It’s Friday, plus the International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer and B.B. King’s birthday. Our community project for today: wear a fragrance by Etat Libre d'Orange. Suggested by Oakland Fresca and seconded by MadtownGirl, AnnE and Kris.
What fragrance did you pick? As always, do chime in with your scent of the day even if you’re not participating in the community project.
I'm sorry for sitting this week out, but I'm just not feeling like wearing perfume yet. I'll be back next week I'm sure.
Reminder: on 9/23, we're doing You Say It's Your Birthday...pick a song related to a musical birthday today (John Lomax, Ray Charles, John Coltrane, Julio Iglesias, Bruce Springsteen, Ani DiFranco, or find another!) and wear a fragrance to match.
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.
Is Swapmeet still on for tomorrow?
Yes.
I hope you’re back to your old self soon, Robin.
My two favourite Etats are Nombril Immense (sexy patchouli) and Eau de Protection (tenebrous rose), so I thought, hey, they’ll stack beautifully! and did a test run last night. NOPE. They don’t like one another *at all*. Something clashes and I couldn’t say what, but the combo is not something you’d wear voluntarily.
Eau de Protection is one of my top five favourite roses, but Nombril Immense is my favourite patchouli of all time, so that’s what I’m wearing today. It’s just so good — it hasn’t been cleaned up but it sure has been sexed up with spices and balsams. I honestly never would have thought patchouli could be so inviting.
You smell great, love Nombril.
I can’t even quite imagine what “sexy patchouli” would smell like. I’ll have to find some to sniff someday 🙂
I agree! I love patchouli and for me it is VERY sexy in and of itself! A ‘sexy patchouli’ sounds downright dangerous!😊
I never liked patchouli as a dominant note — certainly never found it especially attractive, let alone sexy — until Michael for Men came along in 2001 and changed my mind. And then I tried Nombril Immense and it is just *preposterously* sexy, a real head-spinner.
You’re making me want to try this. Maybe it will become my first ELDO bottle. Well, I had Fat Electrician once and liked it, but then decided it was a bit sweet for me. So I don’t own any bottles either ATM.
Is Nombril Immense d/c’ed?
Apparently not: https://www.us.passurlabouche.com/shop/nombril-immense/. I don’t know what it smells like nowadays, because my supply is about 12 years old, and companies do like to tinker with scents as the years tick by. But if they haven’t interfered too much, it’s so so good.
Thanks for that link!
To keep in line with my iris week and to participate in the cp, I chose She Was An Anomaly.
Have a great day everyone!
I need to smell this one asap!I’m kinda behind on the new-ish releases!
I think you might like it, but it is not as good as some of the big iris hitters that you love. Still, it is pretty reasonably priced and is kind of a fun scent!
Feeling patchouli today like pyramus, but craving Coromandel. Maybe if it burns off later I’ll add some Nombril or Amourette. Happy Friday!
Yesterday escrow closed on my new condo, feeling happy and relieved. 🙂
Oh, congratulations on the condo! Moving is a pain, but this time it sounds like it will be more than worth it.
Completely worth it. Even though the last step won’t come until January when my furniture is delivered, I already feel home safe.
Yay for progress!!🥳🥳
Congratulations!
Congratulations!
YUm…you smell so good
YUm…you smell so good
Congratulations!
Congratulations to you!
Congratulations! And woohoo! 😊
Yay, that’s great news!
Well, that’s Happy House News for sure! Is this condo in the US or in Canada?
It’s in Montréal. 🙂
Trés chic!
Congratulations! Another load off your shoulders!
Yes indeed! Home safe at last. It’s been a long hard road.
Congratulations! That’s fantastic news.
Great news. I hope everything goes smoothly for the next step of the move.
Fantastic; congrats, cazaubon!!!
Congrats! Wishing you many happy days there.
Congrats! So nice to feel that sense of relief.
Congratulations, cazaubon! It’s been a long road; glad you made it to the end. 👏🏻
Congratulations on your new home!
Wonderful!
Yay – congratulations!
W00t w00t w00t! Congratulations!
I’m wearing a favorite of this summer, Hermann A Mes Cotes… It is the only Etat of which I’ve bought a bottle.
I have never bought a full bottle, but I do have a few I’d buy in 30 ml if I came across one…
Yes. After this week, I’d take fat Electrician in 30 ml!
Happy Friyay!
My Top 5 ELDO fragrances:
1.)Bendelirious
2.)Eau de Protection
3.)Tom of Finland
4.)AntiHeros
5.)Putain de Palaces
They each represent a favorite fragrance note to me,and although my collection contains most of the early releases,these are my absolute favorites!
Special mention to Like This,Fils de Dieu,Cologne as well as Josephine Baker!
SOTD!
Putain de Palaces!
I would have worn Bendelirious,but my bottle-in-use is “somewhere”,lol.
And I think most of you are sick of me praising Bendelirious from the rooftops!(haha!See my comments on “Desert-Island perfumes,Top 5 Iris perfumes,The only perfume I would wear forever etc etc etc etc…”
XO’s!
P.S.Ettienne de Swardt is South African by birth,and the house is named after the beautifully underrated province that is the “Orange Free State”.
Vive le Parfum!!🇿🇦
Dang it! I lost a bet with myself. I was certain you would wear Bendelirious! 🤣🌞✌️
Haha!!There was a 99,99999999% chance of that!🤭🤣🤗
I didn’t know it was named after the Orange Free State —thanks for the fun info!
I didn’t know either! Always wondered how they came by the name.
My pleasure!🌹✌🏻🇿🇦
Bendelirious sounds really nice, but it appears it is discontinued.
Sadly yes!
But I have a supply that will surely outlive me.When the local perfumerie that carried the line decided to not stock ELDO anymore they had a 50% off sale.
I bought all their remaining stock of Bendelirious,plus tester bottles.Yes I’m that crazy(also besotted with the scent)
🤭🤫😉✌🏻🌹
Hey if you love it, it makes perfect sense.
*kindred spirits.🌹😉✌🏻
I have yet to fall in love with an ELDO, so no points for me. Instead, I’m in Carthusia 1681 this morning.
Same here. It’s just not my house. More for everyone else!
Indeed!
Me, too!
I’m wearing Bottega Veneta today. I wanted to smell rich after a morning of paying bills. Lol.
Take it easy Robin. It might be a little bit before you are up to many things.
you smell amazing!!! I have thunked two minis of that one and minis and decants of the flankers…I really do need to get a full bottle one of these days 🙂
Bottega Veneta is one of the few perfumes where the bottle matches the juice.
Very elegant choice, bills (sigh).
Very nice scent. You smell great!
Thanks lillyjo. I am still testing positive today on day 9. Hoping I am at least negative before the weekend is out.
Great pick for feeling the money!
Ah noo…but glad you are on the mend!🌹🤗
Robin, Mr. Skal’s doc told him he could well test positive for as long as 90 days. I think you can request a certificate of recovery from your HCP if you need to travel somewhere that requires a negative test.
I have heard of those cases!
You smell great. I can’t wait until it cools off some more to start wearing BV.
You smell fabulous, I love BV.
You smell so good! I was craving BV and wore it over the weekend, got two compliments which never happens.
Not only do you smell rich, you smell great! Almost time to bring my bottle out again.
It’s Friday! And the sun is out!😎🌞
I’m headed over to Milwaukee today to meet up with my college bestie. We have tickets to see The National tonight, one of my favorites. I think this will be the fourth time I’ve seen them and they never disappoint. Gonna make a pit stop at Nordie’s on the way and do some perfume sniffing.
I’m in Fils de Dieu from a sample. This is better than I remember. I tried it years ago and thought it was nice but I got a lot of the rice note on my skin. This time it is all spices and yum. Thunked my sample and now thinking about a decant….🤔
That’ll be a great concert! I haven’t seen them for some years now — trying to remember if I saw them last right before I had my kid (aaigh — really?). I want to say maybe I saw them more recently, but then can’t recall that I did — I think I just listened to all the albums on repeat.
This is my first concert since the before times. Can’t wait!🤩
Twins!
🙌 we smell great!
Have an amazing time! Safe travels.
Thanks sistine!😀
Have you ever been to the UW-Madison Arboretum? We watched a virtual presentation by its Director on Monarch butterflies last night, and it’s definitely on my list of places to visit next time I’m up there. I’d not heard of it before but it sounds well worth a stop.
Many times.😊 If you make a stop, I would also highly recommend a hike out on Picnic Point (a peninsula “owned” by the UW). We live within walking distance and it’s one of my favorite spots in the city.
Have a great time, report back on your sniffing!
Have a safe trip, and enjoy the sniffing & concert!
Maybe Fils de Dieu is one of those perfumes that gets better as it ages?
I’ll go with Like This today, I think. Feels like fall here — cool and rainy, and Like This is one of my fall go-tos.
Currently watching my cat attempting to attack the neighbour’s cat through the window. I always know Lola’s come by when I hear tail thwacks resonating through the piano; Lola likes to sit on the bench outside under the window — right behind the piano. Poor Ocean — she so wants to be an outdoor cat, but this is one of many reasons why she is not.
Like This is so cool.
And you will smell devine!
Mine also go crazy inside our screened porch when a neighbor’s cat calmly walks through our yard. But they don’t make 🎶 with tails like yours does!
Hi all,
Sadly I’m not in ELdO tonight but hoping to hit some Spice Must Flow in the morning.
Currently wearing SJP Stash unspoken. Yes, I know it’s panned soundly but I love it. There’s something really wearable and comfortable about its quince-ish take on Burberry Brit’s pear. So I’m bathed in it while making a couple of new frocks and trying to get all my stuff from my beautiful old computer that I love onto a brand new nightmare.
Wish me luck.
Hope you all have an excellent weekend.
Portia x
Hi Portia – I think you smell great! Hope your ugly duckling new computer turns into a beautiful swan once you are used to it!
Good luck with the computer stuff, and the rest of your very busy evening! Sometimes older equipment is way better (like my sewing machine that’s older than I am), but computers just aren’t one of those things … sadly.
Good luck with your computer adventures 🙂 I think you smell lovely.
Wishing you luck 🍀 and time left over when the chore’s done to enjoy an excellent weekend!
Ah, SJP Stash Unspoken!! I’m just putting that on my swaplist for tomorrow! I like her Twilight one that came and went.
You smell great, Portia! Hope your projects go well!
Ugh, technology! Can’t live without it, can’t update it without major aggro. Good luck! 🍀🍀🍀
I am wearing Putain des Palaces. Love the skank in this one and the way it contrast the fluffy cosmetic powder.
Twinsies yay!!
I have a hard time perceiving the skank — I get the cosmetic powder, but I keep searching for the…rut?…and not finding it.
Just getting up for a day of recovery. We were out of town for almost two weeks for youngest son’s beautiful wedding ( I wore Chanel No 5 L’eau ( but wished I had brought Iris Poudre as well). Today is unpacking, laundry and housework.
Today I will wear ELDO I Am Trash.
Fun name,esp when someone asks!!
But also,love the concept behind the scent.
Yes!
I haven’t tried it because I’m allergic to apples- can you give a short impression?
Let’s see. I find it more generally fruity than appley. And it’s a pleasant fruity, with a little orange that give off a citrussy tang underscored by cedary soft woods. One of those nice fragrances that’s probably easy to overlook, but very wearable.
I only have a sample, but it’s on my buy list.
How wonderful! Glad the wedding was great 🙂 best of luck for a speedy reintegration to normal life.
Thank you! It was so wonderful.
What Koyel said 😘
Thanks, ringthing!
Nice news! Hope you bask in the happy glow while you recover. We were only gone 3-1/2 days and it took me all week to get back to normal!
Thanks, Laila – still basking!
Yay for a beautiful wedding and you definitely smelled (and smell) fantastic!
Thanks, allo. I also brought a bit of OJ Woman for other events. 😉
Perfect!
Congrats, springpansy!
Thank you, hajusuuri. It was so much fun.
Glad to hear that the wedding was wonderful!
Thanks, Jalapeno!!
How lovely! Sorry there is always laundry after 🙂
I have no access to my collection and didn’t pack any sample or decant, I would have worn Fils de Dieu today which I always associate with Deva, so instead I am in Bien-Être Lavande sauvage de Haute Provence which like all colognes doesn’t last very long but is very nice nonetheless
Years ago, my mother used to bring back huge bottles of Bien Etre cologne on our trips to France. I need to hunt down this brand in the U.S. if it’s the same, but I seem to remember it’s a newish brand, so maybe they just used the name? She daubed it on her temples and us in the hot L.A. summers.
Bien-Être was created in the 60’s IIRC, they still sell the OG eau de Cologne which is still very good I find, hope you will be able to locate some.
I am in ELDO Jasmin et Cigarette.
Very busy with meetings the whole day. I am so glad it is finally Friday. On my third cup of iced coffee and ready to take a long walk outside at lunch time. Another beautiful day here, which I really love!
Happy Friday! 🌻
We’ve been fortunate with the weather these past two days but next week will be hot again
As long as the humidity is not high, I will be happy with the mid 80’s. Fingers crossed! 🤞
🙏🙏🙏🙏
Ohhhh another great one!I have drained a bottle of this ages ago!
You smell fabulous!
Thank you! It is indeed a very good one from ELDO!
I WOULD be twins with you if I could only find my Jasmin et Cigarettes. (It’s in a box somewhere, as I have yet to unpack my perfumes since my move two weeks ago.)
I hope you can unpack and start enjoying your perfumes again very soon!
Two weeks , how are you enjoying the new place?
Cazaubon, it is so beautiful! I love the new house! Almost entirely. There are still some kinks to work out (e.g., I don’t like a lot of the light switches, so we will need to get those replaced), and other quirks that I need to learn (e.g., now that we have two floors, what do I do when I leave my Kindle on the wrong floor?! make the entire trek up/downstairs?!), and of course everything is a mess of boxes and I can’t find half my things, but otherwise, it’s wonderful!!! Best of luck with your own move/unpacking/etc. 🙂
My condo is so small it will be quickly unpacked. But as for the two floors, we have that in San Diego and I am so lazy I bought a second iPad so I can leave one on each floor. 😉
I’ll say I’m spoiled as I have, ummmm, one in every “main” room — one that pretty much stays on my kitchen table, another one on a bar table in the living room, another in my bedroom and a spare one that I need to decide what to do with.
Yay – congrats on the new house.
Hahaha I love this 🙂
Scent twins! Getting much more cigarette today than when I wore it last week. I do smell like I’m recovering from a night out. 🙂 This is probably my favorite ELdO because it’s fun (IMO), but I cannot see myself using more than a few mls, ever. OTOH I’d love at some point to see how it goes when sprayed with abandon!
Twins! Jasmin et Cigarette is my favorite ELdO! Weird, fun, great scent and enjoyable. I usually spray it with abandon and I always get more cigarette in colder temperatures. The jasmine however is very prominent in warmer weather. It is a scent I wear all year round.
I will tell summer ☀️ what you said …
😀
Aw, we were almost perfume twins today!
At least we were gorgeous weather twins, though. I have not missed the humidity one freaking bit! 🌞🌞🌞
I hope we can enjoy the warm temperatures next week. The last couple of days have been amazing!
Years ago I used to smoke plus I love jasmine so thought I would love this. Unfortunately, on me it smells like a dirty ashtray. Glad it smells nice on others.
Oh no! I am sorry Jasmin et Cigarette did not work for you. I understand that It is not an easy scent to wear.
Wasn’t up for the CP today. Still got the dehumidifiers and the people that took a peek today said that things should be dry tomorrow. Wearing Courtesan today since we are back in summer temps.
Sorry for your trouble – I missed the report on your water issue, but I hope it is all done soon! You smell wonderful! PSA to those without a bottle: Courtesan is still on FragranceNet for a song, but says 3 bottles left. I almost went against my “No Back-up Bottles” rule for this one.
I can’t hear you….😁 It’s tempting, but I’ve never tried it and my blind-buy track record is abysmal.
Oh, glad the end is in sight though!
Robin, I hope you feel better, soon. Rest, and let yourself recover.
As for me, I’m wearing The Ghost in the Shell, and I smell like a plastic robot. Inexplicably, this charms me. It’s strange and fun. It dries down to faint musk…and is my go-to for vaguely bad attitude days at work. (On openly bad attitude days I wear Onda extrait. ) Be well.
So jelly of your Onda extrait. I wish I had just a “vaguely bad attitude at work.” Mine has gotten to be “distinct.” Lol. You smell fab!!
I love your categories of bad attitudes!
2nd that!
I’ll be wearing that, too!
Sounds like I can give Ghost in the Shell a pass!
Only one ELDO at the moment, which I wore the past two days. So, time to switch it up. Wearing SmellBent Smoked Ambergris, which I love. We are
most likely heading away from the coast today and possibly going inland now that things have cooled down a bit. Still very crowded here on the coast during the weekend with everything being sold out as far as campgrounds go.
Thanks to everyone who supported T-Rex yesterday. She’d like to send you all hugs and kisses! Really, I’m becoming more and more leery of dogs, which has never been an issue for me. But then, I’ve had large dogs almost exclusively as an adult living on my own. Medium and small dogs make me worry..😬
In the middle of a very good book, which I would highly recommend if you’re into US and women’s history. Just picked it a couple of days ago and it’s nicely mixed with photos of the period. “Women Who Kept the Lights” was written by a mother/daughter team and it focuses on the role of women lighthouse keepers. Amazing, industrious, intrepid women who mostly went unrecognized in their time. The written historical record didn’t see the need to acknowledge them most of the time and I’m sure there were many more doing this job that history and a patriarchal society forgot or ignored. Incredibly hard work around the clock, especially in the time of whale oil use as it was very dirty and the glass and reflecting pans had to be cleaned every 3-4 hours. The fog bells were the worst because the “automated” system was so unreliable, one woman went for 20 hours slamming the bell as hard as she could every few minutes until it was fixed. And let’s not forget they were raising children, cooking, and cleaning as well as keeping the lights! I not only tip my hat, but totally doff it in their honor.
Cheers!
Catching up on yesterday’s comments; I’m very glad that T-Rex was not injured. Holy cow, how scary!
Wow. I can’t imagine being a lighthouse keeper. Good for them!
Sending belated 🤗 and 😽 to T-Rex. What a scare but I’m so glad she’s ok!
I recently visited a *lighthouse museum* in Maine, which was pretty cool! They had several display cabinets and stories about these women. Intrepid is a perfect word for them.
I’ve climbed the stairs of several lighthouses in NJ. Carrying 40lbs of lamp oil up those would be a monster workout. Propers to the lady lighthouse keepers of old.
No CP points for me today, but a nice scent bubble of Ambre Nue, courtesy of a kind NST’er. Beautiful weather here and set to get warmer. I love Fall, but another week of warm Summer weather will likely yield more garden goodies for me, so looking forward to it. Have a great weekend, all.
You smell lovely!
I was planning to wear an ELdO scent, but my heart insisted on California Reverie. So, I’m in California Reverie and smelling just fabulous.
You gotta go with what moves you, CP or not.
Glad you are on the mend Robin
I looked up ELDO because I don’t have any scents from the perfume house and it stands for European Launcher Development Organisation, renamed the European Space Agency. So what perfume would I send into space as a scent representation of earth? I decided it would have to be floral ( something grown on earth) , and I picked rose as roses grow on almost all continents ( and is native in many of those…Antarctic Pearlwort is a bit niche), it has featured in art and literature and has cultural/ historical/ symbolic meaning in many countries. My personal favourite rose is Fille de Berlin with Aesop Rozu as runner up, so I’m blasting them off to the stars
Kanuka you are fabulous.I love this.🌹🤗🤗
I love your train of thought!
Touché! Love this post. 🙂
Very cool!
Kanuka, points as always, thank you.
Ghost in a Shell after some outside work.
I’m going to a town fair I would have taken my dog to normally. Which makes me rethink my wardrobe. I won’t be dressing for ice-cold walks every night.
P.S.A. My girl’s headstone arrived x2. I contacted the guy on etsy and he said to keep it. He did, charge me twice and has been disputing this with my c.c. company, now.
Legit ripping off of grief.
Had to complain about something!
Missed you guys and hope all are well!
Oh what a pain about the etsy guy. I hope you get it resolved asap.
Oy! As long as you paid via credit card, you’re good!
I’ve been wondering how you were as of late. Hugs.
Hey AnniePerfumes! So sorry about your unpleasant Etsy experience, that’s a shame.
Like JB I am a fan of Bendelerious! (This perfume doesn’t actually have an exclamation point, but it’s exuberant enough to deserve one.)
It’s a jolly cherry cola-iris, which I didn’t know I would like. Happily, I too bought a back-up bottle, although it is unlikely that I will use up the 100 ml this decade, or next…
Ohhh happy days!!
I cannot write Bendelirious!! without at least ONE exclamation mark,haha.
You smell fantastic of course!🌹✌🏻🤗
I’m wearing a spritz of Rien.
I think the winners of today are the Eau de Protection wearers because it happens to be Rossy de Palma’s birthday!
Happy weekend to all!
Hello there, scent twin! Nice to have company today.
Robin, I’m so glad you are slowly on the mend. Take good care, rest and relax! 🤗
One of the few times I’m unable to join today’s cp – the brand never appealed to me so I don’t even have a sample. I’m someone for whom the whole package has to appeal, not just the scent itself, and I just can’t imagine wearing something called Fat Electrician (not intended as criticism for those who enjoy it, just my perspective on it.)
So for now I’m wearing a variety of peach b&b products, as I just came back from getting the new Covid booster. Later I’ll add a bit of vintage Tresor for our block party tonight – we’ve been lucky and our late summer beautiful weather continues. I love wearing peach-centric fragrances in the transitional summer-into-fall season, and I think a whiff of Tresor outdoors tonight will be great!
Tomorrow I’m really looking forward to a book-signing with my favorite author, William Kent Krueger in his first visit since pre-pandemic days. If you enjoy mysteries, family sagas, Native American culture and spirituality, set in Minnesota’s Boundary Waters area, I highly recommend his books + he’s a great human being! Later tomorrow we’ll be enjoying a nearby community’s fall fest, one of the last outdoor events, with some of our favorite local bands, beer and dinner! Can’t wait.
Wishing everyone a lovely weekend ahead!
You smell great, enjoy all your fun activities!
I will, thank you!
2nd those comments about Ken and his books. Just a great guy. I know him a bit from the mystery community. Very unassuming and kind. And great writer!
Nice to see another Kent fan here and introduce me to a writer I’ve not yet discovered. Will definitely check you out!
As noted above, in Jasmin et Cigarette. My verdict for the week is that I really dislike the Cologne; I think Like This is lovely at first but then — even though I cannot identify anything to which I object — I just don’t like it; and I wouldn’t mind ten mls of Fils de Dieu, and Putain des Palaces, and maybe 15-30 of Dangerous Complicity, Fat Electrician, and J&C. It was a fun CP for me, revisiting this discovery set!
I’m so glad it was fun!
Joining the CP today in Une Amourette. I found all my ELd’O samples, and this was the last! I was reading up on it over at Fragrantica, and honestly, I think my sniffer would get an F if it were graded. I got a big berry-ish note in the beginning, but to my surprise I see: Oud, iris, neroli. What? Then someone commented that they smelled grape and it must have been the iris. Okay, that must have been it. 😄 Have not been loving it at all. But that could also be because I had a little mishap with the dabber and wound up with the entire vial dripping down my arm, lol!
So tonight, I’m going to switch to Bijou Romantique from my bottle. I love to wear this one to bed. Goes so well with jammies.
Ack, figures if you don’t love it, you end up wearing the whole vial, right? Hope BR worked out better.
Yep, Murthy’s Law strikes again. 🙃
I’m back to summer along with the weather, wearing Zoologist Cow today.
Glad you continue to feel better, Robin. I’ve said it everyday but still, rest.
No worries, I am really resting!
Sotd is ELDO Fils de Dieu – one of my absolute favorites.
OMG. My suggestion and I am only now getting a split second to log on and share my SOTD: ELDO’s Eau De Protection!
Looking forward to reading everyone’s comments this evening.
I don’t own any ELDO and I am not creative like Kanuka so I’m wearing Narciso Rouge. The glass desktop is finally attached after I figured out that the bolts were threaded counterclockwise (in contrast to every other screw in the desk that tightened clockwise.)
Posting late, since I had an afternoon follow up appointment for both mammogram and ultrasound. Good results! I had to wait until I got home to wear perfume today.
SOTD = ELdO Rien again. I gave serious thought to wearing Jasmin et Cigarette to retroactively pick up the “Hay Note Perfume CP”, but the far drydown of Rien is so darn good that I had to wear it instead. The nose knows!
W00t all around!
W00t W00t!!!
Yep yep!
Yay!
Nice to have that weight off my shoulders for sure.
And to celebrate your great results, I would love to give you a decant of ELDO Rien. I have a full bottle and heaven knows I won’t be going through it any time soon. If you’re interested, ping me at l e s l i cor t he l l AT geee male dot com
Thank you allo! I will email tomorrow.
Yay!
SOTD = ELDO Fat Electrician
Rubber incense vetiver 😍
On theme and extra credit for not showing a 🍑 crack 🤣🤣🤣.
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Let’s talk interest rates. Last year around this time, interest rates on deposits were so low it seems like one has to pay a bank to keep your money (not really, but .1% [literally point 1%] on a 1-year CD is nuts, but it’s no better elsewhere assuming one wants to preserve capital). Anyway, fast forward now and I have a CD that just matured yesterday and I have 10 days to decide what to do. I called the bank and asked about interest rates. I’m glad I was sitting down as the rate for a 13-month CD is 2.47%!!! Guess what I am doing tomorrow?
OK, coincidence! I’ve been getting emails about CDs from a credit union I belong to lately, and considered starting one.
I was thinking of doing my own laddered “investment” risk-free.
We just recently did the laddering.
It makes a lot of sense!
I just tested that last week and kind of liked it. I am contemplating buying it at some point.
I haven’t tried the latest ones but I enjoy Fat Electrician.
Did you get my return email yesterday? I know it was kind of long 😂
I received both and will respond this weekend!
I did a ladder about 8 years ago, then stopped buying because the interest rates plummeted. Looks like it’s time to restart!
Yes!
Fat electrician for me today, my one and only eLDO. I do love vetiver in almost any formulation but my favourites have the combo of vetiver with a sweet-ish counterpoint (Vetiver Tonka is another fave)
*ps autocorrect really gave me a hard time with Tonka (switched to Toni, then atonal, to Karen) geez…
We are scent twins, Gi. Hope you’re doing well!
“One and only ELdO” twins, LOL.
I tested this last week. I didn’t think I would like Fat Electrician, but I really did.