It’s Almost-Friday and National Peanut Brittle Day. Birthdays: Bessie Coleman, Paul Newman, Lucinda Williams. What fragrance are you wearing?
I had my second shingles vaccine yesterday afternoon, and I'm pretty tired. I'm commando and possibly heading back to bed for a bit.
Reminder: on 1/27, wear a fragrance by Narciso Rodriguez, if you have one.
And for those of you who like to plan ahead, see Scent of the day ~ Friday community projects 2023, where I'll try (but obviously sometimes fail) to always have the next five or six weeks mapped out in advance.
Note: top image via Narciso Rodriguez at Facebook.
Feel better soon, Robin!
Wearing L’Artisan Patchouli Patch from another cute travel-size spray.
Cold and very windy today. I am on my third cup of coffee and it is not helping much. I am very sleepy! These dark days are taking a toll on me. I hope Phil, the groundhog brings good news next week! 😀🐥🪻🌷🌻🪺🐇🐣
Happy Thursday! 🌞
me too! I am fine with any temperature but there has to be sun!
Agree!
Yes, c’mon, Phil! 🌼
I will have to try your SotD; my love for Montale Patchouli Leaves has faded. Or my bottle has turned. 🤷🏼♀️
Patchouli Patch is a very nice, safe, office-friendly dry patchouli with some spices. It becomes a skin scent on me in an hour or so. You may like it.
Sounds perfect. Thanks, pl67!
I hear you on the wind!
It is awfully cold thanks to it! 🥶
That was the reason I decided not to get groceries today. It would have been a less than pleasant walk to get them.
I love Patchouli Patch, good choice!
Thank you!
The mayor who dropped the Staten Island Chuck (was it him?) has not been in office for some time!
The fact was that Mayor Di Blasio did not drop Chuck, but Charlotte, his granddaughter. The Staten Island Zoo did not say anything about the replacement for many months. Charlotte, which died after the fall, had replaced Chuck after he bit former Mayor Bloomberg.
All groundhogs that replaced Chuck have their own names, but are called Chuck in public appearances.
I remember feeling that second Shingrix.
I used to know someone who was tortured by shingles for more than a year. I’m sure he would have been obnoxious even without the shingles, so I wasn’t as sympathetic as I might have been. I made sure to get the original shingles vaccine as soon as I was eligible and, later, Shingrix when that came out.
No perfume yet. I think I’ll test FZOTIC Ummagumma again today.
Has anyone tried this line? The bottles look amazing!
https://www.bergdorfgoodman.com/c/designers-a-z-dbe-by-eva-petric-cat704417
In a related PSA, Bruno is selling “imperfect” (under or over weight or misshapen) Fzotic Honey Cedar and Black Suede soaps at a huge discount. I LOVE these soaps. Great quality as well as wonderful to smell.
https://fzotic.com/products/wabi-sabi-soaps?utm_source=Klaviyo&utm_medium=campaign&utm_campaign=Wabi%20Sabi%20Soap%20Sale%202023-01-25%2016%3A46%3A18&_kx=ZGeEErRxPsRCDWhOna4U3se8apqPFk5JxvuL5QTqJGvw8rxqZb7bBRAs7X8njh7q.Uv7sXr
Yes I came here to post this too! Incredible soaps.
Great PSA — thanks!!!
Thx – just ordered!
Ordered this morning too.
I’m in 40 Rogue from my discovery set. I have two more fragrances to go. I think next week is my totally untouched Chris Rusak set.
Another one of those aspirationally sophisticated scents today, Boucheron Pour Homme EDP, from 1989. It smells as if I should be wearing a tuxedo.
Away from my perfumes for the next couple of days and just grabbed my travel spray of Angel’s Share as I left, so I’ll be wearing this little gem for the next few days.
Back in the Big City for a few days and will make stops at Ulta, Sephora, Nordstrom, TJMaxx and Home Goods. Have a list of things I need to get and plan on doing a bit of serious shopping today and tomorrow!
Happy Almost FriYAY! ☺️
Enjoy your shopping time! 🛍
Have fun, Deva!
That sounds fun! Be sure and buy some perfume along the way 😊
Which city, Deva?
Seattle? I want to go shopping with you! The Nordstrom mother ship still has petites. ☺️
Have a great time shopping!
Hope that you will easily find all the things you are looking for!
Those are all wonderful shopping destinations – have fun!
In vintage Caleche edt and it’s beautiful. This is a case, though, where I’m missing the aldehydes on top and might “need” to add a newer bottle to the collection😁
Envy here — you smell wonderful. Love Caleche!
Thank you! I’m so glad I’ve finally discovered it.
Do nothing til you’ve contacted me! 😉 standing dawt armsakimbo in geemale land.
I promise!💕
Hello friends! Thanks for thinking of me, I was up in Montréal moving in to my new place, had no internet service until the 18th and wasn’t wearing any perfume so I decided to take an internet break. I was working through a lot of emotions as I was unpacking, after three very difficult years of upheaval, so it was a useful quiet time alone. I feel optimistic about the future and happy to be back on track. Wearing an old favorite today, Le Parfum du 68.
Nice to see you!
Good to hear from you, Cazaubon!
💕🥰💕
Yay you’re back! Glad you are well.
Happy to see you!
Glad you’re safely back!
Happy to see you and welcome back to Montréal!
Waving hallooooo from accross the pond!🤗🤗
Oh, hush! We are going to be below 0 degrees next week again. I would gladly take your heat about now as I sit under my electric blanket 😊
Oops wrong place. I hate when that happens.
Hiya! Glad to hear that you are settled in and things are headed in a positive direction.
Glad you’re back and settling in!
Yay, you’re back! I’m glad you were able to take some time to properly process everything – moving is never easy.
Glad to see you back and hooray for a much better frame of mind!
Welcome back cazaubon. You were missed. 😊
I’m in Misfit, which claims to be inspired by 19th Century bohemians and counter culture. The vibe I get is more gentle, elegant older woman in a very simple but very expensive designer cashmere sweater who opens her arms wide to give big hugs!
Hey how are you? Been missing you.
Hi lillyjo! Been through the wringer regarding a health scare with my younger son. But he is back home and recovering, and all is well. xxoo
I’m glad all is well now and happy to see you back! 😊
I’m so sorry to hear that, glad things are better.
There’s my aspirational scent, right there.
Good to hear from you and that things are OK!
Have been thinking about you too and glad to hear that things are okay🌸
Glad to see you back as well!
I’m in Narciso edt again. Making a good dent in my travel spray this week.
We got a dusting of snow overnight and it was much more slippery than it looked! I might have approached my first intersection too fast this morning.😬Oops. Thank goodness for awd.
I slept like a rock last night, it felt so good. Strange dreams though. I dreamt a former colleague (who was not into perfume to my knowledge) had her own YouTube channel and was doing a perfume review with her massive collection displayed behind her! Weird. Lol. If only I could remember which perfume she was reviewing.
I love a good nights sleep. high five
Be careful on the roads. It doesn’t take much.
I saw a glimpse of the sun today!🌞
Keep the shiny side up and the greasy side down!
I’m wearing Nicolai Vanille Tonka today, yummy.
More snow coming this way and we don’t need it!
Felt like rose today so wearing Nahema🌹🌹🌹
Send it to J B. He needs it! Lol.
Yes PLEASE send it!
Heatwave has been crazy this week.😓😓
Oh , hush! We are going to be below 0 next week again. I would gladly take your heat about now as I sit under my electric blanket 😊🥶🥶
The ski resorts in PA and NY would *love* to have your snow! Some of them have patches of grass showing on their runs/trails.
Tell the places to come and get it. We are giving it away for nothing!
SOTM is Cuir Cannage. My decants will probably be enough for the remainder of my lifetime, but I still wish I’d sprung for a FB while the reasonably sized ones were still available for less than a mortgage payment.
The upswing in perfume prices is jaw-dropping
Hello all!
Off to class in a cloud of Cuir D’Ange. It’s gorgeous here in Houston so I’m relishing in it.
Stay safe everyone!
What class are you taking?
Calculus 1. I took it a few years ago but it didn’t stick much haha.
you smell good! one of my faves
Isn’t it so lovely?
Songes today, I think this if my favorite Goutal. Compliments from kids every time I wear it. I haven’t smelled this one from those new bottles but I am hoping the cumin and spice is still there because that is what makes it for me.
Someone on this feed recommended Snow Country to me, and that book has come in but I have to wait to pick it up since it’s at the library near where I volunteer. Part of me can’t resist and I feel like going right away…
Wasn’t able to stop at the post office yesterday but doing that today and going grocery shopping. Wearing Nasomatto Nuda today. I don’t care if it’s skanky but I love it. I am so happy that I have a backup before it was discontinued.
I think Nuda is beautiful! Not much skank to my nose.
Eris Mx. today and heading out for 5 mile walk. I notice it staying light just a bit longer now and that helps my mood enormously!
I am closing my patio blinds 30 minutes later than I was at Christmas, whoo hoo!
You smell great! I’ve noticed the light too and it makes me so happy😀
You smell wonderful. I’ve noticed the light too but the grayness whenever I work from home wreaks havoc on my Zoom lighting!
Hope everyone is staying safe where the weathers been bad. Robin congrats on finishing the shingle series but sorry its affecting you! I need to get on the band wagon with the shots and will be sure to schedle down time now I know possible side effect.
In Thomas de Monaco Raw Gold today and excited to have tomorrow off to sleep in. I do have some prefessional development to catch up on but at least I have a 4 day weekend.
Enjoy your extended weekend!
Thank you! Hope you get your much needed rest tonight!
Hurray for a 4-day weekend! 🎊✨
We had our annual provincial holiday on Monday, so it’s been a short week, but I’m still glad it’s Friday.
I’m wearing Cabochard today, the 30ml bottle I bought nearly 30 years ago is nearly empty.
Wearing Bois des Iles EdT today. It’s gorgeous out there, so different from two days ago.
Calypso and I went on a sniffing expedition on Monday and had so much fun. Lunch first, and then we made our way to the counters! I got a sample of Diptyque Orpheon, which I liked when it came out, but got distracted, as we do. The two Byredos I hadn’t tried, Eyes Closed and Mixed Emotions, are really nice. EC has ginger, cinnamon and a rooty carrot note (loves that one). ME is a skin scent, but I’ll have to try the sample to say much more.
We tried a bunch of the new Guerlains, but the one I gave skin time to went weird on me (Herbes Troublantes).
Tried the new FM, Uncut Gem, but it reminded me of an EO, but I got a sample of it anyway. The nose was worn out, so maybe…
We had a good time at the Mind Games counter. It’s a new line using chess pieces as the motif. Double Attack is a gorgeous non sweet chocolate that I got a sample of, but I’ve been too enamored with BOE this week to try it.
So fun! 💃🏼
Perfumista high five to you & Calypso!✋
Back at ya! 🖐
sounds like a great outing
It was really good to get out.
Glad you girls had fun!
Eyes closed is on my radar too
It’s different from the other Byredos. Most of them leave me cold, but I was huffing myself all evening. 👍🏻
Glad you two had a great outing!
I was surprised at all of the new lines out there!
Sounds like you and Calypso had an awesome time on Monday!
It was indeed.
Robin, congrats on finishing your shingles Vx. It wasn’t fun for me, either. I hope it doesn’t keep you down for long!
SotD is Maison Tahité I_Ristretto. Violet and coffee, yippee, my two favorite notes of the moment. I’m testing from a (spray) sample and not getting much projection, but it is nice with a musky base. I’m sure I’ll use it up and go on to the other 3 I bought in the series.
Has anyone been on Fragrantica today and seen the article, “The Perfumer’s Name As a Marketing Tool?” Who’s the hottie on the left? I think I should know but can’t place him.
Isn’t that Bruno?😍😍
Yup,it’s Bruno Yovanovic✌🏻
Thanks, JB! ❤️I was thinking Bruno, but then I thought, nah, he just looks like a Bruno. 😆
You made me look! Lol
😂
Still working through a selection of Ayala Moriel samples this week. Today’s is Kinmokusei, which is primarily osmanthus, green tea, and blond tobacco on my skin. And that’s a thunk on the sample! It’s nice but not a love like the two I wore earlier in the week, Palas Atena and Ayalitta. Yesterday’s Bon Zai wasn’t really for me so I moved that one to the give away baggie. I think it was the patchouli, agarwood, vetiver base that wasn’t my favorite.
Robin, I hope your side effects from your second shingles shot are short lived!
SOTD!
Kayali Vanilla was grabbed as I flashed out the door.A day of errands and HEATWAVE!
SOTE!
Monteil Royal Secret from my Mom’s bottle.I needed a hug tonight.
Happy fursday!
XO’s
Sending an extra hug, JB. 💕
Consider yourself hugged.
I keep trying to send you snow but it comes back return to sender!
Here’s a hug from me.💙
https://youtu.be/PU5xxh5UX4U 🌞
🤗🤗🌹
I will try to send my cold rain your way!
Thanks for the grouphug!🤗✌🏻🌹
It is time to make my shocking confession: I do not like Narciso Rodriguez perfumes. I’ve had a skin reaction to at least one, and haven’t like any others enough to risk wearing. Also, I find the bottles quite boring.
This is far worse than then Annick Goutal sneeze-athon of a few years ago, since I am still cautiously willing to smell their offerings.
Wearing the fail-safe Cristalle for a day in the office…
Cristalle beats them all!
You smell fantastic!
Productive day today! I made a few phone calls today for various appointments in the future, plus I cooked a batch of homemade tapioca pudding. It’s cooling down as I type.
SOTD = Chanel Sycomore EdT. I am wondering if my little dabber sample is starting to go off with this one. Time to use it up.
Yay for productivity!
You reminded me that I was going to make some rice pudding this week. Enjoy the tapioca!
Thanks! I’ve been playing around with different kinds of tapioca and different flavorings. Still haven’t quite nailed down how to use the mini boba I have. But rosewater is quite tasty as a flavoring!
I love rice pudding and tapioca. You 2 are making me hungry!
It’s a great way to use up milk that’s been hanging around in the fridge for a while, hehe!
You both are forcing me to get tapioca and rice pudding this weekend. I haven’t had them in a while! 😋
There are worse snacks to have! 🤣🤣🤣
You smell wonderful. Glad you’re having success with your tapioca. My tapioca story is not so glorious: I was in college and we had a night every few weeks when we would eat together as housemates, with each person taking turns making dinner. I don’t recall what main dish I made but my tapioca pudding was stuck on (in?) the cups and it took quite a bit of elbow grease to get it unstuck!
Thanks!
I’ve been making tapioca for a long time now. I’ve even graduated from the instant to the pearls, which can be tricky to work with.
I’ve also learned to soak the pan that I’ve made it in before placing it in the dishwasher. Makes cleanup so much easier.
I’m a decant thunking machine today. First was Jubilation 25 and now Samsara edp.
My son has a cold and I think I might be catching it. I will be heading to bed early tonight.
Robin, I hope you feel better soon.
Yay for decant thunking but a big, fat BOO HISS for your son’s cold and you not feeling well.
I hope you and your son feel better soon, Lillyjo!
Next week, I am going to start thunking decants and samples that are less than half. I will be spraying lavishly! That’s going to be my own community project for a while.
I hope you’re able to fight off the cold! Fingers crossed.
You’re inspiring me to thunk as well, perhaps not decants (too daunting) but samples I can do!
Well the one’s I’ve thunked were almost empty. I just oversprayed and thunked.
Oh oh … even when they’re no longer children they are still germ factories! I hope it’s a temporary thing and going to bed early should help!
Hope you feel better soon!
Robin, I hope you feel better soon!
SOTD = Francesca Bianchi Sticky Lips
Love! It is similar to Sticky Fingers except it is more rosy. I could be imagining it but perhaps some violet as well.
In other news, I don’t know if anyone recalled me assembling a package for one of the cleaning staff in the office. Anyway, I’ve seen her quite a few times since then but this past Tuesday was when I asked if she liked any of the perfumes. She said yes but she was more enamored with the face care stuff I included! I’ll be giving her another package within the next 1-2 months!
Oh that’s so nice about the gift!
And I am glad you love your new perfume!
Sticky Fingers but more rosy? That sounds great and is giving me layering ideas, especially since Sticky Lips is sold out! I wonder how Bianchi decides whether to release something as limited edition as opposed to part of her regular line.
Glad that your new perfume worked out so well for you!
Deviating from my own CP again today and wearing Copal Azur, I will go back to Jovoy testing tomorrow.
I’m still busy from LNY celebrations back home, lots of meeting up with relatives and friends that I haven’t seen in awhile! It’s been nice and also slightly emotional, as all time spent with family is.
I’ve been wearing perfume almost daily, sometimes more than one scent per day. It is warm and humid here, so perfume develops and disappears faster than it usually does when I’m in NY.
Some favorites so far:
– Chanel Les Exclusifs Eau de Cologne, a perfect light refresher for the heat
– Pure Malaysian wild oud oil, a whole perfume on its own
– Chanel Egoiste, now firmly a staple in my collection
– Swiss Arabian Sandalia, nice light and sweet sandalwood (probably natural and synthetic) oil that reminds me of temple incense.
Hope everybody is doing well!