It's Hump Day and Eat A Peach Day. What fragrance are you wearing?
I'm in Jour d'Hermès because SheriG and Tiffanie mentioned it. I tend to forget about it entirely.
Reminder: on 8/24, in honor of Pluto Demoted Day, wear a fragrance you used to obsess over, but don't care so much about anymore. If you can, tell us why you don't love it anymore. Suggested by Katrina.
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 Hermès Parures de Samouraïs pattern is available in a 90x90cm silk twill scarf (I can't find the price; possibly sold out?) or a 140x150cm silk & cashmere shawl ($1100).
I love peach season
SOTD Chance Tendre
Today is my last cuppa of my FIL homemade chai, I will have to wait until winter ..
Enjoy that last cup!
Oh no – I hope you can find a temporary substitute
That’s a minor tragedy! ???? What will you drink instead?
My Mariage Freres Tea..
Enjoy your cup!
Also, the pumps I have that are nude patent and are comfy are made by Bandolino.
Perfect!!! Looking them up now
Micallef Gaiac. Wish I had some homemade chai!
Off to work in the Seattle smoke. Ugh.
Passing your a virtual cup!
Thank you!! Yum
You smell great, I love Gaiac.
Me, too! (I’m not participating in the CP yet.)
Saw a photo taken from Elliott Bay yesterday – yikes! You could barely see the Space Needle. 🙁
SOTD is Fontaine Royale by Sous le Manteau. I’m squeezing the last drops from my sample. On me it’s a very unusual combo of citrus and vanilla. I love it.
That does sound nice!
I’m in Bel Respiro.
I noticed in the Mugler site that there is a countdown for the launch of Alien Man. Wonder if there will be an Aura Man?
Confused, I thought you could already buy it?
From my frantic searching only international markets and eBay. The U. S. Launch is in 15 days.
Alien man is already available in the UK. Don’t get your hopes too high, it’s not great, just another department store fragrance. I was quite disappointed and was looking forward to something a little ‘different’ from Mugler.
????. I’ve heard this a few times. I guess I can start my countdown to Aura Man.
If you’d like, send me your address and I’ll send you a carded sample that I have, if you can’t wait that long. It may take as long to get to you though. ????
Than k you so much but I hate for you to go to the expense. I did get a sniff from a friend who bought a sample on eBay but was optimistic it would smell better on me. ????
I will say I so appreciate the NST community being so willing to share. I’m always open to sharing anything I post about and have the sample bottles ready to fill.
Bel Respiro is a good choice; you smell wonderful.
I am wearing Slumberhouse Vikt, and I added an extra spray because the thunk-it-up club has reminded me that nothing I do will make my little decant last forever, so I may as well enjoy it on the few days I have left to wear it.
Good thinking! Enjoy it the most while it lasts! You smell fantastic!
Ahhh, Robin, you smell wonderful! I’m in Vol de Nuit extrait, seeing if I’ve stopped obsessing about it. Nope! It’s still the most fabulous thing ever. 😀
Nice to be reminded, yeah?
Absolutely! And nice to be ABLE to remind myself as often as i am – I believe it was rappleyea who encouraged/goaded me into investing in a whole ounce of the extrait. It is truly glorious. 🙂
I still can’t seem to find a scent to fit this week’s CP so I just go with what I feel like, Bvlgari Eau parfumée au thé vert for today.
It’s gorgeous.
It’s Wednesday and I haven’t figured out the CP yet…
Oh, Robin, I think I’ll join you in Jour d’Hermes today, though I prefer the parfum. Taking a nice relaxing day off, though sadly I woke up as early as I usually do.
Have a great day all!
Hey twin! Hope it was a fun day.
Wearing Jean Patou Joy, because it is beautiful and irreplaceable!
I honestly got a little teary over it wearing it yesterday. We are lucky to be able to experience so much beauty in our lives.
Every time that I revisit Joy, I regret that I do not wear it often. It is amazing! So many classic perfume jewels that I do not see these days in perfumery anymore.
Wear it more often then ????
With the amount of perfumes I have, I wish I could give it more love. But it is always an absolute pleasure when I wear it!
As long as it gives you pleasure it doesn’t matter how much or little you wear it!
I love Patou’s Joy, it’s gorgeous, especially the vintage extrait.
I agree! Every formulation of Patou Joy is amazing!
You’ve been wearing some very elegant and classy scents!
Thank you! Now, that I am back to my full bottles, I am revisiting perfumes that are beautiful and I have forgotten about.
I used up the last of a sample of Annick Goutal Gardenia Passion. Good thing there was almost nothing left, since this one is strong.
That one is very strong
I love it though!
Is it a true to the flower smell?
It’s actually a tuberose, and a beautiful one.
Yay for your strongly-scented THUNK!
Wearing SJP Lovely today. Perfect for work and the very warm and humid weather.
What a wonderful perfume! You smell gorgeous!
Everybody needs at least one scent that is perfect for warm, humid weather.
Yosh Sottile today. Never an obsession…a blind buy at an almost-free price. Very LOTV on me. A little sour, though.
Pretty scarves. The standard 90 cm runs about $395 in the U.S. which is a lot…unless you consider them akin to fine jewelry. I have a few…but none where I paid that much. I was in Paris in 2001, and one of the things on my list was an Hermes scarf. It was probably half that price and still a splurge. PdN was also on that list….
Why is it when dealing with banks everything takes more than one try? Why can’t they get it right the first time??
Speaking of peaches….made what will likely be my last tart of the season the other day. I had to throw out 3 of the peaches I bought…mealy. I had bought them the day before and put in a paper bag overnight, which helps them ripen properly. Oh well….
Love peach tart. I think those mealy ones are the victims of picking too early or freezing while ripening. I grew up on an orchard. We had cherries, apples, peaches and pears. I don’t think I ever had a mealy peach until I moved away and bought them at the store.
I had that issue when I was trying to wire money to my mom in Canada to pay back a loan. I was sitting across from a bank manager for a good 45 minutes while he was put on hold on the phone to a larger bank that they go through for those kinds of transactions. I did feel for the guy, probably much more red tape going on behind the scenes than we know about.
That said, sometimes it’s just incompetence!
I worked in client operations in an investment management firm. So, I get it when you’re trying to comply with processes….they can be cumbersome. In these cases, they are people making silly errors…like sending me the wrong signature card (for savings rather than checking) that I requested. Or, not properly inputting the primary phone number or changing the mailing address when switching the accounts to me as the new trustee. The waste of my time is adding up.
There’s a tremendous amount of money and resources being spent at banks to “go digital” and improve the customer experience. I just don’t think they get it. Need to hire the brains at Amazon or they may get their lunch eaten by them.
Same in the medical profession. In fact, practices, hospitals, and clinics are fined by the government if they don’t go to an e-system. My ophthalmologist, who’s been in practice forever, closed his doors because of this mandate.
Going to an eye appointment was like stepping back into the 50’s (in a good way!)- everyone knew your name, knew your history, and when you called, you got a speak to a real human being who KNEW you. For the MD, the cost of converting to an e-System was just financially not viable considering he would probably be retiring in another 5 or so years. This just prompted him to close his practice and retire earlier than planned. I was referred to a HUGE and technologically superior practice, but was just another number. Really sad.
LizzieB, I hear you on your banking woes. I had a problem with a savings account. The bank could not fix the issue in 3 tries, so I closed said savings account permanently.
I hear you on banking woes. 4 weeks after I tried to close my mom’s IRA (in person at the branch) and 3 weeks after I followed the telephone process I was told to use, I still do not have the paperwork I was told will be sent to me in 5-10 business days (it’s been 15). Smells Cargo Bank really stinks. I will show up in person next Thursday or Friday after a lunch of beans and try to withdraw 100% of the balance and see what kind of kerfuffle ensues. After I leave the premises, I may have to symbolically disinfect myself.
I’m also in Jour d’Hermes; I thought it would cut through the humidity nicely. I always spray this one in my hair too, since to me it smells like a fancy body/hair product. Has anyone tried the body cream version of this?
Hey, we are triplets today! (And I have not, but Hermes usually does decent body products.)
Good day to all. SOTD is Fragonard Verveine, which I have been using quite a lot this summer.
For the Friday project, I will have to check if I find samples from my past addictions, some of those I’d rather not revisit 😉
And such a cute bottle!
No peaches today, I’m making a strawberry/blueberry pie. Wearing SL Fleur d’Oranger. I’m also wearing a beanie because my hair is in that dreadful stage of growing it out from really short to a bob, and with my natural wave I have a head like a christmas tree right now. Argh. Hairdresser said come back in a month to shape it. Wish it was winter so the beanie would look less odd.
I am coming to your house for the pie????
Yes, screw peaches. I’m coming over for pie too!
I feel for your hair-growing-out woes. Was transitioning from a super-short pixie cut to a longer pixie-bob-thing last spring, and it was rough. I’m back to the short pixie now 🙂
Lol. Hey, maybe they’ll do a national beanie day over the next few weeks?!
In honor of eldest’s “it’s legal to drink now ” day Peony Blush and Suede which I bought for her when she turned eighteen. Robin, Happy Early Birthday to your son. Hope he has a great second year in college.
Happy Birthday to eldest marzipan!
Thank you!! She texted me this morning that she feels old LOL ???? ????
Happy birthday to eldest Marzipan! ????????????
Thanks pl67!!!
Congrats to eldest mini Marzipan on turning 21! ????????
Thanks Jalapeno!
Thank you CM8, and happy birthday to Marzipan 21!
He is probably going to take this year off and recalibrate…it was not an easy year.
Good idea. It’s not easy going away for the first time. I wish him the very best.
Thank you!
Wearing CdG Leaves : Tea .
Originally, I bought this and loved it, but lately I have been finding it too light for winter and too smokey for summer.
Today, however, it is like porridge for Goldilocks – just right
I love when that happens
So I’m back in town after nearly 10 months away (except about 3 weeks here last spring) and reunited with my beloved perfumes. I’m still cleaning out my stuff from my ex’s house and the perfumes are housed in the cool dark basement and will probably be the last things to be moved into storage. It’s amazing how absence makes the heart grow fonder. Even the bottles that were iffy before are now beeeeuuuuutiiiifffullll!! Still, I’m into offloading a 3/4 full bottle of PHI, still not working for me, will be hawking that one in a future swapmeet.
SOTD: Hermes Galop
I guess “trading” is a better word than “hawking”.
Welcome back!
Thank you! It’s good to be back.
ooh, I’m excited for cool weather to use my sample of Galop again, I remember loving that one last year. Smells like fall, my favorite season!
Galop is lovely. I took me a while to get how pretty and interesting it is. An NSTer sent me a nice decant of it, can’t remember if it was swapped for something else or not. When I first put it on it was kind of subtle and I couldn’t really smell much, but it’s grown on me and now I love it.
Welcome back! You smell great 🙂 I haven’t worn that one in a while!
Thanks Koyel. It has a short “bug spray” phase on me as do most sweet rose leather frags, but after that part dies down it’s really wonderful. I find that I can’t really smell Galop very well on myself but other people can smell it around me.
Welcome back!
Thank you, I feel welcomed as always here.
Welcome back, and enjoy the reunion 😉
Yes it’s nice to shop at home. I already have an Aladdin’s cave of beautiful high quality perfumes. I keep wanting to buy more, but I already have the best of the best.
Vanilla sounded good for this cool, cloudy day, so I’m in Pacifica Breath Taking.
I’m sampling Ray of Light today. Gorgeous lemon-lime opening, then meh. Someday the chemists will figure out how to keep the citrus molecules around longer.
I love that one! But yes, the top notes are always best.
I’m in the Elephant this morning. Wore a tiny spritz to bed and enjoyed it so much I blasted myself again today. It’s a beautiful coolish morning here so it works perfectly. I’m sure it will heat up to a hellish temp by late morning but by then I will have showered after my bike ride and will switch to something else.
We went on a reconnaissance mission yesterday and found some MTB trails north of town that look easy enough for an old, out of shape gal to do. Would love to take T-Rex, but it’s prime rattlesnake territory.
Also drove up to Pyramid Lake, which was huge! Much larger than I was anticipating, but perfect camping once the days cool down a bit. Some of the roads down to the shore would require a four wheel drive, but I found a couple that my van could make. It’s tribal land so I will have to research what’s needed to camp there, but incredibly beautiful. The antithesis of Lake Tahoe; desolate desert, tons of wild sage and scrub brush, no trees at all, and mile upon miles of empty sky and land. The lake is piercing turquoise blue, even under all the haze and smoke. My IG photos don’t pick up on the color for some reason, but to the naked eye, it’s amazing! The contrast between the brownish desert scrub land the twinkling blue is gorgeous.
Happy Humpday! ✌????
Please pass me a slice of sizzling ????. And I adore how T-Rex plays dead..her facial expressions are just too cute ????
The pizza turned out pretty good! That T-Rex is a hot mess! ????
She’s a cutie
Sounds amazing. Wow!
Beautiful, but sadly, a good bit of trash in some spots…????
Glad to hear that your pizza experiment turned out well! ????
It was delish! Although next time I will omit the mushrooms…????
You don’t like ‘shrooms? Or did they mess with the texture of the pizza?
I think I should have pre-cooked them like I did the Italian sausage. As they cooked on the pizza, they released a lot of juice, as mushrooms usually do, and the crust was only crisp along the sides-the bottom was boggy ????
Well I’ve already had to scrub my perfume off my arms, so that’s a bummer. I went with my old bottle of Fresh Cucumber Baie that I used to love, but sadly the bottle has turned. I used one small spray the other night and the top notes were off, but the perfume soon smelled like it should. Since I gave myself two large sprays per arm, the spoiled notes amplified. Eesh I hate to toss an almost full bottle. A good lesson in use it or lose it!
Time to join the Thunk it up club????
Oh, I’m in the club. I’ve been focusing on using up samples and decants for the last year and a half, but my collection is so large that it takes a while to get through things. Plus I can’t wear a lot of sprays to work because we’re supposed to be fragrance free. ????
I do have a few close to empty bottles set aside to use up soon!
Yeah it’s tricky when you can’t wear it to work ☹️
I just lost my decant of 31 Rue Cambon (wail).
Oh no! ????
How did you lose it?
Poor wording. It turned on me and went bad.
Oh no 🙁 🙁 My decant of Arielle Shoshana also tragically turned. My fault with that one, though–I accidentally left it in a hot car trunk for a while. Still, though!
Oh that’s sad about your Arielle Shoshana decant. ????
Oh, and I will be eating a peach today, day 3 of peaches this week. They’re so good right now.
I didn’t scrub my neck of its one spray because it wasn’t so odorous as my arms, and I’m glad I didn’t because now it’s lovely and like the Cucumber Baie I once obsessed over. Sigh.
Oh no!! Sorry to read this 🙁 Could you use it to spray clothing or something, so that once the top notes go away, the good parts remain?
I might try it as a room spray.
I woke up to 56 degrees this morning, so basically freezing. Had to go and get my first hot chocolate of the season. It’s 70 now, and beautiful blue sky. I originally had on Gucci by Gucci for the CP, but it bothered me so much, I showered it off. Sotd now, is Tuscan Leather, swoon… I’m so fortunate to have received this from a fabulous Nster. Leather has really become my favorite catagory of perfume.
I noticed yesterday evening that it’s starting to get cool now. Darker earlier as well. Whenever I see Tuscan Leather mentioned it reminds me of one of my favorite YouTube reviewers, Peter of Fragranceview. I love how he says the name with his British accent. I also love his candor when reviewing some of the expensive niche. Have you tried Ombre Leather at Sephora yet? I really like that one. Next time I might have a sample made or just douse myself silly.????
I love Peter! I could listen to him talk for hours. I laugh every time He says “I don’t like it” the last time I was in our Sephora here, they didn’t have Ombre Leather. They might not get it, the perfume selection is not very big. Oh, also Eugene from U smells good is also fun to listen to. He’s another Tuscan Leather fan.
My Sephora is really tiny too so maybe you will get it in yours too. Peter is just adorable. I will seek out Eugene.
No videos for U Smell Good. Wondering if he took them down ????
Strange, I was just watching yesterday. Wonder why he took them down.
Maybe I am doing something wrong…I found his channel but then it says ” no videos uploaded”
It says the same for me. But check out Kristofer Maves channel, he and Eugene have a lot of collaborations. I like their content.
FALL! It’s really on the way!! ????
Indeed it is????
I am joining you in ????????????. Fall can’t come soon enough.
SSS Voile de violette
Not at all on theme in Chanel No 5. Lots of it, as I dabbed a bit earlier this morning then decided to top up and accidentally poured a good 2 ml from my splash bottle – most of which made it onto my arm (though quite a bit ended up on my bedroom rug and will hopefully scent the room for a while.) I’ve done this so many times with this bottle I can hardly believe I’ve got any left 0_0
It’s the vintage edt, which I bought some years ago when I was obsessed with No 5. I ended up with many many vintage bottles. I’m still obsessed, and this summer I bought bottles of Elixir Sensuel and Eau Premiere. One day a bottle of the body oil will be mine ???? Along with Shalimar, it’s been in my top 2 most-worns for as long as I’ve been keeping track.
As to the CP, I know I have a lot that would qualify if I can remember what they are. I know I’m not the only one who scans my collection wondering why I thought I needed a FB of x, y, or z…
Oh, hello semi-twin! 😉
Eat a Peach Day! These days are getting craazzzyyy.
I’m game, however!
SOTD: Chanel No°5 Eau Premiere (older version)
I think this is in my top 5. It’s super easy to wear and very pretty. The citrus is the star of this beauty in my opinion.
You smell great!
I often think I smell a whisper of peach fuzz in No. 5’s aldehydes. So pretty.
That scarf is so beautiful!
I’m in Bracken from a Scentbird decant. It may be the first Scentbird I have gotten that I really like. Not feeling FBish, at least not yet, but indeed I am enjoying it.
Also, am rewarding myself for various things by allowing myself to read entries in the new Turin/Sanchez perfume Guide. As a consequence I have 3 samples of perfumes by Satori, a perfume house that I knew nothing about before reading the Guide. Yesterday I tried the eponymous Satari, which was lovely!
APB: I am desperately seeking CdG’s STEPHEN JONES edt. I waited too long to decide to get a full bottle, and I cannot find any this side of the pond. If you have a decant or an FB that you aren’t thrilled about of Stephen Jones, and are willing to swap or sell it, please let me know! My coordinates are ann dottie eisenberg attagirl comcast dottie net
I like that pattern too! No real interest in Hermes scarves other than looking at the pictures, luckily.
Today I am in Bulgari Thé Blanc. I used to wear this all the time; it was a signature fragrance for a while. I think I left it because there are just so many more interesting and less linear scents. However, I think it is a great work option; it is clean and crisp and somehow serious. I think if you didn’t want anything loud but wanted to seem authoritative, this would be good.
Sounds like an apt office scent then! My armor of record is No.19 EDP.
That is just perfect; when I am not sure, 19 always works!!
Robin, I haven’t been getting email alerts when I subscribe to get replies to my comments the past few days. Has anyone else mentioned this please? No changes on my end.
From Maison Vanille, wearing the Madagascar and Tahiti ones…
Everything working on my end
I have never received reply alerts.
She-ra, I’m in the same boat. I thought it was me, so I signed in and out and back in, but alas! No emails…
I have been getting emails…
Thanks for your review of OJ Vanille d’Iris. I am debating whether I should give it another try or just end its misery. There ARE way better vanillas and way better irises…I shouldn’t have to struggle with a perfume.
Agreed.
Well, I’m perplexed since it looks like it is working for some people.
Having a busy week but making a note to check on that this weekend.
Thanks, Robin!
SOTD: Le Labo Another 13 from a sample (btw, Nordstrom has this as a sample option with orders at the moment, and all orders have free shipping, including those awesome soaps by Cologne Atelier). I was initially obsessed and am still sort of obsessed, but sad because I basically can only smell it when I put my nose to my wrist. Guys, where can I find something like this that I can SMELL?
On Ebay, most likely.
I meant– what are some other fragrances with ambroxan as a main note that everyone likes, that are stronger?
But yes, I do love ebay!
Sorry. My bad.
I meant vintage perfumes…which can be gound on Ebay. Most of the modern stuff disappears pretty quickly.
From Juliette has a Gun
Not a Perfume and Anyway
A hotter day today and I’m wearing Chanel Paris-Deauville. As much as I totally like it, I don’t want a 125 ml bottle. If there was a 30 ml (or even 50 ml) available, my money would be theirs already.
Great choice. I went for the 125 ml. If you were closer I’d send you some. ????
Aw, that’s so nice of you
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I am nude- perfume-wise LOLOLOL. ????????
Have a hankering for pulled pork, Italian long hots, and fried onions sandwich.
Generic mall has grub, maybe I will annoy my favorite Dior SA and find JoyDior tester and hose meself DOWN……????
Gotta play the Allman Brothers for Eat a Peach day !!! ????????????
Gotta be rock’n’roll music if you wanna dance with ME! !
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You must do ALL of this! And report back after the hose down ????????????✌????????
Delicious sandwich. ????????????
Great music. ????????????????????????????
Sad Macys had no Joy, and was promoting the more-generic-than-dust Calvin Klein Women. Cheap looking bottle, I couldn’t even be bothered to spritz.
Wound up testing Pacifica Malibu Lemon Blossom in Ulta, lemons that dried down to surprise! surprise ! the original Mugler Cologne. Ulta had four of their twelve Dior shelves completely bare, so they must be waiting on Fedex.
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I’ve noticed a shrinking perfume selection at the ULTAs closest to me in the past couple of years. Not just empty shelves, but fewer, too.
The good thing about Ulta is, once they greet me, they leave me alone.
But I have seen them bite like a dog with a bone if a woman comes in looking to purchase makeup !! ????????????????????
Hey hey, we are commando twins!
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I’m participating today. About a year ago I was seriously obsessed with Lonesome Rider…it was so unlike anything I’d ever smelled and I was fascinated. I still like it very much but I’ve smelled so much more since then that my obsession has definitely dwindled.
I love peaches. A coworker brought a huge bag in today from his peach tree. They are big and perfect, I was so excited!
Is that the scent with a BBQ note? If so, have a hard time with it. It’s not for me.
And the peaches have been fantastic this year!
I think that might be Lonestar Memories? That one was definitely campfire/BBQ.
It’s been a long time since I tried those two.
I get lots of great BBQ from Lonesome Rider! I love it 🙂
I thought so too. BBQ is a smell that I enjoy in food but not my perfume. More for everyone who enjoys it.
Lucky you, getting fresh off the tree peaches! ???? Store bought ones just aren’t the same.
I buy mine at farm stands or orchards. I don’t know what they do to the peaches at the market? It isn’t good.
My sis-in-law made peach bourbon jam last year and gave us a jar. It was so good!
I needed a present and so I gifted myself a bottle of Drole de Rose. Drole de Rose is definitely not my style so it feels even more like a gift; I am enjoying it!
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Aha, yes!
Great self-present 🙂
Wearing Une Rose Vermeille today. I am looking at a backup bottle of this one. While the beads in the bottle are cool, I would rather have the juice instead. Has anyone had experience with the website Tigerlily for perfume? I’m just wondering if they are legit. They have bottles for$160 but on the Tauer website, with shipping, the price would be around $10-$20 cheaper.
I have bought perfumes from Tigerlily before without any problems. Their perfumes are legit.
They are totally legit. Really nice store in SF
Eat a peach day–but do I dare?
(Sorry, couldn’t resist.)
Everyday is a good day for a T.S. Eliot poem!
My trousers are rolled today ☺
I’m with you on the trousers, but also growing old while I wear them rolled…
😀
SotD = Hiris
Gosh that’s a gorgeous scarf.
Robin, you smell mmmaaaahvelous!
Keeping the Hermes love train goin’ with a spritz or two of old blue bottle Hiris before lunch with the ladies who lunch, occasionally. 😀 Just my sister and I taking Mom out for a bit girl time. Then maybe a movie.
Smellin’ great NST! Have a wonderful Wednesday.
You smell great! I have that same beautiful bottle and haven’t worn it in a good long time…
Thanks, Deva! I love old Hiris, hope you get a chance to wear yours. 🙂
I have appointments today so I went with Rahele. Lovely and nonoffensive.
Hopefully your appointments went well today! ????
All good!
SOTD OJ Frangipani. Still like it as much as when I first smelled it ????
Yesssss. You smell so great!
Wearing TDC Sienne d’Orange for something light on a day with lots of sun and humidity.
Last night, in the spirit of the CP, I sprayed on Hanae Mori, the perfume with the same name. It was the first somewhat “exotic” perfume I ever bought, in what I thought was a splurge at Neiman-Marcus–and that was a long, long time ago. It just knocked me out back then, so pretty. I’m afraid that after awhile lying in bed, sleepless, I finally had to get up and cover it up, or rather balance all that fruit-vanilla sweetness, by spraying a bunch of Lancome O over it. It’s one I just don’t dig any more, the love is gone. Too bad–I do still remember loving it and that bottle is very pretty. Back to the back of the perfume cabinet it goes..
This project is turning out to be interesting, and poignant.
I had the same reaction the first time I tried it – and also now. It is SO sweet! And I like sweet.
I loved the “what I thought was a splurge” part — ain’t that the truth!
Humid=Eau d’Hadrien. Thanks for the well-wishes for the kid- he’s feeling better but not dressing for football – it’s too hot.
Glad he is on the mend though!
Wearing Vetiver Pour Elle. Why has the love faded, why? It’s perfectly fine, if on the fleeting side, but it seems less ravishing.
This makes me think I should stop buying back up bottles, and only open the ole wallet when a bottle is already finished.
Sounds like a good plan
Wearing Diptyque’s lovely Eau Rose. This was an impulse buy when I was feeling low one day browsing at Space.NK. It really is a pretty pink rose and reminds me of rose water. I find I pull for it for a quick pick me up during the cold and gray summer in SF. Definitely a keeper.
That sounds like an impulse buy which worked out really well for you! ????
No peaches for me, but plenty of delicious plums and pluots in the house right now. They are so ripe that I have to eat them standing over the kitchen sink!
Another lovely summer day here, although I have noticed that the sun is going down about 30 minutes earlier than it was around the 4th of July. I’m enjoying the daylight while it lasts! ????
SOTD = back in Messe de Minuit EdT again. No issues with weird blips in the space/time continuum today. Just two of the cats throwing up hairballs. ????????
Yikes, I don’t miss those hair balls (or the dramatic retching and heaving beforehand)! However, I have had to deal with T-Tex and bloody diarrhea. No fun, any species you look at. You smell fabulous though…! ????
Thank you!
Most of the time, I just grumble a little and clean up said hairballs. Less messy than cleaning out a birdcage! And I loved every single parakeet my family had when I was a kid.
I agree, I’ve loved all our pets even though they add to the mess every day. Now that we’re a “bird family” I can’t walk barefoot in the house without stepping on birdseed – ouchie! – no matter how often we sweep and vacuum.
I’ve posted this before. It sounds like you need a birdseed version of this:
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/new-lego-slippers-will-spare-parents-the-unique-pain-they-know-all-too-well_us_564a4cc5e4b06037734a6857
I’m so looking forward to Fall except for the shorter days. I hope the cats are OK.
The cats say “Thank you”! Or would it be “Thank mew”? Everyone is relaxing now, and hanging out in some of their favorite evening spots. ????
LOL!
???? Commando!
I intended to wear No. 19 EDP but was in a hurry to catch a train for an early meeting. I’m glad I didn’t stop to spritz because I just made it to board the train!
Nasty drink – there’s a new protein cold brew drink at Starbucks. Ptooey and ???????????????????????????? I took one sip and asked for a different drink. The barista surreptitiously signaled his agreement with my assessment.
Commuting Woes No 452 (I think):
This morning, I was ???? Commando!
I intended to wear No. 19 EDP but was in a hurry to catch a train for an early meeting. I’m glad I didn’t stop to spritz because I just made it to board the train!
Nasty drink – there’s a new protein cold brew drink at Starbucks. Ptooey and ???????????????????????????? I took one sip and asked for a different drink. The barista surreptitiously signaled his agreement with my assessment.
Commuting Woes No. 452 (?):
This morning I was enjoying a relatively quiet commute when, all of a sudden, there was what sounded like a hissy cacophony of 2 people trying to out-talk each other. I looked to see where it was coming from (I.e. did a stupid jerk decide to have a radio and TV on at the same time). To my surprise, it was actually coming from someone wearing a cap, hoodie and sunglasses talking to himself, and the words did not form coherent sentences. He kept going on and on with this rapid staccato hiss, then I was able to escape the noise when I got off my stop.
Whoa! I don’t think I’ve ever seen you post that you’re commando! Protein drinks are overrated in my humble opinion.
I was “commuting” to the bike trail today, stopped at a light, and watched a woman dance, jump, sing, holler, caterwaul, and leap all over the place as she crossed the street. Thank god she didn’t get run over! High as a kite and enjoying the he** out of life- Until she’s not high anymore…
Uhm, she was wearing Joy Dior……………………………….????????????????
Or maybe Kate Spade Walk on Air
Ayiahyiah not sure how the post got doubled up but eh, whatever.
So, yeah, I haven’t been commando on purpose in forever. Today, I had a very important meeting and I pretty much had to skeddadle. I did not even wear a bracelet ????. I may have to prepare an emergency kit with: perfume, earrings and bracelet.
And regarding the high as a kite person, better that she’s walking rather than driving!
I remember trying my brother’s protein powder when he was big into that kind of stuff ages ago. It was pretty gross. ????????????
It probably needed to be disguised by chocolate and sugar.
Thanks for the warning! I don’t normally drink starbucks unless I am multistate commuting, but for those long drives, I looooove a Vanilla Sweet Cream Coldbrew. I wondered about the protein one! I will skip it!
My new favorite is Salted Cream Cold Brew. I ask for a grande with one pump of caramel (normally comes with 2…and I bet you can substitute with vanilla). Anyway, even my coffee snob brother (because Portland, OR) likes it. Have you tried it?
SOTD is galop d’hermes. I’m in San Francisco and just splurged on a bottle at Bloomingdales!
Enjoy it…and San Francisco!
Nice????????
Congrats on your new bottle!