It's International Tea Day! Do have a cup. What fragrance are you wearing?
I'm wearing Serge Lutens Santal Blanc. Mmmm, pencils.
Reminder: on 12/16, wear a sandalwood fragrance, if you have one.
And for those of you who like to plan ahead, see Scent of the day ~ Friday community projects 2016, where I'll try to always have the next five or six weeks mapped out in advance.
Note: top image is Jasmine Phoenix Pearls, $6.50 an ounce from Soleil Tea.
SOTD is Chanel Egoiste – spicy sandalwood and roses.
Perfect — you smell fantastic!
Good one!
I really, really hope my 16-yo son likes the Egoiste I got him for Christmas… if not, well, I’ll find it a home! Like on hubby’s dresser. Or mine.
You smell great.
You can always “share” it…I do this all the time with family members….
Yes I bought the Egoiste for my husband and teenaged sons but wear it more than they do (they do like it but only wear perfume for special occasions rather than all day every day (and night) like I do). I hope your son likes it too!
My husband has been wearing Egoiste for years. I don’t think I could wear it since it’s kind of his signature out of all the scents he wears. But it smells great on him!
Niiiiiice
Yum! You smell so good!
Happy Tea Day!!!!
I smell like ALL of Manhattan -I am in Santal33 and wearing black!
Donatella forgives, I ordered some decants from STC since they are having a sale on certain houses.
Good Grief.
LOL! what happened to your NO BUY?
Ha! Exactly!!!!
I fell prey earlier this week.
Did you get anything fun?
Violaceum 2 from the new L’Artisan collection and Dzing! Tried the former yesterday and liked it quite a bit. Haven’t tried Dzing! yet. It gets a lot of love, but I’m a slightly hesitant to try it on a work day – it sounds so weird!
I have dzing and you may not think its that weird!
Ditto here, and a new sale on several lines just today. I wish they would have these all at the same time so I don’t have to keep paying separate shipping costs
I agree, you get the discount and then the shipping is either equal to or slightly more than the discount.
tea day!!!!
wearing Assam of India for the tea and sandalwood note and amyris on the top of my hands for my addiction
for me today is Friday…taking a day tomorrow
stay warm, all!
http://www.edenbotanicals.com/products/essential-oils-pure-therapeutic-grade/essential-oils-a-b/amyris-essential-oil.html
in case anyone is interested…and read the reviews to see what all of my fuss is about
I’m an into essential oils….I’ll be looking at this later today!
I have ordered some to experiment with. Have you ever blended or tried working with chrysanthemum ? The tea day thing made me think of it. I am wearing my own e.o.bkend this morning.
I have used it in a blend as an insect repellent (along with lemon eucalyptus) but I bet it would be great in a perfume blend!
How are you liking your blend as it has had some time to mature? I find that the blends I made a year ago smell different from when they were first made.
Oh and if you can get your hands on Eden’s Amyris I HIGHLY recommend it! Boozy, woody, buttery…I swear I could bathe in the stuff and just sniff myself all day long!!! I have never had such a strong reaction with an e.o. like this!!!
That amyris sounds MENTAL!!! My friend was really pleased with her Everest Girl blend and one of my experiments is now pretty nice. Do you ever use alcohol as a carrier rather than oil? I tried both but really prefer oil. It’s fun though.
Kanuku not sure if you are reading this but I have used perfumers alcohol in the past as well as vodka….and in the summer I was sorely tempted to purchase some all natural grain alcohol to play with but I did not……but I think there is something very sensual about oil application so I have pretty much stuck to that….
SOTD = Chanel No. 19 EDP + 31RC
Wow! Has anyone ever tried this combo? It’s a layering win. I feel elegant and sophisticated plus I have the spine-strengtheing effects of No.19. It’s my cuirass for the challenging day ahead.
Wow, this sounds like a powerful combination. Watch out world!
It is! 31RC is dominant (2 spritzes) while No.19 (4) plays a bracing supporting role.
I think that may be too much for my nose! I am sure you smell Grand!!!
If you like both, try 1 spritz of 31RC, then 2-3 of No. 19 EDP.
Ok..I will try.
Maybe we can start a new scent for NYC with this combo instead of smelling Santal33 all the time
We have to spread the word and get a celebrity endorsement!
Wow! I am going to try this!!! Curious; have you smelled Mugler Woodissime yet?
Yay! I have not tried Woodissime but will seek out a sample. I really like the aesthetics of the Mugler Les Exceptions Series. I had hosted splits of Oriental Express, Over the Musk and Suprafloral.
If you get to try Woodissime, I would be interested in what you think. I haven’t tried it yet.
I got in on your Oriental Express split! I wasn’t terribly interested in Supra Floral, but tried it again in skin and now wish I had gotten a split of that, as well.
I still have enough to do a 5 or 10 mL split.
And I just realized you changed your avatar. Cute dog!
Will try, thanks for sharing!
Do let us know what you think!
Nice!
Thank you. I was originally going to layer 31RC with 8-spray La Pausa but my gut told me that La Pausa will get chewed up. I will experiment with La Pausa and 22 or BdI. Or actually, La Pausa with CdR (but only a tiny spritz because it turns south on me).
I bet BdI and 22 would work…wonder if CdR and 22 would work too? (I will let you be the guinea pig…I am too busy with my ‘armpits”-LOL!)
Haha!
That sounds good! I like layering no 19 edt (edp is still on my try list), with infusion d’iris, a good combination in warmer weather.
This combination sounds fabulous!
Cuirasse? LOL. Sounds like a great combo!
It is! When it was a spellcheck faux pass with Cuir Beluga, I was mortified. ElisaP and Creosote mentioned it is a type of armor and not uncouth.
I almost grabbed my 31RC decant this morning for a few sprays but lately it’s been giving me a headache for some reason. Probably better to use on the weekend only until I figure out what the deal is.
I like the combo idea!
Boo on 31RC inducing a headache!
That sounds like a great combo! (I’m just going on theory, as I’ve only tested N° 19 once, but…)
Ha ha, at least this time you actually meant to type “cuirass”! ????
Yes I did
Day off! Day off! I get to sleep in and stay home with the new Squirrel Girl!
SOTD is the original Bulgari Omnia, which some wonderful friends and I split last week after seeing it pop up in a bizarrely great RueLaLa sale! It’s everything I hoped for after years of longingly reading reviews: chai latte with a splash of almond milk and lots of saffron.
Good for you, enjoy! And you smell perfect. (And are you saying you’ve just smelled it for the first time??)
Yes!! It was a completely blind buy for all THREE of us splitters, since it’s been discontinued for years now. And it’s so fabulous that I’m now strongly considering buying my own bottle!
Wow, fun — really glad you liked it.
Twins!
What lovely taste you clearly have!
Love Bvlgari Omnia! You smell fantastic!
Day off for me tomorrow. Can.Not.Come.Soon.Enough.
Office is all abuzz with holiday conversation and games, and coming off a big event I’m in low, low energy mode.
vetiver tonka bean for me today.
Yum.
It’s early here and my scent of the moment is the lingering trace of the Tabac Aurea that I wore to bed last night. It might have to be today’s fragrance as well – it’s sooooooo beautiful! The first time I tried it I had a slight skin reaction so I set it aside … this time the coast appears to be clear, thank goodness.
Will be working from home today – some of you might have seen the traffic chaos we had here yesterday (we made the national news!), and I’ll be watching for some fellow Portlanders to post here today as I’m a bit worried about them.
Love the new avatar…
and for skin issues you could always spray your sweaters (this is what I do)
Thanks! Your avatar looks a bit like my “tea” of the moment – hubby got creative with my morning latte. Can you tell what my new avatar is? (It’s rhododendron leaves that have reddened due to cold and then become frost-encrusted.)
Mals suggested spraying a scarf to avoid skin issues, and that’s fun … but not as much fun as smelling the development on skin. An aside on scent in clothing: I tried Imaginary Authors Bulls Blood, which got on a sleeve or something and from there into our laundry … and it’s still there a little, months later!
Oh wow! I thought it was flowers
Speaking of rhododendron leaf…if you combine that e.o. with tangerine e.o it smells just like fresh pineapple!
scenting a scarf is great too…and I scented my leather gloves with Chanel Cuir de Russie and they have been scented now for weeks!
Oh, brilliant idea scenting leather gloves! I’m gonna do that just as soon as I can make up my mind what scent to use. Maybe vintage Diorling!
Ack. Bull’s Blood needn’t stick around, IMO. Once is enough!
Totally agreed.
If I want to wear a Lauder frag, I have to spray it on fabric. For some bizarre, unknown reason, the Lauders make me nauseous if I put any on skin.
But yeah, I get you on preferring to scent skin rather than clothes.
Hey Sheri, I’ll check in and let you know I’m ok, but not without a whole ‘lot of drama getting home last night!
I learned to drive in November in Minnesota, a fact that I will usually gloat about before braving winter driving, but I admit, Oregon got the best of me last night! I stayed late at work. Busses were running late, and we had half of the school milling around in the commons, so I felt that it was important to stick around and help manage kids until they got home safely. Well, maybe stupid me, because those 45 minutes made the roads Soooouper slick!
I lost control of my little Honda about 1 block from school (there’s a hill), I spun out into oncoming traffic without managing to hit anyone (thank the gods!), and then sidled into the bike lane. Like a good midwesterner(ish), I turned on my hazards and shuffled out to put my chains on. 20 minutes later, into my car and the battery is completely DEAD!
After five minutes of crying in the dark (remember, I’m the last person on Earth without a cell phone), I walked the two blocks to Freddies and used their customer service phone. Long story short (too late!), a few hours and a lot of failed planning later, the nice guy at customer service broke the rules and came out to jump my car, help me with my chains, and escorted me a few blocks before I could INCH home!
So, I probably have a dead battery this morning, and I think I have frostbite on one of my fingertips (significantly reduced feeling), and I’m so grateful that they cancelled school early, so I could get a little sleep this morning!
And I’m pretty sure Mr. Spicebomb is gonna insist on putting me on his cell plan in the coming weeks. :-/
Glad to hear you’re ok!
Oh, Marjorie Rose, what an adventure. I’m so glad you’re okay! I’m afraid I’m with Mr. Spicebomb on adding you to his cell plan – you can do what I do (turn off ringer and vibration, tell everyone I seldom if ever answer the dang thing, and use it only in emergency situations) if that helps any.
agreed! get a cell phone just for emergency purposes! I have a flip phone with limited minutes for this reason. Don’t give anyone your number except your husband and don’t tell anyone you have a phone and you can avoid people calling you…and don’t get text on it!
I had one like that for several years, and I managed to break it somehow, just sitting in my purse. Maybe I don’t know how to pick a “good” one?
Definitely get a case for it – Amazon has cheap ones, usually from China, for <$5-6. (The boys and I all have cheap Tracfone phones – to me, totally worth the peace of mind for about $120 a year.)
Oh no what an awful experience. I’m sorry you had to go through that and hope you are really OK after the stress. I do agree, having a cell phone can be important at times like that.
Thanks, Calypso! My muscles are all sore this morning like I did a big workout yesterday! I bet I was tense the whole way home.
Glad you’re OK!
Thank you!
That is really scary! Glad you’re ok. Yes, I think the cell is a really good idea. You don’t even have to let anyone else know you have one.
Glad you are okay! That is very scary. Cell iPhones are less of a bother than you’d think. You program in those who have the # and never answer unknown calls. Mine is on silent 90% of the time.
That sounds scary! I’m glad you’re ok. I can’t say I’d blame Mr. Spicebomb for wanting to put you on his cell plan.
How exhausting! You deserve the rest of the week off! (if only, huh?)
If it stays cold enough today, I think maybe we’re officially on winter break! I can’t decide how I feel about that, though, since we’re supposed to fly to Los Angeles Saturday morning. *fingers crossed* the flight isn’t too terribly impacted by the weather!
I wish you the most cuddly and warming scent you can think of. My Honda battery died last week! And I bought a Honda because the Dutch Break Down Service man adviced me to: A Honda never lets you down, famous last words.
What an ordeal, especially in the horrid temps you are suffering. BTW my cell phone died at the same moment as my car battery (honestly) so it isn’t always the life saver it is meant to be. But Dutch folk are generally very helpful, actually I think most humans are.
Ugh! Sorry your Honda failed you, too!
And I agree–I think cell phones give many folks a false sense of security erstwhile they can have an underdeveloped appreciation for the kindness of others! I have never had an “emergency” that I didn’t manage without a cell phone, as people really do help each other out! However, I also recognize it gives a person more options.
My mechanic in NM told me to expect 3 years and no more from a car battery, that’s the standard they are built to anymore. Much as I don’t like it, knowing helps me avoid unpleasant surprises.
I am so glad you are safe. Winter driving gives me so much anxiety. I also don’t like cell phones, but I’m putting my vote in for you to have one.
What an awful experience, so glad you got home OK. I’ve been drving for nearly 40 years and I would never drive on ice, you’re a lot more courageous than me!
And get a cellphone
Once you get a phone, you might be amazed at how much you love it! You can check traffic reports, the weather, find a restaurant in an unknown area, and all kinds of cool things. I rarely talk on my phone, but I use it constantly! GLAD YOU ARE HOME, safe and warm!!
This story reminded me of a similar situation I found myself in years ago in a snow storm. Not a good memory and I’m very glad you got through it! Yes, time for a phone! Agree with JadainGA that I rarely talk on it but use it constantly.
Oh my gosh! So glad you’re OK!
OMG, glad you’re ok!
Hi everyone,
I’m in Tamil Nadu India now. Lots to report regarding smell/scent. For one thing, my nose seems to have shut down because of all the intense sewage aromas that are here. In any case, many of the trees around my house here are flowering and there is the smell of jasmine in the air. There is so much beautiful incense available at the grocery store so I indulged in some frankincense and some cinnamon incense for my little room which now smells like a temple. Also the mysore sandalwood soap you get here is very different from the exported ones. It really smells like there is sandalwood in it – maybe it is because of the environment but the one I’m using here smells much better than the soap I have at home in the states. So there was a cyclone that hit Chennai a couple days ago and it has been super humid, hot and sweaty weather here. I brought a decant of Hadrian and that lemony freshness is just the ticket for this climate – there are other perfumes in my kit but I seem to keep going back to that one. As far as tea, even the most basic hole in the wall chai stall has the most delicious chai. A glass is about 30 cents. So the best part is that it’s 10.5 hours ahead of the East coast time zone so I can be one of the first commenters on NST and it’s almost 8PM here!
So intrigued to hear about the Mysore soaps- stock up while you can!!
A feast for the senses!
What a lovely report, thank you!
I love hearing trip reports, thanks for this!
I enjoy hearing about your travels so far! Enjoy the chai tea, yum!
Wonderful and evocative post. Thank you for sharing.
Reading your post made me feel like I’d taken a little trip to India myself–thanks for that! Enjoy the rest of your travels!
I’m going to try to find you on my map of India now.
Ooh, nice report. Stay fragrant!
Drinking Earl Grey tea this morning (again).
Robin, your photo inspired me tomorrow to wake up a little bit earlier and use my Teavana Jasmine Dragon Pearls tomorrow morning. I love the whole process of watching them open and smelling the wonderful aroma, but it takes time
I’m wearing Jo Malone Basil & Neroli today.
I’ve got my eye on that B&N. It’s quite nice.
Good for you! I am all out of jasmine tea, which is weird, I used to drink it every day. Having a cup of Mariage Freres Lune Rouge right now though, with rose petals & ginger, perfect on a cold morning.
How do you like the JM? I got a travel size spray for free when I bought JM soap (oh that reminds me…used the Pomegranate NOire soap in the shower this morning for the first time…WOW! highly recommend it!)…I am going to gift it for Christmas to a younger male family member who also has a travel spray of Wood Sage & Sea Salt and Basil, LIme & Mandarin…he happens to like the JM offerings….
It’s a very pleasant scent. Hell probably like it if he likes the other two Jo Malone you mentioned.
I’ll bet your bathroom smelled so nice after using the PN soap ☺
Does Sweet Iced Tea w/lemon count? (I am Southern, after all!)
SOTD: DKNY Pink Macaroon. Visions of sugarplums dancing….uh….on my wrist!
Tea police on their way to your home right now
It counts in my book. I am not a southerner but I do love sweet tea
Yes it counts!I’m having an iced Apple/Rooibos combo!Rooibos is best when iced,with honey and some berryfruit or apple.
Earl Grey Fleurs and Amouage Myths Woman.
I have not smelled the Myths woman, but if it is related to the Myths Man you smell fantastic.
Myths Woman smells of daffodils, in a Big way.
Did you buy a FB? And the Earl Grey sounds lovely.
No, I didn’t. I got a sample which will probably stretch to 4 wearings. I like it a lot, but I’m not fully convinced yet. I wish they did a 10 ml. bottle.
The day before my birthday! Hopefully my cold will be completely gone tomorrow.
I picked a very light mist of Mitsouko. Don’t want to scare them at work today.
Oh go ahead and scare them….Lol.Love Mitsouko.You smell special today pre-birthday!X
Happy Pre Birthday!
Oh, Mitsouko sounds good right now! Maybe that will be my SOTD, too . . .
Yes,you deserve to smell awesome after the car-horror!!Hope your finger is OK?X
Thank you, johanob! I don’t know anything about frostbite, just that it’s not a good thing to have reduced feeling 12 hours later.
Ok, just looked it up at Mayo Clinic online, and I think I have “frostnip” rather than full frostbite. This is good, as it means I probably can deal with it myself. I don’t have any blisters or bruising, so I won’t need surgery. Yuck!
Yes,it does sound like a possible fingertip nerve-damage,although at least hopefully no tissue-loss!But glad you are OK!!X
Happy early birthday!
You smell fantastic! I hope you feel better and have a wonderful day tomorrow.
My area of NE Canada seems to have started winter in earnest early this season!! With – 30 C slated to be the high tonight, I went for L’eau d’Hiver. If I can’t beat winter, I will join the biatch, and smell fantastic while I do it.
Stay warm folks.
Ha! I admire your attitude. I am trying very hard to cultivate a Scandinavian approach to winter, in which one embraces the joys of the cold season rather than struggle against it. Can’t say I’m totally there yet. It’s a process.
Wow! Stay warm, you too.
I salute your tenacity in such cold weather.
You smell lovely. I would love a FB of l’Eau d’Hiver, both the name and the scent are supremely evocative.
But isn’t Winter Water usually ice?
Brave and smart! I hope it works, I can’t imagine -30…
Minus 30, yikes!
Brrrr! That just doesn’t compute with my desert-dwelling brain (or body). Stay warm!
Another drive by post on a work day: SOTD Bvlgari Omnia.
Happy Almost Friday Dat to all!
I always think “Kangaroo!!!!” whenever I see your avatar!!Hehe.Too cute.X
I think the same thing!
as do I !!!
but I know it is a dog!
Schools are closed for cold and snow. I’m working at the library bracing for the all-day onslaught of young people. Seville a l’Aube is helping me stay cheerful and calm – so far at least.
That sounds like an excellent choice for cold weather!
SotD: S. T. Dupont Oud et Santal. this was a gift from a student. It is very much in the Montale mode with a milder open and less sillage. There is some incense and patchouli.
S(ip)otD: An almond milk cappuccino to shake the cotton from my head.
In Bois des Iles and drinking lots of coffee to keep myself barely awake. Where is Friday????
Friday is Coming.
Its coming
You smell beautiful!
Thank you!
Twins. You inspired me to unearth my bottle behind unopened product.
I am not proud of my spending this year in general but in particular this last quarter.
Still…we do smell good.
Fantastic! Enjoy it! I am not proud of my spending this year either, but was I have been behaving lately. Nothing to reward myself for the holidays either… or yet? Hoping…
I am not proud of my spending this year either, waaay over budget on fumes. But 2017 is another year, and we do smell fantastic!
Lovely combo.
Just got a cappuccino myself.
Wearing my little sample for sandal week, too. It’s great today.
Sandals! In this weather?! Oh, you meant perfume…
Heh. I barely wear sandals in summer, let alone at 0 C.
Last day of work for the year, and Ivoire is telling me that one more day in the office is going to be perfectly fine and not at all horrid.
Is it the new or vintage Ivoire. I need to smell the new, but I do love the vintage. You smell fantastic.
Thank you! It’s a pretty new edp, souvenir of my trip to Brighton last year. I’d sniffed Ivoire back in the day and I think it was richer, but this one is nice too.
Embracing the cold and wearing Boudicca Wode and a cozy cashmere tunic. I love this scent and it’S smelling especially spicy and green to me today.
Nice, never hear about Wode anymore!
Halloooo NST!SOTD Etat Libre d’Orange Rossy de Palma,from the original “Dragon tattoo” bottle.Blood and roses,big dewy red roses.It’s a huge hit amongst my colleagues who likes to sniff me whenever I wear this.Tea is iced Apple and Rooibos,my own blend on a superhot summers’day.X
Envious of your entire post!
envious of the summer day
Haha.I do love the African summers.
You smell great! And your tea sounds yummy too. I love Rooibos.
Thank you!Rooibos tea comes with the african DNA,lol.
One of my all time favorite rooibos teas is a green one…Republic of Tea’s Limited Edition Peppermint Bark…man it is good!!!! I already gifted some to my dad for Christmas ahead of time cause he is addicted to it
Oh that does sound like a good one!My favorite is a local brand,Yswara,they have a mix of honeybush/rooibos,cinnamon and star anise that is crazy good.
Yay for Rossy! I do love the graphic on the bottle.
I prefer that bottle to the new Bond No.9-like fuschia disc-label.
I didn’t know they changed it. Too bad ????
Mmm, your rooibos sounds great! I have mint, rose, vanilla and almond flavours of it, it’s my evening tea.
10 Corso Como today. This was one of the original 13 of an essential sample pack I ordered from Luckyscent a few years ago when I discovered the world of perfume blogs( thank you Robin????) and niche perfumes (who knew!?!). I think this is what you real perfumistas refer to as “falling down the rabbit hole.”
Anyway, it’s a very nice sandlewood.
Stay warm all, high of 6 here today. Brr.
You stay warm too!
Oh, you smell great! I miss that body lotion, might have to buy another bottle.
You do smell great! I should war that tomorrow
I may wear my sample of 10 Corso Como tomorrow! Sandalwood done right!
Love Corso Como, so magical.
Heure Exquise, I was going to wear it tomorrow for its unbeatable sandalwood drydown, but it jumped in my hands this morning.
You smell wonderful.
It’s my choice for tomorrow. I don’t like most wood heavy fragrances but in HE it’s so well balanced, you smell exquisite.
You smell beautiful!
Thank you all! Wouldn’t it be great if AG would bring the dry body oil back, if only for a season…but as it stands I suppose we should be grateful they don’t discontinue HE alltogether.
Since it is my day off and I haven’t hopped in the shower yet, I am wearing no 5 edt. I love days off where I can wear whatever I want. After my shower, it’s going to be picking something out to wear and review. Haven’t decided on what yet.
I planned to wear Santal Majuscule today, but was running incredibly late and didn’t have an extra second to spare sorting through my samples. Wearing Arquiste El today because it was easy to reach.
I’m in Feminite du Bois – not sandalwood, but close. My bottle is almost empty, a very rare event these days.
You could use it then for next week’s challenge
Oh, I hadn’t noticed – good point!
Hmmm….what to wear when it’s 7 degrees and won’t quit snowing in the near(or distant) future? Black Orchid. That’s what.
Testing Super Cedar. Nice and woodsy if not exactly sandalwood.
Vintage Armani. This one is so sleek, it makes me dress a little better and comb my hair.
I should get some then. I’m very lazy about doing my hair.
Lol!!
I’m trying out a new sample of Roja Dove Gardenia. It’s leaving me cold, not as va-voom as I expected. I’m still knocked out by the Orlov Parfum sample I was trying yesterday. On the topic of tea, I have a small box of red ginseng tea I bought at duty free in the airport in Seoul in July. I am waiting to have the right friend over to try it. I actually have no idea what it will taste like.
I lived in South Korea for years, and love the red ginseng tea. I have bags and a thick, tarry extract which caused great discussion at Canadian Customs
Good news is, you can now purchase it online, so indulge and enjoy !!!
My mom would force me to drink it for medicinal purposes. I am South Korean ;). I like it with lots of honey. Once the bitterness is mellowed out, I find it pleasantly fragrant.
Happy Snow Day (again)
This time, insead of ice + snow mix we got proper snow last night. It felt like forever getting home on the train…and then Ii saw I-5, which resembled a parking lot.
Today, am absent from work (just no worth it) and shoveled my driveway!
SOTD area few tiny drops of KIllian Back in Black, which is just very expensive baby powder. Am brewing homemade chai and am about to have my breakfast of oatmeal! Today mission will be knitting a tiny elf hat for a newborn.
Do you like the smell of baby powder? Many many MANY years ago I wore Love’s Baby Soft which smelled like baby powder but for a fraction of the kilian…wonder if the re-formulation has still held up? I bet you could get a bottle for under ten….might be worth trying?
I need, NEED to try this, because I do like powdery, soft finishes on scents! This is from a sample, so I can compare and contrast.
Ok but don’t kill me if you DON’T like the reform…cause I have not worn it in over 40 years-LOL!
Shoveling the driveway of a new home – I remember doing that lo these many years ago and am kind of envious.
Glad to hear you’re okay!
Feel free to come to my house and shovel my driveway anytime :)…it one of the things I detest about winter!
Yeah, I kinda liked it when I lived in Minnesota, too. I rented the upstairs of an old house from a nice, old lady, and I think part of the joy was knowing that she wouldn’t have to deal with it. Down side, the drive would refill with snow before I was done clearing the sidewalk!
Ha! I lived in WI when I was in school, and that is so true- you shovel- and ta-da! There is more snow!
Hey there!
Thank you- I did get home safe and I am grateful! Fortunately, one of the nice things of having a townhome style house is that the driveway and yard are narrow, so shoveling is not as arduous as it could be with larger homes.
Lucky! Lucky!
Another sample is finished-PdE Cuir Ottoman. Linear, lovely and fits current cold weather. Haven’t come across leather that I love and need in my collection.
In the honor of Tea Day celebration I will be drinking the fanciest tea in my house- Kusmi Tsarevna.
I had a cup of that yesterday, mixed half & half with Traktir.
Wearing 24 Faubourg again today. I am clearly on the path to draining my bottle this season.
Tea of the day is Harney & Sons Earl Grey.
You smell GORGEOUS.
The polar vortex arrived last night and brought snow, so this morning I’m wearing two things to warm up: L’ Air du Désert Marocain and a haramaki (Japanese torso wrap). Both are working pretty well to stoke my inner pot-belly stove and keep me snuggly.
Well prepared, I have a similar wrap, made from soft wool (kidney warmer) and I find it really helps.
I’m wearing Aromatics Elixir today.
Gorgeous and courageous.
I’m in Jasmin& Cigarette by ELDO. It’s like, ahem, gunpowder green tea with jasmine. I didn’t use to like the cigarette-butt note in this, but I’m strangely charmed by it today. Perhaps it’s because I’ve had my haircut dramatically from waist-length to a just-above-the-shoulders bob. So now I’m imagining myself in a noir film, with the obligatory cigarette and black beret. Well, sort of.
In homage to this week’s theme though, I’ve put a new Mysore sandalwood soap out in the bathroom!
There is nothing more liberating than a great and drastic haircut. Enjoy!
Been running errands for the office all morning. Ready to sit down with some tea and… be still for a while. It’s freezing outside so running all those errands has made me very cold.
I’m in Tam Dao and drinking some really smooth Sencha (green tea).
I’m getting my sandalwood fix today with Valentina’s Home Brewed Sweet Dreams perfume oil, which is jasmine, sandalwood and vanilla. I found it this morning while digging around for my SL Santal Mysore decant. I always kind of forget about it. It’s simple but it’s yummy. I’m periodically huffing my wrist.
That does sound nice.
Wearing Memoirs of a Trespasser, which was enjoyable at first but is feeling a bit…too much now.
Did a day trip yesterday to a museum exhibit of movie costumes, mostly 1800s. Such a geek I am, sticking my face nearly into the fabric to examine the stitching techniques
Costumes were from a London company, Cosprop. Fascinating.
I am sure the stitching must have been intricate and detailed!
Their rule for period costumes is, all hand sewing, except for the occasional hidden seam. And much intricate embroidery, as most of the characters wearing them are royalty or high society types.
That is fascinating for me as well. It’s really very interesting to see life lived in a very different time. Clothing was so well made back then.
Freezing+windy=???? Warm and toasty in Barbara Bui ????
And not being much of a tea drinker, I thought the photo was brussels sprouts!
You smell great! And even as a tea drinker, I still think the tea looks a little like wasabi peas
I thought it was clams!
So did I! and I am a tea drinker too!
LOL!
Another goodie!You smell lovely!
Commando still, because I’ve been getting stuff done before hopping into shower. Will put on whatever makes sense for an NHL hockey game tonight… will head out into the vortex to a cold indoor arena with ice. Yeah, that makes sense! Maybe I’ll go with my Old Spice Amber. That seems appropriate.
Stopped by Bergdorfs yesterday to get ideas for spending my gift certificate. Am thinking Chanel No. 19 EdP – they’re completely out of stock. The SA was unfriendly. He almost blocked my way to stand in front of the Exclusifs. Hermes SA was very nice, but they don’t sell Kelly Caleche in EdT, which I prefer. SA at Guerlain was also nice and friendly. She and I played with layering Gourmand Coquin. She layers with SDV, and I tried with Rose Nacree, which was nice.
I ended up with Chamade onone wrist and Sweet Morphine on the other.
I’m thinking I may layer Rose Barbare with the GC, since I have a sample of that at home.
I can see those two doing well together.
Have fun at the game! I always enjoy a good hockey game.
I usually just ask the Guerlain SA to walk around with me to pick up samples and/or to buy one more thing to make the next tier of spending to get a larger discount.
Hello, all. I slept very badly last night and am bolstering myself with the warmth of Dries van Noten to get me through the LAST DAY. Last day! Ummm, I don’t want to be boring and insistent, but did you get that? It’s the last day! All I have to do is attend a two hour staff meeting about a contentious matter, and this working year is over.
I really am enjoying the DvN. It has a spicy heart and a slight bready smell, just a mere hint of damper baked in campfire ashes, that elevates it above being a simple vanilla bomb. I.bought the 10ml travel size, but might replace with a FB later. Much later, as in, “Yes, Donatella, I did buy Galop, and no, I am not sorry, and yes, I do realise it was excessively expensive, and no, I won’t buy anything else for a while.”
Congratulations, and sorry I mistook you for a grad student a few days ago. I am new to NST and have little idea who does what ????.
Hey, no prob. I should write more clearly–I’d ping one of my students for writing that was full of unargued assumptions, and I did something similar. Just for the record, I’m rapidly and without regret (at least for the moment!) approaching the door marked “Retirement”.
Donatella is old and blind as a bat,so don’t worry about it.Lol!!(I know her hearing is still excellent,unfortunately!!????)
Lol, Johanob!
Bother about her hearing….I should write my confessions, then!
And her spies are everywhere, johanob. She sees more than Santa Claus.
Oh dear….Now you tell me!!After all these years??!!Haha!
Last Day!!!! I hope the oral went well yesterday and your student is feeling happy. last day!!! You have bought some beautiful sounding perfumes recently….both the DvN and Galop. Hurray for last day and perfume.
The oral was brilliant. The student relaxed at the 20 minute mark, but by then it was nearly all over–her answers were so incisive that the examiners rather collapsed. Her doctorate was awarded with a request to consider changing two words and a requirement to correct a silly mistake (which I missed!) in her APA syntax in the reference list. That will take even less time than the oral did! We went to lunch, drank wine and gossiped scurrilously and hilariously. Altogether a day of fun and victory!
Well done to both of you. Couldn’t get better than that.
Yay for the last day! And I’m so glad you bought Galop, I really believed it was meant to be:)
You smell great! I had a rough night too, so I sympathize. Congrats on the last day!
Congratulations to you! Both on the last day & Galup
I am laughing at the “I won’t buy anything else for a while”
Hooray, last day! Congrats to you and your student!
I was going to go all out with Guerlain Samsara until I remembered that we will be dining at the in-laws this evening. Hence TF Santal Blush it is; it is so warm and cuddly in cold weather
Perfect switch!
SotD = a few dabs of L’air du Temps edt from a splash bottle. I love it so.
I’m grateful to have a lunch date with my mum and sister today. Mum wore L’air when I was a child so it will be fun to see if she notices it or if I fly below the scent radar. Heh.
Is it current or vintage? My mother used to wear it, and I think I did as well, a long time ago, pre perfumista. I have a scent memory but haven’t smelled it in decades.
My L’air du Temps is well aged.
I think it is from the 1970s or 80s.
Sounds lovely. Wish I was closer in distance to my mom & sister.
I lived several thousand miles away from my family for many years so I treasure the time we get to spend together.
Wearing the newly re-named Muddy Tramping Boots with Wet Socks …formerly known as Swamp….originally known as Signal Hill Walk. This is my own essential oil creation using sandalwood as a base, thenthe kanuka, manuka, lemon….etc.etc. etc. it’s pretty niche, close to skin sillage ( thank God ) , all week longevity ( like a pimple that just won’t go away ) ….buy one get one free!!! They do say that home made Christmas gifts are the best, don’t they? Proof that it is better to give than receive.
Must be rainy there? I know the guys sailing past you on the Vendée Globe solitary around the world race are having very rough seas this week.
Definitely big seas as I can hear the surf when I walk on the hill – about 6km away from the ocean. And it’s cold – a beanie /hoodie combo this morning.
Nice and you are also participating in the sandalwood project!
Muddy Tramping Boots with Wet Socks: definitely a niche scent! ????
Sandalwood Friday here! In the obvious but lovely choice of Bois des Iles.
I’m wearing Sensuous Noir. I love this stuff.
I wore that yesterday! You smell great.
You smell gorgeous. One of my first perfumista buys, and I remember reading your review of it later on BdJ (and I was quite pleased with my nose who had found this all by herself
)
Tired and headachey after a crappy night, wearing the light and pretty Brückner Prune d’Or since I need something easy on the nose.
Maybe a cup of tea will help?
Methinks the big guns of coffee might need to be brought out.
Joining several others today in Box of Eels.
Happy ITD! Funny to see Dragon Pearls here — I almost ordered some from Harney the other day but went with a more quotidian (and less expensive) jasmine. I’ve been craving jasmine tea lately and am drinking some bagged stuff from TJ’s while I await my Harney order.
I’m wearing my newest acquisition, Hermès Eau de Mandarine Ambrée, a bright and warming choice for this extremely cold day.
For taste, nothing beats a Yin Hao Jasmine. I won’t pay for jasmine pearls either, they’re pretty but never as good.
“Mmmm, pencils.” Robin, that made me laugh out loud!
SOTD is Bvlgari Black, which has notes of both sandalwood and tea. Bam.
It’s almost Friday, so hang in there all you wonderful NSTers!
Santal Blanc is probably my favorite Serge to date, except of course for Chergui. Smelling good!
My motivation to do anything this time of the year is out the window. Work has been so intense that now that it’s over I’m crashing big time.
Only 3 days left in the office for me this year and the rest I’m off, so thank God for that.
SOTD for me is Orchidée Vanille. The more cozy, warm and sweetish, the better.
Yay for time off! Enjoy the season.
I thought today’s picture was snails…
I stayed totally out of yesterday’s traffic mess, but I was selling a dresser/vanity on Craigslist and in the middle of the snowstorm a man came to look at it. He said he had been looking for two months for the perfect gift for his wife. He bought it, and then spent about 30 minutes in my driveway putting chains on his truck. I imagine it took him hours to get home, the roads were so clogged with accidents and abandoned cars. What a sweet guy to go to so much trouble to get the perfect gift to make his wife happy.
Lots of choice for tomorrow’s synch, BdI, Samsara, C & E Sandalwood, Villoresi Sandalo, Santal Blush, Exotic Woods, Champagne du Bois…I have a lot of sandalwood! Today I’m wearing Absolue pour le Soir, doing laundry, and watching When Harry Met Sally on E! Stay warm, everybody in the way of the polar vortex.
What a delightful husband-story – oh, and I’d thought snails too…
So glad to hear you missed yesterday’s ridiculous traffic chaos, and glad to hear that you got rid of extraneous “stuff” and simultaneously made someone else (and, hopefully, another someone else) very happy.
Well, today I managed a rare achievement and left the apartment without remembering to spray any perfume whatsoever. So, having chosen a decent sandalwood scent, I ended up going commando.
6 more days. :^)
First, I’m happy to hear that NST folks in the PNW are safe and sound. Those are some harrowing stories!
SOTD = sampling SL Santal de Mysore. I’m not getting any sandalwood in this; more like cedar, immortelle, and possibly hay.
Late to the party today! It’s been raining like an open fire hydrant, here, but we’re all home safe and sound in spite of rising flood waters lower in the valley. December seems to be flood month around these parts, but December showers bring January chanterelles!
Started off the day in Bvlgari Thé Blanc, which lasted all of about two minutes on me, and now I’m in my Sunday-morning perfume, Sunshine and Pancakes, simply because a little travel spray of it just arrived in the mail. Looking forward to actual sunshine and actual pancakes this weekend.
I do not really own any sandalwood fragrances. I have sandalwood incense and Pacifica Sandalwood shower gel. I used that gel and then piled on Aftelier Ancient Resins. Yum and perfect for the cold weather.