It's Tuesday, Global Handwashing Day and World Students’ Day. Birthdays: Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche and Sir Pelham Grenville Wodehouse. What fragrance are you wearing?
I'm in Marni, which fits the description for Pantone Tomato Cream; colorwise it is somewhere in between Tomato Cream and Red Orange. Tea at the moment is a strong cup of mixed black tea samples.
Reminder: on 10/18, wear a fragrance that evokes one of Pantone's picks for the Autumn/Winter 2024/2025 NYFW Color Palette. (If you like, click through to the article and pick your fragrance based on the color name or description rather than the color itself, as in "Tomato Cream, a nourishing toasty hue that warms the soul." or "Italian Plum, a deep dark purple full of magical energies.")
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 Anemone Milk teapot in bone china, by Marni for Serax ("Reawaken your tablescape with the playful energy and quirky botanical-inspired motif of the Serax Marni Anemone Milk teapot"), is $148 at Bloomingdales.
Hello.
Sotd is Oud Ispahan. Even did a spritz on both my forearms so I can catch a waft every time I do something.
I watched Demi Moore’s The Substance. Not bad, in fact it’s quite good. Perfect for Halloween! It’s a full blown body horror film so if you are not a fan of the genre, do stay away. I don’t find it that disgusting, but then again, I have a pretty high tolerance for gross stuff.
I will stay away, my tolerance is MIA, but thanks!
I thought The Substance was great! But I’m a horror fan and agree it’s definitely not for everyone.
Enabler pin for She-ra and others for my purchase of Encens Mythique
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Tea is Eros tea by Mariage Freres
Congrats on the purchase! I love Encens Mythique so much, I’m considering a BUB even though I have an almost full bottle of the old clear-glass bottle version.
Jomoshop might be your friend today, just sayin’…
Argh, such a good price! You might get an enabler pin soon!
It is a lovely, Rich Lady scent.
Fake it till ya make it
What does this smell like?
Incense & Lipstick Rose
Here is a review by Victoria over at BdJ
https://boisdejasmin.com/2012/08/guerlain-encens-mythique-d-orient-fragrance-review.html
I have looked at that bottle for months. Your description might tilt me over, I’m just worried it will be too sweet. I love Lipstick Rose.
To clarify it’s like placing intense next to 💄 a rose scented lipstick. I have never smelled lipstick rose perfume
It is not too sweet, but it is a very abstract rose. To me, it’s more along the lines of Nahema, not that they smell alike but in that they’re both abstract roses. With incense, salty ambergris, and aldehydes. I hope this helps! It’s a tough one to describe.
Yes, Nahema’s sister.
I do think they have discontinued EM
It sounds very nice.
Yay! Happy you got that one! 🥰 That is the lowest I have ever seen it.
You’ve been pining for Encens Mythique for quite a while. Glad you finally got it!
Back to my Zoologist discovery set with Hyrax. I’m not sure I like this, but is a little intriguing. I’ll see what the dry down is like.
Oh wow, you’re more tolerant than I am–That was one of theirs that I really couldn’t stand!
I’m wearing Chanel Egoiste for a very crisp, bright autumn day. It’s half price day for seniors at my local Goodwill stores, stopping by to see if I can find any treasures.
Good luck at the Goodwill! You’re smelling great.
Egoiste is SO good.
I’m in Azemour les Oranges, which I’m pairing with the plaid of the venerable flannel shirt I’m wearing this morning. It’s my favorite shirt and it must be close to 50 years old now (its tag says it was made in the Kingdom of Siam!). It came from one of those very early Banana Republic catalogs with drawings similar to the Pantone article — it’s basically a plaid of Tomato Cream, Fern, and a lighter version of Buckthorn Brown. I love this shirt and plan to keep repairing it for another, er, let’s say “many” years.
White Linen for Scarlet Smile. Not the best match, but it will have to do.
Sorry Sheri, this wasn’t meant to end up here.
I had typed my comment, and then read yours wanted to respond and my SOTD ended up beneath the lovely story of your plaid shirt.
No worries — happens to me too. 🙄
I’m late in coming around to this one, but you smell lovely.
I would keep that shirt, too! I love fall colors, but heck, I would keep it just for that tag.
That is definitely one of the reasons I’ve babied it for decades! 😂
Nothing like an old, much-loved flannel shirt!
For sure!
A good flannel shirt *should* last for ages! Well done.
I’m wearing Vanilla Flash today since it was the first thing my eyes landed on when I opened the traveling perfume box, and I’m in a bit of a rush.
I’ve got a crap ton of stuff to get done today and I somehow managed to tweak my back yesterday. Also trying to figure out why my solar wasn’t charging as usual and was back and forth all day yesterday with the installer via text but it does seem to be working as per usual now. If all else fails flip the the fuse switch!
The good news is that I was in Target yesterday and found something I’ve been lemming a while. It was on sale and the price was fairly good so I nabbed it and when I got to the register it rang up even LESS! Regular $79 and rang up $37!! Score!
Found my sprit child on IG yesterday. 😃
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DA_IFAhuJUN/?igsh=MW5kc3MyZG5jYnVrYQ==
Have fun on your upcoming trip!
Thank you! I’m trying to not be anxious about my doggo. I have a friend who will handle any kind of doggo emergency for me but she’s in Asheville and has a lot on her plate right now.
Love that kiddo in the video. Good luck with your back and getting everything sorted!
Gosh, hope the back mends quickly!
Ouch about the back; hope it heals quickly. I love the IG story!
Yuck. Hopefully your back decides to play nice ASAP!
I love it when the register rings up something for less! Excellent deal!
Deva, I read about your bagel incident, and the same thing happened to me when I was a kid! I was sawing back and forth on a stale bagel with a serrated knife until it slipped. I ended up with four stitches in my left index finger, and I boycotted bagels for a year and a half afterwards (that felt like a really long time back then). I’m sorry your hospital visit cost so much!! That’s terrible. I hope your hand does better in time for your trip.
On my lunch break I went to Sephora and tested Hermes Caleche, both edt and edp. They smell very similar to me, a bit old fashioned, classy and soapy (in a good way). Interestingly, EDT is holding better on my skin, so if I were to buy a bottle I think I would choose that one. But currently there are other perfumes higher on my wish list 🙃
NinaV – I have an almost full Caleche edt that I never wear and happy to freebie.
If you are interested, email me at vivienne dot elliott1 in the land of outlook dot com.
apsara, thank you for your generosity! ❤️ But I live in Europe, Serbia, so that would be too complicated. If I end up getting a bottle I will think of it as a gift from you 🙂
I am so sorry, I had you in the US of A. I should have checked first.
Scarlet Smile, a glamourous and decadent red that captures our desire…to wear Tubéreuse Criminelle!
Smelling fabulous!
Well done there! 🙌🏻
Funny that you have a new Galllivant perfume on your site today Robin as my SOTD is Gallivant Bukhara.
Perfect!
And ps….if he discontinued one to make way for this one, I don’t know about it. Hopefully someone will warn us if he did.
You sure smell wonderful!
Thanks. I know you like this one as well.
Had to make an appointment with a gastrointestinal doctor this morning. Just have to wait a month for it. Wearing no 5 edp today.
I hope everything is ok with you.
A month is a long time to wait! I hope you are not in too much discomfort in the meantime.
I hope the month goes by quickly!
Specialists take so long to get into. Hope you will be okay for a month.
Ugh.
I also hope you will be ok in the meantime.
Uh oh. Hope it is nothing serious.
I’m wearing L’Heure Fouguese today. I’ve slowly realized that I really like fougeres and want to explore them more, I could do a whole week of them to match the color Fern.
You smell extraordinary!
I’m just getting to know this fragrance and totally falling in love! It’s one of the lightest fougeres I’ve tried.
Wearing Sira des Indes today. It’s pretty and undemanding and the box, label and even the juice look like Tomato Cream. Fortunately I detect no banana in it—that would be a dealbreaker for me.
That is funny…I would have liked it better with more banana 😉
It’s our differences that make life interesting, right?
Yep!
PSA: If you are in the DC area, there is a small ylang-ylang tree blooming in the part of the Enid Haupt Garden tucked away between the National Museum of Asian Art (former Sackler Gallery) and the Freer Gallery of Art.
It looks like a piece of Eden, but it’s basically just a broad sidewalk passageway where the Smithsonian places huge potted plants from their greenhouses every summer. They’ll soon be returning them to the greenhouses for the winter, so this is basically last call.
They tend to feature small trees and shrubs with unusual and often scented flowers. There was also a gardenia tree, but it’s no longer blooming now. There are frangipani plants with different sizes and colors of blossoms, and some exotic hibiscuses in amazing colors. There was another fragrant plant lacking labels; I think it’s also a perfume ingredient but I can’t remember which one.
Worth a trip downtown if you’re in the area.
I also recommend the Mary Livingston Garden, a serpentine passageway between the Hirshhorn and Arts and Industries. Part of it has raised flower beds so that you can really get up close with its flowering plants.
Also, fragrancenet.com has a lot of Hermes fragrances on sale now, including sets of mini colognes. It says sale price with coupon, but I didn’t actually need to sign in to an account or have a coupon to get the special price. (Maybe because they already have my email on file?)
How cool!!
I would love to see and smell ylang ylang IRL. Not to mention frangipane. Lucky you!
I always have to double-check the prices because somehow they end up being more expensive than the regular price of the brick & mortar stores.
That’s an excellent caveat, and I have not checked prices on the minis.
I found this sale when I was searching for Galop, and the price of that one on fragrancenet.com is the best I’ve found.
Note, however, that I don’t have department store cards or save points as you do, so you might get a better deal that way.
I don’t have points saved but have a largish gift card balance at Nordies.
I did finally succumb to the Nordies Club, after decades. Last summer, the most wonderful sales associate spent more than an hour helping me when my debit card wasn’t working and subsequently offered to let me know when winter clothes of the brand I liked came in. A few weeks later, she texted me. She set aside things for me that worked out so well, including some I would never have tried on my own. So I let her convince me to join. I don’t think I shop there often enough to do anything with points, but I will check in with this lady again for summer clothes.
Smelling ylang ylang in bloom sounds fantastic!
It’s animalic as well as floral — really special!
SOTD is Sycamore. A feeling of fall today.
🌬️🍃🍂🍁
It’s nice to feel the change of seasons.
You smell beautiful.❤️
Thank you!
I just went and dropped off my ballot and stuck on my I VOTED sticker to my shirt. It’s only in the 60s here by the ocean.
I love it.
It is lovely to be near the ocean on a gray fall day. 🌫️
I just mailed my ballot a few minutes ago, such a funny coincidence !😊
Good morning from our never-quite-over winter weather. It was my birthday two day ago, and I had a nice day until I was heading to bed and kicked the kitchen door in the dark. I’m now hobbling about with a broken toe 🙁 .
I’m wearing 31 Rue Cambon, always reliable for making me feel elegant and composed, even if I will be looking a bit pathetic getting about the office in my socks!
I worked from home yesterday, but I’ve had enough of that already.
Happy birthdayn! 🎂 and I’m so sorry about your toe. I hope you heal quickly. ❤️
I wore this yesterday. It is so nice!
So sorry about your toe! Hope you’re able to be back in shoes asap!
Happy belated birthday!! But so sorry, that really hurts.
Happy belated birthday! Hope your toe heals quickly
Happy Birthday! I’m sorry about that toe!
Ouch. Sounds awful. I hope you had a great birthday and lots of nice treats.
Happy belated birthday! You’re smelling amazing!
Ouch! A broken toe is rather painful, and not a whole lot can be done about it. Hope it heals quickly.
Belated birthday wishes to you! 🎂🎊
Happy belated Birthday!
Happy birthday, and I’m sorry about your toe!
Happy Belated Birthday! I hope your toe heals up quickly.
sotd = Clinique Wrappings
because sometimes I wake up in the morning and want to smell something oddly beautiful. Also it’s a cool, gray day here, so Wrappings feels seasonally appropriate.
What ho! Bertie Wooster would most undeniably approve of that gorgeous teapot. Jeeves might raise an eyebrow. 😅
Love your SOTD!
Yes to Wrappings!
Ah, the “match with a colour” CPs leave me puzzled, as I evidently have the opposite of synesthesia. Also don’t do well with “match with a book” CPs. In the Rich Lady, swanning about the office, scent Amouage Dia.
P.S. Good Housekeeping online has “14 Best Affordable Perfumes That Smell Expensive” and they’re not bad choices at all
Nice tip, thanks!
In order to participate in this CP I have resorted to choosing scents that A) I want to wear anyway and B) have some part of their packaging that relates to the Pantone colors. I was an abject failure at choosing perfumes that make me see a color in my mind’s eye so you’re not alone. Apparently my mind’s eye is as myopic as my actual eyes and as colorblind as my son’s.
I just got a fleece jacket from Patagonia that is similar in color to Pantone’s Tomato Cream, except they call it Burnished Red. I love the color for fall. I however have no idea what perfume of mine to match it to though. I have a few ideas, but I don’t feel like wearing them today.
That sounds nice, I like that color. It is odd to me that none of the colors are brown, which is what I’m seeing in the stores.
I saw at the bottom of the Pantone page there’s a section of New Classics and there’s a few more colors and two of them are variations of brown. I’m seeing a lot of brown shades for clothing too.
Yes, but those aren’t usually the “in colors” so I ignore them. I’d say brown is currently the in thing from what I am seeing.
I’m wearing MDCI La Ravissante and matching it with Scarlet Smile, though it should be a bit darker red, because what stands out in this fragrance is the pomegranate note. The association with red is obvious, and I do think that red would be good for fall. Nothing much else going on here, except our record of 99 yesterday will, we hope, be the last of them for this year as a cold front is (finally) promised to come through tonight!
Wowzer. That’s some seriously warm weather! Glad that you are getting a break from it.
Smellin’ fine in Tonka Cola today. 🍋🥤🍨
You smell delicious! ❤️ Do you smell any cherry? 🍒
SOTD = Scents of Wood Plum in Cognac
Seriously good! 🤎 Somehow, it seems like I enjoy this fragrance more and more each time I wear it! I did not include this on the description on IG but there is a wonderful tobacco note although this was not included in fragrantica.
https://www.instagram.com/p/DBKTJNGxoS0/?igsh=eDNrdGpyOXNoOTBz
In other news … my friend and I and her common-law husband went to see a Mason Gross wind ensemble concert at Rutgers this past Sunday. The date worked for me, plus, I’ve previously heard a version of the ensemble. Anyway, to my surprise, there was a film shown for the second half — Frankenstein from the 1925 or thereabouts. Neat! Afterwards, we were going to a sushi place in New Brunswick but there was a wait. I remembered going to a Vietnamese restaurant years ago for lunch during jury duty and so we ended up going there instead. Yummy 😋!
Your dinner options both sound like they were worthwhile. 😋
We actually only planned a dinner out although we did not decide where. The Vietnamese place was a good choice!
Sounds like a great time!
We did, on both counts!
Sounds great all around, hajusuuri!
More sun and mild weather here. But there was definitely a touch of fall in the air when I went outside around lunchtime. Lots of leaves are turning yellow in my area now.
SOTD = YSL Belle d’Opium EdP. The bottle is gorgeous, while the scent itself is a likeable fruitchouli on the sweet side. It would shine in cooler weather than what I am experiencing right now, I think.
Jalapeno I was so close to being your scent twin today!
Aw! Maybe next time, huh? 😉
Yeah, cold here too but I am waiting until the last possible moment to turn on my furnace!
Not cold here during the day. But it SMELLED like fall outside. I don’t know how else to describe it.
SotD is PMC Essence de Patchouli. Not to be confused with Patchouli Nosy Be. 😁 It’s patchouli lite, prettified with Iris and rose. Next to try is the other one!
That’s a pretty teapot, Robin, but I would be afraid to use it, lol! My tea of the afternoon was an apricot-flavored black tea from Arbor Teas. Although it smelled strong from the packet, the taste was subtle, and the tea was on the lighter side. I like this small company. All of their teas are organic, and they sell generous samples. 😉
That Essence de Patchouli sounds lovely!
I can’t decide if I like the teapot or not, but it’s definitely interesting.
What a day… plan on going to bed early.
My furnace is officially on for the next 7 months. We had a freeze warning this morning and all my tires lost enough air that the tire light came on. I priced new tires and wow!
My sotd is Lolita lempeka just because.
Did you get them replaced?
On furnace, I am waiting until the last possible moment before I turn it on!
Still haven’t turned the heat on! But I might have to over the weekend. Supposed to be chilly and rainy.
We had freezing temperatures last night so our heat is on too!
PSA-I am not sure who it was that was waiting for Zara Romance d’Iris to be available, but it is on the website tonight.
Thanks Kris! It might have been me. It’s not available on the Cdn site so I hope I didn’t miss it. I’ve now signed up to be notified via email.
I thought it was you, but I forgot you live in Canada. Don’t you come to the US during the winter months?
I was in Chergui today so probably closest to Scarlet Smile. I always love when I get some wear-time with this one.