Hump Day, and Book Lovers Day! What fragrance are you wearing?
I'm in good old Hermès Vétiver Tonka.
Reminder: on 8/11, wear a fragrance with vetiver, if you have one. (Need ideas? See 5 perfumes: vetiver fragrances for fall, winter, spring, summer.)
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 shows Philippe Dumas sketchbooks from Hermès: "On the occasion of the release of a ninth sketchbook inspired, by Metamorphosis, Hermès’ annual theme for 2014, Actes Sud and Hermès have decided to republish the entire collection of sketchbooks inspired by the Émile Hermès collection, which Philippe Dumas created between 1988 and 1995: L’Exotisme, Vivre la France, La Vie à l’air libre, Voyage en Extrême-Orient, La Mer, Le Cheval, Le Soleil and La Route." In French with English or Chinese text inserts, $15 each.
Flower by Kenzo L’elixer
Everyone is getting summer colds in my household…
Chubby Buddha has a cough, I am sneezing and my honey had a sore throat. So far my oldest is symptom free.
Oh Dear – I hope everyone recovers soon
I hope so! We have plans to go to the land of the wooden shoes soon..
I hope everyone gets better asap, and experience clog-land in good health!
As a clog devotee, that’s a trip I often fantasize about
You have my sympathy – summer colds are so unpleasant! I hope everyone gets well soon.
Feel better
I hope you all start to feel better soon, and your oldest stays cold-free.
Feel better everyone! Give Baby Buddha a hug from his NST fans!
I hope you all recover quickly!
Oh no! Take good care of each other!
Feel better soon! Love that Kenzo.
Take care and get well soon!
Thanks all, there is a lot of turmeric, honey, propolis with herbs and hot tea going around.
Oh dear, hope you all feel better soon!
Hope everyone is on the mend soon.
Uh oh! Summer colds are THE worst. I hope everyone is better ASAP.
I hope you all recover and feel well asap!
Wearing LeLabo’s Vetiver Oil.
I don’t care for the EDP, but the oil has a lovely depth.
For anyone who was interested in trying the Berdoues line, Beautyhabit has a discovery set on sale ( no affiliation – I just wish they shipped to Canada)
https://www.beautyhabit.com/collections/berdoues/products/berdoues-collection-grands-crus-discovery-collection
Sorry for the ugly link
Original link so ugly I had to fix it!
Thank you – no idea why it was originally so nasty
Thank you for the link. Ugly but easy, and what a deal! I’ve never tried any Berdoues and look forward to these.
I’m not even going to look because I know I would want it and they won’t ship to Canada.
Check sephora’s Canadian site. They have the set on the US site now.
Nothing on the CAD site yet – hopefully soon ……
Oooh……that looks awesome! Those cute little boxes.
haha
I dont even know if this brand suits my tastes, but I need this in my life.
Weird thing is, I cannot find this set at a Europeanretailer. Well at least not online. Oh well, money saved I guess… Someone, please tell me they are not worth it
It won’t be me cause I love em-LOL! maybe sweetgrass will chime in to talk you out of it
Ha! I’m not usually in the business of discouraging perfume buying. I don’t know your tastes well enough to know whether this would be a good buy for you or not, honestly.
As you can see, Chocolatemarzipan loves the line, and I wasn’t impressed with most of it. Maybe CM can tell you why she liked them so much, but speaking for myself, it wasn’t really a matter of entirely disliking the fragrances. I just thought most of them were of the “pleasant enough but not particularly compelling” variety. I think the only one I actively disliked was Somei Yoshino because I thought it smelled like an air freshener. The ones I liked the best are Arz el-Rab and Selva do Brasil, if that is at all helpful.
Thanks!
Yes I totally understand, if you dont know my preferences its kinda hard to tell.
I feel like i am still on a journey, trying to find out what i like and do not like.
I always try to keep an open mind and like a lot of styles/brands.
But scents and notes that really resonate with me seem to be more on the intense/darker/warmer/smokier/dirtier side of the scent spectrum. But I also love some of the Hermès (to me that is clean and fresh and safe for office, but at the same time not boring).
Oh well, there is a store here in the Netherlands that carries the line. I think I just need to pay them a visit or order a few samples.
Its just…that coffret LOOKS so nice. Haha
Here’s a review that Lucas did of three of them-
https://chemistinthebottle.wordpress.com/2017/06/30/triple-trip-with-maison-berdoues/
the Oud al Sahraa is a jammy, resinous amber on my skin and the Arz el Rab is very heavy on the cedarwood but diaphanous nonetheless.
If you are looking for dark and dirty you won’t find it with the Cologne Grand Cru…but yes, the coffret is nice looking and the full size bottles even nicer!
Thank you!
Consider me still interested.
Because I can still use more scents that are suitable to wear to work.
(yeah i know…i could’ve just stopped the scentence after ‘i still can use more scents’…you guys would understand right
Oh, wow, that’s a lemming if I ever saw one….
lovely website!
Happy Hump Day to all my beautifully scented friends! Wearing a homemade Hinoki cedar lotion with Carvan Le Vetiver, the older version, white bottle. Not a lot of longevity but a pleasant vetiver nevertheless….
Hinoki Cedar lotion sounds wonderful!
SOTD SJP Stash.
Happy Book Lovers’ Day! I am currently enjoying Sarah Bakewell’s “At The Existentialist Café” recommended by Bois de Jasmin’s Victoria.
Victoria always has great book recs. She told me to read The Black Russian by Vladimir Alexandrov, and I did not think the writing was fantastic but the story is so fantastic it’s worth reading anyway.
http://www.valexandrov.com/
I haven’t read a whole lot of Russian anything, but it sounds intriguing! Thank you for mentioning it. Perfume people seem to have excellent taste beyond fragrant matters
Her Montaigne book is worth reading too.
I read the Montaigne book a few years ago and loved it. One of the few books I read 2+ times. I didn’t know of the new book until I saw Victoria’s list.
Coeur de Vetiver Sacre for me today.
SOTD is Diptyque Vetyverio.
It’s not what I expected – more vetiver/musk then vetiver/citrus. That is I can definitely smell citrus from the vial, but it dries in seconds on my skin, and the scent becomes powdery and clean.
Lovely choice!
Oh I know exactly what you mean!
When I tried it the opening was ao gorgeous and then it popped so quickly to the powdery dry down I was disappointed. I loved the opening – the next phase was just meh for me. Still…money saved I guess.
Off-theme again today in Vol de Nuit (no, spellchecker, NOT “suit”), in vintage EDT form. Might spritz a teensy bit of the extrait before I leave the house. VdN is my happy place.
I often wear Vol de Nuit to bed (in extrait form) — there’s something very peaceful about it, I find. You smell wonderful!
Thank you! It IS peaceful, isn’t it – very calming.
Vol de Nuit is heavenly.
I couldn’t agree more.
You smell wonderful
SSS Lieu de Reves with vetiver as a mere supporting player.
PSA-
Ulta has the entire Pacifica line on sale…the body lotions are ten dollars and the full size sprays are fifteen…also they have a trio rollerball set of pure parfumes (including Island Vanilla and Indian Coconut Nectar) for sixteen dollars and scented hair perfume for ten.
Oh and shipping is free with a $35 dollar purchase…just sayin’….LOL!
And now that bottle of Malibu Lemon Blossom we were talking about recently is winging its way to me. Give yourself an enabler pin.
Hee Hee! good purchase, Aparatchick
NICE!
Well,Lieu is gone….so on to another vetiver…..Tibetan Mountain Temple since some of us are talkin’ about Pacifica this morning.
A tiny spritz of O de Lancome for vetiver and trying hard to fight a very bad sore throat and fever, just two days before my vacation time starts (sigh!). Very busy and working late which makes it more unpleasant, but I will survive! Triple strengh coffee. By the way, where is Bear?
Oh, no! Lots of votamin C! I hope ot passes quickly. Yes, I’ve noticed Bear’s absence as well.
Yes me too, maybe he is on vacation?
Thank you! I always take 500mg of vitamin C. Since this morning I increased it to 1000mg. I don’t know if it enough, but I hope it helps.
Wishing you a speedy recovery !!!!
Bear and Holly- come out of hiding
And rappleyea!
and johanob!!! want to see pix of his perfume room!
and Jenkkr
Thank you CM8. I hope to feel better very quick.
Get well soon!
Thank you Jiji. Trying my best!
Feel better! we are in the same boat!
Thank you! I also hope you and your family recover soon.
Salt water gargle!!! It will really help I both soothe and improve. Feel better soon.
Thank you Creosote! Waiting to get home to do some salt water gargles. They always help me greatly!
Terrible timing on your illness! I hope it doesn’t develop into a full fledged cold and you can enjoy your vacation.
I hope not, even though the cough has gotten worse since this afternoon. Patience. I hope to feel better tomorrow, otherwise a quick visit to my doctor will be necessary
I started out this morning in 4711, which is pretty much gone. Now I’m in Atelier Cologne Bois Blonds, which is supposed to have a vetiver note. I’d never noticed it before, but I’m looking out for it now.
It’s midweek already? WOW!
Wearing ELdO You or Someone Like You. I sure wish I could figure out the notes that my nose smells!
I smell mint, green grass, ivy, and lime in You or Someone like you.
It smells like a clean garden, instead of dirt there’s a bed of white musk.
Hermes Rose Ikebana and drinking matcha green tea
Oh, that sounds like a lovely combo!
It was cool this morning so I decided I could get away with SL Vetiver Oriental, which I don’t usually wear in the summer.
I have been eyeing that one! Kind of hard to come by these days. I bet you smell fabulous!
Deva, I have VO in my perfume cabinet; let me know if you need a sample.
Ohhh, really? That would be great. I have few things I am wanting to send to new home, so happy to swap if I have anything you may be interested in. My email is taiga101 in the land of yahooligans. Thanks!
I just started another vetiver ‘face off’
Encre Noire vs Sycomore (edt)
first impression (after an hour)
yes, they are 1st degree relatives, like siblings, but
Sycomore is a bit sweeter (is it pepper?), softer and smoother (more elegant)
Encre Noire is a bit more blunt, rootsy/earthy
I love them both,
let see how they develop
if i rememer EN is more linear
Very different, and I like them both too.
SOTD PdN Vetyver. Love my 30ml bottle of this one. It’s totally unisex and just so dang smooooth!
It doesn’t seem too terribly hot today, so I’m thinking T-Rex and I will do some exploring downtown today. There are several lovely parks for lunch, a great waterfall, the Reedy River, and the 22 mile Swamp Rabbit Trail that goes through it all.
Have an outstanding hump day, NSTers!
Hi, Deva. I saw from your post yesterday that you’re planning to do some eclipse watching. I hope to view it from Santee, SC — or thereabouts. Any chance you’ll be near there?
Hi there! I will be at Croft State Park which is in the western foothills area. I’m hoping we have a clear day! Someone told me here is an expected influx of thousands of people from nearby areas just outside of the path totality, so I’m expecting to leave very early to get to my location. Hope you and your co-viewers have a blast in Santee????
That so cool, a total solar eclipse. Wish I could be there. I hope weather is good! Enjoy (its on the 21st right?)!
I love the PdN Vetyver! It’s such a good mid weight vetiver. Enjoy your day. ????
Thank You!
Mild, sunny day today so went for some warm jasmine with L’Artisan La Haie Fleurie and also a dab of SL Sarrasins inspired by the Serge chatter.
Hmmmmm..jasmine
Mmm sarrasins, you smell great!
you smell intoxicating!
Mandarin Glaciale because it will be nice for a doctor appointment and because nicholasix says it has vetiver.
It’s a nice one
Ditto
Smelling goooood, Robin!
Love Vetiver Tonka.
And happy that it’s Book Lover’s Day! I was just thinking about how I’m always reading at least 3 sometimes 4 books at once. I do a mix of fiction & non-fiction, but I guess I just like variety. I read easy stuff on my train ride home since the brain is fried by then, and more challenging reads in the morning and on the weekends.
For me today, Eau des Merveilles. The citrus in this is so beautiful.
Went by the Hermes story yesterday on Broad St. on the way home, didn’t enter, but eyed those lovely scarfs in the window. One day one will be mine.
though the lines wrap around for blocks and blocks hermes does a have a sample sale every year. I went in 2014 and got myself a scarf, and that was the last of any sort of sample sale anything for me.
You smell heavenly!
I enjoy reading more than one book at a time. Keeps things fresh and fun, lol. At the moment it’s been Theft by Finding plus The City Baker’s Guide to Country Living.
Yay for EdM! You smell great today. One day an Hermes scarf shall be mine.
Showered with YR Lagoon shower gel, Then, applied YR Monoi oil follwed by a few dabs of CdG Champaca. I feel like I should be somewhere tropical rather than at my desk. ????
One can fantasize???? CdG Champaca is really nice-you’re smelling great!
Yum! think of it as a mini vacation!
It is really delightful and I can still smell it several hours later.
I’m wearing Atelier’s Vetiver Fatal. Although it doesn’t last long enough to be fatal, it’s enjoyable for its lifetime.
Ironically my scent eating skin gets excellent longevity from the Ateliers (especially Vanille Insensee and Orange Sanguine)
There is something in Vanille Insensee that lasts forever on me, so much that I can’t wear it…
sigh…..I wish I had that problem….everything disappears so quickly on me…even my SOTD which is supposed to be perfume strength was barely detectable after an hour…..
Ditto.
Mine does, too, and they also have massive projection on me. I always have to remember to under-apply, comparatively speaking.
Extraits are almost always short-lived on my skin as well.
I really like VF, too. A completely unique (at least to my limited experience) take on Vetiver. Also very short lived to me, unfortunately.
Yay for hump day!
Today I am wearing Iris Celadon from Armani Prive line. I got it in a swap from a fellow perfumista in Germany.
I’m quite fond of it plus during the day I managed to conclude a doppelganger perfume to this one. Anyone curious?
well yes, of course!
Yes! I want to make a blind and completely uneducated guess. So…. Silver Iris? I really have no clue ????????
Oh yes please! I had been stealing spritzed
(Whoops)
…stealing spritzes from Nordstrom every day for a week a while back but still can’t see myself shelling out as much as they’re asking for this one.
Jiji, Laura, Gi – I find it pretty close to VC&A Moonlight Patchouli
Ooh, nice!
I’ll have to try that one. I never would have guessed!
SOTMoment- a dab of Timbuktu from a really old sample vial. This is a mix of soap and ink and incense on me. Liking it quite a lot! I’ll have to douse more on to get the full effect.
PSA-seems there has been some talk about Pacifica scents lately; Ulta has all Pacifica 30% off today! Those new little aromatherapy roller thingies are tempting me.
Just realized that’s my second endorsement of Ulta, I’m not affiliated!! Just a product junkie SAHM here
ha! I saw that too…posted it above before I saw your comment-LOL!
hehe! It’s a great deal worth mentioning twice!
That is interesting. Might swing by the Ulta closer to my house later and check it out. I went to another one over the weekend, and they didn’t have the new aromatherapy ones, at least not yet. I’ve been kind of wanting to revisit Tibetan Mountain Temple, but I never see it anywhere. I thought it was discontinued, but I see it’s still on Pacifica’s site.
The website doesn’t say “Online Only” for those new ones, so I’m assuming some stores may have them! But I haven’t seen them yet at my Ulta, either.
Tibetan Mountain Temple is impossible to find now (except on the Pacifica website)…my local health food store used to carry it for fifteen dollars…no more…I am wondering if that is the next one to be d/c because the products in that scent have decreased in numbers…..
Eau d’Hadrien, from a little sampler bottle I was given in around 1994 (gasp) in connection with the purchase of a full bottle of something else, given as a gift. Wish I could recall what that was. I seem to recall that, while I must have liked it, it was not a hit and may never have been worn. This sample, in any event, is in great shape.
You are lucky to have a 1994 bottle…that was before all the re-formulations…I bet it smells amazing.
My to-do list includes bringing this little bottle with me the next time I head downtown so that I can compare it to the current version.
I had purchased numerous AGs in the early to mid 1990s (back in the day when they had BOGOS and two 100ml bottles could be acquired for under one hundred dollars)…I had Hadrien (and drained it pretty quickly) …last time I smelled it in its reformulated version I think it had less depth and was a bit more citrusy…at least that is what I remember…I will be curious as to your take on the comparisons.
I love that one, you smell great!
Sotd is Central Park West. Tried the new Gucci Bloom, and found it to be very similar. Basically, lots of tuberose. Bloom is more lady like. Update on the Nirvana Amethyst, the longevity stinks., at least on my skin.
thanks for the update…on my scent eating skin it would probably be gone in a nano second. Are you going to return it?
On the fence still. It gets very cold here in the winter, and not sure how it would hold up. I think it would be better for spring and fall.
But what do you think of the Amethyst fragrance-wise? If it lasted, would you like it?
I did like it. Tobacco, and spices. So far the best of the line imho.
Thanks!
Bel Respiro. And maybe too much of it? Finished off an ancient hand-me-down decant of the EDT; I had thought it had some vetiver in it, but perhaps no.
https://nstperfume.com/2007/02/19/les-exclusifs-de-chanel-bel-respiro-fragrance-review/
maybe the “aromatic grasses” are vetiver? hard to believe that ten years ago you could get 200 ml for only $175 USD
I just checked..the 200 ml is now DOUBLE the price (granted it is EDP but the cynic in me says it really isn’t any stronger)
Even if it was much stronger, not likely it means it costs them *that* much more to make. I do think brands are being careful now not to have their luxury perfumes seem too much cheaper than other brand’s luxury perfumes. Because price = luxury!
Went for a swim class this morning but it was really too cool, got chilled and had to come home and take a hot bath. Sitting on the couch contemplating all the things I need to be doing but feel too tired to deal with. Only Passage d’Enfer will do.
I put that one on a couple days ago for the first time in months, and it truly is eye-rollingly beautiful.
One of my top favorites as well.
a hot bath is an absolute pleasure, hope it warmed you right up!
Good morning, all. I’m in my beloved vintage Shalimar extrait, the perfect blend of chic and vanillic cuddlesomeness (or so says this Shalimar lover). Goes great with blue jeans on a foggy summer morning.
You smell wonderful!
wonderful
Mmmmmmmm Shalimar. You smell fantastic!
You smell great.
SOTD is Shiseido Zen Classic — hoping it will actually provide that zen feeling…
Let me know if you get the Zen feeling. If you do, I might buy a vat of it.
Well, it didn’t bliss me out, exactly, but I love the fragrance anyway.
Hope that peace and contentment are headed your way —
I’m in Urura’s Tokyo Cafe, trying to use up samples from TPC. I ordered them in March, and I’m pretty certain they are evaporating.
Anyhow, it’s lovely, a fruity floral done exactly right.
Nancyleandros, I love that one too – bought a bottle. Very linear and persistent but charming. Let me know if you want a bit more. I have decanting supplies but haven’t been brave enough to try it. ann dot dalrymple at geemail.
Hi anngd, that would be great! I have a 4160 sample that is similarly fruity floral, so maybe we can swap. Emailed you now.
I love to read and am in the middle of rereading Cold Sassy Tree by Olive Ann Burns (among others – always seem to have at least 3 books going). Highly recommended.
I’m in the remains of Hermes L’Ambre des Merveilles which I sprayed at Neiman Marcus yesterday as consolation for walking 2 miles to the NM to sniff some MFK fragrances – turned out they only had 3 and not the ones I wanted to try. I wasn’t overly thrilled with L’Ambre yesterday but it smells delicious this morning.
Happy Hump Day, all!
Ah, you must be on the eastside? That’s where I lived for 10+ years and I have to say I miss the proximity to the shopping there. Easy & free to park, reasonable traffic, all the stores in one small geographic area, plus groceries (stop by H Mart if you haven’t yet – I also really came to appreciate the 365 store at Bellevue Square) and lots of options for picking up dinner to take home. Super convenient. I’ve heard the new noodle house 1 block N of Main is great, btw.
Yes, currently in Kirkland, but still house-hunting!
Cold Sassy Tree is one of my favorite books. I read it with a book discussion group many years ago. I should re-read it this summer. I rarely read a book twice, but that one is worth it.
My thoughts exactly – worth it!
Neroli Outrenoir to match this gorgeous summer day! ????
NO blooms wonderfully in the heat, you smell magnificent!
Thank you!????
so beautiful!
Thank you!!
Woot! One if my favorite Guerlains!
Those books look darling. I’m exhausted and rethinking my career choices. I thought Sycomore would help me be more fierce, but she’s turned as timid as a department store fragrance. Thanks a lot, Chanel.
Hi K – Thinking of you! I’ll send you a gmail.
D.
Thank you for your e-mail <3 I will respond soon ("soon"), but in the meantime, it was great to hear from you!
No rush!
Actually this WAS the EDT! Maybe I’d have better luck with the EDP :-/
I hear you – when I first started my career it was so exhausting I was sure I couldn’t make it for another 35 years. Hang in there!
I assume the happy conclusion to this story is that you in fact could? That is great to hear!
Yes I did! Recently retired. Things do get easier as you get more experience, both in your profession and in life.
Wednesday!
1) Am in Blue Fig today!
2) Ate some super ripe figs off a tree- very naughty- but they were so, so good!
Figgy!!! How do you like your SOTD?
It’s really lovely – very refreshing for a smoggy hot day!
Yum! I’m looking forward to figs, haven’t seen any here yet.
The figs are trickling in now on the trees- the ones that go through two stages are now ripe, so you have to fight the birds to get to them! Mission figs here in PDX should be ready in the next couple of weeks!
Wonderful scent + snack pairing.
Fresh ripe figs are miraculously delicious.
I LOVE fresh figs. The ones from Costco are usually good (haven’t seen them yet) and go quickly.
My congestion is starting to clear up now after a sinus infection, so I’m wearing Musc Ravageur. The initial sprays from my first 100 ml bottle of Frederic Malle. I went through several samples and a travel spray of MR and kept craving more so I knew it was time. I got it during the Barney’s summer gift which makes it extra nice. I always try to time any Frederic Malle purchases when they have a beauty bag event going. And my SA’s are always extremely generous with samples of everything. FM has an especially chic little black glass droppers to sample the body oils.
Good to hear the sinus infection is on it’s way out. I always get them in summer and they last forever. And YUM to MR.
Mmmm, Musc Ravageur. Great purchase. I’d like to treat myself to a decant this winter.
Glad you’re feeling better. I don’t spend enough at Barneys to be any kind of special.
I’m really lucky. The sales associates and manager of the Frederic Malle counter at Beverly Hills are all incredibly nice and helpful. The only thing I’ve ever bought from Barney’s is Frederic Malle!
Congratulations on your new bottle of MR! You smell wonderful.
You smell gorgeous!
Vert d’Encens today and another sample emptied this time intentionally. ????
My favorite of the Verts! You smell wonderful!
Carner Barcelona D600 today. A decant shared by a kind NSTer and I’m really impressed with this fragrance. Just a single spritz for the office which ends up being the perfect amount. It was a touch overwhelming when I went with 3 the other day at home.
Twins! We smell good!
Triplets and ahem, 5 spritzes from the bottle. I wafted something fierce today (but was no match for stinky armpits).
In Timbuktu again (I did take a Fat Electrician detour yesterday, but it was almost all marrons glacés and very little vetiver). Getting something particularly green and sharp today – almost like celery. I suppose it’s the mango and some other note. It’s good.
It is good
Spring growth and fresh breezes…what better way to end weather/elements week than with a dab of Vent Vert. If only life were that simple. Off I trot to the perfume counter …no Vent Vert. I explain myself: Do you have any vents, soleils, monsoons, neiges, storms, l’orages, nuages, mists….for a project? And that is how I came to leave Farmers ( our dept. store) wearing Beyonce Heat (seduction ).
Happy book lovers day! I’m going to do a week of matching perfumes in my collection with books on my shelves ( Beyonce Heat Seduction / Edmonds Cook Book ).
I have to ask how your query was received?
Slightly perplexed and then very helpful…and then relieved it was all over
Your book project sounds like a great idea! Can’t wait to find out the rest of your pairings.
Lol! How’s the Heat?
I think she should stick to lemonade
????????
Bwahahaha… would have liked to see that interaction at the counter.
And the book pairing is perfect.
Went down to NY yesterday and am now enrolled back in acupuncture school. Went to Osswald and met Daisy (whom I had heard of from Hajusuuri) and discovered that there is now a pet adoption place a few doors down. Kitties and perfume– I predict that that the combo will have me spending more time on that block.
SOTD is Guerlain French Kiss
How is Daisy? I wish she would resurrect her blog
Hooray in getting Re-enrolled. And Daisy, what can I say? Such a nice kooky person
SotM = Masque Milano Romanza
Verrrrry pretty. I spritzed from a carded spray sample, and lo and behold, there’s vetiver! Not a lot, but it’s there, adding a dusky, dusty, green-brown note. The card says “Victorian Narcissus” which sums up the scent. I first tried Romanza from a dab sample, and it was more floral. Will try it again. I like it.
Have a wonderfully fragrant Wednesday, NST!
You smell fantastic!
thanks, Jiji
I like Romanza more each time I wear it.
Oooh, Book Lovers Day. Would love a little reading time later, but it’s not looking likely. I wound up with JM’s Wood Sage and Sea Salt in my hand this morning – it’s not a vetiver but it feels vetiver-adjacent.
At my house, every day is Book Lover’s Day! I’m wearing California Reverie, with nary a vetiver note, because it’s still horridly hot and humid and smoky here. CR makes it all a little bit better.
I started my Red Cross Disaster volunteer training yesterday and was surprised by the first one–Food Service Safety. I think I was expecting First Aid or Rubble Removal for Beginners. If I’m a volunteer at your disaster, I will be watching food temps and washing my hands a lot.
California Reverie is such a mood lifting fragrance for me. You smell beautiful and happy!
Beginning with food safety seems wise. My mother thinks that I am some kind of germaphobe (I’m totally not) because I employ basic food safety practices. I’m just trying not to give myself or anyone else a foodborne illness.
(She does not employ such practices and took my entire extended family down one Christmas, spreading a Norovirus via a family dinner.)
Oh, and have to ask – do you get jasmine from CR? I love it, but I’ve never smelled any jasmine in it. It smells like a citrus grove to me and is a summer favorite.
Yes, I get lots of jasmine, grandiflora type. The citrus is very fleeting on me but the jasmine sticks around.
Food safety is a big deal, glad to hear it is being taught at your Red Cross class. Having a sensitive stomach I am verrrry particular about food.
Tried to wear vetiver yesterday (one of my favorite ingredients) but it was too much for me, so last night I switched to FM En Passant which is gorgeous in this weather. Today it is En Passant again!
Spritzed (okay, sprayed myself down with) Guerlain Vetiver edt early this a.m. It’s still there and, interestingly, smells nutty and dry on one arm and creamy and sweet on the other.
Also twinning (tripleting?) in Hermes Vetiver Tonka applied to one inner arm. This is one I’ve always liked very much but not loved. I realized today that I’d love to smell it on someone else, so will encourage my H to wear it.
Plan to dab either Atelier Vetiver Fatal or Fat Electrician later – or may end up in No 5 EdT, which I’ve been eyeing all morning.
Happy Hump Day!
I often notice the same perfume smells different on one arm than it does on the other. Interesting.
I’m on the second day of a two day course today, yesterday was good but very tiring. I’ll keep myself focused with Mitsouko.
You smell fantastic!
Etro Vetiver, lovely opening it loses on drydown but stilll a good rendition of the note.
I’m on theme today with SL Vetiver Oriental. I used up the last little bit of my decant.
I’m in Carner D600 today. The notes list vetiver, but I can’t pick it out as well as I could in the Nirvana Rose yesterday. Nice nonetheless. It’s all but gone at this point, so I will probably sample some this evening. Hope everyone had a great day!
And by the way, Book Lover’s Day is my kind of day!
If you smell something nutty, it’s the Vetiver. I love it!
Happy Hump Day, peeps. SOTD is another test of Pacifica Himalayan Patchouli Berry. I might have to get it.
It is so cheap you might as well
Agreed
I know. But I could also save that $ and put it towards something more expensive… Guess I’ll just wait a bit and see if my nose decides it can’t live without it.
It’s always the expensive ones that I pine for too.
But it’s perfumath free!
I’ve got a bad case of dragging butt today. I know the reason(s) why, so hopefully tonight will be the end of it all, and I will get a decent night’s sleep.
SOTD = Terre d’Hermes EdT, from the sample stash. I was inspired by several NSTers who have worn it this week. I get a whiff of gasoline in Td’H, similar to what I occasionally smell in Mitsouko.
I hope that tomorrow is a better day!
Hope you can sleep well tonight.
Thanks, Petunia and lillyjo! Long distance phone calls to loved ones can be a lot of fun, but they sometimes wreak havoc on sleep if you have to deal with multiple time zones. So I’m sleepy for a good reason, not a bad/sad one.
Must be hard to live far from your loved ones. What’s a few hours of sleep? Glad it was nothing serious.
You smell nice! I actually like the Eau Fraiche better but both are good.
Thanks! I can’t believe it’s taken me so long to try this sample.
SOTM is Berdoues Assam of India. I bought that adorable coffret that is out on Sephora’s online store and just got it today. I am DYING to try them all. I wish I had more than two arms to spray.
I also used my VIB points to snag a deluxe sample of the new EdP version of Light Blue, which I wore to death in my early 20’s and am mostly over, but I wanted to road-test the new one and it came in a really adorable miniature version of the full-size bottle. :3
OOOh…let us know how you get on with the other scents….good or bad I am curious…
Late as usual today. Wore Onda yesterday for a rich wondering vetiver.
Today was Fille de Berlin for the happiness factor as I had a traumatic interaction with Nuit de Bakelite last night and needed help recovering. It is truly horrible on me. Burnt plastic baby doll and, my person claims, poo. I couldn’t detect that aspect and hope he was being metaphorical. I am sure it is lovely on others as the notes sound great and it’s been getting lots of positive reviews. And I love Naomi Goodsir’s other perfumed. But terrible on me. So I showered and put ok Rosenthal last night and La Fille de Berlin today as roses cure all ills.
A small bottle of Dasein spring just reached me though so one arm has vetiver now!
Oops. Sorry for typos. Phone thumbs.
You smell fabulous. Sorry about that scrubber experience. I agree: rose cures all!
Thank you and it does! For me at least.
Eeeek about Bakelite. I was really hopeful after reading Kafka’s review!
You should absolutely try it. I think it did something really weird on me that I hope won’t be replicated on others. It certainly wasn’t on Kafka!
Wow, sorry to hear about that! Nasty scrubbers can be truly traumatic. At least Fille de Berlin is reliably lovely.
SOTD = Carner Barcelona D600
Gorgeous citrus Iris vetiver vanilla. I could be bigamous with this and No.19 EDP and not get bored.
Commuting Woes, No. 375:
Armpits again! Don’t you hate it when someone who clearly broke a sweat at the gym (heh, maybe elsewhere). decides to sit their unwashed self next to you. Seriously dusgusting and nauseating.
Bleeech! Sorry.
Bleeeech is right. She did not look like she would stink but ummm, her pits stunk to high heaven!
There is a running trail behind the building where I work and some folks will take a run then stop into my office literally dripping. I don’t get it? Ewwww
It must be very uncomfortable to be stuck sitting near someone who stinks.
Several people in the office bike to work. There are no shower facilities in our building (you would not believe ALL the things that came up as issues when the subject of building one came up). Neither one of the two I sometimes talk to stink and they were somehow able to present themselves professionally despite the intense beginning of day exercise.
Good for them. At least you don’t have that to deal with.
You need to carry a pomander like people did way back when folks couldn’t shower regularly. ????
I think I will buy those tassels that Robin featured in a recent Daily Lemming.
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Sigh. Again with the nasty armpits???
This made me LOL because this would have been the exact words I would have answered my own comment
ZOMG! Now I’m laughing!
The worst is when the train is so crowded and you can not move anywhere. I get nauseated easily, so I just pray vehemently to reach the next stop quickly, so I can jump to the next car.
Welcome to my life! I know we share very similar experiences! I hope you have a great vacation coming up!
First you smell great.
Second, I am a firm firm FIRM believer in sleeves. I know that this makes me my own crotchedy “hey you kids get off of my lawn” great-grandmother, but I don’t care. I can’t stand the feel of my own sweaty skin rubbing against itself and do not understand why others seem to think it is cooler than a nice light layer of linen or cotton.
Sing it sister! Especially people who don’t believe in deodorant…
Oh! I could not agree more!
Same here. When I wear a sleeveless shirt, I always have a very light jacket available to put on because I get grossed out touching strangers’ skin. I am twitching just thinking about it.
Ah see I get grossed about by my *own* sweaty skin. Or better, it just makes feel more hot and uncomfortable.
Baby wipes and deodorant go a long way to resolve sweaty problems.
She didn’t get the memo