Happy Almost-Friday and happy World Sight Day! What fragrance are you wearing?
Me: Dawn Spencer Hurwitz Les Fruits Défendus, Volume 1: Eau Cerise for Valiant Poppy.
Reminder: on 10/12, wear a fragrance that evokes one of Pantone's colors for Fall 2018.
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 BottonPoppy5x7 [cropped] by Donna Boley at flickr; some rights reserved.
Love that picture of poppy!
I am in Fendi Theorema for Russet Orange.
I still do not understand why Fendi discontinued it – it does not smell dated at all to me.
There main reason companies discontinue scents is that they have sales projections that must be met, and a change in management or just revised financial expectations can lead to a purge. Fendi deleted literally their entire catalogue in 2009 (goodbye Theorema, farewell Life Essence, so long Palazzo), opting for a fresh start with Fan di Fendi, and then started rebuilding the line: they were up to ten in 2015, with three flankers of Fan di Fendi, the men’s version and two flankers of that, and Acquarossa plus another two flankers — and then they scrapped the whole line again, citing poor sales.
But you’re right, Theorema is timeless. You’d think they could sell that forever. Great packaging, great bottle, incomparable scent. I have a couple of mL left in a mini and I’m hoarding it.
Thanks, pyramus. Yes, it makes sense. However, a lot of people miss Theorema, so Fendi could at least try to revive it as a limited edition and see how it sells now.
An added wrinkle…another reason they discontinued everything in 2006 was that the license passed to LVMH. But by then, I am pretty sure Theorema was either already axed, or was only sold in Italy.
Palazzo was actually the first LVMH launch, and it didn’t do well.
I just ????❤️???? Theorama. It’s on my favorites shelf.
agree that poppy is pretty!
theorema is fantastic, u smell perfect
I adore Theorema, it’s sad that Fendi deleted all the scents in their catalogue when LVMH (a.k.a., the evil empire) took over.
I’m at the tail end of my vintage bottle of Life Essence, that’s one I don’t hear much about. It’s kind of an under the radar beauty in my book.
I have not tried Life Essence, but according to Fragrantica, it has some of my favorite notes: sandalwod, cypress, lemon. Sounds nice. I hope you will find a back-up bottle.
Somehow Fendi is an under the radar perfume house for me. If Robin had not kept wearing and admiring Theorema here, I would have probably never tried it.
I want to love this – the notes say I should love this, and I cannot stand it on me.
Oh well, anther discontinued love avoided – WHEW
Well, more for us, Theorema fans.
And I get what you are saying about ‘discontinued love avoided’ – I always feel sad when I find a new scent I love and then find out it’s discontinued.
I want to love it, too, but no matter how much I apply (from a dab mini) I can barely smell it. Heartbreak averted, I guess.
Will also add that Robin’s probably responsible for 80% of worldwide sales
Who amongst us has not been inspired to buy at least a little bit? ????
Oh but I didn’t start it — I only tried it because people on MakeupAlley kept raving about it!
It’s Kyoto today, and I think it matches crocus petal pretty well. Crocuses (croci?) sometimes emerge right through frost or snow, and for me there is something a little chilly about Kyoto … in a good way.
Does it?!? It is funny how differently we all see fragrance/colors — so my surprise is not to indicate that you’re crazy or wrong, just that yes, we see it so differently. To me, Kyoto is brown and green — the closest in that mix would be Martini Olive but it’s not quite right.
I’m in Anjouan by Indices Parfums, a dark, smoky unisex ylang-ylang scent: if I had to pick one of the Pantone colours to match it, you’d think it would be Limelight (because ylang flowers are a bright banana yellow), but I’d choose Red Pear because this scent is SO dark and mysterious. It’s just heaven.
Oh, that sounds so fun!
Jour d’Hermes for me today, matching to Limelight well enough. I’m surprised how hard I find these color polls!
Such a beautiful, uplifting, floral scent!
I love it, especially the parfum.
oh, yes, that’s the perfect scent-color match.
you smell beautiful!
To me it’s a bit more apricot but I’m not here to quibble.
It’s more apricot to me as well, particularly the absolu
I thought that Limelight is/was an excellent match for Jour d’Hermes. ????
Today’s SOTD is Shiseido’s Murasaki, I’d say it represents Crocus Petal perfectly, with it’s notes of hyacinth, peony, orris root, chrysanthemums, gardenia and lily. It’s one of my favorite perfumes from the 1980’s.
I am also in a 80’s scent. 1980’s scent twins <3
Sweet!
That was my mom’s signature scent! I wish I could smell it again. I remember it wafting off her coat and scarf. It smelled really different and exotic to me in the 80s. You’re lucky to have it, I know it’s really hard to find. Many years ago, when she was first diagnosed with cancer, I tracked down a bottle of it on eBay and spent a ridiculous amount of money on it, so I could give it to her again.
jirish – I have some I can send to you, email me at ldetrich in the yahoo-land.
I had a little trio of Zen, Inoui, and Murasaki that my Mum gave me one Christmas… I loved them all. Murasaki is the Japanese word for purple!
I adore Inoui, and I have an older bottle of Zen, Shiseido really made gorgeous perfumes back in the day.
Yeah they were lovely. Inoui reminded me very much of Aliage. Same era of really great, distinct scents.
I love the color purple so I’ve always been curious about this one! One day I’ll have to go to Japan and try to rustle up some old Shiseidos.
I wore Murasaki in the 80ies, sad that its discontinued.
Wearing one of my favourite fall scents – Dirty Honey by 4160 Tuesdays.
A great match for Russet Orange
hannahmom, you’re not in the UK are you by any chance?
(I may have a wee bottle of that going free…)
No, I am a Canadian, but thank you so much for the thought. Sorry it doesn’t suit you
I’m wearing Iris Ukiyoe this morning. I have one of those long thin tube samples of it, and I keep kicking myself that I didn’t buy a travel spray when I bought my Hermessence set. Oh well, next time.
My thoughts are with everyone in Florida – we’re having tons of rain from Hurricane Michael here in South Carolina, so I can only imagine how bad it was on the coast.
I adore Iris Ukiyoe, it was my first Hermessence love.
You smell like someone’s idea of heaven.
you smell wonderful! Iris Ukiyoe reminds me of something from childhood, but I can’t remember what, it is lovely!
In my second day of trying Byredo’s Elevnth Hour. Yesterday was quite warm, and while I liked this quite a bit it disappeared within an hour. I wonder if that is where the name comes from. Hopefully will be better on a chilly day.
I love the shades for fall. So many of these are appearing in eye shadow palettes and fashion runways.
I would love Ceylon yellow as an eyeshadow.
That would be funny if that was the inspiration for the name!
I need to go and try this over the weekend.
SOTD Chanel Coco
SipOTD Lapsang Souchong
Thanks for all your well wishes for Mr L. He is still recovering but getting better everyday.
When I have some time for myself (which is only been in the evenings) I am knee deep into Ondaatje’s Warlight book. He is such an exquisite writer. Very poetic and illuminating. I am hoping one day he will come to NYC and give a talk. These days between taking care of Mr L and the kiddos its been Coco perfume everyday and escaping into this book when every evening. I am embarrassed to say I picked it up on Monday and I am sure I will finish it by the weekend. Straight up bookworm.
Have a fragrant day everyone..
I loved it! I had to take my iPad offline to steal an extra 1/2 day from the library, though. I do not know if that prevents them from lending it to someone else and I hope not. Maybe one of the librarians here knows?
Glad to hear Mr L. is doing well
You smell great!
I’m on the waitlist for Warlight, can’t wait to get into it.
Sounds like you have your hands full, but glad he’s recuperating and that you have some “me” time in the evenings to enjoy your reading. I need to look up that book!
I have just bought Warlight, good to hear you’re enjoying it.
Coco is a good scent to be stuck with
Glad you can enjoy some well-deserved time-out with Warlight.
I loved Warlight, too. Lovely writing.
Nice to hear that Mr. L is recovering well! Hang in there, LSTG!
Drat! That should be LTSG. Stupid fingers.
I recently used to live in the same neighbourhood as Mr. O in Toronto and would see him once in a while at our local pub having a meal. I would always think to myself “that is the person who wrote The English Patient… right over there… having dinner!!!” Oddly enough when I was in New York in the fall of 1995 I was walking up Central Park West and who was coming down the street towards me but Ralph Fiennes. Figured he must’ve been there promoting Strange Days as that film was just released at that time.
Oh how funny!
I’m wearing another neglected old favorite, Moschino Couture!, which is perfect for our first cool morning of fall. Many of these old favorites aren’t that old, but are neglected, since I’ve been concentrating on samples and decants this year.
I think we are expecting “true” fall weather tomorrow. Mostly this week we’re having weird in between weather.
SOTD Omnia, original brown bottle. It a top ten favorite for me. I think it’s time to track down a backup.
You smell marvelous!
Thank you! It’s stayed lucious all day long too!
You smell good enough to eat, I love that chai effect in Omnia. Hope you will be able to get a BUB.
It’s funny, I never before thought of Omnia in edible terms but I totally get it!
Nightingale, are you in CONUS? If so, I have a bottle of Omnia that I don’t wear. Would you be interested in it?
Jalapeño, thank you so much, Yes and Yes!! I’m sure we can find a trade of some sort! What’s the best way to reach you?
You can email me at my screen name at overlordgaming dawt com. I will be in and out this weekend, so it might take a little while to get back to you.
Had a quick coffee with a friend after swimming (only a km but two days in a row, which is good for me) and had spritzed from a sample I had in my gym bag, Escentric 03. She said that I smelled nice and expensive, not like drug store dreck! I was quite surprised as she never expressed any interest in perfume before. She just laughed and said that she “had a good nose”. Needless to say, the sample now lives with her. She’ll enjoy it!
Oh nice!
I’m in Bois de Violette but I don’t smell so good as I’m trying DIY natural deodorant and I don’t seem
to be getting the right formula. First batch tried sheabutter with coconut and baking soda. Second batch the same with beeswax, clay and arrowroot. Will keep trying though!
oh, do keep trying! I have mostly weaned myself off store-bought deodorant. It takes time to find what works best. I like coconut oil. A few friends have gone all in and had their underarms lasered to stop all hair growth. That really cuts down on the need for any deodorant. I’m tempted to do it myself, but it takes time and $!
SotM = MEM = Pantone Ultraviolet
I have a bit of laryngitis and stuffiness, feels like it will subside quickly if I rest today. Only thing on my agenda is an annual eye exam, so that’s nicely fortuitous timing.
With this cold/flu/whatever going on MEM smells different, a little more bitter, less floral, a little medicinal. I’m enjoying it very much.
I really like all the fall colors Pantone chose. I tend to choose colors in the purple-blue-green spectrum but the brown-yellow-orange-red colors are greatly appealing to me. Maybe my color sense is ready for a big shift. I did buy a few red shirts recently, and that’s not like me at all.
Have a loverly day, NSTers.
I hope you feel better soon, tiffanie! You smell great today and interesting how perfumes can smell different in different circumstances.
thanks Elisa P! I do feel better after a quiet day and a walk in the park.
Hope you feel better soon.!
thanks, lillyjo! I’m on the mend.
I hope that you shake off this bout of the fall crud ASAP! ????
thank you, Jalapeno. Fall crud indeed! Staff at my school are falling like dominoes this week.
Jo Malone Earl Grey & Cucumber, which I would place, color-wise, in between Martini Olive and Limelight.
Yes, that sounds about right.
Hi all, thanks for the kind words last night about our puppygirl. We will get the results from the biopsy next week, and are hoping for the best. It’s probably a benign thing that comes up a lot in older dogs, so we’re optimistic.
In a dash of WS&SS today. Y’all be well!
woof! glad to hear things are looking good with puppygirl.
And you smell fantastic. Now I want to go to the beach and sniff the salt air!
Make it a beach on Kauai….might as well dream big, huh? ????
I missed the news, but hoping for the best news for puppygirl!
Thanks, Elisa P, she had surgery to remove a growth from her lip, which went well. Now we wait.
Fingers crossed for your sweet girl.
Thanks, Aurora!
I love the color of poppies!
I’m in Black Cashmere and maybe this could be a Ceylon Yellow?
Imagine the world with no color? Nope, can’t. Color brings health to my soul..
Terrifying thought.
Don’t even want to think about a world without color! ????
I’m wearing a tiny spray of Oud Bouquet today. Over some BBW almond blossom lotion. I can’t smell the lotion at all since Oud Bouquet devoured it. Cm8, I would bet this would even over power your scent eating skin!
I’m wearing a green satin slip dress and Tom Ford Vert de Fleur to match. Not quite Quetzal Green (the dress is a bit more emerald), but half a point for effort?
Anyone who can wear a satin slip dress deserves a full point! ????
Hah, thank you! And an easy way for me to earn points, I feel my slip dress game is rather strong
You smell great. I really like that one a lot.
Me too! Great for a bit of office glamour.
In Baiser de Russie–from a decant swap. I hope I was generous. This is a mongo-sized decant!
Still struggling a bit with the caramel in this one. I have a hard time with cookie gourmands–vanilla, chocolate, butter, cream, caramel, pudding. . .
But this scent is growing on me. If I had to give it a color, it would be Mui Mui sky blue. An electric pastel. Choosing from the offerings, I will go with Limelight.
I’ve been more MIA than usual, but just realized I have seen comments from Waterdragon or Kanuka in a while. Hope they are both well!!!!
I have a sample of that. Need to go back to it. I really liked it, but that kind of scared me since no way can I buy it… ????
Hi there! I’m just leaving a short-term artist/writers residency in the middle, west-coast of the North Island. My little apartment had no wifi, no radio and no TV and was on a main road with constant road traffic and a view of a fence so it was been good for writing (hit 80 000 words at last) but I started talking to myself as it was a bit stir-crazy quiet. The worst thing was I had to eat the crusts of my toast each morning as there were no begging dogs around the table. Really interesting trees and plants compared to the south – lots of ferns, native honeysuckle and a tree called kawakawa used in Maori Rongoa (healing/medicine) that has leaves that smell like peppered baked potato. Heading home tomorrow where there has been snow on the hills but will have a few hours in Wellington and stay with a friend. Dark Horse and Rue Cambon have been my only perfumes due to poor planning!
Haha! So good to hear from you, and better still that the worst thing you’ve been coping with is bread crusts (as a crust eater myself, I am not terribly impressed with your plight–the view of the fence, however, leaves me mildly depressed . . .) I’ll be thinking of your peppered baked-potato leaves and snow on the hills, and your wearing Rue Cambon watching the traffic (which in my mind is stirring up dust, which is probably rooted in some unexamined stereotype of islands, writers’ residencies, no radio, and bread crusts) pass.
Congrats on getting so much writing done!
Iris Silver Mist for Ultraviolet today. My husband found out he has a hernia and we have an appointment next week with a surgeon. It’s always something at our house! Still don’t have the repairs done for our water damage, but I guess fate is keeping us on our toes. Now I need to research hernia repair. All I know is being scared by all the commercials/signs for hernia mesh lawsuits.
Ach so sorry! But you smell great.
Oh, best of luck with your husband’s procedure! ????
Oh dear, that’s a lot to handle. I hope you find good answers on the hernia repair. You smell peaceful in ISM, though. ????
SOTD Sugandhco Jashn-e-ouhd perfume oil. I don’t have experience with oud, so hard to compare this to other oud scents, but I like it – it’s very strong, very sweet, very woodsy.
Then, I went to CVS and sprayed 1x Jovan Musk on my arm, they actually do smell good together.
I have been obsessed with Shower Gel & Body Wash research over the past couple of days. It must be a stress relief/Christmas marketing but it is getting ridiculous – if I put a pricetag on my time, it would be better to go bananas and buy all of it and move on with my life. So, I broke my “no-buy” and got Crabtree Rosewater wash from Marshals and Burts Bees Citrus Ginger body wash from CVS. I hope that stems the tide for a while.
and…I have never been into body wash in my life until I got into perfume last year, I thought it was such a waste, ha ha!
I noticed when I am not letting myself buy perfume, that the body wash/lotion buying begins. I think it’s because they serve tangible purposes.. getting clean, moisturizing skin.. etc.. yet it still let’s us smell good! ????
I collect soaps and body washes… it’s crazy.
YES, that must be it – so its not just me!
It’s like I found a way to cheat on my diet, ha
Perfect anology!
I do that too, definitely.
I am trying to not have my shower gel collection get out of hand. Very happy to get a new bottle of one of my favorite shower gels recently since it has become hard to find. I hope that it won’t get discontinued.
Nice! What is your favorite?
I had my eye on this philosophy rose scent, but I felt I was getting too tempted to buy their gallon size, so hoping my Marshall purchase will work – in fact – I already took a shower and it does indeed smell very Rosy ✔️
It’s the Korres Fig Showergel. It’s just about perfect for summer. Sephora used to sell it, and that is where I first tried it. Then they stopped carrying it, and so did Amazon (!!). I found out that Neiman Marcus is now selling it, thanks to Robin here.
That’s sounds good! My sister gifted me Korres white grape shower gel last year – that was actually my first shower gel, which I recently finished.
HSN sells korres as well!
Atelier Cologne Cedrat Enivrant this morning! I have been feeling citrusy all week.
Working from home this morning in advance of a voice lesson that is very much in the opposite direction from home from my workplace. It’s been pretty nice to work with kittens on my lap, with yummy home brewed coffee instead of undercleaned slightly burned office espresso maker coffee. It’s certainly less stressful!
One of my cats kept trying to climb on the table today rather than my lap. Still nice though.
Sounds like a delightful day, and you smell great! Cedrat Enivrant is one of my favorite Ateliers.
Matching Marni with Red Pear inspired by someone who wore it a couple days ago. I’m red themed today because I’m wearing a shirt the color of Valiant Poppy with white polka dots and Clinique Cherry Pop lipstick.
Work has been stressful but mostly manageable lately. I’m having some coworker fatigue with the woman I work with the most. We’ve led meetings with almost every department in the organization for a project we’re working on (19 meetings total!), so I think we’re both a little sick of each other’s quirks right now. I hope to get back to feeling more fond of her soon.
You sound very pretty and cheerful today with all that poppy color!
I’m sure you’ll get past the irritation once this is done. That’s a lot of meetings to go through together. Seems normal to be sick of each other. But it will be a fond memory I bet.
Thanks!
Today we’ve been a lot better with each other since our last meeting was yesterday. What a relief!
I completely forgot to put on any perfume this morning and I arrived at work more than half an hour early. However, I do remember what day of the week it is and my name, so some things still seem to be working!
Ha! I didn’t know what day it was today but did have on perfume.
Together we’re strong
It is so cold here today that I decided to wear one of my winter favorites, Les Nereides Opoponax. It is kind of a warm golden sort of scent, if that makes sense, so I would match it with Ceylon Yellow.
You smell marvellous, this one is so good, I call this scent drydown of shalimar.
Hello hello! Wore under-the-radar AG Chevrefeuille this morning, which I think could match Ceylon Yellow. Contemplating something more bracing from the desk samples for the afternoon, maybe Lonesome Rider.
Chevrefeuille is very pretty. You smell lovely.
Yum, love that one!
Chevrefeuille is so good!
CdG Lily for me today since it’s warm. drizzly/humid, and it matches my green and white blouse.
Had fun sniffing and chatting at Perfumarie with thegoddessrena and LizzieB yesterday evening.
I smelled T Rex among other things and I liked it, but not sure I’d wear it. I like smoke and there’s plenty of it amidst a dense swirl of florals and resins and stuff, but there was a long burning rubber stage in the middle that overwhelmed me. I loved the opening and the farther end of the drydown. It reminded me a little of Blackbird Targa which is easier to wear, imo.
Ended up buying a few mls of one of their “bulk” reserve scents which was a nice idyllic blend of dry grass, sagebrush and I don’t remember what. I like their blind sniffing opportunity featured there.
It was great fun! I really enjoyed playing with their blind bottles.
And how did I forget thegoddessrena’s custom scent Slinky Carnation?! Beautiful carnation, spicy, a little creamy with an animalic base- very long lasting.
Thanks for the recap!
I’m sorry I missed you all! There’s always the next time….
Trying out Eleventh Hour for the first time. Spicy, fig and pretty masculine to my nose. I am not a fig fan so a pass for me.
Also retrying Fleur de Peau today. This one reminds me of Bonne Bell 7-Up Lip Smacker to me for some reason… ????
I liked the opening of Fleur de Peau, but it went kind of sour and harsh on me after an hour or so. I really wanted to like it. ????
I ran out of the door this morning not wearing any perfume… Oh oh.
Luckily I found a small vial containing Hinoki in my bag!
So thats what i am wearing.
Just had a haircut (nothing special, just getting rid off my split ends) and the hairdresser was VERY chatty. I now know everything about her favourite alcoholic drinks and her pets….. ????
Some hairdressers do go on, don’t they? I tend to discuss dogs with my hairdresser which is a topic we both enjoy.
I must start putting some samples in my handbag as well. It feels weird not wearing perfume, still only an hour to go before I can get back home.
Dogs, always a good topic!
No perfume feels kinda ‘naked’ right? The only place I dont feel weird not wearing perfume is the outdoors/forest…
Wearing SJP Lovely today because it came up in conversation with thegoddessrena and ElisaP last night. They reminded me I had it, so I dug it out from the cabinet.
Sprayed it like crazy and still can’t smell anything. My husband isn’t here, so I can’t tell if it’s just my nose gone blind or not.
When that happens, I’ll sniff a monstre like Obsession. If I can’t smell Obsession either, I know it’s me and not the perfume
My biggest monster is Insolence. And I can smell it. And I could smell just fine last night.
It’s likely my nose with this particular scent.
Ah, that could be it. I had that experience the first time I tried Stash.
Wow, Stash is a pretty big scent.
Bad news in Devaland. My upcoming contract went KAPUT! because the faculty was bought out by another hospital system and they won’t honor the stipulations in the contract. Also, my vent fan stopped working and it took me TWO DAYS to get a hold of a person to assist me. Apparently, the Mother Board is trashed. How that happens on a brand new fan, I don’t know. Another is being shipped to me, hopefully will arrive before I leave…????
On a happier note, I just ate a maple bagel with pumpkin spice cream cheese and it was fabulous! T-Rex got a new toy last night, so she’s over the moon. I’ll catchup on comments as I sip my hotter than hot coffee on a brisk morning????????
I’m wearing Eau de Crypt because I love it! To all the haters out there, I’m not sorry????
Well that is certainly irritating. You’d think they’d have to honor existing contracts. Grrrr…
I am envying the brisk morning as I contemplate turning on AC to get rid of humidity….
Yikes sorry about your temperatures! It’s very crazy here because yesterday I had to put on the A/C and then last night had to put the heat on. Nucking Futs weather. ????
Sorry that several things went wrong… glad for the yummy sounding bagel and I’m drawing a blank for Eau de Crypt.
Chypre Mousse. Some people out there say it smells like a dank and dark crypt. I love it because to my nose, it’s just bursting with life ????
Funny I think it’s dank and so full of life!
I do get a whiff of dank on the open of Chypre Mousse, so I think it comes by “Eau de Crypt” honestly. But there is a lot more going on than just that one whiff!
I guess I should mention that this conjures up a cross between Limelight and Ceylon Yellow.
Oh no!!!! That really and truly sucks about your upcoming contract! I hope that means you aren’t stranded there in Reno.
On a brighter note, that bagel combo of yours has my mouth watering. It sounded delicious.
Ugh, that stinks! I hope you get something desirable lined up soon.
Same, hope it works out quickly!
Ugh…but still..20 more days!
PSA that Lush has released their Christmas products. This year one of the shower gels in the collection is Cinders with notes of cinnamon, orange, and almond oil among other things. I don’t think they’ve done this shower gel before. I think it’s just been a bath bomb and perfume. Has anyone tried a Cinders product and can comment on the scent?
I’ve tried both the bath bomb in the past) and shower gel (this year)
Spicy/woody/fruity.
I do not get much orange from it. It mostly smells of almond and cinnamon. Actually, almond here strongly reminds me of cherry – mostly cherry pit and bark of cherry tree, but there is some cherry flesh too. It’s a bright and comforting scent. I like it, though I cannot say I am madly in love with it.
What I do not like is that it says ‘shower gel’ on the website and bottle, but the product itself is now close to a shower cream. It is kind of like their old shower cream formula (when Lush first introduced shower creams), while the current shower creams are even thicker. I am a big fan of their old-style shower gels and sure hope they will not discontinue that formula.
Thanks! Maybe I will force myself into a Lush store to smell if in person before I decide. As an introvert though, going into their store makes me a little anxious.
Most of their stores are downright claustrophobic. And as an introvert who is also uber sensitive to overstimulation, the glaring lights and blaring music make matters even worse.
If you happen to find yourself at Bell Square on a weekday afternoon, it is tolerable
The store is huge and usually empty. I’ve even made it through without being approached by salespeople there…
I am sorry it makes you anxious, but if you can stand it, take the tester of the shower gel over to the sink and try it in hot water…I have still made buying mistakes at Lush, but smelling it in hot water has saved me from making even more!
Orla Kiely today, a gourmand fig I like pretty well, not very original but I would say ultraviolet because fig skin. O.K. is in some kind of financial trouble so rather happy that I have a BUB.
I am sorry about the financial trouble Aurora – hopefully it will resolve soon!
I think she meant Orla Kiely’s trouble…I think the company went bankrupt.
Yes, that’s it, Robin, many thanks, Orla Kiely not me, still, I’m saddened because this perfume is a staple in my wardrobe: a warm fig, good for winter.
Very sweet of you Yasmina but as Robin noted I’m not the one in financial trouble but the co. which makes the perfume I was wearing, Orla Kiely. It’s a pity though because it’s a good perfume.
I like OK’s packaging. They have a collaboration with Target.
Yes, same here, I like their aesthetic, cute bags, cute perfume bottles, and the juice is good too. They have three scents I think, but I only know the figgy one.
Wearing Eau de Rochas, which is Limelight through and through.
I mentioned on the Daily Lemming post for the Sephora lip balms (a few days back) that I had ordered the tangerine one – it arrived and it’s . . . a lip balm. Does not have a strong tangerine scent or taste, and is reasonably moisturizing. Happy to use it up, but my search for a Holy Grail lip balm will continue.
I checked out the ones Robin mentioned on today’s lemming and the reviews on the Ulta website are glowing as to their moisturizing qualities. I don’t usually spend that much for balm but might for the skull or pineapple if they have them in store.
I’ll take a look! I live in a dry climate and have had a hard time finding a good balm.
Oh? Were you expecting… not a lip balm? I have a bunch of those sephora ones and the primary selling point for me is the packaging (tube, not pot) and that they’re beeswax-free.
My latest HG is the Laneige lip sleeping mask. They just came out with a new version in a tube that I’m excited to try.
It was more than I usually spend, so I was hoping it was would awesome! I have the Bite Agave Lip Mask – it’s pricey but very moisturizing. However, I hate the packaging so I’m still on the look out.
I use the lip sleeping mask, too. I was not searching for it but at check out, the SA asked if I would be interest and it was on sale. I must have had mine for over a year and it may have another month or so to go before I can thunk it.
Wearing my sample of CdG Vogue 125 today. For me, it’s the color Limelight, although I can’t tell you exactly why. I find it a very pleasant, clean, short-lasting lily of the valley/musk fragrance.
Hmm, I love LOTV, might have to give this a sniff.
SOTD – Frassai Teisenddu (same as yesterday’s SOTD). It feels like Caramel Leather and puts a lot of other leathers to shame. Does not really associates itself with any Pantene colors.
Yummm, sounds good!
I decided to break out my long-neglected Bottega Veneta today, and while I don’t think any of the colors above is a match exactly, I think Crocus Petal will do okay.
Seems closest to me too.
Seems more violet to me…
Wore Penhaligon’s Artemisia so that I wouldn’t smell too strong at a doc appt., and then it turned out the doc herself was wearing a lovely light floral. I suppose Artemisia could be the Crocus Petal, but I think it’s really a much more silvery white than that. No idea what to wear tomorrow…
Doctor wearing perfume. That’s awesome and unexpected!
Indeed! I’ll bet her patients appreciate it.
Do doctors not wear perfume then, in the US?
(I always do and I’m a doctor.)
A lot of medical(and other) offices are scent-free zones here in the US.
Hope the trend does not reach your shores!
None of the doctors I have had wear fragrance. Neither does my dentist.
Well this nurse and many of my colleagues are perfume-wearers ourselves!I have never had a patient complain.Only compliments!
I’m a doctor, too (internal medicine) and I always sneak a teensy spritz of something light, even though our office is supposed to be scent-free. What specialty are you, Austenfan?
No specialty anymore, used to be in radiology. These days I work with the organisation that runs everything to do with blood and plasma donations in the Netherlands.
I am a doctor too and wear perfume daily, but i am german, so no scentfree Zones here…????
Off topic but I just looked at your blog and I am drooling!
Thanks
April Aromatics Ray of Light today. It’s smelling like lime Life Savers in the opening.
I have a new kitty! His shelter name is Bertie Wooster (I don’t know if I’ll keep the name) he is 8 and a flamepoint Birman. He has dental disease and ear polyps, but is the sweetest, calmest boy, with a soft purr whenever you show him attention. His previous owner had to go to a nursing home. The jury is still out about him from the dog and other cat, the dog just seems flummoxed that another creature has appeared and the cat is acting like a diva.
Yay kitties!!!
Oh yay! A good home for a needy animal! Go Bertie Wooster!????
Awwwww! Yay for giving an older cat a good home! Best wishes for everyone getting along.
Lime life-savers? I wouldn’t like that!
Great story! I’m sure they will figure it all out in short order????
You smell great and love kitty name! Now I think it would be fun to have a kitty named Bertie Wooster and a dog named Jeeves.
I love poppies. I also love these Pantone colors, although not for wearing. Just for looking. Iris Cendre, which I have on today, isn’t really represented here. I’d want an ashen green, not to be too literal about it.
Same here…I cannot wear those colors other than the purples.
Then I realized that I just bought a scarf in the martini olive family, could possibly do red pear, and love the green. But only a bit here and there amidst the black and greys!
Martini Olive shade and Chanel Paris-Venise, how about that?
Is Paris-Venise the one with a basil note?
I am wearing Pucci Sole 149.
The color is somewhere between Ceylon Yellow and Limelight.
I just looked it up–it was released in 2009.
It has tomato leaf and galbanum, with some light florals thrown in to make everything happy and light.
I could have sworn that Robin reviewed it, but apparently not.
Happy weekend, everyone!
I think it was the flanker to one I reviewed, maybe? Those were such cool bottles.
Stopping in real quick to wave at my sweet-smelling friends! ???????? On day 6 of my MIL and her best friend being in town. I’m holding on to the thread of sanity I have left, as is my fiancé. Here’s hoping we can hold on for two more days!
They’re sweet but what is it about parents as you get older that makes it feel like you’re dealing with kids? Yesterday morning before we headed to Balloon Fiesta- before it was even daylight- I had to tell her that it was too cold for flip flops (like 45 degrees) and to go inside and change shoes! I haven’t even had to do that with my son in years lol!
Anyway, I’m in Shalimar Light today which is smelling like perfection. I’m matching it’s lemony creaminess with Limelight, though I don’t think that’s a perfect match.
Mmm you smell delicious!
Your story reminds me of going to Phoenix with my grandmother for Xmas one year. All she brought to wear were sandals and summer clothes. At least your MIL had a warmer alternative!
Actually no lol! Luckily we wear the same size shoes so I gave her some of my sneakers to wear! ????
Maybe she thought NM and Mexico are one and the same?
My grandma was somehow unaware that the desert is cold at night in winter.
YES, to your comment about older parents! I’ve had to ask my mom a few times if she had eaten lunch yet the last time I visited her.
My mom is so regimented with the time she eats based on the time she needs to take her medication / supplements that I could sometimes tell what time it is when I see her starting to prepare her meal!
Some almost tropical storm like downpours this morning in my area today. Not sure if it is remnants from Michael yet, or something completely different. There was a decent break in the wet this afternoon, but the weather guys and gals have said that another round of squishy is on the way for later on.
SOTD = Oriza L. Legrand Reve d’Ossian EdP from the sample stash. This is a very quiet woodsy incense on me. It’s been a whisper of a scent for hours now. No color association with it at all.
It’s supposed to be a lot cooler tomorrow – 50s in the house. When was the last time we saw 50s? April? Anyway, around this time I usually play a game of chicken with myself – gloves or no gloves? My goal is to not have to wear gloves until Nov. 1st at the earliest…anything before that means I am a wuss.! Note: I am not judging anyone who wears gloves before I do.
I might actually be able to turn off the AC tomorrow! We’ve been using it to keep the humidity to tolerable levels indoors.
Me too. I’ve had my AC running for the last few nights. The humidity is unbearable. I expect this during August but never during October. This weather is nuts.
The weather has been totally nuts! I’d like a couple weeks’ worth of “normal”, please! Not sure that’s in the cards, though. I’ve heard the possibility of some temps in the suburbs around here dropping into the 30’s for one of the weekend nights!
Boy, same here. It’s so stuffy otherwise, but it’s really not hot enough for a/c so I’m doing a/c plus long sleeves, which is just weird.
I generally go by temps on gloves. I don’t really need them until it hits in the 30s.
We’ve been running AC at night too. And we will again tonight. Too humid.
I have mittens that switch to fingerless gloves when I turn back the mitt part. My tolerance is somewhere in the 40s.
I think that my temps for gloves depend on if it is wet or windy.
Wore Nobile 1942 Ambra Nobile this morning and am in VCA Bois Dore post-shower. Both are luscious and winter-cozy (I seem to have skipped autumn…) and would be best represented by a chocolate shade with bejeweled orange running through it.
And now having written that, I’m reminded of the incredibly delicious gelato I had the other night. Should anyone find themselves in Ottawa at any point, make sure to stop in at Stella Luna. Then make sure you have time to go again and again and again. Or make arrangements to have the entire freezer case delivered to your home, which is what I was fantasizing about as I ate my way through 3 flavors…
I need to open Bois Dore when it gets colder. I bought a large sample.
Happy World Sight Day from your resident Ophthalmic Nurse!
Get those eyes checked out regularly,eat your carrots and remember your sunglasses on the beach in Summer!
SOTD Shalimar Parfum Initial.
a lighter shade of pink with a slight lilac hue.Lovely.
Sad day today.I have a standing daily “walk-date” with my neighbor M.I got worried when I could not get hold of her earlier.Eventually she sent me a short message that her Dad committed suicide earlier today.So sad,and I feel so so bad for her.They had lunch together almost everyday.And this only a couple of days after World Mental Health Day.
I feel totally helpless,I cannot imagine what the rest of her year is going to be like.And Christmas is around the corner….
Love yourself.And kiss your significant other and hug your kids like RIGHT NOW.It might be the last time.
Be well friends!
❤️✌????????
That’s so sad about your neighbor
OMG, this so sad. May you find the strength to comfort your neighbor during this time of need.
So sorry to hear this johanob! My sympathies to both you and your neighbor.
So sorry to hear this Johanob. Your message of encouragement was good to hear
very sorry, johanob, I’m grateful to you for these reminders to treasure each day.
I had my eyes checked today, visual field is normal, retina and optic nerves are healthy. Cataract surgery someday in the far future, boo, though my intra-ocular pressures were 15 and 15, way down from the usual 20s.
My heart goes out to your neighbor. Losing a parent is hard enough, to lose one like this, is a grief like no other. I’m glad she has you as a neighbor. I am signing up for eye insurance this month and hopefully will be getting my eyes checked in January.
Hugs to you and your neighbor! That is very tough!
What an awful thing. I’m so sorry for your friend. I hope you can provide some comfort by just being in her life.
So very sorry johanob! Just being there for her will help immensely. Sending you both ((hugs)).
Please let your neighbor know that folks all over the world are sending her hugs.
So sad. It sounds like you are a great neighbor.
Thank you everyone for your beautiful messages of encouragement and sympathy!I’m still shocked silent today myself.M’s husband came to pick up some clothes for her late last night and said she is “OK”.Love you guys!
And AWESOME to hear those eyes are being checked out and looked after!Yesss.
❤️❤️❤️
I was in Istanbul Gallivant today but it’s gone now – the color would be some kind of pale blue.
I really need to smell those Gallivants!
SOTD = 28 La Pausa EDT
Instead of my usual 8 sprays, I used 10 because, why not? It’s not like 2 more sprays would get into asphyxia territory, not even close! Whoa, with just the 2 extra sprays, the leather became front and center! Next time I feel like engaging in bada$$ery, I can wear lashings if 28 La Pausa instead of 31 Rue Cambon!
Commuting Woes No. 602:
I can’t believe I forgot to mention this earlier in the week! I almost ran over a stupid woman who was crossing a very dangerous section of the train station, cutting duagonally across where cars were turning either left or right after passing through a parking gate. She was too lazy to walk around to where it was safer to cross. She was also chatting away on her cell. Anyway, I applied my brakes just in time. I’m convinced she darted in front of my car because my car’s “Eyesight” mechanism did not even beep or slow down the car. Normally, if the car strays too far from the middle of the lane or there’s an obstruction close enough to where the computer determines a crash is likely based on speed and distance, the car will beep and then either slow down or stop.
Good thing that you were paying attention in that parking lot! SMH.
I really think the cops should ticket cars that are waiting for their passenger by the entrance — this is usually the reason why someone would cross to that side without benefit of a cross-walk.
Your car will slow down all by itself? Does it do that if the roads are bad too?
In snow, if I put it on one of the modes, as long as I drive under 25 mph, the car grips the road well and does not slide.
That’s really cool!
And yes, with “Eyesight” it will slow down by itself.
gosh, some pedestrians take it for granted drivers will always stop! not smart, thank goodness you’re a safe driver.
It was a very close call. I think the woman herself was shocked and I hope it was a lesson learned!
10 sprays?! You are my idol.
????. I am working on the 75mL bottle which is down to about half. And I have the humongo BUB which I bought in a panic when the EDTs were being switched to EDPs.
I did that with Misia! So sorry about the I scare.
Thanks. I have to be extra vigilant!
Scary. I hope it scared her into some smarts.
You smell fabulous.
Thank you! Yeah, I hope the woman pays more attention next time but I doubt it.
Twins with you tonight in some lovely La Pausa edt, courtesy of a very generous NST’er! I will be sad when this is gone. Have you tried the edp?
And in other news, that gorgeous multi-colored Alien bottle Robin wrote about earlier this week is winging it’s way to me. I didn’t think I had bottle envy, but I guess I do. (Actually I got 2 bottles, so if anyone is interested in one, maybe we can make arrangements)
I have tried the EDP. Actually, I have, on paper. It was hard to tell the difference. I do have the Chanel counter EDP coffret which is still brand nee so I can really test it if I wanted to. Once I love a perfume, I pretty much stick with it.
As to the beautiful Alien, I’m sitting on my hands until I can acquire it in the U.S. Lucky you!
SOTE is OJ Tiara, which is one of the most formal and beautiful fragrances in my collection. I wonder if it has changed much since launch. It’s just amazing.
Oh, you are reminding me that I have not worn Frangipani, my OJ love, in ages!
My SOTD was Satori which wafted beautifully in today’s extreme humidity.
You smell great petunia!
Thanks Coin-op! ????
Hope you get a break for that humidity soon!
Grrrrrrrrrrrrr! That should be “from”, not “for”.
Let’s hope we both get a break from this interminable weather soon!
No fragrance today. I had a bad ragweed allergy attack and it took forever (and a combination of Zyrtec, Sudafed and Flonase) to calm down. But everyone else is smelling wonderful. Hopefully I can wear something tomorrow to go with one of the colors.
Hope tommorow is allergy free for you!
I feel for you. I have been experiencing something similar but with mold allergies added for good measure. Rain, rain go away…..