It's Monday, Opposite Day and Irish Coffee Day. Birthdays today: Robert Burns, Virginia Woolf, Antônio Carlos Jobim, Etta James, Gloria Naylor. What fragrance are you wearing?
I'm in Thierry Mugler Womanity.
Reminder: on 1/29, wear a fragrance by (Thierry) Mugler, if you have one.
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.
I do not have any Thierry Mugler perfumes so I will try to do 5 days of Annick Goutal.
SOTD, shockingly, is Songes!
Its freezing outside but I smell like the flowers on a warm island.
Tea is Republic of Tea Assam loose leave with soy creamer
loose Leaf! Darn autocorrect!!
Love Songes! You smell terrific!
Me too!
I watched an interview on IG with Camille Goutal and Isabelle Doyan (the perfumer) and how this year they are going to focus on the heritage of the brand (and I wonder if this means re-releasing some discontinued scents?)
Ohhh, I sincerely hope they re-release some d/c’d scents! I miss the old packaging as well. It’s so elegant…
I need to head to IG and check that out, thanks!
Here is the YouTube link
https://youtu.be/eehf1bxmi30
Let me know what you think, they aren’t giving too many secrets away and it was filmed in December 2020
Thank you! 😀
You smell heavenly.
Republic of Tea has some excellent things.
Which do you like?
I have about a dozen or so of their offerings in my tea cabinet right now. Current favorites are the Asian Jasmine White Tea, the Vanilla Apple Hibiscus Superflower Tea, and the Gingermint Hi-Caf Green Tea. The Earl Grey teas are quite good, too.
The ones I’ve mentioned are in tea bags, but I do have some of the loose leaf teas as well.
Good morning, my SOTD is Angel Liqueur de Parfum 2009, layered over Angel body oil. We did quite a bit of packing over the weekend, we’re surrounded with boxes – SmokeyToes is freaked out and not amused.
I discovered this free fitness video series on Youtube. *Bonus* the instructor is a tall, dark, and handsome. 😉
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oAHwQJLFy6w&t=1128s
Of course I clicked on that link velocemente…
Ah, you have turn my Monday blues away
You’re welcome! Doing my part! ??
Seems like he only uses dumbells? I’v been using Hasfit workout on youtube as it uses a resistance band which I already had but I think I need to branch out. Would a 2 kg or 3 kg dumbell be better for someone who can’t yet manage 10 full pressups?
He does a variety, also uses body weight and exercise bands. His Fit Mother/Fit Father projects are pretty well-designed, informative and fantastic content!
Cool! Will have a look.
Excellent timing; I was thinking yesterday that it’s high time I found a routine I could do with the stuff I have on hand. I will check this out. Thanks!
Bet you smell amazing!
You smell fantastic; sorry SmokeyToes is not amused by the move!!
Thanks! Yes, his eyes have been fully dilated since the boxes came out and very clingy. He knows something is up.
Oh, poor kitty!
Oooooh, you smell wonderful!
Poor, freaked out SmokeyToes kitty! Hope the move goes as smoothly as possible.
Since Thierry Mugler is so well represented in my perfume hoard I had to start yesterday with Alien: shower gel, heavenly body cream and EDP. I remember when I purchased my first bottle of Alien Absolute at Nordstrom and the gifts with purchase were lavish. Sigh. My Nordstrom closed and the one in Richmond closed too so those days are over. It is going to be warm(almost 50 degrees)and rainy today in my part of Virginia so I think it shall be the bespoke cologne.
Ohh, I love matching shower gels – so luxe….
I miss my days of being a fragrance sales associate in the 1990s. GWPs were really nice. Companies used to do trainings and give out all sorts of swag. I have goodie bags, makeup bags, and beach bags that are super nice from way back in the day.
I still have and use a gwp bag that I received for purchasing New West, so long ago. It’s still in good shape!
Yeah, the swag back in the day really helped with sales.
Ohhhh New West! Now that’s a perfume I wish I could get my hands on. I wonder what would be a close dupe?
I’ve never smelled anything close to it. It was really something special!
lillyjo – Close dupes would be Cool Water Wave by Davidoff, Sunflowers by Elizabeth Arden, Le Source by Crabtree & Evelyn (they revamped their line, I don’t know if it was discontinued), and Marks & Spencer Island Escape Sea Salt & Bergamot are all pretty close dupes.
For body products, OLAY Moisture In-Shower Body Lotion is an exact dupe.
Oohh, I will seek out that body lotion for sure!
I got THE BEST duffel bag once with a purchase of Fahrenheit. I used that thing until it literally fell apart. Took it everywhere I travelled. *Sigh*. Remember travel?
Traaavell. Yes. I think I remember. It was sort of linked to this thing we’ve done a few times a year: made hotel reservations and then canceled them. Travel? Something like that?
Travel and then cancel sounds like me!
My husband jokes that my favorite hobby is pretend travel planning. ??
Wow, hope that warm weather is headed up north!
My Nordstrom closed too, and it was the only one in AK. It’s encouraged some naughty blind buys.
I remember when Nordstroms used to have after hours fragrance festivals with great GWP and live music sometimes.Those were really fun.
Yes, those were fun times!
I do remember those! Fun times…. they’d serve a snack and a little champagne.
Finally, a community wear that I can do for an entire week! (I could even do it for two: I have a whole bunch of Muglers, mostly minis.)
I’m in one small spritz of 2012’s Angel Les Parfums de Cuir aka Leather Angel, which is recognizable but tamps down at least some of that sugariness with a *lot* of leather. It’s also very chocolatey: they did such a good job reconsidering and rebalancing the original scent.
So many of that series were well done…put most brand’s flankers to shame.
You smell great, Cuir is my favorite version of Angel. Wish I had bought a bottle when it was available *perfume regrets*
Ringthing, I have the 2013 version. It’s yours if you want it.
I’m gmrazoog living with the yahoos ?
Just emailed you and misspelled your name ?♀️ thanks lillyjo!
I loved Angel’s Sunessence – It is probably my favorite of the Angel flankers.
Ooohh that one sounds super good.
It was, I had the Bleu Lagon flanker. I loved the juice and that beautiful ice-blue bottle! If only I could find another bottle….
I have very few Thierry Mugler scents that I love, so I’ll save my favorite until Friday. In the meantime, I’m continuing on with my samples. Today’s is Peony & Blush Suede.
I have very few at all, I guess he’s not my cup of tea; only one, which I will save til Friday, plus one I now consider unwearable (Aura) –purchased mainly for that green bottle.
Aura didn’t work at all for me, either.
I’ve only got one Mugler so I’m freeee til Friday!
SotD Zoologist Bee from a sample spray, this is my first time wearing it in quite such chilly weather and the ginger top note is much more tenacious now – yum!
Isn’t Bee good in colder weather? I’ll have to wear it again and pay attention to the ginger.
I don’t even have one, so I’m free all week, including Friday. I’m not sure how I ended up without a single Mugler scent, but I suspect that inexplicably missing the entire Angel era might have something to do with it.
I’m gong to have to try that one. That sounds great.
Sorry, No Mugler in my collection. Not even a sample ?
I dont know how that happened.
Jubilation XXV for me on a chilly day.
This week will be the wrap up for my current job. Next week Ill start my new job. Its kinda surreal and i am feeling somewhat nervous to change in times like these. I havent even met my new colleagues irl.
But hey, sometimes you gotta take your chances??
I’m excited for you Jiji!?
Good luck! I agree sometimes you gotta take chances. I just started a new job at the end of October after 14 years with my last employer. I was nervous too but my new colleagues have welcomed me with open arms.
It’s weird for sure, but congratulations and best of luck!
Good luck!!
Congrats and good luck!
Wishing you best of luck!
Wishing you a great start to your new job! It is scary but exhilarating as well and in time you’ll feel right at home.
Hope your new job will be great.
No Mugler here, either, and I’m just as puzzled by it as you are. That’s okay, though, because you smell marvelous today, and you’re going to be great in the new job!
Good luck Jiji, exciting.
You smell wonderful! Good luck with the new job!
Good luck! ?
I’m excited for you! You’ll do great!
Fingers crossed that your new co-workers are wonderful, helpful, friendly people who love perfume 🙂
Good luck, Jiji!
I started a new job in August and still haven’t met any of my colleagues in person. It’s weird but doable. Good luck in your new position!
Best of luck on your new job Jiji!
Good morning Y’all,
Starting the week very business-like in Chanel No 19 Poudre. Yet another full bottle worthy pick for my wish list….
It’s a good one!
No 19 Poudre is gorgeous !
Such a good one!
Definitely a pretty scent, in the best way.
I have no Mugler, so no CP for me.
I woke up craving my Diptyque L’ombre Dans l’Eau rolleball (sure sign of anxiety), but I don’t have it at hand. So Jour d’Hermes for it’s bright, happy character, and Goutal Un Matin d’Orage from a rollerball I bought when it was first released. At the time, I couldn’t appreciate the aquatic note, but I’m enjoying the composition quite a bit now.
It is a sign of anxiety that you want to wear L’Ombre? Why?
Generally speaking, I want to wear rose when I’m feeling a little anxious. L’Ombre works well for me in that case.
At any rate, a thorough fueling-up with coffee and some Jour d’Hermes turned things around!
Interesting, I do not see rose that way! Glad it works for you, we all need something, right? And glad the coffee & JdH did the job.
I’m not gonna be muglering this week, sorry 😛
I’m testing Masque Ray-Flection today. It’s a sunny, floral bouquet centered around mimosa but I don’t quite like it. There’s something in it that my nose finds disturbing.
I guess this only confirms the “can’t love them all” rule.
Hope we all have a good week ahead!
Lol Lucasai at Muglering!
😀
Was awash in Lyric earlier and now wearing a dab of Deneuve extrait. Never got around to vacuuming yesterday but tomorrow is another day. I am currently looking at what to get my sister when her birthday rolls around in a couple weeks.
I always quote Scarlett O’Hara when it comes to cleaning: I’ll think about that tomorrow. Tomorrow is another day. :)))
Ha, will remember this. I hate cleaning and just do it when I really have to.
I’m in VCA Bois d’Iris. I’m saving my Mugler for Friday.
Classes start again for me today. 16 weeks and then I am done!
I got my second vaccine on Saturday and the shot itself wasn’t as bad as the first. I was told there have been more reported side effects with the second, but I woke up yesterday with just a sore arm and other than that I felt just fine.
Glad you are feeling better!
Thanks ltsg! I was worried about this second one, glad it’s done!
Is this vaccine supposed to be good “for life” or do you have to get it again every so often?
Also, does it just lesson the chance of getting covid, like the flu shot?
Sorry, I’ve designated you as my local expert!?
From what I understand from my limited knowledge is that you can still spread it to others even with the vaccine. so that is why they say you should still wear a mask and practice social distancing after you have the vaccine. So therefore, you can still spray lots of perfume to help those keep their social distance.
Adding another spray of Songes..
I think this will be more like a yearly flu shot, because of the virus mutations
Hi Lillijo!
1. It is very unlikely this vaccine will provide lifelong immunity due to (as tannina pointed out) like future mutations in the virus’s genetic makeup. We do not yet know how long the immunity will last (we’ve only been doing it for a relatively short period of time).
2. Yes, it lessens the chance of getting infected with the virus but most importantly of getting severely ill and dying from it.
As LTSG said, you can still get infected with the virus and potentially transmit the virus to a susceptible person, so masking is key.
3. The vaccine is significantly more effective in preventing Covid infection than the annual flu vaccine is in preventing influenza (and that has to do again with frequent mutations in the influenza virus).
4. How often will we need to get vaccinated will depend on the behavior of the virus and its efforts to elude our defenses.
Hope this helps ?
It does help, thanks!
I’m glad adanst answered because I honestly don’t know. When I got my flu shot last fall the nurse did say that the covid vaccine may be annual just like the flu shot.
That’s awesome, hooray for your second shot! I’m a very low-priority vaccine recipient (young, healthy, have a job that requires rare interaction with others), so I wonder how long it will be until I get it.
I mean, I SAY young. What I mean is, too young to be at risk because of my age.
I knew what you meant.? Fingers crossed you don’t have to wait too long.
Glad you didn’t have any negative side effects! And woohoo for only 16 more weeks!
Woo hoo! 16 weeks will fly by! (that’s what I’m telling myself anyway?)
You smell great!
Thanks sistine, I love this one!
Hurray for your second shot! ??
Guerlain Idylle. This fragrance makes me happy. I should wear it more often !
You should always wear things that make you happy!
The Reddit sub r/fragrance is frustrating because there are so many young people asking, “Is it okay to wear this?” “What should I wear on a date?” “What’s an appropriate casual scent?” I bite my tongue but I want to say to every single one of them, “Do you love it? If you’re wearing it in public, is it quiet enough to not bother anyone? THEN WEAR IT. Life is too short to worry about these things.” Every single scent I own is something that I love, or at least used to love and got tired of or just never get around to wearing any more. (I need to cull my collection at the next swapmeet.)
The reddit fragrance subs are hilarious in general. I knew they skew younger but geez.
Ugh, yes. “I have a collection of 30 (or fill in the blanks between 10 and 99) bottles. Help! I think I’m addicted ?!”
Send them to Basenotes so they can become truly addicted. Ha. 😉
no Mugler in the house. Cold here this morning. Some Tea for Two and a cashmere hoodie for hours in front of laptop.
Smelling wonderful! Love T42 😉
You’re smelling great!
See a lot of “I have no Mugler” AND “I have more than a week’s worth of Mugler”. Divisive as always.
I am in camp#2 so I’m starting the week in Angel + the matching shower gel I got as a GWP and haven’t broken into yet. Yum ?
It is hard to think of a house that inspires such passionate reactions either for or against. I think many people are very Angel adverse not realizing there are tricks to taming this fragrance and that there are other offerings. Here is a little true story. I am at Nordstrom to test an Alien flanker, 2012. Two other customers are there to purchase FlowerBomb. It is around mid February. I squirt that Alien Essence Absolue on a test strip. Both the waiting customers purchase this instead of FlowerBomb?
P.S. Mugler minis are the cutest tiny bottles ever!
I like Flowerbomb as an easy no-brainer, but I’d pick Essence Absolue over it easily. Congrats on inspiring them haha!!
And yes! My Angel is actually a mini, I think I like it better dabbed than sprayed. I have a few more Mugler minis, but I’ve found that the Aura one is so hard to open!
I think my mini Angel smells better than my bottle. It seems more potent and dense when it’s dabbed.
Angel shower gel sounds like it would be amazing.
In Profumum Roma Confetto. Another sample thunked! I really like it, but I find it very similar to Dior Hypnotic Poison, which I love and have a full bottle, so money saved!
Sunny and not as cold as the weekend. We are expecting snow tomorrow.
Having my second cup of coffee and now back to my home/work desk.
Happy Monday! ?
That was my conclusion too – Confetto fills the same slot as Hypnotic Pouson, of which I already have lots. Money saved!
I definitely prefer Hypnotic Poison!
Hypnotic Poison never worked on me, but one of its flankers was gorgeous.
I like Midnight Poison. Tendre and Pure didn’t work much on me. I have seen nice reviews about Poison Girl, but I have never tried it.
I might be retroactively making a connection between Poison Girl and Love’s Baby Soft. Unfortunately, I don’t have any Love’s Baby Soft around to test that theory. Poison Girl is definitely the sweetest scent in the Poison family.
I don’t I own a single Mugler, nary a sample either. I finished a bottle of Womanity a year or so ago, and never got around to replacing it. Years ago, I met a young perfumer in Penang—Josh Lee. When I ask him who was his favorite perfumer, he emphatically said Thierry Mugler.
SOTM is a teeny spritz of The Favourite. I’m in the children’s day hospital (scent free zone) with my son getting a bunch of routine tests. I totally spaced about this appt and so forgot to make sure he was super hydrated for the iv insert. I feel sorry for him and really annoyed at myself, as the nurse is struggling to get the iv to flow and is moving the needle around in the crook of his arm. Grrrr. Bad mother moment.
Wearing two masks, there’s no chance of catching a whiff of my pretty perfume. ?
I hope the nurse got it in and don’t beat yourself up too much! Hope the rest of the appointment will go smoothly.
She did, but gah!
Don’t feel too bad, hope all turns out well!
If you are feeling bad about a bad mother moment, it’s because you are a good mother! I hope the rest of the tests go well.
2nd that!!
Annoyingly, he failed the stim test–his numbers didn’t go high enuf. I just wrote to his doc to see if we should run it again. It may mean that he is once again suffering from adrenal insufficiency— such an innocuous sounding condition that is not. Exhaling.
I am so sorry for you and your son having to go through all this. Big hugs.
Hoping there IS an innocuous explanation instead.
I didn’t even know being well hydrated was a factor! Hope you both get out of there and into a cheerier environ soon.
Oh yes! But you have to start hydrating days before your stab. My son’s veins are hard to find, so heat and slapping are applied (heat okay, slapping not so much!), and usually I am pretty good about making him drink lots of water for a few days before an iv insert. It once took nearly two hours to get an iv started before an mri (he needed contrast) and eventually a nicu nurse was called down to help. The mri was another two hours. You can imagine that afternoon.
Thanks! I was often told I had narrow veins – or something – so this is very interesting.
Don’t beat yourself up, mom. Sending hugs for both of you.
Hug accepted. 🙁
Sending you hugs. What a rough day!
Hugs for you, and your son! Wowzers what a day.
No Mugler for me until Friday – but I’m Angel adjacent with Olympic Orchid’s California Chocolate, which smells a bit like Choc Orange with some incense on the side.
Wonderful scent!
Wow, I probably need to try that.
Wow, that sounds like lemming bait.
My Rogue sample set arrived on Friday, so I’ve been playing with it all weekend. There are four or five I’m already plotting how I might acquire!
Today’s scent is Rogue Champs Lunaire, a very pretty white floral.
Today marks the midpoint of the weirdest school year of my career.
Was it weird because of COVID?
Oh, yes, nothing more terrible or strange than that is going on. I hate to wish any part of any year away, but I would be pleased if the second half of the year goes faster than the first. I miss all the wonderful stuff about teaching fully in person. Come on, vaccination!
Preach!!!
Very close to thunking my bottle of Angelique Noire, trying to get ‘er done this week! Will save Mugler for later.
Do you have a backup? I was reading a post on Reddit about the discontinuation of Kilian Princess (I swear I have a travel spray but the name is much longer). Anyway, the poster said she had a 30mL but did not like it that much but wondered if she should get a backup ?.
Do I have a backup?? Is the Pope Catholic? I have 3 backups. Angélique Noire is in my top 5, can never go without.
LOL, you sound like me but I don’t have a back-up for it. The story changes with No.19 EDP ?
I’m feeling pretty good for a Monday! I do think it makes a difference for me to get out of the apt over the weekend since I’m at home so much due to WFH. I did get out on Sat. and I feel more refreshed and ready for a new week. Grateful.
SOTD for me: Encens Divin which I’m still loving and so happy I purchased
So glad you are feeling refreshed floragal! Hope that will carry you through the week.
Yes, I hope so too! 🙂
You smell great!
I don’t believe I have any Mugler, so I’m in HG Slowdive today, which is mingling with notes of AS Sunday that must be stuck to my sweatshirt. Oops. At least they play well together.
Do you all remember those OSYNLIG candles that are a collaboration between IKEA and Byredo’s Ben Gorham? I’ve been half-heartedly trying to buy them online for months. I just have a permanent IKEA tab open, and every week or two, I try to place the order. It always tells me the item isn’t available for shipping, and suggests I go pick them up in Sacramento or Burbank. (I am located in the Bay Area, and if you know CA geography, then you know that both of those locations are VASTLY far away from me.)
Anyway, this weekend, a friend told me she was going to the IKEA that’s ~20 min away from my house, so I asked her to pick up any of the OSYNLIG candles she might find there. “One of each scent you see, please,” I believe was my request. And boy, did she deliver! She arrived at my house with a stack of little boxes, six of the medium-sized ones and three of the tiny ones. They’re beeeeeeeeeeautiful! The ceramic pots are just as pretty in real life as they are online! Many of the scents are lovely; if I were buying them just for their scents, I’d probably have gotten two of them (tea leaves & verbena is my favorite, followed by tobacco & honey). They’re all nice enough to use, and more importantly, those pots! are gorgeous! I really don’t think you could buy pots that cute for $5 or $10 (the prices of the small and medium candles).
Anyway, now I have enough candles to last me several lifetimes, to go with my lifetimes of perfume. You’ll note that even though IKEA tried to send me to Burbank, the candles should’ve been available for pickup 20 min away. But you know. Sure.
Hurray for you! Nice friend 😉
I bought a home fragrance purchase this weekend myself (and one for my friend) and I’m very disappointed, unfortunately. It was a diffuser from Potterybarn called Grapefruit. In the store smelling the reeds, I loved it but here in the home, it’s barely noticeable. I moved it to the bathroom figuring a smaller space should help with smelling it but, nope. Sadly a total waste of money. My friend said I should return it but I can’t be bothered and I pitched the box anyway.
Super nice friend! Bummer about Grapefruit 🙁 I wonder if your home is colder than the store was? That would reduce how much you can smell it. Try putting it in a warmer space to see if that helps?
Something to consider.
Thanks!
Those DID look pretty – congrats on the haul!
Floragal, so many candles and Reed diffusers are like that. Really annoying ?
Thanks! Now I just have to create reasons to burn them 🙂
Oooh, congrats! I was doing something similar with the permanently open tab but finally gave up when I accepted they were available nowhere in Canada and probably weren’t going to be.
Bummer, sorry to hear that 🙁
SCORE — good for you, and nice friend! I tried to order them too, and gave up. Hoping covid keeps them from selling out and I manage a curbside order eventually.
Yes, it was super nice of her! I’m very excited for them. Sorry you have had trouble ordering them online too, and I do hope you manage to get a few of them eventually.
Wow, that’s a friend indeed!
Yes, I am very lucky 🙂
I’ll save my two Muglers for later.
Sampling Zoologist Sloth today. Short review: I don’t like it.
Have a good day everyone! We’re expecting a snowstorm later, first time this season. I’m looking forward to it ?❄️☃️
I didn’t like that one either. Gave it several tries and it never grew on me. There’s some sort of unappetizing green note in it.
Yes! A sour vinegar kind of thing.
Another one here that could do 2 weeks of Mugler. I started yesterday in Alien essence absolue. Today I’m wearing Ambre Redoutable. An amber for people who have trouble with amber.( like me)
Question- I have a plan to start a mini pantry in my basement. I’m going to put canned goods down there, because I have limited cupboard space. Do you think I could also put dry goods down there?
Is your basement dry, or does it get damp? Is it finished? If finished, it’s probably fine. If it’s unfinished and damp, then you might want to build a tight enclosure (pref with desiccants in it), and/or get a dehumidifier.
The room I will use is unfinished, but stays dry.
TMI here, but we got rats when we stored birdseed and cat food in our basement. If yours is better sealed than ours (we used to have a cat that figured out how to get into our house from the outside through some route to our basement—so not sealed) you could invest in a dehumidifier that would keep things dry year-round.
I’ve got a cat like that in my neighborhood. She’s shameless and mercenary. I’ve staggered into the kitchen a couple of times only to find her on the counter, meowing at me for some breakfast.
This is what I’m worried about. Thanks!
You can store dry goods in plastic containers if you’re concerned about keeping out the damp. Sturdy plastic containers keep out critters too.
Good to know, thanks! I will keep them upstairs until I can get some good containers.
Incidentally, our critters chewed through “critter proof” plastic containers that were close to half an inch thick! (You know I left a negative review with photos!) Not only did they make holes, but the plastic shards got everywhere. Really gross.
Wow! Our plastic containers have been mouse and woodrat proof for decades. Though they do have plenty of little toothmarks on them 🙂
I knew you’d be rocking the Mugler this week!
You know it!
All hail the Mugler Queen! I have a pantry which I need to clean out but it serves as partial storage for dry goods; the rest are in the basement (finished, dry and no critters).
Queen?! Nah.. maybe court jester ?
The Queen ? for sure!
Maybe Empress instead? ?
This cp was made for you!??
I know!
My basement is also unfinished, and we store some dry goods down there like granola bars. No critter problems for us.
Mugler free household, so I wore Chypre Mousse instead.
Two of my colleagues got a fever and I am feeling chilly and achy again….not a great start for the week
I’m sorry to hear this Tannina. Best to you.
Have you still not been able to get the vaccine?
Today I finally could book an appointment for Feb. 15. Yay!
Oh no! Holding thumbs that you are fine!
This!
I have never heard of holding thumbs! Is this a way of wishing? I’m always up for a new way to promote good luck!
It’s the British version of crossing your fingers I believe.
Hi Lillyjo and Cazaubon – I was very surprised when a cousin in New York asked about this idiom as it’s so natural to me. It turns out that it is a South Africanism that most probably has German origins. For more info:
https://thesamsonsedhistorian.wordpress.com/2018/03/26/holding-thumbs/
Get well soon, happy for you about the vaccine.
Oh no! Keeping my fingers crossed that you will be over these soon!
Ugh, sorry and hope you feel better!
“Mugler-free household” made me smile.
Oh no, hope you feel better soon!
Sending you healthy vibes.
Sorry to hear that you are feeling under the weather tannina.
I hope you feel better soon!
Adding some cheer to Monday with Angel Muse, one small spray to each arm and my neck. My 5ml decant will last me forever wirh how potent this stuff is. I can’t do Angel but really enjoy AM.
I have more than a week’s worth of Mugler, but I’ll have to fit AM unto the rotation. So good!
I love Muse. Eventually, I would like to try the edt version.
I loooove Angel Muse.
Yawn. So tired. Bad sleep night, and the power’s been out AGAIN since 12:45 am. Grumble grumble. I guess Mondays can be Mondays even when you are retired.
No scent yet, I am doubling down on plowing thru samples. Tested all my Rook samples yesterday; just my kind of scents, but so little projection; for most of them, I couldn’t even smell anything from 2 ft away. Oh well, money saved.
I have plenty of Muglers but mostly colognes, which are packed away for the winter. I will apply my ‘winter’ Muglers later this week.
Yuck, hope your power is back by now pixel! And that you get an excellent sleep tonight of course.
Hope your power comes back on soon! We are having high winds so I’m hoping ours won’t go out. Thanks for the tip on Rook, I can cross those off my list.
Wait, did you lose your power because of the high winds last week? (And today?) Oof, sorry! Hope it comes back quickly!
As apsara put it, no Mugler in the house.
SOTD is Ta’if. Lovely.
Wishing everyone a good week!
Ta’if is gorgeous; you smell marvelous.
Thanks LisaD!
Ta’if is beautiful!
It sure is. Thanks KellyC!
Oh gosh, that’s a good one. I wore it last Friday for Fairy Tale week.
Thank you Calypso! I hope your hand feels better.
Still wearing Brocard My Cup of Tea 5 O’Clock, from this morning, still going strong, so I applied TM Pure Malt on the elbows of my sweater.
I saw a great review on this perfume on YouTube. They said it had to be ordered from Russia? Is that true?
I got mine at Marshall’s. I’ve had it for a few years but did not wear it until mid-December last year. It was meh but I will retry.
This is why I only trust NST for perfume info!?
I got it from ebay, the citrus at the opening is a little too strident, but the tea note which persists is lovely, I love tea and there is a phantom tobacco effect. Not a masterpiece but I find it very enjoyable.
Love Pure Malt!
Me too it’s my favorite A*men flanker.
For some reason I felt nostalgic yesterday and pulled out my bottle of K de Krizia. I found it at an open-air market and it’s not vintage and is only edt, but it definitely brings back fond memories. I wore that back in the day all the time! I see it came out in 1982 but I would have placed it earlier than that. The ads for it were absolutely wonderful, so much so that I would cut them out of magazines and post on my bulletin board. They were black and white, super romantic, and sometimes featured a fluffy kitten with a little girl with gorgeous long blond curls. Oh my. This fragrance is quite a heavy-hitter. I wonder if I can find a vintage bottle somewhere and how much they are?
On another matter, my recent purchase of a Heretic sample set has arrived. Thank you to someone who was the enabler on this in last weekend’s poll! Will be reporting soon.
You smell beautiful! I wore it in the late 80’s
No Mugler here, either. SOTD is Zoologist Elephant.
We just got our provincial vaccine schedule and I found out I’m not up until late summer / early fall, and little Ockeghem isn’t eligible, period. (Will kids get the vaccine in the U.S. / Europe?) We’d hoped my spouse would get the vaccine earlier, as a teacher, but they’ve chosen not to prioritize teachers. (VERY frustrating.) Trying to figure out what lack of vaccination does to our summer travel, which was a major trip and rescheduled from last summer. So many countries were involved…I’m not sure I’m up to the task of rethinking this right now.
Hugs for the vaccine uncertainty/not getting it until later. I can imagine how stressful it is.
I do not know the long term plan for kids here, but they aren’t getting vaccinated here now.
Our county suddenly changed the priority system without really publicizing it. My husband moved from 1C to 1A, so he is signed up now — although still don’t know when he’ll get the actual shot!
Fingers crossed something happens there with teachers too. My county has teachers as 1B (also in 1B: grocery store staff, postal service, corrections service, etc). Other staff that deal with the public are 1C.
I am 2, general population, and assume it will be summer before I get one, we’ll see.
The Pfizer vaccine has emergency authorization approval for ages 16 and up and the Moderna one for ages 18 and up.
It is my understanding that Pfizer has completed enrollment for their vaccine trial of the 12-15 age group. Moderna is still in the enrollment phase I believe.
I would be surprised if we had a vaccine approved for young children by the end of this year. It might happen though.
My area has teachers as 1B ( just like Robin’s) but we’re still only vaccinating 1A at this time. Hopefully very soon we can move forward.
Oooh, great info, Robin & adanst! (And glad your husband moved up, Robin!) Neither of the vaccines is approved for <18 in Canada, apparently, unless there are extenuating circumstances, but if the data comes that could change.
There's no concept in the provincial plan here of vaccinating essential-ish workers outside health care / long-term care. Once they're done, they move into the general population by age. SOOO frustrating for my spouse, as he has colleagues at U.S. schools who have already been vaccinated, and he's working with students in person a few times a week now.
I haven’t read much about the Johnson & Johnson vaccine but they’re supposed to be within a few short weeks of completing trials and getting ready for emergency approval as well. Not sure how Canada may be in line for authorization.
We’ve supposedly reserved more vaccines per capita than any other country in the world, if I recall a recent headline correctly. That includes vaccines that aren’t approved yet, so we’re probably on the list for the J&J one if it gets approved. They haven’t been great with rolling the vaccines out, though — that’s where we’ve tripped up, apparently.
In my state teachers were in group 1B, but we’ve been pushed back to group 2. ??♀️
I figure that I am at the end of the line for the vaccine, and I am OK with that. People who really need it ought to get it before I do. My mom, who is in an assisted living facility, got her first shot last Monday.
Yes — agreed that there are people who should very much be ahead of me in line, for sure! The rollout here has been much slower than in the U.S., though, apparently. That said, my 90-year-old grandma in Ohio tells me she’s been calling everywhere, trying to get an appointment for the vaccine, and can’t. She should DEFINITELY be before me. 🙂
Posting and running (back to work) and will be back to read.
SOTD = Mugler Les Exceptions Over the Musk
I’ll be wearing the Les Exceptions perfumes through Friday! This one is woody musk and it is enjoyable! ?
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I started the refrigerator Thunk of COVID food. Result: I can now see 3 sides of the refrigerator AND I discovered that I have 3 unopened pints of ice cream plus a box of M Magnums ? (these are all < 1 year old so still good ?).
I thought you were taking Monday’s off? You smell great!
Mondays off in February. Caught someone in a lie today by saying “not true” when he fumbled around answering a question. I’m ruthless when I need to be.
Oh I believe it!
I got to try these when overseas and Over The Musk was the loveliest of the lovelies ?
The entire line is quite good!
You smell great! I probably should have bought that one instead of Wonder Bouquet.
I ended up with Hot Cologne from the last offering!
Over The Musk has a fan following here, if I recall correctly.
Yes it does!
It was a great weekend- my hub’s bday was Saturday and I wore Wood Sage & Sea Salt for it since we took a trip over to the water and spent the night- it’s good for a chilly night on the water. Then yesterday was our anniversary and I wore BR540 since that was my wedding scent.
Today is my bday and I am still trying to decide what I want to wear. I am working from home today so was in no rush to decide earlier this morning. Will report back. 🙂
Yay! For a great weekend. Hope the cheer pulls your week along.
And, happy birthday too.
Thank you!
Happy birthday! How nice that your birthdays and anniversary are all so close together 🙂 Did you pick your wedding date to be between your birthdays on purpose?
Yes, we did! Decided to just live it up 3 days in a row every January ha!
Happy Birthday and Happy Anniversary! ??
Thank you!
Decided to “go big or go home” for birthday- Black Orchid.
Happy Birthday and Anniversary! Sounds like you had a great celebration.
Great way to start the year! Which formulation of Black Orchid?
Happy Birthday! That’s a lot of festivities all at once!
Happy birthday and anniversary KellyC!
Happy Scented Birthday, KellyC! ????? Nice to see a fellow Aquarian!
Happy birthday!!
Happy Birthday and Anniversary!
Did you pick a perfume from your Sephora sampler yet?
I have not! I still haven’t tried them all! You know what the shocker for me so far was though? I was NOT expecting to like Light Blue but honestly I could see my wearing it some in the summer lol. Go figure.
Happy birthday to your hubs and very happy anniversary!
Happy everything KellyC! Birthday to you and your husband AND anniversary!???
Happy Bday and anniversary KellyC! Sounds like you all had a good weekend.
Happy belated birthday and congrats on the anniversary! Definitely a day worthy of B.Orchid.
Happy belated birthday and anniversary! 🙂
Well, I do have some Supra Floral, so will possibly save it for Friday.
…actually no, just trotted over over to the perfume section of the household and put some on, Because I Can.
LOL – this is on tap!
I’m in Mugler Cologne today. I have three to choose from this week; Amen Pure Shot and Aura will wait for cooler weather.
Irish Coffee Day! That’s so cool. I remember drinking an Irish coffee at the Buena Vista in San Francisco, December 2008. My single girl solo vacation. ❤️??❤️
I don’t even recall what Mugler Cologne smells like!
I’d be glad to send you some, to refresh your memory! ?
Oy vey, thanks. I am, alas, awash in samples and decants! I’ll take a raincheck!
Ah, the Buena Vista! The good old days.
And then a ride on the cable car to get back to the B&B. So fun.
Running late today! I had an eye doctor appointment this afternoon, plus ran a couple of errands. Hajusuuri gets a grocery enabler’s pin for mentioning the poke bowls at Wegmans, btw. Safe at home now, and waiting for the snow/wintry mix to start in the late late hours.
SOTD = Aedes de Venustas Grenadille d’Afrique EdP, from the sample stash. Not going to wear a Mugler perfume to any doctor appointment! I’d gas everyone out!
P.S. Thanks to therabbitsflower, tiffanie, and Merlin for the late night/early morning birthday wishes! Appreciated those, and everyone else’s!
I think alot of us are getting the same storm overnight and tomorrow. Stay safe!
No worries, lillyjo! Tomorrow’s weather has been described as a “nuisance event” by more than one meteorologist in my area. I doubt that I will see any accumulating snow.
Oh good! I’m slated to get about 5 inches.
Happy belated birthday Jalapeño!
Thanks, madtowngirl! Still have some birthday pizza left over, and now I have beer to go with it. Doing all right!
Belated Happy Birthday, jalapeño! Hope the appointment went well and the poke bowls delicious!
Thanks hajusuuri! I figure one of those poke bowls will be my lunch tomorrow, so looking forward to it!
Got a new Rx for my glasses, and was told to come back in 2 years.
Happy belated birthday! This is where your poke bowl reference came from. 🙂 I’ve been getting the Udon noodle bowls when I make a trip to Wegman’s.
I searched for my sample of Alien but it was nowhere to be found. I ended up wearing a spray of Feminite du Bois from a sample that I unearthed.
I did find my bottle of Alien (the leather version) and will wear this later in the week since its my only other Mugler. I love that bottle!
It’s a great bottle! Scent too!
It’s so annoying when our perfume samples hide themselves from us, right? ?
I have no Muglers, so I’m doing a week of American perfumers. Today’s scent was Las Flores by Provision Scents.