It's Monday and the second night of Hanukkah. Also, National Oatmeal Muffin Day, and there are 12 more days to go for 2022. Birthdays: Italo Svevo, Carter G. Woodson, Jean Genet, Édith Piaf, Cicely Tyson, Richard Leakey. What fragrance are you wearing?
I'm in Fendi Theorema to get in the holiday spirit.
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 is Second Night [cropped] by Alan Levine at flickr; public domain.
Shalimar
Several sprays
I bet you are having withdrawals after the soccer games finished 😊
Yes! I am ⚽️ !!!
I was happy for Messi. Went out in a blaze of glory.
I am enjoying Shalimar, and wore Le Lion over the weekend. They are similar but different.
A lot of sports journalists are calling yesterday’s World Cup Final one of the best, period.
I agree! I screamed so much I lost my voice
My husband was lost in shock over what an epic match it was.
That’s almost in shock…
Me too! What a game
Smelling fabulous
which do you prefer-Le Lion or Shalimar
It’s odd, I’m generally fonder of Chanel perfumes than Guerlain, except for Shalimar. She’s a category all her own. I gave Le Lion a try, but Shalimar has my heart and nose.
Amen
I’m in Guerlain Habit Rouge, which is basically Shalimar Pour Homme. I like it okay though I’ve never *loved* it, but today is snowy and overcast and it just seemed like kind of a Habit Rouge day.
House twins..and sort of Shalimar twins?!
Sort of!
It really does have that “Shalimar, reconsidered” vibe: the basic structure is similar (citrus + florals + vanilla) but the overall effect is so different.
I like Habit Rouge a lot but it didn’t click with me until I tried a late 90’s bottle of the EdT, which was much richer. The current one has the same idea but a bit condensed.
In Chanel Egoiste again — it suits the holiday mood. Tea is Tazo Juniper Mint and Honey and candle is Etincelles (smoky candied nuts).
They both complement Egoiste well
I had a restful weekend to make up for the busy workweek. Gifts are all bought and wrapped, made easy by the fact that I was more selective than usual in choosing who to gift this year. All that is left is to enjoy the holidays now.
Best of luck to all who are still last minute shopping!
Your tea sounds delicious! Congrats on getting your shopping done. 👍🏻
In honor of Texas finally getting cold (coldish?) today’s scent is Demeter Snow. The high on Friday is predicted to be 32 degrees. Very unusual for this time of year. There have been many Christmas weeks in the 70s. And of course the weather next week will have highs in the 60s and 70s.
Stay warm Texas~
I lived in Houston for a while and I remember how cold 40F feels there, that damp chill that goes right through your clothes. I prefer the colder but dryer air here in the Midwest. Stay warm.
Yep, we were in shorts and T-shirts last Christmas Day.
34 here right now, and I am NOT enjoying it but I hope you enjoy your brief taste of winter weather!
Another lovely photo!
I’m starting the new gig, currently waiting for HR to take my photo. Hope I don’t break the camera! 🫣
Wearing BF Ummagumma today and wafting well. Happy Monday!
You smell great. Hope the new gig goes well!
Thanks!
Hooray for a fresh start!
No kidding! Away from all the noise and traffic! Small town USA. 🇺🇸
Sure hope this gig is better than the last one. That one seemed like a nightmare. I bet you are glad to be somewhere else 😊
The problem with the last one was I stayed too long. Should have headed out after 3 months. 🤷🏻♀️
Break a leg!
Ha! Thanks!
New job, whoo hoo! 🍀🍀🍀 Are you still in WA state?
Yes, just moved to the SW coast in a very small town at a critical access hospital. The antithesis of where I was, saints be praised!
Dragging today after a weekend of successful community show choir performances, and I still have a sick kid at home.
I’m wearing Dusita Issara, which was really pulling at my heartstrings when I first applied it, but luckily for my purse strings, has faded so dramatically that I don’t think I would ever pay its price. It is beautiful, though, and fits with my personal theme of “holiday-ish” for the week.
I hope the sick one is better soon!
Good luck making it through Monday irisjasmine!
Hello all!
I’m in Rose de Nuit today from my newly-rediscovered Lutens box. I forgot how much I love it–apricot musk and rose. Definitely not too sweet.
Getting ready for the Big Freeze this week in Houston. Lucky to have a gas range; I’m mostly worried about losing water if a pipe bursts.
Stay safe everyone!
Hope you get no burst pipes! I cleaned out a perfume box over the weekend and found a 30ml vial of Rose de Nuit I didn’t know I had. Will be wearing it soon! You smell fabulous.
I’m glad it was still there for you to enjoy! It really is a luscious perfume. I still have a decant you sold me of El Attarine from all those years ago though I did splurge on a bottle recently during a sale.
I meant to comment on the weekend poll but I was curious where you are selling. I would love to follow along and see what you find! I’m kicking myself for missing out of that Traversee du Bosphore bottle.
I also found a sealed vintage bottle of El Attarine!
Mostly I sell on facebook, Eau My Swap and FFF Marketplace. I’m done for a while now, may sell a few more things in the spring, several Amouage classics (Ubar, Beloved, Jubilation 25) and another Guerlain (Mon Precieux Nectar, which I love but don’t need 4 bottles of!).
Lucky you to have such a thoughtful past self! I’m definitely interested to hear what else you find. ☺️
I signed up for those Facebook sites. Not familiar with them.
I am weeping about your vintage sealed bottle of El Attarine! It is not Serge’s best but it’s arguably the one I regret the most.
(But betcha anything it smells better in that little brain cell in the lemming area of my brain than it ever did in real life. I think it’s best to have a few perfumes you regret forever and never really smell them again.)
Rose de Nuit is wonderful. Might have to dig my decant out.
Let your water run just a thread and leave the cabinet under the sinks open if you can. I’m sure the local news is keeping y’all well informed!
Do any hardware stores in your area sell heat tape? That can be wrapped around pipes to prevent them from freezing.
I’m in SSS Pacific Forest and wondering what everyone’s favorite holiday scents are. Has anyone tried the current version of Goutal Nuit Étoilée, and/or compared it to the older version?
I didn’t know it was re-released. I prefer the edp, need to bust that out this week. You smell great!
Sadly, it looks like the rerelease may have gone pretty much straight to the discounters — not a good sign. Hopefully I’m mistaken. But thank you for the direction — I’ll hunt around for the older EDP.
Seconding the edp, hope you can find it in one of the blue bottles, I cherish it.
I hope you find some! I love SL Arabie this time of year.
Favorite Xmas/holiday season perfumes for me would be AG Encens Flamboyant, AG Ambre Fetiche, and Clinique Wrappings.
I’m the odd one here in preferring the EdT version of Nuit Etoilee over the EdP.
Wearing Mitsouko this morning and looking forward to getting a little time off for the holiday shortly.
Yay for time off!
Testing two samples from Maison Violet today, Un Air d’Apogée and Pourpre d’Automne. Both lovely. Apogée is sort of a Chergui lite, nice hay and leather/tobacco notes. Pourpre is a classic lipstick violet/iris scent.
They sound nice. I probably would love the Pourore d’Automne. That one sounds like some of the iris perfumes I own now.
Our gloomy summer weather continues. More rain and mist, and the temperature has hovered around 13C (55F) for the past week. It’s all so dreary and chances are it will still be wet on Christmas. I am wearing Copper and trying to raise enthusiasm for the day ahead.
That’s grim! We had a horrible cold wet spring like that this past year in Canada, it seemed like summer would never arrive. It finally warmed up around the end of June! I hope you get some sunshine soon.
I hope your weather changes soon. Gloomy and grey is so deflating sometimes.
Sorry Kanuka! Sending you good weather vibes.
I am wearing Zoologist Bee.
As the week goes on I will be reporting from the frozen tundra. “They” are saying windchills of -40 or -50 degrees by Thursday. Brrrrr!
Yikes! We’re due for temps in the mid-20s later this week here in the PNW, but that sounds balmy next to your expectations! Brr!
Oh my, it will be time to wrap up.
I keep my electric blanket in my chair in the winter for when I am reading or watching tv.
Where are you, North Dakota? Those sound like deep winter prairie temps (my family is from Saskatchewan so I’m familiar with -50).
Close-South Dakota😊
Yowza! I don’t miss those kind of temps at all! Sounds like the hated “Polar Vortex” is making a return appearance.
Commando except for my Body Shop Love and Plums Body Yogurt and a slathering of Tiger Balm on my still-tender Lower back (fortunately, I have NOT further aggravated it; it’s just a long, slow healing process). I need to dig out my bottle of Wrappings!
Sending healing vibes.
I hope you recover quickly.
Wrappings should help with your continued recovery!
Yes to Wrappings!
Took Sunny to the vet to get spayed this morning. I didn’t like getting up at 6:30 to drop her off. Wearing Tobacco Vanille today.
Hope everything will go well fir Sunny.
Sending healing vibes to Sunny.
Successful surgery and speedy healing vibes for Sunny!
Good luck to Sunny for her spay!
Like Kanuka, I’m not too impressed with the weather here. We had two stunning days last week, but sadly they were not a harbinger of things to come. Still, I have only a few more days work before two weeks off, so that’s exciting!
I’m wearing Tea for Two today, I can never go wrong with that.
You smell wonderful. Yay for vacation!
Smoothie is apple and yogurt, for Jalapeno, they are Civni apples from Kent.
Kept warm in Baiser Volé essence de parfum, it lasts and lasts but tonight I sprayed Fils de Dieu, waving to Deva and Eau de Shalimar Edition Charms, it is only now I notice how similar they are, just the EdSéc is more citrussy, lime to be precise, I wear it seldom I don’t have a backup.
Our temps have shot up by 12 degrees, it is 13C, glad to see the back of the cold snap we’ve had.
Thank you for reminding me of Fils de Dieu. It’s such a cozy fragrance.
Yes, it is, and my only ELDO, Deva is the one wearing it most, I think.
I’ve never heard of those! Interesting.
My current favorite apple is a new variety called Sugar Bee. Very crisp and on the sweet side, with a hint of floral notes in the apple flavor.
What a pretty name for an apple.
Tam Dao, something comforting and light that smells good at every time. I have the lights on the tree behind me and a comfy heated blanket on and am happy for Monday!
Sounds nice!
Hi everyone – I wore Aura to run errands on a cold morning and it’s interesting how different it smells to me in the cold instead of the heat. That sci-fi green edge faded quickly leaving fresh, clean vanilla. I like it! But will change it up with some Nicolai Vanille Tonka later.
So interesting what heat and humidity do to prolong the top notes…
I went to Lush today so saved my wrists in order to try Turmeric Latte. Which smells exactly like Tobacco Vanille on me. I didn’t expect that! However, vanilla fragrances always go odd on me, so I’m not surprised to end up somewhere that I didn’t anticipate.
Finally settling back into the normal routines. I’m starting to feel anchored again, which is excellent.
Glad to hear that you are feeling more centered now.
Anchored is good
I’m sampling Apoteker Tepe’s The Holy Mountain. Very nice! I’ve actually tried a few things recently that I’ve really liked! Perhaps that accounts for my recent attitude shift regarding my Sample Sea. I’m feeling very lucky to have this incredible abundance rather than overwhelmed/mortified/disgusted/cranky and over. it.!!!
Hope you’re all enjoying the day!
You smell fabulous! The Holy Mountain is my happiest perfume purchase of 2022.
Thank you! I love your “happiest perfume purchase of 2022”!
Yes to perfume abundance! 😉
Right?!!!
I’m wearing DSH Oeillets Rouges this morning. The bottle is evaporating rapidly so I am debating buying more. I’ve mailed the Xmas packages this morning so I can relax and enjoy a few days before I have to brave the airport for a Christmas visit.
Enjoy your down time foxbins!
The hand reached for Organza Indecence this morning.
Thank you, hand.
Made Almond Joy cookies with the peeps today; took a few home with me so I can take them with me when I see my sisters on Christmas Day. I’m not a fan of coconut, so these aren’t calling to me, thank goodness. My waistline is not happy about all of these sweets, but it sure has been fun! 🍬 🍪 🎄
You smell great, and I’m sure it went nicely with baking!
Oh, forgot to give a shout out to ZGO Perfumery in San Francisco – I was trawling the internet hoping to find one of last year’s Cire Trudon holiday candles that I absolutely loved, Bayonne, and came across it on their website. It was the only place I found that had it listed, so I wanted to be sure they really had it before I placed my order, and sent them a message. They emailed me back six hours later saying they had several and gave me a 20% discount code off my purchase! How nice is that? Score!
How wonderful! I have always enjoyed visiting ZGO when we’re in SF. Such nice people and great customer service😊
Another story about excellent customer service!
Nice store. I’ve been in there and also ordered from them. Enjoy!
SOTD = 4160Tuesdays Burnt Cedarwood Rainbow Doves
🤎 I probably should know exactly where the name comes from but eh. It smells great and it happens to be one of the many 4160Tuesdays perfumes that arrived unexpectedly time wise. For this day 19, I chose to match the B for brown skin nutcracker with the B in Burnt!
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I had a lovely lunch with my across the street neighbor. We had Chinese food. 😋. Of course I got a $39 parking ticket which was $1 more than our lunch. I called to contest it and will need to fill out a form which they will mail to me. Apparently, only a judge can dismiss a case so hopefully he agrees with my reasoning.
My 4160Tuesdays haul included the following, most of which are EDPs and 15mL.
– Buddhawood Box
– Captured by Candlelight
– Cherry Who? (Parfum)
– Dancing with Strangers
– Ealing Green
– Goodbye Piccadilly
– Oakmossery
– Scenthusiasm
– The Lion Cupboard
– The Orange Tree
– Who Knew?
And, best of all, I got my coveted Oakmossery with extra Orris in a green bottle blinged out with green gems. Woohoo!
Wow, that’s quite the haul from 4160! Looking forward to hearing your thoughts on that cornucopia.
But, argh, what a PITA about that parking ticket. 😣🤬
Busy day of cleaning and laundry for me today. Fun, fun! 🙄
Currently both cats have picked out a heat vent for their very own, and are plastered over them. They probably will be very unhappy with the impending cold snap later on this week… 😾😾
Have some more presents to box up, then hopefully Mr. Jalapeno will have his “wrapping station” ready to go. He does a beautiful job, which makes sense since he is VERY exacting with his procedure. 🎄🎁
SOTD = Etro Gomma. I think that I owe AnnE an enabler’s pin for this one, since I grabbed a 50mL bottle of it soon after she mentioned it.
What’s your take on Gomma?
There is something “Cuir de Lancome”-ish about it. It does not smell like CdL, but feels like it. Hope that makes sense.
It does! I like CdL.
I’m so late; just catching up, but I wanted to say thanks for your shout-out, Jalapeno! My very first enabler pin! 🙌🏻
Mr. NST does all our wrapping too…I am sorry to say I often just throw his gifts in a gift bag. Maybe this year I will actually wrap something myself!
I was in Kiss Me Intense today. Fire going. My Lambeau “Frozen Tundra” candle burning. My husband is in the doghouse. He forgot that he had tickets to Monday Night Football until he was reminded on Saturday. I had to work, so couldn’t go. Yes, I know, maybe not such a bad thing…given it’s about 15 degrees and might snow. But I have the right gear, and it’s an experience…. He owes me one.
OK, nothing would make me happier than to NOT go to a football game, much less in 15 / snow. But I am sorry you missed something you might have wanted to do!