Hey, Almost-Friday! What fragrance are you wearing?
I am wearing a dab of Chanel Bois des Iles from my lovely little extrait bottle.
Reminder: 6/30 will be Bottle Porn Friday...wear a fragrance that you bought because you were drawn to the aesthetics of the bottle, or just wear a fragrance from a bottle you think is perfect. Suggested by chocolatemarzipan8.
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 vintage "Extremely rare Chanel "CHANEL PARIS" logo frame sunglasses" are $6500 at 1stDibs.
I’m wearing Alien eau Sublime. I love the ombre effect of this bottle. I also love the way it smells. It smells like lemon, with a touch of Alien. I think even people who don’t like Alien, would like this version. Hope everyone has a great day.
I almost always enjoy the Alien flankers more than the original Alien.
And that’s just how I feel about Angel.
That sounds nice, I’ll have to give it a sniff.
Pairing Wood Sage & Sea Salt with Peony & Suede Blush because I love the heft and simplicity of the Jo Malone bottles….plus, this is a really nice combo!
you smell wonderful!
thank you
Back in Songes today
Annick Goutal bottle porn
Revlon Candy Apple lippy
The de Lumieres by MF
Candy Apple rules!
Do you have any favorites from the now discontinued revlon lip butter line?
Candy Apple is a great color. I have that one and pink truffle.
Pink Truffle is my other favorite! I have like 6 or 7 of them. Red Velvet is also very good. And Peach Parfait.
Love Peach Parfait! So springy.
SOTD is Clive Christian 1872 from a fancy schmanzy little green mini.
The extra fancy edition:
https://www.ebay.com/i/162566037053?chn=ps&dispItem=1
Today I’m in a tiny dab of vintage Poison Esprit de Parfum, which shook the world in 1985 almost as much for its dark purple poisoned-apple bottle and green snake-print box as it did for its potency. (Honourable mention to 2005’s Amulet presentation: I thought it had gone off because it had been reformulated to give it an unexpected and unwelcome fresh top note, but after that the scent’s pretty much the same and the dagger bottle in the envy-green pouch is spectacular.)
That amulet bottle really is fab.
I thought about wearing the same this week. I love the whole line of Poison bottles, but particularly the original, and even more particularly in the mini size
You must smell gorgeous (don’t know the extract version, but smelled once the EDT)!
I’m wearing from a sample French Lover/Bois d’Orage by Malle, which I find to be very very good.
you smell great!
Thank you
You smell fantastic. Its one of my favourite Malle’s. I also wore it this week. (I dont have a bottle…Yet.
Seville a l’Aube. Not for the bottle.
But the bottle was nice, too. Maybe not perfume porn nice, but nice.
I’m wearing Jo Malone Lime Basil & Mandarin for the first time. Thanks to Wendysue and the last freebiemeet.
House twins! And your fragrance also pairs nicely with WS &SS
House triplets! WS&SS on me today.
Philosykos for me today. Love the scent AND the Diptyque bottles.
such a beautiful fragrance!
You smell delightful. I love the pictures on the inner label of the diptyque bottles.
I like these bottles too (though I prefer the old squares ones that I have to the oval ones).
I’m in Vol de Nuit extrait, from a little cube tester bottle. Not a porn-worthy bottle, but I still like it for its simplicity … and of course the extrait is beyond gorgeous. Happy Thursday Eve, everyone.
Cousins – I am in Evasion
love Vol de Nuit parfum, you smell wonderful!
Atelier Cologne Bois Blonds ’cause it’s gonna be a warm one today.
Today’s tea is pistachio lime mate. The lime is kind of a weird flavor addition, but the caffeine dosage is juuuust right.
SOTD is Bois des Iles edp. Annual doctors appointment and this is an inoffensive, all around gorgeous perfume.
Waft on, fragrant folks!
Fraternal twins
Wearing Versace Versense. A relaxing fresh fragrance. I have a mini bottle, and I think its design is a great example of elegant simplicity. And I love Versace’s Medusa logo on the bottle.
You smell great!
Nice! I’ve been meaning to try this one. The packaging is such a nice soothing green.
SOTD Le Labo Lys 46- I regret wearing it today, it doesn’t fit the weather nor my mood. I would love to switch to something green and crisp like Chanel No 19.
I tried wearing that last week and it also felt all wrong at the time. That’s a “sometimes” one for me. It does smell nice, though.
I hate it when I’m in the wrong perfume for my mood. It’s like wearing pants that don’t fit.
That is EXACTLY the feeling!
I was going to say it’s like that day you can’t wear contacts so are stuck wearing glasses that are a little blurry, give you a headache, slide down your nose, and hurt your ears, but can’t take off.
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Wearing Orchidea Absoluta by The Exotic Island Perfumer from the swapmeet (thank you Elisa!). Enjoying it greatly. Lillies, lemon, incense and woods. It is gorgeous and perfect for warm temperatures.
Oh good!!
I’m wearing L’Artisan La Chasse aux Papillons. Perfect for the warm weather
Hey twin! It IS perfect, isn’t it? I can’t believe this is the first time I’ve worn it this summer. Not the last, for sure. We smell beautiful!
I know. Me too!
We need to show it more love
you do smell wonderful
Thank you!
I still haven’t gotten into that one. I have a travel spray of it, but it’s still full because I just never have the urge to wear it. It’s so medicinal at first.
Wearing Vol de Nuit Evasion from a decant sent by a lovely friend. I wish I had the bottle .
Celebrating because I signed the adoption papers on the formerly foster greyhound. I am back up to my usual complement of 3 silly houndies.
That is such happy news!
Congratulations on the new member of your family!
Aww. Congrats!
Great news. Glad it was a love connection.
aww…congrats!
Congrats! Welcome the new addition with hugs from me.
Yay!
Yay! So happy for you and your new doggo!
Yay! Very happy for you!
Congratulations on the new furry baby! I love greyhounds – such lovable goofs (and 70-lb cuddlebugs).
Congratulations on your new family member! May you have many happy years together.
Congrats!
Aww congrats on your new pupper!
I am so happy for you! And your new dog!
Congrats on a successful doggie adoption!
Congrats!
Congratulations!!!
Wearing Grace by Grace Coddington x CdG from a sample. I do love that cat bottle but the scent, not so much (yawn). Also runs a little too sour on me. Fortunately, it also fades very quickly so will top it off with Pacifica Persian Rose later, which I have in my bag. If they made a mini of that cute bottle, I’d snap it up.
A mini of the Grace Coddington, right? Or the Pacifica? Your Persian Rose top-up smells great!
That little cat would be so cute. I do buy minis for the bottle. Persian Rose is great!
Grace by Grace Coddington smells like feminine hygiene product.
Ha! I know what you mean. There are other perfumes that bring those to my mind.
Ah, the tampax fresh accord…
It is such a shame it isn’t a more exciting scent. Hope it does not discourage anyone else from issuing a cat bottle. And we need a dog bottle to even things out…
I’ve never bought anything for the bottle so I’m wearing the juice from my accidental-favorite bottle, Tocca’s Colette. I have the 20ml and I love it – it’s pretty, it’s just the right size for me (wish everything came in 20ml) and the sprayer is just what I like – a fine mist that covers a small area rather than misting the entire room. I wish I liked more of the Tocca scents, but for me it’s Colette or bust.
I LOVE Colette. I also like their bottles, both the 20 and 50 ml. You smell wonderful!
The 50ml bottles are adorable – I might spring for one after I make my way through my 20ml. The 10ml splash bottles are also really cute – I bought Cleopatra in that size, but wound up giving it to my mom.
Yosh White Flowers on one wrist and Ginger Ciao on the other from samples….looking to see if I’d be bestowing an enabler pin in ElisaP for the Hautelook heads up. Don’t think so. Unless I decide to blind buy Sottile as a gift for a rose-loving friend.
Back last night from whirlwind Philadelphia trip. The rat fink cat, who pretended illness because of the suitcases, is fine. Beautiful town, great time with friends. Tired feet. Two cheesesteaks – liked Pat’s best. Bus ride to and from was smooth and easy – I felt bad for the train travelers yesterday…lots of delays on NE corridor. They’re paying a LOT more than we did and probably got home much later.
I bought Sottile for a friend whose last name is Sottile.
I’m glad you had a great trip! Uber dramatic manipulative cats are so cunning. It’s great (although frustrating for you!) to hear that the cat is fine.
I ended up getting Sottile. It’s quite pretty and simple and the LOTV note gives it a little something.
I like going to Philly-such a compact city. Yum on the cheese steaks.
It is a nice city. I hadn’t been in forever. Compact and calmer/quieter. Relatively cheap to visit compared to most places.
I lived there for a year when I moved out east from LA. By the time I started to appreciate it, I left.
SotD is Berdoues Vanira Moorea.
Hat tip to marzipan for the inspiration.
I’m falling for this perfume as I wear it today.
And the bottle is oomph ♥
You are smelling so good , Lucas! I love the versatility of this fragrance…plus it is incredibly affordable….and the bottle is indeed “oomph”
By the way, have you tried the newest Berdoues? The African inspired one with notes of ivy, coffee, chamomile and labdanum? the bottle is beautiful too!!!!
Maasai Mara? Only once at Esxence (they didn’t have samples ready then)
yes that is the one! do you remember if you liked it?
Yes I did
I can’t help but read “Vanira Moorea” and see some kind of typo in there.
The name is a bit tricky
It sounds like a Japanese person saying Vanilla.
So true!
Guerlain SDV – I was thinking I’d get the regular sprayer but was sent the bottle with the bulb atomizer. It puffs out scent – not too much Scent since I’m at the dr today getting some results, and excited for the major changes I’m going to be making. Have a wonderful day!
I have Angelique Noire and I had to stop using the bulb because I felt like it was leaking..
Were you able to replace with another sprayer? I’ve not really spent time with the bottle/sprayer.
I have the older bottles that come with the bulb and a regular sprayer…I am guessing the new ones do not
Ah. No I took apart the box and there wasn’t another sprayer so I imagine it’s a newer bottle. I bought it from NM and the photo shows the bottle with a cap not a bulb sprayer.
If the bulb atomizer is not just right for you it might be worth a call or email to customer service at NM (or even to Guerlain) to ask if they would help you be a more happy customer.
That’s a great idea! Thank you! ????
I have two original Hiram Green fragrances that have the bulb. One seems to be okay but the Moon Bloom is deplorable. All the perfume seeps out of the piece below the bulb, the perfume itself has turned a extremely deep dark brown and there is now only a little left because most of it has evaporated. I will never again buy any kind of perfume that has a bulb atomizer.
I wonder if that is why the bottles have changed, because of ththe atomizer issues? Moon Bloom is so pretty.
Have you tried contacting him? I would. It is not cheap stuff.
I refuse to.buy the bulb atomizer only bottles. Intoldnthe SA that as soon as the non bulb atomizer bottle becomes available, just set one aside for me for my big buy more save more purchase in the Fall.
Good that you’re excited about changes!
Thank you – I have to accept the fact that I need to do better about nutrition and exercise. Goals!
I forgot to mention the bottle is for Neroli Outrenoir. I pre-empted the switch by buying a back-up of Cuir Beluga.
I am wearing Bois d’Iris, by The Different Company.
I needed to smell a bit polite. Had a meeting that lasted almost 4 hours. This one is not loud, but I can easily smell myself and enjoy the iris, flowers, and slightly spicy woods.
It is not the most eye catching bottle, but I like the minimalistic design, the heavy cap, good sprayer, and that 50 ml size supports good firm grip.
Oh, I love Bois d’Iris. You were a very thoughtful attendee – I wouldn’t mind a 4 hour meeting if I was sitting next to someone who smelled so good.
Oh yes i am thoughtful about that.
I once had to sit through a meeting next to someone who wore an awful fragrance with too much sillage.
So I try to avoid being that person that everyone hates because of perfume.
Though I cannot imagine someone disliking Bois d’iris
I love the tops to The Different Company bottles! You smell good too.
Thank you!
Mmm. Love Bois d’Iris. I’ve never seen a FB IRL, but in photos they look quite unattractive to my eye. (What particularly bothers me is the mixing of fonts, which are also not great fonts.) It’s always perplexed me, as I read somewhere that JCE hired whomever designed them and gave him full artistic freedom with no budget constraints. If it were me, I’d send him back to the drawing table as I find the design rather amateurish and almost silly.
All of that said, good to hear they’re nice to hold and spray!
I wouldn’t mind owning a few TDC bottles, myself. (And maybe they’re quite different IRL.)
Yes their font choices are totally weird.
I have a newer bottle with a more minimalistic label, and it does not bother me. Logo and name of the perfume. Thats it.
But the older ones had half a book printed on them in 3 different fonts. I dont understand that design decision either. It looks amateuristic!
I mean ‘amateurish’!
Good to hear it’s not just me!
Smelling just divine, Robin!
I’m trying Calling all Angels today and very intrigued. I’ve not spent much time with the incense note, and those I have I’ve not enjoyed, but this is different, more floral and amber?. I like it! I think our 70 degree weather works well with this as well. Amazing staying power for an all natural scent.
Yes to Calling All Angels!
I was in the mood for luscious today, so I’m in Galop, my “Helen of Troy” perfume. If people don’t follow me around drooling, today, I shall be quite disappointed.
Galop is great
HA! Also counts as bottle porn in my book
Except I have a decant, so no gorgeous stirrup bottle for me!
SotD: Guerlain Vetiver eau Glacée. This was my first scent purchase after moving to Miami. I bought it at the local corner drug store. It is a lovely citrus vetiver with a refreshing minty note–it has the simplicity and clarity of an early Aqua Allegoria. Not as good as the original, but very lovely none the less.
Ooh, that sounds really nice!
House twin!
I’m wearing Jasmin et Cigarette today – not for the bottle, I just was craving it.
I had a great time at training in Orlando trying out the samples my husband chose for me. The winners: Ume and Cuir d’Iris. Ooh, a full bottle of Cuir d’Iris may be in my future. The amber that shows up late in the drydown is divine. Not so great: Au Couer du Desert, but I think that was due to season, heat and humidity. I look forward to re-trying it in cooler weather.
Put the Tauer away until fall or winter, maybe? I like that one in cold.
Wearing Grand Soir today, it’s melding well with my nuxe golden shimmer body oil that I put on my legs. I don’t much care for how the nuxe smells, I’m just trying to work my way through the bottle.
Smelling lovely after a fragrant shower with FM Lys Mediterranee shower gel – thanks for the sample, Elizabeth!
Slumberhouse Sadanne. THr battle lines st work have been drawn and we are going into a final stand/final show down meeting between my team and a different team. The crap show is about to begin and there can only be a single winner in the long run. Yukes!! – this is my day at work
…at least you’ll easily win the scent show down? I like Sadanne, it pretends to be sweet but it has a kick underneath.
Good luck, hope your team wins!
Blech. Hope you come out victorious.
Yuk. Interoffice politics are the worst.
Wow, I so hate office politics.
Wearing Anatole Lebreton Eau de Merzhin today. No bottle porn; I just really like it.
Which is good enough reason!
I’m having a rough day (some good friends received bad news about a hoped-for pregnancy) so I put on Arielle Shoshana to try and feel a little bit cheerful. Only then I got sad that my sample is almost out! One of those days, folks.
Sorry to hear about your friends’ heartbreaking news… Arielle Shoshana is indeed a happy scent – hope it is working to make you feel a bit better. I gave my sample, courtesy of Wendy Sue, to a good friend to try, and I rather miss it! The good news of course is that I think there is still plenty of it available.
I tried to order 10 but then I have to pay shipping. 4 is max to not pay shipping.
Oh, that’s harsh. I hope you are feeling better.
Eeek. Sorry for your friend’s bad news!
SOTD is Thierry Mugler’s Alien Liqueur de Parfum (one spritz only), with notes of rum, jasmine, woods and amber.
I normally avoid jasmine (throat-clenching) but this doesn’t seem to bother me, fortunately!
The Liqueur series was TM’s best.
Ypu smell nice, Robin! I’m wearing a Chanel tomorrow.
Bottle Porn SOTD = Serge Lutens Iris Silver Mist
It was my first bell jar which I bought at Barneys at a highly inflated price. I had since acquired several more quite cheaper muled by my beautiful niece and one that I personally picked up from the Palais Rouale mothership.
In an episode of “Are you five years old?”
It’s Summer and yes, many companies including mine have gone business casual year-round. Even no pantyhose is fine; however, there ARE standards. Millenial in a summery mid-thigh A-line dress and ankle boots and no hose. OK, it’s a LOOK, but, did she have to use Sponge Bob Square Pants adhesive strips in a few places on her calf to cover whatever she wanted to cover?
HA!!!!! Hysterical…
you should of taken a photo for all of us to see
I was trying not to look too hard because I did not want her to think I’m a pervert for checking her out.
Wow, bad outfit and bad choices all around – if you have something on your legs you need to cover up, try pants. Anyway, aren’t most professional offices air conditioned to 60 degrees? Even on the hottest days I had to have a cardigan at my desk to keep warm. Who could wear a sundress?
Same here…years ago I used to keep a space heater hidden under my desk in the summer.
Same. I’ve always used mine year-round. Why must indoor spaces be turned into freezers when it’s hot out? It makes no bloody sense.
Cardigans abound although it rarely gets frigid!
LOL, but it is not funny at all! That lack of taste is really awful!
And this was not the worst either.
I think Good on her for being able to maintain a sense of individuality and humour .
I like your perfume choice too!
Thanks! I celebrate individuality as much as anyone but this was simply tacky.
Oh, don’t get me started! Every year I’m venting on the stuff women wear to work during summer. Millenials get a pass, most times, but it’s the more senior members of our co. that are out of they’re minds with some of what they wear to work. It’s embarrassing.
Now I’m trying to visualize what “more seniors” are wearing.
I was out on a beautiful actual for-real hot day in Seattle last weekend and saw people wearing all kinds of unflattering and flat-out ugly getups. Summer dressing doesn’t bring out the best of what is generally a not terribly well-dressed population from coast-to-coast, it seems.
The latest trend with the senior women who will be speaking is to find out the color of the walls or backdrop and wearing something matchy-matchy or complimentary. How else to explain 3 out of 7 wearing bright orange. Oh and if you KNOW you are a panelist and you will be seated on a raised platform with no table in front of you, you have no business wearing a body hugging mid-thigh dress and no hose, especially if you have thunder thighs.
I can’t say enough good things about a quality pair of dress pants. They cover a multitude of sins.
ISM from the bell jar… all-around perfection.
Those SpongeBob band-aids would have made me laugh out loud!
I was hiding a smirk.
Oh dear.
There’s a millenial in my office who wears: T-shirt, tights, short-short-short frayed shorts, and fuzzy bedroom slippers. OK, so we’re a nerd company, and some of the guys are doing well if they actually wear a *clean* T-shirt each day, but I have been so tempted to pull her aside some days….
Okay, I had to pause here and think about what I wore at that age. Was I equally clueless? Probably. But I never worked in an office and DEFINITELY have never worn slippers in public.
Is she looking to be easy pickins for the other nerds?
Band-Aid confession: I have SpongeBob and Star Wars. And I love them! ????
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My lips are sealed.
I love you observations!
I dont get it either why people suddenly dress sloppy and poorly when temperatures rise. Shops offer tons and tons of decent options for all budgets. So there is no excuse.
Also flip flops in the office? please no, you are not in Baywatch and I dont want to see dirty toes and calluses and even more hideous stuff next to me in a meeting.
I commute via mass transit I want to yell at / smack people who insist on wearing flip flops. I would be afraid to get my toes stepped on. God forbid I have to run or walk the tracks because of an accident or whatever, it is a stupid thing to do!
You are smart. I’m sure most people never think about having to get somewhere in an emergency when they pick their outfits.
Dragging through the most boring writing assignments in the universe. My best friend is beginning the cold cruel lonely first steps of separation and divorce. I am totally partisan, of course, but she’s been really hurt badly. I wish I was with her (she’s in another state).
Grey and cold outside, so cheering myself up with Narciso edt, the black top–other than that I cannot be sure what it is!
For the theme of the week, I have my memory of a bottle of Secrete Datura that I drained decades ago. It was this bottle, but the photo does not really do it justice at all: http://www.perfumeemporium.com/BigPics_w/Secrete-datura-w.jpg
Better photo: https://fimgs.net/himg/o.53913.jpg
YOWZA!!!! that is one gorgeous bottle! What was the fragrance like? I am imagining something very sensual, based on the bottle.
It is a hard scent memory to describe. I recall it being a complicated but totally not sweet (dry!) floral, a tiny hint of powder, dusted with unsweetened cocoa powder–imagine that but as an expensive elegant perfume. It was not creamy or a gourmand–extremely elegant.
MMM …that sounds good !
WOW~
you win
Sympathize with your longing to be with your best friend; hope you can stay in frequent contact with her throughout her journey…
You smell great, of course! I can’t decide if I like the Narcisco edt (black square bottle) better than the edp (white square). A perfect world would provide us bottles of both.
That bottle of Secrete Datura is really lovely.
So sorry that you are hurting due to your best friend’s situation. I hope that the two of you can support each other.
Boring writing assigments: the gift that keeps on giving…bof!!!
11.03 a.m….I’ve clearly missed the 11 o’clock start (and the 9 and 10) and now it’s a bit late in the morning to begin anything…better to wait until after lunch and make a proper start at 1pm. Hee hee
I do that too! Got to start at the top of the hour! Oh. Huh? Missed it? Guess I’ll use this as down time then. . . .
Like many people this week, today I’m in Eau des Merveilles. I have a 7.5 mL mini of this, which is a teeny perfect replica of the full size bottle, but I like it enough that I want a full size. Also one of Ambre des Merveilles. Then I can have TWO great bottles!
I’ve seen those minis.. is it a spray bottle? Usually that size it is not but just wondering.
It is unfortunately not a spray, but a splash, and the cap is kind of hard to get off, which is annoying.
That EdM mini cap IS hard to get off. But does the cap have the little loop so you can wear it on a cord around your neck?
It does!
My Zeste de Soleil disappeared after about 20 minutes. Good thing I ended up with a 100 ml bottle after all. I then wandered over to my miniature-bottle shelf and splashed on some Eau des Merveilles.
I considered this combo recently. Seems like a good perfume tag team (neither lasts very long on me or has great projection.)
I’m sampling Sel Marin this morning. I was not impressed initially, but I went for a walk and as I warmed up it started smelling more complex and quite nice. I don’t need a bottle, but I enjoyed wearing it. For salty I already have EdM.
Yay for EdM and salty scents like Sel Marin, Un Air de Bretagne, Sea and Sky, and possibly that new Cologne Rose Océan. More for my sample someday list.
I’ve been entertaining myself for the last week with a large number of samples given me by a lovely NSTer. A number of them are from lines I hadn’t even heard of, so it’s been a lot of fun to expand my knowledge a bit of the perfume world…
Not on bottle porn theme this week; at the moment I have on a dash of Pacific Thai Lemongrass (exactly what you would expect) and on the other arm a dab of Creed Adventus for Her. The notes for the Creed sound like such a disastrous mishmash that I was certain I’d hate it upon application. Instead, it just made me laugh. (It’s still disastrous, tho; I’ll be scrubbing shortly.)
Happy Thursday, everyone!
Thai Lemongrass is so good…it was discontinued quite a few years ago…I consider the Pacifica bottles as part of bottle porn because-
A) the packaging is so gorgeous
B) they put beautiful and unique designs on the bottles
C) the bottles are a perfect size (1oz) and fit nice in your hands
D) the sprayer unscrews so the bottle can be reused as a decant for anything
but that’s just my humble opinion…YMMV….
Pacifica has discontinued some of their best scents.
I do like the bottles — didn’t mean to imply a diss there. I sprayed the Thai Lemongrass from a decant, so the packaging wasn’t on my mind when I commented.
I know..all of my favorites are gone…Avalon Juniper, Mexican Cocoa, Madagascar Spice, Egyptian Bergamot Rose, California Star Jasmine, Vanilla Vera Cruz, Bali Lime Papaya, Nerola Orange Blossom, Tunisian Jasmine….I am sure there will be more on the chopping block! Also, the candles I think are being discontinued…they were so good too!
Really wishing I’d bought a bottle of the California Star Jasmine while I could.
My SOTD is Egyptian Bergamot Rose. I’ll miss it when it’s gone, but I’ll still have the pretty bottle!
I’d expect Thai Lemongrass to smell like Tom Yum soup. Am I close?
Well, I think I know what you mean… Thai Lemongrass is very green, as you’d expect, with a bit of ginger for “heat.” It’s zingy, but I don’t read it as particularly sour or spicy hot (or shrimpy, either…
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Was going commando as I head off to the dentist for a check up, though I do smell the dregs of yesterday’s Black Flower Mexican Vanilla.
But I couldn’t leave the house without something scented. Just had a spritz of Chanel Eau de Cologne. I have a decant that’s almost empty. The tall Les Exclusifs bottle and cologne are nicely matched in their quotidian elegance.
Feeling thankful it’s Thursday almost FriYAY!
28 La Pausa EDT- love the scent and love the bottle- it fits nicely in my hand (I’ve got 75 ml one), heavy glass, magnetic cap and lovely spraying mechanism- bottle porn at its best, but I bought it strictly for the scent
I got a package today- Guerlain Angelique Noire, YEEEEEY!!! MY first Guerlain ever! (and not the last!!!) It is only a travel spray, so no bottle porn here, but the scent is dreamy.
Hi Tiffanie, we are house twins! I have no idea how my comment got posted here.
You smell lovely!
Hi twin! We smell CHANEL great today.
Yay! for your new Guerlain, I love too many scents from that house.
Those are very unattractive sunglasses. On another note, a bottle of BdI extrait will be MINE someday. Just you wait.
Woke up quite late (08:00) this morning, after two days of 6am trainings. *streeeeeetch* That was nice. Forgot about the community project and am happily enrobed in four sprays of Iris Fauve. I’m not a fan of the Atelier des Ors bottles, but I do love the gimmicky gold flakes. It’s fun snowglobing the bottles.
Snow globes: thumbs up!!
Congrats on getting through that training! My H’s normal work hour is 6; the past few weeks he’s had to be there at 5. I don’t know how he does it, but he does, and is completely un-cranky about it, too.
(Actually, I do know – he often falls asleep before 8, and almost always before 9. In all the years I woke up daily at 6 – without an alarm, no less – my sleep pattern never caught up with me. I’d fall asleep at 11-11:30, and very occasionally 10:30, so I was in a perpetual state of sleep deprivation. And couldn’t sleep in on weekends, either.)
Oh dear! Yes, I am like you–no matter how early I need to wake up, it’s basically impossible for me to sleep before 11:30 – 12:00. Add to that that our cats went crazy both those nights and woke me up with their galloping and meowing.
I would not be caught dead in those sunglasses.
I’m wearing Dans Tes Bras, a decant from a swap here. I thought this weirdo might be good on a busy bright sunny day, we’ll see.
In an effort to wear neglected bottles, I pulled out L’Artisan Parfumeur Mon Numéro 8. I can’t even describe it as a skin scent as it was so faint upon application I couldn’t detect any particular notes and it completely vanished without a trace within an hour. Moving on – time for some Timbuktu, which has a lot more heft.
That really says something about Mon Numéro 8, as that’s how Timbuktu wears on me.
Had a slightly busy morning today. I was thinking of doing 4 days in a row with Lyric but it’s a little too warm for it. Right now I am wearing vintage Miss Dior. I love how slutty it is.
Ha! that’s porn in bottle rather than bottle porn, lol.
Lol!
Spritzed Hermes Muguet Porcelaine this morning and wafted in its lovely watery-green-aloe for the 20 minutes it lasted. Not quite porn, but very nice bottles, from the 4 ml sample to the massive 6.8 oz.
Am now wearing the porniest of bottle porn: Diptyque Essences Insensées 2015. Stunning bottle; totally impractical with its bulb atomizer. (And thanks to the super generous and kind NSTer who decanted some for me!)
Yesterday I participated in Lolita Lempicka L’Eau en Blanc. I have a real soft spot for the adorable little Lempicka minis, but yesterday I sprayed. A lot. 1 drenching before getting dressed; a 2nd after. Then a good spraydown on my scarf. I was out running around yesterday and got occasional whiffs from my scarf and that was about it. It wears incredibly sheerly on me, but I normally wear it at night when it’s not so much an issue.
I adore Muguet Porcelaine though it is fleeting. You smelled beautiful for those minutes.
Oh, you smelled great 2 days in a row!
I really like the Hermessence bottles, although I suppose they’re not all that exciting.
They are PERFECT. Everything about Hermès packaging is PERFECT. I love perfect.
Jo Malone Nectarine Blossom & Honey. I smell like i may have actually showered this morning! (Ha – joke is on my coworkers!)
What about a Despite the Bottle theme – have we had that yet? Best scent in the most awkward bottle.
(My vote would go to JLo Still. That awful “ring” around the neck of the bottle. But smells so great!)
Ooh – there a couple I’d put in that category: that godawful version of Caron Aimez Moi that looks like an upside-down birdbath (which makes it sound prettier than it actually is); also the Eau de Cartier series (I don’t know why I find the bottles so ugly, but I really do.)
Fugly Bottle Friday!
Ah, I don’t think we have!
Hurrah!
Ecume de Rose because it’s one of my favourite roses plus it comes in a bottle with tassels. I’m surprising myself by enjoying tassels on perfume bottles so much as I’m not into such things as a rule, but I’ve become completely enamoured with tassels on bottels.
Those Chanel extrait bottles are gorgeous in all their simplicity. I’ve got Cuir de Russie in extrait.
I had at some point a mini of Cuir de Russie that was the cutest thing ever. Can’t believe I gave it away.
It must have been a temporary moment of insanity
Yes! Parfums MDCI have nice tassels too.
They do as do the Oriza L. Legrand bottles. (Big tassels!)
Today I’m wearing Annick Goutal Musc Nomade.
That is one gorgeous fragrance!
I agree…I love it!
I felt like going with some Guerlain again today, so I’m wafting Habit Rouge.
Haven’t figured out what to wear for tomorrow yet. Must have a think about it…or, better yet, must stare at my bottles awhile. ????
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UEzlm2pdgac
A bit of inspiration for you!
???? Thanks! I love that one!
Work continues to be busy, just flat out, but I’ll smell good today in Lyric.
You’ll smell gorgeous!
I’m wearing Estee Lauder Sensuous Noir today. Smells yummy and has a cute little purple bottle too.
Yes! There should be more purple bottles
I tested Mugler Aura today. It is quite lovely and may be my first ever Mugler purchase. I find other Muglers toooo much. Green, woody and sweet. A honeyed herba fresca with a tang of cedar. The bottle is gorgeous and would be the most interesting in my collection.
That sounds nice actually. I’m looking forward to trying that ine when it appears on shelves. And love that green!
Oh wow, I am lemming this!
I’m so jealous. I don’t know when it will be here.
SOTD = back in Alaia Paris EdP. I might have a couple more applications left in my sample. It’s a perfect summer scent for where I live. It’s Bottle Porn, too.
The Alaia bottles are gorgeous. I sampled from the white bottle and enjoyed the scent. Now I want to try the original. Hopefully I’ll like them both then never be able to decide which to buy. #fullbottleguilt
They sell for “perfume math free” at discounters and ebay. Just sayin’
Ooooh, those are some good deals on Alaia. I had not looked . . .
I am trying to earn my enabler pin: I found a small bottle of the Blanche one on evil bay for about $24 with shipping. The original was on Groupon recently, too.
Wow, that’s a good deal, and I think I like might like Alaia Blanche better based on the list of fragrance notes.
I’ve been stalking the black bottle on a couple of discounter sites. Problem is, I can’t decide between Alaia, Terracotta, or Ninfeo Mio. Budget says I can’t have them all, so I have to choose.
Choices are a pain! but think of the money and shelf space you’re saving for the next must-have FB.
I prefer Alaia to Terracotta, fwiw!
Umm, drop me a line at nlmcook@sbcglobal.net if you’d like. I think I can help you. ????
Aaack! I can’t believe I didn’t space that out!
SOTD is Memo “Luxor Oud”. Memo bottles are plain enough as bottles, but the appllied decoration lifts them to another level.
Top: mandarine and patchouli;
Mid: desert rose and fruity notes;
Base: labdanum and oud.
It’s very nice indeed when first applied, but severly lacking in lasting power. So, not for me.
Ah, I had to check these out to remind myself what they looked like. I have always been so drawn to those bottles! Some of them are really cool. I wonder if they’re as spectacular in person.
They’re really lovely in person! My DH gifted me with the African Leather for my birthday, and I adore both the scent and the bottle.
Ahhhh that’s the one I’m dying for. Those prices, though…. I wish THOSE showed up at discounters. I’ll just have to hope someone does a split, then print out a picture of the bottle and glue it onto the vial.
Bottle porn SOTD was Creed Love in Black. Because I like violet, and it’s a nice one with great longevity (unusual for violet). And because I love black bottles for feminine-marketed frags. Especially when I find them for a good price online!