Our same old open thread poll for a lazy winter weekend. Talk about anything you like — the fragrance you’re wearing today, the fragrance you bought when you'd gone shopping for something else, whatever.
Or, ask a question about fragrance, then see if anyone else has asked a question that you can answer…
Note: top image is 343-366 Poinsettia 2012-12-08 11x14_pe [cropped] by "George" Larcher at flickr; some rights reserved.
Hi everyone!
Went to an estate sale this morning and though not as lucky as I have been, I managed to find a nearly full bottle of Chanel Allure EdT for $24. I’d never tried it on before but I pulled the trigger: if I hated it, I can always try to resell it. So that’s how I ended up picking Allure as my birthday SOTD.
It’s pretty lovely actually. Very Chanel, with juicy citrus, peach, sandalwood, and flowers. Smooth and mostly beige but still very nice. I’d rather have Coco but still think I’ll keep it.
Happy Birthday!
Thank you!!
Happy birthday Coumarin! Enjoy Allure! It is a nice Chanel.
Thank you! I’m surprised not to see a review for it on any of the major blogs. It definitely deserves some recognition.
Happy birthday!????
Thank you!
Happy Birthday Coumarin !????????????
Many more! ????
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Happy Birthday Coumarin…I hope you are having a lovely and fragrant day and enjoying your Allure!
Happy Birthday! Enjoy your find!
Thank you!
I love Allure. What a great birthday find! Enjoy!
Thank you so much!
Mmm Allure is very nostalgic for me because I wore it in high school in the late 90s-00s (along with Pleasures, Gap Grass and Dream, and Tabu Dreams). It felt very sophisticated to me, and I liked to think it spoke of my maturity to be drawn to something a bit more beyond my age than my other perfumes. I have just a sample now but should pull it out soon.
Have a fun birthday!
Thank you!
It definitely walks a fine line between adult and adolescent. I really enjoy its clarity. Much more interesting than more recent Chanels.
Happy Birthday!! I’m glad you have a bottle of Allure to remember your special day
Thank you! It’s definitely keeping me company.
Happy Birthday! I wish you many more lucky finds in your life – not necessarily of a fragrant type.
Thank you! This has been a quick year but I’m looking forward to mew possiblities.
Happy birthday! I don’t recall ever trying Allure – I will rectify that today.
Thank you! It’s very interesting. Chanel base and a fruity juicy top. I’m curious to hear if you like it.
Happy Birthday! Great sotd!
Thank you!
Happy birthday and happy 2018!
Thank you! You as well.
Happy birthday ????
You smell great!
Thank you!
Happy birthday! Enjoy your birthday weekend.
Thank you! So far so good.
Happy birthday, Coumarin! Enjoy your weekend and your new treasure. ????
Thank you! So far so lovely.
Happy Birthday! Nice find!
Thank you!
Happy birthday!
Thank you, my friend!
Wishing you a very happy birthday! Enjoy your new fragrance.
Thank you!
Happy Birthday!
Thank you!
Happy Scented Birthday, Coumarin! And congratulations on your perfume find.
Thank you!
(Late, but) Happy Birthday wishes!
I’ll absolutely take it though! Thank you!
I’m sorry it took so long to thank you all! Yesterday I went to a music festival here in Houston and among many great shows, I saw Laurie Anderson! She is a captivating performer. I’ll never forget it.
I’m going back again today though the person I want to see most is Solange.
Busy weekend..
In the middle of making Sfouf cake, so my apartment smells like turmeric and cake.
Tonight I am attending a holiday party in Tribeca solo, then tomorrow I am grabbing a friend to come see the Holiday Brass concert by the New York Philharmonic.
This morning was the usual, greenmarket and textile recycling a bunch of non wearable hats and gloves.
SOTD Parfum Sacre
Busy weekend for many of us before the holidays. Enjoy the party and the concert. What perfumes will you be wearing?
Sounds like you’ve got some fun things going on! Enjoy!
I wish you guys could smell this cake: turmeric , orange blossom , pine nuts! I am so so dying to try it! Hurry up and cool off..
Sounds delicious! Is it almond flour? I love almond flour cakes.
I’ve never heard of it but that’s an intriguing combination of flavours/scents!
Wow, that sounds great!
You smell lovely.
Your cake sounds wonderful! I love turmeric.
Happy weekend everyone!
Wearing Ummagumma, which I finally received yesterday and I am enjoying it a lot!
Busy weekend at home doing cleaning, cooking, baking, running errands, trying to finish my holiday shopping and wrapping presents. At least it is not as cold as the last couple of days and the sun is out! Big improvement.
I have a question: One of my good friends is looking for a soft vetiver perfume for spring-summer. I would love to give her a full bottle as a Christmas present. Sycomore would be a nice choice, but it is out of my price range right now. I am thinking about Guerlain Vetiver. Any other suggestions? I am running out of time and I need to order or go to a store this weekend. Thank you!
I’ve got my fingers crossed my UmmaGumma arrives today!
It is soooo good! I hope you get it today and enjoy it!
Tom ford vetiver? I’ve sniffed it a few times on my Sephora trips and really like it.
I’m a HUGE fan of Tom Ford Vetiver. Classic without being overwhelming. A great compliment getter.
Do you wear the edp or the edt?
EDT suits me best.
I really like this one too.
Guerlain Vetiver , enjoy!
What about Eldo’s Fat Electrician? It’s a nice vetiver – not sure if they do 30ml bottles of this one, but the 50ml bottles are reasonably priced.
I ❤️ ELDO Fat Electrician. Great perfume and new to my collection but already a fav. They have 30 ml usually under $50. Happy Holidays.
I second Fat Electrician. It’s very easy to wear, and is less structured than other vetivers I’ve tried.
Comme des Garcons Vettiveru.
Enjoy your weekend, perfumelover67! ????????????????
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Phlur Greylocke is a really nice vetiver.
Ditto…it is the only full bottle vetiver I own and love.
Thank you everyone! Taking note of your vetiver recommendations which are all really good. Let’s see which one I can get faster! I will let you know what I finally got! ????
I have to recommend Dame Perfumery Dark Horse. I get a really soft creamy vetiver with this one – although I know not everyone agrees! And it’s definitely unisex and the price is right.
Demeter Vetiver (Duane Reade)
Dior Homme EDT (fragrancenet)
I adore Lubin’s Vetiver and if you have time, eBay has some great deals on it.
Prada Infusion de Vetiver is a soft, cozy vetiver.
Yippee for the weekend. I’m in Blackbird’s Pipebomb whipping up tons of cookies and fudge to parcel up as gifts. Hoping Santa thinks I’ve been good enough this year for Maison Margiela’s Jazz Club and Sailing Day. All I can say is I tried…..
I am sure you have been good enough! You will get it! ????
I just tried Pipebomb and was happy to discover a shop here that carries some of the Blackbird line. It got overshadowed by the smoke-bomb Targa so couldn’t get a good sense of it except it was a little metallic?
Hope Santa grants your wishes!
I have traces of yesterday’s Gabrielle on my t shirt and it’s really pleasant on this warm morning. I cam back home yesterday evening to see our son and dogs and then back to Invercargill later today to see Alex and then maybe home again tomorrow…so lots of driving. The hip is now in our freezer with the christmas turkey. Gabrielle reminds me a bit of Jour d’Hermes. That was a perfume I bought and reached for often even though it didn’t really feel like my kind of perfume. It was well-made and polished yet casual and I could see Gabrielle fulfilling a similar role…good for summer afternoons. Happy weekend everyone. Another good book I’ve just read is Ursula le Guin’s recent collection of essays Word Matters
The actual title of the book is Words are my Matter
“The hip is now in our freezer with the christmas turkey.” Never before have I read those words.
On a serious note, sending good thoughts to both of you. I hope Alex is on the uphill and the recovery goes well!
Safe driving, I hope Alex is doing well.
Hoping for a speedy recovery for Alex. Take care!
SOTD is OJ Woman. Wearing the last of my sample as I anxiously wait for my decant to arrive. I was so happy to see ScentSplit is now carrying a few of the OJ line. I have ordered from them a few times and have been very happy with their service, packaging and frequent discount offers. No affiliation, just a happy customer.
My daughter and I are off in a bit to see the movie Ladybird. About a mother/nurse and her senior in high school daughter….which sounds ironically familiar to me.???? I have read some good reviews, has anyone been to see?
Happy Saturday all! I hope the sun is also shining where you are!????
I saw Ladybird right before we went to Sacramento a few weeks ago. I enjoyed it and I think you’ll probably relate to it. I love Laurie Metcalf.
I do too! I confess I love watching reruns of Roseanne.
Ha! Yes! Have you seen the HBO series “Getting On”? She’s in it. I think as an RN you’d appreciate it-I thought it was hysterical.
No! But I will check it out!
If you need a good belly laugh, though no LM in this clip.
https://youtu.be/R2NcwrPZBLM
Getting on is something else
We don’t have HBO, but this might be The Reason to get it. That video is hilarious. ????
Thanks for the review of scent split , I get their emails but have never ordered
Thank you for mentioning Scent Split. I hadn’t heard of them, I’ll check them out.
I’ve found them really good too, and their shipping (at least to Canada) is less expensive than Surrender to Chance.
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☕☕☕Triple strength coffee
Workout ????????????
Fourth time shoveling snow ❄⛄⛄❄❄in the past eight days, so I’m ready for Christmas
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Ready for Brenda Lee rockin’
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Ready for Elvis being blue ????????????????????????
Nuit de Noel Caron EDT
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Warm Sandalwood ????
I smell GOOD! !!
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Party tonight, dare I wear flannel shirt and Levis ????????amongst the uber-fashionista crowd! ??!!!
I dare !????????????????????????????????
Carpe Diem
Peace ✌
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Enjoy the party!
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Thanks Lovestosmellgood!
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Fourth time?! Yikes. I say yes to flannel and Levi’s, they will always be hip.
Yes, the exercise is great, the time expenditure……..❄⛄⛄❄❄❄❄????
Basta until 2018 !
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If you have rips on your jeans, you will fit right in!
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YES to flannel shirt and Levi’s!
You smell fantastic in Nuit de Noel. It was a classic Christmas favorite for me for many, many years, until my love for it faded and I could not wear it anymore. But I appreciate its beauty greatly.
Enjoy the party! You will rock!
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Beee-utiful photo!
SOTD is SL Un Bois Vanille. Hope vanilla thievery was not involved in the manufacturing of this scent. ✌????
Ha! You must of read that article in the WSJ! Crazy! Those poor farmers ..
I just went to look — had no idea!
SOTD so far is Cire Trudon Revolution. Smoky withawisp of cool, winter greenery. Will probably change it up later tonight for a holiday party at a sushi restaurant. What goes with sushi?
Saw The Shape of Water last night which I thought was beautiful, visually and otherwise. Recommend.
Still need to get gifts for my in-laws but I’m at a loss at the moment. Fortunately, they’re the only adults we get gifts for and I appreciate that my huabands siblings have a “no gifts” for adults policy. My MIL ignores this because she enjoys gifting everyone so we do try to reciprocate since she appreciates it.
Bois 1920 Sushi Imperiale?
Yes, that would be a natural, except I don’t own it ????
Maybe a citrus perfume for your sushi dinner? Something fresh and bracing, I’m thinking. Hermes Neroli Dore or Rhubarbe Ecarlote would probably pair well.
Yes, citrus sounds good to me. Maybe Lamplack since it has a bit more heft.
I had spent most of yesterday and most of this morning thinking that I have finished my Christmas shopping. Until I got an e-mail from Toys R Us saying that my nephew’s gift was cancelled because it was out of stock. It was in stock when I ordered it and I’m hoping that they don’t pull a Sephora on me since I used a gift card and a credit card. I threw the gift card away when I ordered the gifts. Sephora still didn’t put the difference of that partially cancelled order on my account. I am wearing Shalimar Ode a la Vanille for comfort. After my shower, I’m going to switch to Hedonist and holler at Toys R Us.
And for the first time ever, I’ve had an Amazon package go missing! Figures. Plus, we ordered a new stove, it was supposed to be delivered Friday, instead of which they called Friday to say it was on back order and would not be back in stock until February. What??? So I join you in consumer frustration.
Dang! There goes the holiday baking…
Or, phew, there goes the holiday baking, depending on how you look at it
Visiting a friend outside of Victoria. First time at her new place which overlooks the water. We will eat (and drink) and catch up for the first time in months. Oh and wearin Iris Poudre from a travel spray.
You smell lovely!
Indeed, you do!
You smell amazing, enjoy your visit! Victoria is such a beautiful city.
Question for any NSTers in the know: just got an email from Sephora informing me that I’m $69 away from becoming a VIB member.
Neither Google nor the Sephora site itself is providing any useful info about what exactly the benefit is (it refers to an annual expenditure of $350). Any good reason I should be trolling for more lipsticks and other stuff I don’t really need? Appreciate your advice!
It can really depend on if you can really justify spending $350 on make up. I think that you get more points and free or faster shipping. I don’t spend enough in Sephora in a year to reach that status.
I’m a VIB member but don’t take advantage of the offers which I think are periodic online discounts and free shipping and I do all my Sephora shopping in store, and there’s not much benefit for in store purchases. I didn’t intentionally achieve that status. I guess I spend more than I’d like to think ????
Here’s the status explained: https://m.sephora.com/about-beauty-insider
Makes sense, in my opinion, only if you buy a lot of small items online: you’ll save on shipping.
There are a couple of VIB promotions throughout the year where you get 20%. Otherwise there’s not much benefit. You only get free shipping if your order is over $50, but I think that applies to anyone.
Thanks everyone, I can live without it.
Czech & Speake Dark Rose, after a workout and shower.
Have a great weekend!!!
Yum, you smell great!
I’ll be spending this morning catching up on cleaning. My mother is not one of those people to look for dust on the bookshelves, but I want to have things spick and span for her visit. I think Trayee will be suitably expensive for the morning – I enjoy the feeling of extravagance that comes with wearing a fabulous perfume for mundane activities.
Trayee should be perfect! I hope you’ll be done quickly.
You smell beautiful!
I love Trayee
Test my new decant of Vol De Nuit from a generous NST’er. I only sprayed a little this morning since I’m working today and I didn’t know what to expect, so it’s quite understated right now – soft, powdery, wistful, definitely old-fashioned-Guerlain feeling. Need to give it a heftier spray next time for the full effect. I can certainly understand why it gets so much love here!
You smell fabulous. I adore Vol de Nuit, must find my decant and wear it soon. I like to spritz it on then add more an hour later for extra oomph.
Housecleaning for company tomorrow (for 11 days!!!) and wearing SSS Bee’s Bliss. Ahhhhhhhhh. My bliss as well.
You smell great! Bee’s Bliss was love at first sniff.
Same here!
Happy Saturday Everyone!
I recently went shopping for coworkers and picked up a few items from Bath &Body Works. They had their “buy 3 get 4 free” promotion, so I picked up some Pink Cashmere. So, I’m currently really liking this fragrance. So, this is what I am currently wearing. Hope everyone has a great weekend. ????
I went shopping to one of their stores at the outlet mall the other day with my mom because my brother had some of their things on his wish list. I don’t usually go there but it was fun to look and it was jammed! They have pretty packaging and lots of nice looking candles. Most of their body products are too strongly scented for my taste, but we did manage to find him a few things. We were mostly sniffing the men’s products such as Bourbon, Ocean, and Teakwood. Good buys with their sale going on.
After digging more deeply into my Zoologist samples, I’ve just been reading about the perfumers on their blog. I am really impressed with the work Victor Wong has done to find truly indie perfumers outside the main ones you usually read about! I it’s kind of amazing to see such a strong collection from… I wouldn’t exactly say a ragtag band of outsiders but whatever the perfumery equivalent is! Makes me like the brand even more. Wearing Macaque today for some galbanum goodness.
Also he will respond to you personally on their Facebook page. I like that.
Isn’t that nice? I left a question on the Aftelier website a couple of days ago about the museum, and Mandy herself called me back. I guess I was a little star struck on the phone. ????
Am spending a long 2 weeks on project site in eastern PA.
I left my so cal home sourrounded by fires and now I am surrounded by ice. If a dragon flies over I will truly know I am in game of thrones!
Found a little place to get nails done and am going to get a little shopping done.
Packed one bottle of fragrance Jo Malone in the library it’s the whisky tobacco one? And it has been great for every single day. The other day was 14 degrees?
Brrrrr
Think I will go see Ladybird tomorrow.
I want to see Ladybird. I may have to go on my own, everyone else I know wants to see the Star Wars movie.
You smell great! I don’t drink but do enjoy whisky in perfume very much.
I really liked Ladybird — do go see it!
I did see Ladybird it was wonderful
And I found a roller of Stash in my luggage!
Perfect for our local weather! And glad you liked the movie.
Wearing TF Vert de Bois and trying to finish my Christmas shopping today. Almost done!
You smell divine!!!
Today I’m wearing April Aromatics Tempted Muse. I just threw in a few samples when I was packing up to come down to Galveston to be with my mom. I’m helping her out with errands and Christmas shopping. We’ve had cold weather for Texas with a bad storm predicted for tonight, so we’ll stay home and watch TV. Tempted Muse is pleasant but not at the top of my wishlist from that line (that would be Calling All Angels). I like the frangipani/tuberose/rose, don’t get much fruit, but am smelling something that I’d describe as “dusty.” No, not powdery, dusty. Maybe tonka beans?
Hope the storm was not too bad, and enjoy the rest of the time with your mom!
I’m in Cierge de Lune, from the split meet. This mellows soooo nicely.
We braved the grocery store this morning, and I’m now unwinding with a cup of milk oolong tea before firing up the kitchen to make a very late lunch.
I hope every is having a nice Saturday! ????
You smell wonderful!
Whoo just got back from braving the mall. With the exception of perfume shopping, my tolerance for stores runs about 1.5 hours.
Wore Armani Satin Encens from a sample I’d misplaced but found last night. It is very nice stuff indeed.
Ha, sometimes my in-store tolerance lasts only 15-20 minutes! Good on you for sticking out the shopping trip.
Have never smelled that Armani, but based on the praise I’ve seen for it, I’m willing to bet you smelled great!
I spent 45 minutes in an apple store today — the week before Christmas! I am proud of myself for not going into spontaneous combustion on the spot
SotD = yoooooge amounts of No. 5 EdP
I had an unaccountable craving for No. 5 this morning so did 8 big sprays. I usually do 1 or 2! Maybe because it had been too long, I last work No. 5 in October.
Also craving Jour d’Hermes and Infusion d’Iris Edt, those are on deck for tonight and tomorrow. Thinking I should change my name to Mostly Mainstream Molly.
Spent the morning tidying up the house and then cracked the whip over the perfumes. They’ve been unruly this past week, the naughty things. Now that they are back in line I can assemble bags of neglected samples and decants to take to work on Monday as holiday mood-boosters for my coworkers. I’m working hard to convert several likely candidates to the scented life.
Enjoy your weekend, everyone. You smell marvelous.
Lol at Mostly Mainstream Molly!, I can be Mostly Designer Danielle ☺ I try to convert my coworkers to the fragrant side too, I can’t help myself.
Haha! Cute.
Lol at Mostly Mainstream Molly!, I can be Mostly Designer Danielle ☺ I try to convert my coworkers to the fragrant side too, I can’t help myself.
Good for you on the no 5 cloud of joy! Everytime I sniff the cap of my dwindling edp decant, my knees get a little bit weak. I could theoretically see myself becoming monogamous.
I have weak knees for No. 5 too. It’s just beautiful.
I love Luca Turin’s meditation on No. 5:
Alone among fragrances known to me, it gives the irresistible impression of a smooth, continuously curved, gold-coloured volume that stretches deliciously, like a sleepy panther, from top note to drydown. Yes, it contains rose, jasmine and aldehydes in the same way that a perfect body contains legs and arms. But I defy all who smell this to keep enough wits about them to worry about the parts.
LOL.
With wider distribution, what used to be more niche seems to now be considered mainstream.
yah, you’re definitely right about that, niche and mainstream blend. I tend to think if I can find a tester bottle at Sephora it’s mainstream, though that may be a little harsh on my part.
I wore Gris Montaigne today to shop. Not Christmas shopping, since my sister has decreed no presents, not even for her grandkids. So, I just looked around a few stores, and hit the grocery store to stock up for my last week of vacation, which starts on December 21.
You smell lovely and decided to join you in that one this evening (it matched my rose colored velvet flowy pants).
Rose velvet flowy pants sound gorgeous!
Thanks! I got them at Uniqlo and I guess they’re technically velour. Most importantly, they feel like wearing pj’s even though they’re festive looking.
I just saw Arpege in the Vermont Country Store Christmas catalog and was intrigued. Love the old classics. Read your review and ordered it from the site you suggested.
Vintage Arpege or the newer formula?
Went to the mall early this morning (9:30) so it would be quiet and it was. Smelled the Jo Malone Ginger Biscuit, which was lovely but smells similar enough to Dries Van Noten that I didn’t need to buy, as I already have DVN. It lasted okay (going on 6 hours now) so those who were worried about longevity need not be concerned, although sillage is low.
Today I am wearing a sample of Heeley Eau Sacrée, deliberating if I need a bottle or not. I already have so many incense perfumes, but I do enjoy this one.
I am also pondering the deep desire (but not need) for backup bottles of certain loved scents. Sigh.
In Chergui, reapplied a couple of time today. Hit me with incense, tobacco, and hay! I am cooking. So far I have been prepping for a massive, well, you figure it out: shrimp, salmon, squid, clams, mussels, chicken, chorizo, saffron, rice, red peppers, tomato, some cut string beans (because I can’t bear to use frozen peas), and the elusive search for socarrat!
Whoohoo.
We are celebrating my mother’s birthday this evening.
Jambalaya? Happy birthday to your Mom!
By the way, you smell sooo good.
Paella? I had to google socarrat — I know it as tah dig (Farsi) and okege (Japanese) — but now I have a bit more Spanish in my vocab!
You do smell marvelous, and Happy Birthday to your mom!
My boss, who is from Iran, is compulsive about tahdig when she makes rice.
Yup. I am making paella—lots of it!
And the Chergui is hitting the spot today.
Happy birthday to your mom!
Wearing Ummagumma for the second time and still loving it. I may need a bottle after I use up the sample.
Ran some errands already today and had an egg sandwich on a sesame bagel and a latte at a coffee shop with friendly staff. Relaxing on the couch for a while now to catch up on blog posts with a holiday themed 1980 horror movie playing in the background.
Glad Ummagumma is finding fans! Can’t decide if it is FBW for me, need to wear it again.
Have shopped and run errands all day. First up was Pet Smart (no affiliation) which opened at 8 am. I had to pause and talk to all the furry/scaly/feathery critters there and send up hopes and prayers that all of them that are gifted for Christmas will end up being loved and well-cared-for.
Later in the day, I was in a gift shop that stocked some Caswell-Massey products, and I remembered that C-M had come up in comments here recently. I spied a bottle of Jockey Club, spritzed a little — and liked it! Hours later, I can still smell it lingering on my wrist. Don’t know if I’ll ever purchase a bottle, but it’s a nice discovery.
Now to finish up some online shopping…
Hi everyone! Having a long hectic working weekend. Home now, relaxing watching reruns of Good Times. SOTE is Prada Candy. My bottle is almost empty. It’s such a good any occasion scent. I’m not sure if I will replace it. Anyone have suggestions for a perfume that is as easy to wear?
One of my go-to fragrances is Prada infusion d’Iris, layered with an iris lotion it is fantastic. I received numerous compliments on this combo recently! I find most iris frags quite calming.
I also use Bronze Goddess body butter in all types of weather, it reminds me of the beach (my happy place!)
Thanks for the recommendations. I’ve just now have been coming around to Iris scents, and have found them to be very calming also.
You may want to check out Al-Rehab (Crown Perfumery). I enjoy Choco Musk (sweet chocolate musk) and I understand there are many other scents. They come in perfume oil roller ball format.
Back from the wedding in PA…and binge watching Young Sheldon. It was SNOWING when we left NJ and it did not let up. Got there safely, but late. The ceremony was short and simple; the wedding recessional was the theme from Star Wars. I ended up not wearing a scent for the wedding / reception. This morning before the brunch, I wore SSS Bee’s Bliss – perfect! I see myself upgrading to a larger bottle next year…in time for Spring!
I got my cable bill today and decided to take a closer look because it was a lot thicker than the norm. Price increases! And eeek, for the past 3 years, we’ve been paying for Starz and Showtime which I have not watched in the past 3 years. $864 later, I finally called Comcast and got the 2 channels taken off. I was taken aback when the CSR said in order to complete the transaction, I had to approve it either via a text message or via email. To which I said what is the option if the caller did not have text message capabilities (I did not have my cell phone handy nor was I near a computer to get email). After much hemming and hawing and saying it’s for my protection (really? i was told at the beginning of the call that it was being recorded), she finally said she will need to turn on the automated system which she finally did after placing me on hold for 2 minutes. Anyway, all these to say that if you have not looked at your cable bill lately, you may want to, specially if your viewing habits have changed.
Glad you had safe travels for the wedding. I also received rate increases in my cable bill. I have to call AT&T on my day off. They love to keep me on hold for hours, and transfer me around a lot.
I hate that! Sometimes, I would deliberately choose the equivalent of adding services just to get to a real person.
Hey there, Hajusuuri! Glad you had a safe trip. I wonder if, in addition to cataloging commuter woes, it might be amusing to list some of the more, erm, “personal” touches we’ve seen/heard at weddings. (“When a Man Loves a Woman” by Percy Sledge for the processional, anyone?)
I really ought to investigate my bills to see what I’m being overcharged for, too…
We don’t have Comcast, we have Directv, but it seems like every year the price goes up and my husband has to call to get it lowered again. His strategy is to point out the promotional rates for new customers, and threaten to cancel.
Crazy! I tried to pay a credit card bill on-line the other day, but this particular company doesn’t have an on-line pay option. I called CS to pay my balance and was told I would be charged an additional $10 for telephone payment. It’s not an understatement to say I “went off!” The end result is balance was paid, I didn’t get charged the additional fee, and I closed my account ???? It’s just crazy ridiculous! A snowy wedding sounds very magical for some reason. Quite sure driving to and fro was a real PIA. ❄️
I’m overdue with canceling my Comcast TV altogether: last year when they’ve upgraded our box, I forgot to schedule the recording of a couple shows that I watched at the time (it was a summer break). So when the shows started, I missed the first month – and for those that I watched there were not previous episodes available – even to rent for money. So I stopped watching – and haven’t turned on my TV for more than a year. Probably it’s time to stop paying for the privilege to have it
Scentless wedding… I don’t know how you survived.
I should also wear Bee’s Bliss today: a perfect summer perfume for winter.
We cancelled our cable TV last year, we can watch plenty online or over the air with an antenna.
Good on you for taking charge of that Comcast agent.
A few months ago I unplugged the cable TV box and nobody at my house noticed. Last week I called and cancelled our TV package which reduced the monthly bill by almost half.
Hi everyone,
I have very little perfume with me here in India, just a tiny bottle of Coromandel and a few essential oils, so I have been enjoying the perfume of objects and the environment around me.
One beautiful scent from today: I was eating lunch at a friend’s and she served home made curd (yogurt). For sweetener, she handed me a big jar of jaggery and when I opened it up, wow! What a beautiful perfume, smelled like sweet vanilla, nutmeg, spices and dried fruit, all kind of wintertime comfort smells . Jaggery is used in India as a sweetener and it is made from unprocessed cane sugar and date palm sap. You can buy it in a block and then just scrape off what you need.
Another kind of fun foody story: I’ve been doing a series of paintings here and whenever I send images to my friends in Boston they tease me about the paintings looking like food, icecream sundaes etc, basically all the stuff I crave but can’t really get here. Just for laughs today I started a painting of a jelly donut. Later when I went for lunch, I sat next to a German guy from Berlin who joked “Ich bin ein berliner”.
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Sounds wonderful, Sajini !????????????????????
Enjoy your time in India.
Not a jelly donut fan, now if they were glazed………????
Cheers!
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haha thanks for all the dessert-y emoticons bear! There is pretty good gelato available here, but nothing like a full on banana split or hot fudge sundae. If anyone started making good ones here they would make a fortune off us ex pats!
Unless you’re staying in a hotel, you should buy the ingredients and do a banana split yourself! That was how I started when I couldn’t easily get ice cream served the way I used to from my native country. And now I’m making all kinds of sundae – both just for us at home and for dessert when friends come over. I like mine much more than whatever I can get in most places where I eat out.
Hey Sajini! Welcome back (missed greeting you last week). Jaggery sounds delish – imagine what your house would smell like while making it!
mmmm great idea! I think I might put some in a saucepan and let it liquify to get the smell into the apartment.
Jaggery would be a great note for a gourmand perfume.
Lovely to see you here, Sajini. Your description of jaggery (NOT “jiggery”, Autocorrect!) puts me in mind of some of Uncle Serge’s early scents…
THat jaggery sounds delicious! It would make a good perfume.
Got my order from DSH perfumes yesterday and was blown away by the palo santo perfume I ordered, Play the Shaman. Super potent and pure palo santo. She also kindly included a bottle of amber lotion with my order. I will be testing that out today.
I also need to try out some of my oud perfumes with some sweet amber or vanilla lotions to make them wearable for me. I have gone off straight oud but I hate to get rid of a few of these bottles that were gifts from my husband. If that doesn’t work, swapmeet time.
Oh, I need to find that sample then — pretty sure I have it.
Wearing Byredo Bal d’Afrique. I used to think of it as similar to Hermes Vetiver Tonka without the musk far drydown that gets on my nerves sometimes, but today I sprayed with abandon and it’s quite a bit fruitier. A variation on a theme still, though! I like it a lot.
I like it too! I think, it’s a great scent for any weather.
Morning, all. This is the first REAL day of my holiday, because I get weekends regardless, so it feels special, you know, perfect, no mistakes made yet, no miscommunication, nothing broken or annoying, just a long day ahead to please myself in in. It’s pretty much unstructured, too. The only commitment I have is to get my hair cut at 11.30, and the looseness of the hours is a pleasure in itself. To celebrate this feeling of freedom, I ‘m wearing Queen of the Night, so rich, so deep, so complicated. I’m not remotely glamorous, but this perfume makes me wish, just the tiniest slither off the side of a smidgen, that I were. It makes me want to float about, uselessly but decoratively, calling people of all ages and any gender “Darling!”, and all the while dripping with interesting jewellery….in real life, I’d probably last about, oh goodness, 3.5minutes at that lark before I decided to make an onion tart or scrub the bathroom, but it’s fun to think about.
Eric has just brought me a little gift. He arrived in July with a bit of rabbit tail. That rabbit tail has been lost under the fridge, into your briefcase, up the vacuum cleaner, between cushions on the sofa, and each time we’ve retrieved it, it has been slightly more battered and sad than the time before. Now it’s mostly bald, and (ick!) slightly soggy from being carried (he’s teething and it’s not going well) but it’s his favourite. He has other, more beautiful and far more comprehensively be-furred toys, but somehow we don’t seem to get along very well without The Bun. I’m being paid a signal honour, to be allowed to hold Bun for a bit…no, it’s been taken back, carried off to Eric’s den on my computer chair.
Well, I think I might pootle off for a walk. I want to lose three kilos. Be well, all.
Ummagumma for me this grey Sunday. Warm and cozy- I get the teeniest bit of smoke, too. Running around doing laundry and chores then will decide if I should head east to say hello to Mt Hood or head west back to breathtaking coast. Decisions, decisions..
Smell well and happy holidays! Or, if you don’t observe any holiday, hope you have a superb sunday✌????
I got incense in the drydown of Ummagumma, but no chocolate. Did you get the chocolate?
I’m posting after two of my favorite people, Waterdragon and Deva! *waving!* I am back after a quick trip to Southern California with one of my oldest friends. Today I am wearing Ineke Balmy Days and Sundays from a sample to put up the outdoor Christmas tree. It’s very green and has a prominent freesia note at the start.
Morena. Waving right back…enjoy your trip. I’m on holiday—I’ll write soon.