Hump Day and National Cookie Day. What fragrance are you wearing?
I'm being a copycat again, in tiffanie's pick from yesterday, Fendi Theorema.
Reminder: on 12/6 we're doing Scents of the Season, part 1...wear something that smells like evergreens, or has an evergreen note. Suggested by thegoddessrena.
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 Spruce flowers [cropped, flipped & doubled] by Bjorn E at flickr; public domain.
Hi you all! Oh dear, cookie day and I just wanted to lose some pounds….
SOTD is Mancera Greedy Rose from a sample. A nice rose and strong scent. A sample Roses Jasmine is on its way to me.
Same here, although only a couple more to go. Good thing I am out of ice cream.
Well done!! I succeed every day until 17 o’ clock ???
Yeah, in that case, better to get everything tempting out of the house!
Wearing dabs of 31 Rue Cambon sample in elbow crooks and Byredo Gypsy Water hand lotion on hands. No they don’t really go together, but it’s fine. I can’t explain it, it just happened that way.
And for National Cookie Day, I plan to make the NYT recipe for Peanut Butter-Miso Cookies.
Mr L makes these delicious vegan chocolate chips cookies. He will make some for my older crazy monkey who will turn 5 this week..
I can’t believe it. I seems like yesterday that I was just on here announcing my delivery, now 5 years later…
Sounds yummy! And happy birthday to the older monkey!
Time does seem to fly, doesn’t it?? Oy
Yum! And yes, I remember the delivery of both your sweeties – can’t believe it was 5 years ago for your first. We are old friends here.
I am in Coramendal today , but you are wearing my favorite exclusif
That sounds delicious! Let us know how they turn out.
They’re great – I’ve made them once before. I did take other NYT readers’ advice and swapped the amounts of peanut butter and miso so that it’s more pb per miso.
Intriguing! I got Miso, I got Peanut Butter – I just got no time this week to make them
My evergreens of the day are cypress, hinoki and pine. Currently sampling DSH Le Jade. The evergreens are pretty prominent on me
That sounds great.
I am wearing Tyrannosaurus Rex and drinking a lovely tieguanyin and everything smells wonderful. For tea lovers among you, if you haven’t tried tieguanyin you really must – I think it is about the best smell in the world. I first discovered it in my office in Beijing, when there was the most marvelous smell around my cubicle, and I followed my nose across the cubicle wall to where my coworker was drinking some. Also known as tiekuanyin or iron goddess. I recommend Anxi Tiekuanyin Group, whose logo is a red square, if you don’t know where to start.
Relatedly I ordered the new oolong tea perfume that’s coming out with the next issue of Lez Nez in hopes that it will come close. And that sent me down a Roucel rabbithole and long story short, I am now the proud owner of Oh My Cat!, a fragrance for cats. Don’t judge me it was $6. I like it; my cat does not like being spritzed with anything, no matter how pleasantly scented.
Apologies, I punctuated that wrong. Very crucial. It is Oh My Cat?
You smell awesome!
And I am so curious what your tea smells and tastes like.
Me too. I am craving that incense burner as well.
The smoke coming out of the ears is the BEST part.
The bottle for that perfume is lemming worthy- $6 well spent! I would never spritz my cats, though.
My cat perfume is Feliway!
It was a terrible mistake that I shall not repeat.
I bet the bottle is cute, and pheromones are powerful stuff so I am sure that you are cat safe anyway. Does it smell like catnip? That would be fun.
We have a semi feral rescue and need Feliway and then some – just to get her to the vet,, even at age 5. She’s such a cool cat, a black smoke, and damn smart too.
I was a cat person long before I became a dog person, now I am undeniably both.
Oh, I have a black smoke cat also. They are very unusual and beautiful! When I first took him in to the clinic, the vet and staff swooned over him!
Ha! My boy cat holds grudges pretty predictably. What does it smell like anyway?
I would describe it as an herbal skin scent, though all the listed notes are floral. It’s pretty mild and inoffensive, and my cat was totally disinterested in it once she got over the indignity of being spritzed. I would wager there’s nary a pheromone involved.
That tea – must look it up ASAP.
Do tell me how you like it!
LOL that you got a fragrance for cats. Just think of it as me laughing *with* you about that.
I should be able to find Iron Goddess tea relatively locally. Various choices of tea are much more available around here than perfume.
Of the samples of tea fragrances I’ve tried, Berdoues Assam of India is still my favorite. I’m not as into the smoked tea fragrances, though I like incense smoke sorts of fragrances.
I am sampling Coromandel today…
I have always passed this up, until I got a small sample on Monday.
Yum
To quote a review: I smell “elegant but up for frisking around in the back alley”
Tea is latte with almond milk made at home.
Ha! Love that review. You smell great!
Have you tried this one?
How have I not tried this one for so long?
Yes! I got in on a split. It was a blind buy, but I love it!
I just finished my tiny decant of Coromandel. Love that scent! Wouldn’t mind a bottle one bit.
Me too!
I am wearing Montana Parfum de Peau.
I think that qualifies as a rare sighting.
SotD is New York Intense, by Nicolai.
I’m curious about this scent because I love the original. What is intensified? I’m betting it smells great
To be honest, i have no idea haha.
A lovely NSTer once gave me a vial of New York in a swap. But idk from what year,
Anwyays, I am wearing them side by side now and so far I dont detect huge differences.
NY seems to start to lose top notes earlier than NYI and devlops quickly into that yummy spicy smoky phase. I think I can already detect that cinnamon.
NYI is more zesty and mossy after 15 minutes.
But this may be because the NY vial has been open for quite a while now, and NYI is fresh from the box.
Comments on basenotes and short review from Luca Turin say NYI is more like the vintage NY.
Oh dear
I dont know if I am helping you with all this.. sorry!
2008, 2009 at the latest! ?
Thanks! ☺️
Okay, so the difference is more noticeable after a few hours.
NY smells sweeter now, the cloves are more prominent.
NYI has a slightly greener profile.
I am not suprised actually, the formulas differ and one of them is quite older.
But they are def twin scents, and i love them both.
No that’s really helpful! I’m pretty sure I don’t need them both. PdN confuses me since she’s put out “intense” versions of different perfumes that I thought were intense to start with lol
I posted a follow up comment above (as a reply to Austenfan’s helpful comment☺️
And no you def dont need both imho
…though I do dig the smokey cloves a lot in the vintage NY.
So If you own a bottle of that vintage juice…lucky you ☺️
Dior Homme- so cozy. I always forget how good this is!
I really need to get a Sephora sample of that one and try it on skin.
It’s worth sampling if you like a somewhat rooty iris. The drydown is especially nice.
Make sure to avoid the sport version. Mine is Dior Homme EDT.
Dior Homme really is fabulous, I sniff a tester every time I can, sometimes even wear it!
SotD = Theorema
woot! woot! Way to go, Robin, you smell lovely.
Theorema has been one of my go-to’s since October. The little mini bottle I found online a few years ago is going to have to last the rest of my life, or if I’m lucky the perfumed powers that be will resurrect Theorema in a new form. I only need a few drops on my wrists to huff happily all day, so I’m good for now, lol.
Have a wonderful Wednesday, perfumed pals!
I love Theorema, you smell fantastic!
oh, thank u, Catanosmia! Theorema is a treat every time I smell it.
Hey twin!
hi twin! {waves}
No chance of you getting your hands on another mini of Theorema? It sounds like you are enjoying it very much.
yup, I could get another mini for sure. They’re not hard to find in the $20 – $40 range. It’s just I wonder about the longevity, those bottles aren’t getting any younger, and I’d be sad to get one that’s gone off. And I’ve promised myself no! new! bottles! Do minis count, tho? LOL
That is a philosophical question for sure about minis! Are they, or aren’t they new bottles? Depends on who is enabling, I guess… ?
I believe Donatella does not count minis.
Almost everyday is cookie day for me, but I’m trying to be good between thanksgiving and Christmas. I’ll see how long I make it.?
I’m in Heeley Blanc Poudre from a decant. Just two sprays and it’s lasting nicely. A nice work appropriate scent.
Cookie day made me laugh, isn’t any day you have cookies Cookie Day?
That was my thought.
85% of days are ice cream days in my house. cookie days are rare but they do happen more than once a year.
ha! If I buy ice cream at the grocery store, which is a rare thing, every day is ice cream day until it’s all gone.
Today was definitely a Cookie Day for me. I recently discovered the Dark Chocolate Oreos. Deliciously dangerous for my waistline.
The what?!! Sounds like something I need to discover too!?
I first saw them at Target, but alas, now my local grocery store has them too.
? I have to look for this!
Oreos were on sale today at our usual grocery store. I saw the dark chocolate and other chocolate, and assorted other flavors, but in the end went with the classic sort. I put a couple in a little bowl and poured a bit of milk over them. There’s a reason they’re a classic!
I’ll likely try the chocolate varieties sooner or later, though.
I rather liked the Carrot Cake Oreos, too. They had a cream cheese filling.
Did you see the chocolate cover Ritz crackers?!? They didn’t make it into my basket, but I’m still thinking about them. ?
I am doing some decanting and so far am still Commando, although I have little bit of Aedes de Venestas on my wrists (I don’t know HOW that happened).
This is a really nice fragrance, I have not worn it before but I had a few samples that I wanted to combine put into a travel sprayer.
I am using up the vestiges of my Parafilm that Amy so kindly gifted me with a split meet purchase. Thanks again Amy for your thoughtfulness.
Aedes has done such a good job with their fragrance line.
I totally agree! Aside from the original and the Grenadille d’Afrique, I love them all.
Wearing Allure edt today just because. A young friend of mine is taking me to an estate sale this afternoon. She’s in her 30s and crazy for vintage clothing, purses, hats….it’s always fun to talk her into spending her money lol. Maybe there will be perfume but I doubt it.
You smell fantastic. That was my go to 80″s perfume.
Allure doesn’t get the love it deserves, IMOH
Nicolai l’Eau Mixte + Hermes Jour d’Hermes
(and ElizabethW Te elsewhere)
tea: Upton Lemon Drop
book: nothing currently, but need to get back to Seeing Trees. Recently finished The Overstory.
plans: maybe DIY ornaments, definitely a haircut this afternoon.
Sometimes I have to take a break from books too
I took a break from Less, read a book in between and then went back with fresh eyes and really enjoyed it.
I did not know about Lemon Drop — is it good? Reviews on the Upton site sure are positive.
Scent at bedtime last night (definitely after midnight): Demeter Frasier Fir. This was from a sample with a sprayer, so I got a lot more than I did dabbing the Blue Spruce the other day. Strong, relatively realistic, not Pine Sol. I think it lasted for a while. I got up briefly a few hours later and could still smell it.
Lucky you! Demeter usually last ca. 15 minutes max on me.
Some do fade fast on me, like you’d expect from Demeter. Those are more the floral and fruit scents. But the evergreens seem to have some more longevity.
Any complaints from the parental units about the evergreen Demeters?
They pretty much miss my bedtime experiments in perfume, because by then I have the door of my room closed.
Trying the Demeter Blue Spruce again, partly because it goes with Robin’s picture.
I think I like the Demeter Frasier Fir better. The real life evergreen scent I like a lot is balsam fir. I’ll have to try to find a wreath or piece of garland made of that somewhere. I’ll see what’s on offer at Home Depot or Lowe’s.
Oh, as I noted above, I celebrated National Cookie Day. I celebrated with Oreos and little gingerbread men.
Good morning Y’all!
Wearing the glorious beautiful cozy warm L’Ambre des Merveilles. Very thankful to springpansy for offering a split of this last month; I do believe a full bottle will have to follow at some point…..
That is such a snuggly scent.
Yes! I got some too, and am really liking it a lot!
One of the few scents I’ve worn where I got multiple compliments. Its lovely.
Alien Musc Mysterieux and a coffee the size of my arm.
I have a bottle of Alien Musc Mysterieux I’ve never worn. Need to take it out for a spin.
You should! It’s my favorite of the flankers behind Essense Absolue.
Please share coffee ☕☕
How is that version of Alien? Any differences between it and the parent?
It’s a musk flanker, but not clean white musk, it’s like a spicier musk.
Hermes Hiris for me today
You smell great Barqs! I need to buy some more.
Oh my, you smell great! I just got my ‘unicorn’ bottle yesterday.
JM Orris & Sandalwood leftover on a sweatshirt today as I try to write yet another paper. This is my last class for the semester and I have two papers left. I’m so over it. I hope everyone has a fragrant & cookieful day!
You smell great. Good luck for this last push through to the end!
Ah, that is so hard, that last slog! Stay focused, get it over with.
Oh you smell great; I had the opportunity to try this out a couple days ago! It should help you be able to focus and finish those papers.
Good luck on your papers! How long is your break? I don’t restart until the end of February and I’m really enjoying the free time, especially with the holidays coming and all that I need to get done.
Angel Muse, the bottle has been calling to me for the past few days and it’s rainy and cool so it works! One of my (rare) TJ Maxx clearance finds.
I went to Bath and Bodyworks yesterday because my younger daughter wants one of their candles and so we sniffed around – the candle sale is this Saturday, and people line up at 6AM for the 7AM opening, and apparently it gets crazy in the story with people going nuts (the shop assistant said: “We have to meditate a lot.” I’m pretty sure she mean “mediate”, but perhaps they really do need to meditate to make it through that day
Unfortunately, my 12 year old and her friend seem to think that I will get them candles – which brings me to why I’m mentioning this all: The Fir candle wasn’t half bad. Happy Hump Day!
I am waiting for that BBW sale too but going to order online. The ones I want are sitting in my shopping cart
You smell wonderful, Muse is my favorite Angel. And you’re a good mom
Oh, nice find! I am tempted to check my local TJ Maxx.
My local Marshall’s almost always has a bottle or two of Angel Muse either singletons or as part of a gift set.
Ah, then maybe it really is worth a trip. Thanks!
Wearing Bois d’Argent, and it’s convenient it’s only a decant as I brought it in to re-spritz before a holiday party this evening.
Had an early appointment today and waiting for another to begin, so I am commando right now. I am hoping this appointment goes quick so I can spray the EDP version of Coromandel.
I just made an evergreen eo mix diffuser blend for a friend, so I’m wearing the cp adjacent Fourreau Noir.
You smell great, love Fourreau Noir.
Thank you! I love it too.
Which EOs did you use? Sounds lovely!
I enjoy it and it’s very versatile as a lot of other eos mix well with it. I used balsam fir, giant fir, Himalayan fir, black spruce, white spruce, black pine and sweet birch.
That e.o. blend sounds perfect for this time of year. ?
Exactly!
I can’t think of any perfumes I have with evergreen notes but there surely are some. Today I’m trying out Hiram Green Slowdive from a very generous NST-er. (Thank you!) That’s a lotta honey! I’ll go easier when I spray it next time. We are so lucky to have the MOST GORGEOUS weather now in Houston!! Crystalline blue skies and 70 degrees. The best time of the year for us, except possibly February. There are a lot of azaleas that bloom around now and they’re so pretty and festive (red ones).
Argh… Jelly of your weather!
Oh, I remember those gorgeous days in Houston. I miss it greatly in February.
Cedar is an evergreen!
I sighed with envy when I heard about your weather today. Then I remembered what you were saying about your summers! Not sure I’d be able to handle that trade off!
Van Cleef & Arpels Rose Rouge for today.
Hey, I just got a bottle of this before the Black Friday hoopla. Oops, I guess that’s another confession ?
Cold and windy today. I’m wearing TM Mirror des Joyaux. I think it smells very opulent, yet still rough around the edges.
You smell beautiful. I love that type of scent on cold days.
Bengale Rouge for another cloudy day. Where is the sun?
BR is one of the few perfumes that I can smell all day. The dry down is gorg.
I love BR, lasts all day on me.
Whoever is in possession of sun, needs to start sharing!
The southern hemisphere is? ? And they probably are convincing the sun to stay a while longer. Well, cant blame them!
It’s been sunny here 3 days in a row. I’ll try to send some your way for tomorrow!??
Wearing Fragonard Lune de Miel today. It smells a lot like Hypnotic Poison. Hiding out in the spare room with the dog to keep her out of the cleaning woman’s way. Rain, rain, rain here. Makes me want to hibernate.
Never heard of that Fragonard. Is it a new one?
I own Billet Doux but tend to wear it as a sleep scent on cold winter nights since it’s sweet and powdery.
It’s an older one as far as I know. I also have Belle de Nuit and Arielle, which have been around for years. Billet Doux is lovely, I had that one years ago.
Today i wore Wazamba, because we wanted to go to the Christkindlmarkt. But my boyfriend got there so late, that we went to an american diner instead and had some burgers and beer. We dont go there often, so that was nice too. And it was not so crowded, which also was a plus….
You smelled great, I love Wazamba. Perfect for Christmas.
Today I wore Tempo Diptyque. It’s nice, the top notes in particular, but the dry down feels a bit dull. Still nice enough.
Tea was a great Earl Grey followed by a nice Christmassy tea.
I feel exactly the same as you about Tempo.
Geisha Vanilla Hinoki. Didn’t realize Hinoki was an evergreen, so I’m staying on CP track for Friday (where I will reprise BdR).
Helped drop off our knitted goods from past month to the organization that will deliver them to their end gift recipients. Apparently we completed around 230 items this year. That’s nice to know. Makes mine want to up my production for next year.
Ready to meet a friend for tacos tonight and a margarita (or two).
Tacos! ?
yay for Geisha Vanilla Hinoki! and margaritas! (hic!)
Tacos sound really yummy right now. ?
They were yummy as were the margaritas and guacamole… especially the cauliflower tacos…roasted, spiced cauliflower. Very tasty. And…I got a compliment on my scent! Twice in one week!
Cookie Day! What a lovely idea. I might need a cookie bin in the refrigerator to go with the chocolate bin. Who needs fresh fruit and vegetables, anyway?
I’m wearing 24, Faubourg. It smells really good today.
Cookie bin sounds like a necessity! I will look for that feature next time I need to get a new fridge! (which should hopefully be soon)
My vegetable bins in the fridge are filled with cheese, chocolate and cookies.
It was cool and windy (but sunny at least) again in Central Florida today so I put on 8 sprays of La Pausa to start my day. Instead of a weight workout at the gym I walked the golf course with my golfers; my feet are killing me!
If I had cookies here, they would be my home-made raspberry white chocolate ones.
So you’re the one who has the sun!
Your cookies sound yummy ?
There was sun, but it was COLD! The wind was ridiculous. It’s supposed to warm up tomorrow, then get better after that. I will send you some sun for tomorrow.☀️
Those cookies are to-die-for! I don’t have the recipe with me here but can send it when I get home!
Those cookies sound delish! I need to make my favourite mint chocolate ones soon.
Another gloomy and chilly day here. At least I saw the sun yesterday. ?☁
SOTD = back in Calligraphy EdP. So nice, I had to wear it twice. ?
It was gloomy here today too although it is supposed to be sunny tomorrow.
Bleah! I hope that the recent run of grey days isn’t a preview of coming winter “attractions”.
Latest forecast I saw for me doesn’t have sun until Saturday. I sure hope that’s not correct. Yuck.
Late to the party today. Crazy, busy day. SOTD Hiram Green Arbole Arbole. Warm cozy and always puts a smile on my face.
Yay for a smiley face ?
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A good perfume can really smooth out the jagged edges of a rough day.
Exactly correct! Well said.
Totally agree!
Mmm, love that one. You smell great!
Thank youz! ?
Yum, love Arbolé!
It is a beautiful perfume, but I forget to reach for it more often. Very happy to wear it again!
SOTD = RaniaJ Ambre Loup
So good! I didn’t take a picture; instead, you get a taste of my National Cookie Day indulgence ?
https://www.instagram.com/p/B5q3sgpB2Fs/?igshid=cj6fp8guj2v1
In other news. I did more shopping yesterday. Nest liquidless diffuser (directly through Nest because 25% off and free shipping for purchase > $75 and a bunch of things from Saks (including the red bottle of Guerlain Eau de Cologne) – got the 15% off Beauty and free shipping. I think I’m done confessing ?.
You are a skilled discount shopper…very impressive!
Thank you…and did I mention I compared cash back deals between Rakuten and Mr. Rebates on top of the discount?
Black belt shopper.
Macy’s is having 15% percent off beauty now too. In case you aren’t quite done?
I was hoping for an Eau Premier travel spray set but no such luck! I’m pretty sure we’ll see more of the 15% off throughout December!
Let’s hope so, I’ve made a killing at Neiman Marcus.
So how many red bottles of perfume are in your collection now? I know you have a bunch of the Chanel red ones…
Surprisingly, not many. There are definitely way more red boxes.
CHANEL No. 5 L’Eau
Tom Ford Lost Cherry
Maitre Parfumeur et Gantier (MPG) Ambre Precieux
MPG Iris Bleu Gris
Clear Glass with red juice:
– MFK Ciel de GUM
– Chris Rusak Io
I’ve probably forgotten one or two or three ?
I think I only have two: TF Jasmin Rouge and AG Mon Parfum Chéri. Love the red bottles.
I’m wearing Imaginary Authors Cape Heartache which has Douglas Fir,Pine Resin and Western Hemlock notes for my evergreen scent.
If Thymes made a Frasier Fir scent I could wear that was like their candle scent I would be so wearing that all holiday season.
Oh, good call — I might wear that Friday.