June is ambling by...the solstice is coming up on Thursday, and midsummer is generally somewhere between Friday and Monday depending on where you live (unless you live in the Southern Hemisphere, in which case this is all backwards and you know what to do.) We're getting ready for the longest day of the year with our standard-issue open thread poll.
Talk about anything you like — the fragrance you’re wearing today, the perfect fragrance for a long and possibly scorching hot summer night, whatever.
Or, ask a question about fragrance, then see if anyone else has asked a question that you can answer…
Note: top image is En Provence, le soleil se lève deux fois, le matin et après la sieste. Yvan Audouard [cropped] by @ S@ndrine at flickr; some rights reserved.
I’m in my most recent discovery, Hermes Rocabar EDT. The FB arrived, and its juice is slightly less fougère-y up top, which suits me just fine. Fragrantica says it has top notes of Cedar Essence, Juniper, Coriander, Lemon and Bergamot; middle notes of Italian Cypress, Cedar, Cardamom, Carnation and Violet; and base notes of Canada Balsam, Benzoin, Oakmoss, Vanilla and Patchouli. I can suss out a lot of those, but it’s extremely well blended and all of the discernible notes are so understated that it feels gentle and elegant and is very easy to wear. It reminds me a bit of Agar Ébène, without the oud note.
Sounds like you are happy with your purchase 😊
I am indeed. With this addition, Hermes has surpassed Chanel as the most-represented house in my collection, and I had to rearrange the perfume shelf as a result.
Rocabar is such an underrated scent. I’m glad you found it!
Me too! 😀
Can’t wait for summer to slide into fall! Already over this terrible heat (and the horrible fires), although it was very cloudy yesterday and it wasn’t *as bad* as it has been. Today will be a different story…🥵. In an effort to beat the heat I’m in copious sprays of Nice Bergamote by Essential Perfumes. Very forgettable, imo.
In other non-perfume news, I knew it would happen eventually and yesterday was the day. Was walking doggo along the Group Loop which has no campers at the moment (we are otherwise COMPLETELY full!) when she dove headfirst into some brush and popped out with a prairie dog in her mouth. She dropped it as soon as I told her to, but I think that initial chomp was fatal, although it might have taken a few minutes. Poor thing! I said a prairie dog prayer and we left it in peace.
I can tell you stories that you would not believe about people trying to get a camp site. Some very dirty dealings and unscrupulous behavior. We’ve stopped being nice and trying to accommodate everyone’s endless requests. Instead, we’ve had to put on our business faces and start saying “No!” and “Absolutely not!” and “There is a $50 fine for such and such behavior.” People are sometimes ridiculous…🙄 We live in a world where being nice gets you nothing but trouble, which is sad.
To sum it up, don’t be nice and you’ll have a great weekend! 🙃
I laughed and cried at all your life recounting! I believe people are basically good until they’re not. And poor prairie dog! Hopefully T-Rex had learned her lesson and won’t do it again.
Ha! Her success has just whetted her appetite for prairie dog destruction. If I let her, she would stand for hours in the blazing sun over a prairie dog hole, just like a polar bear standing vigilant over a seal air hole. When she’s in the camper, she’s glued to a window watching them pop up and down, and scurry all around. She’s obsessed. As for people, I think they’re mostly nice until they don’t get their way…then watch out!
If she’d like to come here and stalk our moles (and the bunny that has, completely expectedly, turned into two bunnies, both of which have reduced my hostas to sticks), I’m all for it. I might even pay. Gah.
She’d be thrilled to oblige, no payment necessary! 🙃
Like Sheri, I think we have a few rabbits and maybe some voles he could take care of at our place.
I should make her earn her keep and pimp her out as an exceptional Critter Killer! 💰
🤣🤣🤣
Song of the Day for T-Rex: https://youtu.be/o1tj2zJ2Wvg
SOTD = Chanel No.5 L’Eau
… from the Egg. The package finally arrived around 3:30pm yesterday, still impressive! I almost had a package opening fail this morning as the box slipped off my hands! It is a thing of beauty. As to the juice, my unsophisticated nose perceived a reformulation: it’s more rounded and slightly more powdery and feminine. I love it though, so there’s that!
https://www.instagram.com/p/C8PYCWKxXIS/?igsh=dHZnb21uNGxhdmkz
Thanks to everyone who responded to my question regarding tried and true methods on how to make a hard boiled egg! I will be going to Costco next week so let the experiments begin then!
I bet the bottle fits in your hand nicely. Seems like an upscale (and better smelling) smooth river stone.
River stone was what I thought when I first held the bottle!
I follow Martha Stewart’s hard boiled egg recipe…and I have a fail proof soft boiled egg plan if you ever need it. Perfect, every time!
I will look this up! Thanks jepster!
I was waiting for an Insta pic of the egg, that is gorgeous! Congrats.
Thank you! It was heftier than I originally imagined but it has to be or there will be spilled egg all over.
I like the looks of it. How much juice does it hold?
It is a thing of beauty! 50mL.
Thanks.
You should do a side by side with your red bottle.
One of these days …
I swear by this recipe and just used it yesterday for my potato salad.
https://www.loveandlemons.com/how-to-make-hard-boiled-eggs/
Your picture of the No. 5 L’Eau Egg looks better than Chanel’s pic did.
I love the L’Eau Egg too! It’s very tempting for me, though I just got the adorable 35ml traditional bottle at the Swapmeet. Maybe they would look nice *together* 🙂 ??
I’m getting a head start on experiencing the East Coast heat wave firsthand—thanks to the 6 train’s AC giving out in a packed car. I’m now well-acquainted with both the extreme humidity and everyone’s unique body odor. It’s like a smelly sauna on wheels! 🚋💦👃
After this incident I went to the farmers market and thunked my sample of Cristalle Verte-this is a nice fragrance for a heat wave.
After the shower Memo’s Ilha Do Mel
Reading a YA fantasy book and another book at the same time. Does anyone here use NYPL to take out books. Wondering what everyone’s experience is like. I adore my library branch so much.
Oh dear! That can’t have been at all pleasant.
I use the NYPL electronic borrowing program — since I am NY State, but not NYC, resident. I would bet that I learned about it here on NST, maybe from you or from hajusuuri?
Anyway, I’m quite happy with it — it has been an especially useful way to preview titles that I want to use for teaching but for which I cannot get review copies from the publisher. I’d say I’ve had a 60% success rate — some titles are there but the waitlist is long, and a few haven’t been part of the collection.
Not the same as browsing at a branch, but still a great resource. And yes, I do have a local public library, plus my institutional one, but neither is likely to have the kinds of books I am working with these days.
I’m glad you’re finding it useful for previewing titles for your teaching. While it might not replace the experience of browsing in a physical branch, the convenience and access it provides are definitely valuable. The waitlists can be a bit of a hurdle sometimes, but overall, it sounds like you’re making good use of the service. It’s also nice to have your local and institutional libraries as additional resources, even if they don’t always have the specific titles you need.
Shalimar, but I sprayed it and did a walk through. This morning before showering I wore Ninfeo Mio
Feeling all warm and spicy in “Opus IV” from Amouage. I gather it’s a polarizing one, probably due to the prominent cumin note, but, boy oh boy, do I love this stuff.
Clear blue skies from the moment the sun came up here in Los Angeles – a break from June Gloom. Have a great weekend, everyone!
You are smelling great today! I really like Opus VI, too.
I’m a diehard fan of Opus VIII!
The Opus series from Amouage was great
Getting ready to head out to a memorial service for my cousin’s son–gone way too soon. Wearing something understated with a small spray of Ineke’s Poet’s Jasmine–citrus and jasmine, lovely and light.
A pretty day, but heat is in our future–in good news, the pool at my complex opens this weekend!! Yeah!
So sorry about your cousin’s son. Our son’s best friend just died a few weeks ago way too young as well. Very difficult situation. Prayers to you and that family.
Condolences to you and your cousin, jepster.
My sympathies to you and your cousin, jepster.
I liked yesterday’s leather so much, today I am wearing another: Orto Parisi Cuoium. Also, the summer pants search was successful and I got four pairs. Plus, I discovered illusion earrings! I am too chicken to go through another piercing although I like the look of multiple earrings. Illusion earrings use one hole to give the impression that there are more. Google “illusion earrings” and you’ll see. I bought three sets.
Which ones did you buy? I love earrings
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CT888NLT
https://www.etsy.com/listing/1459286944/square-earrings-ear-jacket-earrings?ga_order=most_relevant&ga_search_type=all&ga_view_type=gallery&ga_search_query=illusion+earrings&ref=sr_gallery-1-2&pro=1&pop=1&sts=1&content_source=b9d68e332fca38039942a76a22c7dc1dbbee8666%253A1459286944&search_preloaded_img=1&organic_search_click=1
https://uncommonjames.com/products/seeing-double-earrings?variant=40721154113559
Love! Thank you
Nice, I particularly like that 2nd pair.
We’re having the heat wave here today; temps may go as high as 98. I’ve already been out watering my potted plants this morning and am now running soaker hoses under two flowerbeds. Went to our local farmer’s market for the first time this season; I love it so much! This one has lots of stalls with prepared foods, including a great local bakery. We’re having the kids over tomorrow night for a Father’s Day dinner on the grill, so I got some goodies for that and will head out again later today to get the mains.
SOTD is Nicolai’s Rose Pivoine, sent to me by a kind reader of my blog, and it is just lovely! Perfect for a hot summer day. Floral, fresh, light. I hope everyone stays cool this weekend!
I have not had good luck with Nicolai fragrances, but that one sure sounds nice.
It really is. I have had good luck with Nicolai fragrances, but I lean toward florals generally. A surprise to me was how much I like her Musc Intense! Wasn’t really expecting to love it, but I found a great deal on it and had enjoyed other fragrances by her, so I took a chance. And I do love it. I’m not usually drawn to “musky” notes but this is a very clean musk.
Your day tomorrow sounds nice. I went through a small bottle of Rose Pivoine years ago, it’s very pretty.
I’m enjoying it, in this heat wave. My roses in my garden are on their second flush and though it’s too hot to grow proper peonies here, I bought some today at Trader Joe’s. They smell wonderful!
A hot L.A. day, perfect for the original Trussardi Donna, which does that gorgeous Italian perfumery thing I love of being light but also crammed with viscous oily green herbs and aromatics. It’s umami for the nose and the Italians own this style of perfumery. The ginger note drifts in and out delightfully. I also finally have ID’d what this one reminds me of: it’s Fendi light! The d/c original Fendi by Fendi. Without as much oakmoss and the Coco-style spices that Fendi is known for. Trussardi Donna came out in 1993 in a clear bottle and is now d/c though there is a new different one with the same name in a white bottle which I was disappointed by. Fendi came out in 1985. I received this decant in a swap from a very generous NSTer. Thank you!
This sounds very good. I loved the original Fendi.
Umami for the nose — perfect description!
It is a cool rainy day so used citrus shower gel and lotion and then decided to wear Zara Leather Jardin. Although I can see this being worn in cooler months, it worked for today. I really like this one by Jo Malone.
I haven’t tried the Zara perfumes
Oh, you need to. Some of them have been done by some great perfumers and the prices are unreal. Most are 100 ml bottles for under $50. I know a lot of NSTers got a BUB of this one. I can see why.
Is there a “must try” that you can recommend?
That’s a hard one as there are probably 100 different fragrances and it depends on what you like. I usually like the ones by Jo Malone. Many liked Livre Blanc by Olivia Giacometti though there was something in it I didn’t like. It is very clean and crisp. Although marketed for men, it is definitely unisex. There are also several by Alberto Morillas.
I went on the Zara website last week because so many were mentioning the perfumes. I found the website so busy and the options so numerous I decided I don’t need another bottle of anything right now. Although, I’m dying to try the new Liz Moores scent….🤩
I didn’t see any Liz Moores at Zara so I take it you mean a different perfume house.
LTSG, several NSTers convinced me to get Leather Jardin from Zara. If you like floral patchouli scents, Fleur de Patchouli would be an option.
I just broke my 3 bottle buying limit with 2 Zara purchases, getting (Vetivyrich) and (Flower Please). And I bought unsniffed, which I normally don’t do but the men’s Zara fragrance section in the store was pitiful and there was no way I could try them. On the plus side, each bottle was about $27 so the 2 were about $68 with shipping.
Somehow my FOMO is stronger with the cheap Zara fragrances because they discontinue a lot or sell out.
Which two of the men’s did you get? I am not familiar with the other two you bought so now I have to look them up😊
Oh, sorry. That is the name of both of the men scents. Got it now.
One of these days, I will ask a Zara SA to help me with the fragrances: most seem to not have testers and there are no tester strips. I also hate how they display the – right by the cashiers – ugh!
You have to go in knowing what you want. And then you find out they don’t have it. Knowing our stores here, you’d never find an associate who knew anything at all about the scents. I bought everything recently unsniffed, just guessing. (It was so cheap it was perfume-math free. Leather Jardin was great but the Olivia Giacobetti scent I got was meh. But CA$30 of meh, so not complaining.)
I don’t have a Zara store near me, so I have no idea what they are like. I have just ordered unsniffed by what people have told me and for the price, I am okay if they don’t work.
I love Leather Jardin. I also enjoy Fleur de Patchouli. However, Jo Malone was really what sent me down the rabbit hole many years ago. I thought I was going to like Livre Blanc by Olivia Giacobetti, but there was something that just didn’t sit right with me after wearing it a few times.
It’s wet and windy here, definitely the kind of winter Sunday where a quiet day at home is an attractive idea. We will venture out at some point, and I think I’ll wear Indigo Smoke, a recent purchase.
Our coming “heat dome” is all over the news (although the temps in my town are not expected to be all that bad) so it is hard to imagine but we will be switching places soon enough 🙂
Hope it was a nice restful Sunday.
I’m wearing Bronze Goddess today, in 3 formats. The cooling body spray, some of the spray oil and a few sprays of the eau fraiche. I’m nearly out of the oil, so a future thunk is close.
We are having the Father’s Day celebration tonight for my hubby’s dad. Tonight they’ll be able to take a picture of the 4 generations so it should be a special picture. We’re just having burgers and salads plus I made lemon cupcakes with a delicious raspberry icing.
Sounds like a great evening!
It was fun!
Oh yum, the lemon-raspberry combination sounds killer!
It does.
It was a really good combo!
Lemon cupcakes with raspberry icing sounds like a perfect summer dessert. 🧁🧁🧁
A mix of blue skies and showers today, very British weather.
I am retrying Sana Jardin samples after watching a review on YouTube, Nubian musk and Celestial patchouli which is proving a winner, I had used the set a first time when purchased last year and while I liked several I did not feel compelled to purchase bottles.
I tried some from the line. I can’t remember which ones but I don’t think I cared much for them.
None were instant love for sure but the patchouli has grown on me today.
Lillyjo sent me a sample of the Celestial Patchouli. Lovely stuff, but definitely cool to cold weather perfume.
My perfumista meet up yesterday was so much fun! We are a very casual group of four and I’m old enough to be everybody’s mom lol. But one is French and I just kept writing down pronunciations of everything. There were a sample sets from Parfums de Nicolai and Montale. I fell for Montana Intense Cafe and I’m now looking for a decant. Another hit with me is Jason Wu Velvet Rouge, a rose incense that’s very pretty and cheap. I shared my Chanel No 5 L’Eau and some samples, and we helped one member find her summer rose perfume (she chose Diptique Eau Capitale.) Fun all around.
I made myself a little decant of the Jason Wu and it’s my sotd.
That sounds like it was fun!
How fun! I think my jc Penney sells Jason Wu in their new beauty section. I will check it out next time I am there.
Sounds like it was a great day!
Excellent!
I love this!
Perfumista meetups are the best! Glad you all had fun.
Got off early enough from work to dash over to the mall to exchange a skirt, ended up buying a pair of pants, an upgrade to the men’s chino pants I am wearing today. I have trouble finding pants because I am not a fan of synthetic fabric, stretch, pleats and high rise so there are not a lot of options lately. I managed to find women’s loose chinos, perfect.
Went unscented today for the mall excursion. Sniffed a bit at Sephora and then discovered that Neiman Marcus here has Byredo – yikes! Also, noted that Anthropologie has some of the same Solinotes as my local grocery store.
I didn’t buy any fragrance while out shopping but then ordered 2 Zara fragrances, (Vetiverich) and (Flower Please), breaking my 3 bottle a year limit. At least they are inexpensive. I’ll be confessing to Donatello later . . .
Frightfully hot, even for here at 97 but our long-awaited AC part finally came in. We are limping along with weekly Freon boosts until it gets installed. Maybe something be achy for Father’s Day. Daughter is cooking dinner for Dad so I benefit also.
I will be confessing too so don’t feel bad🤣
I will also be confessing!
I bet you would have liked these. Many have gotten the Livre Blanc and some have bought large bottles of the others too.
https://www.zara.com/us/en/a-perfume-by-olivia-giacobetti-discovery-set-100-ml-3-x-25-ml-p20210671.html?v1=311292610
Drat! Didn’t see that there were travel sizes of Livre Blanc. Oh, well . .
I’ll be confessing too. I just broke my self-imposed no-buy..
Add me to the confessional queue! 🫥
Today is my Son’s Birthday.
We both took the day off and pretty much just hung out. We went to the big mall so he could spend some birthday money. We ate fast food, cupcakes and triple chocolate brownie ice cream. We stopped and saw my brother who is still recovering from surgery. The weather has been beautiful all day. The heatwave starts tomorrow.
Sotm is No.5 L’eau.
Smelling good!
Cupcakes and triple chocolate brownie ice cream sounds so good. I guess I will have a sugar cookie after supper tonight😉
There can never be enough chocolate as far as my son and I are concerned. I hope you had your cookie!
I did!
Happy birthday to your son. Sounds like you spent quality time together. For avoiding heatwaves and have mildish winters you could move to southeast England but then we’ve had a rather gloomy June.
I will take a gloomy June over my awful winter any day.
Cupcake twins! Happy Birthday to your son; sounds like it was a nice day for you both. I hope your brother-in-law’s recovery is going well.
Thanks Gail. I think your homemade cupcakes sound better than my store bought!
Hey, a cupcake is a cupcake!
What a nice day! I glad you both had fun. Yesterday was picture perfect.
It’s Sunday and we are scent twins.
Happy Birthday to your son! We were scent twins on Saturday, a rare happenstance!
Happy birthday to your son!🎂..triple chocolate brownie ice cream? That is right up my alley! Healing thoughts for your brother.
Now I want cupcakes or brownies..or both lol
Belated birthday wishes to your son! Sounds like you both enjoyed yesterday. 🧁🎂🍫🎁
A nice cool start to our heatwave, which sets up today. Our air conditioner is still not in stock and we were (obviously) hoping to have it installed by now, I’ll have to dig out info on keeping cool from my memories of no AC growing up, and living in Houston.
Wearing No 5 L’Eau and loving it.
Scent twins one day apart!
Oh my, living in Houston without a/c must have been quite a challenge. Mine is now (mostly) fixed, but while it was on the blink I set up some fans, which really helped. I also bought one of the small so-called portable air conditioners from Amazon, which are really a kind of glorified fan. It has a reservoir in which you put cold water and ice, and then it blows nice cold air over you. You can get them for around $40 and they help a lot. If your problem is going on for awhile, there are larger units that are around $350 that might do a lot better at keeping one room cool. Just search for portable or personal air conditioners on Amazon or Walmart, etc.
Thanks Calypso! I was only without AC in Houston for a couple of months and I was much younger then. We have lots of fans and my must have, Dr Bronners Peppermint Castile soap. Thank you for the tip about the portable AC, I’ve wondered about those.
Hello!
Light application of Amouage Journey.
Wishing everyone a great Sunday! 🌹
Back in Shalimar body crème again. Think I’ll reapply in a bit and call it a sensational smelling day. Stay cool!
Stay Cool too!
Heading into work wearing Orange Sanguine. Gosh I love this perfume. It’s supposed to get to 90 today, but right now it’s still nice. I think it’s the humidity that will be the worst part this week.
After yesterday’s Tobacco Vanille, I am currently in no 19 edt today. I was thinking about Une Rose Vermille but I wasn’t game for it. Une Rose Vermille lasts for days on skin and Tide doesn’t even get it off.
My SOTD is Tubereuse 2 Virginale, which I found when looking for something else in a sample box. I like this a lot. It’s old now and has a sort of musty-musky undertone, but the main scent is still a delightfully fruity floral that does not have the overpowering quality of some tuberose fragrances.
My A/C is finally fixed, though I’m warned it still will need another repair soon–if not replacement. Ugh. Meanwhile, my roof needs attention and we have a forecast of very heavy rains and potential flooding starting on Tuesday. The joys of home ownership.
Today’s Washington Post has an article about kidney transplants for cats. They use a donor cat from a shelter and you must adopt the donor cat as part of the deal. It costs $25,000. Much as I love my cats, even if I had the money to do it I don’t think I would. It just doesn’t seem right to me. Would you?
I wondered whether transplants were possible in pets. I saw that article too, but Bertie Wooster is 14 and as much as I love him, I can’t see spending 25K. I hold a “quality of life” philosophy for animals and people and the surgery and then the after care raises doubts for me about how happy a pet would be post-surgery.
No. I love my cat, though not as much (don’t tell her) as her sweet predecessor who died at age 2 due to FIV (bad shelter, it’s been shut down since). And I loved my spouse’s family’s cat, who lived to 19. But at a certain point $25k is only going to make you feel better, not your cat.
No. My Larry is ten years old and there are so many cats that need homes, I’d rather let him live out his life and then adopt another.
The problem for me is you can’t ask for the donor’s consent in this case, and it does not feel right. I love my cat to pieces and feel sad just thinking she will die one day, but this idea makes me feel uncomfortable. Maybe if the donor was dying from something else but had a healthy kidney…
And if the quality of life is much worse for her after this surgery, it is probably not worth it.
No. As Glannys points out, the donor cat can’t agree to the procedure. It comes off as exploitative.
As much as I have loved all of my cats, I would never consider it, even if I could afford it. And at $25k, there is no way.
Robin, there’s a bit of an “oops” in the first paragraph. The Summer Solstice is the longest day of the year, not the longest night.
For me, that means 15 hours of daylight.
Oops!!
I meant, oops AND thank you!
Happy Monday…
I found a bottle of Bulgari Omnia Crystalline way back in my perfume cabinet so it’s my sotd. It’s crisp and a little citrus-y, perfect for hot weather.
oh..I don’t have that one but my twin with you in the regular Omnia
I always liked Crystalline
Me too.
I liked the Omnia Crystalline L’Eau when I had a sample of it.
Hello!
No. 5 Eau Premiere, as I want to feel glamorous for no specific reason. When I spritz a No. 5, it feels like putting on pearls.
Tea is Twinings Chai with a splash of milk. 🍵
Only going to be 100f yay. I will enjoy while it lasts:).
Have a great day, hugs to everyone! 🌹
It’s going to be in the 90’s here all week. We are under a excessive heat watch. It’s funny how for you it would be considered a cool down.
Mojave heat doesn’t mess around lol
I am going to join you in No 5 except in the EDT iteration.
No. 5 twins! I love the EDT:). Smelling great!
How do the roads and highways not buckle from all that heat???
Idk I buckle pretty good though lol
Omnia- last a bit of my bottle.
Do I need another?
I think it’s getting hard to find now. You might want another one, if you love it.
And so expensive
I bought a BUB a few months ago and the price was reasonable. However, it was much more difficult to find a NIB bottle. If it’s a staple in your perfume wardrobe I say get a bottle before there’s none to be had. If it’s just an occasional “like” in your routine, I’d forget it and focus on something else.
If you love Omnia, yes, get another before it becomes Unobtainium.
I’m a broken record. Once again in Shalimar body crème from last night. I bought two jars in the summer of 2020 for less than $100, which I thought was a bit much back then. Now, I saw a single jar at on a “discount” perfume site for $122…wowza! I will enjoy what I have and won’t be it replacing any time soon.😢
Very busy morning as doggo is demanding prolonged belly rubs. If I slack off for even a second, I get the tap tap tap with a paw to keep me on task…🙃
Deva, my Dog went after a bunny today in the backyard. Almost caught it but the bunny got to the other side of the fence (whew) all I could think of was T-rex and the Prairie dog.
Yup, the next time he probably won’t miss. He’s still a young dog and honing his hunting skills. Warn your neighborhood rabbits they best steer clear of your back yard…🐇🐺 😬
Oh, glad the bunny escaped, could he have a collar with a bell?
The dog I mean not the bunnies😀
Hope that rabbit tells all his friends to stay away from your yard, lillyjo!
We turned on our air conditioning today because it is so hot out. Currently I am in Une Rose Chypree. I was surprised that Andy Tauer discontinued this one, it seemed like he discontinued quite a few in a short period of time a few years ago.
Yay for a/c! It is sure hot here.
The weather is a bit less gloomy today and warmer and it really lifted my mood. Smoothie will be frozen mango, juice of a lemon and yogurt but I’m yet to make it. It was a fragrant day as I received an order from Zara which contained two t-shirts and a bottle of Soleil Blanc, lemming behaviour, it is a green, watery coconut which faded to a very pleasant drydown, it lasts four hours which is good enough for me and no ambroxan. I needed a coconut and it will do very well, I think, a bit tired of my BG and want to save it as it is the 1st edition. Glad to confess here, I won’t repeat to Donatella. I also received today BPAL Creepy, all butterscotch apple, rum and coconut, a seller on eBay puts bottles regularly for auction, starting price was £8 for an untouched bottle and I won for £9.50, over the the years I collected four bottles but they take no space at all and oils don’t count right?
I will do my best to send you some sun and summer heat! 🏖️🔥🌞
I appreciate the thought. Can you imagine if we could really do that?
It would probably be a very, very BAD thing! Imagine all the arguments about what today’s weather *should* be… 😬🤪
I don’t know if Donatella is aware of oils…follow your own conscience 🙂
That’s what I thought, she’s blissfully unaware of oils😉
Happy Heat Dome to those who celebrate. I’ll be in the a/c with the blinds closed this week.
PG Grand Siecle is the perfect lemon-y cologne for this weather.
Ha, I will be celebrating whether I like it or not 🙂
Might have to hit the pool this week.
Bill Blass Nude is a nice summer scent and low key enough for midterms. Chemistry without a lab, mostly done remote is pretty damn boring but I need it for my degree. Of course, once I graduate and take my boards at the end of next year then I’ll just ignore all things chemistry, just like I’ve been doing since the last time I took it (40 years ago when I was in 11th grade!)
Good luck on the midterms thegoddessrena! I am pretty sure I barely passed chemistry the first time 🙂
Another day, another Ozone Action Day Alert. Yay.
In addition to Ben & Jerry’s ice cream, Teflon kitty also has a taste for Orange Creamsicles. I had a strong urge for some during the last heat wave, and picked them up at the grocery store. Tef kitty pesters me the entire time I am having one. She wants her share!
SOTD = back in Baby Phat Golden Goddess. It’s proving to be a hot weather no-brainer for me this summer.
We have had a couple of those lately, I think here they are called Orange Air Quality Action Days but I imagine (?) they are the same thing.
If they are telling people to limit driving gasoline powered vehicles and not fill up their tanks until a certain time of day, then yes. Ozone pollution.
Some states have the gas station restrictions. Fortunately, Colorado does not.
Late to the party! Lots of sweaty outside work and exercise walks; I love being outside in any weather, but the last few days brought back the 90’s, degrees that is, to my town and I was not quite ready. But I found two perfumes that are in the category of good to wear when you’re going to be in lovely air conditioning after working in the heat then getting cleaned up: Insolence and Bijan. Also thinking about Kenzo Flower.
I should be taking sweaty exercise walks but I am not 🙂
I did manage yoga today, in the nicely air conditioned gym.
Best Summer fragrance #1 in no particular order is AA Pamplelune. It’s so zesty!
You are reminding me to pull out the Herba Fresca!