Hey, it's finally Friday! Plus, happy Women's Equality Day. Our community project for today: wear a fragrance by Calvin Klein, if you have one.
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 a dab of Calvin Klein Obsession. The temperature is creeping up again here, so a dab is all I will risk, plus, I like Obsession much better at low levels.
Reminder: On 9/2, our project will be How far does the apple fall from the tree? Wear a pillar fragrance on one arm, and one of its flankers on the other. Suggested by Happy888cat.
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.
Escape for Men Calvin Klein.
The smell of 1993 for me.
Memories light the corners of my mind……….. LOL
I’m scaring myself. More coffee! !!! STAT!
You’re scaring me too
Wearing CKOne which is actually a really nice scent, although I used to be fonder of it then, than I am now. Someone I work with occasionally wears a great CK fragrance, but I can’t remember which one it is.
It’s still very hot here, and I think my ancestors were either Vikings or Eskimo’s: in other words I do much better in colder temperatures.
I wish I had tried more of the CK One flankers…I like the original too, but no longer smells surprising to me.
I went through one of the CKOne summer bottles. In retrospect it wasn’t very good, although fairly enjoyable. I’m surprising myself by how good CK1 actually is. And my 15 year old bottle is still in pristine shape.
Scent twins! It’s really lovely and easy to wear!
It is and congrats on all the life-changes!
I don’t have much in the way of CK but when they launched Truth they did a set of oils that I couldn’t resist buying: it was the scent broken down into five components, Citrus, Sapling, Bamboo, Lilac, and Vanilla. I’m wearing a combination of Citrus, Bamboo, and Vanilla (I didn’t like the other two) and it’s really great — not Truth but its own vanilla-laced green-and-yellow thing.
Wow, had not heard of those and that sounds fun.
They did something similar with an Obsession set consisting of a 50-mL spray plus four roll-ons that were the scent broken down into the scent’s main accords (it might have been Amber, Vanilla, Flowers, and Spices, though I didn’t own it so I don’t remember well) so you could amplify one aspect or another. I can’t find any evidence that it ever existed but it really did!
The only thing that even approaches this in recent memory is that Givenchy Ange ou Demon set of Le Parfum plus a wee bottle of Accord Illicite to pump up the leather and patchouli notes. I would love to see a lot more of that sort of thing.
I am in Shalimar Souffle -I don’t own any CK
My six word review of this:
Vanilla
nothing like the original
Lemon Madeleines
A cup full of Mandarins
I am not the target market
Orange Blossoms
I brought my little meatball to the Met yesterday and we checked out the Manus and Machina exhibit..the Chanel wedding gowns are amazing
Worth checking out..
The Iris van Herpen 3-D designs were a completely new concept to me. So glad the little meatball liked it. I bet he’ll be doing homework with a 3-D printer!
The machine gowns were amazing and a bit creepy..
I am sure he will have a 3D printer at home to do his homework and make his clothes for that day
And you surely will disapprove of the designs when he’s around 11 years old
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Memoir Man (Amouage). TGIF!
I’m joining you, Robin, in a tiny dab of Obsession. Sadly, it’s a fairly current version and pretty terrible. I keep it because if I squint my brain I can almost smell it as it should be (I admit I liked the men’s version better anyway), and because it’s a reminder that not everyone selling vintage stuff online is legit. I’m off to the gym, then mowing the lawn so I will be applying something more comfortable later. Perhaps in the meantime it will function as mosquito repellent? I would spray the patio to check, but I’m afraid I would asphyxiate my spiders.
Nope. I scrubbed and drowned the remains in No. 5 for anxiety relief. Mom just called and is taking my Newburg cat to the vet this afternoon. He has again done something genius to his foot and she doesn’t want to risk an infection flaring up over the weekend. I’m not a fan of the country vets close by so am feeling very nervous-mother at the moment. I hope nothing horrible bit him, but she says he was fine last night and woke up walking on three legs and hissing every time something bumped his foot. No visible thorns or burs but the top of his toes are swollen and he is sleeping with his foot hanging out of the bed. I hope the little dummy is okay. If he didn’t have to sprint everywhere all the time he probably wouldn’t hurt himself so often (and wouldn’t look half-starved).
Hey, we were twins for a brief moment
And join you in hoping the little dummy is okay…
Best wishes to your kitty.
Thank you. I just got an update. Apparently they found an infected wound on his toe and cleaned it up and gave him an antibiotic injection.
Glad to hear that you cat is going to be OK.
Eau de Mandarine Ambree
In a suitcase somewhere are the dregs of a sample of a sample of Euphoria, but today was a vanilla day, so I’m wearing Jacques Zolty Van-ile. I remember not loving it at first, especially because I was comparing it to Tihota. But on a day when Tihota felt too sweet, Van-ile is *perfect.*
I had Eternity Aqua picked out but went with Rykiel Homme to honor Sylvia Rykiel’s passing and contributions to the fashion industry. I had forgotten how much I liked this scent.
No ck in the house
Wearing CdG Kyoto
Don’t own any CK, but I was feeling fizzy today so I have ELDO Vraie Blonde on my chest and Tauer Orange Star on my arms. They harmonize well together. Happy Friday!
Having no Calvin Klein, I chose a different designer’s fragrance: Tom Ford Fleur de Chine. Wow, is this stuff beautiful. The hubby isn’t instantly taken by it, but he’ll come around. Happy Friday!
Oh I’ve got to pull out my small decant of this.
Yes!!
Truly beautiful.
Oh, and I just read that it’s National Dog Day in the US. Hug your dog!
Mine got hugs AND smooches this morning! Then I found her running around with my shoe in her mouth…!
That’s how she shows Mommy her love.????
I do have CK Obsession in my collection but after the bout of sun poisoning, my tummy isn’t tolerating anything loud or bombastic today.
SOTD is Chanel no 19 since it’s going to be in the 90’s today.
You smell great. Hope you are starting to recover.
Sun poisoning is no joke. Best of luck in feeling better!
The only thing by CK in my stash was Eternity for Men, which is acceptable, if not very imaginative.
Stole a little bit of my teenage son’s CkOne Shock for Him, which is a nice sheer woody oriental with spices (I can really only do soft/sheer orientals… I hatedhatedhated Obsession). It’s pleasant, but I like it better on him. Also, it’s hot today, so I might wind up dragging out my mini of Eternity (a gift I don’t wear often) or that decant of Truth that Elisa so kindly sent me.
First high school football game of the season this evening, and I’ll be selling pizza for the band boosters. It’s hot, so I may hose myself down with something light before I leave the house. (Luckily, the kids are wearing their band tees featuring this year’s show, rather than full uniform. They had to wear uniform for a couple of hours earlier in the month, in order to take pictures for the football programs, and just from those two hours, the uniforms got sweaty enough to stink up the whole room.)
Enjoy and good luck
Our 1st game is tomorrow night (against an out-of-town team, which is why it’s tomorrow instead of tonight), and I’m doing concessions too!
Go Grayson Rams!!! LOL! GO MARCHING BAND!!!!!
Sweaty band uniform is a smell I know well, from high school all the way through college. Dousing both one’s self and uniform with cheap-ish fresh/crisp scents comes in very handy until dry cleaning-time rolls around. ???? Good luck with the fundraising!
I never did get out to look for Obsession this week, so . . .
SOTD is Dior’s J’Adore Voile. The top notes remind me of the air after it rains.
No CK in my collection, but I do have Dulcis in Fundo, and I therefore smell like a creamsicle.
Yum! I love that one.
Yummm, I have a travel spray of this one.
Yum I need to get me one
Scent twins, Robin. I missed all the 80’s perfumes and did not even notice them on others. I would not have appreciated Obsession at the time, anyway. Using the Hajusuuri sample obtaining technique at Macy’s ( brought my own vial and also found an agreeable SA), I procured the only CK I’ve somehow ever tried. The spicy amber vanilla animalic scent was a big surprise. The original must have been quite a creation!
Hey twin! The original was indeed better, but that’s true of everything now.
One can have a vivid scent imagination when sniffing the reformulations.?
In the airport already in my way to Vancouver for the weekend. I am attending a friend’s wedding tomorrow, so lots of fun is on the way. SOTD Calvin Klein Eternity. From time to time, I borrow some from my mother’s bottle from the 80’s which is still very good. Citrusy and flowery. A pretty fresh scent. I have never tried the reformulations, but I do not have any interest in doing comparisons. It would be probably depressing. Have a nice weekend everyone!
Enjoy your getaway! The only CK I ever owned was Eternity, but quickly realized I liked it better on others. It used to make me sneeze! I did give it a good try in spite of that, though.
Happy FriYAY, and Happy National Dog Day! Here is my sweet, crazy, hyper 6 year old Lab, Chewy!!! He hopes you always live like the gate is wide open, and love your people with all your heart like he does! xoxoxoxoxo
https://www.instagram.com/p/BJkzprxgcAf/?taken-by=jadainga99
SOTD: CK One Summer 2016. Definitely a summer, pool/beach scent…definitely unisex. It’s pretty good! Found it for $19.99 at Marshall’s….
Aww, give Chewy an extra ear rub from me.
You look adorable in that photo
Aw thanks! I had picked him up from the kennel, so no makeup, hair a mess, and DOG HAIR all over me! HA HA HA But my goodness I love him!
Both of you are ADORABLE! ????
Happy Dog Day! Too cute????
In other dog news (and this from a cat person), for a fun and wacky dog-umentary (like that? eh eh eh?) check out Martin Clunes in “A Man and his Dogs” on Netflix. My 15 year old was alternately laughing hard or rolling his eyes.
Love Martin Clunes!
Cute picture!!
You always find such amazing bargains!!!
TGIF!
SOTD: CK Reveal.
One of the better CKs imo. I really hope it does better than it’s scent sister Womanity (she needs more love people!) but looking at how it gets absolutely no flankers while Euphoria is multiplying like rabbits I don’t think it does.
Maybe we’ll see a CK Reveal Noir at some point?
I have a fir stuffed/scented small calico cat doodad on my book shelf that smelled so good this morning I wanted to wear it. Had to settle for Yatagan. Not a match in the least, but I do love this perfume.
So it smells like fir?
To me, Yatagan starts out with a pine scent–but not exactly fir, but also not Pine Sol if you are worried about that. If it kept up its initial blast, it would only be interesting. But it quiets (sort of like Timbuktu in that its woods start out pronounced and then melt to cream. If you like Timbuktu, you might like Yatagan) into a warm, herbal, woodsiness with hints of leather. I have a huge bottle, so let me know if you’d like to try it!
Actually, I was wondering what the stuffed cat smelled like :-). I have a decant of Yatagan floating around in the sample sea but thanks for the offer – I need to wrestle my decants and samples to the ground!
Little cloth cat smells amazing. Actually. I got it on Nantucket. I had one exactly like it when I was a girl, also from Nantucket. But it was lost amidst my parents’ divorce and my many moves years ago. I was so happy to find the very same cat with the same scent. It smells like sweet fir trees. I adore it!
I tried Yatagan last week at Jovoy in Paris, I loved it a lot but bought Revillon Detchema instead. I was told it’s the closest to the original reformulation off all old relaunched perfumes.
That being said, I’m wearing Sonia Rykiel 7e Sens today in remembrance of this incredible parisian designer who died yesterday at 86
No CK around, so in some Orange Sanguine.
SOTD was the last of my 5 Fragonards, “Désert”. This is supposed to have a citrus opening, then move on through saffron into tobacco, tonka and oud. Alas, it smells every bit as nondescript
as the others, and by now it has ‘deserted’ – Boom Boom! ;^)
I’m in CDG airport, waiting for my flight home to BHX. After rocking up to the Guerlain display, I have “Ambre Eternel” on one wrist and “Santal Royal” on the other. I like both, but don’t need 125ml of either and right now they don’t come in smaller bottles. I was thinking of getting a little bottle of L’Heure Bleue but it’s actually cheaper in BHX duty free (£45 vs. €65 here) so I’ll leave it to Sunday.
SOTE is “Escapade à Byzance” from Olibère, which I bought at the alternative perfumes exhibition back in June.
Top: cinnamon, black pepper, saffron, thyme, ginger and citruses;
Mid: cloves, cypress and incense;
Base: benzoin, heliotrope, musk, vanilla, patchouli, amber, cedar and vetiver.
Fragrantica reviews are sniffy about it but I like it a lot, and it’s a great antidote to a week of dull-as-dishwater Fragonards. I wonder when is the next Freebiemeet so I can ship them onwards to a more appreciative home? :^)
This sounds good.
No CK for me either, but Eternity and Escape for Men hold the most memories for me.
SOTD Divine L’Inspiratrice. A pretty enough retro-ish rosy floral that I can barely smell in the humidity today, despite a hefty application from a sample.
Oh, you smell wonderful. It needs a few more full sprays I guess, to stand up to the heat. I wear mine more in the colder seasons.
Thank you! I was thinking it might do better in cooler weather.
Now that it’s dried down, I’m getting a woody note that doesn’t work for me. It’s of the saw-dusty, dry variety that I find in Tocade and Ylang 49-some sort of synthetic sandalwood?- that make an otherwise likeable perfume less appealing to me. I’ll still give it another go when it’s cooler out.
I tried it for the first time the other day and got the same thing. That raspy wood doesn’t do it for me. The other I tried, though, was nice. L’ame Soeur, I think.
I’m very particular about woods-particularly of the synthetic variety. I’d prefer a natural sweaty cedar to many of the raspy, screechy synthetics. I haven’t tried the one you mentioned. The one I’ve liked so far is L’Etre Aime Femme.
Oh! And I’m sitting in that corner of my couch where I keep getting mysterious wafts of Taklamakan. I still can’t pinpoint where it’s coming from, but it smells so good. Those are some smooth woods.
A spritz of Euphoria, which I’ve loved since it was released.
Another fan of Euphoria here! Too bad today’s weather was so stinking hot and humid, or it might have been an option.
This is a surprisingly calvin Klein free household, so I went for Jil Sander Stylessence instead, trying to break free from the spell of Monsieur Li. While running errands I passed the best perfume store in town and discovered that the full range of Arquiste has made its way to Sweden. Tried L’Etrog and was immediately smitten. What a lovely mix of citrus, herbs and sweetness! Happy Friday to you all!
No CK ’round these parts, so I’m giving Vert Incense a whirl. It was both vert and incense at first, and now a short while later all I’m smelling is… salty wood? Salty wood with fennel rubbed on it? Hmm, maybe it’s growing on me…
Salty wood with fennel rubbed on it sounds surpringly enticing!
Salty wood sounds fabulous – a la JM Wood Sage and Sea Salt!
Still no CK here in the swamp but the good news is it’s also National Dog Day! So, happy T-Rex day and a special hat tip to all you people who give our four legged friends a loving home????
I’m headed into a post spin shower and have plans to wear a big blast of MFK CPLS after on a disgustingly hot and humid day. I may not survive!
Happy weekend to all!
Happy Dig Day to T-Rex! She has a great mama. And you’re quite brave with the CPLS. I can’t even think about that one in this heat.
Well, I’m shame faced over here because I wimped out and decided to go with Vetiver Tonka. ????
Just sensible ????
Oh I need to tell my Golden Retriever about that. She’s already such a (sweet) princess, she thinks everyday should be Dog Day!
SOTD = Mugler Les Exceptions Oriental Express
I split 2 bottles of this last year and have about 40 mLs left over. This is lightly sweet powdery musky vanillic, reminiscent of a non-boozy, lighter version of Cuir Beluga. Creosote would love the Guerlainade in this one.
I still have to go through my sample set. I’ve tried one other – Chyprissime – and recall it being quite good. The distribution is extremely limited in the US; I think only 2 Nordstrom have it, one of which is in Chicago. The bottles are refillable and, therefore, easy to split.
This sounds lovely, like a fall scent.
I may have previously worn kt in the fall and It actually smelled a little different in cooler temps – less vanillic and more irisy IIRC.
I love Chyprissime!
And lucky you with your access to it!
Thanks again for the Oriental Express split, hajusuuri! It’s a modern classic, and so lovely to wear. I have a sample of Chyprissime and should give it a good test.
I wish Cuir Impertinente had measured up to Oriental Express (which would admittedly be difficult). The top notes seemed promising, but it seemed a tad dull to me after that.
What a fabulous name for a perfume!
I was underwhelmed with Cuir as well, but I am hoping Woodissime will be better on me. We are supposed to get it at the Bay in Montreal this October.
Thanks for saving me the trouble of acquiring Cuir! I think I will try SupraFlora next!
You smell gorgeous, I love Oriental Express!
Thanks! I am loving its drydown!
That does sound like I’d love it. ‘Oriental Express’ is a really great name.
It’s a great name but in my opinion, doesn’t fit the perfume. And of course I don’t have a suggestion. Ha, come to think maybe, perhaps we can do a Friday Community Project on Misnamed Perfumes – wear a misnamed perfume and tell us what name you would give it instead!
CK Be today. An unsniffed buy that worked out. It’s a pleasant fresh out of the shower fragrance. ( and very inexpensive online).
Forgot about the project. I’m in Mona di Orio Rose Etoile de Hollande, which resembles Nahema, but I think I love Mona’s version more, and as I came across a good deal for the discontinued travel sizes, it is much more affordable. It behaves well in the current heat, which like Austenfan, I not coping so well with.
I’ve really been wanting to try this one. I’m sure you smell fabulous.
Yes, I think so too. Where are you? I’m think the US which makes sending a sample adventurous!
Oh, I’ll get a hold of one through Luckyscent or some such. But thanks!
I’m continuing on in my quest to find a fig scent I enjoy, so I’m wearing Premier Figuere again. The first blast was a problem, but after a few hours of wearing, it has turned fairly enjoyable. Philosykos and En Mediterranee are better, but I might be able to wear this when I’m in the mood for fig. It doesn’t seem to be either musty or sour, which I’ve found with fig scents in the past. Oh, and the only CK scent I had was Eternity, which I bought because of the review in the Guide. Yuck!
Hey there- the Body shop has a fig scent- it reminds me more of the fig leaf than the sun ripened fruit itself. Have you tried it?
Have you tried the L’Occitane fig? I think it came out last year and is sweeter than some of the other fig scents.
Pacifica does a nice one and is very affordable.
CK Reveal, which was truly a blind buy as part of the Chandler Burr Untitled Series. Tried it, didn’t like it. Recently tried again and am enjoying it much more. I like the saltiness and beachy thing that’s going on, which I didn’t notice at first sniff. Might have been the time of year that I first tried it that made me not like it.
Literally the only CK I have. I’m not sure I’ve ever sniffed any of his scents. No reason, just haven’t tried them.
Reveal didn’t work for me the first time either, and I’ve so wanted to try it again, but haven’t seen it around lately. Glad it’s working better the second time!
I remember trying this at Macys.
I don’t own any CK scents and up until last night I thought I had never smelled any, but I was thinking about it and concluded that I must have smelled Obsession at some point. I seem to recall that there were two camps in the ’80’s: the Opium people and the Obsession people, and nobody I knew wore both. I was an Opium person but I’m sure I sniffed Obsession in a department store somewhere.
Today I’m wearing Bombay Bling just because it’s so fun.
Opium was late seventies and of course a whole lot of people were still wearing it through the end of the eighties, but after Giorgio Beverly Hills started the whole owning-a-room trend (and also started the boom in tear-open magazine samples) in 1981, the real battle in the mid eighties was the Obsession people versus the Poison people. If one of each of them got in the same elevator car together I’m fairly sure it would have just combusted.
And then it all went Issey Miyake!
I am laughing to myself as I was one of those elevator people….Giorgio, Poison, Obsession, etc…worn with reckless abandonment…..
But you are now making ammends with Assam of India
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So true!
“Bombay Bling, because it’s so fun.” Exactly!
Second that!
No Calvin Klein for me so I’m wearing Sideris
Nice.
That’s figuratively as well as literally on a different continent from CK.
I planned to go and spray myself with something Calvin during the lunch hour, as I don’t own anything by the brand, but didn’t have time in the end. So I’m in JM Blackberry & Bay.
But I do have fond memories of CK One – it was the first perfume I bought in my very early teens, when visiting Germany soon after Estonia regained independence. It was a tiny bottle, but I loved it.
I bought ckOne at around the same age. It’s lovely, and very easy to wear.
It was also something different and exciting when it came out, truly smelling of the Zeitgeist.
I am now the proud owner of Blackberry and Bay too! I had to drive into the city yesterday for an apt, and so I HAD to stop at the only Jo Malone counter that I’m aware of in Atlanta…..
I couldn’t help myself! Blackberry and Bay smells sooooo good. I got a few samples too, and the English Pear and Freesia is on my wish list for the next trip……
Just bought the English Pear and Freesia soap online this morning at the Jo Malone website so that I could score a free 9ml travel spray of their new release Neroli & Basil with code LONDON…just saying in case you are interested….you could buy a Blackberry & bay soap to go with your cologne
ooooh!! I got a Neroli and Basil sample too….That’s a beautiful one too!!
No more perfumes this week….uh month….uh quarter!
Who’s counting? Your dog is gifting you whatever you want.
I think B&B is wonderful and especially good in late summer/early autumn. Enjoy your new bottle!
I no longer have any CK fragrances. Today I’m wearing Nicolai’s Musc Manoi.
As a huge Nicolaï fan I love your fragrance of choice for today.
1) In ckOne. I bought this as a teenager and smelled like everyone else in high school and college!
2) Your girl will be signing on Monday and I will take possession of the home on Wednesday. DEAR LORD. This weekend, I will be packing and cleaning like a mad woman. Apparently this is a waiting list for my apartment, so the management has been flexible with notice dates.
Stressful but very exciting!!
I just think this is so exciting. To have your very own home and nest to play in. And turning an empty shell into a warm, homely space…yay! I think I have house envy.
It is very exciting! And I do have all sorts of happy plans for the house to make it comfy and welcoming.
So exciting!!
I am cheering for you!
Best wishes for your upcoming move!
I honestly wanted to join the community project and wear Reveal by CK, but in the morning somehow completely forgot about it and now am wearing the remainings of my sample of Embers by Rouge Bunny Rouge. It is very very nice, I might have to buy a bottle (only if it were cheaper
I like that one. Reminds me of DK Black Cashmere. (and that is always a nice thing to be reminded of…)
I used to wear Obsession and loved it at the time but the new version seems to lack body…not so much an obsession as a dabble. Robin, have you ever done a Mainstream and Mall friday project? There seems to be a full range of Calvin Klein in my local department store so this project has been really great for sniffing…as all the perfumes are available
Spent a wonderful hour yesterday in the university print studio. Every year a printer in residence sets up for a special typesetting collaboration and this year the printer comes from Dartmouth college and has created a limited edition book of poems written by my friend, based on the first woman to climb NZ’s highest mountain Aoraki/Mount Cook. Lovely smell in the studio of printing ink, a warm oiliness. We all stood around talking about fonts and typefaces….fantastic!
Mainstream and mall would be a fun challenge for a Friday NST project. When I walk past a department store perfume counter I wonder what hidden treasures are waiting there. I don’t often have the time, patience, or bravery to run the gauntlet.
That is neat! I am most curious about letterpress printing and would love a portable unit the same size as a personal tabletop inkjet printer!
I’m wearing Tendre Friandises by Molinard. It’s by FAR the scent I get the most (unsolicited) compliments on!
Taking a sideways glance at today’s project by wearing Estee Lauder Pleasures from perfumer Alberto Morillas, co-author of CK One.
Happy Friday! Gosh, you all smell marvelous.
No CK so I wore ELDO La Fin du Monde.
I am wearing Rykiel Homme Grey in honor of Rykiel who died yesterday. A very nice spicy green scent, with a lovely burst of bitter citrus at the opening, by Edouard Flechier.
I am drinking some Saejak Goryeo green tea from Korea.
Such a lovely idea and everything sounds wonderful.
I used to wear Eternity in my 20’s. I felt in love with it in a department store when I first came to Montreal and it smelled so good at that time. I smelled it again recently, even though I like it, maybe because of the memories, I rarely wear it now, I don’t even have a bottle.
I am wearing Cuir de Russie extrait instead.
You smell great! Nothing against Eternity, but CDR is hard to beat. ????
Apparently something did “come between me and my Calvins” as I don’t have any Calvin Klein.
Stuffy, humid day here. So SOTR (scent of the room) right now is L’Occitane’s The Vert. Haven’t decided what to wear for SOTD after my shower.
Ha!
Ha ha!
Oooh, I love The Vert!
Hello, best of good days to you all. I have to spend this Saturday at work in the madness that is Open Day. I refused when I first heard about it, but my dear man–very dear, but quite, quite, batty–took no critical thought about participating and agreed to be there for his school, Engineering. I continued to refuse until the powers that be “remembered” (I might have helped jiggle their memories….) that the employment contract contains a clause giving a day in lieu for people who work on the weekend. Hmmmph. Still not a compensation for my Saturday, but it’s something. I am wearing Misia hoping to sweeten my slightly sour mood. It’s a girly scent, like a pretty, very sweet, late teen, giggly and slightly knowing, but with an engaging honesty and innocence. I’m not sure it suits my personality at all, but it quite suits my nose.
BTW, yesterday I tried Frapin 1270 and Maharanih side-by-side. I don’t know why, but I had somehow got it into my head that they are similar. They aren’t, not remotely, and I am happy to report (because I bought a bottle) that Maharanih easily won all the perfumista tests I submitted them to. Maharanih is gently sensual: I recommend it to all northern hemisphere NS-tites as you head into cooler weather.
I always regret not buying PdNs Maharanih, New York, and Sacre Bleu before they were substituted with the “intense” versions. I did not see that coming until too late.
Misia
I often choose to wear perfumes in public that are more agreeable than I am. It is the least taxing form of camouflage.
I never smelt the early versions, so I don’t know what I missed. I really like the current perfumes, even if they aren’t as good.
TBH, I think I’ve only tried the Intense version of Sacre Bleu. It’s not louder, but the note peaks are more distinct, less blended. I liked the warm hummm of the original, but I can’t say which is the better perfume.
Hmmmm. The converse is that I throw on a bit of Salome or MKK because I want to channel the side of me that isn’t so “Misia”
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Misia is one sophisticated giggly girl to me! I wear it, like the other Chanels I own, when I want to feel like a full on grown up.
The only CK I have is Euphoria, and I do enjoy wearing it, but not today. It is so hot and humid here today, and my allergies are going nuts.
I sprayed a small amount of Nocturnes de Caron on this morning.
Wow! That is the first mention of Noctures de Caron that I have seen o NST! You smell amazing! Are you wearing current formulation or vintage? Nocturnes is probably the closest that ever came to being a “signature” scent for me…started wearing it in 1983 and have always had at least one bottle in my possession (only vintage)…….
I have a vintage bottle of Nocturnes that I cherish. I think Angela reviewed it… Yes, she did, but that was nearly 10 years ago:
https://nstperfume.com/2007/11/20/caron-nocturnes-fragrance-review/
Thanks for the link! Just read the review! I have the art deco spray bottle myself…I also have a ridiculously large limited edition glass bottle with a glass stopper (it is so large it almost looks like a small wine decanter) Don’t know what it held…maybe 8-10 oz? Right now there is only about 3/4 of an ounce left
Wish I had bought it in perfume formulation years ago….
I have the version in the curvy Caron bottle with the gold top. I used to have the art deco bottle with the black top back in the 80s.
No CK at all, so wearing my sample of Bruno Fazzolari’s Montserrat. Really nice green fig and grapefruit scent, with a wet plaster dry down. I’m trying to decide between Montserrat, Lampblack, and Au Dela as my Fazzolari full bottle purchase, but it’s a hard decision because they are all so very different. Au Dela is just gorgeous, and Lampblack is unusual and edgy, but I think Montserrat would probably be worn most, as it is the most work appropriate. The scent he based on that room from the Shining (forgot the room number) was horrifying. Smelled like a truck stop bathroom that had been aggressively and cheaply cleaned to cover up a scene of violence.
Yes, I also like those three. Ended up with Lampblack but still think longingly of Au Dela. Need to get Lampblack out this fall.
I like those 3 as well. Au Dela seems like it would span more seasons and Monserrat more situations. I’d considered Monserrat earlier this summer, myself. Maybe next year…
And, of course, you smell great!
I hated the Shining one too. A lot. I wish I liked Au dela and Montserrat, but they didn’t work for me. Jimmy is my pick, although I still haven’t gotten a FB.
Really liked that one as well! Such a pretty floral.
Lampblack and Au Dela Narcisse des Montaignes are my picks from Bruno.
I just got ‘vinyl shower curtain’ from the Shining one. Not scary, but why would I want to walk around smelling like a shower curtain?
Haha! If you lived in the midst of hipsterdom, like I do, the question would be “how can I smell more like a vinyl shower curtain?”
Ha!
I tried Au Dela at Fumerie Parfumeriw during my sniffathon with ede97005 and AnnS. It was fine for the first 20 minutes but then devolved into plastic. I will give it another try. I think I have a decant too from a certain someone.
Stupid fat fingers for Parfumerie. And spell check kept switch Dela to Adela but I appear to have conquered that!
I never wore Calvin KleinEscape in the 1990s, but I have deep memories of how breathtakingly new and exotic those aquatic notes smelled then.
A few years ago, I bought a vintage bottle of Escape as a portal to those days when energy ran high and everything seemed possible. It’s a curious presentation: an EdP with a glass stopper under a covering metal cap: a sleek modern version of the cut glass bottles from a Victorian gentleman’s travel case. I only have to lift the covering cap; the scent arises and I see the shimmering images on the other side of the time portal. Maybe I’ll step through it tomorrow.
I’m joining Robin and everyone else wearing Obsession today–you all smell great! (I really like it at reasonable levels of application. ????)
Question for NSTers: Is Obsession predominantly ‘spicy’ to everyone, or does anyone else get the powdery/dryness that I do??
Have an excellent Friday, peeps!
I find it more sweet and powdery than spicy. Dry, too. Like accidentally inhaling powdered spice-cake mix (which is never really quite like spices to me, how do they do that?)
So interesting. I’m glad to know I’m not the only one who finds it powdery and dry! (Ooo, a spice cake sounds really good right now!)
It has been many, many, many years since I wore Obsession but what I remember was more sweet , powdery, amber-y than spicy…..
I know it’s changed now, but even in the current formulation the spices and vanilla seem to predominate for most people. But it really isn’t sweet on me at all. Apparently my skin turns amber into grown-up baby powder! (Ha, that’s a bit of an oxymoron.)
The only CK I own is Euphoria, which I adore! However I had zero motivation to dig it out of its current home in the closet. It has a sillage to rival most 80s powerhouses. (Which is probably why I love it so much. ????)
My scent of the day is Ambre Nue layered over Cedre Blanc- very refreshing!
No CK here. I am such a child of the 80s that everything CK just makes me think of Brook Shields as a child and my intense dislike, at the time, for perfume. Thank goodness Brook Shields is a seemingly smart and funny and together woman and I now love perfume. Everything turned out ok!
I’ve been wearing the same stable of summer perfumes the past weeks and so not posting much: today Costarela. Also often at hand Fleurs de Sel, Aqua di Sale, Sel Marin, Atlantic Rose, Corsica Furiosa . . . see theme here? At night my new love, Arso, or testing other Profumum Roma perfumes and now wanting far too many of them: Olibanum, Ambra Aurea, Tagete for starters.
Happy weekend to all!
Happy Friday or Saturday everyone – yay for the weekend! I’m another with no CKs, and I don’t recall ever trying any. I’m sure some are available in the local department stores, so I will remedy that gap in my perfume experience today????
No CK here either. SOTD is my favorite summer incense, Decennial Santal Sacre. Airy incense sandalwood.
TGIF, y’all!
I also have no CK, and in any case am not at home, and further never met a CK I was overfond of. Instead, I stepped into a little perfumerie on a side street and discovered the incredible Nasomatto line. I am sure I’ve read about it; I’m sure I’ve seen the name Hindu Grass in someone’s comments. I tried Black Afgano and absolutely ADORE it! It’s fabulous and has marvelous lasting power (as well it should, being a parfum). I loved it so much I came close to buying it; it took some self-cajoling to remind myself of my no-buy.
Anyway, my conference is over! Finally back to Toulouse tomorrow after a month of being away
I imagine my plants are all dead.
Hindu Grass is my favorite from that line (I may have mentioned it more than once). But it’s so fleeting and pricey that it will not be mine.
Good luck with the plant resuscitation!
How did you like Bordeaux? Did you pop into the Divine shop? :^)
I like Bordeaux well enough, but I’ve never been in love with it. This was my third trip (when you live just a couple hours away, you kind of have to visit, don’t you?), and I am pretty sure I’ve done absolutely everything I’ll ever need to do there, some things twice.
I walked past the Divine shop but didn’t go in
There’s one in Toulouse, so there’s certainly no rush, and I was really worried I’d be tempted to buy something (“something,” I say, as though I don’t already know that I want to get l’Homme Sage and l’Etre Aimé).
It’s my birthday and I don’t recall any CK but I know I have been bought a perfume pressie. Wore Vanille D’iris from an OJ sample today. It smelt really lovely in the sun which I didn’t expect to be obvious for it. Am deciding if I’ll buy a perfume present for myself, although I do already have some really truly lovely and loved perfumes. Happy Friday to you all.
Happy birthday, Sophie! And you smell lovely.
Happy Birthday! Keep us posted in the smelly gifts.
Happy b-day!
Happy birthday!
Happy Birthday! Wishing you a sweet-smelling year ahead.
Happy Birthday! Aw, go on and buy yourself a b-day perfume pressie if you can! ????
Happy birthday SophieC!
Happy birthday and have a happy year
Happy Birthday
Happy belated birthday!
SOTD = CK Contradiction. With a realistic eucalyptus note in the open, this is one of the strangest fragrances I own. It was also the first CK scent that I liked.
Ha! I completely forgot about Contradiction! I really liked it when it first came out but never got around to purchasing a full bottle.
Like many of you, nothing about the Calvin Klein brand has ever interested me, although I did like the way Euphoria smelled on a former coworker. So I rummaged in my sample bin and found CK One Shock for her, which I’d never heard of. Looked it up on NST and found its notes harmonized with the fragrance that has been my SOTD – philosophy falling in love summer, a light and breezy blackberry-tinged not-too-sweet floral that my grandkids love – and that was my choice for tonight.
They are here today and we’re getting ready for a small party to celebrate the kittens’ first birthday that was last week, the grandtwins’ that is next week, and the birthday of one of the two women who rescued our kittens’ pregnant mom and gave her and her subsequent 5 kittens a home. So there’d be no celebration if it weren’t for her! Not only did we get 2 kittens but a lasting friendship was formed with their ‘grandma’ and ‘auntie’.
Took the grandtwins to see Pete’s Dragon today, it truly is a magical film. The dragon is as real as any cat or dog, I could almost feel his green fur.
It’s been a lovely day!
Happy Birthdays to all!
Sounds like a perfect day.
That’s a lot of birthdays. Sounds like fun!
So late today. I feel like a broken record saying that I do not have any CK scents. Back in the day, I went through a few bottles of CK 1 and also had a bottle CK b which I never finished. I also remember Obsession because my mother wore it occasionally. I thought it was pretty on other people but I never wore it.
I wore Chanel No 22 today courtesy of She-ra. Such a pretty scent. I’m sure they are not really alike but it totally reminds me EL White Linen, which I also wore back in the day. I went through a few bottles of White Linen back then too.
Both very heavily aldehydic florals and both very lovely. You smell wonderful.
I hope your weather cools off soon. ????