It’s Hump Day and the swapmeet is still open. Also, the International Day of Peace, World Gratitude Day, and Leonard Cohen’s birthday. What fragrance are you wearing?
Me: day two in Hermès Eau de Néroli Doré.
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.
Note: top image is Peace sign and copper wire [cropped] by David Geitgey Sierralupe at flickr; some rights reserved.
Good morning.
Sotd is EL Sensuous Stars.
Been busy this week and time really got away from me. Can’t believe it’s Wednesday. But that also means weekend!
Currently drinking Marco Polo tea.
Time seems to be getting away from me too this week…
I’m wearing Timbuktu, another transitional favorite, although it might also be termed an all-season favorite.
You smell great PriscillaE!
The day is dreary and drizzly, but I am glowing like an ember in Caron Coup de Fouet, all spicy carnation.
The East coast is due for a hurricane this weekend, but the weather forecasters keep changing their minds about how bad it’s going to be. The apocalypse! No, just some rain and a bit of a blow! We’re charging all our batteries and stocking up on water plus food that doesn’t need cooking or refrigeration, just in case. You can never be too sure.
Our weather forecasters have been off here too. They keep showing the line that hurricane is expected to take and I hope it misses you!
I hope the hurricane passes without incident!
I agree you can never be too sure. Stay safe.
Good luck pyramus!
Not only am I wearing JLO GLOW to work today, I have worn it three times in the past week and show no signs of stopping. I don’t even know how JLO GLOW showed up in my perfume cabinet, but I guess she was waiting for her moment.
Lol, sounds like it was meant to be.
I rediscovered JLo Glow and enjoying it a lot. You smell amazing.
I’m in VCA Bois d’Iris again. Getting to the end of my decant.
The weatherman said a cold front was coming through last night but he was mistaken. It was still 72 when I got up this morning. No complaints here! I’ll take it.🌞
It’s 80 here. Cold front coming through tonight and then we will be stuck in the 60’s.
My weather people were wrong yesterday. It was supposed to be spotty rain. It ended up storming all day!
I think the front came through while I was at work, 67 now.🙁
Weird, we were supposed to have storms all day and had spotty! I got home yesterday and the lawn was soaked, my daughter was like yeah it totally down-poured at 2. I work 4 miles away and not a drop.
When I grow up I want to be a weatherman – I can be 50% right and still keep my job!
Hehe, I think you could probably get away with being right even less than that!😉
Hi my Midwest friends, it’s 82 and very humid and muggy here, I’m looking forward to those 60s! I miss my jackets and sweatshirts.
I’ll take 82 if you keep the humidity.😉
83 here, and still a little muggy. But Friday is supposed to be in the 60’s!
Sounds about right, I think you’re 1-2 days behind me. The front came through here this afternoon.
Yeah, stormy weather is in the forecast for tomorrow.
Stressful week.
Listening to Philip Glass this morning and wearing my wedding perfume Beige from a sample. The combination of the music and the scent are helping me keep my head on straight.
Also, this morning my boyfriend aka Delonghi espresso machine didn’t work because he needs to be descaled. I didn’t have any of the solution- any home remedies?
Sorry you’re having a stressful week ltsg. Sending you some peaceful vibes.
We used to use vinegar to descale our coffee maker before the days of the French press. Does reek up the house a bit though, lol.
My mom uses some vinegar and water to descale the coffee maker. I think she is going to get a water softener system to help contend with the hard water.
Using vinegar might void the warranty, and it’s supposed to need three rinses to protect the components and get rid of the smell/taste
I’m doing transitional fragrances all week and today is Fendi Furiosa, a blind buy that worked out! It’s got a cool bottle to boot.
Glorious fall weather so I’ve been taking long walks each day. This weekend is our last camping weekend of 2022–another trip to our favorite spot on San Juan Island and weather looks decent, although cooler, of course. I’m really excited for it. We’ll pack the coffee and hot chocolate!
Have fun!
That all sounds good!
Enjoy your camping trip!
I am wearing Chanel No 5 Eau Premiere today and drinking a cup of Cinnamon Apple Spice tea.
Scent twins!
🙂
Yesterday afternoon the dehumidifiers were taken out and now we can actually use the kitchen. Currently in no 5 edt but after my cleaning, I think that I will wear Courtesan.
Nice, finally!!
Yay for the return of peace and quiet!
Day 2 of my personal CP: Alien edt. I sort of forgot about my small bottle of this, but it smells great! Great transitional scent for Fall.
I hope you are feeling much better this week, Robin.
I’m wearing Chanel No. 18 today. I don’t see this one mentioned much but I have grown to love it. It proves the power of samples, in my case. I didn’t like it much the first time I tried it, but a kind SA gave me a bunch of the Exclusifs samples and 18 ended up being a fave, so I bought it years later.
18 is really under the radar. It’s a beauty.
Honestly,my favorite favorite exclusif from Chanel!And the only one I have a whole 200ml vat of!(the original edt).So gorgeous!!
200 ml! Oofta!
A bit behind in the CPs, I’m trying Like This for the first time today. I’m usually not a fan of big immortelle, but it works so well with the pumpkin and ginger here!
Tea is a strong assam to fortify me for lots of meetings today.
Immortelle is a difficult note for me as well. Like This is a perfect scent for Thanksgiving, though. 🦃🥧
I like immortelle!
Wearing Daim Blond from my nearly empty bottle. I fear it’s been reformulated to death, need to sniff current version before I decide whether to replace it or not.
Whispering … nobuylowbuy …
Thank you for helping keep me on the straight and narrow. 🙂
Tried Dame’s Earth Mother this morning. I quite like it and no wonder because to me it’s close kin to Queen. I also tried Chocolate Man but it’s definitely not for me. I’ll stick with CSP Amour de Cacao.
On a movie note, finally saw Nomadland the other night. I read the book as soon as it came out but wasn’t really interested in the movie because movies based on books have always been disappointing to me. However, when we were rambling about these past few weeks I pulled off at a random scenic site in Oregon to take doggo down to the beach for a bit of exercise. When I got back to the van, a guy approached me about the van and we had a nice chat. Turns out he was in the movie, told me what part and sure enough there he was. Turns out he’s a mechanic by trade, has built out a ton of vans and attends the WRTR to teach women the basics of car care- from changing a tire, oil, etc… It’s a small world!
Happy Humpday!
Cool experience! I have a sample of Earth Mother somewhere, you’ve inspired me to look for it.
It didn’t last long on me, but otherwise it was nice. Not something I need a full bottle of, at any rate. Hope you find your sample and enjoy it. 🙂
You meet some interesting folks Deva.
One of the many things I like about my lifestyle right now. YMMV 🙂
Earth Mother is my favorite Dame perfume so far, but some of the soliflores are close seconds. You smell good!
I tried their vanilla soliflore, not the Mexican Vanilla, which I’ve tried before. The vanilla orchid one, which was a bit too plastic-y to me. VERY sweet…Which soliflore is your favorite..?
It’s a tossup between the Osmanthus and the Narcissus. I have a few others I haven’t tried on skin yet, like the Tuberose and Cactus Orchid.
Good to know that the Vanilla Orchid is sweet. I’ll give that a pass. I seem to amp up sweet notes.
Which narcissus do you like better? Dame or Fazzolari?
Hmmmmmm. The Dame Narcissus is definitely a soliflore. The Fazzolari has a lot more going on besides narcissus.
I can use the Dame Narcissus oil as a layer to add a bit of extra “something-something” to a few perfumes. The best combo I have hit upon so far is Wrappings + a little dab of the Narcissus oil.
The Fazzolari is a stand alone perfume par excellence.
How cool! How did you like Nomadland? We really liked it, my h read the book after and really liked that too. It was the kind of movie that stayed with me for awhile.
My 5 second brush with fame, which was just about as long as his scene! I liked the movie, but it bore no resemblance to the book. The movie was a very personal work of fiction and the book was more of a nonfiction socioeconomic commentary. If one has no experience with the houseless population other than those who poop/pee in public and leave a biohazardous mess on sidewalks and parkways, it does show that there is a large population that has worked hard their whole life and still wants to earn money by working, but simply cannot make enough or even “qualify” for a job. Certainly, they wouldn’t make enough to pay rent or a mortgage these days.
Happy Humpday!!
One of those weeks where time just flies,and then it’s the weekend!Tomorrow is my Friday as per usual,haha!
SOTD!Well scents of the week so far has been whatever I fancied,yesterday was Ysatis,today Pour un homme de Caron,for the life of me I cannot recall what I wore on Monday.Lol.
We’re having a serious energy crisis in SA,and currently typing with my emergency lights on.Rolling blackouts that is called “loadshedding” here,sometimes for up to almost 6 hours at a time.The country is revolting at the incompetence…interesting times.
XO’s
J B I just recently heard of this power trouble. I hope it doesn’t last long. I hope the world gets its act together.
Me too!!
01:19 am,power jist went off again,and the thump of the generator starting wokee up…urgh!!!
Ugh. Rolling blackouts suck.
How does South Africa generate most of its electricity?
Most our electricity is coal generated,with some additonal wind-turbines,minimal hydro and solar though!Most people are moving towards “off-the-grid” now,e.g. getting gas cookers,Battery-packs…it’s such a schlep!
Ah. Coal generation definitely has its issues.
I’m hearing about protests elsewhere for high fuel prices – Australia, Indonesia … seems kind of random but the same can be said here too in the U.S.
I’m not even thinking about our high fuel prices currently…🙈🙈😱
And you know I’m confused, because every country is pushing electric cars when the grid can’t even supply the current electric needs. And where do think people think electricity comes from? It’s supplied partly by the burning of fossil fuels…🤯
You smelled wonderful in Ysatis! *Shakes head* at your energy issues. :/
Thanks!
And yep,shaking my head with you!
My geyser has started to self-trip at the mains with the constant on-off-on-off,I have to keep an eye on this as well!🧐😩
Geyser? Is that what Americans would call a hot water heater?
Sotd is Perris de Monte Carlo Jasmin de Pays and I’m thoroughly enjoying the layers.
Persolaise says it better –
“The jasmine conjures those innocuous white petals with precisely the right levels of greenness, icy dew, leafy banana and only-just-overcooked tobacco. His dosage of the mothball whiff of indole is nothing short of masterful.”
Persolaise is the best!
🙂
I agree! He’s just so pleasant to listen to.
Wonderfully pleasant:)
I didn’t sleep much last night which is unusual for me. Like ltsg, it’s a stressful week. Then I felt awful this morning and by 1:00 realized that I forgot to take my meds both last night and this morning. No wonder I feel punky! Wearing Kyoto for calm and balance.
Hope that Kyoto helps you get back on an even keel.
Kyoto is a good choice. Hope you feel better fast!
Twenty seven sprays of Pacifica Tomboy Vibes
That’s one of the newer ones right?
The thud you heard was my jaw hitting the floor.
What the – – ?
So, did it last more than 4 hours? Serious question, BTW.
Still wearing ELdO for now, in part because I liked many of them better last week than I had before, and in part because we are still keeping our distance from one another at home (Mr. Skal is lots better, and it seems that I may escape COVID-free), and this sample set is one of only two fragrances I grabbed from our bedroom when I decamped to the guest room. Anyway, today is Fils de Dieu, and I really, really like it. I don’t need a FB.
I’ve picked an artist and song for Friday, but not a matching scent as yet.
Glad the Mr. Is doing ok.
Good news for you and Mr. Skal so far. Hope that it continues!
My sotd is TF White Patchouli. Another one of those “why didn’t I buy it when I had the chance” perfumes. It’s inventory tonight and tomorrow morning. It shouldn’t be too bad though because we are pretty light on merchandise right now. Christmas items should be coming full force pretty soon.
Saying see ya next year to Summer 👋🌞🌻🌷
It seems like you just DID inventory!
I just did a quick Internet search, and TF White Patchouli is available at Amazon. Seems a bit pricey, though.
Yeah it’s too expensive now.
Woohoo on proper Fall! I’m glad your inventory won’t be too bad … but didn’t you just go through one < 5 or 6 weeks ago?
We did it in June. Since we have become a high theft store we have to do it 3 times a year instead of twice a year.
This is so wrong on so many levels…
Oh FFS.
I’m sorry(not sorry) your summer is over!
😱😊💐☀️☀️
Mr. Jalapeno departed for FL around lunchtime today. Last night, he said that he had spoken with his stepmother, and she mentioned that after her surgery, she won’t be allowed to walk for 8 weeks. Wow. And there are more procedures for later on…
So now we shall see how things turn out.
I did get all my errands done yesterday lillyjo. Taking it easy today as a result.
SOTD = Smell Bent Incensed EdT, from the sample stash. Root beer, smoke, incense and leather. I suspect that it will shine in cooler weather.
8 weeks is a long time but better that she has hope to be able to walk again!
Now that you’re temporarily single, which perfumes can you wear without offending the kitties?
I can wear anything I want. The cats don’t care. It’s an unusual event when my cats pay attention to what I am wearing.
When Mr. Jalapeno is around, I can wear anything I want, too. 🤣🤣🤣
Yay for a take it easy day with perfume!
It sure felt good!
Is he staying the whole 8 weeks? Or does she have other helpers?
Yes, he is staying the whole 8 weeks AFAIK. His stepmom will be in a rehab facility after the surgery, so he is staying at her home to look after it and her dogs.
IDK if other people are involved.
SOTD = Hermes Hermessence Iris Ukiyoe
Lovely light floral iris 😍😍😍
https://www.instagram.com/p/CiyNgMdO6ut/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=
My nephew is done with his 13 weeks of officer training and was commissioned last Friday. There’s a backlog at the base for his next phase of his training so while waiting it out, he will be a Navy recruiter. He said he may continue his tutoring gig which is allowed. It’s good to have him around in the next 3-4 months.
Congratulations to your nephew!
Yes, congratulations! I am so proud of our U.S.A. military.
Congratulations to your nephew!
Commando most of the day (it was very busy with domestic duties) then realized I needed violet. SotD Opus III – to my mind, perfect for a dry, hot last day of Summer and as a transition to a predicted cooler first day of Fall. Off to read comments: waives to all the NST’ers. Glad to see some non-commenters joining in lately!! That was me for a long time. 😀
Couldn’t figure out my perfume mood this morning so after not wearing any for the first couple hours of working from home, I decided to just wear something I could thunk. So goodbye to my spray sample of Biehl PC01 that’s been in the sample stash a long time. 😎
Congrats on your thunk! I love finishing things up.
Thanks, and me too! I did enjoy this perfume but it’s good to knock out one of the hundreds of samples lol.
Every little thunk counts!