Happy Friday! Birthdays today: Benjamin Franklin, Anne Brontë, Betty White, Eartha Kitt. RIP David Lynch. Our community project for today: we're focusing on Betty White (1922-2021). Do absolutely whatever you like with the theme. If you need it: Betty White: A legacy of saucy joy that never grew old at The Christian Science Monitor, Why Betty White is so awesome at Today, Betty White, Progressive Superhero of TV History at Peabody Awards.
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.
Huge thanks to therabbitsflower for reminding me that Betty White did a cameo on the TV series Community way back in 2010. She was only in 2 episodes, primarily in the Season 2 opener "Anthropology 101", where she played Professor June Bauer. (She was also in a brief end tag at the end of episode 3). I decided that called for silly, so I'm in Jean Paul Gaultier Ma Dame.
Reminder: on 1/24, wear a fragrance with benzoin, if you have one.
And for those of you who like to plan ahead, see Scent of the day ~ Friday community projects 2025, where I'll try (but usually fail) to have the next five or six weeks mapped out in advance.
Bonus watch for Community fans: Dani Pudi, Betty White and Donald Glover perform the Anthropology Rap. Sorry if you have to sit through a commercial.
Hello and tgif!
Sotd is based on this fact: Betty “White” played “Rose” Nylund in “Golden” Girls = Rose perfume in White and Gold bottle = Aerin Rose de Grasse.
I like your reasoning!
Gosh that’s good!
Bravo! 👏👏👏
A few dabs of Shalimar for another cold day.
Headed to the library later to volunteer.
Coffee with a lot of half and half
I have been searching but I think the tresor nuit vanilla flanker is not in the US yet. I am wanting to try , but mostly I like the bottle
I’m interested to know if your library nominated any novels for the Dublin Literary Award and which books those were?
Solenoid by Mircea Cărtărescu, translated by Sean Cotter
Let me check if there were others..
Actually I take that back! We didn’t nominate any this year.
https://www.dublincity.ie/sites/default/files/2025-01/dla-25-longlist-brochure-a4_libraries-002.pdf
Thanks for the link. It’s always interesting to see which libraries were involved. My novel was long listed.
which one was that if you want to share and congrats
Like your choice of silly, Robin. When I think of Betty White, I think of Password. There’s a game show channel called Buzzr that used to air Password reruns. Betty’s husband Allen Ludden was my fave Password host, and it was always entertaining when Betty was a guest. It occurred to me a good tie-in would be something with a cherry note (Ludden, like Luden cough drops, natch😉) but nothing in my collection seems a good match. In Rose Cherie for the Rose connection, but have never seen Golden Girls!
My parents became religious watchers of Golden Girls at some point, but I never joined in. However, when my mother came to live with me as her health was deteriorating, we began watching it in reruns every night, and I found it was sometimes silly but often truly hilarious. There are such funny episodes and each of the women on the show was a superb comic actress. It’s also fun if you can find a program with bloopers. Hope you can try it some time!
This is only my second CP and I’m inspired by the creativity. Ludden to Luden to Cherry- well done!
Oh wow. I hadn’t thought of Password in many moons!
I chose silly too, in a way.
A silly pun: Liquides Imaginaires Blanche Bête. Blanche = White, Bête = Betty.
I’ll see myself out!
Perfect! You win the prize! 🏆
🤣🤣🤣 Thank you!
Well done, Glannys!
As I said above I bow down at the creativity of the NST (great smelling) community!
That’s brilliant!
Good one, Glannys!
I’m in Alkemia’s Queen Bee Alchemy, both for the honey note, and the Queen B reference. Betty White was so talented and so good at whatever roles she played.
Excellent!
Big love to Betty White in the great hereafter! 🥰 Who doesn’t love this woman? No one, that’s who!
I’m just getting off shift and still wafting the lovely Angel’s Share. But, I can tell you I was no angel and have spoken with the house supervisor and unit manager regarding patient care issues. I’m true to form! 😎
Hope everyone has fond memories of Beautiful Betty. Loved her interactions with everyone but especially Lucille Ball, Joan Rivers, and many other female comedians. Also, her game show era was the bomb! Do we have a National Betty White Day? If not, we NEED one.
Glad you were no angel 🙂
I couldn’t resist posting at least one link to good scenes of Rose on The Golden Girls. Here it is!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cHEcaz-L7LA
This was great! Thanks for sharing.
Happy Friday NST!
The love of Betty’s life was her husband Alan Ludden. When asked why she never married again, she said “I’ve had the best, why would I want the rest?”
The fragrance that has scented my marriage is Chanel Coco, so I’m wearing it in honor of Betty and Alan.
That is so sweet.
🩷💐🌹🥰
Aww! Love this!
Quite romantic 💘
I’m wearing Narcisse Noir today, which might seem like an odd choice if you don’t know that a large bottle of the same can be seen wandering through the ladies bedrooms on The Golden Girls. Perhaps they all shared it, or perhaps the set dressers just really liked the look of the famous bottle.
I never noticed it. Good catch.
Next time I see an episode of The Golden Girls, I will keep an eye out for that perfume bottle!
Wow, excellent observation, Desirae! I wonder if they all doused themselves with it between takes. It is certainly an assertive fragrance for assertive ladies. Such as Betty White.
I went with Francesca Bianchi’s Under My Skin because that’s exactly where many of Betty White’s characters were meant to get. Sue Ellen on The Mary Tyler Moore Show for sure, but also my love-to-hate-her favorite, Catherine Piper in Boston Legal. Oh, but she was good at portraying passive aggression!
Oh, that’s a good one. She definitely got under people’s skin.
Yes, she did!
Boston Legal was so great!
Oh yes — although I have to confess to a major crush on James Spader. 😂
Same! I will watch him in anything.
I’m in Bandit today because, like Germaine Cellier, Betty White was a trailblazer, who committed fully to every role, took risks and modeled the best of what it means to be full of one’s self.
And she stole our hearts💕
Excellent choice!
I love this!
I decided to honor Betty White (Rose Nylund) in Portrait of a Lady. This is such a gorgeous rose.
On The Golden Girls, Rose frequently talked about her hometown of St. Olaf. Due to Rose’s stories, people basically got the idea that it was a town of idiots. In reality, there actually is a Norwegian Lutheran private college south of Minneapolis named St. Olaf. Both of my parents went there. It is a highly respected college in the Midwest that tends to admit very intelligent students. No “idiots” are in that St. Olaf. 🤣
Oh, how interesting! I didn’t know there was a St Olaf and the fact that your parents attended is really cool.
You smell wonderful, what a gorgeous rose to choose.
Thank you!
I spent 3 winter mos in Bloomington MN for a consulting project 20 yrs ago. The people there were so kind and welcoming to this (thin-blooded) Californian as well as whip smart!
Nice. I lived in Bloomington for about 5 years as my first nursing job was close to there.
On weekends when I didn’t fly home I went to the Mall of America to see a film or shop. Also hit the IKEA cafeteria nearby. Then there was a wonderful supermarket where you could grab dinner before shopping, but I can’t recall the name. The end of the project overlapped with the start of the baseball season so we caught a Twins-Brewers game under the dome.
Was the supermarket Byerly’s? That is a pretty well known one up there.
Well, you definitely did get to a few places in the cities then.
Yes Byerly’s !
Nice! I have no connections to St. Olaf but I posted one time about my dad having gone to the Colorado School of Mines in Golden, CO and lo and behold foxbin’s dad went there as well!
What an amazing coincidence!
WOW! That’s cool.
You smell wonderful! I’m still catching whiffs of POAL from when I wore it yesterday, the lovely incense-y drydown.
It is a great scent.
Amusing to discover that there really is something named St. Olaf’s near Minneapolis!
And POAL is perfect for both the CP and the weather. I figure you’re in the deep freeze, too.
Their chorale is quite famous — look for concerts on TV around Christmastime.
Yes, the music department is fantastic there!
Actually, there is a St. Olaf township with around 300+ people in Minnesota, but I have not been there.
Yes, the wind has come up today and tomorrow through Monday we will be in the deep freeze.
Great cp match!
Following G’s reasoning, I’m wearing Montale White (cp!) Musk.
Perfect!
Betty White was born in 1922, the same year that Chanel 22 was created. I have a sample for the CP. Yesterday I culled my perfumes and sent a box off to my friend up north . She lives in a town with no perfume shops ( pretty much like me) and loves perfume so it’s a win-win . She loves rose perfumes which is the one note that I don’t often wear. I sometimes buy a rose perfume only to be reminded that I really don’t like it despite ‘trying’.
I haven’t worn 22 in awhile, how is it wearing on you
I think it’s one of those beautifully blended perfumes that creates a cocoon of scent rather than the more modern approach of creating/ signposting points of interest
Great choice! I spritzed myself with this last night and it gave me an instant shot of aldehydic dopamine😊
👍👍 to “aldehydic dopamine”!
I’m wearing Alahine today because that’s what popped into my mind when I read the phrase “sweet and saucy”. Kind of a weak connection to the magnificent Betty White, but any reason to wear Alahine is a good one.
Love Alahine
Ooh, adding Alahine to my benzoin list for the next week. That will be No. 11.
It is amazing how many fragrances I like have benzoin listed as a note!
You’re a “benzoin bunny” according to Katie Puckrick. Me too! 🙃
I am rather fond of benzoin in perfumes too. Looking forward to wearing some of them next week.
Some of my favorite VBWFs are the OG Alien and a couple of its flankers, Carnal Flower, and Tubereuse Criminelle.
I can’t believe I forgot Poison! But half the time I think of it as being so purple.
Love Carnal Flower, Tubereuse Criminelle and Poison right along with you♥️
Had to go get blood work done so was commando. Just going to stay that way today.
Sometimes it’s good to have a day off.
Wearing no 5 edp. The reason is that the edp was released in the 80’s along with the Golden Girls show.
Perfect, Dawn.
Betty White’s birthday is a perfect cp for today for several reasons! In order to use up my too-large collection of fragrances, I have a theme or themes for each month and rotate my scents accordingly. Because January in Chicagoland is often very cold,snowy, gloomy and the longest month of winter with many dark days, my theme is White (for the cold, snowy) – featuring lots of vanilla and is the only time I wear white florals – and Black (for the long gloomy darkness). And I did not know that Betty was born in mid-January and was surprised to learn she was born in Oak Park, a Chicago suburb, so my monthly theme works well for her!
The SOTD I chose is the little-known Caswell Massey Pure Frost, a seasonal release from 2012 which combines both whites – vanilla and white florals in the form of Casablanca lily and Indian jasmine along with bergamot – in a surprisingly comforting combination of a bit of crispness and lots of warmth. It’s perfect for a winter day and one of my favorites; I have the edt, lotion, and bar soap and backups of each. I ❤️ it!
Got all my errands run earlier on a beautiful ☀️ and warm morning with temps up to 40F today. But we’ll be tucked in the next few days as a real frosty blast is due starting tomorrow with temps only in the single digits for numerous days. It is, after all, January ❄️☃️🥶!
Happy Friday and Happy Weekend!
What a nice project for January. Have a happy weekend!
Thanks. I find it a fun and challenging way to have a different theme each month and a good way to get out of my comfort zone and wear some fragrances that otherwise might be forgotten.
Hope that you and Mr. Laila stay warm!
Ohoh, that Caswell Massey White Frost sounds great. I totally missed that release, but I love a lot of their scents.
I haven’t been able to check in much this week, so I’m not sure if anyone else has gone as literal as I have, but today’s SOTD is White Cube for the CP. 🙂 It also fits my project of wearing perfumes I didn’t have with me in Germany.
Perfect!
Great one!
Perfect! I’ve been craving White Cube lately.
Nice! Similar to my idea of wearing Blanche Bête for his CP.
Twins!
Sotd Rose of Dangerous Flamenco.
While Rose Nylund was sweet and naive, originally the producers wanted Betty to play Blanche, similar to Sue Ann Nivens character on The Mary Tyler Moore Show. Was there ever an episode where Sofia had a concussion and imagined all theee actresses were playing different characters? That would have been a tour-de-force episode and so much fun to me.
Not familiar with that scent, but it sounds nice.
It’s Simone Andreoli fragrance heavy on oud. It was a sample and I honestly can’t say I’m a fan, unless it’s a flamenco fan 😉
Lol!
It’s a beautiful morning here, I’m so pleased to be able to say that!
Thank you to the folk who linked rose to the CP, I’ll wear La Rose from Le Galion when my beloved and I go out for our morning walk.
Hope you hear the birds singing in the trees while you walk!
I imagine Betty wearing a floral scent, but something with ooomph
Jil Sander No4 is a big flower bouquet, but with style. I think she will would like it.
I’m sure she would. I love it!
Oh, I’m glad you linked to the rap video, Robin. That’s the one I was going to share today.
Continuing my inspiration of wearing perfumes I purchased from Anthropologie since BW’s character on Community was an anthropology professor, today I’m in Sweet Anthem Lizie. It has notes of petit grain, tomato leaf, immortelle, neroli, dirt, oakmoss. I thought the professor character would enjoy a dirt note and probably a tomato leaf note too. Unfortunately, I oversprayed and gassed out my nose a bit, but it’s calming down now.
Happy Friday all, and I hope those who work can enjoy a three day weekend for MLK Day on Monday.
I went down a rabbit hole of community videos last night!
Very bummed that the only place to stream the show for free now is Peacock.
That is a bummer. It seems to move around a lot on the streaming services. I am a mega fan so my partner and I bought the Blu Ray set of the complete series when it came out a few years ago. I’ve watched the show more times than I can count! Definitely a comfort show for me.
For Betty White’s animal activism, I am wearing Zoologist Chipmunk today. I chose Chipmunk because if chipmunks could smile, I am certain they would have dimples like Betty’s. That smile just lit up her face.
Excellent.
perfect!
🐿️❤️😊
I am loving everyone’s interpretations of the CP this week! And has me contemplating a re-watch of Community.
I’m wearing In Love Again for Rose Nylund, both because of the rose note and because the character has so much love to give.
Today’s tea is Clipper Ship’s Banana Cream. I thunked the tin of leaves, which gets me two points in the Pantry Foraging Game that Mr. Vee and I are playing. The goal is to make meals from the cans, jars, packages, leftovers, etc. that we already have in the pantry and freezer so we use them up and clear out space. One point if it is something we will eventually restock, and two points if we won’t restock it.
I love your Pantry Foraging Game! I did that with my refrigerator and was kind of done until I got my big shipment of Omaha Steaks stuff (great deal IMHO). I have also been slowly looking through my basement and pantry and using / throwing out stuff as long as it makes sense to do that.
It can result in some interesting meals 😂. I’ve made more than a few wacky frittatas!
Pantry foraging is such a great idea! I’ve been trying to whittle down some teas and spices. The other day I added some Szechuan peppers I found to a greens and broth soup I threw together. I thought they’d be stale, but they. were. not. My mouth and lips were tingly yet numb in that weird way only Szechuan peppers can do.
Oh no! I think their heat might intensify with age.
It was an idea I read somewhere online. That person called it “January Hunger Games” and the goal was to eat all month without grocery shopping or take out. I refuse to forgo fresh milk and eggs, I we modified it and extended it through February.
Love adding Szechuan peppercorns in my chili! I enjoy how they interact with jalapeno and chipotle.
I first read that as “Panty Foraging Game” and thought, WOW! 😂
😂🤣💀
Rather like the idea of a Pantry/Fridge/Freezer Forage!
SOTD = 4160 Tuesdays Tempest Rose
Excellent and one of my favorite rose fragrances! I paired it with white kitteh lucky cat because Betty (Rose) White (the kitteh).
https://www.instagram.com/p/DE8KXYrxMwr/?igsh=bmQ0NWJodGxwbmEz
In other news, it always amuses me when I see things I see at Home Goods (discount.retail — how did I not know this?) in a The New York Times article. Here’s an article with whimsical decorative touches with some stuff from Home Goods:
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/17/realestate/food-stools-furniture-trend.html?unlocked_article_code=1.p04.Fcbl.CZvsbiiSRbhn&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
Loved the article – my favorite was the butter stick table with hairpin legs. I also loved and would totally find a place for the giant strawberry.
I love them both too!
Really cool perfume bottle!
And kitten.
No CP for me today. Wearing No 19 edp. Just because.
A genius stepped off the planet yesterday. And because all is interconnected I should note that the David Lynch CP was my favorite of All Time. ::Off to watch some weather reports and have a slice of cherry pie::
Where’s the coffee 🤪?
☕️
The weather reports are SUCH gems!
Have you seen him making quinoa?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uSP-ewdJYJc
I have NOT – thank you for the tip!
I’m very sorry I missed that one, a David Lynch. CP is one for the ages.
it was a good one!
Still enjoying yesterday’s Angel, but heading to the showers in a bit. I’ve decided to copy Ockeghem and ringthing in White Cube. Last time I wore White Cube, Mr. Mossy mentioned it was not a favorite. I will see if he says the same this time.
I’m twins with you too!
Apple, frozen mango and yogurt smoothie
Retrieved what is probably my most elegant perfume from the back of the cabinet to honour Betty White, 24 Faubourg. I remember occasionally watching Golden Girls when I lived in New York.
Tonight it’s l’Artisan l’Eau d’Ambre extrême, a favorite amber, I keep forgetting to wear it and the drydown is a treat.
“Elegant” is definitely an accurate description of 24F.
I’m quite underdressed for it😃 but my focus was Betty White, not my unglamorous life.
I can’t remember which concentration I tried several years ago. But I was much more interested in Kelly Caleche EdP at the time.
24F is definitely my most elegant perfume.
It smells wonderful on my wrist, I have a vintage EDT (splash) with a pretty sort of a twilly ornament but today I used my spray bottle of unknown age and it’s quite perfect.
I’m in Chanel No. 19 edt today since we had an appointment this morning. I almost went for Halston but changed my mind at the last second.
It’s bright and sunny today but you can feel the temps dropping this afternoon.
You smell great.
Thank you, NinaV!
Happy Friday. I just showered and sprayed on just a bit of Milky Musk in preparation for a (very low key) watercolor class that I am taking tonight.
I have been struggling to catch up with my chores and just general life this week. In fact, it’s been a bit of a struggle ever since before Christmas when I caught whatever virus it was that lasted almost 3 weeks. I just can’t quite get my chores done and my morning workouts that usually help me feel energized are mostly just exhausting. It’s also Mr. SP’s birthday tomorrow and I’m not ready for that either!
Yikes. Sorry to hear that you’ve been under the weather.
Maybe a course of vitamin C might help, in any event feel better soon.
Happy early birthday to Mr. SP and hoping that now that the holidays are past us you will get your strength back and feel back to normal again. The chores will always be with us! 🤗
Don’t push yourself. I hope you are a 100% soon.
Gosh I know that feeling. Take things easy, springpansy, and agree with lillyjo, don’t push yourself.
I’m sorry whatever bug you caught has sapped you of your energy and I hope this week brings more energy. I know that whatever you plan for/with Mr. SP will be lovely💕🎂
Sorry you are still under the weather, springpansy. Be sure to get lots of water and rest.
My SOTD is Acqua di Parma Rosa Nobile. I think it would suit Betty’s cheerful character.
Looking forward to the weekend!
Hope the weekend is perfect NinaV.
I heard the Arctic front blowing thru around lunchtime here. Temps have been dropping steadily since. No snow yet, but it’s coming. I could smell it on the wind when I took out my trash earlier.
SOTD = by Killian Woman in Gold, for Betty White’s role in The Golden Girls. Doesn’t hurt that I like the scent in cold weather. 😉
Keep warm, do you have several Killians? I only have Angels’ Share and Forbidden Games.
I only have samples of at least 4 by Kilian perfumes in The Sample Stash. Woman in Gold and Gold Knight are courtesy of hajusuuri. I also have Playing with the Devil and Good Girl Gone Bad. Those were the ones I could find.
So far, the temperatures haven’t been too bad. The wind was horrible this afternoon, though: a steady 25mph. I had to really slam the front door to get it closed.
*Kilian, I always get confused.
I missed my typo up there. Pretty sure it was me this time and not Autocorrect.
We had very strong winds today, too, and will be joining you soon in brrrrr! 🥶
I think your weather is going to be even more severe than mine! Yikes! ❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️
Stay warm Jalapeno!
I have my space heater ready to go when needed! Plus lots of wool socks. And layers. 😉
wool socks are the absolute best! 😀 hope you stay toasty 🍞
You smell great! We got a little bit more than a dusting early this morning. Not sure about the temps in the next few days but I expect them to plunge.
It finally started snowing here around 7pm my time. Big fluffy flakes. Right now it’s a coating. But it’s supposed to keep snowing for several hours.
Currently 23 degrees F with a “Real Feel” of 17.
sotd = Jardins de Bagatelle
Big White Flowers for darling Betty White. She’s legendary.
JdB felt great this morning so I topped up with more this afternoon. It feels a little bit much at the moment, but still so nice.
Thank you for the video link, I needed a giggle. 😁
Great choice for legendary!
Wearing Fils de Joie because Betty White just seems like a strong floral kinda gal to me. Plus, the joy she brings!
Happy Friday, everyone. So glad it’s the weekend, and a long one at that.
strong floral gal seems exactly right to me! 🌹
happy long weekend right back at you 😁
Spent the day traveling and have discovered that I am (to my delight) CP compliant without even having had time to check NST or the CP all week (new job, great, I’m exhausted). I am in three gentle spritzes of Roísín Dubh. Wish I were close enough to Kanuka to send a decant — I generally do t think of myself as someone who likes rose scents, but I completely adore this one.
Mr. Skal and I had the best Thai food we have had in YEARS for (very early) dinner tonight — in Moline, Illinois. The restaurant is called Lemon Grass. It comes up as #1 on the TripAdvisor list for Moline, but what sold me was that it was the first one my Moline – resident seat mate on the flight in mentioned when I asked for recs. She raved about it, and now I will, too.
Congrats on the new job, and on finding a wonderful Thai restaurant!
Thanks for posting about Lemon Grass, will definitely check that out next time we’re in that area.
In about 4 hours I will be on a 5 day vacation. I put in for it when I saw the upcoming weather. Lol.
Sotd is my never ending bottle of White Cube. It’s just gorgeous.
w00t w00t w00t for a 5 day vakay/staycation! Great planning on your part.
Luckily it’s January and slow. Otherwise I don’t think I would have been able to take off on such short notice.
Have a great time off!
I will! I’m at my happiest when I don’t have to go anywhere unless I want to. Lol.
Hooray for time off!
Woo-hoo!
Good for you, lillyjo! Enjoy. I’ll copy your sotd tomorrow.
Yay for the 5 day vacation, Lillyjo, you will be able to fully recover from the inventory. You know, I realize I don’t have any Narciso Rodriguez, I liked WC when I tried it but with all the others I never felt I needed them enough.
In case you wonder why I comment tonight, I’m not falling asleep😀
Hopefully you are asleep now.
I have only found 2 NR that I loved. White Cube and For Her L’absolu.
Chiming in quite late, but I’m in Outremer Rose for Rose, of course. I really like this line of French perfumes. They used to be called L”Aromarine. All under $30 for 50 ML. Their Cola fragrance is the most realistic I’ve smelled, even though it’s gone within an hour. In general, they are cheap and cheerful and lack all the horrible modern aromachemicals that grate and pester my nose.