It's Tuesday and it's Afternoon Tea Week. What fragrance are you wearing?
I’m wearing Prada Infusion d'Iris and drinking a cup of Upton Colombia Tippy Black Organic.
Reminder: on 8/16, wear a fragrance by Kerosene, Keiko Mecheri or Kai, if you have one. Partial credit for any other small-ish brand that starts with the letter K.
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: The Nordic Sea Tea Pot (100 cl, Grey) by Broste Copenhagen is $44 at Royal Design USA.
TWINS WITH ROBIN today! 🙂 Prada Infusion d’Iris is as close to a signature scent as I think I’ll get….it’s just perfect for any occasion. I never want to be without this one.
Afternoon tea won’t be fancy, but it sure is our family favorite: Red Diamond iced tea! Simple pekoe tea blended in Alabama….never found one I like better!
Hey twin!! I never want to be without it either. Or the Absolue.
I love Red Diamond tea!
Chanel Fortnight continues!
31 Rue Cambon ….had to steal this from my youngest….am wearing it today to celebrate his birth.
Heading to his favorite Indian restaurant for all you can eat buffet followed by an ice cream cake.
Gifts include three Jo Malone soaps, four Jo Malone travel sprays and a bottle of 1000 Flowers Ode for Him which I will also steal some of.
And happy birthday to ?
Aww, all of that sounds fun, and you smell wonderful 🙂
It was fun and thank you!
Sounds like the perfect afternoon in the works! 🙂
It was perfect for him…he is low key and low maintenance so it was great!
Happy birthday to youngest marzipan!?
And happy belated to madtownteen!
You smell terrific!
Happy Birthday to your youngest Marzipan! Have fun! ???
?? hope your day was great too!!
It was nice!?
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Sounds like a great way to celebrate the day !! Happy birthday to the youngest Marzipan !!
Thanks Barqs!
You smell elegant and happy birthday to the youngest marzipan!
I do smell elegant, don’t I?
Ooo and thanks for telling me that Myrrh & Tonka works on a guy cause that is one of his travel sprays!!!
Does he like it?
Yes!!
Sounds fun and yummy! Happy Birthday to him!
It was yummy….. triple plates for him and I!!!
Happy Birthday to your youngest!
Thank you lillyjo! Ha! My auto-correct recognized your name.?
Happy Birthday to your youngest! What an exciting life your perfume bottles lead in your home (and elsewhere)!
Are you lovin’ 31RC?? How’s your longevity?
Pretty good longevity! It smells great on him too!
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Hope you will all enjoy the celebration.
Thanks, Aurora!
Happy birthday to your son & Bear! You smell great.
Well now it’s the big decant from you that is allowing me to smell great! And if you lived closer I would have paid you to bake him a birthday ???
Thanks! Tomorrow.
Thanks ! Tomorrow.
Happy early birthday ?? ?
Thank you chocolatemarzipan!
Happy Scented Birthday to your youngest mini Marzipan! ???
Thank you!
Wishing your son a Happy Birthday! Sounds like such a fun day!
Thanks! It was fun!
I’m close enough to K and thunking a sample in By Kilian Flower of Immortality, which is sort of a pale ghost of Boucheron Jaipur.
Flower of Immortality lasted a nano second on me so I can’t even judge if it was good or not good ?
It’s perfectly inoffensive but I prefer Jaipur!
Guess maybe I should check out Boucheron Jaipur, huh?
In a fit of housecleaning I gave away my half full bottle of original Boucheron, and now I miss it from time to time. How is Jaipur on it’s own? It doesn’t get a lot of mentions….
Oh it’s really good! And lasts a long time. A big apricot tart sitting next to a vase with a single rose 🙂
This makes me hungry?
I’m wearing the rosy powder goodness of Hermes Rouge. A little much for the weather, but a great change from yesterday’s O de Lancome.
And sometimes you need a change 🙂
My SOTD finally matches the project: PG Vetiver Matale! I just adore this.
Slowly working my way through my bottle for my use-it-up challenge! I think next up will be Jolie Madame.
Twins! But, eh, how do we match the project? Nothing starts with a K in this.
Wearing Bulgari Omnia Crystalline on this hot, humid, oppressive, sticky breathless day when I feel like the air is making my back hurt from it’s heaviness. For the first time this month, fall sounds pretty great.
Omnia Crystalline is great for those days.
LOL. We’re you the one who was looking for more of Nicolaï Patchouli Intense? If yes, please drop me a line. I have other patchouli you may be interested in ?
Hi, yes it was me:) dropping you a line now. Thanks!
I am really looking forward to fall!
I’m sampling Keiko Mercheri Mulholland. I haven’t looked up the notes, but I’m getting pepper. So far, I don’t care much for this. I will put something else on for work. It’s my sixth day of a seven day stretch, I need to spray something with a little pep in it.?
I hope you have some days off then!
Yes! Thursday and Friday.
Since you mentioned JHAG Vanilla Vibes several times, I made it a point to get a Sephora sample. I may try it today and we can be twins one day apart!
The first time I tried it, I wasn’t very impressed. Like Laura had mentioned, the more I wear it, the more I like it. Report back on your thoughts!
It is a nice summer weight vanilla.
It’s a little addictive!
I had a sample of Mulholland from a few years ago and just loved it. Plus the hubby always seem to notice it and compliment me (which is VERY rare!) So this year I finally bought a FB for my own birthday gift, and I’ve been struggling to love it now. It seems that spraying it is much more potent on my skin than just dabbing it from my sample.
I’m gonna wear one spray of it on Friday for the challenge I think….but I’ll have to spray my lower back so it’s close to the skin! The Perfume Grinch doesn’t like patchouli…. 🙂
I plan on retrying it in the cooler weather. I have the dabber sample, it is pretty potent!
I say transfer it into a dabber and use it that way. This is what I did with Casablanca, which is extrait strength and performs better for me dabbed. I think part of the reason some folks don’t like it is due to the spray sample…..dabbed may work better for them.
I will try that!
Hang in there lillyjo!
Sorry about your sucky work schedule, that seems like a lot of days in a row! Hope you have some nice nice time off soon.
I grew up very near Mulholland in Los Angeles, and my girl scout troop met in a house up there. I spent so much time in my childhood hiking around those hills. I would love a scent that somehow evokes that landscape, but the notes of this one—”Citrus, petit grain, hint of patchouli, sandalwood, amber”—could never smell anything like it because for one thing where is the sage?
You Need to sample IO by Chris Rusak. That’s exactly what he’s captured! I love and own it.
That is an exceptional pot!
I’m going perfume shopping with a friend who finally settled on his One Perfume and he wanted me to go with him to purchase it! I’ve decided to limit myself to just samples today, since I’m saving up, but I can’t make any promises. I just paid off my credit card last week and I’m getting a shopper’s itch!
But what is it? I must know!
Me too!
I always do that! Bel Ami! Leathery but discreet, a little sensual. Perfection.
If you gotta pick a One Perfume, that’s a great one!
I really like that pot. It is a bit bigger than I need, but I do want it and for once it is not outrageously priced.
Kelly Caleche
Oh, so elegant, I’ve just acquired a BUB of vintage Caleche.
You smell nice! I almost wore that today (edp).
SOTD is Jacomo Silences. This has been a summer full of green perfumes.
Today’s tea is Rishi Turmeric Ginger. I’m hoping it will give me strength as I’m in the uncomfortable position of explaining to a higher-up at my organization that a shiny new authentication system we just implemented doesn’t quite meet the lofty expectations he had for it. Don’t shoot the messenger!
You smell nice and green!
This happens all the time at my work. The salesmen do a number on the excecutives, and then the worker bees spend years dealing with inadequate systems. Why they don’t let the people who are going to use the darned things at least ask some questions is beyond me. 🙂
Oh, gosh, yeah, I’ve seen that a few times. Executive: “Look, workers, we’ve got a shiny new toy that will make you six times more efficient!”
Workers, among themselves: “Er, it doesn’t actually fit very well with the specific type of work we’re doing.”
I’ve heard of a library being built or renovated without input from librarians. The librarians saw the results, and immediately asked, “Where’s the book return slot at the circulation desk?” and “Where’s the reference desk?”
There are people out there who feel your pain, holyneroli. I hope the discussion went relatively well, considering.
VERY good luck, hope the tea does its trick!
I hope your meeting goes well! Deep breaths…
Bletch. I hope that your meeting had a minimum of aggro.
Love that teapot!
My SOTD is Vilhelm Don’t Tell Jasmine. Which is nice enough but not worth the splurge. I will finish my sample though.
Also wearing Back to Black, Love, Sweet Redemption and A Taste of Heaven. I got a Sweet Harmony set from BK and am enjoying it to the max.
Tea is Taiwan Sun Moon Lake, a fancy black tea that I’m enjoying quite a bit.
Which do you like better, Sweet Redemption or A Taste of Heaven?
Sweet Redemption!
A Taste of Heaven is gorgeous as well though, but close enough to Impact de Pour un Homme for me to have put off getting a full bottle.
There is nothing like Sweet Redemption.
I adore A Taste of Heaven, much to my own surprise. I felt like I should mightily resist the charms of Kilian Hennessey, but someone sent me a decant of this when I was looking for a lavender fragrance and it was all over for me…..
It took me a while to fall for the Kilians as it is so much a luxury brand. But I realised I just kept trying them and realised how much I enjoyed A Taste, Beyond Love, Love, Sweet Redemption etc. So I now own a few. All refills though.
Seriously, go look at all the Broste Copenhagen teapots. All drool-worthy.
I love that look so I’m now going to check out the other teapots
Another muggy day here, 74% humidity currently, so I’m in the refreshing Jo Malone Lime Basil & Mandarin.
My girls come home from summer camp today.? We will have a belated celebration for my oldest whose birthday was over the weekend. I got up early and baked her favorite chocolate cake. Then it will be loads and loads of laundry.
Enjoy your girls! Pretty sure they will enjoy that cake. Stay cool up there in the Midwest, you’re smelling all together refreshing. ✌?
Thanks Deva! Yeah, I think they’ll like it, the question is, how long will it last, lol.
You know what we midwesterners say…it’s not the heat, it’s the humidity. Safe travels!✌️
I went back to Sephora and sure enough they have a tester of Whispers in the Library. I have a sample and will try that this week!
Oh good! I’ll be curious to see what you think. Of the handful of Replica’s I’ve tried, it’s the only one that has worked for me. I don’t think I need 100 mls of it, but those 10 ml travel sprays are tempting.?
Perhaps tomorrow!
I have a sample of Whispers and told my hubs to spray some on himself (Replica is his favorite line and he owns 2 others)…He LOVES it. Even mentioned that he would like to have a FB at some point.
His birthday is Friday, so you know what I HAD to do…. HA HA HA (He will like it, and I will borrow from time to time) 🙂
Very smart ?. My bottles are mine, your bottles are ours!
Yay! Hope it’s a great celebration!
Thanks lillyjo! I can’t wait to see them!
Post camp laundry can be very challenging! Many years of kids going to camp…??
It can! Me too, this is summer 13 and every year it is quite an undertaking! Those dirty clothes tell the story of how much fun they’ve had.
Aww, glad you’re girls will be back home for awhile! Pull out the vinegar for the incoming laundry! ?
Lol, that’s exactly what my mom said! I usually soak the especially stinky stuff in oxiclean overnight and that has worked pretty well, but I have some vinegar on hand too!
Yes, I’m so excited to see them, especially my oldest who has been gone since July 1. I have to get as many hugs as I can in before she heads back to college on the 31st.?
I’m still eating leftover chocolate cupcakes from Saturday night’s party. 🙂 Enjoy your cake & fun with the girls!
Thanks! We will be chocolate cake twins today!?
I can help you with those cupcakes ?
Enjoy it all and please pass me some ?!
Enjoy the birthday celebration!
Belated birthday wishes to your oldest, madtowngirl! ?
Happy birthday to the birthday folks!
Loving the teapot! The texturing makes look almost like fabric.
Long time, no post. Haven’t been wearing perfume at all, but today I decided wear what came to mind first. So, I’m in SSS Yin & Ylang from my perfect travel size spray.
Hope all you fragrant NSTers are enjoying the summer! I’m looking forward to fall myself, and I’m hoping to see some great fall colors this year.
For those interested, here is a link to my newest favorite camp spot (subject to change at any moment!?).
https://www.instagram.com/p/B1EqQe1BgHy/?igshid=1vwrbjlkgpt11
We’re headed out of Wyoming and into SD, probably will check out Deadwood and Lead.
Have a fabulous week, peeps!
Loved your film with the horses surrounding your van. Have a good time!
Ha! That was a funny situation. Glad you liked it ??
I love horses and I love dogs, and it’s always funny to see what will actually spook a horse and what won’t.
Animal lover here, too. Horses and dogs especially, but really, I find all animals engaging. I’m very much an observer, and can watch animals, wild and domestic, for hours.
Ditto on all of that.
My dog used to get on really well with horses, she had been used to them from a pup as I was still horse riding when I got her. She’d lick their noses if she got the chance. It was hilarious, as a horse’s head was just about the size of my entire dog (she was a dachshund). One day I would love to go watch orca’s. Such majestic animals as well.
Beautiful picture, Deva! Waving hello to you and T-Rex! ?
?? Waving back at you, perfumelover67!
I love your pics but that situation with the horses? Scary. It almost looked like an equine version of zombie apocalypse.
No, most were very young horses and just curious. I DID want to move on and not block the road, so I was a little stymied when they wouldn’t move out of the road.
I remember road tripping out west in the 70’s with my parents and most of the area was “Open Range” like this. We often had to stop for cowboys moving cattle along. Sadly, I think the small family farms and ranches are an endangered species these days.
In these here parts, pretty much the only animals we see crossing the road are geese and goslings. I have seen the occasional deer which surprised me.
Gorgeous, wish I was where you are!
Some amazing areas out here for sure??
You smell great, thanks for checking in!
Hi there! Hope the construction project near you is finished ahead of deadline! Very unlikely, but we can hope✌?
Still enjoying your posts! You smell great today.
And I’m enjoying your Airstreaming adventures✌?
You have the best Instagram on my feed Deva! You and T-Rex are livin’ the dream lately! 🙂
Aww, thanks JadainGA! I’m glad you like it. Not sure if it’s a Dream when I have to empty the cassette toilet! ??
Enjoy your travels! 🙂 I watched the video with the horses, and T-rex having no idea what to make of them. (lol) They certainly didn’t have fear of people. Like you said to hajusuuri, my impression from seeing the video was that the horses were just curious, and not aggressive. Is T-rex full-grown now?
Have a good evening!
Thank you! Yes, T-Rex is about 4 years now. Physically, she’s full grown. Behaviorally, not so much! ?
Howdy there! ?
?? Howdy Jalapeno!
Yay (jumping up and down clapping !!!) I love LOVEEE the Black Hills, there are so many beautiful places to go. Don’t miss Spearfish Canyon and Needles and Custer State park for some buffalo. Deadwood is a blast and Keystone has some great ice cream.
I am there too for the Native American jewelry of which you will find some beautiful pieces!! Enjoy for me Deva, I am howling now.
Hey there! I did spearfish canyon yesterday and hiked the Devil’s Bathtub trail. Then went chasing waterfalls! ? Had a late lunch/early dinner and did a walkabout in Deadwood yesterday afternoon. Would like to do a couple of other hikes, but weather is not cooperating, so we shall see. It is BEAUTIFUL area. Spearfish canyon strikes me as a holy place and I’m not the religious sort. I’m avoiding jewelry of any sort because it’s my weakness. My mother had a beautiful black hills gold ring she bought when we travelled here in the 70’s that I always envied. Much more detail and artistry in the jewelry from that period. But, the less I buy, the longer I’ve been able to travel about??
And forgot to mention Custer State Park is on my list as well as Needles, but they’re predicting some significant storms the next couple of days, so I’ll stick close to town until that passes! Cheers and thanks for the recommendations??
What a fantastic itinerary!! And Devils Backbone too, you get around!!
Cheers!
Chanel Paris-Venise, no more, no less.
Beautiful !
Gorgeous!
So good! You smell fabulous!
I must try this! Haven’t sniffed any of the new ones.
Givenchy Very Irresistible. I got a sample of this when I purchased some Givenchy makeup, and wasn’t prepared to like it. I sprayed a little bit. It started warming up on my skin, and I really am enjoying it. I will probably put a little bit more on right before I leave the house.
I have seen that one in our shops so I can try it, yay!
I spritzed on Keiko Mecheri Tarifa today, so I’m on project. It’s a nice citrus and orange blossom scent.
That sounds nice, and I don’t think I have ever tried it.
Should have asked…just nice, or do you love it?
Wearing the gorgeous Vero Profumo Mito for a day off from work taking my mother to her monthly doctor’s appointment and Thai lunch at her favorite restaurant later. I am relieved that Vero Profumo is not available anymore, otherwise I would indulge in a full bottle of Mito without hesitation.
You never know when it may come back. Another candidate for a birthday bottle!
It’s nice that you accompany your mom to doctor’s appointments!
I really hope that Vero Profumo is back in business soon and we don’t get surprised by reformulations.
I try my best to be with mom when she has appointments. He tends to get nervous and confused if she goes alone.
I hope you and your mom have a nice lunch.?
Thank you! ?. We had a nice time together.
Hope you had a wonderful Vietnamese lunch with you mom.
We did! Thanks!
Heeley Note de Yuzu for a steamy, drizzly day.
I’ve never even heard of this one!
Really?! This is shocking news, lol. I quite like it, myself.
I have Heely Sel Marin. When I’m at Twisted Lily or Barney’s (and I am due back to go sniffing at some point), I usually end up skipping it or resmelling Sel Marin ?
I’ve read it’s similar to Sel Marin except with citrus.
Me too. What Elisa said. Picking myself off the floor.
It looks like I need to pay attention the next time I go to where it’s sold!
I hope that your predicted nasty weather pulled a no-show, too!
Commando for now, for today’s physical therapy session. Afterwards, likely something citrus — lemon or grapefruit or lime.
Have a good day, folks!
After physical therapy, follow-up with the orthopedist, and a late lunch, I went to Sephora. I tried Hermes Eau de Pamplemousse Rose cologne and got a bottle. I looked at Robin’s review from ten years ago, and saw that she did much the same thing. 🙂
Well, I predicted wearing something citrus. (lol) I think it’s really quite lovely. Put that one on the “confessions to Donatella” list.
That is such a great scent for a hot steamy day! I have a Scentbird sample of that…I need to find it this week. Heat index of 108 F yesterday!
Yes, I’ve been hearing on the evening news that it’s been very hot in the South — more so than a typical summer in the South. The heat is heading up towards the mid-Atlantic section of the East Coast soon, so Robin and irisjasmine and I and the folks who live in New Jersey will have things to say about it very soon, I’m sure. It wasn’t terribly hot today, but it was so humid that it felt quite a bit hotter than it really was. I’ll hear soon what the heat index here was.
It is a nice scent for a hot day. 🙂
Nice pick! I really like that one, but it is soooo fleeting on me. Enjoy your bottle!
It’s just as well for me that it faded to a skin scent pretty quickly. A couple hours after I tried the cologne, Mom had me change a dressing on her foot. She’d used Domeboro (Burow’s) solution on the place that has stitches. I’m not sure how much of a scent that has. But Mom certainly would have commented if she’d gotten a strong scent of cologne, considering I was that close to her.
Oh, and thank you. 🙂
I’ve been seeing your namesake Elisa-rabbit (I’m sure there are multiple Elisa-rabbits, actually) in the front yard almost every morning when I go out, except for the day that Dad and I looked out the windows of the back door and saw her near that door.
One day when I saw the rabbit (one of the rabbits), she was a few feet from the path between house and driveway, and just looked at me. I said, “Shoo!” and got no reaction. I tossed the contents of my bottle of water at her, and she hopped a few more feet away.
I think she gets a little more intimidated (or it happens to be a shyer rabbit) when Mom and I both come out the door so I can take Mom grocery shopping. That’s more of a production. But when we step out, she runs from the front lawn across the driveway to the bunch of brush and vines that has a dogwood tree somewhere in the middle, and disappears from sight.
How is the raccoon you named for me? (I suppose that would now be the Em-raccoon. lol.) Have you seen raccoon cubs?
Have a good night! 🙂
Haha! Poor little bunster. The raccoon still passes through occasionally, but I I have seen a mom and 3 cubs making the yard rounds at night. It’s very dramatic and high energy with a lot of grunting. They’re pretty cute ?
Oh, yes, raccoon cubs are adorable. 🙂 As long as raccoons aren’t getting into trash cans or scaring someone’s cat, they’re really cute.
A few weeks ago, I saw twin fawns standing like statues near the side of the road I was on. They were very beautiful, every dapple and line of their forms just perfect. I decided to head home on a main road after seeing them, but they were lovely creatures.
Oh, I forgot — afternoon tea is decaf English Teatime, as iced tea. Folks in Great Britain and the Commonwealth, is using English Teatime or English Breakfast tea as iced tea a blasphemous thought to you? I drink hot tea in the winter, but in the summer it’s all iced tea. 🙂
The fact that you picked up a bottle of Pamplemousse Rose speaks highly of it. Any rose in there at all, or is it all citrus?
I got grapefruit and perhaps a bit of rose, and then a pleasantly herbal skin scent. It got three stars in the Perfume Guide A-Z as a “vegetal cologne.” Tania Sanchez said that there were fleeting seconds of citrus (paraphrasing), then a “vegetable bouillon” of “cut-grass, herbal, and tomato-leaf notes.” I wouldn’t have thought I’d be okay with tomato-leaf notes. I learn something new every day.
In King of Prussia I was there to see all there was to see. (Well, smell all there was to smell.) Today, at the Sephora near me, I had already heard a lot about Pamplemousse Rose and wanted to smell that specifically. Keep in mind that my sense is smell isn’t terribly reliable, depending on how bad my allergies are. But I fell in love with that first whoosh of freshness.
After that, it was like a roll of the dice in a Dungeons & Dragons game or the like. “Roll for willpower.” Result: zero — critical failure. Which is why I got a full bottle today.
I don’t see myself as any kind of reliable critic, or as having skills in judging fragrances. I’ve just been going for citrus colognes in a big way lately. Pixel will tell you. 🙂
Wearing a drop of Kerosene sacred memories with a drop of Canfield Cedar. Really like the two together.
Ah, I have not yet tried Sacred Memories…
Inspired by Angela’s article yesterday on MDCI’s Promesse De L’Aube I fished out my Chypre Palatin dabbers.
Oh is this a fabulous perfume. I don’t care if it has been reformulated (no point for comparison) it is still beautiful. The scent filled the house as soon as I opened it and carried it to the kitchen. (seriously, it did!) That was my first warning that it had attached itself to me! The opening was smooth, it is not too sweet, nor powerful. There is a lovely melange of floral and woods, I detect a tiny amount of BD’s incense and it smells divine, just divine.
I really really LOVE this.
Yes, it is SO divine!! You smell absolutely glorious! I have a small decant that’s old. I always wanted a bottle but all the negative comments on the reform held me back.
Thanks Laura, you are lucky! I wonder who did the reform.
Was it more than just the oak moss?
I can only imagine the price of the original juice on evil-bay …
I will scout out some decants to check pricing.
That sounds like a true love for you!
Yes KellyC and I just reapplied!!
I will do my research on this one, and I may ask the birthday fairy for a FB!
There’s some controversy over whether or not it had been reformulated. I have an unopened FB of the more recent Chypre Palatin which I can split off (I need to check how much I paid for it). Please email me if interested. You also mentioned wanting to try something yesterday (or over the weekend) and I recall thinking I have that but don’t remember what it was you wanted to try.
OmGosh Hajusuuri THANK YOU!
Emailing you now!!
Hmm, I thought I already posted here. SOTD = by Killian Amber Oud, so I made the CP totally by accident since Amber Oud just came up in my rotation. 🙂
You smell wonderful!
Yes, this is fabulous stuff.
Oh my, I like that one, too. Everyone is smelling so good today!
🙂
Wearing my old friend Gris Montaigne. Lovely all year round!
I bet you smell great.
It’s such a lovely woody rose with understated patchouli.
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Absolutely beautiful!
Yes, it is!! ❤️
L’Air de Rien today. It’s such an intimate perfume, low sillage but a lot of longevity, it’s been with me all day and I detected so much vanilla on this summer day, I thought it was a winter scent but I’m proved wrong.
You smell awesome. I need to try Rien in the hot weather we’re having.
Thank you Nancy, I was surprised at how different it smelled, much sweeter. I’ve always meant to try l’Envol.
Aurora, I have a big bottle of the edt and the edp. I’d be glad to send you some of both if you’re interested.
What a lovely offer, you are so kind but I live in the UK so it is too far away. But I am putting it on the list of must try.
Darn it, I forget you are in the UK! I’m sorry.
Never tried this in summer,but sounds good
Afternoon tea + a nap sounds wonderful!
I’m in L’Envol EdT and drinking MF Pleine Lune, same as last week.
Have you done a side x side of the EDP vs the EDT?
Not yet! I have a bottle of both, so that needs to be done.
Still coughing like a consumptive, as is my youngest who is upstairs doing Khan Academy math drills I don’t even recognize. Our windows and doors are open to the sun and fresh air, so anyone passing by outside is bound to here our chorus of coughs.
I’m in the last dregs of Opardu from my tiny dauber. This malady is messing with my nose a bit, but mostly I have a chest cold. Opardu is very pretty. It might be too pretty?
I think I’ve said before, that Opardu is probably the prettiest perfumes I have ever smelled. Take care of that chest cold!
Opardu! My little decant is almost empty, literally fumes lingering, and I would love to get a FB of this but $$$$$! I have other expensive things I also need to think about replacing (Mohur Extrait! Eek, squeaks my wallet! But I do not think I can live without it….)
See my response to Oakland Fresca ?
I have no idea how to help my 8th grader with his Algebra I math. NO IDEA. It’s been deleted from my memory and is no longer accessible!
FEEL BETTER! 🙂
I ? Opardu but you already know that. There’s a “deal” (not sure if it’s in the website but I have an email):
2 x 17.5 mL of any combination of travel sprays (except Sheiduna) and free shipping for the grand price of €250 (~ US$280 unless there’s a big devaluation of either currency). Sheiduna is not eligible for free shipping because it is dangerous goods (heh, I thought all perfumes were dangerous goods in postofficespeak). There’s an even better deal if you like 60mLs worth of a perfume: 1 x 17.5mL travel spray plus 1 x 60 mL, any combination except Sheiduna for reasons noted previously, free shipping; this will set you back €395 or ~ US$442.
I really cannot believe that I have passion that someone can talk about that begins with the word “deal” and ends with US$442. But that is the sad state of affairs. (And now I am dying to try Sheiduna!) I do also really like Warszawa… sigh. Will poke around the website.
(Been thinking about ya. Hope you are doing okay.)
Thanks!
Did seeing the $442 make $280 sound like a bargain? If yes, then my work is done ?.
Summer colds suck! Get well soon! ??
This thing is ridiculous!
Going into work a little later than normal today. School in my area is starting on Thursday. I don’t have kids but starting a new school year on a Thursday is a little dumb. Why not on a Tuesday or a Wednesday? Wearing Miss Dior original again today to get me through.
I don’t know about US schools but sometimes they start a new school year on a Thursday or Friday so they can simply introduce the new kids to their classes, timetable, and fill them in on background orientation …then everyone goes home for the weekend, comes back on Monday and because they are fully orientated they can just dive in to class as normal. That, or it’s so traumatic that everyone needs a rest after one or two days.
Regarding the Tarifa, I do love it, but a lot more in the warmer weather, like we’re having right now.
Major construction going on outside my apartment, longing for fall when it will be finished. They just started yesterday on a 2 month (noisy) project. Sigh.
Wearing lots of Profumum Vanitas to cheer me up!
Ugh, I hate noise. Poor you.
Hope you get some peace soon.
That is awful, but I’m sure you smell good!
You smell good! What can you do to counteract the noise?
Close the windows and turn on the AC seems to be the most effective, although not the cheapest or most ecological.
Ugh. I feel you. They tore down the library across the street from us over a year ago and have been building a new one ever since. Fortunately our bedroom doesn’t get the noise. I’ve kind of gotten used to it at this point. The lack of parking is even more annoying!
Oh lordy that sounds awful!
Yuck, construction noise and congestion are the utter pits.
It’s a stinking cold morning, blustery wind and still a few patches of snow on the tops. If I had my druthers, I would stay in bed and keep cosy but no such luck. I noticed yesterday that the hillside paddocks are dotted with shallow rabbit holes, more like scratchings in the dirt…a sure sign of spring as they are going for the new growth and tender roots whereas in winter they tend to strip the bark off the seedling trees for their shot of green. What perfume helps with cold and goes with longjohns, down jacket and muddy boots…Chanel jersey i guess ( sample from Waterdragon, yay).
Or some vanilla perhaps?
It always feels sort of odd that the Southern Hemisphere moves in the opposite direction to the Northern (or vice versa). I mean I know this is what happens but it’s sort of difficult to imagine, somehow.
Jersey is quite pretty!
I usually go for stuff like Ambre Narguilé, Musc Ravageur, Dries Van Noten, Cardinal or Vanilla Flash. I am dreaming of fall colours and snow… but not high winds, those are always unpleasant. Stay warm!
Nice use of ‘druthers’ there. I would pick an amber, the louder the better. TF Amber Absolute comes to mind.
I have two ambers: L’artisan Ambre Xtreme and Ambre des Merveilles , and Journey and Daim Blond I guess. What I need is a perfume hot water bottle or hand warmer
I wish I could magically send you some Ambre Loup. It never gets terribly cold here in Houston, but Ambre Loup is quite comforting in our winters.
Bunnies, nibbled tendrils, muddy boots, and patches of snow? That might call for the toasty Stash, or counter-intuitively (but I like to wear it for just such a purpose) Mary Greenwell’s Plum.
I actually have Plum so that’s what I can wear now. I am still thawing out
I say Cuir Beluga or Mitzah.
Yes! Excellent suggestions ?
Black Flower Mexican Vanilla? And how is Waterdragon? I miss her posts.
Sadly I used up all my Black Flower Mexican Vanilla and Dark Horse . I hope to see Waterdragon when I go to Auckland at the end of August
Say hello to her please
Please say hello to Waterdragon and greetings to the Dear Man and the purrs!
For stinking cold weather, I’d consider Chopard Casmir or the old formulation of Opium. Or maybe TM Alien EdP.
Have been wearing Ex Nihilo Musc Infini for two days from a sample. I’ll probably thunk it tonight. I don’t need a bottle but I would wear it if it fell in my lap. I’ve enjoyed it for the past two days!
Last camping trip in New Mexico (at least for a while) this past weekend with some friends. Had a great time. Back at work yesterday and today then leave tomorrow for a 5 day house hunting trip in CA. We did manage to get our house on the market this week. Hectic, hectic times my friends! You all are smelling great today! Hugs!
Wow, sounds hectic ? Hope you find something you like! I’ll be in CA next week.
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Oops! Wrong place! LOL ? ?
Your commenting skills are one of the highlights of NST these days 😉
Eek!!! I am constantly embarrassed ?. Can I blame it on technology??
But then again, at least it isn’t triple comments as was the case yesterday ???
Absolutely no need for embarrassment. 🙂
Austenfan, I can also blame it on my age! ???
After an unusually mild July, usually the coldest month, winter has arrived in August. It’s a horribly wet and cold day. I will cheer myself up with Fille en Aiguilles. It’s warmth and depth don’t last very long on me, but that’s easily fixed with frequent spraying 🙂
Oh, you smell lovely. Bundle up!
On theme for yesterday, SOTD is Zoologist Elephant. A day late and a dollar short, as we say (I’m helping Kanuka with her Americanisms).
Looks like we’re starting a heat wave here… hardly a hint of a breeze, and a smudge of smoke on the horizon from fires down south in Monterey. Got a swim in early before the kids hit the pool.
Lots of Chanel Cristalle Eau Verte Today ,so nice but fleeting.
I am contemplating a new perfume with saffron… What is more interesting? Safran Troublant or Calligraphy Saffron? I cannot get a tester, so it will be a blind buy…. Please tell me, what you think about those scents
We are ? ?!!! As you know I wore your fragrance on Sunday.
I only know Saffran Troublant and I blew through my 15 ml decant in a week which tells you how much I loved it….to me it’s creamy pudding, rose with a touch of spice and saffron, so delicious, especially in the summer for me when my skin accentuates sweet notes. If you decide to get it look for an older bottle discounted.
Ooh, sounds yummy…
I never really got much saffron in Safran Troublant- mostly spiced vanilla and some rose to my nose. Calligraphy Saffron smells more like saffron to me and is more a middle eastern style perfume. Totally different to me. You may just need both ?
You are so bad, Elisa LOL ??
Fall is coming–despite temps in the ’80s I can feel it in the early mornings. I’m wearing Absolue pour le Soir today.
You smell wonderful!
I’m in Le Temps d’Une Fete today, having not worn it all spring/summer so far – what’s wrong with me?! Tea of the moment is Tea Forte’s white ginger pear, from a huge ziplock-full that I stumbled across while reorganizing our pantry over the weekend. The ziplock bagful has now been shifted to my desk drawer at work, since that’s where I keep my loose-tea infuser these days.
At wirk, I’m happy with the Tazo Black Tea which I make myself everyday and pour over ice. I switched to using one bag of black tea and one bag of green tea and this combo is brighter and more uplifting. I do have my daily cup of red eye Starbucks for my caffeine boost before switching to the naked iced tea.
Ooo! Thanks for that! Never thought to combine black with green!
The texture on that teapot reminds me of corduroy fabric. Kewl!
The predicted nasty weather for today has not materialized. Gloomy, oh yeah, in spades. A bit of rain here and there. Too bleeping humid. But not nasty. Let’s hope that I am not being premature with my musings. ☁☁☁
SOTD = Soivohle Sinti Extrait de Parfum, from the sample stash. This is a woodsy rose that slowly evolves into an amber rose. Not those spiky, stabby wood notes, either. It has smelled wonderful for a sizable chunk of the day. ?
Humid and cloudy but at least not hellishly hot but who knows what tomorrow will bring!
Sinti sounds very nice!
Sinti is getting better the longer I am wearing it. It is gorgeous right now.
That perfume sounds really nice! Is it very sweet in the drydown?
Not very sweet to my nose at all. There is a subtle sweetness with a hint of vanilla beans/extract. YMMV, of course.
Yes, our predicted thunderstorms were a no show, too. As was the performer for the concert we just went to and just came back from ?
Oh no! Did they bail because of expected thunderstorms?
No, it was an indoor show- small venue. He had a run of 11 shows scheduled (different albums) which I think was an overestimate on their part. I think this show was very undersold- got an email offering me 2 free tickets since I bought tickets to another show. It was free for us, but still…
Oh, boo! That’s a pity your concert performer bailed.
Quick check in for the first time in days due to my weekend trip and spending all yesterday doing chores and having dinner wirh my brother and his fiancee while they were in town. I needed something easy for my very sleepy first day back to work, so I’m in Rose Ikebana.
I hope you had an easy first day back! I’ve had RI on my perfume tray since early July; great one for summer.
SOTD = JHAG Vanilla Vibes
At first I couldn’t smell it after 5 sprays from my Sephora sample. Then the vanilla came out, as lillyjo and Laura mentioned. 2 hours later, something akin to the exploding musk in Dries van Notten can’t out (although it did not suck up all the air around me as DvN did) and now I am smelling soft citrus. Not my favorite vanilla but I’m glad I tried it.
In other news, I got a sample of LUSH Avocado Shower Cream and tried it for the first time last week. Oh my word – if I were to describe it, I would say it is “pralined tonka bean”. I went to Lush yesterday and found out it’s sold out everywhere in the U.S. including online (probably still available in the UK but shipping cost is no bueno). I must have been very convincing in my disappointment (I was) that the manager gave me the rest of the tester bottle which still had about 2 oz left. Woohoo!
I do have this entire week off and while there are many things to handle, I am giving myself me time!
You must have been very convincing! I have begged and offered to pay for testers at many places and have never been given a yes. Yay you!
You may need to practice your puppy dog face ?
That is so funny you enjoyed the LUSH Avocado Shower Cream! I recoiled away from it when I had a chance to sniff it. I’m your evil shower gel twin in this instance.
LOL. Do you like or hate tonka bean?
Sweet! I had a Lush SA give me a “sample” of a soap I wanted to try, but she didn’t feel like cutting off a small piece so gave me a hunk that probably would’ve cost $7 (olive tree soap).
Ha! I also requested a sample of Goddess soap. I thought I would get a 1.5”x1” sample but instead, I got 1/4 of the entire soap!
I went into Lush four times trying to get a particular bath bomb, that they never did receive. The manager was so tired of my sad faces she finally gave me one they had in the back (the only one) that they had received for « staff training » (?).
Glad you are taking some me time as you are off work dealing with your mother’s passing.
Woo hoo! I think the less busy stores are more generous, based on my experience. I would not even think of asking for samples at the Herald Square store unless I was buying something.
Wait, what??? There’s a Lush in Herald Square?
First day back to school for my boys. The older one is a senior this year. Can’t believe it. We really need to start getting on top of college applications. He tells me he has already started and has it well in hand, so hopefully that’s the case. It was nice to have some peace and quiet with the house to myself this morning. Wafting my sample of Keiko Mecheri Loukhoum. Really glad that I like it just as well as Loukhoum Parfum du Soir, which seems to have been discontinued. Looking forward to ordering a bottle when the weather is colder and I don’t have to worry about it sitting out in the heat. In the meantime, thinking of getting a travel spray of Black Opium Intense, which has a much better coffee note than the original.
Wow, so early for back to school! BTW, I may be going back to your neck of the woods April 2020. I’ll email once plans firm up and we must meet this time! We’re staying at the 21C.
That would be fantastic! Keep me posted.
SotD = Hermes Twilly!!!
TotPM = iced green tea
Enjoying Twilly today with many thanks to an amazing perfumista who shared a darling mini with me. The bottle is so so so so cute!!! And it’s a mini bottle with an ATOMIZER not a splash top, omg omg omg, so amazing. 😀
I’ve broken out of my summer perfume routine, no more Chanel Mondays and Assam of India tea for Tuesdays. So this evening I’ll
shamelessly crib from Robin and waft myself to sleep on a cloud of Infusion d’Iris. Aaaahh, such a lovely thing it is.
Hope everyone is enjoying a terrific Tuesday. Mwah, darlings!
A spray mini bottle??? Who the what what? I didn’t think such a thing existed!
must be rare as a unicorn’s horn. 😉
Woo hoo! The cuteness factor is right up there with the Mugler minis.
cuteness factor set to stun! so adorable 😀 I have Twilly on my desk at home to keep me company while I work. I enjoy the scent more each time I try it. Goes to show that the first try at a crowded perfume counter is not always a good test!
SOTD is LL Benjoin 19 from a sample set. Nice enough but not very distinctive and almost zero projection. We’re having, what, day six of triple digit temperatures here? Whew. I went to see my darling teenage oral surgeon today for ongoing pain after my tooth extraction three weeks ago. (Seriously, he looks about 16 and talks like a Valley Girl, even though he was born in Saigon, and has both DDS and MD degrees.) So, he flushed it out and applied medicine with a strong cinnamon taste, and gave me some to bring home. At least it’s not infected, just “inflamed.” Kind of distracting though. And traffic was murderous trying to get to his office in the late afternoon. I stick to my own neighborhood and forget sometimes what a huge city Houston really is.
My sympathies. I had my wisdom teeth taken out as a teen. No fun at all!
Thanks, me too, and it was dreadful.
I was seriously considering Benjoin 19 but am having second thoughts. Just tested Tabac 28 and Baie Rose, both were pleasant but not FBW. I actually bought a Dua dup of Benjoin 19 that is pretty good, I think I will stick with that. So sorry about your teeth, I was sick for a week from the anesthesia and got dry socket, it was miserable so I can sympathize.
I did find a mini of vintage K de Krizia in my stash so that’s what I have on tonight. Its from a dab-on bottle, so I have on just a tiny bit but it’s potent!
A crazy week so far. I’m so busy working on a project with a deadline next Friday. Ugh, can’t wait for it to be done..
I love that perfume! I used to wear it all the time back in the day. I also bought a vintage bottle a couple of years ago. They always had the most beautiful ads with black and white photography.
K de Krizia is one of my all time favorite vintage perfumes! Simply glorious! Good luck with your project!
Yesterday was HdP 1969 (my FB arrived!). Today started in AC Jasmin Angelique and am now in Potentia Silver Thread (FB in transit).