Happy Sitcom Friday! Our community project for today: name a favorite sitcom, and wear a fragrance that reminds you of the show in general, or one of the characters.
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 wearing Calvin Klein ck one for Community, which I tried but failed to like several times before it took (or, before I watched enough episodes to get it). It is also true that for me, it's much easier to fall for a sitcom when it's already over and I don't have to watch it on network television, one episode a week, with commercials and all. We are currently in the middle of Season 3, and at the moment, it easily makes my list of all time top 5 favorite sitcoms.
Reminder: on 7/30 we're doing BUB Frenzy. Wear a fragrance that inspired you to buy a backup bottle (or that you wish you wish you had a backup bottle of, or you're thinking about buying a backup bottle). Adapted from a suggestion by chocolatemarzipan8.
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 shows Donald Glover (right) and Danny Pudi (left) as Troy and Abed, from Community. More reading: Why ‘Community’ Is Still One of TV’s Best Comedies 5 Years Later at TV Insider, Community was one of the most inventive shows in TV history. It just started streaming on Netflix at Vox, Community – the best show you’re not watching at Radio Times.
Friday! Payday!
SL Borneo from the bell jar. Just because.
“Just because” is a great perfume-lover’s motto!
Payday twins!
Yep, it’s one of our most endearing qualities, MossyBerry!
Ohhh that sounds lovely. Owning a bell jar is still my perfume dream!!
it is a special Uncle Serge moment.
Guess it would be a stretch to call it a sitcom, but am thinking of Northern Exposure’s Maggie character, who once mentioned she wore Caleche. Think it was the episode when she dragged Joel to Grosse Pointe to meet her parents.
Don’t have any Caleche, but sticking with the 90s theme of Kramer (Seinfeld) and his idea to create a fragrance that smelled like the beach. So am in Terracotta.
Northern Exposure was probably more of a dramedy, but we don’t need to be so strict about it.
Meanwhile, you smell great!
I remember that episode of Seinfeld. So funny ! He kept telling Jerry and others to “Smell my arm !!”
mmmm, Terracotta!
One of my most favorite perfumes to wear to the beach.
You smell wonderful.
I adored Northern Exposure growing up. In fact that’s where my internet alias comes from.
I also remember Caleche featuring in one episode. The one I recall Maggie’s pilot boyfriend Rick had a second girlfriend in another City… and he was found out when he swapped the Christmas perfume presents and gave Maggie Caleche (she was an Opium girl instead). That’s before he was hit by an asteroid ☺️
I’m wearing L’Eau Mixte, because I just bought one of Nicolai’s smaller bottles.
I wish more companies would do 30 ml bottles. Le sigh.
15 ml! 15 ml!! Even 30 is too big for me.
LOL! Okay, for you I will amend my wish. ?
15ml is perfect.
Excellent fragrance, I love those bottles and it is one of the reasons I own so many Nicolaïs, not the most important reason of course ?
Hey, affordability is very important. There are many fragrances that I only purchase as samples or decants because I can’t afford a full bottle. When the quality is there affordability is the next most important thing in my purchasing decisions.
This is true for me, too. I’ll add that NST folks have been lovely about sharing samples over the last few years, so that “newbies” like I was can try all different sorts of perfumes and colognes.
My favourite ever sitcom is the British series Black Books (3 seasons, 6 episodes each, go out on a high note, don’t overstay your welcome, that’s how it’s done). You wouldn’t want to smell like the main character, Bernard Black, because he unquestionably smells like stale cigarettes, cheap wine, and unwashed clothing, and no fragrance is going to mask that, but his best friend, Fran Katzenjammer, is *fun*, so I’ve put her (and, today, me) in YSL Yvresse, which is the first scent that comes to my mind when I think of fun. The top is giddy with stone fruit and anise and mint, the middle is a light-hearted rose (very Sophia Grojsman), the (pre-IFRA) base is honeyed oakmoss and vanilla. It’s the most festive thing there is.
You smell fabulous! I was on a Champagne kick recently.
So basically Bernard Black would smell like Ambre Russe?
I love Yvresse!!
I have never even heard of that show! Looking it up now.
I can’t believe I’ve never heard of your show! It sounds right up my alley! Thanks for sharing.
Hi all, my SOTD is RL’s Lauren, in the burgundy cube bottle. I love the show Friends, and I think Rachel’s character would wear it well.
Phoebie’s character would wear Todd Oldham or Nasomatto Hindu Grass.
I’d scent Monica in Chanel’s Cristalle edt, sporty and practical.
Baking cookies (sugar toffee and chocolate chip) for my nurses at UCSF, my procedure is later today.
Everyone have a great weekend!
Good luck with the procedure!
Lauren is perfect for Rachel, especially in the earlier series.
Those are good pairings!
I concur! I especially like Monica and Cristalle EDT.
In Schitt’s Creek, David says that he “bought a cologne once in Japan that was supposed to smell like the aftermath of a car crashing into a cedar tree.” In honor of that, I am wearing Chris Rusak’s After Every Ounce of Joy (Leaves My Body). Rusak’s stated goal was to capture what one might smell during extreme stress (here a car accident), and I think he knocks it out of the park. Vinyl, rubber, motor oil, and gasoline in the opening, which all come off as cold. After those settle a but, I get more coldness from pine. I also get some patchouli and vetiver. I haven’t tried CDG’s garage yet, but I imagine they would share some notes.
To me, this is more like olefactory art than a perfume. I appreciate the concept, the complexity, and the successful execution, and I’m very interetested in smell it, but not as interested in wearing it.
Drinking Assam but should switch to Puer for the extra caffine bc I am dragging today.
I love this! I’d forgotten that line!
I love that line!
Dragging here too, moved on to iced coffee.
I ended up taking a power nap at lunch ? WFH has some benefits!
Streaming – not there yet, and since I went off cable in 1995 (I have this cranky thing about *paying* for TV), this CP has been eye-opening! For now, I’m going with Leave it to Beaver, and June is wearing Elizabeth Arden Blue Grass, purchased at her local drug store, where she could also get a sandwich and a cup of coffee at a lunch counter. I have a vintage bottle; I have not tested the current version. I also considered Wind Song, a favorite of my Grandmother. Both are ladylike and romantic, and widely available in the 1950’s and ’60’s. Happy Friday!
Love it!
Ditto! Great choices!
And I’m with you on streaming and ‘paying’ for TV.
Grrr…right?
I am old enough to remember the counter at Woolworth’s….
Fountain sodas with a paper straw! Ha, ha: and paper straw are re-appearing – good for it!
Haven’t watched T V really in years but The Addams Family amused me when I was a kid so I’m in DSH Halloween
LOVED The Addams Family.
Great pairing! One of my partner’s favorite perfumes is DSH Halloween, and it’s also one of my faves to smell on him.
L’AP Saffron Troublant, anyone?
Minoan saffron goddess guarded by a griffin, from a Minoan frieze depicting the saffron harvest (1600 BC).
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EOHVcQpU0AAKq3g?format=jpg&name=medium
I love all the details, including her delicate necklaces of ducks and dragonflies.
This photo was posted on Twitter by archeologist Marcela Zapata-Meza @Machezm on January 12, 2020.
That’s a gorgeous painting! I love the bird too! thanks for sharing.
That’s a well-decorated bird (griffin)!
I was in Guerlain Samsara today thinking of Eva Gabor in Green Acres. No idea what she wore really but it really suits my memories of her in that show.
After my bath tonight I’m going for Elizabeth Taylor Black Pearls extrait because in 1996 when she released it she was on four CBS sitcoms in one night doing promo for it. “The Nanny” “Can’t Hurry Love” “Murphy Brown,” and “High Society.” Liz has been one of my favourites since I understood what a movie star was.
Robin, I have enjoyed this weeks community project adventure so much. Thanks.
Oh my gosh, I did not know she did that! I expect her company paid a mint to get that kind of coordinated product placement, but really, the shows should have been paying her because, ELIZABETH TAYLOR! I’m sure the ratings were high that night!
I reckon EVERYONE got a good payday that week Nee.
OOPS! Vee
Heehee. I have at least three typos in my comments everyday.
I did not know it either!
That’s fabulous!
Thanks LizzieB
You smell fabulous Daaahling aka “I just adore a penthouse view. Darling I love you but give me Park Avenue!”
Thanks, isn’t it the best song?
Yes!
Such a cool post !
Thanks Barqs.
Gosh, it’s wonderful to remember Eva Gabor and Liz Taylor! I would love to see those four shows!
Oh yes, me too. I vaguely remember the Murphy Brown but it may have been ads, not watching the whole show. Time has dimmed all memories.
Fortunately, we have Google and YouTube to make up for human frailty:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_w_xOZk9CFo
HA! So good, but awful, but fabulous.
So glad it was fun!
That’s perfect!
I second Portia’s sentiment, this week has been great fun!
Wearing Amouage Gold today for Moira Rose. It’s one of the few kinda loud, over-the-top perfumes I own, along with Jubilation XXV (which doesn’t strike me as a Moira-ish perfume). Really, if I owned any of the big ’80s scents, they’d work for her, too…but I don’t.
Friday! Last day before vacation!
Good pairing! I hope you have a wonderful vacation ?
2nd both items!! Have fun ockeghem.
Estée Lauder Private Collection Tuberose Gardenia for Arrested Development’s impeccable icy matriarch Lucille Bluth
Perfect pairing! Also, AD is so good.
I’m paying tribute to one of the best sitcoms ever–Fawlty Towers!
I thought Penhaligon’s Bluebell would be perfect for Polly. Alas, when I went to put some on, I realized I don’t have any Bluebell. How is that possible? I could have sworn I had a small 5mL sample…anyway, I do have a 5mL sample of Ellenisia, which is also a floral perfume from the same oh-so-British company. So, rocking Ellenisia today, since this is exactly the sort of mix up that would have happened on the show.
Later I’ll go back and read everyone’s choices. Robin, this has been a fun project, and has really made me think. Poor Mr. Missionista, who does not care about this at all, was scratching his head at my musings about what perfume would go with Fawlty Towers…
LOVE Fawlty Towers. Remember the episode with the battleaxe who wouldn’t turn on her hearing aid? (“It runs the battery down.”) That was my grandmother. One year for Christmas my aunt gave grandmother dozens of hearing aid batteries, we were all so tired of shouting at her.
I can SEE the old lady in that episode. That’s the one where he bets on the horse and then loses his money because of the broken vase?
What an excellent choice! Fawlty Towers! My sister and I cracked up at the sign every opening sequence. SO FUNNY!
and the opening music! makes me smile just to think of it.
I love this! My favourite episode is still “The Germans”, but “Brahms’ Third Racket” gets a lot of quotation around my house, too.
Ack, cannot believe I did not do Fawlty Towers this week! Also, that makes me realize I need to totally rethink my own top 10, because it is lacking both Fawlty Towers and Black Adder.
You can repeat this CP!
100%
Perfect choice! One of the often-quoted lines in my family was from Manuel. “I can speak English, I learned it from a book”… the timing for this scene was priceless:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=5035TY5RSpg
Insolence EdT. My first thought was Big Bang Theory’s Sheldon Cooper. But then I fondly remembered News Radio and its incredible cast. Phil Hartman’s Bill McNeal embodied insolence…in fact, it defined a lot of the characters. Loved that show.
I cried like a baby when Phil Hartman died. I loved him in everything he did. News Radio was fantastic.
same.
Phil was wonderful.
Me too. What a loss.
Bill was insolent for sure.
Love your sotd, you smell fabulous.
The edt is my favorite of all the Insolence line.
My favorite also. That nail polish remover opening amuses me every time.
I am wearing Galop d’Hermes today. I think this is what Tahani, from The Good Place would wear. It would fit in well with her beautiful dresses.
Yes, nice pick!
I’m sampling Papillon’s Spell 125 this morning, and pairing it with the long-gone (and mostly forgotten) Men In Trees, a huge favorite of mine from back before Anne Heche briefly, but rather publicly, lost her marbles. Spell 125 is one that I’ll need to resample when the weather is chilly – on me the hemlock and pine are almost sweet like maple sap. Yummy, but a bit too much for the summery weather we’re having here.
Also, in searching for “spell” online, another search result was Eris Green Spell. It sounds absolutely gorgeous on paper, but have any of you tried it?
Yes! Green Spell is very nice. Not skanky. Reminds me of vintage Vent Vert.
Thanks, pixel!
One of my favorite series was Ally McBeal and I don’t have a clue on what scent represents Ally.I would choose a scent I associate with that time like Issey Miyake L’eau D’issey or The Body Shop White Musk.
Spell 125 sounds very interesting. My sample is finally out for delivery, so I’m looking forward to sharing my thoughts.
Green Spell is wonderful except it has poor longevity despite my trigger finger.
Oh, good to know. A shame, isn’t it?
Yes, I have! I liked it very much, I’m a green fanatic. I’ll wear it a few more times before I declare it a love …
Thanks, OH! Hopefully it lasts better on you than hajusuuri’s experience.
I went with TF Bitter Peach for Alexis from Schitt’s Creek. It’s sweet and green to go with her summery boho aesthetic, while also notoriously expensive and has a big name for her to drop.
Sounds perfect for Alexis!
They’ve name dropped Tom Ford, before. Good call!
Good one Dorsey!
Love that! I thought about Alexis but don’t really have anything that was quite…her. You’ve nailed it, I think!
I got nuthin’ for the CP. But I was thinking about one of my favorite quirky lawyer musical comedy drama TV series (I say ‘one of’ like there’s more than one), Eli Stone, since I’m heading off to meet a lawyer to do some overdue adulting (wills, trusts, ugh).
Think I’ll go with something light and summery… 4711 Mandarine & Cardamom is calling to me.
Good luck with the lawyers.
adulting, ugh. BTW I’m reading Easy Crafts for the Insane, written by the woman who wrote the book on Adulting. Funny so far.
Hope your Friday takes a turn for the happy.
Ugh, sorry about the adulting!
You won’t be sorry for your adulting, and if your lawyer makes you feel “ugh” find a different one! I worked for an awesome Estate Planning attorney for 22 years. Yeah, you have to face that you a’gonna die, but you should feel like a load of bricks are off your back when you’re done. Just sayin’ for all you NST’ers!
So true! And it’s especially important if you have kids, so you can name a guardian if anything happens. My hubby and I did our first wills when I was expecting our first child.
Drew a blank at today’s CP. Wearing a dab of Deneuve today.
I’ve never smelled this but, for some reason, it seemed like something Mary Richards would wear in the Mary Tyler Moore show…
I have nothing here! Wearing MdO Carnation which I could have paired with Jean de Florette, the movie, if that had been allowed.
I will allow it as I adore Jean de Florette. Watched it during my first year French class.
Fantastic movie.
I was torn between two today. My first thought was L’Artisan Dzing for Fleabag, since the sawdust note could be in honor of her guinea pig cafe and, like Fleabag, it’s very quirky! But it’s hot here today so I went with Rick and Morty instead and paired it with Ellis Brooklyn Sci-Fi for its chilly otherworldly feel.
Great choices! We could do an entire week on Rick and Morty, I think. ?
Have not seen Rick & Morty, but Dzing is perfect for Fleabag!
I’m wearing Calling All Angels for The Good Place. Literal, I know, but I am terrible at these types of pairings. Plus, I am finding that incense works really well for me in summer.
I think that’s a wonderful pairing!
For someone terrible at pairing this seems like a big win. YUM
Oh but that is a good pairing!
I’m not familiar with Community but will have to check it out!
I’m wearing Paris-venise by Chanel. I thought I had converted my husband on this one but he’s now flipped back to not liking it. It goes on…
Happy Friday & weekend, fragrance-heads
Happy weekend floragal!
SotD = Assam of India
cool cool cool! I love Community. I tried watching it a few years ago when it was on Hulu but gave it up after the first season. Tried it again on Netflix and voila! It’s love. I fell hard after watching the blanket fort episode. I’m in episode three now, I think the last one I watched had Chang living in the ductwork at the school.
Wearing Assam of India for Frasier and his brother Niles Crane. I can picture Niles wearing this scent whild drinking his cuppa, pinkie up.
Though we all know Frasier would advocate for a sherry with those tossed salads and scrambles eggs.
Happy FriYAY, everybody. You smell wonderful.
Great pairing!
I agree with everyone on the greatness of Community, but am confused as to why CK1 evokes the sitcom.
I just thought it had the right vibe for a mixed-age and mixed-gender group going to community college in California, plus the way the group tries to function as one..I did not overthink it
Ahh. That makes sense
Wearing Coco Mademoiselle L’Eau which is the fragrance mist in the white canister…I quite like this…a lighter, more airy interpretation w/ citrus and flowers than the original but there is definitely patchouli still.
Chanel’s creation of a lighter Coco Mad is surely a public service! I’m sure you smell great!
Robin, it makes my heart so happy to see Troy and Abed (I mean, Donald and Danny) in today’s photo.
Nerd and mega fan time for me. Community is tied as my favorite show ever with Buffy. It’s absolutely my favorite sitcom. I actually don’t enjoy or connect with most sitcoms. I agree with a lot of what Marjorie Rose said earlier in the week. But I fell completely in love with Community’s quirky characters, wacky setting, and smart referential (often self-referential, meta) dialogue and set ups. I watched it when it premiered and had to endure the ups and downs of NBC treating it like their black sheep.
Anyway, I could go on, but I should talk about perfume too. ? Community is my top comfort show. I’ve watched it more times than I can count, especially seasons 1-3. It’s considered a cult favorite and is just in the last year finding a wider audience since coming to streaming platforms. And, well, as their ratings showed, it wasn’t for everyone. So I paired it with Lush Flying Fox shower gel and body spray. Lush discontinued this cult fave shower gel, then would release it limited outside the US so I could only buy from eBay. Then they finally brought it to their main line but in body spray format in that silly, but fun, functional product bottle. Reminds me of Community’s ups and downs. Their 6th season was on the Yahoo Screen platform and who even remembers that?!
One final piece of advice for those watching now via streaming – the only venue you can watch season two’s Advanced Dungeons and Dragons episode is Amazon Prime. Netflix and Hulu removed it last year because Chang shows up to D&D with his face and body painted black (plus white wig and elf ears) to play a dark elf. To me, it’s a really critical episode to the series, and I’ll leave it at that.
The Community fan base is a lot like Star Trek’s fanbase- really passionate good people!
That episode was rather brilliant in showing off the shows potential and lessons about inclusion and bullying BUUUUUUUUUUUTTTTTTT
Ha, yep I can see the Star Trek fan base comparison.
And yeah, eek on that choice in the D&D episode. I do think it helps to watch it for continuity, especially around Pierce’s standing in the group.
Your and Robin’s discussions have sent me off in search of Community. It does sound very funny; maybe the library has DVDs! Plus I love community colleges; when my sister’s nest emptied, she did an 18 month program in a very different field from her BA degree and got a fabulous job through her internship.
You’ll have to report back if you do start watching it!
Again confused. What is wrong with dressing up for D&D?
He is wearing black body paint — blackface.
Troy and Abed make the show, IMO, and if they had had a larger role earlier on I would have gotten hooked sooner.
Really looking forward to watching Donald Glover’s Atlanta, which we can’t see yet because we don’t have Hulu. We are cycling channels, and when we’re done with what I want to see on Britbox, we’ll cancel it and get Hulu.
I use my Troy and Abed in the Morning coffee mug every Saturday. It’s a ritual.
I was a fan of Joel McHale at the time via him hosting The Soup, so it won me over pretty quickly. I’ll also say that even after watching every episode at least 20 times (except for season 4, the gas leak season), I still laugh out loud at so much. It definitely has aspects that are dated but others that aren’t.
Will look forward to your thoughts on Atlanta. I love it and think it’s brilliant.
So glad you love Atlanta…the reviews are great, but did not see any mentions this week at all.
Some episodes of Community are so dense and layered that I just watch them again right away.
Oh, Atlanta isn’t a sitcom. It’s comedy but also serious drama.
Ah, so we need to do a dramedy poll
In Kelly Caleche and thinking that Marlo Thomas might have worn this at That Girl.
Oh, great call!
Happy Friday!
1) SOTD: For the CP, I am wearing LVeB Soleil Cristal for Absolutely Fabulous- and specifically Patsy, who made being a grifting, stylish substance abuser charming and admirable! I was ADDICTED to that show, in a way that I was not with Girlfriends or Living Single ( my two other favorite sitcoms). It’s really lovely, the name is kinda much, and the pretty bottle would catch Patsy’s (shoplifting!) eye!
2) More cleaning to do today- am gonna sign off work early today and really focus on decluttering. So much weird, battered, broke stuff that was hiding in cupboards and have been with me or in storage for over 13 years!
perfect for Patsy!
I adored both of those crazy women.
And Saffron and Grandmother.
Poor suffering Saffy! And the Grandmother gave not a WHIT.
RE: Item 2): I so relate! In the last couple weeks, I have found several things in my garage that I picked up, looked at, and immediately trashed. They were not worthy of passing along or recycling – why they were there IDK!
Yeah- all this junky stuff just winds up in corners and you hold on to it- WHY THO?
So just doing a Marie Kondo and saying BYE!
My mom and I watched Ab Fab together when I was growing up! I wanted to be Patsy so badly. I said that once and my mom said, deadpan “No, you’re Edie. No way you’re Patsy.”
She is right, of course.
I tried my best to be a Patsy (w/o the substance abuse and money problems) but it takes a certain energy to have that imperiously haughty yet grifty nature!
Loved Abfab, Joanna Lumley is just endlessly funny as Patsy and it was just so refreshing to see misbehaving women becoming comedy heroes.
Joanna Lumley is a treasure! Have you seen her travel shows (via ITV)? She is endlessly curious, kind and respectful- an actual delight.
I loved Absolutely Fabulous! Patsy was so inspiring – spending all her time shopping, drinking champagne, and going to work so seldom she couldn’t find her office: )
Perfume-wise, I think Patsy would have gone with whatever was most fashionable in the moment, as long as it was ridiculously expensive and she could get it for free.
Or Lacroix
“It’s LaCroix, DAHLING”
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Patsy is a TRUE inspiration! And I agree- she is one of those who would just get something like House of Marly just for the trendy expensiveness of it all!
When I think of Patsy I can imagine her carrying around a big bottle of Cristalle EDT, splashing it on to hide the smell of cigarettes and booze. She’d go through a bottle every few weeks.
Remember Patsy drinking CHANEL No 5 in the car one morning? Hilarious
Patsy is a work of art! My favorite of the AbFab characters — she’s just a scream!
AbFab for sure makes my top 10. And you’re absolutely right that Patsy would have lifted that bottle!
AbFab is just perfect zippy comedy- just bracing and crisp, like a strong cocktail.
Patsy would have lifted that bottle with no shame and if discovered would have literally justified taking it!
SotD = Japanese Cherry Blossom lotion + Tuberoza extrait de perfume.
I was going to wear Kedu but for some reason was not in the mood for it. Maybe because I am still dreaming of a bottle of Winter Palace but haven’t gotten to it get?
It’s good to have dreams
I was in New York in the 80’s and 90’s and I am wearing I Profumi di Firenze Agrumi di Sicilia for Elaine from Seinfeld for summer in New York City, also because I really like it.
That works!
Thank you Robin, Agrumi di Sicilia is competing these days with Mediterraneo.
Seinfeld or living Single. I’m wearing Euphorisme D Opium. It’s a dead ringer for the Opium EDT I remember, but I’m not sure I want to wear it anymore. Any Opium lovers, this is pretty good.
That’s DSH, for anyone who was wondering! (I couldn’t remember so I googled.)
Thanks for adding that. Her perfumes don’t last on skin to me, and even the weakest JobMalone usually goes 8 hours for me. This did last in cloth really well and I’m sort of thinking about getting a 10ml. Too bad old Opium used to stay on your skin until you washed it off. But it’s a worthy reworking. I just can’t conjure up that moment in time when I first smelled it.
I’m wearing Eau Sauvage in part because it suits today’s challenges (hot weather, hectic schedule) and in part because *someone* in Ted Lasso has to wear it! It’s perfect for a classy, sporty guy. Or, a frazzled, minimally athletic woman!
Aha, and I am a frazzled, minimally athletic woman!
As am I, and I smell great!
I only have samples with me, so I had to think hard for this CP. My choice is Singularity by JD Jeffrey Dame – a tribute to the work of Mary Kate and Ashley Olson when they created Michelle Tanner on Full House.
I never did see that show, which is hard to believe…
Favourite sitcom is Fawlty Towers, with Blackadder a very close second. I imagine Basil would frown upon perfume, but he could be persuaded into wearing it if one of his more upper class guests would recommend a fragrance, British of course as one cannot trust the French to create anything even remotely respectable.
Apart from that I am wearing Calyx the Prescriptives one, which is especially great on a warm day.
Fawlty Towers is my favorite, too! I could see Basil wearing a discreet bit of something from Penhaligon’s, or aftershave, but he probably mostly smelled like stress.
A fishy requisit-t-t-t-e? Whoops, sorry, wrong John Cleese show and not even John Cleese. However, I just love saying it.
I didn’t even remember to this bit of Python, thanks for the reminder!
For today’s cp, I decided to choose a favorite current sitcom rather than one from the past, and my choice is Young Sheldon. As a huge fan of Big Bang Theory, I’m really enjoying this delightful spinoff – the young actor who plays Sheldon is terrific and one can readily see how the boy evolves into the man from the original series.
I love all the characters/actors but the perfumed one would definitely be Meemaw, Sheldon’s grandma. Meemaw would definitely wear a Big White Floral and it would have to have been available during the series’ time period, the early to mid 90’s. A real challenge for me as I dislike most white florals and rarely wear them! She would definitely wear a classic scent, definitely tuberose, and definitely animalic – if I had them, I would have chosen Piguet’s Fracas or Tuvaché Jungle Gardenia. But vintage DVF Tatiana on one wrist and – luxury on a budget! – Coty Sand & Sable on the other work quite well in evoking this glamorous Southern Belle. I have no idea where I got the Tatiana from, but it’s still a real powerhouse, but I smell more jasmine than I do tuberose. The Sand & Sable is s little softer and more tuberosey, and is one of the few white florals I actually occasionally enjoy wearing in the summer.
Weatherwise, we’re in for a long string of hot, humid days with temps in the 90’s and sometimes rain. Hoping to get some fun in this weekend anyway with two outdoor concerts, a pond walk, and a trip to the pool. Hope you all get some fun in, too!
Late reply Laila, but hope you enjoyed your concerts and dip in the pool
Nice to be here.
I’ve been playing along all week and could forever.
Schitt’s Creek, since lots are familiar here:
David: I fell for Beekman’s Rose Apothecary. CDG’s Play would have been a better choice if I had it, because I think he wore a CDG sweater that looked exactly like the bottle. Or, really, a Mariah perfume.
Alexis: Roja Dove United Arab Emirates. She dated some Saudi Prince. She broke up with Sean Penn who wears Creed, so maybe Spring Flower?
Moira: A shot shows Moira’s perfumes on her makeup area. I believe there was a Bee bottle. Probably loud, and unrecognizable to others. I love the idea that Roja or Malle would create bespoke fragrance for Moira.
Johnny: Guerlain Vetiver. Classic taste and understated.
Stevie: Angel. She can party!
Ted: Kitten Fur. Kitt-ing. Just go Zoologist!
Thanks for giving Community its credit. Another favorite I didn’t see mentioned is a dramedy, Pushing Daisies. Goldberg’s is gold, Bevvy must have Giorgio. Schooled, Everybody Love’s Raymond.
Today’s scent is Nuee Bleue. I could see Alexis in this.
Thanks to the sweet NSTers, (you know who you are) for being there for me. Can we all send some warm wishes and love to PerfumeLover67?
Hi, PL67: you are the best!
Perfumelover67 – You ARE the best!! Sending lots of love and warmest wishes!!
Sending my warm wishes to Perfumelover 67! We’ve been missing you here.
Oh good call on Giorgio with Beverly Goldberg!
We both have a thing for Beverly, I see.
Welcome back and yes, the very best wishes for perfumelover67!
Thank you!
Yes to PL67! I have been missing her and sending her good thoughts all week.
+1 for Pushing Daisies! I wish it had caught on…
And of course, warm wishes for PL67!
Absolutely agree on Giorgio for Beverly Goldberg!
I am in Calyx by Prescriptives for Beverly Goldberg of The Goldbergs. She can be intense and sharp but is also very sweet and loving; she does everything and anything for her kids. Don’t get in her way!
My mother was very similar to Bevvy. You captured both perfectly.?
And you smell great!
No perfume yet this morning, and no inspiration sitcom-wise, but I did do a very easy match last night. I sprayed ELdO’s Spice Must Flow to watch the trailer for the new Dune movie.
I have been waiting for the new Dune for many a year.
Nailed that combo! How is Spice Must Flow?
I am wearing Elysium by Roja Dov in honor of another discontinued sit com which has an afterlife on streaming. (Netflix, I believe).
Elysium s a conception of the afterlife that developed over time and was maintained by some Greek religious and philosophical sects and cults. It was initially separated from the Greek underworld and realm of Hades, and only mortals related to the gods and other heroes could be admitted here. Later, the conception of who could enter was expanded to include those chosen by the gods, the righteous, and the heroic. They would remain at the Elysian Fields after death, to live a blessed and happy life, and indulge in whatever employment they had enjoyed in life.
The Good Place also takes place. Bizarrely enough it was an NBC sit com in which the recently deceased try to earn entrance to the “Good Place.” I think some at NBC skipped reading the script after seeing the name Ted Danson as willing to be part of the ensemble, and approved the series without realizing that it was a brilliant examination of moral philosophy, especially what does it mean to be “good” and can one truly repent.
The main characters start out as various examples of bad persons. Elenor has never done anything horribly bad, but has led a life of petty selfishness and minor sleaziness. Another has the sweetest deposition, but is in fact a thief who truly tried to harm others. A third was a philanthropist who actually did good things for charities, but only with the most selfish and petty intentions and the fourth is a philosophy professor who studied virtue but never actually did anything. Can deadly trolly rides, giant shrimps (which are really giants) Meh frozen yougurt and hideous clown paintings inspire true repentance?
Sorry for the redundancies in the second paragraph above. I thought I had edited out some sentences and fragments which reemerged on posting. The Good Place, takes place, in the after life.
Thank you, I was trying to figure that out!
Spritzed on some Jour d’Hermes this afternoon and instantly thought of The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt. Not because she would have worn it (or any of the other main characters either), but because it’s such a happy scent and Kimmy is so consistently (and sometimes inexplicably) upbeat.
Late reply, but I really liked Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt for a couple seasons. Kind of lost interest, not sure why. You’re right though, hard to think of any more upbeat sitcom character!
Another dramedy but a favourite tv series is Better Call Saul. Love Kim as a character and I think she would wear something green and elegant like Chanel n 19
Isn’t Better Call Saul a fantastic show? Can’t wait for the new season! And yes, Kim would definitely wear Chanel No. 19.
Great show, great choice.
Chiming in late but not as late as some days!
SOTD = Parfum Satori Satori
No sitcom pairings but I do love me some sitcoms – Seinfeld, Big Bang Theory, Friends, Young Sheldon, etc etc. I have to check out Community as I’ve never heard of it and it has gotten so much praise. I don’t have a streaming service so hopefully it is available on Amazon Prime.
I was in a contemplative mood today for my friend’s memorial service. I ended up not going in person as I found out in time that they are anti-vaxxer’s and I don’t need to put me, them or anyone else in jeopardy; also not interested at all in converting anyone. That said, the “visiting hour” before the service was bittersweet as we remembered him being a fun-loving, quirky and loyal friend. I did not know that he had one last 2-week road trip right before he went in for surgery and it was the greatest gift that he and his children gave to each other. He was always into experiences and his legacy will live on. The memorial service was lovely and a stream of people got up to speak in remembrance.
Of course nothing is ever complete with me not saying something was amiss – would you ever go to a memorial service in shorts??? Yeah, someone did and I scratched my head at that one.
In other news, I got a text from someone in the NJ Department of Health. She wanted to know if I have all the information I need about COVID-19. If I were in a more combative mood, I would have responded with “What makes you think I don’t?” and block her. I have chosen to ignore it but if I get another text, I will block her. What would you do?
I’m sorry again for the loss of your friend.
I would never go to a memorial service in shorts or jeans or a mini skirt( which I have seen)
I also would just ignore the text.
It seemed like your friend’s memorial service was perfect. And you are safe.
Shorts? Sure. I have seen overalls, daisy dukes, backless-lowcut-skimming the heiny (seriously, close relative), jeans…
I’d let her keep texting. And never respond.
Sorry for your loss but happy you felt comfortable with the choices you made in skipping/attending various parts.
I’d text back saying I had the info I needed and thank you very much. Maybe some people still aren’t sure where to get vaccines or where testing is being performed currently, so that text might be just what they needed.
I’m sorry you’ve lost a friend. I went to a memorial service a week ago for a former colleague who died unexpectedly and too soon — she was five years younger than me. Luckily no one came in shorts, though I did see some bare shoulder which seemed improper to me as it the service was a mass in a Catholic cathedral!
I would follow teebear’s suggestion, above; if you get another text, just reply that you have the information, thanks, and please don’t text again. I feel so sorry for anyone in healthcare or public health these days — they are getting overwhelmed again by preventable outbreaks and most are doing the best they can. I think your choice to watch the service from afar was a wise one.
Still pairing with WandaVision — today’s witchy scent to evoke the Scarlet Witch is Papillon’s Bengale Rouge!
Ooh, very appropriate.
I no longer have these two EL scents but wish I still had the vintage versions from the early 80s when I wore them. Two sitcoms I loved as a kid were the “Mary Tyler Moore Show” and its spin-off “Rhoda”. Mary, I can imagine wearing “Estée” and Rhoda in “Cinnabar”. I wonder if scents are ever worn on a TV or movie set that suit a character, much like their wardrobe?
Oh I so wanted to match Rhoda. Good pick!
Great choices! I’ve read that some performers use fragrance that they choose to get in the right mindset for a particular character or play; I bet some do it on set for TV or film.
Later than everyone. I had to go to the grocery store after work, and another customer was rude to me. I did find 16oz hand sanitizer for .25 cents!
Early this morning I put on Chopard Magnolia for Blanche Devereaux from The Golden Girls. Chosen because in one episode she told the story of her winning the little miss magnolia pagent as a girl. Also I believe her first kiss story had a magnolia tree in it.
After my original sotd wore off, I put on No.19 Poudre, which was good because of the aforementioned rude lady. Lol.
It’s my Tuesday but hope everyone has a good and safe weekend.
I’m sticking my tongue out at that rude customer! I’m glad you put on No. 19 Poudre to spite her.
Thanks for having my back!?
Phooey on the rude customer! Seriously, life is too short — why be rude to strangers in public?? One effect of this pandemic on me is that I’m not going back to shopping in big supermarkets. Over the years, it has become a steadily more unpleasant experience. We get a lot of things delivered now, we get Blue Apron delivered for two meals/week, and I go to our local farmers’ market or a small nearby grocery store for additional fresh produce, baked goods, seafood, etc. I’ll venture back to Trader Joe’s when the spirit moves me, but that’s as big as I’m willing to go. I’m DONE with huge stores, rude customers, self checkout, etc.
Spent the day (no time/place to scrub off) in a heavily applied sample that turned out not to suit me. It would fit any faintly irritating, sorta brassy character — sitcoms are full of those, aren’t they? After showering off the offending sample this evening, I put on just a bit of Jolie Madame. I started thinking of Lucille Ball, and wondered what perfume she might actually have worn. Anecdotally at least, she liked Florida water. And a photo of her dressing table from the 1950s had a bottle of — you guessed it — Chanel No. 5.
Interesting. Can’t for some reason picture her in No. 5.
I keep waiting for someone to pair a scent with Keeping Up Appearances, and Hyacinth Bucket (pronounced bouquet, lol!)
P.S. A commenter elsewhere suggested she would wear Penhaligon’s Bluebell, because 1) it has a Royal Warrant; and 2) it is said to have been Maggie Thatcher’s chosen fragrance. I think that’s exactly right!
Ah, Hyacinth! She definitely would want to wear something that someone famous wore (perhaps she would rotate in Queen Elizabeth’s perfume, rumored to be Floris White Rose on some sites, L’Heure Bleue on others) .
So many references I don’t get this week lol, but it seems like everyone did splendidly with their pairings!
I wore Jorum Studio Phloem for no particular reason, and am now glued to my laptop for not sitcoms – going to be nocturnally bingeing on Olympic Gymnastics til it’s over ?
I have not seen a bit of the Olympics, but hope you are enjoying!
Hi! It’s been a long time. Sometimes I have a tough time finding the energy to be sociable on websites or in person. It’s not y’all, it’s me.
No wearing perfume for me lately — I’d just attract insects when I’m outside. I still remember being at a campground and inadvertently attracting a lot of bees that kept flying around my head because I’d used lavender shampoo. I’ve been using Off and Cutter liberally in the past few months.
Sometimes my hair has the fragrance of LUSH’s “Fair Trade Honey” shampoo, which doesn’t seem to have the effect that that lavender shampoo had as far as attracting bees, thank goodness. I wear a sunhat, too. What’s attracting bees are the tiny flowers of the many mint and mint-family plants I have all around the yard. Also, the oregano I have in a pot is in full bloom, and the bumblebees love it.
Garden scents lately have included the scent of regal lilies, and several sorts of lilies I have that are generically labeled Oriental lilies. The ‘Perfume Delight’ rose I got recently had a flower. I was excited that the ‘Madame Isaac Pereire’ rose had a bud, but the Japanese beetles ate that flower.
The ‘Sharifa Asma’ rose I’ve had for some years has had several flowers, and that’s nicely scented as well as being pretty. The other David Austin English roses, the ones I’ve gotten in the last month or so, had the leaves taken off for shipment in the summer, but had grown new leaves and in some cases had a flower bud or two by the time they arrived. ‘Heritage’ was in bud on arrival. I got ‘Mary Rose’ a couple of weeks ago, and planted that, and that has two buds now.
Despite the name, the ‘Maid of Orleans’ sambac jasmine is native to the Philippines. It seems to feel right at home with the hot and humid weather we’ve been having here lately. Some days it seems to have a dozen flowers open. The poet’s jasmine has many buds, too, and the flowers are starting to open. The jasmines that come from the tropics are very happy with 90+ degree F temperatures and high humidity. The heliotrope is blooming.
Lemon fragrances in the garden require rubbing a plant leaf, but that’s no trouble. I’m enjoying the lemon balm, and the pots of lemon verbena and the Pelargonium crispum scented geranium. I got a Rober’s Lemon Rose scented geranium this year, and an apple one, and a couple of others that are nicely scented. Oh, and I still have lemon thyme, too.
My little patchouli plant also seems to be enjoying the hot and humid weather. Every so often I rub a leaf of that, or brush past it. I cut back the spearmint and apple mint because they were being what some gardeners call the “thugs” of the garden in their respective places. Sometimes I need to make mint tea again.
The Hall’s Japanese honeysuckle is blooming in various places around the yard. Dad cut off some that was growing on the azalea, saying that it wouldn’t do the azalea any good, but I love the fragrance of that kind of honeysuckle.
I’m trying to think of other fragrant flowers blooming now in the yard, and blanking out at the moment. I’ll think of more at 3:00 a.m. or so. (lol!)
Take care!
I love, love, love your SOTDs from your garden! As you may guess from my blog name, I love to garden too. Right now, the fragrant blossoms in my garden also include several David Austin roses, which are having a second flush of a few blooms. Lady of Shalott and Munstead Wood are especially fragrant. I also recently bought a potted Winchester Cathedral which is doing well in its new pot. A non-DA rose I bought this summer is Fun in the Sun, which also has an old-fashioned form and fragrance. I grow herbs like lavender, sage, mint, basil, marjoram, thyme, so they add a lot of scent. My fragrant vines are done for the year: Confederate jasmine and evergreen clematis (Armandii). I can’t grow lilies other than daylilies because I share my garden with a subterranean village of chipmunks, but I have found a couple of daylilies and some hostas that have some scent, and they’re thriving. My gardenias are done with most of their blooming but still throw an occasional blossom, and those are marvelously fragrant.
My biggest insect problem (every summer) is the mosquitoes and other biting insects. It doesn’t seem to matter how much repellent I use, or what time of day I go out, I get bitten. I’ve just ordered one of those fine mesh jacket and pants sets, so we’ll see if that keeps them off.
Happy gardening! And a pox on Japanese beetles!
Happy gardening to you, too!
I’ve got sage and marjoram, too.
I need to figure out how to make a nice barbeque rub with thyme and sage and marjoram. 
I have recipes for barbeque marinades and rubs here and there around the house and recipes I got from e-book cookbooks that were on sale very cheap. (lol!)
Our wildlife here loves the taste of lilies and daylilies. I’ve been trying to keep everything the critters find yummy well wrapped up in hardware cloth. The rabbits keep getting into (or under) the fencing around the vegetable garden. Dad just said, “They ignore the weeds and eat the tomatoes.” (*frowny face from Dad*)
I was curious to find out what sort of daylilies had survived years of being grazed on by the groundhogs before they got a chance to bloom. The leaves would grow back pretty well before they got grazed on again. Those are the ones I’d dug up a couple of years ago. All that bloomed this year in their new locations were indeed a very tough variety — the double tawny daylily, ‘Kwanso.’ The single version of that orange daylily can be found by roadsides and wherever else its rhizomes can spread to.
It’s the yellow ones that may have fragrance. I’m trying to grow the daylily known as the “lemon lily.” Also, one with some resemblance to the old yellow daylily, but bigger, is ‘Hyperion.” I hope my new plant of that does well.