Happy Almost-Friday! It's also National Mario Day, Harriet Tubman Day and International Bagpipe Day. What fragrance are you wearing?
Me: still on vacation, still commando for a beach day, still wearing Guerlain Terracotta Le Parfum at night since it's the only perfume I brought with me.
Reminder: 3/11 is the two year anniversary of the day the WHO declared the Covid-19 pandemic. Wear whatever fragrance you think fits.
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 Pink Frangipani-1= [cropped] by John at flickr; some rights reserved.
A bright ‘n shiny morning and it’ll be going up to 6°C today so that’s basically spring, and I’m wearing the equally bright ‘n shiny Limone di Sicilia by I Profumi di Firenze (which I bought *in* Firenze, so it reminds me of Italian sunshine and of the days when we could travel with some kind of impunity). No real lasting power, as we expect of the citruses, but wonderful while it does last.
I would love to be in Firenze. Where I can practice my Italian and sip espresso while taking in the fashionable Italians.
House twins! I’m in Il Sale E Le Dune, a translucent pink rose + dry wood.
Wearing Arpege for a busy day. Smells so good it made me tear up.
You smell amazing!
Hi all! No scent, but maybe I will wear something later.
Things are mostly quiet at my place. People in other towns and cities of Ukraine are not so fortunate. Towns and cities are shelled and bombed 30-50 km from me.
A client very generously offered an apartment in Malmö as a place we could stay until things are ok in Ukraine. So, I am planning to move and very overwhelmed by everything. It looks like the route should be Poland – Germany – Denmark – Sweden. I am collecting all kinds of information about help for refugees in these countries. We (my mother and I) do not have a car, plus we have a cat, and neither of us are physically strong, so we have to travel more or less lightly.
Another problem is money. We do not have much. It looks like volunteers and humanitarian organizations help with free food, place to stay and travel (plus trains seem to be free for Ukrainians in Europe), there is still a question of how we are going to survive in Sweden. My main client is Ukrainian, and they are unable to pay me the money they owe me. One of my overseas clients promised to send more work my way. If any of you know someone who needs a translator, editor (English > Ukrainian, English > Russian), I would appreciate this opportunity. 20 years of experience, worked with major brands (mostly automotive, but I also translated a lot of marketing materials, some camera, dishwasher and oven manuals etc.). I also do QA and work as a terminologist. I used to be fluent in Spanish and can still understand easy texts. A long shot, but I though it is worth a try.
Thank you again for words of support.
So glad to hear you and your mom and cat will be travelling to safety in Sweden, praying all goes well and you can find some income or financial support.
keeping you and mom and kitty in my thoughts
Keeping you in our hearts
Fingers crossed that all goes well. My heart goes out to you.
Keeping you in my thoughts and prayers. As to jobs, i suggest emailing boisdejasmin. There’s also an IG person @oliahercules (don’t DM her; I’ll try to find her email) who may be able to broadcast your request for assignments.
hajusuuri, thanks. I will appreciate an email address.
My email – my screen name at yahoo.
So glad to hear you are doing ok so far. I hope the journey out goes safely.
Sending you all the luck for a safe trip. I hope you and your mom and cat can make it to Sweden smoothly, I’m rooting for you!
I am so glad to hear you are alright. I hope you travel safely.
So happy to hear you and the family are safe! Wishing you a very speedy and safe journey! I think there will be some help once you get to the border. So glad you have a safe place to stay when you arrive in Sweden!
So glad that your town has been spared. Best of luck to you on your journey! ❤️
So glad that you have a place to go! Wishing you (and your mom and kitty) a safe journey.
I’m so glad you have a safe place to go. Hope everything gets sorted smoothly.
I’m always thinking of you. I’m glad you have somewhere to go to.
I wish you safe travels!
I teared up and cried reading this. I fervently hope that you, your Mom, and your cat make it safely to Sweden. God Speed.
Glannys, I just read an article about demand for Ukrainian translators, much of it coming through this group: https://www.tault.org/about-us. Maybe they can help. Safe travels!
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/10/books/ukraine-translate-books.html
Glannys, I hope you will see this post–I’m posting a bit late. I am also thinking of you and your mom (and cat!) and hoping for the best.
I talked to Mr. SP and he said his company works with some large global companies who use translators. He may even have some names of contacts. You can contact me via my screen name above (it takes you to my gravatar page with email) if you are interested, and I will send you the company information. I can’t guarantee it will be helpful, but worth a try!
Hi guys! I canno answer eveyone individually, but I wantto say – THANK YOU SO MUCH!! I will definitely check out the information you provided.
Did not get a chance to read posts yesterday…keeping you, your mom and cat in my thoughts and prayers. Please stay strong and post when you are able.
Still visiting my parents, so digging in to my sample bag – today is the gourmand trio from Jousset called Les Mignardises.
Did you wear all 3? Do tell!
The three are Gingerbread & Brown Sugar, Chestnut Cream & French Vanilla, and Spicy Pumpkin & Marshmallow. The Chestnut Cream is my favorite – kind of similar to Masque Milano Madeleine. Gingerbread is my second favorite, it has lots of lemon and reminds me a bit of 4160 Tuesdays Hammersmith Tea & Biscuits. Last is Spicy Pumpkin, which is a bit of spice and light pumpkin, a bit meh for me. Not as distinctive as ELdO Like This. Overall I think they are pleasant but not original and I won’t be buying any.
Money saved!
Good morning.
Sotd is Shalimar MVP. Thank goodness I have 2 bubs or else I would be trying to save and not use this beauty.
Currently drinking lavender earl grey.
Cap Neroli for me today. It’s not really bringing the summer vibes I was hoping for, though. I’m still scratching my head about the CP. I know I started wearing more perfume and more perfumes per day, but my March 2020 memories are mostly of reading way too much breaking news and wondering for how long I could teach from home with a 3-yr-old companion!
Testing Papillion Spell 125 today. Too early to decide. Right now, very piney.
Oh, very interested in knowing how this one plays out…I’m not a huge fan of pine or cedar since even the tiniest bit seems to become like Godzilla on me.
It’s not very piney on me, it reminded me more of things like SSS Incense Pure or Ormonde Jayne Woman. Didn’t love it immediately but it grew on me.
Mmm, I like pine. Must try a sample!
Pine sounds intriguing.
ciao a tutti
Enjoy the last of my FIL chai as he leaves tomorrow for Canada
Sampling two scents: Absolutio by Navitus perfume reminds me of MFK Baccarat 540.
Roja Danger, which is a replica of my beloved Samsara
Masks off and I am buying way to much lipstick. Another Byredo lippy!
For tomorrow, I will wear Shalimar. Shalimar was my companion through the pandemic. She was the Queen that comforted me, the perfume my children snuggled with when they were subjected to doom zoom school at home.
Enjoy the chai! We have a restaurant here that does fabulous takeout chai. It’s a good thing that they’re a 20-block walk away, or I’d be drinking tons of chai all the time.
And then you would have to find a bathroom half way home! Or at least I would.
I’m also distracting myself with makeup. I just got a Chanel lippie delivered (no I didn’t need it, but I did) and their Les Beiges water-fresh tint.
I love the tint!!! I am on my 3rd bottle
It’s amazing! I had to put some on immediately.
Missed seeing you here.
I’m wearing La Curie Ossuary today. Today felt like an iris sort of day, and Ossuary sounds CP-compliant, in remembrance of all we’ve lost in the past two years.
SOTD… not sure yet. Possibly Box of Eels, but we’ll see what the hand actually reaches for. It’s chilly and windy out! While I was sipping my tea this morning, with a cat snoozing on my lap, I was watching the turkey vultures struggle with the wind gusts. Tough flying weather.
So, what did you end up in?
Etro Sandalo. The hand wants what it wants
In Romance parfum today and excited that a windfall is arriving tomorrow. Will be setting myself ahead in some ways and saving for the Sephora sale.
Yay for your windfall!!
Got your eye on anything special for the Sephora sale?
I’m wafting Wazamba this morning while engaged in the continuing process of putting the house back in order now that the contractors are gone. Sadly discovered one area that didn’t quite get completely painted (back door moulding is primed but doesn’t match the door itself), so there is more to be done … eventually. ?
you smell great!
Thx! (I think so too ?)
Did you contract out the painting?
You smell wonderful!
Yes, mostly because some of the painting was 23 feet up (our living room is double-height) and I’m not that brave. And there was a LOT to be painted (and repaired, as it turned out) and I’m only good for one room every, oh, year or so. ?
Argh! All that aggro and something got missed to boot!
IKR! ?
Chanel No. 19 again today…this is kind of a pandemic scent in that I bought it during 2020/1 as we were preparing to move away from easy access to scents. I wore this in my 20s, and it was always my favorite Chanel. I have a few other Chanels now, but this remains the ONE.
Set up a meeting to start understanding Medicare. Ugh.
You smell mahhhvelous.
Medicare rocks!! you can do it.
Ugh is right. Remember, don’t pick Medicare Advantage unless you are sure you won’t need the protection that “regular” Medicare provides.
I’ll ask our advisor to explain what that means, LOL.
Hopefully the advisor is not a Medicare Advantage rep.
Love 19 – I always feel like a grown up in it.
Smelling composed and confident! You can handle the Medicare stuff!
I’m feeling very frazzled today, so I just grabbed the latest sample I have lying around, Byredo Slow Dance.
I hope tonight is more calm feeling for you!
I hope you feel less frazzled tomorrow ?
Fingers crossed that tomorrow brings a bit of serenity.
International Bagpipe Day!? This reminds me of a campground I was at on the coast of Oregon. There were two couples who between them had 5 Giant Schnauzers, none of which was under control, dragging the men all over the place, including knocking one down on the beach. Every time I had to walk by their campsite those dogs became so loud and aggressive, the people had to come out and restrain them.
T-Rex doesn’t engage with other dogs unless they’re in her personal space, but I could see her sizing them up and coming to the realization she was fully confident that should a scuffle begin, she would end up on top! Overconfident much, T-Rex?
Both men wore kilts (the one who fell in the beach was too far away for me to see anything when his kilt flew up ?) and in the evening delighted the entire campground with their bagpipe playing skillz. Imagine that!
Anyway, I’m back in my favorite Amber today for a day of cold whipping winds and the potential for the dreaded wintery mix. I’m snug and cozy in my van that smells like toast, eggs, and coffee and wishing everyone felt as safe and warm.
I used to go straight to the news first thing in the morning, but I have to admit, I’m putting it off because of the trepidation I feel these days.
Hope you all stay safe and warm. ✌?
a lady near me walks her mini pony and mini goats every afternoon.
Oh my, what a picture that must be! And kudos to her for getting her animals out and about!
Oh, the campground from hell!
What’s your favorite Amber? Still haven’t found what I’m looking for…
https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=e3-5YC_oHjE&list=OLAK5uy_k06GDMna0VMSn7sEziD0U4mmdOVxlGlqk
Sorry, didn’t realize I didn’t name it! It’s Profvmvm Ambra Aurea. The mother of all ambers, it’s deep, dark, resinous, and mysterious. It smells like I imagine the underground tunnels in Khazad-dûm smell. I couldn’t find it anywhere that shipped to the US. Shout out to Foxbins who chimed in saying The Fumerie in Portland carried it. A chunk of change later, a travel size was on its way to me. Highly recommend it!
I am on the waitlist for it to come back in the travel size but don’t know if it will.
Oh, I hope you get it! It’s such a beauty! ?
Thanks, Deva! I’ll have to add that to my sample list, too. I’ve sniffed it before, but it was years ago, and I remember liking Ambra di Fiori a little better. However, I ordered neither, and when I got a new sample of the Fiori it smelled nothing like I remembered. It was a scrubber! I was taken aback, since their Rosae Mundi is one of my HG scents. Well, off to try again!
By the way, loved your description of it! I’m a Tolkien fan from way back. You just made me think, wouldn’t it be nice to also have a fragrance that smells like Lothlórien.
I’d buy it in a heartbeat! ❤️
I kept a list of all perfumes I wore during the year after we went into lockdown. I wore AdV’s Palissandre d’Or on the second last day in the office, and that appeals to me today.
Inspired by your sotd, I’m awash in Palissandre!
Farmacia Annunziata Vaniglia del Madagascar from a most generous NSTer.
Been feeling sad like so many others with the state of the world.
On a happy note, I bought an awful sleep boot for plantar fasciitis and have been doing exercises. Have been sleeping in the boot for 2 weeks and incorporated a heel stretch off a step to my exercise repertoire and yesterday and today I am finally feeling progress and less pain!
I don’t like to complain but the pain was surprisingly intense and persistent at times in the last few weeks.
I’ve had plantar fasciitis so I can sympathize. I never wore the sleep boot, just slept on my side until it improved.
I couldn’t deal with the boot when I had FP. I got a foot rocker-calf stretcher thing and it worked magic.
I’m glad you are feeling some relief! I’ve had PF and I know how painful it is ?
Glad to hear that your PF is responding to treatment! I had a bout with it back in the early 2000’s. It sucked, big time.
I’m glad you’re finding relief!
SOTD is Tam Dao, one of my most worn perfumes during the first lockdown.
I am also burning Diptyque Baies.
I have to complete some mandatory compliance training by tomorrow, and I am desperately trying to make the evening more enjoyable.
I hope it worked!
I’m joining the CP by doing what I’ve been doing for last oriole of years – wearing a lot of my comfort scents. In my case, that usually means sandalwood or chypre, so today it’s the latter with Estéban Classic Chypre. Low-key and lovely.
*couple* of years.
Oriole of years sounded poetic ??️
Didn’t it just? ?
Wore Bulgari Blue Tea today, one of my two lock-down mainstays (Douceur de Siam being the other).
Wearing Azuree today. It’s cold enough here to handle it; at least the sun is out.
LOL, I’ve worn Azuree in the height of summer and enjoyed it a lot!
That’s a great idea! Will have to try that. I wore Aromatics Elixir at around 10 sprays in the Florida heat and it was amazing (mostly as protection/forcefield purposes).
Bernard Chant made quite a few scents that I have (I just googled his work, wow!)
****PSA****
Ministry of Scent, formerly known as Tigerlily, and Andy Tauer are holding a fundraising auction for Ukraine on IG today until 9pm PST. Up for auction are paintings by Andy Tauer, and a bottle of Tauer perfume is included with each painting.
The IG is @ministryofscent and the posts are up and taking bids. Most of you probably know of this already, but I thought I’d post it any way. ❤️ ?? ❤️
I didn’t know, so thank you for the PSA!
I’m in Scotch Porter Miami Duppy, from a freebie box that I really need to pass on to someone else. Maybe next week!
Gorgeous weather here, having a test tomorrow that will shed some light on the gallbladder issue I’ve been having. After that, I’ll know exactly what’s wrong and the urgency of the issue. I’m glad to finally be finding out next steps. ?
Hope the news is good! A friend of mine recently had hers out. She says she feels better than she has in years.
Thanks pixel, I hope I have the same results!
Oooooof, gall bladder issues are Not Fun At All. Good luck! ???
Good luck! My sister had hers out laparoscopically.
Good luck!
I’m wearing TF Metalique. I just wanted something simple that smells nice. 2 more days with snow in the forecast, then possibly heading to a real spring ?
Also… I see Amazon is selling the 30th anniversary edition of Terracotta. Anyone have thoughts of ordering perfume with them? The price seems a little high compared to what it’s selling for at some department stores in the U.K.
Only caveat is to watch the price. Amazon now suggests Angel Croisiere for me since I bought a bottle from them in January and the prices fluctuate a lot.
Thanks. I will watch the price.
It’s been a long time since I ordered perfume from Amazon. I found something for an excellent price and pounced. No problems with shipping or product authenticity. But if things seem too good to be true, it more likely than not is.
And on a completely different topic, I heard about this last night and thought of you (while I LMAO’ed): https://drinkitupbykiss.com/products/kiss-cold-gin
I skimmed too quickly and was horrified when I read “rodent” as part of the url ?
Ha! Awesome!
Thanks for thinking of me ?
Oh what fun!!Love the Rum collection!I am a sucker for the weird and the wonderful!
What’s special about the bottle? Maybe I’m too cavalier in my old age but I don’t even think twice anymore if I have to pay postage for packages from the UK. That said, I don’t think there’s anything wrong with buying from Amazon.
The bottle doesn’t even look different to me. I’ve just been looking for one for a few years. I will investigate pricing and shipping over seas to see if it comes out any cheaper.
Still commando. Things have cleared up, but I think a couple extra days for my skin to calm down is probably a Good Thing.
Good plan! I usually end up applying hydrocortisone to clear things up.
That was an option for me, but it seems that I didn’t need to do it. I’m getting a little restless going perfume free, though…
Can’t be too careful!
Fingers crossed it’ll be completely clear by tomorrow. I would be so tempted to spray fragrance on fabric around me! But as lilyjo says, can’t be too careful!
SOTD = Jo Malone Silver Birch & Lavender Cologne
Woot! I enjoy this one and today’s 8 sprays lasted all day!
https://www.instagram.com/p/Ca8Ot-jug87/?utm_medium=copy_link
I have some freebies to post at some point but want to experiment with one first with another person who doesn’t post here. I mailed out 9 packages a few weeks ago and 7 got delivered with no issues, 1 had posted due (and the recipient covered – thank you) and 1 took its sweet time to get returned to me for postage due (since rectified).
Gosh I love this Owl.
If temps stick around in the 50’s and 60’s, lavender scents are a perfect choice.