It's Tuesday, National Doctors Day and Pencil Day. Birthdays today: Vincent Willem van Gogh, Eric Clapton, Tracy Chapman. (And a quick PSA: Donatella will be dropping by on Thursday!) What fragrance are you wearing?
I'm still on the weekend, with Arielle Shoshana Sunday. Tea at the moment is Upton Cacao Kisses Colombian black tea, with a sprinkle of nutmeg.
Reminder: 4/2 is International Children’s Book Day. Name a favorite children's book and wear a fragrance to match.
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 Tea Fields, Japan [cropped] by Adrian Hum at flickr; some rights reserved.
Good morning Y’all,
Going thru some of my forgotten goodies that haven’t gotten a lot of attention lately, and landed on Juliette Has a Gun Sunny Side Up. I forget how much I like this one. It’s wearing a bit heavy at the moment, but it should soften up soon…..
I really need to do a good look through the decants, and throw away the spoiled ones and wear the others that are being ignored!
I’m not wearing anything yet – it’s a lazy morning.
Yesterday I found out that there’s an open-air mall with a Lush about 30 minutes from my house, so I went to get some more Rose Jam shower gel. While there, I tested their Confetti fragrance. It went nuclear sweet violet on my skin. If you’re a fan of Lush’s violet scents you might like this one.
I am feeling lazy too
How long does the Rose Jam shower gel fragrance linger? I usually don’t use much scented bath/body products because I don’t want it to interfere with my scent but everyone always speaks so highly of that one it makes me want to try it!
Maybe 30 minutes? Not long after I’ve showered. But it’s so glorious while I’m showering that I love it. The only other shower gels I’ve ever enjoyed so much have been Tramp (Lush, discontinued) and Bathing Culture’s Mind and Body Wash.
( No affiliation! But I loved it so much after buying the 8 oz size that I bought the 32 oz glass refill and next time I will buy the gallon.).
LUSH shower gels come in a gallon size?!?
Oh man, I wish!!! I think Lush’s biggest size is 33.8 oz. Bathing Culture is a separate brand.
https://bathingculture.com/
Ah. Thanks for the clarification!
CSP Vanille Pineapple. It’s cheery fun on a bright sunny morning.
Nice! I haven’t worn that one in a long time, but I should wear it one of these days when I need some cheering up.
Ok, I’m clueless…what brand is CSP? A vanilla pineapple scent sounds yummy and you’ve intrigued my nose!
Ok, like 2 seconds after I posted the query it entered my brain.
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Unfortunately, like most of the rest of the line, Vanille Pineapple is long discontinued. If you want a very good pineapple-heavy scent, though, Demeter Pineapple is just the thing. You could maybe layer it with CSP Vanille Extreme.
Thank you. Sorry I missed this, I have the Vanilla Banana CSP and like it on hot summer days.
Buongiorno-Thank you for all my birthday wishes yesterday. I had a great day and got a chance to see my oldest perform in her play at school. I haven’t stepped inside her school in over a year. Then we ate Persian food for dinner from a local restaurant
SOTD No 5 L’eau
Tea is almond milk latte
Sorry I missed it yesterday – belated happy birthday!
I missed it too– hope you had a great birthday, LTSG!
It’s still your birthday week, so party on! Seeing your daughter perform must have been a treat.
Happy belated birthday Ltsg! I’m glad you had a nice day and didn’t have to cook.
I missed posting yesterday, so a belated happy birthday to you! ?
Oh I missed your bday! Happy Belated Birthday!!! Also, we are scent twins today- we smell great!
I’m wearing Narciso for Her edp, from a 10ml spray that I purchased years ago. Robin had a lemming of a set of three sprays, which included either two edts and one edp, or vice versa. I gave the extra to my sister. It’s been years since I’ve worn this, and I’m not a huge fan. I think I’ll enjoy the edt more.
Sorry you don’t love it! It was a good buy, at least.
Sotd is Jour d’Hermes. Making myself a strong mug of Pu’er tea and some biscuits. ☕️
Jour d’Hermes sounds lovely right now. 😀
yummy…I will be right over
Wearing SL De Profundis.
Having coffee with a dash of ginger and 3 madeleines.
Enjoying thru the windows a beautiful spring day.
Going now back to my desk.
Wishing everyone a healthy Tuesday! ?
Haven’t worn De Profundis in ages. Is it the bell jar or that black bottle?
This is a decant from the bell jar that I got in a swap a while ago. I have never tried the one from the black bottle, so I don’t know if there is any difference between the two.
I can’t remember who said it but it probably was reformulated.
I only have the Profundis in the bell jar as well. I have had it for quite a while and wore it on Sunday. It still smells beautiful. But I agree with you all regarding the new bottles. I have lots of his perfumes in the rectangular bottles and three bell jars. I do not own any of the fragrances in the new bottles.
I am very fond of the old, classic SL bottles and I am glad I bought them before reformulation.
You smell lovely. I have the bell jar so don’t know either. SL is going in the wrong direction with their bottles. Each new one is worse IMHO. ?
Thank you, Petunia! I agree with you that the bottles are not that appealing anymore and if the scents are getting reformulated with each change, so even worse. All the bottles I have are the plain, clear rectangular ones and I love them!
Those are the ones I have as well. I love them too, as they are so classic, and also so easy to store. You smell great today!
Thank you, Nancy! As you say those bottles are so simple and do not occupy much space, which is a plus in my already crowded cabinet. I wish they would bring back those old bottles in the future.
mmmmm, madeleines are my most favorite cookie! 😀
They are delish! ?
Somehow I totally forgot to check in yesterday. Celebrating pencil day with the supremely woody Odin Tanoke. 🙂
Oh perfect!
most excellent! I adore the smell of wood shavings from pencils and from any other source that happens to pass under my nose. 😀
Still wearing Lyric from yesterday. I get my first Covid shot this afternoon. After my shower and shot I probably will wear Coromandel.
Yay on the first shot!
New bottles of perfume plus the first Covid shot. Congrats!
w00t w00t for Dose #1!
Fantastic…so many shots here lately!
yay for you! 😀 I had my 2nd shot in the arm yesterday, very glad to put that behind me,
I love the theme this week but can’t think of any matches yet. Wearing DSH Chinchilla again and enjoying the windy spring sunshine, it would be a perfect day to fly a kite.
We went biking this afternoon in the windy spring sunshine…lots of people out and about, but did not see any kites 🙂
Fueguia 1833: La Cautiva for Jamberry by Bruce Degen, one of our most favorite books when the boys were very little. Anyone else read this one?
My son’s favorite book for EONS! Honestly couldn’t even say how many times we read that.
I did read Jamberry as a child and then to my own kids. Because of that book I was obsessed with blueberries. 😀
This photo looks familar… Hasn’t been used before?
I’m in Bois d’Iris from VC&A today.
You smell soooo good today. One of my favs.
I agree…it looked familiar to me too.
Anything is possible!
I’m in Jicky edt, from a swap with a lovely NSTer—I definitely got the better end of the deal. I love this one. If I had to choose a book from my childhood to match, it would probably be Cinchfoot, which was a cloth-covered hardcopy book owned by my mother when she was little. I can only vaguely recall the story–which I think was told from the vantage point of the horse Cinchfoot—this perfume makes me think of leather saddles and hay, sweetened with vanilla.
You smell wonderful! I bought a bottle of Jicky last year when I got nervous that it didn’t seem to be available from any U.S. retailers. It invariably makes me think about Colette’s stories, simply since she wore it.
Is your Jicky edt a recent formulation? I love the mini I have of vintage edp and wish that the recent formulation was more integrated. The stinky elements are much more pronounced in the bottle I bought a year ago. Maybe I’ll go on a mid-vintage hunt so that I can compare.
I’m not sure. I inherited it in a swap a few years ago, and I am guessing it was already a couple of years old–so maybe 5 or 6 years old in total? I find it pretty integrated–as compared to Le Lion by Chanel which is much heavier on the leather to my nose.
No scent yet, off to the dentist soon. Got a rare compliment from DH yesterday on Aedes Cierge de Lune, though.
Vaccine Appointment Roulette begins for my age group on Thursday. We have 2 weeks to score an appt before the state opens it up to everyone. Yeah that’s going to work out great for folks my age. So much for priorities… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qhxlZC8BZJ4
None of it should be this hard, pixel. I’m at the point where this statement has become a tired refrain. Opening packaging, reading labels, making appointments, getting broken stuff fixed, using any and all services that have transitioned to being fully online, generating passwords, filling out forms, managing to speak to an actual person, having that person be capable of fixing your problem, et cetera, et cetera, et cetera (channeling Yul Brynner there, for folks in my age group).
But vaccinations in the Era Of The Pandemic? Should be as easy as entering your name in an appointment calendar, and then driving down to the corner pharmacy.
Hear hear!
(And I am old enough to appreciate the handsome if stereotyped and sexist Brynner’s King of Siam, etc. etc. etc.!)
I suppose it’s a good sign that you acknowledged the sexism, as I did internally when I hesitated to write that part….I went ahead with it anyway, figuring that the sexism didn’t necessarily carry over into the phrase. 🙂
Oh, this is well said. I agree with everything.
I totally agree. This whole business of trying to catch an open appointment is beyond absurd. As a computer engineer, I can tell you it would take an hour to write a script that would check the vaccine availability for the week and schedule time windows for the next group on the list. Done. Grrr
I agree! In my neck of the woods they just opened up another age group and then next week 16 yrs and older. I have been trying so hard to find and make an appt I have gone cross eyed.
I think I will be joining you starting Thursday. I wonder how many weeks/months it will take for me to successfully make an appointment. I know it has not been easy for folks so far.
Your Dh has great taste- Cierge de Lune is a great one.
Hugs for the vaccine frustration. I know many people going through the same thing.
Hope that your dentist appointment went well today Pixel!
I’m one of the lazy crowd this morning, but it’s because I woke at 2:30 and took forever to get back to sleep. Might go with Violet Blonde again for Pencil Day.
On children’s books, we had one when I was little that was about naughty socks disappearing in the night, but I can’t recall the name of the book or the author (making it very hard to track down). The illustrations of the runaway sock creatures were the best part, like a cross between Sendak and Gorey, with angry expressions and little black stick legs. I would pair it with Feu Secret.
Ah, Feu Secret is perfect for that. But I don’t know the book!
Good morning from the in-laws house in beautiful (rainy) Ketchikan, AK. No SOTD yet but I think it might end up being Chinchilla or 19-69 Kasbah from the fistful of samples I brought with me.
They put us up in their master bedroom and I’ve been ogling MIL’s collection of vintage minis…but she’s the sweetest woman on earth so I’m afraid she’ll try to give them to me if I ask her about them LOL. Just having an innocent sniff of some Diors probably older than I am while the doors are closed.
You’re very lucky to have such sweet and generous in-laws.
Oh gosh I know it. Very thankful!
Nice — which Diors does she have?
There’s a Diorissimo, Diorella, Dolce Vita, Diorama, some Estee Lauder, Oscar de la Renta, a small spray bottle of Tabu, and a dozen other minis. But she’s been reaching for Chance Eau Fraiche every day since I got here ?
Wow, nice collection!! Even Diorama.
Sotd is Jardins de Bagatelle because someone mentioned it yesterday and I was glad for the nudge to wear it again. What a springy beauty!
Scanning my choices to represent one of my favorite books as a child, The Duchess Bakes a Cake.
I don’t think I have ever read that, although I googled it and it does look vaguely familiar.
“…a lovely light luscious delectable cake.”
You smell wonderful. I adore Jardins de Bagatelle. I must find my botlle . . . 😀
Thank you!
Trying BDK Tabac Rose today from a kind NSTer…it’s lovely so far and a real beast in performance. 🙂 A real peppery lemon opening…will see how it progresses.
Thanks to those who commented yesterday on the missing cat toy string…kittens are acting normal and passing copious amounts of stool per usual. ? I did call the vet but they said to wait and watch as string wouldn’t show up on an x-ray and can be tough to see even via ultrasound I guess.
It sounds weird saying Yay for poop!
Being in the middle of another lockdown with the worst mortality rates my country has seen so far due to covid, I caved and ordered some samples. You gotta cope… They arrived yesterday and so far I’ve tried five of them.
The hits have been OJ Nawab of Oudh, Amouage Dia Woman, and Diptyque Orphéon. I watched Persolaise’s video on Orphéon and I agree with it being intriguing. I expected it to be kind of dirty but maybe French bars are not like that, just ours here. But it’s kind of fresh, and the smokiness appeared only after a couple of hours, and even then it was soft. I liked it a lot. Dia & Nawab were also pretty great.
The misses are MEMO Sintra and Initio Rehab. Based on the notes I should like Rehab but I found it uncomfortable to wear, a bit too powdery. And Sintra doesn’t remind me of marshmallows but rather a honey flavoured sticky sweet candy that we used to eat in my childhood. It’s too sweet for me.
You gotta cope, indeed. As mechanisms go, perfume samples are pretty darn healthy, I’d say.
Aren’t they? I love the feeling of discovering something new.
I am so sorry to hear this, where are you located if you don’t mind sharing.
Perfume is such a mood lifter. Enjoy!
Not at all, I’m in Hungary.
Thanks, I agree, if you like the perfume it can save your day.
I am wearing the very pretty Iris de Syracuse with thanks to PL67 for hosting a split.
My pleasure! Enjoy!
I saw a squirrel fall out of a tree this morning. It didn’t fall too far and got up and ran back up the tree afterwards, so I guess it wasn’t hurt, but I was surprised, they are usually so sure-footed. It’s cold and cloudy outside so I am waiting for it to warm up before going out. In the meantime I’m reading a trashy novel and cuddling with the kitties.
I’m wearing D600.
Squirrels are the dare devils of the backyard critters. I have one (maybe it’s more than one — I can’t tell) that jumps from tree to tree so fast I can’t believe he is actually aiming. He just jumps and assumes he’ll land on branch at some point. I’ve seen him fall and get up like it was nothing, too.
foxbins, have you seen any squirrel rescue videos? I’ve watched a few on YouTube, and they are kind of adorable.
I’ve seen a squirrel deliberately jump off a 3rd story deck to the ground below to escape a situation and run off completely undamaged afterwards.
I once saw a squirrel fall from a very very tall oak. He hit the ground, bounced, then just lay there. I thought he was a goner, so I went to get a shovel to move him out of the sight of my then very young children. By the time I got back outside to the oak that squirrel was gone. He must have woken up and run back up the tree. 😉
Testing A Lab on Fire’s Hossegor today in my quest for a Damp Forest & Juniper scent that lives up to the one in my head. I like this quite a bit, even if it isn’t what I am looking for. It has mineral and saline notes that make it more complex than what I want. I can’t place why, but it is reminding me of the last semester of high school, when there was quite a bit of hanging out, in the nice Spring weather, with friends and semi-friends in a last hurrah kind of way. We did go to the beach a lot and it would have been too cold to swim, so maybe I’m remembering the smell of the beach without suntan lotion mixed with the spring fresh air and a waft of those pine forest car fresheners that we all had. This smells like that, exuberance and all.
Drinking a cup of sencha left over from my tea advent calendar and looking forward to a pot of Anastasia this afternoon.
Thanks for this lovely scent memory!
2nd that!
It’s unseasonably warm today, so I’m unseasonably wearing Thé Pour Une Été along with a very summery Reformation top that I treated myself to as an early birthday present. Every bird in the neighborhood is singing through the open windows, my little one is busily kindergartening on the other side of the room, and I’m fielding various Concerned Emails about a big post-fire hazard tree removal project that I’m managing and that just got underway. But they can’t get me; I smell too good.
Also preparing to spend almost $200 to buy dirt (okay, fancy amended soil, but still, dirt) for my two new raised beds. Feels like an absurd thing to do, but the soil here is neglected and clayey and just generally no good for vegetables.
I’m interested in your amended dirt purchase. Mr. SP is currently making me some garden planters so I can have a raised bed. I need to fill it with something. I have some bags of mix especially for planters boxes, but I need a lot more. I don’t really know what to search for – should I just look for “amended soil”? Thanks for any ideas!
I’m ordering mine from a local soil company that delivers — I’m not sure where you are but they’re Soils Plus in Sonoma CA. You could probably search for something like “garden soil delivery” in your area. Or if you have a pickup truck that you don’t mind getting dirty, most places are happy to load you up rather than deliver. Our local company has a range of products and they recommend certain ones for raised beds; the one I’m getting is a soil blend with various organic nutrients added.
I love Thé pour un été. It has been warm here as well, so I could have joined you.
Reminds me of a bit by Brian Regan..”Cup of Dirt” lol. My favorite comedian. Lol
https://youtu.be/tDDi5Up6rnA
I love Brian Regan too!
Isabella, I left you a comment on yesterday’s poll, but wanted to add that if you go look at the facebook page I sent you, you can use those instructions anyplace — for instance, there are detailed instructions for getting an appt at CVS, to name just one, and the procedure in CA is the same as here.
I have gotten appts for several people, and it is terribly time consuming but I have always managed within 3-4 days.
I’m wearing Messe de Minuit from PL67’s split. I wasn’t quite sure what to expect with this one, since the online reviews are all over the place. I suspect from all the different reformulations. It’s a soft orange spice ball, with some slight soapy-ness. Quite well blended and much cozier than I would have expected. I like it!
Glad you like it! Enjoy!
I’ve been enjoying my MdM split too – it’s a scent that transports me to wine cellars in France and for that I am very grateful to PL67!
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I know that doesn’t translate to “midnight mess,” but that’s always how I read it and it always makes me giggle…
Giggling here!
Lately I’ve been reading “commando” as “coromandel”, which would make coromandel the most popular perfume on NST, with someone wearing it almost daily! ?
? at “Midnight Mess”!
Wearing the very lovely and very discontinued Fleur de fleurs by Nina Ricci. The weather is gorgeous today and I’m kind of struggling to keep behind my computer.
Work is incredibly busy but mostly good, such a shame my contract is only three years.
What will you do after your contract is up?
I have absolutely no idea. I might even go back to medicine, not because I particularly want to but because it is way more lucrative than being a freelance translator which seems the most likely other option. Apart from the money side of things I really do not want to spend the last ten years of my working life working on my own, without colleagues.
Oh, if you said that before about your contract, I missed it!
I don’t think I did, so you didn’t miss it.
I’m wearing Hue again, for the sheer cheerfulness of it. It’s the second day of Spring Break for me, and I’m supposed to be: 1) getting caught up on my grading; and 2) writing a huge report that I’ve been putting off for months. I feel like doing neither, so I’m procrasti-posting about perfume, instead.
I love “procrasti-posting” I do a lot of online “procrasti-browsing” lately myself.
It’s 23C, the birds are singing, my windows are wide open. Today I started a project to use my little collection of Green Tea bottles, so I was wearing Green Tea Lotus, a watery variation. The sprayer is really not very good but the perfume is ebnjoyable. This evening I am in Visa which to me is a fruity chypre not the woody Amber of Fragrantica.
There will be ice cream for dessert.
Fruity chypre sounds better than woody amber to me.
Sometimes I think Fragrantica is smelling a different perfume with the same name as the one I am smelling.
I love Vinnie, if I had EA Sunflowers I would probably wear that..but perhaps it will be Ostara. Smells Van Gogh enough. Or maybe an iris scent for his iris paintings. Hmm. My favorite painter. Love Impressionism. I would love a perfume that just smelled of fresh wildflowers.
An iris scent sounds perfect! For some reason EA Sunflowers doesn’t seem to fit his version.
I’m in Tocca Brigitte, which is tied with Stella as my favorite from them. Why did they discontinue it?! It’s a musky tropical fruity floral with saffron. I have probably one more wearing left in my decant. If anyone has an unloved bottle or decant, let me know. I’d love to swap for it. I did locate a bottle on a Canadian retailer’s website, so I may end up going that route.
Thank goodness the sun is shining today and it should be warming up. I need to get out for a walk after work. I was too tired after work yesterday that I decided it was better to get in bed under the covers instead. ? At least it gave me more reading time, so I was able to finish the book I was reading, The Strange Bird by Jeff Vandermeer. Next up is Jane Harper’s The Dry.
Sometimes Tocca pops up at tj maxx. I will keep an eye out for you.
Thanks!
I love Brigitte as well although Colette is my favorite. You smell great.
Thank you!
Another beautiful day here. Cold front coming in tonight though. Thanks to enabler JadainGa, I’m wearing Rebecca Minkoff. I’ve been trying to catch it for a good deal, and finally did. It’s a powdery soft suede on me. It gets compared to Tobacco Vanille on the all knowing fragrantica, lol, but I say no they are not similar. As jada says it’s good stuff!
“Powdery soft suede”, eh? Does it smell anything like Rihanna Rogue?
You know, I never did sample that one. I have noticed a little ambroxan now in the deep drydown, but not enough to bother me.
It sounds lovely!
I’m really liking it!
Song of the Day: https://youtu.be/co6WMzDOh1o
Unbelievably gorgeous weather outside today! I didn’t want to come inside to make dinner. ????
Commando again today. I had an afternoon appointment to get blood drawn, and didn’t want to associate any perfume with getting poked. This was one of the better sticks I have had… almost didn’t feel anything. But I still hate needles.
Ugh, I hear you! I temporarily got over my hatred/fear of getting poked when I was pregnant and having to have blood drawn constantly, but now the hatred/fear has crept back. The only saving grace is that the phlebotomists in the lab at my clinic are really jovial and always have fairly loud rock & roll playing on the stereo.
A good and skilled phlebotomist is an underrated professional, IMO.
I’m generally okay with needles but had to have some dental work done last week and wheeeewww when she stuck that needle in my jaw from the inside I almost had a panic attack. Don’t know why it affected me so much worse than other needle stuff.
Yeeesh! I got a little squeamish reading your anecdote. Usually I can block out the Novocain needles at the dentist, thank Gawd.
Dentist needles are plain awful!
Glad it was a beautiful day?
Same here with the weather. I managed a 4 mile walk today!
No. 5 L’Eau for another warm sunny day. It’s really hitting the spot today.
Thanks for all of the well-wishes on the move situation yesterday! Just to clarify, I am not surprised by this at all. California was never a long-term, forever home for us. It was short-term for him to work on one program. And it’s beautiful here for SURE and I’ve enjoyed playing tourist for a couple of years but don’t mind moving on. 🙂 Since my son is grown, we just look at this as an opportunity to try and live new places to see where we’d like to settle eventually. I do think we will be in Colorado longer than California for sure though. It’s nice we can both stay with the same company this time. He will be in a different department but my boss has actually asked me to stay with the team and telecommute the next year or so, which I am happy to do.
That’s great news about you being able to telecommute! ??
That’s great news, keeping your job must make it a lot easier to enjoy the moves. My husband was military and we moved 6 times in 14 years. I loved living in different places but it was a real career trajectory killer for me.
Sounds like a positive move!
You smell great of course! Glad you’ll be able to telecommute for the same employer!
Awesome news on keeping the job!
Late to the party ?
SOTD = Guerlain Shalimar Philtre de Parfum EDP
?❣️ no of and or buts, it is SHALIMAR, announcing itself with an over the top lemon-bergamot top and a vanilla heart, made more memorable by powdery spicy and light incense.
https://www.instagram.com/p/CND85e7BuiM/?igshid=oiqvyik9lefw
So I was reading reviews in Fragrantica and one reviewer just got under my skin with “I don’t dislike it. It smells like fine furniture polish.” First of all, you either like or you don’t; stop using a double negative. Furniture polish? ?!
Mr. Jalapeno once heard someone use a triple negative: “Don’t nobody want no chewies?”
Oh seriously! Sounded like he was talking to a dog ?!
It’s nice to see feedback from a nose I trust. It sounds great!
I love it!
You smell fabulous and only positive!
Thank you, allo!
I’m in Black Cashmere this evening, after starting the day in Messe de Minuit from pl67’s lovely split.
I had my first Covid test this morning. It was a little nerve wracking, but the nurse was so nice and chatty. She counted to 10 as she performed it, which I really appreciated! ?
Duh, I should have clarified, I haven’t been exposed that I’m aware of, I just needed to get tested prior to the finger fix on Thursday.
Hoping it all goes smoothly Thursday!
Thank you, lillyjo! I think the waiting is the worst of it. Need to find things to do tomorrow.
Good luck on the surgery! A quiet day with a book seems to be the way to go!
Good luck with your surgery! ???
last!?! 😀 I’m making myself laugh.
SotD = Eau des Merveilles
because my love for this odd perfume in the strange bottle is pure and eternal.
Hope everyone had a lovely Tuesday. As for me, I’m relieved to kick this day to the curb (or kerb!) and get on with Wednesday. See you on the flip side!
You smell amazing, but of course you know that!