It's Almost-Friday, and it's Thesaurus Day, aka Peter Mark Roget's birthday. What fragrance are you wearing?
I went with L'Occitane Vanille & Narcisse.
Reminder: 1/19 will be Vanilla Friday...wear a fragrance with vanilla.
And for those of you who like to plan ahead, see Scent of the day ~ Friday community projects 2018, where I'll try to always have the next five or six weeks mapped out in advance.
Note: top image is Narcisses americains [cropped] by Jérôme Decq at flickr; some rights reserved.
The spiced vanilla goodness of Tom Ford’s Tobacco Vanille today.
Scent twin! I have a meeting at school and was running late, so I grabbed the first vanilla that I could think of! This is so pretty, and perfect for a meeting.
This is my favorite TF. You smelled great!
Brutally cold today, but thanks God is almost Friday! Looking forward already to the weekend.
Wearing Saffran Troublant for comfort and warmth.
Comfort and warmth are exactly right. I hardly ever get to the bottom of a bottle but I drained my 15-mL and bought a 50-mL backup.
ST is one if those perfumes that you never get tired of, especially on those days when you need something easy, beautiful and comfy. I also got a BUB. Very much needed!
yes, TGIAF! Looks like the next several days will be much warmer.
Saffran Troublant is so great, I know this because you sent me a sample 🙂 Thank you for sharing!
You are always welcome! I am so glad you like!
I am also waiting anxiously for the warmer temps on the weekeend 🙂
Yum! I had a 15ml bottle that my best friend sent me and I used it up rather quickly in the summer.
I also tried it last summer and it was lovely. However, I enjoy more the comfort it gives me in very cold days. But it is a perfume that can be worn all year round.
And you got the enabler pin for my bottle. I shudder to think that I might never have smelled it.
Yay! Thank you! I am happy you were able to get your bottle and are enjoying it! It is really worthy!
I’m wearing Smell Bent Chile Vanilli – ill-named (though cutely named) because it contains to chile. It smells like a cinnamon donut.
no chile, rather
Cinnamon donut? Yum!
That sounds delicious! Cinnamon donuts are among my favorites. You’ve also reminded me I should wear One tomorrow.
Cinnamon donut tho- yum!
I love the Smell Bent One – maybe I’ll have to wear that tomorrow.
Creamy ylang and vanilla- AG Vanille Charnelle.
Hermes iris today.
question- has anyone tried to order from SSS website? I read a lovely review of a scent on Chemist and wanted to order. I can see bottle size and price but cannot figure out how/where to check out.
Unfortunately, Laurie has closed the shop temporarily while looking for someone else to take it over, so there won’t be any more orders until that happens.
thanks
Her store is closed and she’s ending her business ???? I think her blog may list what she still has available and you can email to order whatever might be left. Though, with the news coming out last week, chances of getting some if the popular items are slimmer, I’m sure.
thanks
Last I looked I don’t think anything is available 🙁
That was fast.
I am feeling lucky I managed to reserve a bottle of Tabac Aires. That’s a love for me.
I’m very envious. I’d been meaning to get a 10-mL bottle of that for ages, along with some Fireside Intense (…and half of her other scents). I’m so grumpy with myself for dilly-dallying.
That is so sad to hear. I’ve been so out of it the past few months that I had no idea . I treasure my SSS fragrances. Laurie is very talented.
There’s a blog post update that she has to stop right now due to wrist issues but will fulfill those that have been paid for already. I haven’t been invoiced so have not paid. I am keeping my fingers crossed that she can fulfill later an item that was not on her available/no longer available list (To Dream).
SL Douce Amere: vanilla is not the star player, but a warm counterpoint to the bitter herbaceous notes. I’ve never seen a list of notes (lily? cedar? cinnamon? really?) that gives even the slightest idea of how this actually smells, but it’s spectacular, one of my top-five Lutenses.
Douce Amere! I haven’t smelled that for ages but was one of my first loves when I fell in love with the fragrance world. I think of it as cool herbal absinthe mixed with a deep vanilla. A really unique and beautiful fragrance.
I forget to wear DA, and I love it.
I love Douce Amere! Thanks for reminding me; I think I’ll pull that out for today.
Parfum Sacre in honor of the Caron store in NYC closing…
Today my chubby Buddha is 2 years old…
Happy Birthday to little Buddha
Happy second Birthday to Buddha!
Happy bday to little Buddha!
Oh that is such a shame that the Caron store closed. I ordered loose face powder from that store, and Diane was always so lovely and included fragrance samples.
oh flopper..thats exactly why I called..for loose powder! I finally finished mine (which took forever)
Do you know of an alternative place to buy?
Happy bday to your little one. ????
I bought a Caron pressed powder about 5 (?) years ago from New London in NY. I am not sure if they still stock Caron.
yes, me too. New London does not stock them anymore though, thats how I found out the Caron boutique closed. I was able to get a hold of Diane at the boutique and she let me pick up her last powder in my shade. She is in fact closed and that is it for Caron in NYC. In the future she said you can find them on Amazon..
Good ol’Amazon shutting down one store at a time…hahaha
Oh man — the Caron line so nice. Great you were able to get the powder you needed!
Happy Birthday to chubby Buddah! How are you guys celebrating?
I thought the Caron store already closed, or maybe I’m thinking of a 2nd store that closed – and now the last store is closing? So sad! Is it already closed? Did you visit Caron in Paris and is it worth a stop?
maybe I am behind..they had a store at Phyto boutique hair salon then opened one up at Grand Central ..that is the one that is closed
Two already? My how time flies!
Happy birthday to your little guy! They grow up so fast.
Happy birthday to Buddha!
Aw, happy birthday to your little guy!
SCENT TWINS! Parfum Sacre is just so good.
HB to baby Buddha!
Happy B-day to Buddha!
Aww. Happy Birthday! Give chubby Buddha a hug for me.
Happy Birthday to Buddha!
2 year old in Da HOOOUSE!
Happy birthday to your sweet Baby Buddha!
I hate that the Caron boutique is closing. I bought a bottle of Caron perfume last year in Paris, and always, in the back of my mind, thought that I could replace it by calling the boutique in New York 🙁
Thanks all! Time goes by so so SO fast!
Happy Birthday chubby Buddha!???? Two is such a fun age.
Happy birthday! What is little Buddha’s present this year?
Happy Birthday to Mr Chubby Buddha!
Oh, happy birthday to little Buddha. Long may he bless us!
Hooray for Baby Buddha day!
Happy birthday to baby Buddha!!!
Happy birthday to the Buddha!!
That’s sad, though I’d never been. And something about buying some of these brands on Amazon makes them feel less dignified.
Happy Birthday to your chubby Buddha! ????
Happy Borthday to the chubby buddha!
Van Cleef and Arpels Orchidee Vanille for me today.
Finding it a bit too sticky sweet today….
Hello twin! 😀
I wore that the other day and found that it started out quite sweet too. I was worried at first that it was going to be too much, but then it settled in. I could still smell it on my wrists the next morning and that far dry down was sooo lovely.
Cold today, but at least it’s sunny. I’m wrapped in a cozy cloud of PdE Cuir Ottoman. Yum.
Yum indeed. That one is on my wish list.
It’s on my theoretical to-buy list, but I’m still working through a 10ml decant.
SOTD: Van Cleef’s Orchidee Vanille.
Nose is still stuffed but I know I smell great! 😉
Drinking: Honey ginger water. Can’t really taste this either but it will warm me up!
You’re twins with hannahmom 🙂
Just saw! 🙂
i am about to go out and get a turmeric latte! Enjoy your water
You smell great!
Fell off the vanilla wagon the past couple of days, but back on in Eau Duelle. I’m pretty sure I’ve never met a Diptyque I didn’t like . . .
Hey, it’s not about catching up, it’s about jumping in…well done 🙂
Eau Duelle is great! You smell amazing.
Cierge de Lune today…going to the dentist this afternoon and not looking forward to it but tomorrow is Friday. 🙂
Cierge de Lune is lovely. I gave away my sample to a friend who wanted to try it. I’m tempted to get another…
Good luck at the dentist. Cierge de Lune should help, it’s lovely.
Late yesterday I put on Agonist Arctic Jade, which I can still get wafts of this morning. I usually like it a lot but found it rather spiky and too sharp yesterday, oddly enough. It does have an odd combination of notes and the fruity aspects were what bothered me last night. It’s got a lot of vanilla but also the fruit (raspberry?) and ylang ylang and they were kind of fighting it out for dominance. However when I woke up at 4 a.m. from a bad dream, the smell was divine and just pretty and calming. However as I prepare to go out and face my first day of classes this semester, I think I’ll wear something else for comfort, maybe Geisha Hinoki Vanilla, which I have in the little oil rollerball.
Have a good first day of class!
Vanilla Hinoki sounds perfect. Hope your day goes smoothly.
Today is also Mr. SP’s birthday. I am in Smell Bent One and will be making a carrot cake later today.
happy bday to the hubs….carrot cake from scratch? OOo please pass me a slice 🙂
Always from scratch – I enjoy it. Come on over for tea and cake!
Love SB One. Adore carrot cake!
Ditto that, X 2.
Between you, Elisa, and your Smell Bent scents, I’m getting so hungry. Donuts… Cake… HB to Mr. SP!
Happy birthday to Mr. SP!
Happy birthday to your husband! Enjoy the carrot cake 🙂
Glad the MR shares a birthday with my little one! Today is a great day for them
Yum. I need some carrot cake in my life. Birthday greetings to Mr SP!
Happiest of birthdays to him.
Happy Birthday to Mr. Spring Pansy! Mr. Jalapeno’s favorite cake is carrot cake…
No vanilla for me today – SOTD is Ormonde Jayne Woman. Sooooo delicious.
You smell wonderful!
you smell great!
Dior Addict
So proud of myself for participating this week…these projects definitely get me using up my samples.
This is so much better in the cold than when I first smelled in in Summer.
My husband likes, he said “powdery floral with a little gourmand to it” 🙂
Agree that the projects are a great way to use up samples and try new things.????
Ahh, is your husband developing a nose? His description sounds spot on! 😉
Oh your comment will put a feather in his cap, I told him it was all vanilla 🙂
Yes – he has a big Italian nose, and I think he is pretty good!
Your husband gets an A+! Looks like he’s practicing for your trip to Paris!
He will be happy to here your assessment, and I do hope we get to sniff a lot there!
Diaghilev, from my new decant. I’m sure I’ll use this up in no time.
Diaghilev is breath-takingly beautiful!
Vanilla Tonka, for the second day in a row. I really like this, but my sample is quite old, and I’m pretty sure it’s been reformulated.
The PdN? Yeah, it was refo’ed. But in, like, 2013 or so. I think it’s still *good*, but the part I really loved (the happy lime up top from my 2010 bottle) is gone.
Herve Gambs Hotel Particulier on the left wrist, Laboratorio Olfattivo Vanhera on the right wrist.
Hotel Particulier is a warm and creamy vanilla. I was pretty sure that it has patchouli, spices and maybe leather. Fragrantica agrees. But Herve Gambs lists only the following notes: rose, vanilla, tonka bean, amber, sandalwood. Weird. Nice scent anyway.
Vanhera surprised me today. I tried it twice before (briefly, I admit), and I remember it as a vamilla-centric fragrance with dark woods and spices. Today I hardly get vanilla from my sample – lots of aoud-like (kind of synthetic) woods and spices. I really liked this scent before, and now I am disappointed.
RE: notes, most perfumes have tons and tons of notes. The companies generally only list a few so you and fragrantica are probably right!
Two for Tea from a ~5-yr-old dabber sample.
I think this has “died” — I get very little in the way of actual scent now.
Yet another reminder to use up all those darn samples!
Be well, all.
Jo Malone Blackberry & Bay.
I love the picture of narcisses ! I haven’t tried Vanille & Narcisse — I will try it when I eventually make to L’Occitane.
I don’t know if they still make it or not, but they do seem to have stopped adding to this series (?)
Phlur Hepcat for me today. On with the discovery sets.
Such a great name!
Busy day off for me today, and desperately need a diet Coke. I have my sons IEP, and planned on wearing No.19. As much as I like it, I really need to feel like a real grown up to wear it. Instead, today “I am LouLou”. Lol, maybe I can be intimidating smelling like vanilla and powdery loveliness at the meeting. ☺
Vanilla powdery loveliness sounds perfect for an IEP meeting. I know what those are like. 😉 Hope your day went well.
You smell good!
Good luck!
Update… I ended up yelling at the speech lady because she doesn’t want to provide any meaningful service for my son. Tomorrow, I will contact the county special education department. Grrr….
Oooh. Sorry things didn’t go so well. Sounds super frustrating when you just want the best for your children.
That sounds like it was a horrid waste of time. What a bummer.
Ugh! So sorry you had to go through that!
I’m staying home today to recover from a nasty cold, but still participating in Bath & Body Works Almond & Vanilla lotion.
I’m not feeling up to par either, will join you in scented lotion. Can’t face perfume right now. Feel better soon!
Thanks, and same to you!
That sounds about perfect for staying in!
I hope you feel better soon!
SotD = Cologne du 68
Yup, vanilla is one of the 68 notes. 😀
Woke up thinking of Ylang & Vanille, sigh. I think it was because of last night’s Oeillet Sauvage over the dry down of Vanille Insensee. Might try that combination again sometime.
Have a terrific almost-Friday, NST!
You smell great, tiffanie.
Thanks, Robin!
Cologne du 68 makes me so happy I sometimes wish I could spray it on everyone so they know how great it is. 🙂
Trying Anne Pliska today, because I’ve seen it repeatedly compared to a creamsicle. Surprised, however, because it’s all dark resins on me with hints of herbs and orange. Lovely enough that I’ve already taken a gander at FragranceNet. You know, just for research purposes. No luck. 🙁
Mmm, I do get creamsicle from that one. I got my decant from surrender to chance, you know, if you wanted to research that….???? You smell great!
Thanks for the tip!
It is Totally Not Creamsicle on me, either. Very resinous. I mean, there’s orange, but no vanilla and very little sweetness.
It’s not on me either. I think Robin compared it to Shalimar, but on me it was a cousin of LHB with lots and lots of powder and difficult for me to wear in the same way LHB is.
If you want a FB, I think Luckyscent sells it.
I was actually looking at that yesterday, but I am pulling all my willpower together to resist. We’ll see how that turns out.
Detoured off the vanilla trail today in my excitement to wear my latest treasure, Guerlain’s Les Parisiennes Collection Baiser de Russie (formerly known as Moscow/Moscou from the d/c Les Voyages Olfactivs collection). I sampled Moscow after Les Voyages had already been d/c, fell madly in love with it, and cursed daily the $500 price tag on bottles on eBay, so I was beyond thrilled when Guerlain announced its return under the Les Parisiennes line. I went in on a split, so it was a more affordable splurge.
I love this one because it adds the unusual (for Guerlain) facets of fir and a tart fruit (kind of rhubarby to me, although Guerlain’s official note is cranberry) to the typical Guerlinade base. The overall effect is lightly green, bright, and creamy. It’s light enough to wear nearly year round. Gorgeous juice!
Wow Wow Wow!
I hope to see it maybe on a NST split! I would be in
That sounds really nice and interesting!
Sounds very interesting! I do love that green juice and ribbon tho, but no, not $500 love them 😉
I probably should have mentioned that the new version – Baiser de Russie – is $280 for 125 ml in the bee bottle. The previous release – as Moscou/Moscow – came in the rectangular 75 ml bottle, and those are the ones selling for $500 now on eBay. You can therefore see why I applied my perfumista logic to decide that a 3-way split of the bee bottle is actually a 40 ml, $93 bargain ????!
Anyone up for a 5-way split of 25mL each?
I would be in Hajusuuri!
Doubling up today with SL Un Bois Vanille on one wrist, and AG Vanille Exquise on the other. The SL is definitely more woody and chewy and the Goutal is brighter with a bit of that play doh accord. If I had to pick I would go with the Lutens, but I prefer Vanille Insensee over them both.
Today is my last day of staycation before I head back to work tomorrow. I’ve been off for two weeks. As much as I love spending time with my family, it will be good to get back into a routine, right?!
you smell wonderful..I love them both!
Happy birthday Mr Roget! I reach for your book almost daily even though the glue holding it together has given up the ghost. In the strange and random world of Dunedin perfume stockists I came across a display of Fiele scents in a clothes shop yesterday: Viola, Cedrus and Boswellia. They were great! Earthy, multi-layered, interesting and nice smelling…and expensive! I see Kevin has reviewed this house from California but they were new to me. Kind of in the Olfactive Studio vibe. I also loved the bottles. Very tempting.
Wearing A la Nuit layered with Bois de Vanille this dark morning. Its very foggy here and yesterday while walking the paddocks were completely covered in a patchwork of small (saucer sized) spider webs…remarkable sight and all glistening . All the yarrow is in full flower now and the rowan trees are covered with berries. Also picked my first wild blackberry of the year.
Just wanted to say how much I enjoy reading your lyrical posts. 🙂
Robin, your Vanilla Perfumes for Winter post yesterday afternoon was great! After reading your description, I want to try Ambra de Nepal mostly because of that cardamon note.
SOTD is LAP Vanille Absolument/Havana Vanille because my clothes already smell like it! Also, on my hands I’m wearing LAP Tea for Two.
So glad you liked it! And hope you will like Ambra del Nepal. Meantime, you already smell great…
SSS Bee’sBliss. Surely this must have a bit of vanilla, no?
I think even perfumes that don’t have vanilla listed in the notes MUST have a drop or two. It seems like such an essential ingredient in perfumery…
Yep…there is definitely more vanilla out there than people know.
I looked for Memoirs of a Trespasser, inspired by Robin’s post but I couldn’t find it. 🙁 So looking through my samples, I vaguely recalled that Lira by Xerjoff is a vanilla scent, so on it went! Yep, it’s vanilla. lol. It’s fine I guess? I like the comfort of vanilla, but this one feels a little boring to me. *shrug*
Just as well, it’s sure to cost more than Memoirs!
Hi all!
In Eau Premiere – it has vanilla but it is non-sweet; it serves to round out the classic chypre scent and give a soft freshness. I love this!
You smell great. I love EP too!
Snow completely paralyzed the city today. I had to walk home from work because there was no bus anywhere & the snow was falling horizontally, so I walked with an umbrella in front of me rather than above my head. Such a weird weather.
I’m in 1725 Casanova from Histoires de Parfums.
Yikes! Stay warm! 1725 Casanova is nice – warm & cozy.
Oof. I have been in conditions like that. Not fun!
OMG, I hope you get to work from home tomorrow!
Do you need to walk to work tomorrow?
Stay warm!
SOTD is E&J Nirvana Bourbon.
I stopped in to my local Dior shop yesterday (I am still bemused that I even *have* a local Dior shop here in the burbs) and got an updated rumor on what’s happening with their Collection Prive scents. The store manager told me that the line isn’t being discontinued, but is being revamped around April. Some current scents will be discontinued, some will be renamed, and some new scents will be added. The only scent whose fate she knew ‘for sure’ is Gris Montaigne, which she said would be renamed. So… take all that with as many grains of salt as you like 🙂
So I bought Grand Bal which I’ve been dithering about for years, and a BUB of Bois d’Argent, Just In Case. Donatella approves, I’m sure.
Two years ago, Bergdorf had on display what looked to be 9 mL travel spray sets of mixed Collection Prive perfumes (I think it was either a 4 or 5 pack). The one on display was not for sale but the SA told me they will be getting a shipment in a few weeks. I kept checking back and it is now two years later – poof. Not a peep about the fate of that format. Le sigh.
Wouldn’t that be nice? I’ve never seen those, just the little 7.5ml splash bottles. Which aren’t for sale, they’re just offered as GWP.
Do you know which scents are going to be discontinued?
She didn’t know…
I was in Nordstrom’s the other day, and Gris Montaigne is now Gris.
Your Nordies must be fancy – they carry Dior Prive – nice!!
It is the nicest Nordstrom I’ve ever been in…makes mine look like a Sears. Even the SF one with the twin escalators is no match.
In which city is the nicest Nordstrom?
Vancouver. Although I did not do this myself, I believe you can go right from the airport, hop on a train and get off at Nordstrom (or whatever the name of the shopping area is called).
In Bulgari Black today. Jumping on the birthday bandwagon–it’s NOT my day today, but this is my birthday month, so I bought myself the Smell of Weather Turning at Lush today. I’m looking forward to wearing it soon!
Nice! I was at the Herald Square one yesterday and they now have a full line of the perfumes on top of two barrels. They also have these rock-like shape infused with the scent – they were gross.
I smelled that recently and quite liked it (the Lush one). Enjoy your gift!
Happy birthday month 🙂
Friday here already, and I’ll be wearing the one perfume I have with vanilla in the name – Tobacco Vanille.
Perfect!
SOTD = Rising Phoenix Sicilian Vanilla 2011 attar
You know me and vanilla (and Iris and…)…whenever I get wind of something vanilla, I have to investigate, for science, of course.
http://www.kafkaesqueblog.com/2017/12/09/rising-phoenix-perfumery-musk-rose-sicilian-vanilla-amber-oud-yeti-ambergris-attars/
This is non-sweet chewy vanilla tobacco “woud” (no Oud in the list of notes but my nose detected something woody oudy). Give it time to develop on skin and you will be rewarded.
Speaking of Oud, has anyone been to the Arabian Oud store at Times Square lately? I’ve only been there once but did not have time to give everything a good sniffing.
Commuting Woes No. 405:
This was from yesterday. Two young college-aged looking couple of color walked into the train and found seats together. As they sat down, there was a sound of metal hitting against the seat. An older guy siting on the same row separated by the aisle thought he was being funny and said – that must be your 9 millimeter hitting the seat. OMG, if it truly was a gun, it would not have ended well. As it was, the joke went down like a lead balloon as the young guy just looked at the older guy with a puzzled look. I bet it was a harmless metal water bottle.
Scent twin. This is such an amazing attar
It is amazing. I have the rose one too but I am having difficulty uncapping the vial so I still have a treat in store for me.
1) Oh, that sounds so lovely- a non sweet tobacco vanilla sounds superb!
2) Ah, nothing like jerks who think they are funny on the train. It’s only saving the 6K/year in commuting costs that refrain me from buying a car to endure it.
You bike to work, right? Never mind the savings – think of all that exercise you’re getting! Come to think of it, it means you have $6K in “savings” to spend on stuffperfumestuff.
What a weird story — sometimes I feel like never going out in public again!
Wearing Prada Candy today. Been so lazy and gross all week, have been eating too much and not active enough. I am determined to get back on the wagon today.
You’re wearing your candy not eating it!
I am at a time in my life between work and kid that I have no idea what day of the week it is. I think today is Monday, so I’m starting with a fresh slate. SOTD is my ever-loved Chanel Coco edp. Yesterday I wore vintage Vol de Nuit edt to shovel 8 inches of snow with my DH and daughter. VdN is the only fragrance I’ve ever smelled that smells like snow. Cheers!
Doesn’t really matter what day it is, right? A fresh slate is always good.
Very late joining in today!
Wearing (Angel) Innocent today, and it’s still going strong after 6 hours….Good stuff!
I am wearing a dab of LouLou today
This was one of my first perfumes ever, and I havent worn/smelled it in decades (!). It sure brings back good memories!
Wow this is good stuff. I wore it in high school….and now I’d say it feels like the younger less polished sister of Poison.
I have some very good news, my mother is back home!!!!
Still a long way to go before she can move around independently, but so glad she can stay in her own bed/home again. 🙂
Glad to hear your mom is home. Hope she feels much better as days pass. Hugs Jiji.
Thank you!
Other news:
The January Scent Project sample set I ordered arrived last week.
Smolderose is very nice (and i am not even a huge rose fan).
I have a nasty cold. i have a runnyp nose and my throat hurts. I can hardly talk, only whisper faintly. But all is not lost, I can still smell perfume! 😉
We had a severe storm here today in the Netherlands. Lots of damage throughout the country: roofs were ripped from houses, trees fell down, trucks were blown away, therefore public transport and traffic were heavily disrupted and unfortunately two people died because of the storm. 🙁
Oddly enought the storm wasn’t that bad where I live, and the South West is usually rather windy. Did you see the clip with the Dixi being blown away? I hope no one was inside while that happened.
Glad to hear your mum is doing better, and even gladder that she doesn’t need that liver transplant after all.
She must be so glad to be in her own place again. Hospitals are necessary, but people do tend to do best in their own surroundings, esp when they are getting on.
That Dixi 😮
Also, those sea containers in Rotterdam (?) toppling over, quite a scary sight.
Yes home is the best place to recover! The livertransplant is still her plan B (for when medication starts to fail…), but I hope its not necessary (such a major and risky surgery..).
It’s really, really major surgery, especially in someone no longer young.
I was amused by the Dixi, but scared by the two lorries toppling over. And the death in Enschede, which is near where my parents live, but fortunately he is well and safe.
Wonderful news that your mom is back in her home! The weather in your area, not so much. I hope that you don’t get that sort of stuff often!
Way to go, mom!
I wore Lush Rose Jam body spray on my hike in the snow today, and received a lovely compliment from one of my companions, who thought it was a rose essential oil. After my shower, I’ll put on a dab of Mona di Orio Vanille for the project.
Vanille has been escaping my little paws for the longest time ever. I do not feel like committing to the full bottle, and I have never seen anyone splitting it!!! It is one of those rainbow unicorns for me, that I am not able to catch
Oh Clarissa, it is a unicorn worth catching! I was able to find a partly used bottle on EvilBay with the saved search function. I wish you luck in your search. <3
I am so enjoying vanilla week, dear fragrant friends! So cozy and comforting and full of love. I might go out on Vanille Galante tomorrow, which is vanilla-y, but not at all comforting or loving (to me). I’ve probably got literally a dozen choices for a last vanilla day. I might have even more vanillas than I have roses! Absurd. I had never realized this.
My SOTD is Tauer When We Cuddle, from a decant given to me by the amazing hajusuuri. I adore it, but I think I won’t be too sad about not having bought a bottle when it was briefly on sale at Luckyscent. 5 mL of this delicious perfume is plenty for me. I’ve got an olfactory hug, work is going pretty well, and I snagged a free lunch 🙂 Life is good today!
Yum! And free lunch is even better!
I’ve not heard of that L’Occitane, Robin. It sounds beautiful! I’ve never been to a L’Occitane, but we recently moved near one. What favorites do you all have from there?
I’m in a sample of Carta Moena today. Love at first sniff. Always soft, never grating… it reminds me of my great uncle’s barn, the smell of hay specifically. Very, very beautiful.
All of the almond line, but especially the Almond Supple Skin Oil, Almond Shower Oil, Almond Milk Concentrate, and Almond Velvet Body Serum. The scent is very beautiful and delicate, and they’re all very moisturizing and make me feel healthy and pampered.
All of their dry oils are quite lovely, and their hand creams are deliciously thick and very moisturizing. I’m partial to the scent of l’Arlesienne (roses and violets, I think?).
My mother swears by the Divine Immortelle face cream and eye cream.
Enjoy exploring!
Agreed with this. The Almond oil line makes one feel both comforted, like a baby, and also super sexy, depending on the night.
+1!!
I love Rose des Reines bodylotion and their Aromacollection is nice. And if you are at all partial to lavender, l’Occitane does great lavender things.
And wholeheartedly agree with Koyel’s rec of their Almond line.
Buy one of their shea hand lotions, and never look back!
Eau de Baux – it’s in the men’s line and if I could get my husband to wear fragrance, this would be it.
I bought him the shave balm a long time ago and I used it as moisturizer since he never really used beyond a few initial trials. It is a nice, mellow, warm scent.
Thank you all! I will take your recommendations!!
I generally like L’Occitane, specially their hair care products. The Shea
OH jeez, fat fingers! I meant to continue with the Shea body products are too strongly scented for me and I am allergic to the Immortelle face products. YMMV.
I use their Aromachologie shampoo
-my husband prefers it above the gazillion other shampoos we tried…and turns out it works for me as well (lots of other shampoos turn my hair greasy and/or heavy and chewy within a day, this one does not.
And I like Cade (edt) a lot, a not so complicated but lovely uplifting woody scent (in the ‘for men section’)
I love your scent Robin, I’ve only got the soap and the lotion, but it’s very lovely.
My SOTD is Fils de Dieu du riz et des agrumes, and I smell rather gorgeous, even though I say so myself.
Yes, you smell gorgeous! 🙂
I should have gotten the soap.
Running from pillar to post today, but stopping by for a sec to shout it from the rooftops…. I’m in Jicky 🙂 🙂 🙂
Hey, you smell great! ????
Yay.
I had a bottle of something calling out to me today, so I had to wear it. SOTD = Burberry Brit EdT. My bottle has hung around my closet for a few years, and still smells great. Surprisingly, it also has enough oomph for colder weather. I had always worn this in warmer weather.
When a bottle calls, you have to listen. Glad it worked well for you.
Is this the goldish bottle?
It’s the clear bottle with the white “plaid” pattern on it.
The Gold bottle was a limited edition and a gorgeous oriental completely different from the original Britt. The Red bottle was also a limited edition and the best rhubarb I ever smelled, imho. I have all three empty bottles in my basement (holding on to them because of the name and you know why, h!)
Just a single spritz of Chanel No. 19 Poudre from a sample. Should have sprayed more, but my hoarding instinct took over.
Heading into SF tomorrow, but won’t make it to Tiger Lily unfortunately. Visiting a friend and will see if she wants to head downtown on Saturday. If we go into Nordies, I’ll make more samples.
Hope it is a fun day!
Tomorrow will be a vanilla day, today I began with Agonist solaris which is crisp and citrusy in the opening but sadly disappeared on my scent eating skin. In my large sample stash PdN’s Le Temps d”un Fete popped up and I loved the narcissus immediately.
can we beg her to bring this one back? Wasn’t it discontinued or just reformulated. I would buy a FB and a Back Up. Oh so perfect in every way.
So many love that one.
I have never sniffed and there aren’t even samples to be found anymore. So sad! Enjoy your bottle!
SOTD was La Danza Delle Libellule. A great name for an apple and vanilla fragrance.
It is a great name!
SOTD was Guerlain Spiritueuse Double Vanille. I am not a big vanilla perfume fan, but this one is really nice on a chilly day like today.
Chiming in super late. Before shower I sprayed lavishly with Shalimar Ode/Mexique. Mid-day I finally jumped in the shower and picked Hypnotic Poison for the second half of my day.