Rabbit rabbit rabbit! Welcome to March. It's also Zero Discrimination Day. Birthdays: Frédéric Chopin, Lytton Strachey, Glenn Miller, Ralph Ellison, Robert Lowell, Harry Belafonte, Roger Daltrey. Our community project for today: wear a fragrance that will bring you peace, happiness or good luck for the month.
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'm in the same thing I wore last year on 3/1: L’Artisan Jacinthe des Bois.
Reminder: 3/8 is International Women's Day... do what you like with the theme. Wear a perfume in honor of a woman who is important in your life or an important female historical figure, or wear a perfume by a female perfumer, or ? Suggested by Kanuka.
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: top image is Mascot [cropped] by Craig Chew-Moulding at flickr; some rights reserved.
Hello, tgif and rabbit, rabbit, rabbit!
Sotd is Amouage Guidance. I am hoping the perfume gods will guide me through March with some blessing (and maybe through 2024? Here’s to hoping!).
Just spent some time talking to my father, well I say talked, but it’s pretty much him speaking 95% of the time. I love the man but he can really nag (sorry dad). But that just shows how much he cares?
Anyway, life-wise, made a huge bowl of potato salad that will last me a couple meals. I am trying not to think about the amount of mayo that went in to get it deliciously creamy…
I like the sound of your potato salad! I’m about go make a big batch of pasta salad for tonight (it will also last us a couple of meals) with fresh tortellini, chicken, broccoli, and orange bell peppers: I love creamy dressings but unfortunately my husband does not, so it’s low-fat bottled dressing for us. I’ll be thinking mayonnaise-y thoughts, though. Enjoy your salad! I know I would.
Pasta salad is so yummy! I haven’t made it in quite some time. Maybe have a bottle of “normal” dressing by the table when you serve your salad so you can make those thoughts come true 😉😈😈
He loves you!
Rabbit rabbit rabbit!
I’m wearing something that always brings me happiness, CSP Amour de Cacao, the ultimate comfort scent. It’s one of the first niche scents I ever bought, in the 100mL aluminum canister with the turquoise print, and it sounds like it’s still about a quarter full, so I hope I have years of happiness ahead of me yet.
Perfect choice pyramus.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/01/style/lamy-dark-lilac-ink.html
Saw this and thought of you. Can’t believe that pre- reformulated ink is $300 on eBay . Maybe you have some of the original?
I think it won’t surprise you to learn that yes, I do have a bottle of the original. It’s a nice, serviceable dark-violet colour, nothing really extraordinary: I have more interesting purples in my collection. I don’t get the obsession with it except that it was limited-edition, which makes some people kind of crazy. I had the matching pen, too, but I sold it to someone who wanted it more than I did.
Good to know! It never even dawned on me that some inks might be valuable. Should have known better.
Would you recommend one or two deep purples? And do you have a favorite deep black? (I have an OLD bottle of Levenger Raven Black that is getting sediment-y and should probably be tossed before it clogs the one pen in which I use it. I’d like to try something else.)
I don’t really use black ink: blue-black is as close as I’m willing to come. I have a couple of black inks but they don’t get much love from me. Pelikan Brilliant Black is a pretty good one, and if you need a waterproof ink — say, for watercolour — then Sailor Carbon Black is what you want: it’s pigment rather than dye so it’s pretty waterproof.
As for purples, most of mine are mid-tone rather than deep, and almost all Diamine, which is probably the best ink brand out there — inexpensive, high-quality, saturated, reliable. Bilberry is my husband’s go-to ink, a lush blue-violet, and it’s fairly dark. I love Lilac Night (which leans blue) and Purple Dream (leans red) from their 150th Anniversary collection, which more expensive per volume but the whole line is incredibly saturated and beautiful. (If you’re in the market for a dark dark blue, Regency Blue is breathtaking.) The Flower Collection contains two stunning purples, Iris (leans blue) and Pansy (a pure violet). If you’re in the UK or don’t mind the shipping charges, Cult Pens has a private line of Diamine inks, the Deep Dark collection: Deep Dark Purple is very, very dark, almost black, and might be just the thing for you.
I could go on (oh, could I), but that’ll get you started.
Thank you, Pyramus, for these terrific recs! Replying to myself since we’ve exhausted the levels of the thread. I will definitely check out Diamine. (Alas, I’m not in the U.K.)
Smelling deliciosa! 🙂
So, this scent is so weird that it gives me happiness. Mal-Aimé is basically a fleabane scent, with erigeron in top, middle and base notes. It is very green an aromatic, which I love.
You made me look up Mal-Aimé, erigeron and then inula! Thank you for inspiring curiosity. Parfum d’Empire certainly makes fascinating fragrances. To make an ode to unloved weeds into a perfume sounds interesting. Thanks for sending me on a perfume hunt. I want to smell the weeds, too 😁
It is a weird scent, and I love it! Just looked up erigeron as well. Wow, there are about a hundred different varieties, so cool. I think I’ll take one of them and think of it as seaside daisy instead of fleabane. 🌸
I need to revisit my sample of this. Also, you taught me new words with this comment. 😂 I’m not much of a botanist
🐇🐇🐇!
Wearing Amouage Reflection Woman. No matter how many times I try Reflection, it is definitely not for me. It is so similar to DKNY Be Delicious, which was always a scrubber on me.
I am going to try again all my Amouage scents and whatever doesn’t work for me, will go to the goodbye pile. Amouage is a brand that has always been so difficult for me wear. Only very few are favorites.
Having my second cup of coffee and a slice of ice cream bread.
Happy Friday! ☕️
Hello house sibling! 😃 I guess I am lucky that Amouage agrees with my skin most of the time, but then, super unlucky for my wallet. My Amouage wishlist is looong.
I am glad that I got mostly decants and samples, so at least the damage to my wallet was not so painful. I only have full bottles of Lyric and Honour. I am definitely going to do some purge and keep only the ones that I really enjoy wearing.
Wait, ice cream bread?
Yes, super easy to make and delicious. You can use any ice cream flavor you want. Just to clarify that it has a bread texture, not a cake texture, as many people wrongly expect.
https://www.thespruceeats.com/ice-cream-bread-4797815
Fascinating! I guess the ingredients are basically quite close to what you’d put into a quick bread. We’ll have to try this!
Enjoy! Let us know how it comes out!
I have never heard of ice cream bread, but it certainly is easy enough to make. I might have to try that. So, would it be kind of the texture of banana bread?
I usually use 3 cups of ice cream if I want to get the texture of a banana bread. It is a very flexible recipe, so you can always play with the ingredients.
Thanks for sharing the ice cream bread recipe, I definitely want to give it a try. So many possibilities with ice cream flavor choices!
And you can always add cherries, nuts, dried fruits, etc. Very easy, tasty, and enjoyable!
I have a bunch of Amouage samples that I can start testing now. Found the box they were packed in the other day.
Twins going thru our Amouage scents now! I hope you find something you really like!
Remembered my rabbits today. SOTD will be Amouage Gold, once I get through the teen’s orthodontist appointment and a massage for me. Gold at the end of the rainbow, also this is probably my luckiest blind buy. Got it for half off many years ago, when Amouage changed the bottles.
Hello Amouage sibling! Wonder how many of us there will be today? Gold is such a great scent, you smell glorious!
Ooh, massage. Enjoy!
Half off Gold in the onion dome-like bottle?!? I’d say that’s lucky. 🤩
I remembered my rabbits before my alarm went off this morning, so, good luck? I hope so.
I’m in my newest favorite fragrance to kick off the month: BeautyPie Element 79.
My older daughter, gradtowngirl (thanks Jalapeno, love that😉), is on her way home as I speak!🤩 Song of the day is
https://youtu.be/EvGjAYH-Nq4?si=_0i6-K0Ae1Hc4_Vp
The choice is appropriate in more ways than one since The Replacements are from Minneapolis and that’s where my daughter is coming home from.
In the meantime I’ve got a haircut to keep me occupied. And the sun is out.🌞 Happy Friday.
Sounds like good luck to me! Have fun with gradtowngirl.
Thanks Robin!😁
Enjoy your time with gradtowngirl!
Thanks Jalapeno!😁
There’s a huge rainstorm at the moment, so I am wearing Piper & Perabo Arid to give the weather a bit of a hint.
Hope it’s long since over! We are expecting one soon.
Hello all!
I didn’t get my rabbits in as right at midnight I got up and went into the kitchen. Jicky jumped up and started dancing around expectantly in front of me and I jokingly asked, “What?” It was 12:03AM. Oh well!
I’m in a throwback scent that I couldn’t resist buying this month: Mac’s Naked Honey. Anyone remember this? It’s a beautiful linden with a bit more honey than most would dare. It reminds me of another gone-but-not-forgotten, Tauer’s Zeta. I just love this style of fragrance.
Have a great Friday, everyone!
Naked Honey sounds great. Love honey scents.
And dogs! Also sweet and funny.
It’s so pretty! I’m hoping someone buys the bottle on eBay that just payed yesterday so I’m not tempted anymore. This little bottle is only 20ml!
I have Mac Velvet Teddy 👍
I remember liking one of those but cannot remember which! I wish Mac still came out with perfumes.
I remember that perfume! It was quite popular, iirc. Jicky deserved a nice treato for that little middle-of-the-night dance! 🐶
It really took the community by storm! Well deserved I think.
He’s been getting a daily spoonful of pumpkin but he thinks he should get the whole can!
I loved Zeta! Still have a sample floating around.
It really is beautiful. I was very lucky to find an old stock bottle in a store in Europe when I was hunting for Carillion Pour Une Ange. I only pull it out for special occasions.
Carillon Pour Une Ange is also a good one. Very lucky to have found that!
Honestly might be my favorite Tauer so far, though I haven’t tried nearly all. He discontinues so much. 🥲
Back in the day, L’Occitane had some beautiful honey scents too.
I’ve heard that!
I remembered the Rabbits! And I’m in Chanel EDC, which I just love. Lasts forever on me.
Hard to know how to dress-was plus 11 yesterday, minus 15 today and the wind is scorchingly cold. Had perfect drive for half my drive to work-saw grey cloud in front of me-raging blizzard conditions for last 20 km of the drive. Pulp truck determined to make a third lane right up the middle of the two lanes. I can’t wait for the divided highway. TGIF!
That is crazy cold! Glad you made it to work ok.
I remembered rabbits a couple times so I have a spare for someone.
What fragrance says, happiness, peace and luck? Well, Chanel 31 Rue Cambon of course. Can’t get much better than this!
Slept for 12 straight and remembered my rabbits.
Total face plant into the pillows.
Got my new retainers for night and they are great.
I think I will join you Kris, in 31 – post shower.
Oh, good. Please join me.
I could use your spare rabbit. I always forget mine!
You got it! 🐇🐇🐇
Thanks!
Don’t forget elegance. 31 RC is also that!
Happy Friday, everyone!
A busy weekend of portrait clients ahead – grateful for the work. Today I’m wearing Comme des Garçons 2 Man – a favorite when I need something meditative.
Smelling great today.
Love this one!
You’ve been wearing wonderful scents. Good luck with the portrait clients.
Thanks, Aurora!😊
Do you do photography? Or painting? Or something else? Good luck this weekend!
Also, I like “meditative” as a scent descriptor. With that adjective, it must smell good.
Thanks, MissGoldsmith! I’m a portrait photographer – glad to have several subjects this weekend.
CdG 2 Man is a beautiful frankincense fragrance, (and not particularly “masculine” in a traditional sense.) Try it if you get the chance!😊
I remembered to 🐇 twice — once just after midnight and again at dawn — so I have extras if anyone needs them. I chose Carthusia 1681 for the CP. It doesn’t get a lot of attention here, but I find it very soothing and beautiful … and those qualities are things I’m going to need throughout this month as we fight the good fight with our insurers and slowly get our house and garage repaired and reassembled.
Dealing with insurance in any form is always a ginormous PITA.
I’m putting this on the “to sniff” list. I’ve never tried anything from this house.
I’m wearing La Dolce Vita which always makes me happy because it reminds me of my son, and all the movies we have watched together. Two days ago we watched Nibelungen, a five hour, Fritz Lang , yellow-toned 1924 silent movie based on Siegfried…the scene where Siegfried kills the dragon was terrible . The power of movies are amazing. Even though the dragon was clearly a puppet , it made me almost cry. The dragon was just drinking from a pool of water and minding its own business when it gets stabbed in the neck. Sob!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=45-8eZViYOE
I’ve always felt sorry for the dragons in St. George paintings, as well.
Yes! And poor Grendel, too. Leave the mythical beasts alone, humans! Not to mention Moby Dick, King Kong etc.
Was up at quarter to 7 this morning because my dogs wanted their breakfast and wanted to go to the bathroom. Then I spent a decent chunk of the morning picking up the house. Currently in no 5 edp and forget the rabbits this morning. Yesterday, my dad went on vacation to visit my sister in California.
Hope your dad will have a splendid vacation.
I chose Chanel 19 for peace and happiness. I’ve almost always had some in my life since 1977, it’s the perfume that smells the most “me” to me and I always wear it in the spring.
house twins and a great pick!
I am in Chanel Jersey
🐰 x 3
Jersey doesn’t take many sharp turns, just lavender , musk , straight forward , uncomplicated
My hope for peace and happiness in a fragrance
You smell great, I get a lot of vanilla from Jersey but it’s the EDP, perhaps you have the EDT? Either way a delightful scent.
I have no idea what version it is! Let me go and look..
I do get some vanilla too
T-minus three weeks until hip surgery, so I’m in need of all the peace, happiness, and good luck the universe can throw me! It’s yet another dreary grey day here and my spirits are flagging, but I went with Seville a l’Aube today to ring in the new month with something beautiful, uplifting, sweet, and tender.
I’ll send you some quick healing energy in advance-you’re going to do just fine 🙂
Sounds ouch but I am wishing you the best!
I have an appointment with the surgeon this coming week…sending you all good vibes and healing wishes!
Isabella, I had hip surgery a year ago and it was so worth it. Sending good vibes.
🍀I’m sure it will go well.
Sending you lots of luck for the surgery and peace for the healing process!
More positive vibes before, during, and after your surgery! Hope that your recovery is uneventful and speedy.
🍀🍀🍀🌈🌈🌈❤️❤️❤️
I went for my most comforting and most uplifting scent: Paris YSL. From a very old mini of I think fleur de parfum. Perfume regrets I have is never getting that bottle of Paris extrait de parfum that I saw somewhere online around 15 years ago. Mind you, I have plenty of Paris to last me several lifetimes, but I’ve never even tried the parfum and I would have loved to.
Is the modern version any good or has it been reformulated? I had it back in the 80s but haven’t seen it around in the shops for ages.
It has become much thinner. Once I realised the change, I started hoarding older bottles. I think some of the damascones in it have been restricted or banned. Mind you, it’s still recognisable, but it’s no longer that over the top, intense rose it used to be. I love March’s take on it here: http://perfumeposse.com/2009/02/15/well-always-have-paris/
Thank you.
You smell lovely, I donated my bottle of EDT to someone’s daughter wo was volunteering in Syria but did hold on to my FdP bottle. Here’s hoping the extrait comes your way someday.
That is such a generous thing to do, good for you! I’ve got both EDT and EDP stashed away, and mad though it seems, whenever I wear it, it makes sense to have done so. I’ve been wearing this since the eighties and I don’t want to let go.
May the rabbitses bring a lot of luck in March.
I’m in Atelier Cologne Oud Saphir today.
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You smell great – and will, all day! Oud Saphir is one of my top five blind buy successes. *So* glad I did not pass it by.
AC Oud Saphir was my second favorite from that house. I could never justify paying the price for it, though.
I’m in Montale Patchouli Leaves, a gift from another wonderful NSTer. I mentioned that my bottle had gone off, and voilà, one to fill the void. ❤️ This brings me much happiness.
Perfume people are great, aren’t they?
Patchouli Leaves is the one Montale that I really enjoyed when I tried it. I remember it as quite soothing and not as harsh as some of the other Montales.
They are! This one is my favorite patchouli, softened with amber and vanilla without veering into gourmand territory. We’ll, maybe just a bit. 🤔
I had to read over that birthdays list twice. Wow, all those musicians! Think what a great band they’d have had in Heaven! I’m just imagining Chopin getting down with all the others!
Still feeling perfume slumpy. I am trying out a pretty springy floral today, OJ Champaca. Wow, it really smells like soap. Yesterday I tried some Koala–I thought to myself, koalas are soft and gentle, this might work. It was ok, but it also smelled like soap.
Funny to think of koalas smelling like soap. I was thinking that Zoologist could do a Whale perfume with lots of ambergris, would be nice.
Hope you un-slump soon. How’s your Park Chan-wook paper going? Is it online?
Koala has eucalyptus which is probably why the scent of soap lingered. I am not sure what it was about or in Champaca. I may just have soap on the brain.
Thanks for asking about my paper. The talk I gave last week was a cut version due to the session’s time limits. I only discussed Oldboy but in a longer version also talk about his other two films from the same group (Mr Vengeance, Lady Vengeance). I’m still writing the sections on those two films. I’ll let you know when it goes somewhere.
Are all the perfumes you’ve tried recently smelling like soap? Or just those two?
Finally got all the various pieces of my life back together!
As far as luck is concerned I’ll paraphrase Neil deGrasse Tyson in that how lucky am I to be alive at ALL? Millions and millions of reasons why I shouldn’t be here, (including my mothers two miscarriages before me) wherever “here” is, and yet I am here! A witness to the mysteries, cruelties, beauties, and intricacies of this world. I think that’s the lucky jackpot, and everything else is icing on the cake.
I’m reading another Daniel Mason book, a collection of short stories called “A Registry of My Passage on the Earth.” So far my favorite stories are The Other Dr. Service about a physician in the 1800’s who begins to have what he calls “seizures.” He discovers another Dr Service living in his head that takes over without warning, disappears the same way, and apparently is better at everything than the original Dr Service. He tries to communicate with the Other by leaving notes and questions in his clothing pockets, but he never gets an answer. These scraps just annoy his wife, who also seems to prefer the Other Dr Service. The entire story takes place in his head and it just masterfully written! Is it schizophrenia? Is it multiple personality disorder? What exactly is going on?! The author is a psychiatrist so I’m pretty sure he knows all the ins and outs, or at least what can be know in present day, of the human brain.
The other one I’m loving takes place just before Darwin’s “Origin of Species” is written. A “bug collector, species man” is gadabouting in the tropics and has a brief penpal relationship with Darwin, the last of which he posits the foundation of evolution before evolution even was. He is in distress because after that letter, Darwin ceases communication, and he feels it must be because Darwin thought him so stupid, uneducated, and fanciful, that he (Darwin) can no longer bear to waste his time writing the Bug Collector. But then we realize Darwin took the bug collector’s theory and ran with it. Darwin is a thief of ideas!
Anyway, both of these stories are written in the language of the time, narrated by a fabulous voice that just transports you there, wherever there is. Again, I’m “reading” the audiobook. The best author I’ve come across in years, and he’s young to boot, so most likely he has hundreds of books in him to look forward to.
I’m wearing ELDO Fils de Dieu and it’s so creamy and just flat out lovely. I might have over-sprayed. Oops! We’re off to the post office to see if my tag arrived, which would be very lucky indeed! Happy friYAY!!
I always associate FdD with you. Fingers crossed for the tags. Glad you’re enjoying your book.
“A witness to the mysteries, cruelties, beauties, and intricacies of this world. I think that’s the lucky jackpot, and everything else is icing on the cake.”
Love this. Thank you.
I’ve also noted your short story recommendations.
What a great post!
Very poetic musings today.
I rabbited last night (after midnight) before I went to bed and first thing this morning–not taking any chances!! SOTD is Dove Grey from Regime des Fleurs. I am hoping that the Dove of Peace will take flight and spread a little of her magic over our very troubled country/world. All good wishes for a lovely month.
I did the exact same thing with the rabbits.
Happy March🍀.
Here’s hoping that this month treats you well!
Peace and happiness = cake at my house. Especially lemon or chocolate cake. So today I am wearing Akro Bake, from the sample that prompted a FB. There was about half the vial left, and I put it all on. There is no one to object except the exterminator and he won’t be here long. I am looking forward to spring this month.
Wanted to tell you that I also saw a Monarch Butterfly yesterday, flying above the herb garden in the Botanic gardens. Thought of you!
🙂
I’m sure you smell delicious.
Creed Millesime Imperial
Apple, pear and yogurt smoothie, followed by carrots and butter beans soup from the supermarket.
My good luck perfume today is the very green, very strange Cacharel Eden, I picked the modern one, more transparent, my vintage is more patchouli-heavy, both good, and tonight it’s an opium flanker Poésie de Chine, probably lucky too in its red bottle.
Yes in red being a good luck color!
You are the queen of the red bottles❤️
Another flanker I didn’t know existed! I feel so perfume sheltered. Lol.
Well, the Opium flankers, the ones I have are all very good, were all limited editions, so not widely distributed. Jalapeno below says they have become rare and expensive but if you have the OG, it is still the best imo.
Oh, this one sounds so interesting. I won’t even think about the vintage one, but still definitely check out the latest formulation.
It is one case where I don’t hesitate to say the current formulation, (well, 4 or 5 years ago, time flies) is still as strange and wonderful, but do sample it, you may hate it, it’s very polarising, definitely unique.
Poesie de Chine was going for crazy money here in the US 10 years ago in the secondary market. That’s another Perfume Unicorn in your stable! 🦄🦄
The flankers for Opium OG were very good. I also have Fleur de Shanghai which I think you like, and Fleur Imperiale, there’s another one, Orchidée de Chine I never tried.
Trying M. Micallef Ô Féminin today. Very pretty and in the LDBS/Sintra family w/ lots of petitgrain, bergamot and orange blossom in the opening so far.
Yesterday I tried Angel Elixir and it’s as lackluster as the reviews led me to believe. I commented in yesterday’s thread at the end of the day..to think highly paid people at L’Oréal developed it, got buy in and then released is quite sad. Maybe some of us NSTers should start a niche perfume incubator company and come up w/ a better Angel flanker ourselves. We could also provide special counsel to companies like Coty who make the decision to introduce a 14 count perfume line, boast that they use 30 hr. aromachemicals (like it’s a selling point) and retail for $290 bucks a pop. 🤣
If anyone can rally the troops, you could!
I had to do a double-take on Sintra because I originally read it as “Sinatra” and wondered where that came from!
I did the same thing as hajusuuri. Saw “Sinatra” instead of “Sintra”.
I will join incubator company!
Oh hey… the new Miss Dior is at Sephora now.
Thanks, lillyjo! Yes, appears department stores and Ulta now have it too…need to find a tester and sniff it soon.
🐇 🐇🐇 and I have 3 sets to share for anyone who needs them.
SOTD = BDK Parfums Gris Charnel Extrait
Powdery iris, tonka, vanilla, vetiver, patchouli. 😍 and should wear it more often. I almost forgot I have this bottle!
https://www.instagram.com/p/C3_CPZERCi9/?igsh=dW1wbjNvMzkwczBo
In other news:
1. I signed up for the mediation class. Let the games begin! If anything, it will add to my credentials. The first session is on March 11.
2. Month 2 of no perfume purchases! Yay me! I do have $405.80 worth of refunds (non-tax) which I will apply to perfume purchases. Also, I have decided that any spend from gift cards don’t count either but I will report them.
3. I paid for my cruise from 🇩🇰 – 🇳🇴 – 🇮🇸. I also just spoke with my sister that I’ll use her Capital One credit card which doesn’t have a foreign transaction fee if we’re together and I have to buy something. We’ll settle afterwards.
1) Are the mediation classes remote?
2) Stay strong! You can do it!
3) Can I use your sisters Capitol One card, too? 🤣 Seriously, that’s a great plan. I hope you both have a lovely time on the cruise. When is your departure? 🚢
The classes are in-person. I’m glad you asked because I have to ask about the lunch situation.
I will try my best to stay strong.
As to using my sister’s Capital One credit card, I won’t tell her if you don’t tell her 🤣. We leave NJ on May 30 and get back on June 11. We’ve been to Copenhagen previously but not Iceland so we’re spending several days post cruise to enjoy it.
Hope you both have an absolute blast! May is right around the corner, too! Please give us updates about your classes. I’m 50% interested and wondering if there is some type of medical mediation because lord knows the medical field is a hot mess and everyone is unhappy- both providers and patients.
I’m sure there are all kinds of mediation “topics”. You do have to be impartial as you listen to both parties and cannot take sides.
I’ll take a set of rabbits! Was up bleary-eyed at 4:45 to fly home. Now that I’m here I’m in Gaiac 10. Hoping this month is a 10 for me! LOL.
The rabbits are yours. If 10 means perfect 10, super! I think we have the same rules about gift card spending.
Excited for you about everything!
Thanks, lillyjo! I am looking forward to it!
I honestly think you will do great!
Great about your cruise, but I seem to be too dense or tired at the moment to figure out what the flags are telling us about where it will go. Take pity please?
Denmark to Norway to Iceland. I’ve been to some of the ports but even if they are replicas, I’m still looking forward to the cruise.
Oh, good on you with the meditation class. I need to do this. The work stress of the last 3 months is really doing me in.
Surprisingly, the thought never even crossed my mind! While mine is in person, I have seen online classes as well.
I just realized that mediation must have been misread as meditation! I could use a class in meditation as well.
Haha! Yes, I did read it as meditation even though I’d read your past comments about exploring mediation. 😂 Just shows how tired and in need of mediTation I am!
Heh, you are doing much better with your perfume No Buy than I am! The threat of discontinuation got me.
I am trying hard!
I went with vintage No. 19 EDT because I was lucky to find this partial bottle at Goodwill years ago for either $30 or $40. And because it’s a perfect perfume to usher in spring this month, and well, it’s just been too long since I’ve worn it. It’s been a pretty busy week with work and I wanted something easygoing to accompany me while I had morning meetings and a hopeful afternoon of productivity.
You smell wonderful! I love thrift find stories!! 😀
Thank you! Sadly, since covid, my Goodwill location doesn’t sell perfumes anymore. 😭 I did find some great things there over the span of a few years.
Wow! I don’t think I have ever seen perfume at a Goodwill store pre-pandemic or post-pandemic.
As a nature lover and gardener, what brings me peace and happiness (and hope despite our troubled world!) at this time of year are all the little green shoots coming up and the knowledge that the earth beneath is alive with life we cannot yet see. Thus, my favorite scent notes for March are both galbanum and patchouli, and what could be more apt than a fragrance that contains both of those notes as well as a caramel note for that warm, nurturing embrace still needed on those chilly, damp mornings – even its name is perfect – Dame Perfumery Earth Mother, my chosen SOTD for today’s cp. ❤️
Like so many of you, it’s been a wild, wacky week of weather, and a scary one, too. Tuesday night there were 11 tornadoes in Illinois, 10 deemed to be in my area. Home alone because Mr. Laila is skiing in Colorado, I got everything ready and when a tornado warning was issued for my immediate area and our sirens went off, I attempted to get 😻😻😻 cats into 3 carriers to seek shelter in the basement. After numerous failures, 1 cat made it downstairs with me, the heaviest one, causing me to miss the last step. But, luckily, no harm done, and after half an hour the all-clear was given and we made it safely back upstairs. Having missed all the excitement, Mr. Laila will be home tomorrow.
I’m looking forward to a weekend that’s supposed to be beautiful, warm and 🌞. I hope yours is a good one, too!
Scary times in tornado alley. I remember one year we were on vacation and boarded our dogs at a nearby kennel. Came home to find out three tornados converged almost right on top of the kennel, damaging the building and some dogs, including ours, escaped and were running wild. Luckily, they were all caught unharmed. But those skies right before…🫣 I’m glad you didn’t injure yourself when you missed that last step, that could have been bad considering Mr. Laila wasn’t home.
Oh, wow, talk about scary! That was some scary experience you had! I have a small low-ceilinged basement – it’s really just a cellar with a narrow winding staircase, not the easiest to get down even w/o carrying a heavy cat in a cumbersome carrier. I hope to not have to repeat that.
Oh what a scary story about the tornado siren, too many cats, a heavy cat, and one step missed! That’s a true nightmare. I’m glad you’re ok. I grew up with tornado warnings/sirens and know how scary they can be.
I know you have cats so I know that you would probably also feel guilty about the two you left upstairs! With the warning sirens going off I just couldn’t stay upstairs any longer.
Glad to hear that you and the kitties are OK after the wild weather.
Me, too! 😅
Delighting in Alien edp. I had errands to run, and no time to dither over SotD. Voila – there in my purse was my metallic purple Alien Perfuming Brush, a little oddity that most of you have seen I am sure. I just push the “clicker” and dabbed on the highly scent gel. I hope everyone has as much fun this month with their perfume hobby as I did this morning. The Alien sent little signal-whiffs as I checked off my errands and then had lunch with a friend. I topped off with some edt when I got home. Another treat today was finally tasting cotton candy Peeps – I did hope for more cotton candy flavor, but they were very soft and fresh.
You smell great! I always wondered if those little pens worked well.
Oh, what an oddity! No, I’ve never seen that kind of scent delivery mechanism
Never saw one of those perfume pens IRL, but Sephora had them for a while on their website.
I’m wearing Holy Water by La Via Del Profumo. It has been my go to scent for stressful times; it’s grounding and makes me feel at peace even in the middle of a storm. And it has all the notes I love: sandalwood, frankincense, rose and citrus, beautifully blended. I reach for it often, and carry a small spray in my bag in case I need it.
Your SOTD sounds quite lovely!
That does sound wonderful and I love his work.
Those rabbits look ANGRY!
I did rabbit at oh-dark-thirty this morning, when I briefly woke up to turn down the heat. I had to ask Teflon kitty to let me up first, though.
Got over to my brother’s place to get the radiator replaced this afternoon. It was pretty cool watching him take out the old one and fit the new one in. After the job was done to his satisfaction, he grinned and said “I’ll bill you later.” I did need to get more coolant, since what he had left in the bottle was not enough to fill the new radiator up.
SOTD = Delta of Venus, thanks to springpansy. This was one of the samples she gave me yesterday. It smells very much like another perfume I have encountered in the past. I will go digging thru my Sample Stash to see if I have what I think matches up.
I wore Delta of Venus today in the hopes that I will be able to have more NST meetups in the future. I have greatly enjoyed hanging out with everyone I have met thus far.
That’s awesome that your brother replaced the radiator!
Also awesome you are trying some new perfume.
My brother and I had discussed this before I even moved out to Colorado. He said that he was willing to work on my vehicle, but I was going to pay for the parts. Which I think is more than fair.
Oh absolutely fair. It’s great he offered.
Glad you got your radiator taken care of! The rabbits do look mean! For owls, I refuse to buy the ones that look realistic because they scare me.
Thanks! It was a good day for that to be done. Almost perfect weather for it, except that the wind started to kick up towards the end of the fix.
New radiator! Thanks Bro! 🙌
He made the installation look easy, too.
You are so lucky to have such a great bro! I’m so glad he’s there for you.
Yeah. We have plenty of love and respect for each other.
I remembered my rabbits!
I wore 2 perfumes today. 1st Fleur de Chine to get my taxes done.( I owe, but not as much as I had feared) now I am in Over the Musk for work tonight. I love both and 🤞they bring me good luck.
I’m terrified. Won’t be able to even start for a few weeks, though.
Good luck!
Glad to hear that you don’t owe as much as you thought you would. Every little bit helps.
It sure does.
At least you’re done with your taxes. I am delaying the inevitable. I probably should have cashed in my savings bonds this year instead of last year.
I delayed as long as I could. I’m trying to get my finances on track and needed to know the damage.
Getting mine done Monday. I generally get a refund because I claim 0 but who know this year…
I usually get a small refund but last year I had some circumstances.
Today is Zoologist Chipmunk, because my FB just arrived. It’s cozy and comforting. And I will choose to make chipmunks a symbol of prudence and prosperity as they busy themselves collecting nuts for the future.
Congratulations on the new bottle! I have not tried any Zoologist yet.
Ooh, that’s a good one. Enjoy your new bottle!
Funny, I considered Chipmunk for this week because I discovered the acorn is considered a symbol of luck in Norse culture. I need to retry my sample soon. I also like you made Chipmunk fit the CP. 😃
Absurdly late but happy in Ummagumma. I had no idea it was an album by Pink Floyd.
I didn’t know, either! You smell great