Happy Just Finish It Friday! Our community project for today: finish a sample or decant you’ve been hanging onto for a long time, OR wear from a precious bottle that’s getting low. Big bonus points if you finish a bottle! Thanks to Elisa for the suggestion.
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 have completely failed this project. I have family in town, and I seem to be coming down with something (there is an awful lot of crud going around) and I just couldn't concentrate. I am back in Fendi Theorema.
Reminder: on 12/30 we're doing the Best of 2016 — wear one of your favorite fragrance releases of 2016.
And for those of you who like to plan ahead, see Scent of the day ~ Friday community projects 2016 (or Scent of the day ~ Friday community projects 2017), where I'll try to always have the next five or six weeks mapped out in advance.
Note: the Fendi back is from the same collection as the shoes, I think. It was $5,200 or $7,200, I'm not sure which and maybe it depended on the size? Anyway, I don't think you can buy it anymore.
Happy Friday Everyone! Wearing Fraise Mara des Bois by Yves Rocher from a sample that I just poured completely on me. This is a strawberry lollipop scent. No more than that. I do not like it so much. Super sweet and it seems that will not last for too long.
Very busy for the last couple of days getting ready for Christmas. My family (7) is coming over so I have been spending time cleaning, wrapping presents and doing some cooking. Hard task but we will enjoy being together.
I thought I was the only one who employs the “pour it on me” method:)
I like wafting and really smelling the fragrance beyond me having to stick my nose to my wrist…and yes, I was one of those obnoxious people in the 1980s/1990s with whom you would NOT want to get in an elevator with-LOL!
I agree with you. I love to smell the perfume I am wearing very well and if I need to “pour the whole sample on me” I do it without any hesitation and with much pleasure. I usually do this with most of my samples unless I know it is a very strong one.
Ah I do this too!! Dabber samplers make scents stick so close to your skin (and sometimes that’s a good thing), so I definitely pour on a whole dang sample at once!
I finished up a forgotten sample vial of Mechant Loup, least mechant of all perfumes.
That’s the way!
If I was 12, I think I would absolutely love you right now! You smell like Strawberry Shortcake (the doll)
You’re brave to wear something you don’t like. And a lot of it! It does sound kind of yummy, though.
Not something that I would buy for sure. I just wanted to get rid of it quickly. Super yummy it was. At least it disappeared on me 2 hours later.
Wow, that is a deeply hideous bag!
Wearing Timbuktu today. I thought I might finish the sample–it leaped into my hand this morning, and there was so little left it seemed like destiny–but alas (or hooray), there is one more application left.
We get out of work early today, so I will finish the last little bits of shopping, and then it is a series of parties and gatherings for the next few days. Hope everyone who celebrates has a good holiday!
The price is shocking for that bag…
Smelling great!
I found the bag kinda scary, too.
the price is even scarier to me!
Ditto regarding that bag. ????
I had the same reaction to the bag that I had to those shoes the other day: “My three year old would love that.”
Hope you feel better soon Robin!
Thank you so much! I am taking it easy today.
I am finishing 10 Corsco Como and I am very sad. Hand Holding please.
In attempt to finish this black tea that I have had forever I brewed it with some orange blossom water, but I didn’t finish the container completely.
I actually really enjoyed this community project, there is something freeing and liberating about finishing up samples and things. Thanks for whom ever suggested it.
Also got some tea from MF from a friend that went to Paris, Midnight in Paris is the name. I haven’t tried it yet.
I think we have Elise to thank and I completely agree! There is something freeing and liberating about finishing and downsizing in general…I have done this with my clothes and I cannot begin to tell you how easy it is for me to get dressed in the morning
and your tea!!!!!! delightful!!!!
Also, I hope Robin will do this community project again somewhere down the line (when she is low on ideas
!!)
I agree!
This was a nice way to finish things off
It’s sooooo true about downsizing clothes! With a few classic things (black pants, good shoes, etc), less really is more. Every item of clothes that my hubs and I own fit easily in our closet and drawers. No seasonal changing of the closet! (Keep in mind we live in Atlanta, so no need for wool sweaters and such!)
I live in a four season zone and I have gotten my entire wardrobe into my closet
I totally agree, less is more….well, at least for me it works!
I hope you recover quickly Robin, being ill is no fun.
I’m wearing a new sample of Les Indes Galantes by MDCI. It’s gorgeous, but so much like Sacrebleu! that I, fortunately, don’t need a bottle.
I’m having a very good day for tea (working from home is bliss!). I started the day with a gorgeous Earl Grey Céleste Bio, and have since moved on to an excellent 2nd Flush Darjeeling called Sungma.
Good to know, austenfan! I missed out on Sacrebleu, so I need to try Les Indes Galantes. (I know there’s a Sacrebleu Intense, but I think that chiaroscuro version misses the point.)
I haven’t smelled the Intense often enough or recently enough to be able to comment on that. All I know is that when I put on Indes Galantes yesterday morning it instantly reminded me of Sacrebleu. Haven’t tried them side by side, and for all I know the Intense is closer to the original than this perfume. It is lovely, though, and very much worth a try.
Les Indes Galantes is lovely, you smell great.
Thank you!
Tibetan Mountain Temple…I had forgotten how much I love this stuff!!!
and I hope you recovery soon, Robin!!!
I hope so too. I am dosing myself heavily & hoping to not get any worse.
I have never smelled that..what is it like?
http://www.pacificabeauty.com/tibetan-mountain-temple-spray-perfume
Here is the description from the website…
on my skin it is a resinous gingerbread for the EDP and the solid is a bit sweeter gingerbread…it is a perfect holiday scent and I also like wearing it to yoga (very light application so as to not offend anyone)….I bought my EDP for $15 and my solid for $6 at my local health food store…I am sure you could find it at Whole Foods in the city for a similar price…it is nice and inexpensive….do give it a try if you come across it! And the soy candle…wow! that is really good!!!
I have a bottle of this too. I use it a lot at bedtime; I find it calming.
that’s why I like to wear it to yoga class.
I haven’t smelled that one in a long time. I thought it might be discontinued because nobody around here that carries the Pacifica fragrances seems to carry that one.
You can still get it directly from the Pacifica online store. But it would not surprise me if it is heading for the chopping block…seems like all the Pacificas I really love get discontinued.
Wearing SSS Tabac Aurea from a very old sample that I’ve been strategically holding onto. I didn’t manage to finish off the sample this morning, but I’ll reapply tonight and probably use up the rest.
I had been planning on wearing Onda…but I wasn’t emotionally prepared to run out of that sample yet.
You smell absolutely wonderful.
Mmmm, Tabac Aurea.
Totally understand your hesitation to use the last bit of Onda. When the day does come, you may need to take a couple of days off work for bereavement ????
TA is such a great one. I got a small travel spray of that one and am hoarding my last bits.
Rouge Bunny Rouge Embers, but didn’t finish it either. I hope you can take some time off to recuperate, Robin.
I like that one. Reminds me of DK Black Cashmere.
Thank you!
Hope you get better soon Robin.
SOTD: L’homme de Coeur (Divine). Yummy.
Happy Holidays everyone!
You smell so good!
Thanks. I must say that this does not have the same tenacity that L’homme Sage does, but it is still a very nice fragrance.
Thank you! And you do smell great.
Good Morning Y’all!
Pictured here is Santa Jada the Pharmacist, presenting Bruce the Office/Perfume Grinch with a tube of Preparation H! Turn that frown upside down! HA HA HA HA HA (He’s such a good sport for my crazy photo op ideas….) https://www.instagram.com/p/BOXT9EOAwOY/?taken-by=jadainga99
SOTD: Body Shop Frosted Cranberry. Straight up cranberry sauce=straight up holiday smell!
That is a great photo! Scrolled through some of your photography and glad I found another Living Proof fan, its expensive but it does wonders for my dry frizzy hair in the winter.
YES! I’m a big fan of Living Proof! I haven’t colored my hair in several months (it was damaged from too much do-it-yourself coloring!) and I’m enjoying my natural gray “highlights”, but it’s still frizzy and dry. LOVE their Overnight Protector! It has really helped!
Loved your cute pic! I am also a huge fan of Living Proof. Their dry shampoo is the best! Amazing product!
HA! Looks like he has Tums (and is that Nair you’re holding, too?) in store for later…
That’s adorable and he’s a good sport! Cheers to the Grinch ????
Ha! Too cute.
Lovr your photo op! Thanks for sharing. You are too cute!
Love the photo!!
Can I just tell you how adorable you are and how much I love your hair..the gray highlights suit you
I’ve drained my sample of Aedes de Venustas EDP. It was a fun ride while it lasted!
Good for you!
I have completely and legitimatelly fulfilled the mission of the week: my bottle of Feminite du Bois is empty. I can still see a little drop in the bottom, but when I spray, nothing comes out (I had to spray quite liberally this morning to make sure of that ????). It is one of my all-time favourites, so I’ll definitely get a a new bottle soon.
Bravo!
New bottle for a new year!
I love FdB! Definitely worthy of a new bottle. You smell great.
Yay! Full credit and bonus points to you!
There were a couple of samples in my purse that I was thinking of using for this project but they seem to have decided to do it themselves by evaporating. Instead, I am testing Louis Vuitton Dans La Peau, a gentle leather
They did all the work for you, ha.
What do you think of the LV? I am finding myself into leathers since yesterday…
Ooh, I wanted to test that one. Let us know your verdict…
I have today off work so I’m puttering in my Little Room of Zen while wearing Ylang 49 (or whichever number it is) from a sample that I will probably never use up. After my shower later I’ll switch to my beloved and hoarded decant of Tabac Blond – today’s wearing won’t use it up, but I think I get points for wearing something that I have very little of now and that, when it’s gone, it will be gone for good. Happy Friday everyone!
I love Ylang 49! I get lots of compliments when I have that on!
Me too, it’s great stuff.
SheriG – I have a small decant for you if you’d like it (and if you are in the U.S.). Email me at rappleyea11 with a yahoo address.
Thank you – just emailed!
To all the Theorema wearers (Robin, Dawn, Isabella, etc.): I hope the people around you are properly appreciative! May your bottles never run dry.
Robin, I hope you don’t succumb to the crud. I’ve been fighting a cold/cough for about a week now, without much success. I haven’t even felt like wearing perfume for the last few days, since I can’t really smell and enjoy it (and am too selfish -blush- to care about others…).
Sending hopes for healing to those who are sick, and to all, I wish you peace, joy, and a stress-less weekend!
Yes to stress-less! I hope you are feeling better soon. Time for a nap?
Wishing you a speedy recovery and peace and joy back atcha!
Thank you! I am so far wavering between not sick yet and sort of sick. Good luck to both of us
Feel better soon.
I am nowhere near finishing any bottles so in the spirit of the challenge I finished the last of my sample of Egoiste. I love this stuff and am sad to see it go. I think it is still in production but doesn’t seem to be available here at all.
I ran across a bottle of Egoiste in a Duty Free shop in the Belize airport on vacation, so I BOUGHT IT. Ostensibly it’s a Christmas present for my 16-year-old son (who liked it when I offered him a sniff in the shop, and he never likes anything!), but if he doesn’t want it… well, I’ll find it a home.
Like on my dresser.
Score! And now the secret is out about Belize duty-free.
I travelled there once with my DH and MIL (she was born there), and scored a very HTF bottle (YSL Y in EdP).
I think the reason they still have cool stuff is that they only have to renew their stock every 15 years. ????
That is a score! Your boy has great taste
You smell fantastic! I still see it in higher end dept stores and online discounters. Have you checked online?
It is a strange thing, it seems to not be on the market in Canada at all…there is the Platinum but not the original, at least not that I’ve found.
I have a little decant for you. I pulled it out for sandalwood week, and though I love the smell, it doesn’t suit me.
Bless your heart!
SOTD = very last drops of Hermes Kelly Caleche EDP Bottle #1
If I’m able to yank the top open without damaging the bottle, I’m sure there’s still another wear or two left…but alas, at it stands, R.I.P. bottle #1. A moment of silence please.
I also finished Solstice Scents Creamy Whipped Soap Foxcroft and a tube of Yu-Be Moisturizing Skin Cream (thanks to jennkr for reminding me how good this one is…I’ve stockpiled as it fills the gap for me to get to free shipping when I order from Sephora). My La Mer spf 50 sunscreen is still chugging along…will probably be all done in the next day or two.
Last night, I ended up going out impromptu with a co-worker. We went to a pop-up bar and had this:
http://www.delish.com/holiday-recipes/christmas/a50664/snow-globe-cocktails-new-york-city/
And since the bar did not serve food, we went to a tiny French restaurant and had a Croque Monsieur and Tuna Tartare and chased these down with a glass of wine. All under $80 for each of us including the snow globe drink and the cab ride back to NYPenn.
And finally, here’s a peek into holiday decor Chez hajusuuri:
http://www.plowhearth.com/handcrafted-metal-holiday-owl-wreath.htm
That drink looks great!
I also did some drinking last night in midtown to celebrate the holidays
And the drink was quite potent! Mine was a mailbox while my colleague’s was two tigers.
I love snbow gloobs. Hic.
Kidding! It’s not even noon here.
Your wreath game is on point. Seriously adorable.
Hee! I got the wreath last year. My front door is metal and hanging it up was quite simple – I stuck a double hook magnet and hung the wreath on the hooks.
LOVE LOVE LOVE the cocktail and the owls…and please DO elaborate on the French restaurant (the name and what you ate
!!!)
The restaurant is called Le Pif, a tiny hole in the wall at 2058 Broadway between 70th and 72nd. The menu was small but the food was far from petite! The Croque Monsieur was stuffed and the bread was fluffy and grilled to perfection. The tuna tartare was very fresh. It’s a great place to go to either before or after an event at Lincoln Center!
thank you! when and if I ever get back to having some discretionary income I will seek it out…I put the name and address in my address book
Loving the glow snobe! :^)
Ha! I was hoping to bring it home but alas, it was not for the keeping
The wreath is too adorable!
It is..and lucky me it was on sale when I got it last year!
https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/kidspost/make-your-own-snow-globes-at-home/2016/11/28/3a613646-add9-11e6-8b45-f8e493f06fcd_story.html?utm_term=.fa2b7d0cc6df
Love your pics…And found this for any snow globe fans . I reckon mini perfume bottles could look good in a globe
That’s crafty! I think one with a mini of Marni would be fabulous!
Sounds like fun! Good work on the Kelly Calèche.
It was fun and to think it was totally spontaneous. One thing I forget to mention was I’m pretty sure I smelled Coromandel in the wild while there!
Actually…now that I am thinking about it, it was probably MFK Grand Soir that I smelled and not Coromandel. Nevertheless, I was swooning and it wasn’t just because of the drink
Great job of finishing things – Those snowglobe drinks are SO CUTE!!!
Thanks! They’re cute and potent!
Love the wreath and the woowoowooo thing is – I just got a gift bag today at lunch with the exact same owl on it!
Ha! I love coincidences!
Well done on finishing your bottle,and you smell great! I found that I do still have my KC sample, so I wore it yesterday.
That drink is awesome (doubly so for it being strong), and so is your wreath!
Thank you! Did you finish your sample?
No, there’s actually enough left for one or two more wearings, which is surprising since it’s both old and in a plastic bottle.
I’m sort of reverse participating by wearing a Stash, which is really a full bottle missing a couple spritzes, the absolute opposite of near empty.
The only thing I managed to get done yesterday was a nap and burning some bacon. I’m a mover and a shaker as you can see. Feeling a bit better today, although my nose is like a busted water main. Ugh. I did manage to take my rear to spin class, so that’s something I guess.
I hope everone’s ready for the holiday. I’m totally NOT and have a crap ton of baking to do today. At least I can look forward to taste testing later. Sugar and butter always perks me up ????
If you made it through spin class then you must be on the mend! Enjoy the baking. I’m thinking about that today, too.
On the mend for sure, thanks! Just not as quickly as when I was 20. Hope your baking endeavor turns out delish! ????
deva- I hope you feel better.
If it is any consolation, I don’t even have the tree up yet!
I do feel better thanks! Just impatient with my sluggishness. Hope the tree gets up soon, but if I remember correctly you will have lots of help when it actually gets vertical! Enjoy decorating it with family ????
OK so it is almost six oclock….I have brought up the tree, lights and ornaments and everyone is hiding in their rooms!
Ugh! I have been oversleeping- I think having such a cosy house makes me NOT want to leave! But I have been able to walk and go to the gym- but spin class? You are a trooper!
There’s a lot to be said for having a cozy house, especially around the holidays. Hope you are enjoying settling in and decorating your cozy abode ????
Hiya DeVan…glad you are feeling better. I think Stash might be on my blind buy list for 2017
Thanks Kanuka! It’s quite an easy and inoffensive scent. Hope you like it when you get it!
Sugar and butter makes everything better.
Sadly for my expanding waist, this is true! ????
A nap and burnt bacon sounds perfect (I like mine nearly burnt) and like you needed the rest, anyway. Enjoy the baking smells today!
Yep, me too, but not really “smoke alarm blasting” burned. ????
All hail sugar and butter! Hope you feel better soon.
SotD = Ambre Narguile which has become my de facto holiday scent over the fast few weeks. I’ve used up much of my 4 ml sample, but I’m glad it’s not empty. I think I prefer the dab sample to a spray for AN. I wear less yet it has more oomph.
Feel better, Robin, and to everyone who is fighting illness, please take good care. I can imagine how Theorema is perfect for strength and comfort on sick days though I’ve never smelled it. Ambre Narguile is one of a very few scents I can wear when I’m feeling poorly. Let’s all wear double doses of scent today to boost morale and fend off free-floating pathogens. Perfume as penicillin, it’s good for what ails ya’.
It was nice the roads were quieter than usual as I drove my high schooler across town early this morning. Half day at school today, then it’s time to hunker down, bake brownies and snickerdoodles, watch a movie, and enjoy the rain.
Love that happy Fendi bag! In other smiley news I saw a full arc rainbow yesterday afternoon, it ended right outside my front door.
Hope everyone’s weekend is full of nice surprises, fragrant and otherwise.
Hopefully it was the end of the rainbow that has the pot of gold. Or maybe Amouage Gold.
Oh, love the rainbow that ends at your door, good for you! Enjoy your baking and movie.
I hope you have a great weekend, too!
Happy Friday! My SOTD is L’Artisan’s Amour Nocturne. I just finished a FB of this that i got for a great price on HauteLook a while back. Hate to see it go.
I got a decant of this one recently and was slightly repulsed the first time I wore it and was planning on moving it on but decided to try it again, and now I’m finding it pretty addictive. Such an unusual melange of different smells! I’ll be keeping it ???? My cats hate it for some reason, though.
Lol! Yeah, I agree it is an unusual scent (gunpowder and cedar aren’t typically notes that make me swoon), but I loved it from the moment I smelled it. Cherish your decant.
Happy Friday!
1) Almost used up a sample of Jo Malone’s Incense & Cedrat, layer with the last of The Body Shop Satsuma spray. I smell very holiday appropriate and very fresh at the same time. These layer beautifully. I will be getting another body spray for summer,
2) Holiday weekend and week! It’s going to be VERY relaxing. I have Academy hook ups so there are going to be special showings of movies all next week for nominations, which I am pretty excited about.
3) If you celebrate, I do hope you have a good Holiday week! There is too much wickedness and darkness about- it can seem overwhelming. But I do implore ALL of you to connect with loved ones, take the time to have a walk, some good drinks of your choice, and have some joy.
#1- Nice!
#2- Nice!
#3-yes! I will be connecting with loved ones both biological and spiritual family in unusual ways that defy the traditional Christmas….and I am really looking forward to time in my bathrobe and lots of food
A wonderful holiday week/end to you, too!
I finished up a tin of Harney’s Darjeeling tea yesterday, does that count?
All I *really* want to finish is this year’s work. Still one more day to go.
SOTD is Guerlain Winter Delice. I smell spicy.
You smell great! Hang in there; it’s just a few more hours…
You can do it!
Hope you feel better, Robin!
I’m in the road to Rochester and am wearing the last of my SHL 777 2022 Generation Woman which is a very elegant almond cookie with a hint of something aromatic and spicy. Sorry to see it go since it’s FB price is out of my budget range.
Hope the drive is easy, and thank you for the good wishes!
Thanks! Easy for me since I’m just the DJ in the passenger seat ????
I need to get a sample of this!
To say goodbye to Paris, I trotted along to Jovoy and got myself 100ml of Parfums d’Empire “Ambre Russe” and 50ml of Jovoy’s own “Les Jeux sont Faits”. So when I add that for the community project and as my SOTD I drained the last of a 5ml decant of Les Jeux, I’m not sure I’m ahead on points.
I had to do it though, because they were so good and generous with samples when I popped in (and bought nothing) in Summer. I came away with another 9 samples plus a 12ml GWP of Ambre Russe travel size, so I am a happy bunny.
I also bade a less-than-tearful farewell to the teams on my programme. No more days. It will take a while to sink in.
You may all get ready to smile sardonically in January when I start to fret about having no new contract to go to. :^D
Ambre Russe might just be my favorite amber (shhh — don’t tell Ambre Sultan)!
Free at last! CONGRATULATIONS!
Well done! Run and don’t look back…
Bravo! I own both of those bottles, great choice. Happy Christmas to you!
Nice treats and hoping you enjoy your freedom!
You made it–yaaay!
Hooray for winding down your assignment and congratulations on your perfume purchases!
I FINISHED IT – my sample of SL’s La Fille de Berlin, that is. My little sprayer was opaque, so I wasn’t sure how much was left, but it was just enough for a decent application. Will definitely get more of this – I just need to try a few more roses before I decide on a decant or a fb.
Happy holidays to all!
Congrats!
Well done. Yes, you definitely need some more FdB. ???? Happy Holidays!
I didn’t finish a thing and didn’t want to wear a “holiday” scent so I’m wearing MFK Amyris Femme. I’m spending the holidays with friends in Sacramento so today I’m packing, cleaning, and generally preparing for the New Year. I have already started on my New Year’s resolutions (just a few tasks I keep putting off, like making a will with a pet trust and my advance directives) and I’m also vowing to put on perfume more than once each day. Here’s hoping everyone has Happy Holidays and the sick feel better soon.
Have fun with your friends, Foxbins!
Robin, I hope you feel better soon! I’ve totally failed on this week’s theme, even though I’ve been contemplating the woodrat’s nest of samples in my perfume cabinet (formerly known as the bathroom linen closet; poor, marginalized towels…). I’ve just very specifically been in the mood for Theorema, Safran Troublant, and Jeux de Peau, so that’s what I’ve been wearing, from bottles still gloriously more full than not. A cold, rainy day today, and I’m back in Safran Troublant and cuddly cashmere.
Hey, perfume is just plain more important than towels! Thanks for the good wishes, and of course you smell great.
Merry Christmas Robin. Thanks for all your great posts and I hope you feel better today. Christmas Eve here and still no decision on ‘what we are doing for Christmas’ has been made…we might just take a picnic to the botanic gardens and spread out on the grass and lounge about and read books and drink wine. I do need advice on a good sunscreen…one that doesn’t feel like a tube of oil paint or look ghostly silver.
Wearing Blackbird and listening to one in the tree outside.
Lots of Christmas/holiday love to everyone in NST land. You are the first thing I read each morning as I wake up and there is no better start to my day…so thanks for being so completely wonderful.
As far as sunscreen goes, good ol city block sheer from clinique for every day use has done my face well for years. They have a stronger version, maybe it’s called super? that bumps the spf up to 40.
When going to the beach I add whatever 50 level I have on the go (they expire! apply generously and use them up).
I use La Roche Posay. A tiny bit of whiteness but to counter that I put a bit of sesame oil on my face first, then the sunscreen. This seems to alleviate the white face issue. You smell great. Enjoy the day!
A Christmas picnic, that sounds perfect! And of course thank you for the kind words.
Best wishes for a merry Christmas to you, too!
For the face, neck, décolletage and ears, I use La Mer SPF 50. And because I’m worth it, I have used it on my arms as well. Neutrogena Dry Touch SPF 70 is good. I also sometimes use baby products as they tend to be less allergenic but I’ve had an allergic reaction to one I tried this past summer (I’m too lazy to see which one it was).
This is probably the most extensive post on sunscreen I’ve ever read:
http://boisdejasmin.com/2015/07/favorite-unscented-sunscreens.html
http://boisdejasmin.com/2016/08/sunscreens-update.html
The Japanese ones don’t leave as much of a white cast. I happen to find them to drying, but I have very, very dry skin esp. in winter.
If you scroll through the comments you will find tips of how to get the products as well. Have a great Christmas!
Didn’t actually finish anything, but I got closer to the bottom of my 15ml Organza Indecence. I’ll miss that one when it’s gone.
You smell wonderful. I am almost out of OI too.
Robin, I hope you get some rest and avoid the cold. I’m in the middle of one. Bah, humbug!
Criminy, there is a lot of yuck going around! I had to go to the store but that’s it for me today…have my feet up on the ottoman and planning to drink tea and rest for the duration.
I’m going to use my last drop of Coco from a decant. I have so many samples and bottles I don’t have anything else that is even close to being empty!
You smell great!
My decant of Dior Cuir Cannage leaked and/or evaporated so I dabbed on most of the remainder. It smells like the inside of the luxurious leather bag I would be carrying on my trip we’re microfiber not more practical
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Wishing everyone a Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, Happy Holiday Season.
Yikes. Cuir Cannage was too perfumey and was one of my scent-phobe mom’s list of no no’s.
Worn discreetly under two layers of sleeves, just in case I run into your mom!
OK really finished that Mitzah today. Bye bye crappy plastic decant. See you never. Has anyone discovered glass decants that reliably don’t evaporate?
My first two decants ever (purchased from Daisy, I think, where has she gone?) have outlasted countless others. They are a wavy glass, with a red top, and their fill levels never seem to change!
On the other hand, the very popular plain glass, cheap white plastic top (that I have used as well!) seem to be sometimes fine, sometimes terrible. And plastic decants? Sometimes I can see the evaporating perfume in the threads of the top!
I got my Cuir Beluga decant from Daisy as well and it came in the wavy glass bottle with a red collar and white atomizer top. For a while until I wore it for days and days without rest, the volume seemed to expand! Anyway, this type of atomizer had been out of stock from BestBottles for over a year! I have to replenish my decant atomizers soon and I’m actually thinking of upgrading them but the only thing holding me back is that they cost double or even triple what I paid for the natural/transparent atomizers. I found the white 4mL atomizers to be leaky.
I finished up my sample of Patchouli 24 today. I’m really liking this one, and maybe one of these days I’ll get more of it. I saw on Le Labo’s website that they offer a 15ml size.
Also when I leave the office today, I’ll be officially on vacation until New Year’s. Yay! Hopefully I won’t spend it being sick as I seem to frequently do.
I’m officially on vacation but I have a ton of work to finish still and I want to get them out of the way as soon as possible!
Robin, I hope you feel better and manage to fight off whatever bug is trying to get you.
SOTD is Ubar. I unknowingly messed up this week’s project a bit. I’d intended to wear the rest of a sample of Alien I’d been hanging on to, but it was apparently already used up. (Points for finishing it before today?) The Ubar isn’t quite the end of the sample, but it’s close. It’s also technically not the EDP it should be. It’s actually an EDC/EDT I made by putting a little vodka in the bottle, which had emptied to all but a residue in transit. I let it mature for a while, and–violà–Ubar. Take that, leakage!
All the best for very happy holidays to all in the NST community! Have a wonderful weekend!
Vodka to the rescue! Perfect.
I should pull out my Ubar decants!
used up the last microlitres of Vanille d’iris, so now it’s time to decide which of the many Iris based scents I’ve tried lately might be FB worthy, with a new contender (for me), Dior homme, well that’s a decision for 2017.
Rummaged around today trying to find something near the end and came up with a bottle of Chanel Gardenia extrait that had 4 drops remaining. Not exactly a holiday scent, but I get full points!! I think this is the first bottle I’ve finished in over 15 years.
You must have a great sense of achievement
Congratulations, and what a beauty!
Congratulations! It must have been spectacular!
I finished a travel size decant of Smell Bent’s The Fall.
Good job you!
I have put on some Oriental Brulant from a many-years-old sample, and there is still more left, in fine shape. I don’t see myself ever buying a bottle, and yet it is quite fun. Oh, and I did finish a beauty item, which really wasn’t in the official remit.
The only thing I’m not counting is food…everything is fair game!
I chose the ‘from a precious bottle that’s running low’ option: SOTD is SL Rahat Loukhoum from a bell jar bottle I purchased at Uncle Serge’s salon during my one and only visit to Paris, so it’s very precious to me in more ways rhan one. At that time, there weren’t nearly as many niche perfume houses, so a visit to the SL salon was one to remember!
But for the past hour or so what I’ve been smelling – or, rather, deeply inhaling – is the wonderful earthy scent of mushrooms, various kinds of both dried and fresh, I used to make mushroom and barley soup for my traditional Polish Christmas Eve supper tomorrow night. I’m enjoying this right now more than any perfume! Will probably add more Rahat a little later; its notes will harmonize nicely with the kolaczki I’ll be baking.
Merry Christmas to all who celebrate, and peace and joy to all!
What a great choice for today’s project! Your soup sounds wonderful. My grandparents made kolaczki this week, and I can’t wait to have some tomorrow. (We’ll probably make more in January, too–woot!) Merry Christmas!
Do they live near you or do you have to fly out to be with them?
They’re nearby, which I love.
The soup sounds delish!
So I finally decided to wear Rochas Mystere today and, looking for reviews, a blog I hadn’t visited before, Life with Perfume:
https://sillyage.wordpress.com/2014/09/28/rochas-mystere-1978/
Surprise: the author is Victor Wong, owner of Zoologist Perfumes!
I love that he appreciates his collection the way I do mine:
“…it’s one of those scents that I’ll occasionally take the cap off to sniff, put the cap back on, and immediately take it off and smell again.”
Does anyone else here do that?
LOL, I have to add this quote from his review of two different concentrations of vintage Lanvin Scandal:
“The leather in this case smells like a new leather jacket instead of smoked old leather sofa found in a temple that burns incense 24/7.”
all the time
Diptyque Volutes EdT, finished off one of 2 tiny sample vials with mere bits left.
The edp smells too rich on me. The edt is just right. Enter inner voice, stage left “why did you not buy a fb when you had cash to throw around and bottles were plentiful? Fooooool!”
Second voice: “Google reveals that ZGO has the 50-ml EdT and is offering free shipping.”
:O
If I get chriatmas cash this is happening.
I love both Volutes EDT and EDP and never want to run out!
SOTD = almost finished off a spray sample of E&J Nirvana Black. Looks like I have enough for tomorrow, too, and then it ought to be done.
I’ve been fighting the Christmas crud since Wednesday. Boo! What started as a very nasty sore throat has morphed into a head cold. I am staying away from the rest of the world, eating lots of chicken soup, and drinking lots of tea.
Oh, and wanted to tell Robin that I hope she feels better soon.
Thank you — hope you are doing better too!
Beat that Christmas crud and feel better soon!
Boo on the crud! I hope you feel better soon.
Not to offend but that bag is some kind of ugly .
Just said bye bye to beloved bottle of SL Borneo1824. Am bereft.
Robin, we’re scent twins today! I’m finishing up a small decant of Theorema that I’ve had since forever. Hope you start feeling better rather than worse! When I feel like something coming on, I dose myself with massive quantities of Vitamin C. At least 5,000, since the body doesn’t store it and you can’t take too much. Seems to do the trick most of the time.
Happy Holidays to everyone!
A belated hello to my twin! And I am dosing myself with high amounts of many things, LOL — not feeling too bad today.
Good. ????
So late today. I had today off so I ran a few errands this morning and came home and made two cheesecakes for Christmas Day. More cooking and cleaning tomorrow.
I used up the last bit of my sample of DSH Gingembre. I really like this spicy gingerbread scent but already own Five O’Clock and Chergui so I don’t need it. It was the perfect scent for a day of baking.
I managed to finish off two decants today! I have been making a focused effort on emptying decants and samples since the summer. My SOTD was Cristalle. I’ve had the decant for about 6 years and leapt to a bottle purchase a few months ago.
SOTN is Fourreau Noir. Mmm lux barbershop. I really love this and luckily have another 5ml decant on backup.