The Eiffel Tower turns 127 years old today! What fragrance are you wearing?
I picked my fragrance last night — really! — but I apparently made the perfect choice for both fun week and the Eiffel Tower's birthday: I'm wearing A Lab on Fire Paris*LA.
Reminder: 4/1 is April Fools Day! We're going for pure fun: wear your most-fun-ever perfume. (suggested by thegoddessrena)
And for those of you who like to plan ahead, see Scent of the day ~ Friday community projects 2016, where I'll try to always have the next five or six weeks mapped out in advance.
Note: top image is Macarons [cropped] by Iryna Ovchynnikova at flickr; some rights reserved.
Terre d’Hermes today
You smell great!
Bonjour! Those macarons look yummy.
SOTD – Chinatown
I could go for a nice macaron right now
Ditto on the macarons. Chinatown will be my “fun” scent tomorrow, as long as I remember
Chinatown is great.
Czech & Speake Dark Rose is my SOTD.
I love your SOTD Robin. It’s definitely a fun one to wear.
Ah, you smell great too! I would like to have a bottle of that.
I’m wearing vintage Diorella EdT. Big test in two hours and I’m getting my final studying in.
Very good luck to you!
Good luck! And you smell glorious.
Good luck!
Good luck!
Good luck coumarin!
Great choice! Best of luck to you!
Thank you everyone! I aced the multiple choice. Just to wait on the free response now. ????
Pulp Byredo, on my skin, coconutty fig (I made up my own word LOL) tart black currants, peach, tiare, and cedarwood. FUN! !!
Supposed to reach the mid 70s today. Go Sun !!!! ????
YES SUN — very pleased, hope it really does warm up today. And hard to beat Byredo Pulp for pure fun.
You smell gorgeous! And fun. I did consider Pulp today, but went with Amouage Sunshine in the end. But J is wearing Pulp, so I can still smell it
You smell great! I am eagerly awaiting the arrival of my bottle! If it comes in today, that will definitely be my SOTD tomorrow.
Thanks Robin, Annikky, and scentfromabove !!
SOTD is Vanille Exquise, not sure what to make of this, anyone have an opinion?
Dedicating my cuppa French Breakfast to the Eiffel Tower!
I love macaroons. On Saturday I went to Francios Payard and had Passion Fruit, Rose, and Violet flavors. Hmm..not exactly helping with my post baby weight management.
I definitely miss having macaroon shops nearby. French macaroon s are hard to find here in Boston
When I lived in Boston I was living close to Athans bakery in Brookline, not sure if it is still in existence. No macaroons but their pastries did a number on my waistline and wallet
They are EVERYWHERE here in Houston. There are even several boutiques dedicated exclusively to macarons! I wouldn’t say they are all very good quality though.
Sounds yummy!
Athan’s is still around, and I’ve seen macarons at the Thinking Cup near Boston Common and LA Burdick’s.
I like it, I’ve even got a bottle that I bought for a song on ebay, years ago. I don’t think that it’s a great vanilla, but it is interesting.
Interesting is probably the word that best describes it
I am with you in the love of macaroons and I am sure they are quite healthy as they feel light! Living in London there are way too many tempting macaroon shops, both larger and smaller independent French and other ones. Also the smell in Laduree is ridiculous – sort of like Lipstick Rose mixed with Apres l’Ondee I think and just goes with the colours of the macaroons.
We have two Laduree shops in NYC, one is a sit down place and the other just sell macaroons to go..and I do agree. How does retrained from not walking in after smelling that lovely fragrance?!
Macaroons have no fat
it’s just sugar and egg whites!! Zero guilt factor. Plus it is good to have a diet re-set 
HA! I like the way your thinking…
I have this also; I like the woody aspect. Not a gourmand!!
Not gourmand for sure..
SOTD: vintage Dior Eau Sauvage, ideal for this blustery day. (Going out like a lion, are you, March?)
That sounds seriously good.
It’s a fun one to wear…especially when you’re dressed in hippie skirts and a prayer scarf. People keep looking around for a Savile Row gentleman, but all they find is lil’ Earth Mother me.
SOTD is Fils de Dieu du Riz et des Agrumes, which is quietly lovely. Tea of the moment is Oolong Chataigne by Damman Frères.
Nice and nice!
Twins!
Bathed in Eau de Merveilles on this nice day. A coworker was walking into the building behind me and said he liked my perfume.
Still finishing work for reports, but the finish line is close.
Don’t you love when you get a nice compliment to start your day
You certainly deserve that compliment; EdM is great! Concidentally, also one of the only scents I’ve ever gotten a compliment on.
Sampling Premiere Danse from Paul Emilien, which so far is nice enough but not love.
Boston meetup tonight –6:00 at Colonial Drug in Newton
Will sadly have to miss the meetup. Woke up this morning with fever and sore throat. :-(. Have fun all you Boston perfumistas!
Feel better
Get well soon!
I will have to miss the meet-up too. A friend from out of town is here; coincidentally he played a big role in my discovery of perfume!
You could always bring him if he likes perfume!
Au Dela – Narcisse. It’s lovely, but not different enough from the plain Au Dela (which I love) that I need a bottle.
You smell gooooood!
Un jour, je vais visiter la Tour Eiffel ! Paris est sur ma liste de seau!
(One day, I’ll visit the Eiffel Tower! Paris is on my bucket list! )
SOTD is most serendipitous! Hermes Eau de Pamplemousse Rose. Love it: Crisp, light, clean. The perfume Grinch at work sniffed my Scentbird bottle (on my command) and proclaimed it acceptable…..LOL Points off for short duration of action: It fades to nothing in just an hour or two….
Wish I had a macaron about now…..
I love that one too
Cancelled a dentist appointment for tomorrow and have a doctor’s appointment today. But in a way, I’m happy that I will be getting a new cellphone today. But I am having trouble deciding if I should go with Theorema or vintage Bal.
Can’t go wrong with either, I’d say.
I’m wearing Amouage Sunshine (liking it better here than I did back home) and planning to buy some rum today.
Sunshine wasn’t my cup of tea, but rum is! Enjoy!
It’s definitely not among my favourites either, but it was entirely OK to wear it for one day. Good rum on the other hand is great.
You smell fabulous, enjoy the rum for us!
Haven’t really drunk any, but visited a distillery and bought quite a few bottles.
Rum is an awesome souvenir! And I have never tried any of the Amouages- but hopefully this weekend I will visit the new perfume shop in town and give it a go.
They are worth a sniff – not Sunshine so much, but several others. Lyric, Epic, Jubilation, Gold would be on top of my list, but I’m known to be biased towards older Amouages.
You smell good and the rum part sounds fun – there is nothing quite like rum to make me think of sunshine (and silly afternoons drinking dark and stormys in Bermuda).
My sister introduced me to seriously good rum when she came back from Guadeloupe, so I was determined to get some too. For fun cocktails, rum is definitely the best alcohol.
A good dark Rhum Agricole is the equal of an aged Cognac or Armagnac any day. I’m also a fan of Sunshine (Man) although I haven’t tried it in hot weather.
Agreed! Bought some really nice bottles from Neisson at the distillery – they still grow their own sugar cane and I’m easily impressed by stuff like that. Even their white rum was pretty impressive.
I definitely like rum better than I do Amouage Sunshine, which happens to be one of the few Amouages that I don’t enjoy. Still, who cares on Martinique, while buying rum.
I was completely puzzled by Sunshine when I first tried it, I guess I was expecting a more distilled version of Bronze Goddess. Today, I quite liked the beginning and then it was gone, or possibly buried under sunscreen. I was focused on the rum anyway.
From a wonderful swapper I’m enjoying today Terracotta Voile d’Ete and have added this to my list of scents I’d like to own. Gorgeous, smooth vanilla & carnation.. yum!
I’m wearing the same thing! Voile d’Ete is my way of WILLING spring to come WHETHER IT WANTS TO OR NOT. We’ve had more snow since spring began than we had all winter, and I wish I were exaggerating.
Actually I shouldn’t complain because it is supposed to warm up quite a bit by the weekend. This is what I get for living in Atlantic Canada.
Weather is bonkers this year! I like the idea of willing spring to come..
-2 and snow next week in Montreal! Spring is not quite arrived yet.
That is painful to contemplate, but down Rochester we expect snow on the weekend.
Oooh this does sound nice. I haven’t sniffed any of the Terracottas, but vanilla and carnation, what’s not to love?
That version of Terracotta sounds lovely. Do you have my email address? I can’t locate yours(about the BV).
just sent you a note
Azemour! I think this might be my most-fun-ever perfume – it’s just joyous! Plus it’s sunny and gorgeous here in Oregon today … what more could I ask? Happy Almost-Friday everyone.
This entire week has been gorgeous! Makes the hail on Sunday worth it. Enjoy the sun!
I will – you too!
Azemour is truly joyous, always puts a smile on my face and gives me a boost when needed- u smell wonderful!
Thank you! (I think so too!)
Me 3
For the 4th day of fun-and-supposedly-aphrodisiac perfumes, I’m wearing “Onda” in EDP version from .vero.profumo . This manages to be very honeyed without being terribly sweet, and so although there are many other notes like passion fruit or ginger, it does remind me of honey straight from the hive. Lasting power is OK, maybe half a day on my skin. I have a notion it’s expensive, so it gets on the longlist but may never progress further. Fun factor 3/5 (I’m loving the honey), aphrodisiac factor 1/5 (people smelling of honey excite my puzzled curiosity, not my interest).
I haven’t tried the EDP, but the extrait is very high up on my buy list. I’m afraid now I’ll have to try to the EDP, too
I’ve only had this one sample of the EDP, but according to the Blooms website it’s not just a different concentration of the same juice, so probably worth a trial. Fingers crossed you don’t end up loving both equally – that could get expensive! :^)
Ha I love this about the aphrodisiac factor – and thanks for the updates on the samples. Makes me curious to try some of their sample sets but clearly I need to be on their mailing list otherwise the sets sell out rather quickly (or I just notice them too late, which is also very possible).
I bought myself an annual subscription as a Christmas present – the packs also come with a money off code for any of the perfumes featured. Did you see they are running perfume workshops where you can assemble your own bespoke perfume from favourite ingredients? So if you’re longing for tobacco and chocolate with a hint of brandy, now’s your chance! ;^)
For me Onda is a 5, I have the extrait and the edp and find them both very sultry. Honey is not the dominant note on me, it is more oakmoss and vetiver smelling. Classic bombshell stuff.
You know, I did think to myself “this would come across differently on a woman, it would be…” – and I couldn’t think of the word. Sultry is right. Also to me, it would not be a young woman’s scent either, but someone more worldly-wise.
SOTD = Lush Sikkim Girls in anticipation of a festival later tonight. Sunrise is amazing with these clear skies and it will be 70 degrees today! Looking forward to having some fun, but first, need to make some serious progress on my work project. Work hard, play hard, everybody!
Enjoy the festival!
Histoires de Parfums 1804 George Sand plus some Nuxe Huile Prodigieuse. Tropical is always fun
Oh, but you smell fun! Huile Prodigieuse oil is always fun!
My favorite contemporary American poet and author passed away Saturday, apparently suffering an MI while writing in his study at home. I have been a fan of Jim Harrison since first reading one of his novels when I was in my twenties. He wrote with incredible passion and zest about the natural world and with gut wrenching compassion about the human condition. I will miss his writing tremendously.
Here’s a link if anyone is interested:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2016/03/28/jim-harrison-prolific-author-and-outdoorsman-dies-at-78/
SOTD will be something a little wild and earthy in his honor.
Oh no, I loved Jim Harrison. RIP. Wish I had some Juniper Ridge to dab on in his honor.
How did I miss that? I admired him for living as he wanted as well as for his writing. Like a light gone out.
Happy Friday-Eve Everyone! My SOTD was a sample given to me by a very generous NST reader. I am wearing APOM by MFK. Can’t wait until I can get a FB of this stuff. Have a great day everyone!
You may not have seen my question yesterday to you, but wondering what two scents you bought that you are waiting for. Many of the ones you like, I do too.
Oh, sorry Kris. I didn’t go back and look at yesterdays post. I ordered Byredo’s Pulp and also Jo Malone’s Nutmeg and Ginger (JM – I know that doesn’t surprise you).
I should be receiving both today so I can wear Pulp tomorrow for the Friday challenge. The Nutmeg and Ginger is just something different from what I normally wear. Trying to change it up a bit.
Is Pulp a good one? I have not tried any by Byredo before, but I hear it mentioned a lot here.
I love it. Its a blast of fruit and jam in my opinion. It starts out pretty strong, but mellows out during its last phase.
I am channeling Ellebelle in Lipstick Rose today.
Oops Eleebelle… my apologies!
Such a fantastic scent. I’m a little envious that I’m not wearing it again today
I don’t wear it often because I only have a manufacturer’s sample which is half gone. I may be ordering a travel spray for next fall. I also really want the LR shower gel…
I highly recommend the shower gel, it is wonderful. All of the FM body products are exquisite.
I’m wearing one of my generous samples of MFK Baccarat Rouge 540 today. I have had it on now for 2 1/2 hours. I like it a lot but think it is a fairly quiet scent. (Of course most of us get used to our perfume while wearing it and have no idea what we smell like to others around us.)
Glad you are liking that..I was going to sample but not sure it was for me.
I sampled that in a boutique a few months ago. Someone over-sprayed it on me and it got in my mouth so my impression of it was tainted. But I wiped the excess off on my coat and could smell it for days and enjoyed what I smelled. A fellow fumie described it as a “Kool-Aid fougere” which I thought was a good description.
That’s still on my to-try list, I’m super-curious now!
SOTD is Bois des Isles.
YUM!
Beautiful
End of the quarter, thank God and somehow finished all runs and all reports YESTERDAY. GO ME. Bring it on, second quarter!
SOTD: finishing up my sample of Infusion d’Iris. Super lovely, and in the chilly morning turning into warmer afternoons it is a lovely, lovely transitional fragrance. Luca Turin was all “Meh” but I can see why so many women and men would like to wear this this- it’s so close and personal and will only project with a lot of heat.
OOTD: Navy blue polka dot wrap top, high waist jeans and my fuschia running shoes. I could not find my flats for some reason.
Excellent outfit to go with Infusion d’Iris! You look cute and smell great!
Why thank you!
Penhaligons Bluebell, because it’s spring and it always always reminds me of Brighton and the crisp English seaside and ocean as well as green green woods and fresh bluebells. I know it gets a lot of mixed reactions but for me it really is just clean and bracing and delightful at this time of year. Plus the colour of the perfume is so blue!
I love Bluebell, I had a bottle pre perfumista days, and also find the scent very evocative, u smell lovely my dear!
Thank you! Evocative is absolutely the right word.
Lipstick Rose.
Hey Twin! You smell great!
Yay! So do you!
I think today will be a Cristalle kind of day.
Encouraged by your cries of Alahiiine! I couldn’t not know what it smelled like so have ordered the Teo Cabanel sample set. What a great deal! Can’t wait to try them.
That sample set *is* a good deal – especially with the discount you get for ordering a bottle afterward. I’m still dithering between Early Roses and Lace Garden.
Mals86=Alahiiiine enabler
The samples that I haven’t tried are Early Roses & Barkhane.
Lace Garden is beautiful! Sitting on my hands…
Yay!
I have seen all kinds of praise for Alahine but haven’t tried any of that line yet.
Thanks for passing along the sample info…off to their website I go to order!
I was pleasantly surprised to find that the set is of all 8 fragrances for less than 10 euros! Double plus that they apply credit against a full bottle purchase. If only every line did this…
SOTD: Miss Dior Le Parfum
Had no idea it’s the tower’s birthday and by pure chance that I am wearing something from a French house today makes me happy
Maybe I will just spritz on some What We Do In Paris on my wrist later too!
Wearing Prada No. 9 Benjoin, an HG that always manages to feed my benzoin addiction quite nicely, and is so very easy to wear, anytime. Drinking Paromi Orange & Chocolate tea, which I normally make my evening ‘dessert,’ but as the morning is already off to a bad start, I’ve decided to have my dessert for breakfast.
Wish I could have gotten my hands on some of that perfume, but they made it so hard to get!
Life is uncertain, eat dessert first.
Smell Bent’s Tok’yo Mama Fizzzzz.
Love that name! It even sounds fun!
Starting fun Friday today, with Gucci Rush. I love this perfume, it’s fun, trashy and has great silage and lasting power, it’s a ridiculously optimistic scent, always uplifting, and great on cool spring days like today.
Rush is perfect!
Trying out MFK À la Rose today…
Very lovely…rose, violet and woods with some powder to boot…
I have the Women’s sampler coffret of his and while I haven’t felt the need to buy any full bottles yet, they are all nicely done and solid offerings. Are they worth the price point? Not sure but they don’t leave me bereft as some newly tried niche houses have of late…
I absolutely hated a la Rose on paper. Then I found the paper again in the car couple of days later and was really impresses
I’ve only smelt this on paper, and need to try on my skin, I thought it was heavenly.
this one is really elegant.
Starting fun early as well with Tocadilly. Very spring-y!
Dressing it up today today with the help of Coromandel after wearing a nightgown to work yesterday.
Was work having a pajama party?
I wish! My overly casual dress yesterday looked like a nightgown.
Silly. I’m sure you looked lovely yesterday. I live and work in a rural area. Any type of dress is considered dressed up here.
I know what you mean though. When you wear something and it just doesn’t feel right. You smell great today!
Re-frame that dress from nightgown to “relaxed elegance” and wear it again next week. It will come right in your mind.
Keiko Mechieri Jasmine and plenty of sun streaming into the window (and coffee) are bound to perk me up, right?
It’s a fun, airy jasmine made funner by the fact I picked it up for the cost of a sample, and it will disappear later for me to pick another something fun.
Such a perfect day! That is a terrific jasmine.
That always makes perfume more fun!
Creed Fleurs de Gardenia from a generous sample-I spilled about half of it on me, and smell really great , if not exactly like gardenia.
I don’t get a lot of projection from this, but it is holding up pretty well close to my skin, and I keep smelling the back of my hand. I think I will get a spray decant of this when my sample is gone. Maybe I’LL find it a t a discounters snd get a large spray sample.
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A beautiful sunny spring day in San Diego, wearing dessert in the form of Profumum Meringa – sweet lemony goodness!
Mmmmmm. You smell great! I’m thinking of Meringa for tomorrow.
I’m wearing lemony soap suds…Lale (which I really like because it reminds me of brommley soap and summer holidays) and just realised I can wave to you from across the Pacific when I go down to the beach for a walk later.
Waving back!!
Bathed with Lush’s Whoosh bath jelly today, then put on some of their Celebrate cream (citrus-champagne) and then finished off with some Eau de Rochas. I’v become wary of layering in the last while – but this combo is working REALLY well
I love Eau de Rochas but it hasn’t been warm enough in my hood to wear it yet this spring. I love to wear it in hot weather. I don’t know the other products but I’m sure you smell fantastic!
Not sure about fantastic, but I definitely smell effervescent! Usually I think of citrus as being for summer but sometimes it brightens up a cold day. It’s heading for Autumn in my part of the world but Eau de Rochas has a nice depth to it. I know some citrus scents are more one-dimensional and sharp which makes them better for really hot days.
Santal massoia today, conforting
A bit disappointed by the gray weather here, with so many people luxuriating in the sun! SOTD is vintage Safari cologne – this bottle has a deliciously bitter galbanum edge, yum.
Totted up my Paypal purchases for the 1st quarter and am ready to make my confession to Donatella soon. (Vintage mini parfum bottles, my perennial downfall… I bought SIX.)
It was supposed to be sunny here, but turned out grey too. Blah.
I’m wearing Cuir de Russie today, and testing Divine L’Infante and Après l’Ondée. I didn’t like either of those when I first tried them, but I’m enjoying them now. I’ve also realized what Après l’Ondée reminds me of: Chanukah menorah candles, so I’ve accidentally come across a “fun” scent.
That is a fun association! I will look for it next time I wear AlO.
Here I was thinking of Gustave Eiffel, and–bam!–I just saw that Zaha Hadid has died of a heart attack. What a bummer and loss; she should have had many years of work left. I started out college studying architecture, and although I changed my major, I was thrilled to once see her in person years Iater in London. I will have to try to find some suitable scent to honor her…
Jeepers. She can’t have been very old.
Jeepers is a word from my high school days and one I used so often. I don’t know if it was popular throughout the states or around the world, and I don’t know its origin–the wartime Jeep? (I get hung up on words, sorry.)
I know it from watching “Scooby Doo”. It was one of Velma’s favorite words.
Jeepers creepers where’d you get those peepers? They don’t write songs like that anymore…
No, she was only 65.
That’s sad to hear. Such a loss. I never studied architecture (though occasionally wish I had), but I have a general interest in it and admired her work.
She did really cool work.
My first response to this was “oh no.” She was the only woman I had heard of who rose to such prominence in architecture, and I admired her work.
Exactly. I actually said, “No! No!” to the TV, and I certainly can’t think of any other woman to reach the same level in architecture–which is part of why it’s such a big loss. ????
Very sad.
I saw quite a good film a while back about Elizabeth Bishop and her relationship with the Brazilian architect Lota de Macedo Soares.
What a shame. I was an architecture student for a time too and always greatly admired her.
First time really wearing Ostara, and finding it is just the thing for a rainy but warm spring day. I feel at-one with the daffodils.
Best of days to you all! It’s already April Fool’s Day here, and I was woken by a wailing Dakkie. His little lilac-pointed heart was utterly breaking over something, but he seems to have been restored by a two-handed tummy rub and five Temptations– he’sxaddicted to those things. Wish everything in life were so easy to fix!
I tried to find a fun perfume, but nothing immediately said grins and giggles to me. I thought of LouLou, but it seemed too conscientious about being young and fun-oriented….I wondered about Angel, but it glowered at me when I reached for it. Then I considered Angel Innocent, and thought I was getting somewhere but was distracted by Wrappings, wandered off towards Bronze Goddess, dithered gently over 5 Eau Premiere, and finally came to rest in front of my old bottle of Aqua Allegoria Vanille et Ylang. Now, I love this stuff, though I don’t wear it often now. I first bought it in 2000, and though I didn’t understand at the time, I think it was the first indication of my long affaire with gourmands. So that’s what I’m in, with my torn jeans, a trucker’s shirt, alternating scarlet and gold toenails (why not?) and a furry Dakkie to accessorise. He looks good with the shirt– the colours blend rather well.
Took me a while! There’s a moral to all this indecision: if I have so much trouble choosing a perfume for pure fun, it must mean I don’t have enough fun in my life. So. Fun will happen! and that’s not meant to be as grimly determined as it sounds!
I am having trouble with the fun project, which makes me also wonder if I need to change something in my life! So then I thought, what are my kitties favorite perfumes? They are the best fun in my life, but their favorite scents are ones I might not want to wear to work!
Yes, I think Dakkie would love best if I smelt like Temptations, but essence of rat is definitely not what I want to wear out and about, or even in and around…he is a bit random in what he likes. Isabella seems to like vanilla things, so she and I are doing OK today. BTW, this “essence of rat” thing is not my original thought–it comes from our vet, who assures me that clever people in labs have assembled a cocktail of chemicals that can make a cat see something from a packet and think “rat! eat now! more please!” I dunno anything about that, except that if we run out of the damn things, life in our house turns tragic. Dakkie doesn’t manage very well without them!
Waterdragon, which Temptations flavor smells like rat? I have a rescue kitty who turns her nose up at treats. Maybe I’m aiming too high with seafood and chicken.
Oh, it’s Tasty Chicken flavour, according to the vet, but I got the impression that they’ve all been sprayed with something that’s meant to be delicious to cats. I know that Dakkie would rather eat the feline equivalent of junk food than his nice joint of rabbit! His brain is about the size of a pea, and there’s no reasoning with him, either!
http://www.massey.ac.nz/massey/about-massey/news/article.cfm?mnarticle_uuid=CA3CE18B-96BF-57FE-A205-8F8C77138C62
Did you ever see this study? About creating a ‘rat perfume’ . I actually think they put drugs in cat and dog treats because they seem so addictive. The dog ones are called Smackos which just confirms my suspicions.
Yet– they’re the canine equivalent of Temptations. I’m sure they’re the reason Dakkie’s waist is so large and his tummy so capacious.
It is just like human food chemistry I imagine – getting the flavour of a packet of crisps just right so you want to eat the whole thing!
Love the sound of that pedicure!
It’s a bit startling, but I that’s OK. My neighbours (retired Catholic priests) are such great gentlemen that they just smile at me is a benign way, no matter what.
It was kind of gray this morning, so I decided I wanted something bright and went with Calyx.
Perfect antidote!
Calyx is the ultimate uplifting scent!! I love that one…..
Wearing Une Rose today in order to be properly French and also grown up for yet more meetings. Wearing a just the right kind of red maroon three quarter sleeve cashmere sweater, with which I realize I always wear Une Rose. Happy almost Friday!
you smell incredible. hope the meetings went well!
I often match my perfume with my sweaters, as they don’t get washed frequently so whatever perfume I wear with it has to blend with the previous scents still clinging to it.
Friday here already, and wearing Fragonard’s Billet Doux. The perfume is very flowery and light-hearted, but the gold bottle is wonderfully frivolous!
I smelt that when I was in France, and I’m kicking myself for not buying it. You smell exactly like the challenge–fun and lighthearted. Those Fragonards are good quality and a good price, I think.
I wore that perfume all the time (once) . I bought it at World…might still have it, Waterdragon.
MFK Baccarat Rouge 540, love that blood orange amberwood. It’s quite tenacious on me too, (which I like) much to the displeasure of some of my co-workers. However I’m off today and it’s a brisk spring day in San Francisco so I treated myself to two full sprays!
Head has cleared up a bit. Feeling caressed by une Fleur de Cassie.
you smell lovely.
Happy Birthday, Eiffel Tower! When I visited there, I was surprised to learn it had its own post office within and I remembered how much fun It was to send postcards to friends and family back home directly from the Eiffel Tower!
The duality of today’s weather – look out one window, blue skies, puffy white clouds, sunshine; look out another, ominous black sky devoid of anything except darkness – inspired my choice of today’s scent, Cartier Le Baiser du Dragon. Will it be the Dragon’s fiery breath or his soft, gentle kiss that will win out today? It’s hard to tell, as a few nasty storms come and go with bouts of sun in between. Mostly the dragon is scenting me with vetiver today, which is fine with me (I’m wearing the body lotion today as it’s rather warm here.) I have it in body creme, body lotion, extrait, and edp forms and love them all in that order. I read that it has been reformulated and am glad I have a lifetime supply of this complex ever-changing fragrance.
The last time I saw the Eiffel Tower, there were no sparkly lights on it–I should remedy that sometime soon. I’m wearing Lush Lust today from the swap. I’m spackling hundreds of little holes in my drywall after taking down the ugly wood paneling. I am not exaggerating, after sixty years of pictures and Christmas lights and who knows what else the walls are dotted everywhere with holes, most just a shade too big for paint to fill. I’m listening to Sting.
I love projects like that. They go from a burst of gung ho ambition, through cramping muscles and tear inducing boredom, to a real sense of pride in accomplishment that you can gaze upon for years to come. Congrats.
Thanks!
Love the picture of the macarons, Robin. Unfortunately, it is making me want some!
SOTD = Calvin Klein Euphoria. A really fun pomegranate top note to this one for me. Inspired to wear it by another commenter who had picked it earlier this week.
Definitely fun – you smell great!
Thank you!
SOTD is Buddha’s Fig by Infusion Organique, a very nice green fig from a sample that’s been in the back of a drawer. It turned out to be a good choice for a warm day.
I’m in a vetiver mood today. I’ve started with Carven Vetiver shower gel and topped off with Hermes Vetiver Tonka. This evening I will be wearing Diptyque Vetiveryio.
I like the Carven shower gel, but does smell a little like TCP to my nose, but the VT helps tone it down. As for the DV, I love this stuff but it doesn’t seem to last, hey ho, I’ll have to spritz with abandon. ????????????
Continuing my week of fun to me fragrances, I happen to be scent siblings with Robin – woo hoo! It’s a rare event!
SOTD = Lab on Fire What We Do in Paris is Secret
This was probably my 2nd purchase ever from Luckyscent and despite criticisms to the contrary, the utilitarian bottle design is quite appealing to me. I also love the juice, with its honey sweet almond lychee opening and loads of tonka bean, heliotrope and vanilla. It reminded me of what I wore yesterday – Lush 25:43! The fun factor is the name.
I did some retail therapy today, buying a back-up bottle of No.19 EDP. I have to compare the box with the one I bought last year as I thought it had a limited edition tag on it but then again, perhaps it was just an online tag. The SA said it probably says Limited Edition on the website as only the stand-alone boutiques have it. I raised my eyebrows and said Saks carries it, as does Bergdorfs. I scored 2 samples which the SA decanted (unusual!) — Eau de Cologne and Gardenia. Since Bergdorfs was on my walk down to NYPenn, I decided to stop by and scored samples of Memo Iris Inle. It smells good on paper!
Sounds like a highly successful and satisfying perfume day, hajusuuri!
I think Lab on Fire is a descendant of S-Perfumes, isn’t it? I’ve been planning to wear S-Perfumes 100% Love, which, to me, is a rose-chocolate-raspberry perfume that always reminds me of a delicious, buttery chocolate raspberry truffle – definitely one of my ideas of fun.
Until I looked up Robin’s review, I had not focused on the fact that 100% Love was composed by Sophia Grojsman. I’d better go spray some on while it’s still International Women’s Month!
https://nstperfume.com/2005/03/11/sperfume-100-love-fragrance-review/
FYI for those in D.C., I had a delicious pistachio cream-filled macaron at Paul on F Street, N.W., between 13th and 14th. They also have other flavors, such as raspberry.