily, but I have to be careful, or that is all I would eat…
Yea! Humbolt Fog! Another local treasure (and recently has even surpassed my love of HF), is Point Reyes Bay Blue–which for some reason their batches this fall have been AMAZING!
I am the only person in the world that does not like PR BB, which makes me think maybe I’m not a “real” blue cheese lover. The only one I adore is Bayley Hazen blue, from Jasper Hill.
Not ringing a bell, but I will check it out. I was thinking of ordering cheese for Christmas appetizers… I should try Jasper Hill!
Oh, but my comment above was serious, I am not a decent judge of blue cheese. I think I love the Bayley Hazen because it’s blue but not as sharp as the kind a real blue cheese lover would love. In other words, it’s probably just that the BH is “approachable” … whereas everyone says the Point Reyes is a fantastic blue, but I can’t appreciate it. I am maybe still in the fruity floral stage of cheese appreciation
Ah. Delivery is $20… I’ll keep my eye out for the cheese in stores. Makes for a mighty pricey slice of cheese to have it mailed.
Just in case you last tried Point Reyes blues over a year ago–I swear this year is their best ever…
Gris Clair! Yum! You smell great!
Thank you! *waft waft*
Mmmmmm! Thanks for sharing!
Ooh, cheese. I missed the thread this weekend. Port Salut, and Barely Buzzed are probably my most reliable favorites. I do enjoy a good raw milk Brie when I can get my hands on it, but that happens very rarely.
I believe I have had Port Salut, but not Barely Buzzed! Another for my list.
I had goat milk Brie a bit ago that was lovely, and I’ll have to try the raw milk kind.
Barely buzzed, yum. Also like their Teahive cheese — tea & bergamot.
Ooh, I’ve never had the Teahive. I’ll have to look for that.
ihadanidea – I don’t know where you live, but raw milk cheese is impossible to find in the U.S. due to laws about unpasteurized milk. But I was able to find some pretty easily in Canada, and I know it’s available in Europe as well.
Oh, that’s not true — I buy raw milk cheeses all the time! The FDA requires additional inspections, that’s all. Even Whole Foods has a decent selection of raw milk cheese here. I have heard there are some states that don’t allow raw milk cheese, but you can definitely buy where I am.
Robin – I did not know that! I was told that about the raw milk cheeses by a friend going through culinary training. Good to know they can be found Stateside!
No, you can even buy raw milk (liquid, I mean) in many states here now. What you can’t buy are raw milk cheeses that have failed inspections, foreign or US, and in 2014 the FDA decreased their “acceptable” amount of bacteria. You have not been able to get decent French Morbier where I live ever since (there is still some Morbier, but not the good stuff). Last time I was overseas I ate Morbier every day, LOL…and lived to tell the tale.
I think my state (Georgia) might be more restrictive. As far as I know, you can’t buy raw milk here for human consumption. You can buy it for animals, and drink it yourself, which I have done many times. I’ll have to check on the cheese situation next time I get to Whole Foods, or somewhere with a decent cheese counter.
Oh I know. Some food restriction laws are crazy! Although I have always wondered who it was that first looked at a “contaminated” cheese and went “hmm…maybe this will be delicious instead of ruined!” and thus blessed us with delectable, stinky cheese.
It’s the Armani Prive, which was probably not a lot cheaper than Rose Omeyyade, now that I think about it. I was too scared to look closely at the credit card bill to see what the exchange rate had inflicted on me!
Aaaah well. But because you have it, you won’t need Rose Omeyyade too, and in the long run, money saved?
Thanks for mentioning it!
Happened to me too. But you mentioned cheese, so I’ve have to catch up on that one!
Short week! So ready for some good time off. Our office is closed for a week, which will be a very nice break from the drama going on (the two annoying employees I mentioned before are at it in full force lately).
After a frigid weekend (winter weather, what?!) we’re climbing back up into Florida territory. I joked with my parents, who are actually retired in Florida, that they didn’t need to move that far since it’ll be 70 on Christmas Eve!
Update on Lyric package. Apparently it’s going to be delivered tomorrow. It’s only taken 20 days to get from MA to PA. Oh well. If it gets here, I’ll be happy. (Notice how I’m still saying “if”.)
I’m wearing La Panthere today. I needed something to keep me sharp and alert so I’ll get work done today.
lucky you! My two separate gifts from Dame Perfumery have been sitting in the recipients’ local post office for a week now!!!! Wonder if the USPS will deliver them before Christmas
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Ugh, that’s the worst. I hate having tracking and seeing it not do anything for so long. I hope you get your packages soon.
This fluctuation of temperature has been messing with my immune system lately
Mine too. My sinusitis has been crazy.
Ooh hoping Lyric makes it! Any word on why the delay?!
Nothing, it’s most likely FedEx being busy from the holidays.
This is why i SERIOUSLY RATHER order or buy perfumes from The Perfume House in Portland or Nordstrom’s – I have no patience for shipping, none!
Now, I know there are many of us who do not have access to niche stores and I get that. BUT GRRRRR I WANT IT NOW NOW NOW.
Fingers crossed that your Lyric comes through!
I have lost all faith in the US Postal Service. I sent a bottle of Reem Acra to a fellow NSTer during the last swap meet and it went missing. Served me right for not getting tracking, but still.
SOTD is Chanel Coco. Nice and spicy, seems appropriate for the holiday season. Speaking of the holidays, I sure wish I were home baking cookies rather than in the office!
Perfect for the holiday season! I plan to wear Coco on Christmas.
I’m wearing Amouage Fate. Did you know that its floral heart is ‘intensified by a dark and destructive accord resonating with the tumultuous unknown’?
So I’m in the office, resonating with the tumultuous unknown!
I’m glad that you are still doing your utmost to keep the EU together
I recently bought another sample of Fate because I can’t make head or tail of it but Luca gives it 5 stars.
Once I can smell normally again I will try it once more.
The EU the tumultuous unknown? I laughed out loud!!
So Fate is like flowers in a black hole. Got it.
I did like that one a lot, but didn’t feel like I was resonating with the tumultuous unknown.
Which could be a good thing.
LOL, the office is a good place for dealing with the tumultuous unknown…I had put my sample of Fate away, but I believe I will bring it out again – I ordered a bunch of incense heavy samples, but none of them are quite what I wanted, and I believe Fate may be closer to what I was imagining…Thanks for the reminder!
Well, here in the People’s Republic of Oregon, we are having our own tumult: heavy rains +windstorms up to 70 miles per hour/112Km per hour. Yikes!
Yikes indeed. Batten down the hatches and steady yourself with perfume and a little drinky.
Trees came down and power blinked on and off. Been enjoying my Christmas wine (Erath Pinot Noir) and treats, listen the blowing wind, flying branches and jazz.
OMG, I went to the Erath Website, and their list of Pinots is out of this world! Which one are you drinking? I want some of the Leland Pinot with: “Scents of dark, spiced cherry mingle with heady rose petal and exotic cardamom. Flavors of cherry accented with vanilla, a suggestion of milk chocolate and a subtle smokiness crash and spread across the palate like a dramatic wave.” although the ad copy is a tad bit heated – dramatic waves across the palate suggests Prix et Faux country…
Ede, are you new to the area? I see those reports of heavy wind/rain and I think, “well, it’s finally December!”
Doesn’t seem like winter until we’ve had a proper storm, preferably risking interfering with a holiday or two.
Not new any more, but the weather still amazes me with it’s twists and turns here. Every season is new to me and something to experience. But honestly I think a lot of people got used to the drought and dry cold conditions we had these past few winters.
Oakland is also very wet and windy–sheets of rain followed by heavy rain… followed by dense showers…
I especially love sideways rain, don’t you?
YEESH
Ha that made me laugh. Hope the office remains relatively untumultous and you can have smooth run up to Christmas.
Love that! The Tumultuous Unknown would be a good Indie band name. . .
Yep. If ever there was a disjoin between the copy on the one hand, and the actual perfume on the other, Fate is that moment of disconnection. I’ve just never got to grips with how Fate is supposed to speak of a dark future and chaos and such. To me, it’s a gentle haze of glowing golden light, not a moody intimation of dark infinity, but what do I know?
Quite a bit, it would seem – that description is on point.
This inspires me to try Fate again. I liked it a lot, but used my tiny decant without coming to a conclusion about whether I needed a FB. Now that I’ve read this, I might look on it with different eyes so to speak
I’ve never regretted my bottle, Gaynor. And, I suppose, fate doesn’t have to be tumultuous and dark– it can be golden and tend towards the light too.
I sensed that about you…
As good as their scents may be, the ad copy for Amouage always reads like an entry in NST’s Le Prix Eau Faux. I can’t roll my eyes hard enough even when I love the scents.
I am wearing Clinique Wrappings lotion, which is plenty strong to waer on its own.
For the shadow sister site, Now Sip This, I am drinking Mariage Freres Shaghai Breakfast, an oolong with ginger, jasmine, anise, and chrysanthemum.
Ha, Now Sip This! I am drinking my own Moroccan Mint Tea mix — Upton Imperial Gunpowder + Tao of Tea Spearmint.
Eggnog here (can you tell I am NOT working?)… Now Sip This… I love it!!!
You smell great, Robin! I’m looking forward to my second sample of Champaca, via the discovery set.
This morning I’m wearing Shalimar Ode a la Vanille…Mexique. Such a cozy, lovely perfume and this is only my third wear since I bought the bottle a month ago. Sometimes i wish I had fewer perfumes so I could give them all the attention they deserve…but then not really! There’s too much beauty out there to abstain.
I so know what you mean about wondering if you actually enjoy all your perfumes enough given there are (ahem) quite a few in my drawer (and on the side etc…). I might try to be restrained next year. Although thus far this has not been achieved
Yes, I’m thinking in the new year I should hold off on splits and decants and focus instead on those I deemed to be FB worthy. I do enjoy the ritual of choosing just the right perfume each morning out of a wide selection.
Bulgari Au the Blanc for me today. I don’t wear this often, but it feels just right for Monday of a short work week.
I don’t wear it very often either, but I like it a lot. Maybe the one I get on best with, of all the Bulgari tea scents.
That is one of the few perfumes I’ve replaced more than once. I should try it this time of year, I always wear it in the summer.
I’m wearing MDCI Les Indes Galantes. I got a sample when I purchased a gift, and the first time I tried it I thought it was too sweet, like a marshmallow. But the spices and incense get stronger as it dries down and it’s really growing on me.
Ack, I am so behind! I will have to try that one.
That sounds nice and I missed smelling it at Osswald!
After using up my L’Air du Desert Morocain sample, and waiting for the decant to appear in the male, today I am luxuriating (in my private office – my office mate is off on vacation til 2016!) in my well sprayed state. I sate in a meeting and noone moved away from me, so I have not over sprayed, just well sprayed. I get richer, more nuanced changes from this spray application. This has moved to second to top on my FB list (right after a FB of Iris Poudre)…
That sounds lovely – I have never tried this one but it sounds so interesting. Enjoy your private office.
It’s one perfume that I enjoy year-round, hot or cold. No one moved away from you because you smell terrific!
mail, not male…oh dear, stupid stupid spell checker… LOL
I finally got my samples that I ordered from The Perfumed Court. I chose classic Guerlains and a few Serge Lutens for my first foray into serious perfume territory.
I’m wearing one of them today, and I am in LOVE. Quite possibly my favorite perfume I’ve ever smelled. The object of my infatuation? Jicky. I had never smelled it until this weekend, but I can’t get enough. I can’t get over what a shapeshifter it is. I need more, but I don’t know if I want to go FB or just get a bigger, spray sample for now.
Yep, there is a reason why it has been around for 125 years! It’s olfactory genius in a bottle!
Another perfumista ribbon well earned!
It does make sense! That’s one of the reasons I wanted to smell it, reputation aside. I figured if it’s been around that long, it has to be worth at least a sniff. It’s worth far more than that, as I’ve found. It’s going to be a struggle to tear myself away to wear anything else.
I do feel like I’ve taken a step toward perfumista status with this one! I was totally unfamiliar with it until I started reading the blogs.
Wish I’d been this logical in my approach as a beginner.
I love classic Guerlains! Which others will you be sampling?
I have samples of L’Heure Blue, Mitsouko, and Shalimar. I tried L’Heure Blue last night, on one arm, and Jicky on the other. I didn’t like LHB that much, but it might have just been suffering by comparison.
Do you have any recommendations for ones I might have missed?
Chamade is my absolute favorite Guerlain, followed by Mitsouko, L’Heure Blue (the extrait is so beautiful, but for $$$ reasons I bought the EDP), and Shalimar (I actually prefer the Ode a la Vanille flanker). Oh, and Apres L’Ondee is a gorgeous spring scent, although that one is a bit harder to find. Have fun!
Vol de Nuit. I like and respect Jicky, but VdN has a very slight edge over Mitsouko as my favorite Guerlain. Chamade is very nice too.
Jicky
1000 by Jean Patou- I am using the last of a sample vial I got of this. I tried this in the middle of a Vulcan summer we had in Portland this past year, and while lovely, was a bit much. Now, with the cooler, damp weather this seems cozily perfect, subtly grown up sexy, and a DAB goes a long way.
OOTD: Grey sweater, wide grey slacks, blue blouse and silver loafer shoes.
I’m way too short to wear wide slacks, unfortunately. Those shoes sound awesome.
I work today and tomorrow and then I’m off work the rest of the year. Huzzah! Anyway for the first day of winter, it is warm, which is not unusual in East Texas. So, since the one staff member who is allergic is on vacation I grabbed my bottle of 4711 Acqua Colonia Rhubarb and Clary Sage.
I always wonder where in East Texas you’re from. I’m originally from Nacogdoches.
Throw me on the pile of the sick…just in time for Christmas. Yay!
I dug up my Love’s Baby Soft figuring it is the closest I will get to what I’m really craving, which would be to lay my stuffy head on Mama’s lap and have her stroke my forehead.
I just love the idea of a pile for the sick…
Reminds of this Python scene:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h5dXUSkwhhM
6.29 minutes in.
How I miss them! I was waiting for the Knights Who Say Nee, but even the clopping coconuts brought a smile of recognition.
My absolute favourite bits are the discussion about coconuts and swallows and the French taunting.
An African or European swallow?
Swallows are non migratory!
Loves Baby Soft!!! wow that is a blast from the past!
Yuck, get better!
In Lyric today. Wow is this stunning. I’ve never tried it before but could easily see this becoming a very regular perfume for me. It reminds me of 90s Samsara – does anyone else find that? But somehow more smooth and nuanced (I dabbed as it’s a sample without a spray – not sure if this makes a difference). It also seems to work well for a big work day, and could easily work for the most dressed up of nights out I imagine. Am sure this as sounds a bit late to the party for those who know it but at least I’m getting there!
I love Lyric. As with the other Amouages I know, spray vs. dab can make quite a difference in how it develops. I agree that it’s a really versitile scent–a touch at work is great (and lasts all day), and you can “go big” for an evening out and know that while folks can smell you, you smell GOOD!
Hey Twin. It’s a great scent for Monday.
Make that triplets! We smell great.
I’ m wearing Go Ask Alice because I have a little bottle and like it so much.
Scent twins! My little bottle arrived Friday – I finished a decant of this last summer and took advantage of Shelley’s sale. It smells so good.
No SOTD yet. Might be EL Amber Ylang Ylang again and do a side-by-side with Cuir Beluga. Trying to decide if they’re similar enough that I wouldn’t need a backup bottle of AYY, which has been discontinued.
No SOTD, yet. I will be heading to the gym shortly and don’t wanna wash it all off in a couple hours. Considering a couple side-by-sides, though, and interested if anyone has thoughts. . .
Musc Ravageur vs. Tea For Two–the bases feel VERY similar to me, but T42 has that smoked tobacco thing.
Le Parfum de Therese vs. Chanel No. 19 edp–couldn’t figure out what felt so familar about LPdT until I realized it was reminding me of No. 19.
If you wear it next to Diorella or Cristalle you’ll notice even more similarities.
I don’t have either of these in my collection! I’m a little afraid of liking Diorella–isn’t that one of those that folks wax poetic about earlier formulations? I can find myself justifying rare bottles at a “good” price so easily. . .
The new version is still good, but if you can find some older Diorella on ebay it might please you even more. It’s a tad fruitier, more overripe, if that makes sense to you.
I can get you a little of the old stuff if it helps you decide
I can’t decide if that offer is generous or cruel!
I was all set to dip into my sample stash this morning when I received my package of Amour Nocturne this morning. Been waiting on this one for a while, so this is my SOTD.
I am anxious to hear what Kris thinks about it!
I can’t say I really liked it. The gun powder smell kind of turned me off a bit. Oh, well you can’t win them all. I did get some Tom Ford Black Orchid that I liked though.
Awwww, Kris! I can’t believe there is a fragrance that we didn’t agree on. I understand though. Glad that you like the Tom Ford BO. That’s a nice one.
Picking out my perfume that I will be wearing for the next four days. I am debating if I should go with either Chanel no 19 or Mitsouko. I want the green and maybe slightly poisionous.
Both are great options. Maybe Mitsouko for the cinnamony holiday warmth?
I vote Mitsouko
I vote Mitsouko as well! It goes so well with holiday gatherings of happy people!
Mitsouko is always a Christmas perfume to me.
Uh, poisonous? Is it gonna be one of *those* Christmases?
Scent for Monday – Serge Lutens Fille en Aiguilles, one of my favorite holiday scents besides Diptyque’s L’ Eau Trois. It’s warm and aromatic with dried fruits, pine needles, incense and bay leaf.
A friend of mine just bought FeA but I haven’t had a chance to smell it on her. She really loves it.
Great idea. I dug out my sample and went full copycat.
Morning, all. This is a day of serious house cleaning for me– I can’t believe how much fur my two Siamese have managed to shed this week, but that might mean that the weather has finally warmed up. Housework for me =DKNY Woman in that tall angular bottle. I love the crispness of the tomato leaf and orange/vodka notes, just the things to accompany me into corners and under sofas and to help me find the beeswax polish, which I just know I put somewhere….I think I’ll clean the oven, too. My halo, it shineth brightly!
Oh gosh I love tomato leaf as a note!!! Will have to look into DKNY Woman….
I spent three hours yesterday cleaning just the stove top….the last time it looked so pristine and white was over ten years ago!
just found it on fragrancenet for a ridiculous price…very tempting
Go for it! Spray with abandon! It really does refresh.
You get the enabler pin
Actually I am really trying to start to empty some of my full bottles before making another full bottle purchase…..I would really like to reduce my collection down to about ten bottles that I can rotate and not buy anything new until a full bottle is drained…..
Wow! Ten bottles? I’m bowing in respect in your direction. Well, that’s a fabulous project. Go for that instead. After all, if you were to change your mind, DKNY W would most likely still be there.
Feeling cozy in Hiram Green Voyage – milking my sample! I do love the dry down on this, creamy vanilla.
Last day in the office until the New Year! Yay!!
I liked Voyage very much, too!
Enjoy your holiday break! I’m all aflitter waiting for Voyage to make it to me, too…
SOTD = Chanel No.19
Perfect for the transitional weather we’re having — it was in the low 30s this morning and it is going up to the mid-50s; by the time Christmas Eve day rolls around, we’ll be in the 70s! Crazines!
Anyway, I also needed spine strengthening today (I had my performance review) and it worked!
Hey Scent Sibling!
Glad to hear No. 19 is doing its magic for you today!
I decided to go with Chanel No. 19 edp today too–in a side-by-side with Le Parfum de Therese. So far I’m amazed at how similar they are to my nose! After about 1/2 hour, LPdT is staying bolder while the No. 19 is doing that creamy thing I love, but they have much in common.
I have to try this and see if I get the resemblance!
Washed off my samplings and am now in Spellbound which is much more me appropriate
Beautiful scent!
Gosh, I haven’t worn Spellbound in years. Such a spicy & rich scent.
Good morning NST’ers! Life is good here–I am drinking a latte, listening to Mark Knopfler, burning a gingerbread candle, and wearing Box of Eels parfum. Also, I didn’t injure anything skiing yesterday.
Is it just me, or are there loads more discounts on perfume this season than in past years? It seems that every other email I open is offering some astounding percentage off of scents I’d actually like to buy. However, sampling before buying was a hard-won lesson so there aren’t any purchases in the near future.
Every other day I am getting a perfume ad from Fragrancenet, plus a bunch of others. Sales must be weak. Unfortunately my 2015 budget is exhausted, plus the ones I really want aren’t on sale…
So many tempting sales! I’m doing my best to resist in order to save money for the bottles I want the most (and that, of course, are not on sale).
I was in a turkish delight sort of mood this morning. I used the lush turkish delight shower smoothie and now I’m trying out a sample of profumum confetto.
I smelled lush turkish delight yesterday while I was doing some Christmas shopping. Nice scent.
I’m wearing Jo Malone Pomegranate Noir today, and drinking a cup of cranberry hibiscus tea.
Love that one around the holidays!
I love the pomegranate Noir in the Bath Oil as well for this time of year.
Hello perfume friends. I’ve missed you! I’ve been so busy adapting to a new job and the changing life rhythm that comes with it that I’ve hardly worn any perfume these last few months. Today is a bit quieter on that front, and I’m happily wearing Chanel Cuir de Russie EdT and looking forward to finding the time to participate more fully again in this lovely forum! This is definitely more Chanel than Cuir, if that makes any sense. Today Chanel is just the thing.
Welcome back! I missed you! And Chanel is nearly always just the thing,so you smell fab!
I wondered where you had gone, and I’m glad to hear it was just life getting busier that usual! You smell wonderful today.
yay! glad you are back!
Welcome back!
Welcome back!
Hi! Nice to see you! & probably owe you an email
Glad you stopped by
I sampled Cuir de Russie EDT the other day too and thought it was quite nice, but from a distance I probably couldn’t pick it out of a crowd of other Chanels. In fact, my allergies are bothering me enough that I checked to see if I had picked up No. 5 EDT by accident since all I could smell was the Chanel signature aldehydes.
Hey, leathermountain, welcome back. And Happy Holidays (just in case you duck out again)!
Waving at ya!
Hey! There you are! Glad to see you back
Leathermountain! Welcome back! We missed you at the NYC meet-up in early December. We must remedy this and next time we get together, we may have ukelele entertainment courtesy of ElisaP!
Happy Solstice!
As mentioned above, I am wearing Lyric.
Started off really grumpy about the weather this morning and sprayed on a bit of Tauer Incense Extreme. Decided to go for a walk anyway, despite the alternating rain, snow and ice pellets (?!$&@)
Have now switched to Fourreau Noir and will enjoy a Lush bath bomb before bed. Fighting the darkness and foul weather with scented goodness!
I believe there are some forces of darkness above that might be useful in fighting forces of weather darkness.
Started out today in Jhag Mad Madame. At first it was fine, but by time I got to work it smelled very synthetic and screetchy. I didn’t have much in my purse, but I then put on Gucci Guilty. Which on it’s own is just ok for me. ( although, I really like Guilty Black ) anyway, not a good smelling day for me. Off to wash it all away now.
Guess they took the “Mad” literally.
I went with CBIHP Wild Pansy Absolute from a sample. It felt right with the gray rainy weather we’re having today. I like this one, and I didn’t even hate the violet leaf note, which I usually do.
Also, the added bonus is that the foresty vibe is a bit witchy for solstice.
Delving into the surprise sample box today and wearing…. Maria Candida Gentile Kitrea! A weird anisic lemon that is supposed to remind me of the ocean and, you know what, actually does. Specifically the sort of salty-wood-and-seaweed of certain beach houses….
Dueling SOTD on each wrist–I’ve got the Narciso EDT on one and the Jo Malone Orris & Sandalwood on the other. Neither is an immediate winner for me. I agree totally with Robin’s assessment that the Narciso EDT is more approachable and less interesting. The Orris & Sandalwood smells nicer, to me, and it’s sorta growing on me as I wear it, but having, by chance, just retested Bois Farine yesterday, Orris & Sandalwood seems pretty unimaginative by comparison (especially for $170). Will be curious to hear others’ takes though–I can def see it being a happy medium for someone who likes these notes and wants something warm and cozy, without being too loud or too sweet or whathaveyou.
After I washed off my earlier scented disaster, I sprayed on NR Narciso. also used the shower gel and lotion ( yay! for gift sets ) I absolutely love this perfume, I find it comforting. I am a oversprayer, so on me, it might seem a little stronger than it is supposed to be. unfortunately, I’m not familiar with the other two you mentioned.
I tried the JM Orris and Sandalwood at Macy’s right before I got on the train. I asked for a sample and the SA just looked at me and said “we just got it last week”. I was waiting for her to say something else because her answer was a non-answer. Anyway, I am bringing an empty atomizer tomorrow and I AM GETTING THAT SAMPLE!
Don’t get me started on Macy’s fragrance SAs. . .
You go girl! Her answer was ridiculous and nonsensical.
Tested Onda, Sel de Vetiver and Guerlain Vetiver against each other. Sel de Vetiver is the clear winner, followed by the Guerlain. Onda just smells musty to me, but haven’t tried the different versions.
Was doing some organizing in our hotel room today, including temporary storage for perfume (more visible than in a cardboard box). Blessed accessibility.
Anyway, ended up unintentionally wearing small amounts of Bois d’Argent, No. 19, and 1000. Not bad though.
Still enjoying the l’Heure Bleue extrait I applied this morning… perfect for a dark stormy day.
I just won a bottle of vintage LB on eBay. I hope it’s good but I’ve heard that the extrait is the one to get.
L’Heure Bleue extrait is one of my favorites. You smell great
Wearing Roja Dove Diaghilev from a decant. This perfume is really lasting: I also wore it yesterday and could still smell it on my skin this morning.