It's Hump Day, Yom Kippur and World Teachers’ Day. (Also, Canadian Beer Day.) What fragrance are you wearing?
I'm in Guerlain La Petite Robe Noire Black Perfecto, from perfumers Thierry Wasser and Delphine Jelk.
Reminder: on 10/7, for Jacques Guerlain's birthday, wear a Guerlain fragrance if you have one. Extra points if it was created by Jacques Guerlain, quintuple bonus points for wearing a week of Guerlain representing five different Guerlain perfumers. Adapted from a suggestion by Oakland Fresca.
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 detail from the Classic Perfecto Steerhide Leather Motorcycle Jacket by Schott NYC, $870.
Good morning!
Sotd is Vol de Nuit. I layered with the previous VdN shimmer body powder that was released many moons ago.
It’s the official start of 2 weeks of rain, yuck. The only good thing is that it will be cooler and really feel like fall.
Currently drinking lavender earl grey.
*Precious VdN
Vol de Nuit is so beautiful.
Also the bottle 💚
I am wearing Mon Guerlain.
Back to work , I am having difficulty concentrating, trying to stay focused.
Have a great week!
Back to work after being gone is hard. Hang in there!
Guerlain day three: Terracotta Voile d’Ete by JP Guerlain and Mathilde Laurent. Beachy ylang and vanilla roughed up with carnation: so summery.
Ooh! I totally forgot about Terracotta because I tucked my decant away. You smell great!
Well that sounds like a lemming! Scribbles down “Terracotta Voile d’Ete!”
I’m in Shalimar MVP.
Yesterday was my lucky day because I think I have a bottle of Shalimar MT on its way to me. My credit card has been charged I have an email receipt, so it’s looking promising. Not counting on anything until it actually shows up on my doorstep though.
It will be another sunny day here with temps in the 70’s. Love it!😎🌞
Hope it arrives by Friday! Curious, were you able to find it at Guerlain’s website? I gave up checking there, and I don’t have online accounts at nor in-person access to any of the major department stores, so I gave up on regular retail. I’m waiting for my bottle from Shop France.
I am waiting too!!!
We might just smell wonderful on Friday?!?
No, I’ve given up on their website too. Shame on them for confirming an order just to cancel it hours later. Really bad customer service imo.
I was able to make contact with a lovely SA who worked some magic. 🤞Fingers crossed!
That’s the best way, MTG. A year or so before our Macy’s closed, I’d clicked with the Lancome SA. She had worked in the store at various counters before going to the Lancome corner, and was so helpful.
That is good news. I got mine the other day at the Bay Montréal, they had several bottles.
Hope that your ShaliTonk bottle shows up quickly!
I’m wearing Anisia Bella, which is one of the few anise fragrances that I like. The perfumer was Aurelien Guichard.
have you tried Reglisse Noire? It’s a fabulous anise fragrance and there are quite a few fans here.
I wore it yesterday! It’s so wonderful. Sometimes I think it might be my favourite licorice/anise scent, although then there are Hermès Brin de Reglisse, the original Lolita Lempicka, the original Yohji Homme, Demeter Licorice….
Legion by Capsule Parfums is also a lovely anise fragrance.
Shalimar EdT from a a small bottle that is the same shape as the current but has ribs down the side. Not sure of the year. This was a gift from a generous NSTer
Happy to do Shalimar all week!
Why not?
Exactly !
We are Shalimar EdT twins today! 👑
Hey Twin! We smell good don’t we?
Indeed we do! There are several of us in the EdT today.
I just got my new Shalimar bottle , the MV-Tonka
So excited
In Guerlain Mahora. My decant is experiencing some evaporation, so I have to wear it more often before it dissappears.
Day 6 of nonstop rain. Hopefully, we will see the sun tomorrow.
Drinking a glass of prebiotic raspberry-rose soda that tastes pretty good. I rarely drink soda, but still it was a nice try, and not expecting to get another one in the future. I’d better get my second cup of coffee soon, before I start feeling sleepy☕️
Happy Wednesday!
Oof. That’s a lot of rain! I will try and send some sun your way!🌞🌞
PLEASE!!!!! 🌞🌞🌞
Wishing you sun! We have fog right now.
Thank you, Cazaubon! Wishing the sun reaches you soon, too! 🌞
Today is my last day of sun, so it must be heading your way!🌞
Sorry the sun is leaving you, Lillyjo, but I am eagerly taking it from you and keeping it for as long as I can! 🌞🌞🌞
I want to find that to smell one day, to compare it to Mayotte.
Mahora and Mayotte smell similar to each other, but not identical. Mayotte is much lighter to my nose. And there is a mystery note in Mahora I can’t figure out which is not present in Mayotte.
I agree with Jalapeno. I remember Mayotte being lighter compared to Mahora. I personally prefer Mahora.
I love Mahora, especially the intense menthol white flower opening. So unusual.
It is a very interesting perfume. I need to reach for it more often.
Hoping that the rain stops for you ASAP!
I’m in Shalimar today, which is the fragrance that started me on the path to becoming a collector.
Hi twin
Yesterday’s SOTD was Guerlain AA Coconut Fizz (perfumer: Delphine Jelk) and today’s will be Pamplelune (Jean-Paul Guerlain and Mathilde Laurent). Yes it’s still summer here.
Off to do battle with my drip irrigation system. I need to add a line, remove some plants, and add some plants. Somehow, any work on the drip system inevitably involves me getting soaked. Wish me luck.
Good luck! Hope it’s warm enough that getting soaked won’t be too uncomfortable!
Thanks! It’ll be in the 80s today. Plenty warm enough for an al fresco shower or 6.
Now, did I actually get all the parts I needed when I was at the hardware store yesterday? Odds are I forgot something…
We always say there is no such thing as *one* trip to Home Depot…
Oh, I’ve got the AA Pampelune, but don’t think I’ll wear it this week. It turns into a pretty dreadful BO fragrance on me!
Guerlain SDV from Cazaubon’s split a while ago ( ♥ ) . Love this boozy vanilla–in cool weather. I’m feeling a little better today, just tired and tired of coughing so hard. But I’m well enough to enjoy perfume!
Seems like the east coast has the PNW’s rain! I wish we’d get some here to knock out some forest fires.
We are getting buckets of rain. Including a thunder storm that woke me up out of my sleep…
You smell wonderful!
Hope you feel well soon!
I second your wish for rain!
Glad you are feeling a bit better. I hope you get rain soon.
I hope all the rain we have had here goes to you now! ⛈️🌧
Hoping that you quit coughing soon, and that the West gets some badly needed precip.
Off project because while I was looking for a different decant, Note Vanille from M. Micallef fell and broke on the floor. I smell lovely as does my closet….
Oh nooooo!!! That’s another beautiful vanilla. Your closet will smell good for a while.
Oh no! So unfortunate! Sorry to hear that!
Oh how sad. I’m guessing you salvaged as much as you could to wear today. You do smell lovely.
So sorry!
What a bummer!
Annoying lack of sillage yesterday from Le Bouquet de la Mariée, so I’m going for the big time today in Songe d’un Bois d’Été.
Canadian beer day, eh? 🙂
😉
You smell wonderful!
🍺 eh?! 🇨🇦
Today I choose classic Shalimar. I’m having dinner with my best friend tonight, we’ve known each other more then 40 years! Met in college and it was kismet. She’s lived all over the world, I’ve done the same but we’ve always stayed close. Now we’re both living in the same city and it’s like our youth again. We know ALL of each other’s dirt 😂 So I picked a classic perfume to celebrate a classy friend.
How wonderful! Enjoy your dinner!
Longtime friends are so special.
Have a great evening!
Oh wow, that’s amazing! I hope to have 40-year friendships someday 🙂
Enjoy! And you smell wonderful
This entire thread is all kinds of awesome. 🌈🥰 Enjoy the dinner!
For the CP, today’s choice is Insolence edp by Maurice Roucel and Sylvaine Delacourte. It’s a personal favorite.
That’s a great choice. Wish I could join you.
Smelling fabulous over there!
Joining Pixel in Pamplelune. Thanks for the reminder about this spritzy beauty. I needed it on this grey day.
I could use something sunny here too.
It snowed all yesterday and today everything is under a thick blanket of white and I expect that a lot of roads will be closed. Luckily I don’t have to go out and am keeping warm with coffee, two dogs, a warm bed and hot coffee. Two hours till sunrise and I’m snuggled up in Rahat Loukhoum, not a bad way to start the day.
Sounds like a pretty great way to start a snowy day. I always love the first day of a snow (if I don’t have to get anywhere) for the quiet and the pristine white.
Rahät Loukoum + a thick blanket of snow outside + snuggled up in bed sounds pretty ideal to me.
Very gemutlich! Nothing like your snow but the kids next door were out at first light with their sled and building a big snowman, and it’s all very squeaky underfoot.
Mmm, you smell wonderful! I miss the snow, will get my fix in January. 🙂
Hello all!
I’m feeling sleepy today, so I went with Kiki Voile d’Extrait, such a lovely lavender. Lavender isn’t very calming to me, more invigorating. I was pretty lucky to find this bottle and have been hoping to find the other Voile at some point.
Have a great day.
Rain making me feel draggy here too. Hope the Vero woke you up a bit.
Thanks to all the teachers out there! I tip my hat to your never ending tenacity, patience, and selflessness. I’ve had a few gem teachers and professors that made a huge difference in my life. I’ll never forget one of my lit professors who was from Hungary and looked exactly like the banker from the game Monopoly. He was an exacting man and graded severely and with complete honesty and total lack of sensitivity. My very first paper was “junk!” I got a C- and just about died of mortification. By the end of the semester and many papers later, he handed my research paper back with a big “A” on the last page (along with some lovely written comments), looked me directly in the eye, and said “excellent!” I just about died of joy! So many of you will never know the positive impact you have had or will have, but never doubt it- you’ve saved lives!
Wafting a very light trail of SDV this morning, the best of all mornings because it’s my Saturday. I’m going with MVP later for sure. I miss it when I don’t wear it 😢
I’m exhausted! This is my first 3 day stretch in a row since I’ve been back to work and I just can’t seem to get my mojo back. I need another 6 weeks off! My phone had 86 (EIGHTY SIX!!) alerts between midnight and 7am from patient call lights and bed alarms. I had a bunch of jumpers (in the ICU, too, where the best patients are intubated and sedated😉) and I’m worn OUT!
There’s a large RV show nearby starting tomorrow so I may go check it out…vroom vroom! 🚐
What a wonderful story about your Hungarian professor! I loved it! I’m so sorry though about your work. Jumpers–eek!
Jumpers are the worst!They’re so unpredictable.I was once almost hanging off a ledge,clinging to the arm of a frontal-lobe injury patient.They stacked 6 mattresses from the ground floor ward to catch him when he fell(The maneuvre was a success thank goodness,and I was pulled to safety myself)
Great teachers are the best.
XO’s
Glad you were pulled back from the ledge.
I had my team behind me,like literally!🤞🏻🤞🏻
Dude, that’s amazing! You’re a superhero! 🦸♂️
So. Many. Alerts. 🚨
I would have wanted to smash that phone to smithereens.
Girl, you have no idea…🙄
You had *several* jumpers in the ICU, in one night?? That must be a record. (not to mention the 86 alerts). Unbelievable.
2 jumpers are the same as a thousand…😢
I really believe everyone should have to do a 24 hour stretch as an observer in a hospital from a workers perspective. Also, be involved in a code, which also happened last night, although you may find that unbelievable, too. Most people are “unbelievers” because they have absolutely no idea of what goes on outside of the shoes they watch on TV. 🤷🏻♀️
My mom was a nurse who spent 20 years of her career in emergency, surgery, ICU and CCU, so I had a bit of exposure through her tales from work. But I don’t remember her telling me about so many jumpers. Lots of codes though. I personally could never have done what she did, medical work is too much for my squeamish self.
Well, things have certainly changed since your moms work days. I’m assuming you mom is now a bit elderly and hasn’t practiced in quite a long time. And so have suicide rates, for many reasons, with the ER sometimes housing 5-10 patients with suicidal ideations for days and weeks because there is no where for them to go to get treatment. Although I might add for clarification the definition here in the US for a “jumper” is not the same as J.B.‘a in SA. So there’s that, too. 🤷🏻♀️
I am wearing Hermes Amazone and drinking my third cup of English Breakfast tea.
Smelling lively.
I’m wearing Chamade which was designed by J-P Guerlain. It’s just about the least favorite Guerlain I own, and I tried to put on a very light spray because I’ve got to go to PT later this afternoon. However even that was a bit too much so I’ve literally been scrubbing my arm with Dawn dish soap. It’s only an EDT but really projects. It’s not bad now, but just too sweet. I have no idea what vintage it is but I’d guess it’s at least 10 years old. I have one of those sort of bare-naked tall bottles of it that is supposed to be a recyclable kind of bottle, I guess to go into a more fancy golden flask of some kind? Hmmm. But at least I’m not getting the cat-pee note that so many reviewers on Fragrantica complain about! Now that would NOT be suitable for PT! And it’s a note I know all too well from being the human who cares for a few cranky or independent minded felines who don’t always like to use the box…. if you catch my drift. Ugh.
We have another pretty day here, but I think it’s going to get too hot later. The mornings have been so cool and lovely lately!
Sorry for the scrubber!
Oh, I should have phrased things better. To clarify: I don’t think Chamade is truly a scrubber in our normal sense of the term. It’s just that when I was trying for something light, I found myself reeking of Guerlinade and fearing that I would be that typical clueless person walking into the PT gym smelling of an “old lady” perfume and making them everyone else nod and wink and make jokes and shy away from me or even sneeze and cough in response. In fact, now that I’m back home and relaxing, I have sprayed more on so I can experience it in its more normal arc. The beginning is definitely full-on “old lady” perfume smell, be warned! But I’m hoping the dry-down will prove more subtle and rewarding.
Right, gotcha!
I’m rather familiar with cats who like to “think outside the box” too.
Jicky EDT today from a decant I just received in a swap from a newish bottle, originally done by Aimé Guerlain way back when. Wow, the recent formulation has more animatic notes in the base than the vintage EDTs I’ve had. Still loving it just was a bit surprised.
The new-ish Jicky’s are really well done,I think!
I’m so glad!
I love vintage Jicky, maybe because the notes have mellowed and I feel like I can really appreciate the masterpiece it is but I can’t handle the newer versions because of said animalic notes. To my nose, the “animal” is less fecal and more bad breath.
Eek, bad breath smell is never good! Fortunately for me it doesn’t swing that way and stays in the furry musk realm. I was pretty happy with it through the day.
I’m so glad! I felt badly after I posted my “bad breath” comment. It’s just my disappointment that it turns on me when others (like you) can wear it so well. I’ll just re-channel my energy into a search for more vintage Jicky!
P.S. There’s an estate sale in Spokane featuring a perfume collection and I think I see a bottle of vintage Jicky but I don’t quite have that much energy to travel to all the way to Spokane for it 🙂
Hey no need to feel bad! I know it smells great on me so I wasn’t offended haha. I’m just sorry it doesn’t hit right for you.
Yeah, if that estate sale was in Seattle, I’d definitely try to get myself there!
In Encens Mythique to convince myself it’s autumn.
That is a beautiful fragrance
🍂🍂🍂
You smell great!
I’m in Shalimar EdT today. This is a perfume that I admire more than love, although I can definitely see why people love it.
I went looking for my sample of Après l’Ondée but must have used it up, as it’s nowhere to be found. (Wait, just thought of one more bag it could be in — the one bag I didn’t unpack from the sabbatical years ago…unlikely, but I’ll check the next time I go upstairs.)
Got my booster on Monday and was down for the count yesterday. Now all that’s left is a grapefruit of a lymph node under my left arm. Today I’m off to do my civic duty in what is a pretty insane municipal election with 11 parties (none of which are linked to provincial / national parties) and 138 candidates. And so few of them have articulated a real platform…sigh. I’m half-tempted to vote for Amy “Evil Genius” Fox (yes, says that right on the voter guide / ballot!) for Council; her platform is “Solarpunk utopia” and “End the spice monopoly”. 😀
Monday booster twins; it knocked me out too! Smelling great in your Shalimar.
When in doubt I always vote for Mr. Peanut…
Glad you’re up and about already, and in time to vote!
That swollen lymph node sounds horrible!
I got that in my lymph nodes this time and the last so you are not alone. The first time I had it I got worried as I had breast cancer years ago and had a bilateral mastectomy. I was so glad to hear it was a side effect of the vaccine. It does go away after a few days.
Mancera Choco Violette (the usual 27 sprays) which my middle one said this morning smells like candy corn which means “thunk” because she took my bottle – LOL I cannot begin to tell you how many bottles I have thunked with the three Marzipans and my elderly parents “borrowing”
You smell delish! 😉
Sadly, I have no Guerlain fragrances so I am wearing Zoologist Bee today.
I have no Zoologist, if that makes you feel better 🙂
Happy Hump day!
SOTD!
Guerlain Homme,from 2008 by Thierry Wasser and Sylvaine Delacourte.
Fresher than fresh I cannot be in this one on a 35° celcius day!
This to me smells like a stripped down version of Eau Sauvage,a bit modernized and not quite as Daddy-like.I love it.
JB-
I know this is off topic, but I know you are a fan of iris fragrances, but don’t remember which ones. I just ordered the one from FM for a great price. Is this one of your favorites?
Iris Poudre is definitely in my TOP 5 Iris fragrances of all time!
That drydown is something else…!!I hope you like it!
My other loves include
Bendelirious
Iris Silver Mist
Bois d’Iris(VC&A)
Equistrius
Rose Iriseè(Au pays de la fleur d’orange)
28 La Pausa
Hiris from Hermès…too many to mention,haha!
Iris/Orris is probably the note best represented in my collection.
Thanks for the list!
Ooh, I need to try Rose Irisée, that sounds lovely!
Kris – can I ask where you found iris poudre at a good price and whether they had other FMs? French Lover has been on my wish list for a while and I finished my last sample of it over the weekend, so it may be time to make a move.
I purchased it at the Jomashop for $105. They had several other FMs on sale, but not nearly this low. I believe French Lover was $139 for the 1.7 ounce.
Wow,that IS a great price!!
MVP FTW! 😍
👍🏻
I’m running late for work for no particular reason, just disorganised, so just a quick comment to say that I’m wearing Myrrhe et Délires.
Lucky you! I wish I had bought this when it was available. Sigh.
Joining a few of you in Shalimar MVP!!
We’re all smelling so wonderful.
Yes you are 🙂
Smoothie is frozen summer fruits, fresh strawberries and yogurt, happy to have reunited with my blender.
Spent the day in 1990’s Liu by Jaques Guerlain, it does smell like No 5, more demure and a shade less complex, I wonder what the current one smells like, but tonight I am in Shalimar Philtre, Thierry Wasser, very irissy and vanillic today, I’m enjoying it.
One good thing about coming home, at least 😉
Thank you Robin, yes, definitely.
It’s foggy here and I have jumped on the MVP bandwagon. I like it and wouldn’t turn down a bottle, but Mexique is true love.
I feel exactly the same, foxbins. Mexique has my heart.
Oh no, I missed the damage poll! I’ll have to catch up on that–it’s always such an entertaining read 🙂
I’m a broken record here in L’Aromatica Kulfi. I always seem to need a full-body hug at work nowadays.
In other news, I ordered the Mango shower gel from LUSH, so look for that report soon 🙂 also ordered Sticky Dates, because everyone has raved about it so much here, and a couple of the bath bombs.
But…but…we want to hear what you bought also! 😂
Ah! Nothing interesting, just a bunch of 5-mL decants that I’ve arbitrarily decided count as two bottles. But the standout acquisition has been a bottle of Terre d’Hermes as a freebie from the swapmeet. I knew I liked it, which is why I asked for it, but either my skin or my nose or both have changed enough that I no longer simply like it, but love it. Which is good, because I still haven’t unpacked my perfumes at my new house, so I’ve been wearing that one anytime I put perfume on at home (rather than at work).
I just bought Sticky Dates yesterday, it smells sooo good!
I love Sticky Dates but it is way sweeter than I can take on its own. I mix it with ShiKai Yuzu and then it is perfect.
Looking forward to hearing about Mango!
I remember you saying this to someone! So the yuzu stuff is in my Amazon cart for future purchase 🙂
I’m sitting in Shalimar EdT like many others today. What can I say? ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
🙂
I’m commando today. I did have Shalimar PI lined up for today but I’m still a bit too tired for perfume. That booster shot wiped me out (so I must be having a good immune response to it).
Living vicariously through you great smelling folks!
Good call not forcing the perfume.
Take it easy Gail!
Song of the Day: https://youtu.be/iFq6eZBS1iM
Maybe lillyjo will recognize this one. I definitely got a laugh out of it.
Day 6 of grey clouds here. BUT no rain!! The sidewalks have finally dried out. Local meteorologists are calling it a “drought buster”, so it was needed. Hope that the rain is headed somewhere it will be welcomed. ☔
On the minus side, I stepped in some cat barf this morning. Fortunately I wasn’t barefoot. 🥺 So it goes.
SOTD = still in Opium EdP. But it might be too much for the promised warmer temperatures headed my way for a couple of days.
It is still raining here, but according to the forecast it is expected to stop after midnight. Temps in the upper 70’s tomorrow and Friday and then dropping again to the 50’s. As long as it is sunny I am more than happy! 🌞
Latest forecast I saw had 7 whole days of sun! Hope that turns out to be the case.
It rained here but we are looking forward to sunny days!
So dreary!
Cats and their barf — aaarrrggghh.
But we love them anyway!
In a sample of Apres L’Ondee. One of the few violet-heavy perfumes I really like. I wish I could get this in a 30ml because that would be the perfect amount for me.
Tea today was Clipper Ship French Gray. I have been on earl gray kick lately, I think because of all the rain we have been getting.
I usually have a cup of Earl Grey in the afternoon. You’re right that the rain calls for it!
I am a scent twin to many today in Shalimar edt. I think this bottle is from the late 70s/early 80s. The top notes don’t last but the dry down is gorgeous for hours.
Shalimar is definitely winning here today!
SOTD = Guerlain Ambre Eternel EDP
… from the Les Absolus d’Orient collection in the 20mL travel spray format. It is a woody, spicy, lightly fruity floral leather. I still don’t get the cardamom but overall it’s a great fragrance. This may have gotten the ax for whatever reason and I’m happy to have my piece of the pie.
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And, my ShaliTonk arrived! It is still shrink wrapped and I am looking forward to opening it on Friday!
I have not heard back from ShopFrance Suzan. If you have her latest shopping email, would you mind forwarding it to me please? Thank you.
Also, for those with Kindle readers, do you find that you can no longer purchase Kindle Books from your Amazon account? I have the Amazon app on my phone and iPad but neither one allowed me to purchase a Kindle-formatted book. I had to use my Kindle to eventually purchase it. It was $0.99 so it was worth a little aggravation IMHO.
Well, I still can. My husband has a Kindle that he NEVER uses (in case that turns out to be relevant somehow), and I just tested the issue for you by “buying” a free book offered on Bookbub by using the Kindle app on my iPad.
I should try using the Kindle app on the iPad. My Kindle has been dormant for quite a while 😳
You smell wonderful!
Thank you!
Seems that some people are getting their ShaliTonk bottles quickly!
Mine came from Bergdorfs!
I’m lolling around in Hindu Kush. It has really been hitting the spot for me lately.
It’s good to have just the right scent to loll around in 🙂
Just received my bottle of ShaliTonk and spritzed my hand. Big blast of powder, then exactly what it says on the bottle – Shalimar + Tonka. It’s okay but I’m not enthralled. Will give it a full wear later this week.
Ooof, that’s a bit disappointing! Looking forward to your full review.