PSA: The splitmeet is open all weekend! And if you called dibs on something and haven't yet contacted your split host, please do so.
Meanwhile, we're whiling away the last weekend of October with our usual open thread poll. Talk about anything you like — the fragrance you’re wearing today, your favorite spooky fragrance (or favorite Halloween candy), whatever.
Or, ask a question about fragrance, then see if anyone else has asked a question that you can answer…
Note: top image is Solvang Pumpkin Patch 2022 [cropped] by Harold Litwiler at flickr; some rights reserved.
So, I have COVID, no doubt thanks to that hacking, sneezing germ dispenser sitting behind me on the plane on Tuesday. Went to the library yesterday when I was merely a little under the weather and attributing that to the vaccines I’d gotten Wednesday, and they had stacks of rapid-assay kits for the taking, five to a box for some reason (fun for the whole family?). This morning I was unwell enough to take a test and it gave an unambiguous positive — and this after four years of not so much as a sniffle! I’m so disappointed in myself. Right now I’m in bed failing to get more sleep, but I’ve been sicker than this: it’s like the flu, and not a particularly bad case of it either (knock wood).
At least my sense of smell is intact, and I’m wearing TF Lost Cherry because I felt like it: it does put me in a good mood.
Sorry about the Covid! Planes really are just giant metal petri dishes 😱
Oh no, I’m so sorry pyramus. Will keep my fingers crossed that you continue to have a mild case.
am so sorry! take care, feel better soon.
A pox on the other airplane passengers! I hope you recover quickly!
Take care and feel better soon!
Feel better soon, Pyramus!
Hoping for a speedy recovery for you!
I really want to ask “are we done yet??”…
XO’s
I hope you’re feeling better soon.
So sorry you are sick. Drink as much water as you can stand and then some more, to keep the juices flowing and the other symptoms mild! Don’t let it congeal in t you chest!
Hope the symptoms will remain mild, get well soon.
So sorry to hear this but not surprised, it seems to be making the rounds again. Wishing you a speedy recovery!
Sorry to hear that you got COVID.
Oh no. I hope you are feeling better soon. That really sucks after avoiding it for so long.
So sorry — what a rotten way to end a great trip. Hope you get through it quickly!
So sorry you have the plague! Hopefully it will be gone soon.
So sorry to hear you are sick and speedy recovery.
I had similar experience a month ago, got COVID on tail end of my vacation after NOT getting it for 3+ years, even working directly with COVID patients. Unfortunately, I started feeling sick on the plane (sore throat and runny nose). I put on mask as soon as I felt sick but I couldn’t do much else on 8 hour flight. Luckily I was in window seat with my daughter as a buffer in middle seat. She never got sick. I think I caught COVID from crowded venues a few days before my flight back.
But I do feel lucky that COVID was no worse than a bad cold for me. It seems as if most cases now – either due to vaccinations (I had 5) or the virus changing – are not life threatening. And it was so nice to be able to do the quick test at home instead of driving all around. My test turned positive before the positive control.
I am going to get the updated COVID shot. Even though I get very sick with the shot, I would rather be sick for a day if it cuts my odds of getting bad COVID or infecting others.
Sending you strength, pyramus…feel better soon!
Ugh, so sorry! I hope you feel better soon!
I hope it is a mild case and that you start to feel better quickly. In the meantime, take it easy on yourself. This stupid virus is an energy vampire.
Hi all, I had my surgery this week and been at home recovering. Reading a lot and I binged watched Drops of God on Apple TV and thought the Japanese actor was 😍. I have been commando but today I dabbed a little of le lion 🦁 on one wrist. My stomach goes up and down the nausea so perfume is not best for me. Le lion doesn’t seem to phase me much since it’s a lot like Shalimar, so it’s familiar and comforting. Wishing everyone a great weekend and I will catch up on comments later
I wish you a very speedy recovery! ☺️
Drops of God looks good! Added to my watchlist.
I will follow you and waer Le Lion tomorrow!
Thank you
More wishes for a quick recovery…glad you have found things to binge and read, that’s the best way to get better.
Thank you.
I am also open to any binge tv recommendations
The new season of Annika on PBS?
Hope you recover quickly!
Thank you 🙏
Here is to a speedy recovery.
I am curious if you finished the book The Guest yet. I did end up getting it the other day.
Yes, I finished the book.
It was a quick read, as you don’t have to use your 🧠 brain, but it was difficult because the protagonist is a interesting character
Thanks.
More speedy recovery wishes!
Thank you 🙏
Hi twin! I hope you continue to feel better; I’d say that Le Lion is good for what ails ya!
Yes, and one drop lasts forever on me so I don’t have to get up to reapply
You smell good twin
Hope you are back to your old self in no time!I was wondering where you were!
🤗🌹
My kids left me get well notes 📝 all over our home
That’,s so sweet!❣️❣️🤗
Love this ❤️
Hope your recovery is smooth and speedy!
Best wishes for an easy convalescence, good books and good food.
Thanks! Happy my in-laws froze some curries
I hope you make a quick recovery.
Thank you 🙏
I hope you have a full recovery and get back to the library before too long
I miss the library.
Still waiting on the Mary Shelly book to come into my local branch that you recommended. What are you reading?
I feel mostly ok- just the waves of nausea and a little pain
Take good care of yourself. You smell wonderful!
Wishing you a speedy recovery!
Best wishes for quick and easy healing!
Hope you’re feeling better very soon.
Hope you recover fast and that all went well!
Sending hugs and wishing you a very speedy recovery!
Wishing you a quick recovery!
I hope you are back to 100% soon. If you haven’t already watched it, I think For All Mankind on Apple is great and underrated. Dickinson is also delightful and bingeable.
I loved For all Mankind. I have watched Dickinson..going to look that up
I succumbed. I tried it twice and couldn’t bring myself to forget it, so I bought the new LV extrait Myriad.
It’s a potent natural oud, slightly dirty, with roses in the background. I don’t smell the cocoa though, but it’s no issue. I read somewhere it’s 30% concentrate and it shows through it’s longer wear time.
Food-wise, I found a Portugese Coconut Chicken recipe I liked and made it. The ingredients list is pretty long but it’s worth the effort. I really enjoyed it. Here is the recipe: https://auntieemily.com/baked-portuguese-coconut-chicken/
The page contains step-by-step photos so it’s easy to follow and also tells the interesting backstory of the dish. Happy cooking!
Congrats on your new bottle, may you wear it in good health 🙂
And wow, that chicken looks delicious.
Thank you Robin!
And yes, that chicken is really yummy 🤤
Thank you for that link. After you mentioned this dish the other day, I looked online for recipes and found one and made it. I think that was on Monday night. I used boneless skinless chicken thighs. My recipe was somewhat similar but didn’t have soy sauce. It did include chicken broth, lemon juice and zest. I just used plain rice, though I’m actually offended by the idea of double carbs (potatoes and rice). It came out awfully soupy so really did need the rice to soak up sauce. The chicken in it tasted absolutely delicious, but overall I found the dish too rich, which may just be a reaction I have to sauces that use coconut milk. I am glad to know about it and glad to have tried it.
Interesting that your recipe calls for lemon juice and zest because I didn’t taste any hint of tang when I ordered it in the restaurant! Also it shouldn’t be too runny, just saucy like typical curry consistency? I am going to be very offensive and say serve it with some crusty bread also!🤣🤣
Here is to a speedy recovery.
I am curious if you finished the book The Guest yet. I did end up getting it the other day.
Sorry, this was to LTSG.
After 3 days off, I have to go to work but off for 2 days afterwards. Wearing vintage Givenchy III edt today.
Here’s to an easy day, Dawn!
You smell great, Dawn!
In searching around through samples and decants this week to find items for the CP, I came across Hothouse Flower by Ineke. I should have worn it yesterday! It has guaiac wood and cypress. I’m getting tea and something juicy. On the innocuous side, but nice. My big thrill today will be to visit the Art Supply store to buy some new paints and a couple of new fun tools for my watercolor projects. Our last class included lessons on glazing or overlaying colors and granulation in certain pigments or through the aid of a “granulating fluid.” It creates fascinating effects. Later I also may have to help out a friend who has a cat at the vet. He has pneumonia and a fever, and after the vet checks him at 6 before they close, we may need to take him to a special weekend emergency vet. Poor little guy.
Poor kitty 🐱
Thank you. Apparently his fever wasn’t too bad when they checked him yesterday so we didn’t have to move him to the emergency hospital. He is FIV positive and an older cat so any illness is dangerous for him.
I have been meaning to ask you , what are you watching on tv these days. I remember you always have these foreign shows
The best show I’ve watched recently was Devil Judge, another Korean show. It’s a serious drama in ways but also a biting contemporary political satire. It features two handsome men and stunning cinematography. There are tragedies and turnarounds. I actually watched it twice.
I knew you would recommend something with handsome men..Thank you
Have a good time at the Art supply, hope your friend’s cat gets better soon.
Perfect day. I wish we could do painting together.
If you can try and watch a beautiful documentary called Drawn to War about a WW2 British war artist called Eric Ravilious. Beautiful watercolours. Link to doco.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OBHPszoi2so
Not perfect about the poor cat, sorry. I meant about the art supplies!
Thanks for this link!
Aw, poor kitty.
Oh, poor kitty! Hope he is better soon.
Art supply stores are so wonderful! I have never done watercolor, but when I have been able to take intro drawing classes (the art museum at University of Rochester has its own school, at which the public can take (paid) classes), the students taking watercolor have convinced me that it is REALLY HARD. Is that what you have found?
I’m not finding it hard but I’ve never tried anything else (except drawing) so it might just be lack of comparison! Also I don’t have high expectations so anything I can do makes me happy!
Slept 11 hours. Yum.
might open the package with Gris Dior I bought in Paris today.
It feels like fall in SoCal.
Wow, I can’t remember the last time I slept that long! How nice.
It was yummy. I am old. sleep is good.
Congratulations on your night’s rest! That sounds amazing.
Hi everyone, today I am testing Iris Medicis from NIcolai, a sample that a friend was kind enough to make for me since I am an iris lover.
BTW, my holy grail is Iris Silver Mist; this one is pretty, but not much iris on my skin. A green, mind galbanum opening, then an elegant, powdery violet that is not too sweet; now some iris hums in the background. The best part to me is the drydown, a very nice musk, and since I am anosmic to most cheap musks, this one must be high quality.
We are having a very mild Fall in northern Italy, so this Nicolai is appropriate now, but I don’t think it is love, for me.
Thanks CristinaM, was curious about that one.
It does not sound like what I would have expected but it does sound like something I might like anyway.
@Robin, it is lovely indeed, but somewhat different from the rest of the Nicolai line. I do not detect much “Patricia” in this one.
Oh, how interesting.
Thanks for the review, I was excited to try this one until I read about the violet. That’s a note that has triggered bad headaches so I’ll pass.
It is funny how perfumes can differ on different people. I get at most a hint of violet from it, and only if I concentrate on trying to notice it. Meanwhile, violet is note a good note for me so it tends to jump out and dominate when it is there. For me IM has that green opening, then turns to a velvety, but not powdery, iris with a smooth leather in the background, and dries down to that lovely musk.
SOTD = Slumberhouse Ore
I believe therabbitsflower wore this yesterday or at least this past week. Beautiful! It’s not the right weather for it but eh, I don’t really care about that.
https://www.instagram.com/p/Cy81H5dOVu8/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==
In other news, Indigo Perfumery is celebrating its 10th anniversary. 10thbirthdaysale for 20% off online sales; restrictions apply.
I’m at Whole Foods having my usual weekend fish tacos and beverage. The last three times, I feel like the alcohol is either stronger or my alcohol tolerance had diminished. I normally have an alcoholic beverage once a week except when I am out and about with a friend during the week and she orders a glass of wine (only wine) and I would do the same. In any case, not a bad thing to be cautious about drinking. An article in the New York Times mentioned that it is not so much the number of drinks (although that may matter) but what people think a serving size is. I will link to it as a comment as I need to find it first.
I had a acquaintance who justified red wine because “the healthy polyphenols in red wine are strong antioxidants.” I just laughed and said “Why don’t you just eat the grapes and get all the fiber and other benefits, too? That way your liver isn’t dying trying to magically detoxify the wine?” She didn’t like that. 🤷🏻♀️
I’m not judging here, as I’ve been know to enjoy adult beverages. If one wants to drink go ahead, but don’t try to make it a “healthy” activity. The fact is any kind of alcohol is toxic in any amount. And I can tell you first hand, it complicates the plan of care for anyone who is hospitalized. Cheers! 🍻
💯 % agree with your post! I do indulge, in moderation, i.e. one drink a week, two at most.
I completely stopped drinking about 8 years ago,right about the time I decided that my clubbing days were over.I can honestly say I don’t miss alcohol at all.
I did however recently buy a bottle of Whispering Angel,just because I’m curious about the hype.To be opened on a really really hot summer’s eve in December…😉✌🏻
Thanks, J B. Now I have to look for Whispering Angel 🤣.
Do report!🥳🤣🤣
I haven’t had a drink in almost 40 years.
But I am addicted to to fragrance:)
Here’s one of the articles:
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/12/well/eat/alcohol-health-risks.html
Note: If you hit a pay wall, I am not able to help you. If someone will post a way to get around it, I will copy and paste it for future reference.
So it was actually the Wall Street Journal that had the serving size article:
https://www.wsj.com/health/wellness/why-you-might-be-drinking-too-much-without-knowing-it-72b4df0b?st=f12bqshxgu9p07z&reflink=article_copyURL_share
… same note applies regarding pay wall. I think the WSJ is even worse.
Can’t get to either without 💰 but here’s a link to a free article from this year by World Health Org. 🍷
https://www.who.int/europe/news/item/04-01-2023-no-level-of-alcohol-consumption-is-safe-for-our-health
I am currently down to one beer with a restaurant meal unless it is below 5% ABV. Then I might have two. Otherwise I feel terrible the next day. 🍺
I didn’t know what ABV was until skalolazka used it too and I decided to look it up! No beer for me because one sip = instant regret.
Sorry, should have clarified that is is “Alcohol By Volume”.
When I was actively counting calories, I measured everything, including alcohol. I am glad that I taught myself what a five-ounce pour of wine looks like in various kinds of glasses — much easier to see when a restaurant or host goes well beyond that, and adjust accordingly.
But yes — my alcohol tolerance gets lower every year. And with all the imperial stouts and other high-ABV beer-type beverages so popular now, I won’t order a beer if I am out UNLESS the ABV is listed.
Thanks for the info!
I stopped drinking alcohol at the start of September, partly to support our son’s desire to reduce his own drinking and partly to start off my retirement without the habit I had developed while working, of having a glass of wine when I got home from work. I truly don’t miss it. I’ve been trying non-alcoholic beers, and have been pleasantly surprised by how good the current ones can be! I don’t like sweet sodas, and I do like Guinness stout, so Guinness Zero has been a great find as well as some others. It seems as if there has been a great improvement and increase in non-alcoholic beer options. I used to drink a couple when I was pregnant or breast-feeding, and those were okay but meh.
There is a “brewery” in CT called Athletic that makes craft-style NA beers. I’ve tried several of them and thought they were quite good. They can ship orders across state lines because it isn’t actually alcohol, so I wonder how many teenagers have ordered it, not realizing it is NA. 😂
(No affiliation; my FIL is just a fanboy so I hear about them often)
The weather is a whole mood today. Gusty winds up to 40mph and dark brooding skies with spits of intermittent rain. By tomorrow night the lows will be down in the 20’s and highs during the day only in the low 40’s so we will be heading south Monday morning.
No wood for me today. Instead I’m in the cheerful and fun CSP Vanille Banane from a travel spray. 🍌
My goodness…that sounds like a mood alright. Stay warm!
I am wearing 100Bon Jasmin & Musc and enjoying the nice sunny fall weather at the cottage. I went to try the new Guerlain extraits, my favourites were Jasmin and Iris but even though they were really nice, the price is not justifiable for me. They only received a couple of bottles of each fragrance in Montreal.
Thoughts on the Iris?I hope to see them here as well!
Iris was beautiful, very powdery, comforting iris with a little almond note. It didn’t last long on me, it was gone in a couple of hours.
You give me hope for the Iris but even I cannot justify a large sample.
My favorites are tonka and iris. But I agree overpriced.
Fall has taken over, and I must face it! Vegetable gardening is done; time to get spring bulbs planted and to mulch that which needs to be mulched! Le Lion for a pick-me-up SotD. Today, it’s wafting around me as a spicy Shalimar, but still keeping its own delightful character. Feeling a bit of gloom with the weather change and the gray sky. Keeping my eyes on good inside projects to work with, and my happy kitty who wants to leap 5 feet in the air after a knotted cord toy, LOL.
Yay for jumping kitty.
You smell wonderful
A happy kitty is a wonderful thing.
He *is* such a happy fellow!
Happy weekend!It was another scorcher today,but Monday we will see a drop in temps of about 20 degrees with thunderstorms and heavy rain(today was 32° celcius,Monday’s max daytime temp predicted to be 11°C…)
It’s the Rugby World Cup final tonight at 9pm,20 mins to go.We’re playing our favorite rivals New Zealand,I wonder if Kanuka will also be watching?Always a fun clash when it’s South Africa against New Zealand.Hold thumbs for us!
SOTD was Encre Noire,inky-vetiver goodness!
🌹🤗🇿🇦
Have fun watching the game 🏉
Thank you!Nail biter!!🙈🙈
I would watch it if I had SKY. Half time and it looks like we’re in for a thrashing. There will be a few gloomy faces somewhere….but it’s not over yet.
Well played NZ!!
But SA are the champion!!!!
🥳🥳🥳🥳🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦✌🏻✌🏻
Celebrations are in order!
XO’s
Congrats to SA!!!
Thank you!!🇿🇦🇿🇦
Congratulations! Have a great celebration.
Thanks Kanuka!You’ll always be our favorite opponents!🥳
Congrats on the big WIN!🙌
Thanks Deva!🇿🇦🇿🇦🥳🥳
Congrats to SA for the Rugby Would Cup win!
Thanks!Nr 4 for us!Lord knows we need some positive vibes in SA!
Congratulations on the big win! I worked with a lovely lady from NZ; she was a huge fan. I’m sure she’s a bit upset about her team’s loss.
I’m sure she is.New Zealand has always been our biggest rivals,but also the team we have the most history with and respect for.SA vs NZ is always do or die…🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦
What a game — Mr. Skal and I were supporting NZ, but I am not sure I have ever watched a closer rugby match. (TBH I have not watched that many, but Mr. Skal splurged on a streaming service to watch this World Cup — he has watched most of the matches.)
Congratulations to the Springboks!
Thank you!
It’s been a celebratory Sunday all over the country!🇿🇦🇿🇦
SOTD is Shalimar MI.
Well, we received winter a little early. Snowing like crazy in South Dakota today. I don’t think it is going to amount to much so that’s a good thing.
Thanks to Hajusuuri for the address to get the COVID-19 test kits. I received my four yesterday. As far as I know I still haven’t contracted the dreaded illness yet, but it is good to have the test kits if needed. I thought I had it last year so was glad to have some handy.
Shalimar is always a good idea
Yay! I got mine on Wednesday! I always try to be ready for a “doomsday” scenario.
I got my tests the same day hajusuuri did. The ones I had on hand were very definitely expired.
You know about the FDA chart, right? Lots of kits got extended expiration dates after they figured out how long they would actually keep working.
Yep. And those tests were very expired even with the new FDA expiration dates.
Figured you knew, but thought I might as well throw it out there.
We’ve woken up to a second consecutive day of sunshine. These are kind of day that would have been frosty a couple of months back, but now are cool and crisp. As we so often say here, it’s beautiful in the sun, but cold the moment you step into the shade.
I’m planning to do some more testing of Indigo Smoke and L’or de Louis, I like both of them so far.
Yay for cool and crisp! And warm in the sun, cold in the shade is not bad, I would take it.
Wearing CdG Zargorsk.
I had a very busy week at work. It looks like it will be like that until February next year. We are also moving to another building in December, which makes the chaos even worse.
Gorgeous day in NYC today. We are in the 80s and a very sunny day. However, tonight, the temperatures will drop to the low 50s with rain. That is the end of nice, warm temperatures until next year.
I went to the Smithsonian Museum of the American Indian earlier this morning, where there were traditional Mexican dances for The Day of the Death. Very beautiful! Now, I am taking a long walk along the East River and planning to have late lunch at Brookfield Place. I am by myself, which is even more relaxing. I will be at home tomorrow resting and warching Halloween movies all day.
Happy weekend, everyone! 🌞
Hah! I didn’t know there’s a Smithsonian in NYC!
Just right by Battery Park.
Cool! I too did not know about that Smithsonian Museum in NYC. IT sounds like it would be a wonderful counterpart to the Buffalo Bill Center of the West in Cody WY,.
There are two Smithsonians in NYC: The American Indian Museum and the Copper Hewitt Design Museum. Both are very interesting.
There wasn’t so much rain as was forecast, this morning was largely dry and sunny but it’s raining this evening.
I’m wearing Philtre, I’m using it so much, to me it’s the best Shalimar flanker and I bet it has more iris than MI, will consider getting a BUB.
This evening it’s A*Men Pure Tonka, another favorite, I hate what happened to Mugler’s men line, I have 3 A*Men including a bottle of Vintage Angel Men as it was called, I wish I had them all, Havane, Coffee, they were all so good.
Now that I have installed part of my collection of perfumes in one of my wardrobes, I have half a shelf empty still, but I had a severe talk with myself and I don’t intend to purchase left and right to fill that space, I’ve had two buys in the last two months so I’m within my low-buy limit and hope to keep it this way.
I am sure I tested Philtre but didn’t get a bottle
It’s a sleeper, I think.
Another Philtre fan here!
😃 It just grew on me so much.
Dare I suggest it got overlooked in the excitement over MVP!?
That’s very possible, I have both, they’re quite different, I find, Philtre is an every day Shalimar to me.
Maybe you will get lucky and find some of the TM men’s fragrances somewhere.
We can always hope…
Maybe spread the bottles out more so you don’t notice the empty spots? Or if you keep your boxes, use them for display.
I do keep the boxes, so I might do that, thank you.
I am wearing Iunx L’Arbre this morning. It’s a sunny, cold day (low of 25F this morning) and I am still doing outdoor clean up. I hope this is the last other than raking leaves, but as soon as the rains start in fall the moss starts to grow and it is a constant battle to keep it under control. Sometimes I think Deva has the right idea, wintering in the Southwest, but then she posts video of huge spiders and I think, “I will take the moss, thank you!”
Aw, he was just a youngster! A baby tarantula that would never harm you unless you messed with him. Pretty sure he was out looking for love as this is tarantula breeding season. 🕷️
“Tarantula breeding season” being another of those phrases that prevent me from even thinking about living in the southwest!
Here’s the “Dance of Tarantula Love” if you’re interested. It IS almost Halloween! 🕷️
https://youtu.be/x1vL2_8yvFI?si=_SkZadF5dBLiVna-
https://youtu.be/Kh9dRcga8YE?feature=shared
How can you not be afraid of spiders after this episode!? Lol
Yikes 😳
“Tarantula Breeding Season” made me snicker. I’d take those over scorpions any time! 🕷️🦂
Agree! Among scorpions, rattlesnakes, and tarantula, I’ll take the the tarantula 10 out 10 times! 🦂🐍🕷️
The moss on Vancouver Island drove me nuts. No thank you. I’d rather have snow.
Had a wonderful walk with a good friend this morning. Cold and clear here in Seattle. I’m wearing Winter Woods because LizzieB mentioned it yesterday. Tomorrow I’m planning to wear Ormonde Woman to finish off woods week.
Feeling much better now (post-vaccine achiness almost gone). This weekend is football watching interspersed with yardwork.
Glad you’re feeling better and had such a lovely morning in this sun☀️
Another PSA:
20% off full bottles over $85 at Indigo! 10thbirthdaysale
through Monday 10/30
Hello 🙂 Been a while, hope everyone is well and having a wonderful weekend. I was *really late* to the splitmeet but listed Chanel 1957 if anyone is interested:). 10 ml glass atomizer, 6 spots, $33.50 ea 🙂
Sotd, Hawaiian Ruby Guava mist, Pacifica.
And Happy B-lated National Black Cat Day 🐈⬛️. My feral rescue got extra treats to celebrate lol. I found her in a parking lot as a kitten two years ago:) Gotta love our furry friends:)
And my favorite Halloween candies…anything chocolate, candy corn and black jellybeans galore
Hey how have you been?
Doing ok here, how have you been? 🙂
Same. Just hanging out waiting for it to snow. Lol.
Late convert here to black jellybeans. I hated them as a kid. Guess I had to grow into appreciating them.
Better late than never! Welcome to the club lol
Been busy with an online class, but today I received my sample set of the new Guerlain Art et Matière extraits. They are all nice but overpriced. My favorites are tonka and iris. Looking forward to trying Fève Gourmande (the new incarnation of Gourmand Coquin) in December.
How are you liking taking an online class?
I like it a lot. I can lounge in my pajamas while listening, pet the dog, drink tea and test perfume samples all at the same time. 🙂
I didn’t know Guerlain did this? Where did you find the sample set
I got it from the manager at Saks NYC, Jason Beers. I had to buy something in order to get him to send me a set of free samples though, they don’t just send them out on request.
Oy! Sounds like I need to visit Saks!
What did you think of the vanilla please?
Most all reviews I have read have said of course they are overpriced but they also don’t have the oomph/meet expectations.
Did you try Hush Hush btw? I somehow was unaware of this one but was curious which version you liked best and which has the most vanilla if you tried them. eheheh I watched some videos online and think maybe the EDP might have the most vanilla.
It’s not sweet, more like pure vanilla bean smell. I have only tested it briefly with one small spray, will give it a full wearing tomorrow. But aside from the rose & bergamot, they are not loud scents, they wear very close to the skin. Supposedly they are 30% concentration.
As for Hush Hush, because it is a crowdfunding project you are by definition buying blind. I ordered all three concentrations but have no idea what they smell like. You can read the notes on the indiegogo site. Only the edt will be launched commercially, so if you want to blind buy, keep that in mind.
Thanks for your thoughts on the vanilla.
And didn’t realize just the EDT would be released commercially…good to know.
I’ve been chasing comfort scents for days, and my two choices today were Memoirs (pre-shower) and Tam Dao (post-shower). Can’t seem to get it exactly right — whoever said that marriage is hard was right on the money (long story). Maybe tomorrow I’ll go with my go-to combo of Profumum Alba over Le Dix dusting powder. THAT should get the job done!
Marriage can indeed be hard. I’m on husband #3 and there are days I long for widowhood. 😉
Good to know it’s not just me! 🤣
It is not. 😉
#3. Impressive.
I hope today is a better day SheriG 💙
Thanks, lillyjo — it is. Some conciliatory gestures on both our parts seem to have done 90% of the job.
Scented hugs, SheriG.
Aww, thank you, and backatcha — you deserve hugs for improving your health so much! I think sometimes people are more hesitant to compliment women than men, even though they’ve observed a positive change. But it’s still annoying! 😜
I agree with this. Women really don’t compliment other women.
Hugs, SheriG. Marriage is indeed difficult.
https://youtu.be/TyCPfdu1HoA
LOL!
Here’s a mystery…
2 months ago I took a picture of a rug. I then deleted the picture the same day. This morning my phone all by itself sent this picture to a contact in my phone. Does anyone know why this would happen?
My sotd is Tree Hut Birthday Cake body cream. I dislike this so much I will probably throw it away. It smells like plastic.
Your phone misses nothing! 👁️
I have deactivated as much as I can from my phone. Technology is not my friend.
Creepy. I could maybe see your phone sending the photo to you, but to some random contact? That’s just creepy.
It’s pretty disturbing for sure.
A colleague and I were just talking about a new Toyota pickup truck on the market,next thing most ads on my phone are about this Hilux,and a dealership even mailed me….#BigBrotherIsWatching
I know! But who are they and why do they have my deleted rug picture!?
Rugrats.🤣🤣🤷🏼♂️
Hah! Now I have Inigo Montoya from Princess Bride in my head saying, “I don’t think that word means what you think it means.” 🤣
Smart phones and computers are creeping on us all the freaking time.
Do you have an essential oil you could put in that lotion to make it smell any better? Or a few sprays of a big, house-clearing perfume?
I ended up spraying a sample of JM Velvet Rose and Oud over it. Lol!
I should just re shower.
Best to throw out that Tree Hut lotion! Also, phones “listen” as a former colleague and I tested this scary phenom.
Ummagumma today.
RIP Matthew Perry
https://youtu.be/NlX1ctNQk8I?si=D-aC2TWAEhuoBACG
Hope all the sick folks are feeling better today.🤧
Sad news!And scary how old I feel when a “Friend” passes away….
Ditto! So YOUNG! 😢
It seems especially sad since he was just starting to get his life back together.
Some of my non-perfume friends and I were texting furiously about that yesterday afternoon. A pity.
Hi, everyone.
Wearing Memoirs of a Trespasser for warmth today, it’s raining and chilly.
Yesterday I wore my new dress to an event where there were lots of people I haven’t seen since the before times. I keep saying that I’m losing weight to lower my blood sugar and help my joints, but I’m only human, it’s nice to be smaller and feel better. Not one person said one word! My husband has also lost weight and he got three compliments grr. Not that it’s a competition, lol, but some feedback would have been nice.
As long as you felt good and comfortable in your own skin that’s all that matters!And maybe they were all just speechless about how good you looked.🤗🤗
Aww you’re the best. I also realize that when someone is older there’s always the possibility that the person is losing weight due to illness. It’s easier not to say anything.
It’s one of those touchy subjects,like politics,religion….and sport!😉
I am sure you looked amazing!
Thanks lillyjo, I’m not sure but I felt good.
Ditto what JB says. Plus, I think people are so afraid of saying ANYTHING about a woman’s weight for fear of offense they just say nothing at all. Good on you for doing all that hard work! It’s not easy, especially as we women get older and/or are post-menopausal. 👏🏼👏🏼
THIS!
Agree!
Thanks Deva, that’s so true.
A lot of times when I notice someone has lost weight, I just say they look great without mentioning the weight loss. I don’t want them to think they didn’t look good before.
I get that too.
I am quite certain you looked beautiful in your new dress, ringthing.
Agree w/ others that people shy away from commenting on weight comments or even sometimes general appearance for that matter nowadays.
If I had seen you I would have said…”You look wonderful!” That is my general compliment to someone I like 😉 that I haven’t seen in some time. 😍
Thanks She-ra!
Glad to hear that you felt good at your event. But yes, it is frustrating to not get a response on something you’ve been working hard for!
Thanks Jalapeño! If my husband hadn’t gotten compliments, I’d be fine lol.
Even though I did not see you, I’m sure you looked great!
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Did I mention we are the Rugby World Cup Champions again??Lol!
SOTD!
Aqualis Egoli.Really enjoying this one and of course I appreciate the South African connection(Steyn Grobler,the founder,is from SA)
Happy Sunday!
Chilly overcast day with speckles of rain,and the big temperature dip started to happen today.Tomorrow will be fullblown Winter-cold again.
XO’s🌹🇿🇦🤗
Omg, seems like we’re on the same continent, weather wise. 🥶 ❄️
So odd,after 2 weeks of mid 30’s C!
Congratulations on your championship win!
Thanks friend!🇿🇦🇿🇦🥳
I haven’t watched the match ( haven’t watched any, to be honest ) but I was in the centre of town when it finished and there was such a look of despondency on the faces of the people in the shops that I knew we had lost. And today all the newspapers are about where we went wrong. The NZ women’s team played in town in Saturday and the mood was much happier . Anyway, there’s always next time!
There’s always next time!But I know NZ celebrates with us the fact that the cup stays in the southern hemisphere!
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Congratulations!
Has anyone tried 4160 Tuesday Hush Hush please?
Curious for any thoughts and differences for the EDT, EDP and Perfume.
Somehow I missed this whole crowdfund but just got an email from them and it appears bottles can still be ordered to the end of this month. It sounds right up my alley. Where have I been? eheheh someone please tell me. 🤣
I got that email, too, and was having the same thoughts. Enabler badges anyone?
I have ordered, but it won’t arrive before the deadline of the 31st. I think very few people outside the UK have smelled it.
Thank you! Yes, not many reviews online.
It’s a beautiful morning , the first in a while and I have just watched the moon sink behind the hills. It is so peaceful. I spent an hour in the art gallery yesterday, my weekly treat. For such a small place we have a great collection. I have become a bit obsessed with looking at brushstrokes and trying to figure out how to paint foliage, standing so close that my nose almost rubs the paint off . Wearing La Vierge de Fer and off for a Covid booster ( my 4th booster, which seems a lot but there’s a growth in cases now that mandatory 7-day isolation has stopped)
Hope the booster is easy peasy, Kanuka.
Feeling a bit gloomy as it’s time to bring in the 5-+ foot tall giant pots of tropical plants until May! (Jasmin, Norfolk Island Pine and podocarpus.) SotD Five Stars’ Royal Secret. It was in my Mother’s things when she passed away. A lovely galbanum lingers. However, I associate her with Diorissimo or Shalimar. She may have told me it was her Mother who like Royal Secret, so she bought some to be reminded of her. Grandma had several trinket boxes which were from RS gift sets. But then, Mom also said Grandma like Wind Song. I was only just falling down the rabbit hole then, so I don’t know if either had a favorite!
My mom used to wear Windsong. Don’t believe I’ve ever smelled RS.
Worked this weekend but so happy to wrap up early on this Sunday. Of course, there are lots of home tasks to be done as well.
Yesterday I wore Henry and Rose Sheep’s Clothing with overlay of Solinotes Rose, nice but faded so fast. Today I went the opposite way with Bulgari Black and no longevity issues there! I looked to see if Bulgari Black is still available and it seems the prices went up about 4x. My bottle should last a while.
Nice and mild weather today in the high 70’s but will be in the 40’s by tomorrow. My perfume choices this weekend reflect the upcoming weather change.
Got cold & rainy here too, would be a perfect day for Bvglari Black but I am all out…enjoy yours!
*Wrapping up the Splitmeet and there are still splits to be split!
**FREEBIE ALERT**
A Big Mystery Box aka I am cleaning things out and putting them all in a box!!!
Please dibs here and email me at l es li c or t he ll ATTT GEEE
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*And if you want any of my splits, I will include them in my freebie shipping😊
If it hasn’t been claimed I will dib.
A little shell-shocked at this point in the weekend. We had 14 showings this weekend; 8 yesterday and 6 today. So very fatigued after all that.
I lucked out and picked up some truly delicious locally-made chocolate covered caramels at the county farmers market yesterday. If anyone is interested, the chocolatier was Mecha Chocolate. https://mechachocolate.com
Not going to give those out for Halloween! They’re mine, mine, mine.
SOTD = commando.
Do you stay during the showings?
Also I am jealous of your caramels. I don’t eat anything sticky anymore.
No. You are expected to be out of the house during showings.
These caramels weren’t very sticky. One pack were salted caramels, and the other were botanicals/herbs with honey.
Wow, 14!! Fingers crossed for a bidding war 🙂
We shall see what happens next. It’s been crazy.
Wow! That’s alot of showings! I’m sure with all the hard work put into it that it will sell quickly. I hope you get multiple offers.
That chocolate sounds divine; I’d keep it for myself too..
Thanks Gail. Right now I just want to sit quietly and not have to think or do anything for a little bit.
That is exhausting, I’m glad you have the caramels for strength! Hope the house sells soon, and that you get some quiet time.
Wow, that’s a lot of showings! Good luck!
Enjoying these sunny last days of October! I’ve been very crafty for the last couple of weeks: I have a new goddaughter who will be christened next weekend in New England, so I made her a bonnet out of lace and fabric from her grandmother’s wedding dress. It’s very pretty, and it was a perfect, simple project for me to get reacquainted with my sewing machine. I also decorated a birdhouse for our church’s Habitat for Humanity fundraiser, and I got a bit carried away, lol! I’m enjoying having time for my little projects and my garden, as well as my family. Looking forward to seeing my sisters, their families, and my cousins next weekend for the christening!