It's Tuesday, National Deviled Egg Day (in November? why?) and the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists. In parts of the United States, it's Election Day. Shah Rukh Khan is 56, and k.d. lang is 60. (More birthdays: Daniel Boone, Marie Antoinette, Richard Serra.) What fragrance are you wearing?
I'm in A Lab On Fire Freckled and Beautiful. Tea at the moment is an a latte from Starbucks.
Reminder: 11/5 is SWINTON’s birthday. Wear Like This, or any other Etat Libre d'Orange fragrance, if you have one. If you don't, or if you're not in the mood for Etat Libre d'Orange (or if you just wore Like This for the Pumpkin Spice project), do something else. You could listen to Tilda Swinton read the Rumi poem that inspired the fragrance, and choose something based on that?
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: the Huls Gallery + Miyama porcelain tea pot painted with blue glaze is $82 at Neiman Marcus.
Readers, I bought the TF Ebene Fume.
Oh, good for you! This reader is so proud of you. Enjoy it!
thank you!!!
Congratulations !
And? What do you think? Tell us more ..
Congratulations and LtSG and I are on the same page
Congratulations! What do you think?
For real?!
Tell us how it is!
Don’t have it yet. Shipping from Nordies.
Congrats!! So proud of You too!!
Waiting to hear first report when your new bottle shows up!
Ambra from Omnia Profumo, from my seemingly endless box of samples. It’s an amber, nice enough but perfectly average, indistinguishable from hundreds of others.
Amber is like that, though — don’t you think? Loads and loads of good, wearable ambers out there, and just a few that are wowza.
I do think! Most of them are quite interchangeable. I wore MPG Ambre Précieux for years and years and thought it was the greatest thing in the world: I could be wrong but I suspect if I smelled it now I’d be fairly indifferent to it. I got jaded, that’s what happened.
I have a small clutch of ambers that I like well enough. SL Ambre Sultan and CSP Vanille Ambre are my usual go-tos. I sure don’t need any more.
Tea is a simple Earl Grey, from a tea bag with milk
Was up with the chickens to vote
SOTD YSL Libre
Inspired by SmokeyT , I brought out my Chanel quad eyeshadows and I am wearing one color from the 2019 holiday collection, Lumiere et Opulence and jous contraste in Rose Écrin
Libre sisters! (I’m in Intense)
Hey twin!
You smell marvelous! A dear friend loves YSL’s Libre. I’m thinking of getting it for her for Christmas. Are you wearing the EdP or EdT?
Wow, that Chanel quad is gorgeous!
it was from a sample, so pretty sure it was EdT and also.. thunk!
Scented gifts for the holidays sounds great
Earl grey with milk is tasty and I’m glad there are others out there who stand firm and aren’t shamed into taking it with lemon. 🙂
Chanel eyeshadow is so luxurious.
In Portland, those are called London Fog Tea Lattes and I love making them at home AND getting them in the afternoon!
I need to try Earl Grey with milk, I bet it’s delicious.
I really like Earl Grey too- in fact drinking a cup just now!
I have been tempted by the Chanel eyeshadows for a while but never went ahead and buy them. They look very pretty..
I have a couple of Chanel blushes I love- Rose Initiale and Malice. Like the subtle satin effect with a nice dimension that does not look too glittery.
I would say the cost of the shadows are $$$
I bought the Marc Jacobs eye pallet recently and half of the shadow ended up on my upper cheek because of all the flaking while applying. This doesn’t happen with Chanel. They are pigmented without the mess
I don’t like flaking either (or any glitter which irritates my eyes). The best eyeshadows I own are Dior and Suqqu (the non glittery ones). I will give a try to Chanel, they have been tempting me for a long time!
I agree, Chanel shadows are marvelous, good color payout, and little to no fallout.
and what kind of Earl Grey are you drinking.
Mine is a tea bag called Choice or something like that..
Right now I’m in one of the Pret A Manger coffee/ healthy fast food shops which are all over the UK. At home I have it in non dyed non plastic containing tea bag form from an eco brand (I think it’s called Dragongfly).
Love kd’s ? voice! Saw her in concert at a small venue years ago and it was just fabulous.
I’m just about done with my shift and had to float to ICU so I didn’t get a chance to enjoy the massage chair, mores the pity!
I’ll be showering (in covid land this shift) and then who knows, but I’m leaning towards Montalé Arabians Tonka for today. I really enjoy that one. And FYI, Montalé offers a set of 3 20ml bottles, you can pick and choose the combination of scents you want. Just saying….
Enabler!
Which ones are you picking? ?
I haven’t gone through all the samples yet. Gave my nose a break for a bit. I definitely want Arabians Tonka- it’s just lovely! Not sure about the others yet. Speaking of Arabians Tonka, I saw my co-worker yesterday- the one who spritzed a bit on her scrubs and she told me she could still smell it even after washing an drying her uniform. Can you say Beast Mode?! If the world ends in some cataclysmic manner, I’m pretty certain the only survivors will be cockroaches and Montalé perfumes! ?
I’m wearing Corsica Furiosa, as a contrast to all the rich, spicy scents I’ve been wearing lately.
Oh, you smell outstanding! CF is a great palate cleanser. ??
It really is! Like standing on a big rock with the sun on your shoulders and the wind in your teeth!
kd lang is 60? Time flies. I remember her covering some Roy Orbinson song, Crying, maybe? Outstanding pipes there. 🙂
SOTD my special Incense Rose oil, lots of nag champa and frankincense and rose and sandalwood…sort of wild and cozy, you know?
Blasting through this Project Management course I signed up for sort of on a whim. It is more interesting than I expected, so it is taking more time that I planned. 🙂
I remember being struck by her smooth, soaring voice way back when I was in high school in the 90s. And she has only improved!
Exactly right — when she hit those high notes on Crying without going falsetto, it was ah-may-zing.
Oh gosh, YES!
Hello.
Sotd is YSL Libre Intense.
Currently drinking a mug of black coffee with collagen.
Libre is getting a lot of love. What’s the intense like?
Slightly boozey gourmand lavender-vanilla backed by jasmine and tonka.
It’s got a little heft to it so it’s great in cooler weather.
Oh, with those notes, I’m sure I’d love it. Trying to avoid any more lemmings….
If you like Cloud (or Mon Guerlain) you might like it
Coffee Twins!
Chanel No 5 and a cup of English Breakfast tea.
Good Morning All !!
Gotta love the classics. You smell great!
Morning all, my SOTD is Jour Ensoleille from Sonoma Scent Studio. I love her scents, this one especially for the Fall.
Makeup is Kevin Aucoin The Sensual Skin Enhancer (applied as a tinted moisturizer), eyes are Le Metier de Beaute Jojo (golden taupe) and Magic Night from Chanel (aubergine shimmer) used wet as a liner.
In bed and asleep at 9pm, woke up at 6am. So far, a good-night’s sleep three nights running.
Everyone have a great day!
Can’t resist complimenting when someone wears Jour Ensolleille because you smell gorgeous.
You look fabulous and smell glorious!
Thank you!
I have had problems sleeping, then I bought a new pillow and its been blissful since then. No more neck pain
What is the miracle pillow you speak of?
I’m the market for a new pillow. None of my current ones seem comfortable anymore.
I bought mine from Bloomies, they have their own brand of pillows and they take returns (I know that from experience, I am picky about the pillow). I prefer a firm pillow but not one that makes my neck arch up against the headboard, if you know what I mean!
Thanks, I will check those out ?
L2SG, thanks for the pillow information. I am super picky about my pillow so maybe this will also help. Thank you! 🙂
Pillows are a difficult thing. What you order is sometimes not what you get, re filling, cooling, allergy… and yet you spend half your sleeping life depending on this object for a good nights rest.
I know! My ears perked up too. 🙂
ELDO Jasmin et Cigarette out of my purgatory bin. I think it’s finally time to admit I’m not getting much out of this.
Finally brought an electric kettle into my office, so as soon as I get everything situated, tea will be a spiced pear oolong.
With you on Jasmin et Cigarette — I wanted to love it, but just … didn’t.
Me too. Couldn’t make that one work for me. However, your tea sounds divine!
I wanted so bad to love it- I was still in my punk/hip hop girl phase. But it just turns the wrong type of acrid on me.
I am still in my alt girl phase! But the only LOVE from ELDO yet for me has been Fat Electrician.
Alt girls FOREVER!
And yes, FE is really one of the few buy and repeats for me. It’s really lovely and something you would not mind sharing with your SO!
Jasmin et Cigarette surprisingly worked on me (jasmine can be tricky for me), and I enjoyed my decant but not enough for a FB. $$ saved!
I’m in Italian Leather this morning. Fall is definitely the best season for it — it didn’t work for me in summer at all.
Ceylon tea for me this morning, then after shower PdE Aziyadé.
And I moved on to Corsica Furiosa and Assam after my latte 🙂
Since my 10ml decant is on its way from allo’s split, I’m in almost the last drops of my smaller decant of Alahine. I definitely smell more luxurious than I feel today!
You smell (and will continue to smell) fabulous!
You smell great!
Sylvaine Delacourte Valkyrie today because I was surfing fragrance sites, and the vanilla collection came up at Fragrantica. I think this is first time I’ve tried this particular sample. It is vanilla but definitely with a citrusy pomander thing going on. I may need more sprays.
Husband was up and out early on a cold morning. And he confirmed the county is now devoid of tourists and a lot of seasonal places have closed. We have a blanket of orange leaves out our living room window in the woods. I have two books to return to the library, so I’ll be bundling up for a walk up there soon.
I pulled the trigger on a limited edition Guerlain lippie. Ridiculous, and the last thing I should be spending $$ on. But it was so pretty….it was calling my name…
You smell great and which Guerlain lipstick shade please…enquiring minds want to know… 😉
No. 34 Gold Red. I have a case already. Don’t quite know what came over me….
Wow that is beautiful w/ the gold swirl…a fine choice!
It’s an exquisite red lippie, so gorgeous and perfect for the holidays!
So pretty! I wish I could rock red lipstick but lipstick always wears so poorly on me — within not very many minutes I always wind up with worn-away product in the middle of my lips and a super awkward edge-of-my-lips ring effect.
You may want to try a sheer formula (or do a blotted stain) if you still want to give it a try. That’s how I lost my fear of red lips. Revlon makes really lovely reds which are very inexpensive to try out. Really red, Fire and Ice, Cherries in the snow, Love that red, Rich girl red (this one is really sheer)…. Or a gloss! I have been tempted with the Lisa Eldridge ones lately. I own one and the formula is really nice and hydrating.
I’ve had trouble finding a red that looks pretty on me. Finally got lucky with Lipstick Queen’s Medieval. But it seems to be d/c’ed now.
I have Medieval and I love it! It works for me because it’s sheer, so when it wears off it does so politely and unobtrusively.
Oh yes, medieval is another really good sheer lippie! I own it too.
Girl, if it was a Rouge G, I completely understand. Those lipsticks are the best I’ve ever used.
It is…. An enabler pin should go to NST because I was actually on the Guerlain site wondering if Shalimar MVP was still available. (It’s not) The lipstick showed up, and caught my eye. Sold out there but not other sites.
Lipstick! One can never have enough…
Enjoy your walk. Love your lipstick.
I did not get along well with the Sylvaine Delacourtes for some reason, but so many people love them.
I owned a Guerlain lipstick a long time ago and used it up- it was a really luxurious experience from the packaging to the formula! Enjoy your new lippie!
How nice you can walk to the library. Our leaves were really late to turn this year.
Hello! Wearing ELDO Putain des Palaces from a recent sample. First time wearing it today and it’s much more modest and unobtrusive than I was expecting (my main ELDO is Jasmin et Cigarette, mentioned above, and that is also fairly unobtrusive to me…I’ve only ever sprayed it with caution though). The sales assistant gave me PdP as I said I liked roses, and today it seems very much like a pleasant skin scent, soft and powdery. Nice!
Putain des Palaces is a favorite of mine, a dressing table scent a step to the left.
How nice! I do like it-have reapplied for the evening and it’s definitely appealing.
I have never tried a Eldo Perfume
I’ve tried very few. They seemed to be more widely available here a few years ago…
Me neither.
Putain des Palaces is a hilarious name! I have never tried any Eldo either.
? Agreed!
It’s a pity that Sephora US quit carrying ELdO.
Drinking a cranberry blood orange tea, brewed with a sweet cinnamon spice herbal tea bag, from competing grocery stores in our area. Yummy and inexpensive.
Wearing ELDO Yes I Do, a BWF that has faded fairly quickly. I added 4711 Lime & Nutmeg on top, and it’s surprisingly good. Happy Tuesday everyone! ?
Would you consider this a layering effort?
Absolutely! Four hours later the combo is still holding up.
Oh, the refreshing beverage sounds delicious! I do love cranberry, pomegranate, and blood orange.
I hadn’t thought about it, but it would be great iced! Thanks for the inspiration!
Have you seen Stash has a cranberry pomegranate seasonal tea?
Your tea does sound yummy!?
Cranberry blood orange is a GREAT flavor combo for tea!
Wearing Seville a l’Aube today because it’s what my son picked out for me — he sniffed his way through half a dozen bottles and then the lights and exclamation points came on in his face when he sniffed this one. <3
The weather here has been like a gift — sweet drenching rains broken up by achingly beautiful golden and deep blue days. Today is one of the latter, and there are three species of woodpeckers busy with their woodpecker business in the yard and immediate neighborhood, along with the usual assortment of crows and sparrows. No sign of the Enraged Bluebird yet. Fired up my computer and tried to sit down and make a to-do list but was immediately dragged outside with my camera by a patch of amazingly patterened altocumulus clouds floating above the neighbors' oak trees.
Wish I could see all that. How wonderful
I hope your CT was okay. Today sounds much better
Yes, all was normal! Still need a diagnosis for my weird vision problem but at this point I think we’ve ruled out all the really dire possibilities, and I’m grateful for that. Thank you for checking!
That’s good news. And how cute that your son picked out your perfume.☺️
Oh, so glad to hear it!!
Something to consider for your odd eye issues: dry eye. Have you been checked for that?
Yes, the mostly-unhelpful opthamologist I saw a few weeks ago did say my eyes were dry and that I should start using drops, but she couldn’t account for why my vision rather abruptly changed in one eye and not the other. Apparently there’s nothing wrong with my eyes or my brain, so, maybe if I ignore it it’ll go away??
I would go to see a neuro-ophthalmologist. This is a type of ophthalmologist that is more used to deal with less obvious problems, not necessarily neurological. If they didn’t attempt to give you an explanation for your symptoms, and it is all one sided it does not look like it is likely to be caused by just dry eye. Has your vision improved since then, or is it still blurry? Does it fluctuate? Have you had visual fields? The best investigation to rule out problems affecting the optic nerves (if they suspect that at all) is an MRI scan with contrast as CT is not very sensitive.
Still in no 5 edt and I am hellbent on finishing this bottle. Finished clearing out the ancient makeup last night. It looks like my grandmother is going to be staying for a couple days next week so it’s a good thing that I am clearing stuff out.
I am weeding old cosmetics right now. Enjoy your grandmother’s visit! 🙂
Enjoy her visit!
Wearing Les Indemodables Vanille Havane today. I shared a sample w/ a most generous NSTer and she sent me a decant in return. ?
Smelling nice!
yes you smell great!
Fleurs d’ Oranger this morning, no tea unfortunately.
But you do (or did! I am so late today!) smell great.
Hello all!
1) SOTD : Cloud Intense- just delightful, really on this overcast day.
2) Great interview with a placement agency early this morning, in which we talked about the market and what PNW/CA tech market is looking for, and possible salary rates. Very clarifying, and both the recruiter and I saw a need to up my asking rate based on market conditions.
To La Haj: I am still on til end of year with the present position and I start with my holiday job in about 10 days from now. I am still covered with health insurance and all that until I either quit OR until Jan 1st.
3) Am wondering if I can pull a quick vacation in Southern OR- Gold Beach beckons….
If you have tried regular Cloud, how would you compare it to the Intense?
Needing to up your asking rate is always good feedback. Congrats!
OG Cloud is light, airy yet very persistent, very pretty. I don’t see it as a dupe for BR540 but it’s in that same feeling of herbally/floral and caramel fragrance. Cloud Intense is more caramelly and warm, but still airy.
Oh, great on all counts! I need to try Cloud Intense (I’m almost finished with my original Cloud).
Glad you had a great interview! Even more so re: compensation. It’s always good to know your value in the job market. Besides, the more money you make, the greater compensation for the recruiter as well. A win for both sides!
Very well said, ST! (I was going to say Smokey but changed my mind)
We know you’re not going to quit unless your new employer agrees to cover what you will lose if you do, no conditions other than starting. And good job you again with upping your salary band. As to coverage with benefits, did they offer you COBRA as that actually normally goes for a year but I’ve seen some as short as 6 months and as long as 3 years.
Believe or not, they have not even sent out word re: severance package, only that there could be one, and nothing about COBRA AT ALL.
In fact, they had us do elections for benefits all over again! *rolls eyes* I have given myself a deadline of 31 Dec to find and accept a job starting either Jan 3 or 10th and just be done, severance pay or no. ( I do get to cash out vacation pay, and I have about 6 weeks worth at this point so not all bad.)
Everything is automated these days, so until you are actually off the payroll, you won’t hear about cobra. When I finish a contract and decide to take more than 28 days off, I have to initiate the cobra “paperwork” even though my recruited and the company know I’ll be off more than 28 days. And I learned the hard way the deductible and out of pocket costs start all over…?
Ah ha- okay that makes sense now.
BBW Brown Sugar and Fig shower gel and lotion with Diptyque Philosykos edt. Nice combination. For some reason this smells better on my during the cooler weather.
Question that is non-perfume related-What is a good mascara that doesn’t clump? Does one even exist ?
I have had luck with two: one drug store original Loreal voluminous and one not drug store price Chanel le volume.
The Loreal also comes off easily-raccoon eyes be gone.
Thanks so much!
BTW I decided to get another book by Beth O’Leary after reading The Flatshare. It is The Road Trip. Have you read it?
ummm..she has another book!? whaaaaa
She has a couple books, but The Road Trip looked the best. I don’t believe it is new.
From what I see its 2021 book.
I have already ordered it.
Book enabler pin for Kris!
She has one from 2020 too – The Switch. Plus it looks like there are a few she coauthored as well.
Glad I could do a little enabling.
Rarely bother with mascara anymore, but am in agreement with ltsg’s suggestions. Has to be the regular Voluminous (carbon black), and not the Lash Paradise.
Thanks so much!
Thirding the L’oreal recommendation.
Glad to hear. I already went and bought a few of the suggestions to try. That was one of them.
Several from the drugstore: Maybelline Falsies Lash Lift and Sky High, L’Oreal Unlimited and Bambi Eye, Ulta Twisted Volume mascara.
When it comes to mascara I think you can find many at the drugstore performing just as well as the (more expensive) high end ones.
Good to know. I have not tried any from the drugstore, but will do that since there is one right down the street from me. Thanks ?
Victoria Beckham has a great mascara and I have been using lash slick from Glossier.
Thanks! Not familiar with that one.
Lancome Monsiuer BIG is my all-time favorite mascara. No clumps, lots of feathery length.
Thanks Dorsey.
I like Maybelline’s Colossal Volume mascara (yellow & purple tube). I love the brush on the Too Faced Better than Sex mascara, but I hate the name enough that I don’t buy it.
Thanks Vee!
That’s the one I use (the Colossal), after giving up on department store brands years ago. Never clumps, never smudges, but comes off with soap and water.
Thanks Robin. Unfortunately, I have used department store brands for years. After reading all of these suggestions, I don’t think I ever will again. Lots to choose from.
Glossier’s mascara is 100% clumpless and very natural looking; also doesn’t smudge or flake that I’ve ever experienced. It’s not the kind of thick formula that builds lashes out of nowhere, but it’s super easy to wear and my favorite of all the brands I’ve tried.
Thanks Isabella. I have heard that one is good too. (from Aspara)
My absolute favourite was the Max Factor False lash effect in brown. Zero clumps and very separating and elongating- very effective- but keeping still a quite natural effect. No flaking around the lids after a few hours either.
I say was as it’s been a while since I bought mascara- I find the make up removal at the end of the day a bit annoying and mascara needs proper attention to remove. I prefer eyeshadow and liner these days.
Thanks Cicely. I have small lashes and getting to the age I feel like I need all the help I can get.
Max Factor made some great mascaras. They’ve been gone from the US market for a few years now, though.
See, that’s why I love the Glossier mascara. Between showering and going to bed it just sort of… goes away? No idea where it goes, but it goes, no effort needed on my part.
Late to the party here, but I have a Kevyn Aucoin mascara that is very light and buildable. Never had a problem with it clumping. But then, I almost never wear it these days.
SOTD is Queen La’s Queen, from a decant Coin-Op made for me in the last swap. I get why this is a fan favorite. Creamy vanilla and woods (is this a wood pudding?). I also get coconut even though it is not listed in the official notes. Very wearable. It is a shame it is discontinued.
Drinking a strong Assam and clicking refresh on the OSHA website every five minutes while I wait for the new regulation to be released. It’s like trying to get concert tickets, but instead of a concert all I’ll get is more work 😐
There is a special place in my heart for k.d. lang (aside from that voice!) — I won an editing competition during law school, and I’m convinced it is because I wrote a paragraph-long margin note on why the article I was editing should refer to her as “k.d. lang” and not “K.D. Lang” even if the official style guide for the publication said otherwise. I was 100% willing to die on that hill!
If it’s the first Queen perfume by Queen Latifah, then yeah, it’s my understanding that it is/was a wood pudding.
That’s the one. It smells so yummy
It’s back to colder weather today, so I’m reviving last week’s spice theme with Tea for Two.
You smell lovely!
SOTD is Shalimar MVP. I’m loving this one at the moment and it has displaced my other Shalimars! I have been wearing it non stop, so much so that I’m thinking of buying a back up bottle (which I definitely don’t need).
Having Earl Grey tea right now and finding it very refreshing and comforting. The one loose leaf tea I’m loving now is from the brand T2 “”- it’s a black tea flavoured with chocolate, vanilla and coconut and it is delicious, really recommend it! Running out so thinking of ordering more and try a few other Christmas season teas..
My keyboard autocorrect boycotts me. The name of the tea is “Lamington”. Have you tried any other teas from T2?
I am jealous of your bottle of MVP.
Is it still not available in the USA website? I can’t believe this was it, they must be restocking at some point! Otherwise I can get a bottle from the UK website and post it to you 🙂
I like T2 Blue Mountain, black tea sweetened with fruit and vanilla. T2 is an Australian (Melbourne) brand so I think quite a few of their blends reference Australian icons ( lammingtons) or places
I have noticed since trying to order online! (I used to buy in a physical shop nearby which is now closed- thank you COVID). I didn’t know it was an Australian shop until I noticed the constant references to Australian cities in the blends! ( and I completely missed the lammington reference). I have added Blue Mountain to my order- seems to be really popular!
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/apr/01/lamington-invented-in-new-zealand-new-research-proves-beyond-doubt?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
There is always a competition between Australia and NZ over who invented the lamington and pavlova. It’s even a topic for University scholars. I just like eating them
These are very serious matters indeed ? Within Spain we have a few regional quarrels about who and where were certain popular dishes invented! (the Guardian publishes really quirky pieces of news- I love it for that)
I never tried a pavlova or a Lamington cake but they look delicious. Now I know where the flavour combination of my favourite tea comes from!
I’d never heard of T2 so I checked out their website. The containers are super cute! Also, you smell great!
Thank you! Yes, they have really cute boxes and tins, and the teas are lovely ?
Nuit de Tubereuse today and off to see a nephrologist about a kidney or two.
I hope all is going well with the two kidneys!
Sending good thoughts to both kidneys!
Good luck with the specialist visit! ???
Hope all went well!
Looking forward to finishing purple onion and tomato soup made at the weekend.
Lush Orange Blossom today, it just makes me uplifted and my favorite ob along with Neroli Blanc. This evening I am in MFK Grand Soir, I detect lavender but it’s a very seamless perfume.
You smell great! I also get lavender in the opening of Grand Soir, it makes me think of a masculine fougere at that point. Amazing perfume with glorious dry down.
Oh, thank you, I really enjoy that use of lavender with amber, yes, you’re absolutely right fougère-like.
Hmm, I’ve never noticed lavender in that one. I’ll have to pay attention next time I wear it. You smell wonderful!
Thank you, glad you have this great perfume too ?
Lush Orange Blossom is so good — it’s what I reach for when I want to smell like pure, unadulterated happy.
Yes, indeed a happy perfume, grateful also that even though it’s been released quite early in Lush foray into perfume it’s still available.
That soup sounds great!
It was very tasty this evening and I highly recommend the use of purple onions.
I used to make a couscous salad that called specifically for those.
I always buy purple onions just because handling something that color makes me glad! But I don’t recommend purple tomatillos or carrots for cooking — the two most appallingly colored things I’ve ever prepared involved misuse of those, and resulted in a concrete-grey chile verde and a gothically black minestrone, respectively.
In Like This because finally colder. Not remembering the Tilda Swinton connection, but I like her, and like Like This !
Then points for you!
I’m in LL Vanille 44 over Molecule 01, which was what I started the day in.
It’s finally feeling like fall here. This morning there was a thin layer of frost on my windshield. We’re heading into the season where I will be jealous of my other half’s remote start. But, I like my car better, so there is that.
Lately I’ve really been enjoying Stash tea’s fall collection- Cinnamon Vanilla is my favorite, but my store was out yesterday☹️ so I picked up Pumpkin Spice, which is also tasty.
I saw the winter Outlook today. It’s not looking good!❄☃️
Tresor..oldie but goodie
Definitely!
Old Tresor is such a pretty Grojsman rose perfume.
Nice! A teapot within a teapot!
SOTD = Initio Side Effect
… because Deva wore it yesterday and the day before …
In other news, I seriously want to give a knuckle sandwich to a cashier yesterday. I wanted a package of pasta which I thought was on clearance since it was Jack-o-Lantern ? shaped pasta. The cashier kept slamming the package down on the counter (for what reason, I don’t know) and when the final answer came, it was misplaced and not on sale. Huh? Okay. Well then, please don’t even bother putting it out there for sale because the pasta is now damaged. Karma is a b-tch though because the supervisor bumped into the back table with all sorts of breakables and I’m sure some broke. I will try to be nicer next time ?
https://youtu.be/Q5sEIWlQO7A
This seemed appropriate as a reply. ?
LOL, the luggage is very close to the color of the pasta!
I’ve been trying to come up with a reasonable reason to slam pasta. I came up empty handed.
No knuckle sandwich for you then LOL!
I decided to wear the Initio again tonight! ? So good!
Your package has been at the post office for a few days, but I’m waiting to pick it up until some other packages arrive- namely the new Shalimar MVP! So, if you’re wondering why I have emailed you that I received it, that’s why. I’ll pick everything up on Friday and luxuriant in new fumes! Thanks again!
Anytime and we are twins!
Just got home after work, took a shower and I am in my most favorite perfume – actually it has a status of being above perfume – just the one I am obsessed with – Swan Princess.
Never smelled anything more beautiful and… More “Me” at the same time. Besides being my absolute HG it smells so familiar, so perfect, so ideal for me.
The “six musks” smell like heaven on me, reminding me of… An ice cream sorbet!! No, Swan Princess does not smell like ice cream but reminds mw of it because of the creamy, icy musks in the notes. People say it’s too much violet – violet isn’t even a part of this fragrance. It is the iris, jasmine, rose, peony combo.
I did not even use my FB. My FB is still sealed. I am keeping it as keepsake, untouched and treasured. I am going to buy another FB so that I can use it!!
For now I am wearing one of my samples of the Swan Princess:)
When you’re buying new back-up bottles because you want to keep at least one full bottle pristine and unsealed…….you know you’ve well and truly fallen down the perfume rabbit hole.
Smell good, majokkobiachan!
Yup!! And thank You!!
Why isn’t National Deviled Egg Day in July? That makes much more sense to me. Then again, I have been at a Friendsgiving where someone did bring a big honking batch of deviled eggs, so go figure.
Lousy weather today. ?☔ But I got out to vote anyway. Hey, it’s important!
SOTD = the original Agent Provocateur EdP. I think tannina wore this recently, and I was inspired by her example. I, um, may or may not have decided that a BUB was a smart idea recently… ?
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https://youtu.be/CduA0TULnow
Lol!
Kind of embarrassed that I posted that one! ??
She aged a lot in 12 years!
AP is good stuff, but I have an uneasy relationship with it as some days that I wear it I smell sophisticated, earthy rose with lots of bass, and some days I smell something shrill and chemical in it, like a cheap hair salon. Then I get nervous about it and don’t wear it for months, and then I try it again and it smells wonderful. Is it my brain??
It makes me feel like Sophia Loren, though, so I’ll keep wearing it.
I’d say that maybe it’s your body chemistry. I doubt very much that things stay static in this wonderful machine we inhabit. Just equilibrium sometimes. It could also be that something else you are wearing interacts with AP. I learned the hard way that sunscreen & perfume on wrists is A Bad Thing. Got some world class stinks that way!
You say that, but you’ll be super-happy when it suddenly gets discontinued, all bought up, and you can only find the flanker versions on evilbay for $229.
One of those AP flankers was ridiculously good, though…
Do you like AP a lot? I always think I want to try it sometime, but never have. Where can you purchase it these days?
I do like it very much! On me, it is a dark rose with saffron. However, it is not what I would consider a safe buy. Maybe get a sample from one of the sample sites, like Surrender to Chance or The Perfumed Court first?
If you decide that you are comfortable with rolling the blind buy dice, you find get full bottles of Agent Provocateur at the online discounter websites. It’s been quite a few years since I have seen AP at a department store. Not sure if the original perfume is still in production.
Occasionally, I blind buy. Will think about it. Thanks for the information.
You’re welcome!
Just noticed my typo up above, sigh. Should have been “find/get”.
You smell nice. I got one of the flankers a while back and I need to revisit and either keep or release it into the world!
Thanks! The one flanker I wish I would have gotten a BUB of was the L’Agent. Such a good incense!
I meant to say- that is a good perfume, and your BUB is a good idea too!
Thank you! ?
Today is the first time this season I got to hear the words “wintery mix” in the forecast. Yay me… lol
I wore Shalimar edp for a long busy day.
Hope your day went by quickly without any hitch in the giddy up! Sorry for your wintery mix. It’ll happen soon enough here I’m sure. So far it’s just been nonstop rain, day after day…?☔️
Deva if you check back in, here’s Norm Macdonald doing a really funny Dog bit.
https://youtu.be/18MtiYKAD94
“Wintry mix”?!? I will shut up about my cold rain, then!
Eeek. I’m with jalapeño and not complain about rain.
Ah, it’s been a while since I lived in a place that was blessed with “wintery mix” in the forecast. Not since I also lived in a place where we regularly heard what my dad calls “The Little Man in the Box” (the NWS alert robot voice) saying, in his bland, robot way, “This is a dangerous storm…” Bundle up and stay cozy!