It's Hump Day, plus World NGO Day, Pokémon Day, International Polar Bear Day and Anosmia Awareness Day. What fragrance are you wearing?
Me: Prada Infusion d’Iris Absolue.
Reminder: on 3/1, wear a fragrance by Floris, Fragonard or Frapin, if you have one. Partial credit for any other small-ish brand that starts with the letter F.
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 from the Prada Spring 2019 campaign.
In Natori EdP for its beauty and coziness. Exactly what I need today, (thanks Flopper!)
Enjoy your cozy moment
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I have to go to the laundromat, then to a doctor’s appointment, and it’s cold and the sun hasn’t been out in what feels like weeks, so, Shalimar it is, a big honking blast of vintage edt. The laundromat should tamp it down a bit before I head to the doctor.
Shalimar is just the thing to shake a body out of the winter doldrums. I hope your doctor’s appointment goes well. ?
You smell perfect.
Not feeling very anosmic in Calyx. Mine is the Prescriptives version. One of my most invigourating fragrances. It’s still in perfect condition, and as crisp now as it was when I first got it.
You smell good!
This was one of my very first fragrances back when I was a teenager – I wish I’d held onto the bottle! I recently re-smelled it at Ulta and either me or the juice has changed (or probably both).
I got mine in 2008/2009 and it smells different than the current Calyx. So I’m sure the juice must have changed considerably over the years. It still smells good, but it was a bit more garbagey and bitter than it is now.
Great choice! I love Prescriptives Calyx.
NST friends, thank you so much for the compassion and support you’re shown me. I’m so grateful for this blog and everyone who participates in it.
I’m in 1885 Bains Sulfureux, from a sample given to me at Scentbar in LA. My goodness, that trip seems like a lifetime ago.
We are socked in with fog right now, waiting a bit before I head out to help work on dad’s house with my sisters. Our family was there for 50 years, so it’s going to take many weeks to sort everything out, maybe months.
We started going through things on Monday, and y’all, he left a visual joke for us to find! I won’t go into the details, but we all had a good laugh. He was thinking of us to the very end. ?
Oh how lovely that he left you a joke! That made my morning, thanks for sharing.
What a lovely gesture of your father! That must have made you feel good.
He wanted you to have a good laugh to relief your sadness some. So beautiful and thoughtful!
I’m so sorry for your loss, Nancyleandros. Your father sounds like a wonderful man.
I love that, how beautiful! Sending lots of love.
♥️ to u! It took 4 months for my family to clean out my granddad’s home. Take all the time you can ?
Oh, I’m so sorry for your loss Nancyleandros. I must have missed that news. You’ve gone through a lot in such a short amount of time. Wishing you much comfort and sending you hugs.
I love that he left something behind for his family with the intention of you finding it funny during this difficult time. He sounds like a gem! Take gentle care.
Nancyleandros, I missed this news too. So sorry for your loss but how lovely to have a laugh. He sounds like he was a great guy.
Sorry for your loss. I wish you strength in going through the house and that it brings the family closer together.
Hugs to you and your sisters.
He must have been a very special man.
Nancyleandros, hugs to you. Perhaps remembering your Dad’s joke whenever you are able will help. It’s so wonderful that he left you something like that.
You’re dad sounds like a real gem! I’m glad you have family by your side to help you get through all this.
I’m so sorry to hear of you’re loss..so lovely that he left you a joke to lighten the sadness, and bring him close.
Wishing you more of those moments of memories that being laughter…. it helps.
Aww, that’s sweet <3
I am so glad he did that! hugs to you and your sisters.
I love that he did that! Thank you for sharing.
I am in Chergui because it was mentioned here alot over the past week. I like it well enough but not FB worthy for me.
I wore Chergui yesterday. You smell great!
You smell great!
Last night I scrubbed Florabello off and went out in my Vintage Chloe to hear a talk about Camus, Proust and Flaubert. A french woman sitting next to me leaned in and told me how wonderful I smell and asked about the notes in my perfume. Very sweet
Today I am trying Eau Rose by Diptyque. I have some samples from this house and so far Eau Sens is the only one I have warmed up to. Thanks for all the other suggestions from yesterday.
Oh..Robin! You smell fabulous today
Why thank you, and so do you…it is a shame Chloe doesn’t bring back the original under some other name!
I missed that conversation but will add Olene (if you like jasmine) as my favorite from the house.
I am in Vintage Poison esprit de parfum.
You smell marvelous!
I’m fighting the blahs in Mandarine Glaciale. I dislocated my pointer finger on my right hand on Sunday and I’m typing using the hunt and peck method.
Oh no! I hope your finger heals very soon!
You smell like a breath of fresh air
Ouch! Hope that feels better soon, you smell great 🙂
Ouch, hope it heals soon.
Ow! Hope it heals quickly.
Ow! Hope it heals quickly.
I am wearing L’Artisan Mont de Narcisse today and drinking a cup of Earl Grey tea 🙂
Tea twins! I’m drinking a mariages freres earl grey!
Super busy at work these days, hopefully will get a breather in a couple days. Spring looks like it has sprung here, which is nice but scarily ahead of schedule. Wearing 24, Faubourg, which at least has an F in the name.
24F is Fantastic! ?
Yes to Hermes!
24F is on my never-ending FB wish list. I need to go to Sephora and get another sample to hold me over haha. I love it and you smell fancy and wonderful!
I, too, have a never ending FB list. Thank goodness for Sephora samples.
Day 3 of Aroma M Geisha Vanilla Hinoki. Operation: Thunk Decant should be complete by the end of the week. Still enjoying the L’Occitane orange blossom shea balm I got last weekend.
I just received yet another wrong-number call to my work phone. WTH? I’ve gotten so many lately that I’m starting to let every call from outside my university go to voicemail instead of answering.
Mmmmm, I adore GVH, you smell beautiful.
Tiffanie, can I interest you in my Vanilla Hinoki decant? I’m hoping third time is the charm with my offer to send this decent to someone. ?
You are so funny 🙂
Ha! Thank you but I have a lifetime supply, bought a full bottle ??
The search for a new owner continues! ?
I think I’ll post it as an open freebie in tomorrow’s SOTD post. If there are any takers that are reading today, let me know!
I would be thrilled to take it off your hands! Let me know what I can send you in exchange. Email is my user name at me dot com.
How does the balm smell? I was just thinking about it yesterday.
It’s a soft orange blossom floral (no indoles here), plus a big hit of orange peel. I like it enough that I’ll probably end up getting another tin or two.
Thanks! Looks like I need to check it out, pronto!
Are they mostly all looking for the same wrong person? It could be that a number could have been listed incorrectly in an ad or something, and it gave your number instead of the correct one. Maybe your number is close to that of a popular business? I once had a phone number that was just one digit off from the local Subway shop, so I got a lot of calls from people trying to order sandwiches.
If ALL the outside calls you are receiving are wrong numbers, it could be that the phone company is routing the calls incorrectly. One other time, I got a number of calls over a weekend from people trying to sign up for driving lessons (!). I couldn’t identify a driving school with a number even remotely close to mine, and I couldn’t get a hold of the phone company over the weekend (this was pre-internet days) to find out what was going on. On Monday, it just stopped. My mom called me Monday evening to say that she had tried to call me over the weekend and got somebody else’s number.
Ha! We were 1 number off from a Thai restaurant down the block and the same happened.
How bizarre! It doesn’t seem like they’re all looking for the same person/business, but they all sound equally confused after I answer the phone with the name of my library. Every phone number within my university has the same prefix, so my best guess is that they’re all trying to reach other people on campus.
Tell me more about this orange she butter..
It was the Daily Lemming post from Friday last week!
Oops, should’ve given you the URL: https://nstperfume.com/2019/02/22/the-daily-lemming-601/
I would be wary of phishing.
Also, I like to Google numbers that call me. Often you see others are reporting them as robo or scam callers.
I concur! Just yesterday i received a call at night on my cell phone. No one calls me hardly, so i let it go to voicemail. When I googled the number, it was a number that was listed as requesting to do some type of survey.
I’m all wrapped up in Azuree. Re anosmia awareness, my sense of smell really did save me the other day when I left a pot on – much as I would miss perfume if I were anosmic, I’m sure I wouldn’t mind that at all compared to how often I would burn my house down.
I had a similar experience last night! Went to the kitchen to turn off the light before bedtime and smelled the gas – my husband had warmed something on low and the flame blew out. Scary.
On a better note, Azuree is a great perfume. It was a favorite aunt’s signature and always makes me think of her.
Yes! Whoever decided to make gas smell terrible is a genius.
That came about after a terrible tragedy at a school in East Texas in 1937 that was caused by a leak in a gas line. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_London_School_explosion
Wow! That’s a sad story.
I burned a pot of rice a few weeks ago and good grief the house smelled so bad!
Yes, the sense of smell is actually much more important than most people realize. Without it, you couldn’t smell smoke, or a gas leak, or spoiled food.
That’s an interesting thought. Today the spoiled food problem isn’t a big issue because of refrigeration (at least in this country), but before refrigeration it would have been so very important to have your sense of smell before eating something.
So glad you caught that! I think Azuree may be my favorite Estée Lauder fragrance.
Another beautiful sunny day, although not super warm (for San Diego). I’m in Olivier Durbano Rock Crystal. Hoping to find a quartz crystal pendant at the gem show this weekend.
Ooh you’re going to a gem show? That sounds right up my alley. Enjoy!
SotD = Eau des Merveilles
Yay for Merveilles! I’m smelling to high heaven and loving it.
Feeling grateful that my sense of smell disappeared for a short time then returned. That’s the reason I found my perfume love, NST, and all of you! ??♥️
EdM is so fabulous. You smell wonderful.
wonderful is the perfect word! ?
I adore EdM! You smell great!
thank u! EdM never disappoints me ?
In No. 19 edt today, just because. I do love this fragrance.
You smell superb!
I’ll try and hug a polar bear today if I find one ?
One of my nieces has anosmia from birth, they think. Doesn’t affect her sense of taste, though I’m not sure how she would know for sure if her taste were altered?
My last week of my 1st class! Whew ?
SOTD is little F house Fazzolari or Fzotic Vetiverissimo which is nice and toasty for a cold, grey day. At least the wind has died down.
We have the cutest polar bear here at the zoo. He always seems super happy and chill….for a bear that is haha.
They ate cute! I think they still have a couple at the Central Park Zoo, but I haven’t been there in decades.
Woo hoo on the last week! When does the next one start?
Thanks! It actually went by quickly! Each class restarts every 2 weeks, so whenever I decide to enroll in the next one. If I wait too long, I’ll talk myself out of it!
I have some Fazzolari samples! Thanks for reminding me! Now I can participate in the CP. And yippee for your last week!
I only thought of Fazzolari this am cuz I had a hankering for Vetiverissimo. And thank you! I’m relieved it’s over!
That is so interesting and rare, congenital anosmia!
Not sure when they noticed it but I guess she had to be able to talk? I think it’s mostly assumed she never was able to smell. Hasn’t seemed to have affected her negatively at all, though. I do know when she had her 1st baby, she had to keep checking for dirty diapers cuz she couldn’t tell by smell.
Another thing I wouldn’t have even thought of with anosmia, diapers!
Not on theme with Ormonde Woman – I mailed off all the splits yesterday and it occurred to me that I can now use one of the travel sprays without confusing them. This is truly one of my all time favorites, I think (along with Amouage Dia and Ciel d’Opale, and both of those were samples from freebiemeets and kind Nst’ers – would have never tried these otherwise!). Happy Wednesday!
Wearing Floris Honey Oud, my only Floris. I love it, but I think it’s a little too strong for work. On me it’s a powdery balsamic woody gourmand of the non sweet variety. I’ve had my 5ml decant since its release in 2014 and it appears to have evaporated so that about 3.5ml remain. I’m glad I pulled it out from the box its been tucked away in! I remember getting a more straightforward honey note when I first tried it, so either it’s lost some of that with age or my nose is picking up on different aspects now. I’d definitely recommend it to those that like powdery woody gourmands.
I’m late to the party, but has anyone watched the latest season of True Detective? It’s a lot better than I expected given the lackluster second season. Mahershala Ali and Stephen Dorff are so good in it, and the old age makeup on Mahershala is insanely convincing. I’ve still got a few episodes to watch so no spoilers please! I prefer to binge this show rather than watch it week to week.
I have not watched the third season, but was disappointed with the second season, so I’ve just held off watching. I’ve heard great things though and love Mahershala Ali, so I need to get to watching!
I also held off on watching this season based on season two, but season three is definitely better than I was expecting.
Yes! Just finished up this season of True Detective earlier in the week. I agree that the acting, the casting, and the makeup were all excellent, but I thought the plot was reeeeally slow to develop (I might have missed some important points while I was busy being confused by all the jumping around between timelines). I didn’t find the ending very satisfying either, but hopefully that’s just me.
Did you watch it week to week or binge it? I find that binging a show *usually* helps to make it not feel slow. I feel pretty good about the pacing so far, and I’m 5 episodes in.
I did watch it week-to-week, which I prefer to binging, but you might be right about the pacing feeling slower because of that.
Unpopular opinion, but I like season 3 more than the first one even. Ali and Dorff are so strong together, I prefer their characters’ messy dynamic over Matty and Woody. Carmen Ejogo has a lot more to do than the women of the first season, if I’m remembering it right.
I’m pretending Mahershala just won an Oscar for this instead of Driving Miss Daisy 2 :p
I think I’m in love with Carmen Ejogo ?She has an amazing screen presence.
She really does! Just radiant, and a really nice voice.
Yessss. I love watching her.
I’d like to rewatch season one in the near future because it feels like I watched it so long ago. I’m curious how it will live up to the high regard I hold for it.
I think the supporting cast is wonderful, mainly Carmen Ejogo and Scoot McNairy. Scoot was also in one of my favorite shows of recent years, Halt and Catch Fire.
I’m planning on binge watching season 3 when I can. I don’t think anything could surpass season 1, at least acting wise. The plot seemed a bit whacked toward the end, but the acting chops of WH and MM- just outstanding!
I’m in Iris Silver Mist this morning.
Beautiful choice!
Oooohh. You smell nice.
Thanks. 🙂 I got a sample thanks to CobraRose’s generosity at the fall freebiemeet. Thank you, CobraRose! 🙂 That batch of samples included violet and iris scents, a couple of popular niche fragrances, and some classics from the earlier part of the 20th century. All very educational, and I found some fragrances I really like. 🙂
And thank you to the other folks who have sent freebiemeet samples (and those Lush solids from 50_Roses). I’ve enjoyed the opportunity to try them. Fun and educational. 🙂 I knew I liked several kinds of floral perfumes and citrus fragrances, but I wouldn’t have realized that I’d like perfumes with frankincense in them. I knew I liked sandalwood, but wouldn’t have realized I’d like other “woodsy” scents, too. I’ve learned a lot!
April Aromatics Bohemian Spice thanks to therabbitsflower. I am looooving it. So cozy and warm. It’s strong though, so I only did one spritz for work. Want to spray more when I get home though haha.
I need to try that one.
Rum Butter by Fortune Cookie Soap today.
TMI, gross medical stuff ahead:
Looks like BF’s infection, if that’s what it is, is spreading to random areas in the form of little weeping bumps. Near the scratch, but also on the other arm, forehead, and behind his ear. The fluid is clear at least, but still concerning. One would think the antibiotics would at LEAST stop it from getting worse, right? He told me the doctor he saw seemed more concerned with getting him out the door and onto the next than much else. Might have disdiagnosed him entirely, who knows. Gonna try to get him to see someone else today.
I would definitely get a second opinion. Do the bumps hurt or itch or anything?
He says they hurt if he pokes at them, but they’re not itchy. Tenderness around that first scratch though.
He might be an allergic to the antibiotics since that sounds like dermatitis. If he wasn’t comfortable with the MD’s attentiveness, I’d go elsewhere- but definitely let them know about the skin bumps!
Maybe! That’s come up on my amateur sleuthing on webMD, lol. He definitely won’t be able to hide them if he goes back in, they’re all over his forehead now.
Yeah, sounds like an allergy to the medication to me.
It could be he simply needs a different antibiotic. Did the Dr. do anything to identify the specific strain of bacteria? Or it may not be a bacterial infection at all. He definitely needs to get a second opinion.
I don’t think he did, no. But he’s going to see someone else as soon as the other office opens.
Wearing Carta Moena today. It’s a comforting reminder of summer on this cold, overcast, snowy day!
PSA, I’m splitting this beauty in the splitmeet, and if I get one more interested person I’m going through with it. 🙂
Happy Wednesday, all! Keep your chin up… spring and then summer will be here before we know it.
Spent some of the morning cleaning up some clutter with the dry down of no 5 Eau Premire and enjoying a warm house. After Sunday’s wind storm, tons of places were without power until yesterday night. My place of work has a generator but the generator doesn’t keep the heat going, so I spent most of my shift freezing my butt off. Since I am about to take a shower, I am debating on LADDM or L’Heure de Nuit today. I will probably spend the rest of the day on debating on the STC flash sale.
Can you please post the code? I can’t seem to find the mail, even though I saw it come in.
The code is springiscoming15 for under $75 and feb20198 for over $75. It ends tonight.
Thank you so much! Needed to order a sample of SL Encens et Lavande to check if it’s been badly reformulated since I last bought.
In Feve Delicieuse this morning. It’s pretty nice and glad I got a decant. Full bottles of fancy Dior are too much, both in quantity and price…
And you smell delicieuse.
I have the same issue with the Dior Prive line, some of which I love. I recall a long conversation at Saks (or somesuch) where I was trying to explain to the SA that I didn’t WANT a gargantuan bottle of any fragrance at this point in my life. She kept trying to persuade me of the “value.” I’m happy enough with the decants but really wish Dior sold reasonable sized and priced bottles of these…
Cheating on the CP with JM Myrrh & Tonka today! I smell nice and cozy. I needed to feel this way because I might have an infection?
Did you know that smelly snot may be an indication of an infection?? I didn’t even know smelly snot was a thing! Since I got over my cold 1.5 weeks ago, I’ve been blowing snot out of my nose constantly, and it has smelled RANK. Anyway I might have to go to the doctor if my nose is still gross by the end of today. Ugh.
Perhaps TMI ahead:
Color is an indication, too. Green isn’t good.
Yuck! Mine has been a vivid yellow, which I also expect not to be great.
This entire subject is super gross.
So this is interesting, one of the pro-oxidant enzymes that our immune system uses to fight off invaders naturally has a greenish tint, so green snot by itself actually just shows that our bodies are doing their thing. Now rank snot is bad – if you’re having increased sinus pressure too, you may need an antibiotic. 🙁
(Check by pressing on the areas next to your nose/under the eyes and right between the eyebrows – tenderness is no bueno.)
Ah, okay, so green means that the body is trying to fight off an infection. Some years ago, I had a doctor who said it didn’t smell like I had a bacterial infection in my throat, so there was no point in giving me antibiotics. At the time, I was like, “What?” but apparently there is something to that.
I get a lot of sinus infections, so I’m familiar with the facial pain and headaches. At this point, if I say, “Ow. Ow. Ow,” when my GP touches those spots over my sinuses that rayleighblue specified and the glands in my neck, and I’m generally congested, fatigued, and feeling miserable, he’ll agree that it’s sinusitis.
There are certain medical things I’ve become rather inured to from familiarity, not only from my own health, but from working as a nursing aide. However, I was as grossed out as everyone else by that rat story the other day.
And a reminder: folks who haven’t gotten a flu shot yet, and don’t have a reason they can’t, it’s good to get one. And it’s also good to get a pneumonia shot. I don’t think anyone particularly *likes* getting shots, but preventing illness is good.
Interesting!That makes sense. I had really smelly snot earlier this winter… while I was sick. Hope you feel better soon, Koyel!
Oof! I’m glad you got better (presumably without the aid of antibiotics?). I’m trying to decide when it looks like I won’t get better without antibiotics. The Internet thinks a week is long enough.
Koyel, I will tell you from experience, waiting to go to a doctor can sometimes make things worse. You are important, take care of yourself and go ??
You’re so right, of course! I sucked it up and went to the doctor today (mostly because I started feeling miserable again) 🙂 Thanks for the reminder!
Sounds like a possible sinus infection?
I’m glad you went to the doctor. Good advice from lillyjo! 🙂
SotD was Au delà Narcisse!
Busy helping my sister who will open a store next weekend 🙂 so exciting.
Oooo what kind of store??
Its a small concept store / mix store.
There is a coffee corner (i tasted the coffee today and its seriously good!). She also wants to sell soup. And both the coffee and the soup will be available ‘to go’ as well.
And you can buy high quality toys, a small selection of womens clothing, candles, soap, books (childrens books, cook books, lifestyle) and jewelry.
Most of the stuff, drinks and food is organic/bio label/sustainably and/or locally made..well you get the idea. 😉
A little bit hipster meets boho, but the whole look and feel is very fresh (greens, whites and grey) and playful (she has ordered lots of plants and there will also be a small corner for kids to play in).
Its a bit of a gamble because its not in the big city but in a smaller town where the current retail offerings are old fashioned and cheap.
But its also a town where lots of young families move to when they leave bigger cities like Amsterdam and Utrecht (housing in both these cities is freakingly expensive, so lots of folks who expect or have children move to surrounding towns like this one)
sounds like a great little store! I hope it will go well.
That sounds like a great store! I went to Amsterdam once, it is a beautiful city and I had a lovely time. But I do remember wondering “Where are the children?”
Yes! This answers my question about children, too!
That sounds darling. Best of luck to her!
Today in the rather rare Floris Stephanotis. This is a fancy white flower (well, stephanotis) scent, it has a fancy cosmetic cream vibe, a rather upscale Nivea, and I’m rather enjoying it and it’s on the right side of sweet. I don’t even know when it was discontinued, I bought blind as it was the price of a couple of samples, this is where living in the UK helps to buy Floris.
I used to grow stephanotis, it smells lovely1
That’s wonderful Robin, I smelled stephanotis once at a florist, heavenly and the flowers are so delicate. Perhaps you will grow them again.
Nah — I grew them in California, where it was easy! It would be too much work here, and probably require artificial lighting.
SOTD Francesca Bianchi’s “The Dark Side”. I love all of her perfumes!
Plus, great name!
Infusion d’Iris Absolue is gorgeous. I think Purple Rain is close to it but much more expensive.
I’m in Hermes Eau de Neroli Dore.
I will stick with my reasonably priced Absolue 🙂
And of course you smell gorgeous too!
I’m fascinated by this podcast interview about Karl Lagerfeld with long-time fashion critic and astute observer Kathy Horyn:
https://www.thecut.com/2019/02/the-cut-on-tuesdays-episode-16.html
I like the interview for its insights into Karl, the modern house of Chanel, and the fashion industry. There are also fun details such as his house in Biarritz had a dedicated room set apart just for ironing!
SB Smoked Ambergris again.
I’ve got my US Flag scarf (love this thing! So warm! https://www.amazon.com/Fling-Fashions-USAFlag-American-Winter/dp/B01MXTWP2E) with the melange of scents wrapped loosely around my neck, sipping piping hot coffee and contemplating brunch. My little space heater is cranking away, outside it’s all fresh and clean from a bit of overnight snow, T-Rex had her breakfast, finished her morning ablutions, and is now back under the covers for a post sleep nap. Things could be worse. ?
“Post sleep nap”. — that’s the life!
I know, right?! In my next life, I will be one of my own dogs?
?that’s awesome
We call that the post-breakfast nap at our house. 🙂
Is that post-first breakfast or post-second breakfast?
Post-first-breakfast. 🙂 Then we move on to pre-lunch.
SOTD = Sultan Pasha Irisoir attar
So good – very cuddly with super creamy orris butter but also stings due to the spicy carnation!
It meets my Red Package challenge because the juice is a very deep reddish brown. One more day and it will be a good one!
Well, your red challenge has been quite a success! Congrats! Those Sultan Pasha scents are so incredibly rich and dense. I’m sorry I left mine home…
I have the 8 sampler set which I brought on vacation with me to test but I never even opened the package and now, the package is MIA.
As to the RedOackage challenge, while I loose with the rules. I managed to stick close to the spirit of it. I also wore a different perfume each day!
Yikes, I hope you find your package! As far as rules go, the best are very loosey-goosey…
Wow, that sounds good!
It is!
You smell amazing!
Thank you!
Interesting that both SP and Fath went for carnation in their irises. I wonder if it has something to do with supply right now. Ormonde Jayne also highlighted carnation (I forget if it was absolute or what technical term) as one of the luxurious ingredients in Black Gold.
Perhaps! Irisoir came out in 2017 IIRC.
Wearing Heure exquise today, because it’s so comforting.
I made a difficult decision to hand my notice in at work on Friday, although I love the job, my boss is making my life really miserable. I feel so much better for deciding tho.
Good for you. Way to be strong!
Sorry you feel like you have to leave a job you love because of your boss. Hard decision to make (I’ve done the same before), but congrats on the courage to do it!
Right decision. Good luck in your search for a new job.
Well done! Good luck in your job hunt.
Good luck! Best to get out before a toxic boss has you starting to doubt yourself.
? You were courageous and did the right thing. All the best for the job search!
Good luck to you!
Shame that you have to leave, but it sounds like a good decision. The right boss is such a big part of a job. Wishing you much more happiness in the next chapter of your career!
Good for you, congratulations!
Thanks guys, perfume people are the best! It’s so nice to read all this support and encouragement.
SOTD is l’Eau de coco by Cottoncake. A nice, green, not so sweet coconut scent. Fits the lovely springlike weather today!
Weather forecast is 1,5 weeks of rain. So I’ll be switching to some comfort scents….
That is too much rain!
Robin, you smell fantastic. My SOTD is a tiny spritz of LL Tea Noir, as i have a meeting later with my scent-phobic work wife.
Hope your Tea Noir stayed under the radar!
Bracken Women today, so no points. But it was fitting for a very sunny spring day. Sadly i came down with the chills and laryngitis and had an extra long work day. Will stay at home tomorrow and maybe friday to recover.
Feel better soon! You smell wonderful!
Hope you feel better soon.
Oh no! Hope you feel better soon!
SOTD is Reem Acra. Not sure why this doesn’t get more love. It’s a solid oriental with orange blossom leanings, and nicely spicy. If that weren’t enough, it’s in the bargain basement bin, and the bottle is elegant.
I remember that one getting a lot of love a few seasons back. It was on my never-ending to sniff list…
Ok, you just sent me down a rabbit hole of clicking through the most GORGEOUS Reem Acra dresses. Ohhhh want want want.
Olympic Orchids Golden Cattleya today. I have a little 15ml splash bottle of this golden nectar, which seems to always get lost behind the taller bottles. Yummy.
I would like to be one of my own cats. Sleep as much as I want, when I want, where I want (and never have insomnia), graze all day long from a plentiful supply of food, have two humans pamper me and spoil me rotten–that’s the life!
Oops–this reply was meant for Deva.
Ha! I wouldn’t mind being one of your cats, too! ?
I have the little set of Fragonard Eaux Naturelles bottles and dabbed a bit of Oranger on today. It’s very nice and makes me think of spring, even though many large icicles still hang from my roof!
Fragonard “Desert” today. It’s supposed to be some kind of leather scent but on me it’s just short-lived soap. It is every bit as disappointing as when I first tried it back in 2016. TOMK and I were travelling around the South and South-west France and I picked up a set of 5 Fragonard minis in (I think) Avignon. I thought it would be a scent memory but each one was more insipid than the last.
Anyway, I’m re-trying 3 of them this week for the CP, so F is for Floris, Frapin – and also for Fragonard, Failure, Frightful, Flop…
I tried to find some “F” samples this morning but failed. F for Fail. So anyway, after a late morning Pilates session, I came home and sprayed myself with T-Rex (Zoologist). At first I was a little afraid of it because it does pack a punch, but now I absolutely love it and just plain find it beautiful, deep, luxurious, even calming. Huh. Took Mom to my orthopedist to get the 2nd of a series of three shots in her poor arthritic knee. This is the rooster-comb material shot, not a cortisone shot. Hope it might work. There is a lovely jewellery store in the medical building (This is Jewel Box in the Smith Tower in the Med Centre, if anyone else is in Houston–no affiliation), and I have sometimes stopped in there to gawk at things or as a little pick-me-up after visiting my orthopedist (so many times this past year I can’t count them). Anyway they were glad to see me and meet Mom, cleaned all of our jewellery we had on for free (how sparkly), and let us look at multiple items of great sparkly beauty. Might have to go back next time for some gorgeous earrings I was very tempted by. We’ll see. It’s a gray misty foggy day here. There was scarcely any view from the doctor’s office on the 26th floor, and it made me think today would not be a good day for flying.
What great people in the jewelry store! Best wishes for your mom!
Late again. Today I wore Superstitious. 2 sprays and it’s still going strong. I’m going to be looking into getting a travel spray since I love it so much. I’ve never purchased a FM, and am wondering if anyone can tell me where the best place to get one from. Are there any good deals to be found? Is it better to get a set? Since it lasts forever, I probably wouldn’t need a set, but wasn’t sure if you can mix and match them.
You used to be able to buy a set of three travel sprays, and mix and match. If you do decide to go that route, I wouldn’t mind a travel size of Dries Van Noten….just saying. Not trying to enable a purchase or anything…?
Ha! If I can get a good deal on the stupid refrigerator… fingers crossed.
I never smelled that one. Another one I really like is l’eau d’hiver.
You can go for a single 10 ml. I’m pretty sure, I just got a single of Parfum de Therese. I’m not sure if all retailers do that, though.
I just tried Superstitious yesterday and it is very lovely.
Today a package arrived from RAOK that I won on Facebook Fragrance Friends! I received beautiful carded or boxed samples of Diptyque Eau Duelle, Fleur de Peau, Philosykos, Tam Dao and Trente-Quatre. Also included are samples of Cartier La Panthere, Gold Must de Cartier and Hermès Le Jardin de Monsier Li, Jour d’Hermes, and Galop d’Hermes! Thank you again Maureen! I live in a perfume desert so this is the only way I get to smell many of these lines.
That’s really cool! Congratulations!
So many great fragrances are being worn today!
Tonight i put on some Fragonard fleur d’oranger (from a solid that my sister got on a trip). I also sprayed on some Serge Fleurs d’oranger to compare. The Serge is definitely more complex, although both are a BWF!
Oh you must smell fantastic!
Dear NST, my SO proposed!!! And there I was totally fragrance naked. 😛
Congratulations!
Congratulations!
Congratulations!?
Woo-hoo! How exciting!
Congratulations, rayleighblue❣️
Congratulations! ??
Oh no, I hope you put on perfume right away to mark the occasion!!
j/k, huge congrats to you both 🙂
Congratulations, rayleighblue!!!
Thank you everyone!!!
Wow congrats!!!