Happy Friday! Today is also Karl Lagerfeld's birthday. Our community project for today: wear a Karl Lagerfeld fragrance, or a fragrance from his stints at other fashion houses (Chloe, Chanel, etc). Or, wear a fragrance he wore (scroll down, although I am sure he wore other fragrances as well...feel free to investigate).
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.
Me: day 2 in Annick Goutal Nuit Étoilée.
Reminder: 9/17 is International Country Music Day. Name a favorite country music song and wear a fragrance to match.
And for those of you who like to plan ahead, see Scent of the day ~ Friday community projects 2021, where I'll try to always have the next five or six weeks mapped out in advance.
Note: top image is from the Karl Lagerfeld Fall-Winter 2019 campaign.
I used to have Lagerfeld Photo but if I didn’t swap it away I’m damned if I can find it so I’m wearing Todd Oldham on a whim. It’s got that basic oriental structure but the main impression is caramel syrup ladled over warm fruit, and it’s absolutely charming. It was a failure, despite being excellent: I think it arrived too late, in 1995, when warm scents were on a bit of a downswing, plus there were over 200 new scents launched that year, so most everything was drowning in a sea of newness, a new launch every other day. (Compare that to last year, though: Basenotes lists 1300 new scents, and I’m sure that’s an undercount.)
Todd Oldham’s perfume is glorious stuff! I wore the heck out of it!
1300 almost has to be an undercount…
I have some Todd Oldham jeans (that fit me for a like 5 minutes before becoming too tight) that I bought in 1997 or so and that my 13 year old now wears!
😀 I’ve started handing off clothes to my tween, too. Haven’t fit me for years but they’ll fit her imminently. And so much has come back and then back again that my old clothes are just fine now.
Very interesting facts to note about: Todd Oldham (also, wearing something on a whim is often the *most* fun), and the number of perfumes. Can we believe a dedicated nose exists for that many new perfumes?
Morning and happy Friday all!
My SOTD is KL’s Sun, Moon, and Stars. I had my booster covid shot yesterday, I’m heading back to bed. Very tired. 🙂
LOVE this bottle
Have a good snooze
Love Sun Moon Stars!! I bought a bottle of it years ago before I even knew whi Karl Lagerfeld was… I mentioned it on here a couple of times that SMS smells like Cola and European cheesecake on me and to be exact it is sweet but less sweet than American one and has orange peep and raisins added to the crust. So wish I had a bottle of it now.
Orange peel* what’s wrong with me today 🙂
Yay for booster shot, but get good sleep!!
Get some rest! SMS has such a pretty bottle.
Yay for booster shot; we’re getting ours ASAP. Sun, Moon and Stars is the first bottle I bought at a flea market that was basically empty, but was so attractive that I got it on the third or fourth visit to the booth when I found it still there (and for $3)! Note to self to see if I can get that last little spritz out.
That’s how I reacted to my second vaccination shot — literally could not keep my eyes open for a whole day. Sleep well!
You’ve definitely earned a rest after that booster shot!
TGIF!!
Sotd is No.5 parfum.
Currently drinking a mug of magnolia oolong with a strawberry and peach jam toast on the side. Its bright and sunny today and I am happy.
Hi Happy888cat – your tea sounds wonderful.… may I ask what brand and/or how you came by it? I love oolong and that sounds like a perfect blend! May also be joining you after lunch in No 5 , although possibly the L’eau : )
No 5 L’eau for me today! I love it, but I feel like I could’ve used the heft of No 5 edp for this cooler weather.
It’s a beautiful day!
Oh gosh, sorry to have posted here!
Fine by me! : ) I ended up going with JHAG not a perfume overdose instead. Not sure that was the right decision, but am going with it.
Hi AnnJune!
Its probably a bit too late in the day for you to see this reply but here goes!
I got my oolong during my trip to Taiwan pre-covid. They have some of the best teas imho (and food…).
Ordered a small bottle of no 5 parfum over the weekend and Sephora hasn’t shipped it yet. Maybe it will arrive for my birthday.
Any No. 5 is a great choice for the CP – so Chanel, ergo so Karl.
Vintage Chloe parfum today. Got a little bit of altitude sickness yesterday–I was sort of dizzy and headachy and had some shakiness when we got to the top of Pike’s Peak. Still, I could have used a little more time at the top since I didn’t have much time for views after getting a snack
YUM! I have a little bottle of this too. Mum had it for a while when we were kids. So pretty.
Oh, that altitude feeling can be really rough. Hope you felt better as soon as you came back down!
Perfumed high five for getting to the top, though!
I have no KL fragrances, none of the ones he wore, no Chloe, and very few Chanels at all! So today is a wear-what-you-want for me, with L’Heure Fougueuse. Glorious in the current weather.
I never owned a single KL fragrance, and original Chloe long gone. But if it were a little cooler I would have worn Theorema. He probably had nothing to do with it but he did shoot the ad campaign.
I have only one Chanel to contribute, so I’m back in 31, rue Cambon. It may be my only Chanel, but I have a vat of it. I’ve sniffed a lot of the Exclusifs, but someday I should probably smell more of the regular ones…it’s a big hole in my perfume knowledge (if not my perfume drawer).
I find the regular ones kind of separate into two camps for me. On one side: great stuff (basically all the numbered scents plus Cristalle.
On the other side: nope (Chance, Allure, Coco M., Gabrielle etc.).
I’m undecided about Coco.
But – they are easy to try out, so go for it! My daughter loves Coco Mademoiselle. And a friend keeps a bottle of Chance in her car to freshen up.
I also really like Coromandel. Worth trying.
Great way to divide them and I agree with your assessment. I haven’t tried enough of the Exclusifs to have an opinion.
I have tried most of the Exlcusifs over the years and I like most of them. My most recent “discovery” (it’s not a new release) was the Cologne in the line. Worth seeking out if you are ever near a place that carries them!
Not participating in the cp. SOTD Naomi Goodsir Iris Cendre, because I was craving for it!
I am in the office today because I wanted to organize a couple of things, before my return full time again on Monday. News is that there are several covid breakthrough cases here in the office. I am pretty anxious, like many other employees. Just hope I don’t get sick and bring it to my mother, who is too fragile to face a breakthrough. I will try to be positive and face the new challenges with a positive attitude!
Happy Friday! ?
Congratulations on your positive attitude! My big fear is carrying a breakthrough virus to my old and frail mother, too. The caseload is shooting high in our county. Have to work toward positivity.
We have to be patient and pray. I never thought I was going to deal with pandemic anxiety again.
I hope all will be well, PL67 – and I hope you will have options in coming days if the Monday return does not seem best for you!
Thank you, MossyBerry! Let’s hope everything goes fine!
How are your ankle and neck doing? I hope you are feeling much better! You smell wonderful, of course.
Thank you! I am feeling better! My foot is out of the cast and now I am wearing a boot for the next couple of weeks. I am still having PT.
Hurray for the cast being gone! I love PT. I’m about to start again for my shoulder.
Thank you! I hope your shoulder starts feeling a good relief soon!
Glad to hear that you are still going to PT. It can make a big difference.
It does! I will be done in few weeks, but it has helped enormously!
Good luck in there PL67. I can’t even imagine going to a work building environment right now.
Thinking of you.
Iris Cendre! YUMMY!
How exciting does the new Naomi Goodsir perfume sound Corpus Equus?
https://nstperfume.com/2021/09/09/naomi-goodsir-corpus-equus-new-fragrance/
Thank you, Portia!
The new Naomi Goodsir sounds really good. I am looking forward to trying it as soon as it becomes available. I like her work and the fact that she doesn’t release perfumes quite often. I hope you have the chance to review it!
YAY! Happy Heavenly Birthday Karl.
I was wearing his Karl Lagerfeld Pour Homme today. It’s a powdery whisper of floral nothings. Better in sillage than up close. It’s not terrible but it’s also not as exciting as I had expected something with his name on, at such a late stage of his life and career. It smells like a cash grab. The bottle is terrible and fun and kind of wonderful in its poverty of design.
Had a bath and now I’m in a brand new house to me: Rouhanne Perfumes. They are a Bangladeshi company. Grandiflora Ginio is the perfume name. I think it means Flower Djinn. It’s interesting, a white floral with green facets and smoke.
I love the imagery of “it smells like a cash grab.” I can almost smell it from here….
The Grandiflora Ginio sounds really nice.
Thanks missionista,
Yes, I liked Grandiflora Ginio. It’s apparently a natural perfume but the longevity and even the smell is a bit too created for all natural (to my blunt instrument of a nose). This morning after 8 delicious hours of sleep the whispered remains were like the warm, bosky, vegetal smell of turning a healthy compost heap.
Ah, those perfumes that don’t smell as good close up can drive me nuts!
HA! Yeah Jalapeño, it’s strange. If I walked out of the room and came back the initial reaction on returning was OOOOH! Then I’d sniff my wrist and be, oh, let down.
I’m already pretty close to nuts so it’s not a long drive.
It is hard to stay away from my absolute favorites like Chinatown or The Time. Today is The Time. Crisp, tea leaf infused, milky opening with a bit of perfect bergamot (bergamot and lemon are the best tea citruses), then sheer a bit lactonic iris and all that on a beautiful base of black tea… My perfect tea scent.
I postponed trying The Time for the longest time. I kept adding it to my cart and taking it off for months. What made me so indecisive is all the reviews that it is so fleeting. Just like the Asian Green Tea it stays all day on me. It never just goes away and it lingers. I haven’t ever reapplied it yet because there was no need to. I don’t understand all the negative reviews!! Last time I sprayed it at 1pm I still smelled good on my skin after 6pm like a perfume is supposed to do… Smelled it at 10pm on my hair and shirt, honestly!!
Possibly some of the reviews are because people are anosmic to the notes.
Doctors appt so what I had planned didn’t work. I wanted to wear my chloe from an old bottle
Trying cle de peau foundation and I am finding it too drying
I spritz some Goutal Tenue de soirée lightly and I am out the door
Hope the appt went well!
Wearing Bal d’Afrique (hair mist) in my hair “because Choupette didn’t like it.”
Mon dieu!
Lol! Choupette has had quite the life.
Royalty cat ?
I wouldn’t be surprised if Choupette had a perfume collection too.
LOL!!!! Eau de Tuna and Catnip Parfum…
All exclusive fragrances available now at @ChoupetteOfficiel ?
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Choupette
“The Caviar Collection”?
Could you guess what there was in it that a cat wouldn’t like?
I’m in NVC Trayee today.
Thanks of all the well wishes regarding the doggo yesterday. ☺️Great appreciated! She seems to be doing fine. Cast iron gut, I guess…
TGIF!
You smell wonderful Deva, good news about T Rex.
Thank you!
Missed the post yesterday but glad to hear T Rex is better. ?
Thanks! Eating non-edibles wasn’t her smartest idea. ?
So happy to hear T-Rex is feeling better!
Thank you, PL67 ?
So glad you pup is better, and yeah, dogs have *strong stomachs* and the better for it!
I was afraid she had a piece of shell in her esophagus because all of the wretching, coughing, gagging… anyway, according to x-Rays, just a bunch of small shell pieces in stomach. ?
So glad she’s better! No more shellfish for her!
??♀️ Thank You. I gave her the cause and effect lecture (again!) but she doesn’t seem to get it. ?
Happy to hear T-Rex is doing OK
Whoo hoo for the good news on T-Rex!
Wearing a spritz of Annick Goutal Nuit Étoilée, as this might be the last day of summery weather.
You smell beautiful AnnieA.
Thank you! (stands taller)
Which version do you have, EdT or EdP?
It’s the edt, in the old, fluted bottle. I just noticed that it’s getting closer to empty, so next summer might be its last as a Chilled Summer Scent aka perfume I keep in the fridge. Oh rats, and the Mandragore isn’t far behind…
Spent the morning paying some pesky bills so I didn’t have them hanging over my head while I am on vacation. Vacation starts the nanosecond I clock out of work tonight. Wearing no 5 edt and hope my bottle of no 5 extrait ships from Sephora today.
Extrait
on the way
hooray!
I’m thinking about that for next year. Hope it arrives soon so you will be able to waft wonderfulness on your vacation!
Enjoy vacation!
Tooth pain is better but now we’re back to the slamming tension headache. Aaand this morning I was greeted by the dreaded email from Canada Revenue Agency saying they had an important message for me (cue feelings of doom and terror). Fortunately it turned out to just be an acceptance of our April audit documentation, no further amount owing at this time.
Too stressed to wear anything other than vanilla, so I’m in Spiritueuse Double Vanille.
Hope you are feeling better soon.
Oh wow, what a day. I hope you feel better and I think SDV is a perfect choice for comfort. Hugs!
At least that’s a relief! I hope the vanilla does the trick and you feel better soon x
Hope the headache goes away! Whenever it gets over 100 degrees here or the air is smoky, I’m popping Ibuprofen…
Sending you a comforting ?, hope you feel better soon.
Nothing worse than dental pain IMO. Glad you’re feeling better, hoping the headache will resolve soon. I know you will so happy to get back to Cali and all settled!
4 more days!!!
Feel better soon!
4 more days, correct? I hope this weekend goes smoothly for you, and you can start to feel better.
Yes! I am so exhausted.
Hope that headache goes away
I sympathize on the CRA emails! I lived in the US for much of my early life, and my only experience was that if I was hearing from the tax authority I was in TROUBLE. However, my first CRA letter after moving to Canada was to inform me that I’d missed the fact that my US Social Security payments could be deducted as a tax credit, and they owed me a decent amount of money. (Cue shock: If the IRS ever determined you overpaid them, they’d *never* tell you. Never ever.) But I still get that bit of anxiety in the pit of my stomach whenever I see an email from CRA.
I’ve never received a letter from CRA that was good news. Nor from the IRS either.
Feel better soon!
BOO on the headache.
YAY on the Revenue stuff and SDV!
Non-compliant with the CP. Testing several things, for the second or third time…
Parle Moi de Perfume Oud Papyrus – surprisingly good – pretty smooth for an oud, don’t get “masculine” from this. Might be much better in colder weather, not sure I need to buy more tho.
DSH Jade from a sample – one of those greenish scents that get more interesting each time I wear it – I may get another sample when my sample is gone
Yves Roches La Vie Privee from a sample a kind NSTer sent me – a 1988 style floral which I like – cute vintage bottles going on Ebay for $150+ – don’t like that much!
Chanel Paris-Deauville – I should like this but it is slightly off putting to me for no good reason – maybe there is secret tobacco in it or something? I like Chanel Paris-Riviera much better from this line.
DSH La Danse des Bleues et des Violettes – a lovely light floral – violet and lilac with a musky note that comes and goes. I enjoy this one a lot, and will for sure upgrade to a large decant/bottle of some sort when this sample is gone. I have almost as many DSH perfumes as I have Guerlain bottles. And I seem to gravitate to the scents for which she felt a need to make a long involved names… LOL!
Happy Friday, I am done with on-call for a few weeks, and am doing a drive-through flu shot this weekend with adorable hubby – gotta do that chassis maintenance!
Flu shot is on my agenda as well! Enjoy being off call!
Yay for being done with being on call!
Flu shots soon for sure!
Enjoy your not being on call!
I just ordered a sample of Des Bleues et des Violettes, it sounds lovely!
Chanel is my favorite house and I’m spoiled for choice but I’ve stuck with Imaginary Authors this week. Yesterday I wore Slow Explosions which reminds me a bit of Wazamba. Today I still smelled like SE so I put Wazamba with it and I do indeed smell great ? Have a wonderful weekend, everyone.
Oh, and a PSA – DSH is having a flash sale, here’s the info from the email:
From 9/10 – 9/14 everything, SITEWIDE is ON SALE (*except for Scent of Hope). Just use coupon code: dawnday18 for 18% off your order. 🙂
I just saw that. Thinking about Sweet Pine Tar.
Thanks for letting us know!
Thank you! Love DSH!
I love Wazamba, you smell great!
SOTD = Annick Goutal Nuit Etoilee EDT
Twins with a bunch here and we smell goooood!
https://www.instagram.com/p/CTpdD9pMM3e/?utm_medium=copy_link
In other news, I found out that one of my cousins and her husband, who both live in Hawaii, have COVID. The husband has it worse and is in the hospital. The first thing someone asked is were they vaxxed and since no one knows for sure, we’re assuming they were. Having said this, out of all the first cousins on dad’s side (there’s 35 of us), she would be the most likely anti-vaxxer.
I am leveraging my summer hours Friday and will be leaving at 2pm to go … (window?) SHOPPING. I am in the office today so NYC is my oyster. There are many NYPD around despite me being in midtown.
I hope your cousins get better soon!
Sending get well wishes for your cousins. ?
Wishing your cousin a smooth recovery!
Wishing a full recovery to them both!
I hope you find something great while shopping.
Hope your cousin and her husband recover quickly.
It’s a beautiful day to be out window shopping!
Fingers and toes crossed for your cousin and her hubby.
I heard about a strong NYPD police presence in NYC earlier this afternoon on NHK World Japan.
Healing vibes for your cousin and her husband. I was chatting with Sonja this morning and your name came up, were your ears burning? LOL. You are so lucky to be able to shop in person, who knows when I will ever get back to NY. Have fun!
Fingers crossed for your cousins recovery.
OOOH! Shopping in NYC! What happy memories. Have fun.
I’m in Hoja de Cuba, because I forgot the CP.
Good enough reason 🙂
FriYAY at last! I’m in Byredo Bal d’Afrique perfume oil, a fragrance which Karl mentioned wearing until discovering that Choupette didn’t like it. (What? It’s so likeable!)
My cats have never reacted to any perfume I have ever worn. It’s like they’re anosmic to it all.
I wish. One of my cats is so obsessed with Angel that whenever I wear it I have to spritz some onto a cat toy so that she will lick that rather than trying all day to lick me. I assume there is a catnip note somewhere in the Angel cacophony that attracts her.
I got nuthin for the CP, so I’m in Nishane Ani, and I smell fantastic.
Happy Friday, all!
Hi Lisa D – tell me about Ani?
On my skin, it’s a spicy, vanilla-centric incense. I got a decant from AnniePerfumes (thanks, girlfriend!), and it’s a definite winner. Seems like it could be quite changeable, though, depending on one’s chemistry. It doesn’t settle down into one thing or another — it feels like it jumps from spices to sweet vanilla to dry woods to warm amber.
Oh, I love scents that morph over time and have a life of their own!
Sounds great, thanks.
Iris Torrefie earlier, now roller ball Phylosikos to pick me up during work.
Forgot the CPD, but may spray Chanel 22 later..Chanel 22 is my current Chanel favourite, especially the dry down. The pure parfum must be glorious.
Ooh, I love No. 22! I have a lifetime supply of EDT. I agree, I’m sure the parfum is wonderful.
Wearing Terry de Gunzburg Ombre Mercure as I read somewhere I can’t remember that it was favored by KL in his last years.
I love that scent and own a bottle. How interesting about KL!
It’s never mentioned yet so lovely, glad you love it too.
That’s an awesome perfume name.
That’s right and it is a nocturnal, shadowy perfume.
How cool! I have that bottle (in San Diego), love her flacons with those large silver galet tops.
So you will be soon reunited ?
Yes, very excited about that!
Also quite hyped about a rumored new Dusita release… I have heard she has a lovely orange blossom coming very soon. I already own Splendiris and La Douceur, so very much looking forward to this!
Ooh! I’d be very interested to try an orange blossom from Dusita.
Very excited as well! I love Splendiris.
I’m here for inspiration for my scent post shower. Possibly some vintage No. 5 since I haven’t worn that in a long time. Happy Friday! I have class tonight and a half day in person class tomorrow, which is exciting since it will be my very first in person class and I’ll meet some of my co-students “in the flesh”!
Hope that your classes go well! ?
Thanks! It’s mostly interesting, but the homework load is higher than I anticipated. And there’s quizzes!!
Lol been feeling meh about the perfume industry in general..lol ..Serge kinda went to crap but I haven’t sniffed their last couple of offerings…Kilian ugh…now Guerlain has got me smh. I guess there are lines like Diptyque, Memo….maybe even Le Labo which have yet to take a tumble..lol.
Nirvana Black..a decent sandalwood and rollerball was clearanced to $5.50 ..deal lol
I guess you can always turn to the niche/independent perfume houses.. I have discovered a few very much worth sniffing.. like Papillon or Dusita. But the Guerlain tumble has also got to me! They were my favourite house but looking like they are going downhill. Or at least outside of reasonable/ affordable prices.
Still dying to try Spell 125..! Love Papillon! ?
Yes, me too!
Yes, they were my favorite perfume house as well. I told the SA from Guerlain I didn’t like the direction they were going lol. She encouraged me to try the new ones being launched but honestly they dnt sound good..oud..rose lychee? Meh. I have tried one or two from Papillion and Dusita and liked them both. I agree..one will have to go further down the niche trail to find some gems I guess.
Papillon and Dusita are both great choices. 🙂
Had I remembered that I had it, I would’ve worn KL Sun Moon Stars on a lovely sunny September morning. But I’ve already spritzed one tiny little spray of vintage KL, my favorite Thanksgiving scent, because its mix of clove and spices and orange harmonize beautifully with the aromas of everything I cook that day!
I learned this morning that a dear elderly friend, who’s vaccinated, has Covid, is not doing well, and is in hospice. One of our community’s greatest volunteers, he has had numerous health issues but always worked thru them never stopping his service to others – it really upsets me that after all he’s been thru this da*n pandemic that won’t go away could finally do him in.
Looking forward to a much welcome escape from reality later as we head out to a night Sox ballgame- I’ll be joining those of you in AG Nuit Etoilee, a lovely scent to wear under the stars . . . and fireworks after the game!
Wishing all a great weekend ahead and that you all stay safe!
KL was so good! One of the great unsung scents of the eighties. My mom had a half-full bottle (which I am quite sure I gave her originally) in her collection, and when I smelled it just before she died it had gone completely to hell, ruined and unidentifiable, probably from having been kept in a bathroom cabinet for decades. I’m glad you still have some to enjoy.
Thank you for sharing your mom’s story, sorry her bottle went bad. I’ve had mine a long time, don’t even remember where/when I got it. I keep it under my bed with others in a closed container on a cool floor and really only wear it around Thanksgiving when the weather is cold here and it still smells really good. Yes, it’s definitely a powerhouse 80’s scent – a little dab’ll do ya!
So sorry to hear about your friend! Hoping he’s comfortable, and able to accept help, which can be difficult for people who are so used to being the giver. ?
Good point. His wife is the same, too. In addition to being his caretaker the past few years, she co-runs the garden club, volunteers at the library, and is a potter and photographer. At 80, she has more energy than I had at 20! Both are much loved by many and, hopefully, we can find a way to help.
I’m sorry to hear about your friend.
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So sad to hear about your friend! Not sure which Sox you’re supporting, but if they’re red, my spouse will totally be on your side! 😀
Sorry, it’s the White Sox – lifelong fan here, born and raised Chicago Southside! But I like the BoSox and will cheer for them when they’re not playing my Sox – Chris Sale was one of my favorite players and I was sad when we traded him to the BoSox and will always root for him. Besides, my DIL is a Boston native, and when we visited Fenway a few years ago, I bought Red Sox World Series Champion caps for my grandtwins, which they wear proudly along with their White Sox jerseys! (We won tonight, 4-3.)
Oh, that’s a shame about your friend. My sympathies.
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Sending healing prayers for your friend.
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I’m so sorry to hear about your friend.
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Wearing Bal D’afrique, which Karl apparently used to wear, according to that link!
And enjoying my Friday. Next week my hours change to start at 6 am!! Time to make counter space for a coffee machine.
Hiya scent twin! Those are some early hours you will be dealing with, oooooof.
Wow, that is too early.
Ugh!! 6am is like the middle on the night for me! ??♀️ You deserve some REALLY good coffee for that coffe machine.
Nothing by KL with me today so I am wearing Messe de Minuit. The countertops are going in today and I am looking forward having my kitchen back (and running water from someplace besides the tub).
You smell wonderful, and best wishes for getting the countertops ASAP!!
Yay for functional kitchen!
Happy Friday to all! I’m joining the Bal d’Afrique bandwagon today.
Go Team Bal d’Afrique!
SotD for the CP: Felanilla. I haven’t worn it in a while, but it works quite well for me. Don’t know what Uncle Karl would have thought, but I love that he loved his kitty so much. I get that. =^v^=
Oooh, such a lovely scent!
Hi all, a bit late to the party today as I was commando all morning. Feeling teary and bleary after a session with a new therapist and still very stuffy and tired from my recent illness, so I’m now in the happiest, pinkest rose I own: Rose Flash. Wild night of lightning and lots of small fire starts and a surprising amount of rain in my town (and I left the laundry on the line all night, foolishly). Outside everything feels beautiful and fresh and washed clean after this first moisture in six months. I know it won’t last and wasn’t “real” rain, but it sure was lovely!
If Rose Flash won’t lift one’s spirits, what fragrance can? I love it. Glad you got some pleasant aftermath from the rain.
Yay for that beautiful and fresh feeling, hope you feel better soon!
Perfume-free as yet, I’m planning a trip to the local perfumery to see what I can sniff. We’ve still got some Covid restrictions, but getting better. Auckland, our biggest city, is still in a hard lockdown, but on the right track.
I had a bottle of KL about 25 years ago, I loved it, but can’t remember much about it after all this time.
Looking forward to hearing a sniffing report from you!
Ooh, do tell us what you sniffed and your thoughts!
I’m wearing Chanel Boy for the CP. I really love this perfume. It just wears perfectly on me. I’ve still got plenty in my mini bottle, but I may need a FB one of these days.
In other fragrant news, last night on my walk I finally clipped off a gardenia from one of the row of bushes in the neighborhood. I’ve been enjoying these gardenias on my walks for the last three or four weeks. It’s so amazing to catch its scent as I walk by the little vase. It wafts pretty well into my kitchen when the window is open. It’s definitely helping to brighten my day while work is stressing me out.
Fresh gardenias smell SO GOOD!!!
Yes, they’re amazing!
I’m sorry work is stressful for you. Flowers do help! I grow some gardenias in my garden and they are just so beautiful.
Thanks, and yes flowers are good for the spirit.
Yay for a late summer gardenia! I’m amazed that there are still some in bloom.
Me too! These bushes have been blooming a long time, and I was surprised to still see some fresh blooms.
So nice to stop and smell the flowers, they do give the spirit a lift. I hope the stress lets up soon.
I really need to smell boy again.
Thank you. Boy is the platonic ideal of wearable fougere to me. So definitely check it out if that appeals to you.
Not CP compliant today. I start my new job on Monday and I celebrated by purchasing a small bottle of Tam Dao EDT. Wearing and enjoying it this afternoon!
Congrats on the new job!
Thank you!
Congratulations! How exciting!
Thanks, I am excited!
Congrats on both the new job and the new bottle!
Thank you! I think I’m going to be wearing Tam Dao a lot this autumn! Smells like a forest but it’s not overwhelming.
Congrats!
Thanks!
Ooh, congrats on both the job and the perfume!
Thank you! It was fun to splurge today!
Congratulations!
Adding my congratulations! Enjoy your new bottle.
I’m in vintage Chloe from a mini I picked up on evilbay. It is in decent condition considering the age and unknown storage situation, but I think I need to decant it into a spray bottle to get the full effect. There is a lot going on with this one but it is difficult for me to distinguish any particular notes. I do get a lovely peach/nectarine tho.
Posting later than usual because last night’s presidential announcement hijacked my anticipated to-do list at work today. It is always the short weeks that feel the longest!
Drinking a homemade blend of assam and nutcrack rooibos today.
It’s not happening to me so much since last year, but I totally sympathize with your entire day being hijacked by a government announcement. I still check the CBC as soon as I wake up because they’d make an announcement early, Eastern, and I’d have to spend the day reacting.
Song of the Day: https://youtu.be/6i-fiRgbpr4
Going radio silent after tonight. I should be back to NST hijinks on Tuesday.
SOTD = Byredo Bal d’Afrique EdP, from the sample stash. Bet I surprised someone by changing up my SOTD for the CP today!
Thank Jalapeno. ❤️??
I had to post that particular song link today. It felt right.
Have a good weekend!
Thanks!
See you on Tuesday!
Chanel No. 19 for me today! I love it at all times, but I had several meetings today that required a strong backbone, and No. 19 always makes me feel I can stiffen my back as needed! Plus the weather has turned from unbearably humid punctuated by torrential thunderstorms to cooler, clearer September days. No. 19 feels perfect for those.
Yes! Although also contending that No. 19 perfect any day, when backbone needs straightening…
I’m in Chloe from a vintage mini; its marked 1/8 oz Chloe on the bottom. Just a couple dabs on my wrist.
I went through probably 2 bottles of the KL original way back in the day. Got a bottle of a more recent version now but of course it’s dfferent from the original due to reformulations.
Thank you for the Carrot Seed Oil recommendation- what a rooty revelation!
Oh you are so welcome! It’s amazing!
Where did you find KL?
I probably wrote that is a confusing, unclear way. I had Chloe way back when Lagerfeld was written on the front of the bottle. My current bottle of Chloe doesn’t have it.
PdN Cologne Sologne for me today.
PdN strikes me as a bit of a “sleeper” brand. Maybe that’s for the best, though.
Geeze o Pete’s! I can’t get a minute to myself today. I wore KL today. I’ve had this bottle for a little over 20 years I think. I went through a bottle previously too. I still have a few sprays left in this one.
Entry coming in under the wire!