Friday is here! Our community project for today: wear a citrus cologne, classic or modern.
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 wearing Carthusia Mediterraneo (perfect for today's "excessive heat warning") over Tauer Perfumes Rose Delight Body Oil.
Reminder: on 7/15, wear one of your "top 10 of summer" fragrances (unless it's winter where you are, in which case wear one of your "top 10 of winter" scents)
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.
I really thought I had only one citrus cologne, Eau Sauvage, but then I remembered my mini of Fendi Life Essence, one of so many great scents from that house that they threw away. It doesn’t actually have any lemon in it — the top is mostly bergamot — but the opening makes me think of a frosty glass of lemonade.
Sounds perfect!
Fendi is a weird case — their newer scents have all fizzled too.
Wasn’t Life Essence great? I have a bottle as well and it wears nicely in the heat!
It was made for the heat, no question. Some perfumer was definitely thinking “Late July on the Amalfi coast”.
I’m not participating this time, as I’m still in Riga and our delegation had a meeting with the Prime Minister this morning. I would usually wear Rue Cambon for something like that, but wore Shangri La as an alternative this time (because I have a travel spray of it). Worked beautifully.
I’m going to have a spa treatment now, before a short sailing trip. Still tired, as we started the day very early, but Riga is lovely as always.
have your tried the new hiram green?
Hope the spa is nice, and the sailboat ofcourse. Shangri La seems excellent for the task at hand!
Been thinking about you and your work. The NewsHour (our public tv news on PBS) did an excellent piece yesterday on Narva. Respecting the NST moratorium on political chat here… So will only add that such stories are a great way to explain to Americans about the role of NATO.
Glad you will get some R & R!
I also watch PBS newshour and caught that piece as well..
Gwen and Judy make a good team (though Gwen has been missing these days)
Happy Friday beautiful smelling people.
I am in Providence Co Tabac Citron: citrus, smokey and powdery.
Still listening to Bob Marley today, I put my monkey in a Jamaican t-shirt that a friend gave us with the words “one love” and with sneakers on, looked like the little monkey was ready to race Usain Bolt.
Nice choice, you smell great!
Thank you Robin! have a fantastic weekend
You smell lovely and your little monkey is cute!
Listened To Bob Marley today after reading your post yesterday and it was great, even danced!
Not wearing perfume today, too hot in Barcelona…
That is fantastic! I should dance more <3
This is the ugliest, most painful week I can remember. Wearing the prickly CB I Hate Perfume Memory of Kindness to remind myself to stay sharp, not numb.
It’s horrid, and that’s a wonderful goal — plus, you smell fantastic.
Hope these well wishes help.
You do smell great!
I keep waiting to see a rainbow, but I have to think that for now, people like you are a rainbow. That sounds like a greeting card. But, kindness and peace are still in our midst.
I share your sentiment. I haven’t smelled the CB, but I love the name. Especially today.
Stay sharp, not numb is my motto for this year. You smell fab.
joining you with your feelings and thoughts-you smell great and i love your motto
Happy Friday! I am in Ylang 49.
Yum.
Double yum. Such a beautiful floral
so beautiful..enjoy all the compliments
This one is indeed a compliment-getter!
After a shower with some lovely grapefruit shower gel (New Zealand’s By Nature) , I am spritzed head to toe in Chanel’s Eau de Cologne. I keep it refrigerated. Hey, it’s sold in that massive 6.7 ounce bottle for a reason!
Happy Friday everyone!!
Hmm! It’s so pretty, but so pricey!
Head to toe! If only I could use it like 4711!
Ooooooh, that’s fabulous. Chanel’s Eau de Cologne is my favorite.
All I remembered about today’s challenge was “cologne” so I am in Eau de Magnolia, which I really really love. And hey, it’s a little lemony?
I love it too. You smell great! And yes, it definitely has a citrus punch – tons of bergamot!
Scent twins, Robin! I dug out the Carthusia samples and find the scents quite lovely for summer, although fleeting . Does the lemon tea scent last longer over the Tauer oil? I also like the Fiori di Capri, which is a floral but has some citrus notes.
I think the oil (and truthfully, probably any oil, but this one smells lovely) makes anything last longer. But I like to reapply CM anyway, the top notes are so perfect.
This is a beautiful oil. It has been a staple for me for the last week
Good morning everyone!
I picked L’Eau Chic today from PdN. My favorite modern cologne by a landslide and so refreshing.
PdN makes so many great summer fragrances.
Thierry Mugler Cologne–always good for a sunny day, even if the sun is nowhere to be seen!
A bit of DIY sunshine, if you will.
Me, too. Over some cheap Monoi oil, as I’d like to pretend our weather (or spirits) were reflecting what July (and the world) ought to be like right now.
It is hot here in Spain. Koenigsberg I will be on the lookout for the cologne you suggested, thank you!
Started the day with Cabanel Meloe, one of the many samples I brought. I think it is nice enough, reminds me a tiny bit of l’Eau D’Issey (former lifetime ????) and moved on to JM Basil, Lime and Mandarin. I need a bit of bracing bitterness in a hot day cologne, JM does the trick.
Can’t believe I’m the first one posting in EAU SAUVAGE!
Almost joined you but I have a 200ml splash and my mini atomizer broke. I need frequent spritzes with ES.
Chanel Eau de Cologne — very fine, but … at that price… I am sure I can get something more long-lasting and more interesting.
Scent twins. This one calls for generous application…I always spray with abandon and even then, it’s just a whisper before long.
Carry a decant for touch up sounds better lol
You smell so good, nevertheless! I tried it next to other colognes and find a refinement that is distinctive.
Yep, you said the exact sentiment. The best neroli, bergamot, and petitgrain they could get their hands on, no doubt. And I think it somehow avoids the rough mossy or rustic herbal notes. It becomes very polished with just musks, but I wish it were a little more…unexpected.
Chanel EdC, perfect description, exactly this!
It’s a Chanel, they don’t do unexpected.
Now that you have mentioned it… ‘polished’ is there strong suit.
Precisely. Pared down and polished, and with great care and good materials.
Heeley Oranges and Lemons say the Bells of St. Clement’s. Went into the Big City (Toronto) to see 2 of my daughters yesterday and found myself at the perfume counter. Bought a Coromandel and a travel spray of L’eau d’hiver and got lots of yummy samples!
Nice acquisitions! Enjoy!
I love the name of that Heeley
Coincidentally, I was reading yesterday that one of the church’s that inspired the nursery rhyme ‘Oranges & Lemons’ is at risk, and has just been given a heritage grant.
It’s such a fascinating rhyme, and tell’s us so much of Londons history, of the London guilds, churches, and the grissly workings of Newgate prison!
I am wearing Philtre d’Amour from the old tall cylindrical bottle. the top notes are a bit bruised, but it settles into a lovely sweet lemon floral with an oakmoss/patchouli backbone.
I am drinking more bubbly water with lime.
I don’t know if it counts as a cologne, but I am wearing Frederic Malle Eau de Magnolia from a sample I’ve been hoarding. Time to use it up and go find a bottle of it – so beautiful.
I was surprised at how lemony that is! It really is SO beautiful!
I did a split off this when it came out and I was a little underwhelmed. It’s certainly a nice fresh cologne but that dry down is subpar on me. I just keep refreshing the top notes every 20 minutes.
You make it sound delightful. I need to try this one.
Love every stage of EdM! It is beautiful.
I love them (all the stages) too! Just emailed you.
I must have deleted your email. Shoot me an email when you have a chance: laugsb at sbcglobal dot net
Not sure it’s cheating, as I consider it more of a fig than a citrus (although there’s that grapefruit top note), but I will spritz on some Fico di Amalfi Blu Medditerreneo before the gym this morning. FdA has become my go-to summer gym scent. It smells clean, doens’t project too far, and helps “filter” out some of the other scents of the gym! (More polite and practical than a paper face mask.
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That’s a brilliant idea! Sometimes the gym can become..acrid.
My bottle of Tauer Rose Delight oil arrived yesterday and I really like it a lot. So I’m following your layering lead, Robin, with PdN Eau d’Ete. The rose adds more spice and depth to the eau. I’m liking the combo.
I have a bottle on the way, too — Robin’s week of Tauer Rose Oil got to me!
I feel myself falling, too.
I might have to get another one as I can see myself using this a lot(I actually won this bottle from a draw he did). I haven’t really gotten into oils much, but they’re really luxurious feeling after an evening shower. The other one I have is a Kuumba Made cheapie Egyptian Musk.
Nice combo! I almost bought the Tauer rose oil and may still as it sounds like a nice staple.
I think you’d like it.
I am not participating and, in fact, is probably as far from today’s team as I could get with Ore by Slumberhouse. It turned out to be kind of a blind buy for me, because the sample I had was really much closer to Bayleys or whatever it is spelled, but the bottle from Ebay turned out to be quite different and breathtakingly gorgeous with some “dirt” and grit and smokiness layered over. I still don’t know what happened, but it was quite a piece of luck that I decided to buy it at all.
That sounds really interesting! Enjoy it.
That is a gorgeous one, although I am impartial to Slumberhouse. Have you tried some of their other onces?
You and I seem to have highly overlapping taste :). LMK if you would be interested in swapping
Sure Clarissa, you can mail me to librik on yahoo. Looking forward to it!
I wonder if it’s been toned down over time and the ebay bottle was older? One reads about lines doing this, but I don’t know if Slumberhouse has or not.
I think Ore was reformulated last yeas
I have both old and new and the new one is way smoother and better in my opinion
Freschiiissimo for today which isn’t a cologne and will last ages on me but does have plenty of lime
I started the day trying Orange Sanguine – it’s certainly orange! However, it only lasted about an hour on my skin. I’m now wearing Gris Clair because after reading the news, I needed peaceful lavender churchy goodness. I’m now going to clean out my closet and plant some flowers so I can feel a little more grounded in a world that seems too chaotic.
You smell lovely and have a great attitude! Enjoy planting flowers and being surrounded by beautiful lovely things
Good solution and lovely fragrance!
I too have started off the day in Orange Sanguine, although I might have to re-spritz before I leave the house to start running errands.
I’ve worn citrus all week and am mostly tired of it but today I put on the great Pamplelune and I remembered why I love citrus.
Nice
I wore the new (newish? we’re only just getting it here) Shalimar Cologne and I am in love. Gorgeous creamy vanilla and fizzy citrus, maybe just a touch of incense – a true Shalimar descendant, but one I can wear in summer.
Haven’t seen it around DC, but very anxious to try it. Enjoy!
That sounds wonderful , will have to look out for it, when I’m next in London.
I’m wearing it today too and it’s winter where I live. It brings some of the brightness of a cologne to a winter setting, but of course being Shalimar, it does not blow off in an hour like a true cologne might. I think it’s very versatile.
It’s been in Australia for while now, 12 months or so perhaps. It worries me a bit that Guerlain seems to be pushing Shalimar Souffle more than the Cologne. Sooffle is much less interestng, I think.
Bergamot Soleil, which I didn’t really give enough credit to initially, but I’m really happy to be wearing it now
Nice!
I am so far behind on the Ateliers! I haven’t even sniffed this one yet.
Now reading your post I am debating if I should give it another chance. My initial impression was ‘why bother’ but that was on paper – and I heard Ateliers should be tried on skin.
Hot, hot, hot! Attempting to stay calm, cool, and collected (in every sense) with abundant spritzes of Hermés Tonka Vanille.
No clue if it qualifies for the citrus cologne tag today, but it’s calling me and I MUST answer!
I’m needing some beauty that’s manufactured by a human being in a few to frets effort o remember we’re not all crazy, and that in fact, most of us folks are generous, kind, and accepting. Sometimes I lose sight of that.
That would be “in an effort to remember…” Sheesh!
we are all a bit crazy, it just depends on the degree
Well, there’s crazy good, crazy funny, crazy unique, and then just flat out crazy bad. I was referring to the latter type of crazy????
There is so much real beauty in humans and especially in our citizens (we need to say that more often). There is the moral rot, but there is also great promise, warmth and deep kindness amongst us.
Am I the only one who is going to ask what Tonka Vanille? Are you in Vanille Galante? Or Vetiver Tonka? Or … ?
Ha! I am not only incapable of typing a sentance without error, I am incapable of remembering the correct name of one of my favorite perfumes. This does not bode well for my “golden years” ????
I meant Vetiver Tonka, although I do like the idea of Tonka Vanille…????
Hey, I did not mean to throw stones — I truly live in that same glass house! I just wanted to know what the fragrance was. And of course you smell great.
Oh, no, no worries! Lol, I didn’t feel any stone throwing at all. I was honestly lamenting my seemingly slipping cognitive function and poking fun at my many, many typos. ????
Bottega Veneta Essence Aromatique – not sure if it counts as a citrus cologne, but I read about the limey-bergamot opening and decided to try it. That opening doesn’t last long though. I’m getting lots of patchouli, which is fine with me as I’ve been in the mood for woods and patchouli even though it’s very hot!
What a crappy, nasty week in the USA. Dear Lord.
After an hour of kickboxing and then recovery with a cafe au lait and a cinnamon twist donut, I put on the wonderful Eau Universalle, straight from the fridge and sprayed rather lavishly all over. It’s citrus-y and herbally. I then added some Jour d’Hermes Absolue on the wrists. Very clean and very fresh, much needed.
Haha! I’m following your lead! An hour of furious spinning and sweating this morning, topped off with 5 (!) Take 5 snack size candy bars! Who says we don’t have effective coping mechanisms?!????
Oh, goodness, YES. I went to a 4 am class (yes) and we were shouting, punching and crying. It was cathartic and so deeply needed- as was the wonderful donut!
And yes to the Take 5 snack bars!
Perfect!
Do you always keep the Eau in the fridge to use this way? Sounds perfect for apres gym. ( so do candy bars
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Candy goes in the freezer resulting in a nice crisp “SNAP!” when you bite into the chocolate, caramel, and pretzel. Delicious!
Yes and yes!
Cologne feels wonderful right out of the fridge when you spray it on after a nice shower!
And candy is wonderful when kept in refrigerator or freezers- it’s snappy and melts slowly in the mouth!
Yeah my Thierry Mugler Cologne that I’m wearing today, and its friend the decant of AG Vetiver Cologne, live in the fridge, waiting for hot times.
In Sweden in Terre d’Hermes EdT, the sharp blast of grapefruit in the opening surprises me still. Awaiting the perfume in the post, have anyone tried both? Wish you all a happy weekend!
I have tried both; I really prefer the EdT!
Thanks!
I’m surprised to be the first person posting in Eau d’Orange Verte! Our summer heat wave of two weeks ago fizzled into a summer fog wave, but it’s nice to remember that it’s beach weather somewhere.
Ah….but you do smell fabulous!
Surprised, too, but you smell great!
Eau de Mandarine Ambree this morning. Lovely stuff, and I’d be pleased to have it if it dropped from the sky but wouldn’t pay the price for this little ditty.
There needs to be a category “Fine, I’ll take one if you’re giving them away”, which would be beneath the categories “Oh, is it at one of the discounters?” and “Maybe I can get it on points”.
Ha ha! Indeed!
I have a long list of scents that qualify for this distinction.
I have a 15 ml I am interested in parting with. E-mail me at petronellacj (at) gmail (dot) com!
I thought Eau de Minimes for today but since I typically use it as a linen spray I thought it might remind me of a pillowcase and make me sleepy. So, SotD is Aqua Allegoria Mandarine Basilique, accompanied by some cold lime- and basil-infused water in my water bottle.
Cool, calm, compassionate thoughts to all.
I’ve been thinking of wearing Kerosene’s Unforsaken for a while now, and today it jumped to the top of the heap. Cologne seems too sharp for me today, and I wanted something comforting that would also do well in the heat.
I want to thank everyone here for being part of this lovely, kind community. It is a sanctuary that I greatly appreciate.
You smell fantastic. I am still hoping Kerosene is going to start doing travel sprays, I really want to buy that one.
Thanks! Your review inspired me to get a small decant, but I’d love a travel spray, too. It’s really wonderful.
ELDO Cologne. A nice scent for a nasty week. Several nasty weeks.
I noticed recently that Beautyhabit had the 30ml ELDOs for much less than Sephora.
Uh-oh.
Right? It’s probably a mistake . . . I should snap something up before they notice!!
Oooooh 30ml ELdOs? I might need to check that out.
Also scent twins!!
Hi, twin.
Nice price on the ELdOs. Thanks for the heads up.
Welcome! I did succumb myself when I saw there was a code for free shipping.
In L’Occitane’s Grapefruit and Rhubarb edt (from the Pierre Hermé collection)… Lasts a ridiculously short time before turning into a muted skin scent. But while it lasts it is very pretty. For those who like the idea of grapefruit but shun the sulfur/urine notes of some popular grapefruit scents, you might want to try this one–also if you don’t mind its longevity issues…
I love its companion hand cream and lip balm. I bought bunch of it, but am already running short on the hand cream; wish they would bring it back.
Oops, forgot the Friday project, but am wearing Guerlain Eau de Fleurs de Cedrat anyway, because it’s so darn hot in my office. Quite lovely!
Is the a/c broken? Nearly every place I’ve gone this past week has been so cold I’ve taken to carrying a sweater everywhere.
Well… it’s interesting. Through some magic of poor planning, in both 1967 and then 2014, when our unit renovated, my office became the hottest room in the entire hospital complex. The facilities guy regularly comes with a laser “gun” and reads the ambient temp and then frowns and goes up to the roof, supposedly to do something about it. On Wednesday, the gun said it was 33 C / 92 f in my office. The heat makes me very popular in winter, and sometimes people come by in the summer, just to marvel that they’ve never been able to fix it.
Wow, 92! I would not get much work done at that temperature. I’m dragging today at much less.
I hope you get hazard pay.
OHmygosh! That is precisely the world I live in with my classroom(s)! The past 3 (!) classes I’ve had have had the WORST air circulation (or lack thereof) in whichever building I’ve been in! And physical plant comes in, marvels at the heat, wanders off . . . but THEY don’t have to listen to (or smell) the whining teenagers when it doesn’t get better! Ha!
That is such a beauty!
WFH morning and I’m done in 40 minutes. Still in PJs and haven’t scented, but will most likely shower myself in South Bay by TDC again. I’ve decided to get a rather drastic haircut and did not tell the husband. He likes longer hair, but I’ve never been a long hair fan. Kinda looking forward to his reaction later.
Hope you love your haircut (he will get used to it). I’m the opposite and prefer my hair long, while my husband is always pointing out short cuts that he likes and that would work with neither my bone structure nor hair texture.
I’m very tempted, myself. I love short hair but don’t love getting haircuts that frequently to maintain them.
I had a bob for a while and I got SO much attention from men – never topped it.
Hope your new cut is great! Summer is the time for short hair.
Happy Friday Everyone! What a week! My SOTD is Orange Sanguine by Atelier. I saved my best one for last this week. This is the ultimate citrus in my collection. Smells like freshly squeezed oranges . Yummy????
Hope everyone has a fantastic weekend!
On Annick Goutal Eau du Sud. Harsh citrus and rather masculine. But with this horrible, muggy, overwhelming, hot and humid day I wanted something that could cut that heat ????.
Hi twin! I am in Eau du Sud as well, though I think I like it more than you do! (Because I love it totally and blindly.)
???? It is a great fragrance, but I don’t wear it as often as I should. Today was the perfect day!
I love Eau du Sud in August and September, but it can do with a lighter application than most eau de colognes.
Most eau de colognes disappear pretty fast. Eau du Sud is one of the few that has a good longevity on me. I enjoy it a lot.
Sitting in a parking garage in downtown Austin, wondering why I’m drinking more water when there aren’t any public restrooms nearby (and hoping I don’t look suspicious loitering here). My husband has a job interview and didn’t want to have to hike several blocks in a suit, so I’m acting as chauffeur. I needed the spine-stiffening of Chanel, so have worn a dab of No 5 and a hefty misting of CdR, which puts me about as far from citrus cologne as possible. I’m pretty sure I’m more nervous than is necessary, but this interview is with an entity that’s notoriously hard to get in with and he is meeting with the hiring manager and two department heads.
Keeping fingers crossed!
Thanks!
Sending positive thought to Mr. Minion! Hope he gets the job!
Good luck!
Good luck to Mrminion!
Sending more good luck!
Good luck!
Thanks, everybody!
I’m going to go out and spread some mulch to work off some of this anxiety…
Can y’all keep your fingers crossed for a few weeks for us (figuratively speaking, of course)? The bureaucracy that decides this’s stuff is supposed to make a decision by the end of the month. The interview went really long so I’m taking that as a sign that he was extra interesting and not that he just wouldn’t shut up
Consider mine crossed!
Crossing my fingers, too!
They’re crossed! (And, btw, as you’re likely still wafting No 5 and CdR, you smell great!)
I am sending positive energy your way! I hope he gets it! I was just in Austin in April! I love it there! I would love to move there one day!
SOTD is 4711 Original Eau de Cologne. After yesterday’s storms the humidity was 100% this morning, so I showered with the 4711 soap and generously spritzed the cologne for a very welcome brisk and refreshing start to the day. I actually inherited several sets of this from my SIL upon her MIL’s passing several years ago and used it for the first time today. The MIL was originally from Germany and a delightful lady I’d met several times, so today’s community project was a nice opportunity to remember her.
The weather is to clear up as the day progresses, so for tonight’s concert in the park I’ll be wearing what I think of as the nighttime version of a refreshing edc, AG Les Nuits d’Hadrien, a favorite of mine to wear under starry summer skies amidst fireflies and lovely music.
that is a nice way of remembering her!
It’s been so long since I smelled 4711, that I’ll have to seek some out to see if I like it more now than I used to… Enjoy the concert!
I have a lot of colognes , love and wear them a lot during summer, today I choose to wear vintage Cologne 4711 , one of my favorites.
I don’t really do cologne, but that’s largely because they last about three seconds on me. 4711 is the only one I have, and it’s a 30ml decant that’s lasted me seven years.
4711 features prominently at the beginning of one of my favorite novels, A Suitable Boy, so I feel a kind of affection for anyone who wears it.
Wearing Eau de Guerlain – a fizzy, green classic citrus perfume.
Robin, I love Mediterraneo. In my opinion, it is a perfect citrus scent. I finally bought a full bottle only yesterday! Although I have never tried to layer it with something rosy, I believe it should work very well with a rose body oil (especially if it is from Tauer).
And I love Eau de Guerlain! We both smell fantastic.
We are!
Sorry, I meant “we do”.
No, I think I prefer your previous reply.
Love Eau de Guerlain so much and have been on the fence about buying a vintage bottle. Pretty sure I’ll be caving in soon!
Twins, the best cologne ever!
Chanel Allure Homme Edition Blanche. Yum. I also love Mediterraneo, but don’t have any. Yet.
Oh, but Edition Blanche is so lovely too.
Bergamote Boisee. Very refreshing. Also testing out the sample pack by Eris. Night Flower is nice but not $150 per bottle nice – although if it came in 15 ml, I would have bought it. Belle de Jour is strange – I get a weird metallic note which while unpleasant, does not add anything good
What did you think of Ma Bête? That’s my favorite of the three I think.
That’s my favorite, too.
I like all 3 in the line and I think I like Ma Bette the most as well – although I expected to like Night Flower based on the notes. I do not really see myself getting a FB bottle. Honestly I expected more given the lineage of the founder and names behind it. I think if I came across it a couple of years ago, I would have bought it, but I am wiser now (and more picky)
Mine, too!
Wearing Mary Greenwell Lemon. I had to look around to find something that fit the theme today. I think I need to buy a couple more citrus scents (or at least get a bunch of samples with citrus notes) to round out my collection. I do like citrus.
I wish I could figure out that I need to buy more citrus scents, but have fun!
I woke up to a cold, overcast day so I decided not to participate. I am wearing Lyric today for comfort. You all smell lovely. I will spritz on Eau de Rochas this evening for solidarity. Such a wonderful community.
Cold and overcast sounds delightful today. It’s so hot here. You smell wonderful! I wore Lyric in the evening on the 4th, and it’s almost more delicious to me in the evening of a hot day.
Today is a great day to finish my aging sample of
Roger & Gallet
Jean Marie Farina
Extra Vieille
Eau de Cologne
Perfect cologne with a bonus fragrance name word salad.
Happy Friday, NST, you smell great!
Ha! Word salad indeed.
Mmmmmm. It’s a hard one to write but a lovely one to wear. I just got out of the pool and am going to go home and put some on posthaste.
Quick PSA – Luckyscent now has some of Neela Vermeire fragrances in smaller size (take two, 15 ml each). Was wondering if anyone is interested in splitting – I do not need two little bottles of either Pichola or Bombay Bling, but could use one
I hope posting this is OK, Robin. I am marianna_r in the yahooo land.
Emailing you.
Is this covered for BB?
I can order multiple sets, does not matter to me. If you can please email me, so I can keep track of things, that would be helpful.
Oops sorry read badly. Will do!
I just saw that today. Hoping someone else will do Pichola in the splitmeet! If you don’t find anybody now, you are free to hook up with me then — I really don’t want to have any perfume mailed to me in July or August.
Is this a perfume mailed in the hear thing?
Oops heat.
Yes, exactly!
Hello and Happy Friday, everyone!
I’m participating in today’s project with my DIY EDC concentration of Pacifica Malibu Lemon Blossom (a bit of vodka added to the few remaining sprays) layered over VS Heavenly Summer body spray. It’s good!
I’m wearing Guerlain Eau de Cologne Impériale, perfect for this hot summer day. It only lasts about an hour though, and after re-applying several times I think I’m going to switch to Pamplelune (not a cologne but still fits the theme well enough, I think).
The Guerlain Eau de Colognes are marvelous. You smell wonderful!
Rainy and overcast here in the PacNW (now THERE’S a surprise) spirits lifted with healthy lashings of TF’s Fleur De Portofino, probably the least popular of the flankers, but the floral just lifts it right up for me! Happy Friday y’all! Praying for peace and calm in this stormy and emotional week.
I like that one the best of the flankers I think! You smell great.
Thanks! It’s always been a mystery to me why it doesn’t get more love.
Hermes Pamplemousse Rose today!
My husband pretty much stole this bottle from me, so I have a good smelling husband.
IMO, Hermes colognes are wonderful, but I’ll definitely miss Elena
I miss him already too.
All good things must come to an end, right? But at least if he had to exit, Neroli Dore was the way to do it.
Overcast and grey this morning (again), so went with Azemour Les Oranges, wonderful stuff, I find it invigorating and comforting, a good all year perfume I think.
My travel spray of chasse une Pappillon arrived this afternoon, so wearing that now, and loving it, I see a FB in my future.
There are so many L’Artisans I’ve yet to try, such fun.
Looking forward to spending some time with my wonderful little bags of samples from the kind and incredibly generous AnnE this weekend, I have really been enjoying looking them up on Fragrantica, and taking notes (I really adore Taif so far, and absolutely love love love vintage Yvresse) and my neighbour has fallen for Rossy de Palma, after smelling it on me) Thanks again Ann!
I fell hard for a few samples she sent me too! Thanks Ann????
I went with Orange Sanguine – such a happy scent.
Yes, it is!
Yes it is. Loving it!
Don’t have much citrus or cologne with me so wearing Costarela again, which sort of fits.
A quick question. Is there a good site that does the ‘if you like this, smell this’ thing. I know eaumg does it for the perfumes she reviews and it happens a bit on fragrantica, but wondering if I am missing anything else. I was testing Ma Bête last night, really liking it, but also thinking it smell a lot like . . . brain freeze.
Thanks!
Amy, I thought the same thing about Ma Bete, but I wasn’t sure if it was due to the fragrance itself or the retro style. I often look at the Michael Edwards fragrance finder, but the suggestions there for similar perfumes to this one are waaaay off, imo.
http://fotwcom.3ptechnology.com.au/
I have been living in the garden of Monsieur Li since I bought it about six weeks ago. In general I am a perfume polygamist, but occasionally one scent offers me a nesting place and then I stay safe there for a long time. Le jardin de Monsieur Li is plain wonderful.
Monsieur Li is delightful.
It took several tries for me to get there, but when I finally understood, it was easy to linger.
I wore AG Eau du Sud and Ninfeo Mio earlier in the week and was planning to wear Astier de Villatte Eau Chic today but was diverted by a sudden craving for Nishane Musiqa Oud. To me it has a sort of dark chocolate aura that is dry rather than sweet, with a hint of saffron. However, neither of these appear in the notes.
That sounds nice! I have a few Nishane samples floating about, but I don’t think this is one of them.
It is! Drawbacks are that it doesn’t last very long and costs over $200 for 50 mls.
Don’t need a sample, then!
I put on MFK’s Aqua Vitae Forte from a sample this morning and it did not please me.
I am putting on Eau Moheli from my work stash instead…
Sadly, I’ve just read Robin’s Poison Girl review and have sprayed myself with Poison Girl, Coco Noir, Diesel Loverdose Tattoo and Narcisco ( white cube) AND Rahat Loukhoum AND Dame New Musk as a kind of power patch test and compare. And now I’ve spotted Loulou. I know what you’re thinking and don’t worry…Monsieur Li has been placed on life support and is now in a stable condition ( but for some reason refuses to be seen in the same room as me . What did I do??!!)
I actually feel a bit sick, now…must be the coffee. R.I.P Kanuka. Gagged on perfume. Self-inflicted.
But what a way to go!
Don’t worry, Kanuka. Perfume bulemia is not fatal, but it can become an unhealthy and addictive obsession.
Just sorry that I’m seated at the Casino All You Can Eat buffet. Next week I promise to do 7 days of understated elegance….the 800 calories a day perfume detox.
Here lies Kanuka
She loved perfume to death
Holy.Cow.
Thank you for not doing that in my house
I wouldn’t dare!!! Frankly, I’m surprised I’m even allowed to do it on your blog. I’ve showered now and am in Un Jardin sur le Nil and listening to Highway 61…so, I’m forgiven?
No way a shower could remove all of that! But if you’re listening to Highway 61, sure
Jour D’Hermes today with its beautiful bright opening. Lennon’s All We Need is Love is on loop in my brain today. My son is living very near downtown Dallas for his summer internship which resulted in a “worried mom” phone call to him last night. Scary and sad….
I nearly wore Jour today too. You’re the closest I’ve found to a scent twin here on NST, Laura.
REALLY glad to hear your son is okay.
Thank you Sheri. And it’s good to have a twin ????
Oh, so glad he is safe and well!
Thank you Robin.
All week I’ve been having fun spraying myself with citrus cologne samples I have unaccountably collected (I am not a fan) and kvetching about the inevitable results. I am rating them on how pointless and annoying they are. To add insult to injury, I also calculate how many bottles of the cheap and genuinely lovely citrus cologne “Agua de Colonia Concentrada” I could get for the same price.
SOTD today is Annick Goutal “Eau d’Hadrien”.
Pointlessness factor: 4/5, no staying power.
Annoyance factor: 1/5, this is a beautiful fresh lemon scent and I wish it had shown a bit more backbone.
ACC index: 4.17 – surprised how reasonably priced this one is, I may even longlist it. Such a shame it doesn’t last on my skin.
I am a citrus and cologne lover, so I’ve added Agua de Colonia Concentrada to my perfumed shopping/wish list. Reading your thoughts from the other side has made me smile.
Enjoying a blast of grapefruit from Clinique’s version of Calyx as an antidote to today’s horrid weather in my locale. A couple of Atelier’s were in the running as well.
Jalapeno, thanks so much for The Posh Peasant psa yesterday! I’ll miss them!
You’re welcome! I was rather bummed to see that on their website. Wonder what happened?
I was bummed, too! They’ve had some stuff I couldn’t find elsewhere, and I always had a great experience with them. Sigh …
Morning, all. Last night, every post-teen but pre-considerate party-goer seemed to congregate in our street to yell and giggle and shriek when they fell off the pavement in their high heels….I am sleepless and, as you can see, a little grumpy. So. I have chosen a new perfume sweetie to soften my day, and every time I catch a gorgeous whiff of myself, I smile: perfume magic at work. I am wearing Vanille Galante, one of my new travel set from Hermes, and when the dear man gave me a crafty cuddle just now, he said I smelt delicious. I waited with what I hoped was an encouraging smile to see what might happen next, but he suddenly asked me if I could make him a self-saucing choccy pudding, a childhood favourite. Of course I will, but that’s not the best outcome I could think of for wearing this beautiful perfume…now I need to nip over to the supermarket to buy butter and cocoa. Well, at least I’m trailing clouds of glory!
Ah, see, I think this is the general problem with wearing gourmand-ish scents around men. ????
Hmmm–you may be right. He has since asked for custard as well, and I can’t really blame him. Even though I adore VG, I have to say that I get a custard vibe–not a scent–from it. For the sake of the dear one’s manly figure, this might not be a perfume for weekends when I have all day to cook!
Ha, I think that’s the perfume equivalent of not going grocery shopping when you’re hungry!
I’m wearing ELdO Cologne from a sample I forgot I had. Citrus colognes generally aren’t my thing but this is nice. I’m also drinking some Harney & Sons raspberry herbal iced tea, which is tasty too.
Wearing my favourite cologne out of all my colognes, Eau de Guerlain. Happiness and sunshine in a bottle. Luca Turin’s review on his late blog persuaded me to try it, and Robin’s review convinced me that I needed it in my wardrobe. I’ve resprayed myself consistently throughout the day.
“It is often hard to notice when something has gone missing. After years of wearing it every day, and even more years of not giving it a thought, I came upon Eau de Guerlain (born 1974) sitting forlorn at the back of a shelf populated by younger heavies. I had forgotten how good it is. Eau de Guerlain is to citrus what the mandolin, with its doubled up strings is to a guitar. …”
The rest of the review is in The Guide, but this part in particular made me realise how strong one’s attachment to a fragrance can be.
Aw, nuts. I think I’ve got a bit of a Guerlain addiction, so now I reeeaaally want to smell this! And Cologne du 68.
Have you tried Eau de Cologne Impériale, Eau de Fleurs de Cédrat and Eau de Cologne du Coq? They are all very much worth exploring.
Not yet. And now I know I really have to!
Forgot to wear something this morning, but now I put on Sorrel and Lemon Thyme for bed. It doesn’t last long so perfect for that
Tuberose 40 today which is beautifully cologne like in the opening and then the tuberose can be seen. Wishing all a peaceful weekend.
Hola! Checking-in from Barcelona!
SOTD = Atelier Cologne Cedrat Enivrant
Today, we maxed out on Gaudi: La Sagrada Familia, Casa Mila and Casa Battlo. All fabulous! The food, oy! We did not want to eat later like they do here so we’ve had no problems getting in to recommended restaurants. On the perfume front, imagine my excitement when we passed by an Yves Rocher. I had not been able to order Cuir Vetiver online so I beelined to the perfume section and scooped up a 50 mL bottle for the princely sum of €15. I must confess that it was a hajusuuri “large sample” purchase as I wanted to get it no matter what. I may leave it unopened until I get home. My check-in luggage was 40 lbs so it has room to grow!
Oh yes, we happened to pass by a Chanel boutique and since my CE had already evaporated, I wanted to spritz myself with Eau de Cologne. I dashed in, spritzed myself with Eau de Cologne and managed to convince the SA to give me a sample of Boy Chanel. I will wear it during the cruise!
As to my steps goal, I am now up to 38,000 or so. My FitBit got confused with the time and the syncing and gave me credit for 15,000 and change twice. The ~ 38,000 steps is the adjusted number. Anyway, I am confident I’ll get to the first goal (200,000 steps) but really really want to get to my extra 50,000 stretch goal.
Stay tuned for my next update!
Mr. Spicebomb waxes poetic about La Sagrada Familia. . . we’ve made a tentative date to return when it’s finished!
Be sure to visit the perfume bottle museum!
I live in Barcelona and now I am rushing if to buy Cuir de Vetiver! That price is amazing and lucky you for getting a Chanel sample, I never manage to, how did you convince them?!
Hey Gabriela! I wish I paid more attention…I did not realize you live in Barcelona or I would have tried to meet a fellow perfumista!
With Chanel, I just made it sound like I knew what I was talking a out with my favorites in the line. Also, having just spritzed myself with Eau de Cologne, how could I possibly give justice to wearing Boy Chanel which I semi-conspirationally mentoned smells like 1932. I also had my puppy-dog look. Good luck!
Shame we didn’t meet!
On my way to work now in ELDO Fils de Dieu du Riz et des Agrumes.
I slipped some of this one this afternoon. It it so playful. Smelling it makes me happy.
It’s actually my favorite ELDO.