It's National Unicorn Day and National Former Prisoner of War Recognition Day and National Winston Churchill Day. What fragrance are you wearing?
My house was a bit chilly this morning and we're expecting thunderstorms and wind, so I went with Hermès L'Ambre des Merveilles.
Reminder: 4/10 is Siblings Day. Wear two fragrances that might be siblings, or wear one and tell us about the other, or wear a fragrance that your sibling wears, or interpret this project in any way you like.
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 Muscari [cropped] by Sandrine Néel at flickr; some rights reserved.
I’m in Wood Sage and Sea Salt with Lime Basil Mandarin, my favorite layering combo.
We started watching PBS Masterpiece World on Fire and it is really good. Intense, but good. Much better than the last couple that we watched imho.
Today is my Friday.?
That combo sounds good.
It really is.?
What is the show about?
It’s about an American journalist played by Helen Hunt living in Berlin at the start of WWII. It also follows an English and Polish family and how all of the characters lives are intertwined.
oh goodness, thanks for that synopsis, I adore Helen Hunt and am so glad when she makes a rare appearance on the screen.
Today is my Friday too! Happy Friday. You smell fabulous.
I know you asked this question ages ago, but I didn’t read it until it was too late to reply that day. Skin scents!
1) She Was an Anomaly from ELdO – a cousin to Fleur de Peau but minus the carroty aspect and a bit more ethereal. My husband vastly prefers the ELdO take on the same theme.
2) Taunt by Dedcool – it’s a nice not very sweet but really comfortable vanilla/ bergamot/ other good stuff scent. I’ve been wearing it to bed lately. (One caveat – I have the oil, so I can’t speak to the projection of the spray.)
Hey Friday twin!? Thanks for the recommendations, Fleur de Peau is one of my few full bottles so I will add these to the list to try.
Oh, I love SWaA! It’s so calming and easy to wear. I’ll have to get it out and wear it in the next little bit. Thanks for the reminder.
Glad to hear it about World on Fire, hoping to start it next week.
Be forewarned there are some scenes that are not necessarily what I would call “brutal” but maybe more… “abruptly violent” if that makes sense? The story line and acting makes it worth watching for me. You’ll have to report back on your thoughts!
Aha. Well, it would be hard to have zero violence, but we’ll see, I might put it off!
Happy Friday! Hope you have a good long stretch off ??
Thanks! Three days, but I’ll take it!?
Inspired by Kevin’s review yesterday I am wearing Heeley Eau Sacree. This is my second time wearing it and it has become a big favorite incense perfume. It is a churchy incense very similar to Avignon. So peaceful and comforting. Just beautiful! Sillage and longevity are excellent. I dabbed on some last night and I can still smell it. Post shower I will apply more. It made it to the top of my to buy list. Incense lovers should give it a try.
Cloudy, rainy day. Splitting my time between work and home tasks today. It will be a busy day.
Take care everyone!
Glad that I sent this one to you!! I love it too. Full bottle worthy.
Full bottle worthy indeed! It is gorgeous!
Adding this to the list for sure now
It is worth trying! Instant love for me! Hope you like it.
me too.
You smell wonderful. I have and love it too!
Thank you! A full bottle will be my next perfume purchase!
And it’s thanks to YOU that we both got to sample it ♥️♥️
I was also inspired by Kevin’s review, and have ended up in one of the other incense perfumes he mentions, Dzongkha. Perfect for today’s gray skies and chilly rain.
I have not tried Dzongkha in a long time, but I remember that it is another wonderful incense perfume.
I agree skalolazka.
I am such a fan of Avignon that it is always my ‘go-to’, but I was very curious yesterday about Heeley Eau Sacree as well.
Commando still but you have inspired me, I may wear my decant of Timbuktu on one arm and Dzongkha on the other.
It’s very windy here so, they can battle as I weed the garden.
I smell a lot of Coca-Cola at the start, not too church like for me…
Interesting! It is pretty churchy on me. I don’t get any Coca-Cola, but wonder if is the clove note what you are smelling.
Love Eau Sacree! You smell wonderful. I have often contemplated a bottle. It’s an easy to wear Cardinal.
Thank you! I love Cardinal, but like you, I would prefer a fb of Eau Sacree.
Hi pals! I am joining the mini-chain of Jardin sur le Nil this week. It’s great and cheering.
Anything great and cheerful is on point
You smell great. And now I want some jardin sur le nil…. i drained a 5ml mini and thought I did not need more of it….. But I really do kinda miss it.
I may need to look into those Hermès travel sets.
I need to wear this again soon. Even though I feel like I should, I’ve never really connected with it. Maybe it will click the next time I wear it. Or maybe not, and that’s fine too!
Parfumerie Generale Praline de Santal, which smells pretty much exactly as it ought to: brown-sugar nut brittle and austere sandalwood. Much less sweet than you might expect, especially at the drydown. Excellent for a cold spring morning.
I love that one! My dad borrowed and never returned my bottle in 2013.
i love the way your perfume bottles seem to scatter with the wind . . . 😀
Hee hee…
Yes, they get ” borrowed ” a lot!
That sounds really good!
We are having a warm spring morning, but after some storms it’s expected to get cooler next week. Today I’m wearing Eau de Rhubarbe Ecarlate.
We were warm this morning before the storm, now it’s quite chilly 🙂
In honor of a dear friend’s birthday wearing Natura Amor America Paramela…a rare gem.
Tea is Hornimans Manzanilla con Miel
Thank you my friend. 🙂 You smell lovely.
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I’m wearing my much loved A ce soir by Pont des Arts from my brand new bottle that arrived today. It feels like an improved Havana Vanille and I’m completely smitten.
Tea is Thé des Impressionistes by MF.
You smell nice!
Congrats on the new bottle! Enjoy.
How is it an improvement? I really like Havana Vanille, so I’m curious.
It’s more floral and feels more nuanced than Havana Vanille. This is what Denyse has to say about it:
The sexy one:
À ce soir by Pont des Arts
Bertrand Duchaufour calls it a vanilla blossom, but to me, it brings together three scents that were summarily ejected from the L’Artisan / Penhaligon’s catalogue. Havana Vanille’s fresh tobacco leaf and rum chica-boom sensuousness, matched by the hay, honey and pollen-dusted daffodil of Ostara (though the green here is more sap than hyacinth), with a dash of Amaranthine’s lush ylang-ylang. It’s pretty much got my heart in a love-lock. Who knew I’d fall for vanilla?
Boy you really make this one sound good.
I am officially intrigued.
That’s a pretty scent! You smell great! Enjoy your new bottle!
SOTD: Eau de Narcisse Bleu, haven’t worn it in ages. Thought it appropriate with the much cooler temps here after a somewhat violent storm came through last evening.
You smell great, I love Eau de narcisse bleu!
I think we’re expecting that storm later today…
Séville à l’aube
A pot of Moroccan Mint Tea
A Smile by Tzu Yeh
In this house on a hill without walls
the four winds touch our faces
If they blow open your robe of gauze
I’ll try to hide my smile
I love your gentle, playful poem today, ltsg!
Thank you, I couldn’t find this one either, so I typed it out to share. Lucky its short.
How are you doing these days?
This perfume is not working for me today, I will have to change it up later
That one doesn’t work for me either, I get corn tortillas.
There is something off about it to my nose
We’re doing well here, the weather let’s us get to Playa Backyarda quite often. I hope you and the kidlets are doing okay!
I switched to Shalimar Vanille flanker, much much better
Vanilla makes everything better. 🙂
?true.
I deeply agree with this statement!!
The Vanilla Queen has spoken ?
Ha! Love this ?
You smell wonderful, and that poem is very cute.
🙂
Smelling good!
Lovely poem, thank you.
SOTD is PdE Corsica Furiosa. Tea is coffee, breakfast is toast and chocolate chip cookies.
I’m currently in the front yard of the big house, which is on the same property as the cabin. It’s fenced in so T-Rex can wander willynilly without me having to keep a close eye on her. I visit every morning to see what’s new and in bloom. The rhododendrons buds are big but still tightly closed. Tulips, various blooming bushes, red buds, dogwood trees- all in bloom. Every day a new color is added to the palette. The birds are carrying on and are not heeding any kind of social distancing. Yesterday, T-Rex found some wildlife in the side yard:
https://www.instagram.com/s/aGlnaGxpZ2h0OjE4MDMwNDA5ODUyMjU2NzIy?igshid=14tgplpmo9ntn&story_media_id=2282921744117622329
NC has extended quarantine indefinitely, so I’m happy I have such a beautiful area to be isolated in.
Cheers and stay well!!?
Beautiful photo, Deva! It looks exactly like my backyard! I will email you a photo ?
Have you ever tried Cassis en Feuille? It reminds me a bit of CF because of that tomato leaf note. Let me know if you want to try it ♥️
Yay for toast!
Yay for chocolate chip cookies!?
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Your breakfast and yard sound great. 🙂
Yeah, not very healthy, but still very good!
You smell awesome!
As a city dweller who (especially now) longs for flowers and trees, I so appreciate your great insta photos of the great outdoors. ?
I do not check in on insta that often anymore but your (and T-rex’s) adventures are always inspiring!
If you want flowers and trees, come visit my Insta too!
https://www.instagram.com/p/B-Xes5WpHsf/?igshid=1v176ny2a273g
That tree is fantastic!
But to be honest, your cats beat most trees when it comes to ‘getting my attention’ ?? they are so pretty! ?
Aw, that’s so nice of you!
I’m glad you’re enjoying the photos. This is a beautiful area of the country and I wish I could get out for more than pictures of the yard.
I’m all for chocolate chip cookies for breakfast 🙂
I made a batch yesterday and so glad I did.
I’m glad you did, too! ?
What a beautiful snake, not even scared.
Isn’t it a beaut?! So shiny and sleek!
You have found such a great spot for staying… Love your pics on insta
Thanks, I’m feeling very lucky because it’s a very serene location, and there is no one in the big house, so I’m all alone ??
DIdn’t T-Rex try to chase the snake?
I don’t think snakes have much odor, and when they feel threatened, they usually freeze, then if the threat continues, will strike or flee. This is a Black Racer and they move like lightening! I have a feeling the dog actually stepped on it accidentally and then became interested in it. I think she may have injured it, which is possibly why it was moving so slow.
I’m in Theorema from my new ebay bottle and I am happy to report that it’s legit.
I discovered Theorema cuz Robin mentioned it as a favorite. I’m so happy she did. Robin would you consider doing a post sometime on your top fragrance favorites that have withstood the test of time? I would love to see that list!
Oh, I’m glad it’s legit, you never know with eBay.
I would love to see that list too!
Theorema is fabulous, wish it wasn’t hard to find.
Oh yay!
I have a hard time writing anything these days but I will try.
I have been meaning for weeks now to say a big huge Thank You for the daily spring blossom pics. They’ve been particularly stellar and well-chosen, and very uplifting for me.
So if you only have the mental energy for that, carry on 🙂
Yes, thank you! I feel the same. 🙂
No pressure of course! We will be pleasantly surprised and excited if you post something and in the meantime can reread your old reviews.
Thank you both!
I recently bought a bottle on ebay at a suspiciously low price, about which I was rather skeptical. (I do almost all of my perfume shopping on ebay and have had very few bad experiences, but you never know.) Happy to report that my bottle is legit as well! ?
Congrats on the Theorema.
What was your suspiciously cheap purchase?
MdO Musc. Shipped for $94.99 (!!) I have no idea where the seller got the bottles but s/he had more than one. Fell off a cargo ship or something… ahem.
New, full & boxed, I might add.
Good for you
Wow is THAT a deal! Congratulations, I was looking at that perfume a few weeks back and it was listed at the normal price. You did very well, enjoy.
It’s always nice when things turn out as they should
You could add some Reglisse Noire tomorrow for Siblings Day – that’s my plan.
Off to google that one
Good morning everyone! I hightailed it out to the walking trail this morning and saw a couple of sweet puppy-related scenes. A gentleman in his 80’s was walking a Great Dane puppy and the pup was exuberant, but under control. He had those uncropped, floppy ears that flop over on themselves on top of his head. SO. CUTE.
Then, there were the two little girls playing with their golden retriever puppy, named Molly. More cuteness.
My morning and evening walks have been saving my sanity, y’all. Last night, a guy was playing guitar and singing. It was right at dusk, so he had a lantern beside him. He played Leavin’ on a Jet Plane, which was strangely sad and comforting at the same time. I wasn’t having a very good evening emotionally, but that music was just what I needed.
I hope you all get the sustenance you need today. ❤️
Amen to sanity saved.♥️♥️
There is a guy that plays the trumpet ? outside on the promenade near my apartment and it brought tears to my eyes
We all need to shed tears sometimes. Take care, dear heart.
My neighbor’s boyfriend is staying with her and he is a very good fiddle and banjo player with a nice baritone and a love of old country music. Sitting on the porch listening to him sing from their porch is such a relaxing treat.
How nice!
Love the puppy and music stories. Lovely, lovely.
I love musical neighbours. Sadly it’s still too cold here to open the windows, but I do occasionally see people playing music in the park across the street.
That sounds lovely <3 so glad you are able to take those walks!
Same. My morning 8 am walk has been so helpful in many ways. I don’t do end of day because it’s too crowded for me in the parks. Maybe if I go after sunset it would be better but at least I’ve got the morning.
Sweet ? Just reading about your experience was vicariously calming. I love great danes. There’s a few around here and it always baffles me how they manage in an apartment.
Danes are lazy. They just take up a lot of room.
That’s kind of what I’ve heard LizzieB, glad to have it confirmed! Greyhounds are the same way.
Great puppy images! I love my walks too but it was so muggy and warm last evening at 6, I could barely breathe! There was a guy playing saxophone in a little courtyard at the Menil Drawing Institute and it made for some nice echoing music too.
Geez, I know! It was so muggy. Tomorrow will be better, though. Batten down the hatches tonight. ⛈
Thank you for that!
You are more than welcome! ? I hope things are going well in your world.
walks are my happy place! glad you are enjoying yours. 😀
I’m doing side-by-side potential-siblings today, with FM Eau de Magnolia on the left wrist and Cristalle EDT on the right. I love them both, but it will be interesting to see which wrist rises to my nose most frequently today. Have had a headache for two days, and am currently taking my temperature, just in case – so far, haven’t even made it to 97, so I think I’ll restart the thermometer (must have done it wrong). Hang on … (Jeopardy music) … Cristalle winning as of now … AHH, yes, there it is – my usual low 97s. I know you’re all riveted. 😉 Anyway, Mr. G and I may visit the rose test gardens this afternoon – it’s a mite early for that, but would be nice to get out of the house for a bit. Happy Whateverday to you all!
That sounds awful about the headache. I hope you feel better soon
Thank you, yasmina – I took half an antihistamine and an ibuprofen, and between those and my morning caffeine the headache is about half-gone now. I’m working on shooing out the second half!
Happy Whateverday to you! 😀 😀
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Update: Cristalle won the nose-to-wrist frequency test, and now that many hours have passed, I can say with confidence that it and Eau de Magnolia are definitely siblings, if not outright drydown-twins.
Tara Brach’s series on the bodhisattva path have been excellent. Here’s how she describes the series:
“During this time of pandemic, we need, more than ever, to feel our connectedness—true belonging with our own being, each other and all life.
“These talks explore the bodhisattva path – practices of an awakening being dedicated to living from love. The invitation is to let this season of close-in and global suffering deepen our collective commitment to creating a more compassionate world.”
I found the one from yesterday evening on how to approach fear and anxiety especially timely. It begins with a fairly long guided meditation followed by a dharma talk with shorter meditations:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L9zT4XAI9x4
Testing SSS Winter Forest this morning, a gentle amber to my nose.
Love Tara Brach and love Winter Woods. It’s especially great in the summer as a sweet Amber that blooms in the heat.
Have the new SSS been true to the originals? Anyone, anyone?
I’m starting to regret passing on that sale 🙁
So far everything I’ve tested has been faithful.
Mine seem faithful. Certainly Jour Ensolleille does…
Thanks for posting. May check that out later.
Essential Parfums Orange X Santal.
Working from home=ordering a couple of sample sets from new-to-me brands for entertainment. The samples from Essential Parfums have all been enjoyable; they have a kind of a niche for beginners or minimalists vibe. The Musc smells like the floral musk part of the original Dior J’Adore going on forever, Rose Magnetic is Le Labo Rose 31 without the honking woody amber, and Nice Bergamote is just that (with a smooth floralcy).
They’re well priced. Which one is your favourite?
Orange X Santal, for sure. It’s masculine but not overtly so. It reminds me of Hermes Eau d’Orange Vert or PdE Azemour but with a woody drydown.
Ooh, that sounds good.
Drinking a homemade smoothie with frozen raspberries and pineapple, yogurt, chia, collagen and Whole Foods smoothie powder in coconut almond, which I find that to be neutral flavor. It’s not hugely high in protein, thus the added yogurt and collagen. This, after a shower alternating hot and cold. (Supposedly helps buck up natural immunity.)
Wearing Chanel No. 5 Eau Premiere in honor of my sister, from whom I demanded a decant of this. She only wears No. 5, and didn’t love this flanker, so I took some. I’m not a No. 5 girl, but I do like this one. I could see buying it someday.
Why do I sleep so badly on the nights before I decide to hit Whole Foods at early opening? It’s really not that big a deal, other than gloves and mask. This time, they had a good amount of frozen fruit, so I’m set for smoothies till the cows come home.
Traded texts with a friend in Miami who seems to be in throes of the virus. He was tested but doesn’t yet have results. But….he is one week in feeling like he’s fighting off a stealthy boa constrictor. Will feel almost normal then is slammed with delirium and constriction. He’s doing what he can at home. ?
Oh…and quick add that my husband seems a bit put out that Agnes is showing a bit of a preference for me over him. I’m very amused.
This is amusing. My husband never fails to remind me that our feline granddaughter ( who is vacationing with us until things calm down for my daughter ) “CHOSE him” whenever she sleeps on his pillow literally on top of his head ? at night.
My husband is the original cat whisperer. They generally adore him. So I’m getting a kick out of it, while it lasts….
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Hahahahaha! Congrats on winning ?
We have two cats and each one has their “chosen human” but will also demand love from the other one whenever they feel like it. I’m so glad they split the middle evenly!
There’s nothing like being a cat’s favorite because you KNOW they didn’t have to choose to like anyone – and yet they picked you.
ha ha 😀 go, Agnes!
Prayers for your friend. Your smoothie sounds good!
I was super anxious the night before I had to go to Costco. We loaded up and won’t go back for a month.
Sending healing prayers for your friend. That’s how this virus seems to work – keeps coming back like a boomerang.
I don’t remember bad dreams, but I had difficulty sleeping and near panic attacks in early March. This was exacerbated in my case by the broken arm, but I think it’s totally natural. As Tara Brach puts it, fear is only trying to protect us.
I also like to just eat some frozen fruits, sort of like ice cream. Pineapple is especially good for this. My dentist doesn’t entirely approve so I do, reluctantly, let it soften a bit.
Yeah, it was really the logistics of getting there early, waiting in line, dealing with my own cart and their cart. My brain was trying to puzzle it out instead of sleeping… I don’t think it’ll happen again, because I now know the routine.
Yes! That’s when I always wake up early and can’t go back to sleep: when I have a new challenge I have to figure out. Glad it will be easy next time!
Best eishes for your friend. It sounds frightening.
Funny about Agnes ? We have one cat for each of us.
Best wishes and prayers for your friend LizzieB. I hope the results arrive quickly so that they can put him on the drug regimen
that seems to be working so well.
That must be very scary.
Robin, have you seen this UK site? It’s full of tempting lemmings of all sorts and price points.
https://www.blackbough.co.uk/found-in/living/decorative/objects/
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Oh fun, thanks!
Wearing Au Coeur du Desert to work today. I keep cycling between getting Coromandel, Lone star Memories, Les Annees 25 BIS and Au Coeur du Desert for my next full bottle purchase. I think someone needs to make up my mind for me. I am only getting one full bottle.
Andy’s not shipping to the US right now, although I guess other stores carry his stuff..? Personally, if I’m going to make a major investment, I tend to go Chanel. I know they’re not going to end up in the swap pile or bring pangs of regret later. To my mind, they’re more easily justifiable as I feel more confident that I’ll enjoy them for many years to come.
Being a Tauer rather than a Chanel fan, I vote for Au Coeur du Desert. 🙂
Coromandel might be more versatile, and if you like the current iteration, you might get it while you can.
OTOH, Tauer is unique and his fragrances also change. You’ve prompted me to go put on a touch of his original, early L’AdDM! Not seasonal but I need it now!
So I’m no help, really.
I vote for any of the Tauers you can still get in the US, for the simple reason that Chanel will have the easier time weathering a worldwide economic disaster. And if you have 4 of his scents on your list, you’re obviously a fan and wanting him to stay in business 🙂
I agree with you wholeheartedly, Robin.
Good thinking!
I have a bottle of ACdD and it’s one of my most-worn perfumes.
I love Andy the perfumer/brand – and agree with Robin’s reasoning – but Coromandel is my perfume love so I have to vote for that
I didn’t like Les Annees, but would recommend Au Coeur de Desert or Coromandel
I love Tauer, though not all of his creations, but I own and adore Lonestar Memories! So my vote is for that beautiful masterpiece.
SotD is Bois d’iris by The Different Company.
‘the other’ Bois d’Iris (VC&A) gets mentioned quite often here, but TDC’s Bois d’iris not. I think its very lovely though.
It almost feels like summer right now in the Netherlands. Sunny and quite warm for this time of year.
I spent my whole day indoors handling phone calls, chat and e-mail…luckily today my weekend starts, and because of easter that weekend will be extra long ?
I am slightly stressed though, because i feel a discomfort underneath one tooth (the one that had a root canal treatment in February).
Its not really painful right now, but its definitely NOT what you wish for during a covid19 lockdown. I hope I can still visit my dentist if it gets worse.?
You smell great! I think that Bois d’Iris may have been the last full bottle I purchased? I love The Different Company’s version.
I hope your tooth feels better soon!
The discomfort comes and goes, and luckily I dont need pain killers. But I suspect that the root canal needs to be ‘redone’ or that something else is not okay. ?
They might be able to do an x-ray and see what is the matter, that would not involve any high risk handling for either party.
Mmm I love the TDC version. I’ve worn it quite a bit lately.
Hope your dental issue doesn’t turn into anything. Now’s not really the time to have any kind of medical issue. Just another stressor to add to the list 🙁
Enjoy your holiday weekend! ?
I probably missed you mentioning it. But yeah its great! It was my gateway to iris scents (aka my first full bottle with a prominent iris note).
A Dentist visit also means ‘spending bucket loads of money very very fast’ ? (i have already used the small amount I was insured for)
I have a job, luckily, so I think I’ll manage, but still not something to look forward to.
I haven’t mentioned it, so you didn’t miss anything 😉 Yes, with dental procedures there’s also the astounding cost involved. Ugh.
So sorry about your tooth!! Hope it clears up soon.
I love TDC Bois d’Iris, too, and have never tried the VCA. My (smaller) FB is almost empty.
Hope the tooth will calm down
Jiji, we are dental twins….I’ve got some sensitivity beneath one of the teeth that had a filling replacement in early March. Keeping my fingers crossed because I really do not want to do a dentist visit any time soon.
So fingers crossed for both of us!
I like The Different Company’s Bois d’Iris, and if I remember right, I like the VC&A version also. 🙂
Good luck with your tooth! I hope you can get in to see the dentist without too much trouble if you need to.
Have a good weekend!
I’m wearing le labo’s musc 25 today because I have a lot to do and it’s my “focus, girl!” perfume.
I’m laughing though because I’m currently holding “class” with my period 6 biology class and not a single student has appeared. It’s the last day before spring break so I’m not surprised or annoyed, only amused.
Happy Thursday! Hugs and warm thoughts to you all.
You teach biology?
I do! Biology and AP environmental science. I used to be a behavioral ecologist but I traded my bugs for teenagers.
My kids are getting a lot of virtual work and homework. We tried to keep up, but today both my youngest and I had a meltdown and we “skipped” school. Maybe your students had the same problem.
I imagine they did. I’ve already talked by email with several students about managing their workload – apparently though we have been given very strict guidelines about how much we can assign, many of my colleagues are choosing to view that as a “mild recommendation”. Meanwhile, the kids suffer. ?
I can totally understand if you and your child skipped school today! Mental health days are expecially important now.
good for you! if the school-at-home situation is getting tiresome, give it a break for sure.
Where I live the department of education has told school admin that no student can be penalized or held back for work they don’t do during this strange time.
I’ve been telling students and families that whatever they can do is fine, this is not a time to make unhappiness out of schoolwork.
Perfect is the enemy of the good! 😀
Grateful for you and all our teachers especially at this time. Hope you get some good refreshment during spring break.
I just pray for no virtual meetings!
My husband and I are both holding optional drop-in discussion sessions (on Zoom) for our (college) courses. Yesterday and today we each had a session with zero students. I think that, rather than settling into a remote-learning routine, many of the students are becoming more frustrated, exhausted, or overwhelmed by the pandemic and by the vastly different approaches their instructors are taking to the situation. And my students who are “social studiers” are really, really struggling to get work done in isolation. I had a meeting yesterday with a seminar student that was more counseling session (for which I am not trained or qualified — I know my boundaries) than academic discussion.
All the students that I have spoken to are totally weirded out and really miss their friends and freedom. It’s weird to forget how much an escape it was to get out of the house and be in an ocean of people your own age.
One of my students asked for a google meeting because she’s freaked out – her mom is due to have a baby next month and she’s terrifed about her mom not returning from the hospital. She didn’t want to talk to her parents about it because they already have enough to worry about. Poor kiddo. I really just wish I could give her a hug.
Sounds like a good day for you! 😀 hope you enjoyed the quiet.
In Solstice Scents Blackburn Farmstead today…notes are Blackberry Jam, Boysenberry Preserves, Vanilla Bean Accord, Creamy Vanilla & a Touch of Vanilla Musk.
Watched E1 of the new season of Westworld last night and it was excellent!!!…a wonderful distraction to contemplate futuristic troubled times vs. current troubled times. 😉
Yum! Sounds delicious!
Seconded. 🙂 If it were a dessert, I’m sure I’d like it. The thought of berries and vanilla is making me hungry, at any rate. lol
I’m wearing D600 this morning, headed out for a walk soon.
Ahh, that’s a nice one. (With a rather unfortunate name, IMO. Sounds like it should be parked in a hangar with all the SHL 777s.)
Yes, D600 sounds like an engine degreaser to me. I feel better after walking and this cheered me up too:https://www.bbc.com/news/av/entertainment-arts-52205164/coronavirus-how-russia-s-ballet-wasn-t-shut-down-despite-lockdown
The saucepan of Russian dumplings…hilarious! ?
Nothing yet. Maybe Santal Blanc later.
Hope you are well Amyitis!
Hi Robin!
Thanks, we are all well. We seem to be having a breather, cases and admissions have plateau’ed and hopefully it’s not the calm before a storm. I’m thinking of you guys in the US, you are really in the thick of things now. Wishing you health and mental resilience.
My area is not at all in the thick of things, which makes everything seem even more surreal. But so glad you are having a breather!!
SOTD: Jour d’Hermès Absolu
Slow and steady over here…
Fragrance has been a daily simple joy for me during this time especially.
And you do smell great floragal!
I haven’t been posting SOTDs much, but I’ve had a great perfume week. Many mornings & afternoons of picking exactly what I’m in the mood for (things don’t always line up for me so successfully.)
Have worn Carnal Flower, Anais Anais, vintage No 19, Dame Orange Blossom (gosh that’s good stuff – I’m obsessing over a bottle) over the past few days. This morning is L’Eau en Blanc, which is making me very very happy.
I like Dame Perfumery – haven’t tried the orange blossom but their mexican vanilla is so so wearable
L’Eau en Blanc is so good 🙂
Oh, and I happened to google “Barr Co sanitizer” earlier this morning and came across a few random boutiques that still have some in stock (at least according to their websites.)
Just in case anyone else wants to pay exorbitant prices for hand sanitizer ? *sigh*
I’ve been using my light colognes and light EDTs as hand sprays. They have a higher percentage of alcohol. EA Green Tea and Yardley Lavender smell great and work wonderfully. What difference does it make if I spray my wrist or my hands, right?
Yes, good idea, I have EA Green Tea too
I’m mixed about “niche” sanitizer prices. I think they’re making up for loss of business ftom their regular items in favor of charging more for something scarce and necessary.
I think I’m with you here
I’m mixed as well. If it’s a way to keep your perfume business open, kudos, I guess? In this case, it’s a pre-existing (not niche) product that I happened across. Presumably they’re always $6 for 2 oz, which is what I paid. At least I’m imagining that that’s what they’d cost at Anthropologie, if one had picked one up from a basket near the cashier a year ago… But who knows.
But, ya, the price gouging in all sectors is incredibly disconcerting, though not surprising. Tone comes from the top.
I think anyone who’s charging exorbitant prices for anything right now should be absolutely ashamed of themselves. I know when I see this kind of ?, I will never purchase a single thing from that particular company again. EVER!
So I guess amazon’s out.
I do think Amazon tries to keep their sellers under control, but I haven’t bought anything from them for a long time, so things may have changed.
They’re not doing a very good job right now. Some of the proces are laughable right now.
Deva, you make me think of this in the best possible way!
One of my seventies hero’s
https://youtu.be/FdBRLV6PGro
Omg, you crack me up! ?
It’s my birthday today, and as per tradition, it is snowing. 🙂 Wearing Atélier des Ors Rose Omeyyad.
Happy birthday, my dear friend!!! Sending you fragrant birthday hugs and hope the snow melts quickly!!!
♥️?♥️
Back to rain again already! But it’s warm & fragrant inside. 🙂
Happy Birthday! Wishing you less anxiety and good health! I hope your seder was nice ?
Thank you! It was a fun virtual seder.
Happy Birthday!
Thank you!
Happy happy birthday!! I hope you have a good day despite the snow.
How do you like the rose ommeyde? I got a sample recently and there is something in this line’s base that my nose is sensitive too
I like it, it’s a bit of a dirty rose. Layered it over Andy Tauer’s Rose Delight body oil. 🙂
Hmm I have both so will try that combo
Happy birthday…may your year have all the vanilla! 🙂
Woohoo! Thanks! I will take all the vanilla I can get.
A very Happy Birthday to you! ?
Many happy returns.
Happy Birthday! Hope you have a peaceful and comforting day. You smell great! ????
I am cozy and happy at home. Mom & dad called to sing me happy birthday. I feel so lucky. 🙂
So, so nice of your parents! Glad you are having a happy day!
Happy birthday, hope you can enjoy it. And spring will come eventually
Thank you! Spring will come in May. 🙂
Happy Birthday! I hope you find a nice way to celebrate!
Happy birthday !!
Happy birthday!
Happy Birthday, cazaubon ??
Snow may be usual but I’m sure being stuck at home isn’t. A very happy birthday to you cazaubon!
Happy birthday!
Happy birthday! I wish you a year full of health, love and happiness.
Thank you!
Happy Birthday, I wish you the best !
Happy birthday!
My best wishes for your birthday!
Thank you!
Happy Scented Birthday, cazaubon! ????
Thank you!
Bon anniversaire! 😀
Merci!
Happy birthday to you! I hope you find peace and joy and perfume this year.
Thank you, I hope the same! 🙂
Oh no! Snow! Well I hope you celebrate anyway!
Happy Birthday! We’re house twins, one day apart.
Happy birthday cazaubon! I wish you lots of lovely perfume discoveries and puppy snuggles this year. ???
Thank you! Puppy is curled up with me right now. She is so precious.
Happy birthday to you!
Happy birthday, cazaubon! ???
Happy -now belated birthday Cazaubon! I am late to the party still
Catching up on yesterday’s posts.
I hope that you enjoyed your snowy confetti!
It’s cloudy and drizzly today. Decided to dig through samples and use up ones I was hanging onto. Thunked Dusita Issara this morning. I find this one so comforting. Soft lavender and almost honied hay/coumarin. It’s one of the few fougeres I like. I suppose any lavender/tonka combo with be a relative.
Never smelled it but your description is making me think of SL Fourreau Noir.
My recollection of FN is it’s sweeter and the almond was pretty prominent on me. There’s a slight shaving foam vibe to Issara, which normally I wouldn’t like, but this is so soft and airy.
Scent siblings – in Douceur de Siam, because it is a thoroughly springtime scent.
Love that one, too. I’ve liked everything I’ve smelled from her so far.
Have you had to report in to work?
Wow, lots of comments already! I was bummed I didn’t get a chance to check in yesterday, but I’ll tell you I was wearing Miller et Bertaux Green, Green, Green and…green. It’s siblings with Un Jardin en Mediterranee to my nose.
Today I chose Unsettled by Bruno Fazzolari, just because I thought the pineapple note would be fun. It helped me pick out my outfit too, which is my white button up blouse that has pineapples printed all over it. Oh, and my pj pants lol. I have never smelled the Patou Colony that Unsettled took inspiration from, but I’m reminded of the old Bath & Body Works Coconut Lime Verbena that I wore a lot in college.
So yesterday I was able to finally pick up my first pair of glasses that had been ordered way back in mid March. Well, these are gonna take some getting used to! So far I’m kinda wishing I’d picked a lighter pair because they feel heavy on my nose. Good thing is I only need them for reading and working on the computer. I do like the look of the frames I picked, and I’m hoping I’ll adjust well to wearing them.
The last pair of glasses I got were too heavy and I never ended up wearing them. It’s really hard to know what’s going to be comfortable until they spend some time on your face. Hope yours work out!
Thanks, kpaint! I hope so too.
100% agree about the similarity between GGG&G and Jardin en Mediteranee!
I’m glad I’m not the only one who smells it!
You smell great, I love Unsettled.
Thank you. It was a good choice for the day.
Good luck with the glasses!
Thanks, Robin!
I’m in L’Elephant, to combat – well, just about everything that’s getting me down, in these strange days.
Second day in a row of the Perfect Perfume Pick!
You’re on a roll!
If that works for everything that ails you, I need to buy some!
SOTD–gallons of Ubar, because why not?
Exactly! Don’t hoard, don’t hold back!
I heard lots of good things about it. And we are house twins
Indeed!
You’ve inspired me for this weekend. Gallons of Ubar it will be!
This is the first time I have worn this one with TOTAL abandon. Very liberating!!!!
SOTD = Sonoma Scent Studio Voile de Violette
I don’t recall smelling this previously but 8 sprays I did. ???. It is a surprisingly jammy violet iris❣️
https://www.instagram.com/p/B-xJkbShOOY/?igshid=o9isa956j07t
Thank you for your sympathy notes yesterday regarding the COVID death of a fellow traveler from my trip to Houston. She was really vibrant and actually, I think she was in her late 80s and lived life to the fullest!
In other news, I decided to take the day off tomorrow. We all got 5 extra paid days off, use it or lose it by the end of the year. I’m one of the lucky ones who doesn’t really need it but I will consider this my COVID mental health day. Of course being “off” doesn’t mean I’m truly off because I am basically in call almost 24 x 7, no pressure ?.
Oh I am so sorry to hear about your travel mate. I think this definitely calls for some time off
Thank you. I sent an email to 65 people at the end of the day and I received at least 20 out of office notices!
Actually, I think that’s awesome. When so many are OOO at the same time, it’s so much easier to catch up on email!
I missed your post yesterday, so sorry you lost a friend to the epidemic.
Thank you. I know it’s real but she was the first I knew personally.
I hope No one calls on your day off!
Same here! Many people will be out of the office.
I didn’t see your post yesterday, my condolences about the loss of your fellow traveler. But it sounds like she enjoyed her life and made the most of it. May her memory be a blessing.
Hope you have a nice quiet day tomorrow.
Thank you. I hope so too!
So sorry to read this. I’m sorry that I missed your original post.
Thank you. I posted very late yesterday. I had 4 back to back meetings that swooped in on my lunch time.
Oh, I am very sorry to hear this… I hope your day tomorrow is restful and somewhat rejuvenating.
Thank you. I was tempted to write a list of things to do and then I quickly said nope! I will work in a walk though as long as it’s not raining — I have my limits.
I am so sorry about the loss of your friend. I hope you have a wonderfully relaxing day off tomorrow.
Thank you. I made no specific plans for tomorrow. I was originally going to work in grocery trips bit just the thought of it stressed me out.
I am wearing L’Artisan Au Bord de L’eau primarily, with one squirt of Demeter Baby Shampoo. Both of these scents remind me of clean babies just getting out of their baby bath, and every now and then I love to be surrounded by this smell. Brings back great memories for me 🙂
Aw!
i love that smell too! 😀
Back home for an Easter break!
Reunited with my mum, finally… She’s walking well but still get exhausted easily. She’ll regain her stamina at some point for sure.
Jul et Mad Aqua Sextius today.
Happy you are with your mom! Wishing her a quick and full recovery!
I’m happy to hear your mom is out of rehab, best wishes to her for a full recovery!
No perfume called my name today, so I’m sampling. I currently have on 4. One for each wrist and one for the back of each hand. 3 Kilians, Women in gold, Moonlight in heaven, and a unmarked one that smells like peaches. The 4th is OJ Woman. Naturally, I like the unmarked one best, lol.
It snowed here this morning, didn’t stick, but I’m still counting it!
I think the peach one might be Good Girl Gone Bad? Same snow situation here.
I was wondering if that wasn’t it. It’s the definate winner of the group today. I’ve really been into the smell of peach this spring.
Sampling four? You are pulling a CM8 ! LOL ??
That’s exactly what I said while i was applying!?
Have I missed hearing why your name now appears as “chocolatemarzipan” rather than “chocolate marzipan8”?
It all depends on where I am posting ?
Since my computer makes me stutter I’ve been using my phone more.
As long as you know who you are, lol… but you will always be cm8 to me?
And maybe you can bring back the three-eyed owl for a few weeks.
Snow! But at least it’s not snowing now….
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I don’t know what is this snow?
Memoir Woman, three or four sprays, so I am reeking of it. Now I am read, for the long Easter weekend, although I still have to sleep on the sofa after my Contact with a supposedly covid patient. No snuggles with my boyfriend!
But I don’t feel ill and I hope it stays like this.
You are a brave soul! I have to spritz that onto a tissue and then dab it on my wrists. It’s a heady brew.
I hope so too!
Ginger water, gargle with salt and only drink warm liquids have been in many memes.
I haven’t been reading or posting much lately. I seem to have lost my mojo. 2020 has sure been crumbly so far.
It rained heavily here today for the umpteenth time. The grass has turned a gorgeous emerald green and the flowers trees are almost ready to bloom. I went with Violette Sacree today since I think of it as a rainy day perfume.
I hope everyone is well!
It’s nice to see you here Petunia. There is a collective mojo loss to be sure – let’s hope the second half of 2020 is better then the first
No mo mojo, but no mo fomo either, for me – yesterday I seriously had zippo drive. today started off sunny, but then we had a hail storm, now it’s just gray.
Happy to see you today. Missed you. Hoping you are well too!
I think your mojo ran off with my mojo and now they’re living it up on some deserted tropical island, complete with ?
Social distancing?
Total fail?
Hugs Petunia ? With you on the mojo, but I know your year has already been really hard. I never smelled your perfume, but I’ve always loved the name.
We’re Violette twins today! Hugs ? ? ?
Hugs Petunia. I’m always happy to see you post. But sorry that your perfume mojo is MIA. Given the crazy that is going on, it makes sense though.
I couldn’t sleep in, so I was up at 7am to fire off my prepped sourdough waffle batter and boule, much to Mr. Teebear’s dismay:
Although we always use the coffee grinder in the AM and don’t tend to disturb one another, apparently the mixer I used to beat egg whites for the waffles is louder. D’oh!
I still maintain that anyone who’s willing to TURN DOWN the freshly made waffles that were being kept warm in the toaster oven for them, merely because the making of said waffles woke them up temporarily, is only spiteing themselves.
That said he did tuck into the fresh sourdough loaf to make a sandwich for lunch, so… I am maybe forgiven?
SotD post-baking is a slightly absurd amount of SL Five O’Clock au Gingembre to combat the grey dreariness of the day.
HA — my husband would sulk half the day for that too!
Hope the waffles were delicious 🙂
They were sooo good!
To defend Mr. Teebear of course, these are the days when a good sulk is totally understandable and anything can be a trigger, much less high speed electrical whirring at 7:30am.
But I bet he would have felt a lot less grumpy if he had eaten the waffles!
SL 5 O’Clock is very bracing
Atelier des Ors Cuir Sacre
House twins one day apart!
Wearing Heure Exquise today. I think that I will re-spray myself to get through the afternoon.
AG’s HE will be happy to help you with a Thursday afternoon.
Late check-in from my pharmacy bunker! We’ve got it locked down tight over here. No perfume all week because there’s no open windows or doors, but the Perfume Grinch is off today! Therefore, a nice spraying of Juliette Has a Gun Moscow Mule is wafting at the moment! Nobody here but me to enjoy it! (YAY!!)
go Jada! I love a Moscow Mule. 😀
A late hello from me today, it’s Easter Friday and I’m making a slow start to the day. It’s another beautiful sunny autumn morning. Summer was hardly summer at all, but autumn has turned on the sunshine. Post-shower, I’ll perfume my morning with Eris Parfum’s Night Flower.
Eris Night Flower is lovely. I’d make it a sibling with Aroma M Geisha Noir. Their similarities only struck me recently. Actually, I guess I could do that match myself for tomorrow 😉
Assuming tomorrow is Friday. Seems like it might be ?
I haven’t tried Geisha Noir, but if it’s a bit like Night Flower, I’ll add it to my list 🙂
It’s a beautiful day here, too. I hope your mother is doing well – and you too!
I’m continuing Patchouli Week (which I began by accident) by wearing LL Patchouli 24, which as we all know is only a distant cousin and not a real sibling of other patchoulis (“normal” ones). I usually enjoy its weird rubber-tire quality but today it’s hitting me too much in the chin, perhaps because our weather has turned extremely warm and muggy. Yuck to summer in early April! Ugh! it’s sunny now but we have a whole lot of rain forecast and now people are worrying about what will happen if our poor city combines Coronavirus + Flooding? Apocalyptic nightmares. I know, not very cheery today am I. My mom’s assisted living center director is going to start having regular Zoom meetings to talk at once with family members of residents and I am looking forward to that, although I haven’t yet acquired the Zoom app. (Everyone’s Zooming now but I’m still just Nooming!) The bright spot in my day will be in a half hour when I pop by the liquor store to get my curtbside pickup wine order. It’s the big downtown Spec’s for other Houston people and they have such an amazing selection that my wines in this box will be a big treat.
I really loved your description of the live oaks and herons – what a treat. And all the gardenias.
I’ll do a patchoucli sibling with you in VCA Midnight (or is it Moonlight) Patouchli. I envy your wine pickup…a couple of glasses feel like such a treat and reward and somehow a signpost that work is finished and relaxing can begin…a decompression sigh.
OMG, you live near the DT Spec’s? You lucky duck. My hubster and I dubbed that location The Mothership, and pledged to each other that we’d never visit it alone. There was just too much trouble to be gotten into. We’re not as into wine as we used to be, but have many fond memories of our trips there. I hope you enjoy your order!
So glad to hear you’ll be able to see your mom in a zoom meeting. It’s not hard to use, I promise!
It’s been absurdly warm where I am at. So much so, that I turned the heat off on Tuesday. It’s still off now, but I might have to turn it back on tomorrow if the predicted cooling off comes to pass. ?
A really nasty line of thunderstorms blasted thru these parts earlier this afternoon… bad enough that both cats ran for cover. And they usually don’t care about outside weather in the slightest. Squirrels, however, are another thing altogether. ⚡??
Robin, I did not confiscate the offending box cutter. The accident was definitely caused by operator error. Hopefully said operator learned his safety lesson, and we won’t have to go thru that ever again. I did end up cracking open a nice cold beer to chill out and relax with after things calmed down, including me. ??
SOTD = Byredo Bibliotheque EdP, from the sample stash. Smelling good today!
Your cats must go crazy in the summer with all the squirrels!
We have squirrels year round in my neighborhood. Sometimes the cats are amazingly oblivious about them, though.
The thunderstorms and winds were fierce. A tree limb fell and looked like it may have hit a neighbor’s car. And then it became very sunny!
They were nasty! But “eeeps” on your poor neighbor’s car. That’s going to be an even bigger PITA than usual to fix…
I hope the operator does not abuse the trust you have place in him, LOL…
And it is darned cold here, I am back in a sweater already.
My house is still warm enough that the heat program has not kicked on, despite me turning it back on after Jeopardy.
Hello! Commando perfume-wise so far, but I’ll put something nice on at bedtime.
Wednesday and today I made fairly successful trips to grocery stores. I was up very early today for no apparent reason, and got to the grocery store early enough to get tissues and TP, and pick up a couple of things I needed. With our spring allergies, we were running quite low on tissues, so Mom was happy we have more.
On yesterday’s early afternoon trip, I managed to find a lot of the food on Mom’s list, and got some things I wanted, so that was good, too. I’ve been wearing a mask and gloves, and the stores are set up now so as to encourage more space between people. It’s still kind of stressful, though. I shouldn’t *have to* go to a grocery store or a Walmart for a few days now. We’ll see how that goes.
Oh, I was inspired yesterday by the pictures here to cut some grape hyacinth. Mine looks like the picture at the head of this post. Also, a flowering stalk of the pink ‘Lady Derby’ hyacinth fell down because of the rain and/or wind the night before, so that’s now in the house and in a vase, where I’m enjoying it. The ‘White Lion’ double daffodils are so top-heavy that they fall over under normal conditions, so I cut those, too, and they’re in a different vase.
We used to have grape hyacinths but we don’t anymore…don’t know if squirrels eat them or something else happened. Daffodils had a banner year, though!
I’ve been moving what I can of the plants that the groundhogs, rabbits, etc., seem to find especially tasty to other places where they might not be as accessible. One reason I like daffodils is that they don’t get eaten the way tulips, lilies and daylilies do. But I like all sorts of flowers, whether animals find them edible or not.
Just the thought of grocery shopping stresses me out. Technically, I don’t have to go but I do like to be out and also like to stock up (within reason) of the foods I do consume.
Going out shopping has been stressful lately, definitely. I’m glad if I can find the usual foods we keep around and the household items we use. We like to keep fresh fruit in the house, for instance. And I’m relieved that there doesn’t seem to be a particular extra demand for over-the-counter allergy medicines, because it’s been kind of a bad season for that for us, with the dampness and then the pollen.
Even Mom’s now trying to figure out how she can schedule my shopping trips for the household so I don’t need to go out nearly every day. I let her know that four days out of five a couple of weeks ago was too much. It’s an adjustment for us, but I’m sure she’ll put her planning skills into it.
I was just at a Zoom meeting for work and when asked for inspiring videos I mentioned the garden tours here. Did a little marketing, as I also passed on the url here…
perfect enabling! 😀
They are more calming than perfume commercials, that’s for sure!
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SotD = Byredo Velvet Haze from a sample
VH is a good match for Blursday.
It’s raining and raining, a gentle pitter-patter, sometimes a downpour. No sunshine and not much to do today. I feel like I’m floating along in a gray blurry cocoon.
It’s been fun to read all the comment from top to bottom today. You all smell fantastic! 😀
House twins today! ?
woot woot! hi twin 😀
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/apr/09/bob-dylans-50-greatest-songs-ranked
Robin, a bit of Dylan for you
So, I have given up on trying to keep ‘human (daylight saving/ winter ) time’ and have just given into ‘dog hours. It makes little difference whether I get up at 4 and go to sleep at 8, or get up at 6 and go to bed at 10…and the moon has been spectacular these past few mornings. Maybe I can take up astronomy?
Wearing VCA Moonlight/Midnight Patchouli (can never remember which it is)
I am reading a good book about the days that van Gogh and Gaugin spent living together in the Yellow House in Arles. It’s accessible art history, I suppose, with a good strong narrative and human interest. It would be a good sibling to the Van Gogh film with Willem Dafoe (was that a Julian Schnabel film, can’t remember)
https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/martin-gayford/the-yellow-house-2/
This looks cool. I didn’t even know they were friends.
I love Willem Dafoe. I have to look that movie up.
Oh thank you Kanuka, there is nothing like grumbling over someone else’s wrong “best of dylan” list to take your mind off your troubles! (Love that they started out with “Let it be known that ranking Bob Dylan’s 50 best songs is not a relaxing diversion to pass one’s lockdown time. It’s a supremely frustrating exercise that can only end with you looking agog at the songs you have left out, your face crumpling into a WTF? expression.”)
Did you give up on Mirror & the Light completely?
Hey Kanuka!
Another fun Guardian trip is there back catalog series. Heard of Sleater-Kinney but have no idea where to start? https://www.theguardian.com/music/series/listeners-digest