Happy Friday, and happy National Nurses Day and International No Diet Day! Birthdays: Sigmund Freud, Willie Mays, George Clooney. Our community project for today: wear a fragrance by Cartier, if you have one.
What fragrance(s) did you pick? As always, do chime in with your scent of the day even if you’re not participating in the community project.
I suspect I will not be the only one in Cartier Baiser Volé.
Reminder: on 5/13, there will be a community project, and I'll announce the theme on Monday. (sorry! always behind!)
And for those of you who like to plan ahead, see Scent of the day ~ Friday community projects 2022, where I'll try (but obviously sometimes fail) to always have the next five or six weeks mapped out in advance.
Note: shown is a 1924 Cartier nécessaire / vanity case in gold, platinum, mother of pearl, turquoise, emeralds and enamel. The piece is included in the exhibit Cartier and Islamic Art: In Search of Modernity, which was at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris and will run at the Dallas Museum of Art from May 14 through September 18.
I’m in my favorite Cartier, L’Envol. I pulled Carat, and Zeste de Soleil, but I almost always choose L’Envol.
A friend has L’Envol and smells terrific in it.
Nice — I almost forgot about that one!
I love L’Envol. It’s too cool for school
Ah, I forgot I had a sample of that one!
I’m wearing my only Cartier, a mini of Le Baiser du Dragon. I’d forgotten how much I like this with all it’s almondy goodness.
It was hard to stick to the CP with new swap perfumes floating around!
Sorry!! Maybe we should have picked a different CP for post-swap 🙂
Love Du Dragon:) You smell quite spiffy:)
Hi, twin 👋- I also love the dragon’s 💋!
Scent triplets! It’s going quite well with the rather rainy day I have.
I somehow forgot that I have a bottle of Le Baiser du Dragon tucked away somewhere (there are still untouched boxes from the move), but today I’m in vintage Panthère parfum, a floral oriental with a *lot* of mentholated tuberose. It’s very languid and opulent, very late-eighties aspirational. (And here I am doing housework in it. Those boxes aren’t going to unpack themselves.)
You smell great!
Twins! Joining you in vintage Panthère from a sample I picked up somewhere along the way. Gorgeous.
Triplets! We smell amazing!
🙂
Ha, quadruplets apparently! And yes, we all smelled great today!
I got nuthin over here — not a Cartier scent in sight. I used to have a bottle of Baiser Vole, but I swapped it away a few years ago. I’m smelling vaguely like a barn anyway, so any scent added at this point would probably be ineffective. The five little feline fur balls are currently sleeping like logs, thank goodness. Been up since 5 am, when they started getting a little hungry and restless. I suppose I should be thankful that they allow me to sleep that long. Despite all of the poop-scooping, feeding every three hours, being completely covered in micro-scratches, and feeling a little overwhelmed, all is well. Turtle, Easy-Peasy, Billy Idol, Laser Beam and Braveheart all say hi!
Your updates have been making me long for a kitten. More than once this week I’ve looked over at my 17-year-old chocolate tortie and thought about how she used to be so tiny that she fit in my hand!
There’s a tortoiseshell one over here, temporarily named Turtle. She wants to be a mountaineer when she grows up, given the way she tries to scale every vertical surface in the bedroom!
I am enjoying reading about your kitties! Great names, too.
Thanks, ringthing!
I’m the opposite to Vee. Love reading about the kitties, but definitely am not tempted to get one. 🙂 There’s a reason the last few cats we’ve adopted have been about a year old. But thank you for fostering them and getting them ready for forever homes!
This is why I’ve decided to foster, instead of adopt. I’ve had cats (and dogs) my entire life, but after Otto Mi Gato died last year, I just couldn’t face taking on another long-term commitment right now. So instead, I’m just going to be crazy busy, for a shorter amount of time.
The joint is jumping, but it’s just as much fun as it is work.
Living for your kitty-kat updates! How old are they now? I really hope that they soon need feeding less often so you can get some well deserved sleep. Now that you’ve named them all, does it mean you’re keeping them all? 😻
I think they are about 4 weeks old. Their eyes are still blue, but they can eat wet food and use the litter box (providing me with many moments of gratitude, though I am scooping multiple times a day).
I expect there will be a load of crying on my part when I take them back to the shelter for adoption. I’ve decided to foster instead of adopting, but you know it’s going to be difficult to give them up…
Wow, I can’t imagine doing that for 5 😻😻😻😻😻little ones! I found my last kitty in my back yard when she was 3 weeks old and went through all that stuff with her. It was exhausting with just 1! You are a saint!
Laila, you’re right — it’s exhausting! They’ve got me hopping from one task to another, when they’re not climbing up my pants leg……
But, when they fall fast asleep — two curled up on my lap, one cradled between my shins, and the other two pressed up against my hip — it’s pretty happy-making.
Sweet!😻 and you’ve saved 5 little lives!
FIVE little furballs?!?! I missed this! How wonderful! I’ve never fostered because I’m fairly sure I’d foster fail and end up with five permanent kittens…but also, that is a lot of work. So glad you’re doing this 🙂
Yeah, we’ll see how well I do when it comes time to give them back….
I knew it!
Do you see yourself becoming a permanent kitten foster? Or will there be a permanent kitty resident in your life someday again?
Depending on how it goes with this litter, I might do this throughout retirement (coming up in December, thank all the gods). With some sort of breaks in between, though. 🙂
Happy Friday. I noticed that my rhubarb is starting to come up (turned an old canoe into a planter for rhubarb and strawberries) so it will be pie and cake season soon. Sipping on tealish Queen West blend – a berry infused black tea.
SotD is eau de Cartier Zeste de Soleil.
My rhubarb is getting big too! Mmm pie.
Ooh lucky you. Our growing season starts a bit later up here so it has only just begun breaking through the soil… still excited to make rhubarb treats soon.
Jealous of everyone’s rhubarb pie! Rhubarb strawberry pie is even better.
Lots of really good rhubarb combos for pie, but yes that is a classic. 🙂
Great idea for a planter! Enjoy your harvest and the baking that comes with it.
The kevlar and wood veneer canoe had multiple long cracks and missing bits running the length of it when we found it on the property. We didn’t think it feasible to repair and didn’t want to throw it out so my brain went directly to let’s make it a planter, lol.
Cartier Carat for me 🙂
Points!
Wearing vintage Cartier Panthere parfum. Heavenly! and I love the bottle!
Back to heavy rain and cooler temps. Having my second cup of coffee and a couple of butter waffle cookies. So glad is Friday!
Have a nice and healthy day, everyone! 🌻
That was a fancy bottle! I like the new one too.
Those bottles are beautiful! ❤
Have a great day too!
Thank you, Kanuka! 🌻
National Nurses Day! Woot woot. I will celebrate by having the day off. Lol.
I don’t have any Cartier, nor do I think I’ve even tried any of their fragrances so I am a complete fail for this cp.
Instead I’m in Samsara. This is my favorite auntie’s scent and today is her birthday so I’m wearing it in her honor. From a bottle she gifted me.☺️
I have a rare day with the house all to myself. Heaven.
Happy Friday, everyone!
Enjoy your time alone! I love having my little house to myself and the cat.
Thanks ringthing! I love having the house to myself too.😊
Happy Nurses day! And Happy Birthday to your Aunt!
Thanks lillyjo!
Happy Nurses Day! Have a very relaxing day off!
Thanks pl67! It was a nice day.😊
Enjoy your special day.
Thanks Aurora!
Happy Nurses Day and enjoy your little bit of Heaven!☀️🌈
Thanks Laila!
Happy National Nurses Day, madtowngirl!
That is so awesome you have a bottle of Samsara gifted to you by your aunt.
Thanks Jalapeno!
Yes, it arrived to me unexpectedly a couple years ago after I had commented on how good she smelled after we were together. She’s good to me.☺️
SOTD is Baiser Vole. Never gave it much consideration before, but this morning I thunked the 1/2 of a sample I had left and I am really enjoying it.
Tea today is a fancy assam because, why not?
Triplets with you and Robin! I’m really enjoying mine today, too!
And yay for International No Diet Day! I’m having an old-fashioned 🍩 with my ☕️ to celebrate. 😁
We are tea twins too 🙂
Excellent day for a hot cuppa! Or two, or three, etc.
The only Cartier I have is a manufacturer’s sample of Declaration, and I’m not in it. Yet — maybe later. It’s one that requires exactly the right mood to work.
Instead, I’m in a bit of vintage Chanel 19 EDT. Lovely stuff. 🥰
You smell wonderful!
Thanks!
Agree Declaration is not always easy to wear.
No. 19 is *always* a good pick!
Currently my only Cartier, L’Heure Défendue. Used to wear vintage Panthère but sadly it’s long gone. Happy Friday! Finally a break in the rain so we can get the yard work started, oh joy.
Your rain came our way 🙂
I hope the sun sticks around so you can spend time enjoying it.
O joy. 😂
I pawed through the sample box and found no Cartier, unfortunately. Must have used up the sample I had. Oh well.
So, it’s Fiori di Capri again as I walk up the street to get a haircut. Then I must do some cleaning/organizing.
Fiori did Capri is so nice!
It’s one of my favorites…soapy, clean, herbal and citrusy and dry not sweet. Which suits me.
I may have a Cartier sample or two lurking about, but instead I chose Apres l’Ondee in honor of the weather here. Although it may never actually stop raining, so there won’t be an “after”.
Seriously. Looks like the whole weekend is wet.
No Cartier here either, so I went for 31 Rue Cambon. I have a megabottle of that, so I will never run out and should wear it more often.
The “no Cartier” crowd is substantial!
You’re smelling quite elegant!
Wearing Le Lion, no Cartier in collection. Luckyscent having a rare promo code zing15.
I just purchase Mohur Extrait! Now on a low/no buy. the code is good for 15% off
Great choice! You will smell amazing 🙂
I think I might splurge and do the same even though it’s on back order right now. I can wait since this is the cheapest I can expect to find it.
Wow, a Luckyscent promo–thanks for the code! 🙂 Treating myself for Mothers Day!
Oooh — thanks for the code. My birthday’s coming up…I’m going to treat myself!
Yes, I’m calling my purchase an early birthday present- lol. It’s about 6 months early 😉
Wow, thanks!
You are enabling big time!
LS got me too. Oops. 🤣
This could be a cp: wear the fragrance you’ll buy next time Luckyscent has a coupon code 😉
Too late for next time…I got caught in the coupon code net and I am happy about it 😂
Thank you! Wasting my day looking at my $600 cart I need to knock down.
I knocked mine down from $360 by removing a bottle, then put in the discount code.
Revealing?
You are my Orris Tattoo inspiration.
I thought about the promo, but since my shipping address is in CA, I have to pay 8% sales tax, so the discount is only 7%, much less tempting.
Also in Panthère, albeit from a very new sample. The sun is out! It was unrelenting and chilly yesterday, and don’t care that it’s not much warmer today.
As long as there’s no rain today…
We have your chilly rain if you need it back!
Twin! And that bottle is spectacular. I had a mini back in the eighties and when I stumbled across a quarter ounce of the parfum about a decade ago, I snapped it up, of course. Even the box is gorgeous: you can tell it’s from a jeweller.
I have a quarter of the juice left in the bottle. I got it from a very generous NSTer and I treasure it a lot. I do not have the box, but I agree that it is very beautiful! A mini must be adorable!
Dangit that was supposed to be in response to perfumelover67. Don’t know what went wrong.
DANG IT ALL
😀
LOL!
I think vintage Panthere is paying you back because who does housework in it? 🧹
😂
Not participating in the CP today but in no 5 edp today.
I think that always excuses the cp 🙂
Hello and TGIF!
Sotd is La Panthere.
I was just watching some travel vlogs on YT and gosh can I use some beach time (and good food. Always, food).
Beach sounds super nice..in the driest of deserts here..not a drop really unless it’s monsoon season. Usually a flash flood, then poof, all over. But amazing to watch a monsoon storm pass through. Quite powerful at times, many lightning strikes, dramatic scenes..beautiful. The last time I saw one, I was just in awe. Last time I was at a beach was San Clemente like a year ago..lovely jasmine flowers were about and had to sniff all I could lol.
Joining Robin in Baiser Vole; just a few mls left in my travel spray. I really enjoy this one when the mood is right for it.
Right now, I feel like stress-buying some perfume, but because I can never decide on which to buy next, I probably won’t! Happy weekend, everyone.
There’s the luckyscent promo…
Glad to have another in the club!
Again, I’m a sad failure at this community project. And so many others…😅
Nevertheless, I’m smelling fab in Tauer’s PHI! Two lovely spritzes, well earned trying to get that dang cap off!
We are moving house today, but only about 45 minutes away, so a short trip! All day rain yesterday and then this sunset:
https://www.instagram.com/p/CdM6ePXOvWl/?igshid=YTM0ZjI4ZDI=
Forgot to wish all the nurses out there Happy Nurses Week! And to make you feel better, I just learned that a hospital is raffling off condiments for nurses week! Yes, you read correctly: CONDIMENTS! Like a bottle of steak sauce, spicey brown mustard, Horseradish… You can’t make this 💩 up! 🤣😂
Happy special week Deva, regardless of condiments😉
Oh boy. Not sure what profession this was but this person did double-duty and had stepped in for a manager whose position has not been filled for a while. The person showed a picture of a congratulatory letter where the hourly wage did not show a change from what the person was earning previously.
Condiments?? I know inflation has a lot of people rattled, but condiments??
Happy Nurses Week, Deva!
Expired packets? Just curious if that was the generous raffle.😂
Happy Nurses Week!
Happy nurse’s week!
My grocery store had a major sale on BBQ sauce. I bought 5 bottles! Probably will last me a year… but who knows what it will cost in a week?!
On project with L’Heure Convoitee
You smell divine:)
Happy National Nurses Day to all the nurses here!
SOTD = Cartier Baiser Vole Essence de Parfum
Lily and vanilla … and all is right with the world. 🥰
https://www.instagram.com/p/CdObFY8OJZ0/?igshid=YTM0ZjI4ZDI=
I’m debating signing up for Netflix streaming. I believe the first tier, which is all I will ever need as long as there is no restriction as to which shows one can watch, is $9.99 (+ tax) per month. I want to binge watch the Old Enough shows (Japanese toddlers assigned to perform tasks, mostly shopping), the Great British Bake-off and Hoarders (I want to be horrified), among others. I will have to set limits because life. Does anyone have the most basic streaming subscription? Is it worth it considering that it has a lower bandwidth and may quality issues?
I buy a Netflix gift card for 20 dollars every couple of months. So I can stop and start it whenever I want. I like Netflix and use it to watch comedy specials. I have not had any problems.
That’s an idea! Do you get partial credit if you stop before the month is up?
It takes the whole 20 and gives me how ever much time is worth that much.. generally 6 or 8 weeks I think. Then when the time is used up I can either buy another gift card or not. This way I don’t have money taken out every month for service.
I just checked. It’s 8 weeks for the 20 dollars.
Perfect – you got the basic!
I did not know you could do this..! How do you get the gift card? Do you purchase it electronically?
You can buy it through them but I just get them at the grocery store. I think 20 dollars is the minimum and it goes up from there.
I very nearly got myself a bottle of that one, you smell great!
Thank you. I used my usual 8 sprays and I can smell the vanilla in the far drydown.
I have Netflix and I love it! 🙂 I’m not sure which tier, though. It’s the least buggy of the streaming services.
Thanks! I don’t think I’ve have paid for any streaming service unless Amazon Prime counts.
I had one of “your” fashion spotting moments earlier this week. I was at my small, local grocery store on Tuesday when I spotted a fellow shopper wearing fuzzy slippers and pajama pants getting their things. I chuckled quietly to myself and thought “Hey, you do you.”
And “Hoarders” is scary AF!
Oh boy. And the fuzzy slippers!
I was at my sister’s and they were watching Hoarders. For the little bit that I saw, it was horrifying.
We have the basic subscription and it’s fine. There are lots of good shows to choose from. Currently watching Kim’s convenience and it’s hilarious. Can’t believe it took me so long.
Isn’t Kim’s Convenience a great show? Glad you love it too!
I liked that one too.
Oh oh…now I am hearing about new to me shows 😱
I just recently signed up but forgot what I’m paying. I think I’m basic, too. I’ve been binging on 2-3 episodes of Seinfeld almost every night. I’m planning on watching every season, for as long as that takes. I just can’t get enough of George! I just love his character so much.🥰 I have branched out a bit by watching movies (or partially watching certain movies, specifically Power of the Dog), British bake-off, and schitts creek, which I can only take in small doses. I’m just not used to watching a lot of tv. I think the basic subscription is definitely worth it, and when you get tired of it, just cancel. 🤷🏻♀️
Omg, George! Yes, his character is the best. I like to use his line “I can feel my stomach sucking up against my spine!” when I’m hungry. Lol
I probably quote George in my head a couple times a week!🤣
More shows!
We have the basic and it seems fine. Just resubscribed last year after a 2 year hiatus. We’ll probably cancel again after the last season of Stranger Things. We get to the point where we feel like we’ve seen all we want to see. It’s pretty easy to cancel and start back up again.
I better write down all these shows!
We got Netflix when the original run of Breaking Bad was finishing so we could bingewatch the series in order to see the finale on TV. I also caught up on GBBS series. There’s always something interesting on it.
I think we have the basic; I probably didn’t realize there was anything else.
Breaking Bad – another one! There are 3 tiers and the premium with the best service is $19.99. I think the one that will work for me is the $9.99 should I choose to subscribe.
I spent about three hours in hospital yesterday and all the nurses were great. They are striking for better pay and conditions over the next two weeks and I wish them well. Many of the younger nurses I have spoken with over the past year want to move to Australia where the pay is so much better. The older, experienced nurses talk about leaving nursing all the time. I treated myself to a walk home from town via the Botanic gardens and was amazed by the number of camellias already in bloom. A beautiful display of fluttery white flowers ( not sure what variety but very loose, open flowers) on one tree, and then pinks. Also cyclamens in flower on the sunny hillside. A beautiful day again as I chugged up the hill quite slowly. Feel so lucky to be able to spend time loitering in nature. No Cartier perfumes but I am wearing Jicky which has a classic elegant Cartier-like vibe if that counts.
Glad the nurses were great, and hope everything went well! “loitering in nature” Love that. One of the best places to loiter.
I do hope you’re ok. How strange, here camellias bloom in the spring, not the fall. They are beautiful flowers but always disappoint me because they lack scent. I consider them pretenders. And here, cyclamen are often planted in masses in gardens in the winter. The red and white ones are popular around Christmastime.
https://www.gardenia.net/guide/fall-blooming-camellias
Just in case you’re still awake. I always thought all camellias were spring blooming so was equally surprised that there were autumn and winter ones. The ones I saw were less densely packed than the “Chanel” type camellia. They were more like mini magnolias
Personally I don’t think Cartier ever made anything as good as Jicky anyway.
Your walk sounds like the perfect thing after 3 hours in the hospital.
My camellias are blooming here too.
I really don’t understand the poor pay and working conditions for nurses and other essential workers. The people who are most important for the things that really matter to our daily lives seem to be the most poorly paid – teachers, nurses, food workers, etc. This was quite obvious during the pandemic. Meanwhile we have grossly overpaid administrators, government officials, entertainers, athletes and CEOs. Of course many of these low-paid jobs are held by women. This needs to change, but after the events of this week in the US Supreme Court, I have little hope.
Meh, it would be nice if my internet connection didn’t stink today lol. I posted a reply and it didn’t go through. Lol. I love me some Cartier. I wish I could afford one of their lovely jewelry items..but scent will definitely do:). Cartier is just all around class to me. I like their ads as well. I have applied some of a L’ Heure Promise sample..I smelled it first in Neimans and was an instant like. Just a lovely scent. Neimans here seemed always closed as of late, last time looked boarded up? Maybe this one is shutting down for good idk.
Sorry about that!
I know NM closed a bunch of stores in 2020, but thought they were doing better now. Maybe not.
I enjoyed wearing Yves Rocher Nature Millenaire for the first time from my new bottle, spicy and resinous, still faintly present but this evening for the cp I am wearing vintage Must which I always call in my head Green Shalimar.
❤️ Nature Millenaire, one of my very favorites.
😃 It’s such a little gem.
You smell divine!
And that vanity case is just beautiful.
What exactly is a “vanity case”? I thought it was a clutch at first, but then read the blurb, and was lost…😜
Probably something you kept face powder in and it came with a mirror, don’t you think? I agree, it’s really beautiful.
This explains, from another Cartier exhibit:
https://www.denverartmuseum.org/en/blog/secrets-cartier-necessaire
Friday at last! Sniffing several samples today: Perdizione, Cafe Chantant, Annabel’s Birthday Cake, Pentimento and Panettone.
Do those all have vanilla? Why yes…yes, they do!😁
Enjoying all of them so far on strips…Perdizione is lovely but I have already have Sintra…do I need both?…difficult to see the future is…
What a surprise! And pretty sure the future is vanilla + more vanilla 🙂
I like Perdizione too, but like you find it redundant due to other similar scents in my collection.
Posting from work and running for now. Cp points with Cartier Basier du Dragon. I might want a full bottle some day.
The bottle for Le Baiser du Dragon was rather spiffy!
And we are scent twins!
Just looked up the price. It might be awhile…
Cartier Panthere
My only one
Thais is a love for me
Had a great field trip with my kids today, spent the day in the swamplands in the rain. Was really grateful for my Hunter rain boots 🥾
You’re a trooper!
I spent years wearing Declaration, although I’ve recently lost interest in it. I’ll spray it on and be charmed for a few seconds, then wish I was wearing something else. Strange when that happens, huh? That was also my only Cartier, although I’m pretty sure I have a mini of L’Envol kicking around somewhere (not even with a gun to my head could I tell you exactly where).
The closest I can come to participating is by wearing Eau d’Hermès, which was Declaration’s main inspiration anyway, and in some ways is a bit of an upgrade. The spices aren’t as demure (yes, I consider Declaration demure, call me crazy), the citrus is juicier, and the leather is richer.
A valiant effort, points for you Subhuman!
Robin, I hope your son is feeling better and you and Mr. Robin can avoid getting this. The same day of your post Mr. Laila also tested positive for Covid after a couple of days of mild symptoms. Thus far, I have no symptoms and am trying to follow the CDC and DPH/IL guidelines for someone who was in close contact. Supposedly, as long as I’m negative I can go about my business masked but need to test periodically. Yesterday I picked up a library book and a few grocery items but am erring on the side of caution and not planning on going anywhere for now, masks notwithstanding. Very frustrating, as we have played by all the rules and have only begun to venture out a bit (still masked) but still avoiding crowds and many activities we used to enjoy. I was really looking forward to this weekend – seeing both of my grandtwins in a rare local rowing event, my favorite volunteer activity (our library’s book sale), and a special concert to benefit Ukraine from my favorite cellist. All scratched for now. 🤬
For today’s cp, I’m wearing an old favorite, Le Baiser du Dragon, although I certainly don’t feel like kissing anyone today nor much like a fiery dragon, more like a sleepy dragon seeking peace. Our weather continues to be absolutely abysmal, cold and rainy ad infinitum, which mirrors a number of sad and disappointing events this week, including my beloved yoga teacher – the one who often gently reminds us to be grateful not only for what we have but for what we’ve escaped – losing her daughter to metatastic breast cancer. What cruel karma trick is that?
Sorry to be so negative today. Tomorrow the sun is supposed to shine and the temps warm up 🤞and I anticipate feeling more like my usual self. Mr. Laila feels better today and, for what it’s worth, I’m glad I got my second booster shot 2 weeks ago.🤞.
Wishing everyone a nice weekend ahead and a Happy Mother’s Day💐
P.S. The good news is that the White Sox won both games of part 1 of the Crosstown Classic with the Cubs! 🥳
Sounds like you could use some “dragon-scented” hugs today. 🐲
Aw, thanks (but only virtual ones)
Big hugs. Crossing fingers for you, too.
It seems to all hit at once.
Thank you! And the cold and rainy weather we’ve had for what seems like forever just exacerbates life’s difficulties.
Sure doesn’t help!
Aww, sorry to hear the sad news front has hit you! Sending you some hugs.
It sounds like you have a lovely weekend planned. Enjoy your grandtwins!
Thank you.
Wishing you and your husband good health. I am glad your team won!
Thank you.
I hope Mr. Laila recovers soon and that you continue to test negative.
So far so good 🤞
Oh no, I’m so sorry!!
So far, my husband and I are fine. We are lucky we have a basement where my son hangs out anyway, with his tv and his computer…so mostly, he is in his room upstairs or in the basement, and when he is on the first floor, we all mask. When the weather was nice we could go outside to talk, but now it’s raining…boo. Anyway it is not a perfect system so we’ll see how it ends up.
If it was my husband, I could not put him in the basement and so I would probably have it by now.
Meanwhile, doing the same as you. Limiting trips, wearing a mask.
Condolences to your yoga teacher, that’s awful.
The interminable cold, rainy weather here is getting me down too. Sending you big hugs!
I fully intended to wear La Panthère today but on a whim decided that it might actually be a good occasion to spend a day in Déclaration. Somehow along the way I ended up wearing HdP 1740, and am now basking in its beautiful and luxurious drydown. I hope everyone has a great weekend!
Which La Panthère do you have? I’m thinking about getting a bottle now that I’ve tried the EdP Légère and liked it so much.
The regular eau de parfum.
About to shower…
Luckyscent code has me down to 2 from like 100.
Wonder of You
Orris Tattoo
Very different. Love both. No blind buys.
Thoughts?
I have no direct experience with either of your picks, but have noticed that several NSTers have commented favorably in the past about Orris Tattoo.
Gaah! It was The Enabler with a decant.
Wonder of You is a grapefruity, zing of citrus.
I’ve enjoyed both.
There’s always others, too.
Like Labdamum oil from Le Labo. 😁
I really enjoy Orris Tattoo, I’ve never tried Wonder of you.
If you decide to split a bit of the Orris, I would be interested!
I think I’m being swayed.
Definitely let you know.
Orris Tattoo is fabulous! I have a FB! And I succumbed to the zing code – i got Marissa Zappas Petrichor and Jorum Studio Healing Berry. They are large samples …
Ooh. I need to look further.
Samples.😂
Friday at last. Or maybe I should borrow JadainGA’s “FriYAY”!
Got a bit of a scratchy throat today. I suspect that it is connected to all the sneezing I have been doing lately, thanks to the airborne pollens as of late. If it doesn’t go away in a couple of days I will use one of the COVID tests I have.
Many, many thanks to the NSTer who posted yesterday about Smell Bent. I went back to their website today for another sample pack… and ALL the samples are GONE! Wow, that was fast! So at least I have some of their goodies on the way.
SOTD = Cartier Le Baiser du Dragon. Love the gorgeous bottle this one has! Today there is something in it that reminds me of Kenzo Flower, oddly enough.
Samples gone! I guess blind buys!
Anything good?
I managed to get Prairie Nymph and Smoked Ambergris in my sample pack. I can’t recall what the other 3 were.
Smoked Ambergris sounds interesting. I can’t remember if I’ve tried anything from them.
Expecting a report, lol.
And, allergies only!
And yeah, those samples are blind buys for me. I hadn’t tried anything from Smell Bent before.
Hiya twin!
Couldn’t post yesterday but glad the vet visit went well again .
Thanks lillyjo! I think both Spooky and I will be happy to not see the vet for a while after next week’s visit is done.
I’ve ordered from SmellBent before but the samples seem to languish in my sample mountain!
As I mentioned earlier in the week, I have no Cartier perfumes. But, I went to the mall in search of a pair of espadrilles and thought it would be a good opportunity to achieve CP compliance.
I tried La Panthère EdP Légère and I like it so much I’m now contemplating acquiring a bottle.
I wonder if there are significant differences between the current formulations. Maybe I should go back and try all of them.
Anything promising on the espadrille front?
I liked several ( from J. Crew, Tory Burch, Coach, Kate Spade) but I found most of them to be too loose (causing gaping at the sides and top of my feet). I like mine to have a tight fit and that is proving a bit challenging.
I have La Panthere Eau de Parfum Legere and am very happy with it! IIRC, I liked it better than its perfumed parent.
Happy friday!
I’m in La Panthere Parfum. It’s not actually a parfum concentration, just the name of another flanker. This one has notes of apricot and osmanthus that differentiate it from the others. It sounded better than it smells on my skin… oh well, at least I just got a travel spray.
I recently bought a bundle of decants/samples that are vanilla heavy. Can’t wait to sample more this weekend!
Enjoy your vanilla samples!
No Cartier here. The next time (when and if) I”m going to go shopping at Neiman’s or Saks I’ll make a point to try some of the ones I’m hearing about here. Instead I am wearing Amouage Love Tuberose. Which I do.
We have heat and humidity, gahhh. I’m going to try a friend’s recipe for turkey meatloaf tonight. Not much else is going on here, except that I’m a few episodes into Outer Range on Amazon Prime (Josh Brolin) and it’s pretty weird. It’s like Cormac McCarthy meets the X files. Huh?
Hope y’all have a nice weekend. My salute to all of you nurses. I got so much care and help from so many during my various hospital stays.
May need to check out Outer Range. Haven’t been taking advantage of Prime’s viewing choices.
SotD Estee Lauder Tender Light. Reminds me a little of Sensuous/Sensuous Nude. I may have missed something in the sample stash, but no Cartier here. I’ve had my eye on LBdD and Must over the years, but never added any. Rain, rain – doing inside work, and listening to the birds who are busy singing and nesting in spite of the rain and cool.
Interesting. Still have not tried any of that EL series.
I’ve been in Herba Fresca off and on all day today. I’m thinking I’ll be in it a lot over the next few days of scorching weather here in Houston. 🥵
I say “few days”; I don’t think the weather folk know when this unseasonably hot weather will end. Okay, I’ve done enough whinging!
Whine away! You’ve earned it after listening to my whining all winter!🤣
Okay, whine twin! 😊
I haven’t read any comments yet but I’m guessing I’m the only one wearing vintage Panthere, not to be confused with La Panthere, though I haven’t tried the latter. It’s lovely and I kept smelling in my sleeves and collars all day. It’s a fruity but balanced late 80 tuberose over a furry, ambery backdrop. I can’t believe I’ve had this mini from a swap a few years ago for so long and have somehow never worn it. It’s definitely my favorite Cartier from what I wore this week.
I never even knew of this perfume. It sounds glorious!
I’m sure you’d like it!
A bunch wore this but I understand you smell fabulous!
Oh, nice just saw pyramus and pl67 wore the same vintage! I’m happy to see it represented today especially because it surprised me with how much I liked it.