Happy Almost-Friday, and happy International Day of Peace! Its also Leonard Cohen's birthday (may he rest in peace), Rosh Hashanah and Pecan Cookie Day. What fragrance are you wearing?
I'm trying Tauerville Patch Flash (on a blotter, so far, because you can never be too careful with patchouli).
Reminder: on 9/22 wear one of your "top 10 of fall" fragrances (unless it's spring where you are, in which case wear one of your "top 10 of spring" scents).
And for those of you who like to plan ahead, see Scent of the day ~ Friday community projects 2017, where I'll try to always have the next five or six weeks mapped out in advance.
Note: top image is fireflies [cropped] by sammydavisdog at flickr; some rights reserved.
happy New Year and Happy International Day of Peace…wishing and praying for peace amongst all sentient beings with a significant decrease in both misogyny and misandry amongst human beings
SOTD and for tomorrow as well is Greylocke…you know I forgot to mention that I got two compliments yesterday while wearing it…one from a man and one from a woman
and Robin your comment “you can never be too careful with patchouli” had me laughing as I slather it on!
I am a wuss!
Robin, let us know what you think of Patch Flash (love the cutesy name).
I will do a real skin test this weekend and promise to report back!
Me too!- I’m wearing several sprays of Patchouli Antique.
and you know I was thinking that Greylocke would work fantastic as a spring scent as well.
SOTD is Samsara vintage extrait. My favorite sandalwood and jasmine combo.
You smell goooood.
Thanks! This just called to me today. I adore the velvety sandalwood but in today’s sunny weather, I’m getting a touch more green flowers too! A win-win!
That sounds perfect
After my own heart
Good morning, my fine, smelly friends. I needed a dose of NST community today.
Wearing Tam Dao and already feeling a bit more grounded and clear than I otherwise might. It’s been a weird week/month/year, and I hadn’t had a craving for a specific scent in a while, but today’s mood called for this one. Such a calming, meditative one.
Going to a career “boot camp” this weekend in the hopes that I can decide what to do next with my life. We’ll see how that turns out.
I hope everyone is well, healthy, and if you celebrate, Shana Tovah!
I’ve missed you – hope things are well for you, and that the boot camp gives you brilliant ideas, or at least brings clarity.
Hi Sheri! Thanks for the sweet words – I really appreciate it! I figure the boot camp can’t hurt, so we’ll see what comes of it.
Also loving the new profile pic – is that an orchid? My favorite flower.
The gravatar image is a Japanese iris out in my back yard. The center bloom of the clump gets bigger each year, and it’s gorgeous.
Ooooh – love irises too, but clearly I’m not the most adept at identifying what is what! So pretty.
Hey there! Nice to see you and career boot camp sounds promising (and brutal, lol). Hoping it’s a year of some new greats for you.
Hey scent twin! How are you? Thanks for the kind words.
Can’t complain…
Also, I thought I’d share my favorite Leonard Cohen cover, played live, just so everyone else can enjoy:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bgFh1rEr5dM
What is career boot camp? Sounds like something I might need.
Theoretically, whatever it comprises will provide “greater clarity and confidence in your passions, purpose, and what matters most to you in finding and doing meaningful work”. And free lunch, so why not?
Best wishes for a successful boot camp
You smell very nice!!
Yes, I need those things! Hope it works out for you.
sending you a big hello!
Let us know how career boot camp is- if you feel like it was worth it. Hoping you get the clarity you seek- and blessings!
Shana tova! Wishing you a good, sweet year of health and clarity.
You smell great.
So lovely to ‘see’ u, The boot camp sounds brilliant, very pro active.
Hope u are inspired by it!
I love sandalwood, it’s so grounding and warming. Tam Dao is perfect!
Nice to see you back! Have fun at boot camp!
Like seeing you’re face on here!
I did the ol’ career bootcamp recently too. Eye opening. Hope you find it a helpful weekend.
Peace.
Shana tova.
Triple strength coffee.
Extra long workout.
High of 87° today, mid ’80s predicted for the next five days.
YES !!!!!
Beloved.
Amouage.
Woman.
Lavender, cloves, carnations, civet, castoreum, leather, rose, violet, powdery benzoin.
If I don’t wear it, who will ?
Black on black linen shirt with Levis. I look like Caesar Romero in the ’40s, with a beard.
LOL
She got a lotta pretty pretty boys
She calls friends
Carpe Diem.
Peace.
Nice to see you back. You smell pretty. Hope your future is better and brighter!
Well, that comment was for ihadanidea!
Haha – thank you PerfumeLover! Just noticed this!
How can you miss me if I never go away?
LOLOLOL
Ha Bear! That was for
:D.
ihadanidea!
But, we still love you when you are not around…..
I have listened to the Eagles every single day for….many, many years. Wonder, why I like their work so much!
Same here …huge Eagles fan.
Cuz they’re awesome!
My father was a huge Eagles fan. I can’t listen to them without tearing up!
He loved them so much he painted this image on the gas tank of his motorcycle.
https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51a3OgGd2eL.jpg
Cool paint job!
I bet that look is fantastic! BTW, you stole MY Hotel California line:)
LOLOLOL
Cheers, lillyjo!
Beloved is so beautiful- can’t wait to wear it when the weather finally cools off a bit.
I wear it in the heat, but it is an attention-getter !
LOL
My favorite part of the whole song is the instrumentals at the end.
That instrumental part is sublime!
We are black linen twins – mine in the form of a shirt dress. You smell divine!
Thanks Luna Green!
Linen is a sexy fabric, skims the body without being obvious!
You look great!
I love Beloved!
Me too!
Guess I’ll have to get a sample of Man, in case that’s wonderful also.
Do get a sample, I think it is wonderful. I’ve never sampled Beloved Woman, but I have a sample of Myths Woman somewhere…
Sold !!
Thank you for the idea – Beloved it is for me today! I’ll even wear something black (not linen though).
Peace to you as well! You smell great.
Thank you Undina !
You smell great !
You smell fantastic Bear. Wishing you a good and sweet new year.
A happy and healthy New Year to you as well, cazaubon!
Thank you!
Ninfio Mio Annick Goutal
Gorgeous!
Thanks to a generous NSTer
Beautiful Fall day, hung some Tibitian prayer flags up and spending some time at the park
monkey loves Saftey Dance, thanks all!
Next up – Whip It!
Ha! I was thinking “Come On Eileen”.
Oh yes yes yes!!! that was one of my favorite songs!
It’s such a fun song and inspires all sorts of goofy barn dancing ????
Yes!! It has a change of tempo mid-song that kiddos would love.
Ok..whip it and Come on Eileen.
Occasionally we will do dancing in the dark by bruce springsteen and lots and lots of Beatles…baby you can drive my car…
my little ones are also very familiar with the Beatles, a musical education can never start to early!
It is great for them, and mostly my sanity!
I love that you are exposing your children to great music
SOTD is Vilhelm’s Purple Fig, which Robin reviewed last year, I think, and which I love. And I only have a tiny sample of it, with no chance that I can see of getting more. Fig season is ending, but not on me. Not quite yet.
It’s been too warm here to think of fall scents, but Purple Fig is a delicious transition.
So glad someone else loves it! I wish it were way cheaper!
SotD is Hinoki, by Comme des Garçons.
Love Hinoki.
Me too! It was love at first sniff.
Yum, that’s a good one.
Yes, and especially in fall/winter it works for me.
in warm weather I sometimes get too much of a wood shavings feel, but in colder weather the aromatic and greens aspects seems to bloom more.
I wore Hinoki yesterday!
Yes, I think I left a comment at your post about my husband stealing my Hinoki all the time
but when we go to parties he still wants to wear Hinoki. Haha.
I stopped him from making it his signature by gifting him Oud Wood.
I love that one, especially the turpentine opening. It’s weird and good.
You smell great!
I saw this and thought of you:
http://www.spoon-tamago.com/2017/09/18/upcycled-one-of-a-kind-garments-featuring-studio-ghibli-characters/
A tiny Jiji cat is embroidered on a striped shirt, very kawaii.
Awww that is so adorable, the other items are great as well.
I consider myself way too old to wear shirts or bags with animation characters on it, but when i was in Japan last year i bought a small pencil pouch with Jiji on it.
Feeling better today, wearing Atelier Santal Carmin from a sample. I matched it with my new grocery store sandalwood bar soap, which I wish was a perfume, or at least a lotion. It’s going to be 90 here for 5 days, woo hoo! Enjoying every last drop of sunshine!
Good to hear you are feeling better! Santal Carmin is really nice. I guess it matches nicely with the sandalwood soap. Need to try that!
Unfortunately the soap doesn’t really linger on the skin, but in my mind the match is really working well. Lol
Good to know!
You smell delicious.
Thank you!
You smell very cozy
Happy to hear that you are feeling better, lillyjo!
Vintage shalimar today. I am hoping for fall. If it gets warm this is going to be a bit strong.
You smell lovely. I hope you enjoy your Shalimar all day!
I love that one..but the weather hasn’t been cool enough for that one yet
Oh, yum! You smell marvelous. I wore a bit of vintage Shalimar EdC last night, with thanks to a wonderful NSTer. It was heaven. When it’s gone I will comfort myself with Dzing! They are very different scents, but both have the gentle and comfy leather note I adore.
You smell great!
Wearing Nest Citrine. For some unknow reason I felt the need to finish the decant today. I am still wearing my summer scents. I guess I cannot accept yet the fact that fall is just whispering in my ear
Happy New Year to all who celebrate and peace to each one of us and the whole world!
From your mouth to heaven’s ears!
Maybe if we all keep wearing summer scents we can trick mother nature into thinking she slept through winter. It’s worth a shot, right?
Why not lillyjo, why not!
Agreed!
Though autumn is my favorite season..so maybe we can do fall season straight into spring?
Hey, as long as it’s not snowing, I’m happy!
Because the weather has been unusually warm in the Northeast…let us pray it means an incredibly mild winter as my old body does NOT wish to shovel my long driveway…I may need to call on Bear!
Let’s hope for an easy winter! Otherwise, Bear with his extra long workouts is already ready to help us with all the snow!
Yes I love shoveling snow !
Mowing the lawn, nope! !!
LOLOLOL
We are outdoor work opposites as I really love mowing the lawn…both push mower and riding the Deere
I was thinking there may be a price to pay for this beautiful weather…..
We will cross that bridge, IF we come to it.
Sshhhh…..! Don’t even think it!
Glad you’re feeling better, lillyjo!
I’m holding on to summer with all my might. Stay back, autumn! You’ll get your turn.
SOTD is MPG Iris Bleu Gris. A kind friend sent me a sample from her decant. I never thought anything could make me love powder, but this does. So naturally, it is d/c.
Anyone able to recommend something similar but still available for purchase? I am in the UK, so european would be better (sadly I’ve found most of the USA niche companies won’t/can’t ship here).
I saw it on ebay recently, anarchkitty. Don’t know if it’s still there, but worth a look.
It seems quite unique to me. Of course, you could also try other irises starting with Serge Lutens Iris Silver Mist.
By the way, I was looking for a specific vintage. I think it is still in production but has change over time. It’s one of those fragrances where you might or might not like the new version.
Thanks NozKnoz!
I checked out eBay – nothing on Uk at the moment, but I think I’ll start stalking (thank you). I didn’t realise it might still be in production, and will certainly bear in mind that it might too have been refomed. The UK MPG stockist didn’t have this listed, but they only showed about 10-12 in total, so I think I will ring and ask them if there are more to order that they don’t carry stock of.
That sounds like a great approach.
I’m seeing the new packaging on First in Fragrance (Germany), which is an excellent source. If your sample is from the new packaging — your friend could look and tell you — that would work.
(The old bottles were red for the masculines, the new are clear, and Iris Bleu Gris was red, even though it’s unisex.)
Also, your friend is correct that it was discontinued for a while.
Ha Robin! I hope I didn’t scare you in regards to Patch Flash!
I’m in vintage Samsara EdT, loud and proud!
Oh, I forgot to mention! I learned about this lovely 7″ that YSL apparently put out for the launch of (original) Paris! Look how pretty it is. My personal lemming today for sure.
https://www.discogs.com/sell/release/2374916?ev=rb
(Tip: click the image to see all available images of it.)
That is pretty cool and can be had for cheap!
Yes, even with shipping from France! I’m ordering one tonight.
Oh, wow! Wouldn’t it be fab if the record released the scent? It’s really pretty regardless
I love the idea. I’ve seen records with fluid in them, but not a scented one!
Well let’s just say you made me think
I aim to ease!
For so many of us this community project is coinciding with a heat wave- I still haven’t taken my fall scents out of storage. Today I’m wearing AG Rose
Splendide.
Robin what do you think of the Patch Flash?
On paper, darned nice, not something I need. This weekend it will go on skin. I am not a huge patch fan.
I generally love patchouli so I guess I need to try it for myself (when it’s not so hot). I really liked his fruitchouli flash so I have high hopes!
It was too much patch for me, should have just sprayed on a blotter.
Aren’t we funny? It is called Patch Flash, after all.
Maybe I’m late to the party, but the Tauerville scents are now available at the tauerperfumes.com website. He’s offering sample sets (pick 3) from the Tauerville series for just over $9 and free shipping (to the US.)
Q: I have a hard time with peach/apricot/osmanthus. Should I skip Fruitchouli Flash altogether?
Q2: I can’t do Tauer roses except PHI and the body oil. Should I skip Rose Flash?
Thanks!
You should NOT skip Rose Flash. If you like the body oil, I think you’ll like Rose Flash. They are extremely similar (and wonderful!) to my nose.
2nd that.
Hard to think of fall scents when I broke out into a sweat with my morning coffee. So HOT! I need to travel to the arctic.
SOTD is SmellBent Gypsy because I’m supposed to be in a room full of people renewing my BLS/ACLS, but so far, no one else has arrived. Start time 10am….
I succumbed to the pumpkin spice craze the other day. Bought pumpkin spike pancake mix as well as ground coffee. All I need is a COOL BREEZE!! Is that too much to ask for at the end of September ?!? Sheesh!
And Happy Birthday Mr Cohen! You are missed.
Ha! I beat you on the pumpkin craze…have already bought the sauce, ice cream, waffles and tea in pumpkin format!
I have succumbed to the fall pumpkin fad only once, and it was horrible. Pumpkin flavored ricotta canolis. Gack!
And to me that sounds absolutely delectable
Actual pumpkin + pasta works for me. Anything “pumpkin spice” I cannot abide.
I have a pumpkin pasta sauce that I am dying to break open…but Mr CM8 does not like it and keeps making a face whenever I suggest cooking it up.
Get him a gift certificate to a restaurant he likes for him + a buddy with the condition that he use it within the next week, then make yourself an enormous bowl of delicious pumpkin pasta sauced pasta for one!
I am wearing my last of my last of summer flings – Demeter Tomato. End of summer tomatoes, yum. Anyway, as hot as it is I know that whatever the date is, summer is going to hang on for several more weeks. In East Texas, summer temperatures can last into December.
Love Demeter Tomato…it is a very inexpensive way to get a true tomato leaf fix.
I have a little dabber vial of that – perhaps I should test it tonight….
I ran out of the house with no perfume this morning after trying to find something yellow to wear for Say Hi Day that would also be appropriate for Meet the Teacher which will happen this evening. Had to be something cool enough for a 30 degree day but appropriate for September. Ay yi yi. I have a decant of C de G Zagorsk at my desk so I sprayed that when I got here and I’m enjoying it.
Bvlgari Black for me today! And definitely ready for some cooler weather.
I still remember smelling that at the very beginning of my fragrance journey and wondering who would want to smell like rubber tires. Of course, I now have a bottle, and one for my son when he gets a little older!
Hah! That’s always the way, isn’t it? I first tried this after I had already tried a lot of fragrances, and bought a bottle after I heard it was being discontinued. No regrets!
i love the idea of Bvlgari Black, but the fragrance has too much vanilla in it for my taste.
If you can find a sample of AG’s Eau du Fier, you should try it. I found it to have all the interesting parts of Bvlgari Black minus the vanilla. YMMV.
Wearing vintage Vivienne Westwood Boudoir, beautiful heady senseous powdery rose, one spritz lasts forever, at least until the next shower – compared to the new one that’s gone after 20 minutes!
You changed your gravatar! While I love the kitty I thought the one of you was stunning.
Shana Tova to those who celebrate and happy birthday Mr. Cohen (RIP ????)! Interestingly, his song “Who by Fire” is based on a prayer recited on Rosh Hashanah so nice convergence this year.
Summer weather continues here so making the most of it while it lasts with OJ Champaca.
I always loved “Who by Fire” and imagined it to be derived from some revolutionaries’ song. Thanks for the info.
The exact (uplifting) text:
Unetaneh Tokef
“On Rosh Hashanah it is inscribed, and on Yom Kippur it is sealed – how many shall pass away and how many shall be born, who shall live and who shall die, who in good time, and who by an untimely death, who by water and who by fire, who by sword and who by wild beast, who by famine and who by thirst, who by earthquake and who by plague, who by strangulation and who by lapidation, who shall have rest and who wander, who shall be at peace and who pursued, who shall be serene and who tormented, who shall become impoverished and who wealthy, who shall be debased, and who exalted. But repentance, prayer and righteousness avert the severity of the decree.”
Oh yes, love that song based on the Unetanah Tokef prayer. Shana Tova to you too!
And to you! That prayer scared the bejeezus out of me when I was a kid, especially living in the land of earthquakes.
Today I’m sampling Agonist Hope. I like it a lot: it’s a bit simple, with orange + woody scents, and some incense. Since I love all of these elements I am loving this.
I am not the praying type, but I am sending best warm thoughts to the people of Puerto Rico and Mexico City.
Update after two hours: no longer liking the Hope so much, as now all I can smell is cedar. This is a fall scent like what you get if you store your wool sweaters in a cedar chest–not the best! too strong!
And on another topic, I’m also trying my sample of Grandiflora Queen of the Night, and am noticing a resemblance to, of all things, datura scents! Now I happen to love these (I own both Keiko Mecheri’s and SL’s versions) but I know many people loathe them. Sure, the QotN is much more delicate, and nuanced, but I think it’s still there, and I wondered if anyone else like Lucasi has noticed this.
I have not smelled it, but I do like your scent choice of Hope for today. The name is a beautiful sentiment.
What a lovely confluence of holidays today. Wishing peace to people around the world today – especially those affected by recent disasters (both natural and manmade).
I’m wearing Kuumba Made Oriental Musk and complementing it with the last drops of my Sarabecca Neroli oil.
Tomorrow is my day off, and I’m hoping to use it to get out of the city for a little while and go apple picking!
Love Kuumba Made…have you tried any others?
The only other one I’ve tried was the Egyptian Musk, which smelled like nothing to me. Must be anosmic. I want to give the others a shot next time I’m at Whole Foods.
Oh wow! I loved Egyptian Musk and I could definitely smell it. About ten years ago I discovered Kuumba Made in Mrs. Greens and plowed through about ten of them…China Musk, Arabian Musk, Egyptian Musk, Vanilla, Amber Paste, Water Goddess, China Rain….etc, etc. I guess I am NOT anosmic to musk.
Apple picking sounds a nice way to spend a day. Hope you have good weather
I had one small spray of Patch Flash and it went straight to swap. I struggle with that note! SOTD is Tauer L’Eau. I may have to obtain another sample of this, it definitely falls into the “can wear to work” category for me.
Patchouli can be hard for me too. Sometimes it feels like a punch in the nose.
I wonder if I should have given it more of a chance rather than sending it off. Then I remember that I have never much liked anything patch-forward! Maybe someday..::
Commando and waiting impatiently for coffee at the moment, but am thinking of wearing OJ Woman once we get going. The weather here on Whidbey Island is distinctly fall-ish, and our plan for the day is to drive up to Deception Pass and explore the park there, and then get cleaned up and find a nice place for dinner.
“Deception Pass” seems to call for something slightly more ominous or femme fatale-ish! lol! But maybe OJ woman will do!
Hmmm, good point. I’m afraid Woman is the darkest fragrance I brought with me, though. The hemlock note fits right in.
Lovely! Have you been to the Oystercatcher restaurant in Coupeville? It’s easily one of the best restaurants in western WA.
No! And we’re staying right across Penn Cove from Coupeville, and currently mulling where to go for dinner tonight, so your timing is beyond impeccable!
I stayed at a really cute place right in that area a couple of years ago. I love Whidbey Island.
You guys are making me so homesick for the PNW!
I’m wearing the lovely Dzing!, one of my favourite Giacobetti creations. The weather here is finally what September weather should be, crisp, sunny and wonderful.
Dzing! is so happy. You smell great.
It never fails to make me smile, just like Vamp à New York!
Would love crisp weather instead of the hot Indian summer we’re getting. Ready for true fall!
So, I went to post my SOTD several hours ago, and could not, for the life of me, remember what it was.
This getting older crap is not for the faint of heart
SOTD: Vintage (and I suspect watered down) Jolie Madam.
LOL! I can empathize…..
As can I…
Me four.
Reveling in this summer weather and wearing AG Hadrien. And just so we’re clear, those TV weather people can shove it with their talk about the first day of fall being tomorrow. It’s the equinox and they’re not the same thing. This real first day of fall is when I pull my sweaters and boots out of storage.
I’m with you. And likewise for summer, it’s the first day I can wear something without sleeves.
And you probably only need to own one for the 1 day you get to wear it
Gypsy Water, anniversary blend coffee, black Italian mules, cat eye, Nars nude lip in “Get It On.”
Love the T.Rex AND the Power Station!
You’re rocking it today!
This New York Times article on the wild side of Wedgewood is more relevant to Robin’s tea pot series rather than perfume, but it’s a fascinating story. I’ve always been confounded by how Art Deco had two quite different stylistic faces: the ultra streamlined, and the dainty fairies and courtiers.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/20/t-magazine/design/wedgwood-jasperware.html?action=click&contentCollection=t-magazine&module=NextInCollection®ion=Footer&pgtype=article&version=issue&rref=collection%2Fissue%2Fts-sept-24-design-luxury-issue
Wikipedia cites a 2006 PBS program on Susannah Margaretta “Daisy” Makeig-Jones, but the links are broken. I hope someone has written a good book on her.
They have! It’s out of print, but it’s called Wedgwood Fairyland Luster by Una Des Fontaines. The Fairyland designs are just so lovely.
Here’s an article from PBS, with a reference to a book…
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/roadshow/fts/houston_200503A51.html
Found another book, originally published in 1921 that lists Makeig-Jones as the author. I’m having both ILL’d to me.
Author: Makeig-Jones, M.
Title: Some glimpses of Fairyland / depicted by M. Makeig-Jones.
Published: Etruria, Stoke on Trent : Josiah Wedgwood and Sons, 1972.
Description: 48 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 22 cm.
OCLC no. OC 00249300
Thanks! I need to take advantage of ILL, too. I see some used copies on Amazon and ebay, but they are expensive.
(I mean used copies of the first book; haven’t checked for Luna’s reference yet.)
I love the concept of ILL and the only reason I know what it is because I had a part-time job at a library during college!
Oh wow. I was unaware of this part of the Wedgwood story. The Fairyland stuff is GORGEOUS! Off to track down the book now…
Wow! Beautiful porcelain. I was only familiar with jasperware. Thank you for sharing the link.
Interesting story. Clarice Cliff was another interesting woman
Thanks, will look up Clarice Cliff, as well.
Lovely, off to read!
Hello all! It’s Thursday AM, I have not started work yet, and already this week I have worked 45 hours. Not A Happy Worker Bee.
Now that I’ve got that off my chest… Leonard Cohen! Well then my SOTD will be Aftelier Ancient Resins since that was created for him. And since it’s wonderful, and fall-like too.
Robin, how do you like Patch Flash? I tried it a couple of days ago and was distinctly meh about it.
Been watching the USPS bounce my bottle of Bruno Fazzolari Unsettled from town to town around me. San Francisco… to San Jose… to Santa Cruz… back to San Jose… to my town… claimed to be out for delivery yesterday, but nope, back to my PO… will it arrive today? Who knows?
So your Unsettled is, in fact, unsettled?
Shaken, not stirred
That’s very unsettling.
Hope it arrives today. And you need to take Friday off!
Best of luck with getting your package…I have ZERO faith in the United States Postal Service based on my own nightmarish experiences that are too numerous to mention……..
And I find it to be one of our most valuable and reliable govt institutions. I’ve rarely had a bad experience.
You are so incredibly lucky…I cannot even begin to tell you how many packages and mail has been misdelivered. I lost out on a Posh Peasant package worth 89 dollars two summers ago because the mailman misdelivered it and the folks he delivered it to ignored his handwritten note AND I thought only international customers needed to buy insurance (nope! I did as well and Posh Peasant took my money but did not replace the package)….I have spent countless hours on the phone time and time again with postal supervisors when I track packages and they show up as delivered but they are nowhere to be found (because they are delivered to the wrong place!)….and one Christmas I ordered three bottles of Dames as Christmas presents and they were missing in a NYC post office for three weeks…Jeffrey Dame was kind enough to overnight three new bottles on Dec 23 to the recipients….who received there replacement bottles on Dec 24th and then , miraculously, the original bottles on Dec 26th! and I had someone drive to my house from a mile and half away because she had received one of my packages (our addresses were not even remotely similar)….this is one of the reasons I am wary of participating in splits, swaps or freebies….I also get others mail constantly and have to return it…unfortunately we have been missing items that don’t always get returned….sorry for the rant but like I said…no faith based on my own personal nightmarish experience…..(and no disrespect to the mail carriers that ARE competent and do their jobs properly)
their…not there….
Hey Pixel. What was the scent suggestion you made to Andy Tauer for his next Flash? Was it patchouli? Or maybe vetiver?
Lavender. As you’ll recall, he visibly flinched. More like ‘recoiled in horror’. I am not holding out much hope.
Oh this is too funny. Recoiled
He did. He looked pained. But. Hmmm. You never know. Maybe it was the pain from a genius thought entering his head.
I am wearing Ennui Noir today. Andy would not approve
LOL!!
Oof! I hope your stretch of working way too much ends soon!
Yukies, hopefully it would make it to you soon. I had a similar experience with my DHL express package – I was not home to sign for it, so it hang out in Fremont for a while, kept shown as being out for delivery. I ended up complaining to the office of the president, and surprisingly they were very helpful – called both Fremont and SF office, coordinated and made sure I got the package.
Next time I have a problem, I want YOU on my side!
I did not put it on skin, but doubt I am going to love it. It would be weird if I did since I do not love patchouli…but will put it on skin this weekend and we’ll see!
Today I am wearing Alaia Paris and drinking a cup of Jasmine Green Tea.
Last week I mentioned that I was busy cooking and cleaning for our out-of-town friends who were staying with us. During their visit, one of them mentioned that she doesn’t wear fragrance, and hasn’t worn any for a long time. Probably 20+ years. She tried a tiny bit of my Jo Malone Blackberry & Bay, and about an hour later, she said she liked it. I gave her a sample to take home with her. I love sharing the gift of fragrance
re: sharing fragrance– It’s the best, isn’t it? Also, you smell nice and Jasmine tea is so aromatic and wonderful!
Yes! Its like spreading joy
What a great story! It would be wonderful if she started wearing perfume…Jo Malones are nice for novices and Blackberry and Bay is a good one.
This is the second time this has happened. A few years ago I had a friend who said she had not worn fragrance since she was pregnant with her first child, 23 years prior.
We were shopping together, and I bought a bottle of Bvlgari Au The Bleu. She tried a squirt. We walked around a little longer, and then went back to store and she bought herself a bottle.
A few months later, she took a trip to Grasse, and she came back with a bottle of Habanita. She told me that I rekindled her love of fragrance
Wow! You are a fragrance fairy or lucky charm
Ahh, a perfumista resided within! Excellent work, barqs!
I am wearing three different scents today, I have started the day with Tauer rose body oil layered with Chanel No. 19 edp, that was gone in an hour so I sprayed Chanel 1932 edt which is gone too.
Mmmm, you smell great. Roses are wonderful.
Over the past few weeks I’ve been spritzing PW Tea Rose in the air at home. It lingers and makes a nice background for the other perfumes I wear each day.
That’s a great idea, I will do that. I love when the house smell like roses
I love that too. When the house smells of roses it reminds me of a beloved friend who had many rose bushes and would share the flowers with her friends.
I’m so tempted to get a bottle just for that use as I also love the smell of roses in the air. But I suspect I may come home one day to find the locks have been changed.
hee hee
do it! then feign ignorance.
What a great idea. Maybe I should try that! (Until, like Elisa P, I too get kicked out of my home.)
ha! do it, though we may to establish an NST Home for Wayward Perfumistas
I bought one for exactly that purpose but kind of forgot about it. (It’s hidden in the back of a drawer where it’s hard to get to.) I shall unearth it and spray it today!
Yay for roses! Spray with abandon.
I’m now wearing a sample spritz of rosy La Colle Noire. It feels good to smell more and more rose.
La Colle Noire is growing on me but so far, I haven’t bought a FB.
SotM = Jour d’Hermes
Was running late and couldn’t decide if I needed perfume before a bike ride. As I opened the door of my clothes & perfume closet, the sun peeked out from behind the clouds to light up a mini bottle of Jour d’Hermes. I decided the universe was telling me to “Pay attention!” so I splashed it on liberally. Though no precipitation was forecast, it’s raining now. I would be out in it on my bike had I rushed out the door without fragrance. What an odd day.
What a lovely story
aw, thanks. This morning’s surprise rain shower felt like proof that sometimes it’s ok to take things slowly and let the day unfold as it will. And I could get away with dawdling because I was off work to take my mum out for lunch for her birthday.
Your closet must smell divine. Would that I could have a closet someday that’s big enough to store both clothing and perfume!
When I open my closet door and the fumes waft out I think of “the angel’s share” escaping their bottles. It is a lovely smell. I have the only big closet in this house though. Every other room is a storage-space challenge, lol.
I get that same “angel’s share” scent from my sample stash, which lives in my closet.
Nice SotD Robin. I tried Patch Flash during Pitti Fragranze and thought it doesn’t really smell like patchouli at all. Very surprising.
Very busy day at work today. Everyone wanted something urgently and my mailbox was a real mess today. Glad Thursday at work is over.
I’m in Hiram Green Arbole Arbole. Feels super great on a chilly morning and quite crisp afternoon when leaves fall down from trees.
Scented purchase of the day is Pecksniff’s mini candle in leather & oakmoss fragrance.
You probably like patchouli better than I do — to me, this smells like patchouli
Just got off work and going to the dentist. Wearing Une Rose Vermielle right now. It has th staying power of nuclear waste.
Not a very flattering comparison, but you do smell great!
My SOTD is Musc Manoi.
Yay, summer.
I am sampling Rosa Flamenca from Parfums de Rosine today. I have difficulty making up my mind about it because something in it is tickling my nose in this allergy season. Anyone of you guys have tried it? What do you think about it?
I own a bottle, and wear it occasionally. I think it’s a great rose, but it’s not very easygoing, if you see what I mean.
SOTD = Dzing!, courtesy of perfumelover67 and the swapmeet. So so so glad to be able to spritz this generously now!
So glad you are enjoying it! You smell great!
Twins!
Hello all! What a beautiful set of holidays to celebrate together!
Another gorgeous, hot , late -summer day here.
Sampling Rose Cut ( Ann Gerard) again today and loving it! I need to break down and buy a large decant- except I can’t quite decide if I like it or SL Fille des Berlin better. :/ might need to do a side by side test. Hmmm- that’ll smell gorgeous!
Happy almost fall y’all! ????
I think they are pretty different so you do, in fact, need both ????
In agreement.
I’m wearing 24, Faubourg edp on this chilly, overcast morning. Application is limited to wrists only because I have chorus rehearsal this evening and they are vehemently anti-scent. I have to wash everything off before I go.
RIP Leonard Cohen, writer of so so many beautiful songs. I can’t pick just one favorite.
You smell so good!
What she said.
Vanilla Flash today.
Tomorrow is Friday.
Yay Friday!
I went swimming at a health club today for the first time ever, because my complex pool is being “renovated” (from what? to what? it was FINE). I went straight from the health club to work, and forgot to bring any scents with me, so I didn’t get a chance to choose an SOTD. I rooted around in my purse and put on the dregs of the only sample I accidentally left in there–the exquisite Odin Milieu Rosa. (Seriously, why don’t people talk about this more often?!) If I were allowed to even think about getting another perfume, I might think about getting this. I could go through 100 mL of it.
Would you like to know what else I forgot to bring? A SHIRT. I FORGOT TO BRING A SHIRT. And the only shirts on sale at the health club were these horrible neon tank tops that I couldn’t possibly wear on their own. So now I’m sitting here at work in a sweatshirt. Yup.
This evening, I will be catching up with an elementary school friend that I haven’t seen in some six years. I will be wearing no shirt. A great fresh impression.
It’ll be great! Don’t worry- you smell fabulous! And you know -your friend will probably be so worried about making a good impression that they won’t notice the sweatshirt. Enjoy!
I once found myself in the same predicament when my shirt was stolen from my locker. It was winter and I wore my parka over a bra for the drive home. Hope your meetup goes well despite the situation.
Oof. Was scentless because I am trying to up my chances of going to the gym. But a trip to Whole Foods for dinner groceries got stalled in the cosmetics aisle as I was tempted to try a few things. First Jardin de Vie Onagre by Waleda, which was a BIG mistake (despite the enticing notes). How to fix it? Well why not Pacifica’s Sandalwood? Can’t smell it over the the hot mess of JdeVO? Add something you have never tried, and spray liberally to make sure can smell it–Pacifica’s Sugared Amber. Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh. That Sugared Amber Dream should come with a warning. I was heading into a headache I think already, but that burnt sugar blast put me over the edge.
I still have not made it to the gym. And despite washing and washing, I still smell like a chemical spill.
L’shana tova tikateyvu everyone.
LOL!! Thank you for the reminder to avoid the fragrance aisle at WF
Unum Ennui Noir. I have the bottle design, but love the fragrance. This is the first time wear for me, but it might be becoming top fall fragrance for me. Andy Tauer would recoil in horror
L’Shana Tova to all who celebrate.
I’m wearing Diptyque Volutes EDT today. I had misplaced my decant and found it a few days ago, so I figure now is as good a time as any to use it. It’s rainy and kind of dark outside, and I really want it to be cooler out than it is.
You smell great!
Hello, all NST, and best of everything to everyone. My Friday project is a bit boring today, because you hear me jabber on and on about it all the time: Black Cashmere. Again. Just because. Again. But boring to say isn’t the same as boring to wear. Yum!
Eric and the Pink Fur of Destiny have had to be retrieved TWICE this morning from the top of the curtain rail in the sitting room. Why, do you think, does he want to take his portentous toy up there? I wonder if it has anything to do with Alexander, who weighs fully 500 grams more and enjoys a game called “Leaping Out at the White One”. I have to say that no one could take you by surprise if you and Destiny are perched at the top of the world….I’ve been thinking that Eric is A Clever Kitten, and I’m beginning to feel I have enough evidence to make this claim for real.
Hey, thank you all for the kind words you said about The Decision and my change of direction. I read them and was really encouraged, but I didn’t get a minute yesterday to interact again. I did get that proofreading finished though! And then I came home, smiled palely at the purrs, had a mug of soup, and fell asleep. The dear one woke me at 10, and I got up and went to bed properly. And another day disappeared….be well,fragrant ones.
I didn’t post yesterday but I also support your decision about waiting to retire. I can definitely empathise because I am also a professor and am on the 2nd of a three-year phase-out retirement plan where I only teach for one semester, and it’s not now–Yay! I chose to do the phase-out plan because I felt rather anxious about going “cold turkey” from teaching for all of those years. I enjoyed my fall semester off so much last year that I thought I’d hate it when I went back to work but once in the classroom I was very excited and happy! This is a good balance and, anyway, I’m writing if not more now than ever, then just as much as ever, going to conferences, speaking at places, and so on. I admire your commitment to your Ph.D. students too. (And P.S. since I am now fostering four tiny kittens at my house, I also empathize about kitten boisterousness! My ankles and neck are covered with tiny scratches of their razor-sharp little claws. But it’s well worth it!)
Coming in late to congratulate you on your big decision. The reasons you presented came across as rather sound ones to me. Best of luck going forward!
I noticed yesterday that the tarata trees are in flower (pittosporum eugenioides). These are a,so known as lemonwood and were one of the important trees in Maori scent. The crushed keaves smell of lemon and would be fixed in bird oil. The flowers have that slightly lemon/chlorine/ semen scent you get from some poplar/cottonwood/willow flowers. Very strong. The flowers are clustered and yellow, look a bit like jasmine but easy to overlook as they blend in withthe leaves so well. Gum from the bark was used as a breath freshner and (this I find surprising ) was so long lasting that the gum balls would be passed down through the generations. Anyway, nice to see them in full bloom. Thanks again everyone ! Pohadka and lale , double or nothing!
SOTD: Safran Troublant.. such a pretty scent, just wish it would stay with me throughout the day.
8 sprays = 4 hours
10 sprays = 6+ hours
Exactly.
I always spray abundantly to make it last longer. Around 15 sprays. It is so nice and comfy!
It’s worth it. It’s really a beauty.
SOTD is Jardins d’Ecrivains “Marlowe”.
Top: tuberose and elemi;
Mid: myrhh and osmanthus;
Base: oakmoss, labdanum, musk and leather.
I have a cold and can’t judge this fairly. But it’s not really begging me to re-test either.
Get better!
Spring really hasn’t got a firm grip on my little country yet, it feels like winter today, so I’m going with one of my winter favourites, Chambre Noir by Olfactive Studio.
While making my morning beverage I had a craving for YSL Paris, walked into my bedroom, saw the Carner Barcelona sample I’d pulled out for today and happily put that on. Delightful fruits & nuts & powder, not as sweet as it sounds. Perhaps Paris after I shower. Headed to the clinic later to get a nexplanon/implanon implanted. Fingers crossed that it works as well, if not better than depo does for me. I’ve been on depo for 3 1/2 years but still get cramps very frequently, which I fail to understand. If nothing else, the implant will be more convenient.
Hoping for a smooth transition for you from the depo to the implant. And you smell great, too!
Thank you and thank you again!
Had meant to mention how much I love today’s photo, btw.
Isn’t that cool? I’ve said it before, but I love flickr.
I hope your appointment went well! Transitioning to a new type of birth control is never fun.
Thanks to a swap with perfumelover67 I am in Heure Exquise today. Holy cow, I love it. How have I not smelled this before? I need to wear it side by side with 19 to decide which I need a bottle of (maybe both haha) but I am sure loving this one today!
Did you get the Heure Exquise EDT or EDP? I have the EDP and I find it powdery. I love it just the same :-). Heure Exquise is available via Fragrantica (I think) so I suggest buying that for yourself and perhaps ask for the Chanel for the holidays.
It is the EdT. I agree with you about getting Heure Exquise from the discounters. Beautiful but cheaper. No. 19 for me is more special and the holidays are a good excuse to spend on it.
If you don’t have the EDP, I can send you some – I have a 100 mL bottle
Oh! that would be wonderful! Thank you! Let me know if you are interested in something in particular.
Such a good plan! It’s in my cart already on a discounter! And luckily my guy is always willing to buy me perfume! He keeps a running list of my FB wishes ha!
I am so glad you like it! Heure Exquise is beautiful and in my opinion full bottle worthy. Enjoy it!
I can’t thank you enough! Um in love! I have gotten to the Jungle L’Elephant yet but will let you know when I do.
Hi Kelly.. I might be able to help you out with Heure Exquise. Shoot me an email at buster160 in the land of live.ca if you are interested.
Emailing you now!
Double-posting to ask a question: my left big toenail looks all sad and fractured (it’s got vertical breaks in it, instead of being smooth). This has been happening for a few years; it doesn’t seem to fix itself when I cut away old nail and let new nail grow in. The Internet suggests moisturizing the nails and maybe using a nail hardening solution. Any tips from you all? What do you use to moisturize and harden your nails?
I moisturize everything with oil including my nails…but I have incredibly hard nails that tend to get brittle and break so I am not sure the oils will strengthen your nails. Maybe dealing with it nutritionally? Certain foods and minerals are known to strengthen hair and nails.
I take biotin which has helped with my nail growth; I also find that my fingernails split and crack less. I have never had trouble with my toenails though, so I’m not sure about strengthening. My husband uses Naiky Envy on his nails when they get weak.
It took almost 3 years for one of my toenails to grow back properly after I had an accident and dropped something heavy on it. I do take biotin supplements on occasion to help with nail and hair growth.
I take collagen peptide supplement which has helped my nails and hair – my nails have always been thin and this has helped
Yesterday’s SOTD was absolutely nothing at all. I woke up with the Mother of All Headaches, complete with sensitivity to light and some mild nausea. Decided that perfume might be a bad idea as a result.
Thankfully, no headache today. SOTD = Les Exclusifs 28 La Pausa from the generous Hajusuuri, or as some of you call it, “8 Spray La Pausa”. Three sprays for me today, since I’m still feeling a little weird from yesterday. It’s working really well for me!
Glad your headache went away! You smell great!
Me too! Thanks again for the decant.
I’m in a fall favorite, Organza Indecence. I sprayed from the bottle I found at Goodwill some months back because it seems slightly less rich and lighter in color than the bottle I’ve had for years. However, wearing it on its own today instead of side by side with some from the other bottle, it seems plenty rich and just on the edge of still being work appropriate. This is my favorite wood pudding perfume.
Yum!
SOTD: Sycomore EdP (spelling?) for the first really warm day we’ve had this spring.
Much later than usual today. I wore Safran Troublant. It’s just too humid for fall scents. Maybe tomorrow.
SOTD = Chanel No. 5 Eau Premiere
I got a 40mL bottle of the pre-formulated version in a previous swap. I have never done a side x side with the current version so I don’t know the difference. I am getting a decant of another pre-formulated in this week’s Swapmeet from a very knowledgeable NSTer so I can confirm for myself that I have the real thing. Love!
Ugly Jeans Countdown – No. 2:
OK, this one is plenty ugly and while not the most hideous, the reason why it is just one rung shy of ugliest is because I cannot wrap my head around the concept of PLUS-sized SKINNY jeans — my brain hurts.
https://m.macys.com/shop/product/poetic-justice-trendy-plus-size-patched-ripped-skinny-jeans?ID=4876450
Commuting Woes No. 394:
Not only did my brain hurt trying to wrap my head around today’s ugly jeans, my ears hurt with the incessant up-talk chatter of a trio of millennials talking about nothing and everything for the entire 15 minute segment of my commute home!
But the name Poetic Justice explains everything, right? or maybe not.
I’m with you on La Colle Noire, it’s growing on me. The first time I wore it the musk note was annoying. This time the roses are wafting nicely. It’s doing an “it’s there then it’s gone then it’s back again” peekaboo thing with my nose, very enjoyable.
Poetic Justice – you may be onto something there…but my brain still hurts
I don’t think those would be flattering in any size!