Happy Almost-Friday! It's also, apparently, Eat What You Like Day. What fragrance are you wearing?
I'm wearing Marni Rose over a bit of Tauer Rose Delight.
Reminder: 5/12 will be Lessons Learned Friday...wear a fragrance that taught you something you didn't know about yourself, about fragrance, anything! Suggested by Floragal.
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: the Marni Nappa Mule with Strap is $660, at Marni.
Atelier Bois Blonds today. Of the handful of Ateliers that I’ve tried, this is my fav so far and my first full bottle purchase.
I enjoyed Angela’s review of Oolong the other day and that’s on my to try list. I love their use of citrus, even in the Vanille, and find them easy to wear.
I am right there with you…love the Ateliers! You smell great!
Thank you!
From a generous NSTer
Galop
The only Hermes I have ever swooned over
Glad there is at least one
Yay for your win! Need to try that one.
Hermes has not been a house that has worked for me. I keep trying though
Do you like Kelly Caleche? I wear the edp and it seems similar enough to Galop to me that if you like one, you’ll probably like the other.
Eh…I’m quite enamored of Galop, but Kelly Calèche doesn’t do anything for me.
KC has a plastic note in it that I don’t care for. I am glad you love it though ????
Ooh I agree about the plastic in KC. I thought it was just me!
Have you tried 24 Faubourg? I love that one so much that I can’t imagine anyone not liking it. (Said while fully realizing I don’t care for LOTS of fragrances that others find swoon-worthy.)
I don’t, I got a bottle and passed it on
I loooove galop
beautiful!
Il Profumo Eclair de Tubéreuse. It’s very lovely actually, reminds me a little of Moon Bloom.
That’s high praise, I’ll have to get a sample of that one.
Eclair de T is really pretty. (Moon Bloom as well, but it lasts about 32 minutes on me tops.)
Ugliest shoe ever, though the color is nice. I drained the dregs of a travel spray of Smell Bent Gardenia Oud.
I *almost* like that shoe. The color is perfect. But can the shoe really be that long and pointy? Is it for a very long foot? I tried to find a picture of it on an actual foot but failed.
It’s actually very Medieval or Renaissance. Costume books I’ve seen show shoes with that long and pointy toe, some so long that they actually have to be tied to the leg so the person could walk. They were usually men’s shoes.
Right, but this is not tied…seems like if it was a long as it looks in the photo, you’d just trip over it.
I thought that too, that it resembled a medieval shoe.
I actually love the shoe – long, pointy toes are really easy to walk in
I’m with you! Love the shoe, love love love pointy toes. I have small feet, so maybe that helps.????
I love the look of the shoes but with my big, wide feet I’d look like I was waterskiing with them on. I think they’d look great on a petite foot.
I had more or less the same thought. I wear a size 10 (most of the time, depending on the shoe), and sometimes things are a lot less cute at that size.
I have wide feet too. Live in Clarks, Hotter, and Cobb Hill.
I also love the color.
I love the look of those shoes, but my inner medical self recoils. Not enough space for normal toes, and the wearing of this kind shoes does lead to foot problems if worn too often.
Unfortunately, i can attest to that!
Looking back, it wasnt worth squishing my toes for so many years. Now i can’t wear 95% of heels.
And i love heels
Oh well, healthy feet are wasted on the young
(something like that)
I am all behind Eat What You Want Day
Wearing Encens et Lavande from Uncle Serge today.
This one taught me that sometimes the colour of a scent can do an excellent job of mirroring the smell.
Have a great day everyone
I love tinted perfumes. I wish they could all be! Some of the SLs are particularly striking.
Agree! I thought about color when I saw the announcement about Ari’s new perfume. In the photograph it looks almost transparent, a nice change from ubiquitous shades of yellow.
First sentence…me too!!!!
I seem to be on both lavender and incense kicks lately so there’s a sample of that winging it’s way to me as we speak.
I’m in Replica Jazz Club today. It taught me that just because a scent is marketed “for him” doesn’t mean it won’t smell fabulous on me!
Aha, now you reminded me what I should wear tomorrow! Thank you.
Glad to help
I have a female friend who loves Jazz Club!
Jazz Club is a good one! I always found it more unisex actually.
My full bottle of Safran Troublant arrived in the mail last night so I couldn’t resist spraying myself generously this morning. I just wish it had a little bit more sillage so everyone around me could enjoy it as much as I do. What’s that? Not everyone WANTS to enjoy it? PFFFt!
ahh. You smell lovely!
I bet they are enjoying it.
How would you describe this one? Is the Saffron a bitter note? Spicy??
Spicy! Sheer! (My first perfume love!) No bitterness on me at all.
On my wonky nose it starts off smelling like cumin to me (don’t know why as it is not a note listed and also not one of my favorite notes) and then segues into spicy roses and vanilla sweetness…lasts forever on my skin and bathrobe and out of all of my birthday goodies this very large decant (20ml) is turning out to be my absolute favorite of all the new things I sampled.
Soft, spicy… maybe creamy? I’m not good at descriptions, and it has almost completely disappeared on me so I will have to go home and spray it again to see if I can come up with a better one. Wish it would last longer.
Creamy works! I also think fluffy, the way a marshmallow is fluffy.
I’m pretty sure everyone does want to! I used to drink a tea whose leaves smelled just like ST.
I read this as “smells just like NST” and asked myself What does NST smell like?
Love that one…you smell grand!!
It is soooo good that I have two back up bottles.
Back in Pomélo Paradis this morning! Smells like I squeezed juice all over myself….which I would probably enjoy!
House twins! You smell great, and less sticky than if you squeezed juice all over yourself!????
Cool but sunny today. I’m wearing No.22 today. It’s perfect, it’s working well with my old denim jacket and flip flop combo. Except for job interviews, I haven’t worn real shoes in five weeks! And those pointy shoes! Not since my early twenties.
Love no 22
me too. Its lovely!
❤ 22
Jardins de Bagatelle today, courtesy of a very generous NSTer. So beautiful this time of year!
Everyday is Eat What You Like Day for me, so I guess I am participating. I’ve found that denying myself certain foods makes me unhappy and stressed…and I gain weight. I’m much better off in the long run if I eat a balanced diet, including the junk in moderation.
Oooh, you smell lovely. Jardins de Bagatelle came to me unsniffed in an NST swap. I adore it.
Same. I’m actually tracking cals these days to rid myself of a few pounds but I always save room for dessert. “Diet” means I eat one dessert instead of 2
I didn’t know it was “eat what you like” day. This morning in my way to work, I got a craving for a huge caramel frappe and Big Mac that I haven’t eaten in a long time (trying to eat healthy) and well…….
Yesterday, I went to the Chanel store in Soho to get a bottle of No.19 Poudre for my sister for mother’s day. The SA told me that she “heard”? that No.19 EdT might be discontinued, but she could not confirm it. My heart sank deeply and my first thought was to buy the biggest bottle for myself. However, I controlled myself very well. After I left the store, I thought if that was a way to pushed me some way into a purchase. I have not heard anything about it and hope the “rumor” is not true. Anyway, at least my sister get her Poudre and I am so, so busy this week that I will not have time to think about it and fall in the temptation to get the EdT for me.
What? That’s amazing.
That makes no sense to me. I was under the impression that the EdT was the most popular of the versions….
The Exclusifs EdT were so good and they messed up with them. I hope they don’t do the same with No. 19 if that comment was really true…
Oh no! The edt is my favorite version. I have a large decant which has lasted me over a year, though.
And I do enjoy the occasional Filet o’ Fish from McDs. Sometimes nothing else will do!
Agreed on the Filet o’ Fish…
YES! What cracks me up is this dialogue from The Office too about the FOF:
Ryan: Wow. How many filet-o-fishes did you eat? Michael: That’s over several months, Ryan.
Ryan: Still…
Cute!
I had a Big Mac a few weeks ago for the first time in years. (I’ve never really been a McDonald’s person) and I have to say…it was really tasty.
I am not a McDonald’s person either. But at least, once in a blue moon….
Filet o’ Fish is also so tasty!
No 19 Poudre is wonderful..
I love No. 19 Poudre, even though I don’t wear it so often.
Great present for your sis!
I’m suspicious about everything SAs say, but can’t imagine why a Chanel rep would be spreading such a malicious rumor!
I’d hate to think of No. 19 being discontinued. It is so beautiful!
I love Chanel No. 19 Poudre.
Come on! $660 shoes?! At least make them black or brown..
SOTD: Guerlain’s Neroli Outrenoir
I don’t know about anyone else but my life feels like one long blur these days and I’m not happy about it. Hopefully after May I’ll be able to feel somewhat normal.
Happy Thursday!
Oh, but for $660, I want them to look different from the fifty pairs of black shoes I already own!
Sorry — hope things will calm down for you.
I do, too! But then again I only started wearing black footwear about a year ago. I’m all for shoes in fun colors.
So sorry!
At least you smell wonderful during this blur period in your life.
Everything is impermanent so this will pass too
Sotd = Carner Barcelona Tardes
Nice one amd I think it’s underrated.
Oh that is a good one
I had a pair of very pointy, patent leather flats from Sacha London (are they still around somewhere?) in the 80s and I loooved them and thought they were the coolest. I’d like those Marnis if they trimmed an inch off the toe.
SOTD Chanel No 5 edp from which I learned that taste in perfume can do a 180.
Have you checked out Fluevogs lately? I passed their store window last summer, stopped dead in my tracks, and have been kind of obsessed since then. I haven’t held one in my hand yet but they look to be made of the most beautiful, buttery leather. And have the price tag to match.
Are you wearing vintage or current edp? I put some of the current edp on the other day and was kind of shocked by how different the opening is (compared to the vintage bottle I usually wear.)
Yes! I’ve only owned the boots with their signature swirl but they make awesome looking heels, which if I could wear heels and had a rock-a-billy style, would buy them.
Tocca Florence this gorgeous spring morning as I gaze at rain drenched roses, daisies, dianthus, salvia and coreopsis.
The light Gardenia scent floating on this humid breeze is perfect accompaniment.
So surprised that I like a Tocca this much. I bought a mini roller sampler box for my tween. This one I kept out because it read so loud to me.
I expected to hate it on but it’s perfume so you try it on skin, right?
It’s in my favorite ‘green’ scent family. Its more about Gardenia than fumes usually are and after a bit of an odd opening it gets a little deeper and reminds me of real gardenias. This is my third wearing and I’m surprised at how pretty the scent is. The price point is good too.
Ok- I give in! ????What other Tocca’s do you NSTrs like, and I should try?
I like Stella and Cleopatra from that line. Also, try the hair scents, which I think makes teh fragrance last longer.
I would second Stella and I also like Colette, which reminds me a lot of Byredo’s Gypsy Water.
Colette
Colette is great to me- and I agree with madtowngirl about it being close to Gypsy Water. I actually call it a “poor girl’s Gypsy Water” ha! It’s the only one I have a full bottle of. Someone on here (I’m sorry, I forget who) was telling me that they really love Brigitte.
ha! just read your comment…that was me!
Sorry, I couldn’t remember who! But since you mentioned it, it’s stuck in my mind to try!
https://nstperfume.com/2008/08/30/tocca-brigitte-new-perfume/
to further tempt you
Poor girl’s Gypsy Water, lol. The Non Blonde called Eau Duelle the poor girl’s Vanille 44.
I love Brigitte…a spicy gourmand with a pannetone note.
I love the Cleopatra body lotion. The actual perfume – not so much.
Bianca was a summer go-to for many years – fresh lemons, rose, and a dusting of sugar. I should pull it out when the weather heats up.
My favorite is Margaux, great fall scent.
Thursday!
1) Two of my in ceiling track lights went out this. There are new bulbs in the sockets, so I am not sure? Will run testing when I get home.
2) SOTD: Eau De Soir.
3) IN honor of eat what you want,: a boiled egg, half an small avocado, coffee and raw vegetables for breakfast, with a roll thrown in. Big breakfast is BIG!
I also had eggs this morning.
An egg really keeps you going in the morning!
yummy! Avocado makes everything delicious.
It really does! And such a nice change from butter!
That…is so healthy. That’s what you eat when you can eat anything you want? I wish I were more like you.
You know, we have a Key Lime Bundt Cake on the group table, and I am honestly not even tempted. A good mug of coffee and a nourishing breakfast really keeps me steady for the rest of the day.
Next month I am gonna try a no added sugar month in addition to my eating regime.
Jealous of your eating regime. I wish I could be like you, even though I try my best to eat healthy everyday.
I have been slowly paring down and following this regime due to some health issues, and i am feel really good doing this. When I eat more refined, heavier foods, it does not settle well.
Ahhhh I love added sugar SO MUCH!!! My idea of a “diet” is just to try not to overeat all the time. You are incredible and/or lucky.
I love sweet things AND love cake, waffles, pancakes! BUT I don’t think they love me so much anymore. So gonna try this over the course of a month and see if this helps.
Sweets are my downfall too (what would you expect from a name like chocolatemarzipan) but I am really trying to cut back, not for weight issues but for health issues…sugar is a real inflammatory and like Ede said, I don’t think sugar loves me either!
Good for you! I’ve done two Whole 30 challenges in the past year and for the first week I felt dog tired as my brain adjusted to no added sugar. After that I felt great! My biggest permanent takeaway is that I now drink my coffee like a real adult- no added cream and sugar- and I’ve learned to love it!
Yes, yes, that is the cookbook I will be referencing. Lots of the recipes look very good, so I will be integrating them into the regime.
I am coming to your house every morning for breakfast
Hee! I can leave a breakfast- I start work at 6:45 AM!
Oh gosh that is early!!!!
Re #1: Owning a house means always having something to do.
OMG, so true! I am literally never bored now!
SotM = a gentle spritz of L’Heure Bleue edt for an easy start to the day. Very comforting, and it makes a nice base for another iris this afternoon.
Yay for “eat what you want day!” I make careful eating choices due to annoying food sensitivities, but sometimes ya’ gotta let loose. Today I’ll have TWO squares of dark chocolate after lunch. Go, me! lol
LOVE the pointy shoes (that color!), though they look painful. Pointy shoes remind me of my grandmother who wore (a) high heels with pointy toes and a sheath dress or (b) a shirtwaist and rolled up blue jeans with navy keds, no socks. When I was a teen my feet were her size (4 1/2 US) so Grandma gave me some of her 1950’s pointy toe pumps. I wore them out.
I loooooove pointy toe pumps, although not crazy about the shoes above. And you smell lovely!
Thank you! L’Heure Bleue and I are having a thing lately, lol.
I love pointy toe pumps too, no surprise there.
Are your feet still that small? You must either a) have your pick of all the cute sale shoes or b) have a hard time finding women’s shoes.
As a teen I wore a 9 and though my feet were proportionate to my body (probably 5’8″ at the time) I tripped a lot. Actually, I still do – and feet and height continued to increase past teen years.
heh heh, my feet stayed small for a while, and it was great for shopping, until I had a surprise growth spurt in my early 20’s! I grew an inch in height, and my feet grew two full sizes. I have average size feet that are rather disproportionate to my height – I’m only 5′ 1″. Oh well.
My daughter wears a 5 or 5.5, and has terrible trouble finding shoes.
N.B.: they do make steel-toe work boots in women’s size 5.5, though. She has a pair. They are adorable.
Same here. Zappo’s, 6pm.com (Zappo’s outlet) and Nordstrom are my Best Shoe Friends, they’re the only places I’ve found that reliably carry small sizes.
When shopping for small shoes (before the internet) I learned to like whatever was on sale because it was my size, and nobody else wanted it or could wear it.
Those petite steel-toes make me smile.
Whoo hoo! Chocolate after lunch is really nice!
yup! Lunch without chocolate is like a day without perfume.
Will participate in the project tomorrow but for today I am continuing my OJ discovery today. I’m in Champaca. I have to admit, as much as I enjoyed Frangipani yesterday, I think I’m enjoying Champaca even more. I can see myself getting a fb (after I get Woman). Truly beautiful.
I’m trying to decide what scents to take with me on a little mini trip to New Orleans on Memorial Day weekend, and I can see either Frangipani OR Champaca working nicely.
Yay for Champaca! There’s something really mellowing about it. You smell wonderful! I vote for bringing both.
I can totally see why you love it! I have had two people in my office comment, which is unusual, too.
I can also see L’Ombre dans L’eau working in the New Orleans heat and humidity.
Agree — it is a calming fragrance.
Put on some Black Orchid Voile de Fleur this morning and promptly forgot what I was wearing. Half an hour later, I’m thinking, “What IS this? What did I put on? It’s really good.”
Negative points for memory (I actually had to go *look in* the Hatbox of Current Rotation to jog it), positive points for picking something great. Oh well.
I love it when that happens!
I’m glad I am not the only one who forgets what perfume I spritzed before dashing out to work in the morning.
Finally had the chance to try Alahiiiiiiinnnneeeee! It is lovely but I don’t think I need a full bottle. I can see why everyone loves it, however.
You smell super.
I think you’re supposed to wear it multiple times before deciding. Reek on, I say!
Tried on a new scent for our new apartment–April Aromatics Tempted Muse, from the ever-generous pixel. It reminds me of Amouage Fate–the same heavy, sweet, overbearing powderiness. Hopefully I’ll like the new apartment more than I like today’s scent!
Everything is a disaster–boxes and boxes, furniture in the wrong place (not the movers’ fault; things just look different than you expect them to from measurements and imagination)–but my goodness, it’s nice to have a bunch of extra space and oodles more sunshine, even on day as cloudy as today!
Good luck with the move. We just wrapped ours up and it was incredibly stressful and draining.
I’m all for overbearing powderiness *sigh.*
Thanks! I’m sorry yours was so stressful
We are moving from a 1br to a 2br just two miles away, which I think is nearly as low-stress as is possible. Nonetheless, it hasn’t been great, and the unboxing and setting up will be even more annoying :-/
Tempted Muse has actually lost a lot of its powder by now, and is kind of a sweet, sandalwood-vanilla, white flower business, which is pretty nice!
I’m in the midst of our move. Ugh – hoping I will survive, but it’s not looking good.
I’ll send you a gmail. Want to hear where you ended up!
Fingers crossed for you! For what it’s worth, I just visited a friend in Seattle last weekend, and it was just spectacularly gorgeous. Now I want to move there, too.
Looking forward to your e-mail, as always
Balmain Vent Vert.
I’m watching my daughter’s adorable shetland sheepdog puppy, while she is on vacation. I’ll have him until Tuesday. He has SO much energy! He’s finally taking a nap now.
Fun – give him a pet from me!
I will! He’s really a sweet boy
Raven says, “Hello to anither peerie dug frae Shetland!” (OK, she was born in Georgia and I got her when a kennel in Colorado let her retire when she wasn’t winning dog shows, but if cats speek LEET Shelties get to speak Shetland dialect.)
Love it!
SOTD: Sohan d’Iris by Sultan Pasha. I rarely see iris in an attar, and this one is amazing
Oh, that sounds tempting!
You smell good!
Sultan Pasha does incredible things with iris.
Have you smelt Irisoir?
Its so cosy and well made, guaranteed to make everyone smile.
And even though I doubt I need it in my collection, I so admire that attar.
I think its great when iris does not get that ‘cold, aloof, silver, ISM or No19-imitation’ treatment for once.
..of course there are also warm, incensy and/or spicy iris scents, but sometimes I feel there are too many houses that try to imitate the ‘silver’ or the ‘green and cool’, but that is just based on what I have tried so far, i am probably wrong haha
(btw I love Bois d’iris from TDC for the woods and spicy vibe)
I am in a HEAVENLY cloud of Vol de Nuit extrait today, courtesy of some very effective enabling by a fellow NSTer (you know who you are, and how heavy your enabler pin is getting, AND how grateful I am for the push).
The dry and warm weather window has closed and it’s raining today but my raspberries, strawberries, and herbs are all planted. No scent other than sweat the last two days but this morning I am wearing Songes.
You smell wonderful.
Half the day gone already! It’s been a busy morning.
I’m in Prada Infusions d’iris.
SOTD is Eric Buterbaugh Apollo Hyacinth. I smell fantastic. Will be spending the entire afternoon in meetings… would it look odd to my co-workers if I kept snorting my arm? Hmm.
snort away
tell them it is your aromatherapy !!!!
Not as odd as spending the meeting snorting someone else’s arm. So go for it.
Ha!
I’m in Jour d’Hermes Absolu because the last time I wore it, it made my co-aworker sneeze. But she’s working from home today, so I figured I should take advantage. It seems to match the rainy, cool day quite well.
Pretty! And that is a great scent for the office, imho.
That’s what I thought! If only officemate didn’t sneeze around it..
So Late today! Haven’t been able to post lately. With testing going on this week, its been rough.
Had to take some time away from the paperwork for just a second since its my birthday! Wanted to do something I enjoy.
My SOTD is Nectarine Blossom & Honey from JM.
Hoping my Houston Rockets pulls out a win tonight for me. It would actually be the best gift. Keeping my fingers crossed!
Oh, you smell lovely!
Happy birthday! Hope you have a good one.
happy bday!
Happy birthday! You smell fantastic.
Happy Scented Birthday! I hope your team performs to your satisfaction tonight. Good luck!
Happy day! Hope you get to celebrate a basketball win tonight as well!
Hapoy Birthday! Hope you get a chance to celebrate.
Good morning. I’m getting later and later with posting. Between Dakkie’s nocturnal yodelling and the doctor’s magic pill, my sleep patterns are unusual but satisfactory, and it seems I no longer wake at 4.45 every morning. I’m kind of missing my time to think…iron…plan…remember stuff to do…post to NST.
SOTD is Coromandel, which is perfect for today. The city is locked under thick grey cloud, the sky is pressing in, and the rain is falling in sheets. It’s not super cold, but it looks as though it should be, if you see what I mean. Coromandel is slipping into my outfit like a puff of warm air, insulating me against misery with chocolate, patchouli and spice tempered with something slightly herbaceous and medicinal.
What did this perfume teach me? To USE my stuff, love it while I have it and let it go when it’s gone. Also, not to be intimidated by “glamour”. Coromandel was the first Exclusif i bought, back on a trip to Melbourne for some birthday a few years ago. I had never gone into a Chanel boutique at that point–I felt too old, too dowdy, too all sorts of things that are too boring to talk about, but of course, to try the Exclusifs, I had to brave the perfect young things inside. In fact, it was a gorgeous, fun experience…they fell on me with joy, muttered flattering things about my skin, flung pretty colours on me, all criticising the others’ taste, loaded me with samples, treated my purchases with reverence, made me laugh and sent me out into the streets again with my little black and white bag feeling uplifted. Of course, I was converted to Chanel too, so it worked for them too.
Be well, all.
Lovely story and I am so glad you love your Chanel now!
So beautiful!
Great message to just go ahead and do stuff!
Coromandel is one of my favourites
I wasn’t too keen on the shoe at first, but when I saw it from other angles on the website, I kind of like it better. It’s easier to see here that it has an ankle strap.
http://www.marni.com/us/sabot_cod11191173bl.html#dept=mccsndss
Not that I’d spend $660 on a pair of shoes, even if I had that kind of money.
As for the SOTD, I’m wearing Le Labo Vetiver 46, from a sample. The sample fell off my dresser when I was getting ready this morning, so I kind of just went with it. I’m not sure I had worn it before, but I like it. It kind of reminds me of SL Vetiver Oriental, but a little rougher around the edges (and less expensive than the VO, which is apparently only in bell jars).
Egads, those shoes look scary! Very pointy toes are so not my thing. The color is gorgeous, though.
SOTD = a spritz of E & J Nirvana Rose, from the sample stash. This smells like a deeper version of the Rose Jam shower gel I have, IMO. One of these days I ought to wear both of them together, and double-check my sniffer.
I actually really enjoy Nirvana Rose. I think their stuff is pretty good. I like Black as well.
I was pleasantly surprised when I first tried Black.
Haha, my toes started cramping as soon as I saw that photo!
I thought of my mother’s bunions.
Going through old samples and today I am trying Bottega Veneta and Armani Si…both of which are new to me. Not unlike movies, I can’t seem to keep up with new fragrance releases either…
BV is very rich smelling. I can see why it gets praised here.
AS is leafy, green rose on me so far…I don’t detect vanilla yet but see it listed as a note.
I have been going through old perfume and, if you can believe it ;), make-up I have purchased but never worn, and come to the conclusion that I must really, really, love and want something to acquire it going forward.
I have purchased too many perfumes and make-up items b/c of blog reviews, late-night readings of Basenotes/Fragrantica threads, etc. I have given away quite a bit of stuff away to my sister and niece and I’ve sold some on Ebay. Comparatively I don’t have *that* much stuff but, at some point, buying things and not using them becomes a bit odd and starts to border on hoarding.
I’m not getting rid of everything…the Chanels, of course, will escape the purge and I will have plenty of lipsticks and blush…(lipstick is a particular weakness…) but boy it feels good to get rid of stuff.
I saw an article about celebrities being warned about not disclosing relationships for product endorsements on social media and it really made think about all the make-up/perfume I’ve acquired in the last few years and how it’s pretty much directly correlated with time spent reading make-up/beauty blogs…
To be clear, I purchased plenty of make-up and perfume before make-up and beauty blogs were around but, going through all my product, has made me think.
I love make-up and perfume and consider both hobbies/interests but I am going to endeavor lighten the beauty load I buy and leave some for everyone else to enjoy.
Great post, and I’m completely with you on downsizing the make-up load. But old habits die hard. I was in Ulta the other day and bought a new foundation I did NOT need. It’s going back Saturday. I’m also suffering from a bit of Sephora withdrawal. No store where I’m at currently and I’m surprised how much I miss testing/browsing in store.
Thanks, old habits really do. I can remember the rush I felt when I bought a Chanel eyeshadow quad in high school…I still get that rush when I handle make-up.
Ditto on everything
There is always the freebie meet and swap meet.
Sadly, everyday is “eat what you like” day for me. My waistline is expanding…????
However, I smell fab in BoE. To semi-quote Robin- “it makes me HAPPY!”
You DO smell fabulous! I finally got to sniff it either earlier this year or late last year, and I see what all the fuss is about. Gorgeous stuff.
SOTD is Stephane Humbert Lucas Rose Petra. I can’t believe how many compliments I received today on my fragrance.
Oh, man, work has exploded and I’m going to be too busy for the next week or three.
SOTD is Tauer “Lonestar Memories”.
Top: geranium, carrot seed and clary sage;
Mid: leather, cistus and jasmine;
Base: myrrh, sandalwood, vetiver and tonka.
A great smokey-flowery perfume.
Yesterday I organised a team meal for my client’s CEO and the team here in Duesseldorf. We enjoyed great food and wine in a building that started life in the 1500s as the chapel and hospital of a monastery. I got home far to late (and possibly a bit too squiffy) to post here. SOTDY was D. S. & Durga’s “Pale grey mountain, small black lake”.
Top: oakmoss and water notes;
Mid: heather, water pepper, violet, blackberry and beech;
Base: water notes and pigweed.
Maybe I’m suggestible, but this really does remind me of the West of Ireland where I grew up.
Lessons learned from these perfumes:
D S & Durga – sometimes it really pays off to try a perfume because you’re intrigued by the name or the concept. So long as you sample first, what’s the worst that could happen.?
Tauer – a ‘lesson to learn’ rather than ‘lesson learned’: I love Lonestar Memories and am trying to stick to getting a decant rather than springing for a FB. If I got FBs of everything on my wish list, not only would I be a lot poorer, but I really think I’d feel slightly sick at my own extravagance.
See, i would just blind buy that D S Durga based on the name alone, ” Pale grey mountain, small black lake.” And I would double blind buy because of the heather note and the intriguing pigweed. And having oakmoss at the top…with water….that’s cool.
Ha, yes, so would I. In fact this is pretty much my normal M.O.
Nah, buy the full bottle(s) and contribute to keeping Andy Tauer and David Seth Moltz in business, rather than simply contributing to the income of the decanters.
My thoughts exactly!
Nothing better than a 100ml sample!
Just a quick ‘allo as I’m running. LOVE the Marni shoes, and if I was slim and 5’, 6″+ I would be in serious lust.
In Unter den Linden because my fume fairy sent it!
I had an awful perfume accident this morning, I was going to take a pic of Bois d’Armenie for Instagram and I left the perfume on top of my Hermes scarf all night, this morning I wake up with a very strong smell in the house ,I realized that the half of the bottle leaked on the scarf. If you want to see the pic you can see it on my Instagram
https://www.instagram.com/herasukyas/
I am not wearing any scent today.
Oh, dear
How unfortunate!
Ooh how unlucky
You’ve pushed me over the edge…. I just created an instagram thingy for myself. Now that is is done, I feel a huge relief… 50 going on 15! Finally. Posted some pics of the flowers in my garden this grey day. Thank you 21st Century, I too am of you.
No scent today…yet.
My favorite (in a shoe) is an almond toe. Kinda pointy, sort of round.
I also love toe cleavage.
These are my favorite shoe things, too!
We have such good taste!
SOTD: Juliette Has A Gun Gentlewoman
Wanted a bit of a pick me up fot a fay when I wasn’t feeling it. It’s my all-day citrus cologne hit with a hint of almond for days like this.
That would be “for a day” not “fot a fay”
*sigh*
My feet hurt just looking at that shoe!
SOTD = Puredistance White
Creamy musky floral sandalwood Tonka. It smells peachy to me at times but no peaches were harmed in its making. I love it but it got the ixnay from the mater so will need to wear less of it.
Lesson Learned – This one was divisive amongst the bloggers. Don’t let negative reviews from some respected bloggers stop you from trying it and judging for yourself.
Good lesson!
Wearing Rahat Loukoum from a sample tonight; you guys inspired me to use up the whole vial at once.
Today everything went wrong that could have; I’m pretty sure it was carry-over from last night’s full moon. But my bottle of vintage Diorissimo arrived yesterday in the mail so that kind of saved yesterday and today. I’d been eyeing the Dior for awhile but broke down, because I was pretty sure I needed it just for today.
Hopefully we don’t get the storms and continued flooding over night. Stay fragrant and safe everyone!