Here's wishing a very happy and safe New Year's Eve to you all!
We're marking the end of the year with our usual open thread poll. Talk about anything you like — the fragrance you’re wearing today, any perfume-related resolutions for 2024, whatever.
Or, ask a question about fragrance, then see if anyone else has asked a question that you can answer…
Note: top image is my time [cropped] by Ali Edwards at flickr; some rights reserved.
Happy Pre-2024!
Sotd is LV Myriad.
My local Tom Ford SA send me a message telling me the new Vanilla S*x is in store. The pic of the bottle label showed the S word being blocked out by a red rectangle (similar to F-ing Fabulous, the F word is blocked out on the bottle). So now it’s just called Vanilla. Lol.
I tried it the other day at Sephora. If it came in a travel spray I would buy it. I liked it much more than I expected to.
Will have to look for it. Always interested in a new vanilla. Hopefully the travel spray will happen soon.
Yes, I’ve seen on some websites that they just omit the controversial word entirely from the product title, do we end up with, as you said, “Vanilla” or “Fabulous”.
The hand reached for Heeley Cuir Pleine Fleur this morning, and I’m very happy that it did — so lovely.
For MissGoldsmith: fragrantica’s website has a secondary and somewhat hidden “search by notes” function that, unaccountably, gives different results than the “Notes” button does. The only way I know of to get there is to use the Notes button, search for any random thing, and then look for the tiny “Search by notes” link in the sentence under the pretty picture that begins the initial Notes result. Cumbersome. But it (the “search by notes” feature) lets you search for a combination of notes or just a single note, AND, if you’re signed in, has a button that will filter the search results by what you’ve stored in your wardrobe.
Oh! I will try that next time. Thanks for the great tip!
I haven’t bothered to create an account or enter my collection, might be nice for that functionality.
You’re welcome! One thing about entering one’s collection — it can be eye-opening to see how many perfumes one owns. The site even counts them up for you. Horrifying. 😂
And you can now add custom “shelves” like Decants/Travel Sprays, Fragrances for Test, etc. I really like using it to keep track of things.
Aleksandr… THUNK
My resolution is to thunk one sample per day
Interested in if any become loves or scrubbers!
I am randomly grabbing in the bag and wearing whatever comes out. I have a high tolerance and the only thing I ever had to scrub off was a spikenard e. o. blend that I made 15 years ago.
I’m liking a lot thus far but don’t feel the need for full bottles
Clearly you haven’t sampled IA Bulls Blood. Gah. 😵💫
Lol! No I haven’t! But I will tell you thatI love Secretions Magnifique… it smells great on my skin
But but…. How do you possibly spray enough to thunk the sample in one go? Or are these samples already mostly used up? Do you reapply multiple times during the day?
They are 1ml vials. Sometimes I apply throughout the day or other times I dump on each wrist and rub up and down my arms from and back. That’s what I did today. It’s three hours later and I can barely smell it.
I like that one. 🙂
It’s beautiful. How was the longevity on you?
Not much. Most of their scents are very light on me, except for Anima Dulcis
Same. It didn’t last long and I used the entire vial 😁😁😁
Excellent resolution! Mine is to make a list of all my fragrances so I can keep better track of them and remind myself to limit new purchases, lol.
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Blindly reached into my sample stash and plucked out Civet, which is nothing like I expected.
Learned a new word yesterday and if I believed in fate, I would say it was…well, fate. “Apricity” is the word and spell check keeps changing it to apricot…Anyway, it’s what I’m actively doing. Rocking in my stargazer and basking in apricity right now! 🌞
Back to Civit. I was expecting something warm, maybe a bit cuddly, a bit animalic, but all I get is a bus load of flowers…oh well, money saved!
Bus load of flowers smells better than a bus load of people! Lol
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I concur! 😅
😃lol
Woot!! We are “ blindly reaching in the sample stash” twins today!!!
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What a fantastic word! And definitely something that needed its own word.
Yes, definitely a good word!
In the same article I came across: hiemal, subnivean, psychrophilic, piblokto, sitzmark, and brumation!
Spell check recognizes NONE of these words and so underscored them in red, trying to make me think I don’t know what I’m talking about! Anyway, all related in one way or another to winter and/or cold temperatures, which just so happens to be my jam. Within reason, of course. No North Dakota -10F with a wind chill of -35F…🙅🏻♀️
I only have one word for winter/cold temperatures. 2 if there’s a lot of snow. Lol. 😉🤣
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You already know that I agree with you 😆
I barely get enough apricity to need to know the word ⛅
I showered with Mysore sandalwood soap (made in the official government soap factory, it says on the box) and followed it up with a few spritzes of Miller et Bertaux Indian Study, a remarkably good sandalwood fragrance that’s pretty unknown, and relatively cheap at the discounters. I am doing the end-of-year closet and garage clear out this weekend, as I am sure many others are doing. It will feel good to have things gone that I don’t use any more.
I’m joining you clean sweep exercise, admittedly on a smaller scale. But it does feel good to get these things DONE!
Miller et Bertaux seemed to have better distribution and a bigger following 10 or 15 years ago. Seems like they’ve been nudged out by other niche brands.
SL Jeux de Peau today. I wanted something warm: it snowed a bit yesterday, maybe an inch, just enough to be slushy and messy underfoot today with the rain that preceded it. At least the snow-clearing vehicles are on the ball.
I know what a cliché this is, especially as we get older, but dang this year went by quickly! I wish everyone something good in the new year, maybe a lot of good things if you’re lucky.
This year really did go fast!
Working through my PdE collection, though sporadically. Ambre Russe called to me this morning.
It rained a lot last night, I expect my yard is a mud pit right now. Don’t feel like doing much but curling up in bed with a book.
I don’t foresee any apricity or garage cleaning (needs it though!) in my day.
Ohhhh, you smell fantastic. ❤️
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My random sample of the day is Gong from January Scent Project. I am getting the savory notes (radish and pepper) more than fruit (blueberry)
Your description made me look up that scent, sounds interesting!
Well, I was so pleased to be done with grocery shopping for the NYE feast but my brother arrived last night and today we went shopping again in a different neighborhood which resulted in more mince pies, more cheese, more almond nuts, pasta, pesto, sweet pickle, avocados and I forget what else. It was decidedly more crowded than yesterday but the lines were so disciplined and good humoured that it was still fun, very heartwarming.
I was wearing I Profumi Di Firenze Arancio Di Sicilia which struck me again as so juicy and it lasted the morning, that was more than enough for a perfume of this type, tonight, I am trying to reconcile with YD Amber Nude, it’s not completely working but better, I wouldn’t be surprised if it had myrrh by the way, I find it too dense. I think it’s the only perfume in my collection which is not loved by me.
Wow, may I please come over for your feast?
You would be so welcome, if only we lived on the same side of the Atlantic, honestly it’s a little too much but will get consumed on the night and the days following too.
Yum — sounds like a wonderful feast!
I always feel NYE is in many ways easier than Xmas food wise.
I meant to ask if your brother was coming. Glad he did! Your feast sounds delicious. No sweets? ( I ask as I am eating a pop tart. Lol)
Mince pies used to have meat in medieval times but nowadays they are little pies filled with currants, candied lemon and orange peels, apple and often a little brandy, we might also get Turkish pastries from a local store. Enjoy the pop tart!
Sounds yummy! And better than my pop tart. Lol.
Hey, pop tarts have their place! I have not had one in eons but as I type I can taste a chocolate fudge pop tart in my mind…
Happy to hear your brother made it to you for the holiday!
Thank you Deva, tomorrow will be fun but the scenery from my windows is definitely less spectacular than your location😀
Looking at people you love is the best view in this life! Hope he’s healing well and quickly! 🩼
How nice of you to ask, the fracture was quite simple, he’s still a little weak in the ankle after long immobility in the plaster so uses one crutch when outside.
Enjoy your time with your brother! It’s so great that the grocery shopping turned out fun, sounds like you made the best of it!
Thank you very much, yes, I so enjoyed the holiday spirit displayed, hope you have wonderful celebration planned or some relaxing time.
Busy week, with travel, etc. Yesterday I had to take our kitty to the vet for the first time in 7 years, which was its own form of stress. (She went mostly off her food right before Christmas, but now is fine; I think she may have been chewing on the tree.) I was informed that she is now considered a “senior” cat at age 8, but as she should only be about halfway through her life, I’d prefer “middle aged”. Anyway, she is completely healthy and somewhat annoyed at the indignity of the carrier, blood test, and urine test.
Today, blissfully, we have nothing at all planned. I may head out and buy an undersink organizer with drawers, so I have a more accessible place to put my sample stash. I was finally able to pick up my splits when I was in the States, so SOTD will likely be Tauer Nexin once I finally get moving.
I’m glad she’s ok. We don’t put up a tree anymore. One eats it, the other climbs it and a third knocks down and breaks the ornaments. The eating of the tree is most concerning as it can cause intestinal blockages
We haven’t had a tree in over 10 years as one of our kitties likes to chew cords. Not the thick cords on appliances and such, but thinner cords such as headphones, chargers, etc. We are afraid he would chew the cord on the lights and either electrocute himself or start a house fire.
I have a hard time too thinking of an 8 or 9 yo cat as as “senior”, but relative to their lifespans, cats grow up much faster than humans. The first year is equal to about 20 years of a human life, then each year after that is equal to about 4 years, so your 8 yo cat is equivalent to an ~50 yo human. They usually don’t seem to show the effects of aging, at least not outwardly, until the very end of their lives, or maybe they are just really good at hiding it. Our older cat is 12 now, equivalent to mid-60’s for a human, and he really doesn’t look or act much different than he did 5 or 6 years ago.
In Clinique Happy today and about to start my shift at work. My resolution for the next year is to be a little more sniper like with any full bottle purchases and that means no backups.
Happy is always good and so easy to wear.
I’m in NVC Ashoka
A fabulous choice!
I just wore that yesterday. I love it.
The end of another year is nearly upon us! As Pyramus said above, it’s a cliché that the year has passed so quickly, but it’s a cliché because it’s true 🙂
I can still smell last night’s perfume on my clothes, Harem Soirée from Arte Profumi. I’d like to try more from this brand, but they are expensive and it might be best if I didn’t.
I loved Samharam from that line. One of the best incenses I’ve ever tried.
I’m back in Cinema EDT. It’s probably in my top five, just so easy to wear. Will take a walk by the nearby marina this afternoon. Sky is grey but not raining and I need some fresh air!
Cinema always reminds me of you!
I’ve also been wearing my old decant of Lutens Un Lys. I don’t generally think of myself as a floral lover, but these two are proving me wrong.
Wearing Profumum Vanitas, a huge vanilla, orange blossom & myrrh scent. My year ended with a bang, getting a bill for $$$$$ from the Canada Revenue Agency. I suspect (desperately hope) this is because they did not see the documents I sent them in August to justify my claim for the US foreign tax credit and not an additional bill. If it’s the latter, I will be eating beans & weenies without the weenies all year. Sigh.
Yikes!!!! Hope it can be resolved.
Ugh.. I am dreading tax season.
Good luck!
What a stressful notice to receive during the holidays! I hope it gets resolved painlessly!
Yes, the worst was receiving it Friday before a holiday weekend and having to spend the next three days worrying without being able to find out the truth. I can’t even log in to my online account because when I tried, I got a message saying my security code had expired. I have no idea what that is and need to speak to a person to get that resolved as well. Taxes are the bane of existence.
Ugh. I’ve never had to deal with the tax credit in that direction (I claim the foreign tax credit to offset my US taxes). That said, I had a very positive experience with CRA when I first moved up here but was still working in the States. I didn’t realize that you could claim a credit for U.S. social security taxes, and didn’t claim them, and CRA found it and refunded me. (I was in SHOCK. Imagine the IRS doing this? NEVER.) So, fingers crossed that it all turns out well.
(That said, apparently I’m about to have to correct mistakes on my U.S. taxes b/c I never realized that the U.S. doesn’t think a mutual fund in Canada is like a mutual fund in the U.S. and so apparently even though I’ve been reporting them all along I’ve been filing them all wrong. It’s a #@!^&@ mutual fund! Not some crazy mysterious trust! Ugh.)
I have had *so many* issues with the Canadian revenue services, more in the last 10 years in Canada than I’ve had in my entire life in the US, it is mind-boggling and makes me want to leave the country some days. They are very polite and helpful, but it is a nightmare dealing with two different tax systems.
“it is a nightmare dealing with two different tax systems” +1
What’s worse is that many of us shouldn’t have to…that whole taxation based on citizenship rather than residence thing, which only the US and Eritrea do…sigh.
Exactly. The Canadians and the rest of the world are so much more reasonable than the rapacious US government.
Ack. I’m having second-hand anxiety from your tax bill. May the force be with you!
My sympathies with your tax bill,I filed late this year(7 hours late to be exact) and was hit with an additional $$$ penalty fee which suuucked!
Happy NYE though!
XO’s
Oh gosh, that stinks! Here’s hoping for the best!🤞
I’m working through the Holiday.
To start the New Year off right I have a dentist appointment on Tuesday! Lol.
My sotd is Dame Chocolate+Rose. More rose than chocolate but it’s fine by me.
I have one word for dental work…🤣
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My reply ended up lower down.
Good luck with everything and you smell great!
Thanks friend!
Hope the dental appointment is uneventful!
Hoping it all goes as well as possible. Happy new year!
Strongs for the dental appointment!Work-twins though!Haha!
Happy NYE!✌🏻🤗
Happy New Year!🎉 Hope your dentist appointment is uneventful!🤞
I have been updating my perfume spreadsheet this morning where I track my acquisitions. 😁
My goal for 2023 was to buy fewer FBs and, of those, less blind FBs and I have succeeded. In 2022, I bought 38 FBs and 25 of those were blind. So far in 2023, I have bought 18 FBs and 12 of those were blind. Here we have some progress and space-wise this is good. FBs take up lots of room as we all know. 😅
But my overall spending for this year is only down by a few hundred dollars from last year which means I have spent much more this year on samples, travel sprays, etc. I used to not be that interested in smelling every new perfume but this year I have bought tons of samples…some of which I still need to sniff. I feel like I am more interested in trying new things than getting FBs at this point in my fragrance career I guess. 😉
Will need time to percolate on my findings as I contemplate any 2024 perfume goals. One my mine will be to declutter old stuff certainly but need to ponder more regarding new acquisitions and spending strategies.
All that said, I am still contemplating blind buying Jasmin de Toscane which would be lucky blind bottle 13 for 2023. ehaeheh 😆
Good job!
My goal for the past few years has been to spend less than the previous year, and in 2023, I only spent about half of what I did in 2022. We’ll see if I can be as successful in 2024! The first year I started this resolution it actually backfired and I ended up spending quite a bit more! 😬
Like you, I feel the same about sampling these days. I’ve noticed I “get” a lot more out of spending say $50 on a discovery set than I would on a full bottle.
You are much braver than I am! For me to buy unsniffed, the bottle has to be at Zara prices.
I love hearing these accounting/spreadsheet updates. I’m such a nerd. Still working out what my perfume goals will be. Gonna take it quarter-by-quarter.
I tried Portrait of a Lady body oil today, and I’m getting a massive red-fruit-tinged clean musk, a bit like one of the Narciso Rodriguez musk scents, I think “for him”, but even cleaner and fruitier and more assertive. It’s nothing like what I expected, to the point that I wonder if something is up with my nose 🤔
I do pick up some red fruit from the perfume, but what you are describing about the oil which I never smelled sounds like a real let down experience.
Admittedly I was thinking I’d love it. Time to recognize a fallacy I probably developed when sampling Youth Dew. I love the YD bath oil but find the YD alcohol-based perfume overwhelming. And I understand that an oil base slows evaporation while an alcohol base speeds things up. So I made the incorrect generalization that an oil version of a perfume will be muted yet qualitatively quite similar, and likely more to my quieter taste, especially if (unlike YD but like PoaL) it is presented as an all-over moisturizer for the body and hair. Now I’m wondering if I ever knew what PoaL perfume smells like, because this oil seems like a completely different idea, with no gesture toward quietude. Learning lessons by the day!
Oh, I hope it will be quiet and that you can still celebrate the new year with your family and that the dentist’s appointment is very uneventful.
Thanks Aurora. I hope it’s quiet too.
I’m losing track of days during my break from work, and with many house guests over! It’s wonderful but also disconcerting. Definitely not looking forward to going back to work in the middle of next week, I need some time to veg after my guests leave.
I wore La Myrrhe yesterday but didn’t get a chance to comment. And today I’m in No 22 because of it’s resemblance to La Myrrhe
Oh, I know that feeling of needing vacation from vacation! I had that last year. This year is my attempt to veg, I guess. 🙂
You smelled very good both days. Having guests is a lot of work so I’m not surprised that you feel like having time to relax afterwards, so sorry that you have to be back at work.
Love to see so many Chanel outings this weekend!
I managed yet again to miss yoga class this morning (the holiday schedule said it started at 9:30, but in fact, it started at 8:30). Came home and did yoga here (with the Gaiam Yoga Studio app, which I really like). Mr, Skal and I are working on a jigsaw puzzle that Santa brought us LAST Christmas; it’s challenging but not impossible. We may finish it on Monday.
SOTD is Ormonde Woman, because I liked it so much yesterday. I am impressed with everyone who is thunking away and otherwise preparing to start 2024 with less stuff. I did a major clothing purge in summer ‘22 and a second round would not go amiss; some things I wasn’t ready to part with then just need to GO. And then there is the sock drawer…ridiculous.
Best wishes to everyone for a happy and safe New Year, and especially to Glannys and to any other NSTers who are in conflict zones or have l
…or have loved ones who are in danger.
I just bought more socks. Lol.. but they were on clearance!
Happy New Year!
Finished off my Myth travel spray this morning, will probably wear some Moonlight Path tomorrow….
Happy New Year GateGirl!
I ended up wearing this, that and the other thing today. Our new dining room sideboard and Mr. allo’s dresser were delivered today so the cabinet where I kept my perfume samples had to be emptied so that we can deliver it to my sister and her husband tomorrow.
All to say, there were literally samples from A to Z that needed to be sorted. Some will show up as extras in the next swap and splitmeets and others will be thunked (inspired by chocolatemarzipan8).
I definitely smell good.
Thunk away!!!!!
Thunking is fun!
Enjoy your new furniture!
My accomplishments today were making a darn fine ham sandwich (in the spirit of “jamon beurre”) and buying too much at B&BW.
This was my first serious foray into B&BW. I’ve always found the stores very overwhelming and also (possibly unfairly) assumed their scents leaned too sweet/juvenile/boring. But, I really wanted to get some new scented body scrubs, and there aren’t many local options where you can sniff before you buy, so I decided to give it a go.
They were having a massive post-Xmas sale, but because I had a clear goal, I managed to not flee before making a purchase. Acquired 4 body scrubs, 4 body creams, and 2 shower gels. 5 items were a pine/eucalyptus scent that I loved, 1 is a citrus (can’t really go wrong), and 4 other items are of 2 mostly floral blends I may end up feeling “meh” about.
Just used one of the tube-style body scrubs and was disappointed that it was mostly a foaming cream with very little exfoliation media in it. Also the aroma payoff during use was minimal, and I really like getting a burst of scent during my shower.
Years ago I got a bunch of interesting scented scrubs from Rituals, on sale they were reasonably priced, but they only had a single scent on their site when I checked, and IIRC it was out of stock.
Shout if you’ve got a good body scrub rec.
My daughter loves Tree Hut….she’s used about 20 this far. Huge variety of scents and sold at Ulta and Target
I second Tree Hut. Make sure to use the app coupon.
Thanks! Will look for this brand next time I’m out
I discovered Sol de Janeiro Bum Bum Bodyscrub…it might be too sweet for you,but the scrub is intensely good!They have other variants as well which are scented lovely!
Thanks! I’ll give it a go.
The body scrubs are different from BBWs. Some are better than others. Tree Hut does have some good ones as well. It just depends on what you exactly want in a body scrub. I have had pretty good luck with BBW scrubs, but I do want to try the Bum Bum one that J B mentioned.
I see you bought some of the BBW lotions as well. I use a few of their lotions with my perfumes. Butterfly is good with sweeter iris perfumes. Into The Night is good with patchouli scents. However, I don’t know which ones you purchased.
I did get Into The Night, the cream, body wash and scrub. I’ll try layering with a patchouli scent!
Lush has some good body scrubs. I believe you can ask for samples before committing to the full size.
I signed up for the monthly Kitchen box; the last 2 months had several scrubs, but I believe are limited edition. Their regular store lineup would have nice ones too! I’ve had several in the past that were really nice, including Rub, Rub, Rub.
Thanks for the rec. This is another store that overwhelms me. I think I need to scout the website first, then go in with a very specific goal. I’ll give that a shot.
Pine in Acacia…. THUNK
Is that Scents of Wood?
Yes!!!
Wishing everyone a good year ahead, hope it turns to be better than 2023, if not the best so far.
Wearing Cuir Ottoman for NYE.
https://www.instagram.com/p/C1hQCSxIfu8/?igsh=MWg0YnZzdG45bnRoZw==
Happy New Year lucasai!
Beautiful picture as always!
Happy NYE Lucas,I hope 2024 treats you well!
Happy New Year, so sorry 2023 was not a good year for you, may 2024 bring you joy and success in your endeavours.
Wishing for good things for you in 2024.
I love Cuir Ottoman too, and just thunked my bottle!
Happy New Year to you, and I love your picture!
Happy New Year! Wishing you all the good things.
Happy New Year, Lucasai! Wishing you the best on 2024!🌹
Happy New Year Lucas!
Happy NYE, all.
I need your collective expertise.
I was rummaging around in the deep archives looking for I can’t remember what and turned up a quite venerable mystery sample.
The vial of perfume oil is attached a rectangular card, white on top, light blue on the bottom.
Very, very faded sticker readable now only in bright raking light reads Flower Shadow. And along with it is multi-stanza full-page “proem” with the inspiration and notes. A LOT of notes. Which says DSH to me, but all my searches have turned up nothing called Flower Shadow.
Anyone familiar with this one?
Oh, SotD: No 19 edt
House twins!
We have most excellent taste! ;- )
Demeter makes a Shadow Flowers, but that doesn’t sound right.
no – definitely not the Demeter. I thought maybe it was a Yosh limited edition, but *so* many notes….
Sample mystery update:
My first instinct seems to have been correct. The accompanying page of text refers to Sombre Negra, which was in Yosh Han’s “M” series. So presumably Flower Shadow is a very obscure and undoubtedly d/c Yosh Han frag. But I’ll probably never be able to confirm this :- )
Well, I believe you anyway 🙂
Ooooo, perfume mysteries. Gotta love them. Sorry, I have no intel, but you smell great!
I so want to solve this mystery. Yet somehow I suspect I never will…
Yes, yes I do :- )
We are scent siblings in No.19 – I’m in the EDP.
I have not smelled the edp, but I am confident you smell fabulous
Happy NYE everyone!I love that the new year starts on a Monday…new year,new week,new day!
Apologies for my absence,I’ve been pendling between work and sleep.We had a fairly busy festive period and I am still on call until the 2nd.
Thank you to everyone this year who left me a comment,a reply.encouragement and a kind word!This group is so much more than “just perfume”,and I think that’s the reason for its longevity.
Robin,thinking of you and everyone that lost a loved one this year.I appreciate this time also to reflect on the past year’s favorite moments.One of which was getting my greedy little hands on a bottle of Chanel 1957.This might overtake my beloved No.18 as my favorite exclusif!Such a gorgeous shapeshifter of a perfume!(the SA sprayed my package containing a bub of Le Lion with 1957,two weeks later I HAD TO HAVE IT!)
So 1957 is what I’ve been wearing mostly these last couple of days,with some Iris Poudre,Kayali Yum Pistaschio Gelato and a cologne from Jo Malone of which the name always escapes me,inbetween.
Be safe everyone!See you guys in ‘24!
XO’s
Happy New Year, what a thoughtful post, good to hear from you and I love what you wore over the holidays, hope work will be quiet between now and the 2nd. Wishing you a fantastic new year, just better than 2023 is my wish.
Thank you Aurora,and the same to you!
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Happy new year JB! Sneaky SA, that strategy paid off.😉
It sure did!Happy New Year!🥳🥳
Better than No.18?!
Happy New Year!🌞🥳
Half an hour till midnight!Happy New Year babes!🥳🥳
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Happy New Year! Always good to hear from my iris friend who gave me so many ideas of perfumes to try and hence purchase🤣
We’re iris-kin Kris!Have a wonderful NYE!🤗🌹
Happy New Year, JB! I hope 2024 brings you health, wealth, and a mega load of HAPPINESS! ☺️
And the same to you Deva!Last comment of ‘23 then I’m off to bed meself!Haha!
XO’s!🌹🌹
Thank you JB, and happy 2024!
Happy New Year!🥳✌🏻
Happy New Year! I hesitate to get any more Les Exclusif samples for fear it will mean I need an FB
The fear is always real!Best wishes for 2024!🌹
Happy 2024 friend! Wishing you the best! Hugs! 🎉🌹🍷
Happy New Year M!
*cue Golden Girls theme song…”Thank you for being a friend…”
Hope your day is relaxed and blissfull!
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Happy New Year J B!
Happy New Year H!
Clever you over at insta!🤣🤣👌🏻👌🏻🌹
Happy New Years Eve all!🎉🎊
As per usual we have no big plans. We’ll probably watch a movie and be in bed hours before midnight.
I’m in MFK Grand Soir. Giving it another try. The last time I wore it, it made me so queasy I had to scrub. However that was also the day I tested positive for 🦠 so I’m sure my whole system was off. It’s just a sample so no big loss either way. I’m down to just a handful of samples and it feels good.
2024 will bring big changes for our family. In 5 short days I will take our middle child/older daughter up to minneapolis so she can start graduate school at the university of minnesota. She graduated from college last December and I’ve enjoyed having her home for what I’m referring to as a bonus year. I’m going to miss her. Terribly.😢 I know I’ve said it repeatedly, but she is my sunny dispositioned child and to be in her presence is like basking in sunlight. More than that though, I am so incredibly proud of her. She’s a good egg that one. She’s got a network of friends up there already from both undergrad and her summers working at camp, so I think she will thrive. Then in the fall we will take madtownteen to college! My baby!🥺 For the first time in 28 years, we will be empty nesters. I’ve thought a lot about what this next phase of life will look like and what I want to do. I’ve really been working on decluttering in preparation, and who knows, I might be exactly where I am now a year from now, but if not, I am prepared! Fail to plan, plan to fail as my mother always tells me.😉
Happy New Year!
I wish the best Year for you and your family!
Thanks lillyjo! I wish the same for you and yours!😊
If you spend a whole year figuring out what the next phase of your life will look like, that’s ok, right? You’ve been at this phase for a long time, you can ease out of it slowly.
This is so true.☺️
Happy New Year! Best wishes for all of you as you embark on new experiences
Thanks MissGoldsmith!
Happy New Year and happy bittersweet milestones!
Thanks hajusuuri!
Bonjour mes amis! I’m wearing Box of Eels today, one classic staple I hope to always own.
Happy New Year to all, and if you’re out and about this evening and into the wee hours please take extra care as there will be lots of impaired drivers out there. 👎🏼
We will be ringing in the new year by the petroglyphs where it will hopefully be very quiet, dark, and peaceful! I will most likely be fast asleep when the magic hour rolls around since I’m ancient. (As an aside, I just typed “old” into the emoji search bar and it came back with an old school telephone, a cassette tape, and a pager!! 😂)
Best if everything to everyone in 2024! 🎉🥳
Happy New Year Deva!
I will probably be asleep too. I laughed at the pager! But I will take the cassette tape and add it to my collection.
What a funny “old” collection, excellent!
Hmmm…I guess I’m really old, as I remember a time when I had never heard of a pager, and cassette tapes were not yet a thing. The choices for music were 33 RPM albums or 45 RPM singles.
I remember those days too.
I think emojis only have the ability to go back in time “so far.” I’m old enough to remember the milk man depositing glass milk bottles in the cooler outside the front door…😱
I remember the milkman too, from my early childhood in Michigan in the late 1960’s.
Happy New Year! Eels is one of the few things on my 2024 FB list right now. You’re ringing in the new year smelling fab!
Thank you! I hope you snap up a bottle because it’s the the perfect perfume, imho! I haven’t sniffed the EdP version, but I don’t think it’s much different from the older edt version…?
Happy New Year to you and T-Rex! Joining you on ringing in the new year fast asleep!
I hope you have a calm and peaceful night, pl67! 💤
Happy New Year Deva and T-Rex. I have a love hate relationship with pagers…
Don’t we all? I had to carry one for a while back in the 90’s for work and I was never so happy to give up a piece of technology! T-Rex and I send our best wishes for the new year!
Happy New Year Deva. 2024 will be the year you go to France, exciting!
Thankfully working the day shift today.
I’ve been thinking back to my younger New Years Eve’s. I am thankful I survived those days to get to this one. Lol.
I’m wearing Prada Infusion d’Amande from the purse stash. I will probably wear Coco later because it’s my favorite.
Happy New Year to everyone!🌞
Ha, same here lillyjo. I feel like I have earned the right to stay home and do nothing on NYE.
I never could have imagined staying home would feel so rewarding!
Happy New Year lillyjo! Now you can kick back and relax!
You got it! Dinner came from Arby’s!
Happy New Year!
Happy New Year Lillyjo. Hope you had a relaxing time and that Arby’s is a good takeaway place.
Happy New Year!
Happy New Year to all of you!
I had to laugh this morning, as Mr. P never comments on my perfume, and today he got in the car and send how I smelled so good/sweet. Of course, I had on one of my favorites this year – Shalimar MI.
Aw, that’s sweet!
Woohoo! Glad he likes one of your favorites!
Of course, I meant . . . “said how . . .
Happy New Year! You all are inspiring me to clear out my samples and decants, so I will thunk my sample of Fougere Bengale tonight for our NYE dinner at a nice restaurant.
I had quite a journey with blind-buying a couple dozen vintage perfumes this year. I had some wonderful successes (Norell, Halston, Silences) which probably caused me to go a little overboard $$! But it’s been a treat to sniff these older beauties and imagine “who else wore this” and “what were they doing at the time”.
I could make a resolution to cut back a bit this year, but don’t hold me to it 😉
Those are three great vintages for sure – have a nice dinner and Happy New Year!
Thank you!
I was chasing vintages too. Then I ended up with 2 that have gone off. Ugh.. I am taking a break from that for awhile.
It can be hit or miss with them! Sometimes the base notes are still intact, so I consider those a win.
Ringing in the New Year with Messe de Minuit, thanks to a reminder of it from DeniseH and some other NST’ers. I wore it yesterday, too, so I am delightfully fumigated with it. My thoughts and prayers for hope and health in 2024 will be with you, Robin, and with everyone who stops by NST. Thank you everyone for another year of fragrances found and cultured conversations!!
Thank you MossyBerry, and to you!
I wore Messe di Minuit on Friday and it smelled so good I wore it yesterday too.
Just hanging out at home for the new year. Made my resolutions that I blogged about and wearing Theorema today.
Happy New Year! What were the resolutions? Or where did you already blog about it? Here on the weekend thread or elsewhere?
If you click on Dawn’s name, it is a link to her blog.
Spending a quiet New Year’s Eve, the norm for me. I got a ton of tasks done yesterday. My mother is visiting which she does once year for really only a few days but it stresses my husband out and he is grumpy. I took my mother out for a walk, weather is perfect today, high 60’s and sunny.
Wearing SJP Lovely, which I got in 2005, when I first started getting into perfume. I reviewed my list of perfumes which I have annotated by year of purchase. Even though I fell off my “ 3 per year” limit for full bottles this year (6), I actually note that for most of the last decade I have only purchased 2 bottles a year – so by average, I am still ok.
Some of my best loved perfumes are running low and I am trying to decide if I get back up bottles in case of discontinuation versus get new additions.
And of course I feel guilty about even thinking about perfume when there is so much misery in the world right now.
Happy and safe New Year to everyone and my best wishes for those touched by illness or the loss of loved ones.
Happy New Year! I fully approve of your perfume math.
I understand the perfume guilt.
Ah, I went over my limit for many, many years. I suspect it is too soon for me to have evened out, but eventually! If I live long enough!
I wish you all a happy, healthy, and peaceful New Year! I’ve been wearing Papillon’s Bengale Rouge a lot lately, it is so warm and cozy, and it lingers for a long time on clothing. We’ve been busy with household improvements, from a new refrigerator (yay!) to repainting parts of our basement level so our oldest can move home and use it as an apartment while she studies and saves for grad school. This is also requiring some major decluttering, ugh. And as usual, I’m constantly messing around in my garden, which our winter weather usually allows.
I hope you all enjoy New Year’s Eve — ours will be a quiet one at home, also as usual, though we might drop in at our neighbors’ house since they’re having a big party. My New Year’s resolution is to create and continue a better list/tracking system for my fragrances. Wish me luck! Happy 2024!
Good luck and happy new year!!
Happy New Year! A quiet one at home is my favorite. I look forward to hearing about your perfume tracking project in the new year.
Good luck on your tracking. New Year’s Day calls for a meal at a restaurant. We are going to a buffet place.
Hi everyone! I’m wearing Aroma M Geisha Noir from my new little bottle. She-Ra gets the enabler pin as she shared her Luckyscent advent calendar discount code one day and I was able to take advantage of it.
My husband has the same virus I had last week so I’m caretaking this weekend for him and my mom. We don’t leave the house for New Years so it will be an even quieter evening than usual. See you next year.
See you next year ringthing!
Happy New Year! Sending “get well soon” wishes for you husband and mom.
Here’s to a quick recovery for your husband and mom! Happy New Year!
Sending healing thoughts to your mom and husband. Happy New Year!
Wearing Chanel No. 19 to welcome 2024. I am spending tonight and tomorrow by myself at home. It will be pretty quiet and relaxing.
I am looking forward to a better year full of peace and health. Happy New Year, everyone! 🎉
Happy New Year! You smell great,
Thank you! Happy New Year to you, too!
Hey hey, Happy New Year to you too! We are scent twins or at the very least scent sisters if you are wearing some formulation other than EDP!
Scent twins! Wearing the EdP.
Happy New Year to you, too!
Happy New Year pl67!
Btw… I read that a new peeps flavor is coming out. Frozen blue icee ( like the slurpie cup drink)
Thank you, Lillyjo! Happy New Year to you, too!
New Peeps flavor? I will keep a big eye on it!!!
Another No 19 here. Enjoy your quiet NYE.
Thank you, Spiderplant!
We smell wonderful!
Enjoy your peace and quiet, pl67! 🌹
Thank you, Ringthing! 🌻
Happy New Year! I hope 2024 is magic for you! I’m with you on the Alone+Peace+Quiet tonight. 👍🏼
Thank you, Deva! 🌻
Happy New Year! Wonderful choice with No. 19; I hope you had a lovely, quiet NYE.
Thank you, Gail! Happy New Year Year to you, too! I had a pretty cozy and relaxing evening. It was so cold last night that I was glad I didn’t have to go outside!
Happy New Year!
Normally I would be at home all evening (I prefer a quiet NYE), but an acquaintance is performing tonight at a local brewpub, so a group of us are going. He regularly performs (in a different genre) with other members of our group, so we want to support him in this endeavor. Fortunately it ends at 9, so I will be back home before things get too crazy out there.
Tomorrow I am looking forward to puttering around the house and doing some organizing in my closet.
Have fun at the brewpub. Happy New Year!
Happy New Year!
Wishing all a Happy New Year!
I love the photo!
SOTD = Chanel No.19 EDP
A perfect ending to 2023! 🥳🎊
https://www.instagram.com/p/C1iXPPlRHBe/?igsh=ZGRhNnMxMjlwMGMz
I spent yesterday at a friend’s place for day before New Year’s Eve day and had a fabulous lunch and dinner! Today, I did a load of laundry, managed to drop off 3 bags to the donation center (way more to do but I wanted to make sure I donated something), stopped by Whole Foods to do last minute shopping, stopped by my sister’s to pay her for yesterday’s takeout lunch and filled up my gas tank. Ready or not, 2024 here I come!
IG did its thing again – let’s try this:
https://www.instagram.com/p/C1ibp1NRnNb/?igsh=NHVrdnVsejgycDc3
Happy New Year!
Sounds like you’re way ahead of the game. I’m sorry you have to maneuver around things just to post a picture of perfume!
It sounds like you are ready!
Posting again in case Jalapeno is reading.
Happy New Year Jalapeno! ❤️
Joining you in wishing Jalapeno a happy and better New Year! 🍷
Oh, yes, best wishes Jalapeño! I hope you you and Teflon kitty are doing great.
Hope Jalapeno and Teflon Kitty are having a peaceful NYE…
Thinking of you Jalapeno, hope moving went well and that you and Teflon are happy in your new surroundings.
Happy New Year to you and Teflon kitty!
Happy New Year, Jalapeno! I hope you and Teflon kitty are doing well.
Happy New Year, all! I’m in Iris Silver Mist today. Starting the New Year off right! Playing around with my Lisa Eldridge lip glosses; I blended 3 colors into a small container to have on my side table. Almost a “your lips but better” neutral mix resulting from Dragon, Affair and Muse.
I spent last evening watching The Great British Baking Show New Years episodes. I love spending NYE at home, sitting on the couch with a blanket! I wore CSP Amour de Cacao. I’m sure I was fast asleep before 10 pm.