Happy World Lion Day, and a very happy 60th to Antonio Banderas. (Sorry, for the rest of us it's just Monday.) What fragrance are you wearing?
I'm in Hermès Myrrhe Églantine, because Tiffanie mentioned it yesterday.
Reminder: 8/14 is Creamsicle Day! Wear a creamsicle fragrance if you have one.
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 Climbing the Wall [cropped] by Jocelyn Erskine-Kellie at flickr; some rights reserved.
Today I’m wearing the uber green Niki de Saint Phalle, one of my favorite all-season fragrances. I’ve been wearing this quite often this year.
Always wanted to try that, and love the original bizzaro bottle. Is it a true chypre?
I have my dear aunts bizaaro bottle. She would be 103, so the bottle is an original. love it.
You smell really good, I love it too., definitely a smell for all seasons
You smell wonderful! I do adore the bottle and the artist. I’d say it is def. a Chypre/Floral.
I found an interesting article on Niki de st Phalle which may interest you.
https://www.cafleurebon.com/vintage-niki-de-saint-phalle-perfume-review-1982-art-feminism-and-fragrance-draw/
Great chypre. Sadly getting hard to find.
I thought something bright and cheerful would suit on my first day back in my physical office since mid-March. A spritz of Lolita Lempicka Elle L’Aime is doing the trick.
I hope things go well being back there.
Hope it is easing the adjustment!
Wow, hope everything goes well. Do you have to take mass transit? I am so not ready as I have to take NJ Transit and it has gotten worse than pre-COVID — so many trains being cancelled and the reasons cycle between equipment availability, engineer availability and crew availability, not including wire issues, tunnel issues, congestion due to issues, and on and on and on!
That really sounds horrible.
It really is the pits!
Monday again! Hey NST, my teen neighbor accidentally sprayed deodorant in his mouth, and now speaks with an Axe scent.
Jasmin Antique to face the day.
Ha! (And you smell great!)
Lol, that’s so bad.??
so bad. hehheeh
Thanks for the laugh! ?
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Excellent.
That’s too funny! Thanks for the laugh!
Too funny ?
Oh lor’!
Ouch! That pun!
Oh, I needed a giggle. Thank you! ?
Dregs of much loved and lamented TF Shanghai Lily on my bathrobe.
Why are the best ones edited out? May wear again today.
I broke down and ordered Eve last night. A small one.
I know! I really enjoyed Vert d”Encens and Japon Noir. Now both are gone.
You smell terrific.
Thanks! Why do they do that?
?? Full Bottle Love! That one is getting a lot of mentions here in hood. I hope you enjoy that (small) full bottle- you deserve every drop!
thanks Deva. Have only bought three bottles in 8 months?
Eve is so beautiful!
I am feeling a bit unwell today, so I wanted a skin scent (not in terms of projection, but a scent that kind of blends with my skin). Goutal Musc Nomade.
As for the CP, I have three perfumes that should fit it, so I am saving them for later.
Sorry you are not feeling well.☹️Hope you feel better soon!
Thank you, madtowngirl. It’s nothing serious.
Sending you well wishes!
Feel better soon!
Sending you well wishes, Glannys!
I hope you feel well soon!
Get well soon!
Hope you feel better soon!
Hope you feel better soon.
Thanks guys. I am fine already. 🙂
You smell wonderful today Glannys.
I’m wearing Hermes Rose Ikebana because you’re wearing Myrrhe Eglantine, Robin, which led me to your review where you mentioned the RI. (Must sample Myrrhe Eglantine!)
Nice circle!
Chanel Eau de Cologne this morning!
Excellent choice!
Oh, love that one so much! My small decant only has a drop or two left.
I don’t wear it as much as it deserves! It’s great!
I’m in Bronze Goddess Eau Fraiche and packing up for a day at the beach. Today is my college daughter’s birthday and it’s her first day not as a teenager. She was 10 days overdue and I remember how long those days felt…and now how the years have flown by.? Wish time wouldn’t do that. One perk of the pause and that we get to spend her day with her. She’s usually away at summer camp, for years as a camper and then last year as a counselor. I got up early and finished frosting the chocolate cake that I baked yesterday. Watching and hoping the storms stay north of us so we can enjoy a nice day.??
Time…ah yes.
Right??
Sounds like you have a lovely day planned! Hope it goes swimmingly (as it were)!
Thanks Marjorie Rose, hope so too!
Happy Birthday to Mini-Madtown! ?
Thanks Deva!?
What a good mother, making chocolate cake! And the time does pass too quickly. Enjoy the beach day!
Happy Birthday to your daughter!
I will take your storms for you today.
Happy Birthday to your non-teen! Enjoy your day at the beach.
Happy birthday to her! My baby turns 21 next month and I’m in denial. Hope you all have a wonderful day!
Your daughter’s birthday and the beach? It couldn’t be better!!! Hope you all have a super wonderful day, especially your daughter! ???⛱?♀️
Happy birthday to your daughter!
Happy Birthday to ex-madtownteen. Enjoy the beach and the celebration!
Happy birthday to your sweet baby girl! I was up baking cupcakes this morning for a friend’s birthday today too.
Ah sweet. A silver lining to the pause.
Happy Birthday to the newly minted 20-something! ???
Monday! ahhh.. just back from a week off so I’ve been up since 6am rifling through my emails.
SOTD, and keeping me calm, the ever-lovely Iris Nobile EDT.
My vacation ended too.
That’s a great summer scent.
I think so too!
Plus, my husband likes it too which is huge 😉
Wearing Vetyver from Les Parfums Mythiques Collection by Givenchy. I never thought I’d enjoy a take on vetiver more than the vintage Guerlain I’ve worn for years but I can admit when I’m mistaken. It’s softer, more restrained and much easier to wear. It was *love* at first sniff and I will be reaching for it a lot! Enjoy this beautiful day, my fellow ‘fumeheads!
I am pretty sure I tried it but I just can’t remember…you’ve tempted me though!
Robin, it was Kevin’s review that caused me to pull the trigger on this blind buy. I had been eyeballing it for a while and lamenting my dwindling supply of the vintage Guerlain (I’m staring at my last 100mL bottle of it :/ ) and I’m glad I took the leap. It’s fantastic!
So glad the blind buy worked out! At the slow rate I go through perfume I probably have enough of the Guerlain to last my lifetime, but always interested in vetiver.
Needed something soft and comforting, so Soltice Scents Cardamom Rose. Picked up fancy pastries and going to see a friend who’s having a bad day.
Hope she feels better after the visit!
You are awesome to take your friend pastries. Hope she feels better soon!
This morning it was no 22 edt. Since I am post shower, I am commando but will be dabbing on some LADDM. It’s back to work today even though I go to work at 1. Vacations go by way too quickly. As soon as you get relaxed, your vacation is over.
Too true about vacation!
SOTD = DSH’s Chypre Vers la Voute Étoilée, one of my favorites. I have a roller ball sample of this, so after application, I overspray with a little Dame Wisteria Soliflore. Extremely pretty, if I do say so myself…. Happy Monday, everyone…
That does sound like a pretty combo!
No SOTD, yet. You know how it goes, I need my coffee first! Currently, I’m standing over the kitchen island reading NST entries with a cat on my back. My old man (18-20 years old, not entirely sure) has decided in his decrepitude that he gets to launch himself onto my shoulders and lay down, irregardless of whether or not I want him there. I end up hunched over so he won’t scratch the heck out of me, and he settles down to purr and act imperious. He’s very proud of himself.
I love that!
So does he! It’s unfortunately becoming a morning ritual.
SOTD ended up being current formulation No. 5 edp. It smells especially soapy to me today, but I don’t mind. Feels clean. 🙂
Ha! As long as he doesn’t scratch…
I’m curious if you were able to find out if you can carry over your healthcare spending account.
He’s fairly polite, but he has very little control over his hindquarters anymore (dodgy hips and two vertebrae rubbing together, poor thing). If he keeps his balance, it’s not an issue, but it’s fairly simple for him to wobble. So, I end up just sort of hunching over and getting still as possible while he settles himself down. I don’t mean it to be giving him permission, but he seems to take it that way!
I looked into it. Looks like it’s dependent upon employers choosing the rollover option, and I would need to find someone at HR to determine if our distict has opted for that. Being summer, it can be tricky to find someone, and that’s more complicated this year. So, haven’t confirmed it yet, but I’m guessing no. Our district is rarely generous unless they’re reacting to some bad press somewhere.
It may be worth it to ask the insurance company.
Senior cats do what they want! It’s a rule, I think…
My kitty sure seems to think that’s the case! He’s getting so batty, but he’s still “fine.”
Love that photo!
Yup, it’s Monday and I have a boatload of chores and running around on the agenda.
Work is c’est fini for now, I’ll stay here until the end of August and then hit the road, maintaining my usual social distancing protocol.
I’m throwing it back to the 80’s again with my musical match (yep, stuck on last weeks theme!) to SL Vetiver Oriental.
https://instagram.com/stories/vantasticviews/2372737780689623464?utm_source=ig_story_item_share&igshid=1cvw7vlkv3b0m
Have a great Monday all! Wear your mask and avoid silly people who are still congregating en masse…?
I’m doing chores today, too, and they’re mostly ones I’ve avoided for weeks. . . wish I could do them without interactions with others at all, but each one requires a real, in-person person to accomplish. Sigh. So, I’ll get geared up and rip off the bandaid and hope for the best. (Weird mixed metaphor!)
Target was the only place I could manage today, which was enough human contact to last me the rest of the week. ?I do have a lot of chores at home, so those are getting done slooowly.
where to Deva? do you have another locums?
Haven’t submitted anywhere because I’m here until the end of the month. Heading west after that, slowly, taking mostly back roads and trying to get to a couple places I’ve wanted to explore but the timing just hasn’t been right when I’ve passed. So, I’m looking at an October start date, and it’s too early to begin the process just yet.
Head west, young woman!
Decided to try a sample today and chose Amouage Sunshine Woman. Ick. Vanilla, weird fruit, heavy and syrupy. No sun here. Time to scrub.
Ooh, Yes, I had to scrub that too!
I didn’t like that one either!
Wearing the last drops of my large decant of Atelier Cologne Vetiver Fatal. No replacement needed, since it was kind of a meh scent for me.
I am feeling horribly sad and depressed today. We are also facing another heat wave for the next 4 days. Ice cream may be in the menu later this afternoon. Back to my home/work desk. Hope my mood improves as the week goes by.
Happy Monday, everyone!
If you’re a Monday thru Friday worker, Monday’s can seem insurmountable. I think allowing yourself a a special treat on those days is absolutely essential. That perfume sounds amazing!
Besides being Monday which is always an issue, I also feel physically and mentally exhausted. I think the current situation has started to affect me again, like it did at the beginning. I already had a cup of raspberry cheesecake gelato and I will take time off from work tomorrow afternoon to just relax. I definitely need time to be by myself.
Yep, I get you. I’m dealing with those issues, too. Also, having anger issues due to people who refuse to do the right thing, consequently causing illness and distress to others, including those in the medical profession who have to deal with that fallout, still without proper PPE 8 months into this mess. As nice as my current locale is, I feel trapped and can’t wait to leave. The willful ignorance and apathy some people choose is astounding. I think I might join you in gelato-land today! Enjoy your time off, even if you just spend it recouping in bed. ?
I hope your mood will lift soon! I know sometimes there’s not much to do other than waiting for it to pass…
Hoping you feel better soon! Ice cream is always a good idea.
Thank you, November Rose!
Chocolate fixes everything. I hope your mood brightens.
+1 ???
I think I need to grab some Twix from the supermarket. I have been craving for it lately! Chocolate always works! ?
I feel you on the heat wave and the funk. Hope better days are ahead for you!
Thank you, Cazaubon! Hope the rest of the week gets better for me.
Ice cream is therapy! I checked. With my tum. Which is why I had probably half a liter of ice cream in the last week. Hope the blahs depart soon!
Thank you, teebear. Ice cream never fails. I had some already!
I was feeling like that Saturday. Such a funk. Got out of the house and into some cooler weather yesterday and that helped a bit. Hugs and hope you stay cool. Enjoy your ice cream!
Thank you, KellyC! I am planning to spend some time outside tomorrow. I’m sure it will help.
Was writing a short article on women’s health over the weekend, and the doctor I interviewed mentioned the importance of Shinrin-Yuko for women’s mental health during this time. If you’ve not heard of it before, it is kind of intuitive–nothing to new. But it sounds lovely to do it mindfully. The doctor I spoke with emphasized that you do not actually have to be in a forest or anything. Just outside where you can feel the sun or wind on your face:
https://www.growwilduk.com/blog/5-simple-steps-practising-shinrin-yoku-forest-bathing
https://time.com/5259602/japanese-forest-bathing/
Sending hugs.
Oakland Fresca, thanks a lot for those links. So, so helpful! I had heard from Shinrin-Yuko before, but I never paid much attention to it .
I am happy that you brought it to my attention, since this is a great time to start practicing. I spend time walking in the park several times a week so I am ready for tomorrow. I need to reconnect with Nature and breathe deeply again if I want to come out unscratched from everything.
Sending hugs back!
This Monday has felt more “Monday-ish” than some recent ones. I woke up a little grouchy, which is not the way I want to start the week. Time to hit the chocolate stash, methinks.
I hope your day improved! I will join you with some chocolate tonight after dinner! Chocolate is always a great therapy!
No longer grouchy! It’s amazing what a shower and some good chocolate can do for one’s disposition.
Sympathies to everyone in a covid-induced funk!
I am keeping myself distracted with home decorating / improvement projects, and it’s a good fit with my own mental health needs at the moment as it’s a kind of forward-looking endeavor anyway, and since I am not going into stores, sourcing what I need eats up its own chunk of time.
When I run out of rooms to redo, I expect I’m going to hit a wall and be as depressed as everyone else.
Thank you, Robin! I hope you never hit that wall and find another project as soon as you finish with your home improvements. Maybe at that time we will have good news about a vaccine or treatment and our lives will start slowly going back to normal. I thought that working from home was going to give me the chance to have more flexibility and start catching up on many things that I have been postponing for years. Gosh! Time has been less and instead! That in some way has added to all the existing stress. Let’s hope for better times! The NST community has been a life saver on this Covid times. Thanks to you and all NSTers for being there! ❤
Ah, yes, working from home can do that! Hope you are able to set some strict boundaries and preserve your down time, but that is hard.
I hope you are feeling a bit better. I ended up having a bit of ice cream tonight as a reward for getting through the day. Passing you a bowl!
Thank you, Gail! Taking that bowl of ice cream from you! ?. Tomorrow should be a better day!
Lilac body mousse and Fiori di Capri.
Trying to decide if I will defrost and frost the second spice cake or if I will buy peaches and make a peach cake recipe I saw and looks very nice. I’m cheap, though…I don’t want to buy a big jar of cardamom so may just substitute.
Avoiding tinking a number of rows in this cap I’m knitting for my brother in law. Something got messed up so my stitch #s are off…. I want to finish this so I can start on a shawl for my sister. And the new Michael Connelly book came through on my library holds. I’m set for non-work activities,
A new Michael Connelly is always a treat!
He cannot write fast enough for me. I spend half my life waiting on Harry Bosch.
Have you watched the TV shows? I think they’re pretty good and the actor playing Bosch perfectly embodies him.
No, I have Harry perfectly placed in my mind so I cannot watch.
This isn’t a Bosch one. It’s a throwback character…the reporter. I love Bosch. I like his new female cop too.
I’m glad it came through. I got the latest Daniel Silva in his Gabriel Allon books, and it was awful. I skipped to the end and returned it after a day. (It was a weird rehash of Dan Brown territory. And I found his books to be stupid, so I got bored quickly.)
Grr. So frustrating when stitch #s are off. But tinking is better than frogging, in my book.
Could you tell us about this lilac body mousse of yours?
I’ve had to tink numerous times on this stupid hat, which is very easy. I think I just sometimes get distracted.
It’s Blanc Lila body mousse, which I used to find either on Amazon or New London Pharmacy. Seems difficult to find now, so may be discontinued.
Thank you!
Ugh, cardamom is so ghastly expensive, isn’t it? Our grocery store had spices and herbs sold by weight, but that was before Covid. I really miss those big glass jars. They made spices more economical.
Good luck with the knitting!
Jasmine Angélique for another hot day. Biked to work in the cooler Temps and took the train back, so only 6km from the station. And a stopover in our garden for watering the plants
I should have worn that! My go-to “it’s so hot” scent. You smell great.
Bucoliques de Provence, I have a dental cleaning in a little bit and didn’t want to be too fragrant. But I may have sprayed with too much enthusiasm….
Good luck at the dentist! You smell wonderful. I went through my sample of Bucoliques in record time.
Good luck at the dentist!
I also saw your comment to the LWP so we could be scent twins! Whoop!
Did you like any of the Bruno Fazzolari perfumes? I’ll be getting Au Dela Narcisse!
Au Dela Narcisse was my happy BF purchase, too!
I liked them all but didn’t fall in love. Well, Ummagumma has to wait until it’s colder, I think…I already own Au Dela (no narcisse), from the swapmeet. It’s a similar “like, not love” but haven’t really given it a fair shake!
My dental hygienist was wonderfully outraged when I talked about my job rollercoaster…so that was really nice 🙂
Also, seeing that they wear two masks, I think I could have worn a nuclear scent and it would have been just fine!
True…the double masking may actually work out better than using a filter ?
Started out in Jasailmer, but it’s faded now so have doused myself in Un Jardin Sur la Toit, both of which lovely on this rainy summer day. I’m happy to see the rain; it’s a slow, steady, gentle rain and we really needed it. Kentucky can be downright tropical in the summer, but more frequently just dry and crunchy.
The new semester starts next week, and I’m already studying. I can’t help myself, I’m a Ravenclaw. : )
Wow, you really are a Ravenclaw! (And, you can have ALL our rain, I am quite done with it.)
I’m in Chanel 19 EDP with a light layer of Crabtree & Evelyn Iris body lotion. Wafting iris all over the place today.
You smell great!
Thanks!
Hello, lovely people! 🙂
Berdoues Assam of India, in hopes of a cooling effect. I’m sure Robin, Jalapeno, and other commenters here living in the Mid-Atlantic states had much to say about the weather last week. Although some may not have had electricity…We were very lucky that way at home.
I had a week or week+ of feeling totally unambitious. I got out to grocery stores a few times, and Mom and I went to the local library at some point. You can browse in the stacks for 1/2 an hour now. You’re still supposed to keep a reasonable distance from others, though.
My dear brother visited on Saturday. He tried to smell the heliotrope flowers, but was congested from allergies. We all are. It was very nice to see him, anyway. We had a nice lunch and chatted for a while, and then he headed home. I think J. was very glad to see that Dad was back to his usual self, since Dad was in the hospital the day he and my sister-in-law came up in June.
I’d put hardware cloth around a pot of lilies, but the top buds had grown above the hardware cloth and were eaten. I cut one of the stalks with buds, and the lower flowers opened. It’s Lilium speciosum rubrum ‘Uchida.’ It’s very beautiful. https://oldhousegardens.com/display/cat/DiverseSpring#! It’s listed as lightly fragrant, but I don’t get a scent from it. Just as well, or I probably couldn’t have it in the house. I’m enjoying it anyway. 🙂
I’m still not feeling terribly ambitious, but I’ll at least try to get a grocery store run in. I discovered the other week that my favorite Indian grocery is open again, and discovered that day that their fresh laddu is delicious. They’re closed on Mondays, but that’s a shopping trip I have in mind for later in the week. 🙂
Take care, folks! 🙂
That is a pretty lily. On screen at least it looks quite a lot like a stargazer lily, which has an overpowering scent that kills me dead (allergies).
It does have a similar coloring to a ‘Stargazer’ lily. Some lilies do have extremely strong scents, and I know some people feel a choking effect from the strong-smelling ones, especially when the lilies are inside. Somewhere there’s a happy medium between overpowering and unscented. 🙂
Heya! Nice to hear that you missed out on the power outages last week.
Hi!
Thank you. 🙂
Lucky you, we lost power from the first storm (Tuesday?) and then we lost power again with the second storm (Friday) AND that time also had flooding. When it started to rain again over the weekend I almost cried but nothing happened.
I probably have all those days wrong, it’s all a blur.
Someone here said that every day was Blursday, which I’ve picked up on using, but I think the storms were Tuesday and Friday, yes. I was worried about the high winds on Tuesday and the way the trees were swaying. Mom and I were talking about how the Kennett Square area is one of the more low-lying areas of the county, and I’ve been on Route 52 going south that way when the creeks were high. We saw on the local news that to the east of us, streets in Tredyffrin were flooded out.
We live on a hill so usually don’t have to worry about flooding unless we want to go somewhere. In this case, the ground was so soaked that the basement flooded anyway.
I’m sampling Heretic Dirty Mango this morning. There’s an odd butter note I’m getting so I think this one is a “no.” Dirty Ginger leaked in transit, there’s nothing left, and I was looking forward to trying that one and Dirty Jasmine and Lemon the most.
It’s too hot to bake so I am going to Cost Plus World Market for Hobnobs and cherry jam. Also to get out of the house before I go even more stir-crazy.
ouch, sorry about the leak! was it a decant? I wish I could go to Sephora and sniff some of the Heretic scents.
Stir-crazy is a good word for today. When I saw the picture up top today and the words “climbing the wall” I thought, “how appropriate for a Monday.” 😉
I bought the Discovery Set direct from Heretic.
whoops! and those Heretic samples are not cheap.
I couldn’t help myself, I had to go look at the notes for Dirty Jasmine and Dirty Ginger 🙂
Mmm, hobnobs and cherry jam. 🙂
Why are they all called “dirty”?
Sampled a Kyse perfume over the weekend that had a really bad, no good, not for me butter note in it. I know what you mean.
SotD = Iris Ukiyoe
Yesterday I pulled the Hermessence travel bottles and samples from my perfume cupboard. After sniffing and going back in time to my first encounter with these scents I find they are still among my favorites.
Robin, you smell beautiful. I think ME is a magical little thing, I love how it wafts, disappears, reappears, and wanders with me through the day. It always makes me smile.
You smell wonderful indeed!
thanks, KellyC! it felt like a Hermes type of day 😀
I have all the Hermes in a shallow drawer for quick access 🙂
In an ideal world all my perfumes would be 15 ml in rectangle bottles in shallow drawers.
yes please! to 15 ml rectangles 😀
I keep all the Hermes in a special box for easy access, and so I can whisper “my precious” to them, heh heh.
LOL!
In Byredo’s powerhouse, Pulp. Made a lot of Sangria yesterday for my book group, and then partook a leetle too much myself. I keep it fairly dry, but the amount of alcohol can be deceiving. Pulp reminds me a little of Sangria!
PS Random PSA for Dorothea Lange fans. OMCA it seems has made most of its Lange collection available on line. I can’t wait to spend time on it!
https://dorothealange.museumca.org/?mc_cid=e80a47bbb9&mc_eid=026dd6238c&utm_source=Membership+and+MarComm+eNews&utm_campaign=e80a47bbb9-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2019_05_10_08_46_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_7de9a3e1b9-e80a47bbb9-54853893
Thank you! I will have to figure out their usage rights, maybe we can do a community project using one of her images.
Reminds me of a summer sangria party a few years back where a friend dubbed it “the Velvet Hammer” 🙂
Pulp would be perfect as a shower gel scent!
Hi all, My SOTD is a dab of Skin Musk oil, something light and soft.
I’m not quite 100% but I’m getting there. Many thanks and blessings to everyone for the lovely well-wishes, I’m hopeful to be up and walking again soon. 🙂
Mr. SmokeyToes mentioned ST was waiting for me by the front door the entire time I was hospitalized. 🙂
Aww, what a devoted kitty. 🙂 Wishing you a speedy recovery!
Ooh, glad you’re well enough to go home to a welcoming committee!
Aww, kitties really do have a deep capacity for devotion! Not always appreciated by those who don’t know them. How nice!
Ahhhh…sweet kitty.
Glad to hear that you are getting closer to 100%.
Another dire hot and humid day, hiding inside and waiting for fall in Mon Précieux Nectar.
I’m still turning on the heat some mornings!
You smell nice!
I had a day off today to run some errands. Wore Acqua di Scandola for the 34*C heatwave we’ve had for the last couple of days.
We are having about the same weather Lucasai!
Tocca Collette just because it’s nice and it’s an easy work grab.
Had a great day yesterday. Went over to Oxnard to escape the heat of the desert. Was about 97 where I live and was only the high 60s at the coast! We just drove over, ate lunch, and sat/walked on the beach for a few hours. The cooler temps and ocean did me a lot of good. And I have to say, compared to the LA beaches, the beach was not crowded at all and people were spaced out and distanced so well. I wore Dune and it was perfect. 🙂
Oh gosh it was just perfect here yesterday and lovely for sleeping.
That sounds like a lovely day trip! I’m glad you got a break from the heat.
We were sitting in the NY heat watching the PGA from SF Harding Park, and I was getting a kick out of watching the fog. We only get hot fog here.
Antonio Banderas is 60! Oh lordie lordie – he’s one of the timeless actors and it’s always a shock to hear that he also grows older each year!
SOTD = Atelier Cologne Orange Sanguine layered with Vanille Insensee
They were made to layer well and I am on CP with a creamsicle.
I got my haircut this morning – woohoo! I washed my hair at home and had to leave it kinda wet. The mall did not open until 11 but service businesses can open earlier at their option. Everyone was masked and my temperature was taken – I don’t know in what planet 96.5 degrees Fahrenheit is normal but I passed ?. I should have had my hair cut in early April so the 4 month wait yielded a lot of hair on the floor (3 inches from the bottom part of my hair and 1 inch from my bangs). My head feels lighter and hopefully we don’t go back to a lockdown.
Since it is really hot and humid, I decided to walk inside the mall (2 miles) in case I end up not being up to walking later today. Various levels of compliance with mask wearing though so I tend to steer clear of people.
Yesss to that combo! I will have to copy you sometime this week!
The layering is sumptuous. I have a few other vanillas to layer with it!
Glad you were able to get that done! It does get to be quite an annoyance after awhile. (Why I cut mine off yesterday. Also, infection rate is too high here to risk the salon.)
Yeah, hair salons opened a month ago and I waited.
Mr. Banderas is still looking rather fine, IMO! Hope I hold up that well!
Me too, me too!
Good idea on mall walking! Heading out now and it’s still 90 out. Ugh.
As long as it is before most of the stores open it’s a good alternative.
I’m wearing Chanel Paris-Deauville today, and enjoying the lemony elegance. I sprayed a lot on, and it’s really refreshing without smelling like Lemon Pledge or Cascade lemon dishwasher soap!
Nice! (Although I often like things people describe as Lemon Pledge.)
SotD some of a sample of the now out-of-production House of Matriarch’s She, a warm, creamy lemon which, while lovely, is definitely not blowing my mind, especially knowing the price point of this house.
Oh too bad, a warm creamy lemon sounds fantastic.
Back for a second helping!
Here’s a picture of my SOTD (Orange Sanguine + Vanille Insensee)
https://www.instagram.com/p/CDuCy_0hKDM/?igshid=j2bjl4f67ey
And…looks like there’s a new concentration of Tom Ford Black Orchid, tagged as “Amplified” ?
“Amplified” Black Orchid?? ???
I have a little 3ml roller sample that I’ve had for probably 4 or more years, it’s half full, and I think I wear it pretty regularly. I don’t think it needs any amplification!
Exactly! I had to check to see of if it was just hyperbole of the same old juice bit it sounds like they amped up a few things … unless it’s just an aged version of the old stuff…like a way to sell new vintage perfume.
That may be the perfect creamsicle fragrance combo!
It is…the Orange Sanguine burnt out by this afternoon but the Vanille Insensee drydown was fab.
You nailed it! Great combo.
Thank you.
Being all professional in some classic office-scent Ferre. Take that, Monday!
Oh you smell wonderful. I loved Ferre.
Banderas reported today that he has coronavirus
Oh no.
But is doing well, considering.
🙁
Yikes!
My hair is now orangey-red rather than pinky-red, so I’m focusing on orange (and orange adjacent 🙂 ) scents. So it’s Guerlain’s Neroli Outrenoir today.
Oh fun!
Methinks it will be an Atelier week. I have old samples to go through, and I’m curious if they smell different than I remember. I’m in Cedre Atlas today, and it’s just fine. Later in the week I’ll layer Orange Sanguine with Vanille Insensee for a creamsicle hack.
Tea of the day is chamomile iced, cuz it’s hot, and we’re trying to negotiate paint colors for the kitchen walls, cabinets and dining room walls. This is not fun, and needs chamomile tea, maybe something stronger.
I’m snuffling a tissue that smells of vanilla. I use a tissue to wipe the neck of the vanilla bottle when I use it, otherwise that little drip of vanilla cements the lid in place, which totally messes with my baking enjoyment. I made a peach cobbler and jazzed it up with sliced almonds, buttermilk and brandy. I hope it doesn’t overflow the dish! ?
Right up. Coming over!
You are so welcome here any time! I’d love the chance to reciprocate. ?
I’m there. Yum!
https://www.instagram.com/p/CDuMyyZhiLS/?igshid=qhdftjup2iij
I’ll find some vanilla ice cream for you!
Yuck on choosing paint colors. The only thing worse than that is putting said paint onto the walls. Mr. Jalapeno and I had some rather heated arguments the last time we did that. It will so be worth it to hire painters for us!
I leave the painting entirely to the hubster. I know I don’t have the skills, so being on gofer duty works for me.
Choosing paint color is the worst. Impossible!
We’ve been in the house over five years now, and have finally started dealing with the paint question. The walls in the living area are done, so that’s an accomplishment!
I saw the picture and it looks perfect and delicious!
Thanks! It’s a forgiving recipe. I’ve made it with blueberries also.
I am so surprised, choosing paint colors is one of my favorite activities. Then again, I have nobody to argue over colors with — my husband mostly doesn’t care and can’t tell the difference between shades anyway. At some point I had over 10 swatches of blue on the walls in my hall (for ages!) and he was utterly baffled…they’re all blue, what’s the difference?
I love playing with paint colors too. Adorable hubby is such a man- he thinks he likes blue. I got us new towels, some pink ones and some blue ones. He always picks the pink ones. Light red, he calls them. 🙂
That’s adorable!
Oh how I wish my husband didn’t have a sensitivity to color! You are fortunate to have all of the paint choice power.
Diptyque Vetyverio
Antonio is 60? Aging like a fine wine, he is! 🙂
I’m slowly getting back into wearing a fragrance everyday…..I forget how pleasant it is to enjoy a scent or two at work on hot summer days!
Wearing Atelier Pacific Lime, and after 7 hours it’s fading into the background pretty fast. It’ll definitely be time for a new scent when I get home. I have a Bath and Body Works box waiting on me when I get there! 🙂
Yay for fragrant mail!
I’ve jotted down his recent Pain & Glory(Almodóvar) because of all the rave reviews but yet to see it. Fine wine indeed.
SOTD is Poesie’s Madar,which is becoming a favorite.
Going out to find a high powered water gun I can fill with vinegar and water to shoot at squirrels trying to chew holes into my house to build nests.They are horrid,non native squirrels and are very destructive.They don’t smell very good either!
I don’t know if SuperSoakers (sp?) are still around, but they used to be able to shoot a stream of water 15 – 20 feet, hence the name.
That will work!!
The notes on this sound so good! Maybe a purchase for fall.
Sorry about your squirl problems. My husband calls them rats with tails.
That is a good description.They are evil.
Song of the day: https://youtu.be/V9R_KzTgRXY
Stinking hot here today. Maybe I will partake of the mango sorbetto I have stashed in the freezer… ??
SOTD = Aedes des Venustas Iris Nazarena EdP, from the sample stash. It’s a quiet scent on me, and mostly smells of expensive iris/orris soap. Not getting any incense or leather.
I mostly get iris, it’s pretty big on my skin.
Iris for me. It was not too bad late afternoon so I did a longer than usual walk. My walk goal is modest – three 5k walks per week and a walk on Sunday can be credited to the week that just ended or to the upcoming one. I was at a deficit last week so yesterday’s walk covered the shortfall. I am ahead this week.
Oh my gosh.. I told madtowngirl this morning I would take her storms for today, and it looks like I’m in for it! Crossing my fingers to keep power and no falling tree’s!
Sotd was A Lab on Fire, And the world is yours. I enjoyed it. It’s one of my daughter’s favorite to spray.
No Whammies! No to falling trees and power outages!
I got some wind, rain and lightening but so far nothing like was predicted. I saw pictures from Iowa and Illinois where it was really bad.
I hope it just skirts your area, if at all!
Never wish for any type of weather. You never know what it may bring….⛈☃️??
Wearing a few sprays of Bronze Goddess eau fraiche tonight. Might have to apply some of the body creme for bedtime.