Happy Almost-Friday! It's also the 2nd day of LGBTQ Pride Month, and National Rocky Road Day. Birthdays: Martha Washington, Barbara Pym, Charlie Watts, Cornel West. What fragrance are you wearing?
I’m spending the morning with (my old friend) Carthusia Mediterraneo.
Reminder: on 6/3, for World Bicycle Day, wear something sporty (or just outdoorsy, or whatever 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 (but obviously sometimes fail) to always have the next five or six weeks mapped out in advance.
Note: top image is Beach Bikers [cropped] by Carlo Caldarini at flickr; some rights reserved.
Good morning.
Sotd is Hummingbird. My bottle just arrived and I can’t help but overspray.
Trying out Suqqu blush. My gosh is the formula beautiful. It practically blended itself.
Currently drinking TWG Honey Tea.
You smell wonderful!
Congrats on your new bottle!
I’m in ELdO Éloge du Traitre, which smells so much like Caron Yatagan that I can’t help but think of it as Caron Yet Again. It’s really good, though, a tumult of pine needles, woods, and greenery. If you’re going to steal, steal from the classics.
Yatagan is probably cheaper? Or maybe not.
Turns out they’re exactly the same price, €95, but the Caron bottle is 100 mL and the ELdO is 50 mL, so you’re right, Yatagan is cheaper — by volume, anyway.
Guessing the Yatagan is easier to find at a discount too…
Yoga, then coffee with turmeric milk that I found at the grocery store yesterday. Yum! Then packing for weekend, finishing some work, running errands, and whew, that’s plenty.
I’m in PG Bois Blond. ♥ A great outdoorsy fragrance.
MUST DO YOGA…boy, I have not been good this month! Thanks for the reminder.
Jersey is my SOTD also for the CP, riding my bike and smelling laundry hanging outside when I was young
Also chanel makeup 💄
About 100 pages from finishing A Little Life. It’s a hard read but I can’t put it down. 📚 💕
Oh, I love your scent memory! I have some of the same.
I think in the spring summer all the homes had clothes lines with wet laundry blowing in the wind
Would you recommend the book? I have picked it up several times, but it is lengthy and didn’t know if it would keep my interest.
I really like it, I also read To Paradise by the same author.
For A Little Life, I would say proceed with caution- it’s amazing and awful at the same time. I can’t put it down. There are some very tender moments. Not a light read, but I also don’t want the book to end…
I just finished the NYer profile of the author (from a January issue, I am way behind). Pretty sure the profile scared me off of the novel, but maybe I will rethink.
There are other great authors out there Robin.
I am reading her two back to back, both I think are around 800 pages
I will look for that article on the NYer
January 17 issue
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2022/01/17/hanya-yanagiharas-audience-of-one
Wow, she is sort of anti- social. And has expensive taste in clothes and art. Thanks for the article !
If you google, you can find lots of pictures of her apartment. Purely by coincidence Kevin and I were discussing it earlier this morning (all weird coincidence, I had never heard of her last week). He is anti bookcase, I am pro bookcase, we both like the black floors.
I’m in LL Bergamote 22. The weather is perfect today and I’m in my office with the east facing window, so I’m enjoying a morning of sunshine coming in. Forgot my sunscreen though.😬 I’m gonna make a run to Sephora over lunch to check out supergoop, has anyone tried any of their products?
I quite like Supergoop. I use their Matte Screen, Unseen Sunscreen as a primer and Refreshing Mist during the day.
Thanks happy888cat! I ended up picking up both the matte sunscreen and unseen sunscreen to try. I love that they come in a small 20 ml size to try. They both feel nice on the skin.
You smell fantastic!
Thanks Robin!
I use their “City Serum” sunscreen on my face every day — it’s an ideal non-greasy, non-visible, non-pore-cloggy, non-break-outy formula for me. Spendy, but goes a long way since I only use it for my face.
Thanks Isabella! Maybe I will try that one next.👍
SuperGoop’s Unseen Sunscreen is one of the best sunscreens I have ever used for my face. It is SO worth the price!
Ooh, good to know! I picked up that one and the matte sunscreen in the travel 20 ml size to try.
Yep, adding that I love Supergoop Unseen Sunscreen and Matte. They feel great and don’t look bad at all. Expensive but worth it, as others say
Hope they work out for you! They had a 20% off sale recently and I stocked up. I’ll probably try to hit up those sales every time they roll around 
You smelled great today! I used up my decant last summer and need to get my hands on more for this summer. It’s probably my favorite bergamot. And it sounds like I need to try Supergoop based on all these rave reviews! Good timing cause I need new face sunscreen.
Balenciaga Paris for me today, which sadly might be giving me a headache.
I’m looking forward to a hike with my husband and son this weekend, so I might go with something forest-ish for sporty Friday.
I have a headache too.. it can’t be from Jersey .
No way! And thank goodness.
Balenciaga Paris always gave me a headache when I wore it. Unfortunately, I had to rehome the bottle.
Luckily, I only have a decant, but it’s going into the “see if my sisters like this” pile after today for sure. That bottle is cute, though.
SOTD is BBW Butterfly shower gel and ELdO She Was An Anomaly. I am a little on the fence with this scent. I thought I really liked it, but not so sure now after a few times wearing it. Maybe I am not an iris person. Haven’t figured it out yet.
And no rush, right?
Why do people ask silly questions? Like the guy next to me, who intercepted my foray to the trash to ask “Are you really from Florida?” No. No, I’m not. I just stole that plate because I’m running from the cops. Sheesh!
Anyway, I am sans perfume again today. Slept all day yesterday and through the night. Feel better but I’m looking a bit jaundiced so probably have another stone lodged in my CBD. Ugh. So last minute change of plans.
Thanks for the well wishes yesterday! Do the old Deva proud and wear your perfume with swagger today! 👍🏼
Oh please please tell me you actually said that to him! 😂
Well, politeness won out. But I will say, it got stranger when he walked back over to my site as I’m in the middle of packing up: filling water, emptying and cleaning toilet, storing chair, table, etc—in other words, obviously busy! I was polite again but got out of there quick! If you’re not a camper, you wouldn’t know, but your site is your “house” and campground etiquette means you don’t go into anyones house without invitation- especially when setting up or tearing down, because you can get distracted, and if you’re towing something, you could miss an important connection and end up in a bad situation.
Maybe they think you are in a rental? Even though I live in NY we often rent cars with different plates
I don’t think anyone could mistake Moby for a rental, but you could be right. Most rental camper vans have the name on the rental company emblazoned on them, either painted or wrapped.
I’m a cousin once or twice removed with Robin today in L’Artisan Thé Pour un Été, a pretty little jasmine chai tea scent. That will be replaced with Eau du Weeding later on. Happy Friday Eve, everyone!
I *adore* that one in warm weather! It’s the LBD of my summer fragrance wardrobe.
And I’m wearing a base layer of Eau du Weedwhacker under my Thé Vert…
Isabella! So nice to see you posting again — maybe I’ve just missed your entries, but seems like it’s been a while. And you smell great, EdW notwithstanding.
Hey distant relative
It’s a picture perfect day here with cool temps and a bright blue sky. Wearing Chanel Allure edt.
Lucky you…we are overcast & gloomy & expecting storms.
Today is one of those perfect MN days, sunny, low humidity, cool breeze. I got a selection of samples from Solstice Scents yesterday, I’m in Cardamom Rose Sugar. It’s lovely.
They sometimes make whipped soap, I’d like it in this scent.
I am imagining a dessert that would go with the name of that perfume.
Today is my anniversary so I’m in Iris Ganache and we’ll be going out for paella this evening
Happy anniversary 🥂
Happy Anniversary! 🌹
Happy anniversary!
Hope it is a wonderful anniversary dinner!
Happy anniversary!
Happy anniversary! Paella sounds great
Happy Anniversary! Trying paella is on my “bucket list” of things to do.
Watch out; it’s habit forming.
Happy anniversary! Perfect celebratory meal!
SOTD = Love, by Kilian, don’t be shy Extreme
I love this one – all unicorn and marshmallow and the rainbow poop!
https://www.instagram.com/p/CeT22zzu4yf/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=
I’ve decanted everything for the Splitmeet and I just have to pick 2 more fragrances from which to make samples and then it will be the great packaging party. I may just be done a week early! Wahoo and we’ll see!
Speaking of not so smart, I saw a “quote” on IG that pretty much said if I take offense to what someone said, it’s my fault. Well guess what? I disagree with this vehemently. “I” am not responsible for your thoughts so if you assume I said something and assumed the context that you did AND ended up saying something nasty to me, it is not my fault and I will call you out. I DMd the person, as he was looking for feedback, and the response I got back was it was hard to follow my train of thought…seriously? I basically just blocked the person as I no longer wish to engage with him, even if it was my usual once every six months for crying out loud. Off my platform…
I rarely believe people, including myself, who say they are looking for feedback
You are right and basically he is not worth my time.
You smell great!
Thanks!
It seems that most people who are looking for feedback are either looking for praise or validation. Just my $0.02 worth.
Hope the sparkly marshmallow unicorn poop made you feel better!
I 100% agree with your assessment!
Ha! I wasn’t expecting that picture. Cute!
I thought so too!
I am wearing Chanel L’Eau Rouge after morning water aerobics and quick bath after that.
Oooh, an idea for tomorrow!
Wearing CdG White from a decant I recently purchased. Somehow it doesn’t have the “oomph” that my last decant (just finished after 7 years) had. Now I can’t decide if it’s still full bottle worthy. Decisions decisions…
Maybe you need to let it macerate for some time.
I smell wonderful today in Passage d’Enfer from a decant I was certain I had already finished but turned out to simply have misplaced!!! What an exciting find. I’m absolutely on a negligible-buy for the rest of my life (I have more perfume than I can ever wear, and just bought a house we’ll be paying off until retirement), but if I ever found a bottle of PdE on dramatic sale, I don’t see how I could stop myself.
In other news, I had a bike accident last Friday and have let fear rule my life for the past week, opting to drive to work instead of biking. Today was my first day back on the bike, and it appears that I hold a bit of post-traumatic stress. Let’s hope my brain manages to correctly process the ongoing risk and I can stop braking every time I have to navigate a tight space.
I ripped my knee open in my accident, so now I’m wearing leggings to work (real pants hurt). This is annoying because people already always ask me if I’m a postdoc (I’m 34, and postdocs are usually ~27); now, in my leggings, they’ll think I’m an intern. How embarrassing. I’m a grownup! With business cards and everything!
After I was in a car accident last year, it took awhile before I stopped “driving scared”. Glad to here you are physically ok enough to bike, if not completely mentally comfortable yet.
Oh wow, that makes lots of sense. I’m glad that it sounds like you are more comfortable driving again now. And thank you! All the joint/impact pains are gone; just a bunch of cuts left to heal
Ouch, so sorry about your accident!
Thanks cazaubon <3
Oooooof. Road rash SUCKS, big time. Sorry to hear that you had an “incident”.
Don’t rush headlong into making things “better”. You need time to process what happened. You’ll be back on the bike later.
Thanks Jalapeno 95F! It’s currently still cool enough that the heat isn’t unpleasant
Well…I’m not sure what happened with that comment. Must be some accidental html nonsense. I was trying to say that I am trying to cram in biking before it gets too hot.
I’m sorry to hear about your bike accident, but very very relieved that it wasn’t more serious. I’ve witnessed some bike accidents, and they’ve shaken me up even as a witness!
Thank you, tulipani–and agreed, I’m very relieved it was just a small accident! I’m generally a diligently aware biker, and this has reminded me that I need to ALWAYS be a diligently aware biker! (Not that that will prevent everything, but it will probably help!)
Koyel.. I’m glad you are safe!
Thank you, lillyjo!
Ouch, Koyel. I hope you’re on way to full recovery. I am not brave enough to navigate the streets on a bike.
Thanks, hajusuuri! Typically I have no problem, since I live in suburbia in an area where lots of people bike
I just hope I feel comfortable again soon!
Oh no, I’m so sorry! Hope you will heal quickly mentally and physically.
Thank you, Robin
Ugh, so sorry about your bike accident and its residual effects. And sorry you’re relegated to leggings at work right now!
Thanks, it’s not so bad except for the part where it makes me look like an intern. I love leggings generally!
Hi, fragrant friends! Venturing a smell today… My green tea sunscreen put me in the mood for Eau Parfumée aux Thé Verte, which, not to fall back on zen-green-tea clichés, really always feels head clearing and balancing and peaceful for me.
Scent siblings in their blue tea….
👍for the venturing!
Wearing Chanel Paris-Deauville.
Just back in the office from a site visit. We were doing roof assessment that took exactly 5 hours. I am feeling exhausted, perhaps because I missed my mid-morning coffee. I am getting a very big cup now and a cheese pastry.
It is nice outside, so I may walk home from the subway station, instead of making the connection to the bus, as usuaI. I just hope rain doesn’t arrive, as expected.
Happy almost Friday! 🌻
Hope coffee and pastry will provide you with strength.
Thank you, Aurora! I have regained some energy already!
Ai yi yi, I hope that the rain holds off until you get home!
No luck! It was pouring during my whole commute. Walk postponed until tomorrow! 🤷♀️
Yuck! I hope that you didn’t get soaked.
Histoire d’Eau today which did its usual plum and leather trick, thus evening it’s TM Miroir des Secrets, basically Angel’s patchouli with aldehyes, it always makes me smile when I spray it.
In other news it was day one of the Jubilee, enjoyed a stroll in the park in Central London, very happy celebratory crowd, came home tired and took a nap.
*aldehydes
The thought of “Angel + aldehydes” always blows my mind.
It’s very unique for sure!
I’m excited for your Jubilee!
Thank you Lillyjo, the weather is gorgeous 20C low humidity, Blue sky and White clouds.
From the pictures, I’m almost surprised anybody can walk through London at all…it looks so crowded! But everyone looks happy, hope it is a fun party.
Crowds are very Good natured, they take their picnic and sit in the plentiful parks.
Birthday Honors to Miss Pym – one of my very favorite writers: y’all have read “A Glass of Blessings,” right? Right?!? SotD Samsara Shine. I am on a Samsara kick lately; I own several variations, but not the vaunted original parfum. I might get around to that one day, but I love all the ones I have so no FOMO. Yay for Friday Eve – Mexican restaurant tonight!
I am in a similar Samsara boat as you; have yet to try the parfum, too.
I have read most or all of Pym but for some reason have never gone back and re-read, so it’s been years now. I don’t know why I go back to some books and not others, it’s not always about how much I liked them the first time.
Wearing a few sprays of La Pausa today. We had a couple hours of unexpected, bonus sunshine but it’s now clouded over. It feels like it could rain any moment; La Pausa is creating a wonderful scent bubble.
I love the older Chanel Exclusives!
Same weather here. Theoretically we will have three days of sunshine Mon/Tue/Wed but Environment Canada has been such a tease lately, promosing sun then not delivering.
Yay for bonus sunshine! 🌞🌞🌞🌈
Wearing Scent of Wood Leather in Bourbon. Looking forward to the new Goldfield & Banks Purple Suede which is lavender and leather.
I keep seeing all sorts of excited chatter about Purple Suede!
Posting late today! Making tasty food for dinner kind of took precedence. 😉😋 I also got groceries this afternoon right before the first of 3 rounds of rain came thru. More of the wet stuff is on the way tonight, and my phone is blowing up with all kinds of weather notifications.
Lillyjo, the price of hamburger at my grocery store was $4.89 per pound today. That’s about 25 cents more expensive than what we pay for a Gallon of gas.
SOTD = Alaia EdP again. It *loves* the warm and muggy weather.
Gas here jumped to $4.99 today!
Stay dry!
It started raining about 5 or 10 minutes after I got back with the groceries. Took that as a sign to stay inside for the rest of the day! 🤣
I really need to give Alaia a try in the warm weather this summer. I always think of it as a cold-weather scent!
I tried Alaia in both cold and warm weather, and found that it was a mere shadow of itself in cold weather. It blooms beautifully for me in summer. YMMV.
I managed to mostly skirt the rain on my walk back to Penn Station.
At least tomorrow’s weather is supposed to be dry. I am really surprised that I didn’t hear a single rumble of thunder this afternoon.
I’m wearing Gris Charnel, in anticipation of the Gris Charnel extrait split. It’s been a very busy but productive week for me. My son was away on a school trip, he’s back tonight so my husband and I are squeezing in a date night dinner beforehand.
Going to catch up on posts and think about what to wear tomorrow. I’m definitely leaning towards outdoorsy rather than “sporty”!
I might have one sporty fragrance in my collection, but I couldn’t find it the last time I went looking for it. So many perfumes!
Oy, I have to decide about tomorrow too but I may do the sport of shopping.
Lol!
I wore vintage Aliage today and will likely wear again tomorrow. Wasn’t it considered a “sport” fragrance? It really was a wonderful scent back in the day…it’s a shadow of its former self.
Day off tomorrow I’m, so we are planning to go see Top Gun on the biggest screen we can find. I imagine it will be as cheesy as the original.
Report back on how you like the movie. I hope it’s a good time!
My sotd is LPRN Couture thanks to a generous nster. This is my favorite of the one’s I’ve tried. It reminds me of a lighter Coco Noir. Work has been hectic preparing for inventory next week. My weather is still perfect 🌞
Oy vey, good luck with inventory next week! 🙄
Every 6 months!
Coco Noir is not very noir to my nose but yet I can imagine what the LPRN smells like! Good luck with the inventory. Do you close the store to do that?
Agreed It’s not very noir.
I wish we closed but no..
Tuesday and Wednesday until It’s done. Honestly the worst part is what we are doing now, which is finding everything that is missing a ticket and putting a ticket on it. This includes everything that has been torn out of It’s packaging ( so lot’s of socks and underwear) its very time consuming and is on top of doing the “regular” work.
So, in a silver-lining kind of way, if the stock number somehow could not be found (for real), do you get first dibs?
Inventory is a pain. You smell great though!
Thank you!