Happy Almost-Friday and happy International Sweatpants Day! It's also Christian Dior’s birthday. What fragrance are you wearing?
The Robber Bridegroom is a gruesome tale from the Brothers Grimm, and Eudora Welty took its bones, moved the scene to Mississippi, and added several non-politically-correct elements for her novella of the same name. I'm wearing Diptyque Oyedo for the main character, who is sent to fetch herbs by her evil step-mother, thus setting the action in motion.
Reminder: 1/22 will be Fairy Tale Friday. Name a favorite fairy tale or fable, and wear a perfume that fits your choice. Suggested by therabbitsflower. (Wikipedia has a decent list of fairy tales if you need some inspiration; plus see the entry for fables.)
And for those of you who like to plan ahead, see Scent of the day ~ Friday community projects 2021, where I'll try to always have the next five or six weeks mapped out in advance.
Note: top image is wild garlic [cropped] by Michael Mueller at flickr; some rights reserved.
I’m wearing Incense Rose, from a sample. The fluid was quite viscous, making me think that most of the alcohol has evaporated. Still, it smells good.
Ashamed to say I’ve never tried either incense from Tauer but I’ve always wanted to. Maybe this is the year.
I have yet to meet a Tauer fragrance that I haven’t liked.
Ditto – his fragrances are gorgeous!
The are a few I’ve really liked but only two I’ve been tempted to buy: Carillon pour une Ange and Une Rose Chypree. I find his style a bit brutalist for me sometimes but always worth trying.
Andy’s scents definitely tend towards maximalist.
I like the lavender one, but that’s the only one I like.
I know years ago, many Tauer perfumes had an evaporation problem. My old bottles of Un Rose Chypree and L’Air du Desert Marocain evaporated pretty quickly. The URC was a thick dark oil. Pretty lovely I gotta admit.
I’ve got an old bottle with a wooden cap. Every time I push it down, it sprays a bit. I’ve often wondered if it was slowly evaporating.
the regular size bottles? I know the mini bottles evaporate but didn’t realize the regular size ones do too. I have four of his Flash bottles and they are fine!
Andy Tauer used to have different perfume bottles for his full sized perfumes. I haven’t heard of any problems with the current full sized bottles.
The Queen had all a ruler could want, strong and large armies at her command, a full treasury, and rich farms and orchards across her land, , and a sweet smart child to carry her dynasty forward. She also had all the finest silks to wear, and all the other fine personal luxuries that even a queen could want.
Nonetheless, the Queen found a lack she could bemoan.
“If I had balls… “ the Queen cried. And cry she did, staining her cheeks and satin sheets with salty, salty tears.
Still the Queen would not accept counsel. So she ordered her metal smiths to make her orbs. However when they presented her with solid gold balls the size of grapefruit, she cried because they were too heavy to juggle.
She then ordered farmers to grow fruit, which were perfectly round.
Now, as I noted, her realm was a tropical one. The trees bore bananas and pineapple, but these were not round. And so the Queen dipped into her treasury to buy coconut trees from the neighboring realm.
Now, as most people know, one cannot dig up a fully-grown fruit tree, and so the Queen only received young trees. She cried again because she would have to wait before the trees could bear fruit. The Coconut trees, still angry at having been carried from their homes, noted her tears with disdain.
However, the more she cried, the more impatient she became. And so when the first brown fruit appeared, still small enough to fit in the young prince’s hand she pulled on them. The Coconut trees were unwilling to simply give up their young fruit to such a grasping woman. They held tight to their fruit, as the queen pulled. And between the trees’ holding and the queens pulling, the young fruit were stretched into the shape of a tear.
When the queen was finally able to pluck them from the trees, she cried because the fruit were no longer balls. And she cried until her tears became seeds within the fruit. And then she threw the fruit onto the ground. But the fruit were stronger than the queen, and bore a new tree from each salt seed.
And that is why figs are the color of coconuts, are shaped like fat tear drops, full of seeds.
SOTD: If I had balls, the Queen Said, by DSH
perfect!
and figs and coconuts are some of my favorite fruits.
amazing
Such a good tale.
Wow!
Incredible! I enjoyed this so much, thanks for sharing!
Dilana, you win the cp already.
We all win. Or the fragrances win.
Chanel 1932
You smell wonderful! 1932 is one of my favorites from the Les Exclusifs line.
Me too ! It is one of the first Chanel perfumes that I fell in love with a few years ago. I tried a sample and asked for a bottle of 1932 for my birthday a few weeks later.
House twin! You smell great.
In Bruno Fazzolari Ummagumma for a cold and mostly cloudy day.
Bruschetta with roasted peppers to accompany my second cup of coffee.
Happy Thursday, everyone! 🌞
Brushetta.. yum! I had a Quaker oats bar, lol.
Oh! I think you read my mind! I have a couple of Quaker oats bars calling my name since yesterday. I think I will have one for lunch with my third cup of coffee.
mmmm bruschetta
I’m off today and will be sampling. Thanks to a generous Nster, I am trying Killian Roses on Ice this morning. So far I am liking it. It reminds me slightly of Rose&Cuir, but without the headache. It also reminds me of this
https://youtu.be/tQMh4kahOdM
Raise your hand if you saw this coming 😂
Happy Thursday 🌞
Enjoy your day off, Lillyjo! 🌞
That’s the plan!😀
It didn’t make it across the pond, so thank you.
Enjoy your day off and I bet you smell great.
Thanks, it was a nice day!
Have fun! I tried Roses on Ice but I remember getting a weird cucumber note?
Hendrick’s Gin has both rose petals and cucumber in it. Maybe that was an inspiration?
I’m betting it was!
I’m surprised I didn’t pick up on that, since I hate cucumber in perfume.
I thought that your link was going to be for “Every Rose Has Its Thorn”. Boy, was I surprised!
Haha! Good one. I probably went a little to far back in the time machine this morning.
Nah! Everyone’s trip in the Wayback Machine is perfectly calibrated. Just ask Mr. Peabody and Sherman…
Yes! LOL!
I think perfumelover67 psychically influenced my breakfast choice of spinach omelette and toast with avjar (roasted red pepper spread). I rarely remember it’s in the fridge, but this morning I was having a craving!
In one of my go-to combos, Yosh Sottile on top of a feather-light application of Zoologist Hyrax. Beauty and the Beast – complete with the rose!
Had leftover sourdough starter yesterday and went for trying English Muffins today. The possibility of failure is substantial, I don’t really know what proofed looks like for these guys!
Enjoy your breakfast, Teebear! I love roasted pepper and the spread is delish!
You are influencing my lunch choice. I think I will have an omelette and toast.
Yum…ajvar appears to be like harissa.
Yes, not too different! It comes in mild and “spicy” according to the central European palate, so it’s kinda like the equivalent of say, paprika and hot paprika versus chili powder? All three are amazing depending on how much heat you’re in the mood for!
The English Muffins look sublime. I wanted to reach in to take one.
How did your English muffins turn out?
Charmingly!
https://www.instagram.com/p/CKUL14SgGYi/?igshid=rlud52b01soi
The recipe link is below if anyone else has sourdough and wants to give it a go.
I did mine on an electric skillet so the cooking time was longer (about 7min/side at 350°) but followed the dough recipe exactly!
https://littlespoonfarm.com/sourdough-english-muffins-recipe/
Looks very tasty! 😋
Chanel Gardenia
I finished Crooked Kingdom , a YA series I was reading and it was not a good second book. I think I would say two stars. I was disappointed.
I woke up in a peaceful state of mind, hoping for the best for my fellow Americans.
I thought that second book fell a bit flat, too!! Her adult novel Ninth House I did love, though.
To quote from the incomparable Nina Simone, (and more recently, John Legend): “It’s a new dawn, it’s a new day, it’s a new life for me……and I’m feeling good.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ff-0pHwyQ1g
♥️ Nina
ditto!
I’m currently wearing Ylang-Ylang Espresso from Floral Street. It was a random grab from the sample bowl. I’m not sure what this is. I mean, creamy white florals and coffee sound good. But that is not what this smells like. I remember smelling it when I first got the sample set a year ago and not being impressed, but not turned off. Maybe the sample has gone off? Anyway, definitely not for me. In fact, I may just trash the rest of the sample.
It is one way of thunking, so there’s that!
The name makes me want to try it but your description is less than exciting lol.
Didn’t manage to report in yesterday but the day before that someone mentioned the tale in which 7 brothers are turned into swans and the sister compelled to stay silent and sew capes out of nettles to reverse the spell. So yesterday I wore Tubereuse Criminelle for the weird icy atmosphere of that tale.
For the moment I’m in Montale’s Aoud Rose Petals which is making me think of Pandora’a Box: a strong, embellished wooden chest wound round with sweet pink roses.
I must look for Welty’s The Robber Bridegroom! Last year I read The Marshking’s Daughter which was a great thriller referencing a Hans Christian Anderson.
Also look into The Robber Bride, probably my favourite Margaret Atwood novel. (Semi-spoiler: all the heroines end up okay, because they managed to buy homes in Toronto before it got too crazy)
You know, I think Iv read it…
LOL, N-, that’s a great summary of that book!
I love The Robber Bride! But my favorite Atwood book is Lady Oracle.
That was a great book. Disturbing. I read it in a day.
I used to have a sample of Aoud Roses Petals somewhere, and I remember thinking that it was classic Montale – deep, rich, and dark with roses and oud.
It’s much softer and stays closer to the skin than something like black Oud. It doesn’t have the same industrial feel. Also the leather-green rose is replaced with a very ‘pure’ delicate pink rose. I would say it also has more of a spiced woody tone….
Sycomore for a chilly and early start.
You smell great today apsara! Hope you also get to knock off early.
Woke up in Hedonist today and now back in no 5.
Trying two newer ones from Kyse today: Sérénade aux Fraises and Cacao Noisette…and enjoying both.
Strawberry on my left arm and hazelnut on the right.🍓🌰🥰
I just got a Kyse sample order yesterday, and I’m wearing Vanille de Cedre!
I really like that one too though I never got a FB. I have FBs of Bonbons à La Vanille and Delizia di Marshmallow. I just ordered samples of Cacao Noisette, Jasmine Macarons, Miele, Praliné au Caramel and Sérénade aux Fraises…she also included a sample of Macarons…haven’t tried the rest yet.
I will also plug for others that she has a code MACARONS20 for 20% off right now…no affiliation.
That’s too funny – my sample pack also has Cacao Noisette, Miele, and Praline au Caramel. It’s definitely gourmand week over here.
I love Sérénade aux Fraises, especially layered over Strawberry Pound cake B&BW lotion. :-). Looking forward to smelling the Cacao Noisette and Macarons.
I ordered samples of both Cacao Noisette and Macarons as well, and they’re up next in the rotation.
I ordered samples of Cacao Noisette, Jasmine Macarons, Miele, Praliné au Caramel and Sérénade aux Fraises…she also included a sample of Macarons…haven’t tried the rest yet but will weigh in when I do.
She also has a code for 20% off again right now…MACARONS20 but you probably already know that.😀
SaF is on my to-sniff list. Every June I long to smell like the wonderful, fresh local strawberries we get for too short a time!
Definitely interested to hear your thoughts on the Jasmine Macarons!
I’m in Puredistance Sheiduna, a perfume worthy of Aladdin or Scheherezade.
Perfect!
Thanks!
A tiny spritz of Angel for Hansel and Gretel. I was looking for my Prada Candy sample, but no luck.
Ohhh, Angel is lovely.
That’s a brilliant pairing, I LOL’d!
That’s probably my plan for tomorrow … Candy for Hansel & Gretel, unless something else comes to me by then.
No story today, but wearing Fils de Dieu, just because it is so great. Also, it is very cold out, and I’ve completely thunked my decant of Chypre Mousse, which was my go-to cold weather scent. I’ve got to try some others and see how they do in the cold.
You smell great!
Thank you!
I’m in Altaia Don’t Cry For Me. It’s definitely a tea fragrance, but has something that is a little harsh. I did apply a lot, and may need to shower this one off. Yikes!
Ugh, hope it is calmed or otherwise removed by now!
SOTD is MCMC Kept with some Nicolaï Rose Intense on top. So many roses in fairy tales; I was thinking of the roses in Anderson’s “The Snow Queen” (which is nothing, nothing like “Frozen,” despite the movie supposedly being based on it). But then there’s also Sleeping Beauty (Dornröschen in German, where the rose is built into the name).
For some reason I was getting an unusual off note from the Kept when I first put it on, which is weird as it’s one of my newer bottles. So I layered the Rose Intense on top, from an old sample. The rose is coming out strong now, though, from the Kept mostly now, I think.
Lillyjo’s Roses on Ice sounds perfect for the Snow Queen, but I haven’t smelled that one.
Sometimes rose perfumes can smell a bit…sour? Maybe it’s Sleeping Beauty’s crabby fairy godmother…
The Snow Queen is one of my favorite fairy tales. The version I have (and had since childhood) is full of dark and sad overtones, as well as explicit analogies to Christian theology. I have not seen Frozen since I am afraid that Disney’s typical “cute” treatment would both annoy me and undermine my memories of my childhood version.
Yes! I was raised with my dad reading the old Grimms and Hans Christian Anderson stories. None of our fairy tales were cute!
I would also vote The Snow Queen as top of my fairy tale list 🥰 I haven’t hit on a scent that captures it for me though.
Re Frozen – I think there’s hardly any real allusion to the old story. It takes place somewhere wintry and a girl rescues a boy but That’s about it 🤣 Oh yes, there’s an ice palace that’s done really nicely. So, I don’t think it will ruin any memories 😄
Yeah, it’s so completely different that I never really understood why they tried to say it was based on “The Snow Queen.” Maybe they just read the name “The Snow Queen” and based it on that without ever reading the story?
Frozen is…well, let’s just say that I’m glad my kid is no longer a kindergartner. We used to have to play “Let It Go” every day on the way to school. Now she’s more into Lizzo and the Hamilton soundtrack, which is WAAYYY easier to deal with.
I thought the music was very nice and catchy though I would probably hate to have to hear it over and over! I also thought the animation and special effects were amazing. But the story line was pretty bad and the characters flat. Admittedly I’m not the target audience…
Perhaps claiming it was based on a classic fairytale gave it a marketing boost? 🤷🏼♀️
I’m in the minority and would advise to skip Frozen. I didn’t like it. (And I generally like those kinds of movies.)
Wearing Oud Satin Mood, pretending I am in a (satin, of course) robe on a terrace. Inside the palazzo, the the houseboy is preparing a mid-morning collation and chilling the champagne…
Ha, not a bad idea for the day!
I really like one of the Moods, but I always forget if it is the Silk or the Satin one
Covet, because someone mentioned it yesterday. It went well with a really warm, spring-like winter day.
That was me!
The dry down is so special, and quite warm. You smell fantastic!
Thanks for the inspiration to wear it!
It’s finally above freezing in Anchorage and instead of embracing that I’m wearing something with a “snow accord.”
Zoologist Snowy Owl. The snow accord reads to my nose as slightly minty watermelon, which I’m not in love with, but it is light and airy and subtly sweet like an actual watermelon and not like a jolly rancher. After that we get a slightly green, mostly airy lily of the valley/iris business. I’m not familiar with the snowdrop flowers that are supposed to be in this, but reading up on the odor profile as “cool, fresh floral note” checks out. Fresh/airy is not my favorite category so this isn’t for me, but it might be interesting to someone else who likes that kind of thing. It might actually work better in the summer, which is surprisingly off-concept for Zoologist.
Ooh, thanks for the review of this one!
My pleasure! I’m usually the last one to try anything new so I’m helping when I can!
Oooh, sorry to hear you aren’t smitten but I’m kind of curious of a natural-ish watermelon. 🥺
I don’t see myself falling in love with this suddenly, I could send it your way, if you want! Send me an email, augustinehiver at gee mail
Oh thank you! I’ll reach out tonight!
Thanks for the review. I was leery of the coconut and LOTV.
I’d say you can safely skip this one, then.
I would love a scent that is a realistic watermelon. Very sweet and very juicy! I’m in the Southern Hemisphere so Iv just eaten a quarter of one. If it weren’t for propriety I could probably polish off a whole one 🤣
It’s less juicy and more like…sniffing the rind, after you’ve eaten the good part. It’s certainly not uninteresting!
I’m already less enthusiastic 😆
Hermès Un Jardin Après La Mousson has a distinct watermelon top note for me.
I definitely get melon from AdM.
Oh, I’m dying to try that one! Hoping Victor included a sample in my bottle package which might even arrive today! You’re the first person I’ve heard who has commented on it. Thank you so much. Sounds like a rather odd mix! I love Musk Deer (that’s the one on its way) which also has a “snow accord.”
Making my way through this sample set, I’ll have to get to Musk Deer soon! Hoping your package is timely and sample- filled 🙏
Thanks for the review on Snowy Owl! No need to rush for me, then.
Puredistance M today. It’s cold and overcast here and this fragrance smells warm, must be the cinnamon.
Yummm!
Chanel Le Lion from a sample. Chanel does smoke. I don’t dislike it, but am not smitten and really don’t sense any likeness to my Shalimar extrait.
I find it more similar to Geisha Noire maybe…
Surprisingly it reminds me of Le labo Patchouli but a very light version of that monster.
Yes, I can definitely see that! How funny! It had a note in it that nearly made me gag like the Le Labo (which at the same time, I love). I decided it was leather, a rather stinky dark dirty leather note. I do like the burned rubber note in Patch 24.
Yes, me too – major smoke!
I haven’t tried Geisha Noire
Le Lion reminds me most of Dior Mitzah
Hello all!
Keeping warm in the sensual Seville a l’Aube, whose story is quite a romantic tale in itself. I love this stuff!
Stay safe everyone.
I have a bottle of Seville a l’Aube that I wear very rarely, but I often open it up for a sniff, and think of that story.
Did she write a book about that? Worth reading?
Good point, and of course you smell great!
SOTD is Vanille de Cedre, from Kyse perfumes. Initially, the combination of vanilla and cedar didn’t sound like a great idea, and for the first two seconds of sampling, I thought it didn’t work. But immediately after that the smooth sweetness of the vanilla gently tempers the sharper cedar notes, and it actually turns out to be a great blend.
I love this one and ended up getting a big bottle. Yum!
I might get a bottle, too, cazaubon – it is yummy.
I am sitting in a huge cloud of L’Heure de Nuit and thinking of Sleeping Beauty.
House twins!
If I were to pick a favorite fairy tale it would be Sleeping Beauty. Love Tchaikovsky’s music, too.
Perfect !
Good one!
SotD = Mon Precieux Nectar
because my perfume is my preciousssssss.
I have a beloved decant of MPN that I wear both ways – a spritz then a dab from the easily opened bottle. It’s lovely to get diffusive wafts over an opaque base of this scent.
Happy Blursday, fragrant friends. I hope today is good to you.
MPN is my preciousss as well, my top Guerlain. You smell gorgeous.
yay! Glad we are of the same mind on Mon Precieux Nectar. It is sublime. 😊
LOL on “precioussssss”
😃😂
Estee Lauder Modern Muse, after a workout and shower.
I didn’t realize I posted twice, lol.
Started the day in 1932, now switched to MM.
TMI, I know
I have a mini of it lying around and tried it the other day and it’s really lovely!
Ubar again today. Feeling very fancy in my yoga pants.
Thankful I don’t only wear perfume when I actually get “dressed” these days. Live in yoga pants/leggings/joggers half the time!
I fear I’m fulfilling several stereotypes of the work-from-home woman. As long as I look work-appropriate on top, I’m ready to begin my day!
Sweats and leggings are necessary clothing groups for me!
They didn’t used to be, but they’re increasingly staples for me!
SOTD = Diana Vreeland Daringly Different
Easy to wear nice combo of iris, rose, tonka bean, suede and woody notes.
https://www.instagram.com/p/CKUYIzJBIrP/?igshid=iq65jcp5qozn
Reminds me of The Princess and the Pea – pretty but fussy (magnetic cap and tassel).
I’m almost positive what I will be wearing tomorrow but it will be a twist to the CP if I end up actually wearing it. 😆
I’ll be wearing something tomorrow that came via you…and I am half expecting lots of twins!
Woo hoo! Can’t wait to find out which one!
Curious to see what your twist is!
I am now pretty sure I will wear it 🤣
Daringly Different sounds delicious! And it sounds like a characteristic of many fairy tale heroines! Hahahaha.
It’s a nice perfume! It used to have it’s own little corner at Bergdorfs but it got demoted to a counter. If you ever get a chance to try the body creme, do.
Thanks for the heads-up on poke bowls at Wegman’s! Something for me to keep an eye out for next time I go there.
I normally go for the salmon but why pay $13 when one could pay $10 for an equivalent bowl? I asked the manager fir how long the sale was going to last and he said probably through the end of the month.
👍!
That sounds nice! Of course, love the little wooly owl.
I enjoy and thanks for the owl comment!
I love The Princess and the Pea. I tried to think of a match earlier this week, but couldn’t come up with anything.
Maybe a perfume with a sweet pea flower note? There’s got to be one of those out there.
The sweet pea one at Bath and Body Works was FOUL!
I think one of the Lolita Lempicka perfumes had a sweet pea flower note in it. 🤔
I did not really pay much attention to the CP but I am looking forward to tomorrow!
Late check-in, but that’s the way the cookie crumbles sometimes….
Wearing Dossier Spicy Vanilla, which is the dupe for Tom Ford Noir for men. Me likey! I sure would love to smell this on my hubs; I’ll have to spray him when he’s asleep if he won’t wear it on his own….
That’s an interesting visual
Love Eudora Welty will look for this story.
In Jean Patou Que Sais-Je, can’t think of a fairy tale to pair it with, but it does smell good.
Glad to see another Welty fan, she is one of my favorite authors.
My company (Qualcomm) developed an email program called Eudora, named after her because of her story entitled, « Why I live at the P.O. »
Oh, I remember Eudora! I think I’m really dating myself here, though. But I worked at a couple of universities that used the Eudora client back in the day.
Oh gosh, that’s a blast from the past. Never knew what it was named after. Now I can go on jeopardy!
Yep, I remember that — used it many moons ago!
Such a great short story, too.
🖒for smelling good!
Heure Exquise for another queenly type of fragrance. I’m not sure yet which fairy tale – I’m looking for a regal queen here, but not evil for once. Hmm….
How about the ugly duckling having burgeoned into the most beautiful swan and now being semi-worshipped by all the other swans on the lake?
Yeah, I’ll take that!
Le Lion for The Lily and the Lion.
I do not know the story but will look for it!
I feel very clever and smug wearing Heretic Smudge for the CP = Cinderella (before the Prince and ball and slippers and all)!
Smudge smells like ash and despair?
Sorry, being my most abrasive and contrarian self 🤣
No, just like fire and embers.
Or, cinders.
Perfect!
Ah, you are indeed clever!
Checking in late today, after all my Zoom meetings.
SOTD is a sample of Initio’s High Frequency from hajusuuri. Its notes are hedione, almond, and magnolia. It’s quite sweet and I detect some marzipan in the drydown. It could definitely have some fairy tale sinful treat connection!
That sounds yummy, I love almond.
It smells good for sure!
Gah, 4th very long day in a row (23:00 finishes Mon-Thu so far, albeit I break from 17:00 to 20:00). People, this is where procrastination gets you!
Will I learn from this? Will I b*ggery. :^D
SOTD is Hermes “Vetiver Tonka” so at least I smell like someone who is holding it together.
My Covid-ridden brother has done well for week 1 (it is such a variable disease), fingers crossed he gets though the allegedly more difficult week 2. I recommended he got an Oximeter and I sent him a link to some breathing exercises that are supposed to help with shortness of breath.
(Link is to a PDF)
https://www.royalberkshire.nhs.uk/Managing%20breathlessness.pdf
Oh gosh, good luck to him for a quick recovery. I also read somewhere that you should force yourself to get up and walk a bit every hour and sleep on your stomach not your back. FWIW.
Another procrastinator here 🙊
Hope week 2 follows week 1 and recovery goes smoothly!
Sending my best healthy energy to your brother!
Fingers crossed for your brother! 🤞
The oximeter and breathing exercises are a great idea, wishing him a speedy recovery.
Fingers crossed for a “good” second week for your brother!
Sending out good thoughts for your brother!
Best of luck to your brother for week 2. I have an oximeter at the ready … I have never used it but if I ever need it, I have it.
Oh dear. Wishing your brother a swift recovery!
Best wishes for your brother.
Great CP although I am not playing!
Went to the Diptyque store today to sniff some of their boutique exclusives. I had both a mask AND a visor on and was there for less then five minutes. Still, the salespeople couldn’t wait for me to be gone so they can take off their masks and resume their conversation
Benjoin Boheme was the favorite although overpriced imho.
I saw that happen in a store when I left, and found it very upsetting. How dumb can they be if they think they’re not breathing in and out of the air in the store that might contain virus particles?! Would keep me from going back there again, for sure.
Wow. I don’t ever want to shop at that Diptyque store, after hearing this.
Wow, my store manager would send us home if he saw that.
Oy! When the cat is away, the mice will play; however, I just read something disturbing about the true positivity rate. I have to sanitize my post…this weekend.
Yes I also would not go there again. It’s their Houston standalone store
Wearing Beige and smelling lovely.
You are indeed smelling lovely!
Late again today!
SOTD = back in Soivohle Paracelsus. Getting more roses from it today than I did yesterday.
It’s so great to have a new perfume love!
Not quite a new love, but a rediscovered one. Which is just as much fun, IMO.
Looked up your sotd; it sounds so good!
Paracelsus is very much worth a try. Even if it turns out to be something you don’t care for, it is extremely well constructed.
Woo hoo from a comment you made yesterday!
Wearing Reglisse Noire today; it was extra ethereal and lovely for some reason!
So you had an “anti-scrubber” perfume today?
Yes, very much so!
Hello Everyone. Scent of the day for me – Fichi e Panna by Kyse.
Loving the soft fig+ cream scent. This is a new purchase for me.
Yay for House Kyse. 👍🏻