It's Friday and Jane Austen's birthday. Our community project for today: name a favorite Jane Austen novel (or movie, or television series) and wear a fragrance to match, or, wear a fragrance to register your general lack of interest in Austenmania.
What fragrance did you pick? As always, do chime in with your scent of the day even if you’re not participating in the community project.
I'm in Carven L’Eau de Toilette for Elizabeth Bennet, in Jane Austen's 1813 novel Pride and Prejudice.
Reminder: on 12/23, we'll have a holiday open thread instead of a weekly project.
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 Colin Firth and Jennifer Ehle in the 1995 BBC / A&E series of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice.
I shamefacedly admit to never having read a Jane Austen novel: I tried to read “Pride and Prejudice” a couple of times but found Mrs. Bennet so off-putting that I couldn’t get through it. And me an English major all these years ago! Isn’t that awful? I have seen a whole bunch of movies, though, including the Gwyneth Paltrow “Emma”, the Kiera Knightly “Pride and Prejudice”, the Emma Thompson “Sense and Sensibility”, “Mansfield Park”, “Clueless” obviously, and the very modern P&P remake “Fire Island”. That ought to count for *something*.
I figure a Regency gentleman might plausibly smell of bracing lavender, so I am wearing a couple of spritzes of 4711 Acqua Colonia Lavender & Thyme.
I don’t remember ever reading Austen either, so we can be shamefaced together.😉😂
Oh dear. Although Mrs. Bennett is written as a comic figure and a counterpoint to witty and cool Elizabeth, Mts. Bennet is generally right about her family’s situation. They will lose their home and income if she is widowed due to the entailment of her husband’s estate; since the family has not saved enough money for even one daughter’s dowry, it is critical that several daughters marry men who need not obtain a dowry and generous enough to provide assistance to the remainders.
Oh, she *is* right: it’s just that it’s horrible, and it makes her tedious and unpleasant and one-note. I should be able to look past it but I find I can’t. We all have our little blind spots.
Fellow English major here who managed to get through my program without reading any Austen. As soon as the words “comedy of manners” came up, I’d drop the course!
I will join the “Haven’t Read ANY Jane Austen” club! Never had it as assigned reading, and it never sounded like my thing.
Midnight musk and amber by Jo Malone . Though I can still smell Le Lion 🦁 from my spray yesterday
Radio City Music hall today 💃 🤶 🌲
Robin that photo is my favorite series of P&P
Mine, too! Colin Firth is the perfect Mr. Darcy.
Agree on Colin Firth — so perfect!
Mine too!
Hi, all. Wearing Kate Walsh Boyfriend today for Emma and Clueless. Jeremy Northam made a great boyfriend 😊
I’m going to a warehouse sale today that includes a spa liquidation with lots of perfumes for sale. I’m hoping things will be clearance priced but they probably won’t be. I’m going with my younger friend who is a budding perfumeista so it should be fun, of course her first “real” perfume purchase is Baccarat Rouge 540 so her perfume budget is way higher than mine; I do enjoy helping other people spend their money.
Sounds like fun day! Hope you find a rare treasure for a pittance😊
That sounds fun! I hope you find something unexpected and glorious. (And cheap!)
That sounds fun , let us know what you got.
That sounds great! Please give us an “after action” report.
Perfect scent/movie match — I love Clueless, it’s so darn funny. Have a great time at the sale, I hope you and your friend find some wonderful buys!
I’m wearing Guerlain Vetiver, in honor of my two favorite Mr. Darcys, Laurence Olivier and Colin Firth.
I’ve never seen the Laurence Olivier & Greer Garson version of P&P; I’m watching it tomorrow.
The last of my candle day candles are arriving today along with my final Christmas gift. Never was a Jane Austen fan but in Pleasures today.
Have fun unwrapping your new candles!
I’m in Box of Eels, because yesterday foxbins said that both Chanel and Austen heroines seem buttoned up. Yep, I agree, plus: I smell good.
I’ve been lurking all week because work has been too busy for commenting, but today’s my day off! I have some errands and laundry to do and then this afternoon we’ll head over to spend the weekend with our college daughter, and attend her graduation Sunday.🎓 I booked our Airbnb months ago and then a few weeks ago my daughter informed me that she still has finals AFTER she graduates on Sunday. What?!! Yeah, the university plunked graduation right in the middle of finals week. They don’t do that in the spring and I’m guessing it’s because Christmas is the following weekend but still. I think that’s crap for the students who have worked their @#$&* off for the last 4 or more years. Anyway, too late for a refund so we’ll spend what time we can with our daughter and just chillax and play tourist the rest of the time when she’s studying. It will just be our family of 5 since my parents are in Florida and will not be there.😞 I have some pretty strong thoughts and emotions surrounding that fact, but I’m processing it on my own. I don’t want anything negative to take away from my girl’s big day.🥰
Have a wonderful time!
Thanks ringthing! We will!
Congratulations to your daughter for graduating, and all the best to her for finals! Hope you have a nice weekend there as well
Thanks pfsh!
Congratulations to your daughter! I’m glad you will be there though I agree–that’s a strange system….
You smell fab! I just splurged on a bottle of BdI EdT and am so excited for it to arrive.
Thanks!
Ooh, good for you! BdI is a good one, enjoy your bottle.
Congratulations to your daughter. Have a great celebration!
Thanks hajusuuri!
Congratulations to your daughter! Have a wonderful time!
Thanks pl67!
I’m thrilled for you and your daughter! Congratulate her from an internet stranger if you get the chance.
That timing is insane! What happens if someone who walks in the graduation ceremony fails one if their finals???
Thanks sistine!
Ha! Right??!! She is a much better student at 22 than I was and I know she’ll keep studying. I would have been inclined to kick my heels up and parTY. Good thing I graduated in the spring.🤣
Super big congratulations to your daughter!
I feel so proud for you!
Aww, thanks lillyjo! I’m trying not to let my emotions get the best of me🥹, I am so very proud of her.
Congrats to your daughter🎊. Hope you can enjoy each moment despite the obstacles to your well-laid plans.
Thanks Laila!
Congratulations to your daughter! I hope you have a wonderful time.
Thanks Holly!
Enjoy! And good luck to madtowncollegeGRAD on all her finals!
Thanks Jalapeño! She’s knocking it out of the park this semester, I know she’ll do great. Good luck wishes appreciated.😊
Have a wonderful weekend, and big congrats to your daughter — I’m sorry to hear she has finals afterward, ugh. My own family of 5 has gotten so used to doing things on our own ever since I moved to Georgia (both of our families are or were mostly in New England, and expected us to come to them, even when we had three children under 6 and later when I returned to a full-time office job). My late parents routinely chose to travel all over the place except to Atlanta, which sometimes hurt my feelings. But the five of us have had so much fun together, and TBH, my sisters had so many dramas over the holidays for years, trying to please aging parents, that I don’t regret it any more.
Enjoy your weekend and your daughter’s success! Congratulations again!
Thanks Old Herbaceous!
I appreciate your words. Yes, truthfully from a logistics standpoint it will be easier without them here. They are not getting any younger and my moms mobility has become an issue. It is not so much their lack of physical presence that bothers me, but the fact that they have been so cavalier about not being here. I suppose that is a coping mechanism. Sigh.😞 This too shall pass.
Astounding to me that the two folks above made this gem of a movie (or was it a series? Can’t remember..) 27 years ago. TWENTY SEVEN!! To me, it seems like yesterday.
Currently savoring the haute couture of the tea world, Celestial Seasons Country Peach, to warm up. Spritzed Dame’s Earth Mother as I get ready for bed, and it smells delightful. I tied it a while back and didn’t care for it, but I think some perfumes just need time to settle a bit. Glad I didn’t get rid of it!
Happy FriYAY to all! 😁
Oh, I love Earth Mother. You smell fabulous!
Thank you! I’m surprised by how much I’ve changed my mind about it. 🤷🏻♀️
I love Earth Mother, especially in very early Spring when it’s still cold but I can sense the earth beneath my feet beginning to spawn new life!
It’s a very “spring like” day here, so that must be it! ☺️
I keep pondering on getting the Earth Mother body butter. I’ve had three samples of it in Dame’s soliflores, and it has a wonderful texture.
Oh, haven’t tried his BB….
It’s funny, it seems for some reason even older than that, maybe because I’ve seen it so many times!
Completely off the CP, wearing Malayaku by Agar Aura. Sweet, woody, spicy oud. I love it so much.
I have found that I sometimes get allergic skin reactions to natural perfumes (not all, and not always, even with the same scents). I am experimenting with applying it on different spots of the body. Neck and inner arms seem to be more sensitive than back of hand or outer arms. Any suggestions, fellow perfumistas with sensitive skin?
I could always spray on clothing, but it’s not quite the same, is it?
Diptyque advent calendar pulls for the past couple of days were travel sprays of Fleur de Peau and Eau Capitale. I haven’t smelled either, so I am excited to sample! Heard a lot of nice things about Fleur de Peau.
I have the opposite of popular opinion, love Eau Capitale and could care less for Fleur de Peau! Hahahaha. Do share your thoughts when you’ve sampled them.
I tried them both yesterday! I like them for different reasons. Fleur de Peau is like a comfortable second skin (doughy iris and light dusting of powder) while Eau Capitale is definitely more of a presence — a mossy, dark rose to me.
Fleur de Peau is pretty, but has one of those “exploding” perfume notes on me. It keeps getting bigger and bigger as time goes by.
Ohh that’s interesting! I didn’t get that experience, it was mostly doughy iris and powder the few hours I wrote it at home. I shall have to take it out one day to see if it makes a difference.
Oy with the skin allergies. I apply with the spray and walk into the mist method but most droplets land on my hair anyway.
Skin allergies are the worst T___T But ohh perfuming hair does sound like a nice alternative! Love getting a whiff when I move around
Sensitive skin is very frustrating, I completely sympathise. I never had any problems with any perfume until a couple of years ago, and now all perfumes make my skin red and itchy, and like you particularly inner arms and neck. I’ve got used to mostly spraying perfume on my clothes, it’s absolutely not the same, but a million times better than no perfume
I still try everything on my skin at least once, otherwise I feel I don’t really know what it smells like.
I feel you, and yes, perfume on clothes is better than no perfume at all! I am discovering that the reaction doesn’t happen immediately, it can take up to 48 hours for the rash to form. Human skin is so mysterious!
Maybe try the back of your knees? Someone who used to post here on a regular basis said that was one of her spots for strong perfumes.
I shall have to give that a try!
Hello all!
Decided to sleep in very late for my birthday. It finally got cold so Jicky was especially snuggly! Thank God his eye healed well so he’s out of the cone.
I’m wearing my newly-purchased Ashoka which I found for a practical steal. Nothing Jane Austen about that one, but it is lovely.
I don’t remember if I mentioned it, but when I moved in February 2022, I put about 2/3 of my perfume in storage and hadn’t gone back. I’ve been too unmotivated and unskilled to put up the shelving I need. Well I went on Wednesday, mostly to liberate my Christmas tree, and it was crazy to see all those boxes full of perfume. Doesn’t mean I’ll stop buying yet but when I joke that it’s more of an archive than a collection, there’s some truth to it. I brought home the tree and my box of Lutens. Can’t wait to smell them all again!
Have a great day everyone!
Happy Birthday! Enjoy all of your Serges as you become re-acquainted! Kisses to little Jicky!
Happy Birthday! And hooray to getting your tree!
Happy Birthday! 🎂🎁🍷
Happy Birthday!! Enjoy your rediscovered perfumes ^^
Have a very happy birthday. I hope you have a wonderful year with perfumes and dog snuggles!
Many happy returns. I never see my collection in its entirety as the out of seaon perfumes are in a chest on the balcony, ignorance is bliss in this case.
Very happy birthday to you! I hope you have a healthy and happy year.
Happy Birthday!
Happy Birthday and Perfume Rediscovery!
Happy Birthday 🎂 ! How nice to have Serge there with you to celebrate! 🥳
Happy birthday and you smell wonderful in Ashoka.
Happy Birthday, Coumarin! Have fun revisiting all the SL frags again! I’d be interested to hear how they seem to you now, after time has passed.
Happy Birthday, Coumarin!
Happy birthday, great day to pull out the Serges!!
Happy birthday! Puppy snuggles are the best, Mila is sleeping close to me lately too, so comforting.
I hear you on the boxes of perfume – so much so that I just finished selling two dozen excess bottles and more will continue in the spring!
Happy Scented Birthday, Coumarin! ✨🎊🎁🎂🥂
Happy Birthday! 🎂
Happy birthday Coumarin! So glad you could sleep in.
Sounds like you’ll have a great birthday weekend! Happy birthday!
Belated happy birthday, Coumarin!
Belated happy birthday, Coumarin! Have a snuggly weekend with little Jicky. I’m glad he’s better and I’m sure he’s glad to be outta that cone.
Happy belated birthday! How great to be reunited with your Lutens!
Jane Austen day?! Hold my tea cup. I’ve picked Hera by Papillon for Caroline Bingley. She would pick it for its formality and let’s be honest, the name, because she fancies herself the HBIC, doesn’t she? I considered giving it to the true HBIC, Lady Catherine, but decided she would go for something less modern.
Great choice!
Excellent, so glad someone did Caroline Bingley!
Great choice!
Wearing Chamade today for Jane Austen’s Emma. Guerlain said the name — a kind of drumbeat that called to retreat– was supposed to refer to the heartbeat of someone in love, so that works. It also starts off a bit haughty and becomes warm and appealing by the end, just like the eponymous heroine.
What a great choice. Love it.
Nice.
Since Austen lived before the development of the commercial fragrance industry, I am wearing something she would have had access to: distilled rose water.
Favorite Austen novel: Persuasion a more mature complex examination of love and the changing British financial structure.
Favorite Austen movies:
The Emma Thompson-Ang Lee Sense and Sensibility and Love and Friendship
Super honorable mention Clueless- wrong setting, wrong century, but the dynamics of the characters and overall charm are exactly right.
Clueless is SUCH a brilliant movie and adaptation of Austen!
Rosewater is perfect!
I love all of those movies, including Clueless. My top fave is Sense and Sensibility, Emma Thompson’s version.
I chose Elizabeth Bennet and Bel Respiro for the CP. Elizabeth spends so much of the book outdoors — walking to Meryton or jumping over stiles on her way to Netherfield, thinking things over on walks on various wealthy people’s grounds, running into Mr. Darcy and reading his letter, completely annihilating Lady Catherine’s arguments in the “prettyish little wilderness” outside Longbourn, exploring the Lake District and Pemberley Park with her aunt and uncle — that I had to scent her with something fresh and outdoorsy.
Yes, you’re right! Great match. ❤️
Wonderful pairing!
Yes, I like that!
Excellent match! And you smell great!
SOTD = Puredistance M V2Q
Not quite the original M, which, while quite masculine, had the ooomph in a leather perfume. This version is missing the leather but I “only” almost 5 hours into wearing it.
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In other news, we continue to have the yucky cold wet weather which I hope will stop by no later than tomorrow morning.
Also, I got a surprise package of 4160Tuesdays perfume. I’ve stopped asking when they will arrive because it was jumping through a few hoops which I don’t mind because it was to save on shipping. As usual, I will give the box a day to rest before diving in!
I have trouble remembering what I ordered because the box goes out infrequently and at random intervals – just got a box of 4160 modifications: Creamy Vanilla Crumble with Crème Brûlée, Temptation with Copal & Palo Santo, Shazam with Benzoin and Shazam with Opoponax. All wonderful!
I was going to order modifications but it seems I missed the window. More for next year then!
Looking forward to hearing what your “mystery” 4160’s perfume is!
More like mysteries! I will confess tomorrow.
I should have known that you don’t do perfume things in halfsies!
Don’t you love surprise perfume packages? I haven’t bought more 4160 Tuesdays frags lately because I already have SO MANY.
I find Lady Susan ( Lady Susan) a really interesting character. Jane Austen was only 18(?) when she wrote the short novel ( but it was not published until 50 years after she died) and Lady Susan herself is a widow in her thirties, with a daughter, and she is far from passive and ‘good’ as she searches for ways of acquiring wealth, has a relationship with a married man, and tries to manipulate the world around her to her advantage. She is pretty cruel to her daughter, sending her to boarding school as punishment and wanting to marry her off for money. The novel is short, told through letters ( made into a film called Love and Friendship, Whit Stillman — worth watching). It’s a strange novel, bit rushed in places but amazing all the same. Gossipy. I imagine a perfume that has an ‘edge’ …I could see her wearing something powerful but maybe with a masculine vibe. I thought Bandit would work. She is like the woman Tom Ford might aspire to… she’s a bit too gutsy for Tom Ford. So, have to go with Chanel ( the woman, and the perfume) and Coco.
I read Lady Susan ages ago and never saw the movie. Although I did watch Kate Beckinsales interview with Graham Norton when she was promoting it (highly recommended by the way, she looks like a an overbotoxed doll, but she is very funny).
Austen may have been far more cynical than a superficial reading of her novels would suggest. I still really want to read Regulated Hatred which apparently offers a different interpretation of her work.
And I love your reasons for choosing Coco!
Thanks for the tip about Regulated Hatred. I will search for it. What’s also interesting about Lady Susan is she comes out on top, and isn’t punished for her lifestyle. She takes what she wants.
We are twins today!
I love the movie based on “Lady Susan”, it is so funny, and Kate Beckinsale is marvelous in it. I think your reasoning behind both Bandit and Coco is spot-on.
In Tauer Phi Une Rose de Kandahar.
Another awful cold, rainy day. I hope we have a dry day tomorrow because I am planning to visit the Thierry Mugler Couturissime Exhibition at the Brooklyn Museum with a friend who is spending the weekend in New York. Looking forward to having a relaxing break this weekend.
Happy Friday! ☕️
Have a lovely time at the exhibition.
Thank you, Aurora!
That exhibit sounds fascinating. Have a great time! (And you smell amazing.)
Thank you, Sistine!
Fingers crossed that the weather cooperates for your trip to the exhibit!
It looks like the rain will be over by the time I leave home. Fingers crossed! 🤞
Oohhh! Report back on the exhibit!
I will! 😀
Enjoy your outing! I believe that was the exhibit I saw in Montreal a few years ago.
Thank you, Cazaubon! It was at the Musée des Beaux Arts in 2019.
You smell wonderful in PHI. Enjoy the museum tomorrow!
Thank you, Hajusuuri!
I think you will get your wish for drier weather tomorrow. The rain stopped here this afternoon.
Do tell us about that exhibit afterwards!
It is still raining here. So annoying!
I will report back!
Have a wonderful time! And you smell great!
It’s still cold but slightly better today with sun but the sidewalk remain icy, so I’m extra careful as I don’t fancy a repeat of my fall.
I picked Roger & Gallet Oeillet Mignardise for the character Anne in Persuasion but really because I wanted to wear it having acquired it recently, a 150ml bottle full for £9.99, no one was interested thus the price, if you know the soap that is how it smells like, it’s just delightful.
*sidewalks
Ooh, an old Carnation? How does it smell? It looks like it is totally unavailable…
It smells of rich, spicy clove, not the wan renditions of carnation nowadays, it’s long discontinued, it’s originally from 1922 but my bottle is from the 70’s I would guess, still fresh smelling. But you know the soap is still readily available in Europe.
So cool that you have this!
Thank you Lillyjo, it was on my unicorn list, I bet you would like it too.
I will look for the soap! Thanks!
I’ve recently been able to purchase some more of those soaps. I use them to scent my cardigans, I’m sure you smell wonderful!
Thank you! Oh those soaps are wonderful, so glad you have some, my brother buys them for me in France. You know if you’re ever in Paris there is an official R&G store, rue St Honoré as well as pharmacies of course.
I got mine in a French Parapharmacie near to where I live and next time I’m in Paris I will visit that store, I love Roger et Galley.
I hope you are over that nasty slip on the ice. And what a perfume bargain!
Thank you so much, the wrist is slowly mending, rather purple at the moment. I couldn’t believe my luck about the perfume, I hope you can get the wonderful soap in your part of the world too.
How awesome to get your hands on a Perfume Unicorn! 🦄💗
😀 It did make me happy, I think niw I have all the carnations I need.
What a find!!! Congrats.
Thank you Robin, I felt lucky, my carnations collection feels complete.
Ooh, a carnation collection? I love carnation in fragrance. I recently bought a vintage bottle of Caron’s Bellodgia for a very reasonable price (nothing like your great bargain, though) and am very happy to finally be able to get acquainted with it.
Not an Austen fan, so I’m ducking out of this CP.
It was so foggy this morning that when I was walking my dog, I could barely see her! But the fog has lifted and we now have the most gorgeous sunshine. My SOTD is Gris Clair because it somehow matched the thick fog vibe.
Enjoy the sunshine!🌞
Beautiful perfume. Perfect match to misty weather.
Yay for the sun’s return! 🌞🌞🌞
I love Austen, and many of the movies, particularly the BBC production featured above. But, I had too many thinks going on this morning and put on my “get control of too many things going on” standby, No. 5. TGIF! I am ready for it to be 2023!
Ha! Totally understand the “too many things going on!” I’m not a fan of number five but I SHOULD be because it’s seems like the perfume many people turn to to “gets things done.”
I wore Ex Nihilo’s Rose Hubris for Pride and Prejudice, partially for the name and partially because it’s a scent I could imagine on Darcy or Elizabeth. Robin, thank you for the photo to match!
I also considered Good Girl Gone Bad to scent Lydia Bennet Wickham.
I’m gearing up for a weekend of Christmas performances with my community show choir…while trying to stay well with sick cast mates, students, and my own child all around me. This winter illness season is no joke.
I considered wearing Escada Rockin’Rio for Lydia Bennet. 😉
That is perfect!!
Good Girl Gone Bad for Lydia would have been perfect! Good luck with the weekend performances and all the sick people in your life!
Parfums de Nicolai Sacrebleu for the nostalgic, melancholy feel of Persuasion, my second favourite Austen novel.
Anne Elliot would certainly have bought the economical travel size pioneered by this brand.
Her father would by a gaudy high priced brand.
I think sir Walter would probably buy the blingiest bottle he could find, maybe a Xerjoff?
Or House of Oud!
Great match! It’s lovely to hear from you, I’ve been wondering where you’ve been! I hope you’re doing well.
I am very well, thank you for asking! But a major career change this late in life (I’m in my fifties) is taking a lot of energy. It has been worth it though. Hope you are doing well too.
Yes, I remember the major career change! I’m so glad that it’s been worth the adjustment and that you’re doing well. I’m doing well myself, thank you.
I can’t remember your favourite Austen novel. It’s good to hear from you again.
Pride and Prejudice!
I’ve watched both the 1995 BBC production and their earlier one with David Rintoul and Elizabeth Garvie. Mind you I must have read the novel well over a dozen times.
My least favourite is probably Mansfield Park and I’m not that fond of Emma either, even though I realise it’s a brilliant book.
It’s nice to be back, this is such a great place. Hope you are doing well.
Mansfield Park must be someone’s favorite, but it’s a small, small group.
I always enjoy reading it but it doesn’t have the sparkle of the others.
Hehe I do think I like Mansfield Park more than most people do, but I’m hard pressed to actually determine a favorite Austen. I’ve enjoyed each one that I’ve read (I’ve actually never read Emma) so much that at the moment of completion they each felt like my favorite.
Hello, hello! Very good to hear from you!
It’s very good to see you! I was hoping you’d stop by for this CP!
After watching a video of Jean Claude Ellena this morning, I had to wear un Jardin en Mediterranee .
Nice!
In D’Orsay Dandy and a spritz of Diptyque Rose de Mai Essences Incensées to cover all of my Jane Austen bases.
And I love Colin Firth❤️
Such a bummer that those Diptyque Essences Incensees were limited edition and had a steep sticker price. 😥
I know! Truth be told, I chased down a bottle of the jasmine after you posted about it😊
I’m in the very non-Austen Musc Ravageur, it smells so good! It’s very chilly this morning (and all week) and this really hits the spot.
This 1995 adaption of Pride & Prejudice is my absolute favorite but I must give a shout out to Northanger Abbey with Felicity Jones (2007). Such a fun and delightful adaptation, I’ve watched it many times.
I’m enjoying MR too lately, afte4 a long hiatus. You smell great!
I saw that but have not ever watched a 2nd time, I should!
It’s finally looking like mid-December here in Chicagoland – cold temps and ❄️ showers with snow sticking to the ground. But it’s mild compared to what’s going on in much of the country, so no complaints, + we’re actually getting peeks of the 🌞 we haven’t seen for over a week!🙏
I don’t have a favorite Jane Austen book or film, so for today’s cp I’m wearing a fragrance that’s generally evocative of her work – Penhaligon’s Victorian Posy, all the flowers one can find in an English garden. I love not only the scent but the beautiful packaging and bottle as well as the warm memories it brings of our only trip to London and the wonderful time the three of us spent at the Penhaligon’s shop trying on all their scents with each of us coming away with one that was our favorite. But as a seasonal fragrance wearer a fragrance redolent of an English garden doesn’t work well for me today, so once this wears off I think one of my seasonal favorites, Winter Delice, will be my choice for the rest of the day.
Last weekend’s cousins’ reunion was wonderful; some of us hadn’t seen each other for several decades. We shared so many memories and we all wondered how is it possible that we are now the elders in the family? Planning a summer picnic so the newer generations can meet cousins they didn’t know they had.
Looking forward to a quiet weekend ahead for a change, tucking in, finishing the rest of the decorating and wrapping some presents. Wishing everyone a wonderful weekend ahead, and Happy Hanukkah 🕎 to those of you who celebrate!
Happy to hear that your family reunion was a good one!
Great call on the fragrance, I like that way of looking at it!
And also happy you had a good reunion, and will be able to do it again in the summer.
What a lovely choice! And the reunion sounds great, as does the idea of a summer cousins’ picnic.
I’m not sure what I might wear for a hair appointment this morning, but that not nearly as important as what I might sniff at the local perfumery after that. They have got in so much new stuff recently, I can’t keep up. Good problem to have
Yes, I would like to have that problem! Do report back. 😉
I’m in Creed’s Love in Black today for Jane Bennett. A violet scent would suit her, I think, since she’s shy, sweet, and quiet. Plus, I’m into violet lately.
My underdog favorite P&P is the ancient (1980!) one originally broadcast on Masterpiece Theatre. The production values are very poor, but I loved the interaction of the two leads.
Fun fact: the actress who played Mary Bennet in this has been playing the housekeeper on Grantchester.
I remember that one well, I had the VHS (ha, remember those?) tape and watched it many times.
Hah, I just rescued mine from the attic to see if I could get it copied onto DVD maybe.
I’m confessing to being a literary idiot. I am twins with the well read Kanuka though, so I am taking piggy back points. Lol.
I’m waiting on the dreaded snow for the weekend. 8 to 12 inches. Ugh.
I hope the snow passes you by! Your days will soon grow longer. Coco twins! Yay!
Yes! The days will be getting longer soon.
You smell wonderful, lillyjo. I hope the snow skips you by.
Thank you!
Maybe the forecast will overestimate how much snow you get?
🤞
Joining everyone in the hopes that the magic bubble that surrounds your house will divert snow accumulation to your neighbors! 😉
Lol! Some of them deserve the snow!
I often wish this blog platform had a “like” button for comments like this that make me smile or laugh but need no further response. 😀
Sorry! But the smiley face works.
Or:
👍
Testing a bunch of samples this morning, but am now enjoying the incense bomb that is Rundholz 03.April.1968.
It it’s an incense bomb it must be good
Today I must cover up the lavender that accidentally got on my fabric watch band when I was testing Dior Homme. I have sprayed Santal Kardamon lavishly and I will throw the watch band in the washer later. Lavender is one of my most hated notes.
I’m with you. I get headaches from Lavender.
Lavender detester triplet here! 😀
Quadruplet!
I decided to smell like the gardens and estate grounds that are often locations in Austen novels so I’m in Eau de Camille. Ivy, grass, and honeysuckle are abundant here. I’m thinking especially of Mansfield Park here.
I’ve also realized that I no longer own any Austen. The copies I used to have were just used copies so I believe I purged them before moving across the country years ago. I think I may need to buy myself a really nice set soon since I’m overdue for some rereads. Happy to receive recommendations!
Oh nice, plus you smell wonderful.
I originally had all the Austens in PB, but over the years they have fallen apart and I’ve replaced them with used copies of the Everyman’s Library and Modern Library editions.
Harvard makes an annotated series in HB that looks wonderful but I have never had one.
Thanks for the tips! The Harvard series does look really nice.
The closest I have ever gotten to picking up a book by Jane Austen is giving a leatherbound set of her works to my best friend K. So I am wearing a perfume that reminds me of her, and makes me feel good in my skin like the very best of old friendships do. That’s my take on the CP.
SOTD = Clinique Wrappings.
Aww… that’s a great gift. Points for you!
I like giving gifts that the recipients will use and enjoy. 😉🤩
Great take on ANY CP! 👍🏼
Thanks!
Wonderful! And as usual, you smell great!
Thank you!
That’s lovely, Jalapeno, and what a nice gift! I can’t remember if I’ve ever sniffed Wrappings. I know it gets lots of mentions, so I’ll keep my eye out for it if I’m out shopping.
Wrappings is a cousin to Aromatics Elixir. So if you have that scent memory, you have a starting point as to what Wrappings smells like.
I haven’t seen it in brick & mortar stores for what seems like ages now.
Yes, I remember that one. I remember from reading posts here that Clinique used to put out Wrappings at Christmas-time, but I guess not any more? That’s too bad.
Wrappings was on Clinique’s website, but I think they quit doing it after 2020.
I like it!
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Hi all, I’ve not been a good participant this week which has been the second full week of my ongoing cold or crud or whatever it is. I can still smell things but have a lot of congestion and no energy. So I just have not been able to put any deep thought into this week’s CP. However, today I did spray on OJ Woman in tribute to Anne Elliot of Persuasion. I don’t have a good reason except it’s English and it seems to me to convey independence of spirit and a bit of an outdoors air that might somehow reflect the locale in Lyme Regis where she manages finally to come into her own. And I love the movie with Amanda Root and Ciarán Hinds. I was able to visit Lyme Regis about 10 years ago and was so interested to see that entire region so full of scientific and literary meanings/references. The OJ scent with its unique hemlock/juniper smell is standing in for the fresh sea air.
If you are an Austen fan and like reading Austen spin-offs, I highly recommend the book Charlotte’s Story by Carolyn Korsmeyer, who happens to be a friend of mine and a respected philosopher. It takes up the later life of Elizabeth Bennett’s friend Charlotte Lucas after she marries the silly pastor whose proposal EB haughtily rejected. As unlikely as it may seem, Charlotte is shown to have had some valid reasons for her decision, and despite the often tedious life she becomes condemned to, she manages to find happiness along the way. The style is very impressively Austen-ian and there’s some scenes of hilarity along the way. Most P&P spinoffs deal with the later lives of Jane or Elizabeth, so this is pretty unusual and original. You can find it on Amazon. https://www.amazon.com/Charlottes-Story-Carolyn-Korsmeyer-ebook/dp/B094RGDNLK/ref=sr_1_2?crid=2GQZBX6J3PVF&keywords=carolyn+korsmeyer&qid=1671231268&sprefix=carolyn+korsmeyer%2Caps%2C137&sr=8-2
Sorry to hear that you are still struggling with Le Crud. 🤧😷
Added Charlotte’s Story to my list, thank you! And hope you are better soon, that sort of lingering crud is the worst.
Thank you for that recommendation, I’ll look it up!
Late again! I wore Francesca Bianchi’s The Lover’s Tale in homage to my favorite Jane Austen-based movie, “Sense and Sensibility” (the 1995 one with Emma Thompson). My own blog is partly named for it: Serenity Now: Scents and Sensibilities. If you’re interested, you can read about why The Lover’s Tale seemed apropos, other than the obvious link between its own name and Austen’s perennial theme: https://scentsandsensibilities.co/2022/12/17/scented-advent-december-16-2/. Happy weekend, everyone!