Almost-Friday, and I am ready for the weekend. What fragrance are you wearing?
I'm in a light layer of Aftelier Ancient Resins to match Harmony in Blue and Gold: The Peacock Room by James McNeill Whistler, currently installed at the Freer Gallery of Art in Washington, DC. The room was originally designed to hold Frederick R. Leyland's collection of blue and white porcelain, and the some of the design elements, including the peacocks in the mural shown above, reflect the malice between the artist and the owner. The room was eventually purchased by Charles Lang Freer, who funded the Freer Gallery to hold it and then gave it to the Smithsonian.
Reminder: on 5/18 we're celebrating Museum Day. Wear a fragrance to match your favorite painting (or other object, anything you like!) in a museum, and if you can, post a link to an image.
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: image shows detail from a mural in The Peacock Room. You can see a panorama of the room here, although that does not show the original porcelain pieces. These days, they open the shutters in the room only once a month, on the third Thursday. More reading: the Wikipedia entry for the Peacock Room, 'Filthy Lucre' Is A Modern Remix Of The Peacock Room's Wretched Excess at NPR, Betrayal in blue: the story of the world-famous Peacock Room at The Splendid Table, Birds of a Feather at the New Yorker.
Aquolina Blue Sugar, from a sample. Long discontinued (as is the entire line except for the original, Pink Sugar), and a pretty obvious ripoff of such men’s gourmands as A*Men and Lempicka Au Masculin, but still really nice: lots of licorice and cedar to offset the sugar-bomb notes of caramel and cotton candy. I almost wish I’d bought a bottle back in the day. Almost.
The related artwork can be that Yves Klein monochrome blue. Why not?
I wish they hadn’t discontinued the Chocolovers one, that was my favourite!
Same!
Another Chocolovers lover here.
You smell great Robin. One of my favorite oils..
Encens Mythique (thanks to a generous NSTer)
Another beautiful bowl (Victoria at BdJ blog is also a fan)
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/451802
And listening to Le Trio Joubran
https://youtu.be/MFVDf9dln_4
If I only had chai tea or middle eastern coffee to tie into the mood this morning. Perhaps I will make some Moroccan mint tea..
That bowl is amazing.
Also, you smell great. I love EMdO and wore it more than anything else through this winter.
It is, its part of the collection at the Met and its the first piece you see when you enter. “”Planning before work protects you from regret; prosperity and peace” is what it says around the bowl.
Wishing you prosperity and peace today Crikey!
Beautiful bowl, beautiful thought. Amazing to think of the artisan’s hand that inscribed them a thousand years ago.
Initially I planned to wear Guerlain Rose Nacree du Desert and match it with Meditative Rose by Salvador Dali https://www.wikiart.org/en/salvador-dali/meditative-rose
Desert rose in the scent and desert rose in the picture. Neat. But to my disappointment, I found that Guerlain sample was nearly empty. Not enough for wearing, just a hint of a scent left. :((((
Okay, time for plan B: Narciso Rodriguez ‘White Cube’ Narciso and Portrait of Madame Récamier by Jacques-Louis David.
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/90/Louis_david%2C_madame_r%C3%A9camier%2C_1800%2C_01.jpg
You know, this may be my favorite community project so far this year. I enjoy so much both picking my own pairing and viewing other people’s choices.
we were almost house cousins..and I love that Dali rose!
I love it too! I highly appreciate Dali’s works – powerful stuff – but they tend to be disturbing. This painting is beautiful and meditative indeed.
You smell great in White Cube! Great pairing!
So glad you like the project! And you smell great.
Thank YOU, Robin, for hosting these great projects.
It’s my favorite project so far too! I love seeing everyone’s art choices.
Love this pairing!
I don’t think I had ever seen that particular Dali before. Thank you for posting the link!
Tauer Orange Star for me today. It’s very uplifting on this cool grey windy day.
Crap weather here, and I may join you Azemour later.
House cousins
Wearing Tauer’s Sotto Luna Gardenia on a cold, drizzle-damp day.
I almost never see this one get any love, but it is a soft wash of dust and flowers on me.
My matching picture today is
http://theartlife.com.au/2017/gerhard-richter-the-life-of-images/richtergerhard_september2009_dallasmuseumofart_001/
Oh I love that one. Seriously considering a bottle!
I love it, but the Tuberose is just a sour mess on my skin
I’m laughing because I had the opposite reaction: tuberose was great, gardenia was just awful on me.
…anybody want this Sotto La Luna Gardenia decant?
Ooo, dibs! I think I still have your email from the splitmeet, if you’re serious.
I didn’t mind the tuberose, honestly. The flash was better though.
Nice pairing!
Good morning Y’all…..
Wearing my new acquired $10 bottle of Kenzo Flower in the Air. It’s nice, but faded to nothingness in less than 2 hours. This was created by Alberto Morillas, and it definitely is in the style of his Bvlgari Omnia flankers….fruity, light, and easy to wear. Pretty bottle too….
Hurry up Friday!
10 bucks..wow!
What a deal!
And those fragrances, I feel are meant for warm weather, almost as a pick me up in the morning OR in the early afternoon.
that’s a very pretty bottle!
I picked Carnal Flower today. My matching museum piece is on of the most beautiful pieces of fashion ever created:
http://fashion.telegraph.co.uk/galleries/TMG8432627/Alexander-McQueen-Savage-Beauty-in-pictures.html
*one not on
House twin! That dress is amazing.
I never stop being amazed by McQueen.
Here’s a video of the Savage Beauty museum exhibit. It’s long, approximately 8.5 minutes, but well worth the watch.
https://www.metmuseum.org/metmedia/video/collections/ci/mcqueen-savage-beauty
That dress is EVERYTHING!
Alexander McQueen was a genius.
Holy smokes. That’s incredible.
OH my! I would pair this with Mohur Extrait. Ooh lala!
I started they day with This is Not a Blue Bottle 1.3 and learned an important lesson: don’t assume the smell on paper is anything like the smell on your skin. The glorious blood orange burst at the start? Nope. Not there. The smooth leather-rose-saffron-patch? Raspy and thin on me. Sigh.
But that’s ok, because it didn’t last long and I got to switch to Dilettante, which brought the joyful sunshine feels–like the Weather Project, by Olafur Eliasson from the Turbine Hall at the Tate Modern back in 2003-4
http://olafureliasson.net/archive/exhibition/EXH101069/the-weather-project
or, perhaps his Gravity Stairs at the Leeum in Seoul which was less overwhelmingly huge, but full of sunlight and warmth and a sense of connectedness
(P.s. I LOVE this project, and everyone’s pairings)
oops, here are the Gravity Stairs:
http://olafureliasson.net/archive/artwork/WEK108985/gravity-stairs
I saw that installation at Leeum–it was great–and what a beautiful museum that is!
The Leeum is a wonder. I am so glad I got to spend some time there.
Wow, I love both that you linked to. Thanks for sharing. Wish I could experience them in person.
Same!
I hope you get the chance to visit one of his installations! (I’ve been so lucky with travel and opportunities like that)
I saw his work at the Sydney Museum of Contemporary Art about ten years ago. Gosh it was good.
I’m in Philosykos layered over Tam Dao today – one of my favorite fragrance pairings ever, learned of right here on NST.
Oh but you smell glorious, and I need to try that combo with my samples!
Do, it’s fantastic!
Twinning with you on the Philosykos layer!
Chose Patchouli 24 which I sometimes forget I own. I wish I wouldn’t because it seemed terrific, especially in a little heat.
I’d pair it with Houston’s own Menil Collection, modern but with a wide array of art. The walls are white but the floors are an intense dark wood. One can see both Salvador Dalis and African tribal art. Sadly it’s closed right now to restore the wood, but upon opening they’re showing parts of the collection that have never been exhibited. Very exciting!
I live near the Menil and am also a fan. I’ve been watching as they’ve gotten the new building for prints ready, but am not sure when that will be opening. I love the park there and the one great oak tree at the corner–you’ll know the one I mean.
That tree is a survivor! I love that one branch being supported by the pole.
I think it’s projected to be over in February?
Bulgari Black – would make a great scent for most pieces of contemporary art, maybe one of those amazing Rothko paintings where you can perceive it pulsing if you keep looking at it for a while. For me, Black often likewise pulses: the scent is the same but I perceive it differently
Interesting, I think Black works that way on me too.
+1 for Black & Rothko!
SotD is L’eau D’Hiver. Paired with:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris_Street;_Rainy_Day#/media/File%3AParis_Street%3B_Rainy_Day.jpg
Happy almost Friday!
Great pairing!
That painting has been most of the north east these past few days.
Rain Rain and more rain (and some pretty bad storms)
Us too, the weather lady said this morning we have had the second rainiest May on record. Enough already!
Today is beautiful though.????
I’m sorry about all your rain. Here in Houston we’re having a week of record-setting heat. The forecast for today is 96!
I’m wearing Violaceum, from L’Artisan. I’m not sure that I like their current fragrances (this is 2016) nearly as well as their older scents. This is pretty enough.
I have a small decant from the last splitmeet. I’m not sure how I feel about it. Probably a no since I never reach for it.
I’m exactly the same! I actually send my decant off after just one wear. It was pretty but I couldn’t pick out any particular character that stood out to me.
L’Artisan is one of my favorite houses. Just this year I’ve bought full bottles of Batucada, Dzongkha, Voleur de Roses and Tea for Two. But I find that I’m not that interested in the new fragrances. My next purchase from L’Artisan is going to be Dzing!
I decided to wear L’Artisan Tea for Two today. I was thinking about Wayne Thiebaud’s cake paintings, and tea and cake seemed like a good pairing.
Wayne Thiebaud, ‘Dessert Tray’, 1992-1994
https://www.sfmoma.org/artwork/97.880
That painting makes me hungry ha!
The desserts look like they are getting ready to fight each other!
Dessert fight night! That’s funny.
I was rummaging around on the internet last night and came across a fascinating blog on incense and tea named KyaraZen.
Here is KyaraZen’s translation of a Chinese scent classification diagram used for perfumery and other scent-related applications.
https://www.kyarazen.com/scent-classification-by-the-chinese/
“I would think this diagram would be useful to anyone learning to craft scents or incenses, or for anyone reviewing incenses to be able to more systematically describe the scent profiles. Enjoy!”
Wow, that’s incredible!
That’s wonderful. Thanks for the link.
AMAZING. Thank you for that link.
Really cool link! Thank you!
Hey, all! I’m absolutely exhausted and super duper stressed out. I have a big talk to give this afternoon, and my vocal group show is on Saturday! At least by the end of today, the talk will be over.
I’m in a brand new (to me) treasure: Lush Cardamom Coffee!!! I smell spectacular, however I feel. (I thought the scent of coffee clinging to my skin all day might help keep me alert.) Because obviously I had to buy myself perfume, since I’ve been so stressed out….
I think CC would pair well with a really beautiful mosque, but one whose exterior has been imperfectly cared for. A little chipped and cratered and rough on the outside, exquisitely beautiful on the inside. This scent reminds me of my trip to Istanbul when I was 22
I haven’t sniffed that one, but I bet you smell awesome!
Thank you! There are still traces of it on my skin, eight hours later
There are a couple of Levant shops in town that sell Turkish rugs and silverware, and the shop owners are super gracious and kind. They would show pictures of beautiful streets in Turkey and the marketplaces there. I would love to go.
I don’t feel comfortable going right now, because of the political situation, but I very much want to go back. Actually, I especially want to go to Cappadocia, which we never made it to when we went to Istanbul before, and maybe Ankara.
Not quite what you described, but perhaps in the spirit of it–from the Blue Mosque in Istanbul:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/94283635@N00/1066690035/in/photolist-2on8UR-2on8TD-2on8T2-2on8TR-2on8SK-2on8S2-2Cg5fF-2CkuKS-2Ckujs-2Ckv3h-2Cg52T-2CkudL-2Cg4Mv-2he71s-2Cg5kx-2CktYJ-2Cg4ux-2Cg4oF-2CktT9
In my mind, the artwork is less blue and more that gorgeous, iridescent brown
but thanks for the link! It’s gorgeous!
I’m sorry you are having such a rotten day. Does this help at all? (This is a pinhole photo of an ancient mwdersa in fez…very chipped, very beautiful peaceful place hidden on the heart of the chaos of the Medina)
https://www.flickr.com/photos/heyoka/85324814
It helps loads! How beautiful!
Hope your talk went well, and hang in there.
Sometimes the only way out is through.
Thanks, tiffanie, it went well! Whew!
Oh yay!
Next time I find myself in Lush, I will have to give CC a sniff, provided that they have it.
I need to try again, but last time I was there, no luck.
So not in a museum, but I went to Puerto Rico several years ago (before horrible hurricane destruction) and had such a wonderful week. We were strolling in Old San Juan and went into a little art gallery and I bought the painting below and had it shipped home. It’s of Calle de Cristo, a beautiful street there in old town. Every time I look at it, it reminds me of beaches and palm trees and delicious food and rum among other things! Thus, I’m pairing with Bronze Goddess….about 7 sprays haha.
https://www.instagram.com/p/Bi4h_fCgws9/?taken-by=kellyac125
I can smell you from here!And it’s GORGEOUS!!
7 sprays and it was gone within 3 or 4 hours ha! Oh well, smelled great while it lasted!
I haven’t been to Puerto Rico but I love that painting!
Love your painting! And also Bronze Goddess.
I sprung for the new gel lotion this year so I will layer these tomorrow.
I’m in Fiele Cedrus courtesy of the generous Oakland Fresca. I wanted something easy to wear and grounding because I could use more sleep and my sinuses are acting up after I did some cleaning last night and was emptying the vacuum cleaner. I found the lovely Red Cedar by Emily Carr to pair with Cedrus. http://www.virtualmuseum.ca/sgc-cms/expositions-exhibitions/emily_carr/en/popups/pop_large_en_VAG-54.7.html
Great match. Vancouver has such wonderful galleries and museums
Working in a hot bakery wearing 2 sprays of Ubar. I forgot how potent it is. One spray would have been enough.
Wow! The smell of baked goods+ your scent would be VERY heady!
I’m going to ask others for help with my plans for the CP for tomorrow. To start with, I’ll share my favorite painting (or one of them; my real favorites are depositions from the Cross and would not be suitable for a perfume match). (But I’m not a religious person.) In art my favorites are mostly the great Spanish artists and I love, love, love Zurbarán. Here’s one that OUGHT to stimulate a good perfume pairing, but the ones that I can find with the right notes (lemon, orange, rose, orange blossom) just lack the clarity that is this painter’s hallmark and the reason I love his work so much. Any suggestions? Thank you!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Still_Life_with_Lemons,_Oranges_and_a_Rose#/media/File:Francisco_de_Zurbarán_-_Still-life_with_Lemons,_Oranges_and_Rose_-_WGA26062.jpg
And, on second look, perhaps another note could be tea (or is that coffee in the little cup?).
Maybe Lancome O de L’Orangerie or one of the citrusy Atelier Colognes?
Thanks–I do have that Lancome, maybe I’ll get it out and try it!
By Kilian Lemon in zest comes to mind.Mandarins/lemon/vetiver.Gorgeous juicy vibrant perfume.
Thank you. I’ve never even heard of that one, but I’m very intrigued! Perhaps a trip to Saks is in my (near) future.
Still life is my least favorite genre, but this painting is beautiful. Love the use of chiaroscuro here.
I think I would match the Seville School aspect related to Zurbaran with L’artisan Seville a l’Aube…also the perfume has a nice incense /depth to it that is picked up in the dark tones of the painting.
That was what came to my mind too.
Great still life, but have no ideas on how to scent it. ????
Do you have any Eau du Sud? That’s what springs to mind for me when I think citrus + clarity.
No, I don’t; thank you, that’s another one to try.
Guerlain Neroli Outrenoir!
Today I went with a California artist, Arthur F. Mathews, who along with his talented wife painted hundreds of paintings of California landscape, and lovely ladies, and flowers. They were central to the American Arts and Crafts movement, and their furniture is amazing. However, I’ve chosen a painting because I love Mathews’ color palette–which is decidedly NORTHERN Californian!
This jpg doesn’t quite do the painting justice, but it is from Oakland’s very own OMCA:
http://collections.museumca.org/?q=collection-item/a6619621
And the perfume I’ve paired with it is Yatagan, which is all pine, moss, herbs, and wild flowers.
Oh, I love that!
I think that scent is the one that Iris Apfel and her husband wore FOREVER.
Nice!
Nice painting. It reminds me of our dry summer Canterbury coastline, same trees and colours.
I love that painting!
Those colors are very Monterey, very beautiful.
Thrsday!
Cooler and gray today, but with lush blossoms all around. I am reminded of Monet’s Water Lillies. We had a BLOCKBUSTER show of Paul Allen (MegaRich Dude) collection of art, including 5 Monets, here in little Portland, and it really blew me away- the shifting clouds, the glimmering color.
Am in Jasmin et Cigarette, which does it’s own shifting- At first cologne like, then a shift to white floral sweetness, then settles in this smoky/rich/floral skin scent.
Oh, and check this out- this is a reason to go to France (or to become friends with Paul Allen)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_Lilies_(Monet_series)#/media/File:Claude_Monet_-_The_Water_Lilies_-_The_Clouds_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg
Lovely!
Never mind Paris. MegaRichDude has a yacht docked in Monte Carlo.
Continued this lovely Thursday with my bedtime perfume of yesterday:Iris Poudre.I have not worn it in ages,but I LOVE it so so much!Desert Island stuff.The exhuberance of Iris Poudre reminds me of basically the whole catalogue of Iris Scott.She’s a finger painter from Brooklyn NY,and I am fortunate to have an original from her,gifted to me by my SO.
Colorful,lively and textured works of art,mostly about flowers,landscapes,and “shaking dogs”…Lol.I encourage you guys to go check out her art,and tell me it is NOT gorgeous!!
Happy Thursday!
http://www.irisscottfineart.com/
You smell wonderful.
Thank you!I know you are a fan as well!
Love the koi painting!
The one “ankle deep in sockeye” is my favorite of those!
Chicken of the Sea made me laugh out loud! Thanks for the link – the pics are gorgeous.
Love that one as well!So fun!????
I really like the landscapes. What a wonderful gift from your SO!
The SO knows me well…haha!
Wow, love that! Thanks for the link!
I love those water shaking dog paintings – thanks for linking!
Those colors in all her pictures are amazing. So bright!
I didn’t know the name but I saw several of the paintings before and I really like them – thank you for sharing. My favorite is probably Taxi Jungle.
I am horrible at the “translating one genre into another” sort of thing, so I’ll just say that I’m wearing Stash and contemplating combing another five gallon bucket of hair off the dog. I got one side done yesterday, but now he looks skinny on the left and puffy on the right. When I lived in California there was a woman who collected dog hair and made sweaters from the yarn she spun from it. I am sure there is someone here to does the same but I’m too lazy to look.
When I was a kid, we had a neighbor up the street who also collected dog hair and spun it into yarn – I believe she weaved it as I remember she had several looms. We donated some from our dog Rocky.
https://www.today.com/slideshow/four-legged-art-dog-grooming-gets-creative-wildly-colorful-photos-54700908
Dog humiliation as an art form!
Those poor animals! I don’t know if you had the TV series “Friends” in A/NZ, but after seeing those pictures all I could think of was Phoebe crying, “My eyes! My EYES!”
Another dreary, rainy day here. When will it end?! ????
I’m wearing Aroma M Geisha Green today. A little weird and fun and compelling so I paired it with a piece by an artist who fits those adjectives:
Yayoi Kusama
https://www.google.com/search?q=yayoi+kusama+prints&client=ms-android-sprint-us-revc&source=android-browser&prmd=sinv&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjyubmLj43bAhWBmlkKHRDIBXsQ_AUICigC&biw=360&bih=668#imgrc=Q39jIwHHsRmRgM:
Ok, take 2 on the link.
https://goo.gl/images/naaE4g
Nice !
wow..very bright!
Love that choice! Her work is so fun and alive.
Today’s SOTD is L’ Artisan’s Voleur de Roses, a thorny dark patchouli rose.
The artwork I chose is The Crucifixion by El Greco.
https://www.pinterest.com/pin/495958977695408215/
nice pairing…
Thanks!
Wearing Aqua Allegoria Lys Soleia today, partly because it felt right, but partly because we are going to get a Georgia O’Keefe exhibit at Crystal Bridges Museum starting about Memorial Day and I love her lily paintings.
https://www.georgiaokeeffe.net/two-calla-lilies-on-pink.jsp
Gorgeous! love O’Keefe.
I really love Lys Soleia..is that still in production?
I don’t think it is.
Let me know if you want a little decant–brenda dawt moyes at the yahooo dawt calm
SOTD is SB Smoked Ambergris to match this:
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/John_Collier_-_Priestess_of_Delphi.jpg
Although, Safran Troublant may have been a better match. Well, there’s always tomorrow✌????
I love that painting- have never seen it before. Thanks for sharing.
Great match!
Fumee d’Ambre Gris by John Singer Sargent at the Clark in Massachusetts!
https://www.clarkart.edu/mobile/collection-detail?id=6145
…and I have a guest post over at Undina’s blog
A much better match and I will check out your post- thanks for the heads up!
The Peacock Room! I’ve been in it so many times. I plan on reading those articles as I forget the stories behind it. All this art this week has me yearning to go back to DC. San Diego’s art scene is not quite up to that level.
Today I was going to try and do it properly by picking the art first, but I have such a small collection, nothing I wanted to pick art-wise really fit with what I have on hand. So I did it the other way again, while perusing my collection – put on some Crazylibellule and The Poppies Tamara Charleston, from a collection inspired by the 1920s. It’s a greenish scent, hard to describe, but green + 1920s + Tamara = Tamara de Lempicka’s Young Lady with Gloves.
https://smithandpartnerart.co.uk/product/tamara-de-lempicka-young-lady-with-gloves/
Oh, I love that picture!
I’m so thankful for the Google Doodle the other day about Lempicka. I’ve seen so many of those pictures as they are THE reference for Art Deco, but never knew it was a woman or anything about her. Fascinating!
I know I used to go to the museums in Balboa Park, but I remember the outdoors more than the indoors, which is how it should be!
In Delrae Wit, waiting at the tire place. SIGH.
If someone is glamming up the tire place today,it most certainly is you Mals!!Gorgeous!!
I just found out I need a new set of tires as well! I’ll be glamming it up there tomorrow probably!
Wit is divine!!!!
I am wearing Pear + Olive and unfortunately, I just couldn’t find any images of pears and olives together in artwork out there.
Maybe there’s one with a pear and an olive branch?
I love Georgia O’Keeffe’s work, but especially her skyscrapers. My favorite is The Shelton with Sunspots, which I saw at the Art Institute of Chicago.
http://www.artic.edu/aic/collections/artwork/104031?search_no=1&index=9
My perfume pairing is Vol de Nuit.
I don’t know if I’ve ever seen anything other than flowers by her – thanks for the link! I like it!
Love her work! Great pairing.
Wearing Il Profumo Vanille Bourbon and VCA Orchidee Vanille and can’t decide which arm smells better! ????
you should change your name from She-ra to Vanilla Queen
I am wearing Sel Marin in honor of my favorite museum diorama, the Laysan Island Cyclorama at the University of Iowa Museum of Natural History. In addition to its lovely beachy atmosphere with the sounds of many species of birds in the background, the cyclorama features a series of buttons with helpful labels that you can press to get a sonorous voice to tell you the island’s history. It was here that I developed one of my most important life goals: To never create such a bad ecological disaster that it is represented in a museum by a button marked only, in capital letters, “TRAGEDY.”
https://mnh.uiowa.edu/exhibits/laysan-island-cyclorama
Excellent life goal! I had never heard of a cyclorama and the story is fascinating and tragic. Thank you for linking it!
Rabbits: There’s always a downside
Ditto with rats!
https://news.nationalgeographic.com/2018/05/south-georgia-island-rat-free-animals-spd/
It sounds like an incredible exhibit.
I’m Wearing Black Opium today. At first I wasn’t going to match it with anything, but I’m really enjoying this project. I’m going to match it to the artwork of Rolling Stone magazine covers, circa 1980s only though. Admittedly, I could find a more fitting perfume match, but I really wanted to wear Black Opium today, and plus, I’m still mad at RS for shrinking their covers ????
You smell great!
Thank you!
Started the day in SSS Fig Tree. After a sweaty morning of classes it was gone, so on lunch break I went with Philosykos, so I wouldn’t clash with any remnants. I get to spend the latter part of my afternoon waiting on the washing machine repair guy. At least I have air conditioning at home!
And hope now you also have a washing machine !
Another gray day with rain and drizzle. I’m wearing Safran Troublant which is uplifting. I’m sure that there is a perfect art pairing for ST, but I am too tired to look. ????
https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Girl_resting_on_a_sofa_by_Beatrix_Whistler.jpg
I thought of this painting by Beatrix Whistler ( her husband was also an artist…see above)
You know when you nail the perfect SOTD and choose something that fits your mood perfectly?! That’s me today with Noa by Cacharel ????
Noa always sounds so good but I’ve never smelled it.
I am not (!) encouraging a blind buy, however this one is certainly a cheap thrill!!
You know I am an absolute sucker for blind buys!
Noa is very soft..
I always thought it to be pretty classy too.
Isn’t that such a great feeling, knowing you have picked the perfect SOTD? ????
http://www.facteurcheval.com/en/index.html
I like your choice, Robin. I am matching Terre d’Hermes with the Facteur Cheval’s Palais Ideal . I have been to this palais several times and it remains one of the most startling and magical places i know. It was built by a Rural French postman over a period of 30 years. He started around 1875 when he stumbled over a stone and from then on he collected stones every day in his wheelbarrow during his 20km postal round ( many of the stones have shells imbedded within them) and started building this palace in his garden. It’s a very human /organic work…partly because of its scale, partly because of its random growth but mostly you notice how personal it is. It has an intimacy to it.
I want to go to there!
Holy cow – I expected some pile of stones, not that masterpiece! Insane!
Also, walking 18 miles every day! Nice workout.
WOW.
How fantastic, thank you for the link.
Here is a link with more info if anyone is interested:
http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/offthemap/html/travelogue_artist_4.htm?true
Thank you for sharing that, Kanuka. What an extraordinary project/work/obsession/place.
Robin, wow! I only skimmed at first but now that I’ve gone all the way down the Blue Room rabbit hole I am delighted. I would love to read The Gentle Art of Making Enemies (“The book contains Whistler’s letters to newspapers chronicling his many petty grievances against various acquaintances and friends.”) I think it’s probably a good thing Whistler didn’t live in the era of Twitter!
I think he does, but he changed his name to Trump!????
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No politics!!
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Scent of the day is L’artisan L’eau de L’artisan. Currently en route to Oklahoma City to visit my parents where it is 85 degrees and muggy so it should be a good match. I brought my newest perfume purchase Frédéric Malle eau de magnolia to wear tomorrlow.
You smell great Cody!
I’m stuck under the same dreary, rainy skies quite a few other people are. I would love to send this rain somewhere it would be appreciated… some of the rainfall totals are NUTS!
SOTD = Berdoues Oud Al Sahraa, from the sample stash. The art to match it:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nude_Descending_a_Staircase,_No._2#/media/File:Duchamp_-_Nude_Descending_a_Staircase.jpg
Both are abstract works.
Never smelled the perfume, but seems like you’ve made a great match!
My inner smart @$$ would say that the art also makes a statement about the perfume’s longevity, or lack thereof. “It gets up, walks down the stairs, and leaves.” Which is too bad, since Oud Al Sahraa smells pretty darn good to me.
Never sniffed the scent but like the art! And you can alway send some rain to NM!
Would love for you to have this rain! Some areas are supposed to get as much as 5 inches before it quits. Bleah! ????
Day 3 of wet yucky … I tell people I’m rotting!
SotD = 4711
Had to laugh at myself, I was so caught up in enjoying everyone’s choices today that I left the house without putting on any scent. I wish I had been taking notes, this week has created so many scent/art inspirations that I would like to experience.
I have a vial of 4711 in my purse, so that was my scent boost for the day, along with an essential oil blend of citrus and spearmint.
Was even more happily distracted from choosing my sotd when I found a practitioner I desperately hope will be “The One” who can really help a family member with chronic issues.
Just putting that out there, Universe, hope you’re listening.
And here’s art for the 4711 lovers:
https://joydellavita.com/history-4711-cologne/
Sounds like you had a pretty good day, despite having to break out your emergency backup perfume.
It was a better than ok day.
Thank the stars and heavens for ebp’s!
Very late but want to chime in.
SOTD = Guerlain Baiser de Russie
I wanted to pair Degas’ ballerinas with something and the first perfume that came to mind was BdR.