Happy (Chanel) Friday! Our community project for today: wear a fragrance by Chanel, if you have one. (This is a repeat from 2014.)
What fragrance did you pick? As always, do chime in with your scent of the day even if you’re not participating in the community project.
I went with good old Box of Eels,* in Extrait.
Reminder: on 11/22, wear a fragrance by Nasomatto, Neela Vermeire Créations, Naomi Goodsir, Nest or Nobile 1942, if you have one. Partial credit for any other small-ish brand that starts with the letter N.
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 from the Chanel Fall Winter 2019 campaign.
* Every so often we should explain to newcomers that ages ago, a reader here told her husband she was wearing Bois des Iles, and he said "Box of Eels?", and ever since then people have used it as a nickname.
I woke up craving for a charming and elegant rose-violet scent. Chanel Misia EdT fits that bill beautifully!
Happy Friday everyone!
Scent twins, I love Misia !!
You smell lovely!
Hi twin! We smell wonderful!
I must have have finished my decant, because I couldn’t find my little bottle of Misia. Such a ladylike scent.
I find Misia so sophisticated and much softer and easier to wear than FM Lipstick Rose, even though I love LR immensely.
One of my favorite Chanels! You smell delicious!
Thank you Glanys! 😊
I meant to wear Misia this week! It will have to be tomorrow.
Never late to wear it Robin. You will smell terrific!
I love this one. Still deciding if it’s FB worthy or not. I have a few bottles on my list!
It was full bottle worthy for me at first smell, like all the Les Exclusifs. I still have few of them in my fb purchase list. Some day…
I know, right?? We all can dream.
Count me in as another Misia lover. It was my second choice today but since I’m going to a fancy charity benefit luncheon tomorrow at the country club I decided to save it for that elegant occasion.
You will definitely smell elegant and sophisticated tomorrow in Misia. Perfect choice. Enjoy the event!
Happy FriYAY!
It’s cold and gray and rainy here, but I’m cozy and warm and comforted in Chanel No 5 Edt! A hug from my grandma every single time. (Miss you Granny! Until we meet again….)
Oh lovely!
Your grandma had class!
I was going to wear Rue Cambon again but my hand reached for Bois de Violette.
More Xmas presents, bought the Dyptique Xmas little triangle with a Do Son, Shower oil and candle, just lovely… wish I was getting it for Xmas! But very happy with my two samples of Do Son and L`ombre Dans L`eau.
Nice, congrats on your new things
You smell great and I wish I were on your Xmas list.
Sorry Chanel, I went with Bengale Rouge today, courtesy of a NST Superhero.
Smelling fine up here in the Cold Zone. ❄️
You smell wonderful!
Ooohhhh. You smell great.
Ha You are a funny girl. (and who could blame you?)
Thanks to a NSTer I am in 1957 today.
Its a very simple fragrance to me, light, airy, not sure it will last on my scent eating skin.
Matching it today with a wool sleeveless blue shift dress and a nude lippy by Chanel. I have no Chanel clothing in my closet, but this dress could be Chanel inspired.
Head-to-toe beautiful today… I was a bit relieved that I was pretty anosmic to 1957, given its my birth year and, therefore, a fun purchase. $$ saved…
Money saved! What is your favorite Chanel?
I did a switch for this evening 31RC
Cuir de Russie edp. I have a nude/sparkle lipstick by Chanel, named Ipanema, probably made in 2011/12? So I’ll join ltsg in a Chanel lippy.
I am wearing your beloved 1957
I just looked up your color and I think we are in the same color family. Mine is Cecile
I’m going to try your color, it’s so pretty!!
You smell amazing!
Why thank you! And you as well in Misia
Me, too! I wore it yesterday too; today it’s just a tiny spray applied from a great distance, making sure not to alienate any of my students — but the good news is that my cold is getting better, because I can actually smell the Cuir de Russie today. Yesterday’s two hefty sprays (I work from home on Thursdays) I could perceive only by planting my nose right on my arm.
I’m wearing an old favorite, No. 19. I got a bottle of this from my grandmother’s stash when she died, and used it up in a year. It’s a great relief from the orientals I’ve been wearing this week.
Nice, that’s the second grandmother mention already
I kept it on the down low due to appointments today with La Pausa. Thanks again to hajusurri who provided the sample. Love it!
You smell (discreetly) great, Petunia.
Thanks Robin! As do you in Box of Eels. One of my Chanel loves.
+1 girls
My favorite Chanel! You smell quietly amazing!
It’s pretty perfect!
You are smelling fabulous, Petunia!
Thank you Gail!
I’m so glad someone is wearing this one; it’s my favorite Chanel.
I can see why it’s your favorite!
I love this one, too. I emptied a (small) FB alarmingly fast and I miss it. I think maybe a new bottle will be a Christmas present to myself. You smell beautiful!
I wore the EDP today and it’s really good.
La Pausa is lovely, someone mentioned it being like a Sycomore edt Pour Femme. I see in my crystal ball that you’ll be wearing Beige in the near future 🔮☺️
Ha! 😀
I hope you turn the corner soon to feeling better!
Smellin’ good (you got the manufacturer’s sample, right?)
Yes, I did! Thank you!!!
The scent I put on at bedtime last night was Misia. I can still smell it this morning. So some hours separate Perfumelover67’s application of it and mine, but we’re kind of scent twins. lol
I like this floral fragrance, too, PL67!
Hi still twin! Misia is a great floral scent. We smell fantastic! 😊
Yes, we do.
Have a good weekend!
In the afternoon, I got my Sephora package. I remembered quickly sniffing the AERIN Ikat Jasmine at Neiman-Marcus on the trip to King of Prussia where I met Jalapeno, and I remembered liking it. However, I didn’t want to get the big bottle. One of the things I got from Sephora today was the travel-size rollerball of Ikat Jasmine. I tried that, and fortunately my memory was correct, and I did like it quite a bit. I don’t love it enough to be craving an 100 ml bottle, but I’m very happy with the travel-sized one.
I also got a Fresh Sugar Lemon perfume travel-sized rollerball. The Fresh Sugar Lemon body lotion is very nice, but sadly, the perfume reminded me of lemon cleaning products, and I washed it off. I’ll try to think of something I can combine it with to make it less reminiscent of the lemon version of Pine-Sol.
So that was half-successful. I got a sample of Atelier Cologne Clementine California with that order. If I still have last year’s Advent Calendar sample of that, I can send one of the samples along to someone who’d like to try it. I’ll take a look.
I also got my package from LUSH. That was a couple of wash cards in fragrances I haven’t tried yet, and the solid perfume of Vanilliary. I’m very happy with the scent of Vanilliary. I had tried the wash card of that some time ago.
I looked at the black label perfumes they have online and in the King of Prussia store. I like the Imogen Rose perfume, but I have the solid perfume of that. (Thank you, 50_Roses!) I also have a number of samples and decants and even a couple of full bottles of rose perfumes. I figure I’d better use up some of that, and then think again about whether I really want the Imogen Rose perfume in the “juice” form.
My order from Luckyscent the other day came with a gift set of Serge Lutens samples. I’ve gotten a number of samples and decants of Serge Lutens fragrances both on my own initiative and from generous NST folks. (Thank you, folks!) I’ll see if I have duplicates with those samples, too.
Have a good weekend!
Oh, I’d wanted to comment yesterday about the Bois des Isles explanation. Thank you for putting the explanation below the main section of the post, Robin. I know quite a number of the NST folks have been around for many years and have a long shared experience on the site, but it’s nice that you put in explanations of in-jokes every so often for the newer people. “Box of Eels” puzzled me for several weeks when I first started looking at NST posts and comments.
Sorry you had to wait so long to find out!
If I had any warm and cozy Chanels I’d be in one … but I don’t, so I’m in Indochine. My Chanel collection is remarkably sparse ever since it became more difficult to order samples. Guess I need to venture downtown to the flagship department stores and hit their perfume counters. But it’s so much easier to sit in my chair and have things delivered! First World Problems.
Agree — it has gotten easier & easier to get niche samples, and harder & harder to get designer samples.
I’m wearing Cuir de Russie. A bit of the extrait which I prefer to the EDT. This one wears so beautifully, close to the skin, occasionally producing a waft of pure and sinful luxury.
Tea is a high grade Ti Guan Yin.
While I wear EDT, I agree this scent is amazing. You smell wonderful.
I really like the EDT as well, but the extrait is stunning. I haven’t tried the new EDP yet.
Sinful luxury is a great description.
Thank you!
I mostly do not like the (over) refinement of the Chanels but in this case everything seems to come together so well.
I like the exclusifs as perfumes but find them a bit repressed and prim when it comes to actually wearing them – they tend to make me feel like I’m watching life from the sidelines when I wear them – but I have a lovely collection of small samples that Waterdragon gave me
Do you ever hear from her? I miss her here.
This one might be my favorite Chanel, though I haven’t been fortunate enough to smell the extrait.
If you ever get the chance, do smell it. And the other Chanel extraits.
Woke up in Chanel no 5 but about to switch over to vintage no 22. Got an email from Tauer Perfumes about a new perfume called Les Annees 25 BIS and a mini of it can be shipped to the US. Or course I had to snap it up.
Ditto here on the Tauer.
Andy Tauer said it’s going to smell different but I want to compare the two. I love most of his work.
I am positively atwitter about the new Tauer. I was about to buy one of his soaps so that mini may jump into my cart as well.
“Woke up in Chanel No. 5” is a great opening line.
I’m in Coco parfum, thanks to a generous NSTer. I smell amazing.🤩
The sun is actually out today, which is a much needed relief after the last couple of gloomy days. I’m headed out to REI to start some Christmas shopping for the kids during the sale that’s going on. Sometimes I miss the days when the kids were little and Christmas was a bit more “economical.”
I have a vintage bottle of Coco parfum and still haven’t opened it. I can just imagine how lovely you smell, regardless.
Oh you really should! Life is too short!
We’re heading out to REI too! I’m in Coco Noir.
It was insane! 22 people in line when I went to check out- good luck!!
Gorgeous!
Thank you!
What is REI?
Oh, it’s an outdoor gear and clothing store.
31 Rue Cambon for me! My favorite Exclusif, and pretty close to my favorite Chanel. Just heart-wrenching gorgeousness. I went through a small bottle years and years ago, and finally replaced it this year.
Have a great day all! (And thank you to all who commented on my SOTD yesterday. I saw them all, but very much later.)
Scent twins! (Well, we will be later today…) I forgot about the CP as I was getting ready and am in Kormann Eau de Fröhliche 3, but it will only last until about noon and I’ll wear 31 rue Cambon to go out tonight! It’s my only Chanel, and I love it.
I have quite a few Chanels and nothing comes close too Rue Cambon. I love every part of it (though I will say, the EdP has better staying power than the EdT, which I have to reapply regularly.)
You smell gorgeous! I love 31RC, but didn’t wear it today because I still have a bit of a stuffy nose and do not trust my spray-finger memory for that particular bottle to keep things office appropriate.
I am joining you..after 1957 went away I sprayed some 31 RC
You smell divine, simply divine and elegant.
Paris-Venise!
Me too!
Don’t forget to pack your gumboots…looks pretty wet in the square
No kidding! The photos are so sad. I am sure Venice is a global heritage something or other–I hope it get the funding it needs to make the necessary repairs and recovery!
Sad to report that during my recent move, I left my prized gold bee bottle in my rental car. The car was dropped off five days ago and I just realized I left it in there. I won’t be able to afford to replace it. My most beloved perfume.. bleh. I will be calling the rental place but I do expect someone made off with it. Depressing.
Commando atm:/
Oh no!
OMG
OMG. A moment of silence for your lost bee bottle.
Joined in the moment of silence.
I hope they are able to find it!
Oh no! That’s terrible! 😥
Oh no! I hope you are reunited with your bottle.
How unlucky, you never know maybe it was turned in at the rental place.
Oh, dear 🙁 I hope they were able to retrieve it for you! Which perfume was it?
It has been retrieved!!! Yay, thanks for the good mojo guys:).
(It’s Samsara btw) 🐝
Wild. Wonderful, way to kick of the holiday season.
That’s so great! Glad it worked out for you!
Oh no!!
Oh, NO!!!!!! Fingers crossed for a miraculous retrieval.
That stinks! I hope you can recover it. Maybe someone honest will turn it in.
Thank goodness it was found, yay:). Is it weird that I may have kissed it after I found it? Haha. LOL. Donatella would understand, maybe. Lol.
Oh! That’s great news! So happy for you.
Woo hoo. Looks like you should celebrate !
Vintage BdI extrait. Warm from the oven cranberry raisin pie. Life is good.
Life is good!!
Ah, your life is better than mine! I have no pie, LOL…
Allure for me today, acquired from my parents’ house last year..
I don’t own that many Chanel but have at various times over the years. I really do need to get Chanel Mo. 19 one of these days, since it was my signature years ago and I miss it. I am totally lemming that soap from the other day.
Which concentration are you thinking of getting? The edt, edp or extrait? I have all three and they smell fabulous.
Almost twins (siblings?) with Robin – Box of Eels but in EDT (or EDP?).
Yesterday my doctor told me that I can finally stand, walk and sit a little. So, after five weeks in bed, tomorrow I am going to try moving around my flat. I hope I keep getting better.
Yay!! Don’t overdo it. Wishing you a successful recovery!
Thank you. Yes, slowly and gradually, wearing a brace.
That’s wonderful news! Take it slow, but I hope you’ll improve quickly!
Thank you!
Good news! Wishing you a speedy recovery!
Thank you!
Good news! Wishing you a speedy recovery!
What a milestone . I hope you get stronger every day
Thank you!
That’s wonderful news, you’ve been so patient.
I had to!
Oh, that must be such a relief! I wish you a speedy recovery.
Thank you. I am both excited and afraid.
Yay – best wishes to recover fast!
Thank you!
I can’t imagine 5 weeks of bed rest 😱 But happy you can get up! Take it easy…
Hey sis!
And so happy for you.
One small slow step after another on your way back to health. I wish you the very best days ahead.
Great news Gladys! Healing by resting seems like a very reasonable way to go, but that concept is alien in the land of Medicare…
*** oops that should be Glannys!
But at least you get some medical insurance. In my case, all medical expenses come out of my pocket and while I do not work, I have zero income. Fortunately, I can work in bed.
SOTD is vintage Chanel No. 22. I wavered between this, Misia, or Coco (or Coromandel)….
But I need some incense for today. Happy Friday!
I happened to sniff Divine L’Âme Soeur last night and was struck by how much it reminds me of No. 22 with the incense & aldehydes. Need to wear it tomorrow.
Oh, I haven’t smelled Divine L’Âme Soeur, that sounds delicious!
Have you smelled the modern formulation of No. 22 edt? It’s quite joyous and uplifting. I don’t care for the EDP though…
Yes, I have smelled the edt and the edp. The edt is definitely better.
I have the EDT of No.22 and I am sticking with it!
You smell great!
No. 22 is such an amazing perfume. I love how it smells on other people, but sadly it never worked for me.
Coco Noir for me today – chilly and sunny, off to yoga at 9:30. Fortunately no one there minds scents, they burn incense and spray essential oils all the time.
Sounds like my kind of place. However, I would need a lot of assistance with many of those poses. I’ve never been flexible, and the older I get, the better I get at “plank” position.
LOL.
My personal challenge is to keep up enough strength and flexibility to stave off old age creakiness as much as possible. Since I’m retired, this is my « job » now.
That sounds like a great place!
It’s a very happy place.
You smell delicious.
My yoga teacher anoints our neck with essential oil (only if we want). This week the blend was heavy on frankincense, which mingled nicely with the Pacifica Mountain Temple Incense, a spritz of which I always wear to that class. She also offers bite-sized pieces of crystallized ginger at the beginning of class which we enjoy.
Nice! I got stressed out by the corpse pose 🤣
N. 19 EDT today. Last night I had a dream that I got fired so this will protect me.
OH, I hate those dreams…. No. 19 will rectify that!
Hope No 19 makes you feel safe and beautiful!
I dreamed last night that my house burned down. Let’s hope we’re both wrong!
Oh no! Glad it wasn’t true!
Wearing No. 5 Eau Premiere from yet another generous nst-er.
That one is so effortlessly elegant.
Paris-Venise for me today, although it would have been vintage Coco if I’d managed to sort my fragrance rotation for the – finally! – cooling L.A. weather. My 17 year old son is in vintage Allure Homme, which I rather self-servingly gifted him last year.
Paris-Venise is my favorite from Les Eaux. You smell great!
Well done, on both counts!
Thank you. You smell delicious too. It’s been fun getting my son interested in fragrance, and smelling some of my favorites on him. He made his first solo purchase while traveling in Europe this summer – YSL’s Y Homme EDP. At first I wasn’t so sure, but I’ve come to appreciate it. Most importantly, his girlfriend loves it.
SOTD = Chanel No. 5 L’Eau
I’ve been wearing Chanel all week so why stop now. I have added to my L’eau collection…like I said previously, I am powerless when it comes to cute:
https://www.instagram.com/p/B44yVsHBGY1/?igshid=dyfjdgj7hdk8
Looking forward to the weekend! Also, it I can leave early, I will stop by Bryant Park Holiday Shops as I still have yet to visit 50% of the stores.
My morning cute!: https://www.instagram.com/p/B45WdSVASRV/
adorable!
So cute!
Cute!
No chanel for me today, keeping it sweet in escada cherry in the air.
Birchbox is having a 60% off clearance so I blind bought some molinard vanille fruitee for $28, reviews say it smells like bubble gum so that’s good enough for me.
Oh, nice price!
Joining Chanel bandwagon with Boy!
Boy do I smell good!
You do!
No doubts! You smell awesome!
Yup. That is a good one. Wish I could get a decant somewhere. Not sure I would prioritize it for an FB, but a decant would help me decide… maybe I should just. . .
I see what you did there!
I’m in No. 5 Elixir Sensuel this morning after a little decanting session. I might top it off later with some Eau Premiere.
Y’all have a fabulous Friday!
You too Nancyleandros!
The sun has just risen and I am sitting outside eating from a bowl of fresh strawberries, listening to the blackbirds, looking at the lush overgrown garden. Bel Respiro feels just right
Perfect choice! 👌
Agree, it’s a perfect choice for what sounds like a perfect setting. Not even winter here yet, but I’m jealous of your Spring!
Great choice! It’s one of the greenest Chanels.
What a beautiful morning!
Vintage Coco edt, my favorite iteration of Coco although I love the edp too. Yummy.
The vintage edt is my favorite too, so clove and other spices heavy.
My last date with Eau Premiere.
(Our love affair may be re-kindled if I spring for a purse spray. The cute minis don’t seem to be available in the Eau Prem version.
)
Yeah, there doesn’t seem to be much Eau Prem left at all!
The minis are not even in the website unless I totally missed it. I got mine at Macy’s with 15% off. Chanel’s site does have the Eau Premiere regular size purse spray 😆
Chanel No. 5 in parfum concentration. It’s not really me, but so classic.
Absolutely amazing! I am hoarding what is left of my full bottle!
Yes, mine is a tiny bottle brought to me be a friend who went to France not long ago. It still feels special.
I had to scroll all the way to the end to find my scent twin! We smell amazing. Mine is the current version, which suits me just fine
Twins.
YAY!!
Out of the handful of Chanel options I have, I was only in the mood for Egoïste, the brother of Box of Eels.
We are family!
Allure Homme Edition Blanche today. I was inspired by yesterday’s post!
My only other bottle of Chanel – love it!
Yay, you smell great Sebastian!
I love this!
In Chanel No 5 vintage extrait, a few dabs on my wrists and it seems to have a nice sillage today.
I’m in No. 5 extrait, perhaps the most Chanel of the Chanels, unless No. 19 is the most Chanel of the Chanels.
TWINS!
Was going to try No 5 EDT but it seemed like too much for my preschool teaching so I went with Paris-Deauville. Which is always just right.
You smell perfect!
Twins!
Sun and 38 degrees! I’m wearing No. 22, no denying I smell beautiful and like I know what I’m doing, or what I’m supposed to be doing 🌞
If I’d had any No. 22 left I probably would have gone with that one today. I was craving it.
Weather twin!😎 We are 39, let’s enjoy it!
You do smell great! That would’ve been my next choice today.
Yay sun! 🌞☀️🌝 You smell elegant in 22.
No. 19 edt because, ya know, it’s gorgeous! Happy Friday, friends!
Smelling great Kelly! It is gorgeous!
Just put on several sprays of Paris-Riviera. It was on my dresser and within reach.
This morning I was making a couple of decants to take along with me. For my niece, I made one of Guerlain Insolence edt; she just loves that one! She will be meeting us in Fla a week after we get there with her Dad. Still have to decant my Chanel No. 19 and I will probably take my samples of Paris-Venise and Riviera; my niece should experience those ones too.
Happy Friday everyone!
You’re giving your niece a sophisticated perfume education. Have a great trip!
Thanks Petunia! I am trying to show her different options. It’s fun when she asks me if she can have a spray of something.
She looks forward to this trip all year, as do I. It’s become an annual now!
In Coco Mademoiselle from a random sample – for some reason I never bought a Chanel fragrance. They feel well done, just also very much unlike me.. too posh or too serious somehow. more for a ‘blazer’ kind of woman, whereas i’m very much a ‘hoodie’ kind of girl
I’m a hoodie girl too, maybe that’s why Chanel rarely resonates with me…
now i wonder what is the perfume equivalent of a hoodie.
Comme des Garcons?
Yes, I feel the house is not for me either, but I think it’s because it’s just too French, and I’m not a chic French woman!!
fair point. my SIL and MIL ( both French) can pull off a cloud of Chanel around them, even with converse sneakers and a tshirt.
I’m totally a hoody girl too! But I think I was a Chanel No. 19 girl from when my Mom was gifted a bottle from my Dad.
SotD = Chanel Paris-Riviera
Feeling very delicate and lovely in this scent. I like transparent fragrances, this one is delightful. There is a particular floral accord that Chanel does ever so well, and it’s blooming on my skin right now. Thank you to perfum-enabler-extraordinaire hajusuuri for the hosting the split that put this precious perfume within my reach.
Very chilly weather here today. I need a sweater, so Paris-Riviera is a little against the grain but wonderful even so. Later today I’ll spice things up with 31 Rue Cambon from an old old old sample. I did a deep dive into my stash and found a sample of Gardenia too.
A little bird mentioned Tauer’s Les Annees 25 BIS to me. The notes make me think it might be a good one, I adore old school grand perfumes. If anyone has thoughts please share?
Have a fantastic FriYAY, you beautiful people of the perfume! You smell like heaven.
Glad you’re enjoying Riviera! I’m curious as well about the new Tauer. The Swiss Alps one didn’t work for me.
I know I have both Coco and Coromandel but couldn’t find either one this morning. I’m in the midst of serious closet cleaning and too much stuff is in boxes right now. I was going out anyway so I stopped by a Sephora and sprayed on Coco EdP with a heavy hand. Mmm! Then on my other hand I sprayed some Gabrielle EdP. It’s pleasant but kind of like a little schoolgirl next to Coco. It’s a beautiful sunny day here!
Catching up on yesterday’s posts, just wanted to wish your kitty well, it’s so hard to see them hurting.
Thank you. I think he’s already feeling better from his shots yesterday.
https://www.instagram.com/p/B43efKFpsEr/?igshid=nvjayp2q0ne9
Update: after three hours, I’m finding the Gabrielle hand pretty screechy and offensive. It has some sharp chemical smell. I might try to scrub it and let Coco reign. She reminds me of Miss Fisher in the TV mysteries. I love her (and I love her police detective man friend even more!).
Gabrielle turns very sour on me in the drydown. I need to see if that happens with the new version.
I have no Chanel anything, so I took a long nature walk and smelled flowers instead. Found tea olive in 2 new places. To non southerners, that’s Osmanthus.
gorgeous smell, i love love osmanthus but am way too far north to have the real thing around.
i do remember smelling it in the air in a trip i did to New Orleans.
lucky you!
I’ve lived in this house for three years. I just figured out I have a bunch of cape jessamine next to my door. It’s fixing to bloom soon. There’s night blooming jasmine on the other side of the house, and we had some corn plants which bloomed last year. Thousands of flowers. Almost too fragrant. Luckily they don’t bloom often.
sounds dreamy!
Vintage Miss Dior, because i did not want to wear my Chanel No5 today. Had dinner with the boyfriend at our greek restaurant, because i did not want to cook today. Have a nice weekend!
I was between Boy and Sycomore this morning and ended up in Sycomore. I’m having a rough day at work and think I have to stay later than usual to provide support to another department. The weekend can’t come fast enough.
I need to revisit Boy…
Sorry about your extended Friday 🙁 Hopefully you’ll be able to decompress this weekend.
On another note, I ended up buying a couple of Klorane travel-sized conditioners cuz of you. Smells great, but smells more to me like the Songes monoi body oil I have.
I stayed at work even later than I imagined I would – 7 p.m.! What a stupid Friday, and then I just kept thinking about work when I got home and even thought about it in between sleep. Thank you for your well wishes though.
Isn’t it funny how smell perception differs among people. I’m glad you like the Klorane Ylang Ylang though. I also really enjoy their citrus pulp shampoo and mango butter line. I’m now using their peony shampoo for its scalp soothing promise. My scalp gets really dry in the colder seasons.
Most. Chanel’s, especially any of the ‘No’s. ‘ don’t work for me but I do enjoy Coco and the Les Exclusifs line. Today I’m joining the Box of Eels crowd, a nice one for a cloudy, still-cold day.
This week I renewed my passport and today my driver’s license, both documents now meet the new Real ID standards. So I’ll be ready to travel the world next year. This year we hardly went anywhere, thanks in part to Mr. Laila’s job change, finding a motherless baby kitten that had to be bottle-fed and nurtured to maturity, and then, once we got there, having one of the other cats break her paw and be (unhappily) restricted for 8 weeks. Fingers crossed, no impediments to travel in 2020!
Wishing everyone a lovely weekend ahead.
P.S. Belated birthday wishes to you, Robin. Wishing you a wonderful year ahead and thank you for all you do to make this a wonderful place to visit!
A belated thank you Laila!
What’s on your bucket list for travel??
Nice enough weather today, but for some reason it totally felt like Mercury is/was in retrograde today. A bunch of stupid little annoying things popped up. Most of them have been resolved now.
SOTD = back in Coromadel EdT again. I’m getting hints of chocolate in it today, which has never happened before. Maybe the warmer weather has something to do with that?
I hope tomorrow is a better day!
I don’t get much chocolate in Coromandel but I do notice a cola note.
The reason it felt like like Mercury was in retrograde today is because it was! It actually still is until November 20th.
Hope you enjoy your weekend!
I got a lot of chocolate yesterday and it was probably because of the ummm 8 sprays.
I am (contrary to plan) in Chanel “Sycomore”. The plan was Égoiste (since the old ad was posted) but the day went by so fast, by the time I thought of it is was evening and I chose something TOMK could live with. SOTM for my now regular 06:30 flight was Maria Candida Gentile “Elephant and Roses”, which to me smells of hay with a fair proportion of meadowsweet and other wild flowers. A few people mentioned yesterday that they liked the stable smell of Cuire de Russie – they might like this one too. :^)
Seems like I should avoid this then because I’m not a fan of barnyard. Also, I got my Beaufort discovery set 🤑
Excellent! I shall enjoy reading your reactions, as – whether goid or bad – you have a vivid way of expressing yourself! ;^)
*good.
Where’s Autocorrect when you need it? 😆
Bundled up in bed with my cat nephew Ricky keeping me company while I recover from this nasty cold. Still scentless but craving something uplifting, might wear Paris-Riviera or Sunday..
Feel better soon!
Adding my get well wishes!
Thank you! Ended up wearing La Pausa too! It’s very comforting.
Cat nephews sound like the magic key! Hope you feel better soon.
He’s been really sweet but also still “alright dude, that’s enough affection”. >.<
Feel better soon!
Thank you for all the well wishes.
More get well wishes from me!
Late again, but in my personal vintage of Allure EdP from the 80’s and all the fun memoiries that go with it…. somewhere out there I have a NST twin who was to wear it with me. I hope I find them above.
This was a difficult call since I received my sample No19EdP from Hajusuuri yesterday and I have been dying to try it. I am very excited. Tomorrow then.
Gosh if you had to choose because you could only afford one bottle of Chanel in an EdP and your choices where between RC31, No.19EdP and BoI what would you do?
Buy the No.19 for yourself because it’s the cheapest, then encourage a gift giving entity to give your RC31 for the holidays and BdI for your birthday.
Brilliant!
thank you
Allure Pour Homme. The longevity and sweetness isn’t like how I remembered it though…