Hump Day, Blueberry Muffin Day and Free Slurpee from 7-Eleven day. What fragrance are you wearing?
Me: still at the lake, and commando again, but I will be wearing lake water later this morning. (And last night I wore a little dab of Guerlain Cologne du 68 to bed.)
Reminder: 7/13 will be Aquatic Friday...wear an aquatic or something meant to evoke the sea.
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: top image is Wastwater [cropped] by Richard Walker at flickr; some rights reserved.
Hi Robin,
the lake in the photo looks beautiful but cold, hope yours is beautiful and warm!
Took a break from trying the 2018 guide scents and tried Chamade instead – it’s almost gone, I may need to go sample again this evening!
Ours is admittedly not quite that beautiful, but yes, warm, and none of those rock hazards to get in the way of your paddleboard
Everything is coming up Rose’s today…
Testing my Fo’ah 08 sample that is (sweet) rose based and my friend brought back Rose D’Himalaya from Mariage Freres for me from Paris.
I checked out the website yesterday after reading your post. This line sounds intriguing…
I get a newsletter from a woman that has “evil bay” shop and she mentioned this line, or else I would have not known.
I love discovering new lines!
yes me too..though its bad for my wallet!
Nice !!
Free slurpees?! I just happen to have a 7-eleven within walking distance of my house so maybe I’ll take my girls and go get a Cap’n Crunch Crunch Berries slurpee! I don’t believe they’ve ever had one! Lol. Especially since today is my half birthday. I had no idea it was, but when I checked my email this morning, my local radio station emailed me wishing me a happy half birthday. Thanks for reminding me I’m now on the downhill slide to another year older.????
SotD is Bois Blonds again. I drained the last of my sample of Carthusia Corallium yesterday and decided it is not for me.
Happy half birthday! Pretty sure I’ve never had a Cap’n Crunch Crunch Berries slurpee either, and perhaps it is too late to start now
Ditto on what Robin said…
There has to be a 7 Eleven in manhattan somewhere
There are many. Wonder if there will be a line, like I saw in IHOP’s free short stack day…
I do like the DD coolattas….
When my children were growing up, we celebrated their “half birthdays” until they were 13. They could invite over a friend for a play date, we ate half a cake (the remainder went into the freezer), and usually did something fun. My son’s half birthday was February 29th so we had to play that by ear. My daughters have carried the tradition on for their children, and I have been surprised that a few of their childhood friends have also initiated it with their children because they thought it was so fun.
What a fun tradition!
We don’t celebrate half birthdays and until I opened my email this morning, I wasn’t even really aware it was mine.
Our tradition is number of presents for day of the month on the golden birthday. My youngest was born on the 14th of the month and will get 14 presents in 2019. Surpassing both of her older siblings, lol.
Yikes! I guess I would have had to wrap 29 Smarties individually for my son.
Good morning. I am wearing Prada Infusion d’Iris today and drinking English breakfast tea.
Tea twins!
You smell great! I’m still surprised that some mass-market perfumes are still good many years after the release.
That’s a great scent, you smell wonderful I had a time choosing last night between Infusion d’Iris and the Amande. I wore a spritz of both.
Smelling awesome!
Rainy day. I’ll go out later and have some natural after-the-rain aquatic scent. SOTD is Sa Majeste la Rose, which is an earthy, almost wet rose to me.
Pretty one!
No rains here for the next at least 2-3 months, so I’m envious
Ha! We have opposite reactions to that assurance. I LOVE not having to look at the day’s weather report.
I had the same thought ????
Quite enjoying the last 2-3 weeks – rains, some sunshine but without getting too hot.
Fighting off a Benadryl hangover in Parfum de Therese. Think I’m going to have to include some caffeine in this plan.
Oh man, I feel ya! Benadryl is the worst! Caffeine is definitely in order! ☕️
When the allergies are overwhelming Benadryl is the best stuff to stop the reaction, but it knocks me out. I totally understand the Benadryl hangover effect. Hope you wake up and don’t itch and sneeze.
Allergies are horrible this year! Even SmokeyToes is sneezing/wheezing (poor kitty)…
That’s pretty bad when your pets are suffering along with you. Been there; my sympathies to you and SmokeyToes kitty!
I have experienced the Benadryl hangover. You have my sympathies.
have you tried non drowsy Zyrtec? I take it every morning and it works well. also, eye drops meant for itchy eyes? they are helpful, also and don’t dry your eyes out.
I love Zyrtec for seasonal allergies! This was for an itchy bee sting though, and it did its job, so it was worth it
PSA 15% off at Ebay with code PRIMOSALE until 11 pm PT…no affiliation. You can use the code at checkout for auction items that happen to end during the time period the code is effective and not just Buy It Now items as I learned a couple weeks ago…just put all the items in your cart. I can’t think of anything I need to buy today but I have over 16 hours left to find something.
Been so busy at work at this week and have meetings w/ some outside vendors this morning so I will wear either Venise or Deauville today…light but elegant…like a well made pastry.
I do appreciate a good sale code PSA… how is it that they always seem top pop up right AFTER I make a big purchase though
Ditto! I just bought something at the evil bay yesterday…
Thank you She-ra! This coupon couldn’t have come at a better time!
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No, no, no! I would not use it for any perfume purchase. Sitting very hard on my hands! Hope not to break them! Where is CM8 today??? ????????????
LOL ???? I almost said ” hey, what about our pact?”
Thanks for the tips! It took me a good while to empty out my cart until I got it winnowed down to just the stuff I wanted to buy. I guess all their codes work like that? I always assumed a one-time use code meant one purchase only.
A bottle of Eau Premiere, and minis of Mugler Cologne and YSL Trench have been purchased.
+1 enabler pin to She-Ra
It is a one-time use code for all the items you have in your cart.
Is that how all their codes work? If so, I have been missing out.
Yes. Last month, I tried to use it for a second time and it was rejected.
And it is not for one item only. It is for as many items as you have in your cart in one single purchase.
Noted! Thanks to those of you who actually read the fine print
Agreed.
I feel like Deauville could also have been named Coco Mademoiselle Fresh too…again meant in the best possible way…. ????
No matter how you say it, it’s still funny ????
Hi all,
MY SOTD is Wrappings by Clinique. Had to spray lightly because the hubs doesn’t care for lavender but this is such a favorite of mine! Happy Hump Day!
I wore this twice last week. Such an elegantly dry scent
were you the one who told me about the Persian rice and lentil dish?
Hi Lovestosmellgood – yes, I was the one, did you need a recipe?
The one I use was shared by a Persian friend, it was her mom’s. Be warned though, it makes copious amounts of rice and lentils!
that is ok! What is the best way for you to share the recipe with me? Email?
I’d like a copy, too!
Sure, happy to share; my email is ldetrich at yahoooooo dot com
You smell fantastic!!! I wore that in the winter many years ago
Love Wrappings! It’s great stuff.
I’m in Gris Montaigne today – haven’t worn it in a while (my decant is dwindling low) and forgot how lovely it is.
It is so lovely! It’s in my “classy” category.
Exactly! It makes me want to upgrade my wardrobe to add a pale grey pencil skirt and fluffy pink sweater. Sadly, I’m not sure “pencil skirt” works with my body any longer.
Pencil skirt is a relative concept and the length and fit of the sweater is a primary consideration…go for it! I am sure you could find a combination that would be flattering…
Agree!
In ELDO Fils de Dieu. Another decant finished. I enjoyed it, but it didn’t make it to my shopping list, because it is too fleeting.
I finally received my friend’s package yesterday. It made it safe and sound. I have not checked the samples yet. I just hope they are fine.
Oh good! Glad it arrived, hope the samples are fine.
Thank you! I also hope they are in good condition after more that 1 month exposed to traveling and hot temps.
Oof! Hope they’re okay.
So glad your package finally arrived!
Yay to another decant gone and package finally arriving ????
Good grief that took forever! Glad it arrived.
Omg, it’s so funny that you said Good Grief. No lie, my teenager and I went thrifting yesterday (Goodwill) and she got a T-shirt with Charlie Brown on the front that says ‘Good Grief.’ She started laughing when she saw it and had to get it. It’s a “big mood” she tells me.
BIG hurrah that your samples have arrived! I hope that they are OK.
Finally! Yay, glad they arrived.
My DSH samples arrived yesterday, so I’m testing Paper White (narcissus). Very pretty stuff.
Monday afternoon I got my first of the two injections of the new shingles vaccine — I had a truly monster case of chicken pox back in the day and thought it would be wise to avoid shingles if possible — and am now struggling with vaccine aftereffects. I hadn’t expected to get hit this hard with them, but I feel really yucky.
Oh, but that just indicates that the vaccine will really benefit you. I got the vaccine, as I had chicken pox (while I had a cast on my arm-sheer torture) and I am sure it helped me. Both adorable hubby and one of his sisters have had episodes recently, but I have had no sign of it. Good for you for taking good care of yourself.
Oh no, chicken pox with a cast sounds awful!!! I had it pretty bad when I was 12; maybe I will look into this.
If you know you had chicken pox as a child, you really should get the vaccine. At best shingles is painful and takes a long time to heal, but if it gets in the optic nerve it can blind you.
Did a little googling and it turns out it’s not recommended until you are 60 – but I will certainly get it as soon as I am old enough!
Hey Regina, there are two shingles vaccines. The older one is called Zostavax and it is for people age 60+. The newer one is what I received. It’s called Shingrix and is for people 50+. (I just had that birthday this year. :D)
I gather that some insurance policies don’t cover it, but mine was completely covered.
Oh, that’s good to know! The CEO had a mild case of shingles when he was, oh, 38? or so, and that was bad enough, but he says he barely noticed having chicken pox. My BIL had a raging case of shingles at the age of 29 and took several months to recover. I want to AVOID it!
Uh oh. I was just talking about that vaccine the other day with some coworkers and thinking I should look into it now that I fall into “that” age category. What are the side effects? Feeling flu-ish?
Happy half birthday, birthday twin.????
Happy half birthday back atcha!
I’ve had chills, a headache, and a general feeling of having been hit by a truck. Didn’t even feel like making dinner last night. Also my injection site is pretty painful — that is, I can’t even see where the needle went in and there’s no bruise, but my left arm feels like Mike Tyson’s been at it. But if this is all I get, it’s well worth not getting shingles.
Sounds awful! Hope you feel better soon.
feel better soon!
I got the older version of the vaccine (even though I was under 60) so would need to find out if I should also get the newer one. I had a minor case of shingles (before the vaccine)…on my face. But…my sister had a bad bout and two women I know had really awful experiences where the impact went on for over a year and was quite painful.
The vaccine is a very good idea.
Oh, that I don’t know — whether or how soon you can have the Shingrix after Zostavax. I suppose your doctor would advise you. I’ve seen how miserable shingles makes people, and since my chicken pox experience was so bad, I have been really worried about getting shingles.
The chicken pox vaccine was relatively new when my children were small, but you better bet I had them vaccinated as soon as appropriate! Vaccines for the win of humankind!
The CDC is recommending that everyone over 50 get the new shingles shot, even if they got the old one.
Sorry you’re feeling awful, mals! Good for you for getting the vaccine. Thank you for the PSA and the healthy reminder.
I had a mild case of shingles, just enough blisters on one foot to make a diagnosis. It was miserable. When my doctor clears me I will get the new vaccine for sure.
Oh bleah, on the foot. I hope you can get the vaccine soon.
This sounds weird, mals, but lucky you! I say that because the new form of the shingles vaccine is impossible to find around here. Mr. Aparatchick and I are on a waiting list for it. The pharmacist says the manufacturer really underestimated the demand for it.
Ugh, I had a nasty case of chickenpox when I was 14. Probably should get the shingles vaccine.
I warn all my patients that they are probably going to feel crummy for a few days after the Shingrix vaccine and that it will make their arm pretty sore and to get the vaccine when they have time to lay low.
I’m wearing Ummagumma from my discovery set. When it first went on, all I smelled was chocolate. Now all I smell is incense. Maybe Bruno Fazzolari isn’t for me.
I was surprised that I really liked this
one. I do think I prefer it in cooler weather, however. I got a nice mix of dry cocoa, incense and resins.
That discovery set is definitely on my list.
Do you think Ummagumma would be more interesting for you in different weather?
I used up my sample of Reminences Vanille this morning, another one that is not for me. Honestly, for a straight up vanilla fragrance, I still think Laura Mercier gormonde vanille is my favorite. It’s simple, but yummy. Not overly sweet, just a touch of smoke. Sitting here, watching The Big Chill before going to work. I’m thinking about wearing Poison Tendre to choke out my coworkers today ????
Spray lavishly, please! ????. I feel that you are doing this for me also. Lots of annoying situations here this week, not to say all the time!
Ha! An extra 2 sprays for you! Plus reapying after my break! I’m lucky to not have a scent policy where I work.
You go, girl!
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THANK YOU! ????????
Go lillyjo go ????????????
HaHA!! Just it’s name alone makes it TOOOO PERFECT for your project!
Please Please report back to us with results!
Tendre has always been my favorite Poison. I used to have the lotion, it was so good, I didn’t even have to spray the perfume. Of course I did anyway ????
I’ve read it was a lot of people’s favorite. Too bad it was d/c. That green bottle is beautiful.
I watched The Big Chill last night!
Great movie.
Hahaha. Perfect!
Thanks!
I love the Big Chill…and choking out my coworkers.
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12 sprays should suffice????????♂️????????♂️????✌????
Pretty much ????
Poison Tendre was the one that disappeared almost immediately where I am at. I remember that bottle was SO pretty.
It’s a gorgeous bottle, for sure.
You go! I love it.. ????. I’m living vicariously through you with your over spraying for work as there are many annoying people and situations that this is called for.
Unfortunately I can’t wear perfume to work so you can definitely spray on a bit more for me. Do you have any original Poison for another day?
I think I sprayed enough for everyone today ???? thanks to a generous Nster, I do have a bit of vintage poison, but it is to special for me to use passive aggressively.
Trying to bust Humpday in Papillon’s Dryad and Revlon’s Abstract Orange.
Sigh… I really need another gallon of coffee to make any headway on today’s tasks.
wow! that revlon looks like a great color…
It’s a coppery orange that works well with my hair color and skin tone. I should wear it more often.
Dryad is so nice.
Yes, it feels like a proper perfume to me.
Seems like this has been a high caffeine week for quite a few folks. ☕
Sigh… and it ain’t over yet…
Nice color! into the Amazon cart it went!
Really? I’ve never enabled anyone before! #chuffed
Funny enough, I just wore Abstract Orange for the second time yesterday. I really like it.
Wearing Lampblack for the 3rd time this week! It’s been a long time since I’ve stuck with a scent this long.
We must be rubbing off on you ????
Welcome to the club!
I am hankering after some more Lampblack in the worst way. The sample was a delight to wear. (ADN is also on my list.)
You smell fab! If I had more than my 9ml travel spray, I could see wearing it for a week. I’m saving it for cooler temps.
I’m wearing Ferragamo pour Femme today. It’s sort of on theme because it does have sort of a ’90s aquatic thing going on.
Melograno x3. Myself, middle marzipan and the youngest … he splashed it on like an aftershave… hope he isn’t killing anyone in his four hour college summer class LOL
And question, would Tonka & Myrrh be appropriate for a 16 year old male?
I think it would be OK. It’s solidly unisex to my nose.
Cm8, My lemming craving may b satiated with the EvilBay coupon today!
Thx She-Ra.
Oh dear…. I feel very guilty because I would rather earn unabler pins versus enabler ones…. I hope you like it though ????
Good to see you today! I survived the coupon and bought other things that I really needed, that were not perfume related. Proud of myself!
I am proud of you too ????
Nothing wrong with enabling!
Glad to hear your Melogramo is going to be over faster than expected!
Wonderful.I shall seek my bottle in the stash this weekend for an outing ASAP
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Good morning Y’all!
My office has been staying around 64 degrees, so I’ve been getting away with some heavier scents lately. Today I’m wearing Ysatis, and couldn’t really smell it under my layers of clothes.
Fast forward to now….I just took my group of pharmacy students on a walking tour of our hospital (we have 27 buildings on a huge campus). It is 86 degrees and humid. WOW!!!! Ysatis smells downright AMAZING in the heat!!! I will now consider this a year round fragrance for sure!
Some ‘lighter’ fragrances really BLOOM in heat and humidity! Some of the Tom Fords are examples of this. People will complain about the scents disappearing but then in summer heat…or lovemaking..the scent comes back!
64!!!! Time for snow boots!
I hear you sister! I took my sweater with me this morning to the grocery store because I knew it would be freezing.
In the warmer months my husband and I will go for an after dinner walk and I have been known to put on a hoodie at 79-80 degrees. He will literally roll his eyes at me, lol. I don’t care. I hate to be cold!
SOTD is CdG Blue Encens, which is about as close as I get to an aquatic (I was testing it out for Friday’s CP). I’m sure if I pawed through my collection I might find something else, but I’d rather have my ocean scents paired with incense, if possible.
I’ve been wanting to try that one. I bet you smell good!
I’m a fan of many CdG scents, in particular those based on wood or incense. Blue Encens is good, but it’s not as good as, say, Jaisalmer, which is still my favorite from that house.
Incense just makes everything better imo.
Might have to check out Blue Encens sometime, then. Sounds intriguing.
Continuing my neroli theme from yesterday with Annick Goutal Neroli. Underneath the pretty florals, there’s a very subtle but strange note I notice in this perfume that smells almost like dead flowers or rotting stems. I’ve grown to like it because it suggests the full lifecycle of an orange blossom. It’s like wearing a memento mori.
In other scented news, I bought some reeeally good Virginia Cedar essential oil and it reminds me so much of Tam Dao! I use it in my oil burner in the evenings when I can pretend I’m in a log cabin deep in the woods instead of a creaky old apartment in the city
You can also add it to unscented body lotion or a carrier oil to fragrance your body
Ooh thanks for the tip – I might add it to some jojoba oil and try it in my hair…
oh yes!!!! that is a great idea!!!
HolyNeroli – I am Very curious, i am
testing Cap Nèroli now and my AG Nèroli is waiting @ home in a package for me- are you smelling some kind of indolic-ness? I can catch a whiff of it from the real blossoms as they age (even meyer lemon ones).
Tell
Me more!
Hmm, maybe it is some kind of funky indolic thing? I tend to associate indoles with animalic smells (sweat, fur, manure, etc.), but whatever I’m smelling in AG Neroli is distinctly vegetal – to me at least.
a neroli memento mori, that’s a beautiful description, thank you for sharing. I enjoy that hint of decay too.
Aaaand, yet another neroli scent goes on my sampling list.
A caveat: there seem to be 2 different Annick Goutal nerolis and, since I received this one as a decant, I’m not sure which it is.
I’m wearing Rhubarbe Ecarlate, or was, as I can’t really smell it anymore!
It doesn’t last on me either
Huh. It was rather potent on my SES. Neroli Dore I couldn’t smell past the 30 second mark, however.
From what I remember most of the Hermes don’t last long on me
Like 28 La Pausa,soooo fleeting but lovely!
8 sprays is the magic number!
Wednesday!
1) SOTD: TF Venetian Bergamont. I found a full sample of this in my work drawer yesterday, so am wearing it today since it will be 89F today. Compared to Cap Neroli, this is softer, white muskier and not as orange, but it is still lovely, light and smooth and will bloom with heat when I step outside.
2) Am doing a 30 day no alcohol challenge with a friend- she feels there is a problem, so I got roped into this for support. This is fine, as July is hot as heck and all I want most days for a relaxing drink is lemonade made with sparkling water (citron presse).
3) *whispers* I may be starting a new job in September. Stay tuned.
That’s kind of you to join your friend. I’m on a 7.5 year no-alcohol challenge and life is better this way ☕
You know what? 1) Congrats on continuing your challenge- this is awesome! 2) So much of our socializing revolves around beer, wine, cocktails and frankly it can be a bit boring and headache making- so I think this will be good for the two of us!
Agreed on the socializing revolving around beer, wine, and cocktails. I have wanted to do a challenge as well but have no one to do it with me. Maybe I’ll join you from far away haha.
You should! I think for us we will be going out for a lot of green juices, lemonade and iced tea!
35 years and counting, kpaint. So much better.
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Wow, congrats!
Woo hoo!
Awesome! 13.5 years over here. I don’t really miss it, either.
awesome!
Congrats, elisap! I very occasionally think about getting a near beer but the thought doesn’t stay in my head long enough to follow through. But half of one would probably put me on my ass – a bottle of Kombucha makes me briefly tipsy.
Ha! Really? I never loved beer. It’s not the kind of bitter I like (coffee, olives ????????).
Good for you for supporting your friend!
Thank you, but it’s really for her. It is to the point where she was having a a drink or two almost everyday, sometimes more PLUS happy hours with friends, and the headaches and dehydration is really getting to her, and messing with her exercise. So I am happy to support her.
Super great and kind of you to support her that way!
Raising a sparkling water toast to you all — for your commitment to yourselves and to friends!
SOTD – Volutes!
Keep going !!!! You are smelling great !!!!!!
I will replace this bottle though. It’s in my Nordie shopping cart as of this morning.
They’re predicting 93 degrees with lots of humidity today where I am, so I went out early and got the oil changed in the car and then made a trip to the farmers’ market (for peas in the pod – love them). I’ve also checked on all of my outdoor plants to be sure they will be OK as it heats up. I’m in HG Moon Bloom, which has become a go-to for me when it’s hot and humid.
I’m having to check my outdoor plants daily now as well. Stay cool!
Ooh, fresh peas, yum yum. I also love Moon Bloom. I only have a sample but it’s on my wish list.
Realized I hadn’t worn Misia all summer, so she was the winner this morning. It’s very rosy on this more-humid-than-usual desert day.
Ahhh Misia ????
I am near the end of a large-ish decant and thus facing The Decision . . .
You need it. HTH ????
I’m in At the Beach 1966 and loving it so much today. Just what I need (thanks, PL67).
Y’all, the TV business is tiring! We didn’t get done until after midnight. We didn’t even start shooting until 6:30 and did 31 takes of the same scene. It was a lot of fun though. It was so interesting to see how it’s all done. A party scene like that is so choreographed. Every movement of every person. It’s like a big dance. And it was also fun to see some celebrities up close, only a couple of feet away, particularly Tony Goldwyn who I watched in Scandal, which was a guilty pleasure lol. He’s just as cute in person…my fiance kept saying (in a joking way), “quit looking over at him!” and I just kept saying, “I can’t help it!!”
They’re doing another scene at the party tomorrow and asked me to come back. I think I will just because it’s fun and also you get paid so I mean, might as well.
I AM JEALOUS!!!!!Tony Goldwyn is SEXY!Enjoy part 2!✌????❤️
I’ve worked on tv/commercial shoots and was going to add yesterday that they’re long and dull but I’m glad you had fun
I love Tony Goldwyn, too, partly due to his family legacy (being a classic film buff and all.)
Enjoy your day at the Beach!
It’s definitely not something I could do everyday. A lot of waiting around and a lot of repetition! BUT, like I said, I like a good Netflix drama series and this has a promising cast so it’s fun to be a part of it. But you could tell some of the folks there made a living off of being extras (there’s a lot of film work here in ABQ) and I just cannot imagine doing that.
Isn’t there a Ricky Gervais show called extras about people who are professional extras? It was short-lived, but there is a fun episode with Kate Winslet in it. Comedy.
I loooved that show! It was hilarious.
Oh my gosh I will have to look it up! I’m lucky that my job is understanding of my taking off when I want/need to (as long as my work is done). I cannot imagine being an extra for a living!
Hey congrats on getting a callback! That’s pretty darn cool.
SotM = Terracotta, day 3
Continue to enjoy Terracotta very much.
Hope to spend today quietly knitting the sleeve of a sweater while thinking cool weather thoughts.
smelling good
thanks, cm8, it’s fun so far!
Terracotta is on my list to wear after I finish my sample of the week (or however long that sample will take).
ha! This Use It Up thing takes time.
Hope you will find that Terracotta is great whenever you get there. I’ve worn it in every season, day and night. It always makes me smile.
Joining you in Terracotta! It’s really nice, isn’t it.
Terracotta is so nice, you smell great!
Queen Latifah is my SOTD!Tiny bit left which I will eek out before sunset to JUST FINISH IT!
My work here is done.Lol.
KellyC made me superjealous,Scandal was a guilty pleasure when I was still into watching series on tv.Olivia Pope was my tragic hero for a bit there.Tony Goldwyn.Damn fine man.✌????????❤️
He was so sexy in person haha. Definitely will be a highlight of my year ha!
I would imagine so yes!!☺️
I LOVE Queen. Love love love. It took me way too long to finally break down and buy some, especially considering a bottle costs about the same price as a latte.
I bought it immediately when it came out,unsniffed,because I’ve been a Queen Latifah fan ever since I saw the movie Set it off.Glad I did.I enjoyed wearing it a lot today.Wearable Angel,if that makes sense!
I’m a long time fan and saw her on her Nature of a Sista tour
Google tells me that was in 1991. (!)
Haha!Wow!Google should tell you I was 14 then!Lol!✌????☺️❤️
I wasn’t much older than that ????
So how many bottles have you finished this week? ????
About to shower off this morning’s Amouage Bracken ????. I tested it late last summer and wasn’t taken by it but I thoroughly enjoyed it this a.m. What I recalled as bitter greens bloomed nicely into a green and pink floral. It reminds me a bit of L’Ombre Dans L’eau in that it transitions from green to pink, but the Amouage is easier to wear. I always found the Diptyque beautiful but rather oppressively somber.
Happy hump day, all!
Months ago I was in Bloomies and a pushy SA was _determined_ to spray me with something. To spite her, I insisted on the Bracken Man instead of the Bracken Woman she wanted to douse me with. I ended up liking the Bracken Man, actually, though it was just a touch out of my comfort range. Sans the SA, I’d like to try the Bracken Woman sometime.
My sotd was Satori.
Argh i am so busy these days….hardly time left for NST!
I hope you all are or soon will be enjoying a well deserved vacation!
I already made a trip in May, so I’ll be working whole summer. But I am planning on taking another (short) break in September.
you smell great!!
Thank you!
Its not a cheapie, but it is so beautiful. One of my favourites right now.
Nice photo!
Robin, is paddle board yoga offered where you’re at?
SOTD = Reeking Havoc
Let me explain:
I have a plastic Q-tip container that is the perfect height for atomizer samples. I have rotated perfumes in and out over the years (since 2013) and with very limited exceptions (currently 2 Jo Malone samples in a mini baggie) all had been sprayed at least once. I have FBs or travel sprays of some of these perfumes. In an effort to continue with The Mission to Use It Up, I applied the following:
Prada Candy 10
Puredistance White 2
Gucci Guilty Pour Homme Absolute 1
Solstice Scents Estate Vanilla 2
I am wafting something really good! Prada Candy is close to being empty while the others will take a while.
Commuting Woes No. 439 (I lost count so this will have to suffice)
Big guy came in at the 1st stop and planted himself catty corner to me, bumping into my foot while doing so and his crotch leaned against the corner of my Longchamps tote. He had to move for me to get off at the next stop, but in doing so, his headset cord got caught around another woman’s bag. I would have been very angry had I missed my stop. Of course as soon as I got to the office, I had to disinfect my bag. I probably should have worn No.19!
Speaking of samples I may not be able to finish, I may need to assemble a “Use it up for me” freebie pack. I’ll post that sometime soon, for mailing when the weather eases.
Do those digits refer to the number of sprays you’re wearing of each of those perfumes? 15 total? Wowza! I hope you are commuting today.
Fighting back should make you feel better.
Oh yes on the no. of sprays. Admittedly, some were probably half sprays (Prada Candy in particular) since I did not have time to dawdle.
You smell fab in Havoc! I have taken a note from your playbook and applied OS, Vetiver Oriental and Jo Loves Green Orange & Coriander.
Let me tell you: I smell wonderful.
Oh YES you do!!!!
Reek on, sister!
Wow!!! I love the fragrance combining
They actually complement each other!
A novel low spot in my commuting woes: the lady who brushed and flossed her teeth on the train. And then got up and spat it out into the bin in the aisle.
Lovely.
Thanks.
But Mr CrotchBag also sounds like a charmer.
What the whaaaat?Like seriously??
Well I watched the lady driving infront of me the other morning put on her mascara…during rush hour traffic…at 90km/h…with kids in the back.Humans.You can only shake your head sometimes.
I used to be that woman. I know, I know. I now wait and out my mascara on when I get to my office lol.
We had a teeth flosser at work – out in the open. You hear her before you see her since she’s a little whisk of a thing but laughs like a hyena.
Hahahha
Ick. Just ick to both the public flosser(s) and the handbag teabagger!
“Mr. Crotchbag”! For some reason that made me laugh (despite the ick factor of the actual experience).
I declare you champion today!????????????????✌????
Agreed
Thank you!
I had a fun public transport experience today: an older gentleman blissing out on a harmonica.
Now that sounds awesome!
Absolutely better than a boombox!
No paddleboard yoga…there is really nothing offered here, it’s just a lake where my sister has a house, there are no public services of any kind whatsoever. We have a small dock and a paddleboard and a couple kayaks, and a small sand beach and a hammock and a firepit. It is very quiet — many of the residents live here full time as opposed to using it for vacation property, so especially during the day it is possible to be the only one out on the lake. More activity in the evenings and weekends when people come home from work and take their boats out.
It is lovely and if someone would just open a cheese shop in driving distance it would be perfection.
This all sounds very peaceful.
Sounds like a very nice, relaxing place!
Wheeeeew boy you smell great!
Also, I don’t mean you’re a boy, I mean whew boy as in “oh boy!” Lol
Ha! I knew what you meant!
Continuing with Orange Sanguine again today, layered with IA St. Julep.
Layering score: 2 of 5.
Bizarrely, this faded to a skin scent within 10 minutes. It’s like they canceled each other out! But that’s okay, I’ve used up two 1ml samples, one 4ml spray and part of a 7ml dabber, and I’m having fun on The Quest!
when they fade you just add more of something else
Love this!
What she said.Haha!Layering with one scent is the perfect recipe for a successfull batch of JUST FINISH IT!!????????????????????
I’ve had the perfume canceling thing happen a few times when I have tried to layer. It’s really weird for me, since I smell nothing but it “feels” like there is still something around. A perfume phantom.
Okay, that’s a perfect description of what I experienced. I could tell there was something on my skin, like a faint citrusy odor; a sort of far next day dry down. Just 10 minutes after I applied. Strange phenomenon…I’m sure a ‘nose’ could tell us right away what happened in the chemical sense.
one spritz of Songes for me today.
oh also forgot to mention, I’m selling Montale Aoud Cuir d’Arabie and Hermes Muguet Porcelaine on eBay just in case anyone is interested. (if you are my email is madtolive88510 at gee male.)
Hey, I haven’t seen you around in a while, have I? Anyway, you smell heavenly of course!
I’m wearing LL Musc 25 today from my Cities sampler set. This is perhaps about fourth or so on my list of likes from the set. It’s quite pleasant and refreshing especially for a musk fragrance–light and white, with pretty strong floral aspects, especially lily of the valley. I don’t particularly pick up the aldehydes but maybe that’s why I perceive it as so “light.” Today I aim to make those oatmeal coconut chocolate chip cookies from the recipe the other day. I was going to do it before but it turned out I didn’t have any oatmeal except the instant kind in little packages and didn’t think it would work. It’s rather crazy to turn your oven on in 90+ degree heat, so perhaps I’ll wait until later this evening.
Forgot to say, I’m still rather unsettled by the amazing final episode of Season 2 of The Handmaid’s Tale from last night. OMG! I am rather glad to have a break from it now for awhile because it’s so stressful to watch it.
I’ve been meaning to start it. Glad to see a review of sorts from you!
Chocolate chip cookie twins. My daughter and I made a paleo version today with almond flour, honey, coconut oil and walnuts.????So delish.
I’m planning on 31 Rue Cambon today, it has a lovely classic feel that seems appropriate for a busy day. I’m sure I read somewhere that it uses a seaweed extract to replace oakmoss, so there’s an aquatic connection!
Interesting bit of info, there.
So glad I logged on even though so late in the day or I wouldn’t have known about a free Slurpee day! 7-Eleven is a fairly new thing in NYC but I grew up with it on Long Island and Slurpee’s are the best on hot summer days.
SOTD: vintage Samsara which has lasted 8+ hours and still getting whiffs of it
I bet it lasts til morning.
Waft this way, please!!
I started to post at 10 this am and have been sidetracked ever since!
I wore Cire Trudon Bruma today which I sprayed pretty heavily on my scent-glue skin and in my hair, and it was pretty much a barely detectable skin scent after an hour. Such a tease because I think it’s so lovely.
I’ll take it off my list, then! ???? Always a bummer when the beauties are elusive.
It is, but it’s $190 so maybe just as well. I haven’t worn it that many times-maybe 4-5?-and I have like 4/10ml left.
That’s what happened to me with Iris Rebelle. So disappointing.
That one lasted much longer on me than this one. And the 2 share some similarities to me.
Still on track for “Use It UP!” SOTD = two more squirts of Dame Passionfruit, Orange Blossom & Vetiver. The sample sprayer behaved itself today. ????????
awesome!!!!!!
Does 2 sprays last you all day?
Pretty much, since I have scent glue skin. I also get a bit of scent on my clothes, since I usually put perfume on right before I get dressed.
Wow, many of Dame’s scents don’t last for me at all. Lucky you!
Same for me.
Drat! Forgot to add that I hope you are having a wonderfully relaxing time at the lake, Robin, and that the weather there holds out/up!
So far so good! Clouded up for a few hours today but then got lovely again. And thank you!
I went with Eau de Merveilles today. Not at all aquatic but sort of a salty orange amber. I’ve used a little more than a third if a one ounce bottle. I guess that I need to reach for it more often.
Salty works in my book for something that reminds people of the ocean. Much better than an overdose of calone!!
That’s what I thought. Although I do have a scent lined up for Friday, I doubt that I’ll enjoy it all that much.
I have to be careful with aquatic scents. L’eau de Issey was horrific on me. But when I can find one that smells like what I think of as a “cold beach” – salty, sandy, minerally, cold water beach, then I usually like it. Today’s version is Tokyo Milk’s Sea and Sky.
am I remembering correctly that you have a bottle of Pacifica’s Malibu Lemon Blossom? If so that would work for the CP based on the description from the website-
“This fresh scent captures the free spirit of the Pacific Ocean with lemon blossom, litsea cubeba, flowering angel’s trumpet, fresh herbs and salty sea breezes.”
If I still had a bottle and I wasn’t on my Melograno kick I would probably have worn it on Friday…..
You could do one on each wrist…
I do indeed have a bottle of MLB! Perfect for tomorrow. Thanks!