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Lazy weekend poll ~ open thread, Juneteenth 2022

Posted by Robin on 18 June 2022 144 Comments

Saturday is Paul McCartney's 80th birthday, International Sushi Day and Autistic Pride Day. Sunday is Juneteenth and Father's Day. We're celebrating everything with our usual open thread poll. 

Talk about anything you like — the fragrance you’re wearing today, your father's favorite fragrance, whatever.

Or, ask a question about fragrance, then see if anyone else has asked a question that you can answer…

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  1. pyramus says:
    18 June 2022 at 10:44 am

    My father had all the standard men’s scents in the seventies: Old Spice, Hai Karate, Paco Rabanne, Pierre Cardin…. They all sort of became jokes, I think, but I bet they were all great. Old Spice still is.

    I’m wearing vintage CSP Vanille Café, so good.

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    • tiffanie says:
      18 June 2022 at 1:46 pm

      I loved the smell of Paco Rabanne when I was in high school, such a cool bottle, too. :)

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    • springpansy says:
      18 June 2022 at 8:33 pm

      Oh gosh – memories of Hai Karate commercials. Miss some things about those days. My dad never wore anything (other than the smell of his shaving lotion), but I loved all the possibility that I felt when I stepped into the department stores’ cosmetic and fragrance areas. (Yes, possibility is exactly the word I want–a feeling that adventures awaited me because even as a young teen, fragrances always took my imagination to far off places.)

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  2. hajusuuri says:
    18 June 2022 at 11:44 am

    Commando for now as I just got done synching my Apple Watch to my iPhone.

    I don’t read clues very well:

    – red rectangle above the time? Heh, my battery must be running out of juice even though I.just.charged.up (yippee, maybe I need to get a new watch?);

    – What, only 65 steps this morning? I must not have walked much today…but I’m sure I have 🤔. And come to think of it, I haven’t moved much for the last few weeks!

    – nice weather – it has been a high of 73F and it is still 72F right now, and look at that, a low of 64F… weather has been so consistent these past few weeks! But yet, when I went out yesterday, the car temperature, which usually runs warmer anyway, showed 91F. Very strange!

    All these to say iPhone should automatically sync with an Apple Watch without requiring the user to have to manually do it! Everyone in favor, say Aye!

    Now let me go relax …

    https://www.instagram.com/p/Ce86NKSO0Xv/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=

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    • skalolazka says:
      18 June 2022 at 11:52 am

      Aye!

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    • lillyjo says:
      18 June 2022 at 12:26 pm

      Aye!

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    • tiffanie says:
      18 June 2022 at 1:47 pm

      hahahahaha! cute kitty :D It’s always a good time to relax.

      My phone tracks my time walking, biking, driving and does a terrible job. The numbers are always way too low!

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    • madtowngirl says:
      18 June 2022 at 1:56 pm

      Aye! Technology just keeps getting more and more confusing and annoying. Yesterday I could not get the sound to work on my phone. I handed it to my son who immediately fixed it and told me “it thinks it’s still hooked up to the Bluetooth in your car”🙄 The car was parked in the driveway. Off.

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    • sistine says:
      18 June 2022 at 2:34 pm

      Aye!

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    • Deva says:
      18 June 2022 at 3:12 pm

      I aspire to be that kittykat! 😻

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    • apsara says:
      18 June 2022 at 4:49 pm

      kitteh has a mega pint of wine?

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    • Jalapeno says:
      19 June 2022 at 6:47 pm

      Aye! And double that!

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    • MossyBerry says:
      19 June 2022 at 7:41 pm

      Aye, aye: surprised they don’t!

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  3. Kris says:
    18 June 2022 at 11:48 am

    My father’s favorite fragrance was Aramis. He died many years ago, but I still have fond memories anytime I run into someone wearing it. I don’t even know if it is around anymore.

    For me today’s scent is IA Fox in the Flowerbed. Going to be close to 100 in the heartland today.

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    • apsara says:
      18 June 2022 at 12:26 pm

      Ditto this. We had Aramis in hospice with him.

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      • Kris says:
        18 June 2022 at 3:20 pm

        Oh, that’s nice.

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    • lillyjo says:
      18 June 2022 at 12:27 pm

      It is still available. I see it at some of the stores here.

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      • Kris says:
        18 June 2022 at 6:47 pm

        I see that after looking it up. They sell it right here at my local Macy’s.

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    • tiffanie says:
      18 June 2022 at 1:49 pm

      That’s a lovely scent memory. My dad liked the aramis soap on a roap. I often gifted him one when I was a kid. :)

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      • tiffanie says:
        18 June 2022 at 1:49 pm

        hahahaha soap roap I kan’t spel toodae :D

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        • Kris says:
          18 June 2022 at 3:21 pm

          LOL 😂

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      • apsara says:
        18 June 2022 at 4:50 pm

        so did we!

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      • MossyBerry says:
        19 June 2022 at 7:39 pm

        I need to get a soap-on-a-rope! Especially one in a fun shape.

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  4. ockeghem says:
    18 June 2022 at 11:58 am

    I can’t recall my father ever even once wearing fragrance. I think I bought him a bottle of something cheap once in a mini store a local department store set up at the end of the Santa visit for the kids to buy things for their parents. It sat on the shelf in his bathroom for years, unopened. (That was probably for the best.)

    Dark, cool, and rainy here this morning. I’m barely moving after having to spend five hours volunteering on a setup/takedown crew for Ockeghem Tween’s running club, which hosted a race last night. They paired me up with two late-teen runners in the club and one of the distance coaches to sling giant traffic cones out the back of a truck and onto the road, and then back off the road onto the truck. Let’s just say I’m not in the same shape they are. Oh well, I knocked off our family’s volunteer requirement for the club and intend to do nothing more for them the rest of the year. :)

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    • ockeghem says:
      18 June 2022 at 11:58 am

      Oh, and haven’t figured out an SOTD yet. Right now the scent is coffee in a mug.

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    • sistine says:
      18 June 2022 at 2:35 pm

      That’s some olympic gold medal mom work right there.

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    • Robin says:
      18 June 2022 at 10:30 pm

      My father did not wear fragrance either.

      Good for you for finishing your volunteer duty early :-)

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  5. skalolazka says:
    18 June 2022 at 12:00 pm

    And today would have been my father’s 99th birthday. He died many years ago (more than 30), yet he was born only a year before my very-much-alive FIL, who will turn 98 in July. I have never been able to wrap my head around that — my own father seems like a memory from a different epoch. (And then I think: wow, he was only 19 years older than Sir Paul — the same difference between me and Mr. Skal’s older brother.)

    Commando thus far today. Wore Stella again yesterday; nice to see a photo of her with her dad (at least, I am pretty sure that’s Stella in the photo above). It’s very cool and breezy here today — I went to the farmers’ market in jeans, sweatshirt, and jacket — so will probably go for Roísín Dubh, which was the fragrance I chose from Cloon Keen in Galway. To me, it’s a papery/leathery rose (weirdly, it once came across to me, when sprayed at the shop, as a cosmetic rose, but I don’t get that at all anymore).

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    • apsara says:
      18 June 2022 at 12:25 pm

      wishing you sweet memories of your dad.

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      • skalolazka says:
        18 June 2022 at 5:15 pm

        Thank you!

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    • sistine says:
      18 June 2022 at 2:37 pm

      I hope you have a lovely day, and that your memories of your father are sweet.

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      • skalolazka says:
        18 June 2022 at 5:15 pm

        Thank you!

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    • cazaubon says:
      18 June 2022 at 5:13 pm

      That Roisin Dubh sounds wonderful. What did you think of Frosted Moon and Beltaine? Those both sound lovely as well (iris and floral).

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      • skalolazka says:
        18 June 2022 at 5:22 pm

        I liked Frosted Moon a lot, but Bealtaine — which I loved at first — does not sit well on me. I honestly expected to come home with a bottle of Frosted Moon, but it disappears (on me) even faster than 28 La Pausa, and in the end I realized that Roísín Dubh was a better addition to the herd, because it’s so different from the very very small number of roses I have. (I think maybe I have only Stella, in addition.)

        Also: I’m going to try to shift my NST email because the new security measures taken by the IT folks at work seem to be disappearing the emailed copies of any replies to my messages. So I apologize if anyone has written a reply to me in the past three weeks or so — other than for the splitmeet, where I was using my personal email, I will not have seen your notes.

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        • cazaubon says:
          18 June 2022 at 5:58 pm

          Thanks! Did you try Sybarite, Suede Galore or Lunasa? Those sounded interesting too.

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    • Robin says:
      18 June 2022 at 10:31 pm

      It is Stella!

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  6. apsara says:
    18 June 2022 at 12:25 pm

    That means Paul was 20 when my sister and I saw The Beatles in 64.
    She was 13 and I was 12. It was my dads 40th birthday, so he would be 98 if he were alive. What crazy math!! all goes so fast and slow, slow and fast.
    Dad wore Aramis, Devin, Joop, Old Spice, Lagerfeld. He loved fragrance.

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    • springpansy says:
      18 June 2022 at 12:36 pm

      Agree with fast and slow, slow and fast. Time is a strange thing. Now that I’m older it goes faster and faster.

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      • apsara says:
        18 June 2022 at 1:48 pm

        yep so fast.

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    • sistine says:
      18 June 2022 at 2:38 pm

      When I was young time behaved. Now it just does whatever the heck it wants and takes me along for the ride.

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    • Kris says:
      18 June 2022 at 3:23 pm

      It seems like the older I get the faster time goes.

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      • apsara says:
        18 June 2022 at 4:51 pm

        my sister and I have this conversation every day

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        • Kris says:
          18 June 2022 at 6:48 pm

          For some reason I thought it would slow down after I retired, but nope.

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    • AnnE says:
      19 June 2022 at 12:24 pm

      Lagerfeld, yes! My dad wore that because my brother and I gave it to him for Christmas. Ditto British Sterling. He was a good sport that way.

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  7. SheriG says:
    18 June 2022 at 12:27 pm

    Our very wet and chilly spring continues for a few more days, and I’m in Ummagumma (thank you, autocomplete) for warmth and just because. My dad used to wear Eau Sauvage, back before he grew a beard on a dare and just never shaved it off. I asked my mom if there were any stray bottles around that I could swipe, but no such luck. She does have (I just found out yesterday) a very old bottle of Bal a Versailles. She and Dad both love it, so I’m thinking there will be no swiping of that one.

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    • springpansy says:
      18 June 2022 at 12:38 pm

      Love, love Ummagumma. Such an interesting warm fragrance. One of those that I’ll forget about and then catch a whiff during the day and think “mmmm what’s that? Oh, right, it’s me in my Ummagumma!”

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      • SheriG says:
        18 June 2022 at 1:23 pm

        I love those moments. 🥰

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  8. yasmina says:
    18 June 2022 at 12:40 pm

    My dad wears something or other by Hugo Boss but I gifted him an Andy Tauer a few years back and he loved it!

    It’s cooler and breezy today so I’m in Puredistance Gold. The first I have tried from this line and it’s excellent— but those prices 😱

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    • Robin says:
      18 June 2022 at 10:32 pm

      The Andy Tauer is bound to be better than the Hugo Boss, so glad he likes it!

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  9. springpansy says:
    18 June 2022 at 12:41 pm

    I’m in my Masque Milano Lost Alice sample. Is anyone else participating in Indigo Perfumery’s Scented club? I just joined (6 month subscription) and got my June samples. This will be hours of entertainment for me. :D

    BTW, I ordered a Masque Milano Madeleine sample with my Scented order from Indigo and they included the Lost Alice sample for free! I thought that was very generous — I mean I only ordered one sample. Definitely made me think about ordering from them again.

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    • hajusuuri says:
      18 June 2022 at 1:26 pm

      I am! I’ve been subscribing since October 2019. $12/month or $60/6 months and it includes shipping? Just take my money!

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    • madtowngirl says:
      18 June 2022 at 1:50 pm

      Wait, what….can you tell me how this club works?

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      • springpansy says:
        18 June 2022 at 6:56 pm

        Mtg – you can read all about it here:

        https://indigoperfumery.com/products/scented-at-indigo-perfumery

        (and I’m not affiliated)

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    • tiffanie says:
      18 June 2022 at 1:53 pm

      Masque Milano was generous with samples for me, too. I admire all of their scents that I’ve tried. How are you finding your new ones?

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      • springpansy says:
        18 June 2022 at 6:58 pm

        I like them both very much. At the moment, if I were to buy a full bottle, it would be Lost Alice. Such an interesting and lovely combination of notes!

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        • tiffanie says:
          19 June 2022 at 7:55 pm

          thank you, sp! :D I’m glad you enjoyed them both. I recommend sampling Masque Milano anytime someone asks me for a place to start sniffing.

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    • yasmina says:
      18 June 2022 at 3:17 pm

      Indigo customer service is really great — I have been emailing about when a particular perfume would be back in stock and they unbeknownst to me sent a sample to tide me over until then!

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      • springpansy says:
        18 June 2022 at 6:58 pm

        Wow – that is super nice!

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        • Robin says:
          18 June 2022 at 10:32 pm

          2nd that!! Impressive.

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    • cazaubon says:
      18 June 2022 at 5:15 pm

      Indigo has great customer service, I am a big fan.

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    • AnnE says:
      19 June 2022 at 12:27 pm

      Ok, springpansy, you just won yourself a shiny, new enabler pin! ⭐️

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      • MossyBerry says:
        19 June 2022 at 6:33 pm

        My lemming is doing cartwheels – going to check this out! I’ve enjoyed my FragranceNet subscription so far this year, but they *don’t* send you anything extra.

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  10. Hera says:
    18 June 2022 at 1:14 pm

    My dad’s favourite fragrance was Jules by Christian Dior. It was his signature. I tried to find a bottle to remember him but it is difficult to get.
    Today I am wearing L’heure bleue parfum from a vintage mini.
    It is raining and cold, just the perfect day to stay in with a good book.

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    • Lovestosmellgood says:
      18 June 2022 at 1:47 pm

      You smell fabulous.
      Any weather any day is always good for me to stay in with a book

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    • cazaubon says:
      18 June 2022 at 5:16 pm

      You smell wonderful. Tomorrow’s weather should be better!

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    • Robin says:
      18 June 2022 at 10:33 pm

      Shame it is hard to find, it is such a great scent.

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      • AnnE says:
        19 June 2022 at 12:29 pm

        Yes, it was. Those old Diors were so wonderful on both sides of the aisle!

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  11. madtowngirl says:
    18 June 2022 at 1:44 pm

    SotD is Carnal Flower. Just perfect for today’s weather of 70, sun, and low humidity.🌞
    I have a lot that I could be getting done, but after last weekend’s whirlwind of travel, I feel like just relaxing today. So I’m listening to some Roxy Music and enjoying doing nothing.
    I don’t know if my dad has a favorite scent but he does always smell good. Recently he was wearing some Crabtree&Evelyn sandalwood that smelled so good I was tempted to make myself a decant. I’m guessing it’s been discontinued because prices on evil bay are ridiculous.
    My daughter’s passport arrived yesterday. I paid to have it expedited so it arrived in exactly 4 weeks. Not bad except….they messed up and listed her gender as M. Good grief. Now I have that to deal with. She needs it by July 24 for her trip to Canada.

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    • tiffanie says:
      18 June 2022 at 1:55 pm

      That C&E Sandalwood is wonderful. I would often spray myself in the shop and get odd looks from the staff. ;)

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      • madtowngirl says:
        18 June 2022 at 2:00 pm

        Lol, but they should have known it was because it smells so good!

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    • sistine says:
      18 June 2022 at 2:40 pm

      What a hassle. Sorry for the mixup!

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      • madtowngirl says:
        18 June 2022 at 3:25 pm

        Thanks sistine. I’ll have to call on Monday. Then we have to mail this one back and hope the corrected one comes in time!🤞😬

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        • lillyjo says:
          18 June 2022 at 6:15 pm

          Fingers crossed for fast mail.

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    • cazaubon says:
      18 June 2022 at 5:17 pm

      Ugh on the passport. My mom had a similar problem, they spelled her name wrong. Hope it comes in time!

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    • Jalapeno says:
      19 June 2022 at 6:48 pm

      Argh on the passport snafu!

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  12. Lovestosmellgood says:
    18 June 2022 at 1:46 pm

    My father wore Boucheron and old spice

    This morning for the farmers market I am in Allure hydrating spray, its like a refreshing mist scented with Allure.

    Normally I switch scents after market and showering, but today I will stay with this..

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    • tiffanie says:
      18 June 2022 at 1:55 pm

      hurray for Old Spice! :D

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      • Lovestosmellgood says:
        18 June 2022 at 2:05 pm

        I also loved watching my father shave and the smell of shaving cream

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        • madtowngirl says:
          18 June 2022 at 2:14 pm

          Ditto.☺️

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    • LizzieB says:
      18 June 2022 at 10:27 pm

      That Allure sounds very nice. Underrated scent,

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    • Hera says:
      19 June 2022 at 3:42 pm

      I used to have Allure hydrating spray and I remember loving it so much. You smell amazing!!

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  13. tiffanie says:
    18 June 2022 at 2:14 pm

    sotd = Rose Ikebana

    I’ll add Old Spice later. My stepdad’s very old splash bottle sits unused, so when I visit my parents’ home today I’ll swipe some. Not the first time I’ve helped myself, I often do on Father’s Day weekend. Nobody comments on how good I smell, and that’s ok with me. :D

    That’s an adorable picture of Sir Paul. I like to think he was a happy father. My own dad plays guitar, often performs in concerts with friends. The group prefers guitar arrangements of chamber music and music for classical Spanish guitar.

    My dad passed on the music gene to me. He still plays his guitar, I still play piano often, one young niece plays violin quite well. Nobody else in the family plays, or if they once did they’ve let their involvement in music dwindle to zero.

    I’d forgotten there is an Autistic Pride day, good wishes to all who are inclined to celebrate. My family rates a 10 on what we lovingly call “the quirky scale.” Several uncles and nephews lean hard into Asperger’s. Our differences can be our strengths. :)

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    • Kinuknits says:
      18 June 2022 at 8:08 pm

      Scent twins today. :) I have never tried layering it with old spice… I usually opt for Poivre Samarcande so I might need to check out hubby’s colognes.
      My grandpa and stepdad both wore old spice. My stepdad played guitar (most everyone in my family plays something)…. almost every family get together ended with guitars and singing. I miss those days.
      My father would wear the Nautica I bought him years ago for “special occasions”.

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      • tiffanie says:
        19 June 2022 at 7:58 pm

        Hi twin, you smelled great in Rose Ikebana. :D I liked it with Old Spice. I hope you find some good layering possibilites.

        Very cool that your family was musical! I have one uncle who loves folk music. I liked hanging out with those cousins, they all liked to sing along with the records their dad played.

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    • Robin says:
      18 June 2022 at 10:34 pm

      I like the idea of “the quirky scale” :-)

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      • tiffanie says:
        19 June 2022 at 7:59 pm

        thank you, Robin! :D We kid one another about it in a good-natured way.

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        • Robin says:
          19 June 2022 at 9:35 pm

          We always liked to say we put the fun in dysfunctional…it is good to keep smiling :-)

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  14. Coumarin says:
    18 June 2022 at 2:34 pm

    Hello all!

    I’m in Narciso Rodriguez Essence, which I forgot I had and forgot that I had a back-up because I found it very cheaply in a local store. Any other fans of this one? I totally love this powdery musky floral. And what a good bottle!

    Have a great weekend all!

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    • lillyjo says:
      18 June 2022 at 4:24 pm

      I tried Essence when it first came out. I couldn’t smell anything to save my life. I kept spraying and spraying. Irritating the SA. I finally gave up. That bottle is absolutely gorgeous.

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      • Robin says:
        18 June 2022 at 10:35 pm

        The one time I tried to smell NR Her, I not only couldn’t smell anything, I couldn’t smell anything else either, for hours.

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  15. sistine says:
    18 June 2022 at 2:42 pm

    My dad has never worn fragrance, only whatever aftershave was on sale at the grocery store. But I always think he smells amazing.

    Today’s SOTD is Madie from by Rosie Jane. Sunscreen and beach vibes on a sunny June day? Yes please.

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    • skalolazka says:
      18 June 2022 at 5:24 pm

      You smell great! I really enjoy that one.

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  16. Deva says:
    18 June 2022 at 3:06 pm

    My dad was not a fancy man. He never wore cologne, always had a simple haircut that didn’t change style for over 70 years and didn’t care about scent other than being clean. He was very hygienic! He always came to the dinner table with freshly washed hands wearing a clean shirt.

    When we had young male relatives visit from Ireland, my mother told him it was his task to explain and encourage these visitors to shower daily and make good use of deodorant. Some were very resistant 😬

    I do have a strong scent memory of him despite his lack of enthusiasm for “perfumes.” He was a firefighter for the city of Chicago, so on duty for 24 and then off for 48. On his off time he was a driver of big rigs in and around Chicago, usually loading and unloading cargo himself in all kinds of weather. When he got home from work, his winter jacket and flannel coat he wore underneath were hung up in the foyer closet. I remember being a kid and shutting myself in the closet and smelling an amalgam of diesel, exhaust fumes, and oil that scented the whole closet. Even now when I get a whiff of exhaust, especially in cold bitter weather, I think of him. He was a hard worker his entire life, even in childhood.

    The first time we went to Ireland, I was 4 and remember one evening my grandad sitting outside by himself looking out at his fields. Being a shy fly on the wall, I eased outside, slid along the wall behind him, then a little to the side, but still out of his line of vision. I stood there and watched as the smoke from his pipe lazily lifted to the sky, his woolen sweater bunched around his elbows and his shockingly white hair going in all directions. The sheep were doing sheep things, the chickens were settling down for the night in the old 1940’s Ford Coupe shell that constituted the chicken coop, (an unintended play of words there!😉) the green hills necklaced with stone fences lifting then rolling down to the sea. Without looking at me at all, he pointed his pipe out to the fields and said, “Your dad helped me build these stone fences.” After all these years later, I still remember that.

    Upcoming Father’s Day must have me in a mood. I’m in Shalimar MVP for it’s soft hug.

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    • madtowngirl says:
      18 June 2022 at 3:24 pm

      You are choking me right up lately, Deva.😢 Hugs. You smell great today.

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    • lillyjo says:
      18 June 2022 at 4:25 pm

      Deva you express your memories beautifully. Hugs to you.

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    • yasmina says:
      18 June 2022 at 5:03 pm

      Beautiful writing and memories— thank u for sharing

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    • cazaubon says:
      18 June 2022 at 5:21 pm

      Beautiful memory, thank you for sharing that. How precious.

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    • skalolazka says:
      18 June 2022 at 5:26 pm

      What beautiful stories and memories. Thank you for sharing them with us.

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    • viridiaan says:
      18 June 2022 at 7:11 pm

      Deva – you should be a screenwriter… that passage about your grandfather was so evocative! The first time I went to Scotland in the late ‘60s I was five… the memories are magical.

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    • Zephyr2 says:
      18 June 2022 at 9:03 pm

      Ditto what lillyjo said.

      My father was not interested in fragrances when I was young. There were a few neglected bottles of Old Spice and Brut. Then when he was in his 40’s (seems young to me now, but I was a teenager at the time and it seemed old then) my father started wearing Drakkar Noir. I really liked it on him and I like the fragrance in general. Dad has been gone more than a decade now.

      I wore LeLabo Ambrette 9. It is 100 here and will be about that for as far ahead as the weather projects. Depressing. Fall is my favorite season, in part because it means the terribly hot days are ending. When I lived in New England, summer was my favorite season.

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    • LizzieB says:
      18 June 2022 at 10:29 pm

      Ohhhh…what a wonderful memory. Thanks for sharing.
      .

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    • AnnE says:
      19 June 2022 at 1:39 pm

      What lovely memories, both scent-and other-wise. Thanks for sharing those with us, Deva. 💕

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    • ringthing says:
      19 June 2022 at 2:13 pm

      Deva, your writing is wonderful, so evocative. Reading about the smells of oil and exhaust on a bitter cold day instantly took me back to my dad when I was little, his cold cheek when he would come in from working on cars. He would have been 99 this year.

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    • Deva says:
      19 June 2022 at 2:22 pm

      Thanks for everyone’s kind comments. I’ve been feeling extra sentimental and nostalgic the last few months. Not sure why, must be an age thing…👵🏻

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  17. Gaynor says:
    18 June 2022 at 4:14 pm

    Happy Father’s Day to some! We celebrate it here on the first Sunday in September.
    My father would have been 100 in September this year, but he died in 1975, just after his 53rd birthday. 1975 feels like a very long time ago. He wore aftershave occasionally, but I have no idea what it was.
    I’m in a cloud of Amber Eccentrico this morning. I wore it last night and it’s extraordinarily tenacious on fabric.

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    • apsara says:
      18 June 2022 at 4:53 pm

      so young he was, Gaynor.

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      • Robin says:
        18 June 2022 at 10:37 pm

        A long time ago and yes, he was so young!

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  18. cazaubon says:
    18 June 2022 at 5:26 pm

    I’m lucky to still have both my parents. Mom loved and wore perfume when I was a kid, dad only ever wore a bit of Old Spice now and then. I bought him a bottle of Eau Sauvage, released in 1966, the year he became a father. He was totally uninterested. Same reaction when I gave him Terre d’Hermès several years ago. When the time comes I’m going to go through his cupboards and see if I can dig out those bottles. They’ll be a nice souvenir for me. I also have a very old white dresser with my name stenciled on it that he built for me when I was a baby and his old wooden desk from work. I love them both.

    Oh, I’m wearing Rose Prick.

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    • allo says:
      18 June 2022 at 8:38 pm

      How nice that you will have those fragrances and that you have those treasured pieces of furniture.

      Mr. allo was born in 1966 and has loved Eau Sauvage since college. It was also one of my first fragrance loves. What a beauty.

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  19. allo says:
    18 June 2022 at 8:42 pm

    My father wore Old Spice and then Aramis. I think I’ve recounted when he came to my high school play (it could have been A Midsummer Night’s Dream) drenched in Aramis. He was late and I was already on stage when his powerful scent made quite the entrance.

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    • Kris says:
      18 June 2022 at 11:33 pm

      Allo-

      My dad tended to drench himself in Aramis too. I loved it. I am sure he made an entrance many times too. My dad was very classy so I figured that it must be a classy scent. Unfortunately, he died at 60 years old 27 years ago. I can still smell that scent and I still love it.

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      • allo says:
        19 June 2022 at 1:14 am

        Kris, I’m sorry you lost him so early.

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  20. LizzieB says:
    18 June 2022 at 10:47 pm

    I don’t remember my Dad wearing a scent, but I think he might have had a bottle of Old Spice kicking around. I do remember he used Lifebuoy soap, which had a distinctive and strong scent. He would have been 94 but we lost him four years ago.

    One of the best times with my dad was getting up at about 6 am on New Year’s Day to head up to our cabin in the Sierras, about 4 hours away. It was just the two of us in his orange pickup. A day trip, likely to check on something or another. He was gone on business a lot when I was in intermediate and high school – sometimes gone for months. That time with just the two of us was a huge treat. A great man who adored his daughters.

    My SOTD, by the way, was Trésor, a gift from a fellow NSTer.

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    • Jalapeno says:
      19 June 2022 at 6:50 pm

      Oh my, I haven’t seen or heard of Lifebuoy soap in ages!

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  21. cazaubon says:
    19 June 2022 at 11:42 am

    Happy father’s day! I’m wearing Traversée du Bosphore. We are busy getting ready for our trip tomorrow, whee!

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    • Deva says:
      19 June 2022 at 2:10 pm

      Happy and safe travels!

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      • cazaubon says:
        19 June 2022 at 4:04 pm

        Thank you!

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    • Gail says:
      19 June 2022 at 3:33 pm

      Have a safe journey!

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      • cazaubon says:
        19 June 2022 at 4:03 pm

        Thanks! Just emailed you.

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        • Gail says:
          19 June 2022 at 5:12 pm

          Can you resend? I don’t see it for some reason.

          gails7186 in the land of geemale dawt calm

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        • Gail says:
          19 June 2022 at 5:25 pm

          Your email DID show up, not sure what happened. Just emailed you back.

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    • Hera says:
      19 June 2022 at 3:43 pm

      Have a great trip and if you want to meet just email me!

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      • cazaubon says:
        19 June 2022 at 3:52 pm

        I’d love to but I can’t find your email – can you please email me at my user name at me dot com?

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    • Jalapeno says:
      19 June 2022 at 6:51 pm

      Safe travels and enjoy it all!

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  22. Deva says:
    19 June 2022 at 2:18 pm

    Happy Father’s Day! Reading everyone’s comments has got me all choked up. Feeling especially for those of you who lost your dad at a young age. Just so heartbreaking. 💔

    I’m starting my 3 days on tonight and still not feeling it. 75% of the staff on this unit are travelers, so I’m lucky in that respect. Travelers are awesome about sticking together and helping out other travelers because we know what it’s like to get the cold shoulder.

    SOTD is Shalimar MVP again. I’ve decided not to hoard it, and will wear it whenever it strikes my fancy.

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    • Gail says:
      19 June 2022 at 3:43 pm

      You smell great, Deva! Enjoy your bottle. I wish I would have picked up a bottle of MVP when it was available.

      I hope this assignment works out better this time. Good to hear that you have a few folks who are also traveling nurses.

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      • Deva says:
        19 June 2022 at 4:33 pm

        Wish you could have gotten a bottle, too! It’s just so perfect. I’m hoping they do another release eventually…🤞🏼

        The problem is more my own because I have little patience for middle management power plays. I feel that many of these women have no power at home, so when they come to work they have flex their boss muscle in unflattering ways. I also have little tolerance for people in high places who have zero people skills or common courtesy. We’re all here for 12 hours, so play nice and help others out. Why be an 🍑🎩?

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    • cazaubon says:
      19 June 2022 at 4:28 pm

      At least you have some sympathetic comrades. Hope it is bearable.

      Good call on not hoarding MVP!

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      • Deva says:
        19 June 2022 at 4:37 pm

        Yes, I met some very nice travelers Wednesday and Thursday night. Super helpful and friendly. That makes a huge difference in my attitude. Even the staff floor nurses have been nice so far. As usual, it’s middle and upper management that seem to have issues…🙄

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  23. ringthing says:
    19 June 2022 at 2:31 pm

    My dad was like so many mentioned here today who had a bottle of Old Spice around but never wore it. He occasionally wore Clubman Pinaud aftershave.

    I’m sampling Zoologist Chipmunk again because on paper, we should get along, but it reminds me of some perfume I already have and like more. Don’t know what, and I can’t work out what notes they share. 🤷‍♀️

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    • foxbins says:
      19 June 2022 at 2:48 pm

      Let me know if you figure out what Chipmunk reminds you of. I could use another scent like Chipmunk.

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      • cazaubon says:
        19 June 2022 at 4:26 pm

        I’m seeing Chipmunk compared to ELdO Fat Electrician on Fragrantica.

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      • ringthing says:
        19 June 2022 at 4:47 pm

        I will. The drydown of Chipmunk is lovely.

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  24. lucasai says:
    19 June 2022 at 2:34 pm

    I’m back from Esxence in Milan!
    It’s been a blast – an overwhelming number of brands that were exhibiting, and I only tried a small-ish part of them, focusing on those I already know and like.
    More to come soon on my blog.

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    • cazaubon says:
      19 June 2022 at 4:20 pm

      Yay! Looking forward to your reports.

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  25. Aurora says:
    19 June 2022 at 2:34 pm

    Very touching tributes to fathers, mine was strictly eau de cologne, not aftershave and fortunately being in France the drugstore colognes we gifted him were Good, I particularly remember Eau de Cologne Ambrée du Mont St Michel, still available today.

    Today I wore Vintage Diorissimo esprit de Parfum for ‘The darling buds of May’ for the CP which I missed. This evening it’s Coriandre Parfum de toilette, unsure of the age of my bottle, it’s in a metal caseI notice that there is an edo too, anyway it smells of sweet orange chypre and I’m enjoying it.

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    • Aurora says:
      19 June 2022 at 2:35 pm

      *edp

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  26. foxbins says:
    19 June 2022 at 2:50 pm

    I’m wearing Mancera Wild Cherry and hoping the NW cherry crop wasn’t totally destroyed by April snow and rain. They are usually in the stores by now but there are none to be found anywhere.

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    • Deva says:
      19 June 2022 at 3:00 pm

      I’ve seen cherries here, so maybe they’re just a bit late by you.

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    • MossyBerry says:
      19 June 2022 at 7:01 pm

      Very observant, Foxbins, and joining you in hoping for summer cherries. I got a bag of almost decent cherries at Kroger two weeks ago and thought the best is coming soon. But then, nothing. I did find some good yellow mangos.

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  27. Jalapeno says:
    19 June 2022 at 6:57 pm

    I don’t recall my Dad wearing cologne, but my brother has a long-empty aftershave and/or cologne bottle of his that is shaped like an old touring car. Neither of us remember where on Earth he got it from. Maybe Avon? I do remember him using Lava soap to get his hands clean after work, since he was a machinist for quite a few years.

    Sadly, he passed away at 58 due to complications from a bypass operation. Unfortunately there was a lot of heart disease on both sides of my family.

    It seems like quite a few NSTers had their Dads die prematurely. Hugs to you all.

    SOTD = Smell Bent St. Tropez Dispenser Gold EdT. Still waiting for my bottle to arrive…

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    • lillyjo says:
      19 June 2022 at 8:46 pm

      My Dad had that same car. I am pretty sure it was from Avon. My brother and I used it as a toy car. Lol. He passed at age 60 from a heart condition. Big hugs Jalapeno ❤️

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  28. MossyBerry says:
    19 June 2022 at 7:36 pm

    Hugs to everyone missing your father today. I sure miss mine. SotD started out with Atelier Love Osmanthus. Nice Atelier-style vibe; leans a bit masculine, and does not, for me, have enough sillage. I wondered what my Dad, who was not much on fragrance, would have thought of it? Later I switched to Estee, from a smooth translucent-glass “Super Cologne Spray” bottle. No worries about sillage with Estee! :D

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    • Robin says:
      19 June 2022 at 9:39 pm

      I miss mine too, MossyBerry.

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