Happy Almost-Friday! It's also National Noodle Day and German-American Day, plus Carole Lombard's birthday. What fragrance are you wearing?
I had planned to wear Vetiver today, from Jean Paul Guerlain, but all the mentions convinced me to switch to Guerlain Spiritueuse Double Vanille.
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 shows the Tarte Infiniment Vanille ("Shortbread pastry, cake imbibed with vanilla, vanilla ganache and mascarpone cream with vanillas from Tahiti, Mexico and Madagascar") from Pierre Hermé Paris. You can find the recipe in the 2016 cookbook My Best: Pierre Hermé.
Good morning.
Sotd is Tonka Imperiale.
Speaking of tonka, my Shalimar Millésime Tonka has arrived! I am saving it for tomorrow 😊 Can’t wait!
Currently drinking vanilla latte.
Lucky you, hope you love it!
Wearing Guerlain AA Flora Salvaggia, from a sample I received from a generous NSTer. It is a very pretty green, watery floral scent. Perfect for the beautiful sunny, warm, breezy day we are finally having today. Not a single cloud in the sky. Love it!
Happy Thursday! 🌞
Yay for sunshine!Enjoy enjoy.🌹🤗
Thank you, dear! I will! ❤️
Yay for sun!!
💃🌞
Woo hoo! So happy to hear the sun reached you.
🌞🌞
Song of the Day for you: https://youtu.be/KQetemT1sWc
Thank you! I have not listened to that song for a while! Perfect for today’s gorgeous SUNNYDAY! 🌞🌞
I really liked that version of the video, too.
Yay!🌞
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Good afternoon!
15:55 pm,just got home and weekend starts NOW!!
YAY ME!!
SOTD!!
Eau de Cologne Imperiale by Pierre Francois Pascal Guerlain.
Created in the 1800’s!
Beautiful refreshing and uplifting cologne that kept me cool calm and collected today!
Hope everyone is having a fantastic Thursday!
XO’s
You smell great! Enjoy your weekend! 🌞
Thank you M!🌹🤗
Have a wonderful weekend!
Thank you!Hope you’ll have a splendid weekend as well!🤗🌹
Enjoy!
🤗🌹Thanks T!
Happy weekend to you!
And to you as well!🤗🌹
Have a great weekend!
Thank you babes,to you as well!Hope you have tons of sunshine!!🤞🏻🤞🏻☀️☀️🌹🤗
Do I have a Guerlain scent? Call me Guerlain girl. Mitsouko, Chamade, various Shalimars, Terracotta, Insolence, Black Perfecto, Idyll Love Blossom, Baiser de Russie, and that doesn’t include the various samples and small decants of ones I’d love to have. How did this happen? It’s funny…I never also thought of myself as a Chanel person either. Because I’m not into No. 5. But I looked and realized that I’ve acquired quite a few Chanel over the years also.
Haven’t been on NST since the weekend, so just saw the CP. Which I’ve been doing all week without knowing. Black Perfecto, Mitsouko, MVP so far with some Coromandel thrown in.
Since I’m not working today, and it’s gray and rainy, seems like a good reason to do full hajuusuri level sprays of the Shalimar Tonka. I’m a bit congested, so need to spray to overwhelm that.
Side note: can I just mention how much I now love the tubes of polenta from Trader Joe’s? Fried some up the other night and topped with roasted cherry tomatoes. Last night I topped it with small meatballs in marinara sauce. I think this winter will involve more polenta, since I also have a bag of cornmeal.
You deserve extra bonus points for doing the cp without knowing about the cp 🙂
Scent twins!
How do you like it?
I do, but I admit I don’t smell it as strongly as I’d like…
Fried TJ’s polenta + sautéed bitter greens with garlic + fried or poached eggs = quick and delicious dinner
Ooooooooooh. That sounds so good! I will keep that in mind for future reference.
Sometimes hajusuuri sprays are the only way to go! I hope your congestion goes away!
Guerlain day 4: the extraordinary L’instant de Guerlain pour Homme, an honest-to-goodness work of art by Béatrice Piquet. Dusty cocoa, warm patchouli, little flashes of anise and black tea on a base of sandalwood. It’s immensely appealing, the kind of scent that encourages people to lean in a little closer. I mean, if that’s what you want.
You smell great! I love that scent on my husband.
That sounds wonderful.
If I were Empress of the Universe all men would have to wear L’Instant, or at least try it once.
I approve of your platform and would vote for you (if one votes for empresses).
You smell wonderful!
I’m wearing Jicky edt, by Aime Guerlain.
You smell great PriscillaE!
And I’ll wear Vetiver because Robin mentioned it… 🙂
Thank you, somebody should!!
I couldn’t find my sample of Après l’Ondée; must have thunked it at some point. (I do recall it was getting low / starting to dry up.) But, bonus: My samples are now organized.
So SOTD today will probable be L’heure Bleue, a vintage EdP sample that I got a long time ago.
German-American Day…hmm. Maybe I’ll do schnitzel tonight!
That’s on my list of things to do – organize my samples. Big job!
I’m in Vol de Nuit in the extrait formulation. I was nudged into buying a little cube of this by an NSTer who told me it was glorious (which it definitely is) and would ruin me for all other versions of VdN (which it definitely has not!).
Was the VdN a recent acquisition, or a while back?
It was May 2017, so a ways back but not ancient history. It was an eBay purchase and I’m not entirely certain of the actual vintage of my bottle, if that was what you were after.
Hey y’all! Shalimar Millesime Tonka is available on the US Guerlain website today! MELT THOSE CREDIT CARDS!!
Yes, I ordered one; my no-buy is broken.
SOTD is Guerlain Liu. Theoretically this is by Jacques Guerlain, though considering it’s a modern bottle, I kinda doubt it’s his original formula. Still, fizzy fun for another warm sunny day here.
Congratulations on breaking your dry spell!
I hope you scored a bottle
It’s gone! And I had signed up for back in stock alerts but didn’t get anything
Dang. I didn’t get an email either, I’ve just been checking the website daily.
Ugh, I keep striking out. Either it sold out again or their website has marked me as unworthy.
You can try Bergdorfs. I’ll email you the SAs name and number. You can mention my real name to her (she has no clue about hajusuuri)
I would also love this SA information if possible!
That would be amazing, thank you!
I’m in Vega. I don’t wear it often but when I do I’m reminded of how lovely it is. Before having a “little” more self-control I bought this simply for the Art Deco bottle, wasn’t a fan of the scent. It’s grown on me. I’m very happy with my choice today, I keep sniffing myself. Lol
Oh, I love Vega, and love the bottle even more! You smell wonderful.
Oh, Vega is wonderful! Like a flash of lightning that goes on and on.
Thunked my sample of Mon Guerlain today, and that’s perfectly fine. I was off work yesterday for Yom Kippur, so I indulged in Shalimar Parfum. Deciding between Jicky and Shalimar Souffle Intense for tomorrow: pleas myself or please my students?
After 5 days of rain, I’m just delighted to see the sun again!
please yourself. The students will pick up on your delighted energy of smelling good.
Good point!
It felt SO good to see the sun today!
LPRN Intense for me today. More fog, fog, fog. The clutter in the house is getting me down, need to do a clear-out asap.
How do you like the LPRN Intense?
I like it very much, it is the original version. There is now a new intense LPRN which is more apparently rose-dominant and quite different from the previous one. I haven’t smelled the new version yet though.
SOTD Shalimar Millésime Tonka !!!
How do you like it so far?
Yes report back!
Wearing Nahema today, it’s so lovely.
you smell lovely!
Twins.
This one sounds so good. Wondering if I dare blind but it???
Are you a rose fan? To me, it smells like honeyed rose. Full bodied.
Thanks very much!
One of my HG rose perfumes!
SOTD is Chanel 5 Eau Premiere.
In AA Pamplelune today, which apparently is my only non-Jacques Guerlain fragrance from the house. It goes well with today’s unseasonable warmth (into the 70s) and sunshine. This is one that I definitely prefer with MORE sprays.
Yesterday started out with Shalimar on one arm (albeit atop remnants of Tuesday’s L’HB) and L’HB on the other. As soon as I sprayed, Mr. Skal said, from across the room, “That smells good.” So he sniffed each arm and decided that he prefers Shalimar. I think I do, too, or at least, I find it easier to wear. I enjoyed comparing them throughout the morning.
Also in an AA, namely Ylang & Vanille. It lasts a lot longer than the rest of its siblings. I usually wear it as a bed-time scent, so with luck will not be sleepy today.
Nice of Mr Skal to participate! And he has good taste.
Wearing La Petite Robe Noir Black Perfecto today. This one always smells like a cheery tea to me.
I really like that one. The cherry is pretty lush on me. I have the EdP.
Agree – you smell wonderful. I have and love both the edp and the edt.
Guerlain Angelique Noire today. Can’t join everyone in Shalimar– Shali and I just don’t see eye to eye.
Super dense fog outside, feeling cozy inside and planning a baking project.
Thanks for reminding me! I have a decant of it somewhere…
Angelique Noire is lovely. I still have a bit left of a sample.
I won’t try to make nice with Shalimar either. She hates me!
I like many of Thierry Wasser creation’s and today I went with Embruns d’Ylang because I need to get to know it. Ylang-ylang always calls to me. I’m really enjoying this CP because of everyone’s comments! My week so far has been Bois d’Armenie, Samsara, and Insolence.
Always wanted to try that one–ylang fan as well. Do you like it?
I do like Ed’Y. I don’t think I’ve quite comprehended it, but it’s very easy for me to wear.
*Thierry Wasser’s creations
If you like Ylang ylang, you should try Mayotte!
Agreed!
I have and love Mahora; will be sure to check out Mayotte ASAP. I knew it was the “successor.”
SOTD is test of new Arquiste Indigo Smoke.
Do report back…
Well, do tell do tell …
Have an important meeting going on today and I am in no 19 edp for extra backbone. Wearing some pearls for good luck.
Good luck with your meeting. Hope the pearls and 19 did the trick.
Woo hoo! So happy to hear the sun reached you.
How on Earth did this land here? It was meant for perfumelover67.
Dawn, I hope your meeting went really well.
Good luck with the meeting! 🍀
No. 19 and pearls is Not F***ing Around battle armor for the office! Hope your meeting went well.
I hope it went well!
I meant to do a Guerlain today but a sample of Black Orchid perfume jumped out of the sample bowl instead. I didn’t expect to like it but I do!
Nice!
We were snowed in all yesterday and enjoyed watching downy flakes swirl by the window. I gave the birds extra food to keep them going as many of them have nests now…the blackbird is sitting on a nest in our lemon tree, and looked a bit glum as snow settled all around. Anyway, today will be sunny once the frost clears and the snow will melt as the ground is quite warm now. It was quite lovely, all the bright pink rhododendrons draped in white. Wearing a dry perfume body and hair oil. Chloe Zara, smells of fig, sandalwood, saffron and pineapple. Not too sweet and melt in your mouth creamy fig. I think it sells in New York from my quick look.
I had a chuckle picturing a glum looking blackbird. Very sorry about the snow though, and hope it doesn’t kill your spring flowers.
Your body oil sounds wonderful. I had not heard of Chloe Zara.
Still commando – had a ridiculously early airport drop off , and still haven’t made it into the shower. I currently plan on wearing either Dzing! or Safran Troublant once I’ve gotten myself together, but who knows what I may crave when it’s time to spray?
I ended up wearing Saturday. I couldn’t resist the passion fruit!
I think the best perfume days are when something calls to you.
I’ve been happiest with my perfume choice when I grab what moves me.
Happy almost Friday!
I’m wearing an ancient sample of Apres L’Ondee. Trying to decide if I want to spring for a full bottle of the new one. It would be a partial blind buy since I have no idea what it smells like these days.
From all reports, the current version is very good.
Good to know, thanks!!
Lovely fall day, I wore Lys Soleïa by Thierry Wasser, it is still detectable but tonight I sprayed on my hands Nahema Parfum de Toilette by Jean-Paul Guerlain, it’s my passionfruit rose.
Lucky you to have the PdT version of Nahema! I’ve heard that it is gorgeous.
It packs some punch😃, I have to be prepared for it, the reason I don’t wear it more often.
I signed up for an email notification on Guerlain’s website if Shali-tonk came back in stock, but saw Pixel’s post and still haven’t heard anything from Guerlain. Before placing an order I realized it was FOMO instead of a real desire for the fragrance. OG Shalimar and I don’t get along and I found my flanker love in Mexique, so I will leave my potential purchase for somebody else. This morning I’m not in Guerlain, but Isabey La Route d’Emeraude. Cinnamon and white flowers!
I had that same fear. Then I remembered I haven’t liked anything new in a long time.
Your sotd sounds pretty cool.
You would like it!
It’s still cold here, but improving I hope. I’m wearing Samsara today.
Hi there, scent twin!
This CP inspired me to have another go with Cruel Gardenia. The last time I tried it, the lack of any sweetness threw me and I didn’t like it. Now that I know what to expect, I can appreciate it for what it is: a no nonsense and rather abstract gardenia. No sugar, no cream, no headiness, no vase water, no waxiness, no whole-plant green or stem notes. Just lightly powdered petals that have passed through the Guerlain magic into a perfume. It still doesn’t have my love but it does have my respect.
It is a beautiful sunny day, but I’m drinking rainy-day earl grey to keep up this week’s streak. Today’s variant is Earl Grey Creme.
Vee-
Did you see my note last night about the FM fragrance? $139.99 at Jomashop for the one you were asking about.
Yes – thank you! There has been a Jomashop tab open on my computer all day. Pretty sure you are about to get an enabler pin. 🙂
LOL 😂
I agree with you on Cruel Gardenia – it’s pretty but somehow bloodless.
And its bloodlessness may have been the reason I don’t own a bottle of it…
4 for 4 so far this week with today as Thierry Wasser’s day with Promenade des Anglaises. So happy to still have some left in my decant from OaklandFresca since it’s discontinued and pricey when you can find it. I think it reminds me of a super laid back anise-free version of Lolita Lempicka.
That’s the reissue of AA Figue Iris? I can really hardly keep track.
Yes, and of course I never managed to try or buy Figue Iris at the time it came out and was easy to find… when it would have been less than $100 if I remember correctly.
Woke after many hours of very deep sleep! Wearing MVP along with a camo tie-dyed maxi, jean jacket, birkies, and my favorite new discovery fall lippie by Merit in the color Fashion. It’s a perfect fall mid-tone berry with a wonderful texture.
Looking forward to some days off with absolutely nothing planned 😃
Happy Almost Friday Day! ✌🏼
Yay for good sleep!
It is life changing and life affirming, for sure!
My daughter really likes the Merit brand. I bought her a lipstick for her birthday. I can’t remember the name but it’s a brown/red neutral.
That’s a beautiful gift! I wish I could wear some of the other colors, but most of them lean a bit warm on me. The packaging is nice, too. Very unique. I hope she wears it down to a nub! 💄💋
The packaging is very good. She always wants Fenty and the Ariana Grande makeup but after buying once and having the packaging break I won’t purchase again.
I’m glad you have time off. Just checked out that brand and that color and I really like it. Recently I bought some things by Thrive (mainly to try out their version of a gray eyebrow pencil. I like the color of lipstick I bought but it just doesn’t last well, and isn’t as moisturizing as promised. Boo. And the gray still looks too dark when I put it on. I’ve probably found and tried half a dozen gray colors of eyebrow pencil and none of them look right.
Sorry that Thrive lipstick didn’t live up to the hype. I will confess, there was/is a lot of hype around the Merit lipsticks as well. I was snared by the lovely shade which is deeper in color, but brightening is tone if that makes sense. It’s not all THAT, but it’s a very nice product that wears off very gracefully and can be worn quite sheer for a stained/blotted look, on layered for intensity.
If you’re looking for a grey eyebrow product, I feel you pain. I’ve found fairly good cool tone greys in the following brands:
Cheap as chips: NYX Micro Brow Pencil
More expensive: Benefit Precisely My brow and ABH Perfect Brow Pencil.
Recently discovered my perfect brow gel that negates the use of a pencil for me with the Kosas Air Brow Gel.
Yes, I’ve tried both the NYX and the Benefit. I liked the NYX better, actually. Maybe I’lll try the Kosas kind; thanks for the tip. I might try Merit, too. The Thrive one I tried is called “Emii” (??). I’m thinking of complaining because their ads for the gray eyebrow liner are just plainly false advertising. It’s shown on a light blonde/gray blue-eyed woman and clearly looks like a light gray, but if I draw it on with ANY pressure it turns quickly to black. It’s only gray with tiny feathery strokes and then they don’t stay. Oh well, first world problems. ;-).
I like the NYX, too, but my brows have gone all Albert Einstein on me as I’ve aged. I actually have to trim them…🙄 Thank God my nose hairs are not so problematic! The Kosas brow gel lasts pretty good on me, both color wise and keeping the hairs in place, even during work when I’m gowned up a lot of the time sweating to death. You can always return it if it doesn’t work for you…
Huzzah for some oh-so-deserved time off!
Indeed!
The Merit lipstick in Fashion is just the right shade for me too–added to my Sephora cart (where it’ll languish until they give me a good reason to pull the trigger).
They’re ludicrously expensive, but the Tom Ford brow products are easy to use, and the color Taupe is perfect for me. They have a shade in both the brow sculptor and the fiber brow gel called Granite; maybe take a look the next time you’re mall-adjacent 😉
Ridiculously expensive is right! But I’ve justified it in my mind by no longer buying expensive glosses because I ended up tossing all my Bobbi Brown Crushed Glosses since I hadn’t worn them for about 2 years because of the pandemic. Lipstick formulas I’m okay with keeping for the long haul, but glosses are just bacteria bombs after a while. But, I did find the NYX This Is Milky Gloss in the shade Malt Shake. The packaging would lead you to believe it’s a deep brown tone, but it’s a lovely berry and super glossy. Price is right at about $8-9. You might want to give it a look see if you love berry shades and you’re a gloss girl, too.
And meant to add I have a single TF anything. I’m not sure why, because many or his items are surrounded with accurate hype. I think I’ve never tried anything because I have limited access. I’ll keep my eyes peeled for the brow products if I happen big a TF counter. Thanks!
Wearing Shalimar extrait.
Sounds like you’re feeling better!
Yes! I slept pretty good last night and think that was needed to get over the hump! I was pretty surprised at how wiped out I still was considering I got the booster on Monday noon-ish!
I’m in Teazzurra from a sample. Not really wild about it, I have to admit. I have four manufacturer’s spray samples of this, so they go to the freebie pile. I also tried Limon Verde, and didn’t care for that one much either, so the pile is getting bigger!
I did find a stash of Shalimar edt and edp samples that are just lovely of course, so will wear one of those tomorrow. 🙂
Oh, I made a big ole purchase of a travel blender that charges via USB and makes a respectable volume of smoothie, about 14 ounces. Tried it out for lunch, and it rocks! It’s easy to store, too.
I didn’t care for those AA perfumes either.
I’m starting to wonder if I just really don’t care much for tea when it’s a prominent note. 🧐
Hey, do you care to share the deets on the blender? I’d be very interested in making its acquaintance!
I got a Blendjet 2, from their website. Free shipping, and seemed like a decent price. My daughter has one and uses it almost every day.
Ordered it on Sunday the 2nd and received it the 5th. It charged up in an hour and was ready to use. My daughter charges hers up every couple of weeks. I used frozen banana slices, frozen blueberries, milk, Greek yogurt, ginger and a scoop of protein powder and it blended like a champ. Hope this helps!
Oh thank you! I miss the blender I had when I was in a home so much…
Jumped on the lovely Shalimar bandwagon this morning – EDP on one wrist and the Cologne on the other.
Preference? I have the Eau de Cologne and wear it often.
I like them both, though I haven’t worn either of them enough to do justice to a comparison. The Cologne is definitely less complex but no less intoxicating.
When I started posting on NST in earnest after being a lurker since its early days, I was surprised to see so much Shalimar love (I still associated Shalimar with a bygone era). Then I bought the EDP, Cologne and Extrait in quick succession, only to neglect them as I went down other fragrant rabbit holes. All to say, I’m grateful to the CP’s for a reminder to revisit the classics. Shalimar, in all of her versions, is one of the best.
I’m interrupting Guerlain week to wear TM Over the Musk.
Gross and gloomy out today and I just want to sleep. Working tonight instead. Maybe all the customers will want to stay home and sleep?!
Oh.. last night I tried to bid on a partial bottle of Armani Gio. I lost by 1 dollar! I’m still not over it. Lol.
Sorry to hear that you are stuck under gloomy weather now. But I really, really needed to see some sun today!
It’s all yours! Enjoy 🌞
Watch what you ask for! I think they’re all at Target for some discount days event.
Yeah.. I think alot of store’s are running extra off ahead of the holidays right now. I need towels and might have to venture out for some of the sales. ( I don’t like the towels here)
I’m wearing Sous le Vent today, which I have in EDT in the fabulous Art Deco design bottle. Originally created by Jacques G. himself. It’s such a wonderful scent, how could any perfume with tarragon (or for that matter basil) be a failure? I wish it lasted longer, though I didn’t apply very heavily because I had a doctor’s appointment this afternoon. He gave me a good report on my wrist, and I don’t need to go back to see him any more, unless something comes up and I have a concern. Hurray!
Congrats on good news re: your wrist!
Such good news about your wrist! What an ordeal it’s been for you…
Yay on the good report on your wrist!
Terrific news about your wrist, hooray!
The sun is back! The sun is back! ZOMG, how I have missed it. Gorgeous early fall weather has arrived with Our Daystar, too. Appreciating it while it lasts. 🌞🌞🌞🌈🍁🍂
SOTD = Samsara EdT, in the red bottle. The first Guerlain I ever clicked with, so I consider it “my” Guerlain. I’ve been looking at EvilBay for parfum minis, since that is the only concentration of Samsara that I haven’t smelled yet. My No Buy quarter might get a healthy “YEET” if I find something irresistible…
It was gorgeous today for sure. I have a red bottle Samsara EDT (I think). Aren’t they all red? I have not “followed” its progression.
Nope. Samsara got moved to a clear bee bottle a couple years ago. I am not pleased with that decision!
Nice that you got some sun!
I saw your song of the day yesterday. Another one I didn’t know. Loved it!
Thanks lillyjo!
I pulled my rocking chair right up to edge of the porch just to sit and read in the sun for a bit this afternoon…it was heaven.
I made it a point to get outside for a nice walk during the early afternoon hours. Glad I did, because it gets chilly when the sun goes down now.
Scent twins with Robin and a bunch of other peeps with
SOTD = Guerlain Spiritueuse Double Vanille
Absolutely gorgeous, specially when one literally moves between temperatures.
In lieu of a picture of another travel spray, I’ve chosen to post a NYC street scene:
https://www.instagram.com/p/CjY46CzuseT/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=
In other news … people don’t even listen to themselves. Case in point – this guy was having a hissy fit on the train saying he did not want to make a public spectacle of a situation but his voice on his cell phone recounting the story kept getting louder and louder!
Anyway, onwards and upwards!
Cute pic!
I am always amazed at people having loud public phone conversations. The one’s where the other party is on speaker really irritate me.
Thanks. I’ve had FaceTime people and people talking about their sex lives – pick one. I think they are all exhibitionists.
I know you have about everything. Do you think Nahema is a safe blind buy?
Nah, I only have a tiny fraction. If I’ve smelled Nahema, I don’t remember what it smells like.
If you like dark, honeyed roses, then yes Nahema is a safe purchase. If you prefer lighter roses, then no. My $0.02 worth.
I agree with Jalapeno and would add I love my 2018 Nahama Bee Bottle and remember thinking the new version in the legacy bottle was great but I’ve not tested it recently.
Thanks to you too MossyBerry.
Thanks for your $0.02 worth. It means a lot to me.
I never had a kids Happy Meal, let alone the adult version. I will give it a pass.
I mostly avoid McDonalds because of that clown….