Just another Manic Monday! What fragrance are you wearing?
I'm in Serge Lutens Dent de Lait (review coming up this week, possibly tomorrow).
Reminder: on 8/11, wear a fragrance with vetiver, 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 the Serge Lutens Berbers Headscarf (it is folded so you are only seeing a corner of it; "Snake, tortoise, scorpion… silk with a sting in the tail"), which is currently unavailable but I think was $400 when it was in stock.
On this cool and rainy day I just could not get myself to wear any vetiver (which is not my favorite note to begin with anyway). So I started with Vanille Insensee soap in the shower (from Arielle Shoshana Scented Luxuries which has an excellent selection of body products) followed by B & BW Snowflakes and Cashmere lotion for the sweet pipe fragrance I was craving and topped off with Pacifica’s Mexican Cocoa which is all about marzipan, spices and dry cocoa…why oh why did you discontinue this one Pacifica???????
I wonder if you’d like D600 from Carner. It’s a not so vetivery iris. Just sayin’.
My best friend LOVES that one…but I haven’t tried it yet…I do have a few vetivers that I enjoy- Pacifica’s Tibetan Mountain Temple, Berdoues Grand Cru Scorza di Sicilia and Dame Passionfruit, Orange Blossom & Vetiver….I just wasn’t in the mood this morning…I needed a ‘comfort’ scent
Berdoues one is to me more like a summer citrus rather than vetiver or woods
Agree…100 percent…but it is the closest I can come to wearing a vetiver fragrance
Same with the Dame…it is much less about the vetiver to my nose…
and Tibetan Mountain Temple is a sweet gingery incense but vetiver is in there so it “would” count towards the community project…
The Cashmere lotion smells so cozy!
It is on the sweet side but my wonky nose also picks up tobacco which isn’t listed in the notes but nonetheless it is there for me and I love it!
I love that Vanille Insensee soap. I’ve gone through two bars – but they last pretty well.
Yes! they last forever!!! Last summer it took me two months to finish my Orange Sanguine soap and I used it daily.
and you know given my user name the Pacifica Mexican Cocoa really ‘should’ be my signature scent
Yes!!
and a PSA-
the Compagnie de Provence hand creams and candles are half price at Arielle Shoshana Scented Luxuries
Posting sooooo late so not sure if anyone will see this, but wondering if anyone has any faves from this line? I saw that they are on sale, too and am interested but have never tried these (not that I need more candles or hand cream, but….sale!!)
I love Pacifica’s Mexican Cocoa candles. It’s a shame they’re discontinuing that scent. It would’ve been so great as a solid perfume. I’ll likely join you in Tibetan Mtn Temple later this week.
If you have the candles hold on to them because I think the entire candle line is being d/c…same with the solid perfumes
I’ve never sprayed the perfumes, but I love the candles! SO sad!
It’s a mild mild Monday so I’m in Lavande 44 from Rania J. Such a great and naturally smelling lavender.
Not really a fan of SL or their New bottles but I’ll be curious about your review.
I’m coming up with a new review soon as well. Sample I tried during weekend deserves some attention.
The lavender sounds lovely….will pop over to your blog to see if you have done a review on Lavande 44
I really enjoyed reading about your SOTD….it sounds like a vetiver I could really enjoy given that it barely makes its presence known and I really like lavender as a note!
Glad you liked the review. I’m surprised you write about it as a vetiver perfume. It’s all about lavender in this one
Good to know :)….I would prefer it be all about lavender!
Sample of the day is Apoteker Tepe Karasu which is a spare slightly greenish incense
Looking forward to trying this one, it sounds interesting.
La Rose de Rosine. Lovely, but I need another rose like I need more hair, or whatever. It’s seriously wonderful though, not a masterpiece but just quietly attractive.
Do you have a favorite rose perfume?
If I were condemned to wear only one rose perfume it would be Paris YSL, as it’s the one I have the strongest emotional attachment to. As it is I love lots of different kinds of rose perfumes.
I love rose-violets (Drôle de Rose), dark dramatic roses (Rossy, Rose Poivrée) spicy roses ( HdP 1876, Mohur (extrait de parfum)) abstract roses like Nahéma and light roses like Ecume de Rose, Un Zest and Rose Splendide.
And of course I forget the two Tauer roses that I love, Le Maroc pour Elle and Une Rose Chypréé, and Guerlain’s wonderful Rose Nacrée du Désert, Divine’s Spirituelle and L’Inspiratrice, Ce Soir ou Jamais, Rose Absolue, Rosa Flamenca, Mille et Une Roses……
Funny but for me Le Maroc is all about the lavender absolute…do you like any of the rose offerings from Sonoma Scent Studio? I have always thought that Laurie does a wonderful job with both roses and violets.
No, I live in Europe so SSS is not an option.
Thanks for reminding me I have a sample of SSS Velvet Rose somewhere. It is a gorgeous TDF rose that I’d completely forgotten about, and I have no idea where it is, though I’d only recently acquired it (!) Must rectify!
I’m currently unscented. I’m waiting the arrival of Elizabeth and James Nirvana Amethyst. I am a VIB insider fool! Nervous today, still working things out from one of my life’s trials and tribulations, hoping today brings good news. I will report back on the Amethyst, fingers crossed that it’s a keeper.
OOh do report back
and I hope you LOVE your blind buy!
Seconding this… Amethyst was the one I was curious about.
Sephora will take it back if you don’t like it, won’t they?
OH, and hope you get your good news!
Thanks!, as it turned out, it is middle of the road news, but better than bad. Which is OK, cause I can keep on keeping on:)
Good then.
Yes they will take it back. I only blind buy at places I know I can return.
I’ll have to try that one. I like Nirvana Black and Rose fairly well…
Annick Goutal Mandragore is my SOTD, and I am drinking a cup of jasmine green tea.
I got in late last night from a short, but fun Miami trip. I did some perfume sampling/shopping. I sampled so many, but my souvenir money went to a bottle of Santa Maria Novella Melograno and a bottle of Hermes Galop. I’ve been loving Galop for a long time, and I’m so happy to have a bottle
I like Galop too. A generous NSTer sent me a decant and I happy to report I finished it in no time.
I first smelled it back in September, and it has turned into a definite “love”.
Same. I tried to convince myself I didn’t need it since I have Kelly Caleche (edp), but I do, and bought a bottle last week.
Yay! I’m so glad we got our bottles around the same time
Oooh great choice! Galop is luvverly – one of my favourite every day scents.
I agree! I am so happy to have it.
I’m off-theme today, wafting TF Fleur de Chine. Lllloooooove it.
beautiful!
You smell wonderful!
had a moment of weakness..but Donatella forgives. Friday I bought a bottle of Tenue de Soirée
SOTD commando so far this morning, I don’t want to compete with my Jasmine Vanilla tea, the aroma is great on this gray day.
ha! ha! I was wondering when you were going to cave in and buy that bottle
Seems like AG is becoming your house.
Yes, for some reason I don’t know why AG is been on my to wear list. But, things change and I know I will be back to the old ones too. Songes is still my go to, I wore it all weekend except when I went sniffing at Saks.
SOTD is Tenue de Soirée!
Now drinking a hot cuppa Inka ( a wannabe instant coffee) and watching the rain come down while the kids nap. Mid morning meditation.
I’m so glad you got a bottle
You smell wonderful!
What a beautiful meditation….
The nice thing about the AG line is that you can try the perfumes IRL and don’t need to order any samples
anything good at SAKS? did you happen to notice if Jo Malone had any preview testers of their two new Oak fragrances? I am a wee bit curious about those.
I did’t try anything from Jo Malone unfortunately. I love the Saks beauty floor but they are too pushy sometimes for me. Grrr
ha! that is true…very pushy! except le labo…the SA completely ignored me when I approached…guess she figured my attire (cargo pants, sneakers, backpack) gave the appearance of a person who would not make a purchase-LOL!
Jasmine vanilla tea sounds lovely
Finally got back home yesterday afternoon from our almost 2 weeks in Hawaii… after 24.5 hours of traveling or sitting in airports. (Whew. I’m tired. Also still trying to adjust my body clock to the 6 hour time difference.)
Re: The CEO’s job interview, we are waiting. His interviews went well both on Kauai and with the university people in Honolulu, but there are two other candidates who will interview this week. As always, the job *sounds* great until you get a closer look at the specific situation and the personalities you’d be working with, not to mention the specific compensation package. In this case, hubby speculates that the position would be very susceptible to “job creep,” in that it’s supposed to be straight-up Extension agent, but the previous agent was promoted from a research position and continued to fulfill that function instead of traditional Extension duties (until his suicide in the office, which fact the committee described simply as “he died” YIKES and which we only found out because The CEO’s friend who is the Extension agent on one of the other islands told him). The past three research techs were not replaced when they retired or left, so there’s no one to do the research stuff. Also, the agent who is responsible for the 4H programs is set to retire in two years, and The CEO is concerned that he would in the future be required to combine duties for three different jobs. Besides which, the interim dean of the department at UH is not going to make any hiring decisions until the new dean arrives in September.
On the positive side, we spent several days on Kauai and Maui, which are both very beautiful. Great experience even if nothing comes of the job interview.
Nice to be back home and wearing Silences.
Well, you made it home safely and you are currently smellin’ good
It sounds a complicated situation, and you smell wonderful.
Wow, that’s a lot to think about. I hope whatever the outcome, that it is to your benefit.
Wow – interesting. I completely agree that lots of things like potential jobs – and house hunting which I am in the midst of – get more complicated once you look under the covers. Lots for you to think about but still sounds like it might be a great opportunity for you two and wouldn’t be a forever commitment. Thx for the update. I guess it’s esp interesting/helpful to follow someone else’s big life changes as I feel quite caught in the midst of our own (just moved back to Pacific NW after 25 years in a wonderful place in Colorado for new job for husband).
Yep, you get the Pros right up front and center, while the Cons are cleverly camouflaged just waiting to jump out and yell “Surprise!” Hope everything works out for you!
Good luck with life decisions. I’m glad you got to spend some time in beautiful Hawaii.
You smell great!
Oof. Sounds a little dicey. The long wait before the decision ought to allow for more information gathering, should an offer be granted.
Your travel day sounds utterly exhausting, and Silences absolutely needed. Is there a way to make travel back-and-forth more direct and shorter? That’s the kind of miserable day I associate with traveling to another hemisphere, not another state (!!)
Yikes indeed! But a great chance to spend time in Hawaii.
Hmm, sounds like the job from hell, I’d run.
Hopefully you can get more info on what is expected from the position. There are a few red flags in what you have mentioned that I would be rather wary.
Good luck making the best decision.
Good luck on all but your description makes it sound like hell in paradise.
I have absolutely NO Vetiver a for Friday…maybe need a new bottle of something? ????
Just kidding, Ms. Bank Balance!
OOTD is a pair of rolled cuff boyfriend jeans, crushed velevet rose camisole with a rose print on a navy background chiffon kimono over it all. Sporting my black iridescent Birkies on my tootsies.
SOTD is FM Vetiver Extraordinaire, which is the antithesis of the Hippie Dippie Trippy Clothing Vibe- Love the contrast ????
You smell great!
FM VE is also on my list for this week.
I’m trying one of the samples that I received last week. Tom Ford Grey Vetiver is kind of meh. I am getting that crayon note that I sometimes get with vetiver. Maybe the drydown will be better.
Happy Monday! Grey, cool rainy day! I am wearing Johann Maria Farina cologne. I found half bottle of it in one of my mother’s drawers this past weekend. She said that that bottle has been with her for ages. She remembered splashing me with some when I was a kid and that my grandmother used to wear it frequently 8-). I just remember my grandmom’s love for perfumes, but wearing them only for especial occasions. I also remember one in particular that smelled of coffee and it was delish. But those days I was too young and I was not paying attention to names. I used just to enjoy when she rarely spritzed something on me. Anyway, the Johan Maria Farina is in great shape, citrusy and refreshing and I like it a lot. I could not kidnap the bottle from mom. She wanted to keep it for sentimental reasons, but I was able to make a 10 ml decant of it. Nice discovery.
Nice discovery indeed! Especially in light of the fact that you have been experiencing some perfume ennui.
Nice story and such a good cologne.
Wow, that’s neat! Great scent memories for you and your mom!
Sel de vetiver, from a sample.
The sprayer on the vial was broken.
So i just dabbed on what leaked out of it. I suspect this changed longevity and sillage somewhat (in a bad way…i could hardly smell it after four hours).
But i remember this scent feeling more glorious when sprayed.
Anyways, it hardly satisfies my vetiver craving this way.
But it’s a very nice summer scent that gets its freshness and airyness from the salt and some citrus. Vetiver plays the grounding part here.
I had a moment of weakness too, Lovestosmellgood. I ordered a bottle of Alambar by Laboratorio Olfattivo. There was a sample in my Sens Unique box and I was smitten. But you have to hear the overblown marketing blurb for it…”Everything begins with a dream… The dream to capture a divine diva’s golden tears in a perfume that could work magic on the skin. Thus comes Alhambra… a perfume in which warm notes intensely surround the entire olfactory pyramid leaving, at the end, a trail of pure Amber. With its heightened concentration of elegance wrapped in exotic arabesques, this distillation of Amber excites the senses and soothes the skin”. I especially like the part about the heightened concentration of elegance wrapped in exotic arabesques.
that is some marketing..they win.
Enjoy your bottle!
Lol at capturing a divine divas golden tears! Sounds like a heartbroken 16 year old.
LOL
Haha!
Wow, it’s a chore to read. Enjoy your new bottle!
Commando now, but planning to wear Fat Electrician soon. Yay for vetiver week!
Sidenote: the other day I sampled TF Oud Minerale and liked it very much. Clean oud (which the oud aficionados will sniff at :P) + salt + ambergris + seaweed + mineral/flint + incense/smoke = quite wonderful. The mineral/flint aspect reminds me of the opening of Alaia and the mineral notes of Chablis.
commando twins.
;D
Fat Electrician is great!
I agree, it’s pretty darn awesome.
I liked Oud Minerale too… it’s not terribly oud-y at all, less so than Oud Wood (which I adore). Crisp and mineral-y and summer-y too.
Donatella forgive me, but a bottle just jumped into my hands while I was sniffing at Nordstrom. These frisky bottles.
Frisky Indeed! I envision a bottle making my way in the near future.
I had sniffed Oud Wood in my early perfume-love days and wasn’t very impressed with it, but I retried it while testing Oud Minerale and liked it very much. I need to give it a proper try.
I fear that my happen if I am in its vicinity.
I really like this one too.
Nice choice! Fat Electrician is what I think I’ll wear on Friday
Today I’m wearing Pacifica Sandalwood in the solid perfume.
On Saturday evening I went to a “discovery party” at Indigo Perfumery and it was so fun! There were snacks and mix-your-own champagne “cocktails,” all of the perfumes were available to sample, and there was no pressure to buy. I wound up making a somewhat unexpected discovery in Papillon Tobacco Rose. I love tobacco scents, but I usually avoid rose, so I was quite surprised at how much I liked this one. I set the sample strip in my bedroom and it’s been scenting the whole room for the past couple of days. I’ll definitely be ordering a sample of that one.
House twins!
I was just looking at both of the coffee as well as the tobacco scents listed on fragrantica (I guess the cool weather has me craving these two notes)…curious, have you ever tried any of the Demeter tobacco offerings?
I have not. I’m curious about many of the Demeter scents but IIRC, their shipping rate is a bit high even for sample orders, which has deterred me.
Right now they are having 25 percent off for new customers and shipping is free with 50 dollar orders…at least that was what the website reported when I last looked
I have sampled quite a few from several care packages sent to me by my best friend and they are quite good for the money…some are quirky and fun….definitely worth exploring ….
what are your favorite tobaccos?
I haven’t tried too many tobaccos yet, but the two that come to mind first are actually very similar: The Body Shop Red Musk and an oil by an indie perfumer on Etsy called Sweet Tea Apothecary – the oil is called Archibald. I like Burberry London (for men) as a tobacco scent on others, but it’s a little too strong for me.
I like Tobacco Rose a lot. Though, truth be told, I don’t smell much tobacco in it.
I love tobacco rose.
Timbuktu! I’ll probably wear other vetivers this week, but I have a whole bottle of this one and, after all, it’s great so . . . maybe I won’t. But I bet I have some vetiver-forward samples that ought to be used up, so maybe I will.
Sometimes it is fun to stick with one fragrance for a while and see how it plays out over time.
Yes, and I haven’t really tried that with Timbuktu – I’m looking forward to finding out more about it.
Commando until I go in my run which I am about to do – then NR for Her Musc Oil.
*on my run
I am also commando..twins with you. There are a few of us today
Lalique Encre Noire.
I think UK sent some of their cold and rain to Eastern Europe, because finally we have a grey and cool day too. Much appreciated – that heat was hard to bear!
Hey, they sent some of that weather here too!
Nice! Very generous.
You’re welcome, we’ve still got plenty for ourselves! Damp couple of days coming up, though we’ve had some sun and butterflies today. SOTD Jicky, followed by Vol de Nuit in the afternoon, but I have plenty of vetiver for the next few days.
I smell like Weleda Wild Rose Body Oil because I have a baffling patch of dry pebbly skin along one collarbone so I’m drenching it in anything that might help and I figured I might as well smell good at the same time.
You might as well! I like that oil.
I’m pretty lazy this morning, I haven’t even gotten in the shower yet. Spent yesterday with my parents, checking out one of those YMCA dream houses. The house itself was okay but wasn’t exactly wild about really narrow stairways and lack of space in some areas in the house. Who puts a laundry room on the second floor? It make no sense. Since the basement doesn’t have it’s own entrance, why put a room where one can easily wash their dogs. Dogs seem to like mud and checking out skunks so why put that in the finished basement? I swear that finished basement could be it’s own seperate house.
So I’m sitting in vintage Bal at the moment and will be wearing LDDM after my shower. I’ve been wearing my Tauer’s quite a bit the past week.
I have to assume “YMCA” was some kind of spellcheck error?
Second floor washer and dryer makes sense to me since that is where one usually changes out of clothes to be washed and into clean clothes. The basement should have a space for keeping critters clean.
Today I’m in Diptyque L’Eau de Tarocco. I want to like this, the note list is full of things I like I like (orange, rose, cinnamon, saffron) but this just don’t stay on my skin. It’s like it slides right off. Immediately when I apply it, I get a whiff of orange and cinnamon, and then it’s gone, poof.
I love that scent and am happy to see someone here wearing it! If only the longevity wasn’t so disappointing.
I have a Nordstrom sample of that one, thanks for reminding me to try it.
Sottile by Yosh (enabler pin to ElisaP). The muguet is strong with this one. I think Floragal needs a sample (happy to provide one) to wear for her husband…
It took me a bit to be able to separate out the lotv in that one. Ha! Mr. Floragal might like this one. Do you like it? I wore it this weekend in the evening after a shower and also spritzed in the shower post shower- makes a nice room scent, too.
I do like it. I get more LOTV than rose. But the ???? is there. I’m taking a small decant with me to CA to wear while I’m there. I think that, Saint Julep, and my OJ Frangipani will be the primary ones. Bringing an empty decant bottle to get some Chanel 5 Eau Premiere from the other sis. She has a bottle but doesn’t love as much as No. 5 itself. So, she’s willing to part with some.
Heh, I would have negotiated making a decant for her and you keep the bottle with a promise that you will fill up her decant whenever she wants.
SOTD – Naomi Goodsire Or du Serail. Yum
I wore that yesterday, yummy and lasted all day. Today I am in her Cuir Velours, which hasn’t lasted as well. I think I like Cuir Ottoman better in this category.
I love them both!
Have you tried Nuit de Bakelite? I want to like it, but so far from a tiny sample it isn’t making much of an impression. Maybe I need a spray sample?
No, but I think her stuff really needs to be sprayed generously to be appreciated. Hoping to try it from a tester bottle this weekend.
Was feeling for sheer and fresh so went with JM English Pear and Freesia. Monday, blech.
That’s a good one…I like it in soap format too.
Since turning in my notice at work, it sure was hard making myself come in to the office today. I had a bad case of “the Mondays” and on top of that knowing I would be leaving soon anyway…
That is the worst. Knowing there’s no point in finding new projects, no goals to achieve…just waiting out the days. Hang in there and new goals and adventures will be right around he corner!!
Have missed hanging around here due to the play I’ve been working on being a part of a festival here. But last night came home exhausted and happy & put on some Vetiver Pour Elle just for its own refreshing delights.
A little bit was still with me when I woke up, which is a serious recommendation.
Today is a day off here, and I am going to half-pretend it’s my birthday. (Since it was in the midst of this busy weekend). Can’t wait to note the “hidden vetivers” & not buy them.
Oh Happy Belated Birthday! I hope everything is going great with the play. What an accomplishment!
Happy belated Birthday!
Happy belated birthday! I think a birthday celebration should last at least week, no?
Thanks, and yes, that is a capital idea!
happy belated bday
Happy belated birthday! Enjoy your day off.
Happy b’day!!
Happy birthday. I hope you do something fun to celebrate!
Isn’t exhausted and happy and great combo? Happy belated birthday to you!
it is the best! thank you!
Happy belated birthday!
Happy Birthday a bit late! I can’t seem to get enough of the Vetiver scents…
Whoa, thanks everyone!
Happy Birthday for a few days ago!
Happy Belated Birthday! Time to celebrate!
Hurrah for Vetiver week! I’m in Fat Electrician this morning. I just have a sample but might need more when I use it up. I have no lack of vetivers but this one is unique enough to add. Rooty and a bit sweet with a touch of smoke and of course Vetiver-forward. Very nice.
Thanks for the wishes & you smell great. I have gotten no less than 3 samples of FE from Sephora, so could probably be counted on as a split buddy if you ever take the plunge.
Twin
I’m trying to decide if I’ll wear this one this week. I like it a lot, but it’s August – you know? Is it warm where you are?
Not the OP but I prefer vetiver in hot weather, and it’s the only time I wear FE.
Me too. I do wear some vetivers year round but especially like them in the heat.
I like vetivers in the heat, too, but I find FE as much a gourmand as a vetiver. And a really autumnal gourmand, at that – but maybe in August the vetiver will come out tops.
I think my skin amps the Vetiver and barely get the marshmallow at all. Same thing with Vetiver Tonka where I get no caramel at all and barely any hazelnut where these facets come out a lot more on others.
Good morning and good start to the week for everyone, I hope! My SOTD is Elixir des Merveilles. I have a bottle from a Hermes boutique from 2006 and still love it. It’s by far my favorite from that line including the various flankers and variants. Love love love that orange peel. Might even be my desert island perfume! Now I just have to see if I have anything with any vetiver for Friday. Not a note I like very much.
I love that one. You smell marvelous.
Vetiver! Well I think I might have some here.
SOTD is Perfumer H Vetiver… citrus-y vetiver. It doesn’t last long, but hey, what is a 100ml bottle for if not for re-spraying?
Hi, pixel! Did you see that Lyn Harris is the perfumer for several of those new Cire Trudon perfumes? Interesting choice. And they come in a very reasonably priced coffret.
I am taking advantage of the cooler weather today to wear Sballo by Bruno Acampora. It’s heavier than I would normally wear for summer daytime so I am wearing the oil with only one spritz of the EDP. One of my top ten scents.
Starting off vetiver week right with some Vétiver Tonka from myyyyyyy TRAVEL SPRAY!!!! I had a birthday party this weekend, and this incredibly generous gift came from the old friend who turned me into a perfumista some 1.5 years ago. VT is either in my top five or top ten fragrances, depending on the day, and is a great way to start off the week.
Other fragrant presents included some lovely rose hip oil, a cade and lavender candle, and some samples/minis from another budding perfumista friend. This bundle included Victoria’s Secret Bombshell, which smells not at all sexy or like the sugary hot mess I was expecting, but rather like pleasant shampoo, and Ambre Narguilé, which is also in my top five perfumes, so I’m pretty excited about the smelly side of my birthday.
Presents aside, my party was great fun. It’s so wonderful to have so many of my friends together in one room. Many of them didn’t know each other, but had heard of each other; now they’ve finally met!
Monday morning is starting slowly. I’ve done very little work so far (it’s nearly 10). Yaaawwwwn. At least I smell amazing.
Happy birthday to you, and congrats on your lovely presents!
ha! I forgot I once had a large sample spray of Vetiver Tonka which I did drain rather quickly…I guess I liked it
I love VT as well – have a travel spray, and am going through it a little faster than I’d like. It’s just so easy to wear.
It is, isn’t it? It’s the vetiver I liked before I liked vetiver.
Happy birthday and you smell great.
Happy Birthday!
Sounds like such a lovely party! Yay!
Nice birthday loot!
Happy late birthday! You smell fabulous, and absolutely have to tell us how all your smell gifts turn out!
Yesterday was the zest of the sun and today is the full-blown vitamin C fizzy orange version, Lush Sun. Simply the most ridiculous perfume in my collection…and that’s saying something. Good for a children’s birthday party, or a hangover…or layered with Coco ( just about every super strength perfume is better when layered with Coco).
Unusually warm weather here yesterday (15C) but we often get a spring dump of snow so no LOTV celebrations just yet!
Looking forward to the Dent du Lait review.
I like the idea of a perfume that is perfect for a children’s birthday party or a hangover.
I wish Lush would release Volume 4 already!
I totally forgot what the theme was for this week. I might have enough vetivers to wear one each day the rest of the week. Don’t know if I will, but I probably could.
So today it’s back to Berdoues samples. Today is Vanira Moorea. It’s.. fine. I mean, it’s vanilla with some citrusy stuff to lighten it up a bit. Right now it’s kind of reminding me of Vanille Incensee, but maybe a bit lighter.
Over the weekend I wore Scorza di Sicilia, which is kind of a boring citrus cologne that promises vetiver and cedar and doesn’t deliver, and Somei Yoshino, which ended up smelling like an air freshener. Actually, I have a Glade (I think) one called White Tea and Lily or something like that, and SY actually smells kind of like it.
So I totally missed the initial post about Dent de Lait and how many SL fragrances are getting discontinued or moved to non-export or whatever, which sounds like basically all of the ones I like. Guess I need to get off my butt and buy the ones I’d been wanting.
I should note that today is one of those days where I can’t quite tell if I’m really just unmoved by the fragrance I’m wearing or if I’m just being grumpy. Or a little of column A and a little of column B.
Better being unmoved than slapped with a mushroom cloud headache, which is what happened to me when I tried the Vanira Moorea. I actually like it, but just can’t wear it. ☹️
I missed the SL discontinuation info too! Where did you see it?
Ooh that’s no good.
The stuff about the SL discontinuations is on the page that the SL Dent de Lait name at the top of this post links to: https://nstperfume.com/2017/07/01/serge-lutens-dent-de-lait-borreau-des-fleurs-new-fragrances/
LOL! i will love the Berdoues for you
It’s been raining off and on here since late last night, and is a lovely 75 degrees. Aaahhhh, relief.
I’m in LL Iris 39 from the generous Elisa P. This is somewhat like ISM, but it has something a bit crisp in it. Maybe it’s the lime?
I’m tempted to add the drop of ISM I have left and compare them, but I don’t want anything to distract from the experience that is ISM!
To me, they are quite different. Iris 39 has a fizzy salty clean iris with something animalic vibe wheras ISM is supremely rooty iris
Maybe it’s the salty note that is standing out on me. It does mellow out considerably after an hour or so, and the ‘edge’ disappears.
SotD = Voleur de Roses from a sample
L’Artisan Parfumeur scents so often appeal to me. VdR is very nice. I wore La Chasse aux Papillons and Oeillet Sauvage yesterday.
I chose Voleur de Roses thinking it is rose + vetiver. Nope, it’s rose + patchouli. Digging through samples with rose + vetiver in mind, what was it I was looking for?
Rive Gauche perhaps? Don’t know of a L’Artisan one particularly. I got the impression their roses are more rosy.
Rive Gauche is so good!
Profumum Roma makes a lovely rose vetiver, Rosae Mundi. BTW I deeply love Voleur de Roses, my favourite rose Patchouli. You smell wonderful.
Voleur de Roses smells good every time I try it. I imagine it would smell great on a man, too.
Kicking off vetiver week with my new decant of SL’s Fille en Aiguilles. I’d been looking forward to trying this but it’s not a winner on me – the vetiver note smells very sweet and bubble gum-y. I have the exact same issue with EldO’s Fat Electrician. FM’s Vetiver Extraordinaire, on the other, smells like a “true” vetiver on me. Skin chemistry is such a mystery!
I haven’t tried that one either but have read reviews where it is described as a Christmas scent. You may want to test it again during winter?
I’m not sure where I stand with vetiver and I haven’t starting exploring my collection to see what I own that has vetiver in it. Surely there’s something but when I think “vetiver” I just remember that I didn’t like Sycamore.
Wearing one of the last drops of vintage Dune on a lazy day, it smells great. Hagd all ????
You smell great in Dune!
Love Dune!
Mmm, Dune is wonderful.
I didn’t like the original Sycomore, either, but I do like the new eau de parfum version. It might be worth a sniff!
Yay for Dune!
I’m not wild about vetiver but I’m kicking off the week by finishing my sample of Vetiver Oriental.
That is a nice one. Not too distinctly vetivery. Just wish it were more readily available.
FragranceNet had it not too long ago.
Thanks for the tip! For some reason I thought that was a bell jar one and didn’t even think to look there.
It was temporarily available at some point in the export line.
I don’t think I have anything vetiver-focused, although I’m sure there will be some in lots of things I have. So today I’m going with something that matches my pink jacket – Le Galion’s La Rose.
Wearing Molinard Habanita L’Esprit, which I woke up thinking about (and does have vetiver, but is not a Vetiver Perfume.) I’ve worn quite a few perfumes this summer that I’d previously only worn in winter, and had very few misses. This is another one that – surprisingly – works well in both heat and cold.
I got a sample of Bois des Iles edp yesterday. The edt may just be my most worn perfume this summer (after recoiling from it in all seasons for the last couple of years.) It is gorgeous with a much richer, deeper woody note, and very different from the edt. Read this with caution, as I sprayed it last night after being rudely awoken by cramps and was half-asleep, half-drugged, and wearing it over vintage No 5. I wish I had another sample as I’ve only got enough for 1 more wear, but I may need larger decants (i.e. bottles) of both the edt and edp.
It got me thinking this morning, though, that I don’t recall reading any reviews of Les Exclusifs edps on perfume blogs. The only feedback I’ve gotten on the new formulations has been from people reporting here. (Correct me if I’m wrong.) Exclusifs ennui? Or annoyance?
My own opinion on the matter is that Chanel should carry the parfums, edts, and edps side-by-side as they do with their other pillars. I’ve always wondered if that was the plan from the start, but that would necessitate new packaging for the edts when they are brought back, so it’s more likely that this is just my own fantasy.
You know, making them EdPs is to my mind just another variation on reformulation. And everything gets reformulated within a few years, these days. So annoyance isn’t really the write word, but I just think there’s no way to keep up with it all. I can’t re-smell EVERYTHING every couple years, right? I think you just have to assume that if you’re trying a perfume and the review you’re reading is more than a couple years old, what you’re smelling might not be the same as what was reviewed.
(And will add, brands come out with new concentrations all the time. One of us might add a note to an old review if we feel like it, but it doesn’t happen all that often.)
To be clear, I wasn’t singling you out. I realized when testing BdI that I hadn’t heard or read a thing about it.
I think of the Chanels as standalone variants, specifically created and acknowledged to be – and sold concurrently as -different versions of the pillar. No 5, 19, Cristalle and others are sold in parfum, edt, edp. I kind of thought that might be where they were going with the Exclusifs, rather than just the usual tweaking.
Hey, no, I did not think you were! Was just answering for myself. And now I notice I wrote “write” for “right” which is funny.
Cristalle is totally different in EdT and EdP, or at least, it used to be. They were related, but very different. And that is true of many scents that come in more than one concentration: they might smell the same but stronger or weaker, or, they might be quite different. So from my viewpoint, same thing as with the Exclusifs. (Or, I’m not understanding what you’re saying.)
A dreary and rainy and slightly cool day here so I chose Avignon. It’s comforting to me and I am loving it today.
I have my first interview (via phone) for a position in Albuquerque today in 30 minutes. Please send positive vibes! I’d love to hit the ground running out there with a good position!
Have a great you wonderful smelling people!
Sending good vibes to you! Best of luck.
My guy says not to rush, to take my time to find something, but this girl loves her perfume and lipsticks and such and I don’t want to depend on someone else for money ha!
Are you able to collect Unemployment Insurance since you had to quit a job due to the move? That way you can still have some income (for life’s necessities — perfume and lippies) while you job search.
Not every state has a “trailing spouse” provision so you might not be able to collect unemployment insurance.
I will have to check into it and see if Alabama has that provision.
Good luck!
Ahhhh it went so good! Not counting my chickens before they hatch, but I think it went very well.
Hurray for a good interview! If nothing else, it’s good practice.
Good luck!
Oh I see it went well! Now treat yourself!!
My SOTD is a combo. Post shower it’s a layer of Korres Jasmine body butter, Demeter Vetiver (generously sprayed), then topped up with a single spray of Andy’s Rose Delight body oil.
Ummm! That combo sounds good!
Ooooh, the Korres jasmine body butter is a fave of mine! Works great for fighting the winter doldrums.
That does sound like a lovely combo! My combos, alas, always seem to be panic-driven.
Down south for an annual office retreat. Cold and rain, so Pacificas Spanish Amber. This one, Alahine and Ambra Aurea are my ‘trinity’ of ambers ☺
Stole some Creed Original Vetiver from my person this morning. I love it despite the outrageous cost in the US. (Got this in EU where it is much cheaper, although likely still too expensive.)
SOTD = Cartier’s Baiser Vole EdP, from the sample stash. I needed something that would cheer me up today… the rainy grey weather where I am at is a total downer.
Kpaint, I did end up hearing more about the TOTAL drama disaster from the convention I was at. It was worse that I had ever imagined. First, a bit of background info. The group I am affiliated with puts on 3 game conventions a year. Two of them have around 2000 attendees. It is done with an ALL volunteer staff. If I stop to think about that, it is rather crazy. An event that has 2000 people, over 4 or 5 days, done with all volunteers???
Anyway, things have been spiraling downward (from my point of view) for at least a couple of years now. Important things are not getting done when they should be. Important information is not getting passed along to the people who should know about it. Lazy and/or incompetent individuals are kept on staff simply because either they are friends of the founder of the convention, or because the Powers That Be don’t have the stomach to fire them. If, Heaven forbid, something goes wrong, feedback is often immediate and public. Morale is in the toilet at the very least, or, more likely, in the sewer. And now it seems that a significant number of the staffers who run various parts of the convention are ready to drop everything and walk away from it all, unless things start to change, and long-standing issues are addressed. Will it happen? TBH, I dunno.
Sorry for the grumpy post, everyone. I guess I needed to get this off my chest.
I’m sorry you’re going through this!
Thanks, ajellyfish! This story shows what happens when something grows too fast for its own good, I think. A pity, really.
That can indeed be difficult to manage, but I think you’re on to something with a volunteer staff if that size. It’s kind of nuts, really.
Oy, it is good to unload. There’s at least one NSTer who can probably give you some tips on convention-related organization. That said, where is the budget? I agree it is crazy to do something of this magnitude with all volunteers. Now, if they are volunteers because they have had satisfying accomplished careers and are now “ladies who lunch” and are independently wealthy (hence, not getting paid), they should be able to find a way to make this work without all the cattiness.
Well, it is being done with mostly 20-something and 30-something volunteers. I’m one of the “old farts” of the group. However, I am not considered part of the Executive Staff.
Argh! Just noticed the typo… “worse THAN” not “worse that”.
SOTD = Chanel No. 19 EDP
It’s got Vetiver! So, very very very busy day and was going to log back in again tonight but I made an executive decision (mine, I am the boss of me) that it can wait until tomorrow.
Jealous of missionista’s encounter over the weekend with a vintage Opium wearer. I got armpits again today.
Have you ever noticed that even the skinniest people can take up more room than a person twice their physical size and weight? Case in point, a family of 3 with very skinny parents and a 6 or 7 year child. They could have sat 3 in a row across from me but the kid decided she wanted to sit across from her parents. Ok. The mom, sitting slightly sideways, kept talking to the dad and left her cheap-looking beaded cross-body purse hanging on the side between me and her. I gestured that she should move her purse to her lap and she did; however, as she kept talking, the bag migrated again to between us. I decided to nudge her and back to her lap went the bag. The kid then decides she wanted to sit on her mom’s lap and was very wiggly. UGH, really,mat this point, I should have either said something or moved away, but goshdarnit people are just so inconsiderate!
I should line up my vetivers for the rest of the week!
I hope that someday you get something better smelling than armpits on your commute!
What. A. Day. Cristalle EDP this morning that went *poof* after about 2 hours, didn’t have time to think about reapplying. Now Lush Lust from the solid compact to lull me to sleep. Mmmmmm jasmine….