Happy Friday, plus happy National STEM Day and National Cappuccino Day. Birthdays: Bram Stoker, Minnie Riperton, Bonnie Raitt, Kazuo Ishiguro, Rickie Lee Jones. Our community project for today: for the 10th anniversary of our Friday projects (give or take a few months), we're repeating the first one we did, way back in 2014... think of your favorite fragrance note (or one of them, if you can't narrow down), wear your favorite fragrance that features that note, and tell us about it. Thanks go to happy888cat who noticed the anniversary!
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.
Me: still out of town without any perfume, and zero points for my DIY lotion with ylang and sweet orange, but extra points for massive ice cream consumption yesterday (and which I hope to repeat today). After lunch I had a scoop of Roasted Banana and a scoop of Guava from Mimi's Handmade in Arlington; after dinner I had a scoop of Banana and a scoop of Dark Chocolate Fondente at the Pitango in Penn Quarter DC. I will be on a diet next week.
Reminder: on 11/15, wear a fragrance with tonka bean, if you have one.
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 Tomorrowland 2014 [cropped] by Luc Mercelis at flickr; public domain.
Hello, tgif and happy 10th anniversary NST!!!
One of my favourite notes is amber so I am wearing my holy grail of ambers, Ambre Sultan. The weather may still be warm but I am rocking it with full force. 😎
One of my favourite songs is Lovin’ You by Minnie Riperton so I will play it to honour her today.
Oops I meant 10th CP!
OMG, Minnie Riperton had one of the most incredible voices ever!
I can’t believe it but next year will be our 20th anniversary (!!)
one of my faves and you smell amazing, happy888cat
I’m wearing Safari, which is filled with my favorite note, galbanum, secondary points for tagetes (Marigold), which it also features and which I also love.
I wore Safari yesterday! Love that one.
Ralph Lauren made some amazing fragrances back in the day. Lauren, Tuxedo, and Safari were the high points for me and you smell marvelous, Priscilla E and Mals86 (hi Mals!)
Ooh, Tuxedo! I had that one back in the day. And of course Lauren; a classic.
TGIF! I am so drained this week and look forward to the weekend.
I picked orange blossom and Houbigant Orangers en Fleurs.
Same – I plan to sleep in for much of the weekend
Hope you have a rejuvenating weekend!
I went in a slightly different direction and picked a perfume that won me over: Orchidée Vanille. Vanilla has never been a note I’ve been drawn to, other than in ice cream, but VCA did a very high-classy one.
Oh that’s perfect AnnieA!
I went down a different direction like you did, but with patchouli.
I’m still in New Delhi, away from home and I didn’t pack too many perfumes, but I brought two with one of my favourite notes, frankincense: Providence Perfume Co Tangerine Thyme, ebullient and sun drenched citrus-incense scent, and La Via Del Profumo Holy Water, with its meditative citrus, rose, incense and sandalwood mix. However, all I’m thinking about today in terms of perfumes is The One That Got Away. I love champaca as a note and I have been enjoying inhaling its aroma – as much as inhaling is possibly in Delhi air – from the giant tree outside the house we’re staying in. The only perfume that I ever found that really captured that aroma was CdG Champaca, a limited edition which came in a cool pyramid bottle and which I discover from a tiny sample from Lucky Scent. By the time I decided I needed a full bottle, it was already discontinued. I will have to hold on to the memories and fresh flowers.
Photos of the champaca in bloom: https://www.instagram.com/p/DB5c9swxv-U/?igsh=MXVocG1zNmxqc2N6ZQ==
Gorgeous picture! Do you know the Ormonde Jayne Champaca? I like it but don’t have the real thing to compare it to.
I have tested Ormonde Jayne Chamapaca but that one is doused in so much of Geza Schoen’s trademark Iso-E Super, which am anosmic to and which registers to my nose as a waxy void, that I can’t really say I know what the whole perfume smells like. Passed on that one for this reason. For anyone who can handle it, it’s probably a very nice scent.
There is so much love for the OJ scents but I’ve never found one that works for my skin chemistry though I wish I did, feel like I’m really missing out but the nose knows what works and what doesn’t. Maybe it’s the Iso-E Super that gets stabby on me throughout most of the range.
Lovely! I have only smelled the real thing once, at a botanical garden, it is an amazing smell.
Cuir de Lancome today. I do love a very floral leather.
*waves to mals86*
So glad you’re enjoying all the ice cream, Robin! Nothing like it (or a nice warm pain au chocolate, which is the reason I’m now on a diet)! I’m once again trying to crack my sugar addiction, so no ice cream for me. 😏
I’m wearing Arabian Oud Kalemat on a brisk morning. I’ll be heading to lower elevation as soon as I’m able to pick up my delayed mail on Monday. I “discovered” this one from an NSTer you may be familiar with by the name of hajusuuri 😉. She kindly sent me a sample moons ago and it was love at first sniff. A rich, voluptuous amber that is wonderfully diaphanous and light as air. There’s a lovely floral note in the background that highlights the transparent glimmer. I get some sweet honey, but not heavy or thick and I swear I smell tobacco even though it’s not a listed note. Blueberries are listed in the opening but I have never been able to discern them although many reviewers with more sophisticated noses than mine have commented on it as “bright and juicy.” It’s very cozy and comforting and the longer you wear it, the prettier it gets. Also, lasts forever on both clothes and skin but wears fairly close and will never rudely clear a room in 10 seconds flat.
And apropos to nothing, while I was researching some beading patterns, I ran across one that is simply stunning! Inspired by stained glass windows, it’s uncanny how the mind is immediately transported to the hushed nave of an old and holy cathedral. As soon as I saw it I knew it would be mine, but I wanted to wait until after my trip to France so I could more closely emulate the colors in the very old 12th century stained glass panels I saw. My beads are on their way and I can’t wait to start it!
Happy friYAY, and may your weekend be filled with fun, relaxation, friends, and food! 😀
My favourite note ever is oakmoss, not really seen any more, so I have to rely on vintage chypres to get my fix. I don’t really have a favourite chypre: I love a whole bunch of them in different ways. Today I’m in Molyneux Fête from some time in the sixties: I have hardly any left so I’m enjoying the heck out of it while I can.
Great and unusual choice!
I’m rounding out my week of amber scents in Ambre Narguilé this morning, after having worn Omnia Ambra at bedtime last night. Meanwhile, apropos of absolutely nothing (other than perfumes), Mr. G ran across this in his daily perusal of Reddit and brought it to my attention (I actually had to go find a different story about it because the link he sent me had a word in it that wouldn’t fly here at NST):
https://www.dannydutch.com/post/how-you-could-buy-perfume-in-1925
Wow, that is the most amazing presentation EVER! Would love to get my hands on something like that, thanks for posting!
So cool – thanks for sharing the link.
Thanks for sharing the photo SheriG, very cool!
Back in Perris Monte Carlo Rose de Mai. It hits the spot🌹
One of my favourite notes is Rose. Today, I am wearing Merchant of Venice Rosa Moceniga, this became one of my favourite roses. It’s unusual, fresh, doesn’t smell anything I know.
I’m was it’s you on the rose side and wearing OJ Ta’if. I must try to find some of your scent to try!
Robin! We were just at Mimi’s Handmade middle of October while visiting our son. He lives in an apartment in Arlington just a few blocks from Mimi’s (I just saw your post from yesterday as well mentioning Mimis). And yes, we repeated our visit. Many points for ice cream fun!
I’m in a spritz of JM Ginger Biscuit which has vanilla and spices all of which I love, although I don’t love every perfume that has them. Ginger Biscuit is a fave and not overly sweet to my nose.
I wasn’t planning on wearing this scent today, but ringthing changed my mind yesterday. I was never a patchouli fan until the last few years. Like AnnieA said about vanilla, I say about patchouli. It finally won me over. I have a triple dose today with BBW Into the Night shower gel, Coco Noir body cream and Coco Noir perfume. I must say it is beautiful 😊
I’m still working on expanding my mind to include patchouli. I can wear a few fragrances with it (Noir de Noir, Mx., Profumum Patchouly), but I sometimes perceive it as sour or moldy and then it’s a no-go. It’s not like I have to love it, I know, but there are many fragrances that contain it and I would just love to be a bit more open to it.
You smell fantastic, Kris. I agree; patchouli can be hit or miss for me. Coco Noir is not too “noir”; I was quite surprised when I sampled it.
Wearing vintage no 19 edp today. Rose is one of my favorite notes. Could have gone with Lyric but it’s a little too much for work.
Hi guys!
Patchouli has always been my favorite note. I’ll go with old faithful, Karma.
Hello AnniePerfumes, and you smell marvelous!
I’ve been pondering this CP topic and concluded I don’t really have a fave note but my fave group of notes and house has got to be the Serge Lutens Orientals. (Do we have a better word to encompass this genre?) They are heartbreakingly beautiful, rich, complex, warm, sexy, profound, well-blended, especially the earlier ones. (I have not fully embraced the more recent ones). I had grabbed a decant of Arabie last night to spritz before bed and am still wafting the drydown. But Chergui, Ambre Sultan, Fumerie Turque, his santals, and so many others really hit my sweet spot. Speaking of FT, and please delete if this isn’t allowed, but I’m trying to source a Fumerie Turque Palais Royale bottle for a friend. I made the mistake of sending him a decant for reference because he was exploring tobacco scents, but I warned him that the formula has thinned since then. But alas I have now created a monster lemming in him for a Palais Royale bottle, and since he’s not all that familiar with the online buying sites, and one must of course use caution, I told him I’d try to help him find one. He know it will be spendy but he’s obsessed. If anyone has one they’re not reaching for, please LMK.
Am iffy on rose–sometimes it’s lovely, other times it either cloys or
annoys. But today am in Rose Cherie, which I’ve enjoyed since the get go. It features heliotrope, a fave note.
Perusing samples, noticed TF Soleil de Feu, which I never see anyone mention. Might give it a spin soon–no idea where it came from.
Report back on how you like Soliel de Feu.
Today I’m in Chanel La Pausa edp. I got a bottle of this after I received a decant of the edt from some very generous NST’ers. By the time I tried it, the edt was already gone so I purchased edp. No regrets! I love it.
I’m forever grateful to the lovely NST’ers who shared “their precious”. Perfume people are the absolute best!