Happy Hump Day, with bonus forgotten teapot from Tuesday! It's also the International Day for Tolerance. Birthdays: WC Handy, Chinua Achebe, Diana Krall, Lisa Bonet. What fragrance are you wearing?
I'm taking pepper points today in Marni, and after a long weekend of lattes and cappucinos, I'm back to my usual black tea. This morning, it's a mix of leftover chai teas (probably mostly Mariage Frères Chandernagor) mixed with Upton Idulgashinna Estate Organic.
Reminder: on 11/18, wear a fragrance with a peppercorn note...pink (aka schinus molle or baies rose), black or white.
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: the "Blå eld" Porcelain Teapot by Hertha Bengtson for Rörstrand (Sweden, 1960s), is $500 at 1stDibs (although if you shop around you can sometimes find one for less).
I am wearing one of my favourite perfumes of all time, Paco Rabanne Metal. I am not sure if it has peppercorn note in it, loving it so much. I think it is a masterpiece.
We had the first snow of the season !!
Yay for first snow! Hope it’s pretty.
We had our first snow Saturday – it was very beautiful here, too!
No points for me as my eye caught a small travel size of Dovana from Sylvaine Delacourte. Perfect for the morning after getting our first snow.
Procedure yesterday went fine. Had a nice lunch after, followed by a trip to Target and Costco. The Target had some of the new Marks and Spencer items, and we bought a couple.
Goats in the snow! https://www.instagram.com/p/ClBoUX6uhjT/?igshid=MDJmNzVkMjY=
You smell beautiful, I love Dovana, i find it so comforting.
Those goats are amazing!
Lush Garden, day 3: Pansy. Standard-issue modern floral, rather vague and genderless, warm and comfy at the base. Nothing you’d make your signature scent (because it doesn’t make much of an impression), but it’s nice enough and I’m content to wear it.
Yay for Pansy!
😆
Masque Milano Lost Alice today. I don’t know that I can find the black pepper note, but they say it’s in there. Yoga and a 4 mile walk, then bulbs to plant today. Happy humpday!
You smell great, love that one.
Thanks. It’s my most recent full bottle.
You don’t need to find the pepper to get the points 🙂
I have that teapot
I found it at a flea market 15 years ago for less that $30 😍
Wow, great find!
It was the time when flea markets was less expensive. Now they are so expensive since retro/vintage style got very popular. I rarely go to markets anymore coz it’s too depressing with their price tags.
It is the same in my area, when I first used to go to flea markets and estate sales they weren’t popular and got so many amazing items with good prices.
It’s really sad because people get greedy now, even with stuff you know ain’t worth the price. It takes the fun out of going to flea markets and estate sales.
That’s fantastic! It’s a snazzy teapot.
It’s truly a work of art. Even more beautiful in real life. What a love about vintage is the attention to details and that it was handmade.
How cool! It’s beautiful!
That was a great find!
Yay for your tea pot! I love to hear about those finds.
I’m so happy for you that you found this tea pot at an unbeatable price! It is simply stunning.
Incredible bargain that you found!
Wow. I would love to have any of her teapots.
It’s simply stunning. The plates and mugs from that line is truly wonderful as well. I miss the time when you could find great bargain at flea markets and estate sales. Now they are so ridiculously priced, that it takes the fun out of it. But once in a blue moon, I do find some great things that are fairly priced, but those items that the seller knows is popular, gets a wild price tag. I know you want to make a profit out of your items, but it’s too much at this point.
I will be CP-compliant in Oeillet Bengale today, when I finally get around to showering and facing the day. Going to be a long one mentally, I think.
Yesterday I wore Altruist by JF Schwarzlose, also for a pepper note that I smelled very briefly, mostly because I only smell the whole perfume very briefly because I have a dabber sample. I hate dabbers, and this one really, clearly need to be sprayed, I think.
I hope your day isn’t too mentally grueling.
You enabled me to buy a La Curie sample set when you described Ossuary – thanks!
Oooh, glad to hear it! I’ve liked what I’ve sampled from her so far.
I’m in Morning Chess from my discovery set. No CP points for me, but it smells great.
Morning Chess is one I would consider getting a travel spray of.
I’m taking CP points today in TF Violet Blonde. My bottle is half empty now (or is it half full?), and I’m considering tracking down another smaller bottle. BUBs are rare for me — the only one in the collection now is Cristalle EDT.
We are twins today!
Ooh, I’m stealing your idea for tomorrow!
Too bad it is discontinued, but I have Paris Balenciaga and they are similar.
In Hermes Hiris.
Second cup of coffee and a gluten free triple ginger muffin.
Happy Wednesday! ☕️
Sending you a very big hug, pl67! I didn’t get a chance to comment over the last few days.
Thank you Tulipani!
Happy Wednesday!
The Hermes scents I have tried have never worked for me, but this one sounds good. I see there is another iris-Hermessence Iris Ukiyoe. I wonder if they are similar.
That teapot reminds me of the Buddha with his arms raised in joy and gratitude.
I am also joyful and gratified to be off the next two days! Sitting waiting for the frost on my windshield to melt so I can make my escape! There was a crash on a local artery and the day nurse would be “late” due to a 6 mile back up. Nope. No. Not happening. No thank you, I need one of the multiple managers mingling by the coffee pot to take report, please and thank you!
I was getting the stink eye as I left, still wafting the last traces of SL Arabie from yesterday. 🤣
Happy Hump Day to all the M-F folks!
Have a fantastic break!
Enjoy your days off!
Have a great time off, and yes! The tea pot looks like the joyful Buddha now that you mention it 😀
Enjoy your time off, and drive safe!
Stink eye never hurt anybody 😉
I’m in Essential Parfums The Musc, from a sample. After it arrived I realized I’ve already gone through a sample of this one, lol. It’s pleasant enough and work friendly, but apparently not very memorable.
We got snow here yesterday too. The kind that sticks to the branches, so at least it’s pretty. I’d really rather have the 72 degrees that we had last week back though.
Me too, on the weather. Last week felt like September, this week is like December. We’re getting lake effect snow but not much yet.
I’m in Resonance by Provision Scents today. I’m really craving grounding, earthy scents these days so it fits right in.
I love the idea of grounding scents. I wonder what I have?
Pepper points in Dior Spice Blend. I didn’t love this the first time I tried it, but I’m enjoying the cool spices today. My husband said, “That smells nice…for a man,” but what does he know?
He’s just jealous. 😆
Tsk.
To your husband’s comment, not yours!
I’m trying a layering experiment, Dior Ambre Nuit body cream with Mitsouko edp, courtesy of the lovely CobraRose who kindly gifted me her bottle. Thank you!
There’s a Ambre Nuit body cream!? Is it awesome?
Oh yes, it is wonderful. Not sure how many body creams they have, but I know there is Ambre Nuit, Sakura, Jasmin des Anges, and Eden Roc. They are very rich and heavily scented, you could just wear the cream without adding perfume.
Woow, that sounds amazing ! you smell great.
Thanks! The Dior body creams are wonderful.
I should try the body creams, I have the Colle Noire body lotion and love it so much.
Glad to hear it, I just ordered the Sakura lotion since the cream was out of stock, I’ve never tried the lotions.
SOTD is Zoologist Civet.
I promised when I received my samples from Imaginary Authors I would report back on In Love With Everything. I tried it last night and this is my take on it. On me it opened with a burst of citrus then quickly turned sweet like fruit punch. As it dried down a tartness came through, but the sweetness stayed the entire time. Some people are mentioning it is like Pulp without the fig. To me it is more like some of the fragrances put out by Escada, but that is just my opinion. Many of you will find it a fun fragrance. I can see it, but I just tired of it too quickly. I am sure anyone can wear it, but it seemed more for the younger crowd.
Lastly, if you come on JB, please look at my response to you yesterday,
OK-done! Have a good day everyone.
Thank you for your thoughts! I will order a sample of the IA but that will probably be it.
You smell great in Civet.
Thanks. I like Civet a lot. I have a travel size of it and of Bee as well. They are enough to get me through the colder months. May have to think about full bottles, but the travel size seems to fit the bill for now.
I felt the same about In Love with Everything, the drydown was very nice but the opening was pretty fruity.
Oh, good. I am glad it wasn’t just me.
I have one of those sweet Escada perfumes, and just. can’t. wear. it anymore.
Thank you so much for the report, Kris…probably off my list.
Sotd is L’Artisan Poivre Piquant. I like the peppery notes but wish it stayed around longer on my skin (my constant lament☹️)
IIRC, that one has been discontinued.
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/24/books/review/the-song-of-the-cell-siddhartha-mukherjee.html
Just been woken by the dawn chorus which is earlier and louder these days, and the air is scented with roses and rhododendrons. I am wearing CDG peppermint, a perfect spring scent ( mentha x piperita is the species, meaning peppery). I am reading an interesting book, The Song of the Cell. It’s about cells with enough history and cultural background, and engaging descriptions to ensure it’s fascinating and readable. The author wrote a biography of cancer a few years back that was also really good.
They have lots of his writing in the New Yorker, I really like him (I never read the cancer book because had already read excerpts, and possibly I’ve read bits of Song of the Cell too).
Jealous of your roses and rhododendrons!
Claiming pepper points with Amouage Opus VI, which opens with
Sichuan pepper. I love this one.
Lake effect snow warning for this evening, I’m hoping it sets up somewhere else. The cold has come on so fast, I’m not as prepared as I like to be in digging out winter clothes and I need new boots.
I like half-boots but they’re no good for other than a dusting of snow!
Some of those projected snow totals for lake effect snow are crazy!
It’s a weather phenomenon. Under the right snow bands, some places get tons of snow while less than a few miles away, maybe no snow at all.
Estée Lauder Magnolia Intense
I need to try that one.
Me too.
Wearing vintage BaV today. I am debating on a few things for December. Either get myself a bottle of Gris Charnel or participate in Candle Day.
You smell great, it took me a while to get used to BaV but now aI live it.
I am doing Candle Day. I can always plan to get a new perfume at any time during the year.
*I love it
Sampling Beast Mode from Chris Rusak which has quie a bit of black pepper in the opening but is generally a quiet scent so far
Love the name!
More rain today.
I spent the day in Les senteurs gourmandes Vanille-Abricot but now I am in Lush Frangipani. I have discovere that my bottle of Fragonard Rêve Indien had leaked, very little remains and I’m a little sad, it was such a good alternative to Shalimar. It is a vintage bottle and I’m unlikely to find a replacement.
Boo hiss on that leaky perfume bottle.
Oh no, so sorry!
I love the bonus teapot!
SOTD = Hermes L’Ambre des Merveilles
https://www.instagram.com/p/ClCIbyxO4tD/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=
I triggered an Amazon buy of the 5mL glass atomizers. It’s a win for just a tad under $20 for 105 atomizers. If it turns out to be a bust, no big deal for the price. An enabler pin goes to Vee. And thanks to others for providing alternatives!
I missed comments yesterday. But the 5ml atomizer you used for the Roja Enslaved split was great! I’ll see if you mentioned that yesterday.
105?! That’s a great deal and will last you awhile, even if you are queen of split meets! 😉
Dang! That’s a BUNCH of atomizers. Hope that they are good ones.
Claiming points today in Kerosene Wood Haven. I bought a sampler set, which has about a zillion samples in it. The CP this week has been great for trying them.
I’m liking Wood Haven very much, which isn’t surprising. Since I love woody frags. 😁 This one is citrusy on top, and has no sweetness, but it’s very smooth after the initial notes drift away, and it’s not a heavy hitter at all, much more sheer than I had expected.
Robin, you found an exquisite teapot for today❣️
Tea this morning was Upton Holiday Chai. It’s a winner!
Isn’t that gorgeous? I could do a year of mid century teapots.
I will add the holiday chai to my next order, thanks!
Yes, it’s truly beautiful. I would love a year of mid-century teapots! That’s one “yea” vote. 😉
🙂
I have only two perfumes that I think of as peppery, TF Noir and Sonia Rykiel Woman. So I turned to Fragrantica and found that Sensuous Nude list pink pepper. I never noticed it, so I will see what develops. I just now spritzed myself.
Apparently pink pepper isn’t peppery at all, but fruity? Or so I have been told.
Yes – this week’s CP is a learning project for me. Fruity, pepper is, and has a rose-aspect?!? Setting aside the power of suggestion, I do discover aspects of favorite perfumes when I read what other NST’ers say about them. My first pepper perfume was Marc Jacobs Bang. That was just. NO, and I got the pepper big time.
Very cool teapot today Robin. It looks like a piece of sculpture.
Mr. Jalapeno was able to see the Artemis launch at Oh Dark Thirty this morning. His stepmom’s house is roughly 45 minutes’ drive away from Cape Canaveral. He said it was a lot quieter than he expected… about the same noise level as a semi truck driving by. But very bright! And he saw the booster rockets separate from the rest of the launch vehicle.
Another chilly but sunny day for me.
SOTD = pushed repeat on AP L’Agent.
That’s wonderful Mr. J seeing the launch. Is he coming home soon.
He will be heading home after Thanksgiving. Not sure about his exact date of arrival.
He’s in for quite a temperature shock! 🥶
If you’re bored, just look at the images for Hertha Bengtson Bla Eld…there are gorgeous pitchers, bowls, etc. in this pattern.
Went with Masque Milano Tango for black pepper today. Such a nice spicy floral amber
Perfect!
In a teeny, tiny spritz of BR 540, which is good the other person in the office today is not one of the perfume-lovers.
Hope you stayed under the radar AnnieA 🙂
My sotd is Violet Blonde.
Imo one of the best perfume names.
I’m in the winter storm warning until Saturday morning. I’m off to the grocery store to get a few things that I forgot yesterday.
I liked that one. Too bad it was discontinued.
Stay safe.
Hope that your grocery run is uneventful, and you get everything at a decent price.
Be safe!
I had to laugh at myself today. I went to bed last night thinking I wanted to wear Bottega Veneta today. In my half-awake state I put on 24 Faubourg. Both great choices to me, especially since I was the only one around today, so who cares? But amusing to me that I put that much mental effort into it, and was mildly aggravated with myself for going against plan.
LOL. They are both good ones.
Sounds like your subconscious had other ideas for SOTD.
That is a lovely teapot.