Tuesday, and World Theater Day. What fragrance are you wearing?
It's still not quite spring here, but I'm trying to hurry it along with L’Artisan Jacinthe des Bois, from perfumer Anne Flipo. Tea at the moment is Organic English Breakfast from Upton.
Reminder: on 3/30, to honor Women's History Month, wear a fragrance by perfumer Germaine Cellier or Josephine Catapano, if you have one. If you don't, wear a fragrance by any female perfumer.
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 Cardew Design Crosswords Teapot is around $18 at Amazon.
Romantina, my go to calm, sweet, nice scent today. Needed something NICE. Weekend ended with a threat of a shooting at one of our schools, (non threat, just a crazy vagrant they say and the store dd not sell to him) but parents all over the district in an uproar. Just as we start school Monday and are reassuring parents we have protocols we practice… a gas leak and we have to evaluate to the far side of the playground. What a day! Kids did great, guy was caught late Monday, again non credible threat … Facebook and panic ridden parents is a 21st century evolution. I wish I could float away in a cloud of rose ikebana or some such peaceful scent…
Oh no! I’m sorry to hear that, but glad everything is OK.
I had a similar situation at work yesterday morning with a 3 hour lockdown. The culprit turned out to be a 12 year old. Scary out there.
wow. I think I would feel worse if it was a kid, somehow? Glad you are ok
I have been dwelling on it. This kid is going to have a felony on his record. It really makes me sad.
Wow, so upsetting! Hugs to you!
Take care of yourself. That’s not easy to deal with.
WHAT??? A 12-year old? (Shaking my head.) So sorry Petunia!
Geez. So sorry!
Handing you a cup of tea…
Good Grief!
This is all so scary, I’m sorry. Romantina really is a calming beautiful scent.
Gracious…sending you a virtual cloud of rose ikebana!
Speaking of calm, sweet, nice scents my SOTD is Sarah Horowitz’s Perfect Veil oil. I have a tiny sample, and I would be interested in more, but herbsite doesn’t give any quantities that I can see for any of her products. I find that so annoyingly pretentious that I may withhold in turn my $$.
huh, I have not been to her website, but I have seen her perfume on Lucky Scent and on QVC, they were selling an ounce of perfect veil with a roller ball of a layering scent for $40. This one is on my list, but so are so many other scents
Wow
sending you more virtual clouds of Rose Ikebana!
Sorry! Hope Romantina is helping in some way!
I nominate your day as “Worst Day” in a long while…..glad it’s over!
Ohh, shellyw, I’m so sorry for you and all of the kids and parents. I marched this weekend in the small city in live in just north of Seattle. There have been multiple massacres in this area and a teen boy was arrested for a (very seriously credible; automatic weapons purchased and all) planned school shooting the day before Parkland. I was happy to be at the march to support the kids in this area who’ve already suffered and face daily anxiety about what might happen next. I grieve for our entire nation and am committed to doing what I can to help.
Sending calming thoughts your way! So sorry for you all to go through that.
Are you in San Mateo area? That was scary – my kids are in that schools district
Strength to you, too. clarissa.
Sending virtual hugs and chocolate. Take care of yourself.
Sending you massive virtual hugs. The school that I work at had two similar incidents in the two days immediately after the Parkland shooting, and I know the terrible anxiety involved. Make sure you take care of yourself – I know that the stress involved in having to be “the grown up” in that situation is really acute.
Rose Ikebana is absolutely lovely therapy, by the way.
Sending you thoughts of perfume, peace, and a soothing hot drink, Shellyw.
Oof, how scary
Glad you are ok! It is ridiculous and infuriating that schools have stopped being safe places.
Arielle Shoshana, which I just received from the lovely Mals. This stuff really puts a smile on my face.
It is such a happy scent! Glad you are enjoying.
I have a decant en route – so excited!!
Scent twins! And from the same source in the splitmeet.
I am really enjoying this scent, much more than I expected to. It is perfect for spring, in that it smells like fun and exuberance. It also manages to smell BOTH purple AND yellow AT THE SAME TIME!!!!! How did the perfumer do that?
My perfume grinch partner sniffed this, then sniffed again and again! He pronounced it more interesting than what I usually wear, and said it smelled like candy. There is definitely a sweet fruit aspect to it that could be considered candy-like.
Two thumbs up. It is quite long lasting (and fairly strong). Bonus that the nose behind this is a woman!
it was a surprise love for me too! love the purple & yellow comment – my favorite color combo
You have a Perfume Grinch too! LOL! It’s always good when they like something!
I suspected I would have some splitmeet doppelgangers today! I applied just a tiny dab because I wasn’t sure what to expect and then I loved it and now it’s gone and I’m sad. I’m definitely thinking I will wear it more in summer.
That perfume is joy in a bottle! Enjoy it!
Enjoying Black Cashmere from the swapmeet. Wow! This is my kind of incense until I found out it’s discontinued & goes for upwards of over $300 for a bottle on ebay.
What’s like it?
Sorry for the tease ????
All your fault!
Black Cashmere is the bomb. You smell great!
Wow, does it? I thought in the newer shampoo-ish bottle it would be not that bad, but now I’m afraid to go look!
Black Cashmere is wonderful. If you want the scent on the cheap, Beauty Encounter (no affiliation) has the shower gel for small $. I have some, it’s fab.
Hmm. I’ve not had much luck with shower gels based on a perfume.
Black Cashmere is a gorgeous incense and one of my faves. You smell fantastic!
I’m not sure where you are, floragal, but I see much less expensive offers when I Google it here in DC, even for the vintage. Also, ebay often rewards patience.
Ebay does reward patience. I’ve been rewarded in the past. Thanks for the encouragement.
15% off today on eBay! Code PREPSPRING
Rose Nacree du Desert
Tea: Yuzu Temple
Monkey’s request is to listen to Marc Anthony all morning..so its a major dance party here.
Will make my way to Ulta later today to check out the lippy that an enabler NSTer recommended to me yesterday..
Please post about it, I’m curious and may go to Ulta tomorrow, too!
Oh good! Have fun!
Enabler! HA!
What color did you get again?
I can’t see the name because it’s so small lol, but it is dark burgandy. It goes on lighter than it looks. It’s on the drugstore side, but they still had testers. It’s like 3 dollars.
Today’s SOTD is Shiseido’s Zen (original in the black bottle).
Delighted to know that another NSTer wears this! I love it, though I wish it had a tad more oomph (maybe spraying liberally makes a difference; I’m a light applier). Wore it yesterday to get me through a long series of work meetings.
You smell great!
A few weeks ago, I tried the current version at Macy’s. I really liked it, and asked about the price. Two SA told me that they didn’t sell it anymore. I said, then why is the tester still on the counter? They both blamed a phantom SA for not putting it away, and then they still left it on the counter. Then I checked the website, and it said that yes, this store does carry it. I think they just didn’t want to open up any drawers. Lol
Hi lillyjo,
Well isn’t that a bummer! I adore many of the older Shiseido scents, Inoui, Feminite du Bois, Zen and Murasaki are favorites.
I have an older bottle of vintage Zen, let me know if you want a smidge.
I’m at ldetrich at yahooooo dot com.
Inoui was gorgeous. I had a tiny decant I used up fast a few years ago because it was so unavailable, and so lovely.
mals, I need to follow your lead and use them or lose them.
Ohhh, I am so jealous. I had that back in the day and loved it so much. Now it’s nothing like.
I toyed with the idea of buying some of that in my early rabbit-hole days (which consisted mostly of buying bottles I wanted or had when I was a teenager.) My friends’ very Zen hippy aunt, who studied meditation in San Francisco (which seemed very exotic at the time,) had a bottle in her little seaside cottage.
I never quite wrapped my head around what it smells like. It’s often referred to as a rose, but IIRC the reviews I read were kind of conflicting. Thoughts?
The newer version is sweet spicy/floral, but the older version is a beautiful powdery rose, without aldehydes and a slight incense and woods dry down. Wears close to the skin but with nice staying power.
Today I have joined Bandit gang (Germaine Cellier) which was started by SmokeyToes and jjlook yesterday.
I will probably join the group tomorrow!
You smell awesome!
I will probably wear Bandit again tomorrow….
I really like that teapot Robin !
Rocking 4160 Centrepiece Extrait by the wonderful Sarah McCartney.
This version is a real stunner with honey, chocolate and musk.
Isn’t that fun? It’s apparently a decal over porcelain, though, which is a little less fun.
More fun would be multiple decals so you could put a new one on with each pot of tea…
I”m not on board the project yet, but am wearing SL Jeux de Peau.
(Autocorrect made another new perfume title out of that one: Jeux de Beau.)
Ha! Jeux de Beau sounds very romantic.
Lol I read “Peau de Beau,” which is decidedly more creepy.
LOL
I hope your hip is doing well. Nice perfume!
I wore that yesterday! You smell superb. Hope the recovery has started nicely.
Daim Blond today from the swapmeet (thanks, Nancyleandros!). I’m in love with it, but saddened that it’s so fleeting on me. A FB is not out of the question, though.
I like it a lot
Me too! ????
Glad you’re loving it!
Feeling zen in Lumiere Blanche courtesy of kpaint. This is a lovely scent while it lasts.
The nose is female so maybe half-credit.
You smell wonderful.
Thanks! I really love it! I have a lot to confess to Donatella this quarter! ????
Enjoy your zen moment
Oh, good! So happy to hear it is working for you!
Love at first sniff! Thanks for the decant!
I love this one! I have a decant of it, and think I might have to get a FB someday.
I was going to go for one of the 3 Lynn Harris compositions in my Cire Trudon coffret , but Bruma was calling me(Antoine Li). Sorry, Lynn. Later this week…
I also spritzed a little AC Iris Rebelle on my hand for comparison. Definitely some similarities. The AC is drier and less sweet. Bruma is more feminine. But I’m liking the AC more each time I try it.
I seem to be drawn to perfumes that have a dryness to them. Although, I haven’t tried any of these, I’m sure you smell lovely today!
I am too, as long as it isn’t too bitter. The AC is a smidge bitter, but in a good way. I’ll snag you a sample next time I’m at Sephora.
Aww… You are the BEST!
I’m liking that one, too. The Sephora VIB sale is sometime in April (my sister said it was the last two weeks…?), so I may pick up a travel spray of it. My excuse is that I have need for a new EBP for my purse.
VIB?
Stands for very important beauty insider? I think? It relates to the intermediate spending level for point perks at Sephora.
Looks like last year it started April 18 (judging by my order history.)
This rainy, not-quite-spring morning is brought to you by Apres L’Ondee.
Perfect.
Lovely.
I’m wearing Beyond Paradise.
I have not worn Beyond Paradise in a long time. I need to make it more visible in my cabinet. It is beautiful!
I always read that as “Beyoncé” Paradise…!
Wearing Tom Ford Sahara Noir. I think I was fortunate to have chosen it this morning to give me some peace and patience. As soon as I entered the office, not even reaching my desk yet, still with my coat on and my bag on my shoulder, one of my coworkers approached me to tell me that whatever I have done in one of our projects was totally wrong! Managenent wanted her to fix “my mess”. Excuse me! Did you ever find out from me the location of the latest files???? What you have in your hands is the original design and after a meeting with “management” last week we coordinated the changes with the lead engineer. Now, it seems that everybody forgot that the latest design that I work on for 2 weeks was reviewed and approved by them last Thursday!!!. They all forgot???? Sorry about my rant, but incompetence is one of the things that I cannot handle well.
I will drink now the spearmint-lavender tea from the swapmeet (thanks NancyLeandros) with my late breakfast. At least I am smelling great! ????.
I’m gritting my teeth for/with you!!
Hope the tea and your terrific scent will help a bit…
They helped a lot!
Sahara Noir is so lovely!
Try to take some deep breaths..this too shall pass.
I have always loved Sahara Noir. I regret that I did not buy a full bottle before it was discontinued, but my small decant will last still for a while.
That’s a rude clueless coworker. You do smell great though. Hope the day goes by fast.
Thank you! Hope so too!
I hate working with people like that- always so busy looking to find other people in the “wrong” they never even do their own work. Sheesh! I hope things smooth out soon.
The crazy thing is that the he original design by the architect did not work with the engineer’s for many weeks. They had many problems with it and I was not involved in it. After coordination meetings they finally agreed on a final design and I was the one fixing and expediting things to meet a deadline. But what I still do not understand is how they decided last night that the old files where the final ones after they had in their hands the final results of my work last week. Things here are most of the time like that… senseless.
Yep, senseless and inefficient. Drives me bonkers. ???? hope the week turns around for you.
Omg, been there – so frustrating. Deep breaths and tea and yes, smelling gooooood!
Thanks!
Ugghhhh! How annoying. Here’s hoping Tom Ford provides you with the equanimity this situation requires. Stay strong.
Trying my best!
Sounds very frustrating! Treat yourself well tonight!
I will!
My Instagram today is just for you, perfumelover67!
Enjoy….
https://www.instagram.com/p/Bg1lRR8hpXD/?taken-by=jadainga99
Oh! I wish I could print it and hang it on the wall!!!! It is so true!
LOL! Reminds me of a magnet I had on my filing cabinet:
We don’t believe in miracles, we rely upon them.
I love that and it’s SO TRUE!!
So incredibly frustrating!!!!!! Hope your afternoon better!
My H is a land surveyor who mostly works on big civil projects and runs into that all the time. I am a former land surveyor (worked mostly in land use) and used to run into that all the time, too. Before I made any such accusations, you can bet I did a thorough search of all the files – both digital and hard copy. That’s just sloppy, and frankly, lazy. And leads to expensive mistakes.
I also constantly ran into issues with different people working on different versions because they were so randomly stored on our servers. I made it my mission at my last job to make sure the survey dept digital and hard-copy files were organized in a such way that there was no question about which iteration was current. That s*** drove me absolutely crazy. I also deleted a lot of stuff that was unnecessarily hanging around and would only serve to confuse people. Our server was littered with garbage like that. grrrrr
Anyway, I hear you! Hope things go more smoothly from here on out!
Digitals files there sometimes are very messy depending on the project and people working on it. In this particular case was not so terrible. However, what it infuriated me was that they all had hard copies that were reviewed and approved. When they were looking for the final documents and drawings late on Friday they never paid attention to the dated submission folder where they were all located. They looked for them in the working/progress folder, where the previous documents are stored. I just wonder how after their review and approval they came to the conclusion that I have never worked on anything. What the approval of final design was based on then? Since managament changed more than a year ago, everything has been a disaster. We go from one aggravation to another.
I hope the day is better tomorrow.
Ugh…deep breaths… Hang in there!
I need to take a breathing therapy course if I want to survive there.????
You smell great, and you are amazing. Sorry about the terrible start to your work day.
Thank you! Fortunately, I am already home trying to relax!
I will say “ARGH!!!” for you in my comment, in case you can’t.
Thank you! I do not know how I could control my temper, but everything was painfully clarified.
Painful for them, or painful for you? Sounds decidedly unpleasant. ????
Painful for them!
At my workplace, my co-worker friend and I and work mostly by spreadsheets and emails, with no direct face-to-face with customers as a rule.
However we still run across our fare share of frustrating situations, trust me!! In an effort to fix things occasionally we will have to send back a “stinger” email to get our point across (even though they may not necessarily feel the burn due to carefully chosen words).
I hope you got your “stinger” points across! And sorry you had such a crappy day. Deep breaths????
As you said we have to be very careful with the words chosen. Despite, I control myself all the time, they could see the anger in my face today. For them was also embarrassing because they could not justify the approval of something that was ready to be submitted, but that “suddenly” disappear and it was messed up again? And all the situation because they did not find the location of the files, that were so visible for everyone. So frustrating!
Grrrrr! Hope your day got better >:o
I survived!
First Van Cleef & Arpels eau de toilette
Just lovely… sigh…
I’m working my way through some 4160 Tuesdays samples in preparation for a skype conversation with founder and perfumer Sarah McCartney at Arielle Shoshana on Saturday. Yay, Women’s Month!
Last night I stopped by The Black Narcissus blog and read this review of fragrances from the expensive but possibly worth it English brand Henry Jacques (and of course I’m now obsessed with the impossibility of sniffing them):
https://theblacknarcissus.com/2018/03/26/swoon-the-best-lavender-i-have-ever-smelled-and-the-most-gorgeously-ecstatic-tuberose-vert-galant-dentelle-dans-la-coeur-by-henry-jacques/
Has anyone tried these?
No, but this totally makes me want to fly to London, stat.
Enjoy Saturday, I look forward to hearing about it!
There are those among us who *do* occasionally fly off to London… not that I would ever lead anyone into temptation. ????
Oh dang. I did not need another tuberose lemming, especially one that Neil likes…
It was HEARTLESS of him to review it.
So I was excited about it… and then I went and read the review. HOLY COW EXPENSIVE.
Sigh. I should just use up my Carnal Flower decant.
I haven’t tried them ( no surprise there ) but I remember Henry Jacques was featured in that Al Jazeera documentary about oud. Definitely worth a trip.
I hope you’re well and enjoying the last days of winter weather. Have you read any good books recently?
Kanuka, unfortunately, I am spending too much time on the internet, some drawn-out tasks, and training to have completed any book recently, but I have started the second book in the astonishing Chinese science fiction trilogy by Liu Cixin that began with Three Body. Definitely worth reading if you have any tolerance for speculative fiction.
Added to my list is The Square and the Tower by historian Niall Ferguson, as a result of attending a talk he gave here. Caveat: he is involved in some political controversies, particularly regarding his wife. Nonetheless, I find much of interest in his thesis that historians have tended to focus on formal hierarchies (partly because their research depends heavily on archives maintained by governments) and have missed the role of informal but influential networks. He compares the 17 and 18th centuries with our own, particularly the impact of the printing press with the rise of the internet and social media. One focus is the clash between official state religions and the new denominations that sprung up when the Bible was translated and printed, the Reformation and Counterreformation, and comparing that era with the rise of Populism, through social media, in our own time.
When I don’t stop by NST, I often wonder how you and waterdragon are doing in the opposite season and time of day.
Oooh thanks Nozknoz those sound interesting. Added to my kindle samples so I remember to check them out.
I’ve never really been too interested in speculative fiction so it’s time I changed. I just read this review from the London Review of Books
https://www.lrb.co.uk/v40/n03/nick-richardson/even-what-doesnt-happen-is-epic
I like the sound of the Niall Ferguson too.
I’ve been trying to find information about Maori who were converted to mormonism in NZ in the 1800s and then went off for years at a time to the Salt Lake Temple…just seems like such a strange story. It’s just one of those research digressions that slipped up on me. All well here! I’m hoping to visit with Waterdragon in June.
I would LOVE to chat with Sarah McCartney….she’s a hoot!
Enjoy and have fun with her!
I follow Arielle Shoshana on instagram and desperately wish I could go to the event on Saturday. It was the pink gin drinks she posted that won my heart. Alas, I will be in Canada, so I definitely won’t be able to make it. Maybe I can convince my parents to buy pink gin?
Trying St. Clair First Cut — I expected green but instead it’s reading as a vanillic lavender.
my wonky nose reads it as bergamot, lavender absolute and sweet honeyed hay….
Yep, I get citrus and hay in there too, but overall I’d call it a lavender with vanilla (which is a combo I like!)
Me too!!! Definitely full bottle worthy for me
Do you think you might be reviewing this house one of these days on BdJ
????
I have slowed way down on reviewing (I just have too many projects!!) but maybe!
Please free up your schedule in service of those of us who love your reviews!
Ginger Musk on neck, Soleil de Capri in wrists and a tiny drop of Sublime on hand to test.
last night tested Starry, Starry Night…very dry and smoky to my nose.
wow..thats a lot of drops of perfume everywhere!
The Ginger Musk is barely detectable which is not what I was expecting from a MOntale…the Soleil is a lovely citrus so it reads pleasant and not overpowering…and the Sublime is only detectable to me when I press my nose against my hand…I just really wanted to test it and did not want to wait until later
Although you should know by now that I tend to go big with my spraying-LOL!
Still limited in choices, so I’m in Kelly Caleche again. I may just wear it all week!
Had a nice and fun sister visit yesterday. Had lunch, went to her hairdresser to get a cut and paid close to a third of my normal price….which was good, since it was more or less a trim/reshaping. And then enjoyed a nice talk over Manhattans.
That sounds wonderful!
I’m kind of appalled by how much my very inexpensive stylist charges. Especially since I color, too ????
It’s a little cooler than usual here today, so I’m sneaking in one more wear of Dzing. I only wore it three times this winter – must rectify next year . . .
I think I will join you in Dzing! today. Yay for Olivia Giacobetti!
You both smell gorgeous!
I was digging through my collection with Friday in mind, and I realized that I have A LOT of Giacobetti – Dzing, Passage d’Enfer, En Passant, Eau Egyptienne, and Philosykos. Plus I didn’t realize she did Ofresia, which I just discovered a week or two ago. I’m certainly a fan . . .
SotD = Eau des Merveilles
EdM, my old friend, I’ve missed you. It’s funny to think how noses are so different, yet we all can find “the one” that fits perfectly. (Or more than “one,” who am I kidding, right?) Yesterday was supposed to be for EdM, but my hand reached for the “sad iris” instead.
Lovely Hiris was comforting and very fitting as my family spent yesterday celebrating the life of my late grandad. He had 4,862 Tuesdays, and spent many of them doing exactly what he wanted to do, right up to the very last.
Love you, Grandad!
This is so touching. Your grandad sounds like he had the right idea about life. Every time I see EdM, I think of you.
It sounds like he had a good life.
Grandads are so,so special! I had two I loved dearly. Treasure your memories with yours.
What a wonderful tribute to your grandfather.
He sounds like quite the guy. I’m glad you got to have so much time with him.
You smell absolutely beautiful.
It sounds like you have a lot of wonderful memories of your Granddad.
What a nice tribute to your Grandad!
My mother would have been gaga over that teapot. She loved tea (Irish loose leaf black, mostly) and crosswords. Every Sunday my dad started the Chicago Tribule puzzle and my mother finished it.
SOTD is left over Ummagumma from a before bedtime spritz last night. Umm-umm good!
Cracks me up that he started and she finished!
Good morning Y’all…..
Wearing the original Burberry today. I have grown to LOVE this scent…when I first purchased it I wasn’t sure it was going to work for me. It’s warm and cozy on this freezing cold morning!
Two Smelly News Alerts:
She doesn’t have many followers, which makes me believe that a bunch of us didn’t know about her channel!
1. Did y’all know that Sarah McCartney has a YouTube channel about 4160 Tues? She is such a delight to watch, and that fabulous Brit accent is so nice to listen to!
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCi6Ebkjd5hWtZffi1Mric7A
2. The Body Shop is having another 40% sale, and has a freebie everyday this week with online purchases. (Don’t know about in-store). I had some rewards to spend, so I have a little Body Shop fragrance haul on the way…. (Donatella would love it…)
Good Morning! And why, this is MOST welcome news indeed!
great PSA’s Jaida, thanks!
Will definitely check out this channel. I heard you mentioned on Beauty Meow the other day. Yay you!????
cool! I’ll have to find that! Maybe her video on buying frags online? Love her channel!
I’m currently doing a #30Scentsin30Days challenge on Instagram! Then I’ll do some summary videos on YouTube!
https://www.instagram.com/jadainga99/
Yes, the part 2 video. She gave you a nice shout out, and did one of your questions. Looking forward to your new content.
Ah, I’ll have to follow you on Insta!
I just followed you on Instagram. I almost fell off my chair when I saw the “Arizona Blonde” tarantula ????
Just another part of my motherhood journey that I never would have predicted….the middle kid LOVES pets of all kinds! LOL
I went INSANE at the 40% Body Shop sale last year – I still have an unopened bottle of British Rose shower gel AND an unopened Satsuma body butter, plus some Satsuma shower gel. And I shower every day!
Bond No 9 Chinatown is my SOTD, and I am drinking a cup of Farmer Brothers Orange Bliss tea.
Smelling beautiful in Chinatown!
Happy Tuesday!
1) And back to the gray weather we all know and love in Portland! BUT! The cherry blossoms and plum blossoms are out, the magnolias are starting to bloom and the spring bulbs are showing!
2) Am in Prada Iris Cedre (from the mini dabber set)- perfect for today.
3) Coffee with homemade almond milk and a sweet roll with raisins from the Vietnamese/French bake shop. Not quite Hot Cross Buns, but pretty darn good!
I’ve been wanting to make homemade almond or cashew milk but it seems daunting! I love spring when everything finally starts budding- such a happy time!
I’m wearing the sadly discontinued Parfums de Nicolai Mimosaique. I unearthed my decant last week when going through my collection for possible swap items and found that it has evaporated from 20ml to about 10ml. So sad. Decants evaporating are killing me lately.
I’ve got a super busy day at work as I have two different project deadlines that both go live tomorrow. Focus time!
It’s the perfume version of Russian roulette. I’ve had all sorts of containers evaporate, and the same exact type and source last forever.
I need to parafilm all of my more valuable ones, but then that deprives me of the pleasure of randomly sniffing the stoppers to enjoy without having to actually wear them (never enough time or skin, and some are more interesting to just sniff than to wear).
Yes, I should go through and methodically parafilm anything that doesn’t have it already.
And it’s the same thing for me – the same decant bottle type behaves differently. Weird.
I hear you on the parafilm conflict. It can be frustratingly hard to peel off, too. I like plumber’s tape (the teflon type) since it’s easy to remove, but can also be wrapped back on – but I’m not sure it’s as effective against evaporation?
Un Bois Vanille today which is nice…quite coconutty to my nose.
I got a lot of coconut out of that one too.
Me three.
Ebay is at it again…no affiliation.
Spring Black Friday Coupon
15% Off Everything!*
Hurry, ends today at 8pm PT! Use code
PREPSPRING. Min. $25 purchase.
*casts no-buy aside*
A bottle of Insolence edt is mine (yay! it comes in 30 ml!) Double enabler pins for you!
And now I’ll spray the rest of my decant, since I can. Day 2 as my SOTD.
Thanks! I availed myself of Kilian Sweet Redemption.
SOTD sylvaine delacourte dovana
first impressions: very pretty, coconutty, smells like hair product from salon, maybe “It’s a 10”?
it’s very nice!
I love “it’s a 10” smell
Myths Woman by Amouage today, and it’s…weird. Unfortunately I’m just not in a mental place to appreciate weird today – I’ll have to remember to pull it out again at another time.
That is a weird one.
I love it but have to be in the right mood for it.
Cold rain here today. Both kids have dentist appointments. The dentist is great (specializing in special needs children) but the office manager is awful, and gives me anxiety. I understand she has a job to do, but she has no people skills whatsoever. I’m wearing Narciso White Cube, for the coziness.
Good luck with the office manager. I hooe it’s not too stressful.
LOL White Cube — this brand is so confusing that we’d have to post photos to be sure everyone is clear which one we’re talking about. Even then, variations in monitors might be a problem.
Best identified by color and shape!
I stole the White Cube name from someone here. I can’t keep any of them straight, especially the pink and black tall rectangular ones.
I’m in Rania J. Lavande 44 today. Felt very crispy on this chilly day.
Not participating today – Jo Malone Blackberry & Bay. Had a had time picking something. It’s chilly now but going to be warm later (normal San Diego weather). B&B seemed to fit the bill – checked the perfumer, but it’s a guy. Maybe tomorrow!
You smell great!
You smell lovely!
SOTD is vintage Jolie Madame parfum, from a little mini with a bakelite cap. Hat tip to Mme Cellier, this is lovely.
I have several of those. I love them.
One of my all -time favorites! You smell lovely!
Hmm… bakelite caps. I wonder when they stopped making those.
I’m wearing PK Perfume’s Cuir Moderne, plus about 3 others, from a fab sample pack Petunia sent me. So far this morning, my favorite is Ginger Zest de Citron.
Finally managed to get my taxes done, so I’m fairly pleased with myself this morning.
OOH! I liked that one too! Along with Gold Leather and Red Leather (which smells like a smoky version of Giorgio’s Red)…have you tried Violet Chocolatiere or Cafe Diem yet? I think those two are my favorite. Starry Starry Night was a bit too smoky and dry for my taste.
I did try the Violet Chocolatiere last night – at first, it was a little too much Tootsie Roll, but it did subside into something a little more wearable after an hour or so. I was hoping that Cafe Diem would be a huge blast (and a lingering one) of coffee, but it turned out to be quite floral on my skin. Weird, since there aren’t really floral notes listed for it. I am forever in search of a really great coffee perfume!
Ha! it was that Tootsie Roll vibe which made me love it!!! My sweet tooth was happy! And yes, Cafe Diem definitely smells floral to me too…and also, not a creamy coffee but more of a dark dry roast…
I really enjoyed the three leathers as well… folks that gravitate towards leather notes might want to get their noses on them.
Cafe Diem is the only one I’ve tried from that line (thanks Portia!) and I agree it is really enjoyable to wear.
I didn’t register it as floral though. Interesting.
My favorite was Gold Leather.
The leathers, of which there are several, seem to be the most well developed, to me. There is a distinct “fragrance oil” vibe to all of these, though – did you get that?
Haven’t tried these, but I know what you mean by “fragrance oil vibe.” I don’t like that.
Agreed – I like smelling them, to experience the combination of notes, but after several minutes, they start to weary my nose. Too forceful a combination? Too linear? Not enough notes? I dunno.
Finishing up the cleaning for when my sister and nephews come and haven’t showered yet. So I am in Lyric. After the beds are made, I will take a shower and probably change into Theorema or Shalimar and do light grocery shopping.
Good for you for getting stuff done!
L’air de Rien today, making the most of my cosy cold weather scents, because surely spring is going to be here soon..
So cold here that it’s hard to believe, but hope you are right.
I’m doing a head to head of Baiser Vole Extrait vs. Essence (thanks to the swap meet). Extrait clearly smells of lilies and the florist shop. The essence, oddly, smells like sweet sweet applesauce in comparison. …le’ts see how they dry down.
I recall the essence being very sweet when I tried it, too.
2 hours in, the sweetness has gone down a little – now it’s more sweet lily than sweet applesauce – but it’s still sweeter than the extrait. I’m so happy to have decants to play with instead of committing to a fb right away.
I have to take the old dunger ( car ) to the mechanic this morning which means a long walk home . I quite like the walk as it starts off in an industrial/ warehouse part of town where I get glimpses of mecahnics working on fire engines , spray painters, toxic waste depots, hospital laundry services with long racks of laundry bags…then past the stadium where Ed Sheeran is playing tonight ( but not for me ) through the university following a river (Leith ) with lots of swallows, then into the botanic gardens and the remains of the roses, up through the cedars of Lebanon, the south asian garden and into the NZ natives…then across the rugby fields half way up the hill, up, up, up past the play centre and school and SPCA …along our street which is closed while they replace the pavement…and home. About 8km of unfolding events and daydreaming. Wearing Interlude
Wow, I went with you for a minute there, on your walk! Lovely.
Same!
Me, too! I wonder if my neighborhood is that lively, were I to pay attention.
Sigh. That sounds heavenly.
8 km is a decent length walk! Some folks might even call it a hike.
Or in my case, a nightmare. I envy outdoors people, but I totally would have asked for a ride home.
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NIce walk and nice fragrance choice!
That teapot! I want it!
In MH la Fumee today! Done by a female perfumer (I think? Lyn Harris?), and also because of a conversation I had about this scent yesterday with NSTers. I have been thinking about getting this one for a while, and wanted to try out my sample before pulling the trigger. In the first couple minutes, the scent was quite meh, and I started to think I’d be saving a bunch of money, but once it warmed up, I remembered why I loved it so much. Yum yum YUM. Anyone up for a split of this? I think you can snag a 100 mL bottle for ~$75 on Fragrancenet, so 10 mL decants would end up being something like $12.
I’m in, but I am in Canada …
If I’m not very much mistaken, it would cost at least $25 to mail you the decant, which I think would very much not be worth it o.o Also, it would take me forever to get it to you because I have to go to the post office when it is staffed (which is much harder to do than going after-hours to the unmanned kiosk)!
I hadn’t thought to look into CAD shipping using paypal until now. Looks like it can be done for under $10. This is assuming a weight of 6 oz. (a 10 ml decant in a padded envelope weighs 2-4 oz.)
http://www.paypal.com/ShipNow
What!!! Ok looking up the shipping price of the swapmeet package I have yet to send now. Fingers crossed!
Oh wow, I just looked it up, and I’m not 100 % sure of the weight, but it looks like it will only cost ~$20. That’s a much better rate than the $33 it looked like it was going to cost directly through USPS. I need to start using PayPal shipping!!!
I just shipped a swap (decant) to Canada and it cost $10 at the USPS.
Well, ok, if shipping is < $10 and international money transfer isn't complicated (is it?), I'd be willing to send it if you were willing to pay the shipping/exchange whatever fees!
PayPal makes it easy.
But charges the person outside of the US for the transfer…
Hey, hannahmom, I might beg out of having you on this split because of the complications of international mailing. If that makes you REALLY sad, please email me at ko bhatta at jimale dowt come.
I understand completely – that is why I mentioned it in the beginning.
I’ll join your split for 10mLs. Thanks.
Confirmed, will email you later!
I’d love to join the split for 10mls! Also, I noticed that the 37% code is still popping up which brings the 100ml bottle down to 62.99. Yay for perfumemath!
Wait, really? I bought it earlier today and there was only a 30 % off coupon (actually that’s still all I see). Where did you find a 37 % off coupon??? (Final bottle price was $70, free shipping.)
Here’s a trick, I’m pretty sure that happens, if you leave it in your cart, and don’t buy it, after a little bit of time they send out a 35 or 37 percent coupon deal with a set time limit. That’s been my experience, but I constantly leave things in the cart, without purchasing.
Haha, I’ll try that
though I think I tried that to get a 35 % off coupon last year and failed. Still worth a try!
I would like 10 mls!
Confirmed, will email you later!
I’m in Galop from the swapmeet. I’ve never worn such a noticeably leathery scent before, but I could get used to this! It feels powerful and beautiful. I might need that in the coming days; my formerly innocent baby boy has learned the word “no”. I have a feeling our lives will never be the same again
NO, they won’t!
You smell fantastic!
Twins! (from the splitmeet) I find it’s a feminine leather, very refined. I’m loving the animalic dry down. Great for this chilly day. You smell great, NW. Thanks Koyel!
Oh no!!! Good luck with this new baby development
I’m so happy to be spreading the Galop love! Glad you and Sajini are enjoying it
Love Galop.
Uh oh. Learning “NO” is gonna change everything! I saw it with some friends of mine and their little one.
Twins! We smell gorgeous!
Next game changer is “MINE”!
Not participating yet again. Am in Heure Exquise. I meant to grab one of the ones I set out for the week by a female perfumer, but saw the Heure Exquise and the rest is history lol.
Bought a ticket today to fly to Alabama next weekend and see my son. He’s going to prom and I just have to see him in his tux in person. Well, and help him get ready like I always do…if I’m not there, who will straighten his bow tie for him?!
He technically graduated HS in December- he received early graduation because he already had all of his credits so he could go ahead and start college etc- but he still gets to go to prom and walk across the stage in May etc. I can’t wait to see him and his girlfriend all dressed up.
Enjoy being a proud prom mom!
Even though I have a boy, I still treasure those 20 minutes it takes him to get ready (as opposed the two hours I’m sure it will take his girl lol) and the pictures I take ha!
If you can, link a picture!
I will link one to my Instagram, it’s public.
I think Annick Goutal counts for Women’s Month, too. Enjoy!
Agreed!
Awwww, congrats! It’s maybe not quite so exciting to be the mother of a boy going to prom as it is to have a daughter going (in my experience, anyway, especially because getting a son to agree to having pictures made is like pulling teeth), but it’s still awesome to see your little baby all dressed up and grown up…
Exactly. I think he’s finally resigned the the picture thing. He fought it and fought it for years until he realized he’s not going to win that battle!
Hey girlfriend. We’re twins! And Heure Exquise is by Isabelle Doyenne. I have a signed bottle (well, outer box) and Camille Goutal signed the inside tag.
Ahhhh! Hey twin! How on earth did I manage to misread who the perfumer was one?! Thanks for the info and no letting me know that I actually AM participating, even if it was by accident!
I’m in Heure Exquise as well, the EDT. Busy day with no breaks this afternoon so I took 5 minutes to zone out; that’s the fragrance that came to mind.
I crawled out of my down comforter and went over to my friends house where there was a package waiting from Koyel from the split meet. In addition to the Galop which was lovely, there were some sample goodies. My friend’s 16 year old nephew really liked the Cuir Mauresque (kid has good taste) and my friend liked the floral based samples so it was the gift that kept on giving. Many thanks Robin for hosting the splitmeet and Koyel for your generosity.
PS That teapot is adorable!
Hooray! Thrilled you received it intact and are enjoying the package
Welcome back to the US!
Thank you so much for all the goodies and the welcome. I’m freezing my tail off, but it’s good to be back.
Since the person who doesn’t like this perfume isn’t in the office today, I’m wearing Mona di Orio Vanille. Love it!
Late PSA: Anthropologie has a couple of bottles left of Berdoues Vanira Moorea, Assam of India and Somei Yoshino at about $45 (price in shopping cart, 25% applied automatically). It might be free S&H but I’m not 100% sure from the description of the promotion if there’s a minimum purchase to qualify. Link: https://www.anthropologie.com/shop/berdoues-eau-de-parfum/?color=041&size=ALL
Yay for being able to wear one of your favorites! And boo hiss on the enabling. I didn’t bite because I just spent $$$s on Rising Phoenix attars and oils and I am allergic to buying the smallest size. Clarissa is a bad influence, just sayin’.
You smell wonderful, love MdO Vanille.
I am lavishly adorned in Passage D’Enfer thanks to a generous decant from the fabulous Cazaubon. It’s absolutely perfect on this grey, introspective day. Echoing someone above – hooray for Olivia Giacobetti!
Oooh you smell great! I might have to wear that tomorrow!
You smell great, and score on the female perfumer!
Wearing Christine Nagel’s Galop today and it is just perfect for an autumn morning
Twins. Perfect for early Spring. You must be on the bottom half of the spinning orb.
Indeed I am – in Australia
Clouds have rolled in today; so much for the sun. ⛅ At least it isn’t raining… yet. Pretty sure that is in the forecast for the week. I just noticed that one of my neighbor’s has a forsythia hedge loaded down with fat yellow buds. Might be seeing that in bloom just in time for Easter! ???? ????
Back in a Liz Zorn (aka Soivohle) scent today. SOTD = My Heart Sings A Memory, from the sample stash and a generous NSTer. I pulled it out before I saw the weather outside, but it kind of matches. A cool instance of serendipity.
Ugh, apostrophe abuse! That should be “neighbors”.
LOL, spellcheck always “corrects” it.
Hi Jalapeno,
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SOTD = Annick Goutal Heure Exquise EDP
I am doing women perfumer / entrepreneur / fragrance director week. This hits on perfumer (Isabelle Doyenne) and entrepreneur (Annuck Goutal).
I overslept by an hour this morning but still made it to work before 8! Had I not thought of which perfume to wear in advance that would fit the theme, I would have selected No. 19 EDP which Heure Exquise resembles!
Heure Exquise would have also been a great match for the weather today, IMO.
Yes it does! I am enjoying the fabulous drydown!
Woot woot, twinsies! I love it almost as much as No. 19 and it’s def on my FB list!
Way late today, but I am on my third scent application already. Started in Alien Musc Mysterieux, after bike ride put on Enlevement au Serail, and now I have the entire Comptoir Sud Pacifique on my arms.
I think I will go for a grand slam with Cuir Beluga at bedtime.
Sounds like a nicely scented day!