Happy Easter, everyone! It's time to fill your (fantasy) Easter basket:
1. You can pick one perfume, new or old: what is it?
2. And you can have one other scented product (a candle, a body lotion, anything): what is it?
3. Your favorite candy?
4. And any random present you'd like the Easter bunny to bring you.
(5. And an extra, pandemic-related question: what is the first thing you are looking forward to doing when this is all over?)
Note: top image is Tie-Dyed Easter Eggs [cropped] by Kimberly Vardeman at flickr; some rights reserved.
PSA that N-M has a small selection of Claus Porto and Molton Brown on sale. The Easter bunny treated me to a Voga hand cream and guest soap set this morning!
Fave chocolate at the moment is Chocolove organic 73% dark, or the much more easily found rich dark 65%.
Not to long ago NM had 25 percent off of almost all fragrances. And then SAKs did the same. Wonder what’s going on?
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Yes, I miss that boat!
I was soooo tempted by many things but I sat on my hands and did not succumb.
Saks has 15% off for some beauty and fragrance until Sunday.
Until these strange times, the first time I saw %off this category in NM in the end of last year.
Neiman is apparently preparing to file bankruptcy. They almost did last year but restructured their debt, but with their stores closed, they are in deep trouble now.
Thanks for confirming but that’s so sad to hear.
Treated myself to. a Cire Trudon candle from Saks w the 25% discount. Unheard of…
Ooh, that reminds me that a bunch of Chocolove bars are in the boxes that were just delivered to my door.
I read a ridiculous article in WaPo about how to go about shopping for 2 weeks of groceries. The dumb-dumb advice was to forgo TREATS like chocolate and chips and candy and cookies.
(It also said to not buy things like strawberries because they won’t last the full 2 weeks. THAT’S HOW STRAWBERRIES ARE UNDER NON-PANDEMIC CONDITIONS. Are we supposed to stop buying them in July at the farmer’s market, too?? wth)
Life is uncertain, eat fresh strawberries first!
And chocolate!
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I made strawberries dipped in chocolate for Easter (among others) There’s something about dark chocolate and strawberry. Yum!
1. Too tough to answer! Maybe Nocturnes extrait?
2. Hand sanitizer!!!
3. Marzipan, of course!
4. What Easter bunny? He’s quarantined!
5. Going BACK to work!
SOTD 20 sprays of Jungle Elephant
I am a walking cardamom custard
However, I will say that my own personal EB (a/k/a PL67) sent me an early birthday package that I will open tomorrow Easter morning. I am very excited 🐥🐣🐦🐇🐤🌹🌸🌼💮
Enjoy! 😀
Many many thanks!!
I have something to look forward to! 💮🌼🌸🌹🐤🐇🐦🐣🐥♥️😺🐇🐇
Still cracking up over sprays 😂
Maybe I should do more initial sprays, instead of reapplying, which is what I usually do.
Listen, in this time of pandemic I say GO BIG!! Not saving anything anymore!
Yesterday I did four sprays behind each ear every 15 minutes for three sessions before I left the house.
Today , it was five sprays on each wrist and behind both ears. I am tired of using things sparingly. If not today, then when? Right?
Yes!! I totally agree with you.
1)Poeticus from Cultus Artem
3)See’s Scotchmallows
4)An end to stay at home and the ability to take a real vacation again
5)Either going back to work or a fancy dinner out
MMM…I love Scotchmallows too.
omg Scotchmallows:) sooo good.
I’m still savouring my last two mint Scotchmallows from St. Patrick’s day. It will be many months before I can get any more.
Scotchmallows haunt my dreams in the most delicious way.
I am afraid to find out what scotchmallows are.
Me too!
I think my Easter basket already runneth over…I have some spring release samples from Solstice Scents arriving on Monday and am debating placing my first order w/ Sydney Grace this weekend for some blushes and highlighters as an additional Easter treat.
who is Sydney grace?
I am wearing some makeup today, I haven’t been able to these last few weeks because I had a bit of eczema
They are a small, cruelty-free makeup company based in CA and I have been admiring their swatches on Temptalia for a while but haven’t ordered anything yet. They consistently get A reviews on Temptalia and are very inexpensive.
I love Temptalia b/c she reviews high-end, smaller independent brands and drugstore brands and applies the same criteria to all her reviews. I love high-end makeup too but w/ low-priced brands like ColourPop coming out (another CA based brand I have tried that’s very good) that are very high-quality and cheap…it has made me wonder why I should be giving extra money to Guerlain/LVMH…?
No affiliation to any of these sites or brands but here are some reviews for Sydney Grace and ColourPop on Temptalia.
https://www.temptalia.com/category/brands/sydney-grace/
https://www.temptalia.com/category/brands/colourpop/
I really appreciate Temptalia — I’ll always look for her review of any product I’m considering.
1. Vintage Shalimar parfum
2. Parfums De Nicolai Candle, I read in the paper this morning Gucci has incense so some of those too
3. Dark, dark , dark Chocolate
4. I am missing having a cat during these times, so maybe some Easter bunny cuddles
5. what is the first thing you are looking forward to doing when this is all over? Hmmm..
If I were single I think I would just grab some random stranger and kiss them and frolic in the street in the buff. With a glass of Prosecco in hand. I am using my imagination here.
But if you want an honest answer, I think being able to touch and hug someone without justifying if you are healthy or not.
SOTD Angelique Noire
#4- my feline granddaughter gives you a virtual kitty hug! We are taking care of her in our own home because my daughter is too busy with work at her hospital and her roommate left so it’s rare that someone is home now to give food and affection to her cat. My fur baby is keeping us all sane and we all love having her visit Chez Marzipan!
“If I were single I think I would just grab some random stranger and kiss them and frolic in the street in the buff, with a glas of Prosecco”- THIS but I keep my clothes on haha. Theirs is optional haha.
Thanks for letting my clothes be optional
With all the frolicking, touching ..hugging..
Think its time to put that poetry book away that I have been reading …
Your no. 5 was excellent! Maybe you should start writing.
HA!
Maybe in Italian..
(everything sounds better in Italian)
1. Pick one perfume: I think it would have to be Camel!
2. One other scented product: There was this wonderful rose/tea scented diffuser at the Cafe Royal hotel in London that I loved. I have the name written down somewhere; I’ve always wanted that.
3. Your favorite candy: Toughie! Maybe some nice dark chocolate. Maybe from Criollo.
4. Random present: A job offer from the company I was interviewing with, who decided to freeze hiring because of the Coronavirus pandemic
5. First thing you are looking forward to doing: Walking around fearlessly on crowded trails! In-person drinks in bars with friends! Fancy dinners at restaurants! Grocery shopping without a mask, gloves, and terror! That’s four things, but I want them all.
I want those 4 things too Koyel.
I hope we both get to do them soon
excellent list! fingers crossed that 4 and 5 come true when things get less weird.
Thank you! Me too!
Fun!!
1- Jo Malone white jasmine and mint. Dying for this actually. If there wasn’t a pandemic and there was normal eBay listings, I would have bought a partial eBay bottle this week. I’m not a Jo Malone fan girl but that simple, clean and optimistic green scent really hits the spot during this stressful time.
2 – maybe a citrus bar soap of some sort
3 – cadburry mini eggs
4- I’m fairly content, EB. Let’s pay it forward to the frontlines instead.
5- going home. I’m staying with my in laws on a farm (long story but we decided to come here for health reasons for my son, who has had some unexplained issues). I love my family, but I miss my house, privacy, and peacefulness a bit. Or maybe eating sushi or Thai food in a restaurant? Hanging out with friends in person and listening to music with wine? Hugging my parents? So much. But still, I know I’m blessed with having a very easy time of it at the moment. We have our jobs, I’m one of the only people at my company approved to work from home, everyone I love is safe. And I have all of you!! I’m lucky and I know it.
Stay safe and be well y’all!
#1
Jo Malone online has it in the archives collection…along with Black Vetyver Cafe, Vanille Anise, French Lime Blossom, Nutmeg and Ginger, Vintage Gardenia and the Provence one..the name escapes me.
Oh nice!
Oooh they need to do a coffret of those. Or make smaller bottles. $140 for a Jo Malone, nope. I would take a 15 ml of one owr two though.
You can usually find 9 ml travel sprays of most JM on eBay.
Or get them for free as a GWP!!
mmmmmm, mini eggs are calling my name. Anything Cadbury, actually.
Easter basket filled with one perfume? Black Vines
A licorice candle to match
My favorite candy..isn’t it obvious? (Black licorice 🖤)
I would also like a few Cadbury Eggs thrown in my basket
A random present from Bunny…a winning lotto ticket or Lost Cherry 🍒 or a new couch..or a good guy lol. Easter Bunny can pick randomly from those options.
First thing I wanna do?
Go downtown and hug random ppl but because of germs will likely just grab Krispy Kreme and hit a movie theater.
Agree about hugging people and a movie theater.
If you are craving sweet licorice have you tried Reglisse Noire? I’ve been wearing it since 2013 and it’s in my top 10 of all times.
Yes I have tried it, there is a greeny note that does not agree with me in that one. But thanks for the rec:). Black Vines is my holy grail licorice..when I first smelled it, I said out loud, “Holy S*it!”. I had never cursed in excitement over a scent before lol. Weird but that is what came out..kinda blew me away lol.
Must be either the vetiver or shiso 🤣
probably the shiso
go Team Cadbury, I adore those eggs too. Each year I try to hide one from myself in the refrigerator so I can find it in July.
You have surely also already tried Brin de Réglisse?
I did, unfortunately I got a weird tomato note and it ruined it for me..have no idea why or how I got tomato! Lol
1. Chanel no 5 Eau Premiere. I’ve been wanting this one for awhile, I should just go ahead and get it.
2. 10 Corso Como in any formulation.
3. Dark chocolate. Dove is pretty good.
4. Well, the lease is up on my car, but asking for a new car seems a bit greedy, so how about a new pair of Birkenstocks for summer.
5. I’m going to get in the car and drive the two and a half hours it takes to go see my first born.
SotD is Casmir.
Gosh I didn’t even think of asking bunny for a car and I need one cause I don’t have one lol.
I want to send you some Eau Premiere, stupid pandemic. I would totally send you some if it weren’t for the darn plague.
Ps, I thought about doing a usps pick up but my printer is broken to create a prepaid label. The thought was there though:). Premiere is good stuff.
Eau Premiere reminds me of you. I agree that you should get it😎
Love 10CC. I went through a couple bottles of the shower gel and body oil.
Good morning everybody! I made chocolate chip pancakes this morning and am drinking milky tea. So, I’m in a hazy bubble of the perfect combo of carbs and caffeine.
I’m in L’Occitane Herbae from a sample, I believe from pixel. Very nice citrusy herby thing, for the morning walk.
1. A bottle of Arte Profumi Bois Sacre if you please.
2. A tub of Musc Ravageur body cream would be lovely.
3. Favorite candy? I would have no idea how to pick a favorite. Discovered Maltesers a few months ago, and am still trying to forget about them.
4. EB, could you please try to fit a refrigerator in my basket, so I won’t have to leave my house as often?!? If that’s not feasible, I’ll take an old style apron, you know, the ones with the ruffles, made with fabric that looks like any of the Easter eggs in the photo up top. Many thanks!
5. I just really want to get my hair cut 💇♀️
#5 LOL 🤣
Robin and several other NSTers already know how BADLY I need a haircut and dye job.
And please pass me a pancake!
Passing you a tall stack of pancakes with syrup! 🥞
We need to have a poll on how many people have hacked at their bangs out of desperation. I’ve cut my bangs and across the back cuz I was seriously into mullet territory.
Have we had this conversation before?
What day is it, anyway?
I’ve been thinking of trimming my dead ends, but that’s about 3 inches worth!
LOL 🤣
I can’t tell you how much time I’ve spent over the past few weeks thinking about what I’m going to do with my hair. Getting it cut was my last pre-pandemic outing, but I have a pixie cut which is going to start looking seriously bedraggled (and start curling around my neck and into my ears and face, which I cannot abide) very very soon. Having curly hair just adds another dimension of complication.
I have been seriously tempted to snip away at the crazy curly twisty turny mop on the top of my head, but I know I’d just make the situation worse.
I hear you on the trimming, oof. I’m hoping that if I bust out the diffuser that’ll kinda make everything shrink up and slightly more controlled? Fingers crossed.
And there was a headline today about hair dye being the next panic buying item.
Then there’s the gloves conundrum. Do I save some to dye my hair and risk potentially not having any left for going out in public?
I think most hair dye kits come with gloves? They’re flimsy though.
Oh, I guess it’s just my own conundrum then. I always have a box of gloves around to color my hair but the stock is getting low…
😆 I can understand flour and rice..hair dye? Lol
Oh lordy!! Guess I am leaving my hair as is!
Ok funny hair story for you: my gray roots became a lane instead of a stripe and so I used a root repair for the first time to solve my problem. I washed it into the ends and ended up with a much darker version of my normal color,, so much so that my facial
recognition app on my iPhone doesn’t recognize ME! 🤣
my kids would like one of those pancakes. ..please and Thanks!!
LOL, I’ll make up a virtual second batch, just for them, with whipped cream on top! ❤️🥞🤗
I’ve never been more pleased to have long, unfussy hair
Your number five is what I want most as well!
1. Paris, YSL
2. Carnal Flower Body Butter or a Guerlain soap, or Shalimar powder.
3. Dropjes (zout), salty liquorice.
4. More common sense to get us out of this mess
(5. Visiting my friends and going to France, not much into hugging people anyway, so I don’t miss that, but just being able to be free to go anywhere and that need not be far.)
Oh, and I’m wearing lots of lavender as promised;
Caldey Island, Nicolaï pour Homme, Jersey, Pour un Homme (edt vintage and newish, Impacte de pour un homme, Cologne Haute Provence and Guerlain Mon Exclusif.
ohhh yessss! I want in that lavender cloud!
Me too. I have on my Mon Guerlain body lotion, maybe I’ll add some Brin de Reglisse. : )
I completely forgot I have some Brin de Réglisse. I will put some on later.
#2- how about Shalimar body butter? It’s heavily discounted online in the States $25usd.
Love Pour Un Gimme (Homme). I wear that one a lot to bed.
It’s not as cheap in my little country, but I’ve seen some good offers none the less. I will probably want both, greedy person that I am. I do adore Shalimar, so that will be my justification. Have you got either of the Shalimar body products?
Hope you are keeping well. You are inspiring me to wear LOADS of perfume. 😁
My girlfriend in Canada tells me Shalimar body butter is amazing! And Walmart was selling it for $25USD. I was going to buy it for my birthday at the end of the month but with finances being what they are I am sticking to my no buy and “shopping” my basement.
Yes, please spray with reckless abandonment!!!
I make my own Shalimar oil. I use a mix of (fractionated) coconut oil plus a bit of shea, then very liberal sprays of Shalimar and shake everything up in a squeeze bottle. The body products always sounded so luxurious and lush – then I realized I could just make my own.
#2, SmokeyToes recommended sprinkling a little Shalimar powder in bed, I do sometimes and love it…
I can imagine how lovely that will be. I only own the Shalimar extrait, and that would stain the bed clothes, plus it would make for some seriously expensive pillow spray 😉
Mmmm ‘dropjes’, no one makes m like the Dutch 😉
That is one if the few things i really miss when Im on vacation in other countries
Happy Easter to those who celebrate! 🐇🐣🐦🐰🦋🐥🌻🌷
1. Chanel 28 La Pausa EdT.
2. A Bath & Body Works Fresh Cut Lilacs candle.
3. Béquet Celtic Sea Salt Chewy Caramels.
4. A full bottle of either Honoré des Prés I Love les Carottes or Heeley Eau Sacree.
5. Be around my twin baby nieces again. Last time I saw them physically was one month ago.
And also take my mother to her cancelled medical procedures that are urgently needed.
SOTM Mancera Paris Gold Incense. Not incense at all. Just a gourmand vanilla scent that almost knocked me out when I dabbed it on my wrists.
Now I am wearing Serge Lutens Le Profundis. Always comforting and peaceful on me!
Happy Easter, PL67! I hope your mother can get her procedures soon.
Thank you, Springpansy! 🌻
Yes! To everything!!
Happy Easter, my dear friend.
👋🌷🧡
Happy Easter to you! I hope you get all that you want. 🌹🌷🐇
Thank you, dear. Same to you! 🌹🌻🐣🐇
I have that lilac candle! Hopefully by the time the real lilacs bloom it will be warm enough to open the windows and burn it.
It is one of the best lilac candles I have ever smelled. I burned the last one last summer. I may place an order online if the brick and mortar stores take too long to open. Lilac trees are in full bloom here by the end of April- beginning of May.
1) Dries van Noten.
2) A Baies candle from diptyque
3) Today? Twizzlers
4) A perfect red lipstick that isn’t drying (suggestions please if you know one!)
5) Meeting my husband after work at our favorite restaurant
Hourglass makes one called I Crave for a brighter red or Shirley by Nars for a deeper, darker red.
if you want a sheer red, lipstick queen makes one medieval or something like that
Have you tried the Hermes lipsticks? Or has anyone?
I haven’t tried them, but Temptalia reviewed them, and they didn’t score all that well, considering the price. Then again, I’m not a fan of matte lipstick. 😊
I’ll second the suggestion from ltsg of Medieval. Sheer but very buildable.
Gucci just came out with a new line of lipsticks. I splurged on Mildred Rosewood, a muted red from the sheer line. The packaging is beyond cute.
AH..Gucci does lipstick and now incense …where have I been? Under a rock apparently.
I was eyeing those Gucci lipsticks just the other day…
Do it do it do it! The Sephora sale is coming up later this month. 😈
Second Omega’s suggestion for Confession Ultra Slim refillable lipstick from Hourglass. Also like their Girl Stylo in Icon. Shiseido’s VisionAiry Gel lipstick isn’t drying.
Much as the bulky, unwieldy, too-heavy packaging annoys me, Guerlain’s Rouge G never irritates my lips.
Could write an entire article on this topic, ha.
Red lipstick? 😊
Rouge d’Armani, 400 is a great red. I have the matte version (though its not extremely matte). I wear it quite often, its not drying. It was not cheap but i dont regret buying this one. Armani also offers other finishes in that colour (more glossy and more sheer).
If you like sheer and shiny, YSL rouge volupté offers some weareable reds. They are quite comfi.
If you can find it discounted or feel like splurging, Tom Ford Lips & Boys Dominic is a very nice, darker red with a satin finish.
Hello and Happy Easter to all who celebrate!
My answers:
1. Masque Milano L’Attesa.
2. FM Carnal Flower or Musc Ravageur body butter.
3. Dark chocolate for me, anytime.
4. I’m supposed to have my Carnal Flower body oil delivered today. After the fiasco with my Saks order (they emailed me 3 weeks later to let me know they canceled the order due to product unavailability) I caught another deal (on NM this time) and sprung for it.
5. Being able to see my family, travel again, have dinner with friends.
I hope you will enjoy your CF oil as much as I do, it’s really amazing and very, very gentle on skin.
Yay for getting another deal on the CF!
1. Might as well go big – bottle of Guerlain Angelique Noire.
2. Astier Villate Naples candle. (Kevin reviewed it here: https://nstperfume.com/2011/11/23/astier-de-villatte-naples-candle-home-fragrance-review/ )
but I’d also be happy with some Blood Orange hand sanitizer from Grove Collaborative.
3. Taza Chocolate Discs – any of them.
4. A new carpet for our 2nd floor bedroom area.
5. I’d just like to go to the store and get the things I want (that used to be there in abundance) without any nervousness. But if I can ask for more, I’d also like to go hang out at my favorite microbreweries with friends.
Oh, and it’s I weekend here – meaning I as in perfumes that start with I: Ichnusa today and Inoui for Easter tomorrow. ♥ for you all!
#1 👍👍👍
#5 toilet paper and tissues!!! Still missing in my parts
Finally got paper towels – still no kleenex or tp. Argh.
Same here. There’s an abundance of paper towels all of a sudden, relatively speaking.
It is ridiculous, but I had kleenex delivered from Target, along with laundry detergent & other cleaning supplies that were sold out last I went to the store. Just keep checking…the supply changes frequently.
I did the same. If nothing else, I have a stock of all the other stuff I’d usually buy at Target so when we do go, it’s just for the HTF essentials & a quicker trip in & out.
I also bought a bunch of pantry items/dry goods at Vitacost, with the same idea to make our grocery list shorter when we do need to go. And joined a CSA, and just bought some meat online. There are a lot of online businesses that will ship frozen meat, but it is generally v. expensive.
Angelique Noire is making a strong showing today.
It’s so good!
♥
And I can’t believe I’ve still never tried it! It sounds like something I’ll like.
1. New perfume: OJ Vanille d’Iris; old: a vintage, almost treacly Diorling;
2. Scented item: a soothing lotion to make me fall into sweetly-scented dreams
3. Candy: liquor-filled dark chocolates
4. Random: a driver-less car, whenever the Future is Now
5. After the Interim: seeing and hugging friends
I’m so ready for a driverless car. That would be truly lifechanging.
love your 3 and 4!
Me, too on 4 — I don’t drive, and I was promised driverless cars in 2015, d*mm*t!
1. Onda VdE
2. Not too interested in other “scented” items, other than a some nice incense to burn.
3. Real old fashioned dipped apples. I used to get Mrs. Prindables back in the day…😋
4. I’d like the EB to kick covid-19 and [ed note: initials deleleted!] in the arse. (Just initials because I don’t want to get political 😉)
Yesterday I was wearing Indochine and some told dude me I smell “fresh”…🤔
Today, I’m in elephant 🐘.
I read an interesting article about Fauci in The New Yorker.
Hope you are keeping well.
Oh, do tell… About him in general, or his role in relation to Covid 19?
Both! I had heard of him in our national papers, but this really gave some interesting details about how he operates.
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2020/04/20/how-anthony-fauci-became-americas-doctor
Yes, that’s the one I thought you were referring to. I greatly admire his equanimity. He is the erudite voice of reason in the [ed note: deleted rest of sentence, sorry!].
Ack! Sorry Robin, just realized the above comment may cross the political line. Feel free to delete me🤭
Interesting article. Dr. Fauci has quite an impressive resume. I hope he can continue to make his case for science. Thanks Austenfan.
nice! thank you for sharing this article.
Thanks for this article!
I revere Dr. Fauci because of his work on HIV/AIDS. Here is a long interview from the NIH website:
https://history.nih.gov/archives/downloads/Fauci%20Harden%20oral%20history%202002.pdf
Thanks Nozkoz! Will read tomorrow.
Missed #5: I’m pretty much into social distancing on the regular, but I do miss people watching and browsing in malls and such. I feel worse for poor T-Rex who is HIGHLY sociable and is sick and tired of seeing my face. She hugs everyone who will let her and she really misses her trips out and about to Lowe’s, Marshall’s and other dog friendly establishments, as well as parks and trails.
Yeah, my girl pup really needs to get back to the dog park. I’ve been noticing an uptick in some of her separation anxiety behaviors. 😕
We are twins 😁😁🐘🐘
Well then, I’m twinning with the BEST! ✌🏼
♥️♥️♥️
I find it puzzling that people use the word fresh to describe so many different types of perfumes.
Yeah, exactly! I think people really lack the vocabulary and scent experience to accurately define what they’re smelling. And I’m among those people, because many times I just think to myself “Oh, that smells GOOD!”
But, it’s always nice to hear good feedback, even if it’s “fresh.”
Likewise with “clean.” I wonder if this is generational.
Deva, I am awfully late getting here today but I did delete your initials and then the second part too. Sorry, I know it’s really hard! It’s hard for me too!
No worries and I apologize! On some issues, I’m terrible at adulting. 😬
1. The House of Oud Keep Glazed. As a bonus the bottle looks a lot like an Easter egg!
2. I’d love a good sandalwood and vanilla candle. BBW used to make a great one.
3. I love Caramello bars, but they are very messy!
4. Hmmm…a good long book. After so much time being unemployed and then losing the job I finally got due to the pandemic, my Kindle is looking sparse!
5. Eating out, going to a matinee, and going to the library.
Wow – the House of Oud bottles are gorgeous!
They really are! Not all of the scents appeal to me, but every single bottle does.
love your #5 list, I’m looking forward to visiting the library too.
(1) Guerlain Ambre Éternel
(2) Does coffee count? Coffee
(3) Fleur de sel caramels
(4) COVID vaccine, thanks bunny!
(5) Getting back onstage hopefully at least one more time before I throw in the towel and switch careers
SotD Rodin Bis and very much enjoying it.
COVID vaccine, yes! And of course coffee counts.
Have a calm and safe Easter everyone!
1. One crystal bottle of L’Iris de Fath, please
2. Memo French Leather shower gel (only because they didn’t make it in Italian Leather fragrance)
3. Homemade babka or mazurek.
4. Voucher to Zara or any other good clothes shop. I need to replace my wardrobe after losing almost 15 kgs in 3 months.
5. Meeting with friends and going back to the swimming pool!
SotD is Dusita La Douceur de Siam.
Happy Easter Lucas!
You may get your #5 wish granted soon. I read in the NYT today that the Czech Republic is planning on allowing people to play tennis and return to swimming after Easter. I know you are in Poland but it looks like there may be some movement to ease some of the restrictions in that part of the world (for better or worse).
We will see. From thursday it will be mandatory to wear a face mask when you’re in public area.
Douceur de Siam is a beautiful Easter bouquet in a bottle
Now that you said it, it kind of does
1. Memo Winter Palace. I still love it.
2. Weleda Sea Buckthorn body oil. Lovely, and will help to balance the Bunny’s budget after #1.
3. Probably really good toffee (butter crunch). See’s is likely the best I’ve had that is not homemade.
4. Oh, heck, I’d love to have the yarn for a sweater I’ve been wanting to knit for a while. I have a number of other projects queued up, but this one would be fun, fast, and ideal for WFH (for the knitters, it’s Jen Geigley’s Main Squeeze Cardigan).
5. Hugging my friends, and sitting at a public bar, having a beer (or a cocktail).
High five for Winter Palace!
I’m so happy with my bottle
lovely sweater! It would be nice if the bunny brought me a sweater’s worth of yarn. I have a bunch of sock yarn to use up before I buy any yarn for a new project.
Hi everyone!
1. Gucci Envy, or Angelique Noire
2. Dame BFMV body cream
3. Most anything chocolate and Gummi Bears
4. For my kids to have a healthy, kind and loving future.
5. I’m looking forward to hopefully seeing my son walk for graduation this year, and having a party. The school says they will plan something, but they don’t know when.
Happy Easter to all who celebrate!
Sotd is vintage Dior Addict 🌞🐇🌹🌷🐥🐦💖
# 4, yes!
Happy Easter Lillyjo and I hope your #4 and #5 wishes come true!
I so hope #5 comes to fruition!!!
SOTM has been Ummagumma to keep me company while doing laundry and crossword puzzles. It’s supposed to be sunny this afternoon, and I have big plans to go outside and battle the weeds some more. There’s a never-ending supply of them.
My poll answers:
1. You can pick one perfume, new or old: what is it?
Vintage Diorling, any formulation.
2. And you can have one other scented product (a candle, a body lotion, anything): what is it?
Ooh, not sure – maybe a Cire Trudon candle. I’ve never owned one.
3. Your favorite candy?
Rolos. Or Heath bars. Tough to choose between those two.
4. And any random present you’d like the Easter bunny to bring you.
A cure for covid.
As I think about what things will be like when this is all over and life returns to whatever “normal” turns out to be going forward, the thing I am most looking forward to is hugging people again. My hair stylist. My pilates coach. Friends and neighbors. My family – one niece had her first baby a couple of weeks ago, and another niece just had to postpone her wedding that had been scheduled in mid-June. The unhugged hugs are building up, and it will feel REALLY good when they’re possible again.
I got a Cire Trudon candle as a present and it is the best ever. I recommend.
1) vintage Shalimar
2) a wildly expensive candle, so many to pick from
3) a giant box of Neuhaus chocolates, mostly the Caprise (sweet cream filling, wrapped in caramel nouget, dipped in chocolate)
4) new lilac bush for my garden. Bunny is bringing this one! President Lincoln, a deep purple.
5) have brunch with my friends! I miss laughing around a table, Zoom doesn’t cut it.
I’m planning on #4 next spring too! I love lilacs.
I had a President Lincoln, it was lovely!
I would love to have one each of all the Ormaie scents. Plus a fabulous Cire Trudon candle.
Like others above, I love See’s scotchmallows, plus their peanut butter patties.
I would love for the EB to bring warm sunny days so I can open my windows and ride my bike.
Those are the things I want to do most, along with seeing family and friends in person.
SOTD is Mademoiselle Guérlain.
One each
I’m not greedy.
Our Prime Minister has declared the Easter Bunny and the Tooth Fairy to be essential workers
. However, I forgot how close Easter was when I ventured to the supermarket, so we’ve had a chocolate free Easter. I did manage to get flour, so made some hot cross buns. I was too lazy to put crosses on them, so I guess we’ve been eating hot buns!
Perfume-wise, I should focus on what I’ve got, rather than drool over new things. We’re being asked not to order things from overseas in order to save freight capacity for essentials, and I am trying to do all the right things at this time. My choice for my basket this year will be Jubilation 25.
Mmm so envious of your hot crossless buns!
oh, lol, I adore your Prime Minister.
glad to read you had some flour. Hot cross buns are delicious!
I mentioned to a friend that I was out of flour. She texted to say I should look on my porch. She’d left me a big container full of flour so I can bake cookies. Her husband bought a FIFTY pound bag of flour because that’s all he could find.
The easter bunny speech was so cute!!! The governor of Maryland copied her and declared EB essential this week, but did not do nearly so lovely a job.
Same with our PM here in Québec.
1. A sample box with all Sonoma Scent Studio samples.
2. Soaps from Loccitane
3. Dark Chocolate
4. A book
5. I want to see my parents, go to the park, go back to my ballet Classe,s play volley… library, please. Travel not so much, I love traveling but suddenly I just don’t feel like it anymore…
I’ve looked at those sample boxes on SSS website and they do look nice. I’ve never tried anything from SSS, I may need to order some samples for the upcoming cp.
What????? Get sampling pronto LOL 🤣
I’ll second chocolatemarzipan on SSS. They are well worth checking out!
1. Nuit de Noel extrait
2. I actually ordered it: Soaps from La Toja in Spain
3. Marrons glaces (it’s actually a Xmas treat but is really what I’m craving)
4. To have a real display of flowers this spring and summer
5. Traveling home
I really hope you can travel home soon. Did you get a refund on the trip you had planned for April?
1) Dusita Fleur de Lalita
2) this magnolia scented hand cream that I tried in a b&m shop about a week before the stores shut down. The scent lingered on the cuffs of the hoodie I was wearing and I really love it!
3) that really soft Aussie black licorice.
4) a really good massage
5) Resuming my normal job description is #1, but also resuming our in-person drumming! That’s my sanity keeper every week.
Ooh yes on your number 4. Although the studio where I’ve gone for massages is still open.🤔 I keep getting emails…it’s time to book your next massage, lol. Are you doing patient care now?
What? Really?? Can you also get a haircut?
My back is suddenly killing me- maybe just the thought of having to lift and turn people, lol. Starting Monday 😱 I hear it’s not pretty…
That is weird they are still open. Pretty sure it’s not allowed here- though no one’s enforcing private or in-home businesses.
1. My easter basket would have Apres L’Ondee. Doesn’t get any more easter-y than that.
2. A bar of Claus Porto Iyria soap
3. Sophie’s Choice, but I did look at Fran’s Chocolates recently to see if I could get some chocolate covered apricots sent my way. They are otherworldly, and the answer was: No, I Cannot. I’d have taken some Oolong Truffles, too, but I cannot have those either.
Will take consolation from the Robin’s Eggs and pastel-colored almond M & Ms that I do have.
4. A visit from my sister and her 2 children who were have supposed to have spent this holiday weekend with us.
5. Traveling! I’ve cancelled 3 trips that we’d planned (not to mention the above visit that isn’t happening). I’m guessing the Labor Day trip we still have reservations for isn’t going to happen either, but we did snap up some verrry inexpensive RT tickets to Puerto Rico for January 2021. Fingers crossed on that one, too, frankly.
Also: a haircut!
Wearing Eau de Shalimar and spent a good chunk of the day cooking. It’s a delicate balance, trying to figure out just how many groceries to buy & how long they’ll last, then fitting them and all the food I feel compelled to make into our very-small-by-modern-standards refrigerator & freezer. Making a grocery list was never so taxing.
oh, perfect, I’ve put Apres L’Ondee on my dresser so I can wear it tomorrow.
you’re smelling fantastic in Eau de Shalimar.
Yes, thanks to you! I bought a BUB, too. It’s been discontinued!
Enjoy your Apres L’Ondee
Chocolate covered apricots? Oh my! That sounds delish!
1. Gobin-Daude Nuit au Desert. Just one bottle. It would make me so happy.
2. Probably a candle. I’m not a fan of scented creams or lotions – I dislike having lingering scent on my fingers and hands. Any candle from the Cire Trudon line would be welcome; I really like their combinations of notes, and I am rarely in the mood to spend that much money on a candle for myself (I save that for perfume).
3. Home made caramels. A little fleur de sel sprinkled on top is always wonderful, but more importantly, they’ve got to have some tooth. No soft and squishy cubes for me.
4. I’d like the Easter Bunny to bring me a Golden Handshake, so I can retire early. Now would be good.
5. Girls’ Night. It’s just not the same via Zoom.
The EB should just but GD back in business! And let you retire.
It’s my birthday, so I’ve managed to have a great day so far. Woke up to some nice surprises from my boyfriend, and he’s going to cook my favorite meal tonight, which is shrimp, cheesy grits, and collard greens. I had a nice call with one of my friends this morning and have also talked to my mom and my dad. Boyfriend made waffles with peanut butter and banana this morning, and we’ll take a walk in a little bit. Wearing Ostara, my lovely and cheerful companion for the day. Oh, and my coworker had tulips delivered to me yesterday day! They’re local from the fields where the tulip festival typically takes place every year about 45 min north of Seattle.
Happy Birthday to you!
Sounds like a wonderful day. Happy Birthday to you!
Happy birthday!
Happy Birthday, therabbitsflower! 🎂🥂🎊💐
Awww, Happy Birthday🐰🌷!
Shrimp and cheezy grits is one of my favorites, too. And even better when someone else makes them for you.
Sounds like a wonderful day!
So glad you had a lovely birthday!
Aww, that’s a great day! Happy birthay, you were lovely in Ostara.
Happy Birthday! Hope you had a great day! 🎁🎂🍷🌷
Happy Birthday! I’m glad you had such a wonderful day.
Adding my Happy Birthday wishes a wee bit late! 🎂
Ahh, how lovely. Happy bday! I am envious of your tulips 🌷
Happy birthday 🎂🎉🎂🎈🎂🎈🎉🎂🎉🎂🎈🎂🎈🎉🎂🎉🎈
Thanks, everyone!
Happy birthday to you!
Thanks!
I have doused myself, a la Chocolatemarzipan-style, in Bois de Ascese. Down to the bottom quarter of my bottle, I had been using it sparingly. But an incredibly kind and generous NSTer sent me a nearly full bottle she wasn’t using and I am suddenly, literally, awash in smokey amber and whiskey. My husband’s comment after sniffing the air, “Mmmm, I smell Irish Leather!” Oh well. He gets an A for effort.
As for my Easter Basket:
1. Not sure. If I could pick anything–maybe VP’s Kiki.
2. A body butter from Frederic Malle.
3. Too many to name. But a favorite at this time of year is See’s Mayfair eggs in dark chocolate. (None this year, of course… )
4. A long luxurious, and safe pedicure. And world peace.
5. Hosting dinner parties, and cocktails out on our back deck, and hugging everyone who walks in the door.
Looks like those FM body butters are on many a wish list…hope you are well, Oakland F.
Mmmmm, See’s
I can smell you from here!! ♥️♥️♥️
You smell fabulous!
When I first started thinking about number 5, some annoyances came to mind, like struggling with online grocery shopping and the constant shortages — yeah, I would like to be done with all that. Or not even wanting to think how long it will be before I could possibly travel to New York again and spend days in the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Brooklyn Museum. I could go on.
But more profoundly, what I really want is not to be worried about everyone all the time in this needlessly chaotic situation. It would be an absolute out of body experience to not be weighed down by all of that.
Agree agree agree! I miss doing normal things too.
Yes! Being able to shed that “weight of worry” will be incredibly liberating.
SotD = Sigil Hand Spray
It smells of sagebrush, fresh ginger, and lime.
1. Masque Milano Luci ed Ombre
2. A bunch of fresh cut daffodils, their delicate scent is a favorite.
3. I’d love a dark chocolate bunny. I always eat the ears first. Lindt or Ghirardelli, please.
4. I would like my garage to be magically de-junked, de-cluttered, dry-walled, painted, organized, and turned into a cute place to enjoy.
5. Going back to school to see my students, teaching piano lessons, and most of all, spending time with my family members who live in other places.
Happy Easter to all who observe. Hope everyone of us will find at least a few moments of calm, peace, and even a little bliss this weekend.
That hand spray sounds like it smells pretty darn good…
If that magic worker comes to do your garage, please send him/her/it over here when they’re done
Happy Easter to those who observe. I’m in the l’Elephant again for a day of wild weather. I’m planning on hunkering down in the cabin. The highlight of my day will be toast and coffee this morning. Slim Shady doesn’t like storms, so she’ll need a bit of extra TLC today. Looking forward to ZERO adulting for four days. ✌🏼
Happy Easter! Stay safe from the storms.
Happy Easter!!
You smell amazing!!!
Happy Easter Deva! Enjoy your days off and the company of TRex 😊
Happy Easter and yay to 4 days off!
I have been having english muffins every day for breakfast and thinking about your toast comment from a few days ago. There is something magical about smelling the bread as it toasts then consuming the toast with the scent still in the air…soooo very satisfying to the senses.
We are all scent-obsessed and rightfully so!
Happy Easter Deva, I hope you can enjoy your days off!
Happy Easter Deva! 🥚🌸🏵🌹🌺🌻🌼🌷
Happy Easter 🐇🐥🐣🐦🐤🐇💐💮🌼🌸🐦🐇🐇🐇
Berdoues Grand Cru Somei Yoshino
A gift from one of my besties
Would love to own the entire collection
I get such a thrill from the bottles alone!
Happy Easter CM and Happy belated birthday!
I have never smelled the Yoshino but those bottles are so darn cute.
Not late at all 😁 It’s at the end of the month
Those Berdoues bottles are like bottle porn for me! I want them ALL!!
Happy Easter everyone!
I’m wearing > 15 sprays of Ubar which is more than I will ever want to wear again. I’m kind of waiting for it to settle down somewhat. And this from someone who would wear 10 sprays of Paris edp daily!
Happy Easter!
My word, 15 sprays of Ubar…impressive 😀
I’m wearing Carnal Flower EDP layered over the body oil (which is lovely, by the way). Enabler pin to you for this one.
Isn’t that combo just out of this world?
Always glad to be of service
Wow. The most I’ve ever managed is two dabs or one spray, and it’s with me for 26 hours. Mad props, austenfan. And Happy Easter/holiday.
Happy Easter 🐇🐇
Nice to see that I am rubbing off on you 😁
Keep spraying lavishly!
I am LOVING people posting double-digits of sprays!
Spray early. Spray often.
It has since settled down really nicely and I’m just loving this cloud of Ubar around me!
And for those of you asking: no I’m not working, else I would not have worn this much perfume
1. CdG Ouarzazate
2. Molton Brown shower gel, the tabac one.
3. Schoolkrijt -liquorice with a hard white candy exterior
4. Someone to declutter my house.
5. So many things: to walk on hiking trails, to swim, to go to farmers’ markets, to have a huge family gathering with the whole extended family present. To plan a holiday.
+1 for your no. 4!
Me and you both. I’ve read that some US government checks have gone out? Hope you receive the financial support you need in this time! Thinking of you!
Thank you! I’ve read the same thing but haven’t received anything myself. I’m actually half thinking of renting a dumpster after this is over and decluttering most of my basement of stuff I can’t donate.
Do it!
Interesting that you should know about schoolkrijt licorice. I thought it was only a Dutch thing.
My favourite Dutch licorice is the really, really salty ones like these:
https://www.candyonline.nl/kindly-salmiak-scheepstouw-250-gram.html
Oh, I’ve tried those! They’ll give you a double whammy hypertension. Schoolkrijt is my husband’s favourite candy, so I guess it’s not just a Dutch thing. We get the Venco brand here and it is quite ubiquitous.
And Happy Easter! Hope you’re not working!
I am dying to try those! Ever since my Dutch perfume friend Marcella from APJ mentioned them. Salt and licorice sounds so good.
1. I can’t make up my mind on which I want.
2. Amouage Epic shower gel
3. Malley’s chocolate caramel
4. Another dog, I don’t know why.
5. I just want to go and do what I please. Everything is closed and it’s no fun being stuck at home. There is so much TV one can watch, so much cleaning one can do before it gets old.
Spent most of the day cleaning up the house yesterday and didn’t have time to post. Spending the morning in vintage Miss Dior. After my shower, I think I will wear Kyoto.
I hemmed and hawwed over ordering some Malley’s chocolates and missed the boat 😢 I lurve the Nutmallows
Geez I thought yesterday and maybe the day before? was Easter Sunday..and even texted a friend last night, “Hope you had a great Easter” wth. Lol. This isolation/social distancing stuff gets to the head, I tell ya! What in the 🌎, there’s no days anymore lol.
Anyway..Happy Easter 🐣. I am drooling over the Ethel M chocolate website and so want to try them..a bit expensive though. They are donating a dollar to a food bank with every purchase. I wonder how these compare to Sees.
For Easter sotd..Angel Muse for a nice gourmand.
Those chocolates do look yummy. I am curious how they compare to See’s too.
Please weigh in if anyone has tried these and done the research for us and Science.
I’ve had some Ethel M chocolate truffles in the past, and they were spectacular! I considered them a special treat, and only purchased a couple of them at a time.
I love the lemon creams… such fresh tangy lemon!
Those easter eggs are beautiful
pick one perfume
Borneo 1834 bell jar.
other scented product
I don’t know, I covet a really expensive scented candle, but I need to sniff them to know which I’d really like so never mind.
Favorite candy
72% Ghirardelli chocolate; Aussie black licorice for non-chocolate candy. Otherwise I’m not really a candy fan. Oh, actually, I like a good toffee too.
Random present
a guitar
Look forward to after social-distancing:
Hugging my family and friends. Hanging out at my favorite coffee shop. Going to a concert. Traveling to CA to visit my cousin; I was planning to do that this month but obviously had to cancel.
question: is it ok to send decanted perfume presents out? Surrender to Chance is still delivering, so presumably I could send things too. I just need to disinfect the outside of the sprayers, but perfume looks like it has enough alcohol in it to kill anything, right?
Or you could just advise the receiver of your parcel to not touch it for at least a week, Covid does not live on inanimate surfaces forever. I don’t know how long it survives on objects but definitely not forever. I highly doubt it could survive inside perfume for very long, but that has not been studied.
A reliable source says it here:
https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMc2004973?query=featured_home
I heard it lasts on objects for up to 9 days
Ugh, I just remembered the postponed and cancelled concerts I had tickets for during this time period. I also can’t wait to go to concerts again!
Thanks! I don’t know why I didn’t think to just google it. Sometimes my elevator doesn’t go to the top.
Google is never my first thought. I always try and ask someone who I think will know. Often times they end up googling though 😂
1. Might as well go with my SOTD, which is FM Lys Mediteranee, which I always associate with Easter because of Luca Turin’s review in The Guide.
2. I was going to say Cire Trudon Solis Rex spray or candle, but in these days of constant hand washing, must go with cream. Hmm, maybe my Amouage Lyric Woman cream.
3. SQUISH Honey Maracuja or Watermelon Chili gummies. Soma Chocolate-covered Harissa Corn nuts. And for something a little more sophisticated, Calissons. I am proud of myself, because I am a salty snack person and did not think I could come up many candies favourites.
4. Heck, the Easter Bunny will not come through, but let’s say a Hermessence sample set with Agar Ebene, Cedre Sambac, Myrrhe Eglantine and Epice Marine.
5. My daughter suggested a blend of our perfect days, hers and mine: start at the aquarium, have a vegetarian lunch at Fresh, spend the afternoon at the reference library reading room, Ramen Isshin for dinner and then a nature documentary at the Hot Docs cinema.
4.
(Sorry for the extra, random 4.) I forgot to add to point five, getting back to my Jamaican dancehall classes with my favourite teacher. I tried a virtual dance class, but it’s not the same thing!
For a not-candy person, you came up with candies I have never heard of!
Here’s the chocolate harissa corn nut link (they look like little cow patties or something, but they’re addictive): https://www.somachocolate.com/products/toasted-corn-nuts-tossed-in-harissa-spice?variant=32552294797 I think SQUISH is a Canada-only candy store, started in Montreal. The gummies remind me of the kind you can get in Europe, with more juice and booze flavours in them. My son S’s fave kind is Cuba Libre, which always makes me wonder if I should worry.
Or dog food! And wow, so many things on that website that I want. The birch branch looks incredible. Wild cherries tumbled in chocolate — which also look, well, disgusting.
Thank you for the link!
Hoppy Easter, wearing Mon Précieux Nectar and listening to buddhist meditation lectures.
Smelling wonderful and sounds like a perfect day!
I am feeling very zen now.
Great idea.
Have you ever read anything by Mark Epstein? I’ve read a couple of his books and really enjoyed his work. He is a psychotherapist that incorporates Buddhism in his practice. I especially recommend this one-
https://www.amazon.com/Going-Pieces-without-Falling-Apart/dp/0767902351
I read it years ago and found it to be very useful as I was going through a really rough patch emotionally. It’s stayed with me, which speaks to its impact on me.
No, but I’ve read Jon Kabat-Zinn’s Full Catastrophe Living. I’m also partial to Mathieu Ricard.
1. You can pick one perfume, new or old: what is it? Crabtree & Evelyn Mysore Sandalwood. I am pea green with envy over Kanuka’s bottle.
2. And you can have one other scented product (a candle, a body lotion, anything): what is it? Nothing really. I have enough candles, incense, etc. I don’t use them very often.
3. Your favorite candy? Good milk chocolate, any kind. I think dark chocolate is for baking!
4. And any random present you’d like the Easter bunny to bring you. I’d like to drive a fancy car, like a Maserati or a Lamborghini, just for a day, somewhere I could speed.
(5. What is the first thing you are looking forward to doing when this is all over?) Hiking to a waterfall on a hot day in the Columbia River Gorge and letting myself get drenched.
SOTD is La Fille de Berlin. With so much time on my hands, I am using a password manager to convert all my easy-to-guess, old, hacked, or duplicated passwords to randomly generated ones. Yesterday I worked for seven hours and I think I’m about half done.
I changed all my PWs recently. It was a multi-day effort.
Your hike to the gorge sounds magnificent!
Wow, that is a lot of passwords foxbins!
I admire you, foxbins! I should do the passwords to but I’m paranoid about getting locked out, and I can’t figure out how to make the app work across all my devices. I need a Help Desk!
Ok, now to answer the poll questions:
1. Diptyque Volutes EDP, which will probably be my exit perfume purchase.
2. Astier de Villatte Grand Chalet candle. I love the perfume enough that I know the candle would be perfect for spring.
3. I’m trying to think of a special candy, but even though I buy them for myself all the time, I’d be happy with some Justin’s Dark Chocolate Peanut Butter Cups.
4. If the EB wants to pick out the perfect couch or mattress for me, I’d be delighted.
5. Oh gosh, I can’t wait to go to work in the office again, which on its own seems like the weirdest statement ever. But also, going out for brunch and not being paranoid about being too close to other people are high on my list. I’d like to go see a movie in the theater too.
Speaking of movie theaters, has anyone else done any “virtual screening” to support their local independent movie theater? I don’t know what other theaters across the country are making available to stream at home, but three Seattle theaters are doing that right now- SIFF, Northwest Film Forum, and Grand Illusion. Many of these are genre, foreign, or documentary films. I think we’re going to stream The Perfect Nanny (French) tonight from NWFF for $12, and last Sunday we watched Extra Ordinary (horror comedy with Will Forte) for the same price through Grand Illusion. I read The Perfect Nanny when it came out last year and thought it was very good, so I’m looking forward to the film. I’m so worried about some of our great movie theaters not surviving this, so we’re trying to support them as much as we can.
I put on Füm Ariose last night and can still smell it his morning.
What is an “exit perfume”?
I’m thinking it’s supposed to be *next* perfume.
Lol yes exactly. I always have typos in my post because I’m either using a phone or iPad. I’m a great typist on a regular keyboard but not on mobile devices!
Oh, whew! Exit perfume made me a little nervous 😯
Sadly, we don’t have a local independent movie theater, but what a great idea!
I’m so glad these theaters have started doing this. And you’re welcome to “borrow” my local theaters if you see anything worth streaming!
1. I’m going to pass on the bottle of perfume. I am just not feeling the urge for anything right now.
2. I would like Korres to please bring back their Jasmine shower gel and body butter.
3. Favorite candy? Since I gave up all my favorite salty snacks for Lent this year, what I am really craving right now are some chips! Fortunately, I bought a couple bags of Herr’s Kettle Cooked Sea Salt and Cracked Black Pepper chips on my last trip to the grocery store. I used a LOT of willpower and didn’t get into them until today.
4. A dishwasher that doesn’t leak, please. And for Mr. Jalapeno’s foot to keep healing without incident.
5. I miss being able to hang out with my friends and family. And eating a nice meal out on occasion. And not having to wear a mask when I go outside.
SOTD = L’Artisan Passage d’Enfer, from the sample stash.
Those black pepper chips don’t mess around! Very peppery!
Yep! That’s why they are a favorite of mine. 😋
For anyone who just wants a laugh:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=710sGDEOYj0
Lol I usta watch Days in my late teens, early 20s. The evil twin scenario was always good for a laugh. And if someone rose from the grave, even better.
Got up this morning and put on a nice outfit, a bit of makeup and lipstick and generously sprayed Le Temps d’Une Fête so that I could watch Easter services online and do a virtual greeting to others via Zoom.
I have Green tea body lotion coming, so I guess I’d choose scented lotions…
My favorite candy is LOOK candy bars. Thin nougat bar covered in dark chocolate.
I’m looking forward to seeing a movie on the biggest screen possible and taking the subway to those areas that are not in walking distance. Maybe to our favorite downtown restaurant.
Happy Easter everyone.
I have never seen a move on an Imax screen and plan to when this is over. Quiet Place 2, Top Gun 2? Lol. Not sure what other movies are supposed to he out this year.
*movie, my phone changed its keyboard after an update, still adjusting lol
Happy Easter everybody!
I wish I could say I was fine,or happy,or content…but I am not.Have not commented in a while because there isn’t really much to say.And I don’t want to be negative or down or sad here,so I rather say nothing.A lot of people feel pretty much the same,I know.But still.
Hope everybody is still safe and healthy.
Cheers to better times.
I’ll see you on the other side of Covid-19
XO
Happy Easter to you!
Please keep popping in to say hello.
Happy Easter, what is your SOTD?
Please pop by and tell us how good you smell…
Hang in there Johanob, better times are coming. I know you are facing fall/winter, I’m sure that doesn’t help. But there is joy awaiting at the end of the tunnel. Big hugs to you.
Happy Easter to you. Cheers to better times, indeed!
Hugs, johanob!
Well, look after yourself, it is a hard time to be a healthcare professional so I reckon you can take a break from being upbeat if you want to. :^)
Happy Easter Johanob! 🐰🐥🐇🐣❤🌻. Please, be strong! You are in the frontline and it is not easy, but let’s hope that better times are just around the corner. I am sending hugs! You can do it!
Happy Easter to you johanob! Yes, it is difficult to be upbeat. There are things I won’t post about publicly either. But I am always pleased to see you posting. Hang in there.
As many know, the Nellis AFB is in Las Vegas..and the Thunderbirds flew over the city as a shout out to first responders, health care workers and to give locals a reason to look up. Here’s a link if anyone wants to watch:) I love these jets!
https://www.reviewjournal.com/videos/thunderbirds-soar-over-las-vegas-video/
This is wonderful, thanks for posting!
I saw footage of the Las Vegas flyby and thought it was an awesome thing.
Hi everyone, happy Easter or Chag sameach to those who celebrate!
1. The original Fendi.
2. Narcisco Rodriguez For Her body cream.
3. Licorice!
4. Books.
5. Looking forward to hugging my friends! We’ve been having cocktail hours via Zoom.
Chag sameach! Tonight & tomorrow are my Hebrew birthday. Still no cake but I will make up for that soon.
I’ve been dreaming of carrot cake or sticky/toffee pudding. Just the thing I shouldn’t be enjoying…
Enjoying Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries, an appertif, and a puff pastry stuffed with fig jam and Gorgonzola.
Happy Easter SmokeyToes!
And back at you!
One Easter, I made a coconut cake decorated with spice gum drops. I loved how colorful (and very tasty) it was..
I’m late to the survey, but here goes.
1. St. Clair Scents Casablanca
2. Archipelago candle in scent Stonehenge.
3. I can’t believe I am the first person to mention Reese’s peanut butter cups! Their Easter egg peanut butter cups are even better! So creamy! I was given a big Reese’s peanut butter cup bunny by my very sweet and caring neighbour who also put four bags of cat treats into the package for my “family,” ha ha!
4. Some nice discreet (but not tiny) emerald earrings!
5. Visiting my dear mom and hugging her and chatting like normal times, and not worrying all the time about her. It’s natural to worry about her becoming ill, although the place is apparently taking all of the required precautions and more, but I also worry about her mental state deteriorating. Also, going out for Tex-Mex and a big frozen margarita (with salt).
SOTD is Parfums MDCI Nuit Andalouse, pretty potent and gorgeous, just dabbed on from my tiny sample. I can’t imagine having a bottle and trying this by the spray method. It might be divine and it might be noxious.
I have a bottle of Nuit Andalouse, it’s divine! I spray with wild abandon.
One of my very favorite scents in the entire world is that of a Casablanca lily. Is the St. Clair Casablanca anything like that?
I haven’t smelled that lily, but I doubt it. It’s an orang blossom and white floral scent. Here’s one review—it has earned many raves, another one at great length from Kafkaesque. And I agree. I had a small bottle and used it up.
https://www.cafleurebon.com/st-clair-scents-casablanca-review-come-casbah-draw/
Love Reeses, and you smell fabulous!
I grabbed and sprayed D.S. & Durga Debaser as my SOTD as we were heading out for a walk on this gorgeous sunny day. Now I’ve got the song Debaser in my head every time I think of my perfume. It’s a nice perfume but not my favorite fig. Doing lots of sprays and resprayed lately to take advantage of the staying at home and try to use up more of my decants.
I’m enjoying the huge vase full of tulips right now plus the productivity of washing dishes and peeling vegetables for the pork stew my boyfriend is making. We actually broke routine for the first time and didn’t go to the store for groceries today. I will take a break from work and go by myself tomorrow, which will hopefully be a not-busy time to go.
Pretty eggs! My brain isn’t up to a poll now, but I’ll try to answer in the next few days. Take care!