Hump Day, National Science Fiction Day, and the 9th day of Christmas (ladies dancing). What fragrance are you wearing?
I'm late again, and smelling delicious in Dawn Spencer Hurwitz Bakul Medjool (a good match for Pantone Caramel Café).
Reminder: on 1/4, wear a fragrance to match Living Coral, Pantone's color of the year for 2019 (see below).
And for those of you who like to plan ahead, see Scent of the day ~ Friday community projects 2019, where I'll try to always have the next five or six weeks mapped out in advance.
I’m wearing Amouage Opus III which is more of a golden yellow than any shade of pink. It’s gorgeous though and I felt like wearing it.
It is gorgeous! You smell beautiful!
You smell amazing! I think of it as sort of mauve.
I’m wearing Serge Lutens Fleurs d’Oranger from a sample.
Like? No like?
I always admired that one but it does not smell good on me.
I really like it, but then I adore both neroli and orange blossom scents. While I did get a bit of an astringent herbal note when first applied, I am now getting straight up white florals strong on orange blossom, without a hint of cumin. That may come out in the long drydown. It is also still going strong almost 6 hours after applying.
I adore them too, but it always wore as heavy cumin on me. I do wonder if it’s still the same — seems likely they would clean it up.
When I first tried it probably about6 years ago now, it was cuminy to me. I’ve tried it very recently and get zero cumin (but too much white musk in the base for me). So I think they must have reformulated it.
Sure sounds like it!
I love FdO on others, but on me, it’s straight up B.O. I discovered this by accident when I attended a meeting and a few folks mentioned a ‘distinct gamey odor’. 😀
It’s BO on me too. Love the first few moments of the opening but it’s really bad shortly after. First time I tested it, I wanted to cry of disappointment. ?
Love that perfume. I will join you in orange blossom bliss after my shower. I don’t get any BO from it at all
I’m commando so far, seeking inspiration for what to put on today. I’ve got to go to physical therapy before too long, and don’t want anything too overwhelming. Still unsure of what to associate with this color, but I do like its vibrancy. The entire range above is quite beautiful. I’ve been thinking of paint colors recently because I’m having part of my house repainted from a sort of pale adobe which it was when I bought it to a very pale blue called ‘white sapphire’. It’s not as cold as a pure bright white but it’s more cool than the pink-y tone that I’m sick of, and I like how it’s making my house feel. Coral accents would look good in here. Hope other people are enjoying a nice start to their new year. It’s gray and rainy here, but at least it’s not snow!
That’s the Behr? I like that shade, and it will match so many things.
Yes, the Behr, and it looks good, really–just the faintest hint of pale blue.
Good luck with your therapy today.
https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/books/scrublands-review-chris-hammers-brilliant-crime-novel-set-in-a-dying-town-20180719-h12vh4.html
I think you like thrillers and I have just finished a terrific Australian one called Scrublands (2018). It is set in a small town, journalist investigating a crime that was committed the previous year. The descriptions of the dry, blistering heat are wonderful.
Yes I do, thank you for this tip! I’ll definitely check it out.
Thanks, I added it to my Goodreads list.
I just had to google that paint color. I love it! I think something like that or a warmish gray throughout the house would be nice…for my dream home…someday 😉
Hope that your PT session goes/went well!
Van Cleef & Arpels Moonlight Patchouli today… not a Living Coral match 😉
Nope! And I need more ideas so hope somebody will come up with something today…
In my head Prada Candy matches this Pantone
Interesting, would not have thought of it!
The last day of the mini-vacation, will be flying back later today (a bitter-sweet feeling: it was good time spent with friends but I missed Rusty). Just “thunked” a sample of Atelier Cologne Pamelo Paradis – nice as most of their colognes but I do not need more of it. Post-shower will finish the sample of Guerlain Tonka Imperiale: I really like it but have another sample of it to go through before I need to decide, so at the speed I use any perfumes, it’s another year or two.
For those who is back to work already: have a quick hump day: the weekend is nearing!
Enjoy the final moment of your mini-vacation. I was back to work today and I’m glad weekend is just behind the corner. Although it was still a quiet day at work (lots of people are off until this week ends)
Oh! Thanks for the reminder re: Tonka Imperiale. I’ve also got 2 samples of it, which have lasted eons. A little goes a long way, and I only ever wear it in winter, but I’d completely forgotten to pull it out this year.
I am wearing Lancome Poeme and drinking a cup of Shalimar tea. I know Poeme is not a match for the project, but I saw the bottle and it felt right to wear it today 🙂
Poeme is wonderful!
It could work for the CP.
You tea is lovely, I may have a cup of that this afternoon when the kids nap
I hope you had chance to have your afternoon tea
Good morning, everyone. Back to work for me, which calls for a nice and crisp wake up fragrance. I went with Atelier’s Bois Blonds.
Love that one. You smell great ?
Your nickname checks out there, holyneroli 😉
In my effort to not hoard, I am wearing the sadly discontinued (boo IFRA) Parfums MDCI Enlèvement au Sérail. The juice is approximately the coral colour, due to the jasmine content I assume.
Stunning!
April Aromatics Bohemian Spice, sitting on my hands to keep from ordering. Will finish the sample, so that’s an accomplishment.
Oh, I really like that one a lot. Their bottles are SO small though. I’m wanting to buy more, but trying not to–Just recently bought Calling All Angels, my favorite.
Oh, thank you I had no idea how small the bottles are. I might wait then for a special occasion then. Congrats on your bottle of Calling all Angels! ?
How could I have missed this?
It sounds wonderful!
Now I have it stuck in my head and in my shopping cart ?
I’m in Fresh Cream Warm Cashmere, and a lot of it. My sniffer is starting to come back, but it’s not up for anything complicated. This is comforting, cozy and familiar, and totally perfect for me today.
Glad you are feeling better. It stinks to be sick during the holidays.
Thanks, Petunia. ?
Hi all!
SOTD is Chanel No. 19 vintage EDP. Seems fitting for the very cold weather we’re having!
First day back at work so settling in and catching up on emails. 🙂
You smell lovely and No 19 will help you get through those emails
You smell great!
You smell so good.
Happy New Year, NST! I spent the past two days recovering from a cold, and used it as an excuse to stay home all day, do some light housework, cook, and rest. It was so nice to stay home with no place to go.
Back to work today in Maria Candida Gentile Hanbury. It’s probably more of an orangey-yellow than a coral.
Hope you’re feeling better! Happy New Year!
Belated Happy New Year! ??✨?
I’m in Neela Vermiere Niral today. I wasn’t sure if the big boss would be in today (all perfumes annoy him) and her perfumes are beautiful but never overwhelming.
You smell lovely.
Was your big boss in?
I am thrilled to be working from home today and I really am working while reeking havoc in my new sample of ELDO I Am Trash (yes, this works for the CP) in the crook of one elbow and a sample of Jovoy Remember Me in the crook of the other.
Oh, the ELDO is a perfect match! I tried this one recently. What do you think of it?
I like it. I wanted the fruit to hang around longer though—the fruity opening went away too quickly for me and became a soft vetiver drydown. Not too sweet. And probably not full bottle worthy, but quite decent!
That’s kinda what I thought…it’s unstructured and soft, easy to wear. It’s the polar opposite of, say, No 19. I don’t think I need a FB either, but it’s nice to have undemanding perfumes in the lineup.
How are you liking I Am Trash? The notes didn’t sound particularly exciting to me, but I love an, uh…”unusual” name. haha
Not super exciting, but yes I liked it—see above. And yes, fun concept.
Sampling African Orchid from Olympic Orchids which on me smells like soda.
Good Morning
I am sipping homemade chai and enjoying the sunshine (evening though the temperature is so cold)
I saw Kinky Boots this week which I loved. While strutting around time square with my better half, the sole of my shoe completely separated so today I visited my shoe guy. Every time we have an encounter he always keeps me up to date on football (and when I say that, I mean soccer) I was more into that when the World Cup was happening last year, but I don’t mind listening to all of it. One day I will tell him how I follow all my favorite (and when I say favorite I mean good looking) players on social media. 😉
Happy New Year to all..
Ugh! I’ve had the sole of my runner completely separate TWICE when I was caddying on the golf course. And my runners aren’t cheap. I’m not sure why it happened but it is a very strange feeling.
My hubby ‘fixed’ my other shoe (the good one) by ripping off that sole as well so at least I wouldn’t be off-kilter. And I got to buy new runners afterwards.
Feeling lazy today, but I have lot of work to finish before I start at the new office next Monday. I just grabbed and sprayed on Chanel No.19 EdP. I needed something beautiful and easy to wear. It never fails!
You smell great.
Thank you! ?
Good luck for next Monday! ???
Thank you Jalapeno! I really need it!
I am back to work today, and back in Vanille Insensee. I know it’s Wednesday, but it really feels like Monday.
Hope you’re making it through work okay.
Yes! It definitely felt like a Monday to me, too.
Yup, we were all commenting about ‘another Monday’ at work today!
Glad to see the back end of this day.
(I don’t see a tea infuser….)
Wearing the wonderful Incense Rosé today! We’re going on a fun adventure in DC, so my mother won’t be near me to tell me I smell like snuff. It’s certainly not coral-colored, but the box labeled Living Coral contains an awful lot of shades of coral, so I’m not quite sure which color to match. Anyway, the only coral scent I can think of is Aedes de Venustas signature. Any other ideas?
Two more days of vacation for me until I have to go back to work and real life!
Thanks so much for picking my Friday scent for me! I am terrible at matching scent to anything, but I have AdV.
Yeah, now that Koyel mentioned it, I might wear it Friday too.
Oh hooray! I hope it will put you in a coral-y mood 🙂
If I still had it, my Friday pick would be Dior Dune
Ooh interesting. That one doesn’t smell quite pink enough to me, but maybe I have to give it another sniff!
I’m fairly happy to get back to work. The lack of a routine is killing me.
That makes total sense! But I’ve got a mountain of work awaiting me, and I’m a bit scared, to be honest….
There is no tea infuser, and now I’ve zapped the note left over from yesterday, thanks for noticing!
Wearing Farmacia SS Annunziata Ambra Nera. It doesn’t feel right for the project at all, but works for the cold weather.
That’s a nice amber. You smell great!
Back to work in vintage Samsara. This is awesome stuff. Two sprays are all I need.
I think this cp will be an epic fail for me. I can’t think of anything I own that will work.
Samsara is a desert island bottle for me! Wonderful scent!
I feel the same way. Especially the vintage in the clear bottle with the red cap!
It might be an epic fail for me too!
I’m wearing Cacharel LouLou. Opaque bottle, no idea what colour the juice is. It behaves way better in the cold I must say.
Would be weird if they gave the juice any color at all, but who knows!
Happy new year, all, if it still counts 🙂
Last night I re-discovered a little cache of winter perfumes I’d pulled together then forgotten about. From it, I’m wearing Rania J Ambre Loup, a lovely mothball-y resinous amber.
It’s not coral to my mind, as admittedly I find it hard to see ambers in any other shade but… amber. But I do love that Pantone swatch. As a fan of lipstick scents, there’s a lot in my collection that would make a good match.
I’m headed off for a long weekend in Savannah tomorrow. I’ve been checking the weather rather obsessively, and the forecast keeps improving – 50s to 60, to high 60s. Yay! But it poses a perfume conundrum. Winter is still winter, but are the temps more like spring? or fall? The perfume selection I’d put together initially is a bit random, but a solution struck me this morning:
I’ve taken a couple of trips just with a selection of Chanel minis: Misia, Beige, Cristalle, 19, 5, BdI. Most of said minis have since been drained, so I’ll have to make decants, including one of Coromandel, but that’s an array with something to fit any situation and weather.
Happy New Year to you and have a fabulous trip. Sending heat your way.
You smell great. Have a good trip!
I love Savannah! Went there with my husband for him to run a marathon (he has a goal of doing one in all 50 states, but unfortunately sidelined at the moment with an injury and going to physical therapy). My goal while there was the tour-de-shrimp and grits. Every restaurant served it and each one was different. I was also told by more than one person not to bother with the Paula Deen restaurant as the quality apparently has gone down to the overrated-tourist-trap level.
Have a fabulous trip to Savannah!
The entire East Coast seems to have been getting a lot of wet weather as of late. So maybe plan for scents that work well in cool-ish, damp weather?
I’m visiting the Queen today. We won’t be dancing, though! It been a while, but she still hits the spot!
I’ve been in the No Phone Zone except for brief moments, so haven’t been able to keep up with comments.?
I hope everyone had a relatively good holiday and ushered in a new year that will hopefully ?? be good to us all.
Cheers!
Deva, hopefully you and T-Rex had a good NYE and New Year’s Day!
I am thinking of Gerald Durrell’s Strawberry pink villa (My family and other animals – book I read as a kid) as a match for one of those corals and putting it with CDG Chalayan Airborne, a good sharp mediterranean summer scent. I took the dogs for a long hill circuit walk yesterday and it was too hot . But the smell rising from the gum trees was incredible, it made my eyes water. Then coming back through the cemetery the air smelled of rose infused turkish delight. We had to rest in the shade before the final push up the hill
I read this Durrell’s book this summer- well, listened to it books on tape. It was hilarious. I found it much more enjoyable than his brother’s more literary efforts. But I am more grown up now, and do have a thing for the city of Alexandria. Perhaps I will try reading them again.
SOTD Shalimar with added vanilla, lovely stuff.
Those coral colors also remind me of the desert, rather than the sea. I believe I will wear Rose de Petra for the Friday CP, unless something more apropo occurs to me before then.
I have not read the Gerald Durrell Corfu trilogy books in years but I did love them. Pretty sure I never finished book 2 of the Alexandria Quartet, and even Justine was hard going. Let me know if they are better on the second try!
They are buried in some box of “Books I never finished but should”. I will see if I can dig them out this weekend. I have a vague recollection of putting them into the category of “Alcoholic attempts to understand interpersonal relationships” and being bored by them, but perhaps I was not in the right frame of mind to appreciate them. ? I will report back!
I am wearing Wrappings today. Nothing peachy pink about it, so it doesn’t fit the project, unless I imagine the rose note (I read some place that it has one) is from a coral colored rose.
That’s such a rich scent- nothing coral or tropical about it at ALL!
You smell great!
House twins with Robin, sampling DSH’s Taj Garden. I did my usual little dab and didn’t like it at all, so perversely I proceeded to give my arm a decent spray. I guess I figured that what reviewers have raved about would miraculously appear? Well, nope! So now I’m feeling nauseous, but I’m not sure if it’s the perfume, maybe a virus making itself known, or the rather large quantity of pickled jalapenos I ate earlier. Could be one of the above, a combo of any of the above, or all of them combined at once. Anyway, “Living Coral” it isn’t.
I know this sounds stupid, but I really really hate being nauseous. Stupid, because doesn’t everyone?! I hope it passes quickly.
Doesn’t sound stupid to me, Amy! If you want stupid, I keep sniffing my arm and recoiling. I think I’m trying to be fair to my perfume. 😉
Thanks for the well wishes!
Haha 🙂 I did that with Bergamoss. But there’s too much perfume in the world to keep doing this to ourselves!
Nausea. Yuck! Hope it goes away soon Holly. ?
Thanks, Jalapeno!
Ugh hope the nausea subsides.
Thank you, Kelly C!
*squees*
1) Happy New Year, everyone! Yay! We made it!
2) SOTD: Tom Ford’s Noir (pour femme) – perfect for this cold day.
3) National Science Fiction Day! Have doing a selected re-watch of Star Trek Next Generation (for many of us, THE Star Trek) and brings up the question of what would the characters wear.
It’s a spaceship, with recycled but clean air, so would people even be ALLOWED to have perfume or cologne? I say yes, but it would have to be office friendly:
Picard: What with Q, The Borg, scheming Romulans, hostile Klingon royals and Kardashians-er, Cardassians- a man has to have something elegant and flexible. Since Picard is repping for Western Culture in general and French landed class in particular(!!!) I think Picard would have an ever so discreet splash or Guerlian Vetiver in the Alpha shift.
Riker: Deals with all of the above, PLUS having to make his boss look good while letting people think that he is not ready for command( he totally is!) Riker is from Alaska but really does not wear scent at all, except in his beard oil.
Worf: Real warriors drink tea, write and recite love poetry and wear Cuir de Russie.
Deanna Troi: She has to deal with the mental health of the command crew PLUS direct the mental health therapy of the ship. In times of battle she is the vital gut check for the Captain. She will want to smell delicately comforting, so she would wear Monoi oil, in tiny drops, in her hair.
Dr Crusher/Dr Polaski/Nurse Ogawa: These are medical professionals and they do not wear scent, not even light ones.
Wesley Crusher: Follows his mom’s lead and does not wear scent.
Data: has synthetic skin that probably emits an aroma akin to a newborn baby’s scalp, so no need for added scent.
Ha, another trekkie, loved the Next Generation, was the best of them. My favorite characters were Picard, then Data….
Smelling great today!
Not really a Trekkie, but loved this 🙂
Wore No. 22 EDP today and I like it, but don’t love it enough to warrant the bottle of it I inexplicably have. I think I found it fortifying for certain work moments and so will hang on to it for now. One hand is trying the new January Scent Project Denudisit for something completely and utterly different!
I love No. 22. You smell great.
If you should ever want to swap, I’ll be sitting here patiently 😀
It is cold here and I’m going for a 2nd day of cozy, so it’s Tihota this morning. Time to take down the outdoor tree and the door wreath before the rain returns.
You smell wonderful. Today I’m going to pick up a package that contains Arte Profumi Sucre Noir, recommended to me by a gourmand lover on FB, it is intensely vanilla like Tihota but without the musk. Looking forward to giving it a full wear.
Sucre Noir sounds really good!
I am currently wearing Jicky. My URV came on 12/30 and waiting for the mini and sampler set. Hoping it comes soon. My Sephora package arrived today and the Too Faced Christmas tree make up set was bigger than I thought it would be. Even though I am at work, today is pretty decent.
I should pull out my Jicky again….
SOTD was Dior Bois D´Argent. I am trying to thunk my BIG 15ml decant. Alas, i find the scent mildly boring, just some honeyed sweetness and woods. I prefer more oomph. Today a wore at least six sprays and can hardly smell it.
Maybe i will skank it up with a bit of Marlou 50ml D´Ambiguité, which is the skankiest i ever smelled….(in the beginning its smelling like an old pissoir!).
I have a decant too, and it is very…well-behaved. Will do my best to use it up as I’ve decided that this year I will whittle down my decants.
Hello Y’all….checking in late today!
Finally got around to spraying a bit of Atelier Pacific Lime today, and enjoying it because the office is hot and stale today. A little lime cuts thru it some….This is their new launch, and I think it’s really good!
How coconutty is Pacific Lime? I love lime, but I’m sorta tired of coconut scents.
I don’t get much coconut at all….it’s all lime on my skin. Maybe a teeny bit, but not enough that it shouts “coconut!” LOL
Oh good! Looking forward to trying it on my next Sephora run.
That sounds great.
Many spritzes of Cuir de Lancome for a cold, now grey day. Hope everyone had a nice holiday!
Oooooh, Cuir de Lancome might work for Friday! Time to dig out my sample and give it a sniff.
Hope your holiday was good as well!
Twins – although I’m back at work and couldn’t get all spritz-happy with it.
Kelly Caleche. I thought it would match Living Coral but I don’t believe it worked. However, I smell fabulous.
It smells more pink than coral to me, but you do smell wonderful!
You do smell fabulous!
You smell great.
Hi all! Instead of going back to work today I am staying home with a cold, so I chose something natural and comforting, PPC Sweet Jasmine Brown. What’s your go-to sick day fragrance?
I usually just wear scented lotion when I’m sick, like the B&BW aromatherapy line. Or maybe some mild vanilla.
This is going to sound really weird. When I get sick, I usually am horribly congested and can’t smell much of anything. So I wear a couple sprays of Opium. At least I CAN smell that!
Aww you poor thing, get better soon. I tend to go scentless when sick.
I love that shade of coral. Very flattering. Will have to look for a sweater or scarf that has it. Wearing Casmir today after seeing it come up a few times lately. It probably has nothing to do with Living Coral, but I am honestly not sure what does. Will have to sit perusing my collection before Friday. Just started reading the Inspector Gamache series by Louise Penny after seeing it in a few reading polls and enjoying it so far. Hope everyone’s New Year is off to a good start!
I love that series!!! I read the entire series very quickly.
SotD = Myrrh Eglantine
All those Pantone pinks make me think of roses, so here I am in ME.
Yes to Hermes!
Yes to being pretty in pink!
aw, shucks, Jalapeno! You made me blush. 😀
I see I’m not the only one who chose No 19 EDP today. I’m trying to make a point to wear from decants that are evaporating. At first I thought my No 19 decant was evaporating, but now I realize it’s just going down from use! So tomorrow then I’ll wear from one of those decants. Yesterday I wore from a sample of CdG Nomad Tea and thunked it. It’s nice but nothing special on me. Last night I retried PG Musc Maori and moved what’s left of the sample to the give away baggie. It’s too straight up sweet for me.
Hooray for a decant going down due to use! ?
Living Color is a beautiful color, but I have had zero luck matching it so far to a perfume. I’ll have to do some extra sniffing to see if I have anything at all that works.
SOTD = Elizabeth & James Nirvana Rose, from the decant stash. This is either magenta or amaranth purple to me. Definitely NOT a pretty pastel pink! ???
Love Nirvana Rose. You smell great.
Thank you!
Maybe there is no such perfume and we will all fail?
Hi good-smelling friends! Happy New Year! Finally checking in, it’s been a crazy few days. A little blizzard blew through and my flight to Alabama to see my son was cancelled. Finally got out Sunday so I spend a couple of days with him and had a great time. Took Angel Muse with me. Made it back right in time last night, they cancelled all inbound flights to Albuquerque after mine due to another snow storm. I’m working from home today. Believe it or not I’ll be happy to be back at work and get into a routine.
I’m in Shalimar for today’s snow day.
Wow, you’ve had quite the adventure with travel lately! It sounds like New Mexico is getting walloped with snow right now.
Wearing some of the Omnia Coral body lotion tonight. When I bought it (at Winners), I thought it was the perfume. That will teach me to look closer at the packaging.
Coral is one of my go-to colors in the summer plus I have a couple sweaters for winter. Now I know what to wear tomorrow to work.
Happy Hump Day all!
Oh, maybe I will just wear Omnia Coral on Friday!
Hope the lotion is not a disappointment. Sometimes I like having the scented lotion as much as the perfume.
I tried out a number of samples today. I started with American Perfumer Colorado on one arm (from the sample I got with my bottle of Desert Flower), and St. Clair First Cut on the other. Later in the day, I samples Frost, Dasein Winter, and Dasein Winter NIghts.
Colorado smells to me like sitting around a campfire in the early evening, as the sun is setting but while it is still warm, with occasional whiffs of the evening meal that was recently consumed. I definitely get something foody or chewy out of it. I don’t need a bottle of it, but I am definitely glad to get a chance to sample it.
First Cut was a disappointment. I kept detecting a weird plasticky note that I could not identify. Is that by any chance the tomato leaf? In any case, I did not enjoy it.
After a while I tried Frost on the other arm, near the elbow (Colorado was on my wrist), and liked it perhaps even less than First Cut. There was an odd, acrid, almost metallic note that grated on my nerves.
Winter seems promising, although my nose was a little tired after First Cut and Frost, so I need to test it again when my nose is fresher. It has a slight hint of sweetness that keeps it from being too green. Winter Nights has a really strong tarry/smoky note that is not to my taste.
So far, the only St. Clair scent I have liked is Casablanca, and that one is a like, not a love. It is very pretty, and I will use up the samples, but I mostly just get a lot of orange blossom with a few other flowers thrown in. Maybe it is my general incompatibility with white florals. It doesn’t give me a headache as some white florals do (although it is mostly jasmine that is the worst offender on this count, and not orange blossom), but it didn’t wow me either.
Wearing Journey woman today, kids first day back, my daughter is so excited that her front tooth has finally fallen out, this is almost as excoting as Christmas it seems. I’m going to take a shower, and spritz on some Tam Dao.