It's Almost-Friday, plus National Punctuation Day. Birthdays: Jim Henson, F. Scott Fitzgerald. What fragrance are you wearing?
I'm in Dior Eau Sauvage, which Tintin can wear if he ever gets a few years older.
Reminder: 9/25 is National Comic Book Day...name a favorite comic book character, and wear the fragrance that suits him or her.
And for those of you who like to plan ahead, see Scent of the day ~ Friday community projects 2020, where I'll try (but frequently fail) to always have the next five or six weeks mapped out in advance.
Note: top image is Tintin and his dog, Snowy, from the long running series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. (More reading: Coming to Terms With Tintin in The Atlantic.)
Lune Feline for Catwoman. It smells right for Selina – seductive, animalic, and the name of the scent (Cat moon) works well for both of her names. Catwoman = cat, Selina = moon.
Today I remembered that there are comic books for the Last Airbender (I only watched the animated sereis), so I know what I will wear tomorrow. 🙂
Excellent CP reference! Kudos.
Brilliant idea! So smart.
Excellent perfume choice. I loved Michelle Pfeiffer as Catwoman. And I LOVED the Last Airbender…watched it on Netflix w/ daughter. Excellent show. I think it broke streaming records on Netflix. 😉
I know you love vanilla, and this one is a sexy vanilla.
The Last Airbender is so good! The characters and story that appeal both to kids and adults.
Outstanding choice AND word play!
Thanks, guys!
Siberian Musk by Areej le dore (the attar variant)
Sweet and mysterious, it smells like it is from another era. Its gorgeous stuff.
I think its something Mina Murray from the League of Extraordinary gentlemen could be wearing.
The Mina in this graphic novel is not like the Mina in Bram Stokers novel. In League of extraordinary gentlemen she an agent for the British secret service!
BTW, robin, I love your Eau sauvage for tintin ??? its perfect
I second that!
Thank you! I should have done it on Friday since it is the best I will pull off this week 🙂
I really like this cp, though I always seem to match my sotd to a comic book/graphic novel character after i put it on or while wearing it. Not before. ?
Hey, there are no rules!
I hope it’s only the name and that no Siberian musk deer was harmed, they are protected so I expect it’s just fear on my part, Jiji. I’m sure you smell beautiful.
Actually Miss Mina in the Stoker novel is very brave and enterprising! I named one of my cats after her, Miss Mina!
Good morning Y’all,
Wearing Jo Malone Tobacco & Mandarin and lovin’ it….this is just sooooo good! Fall and winter scents are da best! 🙂
I forgot Jo Malone had a Tobacco & Mandarin…now you have to compare it to the new Byredo!
Fille de Berlin for me on this rainy Thursday.. pretty much perfect.
Yesterday was my first full day in La Fille de Berlin! Yep. Pretty much perfect. I got a new tester from Frag..net, BTW.
You smell amazing!
Hi all, my SOTD is Bal à Versailles by Jean Desprez, I think Cat Woman would wear this. Animalic, velvety, and musky – perfect.
I’ve added Tender Is The Night by F. Scott Fitzgerald to my re-read list.
Headed out for my walk, see everyone later! 🙂
Another excellent choice! Cat Woman would go big. You smell great.
BaV is fabulous!
You smell wonderful! Good choice!
nice choice!
You smell amazing!
Cat Woman and cats are getting some love today. ?
I recently finished watching Gotham. Although well-done, it was very dark and intense.
Of course, Cat Woman (Selina) was my favorite character.
I adored the Penguin’s character also, quirky but he had a code, and I could respect that.
SmokeyToes, in response to your question last night: yes, I was a child in the ’70’s. Then I was a teen in the 1980’s. It made for some interesting times for sure!
Rainy Thursday her3 too, I’m enjoying a fall favourite, Or du Sérail.
Ohhh, you smell wonderful!
Oh lovely. That is one of my favorite fall or winter night perfumes!
SL Daim Blond on another nice, warm but cloudy day.
Having my second cup of coffee to finally wake up and a very tasty black pepper bruschetta toast. I think I am ready to face the second Zoom meeting of the day!
Happy Thursday!
Oh, I adore Diam Blond, you smell wonderful!
I’m enjoying a GF multigrain toast with butter (recipe below, I added hemp, flax, chia, sesame seeds to boost nutrient content and fiber).
Good luck on Zoom!
https://food52.com/recipes/82284-gluten-free-bread-recipe?utm_source=YouTube&utm_medium=SocialMarketing&utm_campaign=Editorial
Thanks a lot for the recipe SmokeyToes! It sounds delish! I will be busy now on Saturday making that bread. I have been baking a lot lately!
You’re welcome!
I’d add, that some of the flours aren’t easy to come by. I need mine GF, and couldn’t substitute the brown rice flour for the Cup-4-Cup, which has dairy. It will change the outcome (texture).
I read the comments/questions/responses (you’ll see me in the comments!), which proved very helpful.
Some days, I don’t even finish my first cup of coffee. Your bruschetta sounds wonderful. I just had an afternoon snack of mini naan with avocado mash.
Usually on very busy days I drink no more than 3 cups a day. I have not eaten naan in a while! I need to get some from the store next time I get groceries. I love avocados and is always on my evening quinoa salad.
I wanted to get some avocados the last time I was in a Costco, but they were hard as rocks. Not good eats!
I just bought the 20-pack Avocado Mash. I add it on top of eggs for an extra protein boost.
I’m in Safran Troublant, from my brand new, large bottle. I love that I can afford my favorite fragrances from the discount houses. I also love that my favorite houses – Guerlain, Hermes, L’Artisan, are available at the discounters.
That IS great ??
Hooray for discounters! Now that I’m training/studying , I can’t afford full prices either.
Yay for discounters! I wore this one yesterday so I can testify that you smell fantastic!
YES to perfume discounters!
In Akro Dark, no thoughts of CP, just had a hard time getting to bed last night and it’s a bit gloomy today, so this is a perfect comfort scent.
Blessed are the moka coffee and the last of Sunday’s bacon-mushroom quiche which, along with this perfume, are helping me face the day ?
I feel like I’m hitting the 6-month slump in pandemic response – not by taking it less seriously, but just feeling drained emotionally. This too shall pass, but I suspect acknowledging it will also help. Hugs to anyone else feeling it!
Hugs back, you’re not alone in the feeling.
Yay for quiche, coffee and Akro Dark…I have their discovery set and need to revisit that one…probably my favorite for that line.
I too am in a slump…feeling psychologically drained is how I would describe it. Big hugs back to you. Keep up the good food, caffeine and perfume…that is my strategy too. 😉
+ chocolate ?
Indeed. Also, some days, + wine?…in a storm, any port. 😉
Or port instead of wine? ?
Hugs back teebear! I think many of us have those emotionally drained days. I saw this card in Whole Foods the other day and I had to laugh. I’m trying to look for humor wherever I can get it.
https://giveadamngoods.com/collections/recycled-paper-greeting-cards/products/this-too-shall-pass-card
Thanks for sharing this mad town girl,the turd card is brilliant! humour helps, definitely.
Hahahaha that is definitely on point!
Totally with you. I am perpetually exhausted. I hope you can find a way to rest and recharge.
I’m feeling it also.
I’m fighting it, getting outdoors more, both morning after breakfast and evening, after supper. I found some yoga poses that helped, plow pose, legs up the wall, bridge, handstand.
Doing a little of everything has helped. 🙂
Pandemics should only occur in the summer, when the sun is high and things are blooming, right?
It’s going to be a tough winter but we are all going to make it.
Yes, Robin, we absolutely will get through this! I have no doubt of that. 😀
Yep, I was dragging today, too. You are not alone.
You may have read this article already, but it really helped me: https://elemental.medium.com/your-surge-capacity-is-depleted-it-s-why-you-feel-awful-de285d542f4c. I’m still exhausted but at least I know it’s not just me, and it’s not my fault. Hugs!
I am wearing Lostmarc’h Lann Ael (which smells like fruit loops) in honor of a story, “My Drag Brunch With Loki,” featuring Hulkling laying on a couch eating cereal off the magical sword Excelsior.
Wow – long time since I’ve heard about Lostmar’ch. Are they still around? I gotta give my Eau du Dimanche some more use.
I loved that scent so much, sadly thunked my decant years ago. You smell great!
Woke up in Deneuve today. Since I am scent less, I will be wearing no 22 in edt.
No. 22 is one of my favorite dress up scents (with La Myrrhe). You smell great.
Ohhh, I wear No. 22 edt (current formula) when I want to smell grown-up and fancy.
I wear No. 22 edt vintage for evening, it’s very comforting.
You smell wonderful! I finally got a chance to sniff No. 22 from a sample vile in a vintage lot I won on good ol’ E**y!
No. 22 is “my” Chanel, No. 5 having been my mother’s. I do love No. 19 too, but No. 22 was the first Chanel I owned myself, and I bought it for myself too, in my 20s. Love the EDT.
The extrait is lovely too. I have the edt but haven’t tried the edp.
Nicolay New York Intense from a sample.
I’d say in the same category as Eau Sauvage (NYI is heavier) but I like Eau Sauvage better.
Eau Sauvage is great stuff. The New York, even the regular, did not quite suit me, although I love her Balle de Match.
Loose interpretation of CP today. A favorite of mine as a kid was the Japanese manga Kimba the White Lion. I loved it dearly. Can’t think of a perfect scent, so I decided to just go BWF in Narciso white cube. Maybe Kimba’s wild surroundings had gardenia.
Observation: as much as I respect caution and prudence against COVID, I’m not sure some over-restrictions are helpful. I popped into Kiehl’s to see if they could spray the musk scent on a card. No testers…not even for a store employee to handle. You have to buy it and if you don’t like it, return it. There has to be a better way.
I also followed my husband to Uniqlo so he could return something he bought online. Their new policy is you can only try on 3 items per day in fitting rooms. Per day. Now, one can argue the level of risk in trying on clothes, etc. but an arbitrary 3 items per day is random and silly, in my view. You can walk through the store touching all the items on the racks or folded on shelves. But putting a pair of jeans against your legs somehow adds to risk? Illogical and random rules like that reduce credibility. Is it better to just buy and then bear the risk of, once again, going back to the store to return an item?
I’m rolling my eyes…
I’m rolling my eyes right there with you LizzieB. Agree that these random and arbitrary numbers are based on……? I best stop right there.?
Yeah there is some hygiene theatre for sure.?
Hygiene theatre. Had not heard that term before. ?
I cannot take credit. 😉 This is an interesting read.
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/07/scourge-hygiene-theater/614599/
HA! You sound like Mr L.
We got a notice in the building (I live in a big apartment complex) asking tenets to stop using their keys to hit buttons because its ruining and scratching them up. Mr L gets into the elevator and a guy uses the key to hit his floor and puts it in his key in his jacket pocket. So he asks the guy why not just use your finger? After you have already put your hand in the pocket of where your keys are? That conversation did no end well.
Also, Mr L and I have had lots of conversations regarding meeting up with a family so that our kids can see their friends. I keep using the phrase “meet people where they are” (not in the literal sense) If they don’t do playgrounds, lets meet where they feel comfortable. A park, the esplanade, anywhere…
I don’t even bother engaging. I just memorize the person’s face and stay as far away from them as possible.
I gotta say I would personally prefer people err on the side of caution, even if it makes others roll their eyes.
The 3 items per day, I am sure, is to prevent anybody from spending too long in the store or in a dressing room, and while it may seem arbitrary, I personally think it’s sensible. There is plenty of data indicating that it matters how long you spend in an area in which the virus has been dispersed. It is not all about what you touch.
Anyway, don’t want to argue with anybody, but we do have plenty of people on here with serious health conditions who are terribly worried about covid, just like we have others who are not worried and are basically ready to get back to normal. So long as all of us here remain aware that not everybody feels the same way they do, we can all continue to get along, at least in the comments section 🙂
And pretty please, it is not specifically against the comment policy, but I really don’t want to debate how covid is transmitted or what is safe and what isn’t.
Absolutely understand Robin. Thanks. I think it’s just general peevishness on my part from finishing quarantine. My crankiness must have increased without my noticing.
Absolutely no worries at all LizzieB. And did not even mean to call you out specifically, just seeing more of this kind of comment lately, understandably, and want us all to be careful.
I just have a feeling it is going to be a looooonnnnggg winter, and so we all need to do our best to balance complaining about restrictions and compassion, both for people who are afraid of covid and for the many people who are doing risky jobs so that others can live as normally as possible.
I hear you. At one point, I thought that so would never try on clothes again. I finally did at JJill about a month ago. The dressing room has 6 dressing areas and I’m quite positive they were socially distanced; however, they were allowing only 2 people at a time.
Sampling two from BDK Parfums today…Crème de Cuir and Wood Jasmin…almost Friday, friends. ?
And what did you think?
Sorry for the delay. I think they are both well done. I would be happy to send these your way when I have sampled them once more…just let me know. I ordered several samples from Krystal Fragrance…first time ordering from there and they were a little delayed shipping and the owner was very apologetic and included extra samples. I really like their Rouge Smoking and ordered a 10 ml decant so I can send you my partial original manufacturer’s sample too. The quest is, at times, almost all consuming!!! 🙂
I just put away my summer colognes and BWFs and set out my fall rotation choices. SOTD is Donna Karan Gold EDP; so beautiful, spicy, warm and cozy.
I just rearranged my perfumes yesterday too! I haven’t smelled that one but this is the time of year for spicy, warm and cozy.?
Donna Karen Gold is one of my autumn favourites too, glad to see it getting some love! It’s such a bargain too, I bought mine on eBay for about £15 (50ml)!
You smell fantastic!
Ohhh, DK Gold. Beautiful!
I have been trying to love Gold for a long time because of glowing comments, but I get an over-ripe banana hit from it. I’ve noticed that some things smell better with a change of season, so maybe I’ll just go douse myself in Gold right now!
I’m blissfully happy and completely uncomic in Bois des Iles. This scent makes me feel like a total sophisti-cat.
Maybe I can find a suitable character from Neil Gaiman’s Sandman to match this to.
You do smell totally sophisti-cat-ed.?
😀
This is one of the small handful of bottles I want to acquire soon!
You smell so elegant.
Sandman sure has a whole bunch of interesting characters for scent matching! ??
Yay for almost weekend! My friend will be coming over tomorrow, looking forward to some evening drinkies.
I’m in Vilhelm Modest Mimosa today.
And a question – I never read comics when I was young but does manga count for the cp?
Lol on evening drinkies. Did you get the travel spray of Modest Mimosa? I thought that one was quite pretty.
Nope, I only have a sample and one perfumery in Poland that has Vilhelm doesn’t stock the travel sizes of this brand.
I counted manga…
Thanks 🙂
Manga should be fine for cp. Cant think of a reason why it shouldnt ?
manga absolutely counts!
Even if there was a rule, we could bend it. So of course.
Zoologist Bee today, because there are a million bees flying everywhere this time of year. Also stink bugs. Time for a frost!
We get stink bugs, but I have never noticed their stink. I’ll admit I picked one up to see if he’s squirt some juice on me but he just clung to me until I threw him outside!
They do stink if you disturb them too much — the smell is weird and sort of cilantro-ish. My son hates it but I don’t really mind it, except that it says stink bug and I do hate stink bugs.
Do you think your son is sensitive to cilantro? There’s a definite “I hate cilantro” camp, and apparently it’s a genetic thing?
No, he likes cilantro, but he hates insects even more than I do, and that is saying something.
Thanks for the report – and I thought what SmokeyToes asked! Now I want to go annoy one of our stink bugs to try it! SB’s seemed benign to me; we get big wasps that come down the chimney in the fall and that is was I worry about! Besides the wolf spiders…..*shudders*
OMG wolf spiders. Why.
Those are the big honking spiders, aren’t they?
Yes, they CAN get very big! Wolf spiders are the Eastern U.S.A.’s answer to trantulas! Only they are not as colorful, and honestly they are not a true threat, but they crreeep me OUT! They. Lurk. In. The Woodpile. They. Sneak. In. Your. House.
Wolf Spiders??
EEEEKKKK!
Hard NO.
Yep, the stink bugs are doing their annual incoming migration 🙂
Twins, 2 days apart!
I’m in 10 Corso Como. Every time I wear this I decide I like it better than Tam Dao. Then I wear Tam Dao and decide I like IT better.? I finally gave up and I have a bottle of both, lol. Mmmmmm sandalwood.
We have been on a Daniel Craig James Bond kick for the past couple of weeks. We’ve watched the first 3 and tonight we plan to watch Spectre. I reserved the blue ray from the library and can go pick it up today. This is the second time I’ve reserved something from the library and the pick up system is quite interesting. I call and they give me a time I can pick up my item. The staff put it on a table outside of the library in a plastic bag with my last name. It’s kind of on the honor system. As I told my husband, someone could easily just take all of the bags on the table and then what? Lots of library fines for sure! I guess it must be working though or they wouldn’t continue to do it.
Same here with Tam Dao and 10CC, but add Costes! So far I haven’t sprung for a FB of 10CC, but it’s only a matter of time. 🙂
Oh no, I checked Luckyscent and now I have another lemming!
The Costes? It’s very nice, but unusual – I would recommend sampling first.
I am certain that the library honor system would not work at our downtown library here.
Yeah, I’m sure it wouldn’t work at my downtown library either. Not sure what they’re doing there, I’m able to pick up at a neighborhood branch. I do miss going inside though.☹️
Tam Dao and 10CC – yes, agreed! Those two. Although perhaps the bottles tell the story in my case, as I have a bottle of TamDao but have survived on samples of 10CC…
I did have a bottle of Tam Dao first and thought I didn’t need the 10CC, but I was wrong.?
Oh, I’m a huge fan of Daniel Craig as Bond and look forward to the new movie coming out. I never thought someone would surpass Sean Connery in my affections and maybe he hasn’t but he’s sure close. That sounds like an excellent project. If you want to see more of Daniel Craig (in several senses), I can recommend the film about Francis Bacon’s life where he stars as Bacon’s lover George Dyer. Derek Jacobi stars as Bacon and Tilda Swinton is also in it. Warning: mature audiences only, some graphic/gruesome stuff, and the director tried to mimic Bacon’s visual style in creating the film style. Might not have succeeded but I find if well worth watching.
I forgot to add the title of the film: Love is the Devil, from 1998. I used to show clips of it in my philosophy of art classes, back even before Daniel Craig WAS Bond.
Ooh, thanks! I will write this one down. I also liked him in Girl with the dragon tattoo and knives out. The bond’s are pg-13 which is nice because we can watch them with our teenager. We’re binging these in anticipation of the new one. If it’s not available in theatres I’m guessing we’ll be able to stream it.
Yes to Daniel Craig – he did great as Bond!!
At my library, you sign up for a 15-minute-window appt, then you call when you are outside and they bring it out to you.
Can’t tell you how much I appreciate that they are still doing this despite the fact that they are now open and people are inside.
That is nice, sounds like a better system. Looking forward to the day when ours is open again.☺️
I solved this by buying the 10cc lotion and the Tam Dao bottle, but now I am out of the lotion.
Lotion! Where do you find the lotion?
I’ve seen it at one of the online discounters. Can’t remember which one, though.
I think I got mine at luckyscent, years ago, but I should check the discounters too, would love to have more and not pay full price for it.
I meant to wear Italian Leather today, but the hand went straight to AdP Iris Nobile instead. Oops. And in some kind of irony, on National Punctuation Day my work computer suddenly decided not to recognize the ampersand character. I work from home and connect to the work system using citrix, and that connection occasionally and inexplicably cross-wires all of the special-character keys, but today’s issue was new – pressing shift-2 just did absolutely nothing. Luckily, the usual disconnect-and-restart seems to have been the cure. First world problems!
I’ve had problems with brackets and semi-colons but only in Excel. Since I don’t use these too often, I look up the alt code and is that temporarily until I can re-boot.
Ha- several of us channeling Cat Woman today. I’m in Prada Amber because it purrs.
And it seems we all agree she would wear something with resins and/or spices. I like your choice!
Wearing copious amounts of Dior Addict today.
The only way to wear Addict!
In Terre d’Hermes because it was the first thing I could find, but maybe it would be something Calvin (from Calvin and Hobbes) might wear when he’s older?
Of the pair, Hobbes would probably be the one to wear cologne though.
Yes, I feel like Calvin would douse Hobbes in something slightly repellent. Haha.
I so love C&H. Was going to do Wonder Woman tomorrow but might have to do C&H instead.
I love C&H, also. I’m still working on a fragrance for Hobbes tomorrow. I have a couple of ideas.
Hobbes! I love Calvin & Hobbes, I hadn’t thought of them. I think I can wear Bengale Rouge for Hobbes, what do you think? He is very cuddly, after all.
Thursday.
1) A long rainy, exhausting night of protest with fellow masked citizens downtown Portland last night.
2) Am in a combo of Prada Vetiver (from a mini) and Carthusia Uomo (sample) Skews almost masculine, but soft powdery veil softens and warms everything.
I wish I could stand — a respectful masked distance away – with you.
I am just trying, in my very small way, to make good trouble.
Thank you
Thank you!!!
SOTD = Papillon Bengale Rouge
Cat, orange-red, personality: GARFIELD! We do seem to have many cat-themed perfume associations.
https://www.instagram.com/p/CFhuDmMBktP/?igshid=h9pw2wl3lopb
Back to work!
You smell amazing.
Thank you!
Garfield! ??
You smell great, i drained my sample and i think i need a bottle of this stuff! Its so cozy
Yes you need a bottle. I got mine as a partial bottle so will need to see where I can get the best deal in a full one.
Oh I did not even think of Garfield for this theme! Good idea.
Thanks!
And Bengale Rouge is kinda fluffy feeling to me. Purrfect!
Indeed it is purrfect ❣️
SOTD is Poison esprit de parfum. Only after I put it on did I decide it is what Veronica Lodge of the Archies would wear. I only like comic books if I am talking to someone who is a real fan and I get “drawn in,” but I did always read Archie whenever I could. We are talking many moons ago, but I somehow remember thinking Veronica’s obnoxious qualities were just funny rather than offensive. Like I hope mine are. =^v^=
I think the socioeconomic implications of Veronica vs Betty would play differently today — although maybe just because I am older! — but I agree, I thought she was funny.
Poison would have totally been Veronica Lodge’s perfume in the 1980’s.
Right?! 🙂
Oriza L. Legrand Vetiver Royal Bourbon. Okay, this is the best of the three Orizas I’ve tried this week. Burst of wintergreen to start, earthy vetiver and sandalwood in the base. Wonderful stuff! Immortelle is listed, but thankfully I get no cheap maple flavored oatmeal. ?
I’ve been listening to Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons today, so here’s a little something….
https://youtu.be/mTUhnIY3oRM
I’ve tried 2 of the Orizas that you have; Chypre Mousse and Deja Le Primtemps.
I liked their incense and their carnation perfumes quite a bit.
What did you think of Chypre Mousse? I think folks here call it Eau de Crypt, and the drydown is rather minerally, but the fragrance isn’t really legible to me. I think my nose needs to grow up a little more.
I get loam and mushrooms at first from “Eau de Crypt”. Then there is a tsunami of spices, bitter greens, and earthy notes. It is one of the strangest perfumes I have tried, and in the same league as Gucci Rush for weird.
Trying out Vivacious again today. It is much more carnation and a very almost concrete-like iris on me, with very little violet. Wasn’t smitten at first despite being sure I would be. But it might have been having the wrong expectations, as I am liking it today. Spicy!
So interesting, I get violet, violet and more violet from Vivacious with little hints of carnation and iris in passing…I love it, even tho it is not the modern carnation I was hoping for….
I keep coming back to vivacious. That’s alsways a sign that something is right 🙂
Vivacious has my attention: do you think this Insolence-violet-loving gal would be happy with it? Especially if she loves Carnation?
Hello! No scent yet today, but I have started using the Mistral Verbena liquid soap that I got from C.O. Bigelow. To me, it’s a relatively subtle citrusy scent, with some herbal tones. I’m sure I’ll hear soon whether the other residents of the household find it subtle enough. lol.
Update on my health woes story of the other day: My head is better. Thank you to the well-wishers. 😀 As for the rest, I’ve been on a “BRAT” (bananas, rice, applesauce and toast) diet on and off. Bland food has been my friend. 🙂
The past three days have kind of been a loss for me for getting anything much done. I have read some good books in the last week or so, though.
Now that I’ve seen the streaming video version of the musical “Hamilton,” the authors’ notes in the Hamilton’s Battalion anthology weren’t lost on me this time. The two stories I’ve read from there are “The Pursuit Of…” by Courtney Milan and “Promised Land” by Rose Lerner. Then I read other books by Courtney Milan and Rose Lerner, which I thought were good. Alyssa Cole wrote the other story in the anthology, and though I haven’t read that one, I’ve read a couple of other stories of hers lately, too.
I appreciate having representation of protagonists of color and other characters of color in historical romances. I also appreciate Rose Lerner’s portrayal of Jewish protagonists, because I haven’t seen that a lot in historical romances, either.
My husband did BRAT and probiotics recently. Worked well for him.
Thanks! Probiotics sounds like a good idea!
Ciao a tutti..
Shalimar Vanille version, Madagascar.
Smokey sexiness
I think this is my favorite version.
that’s a quite statement coming from you!
Thanks for all the nice thoughts yesterday about our new house! I’ve been so stressed that I’ve forgotten to be excited.
The problem with sampling perfumes with my favorite notes is that I want them all: Orris Tattoo on one arm and O, Unknown! on the other.
It will be exciting on Saturday, right, when the worst of it is over 🙂
Sotd is No.19 edp, because I had a very early dentist appt before work. I will have to get a chipped tooth fixed next month. I’m matching my sotd with Lucy from Peanuts. I’m also hoping someone has a perfume to match with PigPen!?
Hope the appointment went well and that you’re not in pain, I love Peanuts characters? but don’t remember PigPen.
Oh golly, some perfume with a lot of dirt in it. Isn’t there a Demeter earth?
Demeter Dirt ?
You do smell great. I don’t want to smell like Pigpen ?
In his sweet-little-boy way, I wonder if Pig Pen would smell like Iris Silver Mist?
At least that chipped tooth can be fixed, instead of getting pulled. Not much comfort to your wallet, though.
Finished off the oily dregs of my PdE Ambre Russe decant today. I’m smelling rich and mighty fine. I’ve been really focused on using up samples and decants this month. Whenever I get anxious that I have too much perfume, I like to work on finishing things up. It still doesn’t offset what I add to my collection, but it’s an easy, immediate action I can take.
Great idea! And wow, you smell wonderful.
Thanks!
I need something fortifying today, it’s going to be a busy Friday! I’m helping a colleague interview for new staff and that’s a pleasant task, but time-consuming. I think 31 Rue Cambon fits the bill.
Hope it goes well and you find the right person!
Ah, F Scott Fitzgerald! He was my favorite writer for many years, until I grew older and fell in love with too many writers to have a favorite. His grave is not far from where I grew up in Maryland. A friend and I used to visit his grave sometimes and read him poetry. (We were too young at first, and then too law-abiding, to drink at his grave, apropos though that would have been.)
Wearing Slowdive because I needed a hug this morning.
Hugs to you, Koyel. I hope your day passes quickly and smoothly. ?
Hugs to you! Did you ever visit Edgar Allan Poe?
No I didn’t! I didn’t even realize his gravesite was in MD until I just looked it up (though of course it is). Baltimore wasn’t close to me, and in any case I was never a huge Poe fan. Have you been? How is it?
It’s on my bucket list. I do enjoy Poe and his dark poems. It started with Annabel Lee and then back in time!
Hugs, Koyel.
He was a favorite of mine too.
I never understood why his grave was in Rockville, in that horrid cemetery (I hope I have the right place, I remember it being right by Rockville Pike. As much as I love going to old graveyards, I never did go in that one).
(And really I should not have said it was horrid, I meant it was horrid only in being right on Rockville Pike. It’s probably lovely in there.)
Yes, that’s the one! I always liked it there 🙂 but yes, the noise from Rockville Pike is disagreeable. I assume it wasn’t there when the cemetery was built. And I don’t know why he’s buried there, either!
After thinking I only read very few comic books, the above picture reminded me that I did read all or most of Asterix and a good amount of Lucky Luke as well.
Let’s just pretend this occurred to me before I put on Bois d’Ombrie by Eau d’Italie, because maybe it smells like the woods around Asterix’s and Obelix’s village!
This is from a little sample that came with a swap. I’m smitten!
Another Asterix fan here! The woods — that’s a good suggestion! Otherwise, I’m having a tough time with a matching fragrance. Campfire? Potion?
Boiling potatoes for dinner in Cartier Baiser Volé Essence de Parfum. The sillage and longevity are pretty much nuclear and I picked it only because it’s a cloudy, rainy day.
I’ve been looking at the regular Baiser Voile. Is there a big difference with the Essence?
Apart from the essence I have the edt, I opted to get it because it is quite different from it, the edt is a green lily, sparkling, the deep might be a Good compromise, maybe.
*I meant edp not deep, (typing on my phone)
TinTin! As promised!
Ok, I am already feeling the pressure of ‘National Punctuation Day’, I KNOW I use a lot of exclamation points and hyphens in my posts so a ‘mia culpa’ and ‘perdetemi’ is already said aloud to all.
SOTD: is the new Caron Aimez-moi Comme Je Suis.
Robin, where are you? I purchased fb for one of my many brothers who has always been a hazelnut maniac and could use some belly laughs these days. Plus I found the bottle design very appealing and had to wet my appetite.
My free tester was irresistible so I didn’t wait to sample it. The opening notes are ones I have been chasing like feathers all summer; grapefruit and ginger. Immediately comes the HAZELNUT in the most beautiful way, creamy and just sweet enough to make it inviting and distracting. One spray on my shoulder was pretty noticeable, and silage lasted for hours. Tonka and tobacco in the perfect porportions made an amazing dry down. It was not cloying at all, it was soft but persistent. I haven’t sniffed ANY thing like this before but I really really like it. I think it could be a ‘winner’ for Caron.
Oh good to know, thank you!
Now I need this!
I’m checking in late again today, it seems my days are scattered and have various random activities. Like, I ran out of cat food (How could I let that happen?) and had to do an emergency trip to Petsmart. At noon I had my first haircut in six months, except for the rather bad one I executed on myself. I’m so happy with my new cut! Then I went to my doctor at 2 to get my poor big toe examined because it still really hurts and is swollen after 3 weeks. He will look at the x-ray that the urgent care place did and let me know but thought nothing is too wrong, it’s just that it’s taking a while to heal. Maybe I should tape it. Anyway I’m wearing St. Clair Eve today because it is beautiful on any day. It should go with some rather rebellious woman super-hero like maybe Wonder Woman, except I think that Diana Prince (her ‘normal’ alter ego) should have an even better option and I am not sure what. It should be powerful and Amazonian. I love Gail Gadot’s Wonder Woman so much! What a fabulous film that was. It’s still gray and overcast here but at least it’s cooler, thank goodness!
Yay for a new haircut!
That is a busy day, and I envy your haircut!
Yay for your doctor’s visit too. Amazonian women tape their toes I have heard.
Song of the day: https://youtu.be/8y4Kj7m7aic
Tired today. I had a less than desirable night of sleep last night and am dragging as a result. Bletch.
SOTD = Fat Electrician, from the sample stash. Maybe 1 or 2 wearings left in this sample.
Aww, thanks for the song Jalapeño! That album came out the year I got married and it reminds me of my honeymoon, as we listened to it a lot in the car as we were traveling.☺️
Hope you sleep better tonight!?
You’re welcome! That song takes me straight back to my college days.
Oy! Maybe turn the A/C back on if that’s a contributing factor?
I think last night was due to some emotional upset.
Eek. Well then, go away EMO – out out out. I hope tonight is better ?
Random question: does anyone know if the Frag..net travel spray-sized containers can be opened and re-filled? They have twist-up spay button; not the same as the travel sprays they sell. If so, how do you open them? I bought one thinking I could refill it from the larger bottle of ‘fume, but when I got it, it seemed like it did not want to be opened.
In Coco Mademoiselle L’Eau Privée again because I’m really loving it! I can imagine Veronica from Archie Comics wearing CM.
Oh, yes she would!
Today’s SOTD was Ormonde Jayne’s Tiare. Comic book characters and their scents will be hard for me! Probably my favorite comic book characters as a child who grew up in Brussels were Asterix le Gaulois, and the Schtroumpfs (I just cannot call them “Smurfs”). Gonna have a hard time matching a fragrance to those!
But if I can go the other way ’round, I’ll take Chanel No. 19 and match that with Poison Ivy, lol.
How about SSS Fireside or Fireside Intense for Asterix? Or maybe AG Nuit Etoilee?
Nuit Etoilee is a great idea, I have that! Maybe I’ll take the easy way out and go with L’Heure Bleue for the Schtroumpfs, though … so many comics, so little time.