Happy Friday and happy Native American Heritage Day! It's also National Square Dancing Day. Birthdays: Louisa May Alcott, Clive Staples Lewis, Madeleine L’Engle and Chadwick Boseman. Our community project for today: pick your Black Friday poison...wear the last fragrance you bought, wear a cheap thrill, or wear a fragrance you love but refuse to buy in a full size because it's too expensive. (We've done this project several times.)
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 a fragrance I refused to buy because it was too expensive when I tried it back in 2008...Monocle + Comme des Garçons Scent One: Hinoki. It is currently $120 for 50 ml, which all these years and industry changes later, seems comically cheap.
Reminder: 12/6 will be Plus One Friday...wear your favorite layering combination, or try a brand new one. (We've done variations on this project before.)
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 a long line of petroglyphs [background extended] by theilr at flickr; some rights reserved.
My dear friend sent me photos of the Santa Zmaria Novella flagship store since she’s in Italy so I might choose Melograno as my scent of the day.
Robin, Evan Heeley Organic Sweet Blossom Body oil has the essential oils of frankincense, bitter orange leaf, bitter orange blossom, sweet orange and ylang ylang. Besides smelling absolutely amazing it is extremely moisturizing and sinks into the skin quickly. If I’m not mistaken all products are 33 percent off for Black Friday. Honestly, I love these oils much better than Tauer or Aftelier and they are less money. Their skincare is amazing too.
My all-time favourite cheap thrill is Tabu, still to be had for under $20 US, which is ridiculous for how good it is: if you sold the exact same product in a fancy bottle, called it Arabian Nights or some such, and charged $350 for it, all the PerfumeTok people would be climbing over one another to get it. It really is thrilling — dark and smouldering, probably not a daytime scent but I’m wearing (a very small amount of) it and i’m not sorry.
Agree!!! Tabu is beyond amazing!! My daughter stole my bottle 😂
Oh and my cheap thrill came in the form of two teas new to me- Celestial Seasoning Maple Syrup Ginger and Cream Early Grey.
Also wanted to say how extraordinarily grateful I am for my son. I was feeling under the weather yesterday and he cooked our entire Thanksgiving meal from scratch! The turkey was perfectly seasoned and moist, the homemade gravy was sublime, homemade baked macaroni and cheese was decadent, homemade mashed potatoes with cream outstanding and roasted vegetables came out perfect. I must have done something right to be blessed with him!!
Wow, sounds delicious! Hope you are feeling better today.
Any leftovers?! I’m coming over!!!
i pondered wearing my decant of Salome, but thought it would be a bit too much for my patients. i would still like a bottle of this, its so good!
so i decided to wear Fille en Aiguilles. i always wear this in december and often on christmas eve.
now we are heading to a wine tasting with friends at their flat and will hopefully have a nice evening.
Well, my SOTD qualifies for points under the “things I refuse to buy in quantity because they’re too expensive” category, and Cuir Cannage (assuming one can find it) definitely fits. I’ve been hoarding the few molecules that remain in my decant.
And for Kris, Jalapeno and AnnE, our menu of new-to-us recipes last night was:
A salad of shaved brussels sprouts, shallots marinated briefly in apple cider vinegar, apple, golden raisins, dried cranberries and slivered almonds, with a dressing made with the shallot marinade, olive oil, salt, pepper and a bit of maple syrup
Mashed potatoes with garlic butter, sautéed garlic bits and bacon chunks mixed in
Turkey thighs which were pan-seared to brown the skin and then braised with chunks of apple, carrot, new potato and turnip in an apple cider base
And dessert was going to be a kiwi pie, but [insert long story here]. Not a new recipe (or even a recipe, since it was store-bought), but pumpkin pie with freshly whipped cream was the final course.
I think the biggest hit was the salad, but everything was really delicious. And not too many leftovers.
Oh nuts — forgot to mention the dijon mustard that went into the salad dressing.
Happy Black Friday to those participating. If anyone is interested Blue Mercury online is having 20% off no minimum purchase with their rewards program and the discount price is reflected after adding to cart. They sell niche perfume brands, including Diptyque perfume and candles which I have never seen anywhere else for 20% off.
I’m not sure if I’m buying though. If I don’t that will make 6 months without a purchase and I don’t want to break my streak, lol.
I’m in Prada un chant d’amour. I love this scent but there was no way I was paying the 300ish dollars it retails for. I was excited to find a bottle on evil bay for $60 and was shocked when no one outbid me. Definitely best perfume purchase of the year.
Holy emails in my inbox this morning. I don’t have plans for any online or in person shopping today. We are going to hang around the house and avoid the crazy crowds. My girls got home Tuesday night🤩 and they are going to bake some chocolate cookies with Andes crème de menthe baking chips today.
I have been recovering from my surgery well/as expected, I think. I’ve had very minimal pain largely because I’ve just been taking it easy. Lots of loafing around either in my bed or the recliner in the living room. Slowing down has been the hard part for me, I’m used to being busy, but I know that’s what my body needs right now. I have been getting out to take daily walks for a few blocks. I still let my family do all the cooking yesterday though.😅