Friday is here! Plus, World Health Day (the theme for 2017: depression) and No Housework Day and Billie Holiday's birthday. Our community project for today: wear a fragrance with jasmine, if you have one.
What fragrance did you pick? As always, do chime in with your scent of the day even if you’re not participating in the community project.
I'm radiating jasmine in Diptyque Essences Insensées 2015. When it fades a bit, I may add a dab of La Via del Profumo Tawaf.
Reminder: 4/14 will be Playlist Friday — name a favorite song, and wear a perfume that fits the song.
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.
I bathed myself in SL A la Nuit at 4:30am. I had a very early start today. At this point it is almost gone. Very fleeting, but really beautiful for the time it lasts. Happy Friday everyone!
Same here, but sadly I think the remains of the mini bottle have turned. Your shirt sounds groovy…
I was going to wear that but the last drops in my sample have evaporated.
Scent triplet! I get at least 4 hours on me. I will pay more attention the next time I use my sample.
All hail A la Nuit!!!!!
Can I tell my partner about No Housework Day?
Billie Holiday, I would listen to her a lot when I lived in San Francisco and the fog would role in..
SOTD is 1932 thanks to generous She-ra who gave me a sample. I smell fab!!! Why haven’t I tried this before?
Reading the WSJ this morning and holding everyone in my hearts during these turbulent time. I wish perfume was the answer.
You DO smell fab!!! I have no housework day just about every day as my partner is a neat freak and does the vacuuming, laundry and dishes every day (yup…I am spoiled-LOL!!!)
wow wow
You are lucky lucky!
You smell wonderful.
1932 is so pretty!
So I’m a total fail today. I had planned on Yves Rocher’s Tendre Jasmine, but I wore it last night and, frankly, scratched that itch. Passage d’Enfer was calling my name this morning and I just couldn’t resist the Siren call.
Why resist? You smell great.
Picked up a sample pack of Gallivant perfumes and decided on Istanbul (spicy) to help battle a late blast of winter. ????
And how is Istanbul?
It smells wonderful and is my favorite of the four. I think Tel Aviv and Brooklyn will be great for summer. I’m a guy that enjoys floral notes. I’m still on the fence regarding London.
Thanks! Will have to try them.
I’m in Etat Libre d’Orange Jasmin et Cigarette, aka Ashtray Bouquet.
Haha! You smell great. I’ve never registered anything ashtray-ish but I’m slightly self conscious when I wear it since other people seem to get that!
I love that scent. I thought of wearing it, but didn’t want to deal with student questions about if I had started smoking. Maybe tonight!
I always love that one at first.
On me it was lots of ashtray and not much bouquet – I gave my sample to a friend and it was lovely on her. Perfumes are so mysterious.
Twins! On me it’s not an ashtray at all, but, sadly, not jasmine-y enough.
Yeah, it’s not really a jasmine powerhouse like A La Nuit or vintage Samsara (which I was going to wear but I had to go to work and it would have been just too much), but I love the balance between the florals and the grimy-ashy tobacco. Plus unlike a lot of Etat scents it’s really durable: almost twelve hours later and I can still smell it on my skin.
Twins! On me the jasmine is crisp and green and the ash tray is there underneath adding an interesting contrast but isn’t overwhelming. Happily wore it at work all day.
I mentioned below that to me, it smells exactly like a friend from college who smoked and wore Samsara.
Victoria…the original by VS….if I am not mistaken there is jasmine in this one….
There must be.
There are a lot of elements to Victoria. Such a beautiful thing.
Why oh why won’t they bring it back 🙁 ????
You know it is funny but a few people on fragrantica say it is similar to Plum. I know you are a big fan of Plum…do you see any similarities?
I have an FB of Plum, AND a decant from before I purchased the bottle. Can I entice you? You always turn down my offers, but just in case….. I am at ann dotty eisenberg attagirl comcast dotty net ????
You are too kind Oakland and incredibly generous…but I am graciously going to decline your offer….I have been turning down all offers because I am sort of on a downsizing roll….I was just curious as to whether there was similarities between the two and I know that mals is quite familiar with both scents which was why I asked.
But thank you again! 🙂
You know, in theory I can see there might be a similarity because they’re both floral chypres.
But in reality? not many points of congruence. You’re right, I do love Plum, and I have not smelled *proper* Victoria in decades (all the ebay purchases I’ve made, all four of them, have gone off*) — but I remember it quite well and lusted over it for so long. Would go into the store and sniff it even when I was far too broke to even buy a pair of panties.
* The fact that none of the bottles I”ve tried since 2009 or so were even close to smelling right, and all had this bizarre maple syrup/swimming pool effect that was not there and not meant to be there when the scent was new, leads me to believe that Victoria did not age well, and that along with its old-fashioned elegance kept it from being rereleased in some proper fashion. (Of course, now that they’ve released a different fragrance under that name, original Victoria is Gone Baby Gone. Boo.)
Thank you so much for chiming in! The bottle I have smells similar enough to my nose to the 5 full bottles I drained over the years. A co-worker of mine had it and kept it in pristine condition and then gifted it to me as she never used it. Perhaps you are right in that it is not a scent that can age well.
Good to know that there aren’t that many similarities between Victoria and Plum. I knew you would be able to answer this question 🙂
You smell great.
thank you 🙂
I am trying to enjoy what I have left and not hoard this one.
Great attitude. New good things will come.
I waited till today to crack open the new bottle of California Reverie. Wish it were a sunny day…it somehow seems to require that.
What a cheerful, happy scent – one of the few jasmine-centered ones I really enjoy.
Twins! I drained my sample today. It’s going on my full bottle wishlist for sure. So gorgeous.
Extra long, extra difficult, early morning workout.
Why ?
Visiting my sister and nieces (and various SOs) on Easter, and in the best Italian tradition – homemade gnocchi, and LOTS! OF! THEM!
Soundtrack: who wants that honey? ‘slong as there’s money…………
Mayonaise(sic) is really beautiful.
Post Korres Jasmine shower-
Officer, I was assaulted by a 7foot jasmine, in my bedroom! !!
Yes, I know the perps name—–Lust Lush.
😉
Triple strength coffee.
Carpe Diem.
Peace may be an illusion, but it should always be the goal.
🙂
Please send some homemade gnocchi my way (and some tiramisu too :)!!)
Will do !
No tiramisu, traditional Ricotta Pie, which I am not a fan of. LOL
I will have to do penance for that!
😉 LOLOLOL
I will take your serving of Ricotta Pie, then…and no worries about penance…enjoy your time and great food with your family…you can get back on track after the holiday.
There are 2 Ricotta Pies (at least) , sweet (orange, lemon, vanilla) and savory (loaded with cubes of prosciutto, salami, and provolone cheese) .
Lots of food in an Italian holiday.
Regarding the ricotta pies, I will take a slice of each, please as they BOTH sound absolutely delicious!
Savory ricotta pie sounds like something my husband would LOVE – that might just be his birthday cake next week.
Bear, what’s the Italian bread that’s an Easter tradition? Not hot cross buns, or the kind with the egg thing in the center.
Anise Easter Bread.
You have to Google it, copying links on my phone is apparently above my tech know-how!
LOL
I tried!
🙂
http://allrecipes.com/recipe/217179/italian-easter-bread-anise-flavored/
There is also the “torta pasqualina” a type of pie with whole eggs in the filling, very yummy.
Oops misunderstood your question, there was a “not”…eggs :-), Then I would add the colomba, a sweet panettone-like bake (but: easier to buy than to try at home)
Thanks everyone–it is the anise one I’m after.
Easter Grain Pie is my favorite! My Italian grandmother always made that, plus the bread with the hard boiled egg in the middle. Ricotta pie sounds so good too! I eat ricotta almost daily, so yummy!
Enjoy your time with family!
Thank you floragal!
I’ve had the Easter Grain Pie and it is indeed delicious. Was made by a distant cousin, so much food !!
LOL
Wishing you a great visit!
“Assaulted by a 7 foot jasmine.”
I love you, Bear.
Me too!
Yes, here’s to Bear!
Haha! Lust is BIG! The holiday victuals sound delish.
Peace, Bear.
And be careful with Lust, lol!
You smell great, Bear, 7-foot jasmine and all!
Thank You Everyone!!!
And the 7foot Jasmine is still making its presence known 12 hours on!!
No shrinking violet !!!
😉
boo hiss that was bad !!
😀
Bad enough to swing back around to good. ????
DSH Pompeii. My sample is a water perfume, so it’s almost gone after only an hour, but it’s perfect while it lasts.
Oh, is that one jasmine? I will have to try.
TDC Jasmin de Nuit from a swap with a great NSTer.
This somehow meshes well with the very warm and sunny day, and my casual Friday attire of a jean jacket and 60’s pattern soft and stretchy button down. I am feeling happy and hope everyone else is 😀
Jo Malone White Jasmine & Mint
I love how herbal is this one. So much dry mint! You smell wonderful.
Oh I love that one and almost wore it today (now I wish I did 🙂 ). You smell great.
This is on my to-try list – I love mint notes in hot weather.
if you live in the US, I can send you a sample if you’d like. email me madtolive88510 at gee male
Thanks, I really do enjoy wearing this one all year round. The Jo Malone SA at Saks told me she thought this scent may be discontinued in the future. I checked the JM website, and the only thing being offered right for White Jasmine & Mint is the cologne and the candle.
Oh wow! that is too bad 🙁
Twins, Robin!
Um, … PLUS I’m doing a side-by-side of the Diptyque and Montale’s Jasmine Full.
Dot of Jasmin Angelique
Dash of Le Sixieme
Reeking Havoc Day 18!
wow! Full on Jasmine…love your reeking 🙂 I think you win this week’s community project.
Hey twin! And which is winning, the Diptyque or the Montale?
I like them both a lot, but the Diptyque is definitely winning in the drydown.
Good, I will go on ignoring the Montale then.
Bless Reeking Havoc. Bless, bless, bless.
Go, Holly, Go!
Wearing too much Piguet Knightsbridge.
Orris, Tonka and Sandalwood
I liked that one when I tried it. It was very well-behaved though – hard to imagine too much. Do you find it too masculine? :^)
It does skew a bit masculine, but it very wearable on my skin. I think I amplify the leather and nutmeg.
Is that a problem? 🙂
I have a decant of it and should try it!
I actually ended up paying full retail for this bottle 2 times ( 1st bottle went AWOL after being mailed from the UK)
It is highly sought after outside the UK, so if you don’t like it, it will be easy to sell.
Olivine Atelier She Belongs There perfume oil. Gardenia and jasmine. Big white floral lovers would like this one. I’m still in the learning to like big white florals camp.
Hooray for No Housework Day!
You are making good use of your perfume oils this week 🙂
Lol- yes, 4 down, 4 to go! I have to try your lotion tip to see if I get better sillage and longevity.
Ditto! I have some perfume oils I haven’t touched in awhile
I really need to try Tawaf, soon!!!
I am wearing a modest spritz of TF Jasmin Rouge today.
I had a work meeting/visit this aftenoon with people I’ve never met before, so I had to keep it kinda decent.
Tonight I will start the weekend in Sarrasins though. 🙂
Then we will be twins of a sort. I’m already wearing Sarrasins.
I’m wearing Le Parfum de Therese, though I get more spicy fruits than flowers out of it. My decant of A La Nuit is still on the way, otherwise I would have worn it!
I had jasmine in my wedding bouquet two weeks ago. 🙂 Most of it bloomed during the night and morning afterwards, like magic!
Congrats, many years of happiness, sterling925!
Congratulations!
Congrats! That sounds beautiful!
How lovely!! And many happy returns 🙂
Congratulations! A wedding bouquet of jasmine sounds lovely.
Congratulations!
LOve is one magic humans can do. What a wonderful memory to have.
Congratulations! I hope you have many, many years of happiness and comfort. (And jasmine.)
That must have been just gorgeous! Congratulations to you!
Thanks everyone! It was a beautiful, wonderful day. I ended up deciding to wear DelRae Wit on the day.
Congratulations, what wonderful memories of you’re wedding!
Happy days to you!
Best of wishes! I’ll bet your bouquet smelled gorgeous 🙂
Belated congratulations on your wedding! A jasmine bouquet sounds gorgeous.
Congrats!
Congratulations! A lot of love, health and happiness to you and your beloved.
SOTD is Jean Patou Joy (EDT). Heaps of sunny and indolic jasmine.
Twins–estate sale-acquired vintage edt. Just a dab, have a contractor coming by to help solve the flooding that happens in front of the house whenever we have sustained rains.
Hope he doesn’t think I’m trying to seduce him 🙂
Twins! Wish I had the vintage EDT but this fairly new version smells great and plenty scanky. Plus I showered with Lush flying fox then spread Korres jasmine lotion all over my body before applying the Joy. Once again I am glad I have my own office (my secretary came in to speak with me a few minutes ago and while he didn’t say anything he did look surprised but maybe that was just my imagination).
Actually triplets!
Oh, so lovely. so very lovely indeed. VERY indolic- once I spray a bit too much and felt almost drugged!
Mine is vintage EDT too (although just a decant), and I agree with Ede97005: it’s a drug. Because even though I can’t say I love this scent 100% (there is some mustiness I could do without), it makes me ridiculously happy – I just can’t stop smiling.
🙂 In addition to making you happy, I bet you made some people happy!
Congratulations! Blooming jasmines on a wedding night.. that sounds so symbolic and romantic. Magical indeed! 😀
Oops. This was meant as a reply to sterling925.
Thank you! It smelled amazing.
I am wearing Rodin Perfume today.
Twins!
What do you think of it? I like the neroli/jasmine mix- very rich and almost hippie like, which is why like the body oil better ultimately?
Haven’t commented in a while, so hello, NST. SoTD is Diorissimo, which has tons of jasmine hiding beneath the LoTV accord. Perfect for this sunny mild day after two days of deluge.
waving hello
Hi to you!
*pops in* Hi!
Welcome back, and you smell fantastic!
As I couldn’t quite make up my mind whether to wear Sarrasins or Songes, I started my day in Sarrasins and have since added some Songes. It’s quite a stunning combination. So far Songes is winning out on sillage.
Have a great weekend!
I’ll have to try that combination. Both are beautiful!
Songes is gorgeous
The jasmine project looks like it will extend into the weekend. I must try that combination as well. Beautiful!
You sure smell great!
Wow! Sarrasins AND Songes! I’m jealous!
Friday at last – what took it so long?? I’m in Penhaligon’s Iris Prima again today. I’m not very good at sussing out individual notes and am probably just imagining it, but I think I can smell the jasmine note that’s allegedly in IP. In any case, it’s a very pretty, subtle and office-appropriate scent. That sounds dull and uninteresting, does’t it. 😉
Sometimes subtle, pretty and office friendly is just the ticket.
Last day of work today. It’s going to be 50 degrees and the sun is shining! Going out in Jasmine glory, original Alien and matching lotion. I feel like i need a theme song like Alice or Ann Ramano from One day at a time lol!
Ha! Good luck. You do deserve a theme song- you’re gonna make it after all ????
you are already on to next weeks community project
Onward and upwards, lillyjo!
🙂
Yay to sun shining and best of luck !!!!!
That sounds like the perfect way to end this chapter. Smelling amazing and kicking butt!
Wishing you luck and racy perfumes in your new endeavors!
Happy last day of work and here’s to embracing the unknown ( in alien) ! Can’t go wrong!
Joining you in Jasmine glory with Korres Jasmine body lotion and Alien (the leather version). Quite a powerhouse combo but it’s so cold and rainy today that it isn’t over the top.
Best of luck and take a bit of time off if you can!
You smelled great! Good luck for the next chapter!
Scent twins! I started reading from the bottom, and was surprised how long it took to reach someone else in Alien.
So indecisive this morning! Cold, grey days can be so uninspiring sometimes. I did think about wearing the Diptyque Jasmin this morning but I have so little left that I decided this weather was unfit for it. Went with Rodin but the weather is failing this one, too, and by now I can hardly smell it so I added my sample of Durga floating around in my bag. Sweet, juicy, fruity. I’m enjoying!
Third time’s a charm!
Hope the weekend is sunnier!
Friday at last! I am not working today so why did my eyes pop open at 6 am? At least I’ll get to take a nap later, one of my favourite things.
Delighting in Keiko Mecheri Jasmine this early morning thanks to a generous perfume pal. Very lovely green and full on jasmine.
Ha, opposite, not a school day here so I barely managed 8 am. Do get your nap in!
Does anyone know how tough it was to pick as jasmine perfume? I have a choice of Sarrasins, A La Nuit, Joy and Nuda. Right now, I am in Sarrasins but after my shower I will wear Nuda. I don’t know why Nuda was discontinued.
Twins! I’m in Sarrasins and had not thought of Nuda, but may try my sample again later.
Wishing peace to everyone…
I didn’t think I had anything to participate today, but Robin reminded me of Tawaf, which I have in decant, so Tawaf it is!
Twins! I was going to wear Bruno Acampora today but it was too much to handle at 4am so I went with two small spritzes of Tawaf.
And you smell fantastic! And someone reminded *me* of it yesterday.
I’m in Lanvin Arpege, which is more ylang-ylang than jasmine but there’s some of that too.
We need a ylang project!
I second that!
SOTD is Carthusia “Gelsomini di Capri”, which is not so much climbing aboard the Jasmine Train, as being tied to the rails and having it roll over me.
Top: Jasmine (You don’t say!), geranium, ylang-ylang and cloves;
Mid: Orange blossom and cedar;
Base: beeswax, vanilla and rose.
In fairness, after both my alarm clock and my watch let me down this morning, I’ve spent the day feeling like I’ve been hit by a train. So maybe this is the floral wreath to go with it.
🙂
I hope you will soon feel better!
Sorry about your morning
I will put that on my list of things to try
Hope you have a better weekend to look forward to.
My sample of A la Nuit is exhausted. 🙁
Considered Sarrasins, but since I hated it the first time, I’m loath to try again.
Then thought of 1932.
But my sweater has traces of Le Temps d’une Fete on it and now I’m craving more LTdF — which at least HAS some jasmine in it, perceptible even to me, even though it’s a grace note in the composition and not the focus.
So there it is. Not sorry.
When did you last try Sarrasins? There are plenty of perfumes that I didn’t like/hate the first time around but later fell in love, maybe you should try it again.
Well, I have jasmine issues. And Sarrasins was really filthy on me. (FWIW, I absolutely cannot do Joy. Cannot. I like a soft green jasmine, or one holding hands with tuberose.)
Have you tried Love and Tears?
It was okay; no filth. 🙂 I really did not care for the dry-squeaky-meringue aspect of it, though.
Aren’t you confusing it with Love, don’t be Shy. (I hate those BK names by the way), that is the one with screechy meringues.
I haven’t noticed any candy in L&T
You enjoy the jasmine that’s included in Iris Poudre’s bouquet. There are some notes I can only take in small doses too (but can cope with hefty jasmine, obviously).
I do fine with jasmine when it’s not the focus, seems like. Or if it’s green.
The closest I can get to jasmine is Eau Sauvage, and I’m not really sure how close that is.
It qualifies–my fave masculine, you smell fab.
If it’s not close, you still smell great.
You owe yourself a sample of Sarrasins someday, SFguy!
I just begged a sample of that juice from Macys a few weeks ago. You smell great!
Hedione, why not? You smell great in any case.
Another in A La Nuit! My bottle is about 14 years old and it was my first niche purchase. Down to my last 10ml or so . . .
You smell wonderful.
Are you going to re-purchase? If yes, you should start testing before your current bottle is gone to figure out if it’s still the same (or close enough).
TGIF!
Wearing my favorite version of J’adore: J`Adore L`Or.
Robin, I was thinking of a possible May friday challenge called:
May-bee Baby. Wear a honey fragrance or one that contains a honey note?
Another J’Adore fan here 🙂 Guess I could have worn the Touche de Parfum version, that has loads of jasmine.
You smell lovely!
That’s adorable! I like that project..
Great project! Wish there were more honey themed perfumes out there.
I always read that as “J’adore l’ours,” and think, “I HAVE to have that. 🙂
I tried that one at Sephora the other day and was cautiously optimistic. Glad to hear from someone who has worn it more.
Nice, thanks!
Friday!
*looks at news* Sigh.
1) Am in Le Jardin de Monsiuer Li- a very watery citrus/jasmine/mint (from a sample). I always feel like this is best in humid, hot weather, where other jasmine based fragrances would just be far too smothering and far too much. Wish it was priced $20 less and came in really big bottles so you can keep it in the fridge.
2) Coffee with almond milk, oatmeal, cheese, avocado- little bits of this and that. Later on, swimming!
3) Just in time: I got a 3% raise! Was not expecting it. I won’t see it anyways- I will just kick it into savings- but it’s nice!
Congrats on no 3! Now you can also put aside some for more perfume 🙂
🙂
Oh yes! Will treat myself to some decants, at least!
Oh and I also want to thank you for inspiring me to eat a bit healthier….love reading about all of your food combos.
No problem! The idea is to increase stamina and energy and rely less on processed foods and alcohol (which in too large amounts can fatigue you).
Ah yes, the processed food (which in my case is too many sweets!)…..I am taking notes on what you are eating…(meanwhile simultaneously salivating as I was reading about Bear’s lovely holiday foods-LOL!) Do you find that you crave the naughty stuff from time to time? I think my body is probably addicted to sugar at this point.
Congratulations on the raise!
Oh, thank you VERY much! It is much appreciated!
Oh that’s wonderful on the raise! These days many company’s are not even offering a standard of living raise, so great for you!
I was honestly shocked- I truly was not expecting it AT ALL, and as it turns not everyone got it, so I am very grateful indeed.
Well done!
Congratulations on your raise! It’s nice to feel appreciated. Reward yourself (a little) both for the achievement and for putting it into savings.
Oh I will! Thank you! 🙂
I am scent twins with Bear, wearing Lush Lust. I rarely wear this, since it is not very office friendly, but whenever I do I remember how much I like it. I will never have a full bottle, however, since I am still using up a travel spray purchased in 2013.
I am amazed at anyone who drained a full sized Lush Lust! Then again, I went through the Flying Fox shower gel in no time.
YR Tendre Jasmin for me today. Simple and a little things but very pretty.
Nice pick.
Wearing my old standby, Shalimar….a nice, generous spray. 😉 Happy Friday, all!
Are we…cousins? I’m in Shalimar Initial. Enjoy your day!
Cousins indeed! We smell great!
My jasmine for the day is Samsara. I’m taking a vacation day today too. ????
when 1932 wears off I will spray some of that. Samsara slipt my mind completely
Samsara! Never even occurred to me as a possibility for wear today, and I was racking my brains and mostly reduced to samples because my frag wardrobe doesn’t have much jasmine-focused stuff in it.
You know, it’s funny. The jasmine in Samsara, for me, is very much overpowered by rose — I smell both but it’s the rose and sandalwood that take my attention. I have the opposite experience with Joy, which is nearly all skanky jasmine and barely any rose. Weird, huh? Maybe I should do a side-by-side with those two and see what happens.
When I was younger I thought of Joy as a rose scent, but as I get older (or my bottle does, or both) it seems more and more dominated by jasmine. Samsara has always been jasmine and sandalwood to me, though (and I bought it when it was launched so I have been wearing it for a long long time!).
Hi, scent twin!
I’m joining several other NSTers in Lust – the perfume, just the perfume (I don’t know your lives!).
ha!
For me, the perfume is possibly even more overwhelming than the emotion.
I’m in WIT, a lemony jasmine scent.
Happy Friday!
I like the sound of that very much.
Oy, I could have worn this! It feels like we’re back to winter weather!
Love Wit but somehow it’s not a jasmine scent for me.
I’m wearing Sweet Anthem Juliet, and wishing the weather outside matched the sultry, sweet, slightly salty jasmine bouquet of the perfume! (Sadly, it’s chilly and wet.)
I am wearing dabs of Jasmin Rouge w/ Essences Insensees 2015 sprayed over it.
Happy Friday, all!
Imperial tea, by kilian
House twins 😉 I wore Love and Tears.
It’s winter here again today… cold, rainy, windy. If I were to wear a jasmine scent today, I’d pick Kilian Love & Tears, but… winter. SOTD is Sonoma Scent Studios Amber Incense.
LAST CHANCE!! Oakland Fresca and I are headed to Tiger Lily’s Skunk Works event tomorrow. Anyone in the SF Bay area want to join us?
Andy Tauer will be there with his you-can-buy-them-in-person-only scents, Hyacinth & the Mechanic, plus the two new story scents, described here: https://www.fragrantica.com/news/Tauerville-Stories-Two-New-Scents-Capturing-a-Moment-in-Time-9285.html
So, if anyone is desperately dying to get these, I’m willing to mule them for you. Caveats: I don’t know what they cost; I don’t know if he’ll run out; I don’t know if there will be a limit on how many one person can buy. But if you’re interested, ping me at emc dawt 7 1 1 7 in the land of geeeeemail.
Also, update on my Essenza Nobile debacle: After yet another round of “where’s my order?” “oops, we forgot to order it / or the supplier forgot to send it to us” (yes, I got both excuses in one email) I asked them to cancel the order and refund my money. And they did, no fuss about the refund. I won’t be ordering from them again…
Wow, I wish I could join you but I’m on the other side of the continent. Please let us know how the event goes, and how the stories smell. Have a great time!
Sounds like a great event! Can you please ask Andy when he’s coming to NYC? 😉
That would be nice! When he was at Twisted Lily last, he admitted that he doesn’t really like NYC ☹
Pixel, I forget what it was that you had tried to order from Essenza?
Can you ask Andy Tauer to send his perfumes to NZ???? Only half-joking ( he doesn’t ship to us)
He doesn’t ship to the UK either Kanuka, which is a lot less explicable than NZ.
Maybe he has something against monarchy?
The bottles are $89 plus 8.5% tax each.
Hmmm… Depression and No Housework day — I’m in! I was going to wear vintage Joy today, and workplace olfactory appropriateness be damned, but I needed bucking up, and thus am in Cuir de Russie, my favorite spine-stiffener.
perfect choice!
I’m wearing California Reverie – I hadn’t thought about today’s challenge when I was choosing, but just wanted something beautiful and comforting. I have to attend the funeral of one of my students tomorrow, and it’s been very emotionally difficult all week at school – it’s amazing how connected people become without realizing it, and when a connection is severed suddenly, how lost everyone can feel.
Wishing peace to all. Thanks for smelling incredible.
Hope it brings peace your way, Sistine.
I hope California Reverie is bringing you some comfort, and those around you also.
So sorry for your loss.
I am sorry for your loss. Sending hugs.
My condolences on the passing of your student.
Wow, that’s tough — so sorry.
Today I am wearing OJ Sampaquita. I had to look up jasmine note perfumes last night to try to find something I own with it in and discovered this is based on a kind of jasmine–sambac jasmine. It’s a very pretty scent, light and floral, happy. I only have two FB Ormond Jaynes, OJ Woman and Ta’if, but would consider this one too.
In Houston this week we have had absolutely glorious spring weather, highs in the low 80’s, perfect blue skies, no humidity (after several weeks of too-hot, too-humid early “spring”). It is the time of year that jasmine blooms in climbing vines along fences everywhere. Banks and banks of it, it’s in masses along under the huge live oak trees at my grocery store, so abundant! You can drive with your windows open (a rarity here) and the smell of jasmine wafts in–it’s wonderful! And so often is mingles with the smell of BBQ coming from some of the many joints here along the streets. Ah, Texas! Now that would be a fragrance! Jasmine + Barbecue!
Hasn’t it been just delightful? We’ve been really enjoying our porch in the evenings. We’ll be dreaming of this week come August!
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Jasmine and BBQ sounds like my kind of combo! 😛
Loud and proud in vintage Samsara.
Happy birthday, Billy Holiday, wherever you are!
….and smelling great!!!!!
Thank’s!
Samsara is in my top 5 perfumes (yes, I have a list). LOL
You smell great!
Enjoy, solanace! !
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Enjoying, Bear! Will work til 11:00 pm, but it’s a wonderful bunch of students and a super fun co worker commutes back with me, so the entire thing feels like a long happy hour. Carpe laborem diem! Enjoy your Lust.
How many do you have in your top 5 list? (????)
My top 5 list has 23!!!
LOLOLOL
I am quite easy to read, I’ve been told.
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Cheers, Oakland Fresca!
LOL!!
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Intended to wear CB I Hate Perfume Jasmine Sambac today, but it is so cold and miserable, I ended up in by Killian Amber Oud instead.
Someone sent me a little sample of Lys Soleia, and I enjoyed that very much. A lot of lilies give me allergy twitches, but this did not. So eager for spring. It is supposed to get up into the 70’s here over the weekend. I can hardly wait to start gardening. 🙂
I wore Amber Oud yesterday and thought that it was a little too warm for it (though, in general, it’s one of my favorites).
Yes it is definitely a cold weather scent to me…
SotD: The sadly discontinued EL Jasmine White Moss. I am wearing a bit from a solid perfume to keep the scent close to the body. I was so-so on the new moss accord, but it has grown on my in the years since its release.
S(ip)otD: Lupicia Momo Oolong, which is a greenish pouchong style oolong with Japanese white peach and rose petals. It is a beautiful tea, but I think I like it better iced.
I remember liking it when it first came out. Shame it has been discontinued.
Your tea sounds intriguing.
Must run errands and go to the gym first, but I’m aiming for SL A la Nuit later today. Alternatively, it’s possible that I might veer off into J’Adore l’Absolu for a full-on tranqualizing effect, instead.
I’ve only tried the original J’Adore so this might be today’s project. Do you have any other mainstream jasmine reccommendations? I guess there is Bulgari, too.
Kanuka, I basically stopped searching for jasmine after I found the A la Nuit. J’Adore l’Absolu was for old time’s sake, because I loved the original 1999 J’Adore and thought l’Absolu might be a replacement. It sort of is. There are several other J’Adores that I have not tried. That’s a project in itself!
I’m in Shalimar Initial from an ancient sample. Planned on wearing 1932, but we had bacon at breakfast, will bake a cake and have shrimp today for my stepson’s birthday. So, it’s Shalimar to stand up to the ambient fragrances in the house!
Y’all have a great Friday. 🙂
It all sounds really good and Shalimar-like.
For me, jasmine has two very strong memory associations …so strong they override any new responses that might form.
The first is the smell of my friend’s outside long drop toilet at her bach ( holiday home) a corrugated iron shed covered in jasmine. It got very hot in summer so the jasmine was very powerful but so was the ‘decay’ of the toilet contents … A brilliant combination.
The second is Fenjal bath creme , which came in tiffany blue bottles.
Wearing Ys-Uzac BOM Jasmine from a free sample. It smells like a half way point between these two things. We always shared the bathwater when we were kids so this is what fenjal bathcreme would smell like if you were fourth in line for the water ( which I usually was).
Great memory and that’s quite the air freshener! Not sure I could abide wearing jasmine if that were my association, though.
Oh my.
A couple of summers ago, I was driving in the early evening with the windows down. Got a whiff of something floral and said to myself, “Now why am I smelling jasmine? It’s too late for honeysuckle and locust blossoms…” Then the smell changed and I realized that my neighbor had just spread manure on his field.
Yep.
You just need to find a way to bottle it!
Once in a blue moon I get that from a toilet. Yep.
That outhouse is pretty much exactly what Lush Lust smells like to me.
Thought with the project it was the perfect time to try out Superstitious. I’m at work, of course, so only a little spritz. Initial thoughts are it’s very sexy and a little goes a long way.
Thanks for reporting in, I will get my sample tomorrow, very intrigued!
Wearing SJP Lovely (this will turn into my default signature I just miss the variety, you know?)
My spirit is wearing Mugler Alien Eau Extraordinnaire, lavishly (i.e. 2 sprays, lol)
Y’all smell amazing! Three cheers for jasmine!
For a florals fan I am, surprisingly I do not have too many jasmine perfumes. So I went with one of a few By Kilian’s that works for me – Love and Tears (love the name). It’s a beautiful perfume but it doesn’t feel quite right for the rainy day we’re having today.
I don’t even remember what that smells like!
It smells small-decant-worth – and that’s what I’ve got :). I’m not sure if I ever need more – we’ll see.
Forgot about the Friday project this morning, spritzed from my new bottle of Cristalle edt instead, for second day running, it’s so gorgeous.
A new bottle is something to celebrate! Happy Friday!
Haie Fleurie du Hameau for me today. I don’t think it gets much better than this.
A lovely jasmine!
In Sarrasins, my favorite jasmine. I’m seeing many things others are wearing that I need to try!
Keiko Mechieri Jasmine for the challenge, and a little Chene on my shoulders, for comfort (for me). And the combination is actually working out! KM Jasmine is delightful but not a long-laster, and I’m expecting the Chene to go the distance…
I was curious abour that KM. How would you describe it or what would you compare it rto?
It’s a bright, green and “fresh” jasmine, but not sweet or dumbed-down. I found a partial bottle at a thrift store for $3.99, so I’m happy to send you a bit. I think it might be d/c’ed in this form, though I’m unsure. It has a faded leather label.
I’m wearing ELDO’s Jasmine et Cigarette, and am not entirely happy with my choice. Bit too soapy, and jasmine, while realistic in the top notes, is becoming more artificial. Will probably wear some Tunisian jasmine oil to bed tonight.
That one smells to me exactly like a friend from college, who was a fellow smoker and wore Samsara. I don’t dislike it, but it’s a little too evocative.
Waving accross the pond to everyone!Hallooo!Moving Day was last week Wednesday,as you can imagine it’s been a little bit crazy here.I am in my new place!I decided against leafy suburbia and opted for tranquil “country-like”,in a golf estate about 2 miles from work(instead of the 45-odd miles I used to drive!)Wonderful views,awesome neighbours.I am so behind on perfume news!Hope everyone is doing awesomely well!Not participating in the project today,SOTD was Eau de Baux from L’Occitane.Happy Weekend All!Next week:The Perfume Room Project begins.Excited is not the word.X
I was thinking about you last night!!! Glad to hear that moving is out of the way and happy to hear that you are enjoying your new place. And even more excited to hear about your perfume room project…keep us up to date 🙂
Glad to see you around again as well!You had some “quiet”time here!(I was lurking the past week,at least!Lol!)I will update you guys of course!Have a great weekend!X
Your new place sounds great, congratulations! I left at 4:30 am on the drive to my summer home in Montreal, approx. 5000 kms. Should arrive next Wednesday after a stopover in Denver tomorrow for the Basenotes meetup.
Drive safe!It sounds like a great roadtrip!Enjoy your Montreal break!X
I was wondering how you were doing, johanob !
Glad to hear everything is progressing well. Pace yourself and enjoy! !!
P.S. The new Alber Elbaz Superstitious is really good.
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Can’t wait to see pics of your perfume room!
Cheers!
Oh Hiiiii Bear!!!You read my mind as I cannot wait to try Superstitious!!!ASAP!Thanks for saying HI!You always make me smile and try to carpe diem!Hehe!xx
Haallooo back and glad to see you! Congrats on the move and what an improvement on the commute! Sounds lovely-is it on a country club type setting?
I have a friend who moved from my neighborhood in Brooklyn to Johannesburg, and boy, what an upgrade!
Hi Elisa P!Thank you!Yes,it is a good-sized golf estate,very security-orientated.The oldest country club in the city is on the premises.The streets and areas are named after famous golfers from the past,like the part I live in is called Sarazen View,(I had to google every legendary golfer as I really had no clue!Lol).You cross the Hennops river about 12 times on the 18-hole course,and the on-site restaurants/hair salon and gym makes it just better.It’s been little over a week and I am in love with this place!X
2 miles from work is always a good idea! Happy settling in…
The short commute is making my life way easier!!I can sleep till 6am and still be on time at work at 7am!
Welcome back. I thought about you yesterday. Congrats on your new place. It sounds fabulous. And dreaming about your perrfume room….
Thanks perfumelover!Trust me,I’m dreaming the hardest of us all about my perfume room!!Monday we start!!X
Welcome back. Johanob and congrats on the new place!!
Hi Hajusuuri!Thank you!!Regarding the”therapy animals”-I sadly have to agree,I’ve seen at least two around here as well,that I do not think really qualify.But anyway!I can still visit my sharpei Julie at her new home at a friends’ place about 3 miles from me.X
Congrats on surviving the move, Johanob! Please post pictures when the perfume room is done… a lot of people are living vicariously thru you with that project!
Hi Jalapeno!”Survived” is the word yes!!Lol!The final actual move was like a last-minute decision,I came to look at this place last week tuesday,and received the keys on Wednesday!!Lol!(about 80% of my stuff is still in storage,but now I have time to sort through that on my own time!)Pictures will follow as soon as I am happy with the result!X
Glad to see you! I’m very happy you are well, and your new place sounds great. Can’t wait for the perfume room!
Hi Lillyjo!Thanks,glad to see you too!!Excited myself to finally start with the Perfume Room!Delayed by almost a month but we’re here!!X
Hi, everyone. This turned out to be Sleep-in Saturday, thanks to Dakkie the Wailer! We finally got some sleep when the dear one took himself off to the spare bedroom and let Dakkie sleep on him, sort of draped over his legs. Turns out that’s what was needed, but it can’t be a long-term solution.
I had planned to wear Alien Extraordinaire, but so much jasmine felt just too much today– I have to be on my game to rock that kind of perfume power. I’m in the soft happiness of Queen instead, for a day of housework and other domestic stuff. It probably has jasmine in it somewhere, but I’m so bone idle right now that I can’t be bothered looking.
Be safe and well, NST.
I love Queen!It’s the more wearable version of Angel to me!That Dakkie sounds adorable though,I miss the puppydog days!No pets allowed here on the estate,unless it is a guide or therapy animal.
There are therapy animals and there are those who just pretend to be therapy animals. I’ve observed abuses of that privelege, considering the soze, shape and type of animal claimed by the owner.
Difficult week for me. Son and his worldly possessions were finally reunited at the Amman airport this evening, Jordan time. Vacillating between compulsive news watching and binging on middling Aussie TV murder mystery show.
Outfit of the day is coffee stained red sweater and stretched out olive-colored slacks sprinkled with cat hair. Not my finest.
Perfume is Prima T, which really is perfect for someone thin, tan, and elegant in white linen pants and a simple collared white silk shirt. My Jasmine scented fantasy on this grey rainy day.
Curious about your Aussie Tv murder mystery show…I love murder mysteries and am always on the lookout for new ones…still working my way through Midsomer Murders now that netflix has added seasons 17-19.
and good news that your son has reclaimed his luggage 🙂
There were 19 seasons of a murder mystery show?
Gives me something to contemplate right there!
I’ve been streaming the Dr. Blake Mysteries on Netflix. Handsome, soulful, damaged doctor… what’s not to love?
I love Dr Blake — almost done with season 4 🙂
And if you want to add in a middling Aussie soap / drama, do watch A Place To Call Home, also fun for binging.
Oh, and adding on to Bear’s comment — if you’re too down to laugh at Seinfeld, do not watch the news!!
I’m also watching this show now.
I enjoyed Midsomer Murders (and from time to time re-watch older seasons when I need something not demanding too much attention).
Watch your favorite Seinfeld episodes (for the millionth time) and say the lines before the characters do.
Like I do !
Could charm, or really irritate whomever you are watching with! !
LOL
And snacks!
You can diet after Passover/Easter/Holiday of your Choice.
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I am far too maudlin to pull myself out of a funk with Seinfeld. Need violins and soulful music. That said, “Yada, yada!”
I just want to say I think you are an awesome and very strong mom. I’m sorry for your difficult week.
I find that middling tv combined with mindless games along the lines of Panda Pop will ameliorate my tendency to grind my teeth to nubs. Chances are, all will be well. Tip for calming your breathing: instead of taking a deep breath in, try blowing all the air out of your lungs, continuing to exhale until you feel your abdomen going back toward your spine.
SOTD = SL Al A Nuit, from a dabber sample. Given how potent and narcotic this is dabbed on me, I wonder what spraying it would be like! It is a lovely counterpoint to today’s kind of yucky weather.
I started my Jasmine Friday in the remains of the jasmine-civet explosion of Amouage Opus IX spritzed last night. (I started early because I was afraid wearing a fresh dose out in public today might cause people to pass out.????) I intended to top it up with some Alien from off-site storage, but there wasn’t any, so I went with the Michael Kors Glam Jasmine that was available.
Happy Friday and Happy Weekend, all you wonderful NSTers!
I saved Rodin perfume for today, and it’s been a wonderful companion on a dreary, slow Friday.
Hello, fragrant Friday folks!
SotM = Songes Songes Songes and more Songes. Songes, my love for you is never ending.
SotA = Terracotta Le Parfum. Boom BOOM loads of flowers in the room.
SotE = tbd, something comfy for certain, but what?
Scent of yesterday = Romanza from a sample. Romanza has a lovely spring feeling but with depth, some darkness, and a bitter edge. A cerebral sniffing experience.
No extra credit for me but I am wearing something that contains jasmine, not that I could smell but Fragrantica said so.
SOTD = Guerlain Mon Precieux Nectar
This came into my life last year when I split a bottle last year. I have about 30 mLs left but will likely buy a BUB the next time I get a deal!
Looking forward to everyone’s selection. I have never been excited about jasmine-forward perfumes but may check out whatever the fuss is about with the popular ones.
Yesterday, I got onto a crowded train and was surprised to find an empty 2-seater. Another woman and I got there at the same time but because she was thin enough to slide under a door, she slipped in ahead of me and claimed the window seat. No big deal; I sat on the aisle seat. She looked like she was about to say something to me when a guy, whom I assumed was her boyfriend, came by and started talking to her. I turned to her and asked if she wanted to switch places, to which her response was “No, I’ll just talk over you.” What? It took every ounce of my willpower to not lash out with YOU UGLY B-TCH WTF. The boyfriend, sensing me bristle, wisely decided to go a bit further into the train. I really wanted to spend the entire ride facing her and staring at her but I decided she was not worth my time. The rest of the trip was uneventful.
You smell fabulous. Perhaps I need to wear MPN this evening.
I guess if looks could kill, we’d be crowd-funding your legal fees now. 😉
I think MPN is perfect for tonight! I was in L’Eau No. 5 but had to channel my inner No. 19!
Ah the train.
So many wonderful human interactions………………..screech! BAM!!
LOL
My favorites were the people who didn’t want anyone in the middle of the 3 seaters.
Excuse me, in my most booming obnoxious voice (yes, mild mannered me has one). When I would settle in, my slight anemic shoulders would unfurl into Dragon Wings. Who is uncomfortable, now?
Non, moi !!
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LOL on unfurling your Dragon Wings. There was a woman who used her puffy coat as an excuse as to why she took up so much space. I wanted to ask her what kind of stuffing was inside her coat.
Dragon feathers!
Perfect!
I’ve toyed with the idea of a blog (or more properly an instagram, I suppose) entitled “No Comment” that posts photos (or short videos) of such atrocities. Also oversized McMansions in otherwise pretty neighborhoods, obese people wearing leopard print tights as leggings, lawn care company guys wasting time chasing a single leaf with leafblowers, unshoveled sidewalks, various subway offenses, etc. ????
OMG, I was so tempted to take her picture. In fact, I turned on my camera, set it to no flash, on vibrate and was angling to take the picture and post it somewhere as “Have you seen this woman? Not Wanted” but I changed my mind – not worth my time.
You might like this one:
http://www.mcmansionhell.com/
Lol,I’d follow that blog/instagram!!
I landed in sunny Florida this morning wearing a light application of Songes. Happy Friday all!
Enjoy! So jealous too!
Today I joined what I assume will be a crowd in Alien. I really like it, but wearing it is something of a commitment. A mini feels like about as much of it as I need. Alien Essence Absolue I find easier to wear, and I may need more than the mini I currently have. I still haven’t figured out if the underwhelming Alien flanker I tried at Nordstrom last month is the new one or the previous one. Anyone care to weigh in on their favorite flanker?