It's Teapot Tuesday and Banana Bread Day. Birthdays today: Samuel Pepys, W. E. B. Du Bois. What fragrance are you wearing?
I'm drinking a cup of Numi Chinese Breakfast, brewed with roasted cocoa nibs and cardamom. Fragrance at the moment is Diptyque Volutes.
Reminder: 2/26 is Levi Strauss Day. Along with Jacob Davis, Strauss invented and patented the riveted blue jean. Do what you like with the theme.
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: shown are items from Denby's Studio Blue line. Image via The Wedding Shop UK at Facebook.
SotD is Au dela Narcisse.
Enjoying spring weather right now!
17 degrees (more than 62 F) and sunny 🌞
Work is still busy but luckily I could find a moment yesterday (late in the afternoon) for a walk in the woods. It smells amazing right now, its lovely to hear all the birds chirping and we spotted two roe deer in the fields!
I wore that yesterday and enjoyed it. It was funny, because I really got the narcissus note on one arm, but not the other.
I do get narcissus but turns ambery/mossy quite quickly on my skin.
How lovely!!
Looked up pics of roe deer…beautiful!🤩
Roe deer are quite common here in The Netherlands.
In some areas real deer (red deer) roam but they are much harder to find/spot.
We have what seems like gazillions of Canada geese on our hospital campus, and they are pairing off like crazy right now. LOL Soon there will be nests all around with eggs and MEAN mama geese protecting them!
Ha sure sounds like springtime! 😊🌼🐣
Perfect temps and a nice walk. I’m jealous!!
SmokeyToes wore vintage Amazone yesterday and as soon as I red that I knew I had to do the same, because it’s *fantastic*. I’m in the parfum, wildly complex but artfully masked with the illusion of simplicity — bright flashes of green up top, armloads of flowers, black fruit woven through the whole thing, and plush, earthy oakmoss to ground it all. Yyou feel as if you’re walking around in a nimbus of gold.
25 days until spring and it can’t come a minute too soon, I tell you.
I have thinking about the days until spring too. I celebrate Nowruz, though I am not Persian, but enjoy to cook Persian food and culture.
Joining you! Twins!
this sounds fantastic! On it goes on the “duty free” list (I think I’ve seen Amazone there before – obviously not the vintage one). That list is getting long!
I’ve read that recent reformulations are actually pretty good, and if you’ve never smelled the vintage, you’d probably be pleased with it. It’s worth a try!
You smell wonderful! I’ve only tried the EDT; jealous of your parfum. 😉
Tea is Marco Polo
When I think of Levi jeans I think about San Francisco, when I lived there, I use to frequent the store in Union Sq. As an ode to the Bay Area I am doing a week of Henry Rose scents.
SOTD Dark is Night
Vetiver & Freesia
Patchouli & Vanilla Bean
An interview with Ms Pfeirffer for Elle magazine: Which of your fragrances smells most like Cat Woman?
MP: Oooh, “Dark as Night.” That one smells like you’re out late at night in a place you’re definitely not supposed to be!”
forgot my thrift outfit of the day
Blue jeans and this sweater but in grey https://images.app.goo.gl/7NdmtPvwQHkgacnw6
Dark as Night sounds great
It’s really fitting for today’s weather and my mood 🙃
A week of Henry Rose scents is intriguing! After you mentioned Fog, I looked it up, it sounds like something I’d enjoy.
Another scent that reminds me of SF is Thymes Eucalyptus Perfume, it has that bracing herbal/green vibe that a seaside walk brings.
Some of my favorite jeans were Levis. Back in 2001, there was a silver tab design that was perfect for my athletic frame. Naturally, they were discontinued!
I’m very interested to hear your take on the Henry Rose scents this week!
And now I think I must turn those two past-it bananas in the kitchen into banana bread ASAP. We are getting more snow (right now), so baking seems like an appropriate move?
Wore 31 RC yesterday and was glad not to find it overpowering (as I had last time I wore it). I may head in that direction again today.
Now, off to have a second cup of coffee with my husband. Meeting around 10 a.m. to chat over coffee has been one of the absolute nicest silver linings of WFH.
Apparently it will start snowing here soon. If you hear screaming, that might be me…
But tomorrow we are supposed to hit 51! That would be lovely.
We got like eight inches of snow overnight so I am joining you in the (at least internal) screaming. It hasn’t been the worst ever weatherwise, but my husband slipped on the ice almost two months ago and broke a bone in his wrist: the cast comes off tomorrow (we HOPE). It’s been a symbol of the general awfulness of this season. I am so done with winter.
Oh, good luck to him! After that keep him inside til spring.
Maybe the real story behind The Scream painting is snow!⛄
LOL
OMG! You made me spill some of my coffee! LOL!
LOL🤣
Bwa ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!
Ha!
You poor woman. 😉😉
31 RC is great…as is the 2nd cup of coffee.
I love using over ripe bananas for banana nut bread. I purchase several extra and once they are nearly black, freeze them to increase the sweetness. It also increases the banana flavor, be sure to save/use the juices from the frozen banana, it adds moisture.
Oh, me too! I have packages of frozen banana in the freezer — perfect for banana bread.
I don’t really care for bananas (I think it’s a texture issue), but banana bread, pancakes, or in an almond/vanilla smoothie, and I’m all in!
Have you tried adding a touch of rum extract (in addition to vanilla extract) to your banana nut bread? It adds a nice touch.
I’m the same, with two bananas waiting to go!
I’m in Bruno Fazzolari Room 237. I’m not sure if I’m enjoying it or not. There’s an odd note that is bothering me.
Enabler pins abound… because it came up here, I decided to get a BUB of Black Perfecto EdP (a tester bottle) as well as a small bottle of the EdT to try. Definitely a difference. So far, I’m preferring EdP for its deeper lushness. EdT might be something I’ll like in warmer weather. There’s a dryness to it vs the EdP.
What is a BUB?
Sorry. Back-up-bottle. I have a small bottle of the EdP and decided I liked it well enough and it’s so inexpensive that I decided to get another bottle.
Thanks for reporting on the difference between the EDT and EDP!
Wearing Tom Ford Jasmin Rouge.
Nice, warmer day! Finally! 🌞🌻
No breakfast yet, I am glued to my desk just having my second cup of coffee and ready to run the errands that I postponed yesterday due to the weather.
I talked to my high school friends yesterday and it was very cheerful and uplifting. We have not met since Fall 2019 and we miss sharing good moments like before. Unfortunately, the possibility to physically meet is not an option this year either. We don’t feel comfortable, especially if eating outside is involved. I want to be positive about better times arriving soon, even though I sometimes I feel very depressed and hopeless about it.
Happy Tuesday, everyone! 🌻
Smelling great! I remember when you did that meet up. I hope it won’t be too much longer before you can do it again. 🌷🐣
Thank you, Lillyjo!
I think cold temps and snow makes me feel worse and hopeless about everything. But we are a month away from spring! Yay! I will survive! 🦋🐇🐣🌻🌹
Happy Tuesday, pl67! Glad to hear you got to connect with your friends last night, even if not in person.
Thank you, Tulipani! It was very nice talking over the phone with them. Looking forward to keeping in touch more often now.
Spring is coming. And things will get better. But I agree – it sure is taking a long time!
You smell beautiful.
Thank you, Sistine! 🌻
Good to hear that you were in touch with your high school friends recently. It’s amazing how much better you can feel after that.
Thank you, Jalapeno! We had been out of touch since the pandemic began. It was great to hear they are all doing fine. We had a nice and cheerful virtual gathering!
Better times, and spring, are coming! I’m glad you got to chat with old friends.
Good morning Y’all,
Had a dentist apt this morning so had to pick something super soft and unobtrusive, so I went with Oscar de la Renta Lavender. I love this one! It’s a soft milky lavender with just a touch of the lightest spices. Very close to the skin. Great for bedtime too!
I heard that Lavender was the best of that bunch. Have you tried the others?
This is the only one from this line that I’ve tried so far. I saw the Blue Orchid one at Burlington, but I don’t generally like aquatics all that much. I did buy Live in Love (for like $10!), but haven’t opened the box yet….
Oh, please report back when you do open Live in Love! I’ve also seen it crazy cheap and love Esprit d’Oscar, so have been tempted…
I did a short review of the first LiL here, if that’s the one Jada has: https://scentsandsensibilities.co/2018/05/12/may-muguet-marathon-live-in-love/
The OdlR Lavender sounds really nice! I have the first Live in Love, in the green and gold box; it’s a nice, white floral daytime scent, light enough for the office or workplace. I reviewed it a while ago as part of my May Muguet Marathon, but as I said then (and just confirmed), it’s not really a muguet scent, to my nose (or hyacinth, which is listed as one of the stronger notes). I get more of the orange flower and jasmine. Apparently there’s a newer version called Live in Love New York, in a blue box.
I’m in Hermes Brin de Reglisse. It smells wonderful, but soooo light. And banana bread day–I make a great banana bread, but “we have no bananas today.” ♪♪
You make me think of The English Patient. Still one of my favourite movies of all time.
That was a great movie. I should watch it again.
I loved that movie. I just ate a banana and my SOTD is twinning w/ Robin. Volutes.
Light but perfect…maybe I will wear that this evening.
Hermessence Santal Massoia is my SOTD.
Yay for Hermessence! I haven’t tried that one. *adds it to sample list*
You smell lovely, I love that scent! It’s soft and “safe” for work, but not boring!
How do you like it? I find the massoia wood part a bit weird. But i like it overall.
I love that scent! You smell amazing.
I really enjoy this scent ! Very easy to love
I like that one a lot! I have a travel spray of it, and it is in fact perfect to take on a trip (if I ever get to travel again, sob). Works for lots of different occasions. You smell great!
I’m not even wearing jeans today – darn.
Copying Robin in Bois des Iles.
Had a “Franken-scent” experience last night: I tried a sample of something (shall remain unnamed!) yesterday evening around 8 or so. Didn’t like the sample a whole lot, didn’t hate it – put it into my burgeoning freebie/swap pile.
A couple hours later, I applied my usual Nivea hand cream and went to bed. As I’m lying there, I notice a terrible smell, and I wonder if the kids are burning something plasticky on the stove. Nope. It’s Nivea combined with that sample. Truly awful combination! I still smelled it when I woke up briefly at 5. Boy.
Happy Tuesday!
Yuck! I would of got out of bed and scrubbed my skin until it was gone
I’m dying to know what it was.😈
It was an indie frag, that’s why I’m coy. I do like a lot of their stuff, so this may have just been bad synergy with the Nivea!
Wow, interesting!
Hello everyone! My SOTD is vintage Amazone extrait, I love this stuff, this is easily on my top 10 stranded on a desert island perfumes.
I am thoroughly enjoying the Ivy Tree by Mary Steward, I have a feeling this is going to be a favorite read and new favorite author.
I recently found a book about Winston Churchill’s wife Clementine that looks quite interesting. I can’t wait to read it!
I walked four miles yesterday, I’m about to head out in a minute, hopeful to walk five miles today.
Enjoy your walk 👟
What a nice (blue jean-themed) collection of tea pots, cups and a ceramic French press (?). I am wearing Bogue Profumo MEM, which I normally love but is not suiting me today for some reason. I am hiding in my office with my window open, since I have a new colleague who keeps reminding everybody about the scent-free policy. Drinking a cold coffee brew and thinking of good ol’ Pepys, who made it through the previous / “last” Great Plague of London and much else besides, god(s) rest his soul.
Kinda passive-aggressive if you ask me!
No doubt…..
Nothing kind about that behavior at all.
I have never read more than brief excerpts from the diary…you I am sure have done better!!
Wanted to tell you I am in the middle of The Bronski House, which I got onto because I finally read the Eleanor Perenyi book you recommended, More Was Lost, and then was looking for more information about it.
Oh heavens, that’s impressive you’re two degrees in on recommendations — I’m sure you now know quite a bit more about the Rus borderlands than me. Fascinating part of the world! I hope that means you enjoyed the Perenyi memoir? You’ll have to let me know if I should eventually get to The Bronski House.
Confessing I’ve only read excerpts, too, as well as the Claire Tomalin biography of Pepys. Not sure I’ll ever get to the unabridged nine volume version of the diary…
I loved the Perenyi and might look for her garden book, which I guess is how she is best known.
The Bronski house is good but not as good — unless you have a huge interest in the subject you are fine skipping it.
I try to avoid new colleague’s until they become old co-workers.
Good practice!
Ha! She’s otherwise a warm and friendly colleague, but she’s a lot of work. 🙄
MEM is nice! I am sorry you have such narrow minded colleagues.
During our library remodel, we relocated to three large, airplane hangar-sized buildings. I had a colleague who used to complain about my perfume from the complete opposite side of the structure.
Same colleague would also apply highly-fragranced lavender lotion to his face. 😒😒 *stinkeye*
I had one of those! During a remodel, several of us had to share a large open space, and one colleague would pointedly open the doors whenever I wore any scent. Same colleague brought a smelly lunch every day, heated it up in the shared microwave, and ate it at her desk. The space would smell all afternoon.
Parks & Recreation used to completely bewilder me until I started working in the public sector, now I get it…
Drinking Stumptown Hair Bender coffee…bought myself a sampler trio for Xmas as I was buying it as a gift for someone else too (the perfect excuse) and they were all excellent. No affiliation…very good beans.
Burning a B&BW Lemon, Lavender and Shortbread candle and wearing Solstice Scents Estate Cacao…notes are Milk Chocolate, White Chocolate, Dark Chocolate, Raw Cacao, Estate Vanilla, Aged Patchouli, Pomegranate and Raspberry.
Have x-rays and a follow up w/ the neurosurgeon on Thursday for my neck. Thursday is also the 2 year anniversary of my mother’s passing from pancreatic cancer…many feelings this week…grateful for this community and the wonderful distraction of fragrance.♥️
Sending comforting hugs She-ra. 💕.
I hope your neurosurgeon appointment goes well!
Thank you, PL67.♥️
Sending lots of comforting vanilla hugs!
Thank you, cazaubon!
Big hugs She-ra.💕
Thank you, MTG.
Hope the neurosurgery appointment is productive and your week is full of fond memories of your mother.
Thanks, Sapphire. ♥️
Take good care of yourself this week, She-ra!
Thank you! ♥️
Sending armloads of hugs! I’m so sorry about your mother. Two years is not long in terms of grief, but I hope your week involves lots of warm memories and love.
I’ve been a Stumptown addict forever now, especially their Guatemalan varieties. It’s just perfect coffee.
Yes, it’s hard to believe 2 years have passed.
I haven’t tried their Guatemalan yet but I think it’s single source and I sent that trio to my brother for Xmas.
Such good coffee.
Ohh, sending you comforting thoughts and many hugs, this week is huge! I think B &BW works single-wick candles are on sale, I will purchase a White Tea & Sage candle, I love it’s soft refreshing fragrance.
I wish they would re-release Aloe & Clover and Fresh Waterfall, I loved those two scents.
I don’t often burn candles, it’s time to restock so White Tea/Sage it is.
I came across an old Green Teatherapy candle from the Healing Garden, circa 1990s. I really wish it was still in production, what a glorious scent, with many wonderful memory associations.
Thank you, SmokeyToes!
And I remember the Healing Garden.
A blast from the past. Working from home has gotten me into burning more candles…a nice diversion.
I hope your follow-up news is very good. And thinking of you as you remember your mom. Hugs!
Thank you, springpansy!
Also sending you comforting hugs for this week. I love the name of your coffee; it sounds exactly like something I need in my life!
Thank you, Gail. ♥️
Sending hugs.
Thanks, Aurora. ♥️
Hugs She-ra and I hope the general coziness of your surroundings make it less painful for the anniversary and also soothing for your appointment.
Good luck with the appointment! 🤞🏻🍀
Sending good luck wishes for your appointment and hugs for the anniversary 💙
Sending you wishes for good news at your appointment and hugs for you in this week of emotions. Take it easy on yourself this week.
Be extra kind to yourself this week She-Ra. Your atmosphere sounds cozy.
My mom will be gone four years this Sunday. it goes fast and slow all at the same time. Hugs to you, She-Ra.
Sending best wishes for the doctor appointment, and gentle hugs on this sad anniversary for you.
Commando so far. Slept badly and think I need something gentle and light, and my brain just isn’t coming up with the right suggestion. Maybe I’ll think better after more ☕️ …
I hope your day can be gentle, along with your eventual perfume choice!
Thank you, Isabella – I ended up in FM Eau de Magnolia, which is just perfect for today.
Hope that you sleep well tonight! 😴🌜⭐
CdG Daphne today, after several mentions of not hoarding fragrances… this one is a kitchen sink perfume with lots of notes, but mainly tuberose & incense to me.
I am not hoarding, but I am sure I am ignoring some over others … I need a better system of rotation.
Sounds like you smell awesome!
That perfume is so rich! I treasure my bottle!
Who knew I was in synch with banana bread day? Had some this morning, warmed up in the toaster. I put together my own recipe, combining ideas from a few other ones. Lots of butter and cream cheese involved. Off to sneak a spray of the Anima Dulcis that I got my husband for Valentine’s!
Yum, now all you need is some dark chocolate chips too.😉
That would certainly combine the banana bread with the Anima Dulcis, but my family would rebel. They don’t even want nuts in the banana bread.
Whaaaat? You gotta have nuts in the banana bread.
Cream Cheese! YUM.
A friend used to make stuffed French Toast using Banana Bread instead, she would slice it extra thick, cut a slit pocket in the middle and stuff it with a caramel/cream cheese filling.
Yup, heart attack on a plate but oh boy was it ever delicious!
That sounds righteous! The cream cheese in my banana bread is just mixed into the batter.
Yes, it’s super rich. I make sure not to eat anything like that when bloodwork is around the corner.
I’m in Santa Eulalia Albis.
You guys, it was 35 and sunny when I left for work today! It was so warm yesterday that I went for a walk! Outside! (can you tell I’m excited, lol) I also got a much needed carwash. Ironically the weatherman last night said it’s gonna be a good week for carwashes.🌞😎
Nice! My grandpa used to say the car always runs better when it’s clean! 🌞😎
My car is proof against that, ha!
I’ve noticed that in my car too – apparently Robin’s car is a rebel.
Isn’t it glorious?!🌞 I’m soaking it up!
We’re having a few good “carwash” days here, too! I bet they’re going to be crowded… so much yucky salt residue on everything.
Spent most of the morning on the phone with the doctor’s office. I called my doctor yesterday morning saying that I have 7 days left on a medication that I need. She called me today saying that it wasn’t a medication she would fill but I would need to make an appointment for a specialist to do that. Had to ask about what to do if an appointment is months away and I can’t be without it. Crickets on her end. Now I am trying to think about what needs to be done. Can’t seem to get an appointment right now. Wearing Deneuve extrait right now and going to work. It amazes me of what doctors will refuse to do.
That is truly awful. Can you get a Teledoc appointment that might buy some time?
I worry about our move to a new state and not seeing an interruption in my husband’s diabetes meds. The meds I take wouldn’t be life-threatening if I missed taking them for awhile.
Won’t the doctor who prescribed it before give you another script? Here if no appointment is available the relevant doc will at least write the script with enough to last until an appointment becomes available. I would imagine it’s a common problem with chronic conditions.
Yikes, how awful and frustrating! I think LizzieB has the right idea. A Teledoc appointment is just the ticket. *sigh* so many frustrating scenarios.
I don’t have any advice but I’m sorry you have to deal with so much worry and frustration.
I’m wearing PG Cuir d’Iris since SheriG wore it yesterday and because I could still smell last night’s Cuir Ottoman on my arms this morning. I’m trying out evening showers this week since it’s been a challenge for both me and my boyfriend to have warm showers in the morning. Our shower water takes a ridiculously long time to warm up in the winter mornings. So far the biggest consideration is that my evening perfume may still remain in the morning and force my hand to wear something similar for the day.
My sciatica pain is about 95% better, thank goodness. I’m back to working today. I will take a couple breaks for stretching and will stand and work as much as I can manage.
Glad to hear you’re feeling better
That might be a fun perfume game! Like a 6 degrees of separation kind of thing. How smoothly can you transition from X to Y?
So glad you are feeling better. And unrelated, but I’ve become a big fan of a quick evening shower vs morning shower since working from home. I only wash my hair a couple of times a week as it’s so dry, but I wash it in the mornings in the tub.
You smell divine, of course.
Are you in an apartment? It sounds like the landlord should be doing something. Glad you were able to relieve your sciatica pain!
Good luck with the back!
I would kill for some banana bread…
I’m sitting here in some cherry – BDK Rouge Smoking, the first sprays of a blind bought decant. Luckily, it’s a love. I used to think I hated cherry in fragrances, but the one-two punch of this and Lost Cherry has changed by mind. This one, luckily, is much less expensive, and comes in travel sprays.
Oooo good to know about the travel sprays.
Looks like this particular scent is sold out in the 10ml but they have it available for most! This is my first experience with BDK Parfums so I’m gonna be good and sample first…
Roma in the morning for a doctor’s appointment.
Did a walk in the late afternoon and topped up with Eau de Lancaster. A very nice cheapie for warmer weather.
I received a wonderful freebie Zoologist sample package from pl67 yesterday, so I’ll be trying a bunch today. I already tried on Bat (original version) last night, it was a fun ride that ended up in mostly fig for me. I also dabbed on some Amouage Lyric before bedtime; wow, what a sophisticated scent!
I think my jumble of scents will fit the CP, because… everything goes with jeans, right?! LOL.
Let us know what you think!
Enjoy! 😊
Tea and banana bread day? Where do I sign??
I’m in my well-aged Imogen Rose again today. Whiffs of stemmy carnation and sugared pink rose petals, with wet greenery nestled in between. It did *not* smell this good ten years ago; guess it had to age, like a fine wine.
My solid is about 10 years old and has also improved, I think.
Mine’s the solid as well. When I first got it it was overwhelming baby powder — I said “oh, well” and stuck it in the back of the cupboard. Glad I didn’t get rid of it, because now I love it!
Your description is spot on. I just added a touch to my wrists. It’s beautiful but even so I probably couldn’t wear it by itself for a full day. There might be something a touch claustrophobic about it?
Iv got a few Lush solids that are a decade or more old and only the 1000 Kisses went a bit rancid…
I take that back – perhaps I’ll wear it tomorrow!
Good to hear that most LUSH solid perfumes can age well. I have one of Lust.
Wearing Jubilation 25 today and my samples of Vol de Nuit and Jicky have arrived. I got them from perfumeniche (Canadian decant site) and they threw in two freebies even though I only ordered two samples to begin with, which I find very generous. The extra samples are Bandit and Bois d’Armenie, neither of which I’ve ever tried so I was excited to receive them.
For those who were wondering what I thought of Vol de Nuit, I think it’s beautiful but ultimately a bit too pale for me. The opening is gorgeous, this galbanum-jasmine (or maybe orange blossom) so sparkling that it seems to fizz. The drydown is a powdery spin on Guerlain’s usual pastry theme, but with more sandalwood and much cooler. It’s soft and subtle in the EDT format.
Bandit was a beast of its own, that’s for sure. There’s some green in the opening and a touch of floral in the drydown, but primarily it’s thick, almost roasted leather with a note of smoke. Not the campfire of Lonestar Memories, cigarette smoke. Uncompromising and totally unisex, even masculine.
You smell amazing! I ❤️ Jubilation 25.
I love Bandit as well btw. 😊
Vol de Nuit in extrait de parfum is stunning.
I agree! To my nose it’s a bit gentler than some Guerlains, but perfectly put together and deeply comforting. I sometimes wear it to bed when I’m feeling agitated and insomnia-bound.
Sounds like I ought to sniff Vol de Nuit for myself. 😉
It’s really beautiful, I definitely recommend checking it out.
My interpretation of CP is laid back and androgynous which just happens to be, ahem, the style I’m most comfortable in! 😆 So today it’s Sel de Vetiver layered with 4711 Kumquat & Myrrh. Scents from The Different Company are notoriously light but this one is a hard hitter WHEN compared to K&M. I actually have SdeV as a base and just spritz down in K&V every few hours!
Sounds like a fun combo. I liked K&M when I tried it.
The whole range is very likeable. Also light refreshing fun for summer I guess!
Sunny day here, Chant d’Arômes is calling out to me.
You will smell lovely.
Banana bread is an American specialty, it’s a long tine since I’ve had any.
In Must de Cartier from my oldish but not vintage bottle, I have a vintage BUB because for me Must is the green Shalimar I always call it that and really is a must, feeling I need to justify the amount.
*time
Is there a big difference between the oldish and vintage?
Not much of a difference but the vintage is more animalic in the drydown stage, honestly they are both lovely if you love Must.
Animalic can go either way with me. It’s been decades since I’ve tried Must.
I believe you would like the oldish better then, I never see it mentioned here, but I was quite sure you had tested it, for those who like Shalimar, Must is definitely a must. It keeps very well and is very affordable here.
I vaguely remember seeing that Cartier in higher-end department stores way back in the 1980’s.
I think I tried it in the early nineties. It seemed so fancy!
Do revisit if you have a chance and like the idea of a green Shalimar.
Wearing Samsara edt from a long neglected bottle. There’s a chill back in the air so this is feeling right today!
Samsara is always a great pick to me!
Tuesday!
1) Sun and clouds and some rain today- a little mix of everything.
2) SOTD: Bagatelle de Gabrielle topped off twice. Lovely and uplifting.
3) I want banana bread but have no bananas, today!
Work is stupid today. We have had payroll cuts and I narrowly escaped losing my full time position.
It’s 38 degrees and sunny, so happy about that. I’m wearing Dame BFMV. I’m wishing I was wearing something more potent and obnoxious though, lol.
So sorry the stupidity of work, Lillyjo, Poison would suit maybe. Glad your weather is better, it was a lovely day here too, but I was stuck at my computer.
Yes Poison would have been perfect!
Ugh. I’m glad you retained your full hours!
I only got to keep them because the associate on maternity leave right now decided to not come back. It was close!
Seriously, what were they thinking? I’m glad you kept your FT hours!
Thanks! The catch is I have to change the area I mainly work in. This means I will be directly working with Mr. Grumpy pants now! Lol, as my late uncle would say… quit your complaining, be happy you have a job! I definitely am!
Oh, and this is definitely so they can save money on insurance. They eliminated the full time jobs to be replaced with part time workers. The part timers won’t ever get enough weekly hours to be eligible for insurance or vac/sick days.
This is one of the things that sucks so bad about the US – your health insurance is tied to your job and only FT workers qualify. Grrr. So glad you were able to survive the cut!
Yeesh. I’m glad that you kept your FT hours. What a load of aggro!
Thanks! I’m glad too.
Glad you kept your hours! That’s so stressful. BFMV is very calming so I think you chose well.
What a stressful day! Glad you kept your hours but sorry you have to switch Mr. Grumpy pants. I hope you wear a fabulous forcefield perfume tomorrow!
SOTD = Olfactive Studio Violet Shot
Creamy buttery violet vanilla 😍
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Since there was some discussion over make-up in the weekend poll, I thought I would share something I just read from the Cliff’s Notes version of Real Simple. Tips for wearing make-up under a mask (and not look like a mess when you take it off – my own interpretation):
0. Find a mask color that complements your eyes
1. Use a water-based primer and use a brush to apply
2. Use metallic shimmer eye-shadow
3. Thicken your lashes so eyes are drawn to the eyes
4. Do not use lip gloss; instead, choose a long-wear matte lipstick in a bright pop of color. Let it dry for a few minutes and set it with translucent powder.
And here’s my clay owl collection:
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I love the cranky owl standing by him or herself. Looks very put out – quite a character!
That he is – I have not featured him yet!
Lovely collection!
My favorite is the back left in the Orange stripes, because he reminds me of the 1970’s!
That one is cute!
I just love the itty bitty owls in front!
🤣🤣🤣! Grumpy Owl is Grumpy!
I’m wearing St Clair Scents Eve, which has become one of my most favorite fragrances. Did my big three-hour panel this morning. It was very intense but went really well with excellent contributions all around, including mine of course!
On the Texas weather roller coaster which took us from the deep freeze last week to 77 yesterday! I’m not complaining but do have whiplash.
I’m about done reading Phillip Roth’s novel Nemesis, which has been very engaging. It’s about kids in Newark during the polio epidemic of 1944. An interesting and often chilling counterpoint to our current situation.
Glad the panel went well and the papers were all EXCELLENT! I know you were concerned about empty rah rah
I’m glad the panel went so well!
You smell great! St. Clair Scents makes such lovely fragrances. I just got her sample pack that includes her newer creations, I’m excited to try them! I’m intrigued by your comment about the Roth book, Nemesis, even more since reading this review: https://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/the-eerie-familiarities-of-nemesis-philip-roths-novel-of-a-polio-epidemic.
I’m wearing Amouage Homage today and thinking about making some cream horns. I don’t have those little cone-shaped forms for them, but I have cannoli forms, and I don’t care if the cream comes out both ends. Might drizzle them with chocolate, too.
Yum!
Sotd is Ambre a Levres, the latest NEZ collaborative fragrance. I love the hommage to the old school smell of lipstick.
Scent Of The Day is Casmir.
I watched The Nose.
It was a lovely travel movie,
It begins with a beautiful woman, a fashion reporter talking about how hard it is to be the master perfumer at Dior. Then, a man who appears to be an in house pianist-band leader for the perfume department explains about top, heart and base notes of perfume, using musical chords as a metaphor.
Then we see our valiant hero at his weekend home in Grasse and the beautiful women who are flower growers, the beautiful women who dance for him when he visits Amalfi and the beautiful women who do a very different dance in Bali,. We see him talking with a beautiful French actress at the Cannes film festival, as well Natalie Portman (who actually lives in Paris, where Dior’s offices are). In between these beautiful women, he discovers that imortelle, bergamot, jasmine, ginger and ambergris all make good ingredients for perfume. (The ambergris is harvested by weatherbeaten middle aged men, so he doesn’t actually visit them). One gets the impression, Dior is one of the American independent small business all botanical artisans, instead of a division of a mega Corp, which of course uses aldehydes and other laboratory molecules, and mass market scents. There is or instance, no trip to Northern New Jersey.
The movie ends with a beautiful women declaring that the hardest thing for a Nose is to decide when a scent is done. This presumably why Dior does not have a release to highlight in the film.
Hilarious. Can you imagine a quick cut to Elizabeth, New Jersey? Would totally wreck the vibe.
I dunno, based on Dilana’s synopsis, it sounds like it would be an improvement.
So funny! Thanks for the chuckle!
I’m commando today – I was administering the ACT today and didn’t want to distract students or make then uncomfortable. One girl was wearing Ariana Grande Cloud – it was so pretty on her, but it’s kind of potent – I’m glad I didn’t wear a competing scent!
For some reason I thought the standardized tests were being done away with but then I probably made a mistake in that it was probably a proposal for schools not to take them into consideration if it would negatively impact an application. Or it could very well be for another test altogether!
I know that some university systems are phasing them out, but current students are still doing them because everything is up in the air. (The University of California system has phased out SAT/ACT scores starting with incoming freshmen in 2023, for example.)
Wearing Mohur extrait de parfum. Just three more days till I have one week of leave. In desperate need of some rest. I just received a reviewed translation. Amazing the number of mistakes one can make in one sentence. 😳😳
Yay for your upcoming leave! Do you have anything special planned?
Wearing a drop of En Voyage Captured in Amber because I took my mom and we both got our second shot of the vaccine. My husband got his yesterday and he’s feeling awful; so far so good, for us.
Wish I had brought more perfume with me (I’m staying overnight in case mom gets sick) but CiA is rich and golden smelling. Nice.
Hooray for shot #2!
Yay for your second shot! Hope that you aren’t bothered by post-vax arm soreness.
I’m sorry about your husband feeling unwell. I hope you and your mom remain feeling ok.
Good news about everyone getting their second shots! I hope your husband feels better soon. My doctor pals have said that feeling rotten after the second one shows your immune system is doing exactly what’s expected, fighting back.
Posting late today for no particular reason at all.
SOTD = Guerlain Apres l’Ondee EdT, from the sample stash. Because today was bright, sunny, and warm (for Winter) after yesterday’s rain/freezing rain.
Definitely warmer today and the snow is meeelllttiiiing!
For sure! I had to dodge oodles of puddles taking out the trash today.
🖒for a good weather day🌞
Lots of 40’s and 50’s in my forecast this week! Crazy!
super late but wanted to share that I wore Apres L’ondee today too.
it’s perfect for a day full of puddles.
Today felt positively balmy! Sun, above-freezing temperatures, snow melting into giant puddles. I wore Rouge Bunny Rouge Embers today from a sample set I bought a while ago. I really like this one! Smoky incense. I’m looking to see how much a full bottle is, and I’m having trouble finding it anywhere. I hope it’s not discontinued already.
Sadly I think it is indeed discontinued, I’ve tried to find it too, no luck.
Aw darn! I’ll email the company and see what they say.
I don’t know where you’re located, but Bloom Perfumery in London carries Rouge Bunny Rouge, and their website still lists Embers for sale!
Thank you! I’m in the US. Unfortunately it’s out of stock at Bloom Perfumery, but I’ll keep checking.
Wearing a tiny dab of Nirvana Black perfume oil today.
I just watched One Night In Miami on Amazon Prime.Such a good film and amazing actors.
SOTD was Silences — love that greenness! My tea today was Spicy Licorice. But the big news was the arrival of a box of vintage tiles for the restoration of our bathrooms! Progress is slow but visible.
For some reason I can’t enter NST from my laptop or mobile so I’m writing this on Wednesday from my work PC.
I wore Vilhelm Morning Chess yesterday. I requested it as a freebie sample with my birthday order. I quite like it & I’m reminded of Memo Italian Leather a bit but less sweet.
I remember trying Morning Chess a while ago at Liberty London and liking it, probably because of the galbanum.
Yes, it’s also used in Italian Leather