Happy Almost-Friday! What fragrance are you wearing?
I'm in Kerosene Unforsaken, perfect for a way-too-cold spring day.
Reminder: on 3/24, wear one of your "top 10 of spring" fragrances (unless it's fall where you are, in which case wear one of your "top 10 of fall" scents)
And for those of you who like to plan ahead, see 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: top image is dandelion5 [cropped] by Davina Ware at flickr; some rights reserved.
my <3 goes out to London
SOTD: Bvlgari Eau Parfumée Au Thé Noir
Grey wide leg pants and warm clothes…its March but the feels like is January.
I spent a bit of time last night looking for a picture of London for today’s sotd, then got too sad.
I’m trying to avoid the news, my husband commutes into London and I get so anxious..
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So sorry, that is stressful.
Thumbs up for Pollyanna anyway!
I’ve gone from complaining about having 2 kids at home during this cold March weather to being humbled and grateful that I get to see another cold day with my family.
We were going to go into London on Mothering Sunday, but will do something local instead. Pub lunch and playground probably.
It’s all so senseless, thats all. Poor, poor people, and their families, who will just go on suffering, and then it happens to another set of families.. You’re right, we are so lucky to be at home with our babies, I’ve been thinking a lot about Jo Cox’s family today.
Really every day is a gift, isn’t it? There’s just no telling what it will bring.
By the way, I love how you call it Mothering Sunday..
Mothering Sunday is the traditional name for Mothers Day, in the UK.I think lots of people refer to it as Mothers Day now, but I think it’s important, in the traditional sense of Sunday being a day of rest, and simple pleasures (such as mum’s getting breakfast in bed!) I also like to go to the special church service at our village church, when all the mum’s receive a posy of spring flowers and blossoms, which the children gather, and then make at school on Friday afternoon.
I’m not terribly religious, but it’s so nice to slow down and give thanks for the good things at home and in our community. (I hope I don’t sound all Pollyannaish I’m really not honest!)
That sounds like a wonderful day! What a great tradition. Enjoy!
That doesn’t sound Polyannaish, at all; it sounds delightful!
Ahh thank u, I’m sure it will be lovely!
Very cold today, but I am in one of my big favorites: Diorissimo. Lily of the valley, full spring in a bottle. I adore wearing it. It is such a happy, bright, flowery, uplifting scent. It always makes me smile and laugh!
You are my twin a day early
Perfect!
You smell lovely! That’s one of my happy scents for sure.
Thank you!
Lovely! I may opt for that tomorrow.
My heart and prayers with the people in London.
Yes.
Mine too. So incredibly sad.
Yes.
Ditto.
I also feel like wearing a warmer spring scent. My choice is Van Cleef & Arpels First EDT (current formulation) – sunny flowers and bright aldehydes, but lots of warm notes too.
Beautiful scent. My mother’s signature scent from a few years ago. She used to wear First and Bal a Versailles when she was all dressed up to go somewhere.
Wore Fracas to trim the dogwood tree and trim the evergreen hedges in the front yard at the ungodly hour of 7:30AM.
Now all the neighbors can think I’m crazy as a loon (no disrespect loons – you know I gots yo’ back) .
Found a balsamic oil I purchased 10 years ago while spring (?!????!) cleaning and applied to my beard after showering. Balsamic, vetiver, sandalwood, fantastic!
Product I love: Neutrogena Sesame Oil. I purchased the fragranced version a few weeks ago because the stores are always a madhouse and I forgot to check.
This smells great, jasmine and slightly powdery musk, and super fast and easy to apply apres shower .
Triple strength coffee.- ya think?
LOLOLOL
Carpe Diem. Peace.
Neutrogena Sesame Oil is pretty good.
Neutrogena Sesame Oil was all I wore as a skin oil/softener throughout my 20s. I bought in the huge bottle and it never seemed to run out!
Me too! Just the thought if it makes me think of my shared flat off of the Pan Handle in the Haight. Single, studious, and perennially broke, but happy nights with the folks at Mad Dog in the Fog drinking cheap beer and playing darts… scented by Neutrogena Sesame Oil!
Gosh, so lucky! I had an Americorps assignment in SF and could only afford to live in 1) my car and 2) found a share in South San Francisco. But seriously- no money, so Sesame Body Oil was my jam along with 4711 cologne.
Ha! When I finished law school I toyed with the idea of working with a public interest firm on domestic violence advocacy in Honolulu through an Americorps type program (it might even have been Americorps?) I concluded it was a great gig but that I would have to live in the public library.. to survive on the stipend.
You always get me to smile. Thank you.
That is a wonderful compliment, floragal!
Thank you.
And you’re welcome.
I’m wearing Barbara Bui. Today is supposed to be winter in the morning and spring in the afternoon, and I feel it can work for either. Yes, sad, sad news from London.
Yum. I wear that in the evening a lot. It’s nice and calming for me. One needs all the calm one can get these days.
You and I seem to have similar tastes, I notice. And yes, sometimes we need to raise the drawbridge and search for calm. Would that everyone in the world could find it.
I’ll have to pay more attention to your preferences, then!
Obviously, you are a woman of great taste!
Um, I have a sample of that waiting for me!
One of my favorites!
Echoing all of your sentiments, my thoughts and prayers are with London.
I am in Noir de Noir. Not particularly springy, but it’s one of only 4 (yes, 4, I’m a newbie) FBs I have and since I had to be at work extra early I did not feel like sifting through my hoard of samples. Enjoy the day, everyone. <3
Sometimes on the weekend I sniff sample vials and find a handful that are promising. Then I lay them out in a row with the hope that I’ll work my way through wearing them in the coming week. Doesn’t always pan out, but it’s a start.
That’s a great idea. I usually just pick something in the morning, so that would be a great time saver for the week.
Noir de Noir is actually good for all seasons, IMO. You smell terrific.
Noir de Noir is an excellent start to a great collection!
I’m trying to be smart about it. I want ALL the bottles ALL the time, but we know how pricey that can be. So I’ve got a spreadsheet where I am keeping notes on my sample days so I can remember what I’d like to buy FBs of rather than just randomly blind buying. My next FB to celebrate my real estate closing tomorrow will be Tam Dao. I’ve sampled that one a gazillion times, so it’s obviously time for a FB lol.
Oh, me too! Only I have way less self control than you do.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/14vhGIkutWzK3nS26gGTC2KD6Kyx9YeokSVtuYP6Xnbc
OMG, you’re my hero. That’s very similar to mine, with mine being more basic. My favorite on yours is the rating column with 1. being “Yuckola!” That made me LOL!
I salute you! I started out doing the same, but have now devolved into only listing what sounds perfect and my notes just say “no”. I figure if I no longer have a sample, I’ve passed it on.
Woke up to read about the horrible occurrences in London.
We received 15-20 cm of snow and -20 C last night.
I needed a gentle hug, so I went for Miller Harris – L’Air de Rien – to me, it smells of a warm hugs delivered from a lover first thing in the AM.
What a beautiful description of L’Air de Rien!
It’s bitterly cold here (-24C) but I am warm and cozy in SL Ambre Sultan.
Such a warm and beautiful scent. You smell great!
You smell wonderful.
My favorite!
SotD: Givenchy III–one of the best green chypres ever.
S(ip)otD: The last of a latte with almond milk from an early morning meeting.
you smell wonderful!
Sampling Atelier Cologne Sud Magnolia — it’s better than I expected, in that I expected it to be “not unpleasant” and I’m finding it “actually quite pleasant.”
You smell great. I am way behind on the Atelier Colognes.
It faded to musk a lot faster than I would have liked, but I dumped the rest into the diffuser and it’s A+ there.
There is no way not to be way behind on Atelier Colognes, I think- I think I have something like 25 untouched samples of theirs from the discovery set and keep getting new ones one way or another. They’re like Jo Malone like that, I think.
Yep, I’m in the same boat.
I have a sample of this, and I’ve been meaning to compare it to FM’s Eau de Magnolia, which I love (and will wear tomorrow). Maybe I’ll do one wrist of each instead . . .
Prayers up for London….and the rest of the world! We are all in this together, and we must find a way to end the madness. ‘Nuff said…
SOTD: Jo Malone English Pear and Freesia. Hat tip to London today!
Wish perfume were the answer . . .
I’m enjoying your videos. Such fun!
You smell like a great hug.
No perfume for me today…
my cat is 22 and this is it for her, I took her to Bluepearl hospital in Manhattan last night, I was told it’s time to put her down. I’m stressed besides being sad and devastated because It’s very hard to find a honest and reliable place in the New York area you can trust for pet cremation. Every places I looked up online have bad reviews with horrific awful stories, mostly pet owners given the wrong remains of their pets. As if I needed to worry about cremation on top of having to out her down. But it looks like I found a place in Long Island, they offer same day cremation with a viewing.
I’m also looking for a house calls vet so she can die in peace at home but it looks like those with the highest reviews online are all booked for days, nothing available before next week, she might have to die at the hospital…
I am so sorry to hear of your troubles with your precious feline friend. I have experienced that pain and my thoughts are with you. Hope you are able to find peace for her and for yourself. Hugs.
I’m so sorry to read this…..Losing a fur-baby is so hard. Hugs to you!
I’m so sorry. I know losing a pet is very hard. They are members of your family. Hugs for you.
Hugs. I just had to put my fuzzy down a week ago and being in my apartment without her is driving me a little nuts
I’m so sorry. Big hug.
Sending virtual hugs and caring thoughts.
I am very sad to hear that. Hope everything goes as smooth and peaceful as possible. My thoughts with you and your kitty.
So sorry to hear this, I so hope it’s a peaceful ending for you’re pussy cat and u find a nice crematorium for her.
Losing a beloved pet is so difficult. Sending hugs.
22, wow! You gave her a good, long life. So hard to go through that loss. Wishing you much comfort and sending you hugs.
I am so sorry!
When the time is right, I would like to recommend my vet that we use in the big apple. We have had a few rescue cats come and go and we have always had a good experience with him. Reach out when you are ready.
Take good care
I’m so sorry. Twenty-two is a good long run but it sure doesn’t make it any easier on you. I hope you find a vet who can help you release her in peace and someone trustworthy to handle her afterwards. Bless you for being a loving and responsible pet owner.
I am so sorry.
I am so sorry.
So very sorry about your cat. You are wonderful to care for her so compassionately.
So sorry about your fur baby.
I am so sorry. Sending you lots of supportive vibes and gentle journey vibes for your beloved kitty.
I’m sorry you have to say goodbye. Hugs to you.
So sorry that it’s time for you to make that decision with your cat.
Sorry you are having to go through this, and with so many decisions.
22 years. I wish you two could have 22 more.
Sampling Au Coeur du Desert and so far liking it
You smell great!
I really like this one too, you smell great.
Prada Candy Florale is my SOTD.
My Dad went into the hospital early yesterday morning because of lingering nausea. It turns out his heart rate is very high and he has fluid around his heart. The doctor got his heart rate down, but he will be in the hospital for a few days.
We watched the London news coverage from his hospital room. Sad day.
Wishing a speedy recovery for your dad. Big hug.
Thank God for skilled doctors and nurses when someone in our family is ill! Stay strong!
Yes — staff has been excellent and I thank God for them.
I wish your father recovers soon. Hugs.
Hope you’re Dad makes a good recovery, sending positive thoughts and a little prayer.
Hoping for a speedy recovery for you father. Hugs to you.
Wishing for a complete recovery for your father. Hugs to you.
Yuck. Hope they get him back to normal soon. What a scary thing.
Hope your dad is feeling better and is discharged soon.
Oh poor dad. I hope things improve quickly.
Best wishes to your dad and to you, I hope your day has some good moments, fragrant and otherwise.
Thanks everyone. He had a procedure done to get his heart into a more regular rhythm. He came through it fine, and is back in his room.
Sending prayers for a speedy and complete healing!
Wishing your father a speedy recovery. Hugs to you, Barqs.
Best wishes for your dad, and hugs for you!
Love today’s pic and Unforsaken!
Sample Sea spree continues (Day 3, y’all!) and currently luxuriating in Azemour Les Orangers (ooh baby) and will perform my next daring feat by also sampling Eau de Magnolia, Fleur de Narcisse, and Field Notes from Paris simultaneously! For my encore, I will later attempt to also sample Essences Insensees 2015 (jasmine) and Tenero Narciso. Prepare to be amazed, ladies and gentlemen!
Keep us posted, we appreciate your sacrifice!
Lol!
Love that Diptyque Jasmin! Wish they’d put it in their permanent lineup.
I love it too! Although you know how indoles can skew kinda weird at times? I actually love that aspect. I got a peanut butter note with this one.
I also love the 2014 Mimosa. Too bad they’re not in the permanent lineup for sure.
Did you get it at the Diptyque sale? They had quite a bit
Bummer. For me, that is.
I didn’t go this year(or last). I suspected I might miss out on that one again.
Azemour is one of my top ten for spring, u smell wonderful!
Thank you! It’s really lovely.
You smell fabulous. I salute your sampling fortitude.
Thank you
You’re perfumed circus needs music:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zjedLeVGcfE
Enjoy your fragrant day!
Oh! This is great! Thank you!
Eau de Magnolia is my current spring favorite – I’m saving it for tomorrow. Will be curious to see what you think!
Yep, it’s a winner for me too!
Oh, I’m curious how you feel about Field Notes! Keep us posted.
I was not expecting such a strong tobacco leaf note on my skin! It really dominated for the first couple of hours, and I kept looking for the floral notes to no avail. I find it a bit masculine for my tastes, in that leather armchair-humidor-library in an oldschool men’s club kind of way. As it dries down, I really like it and I think it’s something I need to spend more time with. On its own.
IF you fall in love with it and MUST have a decant let me know
Aw, thank you!
Holly, you are the Cecil B. DeMille of fragrance… putting on the greatest scents on earth!!!
Thank you! Not only do I have a soundtrack to accompany me, now I also have a movie!
Funny!!!
Since today is my Friday I’m doing the community project a day early. My top spring pick: Apres L’Ondee. I love it so, though I know it will not get me past lunchtime. Good thing I have a sample of Violaceum 2 in my work stash. Violets all day!
Yes and yes for Apres L’Ondee!
Happy Friday!!!
Violets all day sounds wonderful! You smell great.
So pretty!
My SOTD is Rosa Flamenca which is an odd sort of rose, that I only wear occasionally. It has plenty of character and seems quite dark and brooding. It’s a lovely day here today, pity the world is such a mess.
I love odd scents! Is that the one with odd turpentine note at the beginning? I sampled a bunch of Rosine’s early on in my perfumista days, but I admit I have not kept up nor worn many of them in the last decade.
It is. Not my favourite Rosine (that is Ecume) but it’s very wearable and beautiful.
Love Ecume!
I’ve never smelled this one, but I loved reading your description.
That sounds lovely. Plus turpentine? I used to huff that in the basement when I was a kid back in the day when no one knew about that sort of thing being detrimental.
Turpentine is why I love CdG Monocle Hinoki so much.
Uh-oh. Oh well, I probably have a sample of that.
Nose completely stopped up today. Which is better than the horrible sinus pain and hacking cough of the past few days, but again I cannot smell a thing.
My dog is absolutely thrilled to be attacking an empty 2-liter plastic bottle: chasing it across the floor, pouncing on it, doing his best to KILL THAT SUCKER. He cracks me up. I will have to take it away from him once he starts gnawing bits of plastic off the mouth of the bottle, but until then he’s having so much fun!
If I could smell I’d be wearing Le Temps d’une Fete.
Glad you’re feeling better today, bizarrely my sense of smell has hung around for the duration of this cold.
L’Temps d’une Fete is my pick for tomorrow.
Pups with plastic bottles are so entertaining! I used to have a video of my uncle’s dog destroying a gallon jug that was a favorite mood lifter.
I have a few large jingle bells that I removed from a christmas wreath before tossing it. My cat loves swatting them and chasing them around the room. He almost looks like a soccer player. It always makes me laugh.
I have compared my cat’s antics with his rubber chicken to playing soccer.
I have small dogs, so it’s ping pong balls. The cats used to play with them in the bathtub. Endless fun!
I have determined that if I want to be the voted best puppy-mommy in the universe by my little Galgo boy, I need only save the cardboard tubes from paper towel and toilet tissue. Give them ALL to him a half an hour before I am going to sweep, and all is golden.
We had a dog who loved popping bubbles in bubble wrap. He was very methodical about it – so charming to watch.
My grandson loved popping bubbles in bubble wrap – he called it “popping paper”, so his aunt bought him 50 feet of it for his sixth birthday. He looked at it and said, “Auntie Vanessa, you are SO weird, I just love you.”
Ha! So funny!
I’m a complete weirdo and have a parrot, but she’s like a child in that she takes the most pleasure in things around the house- paper bags, boxes, etc, rather than the toys I buy her!
I love watching birds play. When I was a kid I would beg to go to the dollar store to buy wooden spoons to give the macaws. They loved tearing apart the soft wood
These days I don’t have birds around but I always make sure to take some pecans when I visit my uncle and his parrots. Apparently, crunching things with your big, strong beak is loads of fun.
Her favorite thing is the world is to shred stuff and tear it to pieces! I always have soft wood toys/blocks and cardboard and paper and stuff in her cage. She’s my little baby- she’s only two and they can live to be like 40.
Glad you’re improving! Hope you’re fully recovered soon!
I’m wearing my favorite Neroli scent, one of the Yves Rocher Secrets d’Essences line. I’m about to run out, so time to order more.
Hope they still have it, they keep discontinuing those!
Sad about the news from London.
I am wearing Rose de Siwa today which is one of my top ten spring scents.
Lovely!
Rose de Siwa is so gorgeous.
Oh I REALLY liked that one. I forgot all about it. Perhaps time for a new decant…
So much violence and sadness. Syrian civilians killed in a US airstrike, Londoners mowed down by terrorist(s), and so many more tragedies..
SOTD Byredo Bal d’Afrique. It’s one of those scents I keep trying once in a while hoping to like it, but it still doesn’t do much for me.
I feel the same way about BdA. I keep trying it-I find it pleasant enough but doesn’t move me in any way.
Balenciaga Paris today. Love this one for spring!
Added a few Byredo atomizers to the swap for those who love Byredo.
Great pick for Spring! Smelling beautiful!
Love that one too, will definitely have to dig it out!
Grumpy due to lack of sleep and a very windy day. I really hate the jumpy feeling I get from high winds. Am wearing Epic and an attitude problem. Thursdays we have an extra vet seeing patients but not enough room or staff to support him. I’m not looking forward to the chaos but I am enjoying my perfume.
Epic is beautiful and you smell great. I hope your day us better than you anticipate.
You smell great- hope the Epic helps ease the chaos.
I feel your attitude! I hope Epic guides you into a good day amongst the chaos!
Epic seems like a great choice, hope the day improves for u!
You smell amazing!
Thanks, all. Day kinda sucked but I smelled wonderful throughout. I was really glad I went for it because the office was distinctly ripe this afternoon after some pets who came in for poo troubles.
Wearing OLO Cedar and Rose perfume oil. Also has a rosewood note in there. I’m very particular about wood notes and the woods in here are so natural smelling-like freshly chopped wood. Fresh and a little green. I’m finding it uplifting today-it’s nice and sunny out, but the events of the world hang over like a dark cloud ???? My thoughts are with London today.
So something has happened with me an the Infusion d’Iris Absolue. I told you that I was still a bit skeptical the first time I wore it, was still wondering if I were an iris person. Well, it’s been calling my name the past several evenings and last night I seriously couldn’t stop smelling myself!
I’d love to try the original now as well, so I’ll probably order a sample or decant this weekend.
Your SOTD sounds lovely!
Yay! Glad it works for you. When I first got it, I wore it to bed every night for a few weeks because I found it so cozy.
The original is nice, too. Not as warm and not powdery. I think it works better in warm weather than the Absolue does.
Welcome to the club! Iris can really sneak up on you…
After a long stretch of unseasonably warm weather it’s cool and blustery today. Wearing the only floral I like all year round, Penhaligon’s Night Scented Stock. I bought a big bottle right before it was discontinued, but I was still sad to see it go . . .
The clouds are gorgeous. And then it’s going to be about 20° warmer again by Saturday. Sheesh. (On the plus side, I enjoyed the heck out of using my car’s sunroof earlier today…’cause that’s not gonna be advisable much longer.)
Jo Malone Iris and Lady Moore. This should have been added to the permanent collection. As expected, longevity is on the shorter side, but it leaves a hint of pleasant powderiness.
I read about British MP Tobias Ellwood who helped at the scene in London. We can have hope that the better character of humans can prevail in the face of turmoil. My prayers are with London and the families whose lives are forever changed.
Oh yes, I liked Iris & Lady Moore. I loved the Peony & Moss one she did with the same collection.
Peony & Moss was really lovely.
The whole collection was one of JM’s best seasonal releases. White Lilac and Rhubarb was a great lilac tempered with tart rhubarb.
I’m in Mimosa & Cardamom, one of the most cheerful scents I own. I hope everyone is safe.
Have no idea why it posted here… But I DID want to say in reply to your post that I really want to smell that collection, it sounds very much like my thing.
Thursday!
1) In addition to horrible news out of London, there were also killings in Wauwatosa, WI last night as well. There seems to be a spreading spell of nihilism in our Western World. Let’s find a reason to care for each other and reject this spreading cancer.
2) ANYWAY. In JM Dark Amber &Ginger Lily- perfect for a chilly, partly sunny morning. The rains return this afternoon!
3) Coffee and an(homemade!) egg sandwich with avocado, and deep thoughts for breakfast.
1) I have to assume the popularity and/or election of strongmen and autocrats is a response to this. In our own country, I’ve not seen this proffered as an explanation, but surely they are connected.
2) Are you familiar with DK Gold? If so, how does it compare to the JM? I keep thinking I need to try the JM, but then wonder if it’s similar to Gold, which I’m not a fan of.
3) Yum!
Much too warm for spring today, so I’m looking ahead to summer in Lime, Gardenia, and Benzoin.
Awfully glad it’s Thursday, I must say.
Wearing normal Straight to Heaven today. I will say, it’s a bit underwhelming after wearing the Extreme version yesterday. Too bad I already have a bottle of the regular, but since I got a great deal on my initial purchase through Gilt I can’t complain.
I love that dandelion photo!
Today is my tied-for-#1-ranked spring scent, Chamade….
uh, theres no more Chamade in my decant.
orders bottle on discounter website. Justification: it’s my birthday-present and I must have my preciousssss!
That was my morning. Instead, Im wearing Romanza from Masque Milano, a new favorite. Love that narcissus.
you smell lovely!
I love both Chamade and Romanza!
SotD = Hiris, it feels like a protective aura. I almost didn’t wear scent this morning but then decided that my lack of focus really means I need extra spritzes today. Let’s go all out and waft on. The world needs us.
Woke up so cold this morning to find that my teen son had opened a window last night. Why why why???
I’m distracting myself with a new shirt today. While shopping the men’s department for a dress shirt for my son, I found two short-sleeved shirts with floral prints that I really like, so I bought them for myself. I’ll wear them when the weather is hot and I’m tired of t-shirts.
The men’s size xs fits me save for the length. I’m only 5′ 1″ so I know how to cut inches off pants legs and sew a hem. Thanks to my mum’s sewing skills I can do a great blind hem stitch by hand. But this will be my first attempt at hemming a shirt with a button placket. I’ll use mum’s sewing machine. Wish me luck.
Note to self: men’s and women’s shirts do button in opposite directions. I’ll just button my new shirt while looking in a mirror.
You smell great- ” Yes to Hermes”!
You made me smile.
Ahhh, the joys of being vertically challenged. I’m 5’0″.
Thanks for sharing! Yesterday at the grocery store I had to ask a clerk to reach something from a top shelf for me. He said “either that shelf is too high or . . . ” then we both laughed.
I’ve become best friend’s with my alterations lady! I can sew on a button and that’s about it, so she’s a lifesaver when it comes to hemming pants and dresses/skirts! Good luck hemming your shirt!
I buy lots of stuff in the girls dept as I am only 93 lbs
I shop in the kids dept. frequently to avoid alterations. Doesn’t always work out but worth a look.
SOTD is Ealing Green by 4160 Tuesdays. I have a sample of this and I think I may need a whole bottle. The thyme note in it is fantastic and goes splendidly with the rose and geranium.
That sounds really nice! I haven’t tried much from that line.
I haven’t tried much from them either, but I really want to try more! I’ve read really good reviews of several of their fragrances, and I LOVE this one. (I love the combination of herbs/spices + rose in general, but thyme + rose isn’t one I’ve encountered anywhere else, and it really works well in this one!)
That does sound nice. Sballo has been my top rose/geranium fix but I am always on the lookout.
Ooh! That sounds nice.
So sorry for the people of London and the people of Sangin and all who find themselves caught in conflict!
Here in chillyspringMichigan, I am pushing for spring with a vintage Liya of the Valley perfume, Casaque, from a sample of a generous NSTER. Lily of the valley, Carnation, Hyacinth..just loverly. Today is a plow through spreadsheet verification day. My eyes are already crossed!
Oh man, that’s a blast from the past. I used to love Casaque and had forgotten all about it. Darn. Will NOT look on eBay.
Wow. Yesterday was a tough day all around. While I wait for my next work assignment, I watch CNN endlessly–not a mood lifter. After yesterday’s news about London, I wondered what the old Sinn Fein guard would think about this decade’s spate of terrorism. And then I remember the passing of Martin McGuinness…
Unmoored anyone?
On the pro side of the slate I received my first split packet last night and enjoyed Boy enormously. Today I am testing JM’s Myrrh and Tonka. It weirdly reminds me very much of Canturi, which costs a decimal of a fraction of the JM. Canturi has a chewy citrus thing that happens in the opening, so they are hardly identical, but wearing them side by side they are surprisingly similar considering that their alleged notes barely overlap.
Did I mention how much I like Boy? Wish it had more lasting power. Applied with a heavy hand, it was still present several hours later–but as an elegant skin scent.
you smell wonderful!
Binge watching CNN is not good for the spirit. I.Need.To.Stop.
VERY not good. I am on a serious program of news avoidance. And NO tv news — at least online you don’t get pulled into the “cycle”.
Oakland Fresca, you and I need to take up knitting or something!
knittting is a great form of meditation…I highly recommend it
I’d just wind up knitting in front of the TV (she says in her best Eeyore mournful voice) . . . me, Don Lemon, and my knitting needles…
Yeah, that won’t work.
Endless CNN (or other cable news) is not good for one’s health. Definitely limit your intake.
Have you ever watched AJE? You can stream it live and watch the programs and documentaries on demand on the website.
My problem is that when I move to CA, I lost my DC news junky colleagues.. so now my “political gossip friends” are anchors on the News Hour, BBC, and CNN… Californians are awesome, but they are fine not knowing who said what and why and who is going to pay for it!! (Sadly, my name is Oakland Fresca, and I am a news addict…)
What is happening in the world is the very reason why I gave up watching the news. I don’t watch it anymore nor do I read it.
Have a day off from work today and did two loads of laundry and paid some bills. So I did do the boring but much needed stuff while wearing Courtesan. Now it’s off to take a shower then take a look at wearing some Theorema since it’s still pretty chilly out and it will warm up tomorrow.
Oh I love Courtesan! What a perfect scent for chores.
I just got a full bottle of Courtesan in the mail yesterday, but I’m saving it for the weekend.
Not sure where the morning went, but it’s gone.
Sitting at my desk wrapped in a blanket, 2nd cup of coffee and smelling the very beautiful Bottega Veneta, my SOTD.
London friends.. stay strong!
I’m in La Fille de Berlin thanks to an excellent swap package from Lovestosmellgood- I certainly do, today.
Yes you do!
My you smell wonderful!
Glad you are enjoying it!
You smell fantastic.
Sending my thoughts and prayers to London and to anyone with friends or family affected.
I’m in my favorite warm-weather scent (and hoping the frost melts soon): Thé Pour Une Été. Actually brought the bottle to work with me so that I can reapply with abandon throughout the day — sure sign of a perfume addict!
Oh, you smell like the perfect summer!
Lots of people – and the world – having difficult times, for which I am very sorry. I am in an oddly contented little bubble at the moment, trying lots of CBIhateperfume perfumes and loving all that they evoke. Yesterday was Wild Pansy, which I love; today the very nice Violet Empire.
I also discovered this week, in a completely difference vein, but suiting the cold here, that I love Epic. So pricey although the discounters have it and it’s always on sale at Luckyscent. I will wait until the fall though!
I would love to visit his store and thoroughly drench myself. Must remember when I’m in NY the next time. After I win the lottery.
Me too. This afternoon after a shower was I am Dandelion, which is amazing.
It’s a not-raining-until-evening day here in Portland, so I am doused in Hermes Eau de Rhubarb and mowing the lawn while there are a few dry hours. I got some CdG Rhubarb in the swap so I’ll be trying them side by side later.
We still have snow covering tbe groind. You have a much longer mowing season than we do.
It looked like a real spring morning here earlier – warm (comparatively speaking,) sunny, clear skies, and I noticed my herb garden has started to come back after dying from a long, cold winter (this is the first year the weather has killed them off. In the past, they’ve always survived so I have fresh herbs all winter.)
I spritzed some MCG Hanbury to celebrate the season, but after the first flush, it was overtaken by last night’s ELdO Bijoux Romantique.
Now the sun’s gone, too, so I’ll move on with my fragrance as well.
I love Hanbury and Bijou Romantique.
I went for SSS Fig Tree today. Still really cold here, just want to curl up under a blanket and hibernate from the crazy world.
Haven’t been around nearly enough, even missed the swapmeet for the first time since I started doing such things…Super busy time, most deadlines met before heading out on a shortish trip.
I put on Eau d’hadrien to finish off a sample, and hopefully project a a subtle lemon awakeness for my flight, but it’s gone from functional to fleeting.
There’ll be some splitmeet decants waiting for me at my family’s in the States, to rectify the situation
At the airport, catching a flight to Dunedin to visit my mother for a few days. Hoping I don’t suffocate the passengers near me – my Tobacco Vanille seems rather potent, even though I applied only a tiny amount. At least I’m happy with how I smell
More spring-like in scent than the weather warrants. It’s colder than I expected. Wearing Un Zeste de Rose by Rosine. I’ve had this bottle for about 10 years. I coveted it for awhile then after I got it I found it bothered me. Not today. Today it is lovely.
House twins! I love Un Zeste
Late but no fever today!!! Thanks for all the well wishes yesterday.
I am in Orris Noir…which I like but wish it had a bit more oomph…
I bought the OJ sampler set and, blasphemy perhaps, am not really tempted to buy anything from the line. I think they’re enjoyable but nothing to pursue…not POIDs…
Hurrah for no more fever! Hope that means you are on the mend.
Glad you are better today. I agree with you on the OJ.
agreed on both counts.
I bought that set too, and then set it aside when I realized I don’t get on well with ISO E super. But I kept it in The Sample Sea. To be continued…
Glad you feel better! Hope you continue to improve quickly.
I’m with you on OJ. They just don’t work for me. Keep getting better!
Today’s weather is still cold, but not Gawd-awful raw like yesterday’s obnoxiousness. So, again no spring scents. Circling back to re-test a sample of SL Santal Majascule. Not quite sure how I feel about this one. It keeps on being a puzzlement.
Tired and out of sorts, but smelling good in JHAG Moon Dance.
Oh hope you can get some rest soon. Although the world is making it hard to be in sorts. At least you smell good!
Late again today. I’m taking advantage of the cool temperature and the generosity of a wonderful perfume fairy: I’m wearing Portrait of a Lady for the first time! Swoon.
Be fragrant, be healthy, and be safe out there, all you NSTers.
You smell beautiful.
SOTD is “Afternoon of a Faun” by Etat Libre d’Orange.
It smells lovely out of the bottle, but I’m kinda disappointed in the longevity.
Enjoying the dry down of Aedes de Venustas EDP. I have just a few drops left in my decant, which I’ll use up before the end of the day. I absolutely must find more stat! This stuff is so well-balanced. I find it such an impressive composition that happens to also be addictive. Rhubarb and tomato leaf are a power duo.
Long crazy busy week. Thankfully I’m off tomorrow. Wearing Balmain Jolie Madam as my SOTE. Tomorrow I will be returning the Bronze Goddess EDP I recently purchased; it’s just not me.
Today I am wearing Cities des Anges an attar by Sultan Pasha Attars. They are indeed a cut above most things on the market and on a par with the most exquisite and high end perfumes. It is a deep full on floral oriental with a shape shifting prismatic journey that takes you from a floral garden in the Alhambra to a bustling city in India…to a bazaar selling exotic spices and sparkly bangles with the sun shimmering in a blue blue sky. It has huge sillage and longevity is wonderful…….he sells on ebay at Scents-rarity. Wonderful!!