It's Almost-Friday and National Brownie Day. Birthdays: Camille Claudel, Diego Rivera, Sammy Davis Jr, Gregg Allman, Jim Morrison, Mary Gordon. What fragrance are you wearing?
I'm in Hermès Violette Volynka.
Reminder: on 12/9, wear a fragrance with a leather or suede note, if you have one. (This is a repeat from 2016.)
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: shown is one of the promotional brand images for Hermès Violette Volynka.
Happy Thursday y’all! I’m in Mimosa Indigo for cp points. Another summer-ish weight suede.
I’m nearly done decorating my place; need some tea lights and it’ll be ready. The new pup isn’t at all sure about wreaths. I hung one on the door to the porch last night. This morning, she growled at it. Never seen Christmas decorations, poor thing!
Headed to a Skechers outlet today for tennie runners. There are holes in the ones I have, so they don’t owe me anything, as my mom used to say. I have hard to fit feet, so I hate shopping for shoes.
Anyone else hate shopping for shoes? Any other phrases you can remember your mom saying? I’m missing mine this morning.
Your Mom will be there in spirit while you shop I am sure!
I think you’re right, ltsg! ❤️
Another shoe-shopping-hater here. It has been a very long time since I last ventured into an actual shoe store — have gotten pretty good at online shoe shopping, and the related shoe returning.
And I agree with LTSG — your mom will be on your shoulder, whispering in your ear and helping you quell the shoe salesman when he/she insists that something ridiculous “fits you just right”. 👟
Ahh, a kindred spirit! Yeah, I’ve definitely heard those words in shoe stores.
My mom had difficult feet to fit too, so she understood. 😇
I have terrible hard to fit feet and I hate shopping for shoes, too. Skechers are a brand that often fits me, hope you find just what you want 😊 My mother still says “wear something on your head” whenever I leave her house in cold weather.
I actually found two pairs, at a BOGO 1/2 off price. Score! That comment from your mom is sweet. Always thinking about her girl. ❤️
Me! I hate shoe shopping. So hard for me to find shoes that fit well and also look stylish. I was just thinking about Mom and some of her sayings the other day. If I can remember a good one, I’ll add to my post. Hugs. I miss my mom, too.
Hugs back to you, springpansy. Those feelings can get to us this time of year.
I bet I know where that Skechers is. I hope you find something that works for you! That’s funny what your mom said. One saying I associate with my mom is “Bosoms up!”–which she said HER mom said to her if she was slouching–something I’m prone to do. It’s funny how often it comes to me.
Hope your pup becomes accustomed to the wreath!
I went to the one at the outlet mall at 290 and 99.
I love your mom’s admonition! My dad used to rap us between the shoulder blades and tell us to throw our shoulders back. “Be proud of your height!” I heard that a lot. He was right!
My dog is spooked by the outdoor lawn decorations. So funny when we walk by them and she looks nervously and swings wide toward the edge of the sidewalk.
I hate shopping for furniture.
It’s funny what will spook them! Mine skittered last night when a leaf fluttered across the sidewalk. 😞
I know I’m butting into a dog conversation, but I can’t tell you how excited my cats are by the falling leaves out on the porch. I swear I’ve picked up a dozen of them inside in my kitchen because the cats love to toss and “catch” them like quick little mice!
You’re not butting in! I think it’s cute how much cats can play. I’ve gotten so many giggles from the kitten rescues on IG. 🐈⬛
Sort of a shoe-a-holic here. My feet aren’t too hard to fit other than being a size 6 and having difficulty finding my size. But if the arch support isn’t there, it’s not coming home with me!
Oh, I so hear you on the arch support issue! I have plantar’s fasciitis, so arch support is a must.
I’m a size 6 too, which is often the sample size. I have scored tons of expensive shoes at cheap sample sales, back in the days when Nordstrom’s did those. Sadly, they don’t seem to do them any more.
ITA on arch support! Also, my toes have to be comfortable in a shoe, or it isn’t worth it, no matter how cute or stylish.
I have not bought shoes in person in so long I hardly remember the concept.
Ya know Robin, I looked in my closet, and I haven’t shopped for shoes at all since before covid. That surprises me a little.
I’m afraid I bought plenty of shoes during covid…I just don’t ever buy them in person, even now. It’s so much easier to buy online, possibly because I do not live in a good shopping area anyway!
Another hater here! Mostly because I wear a size 5 and my feet are slightly wider than average. Not many manufacturers even make 5’s anymore. 😣
I didn’t see many size 5’s today, now that I think of it. Do you have to go to specialty shops for your shoes?
I have to buy almost everything online. Even if a line carries a size 5, it’s hardly ever available IRL. Not even Nordstrom! They used to be great for small sizes. And petites. But I‘m not opening that can o’ worms! 🙄
Ugh. I’m sorry you have to get shoes online! And I understand what you’re saying about Nordies. We’ll let that sleeping dog lie.
Hugs. I miss my Mom, too. Pretty sure I picked up saying “Gesundheit” instead of God Bless You from her.
Hugs back to you, Jalapeno! 🤗
I’m with you on hating shoe shopping because my feet are hard to please!
I’m wearing Memo French Leather, which is just right for the warmer weather Texas is currently experiencing.
I envy your weather I am sure!
Sampling Regime des Fleurs Leather Petals today! So far it is green bitters and something sweet, no leather yet but I shall wait for the drydown.
Diptyque advent calendar day 7: mini Cannelle candle, which didn’t smell of much when lit. Maybe slightly fruity and spicy?
My sense of smell is not the best this week though (mildly congested).
QUESTION FOR THE COMMUNITY: Where are you getting Chanel decants nowadays? I remember when they were easily found, but decant sites stopped carrying them circa 2016.
This leather week got me missing Cuir de Russie really bad! Happy to trade for/purchase a lil decant of CdR and/or Coromandel if anybody would like to spare a few drops 😊
As far as I can tell, Chanel has stomped down hard on “traditional” decanting services (Surrender to Chance, The Perfumed Court), so I have abandoned trying. There might be some evil bay or facebook outlets still providing decants, and hopefully someone here will chime in with that kind of info.
Yes I remember when they all just disappeared! Seems like they are still clamping down hard as even the newer decant sites (scentsplit, decantx) don’t carry them either.
Hi pfsh, I have a big bottle of Cuir de Russie (the “what was I thinking?” size) and would be glad to decant, swap, whatever. Ping me at l e sl i cor th e ll atttt geee male dott com
ooh thank you so much!! just shot you an email
I always have to talk myself down from getting their huge 200ml bottles when I can barely finish the 75mls!
Years ago, Chanel got snotty and went after the decanters and pretty much made them stop doing decants. It sucks because you can find some on ebay but I don’t trust ebay when it comes to Chanel.
Yes, same re: not trusting ebay! You can still get vintage decants on Etsy (more reliable) but nothing contemporary.
Chanel has ALWAYS been snotty! 😂
No clue but I have a ridiculous amount of Coromandel which I will include a sample in the freebie package.
Ahhh thank you so much hajusuuri! That’s so generous of you. If you ever see something interesting that I have, don’t hesitate to ask me for a decant <3
Nearly all of the Chanel samples I have are from before the big crackdown. I have had a few things gifted to me by some wonderful NSTers afterwards. Evilbay used to have decants from Chanel, but I haven’t looked there for quite a while.
Layering Blackberry & Bay with Wood Sage and Sea Salt
This morning I went to a for an intimate gathering of the Virginia Wolf exhibition at NYPL. What a life she had. Many of her diary entries were on display, as well as some photographs. I am embarrassed to admit I have never read any of her books! Gasp!
I have used that combination before and liked it. Are you using body creams or combining the colognes? I never combined the colognes. I always use one scent for the body cream or lotion and one for the cologne. The Jo Malone also has combinations they recommend as well if you want to look on there.
I don’t have any of their body cremes unfortunately. How are they? Greasy or absorb well?
Pardon me for butting in – I have one JM body butter and really like it. It takes a bit of massage to work it in but it makes my skin feel very soft.
Which scent?
I agree with Ringthing on the creams. You really have to massage it in, but it isn’t greasy. I always had the orange blossom available and then tried several of the others. For some reason I find the orange blossom went with a lot of the other scents so used that one the most.
Virginia Woolf is wonderful! I’d recommend either To the Lighthouse or Mrs. Dalloway. Don’t try starting with The Waves.
She is on my list !
The curator of the exhibit recommended to start with Orlando
Those would be my 2 recs also, and I’d also frankly cheat and read some literary criticism while reading…
3rd!
I tried reading Mrs Dalloway but couldn’t, i will try again.
I never tried any of her books, so you are ahead of me
The stars aligned for me today — after realizing very late last night that I had forgotten to include Equistrius in my leathers count, and now learning that today is National Brownie Day, the only scent choice for me this morning is of course Equistrius for its cocoa note.
Yesterday afternoon I decided to compare the current-ish Cabochard against a little decant of a vintage 80s version, and wow what a difference. I could definitely tell they were trying to be the same scent, but the vintage is so much more of everything — more galbanum, more leather, more sandalwood … and the juice in the more current bottle, by contrast, is wan and weak and thin. So sad.
I don’t have any of the vintage, which is good because I like the current version and if I could compare, I would just be sad 😂
Interesting. Is yours the EDP by any chance? The bottle I have is EDT and now I’m wondering if the wan-ness is more a function of strength rather than year.
Nope, it’s the edt. Portia reviewed it on Perfume Posse earlier this year and I bought a bottle on eBay for about $12. When I want a green leather chypre, it’s just right. Maybe it’s my nose that’s wimpy! 😘
On this miserable rainy day, SL Un Bois Vanille, never the wrong choice as far as I’m concerned.
You smell fab.
Completely agree. You smelled great today.
Hello everyone!
Thank you all for the well wishes. Jicky has a little ulcer on this eye so he has to wear a cone and ensure a week of eye drops. Poor boy! He seems like he’s already gotten used to the cone luckily.
I’m wearing Galaad from Lubin, a smoky aromatic incense. I wish it was cold to enjoy it fully but it’s blooming well.
Robin, how are you enjoying VV?
Stay safe everyone!
Poor little Jicky, but I’m glad they can fix his eye problem.
I’m hopeful. He’s pretty resilient!
Sending healing vibes to Jicky.
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I hope Jicky is all well soon!
Thank you! I should know during his follow-up on Wednesday.
I do not love VV, but I have not quite given up on it. But I do think Cuir d’Ange is so much better.
I’m in the same boat. I enjoy it but it’s much sweeter than I imagined, and not quite as leathery either. Cuir d’Ange is almost in a different category for me. I do love the sillage on VV though, and don’t mind smelling it for 6+ hours.
Thanks for the Jicky update! Good luck with the eye drops.
Thank you for the well wishes. 🥰
I’m glad he’s going to be better soon. I’m looking forward to the cooler weather, but I know myself well enough to know that I’ll be whinging about it within a week.
This weather isn’t terrible but I’m ready to wear coats and take frosty walks! And of course this is the week my car’s ac craps out. 🥲
Stella today. I have a derm appointment — tried to go yesterday as I had it in my head on the wrong date. Ugh. Redo this morning. But on a happier note, see below.
I often wear gourmand-ish fragrances and I do like spice and woods so see below for a baking related project if interested:
I’ve been doing a little pre-Christmas baking, just some recipes I’ve been wanting to try. If any of you are NYT Cooking bakers and you like things a little off the beaten track, definitely try the Gochujang Caramel Cookies from Eric Kim. We loved them – they are basically sugar cookies with an interesting caramelized spicy streak. It would make a great fragrance! (Happy to send the recipe to anyone interested as well. You can reach me via my screen name above.)
Your kitchen must smell so good.
Ooh a sweet and spicy cookie! Sounds delicious
That sounds like an amazing cookie! I will look it up tomorrow.
Hope that your derm appt went well today.
It’s been a bad night and horrible morning thus far. So I am commando right now. If things improve, I think I might wear Sycomore.
I hope your day gets better, Dawn. Hugs!
Echoing what ringthing said!
I’m sorry to hear that. Let’s hope things are brightening up.
I hope things have improved and that you are wafting Sycomore!
Sending hugs to you, Dawn!
I’m wearing Cabochard today, the new version, with a spritz of Tom Ford Voile de Fleur to emphasize the gardenia. Hey, smells good to me! More CP points.
I have not worn Cabochard in eons, I should find mine.
Eau de Gaga today, for CP points. Another long day of meetings.
Ugh, hope they’re over or nearly over by now!
Twins, one day apart. 😀
Update on my not very interesting, low stakes loss of a sample that arrived empty in a discovery set I ordered from Arquiste: After three emails from my email account, I finally sent one directly through the Arquiste website. Got a reply the next day. They were gracious, and yesterday I received a whole replacement discovery set (I had only asked for the one sample to be replaced) that had two of the samples I needed replaced, plus the others I had ordered originally, plus a very nice handwritten note with a discount code. N.B. I had also, when I ordered the discovery set, order a full bottle of Architects Club. And golly the samples are good. . . . maybe I could use another fb. . . .
I’m in the cheap as chips (from discount sites) Boucheron Santal de Kandy. I have an enormous bottle so if anyone wants a decant (CONUS, sorry!) please let me know. Its a woody floral with cardamom. Lists black pepper in the notes, but I don’t get any at all.
Wow, that was some nice customer service there!
So which other Arquiste are you considering? My favorite is Anima Dulcis and I recently got Indigo Smoke.
From my samples, I really like Peau and Indigo Smoke. I actually also enjoyed testing Nanban, Infanta en Flor, and Flor y Canto, but they wouldn’t be my first choices for FBs. Ironically, the one I think I like the least of the bunch is Flor y Canto (just too much tuberose for me unless very very gingerly applied). I remember really liking L’Etrog (not the Acqua one, which didn’t work for me) when I tried it years ago. I own an FB of Ella and a travel spray of Misfit. Haven’t yet tried AD. The Architects Club is a holiday gift for my son.
I loved Indigo Smoke, but not the price. If you’re looking for a split, or were thinking of doing one, let me know! 😉
So glad to hear they came through!
Hurray for getting some good customer service and a positive resolution on your empty sample issue!
Hermès Galop today after a couple of days in Kelly Calèche. Saving my queen bee leather for tomorrow.
Will admit I’m in a bit of a foul mood. Got the huge tree. It’s up. Was leaning, so we adjusted after much sniping and snipping at each other. Put the lights on finally…a job I really despise. As I was putting bulbs on, I noticed it’s leaning again. I give up. We’ve put wedges and tried all sorts of fixes. I think we have to undo how it’s set and redo completely. Which means house is a mess of decorations laying about.
I think the foot is going to be put down…hard. We’re going fake with lights already on it from here on out. Between the tree, messy garage and mess inside, I’m just a ball of irritation. Thankfully, I’m heading to work. So will escape for awhile. And I will smell good. Small favors.
Oh, and I have to dig through boxes to find china cups and saucers for a tea I’m attending on Monday… At least I’ve settled on table decor. Letting my inner Grinch out, so I get rid of it and can enjoy the season as I usually do.
Hope the tree situation will sort itself out while you are at work.
Sorry to hear about the tree! It’s always romantic in concept to get a live tree, but it truly is a mess and hassle. I have a fake one and it is always a breeze to set up. I do like the smell of a live tree but that can always be replicated with a well-placed pine candle 😂😂
I have a small ceramic lighted tree and a Frasier Fir candle.
Besides the classic Frasier Fir there’s always getting a couple of pine boughs to put in a vase….
Ugh. I hate putting the lights on too. I would like to skip the tree altogether but keep getting voted down by people who don’t mind fetching a live tree but don’t really want to help decorate it or take it down, ha.
Ages ago, my Mom got tired of perpetually vacuuming up fallen needles from live Xmas trees. Between that and fear of fire hazard, my Dad bought a top of the line artificial Xmas tree for her.
Fast forward 50 years or so, and my brother still has that tree. It hasn’t been assembled for a while, though.
I think we’re going to cave and get a fake tree next year. Maybe even this year, if we can find one.
We’re twins in Galop today! This one took a long time for me to decide on, but now it’s true ❤️.
Our pre-lit artificial tree is great re: not having to get the lights just right. The only part I don’t like is fluffing out all the little branches.
I’m wearing Agent Provocateur this morning, which is fast becoming a favorite.
You smell wonderful!
One of the few perfumes that I have a BUB of.
SOTD = Chanel No.5 L’Eau
… from my beautiful red bottle ❤️
https://www.instagram.com/p/Cl6nHcEuuKB/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=
Saw my next door neighbor again this morning after chatting with her yesterday. It is only remarkable because I can go weeks without seeing her at all. So she asked me if I was working from home today and I said yes. I added that I was off tomorrow and she proceeded to ask if I was going anywhere. I suppose I should be glad that she is showing interest but golly, it felt like a judgment of some type even though I would hope that she did not intend to do so! Is Mercury in retrograde?
Love that red bottle, and L’eau smells fantastic!
As a fellow homebody, nothing wrong with staying at home all week 😂😂
The bottle is gorgeous!
I wouldn’t really consider myself a homebody but perhaps I am still calculating the risks of traveling.
I despise nosiness.
3 words that describe exactly how I feel about the situation.
Same here.
That red bottle sorely tempted me to make a blind buy when it came out.
That is a gorgeous bottle and L’eau is so easy to wear.
My first thought was that she was going to ask you to drive her somewhere. Lol. I’m always afraid people will ask that of me because I hate driving so much.
Friday here, and this time in two weeks I’ll be heading away for a couple of days to spend Christmas with my mother. At least, I hope I will. On top of the ongoing post-Covid airline shambles, we now have a situation with dodgy jet fuel that may cause further disruption.
Meanwhile, I’ll smell good today Angélique from Papillon Perfumes.
Oh dear, fingers crossed for your trip Gaynor!
I’m wearing Hermes Ambre Narguile today. I assumed it must have leather in it but no, not according to Fragrantica. It’s funny, since I just wore the 2020 Rhinoceros earlier this week, I am noticing some similarities, probably because of the inclusion of some tobacco and booze notes. I prefer this one though! With Rhinoceros you have to go through that first hour of .
Speaking of coughing, my sore throat from yesterday has now become a major cough. So far, no fever or body aches. I hope this is just a cold and not the prelude to something worse. It’s still pretty yucky. But at least my smeller is working fine.
first hour of coughing–somehow word disappeared.
My flu started with a sore throat then a cough.
I haven’t gotten the flu in 13 years so this was a shocker..
You will be back to normal in no timeZ
Oh, I hope it’s just a cold too!
Lovely photo! Love the monochromatic lavender.
Like any Doors fan, I visited Jim Morrison’s grave on a cold rainy April day while in Paris, plus was dumbfounded and delighted by all the literary glitterati buried there. We spent hours walking around, paying our respects to the dead giants of the art world, taking photos of the sculptures, head stones, and mausoleums. I stumbled across the Holocaust Memorial there and almost cried. I had just gone to a lecture by Elie Wiesel a few weeks before leaving, and jeez, it just hit me hard. Here’s one of the starkly beautiful sculpture I saw:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/jmgphotos/4861124906
If you ever go to Paris, Pere Lachaise is a must see, even if you don’t care a whit about dead people. You will be moved.
As for SOTD, I’ve not decided yet. Of course, MVP and MT are calling my name but I think I’ll go with SL Cuir Mauresque for the CP.
As a born and bred Parisian I couldn’t agree more and the mur des fédérés (wall of the communards) is very moving too.
Just looked that up and sorry that I missed it. Maybe someday I’ll get back there…🤞🏼
Pretty much every city to which I traveled with Newark Museum always stopped at a Holocaust Museum if it is within bus transport distance.
Speaking of Elie Wiesel, I got a letter from him my senior year in high school when I did extra credit work on the Armenian Holocaust. I don’t even remember what I wrote but it must have moved him to write to little old me.
Wow! That letter sounds like an amazing keepsake.
Seconding jalapeno! WOW!
We weren’t on a tour, but I’m so glad I went. I’m seriously looking at a multi-day tour of France focusing on history. Smithsonian Journey’s has a fantastic one, but ouch! Dats esspensive…! If anyone knows of a good historical tour company, let me know!
Wow from me too!
That’s so exciting he wrote you!
I have a friend, or rather professional acquaintance, who is Armenian and came into possession of a fabulous photography archive done by a relative–maybe uncle?–and he has an NEH grant now to compile it all and produce some kind of scholarly project and traveling exhibit about it. It’s a pretty amazing collection.
Trying Santal 33 for the first time and less than impressed. It’s like a thin Tam Dao mixed iwth Not a Perfume with all the best parts replaced with sweet pickle juice. Off to scrub and put on something I like.
Happy Thursday!
This made my day. Thank you.
Mine too. Yuck. If there wasn’t so much hype about certain scents would people actually choose to wear them if they discovered them on their own?
I doubt it.
I didn’t like santal33 either
Smells likes dill and musk
It is still a mystery to me how that is the one that became so popular…they make much better fragrances.
Yecch! That sounds awful.
I am having a hard time waking up this morning despite having slept well. I might have more coffee. SOTD is Stash.
Hoping another cup will do the trick.
Hope the extra coffee helped. You smell great, anyway.
Smoothie is apples (delicious apples from Kent) and yogurt
I spent the day in Liz Earle Essence No 1 which is my most uplifting perfume, and tonight it’s Mauboussin Histoire d’Eau for the CP, plummy leather is a great combination I find.
Are your apples an heirloom variety? Some of those are starting to make a comeback here in the States.
Sorry for late answer, they are Braeburn apples, popular here. Glad some varieties are making a comeback in the US.
SOTD is Diana Vreeland Daringly Different from a sample I’ve had for awhile. Iris, oud, and leather. Not so great to start, but nicer drying down. A lot of the DV scents are bargain priced now that they’ve been discontinued, but this one is harder to find, just my luck. Will mull it over. Sampling Devastatingly Chic on the other hand, which is a nice carnation scent. A little easier to find. Has anyone had any luck with a discounter called Fragrance11?
Update on the Guerlain Millesime Tonka fiasco–I finally got an email from Guerlain today that they are refunding my money. Still bummed not to have a backup bottle, but still feeling lucky to have a bottle at all.
Sorry, but I haven’t heard of Fragrance11 before your post.
I haven’t heard of Fragrance11 either.
That said, I have two Diana Vreeland bottles and they both say Daringly Different:
– Diana Vreeland Eau de Parfum Daringly Different
– Outrageous Diana Vreeland Parfum Absolu Daringly Different
Which one did you try or did you try both?
It was the original Daringly Different. Is there much difference between them?
If your still wanting a BUB, you might try the boutique in Las Vegas. I know they got a shipment because they called me as I was in their list, but had already scored a bottle, so I declined it. You never know, they may have a bottle or two left…
You rock!! I just called the Guerlain at the Bellagio and they still had a couple of bottles, so the VERY nice SA there is sending me my backup bottle (shipping to my office to be on the safe side). Woohoo!!!!
That’s awesome!
Happy it worked out! 😃
Enabler pin for Deva, plus a high five!
I’m wearing Musc Ravageur from the last few mls of my original vintage bottle. It so amazingly rich. Put a spritz of a more recent bottle next to it and there is no comparison. This is why I will never repurchase any of my Malles. Reformulation sucks.
Wanted to thank you again for telling me about Splendiris on sale at that Canadian site. It arrived today and was perfect. So happy you told me. Enabler pin for sure!
You are so welcome, I’m happy for you!
So I decided to try “rose leather” today, and it has not worked out terribly well. I started with Bottega Veneta, then added Roísín Dubh on top. Interestingly, they seem to cancel one another out! Roísín Dubh is delicate enough that that does not surprise me, but usually BV hangs on to me with a vengeance. Very interesting. Perhaps tomorrow I will try Roísín Dubh with Cuir de Russie — but I’m not sure I can bring myself to combine CDR with anything else. Also, we are taking a friend to lunch tomorrow who has a lot of sensitivities and health issues, so I probably will be commando until the afternoon.
I see that other people are baking; while trying to find something on the very overcrowded baking shelf in our pantry cupboard, I came across a King Arthur sweet bread mix that has been in there for a while. It’s the kind of thing – an almond filled pastry ring – that I generally think of as something to make when hosting or attending a brunch, which we haven’t done in eons. Therefore, I’m going to make it today and slice it as buns; I hope that we can freeze some of them. Of course, they may taste kind of blah, but I suspect they will still be sweet and good with coffee.
Sorry about the bad layering combo, I hate it when that happens! Hope your sweet bread worked out.
Forgot to apply perfume this morning despite not being in a rush, so have unearthed an Anthropologie solid, which smells of very little.
Solids do not seem to have great shelf lives, in my experience.
After being inspired by several NSTers this week, I’m in Cuir de Lancôme and very happy that this is my Friday😊
Yay #ThursdayIsTheNewFriday!
❤️💃❤️
You smell so good for your Friday!
Why, thank you!
Sampling Peau d’ Espagne from Oriza Legeand for my leather today
I thunked a small decant of Jorum Studio Trimerous today which leans heavily on orris and suede. Yesterday I wore my comfort leather, Cuir Ottoman, because I was stressing about work in the morning. Feeling a little better about work today but it’s still stressful times. Looking forward to my time off at the end of the month.
I just love Cuir Ottoman.
Me too. It’s just so good.
I’ve been running a little late all day today. Not sure why.
SOTD = Smell Bent Hungry Hungry Hippies EdT, from the Sample Stash. I am wearing my brownies today instead of eating them. “Pot brownies” is a rather accurate description of the first 3 hours wearing this one. Currently it has morphed into a powdery dark cocoa & patchouli scent with a bit of weed lurking in the background.
Interesting about your scent! I don’t recall ever trying it.
As to your question about the colleague leaving, it was unexpected to me because of the when he’s leaving versus the fact that he is leaving. In hindsight, there were signs.
Gotcha.
PS. Would you be interested in trying Hungry Hungry Hippies?
My whole store smells like pot.
I don’t think I would like that in a perfume.
At least with the perfume the weed is not burning. A lit spliff is a different kind of smell…
I’m wearing Narciso for Her L’absolu.
4 more hours to a day off! I have to tackle the rest of my Christmas shopping.
Yay! Hope your day off is great.
Hang in there!