We interrupt Teapot Tuesday to bring you Turkish Coffee. Today is International Stuttering Awareness Day and National Nut Day. Birthdays: Franz Liszt, Doris Lessing, Robert Capa, Catherine Deneuve and Jeff Goldblum. What fragrance are you wearing?
We're having Indian summer (the high is expected to be 81F) and so I'm in Dawn Spencer Hurwitz Summer Cologne. No points for me today.
Reminder: on 10/25, we're off to Turkey! Wear a perfume that is named for a place in Turkey, or that reminds you of a (real or imaginary) trip to Turkey, or that features a local ingredient, or ?
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 Istanbul - Turkish Coffee [cropped] by Justin Schier at flickr; some rights reserved.
An email from Imaginary Authors:
We’re just going to rip the band-aid off. We’re raising prices. But not by a lot! In an effort to be fully transparent, we’re letting you know now so you can take advantage of our current prices if you’d like.
You may have noticed that our shipping, which wasn’t always reliable in years past, is back on track with fast, dependable service. Or maybe you’ve had a positive interaction with our (human) customer service department. We’ve expanded from releasing one perfume per year to, this year, releasing four (along with a growing selection of other wonderful products). This is to say nothing of the crippling inflation that is affecting everything from the cost of glass, caps, and atomizers to shipping costs and salaries for our growing small business family.
As we evolve, our goal remains for our prices to remain well below our peers in the fine fragrance space, providing a non-pretentious and welcoming place that provides a high quality experience. In the coming months, we’re hoping to introduce a rewards program that delivers lower prices for loyal customers but, before that, we have a brand new website coming as well as a limited edition holiday collab that will blow your mind.
This growth wouldn’t be possible without your generous support of our little brand and for that we could not be more grateful. It’s been nearly two years since our last price increase and our hope is that this is the last time we’ll have to do this for a good long while!
The new pricing structure is as follows:
The Complete Works: $120
50ml bottle: $115
14m bottle: $46
8pc sample sets: $46
2ml sample: $7
Candle, soap, body oil, and art print pricing remains the same.
And again, if you’d like to take advantage of our current prices, now would be the time to do that. The update will go into effect on Monday, October 28th.
Do I finally buy the only one I enjoyed, O, Unknown? 🙈
Major props to Imaginary Authors for being transparent about the price increase.
I am in Sa Majeste la Rose for the CP points:
“The king is dead, long live the queen! Author Marcel Proust based his Madame de Guermantes on three society women of his day. Like Proust, I went in search of the lost land of childhood. On a quest for my rose, I charmed three royals, one Turkish, one Bulgarian and one Moroccan, for the perfect ending to my regal journey.”
This is such a big, stunning rose!
Wow, points for gorgeous fragrance and great CP tie in!
Major points
Also- I love Proust
Definitely points for that beautiful rose scent!
Good one. Wish I still had some!
Those coffee cups are beautiful. I love tulips, and my favourite might be tulip tarda-small flowers, growing close to the ground. The blooms are about as big as my thumb nail and their smell reminds me of fresh jasmin-so potent, especially coming from such tiny flower!
My SOTD is Nuits d’Hadrien. I love its orange bottle, and it’s perfect for the warm weather we’re having this week.
I have some Turkish bowls like that…would love to have the coffee cups.
Robin,
We are having fake fall here too…
However I keep buying fall clothing like cowboy boots off one of my favorite websites.
Tea is my FIL
Chai
Encens Mythique- my mother in law told me my perfume smelled so good 😊
I take it you received the delivery from Jomashop😉
EM has definitely been reformulated- but I don’t care, I love it! Appreciating it for what it is not for what it once was, if that makes sense
Glad you are happy with the perfume and Jomashop. I have been very satisfied with their service, but I know others have had difficulties.
Glad to hear it – EM is not the run of the mill for sure.
Enabler pins for you and Mossyberry, I ordered a BUB of Encens! It’s arriving today.
And I will report back on if I can detect the reformulation. I had thought my original (glass rectangular bottle) version of it smelled a touch different from a 3-4 year old decant of the dark bottle; the original being more ambergris and a touch animalic. But when I tried them again side by side recently, the drydown was absolutely identical.
I love it!!
So beautiful for fall…
I think just about the same as you about the difference between my samples of the first release and the rectangular bottle I eventually got. I hope you’ll love it! *happily dons Enabler Pin*
Ha, I am buying fall clothes too! Isn’t it funny how that works?
How perfect that Catherine Deneuve and Jeff Goldblum share a birthday. Meanwhile, I’m accidentally CP-appropriate in Cuir Mauresque — woke up way too early, and that’s where the hand went. No regrets.
I thought the same thing when I looked at the birthdays!
Great minds think alike ☺️
Me three! 👋🏻
Wearing no 5 edp today. I think that something Serge Lutens will fit the bill for Friday. I thought my surgery consult was yesterday but turned out to be November 18th. I managed to score an appointment for this Thursday due to a cancelation. I want this gallbladder issue taken care of as soon as I can. If I get surgery in the next couple weeks, I won’t have to work most of the holiday season. I work retail and that might be a good thing for me.
Why yes, Dawn. A break could be a good thing for you.
Good luck, Dawn!
Glad you are able to get in early. That would be nice for you to be off during the holidays.
Hope it works out, Dawn.
Fingers crossed for the best possible outcome!
Good luck Dawn! I hope your doctors factor in the physical toll of holiday retail and schedule you accordingly
I hope the scheduling of the surgery works out well for you, fingers crossed!
Fingers crossed for it all, Dawn!
Definitely a good thing. Best of luck!
Good morning! I’m in iunx talc from an incredibly generous decant from the incredibly generous hajusuuri. Needless to say, I smell amazing 🙂
Fabulous choice. Talc is gorgeous.
Nice!
You DO smell amazing!!!
I cherish the Talc decant I have too!
Crazy warm here in the southern part of Michigan today, and dry too. We desperately need some rain. I’m wearing Ninfeo Mio today as an antidote to both the heat and the TF Black Orchid Voile de Fleur I sprayed last night. Either my nose or my skin chemistry (or both) has changed during my long hiatus from perfumes and though it eventually dried down to something quite nice, it took forever and in the meantime I was almost laughing at how, well, vulgar it smelled on me. Not crude, not dirty, but vulgar. Obviously I didn’t find it so when I bought it, so into perfume purgatory it goes to wait for a chance at redemption.
I rarely see TF Voile de Fleur mentioned, I really like the gardenia version of Black Orchid. Sorry you got vulgar from your combo.
I’ll give it a few days and wear it again when I’m fully recovered from my Covid vaccination reaction, because I clearly liked it enough to have bought it back in the day. Maybe my nose is out of whack!
Maybe it wasn’t the right perfume pick for your weather? I have some perfumes that are very finicky about that. They just don’t smell right outside of “their” comfort zone.
Entirely possible, and maybe I was not in the right frame of mind for it. I’ve been wearing only the “comfort zone” scents in my collection for so long that I may need to gradually reacquaint myself with the ones with larger personalities. It will be like trying them all for the first time all over again—which could be fun.
12 hours sleep.
No alarm.
THE BEST.
Post shower will be Pekji from Ruh, a Turkish perfumer.
Congratulations on the sleep, apsara!
I like to read your sleep reports, as they give me hope! Several years into retirement, I still wake up early. I can often get back to sleep, though.
Thanks for reminding me of Pekji! I have a sample of Ruh to consider wearing this week.
Hello all!
I’m getting the battery replaced in my car as I type. I barely got it to start yesterday, so I parked it on the street overnight. Sure enough, it was dead when I called the technician. Luckily it was still under warranty.
Thank you for all the test well wishes: I got an A. I was really surprised (which I know will not be a surprise for anyone following along. 😅)
I’m in MFK Aqua Vitae, which my Turkish friend once told me smelled like her uncles. I just love how this one sparkles. I probably won’t repurchase it though, should I ever make it through my bottle.
Have a great day everyone!
Glad you got your battery replaced! I once had my battery go dead at the train station parking deck. What a nightmare! This is why it’s good to have AAA…I know some credit cards allow some of that work to be done as part of the perks but I’ve had AAA for so long I trust it.
I’ve had some really awkward battery issues, including during Hurricane Harvey when I’d gone into work halfway through the storm. Luckily it did for because that little car wouldn’t have made it back home; my manager gave me a ride home! I’m a long time AAA member too.
Smart move to park the car on the street when you noticed your battery was weak.
Yes, it just seemed easier, as my parking spot is rather awkward to get into.
Every time I see a cup of coffee like that I think it looks really good and have to remind myself that I don’t like coffee very much. if it tasted like it smelled I love it.
Wearing Ombre Rose today and for the rest of the week as I’m moving and decided to keep my little bottle unpacked and use up the rest of it.
I do love Turkish coffee but it doesn’t really love me anymore 🙁
Good luck with the move!
In starting the day in Au Coeur du Désert for the cumin note.
ACdD is perfect for fall!
I am wearing Marni and drinking a cup of Orange Spice tea.
Nice match!
I think I am CP compliant with the Turkish Rose in Byredo’s Rose Of No Man’s Land.
Points
I’m in Tea for Two as we *are* having fall weather here in Seattle. Finally home from an amazing 10 day trip to the other Washington to see our son and his fiance and visit some friends. We had gorgeous weather and I think we saw almost every Smithsonian at some point (not really, but many of them). We also walked the National Mall and Arlington Cemetery, both of which we’ve done before, but I never get tired of it. We also spent a lot of time hiking and walking. I forget how green and beautiful the area is.
My son has developed a passion for baking and cooking and we spent some fun time in the kitchen together. The baking highlight from yesterday was Italian cream buns (they were delicious)– not our site, but here’s the recipe we used:
https://www.emmafontanella.com/italianmilkbuns
And today – back to reality – laundry, housework and two doctor appointments for me!
Hope the appointments went well!
Welcome back! So glad you had such a wonderful visit💕
wow! How did the buns taste? They look delicious !
Oh, what fun!
Welcome back! The DC area is gorgeous this time of year.
So nice to hear that your trip was amazing. Those cream buns sound delish. I don’t know, though; it’s been ages since I’ve made a yeast bread. Maybe.
Good morning! I’m going to wear rose perfumes this week, I won’t get into the details of whether or not the rose is described as Turkish 🙂 .
I’m wearing Rose de Petra from SHL 777 this morning, one of my favourite roses.
We are house twins!
I’m in Jacques Fath Vetiver Gris
Is that something new from Jacques Fath?
I’m so curious about this one. I’ve only tried two of the new Fath Line and loved both.
Tested positive for Covid on Sunday, and I’ve lost my sense of smell. (Happened the first time I had it, too. Took about ten days to return.) Not wearing any perfume, but I’m tempted to spray something as a sort of act of defiance or a gesture of hope.😊
Oh, no. Hope you get better soon and get your smell back!
Sorry to hear that! Hope the symptoms are mild and that your sense of smell comes back quickly 🤞
Hope your sense of smell comes back much sooner this time! Get well soon.
Get well fast, Daniel!
Oh no!! So sorry to hear this. Sending you get well wishes for a complete recovery.
Ditto what everyone else said! 😉
Oh, good luck! 🤞
Thanks, folks. (My original thanks are below – I must have hit the wrong Reply button. I blame Covid.😊)
Drat, hope it is mild and quick!
Hi all. I wore Jalapeño’s combo of Black Orchid and Angel yesterday and it was gorgeous! Made my household duties easier. I have traces on my sweatshirt I wore yesterday and today, so I put on Kiehls Musk to smooth things out, and that also smells good.
It’s false fall here too, very warm and breezy. I can’t remember the last time it rained. My husband saw a long range weather forecast that says November here will be more of the same, warmer than usual and still dry. Meanwhile, like ltsg, I’m collecting warm clothes for cold weather. Maybe it will be warm and dry all winter!
I need to try that combination. It seems like it would be too much, but maybe not!
My wearing was an inadvertent layering of Black Orchid and Angel. The far drydown of Black Orchid on a shirt mixed with a spray or two of Angel EdP.
I was shocked at how good it smelled.
Thanks, everyone. Hope to be on the mend soon. Definitely no fun, but I’ve felt worse. I’ve had all my vaccines, so I’m confident it’ll pass.
The complete loss of my sense of smell is the most troubling part of it. Last time it happened, I was in despair; I’m less concerned this time, since I expect it to return.🤞
I’ve always known how related the two senses are, but I’ve learned that when your sense of smell is truly gone, all nuance is gone from your sense of taste. You detect sweet, sour, bitter, and salty – that’s it. My morning coffee is merely hot bitter water. Chicken soup is warm salty water. Chocolate is sweet, but you get no sensation of creaminess or layers of flavor. Disconcerting and unappetizing.
The only bright spot, I suppose, is that I don’t get an olfactory alert that the cat has used the litter box.😬
Meant for this to be in response to the well wishes above!
Shhh… don’t let Mother Nature hear you. Lol.
It rained all of 5 minutes here today.
Akro Bake today, lemony and cheerful. Clear skies today – but that could change at any second lol. Definitely a chill to the air, no more short sleeves for awhile.
Smelling good!
Commando today since I had to go into the office unexpectedly and forgot to spray before I left. But it let me full appreciate my new Neroli & Tonka hand soap. I’m very impressed with whomever makes the scents for Baylis & Harding.
Tea is the delicious Burned Sugar tea from Clipper Ship.
That tea does sound delicious!
Joining others who are wearing rose perfume in FM Une Rose, even though I don’t know if it’s Turkish rose..
But I did have Turkish coffee today so I’ll take points for that! 😄
After work I sprayed some L’ombre dans l’Eau from my fastly evaporating mini bottle and it turns out it layers quite nicely with Une Rose. Yum! 🌹
Interesting, never layered those two.
I’m still in remnants of yesterday’s scent on my sweatshirt. I saw a layering combo on Instagram and decided to try it: L’heure bleue & Cuir Beluga. Don’t shoot, I know it sounds sacrilegious! But I wear my l’HB very infrequently so I thought I needed a push to reach for it. The combo was shockingly very strong and heady. I think my l’HB has grown in strength over the years.
That sounds like a really strong combo…is it good though?
I should try this combo!
I think it’s a great idea to find new ways to wear fragrances we don’t reach for as much. I don’t have Cuir Beluga in my collection but I’m going to sniff around for something similar and try it with l’HB.
My newer (10-15 years) bottle doesn’t hold a candle to my little bit of vintage perfume. The newer version is too powdery for me so this could bring it new life!
It got up to 78-ish here today. Depends on what weather app or station I check, LOL. Perfect day for a mid afternoon walk.
So my latest perfume parcel arrived a day earlier than expected from FragranceNet. I’m wearing one of the perfumes I purchased.
SOTD = Prada Infusion d’Oeillet EdP. Enjoying the woody notes in it. Haven’t noticed any patchouli in it just yet. I get a little bit of carnation in it. Thankfully this is not sweet on me at all.
Was this a blind buy? What else did you purchase?
Both perfumes were blind buys. The other perfume I got was a travel spray of Happy Chopard Felicia Roses.
My last FNet purchase came sooner than expected too. Maybe they finally figured out shipping. Lol.
Mine took over a week, and the box was rather crunched up when it arrived. But all the contents were fine.
I do wonder what happens to the packages when it looks like someone played kickball with them.
You smell wonderful!
I discovered I have a good number of perfumes inspired by places in Turkey, Turkish coffee, or Turkish delight. To go along with today’s photo I’m in Finjan by Ayala Moriel. It’s based on Turkish coffee, but it’s a very subtle perfume, unlike most other coffee scents.
And Robin, I’m not sure if anyone else said this already because I haven’t read comments yet, but you actually did participate in the cp today! While researching I found that cologne is part of Turkish culture and has been since the Ottoman empire. I found a Bois de Jasmin article on it, and there’s a section on it in the Wikipedia page for cologne. 🤓
Well there you go then! Thank you therabbitsflower.
CP Sleuth!🥇
I’ve been wearing L’Eau d’Ambre for the last couple of days, and it’s really hitting the spot. Light enough for this warm weather, but the right scent family for fall.
I was going to get in my comment for the weekend poll just under the wire yesterday but failed. Wrote it up (a long one, too,) pressed ‘post,’ and I got the “you must be logged in to reply.” Argh, lost it all! 🤷🏼♀️
Ah, great idea, I always forget to wear it.
SO sorry about your comment, I hate it when that happens to me.
Thanks, Robin. 😊
Finally sitting down to post.
My sotd is No.19 just because it called my name.
I picked up my dogs flea and tick medicine from the vet yesterday and he has gained a lot of weight. ( the dog not the vet) I need to cut back on his treats.
Good pick for a busy day!
I am keeping an eye on Teflon kitty’s treat intake right now. Making sure she doesn’t overdo it. So far the vet techs are saying she’s fine.
R., my sister’s Havanese is … gasp … 15 POUNDS! He’s a mini and should be in the 9-10 pound range. Guess who is now on a diet?