It's Thursday, plus National Beer Lovers Day and the International Day of Clean Air for Blue Skies. Birthdays: Elizabeth I, Grandma Moses, Elinor Wylie, Laura Ashley, Sonny Rollins, Buddy Holly. What fragrance are you wearing?
I'm taking saffron points in Diptyque Volutes.
Reminder: on 9/8, wear a fragrance with saffron, 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 usually fail) to have the next five or six weeks mapped out in advance.
Note: top image is Monda del Azafrán [cropped] by La Manchuela al Día at flickr; some rights reserved.
Delina again today. Adjusting to the new back to school mode and it’s easy. Kids have a rose ceremony today so I am in the mood for roses 🌹
What is a rose ceremony? It sounds nice.
The Rose Ceremony is an event that marks the transition from one stage of life to another. With the passing of a rose between the oldest and youngest students
That is a lovely idea.
Passing a rose to you if you are going through any transitions in your life 🙂
Today I’m in the saffron-adjacent Bulgari Omnia. Saffron isn’t dominant but it’s there. I still can’t believe this was discontinued — I’m glad I have enough to last me the rest of my life.
I still think the original is the best of the Omnias.
Beyond a doubt. Flanker after flanker, and they never could make lightning strike twice, although I’m sure they made an awful lot of money.
Completely agree with you.
Agreed! You can find it online sometimes
Love Omnia! Well worth backup bottles.
The cold front came through last night and today is cool and cloudy. Taking saffron points in Black Cashmere, I love it so much.
I am ready for a cold front! (Or really, just a slightly less hot front)
You smell great.
Love Black Cashmere! We had a very welcome cold front as well. Mornings are gorgeous now and afternoons are so much more tolerable.
I am wearing Cuir de Lancome for the CP. A very smooth and wearable floral leather. Yum.
You smell wonderful Glannys! That’s such a lovely scent.
Thank you! It is so nice! 😍
Cuir de Lancome is gorgeous.
Crazy busy yesterday so I didn’t post, but wore Arquiste Indigo Smoke, which was great in the ungodly heat & humidity. It smelled like lapsang souchon tea. Today I’m in Amouage Ashore, a lovely solar jasmine.
Hope today is more relaxing! Indigo Smoke is on my list if I ever start testing new perfumes again.
I bought a small size when it came out and I think I tested it on a crazy work day and didn’t pay attention.
Need to give a proper try.
It was calmer, thanks! And even made it out on a sniffing expedition, despite the crazy heat & humidity.
I liked Indigo Smoke when I tried it a while back and it strongly reminded me of Guerlain’s Neroli Outrenoir, which I love.
It reminds me of NO too, minus all the orange blossom/neroli.
That Amouage sounds very nice indeed!
Hello.
Sotd is LV Etoile Filante. Light and fresh osmanthus tea.
Now listening to some oldies by Carpenters and watching the rain pouring outside.
I spent untold hours listening to the Carpenters as a kid, trying to suss out the separate harmonies. Fun times.
la, la, la, la, la, close to you
❤️🎶❤️
You have the accurate number of la’s, apsara. 👏🏻
We are close in age, nl.
I did too Nancy. Are we showing our age😊
Yes, and our impeccably good taste as well. 🎤
This is true.
I wore Tubereuse Criminelle, and I can’t say it was an inspired choice-I ended up working outside in hot heavy mist. My hair is huge and my clothes feel all clammy and are sticking to me. My job is so glamorous lol.
Hope everyone’s day is…much less clammy and humid than mine 🙂
Ack, I hope so too! You did smell great anyway.
Clammy, sticky and smelling fabulous!
I’m up too early for perfume yet–coffee first. (The yard guys came before 8 a.m. today with their blasted blasting blowers. Ugh. I can hardly blame them though when the forecast high for the day is 103. Sigh.)
Anyway I saw Christoper Kimball do this test on his show the other day and thought I would share it here given our CP this week. I found it interesting and immediately did the test on my putative Spanish saffron from McCormick. Yay!–It passed. (This is the clearest site I found with a similar explanation–I have no affiliation.)
https://www.rumispice.com/pages/how-saffron-quality-affects-taste-and-how-to-measure-it#:~:text=Once%20you%27ve%20purchased%20saffron,and%20the%20threads%20will%20disintegrate.
Thanks for that, Calypso! I will try it. 😉
I have some saffron threads I should check…
In Crystal Saffron from a sample someone gave me. This one goes on with a headache-inducing chemical something (I am sure those of you with a better understanding of aroma chemicals would know what it is) but dries down in five mins to something I quite like. Not tempted in the least to buy a bottle, but right now I am enjoying its saffron leather soapy buzz. The house is Matiere Premiere. Anyone familiar with it or its perfumes?
I know I have whined about this before, but one of my favorite perfumes is a saffron scent–Rose Opera by Scent on Canvas, which has been discontinued for probably a decade now. I have a small bit left in a decant which I am eking out. In other saffron news, someone from NST sent me a decant of Saffron & Orange Flowers by Jo Malone for Zara. I bought a cheap as chips bottle off eBay. A combo of two of my favorites, orange blossom and saffron. I’m inspired to try other perfumes from Zara.
Discussing chemicals . . . has Lucas/Chemist in a Bottle been around lately? I just realized I am missing him.
And for Jalapeno, with love, I am adding 🌻🏖️🌄🌝🌈🤩
There was a bit of talk about Lucasai in the Labor Day weekend poll. He seems to have called it quits on his blog.
Having fun with the emojis, I see! 😸😽
Do try Encens Suave by Matière Prémière, it’s gorgeous.
It’s beautiful.
Today is cooler than tomorrow will be so I’m going ahead and wearing my big saffron perfume that I was originally saving for tomorrow. We all know what it is – Safran Troublant! I’ve got about 3 or 4ml left in my old decant and have a 50ml older bottle from when they still had the curved caps. Also, I believe this used to be Gaia’s, The Non-Blonde, bottle. Her husband sold a great many of her bottles on eBay and if I remember correctly this was one of them. I didn’t know her or have a personal connection other than being a sometimes reader of her blog and enjoying her writing, but it feels special to have perfumes that were once hers.
Thanks for all the well wishes yesterday on my errant packages. Unfortunately, the search continues. My neighborhood PO was so busy as I got there only 15 minutes before closing. One of the clerks walked through the line to help direct people to other resources if they didn’t truly need to wait in line. She gave me a slip of paper with the address and phone number of the mail carrier annex that I need to inquire with. Of course, they aren’t open on weekends and close at 4 on weekdays. My partner tried many times in the past to call and talk to someone there, but there is no voicemail and no one ever answers. I might try my luck with the online request form.
Ugh — getting a reply from our post office is like shouting into a black hole. Wishing you luck!
Isn’t that the truth! And thank you. 🤞
therabbitsflower – I have that bottle in a small red coffret with two other fragrances! Bought it at a free standing L’artisan shop on the west side when I was in NY for work.
must…dig….out
Very nice and sounds like a treasure!
I’m declaring it CP Delinquency Day and wearing The Pour Un Ete. Many thanks to the NSTer who included this sample in her package to me!
It starts out a citrus floral; I can’t really recognize the jasmine for awhile, but it gets there. Then it’s mint tea, then the mint recedes and it’s just tea, but the mint comes back! I love this thing. Have I seriously added another line item to the want list?!? Gaaah. Maybe someone has magically become tired of their bottle and would like to swap it…🧐
For the millionth time wishing L’Artisan would bring back their 15 ml travel size! I’d like a new bottle of it too.
In BR 540 Extrait de Parfum for the CP today. Definitely feels like fall this week, with cooler temperatures in the morning but just warm enough in the afternoon to make you regret long sleeves. Not that I’m able to move from my desk much to enjoy it.
I have 3/4 of a shower…apparently they cut one of the pieces too large, so had to take it back and grind it down. Here’s hoping it’ll be finished today.
You smell wonderful
Have you compared the EdP to the Extrait?
Nope — only have a sample of the extrait. I gather from the notes, though, that they’re a bit different. It’d be interesting to try them side by side should I ever get a sample of the EdP.
Sotd is Vetiver Extraordinaire
Its finally summer here in the Netherlands. 😄
30 degrees (86 fahrenheit)
Work has been crazy busy thats why I hardly had time to check NST 😒
Luckily holiday is in the horizon (end of next week)
In perfume news
I read somewhere designer brand Ann Demeulemeester is releasing a perfume. Notes sounded good (but its very expensive…)
Yes, $415 USD! I love her boots.
Saw that in Vogue, sounds interesting.
Wearing vintage Shalimar extrait today because I couldn’t find one of my Ode a la Vanille bottles. On my way to pick up dog food and go out for a late lunch/early dinner.
Hope you enjoyed the meal out Dawn!
Package still in Guam. The calls from Security at the condo were a mistake, they are training new staff. I heaved a huge sigh of relief.
I’m wearing nine sprays of Cologne pour le Soir, because why not? I have a huge honkin’ bottle and the weather is cool today. I’ll be joining the CP tomorrow with Safran Troublant, although I have been tempted to blind buy Calligraphy Saffron.
You smell great in CplS. 😊
Foxbins, I’d love to send you a decant of Calligraphy Saffron! Let’s get that done when Swapmeet rolls around. I don’t have to have a swap, but I’ll be in decanting mode then! 😀
That would be lovely, thank you!
Great news on the security false alarm! We’ll be scent twins tomorrow. 😊
Glad to hear that those security calls were no big deal.
You smell great.
No CP, but enjoying another “it came from the back of the closet” moment in Bulgari Mon Jasmin Noir edp. It does not create a scent bubble, but it is a very clingy skin-scent that reminds you it’s there from time to time. The jasmine is sort of a light indolic type, and in fact I just popped over to Fragrantica and their note list shows two types of jasmine. I am finding that true. The citrus and the sambac jasmine whirl around the indolic jasmine. I am looking forward to the drydown on this one, which may have some patchouli. Happy Friday Eve, all!
“It came from the back of the closet” would be a good community project!
We actually did that! Forget what it was called. Perhaps time to do it again 🙂
Yes! It would be fun!
“It came from the back of the closet” sounds like a great CP for Halloween! 🎃
I remember I had that fragrance at one time. I really liked it. I am sure you smell wonderful!
I am investigating the other Hermessence scents that I ordered along with Ambre Narguilé. This morning it’s Épice Marine. I might need to spray a little bit more heavily with this one, but so far I quite like it. It’s similar to Rose Saltifolia (Maison Crivelli), but without the rose and with very soft sweet spices. Very easy to wear.
Robin, you smell just fantastic today.
Am testing my new Deep Dark Vanilla. Four sprays to start, will see how she goes.
I tested it today too. It was quite woody with no sweetness. Interesting and unexpected.
I loved the darkness with no sweetness.
Staying with the cP in L’Eau de Tarocco again. Doesn’t last long, but I’m really enjoying it since I haven’t worn it in quite a while.
Tonight, inside, it will be Pd’E Eau Suave. I don’t detect much saffron, but it’s listed, so there we are. What I do detect are. Lovely rose and raspberry first. Such a pretty combination; one of a very few in my collection of fruity florals.
It is too hot here for anything heavy, so I’m going to stick with barely detectable saffron 🙂
I was in Sephora this morning and tried the new Tom Ford Cafe Rose. I think there were mixed feelings on here. I thought it was quite nice, but didn’t purchase it. I am waiting in the next few days for two deliveries of perfumes so I can have that feeling of hugging the delivery man. 😊 One is a Dame fragrance and the other is a Serge Lutens fragrance.
SOTD is one of my summer favorites again – Splendiris. I am about ready to get out the fall/winter fragrances, but think I will wait another week or so.
Which Dame perfume did you get?
Lime, Gardenia and Benzoin. My order was taking quite awhile so I emailed Jeffrey and he said he had to make a new batch. It was sold out. I had gotten a sample and really liked it.
Thanks! Is that one on the sweet side?
I don’t think so. The lime keeps it clean and crisp smelling. The gardenia is there, but it is not strong like it is in some other scents. I didn’t know if I would like it so purchased a sample first and really fell for it.
Last time wearing Hermes Eau de Neroli Dore for the CP. Travel size spray thunked!
Happy Thursday! ☕️
You smell great and congrats on thunking!
Thank you, Hajusuuri!
Congrats on the thunk! Eau de Neroli Dore is the first FB from Hermes for me. I found it for an excellent price at FragranceNet.
If I had to choose, my next FB from Hermes would be Vanille Galante. Hopefully, some day!
I think you will end up with Vanille Galante.
Commando except for the lightly lingering scent of the herbaceous glycerin soap I currently have in the shower. Purchased at Lake Teletskoye (Russia) in 2016, and disappearing very quickly, in the way that glycerin soaps do. I won’t ever have it again, so may as well enjoy it.
Mr. Skal and I are going to dinner this evening with a couple we met earlier this summer — or sort of “re-met,” because one of them was my student 18 or 20 years ago. They live around the corner from us. Not sure what fragrance to choose — we are familiar with the restaurant but I do not want to alienate people who may become new friends!
Heading out to return some mail-order items and pick up some photos I had printed of our August visit with Grandbaby Skal — a surprise for his grandpa.
Mail order returns can be such a nuisance.
Hope it is a fun dinner!
I did a double Saffron today as I went to bed late last night (so very early this morning) wearing Néroli Doré. The rest of this day has been spent in Songe d’un Bois d’Eté. I can’t smell the saffron in either of them. Busy day at work, so I’m very tired.
I might end up in Néroli Doré tomorrow too, if it’s over 90 again.
Which seems funny as we had hail earlier this evening.
It’s Friday here and I’m wearing my most CP appropriate perfume, Safran Troublant.
I should have said automatic bonus points for ST 😉
SOTD = Diptyque Volutes EDT
Wowee!
https://www.instagram.com/p/Cw52Uz7RAa2/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==
It is TOO HOT 🥵 and HUMID. I may just need to suffer the few minutes to get in the car, drive to Wegmans, buy some ready to eat stuff I can eat cold and just veg out because it is TOO HOT and HUMID!
Hey how’s the weather?😉
Welcome to my world
Sorry!
I decided that I wasn’t going to cook tonight due to the weather. Leftovers are perfectly fine!
I hear you! Just had a chicken salad sammich and grapes for dinner.
Same here – 95 with 80% humidity! Yeehaw.
In the CP with YSL Babycat. It’s fine – I guess it is getting a lot of hype? But honestly if one has been aware of fragrance for awhile it’s not particularly new or unique. Nice enough if you don’t already have a bunch of unisex vanillas. I prefer Bvlgari Black, Essential Parfums Divine Vanille, Diptyque Eau Duelle, etc.
I do love saffron as a note, turns out. If I wasn’t testing Babycat I would wear Hermes Eau de Neroli Dore. Or Safran Troublant.
I like what you said about the hype. There’s so much perfume hype lately.
I agree about Babycat. Without knowing any of the perfumes you mentioned (but I may have a sample of Black hiding somewhere), “unisex vanilla” was my impression. It is an elegant vanilla and I quite enjoy wearing it, but one to sample first.
It’s a shame that the name “Babycat” was used for a less than spectacular perfume.
I thought it was quite enjoyable. I don’t care so much about originality if it smells good.
You smell perfect.
Lol – meant to be for Gaynor and Safran Troublant above – but probably applies to everyone equally 😀
It is freaking HOT today! I saw 97 degrees F pop up on the weather widget my laptop uses. Not the best day to walk over to the grocery store, but it needed to be done. I was missing some ingredients for a batch of chili. Not cooking tonight if I can help it, though.
SOTD = commando, except for the Korres Guava Bosy Butter in the usual spots.
And that should be “BODY Butter”, not Bosy!
Hopefully you will get a cold front soon. Mine came through last night.
One more day of temps in the 90’s are predicted for my area. Unfortunately the humidity is supposed to stick around for a while, ugh.
Same here, supposed to be cooler Saturday.
I’m wearing Calligraphy Rose and enjoying it. I also made some saffron rice and plan to eat it in a bit topped with shrimp. One thing leads to another!
Ooooooh, a quote from The Fixx! 🎶
Ooooh, extra points for saffron rice!
I tested Tobacco Honey, Heaven Can Wait and Deep Dark Vanilla today. Tobacco Honey was a nice potent honey scent with light tobacco. Definitely purchasing. Heaven Can Wait was lightly sweet with lots of clove, reminded me of Guerlain Lui, not very exciting to me. Deep Dark Vanilla was soft and woody, not sweet at all, and not really vanilla to me.
Tobacco Honey is sounding more appealing all the time, but I know I’ll never pay for it so will try to forget about it 🙂