Happy Tuesday! It's also Biscuit Day and JFK's birthday. What fragrance are you wearing?
I'm smelling more summery than the weather, in Guerlain Mandarine Basilic.
Reminder: on 6/1, wear something milky or creamy in honor of World Milk Day (and the start of Dairy Month).
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 Wedgwood Parklands teapot ("Update your coffee time setting with the timeless elegance of the Wedgwood Parklands collection. This teapot in the range has been crafted in Wedgwood’s home of Stoke-on-Trent, England, and features elegant peonies and stately buildings.") is £100 at Harrods.
I love Mandarine Basilic. You smell terrific!
Why thank you!
Testing Organza Indecence, which is often described as creamy. And I agree that the opening is very creamy – sweet and spicy milk-based dessert. Later it gets drier, and woody notes are now quite prominent. Lovely scent (but definitely not summery).
Yes — definitely creamy! And agree, not summery.
Jo Malone’s Wood Sage and Sea Salt layered with lime basil and mandarin. A little spicy. A little salty. A little summer.
That’s my favorite Jo Malone combo! You smell great!
I haven’t tried Mandarine Basilic, but it sounds great!
I’m wearing Annick Goutal Nuit Etoilee EDP, love its minty freshness.
Well frankly, your scent is better, whatever that means to you
MB is fun though.
Haha, thanks!
Nuit Etoilee is splendid !
Yes, love it!
Happy Tuesday!
In Guerlain AA Pamplelune for a very hot and humid day.
I decided to stay home one more day to finish what I did not have time to during the long weekend. I will run errands and maybe have some rest later in the afternoon.
Yesterday, I made the spinach/artichoke dip from Gail’s recipe and it was fantastic. Ready to finish what I left for today. The following weekends I will make more based on the other recipes some of you sent me. Thanks a lot! I will report back.
Have a great day everyone!
You smell great!
Thank you Elisa! You also smell fabulous in La Danza Delle Libellule!
I really need to try AA. Stay cool!
I you read posts from the bottom up and come across “I really need to try AA” that really stops you in your tracks.
Oh gosh! I meant Aqua Allegoria!
I read it the same way! Hehehe.
The AA line is worth trying, but the longevity is not that great, except for Lys Soleia. Unfortunately, many have been discontinued. I have not tried for a long time the new releases. My big favorites: Pamplelune and Herba Fresca. They are great summer scents!
Very happy to hear you are getting an extra day off!
Hurray for an extra day off and getting those tasks done! It definitely is Guerlain AA weather now, isn’t it?
I hope all of our US members enjoyed their long weekend.
Wearing 2022 Generation Femme by Stéphane Humbert Lucas 777, thanks to a generous swapper.
I’m a big pile of balsamic and almond notes. Such a beautiful red colour to the actual liquid too
That’s a really beautiful almond perfume. I get s buzz of spice in it, too. You smell gorgeous!
Oh, but that does sound lovely!
I’m wearing Mes fleurs de tulipes by Jean-Michel Duriez
Chalayan/Comme des Garçons Airborne for a very warm day.
Sunny and breezy, a gorgeous day! I’m wearing Narciso Absolue with Byzance deodorant spray. If my headache goes away, I’m going to take advantage of the nice weather and go for a bike ride. It’s been so rainy this spring I haven’t been out in a long time.
Well you smell good for a nice bike ride.
Tolu today. Had a lovely tea yesterday with a friend in SF. She split the bottle with me.
How are you liking Tolu?
quite, a little faint though. I do not like the initial spray but that only lasts a few seconds
Back to the grind in MFK A la Rose. Just pretty and light for a warm, humid day. Looking forward to an event tonight at the Greenwood Cemetery- storytelling by various women under the full moon by candlelight followed by a dance party. It’s called The Secret Society of the Sisterhood. I think it launched in a cemetery in LA recently. What perfume to wear?! I have 1 BPAL oil…
Sounds wonderful.! Makes me remember the 60’s. Sandals, beads, introspection.
I’m excited except for it being late on a school night. I turned older on Saturday ???? My friend with whom I’m going is a practicing pagan so it’s really up her alley. But it is a feminist event also.
That sounds fun! Maybe Coven, Hemlock, or Messe de Minuit. Coven has that soil note and MdM smells kinda crypt like cold stones to me.
Ohhhhh…Coven would be lovely. Sounds like a fun event.
Don’t have Messe, but how did I not think of Coven?! Thank you!
How about CdG Kyoto. Perfect incense for the hot, humid evening we will have and also cemetery appropriate.
I don’t have Kyoto, but I like the incense idea. Maybe Ouarzazate or Jaisalmer. Stay cool, my friend!
This event sounds really cool.
Would love to hear a report on your event.
This sounds like a fun and empowering event! Coven was the first thing I thought of as well. I hope you have a good time!
I ended up not reading the weekend poll until last night, so I just wanted to wish you a quite belated happy birthday. ????
Thanks Creosote! Very sweet and your comment clocked in at 5:26! (My bday was 5/26)
Had a busy, hot wk-end. Into our 4th. day over 90 & humid. This will be a quiet day, in AC, wearing little dabs of different samples, from last weeks’ visit to Sephora. Laundry is less boring, when you smell great!
yes! go scented chores day. If you wear perfume when vacuuming, your body heat will make it raise a bit as you work.
Vintage Diorella today. I have a big spray tester I bought a few months ago that I never use because the cap is broken, so I’ve been sticking to my old faithful splash flask. This stuff is like heaven! Jasmine, moss, and herbs, and a heaping of steamed melon. Somehow it works.
You smell wonderful today!
Cuir de Nacre
Chai Tea
This weekend for me was fever and bed ????
Oh no! Hope you are on the upswing!?
Ugh, sorry to hear you’re feeling low. Take good care!
Yuck! Hope things turn around quickly for you.
Absolutely not fun, I’m sorry for you. Get better soon!
Feel better soon.
Oh, dear! I hope you’re starting to feel better!
I had wondered how you were. Hope you are feeling better soon.
Oh no. I hope you are feeling better.
Sorry to hear that you have been under the weather. ????
Uurgh, I hope you’re feeling better now!
I’m wearing La Danza Delle Libellule which smells to me exactly like strawberries and whipped cream.
I have a question/request for you good people of NST, cross-posted from the lazy weekend poll. One of my best friends is a huge fan of SSS Champagne de Bois and has no backups; she didn’t realize Laurie Erickson was closing shop. Does anyone have any they aren’t married to and would be willing to sell or swap? (She already emailed Laurie, and Laurie is out of stock.) She’d be so grateful and would make a good offer! Let me know if you can help us out. You can email me at elisagabbert at gmail dot com
I am following. I heard such great things about Bees Bliss and I love honey. Then she was gone when I went to order. Would love to hear what is happening.
There’s more info here — she’s looking for someone to take over the shop, but in the meantime, the shop is closed: https://sonomascent.wordpress.com/2018/01/11/a-new-chapter/
right I believe I has read it but no hint as to where/how to get some now
She’s closed down her lab, so she won’t be making any more of anything, unless she gets someone to take over her shop from her. Right now, she’s just selling out her stock. I suspect if you didn’t e-mail her in January begging to buy off her stock, you have no chance of being able to ever do so (I e-mailed her in January and am just now getting my order).
I have a sample of that one, will have to dig it out for later this week. You smell yummy!
Happy Tuesday!
Today is my Saturday after a long holiday work weekend. Four days, 48 hours… Did I mention it was long? Lol.
One of the bonuses of being at work is: climate control! We have been instantly thrust into a heatwave here much like we would get in August, except it is May. It has me really craving citrus scents of the dry variety. Sweet will not do in this heat.
SotD is Cedrat Enivrant.
The only real thing on my agenda today is to get some perfume goodies in the mail.
Stay cool everyone!????
Mmmm, you smell great. Cedrat Enivrant is one of my most favorites from Atelier.
Thanks! It is refreshing, and is really hitting the spot today.
I love those scents that seem to cut through heat and humidity to feel refreshing.
Me too! What are some of your favorites?
My old time go to is vintage Aliage. Vintage O de Lancôme was another. FM Vetiver Extraordinaire, Eau Sauvage are also so very dry and crisp. In florals, I do love Fiori di Capri for summer. Again…dry to me. And, oddly, Couvent de Minimes Eau Cloître – which is straight up rose. But refreshing, clean rose. And OJ Frangipani…mouth puckering lime at first and then floral.
Enjoy your new goodies! Hope you have a restful day!
Thanks! You too!
Report back on the goodies!
Oops. I should have phrased that better, I meant get some goodies “into” the mail.☺️
???? Cedrat Enivrant…cuts through humidIty like no other.
I was looking through my body products stash and found two each of Cedrat Enivrant shower gel and bath soaps.
TOMK suffering from a migraine so I’m in the bland and inoffensive Baldesarrini “Ambré”. Our bank holiday weekend was a washout – a month’s worth of rain fell in an hour so there was flooding and disruption of roads and rail. Our local station tracks were under 2 feet of water. And some poor 86-yr old coot died, apparently after driving around the ‘road closed’ signs and into 5 feet of water where the road passed under a railway bridge. But he knew better, eh?
I’m glad you and TOMK are ok. As far as the driver, we all do silly things, when we know better, fortunately none of my silliness has killed me. But, yeah, always surprised at the risks people take especially against mother nature.
Ditto — have done enough stupid things in my life to feel fortunate I am still here!
So sorry you lost your holiday weekend, Koenigsberg, that’s a drag.
“Happily” I have still not found my next contract, so I lost a weekend but thoroughly enjoyed the 2 weeks of good weather that came before it. :^D
Summer is definitely here in these parts. Yesterday was the first day I really felt uncomfortable, even in the shade. Probably because it was 94!! ????
Today I’m in Epidor, and it’s supposed to be another hot one. I got called off work the past two nights, which is a bummer because they put you on call and you can’t do anything. I’m hankering to get out to Lake Tahoe and bust out my paddle board since summer is planing to stay.
Haven’t smelled Epidor, but the description makes it sound very nice. Ahhhh….no place better than Tahoe for summer….
I’ve never been but have high expectations! I’ve been researching beachy dogfriendly areas of the lake and found a nice one on the southern end, which also happens to be the closest to me. I want to go during the week when hardly anyone else will be there and just bask in the beauty and solitude! ????
The eastern end of the beach in Incline Village (north end in Nevada) is great for dogs. Specifically, it seems to be the spot for local dog owners to gather starting about an hour before and up to sunset. They sit and chat and the dogs run around together. Whenever we are there, we make a point of visiting that beach just to watch the dogs and for the incredible sunsets.
Sadly, T-Rex is a bit of a Boss and doesn’t like it when other dogs don’t do what she tells them to do. She’s okay 1:1, but if a bunch of dogs are running around, she feels the need to be in charge of their activities. And she does so in a very bossy way that the other puppers understandably object to. It can go downhill pretty quick ‘cause she can be a bit of a shi*!
Hah! Then you know which beach to avoid.,,, ????
Oh, I am hankering to join you to paddle on Lake Tahoe! Hope you will get there soon.
Thanks, me too! Maybe I’ll even manage to stay upright more than a minute????
You can do paddleboard yoga and just do the corpse pose.
LOL!!
Pretty sure I’ve got that one mastered????
SotM = Eau de Fleurs de Cedrat
Just putting a toe into the perfumed pool this morning while feeling so much better. It’s (almost) a blessing to have a virus over a long weekend when nobody expects much from me. Thanks for the kind words over the past few days.
Onwards and upwards, there’s perfumes a-waiting!
Glad you’re feeling better! ✌????
thanks, Deva! It’s been a pretty good day.
Oof, glad you’re recovering!
yup, getting there little by little. thanks Koyel!
Happy to hear that you are well enough for perfume today!
so am I! I knew I was feeling better when a craving for citrus hit me, yum yum yum.
So glad you are back in action!
thanks, Robin! I had a dream I was wearing Eau des Merveilles last night, so things are trending in the right direction.
Just now reading about your dream reminded me of the dream I had last night that I completely forgot about! Wow! I’m having a Twilight Zone Moment here! ????
Glad you’re feeling better, tiffanie!
Woke up a couple of hours earlier than I needed or wanted to this morning and slathered my hands with some No 5 lotion in hopes it would lull me back to sleep. It did not, but I did top it off with some No 5 edt.
I’ve been thrown off my usual routine this past month (which is not a bad thing, really) and wearing perfume but not checking in. I spent the first half of the month with my sister & fam in Ottawa, with only days to prepare for departure. Since returning, my husband has been negotiating 2 different positions which would send us across the country for 2-3 years.
When I left for Ottawa, I’d just begun my usual spring cleaning and swapping out winter & summer wardrobes (which is time-consuming under the usual circumstances.) I’ve been wrapping it up with a mind to a possible cross-country move. We’ve also been going through our storage unit, which holds about 90% of our belongings, with the same frame of mind. (Though we’d been meaning to do so for quite some time. Once we parked our stuff there, we quickly forgot what we were storing and suspected lots of it was really stuff we don’t need.)
Anyway, I’m a bit out of the loop, but hope you’re all well and happy almost-summer!
Sending “getting in a groove” energy your way.
I like your technique of scent to go back to sleep… will have to try that.
I hear you on storage. We need to go through ours. Hideous task.
Hope everything quiets down soon. Sending positive vibes!
Sounds like a lot and a cross-country move! Where abouts? I hope it’s not somewhere with winter…
Either location would mean a major, for real winter – midwest or northeast 0_0 On the other hand, I can continue to harbor no guilt for my recent cashmere indulgences…
And if either ends up happening, I’ll definitely be looking for winter survival tips!
Wow! Good luck! (Exciting and scary!)
Did you say Midwest?! *ears perk up*
I just swapped out my closet a couple of weeks ago too, which spiraled into a complete purge and newfound obsession with wardrobe capsule blogs. In addition to perfume blogs!! Work is really cutting into the time I can spend perusing the internet. Lol.
I have a capsule wardrobe and I absolutely love it.
Best wishes for where and what comes your way with possible moves.
Oh, good luck with the upcoming changes! Uncertainty is never good for the sleep cycle. ????
But I know that you are a very organized ladybug, and will do just fine, whatever weather and circumstances come your way. ????
I’m wearing Ruri, a new perfume by Miya Shinma. It’s very lightweight scent done in Japanese style. It smells like a transparent marine breeze. A little bit of salty air, water and hint of algae.
Also 55 years since Hillary and Norgay summited Mt. Everest.
When visiting Darjeeling, we visited a tiny museum that contained much of their original equipment and pictures. Not the mega industry it is now.
Post shower a healthy spray of Volutes. The bottle is less than half, have been wearing frequently and getting lots of compliments.
When it gets below a quarter I can replace. ( silly mind game)
I was thinking of Volutes today too! Do you have the edt or edp?
Deva, I have EDT. Looks like theres only EDP to buy now. I dont understand why some dyptiques are available in roller size or as solid when others are not.
I want some uniformity here!
I guess some are better than none, but I agree! It’s annoying to always discover the one I want at that moment is not sold in a travel size.
Back to work. Feeling a little frazzled today. Finally gave in and turned on the air conditioning. Sotd is Alien eau Sublime, for a little bit of happy????
Girl! I admire your resolve to not turn the air on til now. It has been HOT!
Today, it really is the humidity!
Wow… I think we turned on our AC sometime in April! About half the time, though, it seems we are using it to de-humidify the house.
Today, after a couple of days of off and on prepping, is “paint the powder room” day. It has been a really horrid, deep camo green since I moved in, but it is going to become a light, greyish blue, to help with the fact that it has no windows.
I might wear Jaisalmer for its calming effect.
Good luck with the painting! And bye-bye to horrid camo green.
Ditto on the good luck — hope it does not take a zillion coats!
Chanel No. 19 is my scent of the day. I also had a biscuit and red zinger tea. I didn’t even know it was biscuit day
Isn’t every day biscuit day?
It should be !
Ahhhh….come stand and waft by me.
sure
In 1969, which I am still making up my mind about. It sort of reminds me of a Neela Vermiere style (or Duchaufour) fruit, with all the cardamom, but with a spritz of cigarette ash…. Cigarette is NOT in the notes, but something in this scent makes me think of cigarettes, ever so slightly. Peaches, cardamom, chocolate and the faintest whiff of cigarette ash…
1969 didn’t work for me… it ended up being something far too sweet for my taste.
My husband HHHHAAAAAAAAAATESSSS it (and he is generally enthusiastic about my perfumes). He thinks it smells like DEET. And poor man was sneaking up on me to be errrrrr well affectionate, while I was jamming away on something for work at my computer. So, naturally, I sprayed him with my perfume! Poor man has been moaning all evening about being a walking bug repellent. Honestly, I think it is interesting.
Good Morning! Late to this.
1`) SOTD: JM Lime Basil and Mandarin. So nice for this sunny but mild day!
2) Had a 4 day holiday this year – much needed and appreciated! My back yard fence is halfway done, I got rid of some old clothes and I put in herbs, snap peas, squash, tomatoes and eggplant in my little pea patch this year. I hope the bunnies appreciate all my hard work and leave me some this year. :-/
Ha! Our bunny population seems to be down this year, but the groundhogs are taking up the slack
SotD is Un Jardin sur le Nil.
Its hot, very very humid & clammy and there are thunderstorms! We even had hailstones as big as golf balls.
I am going to amp up these tropical vibes by wearing Moon Bloom! ????
Ugh, sorry! I will stop complaining out my overcast foggy day here.
I feel so free in my perfume choices for work because the perfume – sensitive woman I share an office with is on vacation for the next TWO WEEKS! I’m starting off the work week in Naomi Goodsir Bois d’Ascese (thanks, Oakland Fresca). It is so smokey for the first 30-60 minutes, almost bbq like, but I love everything after that.
Woohoo! Enjoy being able to enjoy your perfume at work!
Thanks, I already am! I can even reapply midday if I need, though today won’t be one of those days.
w00t w00t! Perfume party for the next 2 weeks!
You smell awesome!
Such a great scent. My husband loves it a lot as well (I encouraged him to use my sample). I may gift him a bottle some time this year.
Hello, dear friends! I hope you’re all doing wonderfully
Today is something like our second or third hot day of the year, which is both exciting and worrying. (What comes after the hot days? The cold days 
)
I hope you had a wonderful long weekend! I certainly did. We went up to Tomales Bay in northern CA, went on hikes every day, saw elk and owls and seals and other wonderful wildlife, ate oysters at the plurality of our meals, tasted and bought cheese, warmed ourselves by a wood fire each evening after evening walks on the docks, and just generally had a fabulous time.
I rearranged my perfumes so that my bottles are in a drawer so they stay dark and dry, while my samples/decants (anything handmade) are out on top. Hopefully this will promote sample usage as well. Last week, I noticed that my Grand Soir decant from a splitmeet last year was going bad! A lot of it seems to have evaporated, leaving a dark-colored film of oil on top. So I decided to fight fire with fire and wear it today in the heat. The top notes seemed a little wonky (after just a year!! What happened to this decant?? All the other ones look and smell fine!), but after a minute, it settled down, and I smell absolutely wonderful, if I do say so myself.
What a wonderful weekend! Doesn’t really get any better….
No, it was really perfect
Highly recommended!
Sounds like a perfect weekend.
It was, thanks! We loved it!
I had the same worry realizing summer solstice comes in a few weeks. What happens after the longest day of the year? Shorter days.
I have my perfume stored the same way. I’ve started taping/parafilming decants to prevent evaporation and sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn’t. Others that aren’t taped up have lasted for years with zero evaporation. *throws hands in air*
Yeah, I feel that way every summer solstice
It’s worse this year because I have to drive home from work IN THE DARKNESS in the winter! Right now, the sun goes down well after 8pm, so I hardly ever leave work after dark. Not looking forward to nighttime commuting again in the fall/winter.
*ducking as I say* “So excited for shorter days and cool weather!!!” ????
+1 for cool weather!
My birthday is the summer solstice, its very bittersweet, those shorter days come so fast!
Now THAT is how a long holiday weekend ought to be done! Although I have to say that some serious chilling out also has its charms.
Bottega Veneta Knot from a sample I brought with me. I’m really liking this scent.
I asked my nephew yesterday if he could smell my scent yesterday when he hugged me. He said he got gardenia from it. Close enough to Frangipani… my sinuses are such that I struggle to smell my scents after the first few minutes.
Gonna be another hot one. Power went out for about five minutes yesterday at my sister’s place. (It was about 97). That doesn’t bode well for her summer, when temps are commonly above that.
Oh…by the way…the scented spf spray (mineral) was by Bare Republic. This goes back to earlier daily lemming post.
While I’m not on theme with the CP, I am for Biscuit Day! Before I saw this, I just put on JM Ginger Biscuit from a decant I just received. I do love a good bready note, so am enjoying it very much. It won’t displace my favorite, Lostmarch Lann Ael, but will be nice in slightly chillier weather, with the ginger and spices.
Scent twin
Yay! We smell great!
indeed we do ……
Oh that’s a goody.I like it in winter,it will get a lot of wear this season!
In PdN Odalisque, because I read somewhere that it blooms in the heat, and it’s hot here! I like it, but it’s not a love – it reminds me in style of a Chanel No. 5 type scent. My Lavandes has not arrived yet – hopefully today will be the day! Lots of little errands to run for our departure to Germany/Switzerland this weekend. Starting to figure out which scents to bring…
I wanted to love Odalisque, but it is not for me either.
Hope your package finally gets there!
I’m all gussied up in JM Velvet Rose&Oud Dry body oil layered with Grace Coddington. Guess I’m in a rose mood today. ????
Oooooooh! Waft this way, please!
Wafting now! ????
Well with Grace alone you smelled delicious!
Thank you, johanob! It’s turning out to be one of my hot weather alternatives to citrus.
Yikes, I just paused writing this post long enough to send you an email. ????
Decided to try my sample of Clean Sueded Oud. It’s a fairly simple and light oud – might be good for an oud beginner who’s not sure if it’s really her thing. I’m surprised Clean would attempt an oud, but it’s the best of what I’ve sniffed from them.
I am no longer surprised by anybody doing oud
Wearing Rose de Siwa. I am totally off the cp but it’s just too hot today.
I washed my car twice in the last four days and it still has birdcrap on it. I think there is a bullseye that is only visible to my feathered friends. ????
Can I please send my car to you? It needs a lot of cleaning and would definitely appreciate being washed by such a wonderful smelling person.
Sorry, I hate washing my own. In a way, I miss my old car. I didn’t care much if the birds used it for target practice.
Guess I shouldn’t complain about having something new. ????
I totally believe that birds do have certain spots that they like to “mark”. Too bad that your car is one of them. ????
You are smelling fabulous! ????
Thank you Jalapeno.. It’s a funky color named olive black. A super dark metallic olive green. Maybe the birds think its a small tree? ????
Bird crap and sap magnet over here. I feel your pain ????
Ugh. Sap is the worst!
Sap is the worst! It’s so hard to remove.
I have a green car and it also gets crapped on a lot. When I had a white car, I made the mistake of parking on the side of the parking deck that overlooked the street where pigeons held meetings. My car looked like a massacre occurred on the roof and crap flung all around the back of the car / hatchback glass (I parked nose out). I was embarrassed to drive it out of the deck but thank God it was a Friday and I was able to go to a car wash the next day. The car wash guy was horrified – it was THAT BAD.
It’s too hot and muggy to participate in this week’s theme, so I’m appropriately summery in PdN’s Eau d’Eté. Just lovely, and I’m about to finish my first bottle of this.
I love Eau d’Ete too and finished off a 30ml bottle last year. I haven’t bought another one yet.
I got a back up years ago, so I’m good!
That one is gorgeous. I love her perfumes.
I put on Olfactive Studio Ombre Indigo today. The blue green liquid was calling to me and I couldn’t resist.
I love the color as well!The green of Panorama is beautiful too.
Song of the day = “The Waiting” by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers. Someone is coming out tomorrow to looking at the clothes washer, and see if it can be fixed. I hope so, and that it won’t cost an arm and a leg. After having done a few loads at a local laundromat, I really, really appreciate/miss having my own washer!
SOTD = Carnal Flower, courtesy of Hajusuuri. First time to try this in summer weather… I had liked it a lot in cold weather. It also is pretty darn good now, too!
Argh! “To look at the clothes washer”. I gotta get better at proofing my own copy. ????
Great song! Waiting is the worst though, hope it’s a inexpensive fix!
Yeah, fingers crossed here!
Well you smelled SUPEAWESOME today!????????✌????
Thanks, johanob!
The only pro about laundry mats is that you can do multiple loads at once and get done super quick. But yeah, a lot to be said for the convenience of doing it in your own home. Hope the fix is super cheap and easy????????
True that on laundromats, Deva!
The win win is big machines in your apartment building basement. You can stay in pjs but still do multiple loads at once…. ????
Fingers crossed for you!
Thank you Robin!
Oh my heart, I love that song, and the Tom Petty version is the best! Linda Ronstadt did a great cover of it, but no one wails like Petty did.
I did not know that Linda Ronstadt covered “The Waiting”. The word “iconic” is overused a lot, but I think it is totally appropriate for the Tom Petty version.
Agreed.
Ugh, sorry about your washer. At least you smell great!
Thanks Petunia! Hopefully I will have good news to report tomorrow.
I like Carnal Flower in cold and hot weather too! I hope your washer can be fixed but if not, I highly recommend a front loader!
Just a quickie to say HI to everyone!
Thank you also to everybody who responded so quickly to my little perfumed project,I tried to answer emails as speedily as possible!
Still VERY excited about it.
SOTD Frederic Malle Noir Epices.
I don’t ever fish for compliments on my SOTD,but this one was a clear winner today!Lots of comments and I had to write it down plus where to buy it for a patient even!
It was a good day.Rainy and cold so the snuggly comfort of Noir Epices was perfect.
Happy week all!
X
There’s nothing like comments and inquiries about your SOTD to give you a warm fuzzy feeling!
How awesome to get scent compliments, especially on something that you really wanted to wear!
Today I’m trying two Xinu fragrances. I have Monstera on my left arm and OroNardo on my right. They’re both lovely! OroNardo is making me reconsider my previous distaste for tuberose. It’s not a very “me” fragrance, but it’s absolutely gorgeous in every way! Most tuberose scents I’ve tried are just plain boring, but this one is brimming with life. It glistens!
Monstera is beautiful too. Green-green-green with a hint of pineapple. More in my wheelhouse.
Both wear amazingly well in 94 degree heat with high humidity.
oooh, those sound nice. I love a good tuberose perfume. Somebody on NST recently asked for pineapple note recommendations . . . anybody remember who it was?
And those bottles are fab. I just added Xinu to my list of perfume houses to sample someday.
I hope everyone have a good weekend.
SOTD is D&G Dolce, which is nice for this warm desert day. It hasn’t been scorching here yet, but the swimming pool is starting to call to me…
Swimming poll on a warm desert day is calling to me too!
I came across something amusing: Durian Flower Classic Perfume. Emphasis on *flower* for reasons that will be obvious to anyone who has sniffed durian.
I also love the obvious knock-off bottle. ????
https://www.yearofthedurian.com/2013/08/durian-flower-perfume.html
(Note: I often have to refresh in order to get pages on that durian blog to load.)
LOL. If J’Adore came in a red bottle, I might be tempted!
llol, Durian has been known to clear a room! It’s quite fragrant!
I adore Mandarine Basilic, you smell lovely! I just pulled the trigger on Pamplemousse to replace my old bottle. I can’t wait for it to arrive.
Oh fun!
Today’s SOTD is Kate Walsh’s Boyfriend layered over Tom Ford’s Black Orchid body oil.
Oooh…. i didn’t know there was a body oil! Is it luxurious as it sounds?
The Tom Ford body oil is gorgeous but it’s discontinued. You may be able to find some on flea bay….
My order of the relaunch has finally shipped! Excited.
Excellent! I was able to purchase the last Boyfriend body oil and perfume spray from Sephora. I made the poor sales associate dig through the back stockroom… O_o
Am off to see Solo. I wasn’t interested but I know folks who have said it’s fun. And it’s $5 Tuesday at the local AMC, so will be worth it I’m sure.
St least you’re doing your part in supporting the franchise! I heard there’s Star Wars fatigue and ticket sales, while high, was lower than expected.
Yay! I saw it Friday, and I will confirm that it’s fun. Of course, I LOVE Star Wars, so I found it a ton of fun. ???? But if you even remotely enjoy the franchise, your $5 will be well spent.
SOTD = Chanel No.19 EDP
I have not worn the perfume love of my life in a while so today’s as good a day as any! I may be monogamous through Thursday unless someone mentions a milky / creamy perfume except Philosophy Fresh Cream.
So I tested Parfums de Marly Delina EDP and Exclusif on Sunday. Verdict: I am leaning towards the EDP with its tart creamy fruitiness vs the in your face sweet floral fruity vanilla with a slight bad breath musk (but nowhere near my definition of skanky). I can layer Delina EDP and Indult Tihota (or Dior Addict) to achieve the Exclusif without the bad breath. There, I decided – the EDP. The price is steep but there’s room in my collection for a creamy rhubarb.
Last Saturday’s barbecue was fun, especially since I stayed inside. It was way too hot outside, even under the shade!
In other news, I almost ran out of cell data without giving a kidney for another 1 GB. Thank goodness I had modest carryover from April and the cycle ended yesterday. I will upgrade to double my data plan for an extra $20 per month so we’re covered when traveling. I also took a closer look at all my apps and turned off background refresh.
Looking forward to reading all the comments!
It kind of makes sense to break out the No. 19 after a long holiday weekend, IMO. It was hard for me to get going this morning.
It feels like a Monday!
It is a Monday! It’s just disguised as a Tuesday!
I should have said other milk/cream perfumes I own besides Fresh Cream!
Do you have Ninfeo Mio? I get some creamy milkyness from that one. Maybe because of the fig? It’s not a sweet cream, more of a citrus cream, kind of sherberty.