It's the Fourth of July weekend in the US, and we're celebrating with our standard-issue open thread poll. Talk about anything you like — the fragrance you’re wearing today, your favorite fragrance for cutting through heat and humidity, whatever.
Or, ask a question about fragrance, then see if anyone else has asked a question that you can answer…
Note: top image is GMO? [cropped] by josef.stuefer at flickr; some rights reserved.
Happy 4th of July! ??✨
Going with American brands today. Bobbie Brown Beach for the day and Estee Lauder Bronze Goddess for the evening.
Staying home and keeping it very simple food wise: hot dogs, hamburgers, corn pudding and a very refreshing sangria. Just want to relax!
Have a healthy weekend, everyone!
Happy 4th of July, M!
You smell lovely and your plan for the day sounds just right.
I’m hoping to do the same today though not sure what perfume(s) I’m going to wear yet.
Thank you, Adanst!
I am sure you will smell lovely in any perfume you chose. Keep it bright and simple!
Love corn pudding! Have a great weekend!
Thank you, Lillyjo! I hope your knee is better today!
Sounds perfect! Happy 4th!
I had the same thought as you this morning about american brands and thought wouldn’t Tommy Girl be the perfect 4th of July fragrance? That packaging, with its red, white and blue. Luca Turin gives it 5 stars. This sent me down the rabbbithole of the usual discounters, eBay…you know how it goes.?
Tommy Girl will be the best choice for today and you will smell wonderful! Go for it! ?
Hello my dearest, M!! I owe you a package. Shall I send it to your home or work address?
Hi dear! ?. Could you please hold it for now? I will let you know when I am ready for it ?
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Happy 4th! You picked some fun scents; enjoy your day!
Thank you!
EL Bronze Goddess sounds wonderful!
Have a lovely holiday!
Thank you ST. I hope you had a great day too!
Happy 4th to you, too and all others here.
EL Bronze Goddess is delicious and boozy!
Thank you! Bronze Goddess is a summer favorite of mine!
Hi ‘Meezer’! ? your avatar.
I will copy your Bronze Goddess body lotion idea tomorrow. It’s too hot for much else here.
Yay to BB Beach! One of my old favorites, you smell delicious.
Thank you! ? Wearing it today also.
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Not good sleep, my eyes are puffy.
Having coffee, post shower I think another Chanel Eaux. It seemed to fit the mood and weather yesterday and smells good on my bathrobe still.
My mani pedi was delightful.
Aww.. you were having such a good run at good sleep! Hope you get it back tonight.
Me too, lillyjo!
Glad the mani pedi went well apsara, and join lillyjo in wishing you a good night’s sleep tonight!
I hope you sleep well tonight, and that loud fireworks don’t disturb you!
Maybe it was too hot to sleep. Hope you get better rest tonight.
It was too warm. I’m so glad I moved but my upstairs stays warm.
Somehow I grew up in a house in New York with no ac and one bathroom like everyone else and my mom would take us fall school clothes shopping at Macy’s @ Herald Square in August when there was no ac in the stores! Gosh my sister and I could hardly wait to get out of there. And we would go for drives in the evenings with my parents and a grandmother or two in the station wagon also with no ac and stop for Italian ice or Dairy Queen.
And for those in NY we would watch the fireworks over Ft. Lee.
Do they still have them there?
I remember those hot summers in the city… being stuck on a subway with no AC! Ballet classes on Broadway above a bagel shop…I remember temps soaring to the 100s some summers. How DID we survive that? LOL ?
Hot town, summer in the city, back of my neck feeling dirt and gritty.
The general exuberance of youth, methinks.
My sympathies, apsara – I’ve been struggling to sleep through the night as well. Sometimes a small dose of melatonin helps, and other times I have to resort to benadryl.
SheriG…I move straight to Xanax.
Fore those celebrating independence day, enjoy the festivities!
I am wearing Samsara edp today.
I watched Dark Waters yesterday.
I thought that was a solid movie (Mark Ruffalo, Tim Robbins, Bill Pullman and Anne Hathawy) , but not a very cheerful one.
Ah, that’s the duPont one! I had forgotten about that, will add to list for when I am prepared for a not-cheerful movie.
LOL, you don’t go to a Todd Haynes film for cheerfulness! I loved that movie so much! I like Mark Ruffalo anyway and loved how his character just kept plugging away. The scenes of the factory and river at night were chilling–not to mention that horrible mad cow scene!
I love how Haynes always gets great performances from his actors!
Far from heaven was the first movie i saw from him (long time ago, during or just after my student years haha) and made quite an impression.
PSA.. Dame is sending out free 5ml of your choice of some of his men’s line. Code #modernwestern. While supplies last.
Ha! Great minds.?His website was one of my first stops this morning. I remembered how he usually has an offer on the 4th.
I ordered the chocolate man. What did you pick?
I haven’t yet.?I’m thinking Citrus Man(?) I haven’t tried that one yet.
We have an FB of Citrus Man…. it’s good!!
Thank you, lillyjo! Just ordered Chocolate Man also. ?
Order twins!
Thank you, Lillyjo! I ordered Chocolate Men. Never tried it before, but it sounds delish!
I never sent this to you? Shame on me!! Nonetheless you’ll be getting it now ?
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Thank you!!!!!!!!
Thanks, lillyjo…I got Minty Man which had good reviews on Fragrantica all claiming it’s unisex and delightful…we shall see. 😉
I got Chocolate Man, too. To those of you who haven’t tried it; it’s awesome! I ❤️ it, one of my favorite Dame scents.
I’m really looking forward to trying it!
Thanks for the code. I ended up ordering Chocolate Man and Citrus Man and one of them is free!
And it’s great that they are sprays!
Happy 4th!?
I’m following pl67’s lead with american brands and I’m in Tom Ford Eau de Soleil Blanc. It will go well with our hot and steamy weather. We have a laid back day planned. Maybe some yard games and then burgers on the grill, homemade potato salad, watermelon and strawberry shortcake for desert. This evening we will watch Top Gun, which always reminds me of the summer after I graduated from high school and had the whole world in front of me. Sigh.
Fragrances for cutting through the heat and humidity: Assam of India, Guerlain Nerolia Bianca, Sur Le Nil, JM lime basil and mandarin and my all time favorite L’Occitane’s Green Tea. Wondering if the new formulation is similar to the discontinued one? Sadly my local shop closed its doors last year so I can no longer sniff in person.
You smell great!
I confess to have never watched Top Gun beginning to end. Only in pieces.
Inconceivable, I know?
?OMG. It is just classic ‘80’s (therefore is right up my alley)
Mine too!, but I somehow missed it, when it first came out.
He who must no be named and I went to see Top Gun a few days after coming home from a long spell in Saudi. It was total ? percent immersion home when I heard highway to the danger zone through the movie theatre walls!
Your food choice sounds good! May I come over? ?
I don’t know if the Green Tea is the same, but this year’s packaging is great.
Top Gun! I saw that with a girlfriend at the big screen in Westwood near UCLA. It was a total hoot. (My biggest snort laugh was Kelly McGillis wearing a tight pencil skirt, black sheer hose, high heels and leather flight jacket to teach all those hotshot male pilots.)
I have the new L’Occitane Green Tea hand cream and have been using it with the Green Tea original fragrance.It’s clean and lovely and the packaging is beautiful.Not sure if the fragrances will be exactly the same,but the hand cream compliments the original very well.L’Occitane does tea scents so well.
Im a big fan of L’Occitane
Assam!!!! Earned me 20 enabler pins because I wore it seven weeks straight three summers ago.
You did cm8!
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Happy 4th of July to all friends who celebrate it!
Yesterday I received my decant of Jo Malone Yuja and it’s my SOTD. Good for me as it’s 28*C right now.
Yuja has a juicy, bittersweet opening but as it’s the case of all Jo Malones, it’s very fleeting. After less than 30 minutes all that is left on my skin is some clean, woody whispers. But it’s a nice refreshing scent for as long as it lasts. No brainer citrus for the summer.
Gives you an opportunity to wear something else later in the day!
Or I can simply reapply. 5 ml is not such a big commitment.
I haven’t jumped on the JP Malone bandwagon
Sorry, Jo
Me, either. Admittedly, I haven’t smelled that many of them, but those I have did not float my boat.
I wonder if Jo Loves is more compelling?
I tried a few yasmina, they were a bit more substantive but not groundreaking. Quite the similar approach to perfume making.
Me neither. Only Mimosa & Cardamom work for me.
I sprayed that in in Sephora and liked it very much.
It’s a good one, isn’t it?
The only one I like is the one that has lily, something like ginger and black lily or something?
Dark amber and ginger lily. I love it.
Also love The golden vanilla one from this winter the vanilla is not sweet.
Happy 4th of July!
I’m heading into work wearing Alien Aqua Chic. It’s smells as if you dropped a grape spree candy into a glass of Jasmine water, and a pinch of salt.
I know most of the firework events have been cancelled here. I hope all the non pro people setting them off tonight do it safely.
We had no firework stands this year, not sure why, and as a consequence I have been hearing almost no non-pro fireworks. Which is fine with me! Although we’ll see what happens tonight…
I heard quite a bit last night.
Same, before the rain came in.
We need rain so bad.
Ok, we did have fireworks tonight, but early, and a bit less than usual.
Ooh, that sounds like a nice perfume! I hope work isn’t too crazy.
It is nice. A very friendly Alien.
I love the description of your perfume. How is your knee today?
It’s a little better. Still wearing the brace.
Good luck at work. Hope it’s an easy peasy shift.
So far so good!
Lillyjo, a quick Internet search shows that you can get Bio-Freeze at CVS, Wal-Mart, and ordered off Amazon. Hope this helps!
Yes, I used that quite a lot after my hip surgery, and it was of some help. My hip doctor and physical therapist always recommended ice rather than heat. They said heat can make it feel temporarily better but ice is nice (so to speak) because it reduces swelling.
I have zero swelling. It’s really odd. Sometimes it hurts just above or just below the knee. I feel it most if I bend or cross my legs.
Shalimar cologne
Currently outside with my family enjoying time at the park
Is it the 4th? Wow
Glad you got out to the park! I painted all day, again, and barely poked my head outside.
SOTD = Rasei Fort La Whatever
Fruity boozy woody gourmand; looks like I got started with next week’s CP!
*** Read on if interested in sampling Bruno Fazzolari perfumes ***
U. S. Only
Those who follow @fzotic Bruno Fazzolari (“BF”) are likely familiar with his Scentbridge samples program for July: for a total of $18 (includes free shipping), a 3-sample set consisting of the same customizable set of perfumes will be shipped by BF to each person in a pair. Within a month of shipping, if you purchase a full bottle, you will get an $18 discount! The discount applies to each person separately.
Since many of us have already smelled / bought one or more of his perfumes, it may be challenging to find a partner with the same exact list of 3 perfumes to sample.
It’s a $9 investment; for those on a No Buy, it’s a perfumath-free experiment for the science of perfumery.
For those who would like to participate, I am proposing the following:
0. Participants – You must be willing to share your email address and mailing address with one other person (not me, but the person with whom you are paired). Don’t back out because it is not fair to the person with whom you were matched.
1. On or before July 10, send me an email with a list of the top 4 perfumes you would like to sample. If you have more than 4, that’s fine. Please use Subject: Scentbridge
2. I will be match-maker and pair the people with the same samples preference. As soon as I see a match, I will proceed with #3 below so you can get started right away. I’ll keep a rolling matching routine to avoid delays.
3. I will send an email to each pair with the list of common perfumes. Each pair is responsible for discussing who will do the ordering and how to collect the $9, etc.
4. If there are people whom I cannot find a match, I will let you know ASAP.
5. Have fun
Disclaimer – I am not affiliated with BF. Other than my commitment on a best efforts basis to pair people, I am not responsible for anything that happens or doesn’t happen after.
Here’s the Instagram post about it. You can also visit his website to look up the available perfumes.
https://www.instagram.com/p/CCJZpA6hBeV/?igshid=16ewfh6kj7uaa
just read this, cool, and thanks! Off to browse.
Coconut lemon body lotion followed by Fiori di Capri. Heading across the street to buy a little bottle of dry white wine to make bolognese again. I may also make another peach dessert. Getting a later-than-desired start because we got caught up in watching the horse racing from Epsom Downs. Our 4th will consist of toggling between golf and horse racing…lots of stakes races today.
Enjoy your weekend everyone! I wish I was in a small town with a nice lawn backyard today. And a neighbor with a pool, so I could hear the splashing and laughter. One of my favorite sounds.
Fiori di Capri..beautiful
Let me know about your peach dessert
Martha Stewart. More of a shortbread consistency in the dough. My oven runs hot so it got browner and crunchier than I’d like. I think I’d drop it down to 350 degrees if I did it again. Or I’d cover with foil earlier than I did. And have smaller clumps for the topping. Flavor is good though. (I added a bit of ginger and nutmeg to the filling.). It’d be good with vanilla ice cream to soften the crumble.
https://www.marthastewart.com/1118514/peach-pie-crumble-bars
Mmm coconut lemon sounds nice
Coconut Lemon body lotion sounds yummy! What is the brand and is it available in Europe?
It’s by Everyone. I got it at Whole Foods, but it’s available on Amazon here. Don’t know if they distribute overseas. They make a number of body products.
Drat! Not available over here. Amazon UK apparently had it some time ago, but it is no longer available. Another address in the UK also lists it as unavailable. (I’m in the Netherlands).
I’m wearing Philosykos, which is perfect on this hot day. Have a great weekend!
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Hi all taking a breather from the Great Work Poopstorm of 2020 to relax in the hammock and read – will be going later to a backyard socially distanced do.
In a spritz of Gucci Bloom. Might put on Kate Walsh Boyfriend body cream later. The perfume was too strong for summer but the cream is nice
GWP 2020! hahahahahah! 😉 hope your day is relaxing, you smell beautiful in Bloom.
2020 has been quite the year
Happy 4th, everyone!
I’m in Fo’ah No. 11 from a sample that’s been hanging around way too long. This is a very pretty citrus musk with a marine note that really works on my skin.
We’re having pork chops on the grill, green salad and cornbread for the meal today. Trying to decide whether I should bake something for dessert or just thaw out another half loaf of banana bread. I swear it’s replicating in the freezer.
ripe bananas and banana bread are genetically engineered to make us nuts 😉
gosh, I love cornbread and haven’t baked it in years. Maybe today’s the day.
Coincidentally, I have baked a cornbread and a banana bread this week (from scratch!)
I had lost 15 kilos, but am comfort eating due to Corona restrictions here (many have eased up, but my doctor says I need to continue to self-isolate as I am in the highest risk group — auto-immune and elderly). So I’ve regained 4 1/2 kilos. 🙁
Adding to my own post — today, I tried a new recipe I got from a friend and it is super delicious: rhubarb custard cake! There goes the diet!
And I just realized that I bathed with a rhubarb shower gel this morning! (I also posted here about my cardamon perfume and using cardamon in my food.) Hmm… I wonder how many other forum members love the same ingredients in their perfume and their food?
rhubarb is delicious, I bake a rhubarb and apple cake every autumn. 😀 keep eating, you’ve got to keep your strength up and immune system going, that’s what I tell myself!
Seeing this a day later, Tiffanie. Thanks ! You’ve enabled me, lol! Your cake sounds good, too!
Frozen banana bread sounds great in this hot and muggy weather. Especially if topped with a scoop of ice cream or two. ???
Frozen plus ice cream sounds interesting! I’ve buttered a slice and run it under the broiler. Yum.
Happy July 4th American friends. Cloudy and breezy here in the UK, but it suits me. I’ve made crepes with a dash of bourbon instead of my usual rum and it worked out pretty well, I’ve eaten 3 so far.
Perfumes for hot and humid weather: Eau de Rochas, Eau de Guerlain, Eau d’Hadrien, Kenzo l’Eau and Elizabeth Arden Green Tea and its yearly flankers.
I love Green Tea and it works great as a hand sanitizer too.
Ah, yes, useful these days, I keep it in the fridge in summer.
two thumbs up for Eau de Guerlain! 😀
? It is the Essence of summer.
Agreed!
I green tea’d myself out about 2 year’s ago. I haven’t tried the flankers. Do you have a favorite?
Of the ones I tried, it’s difficult to keep up, I enjoyed most exotic and honeysuckle and ended buying them.
SOTM is Dior Escale a Portofino, which happens to be one of my favorites for cutting through heat and humidity. Mediterraneo is great for that as well, and Eau de Hadrien, and Philosykos, and Kyoto, and many others that y’all have mentioned. I need to check out the l’Occitane green tea things – I have the Green Tea et Bigarade and don’t seem to reach for it very often, and wonder if it would be better with less tartness.
I am in a spritz of Mediterraneo right now 🙂
You smell heavenly.
Walked an hour and a half today so my guestimate is 5 miles? Have been enjoying the cheap thrills of inexpensive soaps and today was Olay Strawberry Cream and Mint…. highly recommend…. especially because it’s one dollar per bar at my Walmart!!!
I am using now the Olay Strawberry Cream and Mint shower foam. Super good!
Oh my goodness!!! Didn’t even know that exists! Now I must buy it for the girls! Thank you for telling me this ❤️❤️❤️
Good job on the walk! Mila and I are being slugs, cuddling in bed reading under the fan.
I would be a slug too with Mila nearby… she’s a perfect cuddle partner ????
Thanks for this Olay strawberry mint intel…off to see what Amazon has…
Happy 4th July friends in the US that celebrate!
Spent a cold day mostly in bed,cuddled with Armani Rose d’Arabie,comforting and lush.
Jealous of the Summer up north!!
Happy Weekend!
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Hi, love!! Sending some heat your way ☀️☀️☀️☀️
I’m having the same day with opposite weather. 🙂 Under the fan in Voleur de Roses.
VdR is gorgeous! Gothic, earthy rose. 🙂
Sorry Johano, I’m not sharing my summer. My winter is plotting to get me, even as I type this ?
Ok… here’s a little ?
LOL!
You know it’s true!
Rose perfumes are a very nice snuggle buddy to have! ?
I’d be happy to send you my hot-and-humid; I much prefer the cold, can always add more clothing layers but can only take so many off ?!
I’m in the Mojave desert, so you can have at least 25 of my Fahrenheit degrees. For free!
Happy 4th of July, I hope you all have a good and safe celebration.
I’m wearing Mohur extrait. Stunning perfume.
Stunning indeed! You smell divine. Enjoy your weekend too ?
Thanks, and so do you!
Happy 4th of July!
I wore La Fin d’un Été this morning and since it kinda wore off I decided to go with Lyric again.
Ice cream of the day is Jeni’s Lemon and blueberries parfait. It’s such a refreshing summer treat (a burst of lemon rind/juice balanced by the sweetness of the blueberry jam). I’m hooked ?
I have never tried Jeni’s Lemon and Blueberry parfait, but it sounds good! I will grab some next time I go to the supermarket!
Let me know what you think after you’ve tried it ?
I need perfumista help! I got a $100 gift card to Sephora for my birthday. Should I buy a. Tom Ford Soleil Blanc Shimmering body oil b. Aqua di Parma Rosa Nobile Shimmering Body Oil, or c. Ouai shampoo and conditioner. I haven’t smelled any of them. Celebrate democracy and vote!
I’ve only tried the Soleil Blanc. Body oil, and it is very lightly scented although the shimmer is very pretty.
Last Christmas Sephora did a TF gift set with the oil and travel spray for under a hundred dollars. Who knows what they will have this year though.
Happy Birthday!?
they all sound like good choices, this time of year I vote for Soleil Blanc! 😀
Unless you know for sure that the Ouai shampoo and conditioner work for your hair type, that’s a risky choice. My $0.02 worth.
My vote for Soleil Blanc
I would wait until there’s a VIB sale event to stretch your $100 then get whatever you would normally buy from a department store and get it at Sephora instead. It is rare (other than at the beginning of this pandemic) for a department store to have more than a 15% discount.
Wait?! But… birthday treat!
I hate to break it to you but the treat was you getting the gift card. ??♀️ or insert a straight face emoji.
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Isn’t the next VIB event around November sometime? I would wait for a sale so the $100 goes further.
I love Morrocan Oil products, my hair always feels so nice after I use it.
I also love the smell, I wish there were a perfume that smells just like it!
SampleotD = Malin+Goetz Cannabis
peppery and woody patchouli with lime on top. Reminds me of Speedstick deodorant, the kind with the green lid. Not a great scent memory 😉
SampleotD2 = Malin+Goetz Bergamot
much better, I’m getting Jean Nate, and that is a happy scent memory 😀 love it!
Wishing everyone a happy summer Saturday, and a safe July 4th to those who celebrate.
Save that Speed Stick smelling sample for a future “de-stinkafying” application!
super idea! I have a stash of “just ok” samples that would be perfect for de-stinakfying. I’ll add Cannabis.
Happy 4th of July to my fellow NSTers here in the US!
Not having smoked pork shoulder today after all. It turns out that our smoker was well and truly kaput. Mr. Jalapeno’s repairs were only temporary. So he ended up shopping for a new smoker this morning. As a result, it was too late to put the meat on by the time he got home. We will try again tomorrow.
As a consolation prize of sorts, I ended up having 2 hotdogs and 2 freshly mixed by me Gin & Tonics for lunch.
SOTD = back in Guerlain Mahora. I should have pounced on a bottle of this I saw at a perfume kiosk about 10 years ago at a local mall. But I had no idea what it smelled like then, and it would have been a crazy expensive blind buy.
Lol- gin and tonic lunch! True holiday fare. I was thinking about having one while I am cooking dinner. You give me justification!
Tanqueray gin and Feverfew tonic water- after much testing( 🙂 ) I declare this is the best gin and tonic to be had with relatively easily available ingredients…
I use a tonic syrup mixed with Seltzer in mine, since I usually have flavored seltzer around. And I sneak in a few drops of lavender & grapefruit bitters.
We do Jack Rudys tonic syrup, San Pellegrino, grapefruit bitters 🙂
Sorry about your smoker Jalapeno!
I’ve been using Strong’s tonic syrup. It matches well with Hendrick’s gin and St. Augustine Distilleries gin. Overpowers my Bluecoat gin, though.
The good news is the pork shoulder has another day to marinate which would make it even better!
Happy 4th of July to all you American folk! Off for a walk in the winter sunshine in dab of Dusita’s Splendiris. Definitely a nice iris.
You smell nice!
Acqua di Parma’s Colonia and body lotion for a hot hot afternoon!
I hope you are all enjoying yourselves.
I am still trying to organize my summer scent collection. What will be my predominant Go-To?
Annick Goutal is in the finals with 2 entries.
AngelaB it’s July — you better get that organized soon, LOL!
Happy Fourth of July! We’ll be social-distancing outside on their porch for a bit later with some friends we haven’t seen in awhile. Dinner salads will be delivered from a favorite local restaurant; we’re bringing Pinot Grigio; they’re providing dessert. Easy peasy. Will probably watch Macy’s fireworks on TV later.
SOTD is vintage EL White Linen, I wear this every year on this holiday.
Wishing everyone a wonderful weekend; find something – or someone- to celebrate.??
I like the idea of White Linen being your 4th of July tradition to wear. I love that stuff!
I saw bits & pieces of fireworks across the country last night on CNN. Some of my neighbors weren’t doing too bad either… brought back memories of when I used to do that with my parents.
Hello everyone. I’m doused in Indult Isvaraya from the recent split meet. I would asphyxiate anyone coming in to visit me even before they could breathe out one covid-loaded breath. This perfume is very over-the-top in a way that I love–I love MFK–but I’m pretty sure it would be nauseating to many others. The rich plum, the fetid jasmine, the dirty patchouli—-oooh oooh oooh! Don’t stop!! Not doing much. My good friend who always has had a Fourth of July party on her rooftop deck where we can view city fireworks can’t have it this year and it’s so disappointing. She and I exchanged some food. She contributed strawberries and pork tenderloins to bake in BBQ sauce, I contributed cantaloupe and Mom’s potato salad. Which is the best, of course. I will watch fireworks on TV. The fire chief was on TV last night begging people not to do their own fireworks because the fire and ambulance crews are operating at a huge overload now, with so many ER calls and so many first responders either sick or quarantining with Covid. It’s still scary and crazy here in Texas.
I had been thinking that distanced potlucks might become a thing.
The DC area never got as bad as NYC, and it seems level now, but the rate of reopening indoor bar and restaurant seating plus gyms worries me.
My tiny little desert town reopened restaurants, gyms and bars, and the positive count went from 11 to 38 in two weeks. 🙁
I’m sorry you didn’t get to do the usual things you do to celebrate.
We’ve been hearing fireworks going off at night for a few weeks. I think some people don’t have anything better to do. We watched fireworks on TV. The fireworks in Washington, D.C. were on both CNN and PBS.
It sounds like the spread of the virus has very bad in Texas lately. I hope you can stay safe! I’m still trying not to watch too much news, because the news gets worse and/or more wacky every day, it seems like. I still read articles in the electronic versions of newspapers and magazines. It’s frightening.
Take care!
Went to Target this afternoon with a list of 3 items to get. One item was nowhere to be found (a spray on and leave tile cleaner). So I wandered over to the end cap of the garbage bags section to ponder whether or not to get 13 gallon white kitchen garbage bags as my pack from Costco will soon run out and I don’t have a trip planned in the near future. The 60-count pack is $8.99 and the 120-count pack is $15.99 and since I was all about saving, I reached for the larger pack. My eyes then landed on a 100-pack that is $9.99. ??? an even better deal than the 120-pack! My mama didn’t raise no fool so that’s what I picked. Fast forward to the self-checkout (no line today!). It rang up at $15.99! What the ? So I mentioned it to the employee and he scanned it and said it is $15.99. I said he can check it from where I got the box to see the $9.99 sign. He said he couldn’t leave his station (eh, he could have called a manager) and said I should take a picture. After a brief moment when I was going to have him call a manager, I thought what the heck. I took the picture and showed him. He could barely see it and was about to touch my phone to enlarge the picture and I almost screamed (no one touches my phone!). I enlarged it so he can see better and he started to say the tag was not for the 100-count box but he really has no argument as it was clear that the shelf with that tag was fully stocked with the 100-count pack. I got the price adjustment and I am a happy camper. $6 to go towards my tax bill ?
This amounts to not a bad hourly rate, hajusuuri!
I put off going to Shop Rite today. Nothing on my list is urgent, so it can wait.
Waving to all my buddies here! I’ve been mostly MIA for this year, with only an occasional hit-and-run post. I do regularly read the daily blog posts, though.
I’ve been craving something new and have ordered lots of samples this year, but nothing called to me, until…
I fell madly in love with a sample of Histoire d’ un rêve by Hubert Maes Creations and immediately bought a fb! LOVE, LOVE, LOVE! It’s got a yester-year vibe and the perfumer says he was inspired by the 1920’s. I love cardamon in my food and I also love it in fragrance. This is feminine and classy and makes me think back to when I was a child, burrowing my nose into a fur coat worn by my wealthy, sophisticated aunt. The only perfume I ever found with a dominant cardamon note that was to my liking was a sample I tried from Dawn Spencer Hurwitz many years ago. I didn’t buy a bottle because, sadly, it vanished so quickly from my skin, even applied over an oil base.
But the Hubert Maes perfume lasts all day. It’s not got much projection, but it’s so good, I can’t stop sniffing my arm and clothes.
I’ve got a preference for bombshell fragrances and quite a collection, so this is a quiet exception for me.
On the one hand, I’m surprised that it isn’t well-known. On the other, well… it means I have a truly distinctive fragrance that no one else is wearing!
I also like his Histoire Charnelle, which is sexy and spicy and has a distinctive coconut note. But it’s not right on my skin.
Great to see you! This is a line I had not heard of, thanks for writing about it!
Waving to you from across the ocean! 🙂
It’s really a line worth investigating. I think he only has four scents.
Love cardamom, in food and perfume!
I was too busy to post yesterday, so I am posting today. Jake was just a mess yesterday with all the fireworks going off. Cleaning up the house today in Feminite du Bois right now.
It’s only July 5th and I’m already tired of the heat. :-). Wearing Micallef Rouge No. 2 anyway.
Send it to johanob ???
Post walk and I doused myself in Cassis en Feuille…reminds me a bit of Corsica Furiosa… maybe the tomato leaf? It’s extraordinaryly refreshing and I will leave the bottle in my bathroom when I am in the mood.
I boxed up all my perfumes and they are in an even darker place in my basement where it’s quite cool so they should be fine until I get my mojo back.
Very late reply, but you’ve made me want to try the CeF, and good idea to try cool storage for a bit. But hope you will keep posting because we will miss you if you don’t!
After a couple of mentions yesterday, I dug out my sample of Fiori di Capri – gorgeous, but (sadly) just not me. This morning am testing Carthusia 1681 from another little sample in the “Carthusia” ziplock, and it is just the thing. I keep thinking that I already own all the perfume I will ever need, and then something new comes along (and in this case it’s available in a small-sized bottle), and it’s hard to resist adding “just one more” to the collection.
I love Fiori, but I wonder if it’s been reformulated. I only have the older bottles that I got off eBay. It’s soapy on me, which I like but many don’t.
I think my sample may be as much as four or five years old at this point. I didn’t get soap from it, but that might just be your skin vs. mine. I really do like the scent – just not ON me, if that makes sense.
Aaaaaaannnd, resistance was futile. One small bottle of 1681 is now on its way to me. Argh.
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I came across this article by classicist Dr. Sarah Bond (who has a very interesting Twitter account) about a conference on ancient incense in Rome:
https://www.forbes.com/sites/drsarahbond/2017/06/26/recreating-the-aroma-of-the-ancient-city-incense-and-perfume-in-the-ancient-mediterranean/#14e2eb83586a
Thanks for the cool link!
OJ Frangipani as we headed to church again. It’s hot out there. But, it’s nice to put on a linen dress and Panama hat and wear a little jewelry. And my Sunday-go-to-meeting flowered mask. ??
I will need to buy more Frangipani someday. I bought the travel sprays, and when I wear it, I load up.
Very hot, and hope you didn’t melt yesterday!
Happy Sunday y’all! I started out in the last of my mystery samples, another BWF that truly was too big for me. Drenched myself in Eau des Minimes from my tiny fridge bottle and all is now right in my world.
I need to do something different this week. Not sure yet what it is, but this routine of plan to eat something/eat something/clean up after eating something/plan the next eat something/plan to shop for what to eat something/sanitize something/walk something is getting really stale. ?
What a weird post. I went from “all is right in my world”, to “something must change”. Sorry.
Pretty sure that’s where most of our heads are these days … so you’re in good company. ?
Thanks for the understanding, SheriG. I’m a little out of sorts, but it will pass. ?
Your post makes perfect sense to me, since I am in a similar headspace. So far, my loved ones and I are healthy, and everyone can stay hunkered down and safe. But on the other hand, the tedium of my current routine grates on my nerves at times. So I oscillate between those 2 poles of thought.
July the HOT has come roaring in! Finally summer weather is here and doesn’t seem to be going away anytime soon. ????
Plenty of amateur fireworks in my neighborhood last night, but they had stopped by 11pm for the most part. I did hear 2 or 3 isolated “pops” later on, but all in all, not too bad. The cats weren’t freaked out at all. ??✨
The pork shoulder has been on the new smoker since shortly after 6am. Still cooking, as I type. Not sure when it will be done, only that it’s not going to be our dinner at this rate. But we will have plenty of pulled pork for sandwiches tomorrow! ?
SOTD = Aedes de Venustas Copal Azur EdP, from the sample stash and my recent order from Aedes. It’s a nice incense and wood perfume that skews a little on the masculine side for my taste. Worth trying, though.
OH! I got an unsolicited perfume compliment from Mr. Jalapeno last night! He said “You always smell good.” That gave me the warm fuzzies.
Unsolicited warm fuzzies are the BEST. ?
That’s a great compliment! Very sincere.
Coming in under the wire for “lazy weekend thread”!
I hope everyone had a splendid weekend. Mine was boring as usual! Although my city has been opening, up I am firmly in the “let’s wait 3-4 weeks and see what the COVID case numbers look like” camp.
SoY was an error in trying some Do Son that came into my hands with a few other decants. Nope, still does the horrific Juicy Fruit thing most tuberose perfumes do on my skin, ouash, why… Scrubbed and wore Gypsy Water for the rest of Saturday. SotD Rodin Bis.
In the anticlimactic end to a miniature saga, I FINALLY received on July 3 the two face masks I ordered from a small Canadian company on April 27. However, NEITHER mask was in the pattern I actually ordered! ? I received large versus small leopard print, and navy floral instead of black (and I hate navy).
Small potatoes indeed, but having had to chase down information related to my order multiple times, AND having patiently waited 60+ days to receive *not* the actual merchandise I ordered, I indulged myself last night and sent a politely worded but honest review of my experience with their customer service to them via email. It was very satisfying and I hope that in reading it they felt, at least temporarily, disappointed in themselves ?
My weekend was boring too, but busy!
And sorry about your masks. I’ve done really well on Etsy. My favorites are from a shop there called Thread Plus Needle, but they don’t seem to have a ton of fabric selection at the moment.