Thursday, and Edith Wharton's birthday. There are 55 days left of winter, and the freebiemeet is coming up this Saturday. What fragrance are you wearing?
I went with Guerlain Spiritueuse Double Vanille.
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.
Good Morning from rainy and windy NYC
I am drinking rose d’himalaya tea from MF and eating some toast.
Lili Bermuda Frangipani this mornin
The morning news said you are in a flash flood watch. Be safe!
I’m in NYC too! The weather this past week has been giving me whiplash… white florals seem like a nice way to combat the chill and rain
Yes, I am sporting big white florals!
The pitter patter against the windows woke me up this morning
Stay dry
Cosy and lovely. Stay Dry!
Sounds beautiful! I love Lili Bermuda.
Which ones do you like?
That Rose d’Himalaya tea sounds tasty!
LADDM, dabbed from my cobalt mini.
French press coffee, second cup.☕️
It’s a two cup of tea day for me too
😁
Scent twin!
Hey twin- we smell great!
I thunked my mini last year. That’s my favorite Tauer.
Mine also.
I always say that you have good taste 😂😂😂
I’ve only tried a handful of Tauers, but of those, it’s my favorite too. I think my mini will last me awhile- a little goes a long way.
Haha… nothing lasts with me…if I love it I use it😍
And the minis are so cute.
House twin! You smell great.
Hey house twin.👋 WE smell great!
Well don’t you smell gorgeous!
Thank you! (I think so too😉).
Almost twins! I’m planning on LADDM (also from the mini bottle) as my SOTE tonight.
Yes indeed. You smell like spice heaven!
I need to make some french press coffee.
Incense-y goodness with LAdDM!
Guerlain Derby this morning.
Nice!
I smelled that one for the first time last week. Liked it!
I went with Azemour les Oranges today. It’s a favorite all year, but in winter the bitter orange is especially satisfying for some reason. Plus it blends really well with the scent of my morning coffee.
Yum. I will have to wear that soon.
I’m wearing Voleur de Roses today, from one of my full bottles. Tomorrow’s community project is easy for me, since I’ve worn one fragrance more than others this winter. What I’ve noticed is that this winter I’ve worn one house more than any other. I have been working on wearing my untried samples this winter, but when I reach for something else, it always seems to be a L’Artisan fragrance. They make a lot of scents that are winter appropriate.
Yes they do, and I wish I was not out of so many of them! I am a broken record, but they need to bring back the 15 ml bottles.
Every house needs to offer 10 ml or 15 ml bottles!
Exactly.
Plucked from the giant untested sample pile, SOTD is Maya by Tocca. Not quite sure it’s bringing me joy. In fact, I think it’s bringing me a headache.
This line is really hit or miss for me. Colette was my signature before I got really into perfume and I still wear it regularly, but they have some scrubbers as well.
Brigitte was my favorite… spicy and sweet and I loved the name…. sadly it’s discontinued
I liked that one, too! Too bad that one’s gone and the awful watermelon one is still around.
My favourite tuberose for winter: Vamp à New York. It never fails to lift my spirits and put me in a better mood.
Wonder if it is still in production? I should have gotten 2 Carottes when I could.
The HdP website still lists all 3 of them. Vamp, Carottes and Coco.
I’ve nearly finished my bottle; I just love it that much.
Yeah…by “in production” I sorta mean “will they make more when this batch sells out”, and I’m thinking it’s hard to believe they will, they have so little distribution.
Edith Wharton looks very dashing on that photograph.
I am wearing FM Lipstick Rose.
You smell great, Glannys! Lipstick Rose always brings back the happy memory of playing with my Mom’s makeup when I was little.
Thank you! What a sweet memory.
And LR does smell like a lipstick.
We had some winter last week but it seems to have flown the coop leaving behind clear skies and pretty mild temps. Hard to feel particularly wintry in this. So, just a favorite — Habit Rouge.
Hey, no need to rub it in!😉
In LDDM over Virgile – incense warmed by vanilla.
Awful weather here too – stay warm y’all
Sounds like a wonderful combination!
That sounds amazing!
Hahaha! It’s the lddm bucket challenge!!
Woow, I should try this combo, sounds amazing !!!
Paramela
Is this going to be your next THUNK?
I am on the fence…while I love wearing it and have been craving it I might not be ready to thunk the bottle because it is d/c and impossible to find.
Good morning ! The sun is shining today and I am loving it. Yesterday was so cold and grey, I couldn’t stay warm.
I am wearing L’Artisan Mont de Narcisse, which has been my favorite scent to wear this winter season.
No sun here but MUCH warmer than it has been, so that was nice.
I still have not tried Mont de Narcisse!
Another cool morning, wearing Memo Tiger’s Nest.
Scent twin! Weather twin, too. Breezy and cool here.
I am lemming &I am going to find my sample dabber now!!!
It’s a gross rainy day, so I chose Lonesome Rider. At least I smell gorgeous.
Lonesome Rider does go great with wet weather.
Today’s SOTD is Le Labo’s Rose 31. Happy almost Friyay!
Hello, partial twin!
Hello!
Hello Gang!
1) Edith Wharton- a writer, designer and traveler par excellence. I always admired her- and we share a name!
2) Am in Beauty Pie’s Petals, Heliotrope and Ambrette, from the sample. On the fence on whether to buy this- – it goes on light, like a whisper, and then develops into a subtle murmur of white florals and skin musk. This is a perfect office scent, and as I said before, would perform beautifully in heat.
That one sounds nice.
SOTD is Byredo Gypsy Water.
Going to a film screening with the bf after work today. I think I’ll add a dab of LADDM for the occasion.
Hope the movie was fun!
Wearing SDV as well and watching the snow fall….eventually I’ll have to go out in it. “SIGH” (the dogs must have their walk & frolic) But for now, I’m cozy and just enjoying the scenery.
In Lalique Le Parfum(2005)today layered over Pacifica Island Vanilla lotion. A few caveats about the Lalique. It is a savory/spicy vanilla oriental and will not give you a cavity. If you decide to seek out a bottle get an older one! My juice is brown and the reformulated bottles have clear juice and I have read are not as good.
I had a sample of the Lalique and loved it. I bought a bottle and was disappointed. I need to check the color of the juice.
Thanks for the heads up about the Lalique!
Lalique is one of those perfumes I google stalk very frequently. I have never sniffed it but the notes sound appealing. I am trying to stop doing blind buys cuz they rarely work out for me but it’s relatively cheap online so maybe i will eventually take the plunge.
What you are saying about the reformulation is a common complaint in the reviews. But how do we get the older bottles? Is there a go-to place for you online?
I think checking eBay frequently for a not new bottle and also some of the Facebook fragrance groups where trading and selling are allowed. Here also during a swap meet or freebie event.
SOTD is Aftelier Alchemy, which has been one of my very favorites this winter. I wish it came in a larger size than a 5 ml rollerball, but I do have a backup.
Are you considering a backup for your backup?
I have thought about it.
Hey all, I’m in TF F*ing Fabulous today, and actually, it smells pretty f*ing great, which was not previously my experience with this one. I wonder what’s going on with my body. Now that I’m drinking coffee, its notes are also mixing quite nicely with the coffee smell.
I got into work more than an hour later than I usually do, which means there was terrible traffic (we have funny traffic patterns in my part of the SF Bay Area; if I leave by 7:30, there’s almost no traffic at all, but if I leave at 8:30, suddenly the whole world of buttfaced Californian drivers are on the road).
On the upside, I had a really yummy Afghan bun thing for breakfast, from a bag of them brought to me by an Afghan coworker based in Boise, whom I became friends with on my own business trips to Idaho. She came over to my place for dinner last night, and we made some kind of weird tea infusion thing with numbing spices, walnuts, ginger, and jaggery that’s supposed to help with…period cramps? I look forward to trying it again the next time I actually have period cramps (which, let’s look at my phone, are due in five days, hooray).
what is an Afghan bun like?
I am wondering too
They’re doughy little yeast buns topped with sesame and nigella seeds! I looked them up, and they appear to be called kolcha mazari. It looks like there are some variations, but the ones I received are savory, but not really salty, the way a plain bagel might be.
The outside is browned and slightly bitter, like pretzels or bagels. The mie is flavored with cardamom and saffron. They’re a leeeeetle drier than I’d like, but very tasty, and I think they’d be even yummier if I had the time to heat them up a bit. My friend also suggested topping them with butter and honey. She called them cookies, and so do other people on the Internet, but they’re way too doughy for a Western concept of a cookie.
this sounds good – I like savory baked goods in general.
Those sound delicious!
You made me smile. And, me three, what does an Afghan bun taste like?
Oh good
Please see above for my rather lengthy description! They’re very tasty.
If it’s any consolation, there are plenty of buttfaced drivers here on the East Coast, too!
Good luck the next time “Aunt Flo” visits!
That is no consolation at all! I’m from the east coast, but never drove there, and never want to. My boyfriend has, and says they’re equally aggressive and dreadful and non-rule-abiding, but smarter about it. YMMV. But
And thanks
I’ve had pretty bad cramps for the past two years 
Koyel, don’t suffer with cramps! I had debilitating cramps to the point where I was throwing up for days each month. I absolutely dreaded it!! My hubby finally took me to the hospital and got an immediate referral to an ob/gyn. I was put on Mirena IUD, and had no cramps after the 2nd month. It was an absolute life-saver!
I’m sorry to say that this is WITH Mirena. Actually I never got serious cramps before my second Mirena. I got it checked out and they said there were some polyps that should disappear in a couple months, but that was a year ago, and here we are…. I really should go back to the obgyn. I’m sorry about the severity of your cramps, though! I only have debilitating pain for a couple minutes at a time, and have never thrown up from the pain. I am concerned about them popping up while I’m driving or something, though.
One last mirena comment: my first mirena was great. Second not so much (cramps etc.). My doc suggested taking it out and putting in another, identical mirena – she admitted she didn’t know why this would make any difference but had one other patient where this worked. I did get it replaced and immediately, I was back to no cramps, etc. So perhaps worth asking your doc about.
I love Afghan food!
Me too
Sotd is Tuscan Leather. It’s cold and snowing, I want to go home. 55 day, sigh..
Hey!!! Do not get discouraged! It is less than 2 months already! 55 days will fly!
I sure hope so.
I had a day like yours. I just wanted to go home. But meetings, meetings, meetings. To get through this year will take grit and determination. Stay strong, Lillyjo.
Grim determination has been my motto this winter but grit and determination is more uplifting
I’m trying!
But you do smell good! Small consolation, I know…
My motto, if nothing else, I smell good!
Hang in there, lillyjo! You are making me want to sniff Tusccan Leather the next time I am in Sephora.
ARGH! That should be “Tuscan”! Spellcheck, you were asleep at the switch.
I adore it. I dab it on, and it’s cozy to me. I hear it’s a different experience sprayed.
Hello, all! I’ve been AWOL a while. Dealing With Issues, and then away on vacation. Spent a week in the Galapagos. It was a very busy trip (kayak! hike! snorkel!) but fun. Lots to see there. I think I’m about back to normal life in my normal time zone now. But there is still much laundry to do…
Sniffed a few new things in Duty Free (loads of airport transits on this trip. 6 flights!) Cartier Carat deserves a better sniff at some point. The new L’Interdit, on the other hand, was awful awful awful. That one should be interdicted. L’Interdict.
Speaking of Duty Free, who decided to call it DuFre? Is it some middle management pathetic attempt to sound hip and cool to the young folks? It’s just painfully bad. Stop it.
I’m jealous of your trip – I imagine you encountered lots of wildlife? Is it true that the critters are not very shy in the Galapagos islands? What did you see while snorkeling? Vicarious living here!
It’s true… most of the animals have no fear of man. You actually have to watch where you step sometimes because they won’t get out of your way.
We saw iguanas (marine and land), sea lions, giant tortoises, fur seals, sea turtles, dolphins, and birds birds birds. Boobies, pelicans, frigate birds, tropic birds, albatross, finches, mockingbirds… did you know that Darwin initially noticed the variation in mockingbirds, not finches?
The snorkeling was really great! Loads of pretty fishies of course, but also sting rays, eagle rays, spotted rays, sharks, and PENGUINS. Man are they fast underwater!
That sounds so great! I love snorkeling. One day…
Sounds great!
that sounds *amazing*.
I would love to see pengs in the wild.
How lovely, good for you Pixel! Makes the laundry all worth it.
Your trip sounds wonderful.
Welcome back
Amazing trip!
Sounds like a fantastic trip!
You’re back! I’d love to hear more about your marvelous trip
I’m so happy you were able to go on it. Good to have you back!
Welcome back! What an awesome sounding trip!
I always thought duty free was a stupid name but dufre is ridiculous.
Sounds like a great trip though, yay you!
In Van Cleef & Arpels Bois d’Iris today because it was mentioned in the comment the other day and I started to crave its saltiness.
Off to Paris tomorrow, really looking forward to this mini trip.
You smell great!
Enjoy your trip. We all need a break from the familiar at some point!
You smell great!
I almost lemminged a cheap bottle of that after hajusuuri’s comment. Still thinking about it.
good choice
Tested Bois d’Iris last week in a store. The opening was great, but I couldn’t smell anything after 30 minutes. On my other arm I sprayed Dior Homme Parfum which is potent, but still…
Have a great time in Paris!
Bon voyage! Enjoy Paris!
Have a great trip!
I’m commando, and a touch of food poisoning will probably keep me from spritzing (for now, anyway). But I wanted to report back on my Climat vs. Dia comparison. They are not that similar. They share some characteristics (aldehydes, florals, touch of green, similar opening) but the mid development and dry down is fairly different. Climat is greener and “plantier” (mild pee note – or perhaps a “sour honey” note) and overall feels more 70ies (duh – it’s from that time). Dia feels cleaner, more rounded, perhaps fresher, too. Dia is easier to wear, and lasts much longer, even though it’s quieter. Neither is an overpowering fragrance. Personally, Dia is more to my taste, which is too bad, since I have less of it.
I’m hankering after a 2nd piece of toast very badly. Not sure if I should risk it.
Get well wishes
Hoping you feel better soon. Food poisoning is awful.
Feel better soon!
try a strong black tea, steeped extra long, so that its a bit bitter. tastes bad, but it helps
Ugh and double ugh on the food poisoning. It’s horrible! Dry toast is a good idea if you can keep it down. So is black tea with no milk or sweeteners. Hope you feel better soon!
Oh I’m so sorry
feel better soon!
thanks for all the well wishes. Black tea and dry toast is indeed what I have had so far, but I’m getting grumpier by the minute. This probably means I’m on the mend!
Ha! Hope it did the trick!
Love that photo, Robin, such a tiny waist, she’s a favorite writer.
In Donna Karan Essence Labdanum which really performed like a defence against a rather cold day.
It’s got to be a corset, don’t you think? (I’m not sure what year it was, but that would be a TINY waist otherwise.)
You must be right, Robin, corsets were of the period, still she must have had a slim waist to start with. In any event you have a genius to always find interesting photos.
I am wearing Smell Bent’s Gimel a Break, which is definitely a winter favorite with its cozy honey.
In 4160 Tuesdays A Kiss by the Fireplace. Sample thunk! A pretty woody, smoky, spicy scent with a very nice clove and lavender opening and woody in the drydown. Cozy and warming. Sadly, it did not last more than 4 hours. Not a candidate for a full bottle.
Clove and lavender sound like a rather unusual combination.
It is a very nice and pleasant combo! I wish it lasted longer!
Ohh that sounds like something I would love.
Give it a try whenever you have a chance. I am sure you would enjoy it!
I like that one a lot – it’s a very cozy evening-at-home scent (and as such, lasting 4 hours isn’t such an issue) :^)
It is definitely a pretty home scent, especially for cold days. I wonder if spraying more from a full bottle will make it last longer.
How long do perfumes usually last for you? It is rare that a perfume lasts more than 4 hours on my scent devouring skin.
Good question! It depends on the perfume. Average 7 to 8 hours. However there are times when a perfume lasts a long time and others when the same perfume disappears in 2-3 hours. That is why I always spray on clothes. A Kiss by the Fireplace even sprayed on clothes was gone in 4 hours. On skin gone in 2 hours. And my skin is very well hydrated.
I’ve never tried anything from them, their bottles and names are appealing, but I’ve never seen where anyone was totally loved. Money saved!
The few that I have tried from 4160 have been ok, but so far none has been full bottle worth. Money saved for sure!
Agreeing that that sounds nice. I’ll have to try it!
I wish I still had some SDV. I’m wearing Chinatown for the second day in a row, to thunk a large decant I’ve had for 8 or 9 years(!!)
Wow! That’s a major thunk!
I love Edith Wharton. I think the Age of Innocence is my favorite.
Another mare foaled today, this one’s a colt. (That’s a boy in horse language.) All mothers and babies are doing well. Today’s scent is Kelly Caleche, and it’s just right for the cold, icy weather.
Do horses typically have a foaling season, or do they give birth to babies whenever?
When left to themselves, babies usually come in the spring. But the Jockey Club has decreed that all Thoroughbreds have a Jan 1 birthday, so breeders like them born early. In the northern hemisphere, foaling season is usually January to June, with anything born after late April/early May considered a late foal.
Thanks for the explanation!
Interesting, I did not know that!
Iris Cendre which really comes into its own with more liberal spraying. I’m having a bummer of a week. Can’t wait for Friday!
Wishing you a great weekend!
Unfortunately just twins with the bummer week. Hope tomorrow is a better day for you!
Ugh, hope you BOTH have great weekends!
It’s a nice day here, and it seems appropriate for one of my favourites, Chant d’Aromes. We’re forecast to get some quite hot days next week, and I’m very excited. Our summer has been decidedly average so far – lots of cloudy days and sometimes actually cold.
You must not be in South Australia then, I’ve been watching the bicycle racing around Adelaide and it’s been in the 40’s!
The Age of Innocence was one of my favorite books that I read for English class in high school. I highly recommend it to those who haven’t read it. I should read more Wharton and maybe reread TAoI one day.
I’m wearing Queen of the Night, a favorite perfume of mine this winter. I am not calling it a winter perfume, only noting that I have especially enjoyed wearing it through the last couple of months. I remember I wasn’t wowed by it when I first got my decant about a year ago, but I’ve totally fallen in love with it now.
I am impressed you read it in high school, I sure didn’t…and my son did not read any EW in school either.
I love that one too! I would fb buy in a minute! I am hoping more shows up on a split meet soon.
You smell fantastic!
SOTD = SL Chergui
I am judiciously using my bottle and I have about 35 mLs left. I heard that there’s been a refo’ and the new Chergui is a shadow of its former self.
Question for the community: what is a good gift for a bunch of guys aged anywhere from their 30s to 50s/60s, some of whom you know well, others not so. The budget is under $10 per item, it must be the same for all (except color) and cannot be perishable or food/beverage. Thanks.
What an interesting and unusual task! One idea – Readyman makes these like little survival cards that have punch-out survival equipment and some are in your budget.
Fun print socks?
Hey Twin!
Vintage coasters, or the nicest wine bottle opener you can find for $10? Or book weights? These are even personalized for under 10: https://www.mileskimball.com/buy-personalized-leather-weighted-bookmark-310143?sourcecode=MK299SHIP19&cmp=compare_shop&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI09veyZmH4AIVBB-tBh0JMwPrEAQYAiABEgIiA_D_BwE
Wow, that’s a tough gifting challenge. I’d typically go for coffee, but your rules explicitly say nothing edible. Maybe soap? Wasn’t there a Lemming post recently that featured amusing soaps?
Yes, great idea – I found them very interesting and great gifts!
My husband went on a man’s trip last year with a group of guys pretty much in that age range (ok, maybe no under 30ies). One of the guys gave a gift to all the other guys: An engraved bottle opener (for beer). The engraving referenced their trip.
Psst, the fragrancenet image for the 1.6 oz bottle of Chergui is still the old (ie, from a few years ago) version. With coupon, it’s $65! Might be worth getting a BUB?
I’m regretting splitting off as much of that as I did a couple years ago :-/
That is really tempting.
Shaving travel bags.
SOTD is a smidge of FM Une Rose for a rainy, nearly 60 degree (!!!) day. Agree about the weather whiplash noted above. But, I’m happy to take a mild day anytime.
You smell great. Une Rose is on my maybe/probably someday list. Enjoy your temperate weather!
It’s on my very same list, but as time goes by, I think my samples will probably be enough.
Enjoy sixty extra for me!
I have no problems picking out favorite winter scents. Today is Chergui.
I am also experiencing torrential rain today but at least the ice has melted. If this was a snow storm, we’d be getting several feet.
Same weather here! And it’s supposed to freeze up tonight. Ugh.
Yummy frag choice Robin! The weather here is so icky. Ice rain, snow, gray out sky. I was commissioned to draw a sexy female figure today so I did a Goldilocks to find the right mood scent. First I put on some chypre mousse and immediately scrubbed it off. That one is eau de grave digger. Then I picked jub 25 and it was way too zsa zsa. Scrubbed it. Finally settled on my darling Fleur de peau. Problem is that there are traces of the other two so I smell like an eighteenth century dental office dungeon.
I might have to scrub again before I go out.😄
😁
Hilarious 😂
I cannot believe all that can be scrubbed off at all! I think you will have to wait it out.
Bottega Veneta was my SOTD and was complimented by my receptionist. Now wearing a bit of Ambre Russe. This would be a good scent for a champagne and vodka party.
Bottega Veneta is so good! It was a FB love at first sniff for me.
Me too!
My husband liked the Knot version as well –
Love Bottega Venetta….recently thunked my mini bottle and also thunked a decant of the L’ Absolu…like I said above, if I love it I use it up first!
BV is one of “the perfects” in my book🖒
Two of my favourite scents!
Ta’if, which I think of as cold weather scent. And it lets me thunk a decant!
Goes well with the Tuberose di Notte room spray I just blasted around.
All intended to cover the cat food smell. I don’t think it’s that pervasive, especially now we can have windows open, but I’ve become sensitive to it… Thanks everyone, by the way, for your sweet thoughts on my little old lady. It won’t be long, but she’s quite happily accepting the syringe feedings.
Certain types of wet cat food are rather rank to my nose, too!
I stayed at home today and I sprayed some Straight to Heaven by Kilian from a sample. I am contemplating if I should buy the travel size of this one for a couple of years. I think it’s on my to buy list since 2016, but never quite at the top of the list.
I have so many “not quite top of the list” scents like that!
It’s been pouring buckets here all day. Sometimes there’s been enough wind to rattle the windows. I’m not sure any of the folks with cold, windy, snowy weather would want this instead. I’ve checked the long term weather forecast, and it looks absolutely yucky. Sub zero temps making a comeback??? Bletch.
Song of the day = Samurai Cop (Oh Joy Begin) by the Dave Matthews Band. It’s been a fairly persistent earworm this week. Fortunately, I kind of like it.
Birthday SOTD = AG Heure Exquise EdP again. It’s beautiful in cool rainy weather. And having a smidge of extreme drydown this morning when I woke up also made my decision easy.
I’m hoping for a birthday pizza for dinner. Keeping it low key.
happy Birthday!!!
Pouring rain here too…then we get a deep freeze…which means icy roads for tomorrow…boo hoo..
hope you get a pizza and a tiny cake too! Enjoy it all!
Thank you CM8! Yeah, I am wondering how NJ DOT is going to treat the roads here. I don’t envy those guys driving the salt trucks at all. 🚚
Happy Birthday Jalapeno! Wishing you the best! You smell exquisite! 🌹🎂🍷🍕🎁
Thanks, perfumelover67! I have been enjoying HE very much lately.
Happy birthday, Jalapeno! 🎉
Thanks Nancyleandros! Safe travels to Dallas!
Wishing you the happiest of birthdays Jalapeno. I hppe you do some fun to celebrate and buy yourself something nice. 🎂
Thank you Petunia!
Happy birthday, Jalapeno
Thank you Koyel!
Happy birthday! Wishing you a great day! 🎂
Thanks, therabbitsflower! I may pick up a cupcake or two tomorrow, depending on the weather.
Many happy returns of the day!
Thanks crikey!
Happy birthday! Pizza is always a good idea for celebration. Have a lovely evening.
Thank you LizzieB!
Happy Happy Birthday!😀🎂💙
Sorry about your weather. You can celebrate your half birthday with me in june!
Thanks lillyjo. I remember half birthdays as a kid, when a whole year was SO long!
Happy Birthday! I hope that pizza was delicious.
Thanks Glannys! Pizza was moved to tomorrow night.
Happy birthday!!
Many thanks cazaubon!
Happy Birthday!
Thank you Sapphire!
Hope it was a perfect day other than the rain, which was indeed impressive!
Thank you Robin!
Happy Birthday Jalapeno!! Hope you are having a fantastic day.
I bet you are smelling so great, although I haven’t tried the edp. I do have 2 bottles of HE edt (vintage) that I’m working through; twell, the first one anyways.
And I love your idea of a low-key birthday pizza dinner! Sounds right up my alley.
Thank you Gail! I haven’t tried the EdT, so I guess that makes us even in some way? I have tried enough Annick Goutal to know that the EdTs can be quite different from the EdPs.
Happy Birthday!
Went light on scent today but tonight I wore some of a sample of Gucci Bloom Nettare di Fiore. I like it but don’t “need” a full bottle. Enjoying my sample, though!
I always spritz the original Bloom while at the mall – a white floral that doesnt give me a headache!
Sunny but windy and chilly today (chilly because I am indoors working – outside in the sun it’s not too bad apparently). We accepted an offer on our house, so fingers crossed this time it goes through and we can be shot of it. ;^D
Spent the day in Ex Idolo “Ryder” – tobacco, jasmine, amber, resins, dark woodsy notes, olibanum and tahitian vanilla.
Good luck with the house offer! Hopefully this time it will work out.
Great news about the offer on your house! Fingers crossed. 🤞
Ooooh good luck!
Good luck on the offer!
Finger crossed!
Holding thumbs for the house sale! You smell great.
Good Luck this go round! I do love your malaga stories.
I like the notes for Ryder
Started out in BK Oud Musc ……or is it Musc Oud? I left the little decant at home.
Was rummaging for perfume to take to Dallas, and found a nearly evaporated sample of Rose 31. It goes well with the BK. Rose, spice, oud and musk…..nice.
We’re on our way to see the granddaughter, and the weather is great for traveling. Puppygirl is snoozing on my lap and life is good. 😊
That sounds lovely. I hope you have a wonderful trip!
I’d love to have a puppy snoozing on my lap. So very sweet.
Bon voyage to you and the puppygirl.
Vetiver Extraordinaire by day and L’ambre de merveilles before my workout…but I’m craving citrus! I tried Atelier’s Mandarine Glaciale this week and thought it was interesting, but it was nearly gone in an hour. Any other citrus for winter suggestions?
Some of the other commenters here have mentioned enjoying Chanel Cristalle in the winter.
Thank you! I tried Cristalle once and loved it, but now no one seems to have a tester anymore so that I can try it again. I might have to break down and find a sample.
Maybe something here will work, although some of these are fast going too:
https://nstperfume.com/2014/11/20/5-perfumes-citrus-for-cold-weather/
Looking forward to divesting myself of some more unloved frags in the Freebiemeet on Saturday. I still have a LOT of perfume, but it feels good to have found homes for those I never wore. Making myself take stock of my collection also caused me to rediscover some that I had simply forgotten about. I have also started a scent diary listing each perfume I wear throughout the year. I wish I had started on the 1st, but I was able to reconstruct much of January from my SOTD comments on NST.
You have Marie Kondo’d your perfume collection!
It’s still probably way too much, but at least now I know what I have.
Wearing SJP Lovely tonight. Needed something calm and unobtrusive as it was a day today! Many things went wrong, and lots of extra pressure to get stuff done by a deadline as I’m off tomorrow.
And to top it off, my order from Tauer was chosen my swiss postal service to be ‘randomly’ searched. As it turns out, my mini of PHI was sent back to Andy, but they did send me to the empty PHI tin and their love-note about the perfume being sent back to sender. And I still don’t have the Wownilla oil from that order either which should have been sent separately. Andy did kindly re-send about a week ago after I inquired with him when I hadn’t received the original order; hopefully that order will show up.
I need chips!
Wow, I’ve never had a problem with an order from Andy, that is really bad luck! Hope it all arrives safely in the end.
Thank you! After this week, I just had to laugh at the craziness of it all when I saw the parcel from Andy had been tampered with. It was the cherry on top, if you will..
I hope tomorrow is a much better day for you! I do very little ordering, or mailing, so I don’t understand why the post office took your perfume?
Thanks lillyjo! Hoping for a quiet day.
Seriously! The note says something about screening of cargo for security. Apparently its a prohibited item; the contents were removed due to dangerous goods regulations. Ugh!
Oh that’s a bummer about your Tauer package!
I know! When I originally saw the parcel FINALLY arrived, I was so hopeful.
Oh that sucks! My parcels from him always arrive but i guess i have just been lucky
Checking in very late after a long day of work and other duties. Enjoyed reading all the posts. My SOTD was HdP 1740 (Marquis de Sade): Patchouli is always good in any season, and dark patchouli + leather like this is good in winter, although tbh, Houston winters hardly qualify. HOWEVER, our traffic is now reaching nightmare proportions with a major major freeway intersection closure, that wreaks havoc on my life… just don’t know quite how to cope, but hoping to figure out some alternative arrangements. This is a six-month closure that is sure to send many, many people, commuters and just passers-through, up the wall, and it’s hard to believe it is being handled so badly.
Which one is it this time? It seems every time I go to Houston, some major section of freeway is closed.
What a mess Gail, I once had the same problem with a package I sent DHL to Sicily to my daughter, and it was never found…..they said it was opened by customs and that was the end of that.
I have a stockpile to read.
I hope it works out.
Happy belated Birthday Jalepeno.
I will give Edith a read, I just finished Tana French’s ‘Into the Wood’ and am now 1/2 through ‘You or Someone Like You’. My eyes are taking a beating by reading on a tablet so I have switched to OG paper!!
Commando today –
How did you like In the Woods? I’m a pretty big Tana French fan.
I am too
I am in Virgile and Mohur – another layering combo that works! I havent been outside yet and it looks cooold.