It's Almost-Friday, Croissant Day and the Fred Korematsu Day of Civil Liberties and the Constitution. What fragrance are you wearing?
I'm in Lush 25:43.
Reminder: on 1/31, celebrate Backward Day by reversing your usual perfume choice or routine in some way.
And for those of you who like to plan ahead, see Scent of the day ~ Friday community projects 2020, where I'll try to always have the next five or six weeks mapped out in advance.
Note: top image is Lemongrass whiskers [cropped] by Quinn Dombrowski at flickr; some rights reserved.
I wouldn’t mind a croissant right now. I’m wearing the golden glory of Le parfum de Thérèse, which I think I mostly wear in spring. It’s a good counterpoint for another grey and rainy day.
Tea is MF Parzifal, which is nice but not great.
LPdT is a perfect spring scent, I wear it mostly in Montréal as spring is barely noticeable in San Diego.
Ah, have not worn that in ages! You smell great Austenfan.
I enjoyed Indochine so much yesterday that I’m wearing it again today. Mmmmmm.
As you should. You smell super great again!
Wonderful scent! I love bezoin.
SipOTD is a greek coffee. Yup, not mastered this one yet. A friend gifted some Greek coffee from Greece and a birki, this is a trial and error process.
Breakfast this morning is some orange slices soaked in orange blossom water and sprinkled with a bit of cinnamon.
I can tell you that my kitchen table smells very fragrant between the smell of sweet coffee and oranges.
Its cold, but the sun is shining…I am going to curl up with Renault book until I have to pick up the kids.
Beautiful Thursday morn for you. Enjoy!
Those orange slices sound delightful!
Sounds like a perfect morning!
I lived in Greece and never mastered it. Easier to to to cafe .
My neighbor whom is Greek showed me once, and with her, it came out so wonderful. When I am alone, I can’t figure the water to coffee ratio. The one thing is the sugar, I have mastered that because I like it moderately sweet.
The smell of this coffee is something amazing.
Let me know if you have any advice?
My advice, ltsg is to go to the café.
My neighbor in Greece taught me how to make phyllo so thin one could read a newspaper through it, my coffee was always not right.
Ha!
I will ask her again to show me..
I want to learn ?
Your kitchen smells wonderful – two of my favorite smells are oranges and coffee!
well then you would fit well at the table
Yes, please!
woke up it was a Chelsea morning and the first thing that I knew
there was milk and toast and honey and bowl of oranges, too
and the sun poured in like butterscotch and stuck to all my senses
Beautiful !!
Where is this from
Joni Mitchell. Those lyrics always make me smile.
I made a dessert once with orange segments, soaked in a saffron infused syrup, with a dash of orange flower water. It was glorious.
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That sounds delicious.
I agree with springpansy, your kitchen smelled so good.
In the last drops of my beloved Iris Silver Mist. The decant evaporated at a high speed in the last couple of weeks. I thought that I had 3-4 more wears. Wrong! I was shocked when I found out this morning that there were just few drops left. So sad! A replacement is on the top of my to buy list now. Samples are evaporating slower than decants, so I have to check all of them again and finish some before they are all gone.
So sad when that happens. Same happened to my SL ISM and Sarrasins decants. I have about a ml left of each and didn’t wear them much
I find the 1ml dabber vials last forever!
It is impossible to hoard decants, no matter how much we love a scent. I have noticed that evaporation occurs faster during winter time, at least in my case. I have some dabber samples that have lasted for years and they are still in perfect condition with zero evaporation, especially the ones from Luckyscent.
Sorry about that, you just be upset.
I have ISM on my test list for years, never found a place to try it.
Thank you, Sebastian. It not easy to find ISM at the stores anymore. Decants and samples are easier to find online. I am not considering paying more than $300 for a bell jar, so another decant will be on my near future. I will make sure I will use it more often.
And now it is changed…from what I hear, you can just take it off your list.
I didn’t know ISM had been reformulated. I may need to get a sample then before even thinking about a decant.
Well I don’t know for sure either…just what I’ve read here!
I’m sorry: I hate myself when it happens. I wrap my decants in parafilm but it helps only if the sprayer isn’t the source of evaporation.
BTW, just in case: I haven’t got an e-mail from you.
I always wrap my decants in parafilm, but it seems that sometimes that doesn’t work. A good reason for not hoarding them.
Oh my! I totally forgot to email you. Doing it in a while. Thanks!
Have u seen the 30ml + 30ml of ISM on amazon? I was a bit unsure wether to go for them, it was my last serious perfume treat about 1 year ago. What swung it was the very positive reviews.
I paid £79, and they come in very chic black metal hexagon shaped, long cases, I don’t know if these are also available in US, I would highly recommend.
I checked Amazon, but sadly ISM is not available in the USA.
Good for you for finishing this! I have a weekly routine now, which I call Finish It Friday, of trying to finish off my decants partly for this reason (evaporation) and partly to get rid of the clutter.
I love your idea of a Finish it Day! That would be a great community project. I have been trying to finish decants and full bottles than are less than half full lately. However, I can barely catch up on many of them, because I have a lot. I will definitely copy your idea of one or two days during the week just to finish things that I love and that are almost ready to disappear.
I tend to do that on the weekends. If I don’t focus on finishing things up at times, then it will take forever to finish anything.
And you smell LOVELY!!Love ISM!
Thank you, dear! ?❤
Sorry about your decant. I discovered one of my Superstious decants turned to sludge and smelled off. I will definitely wear the back up decant more often.
We have so much that we can barely use everything up. We should probably focus more on the ones we love!
I should take a look thru my decants very soon. Although it is a bummer that your ISM decant evaporated, you’ve given me a timely reminder to pay attention to the ones I have.
Hope you get more ISM soon!
I’ve pretty much cut all bread from my diet except on a very rare occasion. I’m at the age where it is really not helping the waist. And this is so hard(!) as I live by a French bakery and their croissants are just amazing and the smell goes on for blocks.
SOTD: Séville à l’Aube
Bread is pretty much a no-go zone for me
I have to hand it to you, I can’t live without bread.
We buy the Levine Locale at Orwashers. I love it toasted.
Mr L sometimes tries his hand at focaccia and we all indulge.
My rule of thumb is to have bread in the early morning or early afternoon so I have the whole rest of the day to burn it off. I try not to do bread or a heavy carb meal near my bedtime. Except for last night when I made shirin plov for dinner…
Yeah, I can’t live without candy/sweets so there you go. I love bread but its sweets that are more challenging for me but, sometimes (many times) these two wonderful worlds collide (e.g. cookies) and that’s where I also break the rule.
Good idea to eat bread in the morning only.
I can’t live without bread either, but like you it is mostly a breakfast food. Cookies and chocolate are another matter.
Chocolate is healthy in my book..
Same here! Bread for breakfast and sweets all day long! ?
I try and do the same thing with most of my carbs- early in the day. I bet Mr. L’s focaccia is good!
I haven’t cut out bread, but I generally buy Bread Alone sourdough – either the rye, French or whole wheat varieties. Somewhere in the back of my mind I keep thinking sourdough is better for the waist, etc. My weakness is a good almond croissant. So, so good.
Bread Alone is delicious!
Oh nooooo! I dread the idea of getting rid of bread from my diet. I’m still young enough that bread can be defeated by exercise, but someday that may no longer be true
Recently we moved 1.5 miles away from our previous place, so now the excellent croissants that were down the street from me are > 1 mi away. I think this is best. Also helpful is the fact that this shop with wonderful croissants has terrible service.
Oh, how I adore a good almond croissant, we had a wonderful French Patisserie down the street from us that closed their doors a few years back. Their almond croissants were the things that made angels weep they were so good!
I make a GF almond torte that is pretty tasty and wheat-free. Let me know if you want the recipe!
I’m more or less gluten free, but after cutting it out for a year I’m much more tolerant to it now and again.
I would like the recipe please smokeytoes, it sounds delish!
Here it is! I substitute GF FLour Mix (cup for cup) for the regular flour in the recipe.
https://alexandracooks.com/2012/12/14/chez-panisse-almond-torte/
You smell great! Re. bread, if you have a Trader Joe’s near you, consider trying the “European Style Whole Grain” bread – it’s very dark, and really consists of whole grains only (rye mostly), it’s thinly sliced and very good with butter and probably just fine for the carb concerned.
Is that the really dense, moist stuff? I buy that kind of bread from the Polish grocery stores in my hood. Love the ones with pumpkin seeds. It’s definitely lower glycemic than regular bread.
Yes, I think that’s the same type of bread. It’s always packaged on the shelf, you don’t buy it as a fresh bakery loaf.
Will do! Ty!
I’ve cut WAY down on both bread and pasta. Most of the time, they are special treats for dining out. I still keep a chocolate stash, though. ??
I am in How You Love again by Jazmin Sarai. I figured I better use up the evaporating travel spray quickly! The good news is that the 50 ml bottle is crimped. And with Valentines coming up it just might be time to start dropping hints to mr yasmina
Ha, get cracking on those hints, it’s getting near!
I have been fighting a sinus infection since Monday, and I didn’t even shower Tuesday & Wednesday. I lived in my recliner, drinking hot tea with honey and lemon, covered with a blanket and four cats. Today I am back at work and grabbed Calligraphy Saffron from my decant box. I must get a full bottle of this. I will also be buying decants of the other two Calligraphy scents.
Feel better!
According to my FIL cures everything..
The cats help too!
Priscilla, I’ll send you a decant of Calligraphy Rose with your freebiemeet package. I’m a little behind on getting those out, which ends up being a good thing in this case. ?
Poor thing, feel better soon! So nice to have cats to snuggle when you’re sick.
Better move quick, its discontinued and you can still get it cheap. Bought mine for 50€
Feel better soon!
I hope it clears up soon! The cat snuggles sound perfect.
Hope you are over that sinus infection ASAP!
Hello all!
Chilly and gloomy here in Texas. I chose vintage Eau de Gucci for my day but haven’t sprayed it yet. I might end up going for the Paestum Rose sample I found in my cup holder! Decisions, decisions….
Go for it, Paestum Rose is so pretty!
2nd that.
I did! Heavenly.
Croissant day?! What is this sorcery?
My husband accidentally dropped (although flung would be a better word) my e-reader the night before last and irreparably damaged the screen. No worries, I said, and ordered another one (same model, refurbished with guarantee) from Kobo.
This morning Google News kindly informed me that the e-reader industry may grind to a halt soon because of the coronavirus and shipping issues out of Taiwan and China. Although it is VERY much a first-world problem and obviously people’s health comes first, I sincerely hope I’m not waiting weeks for a new reader ?
(Yes, I have a public library. It has unfortunately had a bedbug infestation at least once while I was borrowing physical books. Weeks of paranoia. So now I normally use the e-lending system to be safer).
Still nakie since showering last night but going to apply my Perfumarie blind sample or my Fragrance du Bois Oud Vert Intense sample from Luckyscent. Feeling the need to be colder than the weather today!
We have a croissant day in Montréal, but it’s in late April. Yum! $1 croissants in participating bakeries and ours is one of the best.
We’ve had bedbug infestations in our public libraries too. Ugh.
I’m in Mtl too!
*Hastily starts bookmarking late April for croissant day – how did I miss this before?*
http://lafeteducroissant.com/en/about/
I live on Laurier est, near Fous Désserts, who previously won best croissant in Montréal. Pure buttery deliciousness. Even organic available!
Thanks for the croissant lowdown! I will put them on my list. I’m in St Henri and if you’re ever down towards our neighborhood, Patrice Pâtissier is excellent!
I know Patrice, I used to work in St. Henri. Good stuff.
Bedbugs in the library, ack. I have heard of that, and will knock on wood right now.
On public transit buses too! The joys of living in the big city.
Good morning,
If you are in Denver, I greatly recommend going to Panzano’s as they have the best croissants I have ever eaten in the USA.
Cloudy and cold weather in ATX today, my winter perfume is Youth Dew. I have always been a Lauder fan.
I hope you all have a lovely day.
We have a real French bakery here in San Diego county, it’s a bit of a drive from my house, but a local bookstore (also owned by a French woman) brings in a delivery every Saturday. Croissants aux amandes, miam miam!
Winter Woods
Maybe I should just stop posting cause it’s the same every day
why? That is what we are here for! To know your SOTD.
I certainly don’t mind.
You put up with me and my weeks in Songes..Shalimar..Chanels…
♥️♥️♥️
No, keep posting, I want to see how long the streak lasts – when will the thunk come?
Ha!! I am not afraid to thunk because I can replace it now!! Don’t know why but SSS really resonates with me.
Don’t stop. I think I’m joining you today….
❄️??
LOL. You know it took me forever to decipher that to Winter Woods….
Hee hee…?
Cm8, you are much much more than your sotd. It’s just the good smelling icing on your cake!?
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Yes, what lillyjo said!
We still wanna know!And good to see you here daily!!??
I am trying!! Some blogs that are active 24/7 like APJ it’s easier to comment more often because my 2am might be someone’s afternoon lol ?
Sometimes the crazy workday gets in the way and I can’t always comment. Plus, I am failing at many of the CPs so I don’t bother commenting then either.
But please do!
Totally get the crazy schedule,it has been the same over here.But I vowed to do more of the things I love in 2020,and that includes sharing my love of perfumes with likeminded friends on Now Smell This.xx
I may need to ask you now to save a sample of WW for me before you thunk it. After so much dedication to it I am already curious about it and craving for it! ?
I will my friend ?. Maybe 2 ml in the bottle so we don’t have to worry about evaporation!!
Oh no! I don’t want to thunk your bottle! ?
Please continue posting! You would be missed.
Wearing Blend Oud Sana today – it has no oud, just a sweet gourmand. Another lovely sunny day!
Love the name!And sounds cozy!
Oud Royal by Armani today. It’s nice and cosy.
That’s a good one! Very comfy!
I’m wearing Eau des Merveilles today because it smelled divine on someone else last week and it reminded me that I don’t need to wait for summer to wear it. It smells just as good in cold weather, it turns out.
I’ve been wearing Antonia (Puredistance) a bit more lately because I am noticing some evaporation in my decant. I see that others posted above about similar concerns. And yes, why is it that small dabber samples last for years while decants seem to evaporate faster even when sealed (sort of) with Parafilm?
Dab vials do not have sprayers, which are effectively small (?) holes in our Parafilm-proofed anti/evaporation defense system. There are some better quality sprayers that close better, but many are bad both at spraying and storing perfumes.
Ah so is the solution to parafim the spraying hole itself??
I don’t think it’s mostly from the sprayer, but more so from the threading in the screw top- especially in cheaper decant atomizers. In some of my decants I can see the juice color accumulating in the threading.
The juice does not only accumlate, but also leaks sometimes, even when the decant is sitting straight up.
Same here! These are upright decants I’m talking about! I also find the parafilm doesn’t help much ? I guess the moral of the story is either don’t buy decants or use them quickly.
Definitely some timely discussion about decants here… I keep thinking about getting a few of samples I have used up.
Hi all, today’s SOTD is Fleurs de Bulgarie by Creed. Haven’t worn this beautiful musk/rose in a while so time to drag it out and wear it before it turns.
I used to love their other rose, the name escapes me now, but it was stunning. I think FdB was the muskier of the 2?
I think the FdB is far more musk (on skin anyway). The other is Fleur de The Rose Bulgarie (talk about confusing!!). I think the FdtRB is a spicy/green rose… Never tried it but have heard it’s wonderful!
That was it! But I am talking a VERY long time ago, no idea if they still make it or if it is still good.
Woke up in Serge Lutens Arabie this morning. I think it was discontinued not to long ago. I am flirting with getting a backup bottle since I see a bottle for less than $60. My Amazon Prime Pantry order just arrived safe and sound. I switched over to no 22 edt but I was tempted to apply Diana but wasn’t going to chance it since I will be at work. The teeniest little bit of no 22 let’s me fly under the radar.
Oh, lovely smells all the way around!
Croissant day you say? I can get behind that in a big way! Add a spoonful of jam and I’m in…
Feeling all glam and posh in my Royalty Scent pick of the month: Tiffany and Co. Starts with mandarin sweetness and dries down to a powdery iris. Good stuff!
Croissants with jam are stupendous. Have not had one in years.
In Grand Soir today, layered over amber flush body oil. I thunked my bottle of Wowilla oil a few days ago, so it’s time to work on the amber. ?
I knew I forgot something. ToTM is Harney Murder on the Orient Express, a mix of black/oolong tea plus jasmine and bergamot. I’m about to thunk this one.
Oooh, you smell divine!
Thanks! You smell great in Musc Rav!
I love your amber flash oil layering options. Another one for me to try. Thanks!’
Most welcome!
Ok, this is off topic, but an unelicited suggestion for your pup…if he needs a groom, you can look for a mobile groomer who grooms in their kitted up van. I used one when our pup was sick, and it was much easier on her. Also, there are groomers that will come to your house and groom your pup right there, while you watch them. They bring everything with them. Hope this helps!
Oh! Thanks a lot for the advice, Nancy! I never thought about it! I will check for those options during the weekend, since he is due for his monthly grooming already. That would help and benefit him greatly!
Another great combo!
Thanks! It may turn out to be an amber week for me.
Grand Soir is a beautiful amber.
I totally agree. ?
SL Fleur d’Oranger today.
Oh, that’s gorgeous.
It is a pretty lil thing.
Wonderful!
It’s nice and uplifting today!
Oh nice!!Two perfumistas in FdO,I like!!
? And back-to-back at that!
SL Feurs d’Oranger for me today. Woke up late, so I’m enjoying it with a red bull. Blegh.
That is a favorite of mine in Spring!
Hey twin! Red Bull and FdO- breakfast of champions!
Joining CM8 in Winter Woods today. Cold out there, and I promised myself I’d focus on some cleaning around here. Which means the poor new kitty will likely be scared by vacuum sounds, etc. C’est la vie.
I do wish I could enjoy a nice almond croissant today, but I made a smoothie instead. Tried something new, with cacao powder, peanut butter, banana, pineapple and various protein, chia and collagen powders. It was good, but not great. Will play around with the mixture in the future.
Was happy to receive a compliment on Beach Walk yesterday. Met up with a friend in Dumbo to get her help on using LinkedIn. We went to one of those private membership clubs. The views!! Stunning. And a lot of people in there quietly talking or working on laptops, etc. There’s a whole world of people paying about $300 a month to work and hang out in such surroundings. And they’re all around 30 years younger than me. As pleasant and lovely as it was, I like my neighborhood – where I feel comparatively young…. (and I was admonished for taking a photo of the view…a big no no.)
Hi twin!!!!
Ah, I’m a member of the same org/group but use the SoHo location, though I won’t be renewing my membership, I think. It can get a bit too group-think for me.
SOTD is Perfum Quartana’s Hemlock, good for a cold day.
It was very comfortable and pleasant. I can see the value if one is self-employed or prefers having people around instead of working from home. Or, if comfortably retired and want to sit in pleasant surroundings with a gorgeous view while reading or something. If that were me, I’d be there every day…
Yeah, I can see it, too, theoretically. I guess it’s like renting an art studio.
Why are the view photos a no no? Or is it photos in general?
I like Hemlock and have a sorely neglected bottle in my possession.
It’s the only in the line I own but I love it. For me, it’s a winter scent for when I’m thinking of spring.
Same here.
I’ve actually worn it more in warm weather. Something about the green aspect makes it seem like a “cool” scent.
This is a bad week for me to try Backward Day, since I need all the olfactory comfort I can get. I forgot to put something on this morning because I got out of bed super-late! But luckily, I have a decant of Trayee at work, so I’m in a nice, spicy hug.
Post office update! The local branch called me (they have my number?!) and apologized, then told me my package had accidentally ended up in a giant Google bin (we live about a mile from Google). They talked to whoever received it and that person will return the package to the post office, who will then mail it to me
So HOORAY! I am very optimistic. She said I should have it by Friday, so please cross your fingers for me. I hope to be in a haze of Rose Jam all weekend, or at least until my fiance decides that’s a bit too much and makes me wash it off.
you smell great! I tried Trayee once and been lusting after it since.
Yay! Crossing fingers for both of our packages (my replacement is being shipped tomorrow).
Hooray! Fingers crossed that this one will not break! (I was extra-worried for mine because it was a swap, not a package from a company, which made it semi-irreplaceable.)
I love Trayee, and great news about your Rose Jam!
Oh, that’s great! And what great customer service. That would never happen here, lol.
???! And a couple of ?? for good measure!
It just arrived!!!!!!
Awesome!
You know maybe you should apply for a job at Google. Your background is probably so different than anyone there that they may take you in for your unconventional thinking ?.
I DREAM of finding a role at Google’s main campus that fits my interests. What could be better than a lovely creek-side 1-mile commute to a place famous for its benefits??
I’m wearing Iris Shot from Olfactive Studio today.
My mum left the hospital yesterday and she’ll be now recovering in the comfort of own home
Great news! Wishing your mom a speedy recovery.
It’s great she can come home, she will feel so much more comfortable. Best wishes for her recovery.
Yay for Mom being home!
Glad to hear your mom is home.
Good news! Continued speedy recovery to her.
Excellent news about your mom!
Hurray for your mom!
Glad to hear your mom is out of the hospital. Sending warm thoughts for her continued recovery.
Heeley Eau Sacree as my next incense scent of the week. Now testing a small decant of Grimoire. This is dark stuff!
You smell great!
Both of those scents sound very intriguing.
I’m wearing and revealing in Musc Ravageur from the Freebiemeet. Thank you! Wow is this great stuff.
A freebie Musc Rav?? Nice!!
Lucky you!
wow
NICE!!
I’m in Frapin Caravelle Epicee. No points for me, this one is totally me. I love its warm spiciness, yet I only have a sample. Why have I not bought a bottle? How many bottles of perfume should I have / do I want? Ack. these questions are harder than “what should I wear today?”
The number of bottles to own is a very big question I ask myself often. At the moment it’s more than I should, less than I want to.
Best answer ever. According to another NST’er there is no such thing as too much perfume!
Ahahaha I think that answer fits for most of the people on this forum
Yesssss!
??!
Haha!Is there ever enough?I asked myself this very same question way too many times.
Backwards Day 4:
Cologne pour le soir (thanks for the trade, Koyel!) pendant le jour.
(I’m not sure about the grammar but this is what I remember from my high school French).
You smell très bon!
Is it really uncharacteristic for you? Do you like it?
Today, so far, I am really liking it – I think when I first tried it, I was taken aback – seems I need to use a light hand with this one!
Oh yes, one good spray is plenty. I also like to extend my arm as far out as it’ll go, so that the resulting spray is more diffuse. I am so happy you like it now
Wonderful!
I am wearing Bvlgari au The Vert and I am about to leave for dental appointment. Just a cleaning, though. Not too nervous about it. Just a little
Well, you smell wonderful and extremely inoffensive!
That is what I was going for
I am back now. Glad its over !!
Dental work is never my favorite, even a cleaning.
I’ve just got back from work feeling really exhausted. After a cup of Darjeeling and a large slice of homemade Plum & ginger cake,(gf) ( this recipe is in East, my new cookbook by Meera Sodha, it’s really nice)A couple of spritz’s of Iris Silver Mist, inspired by perfumelover67, and I’m feeling a lot more human. Now have sufficient energy to put the kids to bed and read to them.
You smell soooo good!!
Thank u!!, ISM is such a good one!
Hi twin! We smell fantastic! Glad to hear ISM is giving you the energy to finish the day!
Tea, cake and perfume are very restorative! You smell great.
I loved your whole post other than the exhausted part. That cake sounds yummy.
Hallooo!!
So planned Day 4 of my Top 5 of all time didn’t go as planned.This morning it was literally grab/spritz/go to work!Theatre has been crazy with operations and emergencies these past 3 weeks.C.R.A.Z.Y.Luckily my weekend ALWAYS starts on a Thursday(Theatre is CLOSED on Fridays,except for emergencies)so Yay for that!Anyway!
SOTD!
Aerin Iris Meadow.Not bad for a grab-and-go decision!Lol!
No,I actually adore this one.Lovely springlike Iris perfume.Just lovely.
It was supposed to be Portrait of a Lady today.Enough said.Haha!
Thank you everyone who commented on my SOTD yesterday!
Lillyjo:I remember that was one of our first “connections” here!Haha!
I will never tire of Bendelirious.So many joyful memories attached to it,also.That’s the point,right?
Happy Thursday friends!Hang in there,it’s almost weekend!XO
POAL is in my top 5 too. I haven’t sniffed Iris Meadow but it sounds beautiful, I’m sure u smell wonderful.
Thank yoy Mayfly!Iris Meadow is worthy of my Iris collection,do seek it out if you can!?
A new iris for me to try!. To my sample list it goes! POAL is wonderful and one of my big favorites!
Yes,we both LOVE PoaL!I think you might enjoy Iris Meadow as well,if you do sample let me know your thoughts!??
Wanted to tell you that Luckyscent still carries it!!
Oh wonderful,thanks!But my stash is rather big…Donnatella will faint when she hears THAT figure…hahaha!!
Iris Meadow sounds lovely, although it’s definitely not PoaL. :-0
Enjoy your weekend!
No,they are in quite the opposite spectrums,but we do love variety,yes?Yes.Lol!
Thanks T,I hope your week ends better than it went!XO
Hiiiiii, friend!
Hiiiii Kelly!!!??
P.S,the time diffrence between continents SUCK!!Your 2:13pm was my 21:13 pm…Lol!
Have a good evening guys!
Off to bed.
XO
It will SUCK if you disappear again, because of the time difference!?
NOT.GOING.ANYWHERE.This truly is a happy place of mine,so I’ll be around untill you guys ask me to just go away hahahahaha!!!
XX
Remember though we have insomnia and some are early birds. So you can check in anytime ?
Agree! ?
Yes!!6:41 am here so GOOD MORNING!HEHE!
Happy Friday Lillyjo!??
Happy Friday to you too!
And that’s what I meant up above in my response to you! ⬆️⬆️⬆️ You need a 24/7 place too LOL ? ?
Totally lol
Even if you post at 02:00 my time, I can still read it later!
That is true.And I do that myself sometimes!Haha!
X
SotD = Iris Ukiyoe
Feeling relaxed and peaceful in IU. Drinking a jasmine green tea that is delicious when brewed strong or very lightly. With a medium brew the smell reminds me of cleaning products. ?
Oh interesting. Some jasmine teas are very soapy…
soapy! that’s exactly what i’m getting when I brew jasmine tea a little too long or not long enough.
Ew, “cleaning product” is not a tea flavor I’d want to ever try.
yes, very “ew”, lol!
You smell good but yikes on the tea!
thanks, hajusuuri! Iris Ukiyoe is always lovely.
Maybe I’ve just been doing jasmine tea all wrong then! I’ve never warmed to it. Thanks for the tips!
you betcha, KellyC! It’s been trial and error for me. I think I prefer a very mild brew.
I’m on my lunch about to call my daughter’s principle. I’m very unhappy with the teacher’s “helper” sotd is Mad Madame.
Sounds very appropriate for the circumstances. Good luck with the principal!
Thanks! I originally was going to wear KVD Sinner but changed my mind at the last minute.
Hope everything resolves satisfactorily!
I had to leave a message and never heard back. Grrrr… so will be calling again in the morning.
Uh oh. Sounds like a thoroughly unsatisfying experience, except for your perfume.
Oh boy…I hope you can resolve it to your satisfaction!
Hope the call went well and you feel better about things. Hugs.
Well, just saw you never actually got to talk to someone. Very frustrating.
Thanks for the kind words yesterday. Today was much better. Not participating in the CP tomorrow, at least in the morning as I need to be perfume free for a procedure. Perhaps that actually fits, since I rarely leave the house without perfume!
Forgot my SOTD – DSH/American Perfumer Colorado!!
Good luck with the procedure!
I hope that your procedure went well.
Best wishes for your procedure!
Good luck with your procedure!
Blue skies with a lot of wispy cirrus clouds in the sky today. I remember ages ago that my dad told me whenever a bunch of those cirrus clouds show up, it means that there will be a change in the weather soon. It’s actually a little chilly for me outside.
SOTD = back in L’Artisan Voleur de Roses, from the sample stash. I’m now considering getting a decant of this, but some of the stories about evaporating decants are giving me pause. Maybe multiple dabber samples of it instead?
At this point I would say that getting dabber samples are more worthy than decants, unless you use it often.
I’d prefer a FB, but those seem to be gone.
You can get a decant, the important thing is a good quality atomizer and using teflon plumber’s tape around the threads before screwing the top on. Then parafilm around the neck where the spray top connects to the bottle. That’s your best hope, other than a FB.
I generally love spraying over dabbing (for most scents, not all). Something about spraying the scent just makes me happy lol.
Without knowing it was croissant day, I celebrated this morning at breakfast: several mini croissants warmed in the oven and smeared with Nutella and a dab of orange marmalade. Yum!
It’s the 8th day here w/o sunshine, expecting at least 1 more, possibly 2, and I’m wrapped in the warm comfort of AG Songes, thinking of LTSG and sunshine on Sunday!
Hope that you see the sun soon! ☀☀☀
Nutella and orange marmalade sounds perfect!
Oh my goodness I wish I’d had breakfast with you! Yum! I’ll try and send some sun your way.
Lost in Heaven is my Francesca Bianchi perfume of the day. It’s a gorgeous fruity, spicy floriental that feels like a vintage perfume. I am loving the FB line!
I’m glad you’re enjoying the line!
Yes, thank you so much for sharing your sample set with me and others! I have 3 still to try, but I can see wanting to purchase my own sample set with how much I like the first 6 I’ve tried.
Chiming in late – Oy vey! It be crazy around here!
SOTD = 4160Tuesdays Eau My Soul
I had no clue about the back story of this perfume. The notes were apparently crowd sourced, voted on and masterfully blended by Sarah McCartney. Overall, I would call this an amber that is musky, sweet and incensey. It’s very nice and hits the spot on a cold day.
I will link to the picture in a reply to my own comment because I don’t want to lose this text that I painstakingly finger tapped!
https://www.instagram.com/p/B79vUvohq6c/?igshid=xl0u0l5x102t
And for Croissant Day, I indulged:
https://www.instagram.com/p/B79xe5Iht2D/?igshid=1ih7o1oqephyr
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Can’t believe I missed croissant day. May have to make a trek to my favorite bakery (through a not-so-great part of town) tomorrow!
I first heard about it from the barista at Starbucks, then I came to NST to verify ?
Robin for the win!
Eau My Soul was rather boozy on me. Great stuff though.
Sad I missed croissant day! Glad you enjoyed one!
NJT crazy, or work crazy?
Work crazy .
I am living the work crazy life lately too, and the same for my boyfriend. What a way to start the year!
I was a bit mad at myself for totally missing both Pie Day and Chocolate Cake Day. Those are days I’d happily celebrate, and inadvertently do on many other days of the year. I got a box of croissants the other day, though, so I can still celebrate Croissant Day very late with a midnight snack. (lol)
Scent this evening is Dad’s Garden Lemon Tree body spray, with hopes that the sleeves of my hoodie hide my sins.
Earlier tonight I had a chicken lo mein TV dinner while Mom and Dad were at choir practice. Mom had *feelings*, and not happy ones, about the scent of the Dan Dan noodle TV dinner I had the other week. She had less of a reaction that way about the chicken lo mein TV dinner, as some of the scent had dissipated by the time they got home. Koyel had sent me cocoa salts (Thank you, Koyel!) and noted that they gave chicken something of a mole flavor. I’ve never tried anything with a mole flavor, but I take her word for it. At any rate, the cocoa salts improved the flavor of the chicken lo mein considerably. I’ll have to try them with chicken that’s less mixed with various other flavors, and see if the cocoa salts liven up what would otherwise be very bland baked chicken.
I suck as a perfumista these days. Well, actually I just suck at being a NST commenter, I almost always smell good haha. ??
I’ve worn L’Air du Desert Morocain, Cierge de Lune, Baiser de Russia, and Cedre Sambac is his week. All good stuff!
We had a great weekend in Palm Springs last weekend celebrating our birthdays and anniversary. It’s sure nice to lay by a pool and get a little vitamin D on a January day. My husband is always so fun, we really always have the best time together.
Tomorrow I’ll have to find a “clean” or “fresh” scent because those are pretty much opposite of what I generally reach for.
You smell wonderful and I love that you and your hubs have a great time together. That’s the best.