It's Almost-Friday and Eat A Peach Day. Musical birthdays: John Lee Hooker and Claude Debussy. What fragrance are you wearing?
I'm in Gucci Mémoire d'une Odeur.
Reminder: on 8/23 we're doing Nouveau Niche...wear a fragrance from a new (2017 or after) indie or niche brand.
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 detail from an image in Gucci's Fall 2019 campaign.
Chanel Cristalle EdT. I needed refreshing beauty in my life today!
Mmmm!!!! So good! You smell great!! And we are ??
Thank you! We both smell great!
So beautiful! Do you prefer the edt?
Yes! It is a greener scent with emphasis in the vetiver. I find it sharper and more refreshing. The EdP is more fruity/floral and sweeter. Beautiful though, but if I had to chose I would prefer the EdT.
Do you like this new Gucci? I love the bottle but it smelled like an ancient, dusty old ladies drawer on me.
Yes, Robin, please let us know what you think!
Ha! No, it does not smell like that on me. But my initial reaction was positive mostly because it’s so rare for a designer fragrance not to smell like everything else….so I definitely like it but need to chill and decide how much.
That’s a good point. It’s nobody’s clone! Would that make a nice name for a new perfume?
Not “nobody’s cologne” ..???
I do like nobody’s clone…
Agree with you completely that it doesn’t smell like the usual dept store stuff. My initial impression that it was a bit of ripe fruit with floral notes but smelled through plastic. I really liked it. Alessandro wotsisface is really steering Gucci back in the right direction!
Eau du Sud, true love and I should wear it more often
Yum!
2nd this!
Someone mentioned it yesterday, so I’m wearing it today. Another of my favorites-SL Un Bois Vanille. A great vanilla for anytime of year. ?
Yum!
Yes – you smell great!
A really good vanilla
Good morning Fragrant Friends,
Smelling crisp and fresh today in Yves Rocher My Green Summer. I’ve enjoyed the heck out of this one in the heat and humidity!
Completely unrelated, but still smelly chit chat: Yesterday I popped into Belk to repurchase some eye cream for the fine lines and wrinkles that my 3 teenagers are causing, and I sampled the new Lancome Idole. The 1st 15 minutes I didn’t like it at all, but the dry down is really beautiful and elegant. I would consider a small bottle if I could catch a Lancome bonus situation at the same time. BUT….BUT….I absolutely hate the bottle! The SA told me that it’s supposed to mimic the shape of a cell phone. It’s way too thin, won’t stand up on its own, and has to lay flat? Don’t like it! SA also told me that ONE store in Atlanta would be selling a separate stand for the bottle, and I told her that I for one wouldn’t plunk down extra cash for a stand…..Anyway, she and I agreed that the scent is nice and it will probably sell bookoodles of bottles….. 🙂
Well, I’m glad you liked the perfume, but what a scam that bottle it. They think people are REALLY going to buy a STAND to prop up the bottle?!?
Mugler does it. 😉
We are opposites, I loved the opening, hated the drydown. Lol. I also wasn’t impressed with the bottle though.
I tried it a couple of days ago at Dillard’s and got the SA to make me a sample. Agree–the first few minutes aren’t great, but it’s very pretty after 15-20 minutes. It seems like she told me the 2 larger sizes would come with a stand, rather than having to buy it. It’s still pretty silly to make a bottle that can’t stand on its own, but there’s also the Angel star and Angel Muse that lays on its side, so I guess it’s not a first. I tend to keep all my bottles in their boxes to keep them out of the light anyway, so it’s not as crucial. I can only spritz the tiniest bit before going to my supposed-to-be-perfume-free office, so I’ll never use anything up. Just have to hope I can keep everything from turning.
El Corte Ingles is selling 3 designs of a case / cover, obviously meant to mimic a phone case:
https://www.elcorteingles.es/perfumeria/A31510544-funda-idole-mantras-lancome/
I think the idea is you carry the perfume around in its case rather than leaving it at home? But note that’s an additional expenditure…not a GWP.
I feel you. I have a bottle of CDG Blackpepper in that smooth, iconically CDG bottle shape that DOES NOT STAND UP and I am extremely grumpy about it. I’ve put other bottles on top of it, so I hardly ever see it, so it gets negligible wear.
Ya, I’m not into the laydown bottle concept either.
I’m wearing Mazzolari Vetiver, which is nice enough, but a little more suited to cooler weather.
I’ve heard that is a good one. I wish it came in <100ml bottles. Vetiver is my BFF in just about any iteration. ?
Have you tried Chris Rusak’s 33? He sourced three different vetivers, plus orris butter and Angelica. It is gorgeous.
I haven’t tried anything “new” all summer. One of the benefits of having spotty connectivity over the last couple of months, at least for me, is that I’m not bombarded with “new release” info. Plus, I have limited room these days, so I have winnowed down my collection drastically. If I buy a full bottle of anything, it must push all of my buttons, and push them really forcefully ?
I understand. I do not really order samples anymore because most of what I sample smells like something I already have. I could not wear Encre Noir anymore because I am ISO E Super averse so I looked for some replacements. I wear Guerlain Vetiver, the masculine version, old Carven Vetiver, Chanel No. 19 EDT, Zoologist Bat, which is the weirdest vetiver of them all and I am seriously considering the acquisition of 33. I diffuse vetiver and also mix the essential oil with unscented body lotions. It is a very cooling note for me and it has been a long, hot summer. What are some of your favorites?
Joining you in the Iso e Super averse club. It’s like msg – I always love the first 5 minutes, then start to get more and more irritated until I am eventually consumed with loathing. The loathing is always a dead give away that it’s Iso E Super. It just absolutely grates on me.
24 Faubourg for me today.
You smell classy and beautiful!
Hello all!
Hit the ground running this morning, smelling cool and collected in Sables. An ideal summer spicy scent.
Interesting!, I’ve only ever worn it in super cold weather.
I love “orientals” in the summer. I think it makes them sing. Everything else just wimps out over 95 degrees.
Completely failing the CP, I am in CK Be for a lovely soft musk on a cool summer day.
Adding to the birthday list, it is also my youngest son’s birthday – 26 today!
Happy Birthday to your youngest!
Happy Birthday to your son!?
Happy birthday ?? He shares the day with my eldest!!!!
I knew I was going to forget her birthday! Busy like crazy! Happy Birthday to your eldest Marzipan!
Thank you!!! Unfortunately she is working today! But she will go out for dinner tomorrow night to celebrate ?
Oh yay – happy bday to eldest Marzipan!
Happy Birthday to your son!
Robin, does Memoir last on you? Twenty sprays for me and neither I nor Mr Marzipan could smell it five minutes later. It smells like celery to me at least what I did smell initially.
And enjoy the sushi with your son!!! Tomorrow, right?
SOTD continuing with the Chanel project Chance Tendre
Tonight for CP Arjee le Sore Flux de Fleur…this one lasts for 12 hours so you know it’s a powerhouse.??
Tomorrow I might not be around so posting the end of my Chanel FORTNIGHT in no 5 EDT and in the evening for CP Casablanca.
Happy Birthday to your eldest!
Thank you lillyjo ???
Cm8, I sprayed 2 sprays of Gucci Memoire, 3 and a half hours ago, it doesn’t have much projection but up close it’s still going strong.
You and I have total opposite skin chemistry ?
Ha! Yes my skin eats it up ?
I guess that’s how I got away with Giorgio and Poison back in the day LOL ? ?
It does not seem to be as short lived on me as some people here have reported, but, I also have not given it a real full day test.
A pleasant cooler day. Wearing Yesterday Haze, very yummy for late summer.
I am a day late, but you smelled great ringthing 🙂
Wearing Sexual Healing, a great HONEY tobacco scent from Art Meets Art (a community project approved brand)
I tried the art meets art samples too. My favorite was Like a Virgin Limited Edition.
CP points today for Rogue Chypre Siam. I’ve only sampled this briefly in the evening, so I’m interested to see how I like it throughout the day.
Earlier this morning tried ELDO She Was An Anomaly. They only have samples, not FB, on ELDO site. No entry on Fragantica. So assuming this is a new scent. I cannot smell a darned thing. Seriously. Nothing. The notes are all found in other scents I smell perfectly well… don’t think I can be anosmic to the whole kit n kaboodle. Weird. Will try later tonight with more sprays.
Maybe that’s the anomaly of the title!
Given that it’s ELDO, I could absolutely believe it is some sort of prank.
Well, I’m sorry to say that fall is in the air. I could hear the university marching band practicing last night when my husband and I took our after dinner walk. That means that football season is right around the corner. I also picked up some pumpkin spice Cheerios at the store yesterday for the kids.
I’m in OJ Champaca.
I saw geese heading south at 6 am this morning! Sigh…
I know. I’m not ready for summer to be over.?
I’m getting a little jealous. We are close to 100 degrees for the next 3 days at least and have another month of possible heat – would love me some crips morning air! Well, the grass being greener and all that.
I am desperate for fall too. The humidity is killing me.
For me, in the Midwest, the temperature doesn’t matter as much as the other signs of fall. I would rather have thirty degrees in the spring, than eighty degrees in October. It’s the feeling of the approaching winter, that stinks.
1. Love OJ Champaca. You smell great!
2. Woo hoo!! College football and fall!! Yesssss….. my DVR is already set to record ESPN College GameDay, which starts this Saturday.
3. Love the sound of marching bands practicing.
4. LOL at pumpkin spice Cheerios
Loved the pumpkin spice Cheerios. Looking forward to trying the pumpkin spice once ?
I meant pumpkin spice SPAM once
Pumpkin Spice Cheerios are already in the store?!?!? Must go shopping!
Pumpkin Spice instant coffee is already available at Starbucks.
Somehow confused my days and thought that I was getting my stitches out today but it’s actually tomorrow. I am not looking forward to waking up an hour earlier than normal to get it done. Spent most of the morning in Jicky EDT and that has worn off. I am switching to Lonestar Memories and heading off to work.
Darn, sorry!
Even more from Solstice Scents… ?
Today I am trying Estate Vanilla and Violet Mallow.
Official notes for EV are Raw Vanilla Pods, Vanilla Infused Sugar, Cream & Vanilla Extract. Our Rich House Vanilla.
Official notes for VM are Marshmallow Cream, Violet Flowers, Vanilla Bean, White Musk.
I am sampling the EDP spray samples not the oils. So far all are nicely done but I haven’t been impressed with the sillage or longevity as such. So I began googling late last night and compulsively reading reviews on Reddit (as one does) and people seem to not have issues with projection and lasting time but many say the perfumes need to “rest” and to wait revisit them after a month or so because they seem to gain more oomph. I know some people believe perfumes need to macerate to come into their own with some time. I am unsure of the science here ? but I shall play along and revisit them in a month or so.
Any thoughts on fragrances resting or macerating from my esteemed colleagues out there? These are natural/indie perfumes which are made in small batches so they haven’t been sitting on a store shelf for 6 months to a year like a regular full bottle aging etc.
I din’t usually read the paper / card stuff that comes with orders but I must have been very conscious of recycling the day I opened my most recent Solstice Acents order and saw a note that mentioned letting perfume rest. It was the first I had of that and no, I din’t really pay much attention to this. Wine, yes; perfume, no.
Yes, you are correct…I believe they say to let them rest on the enclosed card in fact. ??
When I make my own oil blends I try to let them rest for weeks if not months. The smell is very different. I would guess the same for alcohol based.
You need to try Estate Vetiver…. it’s really a patchouli and one of my favorite….it lasts foreevvaaaa even on my scent devouring skin.
Thanks for the recommendation…will add to the list!
Yes, list from me to you. I have a few more vanillas fit the VQ ?
They should be ready to go by the time I get back in October. Looking forward to sniffing with you. 🙂
Yes they will be perfectly aged by Oct to sniff together. ?
One wonders why they’re selling them when they still need to macerate. Shouldn’t they be waiting out that process before shipping anything?
A good question and point also made by some on Reddit. The scents are popular and made in small quantities is my understanding so they go in and out of stock. I waited actually for Estate Vanilla to come back in stock before I put my order through.
Satori for a calming presence.
I love everything I have sampled from this house but full bottles are very dear(price wise).
They are. sigh.
I’m wearing Musc Monoi by Parfums de Nicolaï. It is a lovely and easy to wear summery scent.
Tea is Jardin du Paradis (again) which inadvertently matches my scent.
In the powerhouse Ambre Russe by Parfum d’Empire from a little dauber thingy. I am really enjoying testing this one, but I think if I owned more than an ml, I would cry. It only take a drop on each wrist for hours of sniffing pleasure. I frequently empty an entire dauber (I think they are about .5 ml ? ) in one usage. Not this one.
The small dabbers if almost full are 0.7mL (I think)
One of the great perfume mysteries–your comment made me finally research it:
https://wikidiff.com/dauber/dabber
(Doesn’t really clear things up, does it? Both terms are used interchangeably on Basenotes, for what it is worth 🙂 )
Ha!
A Valentine Song for Hajusuuri
You say dabber and I say dauber
You say oud and I say agar
Dabber, dauber, oud, agar!
Let’s call the whole thing off!
You like perfume and I like parfum
You like cistus shrub and I like labdanum
Perfume, parfum, cistus shrub, labdanum!
Let’s call the whole thing off!
But oh! If we call the whole thing off
Then we must part
And oh! If we ever part
Then that might break my heart!
(Apologies to the Gershwins!)
I am laughing very hard! Thank you. I shall be humming this the rest of the day. I, like you, normally anoint myself with entire dab/daub sample, mostly, with no regrets.
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Hilarious! ?
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Most excellent!!!
A+
Clever and very funny! ?
Brava!
You smell great. My fave amber.
don’t mind me, still trying to convince myself I love Caligna!
I’ve been there! It’s a meh for me.
Commando perfume-wise so far today, still using the decaf Lemon Lift as iced tea. I think I’ll be making mint tea soon.
SOTD = SSS Pacific Forest
My intent was to wear Bee’s Bliss but somehow, Pacific Forest leaped into my hand. I had a picture of Bee’s Bliss for Insta but it was not to be; however, it gave me the opportunity to showcase the cutest mini bee bottle travel atomizer.
https://www.instagram.com/p/B1eGYdHBJJ4/?igshid=1sopzwdbhwzol
And yes, as pl67 guessed, I finally got my hot little hands on a bottle of the Guerlain 190th Anniversary perfume. From New York to Paris and back to New York, one was finally located at, are you ready for this? Saks! So the BG SA arranged to purchase it and I picked it up on Tuesday. Pics to come in the near future!
I could rant about my commute yesterday but I will save that for another day!
Enjoy hajusuuri!
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Is that mini a spray bottle? So cute!
It is a spray bottle . It is adorable!
I am very happy that you were able to get the bottle of Guerlain 190th Anniversary! Gorgeous! Enjoy it!
Thank you. I will open it carefully!
Congratulations! 🙂
Thank you. Re: your question on the discount. I assume you are referring to the LuckyScent bot? If yes, it was so totally random and the only think I could figure out was right around that time, I kept debating about getting a bottle of Mohur extrait and then the discount really just pushed me over the edge!
How awesome! Enjoy!
Thank you.
Congratulations on your new bottle!
Thanks!
Congratulations, and enjoy! How exciting..
Omg, it really IS!!
I kind of had a feeling that you did get your hands on that Guerlain anniversary perfume. That is rather funny that it was found in NYC after all!
Congratulations, and enjoy the perfume. 🙂
The pour un ete – kind of the opposite of the CP, I’m realizing. This was a swap that worked well for me (I hope that’s true for my swap partner, too!). This is a great one for heat and liberal spritzing. Plus, come afternoon time, I can put something new on!
Different question: I’m headed to Portland, and dimly remember members here talking about perfume stores there. I’m not sure my friends will be amenable to going to one, but just in case: where should I go? Thanks!!
The Perfume House, on Hawthorne Blvd, for more classic perfumes like Caron, plus Amouage, Lutens, ELDO, HdP, Memo, and lots more. Fumerie is on Division St, and carries a little more niche-Slumberhouse, Profumum, Imaginary Authors, Parisi, and proprietor Tracy is a gem. When will you be here? We could meet up!
thanks for the tips! We’re there just 1.5 days, October 4-6. I wish I could meet up but I’ll be lucky if I can drag my friends to one of the two stores…they are both celebrating big birthdays, and one has moved across the country so this is likely our only time together this year. Next time!!
SOTD TDC de Bachmakov. Heading out to breakfast shortly with a childhood friend. I’ve been staying at my childhood home which has been revamped for rental eventually and not quite done yet. My sister, who oversaw and did most of the design work, did an amazing job. It still feels like the same house, but with all the ghosts swept out. Looking forward to her bday dinner tonight and seeing more family I haven’t seen yet!
Have fun!!!!
Enjoy!
I’m back in Orange Leaf, from the decant that won’t quit (and I mean that in the best way).
Update on the mouse situation: Maintenance staff came out and sealed up the gaps around some pipes in our kitchen, then I caught a second mouse after work yesterday. Haven’t heard any mouselike noises since then, so hopefully that’s the end of that!
Fingers crossed for you
It’s like early fall here, sunny and temps in the ’70s. I’m wearing California Reverie because I haven’t worn all my summer favorites enough yet. Earworm of the morning: “Oh, I wanna dance with somebody, I wanna feel the heat with somebody…”
Sounds like a gorgeous day!
Hot, humid and windy. Been too distracted to post lately. Doing a bunch of baking and ironing, trying to get caught up. Joining foxbins in California Reverie.
Beautiful, always perfect.
I’m earning CP points by wearing Areej Le Dore Malik Al Taif. Thanks to the person who pointed out this brand is a pretty new one so I had more perfumes to wear (since I bought a sample pack from them). This one is absolutely gorgeous. Though it’s got oud in it, I can barely detect its sour presence, and am just floating on a sea of very pure sensual roses. I’m like that scene in American Beauty of the girl in the bathtub full of red roses.
I am now ?? with you in Flux de Fleur
As predicted, I could still smell yesterday’s Vetiver Extraordinaire when I woke up this morning! Potent stuff.
I sprayed No 5 Oil over it and that actually managed to tamp it down pretty well. When that was dying down, I sprayed some Samsara EDP and the combination was really gorgeous.
Some hours later I was making some decants and managed to get more Chanel L’Eau on my hands than the bottle. Enough that when I ate a snack I could taste it ?
And for now, I smell of peroxide & bleach as I’m coloring my hair…
Too funny.
I received my sample of the new Mugler Amber last night. I only tested it on one wrist, but here is my first impression: my first thought was in reminded me somewhat of Ambre Nuit, but I don’t have much Amber experience, so I could be wrong. It smelled deep and dark,after awhile I could definitely pick up a similarity with Oriental Express. So I’m guessing some iris in there? All said, I really liked it. Oh, and no ambroxan! Woohoo!
My sotd is Michael Kors Sexy Rio De Janeiro.
Ooh, sounds promising!
Love ambers, might need to look for this one!
Commando but thinking of Copal Azur in honor of La Mer by Debussy.?
Gorgeous!
In NYC for a few days and made a pilgrimage to Aedes for some sniffing. Their new place is much smaller then the East Village one.
Tested Oeillet Bengale and I love it! Would anyone be interested in doing a split of either discovery set (other options in it are Copal Azur and Iris Nazarena) or three Oeillet travel sprays? Email me at yasminazsquared geemale land if yes and we can work out the details. I need two ppl to pull the trigger!
The price would be 44 (shipping and packaging included) for each 10 ml spray,
Day late, but very interested in a travel spray of the OB or CA if you can find a third person! Actually I’d take both but I don’t think that would help you, you can’t pick the scents, can you?
Maison Margiela Untitled for work. We went to a korean restaurant for dinner and ate bulgogi.
Had a shower with Truth or Dare showergel, so i smell like a big bubblegum. Its not bad, maybe i buy a small bottle for cheap…
Jealous of your dinner, although we had very good Japanese food last night.
Carner Barcelona Tardes today.
I just love the name of that perfume. Somehow it makes me instantly relax. What do you think of it?
DeBussy was so ahead of his time – what an appreciation for his talent there is now thankfully! (like my man Prince, I would predict)
Ok Robin, so do you like the ‘new Gucch’? How many sprays, come on – tell us!!
I should wear Hiram Green’s ShangriLa for the Peach Day, AND play some good ol’ Gregg Allman ??.
I am in Gardener’s Glove OH MAN it is a patchouli and iris punch in the face in the best way possible. I like it!
Late reply, sorry, but I’m a lightweight…2 sprays!
I’m looking forward to the predicted cooler, drier weather that is supposed to arrive tomorrow. Temperatures in the 70’s!
SOTD = Vilhelm Parfumerie’s Morning Chess EdP, from the sample stash and a generous NSTer. It’s definitely a leather, and it definitely works with today’s warm and humid weather. I’m giving serious thought to wearing it tomorrow, since I don’t have anything that fits the CP. But I will smell good no matter what!
I am also waiting for the so promised cooler temps. No rain so far today as it was predicted. Looking forward to a nice relief after the tough heat wave we have been facing.
Salome from a sample. Smells “cleaner” than I remember, and I think it’s gorgeous. I would love a bottle of this
Me 2. You smell devilishly delightful!
thank you! Salome isn’t discontinued is it? I ordered a decant because couldn’t find a FB.
Flopper, if you need a fix of Salomé, hit me up at taiga101 in the land of yahooligans✌?
I’m trying the new Gucci memoire. Pretty sure it’s the almond that throws this all off for me. Me and almond don’t get along a good amount of time. Going to have to be a pass for me.
Sprayed a bit of Chanel-Venise tonight from my sample. It’s such a nice scent; I may treat myself to a bottle of that!
Still enjoying peach week (for me) as my friend brought me in a supply from her own backyard tree! And another co-worker friend graciously brought a couple of us each a bottle of her wine this morning. She says it’s excellent; and she’s quite a connoisseur, so I trust her judgement!
It should be my day off tomorrow, but I’m going in so that my manager and I can send off my project. Will take Monday off instead!
Getting some CP points sampling 4 Chris Rusak scents that just arrived. These are some intense olfactory experiences! I definitely appreciate the artistry but don’t know that they will become needs.
Friday new niche SOTD is Sylvaine Delacourte’s Smeraldo! Very nice. Still thinking about it. Happy weekend, everyone!