Happy Saint Patrick’s Day! We're celebrating with our usual open thread poll. Talk about anything you like — the fragrance you’re wearing today, your favorite lucky green perfume, whatever.
Or, ask a question about fragrance, then see if anyone else has asked a question that you can answer…
Note: top image is 'Green Fields' Ireland [cropped] by Ron Cogswell at flickr; some rights reserved.
Good Morning. The picture of Ireland is beautiful and reminds me of the wonderful visit I had with my family there when my niece was a competitive step dancer. So lush and green and welcoming.
I picked Bergamust from Gallagher Fragrances in honor of St. Patrick’s Day.
Quick question: I have a couple of Tokyo Milk fragrances I would like to send to a new home. Is it acceptable to list Freebies during the swap meet.
Happy St. Patrick’s Day to all. ☘️☘️☘️☘️☘️☘️☘️☘️☘️☘️☘️☘️☘️☘️☘️
From past Swapmeets, the answer is yes. Just mark it Freebies so it is clear to the reader.
I agree about Ireland- welcoming and green and beautiful!
Morning, all. I forgot it was St. Paddy’s Day, so I grabbed a sample of Shangri La to try this morning (2nd testing). I like it, but I can’t decide if I’ve got enough scents along these lines already, or if it adds something new.
Maybe I’ll wear something “green” after my workout–OJ Woman or Chanel No. 19?
OH! The conversation here a few weeks (months?) back about shopping for clothes online led me down a rabbithole of sorts, and I ended up searching out jeans that *really* fit. I ended up at Barbell Apparel, and I found jeans that came not only with a length and waist measurement but a THIGH measurement!!! I had to buy a couple sizes to find the best fit, but they are really cute and I don’t need a belt to handle miles of superfluous fabric around my middle. If anyone decides to give them a try, I can send you a coupon code.
Finding a good fitting pair of jeans can be so hard! You will be smelling great with either choice.????
“superfluous fabric around my middle…”
And now I have the refrain from this stuck in my head:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y3KEhWTnWvE
Ha! But it’s no joke! I have lost nearly 60 pounds now, and gone from a size 22 to a size 4/6. And still, STILL, my thighs are “disproportionate” to my middle.
My whole life, I have struggled to find pants that fit. I had figured my problem was simply too much body fat, and when I slimmed down, I could wear pants like anyone else. It has not proven to be so! So, maybe you’re annoyed at superfluous fabric elsewhere, but pointing your annoyance at other women is misplaced. They market to women clearly wanting us to believe the problem is in ourselves–and that only “they” have the solution. But the real problem is that clothing styles are not designed for certain body types–squeezing us into the center of the bell curve.
This is my revelation–it’s not that I’m too big (or that you are, or that any of us is). It’s that they don’t make pants with my body in mind. And they probably profit from me spending hours in the stores trying on a thousand pairs, giving up, and buying a few dresses and a purse out of sheer frustration.
I’m not in competition with anyone, and while I’m very proud of my physical transformation, I’m doing it for me–not to gain standing with anyone else. And I should be able to buy pants with a logical, non-shaming sizing system.
*steps off soap box*
Your story is awesome and inspiring!
As for me, I was not annoyed at anyone in the least. I only meant that once I had a curvy hourglass figure where most jeans that fit my hips were too big around the waist… Those were the days. No more!
My guess is that you look beautiful in your new jeans!
I’m sorry. I can see that I jumped to a conclusion. I thought you were making a sort of “grass is always greener” kind of comment with the video.
I’ve encountered so many women who spend so much time comparing themselves unfavorably to other women (or the imaginary ones in the media), and it is so harmful and sad. And it is *so weird* to have become one of “those” women that some women compare themselves with. All I meant to say is that we are all in it together, and that there’s no value in the comparisons (or competition).
And thank you–I’m really pleased to not have the bulk of a belt around my middle!
Marjorie rose – thank you for the link – I have never fit in jeans properly – and you’re right, it’s all about proportion‘s – obviously there is such a variance!
May I ask what help do you to find success with weight loss? I was just listening to the Happier podcast – and someone had emailed that the 4 tendencies book Gretchen Rubin really helped her in her quest to become healthier. I am in such a rut – looking for any suggestions!
I LOVE to talk about what I’ve done! In fact, I have so much to say about it, I’ve written about 250 pages on the subject. . . a book I’m not convinced anyone else would want to read. Ha!
The shorter answer (although if you want the book, I could email it to you
), is that I opted for what’s currently being called the “habit change” method. I am a very analytical person, and I’ve treated myself as an ongoing science experiment. I make what I think will be a manageable change, try it out for a while, collect data, and go from there. Some habits become part of my life, some don’t. Sometimes I return to them and try again later to see if it sticks better. I don’t do anything anyone would recognize as a “diet.”
My big habit changes have been dietary–I began cooking nearly everything for myself (which is really a whole set of habits–planning food, shopping, prepping, etc.). I eat enough protein at each meal. I aim to have 10-15 servings of fruits and veggies a day. I avoid liquid calories.
I found a free online program that promotes a similar approach, if you’re looking for some guidance. It’s called onebyonenutrition.com
Good luck! Be kind to yourself!
Sheesh. “Shorter” is reletive, I guess!
I can’t reply to your comments below, but I think it makes sense that you would have a lot to say –
and there’s just not enough of an outlet to do so in day-to-day life. Writing about your experience sounds like a great idea
I love thinking about habits and habit change, but….inertia!
Ah, but that is the great thing about habit change! You don’t have to do all of them at once–the habit can be as simple as taking note how often you eat past being satisfied or how often you snack. Simply the act of observation has been shown to change our behaviors.
Another one I found shockingly powerful–changing how I stored foods in my fridge and cabinets. Research says if we put healthier foods up front and at eye level, we reach for them more. Same, in reverse, for less healthful foods. It doesn’t take a lot of energy to move a bag of candy into a solid (nontransparent) tin with a lid. Just that, and according to research, we reach for it less often. Easy calories saved.
WAAAaaaay easier than some blanket ban on candies.
Although, I recognize you have to be willing to make it at least some level of priority in your life to make even those changes. And if this isn’t the right time for you, you have other priorities, I think that it can be really powerful to acknowledge and accept that, too. My fatloss hasn’t been a straight downward arrow. There have been periods when I was ok just practicing maintaining. In fact, I think those times are one of the most powerful things I’ve done–I learned to maintain, which allowed all the changes to become ingrained and truly habitual. Though seriously, such changes only matter if you decide they do.
(You see what happens when you say it’s ok that I have a lot to say?! I am an expert on precisely only myself, so YMMV on all of this, but if it helps, that’s great too!)
Beautiful photo!
I’ll be keeping a low profile tonight trying to avoid intoxicated leprechauns????
I’m in a dab of Slow Dive, which is a delight! Honey, honey, and more honey with just a peek-a-boo of delicate florals to round it out. I can see a travel size in my future.
Sadly, I found out yesterday at 5pm that the hospital I’m currently at has cancelled all travel contracts. Without warning. Not too upset about it, but a bit disgruntled about the fact I will not get my extension bonus. So. Wrapping it up here and moving on down the road. Luckily, there are a lot of options.
Happy St Patrick’s Day to all. Hope everyone gets their Irish on in the best way possible☘️
Deva, my contract was cancelled two days ago. Dang for both of us. Not sure where I’ll be next.
Needless to say, no shopping at Aedes.
Post shower, something quiet and close to skin.
Dang and double dang! Sorry to hear you’re in the same boat, but hope your next contract is in a lovely location, pays top dollar, and there is an Aedes right around the corner, where everything just so happens to be deeply discounted ????
Back at you!!
Oh boo hiss! I hope you find something soon!
Bummer! I’m sorry that it happened to you but hope that it’ll work out to the best, and the next place will be better.
I’m hoping, thank you!????
Well that stinks – I’m sorry Deva. Are you a traveling nurse? My grandmother was a traveling nurse. She was from Oklahoma and worked all around the Southwest and settled in Klamath Falls – where she met my grandfather! After he passed away she traveled all over as an RN. Good luck to you, and I hope that you land in a beautiful location.
So weird! I just got an option for Klamath Falls!! I’m breaking into song -“It’s a small world after all…”????
Wow! Well, keep us posted – summer time in Southern Oregon is pretty magical
I’ll second that, Coin-op! My idea of heaven right there.
I’m very sad I will miss spring here. Things are really starting to wake up and I’ll miss it! My only consolation is the fact that wherever I go, it will be spring there, too????
That’s a bummer, Deva. At least you have options.
Indeed!
I’m sorry, Deva, but also, I’m excited because I think I finally understand what your job is and why you travel so much. I did not know that a traveling nurse was a thing! (I had so many questions!)
I’m wondering what you thought I did before your found out what I actually did ????
I…thought your hospital had a VERY generous sabbatical policy and that you worked as a nurse occasionally, in between traveling….
????
Deva, so sorry to hear this! I don’t know what your thoughts are, but I feel like healthcare is in such a state of flux right now. There seems to be so much more stress over the bottom line (ie: billing and reimbursement) than there was a few years ago…or maybe I just wasn’t paying as much attention a few years ago.
Either way, they are always running stories in the Madison and Milwaukee papers about the continued nursing shortage. I’ll be curious to hear where your travels take you…maybe the Midwest?!????
Seeing lots of love for Slowdive lately, that is on my try list.
Well, everything in cookoo for cocoa puff right now all over this grand country, but I won’t say anything else for fear getting political and earning Robin’s wrath ????
Thank you. And cracks me up because I am often reading the comments with all my political news sites open in other tabs. I need to come over here for some peace!!
I kind of get the feeling that if you did allow politics on this blog, you just might be one of the most vocal commenters! Pretty sure it would be a firecracker of read????
I’m usually reading and commenting while watching political commentary shows (my H has forbade me from referring to this as “the news”) and I appreciate the peace and respite as well. I prefer to keep my political bubble separated from my perfume bubble, so thank you.
Deva, I have much stronger opinions about politics than I do about perfume, that is for sure.
Kpaint, glad someone else appreciates it!
So sorry, hope you and Apsara both find better contracts down the road. It’s good to have options and skills that can take you many places.
Thank you! Options are GREAT!
Bummer! Glad you have options!
Thanks, and happy to hear you enjoyed a wonderful visit with your number one❤️
That’s the pits, but glad to hear you have other options.
Thanks!
Sorry to hear about the contract. I’m glad you have options. Like Coin-op said, think about the Midwest, maybe?
The Midwest does have a great need- lots of positions available there, mostly in large cities, which is not my preferred location. I’m happy with less pay, but more sky????
Sorry to hear, but: moving on to a new adventure! That sounds like fun!
I was ready to move on at the end of the initial contract ended, but my previous recruiter convinced me to stay for the extension bonus. Sadly, she has moved on and I will not get the bonus, but hopeful I can find a good location out west here. Lots of positions in Cali, but trying to avoid those if possible. Fingers crossed for Colorado! This travel thing is a bit stressful but it is also FUN! I love checking out new towns, areas, and people. I find it very intellectually stimulating. I will say co-workers in Oregon have been the nicest people I have ever worked with. Truly great, friendly, and helpful.
Seriously, CA is the best state in the union. It’s your life and not mine, but keep an open mind to California. (I’m not sure why I feel so invested in this, LOL)
Well, at the end of the day (actually, hoping by the end of this week!) I hope to have something lined up, wherever. It’s a bit like Russian Roulette. I’m. not desperate. Yet. I DO NOT want to dip into my savings. CA may be where I end up, and I understand your love for that state, I really do! It’s beautiful to be sure, but too many rules, regulations, and ordinances for me. I subscribe to the “Government rules best that rules least” school of thought. Or something along those lines. Wait! Did I just get political?! ????
I completely forgot about St. Patrick’s Day. After a week of amber, I needed something different, so I’m wearing 4711 AC Rhubarb & Clary Sage, one of my favorites. Since I forgot St. Patrick’s Day, maybe I’ll do a week of greens next week. It would fit in the spring pantone palette, since I think it has a couple of greens. My favorite greens are vintagish Vent Vert, Herba Fresca, and of course Silences. And N. 19, and….
That sounds like a mouthwatering combination! Sage is green.
78 Vintage Green
Perfect!
Banana Republic? That was the one I liked the most when I sniffed that line.
yes! that one! My best friend sent me the coffret of the five travel sprays as a very early bday present…I put it to the side for next month but broke it out today for a St Pattys Day fragrance!
78 Vintage Green smells very much like the discontinued Spring Fever by Origins if anyone’s missing that one!
Weekend! Yay
Winter is Back with a Vengeance here in The Netherlands.
Yesterday I had the most amber-y day ever. In the afternoon I topped Ambra aurea with Eau des merveilles (a bit more sparkle for diner with friends) and when I got home late I added a dab of Cafe Ambre Noir. I felt like the Girl in Amber….and thought of of that beautiful song by Nick Cave.
SotD is Arso
So good on a cold day!
You win at ambers!
I agree that Eau des Merveilles is great for layering, and yesterday I learned L’ambre des Merveilles is good that way too.
Wow. I bow to your royal amberness! (Love Ambra Aurea!!)
Arso is great, perfect for winter!
Arso is great, perfect for winter! You smell wonderful.
Thank you!
The sun is finally shining today but it’s still cool out: baby steps, I’ll take sunshine any time.
Did some yoga and stretching this morning. I put on a few sprays of Goutal Neroli beforehand. It’s light and fresh, a bit green too. Maybe will put on some Chanel No 19 later on for more green to celebrate St Patty’s Day.
Have a great Saturday everyone!
ooooh, yoga is a good idea for today. It is now on my to-do list.
It was on mine too, but looks like it ain’t gonna happen. Tomorrow!!
I’ll take sunshine anytime too! Enjoy your day.????
Sotd = L’eau du Caporal, it’s better than a bar of Irish Spring soap in a bottle. So fun, it’s pleasantly green without any sharp edges or bitterness.
I’m debating making a run to the store for bread and milk. No snow storm here, but my teen son currently inhales entire loaves. I buy two at a a time but I’ll up it to three loaves plus bagels. And if I buy buttermilk I can bake soda bread today. Hmmmm, at the moment I can’t say whether sleepy-Saturday-inertia or love-of-bread win out.
So far sleepy Saturday has won me over. My teenage son has become an eating machine too!
It is amazing what teens can put away, but I like to watch them eat. It’s like watching someone fold space and time when they eat so much so quickly.
I hope your sleepy Saturday was a good one. I opted to make tonight taco night (sorry, St. Paddy!) so we could eat tortillas and still have bread for tomorrow.
Dry but uncharacteristically cold day here, so I’ll probably go with a warm green perfume (sounds like an oxymoron but it’s true) Arbolé Arbolé.
Is it too early for Irish Coffee, I wonder? ☕️????☘️
Can’t be too early for a coffee!
It’s always noon somewhere!????
I totally agree with your summation of Arbolé Arbolé. I wore it yesterday to celebrate a warm, sunny, springy day. At my volunteer job I kept getting whiffs of something gorgeous-smelling and finally realized it was me. I love it, but it wears very quietly on me so I’ve already used up over half my 10 ml decant from the splitmeet already.
Oddly, my spray decant wears quite differently than a sample vial I got from Luckyscent. The dab sample had way more sillage, but also skipped the opening and went straight to the drydown. Weird, right? I wonder if it’s because the high dosage of naturals that they wear so differently on me.
I have several scents that wear differently dabbed than sprayed. Sometimes, I think the spray disperses more quickly–moves through it’s phases from top, to heart, to base notes–changing the feel quite a lot! Of course, plenty of times it goes the other way–you get more complexity with a spray than a dab. I have not noticed a pattern to which scents will do which–just a part of exploring a new scent, it seems!
Yes I’ve had this experience too so now if my plan is to buy a spray version of the scent, and I can’t get a spray sample, I pour the dab sample into an atomiser and test it that way.
I usually buy two sets of dabber samples and dump them into sample atomizers.
Yes, most are different sprayed v. dabbed, but better projection dabbled is just the opposite of my typical experience. As to going straight to the drydown with a dabber, maybe that’s not so unusual. I’ll have to think about it…
Never early for Irish coffee. I had some already and maybe more later! ????
Mmmm…so good!
I second this!
Winter came back to Poland yesterday, can you believe? Temperature dropped to -10*C and we got snow! My train home was delayed because of traffic accident. Weird things are happening with the climate.
I’m wearing Ramon Monegal Ambra di Luna today. I needed to feel cuddlefluffy today because of the cold.
Been visiting opticians today to find some suitable frames for my new glasses and it’s not that easy to find something that you like and that also looks good on your face…
Stay warm! It’s a strange March in many places.
For frames you need an independent opinion (from a friend, SO or relative) because we tend to choose the same frames again and again – and change might be good.
The ones that I liked today were completely different from any others I had in the past. My mom liked those too on me.
You know when a piece of clothing smells so good and you have no idea what it’s from?
#perfumeproblems
Yes! Although today when I put a sweater on I could recognize the remnants of no 5 L’eau, and it smelled lovely.
The other night my nightgown! My husband loved whatever it was. I finally remembered it was Arielle Shoshana. I think that one might be best on fabric–although I like it on skin too!
Yeah, I think you might be right about that! I was sniffing my fit bit band, and realized it was Arielle Shoshana – so good.
Yep! Happens all the time, particularly in sweater season.
Hah! So true. *racking brain* what WAS i wearing last time I wore that scarf?
Yeah… And sometimes it’s more than one perfume.
Yes my jean jacket today! Ugh!
Jean jacket! A girl after my own heart! My favorite type of jacket.
I wear mine with everything! Even suit pants and blouses at work! I love you can dress them up or down ha!
Yep, I call it Eau de Robe.
Have any of you purchased a current formulation of Diorissimo? Without comparing it to the past perfume, how does it hold up today as a contemporary fragrance???? Thank you!
I got a bottle of the EdP a couple of years ago. I wore it in the ‘80s. It is definitely more straight Lily of the Valley. Pretty linear, less sparkle. The dry down takes on more of a resemblance to what I remember. I like it once I get past that very sweet, lily opening. If you are interested in a sample, let me know. I’m out of town, so can’t send it for a few weeks though…
Thank you. I’d love to try. Enjoy your trip!
Pop me an email at eabrit in the gmail world with your address. Will probably be toward mid April.
I look forward to The NST swap meet, but as I’ve mentioned it’s difficult to find a swapper who will send to Canada. I also love to meet perfume people, so we have a new perfume group on Meetup, https://www.meetup.com/Vancouver-Perfume-Peeps/. Even if you don’t live in Vancouver, please join the group just in case you happen to be visiting. Last summer we met up with Hajusuuri who was in town for a cruise, and we had a fun evening.
I joined the group, although I am in Montreal. Hopefully will get back to Vancouver someday!
Hope to meet you one day cauzabon.
i have pictures to prove it although what happened in Vancouver stays in Vancouver
Heh heh ????
I am searching for an affordable lipstick/ makeup scented perfume ( so not Misia or Frederic Malle ) . I am wondering about the Martin Margiela but maybe there’s a Demeter or a mainstream option?
Saint Patricks day is the worse day of the year in Dunedin. The students start drinking around 8am and the streets get covered in broken glass. There were 300 people by the cemetery, really drunk, bottles everywhere and fighting etc.. Lots of police. it’s very depressing and the poor A&E doctors/nurses.
Happy weekend everyone! Oakland Fresca, I hope your son is doing well. And you too.
Forgot to mention perfume…duh….Boronia ( when I wear it I get the tune of My Sharona in my head)
^@$%#@^#^ I AM NOT THANKING YOU FOR THAT.
You love it! Ma ma ma ma ma my sharona!
I recently tried Lipstick On because I love how it smells on paper. Truly like lipstick imo. On my skin it dried down to a very sweet scent, so I would definitely recommend trying before you buy.
My son is doing well! Really, much better than we expected.
As for lipstick scents, I mentioned this recently–I hope it wasn’t to you–apologies for the repeat if it was. But, Bvlgari’s Amarena has that powdery rose violet blend–less powder than Lipstick Rose however. The bottle are expensive, but here in the US the 10 ml travel sprays go for a song on ebay. I’ve bought two.
PS I should clarify that technically Amarena is a cherry and rose frag., not a violet and rose. But to me, it has that make-up vibe.
Thanks, OF! I’ve had one of those sample sprays in my ebay cart for a while. I’d better go make sure it’s still there. Hearing that it’s rose-violet rather than cherry has upped the ante for me.
The notes say “cherry” but to me it has that rose violet vibe, but YMMV!
Very glad to hear your son is doing well! I tried lipstick on at Sephora the other day and it was completely different than what I thought it would smell like – I brought a tester home so I’ll have to try that out later. I have not smelled lipstick Rose yet – but I’m definitely putting this Bulgari on my list – thanks for the tip about the 10 ML‘s
Funny you should mention it, since I’m wearing Lipstick On today after having tested it yesterday.
When I tested it, the opening reminded me of Misia and its ilk (rose-violet). In the drydown it got powdery, if not a bit fruity, reminding me of Huitième Art Poudre de Riz.
I did full sprays on both arms today and my brain clicked, making me realize it’s a very close cousin to Love, Chloe.
Not sure what distribution is like in NZ for Rosine, but Glam Rose is one worth trying (rose-violet) and along those same lines, so is any version of YSL Paris.
If you like cosmetics powder frags, Jean-Charles Brosseau Ombre Rose might be easy to find and will definitely be cheap. I’ve got an older bottle and the opening is almost excruciatingly bad but once that’s over it’s lovely and powdery. I’ve heard that both new and old versions all have that awful opening, FWIW.
Etat Libre has a lipsticky rose violet, but I can’t recall which one it is. . . I don’t think they’re as expensive as Malle or Chanel. Ah yes–Putain des Palaces. When I searched for it, I ran into True Lust, which apparently has a similar vibe? Hadn’t heard of it, but looks like it’s at Sephora. Maybe someone else can chime in to say how they compare? (I’m curious!)
The ELdO is Putain des Palaces. I wear it a lot but often forget that’s what drew me to it in the first place.
Oops didn’t see this was already covered below.
ELDO Putain des Palaces might be worth a sample. I found some of the same lipsticky/powdery notes in it that I enjoyed in Misia. Definitely sample first though.
Histoires de Parfume 1889 Moulin Rouge and Anatole Lebreton Incarnata might be others to try. Incarnata has a bizarre minty thing going on in the middle stages, but I found it charming.
Atelier Silver Iris has that lipstick vibe
I’m glad you said this, because I thought it to smell similar to Lipstick On, but second guessed my nose. Lol, I should trust myself more.
You’ve got a good nose, lillyjo!
Thanks so much for all your suggestions. Really helpful and much appreciated.
I was so busy since very early this morning, but I am at home now and will try to relax for a while. Wearing L’ Artisan Fou d’Absinthe and having a big glass of Irish coffee to warm on this cold, but sunny Saint Patrick’s day.
Have a nice weekend everyone!
Sunny day twins.????
Irish coffee is delish! Hope you enjoyed your day!
SOTD = Mad et Len Petit Papiers
From a generous decant courtesy of an inside and out lovely NSTer. This is soooo gooood. I need my own bottle but LuckyScent is currently out! I will not hesitate to purchase this when I get the email from LuckyScent! Oh, and I am still ambering!
I am going out to dinner tonight with family and friends. Last night, my sister texted me to ask me not to spray too much perfume because my scent phobe BIL stopped taking anti-histamines to alleviate his tinnitus (not sure about the connection). Heh, I guess my BIL is allergic to me ????. Naughty me previously experimented to see if he was faking it (about being a scent phobe) and he failed the test. I once wore scented hand cream which he objected to; the next time we were together I made a big production of uncapping a tube of unscented hand cream and, sure enough, barely a minute passed before he started sniffing the air and making comments about perfumey lotions. I just smiled and asked what he was smelling because the hand cream was unscented.
Lots of good stuff in the swapmeet! I hope to have time to post mine tomorrow.
Ha! Busted!???? Enjoy your dinner out!
Thanks…and props to me for not gloating in front of him. I told my sister though so there’s that!
I think there may have been a smirk though!
Love your story, that’s awesome.
Who? Me?
Hilarious. I do feel for people who are genuinely allergic to perfumes, but the moralizing ones drive me nuts. There must be something so tempting about feeling morally superior to people who enjoy perfume. Guess we fit that ‘supercilious consuming consumer of things that are silly’ category for some folks. And dang, they are better than that, they think–I suppose!
My sister also wears perfumes which really forces him to not be too vocal about perfumes.
Perfume seems to have morphed into some kind of societal evil, like not recycling or wearing fur. It just makes me feel badly for people who are so immobilized by their olfactory system. We’ve only got 5 senses, and they seem to live in fear of 1 of them.
I also suspect a lot of people lump *all the scented things* together, as if an overspray of Axe or a Glade room oil is on par with a spritz of Apres L’Ondee or the experience of walking past someone and picking up a whiff of Chanel No 5.
I’d also bet most of the people who object to all of the above as a matter of course are also sophisticated enough not to lump together “Dogs Playing Poker” with an original Claude Monet.
So. More education is needed.
Wouldn’t it be fun to see “Dogs Playing Poker” painted by other artists? Van Gogh, DaVinci, Khalo? I think my favourites would be Botticelli or Hopper!
I’d like to see a Francis Bacon version, a triptych.
hehehe, faker!
You smell great. I find Petits Papiers a good replacement for Bois d’Armenie.
:-)….I may wear Petits Papiers again as I was very restrained today.
Good on you for catching out the faker! I have a hard time understanding the scent-phobic. There are so many scents in the world, that it’s impossible to avoid, and perfumes are among the most pleasant. Maybe I’m biased from working at an animal shelter where scents are often unpleasant. If your BIL thinks scented hand cream is bad, he should have to clean up a cage that’s had a sick puppy in it!
He likes dogs and finally convinced my sister to get a rescue dog. Unfortunately, the dog must have been abused by the previous male adult and growled at him whenever my BIL tried to go near him. In the end, the dog had to be returned to the shelter. If they ever get another dog, I will ask him his preference – all I can say is he better not wait for my sister to come home from work to help him clean up any mess — he had not worked in 16 years because he had not found the right job – hmmmm.
I wonder if he would care if he got another dog, and you told him you’re allergic to dogs?
Good one! I’m not but my sister is so they have to find the equivalent of a hypo-allergenic dog.
Sixteen years mooching off your sister? He’s lucky you give him the time of day.
Lol! I really did laugh out loud when I read this comment. I think we might be soul sisters????
You’re a good sister!
I can’t stand people who invent “allergies” for perfumes. Disliking scents just because you can smell them (so, I’m not talking about a nuclear cloud of Angel) is not a good reason to request people not to wear them. If it’s alright to eat many of … fragrant foods at a work place, it should be OK to wear discreet amount of perfume to the office. As to the outside of work situations, if it’s not a long drive in one car (not my!) or real health-related issues – tough, I’m wearing what I like. Or not going.
Fear not…I wore cranberry scented lipstick and my scarf has a melange of scents. No complaints today.
Good you spotted him faking. Has your BiL ever spoken to you himself about his ‘allergies’?
I wonder how fragrance phobes can even be outside their scentless homes?! These days lots of stores, hotels and restaurants are perfumed. Cleaning products are perfumed most of the time. Oh and those flowers and trees, pavement and cars…
wow…just being outside must be a living hell for them ????
(I do feel sorry though for people who are really allergic to perfume ingredients or people around them wearing perfume…)
He has but I tend to tune him out.
Good on you! People seem to think the world must conform to them when in fact they (we,us,etc) must conform to the world! Just ask Stephen Hawking????
but but the world does revolve around me!
Ha! Busted!
Yep!
Monyette oil from the lovely Nancyleandros. OMG love it so much, I ordered the bottle from LuckyScent (and used the free shipping code – shout out to PL67 for the heads up awhile back). I had the spray Monyette, but the oil is way better.
Good to know! I have wondered about that one!
So glad to hear the NST code worked for you. Keep using it! ????
I did recently when an order was not quite $75! Thanks for the reminder.
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Whee! I’m so glad you loved it. ????
Still working my way through my many samples, so spending some time with Tam Dao this weekend. I have samples of both the edt and the edp. Any words of wisdom on differences between the two? Today I am in the edt and it is very quiet. Wears close to the skin and I’ve reapplied once already. Tomorrow I will try the edp.
Ran some errands this morning and stopped into my local Lush, which I kind of dread doing. Our store is so tiny that it is impossible to enter the store and browse unnoticed. They did have several of the new perfumes- finally. I really like the new bottles and the minimalist white and black labels. The What Would Love Do? is made with tangerine oil and smells perfect for this time of year. The Cardamom Coffee really does smell like coffee! If it came in a candle I would be all over that.
The grocery store was handing out beer samples. I passed on that and opted for the ice cream sample instead. As much as I love beer, if it is choice between the two, ice cream will almost always win. It is part of my triangle of weakness. Plus, this is the dairy state after all, so I just see it as my way of helping to stimulate the local economy.????
I love beer too (particularly the oddly flavored ones…..recent obsession is the LE Sam Adams with orange blossom) but my love of ice cream and ANYTHING sweet surpasses that!
Girl, I feel for you having to go to Lush. Pretty much every location I’ve been to is exactly that, plus LOUD music, and way too many scents going on. I had to go recently to repurchase R&B, my favorite hair product. It was in my hand as I was trying to get to the cash register while a salesperson held me captive talking up R&B to me like she was trying to make a sale. It was in MY HAND and I was TRYING TO BUY IT and had already told her I love it and was repurchasing. Why the sales pitch???
These are the stories that keep me from going in and becoming a customer. I’ll probably never sample their products. I don’t want to be talked to when I shop.
I just tell them I will ask for help when I need it and just turn back to perusing by myself and then ignore them if they try again.
I would have picked the beer over the ice cream ha!
Éirinn go Brách!
Hello NSTers!!! Its been a helluva week, but it is now the weekend, my husband is home and can share in the care-taking of my son, blue skies and cumulus clouds abound, and it is the splitmeet! Whoohoo!!
My son’s surgery went very well, and we only had to spend one night in the hospital. He’s home and is actually pretty comfortable. An adult has to be with him at all times, however, and that adult has been me for the most part all week. So, I am happy to get this break today!!
I have a question about candles. I’ve asked this before, so sorry for the repetition. But can folks suggest inexpensive, powerfully lovely, most excellent throw, not chemically or synthetic smelling, easy to order on the internet, candles?
This AM I am in Bois d’Ascese, reminded by therabbitsflower how much I love this one!
I’m glad your son’s surgery went well and that you have a much needed break today!
I’m so glad your son’s surgery went well, OaklandFresca!
You smell great! Glad to hear things are going well with your son and you are getting a reprieve today.
So happy your son is doing so well.
I’m glad it’s going well for your son. Get as much rest as you can.
I’m not a big candles consumer. But I was looking just yesterday at Keap candles. I’m thinking about getting a sample set https://www.keapbk.com/products/get-scent-to-home and, if I like any, use the $12 coupon they offer towards the full size candle. But I only read about them and haven’t tried any.
Hi, and I hope your son will recover well from his surgery and the shared care taking will help everyone!
As for candles, the Burren Perfumery in Ireland (hey! It’s St. Patrick’s Day, right?) makes candles in tins that I believe are all or fairly high content all natural and they do smell really lovely. I particularly like mint and fennel. They ship worldwide (they do perfumes and body products too) and usually have a first Friday of the month special on Facebook. They ship worldwide, and over a certain amount worldwide shipping is free.
https://burrenperfumery.com/category/candles-teas/candles
I really love the scents because most candles smell artificial to me and these do not.
elke
Interesting! What are your favorite scents from their line?
Wow. Enabler pin for you. I lasted about 4 seconds on that site before purchasing four trial mini candles. Cool looking graphics, and the price was right.
I fully expect that the throw on these will not be vavavoom enough for me–but at $3 a pop, it is worth being proven right or wrong!
I didn’t even have time to share my favorites :)! I really like the fennel mint. I would ask for one of their perfume samples in your order – I’m sure they’ll throw one in for you. I personally liked autumn woods the best when I tried all of them in person a few years ago.
Glad to hear the surgery went well. Enjoy the needed break today, and hope you get another break soon.
Wishing your son a speedy recovery!
I’m do glad that your son’s surgery went well and hope he has a quick recoverey.
I just bought candles in tins from Voluspa. They are made with fractionated coconut oil. I bought Prosecco Rose and Linden and Dark Moss for myself and gave Lemon Sake Blossom to a friend. All are lovely and not terribly expensive. The tins are pretty too.
Recovery…fat fingers…
Glad your son’s surgery went well!
So glad you posted an update, and so glad you’re getting a break!
So happy for you and your son and your family.
Take care and wear lots of perfume.
Glad your son’s surgery went better than expected! Woo hoo!
Rough week, totally unprepared for the swap meet but maybe later today or tomorrow- I do have a few unloved/underutilized things.
Today sprayed a bit of SSS Voile de Violette. It’s still somewhat chilly (a few snowflakes too) but I needed something spring-like.
Sorry it was a rough week! The swap meet is open through a week from Tuesday so you have plenty of time.
Still sickly but I think finally on the mend. Wearing a tad of Iris Poudre.
Hope you get better quickly!
Blergh! Best healing vibes being sent your way~!
Hey, “Scent Your Way” is a good name for some perfume product…
Sorry you are feeling yucky! Hope things turn around fast!
Hope tomorrow is a better day!
Feel better soon. Hugs.
Hope you are feeling better soon!
Hope you feel better very soon, mals!
I was planning on wearing the new F. Malle Music for a While as my SOTD (bought a 10 ml travel spray blind, naughty girl) but after spraying it, I decided it is not for me. Anyway, I had hoped for something gourmand but this is not it. It’s not bad, but I was hoping for a juicy pineapple and some sweets, I got a lot of lavender in the opening then a light ambery drydown. Showering and switching to my new bottle of Goldfield & Banks Desert Rosewood, which is pleasantly woody and sweet.
I have heard nothing but great things about Goldfield & Banks..thus far I have only tried Wood Infusion (which I love…wore it for a week straight after winning a decant of it on Australian Perfume Junkies…very well done and lasts FOREVER on my scent eating skin as it is an extrait)…you got a full bottle? must be REALLY good then
Desert Rosewood is my favourite, but I like White Sandalwood and Pacific Rock Moss as well. I think they are all very well done.
For the Music, was it pineapple tempered by lavender, or was the pineapple altogether scarce?
I did not even notice any pineapple, sadly.
Oh. My. That IS disappointing ????
The promise of pineapple had put the FM on my to-try list also but your comments have tempered my enthusiasm. The new Memo Tamarindo is also supposed to be pineapple. Has anyone tried that?
Smell Bent Ice Station Pineapple smells of pineapple, with added pine and coconut. The pineapple is strong.
Thanks for that recommendation!
I don’t like it very much but it is pineapple…it’s a bit too much of pineapple/coconut combo, like something you should eat or drink
Histoires de Parfums 1804 has a nice pineapple note. It’s not right out front, but it’s definitely present.
Green, green, green and green for me. And a green and white cashmere sweater. And reuben sandwiches for dinner.
Yum I love reubens!
You smell great, love that one!
I was not prepared for the swapmeet so this a.m. has really been a scramble. Whew!
SOTD was MM Lipstick On (see above) which is great fun. About to hit the shower and spray myself down with Misia for a night out at the symphony. They are doing Carmina Burana, which I love love love so am pretty excited. Our local ballet company used to do a version of it, but it’s probably been 10 years since I’ve seen it. I also sang it in choir in college. It’s been an age so I don’t remember any of the words, but I’m not sure I ever knew them anyway LOL.
Forgot it was St Patrick’s day, so downtown Seattle will be utterly miserable tonight. Hopefully the drive will be safe
Enjoy Carmina Burana! I sang it with our symphony 4 years ago or so and what a blast! Oh Fortuna! (I have the score and looked it up. Also couldn’t remember any of the words…).
Yes, it was easily one of my favorite choral pieces to perform!
That opening of CM is the music that accompanied the birth of the universe. Don’t ask me how I know this, I just DO ????
No, I didn’t mean Chocolate Marzipan! I meant Carmina Burana!! ????
Snort! The other day Hajusuuri mentioned a stopover at CdG airport. and for a minute too long to confess I was thinking how clever of her to arrange a stop at a Commes des Garcons airport????
Totally get that! Took me a few heartbeats to figure it out. My cognition is failing fast????
LOL
And the irony is that Chocolate Marzipan both danced to and sang CB many lifetimes ago in her youth…..
Well put! And followed by a big drunken brawl and other such debauchery
CARMINA BURANAAAAAA!!!
Have sung it in concert three times (and it’s not enough).
IDK if other dance companies perform the Kent Stowell-choreographed ballet but it’s stunning. A total and complete feast for the eyes and ears. Recommended if anyone has the chance to see it!
Yes they do (or did) and yes it is
It’s my birthday today, and I am wearing Pacifica Inc. Tahitian Gardenia – a pretty, easy to wear gardenia. Alas, my rollerball started to evaporate, so there is not much left.
Happy Birthday
Happy Birthday Glannys!
Happy Birthday!
Happy Happy Birthday????
Happy Birthday Glannys! Enjoy the day!
Happy birthday!
Happy birthday Glannys!
Happy Birthday!
Happy Birthday Glannys!
Happy happy birthday!!!!
Happy birthday Glannys! (and sorry about your rollerball, that’s a shame)
Happy Birthday, Glannys!!!
Thank you all!
Happy Birthday!
hurray for your birthday! Have a wonderful year.
Happy Birthday!
Happy birthday Glannys!
I have a sick kitty so I just grabbed whatever came to hand first this morning, MFK Amyris femme. I don’t know it I’ll have time to post anything in the Swap thread, but check tomorrow just in case. I have a number of unloved decants that need to go and a couple of bottles.
Oh, sorry about kitty! Hope all goes well.
Hope your kitty gets better soon!
Sorry about the kitty. I hope he/she gets well soon.
Best healing wishes for kitty!
Poor kitty. I hope she feels better tomorrow.
Hoping kitty is better soon.
I hope kitty gets better soon!
Hope kitty is better!
oh gosh, please scritch sick kitty’s chin for me. Hope your day is going ok.
Oh no! Hope kitty recovers soon. Many scritches!
I hope your kitty feels better soon!
Happy St. Patrick’s day! SOTD is Safran Troublant from lovely Monica (thanks!). It’s a strong like/love and reminds me a ton of l’instant de Guerlain.
) made for a busy morning.
The swap meet and breaking up a dog fight in the dog park (not my dog – he’s of course perfect
A smidgen bummed out today because we usually go to a very fun St. Patty’s party with singing and music but the organizer has invited all his closest guy friends (my husband included) on a guy trip to Joshua Tree, so no party this year. I tried to convince my kids that we should practice a song together – they looked at me as if I’d lost my mind.
Of COURSE your dog is perfect! ????
I’m a bit leary of dog parks these days, mostly because people are idiots and have no understanding (or interest) in dog behavior. Also, I have learned that sweet little T-Rex can get a bit scrappy and I have no idea why. I think I may need to consult Caesar Milan…
A lot of people I know from the park stick to the same hours etc. so really it’s the same regular dogs for the most part. But a lot of dogs have certain triggers (my dog does not like German shepherds very much, for example) but then again often can sort things out – today’s fight had no ill results, but the aggressor dog was tiny and screaming and the other dog quite large – but no bites, so that’s good, and no ruffled human feathers either.
At the training center where I took my naughty terrier, all the trainers were very much anti dog park. Their feeling was that dogs should socialize on leash unless they’re with friends.
It was actually good advice for me since my terrier really freaked people out at dog parks. Not dogs, just their owners. Terriers play rough, no matter their relative size (Napoleon complex), and people interpreted it as fighting, even if their dogs knew what was up. (To be clear, this was a 20 lb wire fox terrier, not a pit or staffy
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It is very good advice. Terriers can be quite scrappy, and many dogs breeds, individual dogs, etc, have differing play styles and levels of dominance. My concern is that people often miss the initial red flags, which are often quite subtle to humans. We have to actively pay CLOSE attention to these in order to know when things are moving in the wrong direction and intervene appropriately. There is nothing worse than two dogs seriously going after each other. It make my stomach turn. I don’t ever want to put my dog in that position.
Testing Histories de Parfums 1899 Hemingway this morning while I read blogs, drink coffee, and perform my duty as comfy cat furniture for Miss Lily.
How do you like Hemingway?
I enjoyed it’s spice for a few hours but after that it began to annoy me for some reason so I scrubbed it and inspired by Portia’s Saturday question I put on some Dzing! instead.
Ha!
I love Portia’s Saturday questions
Yes me too! Robin’s NST friday challenge (which falls on a Sat for me) and Portia’s APJ Sat question (which he puts up in time for Sun morning) are my favorite weekend blog things.
Hectic day today with unexpected company which was a pleasant surprise! SOTD is Gris Montaigne.
You smell lovely!
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Heh, unexpected company actually annoys me, no matter who they are (I know, I am selfish with my time and like to plan my weekends, eben if the plan is TBD me time).
‘Me Time’ is sacred!
Ditto! I hate it that my SIL will just drop by to chat unannounced when we are in San Diego. I was planning on doing nothing and she disrupted my plans!
I live in a rural area so it doesn”t happen very often. Thank goodness!
We had a gorgeous spring day here in Galveston today, and my mom and I drove around to view scenery, flowers, and birds. We saw some interesting waders, many kinds of ducks, and a good-sized flock of our beloved roseate spoonbills (big pink birds). I enjoy the water and scenery but it’s another kind of tough weekend with Mom losing first her billfold and then two of her diamond rings. The billfold got located left down in the coffee room (fortunately not taken) and we pulled out bed and cabinets and dressers looking for the rings with no luck. Then today she got dressed and put her hand in her pocket to pull out a Kleenex, and there was one ring. Whew. She swore they had fallen onto the floor and bounced away. I just hope the other one did not get thrown out with a used Kleenex, which is a distinct possibility. It had my grandma’s diamonds in it and I’d hate for her to lose it. Today I wore MFK Grand Soir again and got a nice compliment from a check-out lady who said “It’s not something you just smell every day. It smells very…. French!”
Glad she found her wallet and ring. Hoping she finds the other one!!
So glad that your mom found her wallet and ring. Maybe the other ring will turn up. My mother passed along my grandmother’s engagement ring to me several years ago and I wear it everyday. Although it is quite modest, I love the antique setting and I remember seeing her wear it. Family heirlooms are sentimental treasures.
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Ooo la la to the complement!
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Enjoyed a couple of days in Denver with my love. We had a great time. I was in Kelly Calèche today. He heads back to training tomorrow for the last 2-3 weeks but was glad he had the weekend home. We love Ireland and St. Patrick’s Day! ????????
Nice! Glad you were able to find time to connect with your FIANCÉ despite work travel.
Went to some lovely Irish friends for saint Patrick day dinner, my friend made Irish soda bread and Irish stew, followed by Guiness chocolate cake! Other friends who were also there are farmers and had provided the lamb, it was so good.
I wore OJ Taif, which was my mother’s day gift last weekend, which I’m a bit obsessed with.
Sounds like such a delicious and lovely dinner! And you smell great!
Just heard Rick Steves in a special on travel to Ireland yesterday (on NPR) and he said his favorite thing about Ireland was the soda bread!
Ta’if is so lush…
I had to stop myself from buying soda bread yesterday. They had samples at a local store, and I grabbed more than one as I passed by…
Oh, that dinner sounds incredible. I’d have a million questions for the person who raised the lamb (what a treat!).
Had my corned beef dinner with my parents last night. The recipe my mom found made the corned beef sweet and it wasn’t that great, I like mine really brined and not sweet. Yesterday, I wore Une Rose Vermille. Today I am wearing Lyric.
Both gorgeous scents!
I already basically said this on the swap thread but DANG SWAPPING IS HARD. I think I’ve made this more difficult than it needs to be! Someone should make software for this.
Question: I’m seeing Miller Harris Fleur Oriental on offer by many and I’m tempted, however it would be a blind swap. I’ve just recently tried Sacrebleu Intense (thanks Eschmeling for the split!) and OMG it is incredible! Lots of reviews for the FO say the same thing as they say for the Sacrebleu: it’s a combo of Shalimar and L’Heure Bleue.
For anyone who’s tried Fleur Oriental and the Sacrebleu Intense: Comments? Are they that similar to each other or are both just evocative of the idea of S+L’HB in combination? If I love SI do I need to get FO? Input appreciated from anyone who can offer opinions.
Nothing worthwhile to add, but sometimes you just take a leap of faith with blind buys/swaps. If it doesn’t fit you, there will be future swap meets!
You are making this way too hard on yourself
If you think it’s worth packing up whatever you’ve got and sending it off, go for it.
S+L’HB=WOW! I want to hear more about that please.
Swaps are a challenge, but here at NST we’re up for a perfumed challenge any day, amirite?
I’m taking my time trying to make decants this afternoon, and it feels like a challenge. I thought moving perfume from one container to another would be easy, but my hands get nervous! I started with a splash bottle I could pour from then will work up from there. It’s good fun, after all “it’s just perfume.”
It’s Sunday morning, and sunny, and I don’t have a crazy day planned like I did yesterday, and I don’t have to work. How great is that. I plan to eat pancakes (if my chef ever gets his butt out of bed) and do some reading today. And packing up for the swapmeet. And a few chores, but we won’t think about those.
No scent yet but will be trying the new Diptyques later on. I scrounged samples from Nordstrom. On quick sniff, I liked Tempo less than I’d hoped, and Fleur de Peau more; we’ll see how that plays out on skin.
The SA and I had a bit of a moment about Tom Ford F***ing Fabulous. They have it! A huge display! And the boxes all come with a little black ribbon tied around them to hide the offending word. Hahahahahaha… rather voids the point of the name, eh?
Ha, that’s F***ing Funny! Enjoy your pancakes and lazy Sunday ????
I love pancakes. My DH is passed out hung over in bed after a wild night on the town so I just had toast and tea, which was fine because it was my own home-made challah which is delicious.
I also scrounged Diptyque samples from Nordies, Fleur de Peau was invisible on me, haven’t tried Tempo yet but don’t expect to love it. I did love the new Aesop Hwyl (pronounced like quill). It’s a softer more wearable version of CdG Hinoki, without all the terpenes.
Cute about the TF. When I was there, the SA asked if I had tried « the new Tom Ford » and I asked, « oh, F*cking Fabulous? » and she sighed in relief and replied « I’m so glad you said it first so I didn’t have to! »
That’s really a hard place for a SA to be in. Now that I’m actually thinking about it. It gives creepy, weirdo customers an excuse to be more creepy. Saying this from my own retail experience.
Ha I have some creepy stories when I worked retail. I actually wanted to be a therapist, so I guess the one customer felt comfortable to tell me, a stranger, about some things. ????
Hmmmm, why did the mind go to F***ing Fabulous when the newest one is Vanille Fatale?
I am waiting for my sample of Tempo (Barney’s has not come through yet and I will be asking my SA about it…and if she had not sent it yet, shame on her, I will ask for Fleur de Peau as well).
You kill me ????
Had my semi-weekly potluck dinner with friends last night, and one brought a tipsy cake made with home made challah. It was, in a word, delicious. Just throwing you an idea for your next batch…..
I saw the same ribbon technique at NM too – and the whole d@mn bottle was underneath this hunkin glass cylinder thing. I was like, do they want me to smell it or not? I didn’t want to be bothered with all of it (my hands were full of stuff already and there was no counter space to put anything down, and the display seemed to indicate that an SA’s assistance was required in order to partake). Too many other things that are way too accessible!
It’s like when I’m sniffing around a display at some store and suddenly realize that I’ve managed to get behind the counter where only SAs are supposed to be…. and they’re giving me that “Can I help you???” look. And I’m all, “Oh whoops! OK I’ll be leaving now!”
Please don’t set embarrassment traps for me while I’m shopping. I can do that well enough on my own!
Bwahahaha! I have ended up behind the counter myself, a time or two. And only sometimes deliberately
LOL I almost did this the other day. Good to hear I’m not the only one ;D
I think the open display configuration is meant to be more inviting and yes, I’ve wandered off to behind the counter and would wait to see how the SAs would react and none of them really do because I probably scare them with my focused attention to sampling and looking.
I was at a sephora once and pulled some empty atomizers out of an open drawer in the perfume section. “Handy!” I thought, having them out like that.
An SA sprinted over to me and LOST her mind.
Was also just looking at sephora online and they have F***ing Fabulous, no blacking out of the words on the bottle, though I didn’t notice how it was listed on the link.
Maybe his next scent will be F***cking Overpriced, which is all I see when I peruse Tom Ford fare.
Sad but true! Tom, you’re a handsome man, but way too OTT for me.
Oh, I hope that’s the flanker!
Tom is generally over-priced but I love a couple of them! My Noir de Noir being one. Handsome and OTT would be a perfect description, as Deva states above lol!
Ok, total fail today. I’m in a single spritz of Bakelite today from a generous NSTer, and surely I’m missing something… what in the world is it that people love about this one? It’s not a scrubber, but leaves me totally unmoved. What am I missing? ????
I could not get that one off me fast enough. And then I double-bagged it and put the sample OUTSIDE. Epic fail on me.
Oh hey, now I don’t feel so bad ????
I did that with SL Serge Noire. Biohazard material.
*snort*????
Oh, also, a friend was at Luckyscent after it came out and the SA begged her not to spray the tester, nobody liked it.
Ha! The only sample I’ve ever double-bagged and put outside the house ASAP was Guerlain Insolence edp. (I’m cussing under my breath, remembering it.)
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I was also unmoved.
We can be unmoved together ????
I haven’t tried this parfume yet but I had my share of those moments including both just “meh” reaction and even genuine repulsion (I don’t want even to give a link here – not to offend at least several people who like and wear that perfume ;), but if you’re curious look for The Royal Nonesuch of Perfume in Past Reflections on my blog).
Oh, I will check that out! Mayhap you are obliquely referencing the “Crypt” scent aka Chypre Mousse? Pretty sure that is an unfavorite of yours? I find it endlessly amazing how subjective scents (and “beauty” in general) are…???????? ????
I think someone needs to explore this in a very scientific, erudite manner. It would make for an interesting thesis subject!
Yep, that one
And that surprised me much more than any “meh-s”: I clearly either can smell something that others don’t, or the other way around, I’m a anosmic to some ingredients that together with the rest produce amazing combination that others appreciate.
I have not tried this yet but may have a dabber sample lurking somewhere. It sounds like I don’t need to hunt it down just to see how it smells.
For some reason, I though I remember you raving about this one…when I saw it in my generous box of samples, I was delighted because I was sure I’d like it based on the fact we frequently have parallel taste in perfumes…Which compounded my confusion when I had such a non-response to it.
Not sure which regular NST commenter raved about it but it seems that it had captured the fancy of a number of perfume review bloggers…
I’ve not smelled it but find the Bakelite concept rather odd. I wore something recently that made me think of Melamine (and not in a good way.) I’m not sure Melamine has a scent, but that’s what came to mind – and come to think of it, it was Tauer Amber Flash.
Melamine will outlive is all! When future life forms are picking over our leavings here on earth, they will find melamine, tires, and sand made of brightly colored bits of plastic. Sad.
On my second day off in a row! Being lazy, except planning a trip to the big mall with my daughter. I’m trying out Atelier Rendez-vous. Liking it very much. I think it’s similar to Botegga Veneata, maybe a little sweeter. I’m pretty sure I messed up the spelling, but to lazy to fix it ☺
???????????????? Two thumbs up for lazy Sundays!
Busy decanting and preparing swaps, so I am reeking havoc. Will shower and wear Alahine today. Yay sunshine! It’s been raining here off and on for a week. The wisteria is blooming.
I love wisteria! Tried to grow it at home in Florida. Nope. Not gonna happen. Enjoy it!
Monyette oil again. It’s tenacious and mellows out to a coconutty scent.
After you mentioned it yesterday, I had to go over to luckscent and investigate….????
Oh boy! Some of the reviews are harsh, but that ok. ????
Oh, I didn’t even look at reviews! Lol! I’m pretty sure we have similar likes, I went to do a price check. ????
Idylle Love Blossom for me today.
Amusing moment yesterday with my Dad. I had to call Amazon and ask if they would allow me to return a pair of jeans that no longer had the tags. I ordered a pair of black skinny jeans to be shipped here. It arrived before I did. Dad opened the package, thought it was for him, threw out the tags and packaging…because it was garbage day (he’s a very efficient man) I asked if he tried them on. He did. Of course they didn’t fit, but he assumed they were a gift.
I’m trying to imagine my Dad in a pair of women’s skinny jeans…. Gotta love Amazon…they were fine taking them back.
Oh! And I made a point of going to Cost Plus World Market nearby…because of the soap lemmings Robin posted sometime back. Bought an orange blossom one from Portugal. Gorgeous scent.
Hilarious about the pants! You smell great too.
LOL about the pants!
I got lemminged too with the soaps and got the lavender soaps in an antique-look tin. Very nice tin…and very nice scent through the cellophane… I will use one of these when my current soap melts to nothing.
Do you expect that to happen in this decade?
I recently noticed that my soaps last forever. I hope it doesn’t mean I don’t wash enough 
I’ve had “Soap that would not die” and those I eventually just stop using. I am currently using one of the L’Occitane Bonne Mere soap which should last for another 2 weeks,then I’ll switch to one of the lavender soaps…I am also, of course, wanting to use one of the SMN Iris soaps, of which I have 3. You knew I had a soap obsession, right?
You dad is a champ! He must have been completely confused by that “gift!”
Currently wearing TokyoMilk Bulletproof, sitting by the window in a cafe with chai. Wearing smoky eyeshadow, having just picked up an old French DVD from the library. I have to laugh, it all sounds so moody and the sun is shining.
Just bought a $7 bottle of Tea Rose which i guess I’ll have until it turns. Very nice, and I’ll probably fill up a travel spray bottle with it for my mom. So big!
I’ve got one of those big bottles, too
I’ve used it as a room spray and to scent my post-shower body oil mix. For $7, why not?
+1 for PW Tea Rose! Everyone should have a bottle.
Monday already here in Australia so back yo the office I go.
SOTD: Guerlain’s Vetiver EdT.
Day 3 of Lipstick On. I am smitten.
It is pretty great.
I’m not a particular fan of lipstick scents (I had ELDO PdP which had a lipstick vibe, but never reached for it.) but I really like that name. It seems very certain, determined, and confident.
I am late to comment on this site as the leprechauns kept me busy yesterday (even though I don’t even have a drop of Irish in my). My scent for yesterday was CdG Amazing Green.