Almost-Friday and World Tourism Day. (And don't forget the freebiemeet is this weekend!) What fragrance are you wearing?
My full-credit pick: Bruno Fazzolari Lampblack.
Reminder: on 9/28, wear a fragrance by Byredo, Berdoues or Bruno Fazzolari, if you have one. Partial credit for any other small-ish brand that starts with the letter B.
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 flowers-black [cropped] by Sean Hamlin at flickr; some rights reserved.
☕☕☕????????????☕☕☕
DZING ‼
Soundtrack- The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars – David Bowie
????????????✌
I love that album, sends me right back to high school.
Enjoy ????❤️
You smell fantastic! Love Dzing!.
I had a crush on Ziggy, on all the David Bowies actually.
????????????????
????????????????! (Smellin’ great, Bear!)
*leans in* Oh, how good you smell! And a classic album!
Dzing is fabulous! You smell lovely Bear!
And I love David Bowie, such a great talent!
I had to look up your tunes of the day from yesterday… I wasn’t familiar with it. Thanks for the musical edumacation Bear! ????????
Happy to turn you on to music you weren’t aware of, Jalapeno !????????????????????????
Edumacation !!! ????????
Thanks for the ???? Everyone ! ????✌????????????
PSA for Ebay w/ code PICKSOON for 15% today from 10 am – 6 pm PT. Sometimes it goes live earlier.
No affiliation. Details in the link below.
https://pages.ebay.com/promo/2018/0927/69157.html
Will weigh in w/ perfume matters later…almost Friday!!!
Thank you!
Thank you! I was waiting for it!
Gracias por la favor!
Coco EdT
Cappuccino
On my way to the Met with my chubby Buddha in tow..
Have a great time with chubby Buddha, Lovestosmellgood! ????????????✌
Lovely fragrance, lovely beverage. Have fun today with your little one!
Comments like this make me miss living in NYC! Enjoy
We listened to story time and sat near the fountains and ate a NY pretzel , hot with salt.
Sounds wonderful!
What fun!
Ohhh, love the Met, have a great time!
I went to the Armenia! (with an explanation point) exhibit. Well worth a trip to visit.
That chubby Buddha makes me smile every time he’s mentioned. Hope you both have a great time????
I might get out Barbara Bui this evening for partial credit but wearing Zoologist Civet today.
I thought we’d see more Barbara Bui this week.
Only very partial credit for Bvlgari Black! I so smell great though.
I have a coworker who wears Black. It smells absolutely dreamy on him, almost makes me forget how much I hate my job…. almost ????
I think I got a lovely whiff of that on the bus yesterday. Made me smile.
I tested Byredo Sunday Cologne in the morning, but it turned out to be a scrubber.
So at the moment I am wearing Cartier Baiser Vole.
You smell beautiful.
Thank you!
I’m in Byredo 1996 again today because I enjoyed it so much yesterday. I could smell it all the way into the afternoon. I don’t know if it’s fb worthy, but I think a decant is in my future.
Excited for a Birkenstock trunk show at a local shoe store today. I just realized I haven’t gotten a new pair of shoes since March, and those were for work. So they don’t really count, right?
Nope, work shoes don’t count!
I’m so jealous you can wear Birkenstocks to work!
Work shoes definitely don’t count!
Totally do not count if they are work shoes.
Wearing Jo Malone Bitter Orange today.
Completely forgot about the CP
It isn’t even Friday yet, and even then you are allowed to forget!
Scent twins! I am wearing lampblack today!
Hey twin! Don’t we smell great?
I’m in Miller Harris Fleur Oriental, from a very generous swapmeet partner.
This is perfectly named, light in weight, but spicy. Great for the weather…it’s 68 degrees out there, y’all, and a high of 79 today! Yippee!!! I get to wear an actual long sleeved shirt!
Nice! I wish we saw more of Miller Harris perfumes, many are quite nice!
I think this is the first I’ve tried from that house. Now I’m curious…..may have developed a house lemming.
I love their Fig, purchased the big bottle many years ago and I love this more than Diptyque’s fig. It has woods and a sap note but no excessive sweetness.
Woo hoo on your good weather!
Hooray! Glad it smells good on you
Also: were you the one who sent me green tea with almond spice as a little swapmeet bonus? If so, I’m having the first of the two bags today, and really digging it 
Yes, that was me! Glad you’re enjoying the tea, and thanks again for the MH introduction. ????
Testing Miller Harris samples can be dangerous to one’s wallet! I really like the two scents of theirs I have tried so far.
Which two?
Fleurs de Sel and L’Air de Rien. Too bad all their new bottles are 100mL.
SotD = Berdoues Vanira Moorea
VM works best if I spritz and walk through the cloud. The delicate green-orange-vanilla lasts when it falls on clothes and hair. Love it!
Bear’s mention of Ziggy reminded me
of e. e. cummings:
To be nobody but yourself
in a world
which is doing its best,
night and day,
to make you everybody else
means to fight
the hardest battle
which any human being can fight;
and never stop fighting.
Thank you for this, tiffanie.
you betcha, lillyjo!
“different is beautiful”
I have the t-shirt and wear it proudly.
Thanks from me too????????
Excellent tiffanie. ✌????????????
This poem gave my quiet, introverted high school self much comfort. Thank you for posting it. ????????????????????
oh, same here! I memorized it by writing it out over and over again during study hall.
Thank you so much for the e.e. cummings poem!
you’re welcome, Jalapeno! it is a treasure.
B is for Bogue, and MEM is for me! There are not many scents, I think, that stay as interesting as they are beautiful even when you wear them again and again. It’s as rewarding as re-reading a Perec novel; every time I wear this, I find something new in it.
Exxxxcellennnnt! You smell fabulous. MEM is a magical perfumed prismatic gem.
So lovely!
I’m a cp failure today in Aura, but I still smell great! Last night I tested Cloud by Adriana Grande. I really liked it. To me, it was similar to Vanille Insensee. Don’t trust me though, because I looked it up on fragrantica and I’m clearly not smelling what the rest of the world is. That seems to be the case with alot of what I like though.
????Love Aura, the weird green, Orange Blossom, VANILLA is fantastic! !! ???? Rock on, lillyjo! ????????????????????????????????????✌
Thanks Bear! I really don’t get the menthol note others have. Just the weird and fantastic!????
I’ve been wondering about Cloud… thanks for your input
I think you would like it. One spray on the back of my hand lasted all night!
Wow! and I do like Vanille Insensee
Me too. It is a VERY cute little bottle.
Might be time for me to resniff Aura the next time I find myself at ULTA. It was too much for me in the heat of summer.
It definitely works better for me in cool temps.
There’s an EDT that is already out in other countries. I have not smelled it yet…
Yummo, lillyjo!
Another CP fail here – the hand went straight to the Azemour bottle this morning, and I didn’t argue.
Who can argue with such a erudite hand? ????
an*
I would not argue with Azemour, ever.
In Berdoues Assam of India and waiting for my phone replacement to arrive today. It is really frustrating to experience how addicted we are to those devices.
Gorgeous fall day today! TGIAF!
Yum on the perfume and yay to a new phone!
It really is a gorgeous day here too! Came THIS close to turning the heat on for the night though. Glad your new phone came quickly.
I’d be lost without my phone. I pretty much do everything on it. It’s my daily GPS, Internet, banking, bill paying, entertainment, and music device. Who knew this is what we’d be addicted to 20 years ago? Hope your new phone is everything your old phone was, and more!
Smelling great in Assam! I’m going with it tomorrow I think!
Sending love and a big hug!????????
Glad to hear that you had a great fall day today!
The weather is gorgeous
Still in Epic this morning and just ordered Amouage Honour body butter for my mom. A full bottle wasn’t in the cards and won’t be in the cards for a while. That’s ok, she will use the body butter a lot faster than a bottle of perfume. After my shower I am going to switch to some vintage Shalimar, it’s time to bust open some vintage extrait.
Vintage Shalimar is a wonderful thing
Today I’m wearing Silences. I rarely wear it, but I should, since I really love it. Unfortunately, the shape of the bottle gives me trouble when I spray it.
This has been on my vintage must-try list for so long. You’ve reminded me it’s time to pull the trigger.
You smell divine!!
Smelling wonderful in Silences!
Muskapalooza Thursday. In a wee bit of SL Muscs Koublai Khan layered with SJP Stash and Narciso Rodriguez for her edt. By the time I arrived to the office, had settled into the most cozy, radiant Egyptian musk. Must start jotting down the spritz ratios when I layer. Can never seem to duplicate the recipe when it works, lol.
Mmmmm, you smell great!, Yes please report back if you get the right recipe
Oh this must be a great musk combo!
I am not doing well with our CP even though I have some great choices. Saw my Theorema and had to go with that this morning. Tomorrow will be Monserrat or Ummagumma, from my samples.
Theorema is wonderful. I don’t wear it often enough.
That happens to me, too – I see the Theorema, and I have to go with it.
Scent cousins! Theorema Esprit d’Ete for me today, from my new-to-me bottle that arrived in the mail yesterday. Nice. Though honestly it’s a bit much for me on this hot summery day. I’m thinking this would be a better fit for a cooler day.
I love that one, too. I don’t wear it in really hot weather, but can wear it almost any other day.
In several generous spritzes of Guerlain l’instant. Was going to participate tomorrow in the CP by wearing Lampblack but will be speaking at a conference so have to don my power perfume Chanel Chance. Have a great day all!
I hope your speech goes well tomorrow!
Thanks! I’m still writing it ????
You smell delicious,and really beautiful.One of the local beauty industry insiders I have gotten to know wears it as her signature,and I associate it with her always.So much respect and admiration for her.
I do love L’instant, especially in warmer weather
Best of luck with your speech tomorrow! ????????
Thanks Jalapeño!
I am wearing Jo Malone Pomegranate Noir and drinking Earl Grey tea. I am having lunch with my Dad & Mom today. I haven’t seen them in two weeks. I am looking forward to seeing them today.
Enjoy the lunch, you smell great!
You smell wonderful! Hope you enjoy your lunch!
Pom Noir is a great fall scent! ????????
REGLISSE NOIRE…. again!!!
You might have already said, but what does this smell like?
It’s a licorice and cocoa gourmand… with a bit of vetiver…. absolutely delicious and in my top five. But I have to add that I have been wearing Rose Cassis Paradis also from 1000 Flowers and that’s growing on me too… several folks have said it’s a better version of Lush’s Rose Jam… really delicious and I am loving it too!!!
Thanks! I don’t know this brand at all.
I really love supporting this perfumer. It is a one woman indie/artisanal line out of Grasse, France (but she is Canadian). Not that the fragrances are the same but the perfumer reminds me quite a bit of Laurie Erickson in that she is a small business and very much in touch with her customers. The packaging is exquisite and she even wrote me a personal note! I also love that she is not churning out 20 fragrances a year. Right now I think there are only six or so in her collection. Plus she has a beautiful sampler set and also sells travel sprays. And the full bottles are affordable (once you convert CAD to USD you will see that they are cheaper than what you think they are).
If you are interested Portia did an excellent review..it is definitely a unique scent
http://perfumeposse.com/2015/11/05/reglisse-noire-1000-flowers-review/
It made me realize that I DO like black licorice as a note.
I’ve been contemplating that sample pack since you sent me the link! I told myself I was going to stop buying samples, since my sample sea is turning into a sample galaxy, but this one is tempting. And, uh, it would be supporting a small business. An artist. So.
I say go for it…because she is a one woman show and such a sweetheart..plus if you convert CA to USD you will see that the sample pack really isn’t that expensive….I am in love with both the Rose Cassis Paradis (want an FB for the summer) and the Orange Blossom Petal (want that one for the spring) but I will also tell you that middle Marzipan (who is female) shared a small bottle of Ode for Him with her brother….so that’s a good one too…lots of spices in it…I might just have to get a bottle for the youngest Marzipan for his birthday and then I can steal some
I am certain there might be something in that sampler you like. And if not the presentation is so beautiful (the box) you could always gift it away..nice stocking stuffer.
It’s so cute that your children are sharing bottles with each other
hey I raised them right!
Thursday!
I am wearing KARMA by LUsh, because it seems….appropriate.
( Does Geoffrey Holder 7UP laugh)
2) Monocle Magazine has a really good online article regarding tourism and Barcelona, and how Barcelona, amongst other cities, purposely built up an infrastructure of tourism way back in the day. It’s worth a listen:
https://monocle.com/radio/shows/the-urbanist/361/
Yes, KARMA, Ede . ????
????????????✌
Love Karma,but only half a spritz of half a spritz….lol.It’s huuuuuuuge.????
It’s BIG! I had the soap today and a light spritz and I am still going, hours later.
This sounds like a sparrow’s fart worth of perfume…
Trying out Marni Rose from the swap meet – thanks Kelly! Totally work appropriate which is what I had hoped for – many rose perfumes bloom too much during “dance time” in my classes for my nose so I avoid them on work days. Trying to figure out how much to put in the freebie meet, at the same time trying to help my son (freshman) with the logistics of his Homecoming “ask”. When did having a social media-worthy ask become a necessity? (Donuts are involved with this, apparently).
I would guess it became a thing the same time that gender reveal parties/posts became a thing – another head scratcher for me, but my kids think it’s the coolest thing ever.
I am ON BOARD for doughnuts!!!!
I’m the third in Lampblack here, thanks to a generous NSTer. Love it.
Welcome to the club!
I was going to polish off my Bal d’Afrique sample today (there isn’t even a full application left!), but another of my swapmeet packages arrived yesterday (they’re still coming in! I have two presents I still haven’t received! I think it might be better stretched out like this, so I have occasional jolts of happiness from week to week
).
The package smelled of the most spectacular sandalwood ever, and upon opening the package, I discovered the smell was emanating from a travel spray of Tam Dao, which seems to be even more spectacular than I remember! (Perhaps I sniffed the EDT; this appears to be the EDP.) So anyway, I’m in Tam Dao today and I’ll be so sad when my ~4 mL or however much I have run out, because this scent is just perfect. It smells like the Platonic ideal of Koyel. It smells like what I want to be when I grow up.
So unfortunately not following the CP today. #sorrynotsorry
That is such a wonderful feeling when a scent clicks with you so strongly. I remember the first time I wore Cuir Ottoman and thought, ‘this is how my skin should naturally smell.’
What a great way to put it! That’s exactly what I feel
That makes me want to try Cuir Ottoman, though I’m sure it won’t feel as perfect for me as it does for you.
I am itchiy to try Cuir Imperial that Kevin reviewed by Ormonde Jayne. There is another gorgeous scent by Linda Pilkington called vanille d’iris that has the same effect… becoming part of your skin and part of one’s essence (difficult to articulate the way this perfume is!). And btw, vanille d’iris is really for those that dislike Vanilla as a scent as it’s made solely from the leathery pod…not an ounce of sugarness!
No sugar? That’s good to know!
I really need to sample Tam Dao – a thought I’ve had for years, but have never gotten around to doing anything about. It sounds beautiful, Koyel!
Make sure to try the EDP! With Diptyque, the formulation seems to change even more than with many other brands. It really is lovely
It’s now been five hours since I put it on, and I still smell wonderful.
The platonic ideal of Koyel! That made my day. Miller & Bertaux’s A Quiet Morning might be that for me.
Thrilled to have pleased you! Know that it has found a really loving home with me
I’ve been meaning to try Miller & Bertaux scents, especially A Quiet Morning. I think it’s supposed to evoke India? And I love any scent that evokes quiet, sunrise India. (I love noisy, raucous, colorful India, too, but that requires more effort to love.) And basmati notes in perfume sound great. Grains seem like great skin scents to me.
Everyone needs a “Platonic Idea of” scent in their collection! And looking for it is part of the fun, IMO. ????
Hey Robin, hear this? Let’s make this a community project
I hear! Added to list.
Am in Terveer Incense today. It is fairly light, but it is a nice incense perfume.
SOTD is Kiehl’s Musk Oil and body lotion with a spritz of SJP’s Lovely for oomph.
HR shenanigans today, I need to arm myself with fuzzy cuddly kittens.
I’m going big with a double vanilla latte – bouncing off the walls from the sugar.
Go big, go home, and take the kitties with you! ????
I had to get out my (disorderly) bin of samples and sort through to find anything by one of the CP “B” perfumers. Did find one which I’ll reserve for tomorrow. For today I’m wearing Malle Portrait of a Lady, one of the ones I unearthed that I haven’t tried for years. I still dislike it–a lot–it’s got some element that just makes it seem harsh and strident, burning to my nose. I love the list of notes and know many people really adore it, but it just doesn’t work for me. (I’d offer to give my sample away, but it’s almost empty now.)
I don’t like it either. When visiting Barney’s a few year ago, the FM rep pushed it so hard. After telling her a thousand times it’s not for me, she gave me 2 spray samples that I didn’t want, all the while acting like she was giving me gold. Talk about not hearing…????????
I have been meaning to revisit that. I wasn’t terribly interested when I smelled it but they had it in an exhibit at the now-sadly-closed Musee du Parfum and it smelled so good…
POAL didn’t work for me either. I don’t understand the hype?
My favorite FM so far is EdM.
I do really like Lipstick Rose and Noir Epices, and I just LOVE Le Parfum de Therese.
Interesting! I like LR and NE a lot, and I LOVE PoaL, but I will be looking to offload my recently acquired Parfum de Therese asap! No accounting for skin/taste.
PdT is terrible on me too. And I LOVE PoaL. I think things really do smell different on different people. I hugged a friend today who was wearing Santal 33 and she smelled amazing, but it isn’t good on me at all.
Just adding, it didn’t work for me either. I passed my sample to my friend.
I liked it initially but found it too insistent and persistent, that it grated on me after an hour (and lasted like 24 hours!). I actually prefer Pinrose by Pinrose, another jammy rose-chouli. It’s a little tamer, IMO.
Awwww….too bad it does not work for you!More for me!It is in my Top two favorite perfumes everrrrrr.The other being Bendelirious,as I have mentioned many many manyyyyy times!Lol!Silly mode tonight.Sorry!✌????????
Many of FM’s perfumes don’t work for me, although they smell glorious on others, POAL and Carnal Flower both smelled amazing on Tama – on me, vinegar or pond water. I couldn’t scrub them off fast enough!
Eeeeeeeek on the vinegar and pond water!! I wouldn’t be able to scrub fast enough.
Byredo Black Saffron. This is my favorite of the Byredos I’ve worn so far this week. I’m smelling super good, if I do say so myself.
Yay, almost weekend! We have a surprise party for a good friend Saturday evening, but other than that we will do some stuff around the house to prepare for the arrival of my MIL next weekend. She’s going to be visiting….for 8 days….
Oh boy! ????
Yikes, that’s a long time for anyone to visit. Are you taking vacation days? Hopefully she can entertain herself to some extent!
My fiance is taking vacation that week so I do NOT have to entertain her during the day at least haha. I am taking two days off that week, though. We are driving up to Durango, CO one day and I want to go, and the other day we are going to the Balloon Fiesta here in ABQ and I will take that whole day off. Other than that I intend to work to get away from the house lol.
She’s a lovely, sweet person, albeit a little air-headed. And also, as you said, that’s a long time for ANYONE to visit. I’m not nearly that sociable haha.
Whoa!
You are a really REALLY good wife. I suggest your order a perfume on your FB list and use your significant other’s credit card. Thanks in advance honey…its called my “8 days” perfume present.
Your sweetheart owes you a bottle of perfume for entertaining his mother 8 days (which is 5 days too long in my book).
Haha
That math sounds exactly right!
Those are all perfect ideas and luckily I think he’ll be just fine with that ha!
Smelling so so SO good KellyC!In my top 2 favs from Byredo!
Eight days! I’ve lived with my MIL for 13 years.
Let me know if you need anything (bourbon, kitten cuddles);
At least you are getting a trip to Durango during that time! Fingers crossed that everything is smooth sailing for you (eg. no travel issues, etc.).
Just remind fiancé not to talk about NST…
Ha! Good point! She’s pretty computer illiterate anyway so I don’t think it will be an issue.
EIGHT DAYS??!!
I am itchiy to try Cuir Imperial that Kevin reviewed by Ormonde Jayne. There is another gorgeous scent by Linda Pilkington called vanille d’iris that has the same effect… becoming part of your skin and part of one’s essence (difficult to articulate the way this perfume is!). And btw, vanille d’iris is really for those that dislike Vanilla as a scent as it’s made solely from the leathery pod…not an ounce of sugarness!
Not on point with community project today but still smelling fab in En Voyage Zelda. A little spritz before bed and still going strong.
Van Woes: too many to keep track of! Yesterday I went to get the battery isolator installed since I decided not to go with solar (the story of that is another Van Woes episode!). So. Went to a place, the guy gave me an estimate on parts and labor and said it would take 3 hours, which seemed a bit long to me, but what do I know? So, two hours of waiting and I asked for an update. The office guy disappeares, comes back 10 minutes later and say the installer is “gone.” As in gone since they pulled the van into the bay. Nothing done. At ALL! Apparently, he had a “court date” he didn’t tell me about, and was going to have me pay for his time while he was at court…! Is there not one decent person left in the world?!?
Of course there is, which is one of the reasons I visit NST on the daily- to get my much needed dose of “good people.”✌????
Ahh, so he would like for you to pay for his misdeeds?!?
Awesome. He might end up with another court date if he doesn’t retract that bill. ????
The only thing wasted was time. Two hours of it! I’m old and will never get it back, a pox on him! ????
What an @#$%&!!! Are you going to a different place to get it installed?
Yes, went to a different place. ????????
Ohhh, Zelda is wonderful, I should replace my decant. Love that stuff.
Oh, and Raspberries to the Van guy. Oy.
A big old Bronx cheer to that slimy Van dude! And a pox on him as well! Did you contact the BBB in your area to report him?
What the whatttt??? ????????????
That guy should rot in the hottest place in this universe.
Currently in samples of Bruno Fazzolari ummagumma, Amouage interlude man, Ormonde Jayne Ta’if, and Divine L’homme infini. Trying to decide if there’s one I can’t live without for fall/winter. I also just ordered a bottle of the new Mona Di Orio, Santal Nabatea. Oh my god you guys this is a sandalwood holy grail.. instead of the typical creamy blonde facets that most perfumes focus on this is pure red, nutty, aromatic Mysore goodness. I spent one day with the sample and then ordered the full bottle and I NEVER do that. I have a feeling this will make a lot of best of 2018 lists.
Love sandalwood. I’ll have to investigate.
Hey BF twin!
Isn’t the MdO amazing. I’m just waiting for the end of the month!
SOTD is Byredo Incens Chembur. I love this one in fall
Wow, I don’t think I’ve ever seen this one!
Let me know if you want me to send you a sample!
i wore dent de lait today. i figured: if i have to go to the dentist, he has to go to me too!
Cute ????
No credit today: Jasmin de Nuit. I’ve decided this is the next target of my “use it up” challenge… it’s so cozy in this fall weather. And it seems to briefly re-bloom about four hours after applying. Only 40 mls left to go!
“Only” 40 mls! That would be years, for me!
Very beautiful fall day. I chose VC&A Birmane which wears very fruity today on my skin.
I envy your beautiful day!
I’ve always had a small desk stash but I can’t believe it took me this long to think of bringing in a BUNCH of samples so I can be more experimental on days I don’t wear perfume to work. Wearing Cuir d’Ange from the swap meet, which is lovely and so very “Ellena does leather” I laughed out loud. It might well usurp Kelly Caleche’s spot in my wardrobe, should budget someday permit. Actually with the heliotrope I almost feel it can take over for both Kelly C and Eau d’Hiver, so really it’s practically free.
Yes — perfect description of Cuir!
No points for me today in Safran Troublant.
I see a b ????
I want to sit next to you!
Scooting over to share my seat. ????
I would’ve joined Team Lamblack, but decided it was too weird for work.
I decided to revisit a sample of Dusita La Douceur de Siam, which I tried once and wasn’t wowed, thought it smelled familiar and a bit too sour. I’m liking it more today, but still not wowed. I guess it reminds me of something like Idylle, a rosy crisp floral of sorts.
Which reminds me, I got a sniff of Cartier Carat yesterday, which is pretty and in the same genre. Not something I need to own, though.
I wasn’t wowed by this one either
Did you spray or dab La Douceur de Siam?
I sprayed – I was expecting a sunnier scent somehow
Smelling amazing in BF Au Dela, the original version and not the narcisse. I have a bottle of the narcisse and was lucky to swap for a decant of the original.
Always wanted to try the narcisse version. So funny. The grass is always greener…
The narcisse version is the one he currently sells, so you still can!
Petunia, you can email me at taiga101 in the land of yahooligans. Happy to send you some of the Narcisse version✌????
Oh thanks!
I’m wearing Angel Muse from the swapmeet. Some days I just need to smell pretty, you know?
I know exactly what you mean although I don’t have a go-to smell pretty scent yet
????
Bal d’Afrique. Full credit for me today
Gorgeous!
Hello, scent twin! ????
Where have you been, dearest? Regardless, welcome back!
Dior Cuir Cannage for me today. Beautiful sunny crisp fall day.
Ooh, send some of that weather over here! Le sigh on Cuir Cannage. My mom HATED it and would not stop nagging me about it. To keep the piece, I swapped it away.
Blimey, that is a significant peace gesture, hajusuuri.
and cazaubon, you smell lovely! So elegant.
I was away for an exhibition for 2 days and wore Hermes Agar Ebene on both
You smelled wonderful. Agar Ébène is lovely.
So happy to see some love for Byredo!I have a special place in my heart and perfume cupboard for it!Lol!
SOTD!
Fracas.
I needed to be a strong-willed stern adult today.
So I wore a strong-willed adult perfume today.
Beautiful feminine tuberose,with an edge that says “do not f@#k with me,boys and girls!”….Lol.
Happy Thursday peeps!
My workweek is officially overrrr
✌????
Ha! Go Johano!????????
Enjoy your time “off shift”!
Partial sun again today, whoo hoo! Any break in the unrelenting grey carpet of clouds is a welcome one! It was gorgeous earlier, though. ????????????????
Song of the day = Hold Back The Rain, by Duran Duran. ☔????
SOTD = Byredo Bal d’Afrique, from the sample stash, and a great swap partner. Also, thanks to everyone who had mentioned it earlier this week. I guess I needed that little nudge. I’m still figuring out what I smell with this one besides vetiver. It also seems quieter than Flowerhead was. It will be fun resniffing this one!
It wasn’t bad today…I just wish it would stay!
I am testing three goodies that arrived this evening …vintage Dioressence which instantly transported me back to my childhood, NYC and vintage Femme (wow! great stuff) and Elle L’ Aime which smells exactly like Coty’s Sand and Sable (vintage which I adored) and I now have two Byredos for tomorrow’s CP (but I will still wear my REglisse on the neck-LOL! ) Thank you SS!!!!
Yay for perfumed goodies! ????
I am always floored by the generous spirit of perfumistas
ohhh Sand and Sable is lovely! We love our perfumed goodies!
Perfumes goodies are THE BEST!
SOTD = Bruno Fazzolari Ummagumma
W00t. Resinous spicy incense and TONKA BEAN!!!
Smelled in the wild IN THE OFFICE – Box of Eels but I couldn’t tell who because I was so intent on my work that when my headI whipped up, several people had gone by.
Commuting Woe No. 457:
Dumb Smart Light – there’s this one light at a T near the train station that was supposed to detect traffic and adjust the timing of the light accordingly. Somehow, either an adjustment was made or bird poop got into the camera that it could be more than 2-3 minutes before the lights would change. In fact, sometimes, one sees the count down, then the lights don’t change! Thank goodness there’s a 7-11 at the corner where I could turn into and then make a left to go on to the train station. I used to judge people who did that back when the lights took no more than 45 seconds to switch once there was 1 car waiting but I probably have those people to thank for “showing me the way”.
I’ll save the 2nd Commuting Woe to tomorrow. I call it – Keep the Baby Talk at Home.
BoE smelled at your office? Oooooooh! Somebody there (besides you) has excellent taste in fragrance!
Heh! I really want to know who!
Ha! A commuting woe teaser! Excellent.
Ummagumma is so good. I’m going to go put some on right now!
Brought out my vintage bottle of Balmain Ivoire tonight. I might need another spray or 2 at bedtime.
Off to catch up on the comments. Happy almost Friday everyone.
Ooooooooh! Vintage Balmain Ivoire is fantastic.
Wow, gorgeous!