Tuesday, plus World NGO Day, International Polar Bear Day and Anosmia Awareness Day. Oh, and Pokémon Day. What fragrance are you wearing?
I went with my old friend Serge Lutens Chêne. Tea at the moment is cold brew coffee.
Reminder: 3/2 will be Uncle Serge Day...wear something by Serge Lutens (a repeat from 2014).
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: the Wood Grain Teapot Polyurethane bag from Akori is $98, and can be worn as a crossbody or clutch. It is also available in leather, or basketball rubber.
SOTD- St. Clair Scents Gardener’s Gloves
My nose picks up greens, tomato leaf and sueded leather…gorgeous stuff!
I am also happy to report that I have found a replacement for Sonoma Scent Studios. The aesthetics, quality and style of St. Clair Scents are extraordinarily similar to SSS. In sniffing Frost from the vial, SSS Winter Woods immediately came to mind. All three of the fragrances from this indie house are full bottle worthy to me. And the perfumer has an interesting background-
https://www.stclairscents.com/new-page/
(no affiliation- just a very impressed perfume fanatic!)
lemming alert!
gardeners gloves sounds so good….very tempted to get the sample pack, but I am on a no buy until I get back from our Paris trip, which will probably result in further “no buying”, but dirt, tomatoes and leather
have you tried Rahat Loukhoum? Kanuka mentioned it yesterday as a cherry almond scent. Wondering how the Jergens quest is going?
Gardener’s Glove is gorgeous…I happen to love tomato leaf and it is really hitting the spot. In fact all three fragrances (and I really DO appreciate that only three fragrances were released versus 10 or more that many new perfume companies do) are gorgeous. Also, very long lasting on my scent eating skin. Definitely a line worth exploring.
I haven;t tried Rahat because that bell jar is beyond my budget and I am afraid to try anything I might fall in love with-LOL! Right now I am satisfying the almond itch with the body lotion that cauzabon recommended and some inexpensive South of France Marzipan soap that sits in my drawer scenting my clothes.
The Rahat comes in the black atomizers with 2 X 30 ml refills.
https://us.sergelutens.com/catalog/product/view/id/440/s/rahat-loukoum-2×30-ml/category/3/
Not to enable or anything.
naughty!!! LOL! I actually saw them on Luckyscent a few minutes ago but they are sold out…just as well…only about $110 less than the bell jar!
$140 on strawberry net for Rahat Loukoum for the nice black atomiser duo.
Kanuka…I’m not listening….;)
It’s cute that you think $190 for 60 mL makes it count as affordable
Ok, that said, if I WERE to fall in love with multiple SLs available in that format, I might consider keeping one of the two travel sprays and selling the other. $95 for 30 mL almost doesn’t feel ludicrous.
Sounds intriguing!
Oooh, I’m so interested in trying these!!
Go for the sampler! While I am FAR from an expert there is something about these fragrances that are akin to SSS and DSH……at least to my nose
I also appreciate that they come in 13 ml bottles….perfect size, right?
Yep, totally going to order the sampler.
Found this article too which makes me love this company even more-
https://www.sevendaysvt.com/vermont/st-clair-scents-brings-the-farm-to-perfumes/Content?oid=12686610
These look lovely! First Cut sounds beautiful. Next month maybe. I did too much damage this month. 1 more day til next month ????
LOL! sorry for tempting you
I am going to wear First Cut tomorrow.
Looking forward to hearing your impressions of it!
I would love that teapot if it were an actual pot and not a bag..
In Dior’s Mitzah. Something about this one is similar to Alahiiiine..maybe an incense note? So I sprayed Alahiiiine on the other wrist and comparing the two…
Someone on here recommended maybelline 24 hour lip colors and I am wearing one today that I adore. Thanks..
Tea a pot of tea from Mauritius island
you smell great!
Maybelline 24 hour lip color, going to check that out during my next drug store visit…
its not as good as tom tomato..haha
It lasts but a bit drying so make sure your lips are moisturized. I picked a raspberry color and it lasted through my many cups of tea this morning…
ok, that’s a pretty good recommendation…the eternal drying vs. long lasting battle….I’d like to try the pat McGrath lip stick at Sephora, but I never get there! 45 minutes on a highway I rarely travel, and if I do, my companions won’t want to stop for 2 hrs. Actually, my companions are usually my kids, so really it’s me not wanting to go in with them.
A good compromise: those balm-stain crayon things. I don’t find them to be drying but they’re not as fussy as a regular liquid stain.
Which ones Elisa?
I had to go back and take a closer look because I thought it was the real thing too!
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Theorema! Thanks for lemming me up to this one, everybody. It reminds me of CdG Black even though they have no listed notes in common
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Glad more people are enjoying it while they can
Not many Lutens scents that I would consider work-friendly but Rahät Loukoum comes close: soft, sweet, almondy, with a smidge of rosewater. I don’t wear it often but I love it when I do.
you sound like the most interesting man in the world
“I don’t wear serge lutens often, but when I do, it’s rahat louloum”
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Hee hee hee????
bahaha!
+1
Ok, this description of Rahat Loukoum makes me want to sniff it more than any other description I’ve read.
I am wearing Atelier Jasmin Angelique and I am about to make a cup of lemon ginger tea .
You smell great! I really think this one is underrated.
I am in Daim Blond – sweet fruity suede.
Yum. I may do that one tomorrow.
No perfumes today. I had a 90 minute massage from a very good local massage therapist who uses Indian techniques as well as regular swedish and is an expert in ayurveda. He did use a nice herbal/menthol oil that I liked very much. In any case, I think he did too good a job of loosening up my super stiff neck and spine and it triggered a migraine. So I’ve been laying low all day, slept a lot through the afternoon and felt like I could barely move when I got up. I think this is a bit of a detox/healing reaction and I will be better than new tomorrow.
I would totally wear that teapot bag. It’s so cute! I’m sipping on a generic Indian brand black tea.
At first I saw the zipper at the top and thought it was a teapot tea cozy – you just put the teapot inside LOL I think I might be a little on the spectrum.
That’s what I thought too – tea cozy!
Hope your migraine is gone soon Sajini!
Oh, I wish that was my reason for no perfume today????????
A 90 minute massage sounds like heaven to me. Although, I have noticed that I do tend to get headaches after massage. Is that a normal thing?
In my not-at-all-expert opinion, NO! To my mind, that means something has gone horribly wrong.
I sometimes get a bit of sinus headache from the face-down in-the-hole thing.
It sometimes means you haven’t had enough water to drink. The massage eases a lot of not-great-for-you stuff from your muscles and into your blood. You should always drink a ton of water immediately after a massage to dilute those things and to get you to pee them out quickly! (I oftenfeel hot-head-y-queasy after massages.)
In a good spraying of Blackbird’s Y-06S and feeling a bit envious of my cat being sprawled in a sunbeam. Hoping Ravel’s Bolero will help spark my energy.
Do you get the banana note? I mostly get jasmine. Still I like it a lot!
I only go bananas for a few minutes. ????. Then it’s jasmine on me.
Thank you! I thought it was only me! ????
No SotD yet. madtownteen is off of school today so we have a proper ladies day of shopping and lunch planned.
My Sephora is supposed to have the new Tom Ford Eau de Soleil Blanc and I’m looking forward to trying that. Has anyone else tried it?
“madtownteen” …LOVE THAT
Lol, thanks!
Light and bright. The initial spray turned me off a bit as I got a Play-Doh vibe from it. Then it turns into a Citrus and Amber scent. Close to the skin but longevity is good. I will be wearing this quite a bit in summer nights.
Doesn’t scream but taps you on the shoulder and invites you closer.
Ooh, it sounds right up my alley! Thanks for the description, I will definitely be getting one of those free Sephora samples!
If you take your daughter you can get three samples each…so ask her to ask the SA to make a Soleil Blanc for her as well if you really like it
Aw! Enjoy time with your youngun.
Thanks- I definitely will! That shopping gene has been late to surface, but now we are like two peas in a pod.
Have fun on your girl’s day!
Thanks KellyC!
Enjoy your time with madtownteen, and if you find something sniff worthy, please tell us about it!
Thanks! I sniffed the new Nest Wisteria and that was meh. Those bottles are so pretty though! I was impressed that our store had the new Tom Ford. I had the SA make me a sample of it. I tried that on one wrist and Replica’s Beach Walk on the other. The sun was out here today too and the heatwave of mid 50 temps was making me feel like I need something beachy in my lineup.
Anywho, after a few hours I was ready for them both to be gone, so I definitely don’t need a bottle of either. I’d have to be in a certain mood to reach for it and at that price I can scratch my beachy itch with Olivine Atelier’s Amongst the Waves perfume oil.
Are you a (mad) towngirl or a (madtown) girl?
madtown. I’m in Wisconsin and Madison is sometimes referred to as “madtown.” (That’s the Capitol in my gravatar)
I think I have a few SL options but wasn’t in the mood for any of them today. Ended up with SHL Rose de Petra. Haven’t worn this in quite a while. Still as pretty as I remembered it but it does still have a bittersweet association. I bought it when I spent a month in LA during my mother’s illness, and it still brings me back to that era.
I bet it is a bittersweet association, and maybe always will be…?Scent and music are both like that for me.
Ah, yes, music definitely as well.
Scent memories are interesting. I gave away two bottles today because they reminded me of a difficult time period.
I hope you enjoy and ‘reclaim’ Rose de Petra for the present day.
They are. Mostly it’s reminding me of the walk breaks I would take and it was sunny, hot, and all the lawns were brown. I didn’t have much other perfume with me so wore this almost every day. Not sure it will be reclaimed as such, but that’s ok, too. I enjoyed smelling it today, though.
Im in Dark Amber and Ginger Lily from Jo Malone. Its nice, comforting.
And its snowing in Barcelona! So this is my snow scent now.
Later will try my Shoyiedo incense which has just arrived…
Let me know about the Shoyiedo! Enjoy the snow…
Thank you! I need to get some matches now!
Wow, snow in Barcelona! I love Shoyeido incense.
Which are your favorites?
I like Dark Amber & Ginger Lily – you smell great on your snow day.
Enjoy your Shoyeido incense!
I love that brand, because the ones I have do not give me headaches.
Which are your favorites?
I brought with me from a trip to Japan, Nankun (southern wind), matsu-no-tomo (friend of pine) – both Premium – and Forest (from the Xiang Do line)
I love them all but Nankun is my favourite!
no affiliation, here are my favorite incense:
https://www.amazon.com/Nippon-Kodo-Kayuragi-Japanese-Cypress/dp/B00DO77RI4
Thank you! It’s my first purchase, I will probably be getting some more!
Oh nice, thanks for sharing!
I think a lemming is born
Does Barcelona get snow often? ❄
No! The last time was 8 years ago…
Joining you, Robin. Wearing my sample of Chêne.
Hey twin! Don’t we smell great?
Indeed we do!
In Iris Silver Mist, my favorite SL.
Question: One of my friends puts her perfume bottles in small Ziploc bags and then inside their boxes to preserve them from evaporating. However, she told me yesterday that since she started doing that around 1 year ago, she has noticed the opposite: her perfumes are evaporating very fast. She always keeps them in a cold room and in a dark cabinet. She does not have so many bottles like all of us, but a decent amount to be worried about. I usually keep samples and some decants in small Ziploc bags, but I have never experienced faster evaporation or at least I have not noticed it. Any ideas?
I’m not a scientist, but I doubt the ziploc bag is either preventing or contributing to the evaporation.
I agree. I usually place some of my decants together in bags and also many samples just to keep them more organized. I never thought that they could be preserved from evaporation that way, as you said. However, I wanted to hear other opinions just in case what I told her was wrong.
Is she storing them up right?
Yes, all up. She only has full bottles, not decants or samples.
Twins – a last gasp of iris for the last day of February.
One more day of February tomorrow! I’m saving ISM for that.
Hi twin! We smell great!
maybe the zip lock is keeping them too hot so they evaporate. maybe its better just to keep them in a cool dry spot but not air tight.
Good observation! I do not see the need of the ziplock bag for that specific purpose. I guess.
I have a question about “cool, dark place”….how cool is ideal? I mean, room temp? I keep mine in a dark place, just hoping it’s cool enough…
Room temp is 76F and my recollection is that the “ideal” temp is a good 10 degrees below that.
My recollection as well is that it’s severe changes in temperature that is damaging? And that direct light does more harm than any of the above…
But I have no idea where I got those ideas and may have just developed my own theories
Room temp is fine. There are plenty of people who don’t have aircon and I don’t think their perfumes are turning at a rapid rate. I think sitting on a sunny windowsill probably isn’t a good idea.
Well we keep our house firmly on 71 so hopefully that will suffice.
Brrrrrr, lol. We’re solidly at 77. Below that and I turn blue. We also do it for my hairless cat who won’t wear any of the cute little sweaters we thought she would wear.
Our room temperature is 72 degrees all the time and I keep my perfumes in a cabinet.
Layering Jai Ose under Coco Mlle. I have a quarter inch left in each of these bottles and I’m determined to use them up!
I’m looking forward to replacing the Jai Ose with a fresh bottle (I got my current one on ebay and I think it’s turned)… but if I never smell Mlle again that will be ok with me. After 3 bottles I’ve had enough!
I am surprised you liked it enough to go through 3 bottles and now you don’t want more?
Today is also National Pancake day at IHOP. Free short stacks! I doubt we will get over there, but might do the breakfast-for-dinner thing at home. No SOTD yet. Need to get out and walk the dogs before it rains again this afternoon.
I adore breakfast-for-dinner, especially pancakes! I will join you.
I’m wearing 10 Corso Como today. Not particularly spring-like, but light enough and interesting enough to wear most of the year. I got this at last year’s splitmeet.
I enjoyed my sample of that, very nice sandalwood
Trying Mitzah today for the first time…
Quite nice…woods, incense and church, oh my!
hi, twin
SotD Fille en aiguilles.
I estimate three in my top 20 of ‘most worn fragrances’ are from uncle Serge, but there are also lots of SL’s that dont work for me.
The much admired/praised Chergui and De profundis for instance. Maybe its because of reformulations?
I really love the visual work SL did for Shiseido by the way. I remember browsing my mother’s lifestyle magazines when I was a young girl and being impressed by those arty ads! It was so different from the soft focus pink/white or glitter and gold stuff out there in those days.
I think Chergui is overrated. It’s nice enough, but far from the best in the line.
FeA is one of my favorites. But I also like the two that don’t work for you (though my bottles are older ones, so I don’t know how badly they suffered in the last several years of meeting all the stupid IFRA standards).
Oh lucky you. See my comment below, in reply to Petunia.
I really wanted to love them, but I was bummed they did not work for me all the way
Hey twin. I didn’t like FeA the first time that I tested it. I’m liking it more today. Glad that I held onto my little decant.
OTOH, I do love Chergui and De profundis is a top favorite for spring. Love it!
Chergui turned kinda sour on my skin ????
But if it works on your skin, I can see why people love it.
I adored the opening phase of De profundis, wow, wow, wow, but it turned into a generic clean musk. Booo skin chemistry, or maybe a bad reformulation (my sample was from 2016)
But I may need a small decant one day just to experience that first glorious phase again….
Chergui smelled sour to me, too ????
My SOTD is Memo Italian Leather because someone mentioned on here how much they dislike Memo fragrances. I love it, it’s my favourite leather. Yeah, I’m like that.
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LOL. I’ve been wanting to try the Memo leathers because I love leather so much, I feel like I should at least TRY them!
Ah I tried Russian Leather a while ago, it was not bad but i did not get much leather from it. The bottle with the wolf on it looks pretty, price tag is not so pretty though imo.
This did not encourage me to explore the line any further with urgency, but I am still curious about African Leather. Have you tried that one by any chance?
Feeling delightfully springy in Infusion D’Iris absolu. Let’s see how long this decant will last me…
You smell great! I want a bottle of it: I wore the last of my decant recently.
I loooooove that one. You smell wonderful.
I bought a few of the Infusion 8 ml minis last summer for under $15. Perfect amount for me, and they decanted easily into atomizers (a lot of minis don’t.)
-12*C today and I’m in Iris Rebelle. I’m freezing…
I hope IR is keeping you warmer!
Keep warm! (I hate cold
).
Hopefully you will get some warmer weather soon! Yikes!
SL Bas de Soie for today, saving ISM for the grande finale of Iris month tomorrow.
Me too…in Bas de Soie. I still haven’t sniffed ISM
Been meaning to ask what you thought of the new Iris Ganache please?
I thought the new IG was quite good and faithful to the original.
Agreed. You are correct.
hope they make more and release it again.
Spent the morning wearing the reissued Derby and didn’t really care for it but my mother loved it. So the decant went to her. So I am commando right now and probably end up in Theorema. It’s too warm for the heavy hitters but too cold for ISM or De Profundis. So Theorema fits the bill.
How nice that your mom liked it — better than a wasted decant!
SOTD is zip, zero, nada. Sorry Uncle Serge, I cant play today. l want to shut off my nose. Maybe forever. No perfume news in this post, so you can skip to the next if you like.
Gory details aside, I spent the night in the van with a very sick dog, after spending three hours at the emergency vet. Suffice it to say, I did without my sleeping bag and favorite blanket because…well, T-Rex was S I C K. The “I can’t help it mom!” kind of sick. Even the vet remarked on how ashamed she looked when she “couldn’t help it.”
So, first attempt at feeding her just now so we will wait a bit to make sure the 2 tablespoons stay down and/or don’t make a fast exit. She has a huge buffalo hump from the SQ fluids, but is looking less deformed as it slowly gets absorbed. Even while being actively sick last night, she was wagging her tail.
It was two bottles of Onda VdE to pay off T-Rex, but worth more than any perfume to see my BFF 75% better this morning. I might try some perfume tomorrow. Today, I’m going to not smell everything I possibly can????
Poor poor baby. Glad she’s feeling better.
Thanks, I’m hoping she’s on the road to recovery. Now for coffee!
oh my gosh, poor doggy & poor doggy momma! hope T-Rex is feeling better and you can get some rest!
I like that plan!
Poor T-Rex and you! Hoping she’s 100% soon. Do they know what the culprit was?
The most likely culprit was severe gastroenteritis as rest of work up was essentially negative. It just progressed so rapidly that within a couple of hours she was having bloody toots and pukes. ????
Oh no! I hope T-rex feels better very soon. Sending hugs to both!
Oh No – Poor T Rex. I hope the Sub Q fluids and lots of rest help her to get back to 100 %.
I hope you get some rest, and that tonight in your bed will be calm and restful
Get well T Rex!
Well wishes to T Rex
Hope T-Rex is back to good health soon!
Get well soon, T-Rex!
Oh, that’s so rough! Poor T-Rex and Deva! Hugs!
Well wishes, hugs and pats for T-Rex and some much needed rest for you. Hope everything is back to normal tomorrow.
Oh no, what a scary night, hugs, so unsettling to see a loved one sick. i hope T-Rex recovers fully…soon!!!
Poor pup.
I’m reading this late in the day…..hope T-Rex (and mom!) are much better by now!!!!
Oh, I’m so sad for her! I feel like she belongs aa little bit to all of us!
She would love that thought! She’s an amazing dog, not because she’s mine and I’m biased, but because she’s like Jesus; she loves everyone ❤️
And all with tail wagging? What a good doggo, I’m sure she felt bad about it all. Dogs like to be clean just like we do. I hope you’re both feeling and smelling better very soon.
Oh poor T-Rex and poor you! I hope everyone is feeling better ASAP!
Thanks everyone for your well wishes. TRexaroni is bouncing back with the help of some ABT’s, pre- and pro-biotics and some expensive canned dog food rather than her usual kibble. I, on the other hand, feel and look as if I had been zombified. ????
Good to hear!???? ( I mean about T-Rex, not that you feel like a zombie. Sorry about that.)
Got ya????
Oh my goodness, your poor baby!! That sounds so awful. So glad to hear that she is feeling a bit better now.
Hope that you both can rest a bit tonight.
Deva, well done! I hope TRex is back to her ol’self quickly. How awful 4 U both. Enjoy your smellies today!
Good morning Y’all!
Chanel No 5 EdT today, because I still need a “get it done, be professional” vibe….No 5 gets the job done!
I’m all stuffed up and can’t smell, so I’m not going to waste perfume. But, I’m enjoying learning a little about Serge Lutens. I was not familiar with him at all before FDTRH (falling down the rabbit hole)
I guess my gross connection would be that the art deco revival that I’m familiar with from the 70’s/80’s is greatly due to his influence. did any of you children of the 80’s have a Pierrot doll on your dresser? my sister did. Now I know why: Serge Lutens
Ha! I didn’t have one but wanted one so tried to make my own version out of clay in art class. I had that thing until it broke in a move about 5 years ago!
I love that you made your own!
I wanted one too! I also really wanted some comedy/tragedy masks to hang on my bedroom wall.
I am pretty sure I had one of those dolls..do they still exist today? I should find one for the babies..
i don’t know, I’m sure ebay has them
but I think they were pretty ubiquitous on the 80’s – the kind I remember weren’t good to play with – more stiff with porcelain faces, hands and feet.
I remember Pierrots! They were definitely a thing in Germany in the mid 80ies. I have not thought about them for a long time, but I remember really wanting one (or probably many, if my own children are any reference to my former child self), and other friends having them, and their shiny silver and black suits and porcelain heads…ties in nicely with another perfume related flashback – Perfumes de Nicolai Juste une Reve reminds me of a body spray / perfume / deodorant I really wanted in the late 80ies or early 90ies. I’m not 100% sure, but I’m thinking Impulse body spray.
And whenever I hear “Pierrot”, I immediately hear this song:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IYLTc3tGdzc
Au clair de la lune . . .
I sang that one to my kids when they were babies.
SOTD: Jo Malone’s Honey & Crocus.. because I caved yesterday and bought it. Requires a minimum of 7-8 sprays, but very happy with it.
I’m actually thinking of also getting the Primrose & Rye as I like that one a lot too and I don’t have anything like it.
Finally tried Mugler’s Aura which was.. different. Its initial stages smell very much like a type of cleaner, not pleasant, but eventually, it becomes an interesting sweet floral with a tartness to it. I thought the lotion version of this was quite nice and would prefer it to the perfume. I also tried Valentino Donna Acqua (odd name as it gave no water association at all) which was very sweet but with a nice, strong almond note and lately, I’m all for almond. Need to try this on skin yet.
Loving the blue sky (finally!) out there today.
Congrats on your new bottle. Almonds, which I immediately detected in that perfume, do not work for me but Primrose one was pleasant on paper – so I might try it on skin the next time I’m at a store – if they still have it.
Thanks! Primrose is very pretty. I don’t know any other scents out there that have this as it’s star note.
Ooh! Do report back if you try the Valentino on skin. I am also all about almond. Have you smelled Bond I Love NY For All? It is reportedly similar to the Jo Malone.
I am also wearing Honey & Crocus today (from a sample). So far, this is tempting (will this be my first Jo Malone?)! Congrats on your bottle!
Serge Lutens Fumerie Turque, from a bell jar. I love dabbing my perfume on from those perfect little perfume bottles!
It’s the first time I hear anybody referring to a bell jar as “little”
I have a couple in my collection but at the speed I use any perfume I’m afraid to use the stopper not to deposit additional particles into the bottle. So I’m decanting those perfumes into small spray bottles. I think it defeats the purpose of owning a nice bottle but…
I do the same. The bell jar remains pristine showcasing the pretty purple juice inside.
You can always wipe the stopper with a tissue or cloth after you use it and befire you replace it. That’s the tip the Chanel sale’s assistant gave me when I bought my Cuir de Russie Parfum.
I’m actually agree wirh Jewel that the bell jars are little. I equate the size to The Mona Lisa. With so much hype, I was expecting it to be a larger canvas but it turned out to be quite small, perfect but small.
Joining you in Chene today! It’s the only SL I own, though I wouldn’t mind a decant of Un Bois Vanille. I love Chene and the weather in San Diego today is perfect for it – chilly and rainy.
A belated hey twin! And yes, it’s perfect for chilly/rainy.
SOTD=Cuir de Mauresque.
Oh! P.S. for anosmia day. I have a coworker who once lost her sense of smell for about year after a head injury. She was a marvel to her doctors! That’s when she learned that we really don’t understand how the sense of smell works at all!
Similiar coworker story. He hit his head and lost his smell and still hasn’t gotten it back, and it’s been at least 8 years. This affects the taste too so unless it’s a very strong taste he doesn’t taste much. I can’t imagine.
One of my nieces has no sense of smell and never did. She says she can taste but it’s not clear if she tastes the way an unaffected person does since there’s no before and after.
Similar coworker story here. She always wore scented body lotions. Eventually she just stuck with wearing BBW warm vanilla sugar. She said because that’s the one she remembered always smelled good.
Gah! Love that one! I’d buy a bottle in a hot minute if I could find one this side of Antarctic! You smell GRRReat! (Think Tony the Tiger ????)
That’s on tap for me later in the week. You smell great!
Decided to save my last Lutens rose for tomorrow, so today I’m wearing Un Bois Vanille from a generous swapper. This briefly edged out Eau Duelle and Vanilla Insensee as my favorite vanilla, but was itself edged out by Vanilla Flash. No shame in being the runner-up, though.
Also, I love reading about everyone’s different SL scents! Uncle Serge was my favorite for many years (my first niche bottles were Ambre Sultan and A la Nuit) – I haven’t loved many of the newer ones, but so many of the 90s-00s releases are still just gorgeous to me.
I’m giving blood today, so don’t want to wear anything too strong. Some monoi oil with a little bit of gucci envy, thanks to a lovely NST person. I will definitely wear my treasured Chene decant at some point this week, though!
applauding you for giving blood
Ditto this!
Thanks! I got in the habit of “once a season,” which is about all women are allowed to give, anyway. I have a rare-ish type, so I feel particularly obliged to do my part. ????????
Reading rapidly, I though I saw “motor oil!” ????
Haha. Maybe on the day I make a body oil with a little iris 39?????
Good going and good luck!
Thank you for doing this!
I decided to do Thierry Mugler week. Last night was Alien essence absolue, and today is Alien sublime. It’s not really sunny enough for the Sublime today. I have two questions, 1. Why is Serge Lutens sometimes referred as Uncle Serge, and 2. Anyone have any thoughts on Guerlain Terracotta? I’m still thinking about beachy scents.
Good question about uncle serge! As to the terracotta, if you like white flowers I think it will be a hit. I did a blind buy since I was convinced it would be “the” floral for me, but no go. I swapped it away even though I loved the bottle and presentation. Disclaimer: wise peeps sample first. ????
I wish I could say I’m older and wiser, but nope, just older!
I love Terracotta but there are similar beachy scents for lower price tags to be sure…
True, I do like some of the beachy body sprays. Which satisfy the craving some times
I love, love Terracotta. One of my favorite beachy scents!
Is it more floral or more coconut?
It is more floral on me.
Happy to send you some Terracotta if you’d like! Click on Floragal to get my email.
Hey thanks! Will email tonight.
We need a deep dive of the internet to find the first mention of Mr. Lutens as Uncle Serge. I would guess Uncle is an affectionate honorific given to him as one of the first modern niche perfumers. Somebody correct me if I’m out on the wrong limb here.
For me Terracotta is more floral, less coconut, slightly musky, very pretty vanilla. I love it.
Oh, a very deep dive????????♂️
To me, Terracotta smells like an outdoor pool in summer: tanned skin, coconut-scented suntan oil, and chlorine. Like most beachy scents I find it quite overwhelming, but I’ll wear a little dot a couple of times a year.
My 2 cents on Terracotta: love it, but it is NOT a safe blind buy. Try it first.
BTW, would you be interested in some SL samples of mine? They are 1 mL dabbers.
Oh, thank you yes. It would be nice to be familiar with what lots of people seem to really enjoy.
I’ll need your IRL address. Email me at my screen name at overlordgaming dawt com. We can hammer out details that way.
Oh, trying to remember if people called him Uncle Serge on MakeupAlley years ago, because I would think that would have been where I picked it up? But can’t be sure. I will say that back then, when there were FAR fewer niche lines, he was more of an object of personal adoration, perhaps, than he is now?
The first mention that I can find is on The Non-Blonde blog from August 2008 http://www.thenonblonde.com/2008/08/what-i-didnt-buy-today.html?m=0#.WpY5ynCIaEc. Gaia has blogged a couple of years by the time she started regularly referring to SL as Uncle Serge, so I’m not sure if she has coined that nickname herself or picked it up from somebody else.
In Hiris today for the first time thanks to a NSTer. So generous of her to send me a sample! I am enjoying it. I am not sure it will ever be my favorite iris, but it is lovely!
You smell fabulous. Hiris is like that for me as well. I don’t think of it as the ‘best’ iris, but I always come back to it and think how lovely it is.
Hello all. I am wearing L’Orpheline which I think of as one of the cleaner, cooler SL scents. It’s also one of the most recent ones I’ve bought. I think of this as a kind of shiny silver or chrome coloured scent and today I’m wearing a black/white geometric top with silver jewellery, so this just seemed right. I’m very much off of sweet or floral fragrances these days, not sure why. That means a lot of the SL line is on the “no” list right now. I confess though that I do own at least a dozen of them.
(1) I would be very curious to see someone wearing that bag.
(2) I am wearing the exquisite, but imo inappropriately named, De Profundis. (I know WHY it’s called that, and I love the name on its own, but that’s just not the association I have.) Thanks, Uncle Serge. I’m wearing it from a decant from the generous flopper, but here is the problem: is 5 mL enough De Profundis? Or am I in need of a FB? I’m not, right? Do I need a bell jar of chrysanthemum? I might. Ugh.
(3) My brain is just not capable of chilling out this week. February has been so hectic. I need things to CALM DOWN. Perhaps I should meditate on the beauty of the perfume currently gracing my skin.
I get that beautiful inside the florist shop smell from De Profundis. It’s earthy and cool at the same time. I love that smell. I don’t have any associations with the name beyond the back story. SL seems like a dramatic character to me. I just chalk it up to the quirkiness of the perfumer.
BTW, YOU NEED MORE!
Ditto!! Go bell jar!!
Ahaha. That’s a great way to think of it! I can totally see him going into the cool, wet depths of a florist shop and exclaiming, “De Profuuuuuundiiiiis!”
Thanks a lot, potential enabler >.< Maybe I should just spend a lot of quality time with my decant between now and when I go to France in April, where the bell jar will cost just a fraction of what it costs here, in order to decide if you're right when you say that I need more.
Well, I’m sure that you’ll have to make some hard choices once you’re in Paris. I’m sure that a travel size would tide you over. ????
Change swept in and today’s top temp will be ~10 degrees lower so I’ve risked a single spritz of 5 O’Clock Gingembre…mmmm spicy
SotD = Keiko Mecheri Johana
Chrysanthemums and their green leaves, then very pretty florals, with some iris too. Thank you to the fabulous perfumista who sent this sample to me.
LOVE the crazy teapot purse. Made me smile.
This sounds really pretty.
I really like Johana: it is very pretty and quite cheerful.
Hello sunshine!!!! You were missed SO much! Please don’t be such a stranger in my parts OK? ????
SOTD = AG Les Nuits d’Hadrien , from the sample stash. Something citrus-y to celebrate the return of the bright shiny thing in the sky.
It was a beautiful day! Let’s enjoy another great day tomorrow before the rain arrives in the evening. This winter has felt longer than any other.
I haven’t gotten cabin fever yet this winter, but I keep reminding myself that I have to get thru the month of March. Five rainy weekends in a row sure was dreary, though. ☔ ????
No kidding about the sun!
Recovering from week long sickness bug, and happily contemplating wearing perfume for first time since before I came down with it tomorrow. Thick snow here, so I might have to wear either Fracas, or Kenzo flower, both of which I love in snowy weather, Fille en aiguille would work to tho, and be on theme.. decisions decisions!
School was closed, and my kids went sledging for the first time today.
Glad to hear you’re feeling better! Whatever you wear, you’ll smell awesome????
Good news that you are feeling better. I’d bet that your kids enjoyed their snow day!
Xerjoff Damarose from a decant that I finished today. Really want a bottle but I know it’s gonna be expensive.
Boy howdy, it sure is, but love is like that????
Boy howdy ha you got that right! Just took a peek at Luckyscent. ???? but it sure is a purdy one.
WOW. I just looked it up. Too much money! Thank goodness I’ve never sniffed it and therefore don’t want a bottle
Yesterday’s SOTD = L’Heure Bleue Extract
Today’s SOTD = Atelier des Ors Iris Fauve
Oakland Fresca gave me samples of modern LHB EDT and EDP and both smelled very similar and pretty good. Emboldened by this experiment, I went ahead and bought the Extract (“Parfum” on the box). The SA included a sample of it, just in case, and it was from this sample that I wore yesterday’s SOTD. I am happy to report that LHB largely escaped disfiguring reformulation and is quite good! To my untrained nose, the modern Extract vs my 1930s LHB (not sure which formulation but too lazy to go look) have more similarities than differences and overall, I am happy with my purchase!
Iris Fauve with REAL.GOLD.FLAKES! is nice and office-friendly. I have a decant and I am glad I have it.
I have a few Commiting Woes to relate but they have to wait for another day.
Tomorrow caps off Month of Irises and I have a perfect perfume for it! For the next two weeks, I may have to wear No.19 EDP except Friday, when I plan to participate in the Community Project.
“Have to”? Are you trying to finish off one more bottle, or do you anticipate needing a spine-strengthening aid for work?
SOTE is Le Labo Iris 39 oil. Just right to take the edge off the day.
I must say I have really enjoyed a month of iris frags. It really helps you detect notes and it was fun to mix and match or compare side by side. Thanks Undina!
Thank you for participating, Gail. As with any group project, it’s fun if there’s a group
And I had a perfect group of people who joined me in this iris journey. And we all smelled great most of the time! 