Happy Almost-Friday! Also, Boxing Day, Candy Cane Day, the first day of Kwanzaa, the second day of Christmas, and the fifth night of Hanukkah. Happy Birthday to David Sedaris! What fragrance are you wearing?
Me: Fendi Theorema, of course. And I'm quite behind on reading comments, although I hope to catch up by the end of the day.
Reminder: on 12/27 we're doing best of 2019...wear one of your favorite fragrance releases of 2019.
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 5th night [cropped] by Robert Couse-Baker at flickr; some rights reserved.
Dyptique Oud Palao for what looks to be a dreadful commute here in Los Angeles. For those enjoying the day off, sleep in late for me!
I thought everyday there was traffic in LA 🙂
It’s even worse when it rains. :-/
Oh, it is. When you set up job interviews there, the very first thing they ask is which freeway you’ll be taking … and then they offer very helpful advice about how long it will take.
But you smell great.
I almost threw up when I tried this. I kept trying every time I saw it but the 3rd try was the worst so I crossed it off my list. More for you!
Shalimar PI from the swap, and THUNK!
I guess I really liked it and now hunting for another one on the evil bay..
I am reading On Earth We are Briefly Gorgeous and so far I do not like his style of writing..
I am off to do my Italian lesson online so I will catch up with everyones SOTD dopo! Ciao!
Shalimar twin but I am in vintage EDC….I am doing ” best of my past” all week spanning from fragrances I wore in the 1970s to 1990s.
Make sure you let us know what makes the list!
I can tell you right now
Emeraude and Shalimar which I wore in the 1970s and 1980s and Clinique Wrappings which I wore when it was first released in 1990 and then for the entire decade. Next week I will be in vintage no 22 EDT which has a beautiful Incense note. I also wore that in the 70s, 80s and 90s before it became an exclusive and the price went up tenfold ?
Shalimar triplets! I’m in Souffle Intense!
I think all 3 of us were triplets last week too!
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( There’s no emoji for triplets lol ?….just ?)
Hey twins! we all smell good, don’t we!
Indeed we do!!
Also in Shalimar but in extrait de parfum about 10 tot 15 years old. It’s a wonderfully filthy and comforting smoky vanilla.
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Shalimar quadruplets!!
Vintage Shalimar really is filthy, isn’t it? Hard to believe that I wore it when I was only 12, a gift from my childhood friend’s mother who hated it but knew I loved perfume and bequeathed me her bottle
What a wonderful gift! I started my road to perfumistahood way more cautiously. My first proper perfume was Anais Anais, quickly followed by Paris, YSL.
And I only tried my first Guerlain in my forties, I think. But, better late than never. Shalimar feels very lived in and as a result very comforting. Clean, however, it is not. 😉
I agree!! It is comforting. Like a warm hug.
Shalimar club today
United in thunk today.
And… here’s a song for it
https://youtu.be/460INShy3BU
Thunk club
Hello all!
I’m in my newly-acquired Cedre Sambac, which is so lovely and so unique. Luckily it lingers beautifully, even if it isn’t a powerhouse.
Have a great day!
You smell great!
Love Cedre Sambac, you smell good! Wonder how it smells in cooler weather, will try.
In Arielle Shoshana Sunday. A 2019 release that I am enjoying a lot. I am thinking about getting a travel size in the future.
How is it? The notes sound interesting.
Very nice and comfy: rice, tea, maté, cardamom, vanilla. Not sweet at all on me.
I saved half of my sample for you already.
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Looking forward to sampling it
Can I send you the travel size that pixel sent to me? Sunday didn’t work for either of us, and I’ve been meaning to pass it along. Email me at my NST username at gmail!
I like Sunday too. It’s very dry on me.
That’s what I like the most, that is dry, not sweet. Very well balanced!
I enjoyed Sunday, too!
It is unusual and very interesting. Very enjoyable indeed!
Dark and rainy here today. Celebrating hubby’s birthday, will probably go out shopping for a couple of things he needs at the sales. I’m wearing Profumum Ambra Aurea.
Happy birthday ??? to hubby!!
Happy birthday to your husband! ?
Happy birthday to your husband!?
Happy Birthday to your hubby! Have fun shopping today.
Happy Birthday to your husband!
You smell wonderful! Happy birthday to your hubby!
Wearing I❤️YY today instead of tomorrow since I don’t feel like bringing it with me on vacation. It’s in my elbow crease so it might last until tomorrow….
I have a sample of that one. I will test it tomorrow in order to participate in the CP.
Spent Christmas Eve in PHI Rose Kandahar and yesterday in Chanel no 5 edt. I was poking around Andy Tauer’s website yesterday and today for no reason and found that Une Rose Vermeille eas out of stock. I sent an email asking if it were discontinued but haven’t heard anything yet. I hope it hasn’t been and it’s always sad when a perfume gets discontinued. I am not sure what I will wear for work yet but I might wear Une Rose Chypree today.
I’m pretty sure it’s not discontinued, but I sure hope not as I really love it too.
I love it too. It has the lasting power of nuclear waste though. I hope I hear something soon.
I’m wearing Phi today and on Tauer website it’s out of stock now. I wonder if permanently?
It’s gone through spurts of not being available due to the quality of the rose.
Happy Boxing Day, etc.! In Halfeti today, which is great but also more importantly one of the few samples I have at my mother’s house. Christmas was spent mostly at a family friend’s house. She hosted a wonderful party (very small by Bengali standards, maybe 18 people?) full of champagne and excellent food and presents. Christmas morning started out very rocky, though; sending my love to everyone else who is dealing with loss this holiday season.
Hugs, Koyel. ♥
And BTW, I couldn’t find an email from you (you mentioned in another recent post). I will email today. xo
.< Just replied to your email.
What! That is some weird truncating. No idea what happened to my comment and why it looks the way it does above. Some weird html thing, I expect. Whatever, it was supposed to start with a heart.
Big hugs to you on this first Christmas without your dad.
Thank you, cazaubon <3
Sending love back to you Koyel.
I hear you on it being a rough time of year. My mom always gets teary when she has to say goodbye to me, but yesterday was especially tough given the loss of my gramma last month. We hugged extra long.
Hugs to you too.☺️
Extra long hugs are so bittersweet, aren’t they? I’m sending you a cup of tea and a big hug today, mtg.
Thanks, mtg <3 totally get you on those extra long hugs. Sending you some hugs back.
Holidays can be really hard for losses. Hugs to you and sounds like at least you were able to enjoy the party.
Thanks, Elisa P. I really was. It was so good to be out among celebratory people!
A big hug to you. ?
Thanks lillyjo <3
Happy Boxing Day, Koyel! Christmas always brings back memories.
Yes, it definitely does. Happy (belated) boxing day to you, too!
Big hugs to you, Koyel, I’m right there with you. Good for you, getting out of the house and being with family and friends does help.
Thank you <3 sending you hugs back!
I was at a gathering of 18 people and that is now average. Hugs to you as we both dealt with parental death this year.
Definitely thinking of you this holiday season as you navigate without your mother this year <3 hugs.
Still in my pyjamas, but I will probably wear the Winter Palace that Santa tucked into my stocking. Or maybe the Tiger’s Nest. Or the Bengal Rouge. Or the Parfum Sacre. Don’t judge, they are decants and it has been a hell of a year.
Wow!! You received some beautiful fragrances!!
It helps that I stuff my own stocking!
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Best way to get exactly what you want!
Nice! No judging whatsoever, enjoy!!
No judging from us. Smell amazing and be well!
No judgement here, enjoy your haul, you deserve it!
One drop of each!
Enjoy your new beautiful scents!
No judging, just envy. Enjoy!
Exactly what I was going to say!
I’m really happy you received some great perfume gifts! Enjoy!
My best friend, who has happily driven 15 year old Toyotas with hundreds of thousands of miles on them for as long as I have known her, bought herself a brand new Mercedes about a month ago after a horrible divorce and just such a tough year. It bummed me out how hard it was for her not to apologize for her “extravagance”. I say, if the purchase won’t break you and it makes you happy, then do it with a bow!
Nice haul! Exactly what you wanted!
I’m in Fleur de Peau for a back to work Thursday? Having Christmas in the middle of the week has completely thrown me off and it feels like a Monday today. Guess it’ll be a short week though since tomorrow is Friday already, lol.
We had a very nice Christmas and ate way too much good food. My kids were all happy with their gifts.? My parents joined us for Christmas Eve and went home yesterday. My husband, me and the kids went to Star Wars last night just as we’ve done in 2017 and 2015. I know the critics are having a lot to say but I was happy with how it ended. My 9 year old self who saw the original in the theater way back in 1977 *mini spoiler alert!* was happy that all my favorite characters made an appearance.
Sounds like a great holiday !
Over eating (and for me over drinking) is part of the holiday cheer!
Ha! The two minis wanted to see it yesterday! Followed by Chinese food! I was shocked at how busy it was at the movie theater.
Eldest mini is working FIVE 12 hour shifts in a row at night this week…. she’s a bit out of sorts as it’s her first holiday alone. Last one ends tonight so we are hoping to have her home tomorrow or Saturday. She is crossing her fingers that next year with a bit more seniority she won’t be forced to work ??
I mean last one ends tomorrow at 7 am!! It actually starts tonight ???
Was that by choice or that’s how they scheduled her? I’m pretty sure that might not be legal and she should speak with someone about that, especially a union rep if they are unionized.
No. That’s how they scheduled her. No union at her place. She was going to say something to her supervisor but she is out of FMA so the hubs and I told her to just ride it out. She did get extra money for working the holiday though…a bit of a consolation! And she doesn’t have to work New year’s Eve which she is happy about.
Out on FML…
Oof, that makes me angry ? She really should say something to whoever is the covering supervisor. They shouldn’t get away with that and it’s dangerous for patient care. People who work a beyond a 40 hour week tend to make more mistakes and burn out quickly. They’re totally taking advantage of a newbie so that other senior people can have a nice stretch off over the holiday and if no says anything, they’ll just keep doing it.
Ok I will mention it to her. Thanks for the advice.
I wish I’d had the courage to speak up when I was a young RN. It’s hard, especially with fear of retaliation of some sort. It took me till my late 30s to be able to advocate for myself.
I saw the first one with my first boyfriend, when i was 14.
You smell so lovely, your Christmas celebrations sound great.
Still deciding what to wear today and I think I’ll go with a drop of Coco. Taking the day off – actually slept in, enjoying a cup of coffee and feeling peaceful. We still have a houseful, so it will be busy soon.
Enjoy your day 🙂
Morning, everyone. Hope everyone’s Christmas was nice, if you celebrate. It’s been a while since I’ve checked in, I came down with a fever last week and only started feeling like a person again yesterday afternoon. At least we don’t really do much for the holiday, so I wasn’t derailing any plans by laying on the couch and binging Black Sails most of the weekend.
Now that I can smell I am wearing Zoologist Moth.
Glad you’re feeling better and had a chill holiday! I’m in the early stages of whatever virus. Yuck.
Oh no! I hope you get over the bug quickly. Passing you a cup of tea with honey and lemon. ☕️
Scent twins! We smell terrific and I’m glad you’re feeling better, having a fever as an adult is miserable.
Sorry you were sick for so long Dorsey! Good thing you had something to binge 🙂
Argh, sorry about all your sick time.
For this week’s CP I wore Terry de Gunzburg Be Mine yesterday and am wearing Goutal Etoile d’Une Nuit. I like both, although I am not sure I will get more once I finish the samples.
Be Mine is a fruity leather scent. Not too sweet, not too heavy. Good for a damp cold day.
Etoile d’Une Nuit is a very realistic lipstick scent.
I never did get around to Etoile…how does it compare to other lipstick scents?
It is sweet and creamy. I have just done a side by side comparison to Lipstick on, and while I get a lot of iris from Lipstick on, I cannot really find iris in Etoile. Despite the notes, to me it smells like fruity, creamy rose/violet combination. It is nice, but Lipstick Rose and Misia are still my favorites. But until I can get to the bottom shelf where my decants are stored I would happily wear this sample.
Thanks, that is very helpful!
How’s the back / spine healing?
Thank you for asking. Slow. The doctor says it will take 6-8 months to fully heal the fracture, which means there are still 2-4 months to go. I walk at least now. Fifteen minutes walk daily, and I hope I will be able to do more in the coming months.
Hope everyone is enjoying their Holiday season? I know I am!
Despite the fact that the weather is bad so together with my family we just sit at home all day but it’s fine. We are watching TV, eating great food and drinking wine.
We started watching new Witcher on Netflix and it’s really good.
Today I thunked my bottle of Tauer Phi Une Rose de Kandahar. It’s a beautiful rose and I thought I might even buy it again but it seems to be not available anymore. Tauer website is out of stock and a perfumery in Warsaw also doesn’t have it on their website.
Lucas I am wondering if all the talk about IFRA regs changing in 2021 has started a mad rush on Tauer perfumes resulting in a depletion of stock?
It could be possible. IFRA 49 is going to be published in January but all companiest always get like almost 2 years transition period to adapt to new regulations.
Oh I did not know that! Two years to reformulate then.
Isn’t Phi one of those perfumes that go in and out of stock depending on whether Andy can get the materials? It seems to me it has been unavailable before but then came back…
Yes, he might not be able to get the rose that would be as good as he needs it to be.
Saw a mention of Nomade as a 2019 scent and remembered I had a sample. One spritz. It’s certainly interesting. I don’t think it’s me though. I got kind of a fecal thing at first, which has faded away. If it fades away, I’ll likely spray on Mitsouko later.
Last night was the first time in quite a few months where I was uncomfortably full. Not from dinner but dessert. Chocolate babka that I just kept eating while laying on a friend’s couch as we watched that British baking show….
How is the little fur baby?
Still shy. She was up in the couch overnight but scurried to her under-table spot when I got up. She did take a brief stroll into the bedroom and then went back under her table. She’s now laying in her cat carrier snoozing.
She and our cat seem to be not terribly interested in each other, which is fine.
Sounds like she is slowly getting acclimated to her new surroundings. Perhaps better a lack of interest versus hissing and growling all day long. I love watching kitties snooze…it relaxes me!
We adopted out one of our friendlier colony cats and she stayed under the bed for a couple of months, but would be “caught” hanging out at night in other parts of the apt and with their other cat.
I guess as long as they aren’t antagonistic, they don’t need to be bff’s.
I ate way too much flan last night, again, but still jealous of your chocolate babka.
I’d never had it. Chocolate bread! Oh my!
This shocks me, lol. Try the babka from Breads bakery (Union Sq area). You will have died and gone to heaven
Can there be too much flan eating, really? Too much creme brulee? Too much dulce de leche atop vanilla ice cream? I think not.
I am in total agreement ?
Too much creme brûlée? I don’t understand this concept.
Apparently not because I just ate more 😉
Define “too much flan”. Inquiring minds want to know…
For me personally, it is probably best if the flan runs out after 3 days, or if the vermouth runs out, or both, or I will have to go buy new pants 🙂
But if the flan runs out after only 1 day, that is an emergency and you have to make another, which is why my son & my mother had to drive to another town on Christmas morning to find a store that still had heavy cream.
Ahhh… that makes perfect sense. Very close to the definition of too much egg nog (real, home made egg nog ?)
Can you believe I have never made real home made egg nog in my life?? I will have to remember to do that next Christmas.
Chocolate babka ?
Wearing Jorum Studios Phloem and wishing I had had the sense to go full bottle on both this and Nectary, I’ll need to find a way to get back to Edinburgh this summer!
Had a very lazy family-free present-free Xmas (our fave, my husband and I visited my fam for 4 days before Christmas and then fled) and hoping these holidays are just what everyone wanted!
Glad you got the holiday you wanted, that’s perfect!
Jorum ships internationally. I don’t know for how long free shipping is to the U.S. (with a minimum purchase) but it is certainly worth exploring. Ask me how I know ?.
Commando today as I’ve come down with some viral thing or other ??. And to make it worse, I had probably the worst reflux last night that I’ve ever had. My throat and chest are still burning and the cough I have isn’t helping. Didn’t even eat all that much yesterday :/ So working from home today, but probably will call out tomorrow.
We did have a nice, mellow Christmas at the in-law’s yesterday, with only a few minutes of restrained resentment from my MIL towards my FIL who didn’t get her a gift, even though she showed him something specific out of a catalogue and asked him to get it. Kind of jerky, but not surprising.
Sorry you are not well. Sorry for your MIL too, but sounds like the odds were not going to be in her favor. Kinda jerky for him to be jerky in front of everyone . I hope you feel better soon.
Thank you, lj. Yeah, that’s kinda how he is. He’s not a thoughtful kind of person. When she asked him where her gift was he said “I’m it!” and laughed. Made me sad for her. At least we exchanged gifts with her- she loves the whole gifting thing.
That makes me sad too. It would have given her so much pleasure, so easily.
Hope you feel better soon
Thanks cm8! Me too!
Poor you. Reflux can be so painful.
That stuff really burns! Ugh. But thank you!
So sorry about the reflux, that sounds awful!
Thank you! It was pretty awful.
Hope you recover quickly and no more reflux. Sad the MIL loves gifts yet the FIL ignores that….
Thanks, me too! Agreed, and she made it so easy for him, too.
Your day sounds very rough, hoping you can recover and enjoy the New Year celebrations.
Thanks Aurora!
I hope you are feeling better. I sometimes have a terrible time with rich food, and it can be so frustrating because I somehow am always surprised it.
It’s all very random. We actually didn’t have a heavy meal. It was pretty simple. I’ve had this problem for a while- it only happens, at most, once or twice a month. But when it happens, it’s miserable.
I hope you feel better tomorrow.
So sorry for your MIL. It’s so mean spirited on your FIL’s part. There is a book about the five love languages and of the languages is gifts.
Thanks Petunia! He’s self centered. We get along ok, but we don’t talk about much. He doesn’t ask questions or display curiosity at all. He’s not very social- he finishes his meal and gets up to go watch golf in the den while we’re all still sitting at the table.
Yikes. Feel better soon! Your FIL sounds so jerky. At the family gathering yesterday, a cousin wore a mask and the host’s )my cousin) 6-year old was running a fever. It was his mom’s birthday yesterday and he wanted to blow out the candles. H-ll no and thank God someone intercepted him with a paper plate; I skipped the cake anyway.
Yikes! I know- I felt fairly ok yesterday and am hoping I didn’t get anyone else sick!
Well, I should have read down the comments a bit further. Reflux, ouch! Okay, no lemon in your tea, and I’m sending you decaf. Feel better soon!
Haha! Thanks Nancyl! I’m safe on the tea front since I don’t drink it, but I refrained from coffee today for the 1st time in forever ? Actually, I drank slippery elm tea earlier since it’s supposed to help soothe the GI tract.
You guys, the weather here has been so nice, it’s starting to make me nervous! Lol, mother nature must be playing some cruel trick on me. Not that I’m not enjoying it.
Back at work for the day of returns. 6 people didn’t even show up! I’m wearing Shalimar Souffle Intense.
Enjoy your mild spell! Sorry you have work today.
Thanks. I seriously could not have asked for better weather for Christmas.
Mother Nature may not like your comment and may get upset at you! ?❄?☃️? Please, be nice to her!!! ?
Eek!!!!!!! I too was thinking how perfect the weather is… In the thirties and no ❄️❄️❄️?
Be grateful, dear and please, no comments! ?
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Aahhh! I hadn’t thought of that!
I was just kidding, really!?
I am sure you were! ??⭐?
Hello Shalimar ??!!!
Yay, for even more Shalimar!
Must be something in the air..
Yay for nice weather! We’ve had the mild weather too and I’m with you on feeling like it’s going to take a cruel turn, lol.
I hope the customers aren’t too crazy and sorry all those people didn’t show ?
It wasn’t too bad,but I had the early shift.. I left around the time the crazy one’s were coming in?
6 people is a lot of people to not show up!
Yeah, I wasn’t very happy about it.
I bet you smell great, I haven’t tried that one, I own the regular souffle and love it.
It’s similar, but denser, less bright. If that makes sense? I want to try the Luminaire. It’s supposed to be more lemony.
Thank you for the mini-review Lillyjo, and for the new one, more lemon sounds very appealing to me too.
Wow! I hope they get written up for an unscheduled absence unless they were truly sick. I heard Chipotle would send a doctor to the sick or “sick” people’s home to check to see if they may be well enough to return to work the next day.
I can’t imagine that Chipotle can do that legally. That’s so big brother.
I misspoke. It’s a wellness check with a nurse (although I can’t imagine the logistics of that unless it is just a phone consultation)
https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/gyzzy4/chipotle-requires-a-wellness-check-to-prove-sick-workers-arent-just-hungover
Only one person brought in a note. The other’s are ” no call, no shows” so they get 2 points. After 6 points, the computer auto fires you. The store manager, though, can erase points if they see fit.
Glad you’re getting a break from bad weather. It’s been decent here too for the last few days, although it was gray and overcast today.
I’m just thrilled that I have dry roads.
Copper again. I noticed a hint of violet coming through yesterday – to add to the smoke, galbanum, tobacco, spice mix.
I only ‘discovered’ David Sedaris this year when I picked up a book from a ‘lilliput library’ on the side of the road. It was Calypso and I really enjoyed it. For some reason I had him mixed up in my memory/mind with the writer who wrote Running with Scissors ( I had seen that film) and so never felt the desire to read him. But I am glad I have found him now. I have had a run of good books recently.
Still gloomy weather and quiet here. A massive pot of turkey soup on the stove…the gift that keeps on giving.
Copper sounds very interesting, I must keep my eyes open for it arriving here.
I know what you mean about the turkey – my mother will be making turkey soup, we had turkey on Boxing Day, and we brought yet more back home with us.
Merry Christmas Gaynor and congratulations on your new job! I hope the sun is out up there.
I had those 2 authors mixed up too.
I am curious to try Copper. Although from CdG the only one that speaks to me is Kyoto.
Kanuka, if you like podcasts, you can listen to Santaland Diaries. It is how Sedaris first became well known, and I still remember nearly wetting my pants laughing in the car when I heard it.
https://www.thisamericanlife.org/47/christmas-and-commerce/act-two-5
A lot of almost wetting pants with David Sedaris! My almost was while reading Me Talk Pretty One Day.
Me Talk Pretty is hysterical.
Thanks for the laugh. Brilliant. I will read Me Talk Pretty as I am coming to the end of my other book.
Calypso is good if you haven’t read it
I have not, thanks, although since the New Yorker prints a lot of his essays now before he collects them in a book, I suspect I’ve read 80% of it. But have just put it on hold at the library in dead tree form 🙂
I can see getting those 2 mixed up. I loved Running with Scissors! The book, not the movie. Especially because it’s a true story.
I must read the book . Hope you are feeling better….do you say “box of birds” in the US? As in ‘feeling good”
How’s it goin?
Box of birds, mate.
Bruno Fazzolari Corpse Reviver, from a sample. I like it but don’t need it. And as I head into my year long no-buy, I’m giving myself one last chance to purchase a bottle if there is something I can’t live without. So far, there isn’t anything!
Oh I have been wanting to get my hands on that one!
Can you tell us more about Corpse Reviver?
It has a boozy, woody quality, a brief tinge of chocolate. I don’t find it very animalic on my skin (apparently its predecessor was quite animalic). There is allegedly vanilla in there but I’m not smelling it. For me it’s mostly whiskey and leathery woods.
Isn’t that a wonderful feeling trying things, liking them, but not enough to desire a full bottle?
I have been doing a lot of testing during my staycation and am also coming to the realization that I can indeed live without. A lot of what I am smelling is pleasant but I feel as though I have smelled it before.
I didn’t really want to spend any more money in 2019, so i’m glad there isn’t anything that I’m dying to have. I will allow others to buy me something for my birthday during the no-buy so I’m going to keep going through the samples I already have (too many!) and if something stands out I’ll put it on my birthday wishlist!
I think you should take a rain check for this last bottle and choose a bottle next year for a non-gift giving occasion.
I threw the luckyscent Black Friday sample pack in my most recent order and I have just now realized what a mistake that was.
I’m in Fort and Manle’s Meraki today and I really love it! It’s floral with a hint of peaches but in an overripe way that smells a little of decomposition rather than pure sugar in a way that reminds me of Bat in its opening notes. Aaaaand so obviously it’s a limited edition that runs 300 usd for 50ml and comes with an absolutely nonsensical backstory about imitating a perfume that the perfumer owns but has never opened. My taste is tragically expensive.
I also bought a sample of Meraki, so I completely sympathise with your problem 🙂
To me, it’s better than hating what you just sampled ?
1957 from a sample, easy to like scent for me, as most Chanels are.
Hi Omega, please email me your shipping address. I am holding a package for you and will mail it out in January if you still want it.
Boxing Day today, so naturally I am wearing Box of Eels. In a moment of weakness and boredom on Monday I ordered Moth, Bee, and Hyrax samples and they are being delivered today, yay!
Bertie Wooster is still alive and not acting sick, so either the steroids are masking everything lymphoma-related or he has Irritable Bowel Disease. I’m thinking it’s the latter. I’m so happy he’s better, it’s the best Christmas gift I could have gotten. Thanks to all of you who sent get well wishes, I am sure they helped.
Good news on Bertie! I am sure you must be feeling relieved.
Happy to hear the news about Bertie!
That is good, but how will his IBS be treated?
He’s on a prescription diet and an intestinal motility drug. The vet is tapering the steroid now and we will see how he does without them.
Yay Bertie!
Glad BW feels better.
Yay for Bertie Wooster and hoping many more healthy years!
So happy to hear the news on Bertie! I hope he continues to be well once the steroids are tapered off ????
It’s still early morning here, and I’m still perfume-free as I contemplate the joy of a day where I have nothing specific I need to do.
My beloved and I spent just a couple of days with my mother, which was lovely. We had lunch with my mother’s cousin and some of her family. I can never remember how to calculate degrees of cousinship, but I know it’s getting quite distant when you get to your mother’s cousin’s great grandchildren!
I wore Myrrhe et Délires on Christmas Day, it’s got a Christmas connection and it wouldn’t overpower the food, of which there was a lot 🙂
I love Christmas, but isn’t it nice when it’s over and there’s nothing to do?
It’s 74 degrees out there, which is so weird. I’m sampling vintage PdN New York, which started out a bit masculine, but has turned into Mr. Wonderful. Happy Boxing Day, everyone!
I would be doing the dance of joy with 74 degrees ???
Oh, I am happy with it, and my walks have been very enjoyable.
Our weather this December has just been uncannily nice, hasn’t it?
Yeah, but I’m kinda worried that we won’t get much of a winter at the rate we’re going.
I’m probably tempting Mother Nature to send us a hard freeze. ?
Ha! Mr. Wonderful. ?
Gah, the drydown is so good.
Came back yesterday from visiting the boyfriends parents, then my mother. Thank God we are home again! Although my mother was nicer than usual and did not complain a bit!
As we do not give gifts for Christmas we just had to cook and eat (Schnitzel at this parents, lentils with spätzle and tongue at my mothers, Pho with my brother at the Vietnamese restaurant).
Now wearing some sprays of Ambre de Merveilles, sadly it fades very fast on me.
Tomorrow we will drive to France to do some shopping in the supermarkets… Cheeses! and some poultry and fish and terrines…. We will be set for Silvester.
Enjoy shopping! What is Silvester?
The 31 december is called Silvester in Germany. Named after a Saint
I wish I was driving to France for cheese tomorrow!
Zoologist Moth today. It’s 60 degrees F, near record high temps for this time of year. No complaints! I started listing some jewelry and accessories on Poshmark and was on the phone with my dear patient daughter all morning while she coached me through a couple transactions. It’s relatively easy to navigate the app but not so my math challenged brain ?
Record highs here too, today! But cold front starts tonight.
SotD = Iris Ukiyoe
I forget how much I enjoy this pretty little thing. When I wear it I always feel happier. I should sort out my perfume bottles and samples and make a Pretty Little Thing (PLT) group for Iris Ukiyoe and some others that feel the same way. Insolence EdT would go there and others too . . hmmmm.
Time for yoga! I’ve slacked off the past few days and my body is telling me to get moving. Funny how my wonky shoulder (injured in a fall many years ago) bothers me only when I don’t exercise enough.
The rains here were torrential last night. Everything is calm and quiet now. I love the day after a big holiday. And am feeling grateful for the lengthening days. A little more daylight each day always makes me feel good.
Hope everyone enjoys this thankful Thursday! 😀
I like Thankful Thursday!
so do I, it makes me smile. 😀
My mum called the days of the week Marvelous Monday, Terrific Tuesday, Wonderful Wednesday, Thankful Thursday, Fantastic Friday, Super Saturday, and Simply Sunday.
I’m trying some JD perfume Woman Singularity from a generous NST-Er. It’s a soliflore of some white flower, maybe jasmine, with a kind of bubble gum aspect. Hmmm.
I had a nice time at Mom’s place yesterday afternoon opening gifts and making phone calls. We got a nice selfie too: https://www.instagram.com/p/B6gw-9VpTHY/?igshid=rjp8xqp9sh3h. By now I’ve learned that it’s best to aim at quality time for an hour or two, because after that she becomes confused and gets tired. And well, I get tired too. My brother sent me some very fancy chocolate truffles from a little company in Green Bay. Yum!
Hope others are well and enjoying the holiday. A decade is ending, and that prompts reflection.
Glad you got quality time with mom and thanks for sharing the pics. How’s your brother doing?
Oh, that picture is so sweet. You both look like you’re having a good time. ❤️
What a great selfie!
Love today’s photo! ?
Very late today, but smelling great in Box of Eels!
You smell fabulous of course.
Wearing Diptyque Eau Mage, love the sexy subtle cumin in this.
I’ve never heard of this one and the cumin pretty much killed my interest. If you’re in the U.S. I would be happy to lend you a sample set of 9 Francesca Bianchi perfumes where the base does not agree with me (except for one which surprised me because it smelled like B.O. but the dry down was fabulous). The only thing I ask is for you to return the sample set to me or to another person in the U.S. I designate.
YOU GUYS LUSH JUST RELEASED A FLYING FOX BODY SPRAY! YES, I’VE ALREADY PURCHASED ONE!
Now we resume regular posting.
I’m sadly back at work today and tired. Hoping this afternoon latte I’m drinking will help. Wearing the gorgeous, vintage-smelling St. Clair Eve, another 2019 favorite. I’d be hard pressed to pick a favorite between Eve and Pandora, but Eve is a little more office friendly.
I loved them both two and if money wasn’t an option I’d have both in full bottles. What makes Eve more office friendly for you? And does it remind you a bit of no 19? It’s been a while since I sampled them so curious about your thoughts.
Both too….. autocorrect is so annoying ?
Eve wears a little closer to my skin than Pandora and doesn’t have that dark growl that the added labdanum and opoponax give to Pandora.
I don’t think it reminds me of No. 19. I haven’t yet put my finger on which vintage perfume(s) I’m reminded of, but it definitely smells like it was made in a different era.
My $0.02 – neither one reminds me of No.19 in any of its formulations. They both smelled vintagey but not to the extent that Casablanca did.
Oh interesting, thanks for the news flash!
My apple cake for Xmas was a success, thinking of making another cake for New Year’s eve. In Guerlain Idylle edp which I haven’t worn in a long time.
There’s always room for more cake! Glad it turned out well.
Thank you Lillyjo, perhaps it will be a chocolate cake.
Fun day for me today… Mr. Jalapeno & I exchanged gifts with some very good friends. We spent a fair chunk of time this afternoon over at their place before coming home. Tasty, tasty leftovers today; no cooking needed! ?
SOTD = Soivohle Montgomery Road EdT, from the sample stash. This is a really lovely white floral that was a limited edition earlier in the year.
Glad you had fun! You are working your sample stash!
A second day of celebration, wonderful
Happy to have scored two perfumes for Christmas (my carefully coached husband complied)— Le Cri and Promenade des Anglais. Guerlain packages the Les Parisiennes perfumes in the most extravagant boxes. I need to figure out what to do with mine… Question for those who have purchased perfumes sold with bulb sprayers. Do you keep the bulb sprayer attached, or do you generally store with the glass stopper? If you do the latter, how do you store the bulb?
I hate bulb sprayers so I actually don’t even screw them on; instead, I either keep the regular atomizer on, or, if not included, I decant to another atomizer.
Le Cri is beautiful! Enjoy your new bottles.
Nice picks! Never see that Guerlain mentioned, but I liked that one, too. It’s just easy and pretty from my memory of it.
I’ve only had one perfume with a bulb which I left on and the perfume evaporated completely! It was something I neglected, and it was an inexpensive, on-sale thing from Anthroplogie, so I don’t miss it. I’d not leave the bulb on, myself.
SOTD = Chris Rusak Io
It’s what I would have worn yesterday were in not for perfume-phobic phamily members ?. It has just the right amount of earthy, resinous and incensey vibe.
https://www.instagram.com/p/B6ipWtKBPHh/?igshid=1s8ilx7a6p9sl
I had quite the busy past 2 days of get together. Over the years, as family members dwindle, the remaining ones have tended to huddle more as I’ve seen since Thanksgiving. Also, the cousins tend to get together as often as we can to continue our parents’ wish that we continue to see each other and celebrate with or without an occasion.
I’m leaving for Mexico City this Saturday so I will be in panic mode tomorrow. Wish me luck. My brain is thinking I still have one week before Christmas and now it’s over.
Ole!
Good luck, safe travels and enjoy your trip to Mexico! I am sure you will have lots of fun!
Thank you. I’m going to try not to overdo it because of the high altitude. I will also keep repeating the mantra of no ice, no raw fruits and vegetables, bottled water only for brushing teeth and mouth closed while showering. I am debating not wearing contact lenses at all but we’ll see. And probably no alcohol until the 2nd or 3rd day.
Io sounds really nice!
I love spending time with family during the holidays.
Mexico! I hope you get sunny weather during your stay!
Io is very nice. As to sunny weather, I hope so…glad you mentioned it because it just reminded me I should bring a hat!
Wishing you luck and a great vacation!
Thanks, lillyjo!
I hope your trip is fabulous!
Thank you. Of course, my router just died about an hour ago which means I have to fit in a trip to Best Buy or the Apple Store – eek.
It’s been a busy couple of days.
It was wonderful but I am glad to get back to regular programming.
I had lunch with a good friend today and caught up. It was lovely and relaxing.
SOTD was Chergui.
Lovely and relaxing sounds like a perfect day.
I wish Chergui worked for me. It should, but just doesn’t. I would love to smell it on someone else.
Hope you have some time to relax now.
You smell very good.