It’s Almost-Friday and International Nurses Day aka Florence Nightingale’s birthday — thank you, nurses! It’s also Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) International Awareness Day and National Limerick Day. What fragrance are you wearing?
I'm in Hermès Eau de Pamplemousse Rose for a Paloma cocktail. (It is not really a favorite cocktail but I will usually drink anything with lots of citrus flavors.)
Reminder: on 5/13, we'll celebrate World Cocktail Day...tell us about your favorite cocktail (alcoholic or non-alcoholic), provide a recipe if you like, and wear a perfume that would complement your choice or that picks up one of the notes in your cocktail. It doesn't have to be a boozy fragrance! (This is a repeat from 2018, and we also did a booze cruise in 2017).
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: top image is Perry's Strait Paloma Cocktail [cropped] by Kurman Communications, Inc. at flickr; some rights reserved.
Good morning.
Thank you for taking care of us, nurses 🙏☺️
It’s the 4th day of Lush and sotd is Yog Nog. Butter pastry spiced with cloves. Delish.
Currently drinking chai with a splash of milk.
Your perfume and tea sound perfect together! I never smelled Yog Nog, I don’t think.
I’m wearing Coup de Foudre by Parfums DelRae from my manufacturer’s sample stash. Nice.
I can’t remember if I tried it or not, but wish DelRae would come back!
Second your wish wholeheartedly!
Third your wish!
Rainy and cool here, so I am wanting something warm and cozy and maybe a bit sweet today.
We are urban/city camping (read: free camping) having departed the woods reluctantly.
Yesterday, I wanted to shower, and most campgrounds here make you pay EXTRA for that luxury (on top of ridiculous camping prices, wah wah wah!) They use a token system, so 1 quarter gets you 1 token which gets you 3 minutes. Well, went to go buy some tokens and the ranger gave me 2. As in TWO. As in 6 minutes, the first minute being wasted having to wait for the hot water to make it to the shower head. Anyway, we went round and round because “I just paid $30 to PARK, no hookups, no water, nothing, and now you’ll only give me TWO tokens?” Really, talk about being nickeled and dimed. Finally, he gave me two more and said this: “There is a token shortage. We don’t have enough tokens to give people because we don’t have anymore tokens. It’s a supply chain issue.” (When you see a movie with the old lady shouting “Get off my grass,” I’m pretty sure you’ll be seeing me!) But really? Is that the craziest thing you ever heard? A TOKEN shortage..! I don’t think people understand what a luxury water is.
Anyway, made it to a mall and boyo, was it hopping! So busy, it took me forever to find a space. I got to sniff TF Bitter Peach, which smelled tobacco-y to me. No idea what the notes are. The Lost Cherry bottle was empty and I couldn’t get the cap off, so no luck there. Went over to lush and sniffed around, but geez! These prices are crazy. I did like “The Hairdresser’s Husband” but nowhere near enough to buy it. Went to Sephora and MAC because I wanted to check out the new Stacked mascara, and a few other bits and bobs.
But, I will mention the very nice, kind and polite motorist who let me into the right lane just in time to make my exit! Score! I gave him the toot-toot-wave in appreciation. 👋🏼
Ok, after all that nonsense, I decided on Kenzo Jungle l’Elephant. Yum!
Oh, and hey! Tomorrows Friday the 13th! Not that I’m superstitious or anything…😜
I was on the Lush website yesterday and the prices really are deranged, aren’t they? They go up to $235 CAD! And I enjoy some of them but they’re just not worth that. Even $65 for an ounce of Lust, my favourite jasmine in the whole world, seems steep (although I think I would pay it if I ran out).
Yep, I don’t mind paying some special dollars for an artisan perfume from Papillon, Tauer, etc, because they’re unique, wearable, and a good value for money, at least to me. I wear them frequently and really enjoy them. Most of the lush fragrances are just not up my alley, style wise, so not a good value for money for me. If Lust was my favorite jasmine, though…I’m sure I’d cough up the $.😉
I agree, the Lush prices seem way out of line for what they are.
Agree
Only thing I like from there is the Rose Jam Shower Gel..and even then I don’t wanna shell out the dough. I wouldn’t mind like 16.99 or something..28 or so bucks..meh. Lust is a good, warm jasmine..but my jasmine of choice is A La Nuit or I do like some Jasmin Rouge. Sometimes the Lush samples smell liked they are old idk. I remember liking the Sexy Peel soap..but again..prices are a bit steep.
Lush annoys me, I hate to say. The stuff they carry in their stores makes me want to run the other direction (well, not the bath bombs). I can’t do their shower gels; I get a huge synthetic smell off them (Rose Jam, Yog Nog…I finished the Rose Jam after some time, but I can’t finish the small bottle of Yog Nog I got…just SO overpoweringly synthetic). They annoy me to no end on perfume; they don’t have their best perfumes in store and you can’t order samples, so it’s either $200+ for something unsniffed and hope that you like it, or you’ll never know. (Not to mention that if you sprayed it in store, you’d have to walk halfway down the mall to actually be able to smell it.)
Don’t get me wrong, Ockeghem Tween loves their bath bombs and bubble bath. But even there, they load them up with crap that makes them just a huge mess in a tub — flower petals or glitter or what have you.
Are the tokens like car wash tokens? Can’t they just opened the box and get them back?
I’m already hating tomorrow because I am superstitious!
Ha! That’s exactly what I said to him! Why can’t you just open the box and retrieve them? Better yet, why not just use REAL quarters? He said people would end up not using the tokens, drive off with them, and either use them in another park or just forget about them. So weird! He said they can’t order more because of the “shortage.” 🤷🏻♀️
Lol, boy I do feel for you. I’ve had the same argument. They don’t use real quarters because then someone would break into the box, but 3 minutes of water is pretty petty, most places do 5.
Oh, and as for the 13th, many cultures feel this is a very lucky and blessed number. So maybe go with that? 😉
My mom says 13 is her lucky number.
And boo hiss on the stupid shower token issue!
Because the second I turn my back and make it something positive.. something negative would happen 🤣
I am betting it is like the tokens to get into the guest parking at my mom’s condo…people take the tokens, don’t use them, then they run out. So if you ask for two knowing you’re going to make two trips in and out, they say no way.
3 minutes of water? That’s barely enough time to get wet, let alone soaped up and rinsed off. How chintzy!
Good Morning to all my s scented friends. Thank you to all the nurses out there. You are appreciated!
My SOTD is Blackberry& Bay by Jo Malone. It was a birthday 🎁 from my mom. Yesterday was my birthday 🎂.
Happy Birthday, scentfromabove! 🎉🎂🎁 You’re smelling’ mighty nice!
Happy birthday!
Happy Birthday!
Happy Birthday!
Happy Birthday, Scentfromabove! 🎂
Happy belated birthday!
Happy Birthday! (One day late)🎂🎉
Many happy returns in your new perfume so appropriate for the season.
A very happy birthday and enjoy the new bottle!
I hope you have a happy and peaceful year and lots of fun.
Happy birthday for yesterday!
Happy Birthday!
Happy Belated Birthday! And “Hurray” for gifts from Mom.
Happy belated birthday!
Happy belated birthday!
Serge Lutens Arabie. I’ve never been to the Middle East but I have to imagine this is what a souk smells like (or at least a perfumer’s fantasy of a souk). It’s so mysterious and beautiful.
You smell amazing! I can’t wait to take a trip to the Palais Royal SL mecca to try the entire line, especially the more mysterious and complex Sl fragrances.
I once dragged my friend on “Kelly’s Paris Perfume Tour”. We did Guerlain, SL, Fraganond and Chanel. She’d lived there for a year but had never visited any perfumeries.
I bought Jicky perfume and bell jars of both Rahat Loukoum and Chergui! This was the trip with the very judgey US customs agent who gave me crap about how much those 3 perfumes cost. LOL, it’s not like I bought a Rolex, but he probably would have understood that.
So fun! Where do I sign up for Kelly’s Paris Perfume Tour???
Plus we did chocolate! That was another day.
I honestly not a big shopper, but I went to Paris with a list. My friend was working so most days I wandered on my own, but introduced her to several fun places.
Perfume
Chocolates
Repetto shoes! Ha
Happy Birthday! What a great gift!
Sotd is FM Angeliques Sous la Pluie – a Gin and Tonic perfume if there ever was one.
Yep!
I enjoy that one..I had a mini which I gave away..then kinda regretted it. I gave a friend a whole pile of samples and minis..but in the end just stuck with his Calvin Klein sig scent..I was thinkin…if you aren’t gunna use them..could I have them back? Lol. But I can’t ask to do that lol.
I’m glad I checked on my old bottle of Salvador Dali yesterday and I look forward to giving it a proper wear next week when it’s cooler but it is hot here; yesterday it hit 90F and broke the record for hottest May 11th ever. It’s Dr Bronner’s peppermint shower weather. Today I’m wearing Un Jardin Sur le Nil, which is gorgeous.
It is gorgeous! I have a bottle on the way for the splitmeet!😀
I like me some Jardin:).
Keep an eye out.😉
Wow, 90! I wonder if we will break a record for the coldest April/May ever.
Whoo-wee, that is roasty! 🥵 Too much, too soon!
Morning shower with BBW Rose Shower Gel and then Dame Perfume Cassis, Rose & Sandalwood EdT. Very nice combination.
That does sound lovely!
Beautiful!
Was debating on either Sarrasins or Coromandel today since I haven’t worn both in a while. I went with Coromandel in the end. I think I might be getting into trouble soon. Just discovered Afterpay and Luckyscent has it. I see a Tauer perfume in the next couple months.
You smell great!
Which Tauer is most interesting to you?
In Vilhelm A Lilac a Day. 😍
Happy Thursday!
Great choice! I need to get a travel spray of that.
Thank you! This is the perfect season to get the travel spray and enjoy it!
Happy Thursday pl67!🌞
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I’m going to have to check that one out!
If you love lilacs, I am sure you will enjoy this!
I do, and I can’t believe I haven’t tried it yet.
Good time of the year for lilac perfumes!
It is! 😍
It’s another hot and humid day, so I’m back in Chanel Paris-Biarritz. The sprayer on this one is made so that I can almost use it like a body spray.
My college daughter is wrapping up her finals week and I got a wonderful text from her yesterday afternoon. She knocked it out of the park and got the highest score in the class on her biology of cancer final. I’m just so $&@# proud of that kid! Last year was tough on her, but this year she was back on campus, back in the classroom and she has been thriving! The resiliency of youth. Makes me happy.☺️
Congrats to your daughter!
Thanks cazaubon!😁
That’s awesome! Congratulations to her!
Thanks lillyjo!😁
Go madtowngirljunior!!!
Thanks Robin!😁
How wonderful! Congratulations to your daughter!
Thanks Gail!😁
Yay for madtowncollegegirl! Is this her last year?
Thanks Jalapeño! Yes! She will graduate in December, so technically it’s taking her four and a half years…but considering everything that’s happened in the past 2 years, I think that’s pretty good.
That is fantastic, and what an interesting topic for a course! Does she plan to go on in a medical field? Good for her!
Thanks Calypso! She is a biology major with a biomedical sciences concentration and chem minor. She’s not sure yet…for awhile she was thinking nursing but she is really loving the cancer cell stuff she’s been doing this semester and now she’s leaning toward research. I’m encouraging her to go on to graduate school.🤷♀️ We shall see…
How exciting! She sounds just awesome.
Thanks ringthing, I think she’s pretty awesome, but I’m totally biased.☺️😉
Congratulations to your daughter! I always wished I could get interested in topics like that course; always felt people were expecting it of me b/c my mother died of cancer at a very young age. Alas, the only world problems that intrigued me were international relations issues…and I’ve given up at this point. My hat is off to people who find cancer fascinating.
Thanks ockeghem! And I’m sorry for your loss.
The fact that she finds it fascinating (and understands it!) could lead to many possibilities for her in the future.
Another dark day of pouring rain. Want to wear Waft from the Loft but can’t find the bottle. :-/. Will do some more digging, but if I don’t find it, I’m thinking Scents of Wood Cypress in Oak.
Sending you some ☀️
Hope the sun comes out soon. Are dogwoods in flower over there yet?
No sun predicted for at least another week, but we can always hope they’re wrong. The dogwood are just flowering now in fact, as well as the lilac. Magnolia are just about finished.
I can try to push some sun your way!
Oh, it has been just miserable today, hasn’t it? Driving rain, and then hail tonight. Ugh.
We ended up unexpectedly getting sun in Seattle around 4:30 yesterday and it stayed out until later in the evening, so I was delighted to get a walk after work. Did you get any of that same sun up your way?
Nothing yesterday, but this morning we have a bit of sun! Won’t last but it is cheering.
The humidity is trying to kill me today. My sinuses are really acting up. On my way to work wearing Korres Powder Iris Lilac. It mostly smells of faint powder. It’s about all I can handle today.
Hope you will feel better later today, sinus afflictions are so painful.
I hope your work day goes well and your sinuses give you a break.
Hope you feel better later, lillyjo!
I really Iike Korres fragrances; their names pretty much say what they are and don’t get all highfalutin’ about it all. Just nice scents.
Yeah, I just ran an errand on my lunch break and it’s brutal out there.🥵 Sorry about your sinuses.☹️
Hope you feel better soon! Your scent sounds just right. I don’t have that one but it sounds a bit like Lancome Iris Dragées, which is a nice easy wear.
Egads, sinus issues can really knock the shine off life. Hope you feel better soon😊
Blargh on the sinus issues! 🤧😢 Hope that Mother Nature decides to cut you a break soon.
Thanks all! The weather people say the pollen count will be much improved by Sunday. Can’t wait!
Gucci bloom “Profumo Di Fiori
Orange bottle
The Bloom and it’s flankers are new to me. Anyone else?
Volunteering today at the library
The library lions 🦁 Didn’t give me their beauty secrets, but they are looking very good for 111 years old. 🎂
I’ve sniffed a couple, I remember thinking the tuberose note was prominent. What are you getting?
Tuberose for me too..
I put the regular bloom on one wrist and PdF on the other , the PdF is still going strong the Bloom has faded.
For white florals I think I expected more longevity and silage, especially at this price point.
All the Guccis I have tried lately have been on the weak side….
I think for the PdF bottle it was 138 at Sephora. I was shocked. However I haven’t been into Sephora since last year…so I am not aware of these prices for Gucci
I’ve sniffed the original Gucci Bloom and a flanker or two. I thought they were solid, BWFs that were reasonably priced. Agree with cazaubon that they are tuberose-centered.
After a few hours of wearing, I don’t think I am impressed.
I have the original Michael Kors for my tuberose-centric perfume. It’s been aging nicely in the bottle.
And the travel sprays/roll-ons were what I considered for the Gucci Bloom. Ultimately decided against it.
I thought you were doing Guerlain week!
I was, then I left the home commando and went into Sephora. I thought Sephora had Guerlain? I didn’t find any…
I started the morning in Carthusia 1681 for a dental cleaning. Home now enjoying coffee (finally!) and will likely spritz on some Knize 10 from the bottle that arrived yesterday — wooo! It’s bucketing rain outside so no gardening out there, but I do have a few indoor plants that have needed some grooming lately so that might make it onto the agenda. Or not! 😆
Sounds like your dental cleaning went well!
It did — wasn’t bad at all! I did learn that I have to have a new crown put in, but it wasn’t really a surprise. The dentist has been warning me about cracks in that tooth for several years. Apparently the wait is over. And a mere crown is vastly preferable to having a root canal.
I combined I Prifumi di Firenze Asli, an orangey, flowery scent with Prada Infusion de Mandarine today and it was very enjoyable but this evening it’s Weil Suki Essence a dates and plum incense, I consider it the best budget fragrance I have.
Suki Essence sounds great!
It is a hidden gem, forgot in description that it also smell of cinnamon, so one has to like that.
Sampling Dragée Reminiscence today…sweet floral almond goodness so far!😍
I ordered that one blind a couple of months ago, that one and the Gourmand one. Yummy!
I feel like cocktails, like full length dresses, are something that have somehow passed me by. My mind is a blank though I keep trying to picture myself sitting up at a bar, engaged in snappy/witty conversation while twiddling with a cocktail cherry or pulling olives off a toothpick with my teeth. So, wearing Daim Blond.
I recently purchased some Sam McKnight hair products with the scent created by Lyn Harris. Rather than smelling of hairspray they smell like a garden, a little bitter and weedy mixed with floral. The scent is a little like the perfume Wander, and lovely. Probably really nice in summer heat. I have a spray that is for holding hair ( like hair grips). It is quite sticky but I like that. Friday 13th here. My great grandmother lost her husband and two sons during WW1 and made her living afterwards as a medium. I believe she was very superstitious but she died before I was born ( and in another country).
Your experience with cocktails (and full length dresses) mirrors my own. The last time I had a cocktail was in 1999 in the Vic Falls Hotel in Zimbabwe. The setting was extraordinary, the drink not so much. It did have a fancy straw and my mother has a picture of me sipping it.
https://www.timeout.com/sydney/bars/blu-bar-on-36
I do have a favourite cocktail bar. It’s on the 36th floor of a hotel and overlooks Sydney harbour. The view takes in Sydney harbour bridge, the opera house, and the entire harbour both to the heads and also back inland. It’s fantastic at dusk
That looks gorgeous!
Can you believe it, I have been to that bar! It was in 2017 when I was in Australia for six weeks, mostly in Adelaide, but we had a Sydney visit (a conference group was there on a grant) and someone in the group guided us all up there. Amazing views! I probably just had wine, since I’m not a cocktail person.
So glad you went there. I had champagne, I think. The views are great and it has a real lounge feel to it.
I’m planning to have a drink of some sort, if not a cocktail, very soon over Victoria Falls (fingers crossed). And I had a cocktail very close to that bar, also overlooking Sydney Harbour, for my 40th…which, sadly, was almost 10 years ago. But hey, drinks of any sort with a view are lovely!
I think the last cocktail I had was about 30 years ago, even longer for a full-length gown. So not me!
The last full length formal gown I wore was my wedding dress back in 1995. But I have some casual maxis that I have worn much more recently than that.
Lipstick Rose from a sample, classic deep, dark lipstick note. Something again musky on the base which makes my sinuses sad lol. I think my fave Malle is the Angeliques cause I love pencil shavings. Followed by Musc Rav then Carnal Flower (in the body oil). It’s perfect weather out, which is a nice change from the wind storm yesterday. Beverage of the day, Zevia soda. It’s ok..tastes a little meh lol.
Aw, it is making me sad that Lipstick Rose makes your sinuses sad!
Playing along today in Tauerville Vanilla Flash layered with a drop of coffee bean essential oil for a wearable White Russian. Sort of.
That sounds fun!
It was! Everyone has to experiment sometimes, right? 😉
Plenty close enough!
Like springpansy, I’m in the rain, and thinking about tackling the organization of the tool chests. All the screws, nails, and assorted bits of hardware are just mixed into everything. I’m dreading it, and it might be too cold to work in the unheated garage. Yes, that’s it, it’s too cold today. I’ll save this chore for another day. Perhaps in 2025.
I’m wearing Paco Rabanne La Nuit parfum today. Yum.
I wouldn’t rush it.
Gosh, same here. Think it through first!
Same here – cold and rainy. Garage organization has been put off for another day.
Wearing Fils de dieu du riz er des agrumes. It must be well over a year since I last spent any time in it. It is so very lovely, I blame the size of my perfume collection 🙃.
I had a team building day today, it was the first time that my entire department was together since the start of the epidemic and it was great.
Oh, you smell fabulous! As for team building, and maybe it’s different where you are, but here it just smacks of grade school nonsense. At least to me, but I’m not the most interactive person out there, especially if it entails a group. Glad you enjoyed it but I’m stymied as to why. What was your favorite part? Was it just being social with a group of people/coworkers/friends after such a long time being mostly isolated?
We just had a nice relaxing day with our colleagues, in a nice rural setting. The group of people I work with is just so nice and working with them is a privilege.
Yes, I think “team building” over there is much different from here. I wouldn’t mind your kind of team building at all.
I agree, loathed team-building events. Not interested in playing silly games for forced fun.
I’m for team “just tell me what to do and let me do it”
It’s a losing team. Lol.
Girl, I’m on the same team, only worse! The antisocial, loser team. I’m on the “Make it quick because I don’t want you in my face any longer than necessary” team. Winning friends wherever I go! 🤣
For me it depends upon the activity. I like to stay away from competitive team activities because I want to win 🤣
Well then, I’d let you win! 😜
Giving my sample of Killian Angel share another chance… still on the fence with this one.
The cocktail I’m pairing this with is called Vanilla Apple – it’s from the Autumn 2007 Food & Drink magazine from the LCBO (recipe is free on their website). We made a big batch of them for Thanksgiving and they are tasty.
Wow, they have some really nice recipes over there! The PA liquor board does not have anything like this.
Oh, the Canadian liquor boards desperately want us to drink!
They make a ton of money off us buying liquor.
All I can remember about PA is driving over the border in grad school to buy all our liquor cheaper in NJ. Apparently the police monitored people who were driving over just for cheap liquor, so we used to go with a friend whose parents lived not far over the border. We’d buy all our cheap liquor, then go to his parents’ for dinner, so we’d be out long enough not to get pulled over as suspicious.
PA wants you to drink too, they just can’t be bothered! We often drive to Elkton or DE, but PA has stepped up their game in terms of selection.
Yes they do and the magazines are free (they publish a French and an English version)… none of the states I lived in do anything remotely like this. Some of my favorite recipes come from them.
Nice.
Having a day off in Dunedin, visiting my mother – yay!
It might be Encens Mythique d’Orient again. I brought a few other perfumes with me, but I also travelled light, and the clothes I’m wearing again today smell beautifully of Encens
Glad you made it! I looove Encens Mythique.
So glad!
It’s been so cold in my house in the mornings, I wore Le Lion for some warmth. We tested out our heater this week, but it’s central heat, which seems terribly wasteful. I just can’t justify using it, especially since it’s May! I might have to buy myself a little space heater.
I have a package coming, a cheapie blind buy! My first blind buy of the year, fingers crossed I like it. I’ll give a report tomorrow.
Alas, California houses have no insulation and are nearly impossible to heat without running yourself broke. I have a heated mattress pad and climb into bed when I’m cold.
Hope your blind buy is successful!
Yes, you know my woes! For now, I’m fine with piling on the sweaters and socks. It’s the husband-complaining that I cannot handle. 😆
Thank you to all the NST nurses!
I’m trying out Francesca Bianchi Luxe Calme Volupte from a swap decant today and am liking it. Other swap perfumes I wore this week but didn’t comment here about were vintage Bellodgia (omg beautiful stuff) and LL Jasmin 17, which is also lovely. So thankful for swap meets and wonderful NSTers!
You smell fabulous!
❤
You smell wonderful!
Thanks! I just went for a walk, which is bringing the perfume wafting a little again from my body heat. It’s a very nice one from FB.
Vintage Bellodgia is gorgeous!
It really is and so calming to me. It’s also the perfect perfume to wear if you have sinus issues because it’s so gentle on my nose. None of the modern synthetics that tend to singe my nostrils.
2nd!
Smelling like I wiped an Avon catalog on myself from 1975. Tried out a shower bomb..Rudy’s Oakmoss. Which doesn’t smell anything like oakmoss..rather a very old skool soap on a rope English Leather. Won’t be revisiting that experience again lol. Very barbershop in an avon way.
I see Crumbl Cookies has a piña colada cookie at the moment. Dip it into a piña colada for extra kick? Or just dip it rum? J/k. Lol.
That bath bomb sounds awful!
I’d vote for just the rum! 🥴
A big shoutout to all the nurses here at NST, and elsewhere. My brother and I are so thankful for all that they did for my Mom before she passed on. We remember.
Last vet appointment for Spooky kitty for a while! She has gained half a pound, yay! So glad to see my skinny purr putting on some much-needed weight. She has also become much more at ease in the veterinary exam room. Now if only Teflon kitty could borrow some of that chill when it’s her time to go, ha!
SOTD = yeah, it’s a perfume rerun. Opium Eau d’Orient Orchidee de Chine EdT. This one is going to be great when full-on summer shows up, I think.
Yay for Spooky kitty!
She did good today!
Great news about Spooky kitty! 😺
Yep, definitely!
Yay Spooky!
Hoping that she keeps gaining weight! 🤞
So happy for Spooky-kitty! What a trooper!
She handles getting shots a lot better than I do!
Yay for Spooky! Lots of folks up late tonight – time to party!
https://youtu.be/Qpo9KZYJ4sA
Ha! Good one 🎶
I’m having sleeping problems, was awake until 5 a.m. or so and then slept awhile but had to get up for a physical therapy visit around 10. Ugh. I was awake awhile and then went back to bed for another three hours. Naturally I won’t sleep tonight again either. Grrr. Anyway when I finally got up and showered I was cleaning up some boxes stacked in my bedroom and found a shoebox full of manufacturer’s and other samples that I had somehow forgotten (well, a series of surgeries and broken bones might have something to do with that). I chose to try Interlude Black Iris, which is masculine (it says). It doesn’t smell like Interlude at all (but I don’t know the Men version). At first it smelled like licorice and put me off. It’s smoky and dark and has something sweet in it that I can’t identify. It’s kind of chewy if you know what I mean. Too rich for me but interesting for a change. We’re still having our unusually early weather (heat and humidity of summer already), but I’ve read that almost the entire mid-section of the country is going to have record-breaking temps this weekend. Scary. I hope I can see the lunar eclipse on Sunday but we have clouds predicted. Later after I feel more awake I’m planning to make some sort of very simple dish with shrimp, spaghetti, and asparagus. I’m hungry now!
I love hearing about your meals, like your panini yesterday too. And you’re giving me ideas for dinner!
I was so chuffed to hear that your physical therapy is going well. Such great news. Sorry about the lack of sleep.
I didn’t know that there was going to be a lunar eclipse on Sunday! I will try to look for it, assuming that I am awake… thanks for the (literal) heads-up.
Busy busy but I made it!
SOTD = Tom Ford Lost Cherry
🍒 Cordial, anyone?
https://www.instagram.com/p/Cdeh4-cujEa/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=
If I were a guy, I would not:
– go sockless in the office while wearing loafers
– go sockless in the office while wearing faux high water pants – it may feel cool to you but it doesn’t look cool
– wear high tops (sockless or not) with faux high water pants that you made to be even shorter
Maybe I’m just cranky but I really can’t stand the latest rage in men’s fashion. Even if it is summer, although it’s not, I don’t care for this look. Off my soapbox.
The wearing shoes without socks thing has been around since the 1980’s. I remember when a lot of guys in high school started doing it.
The operative phrase is high school – the ones I saw yesterday and today looked like they were late twenties and one was probably in his fifties. Not a good look, even for a more casual business casual.
I remember their feet stunk! Lol.
I noticed we started selling the no show footie socks for men. I think it might be a thing now? I don’t like it myself.
LOL! I think it is! I got an email from a sock company recently that featured both men’s and women’s no show socks.
Good observation.
Oh lordie 🤣