We're getting ready for Halloween with our standard-issue open thread poll. Talk about anything you like — the fragrance you’re wearing today, the fragrance that scares you, whatever.
Or, ask a question about fragrance, then see if anyone else has asked a question that you can answer…
(And a side note: I am out of town and have limited internet access. I will be slow to join in or respond to questions!)
Note: top image is grinning evil pumpkin 01 - 2013-10-31 [cropped and background extended] by Tim Evanson at flickr; some rights reserved.
Halloween is not officially celebrated in Poland but due to cultural influences it’s becoming more popular in the last few years. I still prefer to celebrate All Saints Day as we always do on 1st day of November.
I’m wearing Diptyque Volutes in EdP. Surprisingly its lifespan is shorter and sillage is smaller on my skin compared to Volutes EdT. Go figure!?
Go figure! You smell great anyway.
I experience that quite often actually. Think it has something to do with a higher content of perfume oil which makes the whole less diffusive.
I like Volutes EDT better than EDP but I’ve never noticed the difference in longevity. Anyway, you smell great!
Thank you
Hey everyone! Coming from the under world (been working unusually hard, really) to share my spooky scent: Amarige. A perfume no living being should ever have smelled, a blend as devoid of humanity as the absolute void it comes from, a scent from ancient times, before light was separated from darkness and good from evil. The Lovecraftian fume par excellence. I’m pretty sure Chuhulu wears it. May those who dare to face Amarige have the strength to come back, even if they cannot ever be the same.
Happy Halloween!
Your comment made me want to try this perfume. I must be insane. (But I do love reading Lovecraft so much!).
Whoa, that’s impressive. I hope you find your way back!
I’m trying a sample of Naja today.
Amarige is a bomb. I wear it once in a blue moon when I need something very potent to be fully awake. I guess I will need to get a good spray at some point this week or the next one to keep myself going.
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I hope you can recover from the horror of such a bad Amarige experience
This very funny. Kafka did the mock Amarige trial on her blog and it was hilarious. I remember being a bit fan a long time ago and might even have a bottle somewhere
Hello! Amarige is my friend’s favourite perfume. When she stays she wears it and it settles . Nothing in my ‘collection’ tempts her though she did quite like an Annick Goutal and borrowed that. My friend is a high altitude mountain guide so maybe Amarige smells different above 20 000ft in minus zero? I think I’ll give her my copy of Lovecraft as it does seem a perfect fit!
A friend of mine used to wear this, and I loved it on her. I’ve never wanted to wear it myself, but I’m sure you smell wonderful!
I’m trying Tauerville’s When we cuddle … for the second time today. People who have smelled it – does it smell really similar to Tauer’s Sotto la Luna Gardenia with just a tiny bit of amber? I swear that’s what I’m smelling, so I’m wondering if my nose is really off for some reason.
Have a great weekend – the only thing on my to-do list is buy Halloween candy, so I plan to relax.
Ah, had not looked into it so glad to hear that description!
Oh, you smell great!
A very glam friend kindly invited me to her 60’s themed Halloween party tonight, so I’m breaking out some of my most treasured (if not strictly historically accurate) vintage juice, Guerlain Attrape Coeur. Hopefully it will compensate for my utter failure of a Joan Holloway updo!
A perfume PSA: just bought the Le Labo Hinoki shower gel from their new, cheaper collection of body products, and it is pretty outstanding stuff. Gorgeous, STRONG scent, and a really luscious texture. Will probably try the Basil scent next!
Oh my, I was very curious about the Hinoki. Thank you for the review! And you must smell gorgeous
Where did you buy it? Is it at the regular Le Labo counters?
I got mine at a LL boutique. Not sure if they have them at the dept store counters. Maybe Barney’s?
Mine was bought at our local Nordstrom’s Le Labo counter, so they’re not exclusive to the boutiques!
I got the little trial sized travel set. The basil shower gel was my favorite. Wish they made the other body products with that scent.
Oh I love the hinoki shower gel too but was very disappointed to realize that it has SLS! Fine in moderation but it definitely pulled the full size bottle from my hand, so to speak.
Sorry, what’s SLS?
I think it’s sodium laurel sulfate, a surfactant chemical
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sodium_dodecyl_sulfate
Happy Halloween! I want to dole out candies but the pup goes bonkers anytime someone approaches the door (corgies..sigh) so we will be putting out a basket hoping for people to act in a civilized manner. We might spy on them with our security camera
Undecided on what to wear today. Probably more Superstitious.
I do have a question! What are some good, not insanely expensive (<$50 for a regular size) candles? I would love recommendations on brands or specific candles.
– most NEST candles smell too artificial for me, though I enjoy their sea salt/sage/lavender-y ones
– same for Voluspa. Some are ok (yashioka gardenia) but there's none I love.
– i liked most Diptyques and Cire Trudons I tried – but then who wouldn't
– i am not a fan of amber / gourmand scents or where smoke dominates. Other than that, open to pretty much anything, from florals to masculine leathery ones.
I love candles, and I tend to go through a lot of them (especially in winter), so I relegate most of my candle purchases to the local Marshall’s store. You have to do a bit of looking to get past all of the DW Home and Yankee candles, but I often find all soy, relatively nice ones, like Aquiesse, and the occasional D.L. & Co., for less than a tenner.
I love the Archipelago candle in Stonehenge. They have a nice array of fragrances, and I see on Amazon they are $19.50. They last a long time and have a really good throw.
I used to love the Pacifica ones (Tibetan Mountain Temple) but I don’t know if they are phasing them out…they were soy candles, relatively cheap and burned nicely.
Malin + Goetz is just over your price range ($54 for the 60 hr candle), but they burn like a dream (zero tunneling), and I do like the scents I’ve tried. Otto (a rose blend that reminds me of Baies) is lovely, and Vetiver smells sort of like TF Grey Vetiver (a clean/light vetiver). They’re my “Well, it’s at least a little cheaper than Diptyque…” compromise.
I’m going to need to try Archipelago (Calypso’s suggestion). I’ve heard good things about them, and I could stand to burn some cheaper candles!
Rituals has decent candles that aren’t crazy expensive. I have Samurai which smells masculine-a bit of humidor and old library. I actually like the way it smells unlit better but it’s not bad and is cozy.
I like my Archipelago Rose Water candle-smells kind of like Rose Jam.
I have to say, I’ve splurged on the Le Labo Santal 26 candle and it’s going on 2 years and still half full.. I don’t have to burn it that long since it’s very potent. I get a lot of compliments on how my place smells when I burn it before people come over.
My other favorite du jour is Brooklyn Candle Company Cedarwood Vanilla which smells fairly natural and the vanilla isn’t foody or sugary smelling. I got it mine at my local Wholefoods.
I’m the guy who purchases the DWHome candles, they burn properly and smell great, at a reasonable price.
I also don’t have a roll of Benjamins as toilet paper.
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Do you have favorites? Those look so good, and I’m afraid that if I JUST BUY ALL OF THEM like I want to, it won’t be money saved…
My favorite is Sandalwood Myrrh. Peppered Citrus is VERY strong (orange colored), and I like Honey Nectar Something (yellow).
I am burning Pumpkin Toffee now and it is true to the name, I had guests over last week and they raved about how wonderful it smelled.
Happy shopping, Meg O. !!!
Thank you for the rundown and recommendations! I was drawn to Sandalwood Myrrh and was hoping it was a winner.
Hehe same here as a recent DW Home purchaser. I fell for the Warm Pipe Tobacco first, and then went back to TJMaxx to buy more. I’m burning Neroli Mandarin right now, and it’s just ok. Not as good as the tobacco. I bought and have yet to try Wild Honey Nectar, White Birch, and Jasmine Iris.
I LOVE a good tobacco scent! Thank you!
Have you tried the Paddywax library series: Twain, Austen, Poe, wilde etc. some of them were fine. Also some of their regular scented candles in the coloured glass are not too foody/Christmas. They are cheapish. Also ecoya soy candles.
Oh yeah, I will second Paddywax as a good brand.
I like Paddywax as well.
In addition to some I mentioned as replies to others, I also like: Big Dipper, Voluspa Golden Cypress and Orangerie d’Azahar, Pecksniff’s, Manuel Canovas, and Archipelago.
Thank you all for your thoughts! I will go fall into a candle rabbit hole
I really like the Thymes Frasier Fir candle, especially in late autumn/winter.
Happy Weekend, all!
I’ve been looking for ways to reduce stress, and to be more calm and thoughtful. As are well all, probably. At the end of each evening, I commune with the feline furballs, brushing them and listening to them purr, and using this time to try and empty my mind of the day’s stresses. The particular qualities of the purr sound – both of my cats are really LOUD purrers – have a significant calming effect on me. Little did I know (though I should have suspected) that there is a web app that generates the same noise. I can’t remember how I came across it, but it’s called Purrli, and it’s good. It’s so good, in fact, that I immediately sent the guy who runs it some money. For all you stress monkeys out there, who enjoy the sound of a deeply contented cat, I highly recommend it.
Scent is another way that I alter my emotional state (not a surprise to any of you, I’m sure). Although there are certain scents that I associate with calmness (Jaisalmer, for example), almost every time I apply any fragrance I experience a transportive moment; a break, sometimes brief, sometimes long, in my mental chatter. For that moment, my mind is fully engaged in the scent, and I feel a distinct inner adjustment occur. It could be a simple “Look-squirrel!” change of focus, but I’m beginning to think that it’s more complex, and more profound, than that.
Thoughts? Any of you consciously alter your brain function with perfume?
My go to for stress is meditation. Sitting, walking, breathing any type!
Since you like scents maybe try to aromatherapy for stress relief while listening to your cats purr.
Definitely. Sniffing perfume encourages me to breathe deeply and slowly as I draw in the scent ( actually whether perfume or the air outdoors) so that is calming in itself. I also think that perfume is not just about smell but is temporal so it increases an awareness of the passing of time as the scent unfolds and changes…that focus is also restful and contemplative. And it is also a distraction and intellectually stimulating, and like you say that can be quite profound. I think perfumes that work best as meditation aid are the ones that are complex and maintain their structure ….the classic guerlains, amouages, Coromandel, and some amber or oud scents (L’artisan al Oudh or Ambre Extreme ).
Kitty purrs are wonderful. Thanks for the tip on the purr app. So clever. I get lots of relaxing feels from kitty combing and purring. Just watching our cats groom themselves and each other was very relaxing for me. They are gone many years now and I miss them, but after 20 years on litter box duty I’ve decided I’m living cat-free for the present. Someday I’ll change my mind.
I do think of perfume as a way to change my mental state. As part of my evening and bedtime ritual, it gives me a signal that sleep is not far off. My mum is an aromatherapy aficionado and has given me many bottles of lavender essential oils and so on. Rose, jasmine, ylang ylang, and citrus are other favorites for a mental reset.
Try Lush Sleepy lotion.
That plus spraying my bed with lavender helps keep away my monkey mind.
Yes — agree with that moment of application as “living in the moment” focus, but also, I do find that some scents really do make me feel calmer when I’m stressed. Diptyque Tam Dao and CdG Ourzazate both work well for me but I’m sure it’s a personal thing and that different scents work for different people. Mixing plain frankincense oil with body lotion also works great.
I like La Via del Profumo Scents of the Soul series for this reason. They are all natural, which I think works best. But I rely more on exercise for de-stressing.
Standard Saturday Morning, farmers market, WSJ, compost, textile recycling..I made chai tea. Tried again to copy my inlaws but added too much ginger
Making Moroccan style soup but making it vegetarian with Tempeh, my home smells like Z’atar spices. Also whipped up some chocolate mousse.
Continuing the guessing game, a haiku
Dreaming of a desert island
Sweet and Spicy darkness
Wind captures heated flesh
Jasmine.
Ylang ylang.
Sandalwood.
Samsara ?
I will put some on after errands.
I made the mistake of purchasing Axe deodorant/antiperspirant and it obliterates everything olfactory.
Oud Wood Dark Vanilla, they all smell like Cool Water after a while.
Live and learn!
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Triple strength coffee.
Gonna workout twice today because it feels good.
Carpe Diem.
Peace.
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This one is very close to Samsara, but from a different house.
You smell wonderful Bear!
Making Persian cookies now and my home smells like cardamon and cookie dough..
Thanks Lovestosmellgood!
I can still remember all the baking my Mother did.
Enjoy!
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Ooh, cardamom cookies!
L’Air du Desert Marocain?
Nope!
Sous le vent?
Back in Nirvana Black today. I don’t like the spiciness in the heat, but it’s finally gotten cold here. I’d forgotten how much I like it!
I have not worn that in ages, thanks for the reminder.
In Prada Purple Rain. Lucasai, thanks for your recommendation. I received my big sample yesterday and it is really beautiful. Buttery and powdery the way I like iris perfumes. It reminded me at the beginning of the Infusion d’ Iris Absolue, but as it progresses it becomes more delicate and softer. Your recommendations of iris , perfumes always end up in full bottle purchases for me and this one already went to my list. I think it will be an extra present for myself for either my birthday next month of Christmas. Thank you!
I have had a super crazy week at work dealing with an emergency at a construction site. I am working the whole weekend and late at night next week again.
No plans for Halloween, but I have and will keep burning my pumpkin and apple candles. At least, a nice way to reduce some of the stress I am facing now.
Have a nice weekend everyone!
Where did you get it? I have been trying to find it but looks like only Prada boutiques in Milan and NYC carry it!!
I got 2- 4ml samples from ebay. It is a great perfume. After 5 hours and it is still going beautifully.
Hi perfumelover67!
I’m so glad Purple Rain worked for you. I think it’s a sibiling to Infusion d’Iris Absolue as well, but when Infusion doesn’t last long on me, Purple Rain does. It sure is creamy, buttery and powdery. Very elegant.
It is! Thank you!
I don’t know if I could wear that without hearing the Prince anthem repeating until it drove me insane.
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I purchased a Patti Labelle Sweet Potato Pie for dessert when I went to a friend’s for lunch, and New Attitude was all I heard!
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At least it could have been Lady Marmalade, now THAT I like! !!
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Ha Bear, I will send you some of my Prada Purple Rain, so you can be “bathing in the purple rain, underneath the purple rain, laughing in the purple rain” and why not? “see you in the purple rain”. It will be unforgetable! ????????.
Purple Love Y’all!!☂️????????????I am a big Prince fan! He is my jam and has been a great relief for me through some difficult times, his music is so positive and funky!!!!
Funny, I just received my 2 .4ml Purple Rain samples as well from eBay earlier this week. I thought immediately that is was very similar to IdI absolue and slept in it to see how it lasted!! It was light and soft by morning. So elegant.
‘I think I wanna dance’…..????????
A big fan of Prince here too. His music was and is a wondetful gift!
I agree with you that Purple Rain is a very elegant and beautiful iris perfume. Let’s enjoy the samples!
Bear, I was thinking the same thing. But for me, its bitter-sweet! I’m a huge Prince fan and still can’t believe he’s gone. I’ve never tried the fragrance but think it would be hard for me to wear.
Prince fan too, scentfromabove.
I was just thumbing through:
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/prince-afshin-shahidi/1125855108#/
at B&N last week and was amazed at the height of the heels he wore.
Hip replacement and pain medication contributed to his demise, but the music lives on.
RIP Prince.
Love Patty LaBelle! Thanks for taking me back, ????!
You’re welcome Gail !
Google “Yo Mister”, Prince wrote and produced it, Patti sang.
One of my absolute favorites.
To be played at maximum volume.
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He was a Master of his craft. Amazingly gifted. Prolific
Off to watch a band competition… it’s chilly, but I’ll be wrapped up in jacket and hat and blanket, with Organza Indecence to keep me company.
I am thrilled to announce that Bookworm accepted a job offer yesterday with a materials testing lab company! She’ll be using her chemistry degree as a technician in the chromatography lab (yay!), and her place of employment is an established but growing company THAT IS LOCAL. I can’t tell you how happy I am that she will be staying nearby instead of having to relocate to, say, the Research Triangle of NC or the National Labs in east TN, both of which she was considering.
The company where she’ll be working has a nationally-recognized reputation for excellence and also gets reviews from its employees as being a wonderful place to work. I could not be more pleased.
Fantastic news! Congratulations to her and happy news for you as well!
Proud Mom! Congrats!
Awesome news, high five!
So great!! Congrats to Bookworm!
WOW, home run all the way around! Wonderful news✌????
Congratulations! Wonderful news.
Congratulations Bookworm !
Onward and upward!
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So great for you both!
Congratulations! Hope she loves the job.
Fantatsic. Are you still thinking about Hawaii?
That’s wonderful!
Excellent news!!! congrats to bookworm!
So happy for you and her! Workplace environment matters so much!
Yay team mals!
Yay, Mals! That’s such exciting, wonderful news! Congrats to you and your family.
Great news for you both!
That is awesome news! Go, Bookworm!
Congratulations! That’s such great news.
That is great news!!
Congrats Mals and Bookwork! It’s great news that she’ll be close by,
Going on a reconnaissance mission today in preparation for the Sephora 20% off sale that starts Friday. Wearing just a small spritz of Kelly Calèche so I have arms available for perfume testing.
There’s a Sephora 20% sale?
How did I not know of this?
It’s their VIB member sale. If you are a VIB/VIB Rouge member you will get a sale invitation.
I am! Card carrying member! Maybe just not here yet. Thanks for the heads up!
WELL, I’ve had a lovely few days disconnected from everything: phone, internet, work, the whole shebang, while camping on the coast here. I have been wearing a lot of Ambre Russe from my little decant I got about 3 years ago. It was just too much to wear in Florida, even in “cooler” weather. For some reason the cool/cold dampness here makes it better than I remember.
It’s safe to say I love Oregon! Met some of the nicest people camping, gave me a tour of their rig, fell in love with T-Rex, and had some wonderful talks. Ran across a fresh bear pile while hiking one day and was very happy I spent $40 for bear spray, which will also work for cougars, coyotes, and nefarious people! (Although I wish I had it in Montana, where it might really have been useful!)
The smells and sights are fabulous but Oregon is not friendly to van campers, sad to say. T-Rex loves the homeless people that sit on the street because they are at the perfect level to say hello to. However, she is NOT a fan of the cold and I’m glad I had the forethought to buy a nice fleece for her. I have another week of freedom before I go back to the salt mines, so I’m in town doing the “menial chores” that one must do when living on the road.
Happy trails to all and have a fabulous weekend!
Sounds like a great trip!
Waving roughly southwesterly at you from Portland – glad you’re enjoying my state.
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Waving hello! Keep enjoying your trip!
So sorry!
I must dig a hole, next time.
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Bear, you do like your berries, don’t you?????
Sounds fabulous! I need to get myself to the PNW sometime soon.
First off …I am so JEALOUS of your travels! (no, I am really happy for you but can I please live vicariously through you?)
Secondly, not sure if you saw my comment a few days ago but you really must try Captain Morgan’s Pumpkin Spiced Rum …I am really not a heavy drinker at all (occasional beer, hard soft drink or glass of wine) but I picked up one of those adorable little mini bottles of it when I was buying a lotto ticket (sadly I am still poor) at the liquor store on Monday and I must tell you straight up over ice it was absolutely delicious. I thought of you as my pumpkin fiend twin
It sounds too delicious to try! I gave up on my Not Your Father’s Root Beer because I was liking it a bit too much. That rum sounds wonderful, straight up as you suggest, or mixed in a nice warming hot toddy????
And don’t be too jealous. This lifestyle has its pros and cons, for sure. I usually just keep the cons to myself because who cares, right? It’s been harder than I expected, specifically the driving. These roads! Not even a semblance of a side rail, just a drop off to eternity. Florida did not prepare me as everything is flat and straight. The only time I unglued my hands from the wheel was to bite my nails. Now I have only bloody stumps left! Hope you have better luck with your next lotto purchase????
I have relatives on the west coast from San Diego to Bellingham and was always most excited as a kid when family vacations took us to Oregon. It is a wonderful place with great people. So glad you’re enjoying your time there.
I spent 18 months consulting at the place in Beaverton with the swoosh….and lot of time at Powell’s Bookstore.
Glad you and T-Rex are enjoying!
I vacationed on the Oregon coast as a child. It’s pretty wild even in summer, but fall can be a fun time to be there – you just have to be prepared for bluster and wet. A fireplace seems like a necessity year-round, but most definitely this time of year.
Hope you’re enjoying some fresh crab and mussels!
SOTM is Le Dix to keep me company during our crossword ritual. After that I plan to get reacquainted with my back yard. It’s a GORGEOUS day here and the garden has been sadly neglected because of the very awful air quality we had nearly all summer due to all the forest fires. Not communing with my outdoor plants for months had me feeling out of sorts, disoriented really, but that gets fixed today!
I have not been able to make myself work in the yard at all since getting lyme disease last spring
Sampling PdN Sacrebleu Intense today. Previously sampled the original version, smells as I remember. Good for a chilly rainy day.
Wearing ELdO Like This on this beautiful fall day. I am stuck at home this weekend because I am on call for work, so no Halloween parties for me this year. Trying to make the most of not being able to go out to get some housework done, work on my motorcycle, etc….
Scentless for now. Need to go thru my collection and figure out what are the things I am booting off the island :). This would entail a lot of smelling
The new dishwasher is coming today. After washing dishes by hand for over a week I am ready. The dishwasher was supposed to be here on Thursday but somehow got lost at Home Depot dock. Their crew arrived to my house to install it without the dishwasher. With all the investment in technology I just do not understand how this can happen!!!
Ugh I feel your pain w/r/t new appliance drama! Our dishwasher died a spectacularly dramatic death two months ago, so we decided to replace all of our appliances at the same time. We bought our dishwasher and took it home the same day so my husband installed it, but on the day that the fridge was supposed to come, they just never showed up. My husband called Lowe’s, and apparently, they “couldn’t find” the fridge, so they just cancelled our delivery and didn’t bother calling to tell us. So the manager walks back to the warehouse, and sure enough, there’s our fridge, sitting out in the open. After that, nothing really surprises me anymore….
On the plus side, I can tell you that it will be worth it, because modern dishwashers are soooo nice. Ours was almost thirty years old and I wanted to cry when I ran the first load in the new one. I don’t know how I waited so long to upgrade!
Oh it is worth it. They are installing it as we speak.
Bwahahahaha! How on earth did they manage to send installers without the item to be installed???
That is the same question I asked their customer service. It was a rhetorical question and I did not expect an answer (and did not get it).
Why do you need to figure out those perfumes? How does that “purging” go? You have a target number of bottles to get rid of, and you’re choosing the list favorite ones?
Yeah pretty much. I have a spreadsheet where I record number of wears and try to decide if loe wear numbers is a result of not liking it or something else
Ha! The more technology involved, the less efficient the system. Sad but true. Hope your dishes come out sparkling like diamonds????????
My mom (whom we’re living with currently) bought new laundry machines to be delivered by Lowe’s a few months ago and I was appalled by the customer service (or the lack thereof.) It took about a month for them to finally get delivered and installed – maybe even 6 weeks? They use subcontractors for delivery, so the store and subcontractors aren’t within the same company, thus the communication breakdown. In the case with Lowe’s, it was also not possible to call and get issues resolved. My mom eventually had to go there in-person to work things out. (!)
I’m a complete wreck this morning…back spasms that have me pinned down along with a sudden sore throats that makes swallowing excruciating. Bah. Seemed like the right time to wear my sample of Armani Encens Satin which I’m finding calming and lovely. I expected to like Bois d’Encens more but I prefer this warmer take. Too bad it costs a kajillion dollars.
Oh sorry to hear that. You might have a strep throat – if you can make it to ER it is worth checking it out. Tylenol and Motrin really help for the throat
That sounds pretty miserable???? I get spasms or knots in my upper back/neck from time to time so I got one of those hand-held electric massagers and use it for like 10 minutes a couple of times per day right in the knots and painful spots. It really seems to help speed up the healing. Hope you get some relief soon.
Gi, so sorry to hear you are feeling bad. I usually give myself 3 days of using over the counter meds. If I don’t feel better by then, I know its something major. Hope that you get to feeling better really soon.
Strep throat does sound like a likely diagnosis. Hope its not, though.
Thank you all for your well wishes and good advice! The throat seems better after a salt water gargle and hot tea but will get to the clinic if it doesn’t clear up soon.
Sorry to hear you are not feeling well. Hope you get better soon.
Wearing Spiritueuse Double Vanille today.
I imagine this is not the original version nor probably the current.
Any thoughts on the current version?
It’s weaker but still nice.
Happy weekend, all! It’s cooling off here, we might even get some rain late next week. Fingers crossed! I am tired of the ever-present smoky smell, remnants of our recent fires.
Tried an Unum scent yesterday (I won’t name it as someone here surely loves it). I had to agree with several comments on Fragrantica which described it as the perfect scent for Dementors. Scrub scrub scrub!
Also worked my way thru my Cire Trudon sampler this week. The scent I liked best was Deux… definitely Perfumer H DNA there. If anyone has the set and would like to swap their Deux for any of the others, I’d be up for that. Ping me at emc dawt 7 1 1 7 in the land of geeemayle.
Gotta figure out what to wear to the symphony tonight. Sibelius. Something frosty perhaps….
I nearly caved on the coffret yesterday. I like them all but my favorite was probably Mortel. Deux reminds me a lot of DS & Durga Debaser (which I have) eventhough fig isn’t listed.
I did cave, and tried like mad to order the coffret, but I couldn’t get all the way through the online ordering process (got locked into a loop), so I guess the universe was telling me something.
Frustrating. Maybe call the store? Or take it as a sign from the universe.
I liked Revolution the best, but overall I found them a bit too light.
Happy weekend everyone!!!
Autumn is finally in full swing here. Wind and rain, trees changing colour.
In some areas kids go door to door at Sint Maarten (11/11), singing songs for treats. And Sinterklaas (5th of decmber) is also all about chocolate and ‘speculaas’ and ‘pepernoten’ for the children.
And Halloween is becoming more and more popular here in the Netherlands. 15 years ago you hardly saw halloween stuff in stores, but now even the small supermarket around the corner sells pumpkins with stencils for carving. The whole ‘trick or treat’ is still not very common though.
But children here need not go without candy.
I splurged on some expensive AGL booties. But they are really worth it, leather is so supple and they are sooo comfortable!
Sotd was Fou d’Absinthe.
Fragrances that scares me…well, i tried the new Serge Lutens Dent de Lait on a blotter last week and it was quite scary. I did not even dare spray it on my skin. Yeah I am such a wuss….
Dent de Lait sounds frightening to me. You are brave to give it a sniff on paper.
You’ve reminded me of my wonderful great-grandmother. She told us as children to put our shoes out for Sinterklaas so we would have candy the next day. A happy memory.
Did you also put something in the shoe for Sinterklaas or his horse?
I still remember our shoes standing next to the hearth with carrots and apples jn them and drawings.
oh, yes, we would pull up grass from our front garden then leave it in a pile next to our shoes, also iced sugar cookies on a plate.
I LOVE AGL! Though I still haven’t tried their boots but I’m a huge fan of their flats, and have been wearing them for the last 3-4 years.
You and your feet are very stylish AND comfortable.
AGL footwear is the best!!!
Hello everyone! Just wanted to stop in and say hi. I hope you are all well. Not much happening here. Nothing good at least. I haven’t bought a perfume in ages it seems. Too many other bills and expenses have destroyed my scent budget. I’ve been lurking around here now and then but I feel like I’ve missed a lot of important stuff. So if I missed anything I’m sorry for your loss, Happy Birthday, I hope you feel better soon, congratulations, and happy anniversary. That should cover most of it.
I think I was wearing Tresor Midnight Rose today but it’s long gone now. Time to refresh with something else but I may go out and battle with the leaves first.
I like a nice catch-all post !
Nice to know you’re here, I hope things improve for you.
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Poodle! So happy you un-lurked today! Good to see you and I hope things turn around soon for you ✌????
Nice to see you again, Poodle!
Yay for de-lurking! Hiiii poodle, it’s so nice to see you!
Glad to see you again! I like Tresor Midnight Rose. Rose…what’s not to like?
Hi poodle!
I hope your harder times will pass, and you’ll be able to spend your perfume budget on something great (please notice how I assume that perfume budget is a given 
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hi Poodle, I’m feeling similarly — not often in the mood to buy. The space limit in my closet that I’ve allocated for perfume is 110% full, and I feel like money is better spent elsewhere. My greatest fear at the moment is that another obsession will find me (and my wallet). Scary!
Poodle, I feel the same way. Been a while since I purchased a FB of anything (so unlike me). My medical bills have been coming in left and right and it feels like there is no end in sight. Been going through mostly samples and finishing bottles of fragrances that I’m not that crazy about. So, you’re not alone. Also, I haven’t been able to be on here as much as I used to and like to be, but try to whenever I have some free time. My philosophy though is “better late than never”!
I feel ya!
Glad to see you poke your head in. I hope things get better for you soon!
Nice to see you and the bespectacled dog. Life! Ugh. Hoping things pick up for you eventually.
Went to Twisted Lily last night and nice to see fellow fumies (hajusuuri, thegoddessrena, Daisy…) I probably sprayed myself with 10 different things and sniffed a bunch of stuff but wasn’t compelled enough to buy anything. I quite liked Dryad (but 5ml would be just enough for me) and CdG Sequoia was nice but a bit plain, and Sticky Cake was more interesting than I expected. Doesn’t really smell foody or that sweet- miky iris and something plasticky? A little weird but pleasant.
I revisited Fazzolari Feu Secret but I kept registering something that smelled like chocolate and it was a little jarring.
Right now I’m wearing the remnants of a sample of Floris Honey Oud and happy to be getting some from the split meet. I like this one!
is Twisted Lily the one downtown or the one in Brooklyn? am I confusing it with MIN? one of these days I need to get myself to both places. There is also a new place that is opening up in SOHO in November…supposed to have fragrance and tea and sell stuff by the ml which is amazing! I want to go there for my bday this year.
TL is the one in Bklyn. I heard about that place in SOHO. Not sure if it’s a 9-5 kind of shop. Seems more like a concept space with events. I didn’t quite “get it” when I read about. If you have more info on it, I’m curious. And I don’t remember what’s it called so can’t find it on google!!
https://perfumarie.com/
here you go…it looks interesting..if I can I am going to try to convince my childhood girlfriend (who still lives in Queens) to come with me on my bday…some of the events look interesting.
Oh, thanks! Yes, that’s it!! I’m still usite how it works and looks like you have to sign up .
Thanks! I signed up for the newsletter – looks interesting
Halloween is becoming more popular in the Netherlands as well, which kind of bemuses me as it wasn’t around at all when I grew up. I’m sure it’s fun though.
SOTD is my much loved Nina by Nina Ricci.
I think the adults enjoy it more than the kids here! It’s become sort of like a large burlesque of sorts.
Wearing Incense Rose today, and looking forward to getting a package this week with my blind buy – Andy’s Hyacinth and a Mechanic. A while back we had a post where we all described our dream perfume, and mine was something that smelled like my garage combined with a pinup girl perfume. Someone here suggested that it sounded like Hyacinth and a Mechanic, so I am expecting a lot from this perfume! It’s not much of a risk as a blind buy, as even if it is not exactly my dream perfume, I usually love Andy’s work.
Really looking forward to hearing what you think of it!
Hello, everyone. I’m feeling jaded: there was a party on the street last night, full of loud drunks (not even happy loud drunks; aggressive, periodically violent loud drunks) who got in the way of pedestrians, spilled into the traffic, and played three ghetto blasters with different music simultaneously. I got very cross, not least because the dear man slept through most of it. I could hear his soft breathing as mynire and indignation increased. Finally, I got dressed (kinda) and stormed off down to grumble at them, but I couldn’t sort out who the ringleader was so I could accost him/her, so my efforts were in vain. Then, on my way back up to our building, a cop stopped me and told me what I had tried to do was stupidly dangerous, so I asked him why he didn’t (a) do the job himself and (b) if he was so concerned about my safety, stop me before I committed such stupidity. He got quite flustered, giving me time to wish him a good evening, stick my nose in the air and hurtle back home, leaving him expostulating on the pavement. Idiot young man! He will do better, I am sure, when he is old enough to shave.Harrumph!
To perfume: the dear man thinks I need one called “Ride of the Valkyries”, and to that end, I suppose I might wear Femme. But no: I’m in Vanilla Flash, which I really like. It’s an interesting vanilla, not overly sweet, with a touch of booze about it, and some other bits and pieces. Suits my rather slow start to the day. I can hear Titus liberating pegs from the washing. They go “ping—whiiiiishhhh” as they spring off and then hit the tiles. It’s an unmistakable sound, and it means that all our socks and knickers are surely on the floor. It behoves me to go and impose order on the kitten universe. Vanilla Flash is the perfect scent for gentle domesticity, which is about all I’m capable of today.
Be very well, all.
Good luck in the kitten universe????Your po-po sounds just as efficient as ours: they are quick to rap on your car/van window to tell you to move along, harass the homeless, get hostile with various skate boarders and bikers, but if a bank is being robbed or older person being accosted, well then, it time to sit back and “assess” the situation. BTW, you smell fab! ????????
Same but different problem here. A tui with a bad attitude has taken up residence in the rata tree by our deck. It is extremely territorial …. I hadn’t realised they were like that….and it swoops down like a magpie whenever I go outside . It has terrorised all the smaller birds, constantly chasing them at high speed and then it sits and honks away as if demanding a gold star. It is beautiful though and it doesn’t break bottles.
There’s a bossy young male tui in the park thi# spring. He keeps warbling away, but there doesn’t seem to be a female around to admire his beauty. He seems to have a gang of other male juveniles, but I haven’t noticed any aggression towards other birds. Maybe there’s plenty of tucker.
There should absolutely be a perfume called “Ride of the Valkyries!” But what kind of notes would it have? Wikipedia says valkyries chose who lived and died in battle and whether the fallen went with Freja or with Odin in Valhalla, where the valkyries would serve them mead.
Yes a Ride of the Valkyries fragrance could be awesome. I imagine notes like leather, smoke, indolic flowers, honey, oh and something animalic (valkyries ride horses, right?).
That sounds like a good start. Not too barnyard, though!
Their horses ride through the air, they probably smell like thunder clouds and rain.
Thunder and lightning and rain? Yes, I’m all up for that!
I’d like to have something with slightly tough woods in there, or a deep resin. The dear man adds his tuppenceworth: he thinks if something could suggest fire, it would be useful to represent my mood(apparently it was difficult to tell who had annoyed me more: the cop or the partiers). So, wood and fire too?
Perhaps the smoke that Jiji suggested could represent the wood and fire and leather could represent the kickass red leather bustier the valkyrie would wear (along with her red boots)! Then some flowers in her hair (maybe a little jasmine and tuberose). Not sure how to get in the thunderclouds and rain.
Or some smoky violets and iris, which I usually prefer to jasmine and tuberose.
Or oudh, cinnamon and (red) leather?
Aww yes also great idea, oudh!
I adore the idea of cinnamon: sweetness and fire in one substance. We need to engage perfumers and tell them to forget fruity sweet projects for young girls. The next big thing will be a perfume for women who have power surges, and the brief has just come into being right here on NST. The valkyries are riding free!
Hear hear on Ride of the Valkyries, but along with your plea for not too much barnyard, please add my plea for no oudh (in case anyone takes us up on it). I just can’t do oudh. And I love the rest of the suggestions for this fragrance!
I would love a Valkyries perfume. It might cure me of the Liz Lemon and Elmer Fudd associations that haunt me when I hear that wonderful music
Iunx Splash Forte is a wonderful fiery fragrance:
“A taste of strong alcohol, a carmine red water, warming and overwhelming. A warm water
from Jamaica, full of wood and “fiery” spices.
Red cedar, bay rum, peppermint and bird’s eye chilli.”
Dame Narcissus for me after a shower after mowing our acre of lawn.
I finally tested this. It really does smell exactly like the flower. I haven’t decided if I want to smell at or not… I love he flowers but as a perfume…..
I like it and don’t mind smelling like the flower
You could always just get a travel spray. I find with this one a little goes a long way (as I said below). This one would be a perfect spring scent.
This has a bit of skank on me
In a good way? I’m contemplating a purchase..
On me yes, in a good way. The initial blast is a bit off putting but as it settles down it is so pretty and sweet and the drydown is gorgeous (still reminding me of vintage Tatiana). A little goes a long way…I usually spray recklessly but with this one one spray on each wrist and that is it.
One man’s trash is another man’s treasure…thanks for this!
Bapteme du Feu. I’ve been wearing this a lot and I like it more and more, especially the way it settles after a few hours. It actually seems more of a fit for the VC&A exclusive range (orchid vanilla, bois d’iris or the oud one) than it does for the old-style SL.
I was walking through the graveyard yesterday and came across a family grave for a man born in 1869 who died in 1855!
You smell great!!
I recently bought BdF as well, it reminds me a bit of Mandarine Mandarin.
As for the gravestone, looks like a bit of a typo. Hard to fix in chiseled stone.
Okay, my mind went from time travel (from the OP) to that episode of Curb…
Same, not least because I just saw it again last week!
SotD = Grand Neroli
Good day, all. I love this scent. It has a bright transparency that gives me a delightful shiver. Though I enjoy many Atelier samples I have no urge to buy a bottle.
A scary perfume that comes to mind is Vetiver Tonka. It manages to turn both acrid and sickly sweet on my skin. Quite a trick for one of the Hermessence scents. Oh well, none for me, more for those that love it.
Happy weekend to everyone, and stay away from the Halloween candy if you can.
Vetiver Tonka smells like a damp woolen sweater to me. It’s hard for me to pick up any other notes. Which is not to say I don’t enjoy it occasionally. I’ve tried to get my H to wear it but he’s not a huge fan.
That’s so interesting. I don’t mind the smell of wet wool. I will sniff VT again and look for it.
AC Cedrat Enivrant, which I’ve been wearing a LOT since I got it at the freebiemeet (thanks, floragal!). I didn’t realize I loved it so much. I wonder if I’ll “need” a bottle once my 10-ml decant is done.
We made a jack o’lantern! It’s got a cat on it. I’m no artist, so it took a LOT of time and effort. I’m pretty proud of the result
Her name is Caterina.
Hey, we’re house twins today. You smell fab!
The large bottles sell at rather large discounts online. You could always do a splitmeet with this one down the road.
The offer quite a few in the 30 ml bottles, too. Not sure if Cedrat is one of them. It might be worth looking at sephora, what with the sale coming up…
Happy Saturday Everyone! My weekend will consist of doing nothing except for watching my team, The Houston Astros, play games 4 and 5 in the World Series. I will also attempt to watch the Houston Texans play as well. We have had a lot of controversy going on with our two teams these last few days, but hopefully we will persevere.
My SOTD is Soliflore Rose De Mai by Dame Perfumery. A beautiful rose scent. I combined Rose Delight body oil with it and it just brings out the rose even more. Enjoy your weekend, everyone!
You smell amazing! Wonderful combination!
House twins
Hi twin!
Too bad about the Astros last night.
Hopefully we will get em tonight. Keeping fingers crossed!
I woke up far to early this morning and after staying awake for a while I went back to bed after the sun rose. Woke up again past lunchtime, so I must have needed the rest, but it has thrown off the rhythm of the day. I am wearing Musc Ravageur and thinking about making a trip to Pip’s Donuts for lunch.
Donuts for lunch? Yes, please!
MR and donuts sounds like the perfect antidote!
Not feeling the greatest. Apparently in phase 2 of the cold I caught from my husband, which has lasted over 2 weeks in him. Thought I was just about over things when the drainage kicked back up yesterday and I lost my voice. I keep waking up at night unable to breathe through my nose. Nonetheless, am soldiering on with Organza Indecence. I can smell it and it doesn’t make the congestion worse.
I hope you turn the corner on your cold very soon. OI is a great comfort scent…I’m in it today as well!
I sympathize. Husband came down with cold that turned into 3 weeks of a hacking cough. I am in week 2 so still suffering with the hack. Hope we both feel better asap.
I came across this yesterday, which I had somehow missed completely when it came out. The audio isn’t very good, but visually it’s a treat, especially for fans of Annie Lennox and David Bowie.
https://vimeo.com/157559298
Like Luca Turin, I’m skeered of Amarige. ???? ???? ???? ???? ????
Great video, thanks for sharing. I’ve admired Annie Lennox since forever.
Great singers! Both them, I also love the duet she sang with Aretha Franklin.
That video gave me goosebumps. Thanks for sharing.
SOTD is Chanel’s No 5 eau de cologne.
I’m in Organza Indecence today, from eBay, in the pretty bottle. I’d like to scatter enabler pins like glitter in the wind, to everyone who ever posted good things about this fragrance. Thank you!
LOVE this!! ❤️ ❤️ ❤️
Also, thanks for the comforting words yesterday, I really appreciate it. Bones do heal, and I might not need surgery on my arm after all. I just have to behave!
Never smelled this one but I am glad you found a love
Turned my own corner with the cold. Pretty much just expecting the cough to hang around another week. Felt well enough for a nice long walk in the park. I think every tourist in town had the same idea. Sooo crowded. But so pleasant.
Wish I had been heavier handed on the Cuir d’Ange.
Glad you’re feeling better! I somehow managed not to get the dreaded cough.
It was beautiful out yesterday- good park day.
I think I just might *knock on wood* get through October without getting sick, for the first time in what seems like about a decade… Hope you’ve turned the corner for good, LizzieB!
I’ve had some Cuir d’Ange hankerings lately – time to pull it out. Does it remind you of Vanderbilt? I think I’ve been craving Vanderbilt more than C d’A, but it must be one of those perfumes that doesn’t age well. I bought 2 vintage bottles and neither are in great shape.
What Vanderbilt? the original from the 80s with the swans? lordie, I loved that one! Must have drained a gazillion bottles as it sold for a song. Sad to hear that vintage doesn’t hold up well.
Yep, that one. I’m not sure there are any others under her name?
I loved yesterday’s community project. I hope we get to do another guessing game project sometime, because that was so much fun! I guess wrong for most of them, but it was fun to read through the guesses and find things that smell fun.
We will definitely do it again. If anyone can think of a fun variation, do speak up!
I also loved this Friday’s community project and had fun guessing perfumes all week. I hope we’ll do that theme again.
Today I went out for brunch and to the Museum of Pop Culture with my SO and a friend. We were there mainly for the revamped horror movie exhibit and also checked out a few others. I had a lot of fun but am thoroughly exhausted from walking there and home. Now we’re laying low, watching Stranger Things and cheesy horror from the 80s. I’m wearing L’Aromatica Pumpkin Honey perfume oil, a limited edition from 2009 (!!!). It’s perfect for Halloween weekend.
If anyone still wants to guess a perfume, I never got a chance to post about what I wore Thursday. It’s a spicy foodie scent, a touch masculine, that has been discontinued fairly recently. It’s from a British house that still retains the name of its founder and former owner/perfumer.
Jo Malone Black Vetyver Coffee ?
Or my version Black Coffee Vetyver.
LOL
Correct brand, but a different perfume. Good guess! I’d also describe it as aromatic
Ah, the only 100ml JM I own, Nutmeg and Ginger.
I have a 30ml French Lime Blossom.
Yes, Nutmeg and Ginger!
Thanks for the game while I watch the World Series, wish the Nutmeg and Ginger was stronger, but that’s JM’s modus operandi.
N&G is surprisingly long lasting on me. I don’t know if the age of the bottle has anything to do with it. My bottle is at least 8 or 9 years old.
JM Amber Lavender?
Opium YSL
In all it’s formulations…
Vintage, Old, New, Reformulated, EDP, EDT, Parfum etc.
No bottled scent has ever caused me a gut wrenching feeling the way Opium does.
If I try it on my skin, it makes me want to peel my entire skin off and call Hannibal Lechter to eat it.
Happy Halloween ????
LOL
Opium is a once-in-a-blue-moon scent for me, and I have to really be in the mood for it.
It turns into a HUGE black pepper/carnation soliflore on my skin.
NO fava beans, please !!!
Chianti ok?
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Haha! So you like it?????
I have a strong scent association with vintage Opium. A childhood friend’s mother wore it and I was kind of afraid of her. She was super neurotic and yelled a lot. The bathroom smelled strongly of Opium, and it was carpeted, so the scent really hung around. I remember being fascinated by the bottle. I have a decant of the Fleur d’Shanghai flanker, which has the Opium DNA, but I find it wearable and quite nice-more jasmine forward.
Sounds excellent! I wish there were some easy way to test all the flankers.
It’s the only flanker I’ve yried except for the latest “Black” ones. I’m curious about the others now.
Carpeted bathrooms – now there’s a blast from the past. Gah.
I also grew up with carpeted bathrooms. Kind of weird( and ick) and yes, from a different era.
Mmmm I love Opium. I’ll have to wear it soon. My aunt recently railed on about how awful it is and that it should be banned from the earth. (It gives her a migraine.) I knew this but couldn’t resist wearing it when we went to see a YSL (fashion) exhibit a year ago. Fortunately she was having sinus issues that day and couldn’t smell me.
I haven’t smelled any vintage in ages. The new stuff doesn’t smell the same and was dissapointed when I smelled it. I was kind of looking for the flashback. That friend says the reason why she hates perfume is because her mom wore Opium, but I think it’s the mom part and not the Opiun, lol.
Oh yes! I just recently discovered two wonderful candle lines in that price point. Highly recommend Tatine candles and Village Common. I just picked up Tatine’s Peace Rose, which is stunning and, judging from the throw of the unlit votive size, should have a good throw. Also Village Common Highland Dell is gorgeous… outdoorsy with a hint of wood smoke. The Peace Rose votive was $25.00 and Highland Dell 8 oz. was $48.00. Looking forward to lighting that one for tonight’s episode of Outlander ; ) Both lines had several more selections I could happily have brought home if the budget permitted. ; )
UGh… Sorry, this was supposed to be attached to TriesToBeClassy’s question above regarding candles.
Happy Sunday, everyone!
Somehow I stumbled from the Best Vanilla for Fall post back onto one of the Best Iris posts and was reading about Milano L’Attesa in the comments. I haven’t tried anything in this line, but I love Iris and read many references that said it’s styled like a Chanel– and I ALWAYS need another Chanel.
But this seems to be hard to find to sample. So what do you say, NST? How is it? It looks like it received a lot of praise from perfumistas at launch and then… crickets. So, was it all just hype? Or do I need to seek this out?
I recently tried the entire line, thanks to Tiffanie, who freebie’d me her samples, so she ought to be able to let you know how to acquire them.
I personally did not enjoy wearing L’Attesa. Wearing it was like being in a kitchen chopping turnips, parsnips, rutabagas, celery and onions for a root vegetable stew. I did wonder if my culinary experience and having done just that many times interfered with my enjoyment.
If you enjoy the rootier aspects of iris, it might be worth trying. It was the first fragrance I’ve worn that explored that facet, so I may be the wrong person to give advice
ha! That’s a great (lemming-killing) description. I like my iris with a bit of vetiver and florals– the pretty way, as opposed to Iris Silver Mist.
As do I, it would seem. Happy to kill your lemming, though still a bit uneasy having appointed myself with any kind of expertise on this.
kpaint is right. L’Attesa for me had a note that was like a carrot from the garden that was still a bit green. It had a sharp, mineral, metallic note, but was still very pretty to sniff. I enjoyed sampling it but would not buy more.
I did not love L’Atessa when I sampled it, and I do wear irises like 28 La Pausa, No 19 Poudre, Iris Poudre, and Heure Exquise. Try before you buy?
One nice iris that I have not seen mentioned much is Houbigant Iris des Champs. Samples and FBs are available at the discounter sites for a reasonable price.
I love L’Attesa and where it a lot. Almost finished my 30ml bottle and will replace it asap. It’s effervescent on me, with a rich – and yes rooty – iris, but not nearly as cold and austere as Iris Silver Mist.
I love L’Attesa but I don’t think it’s a mainstream iris by any means. I wouldn’t compare it to a Chanel – it’s far edgier. I don’t think it aspires to be pretty or enticing, but that aspect works for me. It is right on the line of the rootiness of ISM without going into the boiled carrots in a tomb aspect for me, and I think I’m attracted to that attraction versus repulsion zone.
Will shortly be en route to the shower and then symphony matinee (Shostakovitch and Rimsky-Korsakov) wearing Misia, though I’m tempted to wear Opium instead. Hmm…
Last summer our farmers market had a Soup Guy (and a very talented one, at that) who we discovered, to our great delight, delivered his products during the off-season. Thus, we mostly ate his soups through last fall, winter and spring. We’ve since moved out of his delivery area, so I have to be my own Soup Guy, and have spent the last couple of days cooking up 5 pots of soup, now all in the freezer.
I ought to also cook up some other dishes that freeze well and build up a good inventory. I love cooking in the summer because of all the fantastic seasonal produce and farmers markets, but fall and winter cooking is more laborious, so I’d just as soon do lots of it at once, then thaw and heat it later. We’ve also got a great open-air produce market a few blocks away that will close for the season next week *cries* and I’m planning on loading up on (hopefully) discounted veggies on closing day. Better to cook it up now.
Enjoy the rest of the weekend, all. I’ll be sad to say goodbye to October. Fall is usually miserable where I live – pouring rains, wind, cold and storms. This month has been astoundingly beautiful – sunny and crisp, dry, with gorgeous light and sunsets. I don’t recall having weather like this all through October… ever, really. Fingers are crossed for our usual mild winter. Last year was dreadful and I don’t think I could do it again.
Russian composers + Misia sounds perfect to me. Enjoy!
Love both of those composers, and although I know next to nothing about classical music, I know what I like.
hi kpaint, I’m my own soup chef too. I love this simple recipe and make it every fall:
https://www.tasteofhome.com/recipes/spill-the-beans-minestrone
I usually keep it all-veggie, but it’s also easy to switch it up with a ham bone or chopped roast chicken/turkey and different beans, greens, and pastas. I freeze the leftovers in 2 cup servings.
Returning from yoga with the youngest CM8 and I cannot begin to tell you how it tickles me pink that he loves coming to yoga with me
Wore the Earth Mother hair oil all over my body…God this is gorgeous stuff and very reasonable priced ($18 for 30ml)..I don’t know why Jeffrey does not market it as a “hair AND body oil” because I looked at the ingredients and he most definitely could.
Koyel brought to my attention that the entire Artist Collection now has both body creams and hair and body oils…oh lord, I am in trouble now
My sports bra had the last remnants of Black Perfecto (thank you, hajusuuri) which I was also getting wafts of in class.
Now that I am home , combining Dame Mimosa + Osmanthus (thank you, ltsg!) and really liking this.
you smell great!
thanks to you
and you know, I am really liking this combo…might just do it again tomorrow!
I would love it if my kids get into yoga, there are quite few moms & daughters in the classes I attend.
CM8, does Earth Mither remind you of either Covet or Queen by Queen Latifa?
I have not smelled either Covet or Queen so I can’t say…to me Earth Mother is a sweet but not to sweet musk…it is very addictive to me and so easy to wear…it kinda reminds me a tiny bit of Dark Horse (but not as in your face) and New Musk (but more potent) and Dark Flower Mexican Vanilla (for the sweetness). To me there is a similarity to Jeff’s prior creations.
Thank you CM8!
I imagine you would like Covet & Queen, but it might fit in that same herby-gourmand category.
Trying out Dasein Winter Nights today. I think I’m going to agree with Jessica’s review from last year – it’s too much like a room scent for me to really be into it. I also find it a little syrupy for my taste. But it’s evocative as anything.
Ok, I have a question for the group: Violet lovers, tell me your favorite violet-forward perfume(s). I am well-acquainted with and enjoy:
Chanel Misia
SL Bois de Violette
Guerlain Apres L’Ondee
What others should I try? I like my violets with a side of damp earth. I try to avoid excessive powder or sweetness.
If you love Misia, which I do too, you might also like I Miss Violet (violet and suede) and Bruma from the new Trudon perfumes. It’s brighter and really lovely to me.
Thanks! I will look for those.
The various violets from CBI Hate Perfume do the violets and earth thing really well too.
Yes, I sampled some of those many years ago. One was called Pansy I think. Don’t remember the name of the other one I tried, but I liked it. As I recall they were very light and didn’t last long. Maybe I revisit them soon.
If you can find it, Tom Ford Violet Blonde
Yes! I forgot about that one. I have a mini around here somewhere. So sad it was discontinued.
Not sure if you’ll see this reply since it is late. If you like retro perfumes, I can’t recommend vintage Jolie Madame enough. It is simply gorgeous.
One that I really enjoy is Violet Disguise by Imaginary Authors. It has violet, plum , dried fruits, balsam, and amber. Its more on the woodsy side (which normally isn’t my cup of tea), but something about it was addictive for me. If you try it, hope you enjoy it as much as I have.
Try Wings of Azreal by Black Phoenix Alchemy- although discontinued, there is one 5ml sample left. It is a strong violet with great longevity, you can’t find anything like it.
Wearing PdN Vetyyver to cozy me up on a grey misty day. I will venture out after finishing some computer work. There’s a huge area here called Minto Brown Island Park that is vast, with miles of pathways and trails and an unfenced dog park, which is basically the entire island. I need to put a bell on T-Rex because I lose her in the tall grasses.
On the fashion front (ha ha!), I’ve been wearing the heck out of my insulated Meltwater Baffin Boots, which were a last minute addition to the van paraphernalia when I left home. So happy I decided to pack them. Plus, they’re red!
Hope everyone’s Sunday is calm and restful, with just enough chaos to keep it interesting
Going to a (Protestant) Reformation Hymn Festival this afternoon. Wearing Coco Noir parfum (thanks, Lovestosmellgood!). Still no voice. I hope it’s back by the time I have to see patients tomorrow.
ltsg has been everyone ‘s fragrant fairy today
I had a busy weekend but made time tonight to read the weekend comments. Saturday SOTD = Chergui and today I wore Gris Montaigne. Gris is really growing on me. It’s quite pretty.
SOTD was Robert Piguet Blossom. Nice and pretty-powdery.