Happy Wild Kingdom Friday! (It's also Bill of Rights Day, Cupcake Day and International Tea Day.) Our community project for today: wear a perfume with an animal in its name. If you don't have one, match your perfume to an animal and tell us about it. Thanks to Elisa for the suggestion!
What fragrance did you pick? As always, do chime in with your scent of the day even if you’re not participating in the community project.
I'm wearing LesNez Turtle Vetiver Front. (I think I am, anyway. The sample is badly labeled and it could be another of the LesNez Turtles.)
Reminder: 12/22 will be 'Tis The Season Friday...wear the perfect fragrance to celebrate, share joy and look forward to a new year. Suggested by happy888cat.
And for those of you who like to plan ahead, see Scent of the day ~ Friday community projects 2017 or Scent of the day ~ Friday community projects 2018, where I'll try to always have the next five or six weeks mapped out in advance.
Note: top image is Leopard Tortoise by nick ta at flickr; some rights reserved.
Niiiiice SOTD! As a vetiver addict, I’m so sorry I wasn’t able to try any of the vetiver exercises from Les Nez.
I don’t have any animal named fragrance, so I went with something that reminds me of a horse: Cuir Cannage by Dior. Love it…butch leather with flowers!
Ohh, you smell wonderful!
Thank you!
They were all good vetivers! I don’t know what happened to LesNez, wish they made more fragrances.
Thanks to Bear yesterday I am wearing Kenzo Jungle L’Elephant. Delicious for a day to be spent outdoors and for our unit holiday party tonight. Have a happy Friday everyone!
I love this one but simply cannot deal with the drydown at work .
Perhaps tonight…..
I know. It is a big perfume, but just one tiny spritz is more than enough for me and it lasts forever. Hope you enjoy it tonight!
Twins with the Jungle. I used the tiniest spritz as this one for me is usually relegated to night- it’s such a beast. But my absolute favorite beast!
Jungle is indeed a wonderful beast!
Twins! I rarely wear this one because the vanilla note is often the note most prominent on my skin. For some reason today it is the warm spices, cloves and cardamom that are most prominent. However, I way over applied, because I forgot what a sillage monster this is.
Usually, I do not get much vanilla, just the spices. Cardamon is always the prominent note on me. I can over apply if I am at home alone and I really enjoy it when I do it!
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You smell great, perfumelover67! ????????????
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Thank you Bear!
You smell wonderful, it’s a winter favorite
Thank you! For sure it is one of the best for winter!
YAY for team Jungle L’Elephant!
Hi twin! ????
Wearing La Myrrhe from my 50th birthday Bell Jar.
This scent reminds me strongly of a tortie cat – classy and sleek at first glance, then more earthy and abandoned as the day goes on.
Happy Friday !!
I have been coveting this, alas SL does not seem to have any sampling programme at all, and now they even scrap the entire 50 ml bottles. The new 100 ml bottles are like 200+ and the shipping fees another 37+ Oh boy..
La Myrrhe also comes in a Bell Jar only.
Most of the sampling companies do offer it though, so you could likely find a decant.
Love, love La Myrrhe. You smell lovely.
I love La Myrrhe – my favorite from SL – and I love the connection you make to a tortie cat (we have one of those, too). Perfect analogy!
You smell great! I have about 10mls left of my vintage bottle I am hoarding. Need to actually wear it.
I can’t speak to the vintage, but the current is pretty damn fine, so spritz that vintage with abandon
after yesterdays discussion of Alahiiiiine I am in Alahiiiine today
No animal springs to mind, but maybe a large cat with beautiful green eyes strolling around beautiful Moroccan Palaces
In the WSJ this morning there is a eye opening article about Vanilla, and how our taste for fancy vanilla is causing lots of havoc for farmers in Madagascar. So much so, some have to actually sleep with the orchids for fear of being robbed. Crazy! Also explains the whole harvest procedure in the article if anyone is interested.
Yay!!!!!! for Alahine! You smell wonderful!
Did anyone see the new bottles for Annick Goutal? They are releasing Bois D Hadrein in a new style bottle. Hope this doesn’t mean they are changing all the bottles
Here is a link https://www.instagram.com/p/BcuemJTHB_6/?taken-by=camillegoutal
Interesting, thanks for posting! I like these and like that they capture something of the old bottles… but what I love most is learning, through the comments, that the French for packaging is “les packagings”!
I learned that too! <3
I mean, it isn’t actually, of course
but the French have picked up a fair bit of English in their language (to the chagrin of their Canadian francophone friends).
Don’t get all Alliance Francaise on me Koyel! [throws descriptivist gang sign]
Not what I expected!
Thanks for the link. I don’t like the new bottles, especially the caps.
Haha. I do think they’re pretty, actually, but I miss the old ones.
That sounds like an interesting article. I will try to seek it out today.
Vanilla Bandits! Good Grief!
You smell SO GOOD.
Alahiiiine is my signature Christmas fragrance.
You smell amazing! Love love Alahine!
I do smell good today! This one lasts and lasts too…
I have a tab open on that story right now! Dang, check it:
“On at least four occasions this year, farmers have killed thieves caught stealing vanilla from farms or houses, according to a local government official in Madagascar’s vanilla-growing region of Sava.”
I get coffee and vanilla from Panama (where my family is from) and just that small amount takes incredible effort to harvest. And he people who do the work are not rich!
I feel horrible for them
SOTD: Peau de Bête layered with Égoïste. It reminds me of horses and powdery sweet hay, and now with a plummy rose and geranium. A strange beast.
It feels like aeons since I last tuned in for the SOTD. Hello, everyone!
Nice to see you back!
Hey Nick!
Hello!
I’m wearing Galop d’Hermes today. I can also smell the Lush Ro’s Argan body conditioner I put on my dry hands this morning
Oh, good mix!
Wow, what a lovely mix!
No animals were harmed in the wearing of this perfume: SOTD Box Of Eels✌????
Hahahahaha
Dang- perfect!! AND you smell wonderful of course!
Perfect – always
HA!!!
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slick!
Love it! ????
Muhahaha!
LOL! ????
SOTD Histoires de Parfums Tubéreuse 3 L’Animale. I don’t usually wear it to work but I’ve been loving it. Cheering for exhausted pre-Christmas December.
Could also have done Antilope or several Zoologist samples but I don’t much like any of them. My Antilope is a mini from one of those Meilleurs Parfums sets so may be a bit tired.
Nice choice. L’Animale is one of my favorites from HdP.
I bought one of those sets a few years ago as well. Unfortunately, the Antilope was the only one that was empty!
Hello, scent twin!
My best go at this challenge: Felanilla, I guess the “fel” prefix suggests some kind of feline qualities (the muskiness)?
Oh, that’s a good one! You smell wonderful????
Yum, good thinking. If I wasn’t already set in my choice for the day, I’d reach for that one.
TGIF!
Wild in Africa with: La Panthère.
Drinking? Rooibos tea, of course.
Happy Friday!
Scent twins! I considered Kenzo Elephant but decided this one is more suited for the office.
We “cat” do no wrong
you tea and perfume pairing sound delightful
Oh my gosh I ALMOST MISSED MY OWN POLL! Busy week!
I went with Honeysuckle Bird
Lovely! I used up my 5ml bottle a couple months ago and will need to buy another before spring.
It is very spring friendly! I get a lot of hyacinth from it.
You smell marvelous…I love Honeysuckle Bird! It’s such a gorgeous honeysuckle-ylang fragrance. I have the extrait and the edp. So glad that Liz didn’t have to d/c this one, as she did with Nightjar, my other favorite from her.
It is super pretty and I often forget about it. Today’s poll reminded me!
La Chasse aux Papillons in the morning (thanks to Robin whose yesterday’s SOTD reminded me of it) and Kenzo Jungle L’Elephant in the afternoon. From butterflies to an elephant in one day.
You smell lovely!
Perfect!
Beautiful
Twins!
SOTD is Dame Dark Horse. I didn’t think I would have a scent for this week’s challenge til I saw this mentioned in the weekend’s thread.
TGIF!
Dark horse was my backup choice for today in case I chickened out from wearing Jungle l’Elephant. It’s a goodie- you smell great!
I’m wearing this along with a couple of others – a creamy yet clean lightly spiced vetiver. So nice.
Waaaaat, Dark Horse is a clean spiced vetiver on you???? That is so crazy to me. I get no vetiver at all–just delicious vanilla cream spices!
Really? I think it’s very similar to Micallef Gaiac from which I also get vetiver. And, I assume gaiac, but I’m not sure what that smells like. Interesting!
D’oh, I forgot Dark Horse has an animal in its name. And it’s perfect for winter, too!
Zoologist Bat. Wet earth, ripe fruit, and farm stand greeness. Dry down is creamy goodness.
With any luck my Zoologist Camel will arrive today.
Enjoy the weekend!!! It’s here. ????
And not a moment too soon…
On both the weekend AND the Zoologist Perfume. I got a party to go to. Enjoy the down time.
Of my recently Zoologist sampling (Civet I’ve liked for a while), Camel was definitely my favorite!
My SOTM is Nightingale. Nice enough, but somehow unfinished.
Glad to meet another Zoologist fan. My favorite is Panda from 2014!!
My favorite is also Panda 2014. The reformulation disappointed me greatly.
Ahhh. I only have the reformulation. Which others do you like?
Bat, Rhinoceros and Dragonfly.
In the same Zoo, in Civet…
Me too!
Hopefully the 2 tiny spritzes from my decant aren’t too much for work…(and I know that no civets were injured in the making of this perfume ????????).
This is one Zoo that smells great!!
Civet here, too. I was wondering how it would stand up to the cold and it’s wonderful! Even better than it was in the summer. The only wearable tuberose I’ve ever found for myself
I don’t have anything that resembles an animal name in my collection. I am getting some odds and ends for Christmas today and helping a friend do his Christmas shopping today. Heaven help me at the mall. So I am going to skank them out with vintage Bal.
Ha! Someone was selling a vintage mini of Bal for a very reasonable price on Etsy but I dithered too long and it was snapped up. Will have to keep hunting.
I wore that to bed last night hoping for dreams of French villas.
Not on theme but I just wanted to wear nearly the last bit of my sample of Songe d’un bois d’été. Want bottle!
Have a great weekend everyone! Love your choice of scent Robin, The LesNez vetivers are fierce and wonderful.
Thank you, and you have a great weekend too!
You smell fabulous! I fell for Songe d’un Bois when it first came out and bought it immediately. Maybe a Christmas present for yourself?
It’s fighting for number one spot on my wish list with Jubilation 25
Another great scent. You can’t go wrong with either (or preferably both). I went for both.
I’m sure I will too, eventually!
Kenzo Jungle l’Elephant here, good in this chilly weather. I see I’m not alone, either!
Nope, and you smell wonderful!
I can’t seem to find anything in my collection that fits today’s theme, so I went with my old friend, Gucci EDP. And I will refrain from mentioning that the cumin note in it might remind some of an animal of sorts (it’s not like that at all on me).
Points if you think of an animal to link it to!
I’m surprised to see how many fragrances I have with animal names! As I’m away from home, however, my choices were limited, yet easy, as I packed one of my favorites, DSH Chinchilla. While wearing actual fur horrifies me, I definitely get the ‘feel’ of soft, sleek, slightly sweet and musky fur from this one. It’s the perfect gateway animalic, great for newbies to the genre, for a more ‘polite’ animalic in the workplace, and for cold, blustery days when you crave something soft and cozy.
Twins! I love Chinchilla!
Woohoo! Dawn rocks!
Chinchilla and Foxy are both so nice. Foxy’s on my wish list.
Yes, she does! Chinchilla sounds lovely.
I know I’m repeating what most of you already know, but Dawn’s annual 20% off sale is happening through (I think) January 9. Code is snowflake17 and can be used as often as you want. I just ordered my 10mls of Chinchilla yesterday and I’m very excited
I’ve been saving Chinchilla all week! I’m wearing just a little – might choose something else for a Christmas party tonight.
Happy weekend all!
Hope the party is fun!
Such a cute turtle! I’m not joining the community project today as I was craving chocolate and so went with Amour De CaCao. I find this a tad bit synthetic, but definitely chocolaty.
Lots of present wrapping today plus, I’m going to give biscotti making a try as this will be my edible gift to those special friends. Wish me luck as I’ve read the dough is a bear to work with. Going for chocolate + chocolate-chip biscotti. Perfume to match!
Good Luck! May the baking Gods be with you.
Good luck! I need to attempt biscotti, do tell us how it goes. It is a fair amount of work from what I’ve heard.
Greetings from the Baltic Sea. I’m visiting my grandma for the weekend. She’ll be coming back home with us for Christmas.
I’m wearing Sana Jardin Tiger by her Side. It’s ok, pleasant and wears close to the skin.
Such a great perfume name — enjoy your weekend with your grandma.
Happy FriYAY!!!!
Well, I had a couple of animal choices and was going to go with Demeter Kitten Fur, but it just wasn’t doing it for me this morning. So I decided to go rogue and wear Fat Electrician, and feeling pretty fab about it!
According to the ad copy at ELdO…. https://nstperfume.com/2009/06/22/etat-libre-dorange-fat-electrician-new-fragrance/, the Fat Electrician was an animal back in his younger days, so that’s my angle. LOL! #HalfCredit ? #HalfArseJustLikeFatElectricianPhotoInLink
Ha!
What a fantastic way to go rogue. I love a Fat Electrician. ????
Wearing vintage Tigress and Rich Girl Red lipstick today!
(Alas, that may sound more impressive than is actually warranted: the Tigress is cologne concentration — oh, to have the parfum! — and smells like a tiny purring kitten, while the lippie is a very light warm red — not a bold, vampy Bordeaux!)
Happy Friday to all!
I like it anyway!!
Enjoy your red lippy!
You inspired me-I will break out mine
You’re always the glamour girl!
You’ve inspired me to go red today too, in Besame’s American Beauty.
Oooh — had to go look up Temptalia’s swatch of that one — so pretty!
Tigressssss!!!
I know!Mals that’s EXACTLY my reaction tooooo!! What a great one that was – Gotta get me some vintage!
Reeking havoc with today’s fun project:
– A spritz of Dzing! from my bottle
– a dab of Dark Horse from a new sample
– and a dab of Let Me Play the Lion from an old sample
Have a nice weekend, all!
Nice!!
Needed something warm and fuzzy for this cold day so went with PdE Cuir Ottoman. Leather is made from cows? But, if this were an animal it would be a silver fox.
Mmm, love Cuir Ottoman.
My favorite leather! You smell beautiful and cozy.
You smell wonderful!
Triple strength coffee
Extra extra long workout (I like how it makes me feel, endorphin high! !!! LOLOLOL ????????????)
Doing a virtual compare and contrast by wearing
Arabie Serge Lutens
vs.
Yesterday’s Kenzo Jungle L’Elephant ????????????
Arabie has more black pepper, honey ????????????and lots of stewed fruits ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
They are related.
YMMV ????????????????
Anyone wearing Elephant today, I smelled a plum note while wearing yesterday, though I is not listed in any reviews.
Anyone else smell plum?
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Carpe Diem
Peace ✌
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*though it is
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Yes. I get plum in Elephant.
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Wow Bear! You smell fantastic! I love Arabie and never get tired of it, especially during this holiday season.
I get just a hint of plum.
Thanks perfumelover67!
Arabie and Elephant are both fantastic! ????????????
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Half twin on scent today! I will look harder for plum in the Elephant next time I wear it… lots of spices and vanilla today.
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On theme with my sotd Dark horse, by Dame
I had a hellish week. My mother ended up in the ICU…arghh (peritoneal inflammation, she fainted in hospital after an MRI scan. I think the fact she was already in hospital saved her).
She is still in ICU, but thankfully improving. It was a close call.
And Id like to share my
‘Perfume related emotional rollercoaster moment’ of the week.
I stayed with my dad for support, and then i saw on her vanity the Ineke sample set I gave her for Mothers day. She really is trying them all and marking them (i think she has marks for likes and loves). When she gets home I think I am going to get her a bottle of her favourite one, or the other Ineke sample set.
Wow. Sounds very stressful. Wishing your mom a steady improvement from here. And what a sweet discovery! I’m sure she’ll appreciate your thoughtfulness ????
Healing prayers for your mom! How nice she is testing the Inekes you gave her. I think that’s a great idea to get her one she likes. I just got Idyllwild.
Sending best healing wishes to your mom!
So sorry for your week! Hope your mom is feeling better soon, and home for the holidays.
Wishing your mother a speedy recovery. Hope she goes back home soon.
Jiji what a stressful time! I’m glad you are able to be there for both your parents, I know it’s not easy.
That’s awesome that she’s enjoying the Ineke sampler, you both have great taste :). Hang in there.
So sorry to hear about your horrid week! Healing thoughts are headed your way for your mother.
What an ordeal; so glad your mom is starting to improve now! And so lovely that she has been exploring and enjoying the Ineke samples that you gave her.
I’m wishing your mother good health. I’m sorry, I know this is very worrisome for you. Your perfume rollercoaster story is very touching.
Wow I hope she’s much better soon and home well In time for Christmas, you are lucky. The samples discovery is a sweet story! So happy for you that you two can share that.
All week I planned to wear Minotaure today, on the principle that mythic beasts are the most beastliest, but taking out my Zoologist samples yesterday made me crave Civet, so Civet it is. I do see a bottle of this in my future, especially since they make a reasonable size!
Great idea even if you changed your mind!
Civet is great! I’m getting more of the sweetness & coffee today…
I ❤️ The Minotaur idea. I think I have tomorrow lined up. Just need to dig through the bottles.
I do like the Minotaure reasoning…but you smell great in Civet!
???????? Civet! I’ve got to go back and put my few drops on to check the tuberose note mentioned above though! On my wishlist!
SotD = Dame Perfumery Dark Horse + Fendi Theorema
Dark Horse and Theorema smell extra nice on this cold morning.
When I swiped on Dark Horse from a sample vial then sniffed my wrist I instantly thought of Theorema, so I had to wear that one too. The cinnamon in both smells nice together.
I often wonder about the meaning of perfume names. I asked google to translate “Theorema” from Latin to English and got “austrozephyrus,” a genus of Indomalayan butterflies. I googled again and learned that theorema is a genus of butterflies from South America. Butterflies bonus points for anyone wearing either of these today.
Happy FriYAY, everyone!
Funny, I was recently wondering about the name “Theorema” myself! But was too lazy to do the research so thanks for picking up the slack ????
Ditto.
heh heh, it’s my pleasure. Perfume names often make me wonder and want to know more.
Hey, that’s some good trivia!
yah, that trivia plus $2.75 will get me on the subway.
I’ve enjoyed the wild kingdom theme very much. It’s good to look at perfume through a different lens.
I assumed it meant theorem (maths) and thought it was an unusual choice for a perfume’s name. Butterflies make more sense, actually.
I thought theorema was mathematical too!
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Me 3!,
Had I seen this before getting ready this morning, you might have swayed me…
. . . there’s always tomorrow for Black Horse or Theorema, or both!
I always thought it was a woman’s name, like Theodora. Feeling a little simple minded now:)
Heck yeah International Tea Day! Mine was a cup of vanilla almond black tea. Yum.
SOTD is House of Matriarch Orca. This one was love at first sniff. It’s a smooth, spicy ambergris on a gorgeous frankincense base. Even the travel size bottles are pricey, but luckily a little goes a long way, so I can make my two samples last a long time.
My university is having a fancy holiday party for staff this afternoon. I wasn’t able to go last year, but I’m told there is tons of good, free food and even an open bar (!) Should be a fun way to wind down my Friday afternoon.
We had our staff party yesterday. Good food and a bar in the office! Kind of weird, but they saved money doing it this way so they could also take everyone to see the new Star Wars movie, which was quite entertaining!
Have fun!
What a great staff party idea – love it!
That tea sounds yummy! I had Kusmi black tea with rose petals.
Morning, all. The kittens woke me about an hour ago, demanding sustenance and strokes. It’s not quite 5.30 and I really did not intend to start the first day of my holiday quite this early. But, kittens…they’re fed, and now in full riot. Alexander quite literally bounced off the wall a minute ago—raced through the apartment, ran out of floor, leapt up and sort of sideways so he could use the wall to launch himself back in the opposite direction. He’s now brought me his favourite blankie, a tartan monstrosity that he tows around after him, fights and kills (those blankies can be very fierce, you know), and sleeps on when he gets tired. It would be the end of the world Chez Waterdragon if we somehow ever lost it.
Me? Well, I’m a bit bleary, but I’ve showered and scented myself with 1270, because it’s gorgeous and this will be a day of heavy housework. I find a perverse pleasure in wearing my more glamorous perfumes for unglamorous tasks like scrubbing the tiles or polishing the furniture. If I extend the trend, I’ll put on my best LBD to bake in, or something equally mad. But really, why not? Maybe it could be a case of “The better the dress, the better the deed”? But now I’ve just being silly. I clearly need some breakfast, and I think I will go and address that very issue. Be well, all.
What a great visual of Alexander’s shenanigans! ????
I have always loved your approach to work and life! You make me smile! (Alexander too…)
Alexander, ferocious hunter of blankies!
I enjoy everything about this, thank you
I’m going to angle for double points today! In Zoologist Beaver on the left and Dzing! On the right. They play quite well together. I’m smelling earthy and musky and all around wonderful.
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I bet that is good!
Definitely double points!
Fever has broken and I can smell a little, so I’m in Jungle L’Elephant today. I do love this one, especially this time of year!
Besides feeling awful, not being able to smell is the worst!
Great news about being to smell again. I hope your sense of smell keeps improving.
Glad to hear that your fever has broken. That’s definitely a step in the right direction. ????
Late to this!
1) Happy Friday and Tea Day! Da Gubermint used to have an office that specifically tasted and test tea for purity and consumption:
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/fda-used-have-people-whose-job-was-taste-tea-180967545/?utm_source=onesignal
2) Not in the challenge today; am in Prada Infusion Amande layered over The Body Shop Body Butter in Almond, because who does not want to smell like a fine Christmas cookie?
You smell great, Ede! ????????
I ???? Almond Body Butter especially in winter.
Takes longer to absorb than my Neutrogena Sesame Oil, but that’s because I’m a hairy beast ! ???? LOLOLOL ????????????????
Cheers!
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Ah, but a lovely smelling hairy beast, so there is that!
Wow, that combo sounds heavenly! Have you tried Soap & Glory Smoothie Star body butter? It’s yummy.
I have seen Soap and Glory at shops but I have never tried it! Now I will need to!
Was going to go with Absolue Pour Le Soir, which smells like fur to me, but at the last minute decided to go with Fille de Berlin, my winter rose. It reminds me of my winter holiday in Quebec City, and will scent my Christkindl market trip today. If I had to match an animal with it, it would be Sara, the persian kitty waiting for her forever home at PAWS Chicago.
Enjoy your market trip!
Sounds as if Sara the Persian beauty has claimed at least a portion of your heart, too?…
I’m one of the many wearing Civet. I had only sampled it very lightly once before, so this is my first time really wearing it using multiple sprays from a fresh decant. Mmm it’s really cozy yet intriguing. It may be my favorite use of a coffee note that I’ve smelled in a while. Civet has quite the note list, but I think it’s very well blended and balanced.
I am going to be the last perfumista on earth to try Zoologist — that does sound good.
Snow and low temps seem to be the theme of the week around here.???? Sotd is Dark Horse with a spritz of Angel Parfums de Cuir. Wow, I’m loving this combo! Enjoy your weekend my fragrant friends!
We got way more snow than expected — and grey gloom to go with it.
SOTD = Commando!
I’m leaving to go to a wedding and will be cooped up (hey, animal reference) in a car with a scent-phobe. I may wear something once we get there but I haven’t decided what I may bring with me.
PSA – The guess when hajusuuri will finish her Chanel No.19 bottle contest is still open. Head on over to Undina’s blog when you’re done with your NST business! ⌛️
Hope the wedding is fun!
Enjoy the wedding!
Papillon Perfumes is the closest I can get to an animal name, so I’ll be wearing Angélique as I get my hair bleached later this morning. I also have Salome, but I think that would might be a bit overpowering for my hair stylist
Hope the hair turns out perfect!
I tried La Panthere Legere yesterday and thought it was nice in this sunny warm weather. Alex was in surgery yesterday from 2-7pm so I had time on my hands. I haven’t seen his surgeon yet but guessing from the bloody head of the femur that is now in my hotel mini bar that surgery went well. The last thing I took home from a hospital was a newborn baby… which seemed sensible at the time. The ball of a hip… Not so sure. Maybe a Christmas present for the dogs? Wearing Hywl now from a sample. Feeling manly.
I didn’t know you could request extracted body parts.
Is that valid in the USA?
Hope Alex recovers quickly, Kanuka.
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I think parts that don’t decompose like teeth, bone, gallstones (though not a body part).
Thanks Elisa P !
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For some of us in A-NZ, it is important that the whole body is returned to the earth, so placenta, amputations, extractions (love that expression) and the results of —ectomy operations are collected and treated with due ceremony. It’s an option for patients under cultural safety. I was offered my gallstones as a matter of course. I didn’t want them, because I thought of them as a by-product rather than a part, but the surgeon said they were rather pretty.
AAAAAACCCCCKKKKK!!!!!
That said, I don’t know if Kanuka’s husband wanted his femur for cultural reasons, academic interest, or simply personal enquiry. Or all three. Or something else entirely.
By the way, I should make clear that I’m not saying ack! to the idea of honouring the whole body. I hit return accidentally and didn’t realise, and it gives rather the wrong impression. I meant to show that I was kinda revolted by the comment on the aesthetics of the beastly nuisance that were my gallstones. Also was grumpy with my husband, who thought I should have collected them. I told him that if he wanted gallstones, he should get some of his own…I seem to recall that the conversation went rapidly downhill from there.
I never thought about the cultural significance.
I learn something new everyday!
Thanks waterdragon !
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Best wishes to Alex on a speedy recovery!
Sending healing vibes and best wishes for Alex’s swift recovery.
Wishing him a speedy recovery!
Sending best wishes for a full, speedy recovery for your spouse, and for your strength and fortitude in helping him through that recovery!
Interesting custom. Are you going to bury it now, or save it until he is deceased and bury the whole lot together? The only thing I’ve ever gotten back were teeth, and only as a child. I remember waking up delirious after wisdom teeth extraction in my 20’s and being told no very firmly when I asked for the teeth. This was in Canada, and I remember asking in both English and French, in case the nurse had not properly understood my request.
In any event, wishing your Alex a speedy and complete healing!
Dear NSTers, I miss you all! I’m still slowly dying; my cold has turned into a congestive and consumptive cough that pulls up blood and keeps both me and my beloved awake all night. Did you know that a woman dying of “consumption” is basically code for “a woman of loose morals dying for the sin of not being a virgin” in opera? I learned this only recently. (Think about everyone who dies of consumption in every opera you’ve seen! Is she the virgin? Nope.)
Anyway, I am wearing perfume in my mind. I am wearing Kenzo Jungle l’Elephant in my mind. In reality, I’m going commando, because putting on perfume would either be wasted because of my congested nose or result in nausea because of sickness/lack of sleep. On the upside, today is my last day of work in 2017. It doesn’t come a day too soon.
I hope you all are doing wonderfully and keeping warm! Robin, that turtle is adorable.
I hope you feel better soon. I think having a long break from work should help. Give your body some well deserved rest.
Thank you, Glannys! Looking forward to that rest
I hope you feel better soon, and if you’re serious when you say you’re coughing up blood, get thee to a doctor!
Most of the blood is caught in a mucus matrix, though, so I’m not too concerned. Right? That seems not so bad, right? There isn’t like free-flowing blood.
Big red flag! Go to the doctor!
If it’s from your chest and not from your sinuses, you should have it checked out. A cold or even bronchitis usually doesn’t have any visible blood (microscopic, probably). Hopefully you’re fine, but better to have it checked than not. Yes, we’re here to worry on your behalf ????
Oooh sounds like you know things!! Excellent. Well, I have good reason to believe the blood IS from my sinuses (my snot is blood-colored); does that make it less troublesome?
(I do appreciate everyone’s concern!)
(But thank you!)
Virtual scent twin with you, Koyel. I also agree with Elisa P about you needing medical attention ASAP. Coughing up blood is no joke!
See above–it’s blood caught in mucus (so like, that awful gross yellow stuff you hack up during a cold is bright red instead), which is much less frightening to me than liquid blood. So I think I can delay medical attention, right?
Wrong! Please do see a doctor — it’ll make all of us feel better, at least!
Eek, I hope you feel better. Do heed ElisaP’s advice.
Just echoing everyone else. Please go to the Doctor.
Oooook everyone, thanks for your concerns. I will talk to a doctor >.<
We nag, because we care☺
I am wearing Zoologist Camel today. It is yummy.
Watching the snow fall yet again. SOTD = Kenzo Jungle L’Elephant, from the sample stash. I am scent twins with quite a few folks today.
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Love it!
I’m beginning to think that Bear has ALL the emojis!
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So late today. SOTD was La Danza delle Libelulle over Prov. Perfume Amber Cream Oil. Maybe half credit for the insect? I wasn’t feeling Equistrius or Dark Horse this morning and could not find my mini of L’Elephant. Hope everyone had a great day!
Just my 2 cents worth, but I’d say that insects get full credit for being an animal.
☺️ Thanks Jalapeno!
Wooooo! Happy Friday, NST!
Quite late to post, but for today’s project I’m in PdE Equistrius (named after the perfumer’s horse). Best I could do. If I hadn’t remembered it as an option I was going to have to resort to a homophone and wear Chypre Mousse. ????
Checking my collection for Friday project options would be a lot easier if I hadn’t made a teensy mistake a few weeks back when I got a new phone. Long story short, I didn’t get the whole thing backed up, and one of the few things I lost was my perfume spreadsheet. D’oh! ????????♀️
Have a fantastic weekend, all!!!
You smell lovely. I almost wore Equistrius today as well.
Aloha! Sitting in the airport in Kona, on my way home (sniff); starting to ponder moving here someday… If I’d been home this week I’d’ve worn Zoologist, but today it’s Dame Passionfruit whatsit.
Have a safe trip home! Freezing cold and getting ready to snow here.
I love Hawaii, have a safe trip home.
I’m wearing Montecristo Masque Milano. A reviewer likened it to getting peed on by a lion! Ha, ha, ha. It can be a bit much on first spray, but in drys down to a wonderful musk and it last on my perfume eating skin for hours. Have a wonderful weekend!
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Civet.
I will never try Kopi Luwak coffee because I know how badly those civets are treated. They are kept in cages for years and made to eat nothing but coffee, which isn’t supposed to be the main ingredient in their diet. They suffer from malnurishment. They get dangerously sick. It is frightening that a luxury product comes out of it…
Sorry for being negative. I was just shocked when I found out.
I thought that most civet is synthetic nowadays?
I’m talking about overpriced coffee that is made by making real civets eat coffee fruits. Not about the perfume ingredient. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kopi_Luwak
I hope civet in perfumes is synthetic.
I’m super late. A non-stop day for me. I participated today with wearing TM Over the Musk. I have no particular animal in mind, but I am reminded of a fur coat, circa 1970’s, perhaps.
Sampling DSH Perfumes Foxy which is animalic, fruity and spicy on me and it’s definitely going on the my wishlist.