Friday! Plus, Leonardo da Vinci's birthday and World Art Day. Our community project for today: we're wearing rose for What's in a name, part 1 ("What's in a name? That which we call a rose / By any other name would smell as sweet").
What fragrance did you pick? As always, do chime in with your scent of the day even if you’re not participating in the community project.
I'm in Une Rose by Frédéric Malle. I smell pretty much perfect.
Reminder: on 4/22 we're doing What's in a name, part 2 — we'll be wearing "misnamed" fragrances. You can interpret that howsoever you wish. The project was suggested by Dilana, who noted that Jardins d’Écrivains Orlando smelled like traditional honey cake instead of a modernist multi-gender novel or hero/heroine. If you like, tell us what your fragrance should have been called, and/or tell us what the fragrance you're wearing should have smelled like in order to fit its name.
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: image is Old-Fashioned [background extended] by Garry Knight at flickr; some rights reserved.
Noir de Noir (Tom Ford). TGIF!
I would be happier about Friday if my taxes were done. Still have local to finish.
I screwed up my taxes really bad several years go, so now I pay an accountant to do them. I still have to organize everything beforehand, I’m not one who can just hand over a pile of paperwork and expect someone to make sense of it.
Oh ugh, I’m so sorry.
Ditto that for me on state and local. Boo!
I did fed & state. Our local is the easiest…it takes about 10 minutes. But I just can’t seem to make myself do them! Obviously a mental block that requires a perfume purchase
Lol!
Now you’re talking, Robin!
Presumably the perfume then becomes an allowable expense to be offset against tax…
you smell great.
Noir de Noir is one of my absolute favs! You smell divine????
Yes, Robin, you absolutely do smell pretty much perfect!
sotd: ELdO Rossy de Palma
Rose week has been fun (and so easy with lots to choose from in my collection)
I think Rose week was very easy and fun to dab into some rose perfumes I haven’t sampled in awhile.
Rossy is wonderful!
I think I managed 11 days of rose? I enjoyed it too.
I didn’t get in all my rose scents this week. I could have easily done a few more days.
This was a fun week! It really helped mitigate the issue of taxes,Mexico are not done yet.
which are not done…will go to Mexico if they don’t get done!
LOL — that works for me, perhaps I’ll join you
FINALLY dabbed on some “Knowing.” Per my usual, I fell asleep in it. I have the BEST-smelling beat-up nightshirt ever.
Nice!
You’re right, that is one fantastic smelling nightshirt!
Twins! I was surprised by how much I like Knowing.
Tauer Une Rose Chypree. I find this blend of rose, aromatic herbs and cinnamon very calming and relaxing.
So pretty. You smell amazing.
I get this Moroccan desert dust feeling from the accord. Is that the Tauernade?
Thank you, Petunia.
Nick, I do not know Tauer perfumes well enough to judge, but there is something slightly dusty in this perfume, now that you mentioned it. Overall, however, on me it keeps shifting between a walk in the garden after the rain and something edible, foody.
Twins! I love this one.
Gorgeous! One of my favorite roses.
FRIDAY FRIDAY FRIDAY FRIDAY FRIDAY!! (It’s possible that I’m a little excited about Friday!)
SOTD: Tresor Midnight Rose. Love everything about this scent….the black current and the rose are a beautiful combination!
Looking forward to reading about all the rosy scents today!! Mmmmmm
I tried Tresor MR once and was impressed. Tresor is the scent my grandmother wore, and it brings back memories of her. She wore that and Escape, oil of olay face lotion, and used Biologe or something like that, hair care. All those scents remind me of her.. Sweet memories
Whenever I see Escape, I think of my ex-brother-in-law, who once pronounced it as Ess-cop-ay. So, I can’t stop calling it that….
LOL!
I agree. It is lovely!
I sampled TMR one time at the Lancome counter, and I thought it was pretty nice.
This perfume is one that is SO much better on the skin, than blotter. As it warms, it really changes to the most gorgeous drydown. One of the best!
I share your enthusiasm for Friday in spirit, but in physical form I’m slumped over my desk needing more coffee. I didn’t sleep all that well last night.
I’ll have to test TMR. My mom had Tresor, but I’ve not even smelled that in a long time.
I love this one, too, black currant and rose, two of my favorite notes. I still love, but only occasionally wear, the original Tresor, in very tiny amounts. It’s potent!
Diva Emanuel Ungaro, EDP.
Honey, flowers, and sandalwood. Rose, narcissus, tuberose, ylang ylang.
Beautiful, matching the sunny morning!
Are you wearing vintage or recent?. I am very curious to try this one, sounds perfect.
I purchased it mid ’90s, made in Italy by Ferragamo Parfums, as per the box.
Confession time, bless me Donatella ! I had a job five minutes away from an outlet mall with 20 perfume shops in addition to Nordstrom, Saks, Neiman outlets. Also, an Estee Lauder outlet. Spent my lunch hour at a different store, and by the time I batted around, started all over.
Great for my collection, my wallet cowered in fear.
Wow, lucky you to be so close to all that perfume!
That is just so awesome. I would also have wallet troubles if I was so close to so many shops. Wow. It must be fun though! And Diva is gorgeous so you smell fantastic!
Bear, I wore Diva in high school! makes me laugh that I wore such a grown-up, knock-out scent when I was a kid
I wore Canoe in high school. Like Old Spice, originally marketed to women, then became a ‘man’s scent’. You smelled great!
My first boyfriend wore Canoe. Ah, memories!!
Oh, in those days, I could not afford the bottles like Armani Code nor Acqua di Gio at the normal height of the shelf; they were so expensive. And I could only reach for the bottom shelf — the old or the ‘unfashionable’ ones. I wanted a piece of luxury, so I picked Chanel. There were Pour Monsieur, Antaeus, and Egoiste. A monsieur, I was not. No beard and moustache, I had no need of announcing the virility with Antaeus. The most wearable in later stages was Egoiste. It became my first.
Sandalwood goodness, Egoiste.
You smelled wonderful, Nick.
Deep old school love for Diva! If it’s an older version, I’m envious????
Wow that has pretty much convinced me I have to smell it. Now you’re going to tell me it’s discontinued aren’t you?
Gorgeous! Maybe I’ll wear it tomorrow.
Rose Day = my time to shine!
I’m in Rose Absolue by Annick Goutal. Bonus romantic association: My husband bought it for me on our honeymoon in Montreal.
I wish I had some rose tea to drink, but I seem to have finished it all, so it’s jasmine tea instead.
Do you have some dried rose petals, you can add them to your tea.
That would be nice, unfortunately no. Have to wait for the roses to start blooming again.
I have a bag a friend brought me back from Jordan, and that as a long time ago. It actually will last a long time is what I am trying to say. You can but them in tea or sometimes I make rose water with them and will add them to cooking recipes
How nice that he knew what you would like. I gifted my mother with a Misia sample in an attempt to rid her of YSL Baby Doll, but she has since relegated it to the back of the shelf. I cannot fathom why she would switch from Diorissimo in her first time with perfume and Un Jardin Sur Le Nil in her Hermès phase to YSL Baby Dol…
Of course he knew, because I picked it out!
I have never tried Baby Doll but the name is…not promising. Maybe you can give her a little Rose Ikebana or Quel Amour! to try? Similar fruity-rose concept, but…classier.
Baby Doll smells like the Rhode Island state fair to me, with cotton candy and the grapefruit standing in for seaweed.
Yes, pretty much that. I did not want to break it to her, though
Ah, Rose Ikebana! Yes, I should try something along that rose.
You smell lovely. That’s a great rose scent.
You do smell lovely, it’s a pretty perfect rose scent.
Divine Spirituelle…beautiful beautiful rose.
Tea..Paris Breakfast with some added rose petals
Lips..Les Delices de Rose Chantecaille
Everything Rose today!
Thanks for you kind comments yesterday regarding my work-kid-life balance. My proposal to my boss for flexibility was denied in case anyone wanted an update.
I’m sorry your boss isn’t more sympathetic. How do you feel about it? And no matter what, you smell great.
Drat.
Blerg. Does this add more weight to the stay-home-full-time idea?
Boo, that’s a shame your boss wasn’t understanding at all.
Drat is right.
Try new teas.. and maybe, just maybe, make it to a NYC meet up to meet and connect with some of my other fumey friends because I will have the time.
Frankly, I don’t want to support an institution that doesn’t support any flexibility for women returning back to work. Maybe I am being to harsh? The irony of it all is that I work in women’s health in a high level position.
Looking forward, I see an opportunity to be with my kids and be a mom above all else, to read more and see what my next step is, and most importantly, wear some beautiful perfumes every day
Sounds like a great plan! Did you hand in your resignation yet?
I hope that this will be taken in the spirit it is being offered. Part of your decision WILL be determined about supporting an institution without flexibility and it’s so painful. But jobs are about money and insurance coverage and financial futures. PLEASE make sure that you give yourself a month or so before making a decision. That month will make the decision worth it. Making the change to go back requires at least that amount of time to evaluate, I think. Of course, you and your husband may have already put that time into it before you went back, so forgive me if I am miss peaking.
**misspeaking. Sincerely, Miss Peaking…
Before I make decisions I ask myself 3 questions regarding my job.
1. Do I see myself retiring in this field?
2. What are my concerns about staying home with the babies
3. Am I still passionate about my job and still feel excited about it.
When you are completely honest with yourself you can make better judgements regardless of what the length of time you give, a day or a month. Most people know many answers to their problems but have a hard time coming to terms with it themselves.
HI Miss Peaking :p
I appreciate that advice.
I’m sorry this time the arrangement didn’t work out. The very organizations that provide healthcare to the public often do an inadequate job of supporting their principles internally.
I am sorry you are put in a difficult position but it sounds like you are clear on what is best for you and your family. Hope you have a good and restful weekend and find the peace to make the decision. Meanwhile you smell lovely.
Really sounds like you’ve made the best decision for you’re family, they are tiny for such a short time!
Argh. What is the matter with people. I’m so sorry.
That is what I was thinking! They would rather lose a brilliant experienced worker with a long work history than compromise on hours. Or, at least allow flexibility to work from home . All the best Lovetosmellgood! Maybe in three years time you will go back to work and be in a position where you can sack the lot of them.
So who was doing your work while you were on leave? The lack of flexibility just perplexes me and infuriates me.
The only rose I have is Rose 31 and I’m not feeling that this morning. Today I’m in Slumberhouse’s Pear + Olive. Enjoy this beautiful day everyone!
I am not feeling the rose either, and was thinking of Pear + Olive, but got waylaid by No. 19 for another day of not having anything go awry.
Pear + Olive makes every day brighter and more beautiful.
Kilian Rose Oud for me today. Mmm…
You smell beautiful !
Lovely stuff!
One of my absolute favorites!
My favorite rose oud! You smell delish.
you smell wonderful.
One of the greats. Turns out it took the talents of Calice Becker to make oud appealing to me.
I have to retry this. It was great seeing you yesterday. Hrrrmph that we have to share you with the Boston fumies
Scent twins! I used up the very last of my sample and debating whether to get another.
Post showe, I will put on Shiseido White Rose. IMHO, White Rose is the most perfect rose perfume ever.
Shiseido White Rose….so beautiful…makes me weak
White Rose is very lovely!
I’m SO tempted to buy this. I keep reading really good reviews of it. That and it being an elusive Japanese fragrance is kinda tempting enough in itself for me to want it.
if it helps….while I do think the Shiseido is beautiful, there are still so many roses which are also beautiful. I’m trying to say that sometimes the exclusive and elusive nature of certain scents creates an overblown mystique. Have you tried any of the Annick Goutal roses? Or perhaps Creed Fleur de The Rose Bulgare? Or MDCI Rose de Siwa?
I was thinking similar thoughts: it is a very beautiful rose, but the one that I think is closest and most easy to get is the Goutal roses.
I have worn AG Rose Absolue and loved it. I know that the hype may not entirely be worth the chase with some scents.
I got mine from TPC a few years ago–they had a partial bottle for sale–so I didn’t have to deal with international shipping issues.
I do consider it to be the most perfect rose scent I have tried, and I have tried quite a few. I don’t regard a perfume as a “rose” perfume unless the rose is front and center. Unfortunately, most rose soliflores have a sour aspect that I do not care for, or else they are too sharp and shrill. Two that I have tried that did NOT have these failings on my skin are Yosh Sottile (available from Lucky Scent) and AG Rose Absolue. I did NOT care for AG Rose Splendide, which the SA tried to sell me when I asked about Rose Absolue, and they did not have it in stock.
Nice! The only bottles available these days are on ebay and I cringe looking at the prices.
AG Rose Absolue is wonderful. I’ve not tried Spendide, but heard that Absolue is better.
Actually, I paid about as much for my 1/2 bottle as the price of a full bottle on ebay. It was already in the US, though, so I had no worries about international shipping, customs, etc. About the same time, I wanted to buy AG Rose Absolue, but it was not in stock in any of the stores, or any of the online sources I checked. The NM SA tried to sell me Rose Splendide, which was in stock, claiming it was practically the same. It is not, and I did not want it. I do like Rose Absolue, but I still like White Rose better. As for the price, do keep in mind that it is rather concentrated. I am not sure if it is an extrait or a high concentration EdP, but it only needs to be lightly dabbed, not sprayed or applied lavishly. In any case, there are a great many perfume that are far more expensive. I am not saying everyone should buy it, but I have never regretted my purchase for a moment.
So far I have resisted trying White Rose, but you are making it difficult for me to retain any willpower!
Has anyone tried Rosarium?
You have just reminded me that I’m dying to try this one day. I wonder if I even know someone who has it….
sotd TF Venetian Bergamot
Tea- strong coffee
Lipstick- Chanel articulate
Veered off into sample land, wearing a generous dose of Santalum Slivers, which, after the entertaining citrusy opening has some rose nestled in its bright little heart. This is a unexpectedly cheerful scent, good for this bright but still chilly spring day. Kerosene has a lot of great scents. I can’t do the tobaccoy ones, but Pretty Machine, R’oud Elements and now Santalum Slivers are all very nice fragrances. I will be buying Pretty Machine when my spray sample is gone, and I will at least get decants of these other two, for sure, as time goes on. A very interesting indie house. Totally unaffiliated – don’t know why I made this sound like a commercial. Happy Friday, everyone! I am going to burn my totally overgrown veggie garden this weekend. What fun!
And I love that image of those roses, Robin.
Isn’t that lovely?
And, of course so is Pretty Machine — really like that one.
I completely forgot, I have the discontinued Whips and Roses!
Thanks for reminding me!
I like SS a lot too. You smell great.
The first time I wore it, it seemed like not much, but it was very cold that day. Today is still not hot by any means, but warmer, and this just suits me today.
Yes I’ve been saving it for summer.
I have never tried Une Rose on skin! I’ll have to rectify that next shopping trip!
I was going to wear Nahema which doesn’t particularly remind me of rose, but decided to go with MKK, which smells rosy enough to me. Love this styff, though I’m sadly running out.
Ah, I like Guerlinade rose of Nahéma parfum. I will probably pester the SA for a decant from her shelf since it has been discontinued.
I would spray Une Rose on a fake rose bouquet and probably people would be confused.
I haven’t tried the parfum, and not sure if I will be able to! I do have some vintage parfum de toilette, though. Any roses I smell are dried! I do enjoy it though, especially on my clothes.
Oh, you can and free of cost! Just search for the counters that have those small 15 ml cube testers. All the Guerlain inside are all in parfum concentration even the ones that are not sold in such concentration. This is how I access the pricy Guerlains
I love Nahema, but I only like to wear it in the fall.
Oh do…it’s such a cool scent.
Rose Anonime by Atelier Cologne. It’s a strange one, I rather like it, in spite of my usual dislike for roses.
I am starting to explore their line, very impressed first by the longevity and intensity of Orange Sanguine. And now by Blanche Immortelle.
I’m wearing Demeter’s Pruning Shears.
I’m intellectually intrigued by that one, but experience tells me that I have a strong aversion to metallic notes in my perfume (Bas de Soie and Envy nearly killllled me, y’all), so I have not tried Pruning Shears. I’m glad it exists, though.
Oh, forgot all about Pruning Shears! Great scent. Francis Kurkdjian, IIRC. My sample has probably evaporated by now.
Started off the day with BPAL Morocco (Arabian, warm musk, carnation, red sandalwood and cassia) for an early am meeting and now layered on top Tauer’s Un Rose, which doesn’t smell at all like a rose, at least to me.
Happy Fabulous Friday! ????
Guess I should clarify: PHI Un Rose de Kandahar.
I’m in Une Rose de Kandahar, too, but it’s not really all that rosy, is it? So I gave it a little jolt of Floris China Rose, which isn’t interesting enough to wear by itself but which adds a welcome blast of rose to other, better scents.
Really? I get lots of rose plus tobacco and a bit of apricot.
I pulled out all the stops for today and am wearing:
Paris EDP on the usual places.
Paris EDT in my hair
And to make matters still more fun I used Paris bodycream after my morning shower. I think I must have some big sillage, but in a good way.
Hah! Your multi-layered application makes me smile. I should try wearing perfume in my hair. Do you find it lasts longer than on skin? Does it do anything wonky to your hair? Just curious.
Yes it lasts longer, and no it doesn’t seem to affect my hair. Mind you, I think my hair is bomb-proof. I was blessed in that department. It also gives you a great, if not very discreet, sillage.
WOW! You smell wonderful! Paris is just so lovely. It must be a go big or go home kind of day.
Lean over here, I want to smell you!
Twins! Except just the EDT for me. Recently sampled the EDP, but I ended up buying the EDT because it reminded me more of the Paris I wore in high school (in the 80s). You smell great!
You all smell rosy!
I am wearing a tiny spritz of Byredo Gypsy Water for the comforting sandalwood. On a plane so chose something calming and quiet.
Hope you’re off to someplace fun!
Sun & Fun!
You go crimson, I go galbanum green. Sniffing Vent Vert.
Great choice.
You smell wonderful! My favorite green! Galbanum, yes!
I chose Sballo by Bruno Acampora for the community project. It’s a gorgeous rough rose/geranium chypre. Love, Love, Love it. I used a few spritzes of the EDP with a few drops of the oil. This is one of my top five scents and is one of my HG desert Island scents. TGIF!
BTW, gorgeous picture Robin! They are literally cabbage roses.
Thanks for the Sballo sample, Petunia! Old school chypre, and very green and earthy! I didn’t realize it was originally created in 1977, so it IS old school.
I hope that you enjoy it Elisa. Although I love it, I know that it won’t be for everyone.
Rose scents often go a bit sour on me, but one that works is Rose Anonyme layered with Cuir Mauresque. Foggy morning here and a bit cool, and the warmth of RA/CM is most welcome. Goes well with my coffee too!
I should try that combination. I tried layering a few times, but was never satisfied. I either thought that the ratio of one fragrance to the other should be more precise (which is hard to get with layering), or-more often- they were incompatible altogether
You’re absolutely right that the ratio can make or break a layering combination. If you do try the Rose Anonyme/Cuir Mauresque pairing, here’s my ratio: a tiny amount of the RA, and a “normal” amount (whatever that is for you) of CM. It’s been consistently good for me, anyway!
Just a spritz this morning (very early…5:30 am) of Ta’if. Used the body lotion after my shower last night. Will replenish with another spritz soon….
Ta’if is so gorgeous. I have some of the bath oil and the scent of it lasts for a very long time.
Lyric today. I love the spiciness under the rose!
So much to love about Lyric. You smell gooood!
You smell divine. The spices are so nice in Lyric.
Scent twins! Lyric is one of my HG fragrances.
I’m wearing the original Agent Provocateur, which is the only rose-centric bottle I own! I’m wearing dark red lipstick too because it’s not really the kind of scent I can rock without Committing. It’s such a delicious perfume, I should wear it more…
Have not smelled it in ages! Do you know if it’s been reformulated? (I mean, it must have by now, but do you know if it’s been noticeably reformulated?)
gosh, I don’t know! I got my bottle a few years ago and it’s in great form – tenacious and warm with a persistent darkish honeyed rose note. I haven’t tried anything more recent!
SOTD Apres l’Ondee. There might be a smidge of rose in it somewhere, but bah. We’ve been having spring sunshine and showers, and roses don’t flower till June anyway. I bought the bottle blind and like it more each time I wear it.
You smell perfect for the weather we’re having,I really enjoyed it too, and can imagine it being lovely on a rainy day. I will definitely be buying a bottle next spring!
Yes, it’s really more Pendant l’Ondee today, isn’t it? But it’s still good. And longevity is really not bad – after 11 hours it’s mostly but not entirely a skin scent. I got a nice waft of it when I sat down on the train.
Grisette is my rose contribution to the project. A baby pink, sparkly rose.
I’m very I intrigued by this one with a sample on the way.
Mmmm, Une Rose *is* pretty much perfect. I need to wear that soon.
Today I started with Rose Jam shower gel followed by SSS Rose Musc, and am about to top it off with Brambleberry Rose tea.
You are really going for it! I admire your dedication – and organization.
Rose Jam +SSS Rose Musc – you smell great! (and, a lot, I expect…)
HAHA, I do smell quite a bit. I think that spraying perfume this morning actually woke my fiance up. The first thing he asked was if I was wearing musk. *Innocent whistle*
My husband says Rose Musc wears out his nose after a little while.
But it definitely attracts his attention.
Hahahaha! Love it. Who me?!
A trifecta!
As usual, I forgot about the community project, even though I was following the SOTD all week… but I bumbled into a rose scent by coincidence today anyway, which is generally how I participate
I’m in Charenton Macerations Asphalt Rose.
Errr… *Asphalt Rainbow.
I’ve been tempted to try this. What is it like for you?
I absolutely LOVE Christopher Street and it was such an oddball scent.
Cold still bad, getting worse, husky voice and painful cough, general malaise, in good spirits though. But…after reading Patricia’s post on BdJ about ‘Perfumes for when you are under the weather’, I found a perfect scent for today; Safran Troublant. A rose I love, and wears perfectly when under the weather.
ST is so nice and comforting when you’re not feeling well. Including that “morning after” feeling. I hope your cold goes away soon!
Hope you feel better soon! Safrant Troublant is a lovely, cozy scent.
I’m glad Safran Troublant is working for you today. Feel better soon!
It is great post with some hilarious comments, excellent for my immune system ????.
I hope you feel much better soon!!
Thank you all for your well wishes!
Get well soon!
Sorry to hear you’re feeling grotty, hope u feel better soon. Glad u are finding saffron troublant comforting.
I’m in Tea Rose. In my own cloud of it I should say, but I’m ok with that. SO glad it’s Friday. I’ve got an appointment this evening to fix my hair – finally.
I’m OK with your Tea Rose cloud too! It is a very cheerful scent.
It’s definitely perky and helping me stay awake, which I really need today.
I am wearing the all but forgotten Washington Tremlett Black Tie. Rose, saffron, and some spiciness.
Sounds delish!
Ah, liked that one! Whatever happened to Washington Tremlett? And who were they, anyway? Mysterious line that evaporated.
It is a bespoke Saville Row tailor named after the inventor of the modern necktie. I am going to search around to see if I have any Clove Absolute laying around.
Yay, I’m twins with Robin! We *do* smell pretty much perfect!
Against all accountability, I was called back in for a second interview today after feeling like I’d really bombed on my first one on Wednesday, so clearly the interviewers were responding to Mohur’s gracious influence and not to my mediocre performance. Here’s hoping Une Rose will similarly charm them…
You smell amazing! Good luck with the interview! I’m sure they will be similarly influenced by Une Rose.
Best of luck! You smell great????
Twins with you and Robin! I am also wearing rose scented lotion and having Kusmi rose tea.
Good luck on the interview!
Isabella, do you still have that Tauerville Incense flash rollerball? If you do, could you please email me at my user name at me dot com? Thanks!
I do! I’ll email you later today.
Hey twin, and congrats!!
I never realized how many “rose” based perfumes I have!
Today I’m wearing MFK A la Rose.
I have tons of rose samples! Several full bottles as well, but I swear I could go a month or two on just my rosy samples.
That one’s so pretty. So pricey, but so pretty.
I am wearing Diptyque eau rose. I am not sure about this one, it is o.k. but not my kind of rose, I prefer them a little less sharp and more powdery, it smells great on my daughter though. I have a relaxing day today, going for a manicure and a hair cut later.
I am wearing Dolce & Gabbanna Rosa Excelsa, from a sample I received from Ulta. It is pretty, fresh, slightly aquatic rosy , soft and feminine, with a musky dry down. It is lovely, but fleeting, I put it on at 6:30, and I can just barely get whiffs of it at 10:30, so that’s 4 hours longevity. It smells like a lot of current rose fragrances. I like it, but would not buy a FB of it, although the bottle is beautiful. I realized I do not have any strickly rose fumes, unless you count an old body spray of BBW Velvet Tuberose, which I am still not sure I like. I have received Chanel fragrances as gifts, and they have rose in them, but not rose centric.
Thanks for the detailed comment because was wondering if I should go find a tester, but does not sound like my thing.
SOTD is Annick Goutal Heure Exquise. A little bit of the dry body oil after shower, and a bunch of the edp to carry me through the day. I love this perfume. I am constantly amazed how Goutal put so many luscious ingredients together but managed to keep it so dry and yet so lush.
The only AG I have is Songes. I am putting this on my sample list… I am going to zsrphora this afternoon. Is AG at Sephora, I wonder…
That body oil was so lovely! On me, it wore pretty much as rose-sandalwood, hardly any galbanum. Shame it’s gone.
I am lucky to have a few bottles of the dbo. And there is almost no galbanum in the dbo. I sometimes think it is my favorite version of HE because it has the most rose.
One of the most beautiful fragrances ever made, you smell wonderful. Does it qualify as a rose Ann? I always thought it was an iris more than a rose, but I will be happily wrong and proudly wear it as a rose (by any other note)!
I’m interested to read what Ann has to say, since she loves HE more than I do, but I do smell quite a bit of rose in it along with the iris and galbanum.
I get a lot more rose out of the dry body oil and edp than I do the edt. I think of the edt as mostly a bitter aldehyde, iris sandalwood affair, and the edp as more “wet” with more rose in the opening and less bitter aldehyde but still with the great iris parts and sandalwood base. I get the most rose out of the dry body oil.
Thanks for this exquisite note detection. If only they would reissue the dry body oil.
That is the best combination of Heure Exquise. I’m so glad I got my bottle of it when I did. It’s beautiful.
I have recently tried Heure Exquise, and had been wanting to try it for so long.. It is so beautiful, an instant love for me, and I imagine it is such a versatile perfume too.
I just received my Heure Exquise package and sprayed it on – a blind purchase (and I have never liked any AG I’ve sniffed and hate a bottle of Eau de Charlotte I own from ages ago). It’s delicious, like a drier version of Cartier So Pretty. And as I’m holding my wrist to my nose, I am smelling such a clear scent of fresh lilacs or hyacinths, as if they were pressed into my skin. It may be galbanum and sandalwood creating that illusion.
I did get EDP.
Another Heure Exquise lover here! It was instant love for me too, some things take a while to grow on me, but Heure Exquise went straight to the top of the “buy as soon as I can find it” list.
I’m wearing MFK Lumiere Noir Pour Femme. I like the rose and patchouli. I thought it was a date night fragrance, but the spicer opening has settled down to the fragrance of a fresh arrangement of flowers in an earthy base.
I really love that one. Have gone through a 10ml decant and am now working on a swapmeet 5ml… still pondering if I want to sell one of my backup L’Arte di Gucci bottles and finance a bottle of LNpf with the proceeds. I might do it.
You smell great!
Lush Imogen Rose!
This one makes me so happy. It is more expensive than the other Lush perfume offerings in the U.S. , but rightly so. The quality of the rose they use shines and is thoroughly the star of the fragrance. The perfumer also made this fragrance for his daughter, Imogen, yet it isn’t girly. Instead, there is just enough vanilla and incense through the development to keep things interesting. Quite linear, but I am quite alright with that.
Friyay!!!
I’ve never tried Imogen Rose on skin, but I always sniff it when I’m in the store. I’m definitely going to have to test it out next time
I need to try that one.
I need to revisit this one. I have it in solid form (not sure if it’s available in other formats), and on me I recall it being an entire grain silo filled with baby powder, with one rose buried all the way at the bottom.
I love it. I like it best after an hour or two when it becomes either a mixture of rose and burning embers ( but not smoky), or rose – talcum powder ( depends on the day).
Taking a page from Robin’s book earlier this week, I’m wearing SSS Vintage Rose. Truly one of my favorite roses ever.
And I spritzed down my bathroom with Tea Rose. : )
I will definitely have to use my jug’o Tea Rose as a room spray as well. I’m thinking in my study would be nice.
I’ve had a bottle for years, use it pretty liberally and have barely made a dent.
Tea Rose is one of those fragrances that is twice life size. Just the smallest dab has so much power!
Exactly! I wrote a review about Tabu by Dana having the power to survive a nuclear fallout (along with cockroaches) and I may have to revise that to include Tea Rose.
Nice! Wonder what the boys in my family would say if I spritzed down the bathroom with Tea Rose? Maybe I’ll find out.
I often have good intentions and a plan for joining the community fragrance wearing on Friday, but then forget and go with something else.
Today I was successful: I’m wearing Lancome Mille et Une Roses which I think is a beautiful rose and is cheering me up for a crazy day at work. They’re also predicting 10 or more inches of heavy wet snow for us here (near Boulder, CO) starting tonight, and it’s the right kind of warm ambery rose for the coming weather as well.
That is such a pretty fragrance.
10 inches of SNOW? UGH. The groundhog was really off his game this year!!!
I’m hoping to finally plant some tomatoes this weekend, in Atlanta area….
MMM you smell great!
MeUR is a very beautiful rose fragrance. So soft and lovely. I also like to layer it with vetivers.
I’m still not ready for any fierce roses – just craving the gentle ones. Am in my favorite PdRosine Rose d’Ete today and a little sad that my bottle’s half gone, because I suspect that by the time I need a new bottle, it will probably have either been discontinued or reformulated.
Took Hunter-Dogly to the vet today for checkup and shots and toenail clipping, and he did *much* better this time than last year. Very healthy, and he totally did not bite anybody!! Of course, there are these bright red “WILL BITE” stickers all over his chart now, so they know to put the muzzle on him when they clip his nails. And he did growl really severely at a big bearded guy in the waiting room… as he was a rescue dog, I suspect we’ll never know what caused his antagonism toward big bearded guys in general… but I was able to restrain him without much trouble, and he was pretty calm by the time we were all done.
I always love to read comments that include dogs, makes me smike he was on good behaviour. I have one of those dog nail clippers that indicate with a red light if you are too close to the living part of the nail. Expensive but saves vet costs.
Smile
Fellow dog-lover here:)
I love the idea of “WILL BITE” stickers — ideally I would plaster my ridiculously cute but feisty little terrier mix in them so I didn’t have to pretend I’m not having kittens every time someone appears unannounced to have their toddler pet her;)
Well done Hunter-Dogly!
Hamamelis, I’m off to google those clippers…
Geordie they are called Quick Finder de Luxe, Deluxe safety nail clippper.
Great, thanks!
Hope you get over your cold soon, am sending you thoughts of hot lemon & honey & ginger:))
He SUPER hates being restrained. Again, I don’t know if he was abused at all by his first owners, but I tend to attribute any of his overreactions to his early experiences. He is very, very wary of men with beards.
I need one of those. Quicked my boy again last night.
I hate hurting him.
Does your dog have light or dark nails? Our Rott mix has dark nails with longer-than -average quicks, and even the vet nicks him occasionally.
Glad your vet visit was a success! It can be kinda exasperating knowing your pet can be troublesome for visits.
I had an old cat that ranked as the Second Most Evil Cat in Existence by my vet. She’s also one of my really good friends, so it’s ok that she gave my old cat that title, but geez the stories I’d hear after picking up my cat from visits…. you’d think she was possessed by the devil. She’s no longer with us – put down a few years ago – but she was very memorable for her fierceness.
Second Most Evil! That’s actually a great title (and now I would love to hear about the Most Evil, of course).
Apparently the Most Evil Cat had to be drugged before it even got to the vet or There Will Be Blood…. everywhere…. My vet has several scars from that cat.
Mine drew only a minor amount of blood, but she’d still try to attack the staff – with a muzzle on – in her cage. She’d stick our her paws and swipe at staff walking past her.
Oh good work Hunter-Dogly! What kind of dog is he, do you know?
He’s a mutt! We don’t actually know. I’m pretty sure there’s some Lab in there. Maybe some German Shepherd, maybe some beagle… he has teeny ears for a 50-pound dog, and a crinkled forehead, so the vet thinks he might have some Shar-Pei in him too.
The CEO says he is a “genuine Brown-Nosed Attention Hound.”
Oh, sounds adorable. Poor guy, so sorry anyone gave him a reason to feel so wary of bearded men
T-Rex hates having her nails clipped, too. We have worked long and hard on that issue. She still doesn’t like it but she tolerates it and lets me file off the sharp edges as well.
The vacuum was a whole separate issue! She is by nature very gregarious and friendly with animals and people alike, but she is incredibly aggressive towards the vacuum when I fire it up. At first I thought it was just puppy stuff and ignored it. It continued to escalate and I started verbal corrections, which basically went in one ear and out the other. Yap, yap, yap! Circle, dive in, bite the vacuum bumper, dive out, yap, yap, growl, yap…press repeat. Ugh. So, one day I had had enough, I got her leash, clipped one end to her collar and looped the other around the vacuum handle, fired it up and commenced vacuuming. Not a single peep out of her! She hates it and gets stressed, panting with her ears back and totally NOT LOOKING at the evil machine, but tough luck. We now vacuum together without all the drama. ????
Oh, I loved your story! I once had a dog who was never aggressive and hardly ever barked at anything but he went nuts when I brought out the vacuum cleaner. Thanks for the memories. Wish I had thought of your solution then!
We call the vacuum The Evil Noise Machine!
Brilliant!!! Deva aka the dog whisperer!
Rose d’Ete is very beautiful, and I think it is already discontinued. I love my bottle of Zeste de Rose. I would love someday to run across the entire Rosine line in one place so I could smell them all.
WHAT??? Rose d’Ete already gone??
(@*%.
Not that I’m very surprised.
Okay, just went to look… it’s still available in 50ml, 100ml, small candle and body lotion at PdR direct. (AND they have an Intense version that might be extrait? I can’t tell. Ugly gold bottle, 50ml, 145Euros where the 100ml regular is 115 Euros.)
So maybe it’s just that the usual US distributors aren’t carrying it.
But I’ve had this bottle for five years and it’s only half gone anyway. I should probably wait. I do love it, but rose fragrances are just so common…
Sorry to put you in frantic mode. It is so confusing with US distributors or not, etc. I hate that.
Like Hunter-Dogly and Jenkr’s kitty, our late Newman was a cat of the saltiest sort; his veterinary file was emblazoned with warnings in large block letters to don the Kevlar gauntlets before handling him…
Mohur for me today.
lovely.
Hi Scent twin!
I had planned to wear either Mohur extrait or Lyric, but as I’m dressed in head-to-toe pink today (and pretty bright pink at that), I needed something more light-hearted. So I’m in Mimosa & Cardamom. Even if that one is of course yellow, not pink.
you smell great.
I think so too, it’s a lovely scent.
You love it, don’t you?
I’m not sure if ‘love’ is the right word. It’s like with books – I often read lighter things and I enjoy them very much, but do I love them they way I love my Atwoods or my Chekhovs? Probably not. And it’s not the point either. I certainly find it pretty and comfortable and uplifting.
It was a toss up between no 19 and Lyric today. It’s a little too warm for Lyric right now so no 19 in EDP form won out. I love the rose in that one. I think I will wear Lyric tonight.
I love the rose in No. 19 edp too! I used to accent it with a bit of rose body butter (but then I ran out, and The Body Shop replaced Moroccan Rose with something else that isn’t nearly as good, so I need a different rose lotion).
I still need to smell this version of No 19! I love it anyway, and with more rose, how could you go wrong?
So glad its friday! Going out for some necessary shopping and then straight home to my pyjamas and for some much needed lounging about time. In Incense Rose. But might sample some more roses later in honor of the day.
This might be my second-favorite incense. And def the way it’s rosied up is what makes it appeal to me
I love Incense Rose! Bottle is on its way to me right now.
Enjoy you’re new bottle!, I’m hoping to add incense Rose to my collection in the Autumn, it’s one of my top 3 incenses , and top 5 roses.
I like it but not as much Une Rose Chypree. My favorite rose/Incense combo so far are Parfum Sacre and Lyric.
Parfum Sacre is so gorgeous, so well-blended. It is a classic.
Wearing the L’Artisan for Aedes today, which does have a smidge of rose but I confess I mainly just wanted to pounce on the first totally allergy-free day I’ve had since I got the sample
It’s gorgeous, one of the few incense fragrances I genuinely enjoy as opposed to feeling like, “Well I can see why that’s considered beautiful [but I would not like wearing it.]” TBH I’m sure the pink pepper is going a ways toward making the fragrance feel easy and appealing to me. That note’s not overly prominent, to my nose, but I think it softens it up a lot. The rose too, actually.
Meanwhile, this is well off-topic, but does anyone have a rec for a mascara that tilts more natural than dramatic? Need to replace a once-loved but now reformulated-for-much-the-worse product, and it’s proving more difficult than I expected. Part of the problem seems to be that “good” mascara in the eyes (ha ha sorry) of many beauty writers is one that produces a much more high-intensity look than is my style. Would be grateful for any suggestions!
Before I recommend..what is your price range for a mascara?
Eh, having trying and rejected a half dozen now, what I’m willing to pay is being dragged upward. I probably couldn’t stomach it if it crossed into the $50+ category, say? (To be clear I was previously very happy wearing drugstore mascara: if I could get a viable product without paying for luxe packaging, high-end designer name, etc., I’d be delighted. But at this point I’m willing to pay just to put the question to rest–while I enjoy the hunt on the perfume side of things, I do not feel the same way about other beauty products!)
Yay for relief from allergies! Smelling excellent is the perfect way to celebrate.
I got a mini of Benefit They’re Real mascara with one of my Sephora purchases, and I absolutely love it (though it might feel less dramatic to me since I have dark hair). They have brown, too, so that could be more subtle. It’s one of the only mascaras I’ve used, though, that actually holds my eyelash curl, which made it an automatic winner in my book.
I should say, though, that one coat is sufficient. Two gets into dramatic territory.
Oh, this could be where I went wrong with this one, and maybe accounts for why I’m having difficulties overall–given pretty pale/wispy eyelashes I basically inevitably have to make a second pass to get little guys, and yeah, then it did end up looking pretty intense. Makes me appreciate that my old tube only applied very little product so I could make several passes and get everything without building up more volume than I wanted. Ha, that unfortunate day when you find out you’re SUPER picky about your eye makeup!
I find Clinique to be good but natural looking and not over the top.
Oh cool, do you have a particular favorite? I’ve tried a couple from them but not all of them.
I have the High Impact Waterproof one, the same one in regular non-waterproof, and have previously used their gel-based one. The gel-based one was the most subtle, but the High Impact (despite the name) is not over the top.
Oh awesome, that’s so helpful (especially that you like both the waterproof and non!) Merci!
W3LL people is an all natural brand mascara-
Lashes will feel and look good with our being stiff or harden.
Oh thanks so much! Will look for it.
I’m also a fantasy of Benefits They’re Real and particular Roller Lash. But for everyday I then to go with Lancome Hypnose, which you can build up as you please. Its pricy, but it works well on my short wispy lashes.
Oh you’re the second person to recommend that Hypnose to me, and “build up as you please” + “works well on wispy lashes” are music to my ears! Will def try that one, thank you!
You will all laugh, but this is one of the reasons I gave up on expensive mascaras and went back to Maybelline Great Lash.
I won’t laugh, because I did the same thing after trying many. I stick with the Great Lash and am no longer swayed by ‘new’ and ‘better.’
That’s what I use, too when I actually buy mascara. Most of my others are from the points gift from Sephora.
Not laughing in the least: my beloved former product was the pink & green Maybelline! And I wore it even at a time when I had to attend events with people in professional makeup, ended up having some funny conversations with people who’d complimented my eye makeup explaining that I spent four whole dollars on it
It’s just that my most recent tube of it smudges and flakes so much, within a few hours I’m wearing it all over my face–enough to draw less complimentary comment from others 
But maybe I just got a bad batch, rather than it being reformulated? You haven’t had problems with it?
Oh, weird — no, one of the reasons I love it is that it never smudges or flakes. But now you’ve got me worried, I’ll have to see what happens next time I open a new tube!
Oh, in that case I’ll be so curious to hear what happens when you next get a new one–will keep fingers crossed I’m the exception!
I really like the mascara from 100% Pure. It’s made from black tea, etc. Most of their products are gluten free.
Oh cool, I hadn’t heard of this brand! Will look for it.
Oh I should clarify! I don’t need it to be made exclusively of plant-based/vel sim ingredients necessarily, altho certainly not opposed if a good one happens to also be organic or whatever! It’s just a visual preference for the “makeunder” style (requisite disclosure that I do see the paradox in referring to what’s basically just a specific style of artifice as “natural”, let’s just say I mean it figuratively rather than literally
)
I’ll second the recommendation for Benefit They’re Real, for a minimal-drama, your-lashes-but-better sort of effect. I’ve also been liking Blinc, which is waterproof and wears better on me. I think it comes down to brush design — dense, teddy-bear brushes make for a more natural effect; more spindly brushes make for more clumpage and therefore intense made-uppitude.
Ohhhh you know, this is a very wise observation about the brush, this could really account for a lot of the difficulty I’ve had. And thank you for the recs, I’ve never heard of Blinc!
I wear glasses so look for mascaras that don’t lengthen my lashes ( cause they smudge the lens ) and have discovered that there are now primers or ‘tints’ that are excellent. Lancôme cils tint is my favourite
Oh that’s an interesting idea, thanks!
It lasts about three days before needing to be reapplied.
Ooh even more appealing!
I get my eyelashes dyed. $25 and lasts about 6 weeks, actually looks more natural than my real eyelashes, which are black at the roots and white at the ends.
Ohh that’s an interesting idea. The combo of time and $ I’d need to invest may rule me out (my strong preference is to only think about this question once every 5-10 years
) but I bet it does look good, I will have to think that over.
It takes far less time than it would take me to put on mascara, given that I can’t see what I’m doing without my coke-bottle bifocals. And if you’re willing to pay up to $50 for something that they tell you to replace every three months, it’s not even much more expensive.
Heh I should probably not admit how infrequently I replace my mascara
(I would if I got an eye infection, I promise! But yeah otherwise I would use a mascara until it noticeably stopped working as well–can see how that probably gave a misleading impression about my annual budget for this!)
Do you have access to Kevyn Aucoin? The Volumizing Mascara (don’t be put off by the name, it’s misleading) is the only mascara in the last 10 years that I have bought twice and will soon buy the third time. It gives a beautiful, elegant result – long, defined lashes, but no drama. Perfect for everyday, also because it’s a tubing mascara, which means zero smudgeing, and you can remove it with warm water. Great for sensitive eyes.
If this one is too difficult to get, I still think Lancome Definicilis is one of the best mascaras out there for refined lashes. Again, you do get length and separation, but not much volume.
Ooh, I do and both those suggestions sound terrific–exactly what I’m looking for. Thank you!
The pictures this week have been amazing, Robin, and flowerwise roses aren’t even my favorites. Although perfume wise is another story. Wore Une Rose last night and Mohur again today. (Traveling so not every rose I own is available.) You smell amazing!
So glad you liked them! I found so many fantastic rose pictures that I could do another week of them, easy.
Portrait of a Lady for me, today. Yes, wearing it to work. Let everyone enjoy my cloud of PoaL; I’m providing a public service, methinks.
agreed.
You know, I think I would enjoy smelling a cloud of PoaL at work. I can’t wear it myself (the balsamy stuff at the bottom does me in), but I think it’s really great on other people.
You smell fabulous. Definitely a public service.
Agreed. I happily wear it to work judiciously spritzed in cooler weather. Also seems to work v well in rainy spring, the dampness bring out the loaminess of the patchouli which can be enjoyable.
Me too. My rule is, spritz only once, and never reapply during the day.
Lucky them, I’d say!
You smell wonderful. My co-worker bought this on her first visit to Aedes and she wears it everyday, just a drop or a spray and it is perfect on her!
Robin promised us a rose garden, and here it is!:)
I’m wearing Attar Bazaar India Gulab, my favorite rose of all– dark, rich, almost leathery, and spicy as all get-out. Glorious.
Oooh, that sounds glorious. Is it close to Lyric (or Mohur, maybe)?
I’ve never tried either, so I really can’t say. India Gulab is pretty much just rose otto and ambrette. I might liken it to Creed Fleur de Bulgarie, but much more intense.
Thank you, Olenska, it’s now on my try list
I hope you like it. It’s in an oil base so quite long lasting. It’s now Saturday and that delicious rose is still detectable on my wrists!
La Fille de Berlin today in honour of flying back to Germany after two weeks back in Blighty. Not that I need an excuse – love it to bits.
you smell lovely. I wore this yesterday and was so impressed by the lasting power. I could still smell it on myself this morning!
Oh, that’s interesting — my only quibble with LFdB is that it doesn’t last very well on me.
It could, though, just be my nose — rose is a bit of a default setting for me so perhaps I don’t notice it as much as others do. One more excellent reason to own a decent range of perfumes ;))
Another of my top rose loves!
I wore that one yesterday too, silage is wonderful, & super long lasting.
I love LFdB! It is such a beautiful and warm rose. It is very different and jammy.
Wore that last evening, you smell lovely.
You smell fantastic!
I was in a real conundrum this morning. Mohur, about 6 Tauer options, Une Rose, Hedonist Rose, Red Roses, Fleur de The Rose Bulgare, L’Ombre dans L’Eau, Rose 31, Lyric, etc. etc. TOO MANY ROSE SAMPLES NOT ENOUGH DAYS!
Instead of wearing Une Rose I decided to wear something ridiculous and fun. I’d say it’s the exact opposite of the expensive and seductive Une Rose. Montale Roses Musk.
I have been doing Gentle Roses this week, and am pretty sure I’ll be doing more rose weeks in the future!
I don’t know Roses Musk – Montale’s got SO MANYYY! I liked Aoud Roses Petals, though. It seemed pink, next to Aoud Queen Rose’s deep red in my mind.
I chose Roses Musk too! We smell lovely! ????
Roses Musk is very beautiful! Montale certainly has a way with roses. I really like Aoud Damascus and Rose Petals.
thanks! there are so many to try of theirs! adding those to the list.
Aoud Damascus is great. I also love Louban and Roses Elixir.
After a ridiculously busy week, I am finally able to duck in here for a minute–wearing L’Ombre dans L’Eau, and it is glorious!
you smell great and such a lovely choice for spring!
You smell great! I need to dig out my sample.
I thought we would see more L’Ombre today!
Perfect spring choice indeed!
That’s such a wonderful spring rose scent. You smell awesome.
I am trying out Portrait of a Lady…for the first time! Somehow I never got around to sniffing this one when it first came out.
It is a beauty. Rose, cinnamon and incense.
Poking around on Fragrantica, some say it has been reformulated (not sure due to IFRA or other reasons) and it is weaker now and not as lovely…came out in 2010 I think.
Has it been changed up please? Should I seek out the original formula or leave well enough alone?
Seeking out the original formula when the packaging hasn’t changed (to my knowledge) is a big endeavor indeed.
There are many threads on Basenotes too…I guess it has been redone.
C’est la vie.
Did not know it had been redone, but nearly everything has been redone so no big surprise.
I got my bottle just a year ago. It’s fantastic.
Mine is about 16 months old, and smells absolutely wonderful, trust you’re nose, if you think the current one smells great, don’t worry about chasing an older one that may go bad sooner any way.
Great advice…love the one you’re with!
I have an old bottle and a new bottle and they are both good. The old bottles had shiny caps and the new ones have matte caps. But I wouldn’t worry about chasing down vintage since the new version is still quite good.
I’m in SHL Rose de Petra. Soft, pink fruity rose with some saffron or leather. I adore this one!
I have a sample of this and need to try–it was in my pile today. I will wear it tomorrow.
I’ll be curious to know what you think!
You smell beautiful Elisa!
Have missed you all! Been a very busy week of travel, etc, etc, etc..
I’m in Cuir de Lancome, not a huge rose lover and have missed this one sorely. I think it’s time to spray rather than dab this beauty.
Enjoyed a lovely night out last night with some NYC ‘fume heads – thanks gals!
FYI, L’Artisan is doing 30% off some of their scents.
CdL is so great.
It was great to see you and thanks for offering to split Peche Cardinale with me
It was wonderful seeing you, floragal! We ended up having dinner at a Mexican restaurant around the corner fro OsswaldNYC (make a right from OsswaldNYC and right at the next corner. Fish tacos – yummy!
Oh, you smell lovely!
I love seeing the variety today! As for me, after trying so many different samples I had around (including the old Coty rose and Keiko Mecheri Attar), it was definitely Goldilocks time. So I went with Aftelier Rose Body Oil. This has been discontinued but I found out that she will custom make a batch for you if you order 6 bottles, so I did that at Christmas time and that solved much of my Christmas shopping problems. Because even non-perfumistas appreciate a beautiful, entirely natural body oil!
KM Attar de Roses is just simply gorgeous!
That ended up being my favorite of the ones I tried this week.
Wow, 200 comments and I’m not even that late (for west coast time at least)! will have to come back and read them all later. I’m actually following the project today – Rose Ikebana for me. I am not a big fan of rose in perfumes, but love this one. It does seem a bit too sweet and cheerful sometimes. Hope everyone has a lovely Friday!
Sampling Rose d’Arabie today. I love rose scents in general. Add patchouli and oud to the mix, then I’m hooked!
I love this one, you smell beautiful!
You smell wonderful, Rose d’Arabie is gorgeous. I have lots of rose perfumes (I didn’t realise quite much of a rose fan I am till this week’s theme), and it really stands out from the crowd.
Having so much fun reading what everyone else is wearing. This morning I was paralyzed with the choice – I have so many rose loves, which is ridiculous considering the many years I wouldn’t even consider a rose scent. Finally joined thegoddessrena in wearing by Killian’s Rose Oud, for the second Friday in a row. It’s becoming a Friday thing for me.
That one sounds so gorgeous, must get a sample soon.
I’ve missed you all after a busy few weeks hardly managing to post along at all.
I tried to join in quietly this week with lots of roses. Like jirish I had a lot of options this morning which must mean I love rose perfumes now, which was not the case at the start of loving perfume.
Anyway wearing again the beautiful Floris a rose for…it always feels right. Apparently it includes a touch of oud so might try to compare it to the killian which I don’t know.
Robin, you forgot to mention it’s National Spiral-Sliced Ham Day (I kid you not!) but, more importantly, it’s Jackie Robinson Day at all MLB ballparks.
SOTD is Dame Perfumery Desert Rose because it’s ROSE! front and center – opulent and slightly spicy but not too fancy for casual Friday – unlike so many so-called ‘rose’ fragrances that provide only a fleeting glimpse of my favorite flower hidden beneath layers of other notes.
It’s also National Hang Out Your Laundry Day – I am kidding; today was the first day this spring I was able to do this and I just wanted to celebrate!
We don’t celebrate Spiral Sliced Ham Day at Now Smell This
1) OMG, you get ton of points from me for mentioning Jackie Robinson Day!
2) You smell great. (Have you noticed Desert Rose smelling quite similar to La Fille de Berlin?)
3) Thank you for the last reply you posted on Wednesday (regarding my ill friend)–it was so kind! For some reason, I couldn’t reply in turn.
Hey Robin, kissin’ cuzzins, I am also in Une Rose today. I love this scent not only for its intrinsic beauty, but also because of the memories it holds. It was the first full niche bottle I ever bought in Paris from the boutique after sniffing the entire line (many fewer then!). It is always remarkable, and when I go for any length of time without wearing it, it is always a welcome surprise at that first spray. Coming home to an old friend, still beautiful, full of life and forever a part of your history.
As a rose lover, this has been an awesome week and I have loved reading about everyone’s rose connection.
Hey twin, and how lovely that you bought it from the boutique in Paris!
Nice flowers! Like you, Robin, I still have to finish my tax return!
SOTD = Ann Gerard Rose Cut
On theme today with the name AND central note! This one doesn’t get a lot of mention but all that means is that when I wear it, I feel unique and special. There’s an old world elegance to the overall aesthetics of Rose Cut, from the purpley pink juice, to the compact round perfectly proportioned flacon, to the script calligraphy to the aldehylic rose-patchouli.
The NYC fumies meet up was fun, with some people meeting each other for the first time. The perfumes that were rather nice on paper were Parfums MDCI Cio Cio San and Carner Barcelona Palo Santo (it didn’t leave much of an impression when I first smelled this at Twisted Lily). We then had a fabulous dinner at a Mexican restaurant around the corner from Osswald and I had a tasty fish taco – yum. We may move to the “burbs” for our next outing – yes! a mall in NJ!
Now to read through the comments…
You smell great honey, Rose Cut is great.
Too bad we’re not in sync with our perfumes, looks like we didn’t have enough time to agree on a perfume for today
Thank you dear one. You smell great in Rose Velours!
The Burbs!! Oh my!
I didn’t smell the Palo Santo but I liked El Born and Tardes.
Those Carner Barcelona bottles look like deadly weapons. I’m going to see if I can get in on a split of Palo Santo (or maybe even host a split).
I suspect that I will not finish my local taxes today, since it’s now 2:30 and I can’t seem to make myself start
I can recommend a good lawyer in Panama to do it for you!
We have until Monday but I better get busy. Goshdarnit, I’m on my way home and someone just let go off a big smelly f-rt!
Glad you had a fun time with the NYC fumies!
We had fun! I of course just realized that I left my chocolate mask in the store but since it was milk chocolate, I’m not all that bummed out! We’ll roll out the red carpet for you when you’re in town!
I was planning on Incense Rose for today but then got to thinking that if I wanted incense+rose I should wear the ultimate–Homage. So I did, and it is just glorious.
Glorious is right, you smell fantastic! If I had this, I’d be wearing it too.
Homage is glorious. So happy to have this one and Tribute. I would love to have more Amouage attars, but that would require sampling first, and lots of $$. So I will just be happy with the two I have.
I wore an iota of Homage to bed the other night and had AMAZING dreams. I wish I’d gotten my mitts on some before it was discontinued!
Oh wow, Homage really *is* the ultimate. You smell utterly amazing.
Why did it have to be discontinued? Why God, why?
Just back from work here in the UK – love reading all the comments. I went full out with Lipstick Rose today – knock ’em dead I thought! it’s lasted all day as well. Did anyone else wear it?
Want to try Nahema after reading other people’s comments earlier….
I wanted to wear this today and then I forgot and went with diptyque eau rose. You smell great.
It’s one of my favourites too.
I love Lipstick Rose and I haven’t worn it in ages. Must remedy that. You must try Nahema which is so much more than rose. Beautiful.
It’s a chilly, overcast day here, so the closest I was willing to come to rose is Le Labo’s Rose 31. In the true tradition of Le Labo naming, the rose is barely peeking out through all the warm spices and woods.
LL Rose 31 is great and I also think it is such a chameleon. I never exactly know how it’s going to behave or which facet I’ll smell more when I put it only. But that cumin in it – probably my most fav use of cumin in any fragrance – always makes me hungry!
For today’s community project I decided to wear Van Cleef & Arpels Rose Velours.
I just love this smell of rose with hints of honey, benzoin and even a dab of iris.
Ooh, I’ve got a sample of that one, nice to know it gets some love.
There is a few more of us who likes Rose Velours. Including Hajusuuri
Good to know Lucasai, thank u!
I tried RV the other day for the sake of thisxwerk’s project, and thought it lovely, but I think if I were to buy a rose perfume in the foreseeable future, it would be Galion’s La Rose, which seems just a little dirtier, a little more, I dunno, equivocal, perhaps. I might be developing a yen for La Rose, in which case, there’s a bright shiny enabler’s pin on its way to Gaynor.
Le Galion La Rose is lovely but my favorite from this brand is Iris. I find their rose rather pastel-colored
Maybe a more pastel bouquet appealed because the only true rose I own is Nahema, which is so deep and rosy and ever-present once it’s on that it’s not easy to choose as a regular daily wear. I might subconsciously have been looking for a daily go-to perfume, ‘cos it’s been months since I bought any perfume. On the strength of your expertise, I think I’ll re-try Rose Velour in a more cerebral way next week.
Ooh, I think that would be my first enabler pin!
Yummo sweets! I did not get organized enough to pull out Rose Velours this morning. Rose Cut was handy as I had recently decanted some for a swap!
I had been planning on wearing Rossy de Palma today, but for some reason wasn’t feeling it. So I went with Marni Rose instead.
Forgot to mention.. I layered Marni Rose with Tea for Two to see what would happen (also I just wanted to wear Tea for Two but didn’t want to skip out on the theme). I was afraid it was a bad idea at first because the opening of MR is a bit too green but as it settled in they came together pretty nicely. The cardamom from MR is meshing nicely with T4T’s chai spices, and the milky honey of T4T is lending MR a welcome touch of creamy sweetness.
That sounds really nice, I haven’t tried Tea for two as yet, although it’s on my list, along with many other L’Artisans.
I’ve also heard that Marni Rose layers well with Marni, so I’m going to look out for a good deal on it on eBay, is it very different from Marni? (More rose, obviously!)
I haven’t smelled the original Marni in some time, but I do think they’re pretty different. I would characterize MR as more of a “pink rose”, and the original as a red rose, if that makes any sense. The original has more incense and spice, and MR has a greener top note (a hint of mint, I think) and cardamom, which is kind of lemony-minty.
I need to try that. The greenness of MR bugs me, but it hadn’t really occurred to me to try and layer it. T4T sounds like it would make an interesting partner for MR.
It is a good combo, but I will say that in the beginning, when MR is at it’s greenest, the combo is maybe slightly medicinal. Hence my fear that I had made a terrible mistake. You have to give it a few minutes to settle in and then it gets good.
I got completely off track and put on some vintage Lubin Nuit de Longchamp first thing this AM, just because I was craving vintage. Later I put on Chanel Egoïste, which was too strong until I washed most of it off. I think both of them include some rose. I might try layering with a lighter rose scent this evening to see what happens.
I’ve really enjoyed reading about everybody’s choices, and have enjoyed making lists of things to try. Its a difficult anniversary for me and my family today, and NST has really helped me take my mind off things, so thank u to this lovely community, and Thanks Robin for this wonderful week of roses.
I’m wearing Mohur Extrait, so beautiful and comforting, today.
I am so sorry about this sad anniversary, but great perfume and a supportive community help. May you be comforted in your sorrow.
Sending warm thoughts your way on this difficult day.
Hugs to you, mayfly…
Sorry to hear it’s a difficult day for you. I’m sending you comforting hugs.
Thank u so much All of u, for you’re kind words and thoughts.
Morena!
Place: Whanganui. Cooler than Auckland = wonderful!
State: apprehensive. Ma turned her back on me = ominous!
Mood: grim but resolved. I can do this = the dear man is worth any amount of tongue biting.
Activity: will paint the putty around the window glazing = constructive, with the absolute merit of being outside and hard to reach. Oh, plus, it’s rhythmic, mindless and promises to be moderately soothing.
Perfume: Jungle Elephant = Waterdragon fights back, and to hell with the consequences!
Have a great day or evening, all.
It must be so disconcerting to have a three year old as a MIL. Keep an image of Auckland or Melbourne in your mind….Hermes boutique, Victoria market, Chanel, David Jones, Brunswick…Saint Kilda’s cake shops….not long now!
Good call on working outside – you get brownie points for helping and you can remain above the fray. Bon courage and keep yourself buoyed up with visions of perfume shopping soon!
Thank you. I have paint flakes in my hair, but you can hardly tell, I’m so grey now. There’s an inquisitive magpie warbling at me from a tree from time to time. I’ve stopped work to have a cup of tea (ordinary, back, Robin, sorry, nothing special but still very refreshing), and NST is a great comfort. It could all be very much worse….
Holy cow, nobody ever need apologize to me for drinking ordinary black tea. Or for wearing ordinary fragrance, for that matter.
Saturday and I have a NST weekend ahead: Michael Fassbender in Jane Eyre courtesy of the NST film review committee, two Jaan Kross novels as a result of literary expert (Annicky’s) recommendation, a new improved daily clothing uniform (Olenska?) centred around my woollen beanie collection that cuts down dressing time by 80 seconds so I’m now dressed before I’ve even got out of bed ( wear a beanie for a ‘pop’ of colour and rock a pair of frayed PJs), an increased perfume budget by not following NST advice to see a doctor about my tennis elbow ( $60 saved!), a Northern Hemisphere alter-ego spring perfume courtesy of Herr Doktor Koenigsberg’s brilliant notion (Cristalle), a cup of tea ( stewed , black , luke warm with an oily surface ) in honour of Robin and Austenfan…. And SOTD Immortal Beloved in tribute to the inspiring NST whanau!!! ( family)
The beanie is the perfect accessory! You’re very wise to team it with frayed pjs: if the pjs were perfect, I think it would all be too matchy-matchy and photo-shoppy….a scarlet lip would complete the look and slightly toughen it while retaining a sophisticated edginess.
I will add Doc Martens when i go out. I wondered if i could layer a tiara over my beanie for that YSL finish?
I think some discreet sparkle would be a style featurette that everyone would do well to emulate. And it would set off the natural oils in the wool of the beanie in a subtle, yet assertive way.
Sorry Annikky for spelling mistake!
Excellent!!!
*I* want a beanie. (sulks, kicks ground with toe)
I did that thing of ‘what gives me joy’ and realised that only my 50-plus beanies and an old Threadless t shirt featuring a Dire Wolf made the cut. Have downgraded my tidying methods and expectations accordingly.
You have now reached a state of Zen dishevelment. Sartorial satori awaits.
Ha ha, splendid, Kanuka! :^)
OOH, how do you like the Immortal Beloved??? That is on my short list of perfumes to try and I have a sample coming my way… I love the way the notes look and I love the backstory… I’m really hoping to love the perfume!
Mohur Extrait, so I smell darn perfect too. AND feel like Aishwaria Rai in Devdas. These have been stressful, big, historical days. I need my perfume to be comforting, and most roses have good effects on my soul, but Mohur is like long Clooney hug.
I recently got a sample of it, which I’ve yet to try. I just browsed through Brazil headlines and you have my sympathy. I’m wafting some Paris your way. Off to try and think whose hug that one resembles
Thank you, Austenfan. Paris is a nice hug! An Austenfan one!
Maroc pour elle…inspired by many others here this week. & AnnS who introduced me to this one! I didn’t know I would like hippie rose richness, but I do.
Egoiste! (and I always have to say it like that, with an exclamation point, like I’m in the commercial)
I added a couple dabs of bpal’s Rose Red, for a little extra rose – it’s like a puff of cool air from a florist’s cooler full of roses.
Sometimes I try to think of what my bespoke fragrance would be like, and I end up thinking – I already have it, it’s Egoiste! Very comfortable fragrance for me. I don’t think I could come up with anything better.
(and oh my gosh – 360 comments! I’m going to have to log in sooner in the future)
Night_Shift! I need to try Egoiste (exclamation mark withheld for now) to see what the fuss is about! Are you wearing vintage or modern?
I have a vintage splash bottle – bought from Ebay, not sure how old it is! However – I’ve tried more current testers over the last few years, at the local Nordstrom. I think the more modern version is slightly different, but I think they’ve worked hard to keep the spirit of Egoiste intact. I’ve been meaning to get a backup bottle for a while. I like the current formula just as much. : )
Heading off soon for a weekend with my beloved’s family in Hawke’s Bay, to celebrate his brother’s 50th birthday. I’m very glad that I get on with everyone in his family, and don’t have the awful problems poor Waterdragon is dealing with right now.
Just deciding what to take, and contemplating whether including about 10 perfumes is overkill for two days
Never! Choice is important!
Drôle de Rose today. I’m in SpringPansy’s neighborhood, waiting for 10 inches of snow.
Rose is a tricky note for me; it can be sour/soapy which is super unpleasant. There are a few that work for me though – Rose Flash, Miele Rosa, La Fille de Berline, Un Rose de Kandahar, and today’s SOTD, Tauer’s Incense Rose.
Taking notes! Thank you.
Le Feu D’Issey for me. It’s a strange one, but compelling. I have to be in the mood for it though, otherwise all I can smell is the weird bits.
I find it fascinating and was glad to find a bottle last year.
One of my all time favourites.
So, today was my last day on my current London contract. I started the day with a very positive meeting with a potential client and it looks like I may have secured my next contract already. (This of course is the contractor’s dream: no ‘down time’s between contracts). The most exciting thing: it’s based in Paris! I am excited and apprehensive in equal measure.
To matters NST. SOTD is “Thirty Three” from Ex Idolo, a small brand with only 2 perfumes to their name. Thirty Three is on the one hand another Rose-Oud composition; on the other hand it boasts aged our and patchouli ingredients and sets out to be a bit out of the ordinary.
In my case, I perceive a qualitative difference and like the resinous depth of this perfume. However, I’m not by any means in love with it. I sort of feel this is both the star example of a style, and the confirmation that this style is not for me. As a newbie, I actually count this as a successful trial.
I should add, if you like rose-oud combinations, do order a sample of this; it is of superlative quality and worth checking out for yourself. :^)
*aged Oud, not ‘aged our’.
Congratulations on the almost contract. In the meantime, you get to enjoy a vacation and then to Paris!!! I can’t wait to read about your perfume damage there
I may forswear perfumes altogether. (Alternatively, of course, I may not). ;^)
I bet you’re apprehensive. It might save time and trouble to have your fee/ wages paid directly into the perfume shop’s account. Better still just get paid in perfume. And hire me as your assistant, please!!!!!
It is extraordinary how many people are offering to carry my bags! :^D
Assistants don’t carry bags. They arrange for them to be sent. Beginning to doubt your suitability as an employer.
Also, just heard about the Birmingham arrests. Must be pretty unsettling so I hope you are feeling ok.
Haven’t heard about them myself yet, so blissfully unaware. :^)
SotD = Annick Goutal Rose Absolue. As it reaches the dry down it wafts back and forth between roses and a gentle hint of something else. Perhaps a bit of amber hiding under the roses?
Over 400 comments! Roses get a strong reaction. I’m looking forward to reading them all in a bit, but not right now. So tired, must close eyes. Happy Friday to everyone!
It’s been a long week! Have a great weekend. :^)
Et un bon week-end pour vous aussi, Koenigsberg. : )
Wearing Stella right now. I had to spend the day shopping for a dress to wear to a funeral next week, so it’s nice be sniffing a perfume I love.
I just want to share this story to make a point/plea. One of my best friends from college died unexpectedly over the weekend. And her parents didn’t want the news posted publicly on social media. But it turned out that a certain subset of the large community of her friends knew and only bothered to communicate amongst themselves and not see if there was anyone else they could contact. The rest of us were left completely in the dark. I was alerted Tuesday to the *possibility* she died, but the rest of us did not have it confirmed until yesterday afternoon!
Having experienced this sort of thing before, it’s made me want to take the opportunity to remind/urge people to simply take a second in any given situation and see if there’s someone being left behind, left out, or purposely excluded who shouldn’t.
Have a lovely weekend, everyone!
Oh! I have tears in my eyes. My heart hurts for you. I am sorry for the loss of your dear friend. You did the right thing by describing your experience. I hope in the coming days there will be comfort for you, and perhaps an explanation for the silence.
I am amazed by the thoughts shared on NST today – jobs, family dramas, books, mascara, pets, tea, clothes – it is remarkable. We are fortunate to have this safe space for sharing.
Thanks tiffanie, you’re so sweet!
I wanted to share the story because I abhor casual/lazy or intentional clique-like exclusion, which what much of the problem was in this case. It’s even easy to unintentionally leave people out of stuff! Either way, it’s often quite hurtful to those on the receiving end. So I just felt compelled to remind even a small slice of humanity that it’s good for each of us to try to ensure we’re not!
You’re right about NST: all of that and mascara! ????
We are fortunate, indeed–with many thanks due to Robin!!
I’m very sorry for the loss of your friend. Your reminder is indeed useful, as I (along with much of my father’s family) am terrible at keeping in touch with people. Sometimes, though, we really need to make an effort.
Thank you. I think most people really do need to, as you put it so well, make an effort more (on pretty much every aspect of interpersonal relationships). But that’s other people; everyone *here* is much more kind and thoughtful than most people!!
My condolences about your friend, Creosote.
I experienced something similar when a friend who became rapidly terminally ill with pancreatic cancer withdrew from the world beyond her closest family and told her family she didn’t want a public funeral. Her friends didn’t see her in her illness, and we didn’t go to the funeral, which added bewilderment and estrangement and an otherworldly sort of limbo to the obvious grief. Her husband very kindly met up with a large group of us weeks later, and we went to the grave with him, which was a huge release.
I didn’t realise how much truth there is in the saying “funerals are for the living” until this happened.
In the past, where I come from, women used to be routinely excluded from funerals, and children still sometimes are. It heaps loss on loss.
I’m sorry, Creosote, I’ve just realised I veered off there rather insensitively. I hope you can find some solace next week together with others who loved your friend, and I’m truly sorry about your loss.
No worries, geordie. Thank you for sharing *your* story. That must have been a very rough situation!
Boy, “otherworldly limbo” is a spot-on description of what those of us not in the know were feeling until yesterday. I spent around 24 hours thinking she was still in the ICU (when she had actually died 2 days earlier) and then another 24 knowing–by inference–she was gone but not ‘officially’ knowing. During that time, I started to think, “Oh God, did she know she was going to die? Was she scared?” But I had to just shove it away, until the news was official. It was surreal. And I could only send other friends a message along the lines of “It appears that she has died. All I know for sure at this point is…”
On the bright side, I think the funeral will be totally packed, like with hundreds of people. It will be good to see them all.
After wimping out on Sophia Grojsman last week (I’ve tried at least 5 of her perfumes, and didn’t want to wear a single one again), I decided to do a whole week of roses, even going out to cadge a couple of samples for the purpose, and then failed to post until now. So: Monday was J. Crew/Arquiste No. 57 (very pleasant sweet rose/patchouli), Tuesday Jo Malone Red Roses (as advertised, and I was relieved when it faded away), Wednesday Estée Lauder Knowing (gorgeous), Thursday L’Artisan Safran Troublant (rose playing third fiddle, which is pretty much where I like it), and today, Knowing again.
Knowing was a little scary to me, frankly, with the comparisons to Aromatics Elixir and Paloma Picasso. It is like a kinder, gentler AE, and I feel as though Knowing helped me understand AE, which I tried not long after falling down the rabbit hole. Knowing gets softer and warmer over the course of the day, and I like it better and better. I think there was perhaps something with a bit of vanilla in it on the sweater I put on Wednesday night, because I don’t like it quite as much now as I did then. It’s still pretty gorgeous, though, and I’ll have to get more of it eventually.
Now to read all 400-something posts that preceded me. Happy Friday, everyone!
Perhaps it was a combination of the spices and amber (according to Fragrantica anyway) in the base that smelled like vanilla? I’m sort of shocked by how immediately I liked Knowing the first time I smelled it, right away on the scent strip. Once the the spritz on my arm had worked into the heart notes, I found a tester in the next department store and sprayed myself everywhere else!
I’m having fun reading everyone’s comments. You all smell like heaven!
I’ve been wearing Byredo’s Rose of No Man’s Land all week. I wasn’t prepared to like it as much as I do, considering how lukewarm I am about the Byredo line in general. But this one is pure and perfect and I think I’ve fallen in love.
Hooray for falling in perfume true love!