Friday plus Thesaurus Day plus Cary Grant’s birthday. Our community project for today: wear a fragrance by Eau d'Italie, Etat Libre d'Orange, Escentric Molecules or Etro, if you have one. Partial credit for any other small-ish brand that starts with the letter E.
What fragrance did you pick? As always, do chime in with your scent of the day even if you’re not participating in the community project.
I'm in Rossy de Palma Eau de Protection by Etat Libre d'Orange, which according to the actress is "made with love to protect you".
Reminder: on 1/25, wear one of your favorite fragrances of this winter (unless it's summer where you are, in which case wear one of your favorite scents of this summer).
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.
Note: top image is Pink Rose [cropped] by Rick Ligthelm at flickr; some rights reserved.
I’m wearing Jasmin et Cigarette.
Good one. You smell terrific.
Great choice! I was soing to wear it too.
Twins!
Very good stuff!
Excellent choice- you smell great!
I still haven’t sniffed that one! Gotta try it.
I wish I could have worn it this week, but I used up my decant a month or two ago and haven’t procured any more yet.
Happy Friday! I’m in Eau d’Italie Baume du Doge.
And I am jealous
That’s one of my boyfriend’s favorite perfumes that he inherited from me and one of my favorites on him!
LOVE that one! You smell regal!
Fat electrician for me!
One of my fave ELdOs. You smell great.
Twins!
Triplets!
Joining the club. There’s a horde of us today!
That one is on my buy list. I think I haven’t yet because, well, Encre Noire…
A decent reason
Quints! It’s definitely FB worthy in my book.
Divin Enfant, the first ELdO full bottle I bought. It’s so cosy and comforting, like being wrapped in cotton wool balls.
You smell terrific!
Divan Enfant is one of the few I haven’t tried! On the sample wishlist it goes!
Love this one – I get a TON of tobacco from it though, so I don’t think of it as cuddly . . .
And I get a cosy fuzzy vanillic hum on a background of warmed skin.
ELdO Rien. For a scent called “Nothing” there’s a hell of a lot going on! Leather, extra-smoky incense, a hint of old-school chypre, a bit of rose….
Twins! We smell great.
Triplets! One of the best ever.
Me four, and I feel like my decant has actually aged and gotten better. Mmmmm
I have a mini that I decanted half of into a glass sprayer with a metal sleeve, so I couldn’t see it: I sprayed it on this morning and thought, “WHOA. I don’t remember Rien smelling like this!” Turns out it had mostly evaporated, so all I had left was base notes: leather soaked in liquefied incense smoke. It was amazing — too much, but really great.
Then an hour later I splashed on some more from the mini, so so I could remember what it was actually supposed to smell like. Still great, and not overwhelming.
Five! Eldo Rien is one of my favorite perfumes.
You guys make me want to dig out my sample of Rien when I get home from work.
Haha
Me too!
ELdO Attaquer Le Soleil Marquis de Sade which smells to me of working in a rock garden with a freshly painted sign nearby. Lovely.
that is one interesting comparison
ELDO Like This. Kind of an oddball, I have the travel spray and it’s plenty for bringing out whenever it fits the CP 😆
I saw the Edward Bess Spanish Veil decant first so that was what I wore. Had I found Like This first, I would have worn it. Good stuff, if a tad sweet which is saying a lot since I have a high tolerance for sweet.
Interesting – I wouldn’t describe this as sweet, on my skin!
Me either. Somewhat dry and savoury on me. Aint this obsession grand!
This is what makes our hobby so interesting!
Twins! I think we smell great.
Triplets! This is my second attempt to wear Like This and it doesn’t seem to work on me – the musk note just overpowers everything. Too bad – I love ELdO and Tilda . . .
Quadruplets. I smell great, but I am not sure I truly like this one.
I wore mostly ELDO this week, from the discovery set that Sephora had a year or so ago (maybe still does). Anyway, I was struck how a couple of them — especially Fils de Dieu — shifted emphasis when I left the warmish house for the cold outdoors. In the case of Fils de Dieu, the lime and vetuver whomped me in the face the minute I went into the cold, then returned to hiding when I went indoors.
I wore Jasmin et Cigarette yesterday. It had very little sillage on me, though I could still smell it, hours later, if I gave my wrists a good huff.
Stay warm and safe this weekend if you are in the path of the storm!
Fils de Dieu smells really different depending on the temperature.
Completely agree with this.
Quintuplets! Though this was the one time I actually had multiple bottles that worked for the challenge, but I got Like This for Christmas after running through two samples and so am going with the newest bottle. It’s not sweet on me, either, and it’s a bit offbeat and just works for me somehow.
Yessss friday!
Not participating in the CP.
I am wearing Rahele, by Neela Vermeire Creations from a sample
Good stuff, but whyyyyy so expensive?!!
With the Vermeires I mostly feel they are worth it.
Yup, its good quality. What a well balanced fragrance. And I cant stop sniffing myself. Haha.
Have you tried La traversée du Bosphore? It explores a similar theme.
I’m saving up for Mohur extrait, trust me to like the extrait a lot more than the edp.
No, havent tried La traversée…and I also need to check out Mohur some day.
Those notes sound spectacular.
Not participating twin!😉
You smell so good though!
You smell beautiful!
Good morning….Happy FriYAY….and a glorious Thesaurus day to ya!
Smelling pretty awesome (in my opinion) in ELdO Fat Electrician. Why don’t I reach for this more often? I need to!
SMELLY SALE ALERT: The Clinique counter at Belk is having a great clearance sale on some of their fragrance sets (from Christmas I’m guessing). You can buy online too. They have 50% off Happy, Aromatics Elixir, and Wrappings gift sets, as well as Happy for Men. WHEEEEEEEE!!!!! I bought the Wrappings set in store last night, and just ordered the Aromatics online. I LOVE Aromatics body lotion anyway!
Such an enabler!
If I remember well you went thru a period where you were crazy about Fat Electrician. So many perfumes always come our way and we end up forgetting what we have and enjoyed before.
Joining pyramus in ELDO Rien, and trying to talk myself out of ordering a bottle immediately.
Well I’m not going to be of any help as I think you ought to order a bottle at once
I agree!
All right, you twisted my arm, I’ll wear Messe de Minuit.
Scent twins! I usually wear MdM in the summertime, I like that cold stone tales of the crypt smell when it’s really hot, but it’s so good in winter too.
Triplets.
Quadruplets apparently!
However, I oversprayed, so that paired with the headache I woke up with means I’m not enjoying it as much as usual. I’ve gotta watch my sprays sometimes.
I’m wearing Eldo Delicios Closet Queen. I know it’s a male fragrance, but it’s pretty tame compared to others and enjoyable, it stays close to me without being too clingy – I generally have a hard time wearing ELDO in general except for Jasmin and Cigarettes and a handful of others. There’s something synthetic that just doesn’t work well with my body chemistry…
This morning, I found out on the radio that it’s also Winnie the Pooh day.
I’m wearing Rien and loving every minute of it, which is a good thing as this thing lasts forever and then some. I gave myself 3 full sprays today so I’ll be good for the rest of this month
I did three sprays of Rien yesterday and loved every single second. You smell amazing.
Ah, Winnie the Pooh Day — good.
Thank you for your kind words, yesterday’s commenters.
I could have been PriscillaE’s scent twin, but my impending cold turned into a full-blown cold, so I did not feel like wearing Jasmin et Cigarette. Three blankets, my dear kitty and two spritzes of Theorema keep me warm and relatively comfortable. It’s a very soothing scent for a fever – warm but not cloying. Love those bright oranges in it.
Oh no! Feel better soon!
Thank you! I hope it won’t last.
I hope you feel better soon.
Thank you!
Warm kitties are such a comfort
hope you feel better soon.
I am so lucky she’s a snuggler and a purrer. And this winter she seems to prefer snuggling with me.
Kitties make the most comforting nurses.
Theorema makes anything better! Have the best day that you can, Glannys.
Agreed. Don’t like to think about what I’m going to do when my bottle finally runs out. Pull a bank job, maybe?
Thanks, Robin.
Lisa D –
Awww, sorry it didn’t pass, but you do sound cozy! Hope you feel better soon!
Thank you! Yes, I think I am as cosy as possible.
Bleah on the full blown cold, but hurray for helpful kitties!
Trying my sample of Eau d’Italie Acqua Decima. I quite like it and think I would feel even more love during the summer. Citrus and mint is a favorite combo of mine. This one is more complex than that which makes it all the more interesting.
Day off today with a long list of things to do!
I always find mint fairly complicated in perfume. Maybe I just haven’t found the right one yet.
I’m always on the look out for a good mint note – I’ll add this to my list. Geranium pour Monsieur is also worth a try if you’re looking for a minty fragrance.
SOTD = Edward Bess Spanish Veil
I have a decant and lightly spritzed (=1). The perfume is a powdery feminine woody and very tonka-forward beauty. Here’s Jessica’s review:
https://nstperfume.com/2017/02/23/edward-bess-spanish-veil-fragrance-review/
A no good horrible thing happened to me yesterday — train commute home was fine but my car would not start! Luckily, I have AAA Premier Membership (very good investment and if I had to choose between this and Amazon Prime, I would go for the Premier Membership, but I digress). Anyway, I ended up getting the battery replaced. On the way home, every time I tapped my brake, the car emitted 3 low beeps. I called AAA as soon as I got home but there was nothing they could do for me other than tow the car to a repair shop. I will have it towed tomorrow and hopefully it will be resolved quickly and won’t cost an arm and a leg!
Oh wow, that’s lame. Thank goodness for AAA! I hope it’s a wuick, easy and cheap fix.
Keeping my fingers, eyes and toes crossed!
Thank goodness for AAA. I don’t drive (although that may change in the future) but my friends who do NEVER regret or skimp on their membership.
My membership over the years has more than paid for itself!
Sorry for your car troubles! I should probably get AAA Premiere Membership, especially since I have an older car.
It is definitely a good idea. You can also utilize the membership benefits even if you’re a passenger of another non-commercial vehicle.
Oh no! That stinks! Glad AAA is helping you take care of things. I haven’t smelled Spanish Veil but I love Genre so much it makes me think I should try more EB.
The whole line is very nice!
What a drag 🙁 I don’t think we have premier coverage, but sounds like we need it! Our last car started smoking once on the LIE so my husband pulled over to the shoulder and we had to pay because the shoulder wasn’t an approved AAA area or somesuch 😡
One tow pays for the membership. I probably could have shopped around and read the fine print on a myriad of financial products I use but I feel the cost of my time to do that is not worth the lower cost, if any.
Good luck with the car repairs!
Thank you. I am bringing a book and will probably post a ton of Instagram stuff (maybe).
I hope it turns out to be a minor problem. At least you smell great!
Thank you. I hope something just needs to be reset and not anything really to do with the brakes!
I hope it’s something stupid that can be easily and cheaply fixed.
I drive really short distance so for many years I’ve been fine with some noname roadside assistance from my insurance company. But, I think, it is worth having some such service.
You could actually be better off with what your insurance company offers. I have USAA auto insurance which I got under a Friends program so my membership is very limited. That said, I will still look into it as the AAA Premier Membership has its own limitations.
My sympathies! We had a plumbing emergency yesterday afternoon that left us without water for six hours and $3,000 poorer. Hope your car repair is a lot cheaper!!
Ouch! I hope it’s cheap too!
Oh that sucks about your car! Hopefully it is easily fixed. Bad timing, car! Bad, bad! Naughty car!
That’s right, BAD car!
Wearing ELDO Un Amourette Roland Mouret today.
Eldo Fat Electrician on my left arm and Jasmin et Cigarette on the right one. I sprayed both lavishly. The combo is crazy, but I smell good! Those are my favorites Eldo so far and I am enjoying them greatly.
Have a happy Friday everyone!
That combo is NOT crazy at all! You smell GREAT!
Thank you! I love both and it was difficult to pick up only one this morning!
Love them both!
Together with Afternoon of a faun those were the ones from the big ELdO sample set I drained the fastest.
I have never tried The Afternoon of a Faun, but based on the notes it sounds really good. I will give it a try at some point!
Wow, who would have thought! You smell wonderful!
Ha! Sometimes I go out of my conservative way to wear perfumes and I risk layering. This one was not that bad and I am enjoying it!
I will put on Secretions Magnifiques tonight to participate…you already know that is my favorite from this brand
Oh nooooo!!!!! 😱. Just kidding! I know you love it and it smells great on you! I am glad you enjoy it every time you wear it!
Smart !
😀
Partial scent twins today! 😀 Ooooh, I bet that Jasmin et Cigarette and Fat Electrician smell great together! And I have samples of both.
Try both together! It is a great combo!
Eau des Merveilles, because: E. Once upon a time I had samples of Molecule 01 and Fils de Dieu, but those are long gone so I decided to go with an old stand by.
The sun is tryyyying to peek out here, but we are in line for a real cold snap this weekend. ❄️
Happy Friday and stay warm!
You smell great.
I had a travel mini of EdM, its empty now, so I may need a bottle. Such a great versatile fragrance!
Smelling awesome, of course.
Also wearing Rien today. It’s one of my don’t-mess-with-me work scents, so it does feel strange to wear it on a day off.
I LOVE Rien. You smell so good.
I love all the Rien appreciation. It’s one of the best don’t mess with my scents I know.
Fils de Dieu for me today. Trying to get rid of a sinus headache, which is heralding the approach of a big winter storm headed for Chicago.
Oy ick! I hope your headache goes away soon. We’re getting that storm here in Vermont on Sunday. Time to stock up on soup making ingredients.
NE Ohio is bracing for a storm this weekend too. Stay safe out there!
Feel better soon! We are waiting for the storm here in NY this weekend. It looks like is going to be a long, relaxing holiday weekend. No complaints!
Twins! And get better soon..
Eeeeeeew, I hope that you can shake off that sinus headache! They are the pits!
Like This. I really enjoy this one. Happy Friday, all!
You smell great!
Indigo Vanille from En Voyage, one of my favorite scents. I did some heavy sampling the past couple of days and I just wanted to be in something that I _know_ smells good
Hi all- happy Friday!
1) Am in Escentric Molecule 2 (from a sample from LONG AGO, thanks to Fumerie) It’s fine. It’s cozy, one note skin scent of Ambroxan, plus copies of hedione and muscone- which is used in abundance in a few fragrances that I have tried: the BeautyPie fragrances, Fresh Cream Warm Cashmere, and a couple of Le Labo scents I cannot remember right now. The whole thing turns into the grounding ‘skin scent’ you find in the modern scents.
2) Brunching weekend ahead: both at friend’s homes. No one wants to stand in line in the chilly rain and everyone is paying off bills, so cosy home brunches are the way to go.
3) Speaking of money, I have decided to just go ahead and spring for a Pilates studio membership for 6 months. I was using a set package but I realized that I was really getting my groove back and I actually wind up saving a bit of cash by springing for a membership. My Gyrotonic classes though I will keep on a package basis, as I think the Pilates is more helpful.
We’re invited to a cozy home brunch Sunday too, should be fun. Good call on the membership. I pay the monthly unlimited fee at my yoga studio because I go 4 times a week, it ends up cheaper.
Have you tried Peloton? DH got me one for Christmas and I am blown away. (I told him I did not want it but he got it anyway.) If you are looking for a new workout, check it out.
Another one for Fat Electrician, got a sample just in time from a lovely nst-er. I’m really loving it, can’t believe it’s marketed as a men’s fragrance and not unisex. I guess the name is offputting to all the women who don’t comment here…
Isn’t it good? I bought a 30ml bottle during a sale recently.
I’ve been inhaling my wrist all day, I can see myself finishing this sample easily. Not sure if I could answer the question with a straight face if I buy a bottle and the Mr asks what’s in the package 😂
Hiya scent twin! I have a full bottle of Fat Electrician and no regrets at all.
SOTD- ELDO Fils de deux- 1st try from
My sample box due to all the recent love here and ‘Man, This is Nice!’
A lovely surprise!
I am spreading the love w/Arielle’s ELDO SPECIAL and sending some lovelies to family for birthday celes
Off to throw the ball with the Dobe on the beach again! He runs like a thoroughbred!
What a beach bum he’s turned out to be!! Happy Friday everyone!
I’m wearing Escentric 2 today. I bought this bottle in 2014 and it was the only bottle I owned for a year. Then I got a bottle of Hiris for my birthday.
I was thinking about how I was perfectly happy with one scent for a year, and then managed to get a 50 bottle collection by the end of 2018. I get perfume on my birthday, for Christmas, as vacation souvenirs or as a treat if I’ve had a bad week/ experience. Well, there haven’t been that many birthdays, Christmases or vacations in the last 4 years. Stress shopping is definitely my weakness. Hopefully, knowing this will help me avoid the kneejerk “I deserve this” response.
I do the same.
For me it’s more a matter of something being limited edition or discontinued or at risk of reformulation. I’m afraid if I don‘t buy it now I will never be able to. I never have had just one bottle, though, at least not since I was 10 years old. What happened when I fell down he rabbit hole is that my collection went from 10 or 12 bottles to over 100.
Same here. I always had 5-7 bottles in rotation, until I discovered niche and I went crazy.
For me it’s willpower. I have the power, so I will!
Ditto! The easiest way to get rid of temptation is to give in to it.
I’m wearing Etelier Eose Enonyme today. 😆😆😆
Happy Friday everyone!
Ha,ha,ha! Good one!
Shaal Nurr. My only Etro but it’s a good one. Happy Friday/Saturday all!
Nurr rhymes with purr. You smell lovely today.
I’ll have to tell my cat. 😊
We should rename it to Shall Purr.
😄
😂😂😂
That would be a cool name for a kitten! 🐈
Argh..Shaal Nur… fat fingers…
You smell delightful. Other than Fils de Dieu, that’s my favorite perfume that I wore this week. I have an older bottle and I’m curious how the newer ones compare.
With you and Robin having worn it, I am really tempted to get a sample of this one.
Are you is the US?
I’m in the UK, Petunia.
Bummer…
Today I am Lili Bermuda Frangipani and Chubby Buddha is 3 today
Happy birthday Chubby Buddha! Wow, that went by so quickly!
Yes it did! Too quick
Awww, Happy Birthday Chubby Buddha!
Happy Birthday, Chubby Buddha!
Happy buddha birthday! 💙
Happy birthday to Chubby Buddha!
Happy Birthday to Chubby Buddha! Such a cute age!
Happy Birthday to your Chubby Buddha! 🎂🎁
3 already?!? How did that happen?
Happy births to your sweet chubby buddha! 🎂
Aaak. *birthday*
Partial credit in Elizabeth & James Nirvana Black.
I enjoyed wearing that this week. They have been quiet lately, E&J, wonder if they are done with fragrance.
Messe de Minuit over my Encens Flamboyant shower gel. So happy it’s Friday and a three day weekend for me at that! No firm plans yet, but I may go to open houses on Sunday with my friend because she’s looking to buy her first condo in our neighborhood. I might put together a bag to take to Goodwill because my closet is overflowing and I realize I’m sick of some of my clothes.
I thunked the last of my Black Cashmere shower gel this morning, also to get max incense joy with MdM!
Nice! I love thunking bath products almost as much as perfumes.
Me too, and I can thunk a shower gel a lot more often.
Now if I could only stop buying shower gels….
Right…
MdM + Encens Flamboyant shower gel sounds like it is a fantastic combo!
On day three of what ever virus I have. Some of it is in my nose and some in my chest. I want this to go away soon because my asthma is acting up. Giving Courtesan a go.
Feel better soon, Dawn.
Poor you. Feel better soon!
Oh Dawn, I’m sorry, take good care of yourself.
I have the nose think too.. it’s awful
Oh no! Feel better soon Dawn!
Yech on that virus!
E&J Nirvana Rose today. I have the little roller ball that came in the gift set at Christmas, and it’s the only one I have about used up. Think I may need some more, it’s just so easy to wear.
Smelling good!
Thanks!
A lot of the E&J Nirvana scents are now at the discounters, so if you decide to get a bottle you have great timing.
Thanks for the tip! Will check it out.
No CP participation for me.
In the amazing Odalisque, thanks to 50_Roses. I smell great, y’all!
I am not participating either
I started out in some Paestum Rose, but it’s almost totally squashed under the layers. My Rien sample was in my purse so I dabbed some on my hand so I can sniff surreptitiously. Yum.
Glad to have a long weekend! Hope everyone is having a Good Friday!
Both Rien and Paestum Rose are wonderful.
I completely blew off the CP Thos week. I am in Vol de Nuit extrait today and I smell wonderful!
Yes, you do!!
Yes, you do smell great…for a rebel. 😊
I am curious if you wear vintage? I’ve often wondered how the current version stacks up?
I bought my bottle in 2007 or 2008. It still had the same packaging they used in the 1990s, so would guess it might be the same formulation as a 1990s bottle. Haven’t smelled the current version and not sure I want to.
I’ve hemmed and hawed about getting a bottle. I have a dwindling decant of the edt but am not sure of it’s vintage.
Same question as Petunia
I only know vintage edt.
Failure Friday: dashed out early this morning without any perfume (woulda been Fils de Dieu). Emergency Backup Stash at work yielded a sample of Vagabond Bass Solo, so I went with it.
Hope everyone who has been suffering from bad news, illness, stress, etc., has a better day today!
Good thing you had your Backup Perfume Stash handy!
Not participating, but smelling great in burberry baby touch! if you want to get in on the kids perfume trend for cheap, this is the way to go!
I bet you smell great, I have been curious about this one for a while.
it’s cheap and inoffensive enough to take the risk, and if it doesn’t work out as a body fragrance i think it would be a wonderful linen spray!
SJP Lovely.
At Ulta last night i tried the new (?) CK Woman. It was a musky something that i vaguely liked at first spray, but it dried down to nothing quickly and idon’t remember enough about it to describe more than that.
I did spray Chloe Nomade on the other arm shortly after that, and that was memorable, at least for the not very sweet berry note. It screamed for more oakmoss, though.
Not planning on purchasing either.
I love Lovely and you smell wonderful.
Like some among you I’m in Etro Messe de Minuit which I’ve realized this morning opens with bright oranges, that was very welcome.
To all of you who are poorly today, hope you will recover over the weekend.
To all of you who are expecting bad storms, stay safe.
ELDO Fils de Dieu. Yum!
Workday. Bah!
Hello twin! Just reapplied and I am really enjoying this one.
Like ALOTTT!
Fils de Dieu was under consideration for today!
I’m coming down with a cold but have a lot to do today so I’m ignoring the symptoms. It’s supposed to pour rain today so I’m ignoring that, too. I used to have a bottle of Etro Ambra but I think I swapped it, so for the CP I’m wearing The Exotic Perfumer’s Santal Exotique, my only “Little E” outside samples.
I’m so sorry to hear about Mary Oliver’s death–my favorite line of hers is in Sunrise and says “What is the name of the deep breath I would take, over and over, for all of us? It is happiness.”
I love that scent but his etsy shop has been inactive for over a year and I’d love to get some backup. Do you know if he’s still around?
The hurricane hit him hard. I know that Shelly Waddington at En Voyage is in contact with him but that’s all I know.
So many people are coming down with something now! Hopefully you can get hold of some chicken soup after your tasks are completed.
I put on ELdO Like This today. Back when it first came out, I bought a bottle and wore it so much that I got a little tired of it. I set it aside for a while and now am liking it again. There isn’t a lot left in the bottle, but I’m not looking to thunk it. I want to keep it around a while longer.
Fils de Dieu today.
Saw a patient in the afternoon, who smelled really nice, so i asked what she wore. She said it was an Arabian perfume, reached in her bag and put some of the perfume oil on my wrist to smell. It was something from Al Haramain, which was a bit flowery and musky and a pretty skin scent. Sadly forgot to look closely at the bottle.
Went to IKEA for a Kallax (perfume storage solution, as it has door, so the perfumes are in the dark) and also found a black and white carpet for the dining area.
Hey triplet! You smell terrific.
For today’s CP, I’m wearing Escentric Molecule No. 1, only because it’s my only option for today’s project. I’ve had this Iso E Super aroma chemical sample awhile and, based upon what I’ve read about it, have never been tempted to try it until now. Like many reviewers noted, it smells like ‘nothing’ for quite awhile and I was willing to tolerate that as I looked forward to the cedary/woody note (a note I love) following later as other reviewers noted but am disappointed that all I get now is a faint musky note, no cedar or wood at all. Not being a huge fan of musk, this does nothing for me.
In the spirit of the season and waiting for the 6-10 inches of snow headed our way followed by bitterly cold temps, I think I’ll switch to one of my favorite winter fragrances, Guerlain AA Winter Delice. The past six months have been very busy and hectic for us, and with the holidays just behind us and all the decorations finally put away, I’m very happy to be tucked in for the long weekend with Mr. Laila, plenty of food/wine, several movies, my piano and dulcimer, his guitars, two cats, one kitten, lots of birdseed for our outdoor friends, and the latest Louise Perry. I love Armand Gamache and I love that the book opens with snow falling!
Wishing everyone a wonderful weekend ahead, however you spend it. And heartfelt wishes and positive energies for better days ahead being sent to those of you who have suffered difficult times lately.
Oops! Should be ‘Louise Penny,’ not to be confused with Ann Perry, another favorite author of mine.
I just read that novel and enjoyed it more than other recent ones. I thought she’d become rather too “precious” lately–too full of pauses, short sentences, baited breaths, self-referential b.s., and so on. This one had more of an energetic pulse to it and a strong ending.
I’m looking forward to it! Thanks for the review.
Glad to hear that you will be tucked in safe and warm! And provisioned up. Enjoy all your kitties. 😻😻😻
Not getting any points today in Amouage Bracken Woman . I smell like young ferns in a slightly damp forest.
Nice!
I am not participating out of frustration that I know I have a batch of bottles that are eluding me right now and several from Eau d’italie are in there. Upstairs is one closet that looks like the aftermath of a tornado and the box is surely somewhere in there. That is my project for the weekend. It’s also got old clothes. summer clothes, many pieces of financial information, my decanting supplies, old fancy shoes, you-name-it. It’s a big project but someone’s gotta do it. Meanwhile, I sprayed on some Camel and took Mom out to do some thrift shop shopping. We made some finds and bought bargains!! I got a gorgeous very large silk print scarf in shades of orange and yellow for the princely sum of $1.50, and Mom got a black shawl with red and metallic trim, in wool, for the same majestic price. We are happy campers, looking for a venue!
Ha! E-luding you. Partial credit!
Congrats on your thrift store finds!
Hooray on the bargains!
Congrats on the finds! Now I want to know where you went! 😉
Robin, what a pretty and cheerful rose picture! I definitely appreciated it on this cold, grey, gloomy day.
SOTD = ELdO’s Fat Electrician, from the sample stash. Although I have to admit that Tam Dao was a serious temptation today. On the plus side, I think that Fat Electrician will be the next calming fragrance in my stash.
I heard/read earlier this afternoon that both PA and NJ are declaring states of emergency in anticipation of the horrid weather coming over the weekend. Stay safe and warm everyone!
Egads…I hope the white comes late late tomorrow. I am getting my car towed at 11 and will wait at the dealership until it’s done, then I have to go Wegmans and/or Aldi.
* white stuff
The most recent forecast that I saw earlier this evening said that the weather would start turning sometime between 4 and 7 pm. But it also depends on which weather guy/gal I tune into. I hope that you can get all your stuff done!
Still hoping the weather will pass us by or be very late, but we shall see! Glad you liked the image.
I‘ve only just caught up with you here after a gloriously lazy Christmas & New Year holiday and the subsequent howling shock of work every day… and yippee, I‘m in tune with the project by accident: Editions de Parfums Frederic Malle Chypre Palatin!
I ordered a mini (12ml) because I reckoned my taste had probably developed sufficiently by now not to be put off by the “masculine“ side of what I remember as a deep, warm, rich, gloriousness … and it turns out it‘s been reformulated. Not a bit deep, warm, rich. Not bad either, but more like a vintage women‘s chypre leather.
Oh bugger. It‘s not Frederic Malle, is it…
MDCI, great choice Geordie! I want to purchase Invasion Barbare. Love that stuff and CP as well. Elegant stuff, including their bottles.
If you know enough people who want the 12ml minis, I reckon it must be worth ordering from them direct, even from the US:
http://parfumsmdci.free.fr/index.php?language=en&page&id=82
(Free set of five minis with any full bottle, incl. the unadorned bottles. Or order a set of five minis for 90 euros incl. shipping first and have the full cost deducted if you then buy a full bottle. AFAIK they put any minis you like in the set of five, doesn‘t have to be five different ones.)
Agree about those 12mls. Plus, the gentleman who runs (ran?) MDCI was amazingly nice. You don’t get service like that from any company these days. I bought a set and split them a decade or so ago just to keep one of the 12mls and later bought one bottle 3 years later, which is one of the treasures of my collection. It’s Un Coeur en Mai by Patricia Nicolaï, of PdN.
Adding— for those looking for a steal, there are sometimes very, very good deals on almost full bottles on eBay.
Strangely, I haven’t heard much about their last few releases.
A vintage women’s chypre leather sounds pretty darn good to me! But I understand that if it wasn’t what you were expecting, it’s going to be a letdown.
Well, it means I‘m not going to buy a full bottle, and it is indeed very good — that‘s a win-win!
Wearing my very last ELDO sample today, True Lust. Regrettably, neither appellation is accurate. This is another hybrid fragrance from this house that is a mixture of Putain des Palaces and Dangerous Complicity and is not as great as either. A vaguely rum, ginger, violet thing with a vaguely animalic finish. I am trying to not fall asleep here. One of drawbacks about free samples with purchases are that they are rarely the ones you want to try. I would still like to try Jasmin et Cigarette, Rien, Fils de Dieu and Like This. On the bright side, I used the entire sample of True Lust and Thunk!
Didn’t think about the project this morning when I put on HoM Trillium… just needed something comforting and uplifting for taking my littlest to the doc for a suspected measles rash (too young for the vaccine). Thankfully, it was a different virus with a similar rash. Scary before you know for sure, though! But it turned out to be a better day. Trillium definitely helped. No measles did, too.
Thank goodness for NO measles!!
Whew! Glad it was not measles!
Goodness!! Glad that it worked out
Well, I’m one of the noncompliants today, in Musc Ravageur. If I had to make a desert island list (how rude!), this would surely be on it.
Super late! My sotd was my new favorite perfume Felanilla. Tonight though, I sprayed Eldo Remarkable People on the back of my hand, so I could participate. Sadly, everything I’ve tried from this house has been a no for me. I’m still interested in trying Rein and the Rossy one at some point. Please stay safe everyone!
Ditto on ELdO (although Like This was a maybe)
Ríen Intense Incense, like a Rockstar!