It's Friday, plus National Sandwich Day and World Jellyfish Day. Birthdays: Walker Evans, Anna Wintour. We're off to Japan for Culture Day...our community project: wear a perfume that is named for a place in Japan, or that reminds you of a (real or imaginary) trip to Japan, or that features a Japanese ingredient, or ?
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 went with Monocle + Comme des Garçons Scent One: Hinoki.
Reminder: 11/10 is Neil Gaiman's birthday. If you read (or watched) Good Omens, maybe scent Aziraphale or Crowley? Or scent some other favorite Gaiman work, or just wear a fragrance that you think fits any fantasy, science fiction or graphic novel or movie/show of your choice (it doesn't have to be by Gaiman).
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 old vs new [cropped] by Rick Finster at flickr; some rights reserved. [I failed to keep good notes, but I think this shows Himeji castle.]
I forgot the CP-it’s Coromandel EDT again, because there is something about frost and crisp air that makes me want to wear this.
I did get out to bike last night and when I came out of the yoga class my bike seat had a tick layer of frost. It looked really pretty but was it ever chilly. Then you get home and get warmed up and I had some soup and it felt so good. Best of all worlds-bit of adventure, bit of cold, followed by some warmth and the traces of Coromandel in the air.
Hope everyone has a good weekend, maybe with some small adventure.
Wow, frost on your bike! Good for you.
House twins
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The only thing I own that’s Japan-adjacent is SL Feminité du Bois, which I bought at the Narita duty-free on the way out of Tokyo in 2012, so that’s what I’m wearing today. Can’t smell it very well: the COVID is lingering, though I’m almost out from under it, and my sense of smell is a shadow of what it was. But it does seem to be improving: I still stubbornly wear a different scent every day, and at the beginning of the week I almost no sense of what I had on but today I can more or less identify FdB for the cedar monolith it is. More of a cedar matchstick right now, but it’s definitely cedar, and that’s a relief.
I’m so glad things are clearing up for you Pyramus.
You smell fabulous. And how lucky that Narita Airport still had Shiseido FdB as late as 2012. I have scoured Little Tokyo and Japanese shops in L.A. looking for it, but pfft it’s long-gone, they say. You smell marvelous!
Sorrry COVID got your nose! I read somewhere, sorry no reference but it seemed fairly reputable at the time, that stimulating your sense of smell by digging a set of well known scents a couple times a day helps. Line up 6 or 8 very different but simple smells and tell yourself what you are sniffing – this is vanilla! This is black pepper! This is almond extract! This is a freshly cut clove of garlic. This is peppermint oil. This is my good doggy. Etc etc. Shouldn’t take long just definite sniff of definite things with which you already are familiar. Hope it all comes back soon. COVID is a nasty bug. Wear masks in public! Stay current on vaccines! Rah rah rah – end of PSA/ personal opinion.
When I had COVID and lost my sense of smell, I would get out my Fendi Fendi EDT (my most 80s powerhouse) and my vintage Coco and try to smell them every morning. When I could finally smell them, I knew I was getting better!
That is a very good suggestion and I am going to give it a try!
Yay. That is a quick smell recovery compared to what happened to people in the early years of covid…
I feel fortunate to be fully vaccinated and boostered — in fact, we got our latest boosters the day after we got back, last Wednesday, when I guess the virus was already percolating in my system preparing to wreak havoc. I hope to get back to normal soon, but if I never do get my sense of smell back the way it used to be, I won’t be happy, but I’ve made peace with it. If you can’t fix it, you have to stand it, as Annie Proulx said.
Fingers crossed 🤞for a full recovery for your nose. Hopefully, just a matter of time.
Glad to hear that you are starting to smell things correctly now! Hope that progress continues.
Hello and tgif!
Sotd is my favourite Shiseido, Saso. It suffered the same tragic fate of many beautiful creations and had been discontinued. Nowadays I only apply it very sparingly on special days (CP is one!). Somehow in my mind if it turns before I ever finish it, it will seem like I had an abundance and I’d feel better than if I drained the bottle? I feel conflicted.
Any who, I smell gorgeous today and that’s all the matters, right? 😉
*Scribbles furiously.* I’ve never even heard of that one. Someday as I walk through an outdoor antique flea market, I will find a box full of d/c Shiseido perfume bottles that some retired sales rep for the brand is getting rid of. That is the dream, at least.
I took the easy route and chose CdG Kyoto. I love these incense fragrances, and I’m not a huge fan of incense in general.
You smell great PriscillaE. I should’ve bought that one.
I agree, and I also love Kyoto.
SOTD is one of my HG perfumes, Shiseido White Rose. It really is the most perfect rose scent I have ever encountered. Not too sour, not too sweet, and with the rose front and center. There are other notes, I am sure, but they serve only to enhance the rose, not cover it up. It is not the longest lasting perfume–I get a good two hours and then, poof! it is gone–but while it lasts it is lovely. I am contemplating the “need” for a BUB, as I really do not want to ever be without this one.
Do you know, is that an expensive or reasonably priced perfume if you’re buying it in Japan? Or is it discontinued? (Sorry if you’ve already said and I’ve forgotten.)
My understanding is that when it was first released it was VERY expensive, but it seems the price has not increased as fast as inflation. I don’t know what it sells for in Japan these days, as I have never been there and probably never will be, but there are a number of sellers on ebay et al selling it for around $250 for a 32mL bottle, which I do not find unreasonable for an extrait. My main reason for hesitating has to do with concerns around international shipping and commerce (customs issues, difficulty in tracking international shipments, etc.) If I could walk into a store here in the US and buy it for that price, I would have done so long ago. I take it that it is still in production, but I don’t know for sure. Information about Shiseido perfumes is frustratingly hard to come by–what is in production, what is discontinued, what is being sold where, etc. There is an article on Fragrantica, an interview with perfumer Tomoo Inaba (the nose behind Moth and Nightingale for Zoologist) that has some good info.
https://www.fragrantica.com/news/Interview-with-Perfumer-Tomoo-Inaba-and-Some-Rare-Shiseido-Perfumes-9091.html#rev
Great article. Very informative. I think most of us in the West will never see these rarities, which seem to have been produced often in very small quantities. . I wonder if Tomoo Inaba is related to Yosie Inaba, a Japanese designer who also had a perfume in the 80s/90s I think.
Thanks!
Robin, you smell wonderful!!! I have only ever tried a sample of CdG Hinoki Laurel Monocle but it was instant love and one day a bottle will be mine. Bonus: my sister loves it too so maybe we’ll split it.
I totally forgot about the CP today and instead grabbed a verry partial vial of D.S. & Durga Pistachio that I just received in a swap. Do pistachios grow in Japan? Are they popular? At any rate, I love pistachio gelato and this is the pistachio fragrance I’ve been waiting for, nutty and only mildly sweet due to the cardamom and slight dark vanilla pod note. The other one I’ve tried, Kayali Pistachio Gelato went way too sweet on my skin. So the D.S. Durga has now migrated from my “Test” list to my “Wishlist.” Their perfumes are hit or miss with me. I’m still kicking myself for selling their LE Siberian Snow, with all its deep resins and spice, but this is a new fave.
All of the Monocles were really, really good…better than the other things CdG was doing at the time, IMHO.
https://pacificnutproducer.com/2022/05/17/japanese-consumers-crave-california-almonds-walnuts-pistachios/
Very interesting! Thx Robin.
I realize I *do* have a perfect Japanese perfume I can wear this evening post-shower. It’s Annayake Miyako, which is tucked away in a box at the back of my closet and that I haven’t worn in forever. So thank you CP for reminding me of this beauty. The box is its own lovely presentation with sliding panels. It’s a gorgeous spicy woodsy incense fragrance with a touch of vanilla. I wore the heck out of this bottle back in the day and when a friend complimented me on it, I got her a bottle too. I’ve tried several of her others, Tsukimi was more fruity/ambery and good too, though not as memorable.
Wow, Annayake Miyako sounds beautiful from the presentation to the scent!
Oh, thanks for the reminder of Miyako. I have a good size decant from back in the MUA days that I should dig out. I used to have a bottle of the watermelon perfume they did but swapped it away a long time ago.
thegoddessrena did it earlier this week – today I am in Fils de Dieu Du Riz et Des Agrumes, because it has shiso and rice notes. Oh, and my sunscreen is rice-scented too. 😀
Excellent! Who makes your sunscreen?
It’s Beauty of Joseon Relief Sun: Rice + Probiotic spf50+ pa++++. However, I have just looked at the reviews and list of ingredients and found out it is fragrance free and essential oil free. But it has a rather high concentration of rice extract (30%), so maybe this is what I smell. Apparently it smells of nothing to a lot of people. 🤔
This sunscreen got me through sub Saharan Africa with no burn at all. I love it.
Nice! I have only worn it in autumn. It is good to know it does it job well in high UV conditions.
Thanks Glannys!
I love the Beauty of Joseon SPF. I have sensitive skin and it doesn’t pill over skin care nor bother my skin/eyes. A win on both counts. I love the smell of rice. Wonder what other perfumes have a rice note?? Off to Fragrantica to look them up.
Scent triplets with you and Deva today!
I’ve been travelling for the past few days, and haven’t been much on CP. Yesterday I put on Apoteker Tepe Brother Night in honour of Day of the Dead at an ungodly hour of the morning on the way out of the house to the airport. Today I’m in ELdO You or Someone Like You, which is in my travel bag and sort of fits…I or someone very like me (the old historian version of me) used to live in Philadelphia, which we’re headed in to visit today.
That was a great idea, Ockeghem, and since there are technically several days of the dead (slaps self for pedantry) I am going to thunk my sample of Brother Night once this darling Durga Pistachio wears off.
House twins with you today! And safe travels!
Hello all!
I’m in A Drop d’Issey, milky almond-y lilac goodness. Perfect for the cool weather. I’m sure it’s too clean for most but I find it pretty unusua. It also lasts really well. And that bottle is incredible!
Have a great day everyone.
You smell so pretty today!
Thank you! It’s an unusual take on clean and I enjoy it.
I’m wearing my precious decant of Shiseido Inoui, an old favorite of mine from the late 1970s. And it was sent to me by a lovely NST perfumista, of course! (NST is such a generous group!)
Cool and cloudy but I’ll get out for a good walk later. And then making butternut squash soup for tonight.
SP, wow do you smell amazing! Inoui is great juice.
It sure is!!
Sampling Gion from Fantome since Gion is the geisha district of Kyoto
Perfect.
Le lion 🦁 🦁
Really loving this one on a cold winter day
You smell amazing. I wanted to wear it too, but had settled on Coromandel. I sprayed some Lion on a cotton pad and now my vehicle smells so good.
You smell wonderful and so does your car!
I’m wearing Samsara, for the Buddhist connection. I only have a mini, I wish I had more of the vintage stuff. It’s foggy now and rain starts this afternoon and is supposed to last until Thursday. I should buy one of those mushroom logs, this is the weather for them.
I love Samsara. I still have a packet of shower gel, and body cream. There used to be some very special samples given freely. Even the paper it’s attached to is heavy duty and pearlized. And I was remembering back to 1995, when I saw a pyramid almost as tall as me, of Guerlain miniatures in a beautiful gold coffret. It had perfect tiny bottles of Shalimar, Samsara, and Chamde EDP. Two perfect miniature bottles of Cologne Imperial, and Eau de Guerlain. And the EDT of Jardins de Bagatelle. It cost $60 cdn.
Samsara is such a blissful sandalwood
So happy I have both EdT and EdP of Samsara in the classic red bottles. You smell wonderful.
I’m wearing Satori.
I had plans to wear Kyoto today, but then decided I need something more “perfumey” this morning. My son and I are going to get our Covid shots this afternoon, I hope the weekend won’t be ruined, but it must be done! I’ll plan on a lot of couch time, watching the F1 race.
Hi Twin!
Satori is so good!
Another twin here!
The three of us are smelling lovely.
I’m non-CP-compliant in Cuir de Gardenia, smelling wonderful and watching the day turn golden and blue.
I love Cuir de Gardenia. I don’t normally like feral but this one was just right!
I am wearing Voskanian Histoire d’une Rose, his new edp. This smells amazing in colder weather.
As for CP spraying my home with the SL Japonese Garden , La Dame de Heiriti.
Hope the two go together nicely 🙂
ELDO Fils de Dieu today. Got very warm yesterday (77F) and is supposed to be even warmer this morning. 🫤
I made coffee cake muffins in my air fryer yesterday. So that, along with two cups of steaming coffee, was breakfast this morning. Have I said how much I love my air fryer? It does everything and it does it quick! Dinner last night was salmon and acorn squash. Can’t tell you the last time I had any kind of squash because it takes forever in a conventional over. Tonight is Italian sausage ravioli with a side of balsamic Brussel sprouts and maybe some roasted sweet potato chunks. Yum! 😋
Smell well, y’all!
77F is too hot! Anyway, I am loving your love for i to our air fryer.
For those thinking of getting one, Target is having its Black Friday sale this week and there are some nice looking air fryers ON SALE (note the caps).
Totally agree with you re: too HOT! I’m pretty sure that’s air temp and not surface temp, which is even hotter. Even T-Rex is not interested in lying in the sun today. As for the air fryer, I’m a total convert! I just had pizza for lunch. So simple and fast! One tortilla, cheese, and whatever your brain can come up with as toppings and five minutes later- shaZAM! 🍕
Hiya scent twin!
I am envious of your 77 degrees! It’s been well below seasonal temps here for the past 4 days, and the drop has followed above normal temps. So it feels even colder.
Happy to send 10* or so to warm you up. Hit 83F today, I think tomorrow will be hotter. And this is why I HATE having to make reservations. Because now I’m stuck here when I really would like to bug out and head north for a few days.
Wearing CdG Kyoto today. If we had a China one, I would have gone with either Amouage Epic or Coromandel.
We will get to China!
I think I’m going to claim somewhere around 1.5 points today: one point for incense as a Japanese note, one point for Kyoto as a Japanese name, one point for Comme des Garcons as a Japanese brand … and the sum total halved for utter lack of originality 🙂 .
This made me laugh, Colognissimo.
LOL!
Thanks for the smile today!
Excellent maths.
A CP fail, but never the less happy to be hanging out on NST 😊
Testing Slow Explosions, which by the notes should be a hands-down love for me. Instead, it is a little harsh. It may calm down. . .
Did Slow Explosions ever chill out for you?
Gosh, nearly sure I tried that one but can’t remember it now.
In Satori, inspired by therabbitsflower yesterday and tulipani today!
I’ll wear my sample of that tomorrow in solidarity with all of you!
😊
Scent twins!
Happy Friday all! I completely forgot about the CP, despite setting out my bottle of Shiseido FdB. *smacks forehead*.
Today’s SOTD is Halston Couture EDP. If Aromatics Elixir and Knowing had a love child, this is the closest comparison to me. My bottle is from my college days some 30-odd years ago (I’m fudging the math here…) and the spritzer is wonky. I wound up overapplying so I am wafting big time!
Wow! I have never smelled your SOTD but love the “parents” of the love child
I love mossy/rose/chypres, Knowing and AE are favorites. Another in the same vein is Gucci III.
Your SOTD sounds amazing. LOVE Aromatics Elixir!
No points for me this entire week. I’ve been alternating between comfort scents and random samples. Yesterday was sampling Maison Crivelli Santal Volcanique — it is as gorgeous as J B said a while back, but somehow just not me. Wish I could smell it on him! Today is Indult Rêve en Cuir, which has been in and out of my LS cart several times and is the closest thing to Hermes Doblis (😍) that I’ve encountered so far. Today ReC is a love, but I can’t help feeling that owning a FB would ruin it for me. I’ll guess I’ll finish the current sample and perhaps acquire another, and continue the LS cart dance for a while longer.
Ahhh Santal Volcanique!So gorgeous.I enjoy a couple from Maison Crivelli,their perfumes are also some powerhouses!
Recently discovered the Ambre Chromatique,and of course the Hibuscus one has my heart!
It was a grab-and-go Friday morning,so I’m in the last bit of a Thameen Bravi sample(excellent tuberose,on my fb list!)and for added oomph I spritzed 27 87 Parfums Flâneur,lovely linden blossoms with an absinthe kick to boost.
Crazy week,we had a theatre list today and I am on standby this weekend(with one case already booked for tomorrow A.M.)We did 21 cases today from 8-15:30…Pray for me to not lose my patience.✌🏻🌹🤗
Thank you Robin for keeping the CP’s and SOTD posts alive and kicking for all these years!I may not post every day,but I definitely check in daily.Big brother is watching!🤣🤣✌🏻
Well, good then…I keep thinking I’ll stop and then I think I can manage another week, LOL…
Hope it turns out to be a rather quiet weekend for you. Do you have to take weekend call once a month or more often?
Mostly one weekend a month,but yeah…personnel crises,people getting sick and recent resignations left us reeling with skeleton staff.The pool from which we can pull fresh staff is also very,very small nowadays(as you probably know all too well yourself!)
I’ve been thinking about just leaving the profession.This is not it for me anymore.
Totally understand. I was talking to a friend on the phone last week and she asked when I was going to start back to work…and I almost started to cry! I told her “I don’t want to go back!” And she said “Then don’t!” And I felt very heard because she is an MD who also does not want to “go back” and had decided she’s not GOING to go back.
Sending you a teeny bit of patience! Stay safe and well, J B.
Wearing Choc de Cardin today, which isn’t Japanese or inspired by Japan, but the bracing minerality of it reminds me of a water feature in a Japanese garden.
That’s good enough then!
All week I had been planning to wear Kyoto today, and then last minute went with Kenzo Flower instead, courtesy of the the very generous SheriG.
Drinking F&M’s wedding tea today, with for the (very mild) irony. Mr. Vee needs to get his wedding ring resized and to do that we (specifically, I) need to cut it off his finger.
Very ironic 😂. Hope all goes well!
Yikes!😳 Good luck, and be careful!
Luckily there is a tool for this, so no danger of physical injury. Just my mock emotional turmoil of destroying a symbol of our marriage 😂 (Nevermind that I was baking so often at the start of COVID that I didn’t bother to wear my wedding ring for most of 2020 😂)
ZOMG! That is uncomfortably ironic.
I remember a nurse in the VA ICU showed me his trick for getting tight rings off. It involved winding a string around the finger starting at the ring and moving dismally toward the tip. Genius. I still remember 20+ years later.
I have a minimalistic silver wedding ring that is a thin hammered silver band. Never liked having much on my fingers.
Wearing the last of my J-Scent Sumo sample ( thanks Gaynor) which is baby-powdery-musk with a slight kick of freshness. The little grove of lily of the valley is in full bloom in the botanic gardens and it was so lovely to stand still and sniff the air. I will go back today and take my latest play thing, an Instamax camera ( takes instant photos, like an old Polaroid) and stick the picture in my journal.
We are house twins! I don’t see J-Scent mentioned much.
I was going to look for my J-scent samples. Nothing hit the mark for full bottle but I liked several of them.
In the last drops of my sample of Tom Ford Plum Japonais for the CP.
Sadly discontinued, but I will not miss it.
Happy Friday! 🌻
Good for you on using up and enjoying that sample. Much better it goes out in a blaze of glory instead of evaporating, or turning.
I am going to do a week or longer of finishing favorite samples. Otherwise, they will evaporate very soon.
Beautiful picture!
SOTD = Parfum Satori Satori
I went all out and did 16 spritzes. (Deity of choice), I can explain … the atomizer for this only dispenses as much as it wants to, as designed. Since I will be out and about, the number is just right!
https://www.instagram.com/p/CzMUtTnRDyj/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==
My retirement package included a 6 months consultation with a career transition firm which I can sign up with within 3 months of my last day at my former firm. I will check it out next week because one never knows! Not in a hurry to find another job and it has to meet my criteria.
And I just realized I never commented on next week’s CP! If you are up to it, Neil Gaiman is one of the creators of Lucifer (I only know the show) and you now have a different world of scents from which to choose!
Oh, good to know, thanks!
Congratulations on your retirement (I think, right? I missed your original post about this–hope this is a good thing). Was this a surprise or a plan?
I have enough years of service and age to qualify as being retired. It was both expected and unexpected and I am happy that it came when it did!
Excellent! Congrats again.
Sounds like you are in a great position with your retirement. Being able to pick & choose a new job = priceless!
I agree on the priceless for sure!
I’m wearing a spritz of Masque Milano’s Kintsugi for the CP.
Enjoy the weekend, all!
You too Jessica!
CP compliant in Shiseido Koto, it is very like modern Diorling, I find today. Tonight, I applied Robert Piguet Visa.
A modern Diorling sounds lovely.
I hadn’t noticed before Robin, Koto is more floral, Diorling more leathery, and yes, both lovely.
For today’s cp, I chose Mitsouko edp, a perfect choice for today’s cloudy, gloomy, chilly day. Mossy, earthy, and just a little bit peachy, I feel warm and comforted. 🤗
A bittersweet day ahead tomorrow. My ex-DH passed away a few weeks ago out of state, where he’s lived for many years with his long-time partner. I’ll be attending a memorial service for him here hosted by our son, whom I’m immensely proud of for graciously handling his dad’s complicated posthumous affairs despite being abandoned by him for many of his growing-up years. I’m trying to follow his lead and focus on the good rather than the bad times, forgive and forget and join in celebrating his life. Hope I can succeed!🤞
But I’m looking forward to Monday, which is Mr. Laila’s birthday. Depending on the weather, we hope to visit either the Arboretum or Botanic Garden followed by dinner at Bob Chinn’s Crabhouse and ending with a performance by a local jazz trio. Can’t wait!🥳
Wishing everyone a nice weekend ahead. I can’t believe it’s November!🍂🍁
yes, bittersweet. I know that you will do your best for your son. Hopefully, a few good memories will come to you and bring a smile to your face.
It’s nice that there’s something to look forward to after your bittersweet Saturday.
Definitely bittersweet. Sending you thoughts of strength and grace.
Good for your son, I am sure he’ll be glad later that he did this, and I’m sure you’ll be glad you sent. Peace to you both.
It’s Saturday morning here, and it’s always so nice to contemplate the weekend at this point, as it will be over very quickly.
I am still wafting last night’s Velvet Rouge, it is the complete opposite of a gentle restrained perfume, so I probably get some negative points. Arte Profumi has some very nice perfumes that I’d be happy to own, but they are not cheap.
Ah, but we never do negative points!
Stopping by to take a break from Day of Meetings.
For the CP I went with the original (black bottle) Shiseido Zen. Because Day of Meetings.
And now I’m off to dive back in.
Have a good weekend, everyone.
Ooooooooooof. Good luck with All The Meetings!
Thank you – I survived!
SOTD is Aedes de Venustas Encense Japonaise. mmmmm, I smell great.
Just had a really good project interview.
My days of sleeping till 9am might be ending soon.
Those AdV scents were a gorgeous bunch.
Woohoo! Sounds like a job/project is coming up shortly!
Oh good, fingers crossed for you!
I’m in J-Scent Yawahada (Soft Skin) for the cp. I tried this one a few years ago, so decided to revisit it. Skin scents are some of my favorites, but I’ve decided I don’t really like this one. It does remind me a little of Missing Person, but that one I like and went through a travel spray off. Oh well, money saved.
My daughter and I went to see the movie Priscilla this morning. We practically had the theater to ourselves, which is exactly why I like to go Friday mornings. The actress who played her was very good. Chanel No 5 made a brief appearance in one of the scenes as she was unpacking makeup and beauty products and setting them on the counter. I wonder if she really wore No 5, or if it just seemed like a good perfume to use?
Points PLUS money saved!
Glad the movie was good, I will watch that eventually probably.
Like others, I planned to wear Kyoto today but the hoodie I wear around the house smells strongly of yesterday’s Jungle l’Elephant so I am wearing it again. Yummy.
I have never heard of Neil Gaiman before and science fiction/fantasy is not my favorite category of books or films, so I will try to think of a theme for myself for next week. The theme will probably be wearing whatever I want.
Happy Friday!
Yep, that’s going to be my theme next week, too! 😀
I’ve never read anything my Neil Gaiman either, but I’m thinking I can come up with creative ways to associate some of my perfumes with fantasy or sci-fi.
No points in Cuir Ottoman today. I’m determined to thunk this bottle so I’m spraying liberally! I think this one would suit Crowley, actually. Leather, but with a sweetness 😉
Yes, perfect for Crowley!
Productive day today. Still chilly weather, but at least the sun was out today.
SOTD = ELdO Fils de Dieu…, from the Sample Stash. This one is definitely a fall/winter perfume for me. And today there is something about it that is reminding me of Kenzo L’Elephant. I am trying to figure out what it is that they have in common.
Good on you for being productive!
Thank you! It felt nice to get things done that had to be pushed off due to house showings and the like.
Great job being productive. (I’m excited for you to be in Colorado. It’still feels like home to me. )
Thanks!
There are still a lot of familiar places in CO for me, and I’ve been gone 28 years. But a lot has changed since I left. And there will be new places to explore when I get back there.
I struggled with this CP but in the end I chose TDC Osmanthus. The reason being that although Osmanthus is not exclusive to Japan, it does grow there and I wanted to do a JCE. His paired down style reminds me of Japan.
Whether it fits or not, it is a lovely scent that I got on ebay, when I was still on the hunt for perfume on a regular basis.
I like that reasoning!
Drat! Late again due to work. Just getting home.
I was going to do Kyoto but it seemed too obvious so I went with Heeley Note De Yuzu which, to me, is like Sel Marin with dry citrus. I would like to go to Japan someday.
Nice choice Zephyr2!
The latest of the late. I wore Kenzo Flowertag for the cp today. I did some Christmas shopping at Sephora for my daughter. That girl has expensive taste! She’s more than worth it. Hope everyone has a great weekend!🌞
Flowertag had a seriously cute bottle.
Did you get your daughter’s Xmas goodies on sale?
Even later…. I thought bout Kenzo Amour, but decided on Geisha Noire. Such a good scent!