Hump Day plus World Food Day. What fragrance are you wearing?
I have Marni on one arm and Marni Rose on the other. I wish Marni had done just one more flanker, maybe Marni Spice.
Reminder: on 10/18, wear a fragrance by Maria Candida Gentile, Maître Parfumeur et Gantier, Memo Paris or Miller et Bertaux if you have one. Partial credit for any other small-ish brand that starts with the letter M.
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 shows items from the Marni Pop Folk Market.
Mön exclusif from a decant
THUNK!
Do you prefer it to Mon Guerlain?
maybe my nose is not that refined, but I don’t smell a huge difference between the two.
I know its there but I can’t smell it after 10min! And that goes for Mon Guerlain too..
What do you think?
Have you smelled the newest flanker?
I’ve only smelled the edp. I’ve not seen any of the flankers around here, and never the Mon Exclusif, but I heard they were almost identical.
Skin chemistry is so fascinating to me! Mon Guerlain lasts 10 minutes on you, and FOREVER on me….I wish I understood more of the reaction happening on skin.
(Note to self to research it when curiosity strikes at a less busy time…LOL)
Ineke Gilded Lily today.
I am confined to bed with a phone, old laptop and mobile internet (poor connection), so I visit NST less frequently than normal. I also do not have access to at least a half of my perfumes. But I do have one or two Memo scents for tomorrow.
I haven’t been checking in regularly, are you injured? Sorry to hear you are stuck in bed without high speed internet. Hope things get better soon for you!
Yes, injured since late August. But there was an error in the diagnosis and different approaches to treament, so long story short I was ordered to stay in bed only several days ago. Now I should spend a month in bed. 🙁 I hope it helps. Thank you!
Good grief
Oh, that sounds awful. I hope you heal from this!
Oh my! Good luck! Last time I was on here, I think you said a lower back injury?
Yes, they first thought it was a bruised tailbone, but it turned out to be a fractured sacrum. To be fair, they are very similar injuries, and the approach is similar – rest and painkillers. Apparently I need more rest and minimum strain on my back. Thank you!
Wishing you to recover after that spell in bed, it’s no fun I’m sure, and you must get impatient at times.
Glannys, wishing you all the best, that is very hard!
That sounds miserable, Glannys, I hope it passes quickly for you!
Ouch. Wishing you the best for a speedy recovery!
Oh no! Hopefully this session of bedrest will do the trick. Wishing you a full recovery asap!
Oh, that sounds horrible. ?
May you heal quickly and well. Thinking of you!
Sending you well wishes. It really stinks that it took so long to get on the right healing track.
Thank you for good wishes, everyone.
Wishing you a speedy recovery. I hope the month passes quickly.
Oh no! Please get well rested and come back when you can.
I hope you feel better quick, and your complete recovery is even quicker Glannys!
Hang in there Glannys! We are all still here whenever you need us! Our distraction capability is unmatched!!
I hope you heal as quickly as possible.
Keep us updated on your recuperation.
Made the trek from Montréal to San Diego yesterday in the plane, after two weeks of intense stress and no sleep I am sick with a cold and utterly exhausted. No perfume for now, nose is too tickly. My poor husband is driving the car, got stuck in horrible traffic through Toronto, then got a flat half way to Sarnia, Ontario. Had to unload the van (which is full) to get to the spare, then drive for 50 miles to find a fleabag motel to spend the night and change the tire in the morning. Now he’s back on the road, hope the rest of the trip goes better for him. Next year we are going to travel a lot lighter!
I love Montreal ! The coffee I drink comes from the Atwater market
I am trying to convince Mr L to let me take a solo trip to Montreal before the end of the year
Ooh, which coffee brand is it? There are several good local roasters. I definitely think you should have a solo trip. 🙂
Brulerie Aux Quatre Vents
Do you have one you recommend?
My local café serves Café Saint-Henri, which tastes very good. Worth a try.
Oh, dear. Poor guy. I hope the rest of the drive is uneventful.
Me too!
Wishing him a safe trip! How long of a drive is that?
About 3,000 miles!
That’s a long drive. Wishes for a safe journey for him!
Thank you!
I feel your husband’s pain! We once set out for Yosemite from Oakland for a week-long holiday and the car stuffed to the gills, only to get a flat about 8 miles out. Pulled off the highway in some desolate spot and had to unload our bikes, then the bike rack, and then unpack the entire car to get to the spare tire…. and then drove the whole way to Yosemite at 50 mph. The next day I headed into the nearest decent-sized town to get the tire fixed, and wound up having to buy four new tires. I was at the shop for about four hours… ching ching ching!
Yikes, no fun. He just replaced the one tire and will have the rest checked when he gets home.
Oh my goodness. Hope you feel better and hope the rest of his trip goes MUCH better.
Thank you!
Ditto!! So stressful.
Hope you feel better ! Wishing him a safe trip !
Enjoy your winter
Thank you, it is so hot here my body is in shock at the moment. 🙂
Wishing you speedy recovery from your cold and that you are reunited with your husband without any more incidents!
Thank you! He is on the way, so far so good, looks like he will be home Friday if nothing else goes wrong. 🙂
Safe travels to your husband, and I hope that your cold goes away soon.
Glad you made it safe and sound; now you can rest up in the warmth and sunshine! And I hope your hubby arrives quickly.
Both of you are having a rough go of it.
Best of health to you and safe travels to the husband!
Glad you’re back. Hope your cold passes quickly and your husband gets home quickly and safely.
M. Micallef Note Vanilee today. Such a wonderful boozy caramelish vanilla.
Is there something in the airto make lousy drivers come out? Yesterday my bus was pulling out of the bus way, honked a car to move a little so it had room to move and then some idiot in a pickup truck decided to try and pass the bus to get into that space. To do so he had to be on the wrong side of the solid double yellow line and of course yelled at the bus driver when the pickup truck hit the bus. Of course, the bus had a bunch of witnesses… I didn’t stick around and simply called an Uber.
Today a car came close enough to my husband that he reached out and pulled a muscle in his shoulder and is currently waiting for x-rays though he doesn’t think it’s anything worse than the shoulder. How bad does your driving have to be to not notice a 6’3 blind guy with his white cane on a clear sunny day?
Sounds like a She-ra perfume
It is! I have a FB.
It’s beautiful…in the league of original formula SDV. ?
I seem to remember that SDV was drier than Note Vanille but I haven’t smelled it in a while
Yes, I agree – similar to the original SDV, which is not what it used to be.
People are nuts and thoughtless . Last week we had a road construction worker hit and killed because a driver decided that road barricades didn’t appy to him. I hope your husband is ok.
Awful. Poor worker and his family.
Oh no! That is absolutely awful.
Oh, wow. People can be so aggressive and impatient. Glad neither of you is hurt badly and I hope your husband’s shoulder is ok. Very unnerving and angering!
There is a lot of pressure and anger in the air right now- I think people are trying to make it to jobs, there are those who are working gig jobs who are in cars who have to make a deadlines to make and so forth. In PDX, we have had far too many of our citizen hit by cars.
It’s an epidemic. Here in Toronto people are hit on a daily basis… often the victims of a hit and run. I suspect a lot of the accidents are distracted drivers. Phones in particular. I was told there are an average of 80,000 Uber and Lyft vehicles on the roads now. Most cars are single occupants and there is construction everywhere. Drivers think they are the victims of this out of control traffic when in fact they are the cause.
Same in Montréal, unfortunately.
Oh my gosh that’s awful- I hope your husband will be ok.
I am sorry about your husband, Rena, I hope he feels better soon. Not sure if this will make you feel any better, but you can (partly) blame the cosmos for all the crappy drivers and other things going on right now. Apparently, Mercury is in retrograde until Nov. 20th and is also traversing thru the sign of Scorpio. (I don’t think anyone needs to be an astrology enthusiast like me to know what’s up with that sign). Like Ede97005 said, lots of pressure and moodiness and emotional stuff in the air right now. I myself experienced some of it at work yesterday (but manageable) The rest of it, well, you can just blame on stooopit impatient drivers.
How awful for your husband, hope he is not too badly hurt. Too many stressed distracted drivers on the road.
Had an early doctor’s appointment today and I really didn’t want to get my butt out of bed. It was raining on my way to the doctor and I swear people don’t know how to drive in rain. Makes me wonder about what’s going to happen when winter comes and when there is about 4 inches of snow on the roads. Spending the day in Tigress Musk.
Hope the rest of the day is more peaceful Dawn!
How did the Jicky experiment go the other night?
It worked. Had to wait until after 5 to get a spray on my ankle at least.
Hi I’m wearing Fat Electrician today.
Recover fast. Now you can watch all the movies!
Upps, this was meant for glannys….
Gotta love that man. You smell great!
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You smell sooooo good! Best vetiver scent ever in my opinion!
I have a lot on my plate this week that I just don’t want to do, so I’ve decided to go all spicy today in CdG Blackpepper, for an extra push.
I join you in not wanting to do the stuff I ought to do this week! Hope the Blackpepper worked for you.
Trying something new (to me) today, Tea House from Smell Bent. Doesn’t smell like tea so much as the light lemon cookies you might have at a tea party, dipped into the teacup. Quite nice.
Interesting, and sounds kind of lemming worthy?
VC&A Ambre Imperial, which seems to have one of those woody bases which doesn’t quite agree with me. It started out promising though. I have the cutest mini bottle sample that I picked up at Neiman Marcus in SF from a generous SA – into the no pile it goes!
I’m sorry you don’t like AI. I love it and am currently contemplating a bottle from the discounters??
I love it when I get a tiny little bottle from an SA. I got a little mini of Coromandel at NM a couple of years ago. Kind of a charge!
Wearing Goldfield & Banks Southern Bloom from a sample. Nice, perhaps a bit screechy initially, but smooths out to a pleasant tropical floral. Reminds me a little of Zoologist Chameleon.
Both of those have very nice bottles. Are you feeling any better?
They are nice bottles- I love the Chameleon bottle. I am feeling better, though it never got too bad. Thanks for asking ?
Did you try Velvet Splendour? I like it better than Southern Bloom.
I did smell it on a strip, but not on skin. I think I had nose fatigue at that point so don’t really even remember it. And I couldn’t smell Pacific Rock Moss at all!
Trying Solstice Scents Estate Vetiver today.
Notes are Estate Vanilla, Vetiver, Patchouli, Tobacco, Sandalwood, Lime.
A day without vanilla is almost unimaginable… ?
It really should be called Estate Patchouli ?
I agree – smells like chocolatey patchouli to me.
Agree. Reminds me of Coromandel in the drydown.
The Fall collection for Solstice Scents will go live at 7 pm ET/4 pm PT if you want to get in on the action. I have samples to share as well but I’ve burned through some of them. ? there’s several Fall only scents and I haven’t tried any of those and all will be available as 1 ml extrait or 2.5 ml sprays depending on the scent so I’m in quite the conundrum as to what to sample, buy, etc. and then I wonder how quickly stuff may sell out. ? quite the late night existential perfume crisis going on here…as is typical… ?
Just saw this post … so what did you buy? 🙂
I left out the most important word…tomorrow. The collection goes live tomorrow at 4 pm PT. Ahahahahha I am sorry for the confusion but you can still get in on the action! They have been posting pics of scents coming back on FB and they have a master scent list which is overwhelming but denotes which all fall releases too. Lots to pour over and contemplate. ?
https://www.facebook.com/pages/category/Health-Beauty/Solstice-Scents-197081780213/
http://www.solsticescents.com/MASTER-SCENT-REFERENCE_ep_45-1.html
Yes. Reminds me of Coromandel in the drydown.
Robin, they did make a Marni Spice! I’ve not tried it, but I’ve seem bottles on eBay.
https://www.fragrantica.com/perfume/Marni/Marni-Spice-30015.html
I’m in one of my many forgotten perfumes, Miller et Bertaux Close Your Eyes, And… It’s a sweet, woody thing that reminds me a bit of What We Do in Paris is Secret, though that one is sweeter.
Robin I think you need to buy a large sample of that..the notes sound fab
Marni Spice is very good. It amps up the spice and the darker notes of the base but within the Andrier wheelhouse of wearable fragrances. Anyone could wear it to an office (unless it had a strict no fragrance policy) without fear of being overwhelming.
I’m so brilliant!
https://nstperfume.com/2015/02/11/marni-spice-new-fragrance/
But really, I ask you, who can remember all these perfumes? LOL…
MPG, Ambre Precieux. Yum. This CP is an easy one for me. I seem to favor the Ms.
I’m on an amber kick these days. Do you have a fav or top 3? ?
Butting in here. Have you tried Ambre Loup, by Rania J? I’m a rookie with ambers, but this one is lovely.
I haven”t tried Ambre Loup but I’ve heard several NSTRs mention it. Not sure why I haven’t sought it out. Not sure if Laura has tried it.
Hi Perunia, I can send you some!! Email me!
Yes, I have it! I think I might have sent you some?
My notes are not organized, but you probably did! And now, I have a hajusuuri sized sample as well! ?
You smell absolutely beautiful Petunia. I love that one!
Stunning!
Aw, thanks! It is a favorite amber. I know I have several perfumes that have amber listed in the notes. I’m just a little too fried right now to think straight. Work was a pressure cooker today. Too much work plus training.
House twins!
Hey Twin! I need to scamper off to read your SOTD.
I wasn’t sure what to wear today. I received a weather alert on my phone that said horizontal rain advisory, so I got out my almost winter coat. My coat smelled really good, took me a minute, but I figured out it was Tabacco Vanille, so now I’m scent twins with my coat, lol! I love this perfume!
Lol, I am the queen of run on sentences! Yay for comma’s!?
As long as the sentences make sense, which they did, you can type away, Lillyjo, you smell very cosy.
Thanks Aurora, I need cosy. We are having a very windy day here!
You smell fantastic! TV is so good on a cold rainy day!
Was going to wear Memo Granada from a sample, but remembered that I thought it pretty meh. That put me in mind to wear SL FdO, though.
I have quite a few Memo samples but not compelled to wear any of them really. Not my favorite brand!
Humpday!
Am in Amelie Rose for the day- I need a fruity rose to uplift me while we deal with DATABASE FUN FUN FUN.
Oy vey. The rage lifting tonight will be EPIC.
I love databases – I think they are near magical. I do NOT envy you having to debug/adjust/otherwise fix one though. Does it help that someone out there loves the result you’ll eventually get to? No? I didn’t think so. 😉
In the opposite of ‘meh’ today–whatever you think of this perfume, it is probably not ‘meh’! Flos Mortis for this sunny cool morning of writing.
Wow – “sunny cool morning of writing” sounds wonderful. I’m envious.
Dearest Oakland, I thought of you when I was strolling for my morning coffee. Our neighborhood independent bookstore had some Mary Renault books in their front window. I was impressed! And now I know who she is because of you. Grazie!
I love that you got so much out of her books. It is lovely to ‘discover’ a writer who has been around for a while–especially when the writer has been prolific. I remember when I finally discovered Elizabeth Gaskell . . . years after college and my 19th C novel classes!!
Flos Mortis wasn’t for me, but it definitely wasn’t meh!
See my description below 😉
Ohhhh! I tried that one and we didn’t get along but I am willing to try again once we have cooler weather.
It’s a different Tuberose’n
So what do you think?
Bathroom cabinet!
What put me in mind for it was that I am reading Scented, which is full of descriptions of indoor scent composites. This perfume feels like it could be one of Sian’s oily scent slicks that evoke her past. To me, Flos Mortis notes are vitamins, aspirin, talc, band-aids, used tissues, blue toilet bowl sanitizer cake, and the sticky residue from an anti-bacterial cleanser that is gumming the corners behind the toilet bowl.
Needless to say, I am not sure cooler weather is going to change this one!
Sounds interesting. I like the smell of bandaids
It IS interesting, and it calms down to something quite beautiful…. but the first hour or so it is stays firmly “interesting”!
Some Oud smell like band-aid and I am not really enamored with it.
Ew! Quite a concoction!
But not ‘meh’!
Wow that is particularly descriptive. I am
Impressed.
It was sour on me, decomposing – ish.
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You’re a writer? What do you write?
SOTD is Cuir Cannage. I’m near thunking distance on my first decant of it, and the second decant I ordered recently arrived yesterday so I should have enough to last for the foreseeable future. It’s delicious. (The Cuir Cannage, I mean. The foreseeable future may or may not be delicious.)
You smell great, I love CC.
Long day at work after 1st day of training.
Been wearing Prada Infusion d’Homme.
Hope it went well!
What a cute & perky picture!
I am commando today but hope to sneak some perfume on once we get out of the car.
I feel like Indochine again today.
It’s rainy and chilly here.
Goooooo Nationals!
The photography on the Marni site is really good. Just as well that I don’t want any of the items 🙂
YSL Champagne for today, it smells very smooth.
You smell divine!
Thank you Laura. I was really in the mood for it.
Sortilège from Le Galion for me today, I’m in the mood for something with a classic feel. Work was crazy yesterday, I’m hoping for a better day today.
That’s a beauty!
MK Wonderlust again. It’s better with things layered over it. ?
Hope you will find the perfect layering option for it. I’m not very adventurous with it but there are a few combos I like very much.
Another day of Bas de Soie. Usually don’t wear it in the fall, especially in the rain, but it doesn’t work too badly.
SotD = infusion d’Iris edt
I adore this scent. It was mentioned as someone’s SotD in Monday’s comments. So I wore it after bath and before bed on Monday evening. Have worn it all day Tuesday and today too. Might keep going on this iris love train for a while longer. ?♥️
Wishing everyone a wonderful and fragrant Wednesday! ?
Half points for Madonna Truth or Dare, its really nice if used sparingly. My contribution to world food day was a big pot of homemade chili con carne.
After I bought the very expensive McQueen Parfum, I looked up reviews, and several people compared it to this. Now I’m curious about it. I remember when it came out but never tried it.
Yesterday’s SOTD was another Angel sample, with the additional bonus of layering with matching lotion that a lovely Freebiemeeter sent me. It was nice to smell it all day.
I’m back from Phoenix. I like the desert. My conference was good and I enjoyed seeing many friends, plus we found some good places to eat and I visited two art museums.. The best part was the Desert Botanical Garden. Wow! The desert is full of colors and smells, flowers and birds and butterflies. I think I overdid it on walking the trails there though, as I’m now super exhausted. SOTD is MPG Secrete Datura. I still have two more to go for this week. I even have one of the older red bottles. I liked those!
Welcome back! From your IG posts, it did look like you had a blast.
Yes, isn’t that beautiful? We went at night and they had the coolest light display of artwork.
Arizona is beautiful!
Dries Van Noten today. I wish I could figure out why this one is so weird to my nose. I’ll finish the sample today, but could have saved it for Art House week coming up.
Interesting, I find that one so wearable!
Finally made it to NST….. 🙂
The day started out chilly and gray, so I went with warm and cozy Lush Cardamom Coffee (solid perfume). It wore off quite a while back, so tonight at home I’ll find something warmer and cozier (and heavier) to snuggle up to….
In Baie 19, ❤️
Too exhausted to make a long comment; SOTD was Fleur des Comores by MPG, it sits somewhere in between Songes and Vanilla (l’artisan) and is gorgeous.
Ooh, I love that one too, and may wear it Friday.
The seasonal transition can be rough. At least, it is for me. I hope tomorrow brings renewed energy.
Your SOTD sounds lovely.
Late today! Definitely time to turn the heat back on… it’s cold and rainy outside. A good day to have jambalaya for dinner.
SOTD = Dior Poison Girl EdT, from the sample stash. Thunk.
How is Pixel kitty progressing?
She’s starting to resist me giving her the antibiotic. That may become a 2 person job in the near future.
Maybe it’s a good sign that Pixel is regaining her strength. I hate giving meds to my pets. It can be challenging but our dog will eat just about anything wrapped in turkey lunch meat.
Poor pixel-kitty but I hope she realizes you are doing it for her own good!
A good sign I agree. Try goat cheese, that can’t resist it. It makes the perfect pill pocket.
True for cats and dogs.
mmmm, Jambalaya! Last Saturday I ran my furnace for the first time this season. I like to run it for a while on a warmish day with the windows open so all that stale air goes out out out!
This is not the first time I have had my furnace on. There’s been at least one other cold, wet, and windy blast of weather that has come thru my area so far this month.
I’m holding off…so far so good.
I like this idea! Also, it takes less energy to warm up a warm house than a cold one. I may have to rethink my strategy of waiting until the house cools down to 62ish. ?
Late to the party
SOTD = MPG Iris Bleu Gris
It’s in the green perfume category for me!
https://www.instagram.com/p/B3r_Kazh3nE/?igshid=bfe75dpmxo29
In other news, no news yet from the Administrative Law Judge. The timeline to hear back is “in a few weeks” so since one week had passed, we’re that much closer to a decision!
This is open enrollment period for Medicare. Please don’t be seduced by the lower cost of Medicare Advantage (Part C). Unless you KNOW you will continue to be healthy and nothing catastrophic will happen to you, stick to the traditional plan Part A and Part B and get medigap. Part D for drugs comes with both plans. I will repeat this again since I am posting late today and there are many ads out there touting Medicare Advantage. The profit motive for Medicare Advantage is extremely high; don’t become a victim. Please note that I am not suggesting Part A and Part B will not deny coverage but Medicare Advantage, with its profit motive, has incentives to deny by default and hope there is no dispute or appeal.
Whoops, replied below ⬇
Hey House Twin. Your scent sounds lovely. Thanks for the Medicare coverage advice. Although I am not close yet.
I’m not on Instagram, but I love to click on here for your photos. I’m loving this red bottle.
This house was red before red became the rage!
+1 !!
Put on a couple spritzes of Guerlain L’Heure Bleue edp for this rainy night.
Slipping in late just to say I’ve been keeping up pretty well with NST; silently rejoicing or sympathizing with folks as need be. Sending out good vibes to you all —
On impulse I put on a bit of TF Ombre Leather this afternoon. I’ve always liked this, and I enjoyed it today, but I still feel like it wanted too much of my attention. 🙂 These days I’m looking for “wall paper” fragrances (that I’m not anosmic to).
I know exactly what you mean! For me that’s often Guerlain Cologne 68.
‘”wanted too much of my attention”
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