Hump Day and Hammock Day! Also, Mango Day, and a bunch of birthdays: Oscar de la Renta, Tom Robbins, Bobby Sherman, Rufus Wainwright, Danny Glover, S.E. Hinton, Edward Hopper. What fragrance are you wearing?
I'm in Providence Perfume Co Basil & Bartlett.
Reminder: on 7/24, wear a perfume by Zoologist, Xerjoff, Worth Paris or Yosh if you have one. Partial credit for any other small-ish brand that starts with the letters W, X, Y or Z.
And for those of you who like to plan ahead, see Scent of the day ~ Friday community projects 2020, where I'll try to always have the next five or six weeks mapped out in advance.
Note: top image is Bee Skep [cropped] by Dale Calder at flickr; some rights reserved.
I’m in Shalimar body cream for a doctor’s appointment today.
Happy Hump Day!
I am jealous
Should of just bought mine from where you got yours
I was very surprised because it came in about 3 days. But, that’s not norm right now, for sure. Hope you get it today!
The mail is extraordinarily- I ordered a Boden package way back in June and it’s still making it’s way over. But better late then lost – I’m sure the cream will show up eventually LTSG
I always worry about delayed shipment of scented products in the summer. Makes me hesitant to order things, thinking they might be sitting somewhere hot for days.
I tried to contact Macys by phone, since I can’t find an email/online way to reach out. My wait time was over 60 minutes so I hung up. Good grief
60 minutes?! Ridiculous
The cynical part of my brain is telling me companies are using the pandemic for poor customer service. Just now on hold with a bank for FORTY minutes!
Yes, that is what I am worried about. It sitting on some crate baking away…
If by the time it arrives it has gone bad I would return it and dispute with your CC if they don’t accept
I’m waiting on an order shipped on July 8 by UPS, handed off to USPS. Not scented, though.
Given your knowledge, I bet you will know if the lotion has been improperly handled and gone off. Macy’s will need to make that right.
You sure smell great
Thanks!
Hope that your doctor’s appointment went well today Deva!
I’m in JD Musc Neutre from Dame. I must be anosmic to this one because it disappears completely on my skin. Too bad because the faintness I can smell is a lovely floral musk skin scent.
I had a craving for tacos last night, so we ordered take out from a farm to table restaurant a few blocks from us and omg were they delicious!?Mouth watering carnitas with portions so generous I have leftovers for lunch today.
That’s too bad about the musc. I got a sample of Mimosa Mixte. It’s very nice, but close enough to TF Violet Blonde that I don’t need it.
It is too bad.☹️I’m always in search of a good musk, and his prices are SO reasonable. $38 for 50 mls! Oh well, the search continues.
This talk about musk reminds me that I should try the Soivohle Alpha Musk perfume oil I picked up on clearance a while back. But it will be hard to pry myself away from incense right now.
I started the day in Jo Malone Orange Blossom, but now I switched to Chanel Cuir de Russie. Thankfully, it is not hot today.
Chief de Russie is wonderful. The parfum was fabulous.
Thank you. And “Chief de Russie” is another autocorrect masterpiece. ?
Always. 🙂
Oh, that sounds like a beautiful combination! Orange Blossom over leather? Delicious!
It was a Jo Malone, SmokeyToes. By the time I sprayed Cuir de Russie, Orange Blossom had already been gone.
Oh, JM scents have zero staying power. Too bad!
Mon Précieux Nectar
Cappuccino with almond milk
Ciao a tutti ?
Bella! ?
Ah, you smell delicious! I plan on wearing that Saturday during my weekly shopping trek.
Hi, if you call the online order phone number at macys, and choose the place an order option, you should get a real person that can help you with your missing package, or get you to someone who can. Also try calling later in the evening.
In Champagne from the large Y company of Yves Saint Laurent
🙂
Wearing my vintage Worth Je Reviens for the CP. And happy birthday to Bobby Sherman who was on one of my favorite shows -when I was about 12! – Here Come the Brides.
One of my favorites also. We are same vintage. I remember being surprised when it was cancelled! I assumed everyone was a pre-teen like me, and it must have been a huge hit. ??
Haha – high five LizzieB – so true. My pre-teen self thought it was the best show ever. (I was more a David Soul fan at the time even though all my friends loved Bobby.)
I forgot about David Soul! He had his share of Tiger Beat covers. ?
Yep 😀 Just the name Tiger Beat brings back a lot of memories! (I guess it’s still around as an internet magazine. I haven’t thought of it in years.)
TigerBeat! My sister subscribed to it. My favorite covers have Shaun Cassidy!
Found a sample of Mandarine Ambree. Really well done. Working on the patio today.
Ah, I should wear that this week.
It’s a nice one but so fleeting. Topped up with Bigarade Concentree but now that’s gone and so in Brooklyn by Gallivant which should see me thru dinner
I’m wearing Macaque today, which so far has had my favorite opening. I get cedar, mitigated by fresh fruit, and galbanum. Looking forward to the drydown. If I like it I will say that of the three Zoologist scents that I have tried this week, this is my favorite.
Twins! I really like this one too.
Have you tried Koala? I am curious about that one.
I have not, but I got to hold a koala at a wildlife park in Australia and I can tell you just what they smell like: Eucalyptus! With a small undercurrent of kitten fur!
Really? That sounds incredible!! They are such amazing looking animals.
Well that’s sounds like a lovely cuddle!
https://www.flickr.com/photos/94283635@N00/35335857413/in/photolist-aBYL34-aC8LPj-VQvvjV-VQ8Ytj
I might join you later in this!
Looks like I’m in good birthday company today. Oscar de la Renta… who knew?
Doused myself in Dzing to celebrate the big 5-0 (how the heck did that happen so soon?) and am currently doing absolutely bugger all on purpose!
Happy birthday Bob!
You smell great! And 50 sounds young, so enjoy!
Thanks!
Happy birthday – have a great day! Will you have cake? (Inquiring minds like to know!)
Got a sticky toffee pudding lined up later 🙂
So, I was rewatching Great British Bake-off (the third series we have available here, which I think is actually like the 7th), and someone made a sticky toffee pudding CAKE. It sounded lovely, but is apparently a different thing than actual sticky toffee pudding? Is the traditional form a baked/steamed pudding?
Ooh, that sounds yummy. Happy Birthday!
Thanks – I’ll be over later then.
Happy Birthday
Happy big FIVE OH! Such a great age! ?
Happy birthday to a mere child in my eyes! Enjoy the toffee pudding!
Happy birthday!!
Happy Birthday BobH!
That pudding sounds so good!
Happy Birthday, BobH! You smell fantastic! Enjoy the day! ??
Happy birthday! Dzing is a great let’s-get-the-party-started fragrance!
Happy birthday!
Happy birthday! Enjoy your lazy day!
Many happy returns.
Happy birthday, mister youngster! Enjoy your sweet treat. ?
Happy birthday, and you smell extra nice!
Happy bday!!!
Happy Birthday!?
A very happy birthday to you, BobH! Hope it is a great day.
Happy Birthday!! You can splash out like Jada and stun us with your next Donatella confession… 😉
Happy Birthday!
Happy Birthday BobH!!
Happy birthday – a significant number -)
Happy Scented Birthday, BobH! ????
Happy Birthday to You!
Happy Birthday, Bob!
Happy Birthday! Hope you are having a nice celebration.
Darling picture, Robin.
Let’s see, it’s payday and soc security deposit day. Yay!
Post shower le labo tea noir lotion and scent.
You changed your photo ?
I did!
The African sunset over Serengeti.
I love it! That yellow is so beautiful!
Thanks! why am I not there right now?
sigh….
Aspara, when I lived in Madagascar, I thought maybe I should hop over the channel and take a little time in the Serengeti before I left that part of the world. Sadly, I was pretty sick by the end of my trip, and the whole idea just sounded exhausting. I would still love to go. . .
Love your new avatar! ????For payday! ?
and ex husbands social security:)
Spent last night and a good chunk of this morning in Dia woman. I went to the Sephora website yesterday and got myself an Urban Decay lipstick and a clearance lipstick. I used the free shipping code and double points code. Probably shouldn’t have but I can’t refuse double points or free shipping. I am finishing the day in no 22 edt today.
Can’t resist a new lippie!
Today is a running day, so I will wait on scent until I’m back and showered. It will be something from Zoologist, as I still have the samples from trying them last year. I wore Hummingbird yesterday, which I think is pretty but doesn’t go anywhere. I like a journey with my scents.
I’m excited. A piece I wrote is printed in today’s paper. It’s an opinion piece, so I won’t detail my arguments here. But it’s fun to have a chance to share one’s thoughts with the world! Hopefully, I don’t get too many nastygrams in my email.
Congrats on the op-ed!! I hope your thoughts have the impact you desired
Thanks, yasmina! Honestly, I’m not sure what the impact of any one article can be. It would be my hope that mine, and stories like mine, inform people’s opinions and shape the conversation, but I think you never really know if it made a difference or not.
My philosophy is that every insight, made public, can make a difference in a way that an idea left unsaid can never do
That’s lovely! And certainly correct–there can be no impact, if I keep my thoughts to myself.
agreed!!
Congratulations!
Well done, Marjorie Rose!
Oh how cool! Congratulations!
Spending my hump day with Tokyo from Gallivant. I got their new roll-on perfume oil and it has a bit milder smell compared to a sprayed sample of Tokyo. Lovely no less!
In Lady Gaga Eau de Gaga for another super hot, humid and busy day.
Having a cup of Hershey’s Roadrunner Raspberry ice cream. Really good! ?
A very good choice for a hot day.
Thanks Aurora! It is so refreshing and easy to wear. I don’t reach for it very often, but when I do I enjoy it a lot.
**ears perk up, raspberry ice cream?**
Is your sotd the original fragrance?
I am not sure if it is the original fragrance. I got the bottle from a NSTer two years ago, but I don’t know when she bought it. This is a tea and violet scent with a light touch of citrus.
Oh sounds refreshing! If it’s the one I’m thinking of then nice for summer; I remember testing a bottle of Gaga with black edges.
It definitely a summer scent and very refreshing. The bottle is all black with the name in silver in the middle.
Eau de Gaga was around for the blink of an eye, it seems. Here and gone, just like that.
I’m heading out into the woods today to work with some trees, so I’m sampling Arbolé Arbolé in their honor. It had been a while since I’d read a description of this one and I was expecting something in the standard warm/woody/coniferous family — instead I smell like minted anise, crushed ferns, and cold mountain air on warm stones. There’s something nose-chilling about it, the same sensation I get from Tubereuse Criminelle, and a whiff of Eau Noire.
Do you like it?
I have a FB of this and really enjoy it
The dry down is *heavenly*. I found the first half hour or so interesting but oddly inaccessible, but now that it’s settled in I can’t stop smelling my arm!
Be careful! A friend of mine in Massachusetts just got diagnosed with Lyme’s Disease!
Hi all, my SOTD is Fendi’s Life Essence, I adore this soft powdery perfume. Notes from Fragrantica: Jasmine, geranium, cedar, oakmoss, cardamom, bay, and sandalwood in this gem.
Woke up late, getting sneakers on and walking out the door!
Happy Hump day all!
enjoy your walk!
Olay Strawberry Mint shower mousse (enabler pin to whomever mentioned this), followed by lemon coconut body lotion and copious sprays of my new Jean Naté from the fridge.
Soooo humid. I think I need to head to Whole Foods later, though. They have a few things on special I may want.
Strawberry Mint?! How would you describe the strawberry note–juicy? bubblegum/lip gloss? Something else?
Fresh and light. In the mousse, it’s quite subtle but realistic. May be stronger in the bar sop or regular shower wash.
SOTD is Zoologist Macaque. I know I said yesterday that Elephant was my favorite from this line, but today I am thinking it is Macaque. What will I think tomorrow??
Love the picture of the beehive! I have been thinking about getting a beehive after I retire. We have loads and loads of rosemary plants and they are covered with bees when they bloom. Does anyone have advice on bee keeping?
Random memory… does anyone remember the old internet search tool called Ask Jeeves? Back when it was new, it would often spit out info on ‘bee keeping in New Zealand’ when it got confused 🙂
That skep is just ornamental — he says so in the flickr comments. I do think people still use straw skeps, but I don’t think they’re recommended anymore. My neighbor keeps bees in the more standard wood boxes, but I know nothing 🙂
Get a beekeeper to help you who will be willing to come out and help you along the way. It is worth asking about this at the start, even if it means phoning around and getting references. We got someone to move the hive in our watermeter into a wooden box hive and the lady said to let them settle and put the hive “extender” on once it had warmed up nicely and then to take some honey at the height of summer, leaving the bees enough time to stock up again. Long story short, we couldn’t get anyone to add the extender, apparently it is a sought after profession being called upon to move hives in meters, on public land, at schools etc. Moving hives are more profitable than garden variety beekeeping and beekeepers tend their own hives and will only come to your property to come and get your bees. After a while I got a suit and all the paraphernalia and tried to add the hive extender myself, but the lid is now glued super tight and extremely heavy. We now have very happy bees in a small wooden box and have decided to simply enjoy having bees and helping nature. We’ve put another box next to them, and hope that a new queen will move in one day. I also watch this new box like a hawk – one should not give them time to seal the hive.
And just got an email, by chance, from my farmers market, about a beekeeping class — might be worth investigating whether anyone does that in your area?
LOL about Ask Jeeves. On a similar vein, I once put in “Midwest Winter Weather” in NOAA and got results having to do with shark attacks.
???! Sharknado! ??
Points for me today in Worth Courtesan. First whiff made me thing of vintage BaV. Dirty in the best way!
Walked very early this morning after a late night. The breeze was actually cool, and the frogs were still chirping. There was a full rainbow, and a single engine plane flew by right when I noticed the rainbow. My fanciful heart considers this a drive by from my dad. ?
You smell good.
Thanks Aurora! ?
I love that, Nancyleandros! There are times when I feel like my late stepmother is right there with me, too. It’s such a wonderful feeling!
I think when we feel they are there, then they ARE there. ❤️
❤️??
Aw, I love that.? You must live close to water that you can hear the frogs? Such a great summertime sound.
Yes! We are in a subdivision that was a huge rice field many years ago. There’s a network of small lakes/ponds here that serve as the drainage system for the area. There are walking trails everywhere. We are fortunate to be here….there was water halfway up to the house during Harvey, but we didn’t flood like so many folks did.
“My fanciful heart considers this a drive by from my dad.”♥️??
what a beautiful story!
How lovely that rainbow ?! We have a fishpond here and I also heard the frogs last night.
Awwwwwwww! Love this! ???
Wearing the end of my small decant of Dilettante – so sad I didn’t discover this until it was discontinued. I have looked but there seems to be no more available anywhere.
I will just have to get some Vivacious instead. I like it too, but good orange blossoms are surprisingly hard to find….
This may not scratch your itch, but The Perfumed Court is selling decants of Dilettante up to 8 mls, and has discount offers for first time purchasers and such. I have resigned myself to purchasing decants of Rose Opera, a perfume I cannot seem to find anywhere any more except through the decant sites.
Oh thanks! I will go there. What is Rose Opera?
Rose Opera (by Scent on Canvas) is a saffron nutmeg symphony that has soft and low notes of incense, and some fruit and florals (maybe rose, but a fruity rose) to perk things up. It was created by a Spanish company a while ago (2012?) and cannot be found in the US now for love or money.
I feel ya! I should have bb and didn’t pull the trigger! Literally one day later ‘Poof!”
Am, the ones that got away. I feel like that about Floris Malmaison. Why didn’t I just buy it?
This evening I’ve applied Fico di Amalfi and I keep smellling my wrists, it is very herbal which I love in summer.
SotD is New York Intense!
New York is intense…especially these days :p
LOL ? hahahah
Thanks for the laugh.
Gave my samplecof Jasmine White Moss a full wearing and did not like it after the first minutes, sad, because on paper it seemed to tick all my boxes.
Sprayed Pour la Belle on top, which I like a lot more.
SotD Zoologist Bee. It makes me feel floofy like a bumblebee. It also makes me really want some baklava.
Lol!
I will wear this either tomorrow or Friday!
Waaah, I still haven’t tried it! Last I looked it was oos at LS.
Darn it, now I want some baklava.
I know… I’m regretting even having written the sentence, it’s haunted me all day! Sorry ?
Maybe the ice cream in my freezer will be enough of a distraction? ??
Floofy-like-a-bumblebee is a great feeling! I already have this one queued up for Friday, but now I don’t know how to address my sudden baklava cravings…
Cranked up the heat again today. Was on an international Zoom meeting at 7 AM my time this morning. I think the woman participating in Indonesia was in the latest time zone– 9 PM. Two hours I sat in a proper shirt and blazer (out of sight I was in jeans and clogs, but that’s par for the course) FREEZING and drinking my coffee that had become quite cold. Now basking in the heat from our vents, I can actually smell my perfume! In Prada’s Infusion d’Oeillet in celebration because I purchased a full bottle last night. I’ve been watching Fragrancenet’s price, which got down to an all time low of $167 for 100 mls yesterday. Then had the idea to check eBay for an even grayer marker purveyor. Found the same bottle-size for $85, so it was off to the races. I bought a bunch of inexpensive minis of this a while back, and am down to the last 5 mls now.
Congrats on your new bottle!
With you on the 7am meeting, and on the freezing. I left the downstairs windows open overnight and it’s very chilly in the house! I wonder if the fog will lift today.
Congrats on your FB!
Impressive hunting skills OaklandFresca!!
Congratulations. Enjoy your trophy ;).
I hope I do!
I’m attending at international seminar at 8 p.m. tonight, scheduled to accommodate Australian participants, suits me because I’m a night owl.
Not me. As incoherent as I am at 7 am, I am worse in the evening. This meeting spanned several continents as it happened. There were two participants in Brazil, two in Kyrgyzstan, one in Egypt, another in Jordan, one in Saudi Arabia, Zimbabwe, Senegal, and Mauritania… Texas, and DC–as well as Indonesia. When I have to work with people in India during business hours, that is the worst for me. India is 12 and a half hours ahead of California, and usually that means I make the call late at night at my end.
Nicely done on your new bottle! Enjoy!
Congratulations on your bottle! It’s a great scent.
SOTD = Xerjoff Pikovaya Dama
…from a decant and epic swap, split, split turned swap, friendship exchange with Lucas and Undina ???.
This is a great bright retro-feel musky violet iris on me — so Good❣️
And….I am on theme!
https://www.instagram.com/p/CC89flfBbDE/?igshid=3nox3bovufpz
In other news, a PSA although someone else may have beat me to it:
20% off Beautyhabit with code BHFF20, through July 26 midnight Pacific Time. Restrictions apply per the usual. You’re welcome ?
Sounds like a great swap!
Epic! I was like a kid in a candy store!
Busy bee!! Congratulations.
Btw- I just received my Guerlain Soufflé d’Oranger split and it is really delicious! I wasn’t sure if it would be as I expeuand I see why it has such fans! It is lo rly for summer. Thank you Madam!!
Glad you like it!
Sorry for my typos!! I know better than to use my phone without enlarging my comment box ‘coz my eyes are tired these days.
Wow, I’d never heard of that Xerjoff before. You are The Perfume Hunter!
It was actually an Undina special. She and I and Lucas intersect 9 out of 10x!
Wearing Jour d’Hermes edp from my cute mini. Lots of talented people have birthdays today!
My radio station said it was also Willem Defoes birthday.
Wow, it was a good birthday day then!
Willem Defoe! Is it just me, or is he incredibly sexy? Also: born in Wisconsin!
Bone structure!
He’s totally hot. It’s not just you.?
The radio station I listen to mentioned that it was George Clinton’s birthday, then played “Atomic Dog”.
Love this! He has some great tunes, especially as Parliament Funkadelic.
Oh my god, Bobby Sherman – the crush I had on him back in junior high! Anyway, SOTD is Chanel 19 EDP, which is blending well with the Dryad left in my sweater from yesterday. Happy Wednesday!
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I started the day in Civet❣️ One of my favorite perfumes.
Still feels like a Monday to me.
This is not a good sign.
If this cold weather keeps up, I may have to find my decant of that one for its warming properties!
Send me the cold plzzzz! It is a swamp in these here parts!
Wouldn’t it be marvelous to trade for a few days!
I play for keeps ?
The humidity snuck back here early, and it’s giving me a stomach ache. I’m thunking L’eau D’hiver today. I loved this for a long time, but I’m not really too sad to see it go.
Yay for a thunking! I hope you feel better soon. The humidity here today is awful!
Huh, the humidity must have skipped over me and headed your way. Sorry for your stomach ache.?You smell very pretty!
It’s a little better now, but this morning it was gross.
Grody humidity twins! ?
Chanel 1957 and currently drinking my third cup of Hazelnut Cookie Tea.
Solstice Scents Estate Cacao today…chocolate and patchouli.?
I have a sample of this and it is ?
What about vanilla??
Serge Noire. Another oddity that I just like wearing.
Thank you to everyone for their Narcissus recommendations the other day. I took notes!
Serge Noire fan here *hand raises.* I dated my bottle as 2017 so as a perfumista-come-lately perhaps my bottle is a compromised reformulation. It’s lush and meditative for me!
Slept horribly last night, I have no idea why. I should have been out cold as I was so tired when I went to bed. Now I have that groggy-thinking thing going on. Also, I am sick of cooking. Wearing Delina because it was shiny and caught my eye (I have the silver travel spray).
You smell beautiful. I have a travel spray of that one also. I hope you sleep better tonight!
I have the pink boudoir bottle.
Another hectic day at work. SOTD was Caron Pour un Homme. An absolute love.
You smell great!
Really gross weather day here. All sorts of weather alerts and warnings have been going off, starting about 30 minutes ago. Looks like thunderstorms are headed my way… ⚡?
SOTD = back in Rock Crystal EdP again. This might make it onto my full bottle wishlist, even if the price tag makes me flinch.
And I am next after you. It is just plain yucky ?
There’s a big ugly line of storms all the way up I-95 and I-295.
My colleagues keep Slacking me photos of their dogs and cats cowering under couches and in the crooks of arms in response to the thunder and storming in the DC metro area.
Poor pets! ?? It is getting really dark here…
We are in the middle of a severe thunderstorm. Pretty scary. It must be going your way. Unfortunately, it is not bringing any relief from the heat and humidity. It is much muggier now!
I started hearing rumbles of thunder about 7:30. Getting lightning now, and some of it is intense enough that Spooky kitty is in hiding. ?
Poor kitty! I hope you don’t get it as bad as it is here. The intensity of this storm is unbelievable!
Spooky came out from her hidey-hole a few minutes ago… I guess her dinner was more important than hiding!
I hope all of my “out east” friend’s stay safe and keep power!❤
So far, doing OK!
Stay safe!
I grew up on the Prairies so I am used to wicked lightening storms. My Dad used to sit with us girls on the front step and watch the storms roll in. Now that I am living near the West Coast (in a semi-desert climate) we barely get any here. I really miss a good storm!
I don’t miss the blizzards, tornadoes, and hail that I grew up with, that’s for sure! Baseball- to softball-sized hailstones are truly terrifying.
I’m wearing Yosh Omniscent today. I have the fragrance oil and it’s very potent. I love this one. We have been having thunderstorms that alternate with rain and it’s incredibly muggy. Tropical storms coming to Texas this weekend. I took treats out to Mom’s place today and on the drive over saw views of fantastic thunder cloud formations all around. Thanks to everyone for your support about my writing seminar yesterday. I’ve decided my next two pieces will be about my two grandmas. It’s a memoir class but people do many different things. One woman wrote hers all as a parody or take-off on Poe’s The Raven! So funny! Mine was so ultra-serious that I decided to try for something lighter next time.
Today I’m trying Zoologist Bat 2020. It’s quite a real cave like scent. It reminds me of planting corn fields in the mud or like during a rain after the earth and rocks have baked for days. I like the dry down.
I’ll admit I’ve been a bit scared to try Bat, having spent enough time in caves and around actual bats to know that they don’t really smell well…
I’ve heard the original is much stronger than this one. A lot of people get fruit in the 2020 version, but I didn’t. After a while it smelled like wet teak patio furniture which was weirdly comforting.