Monday. Also, happy Juneteenth, and happy World Sauntering Day! What fragrance are you wearing?
I'm wearing Hermès Un Jardin Sur Le Toit, from Kevin's top 10 of summer 2016. Nope, still don't love it.
Reminder: On 6/23, wear one of your "top 10 of summer" fragrances (unless it's winter where you are, in which case wear one of your "top 10 of winter" scents).
And for those of you who like to plan ahead, see Scent of the day ~ Friday community projects 2017, where I'll try to always have the next five or six weeks mapped out in advance.
Note: top image is Apples and pears 166 [cropped] by Apple and Pear Australia Ltd at flickr; some rights reserved.
Monday again (sigh!) The day right now is so beautiful that I would love to be outside enjoying it. Since we are at the end of the fiscal year, we are super busy rushing to meet deadlines. Wearing O de Lancome, one of my top 10 summer favorites and drinking a big cup of iced coffee. Have a great day everyone!
can you pass me a cup of the ice coffee? Thank you
On you way now
Loved O…….are you wearing current or vintage?
I am wearing current O. I have not tried the vintage.
I ALMOST bought O de Lancome this weekend….I had some reward points about to expire, and this scent was in the running! It’s GOOD STUFF!!!!
(In the end, Coco Noir won my reward points! LOL)
O is sooooo good! But Coco Noir is also a beautiful perfume. Enjoy!!!
O is on my very short list. I want it for summer, but I’m trying really hard to resist the temptation! ????
I would not be able to resist
Narciso edp. How have I not discovered this little department store gem until now? It’s lovely.
I wish he would give his scents more distinctive names though instead of just a variation of his own name. I feel like I need some sort of flow chart to keep the whole line straight. First world problems.
Monday again!?!
You smell great! Yes! I either know them as black, silver, pink, maroon…bottles. I wish he’d/they re-release the Musc oil. I received so many compliments when I wore it. I once had a coworker follow me around enjoying the fragrance!
I adore the Oil as well, purchased a backup when it was relaunched last year so as to avoid heartache, this perfume is an absolute favorite of mine. Here’s the link to Lord & Taylor, they still have some in stock.
http://www.lordandtaylor.com/main/ProductDetail.jsp?PRODUCT%3C%3Eprd_id=845524442099944&site_refer=CSE_GGLPRADS001_LT&gclid=CjwKEAjw7J3KBRCxv93Q3KSukXQSJADzFzVSgwVMyEL-d2513w5rfw86BSD-zPCTRFzn3M-6aw89ARoCxM3w_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds
Love, love, love the NR musc oil. I’m wearing it today. It’s my no-brainer, always perfect fragrance.
Wow awesome!!! Thank you I’ll check it out ????
I for one have no idea which is which and have given up trying to figure it out.
It really is quite lovely. You smell great!
Agree on the name frustration! Smelling good, however!
SOTD VC&A Rose Velours. I love it on relatively cool summer days. I am being matchy by drinking rose black tea with it.
As perfumelover67 and madtowngirl said- Monday again..?!
I am having a particularly Monday-ish day, too.
Hermes Un Jardin sur le Nil. Not just a summer favorite, but I especially appreciate it in summer.
Jardin siblings!
So beautiful and perfect for hot days.
You smell wonderful! That was my SOTD yesterday and it is great in the heat!
SOTD Songes, top 10 for summer
Trying out my recent drug store mascara purchase
Participating in a “pump that rump” fitness challenge for 5 days, today was the first day. So far so good, but I am sure it will increase with intensity as the week goes on
pump that rump? ha!
good luck on that!
Its something for me to do at home and the babies made it really interesting.
Did you use them as weights
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Good Idea!
Temperatures are reaching the 30s (in Celcius, that would be at 86 fahrenheit) this whole week.
For us Dutchies, thats pretty warm.
I have no problem wearing more intense fragrances at home with this weather. But at work I am trying to keep it polite, a bit fresh and friendly. And I really crave something refreshing actually. Alas, my collection does not offer many options. So I am keeping track of what everybody’s wearing this week
SotD
Un Jardin En Mediterranee
Thanks for converting the temperature. I am so clueless with celcius.
To give you a rough ball park number, double the Celsius ( so that would be 2×30=60) and add 32(the fahrenheit temperature that water freezes) 2×30=60 plus 32 =92. It’s not completely accurate but it gives you a rough idea.
It looks like today is the right day for the Jardins. You smell fantastic!
Thank you!
Jiji, I live in the desert (southern end of Death Valley in California), and today it’s supposed to reach a toasty 113 degrees (that’s 45 for you Celsius folks). And that’s NOT the high for the week.
I think many of the Jardins are fresh, and end up being friendly by virtue of relatively mild sillage and longevity. With the exception of Ambre Narguile, all of the Hermessences are office friendly.
Oh wowww that is hottttt!!! I dont think I ever experienced temperatures like that. 38 / 39 degrees celcius (101 F) is probably the max (in Italy).
In the Netherlands average high in july is 22.8 (73 degrees F)…and that is our hottest month. Hahahaha.
Record high here is 38 (100) by the way, but that is an exception.
I cannot imagine 45 being ‘a normal summer day’. But i guess you get used to it.
Jardin en M lasts longer than I thought. Someone once noticed it on me (and complimented me) after a 9 hour wear.
Yes I have my eye on a few Hermessences
that 4×15 ml set seems like a great idea!
In the immortal words of Bill Paxton, may he rest in peace, “Yeah, man, but it’s a dry heat!”
Agreed – those travel sets are hard to resist.
That’s what Western Canadians say about their winters. Yeah, it may be minus 55 here in Edmonton, but it’s a dry cold!
Scent twin! And almost weather twins, too. It was close to 90F (32C) today, until some late afternoon/early evening thunderstorms rolled through the area.
While I do have several full bottles that would do nicely for summer scents for this week’s project I am choosing to continue on with my sample sea. Last night I decided I was just going to dump everything in one bag and grab randomly….a nice mystery.
Today is Café Intense, Opus III and finishing up Seven Veils.
Hi there! My Tea Rose has just arrived and you were so right, its pure fresh rose. Gorgeous. Thank you!
Oh thank goodness you like it!!! You are gifting it to your mom, right? At least now you know what and where to get it for future gift giving. And I am sure that the price was good too
For mom along with Ostara! The price is amazing, will get a bottle for me too.
Hey Gabriela, I am going to Barcelona again at the end of the year! If you see this, please email me (click on my name to get contact info).
And I have now moved on to Ninfeo Mio and Matin D”orage
I’m going to be sampling, but also wearing existing summer favorites this week. First up is a sample of Mediterraneo. I think I need Decant of this.
Same here, I’m on a favourites + sampling spree, my combo today is Lys med (excellent as always) and later on the sample: mare pacifico (linari), on my skin a total scrubber
Getting my annual review today and am in sedately pretty Ivoire.
Good Luck! <3
Oh, I had forgotten Ivoire! Thanks for reminding me, you smell lovely. I think I will join you.
Good luck. You smell beautiful.
I need to get Ivoire in rotation….I tend to forget that one too. It’s soooo good!
Triple strength coffee.
Extra long workout.
Lots of ‘work’ work to do !!!
Prada Luna Rossa Extreme.
Wears lightly despite being an EDP.
Labdanum, black pepper, vanilla, lavender, bergamot.
Alright, I’ve procrastinated long enough……………..
into the abyss, onward and upward !!!
Carpe Diem. Peace.
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Yes the centering is nice. I feel so balanced all of a sudden
Your posts are particularly suited for centering!
yes and they are very poetic in a free flow of thought….
With apologies to Bear, you are now uncentered.
Now I just need to write a function to center all of Bear’s comments and leave everyone else left aligned…
and I thought it was just MY computer doing that!
Seems to me that Bear is always nicely centered….he appears to have his ducks in a row! (And he smells good…)
Good morning, NST! Hey, is the formatting of the blog different today for anybody else? Everything switched from left-justified to centered last night (on my iPad) and still is this morning (on a desktop computer). Apparently it stuck in my subconscious because I had my first NST-related dream (sort of a nightmare) last night – in my dream I had posted a very short, simple list of Acqua di Parma fragrances I like, and when I hit “post” it turned into such a long list of LINKS that it broke the website. I was frantically trying to email Robin to apologize when I woke up. Phew.
SOTD is vintage Vol de Nuit EDT – wore it to a Father’s Day celebration yesterday and it bloomed beautifully in the heat (somewhat the way the parfum concentration does) so I had to wear it again today. Happy Monday!
Ahh… you smell wonderful and have just inspired me for my SOTD. I’ve been commando so far. Have a great week!
Happy to help! You’re going with extrait though, aren’t you.
Yep! Full bore vintage extrait. They don’t make ’em like that anymore!
NST anxiety dream
Yes, I noticed that this am on my iPhone.
With all the things to have anxiety over, THIS is what I choose?
HEY — it was YOU! (No, seriously, I fixed something else last night and it broke the comments section. I am working on it. I know some people like it better but in any case, it cannot be centered as the result of an error I can’t find, that isn’t a good idea.)
And adding — if it is going to be centered, the gravatar can’t be hanging over there to the left, that looks weird!
LOL! I agree – centered is only a little bit weird, but the gravatar/screen name placement was just OFF. I do a lot of editing in my job so it’s second-nature for me to notice formatting. My subconscious was apparently still on the job last night.
Your dream????????????
(Sorry if you can’t see the emojis!)
Planning to put on Penhaligon’s Sartorial before I leave for work, but right now I’m enjoying the gorgeous scent of raw frankincense tears that were sent to me by a kind NSTer.
Nice!
Slumberhouse Sadanne – rosy, fruity liqueur with a incensey base that I can sense but not yet smell through the top. Like this quite a bit so far.
Woaf! There’s some skank in the base of this!
Today is so gorgeous! I was going to wear Alien Aqua Chic, but noticed the juice in my Alien Essence Absolute was looking a bit dark. Decided to wear that instead, in case it was turning. Does anyone have a recommendation for a concealer or color corrector for under eye circles? This is a new problem for me, and it is driving me crazy.
I have had under eye circles for years and concealing gets tougher as I get older and more wrinkled. The Cle de Peau concealer is always recommended to me but at $70 it would really eat into the fragrance budget so I haven’t tried it yet.
Bobbi Brown’s correcter is nice – creamy texture and blends well. I use it as my concealer and it does a reasonably good job.
Inspired by madtowngirl, sotd is Abdul Kareem Egyptian Musk oil. Somewhat similar to Narcisco Rodriguez EDP. Have a great day!
As (almost) always, was going to write that SOTD was Vetiver Tonka, when in fact it’s the middle class but perfectly nice cousin Cuir Vetiver.
Middle class but perfectly nice — cracked me up.
Yes Rocher? If yes,meh at a bargain! I got mine in Barcelona because, boo hiss, some YR products are not available in the U.S.
And….it’s Monday again. Weird how that happens!
Wearing (and still smelling) last night’s Coco Noir, with this morning’s Clarins Eau Dynamisante. Good stuff!
New video up on my channel! Father’s Day scent memories. Nothing better than a good smellin’ man! LOL!
Agree, yay for Old Spice-wearing gents!
I missed out on last week’s SOTD as I was too busy visiting Loire castles. Oddballs seemed somehow inappropriate for this occasion so I stuck with classical beauties like Enlèvement au Sérail, Promesse de l’Aube, Jubilation 25 and Fracas. Today I’m wearing my oddest white floral, Manoumalia which is the Tropics Undressed. It’s stunning and very appropriate for the hot weather we are having in the Netherlands.
I am so envious!! About the Loire Valley that is. When I was about 14 I traveled with my parents through the Loire Valley and absolutely loved it. We stayed at the Château de Lancheneil in an enormous suite on the first floor with huge windows that looked out on the gardens. A cat and her kittens came through my bedroom window and settled on my bed, which had an enormous painting of a hunting scene hung above it. I’ve never been back.
Isn’t it a wonderful place? I’ve never stayed in a castle there but I have visited a few by now. I did my first visit in the area 5 years ago. This time I visited the less well known ones between Angers and Tours (roughly). The one that stole my heart was the Château de Serrant. I just didn’t want to leave it. It has a stunning library and a gorgeous Grand Salon.
I felt awful on Saturday when I had to leave, it was just a perfect holiday.
A cat and her kittens came into bed with you? That is the most amazing thing I’ve ever heard? While you were staying in a chateau? Just awesome.
I know! And I was 14. It was magical. We had been out all morning and when we came back to our rooms there was mama and her kittens curled up together on my bed.
Thanks for telling us about that – just imagining it brightened up my day.
What a lovely memory, and visit! That would absolutely make my day..
Best story ever.
What a beautiful, comforting image.
Magical memory!
What a beautiful moment. Thank you so much for sharing!
I am wearing Tea Rose, a lovely recommendation from here. Fresh roses…
Slightly off topic. My brother is going to NY and I begged him to buy me essential oils from Enfleurage. On my list is Sanctuary, any other recommendations? Its for my diffuser.
You smell great! Holly is the expert on Enfleurage so hopefully she will chime in
For general ambient use I like Sanctuary, Fire and Citrus Cheer the best. The latter is their most popular. I’ve used some of their other blends for more specific therapeutic effects, and they’re all good. If your wallet can tolerate it, I’d advise the 10ml sizes versus the 5ml as diffusing can use them up very quickly.
Thank you Holly, they sound perfect!
You’re welcome, and I hope you’ll enjoy them!
Good morning and happy new week, everyone! This week I will take the foster kittens for their spay-neuter surgery and then next weekend they will go to the adoption center. Very bittersweet! I am going to miss them so much!
SOTD is a sample of Roja Gardenia — does not do what it claims to, capturing the scent of gardenia (I just don’t get that buttery aspect) but it’s an awfully pretty fragrance anyway! I’m definitely picking up the heliotrope.
Kittens last night–they have gotten bigger!
https://www.flickr.com/photos/94283635@N00/35239642382/in/datetaken/
OMG! I don’t think I could part with them. Good luck with the neutering. That’s a handful to contend with.
Aughhhh! So cute. I’m pretty sure that if I were in your position one (or more) might become a “foster fail.” My (now-17 year old) kitten looked like the exact midpoint between the grey one and the tortie when I found her on the street…
Oh my gosh….they are ADORABLE!!!!!!
I’m sure they will easily find good homes! 
What adorable kittens – I can see why you will miss them!
Aww, fluffies! So adorable. Bless you for being a foster parent.
I haven’t foster failed yet, only because I tell myself “they’ll find good homes right away” and they always do.
I have such a soft sport for orange tabbies — comes from growing up with one who was the sweetest boy. Fostering is so hard (I’ve done it in the past — and then had to stop when I foster failed) — good on you for doing it!
They are so cute!!
Fostering is not for me. I get too attached to animals and I always think they will do better if they are with me. A couple of years ago, I took care of one of my friend’s dog’s for 6 months when she went to work overseas and the day she came back and picked the dog up, I cried for weeks. What you do is really wonderful!
Awwww sweet little babies
awwww, so sweet! I love furry babies, and I’m sure I would be a foster fail – and wind up with 20 cats.
*squish* to the kittens.
What cuties!!!!
Oh that orange tabby. Heartbreaker!
Second this!
Aren’t they all?!
Orange tabbies I mean.
They are all beautiful. The tortie looks like my Korrigan.
Adorable kittens in that picture! It will be hard to say goodbye to those faces. Good for you for fostering.
Sooo cute.. I too would “foster fail”. They’d all have to stay with me as well as I don’t think I could give them up.
Thank you for looking after these babies!
I’m thinking I’ll do a week of white florals since I seem to have acquired a few in the recent past. Today it’s L’Artisan Nuit de Tubereuse-more cardamom than tubereuse but lovely nonetheless.
lovely!
Love that one, might wear it tomorrow!
I’m joining you, my bottle needs some dusting, now that the hot weather is back
Eau de Rochas is my SOTD. I haven’t worn this in a while, and today is going to be a hot one, so I reached for it this morning.
Recently reading up on this one. But for the life of me, I can’t remember why! Oy vey…
Sounds wonderful for a hot day. Is Eau de Rochas the cologne with a mineral note?
Those pears look so good, I think I’ll pull my AG Petite Cherie out of the fridge and spritz with abandon today.
Between the time I first landed on the page this morning and the time I commented, everything switched from centered to left-justified. Made me blink twice.
Yep — fixed between your 2 comments.
Up far too early (after far too little sleep) with East Coast nerve-wracking phone calls.
Will put on some extremely mild Ambrette 9 oil, and try to top it off with something warming because summer didn’t quite take hold on the West coast.
Hope the day got better!
Good morning. It has been so hot here for us NorCal weaklings who are only evolved to experience temperatures between 60-80 F. I had to make an unexpected trip on Fri to Weed, CA (halfway point between Oakland and Eugene to meet a friend) and it got up to 114 F in places. Ugh! I had brought only one perfume–something I think may have been from Foxbins originally–Grand Bal. GB held up fine in the heat, if lightly applied. Fragrantica calls it a floral woody musk, but I think it is closer to a fruity floral, done Dior style.
The way I wound up with the perfume was that I had the pleasure of Waterdragon’s company on Friday, and it was something that Foxbins shared with her that she passed on to me (the sisterhood of the traveling perfumes done face to face–we should do more of it. Waving thanks at you Foxbins!).
We had our own private sniffapalooza with perfume, pastries and coffee. Here’s a pic I took of the mess we made: https://www.instagram.com/?hl=en
Y’all want to know what she’s like? She’s beautiful and effortlessly manages what would be impossible for most (i.e. when asked how I’d recognize her at the train station, she said, “I’ll be wearing a black dress covered in mad ladies and daisies”), tells a lovely story of meeting Mr. Waterdragon, and uses a flip phone.
And finally, is anyone else experiencing NST blog posts now being justified in the center of the square instead of to the left? I am wondering if I’ve done something wacky.
SOTD? No idea yet, but it it will something with citrus in all this heat!!!!
Yes, comments were all centered from late last night until a few minutes ago.
I was enjoying the centered comments, a little change in perspective is always refreshing
Whew! I was having a little trouble reading the comments–as cool as the center justification looked.
The instagram photo did’t come up, but I am sure you had a great time!
Hmmm. https://www.instagram.com/?hl=en
No?
I’m not getting it with that link either and the suspense is killing me!
Okay! (the picture is not going to live up to its billing!!!) Try this: https://www.instagram.com/nerolimyrrh/
Lovely but I was hoping for selfies ???? The pastries look enticing…
That looks wonderful
Maybe your account it private..
I think I am just tech-challenged! Try this? https://www.instagram.com/nerolimyrrh/
https://www.instagram.com/nerolimyrrh/
this links works for me!
It looks awesome, and those pastries…mmmmm
Looks like you had a great time.
yum!!!
That link is a portal to join Instagram, or login with Facebook, neither of which I care to join.
HTH
I liked Grand Bal best of the Diors, though not enough to want to keep the sample. Glad to pass it on!
Waterdragon is lovely, isn’t she? We had such a good time, I’m just sorry the backyard hummingbirds didn’t cooperate.
Ummm Gurl, I was hoping for some faces along side those pastries.
Sounds like you all had a wonderful time! So envious, but happy for the further connection of the NST community.
The perfumes and food…my kind of table
I also like the picture of the Fiele bottle with the books…you know I am a fan of Fiele.
Happy Monday all – It’s supposed to reach the 90s in San Francisco, I’m wearing a mix of Bois Blond by Atelier with a touch of AG’s Eau de Camille. Lots of green/floral notes with a touch of spice and incense – perfect for today’s warm SF weather.
Love Eau de Camille and sad that it is d/c. Interesting mix you have going on there! I bet it smells really good and Bois Blond is a nice fragrance as well.
Robin – I hear you on the Sur la Toit, I tried to love it but it just didn’t work. Gave my bottle to a co-worker who is over the moon about it, it smells great on her.
Perfect then! I will stick with Sur Le Nil
Nil is the only one I enjoy as well.
I adore SLN, I wish it came in more body products like a soap or shower gel and deodorant…
It definitely comes in shower gel and bar soap. Don’t think deodorant but not positive.
No. 19 EDP today. I realllllllllly need to get some work done, maybe 19 will help.
19 will help!
Love No. 19 as a summer scent! It’s cool and energizing.
Love!
After working 6 days straight, I have a day off. Woke up a little later that what I wanted but that’s more than ok and put a load of laundry in the washer. I decided to stop by before I started on the dishes. Has anybody replaced an iPod battery before? My iPod nano’s battery won’t hold a charge anymore but the thing is 7 years old. The nearest Apple store is 45 minutes away and I’m not willing to drive there and spent $60 for someone to do it. It would probably be $20 for the battery and $40 for somebody to take 5 minutes to replace it. SOTD is going to be vintage Bal.
My dad tried replacing an iPod battery himself. Can’t remember if it was a Nano or a Shuffle, but it would’ve been about the same age as yours. It did not go well as he said it was nearly impossible to get the thing open in order to access the battery. It ended up wrecking the iPod. Unless you can take it to somebody who has experience with this sort of thing, you might be better off taking it to the Apple store. Hope that helps!
I should add that my dad is pretty savvy when it comes to fixing things, and even he couldn’t manage the battery replacement.
Maybe you can put in the freezer for 10 minutes and then try charging it again?
Feeling very fallish with the pears & apples.. although I’ll eat an apple year round.
Doing some sampling this week and first up is Aroma M Vanilla Hinoki which is quite a blast of bergamot right off the opening. Wow! Vanilla and smoke as it settles, but very quiet and barely noticeable scent on skin. It’s pretty and wonder if with a bunch of sprays it would be more present than the dabber.
Work has finally calmed down just a smidgen.. but it helps. Hope to get back to my cookie baking this week!
I have the oil and can smell it pretty well, especially the first few hours. You do smell great!
Was wondering about the oil. I have a sample of the EDP.
The price is good on this brand at least!
I tried a few in both oil and edp and preferred the oil in all of them. Don’t quite remember why. Maybe because they were more concentrated and had more oomph.
I love to read about your cookies!
This week is slated to be cloudy and rainy and have highs in the 50s all through next weekend so sadly I’m not really feeling the summer perfume thing just yet. Today I’m in Mitsouko EdP for some fruit, some spice, and some oakmoss. (Peaches are for summer, right??)
I hope everyone is having a good Monday!
Lovely for a cloudy day!
Because it’s summer most of the year her, I could probably do a Top Thirty of Summer list!
I love fig in the hot weather, so SOTD is Ninfeo Mio.
You smell great! Ninfeo Mio is on my “Get it someday” list.
Mine too. I have been dying to try this one for a long time! And I love a good fig fragrance.
Wearing Nishane Ambra Calabria today, for the sake of review I want to post in a few days.
Also, stopped by Douglas on my way home and smelled new Bvlgari Splendida fragrances. Iris d’Or is nice but it’s not a love for me. A little bit carroty first until it goes sheer floral way. Rose Rose was a pastel pink rose with fruity nuances. Actually Jasmin Noir was the most lovely in this bunch, a gentle jasmine with something that reminded me of… chocolate?
SOTD is Loewe “Esencia pour homme”.
Top: artemisia, juniper berries, lavender, green notes, tarragon, galbanum, bergamot, lemon and petitgrain;
Mid: clary sage, nutmeg, basil, jasmine, neroli, lily-of-the-valley, rose, pine, geranium and blackcurrant;
Base: tonka, leather, sandalwood, fir, amber, patchouli, musk, oakmoss, vetiver, cedar and styrax.
On first spray I thought “hmmm, this is kind of generic men’s stuff” but moments later it developed into something a lot richer and more complex. The dry down is lovely. Longecity isn’t great, maybe 2.5-3 hours on me. Great for a hot Summer’s day.
And now I am going to saunter back to my AirBnB apartment. I’ll probably be a sweaty hot mess when I arrive there, but hey. :^)
* Longevity
I’m in L’eau Par Kenzo Pour Homme (I think I have that right) this morning. I was placing an order for Flower Elixir, and this one, and others, umm, were ordered also. ????
I like it, don’t love it, but sometimes a fragrance will grow on me.
It’s getting a two paws down from puppygirl, however. She isn’t coming near me!
Picky puppy! Does she like the Flower Elixir?
No, it was too strong as well. She likes Theorema. ????
SOTD is Atelier’s Jasmin Angelique, just lightly dabbed but with amazing lasting power even 5 hours into the day. I love it, but I’ve found its best used sparingly since too much of it can quickly cross the line from “sparkling yet slightly smokey” to “lone jasmine flower floating in dirty bong water” when applied with a heavy hand.
(And as the only lady on my team, the whole office would know pretty quickly who’s the culprit when it comes to stinky perfumes!)
“Dirty bong water” ????????
Ha! I liked that too.
Scent twins! I applied lightly, but had no lasting power on me. So many good mentions today for further inspiration. Next up is vintage Vent Vert. Great in the heat we’re finally experiencing.
Happy Monday, everyone! I just went to the gym this morning and just wanted to spritz on sonething that was light. So, pre- shower, I am wearing “Lovely” by Sarah Jessica Parker. This is actually a great scent for the summer if someone is seeking one out. Its light and very pretty. Have a great day, everyone.
I really enjoy this one too. You smell amazing
It is hot. Not as hot as yesterday, when it was 102 degF, but still hot. Selva do Brazil is trying to keep me cool.
Just a reminder, the SL Arabie split is still going, so email me at ko bhatta at the jee male if you want in!
Stay cool, all.
That is a nice fragrance and the bottle is lovely too. did you see the post on the new Fleur collection?
Oh my goodness that bottle!!!!! I want it. What a gorgeous color. Let me know if you try it; I’m curious whether it lives up to the other grands crus!
LOL! We are thinking alike on the bottle! I will report if I ever get to try it. Lucas did and he said it was nice. Maybe we can talk him into a review
Summer has arrived at my house and I’m wearing Eau de Merveilles for a day of doing nothing but lazing in the heat.
Eau de Mervailles + doing nothing= perfect!
Perfect combo!
Hi twin!
We’re having a heatwave here in the UK, and Miller Harris Vetiver Insolente has been so lovely and refreshing, Scentis evaporating fast tho.I have many vetivers yet to smell, but this one is spicy and incensey, I like it a lot.
Vetiver is always great in the heat
Annick Goutal’s “Quel Amour!”..I have both the edt and the edp and I’m wearing the edt today. I love them both, but the edt is a bit lighter and fresher and is perfect for the warm summer evenings
Plus it is one of my fave Goutal scents 
Putting that on my to try list
It is a really lovely pink fragrance
Normally I’m not a fan of those kind of scents…but this has something really lovely and interesting about it, that just makes me smile
Still on my Strange Invisible Perfumes kick. Today I’m wearing Dimanche, I wore Essence of IX and Taurus over the weekend.
I’ve never sniffed any from that line. I think there’s a couple stockists here-must go find them! What do you think of the line so far and any favorites?
I think they’re really great. It’s the only all natural line I really enjoy. The Detox Market has some in her line and sells samples, plus the SI website sells samples of every perfume and also offers a kit and then you get a credit towards a full bottle. The line is expensive, and similar to Frederic Malle the prices differ based on the ingredients of the specific perfume. My personal favorites include: Fair Verona, Epic Gardenia, Black Rosette. Aquarian Rose, The Rose with the Broken Neck, Dimanche, L’Invisible and Essence of XI are great too. Haha. I know that’s a lot…But what is nice is that she doesn’t keep releasing perfumes, most have been around for quite a while. (And I really like Atlantic on my husband.)
Elizabeth, I’ve got a bottle of Magazine Street – be happy to send you a sample if you haven’t tried that one yet.
ooo I haven’t! I would love to try it.
I’m a huge SIP fan too. My favorites are L’Invisible, Urban Lily, Epic Gardenia, and Fair Verona. I also like Magazine Street, Dimanche, Moon Garden, and Tropical Vial. I have a bunch of parfum samples from their older offerings like Galetea, Persica, and Heroine that I should probably start using up before they evaporate.
I like L’Invisible, too. I also have Musc Botanique, which I always forget to wear. I quite like all of the ones I’ve tried; they’re well made, and out of the ordinary.
ooo Urban Lily sounds so enticing!!! and Moon Garden and Tropical Vial! I don’t think those must be discontinued.
Elizabeth, yes they all are. All of the bottles I own are their older design, back when the prices for 50ml ranged from $135 (way back it seems, but I recall it well because L’Invisible was my first niche full bottle, full price purchase) to $200ish. I found many of these on eBay 3-5 years ago.
Maybe a sample swap is in order?
Yes, let’s do it. Email me. I use gmail. madtolive88510
Will email you tonight.
Thanks! That’s a lot of favorites ???? I’ll definitely put them on my list to go sniff.
Wearing Chanel No 5 L’Eau. I find this a lovely sparkling citrus. perfect for summer.
The new greyhound is fitting in well. He is respectful of the other hounds, and is a 1st class snuggle-buddy.
Will we get snuggle-pics?
If someone can tell me how to post pics here ( Photobucket?) I can provide more doggie pics than any sane person would ever want.
Several people have posted links to their Instagram accounts in the past when they have wanted to share photos. Unfortunately, I know nothing about Photobucket.
Yup, L’Eau is a candidate for many Friday Community projects!
Working at home today and wearing Mem, which I adore. The weirdest thing is that it doesn’t smell like lavender at all to me, or at least not the wane lavender I’ve encountered in my life. Now have to shower and venture into the heat, though, and will likely spritz something lighter. Corsica Furiosa perhaps . . .
I can’t wait to smell this one!
Your package with a sample will go out later today!
Wait, wha? Mem? Lavender? Just googled it. By Bogue. The reviews on Fragrantica are all over the place. The description of the scent on Luckyscent is definitely one of their more creative. I was intrigued by Maai, but it was so sophisticated it made me feel a little frumpy and not very smart.
The fragrantica reviews are weird to me. I find Mem much less challenging than Maai, although I do like both. It’s more flowery!
Neroli Outrenoir, just because! I classify this scent as effortlessly elegant. Totally my opinion, ymmv:)
you smell wonderful!
Thank you!
Nice! I could easily wear this year-round!
Thank you!
I’m looking forward to trying it in cold weather.
I am commando today because I had the perfume out that I was going to wear but then walked off and forgot to put it on and realized what I had done about halfway to work.
I was *going to* wear Guerlain Aqua Allegoria Rosa Pop, which I found at Marshalls over the weekend. Apparently it was a duty-free one because it says “Travel Exclusive” or something like that on the box. It was probably a waste of $30 but it’s a nice little rose-violet with a touch of raspberry, which I don’t have a lot of in my collection.
I quite liked that one when I tried it in an airport a couple years ago! Doesn’t sound like a waste at all
I’m wearing Diptypque Eau Lente today on an unusually summery day in Northern California. I didn’t think of this as a summer scent but I’m finding it works really well on me–uplifting dry spices–and I’ve been enjoying it for a few days now. Someone who used to comment frequently on this blog who I got to know in real life sent me a GIGANTIC bottle of this with only a few mls left in the bottom, and since I’ve started this “finish it” program with decants that just have a bit left, I think he wanted me finish it for him so I’m doing my best
Good luck! Diptyque does dry spices so well.
This morning I hurried out the door for work and completely forgot about spritzing on some perfume. I keep a bottle of Prada Infusion d’ Iris in my desk that has very little left in it and gave myself a few sprays so that’s what I’m wearing today.
Not scent twins but forgot-to-apply-so-wearing-desk-stash twins! I’m in Y.
Well, I had a bit of a perfume fail today. I thought that Ava Luxe Neroli Blossom was a summer favorite, but I must have sprayed too much because it immediately worsened the headache I woke up with and smelled extra sharp. It also caused my officemate to ask if I’m wearing a different perfume today because it was bothering her too. Last time my perfume bothered her (Jour d’Hermes Absolu) she asked me the same thing, so I knew right away where she was going with it. I told her the same thing as before, that I wear a different perfume *every* day. Luckily, a good hand soap and water scrubbing helped a lot.
Have you figured out what’s common between the two perfumes?
Aedes de Venustas Palissandre d’Or for me today – one of my trophies from my trip to Paris.
I love that one too, you smell great!
Vert D’Encens for me today which seems to be doing well in warm weather
Oh good to know. Did you try Vert de Fleur, which I am finding to be a great summer perfume? I’m just asking to see if you could compare!
Spritzed on Tauer Orange Star this morning, this afternoon after a swim and a shower I am in LPRN edp.
House twins with Robin, but my SOTD = Un Jardin en Mediterranee. I am really liking it on a soupy, stormy day. Which is kind of funny, since I did not care for Un Jardin en Med at all the first time I tried it.
Hey cousin! And interesting, I’ll have to try it next time it’s soupy out.
ahhh, summer day, started with infusion d’iris edt and continue to waft in eau des merveilles. they p!ay together well.
You smelled nice all day long!
L’Air de Rien (from fragrance.net!). The top note smells spicy and medicinal to me, almost like cloves, which must be the neroli, then I get the dusty books.
Finally back from my family vacation (that wasn’t really a vacation)! Despite getting sweaty and gross from hiking and other outdoor sports all week, I tried all eight Atelier colognes in my palette and got some of my other family members (vacation victims) to fall in love with Cedre Atlas. At least two of them have asked for perfume presents now, I’ll make them perfumistas yet!
Hope it was fun even if it wasn’t really a vacation?
Oh it still was! We go to Lake Tahoe every year, and this year the weather was delightfully wonky. It snowed the first two days (which made for excellent sunrise pictures) and then it was 80 degrees by the end of the week (which made for gorgeous sunset pictures)!
SOTD = Jo Malone Basil and Neroli
This joined my collection after I used a body / hand wash sample. Am I loving it? Absolutely! Does it last long on my non scent-eating screen? Absolutely not! 8 sprays for 5 hours…and I dare not go for more because it does pack a punch upon first spray.
Tomorrow, I will be trying out Arielle Shoshana!
I hope the on and off thunderstorms this afternoon and still going on will cool things off!
Wowzers! I just saw a double rainbow!
Bummer this doesn’t last on you. Have you tried spraying a few spritzes on your outer garments? This helps for me. Maybe I’m just heavy-handed, but this scent lasts all day on me. Anyway, Basil & Neroli is one of my faves. You smell amazing!
Alas, I don’t soray anything on my clothes and fabric accessories for fear if degrading the fibers with a dirct hit.
Greetings! We are almost done unpacking from our move, and I can’t tell you how lovely it is to visit again and read what you are wearing again. I’m in L’Eau by Tauer today, as I haven’t unpacked my perfume yet… I’m trying to find the perfect spot to hang my cabinet, and haven’t found it yet.
Congrats on the move! How’s the not really a baby anymore baby?