It's Hump Day, plus Beer Day Britain and Global Wind Day. Birthdays: Erroll Garner, Waylon Jennings, Harry Nilsson. What fragrance are you wearing?
I'm in Christian Lacroix Tumulte Homme for the character Caddy in William Faulker's The Sound and The Fury. The title of the novel comes from the Macbeth soliloquy,* and Caddy is said to "smell like trees".
Reminder: 6/17 will be William Shakespeare Friday...wear a fragrance that matches a favorite line from a sonnet or play, or do something else creative with the theme. Suggested by allo.
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 a still from Joel Coen's The Tragedy of Macbeth with Denzel Washington and Frances McDormand, 2021.
* Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player // That struts and frets his hour upon the stage, // And then is heard no more. It is a tale // Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, // Signifying nothing.
Shakespeare day 3, and more roses, why not? I’m thinking of that line from Macbeth, “Look like the innocent flower, but be the serpent under’t.” So I’m in SL La Fille de Berlin, which starts out innocently rosy enough, but there is a serpent under’t for sure, a gathering darkness.
I saw a production of Macbeth at the Globe Theatre in London about a decade ago, and it was fantastic. I still haven’t seen that Coen Macbeth — I really need to.
The physical acting of Katheryn Hunter as the witches is worth the price of admission on the Coen version. She deserves all the awards
I have not seen the Coen either, but plan to.
I’m in Rose de Siwa, which is a pretty, rather soapy (in a good way) rose. I have quite a large decant, but I rarely wear roses anymore.
You smell lovely today!
That’s a nice one
I had a decant a long time ago, but unlike you, I wear roses frequently, so I drained it quickly! Luckily I have a hundred other rose scents to keep me busy for a while.
Rose de Siwa is extremely pretty!
Sotd is NG Bois d’Ascèse – I have no fear of this lovely wood from a generous NSTer swap.
“Bring me no more reports; let them fly all:
Till Birnam wood remove to Dunsinane,
I cannot taint with fear.”
Macbeth Act V Scene III
You smell great!
Thank you!
Good morning.
Sotd is J’adore L’or.
Macbeth brings back a lot of good memories, all those happy moments from my drama class at school many moons ago.
How nice!
My main memory from school is the slog through Julius Caesar. I don’t know why they don’t start young people off with the comedies.
Scent: started the day with total confusion and mild panic – couldn’t locate my bottle of Hermes Un Jardin Sur le Nil. Eventually found it exactly where it was supposed to be, sniffed it, decided ‘maybe later’.
Nice use of energy there, but moving on…went with ElizabethW Té (Sweet Tea) for the nifty lemon plus a drydown that is likeable if not particularly reminiscent of tea. Either is a good choice for excessively hot weather. Te is now nearly worn off, so decisions must be made. There are undoubtedly applicable Shakespearean quotes in all this, but have nearly drowned myself in genealogy research, and have lost all focus.
Glad your bottle was not lost! Meanwhile, Sweet Tea is indeed very likeable.
Back to rain this afternoon, I’m wearing Mitzah. Possibly some rain tomorrow, then sun going forward. Looking forward to our trip Monday.
How long will you be on your trip?
A couple of weeks.
I hope your trip is easy and you’re there before you know it.
Enjoy the sunshine! You’ve waited so long for it to show up.
Profitez du soleil!
Today is my son’s Birthday. He is 20 now. 20! Where did the time go? Of course I burst into tears when I gave him his presents this morning.
I was going to do a Chanel week but nostalgia got the best of me. My sotd is Yves Saint Laurent Paris. ( thank you generous nster!) It’s still my favorite rose.
What a touching moment for both of you, and you smell lovely to match:)
Thank you!
Aww, happy birthday to your son! And hugs to you, mom. Where does the time go?!
Thanks!
Happy birthday to your son and hugs for you, lillyjo!
Thanks!
Happy birthday to lillyjo Jr.!
Thank you!
Happy birthday to your son!
Thank you!
Aw, happy birthday to Mr. Lillyjo junior.
Thanks Robin!
Happy Birthday to him! The stars all lined up perfectly for him as he’s the luckiest kid to have you as his mom! 🙂
Stop your making me blush! ( haven’t said that in ages🤣)
Happy birthday to your son.
Thank you!
Such a sweet moment for both of you, enjoy this special day and the cake!
Aurora I got the best deals on a cake! It was mistakenly marked $4.99!
I wasn’t sure if the store would honor it but they did! Cake math free🤣
Oh, wonderful, I bet the cake 🎂 was all the sweeter for it.
And we are house twins, you smell divine.
Happy birthday to your son, lillyjo!
Thanks Koyel!
Happy Birthday to your son, lillyjo! 🎈🎇🎊🎂 Does he have a favorite birthday meal or dinner?
His Godmother took him out for his favorite meal which is anything seafood! ( which I dislike with a passion) I was left in charge of the chocolate cake which is his favorite. ( and mine too!)
I’m in Sur le Nil. Another hot one today.
We finished watching Landscapers on HBOMax with Olivia Coleman. She was excellent of course, and what a fascinating story.
I think Landscapers is next up for me. I’ll watch anything OC is in. I just watched Heartstopper on Netflix in part because she plays one of the moms.
Twins, slN comes into its own in the heat.
I’m still sniffling and sneezing, but I smell good in Shalimar MVP. No Shakespeare points today, but maybe tomorrow.
Shalimar , any version is beautiful
Hope you feel better soon!
I hope you recover quickly!
We are finally having a little break from what is apparently the wettest spring since the 40s (or something like that), and I’m in Acqua di Parma Iris Nobile EDT to continue my week of Iris. A neighbor has just finished having solar panels installed, and it’s occurring to me that it probably involved some serious angst doing that in this climate, during this particular very rainy spring.
Or they ordered them ages ago…in some parts of the country there is a really long wait for new solar panels.
Either way, glad you’re getting a break from rain!
Oh, good point. That neighbor has been doing a lot of work on the house over the past couple of years.
You smell lovely. That is such a gorgeous, classy scent. I hope your weather dries out soon!
Omnia
8 sprays
I haven’t smelled anything from Bvlagri in awhile. Anything good??
I don’t know either, but you smell great today!
I am wearing Lilac love by Amouage. Finally it feels like summer.
Lovely choice! Spring is just arriving here too.
Hankering for patchouli this AM, I grabbed my beloved Le Cri. Such a pretty, warm, beauty.
Anyway, I get half points for finding this article, which establishes that Shakespeare was the first to use the word “scream” or in his case “schreem,” from a courtier describing Duncan’s murder with “Strange Schreemes of Death.” https://www.norwegianamerican.com/story-of-scream/
Point in fact, the perfume was originally called “Le Cri De La Lumiere” NOT Le Cri De La Mort–so, again, only claiming partial credit!
Extra credit!
She schreemed…
🤣
brava!
You smell wonderful, love Le Cri.
Ormonde Woman today.
Round about the cauldron sing,
Live elves and fairies in a ring,
Enchanting all that you put in.
Nice!
Perfect!
Mariage parfait!
Dame Honeysuckle today, which was a blind buy (enabler pin to Kris for the sale PSA), and it’s beautiful. Many on Fragrantica think it smells like jasmine and I agree but when I googled honeysuckle one description I found on The Perfume Society website describing honeysuckle is…”heady and nectarous, a little like jasmine tinged with vanilla”…so there you go…that is just how I find this perfume.
I have been listening to audio highlights from the 1953 Julius Caesar film w/ Marlon Brando and John Gielgud this week on Amazon Music and it’s wonderful. I haven’t seen the film but it’s on my list now. When I was little I had a BBC recording of Julius Caesar on cassette tape that I used to listen to as I fell asleep and I loved it! So many great speeches in Caesar.👑
My daughter’s last day of 3rd grade was yesterday and we are going to CT next week to visit my sister and family.♥️ We haven’t traveled or flown during Covid and I am nervous but excited. I debated traveling but really want to see my sister and hug her…she’s been through so much more than just Covid in the past year.🥰
Have a wonderful trip/visit!
I’m so glad you get to see your sister. She’s been through a lot!
I hope you have a great trip! It will be so nice to see her again.
Yay to seeing your sister.
Oh, so glad you liked the Dame purchase. I have a purchase coming from them today.
Have a great trip!
I’m so excited for you to see your sister!
Have a wonderful visit!
It will be so great to see your sister and give her a “real” hug!
Safe travels for you and your daughter!
I like Dame Honeysuckle too and am also enjoying smelling the first blooms on my honeysuckle vine.
Have a great visit and hug!
Have a safe trip she-ra!
Ellis Brooklyn bee today for “O, how shall summer’s honey breath hold out…” (Sonnet 64)
Oh nice, good to know there’s a honey connection too!
Metheglin (a spiced mead) is mentioned in Love’s labour lost and in Merry wives of Windsor so lots of opportunities for honey and bees.
Was enjoying looking at Shakespeare quotes this morning. Given the humidity right now, I was thinking about scents like my husband’s Colonia or Cap Neroli. But then I saw my plastic bottle of Jean Naté, so I’ve been unabashedly spraying.
I love Jean Naté. Just rediscovered last summer although it was a long ago favorite.
My Mom and I used to wear Jean Nate ages ago. Not sure how I would react to smelling it now.
Jean Nate is always a great choice on a warm day.
You smell like lemons and sunny days.
My favorite play is Richard III because he is the perfect villain. So nefarious, duplicitous and self aware is he that when I first read the play as a teenager I was taken aback by his erudite wickedness. Plus, the opening soliloquy is just bang on perfect. So filled with self-hatred, I can only feel sorry for him while still delighting in his death. Which I guess makes me a bit like Richard III himself..? If I look in the mirror and see a growing “hunchback,” I’m doomed. 😵
SOTD is Hera from Papillon Perfumery. No violets listed in the notes but I swear I smell them. So I’ll go with a quote from Twelfth Night:
‘Like the sweet sound,
That breathes upon a bank of violets.’
In other news, I cancelled my RV order yesterday because they raised the price again. The second time in 6 months and by a steep percentage. I’m sad about it, but Hera is unflaggingly optimistic, so there’s that…
Oh wow, you’re on the waiting list and they are not honoring the sales price originally agreed to? That sucks, I’m so sorry.
Thanks! But wow, I’m not sure how they can justify doubling the price in the past year. Even in this economy, it seems to reek of greed…
That stinks. I’m really sorry to hear that.
Thanks, but I’m very happy to hear your good news about breaking free of the chain gang! Go girl! 😃
Well, PHOOEY on the RV cost hikes! That bites. What will you do now?
Not quite sure, but something will come to me eventually.
Dang Deva I’m sorry.
Maybe you can find something from a private seller.
Well, who knows? This was actually Plan B for me, so we’ll see if I can come up with Plan C…👍🏼
Drat, what a shame.
And adding, I actually never saw Richard III, but feel like I have after watching Al Pacino’s wonderful Looking for Richard .
I’ll have to put that on my list. My favorite version is with Ian McKellan and a host of other stars including Maggie Smith, Annette Bening, Robert Downey, Jr… So well done, I must have watched it at least 10 times by now.
https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0114279/
My SOTD is Freckled and Beautiful. I first tried my decant in early spring and was like “meh”, but on a hot summer day this is a stunner! Wow, I am swooning.
I am very happy to report that I am officially unemployed and no longer a teacher. I’m so relieved – my mental health really took a nosedive in the last two years and a career change was 100% necessary. Huge thanks to my husband for convincing me my happiness was far more valuable than a steady paycheck.
Good for you and props to hubby! Will you work in another field or just enjoy the heck out of your days off the merry-go-round? Either way, it’s so nice to hear when individuals make positive changes to enhance and enjoy their life. 👏🏼
I will look for work in another area – I started a
program in technical communication two weeks ago, and hope to get into that field.
Congratulations! I think many teachers were so upset and stressed out these past few years–good for you for saying buh-bye! My brother is also leaving the field.
Yeah, it was super stressful. I hope your brother is as happy with his decision to leave as I am!
Congratulations!! That is awesome news.
Thank you!
Congratulations, sistine <3 I'm glad you prioritized your mental health.
Thanks. I feel much better already.
How exciting, enjoy a well deserved rest.
Thank you!
Congratulations sistine!
Thanks lillyjo!
Congratulations sistine! I’m sorry for the difficult circumstances that led to you leaving teaching but I’m so glad you had the support to prioritize your own health.
Thank you allo.
Congratulations! Good for you.
Thanks!
Good for you. Let the new adventures begin!
Thanks! I’m excited to see what comes next.
Congratulations! And good job putting your mental wellness front and center.
Thank you! It was hard to prioritize myself, and I’m very glad I got to the point where I did.
Yay, go sistine!!
Thanks Robin!
go, sistine! I’m so happy for you. Working with elementary age children is my third career, so I’m not done yet, though I’m getting there. I often worry about my teacher friends who look so! burned! out! after decades in the field.
Thanks tiffanie. I know people who are totally burnt out but just doing time until they can retire. It’s a rough place to be in.
Congratulations, sistine! Looking forward to hearing about what comes next!
Thanks! I’ll let you know as soon as I find out.
Congratulations, and I wish you many great extra sleep hours. I slept about 9 hours a night for about 6 mos after I left my last job.
Thanks! My sleep has improved dramatically- I actually slept through the night last night.
Congrats, Sistine! I’ve been thinking of you as this school year has wound to a close.
Thanks irisjasmine! I hope your year is ending well.
Hey all! It’s been a disgustingly hot and humid few days here, and I’m finally getting my AC replaced! Hallelujah. They were also going to replace the hot water tank, but the new one won’t fit where the old one was, so the old one is staying (for now).
I’m trying out my Smell Bent samples that I got a while ago, before they announced they were closing, to see if I want to buy any larger bottles while I still can. I’m in the very un-Shakespearean St. Tropez Dispenser today, and I smell like I’m ready for the beach! Yesterday I wore Sunshine, which I didn’t like so much.
Hope everyone in the heat wave is staying cool.
Whoo hoo for getting your A/C fixed/replaced!
Yes! Thanks! It’s up and running now, and even going from 90 degrees to 85 feels better. The guys said it would be a few hours before it got down to 70s-ish.
We had a lot of trouble finding a hot water heater that would fit in our low ceiling basement. Who knew that was a thing? I sure didn’t.
A/C more important!
Yeah, isn’t that funny? They said I might need a tankless heater next, but then they’d need to drill through the roof for the vent. What can I say, I’m glad I’m not the owner right now!
My package from Smell Bent has already arrived, yay!! It arrived before I left for work, luckily, since I don’t trust my husband to notice a package and get it out of the pre-summer heat without my prodding. I’ve already put on a couple sprays of Sunshine (Mama’s Spiced Tea). It’s got an orange, sandalwood, guaiac chai thing going on. Glad I snagged a bottle before the site went down, though I don’t know if I will need all 50 ml of it
It gives me Midsummer Night’s Dream vibes. Tenuous connection to the CP, but my personal CP this week is going to be trying out my new SBs, so this is the best I can do!
Enjoy your new bottles.
Thanks, Aurora
Wow that was really fast!
Super fast! I just ordered them on Monday! I only just got the shipping notification, too
Smell Bent has been really fast in getting packages to me, and I am on the other side of the country from them.
The best you can do is always good enough! Have fun with your new toys.
SOTD is Chanel no 5 L’eau. I love this scent and will be on my third bottle in no time. It is so nice in the summer. I guess really anytime of the year it is nice.
Wow! No. 5 L’Eau is definitely a 4-season perfume for you.
hi, house twin!
I have this in all sorts of sizes! You smell very nice!
Twenty two Celsius this evening, it was twenty five earlier. To match the weather I pulled out sur le Nil, this evening it’s YSL Cinéma because I hadn’t worn it in a while.
Hello house twin!🌞
Love Cinema!
We have been commenting on the beautiful sunrises recently, and it seems they are because of the huge volcanic eruption near Tonga a few months ago.
I wasn’t sure what connection there might be to Shakespeare, but I’m in the mood for Chinatown this morning. It has lots of blossom notes, and a google for Shakespeare and blossom brought up a sonnet called The Blossom, which I’ll read later.
In California, when I lived there years ago, really gorgeous sunsets were always a sign the pollution was terrible.
I grabbed my decant of People of the Labyrinth before I left home yesterday. It smells gorgeous even in the heat.
Mom’s electricity is still off so we are still camping out at the Fairfield Inn. I wish I brought more perfume samples with me.
Oh nice – great choice on the POTL. Good luck with electricity issues!
I hope it comes on soon.
Hope that your Mom’s place gets her power back on soon! ⚡
I adore PotL! My decant is sitting on my desk, waiting for a turn.
Hope you are back home soon.
Sampling Vert from Clandestine. It is a sharp/sour green that would have been nice to have unpacked when the temps hit 100° a few days ago
Wondering what to plant in one of the giant flowerpots on my patio now that the soil is nicely prepped. Herbs or flowers? Better not think on it too long, or else it will be fall before I know it.
SOTD = Eau de Neroli Dore EdC again.
You’re right about Fall. We are already seeing back to school clothes at my store!
Your sotd sample must be nearing the end. Are you going to replace it?
Still have a fair amount of perfume in that very nice manufacturer’s sample. If I could get my hands on a travel spray, I’d love one of those.
At least I am not seeing any Halloween stuff yet!
ha! yes, I was lamenting to a friend that the days will begin to shorten again pretty soon. I vote for herbs AND flowers.
Exactly…I was going to say do both.
I have plenty of “flowerpot real estate”, so if I get my act together, I have big honking pots available for both. The question might be “what is available near me?”. Probably too late to plant any seeds, what with it being the middle of June already.
I have the same pot of green that I don’t water or prune but yet every year, it goes through a cycle of blooming (no flowers) and then going to sleep again in the winter. I only have it to protect my steps which the maintenance people always seems to bump into!
The sage plants we have are pretty much no maintenance, as is the thyme. I’ve had to prune the lavender due to winterkill a few times.
I did remove the dead blackberry canes from our plant last month. Or maybe it was back in April? 🤔 Those are great for low maintenance fruit, as long as the bleeping squirrels don’t steal the ripe berries!
SotD = Le Lion de Chanel
“Let me play the lion, too” — A Midsummer Night’s Dream
From a decant via a dear NST perfumista.
Have not worn or smelled anything like this in so very long. Ambery powdery woody wonderful! Feels like a deep breath of deliciousness for my nose.
Happy hump day everyone, you all smell like heaven.
Aha, and almost forget that LesNez used to have a perfume by that exact name…
Plenty of love for Chanel’s Le Lion here!
I love how you smell!
With everyone quoting the Bard about roses, I pulled out Une Rose Chyprée today, and am enjoying it. Haven’t worn it in a long time. Unlike so many this week, it’s cool and rainy here.
SOTD = Le Galion Iris
Woot! Still on theme because Shakespeare’s Garden with the iris!
https://www.instagram.com/p/Ce2NAuxubhg/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=
Busy busy day today but hey, no complaints. I worked from home today. And tomorrow is my Friday as I get ready for a 4-day weekend!
W00t w00t for a 4-day weekend!
I have a story for you related to your post yesterday…
I went to the grocery store today and outside was one of the usual guys asking for money. Right as I was giving him a dollar, a woman ( girlfriend?) walks out of the store with 2 grocery carts stuffed full of food. She was yelling at him to help her. I gave him a funny look and he just grabbed my dollar and went with her. Then her mom came out with a third cart. Guess he isn’t doing as bad as I had thought.