Hump Day, Walt Whitman's birthday and the end of May! What fragrance are you wearing?
I'm doing green, in Costume National Cyber Garden by Antoine Lie.
Reminder: 6/2 will be Antoine Friday...wear a fragrance by perfumer Antoine Lie or Antoine Maisondieu, if you have one.
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: image shows detail from a 2013/2014 Costume National campaign.
SOTD Shalimar EDT thanks to a generous NSTer
SipOTD is Pleine Lune by MF and it does feel like a full moon even though its morning.
I always confuse Pleine Lune and Thé de Lune. I’m sure it’s gorgeous.
how is The de Lune
Thé de Lune is wonderful
You smell great!
You smell wonderful!
Mmm, you smell lovely!
Thank you
Due to being so benign yesterday I am choosing to pull a Holly today and am a cacophony of smellies-
Bas de Soie (inner right arm)
Tuberose Criminelle (outer right arm….this fragrance would have been weird to me six years ago as a perfume…not anymore…smells like Ben Gay due to the wintergreen note – a scent I am all too familiar with from my dancing days)
Fleurs de Sel (inner left arm)
Oeillet Bengale (outer right arm)
Tardes (neck)
Orange Sanguine over Safran Troublant over Black Flower Mexican Vanilla on my sweater
I am really enjoying the BFMV as a base for just about every fragrance. And Orange Sanguine as a top to brighten up other fragrances…the other day I wore OS over vintage Amazone and it was “Amaz”ing!
I am also grateful for this opportunity to sample so many fragrances that are out of my comfort zone and I feel that I am truly expanding my olfactory palate. Certain notes that were once verboten in my fragrance collection, like cumin and ambergris, I am really coming around to appreciating and , dare I say it, liking!
Which brings me to a question for Robin- any chance we could do a community project around the polarized note of cumin? I know I have given you other ideas but just adding this one to the mix….cumin seems to be a topic of conversation as of late on NST.
the OB is on the “left” outer arm and don’t forget rabbit rabbit rabbit tomorrow!!!!
Woo hoo, a triple layer! I’ll have to try that. ????
It is actually quite good!
Tuberose Criminelle-that’s a great one! You smell amazing!
The cumin community project sounds like a great idea!
TC is good and I think the cumin project would be fun.
I once tried a tester of Orange Sanguine that had gone badly badly off — so bad that now I’m afraid of that whole line!
Do try it again…it is a pretty versatile fragrance. I like the whole line.
I’m pro-cumin myself, but I know many here avoid it like the plague! They must be getting something I’m not…
I used to avoid it like the plague because I associate it with food and not with something to wear to smell pretty…also, I think my skin really amps it up…I think because it is a love it/hate it kind of note it might be fun to see what lovers of cumin recommend and also to get haters of cumin to come out of their comfort zones and perhaps give cumin another try. Just an idea
!! Cause Robin already knows I am shameless in that I want my name attached to a community project-LOL!
Don’t worry — you will get a project
I didn’t know you used to dance! What kind?
Ballet…many many many many moons ago
I’m wearing En Passant. It smells like the church where I was married 42 years ago today. It was full of lilacs and sunshine, as this scent is.
Happy Anniversary SS! <3
Happy anniversary to you and your hubby!
Congratulations! Hope I get there too.
Beautiful scent and scent memory! Happy anniversary!
beautiful, I think of it as something to wear to a wedding too
I appreciate all your wishes, but I should have mentioned that my husband passed away 13 years ago, so it isn’t really my anniversary. It still is a wonderful memory, however,
Love is forever. May the memory of your time together warm your heart. Lilacs are such a wonderful, ethereal scent.
Like cazaubon said memories and love endure. Hugs to you!
I know you cherish dearly the memories of that wonderful day very deeply in your heart. You smell wonderful. Sending you hugs.
Adding more anniversary wishes!
What a very lovely memory.
A very sweet memory! Happy anniversary!
Happy Anniversary!
What a beautiful image. Happy anniversary!
Wow! Happy anniversary
What a beautiful memory.
Thanks everyone, it is indeed a wonderful memory.
I’m wearing Je suis un homme by Antoine Lie for Etat Libre d’Orange. This is a wonderful scent. It feels very much like a masculine, but I’ve already had one compliment on it from a colleague. She wears Déclaration.
I need to try that one again. And your colleague has good taste!
I had never thought she would enjoy this. She usually wears Pleasures or Beautiful, but she instantly commented on it as we met outside of where we work, and did so again a few hours later. She found it highly amusing that it’s called Je suis un homme.
It’s a good fragrance, not my favourite of either Lie or ELDO, but very good.
She wears Pleasures, Beautiful or Declaration?? That’s an unusual fragrance wardrobe!
She is very, very conventional with a few odd preferences that are not at all conventional added to the mix. (a preference for certain rather outspoken Dutch comedians for instance.) So I’m sure Déclaration and Je suis un homme fit into the latter.
Wearing Eris Belle de Jour today.
Enjoying the heck out of MDCI Chypre Palatin today.
Nice!
I was humming “How Sweet It Is To Be Loved by You” so I grabbed Botrytis to go with it…
Wearing something very bright and happy today…Cedrat Enivrant, as I will need it.
My sister and I are helping my dad declutter the house for a bit today, and take some of mom’s clothes to a women’s shelter. We usually break up the activity a little with lunch, and I’m bringing a strawberry cake along for dessert.
Ahem. Y’all have a good day!
How nice of you guys to do that (I wish I could get either of my parents to de-clutter before they are gone and I end up doing it). I am sure the shelter will be thankful too. Strawberry cake to boot is great!
I bought several Atelier soaps from Ari’s store for Easter baskets. Younger family member added the Cedrat Enivrant to the soap mix in the shower and I have been secretly using it….love it!
Bon courage! The strawberry cake sounds yummy.
Ditto!
I would help de clutter for strawberry cake
Hugs. You smell wonderful while you’re decluttering. Cedrat Enivrant is one of my faves from Atelier.
Cedrat Enivrant – I love it!
Puredistance M again-this one lasts forever. Comforting on a rainy day!
You smell great!
Chanel No 5 L’Eau today. I can’t do the original No 5 but the L’Eau version is charming.
Hey twin, we smell great! The original is not for me either. I appreciate it’s greatness, but it feels like playing dress up. This one is just right.
I love both versions, but lately I’ve been reaching for L’Eau a lot more.
When I wrote both versions, I meant EDP and L’Eau.
You smell great. I love L’Eau and Eau Premiere but the original is too much for me.
I adore the original EDP and the l”eau, but don’t find the Eau Premiere sits well on my skin.
L’Eau is so easy to wear. Enjoy!
I am wearing a decant of Bombay Bling. It was given to me which is nice, but not my scent. She has some others that are sounding interesting so maybe another…
I just got my second decant of Bombay Bling, and gave the last tiny drops of the first one to the young lady at our corner store who complimented it. I’m working hard to turn her into a perfumista. Anyway, I think you smell great, even if you don’t think so!
It is nice, just not FB worthy for me. I am trying to turn the girl at the local Peets coffee into a perfumista
I agree, it’s too aggressively high-spirited.
SOTD is PG Cuir d’Iris, sprayed lightly. It’s muggy today, so I’m experimenting to see if CdI blooms in heat the way Vol de Nuit does.
Muggy here too! At least it finally warmed up.
No 5 L’ Eau. Just because I haven’t worn it in awhile. Grateful the sun is shining. Happy humpday!
You smell great!
You smell fab
In L’Heure Bleue for no other reason than, y’know, L’Heure Bleue. Reading the Cyber Garden review makes me really want to try Corsica Furiosa! I was fascinated by mastic desserts when I visited Turkey.
You smell wonderful! I wore LHB last night.
Twins! We smell great!
CF is very much worth trying!
I’m trying a sample of Mancera Roses Vanille, which is a sort of rose-liquor-sweet-vanilla on me. Not bad so far, but I have a feeling it will go flat in the dry-down.
That sounds really good…I like rose+vanilla a lot!
Friday, where are you??? Wearing Jo Malone Myrrh and Tonka (thanks to the generous Elizabeth). I am enjoying it greatly on another busy, gray and cool day. Coffee and more coffee….
Friday where are you? —my theme for today methinks!
For a short week, it sure feels long. Hang in there!
So happy you’re enjoying! It sounds delightful with a cup of coffee.
Thank you!
SOTD the lovely Mohur Extrait! A desert island fragrance for sure.
I hope you don’t mind if I keep wandering over to sniff you!
I’m wearing Serge Lutens A la nuit
Beautiful! I thought about that one this morning but didn’t want to bury under long sleeves.
You smell fantastic!
Even in all my samples I don’t have a single perfume by either of the Antoines, so today I’m in Atelier Cologne Bois Blonds from a new decant. Weather here is perfect – mostly sunny and low 70s (F). It’s days like this that I feel extra lucky to be able to walk to work.
House twins!!!!! And I am envious of your weather.
SOTD is Box of Eels in the hopes it will help boost my mood since I’m feeling a bit cranky this morning. Not sure it was very effective, but the fact it’s Walt Whitman’s Birthday did the job!
Happy Birthday Walt! You are remembered and appreciated by many!
hope your day and your mood perk up
I almost did that one, I have a small sample but this morning it was foggy so I decided to stay warm in Shalimar.
I’m wearing Hermes Eau de Pamplemousse Rose today, and drinking a cup of lemon ginger tea.
Yum. I need to wear that soon.
I’m in Hermes Eau de Neroli Dore today.
Sadly I just finished my sample. And I. want. moar!
I finished a decant of Neroli Dore around this time last year and I’m craving it again too. Wish it was cheaper! This is one that deserves to be sprayed with abandon.
https://www.fragrancenet.com/fragrances/hermes/hermes-eau-de-neroli-dore/cologne?gclid=CJHY__fEmtQCFYeCswod2GMEXw&mv_pc=gawus_pla_c_g_185766920_284970&utm_campaign=g&utm_medium=cpc&utm_source=google_us#284970
No affiliation but I think this is a pretty good price…also, Sephora carries it and they allow you three free samples and they are rather large samples…if you get a nice SA and she fills your spray vial to the top each sample is about 3-4 ml which should hold you over :)…..if you are willing to walk in with family members/friends they can have samples too which is another way to get more of Neroli Dore!
I can have Neroli Dore at similar price here. Last year I tried to split it twice, no takers. Go figure!
Lucas, I say buy the bottle for yourself and use it lavishly :0
Maybe I will!
It’s Internationa Children’s Day tomorrow and… aren’t we all children?
Indeed we are all children at heart! I say go for it!
Thanks for the hot tip! This is still more than I want to pay for a full bottle, unfortunately, but it sure is tempting! I don’t think the Sephora nearest me carries Neroli Dore, but this reminds me to look for it at Nordstrom, where I’ve also gotten free samples.
My Sephora carries all the Hermes in the mens section…I only found this out recently when I went in to make samples for a younger male family member.
The opening of that one is so incredibly gorgeous. But that’s all I get from it. No matter how much I spray, I get the opening… then 60 seconds later it’s all over. I thought it was just me but the same thing happens on my H. Lucky you, then, and by all means, no better way to celebrate Int’l Children’s Day
On my skin Eau de Neroli Dore smells for about an hour, maybe 2 before it’s completely gone. But sometimes it’s just enough as a refreshment. Of course ideally I’d love it to stick to my skin for whole day
Yum! You smell fantastic!!
I’m in CDG’s “Stephen Jones” from a tiny dauber, and even on my scent eating skin, a drop or two is plenty. The FB is a black version of that cream puff of glass for Wisteria Hysteria. Lucky Scent lists its notes as: violet leaf, meteorite, cloves, carnation, rose, violet, jasmin, heliotrope, gaïac wood, magma, black cumin, vetiver, amber
The fact that it is an edt is a good thing–Wouldn’t need it any stronger.
I think may need a larger decant to test this more. It is a little strange–not at all a slam dunk for an FB–but I am weirdly drawn to it!
Anyone else tried it?
I liked it but never got around to buying a FB. It is odd but interesting.
I wore it last week and LOVED it. I went searching for more, as well, but it appears to be d/c’d, sadly. If you find a good source, let me know. I pretty much got violet and heliotrope – nothing weird, and possibly very close to my ideal violet. I dumped an entire sample on myself and didn’t get massive projection, but I did wonder how it would wear sprayed.
I just ordered myself a decant from TPC, and Lucky Scent has the bottle for $150…
! Maybe (maybe) a split is in our future…
To paraphrase from Casablanca –Louis, I think this could be the beginning of a beautiful perfumeship.
I stand corrected! Lucky Scent just wrote me back that Stephen Jones was “out of production.” Guess its decants then. Solves one thing. . . .
Neil deGrass Tyson would give you two thumbs up for that meteorite note ????
And you know he makes my heart go pitter-patter!
But a good idea for a Friday project too… fragrances that are “out of this world,” the weird, synthetic, space-based, molecular wonders… that we wear.
Stephen Jones is weirdly great. Weird AND great. I keep getting 2ml samples and using them up.
That may be my strategy. It is just odd enough that I could see going off it if I had a full bottle—gosh but I do like the bottle… I don’t need a bottle of anything these days, however, except maybe orange blossom honey or or or. . . . world peace.
SotD is Red Roses by Jo Malone. Trying to use up the sample, I have about one more day’s worth of wear in it. I like this perfume but not enough for a whole bottle. C’est la vie!
Chanel No 22 today. Feeling sophisticated ????
Question for anyone who’s ordered from the Ormonde Jayne website: do they send some sort of email notification of shipment or receipt of an order? I haven’t heard anything from them since I ordered last week.
I’m fairly positive I got an order confirmation but not a shipping notification. It just showed up about 5 days later. I’ll see if I still have it and let you know.
The only email I can find that I still have is where it confirmed I created an account. But I remember getting two emails from them, one the account confirmation, and I believe the other was an order confirmation. I know I didn’t get a shipment notification though. I did get the product in less than a week, which surprised me since I assumed it would be coming from overseas.
Thanks and that is fast delivery! Yeah, I think I got the account one but it was to subscribe to emails. I’ll give it til early next week then…
Don’t hesitate to email them if you want to check. I found them quite responsive.
Keeping it light and breezy in Infusion d’Iris EdT.
You smell super good!
I’m in L’Heure Bleue today just because I wanted it. It’s a nice spring day here and it seems to fit.
house cousins!
You smell fab!
In between thunderstorms having a warm sunny break. A perfect day for Tauer Noontide Petals!
Enjoy the thunderstorms…for some reason I like them. In the summer on the East coast they are frequent but in SD few and far between.
Today I opened up a big aloe vera leaf and spread some goo on my elbow eczema and a burn on my arm. I noticed that it has a very pungent odor, a little salty and a little cuminy, a bit like BO. So that’s my scent of the morning. I bought it at the supermarket so I’m wondering if the odor might come from what the plant was watered with and what kind of soil it grew in. And that makes me wonder about how the environment effects the smell of plants in general and if that is taken into consideration when the raw materials are selected for perfumery. Pondering..
We have had several days of wet weather here in New England and I have really been getting into taking walks in the evening, when the rain has let up but everything is still damp. It’s like an olifactory wonderland on those nights. I can smell the damp soil, the flowering plants, the balsamic smells from the greenery. It’s a real treat.
I grew up in the Canary Islands where aloe vera and similar plants grow more or less naturally and the odor I remember is basically like you describe. It is true that water for irrigating the plants is obtained from the sea via desalination plants and is not “soft”.
I love the smell of nature…especially when it segues from winter to spring…that is the best odor in the world
Every aloe leaf I’ve ever split has a weird, slightly off-putting odor. It is a salty-fleshy scent. I’ve grown lots of different aloes and some smell stronger but they all seem to be similar. As far as I can tell, hard or soft water doesn’t make a huge difference.
SOTD is Beyond Paradise Men. I grew curious about Beyond Paradise and discovered it won’t be easy to smell it here, don’t know if the House of Estee is available.
I don’t think I ever smelled the men’s — good?
I’m trying En Voyage Frida. weird fruity!!!
Aaaaaand not anymore. That was a scrubber on me.
Money Saved
Every little bit counts!
And here my ears were perking up at “weird fruity!” Oh well… Did it come off?
When I woke up this morning I could still smell Salome (I sprayed it on yesterday evening) on my arm without much effort.
So longevity with 2 sprays at least 14 hours. And it still smelled sooo good. Maybe the last phase is the best! Oh and my husband digs it as well.
I went for a run at 10 AM and took a shower…and even after that it faintly lingered on. Woah.
But I decided to drown it all in Vetiver blanc, by Sultan Pasha.
I think I wear this scent at least once a week. Its a fabulous and magical mix of very good quality vetiver, tuberose and ambergris. I am addicted.
I have a few Antonies (even a FB, Hinoki), but so far did not feel like wearing them.
But do you get half a point for a ‘by proxy’ wearing (if I spray it on my husband)?
Erhm I mean Antoines (not Antonies, hahaha)
Oh and like the clothes and shoes from Costume National. Wish I could afford them. I have a trench(y) coat from their cheaper CNC sub brand though. Good quality. Wearing it for 3,5 years now and still looks good!
Salomé is seriously superb perfume in every way! You smell great I’m sure. I’m zeroing in on the Vetiver you mentioned because I’m addicted to anything that contains Vitamin V these days…????
Vitamin V
I love vetiver, so versatile and full of surprises but always recognisable and comforting to me (like meeting an old friend).
How is the staying power for you for Vetiver Blanc? It felt much lighter on me than some of his other attars
For a SP-attar its pretty ‘weak’, but I get 6 to 8 hours out of it.
(a heavy hitter like incense royale lasts at least 12 hours…)
Also, Vetiver blanc starts out light, but after 30-45 minutes it seems to increase in strength. And…it seems to smell even better and somewhat stronger on me in warm weather/on sun kissed skin.
Have you tried his truffle one yet?
No…but with my order of 1ml Vetiver blanc, sultan sent me a prototype of the White Truffle. It was still work in progress but it was already lovely.
Normally that kind of scent (powdery flowers with vanilla) is not my cup of tea, but Sultan manages to make me fall for it haha.
Sultan is bad for the wallet
Hello Everyone! I’m feeling a lot better today compared to yesterday. Thanks to everyone for the well wishes!
I always think of the movie “The Notebook” when I think of Walt Whitman. He was amazing!
My SOTD is a mixture of Figue by Molinard and Wood Sage & Sea Salt by Jo Malone. I don’t know why I put those two together, but they smell wonderful together.
Robin, maybe that could be a theme one week: mix / combine 2 fragrances together to create a new one (if it hasn’t been done already).
Happy Hump Day Everyone!
LOL! I already threw that idea at Robin and called it “Blending 101” but I wasn’t sure if we already did it….my brain often draws a blank on prior community projects.
I like the sound of your blend, btw…I am pretty sure that madtowngirl uses Wood Sage & Sea Salt with Lime, Basil & Mandarin which also is a nice combo.
I like “Blending 101” also. Don’t quite remember whether or not its been done – my brain is just scattered right now. Lol!
I have so many samples of Lime, Basil & Mandarin – its a bit too masculine for me (hence the reason I blend scents). I will have to try it with the Wood Sage & Sea Salt – I might just like it!
We have done a couple different sorts of layering challenges. Blending 101 is a better name, though! We’ll do another at some point I’m sure.
Today I wearing some 2016 Noir de Noir and some from 2012 from a decant I just received from evilBay.
I am sniffing compulsively and…so far…they smell…wait for it…
Exactly the same! I cannot discern any differences between the two.
I shall, of course, continue arduously sniffing throughout the day and report back.
I suppose NdN may have already been reformulated by 2012 but based on the complaints on Fragrantica I suspected some tinkering 2013 or after.
So now it looks like I can proceed with a current bottle…I wonder if I call Notino they will confirm a batch code before they ship it…seems crazy and unlikely and yet…
Glad to know you can possibly proceed with a current bottle. Also glad to know my bottle is not too far off from the 2012! Happy sniffing!
Yes, they are progressing just about the same…I’d say the 2012 has a slightly dirtier/animalic patchouli but I am looking for variance. Longevity is similar.
Such exciting findings for a regular Wednesday.
Thanks again for the sample!
I was craving No 5 edt earlier – I guess it’s not just me as many here are wearing various versions of it.
Speaking of No 5, I found (and bought) a bottle of Parfum de Toilette yesterday. I googled and googled and couldn’t find any references to No 5 Parfum de Toilette. Anyone here a Chanel expert? The bottle looked quite old and is shipping from Thailand from a seller who seems to specialize in vintage Chanel. At $28 I didn’t figure I had much to lose, so I went for it.
I ended up in the last of an Apres l”Ondee decant and kind of wished I’d put the aforementioned No 5 edt on until I realized my bottle of Guerlain Vetiver is to be delivered any minute. Apres L’Ondee doesn’t last long on me so transitioning to Vetiver should work beautifully.
I’m certainly no expert but also googled to find nothing except being thoroughly engrossed by the wiki page for No 5 (particularly surrounding Coco, herself)history. Very intriguing and then wondered if I should boycott, lol.
Cool today, and if I am going Antoine-s, I mostly have that awesome and cheap little ELDO sample box–today is jasmine et cigarette, before it’s too sultry for it.
I think Jasmine et cigarette is my favorite from that box; maybe I’ll wear it tomorrow!
You smell lovely!
Btw I read in reviews some people get ‘ashtray’, but I dont get that at all. Do you?
Butting in (sorry!) to say that I don’t get ashtray from Jasmin Et Cigarette, but I do get tobacco leaves. Very thankful I don’t get ashtray!!
Maybe a tiny wisp of smoke? But not as much as I’d prefer. I heard it was reformulated…
Back from Scotland and horribly jet lagged still despite sleeping for over 9 hours last night. I should’ve taken today off work too.
We drove to 5 castles (visited 4, 1 was closed), two Abbeys, one palace, two hiking trails – one to visit “Fairy Pools” and one for viewing cliffs, and visited a distillery. I had whiskey almost every night and came back with two bottles of it and three smaller bottles of mead. Driving on the left-hand side of the road was terrifying and using two facets (one for hot one for cold) was incredibly annoying. It was hotter in Scotland than it was on the east coast US for the majority of the week because we were there during the once-in-ten-years freak heat wave. No place there had AC and one of our B&B’s put us in the attic…. Needless to say we didn’t sleep that night. Twilight hours of 3:30 am and 10:30 pm meant I was horribly confused as to when to sleep and got very little of it. But we still had a great time and it was fascinating and weird and I’m glad to be home in my own bed with one facet in my bathroom.
I’m sorta functioning today. Mostly on a double dose of coffee this morning that’s left me jittery while still being jet-lagged. I still feel airport hangover gross so I put on L’ombre dans l’eau so I’d try to feel awake and somewhat fresh.
I am sure the trip made your life richer, but, for us who don’t get to travel for pleasure, your report provides a consolation — so thank you for that, and hope your jet lag is soon over!
Welcome back/home (sweet home)!
So funny. I have hot and cold faucets and never really thought about it. Hmm.
Oooh, I am with you on disliking separate cold and hot water taps! I hope your jet lag disappears shortly.
Olfactive Studio Lumière Blanche today, because I wanted something to give me a hug. (Nothing’s wrong; my job is just hard. As well it should be.) Sorry, Antoines.
That’s a good attitude to have! Plus it will likely get easier, just I hope not tediously so.
Mmm, it’ll get easier in that I’ll understand what I need to do. It’ll get harder too, though, in that I’ll have lots of concurrent projects and work like crazy. We’ll see.
*hug* hope your day was ok
It was ok
I just have kind of dread-filled mornings before heading to work as I think about all the things I don’t know.
I’m sampling LL Rose 31. Nope.
Rose 31 didn’t work for me either.
With you here. I hate it. Oddly I do like the shower gel but not enough to pay for it.
agreed!
The only Rose 31 I love is the bar soap. I actively dislike the rest, but those bar soaps are luxurious.
Dirty socks left to percolate in a closed gym bag. Yuck.
I was complaining about my job one day and a friend of mine stated: “It’s spelled W O R K, not F U N!” Well, alrighty then????
Oops! That’s in response to Koyel!
Your friend knows how to spell (but I don’t
I should remember that more often
No! I REFUSE to live by that kind of reasoning! When I was young and idealistic, I promised myself that my job would HAVE to be fun (in a global sense) or I wouldn’t do it. Let’s see how long I can hold onto that.
No Antoine in my collection (except some samples), so Les Nez Turtle Vetiver Back, and I feel I need to wear this one more often!
Oh man I have always wanted to smell that one!
jjlook,
Let me get some supplies for decanting, and I’ll send you a sample. Would you also like a sample of Vetiver Front?
Yum!
Using up a sample of What We Do in Paris Is Secret today. I’m back at work from a little staycation. My mom visited from Chicago and so my husband and I did the whole she-bang. She was here for her birthday as well, so I took her to Jo Malone (which she loves, she had never been to the boutique before,) for the hand and arm massage. my sales assistant is such a doll, she had the whole thing extra special with bakery cookies, mousse cake, frites all dolled up in the jo malone cups with ribbon, several beverages. My mom never really wore perfume until I got interested, and so I send her samples, so far her favorites are Orange Blossom, Peony and Blush Suede, Byredo Seven Veils, 1996, and Flowerhead, and Replica Beach Walk. One of the days that we spent in LA we took her to Scent Bar which she also really enjoyed. All the staff there are just so nice and helpful, they recommended several that she liked and ended up getting samples of the Different Company Une Nuit Magnetique, White Zagora, Tokyo Bloom, and VC&A California Reverie. Apparently we’ve found that The Different Company may be the line for her! I hadn’t really explored that line much besides I miss violet and Kashan Rose. No matter how often I go in to Scent Bar, I always have a great time and learn something new.
Sounds like you guys had a blast! So jealous!
We did!
Such a lovely way to celebrate her! Did you leave ascent Bar with anything new? I love that place, too.
only samples. I was actually going to only get 2 samples, and the sales assistant was like get these too, take advantage while you’re here, you should try this on your skin! hahaha. they’re extremely nice regardless of who you are, but all of the employees know me so it’s really great fun. I ended up with samples of Crop 2016 (a really minty oud) by House of Oud, and some recommendations from the new line by Michel Almairac, Totally White (which is a really wonderful lilac) and Milky Musk. The last sample I got was Deja le Printemps by Oriza L. Legrand–he really wanted me to see if I’d like that one on my skin. It’s rare that I purchase in the boutique, I mainly go there to ask them what’s new and worth smelling. Then I’ll purchase from the website. Oh, also I smelled the new Tauer. One of the employees was saying that she doesn’t typically like his perfumes, but she likes this one, because it’s so unlike his previous perfumes. I sprayed it while I was there and found it to be delightful. I haven’t tried it on my skin, but while it’s light I sensed a bit of a classic feel to it.
Yeah, they were very friendly and generous with samples the 2 times I’ve been. But I went with every intention of impulse buying-which I accomplished both times!
Deja la Printemps is pretty but seems like you need to douse yourself for full effect. Please report back on Milky Musk (weird name) as I’m forever on a musk quest.
will do!
Any time I see a name of this perfume I remember the post at NST from few years back when someone left a comment that a flanker to it would be named “What We Do In Paris Went Viral on the Internet”
HAHAHA
Sounds like you had a blast with your mom!
Lucky you and mom. I really wish I didn’t love 3000 miles from scent bar. They are so lovely there.
they really are wonderful!
Jo Malone Nectarine Blossom & Honey.
First perfume since getting hit hard by a cold last week.
Glad you’re feeling better.
Thank you!
That’s my fave! Hope it makes you feel better the way it does for me. I’m just getting over something myself. It’s making its rounds!
Nice to hear that you’re on the mend.
After work at whole foods, gave myself a healthy dose of 50:50 sandalwood to rose perfume oils. Very nice!!
STOD – Kyoto Gyoen Attar by the Rising Phoenix. I think I found my holly grail Osmanthus
I saw your post yesterday and ordered a gram to try. So excited! Any others that uou recommend?
Rose Musc attar, City Out and Wild Thai Suede (first 2-3 minutes on my skin were like ‘oh crap this is too much wood’, but very quickly it settled in the most buttery suede I have ever smelled). I also tried his Sandalwood oil and it is amazing. For non-sweet coffee, I highly recommend Kopi Luwak Attar. I also got a small sample of mughal Amber Oud and it is amazing (although super pricey!!)
Taking notes! Thanks Clarissa!
Lalalalalalalalalalala
THAT!
From my ELDO Discovery set, I am wearing Jasmin et Cigarette. I think I need a decant of this.
Love this stuff! Sephora has it in a 1-oz size.
I seem to have more Antoine’s than previous themes but felt like Chanel 19 today. I don’t wear this enough! I find this pretty and feminine not hard and bitter at all.
I agree, I find No 19 ‘pretty’ and friendly as well, both the edt and edp.
I dont get a ‘bitchy’ vibe or the coldness that some people attribute to it. Or maybe its the vintage they have in mind. I never smelled a vintage version…
I like to call No. 19 my Invisible Armor scent, so I do kinda get what the detractors are referring to, at least to some degree. But I feel very comfortable and embraced in it as well as armored. Love it.
Which formulation are you wearing? Regardless, you smell wonderful!
Morning, all. We still have wireless connection problems: Telecom is “working hard to reinstate our usual high standards of service” or sone equally weaselly, meaningless words. SOTD is Divine, by Divine, bought on a trip to Paris some years ago. I like this on about seven days of the year, and this Black Thursday is one of them: it’s cold, it may rain, I have a pile of marking to get through in a hurry, and our Dakkie is a very sick boy. Of all these things, the only one that matters is Dakkie. Divine seemed to be a suitable perfume for holding off the worry and fear that is gripping me: it’s rich, interesting and complex, yet essentially undemanding. It smells unambiguously, effortlessly pretty, and has a certain presence without being particularly assertive. Also, if the news about Dakkie’s tests us what I’m braced for, it’s not a perfume I would necessarily grieve for because of associations with a bad moment.
Be well, all.
I hope Dakkie makes a full recovery. Poor baby.
Keeping my fingers crossed for Dakkie!
Sending warm thoughts to you and Dakkie.
My prayers for Dakkie’s full recovery. Sending hugs.
Love and prayers to you both.
Hoping all the best for Dakkie.
Best wishes for Dakkie-cat!
Oh poor Dakkie! I hope the news is manageable or even good.
Hoshi, Kokoro and I send positive thoughts to Dakkie.
I’m praying for the best for you and Dakkie. It is so heartbreaking to see your fur-baby unwell.
Best wishes to Dakkie (and you) <3
Sending hugs to you and Dakkie.
Hugs to you and Dakkie!
SOTD is Rose de Siwa. I miss the sun. Has anyone seen it lately?
Beautiful perfume! I’m looking at the sun. Still there.
You smell lovely.
Our rain just managed to clear up (oops, hope I didn’t jinx anything by mentioning it).
Nice one! The sun played peek-a-boo after a drizzly morning.
It did and heated up! I was way overdressed.
I went with Byredo 1996 today.
Oh, you smell nice. Something about 1996 reminds me of opening my old cedar chest and inhaling….
1996 is great. you smell wonderful!
Day 3 of my course and I’m planning to wear Bois des Iles – a little treat for my colleagues. Well, I hope they see it that way
HA — hope that worked out!
Wearing the refreshing Burberry Brit Rhythm for Women by Antoine M. I think it is the only full bottle I own by either of the Antoines.
You smell great!
Waft on with confidence and hope through all crises.
SotD = Infusion d’Amande
I like Amande best of the variant Infusions (Oeillet, Oranger, Vetiver, and Iris Cedre) I’ve tried so far. Amande has the delicious-but-inedible balance I love.
With the Intense flankers arriving, I’m reminded that I never tried Prada’s La Femme and L’Homme. Time to hit the perfume counters for some sniff therapy.
I intend to go back and re-spray Amande. I liked it too.
Oh, please do! Amande gets better each time I wear it.
SOTD = Gucci Eau de Parfum 2, by Antoine Maisondieu, from the sample stash. It’s blackberry-floral soap on me.
I’m having wine to relax after giving baths to four struggling kittens. Trauma! They just were not very clean and had fleas. This is their 2nd bath so I hope they’ll be happier now. If only they would more reliably use their litter box!
Today I’m wearing Fils de Dieu. Lately it seems like all I want is citrus. Bring me your limes and tangerines, please!
Atelier Cologne Cedrat Enivrant!
Thanks, I will look for it and try it!
Another cooooold morning here in southern Oz. SOTD: 5 O’Clock Gingembre for a warming spicy blanket to get me through what will be a trying day. Early school run, train to work till lunch, train back, school pick up, drive across town to pediatric dentist… *sigh*
You smell great!
SOTD is ELdO “Eau de Protection” by the two Antoines.
Top: ginger, bergamot and pepper;
Mid: jasmine, geranium and rose;
Base: patchouli, benzoin, incense and cacao.
Nice stuff – at first blast the rosey-fresh scent reminds me of Hermes “Rose Ikebana”. I presume that’s the geranium impersonating rhubarb. The later development is different, so they are not smellalikes. Middling lasting power.
You smell nice. That’s a nice one.
SOTD = Chanel No. 19 EDP
What a day…long…but went better than expected! Perhaps the trick is to expect the worst everyday. Bah!