Hump Day, National Paper Airplane Day and Miles Davis’ birthday. What fragrance are you wearing?
Inspired by apsara yesterday, I'm in Ormonde Jayne Ta'if.
Reminder: 5/28 will be Summer Vacation Friday...wear a fragrance that reminds you of a favorite vacation, that fits an upcoming vacation, or that would work for a vacation you wish you could take. (If it's winter where you are, adjust accordingly.)
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 Camper trailer at Jumbo Rocks Campground [cropped] by Joshua Tree National Park at flickr; public domain.
Beautiful picture, Robin!
Wearing the beachy Comptoir Sud Pacifique Aqua Motu for the CP.
Happy Wednesday, everyone! ?
Isn’t that gorgeous?? I want to be staying in that trailer right now.
And you are wearing the perfect vacation scent.
The scene reminds me of Nomadlands, which I just watched.
Ah, right!
It’s gonna be a hot one (going back to normal tomorrow) so I am wearing the bright sunshine of L’Artisan Séville a l’Aube, the only orange blossom scent I have ever loved unreservedly. It’s dazzling.
Steamy hot here too, just as well the Ta’if wore off because I don’t think I’d want it right now.
Inspired by Robin who was inspired by me, Ta’if again today!
Yay! We were twins most of the morning. I am thinking of switching to Mediterraneo soon, it is really heating up here.
I am wearing one of my favorite warm weather scents 4711 AC Rhubarb & Clary Sage. I love this stuff.
That sounds great!
I am wearing Chanel No 18 . You smell great, Robin.
As do you, of course!
That photo – wow!
SOTD: Rose 31 perfume & body lotion — smelling gooood!
We’re going to just under 90 today, down to the 50s this weekend — what?! :(((((
weather here keeps flip-flopping, too. 😉
Wow, talk about crazy weather swings!
Wore Happy Heart last night and this morning and now in Deneuve edt. Much cooler today with thunderstorms headed my way. I kept meaning to order the Hunger Games trilogy and did that today so if the power goes out, I have something to read.
I always feel better about things knowing I have a book to read.
First time reading it? Then you need to watch the movies. I thought they did a good job, book to movie doesn’t always go well.
It’s my first time reading the series. I saw bits and parts of the first movie.
SotD = Vanira Moorea
yummy! I would be content to take this scent to a warm island somewhere. Any destination suggestions? And who’s with me? 😀
Seriously, it’s chilly here again, and I’m sure I’ve become part lizard in the past year. I’m cold all the time, unless the day brings sunshine and 80 degrees or more. In a few years I’ll be wearing a wool cardigan all summer. 😉
Let’s go to the island of Guadaloupe and I’m in!
I’m not picky, you guys choose the island and I am there.
yup! Guadalupe is on my list. 😀
Yay! You got me hooked on this one, I got a full bottle. I don’t know why it doesn’t get more hype, because it’s absolutely great. I’m ready for Key largo.
hi BD! Vanira Moorea is lovely, I agree it deserves more praise. 😀
I’m good for a week in Guadaloupe, then a week on Key Largo. Just need sunblock, suit and slippages. ? ?
mo’ slippahs, mo bettah! 😀
I spent a week on Key Largo years ago,
would do it again in a heartbeat.
Slippahs!
Good morning.
Wearing Beautiful Absolu from Estee Lauder. A pretty and gentle, wearable tuberose. I love tuberose on others but I don’t wear it often.
You know, I love it on me but I don’t wear it that often either.
In Chanel Paris-Venise. Hope to smell the new, Scottish entry in a couple of days…
I hope you love it. The juice is pale green.
I want to smell that one too! 😀
I’m in L’ombre Dans l’eau edp today, and it’s perfect. This is one I have to be in the mood for, but when I am, it’s just right.
It’s been a rough few days. Our school district lost another student to suicide on Monday, and we started state testing today. Feeling helpless and angry.
You smell marvelous! I adore this scent. I am so sorry to hear about your student. How very sad. Sending you all warm and comforting thoughts.
Sorry to hear about your devastating news. It’s not been an easy time for many young people these days… heartbreaking.
I’m so sorry to hear that – student suicides are such a hard thing to have to deal with, and affect so many people. And I refuse to even talk about state testing because it just seems cruel to put the students through it after this bizarre year.
Hugs to you. You smell great.
Very sad, and difficult to accept.
Oh no, I’m so sorry.
Sending great big hugs to you.
Sending you supportive vibes and hugs!
This is so sad. Thinking of you.
You are all so nice. Thank you for your words of encouragement. They mean so much.
That’s sad news. I’m sorry for the loss. *Hugs*
I hope things get better for the school district and other students. It’s been a tough year for teaching and learning, from what I hear.
My SOTD is Hermès Eau de Merveilles with a spritz of Heeley Sel Marin – woody notes, citrus, and salty skin dry down. Perfect beachy scent.
Beautiful picture Robin! I hope you’re home and relaxing post-vacation. Unpacking from vacation is not the most fun of chores…
Mr. SmokeyToes is headed to his colonoscopy and hopefully, a big cheeseburger and milkshake afterwards. Let’s see if I have the restraint to avoid French fries from In n’ Out burger, I hope to head to the gym afterwards. 🙂
That sounds like an amazing combo! I hope Mr. Smokeytoes is comfortable and happily full.
I should have saved that picture until Friday, not sure I will do any better.
And I wish I was relaxing, but it is going to take a couple days to do all the laundry, open all the mail, and generally whip this place back into order.
Oh, and best wishes to Mr. SmokeyToes!! Hope the cheeseburger makes up for it.
Get the fries! Get them all! 🙂 I am really overdue for In n’ Out.
Mmm, fries!! Hope all went well.
The doc found a few polyps to biopsy. I think he’ll be fine.
I was able to gently persuade Mr. SmokeyToes to head to our favorite Japanese restaurant. He had ramen soup, I had my Teriyaki salmon but with brown rice, and stayed within my portion allowance. 😀
Late workout at the gym (chest/shoulders), accomplished quite a bit today!
In AG Neroli, from the old-school style Goutal bottle.
C.O. Bigelow’s having a 20% off Memorial Day sale with code honor.
Stocked up on my fave hand wash (and turned a blind eye to everything else). ?
Good for you, that’s fortitude!
Wearing Sintra today which, I see now in hindsight, was my gateway drug to fully embracing orange blossom!
I used to sometimes struggle with orange blossom but now I can’t get enough…it’s like the light bulb finally turned on for me w/ this note. Thus I am currently on a mini OB detour/bender buying samples and hunting down fragrances w/ orange blossom and vanilla…please let me know if you have recommendations and don’t wait up… 😉
Well, there’s Gucci EDP (2002, clear square bottle, brown juice), which is discontinued but which STC has in stock if you want to sample, or is fairly readily available online at various outlets. Or there’s Santa Maria Novella Eva, which I finally bought in FB quantity recently after STC stopped stocking it. The Gucci is an oriental orange blossom with iris, vanilla, sandalwood and sweet-ish spices (has caraway which reads to some as cumin, but it’s not the BO kind on me), and Eva is straight-up orange blossom with black pepper and lemon and some vetiver in the drydown. Happy hunting!
Thank you for these recommedations!
I like orange blossom too! I have and enjoy Elie Saab Le Parfum (available in a cute 10ml bottle), and Yves Rocher Neroli, which was a cheap thrill, but is no longer on the Yves Rocher website. It can be found elsewhere, though.
This makes me wonder, can people here tell the difference between neroli and orange blossom? I can’t, at least not in perfumes. Maybe I’d learn the difference if I smelled them by themselves, one after the other. Or maybe you need a super sniffer to tell the difference–I don’t know!
Thanks for the recs…that is a good point about orange blossom and neroli…I don’t think I can discern them either.
L’AP Seville a l’Aube was my gateway orange blossom.
Whatever you do, unless you want to knock yourself out, Arabian Oud Orange Blossom was too too strong I gave away the free bottle to a church Thrift Shop. (I probably should have labeled it ??♀️.)
Duly noted. God and orange blossom work in mysterious ways. ?
Bronze Goddess Azur from a decant. Sadly it’s cold here, so this is a freezing beach… Still it’s not my favorite beachy scent, so i am glad I got some use of it.
We must have stolen your heat!
My lilac flowers have bloomed and ended so I am wearing Desarmant to bring them back. Two days of rain has given way to a gloriously sunny morning and I’ll go outside in a bit to enjoy it.
There really should be fall lilacs, right?
Ah, Desarmant
Scentless this morning as requested by the people who will perform the annual squashing and filming of the upper region (hereinafter the “ASFUR”). 🙂 Will spray something on when I get home from that.
Good luck with your ASFUR! I need to sign up for a squishing session myself. Thanks for the reminder!
You’re welcome!
I like your name for the procedure!
Thanks! I really dislike the “m” word – it’s too clinical, and makes me feel a bit like a cow. Moo. ?
Ugh, I just had my first one last week and got called back for a re-do. Very, very appreciative that the nurse told me that 80% of first-timers are called back for a re-do because there is nothing on file to compare irregularities to. Otherwise I’d be freaking out.
That happened to me too, and it is a bit scary to have to go in for a redo (not to mention annoying). Just remember to get the rest of your body as comfortable as you can, so you can REALLY hold your breath and hold still when they tell you to so they can get as clear an image as possible.
I’m wearing the wonderful Eris Mx., and the spicy woody fragrance is just fine for our upcoming camping trip this weekend. Happy hump day, all!
Oh yay for camping trip!
I’m wearing Caligna this morning, so good!
Robin, what’s the status of your plants? I hope you found them in good health.
Note twins! There’s clary sage in Los Angeles, too. You smell great!
Yay, a fellow clary sage fan! I’ll have to revisit Los Angeles, (pun intended!), I don’t remember detecting clary sage in that.
I find it’s more evident in Caligna than in Los Angeles, but YMMV.
Lovely choice, I have it too and will bring it forward in the cabinet.
I have a feeling I’ll be wearing this quite a bit in the warmer months.
Oh yes, it’s perfect for the heat with that pine note.
Could be WAY worse. I may lose 2 but 1 of those was already in poor shape. Given the number I have collected (is there such a thing as crazy plant lady?) that’s actually not bad at all!
There definitely is such a thing. I have run out of places in the house to put them all, and still I want more. 😀
Ha, glad I am not alone!
(Although I was way worse when I lived in SoCal, where it was so much easier.)
I’m glad to hear the casualties are few! Maybe they can still be revived too.
I will certainly try!
Any plants I give up on, my husband just puts outside on the patio, where it is sink or swim 🙂
I’m in Gallivant Los Angeles today, from the swapmeet and a kind NSTer. Cp points for me, although I’m being quite literal: went to LA in January 2019 to see my daughter. Also had a lovely lunch with Oakland Fresca and visited the Aftel perfume museum. It was a fantastic trip! I want to go back, but not ready to get on a plane yet.
Does anyone have a favorite Gallivant?
Ooh, I’ve been curious about that scent! Is the clary sage prominent?
My favorite Gallivant is Brooklyn. I also really liked Amsterdam.
It’s not prominent, but I can detect it. Lots of pineapple in it, that’s for sure. I have a sample of Brooklyn, so I’ll try that one next. ?
Brooklyn is my favorite too, but I haven’t tried Tokyo or LA yet.
My favorite is Bukhara. It’s a a complex, beautiful iris scent.
I’m in January Scent Project’s Vaporocindro today, which is currently in its daffodils and coffee stage. It sounds bizarre but smells incredible at his stage (about 6 hours after spraying).
Stress levels are high, just trying to get through the last two weeks of school. We have an asynchronous day today (thank heaven!) so I’m finally able to breathe just a little bit.
Ugh, wrong form of its. Wish I could erase that!
Fixed! Makes me crazy when I do it too.
You’re almost there! Hoping next school year is better for everyone.
Bon courage! You can do it!
SOTD is ALOF What We Do In Paris Is Secret, because a vacation to Paris sounds pretty good right now (in a parallel universe without covid, that is). This is a pretty vanilla floral. Easy to wear. I can see why lucky scent includes it in one of their sample start packs, which is how I got this.
I feel like we need a She-ra guide to vanillas.
Drinking Chocolate Pu’er from Clipper Ship.
Not certain a guide will be forthcoming but it might be called…Vanillas I Have Loved.♥️
I am still seeking my perfect vanilla…..I’ll take that guide! 🙂
With a name like that, this guide deserves to be read with a glass of wine and some chocolate. 🙂
Wearing a few sprays of Bee..very nice.
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Hi All! Humpday!
1) SOTD: Solar Bloom by Clean- really pretty but artificial smelling coconut & floral scent. I got a small bottle back in 2019 and found it again! Perfect for those hot sweaty EDM festivals- remember those?
2) The deconstruction of the kitchen is 100% completed! How much STUFF did I collect in that kitchen???!
There was minor damage to the walls but that has been repaired. And I repaired a small leak that I was unaware of all this time, and put in smoothed concrete on the spot where there was damage. Richard my handyperson will be taking over from this point on- I have end of month reports and he will doing the further assembly and installation of the cabinets while I am freed up to work. It’s worth it at this point and he needs the money ( dentures!) . I assembled 3 cabinets though, so that will be easy going tomorrow afternoon after tilework today.
Hope you’ll post pics upon completion. Nice you caught the leak sooner instead of later.
Yes, it’s kinda weird- last I could have sworn that the leaks were not there BUT I think the cheap piping used wore out. In any case that piping has been switched out!
I will be posting all the pics!
Solar Bloom is really nice. I had a sample roller ball and went through it fast.
It’s really nice!
Oh yay, that all sounds like a great start! And so happy that Richard will have dentures and you won’t have to put it all together.
Poor guy’s dentures somehow BROKE, and even having dental coverage they are NOT CHEAP, so am happy to pay him for the job! There’s a time to be frugal and a time to open the purse.
Exactly. Putting together a few pieces of furniture is one thing, but a whole kitchen I’d way rather pay somebody. It’s still cheaper than custom kitchen work.
Hi all, just back from the mountains and wishing I’d planned to stay all week — what’s wrong with me?? Very CP compliant in Neroli Portofino, and trying to ease back into work.
Sorry it was shorter than you wanted, but better than nothing I hope! Hope the work day went quickly.
Commando. Unsure and depends on a phone call.
My dog’s in surgery and I am scared. No idea on earth that this was going to be such a big thing.
Got to go rearrange samples, purchase perfume or clean. I can’t think. That phone call can’t come quick enough.
Hope you won’t have to wait much longer and that it will be good news.
I hope things go well!! Hugs.
Big hugs…hope the surgery goes well.
Hoping the surgery goes well and sending hugs.
I hope everything goes well for your dog!
Fingers crossed for good news!
Thinking of you!
Sending hugs and I hope all’s well!
It’s so hard to wait on phone calls like those. I hope you’ve heard back by now, and the news is good.
Fingers, toes and eyes crossed!
Just got my Royalty Scents (no affiliation) so I’m wearing my pick for the month, Bitter Peach. I’m in love instantly, a nice bit of fruitiness for summer that’s not too sweet. We’ll see how it lasts.
Don’t know Royalty Scents — so you’re wearing a dupe? Or a sample of the TF?
It’s a decanting service like Scentbox and Scentbird that deals more in the luxury designer tier.
Gotcha, thanks!
Yesterday was Teazzurra for me. Today it is Ashoka. All that even though I still have an unopened bottle of perfume waiting for me to try it!!
When wearing Ashoka I don’t even feel like I am wearing a perfume despite the fact that I enjoy so much the way I smell. I feel like it is my true signature scent and/or my second skin. I am awaiting a sample of Mohur – I really want to try Niral too – I want to try and even own all Neela’s perfumes!! I have a feeling I know what Neela tried to accomplish with her line… Perfection. And I am a huge fan of her art.
That’s so nice!
I’m so glad you found something that suits you so well! I have a similar relationship with Sous le Vent — when I put it on I just think, “There’s the smell of me!”
Yes it does feel nice.
Got my first vaccine shot and so far my arm is not achy at all. Hope it stays that way.
I’m wearing Vilhelm Poets of Berlin today.
Woohoo! Congrats on your first jab!
It kicks in on the next day. Feels like you got socked by Mike Tyson for 2 days. It’s not that bad though.
Congrats!
Adding my congratulations!
We had an awesome lunar eclipse last night – the sky was crystal clear. That logically leads to our cold clear morning now – brrr! I’m going to wear my new Fort and Manle, Amber Absolutely.
The super flower blood moon!!! And I forgot to look for it, was so tired.
Started the day in Quartz by Molyneux, a really enjoyable floral chypre but this evening I chose vintage Weil Zibeline parfum de toilette, my most animalic scent.
Quartz is wonderful! I remember spraying myself all the time with the tester eons ago when it was in the drugstore before I’d go to work!
SOTD is D’Orsay Vouloir être ailleurs
It is definitely a summer fragrance and reminds me of France (I wish I’d grown up in France and had been the 15 year old described in the D’Orsay marketing who blissfully wanders among the Linden trees).
I don’t know Le Grand Chalet well enough to compare the two scents but I find this a lovely Linden that feels true to the flower, sweet but not cloying and supported by soft hay.
It also has some surprising staying power for an EdT and that makes me very happy 🙂
Does anyone know who created this heir to Olivia Giacobetti’s Tilleul? I don’t see her listed anywhere. And who is C.G. (next to the name of the perfume on the label)?
The only info I’ve been able to find also comes from the cryptic marketing description: “If you are like C.G, you are one of the Bright ones: discreet and sensitive. “Vouloir être ailleurs” evokes a restrained personality, both tender and reassuring.”
One of the “bright ones”? Something lost in translation there.
They still mention her name on the website, and she is listed as one of the noses the new owner is “working with”. But who knows!
I hope it’s hers – it definitely reminds me of her style.
And Robin, I don’t know the protocol for this but I would love to send you the sample they sent me (or more if you would like) since you wanted to try it. And I know I’m not alone in wondering what you would think of it.
Allo, I would love just a tiny sample if you’re in the US and it is easy for you to mail! You can send me an email at robin at nstperfume dot com.
That photo!? my son and his gf are spending the summer working at a lodge near one of Utah’s state parks. He has been sending me pics and it is sooo beautiful. Really hoping to make it out there.
I’m in Nest Sunkissed Hibiscus for another beachy scent.
Oh how lucky for them!
I know! To be young. sigh.
Seriously.
Oh I hope you get to visit!
I really like the Hibiscus ?
I hope so too!?
I like all these beachy scents in the sampler. This one didn’t last long on me though. How did you like the SOL?
I like it better than the bum bum cream. They smell identical, but the cream is so rich the sweetness gets to me.
I’m wearing Amouage Love Tuberose which I definitely do. We had something like 11 days of rain snd this morning part of my bedroom ceiling fell in! I wasn’t in there. Fortunately no kittens got smashed. Ugh! The roof repair guy gave me a warranty and he’s coming back tomorrow. In the meantime I had a bunch of X-rays and learned I need a shoulder replacement. My pain has become excruciating. It really limits you. Next step is an MRI and then schedule the surgery. I want to get it over with.
OMG!! Crashed roof and shoulder pain, how awful. Sending you tons of positive vibes.
Oh my goodness, that’s a lot to deal with. So happy that neither you nor kitties were smashed.
Oh Calypso, I am so sorry, that’s too much for one week. Or even one month or year.
Glad the ceiling will be repaired quickly & wishing you the same for your shoulder.
Hi Calypso – sending best wishes for the success of your shoulder treatments. I am glad your roofer stands by, but it seems like that was a very shocking thing to happen!
Calypso, I just wish you the best for everything!
Oh my goodness! Glad that the damage is being fixed and there weren’t any other injuries. Wishing you good luck with your shoulder and I hope it gets looked after very soon.
Omg, C. You’ve had so much to deal with already this year. Is it possible to get a cortisone shot to take the edge off the shoulder pain? I’m sorry you’re going through this.
Ouch! I hope it happens soon for your sake!
Hot day here. I have been training a new employee, and I decided on EL Beautiful Belle Love. I got a rare compliment from the new person on it, and it was a $9 Plato’s Closet find. She does not wear perfume or scented lotions (mentioned her fiance’s allergies) but said she likes scented candles. I have noticed before that people will burn candles that are very strong, but will eschew perfume. Does. Not. Compute. RE: EL BBL, I like it for office friendly; I’d say give it a sniff if you get a chance. Happy Wednesday – so excited about some Splitmeet treasures heading my way.
Another grey, windy day, but at least it was clear enough last night to see the beautiful moon. Wearing Waft from the Loft, nowhere near summery or beachy here.
Wasn’t the moon amazing last night?
It was! Got to see it during a break in the weather.
You smell fabulous! I caved and ordered a few items to come sometime in the next few weeks: Complicated Shadows, Meet Me on the Corner and Fluffy Lemon Top.
I ordered Complicated Shadows too. Fluffy Lemon Top is great, got that one last year. 🙂
Wearing Tocadilly today. A fun, cheerful, warm weather scent that goes well with the warm, sunny day we’ve had here! In fact, it got downright hot. But the evenings this week have been perfect.
You smell wonderful – Tocadilly never disappoints me when I wear it!
Wearing a multitude of Bronze Goddess products today. Shower gel, body splash and cooling gel all topped off with a few sprays of the eau fraiche.
I think you win.??
lol.. thanks!!
I didn’t know there was a shower gel! I bet is great!
I think that I just fluked into it. I got it maybe 2 summers ago but I don’t think it was a regular item because I’ve never seen it again anywhere.
It even has an exfoliant in it plus it smells divine! Very happy I found it.
Exfoliant! Jackpot!
My son has a job interview tomorrow at a nice non retail place. I’m so hoping he gets it, as he really hates his job now. I went and bought him new pants and a shirt. Fingers crossed ?
Sotd is Bottega Veneta.
Sounds like he looks great and fingers crossed that he feels relaxed in the interview tomorrow and is offered the job.
He’s so fortunate to have such a supportive, loving mom like you in his corner 🙂
Aww thanks allo.
My kid’s are the world to me.
Wishing your son very good luck! I hope he gets it.
I hope he aces the interview! Having new clothes is bound to make him feel good. ?
I hope it went well!
You smell great. Best wishes for your son’s interview!
I will cross my fingers for him too lillyjo!?? You are a good mom.☺️
SOTD = Les Infusions de Prada Rose
Oh my ❤️❤️❤️ after not wearing it for a while. Sweet green rose!
https://www.instagram.com/p/CPWbvl9hARm/?utm_medium=copy_link
Tomorrow is my Friday – woo hoo!
Saving the rants for another day.
Great photo!
Yay for early Friday!
That looks great, never ran across the rose version to sniff.
Such a pretty bottle. ?