It's (Teapot) Tuesday. Also Waitangi Day, Bob Marley’s birthday and National Frozen Yogurt Day. What fragrance are you wearing?
I'm copying skalolazka's Monday choice, in L'Artisan Parfumeur Dzongkha. Tea at the moment is Tali's Masala Chai by Art of Tea.
Reminder: 2/9 is Lunar New Year's Eve...wear an auspicious fragrance to ring in the Year of the (Wood) Dragon, or burn or wear incense to honor your ancestors.
And for those of you who like to plan ahead, see Scent of the day ~ Friday community projects 2024, where I'll try (but usually fail) to have the next five or six weeks mapped out in advance.
Note: the Dragon Yixing Teapot by Ronghua Wu in dark green Mo Lu Ni Clay ("The lid, handle and 10-hole spout of the teapot features a dragon theme, symbolizing power and honor...The attention to detail is incredible, distinguishing this teapot from similar works by other Yixing artists") is $384 at at Teasenz.
I’m wearing PdM Kalan, from a decant. I like it so far.
That one does sound nice. Plus, red bottle!
In a thorns-and-all rose mood so I’m in SL La Fille de Berlin, my favourite kind of rose, dark and dangerous. Man do I ever love this.
You smell great today, pyramus.
This is a great scent!
I’m copying pyramus from yesterday in Habanita, it’s so beautiful.
My poor daughter, who is in her 30s, has shingles 🙁 so I’m going to go stay with her for a few days while her husband is working. I remember my grandma having shingles on her face, even in one eye, at least my daughter’s is confined to her back.
Being in your 30’s is young to develop shingles. My dad and grandmother had it and they were miserable for the duration of it. Hopefully she gets better soon.
I had it at age 35–no fun at all!! As soon as I was eligible for the vaccine, I jumped on it.
Yes my husband and I have been dragging our feet about getting the vaccine but we’re definitely doing it soon.
I hope your daughter feels better soon.
Thanks pl67!
Take good care of your daughter. Hopefully, she won’t have too much pain with it.
Thanks Kris
I hope she was put on antivirus medication right away to have a milder case. I was young when I got shingles too, on my neck.
She was, thank goodness.
I hope your daughter doesn’t get shingles badly. I had a very mild case a few years ago, and that was bad enough.
Sending healing vibes for your daughter!
Thank you cazaubon
I hope she feels better soon – shingles are vicious, but your care will help I am sure.
I hope she gets better soon!
Thanks lillyjo!
Ouchie! Hope the antivirals help quickly.
Glad to hear it’s just on her back. I hope she gets over it soon!
I’m in the dregs of B683 from yesterday. After a shower, I’ll probably find my Rima XI sample, ya know, the one that doesn’t seem to run out? Fine by me. I need something light since I have a Rummikub date with some ladies here.
ToTM = MF Marco Polo
Enjoy the game date!
Wearing Lolita Lempicka since I got my travel spray yesterday. Have a little grocery shopping to do after work. It’s a mini stop before I go do my full shop on either Thursday or Friday. So I am making that list before I go to work at 1.
Oh, you smell great!
2nd that!
I’m in Dear Polly for teapot Tuesday. I bought this one mostly for the name, but the more I wear it the more I like it.
I’m in my workspace with the east facing window today just basking in the sun.🥰🌞
Enjoy, the sunshine makes all the difference.
In Donna Karan Black Cashmere.
I am working from home this week, so I am lavishly spraying on my perfumes.
Coffee and nutella cookies, and planning to have a long walk at lunchtime. It is a bright, sunny day despite being cold.
Happy Tuesday! 🌞
pl67, you smell great!
I am eyeing a bottle of this on eBay.
I haven’t worn it in so many years – tell me, is it as wonderful as I remember?
Thank you, Apsara!
I purchased my bottle 15 years ago, and the juice is still amazing. I have not noticed any changes. It is as beautiful and wonderful as I am sure you still remember.
then I shall take the plunge!
If I were you, I would!
You smell wonderful! That’s the only perfume of which I have a backup bottle.
Thank you, Ringthing! I still regret not getting a backup bottle when it was still available. I already lost my hopes of a possible re-release.
Back at it this morning with Ramon Monegal Mon Patchouly. Thunk! I smell…manly. 😬
That’s one of my favorite teapots so far! A bit pricey for me but if I were a serious tea drinker (versus the Celestial Seasonings tea drinker I actually am) I might consider it.
Unending rain and grey skies here. Hope everyone in Cali is staying high and dry. Arizona, how I miss your sunshine and perfect winter temperatures.🏜️
I was just out in the rain.
Went to post office, library and drugstore all in six block radius. We had just a small break so I went but started coming down hard again.
So I am in the house for rest of the day.
Just grateful I have power and water and heat.
Glad to hear you’re safe and warm. Nice to have what you need within walking distance, too!
Are you in California now?
No, Washington. ☔️🌧️⛈️💧🌂
I adore that teapot. It is too big for me. Even a smaller, plainer teapot in that clay would be really nice to have.
Oh, I didn’t realize that was the color of the clay! I thought it was glazed and then fired. It is extra special, that’s for sure. 🥰
Fueguia 1833 Xocoatl Eau de Parfum
Someone asked me how to pronounce this…
‘x’ in xocóatl is pronounced like an English ‘sh’, and the accent should be on the middle ‘o’
On Sunday I wore Shalimar and made enough Harira soup to last me a week..all my lunches are done!
Forgot, tea is Bois Cherie vanilla
I have a recipe for a Moroccan soup with just the chickpeas, sounds very like that. Have not made it in ages and I should.
i oversprayed a bit with L´Air de Rien, but i sure smelled good today. My bottle has just a little bit left, but luckily i found a BUB for an acceptable price on ‚*bay. Why did they have to discontinue this gem?
That might make an interesting CP – wear a perfume that should never have been discontinued. There’s certainly a lot of choice.
That would be a great CP!
ditto!!
So much choice.
In AdV Oeillet Bengale and enjoying the lovely carnation on this cold gray day🌸
Smelling good 😊
😊
SOTD = Les Indomedables Vanille Havane
Seriously, another one that I need to wear more of. This thought is helping me avoid getting tempted by all the wonderful daily lemmings and comments here!
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I decided to get a long overdue oil change plus a windshield wiper change that is also long overdue. I strategically picked a date (sunny, at least two days after the last wet weather) and one where I know I can leave to get there sometime in the morning. Overthink much? I got there around 11:45 and the guy there said did I know that the technicians take lunch from 12-1? Nooooo? I decided to go ahead and just leave the car there. Since I was close to an unassuming Dim Sum (small dishes) restaurant, I decided to go there for lunch instead of getting something at the 7-Eleven. Of course it took us a while to sort out how I am going to get there and I decided that a walk was good, except not on the highway. The other guy printed me a map and I walked here using the back roads. I am still eating and will probably stay for another 30 minutes before heading back.
Dim sum and a walk sounds like a silver lining?
It sure does! We’re in for a string of nice days.
You smell great! And dim sum sounds delicious.
It was! I haven’t been to that restaurant for dim sum in a while. There is now a dim sum menu (I don’t recall this at all!) with pictures and I kept mine.
You smell great! I have a big old bottle of that one.
Thank you! Mine is old as well but probably not as old as yours.
You smell wonderful and that was a fun adventure!
Thank you! An adventure it was esp. when paying. Story for tomorrow.
Your lunch sounds way better than mine!
Just this once!
I’m taking an early lunch. Frozen burrito and a Kit Kat.
We have a regional visit tomorrow and miraculously I have it off. Yay me!
I’m wearing Ysatis and smelling beautiful 🌞
Your lunch sounds delicious. Enjoy your day off tomorrow!
Oh I will. I was supposed to work but a lady asked to switch shifts. I am so glad I said yes.
You smell fabulous! I’m planning on the same lunch, minus the kit kat (I have a peanut butter cookie).
Twins then!
You smell lovely, vintage Ysatis is something I don’t have.
I don’t have the original but I think my bottle is about 6 or 7 years old. I see they have re-bottled it again. Ysatis was my first glamorous perfume. I still love it.
You smell nice. Your frozen burrito comment made me think of how much I really cook.
A little or a lot?
😆 … a little
I’ll see your burrito and Kit Kat and raise you Chef Bombay mini samosas and a Butterfinger. I honestly don’t remember if I read your post before getting home from the dentist and feeling entitled to treats after my ordeal! 🙂 Ysatis is All That And More, so you smell fabulous.
Mmmm… Butterfinger.
It is still raining.
I am so grateful to have power and water and gas.
I think Sugar Leather post shower.
Same here. So grateful for my warm dry house.
Yep
Fingers crossed you keep them all!
SOTD is Chanel No 5 EdT. This is one of my favorite iterations, although I do like L’Eau better in the warmer months.
I pretty much love all the No. 5s, with L’Eau coming up first.
I am honored to get a shout-out in Robin’s intro today. And Robin, you smell gorgeous.
I am back in Roisin Dubh, which is also a moody rose but likely not to the extent of Fille de Berlin.
It’s cold and brilliantly sunny today! Would be a great day to ski if we had any snow. My students are tired, and an alarming number of them had to blow their noses during class this morning. Mr. Skal and I just keep washing our hands and hoping for the best.
Good on you for washing your hands frequently! I also have a fear of accidentally touching my face when I have not had the time to wash up.
You just made me remember how my mother was always quietly insistent in teaching us not to rub our eyes and touch our faces without kleenex and/or in public. I feel sure that one reason that I don’t get many colds is because “hands off the face” became an unconscious habit. And I too always wash my hands first thing when returning home.
I’m wearing Miss Dior, now called Originale. After reading the confusing article about Dior updating it, I bought a BUB. It’s taken me 10 years to get through most of a 50ml bottle, so the 100ml BUB will last more than a lifetime!
Glad you are set for life!
Stopping in to say hi and hoping everyone In CA stayed safe and dry! It is sunny, windy, and cold here today. Warming up with Md’O Oudh Osmanthus.
I hope so too! Busy day and did not check news until tonight.
Rain, rain, rain here in SoCal, happy to be curled up with the dog in our warm dry house. Was going to wear Dzongkha but decided to save it for Friday, so I’m in L’Antichambre Le Message Oublié, a lovely sweet incense.
What a pretty name for a perfume.
In sample dabs of Eris Delta pf Venus, Goldfield & Banks Silky Woods (I was definitely influenced by TT & YT) and Imaginary Authors Whiff of Waffle Cone.
Waffle Cone is too sweet for me, though I do appreciate that there’s more going on than just straight up sugar vanilla. I didn’t care for how the woody notes were handled in Silky Woods. Let me bored. Delta of Venus is stunning, the grapefruit and guava is so pronounced. That said, too fruity for an FB for me. Night Flower remains my favorite Eris, though I do want to dig out my Green Spell sample and try that again.
BTW, loved reading all the book recommendations over the weekend. I’ll be referring back to that post soon.
The only one I did not like was Delta of Venus – too weird fruity! That said, Green Spell is excellent, as is Mxxx. and Scorpio Rising.
I will be going over the reading poll again too 🙂
Sotd is Masque Kintsugi.
Hope it was a good day lucasai.
Love the teapot! 🐉
Sampling Delizia Oscura today and it’s a big old scrubber. Maple syrup and violets to my nose. It’s pretty strong too so I am just going to wait it out b/c I don’t think scrubbing will work. Do you guys use Dawn or rubbing alcohol to get stuff off? I have tried both but not sure either really works well for me.
Neither. I use make-up remover first. If that doesn’t’t work, I use Tecnu which is normally for poison ivy.
I use anything available then super spray with a stronger perfume.
It was Jasmins Marzipane today and tonight for the CP an incense, 100Bon Myrrhe et Encens, one of my favorite incenses, plus a steal. For a natural it lasts well.
Those sound like a good match, too.
Thank you Robin, it was a good perfume day.
We have an afternoon of sunshine before the rain returns tomorrow. I’m sampling AA Pera Granita. It’s meh, but far from being a scrubber.
Today’s teapot is really impressive and slightly intimidating! Thanks for sharing, Robin.
That’s a good review of Pera Granita – it’s just fine. But when I think about other Guerlain offerings, and other fruity scents, I always reach past poor little PG.
I know what you mean!
In Trudon Mortel for the CP today. Unfortunately, tomorrow will be an unscented day until the evening because I’m going into the office. But I get free, delicious Chinese food for lunch so can’t complain too much.
Hope the food really is delicious!
I’m in Heure Exquise layered over Lush Smugglers Soul lotion.
I wish I’d tried Smuggler’s Soul when it was still around! It sounds so good.
For the CP, vintage Oscar de la Renta. So many memories of my mother and probably other sweet ladies who wore this 1977 treasure. It is both high style of its time and classic, IMHO.
It’s such a good perfume, you smell superb, I have the EDT and a 30ml bottle of the extrait with the glass flower stopper, it may even be crystal, I will wear it soon.
I wore Oscar de La Renta every now and then. My favorite though was Oscar Ruffles. Years ago I purchased a used bottle and it had turned something awful.
Ooh I really like that teapot. Our “teapot” is a Pyrex 4 cup glass measuring vessel that I put in the microwave. I just reheat cups of tea as I need them.
Wearing a mix of Henry and Rose Sheep’s Clothing with overlay of MFK A La Rose. Nearing the end of a 19 day stretch of consecutive workdays, ugh!
I’ve been using the same 2 utilitarian teapots for years and when one broke recently, I thought about all the cool teapots I’d posted but in the end just bought another of the same.