It's the first Friday in July (plus World UFO Day), and Donatella will be dropping by in just a bit for the damage poll. Our community project for today: wear one of your recent purchases, tell us why you bought it and whether or not you have any regrets.
What fragrance did you pick? As always, do chime in with your scent of the day even if you’re not participating in the community project.
I'm hoping Donatella will forgive me for buying nothing so far this year. I'm wearing the last fragrance I bought, Maya Njie Vanilj. I bought it because Jessica liked it (and mentioned the cardamom in her review). Then people kept talking about it in the comments, and, bonus, it was available in a 7.5 ml travel size for $30. My only regret is that I have not yet tried any of her other fragrances.
Reminder: on 7/9 we're honoring Ice Cream month. Tell us your favorite flavor, share a recipe if you like, and wear any perfume that you think fits the project.
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 Hailey Bieber and Bella Hadid for Versace (I think this was part of the 2020 campaign for Dylan Turquoise).
Wearing Prada Les Infusion de Mimosa, one my recent purchases. After thunking so many samples I decided it was time for a full bottle. No regrets! I love it and I have been spraying with reckless abandon!
Happy Friday and Donatella confession day, everyone! ?
OOOOH! Is it VERY mimosa PL67?
Portia, nothing beats L’Artisan Mimosa Pour Moi, which I think is the most realistic mimosa scent I have tried so far and that unfortunately I do not own anymore. Prada Mimosa has a very prominent mimosa note from the beginning to the end. It is bright, cheerful, almondy, velvety and very easy to wear.
Oh, how I yearn for L’Artisan Mimosa Pour Moi, but it is gone and not turning up at discounters either. Might have to sniff the Prada next time I am at The Bay.
I also miss Mimosa pour Moi a lot. I saw a full bottle the other day online and it was terribly expensive. I hope L’Artisan brings it back in the future. Such a beautiful scent!
Ah! I also had that L’Artisan PL67. Did you try Amouage Love Mimosa? I think it’s the only Mimosa frag I have now.
I have a decant of Amouage Love Mimosa, but the mimosa note is not as prominent on my skin as I was expecting. Still I think is a beautiful perfume and I like it a lot. What do you think about Love Mimosa?
So far it’s my favourite PL67, it seems to have that furry, honeyed, fluffy vibe of Australian wattle while still retaining the soaring, clear floralcy. No other fragrance has kept the animalic flavour enough for me.
Happy Friday!
Thank you! ?
Yay you for getting a much deserved full bottle! You’ve been on a “Use It Up” tear for a while now…
Thank you, Jalapeno! I will continue with the “Use it Up”. I hope to finish some decants and a couple of full bottles by the end of the year. Let’s see how it goes!
Just arrived today
Fico D’India by Ortigia Sicilia. Named for the cactus apparently, though it does she some fig vibes. I thought it was weird that it only tangentially related to any of the other figs in my collection. I’ve only eaten baked figs since really not liking them as a kid.
Do I like it? Yes, it fills a green spot I didn’t know I needed. Bet it gets heaps of mid season wear.
It was perfect today in our sunny winter.
I have a sample of Ortigia Sicilia but not that one..the Ambre Nera and I really like it.
What other notes are in yours?
There’s not so much to it really, this dewy green stemmy note and dry grass over a non creamy fig-like accord with some soft white florals banging about and a lovely non sugary sweetness.
By the way..have you seen the Kaftans they sell??
https://www.ortigiasicilia.com/scarves/kaftans
When I took a peak I hide my credit card
Oh my goodness, hide the credit cards is right! So many pretty shiny things….
Oh no! I bought one of their candles recently because of its adorable design, and I did not need to find out that what I *really* want is to swan about in one of their kaftans (at ten times the price).
NOT LOOKING!
I looked, don’t go there girlfriend! 😉
100% not going there
You have more will power than me
HA! I can’t right now. We are in lockdown again so I’m not earning play money.
Wow, want. Want free, that is.
Want. Leopard. Caftan. They can surprise me with the color!
I didn’t even want a caftan until just now…
Same! I may have to content myself with a wee leopard plate…
Well I was going to wear TF Lavenfer Extreme as this is the closest to Estee Lauder but I just realized I missed Estee Lauder’s birthday despite reading NST every single day.
That is fine by me!! I just have to work on my attention span sometime soon:)
And that is fine by me because this is just a great excuse to wear Tuberoza again – the most recent of my purchases. ZE ZEE ZEEEROOOO regrets!!
No need to follow rules anyway, there are enough rules in other arenas of your life I am sure 🙂
No participating in the CP today
Planning on watching Italy vs Spain, Mr L is making pizza from scratch and I am in blue t-shirt white pants (even blue eyeshadow) SOTD is Omnia.
Cappuccino this morning made at home with almond milk. I finally invested in a coffee grinder and I think this has really made a huge difference.
Ohhhh, lovely on all counts! Joining you with an espresso with a dash of caramel syrup.
I think freshly ground coffee makes a huge difference. 🙂
Fresh ground coffee is amazing – don’t know how I lived without it earlier in life! I even have a tiny hand-crank ceramic mill for travel.
Plus you get to enjoy that fleeting smell of just-ground beans.
Who doesn’t love that smell? ❤️
You just brought up another scent-memory for me – when I was in college (ages ago), my housemates and I would all gather ’round when someone was opening a new can of coffee to get that first whoosh-whiff, lol!
That is a beautiful scent memory
I’m imagining it like a (nonexistent) scene from It’s A Sin where all of the flatmates gather in the kitchen and breathe in deeply for a moment of coffee grounds zen.
Is that a current show? I have to admit I don’t watch much TV anymore.
It would make a good scene, though!
It came out earlier this year (or maybe late last year) on HBO. More of a mini series, since it will be just the one season.
I’ll check it out!
My mother made me a coffee addict for life by always inviting me to smell the just-ground coffee, starting around age 3…
Mr. Vee loves the smell of grinds and just brewed coffee but doesn’t like the taste of it. I don’t understand it.
Coffee was very much an acquired taste for me, and I still can’t drink it black.
I use a coffee grinder every day; it makes such a difference! And usually espresso beans.
I’m wearing my newly acquired Chanel-Paris Edimbourg. I really think it’s quite lovely, although a little fleeting.
One day I will go to the mall and try it. (And everything else I’ve missed.)
Joining you, Robin!
More the merrier 🙂
I haven’t bought anything in a while and anyway I was in the mood for Rochas Byzance, so that’s what I’m wearing: so interesting, one of those tuberose-y eighties things in the general vicinity of Poison, but with a top that is obviously a men’s cologne — much citrus, soft spices, greenery, a dash of aldehydes for zing — before the mostly unidentifiable florals take over. Tremendous stuff.
This is one of my all time favourite perfumes. So many happy memories associated with it. You smell great!
Good morning and tgif!
My latest purchase is Cherry Punk. I was tempted by TF’s Lost Cherry but put off by the price tag so I went hunting. Came across this in a small 10 or 15 ml size so I snatched it right up! No regrets whatsoever.
Going to assume that’s the Room 1015 — and it is a better price!
I’ve bought several decants and a couple of full bottles this quarter, but what I’m wearing is the last Aqua Allegoria that I bought, which is Ginger Piccante. Anyone have anything to report on the more recent Aqua Allegoria fragrances? Anything worth buying?
I haven’t even tested the Ginger yet; do you like it?
Hello all!
Been too long since I’ve been to a poll. ?
I’m in Tea for Two, after having a year of Giacobetti last year, I thought I’d revisit this one. Spicy beeswax heaven.
Be well everyone!
Ohhh, Tea For Two is marvelous. Spicy beeswax is a perfect description.
Tea for Two is lovely!
My latest pruchase was a decant of Goutal Encens Flamboyant (bought in May). Not exactly a summer perfume, but I am staying in an air conditioned apartment and really enjoying this fragrance today. Smells like a forest in fall – woods and a bit of a campfire. A very calming scent.
You smell wonderful!
Thank you!
I so wanted to love this, but sadly I couldn’t and sold my bottle
That’s a favorite AG for me! But not a sure blind buy at all.
Morning all, and happy Friday! My SOTD is Azuree by Estée Lauder. I am digging the leather and herbs. I should really wear this more often than I do. It’ll bloom nicely in today’s heat.
Breakfast is a caramel espresso and caramel banana protein pancakes.
I will have loads of sins to confess. “Hangs head”
Can I join you for breakkie? *drool*
Absolutely! I made extra so there’s plenty to share!
Funny, I don’t eat bananas, I think it’s a texture thing. I know, I’m odd-duckie. Put it in pancakes or bread? I’m SO there!
Did I ever share my gluten free banana nut bread recipe with you? Let me know if you want it. 🙂
Email is: ldetrich in the land of yodeling dawt com.
What about bananas foster? One of the best food smells in the world, to my nose…
I adore bananas foster! I agree, I adore the smell!
One trick I do with my banana nut bread is in addition to using vanilla extract, I add in 1/2 teaspoon of rum extract and I use dark brown sugar (my recipe is Gluten free and low sugar). It gives it that nice caramel boozy taste.
Azuree is a real beauty.
I don’t eat bananas out of hand either.
AZUREEE! I always forget mine because it’s put away. thanks for the reminder.
Breakfast sounded delicious. X
And I love the bottle design! Quirky.
Thanks! Kevin devoured it…
Latest purchase is Ilio by Diptyque.
Got it because I was craving something light and breezy for the summer and because it has iris among its notes.
I love it. I regret nothing here.
Is that a new Diptyque? I hadn’t seen that name before, but just did a search and it sounds lovely.
Yes, it’s a limited edition in their 2021 summer essentials collection.
Thank you! I believe I’d better investigate it, iris being a favorite note for me as well.
Hi twin! The final nail in my buying decision was the sentence about mimosas in your review.
I love this, perfect for the cottage weekend with my high school friends – easy breezy beautiful like we were in those days (and I guess we still qualify for most of those attributes):)
Happy Friday everyone! You smell wonderful!
Donatella Day + UFO Day? Surely that is not a coincidence 😉
Yesterday our neighbor’s missing kitty showed up at our door. She was hungry! I am SO glad we could help reunite kitty with her people.
SOTD is Fragonard Beau de Provence, a fun fruity fig scent, very summery.
That’s wonderful news! So glad for happy endings!
Figgy scent? *Ears Perk*
Do tell! Is it fruity and green? Or is it milky?
Speziali Fiorentini’s Fig and Poppy perfume is fun. Crisp, green and figgy.
Froooooty and green, very fun. Not as LOUD fruity as Byredo Pulp, but then, what else could possibly be that loud. (I love Pulp, but it’ll sure fill a room!)
Ohh, I just looked it up – that looks like great fun! I love mint and basil in a perfume!
Hooray for a happy kitty reunion!
Wow, how could I miss that that just CANNOT be a coincidence! It explains so much.
Yay for kitties returning home!?
Great news about your neighbour’s cat, it’s such a worry when they go missing.
Oh yay for finding missing hungry kitties!!!
Huzzah for getting the missing kitty back with her humans! ?
SOTM is TF Violet Blonde, purchased long ago and before all the TFs soared out of my budgetary reach. I have a new chair arriving today so am spending part of the morning mentally moving the existing furniture around to make room for the newbie. So excited – hoping this helps with some low-back issues. Happy Friday, everyone!
I really do like Violet Blonde. Good luck with the furniture!
Thanks! So far, so good.
You smell wonderful – VB was a lucky thrifting find for me, a partial 30ml bottle that had just been set out. I was never able to cough up TF prices, and now I so dislike the brand’s marketing I am just done with it.
Thrifting? My lord, someone gave it away?? Ye gods.
Funny story, since you noticed: I knew the manager of the store and he told me he found it inside a purse! I was on my lunch hour and in a hurry, but when I got back to work, I thought: maybe I should have asked which purse! Anyhoo, I do remember feeling bad if it had been a mistaken “donation,” but I’d have been glad if it were me and I knew a perfumista got it. I will wear it until the thunk!
Wow, lucky! And maybe too bad about missing the purse … but let us not press our luck too far, right? ?
Hope the chair has arrived and is perfect!
It finally, FINALLY got here (long story), and aside from smelling like packing material (which I’m hoping will fade quickly), it is absolutely perfect.
Yay.
Violet Blonde was the first perfume I encountered which demonstrated just how much personal chemistry can interact with a fragrance. That was eye opening!
Oh dear, it sounds like your experience with it was not all that could be desired. If so, my condolences.
It smelled much nicer on my friend than it did on me. Plus, for some strange reason, it disappeared on me after about 4 hours, which is something you usually don’t hear about with Tom Ford.
All I’ve bought this year is samples, so I’m in DSH Damasq (which arrived last week) which is a fairly straightforward full gorgeous rose
That one looks nice!
I am a day late for Estée Lauder’s birthday, wearing EL Estee today. I bought it back In November, so it’s a fairly new scent.
I’m sure she would be happy to see a multi-day celebration 🙂
That is a beautiful scent
Wearing a couple of spritzes of Chanel Paris-Venise, which I’d bought in March. Seem to have disappointed Dontatella this past quarter…
You did better than I did!
I’m not wearing my latest purchase because it’s a regret☹️
Lush Cardamon Coffee. It should be right up my alley. Should be.
It is not, it turns quite nasty and medicinal on my skin and just ugg.
Now the nightmare saga of trying to return it. Ordered online with PayPal.
Can’t return to my Lush store because of PP, apparently stores aren’t set up to accommodate PP.
Must return to Canada. US Post Office won’t accept it because it perfume and a dangerous substance! Small FedEx nearby won’t accept for same reason and I had to drive out to a divisional store. They would ship but told me it was $45!!
I called back Lush to complain. They agreed to send me a free shipping label for UPS. Wonderful!
Print off shipping label and customs invoices and notice they have the retail value at $1. I paid almost $200. I call them again and say I’m not signing a customs form with that value. They say they’ll email another. I’m still waiting. I’m very unhappy with Lush and the ridiculous hoops I have to go through to make a return. Never again.
Yeah… Lush is great on in-store returns but a nightmare for returns by mail.
Ugh. This is why I don’t own any Lush scents. There are a number that sound like they’d work for me (Cardamom Coffee was one, Kerbside Violet is another), but I can’t test them in the store because the stores don’t carry the ones I want to sniff. And at $200 a bottle I fear making a costly mistake buying unsniffed. Not the best sales strategy!
I’m so sorry about your return ordeal. Here’s hoping they get it all figured out.
Oof, I’m sorry for the nightmare. How aggravating! I hope everything works out!
That sucks. Lush is not a safe blind buy for sure.
Oh, that stinks! (Literally). I’ve never understood why Lush makes it so hard to sample their online exclusive fragrances – I would happily spend money on a sample set, but I am not willing to spend $200 on a blind buy that’s only available in 100 ml.
I figure I can now call myself a true perfuminesta; spending money on something unsniffed is practically a rite of passage right? I’ve learned my lesson?
What a hassle!!! You have every right to be frustrated. I really wanted to love Cardamom Coffee – two things I adore – but it was a nope on my skin as well.
Phooey!
My most recent FB purchase was last quarter, but any excuse to wear it will do – No 5. Eau Premiere.
🙂
Any excuse—and any iteration of No. 5.? You smell great!
I’m in Kyoto, which I bought more than a quarter ago, but I last did my perfume buying right after Christmas. No regrets on this one (or on Avignon, which I bought around the same time).
Beautiful! ? I have a sample of Kyoto, must wear it soon. Wore a bit of Avignon yesterday evening. I love it. ♥️
I love that whole series!
Kyoto and Avignon are both so great!
I really wish that CdG would make a travel spray coffret of the Incense Series!
I would buy that, even though I also own the FBs, because I travel…or used to.
SotD = Luci ed Ombre
Bought in the spring of 2020, it’s still my last FB purchase. No regrets, no apologies. ? This one works perfectly for me from beginning to end.
Very different takes on tuberose that are just as wonderful – vintage Oscar by OdlR and Guerlain Jardins de Bagatelle. I love BWFs. ?
Wishing everyone a fabulously fragrant Friday. ?
You have been as unproductive a shopper as I have!
go, Team No Buy 😀
Just got off the most infuriating work meeting.
But then I doused myself in 8 sprays of Rhubarb & Custard and I think it’s going to be ok…?
Good call on the perfume choice!!
Perfume to the rescue!
At least it’s Friday – I hope the rest of your day is much better!
That sounds like it will brighten the most miserable of days!
Keep Calm and Spritz On!
SOTD = Ulrich Lang New York Lethe
It is the latest perfume for this line with a sample included in the Virtual Masterclass presented by Sniffapalooza and Uli Lang!
https://www.instagram.com/p/CQ1QRwUhxNx/?utm_medium=copy_link
I had intended to go to NY today but decided to sleep in. Also, it’s a shortish day to begin with so there you go, my excuses ?.
I am happy to note that J&J / Janssen came out with news that it is effective against the Delta variant. Wahoo! BTW, I am still questioning why NYTimes still has the very very very rare blood clotting issues at one of the more prominent sections of the Covid-19 subsection and nothing about the more common heart inflammation side-effect. ?
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/01/health/coronavirus-johnson-vaccine-delta.html
My sisters and family are getting together tomorrow and then I have a small friends get-together on Sunday. It is shaping up to be a great weekend!
Have fun seeing your family and friends! Mr. Vee and I had friends over for dinner last weekend – the first time seeing them since last February (save for a quick outdoor gift exchange around Christmas) and it was so wonderful! Just pizza, beer, and hanging out, but it was gloriously normal.
Normal is what I am trying to achieve, but it is not easy!
I hope you have a wonderful weekend!
Thanks, sistine!
Enjoy your weekend gatherings!
Thanks, Gail!
Enjoy your weekend!
Thank you, ltsg!
Have fun!
Thanks, pfl67!
Good news about that J&J shot and the CV-19 Delta variant. I hadn’t heard anything about it, just the mRNA ones.
Enjoy your family get together!
There’s something going on with how some news get a lot of attention whereas some totally flies under the radar!
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Hey, vaccine twin! I hadn’t seen that about the J&J—welcome news.
Enjoy your weekend get-togethers!
Another lovely day here, no EL perfumes so I’m going with 4160 Tuesdays Red Queen. Happy Friday!
I don’t have any EL perfumes either
I’ve worked so hard this week that everything outside of work has gone a bit wrong. First of all I thought we were doing Lauder today so I’m dutifully wearing Azurée Soleil. Secondly I spent most of yesterday wearing my trousers back to front and to top it all decided subconsciously that today would be a better day if I wore my top inside out ( though not back to front). Clearly I need help ?
Have a great weekend everyone, I’m in need of some rest!
Wow – I hope you get a chance to rest and reboot soon!
At least you didn’t try to put your shoes on the wrong feet!
And you smelled great no matter what.
No, I haven’t yet, although I did go out shopping in two odd shoes a couple of weeks ago, so there is still hope ?
I saw my brother do that not too long ago. Poor guy was SO tired,
Bukhara for a Friday, payday, three day weekend day! YAY!
That is a pretty one..I haven’t tried anything else from that line
SOTD is NR Pure Musc for Her. Taking an backwards (or maybe inside-out?) approach to the CP today. I ordered a bottle of this from Costco recently as a blind buy, but because it was over my $$ limit for blind buys, I got a sample to test before opening the FB. I’m glad I did because I don’t need a FB. It is beautiful, but it is redundant of other frags in my collection (including other NRs), so it’s getting returned this weekend.
Drinking Clipper Ship Enchanted Forest tea.
Also, for anyone looking for a low-commitment show, I binge watched Starstruck on HBO this week (ahem, Wednesday night — I binged it all on Wednesday night) and LOVED it.
Hope that your Costco perfume return is an easy one.
Costco will take anything back! :). A few years ago I had to return a barbecue’s worth of food, twice, because the organization I had bought it for had their event rained out two weeks in a row. Costco customer service was like “whatevs”
Happy Friday (and holiday weekend for those of us in the USA)
1) SOTD: Sunshine Mimosa by BBW. I originally bought for my sister, but she didn’t like the perfume spray as much as the shower gel and such, so I kept it. The cost was like $17 since it was all part of a kit.
2) My countertop arrived yesterday! HUZZAH! While I am not able to get anyone out sooner, this does mean I can dispose the last half of the construction trash & do a clean up for next Tuesday trash pickup. I can stage things this weekend, and get grout & mortar for the tiles.
3) The weather is perfect! We should have this weather last week! No matter- I have yanked out all the dying and bolted plants, and will be replanting this weekend!
Hooray for good weather and a countertop in the house!
So glad the renovations are going so well!
Non-CP compliant – I’m wearing Las Flores from Provision Scent because I just adore it and was craving it this morning.
Had a great trip to the farmer’s market – so many delicious fresh veggies! I could wander it for hours. In my last city the “farmer’s market” had one tiny vegetable stand and then blocks upon blocks of artisanal honeys and pasta and products. That’s fine, but I don’t want to buy that stuff at a farmer’s market. I want kale and tomatoes and carrots that look like orange jewels.
Good point about farmer’s markets – two different customer bases, I’d say.
I don’t mind seeing a bit of artisanal honey at a farmer’s market. But the fruits and veggies have to be the star attractions.
Scent of day vintage Spellbound, to be CP compliant and continue the celebration of Estee Lauder’s birthday. It reminds me a little of Fendi Asja. Spicy, fruity, but floral and not gourmand. I don’t really like the name as a match for the scent, and dragged my feet on getting Spellbound. However, I have at least a mini of almost every EL scent (exluding flankers) so I had to get it when I saw a good seller offering it on E**y. Happy Friday, all!
Which website that shall not be named? The one with a B?
Yep. The *bay. ?
Wearing Cristalle edp today, one of my last purchases.
And a perfect purchase at that!
Thanks lillyjo!
Scherrer EdT, because this is the bottle I wanted to buy most. And I am glad I bought the biggest size. If they reformulate again, I am set for the next year’s.
Early Saturday morning and still lazing about on the couch. I can still smell traces of last night’s Ambre Eccentrico, my latest purchase which arrived a couple of days ago. I now have 5 of the Armani Privé line, and I don’t want to total up that cost! At least the purchases are spread across 6 or 7 years.
The cats have also appreciated the purchase and have been squeezing themselves into the too-small box the perfume was shipped in.
That’s so adorable of your cats! Mine are defective and don’t like cardboard boxes… It’s honestly crushing sometimes.
That is the first I have ever heard of kitties who don’t climb in a box!! The are rare!
I try to put out fun “cat traps” for them all the time and it never works ?
I currently have two large takeaway brown paper bags set up in the living room, and Kate (yes our cats have human names and it’s a travesty) just walked past them without even a glance!
One of my cats is very much a “Box Cat”, too. The other one is more laid back about it. ??
I’ve been collecting and enjoying fragrances for many years and have been in ‘use-it-up’ mode for now so I haven’t bought a new scent in awhile.
But I did receive a free-gift-with-purchase with my last Yves Rocher order so their new Sel d’Azur edp is my choice for today’s cp. Although the only notes listed are grapefruit, cedar, and vetiver, there’s an unnamed salty marine note running through it that’s very enjoyable as well as a bit of spice and earthiness, and the grapefruit adds a fresh, citrusy note to this simple summer scent. It doesn’t last long but, hey, it was free, so I can spray with abandon (and I don’t have to tell Donatella)!
Another post-pandemic-first tonight for us: first outdoor concert in the park in two summers! There are several nearby communities hosting these on Thursday and Friday nights so we’re hoping to get to as many as we can; it’s one of our favorite summer activities.
Wishing everyone a wonderful weekend ahead and a safe and happy Fourth of July to all in the USA! ?
Hurray for outdoor concerts! I hope that your weather cooperates with your plans. ?
It was a beautiful night and the crowd appreciated the weather and the music!
I hope the concert was good! How wonderful to be able to enjoy the arts in person again!
Not the usual orchestra concert, this was retro rock’n roll – Rosie and the Rivets. I know you’re in the Chicago area, catch them if you can. Very danceable!
Oops! No, you’re not, you’re in Arizona. I confused you with someone else. Too much music on the brain!?
CP compliant today in Zegna Essenza Roman Wood. There’s a story to this one…. I had recently re-started my search for my HG iris and read stellar reviews for the brand’s Florentine Iris. Not HG material, after all. Oh well, as Robin would say, money saved.
However, I had bought a discovery set to test this one, and hit pay dirt on the fourth tiny bottle. I had never heard of it, but I fell in love with the woodsy-vanilla vibe of this one.
No regrets!
So the search continues, and now you have to wonder what else you’ll fall in love with along the way!
I like your attitude, Robin! ?
Not part of the CP at all today…
Wearing Youth Dew, dabbed on, from a mini bottle that is probably vintage from the early 90s. This is not for me. It’s OK, but just not great on my skin, and there are so many other things (from EL as well as elsewhere) that are.
I will happily give this away as a freebie. However! The stopper is one of those flower top ones, and it feels a little flimsy in the bottle. I am hesitant to put it in the mail. Does anyone in the NY tri-state area want this? I’m willing to do public transport up to 2 hours, or drive up to 1 hour to get this to a loving home.
If you are interested, e-mail me at my username at yahhhhhhhhooooooo.
CP compliant in my latest purchase EldO Rossy de Palma Eau de Protection.
I dutifully went through an entire sample of it first (one of my rules I try to stick to) before deciding that yes, I needed a bottle, which I managed to get BNIB secondhand. Zero regrets!
Replaced our apartment’s ancient toilet seat today after doing a mega-deep-clean of the bathroom, bedroom and halls yesterday, and deciding that it needed to go. So happy with that decision!
Old toilet seats can get SO grody!
Tiffanie inspired my choice today.
After going thru old emails (my purchase history), I decided to wear one of the last 2 bottles of perfume I had purchased at the beginning of this year.
SOTD = Clinique Wrappings EdP. It’s a 4-season scent for me.
Well you sire do smell goooood!
*sure not sire!
Thank you!
I think you get some sort of Enabler’s Bling for this, since it was the Body Smoother version that got me started on the great Wrappings chase.
whoo-hoo, you smell wonderful! 😀
Wrappings works great in warm weather.
Thanks!
I got a floral note today that I had never noticed before with Wrappings. Fun!
Sotd is Chance eau Vive. A repurchase and my favorite purchase of this quarter.
Posting and running. I will be back later to read comments.
Hope everyone has a great weekend!
Spray and run — a true perfumista!
Lol!
Spray and run! That sounds like an event for the Perfumista Olympics, if they existed.?
IIRC, that was the only version of Chance that I liked. It’s the green one, right?
It’s more light orangey. It has a grapefruit citrus smell. It seems to be the least liked Chance, lol.
I find it very happy and refreshing.
OK, the one I was thinking of was the Eau Fraiche.
That just means more of it for you!
Happy Friday, NST friends!
I’m late to the party but participating in the CP in YSL Libre EDT. I already had the original EDP and liked it a lot, so I snapped up some of the EDT unsniffed when it was released since it was specifically created to be a more spring-weather-friendly version. No regrets at all–it fits the bill perfectly.
Alright, so, who else fell prey to the Chanel Factory 5 collection? (I certainly can’t be the only one!) I was sorely tempted to simply throw my money at it and buy pretty much everything, but reason prevailed, and I eventually settled on the bath tablets. No regrets there, either. The order arrived already, and I can say that the tablets smell great through their individual wrappings and that the tea canister tin is adorable.
Off to see what confessions Donatella is receiving…. Have a great w/e, all!
Who me? Package arrived today and will open it tomorrow. I don’t confess anymore ?
Girl, don’t leave me hangin’!?
Hey Creosote!
My fellow baseball fan. I just discovered Jomboy Media on YouTube for mini game breakdowns. It’s a hilarious way to watch. Wondered if you’ve watched any?
Hey, lilyjo! No, I hadn’t heard of that before. I will promptly go and check it out—thanks! …Although, I may have to exclusively check out the breakdowns for other games, because my poor team….?
My poor team too!
We love them anyway!
Can I join you and Creosote as fellow baseball fans? Thanks for posting about Jomboy Media; I just checked it out and it’s hilarious! But unlike you I’m celebrating my team – Go White Sox!
I haven’t purchased anything recently, so no CP participation for me. I do hope to get over to Arielle’s soon; I haven’t gone sniffing in ages and she has so many things I want to try: the Ormaie line, all of the Imaginary Authors, the newer Carner Barcelonas, MFK Oud Satin Mood, Olfactory Studio Iris Shot…
We had a magnificent thunderstorm last night which at least cooled off the temps; today has been pleasant, if a little humid. I’m off to take a stroll before sunset; be well, lovely people!
Unsettled weather twins! ⚡☔