It's Friday, the 2nd day of LGBTQ Pride Month, and National Rocky Road Day. Birthdays: Martha Washington, Barbara Pym, Charlie Watts, Cornel West. Plus, happy Powder Puff Friday! Our community project for today: wear something powdery. This is a repeat from 2015.
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 on day 4 of Prada Infusion d’Iris Absolue. It's been restful to not have to decide what to wear in the morning.
Reminder: on 6/9 we're doing Adjectives Friday...wear a fragrance with an adjective in the name. Bonus points if the adjective is apt! Suggested by pyramus.
And for those of you who like to plan ahead, see Scent of the day ~ Friday community projects 2023, where I'll try (but usually fail) to have the next five or six weeks mapped out in advance.
Note: top image is Scarlett Johansson for Prada's The Glass Age campaign for the Galleria handbag, 2023.
Day 5 of powdery iris is FM Iris Poudre. Most of you know this has become one of my favorites!
I love that scent, and you smell great-but I chose Goutal Ninfeo Mio. I needed that citrus and raspy green scent for today. But IP was my first choice for the CP 🙂
A new-classic beauty!!
IP is becoming one of your favorite scents
Yes, it definitely has become a favorite!
Would you consider getting a BUB of Iris Poudre?
Oh, I already have done that.
🤣🤣🤣!
Day five of Etat Libre d’Orange, and for Powder Puff Friday I’m wearing a drop of Putain des Palaces, which is a big fat floral, heavy on the violet, with a powdery-aldehydic top, not at all my thing, but it’s undeniably well-made.
That one’s great, one of my favourites.
Powdery-aldehydic-top twins! But, those notes are favorites for me. In Kenzo Flower, and I did not remember how big the aldehyde opening is. I was remembering mostly the powder as I planned for today.
Putain de Palaces was a solid “Like” from ELdO for me. But I learned a little late that I should only get perfumes that I love.
I had a bottle I swapped away. Loved it because it was so wonderfully powdery and tasty, but after a while it seemed it got more and more powdery every time I wore it. To the point I imagined myself like Peanuts Pig Pen. Not a dirt cloud surrounding me but an ever expanding powder cloud. It just got to be too much, but I still love it on others.
Hello all!
Not sure if it counts but I’m in Borneo 1834, a chiaroscuro in brown and gold. It smells powdery to me, in the way that full patchouli does. This is the Gratte-Ciel version which definitely does the trick for me. I do have a Palais bottle as well and the only difference is longevity. I attribute that in part to maturation though.
Celebrating the end of my class with some biscotti-making with a friend. We might watch a movie too; we have a running list.
Have a great day all!
I have Borneo, too, in the GC bottle. I really like that format, and you smell great 🙂
Thank you! I’m really glad to have it. Such an elegant patchouli.
Woo hoo!🎉 Congrats on your class being done.
Thank you!
Making biscotti sounds like a great way to celebrate finishing a class. Congrats and have fun today!
Thank you! We just both had a craving
Hurray for making it thru your class!
Thank you! Get a nice weekend to relax before starting more on Monday! 😂
Nothing like success to keep you motivated! Good for you! 🏆
It absolutely does. I’m hitting the ground running. 🤠
Happy Friday NST! I planned to wear Molinard Habanita for powder puff Friday but it’s just too hot and I’ll be outside most of the day. So I’m taking CP points in Zoologist Cow. Fragrantica lists powdery as the first note in the description and it smells so nice on a warm day.
I wore Habanita when we did this in 2015, but yes, way too hot today!
Yep, too hot for powder here also. I’m sure January me would be kicking me for saying this, but I wish it would cool down just a tad.
I’m in Amouage Gold today, which is likely the most powdery thing I own. Probably not the best scent for volunteering with work colleagues, but it should have toned down a bit by then.
Amouage Gold smells like money in the same way Daisy Buchanan sounded like it. You smell great!
Tonight I’m wearing Cuir by Bougie Boujees. It’s a little powdery but more importantly for me is that cuir=queer and goes with the start of Pride month.
Portia x
Excellent mash up, Portia!
Thanks Robin.
Sending you hugs, love and strength.
Love the perfume pun!
I’m wearing Vivienne Westwood’s Boudoir this morning, an aptly named pink marabou slipper of a fragrance.
A classic! Have not smelled it in years.
I wore it too this week, you smell great.
yesssss! Love it.
I don’t have a whole lot of powdery scents in my arsenal, apparently — according to a fragrantica search, all I have is Equistrius … and it’s too warm outside for that one. Thought about wearing Alba again, but in the end I chose Le Dix EDT for today’s project, and I smell violet-y in the very best way.
I almost picked that one. You smell wonderful!
Chanel No. 19 Poudre. Is it powdery? Well…the name says it is! And it works on a warm, mildly humid day. The only other scent I have on hand with me is Replica Beachwalk. Which I may wear tomorrow.
Drove straight across the middle of our state yesterday to arrive near St. Paul, MN. Memorial service on Saturday. Farmland and rivers. Easy drive, except for a stretch where we could see black clouds and an obvious storm to our south. We thought we’d skirt it, but we hit a stretch where the temperature dropped a full 20 degrees. Became extremely windy and then the rain came. It was so heavy, some cars pulled over to the side of the highway with their flashers going to wait it out. Just as I was considering doing the same because it so hard to even see the road, it started to lessen. A very hairy 5 or so minutes. And, of course, it was while I was driving…. We only hit that kind of rain when I’m the one driving.
Yesterday it barely sprinkled where I work and a couple miles away where my h works it downpoured. So weird.
Yep, big farm country in that western part of the state, that’s where my dad grew up. I was born at Hudson hospital actually!
Sorry for your loss.
I thought that No. 19 Poudre had a bit of powder to it, especially compared head to head with its parent.
I think it’s powdery. The opening is especially lovely. You smell fantastic!
I grabbed the first powdery scent that came to my mind – Guerlain Shalimar Parfum L’Eau (discontinued).
I returned to Ukraine a few weeks ago and finally have my perfumes with me. Even though I am less interested in scents now, I still want to take part in CPs. 😀
I hope you and the family are well. Thinking of you often and hoping you have some peace soon. I’m sure you smell fabulous today. Kisses to Kora Kitty 🐈⬛
Thank you! I gave her a kiss for you. 😘
Love to T-Rex!
So good to hear from you, PI l’Eau is great, I love its grapefruit.
Thanks! I think my decant is showing its age – it smells less citrussy and more powdery than I remember. Or maybe it is just my memory. Anyway, it is still a nice powder scent.
Welcome home, I hope you remain safe and well.
Thank you.
I hope you continue to be safe and well. There is nothing like home.
Thank you. Lots of things to do in the apartment, some things are easier in Ukraine, some things are harder.
So glad at least some things are easier! And do continue to chime in when you can, we are all thinking of you Glannys.
Thank you, Robin! And I hope you and your family are doing well.
I hope that you, your Mom, and your sweet kitty stay safe and sound in Ukraine. Glad to get an update from you!
Thank you! The kitty behaves as if she never left. 😄
Adding good wishes for you, your mom and sweet Kora!
So good to see you! Hugs to you and Mom and kitty, too. 😻I think participating in the weekly cp is a great idea and would give you at least a small sense of some much-needed normalcy after you’ve gone through so much. Stay safe!🤗
Also adding best wishes to you and your mom. Glad you are home. Stay safe!
I’m still leaving vapor trails of Shalimar MVP this morning despite working up a sweat last night. SO busy! Vroom vroom! 🛼
I ran across Legend of a Cowgirl recently and remember the big love I’ve always had for it. I love the whole idea behind it, admired the artist who, in my opinion, never hit it as big as she deserved. So ahead of her time. Now, looking back, I realize I AM the cowgirl. Ain’t life funny ?! 😎
https://youtu.be/n26hAOmkmFE
Thanks for posting this — I haven’t listened to her in ages! I also appear to have grown up to be the cowgirl. Just ask my ex-fiance. 😉
Oh snap! Cowgirls are so wholesome! 😂
Oooh thanks for sharing that video. Such a cool song! Brings back good memories ☺️
For me too. Glad you enjoyed it. It’s interesting how both music and scent can transport you. 🥰
Am wearing two Ordmonde Jayne samples, the Nawab and the Montabaco, and the latter eems a little powdery. They will probably be passed along
Sorry not to meet you here in Montreal – saw your post on another blog that you were here last month.
That would have been nice! The Etiket people were very amiable, but there’s nothing like a sniffing meetup. Most of my time was admittedly taken with the conference
Wearing Lancome Iris Dragees today.
House twin.
Hi twin! We smell good!
You smell great, I need to find my bottle.
Thank you! It was especially welcome today. We’ve been putting in new floors this week. We’ve had 2 people/contractors flake out on us. Gave up trying to find someone who wants to do it and won’t lie / leave you hanging so are doing it ourselves!
Ugh, I hear you! I spent the morning waiting for an AC repair man who said he would be there at 8:30am and finally pitched up at 11am.
Oh no! That sucks.
It sure does! The last guy sounded good, said the right words at first.
He put down a skim coat all over and some leveler in spots to build it up that needed it. The next day said we need leveler all over the floors for a huge extra charge of course. Um, no we don’t. It was all smoke and mirrors. We are done! Had to sand down the floors as good as possible to be able to start. They look pretty good,considering!
Playing along today in Amouage Fate Woman. Little Biscuit graduates from second grade today! I’m taking him out for a celebration dinner at our favorite local Swiss-Italian restaurant, and looking forward to a lazy weekend together and the start of the indolent days of summer vacation (if only it would warm up here and start acting summery!)
Fate! I am out of that. I need to get more if it is possible to find.
Aww, congrats biscuit! The tween years will be here before you know it.
Gosh, 2nd that. Time flies.
Well done to the biscuit.
Fate is a beautiful perfume.
Congrats to Little Biscuit! Enjoy your lazy weekend together; they grow up too fast. 🥲
Smelling fab in fate. Congrats to your little biscuit!!🎓
For the CP, Kenzo Flower. I’ve not worn it in a while, and the hairspray opening surprised me. But then the impression of the bouquet-scented powder poofed back. I love the violets and the modern musk. The bottle is very beautiful, too: but cannot be left out with springy cats exploring, as mine do.
I have not smelled that in years. I do remember it being powdery though so good one for the CP.
In my mind I’m wearing LL Labdanum 18 which is my most favorite powdery scent. In reality it’s too hot (for me) for powder, so I’ve been in copious sprays of Chanel Biarritz all week. It fades after a few hours but starts out great and is just perfect in this heat and humidity.
Met a girlfriend for coffee by the lake this morning. It was lovely.🌞
Glad you had a good time with your friend.
Sitting by the lake sounds so good right now. Glad it was a nice time.
SOTD = Irisss, which is the most Irisy scent I have right now, although not as powdery as Iris Poudre but still. 83 degrees and climbing here in the woods in Michigan . We have gone from cold wet Spring#1 to High Summer #2 with no hint of lovely mild Spring #2 or misty Summer #1 transition! at least the humidity is below 60%, so that is a little blessing tight there, but my linden trees leaves are dropping, and the raspberries have dried flowers but are not generating little berries yet. They need water, but I am grateful for the absence of mosquitoes! Happy Friday, all!
This sounds like a very nice fragrance.
Irisss is just about perfect. The only problem with it is the appalling price tag.
Marron Chic for the project today. Today is my 5 yr wedding anniversary– we went out for paella yesterday (we had paella as our reception food). I’ll be baking a Boston cream pie for some friends we’re having over tomorrow
Happy wedding anniversary!!! 🎉😊
Happy anniversary!
Happy Anniversary!
Happy Anniversary!
Happy Anniversary! I hope that you have many more.
Congrats and wishing you many more wonderful years together! 🥂
Wow, 5 years already! Congratulations.
Happy Anniversary!
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My choice for cp would have been Le Cri.
But I suddenly felt a craving for Encre Noire… and sometimes you got to give in to your cravings 😄
When I hear the word powdery I always think of Teint de Neige. That fragrance turned out to be totally NOT my cup of tea. But I guess there are a lot of fans of, because I once spotted a gazillion Teint de Neige products: body gel, scented stones, room spray, candles, hair mist, hand sanitizer, deodorant, shower gel, lotion, candles, etc etc etc
Now one of my nightmares is visiting a house of someone who has and uses ALL those products…. 🤣🤣🤣
Right there with you on Teint de Neige. Villoresi is an uncommon house in the U.S. There are other scents in the lineup I wanted to try, but never run across them. Interesting that there are so many ancillary TdN products!
Me 3. TdN did not work for me. Like several others in the line though and wish it had better distribution here.
I am taking notes for everyones SOTD as I love powder so very much <3
Ironically I am not in powder today. My monthly cycle is at it again and everything smells too intense. My nose is at its peak today, which is great for evaluating scents, but makes it hard for me to wear a full perfume.
Instead I am in a simple Helvetolide 0.5%, a really easy to wear skin musk molecule. I read about it in a perfumers interview where the perfumer said this is what she wears when her nose needs a break. I can see why, it is comfortable and skinline but projects a bit more than the other musks.
found the interview: https://www.fragrantica.com/news/Amouage-Voyage-Interview-with-Perfumer-Nathalie-Lorson-18322.html
Thanks for that! I’m curious about Love Tuberose and Helvetolide now.
same here, i will have to smell Nathalie Lorson’s creations! Helvetolide is lovely, i am enjoying it so far.
Was the helvetolide included in your perfume ingredient set? How did you come across it to buy?
It wasn’t in the kit i got but i picked it up from the same company because I read the article 🙂
What??? No Iris Poudre from you? I am surprised 😮
i know!! maybe tomorrow when my nose is cooperative 🙂 for today i will join you in spirit!
Smoothie is clementines and yogurt, soon I’ll be able to switch to strawberries, sometime in June around Wimbledon.
I was in Carita for the CP, it bears a resemblance to Flower except that it’s almonds with all that heliotrope, same perfumer Alberto Morillas. I don’t wear it often, partly because I think I would never find another bottle, it’s quite rare but I’m glad I wore it today.
Tonight it’s Lancome Jasmins Marzipane, it was next to Carita and I was craving it, I wish the Maison Lancome scents were still available, Lavande Trianon sounded lovely but I’m glad I have one at least, it’s one of my favorite jasmines.
You smell wonderful!
Thank you Cazaubon and great to see you posting.
Some of the local newscasts mentioned early season local strawberries being in season here earlier this week. It’s farmers market time now, so they should be wonderfully tasty. 😋🍓
I only have one Maison too. Oud Bouquet. I scored the first bottle edition really cheap before it became hyped up. I would have liked to have L’autre Oud also.
Oh, the Oud Bouquet first edition is a unicorn.
Wearing Bas de Soie for the CP but will switch to something more sumptuous, maybe Fils de Joie, once the sun rises in a couple of hours. We have been having terrific pomegranate coloured sunrises recently,; the shepherds must be trembling in their gumboots. Reading a terrific biography of Stephen Crane written by Paul Auster. The book is a bit long (800 pages) but Auster’s enthusiasm for his subject in combination with depth of his approach as one writer figuring out the words of another make it really interesting. It’s called Burning Boy. I don’t think anyone except American Studies students would be familiar with Crane down here. He had quite a life
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2021/oct/02/paul-auster-burning-boy-stephen-crane-interview?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
I watch Blue Caftan today. Well done. A very progressive film for Maroc. Every scene was like poetry.
I thought it was good, too.
I love Stephen Crane’s poetry!
In the desert! I think you might like this book as it’s almost a cross between biography and close reading
I’m in Bal a Versailles, enjoying the powder, and other things. We had our first aqua jam class of the season this morning. It was so good to get back in the pool! Water was cold though. Started out as an alto when first getting into the water. Was a high soprano as the water reached my neck. 😳
That’s okay, in a month it will be like bath water. 🏊♀️
I would have jumped in a pool today if I could, it was so hot here! Good for you for taking a class despite the cold water 🙂
What is aqua jam? Do you sing in the pool?
Today I’m wearing Perfume H’s Powder (by Lyn Harris). Too on the nose? 😉 I need to review it soon!
Can’t do any better than Powder!
Hello, I’ve been commando for quite a while, with only sporadic days of wearing anything. I seem to have completely lost interest in perfume, for no apparent reason. Today I pushed myself to wear something, so I sprayed on some ELdO Vraie Blonde, which has already burned off in our 96 degree weather.
That is HOT 🥵! We reached the low 90s today. If this is a harbinger of things to come, I will have to set up camp in a freezer.
I know – and we haven’t even arrived at the hottest period of July and August. :-0. But the good news is the heat is supposed to break over night and it will go back to seasonal normals of 70’s instead of the 90’s we’ve just had. The AC is already getting a workout.
Wow, where are you? That’s desert hot!
I am ambivalent about perfume lately due to stress. I have one new negative association with something scented.
I’m in Montreal. Hoping things improve for you! I’m stressed too, mostly about finances. The new place required more funds to fix up than expected.
Ugh, sorry to hear about the hit to the wallet.
I’ve got more contractors coming later on this month, plus it’s time for one of the cats to go to the vet for her annual.
Sorry about that cazaubon.
96! Goodness, hope you can keep cool, don’t forget to drink a lot, I think you’re simply focused on other things than perfumes at the moment and that your hobby will come back in due course, it’s so good to see you back.
Thank you, that’s so sweet of you to say. I’m hoping my perfume mojo comes back. I have actually started wearing makeup and lipstick again for the first time since the pandemic. Still no interest in dressing up or wearing jewelry, but one thing at a time.
I hope you keep checking in, scented or unscented 😊
I’m still contemplating today’s perfume, it turns out I have lots of choices for a powdery scent. Fragrantica includes powder in the list of notes for a lot of perfumes. I’m unwittingly CP-compliant in last night’s Rouge Sarây from Atelier des Ors, which is still going strong on my clothes.
I’m so late I’m sure you picked something ages ago…
I’m doing the CP in Oud Satin Mood. I love it! But why do people feel that powdery scents don’t go with the heat? I’m genuinely curious.
I find heavy powder overwhelming in heat, couldn’t say why exactly.
I’m doing the CP in Oud Satin Mood. I love it! But why do people feel that powdery scents don’t go with the heat? I’m genuinely curious.
To me powdery = heavy. And sometimes heavy perfumes and hot weather make me nauseous.
Ah, that makes sense. I thought maybe it was because powder often is associated with sweetness.
I associate powder with dryness and since our heat here is always humid, powdery sounds nice.
SOTD = Chanel Bois des Iles EDT
Powdery so points for the CP! 4 sprays and it is mostly gone but I also did not gas out anyone, including myself 🤣.
I am on my way to Princeton NJ for a Tchaikovsky violin concerto by the NJ Symphony. My brain is still in a give me culture mode and I would love to keep it that way!
Enjoy your concert!
Concert sounds lovely, enjoy!🎻
Hope it was a wonderful time!
93 degrees here as I type. That’s way too warm for the very beginning of June! 🥵🔥
Haven’t moved any of the furniture back into the master bedroom yet. We’re going to put some large foam pads down under some of the furniture to prevent scratching. And we need to re-assemble the bed. Too tired to do it last night.
SOTD = still commando, but I had a bit of Atelier Cologne’s Emeralde Agar and Mimosa Indigo on my fingertips from a quick sniffing session early this afternoon. One of those perfumes had something powdery going on.
Yes, too hot way too early!
Hope this isn’t a preview of things to come this summer!
Keep cool, and the cats too, it’s just wrong that weather in early June. I think once the upheaval is over you’re going to be very pleased with the new floors so much more practical, the Mimosa indigo must be pretty.
The cats are loving this hot weather. They both are annoyed when the A/C comes on.
It’s going to be a while before everything is recombobulated in that bedroom, I think.
At least someone is enjoying the heat!
I didn’t realize it was so hot in so many places til I started watching the evening news shortly after posting. We’re not cooling off til early next week and my area is already in a moderate drought due to very little rain in May. Sure feels like midsummer! Crazy!
AFAIK, my area is having a short spike in temps. Then things will be much more seasonal for a while.
But the heat is coming…
Stinking hot here too.
I am twins with Meredifay wearing Irisss. I didn’t remember this much powder! Maybe it’s the weather, but it’s very powdery on me today.
I was up and about early, picked up cat food, post office boxes for the splits, and went to the Asian grocery store for noodles and seafood. Now I’m thinking about taking a walk.
Too hot here to walk! But hope you got yours in, and sounds like you got plenty done.
Today’s cp was a real challenge for me. I enjoy powdery scents, but never ever on a 90* day – our 4th in a row 🥵! I finally chose Hermes Eau Claire des Merveilles that fragrantica says has a powdery note as my SOTD. I know Robin likes this one but it’s my least favorite of the Merveilles line. It’s ok and its powdery note is soft and not too smothering, but I like the original EdM the best for summer, the Elixir for winter, and the Amber for fall.
The news in Chicagoland is all about Taylor Swift’s 3 sold-out concerts this weekend (the capacity for Soldier Field is 55,000!) with multiple stories about her Swifties (most seem to be young teenage girls) buying lots of ‘merch’ ($1000 worth), how if you still want a ticket you might be able to find one for thousands of dollars, and various Survival Guides. There are also many Swift-inspired events around town for those who were unable to get tickets. There’s also a Gospelfest not far from the Swift concerts and a few other non-Swift events, and I pity those attendees trying to get to these other events along with the 55,000 Swifties each night! I’ll be staying far away from the City’s center this weekend and instead will go very low-key Sunday night with another concert featuring my favorite cellist Ian Maksin.
I can’t believe it’s June already, yet it feels like mid-July. My peonies are in full bloom but they won’t last too much longer in this heat! Wishing everyone a wonderful weekend ahead! 🌸
Seems like lots of us are in the same heat wave. Hope yours breaks soon!
The Taylor Swift concert allowed people to tailgate and listen without having tickets in the parking lots of the stadium when it was in Philadelphia. There was less chaos from that than I expected, lol.
But I still wouldn’t have headed in that direction anyway.
They’ll probably do that here, too. We’ve had many famous name concerts here but I don’t think I’ve ever heard so much talk as I have about these. Weather is much cooler near the lake and forecast to be great all weekend; the concerts are outside so the attendees are really lucky!
Chant d’Aromes for me again today, for the CP! It smells quite powdery on me. Very pretty summer fragrance.
Hello, Daddy, Hello, Mom…puh-puh…puh-puh…puh-puh…puh-puh… POWDER BOMB!
I’m all in with Le Dix. I smell just like the wrapper from a packet of Violets candy this morning, but it has settled down considerably since then. Very ladylike.
Not a great fit with the heat, fortunately I applied with a light hand.
Le Dix is a favorite of mine and is the fragrance that made me fall in love with violet as a scent note. But I agree, not one I’d want to wear in the heat.
I am ambivalent about violet. Also about powder. So the jury is still out on Le Dix.
Awesome song and band reference there! 🍒🧨
🤘🏻
You rock spiderplant!🤘
Creed Wind Flowers
Beautiful!
Hey all! I wore Anaïs Anaïs today. It’s not super powdery IMO, but it has a dusting powder/soap/grandma’s bathroom vibe. It’s been so hot the past couple of days, I was hoping it would keep me feeling cool. Not really, but it was enjoyable!
Picking an enjoyable perfume in stinking hot weather is an accomplishment!
Running late and still running.
I wore Le Lion today for the cp.
I will catch up on comments later. Have a great weekend everyone!
Hope your weekend is a good one too!
I hope you get to slow down and rest soon!
Coco EdT!
Perfection!
And you smell perfect in Le Lion! Have a wonderful weekend😊