Happy Hump Day and World Emoji Day! It's also the World Day for International Justice and David Hasselhoff’s birthday. What fragrance are you wearing?
I'm taking points in Etat Libre d’Orange You or Someone Like You.
Reminder: 7/19 will be Mint Friday...wear a fragrance with a mint note. Extra points if mint is in the name!
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: A pint of Gelato Boy's Mint Chip (with guaranteed frozen delivery!) is $12.
I am wearing another super cooling minty scent, Lush Dirty body spray. And boy, do I need it! Another temperature record – 38C/100F. Surely today is the hottest day of the year?! Surely it can’t get worse! Right?!
Once we have running water back on, I am taking a shower and probably changing a scent.
I hope it can’t get any worse Glannys!!
It’s raining! A thunderstorm!
Ugh. Hope that cools things off for you? Don’t know if it makes everything else worse there though.
Water outside and inside! Post-shower scent is Frederic Malle Geranium Pour Monsieur. Geranium and spices frozen by mint.
So glad you have water! And you smell great.
Ditto to ringthing — here is hoping the rain brings cooler temps.
So happy to hear that you got some rain today! Does this mean your heatwave has broken? 🤞🤞🤞
Hello.
Sotd is Guerlain Rose Cherie.
You or Someone Like You is such a great mint scent. It’s on my buy list and every summer it climbs to the top but there’s always another new Guerlain (currently eyeing Patchouli Paris like a hawk) or something coming first.
I bought some palm sized abalones, scallops and shrimps to make a Thai seafood salad. Just finished shelling and boy are the abalone shells gorgeous! That iridescent mother of pearl. I couldn’t bring myself to toss them. So now they are drying on the counter. I have no actual use for them but I guess I will keep them for a few days so I can go magpie on their beauty.
I love that you love the iridescence of the abalone shells, and hope your salad was delicious 🙂
The salad was a success but verrry spicy. I was a little too generous with the chili. 😜
Abalone shells are so pretty! And your salad sounds delicious.
It was yum!
Abalone is beautiful, I love it in jewelry. Enjoy your shells.
Thank you. I have been looking at them all day.
I don’t know how big the shells are but could you use them as a tray for samples?
They are almost palm-sized. Not big enough for samples (and quite shallow) but I am thinking of using them as jewelry trays. One for earrings, one for rings etc.
I have a polished abalone shell I picked up ages ago on a trip. It’s been gracing one of my bookshelves since.
Your shell sounds sooo pretty! I need to google for ideas to turn mine into some form of displayables.
Whoever did the polishing on my shell removed the outer layer, so both sides are that gorgeous pearlescent stuff.
Abalone shell is also used as inlay in certain parts of the world. It’s amazing when done well.
I’m wearing Ginger Mentha from CO Bigelow. I don’t think I’ve worn this more than once, but it is quite nice. It is supposed to be ginger, spearmint, and according to Fragrantica, sandalwood.
That sounds nice!
I’m in the Rhubarb Ecarlarte from Hermes. I always want to call it Scarlet Ecarlarte-I guess it’s the colour of the bottle that inspired me lol. I do love all the pretty colours for their colognes.
Thunderstorms here and a bit cooler, which is so welcome. But air con in office is on full blast so I have to wear a sweater and even then my hands are freezing!
Finally cooling off here too. We did not get more storms, just a brief sprinkle late afternoon. Power still out though from yesterday’s storms…very happy to have the generator.
Still miserably hot and humid here in Montréal, very tired of it. We may get a small dip tomorrow, but then it cranks right back up. Sigh. I’m wearing Rose Prick. For some reason I’m craving rose in this heat.
Sorry it’s so stifling hot where you are. I hope the rose fragrances help. I’m regularly dousing myself with rose water and it makes a difference in the heat🌹
I need to try that! I have bottles of rose and orange flower water in the fridge.
Stay cool. We’ve had a lot of heat too. While I usually don’t mind it’s wearing me down.
Happy Wednesday, all!
No mint for me today – I continuing with some of my more mainstream “masculines.” (Not sure why I’m on this kick, but I’m enjoying it.) This morning I sprayed Narciso Rodriguez Bleu Noir For Him EdP, and though I don’t get why it’s called Bleu Noir, I’m really liking it. There are hints of Terre d’Hermes, but this has a touch more fruit. Nothing about it screams “masculine” or “blue,” and while it’s not groundbreaking, I’ll take it over Bleu de Chanel any day.
It’s discontinued, but I also love the original Narciso Rodriguez For Him.
Enjoying it is a good enough reason!
I did not try Bleu Noir but if there are hints of Terre d’Hermes maybe I would like it.
Robin, the edt is even closer to Terre d’Hermes/Declaration. It’s very likable.😊
Thanks Daniel!
I’m in Mandragore, inspired by Robin. The mint note hadn’t registered with me before so I’m enjoying this fragrance in a new way.
oooh – you smell great! And thank you for helping me with what to choose for Friday 🙂
Love Mandragore! 😍
Oh yay. I am going to wear it tomorrow.
I may still have a sample of St Julep to wear Friday and since it’s summer, I’m showering with Dr Bronners Peppermint soap every day, that’s the extent of my mint smells. So today I’m wearing Chanel Paris-Paris for the pretty rose.
We had terrible storms Monday night that knocked out power to thousands of people in the area and my mom’s house is a casualty. Going over to clean out the fridge and freezer this afternoon since she’s not going to be home for a few weeks? That’s my hopeful view, anyway.
Ugh, what a mess. You have my sympathies.
Sorry to hear that your Mom’s fridge and freezer contents are a total loss. That sucks.
The grocery store where my son works…their backup generators did not come on last night and all the refrigerated food in the entire store spoiled over night! They had to work all night with flashlights and call in staff from other stores to come help throw it all away so they could open this morning.
I realize that does not ease the chore you had today…just sharing.
Commando this far — just returned from a medical appointment. As far as the CP is concerned, I apparently have zero fragrances that include a mint note, at least as assessed against the Fragrantica database. So I will just spray green-but-not-mint things.
In less-pleasant scent news, Mr. Skal and I returned Monday evening from our four-day trip to discover…an unpleasant smell in the kitchen. At first we thought it was just from the sink or dishwasher (which we ran as we left the house), but now we are both very much afraid that it is Eau de Expired Rodent. We have not been able to FIND the critter, but it must be somewhere. Ugh. If we don’t find it, we will need to have someone come and look inside the wall….
May everyone else’s house smell better than mine currently does!
Oh no! That’s deeply unpleasant.
Ohhhh I’m so sorry, what a scent to return to. No details but I’ve been there, hope you find it or can hire someone to find it.
Ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww. No bueno! 🤢
This morning while taking my kids to camp we walked across the park. The air was thick, and I felt just okay. After stopping at the grocery store, I realized I didn’t have the energy to walk home, so I took the bus. The bus’s air conditioning was so weak, and I felt nauseous. I thought I was going to be sick…yikes! Back home, I made some toast, turned on the air conditioning, and started feeling like myself again. Good grief! Day after day of this heat is really getting to me.
I was planning to save this one for Friday but reached for it today..Rojo Dove Burlington
“This Citrus eau de parfum opens with an incredibly bright and juicy burst of Grapefruit and Lime, the freshness of which is further enlivened by a bold note of Mint”
I got a decant of this from the last swap meet. I don’t know much about Roja Dove fragrances but this one hits the spot today.
Oh, that smell! Had a hamster go AWOL when I was a kid and we had the same odor issue in our walk-in closet. My tears lasted longer than the smell, so I’m hoping you don’t have to destroy any walls to get to the culprit.
Oops, this is for skalolazka above! ⬆️
The heat really does get to you after days and days in a row with no relief. I’m not a fan of AC as mine is noisy, but sometimes it’s a necessity. Glad you feel better.
Agree on the necessity of AC. I’m working all summer without it in my office which is a storage closet. It’s been brutal
That has to be an OSHA violation. How awful!
Oh, stinky bus reek in the summer. I remember that. Yuck!
Hope that you drank plenty of cool, non-caffeinated fluids when you got home.
I did!!
Ltsg, I couldn’t reply yesterday but I got my great boot deal from DSW ( no affiliation)
We have one in town here. I get almost all of my shoes there.
I have zero mint notes so will continue my own personal CP of wearing what I want. 😉 Going back to my tried and true Bois des Iles EDT. It’s so hot and dry here, sort of like living in a toaster oven, if anyone remembers those.
They have evacuated a couple of campgrounds across the lake so both the campers and the hosts will be bunking here until who knows when. I didn’t see any smoke yesterday so I was hoping the fire was out, but it doesn’t look like they’ve gotten a handle in it yet. Hoping they evacuated out of an abundance of caution and not increasing fire activity. We could use a good soaking rainstorm, hold the side of thunder and lightning please.
I will endeavor to get my paws on some mint chocolate chip ice cream sometime soon! 😋
I’m very sorry there’s a fire near you and hope it stays under control.
Fingers crossed the fire by you is controlled soon.
Last week there was a grass fire in Boulder, CO. My brother saw the smoke on his drive into work.
Stay safe Deva!
I ate a bowl of mint chocolate chip for you tonight just in case you couldn’t find any, Deva 😉
Fingers crossed for rain!
I’m in Carthusia Mediterraneo this morning and taking points for its alleged mint note, which my nose is unable to tease out. No matter — I love it anyway. In other news, I blind-ordered Au Delà Narcisse the other day while checking out the Fzotic soaps. People here seem to love it, and the notes sound right up my alley, and I love the brand … is that enough justification or should I go on? 😆
I’m a not a floral lover but Au Dela is just magical! I hope you love it!
You know me and large samples — perfect together! I hope you like it, as I do!
Au Dela Narcisse is drop dead gorgeous! It made my heart go pitter-pat the first time I smelled it.
I have nothing in my collection that has mint in it so I won’t be participating in the CP on Friday. Wearing Jicky edp since it’s a Jicky sort of day.
That has to be a good day then!
I don’t have anything mint in my collection either. I also had the same thought as someone else, to wear my green fragrances. Doused myself in Chanel No. 19 edt. Hoping for it to cut through the heat.
Like everyone else, I’m tired of summer already. Looks like temps will max out on Sunday or Monday, then hopefully will become more seasonal. Plus any rain I’ll gladly take off your hands!
I’m not tired of summer yet! Lol.
I used to love summer but the heat dome that’s currently locked over us can leave any time!
Ditto! I’m over summer, bring on fall already.
If I didn’t hate winter so much, I wouldn’t mind Fall.
Ha!!! Ditto
You can take my rain! If I tell you it doesn’t help with cooling, will you still take it? 🤔
Yes, I’ll take all of it! There’s been some fires spark up today close by.
I’m not tired of summer yet. Don’t want to think about having to shovel my car out and scrape the windows off!
Do you know what your average snowfall is there? I think you probably get it worse than me.
I doubt that I have it worse than you. Annual precip is between 15 and 25 inches here, but that includes rain, snow and hail. Colorado is considered semi-arid. Not quite desert.
I didn’t see much in the way of snow this winter at all.
We have a corporate visit at work today. Everyone is stressed. I am wearing No.5 L’eau and smelling great. 🌞
Smelling great, lillyjo! L’eau is great in summer; No.5 finally clicked with me when I tried the l’eau version. I passed my No. 5 body oil and creme to a good friend because it never worked for me.
Hope the work visit goes well!
L’eau is definitely my favorite version.
Good luck with the visit Lillyjo.
Thanks Aurora. They haven’t even shown up yet!
Hope everything goes smoothly lillyjo, you smell wonderful.
Thank you!
Good luck 🍀
They were walking in right when I was leaving. I totally lucked out!
You do smell wonderful!
It appears that I am wearing some of your favorites this week!
Ugh. Corporate visits. My brother was complaining about one at his part time job.
He was not a fan.
They are just so… smug!
He called the corporate visitors clueless (bleeps). And then it went downhill from there. 🤣🤣
I am wearing Guerlain Mentafollia, it smells refreshing and nice.
I have lots of mint in the garden so i love to prepare minted water with lemon during summer and dry the rest for winter to make tea.
I should do the same with my moroccan mint
Fresh mint is also wonderful to cook with.
It’s a bit chilly for a straight up peppermint scent at the moment so I’m taking a prompt from the graveyard where I walk. In summer one of the roses has a very strong, sweet peppermint candy cane note…so a mixture of intense jammy rose with a mint top note. That rose isn’t in flower now, just a mass of rosehips but I’m wearing Fille de Berlin layered with CDG Peppermint and it’s delicious. The very first rhododendrons are almost beginning to open. I can see red flashes through cracks in the green buds. The grey warblers and blackbirds are also getting more active, vocal …they’re the first to start nest building, breeding. At this time of year I put out apples for the Blackbirds. They need a lot of energy.
Wow, that seems early!
I love your layering combo! I’m sure we’ve done a “Favorite Layers” CP but I’d love to hear everyone’s favorite layering ideas. I think it was Merlin who used to layer a lot and I always looked forward to her ideas.
I have nary a perfume with mint, so I’ll be sipping on my organic peppermint tea instead this week. SOTD is what’s left in my original bottle of Mon Guerlain. I heard it has been reformulated, so I will use up what I have and probably won’t be a repurchase.
Oh no! I love Mon Guerlain.
I’m still trying to think if I’ve got any samples with mint. Hmmm. For some reason today I wanted to wear my Boronia from Grandiflora. It was good at first but I’m afraid I might be getting a cold after my trip: my nose is all stuffy now.
The guys are here from the HVAC company and have been working since around 9 on the replacement of my upstairs unit. I think the big crane is coming soon to lift up the machines from the roof. It’s dramatic! Meanwhile it’s 87 inside my house. I’m sitting with three fans aimed at me and two cats on my lap. Not cool but cozy
Have I said they are all from Kazakhstan? Very polite and neat and they seem very competent.
It will be so nice once it’s done.
Cats seem to really like lap sitting when temps are hot.
Frozen mango and yogurt smoothie
It was Ma Liberté by Jean Patou, the EDT which is more lavendery than the EDP, completely unisex. And tonight Devotion from my new 100ml bottle, it was £45 and I couldn’t resist having it after liking a sample so much.
$45.00! You are the master of the deals!👍
I jumped on it, it was so reasonable, full bottle smelling just like my sample, although I didn’t need such a big bottle but it’s such a lovely, happy scent like you say, gourmand but not sickly.
We are lavender twins!
😃Waving twin.
Devotion does have a pretty bottle.
I’m another one with a dearth of mint in their collection. A holiday job in my teens in Cadbury’s chocolate factory packing after dinner mints has put me off mint for life!
I’m wearing the fabulous Ashoka from Neela Vermeire.
Reglisse Noire
All week
It has mint
It’s in my top five of all time
Thank you for the mint intel! Off to find my RN; it’s such a great scent.
You are welcome! I know you love it too!!!
I’ll find my decant at some point …
Now you have an excuse to look for it
SOTD = Jo Malone Silver Birch & Lavender Cologne
Lavender! 💜 Maybe we’ll get a reprieve from this hot as h-ll weather?
https://www.instagram.com/p/C9iZWJrRin3/?igsh=MWFrMHBtZWtpZXQ1MQ==
And for those who think they sing / whistle (😱 ALWAYS feels like someone is stabbing my brain through my nose with an ice pick and twisting it … kind of like how I would describe SL Tubereuse Criminelle, but I digress):
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/16/science/cannibal-female-frog.html?unlocked_article_code=1.700.1OVq.nVcsaYRVqUQI&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
I thought I heard a forecast for “less hot weather” for you tomorrow?
Interesting article but… gross! Lol.
Christian Dior Gris Dior and a cup of English Breakfast tea
You smell beautiful Barqs!
In Vetiver Pour Elle, on quite a hot day.
I don’t think there is any mint in Iris Nobile (AdP) but I’m wearing it anyway. Summer is not so hot this year in Luxembourg, but apparently the humidity is impacting crops.
Posting a little late today. Got busy in the kitchen and lost track of time.
It looks like temps are back to being seasonal for a while here. Plenty of cloud cover, but not socked in grey. Skies have been milky white this afternoon. Dunno if I will see any thunderstorms here tonight. Many thanks to Canada for the cold front that came thru earlier this week!
Much to my surprise, I have at least 3 options for Friday’s CP. I will chose according to my mood.
SOTD = commando. Just not feeling perfume today.
Big cool down here too. It feels quite nice. I think I only have one option for Friday, but should check my samples.
Most of my “minty” choices are samples. so good idea!
For the CP, Etro Patchouly edp. I thought it had mint in it, but “officially,” mint is in the original eau de toilette, and not in the newer edp which I have. I think the opening of the edp is still minty and dry, though later it gets a little sweeter and more hippy-dippy. I enjoy it, and the packaging is very fun!
I had a sample of Patchouly, and it might have started going off. It opened with a sour note. Didn’t like *that* at all.
Yours sounds much better!