Ack, Monday again. If it's any consolation, it's also National Chocolate Ice Cream Day. What fragrance are you wearing?
I'm taking points in Estée Lauder Bronze Goddess.
Reminder: on 6/11, for King Kamehameha I Day, wear a tropical or beachy floral. Bonus points if your fragrance includes at least one floral or fruit note native to Hawaii. (Native in modern times, that is, given that many of the flowers and fruits we associate with Hawaii were brought from elsewhere.)
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 starr-160315-0553-Plumeria_rubra-pink_flower_with_slight_orange_center-Ukumehame_Nursery-Maui [cropped] by Forest and Kim Starr at flickr; some rights reserved.
For this week’s cp, I’m revisiting my Olivine Atelier perfume oils. I ordered a sample set a few years ago and used up my favorites, but still have a few left. The remaining vials have started to evaporate and condense. Today I’m in Bluebird, with notes of neroli, lily and vanilla.
Since my youngest daughter finished her first year of high school last week, over the weekend we introduced her to The Breakfast Club. This time I paid attention and when Claire dumps the contents of her purse out, there was that long burgundy bottle of Lauren perfume with the gold cap. Exactly what I wore in high school, although I was nowhere near as rich and preppy as Claire. Now I’ve been perusing the bay of evil for vintage bottles.😈 Should probably just order a decant from STC.
Good catch!!!
That is some deep nostalgia–it will be great to share the scent with your daughter once you find a vintage bottle.
What!? I have watched that movie 9 thousand times and have not caught that!.
Guess I need to watch it again..
Darn, lol. I had that bottle too. It really was special scent and bottle!
Same! I don’t know why I never noticed it before 🤔 I could watch that movie over and over, I feel like I always catch something new.
Speaking of Terracotta down below, the decant is in the mail….
Yes! Got it, I need to email you!😀
In Guerlain Terracotta.
Happy Monday! 🌞
I will be wearing that this week for sure!
😊
Smelling great!
Thank you, Lillyjo!
You smell wonderful today!
Thank you, Jalapeno!
I’m in Salt from Scent Trunk. I think it would perfectly for a beach scent for a dry beach – like in Greece. Sigh. I am so grateful to have been able to go to Greece and know what those beaches are like!
I have never been to Greece! I need to go.
I like Salt.
Morning all! I love the picture Robin! I have one of those at my FL house.
My SOTD is Magie Noire vintage perfume. Something green and spicy to celebrate my birthday. I can’t believe I’m officially 54.
I had a fabulous dinner out on Saturday, at a lovely cafe in San Mateo. The meal was so satisfying I almost didn’t care about dessert! The pink roses from the hubby are opening beautifully. Now I’m off the the gym for a workout!
Happy Birthday, SmokeyToes! 🎂🎁🍾🌷
Happy Birthday!
Happy birthday and you smell amazing!
Happy Birthday 🎊🎁🎂🎈🎉
Happy Birthday SmokeyToes!🎉
Happy birthday! I hope the year ahead brings you health and happiness.
Sounds like your celebration had it all. Happy birthday!
I do hope you got dessert anyway! A very happy birthday to you
I did ! I’m older and wiser and not about to skip dessert!
Happy Birthday!
Happy Birthday, and may you have many more!
Happy Birthday! You smell just amazing!
Super Happy Birthday!
Happy Birthday!!!
Happy birthday !!
Happy birthday! Wait til you hit 55.
Happy Birthday!
Happy Birthday ST!!!
Happy birthday, ST! Your dinner out and roses sound wonderful. Hope you have an amazing day.
Hip hip hooray! Happy birthday!
Happy Scented Birthday SmokeyToes! 🎂🥂💐🎊
Happy Birthday!!
Happy birthday!!!
Happy birthday to you!
Happy Birthday!
Thanks for the birthday wishes! Here’s pics on my IG, dinner, roses, and Kevin’s home made salsa. It’s delicious stuff.
https://www.instagram.com/p/CPyWTi3h8sD/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
Wow, that dinner! And gorgeous flowers.
Happy belated birthday!
Commando as I took my toddler for her doctor’s checkup. She is 2 years of age and this is the first checkup that indicated She has mild stigmatism. I almost cried because both my parents have it and so do I. Up until now it was never detected in Her. Now I have to book a real eye doctor’s appointment to get recommendations – which equals driving at least 150 miles since where I live, a small island in FL we do not have any children’s eye doctors per say.
In trying to take my mind off of this a little bit of course I visited here, my favorite blog – and only blog I choose to go to.
Thanks to the reminder of 06/11, Robin “made me” google what are the native plants of Hawaii. I want the bonus points!! Of course I knew they have lots of tropical flowers and pikake but now I gotta check ingredients in all my perfumes… Although my Tuberoza might not have listed any “Hawaiian” ingredients but it is the most sweet, beautiful tropical floral. By the way, my bottle says “Warszawa” on it which is Warsaw which is the city I was born in. It is very interesting to me that Nishane dedicated a mexican tuberose to my hometown. Does it smell like Warsaw? Warsaw women are indeed elegant and there are lots of cafes, expensive boutiques and why not a tuberose fragrance representing Warsaw!!
I do have a question for my fellow NSTers: has anyone ever smelled Puredistance Warszawa? Is it worth the $$$? And also has anyone tried THoO “The Time”? How much of a tea fragrance is it? Thanks in advance for any replies!!
I hope you find a great pediatric specialist! Thank goodness this is treatable. May it be the biggest health struggle of her entire life!!! Big hugs.
Thank You so much!! Hugs from both of us:)
I had really bad astigmatism til I got it fixed with lasik — here’s hoping your daughter can get hers fixed someday!
I have tried The Time. My notes say: “Bergamot, lemon verbena, tea. Nice citrus/tea scent. Doesn’t last long though.”
I heard about Lasik… Would like to maybe fix mine with Lasik?
Hmmm.. Citrus tea. A lot of tea f tea frags are “citrus” too. It does not bother me – I like it. I am wearing Teazzurra today and loving every whiff of it. Doesn’t last long – well I like my perfumes to last at least a lil’ bit!!
So sorry you are upset! I hope it will have a happier outcome than you’re thinking.
My Mom just calmed me down about it too, it isn’t a surprising diagnosis since we all Have astigmatism too. But otherwise my daughter is super healthy!!
The drive sounds awful. I hope this will be an easy treatment for your daughter.
Yes that drive is a lot. But I will do anything for my little one’s health!!
It was a while ago, AND I am not a BWF aficionado, so all I remember about Puredistance Warszawa that is was well-done and expensive-smelling. Since it IS expensive, you would think the latter would be a given, but alas, there are way too many pricey-but-cheap-smelling scent out there…
I remember it that way too, Annie A, but also I think not very long lasting.
Thank goodness for her health otherwise; may this be the worst of her challenges! I’m sorry for the strain and sadness you’re feeling — sending hugs.
Temperature is rapidly approaching a horrifying 42°C (35° plus humidex), but I am wearing warm and sultry I Profumo do Firenze Vaniglia di Madagascar because we are in an air-conditioned hotel room (and of course I had a bunch of random samples in my toiletry bag). We’re not leaving the room today and we might not tomorrow either — more of the same weather before it goes back to normal on Wednesday. Clearly we are going to have to move to an apartment with AC before next summer, but for now, this’ll do.
Wow, pyramus, that is hot. Do stay indoors! Or in a pool!
Good plan to move to an apt with AC, I doubt these heat waves will go away. You smell wonderful.
42C this early in the summer season is insane!
I made the perfect L’Oréal lipstick scent with Florentina and au the blue. I’ll stop while I’m ahead .
Ha, good thinking!
I’m a huge fan of the lipstick scent! You smell lovely!
Good morning everyone!
Scent: OJ Frangipani, selected just seconds before logging on here and spotting the community project. I love tropical fragrances.
Tea: Upton Earl Grey. In honor of the cp, I may brew up a cup of Mighty Leaf Green Tea Tropical later.
CP One That Got Away: l’Artisan Ananas Fizz. I fell in love with it long after it was discontinued, whoops!
Feeling your pain re Ananas Fizz. I routinely sprayed it on myself when I would go to my local perfume shop at lunch and remember walking away thinking I should buy it. Those were the days when I didn’t realize that perfumes could be discontinued (RIP L’Artisan Santal which was my first serious foray into fragrance)
I wore Frangipani yesterday. I have forgotten how pretty it is. You smell great!
Another one that will be in my rotation this week!
You smell marvelous!
Love OJ Frangipani. May try to find my travel spray this week.
Hi everyone
I have a gap in my collection for beachy, tropical scents, I just don’t crave them often. Since I’m not going to make a purchase before Friday, I’ll wear whatever strikes me this week.
Shalimar edc today, what could be better. LtSG I think of you every time I wear Shalimar.
You can’t do better than Shalimar anyway, right?
ELTom Ford Body Oil Spray.
Love it
I think Worth Courtesan will suit for Friday. Woke up in Happy in Bllom this morning and made an Ulta run and now my points balance is over 2,000 points. That’s a full bottle of Chanel. I think that Pleasures will do the trick today.
Wow, I am not spending enough at Ulta!
When you use point multipliers and are already a platinum member, points rack up even faster. Still banking those points though.
I’m reminded of a few CP worthy scents in my collection, but not for today. Today I’m wearing what I should have worn last Friday – You or Someone Like You, which I got from Robin in a full bottle giveaway. Good for a warm, humid day in Texas.
That perfume is perfect in the heat. You smell really good!
That is such a happy fragrance!
I sprayed just a bit into my shower earlier today, so that I could pretend that I was rinsing off in a fancy spa somewhere.
That mint just makes me smile!
I’m in Le Labo Jasmin 17 today—not especially beachy or Hawaiian, but it’s in the ballpark.
I have so much to do this final week of school both personally and professionally. My husband has suggested that I actually schedule a day for “nothing productive” next week. I’m not great at that sort of thing, but this time, I think he’s on to something.
I second that — everyone needs a vacation day! Good luck this week.
Think of it as a “self care day”. Maybe that will make it easier?
Commando today for a doctor’s appt. I love beachy scents though, hmm, what should I choose later? Should I go all-out with Bronze Goddess or slightly more subtle??? Of course pretty much anything is more subtle than BG…
I bought BG years ago at Macy’s. I had gone there just to buy it. When I marched up to the sales counter, I could smell it but where was it? It wasn’t on display. I zeroed in on the SA who was wafting BG and told her I wanted to buy what she was wearing. She laughed and pulled a box out from behind the counter. (Don’t ask me why they had it for sale, but hidden away!)
EL is known to hide stuff away – maybe only the very newest offerings are on display.
Bronze Goddess is actually pretty subtle on me, but I have a rollerball vial so maybe my applications are always on the light side. Love that you sniffed it out via a sales associate’s sillage!
I like tropical flower notes, but I’m not really into beachy scents, particularly ones that smell reminiscent of suntan lotion. Speaking of which, I had a conversation with one of you good folk about my bottle of Yosh Ginger Ciao (which does unfortunately remind me of the sunscreens of my youth) several months back, but I can’t remember specifically who it was. Reply here, if you were that person.
Otherwise, smell good and eat some chocolate ice cream today!
You don’t have to wear anything beachy to get points!
I think that was ME! I wound up forgetting who posted about it. I am cfreeland quadruple nines in the realm of those awful yahoos.
It WAS YOU! Email sent.
Montale Roses Musk
It is so hot in NYC right now, and has been for the past few days. I’ve been swimming in Jardin sur le Nil, and still am. So close to thunking my bottle, and I want to enjoy every last delicious drop in the heat. And I think I get CP points today, too, since even though mangoes are not native to Hawaii, they sure grow there!
Going back to read comments.
Of course you get points.
You smell amazing!
Haie Fleurie for my tropical jasmine today
Swoon… you smell great!
I blind bought Haie Fleurie off Ebay a couple of years ago, and it was a total win! You smell wonderful!
Boo, Monday. But the sun is currently out and I got some good yoga in before starting work. I’m still participating in last week’s CP: the remains of Perles de Mousse from yesterday evening in one elbow, a bit of Barkhane on the back of my left hand and Korres Saffron Orris on my right arm. All from lovely generous NST folks!
I’ll see what I can do later this week for the current cp. Maybe AG Songes? I don’t have much that’s tropical floral.
Indeed – I am calling it “Monday: I’m here, aren’t I?” In my case the sun is currently out and I got some good hula-hooping in before starting work. In some Dusita Douceur de Siam since I can re-apply it any old time I want.
I just don’t think anybody can ask more of you than showing up on a Monday, so — well done, you!
I’m wearing Bond No.9 Fire Island today.
That is in my list for this week cp. I have not worn it in a long time. You smell great!
Thank you! I haven’t worn it in forever either!
Wearing the ultimate marshmallow scent: Love, don’t be shy. This never fails to make me smile it’s just so wonderfully sweet and lighthearted.
Had my second Moderna shot today, wonder if I will have more side effects this time. Feeling thrilled that all this has been made possible. Silently cheering and thanking all the wonderful people who have been responsible for this effort.
Congrats on your second jab!!
Adding my congratulations on your 2nd shot!
Scent twins..I am in the extreme version…
We smell good, don’t we?
I love this one, I’ve yet to smell the extreme version, I hope it is equally delicious.
Knocking on wood for you austenfan!
Good luck and that’s great you got the 2nd shot!
Congrats for shot #2 and I hope that your side effects stay mild.
May your side effects be gentle! And congratulations for getting to this stage of protection!
love that perfume name and marshmallows, too!
I actually felt better after my 2nd Moderna shot than I did after the first one (which knocked me sideways for a while). I hope you have no side effects.
I spent the weekend on a short trip to visit family and participate in a memorial/charity walk which was thankfully short because the weather was sunny and sweltering. All I brought with me was JM Orange Peel. It didn’t last more than a couple of hours, but the burst of citrus on each reapply was wonderfully refreshing. In retrospect, I should have stored it in the fridge to up the refreshment.
Today I’m back on the Forest&Juniper/Cypress hunt, and testing Dead Leaves & Dirty Ground perfume oil from Andromeda’s Curse, which was part of a Scent of Leaves sample pack from StC. Was surprised at the opening, which reminded me of Angel of all things. About 15 minutes in, it was mostly patchouli and some indistinct gourmand notes (tonka and sweet almond maybe?). Not what I’m looking for. Hopefully it doesn’t have super staying power because the plastic of my laptop absorbed quite a bit of it off my wrists.
Drinking Clipper Ship Chocolate Pu’er, which is as close to chocolate ice cream as I will probably get today.
Switched it up for the afternoon and am now in Banana Republic’s Cypress Cedar, which was a TJ Maxx cheapie for me. It does what it says: cypress and cedar, with some pepper and vetiver thrown in. There is a sharp sour note that my nose picks up as coriander, but according to BR is rhubarb — either way, I like it. No fresh dirt or incense notes, so it’s not advancing to the Forest Finals, but a fun distraction, and a good choice for a hot day.
Interesting…I don’t think my laptop picks up perfume? If it does, I just don’t notice. My fitbit definitely picks up scent so I am careful about that.
wouldn’t it be nice if our laptops could pick up our scents then congratulate us on smelling so good?
I can’t decide if that would be nice or creepy!
“Daisy daisy give me your answer do”….
“Dead Leaves & Dirty Ground” sounds like it should smell like CB Black March, which I love though it makes me a bit gloomy. Also, one of my favorite White Stripes songs.
I was hoping it would be in the vein of CB’s Black March, but no such luck. It is a great name and a great song, tho.
I am doing inventory tonight and tomorrow at work. No. 19 for me!
Bon courage! Hope it goes well!
Ugh! for inventory but Yay! for having No. 19 around to fortify.
Partly sunny/cloudy with possible showers. Will try to sneak in a short bike ride to test out new mountain bike. Wearing Red Queen.
Husband said, That one smells good, is it new, I don’t remember it. LOL. You mean out of the eleventy-billion perfumes I have you haven’t memorized what they all smell like? Funny guy.
Hope you got a bike ride in, cazaubon! It is too hot here to get motivated to ride.
We made it out! It’s cool and windy here, definitely better biking weather than what you’ve got.
We managed to walk a few blocks after dinner, that’s it!
Congratulations on having your closing date moved up!
Monday!
National Chocolate Ice Cream day? Well, don’t mind if I do!
1) SOTD: Cap Neroli on a cool and partly cloudy day! Does not radiate as much; stays close to the skin with the cooler weather.
2) One of the plumbers I was contemplating for doing the second fix of my work sent a d*** pic to my phone. Needless to say, will NOT be using that person for work.
3) ANYWAYS! It’s starting to look like a kitchen- the wall/base cabinets and the pantry are on the walls! There was some confusion with the doors- they swing in one direction , whereas I think I want them bi-directional.
OMG YOUSE GUYS!
OMG indeed…just…wow.
There are times when I asked G*d why me, and invariably the answer is “Why not you?”
Whaaaaat?
People can be just the absolute worst.
I don’t even get it…why? I am assuming it was a mistake and he apologized? Or he’s just a ?
Anyway, I apologize on behalf of people.
He sent an apology afterwards with ‘not meant for you so sorry” but 1) it’s a usual excuse when there is no response and 2) you have to select a number and name to send pictures over your phone.
Anyways- I am glad to not have such a person in my home while I was working here alone.
That’s terrible and disgusting. You need to complain either to his service boss/head or to the BBB.
Ew. Just ew!
No words!
Same as Gail. No words. Wait, no, I’m with Jalapeno. EW!
Just disgusting.
I’ll have to have a think about the CP, nothing springs immediately to mind. Meanwhile, Bois des Iles for a Tuesday morning. Yesterday was a holiday, Queen’s Birthday, so it seems like Monday. I feel in sync with most of you
Bois des Iles is perfect for a Tuesday morning that feels like a Monday morning
In Audacious from a generous NSTer split – beautiful Frangipani, Incense, Tiare flower…
OH WOW! I’m in that too from the same split, I bet, and I’m loving it! It’s unusual in my experience. I was disappointed when I looked up reviews and so many people were dumping on it for costing too much and being un-original and having no staying power. I’m very impressed by it and it’s a good entry for this week’s CP!
Robin, I love that plumeria photo. They are such beautiful flowers. I do occasionally see some growing around in my neighborhood, and invariably go up close to sniff them. Probably none survived our awful freeze this year, though.
agree, that is a beautiful photo up top today. Lots of plumeria grow in my neighborhood. I often stop to sniff those that grow along the sidewalk. Heavenly.
Drat. No Chocolate Ice Cream here for me to enjoy. The closest thing I have is mango sorbetto.
Feeling more like myself and I at least have a sense of which end is up today. On the minus side, my brother told me that the last time he visited our Mom, she didn’t know who he was. She knew who both of us were last Tuesday…
SOTD = back in Mandarine Basilic EdT, and thinking that this sample might get thunked sometime soon.
I’m sorry about your mom. In the case of my mom, it comes and goes. I generally introduce myself when I go in, so it’s not a guessing game, which I think would just be plain mean. I’ve been advised by some of the group therapists I’ve been to that one should never ask questions of the form “Do you remember….” because it’s embarrassing and can be demeaning. Instead say “We used to love to do x…. birdwatching, boat-riding, whatever.” Well, you didn’t need a lecture, but apparently I needed to give one!
When I was visiting, our SOP was to walk in and say “Hi Mom!” first thing.
I would like to say thanks for mentioning that your mom not knowing who you are comes and goes. We were thinking that might be applicable in this instance as well. Mom finally got out of her new room and ate lunch in the Dining Room last Friday, so we think she might have been overstimulated by the experience. She had been taking all her meals in her room.
That makes sense, especially if she knew who you were just last Tuesday.
So hard though!
Late update: I spoke with my brother earlier tonight, and he said that Mom recognized him right away during his visit this afternoon.
Oh yay!
Having lived in Alaska moat of my life, I never really had much need for beachy scents…gonna have to dig through the sample piles!
Today is Luxury by Mizensir, which I love but not enough to buy a full bottle of.
There must be something in that pile that is vaguely Hawaii-ish!
I’m in a super tropical-beachy mood but am struggling with day 3 of a migraine so am commando today. Hoping to be able to join the general deliciousness tomorrow!
ugh, so sorry about the migraine pain.
I too can’t wear scent when migraine visits me.
You’ll smell beautiful on Tuesday.
Oh no, day 3!! Hope you are better tomorrow.
Oh wow. Hope there’s no day 4.
Scent o’ the Day = Eau des Merveilles
Because mayfly wore it over the weekend,
and because it makes me happy.
I’m late to NST today, even tho I promised myself to make more time for fun and perfume. Better late than never, I suppose. Mondays seem to fill up fast.
Time for some chocolate ice cream for dinner.
oops, I meant “time for dinner and some chocolate ice cream after.” I think.
I think you had the right idea with “chocolate ice cream for dinner”! 🍫🍨
2nd that!
Fiori di Capri, which is beachy to me, but not Hawaiian. I know I have lots of Hawaiian-reminiscent scents somewhere.
Our AC doesn’t seem to work terribly well, which is disappointing. And our living room ceiling fan is going the wrong way to cool things down. I cannot figure how to switch directions…what the manual says to do isn’t working. Irritating.
Oh no, hope it is not about to conk out on you LizzieB!