Hey, it's Tuesday! Plus, Cherry Turnover Day, in case you happen to have one handy. What fragrance are you wearing?
Me: at the beach in Hermès Un Jardin Sur Le Nil body lotion (which does not match the purse, unfortunately). Tea at the moment is Mangalam Estate Assam.
Reminder: on 8/31 we're doing Fabric Friday...wear a perfume named for some type of clothing or fabric, OR wear a scent you associate with a certain kind of clothing or fabric, OR wear a perfume with a fabric-related note (suede, cotton, etc). Suggested by Glannys.
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 Felt Teapot purse ("Whether you're attending the Mad Hatter's tea party or just meeting a friend for a cup of chamomile (or something stronger), bring a touch of whimsy along with this structured felt purse. Fun as it is, Akori Lee Mitsune's design is also functional: there's an inside pocket, feet on the bottom, and a removable strap—resistance to a pretend pour from your clutch is futile.") is $98 at Uncommon Goods.
very cute teapot. I am in my workhorse scents, Romantina from Juilette has a Gun. Back to everyday life during the school year. Those on vacation, enjoy a swim for me.
I am willing to risk a dip in your honor 🙂
yeah for you!
Sampling L’Etole Vision (The Mink Stole) from DSH which has a bright piquancy on my skin that means it is still wearable today. I was worried that it would be really autumnal and unwearable on a day that is expected to go into the high 90s here in Boston.
oooh, I do have a sample of that at home, maybe I’ll try it tomorrow!
Have you tried Chinchilla? I love that one – I didn’t realize DSH did another fur-inspired scent!
Chinchilla is on my full bottle wishlist as is Foxy. She also did one that translates as Sable Coat but that one didn’t thrill me as much. I definitely want her to include an animalic tone in the custom scent that she”ll be making for me a week from Friday (bounce, bounce)
Custom set – how exciting! This also reminded me that I have a sample of Foxy somewhere, must locate . . .
I LOVE that scent. I treated myself to a bottle after a recent career milestone.
Congrats on both counts.
Sleep deprived and stressed so Incense Pure for me today.
Sorry for your stress CM8, I hope the day ends with rest and relaxation. Sending hugs and chocolate.
Ug, hope things look up soon! You do smell really good at least 🙂
Yuck, so sorry CM8!
Sleep deprivation is literally torture, hope things improve for you soon.
Hope you make it through the day and have a better night tonight!
Everything will be fine, my friend! Incense Pure will help you with the stress. Hope you can sleep tonight. Hugs!
I hope you’ll get through the day quickly and get enough rest before tomorrow: since we don’t know who’s taking over the SSS and whether they’ll produce all the perfumes, you just cannot have days that require Incense Pure too often! 😉
Yikes, sorry about the stress and sleep deprivation. You need a nice cozy nap today! ????
Hang in there and let the Incense Pure do its thing.
Thank you, my friends!!! There’s lots of stuff all happening at once and my mind is on overdrive coupled with old age insomnia. I need to chill and just cocoon for a few days and get a few decent nights of sleep ????????????
Have you ever tried CBD oil? A friend was just recommending it to me for anxiety/insomnia and I’m tempted to try it.
If you do please report back. I am fairly certain a friend of mine tried it and if I am not mistaken she didn’t care for how it made her feel.
Honestly I need to get back to good habits of a more routine yoga and meditation practice at home, spending less time on the computer and giving myself more down time rather than trying to do it all.
And just allowing my world to unfold as it should ????
Wishing you a good night’s rest tonight.
Thanks Barqs!
Aw, sorry to hear that you are dealing with sleep deprivation today! 🙁 I hope that you get a good night tonight. ????⭐
hope your day got easier, cm8! hang in there.
For anxiety and insomnia I like this:
https://www.herbdoc.com/nerve-formula
It has valerian and other good stuff in it. 😉
Hi all
SOTD is vintage Niki de st Phalle, a green/mossy favorite! 🙂
One of my favorites.
How are you feeling by the way?
Nice!
you smell great!
I hope to try it soon: I read so many good things about it. So, I assume you smell great 🙂
Undina, shoot me a line at ldetrich at yodel dot com with your address and I’ll send some to you. 😀
But only if Undina promises to write a review ????????????
Or a story or Sunday sampling as I know technically she doesn’t do full reviews
CM8 – well I didn’t even think of that! 😀
Trying to stay fresh in Pacifica Sandalwood. Heat index with humidity will be near 95F today, and the a/c in my office is on the fritz.
Best wishes on the AC front, ack….I know the human race survived a very long time without air conditioning but I’m still not sure how.
Agreed!
Siestas!
Ack, that’s not a safe work environment! Everyone should get paid leave until it’s fixed!
The a/c is back up and running now! Yay! Though I would certainly take the paid leave you’re suggesting 😉
Ooof, this is not a day for the A/C to be on the fritz! Glad to hear that it is fixed now.
I’m in Shalimar Initial Parfum L’Eau, and I associate it with a pink lacy dress.
I think this dress is probably the best match:
https://www.romanoriginals.co.uk/v-neck-lace-dress-24108ros
But these two (very different) dresses work too:
https://bit.ly/2BVgGow
https://bit.ly/2MC3dHh
That’s a great association for that scent–it’s the only BUB I’ve ever purchased! You smell lovely.
Thank you!
It is a lovely scent indeed.
Tried SL Bas de Soie at bedtime last night and was not a fan, but will give it a longer wearing sometime soon before I give up. SOTD is MDCI La Promesse de l’Aube, from a larger spray sample that arrived yesterday. It’s different when sprayed vs dabbed – fresher and more like what you’d expect based on the ad copy (“a fragrance for the morning …”). Still love it, but am looking forward to observing its development throughout the day.
I’m interested to hear that. I have a dabber sample and just love it. Now you’ve created a lemming!
wearing Dame Perfumery Cactus Orchid….I think this is my favorite Dame offering, I have tried many thanks to the line’s generosity. It has a hot-house vibe, but also a strong green-rose feeling I really enjoy.
When I ordered Cactus Orchid I also tried the Dame face cream, which I loved – it really seemed to give me full moisture coverage and absorb into the skin (mine is dry). UNFORTUNATLY, my face broke out into big dry red patches in the T-zone, I tried this 3 times. I should probably let them know about it : (
Over the weekend I tried Hermes Iris Ukiyoe layered with Santal Massoia. This was one of the layering combinations the Hermes SA recommended when I visited the flagship store in Paris. I would probably not have paired them, but I enjoyed the result very much.
We just finished a very expensive closet renovation, and I now have all my perfume in one easy to access drawer, it is great! before I had them in a dresser drawer, which was really heavy to open, and the drawer was segmented in a way I didn’t like. Was it worth the money? Probably not, but it’s too late to turn back now, ha ha 🙂
Your closet reno sounds wonderful! Also Cactus Orchid. Dame Perfumery is such a generous company, I wish I could fall in love with one of their scents. Sorry the face cream didn’t work out, I’ve read good things about the body products.
thank you! I agree, I really have not fallen in love with a scent from Dame either, but PriscillaE’s comment below makes me want to try Desert Rose – I have tried their Rose de Mai, which was very clove forward to me.
We’re having very similar Dame experiences! Cactus Orchid is also my favorite, AND I had to stop using the face cream after I broke out (although in my case it seemed to be from overmoisture?) I still loved it enough that I want to try it again though.
how funny! I really loved the face cream, my skin is not really sensitive, so this is a bummer for me for sure!
Interesting Hermes combination. Any other recommendations for Hermes combinations?
yes, I have 5 or 6 at home, I’ll post them later!
Looking forward to it !
Hi Barqs 🙂 I looked up the card the Hermes SA gave me when I asked her for layering recommendations, she asked a more senior SA & wrote down his recommendations, which are:
Rose Ikebana & Poivre Samarcande
Santal Massoia & Iris
Santal Massoia & Osmanthe
Ambre Narguile & Poivre Samarcande
Veteriver Tonka & Ambre Narguile
Now that I look at the list, I don’t know what Iris he was talking about, but I did like the effect of Santal Massoia & Iris Ukiyoe.
That’s awesome about your closet Reno and dedicated perfume drawer – I wish I had that!
thanks! it’s not a huge drawer, but I think it’s just right, I’ve decided to limit myself to this drawer size (rather than a # or $ spent, ha ha)
that’s kind of my approach as well, though I switched which dresser I use recently which gives me lots more space 😉
also jealous of your closet renovation! dreamy
I hope the drawer is big enough to host all your future confessions to Donatella 😉
well, once I donate items to the freebie meet, and also use up samples, it certainly will! A lot of real estate is taken up by cups (hairspray lids) full of 1ml samples.
I don’t buy samples, but I’ve got lots of decants. I put them in tea tins when I moved and have kept them stored that way. They’re grouped by note/season. For someone with lots of tea tins and decants, it’s a win-win.
SOTD CdG Leaves: Lily. My go-to this summer for heat and humidity.
And boy is it hot and humid 🙂
Back in Pomelo Paradis for the extreme heat.
I finished one of several samples of Dame Desert Rose. I love how generous Dame is with their samples. This is one of my favorite roses.
I’m in Slumberhouse Sadanne, which was my biggest perfume purchase and I saved up for it and I’m SO glad I bought it – really made me rethink my approach to buying; it’s so much better to save up for the things you really love!
very true! the trick is to find something you love, right? Sometimes you have to be patient…
You smell amazing!!! I got a sample at Twisted Lily, nd in less time than usual for me (perfume purchase decisions take a long time for me!) I went to order it and it was G O N E. I did not know that it had been discontinued!!! Enjoy it!!
Slumberhouse supply is very spotty – sometimes things come back, so keep an eye out! On the other hand this one is so different from the rest of the brand that I do fear it’s discontinued for good. I wonder if any of the brick and mortar stores that stock them might have any bottles – you could always call!
(I have my Vikt money set aside so I can pull the trigger right away if/when it ever reappears!)
Good plan! I reached out to Slumberhouse and Twisted Lily but got no response about future availability or what they do with testers…! Fingers crossed it will come back
Good morning all!
In this week’s edition of “Coumarin Can’t Be Trusted with His Own Debit Card,” I went to a discount perfume store and found a 100ml bottle of Byzance by Rochas. I know that one is kind of hard to come by these days, so I snapped it up. It was less than $100, so you know, free!
Then I went right next door to another discounter and bought a 125ml bottle of Yvresse for even less than the Byzance!
And that’s how I spent my September perfume budget in August. I’ll be absolutely fine, but I thought it was pretty funny.
So I’m in Byzance today. That top note would startle an animal but the drydown is woody and creamy. Just a touch of spice. Now I know why it costs a pretty penny on Ebay!
Fun! I haven’t smelled Byzance in years, your top note remark made me laugh 🙂
Today it wasn’t as bad since I expected it, but I was still a bit taken aback. Reminds me of that citronella lemon start of current Chant d’Aromes.
sounds like you live in a great perfume shopping area
Definitely! One of my favorite pastimes right now, digging through the discounters!
In this week’s edition of “Coumarin Can’t Be Trusted with His Own Debit Card,”
So, this will be a weekly update?? 🙂
Only if I get a corporate sponsor. I think on my budget, it would have to be monthly. 😉
Enjoy your new bottles Coumarin!
Thank you!
I loooove Byzance, and Yvresse too, congratulations!
You always have great taste, Cazaubon. I definitely see why Byzance commands such a price on eBay.
Wow! Great finds! I’m sure the debit card bears some responsibility in this situation…we should ask Donatella.
I’m thinking, “If I paid 1/5 of the eBay price, did I even spend money?” Luckily I could afford both. 🙂
Your shopping situation sounds enviable! Congrats 🙂
I have a lot of fun digging. 🙂
Oh nice haul!Love Byzance!I should wear it more often myself.Rochas is a house I have been seriously neglecting!
I just bought some Tocade recently so I’ve been very curious about the rest.
Nice bottles! Even better, you didn’t have to pay eBay prices for them.
There are so few perfumes like that that I would pay eBay prices for, honestly. I’d never even smelled Byzance but the price was so good I bought of on first sniff! “Doesn’t turn my stomach? Worth it.”
I’ve been good – I think – about not complaining about the weather but it’s so hot again today that I want to curl up in a ball, roll into a shady corner and whimper. I was going to wear Cashmere Mist today but I think only Kyoto will do. The teapot purse is very cute.
No worries ringthing, I complain about the heat enough for everyone! Lol
In about 6 weeks, it will be my turn????
Along with me LOL ???? ????
SOTD is Chant d’Arômes, no idea what to pair it with fabric wise.
I’m glad you are wearing Un jardin sur le Nil bodylotion Robin, I remember how you kept telling people how great it was in your review of the perfume.
Tea is Un jardin andalou by the Palais des Thés. Started this morning with a very fancy first Flush Darjeeling. And this will be my afternoon cuppa.
Saw a bottle of Omnia Paraiba for sale, only 15€. I didn’t buy it, but fear I may have some regrets later on.
You smell great !
Thank you! I love this Guerlain. One of those on the spur of the moment purchases that has really worked.
Wearing Unknown Pleasures by Kerosene.
Uncertain as to what fabric, but the colour pallette would be muted yellow, soft grey and cream.
You smell great!
That color palette is spot on
Good day to all! SOTD is Eau Sauvage. Boy, I’ve never realised how strong it is! Maybe it is because of the summer heat.
Love the purse!
Don’t know how old your bottle is, but I think the new versions are stronger / more sillage than the old versions.
Happy Tuesday!
1) It has cooled down considerably and it is actually bearable. Today will spike up to 88F and then I think it is 70s all week, which is perfect for the beginning of September.
2) Am in a combo of Sandalo soap from Ortigia and Mancera Roses Vanille from a sample when I was in LA.
3) Am tossing salary offers back and forth. Ugh.
PS: The scent has turned from Rose Jam-ish sort of scent to just a brandy vanilla. Not bad, but I do not think worth the price. Buy Rose Jam body spray instead for a sweetened rose.
Rose Jam is on my to buy list – sniffed it at lush based on everyone’s rave reviews here and really liked it
The Rose Jam body spray is a good deal- strong at first then settles down nicely. Use with the shower gel and every child will want to give you a hug and a kiss (my experience, anyway).
PSA for EBay code PREGAME15 for 15% off until 10 pm tonight. No affiliation.
First week of kindergarten for my daughter. Exciting but stressful. ???? comparing Misia EDT and Insolence EDT today for Science and distraction.
Also catching up on WW S2 and watched episode 5 last night. Damn. Give Thandie Newton her Emmy now. ????
Thank you She-ra! I was waiting for this coupon badly!
Happy first week of kindergarten to your daughter!
I found my daughter’s first week of school very stressful last year, so I hope that it’s off to a great start for you. :0) She’s my first born, so it was my first kindergarten rodeo. It’s a big transition for student and parent alike! Good luck!
Yay for back to school! I hope your daughter has fun and makes friends!
Hope the kiddo has a blast! She’ll be so happy to come back home to Mommy today and tell you all about it.
Now I need to browse my Watch List to figure out, for which item(s) I was just recently thinking “when the next coupon appears”… Almost sure it was something perfume-related. Thank you! 🙂
I’ve been waiting for such a coupon as well.
I bought some vanilla decants – I need to catch up with you to see where you are in your Quest.
I think it wasn’t until I wore Insolence regularly this spring that I started to think of Misia as a cosmetics scent, so I’ll be interested to hear your observations.
Thanks for the PSA!
In Ed Hardy Love and Luck EdP. It does not matter how much I like the beautiful Geisha bottle, this is the last time that I wear it. It has to go, “THUNK”. Less than half bottle left. The sandalwood and patchouli combination in L&L always bothered me. It is a nice scent though, but I have never enjoyed it in full. I got a compliment this morning here at work, but that is not enough to keep it. Second full bottle out of my cabinet. What a relief!
I did the same thing with my bottle of Love and Luck. I liked it, but didn’t enjoy wearing it. I ended up giving it away. Yay for another THUNK!
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I had the same experience with L&L, but I never even used a quarter of it before swapping it. Life is too short for mediocre perfumes.
So true, Lady D, so true.
Especially when you have so much to wear!
If you don’t even like it then by all means thunk it!!!
THUNK it is! ????
I went through two bottles of Love and Luck,but the pear note was bothersome to me.THUUUUUUUNK!!????????????????
It looks like Love and Luck has a bad Luck since it doesn’t get much Love!
THUUUUUUNK is what it deserves! ????????
I never had any luck with any of the Ed Hardy scents either. Kind of a pity, since those bottles were gorgeous. But the juice on me was “Ick!”
Never tried the other Ed Hardy scents. The bottles are amazing, but probably because of my experience with L&L, I was not so eager to try the rest from the line.
Hermes Cedre Sambac and Earl Grey tea for me this morning.
It is thundering outside very loudly right now, and my poor twelve-year old dog is going crazy with fright 🙁
You smell wonderful!
Thank you 🙂
Aw, poor pup!
Yes, he’s curled up in a little ball right next to clothes dryer.
I hate it when dogs get scared. Mine was afraid of thunder and fireworks, especially the latter. Fortunately she got rather deaf when she got old and was far less bothered by those noises.
Cavalli Oro this morning, and probably Assam of India this afternoon when it’s hot and if I remember. My September calendar is filling as the fall/winter roster of events I attend gets added.
It’s nice to be able to fill the calendar with fun stuff!
Hot and humid again today but I am more interested in getting rid of my excess samples so I thunked another one, Micallef Vanille Cuir.
Oh, will you repurchase that one? Inquiring minds want to know…????
It was just a sample. Didn’t love it enough for a FB purchase, so the answer is no. More money saved!
You are doing lots of thunking these days
Kelly Caleche extrait. Glorious stuff.
Ordered a sample of Aedes Iris Nazarena. Can’t wait to try it. Will report back.
I’ve never sniffed KC extrait, but it sounds amazing! The EDP makes me feel like the classiest most ladylike version of myself 🙂 Iris Nazarena is one of my all time favorites, I hope you like it!
Oooh. Never sniffed the extrait. Need to.
I’m in Galop today, and drinking Taylor’s English Breakfast tea with my steel cut oatmeal. Bananas, currants and maple syrup added in….yum.
Leather is the obvious choice for a fabric match, but Galop makes me think of black silk noile palazzo pants. They’re both just so comfortable to wear!
That would be *noil* ????
I love palazzo pants and Galop. Great pairing!
Your breakfast sound delish! And I’m now picturing you eating it in black palazzo pants- so elegant! ????
You smell great – I love Galop. Note to self: Wear Galop once fall rolls around!
Steel cut oatmeal is the BEST! Yum!
Today I’m wearing Aura and pairing it with denim. Originally I wanted to wear No. 18. I somehow managed to misplace my exclucif Chanel samples though. More accurately, I hid them from myself, and forgot where, LOL. Why do I do things like this?! At least now I have a compelling reason to clean my house ????
Oh my! I hope you find that sample of No. 18. It is so beautiful and “not” a THUNK candidate.
Oh, I will find it. I keep 18, 22, and Coromandel together all wrapped up like jewels. I know I put it in a drawer, just haven’t opened the right one yet.
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Sometimes I find samples in my basement that I completely forget about!!
Ha! Hiding things from myself never works, whereas if I put them where I’m sure I’ll find them, they’re lost forever. Good luck with the hunt. ????????
I am so with you on this one. I have lost a small bottle of that sure-to-be-highly-toxic porcelain paint for touching up tile in the bathroom, and it is only lost because I deliberately put it somewhere so that I wouldn’t forget it.
Oh no! The last time I hid something and couldn’t find it again, it turned out I had forgotten to hide it in the first place 🙁 It was sitting on my living room table the whole time…
LOL!
bahahaha!
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Uh oh! I hope you find your “missing” samples soon! I’ve done the same thing with some bracelets… darned if I can find them, or even a clue as to where I put them. ????????
Finally remembered where I put them. My memory just isn’t what it used to be..
The great 2018 purge will help me find 3 missing bottles, I hope.
I really hope you find your bottles! Which ones are you missing?
Just rolling out of bed after losing a whole day off to sleep and indoor chores performed like a zombie. Not a fan of working nights and the next contract I’m hoping to do day shift.
Currently slurping down some hot coffee and oatmeal with a boatload of blueberries and cinnamon. Shower, and then probabaly Queen for a day of chores outdoors.
The dishlicker is hard at work with the oatmeal pan. What a life!
What a life is right LOL ????????????
Anyone who complains about a dog’s life doesn’t know about T-Rex!
Too funny – dishlicker! I add peanut butter and cinnamon to oatmeal.
Wearing Theorema today even though it’s hot and humid. Spent a little more than I should have with STC’s flash sale. Thursday I am going to the local county fair and debating on what I should wear perfume wise. The choices are Noonetide Petals, LADDM or it’s flanker. Those three seem to fit fall really well but what’s the best for a fair.
I vote for LADMM although I normally prefer to wear it in cool weather
Have been in Florida visiting family and the only perfume I took with me is L’instant de Guerlain. The more I wear it the more I like it – the combo of citrus-magnolia-honey just really works and especially in the heat.
Tried Declaration for the first time in the mall and wow! Pretty good – I got too much cumin though for my liking.
Cumin is a deal breaker for me. It’s nausea inducing.
I can’t wear Declaration either, although I like to smell it on other people.
Reached for the back of the shelf today and Rochas Tocadilly. Same bottle design as Tocade but in frosted glass with purple and green, which matches the lilac and green floral.
I remember this bottle. I gave it to my mom who promptly gave it to someone else. Now I wish I did not…
Continuing with leather theme – Edward Bess Genre
One of my absolute favorites. You smell great.
I am in Hiris today, which I think matches the pale pink satiny camisole I have on under my cardigan.
Hiris + pale pink satin is perfect. You smelled great today!
SOTD is MFK Oud Cashmere Mood. I guess I could fill out the rest of this week with the Oud Mood series. I don’t much appreciate this one. This is a very skunky oud. I say “skunky” not “skanky” advisedly. Smells like a nasty animal just passed by.
Oh man. I’m sad to read this, as I have a decant of this headed my way. I enjoyed Oud Satin Mood so much, I was hoping to add another like. Oh well…????
Oh, Sorry! I really love Oud Satin Mood too. Many people do seem to like this one, or the Velvet one, and so perhaps you will also. It’s in quite a different style, however, and is pretty straight-up oud without anything to soften or lighten it.
I’m interested to try it, so hopefully it’ll work!! Thank you for your thoughts!!????
After ages of florals, I decided to wear Zoologist Rhinoceros to celebrate today’s rain and storms. It’s been so hot lately that I haven’t been able to wear anything too intense. I think of this perfume as austere and a bit challenging; a “not for newbies” scent. I wore it to a meeting where I wanted to be… distant and a bit off-putting, to be honest, and turned out to be a hit! Proves you just never know!
I’ll ne looking for a sample during swapmeet!
Hey friends, I’m in the dregs of my sample of Diptyque Tarocco today, and sad that my sample is now empty 🙁 I don’t think it’s FBW, but I would like a decant. Hmmmm.
I’m feeling very disgruntled about work right now. It feels like certain parts of the company just do not care about us, our working conditions, or our time. Things get delayed by hours, and we’re expected to absorb the time with no apology or compensation. Why should I give my sweat and blood to the company when it treats me like I’m on call 24/7?! >:o
I love this one – I’ve been mulling a FB all summer.
What are your reservations? My biggest reservation is how quickly it disappears from my skin, but it really is awfully nice.
Oh Koyel, I understand your disgruntlement completely! Same here- we have to fight for a COW because there aren’t enough for each nurse, who have to go room to room and sometimes floor to floor looking for IV pumps, Pulse Ox Machines, SCD’s, ad nauseum… If you’re ever in the hospital and can’t find your nurse, it’s generally because he/she is running around looking for equipment that actually works. So annoying! And at the end of the day, you get blasted if your work isn’t completed to management’s satisfaction. ????
I think you should get a decant if it’s not FBW but still enjoyable.
Oh Deva, I don’t doubt it >:o That sounds incredibly frustrating and unfair. Your work is hard enough without that kind of nonsense.
It sounds like you deserve a self-care decant!
Agreed! And Tarocco is such a cheery little scent. Hope it can help take the edge off of your (very justified) work frustrations.
Thank you, holyneroli 🙂
Haha, aren’t you supposed to be a good influence on me?!
Bay Arean? Elevated salaries around here DO lead employers to think they have you 24/7. I see this a lot.
Ugh >:o They aren’t paying me enough to own my time yet!!
It’s a hard truth, Koyel. In my experience companies do not care about anyone.
🙁 That’s hard to hear, but you might be right.
It’s true, companies do not care about you or respecting your time off. This is why I refused to ever take a salaried position. I made sure I got paid for every hour I worked. Fortunately I had a boss who also valued his personal time and never abused the ability to contact me during off hours.
Wow! I don’t know if I could do that in my line of work, but that’s interesting to keep in mind.
Congratulations on your THUNK, Koyel! And agree with you and several other posters… a company generally does not give a rat’s patootie about their employees. There are exceptions, but they are few and far between.
Thanks! And–that’s terribly depressing to think about 🙁
California is a very employee friendly state. You may be able to push back on the time abuses. Also, what cazaubon said.
I’m not sure I could–they’d just say a time investment is required for advancement or something. Honestly, I have no idea what would happen if I treated the job like a 9-5, but I feel like it would be a long time until I got fired. I’d just get crappy performance reviews and no promotions.
In vintage Samsara for the 3rd day! Just got it from ebay and I’m in love. I remember passing on this one when it came out–what was I thinking?!?
You smell fantastic today! Which concentration did you get?
I got the EDP and I just keep catching drifts of it and swooning!
For the first time in months, I’m wearing LADDM. Summer was so freaking hot here, that I couldn’t take even the suggestion of a warm scent. But, the temp has dropped, and LADDM is its usual glorious self. Although the matching fabric should be something light, breathable and airy, what comes to my mind when wearing it is suede. Not the scent of suede, but the texture of it.
We need your colder temps over here in NJ. Thank you.
Felt like something fancy this morning for absolutely no real reason, and I wound up in Lipstick Rose. I think the clothing equivalent would be a vintage Fischer silk slip.
SOTD is CDG black.. it feels very autumnal today here in Jackson Hole! I’m also testing some of the mugler les exceptions.. currently have chyprissime on my right wrist and it’s really lovely.. I’m getting patchouli and stewed fruits with some lipsticky violet.
I wish I was were you are. I bet you small amazing. ✌????
I am longing for autumn. It is hot, humid and windy here in Montreal. We had a brief rainstorm that jacked the humidity up to steambath levels. Sigh.
Smelling wonderful in Velvet Gardenia. Thanks to whoever wore it yesterday and reminded me that it fits the challenge!
And *you’ve* reminded me about JM Velvet Rose and Oud, which I can wear if it gets as cool as predicted.
I mentioned Velvet Gardenia but didn’t wear it yesterday since it’s a bit strong for work but I’ll hopefully be wearing it tomorrow or Thurs. You smell wonderful
Chanel No.5 Parfum.Silk sheets ala Marilyn Monroe.I was craving No.5 since last night!Glad I wore it today.Such a pretty perfume still,after all these years.❤️❤️
That one is gorgeous!!! I thunked my 1/4 ounce bottle in the late 1990s… you smell divine!!!
Thanks CM8.It’s one I’ll always have in my collection.
You smell awesome J! I treasure my No. 5 extrait bottle also. It is such a beauty! ❤
Thanks M!It is so strange,but I have a couple of perfumes that I sometimes literally get a craving for-like for chocolate-and then I HAVE to wear them ASAP!(No.5,Cafe Chantant,Bendelirious,Portrait of a Lady comes to mind especially)
I was supposed to wear Unum Rosa Nigra today but accidentally grabbed incorrect sample vial. Luckily I found the other sample in my bag, of Bogue MEM, and that’s what I wore today.
mmmmm, MEM is nice.
Good morning everyone! Time seems to be passing so quickly of late that I’m having trouble keeping up with everything, including NST. We’re just about into September and I feel as if my brain is back in May. I’m still finding time for perfume wearing 🙂
Today will be Tea or Two. We’re getting closer to spring, but it’s not quite time for summery perfumes just yet.
This year has gone by very quickly for me too… it seems like it was just barely July last week, and now I’m looking at September.
Wearing Bas de Soie today, along with a hot-pink Paisely shirt. It seems to be clashing a bit…BdS says it prefers a mauve-pink. Hmm…
In Dryad today. While I’m sure this is meant to be slinky skimpy bias cut green silks and gauze, an old tweed skirt and doc boots seems more woodlandy to me.
That’s what it smells like to me too! I am the least slinky person in the world and I love Dryad.
Eau The Noir for me – I think this will become the lazy “go to” work scent for me. And you can spray with abandon, too! It’s also mostly gone by afternoon, so I can put on something else after work. Win Win. Happy Tuesday!
Aloha Tiaré for me again today. I usually want sharp green to cut the heat and humidity, but I’ve started embracing tropical florals instead. Because if it’s gonna be hot and humid I’d rather smell like I’m in Hawaii than on a NYC street.
It mentally helps on a day where heat index is now at 102. So does a flowy linen dress and a hat… the husband and I went to see Juliet, Naked at an early show, then had lunch and made a trip to Trader Joe’s, after which he ditched me (he did carry bags to the bus stop for me.). Very cute movie. We both enjoyed it quite a bit. I think I was literally the only person in the theater to recognize a 60s background song at one point. “Sorry” by the Easybeats. Childhood memories crop up at the oddest points….
Bad husband, ditching you with all the bags!
SOTD is Pacifica Persian Rose.
One of the volunteers at my polling place this morning commented that I smelled nice and rosy, so I guess that one spritz extra today was a good move. ☺️
The volunteer at your polling place was right… you do smell nice and rosy! ????????
Thanks!!
25 days until the first day of autumn! Sure couldn’t tell that from the weather today, though… glad I got my outdoor errands done before the heat index spiked up to 107F. ????????????????????????
Back in TM Alien Aqua Chic EdT Legere today. I’m thinking that I might have to go with an even lighter scent tomorrow. Aqua Chic is good stuff, but it is pushing up against the edge of Too Much in this crazy hazy weather!
Gosh,the air was so heavy when I went out to get lunch and even worse on the commute home. I will bring my personal fan (the kind that I can wear around my neck) tomorrow.
Oof. Hang in there with that weather!
SotD = Figuier Ardent
Crackling black pepper, then it smells like Irish Spring soap plus whiffs of an airy coconut. Strange, but I like it too. 😀
Time to start reading up the thread of comments. There were 199, I wonder if this will make 200. I like a nice round number.
Hey, all of you perfume people —
You!
Smell!
Amazing!
Yep, it was over 200 by the time I left my comment.
And Irish Spring! Such a clean scent…in a very good way.
SOTD = Amouage Bracken Woman
I used thunk quantities from a sample but need one more go. For full disclosure, I do have a 50 mL bottle waiting in the wings. I love it although the powderiness (which spell check initially corrected to powder unease) may have bloomed in this yucky MUGGY (as in GRODY) TO THE MAX weather. ????????
I am on theme but I may be the only one who knows it. My current everyday handbag is a Kate Spade orange-red pebbled leather cross-body handle bag. The Bracken bottle is a deeper red orange and it reminds me of my handbag.
Commuting Woes No. 452
What is it with people and wheels? I saw the following suicidal people:
– woman on roller skates skating on a train platform
– guy skateboarding down a very steep ramp going towards a set of stairs leading to a train platform
– woman rollerblading on a narrow 2 lane street going against traffic. She had to have gone through an even narrower very short tunnel that is a slight dogleg to the other end.
PSA: L’Occitane stores will take empty health and beauty aid containers and you get 10% off a single item purchase. There is no expiration. Benefiting from being earth friendly! A win-win all around!
Fer sure, like this weather is totally GRODY! And MOTS for about a week… no relief from teh muggies in the forecast that I saw. Time to bust out the humidity fighters.
LOL. And Pumpkin Spice Latte is back. It’s too early and also its popularity may have run its course – where’s the buzz?
I think Starbucks may have goofed big time by having PSL show up before Labor Day. Nobody wants to hear about pumpkins right now, do they?
https://www.refinery29.com/2018/08/208280/pumpkin-spice-latte-scented-lotions
Oh I love that Bracken bag association! I also love Bracken!
Thank you. And Bracken is so good I don’t understand the 3.5 rating on Fragrantica!
I know! Some people really hate it, which I don’t get at all. But each to her own I guess!
for what it’s worth: I was given a bottle of Bracken… which I just can’t wear. On paper it seems fine, but on my skin it goes horribly wrong. Maybe it would settle down, but I’ve not yet made it past the first half hour of giant mutant lavatory cleaner. (Toilet Duck, to be precise.)
Haha! Back in the day when I worked in an ER, us midshifters (1pm-11pm) would clock out, head downtown for cocktails, strap on our rollerblades, and head to the parking garages along the waterfront. TONS of fun, especially when you got to the bottom and had squat down to avoid the “Do Not Enter” crossbar blocking the ramp! Wheeeee! It’s a good thing we were loosy goosy because we had some interesting crashes????
You’re one brave woman!
Lol powder unease! When I tried Bracken (unfortunately I spilled most of my sample down the sink) I got what I would call flouriness. I get the same in Five O’Clock au Gingembre. Can’t wait for the heat to break.
Eek on spilling perfume down the drain! And yes, I hope the heat breaks because it is downright dangerous.
If only I had the Jedi powers to grab your humidity and bring it here as rain…
Your bag sounds fabulous! I love me some pebbles leather. Last spring/summer I was looking for a neutral light-colored crossbody and ended up ordering one from KS because it was an insane sale bargain. I was hoping that it wouldn’t be more pink IRL than the beigey-pink it looked online, but it turned out to be quite ‘millennial pink’. But I ended up loooooving it—so much so that I used it all summer and winter! ????????♀️????
Thank you. I was racking my brain for the bag type and it is a satchel with a removable cross body strap. Your bag sounds great! I used to only use black purses (except during my Tokidoki phase) but I’ve expanded my color palette.