It's Monday and Martin Luther King Day. Birthdays: Benjamin Franklin, Anne Brontë, Betty White, Eartha Kitt. What fragrance are you wearing?
I'm in Guerlain Aqua Allegoria Ginger Piccante.
Reminder: on 1/21, for Christian Dior's birthday, wear a Dior fragrance (this is a repeat from 2014).
And for those of you who like to plan ahead, see Scent of the day ~ Friday community projects 2022, where I'll try to always have the next five or six weeks mapped out in advance.
Note: top image is from the Dior Homme Spring/Summer 2019 Campaign.
SOTD = PG Felanilla
Love it! I unearthed this while continuing in my quest to clean up slowly but surely.
I’ll be back later.
In the meantime, here’s my Caturday post where you meet all my knitted kittehs:
https://www.instagram.com/p/CYw3P2yu4cw/?utm_medium=copy_link
Beautiful kittens! ?
Thank you! They all have different personalities!
You snell feb! One of my all time winter favorites. I need a bub!
Ugh… pardon fat fingers. I meant, you smell fab! ?
I rather like snel feb. I think we could use it!
I liked it too!
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Well, it looks like you coined a new term for NST! I do snell feb. I recall this is one of your favorites.
Those kittens are adorable! ?
Thank you from all the kittehs ?
Knitted kittens — so darn cute!
Thank you. They say hi!
a good reminder to get my bottle out as long as its cold here.
Oh good!
Pearl wearing kitteh is most sweet.
Yes, so cute ?
My sense of size cannot be trusted but it turns out she was just the right size!
You smell wonderful, and: Mermaid kitty <3
Thank you. Elegant purrmaid thanks you as well!
Wow, you have a whole clowder of knitted kittehs! ? Love the word “purrmaid”!
Klowder of kittehs sound good!
That’s an adorable gang of kitties. Impossible to pick a favorite!
Thank you! They’re all my favorites ?
You are twins with Calypso with all the kitty’s huddled together!
I’m in CdG Concrete, from a decant. I get a slight sour note from this, almost like the rhubarb I’m so fond of.
I enjoy Concrete!
Me too – haven’t brought myself to buying an FB, but a decant would hit the spot.
sadly on my skin it turned something i dont like to tell you…
I love the smell of concrete; hoping this one takes it to the next level! 🙂
I am going to do a week of Juliette has a Gun since Dior is not a perfume house in my fragrance wardrobe.
I feel like the fatigue is subsiding and able to rest a little even though its nearly impossible with two kids.
SOTD MMMMmmm.. by Juliette has a Gun
Vanilla & Neroli
Started a new book this weekend. Always happy to dive into a new one..
I am sorry you’re feeling under the weather. Hope you are able to get some rest.
Thank you!
Off perfume topic-
Does anyone have a favorite swim suit brand they love?
Simplify your life-Lands End.
Big 2nd for LE.
3rd for Land’s End ?
Are they figure flattering ?
Big 4th for Lands End! They have a crazy amount of size and color options, and yes: no matter WHAT your figure, they have something that will flatter, conceal, or flaunt it, as you may desire (talking women here, but DH’s was good, too.)
I have a nice Christina suit.
Gottex for me — they fit me well (at least, they always have in the past – haven’t checked them out in several years), and they’re very well made. Of course, they’re also a bit spendy … but they do hold up over time.
I also like Land’s End.
My J. Crew suits have always held up the longest, and they’re especially great for a long torso.
lands End went to Africa with me last trip. I am tall and they have long sizes. Miracle suits I have bought, but omg I cannot breathe and at 68, I would rather breathe.
That’s a tough one with the kids. Hope every day you feel stronger.
Winter reading poll in a couple weeks, but do tell what book! I just finished China Room (excellent) and starting Hamnet. Among others…I read too many things at the same time.
Thanks for the recommendations, both those books sound really good!
Did you watch “The Lost Daughter” on Netflix? It’s good and might interest you because it’s about mothers and children.
Oh yes I did! I adore Ferrante ? and enjoyed the movie
I’m glad you’re starting to feel some improvement — lots of empathy on the impossibility of resting with kids on hand, though.
Vanilla Flash which is hitting the spot for this cold, windy Monday.
vanilla twins-
I was craving something vanilla this morning
Me three — I’ve been commando all morning but now I’m in Vanille Galante and feeling quite glad about it.
Wearing Dior Poison.
I am finally resting today after a crazy, busy week and weekend at work trying to meet a deadline. This week will be another super busy one, and I hope it goes fine and without any issues.
Beautiful sunny day outside after a very rainy night. Having my first cup of coffee with a dash of cardamom and a splash of Irish Cream creamer. Ready to take my mother to some medical tests and then run errands in the afternoon.
Happy Monday, everyone! ?
Happy Monday today you! Poison is a perfume that smells awful on me and great on other people, enjoy.
Thank you, ringthing!
You are smelling fabulous! Sorry you’ve had such a ridiculous work schedule, though.
Thank you, Gail! It has been exhausting lately. So many coworkers out sick. Hope things start improving soon.
Happy Monday! You smell great.
Thank you, KellyC! ?
Best wishes for the week ahead and I am thinking of picking up a new bottle of Poison at the end of this week…thank you for the encouragement ?
Thank you, DolceVita!
I don’t reach for Poison so often these days, but when I do, it is a delight! Enjoy that new bottle!
Hope your week rolls on, PL67! You smell wonderful, and I hope all is well with your dear Mother. 🙂
Thank you, MossyBerry!
Hope my mother’s tests come out fine. Crossing fingers! ?
You stink pretty today! ?? My brother used to use that as a compliment back when we were teens… silly fun.
LOL! Thank you! ?
Yay you for getting a day to rest!
I hope all went well.
Thank you, Lillyjo! I finished everything as planned. ?
Dior week! I could do several of those. Today’s scent is Mitzah, so lovely.
I got my office closet elfa system installed yesterday, woo hoo! Now to populate it. I did some sorting/purging when I emptied the closet, but more needs to be done as I put stuff back.
But first, gotta finally take down the Christmas tree. So busy here!
Yay for the closet remodel! Glad it’s all installed.
Every day I am going to take the tree down tomorrow ??
Congrats on the closet!
😀
The tree is now down, finally, and I deserve to slug on the couch the rest of today. Even my feet are tired!
I left the lights up on the wall, I think we may need some winter cheer.
I’m always tempted to leave the lights out all year! So far I’m pleased to have gotten the tree put away but I still have a large wooden bowl out that is full of my most extravagant and fragile glass ornaments. (I can’t hang them on a tree because KITTENS!). I like seeing them and haven’t yet brought myself to pack them away.
Yay for organization!
We (I) took ours down on Saturday — I like to leave it up for a while with just lights on it after we un-decorate it, and call it our “winter tree.” Wound up being a good workout, as I always saw the branches off and keep the trunk as a trellis pole for the garden
I do the same, though I just use loppers. Actually I lop the branches off inside the house and haul the branches and trunk out separately — easier than trying to get a big dead tree out the door.
Project Decant is proceeding with the emptying of the no-name DS & Durga. No promises about further productivity for the day, mind.
I think now you should rest 🙂
Definitely — wouldn’t want to get a cramp!
Apparently it’s Blue Monday today… and also pizza day. Too funny.
I started the week with Diptyque Eau Capitale.
So it is! Seems early.
https://www.newsweek.com/blue-monday-2022-date-depressing-day-year-1667319
This is one of my favourites from Diptyque (not that I have tried many), enjoy!
I’d never heard of “official” Blue Monday, but it fits! Here’s my standard medicine for blue Mondays in general: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3dx97i0y868
Great song!
Hello everyone 🙂
My first comment after a couple of years of lurking… I discovered this wonderful place at the beginning of my interest in niche perfumes (a year before the pandemic started I think) and loved it ever since.
SOTD is Diptque Tam Dao EDT
Happy Monday!
Happy Monday!
You smell great!
Thank you ?
Welcome! I lurked for years too
The day of my courage has finally arrived ? Thanks LizzieB!
I just posted on this thread after years of mostly lurking as well. You and me, let’s become regulars 🙂
Yes, let’s! ?
Hi and welcome NinaV and vampsandtramps!
Hi Robin, thanks ?
Welcome to both of you!
Thank you!
Hi Robin, thanks!
Hiya NinaV! Welcome!
Thanks, Jalapeno!
Welcome NinaV and Vampsandtramps. Hope you have a fun time here!
Thank you! I am happy I finally joined ?
you snel feb!
🙂
I’ll wear Dior later in the week since I only have a few.
I am testing Fox In The Flowerbed by Imaginary Authors since I was gifted the sample set. This is a very pretty honnied white floral. Sheer but still very present.
I got a sample of it at Christmas time. The first time I tried it was Christmas night at my sister’s, and I basically couldn’t smell it (probably too much going on around there, and too many scents). I tried it again just this weekend and liked it, though I found it doesn’t last long (though that may be because it’s not a spray sample).
I’m thinking about ordering a bottle, though, because it’s lovely for the hour it’s on my skin — the nice thing about IA is those affordable small sprays, so I don’t have feel like it has to be the best scent EVER to justify the cost.
I could smell it really well for the first hour. It’s a skin scent now. Nose to wrist. It seems like a easy scent to wear and it’s very pretty. In some odd way, it reminds me of Do Son. Weird, since the notes are different. I detect a slight soapy quality that I also get in Do Son.
I am very clearly too tired as I mis-read that as “pretty hominid white floral.” Chasse Aux Papillons is my go-to pretty hominid white floral — is it anything like?
Gosh, I haven’t sniffed Chasse Aux Papillons in a long time so I’m not sure. I know that it gets a lot of love. Maybe ockeghem will chime in?
I have not sniffed Chasse aux Papillons, so can’t compare.
I haven’t smelled Fox in the Flowerbed yet… but I know what La Chasse smells like and it is floral, maybe even white floral sure. But it has that leathery base reminiscent of a typical L’Artisan leather base.
Hello everyone! Going for a Dior week as well. I don’t have so many bottles but I can do a week. I swapped away a bottle of current Poison a few years ago, hmm, but I have all my mainstream favourites. I haven’t tried many from the Collection Privée line as I was afraid I’d get obsessed with 200mls of something far too costly, but now everything else seems expensive, plus Dior does smaller bottles for this range…well anyway, wearing Eau Fraîche today from a recent bottle and it’s going very nicely with the clear blue sky of this cold but sunny January day.
Oh, and a little quotation for you from Christian Dior’s The Little Dictionary of Fashion (1954): “When I was young, women used much more perfume than they do now and I think that was wonderful and I regret that more women don’t use it lavishly now.” I intend to be lavish this week!
Nice, thanks for the quote!
Great Dior quote!
Full CP points in Hypnotic Poison. I thought my vintage bottle was empty but I got a few sprays today ? In the 90s when I was constantly hauling teenagers to the mall, I would always sample HP and couldn’t decide if I liked it or hated it. Then I started to crave it and bought a bottle. Glad for Dior week!
Oh nice! I wish I’d bought it years ago.
I love Hypnotic Poison and think you smell fab.
Agreed! 20 years ago I lived in a cloud of this on a daily basis, as one of my close friends at university wore it as her signature. It was years before I felt I could wear it without impersonating her-now it makes me so happy to remember her each time I put it on. It will feature in my choices this week for sure!
Thanks, I think so too lol
I bought it when it came out. Unfortunately I had to give it away due to association. Sometimes I think about getting it again. I also had purchased the lotion which was fabulous!
Loved the bottle of Hypnotic Poison when it came out, but the perfume always smelled like my Dad’s sore muscle liniment on me. ?
Don’t you hate it when that happens? I love the smell of fresh tuberose but boy it smells awful on me. Fracas, Carnal Flower, J’adore etc all smell like like my skin is rotting and not in a good way, lol.
Certain spices go really wonky on my skin… I think nutmeg gets super strange and medicinal on me.
Another chilly day in Michigan. Upgrade going with expected number of issues. SOTD=MonPrecieuxNectar, pretty friendly, still wafting in spite of the chilly air and work issues. In 2020 at this time I believe I was getting ready to go to New Orleans, having fun and blissfully unaware of what changes were barreling down upon us. We traveled the last week of January, flew, dined in crowded restaurants, rode in buses, lined up in museums. Wonder when any of that will be possible again?
Seriously! But I do hope soon.
Dior week…hmm, don’t think I own a single Dior. Except…I might have a sample of Diorissimo stashed somewhere from early in my perfume journey?
I wore Poison in the early ’90s; it was my first “grown up” perfume (I’m not counting the Primo and Liz Claiborne I wore in high school), but I haven’t smelled it in years. I remember buying that bottle quite vividly; I was in university at the time, and bought it at a Base Exchange in Germany. It was the right scent for that moment in my life, and I don’t think I ever wore it after I moved back from Germany. I should go find it and smell it again.
Haven’t figured out a SOTD — need to work out first. Maybe I’ll do Ormonde Jayne week, since I have a sample set from Christmas?
Poison was my first grown up perfume as well. Fond memories.
I *might* have 5 Diors, if I count Poison twice (vintage and not). I guess I’ll find out. Today I’m wearing Midnight Poison, which I’m glad I bought when it was launched, because it was not around for very long. I feel as if it’s too simple — I like a lot of complexity in my scents — but what’s there is nice, mostly rose and vanilla and patchouli: can’t go too far wrong with that combination. It’s sort of Poison for Men, tbh.
I had a mini of Midnight Poison that I swapped years ago and should have kept but I didn’t think it was that fabulous at the time, either.
There are several Diors in my little arsenal, but today I’m in OJ Woman. What a masterpiece of a scent.
Indeed. Can’t believe I was so late to this party!
Such a good one! You smell wonderful.
Went through my samples to find Bois d’Argent, always a pleasure. And the only Dior I have around since I swapped Addict to Life years ago.
Hello and welcome, vampsandtramps!
Hi and Welcome!
I’m a day behind on reading comments, but I was wearing Bois d’Argent yesterday too!
CP: No Diors here, although I’ve found several of them very likeable.
Scent: ELDO Fils De Dieu from a sample. I have a bottle at home, but I prefer this one from a vial. Lovely scent for a cold-ish and cloudy day.
I have several scents I prefer dabbed…
There’s a wonderful documentary free on Amazon Prime
called “ Dior and I”
I finished it the other evening. When Raf Simmons takes over and his first collection under the spirit of Mr. Diors atelier.
Really lovely.
SOTD Aedes Encens Japonais. It’s a beauty.
Thanks for this tip–it sounds good!
I’m wearing SHL 777 Taklamakan thanks to a generous and kind NSTer. Is this brand no longer? I’ve heard rumors somewhere about that, can’t remember if it was here or somewhere else..?
Made a giant leap into the 21 Century and subscribed to Netflix. Specifically, wanted to watch The Witcher. I’m a bit disappointed in it, truthfully. I don’t think Henry Cavill is the best actor for this part. Nevertheless, if anyone can recommend good series or movies on Netflix , please let me know.
Tomorrow I’m back at it, and dreading it. No one here wears a mask. (Not trying to get political, just an observation!) Maybe I’ll win the lottery tonight…??
Bon courage! And good luck with the lottery. 😉
First, I must actually buy a ticket, right? ?
You smell great, Deva. One of my all time favorites is Taklamakan; in fact I wore it yesterday.
Here are some shows I’ve enjoyed on Netflix: The Kominsky Method; The Queen’s Gambit; Virgin River; Grace and Frankie; Schitt’s Creek; Call the Midwife; Dead to Me; Downton Abbey.
Good luck with your new assignment!
Oh, I forgot The Crown.
Yes yes yes to all of these! I haven’t seen The Kominsky Method but the others are some of my favs!
Kominsky Method is very good. Kathleen Turner in great. Worth watching but you will need hankies.
Oh, thank you! I’m back at the same place 3 winters running now. So many great wilderness areas here. Thanks so much for the recommendations. I just did a screen shot so I can remember all of them!
DO watch “Don’t Look Up.” It’s over-the-top political satire and extremely funny.
If it’s still on Netflix, Halt and Catch Fire is excellent. Also Derry Girls, The Crown, the first three seasons of Arrested Development.
Screenshot and saved! Thanks!
777 still available @ Luckyscent, Deva. I think it’s called SH 777. New bottles.
It’s on my “To Watch” list, too?
Oops, this is a response Calypso. BUT, I have a full bottle, just wondering about the rumors I heard that the line had been discontinued.
I wore Guerlain Rose Cherie to bed last and it was so good I’m going for another round. Will switch to Dior tomorrow. I visited the puppy yesterday, what a little fireball! My adult dog was a little overwhelmed by his energy. 😉
I love how puppies are so manic, chasing around, one minute and then plop, dead to the world fast asleep the next. Have a happy week Cazaubon.
We just saw the puppy again, and he was just as you said – zoom zoom zoom then crash. 🙂
Hi Cazaubon! Is Rose Cherie similar to French Kiss? I watched a You Tube review recently. The reviewer described it as rose-violet which is a big weakness of mine.
Puppy are awesome and exhausting. ?
Yes it is, especially in the drydown.
I’ve been enjoying Rose Cherie a lot too, thanks to you in the last split meet!! It’s the best rose-violet scent for me right now, it doesn’t go too much into the waxy lipsticky direction like some others.
The only Dior i had was a vintage Miss Dior, but i sold it. Gardenia was much too strong on my, strange, because i love my Chypres. I think i will do a chypre week this time.
Today i started with 5 sprays of Cleef and Arpels First EdT, this smells like spring!
Beautiful!
You smell wonderful – I wore (lots of sprays of) VCaA First edt on Sunday 🙂
Too hot in bed last night so I dragged the mattress outside and then was plagued by moon trouble. It was incredibly bright, almost full, but cast terrific shadows over the garden. One small advantage (I learned at the weekend ) is that a bright moon washes out the sky a bit, making it difficult to see all the stars. The upside is that it is easier to see the constellations as they are generally brighter, and it is less confusing trying to isolate them once all the other stars are out of the way. So I saw cancer and Leo ( I think!). Another hot day today ( around 25C, that’s all…not 50C or anything crazy). Wearing Diorling, a modern version bought in a thrift shop.
Wow! I would be plagued with mosquitos and other bugs. Sounds like an adventure.
Plagued by moon trouble — that is a trouble I wish I had at the moment!
Good point about the constellations. Here in my part of the Midwestern USA, we had a light snow overnight, and the full Moon was so beautiful and glowing. Yes; I thing it woke me in the wee hours, but not sorry!
The moon was beautiful last night here. Up in northern Canada, the aurora borealis has been visible, but washed out a bit by the bright moon.
Top of my Bucket List: see the aurora borealis.
That would be so freaking awesome, wouldn’t it?
Shiseido Engergizing. I am wearing this as I am cleaning out my closet, and need energy !!
Good luck Barqs! Hate that chore.
Sotd is Miss Dior EDT from the 70’s or 80’s. I’m working my way up to the parfum on Friday.
Nice. I will be in vintage Miss Dior at some point this week.
I thought you might be joining me. We’ll smell great together!
You smell wonderful.
Thank you! I love it so much.
I’m a bit hot and sweaty over breakfast, it was a lovely hot day yesterday and our apartment hasn’t cooled down yet.
I have only one Dior, which I’ll save for Friday. Today is PdN’s Maharanih Intense.
I am lacking sympathy, shivering in my fleece 😉
Such a good CP for using all my Diors but today, in a fruity mood I sprayed AS Saturday, a joyous fruity floral I won on NST sometime last year, and tonight I continued with Burberry Black Le Parfum, I fell in love at the airport in 2020, with this more over the top, less elegant and sweeter version of Miss Dior Le Parfum which I shall wear later this week. Their patchouli and Amber notes are very similar to my nose.
Saturday is incredibly cheerful, isn’t it? Perfect for the mid-winter blahs.
Yes, it’s a lot of fun, I also have Sunday which I haven’t tried yet.
I plan on wearing Le Parfum tomorrow.
I will do the same ?
I only have two Diors, so I will save them for later this week. Today I’m wearing Krizia Teatro ala Scala, a great scent for a gray, cold day. I have to go grocery shopping and I think, despite being vaxxed and boosted, I will wear a KN95 instead of my usual surgical mask.
Teatro ala Scala: bella, bella!
On this MLK Day holiday, I’m wearing Sean John’s fragrance I Am King! Happy MLK day to all and remember “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly.” Have a great day!
That man could write (and speak)!
Great quote, thank you!
SOTD is Eau de Protection.
Book of the week is Black Cake by Charmaine Wilerson.
You smell great!
You have a review copy? How is it?
I’m probably one of the few folks here who doesn’t own any iteration of Poison in any quantity, but I could stitch together a passable Dior week with Leather Oud, Eau Noire, Eau Sauvage, Dune, and Diorissimo. Alas, I wasn’t in the mood for any of these, so I’m in Vanilla Galante instead.
Gotta wear whichever perfume moves you, CP or not!
I only have one Dior I think. Diorissimo. Which I’m not wearing today. My hand reached for a small decant of Samsara.
Tires are in! Just need to schedule the appointment – will check weather forecast, because I prefer to not drive down if weather is sketchy.
Samara is a favorite vintage for me. You smell great.
It’s so nice to drive your car with new tires. The ride feels a little smoother. I had to replace all four tires in December. The car rides better but I could have lived without that expense at that time of year.
Looking forward to Dior CP, but today’s SotD is Sira des Indes, which I finally found in the hoard, lurking behind a big ol’ unboxed bottle of Insolence. Remembering Dr. King, and wanting all to “live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.”
Song of the Day: https://youtu.be/FYH8DsU2WCk
Chilly today, with a Wind Advisory. Yuck. Both cats have been parked on either their kitty cat heating pad or the heat vents today.
SOTD = SSS Incense Pure, day 3. I’m on another perfume monogamy streak, it seems. Thinking about getting a BUB of this one.
Kitty cat heating pad! I didn’t know that existed. They are living the life!
Yep. We originally got it for our old lady cat Jinx (RIP), on the advice of our vet. She was always spending time on the heat vents to stay warm.
The body is made of hard plastic, and the power cord is reinforced with a protective metal spring on the outside. It has an easily removed fleece cover that can be washed if something unfortunate gets on it (like cat barf). The pad itself can get wiped clean in that case.
I used to rent a house with a big O’Keefe and Merritt gas stove with a built-in griddle that was always a bit warm from the pilot light underneath — my cat spent a large amount of time sleeping on the griddle. 🙂
Yikes! I would totally freak if I saw any of my cats even near the stove!
Warmed cat smell is the best!
You smell great! It was nice to be off today!
Thanks! I always forget how soothing this one is until I wear it again.
I think I only have two scents by Dior, and I’m saving those for now. Today I’m wearing MFK Amyris. It’s perfectly pleasant but honestly a bit insipid. That man can deliver some dynamite perfumes but I’m afraid some of them are a bit, shall I say, blah? We have another bright sunny but cool (for us) day here, and I have to laugh at how many cats were huddling and cuddling on my bed when I went upstairs just now! Even the cranky ones who snap at other cats are just crowding in for the mutual heat.
Awwww, your cat pile sounds adorable!
Huddling and cuddling with cats in bed is the best ? On a cold night my kitty often comes and politely “asks” me to let her get under covers by touching my face with her paw. Then when she gets in, she curls into a ball of fur glued to my tummy (I sleep on my side) and starts purring. One of the few things I like about winter ?
I completely forgot about CP this morning and I’m wearing Arabie.
I am looking forward to wearing Dior this week. I own no full bottles, but many mini bottles. I bought the discovery set of the Private Collection, and was so thrilled at the time because the SA let me compose my own set of minis based on what she had available.
Wow! That’s a great SA!
Ugh… I am tired.
Early this morning I dabbed on a bit of Dolce Vita. My second favorite Dior. It’s a perfect blend of floral, spice, and sparkle. My mini is almost gone. I would say almost half due to evaporation.
Would you consider getting another mini or a decant?
Yes for sure. I will keep my mini bottle once it’s gone too. It’s so pretty.
I love the bottle too (as well as the perfume itself )?
Very late to the party, but put on Miss Dior le Parfum after I got home. Spicy, rich goodness. Even at home, a tiny spritz to the fingers then dabbed on the neck is plenty. Otherwise it’s overwhelming.
You smell divine!
Today’s wonderful SotD was (and still is) B&BW Japanese Cherry Blossom lotion + Mancera Wild Cherry. (The other day I wore some House of Sillage Cherry Garden instead). I looove this combo. This morning when I sat down after applying my lotion and EdP, I felt so cozy, so at home. Yes cherry smell makes me feel right at home. Definitely and for sure and 100% I am in a desperate need for the largest bottle of Wild Cherry.