Happy Almost-Friday! It's also Free Slurpee from 7-Eleven day and World Population Day (that would be 7.58 billion). What fragrance are you wearing?
What could be simpler than wearing the perfume that happens to be sitting right next to the perfume you wore yesterday? So I'm in L'Artisan Parfumeur L'Eau de L'Artisan, which, as it happens, also fits neatly with nearly any pond, anywhere.
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 back in 2015. The other side: In Defense of Thoreau: He may have been a jerk, but he still matters at The Atlantic. Also, from a couple years after the original kerfluffle: A Radical for All Seasons: The surprising persistence of Henry David Thoreau in The Nation.)
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 [tripled] by Pablo Sanchez Martin at flickr; some rights reserved.
I’m doing more is more in Une Rose Nacrée du Désert by Guerlain and feeling like a million dollars.
Tea is a lovely jasmin green tea.
Tea twins! Mine’s iced.
Oh that sounds really good!
Lovely photos this morning – wish I were there! I chose Cristalle EDP this morning, and for about 5 minutes was wishing I hadn’t – it was hitting my nose in a kind of overboiled-vegetable way. But that was brief, thank goodness, and now it’s back to its usual gorgeousness.
I always love the opening of Cristalle (also EDP) but the last time I wore it, I picked up a bunch of stuff in the drydown that I’d never noticed before. In a good way, mind you!
You smell great!
LOVE the opening AND the drydown of the EDP! Today’s unpleasant five minutes happened about half an hour in, and I hope it was just my nose this particular morning.
Have you tried it in the winter? It is lovely
Yes, and I agree! In fact, it’s a little bit wintry here today (although this IS the Pacific NW, so “winter” is somewhat subjective) and I’m in the deep drydown phase now. I’m getting lots of moss from it and enjoying every second.
Cristalle is gorgeous. Overcooked vegetables, huh? I hope I don’t bump into that next time I wear it!
Yeah, it was bad. I knew there was a chance it was just my nose, but if it had gone on much longer I would have been really worried – I love Cristalle in all concentrations, at all times of the year.
Uh oh on the overboiled vegetables! Hopefully that was a one-time event.
I’m in Niki de Saint Phalle today, and enjoying the heck out of it.
You smell wonderful!
Just bought a bottle with my zodiac sign…
I was gifted a bottle of Nuxe refreshing fragrant spray yesterday but a friend of mind. She is a fan and bought me a bottle from France. That is layered over sunblock
Tea is Cream if Earl Grey from David’s Tea (my Canadian gift to myself)
Wearing a maxi dress today with a “Etro like” paisley print
I wore the new Nuxe dry oil floral scent yesterday, it was really nice layered under my SOTE La Danze delle Libellule.
I have never tried the oil. Its hard to find it in the States..
I should of picked some up while I was in Canada.
I still have my post-Canadian blues..
The oil is definitely worth hunting down if you like the idea of a beachy orange blossom. I was able to snag a small bottle before Nuxe pulled it from the US market. It’s gone now and I kinda miss it.
I second the oil recommendation – very nice
Just to encourage you to return to Canada sooner rather than later, the drugstores here have a lot of French brands which are less easy to find in the U.S.: Nuxe, La Roche Posay, Avène. There are also French-sounding companies from Canada such as Ombrelle and Lise Watier.
I am wearing Guerlain Neroli Outrenoir and drinking a cup of Nilgiri Winter Frost Black tea.
I have to dig up my sample of NO
L’Artisan Piment Brulant. Always smells refreshing to me.
We are cousins!
I’m working through my sample of Tam Dao today so I can crack open the new bottle that arrived a couple days ago. Woohoo!
Thursdays are my favorite weekday because it’s farmer’s market day! Today I’m looking for bread, maple syrup, and whatever fresh veggies catch my eye.
No tea at the moment, but instead I’m drinking a delicious orange-vanilla seltzer.
And…I broke down and ordered a small bottle of Cap Neroli last night. I’ve been trying to whittle my way down to just one really fabulous neroli in my collection, but I’m stuck between Cap Neroli and Eau de Neroli Dore. I’m starting to think the two are different enough that I can justify also acquiring a small bottle of Neroli Dore once I use up my decant…
I think they’re significantly different.
Are you whittling down based on samples and decants you’re using up, or in terms of bottles you are letting go of?
Whittling down based on samples and decants mostly, so I’m trying to use those up and then – the hard part – not buy more!
Good luck! You can do it!
You can hardly have ‘enough’ neroli perfumes. Endulge!!
It’s true! And I realized after I posted that I already have another fabulous neroli FB of Mugler Cologne ?
Waiting to finish a sample when you have a new bottle is true discipline! I’m impressed. (I always get around this by telling myself I’ll take the sample traveling ;))
Thunked my large sample of Tam Dao today. It is beautiful but I just adore Philosykos and I am attempting to work through my big bottle before another purchase.
Was that a “Hajusuuri-sized” large sample?
It was a nice manufacturer’s sample in a little box! Good sized!
Oh those are nice for sure!
Dzongkha today for some much needed zen. It’s what I was going to wear for the CP tomorrow, but decided to do it a day early as I’m off to Breyerfest at the Kentucky Horse Park this weekend and will probably wear something a little cooler, like EdM Bleue. Or a Jardin. Something Hermes, anyway.
It is bucketing down rain here, complete with thunder and lightning. I’m fabulously fragrant in FM Iris Poudre, from a vintage bottle. This hobby can be so frustrating – it has been reformulated of course.
Stay dry!
Oh man, they messed with Iris Poudre? I suppose I had expected that… after all, the Lauder acquisition was the impetus for me to break the piggy bank and buy a bottle. And then I felt dumb, because for the next year or so there didn’t seem to be any changes in the Malles reported. But you’ve tried a recent bottle of IP and been disappointed?
Yes, it smelled different when I tried it again a few weeks ago. I am going to smell it one more time tonight to decide whether I write it off as gone, or if it’s still good enough to repurchase. At 200€ a bottle, it’s going to need to make me pretty happy. You were very smart to have bought a bottle as soon as the buyout was announced.
And, sadly, as far as I can tell Malle never turns up at the discounters.
No, it doesn’t.
It was painful to shell out $300 all at once, but I justified it by saying, “Hey, I’ve been saving for this for three years,” and “You KNOW Lauder is just gonna Mess It Up.”
So I tested Iris Poudre and Le Parfum de Thérèse tonight. Both smell like pale photocopies of the originals. So sad.
I am happy for you that you got your bottle, painful as it was at the time! They are not worth the money now.
Uh, I have a travel spray of lPdT that I’d be happy to swap that I THINK is pre-reform (not sure how to check; any tips? seems like the new ones have batch codes that start with letters, and this one is numbers-only). Anyway, if you want it, you should let me know
Thanks Koyel, I will email you.
Tauer LdDM today, courtesy of the lovely floralgal. Nice and dry. A bit of oddly intriguing sourness. I think I’ll be huffing my wrist a lot today.
Started watching The Good Place. It took a bit, but I got sucked in and am finding it very entertaining. Evil in so many ways.
That’s the fragrance that got me started on this whole journey. I have a mini but might ask for a FB for my next bday
I love The Good Place! Such a great show, and so many twists.
Wearing Terracotta Le Parfum which is a simply wonderful summer perfume.
It is indeed a great summer scent. You smell wonderful!
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SotD is Au Delà Narcisse
This was love at first sniff.
And I am still head over heels haha
I love that one!
I am smitten with this too. Very top of my to-buy list!
I’m wearing Lempicka Elle L’Aime for the 3rd time this week. I wore it Tuesday evening and the next morning was smelling TF Orchid Soleil and couldn’t quite figure out where it was coming from. I wondered if it might be the deep drydown of Elle L’Aime, and indeed it is, albeit more toned-down. Successful blind buy! It goes from lime to coconut (like warm skin with coconut tanning oil after a day at the beach), to TF Orchid Soleil. Good stuff.
That’s a fun one! It puts a smile on my face.
That sounds great!
Lovely! I should wear that one more often. I also blind bought it for only 11 euro’s!!
You smell really good, I last wore it for a CP this winter, maybe the mojito one.
Coconut always turns weird on my skin which makes me sad cuz I love how it smells
Diptyque Essences Insensees 2015, a gorgeous jasmine. I like their Olene as well, so two jasmines from Diptyque, well whaddya know?! I have no idea why this never occurred to me. Oh wait, yes I do have an idea! Could it be that I have too much perfume? ??
I’m also a big fan of that Essences Insensees, so I think you smell wonderful! I should probably get my nose on Olene at some point. I think I tried it and possibly used up a sample during my MakeupAlley days, but that was a long time ago.
Thank you! I had forgotten about Olene for a long time myself until a couple of weeks ago. I prefer the other, but I like both.
That stuff is gooood. It smells just like my favorite jasmine tea smells and tastes – buttery jasmine. I contemplated buying a bottle for about a year but never did. It didn’t have great longevity on me, though.
What’s your favorite jasmine tea?
David’s Butterfly Jasmine.
You smell fantastic! One of my favorite jasmines.
Thank you! It’s one of my favorite jasmines too.
I am trying really hard to ignore this jasmine centric convo! Must resist but I wish I could sit next to you Holly, and enjoy how great you smell!
I wish you could too!
I wouldn’t mind a sniff or two of your sillage either, Holly!
House Twins today Robin, in Passage d’enfer.
And perfumer twins
I’m working on using up my sample of Hendley Blond now that I have a travel spray. I also needed something with fairly low projection since I have a meeting and lunch with the HR managers and we’re supposed to be a fragrance free workplace.
I’m wearing Soivohle Ankhara today – just a few more spritzes left, and this might become a thunker.
I’m not familiar with that one from Soivohle. What’s it like, besides probably discontinued?
You hit the nail on the head – it, like many of the scents from this line that I have, is discontinued.
I like that she’s always changing and progressing, but it’s not great if you are trying to replace a perfume that you like. Ankhara is slightly leathery, a little dry and dusty, with warm spices. I like it. It will be going the way of the dodo, though, since I only have a ml or so left in my mini….
Rogue Perfumery Chypre-Siam. Y’all, it’s goooooood.
Now I am feeling the pressure to get a set of samples!
I am definitely ordering samples when I get back to California in October.
Good idea to wait. Or I can pass along my samples!
Ditto, but I’m resisting! The Alembicated Genie wrote a great review of Chypre Siam just yesterday.
I think resistance is futile ?
Yes, do it!
Oh oh ?
I think you can get 3 samples (nice biggish 2ml ones, though they’re not spray) for $15. Pretty painless.
Oh noes! That sample set sounds SO tempting.
SOTD = Chanel No. 19 EDP
Spine stiffening strength: 10
My bottle is showing a lot of wear because I use a heavy hand whenever I wear it and I wear it frequently!
No news on the geat search to scratch hajusuuri’s itch for Guerlain 190 Anniversary parfum Absolu yet so I’m hoping this means they are looking under every rock and, of course, find one eventually!
Have you asked Suzanne Becker if she can locate one for you?
Nope, but I am almost positive that the Guerlain mothership is involved in this search!
Love 19 edp. And edt. (Oddly, I don’t love the parfum. Le shrug.)
I’m going to assume that you have at least one backup for your No. 19!
SOTD is my brand new Atkinsons Scilly Neroli. Darn sexy scent!!
Congrats on your new bottle Hilde!
Going for soliflore simplicity in Dame Cactus Orchid, my favorite of the line.
Azemour today. I had my annual mammogram and applied liberally after I got home.
Good for you on both points
I am wearing Dusita Splendiris today.
I have to get hold of a sample of this. It could also be a SAMPLE depending upon my mood.
Fantastic!
I’m wearing Elizabeth and James Bourbon today.It is transient enough to work during the summer.HAGD!
You smell great!
Mine is gathering dust. Must rectify!
E&J Bourbon smells lovely on a friend of mine.
6 sprays of the gorgeous Iris Nobile edp from a generous NSTer. I have a bottle coming from Amazon – so far I’ve had good luck with Amazon perfume buys. ?
Iris Nobile is indeed gorgeous.
It is! And it lasted pretty much all day also!
I am so glad a full bottle is joining your collection!
You smell fantastic! Iris Nobile is a beautiful iris perfume!
I have you to thank! It is gorgeous.
I was sooo indecisive this morning, partly because I had no particular craving. I started with my forgotten little solid tin of Lush’s Death and Decay and then ended up full-on in Geisha Blanche, which is nice in the heat and smells like fancy soap.
When I don’t have a particular craving I almost invariably end up in the wrong thing. Sounds like you did well, though.
I usually go for something that either fades fast or becomes background music. This just smells like I took a shower, lol.
With IG posting, I usually plan at least the day before so I avoid the indecisiveness. I have to take some stock photos and use them when the need arises.
I don’t preplan since it largely depends on my mood, weather, etc. which is all subject to change without notice ?
That sounds familiar!
So today I finally ordered some vintage Dior Miss Dior from EBay. I have been looking for a while and finally purchased a boxed set of the EDC and parfum. I am quite looking forward to it!
Oh, vintage Ms Dior is such good stuff, hoping you get your package soon.
I first experienced Miss Dior from a mini bottle that came in a Dior coffret. Maybe from the 1990’s. Everything in this set smells great including Eau Sauvage, Poison, Dune, and Fahrenheit.
Congratulations! That’s a favorite of mine.
Robin, another lovely image.
It’s a lovely summer day, so far there has been only 1 hot day, and I am wearing Sensi.
I have no idea what to do for dinner: probably soup.
Enjoy your lovely day!?
Thank you Lillyjo.
Soup and bread are my favorite dinners
Same here, Yasmina.
I am considering baked eggs with smoked salmon — 2 minutes prep time total
Ooh, sounds good! I’m going to make a Greek orzo pasta salad.
Hot weather means grilling things outside unless it is raining. It’s nice to have an option that doesn’t heat up the kitchen.
I am wearing How You Love by the lovely artisanal line Jazmin Sarai. It’s such a happy scent – getting sweet grapefruit.
I took the afternoon off and took myself to a nearby lake armed with Tana French novel, sparkling water and a big swimming tube and no kids. Finally feels like summer
Yay you! Enjoy!
I did – so relaxing but now I have raisin toes
Nice!
I grew up swimming in saltwater and I have to say I like freshwater much better
I just finished The Likeness yesterday and LOVED it so so so much, I am eagerly awaiting the next one to come in on my library queue!
The book Im reading is the latest, the Wych Elm. It feels different from the others cuz its narrated from the POV of the suspects not the detectives
OOH
OMG Jealous!!
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Sotd is Allure edp. Mugler sent me a sample of the new Angel edt, and sigh…. It’s so boring. Up top it’s a little fruity, the rest is just like every other new release. I’m pretty much over any new Mugler release after Aura edp. I panicked and bought Alien mirrors de joyeax blind, before it was gone. Enabler pin Aurora. I should get it in a few days. I’m just on the lookout now for anything old Thierry Mugler.
Oh Lillyjo, thank you for mentioning, now I’m crossing fingers you will like it, I think it’s my first enabler pin
I’ve wanted it for years, your description and my bad experience with the last few Muglers put me over the edge. I’m expecting to be happy with it.
Do you have the Liqueur? I got a bottle this winter and wore it a ton.
I do. Definitely a winter only scent for me.
UGH on the new Angel EdT! Time to grab one of the old bottles before they are gone.
That’s what I was thinking. I also want to get the Alien oud majestyx.
It’s the last day of work before I start a three-week holiday and am wearing the reliable EL Jasmine White Moss.
Ooh, nice! The holiday that is. I’m sure the EL is, too
Wow? What are your travel plans?
Oh, lucky you! Enjoy that vacation time!
EL Private Collection from a vintage mini. Topped up with some vintage Chanel No19 in the evening.
Stuffed zucchini for dinner, because we have a garden and toooo much of them..
Bought the nearly new bell bottle of Fourreau Noir and also a bottle of Niki de Saint Phalle…there will be lots to confess to Donatella ?
Congratulations on the purchases!
SotD = Hiris
My Tursday perfume by default, Hiris is smelling great with the remains of last night’s l’air du desert marocain.
Wore laddm because I was craving it after noticing my largest makeup brush smells of it. When I traveled by plane a few weeks ago I stashed my mini bottle with my makeup. Thankfully I adore the scent, so it’s all good.
Hope everyone has a Thursday to be thankful for. I’m going to the beach for a swim!
Did it leak?
LAdDM is so good!
Stormy weather this afternoon. Fortunately, it isn’t supposed to last, and wonderful summer weather is expected to resume tomorrow.
I hope that folks in the Gulf are either getting out of Dodge, or hunkering down somewhere safe!
SOTD = repeating Dior Poison Girl EdT. Pretty simple to keep reaching for what you have been wearing most of the week. ?
I wore the EDP today and it is an orange blossom marshmallow.
How is the EDT, Jalapeno?
Today I had a brief Creamsicle note up top, then I had more suntan lotion goodness. No floral notes in this one at all. No caramel in the warm weather, but I did notice that in the base notes in cool/cold weather. There’s a fair amount of tonka in this if my nose is correct.
Interesting, thanks!
We just got flood warning messages…
NWS pinged for my area, too. Not surprised, considering how hard it was raining earlier.
Another day, another tornado warning. It has expired now, but I am still not amused. ?
I was in ULTA after work and Poison Girl was nowhere to be found. I asked about it and was told they were not going to carry it anymore.
Stay safe from the storms!
Hmmmmmmm. I’ve seen the 1oz bottles on the websites for both Sephora and ULTA, and did see the Poison Girl EdT at the Sephora over at the Mall at King of Prussia. I guess if I like it, I’d better make up my mind in a hurry.
Weather is a lot calmer now than earlier tonight.
I started the day in Datura Noir and am finishing it wearing Divine by Prov. Perfume.
Have to get my bottle of Datura Noir out. I bet it’s great in the heat!
I’m wearing a rather unseasonable scent, Memoir de l’Amour by Nostalgia Collection. It’s candy-sweet rose, jasmine, peach, and plum. I found the bottle while cleaning boxes this morning. Not all of us manage to maintain alphabetized perfume drawers! I must do something though to bring some order into chaos. This fragrance is just like an enjoyable perfume candy for me. With rose and peach, what can go wrong? I’m more cheerful than normal because I’m near to finishing off an article that has been frustrating me for months.
Good luck with organizing your collection and finishing your article. Lots of satisfaction to look forward to.
I have no system at all for my perfume bottles, other than they are in the same place, for the most part.
Scent of the morning: Assam of India. Like others here, I’m quite fond of it.
Torrential downpour as I drove to my ophthalmologist appointment and then dashed into the office. The receptionists were a little amused by my drowned rat appearance. All was good eye-wise. It wasn’t raining when I started driving home, but it was beginning to rain again as I got home. I decided I was in for the day when I saw it raining hard again outside and heard some thunder.
3 rounds of heavy rain here so far today. The rest of the evening could be a wild one… ?⚡
I think it will be; brace yourselves, and stay safe!
I know there were more tornado warnings for your part of NJ. We got flash flood warnings here. Our house is up on a hill, but some of the roads around here can get a lot of water on them. I have various appointments to get to and errands and grocery shopping I need to do, but on days like this, I don’t want to go out if I don’t have to.
Wearing Guerlain Terracotta tonight. I keep forgetting how great this is in the heat and humidity! Happy Friday to me!
We plan on going to the beach for 1 day this weekend, and take my FIL to lunch at the lovely pub right beside said beach! Too bad he can’t take the sun as much as he used to.
Have a great time! I almost wore Terracotta today but my weather didn’t seem to fit the mood.
Enjoy both your weekend and the Terracotta! You smelled great today.
Just received the rerelease of Kiste with the new bottle style. I need to dedicate more time to determine if it smells as I remember, as I was sniffing samples at the same time. But it does smell amazing that’s for sure.
SOTD was Lonestar Memories.
Grieving a dear friend who passed away last night. She had so many physical challenges (juvenile diabetes, double-organ transplant — twice!, limited mobility, many complications and issues) but was such a positive force of life! Smart, engaged, enthusiastic, and wickedly funny. She had recovered pretty well from a stroke last year, but lately had complained of confusion; her neurologist assessed she was having TIAs but there was nothing really to be done.
Last week I went over to visit with her and a few other friends for the Fourth of July; it was one of her “good days” and we had such fun together. I’m so lucky I got to spend that time with her.
I’m so sorry for your loss. I’m glad you were able to have a happy visit as a memory. She sounds like a remarkable person.
Thanks so much, lillyjo; I think you’d have liked her, too.
I am sorry for your loss FearsMice. She was an example of determination and strength to follow. It was good that you spend time with her so recently. Sending hugs.
Hugs are much appreciated; thank you!
So sorry, FearsMice. I really admire people who can maintain a positive outlook and a sense of humor through so much adversity. Sending you hugs and hope you find some comfort in your memories.
Thank you, Elisa P; you are very kind.
My sympathies on the passing of your dear friend, FearsMice. I’m happy that you were able to spend some time with her over the holiday. Hugs.
Thank you, Jalapeno; it was indeed time well spent.
Back from my trip to Armenia, back to reality!!
It was one of my best trips so far, don’t know how I will recover!!
I am wearing Songes oil.