Happy Monday! It's World Diabetes Day, and Astrid Lindgren's birthday. If you missed the Beaver Supermoon last night, be sure to look for it tonight. What fragrance are you wearing?
I'm wearing Comme des Garçons + Pharrell Williams Girl.
Reminder: 11/18 will be No Brainer Friday — wear one of your seasonal "no brainer / go to" fragrances. Thanks to SheriG for the suggestion!
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.
Orange Sanguine
You smell great!
Today I was craving for one of my favorite orange blossom scents: L’Artisan Seville a L’Aube. I sprayed with abandon and I am really enjoying it. Sweet and green. Sadly, I have never been able to get the incense note that I am sure I would love. Hopefully, one day I will…
House cousins
I don’t get incense either, but I also think my noise is very untrained. I just get very rich, very juicy orange.
Dzongkha for a peaceful Monday.
Cherry Blossom Green tea
Wide leg pants and a t-shirt. Keeping it simple.
Babies are happy and playing a lot together, gives me more time to finish my tea and read the WSJ. My toddler is pushing her teddy around in her baby stroller and my chubby Buddha is just crawling around trying to keep up. I think the whole scene is hilarious.
Thanks for sharing such a peaceful, loving image on this Mon. a.m.
your welcome! Have a great day ahead
Enjoy these sweet times with your little ones. Sounds like a wonderful morning.
You smell and look very peaceful and relaxed.
Thank you!
Adorable!
Perfect morning!
Scent twin!
Wearing Cuir d’Ange (and loving it), but wish I could get some L’Artisan l’Eau d’Ambre for further testing. I only randomly tried it in a store last week (wasn’t ever thinking it would be for me), and now I am obsessed.
I suggest posting your request in the November Fairygodmother post at the Perfume Posse. The fairygodmother post os not getting a lot of traffic. I may grant some wishes. I don’t have the L’AP you’re looking for.
Thanks, hajusuuri — great idea and very nice of you! I am not at home for a couple of more weeks so have not really a way to get samples right now. But am enjoying my Cuir d’Ange that I got from your split :), and will be looking into what you suggested.
Regarding l’Eau d’Ambre, I wonder if the Extreme is a version of it or a completely different fragrance. Can somebody help?
Probably not helpful of me… but I was sniffing around eBay just a couple of days ago for some decants and noticed several l’Eau d’Ambre, second hand, bottles for sale. I think I saw the Extreme as well. I haven’t tried either, so am useless there.
Oakland Fresca,
Yes, the prices are not bad, and I am tempted to go ahead and get a FB. The question is whether I need to try the Extreme first …
Thanks for enabling
I have a sample of the Extreme and really like it. It is said the be a more intense, edp version of the original. It is also a Jean Claude Ellena fragrance, so if you like his stuff I would say it is worth a try.
Ok, convinced–will make sure to try the Extreme version asap. yes, JCE is my hero. Thanks, madtowngirl!
I have the Extreme but have never smelt the non-extreme so can’t compare. The Extreme is a real hospital grade amber…all the goodness of a regular amber but double the dose. It is beautiful and spunky, great sillage and lasting power. Not particularly subtle…so if you like a sleepy amber the Hermes Ambre Merveilles is safer. But if you like your amber with the punch of Chanel Coco then the Extreme is the one. Softens beautifully and as it wears it becomes spicier…like a cinnamon amber. I love it.
Kanuka, I love your descriptor: “a real hospital grade amber”!
What you said makes me think that most probably I’ll end up with the “sleepy” version, but will definitely try the Extreme, and, if you don’t mind, would like to borrow your expression for future uses.
I have actually layered the Extreme with the Hermes and felt they went well together. (Both JCE creations????)
You had me at cinnamon amber.
AG Eau de Sud from an old bottle, but it smells pretty great. I love that herbally, slightly licorice basil.
I am drinking a mug of Mangalam Assam.
Love Eau de Sud. It is perfection. It actually makes my mouth water when I wear it and it lasts for a very long time for a “cologne”.
I love EDS especially in the hot weather. It’s very refreshing and a little different.
I love both your scent and your tea!
My first no brainer of the week is Yves Rocher’s Neroli. Uncomplicated and simple but just smells great. I have it in the shower gel (a bit disappointing) and the body lotion (fantastic and heavily scented) which I use as a shave balm. Can’t go wrong really.
Have you tried any of the holiday scented body products? I read a comment over the weekend that the Pear & Cocoa is yucky. The other 2 are Clementine & Spices and Cranberry & Almond.
I can honestly say I haven’t, and none of this years crop really appeal to me. Money saved!
Further use of the Clementine & Spices hand cream has confirmed that the scent is lovely and the product is terrible. My hands feel dry 10 minutes after use. If anyone gets around to using the shower gel, I’d love to know how good/bad it is!
That reminded me that I’ve had a similar experience with body lotions, orientals specifically: Aromatics Elixir and Youth Dew.
I’ve been tempted by the clementine spice candle.
That’s my favorite neroli. I’ll have to try the lotion.
SOTD is Beloved, definitely a fall go-to scent for me. Hope everyone had a great weekend!
You smell beautiful! It is such a great Fall scent.
I wear Beloved year round but it does very well in autumn. You smell stunning.
The Supermoon looked the same as any other moon to me! Was it just too cloudy last night, maybe?
Mendittorosa Le Mat today. Very tasty immortelle rose.
I’ve read that the best moon show was either at sunrise this AM #toolatenow, or sunset today.
Yes, I think you have to catch it near the horizon to have any sense of scale, and that would only be meaningful if you’ve often seen the moon rise or set.
To me, the moonlight did seem extraordinarily bright last night, but that was due to the clear skies and low humidity, as well.
I think I saw it too late too. Going to go out earlier tonight.
Saw it last night, relatively early (about 7:30 pm) and it was larger than usual, but not enormously so. But it was very clear here, and the moon was so bright that it looked truly silver.
Same here. I saw it at the same time and thought it was bigger, but not enormous.
News forecast here estimated it was about 7% larger.
CSP Vanille Peach, like Vanille Abricot only peachy instead of apricotty. They’re actually pretty similar, to be honest, but the Peach is brighter, with a lot less of that cooked-sugar note that makes Abricot so wonderful.
I was surfing Sephora and saw they now carry CSP! There’s a good selection of travel sprays available. It’s the last day for 20VIB.
I think Sephora in Canada has always stocked CSP. It’s a real shame the line has become so attenuated, but as long as they keep making Amour de Cacao and Vanille Abricot, all is well.
It is chilly in Ohio. I am wearing Wonderwood.
Chilly here in PA too! We are house cousins.
Narcisco Poudre from a sample – very nice but a bit sweet for me. The Supermoon was pretty amazing last night.
Oh good, glad someone caught it!
Florabotanica for me today. Not seasonal but a definite no brainer.
Commando right now but planning to wear Prada Infusion d’Iris Absolue for a two-fer : I’m continuing Iris Week with a No Brainer perfume!
The original edp is one of my no brainers, but I wore that for iris friday, so I’m not planning (yet!) that this week. You’ll smell lovely though.
Ha, I could just wear Infusion all week I guess!
Thickish frost on the ground here. One of my new no-brainers has been Chanel No. 22, and that is what I reached for this AM.
I may be late to the 22 fan group, but I have landed solidly.
I didn’t get/like no 22 at first either then I fell in love with it. Nice choice for today.
great choice
Twins! It’s never too late for fans of 22.
Lovely, lovely fragrance and can become a ‘one and only’!
One of my favorites. You smell fantastic!
Same experience here with 22! I was stunned when I smelled it again and blurted out to the SA ” Where have I been that I never realized how gorgeous No. 22 is”
I woke up this morning to the dry down of Cuir de Russie today but since my shower, I am in a bind. Still haven’t called Amex and it’s my fault for burying my head in the sand for so long but that’s tonight’s phone call. I’m wanting a vanilla dominant scent. It’s either Havana Vanille or SDV today. I’m wishing that I could afford a full bottle of SDV and that I wasn’t on a no buy thing.
Good luck with Amex!
3 sprays of Wazamba for a very hot SoCal day.
My fall fragrances are yearning to be worn.
I want a bottle of that so badly, but ACK! you’re going to need an oxygen mask in the heat!
Wazamba! ????
SOTD = Alahiiiiine! I smell great.
you do! love that one. a No Brainer for sure for me anyways
Mine’ still packed away for really cold weather – I usually get it out around the first week of December, when I’m just starting to pull out some of my Christmas decorations. (I don’t like to rush through seasons. The fall stuff will not be put away until a week after Thanksgiving.)
With the warmer than usual weather, you may need to get it out in January…
I’m mostly like Lovestosmellgood – Alahiiiine is a (near) no-brainer most of the year where I live. It’s only really too much for me at the height of summer. But I hear you on respecting the seasons and not wanting to rush them.
SOTD is Phaedon “Sable Marocain”, from the Blooms October pack (see, I’m catching up! ). That month’s pack featured labdanum, including a tiny sample of actual labdanum with a warning not to put it on skin.
The scent itself is nice enough but no lasting power, as so often with Pierre Guillaume stuff :^(
Good morning, all! I’m in Dune today, in honor of a lovely Sunday spent at the actual dunes with my little family. This one took me a couple of tries to “get,” — the first time I tried it it seemed perfectly pleasant but uncompelling, but now I’m compelled. Compelled to use my VIB discount on a small bottle.
Gorgeous scent!
Dune at the dunes sounds perfect!
I am basking in the sensual calm-ness of older Vol de Nuit edt. It is just lovely this time of year.
The vintage edt is really beautiful. I may need a larger decant.
Missed the supermoon! I thought it was going to be tonight, but it was actually yesterday. Stayed indoors all evening petting the cat.
I’m in Chanel No. 22 today, which is an easy way to appear intellectual and sophisticated. I’m the no-brainer in this instance, in a way. Let Chanel do the talking.
Twins !
Today I’m wearing office-friendly Tom Ford’s Fleur de Chine.
So beautiful. Enjoy!
Long live Pippilotta Viktualia Rollgardina Pfefferminz Efraimstochter Langstrumpf!
Wearing Mona di Orio’s Vanille. Comforting intelligent no-brainer.
Yay for Pippi! (Would love to know what Viktualia Rollgardina roughly translate to in English… I got “peppermint,” “Ephraim’s daughter” and “Longstocking.”)
Rullgardina is roller blind (in Dutch we say rolgordijn), I thought Viktualia is related to victuals (but I’m not sure if that word is still used in English).
This should totally be a name for an ELDO perfume. I loved that book when I was a kid!
Pippi was my role model, hee hee. I think the book is floating around here somewhere.
Naming an ELDO perfume after her is a great idea!
Wearing Tabac Aurea, which is a fall no brainer. The SSS shop is up and 3 ml is practically free, especially if you bring coffee from home for a few days!
TA is gorgeous! You smell great ????
I was indulging in a bit of ebay surfing and came across a bottle of Forever Krystle by Carrington. Anyone remember Dallas?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krystle_Carrington
I have a small bottle that I blind bought on ebay years ago without knowing what it was. It reminds me of Lancome Tresor. It seems softer, but also super strong. I may have to wash it off soon.
After watching this, I’m thinking I should look for the Alexis-inspired perfumes.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jgby5Gj3wGY
https://www.buzzfeed.com/briangalindo/dynasty-fragrances-a-glimpse-at-80s-glamour?utm_term=.rnnVQ8GxN#.hq5L0XJ5x
A few years ago, I bought a mini of Scoundrel on ebay, but it had turned sufficiently that I wasn’t really able to tell what it was supposed to smell like. Boo.
I feel a quest coming on!
Pippi was my role model, hee hee. I think the book is floating around here somewhere.
Naming an ELDO perfume after her is a great idea!
Wearing Tabac Aurea, which is a fall no brainer. The SSS shop is up and 3 ml is practically free, especially if you bring coffee from home for a few days!
Hmm. Excuse double post-
You smell great! Tabac Aurea is one of my favorite fall scents, too.
Noz, I meant to post that I couldn’t agree more that Alexis is your style : – D ,
especially the gowns.
She definitely looks like she’s having more fun.
That’s a bit rash. Who knows where it might lead.
That’s what I’m hoping, Kanuka!
Oh, so a rush on Elizabeth taylor and Celine Dion scents coming up next. What a ratbag you are!
I was just thinking how much Joan Collins reminds me of Liz Taylor sometimes in that video.
OMG, I think my mom LOVED that show!
Ok, now you’ve officially made many of us feel old, Ede. ????
Oh goodness, am sorry!
At least it wasn’t your grandmother!
Totally:)
I do remember Dallas and watched the first 4 or 5 seasons of the original series a few years ago when the new next generation version was on tv.
Krystle Carrington was on Dynasty, though (with Joan Collins.) Dallas is the one about the Ewings (“Who killed JR” et al) with Larry Hagman, Patrick Duffy, Victoria Principal, etc.
Never smelled any of the tv show inspired fragrances, though!
Obviously, I never watched either more than a few times, and the two shows have gotten mixed together in my mind!
I’m wearing Shalimar Parfum Initial and drinking a cup of Earl Grey tea.
I love when I put a scent on and think “why don’t I wear this more often, its smells so good??”. That is the case this morning with Shalimar Initial.
I feel that way too about certain fragrances as well.
Looked at the moon last night but it looked like a regular full moon. I am wearing La Petite Robe Noire edp in celebration of the end of a very trying weekend, Diabetes Day
and the start of no-brainer week.
Hope the week is an improvement.
How is your poorly dog? I hope things are okay.
Ambra Aurea today, in spite of my cold. Hope I didn’t overspray!
Needing something bright to brace myself for a long week ahead. Wearing Burberry Brit Rhythm.
Sampled the new Chanel no. 5 l’eau this weekend. It was clean, fresh, and a little citrusy, could be a nice warm weather scent. However, it did nothing to sway me from craving a bottle of no. 5 eau premiere!
Ha! I had the same response to l’eau. It is pretty but not a temptation in comparison to so many other perfumes.
I’m freaking out a bit about the Indian Rupee, hopefully all will be well by the time I go on my trip.
This morning I used some Porto Rosa soap and put on some Parfum Sacre from an STC decant which I’m in love with again. It’s such a soft, feminine spicy rose scent. It smells beautiful today and is really calming me down. A friend gave me an old laptop to take to India in exchange for a painting commission. So my project today is to finish up a small painting of a ganesh dancing in the middle of a circle of flowers.
Oh, Parfum Sacre! I definitely need to get that one out of storage for this cooler weather.
Yes it’s absolutely gorgeous in this weather. I have three different versions of it and was being super finicky, but now I think it was because I was trying them in the warmer weather and the fullness of their fragrance was not coming through for me.
that painting sounds beautiful !
Aw thanks. I was just painting the swirling drapery around the Ganesh this morning. Electric pink pants and bright saffron robes.
Why, what’s happened to the rupee? The thing about withdrawing the two biggest bills isn’t going to change anything, is it?
Meant to respond to you but replied to Sajini instead. See below.
A co-worker was telling me new currency was printed (last week) and people have a month to deposit them in the bank. The authorities have asked shopkeepers to continue to accept the old currency.
Oh yes, but presumably that won’t affect Sajini, right? Because the money she will be getting from a bank will all be the new stuff? (Though, yes, that does seem like a dazzlingly short-sighted move for a country with 1.25E9 people in it, so many of whom are so, so, so poor.)
It shouldn’t unless she kept some from her previous trip, in which case she may not be back in time to deposit it and would have to convert it in the U.S. at an unfavorable exchange rate.
I gather the move is to catch out people who’ve amassed loads of “under the counter” cash and not declared it for tax purposes. I’m guessing the very poorest aren’t in that catgeory (but I shouldn’t pretend to know).
Well, the poorest are the least likely to have bank accounts, and the ones least likely to hear about this (I’m thinking of people out in villages), so they’re the ones who are most likely to be most screwed. I can already see the movie they will make about this, and in my thesis- and American politics-induced unbalanced state, it’s already making me cry. (Tax purposes! The Indian politicians are far more corrupt than their constituency!)
This…what is called “black money”. The whole thing seemed to not have been well planned with panic stricken people queing up for hours to get smaller denominations which are not impacted by the changeover.
wow lots of responses about the rupee. Yes, the 500 and 1000 rupee notes have been made obsolete overnight. People have a couple more weeks to cash them into banks but they cannot be used for purchasing except for hospital, petrol and utilities but only till the end of Dec I believe. The problem is that there are not enough lower denomination bills available for people and the new bills have not been printed/distributed to banks yet. The ATMs have been shut down as they run out of cash and before replenishing and the new bills are a different size so won’t fit into existing machines. There is a 2000 rupee (about $28) limit on how much people can take out, if they can get any. So people who have small cash only businesses are not getting any business because nobody wants to part with their lower denomination bills. The line ups at the banks and ATMs are really large. All over India, trucks are being abandoned by the roadside because there is no cash flow to even provide food for the drivers. My friend who lives there is just putting her food on a tab at a restaurant until this whole thing gets sorted out.
People overseas who have cash rupees will not be able to exchange them unless they know someone who can take them to India. I have heard that the banks here in the West are not exchanging because they do not have an accurate exchange rate.
Eeek, it’s even worst than I thought! I hope it gets sorted out soon!
I’m wearing Trayee today, and to my great surprise I’m not enjoying it at all. I find it too sweet somehow. Loved it first time round, but this time it seems wrong.
Sorry to read it! Isn’t it strange how we perceive perfume sometimes.
I had the same reaction to Trayee when I got back from India last year. Before the trip it was my “holy grail” mystical India perfume, but after actually being there, it didn’t seem like it anymore. Then I discovered Parfum Sacre and even JM Red Roses chime the India bell for me.
A very generous NSTer sent me a huge decanted sample of Zadig et Voltaire. I am wearing it today–feels perfect for this damp, grey day. I have my younger son’s first (no doubt of several) triennial IEP meeting today (for those of you in the know, share my pain. For those not–consider yourself spared!) But I have to squeeze in beforehand a conference call on this huge report I am working on… need strength!
So, this “This is Her” from Zadig & Voltaire… I almost love it, but catch something chemically in there that keeps things platonic. It reminds me of several of Laurie’s offerings at Sonoma Scent Studio. Maybe the buttery sandalwood and musk she uses for the drydown in some of her fragrances? Anyone else smell the connection? If you like the Zadig etc. and haven’t tried any of the Sonoma Scent Studio, I would recommend them!
I have been wearing For Her fairly frequently as it is a spray and walk away style scent…so easy to wear but it does have a weird , not plastic but maybe polystrene, chemical note. That note is absent in For Him and the two versions work quite well worn together. But For Her is a definite no brainer but definitely not bland perfume. And not too sweet or fruity which is a bonus. Good luck with your work this week.
Thanks Kanuka. I’ll Keep my eye (nose?) out for the Him version. Have you ever had the chance to try Sonoma Scent Studio’s offerings?
Hope it all goes smoothly.
Good luck with the IEP meeting! Stay calm!
Meeting went surprisingly well. Off topic emote to follow. Please feel free to totally disregard!:
My phone was ringing when I walked in the door. It was my husband calling to tell me that Gwen Ifill has passed away. You all might remember I am a compulsive NewsHour viewer. And for weeks I have been worried about Gwen not being on the air. Last week I wrote an email to PBS expressing my concern and how much I missed her on election night.
It is such a strange thing to deeply mourn a person I only know through television.
Nothing about fragrance, I know. But I remember there were quite a few others on this forum who were her fans as well.
Taken too soon.
So sad.
Happy Monday (ha)
1) Am in the last of L’eau de Chanel sample. Very lovely, and this would be perfect in warm weather or a close office. But am not tempted to buy a bottle.
2) Enabler alert: If you are interested in Stash by SJP, then check out the box set being sold at Ulta. Both the perfume oil elixir and scent are being sold for $55- that is quite a deal!
I noticed that and was very happy to see the release coincides with triple points for platinum members and qualifies for free shipping plus some gift thing I’ll never use. In fact, I was on my way to post the same PSA.
Oh yes! I have a haul to make (I do both the Sephora and Ulta sales) and this is the bees knees- the oil will last a long time, and the perfume to complement is perfect.
I’m wearing Hindu Kush today and it’s working well with the remnants of Stash on my fleece jacket. No Supermoon sighting here, it started raining yesterday and hasn’t stopped.
I heard Hindu Kush is Donna Tartt’s favorite perfume. I drained my little 5ml. mini and am thinking about ordering a bottle. Love.
Wow, it sounds delicious. If you end up getting it, would you consider selling 5 mL? (I’m on a no-buy, but I appear to have decided that that just means I can’t buy entire bottles or samples, but that decants are fine. Why is this? I don’t know, but I know it to be true.)
What are your opinions on Donna Tartt? After reading two books of hers, I still can’t make my mind up.
Like Oprah’s “What I know for sure”.
Koyel- I adore your interpretation of “no buy”
I am also on a no buy but have really been sticking to my guns….in my hands this weekend were three Method Limited Edition hand soaps which promptly got returned to the shelves for two generic hand soaps for a quarter of the price…I mean business
Gah, that’s so admirable! I’m very impressed.
Don’t be too impressed…my family members think I have gone off the deep end -LOL! But, hey, someone has to take responsibility for getting finances in order
Yes for sure if I get it. Will probably be in the Spring. I really like Donna Tartt’s writing. I read The Goldfinch and The Secret History. Both books were totally engrossing and a bit strange. She writes a combination of Charles Dickens and southern gothic, a combination I really enjoy.
I’ve onlty read The Secret History (first two-thirds great, finished a bit meh I thought) and The Little Friend (Wow! What writing was invented for!) :^)
Those are the two I read! (Goldfinch and TSH) Like Koenigsberg, I found that the end didn’t keep up with the rest of it, which I also felt for the Goldfinch. Another thing I have trouble with is the distance she places between herself and reality. Her narrators are so, so isolated. So desperately alone. But ok, I’ll give the Little Friend a try
I went casual with D600 by Carner Barcelona today
Lovely.
Wearing Adjatay, my newest love and most recent purchase
Pippi Longstocking! What a character she was!! My grandma is the daughter of Swedish immigrants and read this to me as a girl. I still have a battered copy from the 1970s that I’ve handed down to my own girls. I think I’ll call my grandma today????
SOTD is Chanel no 5 L’eau.
I am loving the new No. 5. You smell incredible
Anybody remember the movie about Pippi Longstocking that came out in the 70s? I just remember the scene when she eats a lot of candy.
It’ll be the toughest week of this autumn/winter at work, so I’m in 31 Rue Cambon. It also happens to be a complete no-brainer for me.
Like many Estonians, I’m a huge Lindgren fan – most Estonian children read her books from a very early age and her long-time illustrator Ilon Wikland was Estonian, adding to the connection. I believe I’ve read most of her works (I actually prefer some of the lesser-known stuff) and now read them to my daughter.
You smell like you’re ready to take on the world. I have no doubt that you will.
Thank you! I have two difficult days to get through and after that it should be better again. And somehow it’s really reassuring to have a perfume that you know works for days like these.
Which is your favourite Lindgren? Mine is We on Seacrow Island and Kalle Blomkvist.
Hope work will not be too bad.
Very good morning, one and all. It’s unseasonably cold and windy here, and I’ve resorted to jeans and a jumper again. Admittedly the jumper is only cotton, but still, it’s a jumper. It means I’m not in shirt sleeves yet, which really, I ought to be by now. I expect mid-November to manage something a bit more convincingly summer-ish! The world feels all anyhow at the moment, so I’m bringing it back to order with a judicious application of En Passant. I have a day of admin and meetings in my office, so I’ll be cheek-by-jowl with people all day. Who could hate lilac? I think it’s a good choice or a busy day.
I’m back to wearing my beanie! Grey down here. Hope work goes smoothly and marking is not too harrowing. I keep wondering about Gaynor’s perfume collection…I am sure it is okay?
Well, given mid-November for you is analogous to mid-May for us in England, just about anything could happen weatherwise and be ‘normal’. :^)
Grand Soir today to celebrate a Monday that is NOT a workday. Instead, spent the morning getting fingerprinted and have a routine MD appointment this afternoon.
No super moon for me last night- I was super tired and hit the sack almost as soon as I got home from work.
You all small fantastically fall-ish! I love this time of year and can’t wait for a brisk cool breeze.
Looks like you’ve got another job lined up? You smell fabulous!
The wheels are turning, slowly. I was thinking a split for this one might be in order…????
I have just sprayed Ambre Extreme on one arm as Schaf mentioned it, and Floriental on the other so a pretty feisty mix for someone sitting in bed with a plate of toast and honey. Grim day here. The news was full of the 7.5 earthquake with images of destroyed houses scattered throughout North Canterbury. My mother’s house was badly damaged in the Christchurch earthquake and I feel for all the people facing months and years of uncertaintly, insurance troubles and rebuilds…just awful. I suspect that our city food supplies will dwindle over the next few days as the main highway linking the North to the South Island is a wreck…so getting freight down to us will be difficult. A number if amll communities further north are completely cut off by damaged roads and massive landslides. Heartbreaking for the people left homeless. The worst news , in a way, is that some people had their houses robbed and looted when they were evacuated (during the tsunami warning, or post-earthquake). So, that’s the news down here.
Aw sorry Kanuka. That sounds so awful. Stay safe and take good care of yourself.
Take great care, please. Arohanui.
It’s all good down here. I have a friend who farms up in the hills south of Kaikoura and I have heard no news but I don’t imagine her house will be looking too good. But all is well down here. That almost makes it feel unfair
One interesting thing is that a helicopter pilot flying into the earthquake area reported the strong smell of earth , reaching him hundreds of metres up in the air, the result of all the landslides.
I’ve experienced that up home, a couple of kilometres away from a landslide near our beach. The earth smell is complex, and not entirely gorgeous. Earth (as opposed to sit) seems to retain the scent of things that have gone into it: animalic and oily and alive because full of death, I suppose. Sometimes it smells a little like vomit, even. I love the smell of dirt, especially rain on drain on dry ground, but the scent of the earth is quite different.
So sorry Kanuka, natural disaster and unfortunate human nature are a bad combo. Well wishes from the other side of the globe!
So sorry to hear this. Hugs from Brussels.
Kanuka, so relieved you are ok! I’m worried sick about my aunt and uncle who live in Christchurch seven months of the year. We just met up in Ireland in September. I’ve emailed, but so far no response. I’ll try calling at a reasonable hour there, but I’m quite worried. I’m hoping people pull together through this. Sending good vibes your way ✌????
People in Christchurch should all be fine, so your aunt and uncle should be OK, although all the people who went through the 2011 quake will be feeling shattered.
Thanks for the encouragement! They were there during the 2011 quake and were lucky- had some minor cracks in their home/foundation. Their next door neighbor was not so lucky and lost his entire house…
Christchurch is fine. They had a tsunami warning and one house on Banks peninsula was washed off its foundations. But it was shaky there, and unpleasant.
How are you doing? It sounded pretty dire up there. Hope you didn’t have any broken bottles.
Gaynor! There you are! Thank goodness.
Good to hear from you Gaynor. I wasn’t too worried not to hear from you yesterday as I thought “well, if *I* were near a strong earthquake, I’m not sure my FIRST thought would be a perfume blog” ;^)
I have only once experienced an earthquake, a little 3.x or 4.x in Birmingham. I had been opening up a chimney breast and stopped overnight without inserting the new lintel, so I thought the rattling and roaring was the chimney collapsing. Given the logarithmic scale I can’t imagine a 7.5 quake.
Hugs from Portland, Oregon! I read about the earthquake and I was just shocked- because I knew people were JUST starting to rebuild from the other one!
Yes, glad you are safe. 7.5 is huge and terribly frightening, not to mention the devastation. Wishing that NZ pulls through this.
Glad you are well. So sorry for all involved. As Elisa said, that’s huge and very scary. Hope the roads open soon.
Stay safe, Kanuka!
Seriously, the earthquake didn’t even wake me down here. The trouble is much further north.
So glad you & your Mom are both ok. So sorry about all the rest of it. Looting, gosh.
I don’t know if I’d say the moon was a “supermoon” last night, but it sure was annoying as **** in the middle of the night when the light from it beamed down like a damn football field spotlight into my bedroom. I don’t have black out curtains, but I’ve never really needed them – until last night. Suffice to say, I did not get much sleep last night.
It’s been a busy day here for me, which is fine. This way I’m not reminded that if I stand/sit still for two seconds I might fall over asleep.
I’m in the last of my Eau Lente sample.
The night before I saw it. It seems VERY full to me, and extremely bright, but not LARGER.
Ha. A friend of mine refers to that as a ‘stabby moon’. As in, the moon stabbed me in the eye last night. (Bad moon! Bad!)
I have to say I didn’t notice the moon last night, but did notice DH getting up at the crack of dawn to slam the window shut. Apparently the neighbor was whistling for his dog. Which I was happily sleeping thru, til DH tantrum. Thanks hon. So I’ll join you in need-a-nap
Pippi is one if my fashion icons. And I love that image!
My morning got derailed by witnessing through my window an older intoxicated guy fall backwards into the street. My burly next door neighboor helped get him into the sidewalk as I called 911 and a woman who spoke his language waited for the ambulance to arrive which took about 3 minutes. Good team work and nice to have people coming together to help. Faith restored.
Chose Yves Rocher Rose Oud out of my emergency purse stash. I’m really liking it but seems to disappear fairly quickly.
Encountering human cooperation is a near luxury these days. Hope it’s a harbinger for a great week.
Yeah, and my personal experience here is that people arenot very neighborly unless it’s the older residents who’ve lived here for decades. I live in a pretty small building and our neighbors barely even say hello. The burly guy falls into the “been there for decades” category.
What a morning!
Yikes, that was a stressful start to your week. I’m glad that it turned out well.
Hi all, I don’t know how much some of you have seen about the earthquake here, but it’s been a tough 36 hours here in New Zealand, and reading your comments this morning has been been a lovely feeling of normality. My home is fine, including my perfume collection
, but there has been quite a bit of damage to some office buildings here in Wellington and I’m having an unexpected couple of days at home.
There’s awful damage to some small places in the South Island and transport will be disrupted for months. I feel so sorry for the people affected.
I sprayed lavish amounts of Rose de Petra yesterday, events like this remind me that I should enjoy things while I can.
So sorry to hear of this, I’ve been turning the news “coverage” of political nonsense off in self-defense. Best of fortune to all our NZ friends.
Sad to hear about all the damage but glad you’re ok. Earthquakes are really scary. I never got used to them in Los Angeles.
And lavish amounts of RdP sounds wonderful. Such a lovely rose.
Hugs from Portland. We have been so engulfed in our own politics that news of the earthquake only squeaked by.
I heard about it on the drive to work this morning while listening to the radio. It’s always disheartening to hear of natural disasters. I’m glad you are ok.
So sorry. The aftermath is so difficult, especially if there are aftershocks. Hope the recovery is swift.
Glad you’re ok, Gaynor. My company has an office in Wellington and they had to work in another location while the main office was inspected. They will be back on Wednesday if the building checks out OK.
So glad you & yours are safe.
Glad to hear you are safe. Your country seems to be keeping its cool.
In my self absorbed misery over some recent events… I have not paid enough attention to the earthquake in New Zealand. I am glad you are okay.
Still undecided, but No. 19 keeps popping into my hjead. So odd, now that the cooler weather is finally here, Crystalle and 19 are calling to me.
Astrid Lindgren is one of my favourite authors! She was very prolific and her novels and stories for kids range from sad and lonely ones to happy,joyful and humorous. I’ve got many of her books in my small library, but ” Emil from Lonneberga” remains my the most loved one. My kids love it too and I am sure I will be reading it to my grandkids when the time comes
SOTD TF Sahara Noir, just because I love it !
I loved them all. My son, unfortunately, was not interested — it was a great disappointment to me. He loved lots of other great books, including many of my other childhood favorites, though, so I should not complain.
I’m wearing Eau des Missions today. It think it counts as a no-brainer.
I’m also glad to see our NZ fumies posting today, and I’m glad to see you’re all okay. Stay safe.
I am watching my SDV dwindle and wonder if I can live with its near substitute when I do run out?
What’s the substitute?
Essenza Nobile has it for ~ 70 cheaper than US but you have to send them an email – cannot order it directly.
I’m wearing Eau d’Italie (the original, I believe) as I found it (along with its sister) yesterday at a sale. It is incensey/green/woody abstract, and could easily fit in a go-to category, particularly in the spring I might think. Reminds me of timbuktu and dzongkha, which I have tried but do not own. Don’t know if I need 100mls of it, but I’ll be delighted to split/swap decants with pals here…
Eau d’Italie (the original) is great! (it really does smell of Italy). I already have a FB, but which other one was on sale? (assuming it is an on-line sale)
It was not an online sale, I wandered into an outlet sale of a local store that I think was discontinuing the line. I got the original and Siene L’Hiver, the only 2 that were left.
If you want to swap for a decant of it, email me through my user name, both are 100mls, so I have plenty for trades
E-mailed you
this sounds like something I would love
Doing Bottega Veneta again today from one of the Nordies samples. I’m liking it quite a bit.
Sprayed Stash on at Ulta and wore home. Happily, it wasn’t something I covet. Just didn’t do much for me.
Stash did too much for me, and I was still smelling it the day after … Trying first on paper is something a good idea …
Mimosa and Cardamom for me today. I gifted a bottle of it to my grandmother last night for her 93rd birthday.
Happy 93 to her! That’s absolutely fabulous ????????
Very thoughtful of you!
Ugh, is it Monday already? Why?
Clarissa, Cazaubon, Yukiej, and I had fun sniffing in SF yesterday. We had a yummy lunch at Tartine, tried (mostly unsuccessfully) to fob our unloved samples off on each other, wandered thru Tigerlily, headed over to Union Square, sniffed things and annoyed the SA’s at NM and Barney’s. Clarissa took a bath in SL Bapteme du Feu in an effort to help improve the atmosphere on BART on the way home. Just doing her part to make the world a better place.
Everyone was quite restrained in the purchasing department except for yours truly. I bought myself a bottle of Mirus December Kiss at Tigerlily… and found out that the guy who’d just left the store was Mr Mirus Himself, so we just missed meeting him.
Wish all y’all had been there! (Oh my, imagine all of us in one place at the same time….)
Glad to hear the Kiwis among us are ok.
Sounds awesome!
(Tartine is great)
I am looking forward to hearing your thoughts on your purchase. It is on my buy list
Sounds like a fun time.
WOW! Sounds amazing
SOTD – Shangri-La. Just because ….
SOTD is PdE Equistrius. It’s a nice scent for a Monday.
You smell great! ????
You smell great. My daughter told me I smelled really bad when I wore it
Posting late today. I had the day off work and was “busy” watching the last episode of Bloodline on Netflix. Does anyone have any Netflix recommendations?
SOTD is Eau des Merveilles, a no-brainer for me.
I really enjoyed Sherlock but I don’t know if it’s still available on Netflix.
Enthusiastically watched the entire 1st season of Bloodline, but ensuing episodes became too angsty. Am about the give The Crown a shot.
Just finished the Crown and liked it very much…..
offspring and lovesick are both better than I’d thought they’d be from their descriptions
Oh great! Thanks for your suggestions!
Black Mirror is excellent
I have heard good things recently about Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries. Female flapper detective in 1920s Australia, how could it not be good?
Finished that one a while ago…it is very enjoyable to watch…also, Murdoch Mysteries which takes place in Victorian era Canada….
Van Cleef & Arpels – Rose Velours. *happy sigh*. I am a huge fan of grandiose roses such as Nahema and Une Rose, but Rose Velours is the perfect quiet, composed rose for me.
Dzongkha today, my new favorite go-to, I’m so glad I bought a bottle. My first full bottle purchase in probably two years. I fortified with some Iris Silver Mist this afternoon because I found my sample in my bag.
I’m finally getting back to the gym after being run down by a virus for three weeks, so I’m going to call that a tiny win.
hello twin!
So late again today. I wore Alaia this morning because I had an appointment and it’s a perfect scent for these things. A total no brainer but yet still pretty.
Afterwards, I sprayed on a healthy dose of Chergui. I tested Chergui over the summer and didn’t care for it. However, this scent in cooler weather is a totally different experience. What a beauty! My only gripe is that I wish it had better longevity. I’ve worn it for two days in a row which is very unusual for me. Yum!
You smell great! Chergui is my favorite no-brainer cold or dreary weather perfume
I have never gotten any negative feedback about it, so I feel pretty okay wearing a goodly number of sprays, which helps a little with longevity.