Another Monday. What fragrance are you wearing?
I went with Lush Kerbside Violet for a rainy summer morning.
Reminder: 7/12 will be Henry David Thoreau's birthday, aka Simplicity Day. Do absolutely whatever you like with the theme. (My favorite piece about Thoreau and Walden: Pond Scum: Henry David Thoreau’s moral myopia, from The New Yorker.)
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 Walden Pond, Concord, MA [cropped] by Sultry/sulky/silly at flickr; some rights reserved.
I’m wearing Dior Granville, which on my skin is almost unbearably medicinal.
It had a note of rhumatism salve for me, very strange
Not only Monday, but Monday after taking a week off from my day job. It’s rough. I’m wearing Yves Rocher Monoi: beach cookies.
I am right there with you
First day back at work after a week vacation. Trying to get back into the routine and Coromandel is helping me feel polished and professional.
You smell wonderful
Thank you!
You do smell super good.
Me thinks so too ?
Robin I enjoy the revisionist reading of Thoreau from the New Yorker that you linked to.
Lots of good lines but here is a particularly good one:
“But worse than Thoreau’s radical self-denial is his denial of others. The most telling thing he purports to abstain from while at Walden is companionship, which he regards as at best a time-consuming annoyance, at worst a threat to his mortal soul. For Thoreau, in other words, his fellow-humans had the same moral status as doormats.”
While I agree that Thoreau can be an annoying prig, on the other hand I still find some of his writing sublime. You can’t over-estimate his importance to later American environmentalists like John Muir. And I do find occasional traces of wit in his works.
I am one of those readers who only knows about Thoreau second hand so it’s interesting to hear your perspective on his writing
I think this is absolutely true…he was an annoying prig, he was an amazing nature writer.
I will include more links tomorrow.
Caligna today. I did a perfume inventory this weekend (well, I started one, have to finish tonight!) which left me feeling very rich and grateful. And overstocked – look for me in the next swap and freebie meets!
I’ll be looking haha!
I’ll be looking also! ?
Caligna is a curious and lovely perfume, it always surprises me.
Caligna is beautiful. I really like it. You smell great!
Byredo Sundazed. Nice sweet citrusy and flowery opening. Ten seconds later starts smelling like cheap laundry detergent. It doesn’t develop more than that. Very tenacious. After almost 5 hours it is still going strong. Good for a day where I will be outside at some of the construction sites. Not full bottle or sample worthy. Sample thunk!
Maybe the rain will wash it off for you! I sniffed it in a store, but only on a blotters. It’s not my thing, but I thought it smelled cheerful from a quick sniff. Laundry detergent is a big NO for me, though.
I second a big NO for laundry detergent. Any super clean smell is just not for me.
I third your second?
I’ll make it number 4 on that second! The only thing I want to smell like detergent is my laundry detergent.
I applied some on a blotter and it was a very nice sweet citrusy scent all the time. On skin the opening changes very quickly and that soapy, super clean smell is really boring. I can still smell it on my arms. The longevity is really good.
Didn’t like it at all! Cleaning product smell…
Glad to hear I am not the only one getting a cleaning product smell. Not the way I want to be smelling, especially the whole day.
I smelled some Byredos recently and wasn’t impressed, I have a sample of Bal d’Afrique which I haven’t tried yet.
That’s the only Byredo that worked for me, but I only tested it once. It’s in my retry pile of infinity…
Thank you for your input Holly, now I will definitely try Bd’A.
I like BdA but feel like Vetiver Tonka is a better version of it
It seems to be a line full of expensive disappointments.
I have not tried Bal d’ Afrique yet, but I really like Pulp and I always enjoy wearing it.
Pulp always makes me smile whenever I smell it!
It is so much fun wearing Pulp!
Perfumer H Orange Leaf (from a decant). Still on my sample & decant thunking project. Trying to gradually transition my collection to a small number of loved FBs rather than a large number of decants/samples. I wore Child Perfume (from a sample) to the beach yesterday.
Really enjoyed following the bath product conversation from the weekend poll! I’m still working my way through all the comments. Didn’t post because I’m pretty minimal when it comes to bath products (and I mostly prefer them unscented). Some of you have really impressive collections!
I enjoyed the poll too and saved it so I can remember all the great recommendations. So fun to imagine some of those collections!
I am still working my way through as well. The Molton Rose shower gel and patchouli soap sounded particularly enticing. I am a peruser of Marshall’s soaps and shower gels, and so usually wind up with a pretty eclectic selection.
I have the worst Marshall’s habit. It’s like I can’t walk out of the store empty-handed.
I really liked Orange Leaf.
Classic Mitsouko! No sneezes! So happy as I love this stuff…
You smell wonderful. I’m glad you’re not sneezing over it!
Scent twin
Monday, boo-hoo!
Wearing 31 Rue Cambon which is helping the blahs.
Boss resigned and lots of uncertainty; trying to take it one day at a time.
Oh dear. That’s always unsettling. Hope the scent is comforting.
It is, thanks. How are you? Need to connect again soon
I can relate. My boss’s last day was Friday though she gave notice three weeks ago. Did your boss resign effective today or do you have weeks to deal with it?
She’s done on Friday. She gave 3 weeks but one of them she was out on vaca. She has been with us for 10 yrs and truly the vision of all we do and had significant success with. I feel confident we’ve been steeped in her way of thinking to continue business as is, but what’s next and who’s going to get us there? Big shoes to fill.
She sounds like an amazing boss!
I keep meaning to wear 31 Rue Cambon but then get distracted. You smell great!
I enjoyed my boss as a person, but she wasn’t the best manager. My department was having lots of issues with her in the months before we found out she was leaving. It all started to make sense. She knew in March or April that she was moving away, so she wasn’t fully present at work.
I hope your transition to work life without the boss goes well! It sounds like she’s set you all on a good path.
I hope it’s not uncertain for too long. At least you smell great.
Wearing Imaginary Authors Cobra and the Canary from my travel bottle. I haven’t worn it in a year or so because I had decided I didn’t like it….now I’m loving it, lots of leather and asphalt but I smell the hay and tobacco flowers underneath, and they come forward in the drydown. I had contemplated putting this on my swap list and now I’m glad I didn’t! So the moral of the story is don’t get rid of anything
Love the painting.
Good thing you didn’t swap. That’s happened to me a couple of times- swapped or gave away only to miss it down the road!
I’ve been there, too!
Swap remorse, the worst! I’ve done it several times.
Very lazy day today, haven’t even showered, never mind applied fragrance! Glued to Wimbledon, as ever, & will be so right up to the finals on Sunday. Finished my sample of Muguet Porcelaine last week, so will have to find something else to wear when I meet a friend for early supper tomorrow evening. Seriously contemplating a Glasgow trip before the end of July to perhaps purchase a bottle of MP from the Hermes concession in Frasers department store. Donated a few blagged samples (VC&A California Reverie, Margiela Beach Walk, CD The Cashmere) to my best friend recently – she likes to wear perfume at work but is reluctant to use up the bottle of Ostara I gave her ages ago just to go to the office!
Love Wimbledon!
Kerbside Violet, like many violet scents, works very well on a rainy day. You smell lovely, Robin. And thanks for the link to an interesting article (essay?). I did not read anything by Thoreau, but apparently he was the man with issues, to put it mildly.
I’ll try to use up as many small samples as possible this week. This should make my wardrobe ‘simpler’, provided that I won’t re-purchase, of course.
My SOTD is Organza Indecence (thunk!). A delicious creamy woody vanilla.
Another thing – Robin, I see you have TBA for 8/2 CP. How about the guessing game? Last year we did it in August, and it was a popular CP.
You smell perfect. OI is one of my best blind buys, maybe the best.
Thank you! I feel that I will evetually (and probably rather sooner than later) get a decant.
Needed a new scent after taking a bath, so I dabbed the remains of my sample of Profumi del Forte Marconi 3. It’s a lovely oriental blend of resins and balsams, but I do not think I need more, at least not now.
Two thunks in a day – not bad at all!
It’s a favorite in colder months for me, you smell all delicious.
There were lots of rebuttals to that NYer article, including a long bit in the Atlantic…I will see if I can put a link to something tomorrow so as to be more even handed, even though I am not a fan of Thoreau and I think his relationship to “simplicity” is as troubled as Marie Kondo’s.
And good idea on the CP, consider it done
Yes, it does sound biased and one-sided, but still an interesting read.
Well, he was arrogant for sure, but on the right side of a number of political issues of the day (imho). I would especially recommend The Pond in Winter chapter of Walden and his marvelous essay “On Walking.” Try to read to the very end without a small tear or at least an intake of breath. Here’s a link to a free online version: https://www.gutenberg.org/files/1022/1022-h/1022-h.htm.
I would agree with that, and started to write a longer response about On Civil Disobedience and realized I really can’t without falling outside of my own comment policy, so I will shut up now
Theme today is a throwback: Can’t Stop, Won’t Stop. This summer it has been vetiver. VOTM is Fat Electrician.
I spent most of the 4-day weekend napping and sleeping. Woke up somewhat restored and used my energy to tackle a couple of projects: 1) I finally put my winter perfumes away, which had been sitting jumbled in a box in my perfume dresser. (Was also looking for some rose perfumes and found that I don’t really have any. Wha??) 2) Cleaned some nasty-a$$ sandals that were no longer wearable. How does one keep suede footbeds not-nasty in humid weather? Mine are perpetually gross and wet. If you know, please share.
Other triumphs:
For the past few weeks I’ve been on a mission to find a swimsuit that is both flattering and comfortable, unwavering in my conviction that I would succeed despite having gained back the 15 lbs I lost 7 years ago. I found two! One is super flattering and quite comfortable; the other is very comfortable and quite flattering.
#keephopealive
Here’s a site with cleaning instructions for suede footbed sandals:
https://sasshoesyonkers.com/blogs/news/sandal-cleaning-tips
Thanks! I’ve actually done all of those things except using laundry detergent and water, which I’m surprised that they recommend. (I’m pretty sure I’ve destroyed one pair of Mephistos by using water during the cleaning process.) I’m pretty sure both pairs would’ve stayed in good shape had I stuck to the eraser method, but it’s just way too time-consuming and labor-intensive.
I’m thinking I just need to stuff my shoes with newspaper in between wears so they kind of dry out, which is especially challenging in humid weather. They soak up the humidity from the air like sponges and never dry out. Unless someone else has a better idea…
You could treat them like a wet phone and bury them in rice….
Lol
For real, that is a good idea. I think I will try it.
If you do manage to get them to a dry state (leave them in the sun?) you can use sandpaper to clean suede footbeds. I’ve tried it and it worked well on some Naot sandals.
Sandpaper? Wow. That’s intense.
Congratulations on finding two comfortable and flattering swim suits.
I know how tough that can be.
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Flattering and comfortable is a great combo! Glad you had success two times! Also, you smell great.
TY!
Glad you got some rest this weekend! It sounds like you really needed it. ?
I’d try putting a couple of washcloths down in the sandals, wear ‘em around for a few minutes and then removing the washcloths. We have seven months of summer here, so honestly, my sandals are often ready for the bin at the end of the season.
I did! I could still use some more, though.
I will try that trick! Someday I hope to live in a place with 7 months of summer (12 months would be even better.) Sigh. And ya, I think one pair I’m trying to dry out atm might just need replacing.
7 months of summer?! I need to move to wherever it is you live
I’m in Houston. Really, by September, I’m quite over the heat and humidity. But I much prefer dealing with this climate than shoveling snow!
I would too. We have 7 months of winter here. Boo
It’s brutal today, 98!
That’s rather impressive finding two comfortable + flattering swim suits! ?
Persistence pays off! I tried at least 12 to get there LOL.
Sunny and warm again, wearing Profumum Meringa. I needed something soft and sweet after yesterday’s less than positive experience with Arquiste Nanban. I had put one spritz on my wrist and was enjoying the smell, so then I decided to do a full wearing, spritzing my chest and arms. Unfortunately it overwhelmed me with some very powerful aromachemicals and I had to shower it off as it was giving me a headache.
I got a decant of that from an NSTer here- was it you? I forget. It’s very sweet and I can only spritz a tiny amount at a time.
Oouf! Sorry about that experience with the Nanban. I like it, but in very small amounts!
Torrential rain here this morning in Virginia, which is easing off now. Wearing Marni edp. Good day to curl up and read a mystery while drinking tea.
Great strategy all around! (Kudos to all who were smart enough to secure a supply of Marni before it disappeared.)
Is it gone? It used to be cheap & easy to find on ebay.
Well, now you’ve done it! I’m gonna have to go look…
If you’re looking for Marni Rose, you can have my bottle. Click on my SN to contact me. It’s quite different from the original.
tea + mystery = happy, happy!
That sounds like a heavenly way to spend a rainy day.
I’m wearing the simply lovely Acqua di Parma Iris Nobile edt from a manufacturer’s sample, which has led to complications. Namely, looking for a decant… then on evil bay… you all know the drill, right?
I do and I periodically have a bottle on my watchlist. You smell beautiful!
Thank you!
I’m afraid to even sniff that one as much as I love iris lol.
It’s a beauty, but there are so many irises to love!
Sure do.
Nice to have company. ?
You might have some takers here if you wanted to split a bottle. There’s always that option.
Yep, that occurred to me!
Lol, yes, I totally know the drill.?
Glad you can relate! ?
Such a pretty scent. I’ve been wearing this one quite a bit lately. Got my bottle off of eBay as well.
It is so very pretty. I hadn’t realized that the edt was discontinued, but thankfully it’s still available here and there.
Uh oh, that sounds very wonderful.
It is! From the reviews I’ve read, the edp is a very different fragrance.
Drizzly Monday, but much cooler than the weekend was. Linden loveliness with Astier de Villatte Grand Chalet.
I usually love the New Mexico sun but for some reason I think I could use a drizzly day.
It was a pleasant relief, as long as it doesn’t turn into 2 weeks straight of rain! Which, it’s sunny already so I doubt that.
What KellyC said. A drizzly cool day sounds lovely. I hope you have a good Monday! ?
Thank you! It was busy, but not bad busy. I hope you had a good Monday, too!
Oh Linden, lovely.
I really like this one a lot!
A truly great scent!
Agreed it’s lovely!
Well, I’m biased, but I think you smell absolutely wonderful. ?
Why, thank you ? I went down an Astier rabbit hole looking for places that still have stock, including a couple of brick n mortar shops and one place that didn’t have it in the shop still has it online ?
Ooh nice! I hope you will snag it. I got my bottle on eBay and consider myself quite lucky.
Just so happened to pick a white button up blouse to wear today, which matches the simplicity theme perfectly. For a white button up shirt equivalent perfume, I went with Serge Lutens L’eau Froide. Trying to fight off the Monday blahs. One of my favorite coworkers comes back from a week of vacation, so I’m looking forward to seeing her. But today is the first day without our boss since her last day was Friday, so that will take some getting used to.
L’eau Froide matches a white shirt/blouse perfectly. You smell great!
Thanks, Glannys!
Hope the Monday blahs leave you soon.
You know, it’s been a pretty alright Monday. I’ll take it. ?
I will say I have very good colleagues and that makes a huge difference with losing a beloved boss. We are all there for each other, all waiting and wondering together.
Glad you have a colleague you enjoy so much
That’s a good point. My little team is a little too close at times, and we have our fair share of drama from time to time (usually the other three more than me). Luckily, we’re all quite self-sufficient.
I do love a white blouse in the summer & your SOTD is the perfect match. I also like to match a white blouse with Caleche, White Linen, and Rive Gauche.
I still haven’t tried Rive Gauche, but I fully agree with the other two!
It’s Monday after a holiday for me and the kids leave tonight and I’m trying not to be too sad. Wearing No. 19 edt for spine stiffening.
Also, some things I’ve worn a lot in the past several days (since I haven’t been checking in much) are Orris & Sandalwood, Costarela, and Aqua Vitae. I like all of those in the heat and it was definitely hot in Roswell this weekend.
After a long bath last night, however, I tried Une Rose Cypree for the first time thanks to a sample from a NSTer. Big mistake. Must have it. Good grief, it was such a beauty. I sniffed my arm until I fell asleep.
URC is definitely worthy of having your nose glued to your arm!
It’s awful that liking a perfume can be worse than not liking one. Sad but true.
LOL! It is. haha
It sure can be, haha.
?Big hugs!!
Hang in there, Mama. Hope the 19 will help.
I saw some pictures of your trip – it looked fabulous! Hugs to you for that hard goodbye. But you’ll see the kids again soon.
Gorgeous day here. Sunny and not humid. Sotd is vintage Cabochard. I’m keeping it simple this week by wearing whatever calls my name. I used my Sephora points over the weekend on a mini of Dior Joy. The bottle is so dang cute. I put it on a few times, and decided it really does smell like Allure, just more clean and fresh.
That’s a nice idea for simplicity! I guess I did that too
It seemed like the simplist way to interpret to me.
Double points for simplifying simplicity!
Ha!
Enjoy!??
You know I am!
That was pretty much how I decided to interpret the simplicity theme but I forgot to say it in my post. What’s more simple than wearing what calls out to you?
Exactly. Sometimes having alot of choices makes me feel obligated to wear something just because I should instead of because I want to.
That’s how the CPs made me feel, which is why I generally don’t participate. NOT THAT I DISLIKE CPs! I love the CPs and reading other peoples’ interpretations!! (I just had too many bad experiences wearing the wrong thing out of feeling the need to wear something that fit the theme rather than fitting my mood.)
It’s hard for me in the summer because I feel like I should be using my “summer perfumes” even if I want something heavier.
I’m kind of the opposite, though I know there have been times I’ve worn the wrong thing for the day while trying to fit the CP. But generally, I like having some theme to follow because I can get overwhelmed with my huge collection when I have no guiding force. Plus the CPs help me wear a variety of my perfumes.
I like the CPs because it forces me to look at my collectiin to wear one I haven’t worn lately. That said, I am a creature of habit so I usually end up with the familiar anyway.
Vintage Cabochard and nice weather? Unbeatable!
Got that right?
You smell so chic in Cabochard, Lillyjo.
Thank you! Another one that I should wear more often.
Gorgeous weather and a perfume you love wearing? Sounds like an awesome Monday!
A choice for today is Hiram Green Arbole Arbole. Just the greatest thing for a cooler Monday (only 18*C).
Mmm nice. (Enabler pin for you on this one, btw.
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Thanks
Love Arbole Arbole, you smell great!
It’s great, isn’t it?
You smell wonderful!
Oh my God, I almost wore it today!
Kept it simple this morning in Bvlgari Black.
Simple but wonderful.
Yes, my application was not to Hajusuuri standards, of course, but more than I’d usually wear — and I’m loving it!
It’s good stuff and quite a shape-changer, IME.
LOL ?
Happy that today is much cooler than it has been the past week. I broke down and bought a sample of Roja Dove Diaghilev when TPC has a sale going on. I kind of hope that I don’t like it too much, I can’t afford to adore a perfume that will run me $1050. The pricing of perfume has gotten ridiculous in my opinion. Wearing Avignon today and really should start wearing my untested perfume decants.
Oohhh, Diaghilev makes my toes curl… The price makes my hair curl!
Ha!! I agree, I was very interested before I saw the price!
Oh that’s a good one. I had a a decant and now have the 7.5 ml discovery spray, found on eBay. Very decadent. Hope you like it, but the price is, I agree, ridiculous.
Back to work like many others here after two weeks off. Ugh, I’m not gonna lie, I did not want to do it. Still waiting for that money tree to start growing in the backyard.?
Sotd is Eau Premiere.
When that money tree starts growing in your back yard, can you send me a cutting?
Ha- definitely!
I want that tree too. Hope the week starts feeling better
Thanks.?
You smell good even if you don’t feel good! Not much of a consolation, but it helps…
Thanks! I got this decant from you and have been meaning to ask which version you have, the original in the tall square bottle, or what is in the stores now. Definitely fb worthy for me.
OH! Haha. BTW, it took a while but I fell in love with the No 5 L’eau decant I got from you and recently bought a bottle.
Mine’s the older version in the tall bottle. It’s more rectangular than square? Same packaging as the Elixir Sensuel. Got it on ebay.
Hopefully you will be able to ease into the week.
I’m off tomorrow,so that will help.
That definitely helps. One day at a time and all that.
Yes, it’s Monday. And it’s Monday after an amazing camping trip in the San Juan Islands. While having morning coffee, we saw Orcas swimming by this campground. Turned out to be pods of Orcas that had not been here for 2 months. It was incredible and I wish I were still there instead of back at my desk!
Powering through wearing CJ Scents Vanilla Incense, a lovely mix of myrrh, vanilla and a little musk.
Wonderful experience! May the memory live on this week..
Oh goodness your trip sounds amazing!
Wow! Right place, right time.
Lovely! Orcas is my favorite of the (US) San Juans. Last time we went, we saw whales pretty much the whole trip on the ferry ride to Anacortes. It’s always so exciting!!
What an amazing memory to make! And I like many CJ Scents but this one sounds especially nice.
That sounds so incredible! I love that area.
Wow! I last was in the San Juan islands in high school (and I graduated in 1994) and that trip still haunts my memory in the best way.
How cool, seeing Orcas in the wild!
In Eau d’Hadrien from a decant. It is growing on me. There are days when my perfume collection feels totally unsatisfying (how can I have purchased so much and have so little I feel like wearing?!), and others when I am frustrated that I can only really wear and appreciate one perfume at a time… right now I am feeling the latter. So many perfumes to enjoy!
Off topic update: My son arrived home late on Sat., safe and happy from his adventures in the Sierras. Nine days in the mountains, lots of snow (they had to poke holes in the ice several times for water), sunburned arms, and a couple of cooking blisters (sounds like he may be permanently unable to ever face TVP (textured vegetable protein) again)–but he is doing great and the photos he took are incredible. It was just the four boys, and it sounds like they had a blast and are tighter friends than ever. Gah, I will miss him when he leaves for college!!
Oh, yay! So glad to hear he’s back home safe. As a person who grew up eating TVP, I wholly endorse never eating it again
As to feeling unsatisfied (if not somewhat desperate) with collections, I can relate. The one I’ve had the most success with is paring my wardrobe way way way back. Having too many choices prevented me from really seeing the clothes I love. Now I love my all my clothes, and return any and all purchases unless I’m absolutely smitten.
I might have the same response with perfumes, but that itch that can’t be scratched is quite persistent…
You grew up eating TVP? You had such a healthier childhood than I! My dad was like, “Where’s the MEAT??” and although he eats plenty of seafood, vegetable dishes never quite made the grade.
We ate it because we were poor. But I probably ate more healthfully than most since my mom was kinda doing the 70s hippie thing, and cooked all of our meals. Never ate out, no frozen foods, chips & sodas only rarely, etc etc.
My mom cooked all our meals too, but I never heard of TVP until I was an adult. She was a nurse/nutritionist so we ate very well. Maybe it wasn’t widely available in the 60’s.
Happy to hear your son is back from his adventure safe and sound!
Thank you! Me too!!
I’m so glad your boy is back home with you! This is the sort of trip he will remember forever, and it sounds like he has some forever friends as well.
I’m so glad that your son had such a wonderful experience, and also glad he came home safe and sound.
I can relate to how you feel about your perfume collection!
Thank you so much for letting us know — that is great news.
TVP. ?. I tried to forget it exists.
So glad to hear your son is back and had a great time!
Anything supposedly edible that begins with the descriptor “textured” should be banned.
Has it made some kind of comeback? My quasi-vegetarian niece expressed interest in buying & eating some, not knowing her mother’s and my history of being forced to gag it down as children. Needless to say, it’s not going to show up in their kitchen anytime soon.
I remember trying some in college ages ago. Haven’t had the urge to repeat that experiment ever again. Bletch!
Ditto to your first paragraph! And Yay to your second!
Glad he’s home safe, sounds like a great experience!
Good to hear that your son is back safe and sound after having fun on his camping trip! It sounds like something he will remember for the rest of his life.
What an adventure!
I’m sampling L’Artisan 60 Mirabilis, and it’s not doing much for me. Might be better in winter.
Found a dress at Target yesterday, and also found a counter spray by Love Home&Planet….Citrus Yuzu&Vanilla. It’s fabulous! I think my wrists are jealous of how good the kitchen smells. ?
Target has great summer dresses. And that counter sprayer sounds delightful and very on trend with the yuzu
I love Mirabilis 60 but it’s definitely a cooler weather perfume for me. I think it could get overpowering in hot weather.
I liked it alot but did weat it in colder weather, rhe incense comes out better then I think. Don’t give up on it!
Sampling Fumabat today which is an interesting smoky green incense with a hint of leather so far
That sounds fun!
Love the image for today’s post. I’m accidentally participating in the CP in Le Galion Iris, the simplest, most straightforward iris fragrance I own.
It definitely is the simplest iris I own as well, but I really like it. Do you?
I do, very much. I have to be in the mood for a little more carrot than my other iris fragrances have, for sure – but the Le Galion is a very pure, refreshing kind of iris.
Glad to find another fan here!
For a simple, straightforward iris I love YSL Trench.
I’d never heard of this one! Thanks for the heads up!
Fresh Pomegranate Anise layered over Vent Vert edt. This is a good balance of tart and sweet.
Anyone else remember all those original Fresh fragrances? Currant Marine?
“Simplicity” for me will mean working towards my self-imposed “use it up” challenge, not just this week but every week. I have so many wonderful scents that I just haven’t gotten to, because I hate to start a new bottle before finishing an old one!
Finally drained my beloved Jasmin de Nuit over the weekend.
SarahN, I loved the original Fresh Index scents and Pomegranate Anise is the only one I own. I wish I’d gotten Fig Apricot too, that one was great. I wore Pomegranate Anise last Friday and the funniest thing happened when I went swimming after work. After I got out of the water I kept looking around the beach because I thought someone was wearing Tam Dao. When the smell followed me home I realized it was me! The grapefruity top notes are so pervasive on me that I never noticed the sandalwood base until the lake water washed away all the top notes!
This is a great story, and I’m kind of in love with you after learning you go swimming at a beach after work. That is so many kinds of awesome.
Lakes everywhere – just drop by on your commute! – is my favorite thing about Minneapolis. Only good for about 4 months a year though, sadly.
I’ve almost always lived near a lake and often thought about doing that but never did. Now the closest one is Erie, which I guess a person can maybe swim in if one finds the right beach? The only beach I’m aware of is the one that brought us to Cleveland, located right next to a sewer outflow. My H is working on a project to divert the sewer elsewhere so it doesn’t get dumped in the lake.
I love this idea as well. If I could easly access the ocean I’d be in it as much as possible.
I agree with Sheri, lovely image, this pond is iridescent.
In Worth Dans la Nuit on this sunny and not hot day, I’m finishing a travel spray and have a dab bottle in waiting, lovely blue bottle. We tend to think Je Reviens with Worth but I am very fond of DLN and Vers Toi. Fragrantica says floral but to me it’s an oriental.
I should have saved the image til Friday because I probably won’t find anything better
It’s great, isn’t it?
Scent of the morning: Assam of India, from the discovery set sample.
Scent of the afternoon: I get to pick from many, many samples, with more coming later in the week.
I adore Assam of India, you smell great ?
Thank you!
And thanks to Rayleighblue, my enabler. 
Scent for probably quite some time: Serge Lutens Encens et Lavande, from a leaky vial sent by Surrender to Chance. I could see how the little spray bottles could be leaky, so I accepted the loss of the 2 or 3 ml of Osmanthus, and some of the Eau d’Hiver. (I was sad, though.) The 1 ml vials shouldn’t be leaky, I don’t think. Fortunately, I like the scent.
The worst thing in the way of leaky samples from them was 5 ml of the Balmain Jolie Madame reissue. I was like, “OMG, what was I thinking!” That involved lots of scrubbing, and tossing the box and packing materials in the trash. After that, lots of tape on the bottle and enclosure of the bottle in several plastic bags. There was a relatively large amount left in the bottle.
Clarifying that today’s leaky vial was a separate order from the order from a few months ago that included Osmanthus and Eau d’Hiver. And that those were both different orders from the one that had the leaky spray bottle of Jolie Madame.
I love Vintage Jolie Madame. The modern is a nondescript balmy green. There’s no comparison. Sorry about your leaky decants!
Ah, so the vintage smells much better to you. I’ll keep that in mind. The modern one is quite powerful, though.
Aw, sorry to hear that you’ve been dealing with leaky samples lately. But thanks for the heads up re: STC. Good to know that stuff!
Yes, I figured that would be informative. The next order I made after the leaky Osmanthus and Eau d’Hiver, they wrapped the necks of the little spray bottles in black tape. I thought a customer or two must have said something. The order after that, I wrote in the comments section, “Please wrap the necks of the spray bottles in Parafilm or in the black tape you used last time.” They did. I don’t think the black tape works as well as Parafilm, but it did the job.
I usually get things when there’s some sort of sale, but some of the samples are still not cheap. I don’t know how it works exactly if someone is using perfume math, but in my mind getting a couple of milliliters is cheap compared to getting a $300 bottle. I don’t want the sample to be wasted, though!
There’s a very high mark up…so high that it was worth it for me to buy a bell jar. That said, I already have too much perfume so if there’s something interesting, i would offer up a split and keep some left in the bottle for personal use. If you like a perfume but don’t want to get a full bottle, go to Basenotes and join one of the splits. You can ask if you can “keep the bottle” by buying a certain amount of the total.
That’s good to know. Thank you, hajusuuri. I’m not a member of Basenotes. I just go to their site every so often to look up the customer perfume and cologne reviews. But next splitmeet here, I’ll watch for perfumes I’m interested in.
And a thank you to Luna Grrl, for the samples she offered in the freebiemeet. I’ll have lots of fun trying the samples in the bag.
Diptyque Eau Moheli from a dwindling sample. I’d buy a small size if it were available, but all I can find are 100ml.
Ylang ylang is one of my favorite notes. I smelled Eau Moheli a few weeks ago. It’s great!
I didn’t realize that Eau Moheli was ylang ylang, or I would have sniffed it when I was at Nordie’s.
SotD = Chanel Bois des Iles
It’s finally growning on me. Maybe I’m finally growing up? hahaha!
I used up an old sample, managed to get my hands on another one, will be interesting to see if this is a momentary thing or a new love.
Hope everyone has a fabulous and fragrant week!
I loved BdI the first few times I wore it, then detested it for a few years after that. I’m back to loving it again. I wear both the EdT and EdP – EdT in warmer months; EdP in colder. Which one have you been testing?
BTW, the Eau de Shalimar you gave me has been my #1 favorite Shalimar since you sent it my way. I have to force myself to use my other bottles, just so they don’t get totally ignored.
Bois des Iles EdT for me.
I like it so much it’s almost an obsession right now. Surprising since the first few times I tried it years ago I couldn’t deal with it, it felt like it was wearing me, heh heh.
SO glad you still enjoy the Eau de Shalimar. Very delicious, I loved it too, but something in it gave me the migraine. So it’s a happy thing for both of us that it works for you!
I still enjoy my precious samples and decants of older Shalimars that fantastic NSTers like you shared with me. Those don’t give me the headache.
Anyone who doesn’t like Shalimar should keep looking, there’s one for everyone.
I think I found my Shalimar in Lubin’s Kismet. Have you tried that?
BdI EdT is lovely! I should use up my sample before it goes off.
You smell gorgeous Tiffanie! I may wear BdI tomorrow.
I’m going with the opposite of simplicity and wearing Idole by Lubin. Rich and boozy, but not heavy.
You describe it really well. I like it a lot as well.
I’m wearing Gardénia Passion by Annick Goutal, the gardenia that isn’t. I really like it for being just a great tuberose.
Test driving Deux Amours by Jean Patou. Stunning.
Most gardenias aren’t
Like a lot of other NSTers, I’m trying to use up samples and decants. Today I’m finishing off a decant of Angelique Sous la Pluie. Two top up spritzes later today and the decant will be thunked. I love the scent but I have others that fill that niche for me.
Spent the day moving expenses from one account to another, after moving them into that account last month. Such a productive day
Wearing CdG Leaves: Tea, and hoping for a better day tomorrow
From the Redundancy Dept of Redundancy?
Here’s to tomorrow
I was planning to wear Bronze Goddess, to keep wearing the summer scents I forget to wear, but I really wanted honey, so I’m wearing Slowdive.
Gotta go with the perfume that moves you.
Ti Amo Roja Dove. It’s spectacular.
Rained this morning into the early afternoon, but now the clouds have cleared somewhat. It’s not bad, weather-wise.
I hope that folks down in the DC area dry out, and that the southern Californians have had the earth calm down.
SOTD = Guerlain Terracotta. Keeping it simple by sticking to the perfume I have worn since last Friday. ?
woot woot! Terracotta is fabulous
You smell like the vacation I am longing to take.
Terracotta blooms so well in heat & humidity that I might end up considering it a “summer only” perfume. It is a magical transformation.
and yes, SoCal is steady as she goes, for the moment
Glad to hear that! I hope the quiet continues.
I just saw some fireflies and thought I would wave hello??
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I’m wearing APOM today and pondering the concept of simplicity in perfume. Is it a perfume that lacks complexity? A one-note perfume? A perfume with a clear story? Or a perfume that somehow alludes to a simpler life? I can I,Aline various answers. Or if we take Thoreau as our guide, is it something that evokes nature or has been made in an environmentally friendly way? Now I’m truly confused.
“I can imagine “. — fixing weird autocorrect above.
anything you can imagine
when I read about the CP for Friday I went to the idea of something that gives me an interior feeling of simplicity and clarity, even tranquility.
I now have 7 years of bad perfume luck.I dropped my Tokyo Milk Dark Bulletproof roll on and it completely shattered.I was distracted thinking about how Bulletproof might be a scent that might fit Morse from Endeavour at this point in his life (after watching the season finale last night).My floor and I are both wearing Bulletproof now!!
I bet your floor will smell great for some time. The last time that I broke a perfume decant my dustpan brush smelled wonderful for months afterwards.
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Super late today. I forced myself to wear a different scent today so I don’t become anosmic to my current crush, Vientiane. SOTD was Satori, another beauty.
It’s hard to switch up perfumes when you are in a groove like that, isn’t it?
Ugh, Yes! I have no idea why beyond that life has been super busy lately.
Oh no, can that really happen? I don’t want to become anosmic to No.19 ?
SOTD = Dior Dune EDT (Vtg)
I have 2 vintage bottles – so good ?. Woody creamy sandalwood and amber made extra interesting by aldehydes!
In other news, has anyone noticed Fragrantica being more prone to the annoying pop ups that congratulate you for being some kind of contest winner or a threat message that your phone has been compromised?
And I meant to mention that I am participating in the CP everyday by wearing something that evokes nature either by its name and/or how it smells and/or a natural perfume.
I didn’t get a threat message, but I got a weird fake email saying that the postal service was trying to contact me about delivery of my order. It wasn’t directly from Fragrantica if I recall. This was about 3-4 months ago when I got my bub of ISM, so I was a bit ticked off at first. I did get my order later that week though.
I haven’t had any issues with pop-up ads, but I also have a blocker installed for those on my browser. Now I am very glad that I do!
I can barely stand to look at fragrantica anymore because of so many pop ups and interruptions. You smelled great today!
Yes, and you will need to clear your cache history.
Wearing a bunch of sprays of YR My Green Summer; couldn’t barely smell the YR, so I sprayed down my shirt and added some M.Asam to provide some more lime citrus punch.
Was woken up at 2 am with some teens walking through our complex, talking and playing music; yes summer is here! They stuck around for about 1/2 an hour, left, then swung back around 3 am. I tried to be patient and go back to sleep (thinking I was young once, too, lol). At least there were people away today at work (on holidays); I really enjoyed not getting interrupted.
A rather depressing and simultaneously enlightening article ….. the shipwreck was all too easy to visualize. On a lighter note one favorite line jumped out:’ I cannot idolize anyone who opposes coffee’
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The DC heat, humidity and rain are stifling us all. Simplicity would
be jasmine for me.