Happy Friday, and May The Fourth Be With You! Our community project for today: it's Star Wars Day. Do what you like with the theme!
What fragrance did you pick? As always, do chime in with your scent of the day even if you’re not participating in the community project.
I did pick this project, but I'm not a huge Star Wars fan. I am copying everyone this week who decided to match the desert landscape of Tatooine. I'm in Comme des Garçons Ouarzazate.
Reminder: 5/11 will be Musk Friday...you know what to do!
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.
Today I’m wearing my Star Wars Class off 77 t-shirt and a good old dosing of Bvlgari Black, ’cause it’s the scent of Darth Vader – obvs.
So obvious that I missed it! Good thinking.
Obvs indeed! Darth smells good despite all that burn cream on him….. hee hee
Ha!
Good one!
Perfect!
You win today! Brilliant choice!
Obvs, yes, but spot-on. You smell great!
Alas, my tee today is retro because my original was for the little human I was then. ????
Hey, doesn’t Bvlgari Black have “hot rubber” and tar notes? I’m trying to remember the entry from the Turin & Sanchez guide.
Wearing Niki de St. Phalle. Connection with Star Wars: fantastical creatures.
Sorry, folks, I got nothin’ else.
Hope today is a good one for all!
Hey, that is good enough!
That’s a good one!
Estée Lauder Azurée
New York socialites, international jetsetters yachting in Antibes in the South of France…
Not bad for a $53 perfume, terrific leather chypre that still surpasses many expensive niche offerings!
Vegan Girl,
I’m right there with ya, Azuree is astoundingly gorgeous and if it were in another bottle, could easily pass for niche. You smell fabulous!
If you like Azuree, have you tried Lancome’s Sikkim or Halston Couture?
I know thank you!! I tried Lancome Sikkim a while ago, the reorchestrated version not the original, I heard it wasn’t quite the same. I never tried Halston but always wanted to, I should look for the vintage on eBay, they’re very affordable, that sounds exciting!
I love the Halston Couture, and love the bottle design as well, it’s super cheap on the web.
You know, I was always an Aliage girl, so I didn’t look closely at Azurée. But this sounds really good.
LizzieB
Azuree is kind of like Aromatics Elixir to me, one spritz and let it develop for about an hour, the mid-notes are so gorgeous, I get 14 hours of longevity.
SOTD (and not related to anything Star Wars, unfortunately) is Tom Ford’s Moss Breches, allergies be damned.
Happy Friday all!
Does it actually make your allergies worse?
If I wear anything too potent like MB, or Aromatics Elixir they are more noticeable, my allergies in general have been off the charts, not responding to allergy meds. I normally have symptoms in February/March and then they resolve.
I’ve had an allergy/sinus headache for going on three weeks.
I hope you feel better soon! That sounds miserable.
Hope you’re headache goes soon, and you’re allergies resolve themselves.
So sorry!
Ugh on the allergies! Hope you get a break soon.
It’s a stretch but I chose Dame Sky Father. All those “I am your father” things, plus Sky (space??). Yeah, lame, but I haven’t worn it in a while so it was due anyway.
I like your thinking.
Good one! Not lame at all.
I, for one, find this quite funny
Nice choice!
Not lame….excellent!
Clever!
I’ve never watched Star Wars, so I just went with what I felt like. SOTD is Vamp à New York. I can never make up my mind whether Vamp or Carnal Flower is my favourite tuberose, this one is more fun and even easier to wear.
Ah, the Vamp! Love her. (Well, and Carnal Flower too, but you’re right, Vamp’s the trashy one.)
Yep! But trashy in the best possible way. I’ve nearly finished my bottle, so that kind of shows my affection for her.
Ooh, I love carnal flower, and have just fallen for Nuit de Bakélite, I’ve never heard of Vamp.. going to check it out now, trashy sounds good!
Not participating in the CP. I am not a fan of Star War, so I do not know much about it.
Smelling great in Annick Goutal Heure Exquise.
I will stop by Ulta later, since I will be in the area. Not planning to buy anything, I hope. Anything worthy to check there these days?
Have a wonderful Friday everyone!
You are smelling fabulous! Do you have the edp or edt?
I have the edt so it doesn’t last all that long on me, but I have 2 bottles of it so I can spray away.
Ulta sounds like a great place to spend some time today. Have fun!
I have the EdP. I used to have the EdT before and there is no much difference between the two. I found the EdP softer, a bit more powdery and more long lasting. Both are beautiful!
They have the Coco Mademoiselle Intense, it’s worth a sniff. I liked it alot at first, but the drydown left me with all ambroxan. Because of my sinus issues though, I can’t really be sure what I’m smelling right now. It’s fun just to browse around in there.
I will browse around for sure. It is a big mall, so I will probably spend good amount of time after work at the other stores also.
Oh Lordy, you do smell great! One of my favs! Isn’t there a newer version of Stash? Stash Unspoken?
Thank you!. I will look for the Stash Unspoken.
I’ll be interested in hearing what you found at Ulta. The one closest to me has been kinda “Meh” lately. There are a couple of bigger ones in my area, but they are also take a little longer to get to.
Argh! “They are also take”… No! Bad grammar, bad, bad! Should be “they also take”. Serves me right for trying to multitask.
Honestly, I did not find anything interesting. I tried Mugler Aura which I think is nice, but not fb worth for me. All regular mainstream perfumes. My idea was going to the other store that is bigger and is on my way home, but changed my mind at the last minute. I did not spend much time there and ended up at TJ Max and then having some coffee at Starbucks.
Where’s the Ulta? I have never been to one!
There is one up in Princeton, at the Nassau Park Pavilion.
Here in NY there are 2 in Queens. One in the Rego Park Mall and the other one in the Shops at Atlas Park in Glendale. I went to the last one.
You smell fabulous! I love Heure Exquise.
Thank you!????
I am not participating so here is a Haiku for points?
Blossoms in bloom
My nose is running
Welcome Spring
Nice haiku!
Yoda would approve of this, I think…..
This is great! I wish I had the talent for writing these gems…
Good haiku!
LOL love it
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Thank you! ???????? Haiku for allergies
I’m in Tauer’s Cologne du Maghreb, also with Tatooine in mind!
Hey cousin!
Well played!
SOTD is Un Jardin sur le Nil. I think I can match it with Naboo, with its lush garden-like greenery and waterfalls. I read that they used Italy to portray Naboo’s nature, and the climate is definitely not African, but whatever. It is hot again today, and I am doing the best I can.
http://www.starwars-chronicles.com/images/Locations_Large/Naboo-LakeRetreat2.jpg
http://www.starwars-chronicles.com/images/Locations_Large/Naboo-Lake_Country.jpg
Nice!!!!!
Nice!
Excellent match!
If I had time, I would have dug my sample of Taklamakan for Tatooine.
Since I didn’t have the time to search, I went with Au Dela. I think of AD as a yellow-green scent and a match for Yoda’s skin tone. ???? Tenuous at best but it’s the best I could come up with on the fly. Happy Friday all and may the force be with you!
I like it!
Honored you thought of him, Yoda is!
???? One of my all favorite SW characters. Plus, I’ve completely lost track of the sequels.
Same and same ????
Inspired by Jessica’s review I am in Kerosene’s Walk the Sea.
Opening weekend of softball. The most wonderful time of the year!
Good morning and definitely May the Fourth be with you!
In Star Wars mode all day today…..going to the Atlanta Braves/SF Giants game tonight, which is Star Wars themed. I’m wearing my X-Wing pilot costume to the game… PS: The Giants are scruffy-looking nerf herders!!! Go Braves!
Wearing Mugler’s Alien…..because that was the easy pick…..and the Force guided my actions!
LOL. You have reminded me I have a Giants Star Wars themed t-shirt. Must find and wear today. Enjoy the game. Wow…if I still lived in SF and was watching, I’d be looking for you in that fabulous costume.
I’ll Instagram my family tonight! We’re meeting my brother and sis-in-law, so it will be a fun night!
I can’t wait to see your IG!
OMG, I wanna hang out with you today!
You smell great!
The Giants are scruffy-looking nerf herders?
Bantha fodder! Those are fighting words!
May the force not be with the Braves—those double-crossing no-wood swindlers!
It’s on Oakland! It’s O-N! LOL
You smell great! I can’t wait to see your pics!
Nerf herders?!? Nerf herders?!? Only a bunch of moof milkers would call the Giants nerf herders!
LOL!
Exactly!
I am always one with the fourth of May as it’s my birthday. And today is a big one. Walked the pup to Starbucks for my free coffee.
Fragrance will be OJ Osmanthus. Cake will be Rhubarb Upside-Down Cake from the NYT recipes. Have a great day, all!
Happy Birthday! Hope your day is epicly awesome!!
I hope you have a lovely day. Happy Birthday!
Happy Birthday!
Happy birthday Springpansy!. Wishing you the best! Enjoy! The cake sounds heavenly! ????????????????????
Well Happy Birthday. ????????????????. The cake sounds delicious.
Happy birthday! I sense that the fourth is strong with you.
Happy Birthday! I must check out that cake recipe. My grandmother made rhubarb upside-down shortcake and it was divine.
It was delicious (I made a trial run a couple of weeks ago). I read thru the comments and followed one that suggested it was a lot of cake per fruit so I made half the cake portion and thought it turned out great. I didn’t have trouble with the juices leaking out of my springform pan either, but I also followed the suggestion to spread a little cake batter around the inner edge, like grout. It’s the recipe by Melissa Clark.
It sounds like your birthday has started out right. Have a lovely, special day.
Happy birthday! And that cake…wow. Love rhubarb. I need to find the recipe.
Hi LizzieB – see my comment above to Calypso. Hope you enjoy it, too, if you end up making it!
Happy Birthday!
Have a fantastic birthday!
Happy birthday!!
Happy Birthday! Free Starbucks is a good way to start and the cake sounds fab.
Happy birthday!
Have a wonderful day!
Happy birthday, D! That cake sounds so delicious.
Happy birthday!
Oh yay yay! Happy Birthday! And yay on the cake, Starbucks, and OJ Osmanthus!
You smell great! And may your birthday be delicious and fun!
Love the scent,(just ordered a sample when I ordered Tolu from Fumerie yesterday. My friend and I are splitting a bottle. Love the cake. Do you have a recipe? I do pineapple upside down, would that work?
Sounds like OJ is your house! Contact me via my screen name above if you want and I can send you the recipe. Might work just fine to do it like the pineapple upside down cake, but I’ve never made one of those!
Happy Birthday!!!
Have a brilliant day, that cake sounds fantastic!
Birthday blessings!
Happy birthday!
Have some cake for me and enjoy your day!!
Happy Birthday!!
Happy birthday!
Happy Birthday!
Happy birthday! The cake sounds incredible.
Happy Scented Birthday! The Fourth is indeed with you! ???? ???? ????
Thanks, all. I had a great time reading through all of these.
Happy birthday, Springpansy!
hope your birthday has been a happy one.
WANT to eat that cake right now, nom nom nom.
Happy Birthday!
I’m in the ultimate personal force field, Chanel 19 EDT, sprayed lavishly. Take THAT, Darth!
Your fellow Jedi approve of this action!
Ah, thank you I do!
Perfect!
The Force is indeed with you!
You smell great! I had the same motivation for my choice, and No. 19 was a back-up option.
I guess I don’t match a theme in any possible way but I’m wearing Nicolai Rose Royale today
You smell delightful, nonetheless!
Struggling through the day with hideous cold, matching scent & starwars was one step too far for me today. Heure exquise pre shower, and now the lovely and easy Hippie Rose.
I hope you feel better soon mayfly.
Thanks!
Hello twin! We smell wonderful! Feel better soon!
We do!, feeling better after a cup of Darjeeling and a toasted current bun.
Blurgh. Hope it passes quickly!
Thanks Elisa p!
At least you smell great! Hope you feel better soon.
Feel better soon!
To honor Princess Leia, I’m going to wear a Bruno Fazzolari scent. I haven’t decided which one yet, but I think the two go together. I don’t have Unsettled yet, but if I did that might be the one.
Funny…I just got an email that Unsettled is going into wide release.
Yes, and I just ordered the sample set that will include it!
Unsettled would be perfect! But I think any BF will work well.
I have a sample of Ummagumma and love it!!! I need to order more from BF and see what else they offer….
Once again I have dragged out Aromatics Elixer. I have spent half my life trying to like, or at least understand this one. It has become a point of honor not to give up. I’m afraid for me, this perfume only exists in a galaxy far, far away.
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One of my top 3 scents of all time! Keep trying it….
I agree with ‘keep trying’.. I had the original many years ago, the small bottle. Used it up. I bought another bottle and also had the shower gel and lotion and stupidly gave it away to my sister when I hadn’t used it in forever as she also loved it. Now I’m wishing I never did that
I have a newer version, not sure exactly how old it is but its a huge frosted bottle. The opening is a bit different, but the dry down is very familiar. This is sooo good in the cooler or cold weather.
I also spent half of my life trying to understand it and at least like it, but I finally gave up. I put the bottle aside a couple of weeks ago and it will be rehomed. I just could not look at it anymore. ????
I finally appreciated it after the 3 day drydown on my coat. It was gorgeous. Irl though, I can’t wear it on my skin.
I can’t wear this one and I don’t care. I like your “point of honor”, but you are using up valuable fragrance-wearing space and time ; ). I say let it go and wear what you love!
Ditto this
Agree with this 100%. Life is too short to wear perfumes you don’t love!
Double ditto!
Agree!
Ehh. You don’t have to “get” everything. I finally “got” Mitsouko after a couple dozen tries (different weather, different versions), but even after I did develop an understanding and appreciation for it, I didn’t love it.
I admire Aromatics Elixir for being bold and entirely its own non-focus-grouped self, but I really only like it three days after it’s sprayed on paper or fabric. (At the same time, I still like to torture myself by smelling the tester every time I go to the department store.)
I do the same thing!
I fell for it at first sniff years ago. OTOH can’t stand No. 5. Only the nose knows.
I’m wearing Scandal… which is um… because… it’s really scandalous when you almost kill your nephew!?
Escandalo!!
Hah!
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Perfect! The Skywalkers are quite the dysfunctional family, methinks!
I’m wearing Fille en Aiguilles today because forest moon of Endor.
great choice !
Brilliant!
Nice one! You smell great.
I’m wearing Une Rose Chypree. No connection with Star Wars.
But you do smell out of this world great.
I’m proud of my SOTD for the CP : I’m wearing CDG 8 88 because my favorite Star Wars character is CP30 and–GOLD!! Metallic, suave, androgynous, multi-cultural, and maybe a bit prickly or annoying at times. I don’t wear this often, but it’s great!
Well done!
Bravo!
Ha, love it!
*claps*
That’s a good one. I think I’ve tried 8 88, but it’s been so long I don’t remember what it smelled like.
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A scent to match Threepio! Nice!
Happy Friday, all! I’m in Annick Goutal Eau du Ciel. It smells like a linden-strewn May day: heavenly. I’ve been wearing it all week and can’t get enough. If it has worn off by tonight I might spritz on a bit of Parfumerie Generale Musc Maori. It’s PG No. 4 *and* a start on next week’s community project!
Ah, and then I will pull it out next week too, thanks for the idea!
Happy Friday, and May the 4th be with you! I don’t know what a space battle would smell like, but I’m wearing Amour Nocturne for the gunpowder note
Nice!
I’m in Reminiscense Vanille. There is some amber here along with the vanilla and hopefully it won’t be too much for the seventy degree temperature we are supposed to have today. I am on theme, though, as the bottle has golden stars on the front of it. (Love the bottle!)
Good thinking on the bottle design link!
SotD = Carnal Flower, just a dab from a sample
Carnal Flower is for Leia, in that gold bikini on Tatooine, waiting for her moment to hightail it out of there.
And a Carrie Fisher story from Sharon Horgan:
‘Remembering Fisher, Horgan says one anecdote always sticks out in her mind. “I remember she was on set one day and we were filming with the actress Frances Tomelty. Frances said when she’s choosing a scent or perfume on set, she has to be careful about it because she doesn’t want to wear anything too overpowering or too cloying.”
Fisher’s response? “I f—— love being cloying.”’
Happy Star Wars Day, I feel the fragrant force.
Sing it, sister! Even if I’m more like Horgan in my choices, I love Fisher’s response.
Yah, consistently unapologetic covers a lot of Carrie Fisher.
That’s a great little nugget ????
hee-hee, glad you like it. It made me smile.
I love it!
I love it too! I wish I could find out what “cloying” perfume Carrie liked to wear.
“I f—— love being cloying.”’
Yes!!
I know right! I think Carrie was a master of perfectly deployed “colorful” language.
That attitude is what made her the perfect Princess Leia!
Leia must have smelled great too!
That’s such a great story!
Agree! I’m not in the habit of dropping f-bombs, but that little bit of Carrie Fisher history is so perfect I had to share.
Chanel No.5 Parfum.You can call me Leia today.✌????
Ha! Good one????
You smell perfect, Your Highness!
Your worshipfulness, you smell fabulous!
Undisputed perfume royalty. You smell marvelous!
I could be really rocking it, at the Tatooine Cantina, wearing Hermes Hiris (SOTD)
You smell great!
ditto on the scent today
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I am wearing Montale Vanille Absolu and Sweet Vanilla. I am 95% sure that a hand decanted sample from Osswald’s that a lovely NSTer gave to me is really Vanille Absolu and not Sweet Vanilla compared to some manufacturers’ samples. Some great perfume sleuthing on my part. ????
I love the decanted sample and just ordered a FB of the VA from a discounter site so I will let you know next week if I was right!
The Force with be with you. Always.
Thanks for the info. I just used it!
Going over to the bay…
I’ve owned Vanille Absolue in the past and it’s great, I bet you’ll enjoy it a lot.
I actually like them both. I can’t decide which arm smells better which is a nice problem to have in life. ????
First world problem!
Had my eye on a couple things..also heading over. Thanks for the code!
I’m in Jazz Club, because it made me think of the Mos Eisley cantina ☺
I like it!
perfect!
Right on target!
You smell fantastic! I wore JC yesterday for Canto Casino.
(Get the rotten tomatoes ready)
SOTD Hans Hendley Amora. An independent perfumer who runs his entire business buy himself= Han(s) Solo.
Ha! I like it!
Well, thank you!
a ha ha ha ha!
Thanks for indulging me ????
Boooo, bad pun is BAD! But delightfully so!
I AM my father. Officially.
Do you descend from a pun family too? Family get-togethers on my mother’s side are pun-cringe-worthy.
My father is pretty good, albeit annoying, lol. Almost all of his email responses are in rhyme (and no, he is not demented).
And then there’s my pun-loving spouse…
Great choice with Aroma.
Hope you can eVADER all the tomatoes headed your way. Really I t was a hysterical statement. ????
Awesome!
Yaaaaaas!!!!!
I am not familiar with the scent and the house, but your interpretation is clever and witty.
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May the pun be with you.
I’m in Vol de Nuit….a Millennium Falcon “night flight”! The best I could come up with! I do smell amazing though haha.
You are right, you do smell amazing! Good tie-in too..
Good one! You smell fab!
+1 for the Millenium Falcon and Vol de Nuit. VdN is my current classic perfume crush.
Does anyone wear Guerlain Djedi anymore? I’ve heard it described as the driest scent imaginable.
I keep imagining that George Lucas’s mom had an old bottle of it on her dressing table…
Hmmm, I wonder…
I am a huge Star Wars fan, so really should have done better with the CP this week! I put my perfume on before thinking about it today – Bulgari Omnia Paraiba. Sounds exotic and spacey – perhaps the name of a planet or something! May the 4th be with you!
Surely Omnia Paraiba is a planet on the outer rim?
Citizen Queen… for Padme Amidala, Queen and Senator of Naboo.
Good one!
RIP Padme….
I’m in Oud Bouquet today, mostly because it will stand up to the massive wind we are experiencing. My only Star Wars connection would be perhaps I would wear this to the cantina while on a date with Han Solo in 1977. ????
In OJ Frangipani….finally warm and sultry enough to wear it.
As far as SW goes with this scent, I got nothin’ except maybe it’s a scent Padme would have worn, given the lushness of Naboo…
That being said, as much as I’m a Star Wars person, I’m really a Star Wars original 2.5 movies person….(only first half of Return of the Jedi). I fondly remember dragging my sister out of bed on a Saturday to drive 20 minutes to a 10:30 am show of the original. I saw it again the following Tuesday and then again a week later. And I remember playing cards waiting in line for Empire. Good times.
It’s a good day for Frangipani! You smell lovely.
In Tra la la today, and pretending I’m having a cocktail in a certain cantina. ????the slightly dusty note I pick up certainly fits the town. “Mos Eisley spaceport. You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy. “ happy day all, and may the force be with you!
Perfect pick!
May the Fourth be with you!
1) I knew a lot of you would be repping Leia (rest in power, Carrie) so I decided to rep Lando Calrissian in Colonia Intensa. This is the Lando from Empire Strikes Back, all brown curls and blue cape, trying to think- and stay- 3 steps ahead, all the while looking and smelling sexy- and dangerous.
2) A child on the bus said I smelled ‘very pretty’ and that my hair was ‘fluffy’, so my ego is now impossible for the next few days!
3) We have a Mexican themed potluck, so I made incredible amounts of home made guacamole. As per usual, I doubt there will be any leftovers.
Guac is ALWAYS the first thing to run out. Wish I had a big bowl of it right now!
I made a double batch- about 15 LARGE avocados, with plenty of culantro, red onion, lime juice and grated lime zest ( my secret) and just a sprinkle of sea salt. I hope it lasts at least through lunch!
not to self – grated lime zest. Must try that next time!
Brilliant with the lime zest!
Nothing stopping you today!
…..except me….I might stop you for some guac and a few chips….
Best hurry- my goodness, as soon as I put it out, my co workers were all “Oooh! Homemade guacamole!”
Happy Cinco de Mayo a day early!
Nice! Only a short while until we get to see young Lando!
Avocados are ready here for making guacamole tomorrow…
Your homemade guac sounds delish!
SOTD = SSS Bees’ Bliss
I am participating in the Star Wars theme. Really, I am! Let me explain:
This past late December / early January, I was in Barcelona for some R&R and to continue my tradition of ringing in the new year from a place other rah from home. During this trip, I wore Bees’ Bliss quite a bit. My wearing of Bees’ Bliss was made more memorable because I came home to news of radical change at SSS.
Back to Star Wars! Rumor has it that George Lucas took as inspiration the art and architecture of Barcelona, particularly the rooftop vents at Casa Mila and other buildings and spaces designed by Antoni Gaudi. Read this article and judge for yourself!
https://curiousrambler.com/2016/05/26/gaudi-architecture-in-barcelona/
Do you now see why Bees’ Bliss = Star Wars? ✅
Ummmmmm….
Tenuous, but you get en E for effort. Plus you smell great.
That’s a stretch, but you smell great!!
The Force connects everything in the universe, including Lucas and Bees’ Bliss!
Going with Dior Dune ( like the sands of Tatooine – though the scent makes me think more the lakeside and flower fields on Naboo in episode 2)
I thought we’d see more Dune today!
Love number 2! And a Mexican potluck sounds amazing. The choices for Cinco de Mayo here in NM are endless haha.
Crap, meant this for Ede97005!
My ears are more on-theme than my scent, I think: I’m wearing the R2D2 earrings I purchased back in junior high when the first Star Wars movie came out. (Not wearing my Darth Vader necklace, though.)
SOY (Scent of Yesterday) was Etro Sandalo… sand for Tattoine? Sorta on theme. SOTD is Couteau de Poche Fumabat, dense chewy smoky green leather, mmmmm. Dunno how this connects to Star Wars, but Fumabat is a pretty sci-fi name, huh? It’s fun to say, anyway. Fumabat!
Love the name too. Someday I’ll try it out.
Lol Fumabat makes me think of the mynoks in Empire strikes back. ????and your description seems like it would fit too.
Fun to say perfume names would be a cool community project.
Wowzer, look at all the comments!
I’m in Cologné de la Crypt, aka Chypre Mousse. No Star Wars commection that I can think of because I’m a CP Slacker????
Am I weird that “Cologne de la Crypt” makes me curious about the scent you are wearing, instead of wanting to run away?
Apparently, it’s a very polarizing scent. I find it bursting with life, but some think it’s dank and, well…smells like a crypt. So, I would say sample first. ????
Oh, forgot to add that it’s immortal in that it can last 48 hours on me if I don’t shower. Who knows, it may last a week but I haven’t gone quite that long without bathing, yet!
I’m in Artillery No. 6 Patchouli Spice, from . . . the Spice Mines of Kessel!
Less than 12 parsecs.
LOL
Not a Star Wars fan, wearing an old comforting friend, Rochas Byzance.
If I was a bigger SW fan I’d be able to tell you how Rochas Byzance could fit into the theme.
I’m another one in Dune. Just discovered it’s my only Dior, too.
My Dior collection is entirely vintage — nothing even as new as Dune. I should probably get some Dune
Happy Star Wars Day!!!
I’m honoring the totally badass Vice Admiral Amilyn Holdo with Jicky, a scent that reflects the range of her personality traits: cool-headed, sophisticated, and quirky, with a penchant for changing her hair color to complement her clothing. “We are the spark….” “May the Force be with you, always.”
Perfect!
May the Fourth/Force/Forte be with you!! Wearing MFK’s Aqua Universalis Forte–unisex, water, strong……seems to say Star Wars to me!!!
Robin, you smell great!
with zero knowledge of star wars I am wearing Wazamba, which sounds like it could be a place in another world. Or is that Wakamba?
I saw what you did there!
Serge Lutens Boxeuses: I wore this perfume many times in the past when I needed extra force to be with me. I didn’t know that I would need it today when I applied it in the morning but it proved to be a good choice (though I would have preferred to wear it just for nostalgic reasons). Some days seem just attract annoying situations, unreasonable people and general unpleasantness (not the end of the world but just too much for a single day). The fact that it is Friday makes today a little more tolerable but I want it to be over.
I hope the day for most of NTS readers is better than mine
I hope you have a pleasant evening at least. Not long till the weekend.
Thank you. A walk followed by good cheese and wine made me feel much better
Hang in there, almost the weekend!
Thank you. I survived!
Maybe this evening will be better for you?
It was! Thank you for the support.
Hope the evening time and weekend are better for you. Be patient. You are almost there!
It was an extremely trying day. Now I’ll concentrate on enjoying my weekend to the fullest.
Friyay per Jada. I hope your weekend is better.
I really hope for that because it’s not too promising for the next week either .)
Wearing Maharadjah this morning from a sample given to me by Waterdragon…fabulous! What a terrific perfume for the bright pink dawn sky lighting up the golden leaves of the silver birch through my window.
That sounds so lovely!
All those clever connections – unbelievable. I can still not come up with anything. It’s like when I look at the New Yorker cartoons that need a caption and I think “Come on, there must be something you can think of….” Nope. Nothing. SOTD is Perle de Mousse by Ann Gerard, another little vial used up, unfortunately, the horrendous dry shampoo I tried this morning is overpowering everything with it’s cheap cologne smell. Maybe this is what Han Solo would use in the Millennium Falcon to cover up the stench of some gooey green alien.
I am like you, I always look at those New Yorker drawings but don’t have a clue what to say that’s funny. A friend of mine submits an entry every week!–and he’s truly very funny in life too, but so far he’s never won. I love seeing what people come up with.
Me too! I’m amazed at what people come up with. My recent favorite https://condenaststore.com/featured/i-was-hoping-taxes-would-go-first-christopher-weyant.html
Hello NST! Have you ever had one of those days when you picked your SOTD, applied it, and had an immense sigh of satisfaction? Boy, does that ever feel good!
SOTD = Tauer’s Au Coeur du Desert, from the sample stash. Because Tatooine, of course.
yes! That’s such a good feeling when the perfume fits perfectly. Just as good as when I’m too hungry and the perfect dinner is ready. So satisfying.
Woo hoo!
As much as I’ve loved the original Star Wars movie since I saw it when in it came out in 1977, I’ve completely lacked inspiration for perfume connections. I’ve been impressed by the clever things people have come up with during the week, and am looking forward to reading today’s comments.
Meanwhile, I’m planning to do the supermarket shopping in a drop of Neela Vermeire’s Niral. I quite like it, but it’s the least appealing of her releases for me. Discovering that I’m not so keen on Niral does mean that my dithering over Ashoka is leaning further towards a FB.
I will be dithering over Pichola until the end!
Stretching, but for some reason Feu d’Issey called out to me today, when I opened my perfume drawer and thought “May the Fourth be with you.” Anakin burns at the end of Revenge of the Sith to become Darth Vader, right? I’m sure I should have gone desert-y, but I did Tauer yesterday and I don’t have much else that says desert. (If I’d had something Irish…as we were trying to schedule a visit to Skellig Michael, or what my kid calls “Luke’s Island” this summer but they were all sold out…but nothing came to mind.) So I let the force choose for me!
Oh perfect — love Feu d’Issey and seems a good fit.
I chose Bracken Woman as the smell of mysterious swampy Dagobah where Luke goes to find Yoda and receive training.
Hah! There was a last minute substitution – YSL Nu was calling me… maybe Leia was wearing it when she was presenting thise medals to Luke and Han? LOL
I kept meaning to wear Bracken Woman but have not. What a beautiful bottle!
Thanks for all your comments about aromatics elixir. I’m passing it onto my sis , for her to give her friend, who loves it. Now I wonder what my new scent challenge will be?!
I’m a big ol’ science fiction fan but I can’t remember what I wore on May the Fourth (Be With You). I _do_ remember purposely wearing Jean Nate the next day so as not to put off my friend while we went out to see “Avengers: Infinity War” and hit Free Comic Book Day. He could smell me a room away, but opined I smelled like “1970s high school girls”. This tickled me most to death.
I wonder what 1977 smelled like?