Hump Day, plus Superman Day. What fragrance are you wearing?
I am in a little bit of Tauer Perfumes Au Coeur du Désert.
Reminder: on 6/14, we're doing the picture challenge, edition 4, part 2 (you can find part 1 here). Wear a perfume that matches the picture, which is Georgia O'Keeffe's Blue and Green Music. You can find snippets about this painting here and here.
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 Window at the Georgia O'Keefe Museum [tripled] by Paul Sableman at flickr; some rights reserved.
I wore Anubis today, which I like but someone at work brought in a big bunch of lilacs and now I just want to smell the lilacs.
Wish there was someone — and some thing — in my workplace that smelled as good as you and those lilacs do!
Wrapped in a cloud of beauty in Masque Milano L’Attesa!
I have never heard of this one..what is it like?
A buttery, earthy creamy, yeasty iris.
That sounds intriguing!
If you like this type of iris perfume, as I just mentioned above, I am sure you would love it.
You smell elegant!
Thank you, Jiji! You also smell wonderful in J’Adore Absolu!
Masque Milano L’Attesa is such a beautiful perfume. You smell wonderful!
Thank you! 😊. Isn’t it a gorgeous perfume?
Smelling beautiful! I was just watching a review on this last night. L’Attesa will forever remind me of you🌞
Thank you Lillyjo! You know how much I adore L’Attesa!
Yum! L’attesa is a favorite of mine, too.
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Not only is it a favourite iris perfume, but it also a favourite Rich Lady perfume…
😀😀😀
You smell fantastic. If I ever feel like I’m allowed to buy perfumes again, this will be near the top of my to-buy list. (My no-buy is over, and sadly, a low-buy has taken effect.) Your description of the scent is spot-on.
Thank you! I am sure you will enjoy it greatly when you are able to buy perfumes again!
What is on top of your list?
That is a really good question, and is the real reason I didn’t celebrate the end of my no-buy with a bottle! A suuuper kind NSTer gave me Camel, which WAS at the top of my list, but after Camel, I just have a cloud of second-placers. Second place is shared by Hermes Cardamusc, Byredo Bibliotheque, SHL 777 Rose de Petra, Heeley Note de Yuzu, and MM L’Attesa. I most certainly am not allowed to get FIVE new bottles, and I’m not sure how to pick my favorite, so instead I’m getting nothing at all.
Wow! It is so difficult to chose, because all those perfumes are beautiful! I love Note de Yuzu and it has also been on my top 5 for a full bottle, hopefully some day!
Are you more of a full bottle purchaser than a decant purchaser?
Holly, I used to be all about the decants, but now I’m terrified of evaporation, so I’ve stopped buying them. Travel sprays are my favorite now!
Ah, I can understand that! I’ve been very lucky in that regard, and only had one decant start to evaporate in the last… decade? However, I don’t enjoy fiddling with decants and yet I don’t want full bottles either! I guess sometimes it’s good to sit the process out and the cream will float to the top…
You could check out Basenotes. Splitters tend to like to get rid of the bottle but ask for a minimum keep the bottle amount (usually 60%!ofthe bottle). Sometimes, I purchase at the stated keep the bottle amount and sometimes I wait until I see that a good chunk is taken and I nicely ask the splitter if s/he is willing to ship my decant in the bottle, of course not paying for the atomizer but paying for the higher weight.
I’m wearing one of my favorite summer colognes 4711 AC Rhubarb & Clary Sage.
Whenever I see 4711 I go straight back to my teens and a dear friend of mine who always had a large bottle of the original on her dresser. She was super cool and so I always thought, even though not a fan, that 4711 is for cool people
This sounds like such a refreshing scent!
Can you describe it, just a bit?
Thanks.
SOTM is leftover Amouage Beloved from last night, which was a fun cloud to move around in with the blazing heat!
Not sure what to wear today. Promised several students I would try to “crash” their field day today, the last day of school, to show them I’m ok and wish them a happy summer. Which means I likely should wear something that is more polite than a cloud of Beloved. . . middle school commons in 95F weather might need some, uh, protective armor, though. . .
Aww, I’m sure they’ll be happy to see you!😊
It has been a very hard year this year–WAAAAaaay more extremely disruptive, mentally ill, and honestly, poorly socialized, kids per class than “usual.” Which means that the “nice” kids are having to deal with a lot. I will not miss this *group* of kids, but there are some amazing individual kids, who have survived a hard year with me, and I look forward to checking in with them and giving them my well-wishes for the summer!
I wish I could send my rising 8th grader up to your class next year! He needs a teacher like you that really cares and roots for him!
That’s sweet of you to say, Jada!
I hope your kiddo finds a few teachers that are a good fit for him next year, too!
Hope you found the right 95 degree field day scent!
I decided on Zeta, which is lovely in warm weather, but maybe not quite the fragrance armor I’ll wish I had!
How was the field day?
This is a late reply, so I don’t know if you’ll see it. . . but it was a nice visit. I got lots of (admittedly stinky!) hugs and a few thank you letters, too! Felt good; I’m glad I went.
I love Au Couer during Desert! I have a day off today and enjoying it, my dogs are doing their post potty rough housing match. Since I am going to visit my aunt in a few minutes, I am wearing Chanel no 5. I just didn’t know what to wear and just about every perfume that I thought of just didn’t seem to fit.
I’m your sibling in Eau Premiere!
Me too, I’m in L’eau!
Am house buddy, Chanel Beige.
You ladies all smell wonderful!
I’m wearing the last of my Ferre Ferre decant. RIP.
You smell fantastic. One more time.
In this heat my citrus colognes have been in heavy rotation. Will probably start with Guerlain this morning, and then move on to Hermès. My oldest and I are heading into SF late this afternoon to exchange a Hermès tie he got as a graduation gift from his grandpa. It will be fun to have a legit excuse to “ shop” there.
My cousin lives in Berkeley and posted the temperature on insta yesterday, that’s hot! Stay cool!
Poor Mr. Spicebomb is in Sacramento this week on business. It’s plenty warm in Portland, but it’s 10 degrees warmer there! (And he has to wear business clothes. Blech.)
Have fun! I need to have a visit to Hermès, looking for a scarf or something fun. Are you going to lunch at Neiman’s Rotunda?
Oh, the Hermes boutique!!
Where everyone and everything is so cool,
and, hopefully, air-conditioned!!
Hope that you sniff something wonderful!!
Enjoy your time at Hermes!
Hope you found something nice at Hermes.
I am in A. Shoshana and smell like passionfruit and more passionfruit
Yes you do
That sounds yummy! 😋
Day 2 of Corsica Furiosa. I suppose I’m matching the green parts of the painting.
There are big clumps of blooming honeysuckle climbing up a fence that I pass on my way to work and the smell is absolutely divine. I very nearly turned around just so I could walk past them again.
In other news, yesterday I received an adorably tiny vintage bottle of Jacomo Silences that I’d ordered last week. Wow that stuff is bracing! I’m really starting to get into that “bitter green” genre of scents that comes from materials like galbanum, petitgrain, and tomato leaf. If anybody knows any other good ones, I’m all ears.
Have you tried Papillon Dryad? I love that one. And Bel Respiro is another favorite.
I haven’t tried either one! Will check out Dryad on my next trip to Indigo.
I love Silences! In addition to Elisa P’s great suggestions, I’ll add Chanel 19 edt, L’Heure Exquise, and Vent Vert (for starters.)
Oops, I meant Goutal’s Heure Exquise, not Bortnikoff’s L’Heure Exquise.
Our honeysuckle is smelling great this week too!
And vintage Vent Vert — the really old stuff.
I’ve just fallen in love with galbanum myself. Silences is the queen, but I think Zoologist Macaque is an interesting take, too.
You smell fabulous!
The vintage version of Balmain’s Ivoire had quite a hit of bitter green.
Hi everyone! I’m puttering around the house today in a dab of Nina Ricci Bigarade from a mini. This stuff is heaven. Haven’t decided what to wear for the day but I’m not in any hurry to get ready.
Yay for puttering around the house, my favorite activity.
Me too! Sadly I had stuff to do this afternoon.
Sotd is Eau Premiere. Today is my granny’s 93 birthday, and I am wearing it in her honor. I can’t be with her today but this is the perfume I’ve worn the last two times I visited her. I think it was LizzieB who suggested wearing a scent for an a association, so thank you for that. I got a text from my mom last night reminding me to call her (thanks mom🙄) and she ended her text by saying “call often while she still knows you.” Now, my mother is a bit of an alarmist, but that was enough to strike fear and panic through my heart. Her short term memory has been slipping, and I would like to think that the bond we have is strong enough that she will always remember me, but I guess only time will tell. She was only 40 when I was born and became my caretaker much of the time while my parents finished college and worked. It was a role she embraced and still talks about fondly. I got off the phone with her a little bit ago and she sounded great!😁 Love that lady.
How wonderful to get to know your grandmother so deeply! Happy birthday to her! 🍰
Thanks Marjorie Rose, she has been a special part of my life, for sure!
How sweet! And Happy Birthday to her! I was not close with any of my grandparents, but my husband had that kind of relationship with his Granny who lived with them most of his life.
Thanks! I’ve loved our special bond and have tried to foster that between my own kids and my parents. I hope someday they look back on their grandparents fondly.
So touching! Happy Birthday to your grandmother and many more to celebrate in good health!
Thanks pl67! I hope she has many more too!
Happy Birthday to your Grandma!
Thanks lillyjo!
Cherish the calls and visits with her! Grannys are such special people. Mine had a lot of memory loss before she passed at 98, but she always knew who I was until the end. Hugs to you and her as well!
Also we are siblings since I’m in L’eau!
We smell great!🙌
Thanks KellyC! Grannys sure are special people! I have lots of memories and pictures of the two of us that I cherish as well. I’ve also been saving her voicemails on my phone for the past few years because…I know some day “that” day will come and not hearing her voice again would break my heart.☺️
Happy Birthday to your granny!
Thanks Holly!
Happy Birthday to your grandma!
My grandmother lived until almost 96. I spoke with her every day for the last 10 years of her life. Her memory and mind were sharp until the last 3 months after the stroke.
Thank you! How wonderful for you both that you spoke daily.😊I hope my granny makes it to 96- or beyond!
wow! best wishes to her!
Thanks ltsg!
What a lovely post about your grandmother.
Thanks Aurora, she’s a lovely lady.☺️
Happy birthday to your grandmother — she sounds like a treasure!
Thanks FearsMice! (I think so😉)
High 5 for grandma love! 🙌🏼
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That’s so sweet <3 happy birthday to her!
Thanks Koyel!
Happy Birthday to your Granny madtowngirl!
Thanks Jalapeño!
Wishing your Gran a Happy Birthday! She sounds like a wonderful woman!!
Hi all, SOTD is Roger & Gallet’s Fleur de Figuier, juicy, pulpy, green fig.
That sounds like a good fig!
sounds like I want to go find a juicy fig to eat
That sounds like a fig worth seeking out.
In Xinu OroNardo today. This is a gorgeous tuberose-mock orange combination by the nose Rodrigo Flores-Roux and it feels like being surrounded by an aura of spun gold. I won a vial of this scent and Monstera by Xinu (a unique and beautiful bright tropical green) from a giveaway over on PerfumePosse a while ago, and I’m so glad I did because this brand is pretty amazing! I’m going to pick up samples of the other two Xinu scents on my next luckyscent order.
I’m having a hard time brainstorming a perfume for Friday! I can think of plenty of scents that match the green in the painting, but I don’t know if I have anything that smells cobalt blue/indigo. Usually my color/scent associations are strong, so this is a fun challenge. I think maybe I mostly associate the cobalt with glass and perfume bottles, rather than any specific scent? Like Andy Tauer bottles, and vintage Evening in Paris.
Hope everyone is having a great Wednesday!
I think Monstera was Kevin’s favorite…that brand is really cool but I have not smelled any of them.
I just read Kevin’s review of Monstera and I definitely agree with him—it’s such a good rainforest scent, and something special. I get hints of a pineapple-ish fruit rather than stardew but that’s likely due to skin chemistry. It’s definitely worth a sniff if you run into any in-person!
Sotd- Commodity Bergamont
Enjoy the day friends!
I like that one. You smell good!
Thank you!
Good morning Y’all…..
I cleaned out a closet this weekend and found a long forgotten Atelier discovery set….so I’m bright and crisp today in Orange Sanguine! I had forgotten how good this one is…..
OS is so good. I love it, especially that initial burst of orange!
Smelling mighty fine, Jada! Any new videos in the works?
I keep thinking of video ideas…..then I don’t follow thru!
I need to do a summer favorites! I’ve really been enjoying several this summer…..
I am wearing J’adore absolu from a sample I found while sorting out a box with junk.
Its a very pretty (mostly white) floral. So elegant and wearable, but its a bit too clean/soapy for me.
I joke all the time that I’m not a fan of smelling “clean” haha.
Too clean in a fragrance is not pleasant for me.
Wearing Aramis Calligraphy today (thanks, LD!).
That one was my least favorite of the series – what do you think? Seems to be more of a nod to the traditional rose/oud combo, but not quite as intense as some. It’s not that I don’t like, I just don’t like it nearly as much as the other two.
This one, the original Calligraphy, is nicely done and I like it, but I don’t think it stands out among the huge number of rose/oud scents out there. Calligraphy Rose is beautiful and I enjoy smelling it, but it is a little challenging for me — it clamors for my attention, somehow, and I’d have to save it for home wear to be happy with it. Calligraphy Saffron is my straight-up favorite of the three: a gorgeous scent that is interesting but isn’t too pushy. So happy to have the opportunity to try them all, though!
I’m another beneficiary of LD’s generosity. I agree in ranking Calligraphy the lowest of the three, but my love in the trio is the rose one! Yum! It’s so rich and chewy, or as Lisa said, “jammy”. Mmmm!
The sun’s given way to clouds so I’m in Omnia today.
And you smell great Dorsey!
Omnia’s the bomb!
Hi All! In Les Nuits d’Hadrien, which is the opposite of the CP. If I could assign colours to this fragrance it would be dusty browns and mustards. I’m on leave for two weeks from the end of next week and as usual the universe is putting me on trial to make sure that I am utterly exhausted and spent by the time my vacation arrives. My brother has been sick for two weeks and was admitted to hospital only yesterday. We are trying to find my younger son another school. I have written here about our difficulties with his current school, but things have come to a head as in the past I could always say that his teacher was well meaning but inexperienced. He now has a teacher who is bringing her personal issues to school and who resents any child who does not fit into her little box of what the perfect pupil should be like. Please send good vibes as he is writing entry exams this week which will determine whether he gets accepted at this other school. We all need a new start with this, parents and child equally!
Good vibes headed your way for a smooth school change and resolution to those problems!
Sending very positives vibes, Amyitis! Wishing you the best!
My heart goes out to you.
I worried more about my sons’ personal and academic success in high school more than anything else in my life.
It was a stressful time-best wishes!
Super positive vibes to you and your family! I really really hope your son gets to go to the other school. A fresh start can make alot of difference.
Sending positive vibes, Amyitis!
send good thoughts
Changing schools when I was 11 meant everything to me and changed the course of my life, so I know how important it can be. Best of luck for your son!
All best wishes for a happy outcome for your son.
Sending positive vibes to both you and your son!
Very good luck to you, your son and your brother…that is a lot to deal with at once.
Best wishes that everything works out for the best, both your brother and son.
PS: My 13 year old son had a TERRIBLE 7th grade year….praying that 8th grade is better for him too…..
Hoping excellent schools and teachers are right around the corner! 👍🏼
Oh dear, sending you good vibes <3
Oh, boy. Wishing everything turns out well for your brother and your son!
Good vibes and positive thoughts heading your way!
Oh my goodness, that is a lot to deal with. Sending you and your family good vibes. I hope everything works out for everyone.
Started the morning out in Carner Barcelona Costarela. It’s really pretty and easy to wear but doesn’t last on me unfortunately. Topped it off with No. 5 L’eau.
So glad the week is half over. We are going camping this weekend in the trailer and I can’t wait!
Hope it’s a great camping trip!
enjoy your camping trip
Your camper is GORGEOUS! And my idea of camping- in comfort and style!😎 Have fun!
Hope you have a blast!
Lucky you! Enjoy your camping trip!
SOTD = Jacomo Silences
My bottle was a gift from a dear perfumista friend. This is a very green version of Chanel No.19 EDP and is also related to Annick Goutal Heure Exquise and Maitre Parfumeur etc Gantier Iris Bleu Gris (I have the vintage).
I suppose I could have waited to wear this on Friday to fit the CP but eh, I can think of a few others I can wear and you know what is tops on the list!
Dang it, hajusuuri. Now I want to try that haha. You know I love No. 19 and Heure Exquise!
Ha! They are definitely related!
I can’t imagine something more green than No. 19. But I’m fairly new to the green scene. Lol at my unintentional rhyming 😀
LOL and yes, Silences is greener than No.19!
Echoing Robin’s comment above, if you find vintage Vent Vert you’ll be blown away!
Also lillyjo, if you want another take on green, Zoologist Elephant is interesting!
Sounds like I need to try elephant and macaque. I’ve had occassuon to smellthe remnants of a spilled decant from TPC (you have to Payne to use them again). It was green indeed but it smelled “thin”
Both are worth a sniff!
On me, Macaque has more layers but is also sharper (I think that’s just how I perceive cedar). Elephant has something milky going on in the background, which reminded me a bit of Fils de Dieu.
I almost wore Silences today!
Are you saving it for Friday?
You know I love Silences! 😊
Absolutely dear perfumista friend 🙏
🤗😘
I think there will be a lot of No 19 on Friday. I thought of it when I saw that picture, and when I think of 19, I think of you!😊
I think I’ll have a lot of twins. I feel so loved based on your comment 😍😘
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Silences could easily be called the “Queen of Green”! You are smelling fantastic today!
I am wearing Dusita Splendiris today and loving it.
You smell fantastic! I also love Splendiris!
I’m really looking forward to trying this!
Another very hot day here in Portland so I’m wearing about 10 sprays of Rhubarb Ecarlate. I love this scent in summer, so crisp.
Were you able to sleep last night? Jet lag + these temps seems like an awful combo. We don’t have AC, yet, in the new house, so the kitties and I had to sprawl out in front of a fan most of the night.
You smell perfect on a hot sticky day!
I’m feeling much better today. Wearing Eau de Merveilles Bleau. I think it matches the painting maybe a little. The painting makes me think of purple cabbage though.
Glad you are feeling better!
Thank you, me too!
Happy to hear you are feeling better, Lillyjo! I love, love, love Eau de Merveilles Bleau! You smell fantastic!
Thanks!, I really enjoy wearing it.
Glad you’re feeling better, lillyjo! I had to lol at the thought of matching a perfume to purple cabbage, but I bet it can be done by someone here!
Lol!, I hope no one will be smelling like cabbage!
Pleased as punch to hear that you are feeling better today lillyjo!
Thanks! I’m very relieved it didn’t last. Maybe I just needed to rest.
Glad you are feeling better!
I’ve only tried EdM and really liked it. Is the Bleu version much different?
I have a hard time with the other EDMs, but the bleu one works well for me. It’s more salty, and aquatic smelling. Funny thing is, that under most circumstances I hate aquatics! It really is exceptional imo. I’ve been living off Sephora samples everytime I go, but I think I will get a small bottle this summer.
Ah! I really like salty too. I have a few beachy summer frags and samples; some have too much aquatic in them so I know what you mean. Thanks for your review!
I may have to check this out. Enjoy your new bottle when you get it!
Gorgeous day here today, the last until next week as it’s supposed to rain for the rest of this week. Feeling grateful and happy in SL Fleurs de Citronnier.
Really glad you are finally getting some nice weather 🌞
Went with just Nuxe body oil today. Gorgeous day and I am done with work so I may go read in the hammock if the bees will let me
Hope the bees kept busy somewhere else! It was gorgeous here too and I managed some bug free time in the rocker with my magazines.
Commando here in the hot west.
My cat pointed out that there was a mouse in the house last night. I have never had a mouse before..hopefully it was the only one. It was so small I wasn’t sure what it was at first. My cats were full on patrol mode after that lol.
So gross but grateful for my little mousers.
I have to buy vaccum..as my Shark decided to die after only a year and a half. Meh money that could be spent on perfume (or bills? Lol).
I have to get a new vacuum too, and am not looking forward to that process. I would happily get replacement parts for my old one if I still could.
We still have one place left that will fix an old vacuum, so we’ve had the same Hoover for about 18 years. It works fantastic. But when that place closes, we’ll have to give in and buy a new one.
I’m sampling Cap Neroli. The initial blast felt a little too fresh and bracing for me, but after a short time that phase settled down and I l’m really enjoying it. In the back of my mind, I’m pretty sure I have other stuff that’s quite similar, but who knows what that other stuff is? I guess not me! After yesterday’s fiddling with samples and decants, I’m not in the mood to repeat that process.
I know others have mentioned PdN’s Neroli intense, but the details have slipped my mind. Thoughts? Any comparison to Cap Neroli?
I’m wearing Neroli Intense today (and I thought I posted my SOTD 😱)!
The Cap is fresher and greener to me. The Intense is deeper orange with a little beeswax chewiness. It has some green notes but not as bracing
It’s also a little sweeter, but not too sweet. I like both!
Thank you, Elisa P! Sounds like I should try Neroli Intense as well!
I love the colors in the painting, and can think of perfumes I associate with blues and greens to go with it. Reading that to Georgia O’Keeffe it represented the sound of cattle lowing ran counter to my first impressions, but I’m trying to fit that artist intent into my take on the picture.
Scent so far is 4711 Pink Pepper and Grapefruit, from the split of Pixel’s doorstop 4711 bottles.
This one smells nice and fresh to me, a pleasant cologne.
All the perfumes that I associate with blue and green seem to be the wrong shades so far for the CP. I probably have something but haven’t found it just yet.
But also don’t forget the music part…so you can forget the colors and go by what the shapes say to you about sound / music / movement.
In the hit weather lately I’ve been enjoying my splits! I just keep spraying myself throughout the evening. Citrus is so refreshing!
CP scent Moonlight Patouchli. I came across a bottle of this in one of those shops that sells bulk packages of cleaning sponges and makeup btands that look suspiciously like melted crayons in gold embossed, clear plastic palettes. But a locked shelf of perfumes turned up trumps with one lonely bottle of MP…a lone voice muttering Oh, the glamour. oh, the glamour amongst a wall of flickering neon tubing at the back of the shopping mall.
I am trying to interest the dogs in indoor activities today as it is cold but we will be off up the hill soon. The gorse is in full flower and there is one track that has pine trees on one side, coconutty gorse on the other…what a great combination. Also, bought a head torch…the dogs eyes are very spooky , neon flashes in the dark.
Hoping you don’t see any other non-canine eyes in the night! 👀
Wow, amazing find in an unexpected place! Love Moonlight Patchouli, you smell lovely.
Having a small fluffy dog, we don’t go out except in broad daylight (too much risk from coyotes and owls/hawks).
Decided on Tauer’s Zeta for SOTD, in celebration of the currently blooming linden trees!
I need to break mine out soon too! You smell great.
Another scorching day in Poland. I was wearing Yu Son from Altaia – a green tea scent feels good in the heat but is fleeting…
Side note – been to Sephora and tested new Bottega Veneta Illusione, me likey.
I wish my Sephora carried BV
Going to a big and possibly stressful meeting this afternoon. Wearing the relaxing Vanille Insensee – just hope there will be cookies for everyone during the catered coffee break…
Cookies improve everything.
You smell lovely.
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SOTD is lake water and sweat. Ready for a shower shortly, then maybe I’ll choose something. Corsica Furiosa probably. Still sipping morning coffee, wishing it was iced. This heat, humidity, and complete absence of a stitch of breeze has me cussy and cranky. It’s supposed to “normalize” tomorrow, so we shall see.
Had the first go on an inflatbale kayak I bought after I sold my SUP a few weeks ago. I also purchased a little cart so that I can attach it to the back end, pick up the front and wheel it to the water if I’m a ways away. This morning it was a comedy of errors because although I was able to strap it down snugly (who needs directions?!), the only access to the lake from my campsite is down a 5 foot steep embankment. So that was fun, and even more fun getting it back up when I was done. However, it’s BEAUTIFUL on the water; stable, pretty fast for an inflatable, and has very little wander when paddling.
T-Rex was killing it with her front half propped up on the side, nose to the breeze, snuffling all the smells luxuriously, eyes closed in ecstasy, (a canine parody of George Washington crossing the Delaware!). It does smell astounding fresh and green here, wild foxglove blooming along the shore, the brash, bright green of spring and summer shouting for joy against the backdrop of dark greens and spruce blue from older growth.
Yesterday, we were walking to compactor, when doggo wheeled around, and stood stock still. We were being following by a deer, delicately clomping her way up the path.
Happy Humpday! I’ll be smelling much better very soon!👍🏼
Jealous of your awesome day! It sounds so beautiful, peaceful and relaxing!
Not a bad day in the grand scheme of things. How much longer before you retire? I think I remember you stating this current contract is your last..?
I wish! I have many years in front of me for retirement.
Ack! Sorry, I must be thinking of someone else!
How fun! Sounds just amazing.
It’s beautiful up here, even in the too high summer heat. 🌊
I bet you and T-Rex are gonna have a blast with your new kayak this summer! I love kayaking!!
I feel much more comfortable on it than I did the SUP. I wanted something I could use in bays and waterways on the Alaskan coast. With the SUP, falling off was guaranteed. With the kayak, a little less likely..🤞🏼
I got a big grin on my face at your description of T-Rex lounging on your inflatable kayak!
She loves it, which makes me happy. I often feel guilty because she doesn’t have a “yard” anymore, so I try to be outside with her as much as possible. The sides are low, so even if she falls or jumps off, it will be easy to get her back on by grabbing the handle on her PFD and hoisting her back in.
It sounds like T-Rex found her pure bliss! What a great day you had once you were in the water.
Yesterday for me was a comedy of errors in the morning. I should have stayed home. One of my shoes (well, flip-flops) broke on the way out of the garage, had to go back in to find a new pair of shoes. Then my hubby noticed my t-shirt was on inside out; had to go back inside again to turn it around) Then finally, most of my coffee spilled by the time I got to my desk due to me carrying it in my overstuffed snack bag and juggling all my other daily accessories.
When do arrive in BC?
Omg, that sounds like a he** of a morning! Not sure about BC because I’ve changed my mind for the millionth time. Now planning skipping east to Montana then heading up through Alberta so I can take in Jasper, Banff, and Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump. Trying to fit in as many UNESCO sites as possible…
Enjoy your adventure! It will be fantastic.
Oh yay!! I am another week+ away from my lake week, can’t wait.
I hope your weather is perfect, with nary a cloud in the sky! 🌞
Zoologist Elephant, very fitting for a warm and rainy day. I like the tropical feeling of this.
Still have no idea for the CP….
Elephant is very very green; so is the newer one, Dodo. You might like it also.
Poême, this time a 1990s bottle, with a gifted JM orange lotion.
It’s so nice to see you here again, flopper!
Nice! I hope it will work do you! I wore when it was released, then it fell off my radar. Actually someone I know was wearing it last summer, and I asked what she was wearing.
For you *. I’ve forgotten how to spell and how to post replies.
Thank you!
What Holly said! 🙌🏼 Flopper’s in da HOUSE!!
A colleague of mine recently smelled fabulous in this! I’ll have to try it out on myself to see if my skin plays as nicely with it.
Hello there flopper! 👋
Very late to the party. Had one of those days at work that are just plain awful. Feeling really exhausted and exasperated. One more day of work and then on Friday I have an important job interview and two test translations in the afternoon and after that it will be France for 2 whole weeks.
SOTD is Enlèvement au Sérail. Which is evaporating from its bottle like nothing else. I will have to decant the complete contents into another bottle as all that I’ve tried so far to control the evaporation clearly isn’t working.
Now off to read all the other comments and then BED!
Yikes, your manufacturer’s bottle is evaporating? I have a decant of Enlèvement which is thankfully holding up well, despite the passing years.
I hope that tomorrow is a much better day for you at work. Those days can be soul draining.
So sorry for the crappy day austenfan!
Another absolutely gorgeous day here, weather-wise. The cats took full advantage of it by parking themselves in the bay window for an hour or two this afternoon and sunbathing. They all looked incredibly happy and peaceful while doing that. 🌞😸😸😸
SOTD = Robert Piguet Gardenia EdP, from the sample stash, and a lovely NSTer. I felt like testing new-to-me scents today. However, I smell like celery with this one! Rather unusual.
Do you get any gardinia? Or just the celery?
Just celery. 😕 It’s definitely disconcerting.
Two perfect days in a row! (Other than the celery, sorry about the celery)
Hey ☺ , checking in from Killarney , Ireland. I am wearing Chanel Chance Eau Tendre and I drank Irish breakfast tea this morning.
Hope your having a great time!
Hope you’re having a blast!
Lucky you, enjoy!
Hope that your trip is going well!
Yay for drinking Irish Breakfast in Ireland!
Oh, sounds like you’re having a grand holiday! 🍀
Ahhhhhhh you guys DID YOU SEE?!?!?! https://sonomascent.wordpress.com/2019/06/12/sonoma-scent-studio-has-a-new-owner/
SSS is coming back!!!!!!
I am too excited about this for someone who is not supposed to buy any more perfume possibly ever.
Yes, I got her notification and am so excited and happy for her!
And um, me and all the rest of the SSS fans!
Great, thanks for letting us know!
You didn’t really just say ever, did you?🤨😂
Thanks for posting! I have never tried anything from the line and was remiss when it closed.
Ehhhhh I think most of us could swim in glorious perfumes if we never bought any more, no?
Hope you get to enjoy them this time around!
WHAT?!?!?! Awesome news Koyel! Thanks for letting us know.
Which of her scents do you recommend?
Uh, almost any of them! Even the ones I don’t like are great. My favorites are Fireside Intense, Equestrian, and Champagne de Bois. Rose Musc is wonderful too. Lots of other people love Bee’s Bliss, though I found that one simply nice. Winter Woods is a great one, but very rich and maybe not for June. I quite enjoyed one of the violet scents, too!
Nice.
Thank you for sharing this! How exciting!
SOTD was Eau de Magnolia. It’s fleeting but pretty.
I’d take fleeting but pretty over long-lasting and “un-pretty” any day.
Feeling clean and soapy in SL Fleurs de Citronnier.
Ah, good pick.
Posting late today. I wore MFK APOM, the rose one. This is a dewy light fresh rose, not the jammy deep kind (which I also love, but not so much in hot weather).
Pretty light pink or yellow roses do sound good for hot weather.
Hello, I haven’t posted in probably a couple years. Joyous sniffings to you!
This painting is easier for me to scent than the last two. I wore Ashoka this morning from a sample because it sounded like it would go with it. Sadly, after a very nice opening, the middle part becomes (on me) a smell something like what’s left after crude oil has been refined as far as it can be.
It faded out by early afternoon so I wore Silences after that. The rose in Silences keeps me from relating it to the painting.
Welcome back. Silences seems to be popular today.
Reached into my sample grab-bag and pulled out Ormonde Jayne White Gold. Just put on a tiny amount on the back of my hand. Wow, this is potent.
Tomorrow is my Friday so I think I will sample again tomorrow night and sit outside to see how this blooms; we have a bit of a heat-wave starting up. ☀😁
I was looking up White Gold last night, but stopped after I saw that price! Hope your Friday goes by smoothly. I responded to your edm question up above.
It’s worth sampling. So far it’s very beautiful but I’m not sure it’s fbw. Although I could change my mind tomorrow; that price though!
I copied Robin. Gosh, I love every Tauer scent I’ve tried. I could totally FB this one. Maybe a decant first…
Hey twin!