We're celebrating the weekend with the "visual media" version of our winter reading poll. Tell us...
...any great tv shows you've discovered recently, and/or
...any great movies you've seen lately, and
...of course, tell us the matching perfume(s)!
Or, as always, just talk about something else.
Note: top image shows the Samsung Serif television (plus kitty).
The only things I watch occasionally on TV are national geographic documentaries and Antiques Roadshow. I haven’t been to the movies in a couple of years but I want to go see The Post because I love Meryl Streep.
Wearing Byredo Seven Veils today, yum.
Thanks for the Roadshow reminder! It’s been too long since I’ve watched that one. Quite entertaining.
you smell great! I want to see The Post, also. Kay Grahams book was wonderful and I think it won the Pulitzer or National Book award.
SOTD is new Berdoues Hojas de Cuba combined with a spritz of Eau Lente. Nice and warm with a little spice.
The Kay Graham book is my absolute favorite autobiography, hands down by a mile. I should reread it actually.
Also Terry Gross’s Fresh Air interview with KG is terrific (if you are a news junkie: https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1109542) !
My son & my husband saw The Post last night and loved it. I will have to wait for Netflix.
My husband loves AR. He just sent me screenshots of a dress Marilyn Monroe wore…couldn’t believe how tiny she was.
Feeling ready for winter viewing in Dasein’s Winter!
I really like the shows Shetland (on Netflix) and The Kettering Incident (on Amazon Prime). I also enjoyed I Love Dick (Amazon) and Black Mirror (Netflix) but they are not for all tastes, I think.
Enjoy your Saturday! My kid got a scooter for Christmas, so I will be following her around the block, over and over again . . .
HA, I remember that — at least you will get a walk in. I like Shetland too, and will have to look up your others…
I really liked I Love Dick too, but yes, definitely viewer discretion. Whenever someone’s SotD is Marfa, I think of that show.
Hello brothers and sisters in l’eau.
Today I am wearing Iris Pallida from L’Artisan Parfumeur, the one that was issued in 2007 as a limited edition. I’m wearing it because I was struck deeply by a sentence Angela wrote in her “Perfume Resolutions for 2018” post – she wrote – “A perfume that sits in its bottle is dead” & just now I realized how true that sentence is.
Sure Iris Pallida was a limited edition and I’ve been cherishing it because I know that once it’s gone – it’s gone. But on the other hand if I use it so rarely, what happiness does it bring to me? Not to mention that by sparing it I also risk that it might turn bad at some point. Me thinks I have to face the truth, use it and enjoy it while I still can.
Probably every perfumista has to learn to live with things such as discontinuations, reformulations and limited edition. Perfume is not forever and as Angela put it nicely “A perfume that’s worn is doing what it was meant to do”
Sorry for the off-topic, just wanted to share some thoughts with people who understand such situation best.
I vote for using it 🙂
I feel the same way, honestly. I have a bad habit of using the first 4/5’s of a bottle, then hiding it so I won’t finish it. Even if I can replace it (i.e. they still make it) the opportunity cost is different this time. Still, I’d rather use it than have it turn. 2018 is the year I use my dregs too!
I sell vintage clothing, and several times a week I find a beautiful old garment that someone picked out, purchased, and . . . pretty much never wore. It’s not that rare to find items from the 50s/60s with tags still attached. I’m grateful for these finds, but it’s also a little sad to me that the original owners never enjoyed them. As a result, I no longer “save” anything (which I used to do regularly, with clothes, perfume, makeup) – might as well enjoy it myself. When it’s gone, something new will come along . . .
“brothers and sisters in l’eau” haha – love it!
Yes, Angela’s words struck a chord for me as well. Especially this year after sorting through/clearing out much as we moved to a new place, I have thought over and over about what I have that was never used and what I want to be sure to use!
I’m really glad you brought this up for further conversation. I too was struck by the wisdom of what Angela wrote. I’m giving bottles away, sharing decants with people, saving nothing for “best”. I want my perfumes to live outside their bottles.
I also gave my sister last week some of my bottles that were not getting much love from me and that I knew she would enjoy. She was delighted and I felt very relieved that they were going to be worn.
Angela’s post also woke me up at the right time. I will try my best this year to reduce significantly the amount of perfume to buy and concentrate in enjoying what I have, which is huge. This week, doing the “Forgotten Friend” community project, I realized how many perfumes that I love have been sitting in the back of my cabinet for a long time without being touched. Fortunately, all of them are in perfect condition and I cannot let them die there. It would be a waste not only of perfume, but also of money.
Since this morning I started organizing my perfume cabinet. This weekend I am checking my summer and hopefully my spring perfumes. In the next 2-3 weekends I will go thru my fall and winter ones. So far, I am shocked to see that many perfumes that I have been getting in splitmeets, freebiemeets and swapmeets have been worn only once. That is unnaceptable. 2018 is the year for me to stick with my collection and have only few additions. I am looking forward to it.
SOTD and the weekend: all I would be spraying during my cabinet organization.
Have a nice weekend everyone!
When I think about buying another bottle, I try to think about all the bottles already sitting unworn in my closet. No more bottles for the perfume graveyard. They have to be loved and worn. Spray often and generously my friends!
The first thing I thought of when I read the news about Laurie’s retirement was to hoard my SSS perfumes, but no, the best way to honor her is to wear them ! Of course, I sent an email in case she has any product left when my turn comes up!
I use my hard-to-find/discontinued perfumes. They were made to be worn and loved rather than hoarded, and I’m optimistic that when they’re gone, there will be something else wonderful for me to discover. And so far, that has been true – with 1000s of new releases and tons of existing perfumes that I haven’t sampled yet, there will be a new-one-to-me out there that I’ll love .
Totally agree!
That’s the right attitude! I totally agree. There will always be beautiful perfumes out there for us to enjoy.
lucasai, look at all these comments! You’ve touched our perfumed hearts.
I recently set aside some perfumes for the freebiemeet. I mention it here to keep myself committed to participating next weekend. It is too easy to let bottles sit unused when they should be out in the world spreading happiness.
I love your greeting! And such a good reminder.
Thank you everyone for all your warm & encouraging words. They mean a lot to me. I will enjoy this Iris Pallida until the last drop.
I couldn’t agree more! Use it or lose it.
DSH Souvenir de Malmaison in honor of my upcoming trip to Paris this April. Very excited, I have never been!
I would love to hear all Parisian related travel advise for perfume lovers -have you been to Osmotheque or Museum of perfume?
Best shopping? I do love quirky shops and pharmacies.
Thank you in advance!
Move: Blind Date (French) on Netflix, charming rom com, Clovis Corillac c’est tres sexy!
How exciting so happy for you and your upcoming trip to Paris!!
Thanks Flopper!
My suggestions are Jovoy, Printemps, Lutens Shiseido Palais Royal and any other individual shops of houses you love, such as Guerlain on the Champs-Elysees or Hermès, Chanel, etc.
Thank you cazaubon! I hope to stop at all these places! Traveling with non-fragrance obsessed friends, so we’ll see what happens 🙂
How exciting! I’ve been to the perfume museum, and enjoyed that, but not managed Osmotheque.
I second Cazaubon’s suggestions, and would add Galleries Lafayette. It’s too busy to make serious sniffing enjoyable, but if you know what you want, it’s an experience – particularly to someone like me from the far reaches of the planet! It’s certainly not the little quirky place you might like.
Yes, I think I should go for the experience that even if it is a brief visit, thanks for the suggestion!
+1 for Galeries Lafayette – you must look up. The cafeteria was convenient and I still smile with wine on tap like getting a soda.
Not far is a perfume museum. It’s fun to take the free tour but check the time for the English tour. The end of the tour is a Fragonard boutique.
The Guerlain boutique has travel sprays (20 mLs) of a bunch of perfumes – they are only available there.
Those 20ml sprays will be my downfall. I can’t wait!
You’re going in April, too! Wouldn’t it be fabulous if you end up at the same venue!
I just read below that you will miss each other!
20ml !!! Hurray!
Thanks hajusuuri!
You’re welcome and see above – you and Koyel will be in Paris at the same time!
Heh, just read below that you and Koyel will miss each other!
How marvelous for you!
Some of my favorite Paris memories (so many years ago!) come from a longish stay that allowed for shopping at Monoprix for groceries and necessities. I loved to wander the aisles with the locals. Also enjoyed shopping at the neighborhood pharmacy. Lots of choices for hand creams and skin care and nice fragrances and soaps from Bien-Etre, Mont St Michel, Roger & Gallet.
Monoprix is the best!
Thank you Tiffany!!
Hooray, so it’s definite! Which days will you be there? We’re going from 11-19 April.
(A note about Galeries Lafayette: it gets IMPOSSIBLY crowded, so do try to go super-early to avoid zillions of people.)
April 2-9 ???? i’ll try not to buy all the perfume ????
Oh! And Fragonard glycerin soaps are amazing (and cheap!). I will be stocking up on them.
Oooh, good souvenir idea, thanks!!
The Fragonard Iris triple-milled soap is also very nice and lasts long!
I’m sorry y’all, I don’t really watch movies and currently watching my I Love Lucy DVDs. If you’re up for any musical faves, though, I’ve got those in spades!
So I went to a fabulous estate sale in a nice part of Houston yesterday and this house! High ceilings, Chinese Modern furniture, fabric wallpaper! Her atrium had kelly green walls with a slim kelly green sectional to match. It was definitely no-holds-barred design whenever she’d had it done and it was gorgeous.
Of course I picked up a few scents, but she didn’t have a large selection. I walked out with a mostly-used bottle of Une Fleur de Chanel, some Youth Dew (never can have enough!) and a 3-pack of Roger & Gallet Carnation soap. It was still in the cellophane wrap so I bought that unsniffed. But when I opened it… Pure heaven! They still make Carnation, right? I’d hate to hoard soap!
Of coirse I’m in none of those today, wearing a light spritz of Ostara.
A generous NSTer gave me one of the carnation soaps from her trip to Paris in 2016. The soap was fabulous and lasted a long time. Congratulations on your find!
Thank you! My boyfriend practically guzzles soap so I’ll have to wait for a good opportunity. Right now each one is scenting a drawer in my dresser.
Sounds fun! I am in Houston also, and would love to go with you if you are doing an outline like this some time in the future.
Ugh–“Outing” not “Outline”–you can tell I’ve been getting ready for classes to start next week!
I adore R&G carnation soap. I have the empty cardboard box from a set of three soaps that is over 20 years old. It still smells wonderful. 🙂
Moonlight Patchouli again. I cannot get enough of the Iris opening it’s lovely.
This is a very misleading frag. I did not expect to encounter such a beautiful Iris in it
Yes I agree – very misleading!
I didn’t get any iris from it. It was all “dark rose” to my nose.
kpaint, when did you try it? I wore it last night (super cold here) and whoa! the iris! YMMV
I wore it a bunch last year. Probably not in super cold weather, though.
That said, my decant was mislabeled as Rose Velours, so my olfactory interpretation may have been swayed by thinking it was a rose. But I do not remember getting any iris at all, 100%.
BTW, I bought a sample of Moonlight Patchouli from STC after I got the mislabeled decant. I emailed them and told them they’d sent Rose Velours in error. They swore up and down that they hadn’t made a mistake and actually didn’t even have Rose Velours in stock. They sent another sample of Moonlight Patchouli just to make sure, though. All 3 smelled the same, so I’m taking STC’s word that what I was smelling was, in fact, Moonlight Patchouli.
But maybe I wasn’t? Is Rose Velours a dark rose?
Rose Velours is not particularly dark, in my opinion. It is a sweetish rose. Moonlight Patchouli is darker with a plummy note. I have FBs of both so can send you a set to try again (need to do after a few other sharing commitments that I have put off).
I’m in PdE Yuzu Fou, giving it another try, this time in cold weather. There’s just too much cumin in this for me, no matter the season. It’s a non-sweet, medium weight winter citrus.
I have to admit, this is a gloriously big, bad, 100ml, FB blind buy fail for me. ????
Anyone out there looking to swap for this bottle? I might swap it off 10mls at a time, come to think of it.
Could this be a community project…what was your worst, most abysmal FB blind buy and what did you do with the bottle?
My list of such bottles would be very very very long. I made a mistake of buying fragrances unsniffed – we’ll just because someone likes a frag does not mean it would work for me. Plus as I discovered more brands, I came to realize that some overhyped frags are just not worth the hype – looking at you Bond no 9. I think I am stuck with them forever and prob would start using them for linen spray.
That’s so true about hype. I’ve avoided Bond fragrances in general because there are so many of them. It’s just overwhelming. Plus, I’m not a big fan of the bottles.
Ditto for Creed. Lots of hype and $$$!
I completely agree! I tried a sample of the two vetivers and Sublime Vanille. The vetivers were harsh! And the vanilla, while quite nice, was nowhere near worth the cost. Creed = not on my radar.
I never seen Creed mentioned here, but it is hyped all over YouTube. Never smelled any myself, I absolutely hate the bottles. They look cheap imo.
A lot more men than women are into Creed it seems.
I think Cazaubon is right. Creed is huge at Basenotes.
I’ve noticed the same – that men tend to be enthusiastic about the brand. I’m with y’all – it’s not even on my radar.
I sold off all my Bonds except for the few I really enjoy too. Big hype.
Chinatown was my gateway drug….I still love it.
My biggest fail was a 100ml bottle of Fou D’Absinthe – I tried one spritz and didn’t even make it an hour before scrubbing. I love green, pine-y scents but they often don’t work on me, so I’ve learned to be more cautious. I happily swapped it away (and, incidentally, I will look for Yuzu Fou at the swap meet – I love cumin).
Oh, that’s great news! I might send you an email. ????
Have you tried CdG Sugu? It’s REALLY a pine-y scent. Just tried some yesterday and found it intriguing.
Oooh, I’ll add it to my list. There’s some component that’s frequently used in pine/spruce and also sage scents that smells exactly like dill on me AND overwhelms everything else. I haven’t figured out exactly what it is, but I sample everything with those notes very carefully now.
That’s Monocle Series Sugi, and I am typing in the correction because I had a good long pause while I tried to think of what Sugu was, and didn’t even remember the name Sugi until I looked it up, even though I loved that one 🙂
Such a pity, I love Fou d’Absinthe.
I get pretty lucky with my blind buys but I always open my packages with trepidation. Probably my worst was an A Scent flanker, but it was just boring. I still have it though, and plan on unloading it at freebiemeet.
Totally understand the feeling of trepidation!
This might be great…
This might be bad…
That sounds like a really interesting scent. I’d totally try it!
Big Little Lies was great on HBO.
Speaking of big little lies, also saw I, Tonya which was hysterical. Alison Janey is tremendous in this film.
Already sprayed Super Cedar from Byredo so no movie tie in. ????
I must go see I, Tonya. I love Allison Janney. Tonya lives in Clackamas, a suburb of Portland, and hits the news here every once in a while, usually doing or saying something she probably shouldn’t.
I liked Big Little Lies too!
Ugh. I really want to see I, Tonya nut it’s been sold out everytime I have the chance to see a movie, including last night. I liked Big Little Lies, too.
Allison Janney is marvelous. I didn’t realize she is in that movie. That’s another one for my queue. 😉
I Allison Janney, too, and she’s the primary reason I want to see it, though I saw a trailer at the theater and it looked really good 🙂
SOTM is Fiele Fragrances Cedrus. This is a light (cologne light), natural, more expensive (but not particularly expensive for niche!) version of Stash in my opinion. If you like Stash but it is too sharp, cheap, in your face–then try Cedrus!
Just to be clear, I really like Stash and have no problem at all with the Iso E Super. But I know that some folks here really hate it.
Here’s Kevin’s review: https://nstperfume.com/2015/06/17/fiele-fragrances-pogostemon-cedrus-juniperus-fragrance-reviews/
PS Have not been watching anything but the news as of late, EXCEPT I just started “Godless” on Netflix. Watched two episodes in a row last night, which is a real binge around here!! If you liked Deadwood, you probably will enjoy Godless. I think that side by side, Deadwood is probably a superior program, not the least because it broke new ground. But I do enjoy the smart, tough, steady women of Godless who are not just decoration to the real action in this one.
You already know I loved the Fiele and quickly drained my sample pack. I think you were the one that got the enabler pin for my purchase of it.
I loved, loved, loved Shetland on Netflix. I’ll scent it with Andree Putman’s original fragrance, although it really needs something just a little darker.
Mr. SP and I have also been watching (don’t laugh) Seinfeld episodes roughly chronologically as neither of us ever really watched at all before. Sometimes I just need a good laugh and they are often perfect for that. Elaine dancing with the piece of cake had me howling. I should scent them with some kind of 90s self-involved mess, but I don’t know what that should be.
Happy Saturday, all!
I loved Shetland as well.
Also, we and our 3 sons (all in their 20s) really enjoyed the new Churchill movie: Darkest Hour. Gary Oldman was amazing. Scent: a men’s cologne from the WWII era – help me out here.
Old Spice? It was released for men in 1938.
Yes, good one.
My family wants to see that one too — we just (finally) got around to renting Dunkirk last weekend and thought it was really well-done.
Gary Oldman is always amazing.
He was great in Sid and Nancy.
We saw that the other day and really liked it as well.
I got to introduce my boyfriend to Seinfeld last year, he’d never seen more than a handful of episodes. That was a great time!
I know some people abhor Seinfeld but it never fails to make me laugh! I’m trying to think of a 90’s fragrance that would fit it. Maybe Obsession? Not refined and a bit wild!
That’s perfect and it works for the self-obsession they display as well!
Love Seinfeld! My husband and I will occasionally still throw out random quotes all these years later, “No soup for you!”
Sometimes when I’m having a real unlucky kinda day, I think ” I’m turning into George!”
Someone in my neighbourhood drives a car with the license plate “SoupNazi”. ???
I feel like Elaine would have been a Donna Karen fan, maybe Cashmere Mist. Ha! It would match the cashmere sweater episode ????
Yes – good call!
For some reason Liz Claiborne comes to mind. The triangle bottles that came in a few different colors.
I’d never laugh at that! My chiropractor used to make fun of me for watching “ancient” shows like Mary Tyler Moore, Bewitched, and Bob Newhart 😉 A local network was airing episodes of Rhoda last year, then suddenly stopped, which still bums me out. (Maybe I could rent them somewhere… hmm.) I still watch old episodes of Will & Grace and could not be more thrilled about the reboot. Yay! I think it’s even better this time around 🙂
If you haven’t been watching Veep, you should be! It took me a long time to summon any interest in it, but it’s great.
As always, I am behind in current movies/TV/visual anything, but on HBO I just discovered La La Land, my new favorite On Demand movie. I love piano and I’m a sucker for bittersweet romances, so this hits all the buttons for me. I’m wearing Absolue pour le Soir this morning, not something Mia would wear. She is girly and independent but has doubt about her talent, so I think she would pick something from a traditional house but not what everyone else is wearing. Maybe Black Perfecto.
I had reservations about watching La La Land, since I heard so many mixed reviews. I watched it recently and felt like it was a movie that was made for me personally! LOL I am a total Hollywood and movie musical nostalgist and absolutely ate it up.
Shetland, Wallander (both versions), Glace, Inspector Banks series, Superstore (hysterical), 10 Days in the Valley, This is Us, Lost (third time watching it) , The Five, La Mante, Under the Arctic Sky, One of Us, Halt and Catch Fire.
Lost! I need to rewatch all of those.
I watched it the first time alone…the second round was three summers ago with the younger marzipans and this go round I am bending my hubby’s arm to watch it with me 🙂
I think it is probably my favorite show of all time.
Oooh, how I loved Lost! I even binge watched all the seasons in the summer leading up to the last. I can remember sitting on the couch watching the very final episode in tears. In the end though, I was one of those people that was very disappointed in how it ended.
I thought it was one of the best TV shows ever because it made us think! I, too, was disappointed by the ending. I think they should have spent the last season tying up the loose ends of each major character/storyline per hour. I love Outlander. It made me actually read books—all huge eight of them! Also love Vikings!
Ooh, I could definitely go for another round of Lost – it’s been ages since I’ve watched it. And, it would be great to get away from this trend of “gory evilness” that seems to be everywhere I turn.
yes there really do seem to be quite a large amount of “shock” shows!
I just finished a re-watch and discovered that I still loved it every bit as much as I did on the first go-round. Such wonderful characters!
Yes! to Shetland and Wallander. I’m also watching season 3 of Broadchurch. SOTD is Tea for Two in honor of all the British TV I watch!
I started Broadchurch and stopped. I need to watch it from the beginning again as now it is up to season three.
I didn’t like season 2. Season 3 is good.
Season 2 was a “lull”, agree. Understand why they wanted to wrap up the Season 1 story, but I was ready to move on.
Agree that season 2 isn’t as good, but 1 and 3 are great. I actually kind of fast forwarded through a lot of season 2.
Great list, cm8. I never watched Lost as I used to think I had enough existential angst in my life and didn’t need extra. But I think I’m ready for it now. The entire series recently popped up on Hulu.
I adore Superstore and have watched a few episodes more than once, something I never do. (Well, I did watch reruns of tv shows back in the days when that was all there was to watch in the summer because all the network shows were on hiatus. Yes, I am that old.)
Lost is amazing and once you watch it you will appreciate the brilliance of the writing and writers (even in the names that they give the characters)….I appreciated the hidden messages and for some reason , for me personally, it was messages of love and hope and forgiveness and understanding of what it is to be human and flawed….
and yes, Superstore is fantastic and really makes me laugh…I too rewatch it sometimes! (and I am right there with you in age as I also remember the major networks on hiatus…back in the days when we only had about five or seven channels on our tvs-LOL!)
I remember the days when there was no remote control to switch the channels!
Hee hee….so do I!
In my house, whichever kid was closest was the remote control. ????
LOL… I am that old too. I have seen many episodes of M*A*S*H multiple times, along with Hogan’s Heroes, The Odd Couple, Rockford Files, Barney Miller and even Hee-Haw. 😉
Halt and Catch Fire was so good. Nice it’s on Netflix now.
it is a show that I did not think i would enjoy but I really did! I have to start watching the third season which Netflix added not that long ago.
Fans of Wallander and other nordic crime shows should check out Rebecca Martinsson on Amazon Prime/Acorn. My H and I watched it last week and it was really good. Unfortunately there’s only 1 season (2017), but I am under the impression that they’re making more.
I’ve been watching the new series “McMafia” on the BBC and it is thrilling! I’m almost inclined to write a whole line of wows! It is a very expensive production with a skilled multi-ethnic cast, filmed on several continents and just leaves me breathless!
I cannot imagine a fragrance that would do it justice. I guess I could select something Russian (not in my collection), but wouldn’t know which one. It would need to meet a lot of criteria: exciting, exotic, powerful, maybe with notes from the Middle East, India and Russia!
Thank you, had not even heard of McMafia, and I do like James Norton. Looks like it might be coming to Amazon Prime this year (?)
Oh, bummer. This sounds really good but my cable system doesn’t seem to be carrying it. Hopefully Amazon will pick it up…
There are news report that Amazon did pick it up, but can’t seem to find the air date.
Pesky Blinders is my latest tv gig.
SOTD is SSS Equestrian again.
*peaky! Sheesh!
Pesky Blinders was funnier!
My husband loves that show.
Ha! I like that show too.
I’m watching Peaky Blinders right now too and really like it. Just started season3. I really love Cillian Murphy.
Me too. And Sam Neil is he bomb too.????????
Morning, all. I’m a little ashamed to admit that the last movie I saw was Taika Waititi’s Thor Ragnavarok. It was fun in every way, I laughed like a drain at the sly kiwi humour and accent (I wonder how that went down elsewhere?) and came away feeling good, but not , of course, improved in any way. At the time, it was exactly what I needed and wanted.
SOTD is Feminite du Bois. I smell divine: fresh but woody, quite a neat trick.
Eric’s big check up today. I hope he gets a good report. He has a nasty cough now. He seems to have huge trouble teething. It should all be over at nearly nine months, but it is dragging on. Better go: the kittens have had only a little snack, which they have already burnt up by rioting through the house, pulling Laslo (my old teddy bear) about. They want Proper Food. Be very well, all.
I hope Eric got a good report!
I love to watch the series Outlander, I am obsessed with their love story and Jamie, he often comes to my dreams (in his white nightshirt) and takes me to a far away land with lots of adventures.
I have no idea what perfume they would wear though.
I am staying in today because of the snowstorm, having guests for drinks tonight and wearing Guerlain Black Perfecto.
Love that show. And Jamie’s accent! *Discreetly fanning myself.*
Enjoy your snowstorm cocktail party! You smell great.
Oh my. Jamie in your dreams. 🙂
In her WWII days, Claire wore L’Heure Bleue cologne, but of course wouldn’t have had access to that in 18th century Scotland.
Yes, of course, pure perfume hadn’t been invented yet but if Jamie were able to time travel to 1889, I think Jicky would have suited him just fine.
I have just started on Halt and Catch Fire. The first episode was slow but a co-worker convinced me to give it another shot and I am glad I did.
I am in 5 sprays of Box of Eels, trying to improve fragrant atmosphere of Costco. Man, these tasting stations just stink – I cannot imagine wanting to try anything 🙂 This puts me into a very small subgroup of Costco shoppers – everyone else is just running to get a taste.
I’m in your subgroup of Costco shoppers! I can’t stand the tasting stations and how they clog up the flow of traffic. 🙂
Phew, my subgroup felt lonely 🙂
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I probably should never go to Costco hungry.
My son always gets hungry when we go to Costco. Once he ate like 5 servings of whatever meat they were tasting. He would not touch meat at home 🙂
Twins! We smell good!
I’m with you – I never taste anything. Too many people around hovering over the food.
Not only are the tasting stations gross, my husband makes me go take an extra portion for him of whatever vile food substance they are offering. I will partake if they are giving away chocolates though. 🙂
I’m the same and avoid the Costco “tasting menu,” though I will take chocolate when it is on offer.
In mid-December there was a Costco employee handing out wrapped Lindor chocolates, and gosh he was in a hurry to give them all away. He asked if I would like a chocolate and when I said “yes, please” he replied “hold out two hands” then dropped in a dozen! Did the same for my mum. We were pleasantly surprised and then of course we had no need to buy more. 🙂
I like to go to Costco as soon as it opens and before the tasting stations are set up. 😉
The samples do make shopping with littles easier! lol
I’m with the non-partakers, but if wrapped Lindt chocolates were being handed out, I’d have loaded up 🙂
Wearing Shay & Blue Almond Cucumber today.
Lately I’ve been rewatching Twin Peaks: The Return, which is even more gorgeous on blu-ray.
I’ve heard only good things about the reboot. Need to check that out!
I loved it. But be prepared, it is weirder, more violent, more everything, than the original.
Just finished watching Unabomber on Netflix, really interesting. Wrote down all your recommendations!
Wearing Samsara tonight, to celebrate life with my husband.
What a great reason to wear a beautiful scent!
Waving at ya! ????????????
Hello dear! Every time I wear Bee Bliss I think of you! Wonderful perfume.
Mmm Samsara. Anniversary? If so, congrats.
Last Tuesday was my day off and it was raining a lot here in SoCal so i sat and watched The Marvelous Mrs Maisel and finished watching Master of None.
Now i started watching Parks and Recreation.
Since temperatures here are “cold” I’m wearing a lot of Profumum Olibanum (xmas gift)
I wore that Tuesday night, Olibanum is sooo good.
Just finished Mrs. Maisel this week, and we are big fans of that show and of Master of None. I am delighted to see Tony Shalhoub in Mrs. M!
Tony Shalhoub! He’s so great.
He really is. I don’t know if anyone else watched him in BrainDead, a miniseries that was running during the 2016 campaign season, but he was great in it – a rather bizarre, yet highly entertaining political satire.
I love the 1950’s house interiors in MMM. My grandparents lived a lot like that (but in California). That show really surprised me when it so quickly took a few racy turns! It was not at all what I expected.
Oh? I put it on around xmas but wasn’t paying much attention – just enough to decide that I had no interest in watching it. Sounds like I should give it another chance. I’m all about good set design and props, costuming, makeup. So much so that it can be the only thing I’m focused on and will miss things like dialogue and plot 😉
I’ve gotten hooked on the first season of Victoria, so I’m looking forward to the second season. And after reading several comments here on NST, I’ve started the first season of The Crown on Netflix. As for appropriate fragrances for each, I would choose something from Jo Malone. As for movies, at the last movie I went I was more impressed by the iced tea from the concessions and the reclining seats than by the movie. SOTD is Noontide Petals.
Don’t know if you ever read the fashion bloggers Tom & Lorenzo, but they do detailed analyses of the fashions in The Crown, and even though I’ve never seen an episode, I like to read what they have to say about it.
You smell great! Love Noontide Petals.
Victoria is fantastic fun. I am excited for season 2. I also enjoyed The Durrells in Corfu. So charming.
Those reclining seats totally change going to the movies. I stopped going to movies years ago because sitting in a theater was like being trapped on a Greyhound bus. No mas!
The last movie I saw on the big screen was Star Wars on Christmas Day with the whole fam, my parents and the three kids. We did the same thing two years ago and I took a picture of the kids each time in front of the billboard, it’s fun to see their growth and changes. Also saw Ladybird recently and it was excellent. Three Billboards and I, Tonya are also on my list.
On TV we started watching Stranger Things but my middle schooler bailed after a couple episodes. Too scary, so we switched gears and watched the PBS series on Gorongosa Park from a couple of years ago. It was very good.
SotD is Bois des Iles. My teenager came into my room as I was finishing getting ready this morning and remarked, “it always smells good in here.” I told her that’s cause I always smell good.????
Stay warm out there!
It does smell good in there!
Yum, you’re smelling great!
I had a hard time with Bois des Iles when I sampled it a few years ago. Recently I tried again, and darn it, that is a fabulous scent. There are still a few parts that make me shy away a bit, but there is a slice of gingerbread in the middle that is phenomenally delicious.
Gingerbread! I’ll have to pay better attention the next time I wear it.
I had a hard time with it for a few years, then fell deeply in love.
What a nice compliment!
Woo hoo to a 3-day weekend!
I am enjoying the Young Sheldon series. It’s a great prequel to The Big Bang Theory.
No SOTD yet. I am having dinner at an Italian restaurant with friends tonight so will be looking to wear something that pairs well with the atmosphere and nothing that would get into my tongue (as some perfumes could). I am considering Moonlight a patchouli.
That would be VC&A Moonlight Patchoul, idea from flopper.
Isn’t that a wonderful perfume?! I had Italian as a surprise – was looking for a restaurant that didn’t have a long wait and we ended up with Italian!
We’ve been recording Young Sheldon but haven’t yet watched. We are just letting them pile up to do a binge watch I think.
Have fun binge-watching!
Warm kitty, soft kitty, little ball of fur . . .
I love Sheldon. 🙂
Ear worm!
I have been watching Luther on Netflix because, Idris Elba. Today I have Dame Black Flower Mexican Vanilla in edp and body cream.
OOh yes,thank you for reminding me! I binge watched Luther! Fantastic series and yes indeed….Idris 🙂
How do you like the body cream? I had Earth Mother in sample size body cream and thought it was fantastic.
The body cream is lovely. I have the Earth Mother sample too, but BFMV is more “me”. I bought small jars of body cream in BFMV and Desert Rose as my last purchase of 2017. Of course lots of samples included which will go into my freebiemeet sample grab bags since I have tried most of the line already.
SOTD is Guerlain Idylle Love Blossom, a fortunate blind-buy success, but it’s gone from like to love and I’ve been wearing a lot in the evening as it’s pretty and warm without being overwhelming.
Viewing wise, I’ve been watching The Crown, which I’m enjoying. I’m really interested in watching The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, as that looks right up my alley.
We saw Call Me by Your Name last night which I enjoyed, but I didn’t like the main character’s love interest. He strongly reminded me of Don Draper and I couldn’t shake the comparison. Not sure whether this character was supposed to be less than likeable? Anyway, it did make me want to own a summer home in northern Italy. Scent to match would be Caligna.
I’m with you, I’ve had many friends quite taken with the tale, and the reviews are all glowing, but I just couldn’t buy into the love story and felt that the Armie character was manipulative and shallow.
Thank you! That was validating. I also didn’t get the relevance of the religion thing. It seemed unneccessary since it didn’t really go anywhere. Compared to other movies in this genre, I didn’t find it that impactful or award worthy, but I still enjoyed it.
Maybe I’ll just read the book. Often I like the book better than the movie.
Maybe I should’ve read the book. It did occur to me that it shares some if its story with Death in Venice. Hard to beat that one, though.
Yesterday I solved my perfume malaise by–the obvious thing–going shopping! Tried about six things and eventually settled on a new bottle of CdG Concrete. It’s not at all like what that grainy gray bottle makes you expect. Just the thing to keep me happy; the only real competition was Gris Clair. That may be one for another day.
I’ve already written on here about how much I loved The Shape of Water. I can’t recommend it enough. And the same goes for The Man in the High Castle, with two seasons streaming on Amazon, and another one to come (HURRAY!). I can’t think of a suitable watery fragrance for the former movie, and am not sure perfume is allowed in the dictatorships of the second, but perhaps some light and airy Japanese incense for Mr. Tagomi, who truly has a deep soul.
What’s Concrete like on you? I’ve stayed away due to the name.
The name is nothing like the juice. It’s a light rose sandalwood. It’s clean and dry, but still floral and not medicinal. I like it very much and it’s got staying power. Calm and rather gentle, contemplative, pleasant. The name is just weird, but I do like the simulated (real?) concrete poured bottle. It feels nice in the hand, and has heft.
Ooh. I’ll have to try that.
Thank you for the description, Calypso. I’ve been wondering about that one, and it just made it to my sample list. ????
I must try it then. Thanks for the description.
I’m starting the day in OJ Woman, definitely a favourite.
I’m not much of a TV viewer, I got out if the habit when I left home at 20, and have never really got back into. I’m slowly working my way through Game of Thrones, I really enjoyed the first two seasons a few years ago, then somehow stopped. I’ve also been watching a few Phrynie Fisher murder mysteries, but my beloved doesn’t like it at all, so I don’t want to inflict too much on him 🙂
I love Phyrne Fisher and recommended that show to my childhood friend who asked me for recommendations. I wish there had been more seasons 🙁
I love her romance with Jack–just wish it would’ve moved ahead!
Twins! I’ve been wearing OJ Woman a lot lately, it is stunning.
I thought the Miss Fisher series was great fun, more for the architecture/set design/costuming than the storylines, which were often laughable 😉
I’ve been enjoying The Good Place. It has been a delight: excellent actors, great writing, funny, unusual, thought-provoking, and did I mention funny? I’ll pair it with Lush 25:43 which is also unusual, thought-provoking and fun.
I also finally got caught up with season 6 of Call the Midwife. It’s a rare TV show that focuses so intensely on women’s lives, especially older women.
Love The Good Place! I’m also a fan of Call the Midwife, though it is physically impossible for me to get through an episode without crying, whether for sorrow or for joy).
Ha! Same here with Call the Midwife.
I really like The Good Place too — hadn’t watched a sitcom in years and glad I read a long article about it & decided to give it a shot. That said, it’s really hard to go back to watching a half hour show with commercial breaks, something I’d pretty much given up. I wish it was a Netflix series!
I don’t even like to watch 30 minute comedies WITHOUT commercials. I usually let a few episodes pile up, then watch them in a row. And then I still have to rewatch the last episode I saw before viewing the new ones. Clearly my brain has adapted to the new way of watching episodic television and can’t go back! LOL
Yes, exactly. (But now realized I lied because I also watched another sit com — the new season of Curb Your Enthusiasm. But that one I did wait until I had the whole thing on Tivo.)
I just finished rewatching last season’s Call the Midwife. (Last year’s Christmas special aired on PBS last month, btw.) I hadn’t specifically given much thought to the woman-centered aspect of it, but gosh, you’re right. What I particularly love about it is that it’s heart-warming and uplifting without being sappy, and while still addressing life’s difficulties and tragedies. I have a hard time finding anything to watch that’s not violent, creepy, unsettling or scary, and Call the Midwife is a really nice break from that. I’ll also add that it gives the same respect and thoughtfulness to the impoverished, which I don’t believe I’ve seen another show do.
I recently finished Alias Grace, a miniseries based on the Margaret Atwood novel, which is available on Netflix. I found it visually gorgeous, moody, disturbing, and thought-provoking.
Grace may be too much of a good girl to wear scent, but for Anna Paquin’s doomed Nancy I’d select a lily-of-the-valley cologne – meticulously proper for a woman trying to keep up appearances in an impossible situation.
Ah yes! I forgot I watched that one too! I loved it.
I’ve heard only good things about the reboot. I need to check it out.
I mean Alias Grace. The Handmaid’s Tale was also captivating.
I’m working through that one now. Both Atwood miniseries have been been disturbing, but I’m finding Handmaid’s Tale to be more harrowing, I think because it’s just so much more “now.”
I’ve seen more (new to me) movies in the past 10 weeks than I had seen in a lonnnnng time! Saw Murder on the Orient Express (decent adaptation. beautiful set. scenery throroughly chomped by Ken Branagh, who should probably be legally estopped from ever directing himself) and The Last Jedi (what, did they hire a gang of monkeys to write that script???) at the theater, and then rented Dunkirk from Redbox last week.
Wish we’d gone to see THAT at the theater. Amazing. (But an amazing story to start with, and a good presentation of the historical event, I thought. Also, proof that if Branagh is *not* directing himself, he’s quite a good actor.)
I hardly ever watch TV, except for The Big Bang Theory and Outlander (I add Starz to our satellite account the day before a new season starts and then remove it the minute after the season finale).
But got to see my kid marching in the Virginia governor’s inaugural parade on TV this afternoon, so there’s a reason to have a TV… 🙂
SOTD is Annick Goutal Nuit et Confidences, which I’m finding pleasant, but. I don’t know. I’m bored. Maybe it’s time I admit I am Just Not That Into Vanilla.
The Star Wars was my least favorite of the new set of movies. Dunkirk was fab in the movie theater.
Based on your reviews and such, I can see you not really being a vanilla person!
Yyyeah, not really a vanilla person. I mean, I don’t dislike it. I just find it sort of boring. Which is weird, because I will nearly always choose vanilla desserts over chocolate (unless it’s actual chocolate and not chocolate cake/chocolate ice cream/brownie/fudge).
I saw Dunkirk on the plane and wished I’d seen it in theater. I liked Star Wars…at least better than Force Awakens.
I was in a good “willing suspension of disbelief” for the first half, but once that major character got floated out into space and then CAME BACK, NOT DEAD, as if a yo-yo completely unaffected by being in space and starting to freeze. . . I started un-suspending the disbelief and became very dissatisfied with the script at that point. GAH. Srsly.
Wish I’d seen Dunkirk in the theater, too. It was gorgeous, and sad, and frightening, annnnd plus Tom Hardy.
Dunkirk was amaaazing in theater.
I actually enjoyed star wars ep viii…it wasnt such a boring boring mess like ep1-3. I enjoyed the scenery and the action scenes and lots of pew pew pew (the kind of stuff I watch a SW movie for). Yes acting was pretty mediocre to bad. Plot was a predictable mess.
Imho Rogue One is still the least annoying of all the SW movies.
But lets be honest, none of those SW movies are famous for clever writing, thrilling plot twists or intelligent character building. 😉
Agreed on Episodes I through III being the worst of the bunch, and on Rogue One being generally excellent. I get bored with the pew-pew-pew stuff though, and I want some dang character development.
Congrats on your son marching with the governor! (I’m assuming it’s your son as I vaguely recall he was working on a campaign a while back?)
I am LOL @ “Ken Branagh, who should probably be legally estopped from ever directing himself”! I don’t think I realized he directed it, but was a little taken aback by his performance (I kept wondering why he was doing David Suchet’s Poirot rather than his own?) I agree about the visuals, and my own takeaway was that it wasn’t any better (or worse) than your standard episode of Masterpiece.
I’ve been on the fence about the new Star Wars. I rewatched the last one recently in anticipation of seeing the recent release and had the same reaction I did the first time around, which I’d forgotten about, namely: zzzzzzzzzz. So your comments have bolstered my feelings that I can go ahead and skip it.
Yes, my older son. But he was working on the other candidate’s campaign. 🙂 He marched with the Virginia Tech Corps of Cadets band, who was invited to participate.
Oh, got it! Congrats on marching in the marching band, then! I LOVE watching them but even as a kid I fear I’d have been way too uncoordinated to play in one. That’s some serious talent 😀
I’m not watching a lot of TV lately, but I have been religiously watching a Viceland show called Hamilton’s Pharmacopeia. It’s about a chemist’s exploration of psychoactive drugs and the people who harvest/ synthesize them. I don’t know why it’s so fascinating because I have absolutely no interest in trying any of them, but I’m captivated.
What’s a psychedelic perfume? I’m not sure what to pair with the show. My scent today is Like This, just because it’s lovely.
Your post reminded me of something I heard on the radio – cava! I’ve never had it and don’t intend to even try but it seems to be the latest feel good substance, not-controlled in the U.S., potentially harmful and very addictive.
I recommend Chewing Gum (Netflix). Only two, short, seasons (but a third is on the way, hooray!). VIEWER DISCRETION IS ADVISED! (Really, please don’t watch with your kids — or your parents — without previewing.) It is often graphically sexual, including a couple of scenes and shots that I still can’t quite believe, but it is so very, very, brilliant, funny, and loving.
Perfume would be something quirky, with a sense of humor and a slight undertone of skank. Ideas?
My own SOTD is Dzongkha, from a sample I just received. It is now blending with the traces of Bandit absorbed by the wrists of my silk/cashmere fingerless mitts when I wore that scent four (?) days ago.
You smell wonderful. I have a hard time wearing Dzongkha alone, but when it blends with something else it is perfection.
Thank you. I am enjoying it, but the traces of Bandit kind of overpowered it. I must have been carried away when I sprayed the Piguet.
Your viewing recommendation reminds me of Mozart in the Jungle (Amazon Prime) which should be watched with all the caveats you listed.
Yes! I think the next season of Mozart launches, in the US, at least, in mid-Feb.
Chewing Gum is even more explicit than Mozart, in my opinion. The main character is trying (at 23) to lose her virginity. And so….
I’m mostly thankful for all the Netflix and Amazon suggestions – will be noting them all. I’m behind in binge watching and exploring our subscription services. We are contemplating cutting the cable cord, so I need to get used to those services more.
Movie-wise, Jumanji was a hoot. Great cast. Kevin Hart doesn’t even need to speak to make me laugh. Wind River was very good also. Probably won’t get much in nominations cause it’s Weinstein. Which is a shame.
I’ll admit that I watched a bunch of the Hallmark Christmas movies during December. Especially as I was trying to knit my husband’s scarf. (In fact, I was quite upset that my husband mistakenly deleted a recording of one I hadn’t yet watched…) He made fun of me all month long, and then I caught him watching one himself…. Tee hee.
Oh…and no scent yet. Just got back from a long walk with sister, so will decide after shower. Will be one of the limited set of samples I brought. Probably Kelly Caleche.
Did you finish the scarf?
I did…on the eve of Christmas Eve. But…we decided it needs to be a bit longer, so I’ve brought it with me to CA to do that. The good news is he had it during the bad cold snap. He loves it, which is nice. Thanks for asking!!
SotD = Assam of India
Snack of the moment = dark chocolate orange slice
I am not a tea drinker, but this scent may convert me one day. It is refreshing and delicious. I am happily surprised to find that my always ravenous teenagers overlooked a whack-and-eat chocolate orange from Trader Joe’s. Yum.
Enjoyed everyone’s viewing suggestions immensely and have made a list of several to watch. I recently stumbled on Travel Man (Hulu) with Richard Ayouade which is purely silly armchair travel. Also am enjoying Alice in Paris (Amazon), another accidental travel find. I have not been to Europe in many years. Perhaps the universe is sending me a message?
Yes on the universe sending you a message. I am considering going to Iceland this year!
I’ve been there and want to go back, it’s totally amazing! Do it!
I need to listen to the universe!
Iceland, ooooh, that’s a great destination. I would love to go there someday. I have mail ordered Icelandic lopi yarn for knitting sweaters several times. Very warm stuff.
Travel Man goes there – season 1 episode 3. 😉
ooo Iceland!!! Can you sneak my tiny body into a large suitcase and take me with you ?? 😉
My gift to my husband for his 60th birthday is going to be a trip to Iceland. I have only seen Northern Lights one time in my life and I REALLY want to see them again.
OOO Lucky you! That’s on my bucket list 🙂
You are smelling amazing!!! I think Assam of India is by far the very best blind buy I ever made. Everyone in the house loves it so it gets a lot of usage :0
I tend to watch reruns of old favorites like Golden Girls and Threes Company (RIP, John Ritter) but I love, love Superstore, and I just finished watching the FX show, Better Things. As far as movies, I really enjoyed the John Wick movies (keanu Reeves, sigh….) it should be said, I cannot resist rewatching Point Break everytime it’s on. My sotd is Mad Madame.
Keanu Reeves…sigh indeed…
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SOTD Smell Bent Commando.Good Musk.Potent as well!
Having been aware of RuPaul’s Drag Race,I never watched it,until I stumbled upon a youtube video.Hooked!!So funny,and I started watching whatever Bianca Del Rio and Alyssa Edwards gets up to that is on Youtube.Hurricane Bianca was also lighthearted fun,movie on Netflix.
Happy Weekend!
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I love RuPaul!! I watched Drag Race when I had Amazon Prime.
We’ve been watching a lot of Netflix lately. Just started watching Fargo which is very good. Watched Ozark and Godless before that and enjoyed both as well. They are all pretty dark and violent though…next in the queue I’d like to find something a bit lighter.
Watched Godless and Ozark recently. Both were great. If you haven’t watched I’m sure that you would like Manhunt about the Unabomber and Alias Grace.
Like you, I’d really like something a bit lighter but gripping.
Yesss, loved Alias Grace! I’ll have to check out Manhunter.
Sweltering in Central Otago and trying to find somewhere to get comfortable. I am sitting outside listening to the pine cones popping and cracking on the trees, eating just picked morepark apricots and planning a swim in the river. My reading is Middlemarch. Another of my failed annual resolutions but this year I am determined to finish it. It is a great book and I am enjoying it and have a Norton edition with lots of interesting annotations. Too hot for perfume. Burning foehn wind…
I thought of you today, Kanuka! A friend of mine is planning on celebrating a milestone birthday next year in Austria. We are to make our own arrangements and meet up at a particular place. Her husband will treat all to a fabulous dinner (and I said it must be at least a 1 Michelin Star restaurant). Besides the event, I was going to try to find the world’s best Navy ????????????????????????⛴⛴⛴⚓️⚓️⚓️ ????????????
How come I don’t have friends with birthdays in Austria! I think Switzerland has the best navy from what I’ve heard.
Very nearly as competent as the Dutch Mountaineering Department 🙂
For a fun bit of conversation on the Austrian navy watch this from 18:30 on wards, it’s great fun!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NvcWkWzaX3E
I’m in SSS Tabac Aurea today, in honor of Laurie’s retiring. I have to admit that I’m very saddened about it, but I am truly happy for her that she will have more time for family and other pursuits. And I’m thankful that she will be passing on the baton on so her perfumes will still be available.
It sounds like it will be a good life change for her…
Just today I went to see a great new movie, The Opera House, a documentary about the construction of the new Metrropolitan Opera House at Lincoln Center and the move from the old to the new location. Leontyne Price stole the show in her interviews–I would scent this with a giant, diva-in-a-good-way perfume, like Diorissimo or Posion or some such. I asked the BF what scent to pair with this, and he said, “a transitional scent from the old to the new–Chanel No. 5”, which is a brilliant insight!
THis TV show is not new, but I just watched a couple of episodes and liked it: Don’t Trust the B**** in Apt 23. I’d scent it with Bulgari Black for the b**** character (Chloe?) and with something generic, light and floral-aquatic for the good girl (June?). I asked the BF again, and he said, “I’d scent it with something that isn’t what it seems at first.” He’s got a good perfumista sense!
OH MAN I love Leontyne.
SOTD is SSS Forest Walk.
I loved Dark, a German tv series on Netlix. Watch it when you love mysterious disappearances and drama in a small town surrounded by pine forests and neverending rain clouds.
Fragrance to go with it: Arso.
Some reviewers compared Dark to Stranger things but imo its much darker, more adult. I really loved ST, but sometimes it focused too much on 80s pop culture and it made it a cheesy and therefore less thrilling.
I also saw Star Wars ep viii the last jedi somewhere last week. I liked it a lot. Its better than ep1-3 all together (yeah i know, its not that hard to top that mess haha).
And I saw mother! Well that was interesting, haha. Aronovsky is one of my fav directors, though I am not sure I need to see Noah….(do I need to?).
Both those movies (star wars and mother!) are so cool to match smells/fragrances with. But I need to think a bit longer about it. 🙂
Dark looks interesting, I had not heard of it. I am adding it to my list, for when I think I can stand something that freaky!
Hi all. Happy Sunday.
My husband’s idea of watching TV is Mythbusters or How It’s Made, so I’m not up on series. We also don’t get Netflix or Hulu. Working on that. Also lobbying for whatever device we need to watch Amazon Prime movies on the TV.
So disappointed in the latest Star Wars. I actually fell asleep in the middle. Kylo Ren really needs to go away.
A question for those who love Chanel No 19 (a lot of you here). I’ve begun to like it. Should I get edt, edp or parfum? Nordie’s only has edt but there’s a Chanel boutique in town. Thanks!
I have all three versions —until I had an Unfortunate Encounter with it a couple of years ago, it was probably my favourite perfume, almost signature scent worthy. I prefer the EdeP to the other two. The EdeT is a bit washed out, perhaps, and the Parfum can be over-assertive in close quarters.
Did I just sound like Goldilocks?
Had all three and swapped away my vintage parfum (really says something right? I’m a huge Chanel fangirl and loooooove 19, but the parfum was just… heartless/souless to my nose). There’s a LOT of batch variation with No 19. My favorite by far is the 2011ish edp (very rosy with a lot of vetiver the drydown). Smells nicely modern. I also really like the vintage No 19 edp in the grey refillable bottle, but it smells dated to my nose— so much so that I worry about wearing it to the office. But it’s a real beauty. Vintage edt comes in third (you really have to like green perfumes, but it is glorious on a spring day). Parfum is my 4th favorite, followed by modern edt which I think is nearly unwearable.
I’m desperately searching for a backup bottle of my 2011is No 19 edp. I may settle for AG Heure Exquise edt instead, which is similar (but with an accord that reminds me of older Ivory soap added)
I’ll search out the edp then. I like green perfumes, but the edt at Bloomies and Nordies seems so thin. Thanks!
I so agree on the parfum. I love the vintage edt best, with the edp of whatever age a very close second, but I did. Not. Like the parfum at all. (It was vintage, too.) Where the vintage edt is Seven-League Boots and Amazon warriors, the parfum is cold and I don’t connect with it emotionally.
Modern edt is pretty boring, if you ask me.
Thanks Mals. Off to Ebay or one of the sample houses.
Truth!
It seems like a Goldilocks problem! Thanks @waterdragon.
I had amazon prime for years without being able to access video content on my (old) TV. We access it now through TiVo, but can also do so through our blu ray player or smart TV. A blu ray player will only set you back about $50 these days, and you don’t need a brand new one either – older ones have apps and amazon seems to make sure they always have amazon video.
As to No 19, I’d recommend trying them all first. I’ve never smelled the parfum, but the edt and edp are really different (as is the case with all the classic Chanels.)
Hello, all. Much rejoicing Chez Waterdragon: Eric is doing really well. He’s rather little, but all there, if you see what I mean. Even his heart seemed better. The vet, the wondeful, wonderful Mary, said it sounded slow and strong, and the “whoosh” of the murmur didn’t seem so bad. His last tooth is through, with some inflammation, which I suppose is not surprising, and he is set now to have his vaccination boosters in a month. Yay! And then the heart scan for baseline information, and then he can just be left alone to grow as far as he can, maybe. He seems like a well kitten now, in spite of an intermittent hacking cough, so we’re very happy. It’s been an anxious journey.
To celebrate, I’m wearing Box of Eels Extrait, which is glowing and twining in the rising heat. I don’t know if it’s weather appropriate, and I don’t care. I smell gorgeous, and I just hope the day deserves my perfume. If the times and places live up to the scent, it will be a great day indeed.
Be well, all.
I’ve never worn Eels in extrait, but I wore the edt a ton last summer and absolutely loved it in warm weather.
You got great news on your kitty! I think the day very much deserves your perfume. Congratulations on the good report! ????
Glad to hear Eric is doing well. Hope he gets better and stronger every day.
Lately, I’ve watched a little adult TV — which is relatively rare for me, I normally only get to see “Teen Titans Go”, etc. — but I will choose movies, since I saw both “Lady Bird” and “The Florida Project” in the last two weeks, both great. “Lady Bird” will get the awards, but I hope people see “The Florida Project”, which is a beautiful, depressing, really surprising movie. Hurrah for Sean Baker and the movie’s casting director! I’ll pick Etat Libre d’Orange Encens et Bubblegum for “Lady Bird” and for “The Florida Project” (in which cheap perfume plays a prominent role!)… maybe Britney Spears Believe?
I loved Lady Bird, and The Florida Project is on my list for when I can take it — 2 people told me how much they loved it, in detail, and did not mention the perfume connection!
My brother has a friend who saw it three times and didn’t mention the perfume connection to him in describing it either. It’s sort of a sad plot point, so I won’t tell you / spoil it / depress you, but perfume shows up in a bunch of scenes.
Interesting, thanks Erin! I am planning to see it as soon as my current stress level allows 😉
A warm, hazy day here in San Diego. It was a rough night, so I am wearing Aziyadé to uplift myself.
I hope your day has gotten better, cazaubon! ????
It has, thank you for asking! Was feeling quite wrecked after being up multiple times with my geriatric dog who has a chronic cough to give her medicine, but my husband took me out for a ride in the sunshine on our Vespa scooter and that perked me up. Plus Aziyadé is smelling great. 🙂 Still tired but hopefully we will all have a better night tonight.
Hope you have a better night and glad you got some sun. I have been there w/ a geriatric cat and it is tough…but there is nothing like the love from a furry, 4-legged friend. 🙂
Give that geriatric dog a hug from me! Hope the cough inproves. Maybe the geriatric dog needs a ride on the Vespa? ????
That might be more excitement than she can handle! She has a collapsing trachea and any excitement sets off a coughing attack. Her idea of fun is chasing squirrels. 🙂
Happy weekend everyone!
I can’t think of a single TV show I follow, and every movie we see is something the kids want to see too. I did LOVE the latest Star Wars, and usually love anything Marvel puts out….
I’ve spent the last 3 days in Clinique Aromatics Elixir and can’t get enough of it in this cold dry weather. BEAUTIFUL STUFF. If I had to pick one perfume for the rest of my life, this would be a contender!
After much patting of myself on the back for cutting back on my perfume spending in 2017, I’m testing some recent sample purchases which arrived yesterday. I’ve been wanting to smell some patchoulis and vanillas (all set for next week!) and allowed myself some purchases for xmas/bday. Most are, interestingly, from Italian houses. Maybe that’s the part of the world to find the best patchoulis and confectionery delights? We’ll see. Today I’m testing Mazzolari Patchouli, and Profumum Roma Patchouly.
I have fallen for another Italian patch, Nobile 1942 Patchouli Nobile, and am contemplating a FB purchase but wanted to match it against some others before hitting “buy.” Neither the Mazzolari nor the Profumum will knock the Nobile 1942 out of its first place spot, I don’t think. Which is not to say I’m not enjoying either, but they’re done in very different styles from the Nobile. That said, my nose is quite stuffy so it’s probably not the best day for testing.
Thanks, Robin, for changing the Freebiemeet date. I missed the conversation about it, but I’d meant to register my disappointment with it coinciding with the March and I’m assuming that led to the rescheduling.
I changed it for other reasons (that will also prevent me from marching) but just as well…
PSA: maybe you all know this, but there is a 10-piece edt set of 7.5 ml travel sprays from Diptyque for sale for $168. Pretty great deal if you’re interested in them!
Not coincidentally, I’m in Volutes right now 🙂
I’m in LL Vanille 44 from an almost exhausted sample. It’s really nice, but above my pay grade, and Organza Indecence clicks all of the same boxes for me.
I may use the dregs to compare the two during vanilla week. Next week’s project is going to be so fun! ????
Yes, I own and love a ton of vanillas, it’s going to be great!
I was born to do the vanilla project!
Wearing DSH Pandora today. Another one I had neglected lately, and which deserves more attention.
Random perfume sighting: I don’t keep up with any current or recent TV series, but my husband and I have been working our way through several classic TV series. In the episode “Fatal Figures” from the 3rd season of Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1958), one of the characters comes home with some perfume in a very distinctive-looking bottle. The name of the perfume was not mentioned, but I am sure it was Intoxication by D’Orsay.
How fun! And has Alfred Hitchcock Presents “aged” well? I have not seen it in years.
I think it has aged very well. Some episodes are better than others, of course, but the best ones are brilliant. Some of my favorites are “Lamb to the Slaughter”, “The Deadly”, and “Road Hog”.
Thanks! It’s odd sometimes to watch old shows — some of them definitely age better than others.
Oh – here are my TV/movie recs.
Film:
If Coco is still in a theater near you, I highly recommend. It is an absolute visual delight, much of which will be lost on a small screen. Good story (my H and I both cried) and not dumbed-down for kids. I’m not one to go out of my way to see animated anything, on the big screen or small, but I loved every minute of it.
I also thought Battle of the Sexes was great. It’s really well done, in a low-key, under-played kind of way. It’s a story that could have lent itself to schmaltz and/or grandstanding, but I think the success of this film is that it hit just the right tone.
The Promise. I don’t know how historically accurate this film about the Armenian genocide is, but it’s a gorgeous sweeping historical epic a la Lawrence of Arabia or Ghandi – a genre rarely done these days (unless I’m not paying enough attention.) Engrossing, beautifully made; be prepared to have your heart torn out. Also, Christian Bale is in it and IMHO, he makes anything he’s in worth watching. It went into wide release last year, but I saw it via amazon, where it’s still available to rent.
TV:
If you have Acorn (through Amazon or otherwise) do watch George Gently. I’ve never heard anyone talk about it, but if you’re a fan of British cop shows, it’s right up there with the best of them. 2017 saw the final season and I’m crossing my fingers that they’ll do a spin-off. Like a lot of British shows it gets bigger budgets with each progressive season so don’t be put of by the production values in season 1. 😉
And speaking of, Tennison is back! It remains to be seen whether Prime Suspect: Tennison beats the original the way Endeavour is vastly superior to Inspector Morse, but I am thrilled about the reboot nevertheless. Annoyingly short season, but probably available at pbs.org or elsewhere to watch if you missed it last summer.
The Americans. Umm, really bad timing on the final season of this show as it seems to be spookily relevant right now. Previous seasons were available on amazon last I checked.
Feud. Another one from F/X. If you missed this vampy romp about Bette Davis and Joan Crawford, you can pay to watch it on amazon (or maybe on demand elsewhere?) So much fun – I hoped against hope that they’d make it into a recurring series. LOL
Finding Your Roots. OMG. I am OBSESSED with this show. I don’t know why it took me so long to watch it (previous seasons available on amazon, as well HLG, Jr’s show that preceded it, Faces of America.) It should be required watching for certain people at certain addresses in certain houses as it’s really about American immigration patterns, forced and otherwise, and thus, the American people and our history. It’s incredibly rich and informative, but I don’t think you have to be a history buff to enjoy it. I don’t think I’ve watched a single episode that didn’t leave me with tears streaming down my face. As someone who studied US history in the 90s and learned that doing genealogy on African Americans and women was virtually impossible, watching people’s stories come alive is mindblowing and incredibly moving.
On a lighter note: Silicon Valley and Veep make HBO worth paying for. On a heavier note: The Jinx. Holy @#$%.
And: if the first season of The Tunnel was too much for you, the second season is easier viewing but just as good.
Finally: Thank you NBC for bringing back Will and Grace! It’s the highlight of my week when it’s actually on :/
The Americans is brilliant and totally agree that it’s eerily pertinent to our times.
The Americans – so very good. Sometimes it’s so intense that I’m watching it through my fingers, but I can’t stop watching.
I loved the Wicked Little Lies Series and look forward to its. return. I also enjoyed SJP’s “Divorce” which starts again tonight I believe. I have not been to a movie theater for at least 8 months, but I did see a really good one on TV HBO…A Good Year with Russell Crowe and Marion Cotillard. What a lovely film!
Today, I started off wearing an Arabian perfume oil and ended up with Tom Ford’s Vert d’ Encens.
So many shows I’d love to watch but I just can’t find the time these days. My husband and I recently purchased the 2nd season of The Dick Van Dyke show and have really enjoyed good, clean humor and just great entertainment watching these but that’s about it!
And an old movie I watched for the first time recently that I recommend is Kings Row with a very young Ronald Reagan. It’s a great story, suspenseful and very moving at the end.
In other entertainment I finally won the lottery to see Hamilton on Broadway and that was last night. A real game-changer of a show, and what a genius Lin-Manuel Miranda is. If I go again I will plan to be more familiar with the lyrics to fully benefit from the story line since the whole thing is sung and it’s not always easy to understand given that it’s done in rap music.
SOTD: Safran Troublant
Wow! Great luck in the lottery! I need to start that up again.
It works! 🙂
Hope everyone knows that Lin-Manuel Miranda features in a long plot sequence in the latest season of Curb Your Enthusiasm? It’s pretty darned funny.
Really enjoying everyone’s comments here! I’m slowly getting back in regular communication channels after the somewhat unexpected passing of my mother-in-law just before Christmas and the related travel, changes of plans, desire to enjoy family in person, etc. Two kids go back to college this week; I’ll miss them, but they are nearby, and I’ll be doing fewer Big Meals. I don’t watch much TV but my oldest is hooked on the The Great British Baking Show, so I’ve watched that a lot with her, and I love it! I recently saw a movie on the plane while on the way back from a work-related conference a week or so ago: “Goodbye Christopher Robin.” It was very well done, with some lovely acting. The small boy who plays the young Christopher Robin, Will Tilston, was very appealing. Others in it were Domhnall Gleeson, Margot Robbie, and one of my favorite actors, Kelly Macdonald. On my to-see list: “The Darkest Hour.”
Big excitement: I’ll be in London in late May with Mr. Herbaceous, and just bought tickets to the RHS Chelsea Flower Show! Can’t wait! And of course, there will be visits to places like Bloom Perfumery …
I finished what Netflix had of the British Baking Show and I miss it — it’s so low-key and peaceful to me, like taking a Xanax 🙂
And lucky you, trip to London sounds perfect!