It's Friday, plus National Bundt Cake Day, Steve Irwin Day and Georgia O’Keeffe’s birthday. Watch for the Beaver Supermoon tonight...it's the last supermoon until October 2025. Our community project this week: wear a fragrance with tonka bean, if you have one.
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.
I'm in Hermès Vetiver Tonka.
Reminder: on 11/22, we're off to Nepal! Wear a perfume that is named for a place in Nepal, or that reminds you of a (real or imaginary) trip to Nepal, 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 Nuthatch [cropped] by pete beard at flickr; some rights reserved.
Hello and tgif!
Sotd is my best tonka – Tonka Sarrapia 75.
I finally tested out Patchouli Paris! It’s a nice one, not great enough to tempt my wallet but smells good. Creamy and strong patchouli smoothed out by powdery iris and a healthy dose of delicious Guerlain vanilla. Nothing complex but it does have character.
Perfect choice, Robin. Extra points for “tonka” in the name of your scent.
I picked Creed Sublime Vanille for the CP. It is a citrus floral vanilla fragrance, but there is also something spicy in it, which is probably tonka.
I wanted something with “tonka” in the title, so I thought about Hermessence Vetiver Tonka, but I wasn’t in the mood for it — you know how that goes some days — or 4711 Acqua Colonia Hazel & Tonka, but I don’t like it very much. I liked it in the store! But it’s too monochromatically sweet and warm. I think it would make a better wintertime room spray. I must give that a try.
So I’m in vintage Givenchy Pi, which is also sweet and warm, but at least it’s complicated and interesting, shaking it up a little with bright citrus and herbs at the top before becoming a comforting blanket of vanilla and tonka and cedar. I loved it (and bought it) at first sniff but I never did understand that astronaut advertising campaign: don’t you think of cold when you think of outer space? They should have had, I dunno, a physicist on vacation in the woods or something.
I started the day in Anatole Lebreton Racine Carrée, which does not fit the CP at all. However, I’ll change to Dzing! soon. Happy weekend, everyone!
Happy Friday, all! Starting to pack for our road trip to Florida- we got the trailer tuned up and are now making lists. I am a chronic over packer, so this time I am making an honest effort to only put into the trailer things we will actually use! Still a little worried about driving through Georgia, but we will just be passing through on the interstate, so how bad could it be? High of 52 here in MI today, high of 80 in Placida. We are headed it the right direction, it seems. All my summer clothes are way to big for me now, so now I have to buy a swimming suit and a couple pair of summer pants/capris/ shorts…cant decide if I should get dependables from Land’s End or try to shop once I get down there..
SOTD is Anatole Lebreton’s Grimoire, a fatastic wintery incense/fir/pine with something sweet on top I can’t name. I will look it up later. I got the generous 19 sampler set from their website after reading Luca Turin’s mostly glowing reviews of several scents, and it is well worth it!
Safe travels! Are you going for the winter? I had to look Placida up. My parents have a winter home in the panhandle.
I couldn’t find any tonka, so I just grabbed something out of my box of minis, which turned out to be Bottega Veneta. So, no points for me, but I am enjoying the scent.
I will be in very close contact with people today, so I had to forgo participating in the CP. I’m in a generous amount of Chanel Eau de Cologne.
Perfect!
I will be in very close contact with people today, so I had to forgo participating in the CP. I’m in a generous amount of Chanel Eau de Cologne.
I chose Hermes Caleche for the CP. Mr. G pronounced it “soapy!” and of course it is (in the best of ways), but I love it for its powdery-sweet woods and hint of oakmoss. Hope everyone has a great Friday!
I’m wearing the extrait de parfum of l ́Heure Bleue. This might be my favourite Guerlain, and it is just great for the dark and grey weather.
I’m off to the Netherlands this weekend and I’m not looking forward to it.
Good luck this weekend. I hope things go okay ( with your parents?) and you can get a break at some point to do something pleasant.
Hello all!
John Waters was a hoot and a half last night. Strongly recommended. I could have listened to him speak all night.
I’m in Covet today, since I wore it to bed last night and it’s got some tenacity. Bonus, it has tonka in there somewhere.
Have a great day everyone!
He’s hilarious! I’ve never seen him in person but I’ve read most of his books. Glad to hear you had a good time.
The Criterion Channel is doing a John Waters collection next month with almost his entire commercial oeuvre — Multiple Maniacs, Female Trouble, Desperate Living, Polyester, Hairspray, Cry-Baby, Serial Mom, and Cecil B. Demented. (They aired Pink Flamingos and Pecker within the last year or so.) I for one can’t wait.
I’m in Amber 001 from Beauty Pie with top notes of Bergamot, Cardamom, Basil, middle notes of Sage, Cinnamon, Cocoa and base notes of Patchouli, Sandalwood, Vanilla, Tonka. They call it enticing and addictive, yet easy to wear. I would agree.
Thanks Jalapeno! I have sun today!🌞 Lillyjo, yes, the weatherman said snow possible for us later next week too.🫣 I’m not ready, but I guess we will be heading toward the end of November.
I had a double whammy of insomnia last night. Couldn’t fall asleep AND was wide awake at 3:30. I usually get one or the other, but not both. Lucky me. I made myself get up anyway when my alarm went off at 5:20 for my barre class. My reward was a massage afterward, and it felt so good.
A week from today I’ll have my gallbladder removed.😰 I had the consult with the surgeon in august and he was booked out until now. I thought, oh good, this gives me some time to process, and now here it is! I’m not afraid of the actual surgery, or the pain afterward, it’s the anesthesia that scares the you know what out of me. Just looking forward to getting it over with.
Good for you, for getting up and getting on with the day, in spite of insomnia. The massage sounds awesome.
It’ll be good to have the surgery over with-never a pleasant thought. Can you schedule a small treat/pleasurable activity for when you feel better? Another massage, maybe?
Good luck next week. I always found that the anaesthetists were the calmest, gentlest most zen-like of all the people going into the theatre and so skilled at putting in a line that it was less stressful that getting blood taken. Just imagine yourself sinking into a beautiful, cosy, feather-lined birds nest, surrounded by green leaves and sweetly smelling flowers, a place where you are cocooned and safe, and snuggled up safely. It will be fine.
I’ve been a slacker for the whole week regarding the CP as I’ve been very preoccupied with “stuff,” so last night decided to comply and wore Shalimar MT to bed. I upped the dosage this morning by three sprays. It was wafting up beautifully from under my scarf as we went for a short walk this morning, and now sitting in the sunshine. 🌞
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Thank you, I think 🙂
I think Boucheron – with a massive 28 notes listed on Fragrantica – must be my most useful CP perfume. No matter the note, chances are it’s in Boucheron. Tonka bean is in there too. We could do a CP with the perfume in your collection with the fewest notes listed ( or the most notes listed, though we’ve done kitchen sink scents I think). I think I have some perfumes with only a couple of notes ( Furze, maybe). Cold again, hail and rain 6C (40 ish). I have to go to Gladiator 2 with my son later.
I’m in Fumerie Turque for the tonka bean cp. I’ve also been spending time with my Serges lately and just added Fille en Aiguilles to usher myself into the holidays🍗🎄
You smell so good I may join you.
Dzing! again for the tonka and the wonderful-ness.
Taking advantage of a beautiful morning to get some compost in the garden so I can plant my garlic. Should have been done earlier but oh well. Then we may even get some Christmas lights up. I love getting the lights up a bit early here to mitigate some of our early darkness (Seattle).
I’m going with Dior Fève Délicieuse for tonka points. I have a mini of this and maybe wear it once a year. It’s nice in cold weather.
Be well, everyone!
Yummy sleep. Will I ever tire of no alarm clocks? not yet!
Facial later today. I think Fumerie Turque to twin with allo.
My gift package from Dior is here with Ambre Nuit inside, ready to be unwrapped.
Think I will wait till tomorrow. Keep the thrill of a new bottle going.
My sister drove to Ocala today for the Florida swim and dive state championships. Her eldest granddaughter is diving. One week post surgery and she is doing really well. My nursing skills including ordering Thai food for delivery.