Happy Almost-Friday and happy International Whisk(e)y Day! Also, World Theatre Day. Birthdays: Edward Steichen, Ben Webster and Sarah Vaughan. What fragrance are you wearing?
So far I have been unable to find either Eau de Gaga or Fame, although I'm fairly sure I have them somewhere. So today I'm in Mugler Womanity,* which Lady Gaga apparently wore at some point. (And in case it helps anybody, we did a poll on slutty perfumes in Lady Gaga's honor back in 2012, and if you need some extra reading, try Is Lady Gaga a feminist icon? at The Guardian.)
Reminder: 3/28 is Lady Gaga's birthday. Wear one of her fragrances, if you have one, or scent a Lady Gaga song, or wear any fragrance that you think fits either Lady Gaga or the perfume name "Fame".
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.
*And adding later that Glannys says she also liked Marc Jacobs Daisy and Yves Saint Laurent Paris.
Note: top image is IMGP2361.PEF [cropped] by Takuya ASADA at flickr; some rights reserved.
I’m wearing L’Arte di Gucci because of *House of Gucci*, where Lady Gaga starred.
The bottle of L’Arte actually pairs well with her look at the 2025 Grammys –
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But the scent itself feels even more fitting for her look in *House of Gucci*:
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Glannys, you are going to win this cp for sure 🏆
She certainly does a lot of preparation for all of the CPs.
It’s a lot of fun for me! 😊
Excellent connection and supporting photos and fragrance choice – you smell wonderful!!
Thank you!
Bravo! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Good morning from LAX, everyone. I’m on my way to NYC with a lot of my camera equipment in tow. I’m a photographer, and for the last four and a half years, I’ve been working on a project for my Vassar College class. As our 40th reunion approaches this June, I’m photographing as many of my former classmates as I can; the portraits will be exhibited at the college art gallery all summer long. Pretty cool.
It’s been quite a task; it’s never easy to convince people to sit in front of a camera, and during a pandemic it’s even tougher. But my fellow graduates, (including our most famous classmate, Lisa Kudrow,) have stepped up. I’ve photographed a bunch of them here in LA, but I’ve also traveled to Massachusetts, New Jersey, Maryland, and up to Sonoma County for weekend-long “mini-reunions.” It’s been a great way to reconnect with these lovely folks, many of whom I didn’t know at school. And it just so happens that we’ve all recently turned sixty, so there’s an added significance and poignancy to the portraits. Sort of a class yearbook, forty years later.
This trip to NYC will add another 35-40 faces to the collection, which will bring to total to about 130 portraits. A crazy weekend ahead.
For today’s flight, I’ll be in Tauer’s “Une Rose Chyprée,” applied lightly.😊
What a great project! Enjoy your time in NY, that’s a lovely way to see old friends / acquaintances.
In case you find it interesting, but hope there is not a paywall…a similar project at Princeton
https://www.newyorker.com/culture/photo-booth/a-photographers-old-college-classmates-back-then-and-now
As Robin said, what a wonderful project and great way to reconnect with people you knew and didn’t know in college.
That’s very cool. My kids used to go to Vassar when they were young to participate in chess tournaments. It’s a beautiful campus.
Safe travels for your project. I hope you provide links to the exhibition when it opens. It sounds so interesting.
What Kanuka says! Also, I am happy to think that you’ve been professionally recognized this way.
What a great project idea, Daniel. Have a lovely time. Vassar is the most gorgeous campus ever.
Very cool Daniel!
Many thanks (from 38,000 feet) for the very kind words, everyone!❤️
Safe travels Daniel, I bet the portraits will end up great. Hope you can squeeze in some Big Apple shopping too.
Daniel what an exciting project! Did I read properly that you’re going to be photographing 35-40 classmates in one weekend? I do hope you’ll post about your creative process during my the project if you get the time. Also will you be discussing fragrance with your subjects? Hope you have much pleasure in the doing!!!
Thanks, LesLiesse!
Yes, very busy weekend ahead – 35 or 40 faces😳
I’ll report when I can.
From time to time, I gush about perfume to some unsuspecting soul, fragrance evangelist that I am. (A few converted classmates along the way, but I try to rein in my fire and brimstone.😊) But never during the session itself: It’s best to keep the focus on the nervous/excited subject rather than the fragrant photographer.
Have a most wonderful trip, Daniel. The project sounds both fun and meaningful!
Happy trails to you! Your class reunion project sounds so awesome. Good luck with it all.
What a cool project…have a wonderful time in the Big Apple and hope you get to some sniffing time in! 🍎
I think it was lillyjo who wore Allure yesterday so I’m wearing the edt today. Perfect for spring!
Allure is so lovely!
We had very ominous weather predictions yesterday, so because I was scurrying around getting stuff done I didn’t have time to post. And I was very non-Gaga-like yesterday anyway, in Paris-Deauville. But today I’m channeling her in her Duets With Tony Bennett phase — dabbed Private Collection parfum behind each ear and on each wrist and inner elbow, as recommended by many an elegant lady. My attire is entirely inappropriate to that vibe, however. 😜
Those might be her only songs I have ever heard…I watched a video of Telephone yesterday because my son was sure I’d know it if I heard it, but nope.
Hope the weather is not as bad as predicted!
The predictions were dire — hail and tornadoes! — but it turned out to just be a rain storm, at least where we are. In fact, at one point it was sunny on the east side of our house, but raining on the other side. Oregon in springtime! 🙂
Oh good!
Her last concert with Tony Bennett was sensational and he recognized her as she strode out on stage!
SheriG-Let me know if you would like me to mule something back from Paris SL for you–Foxbins at a oh ell dotty com
Glad that nasty weather didn’t materialize for you yesterday SheriG!
Well, my comment is still awaiting moderation (due to multiple links, no doubt). So I’ll just say that I am wearing L’Arte di Gucci for Gaga in House of Gucci.
So sorry, I am slow…it is there now, first comment 🙂
Nah, I am just impatient. Thank you very much!
I’m in Shalimar EdT from the tall bottle. I really like this version.
Lady Gaga could definitely wear this, especially in the Duets with Tony Bennett phase, as SheriG suggested.
Yes, perfect!
Cleaning up the house while baking cookies. Since I haven’t showered yet, I am in Narciso Rodriguez edt. After my shower, I think Gris Charnel will be perfect.
While we all usually compliment the fabulous the poster smells, I have to say that I bet your smell incredible between that amazing clean scent overlaid with your delicious cookies! Talk about layering!
Slept and slept.
Post shower JM Whiskey & Cedarwood as we have cloudy, cool weather today and I might not wear it again till next winter.
Good fit for whisky day!
As a non drinker – it is as close as I will ever get!
Yay for sleeping and sleeping!
Gosh I’m quite jealous at your sleeping and sleeping. I’ve been sleep deprived for 9 days now from stress. Have a lovely dream for me while you’re at it! Anything g spring like, green, fragrant and optimistic will do!
H24
How do you like it?
Saving my one Lady Gaga perfume until tomorrow. Today I’m in CBIHP Afterparty, though, which seems like it might fit in with her vibe? (In so far as I really know her vibe — I know the Weird Al version of Poker Face far better than the actual song, and I’ve heard Born This Way a few times, but that’s probably it.)
I have to look up that Weird Al version!
What is Al please?
Weird Al Yankovic is a singer who parodies pop songs. So he sings “Polka Face” instead of “Poker Face”. Probably his biggest hit was “Like a Surgeon” back in the ’80s.
Thank you okeghem, I understand now.
Weird Al Yankovic does parodies of popular songs.
Thank you foxbins, something to add to my US culture😃
Way back in the day, some of the kids on my HS debate team used to listen to Weird Al. They probably heard his stuff on the Dr. Demento radio show before commercial radio picked him up.
My Bologna!
YAS!
I love Perform This Way!
I’m wearing L’eau Moheli just because it’s a yellow, sunny and happy scent. Has there ever been a CP wearing perfumes with Ylang Ylang notes?
I thought of course there has…but nope! Added to list.
Really!? I could have sworn we had an ylang CP! Anyway, even if we had, I’d happily participate again.
We had one in 2020 – “7/3: Wear a perfume with ylang ylang, if you have one.”
LOL…so much for my record keeping!!
If you ever decide to hire an assistant for CPs, you know whom to contact! 🤣😂
Well gosh, you are hired, but it does not pay well 😉
It’s the end of the week, and I’m very ready for it. Work continues to be a madhouse, and we’re constantly in the headlines.
I’ll try to float above all that in Shangri-la from Hiram Green.
I hope things get less stressful soon.
You smell wonderful! I wore that earlier this week.
“Constantly in the headlines” does not sound pleasant at all.
SotD Kelly Caleche edt. I selected it because today turned out to be “opening day” for me, as in first diggings in the garden. I went walking around late yesterday for some fresh air and started raking here and there. The soil was not muddy, so I decided if the rain held off overnight, I’d suit up and get some serious work done. I finished clean up (several hundred sweet gum balls and early weeds), then planted some kale starts and leeks. I love to use opulent and/or vampy scents when I’m doing yard work. 🙂 Kelly Caleche is more elegant than opulent, but it was very nice to smell as I moved here and there, and very Springy. No CP points today; not sure I think of Lady Gaga as the yard work type!
I am always worried my perfume may attract bees, especially if it’s sweet and floral. But perhaps bees are smarter than I realize.
I’ve not yet(?) had any bee problems. But I do think using some patchouli-dense scents has kept biting insects away, in the warmer, gnat and mosquito infested months.
You’re doing the anti- Lady Gaga CP!
Good call. I’ll claim creative view points!
You smell elegant, I have the EDP, do you think there are differences?
I’m seconding Aurora’s question. I have a sample of the EdP and enjoy it very much. Curious if the EdT is wildly different or not, since I have never come across it.
Aurora and Jalapeno: I’ve never tried the edp. I will say I had to double-check which one I had; perhaps because of its age, my edt has a very syrupy quality to the grapefruit note, that seemed heavy and more edp-like. If you want to try a sample let me know, kcl no space berry at the land of netscape dot net.
Thank you so much MossyBerry for the offer, in my case I am in the UK, too far.
Fantastic way to wear a fragrance; they project nicely once they get heated up!
Happy Almost Friday lovely scented people!
Wonderful news! After 9 days in hospital, my darling aunt is being released to rehab! And it’s only 3 long blocks away. (Of course, being LA I will probably drive those 3 blocks 😆)
https://youtu.be/ylVWBvgL7tQ?si=2Sj1YD2vnSCbI4f_
Sotd Clinique Happy Heart because it’s my aunt’s favorite of mine. Hers? White Shoulders
Glad your Auntie is better!
I may have mentioned renewing MyPanera unlimited sips club. I live quite close to one so I have been walking when it’s not raining. RT = 2 or so miles.
2 miles! That would require packing a suitcase! 😆😉
Good news about your aunt!
I like the Happy perfumes.
I posted your reply Kris under Aurora so now I’m switching! Aurora, my Oura ring data showed an all time low for sleep at 30 on a 1-100 scale this past week. Hoping I’ll really be able to sleep deeply and sweetly now. 🙏🤞
Great video clip😄, great news about your aunt, you must be breathing a sigh of relief. Sending best wishes to her for rehab.
Thank you Kris! Hope you’re home improvement project is going smoothly !
Oops Kris’s reply got posted here! I’ll put yours Aurora under her’s.
LesLiiesse, so sorry about what your family and your aunt went through but this sounds like the best possible outcome with her being so close.
It’s a cliche but true that it’s an answer to my prayers to have her walking distance for her rehab!
Glad to hear the good news for your Aunt!
Love the clip and Steve Martin 👍🤣
Glad to have supplied some laughter. I’m going to track how often I walk.
And here I thought this is what your YouTube link was to: https://youtu.be/80WyBxo0Hto
Happy to hear that your Aunt is out of the hospital. Hope she does well in the rehab facility.
Thank you so much! I’m still praying as it’s her first night and the nurses just called to tell me it’s not going well. 🙁🙁🙁
Ha! I posted the same video before reading your comment…. great minds!
🤣😎🎶
It was a toss up!
Omg jalapeno! Taking me back again!
That’s great news, LesLiesse. Also… now I have this song stuck in my head!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=80WyBxo0Hto
😆 🚶🏻♀️🚶🏻♀️🚶🏻♀️
Yay for your aunt being released! Wonderful news.
It was very scary! I’m relieved that she’s gone to rehab now. I was with her for 7 hrs today on 5 hrs of sleep. Ready for Friday, I mean Fri -Yay!
Testing La Notte di Angelica from I Profumi di FIrenze because I like many from this Italian line and Stefani Germanotta aka Lady Gaga is Italian-American. This one’s floral, woody, and musky w/a tinge of fruit. A bit sweet for my taste but nicely done.
I agree with I Profumi Di Firenze. I love Spezie de’ Medici concentrato especially and was wearing Agrumi Di Sicilia only yesterday, very good citrus but some of their florals are lovely too, sorry LNdA is a bit on the sweet side for you; I think I have a sample.
I’ll have to try Spezie, onto the wishlist it goes, thx for the idea, Aurora. I’m often averse to sweet (unlike the bees) and my fave from the IPdF line is Ambra de Nepal and they have a Vanilla di Madagascar that is yummy too. The drydown on the Notte di Angelica has some nice woods and does not get sweeter with time so I like that!
SOTD = Slumberhouse Grev
Seriously … so wonderful! 🥰
https://www.instagram.com/p/DHtx9t3xylN/?igsh=eWxteDl6OG91cnZ6
For tomorrow, I am pretty sure I got Lady Gaga from a swap BUT may suffer the same fate as Robin with not finding it.
I have been binge-watching The Umbrella Academy on Netflix. I also have a few others lined up although they are streaming subscriptions that have ads. I suppose I can either pay through the nose or just suffer the ads.
Not sure if it is still there but I must have saved this for a reason which I believe has to do with having the Hello Kitty version. Also, not sure if you can access it for free … I remember the Owala craze which I think is still going on but then again, Reddit no longer has posts in it, at least from my feed.
https://www.wsj.com/style/fashion/touchland-hand-sanitizer-mist-teens-tiktok-9db90873?st=sxqriT&reflink=article_copyURL_share
Netflix is getting crazy with the prices. I think I will suffer through the ads.
The OG Lady Gaga perfume was so sweet on me that I ended up giving my mini away. Like, liquid Twinkie sweet.
Am not compliant with the CP as I am wearing Splendiris today. Tomorrow it is going to be 80 degrees so I know I won’t be compliant. I think it’s going to need to be a citrus day. The weekend we will have snow and rain and in the 40’s. Typical March weather in the Midwest.
80! Wow! I think I might see the 60’s but with rain.
It’s funny that you and I are now weather twins. Your winter was much harsher than mine.
Maybe for the temperatures, but we had almost zero snow this year.
Not much snow to speak of here either. All the big storms were either to the south, or up in the mountains.
Jo Malone Myrrh & Tonka. I think it would suit Lady Gaga.
I’ve been feeling a little depressed today. There was not much to do at work after I finished one important report and I guess that didn’t help.
Just finished my 5k run, after shower I may wear something calming, like Memoire d’une Odeur.
Below was for you, sorry.
Thank you!
Sending you uplifting thoughts NinaV. I hope after a good night’s rest tomorrow is brighter for you.
Thank you, lillyjo 💕
Ugh. Those persistent low moods are a bear to deal with. I’m sorry to hear that.
Yes they are, but it will get easier 🤞
Hope you will be feeling better in the evening and that the run helped, Mémoire d’une odeur too, such therapeutic herbs.
Trying Soleil d’Ikosim today which is from the Infiniment Coty line. This one is nice…in the realm of LDBS and the like. So far I have tried 6 from the line and am slowly closing in on the vanilla. 😁 All 6 are nicely done and wearable which, as someone who samples a lot of new fragrances, surprises me. I try lots of new releases from Luckyscent that I find lacking but these are decent though not worth the cuckoo price. None off the 6 have the overboard synthetic beast mode vibe that some of the poser niche houses seem to embrace. I am at the point in my perfume career 😆 where I am more interested in sampling than buying FBs I realize and the discovery set called to me like a siren to Odysseus without his noise canceling AirPods. 🧜🏻♀️ My flesh is very weak for discovery sets and coffrets…especially if they are actually called coffrets. 🤣
Thank you for your feedback on this discovery set She-ra.
Ha I like and agree with this, She-ra.
And I’m also a sucker for anything labeled ‘coffret.” Such a great semi-archaic word that I had to look up when I first fell down the rabbit hole.
I am the total opposite when it comes to discovery sets. I do like coffrets if they I already know I like most of them.
LOL at “overboard synthetic beast mode vibe”! But nothing will top “Poser Niche”.
Thanks for the report on the Infiniment line! I’m such a sucker for a discovery set or coffret too. I finally had to admit to myself that I get way more mileage with a discovery set than with a full bottle, even if they’re not as pretty and satisfying to own.
Smoothie is a delicious pear.
This morning was Historiae Bouquet du Trianon, a truly lovely floral, one of few tuberose perfumes I have absolutely no problems with. I always mean to explore Historiae further but I don’t think they have a UK distributor, my BdT is a second hand find, it’s a Bertrand Duchaufour creation. If you come across Historiae do give them a try.
That is great you have a tuberose you can wear!
Thank you Lillyjo, tuberose for me is like orange blossom for you IIRC.
You are correct. I find I can enjoy Elie Saab L’Eau Couture though.
Pear season might be done here. I think of them as Fall and Winter fruit.
They are fall and winter here too, these pears are from Portugal, that’s all I know.
IIRC, a lot of pears here come from the Pacific Northwest. But there might be some orchards over on the Western Slope in Colorado too.
Surgery went uneventfully and I am home now, eating chips and sitting with my arm elevated. I feel 100% better and my hand now goes palm-up! I will go put on some celebratory perfume when the cat gets off me, probably Bombay Bling.
Happy to hear everything went well!
wonderful news, foxbins! thx for letting us know.
Glad to hear the surgery worked!
So glad it went well!
Great news! I see your cat is behaving as “healthcare purrvider”… 😉
Aww, this cat lady says good one! We often call our cats “pet therapists,” but I like your “healthcare purrvider” *much* better. <3
That’s great news!
That’s such good news, foxbins and certainly a weight off your mind.
Surgery and uneventful in the same sentence is always great! You’ll smell wonderful in Bombay Bling.
Glad your surgery went well!
Glad to hear that the surgery was uneventful! Chips sound like the perfect thing to have afterwards.
Great new on your surgery and yay for chips and celebratory perfume!
Getting close to 80 degrees here today. It was definitely in the upper 70’s yesterday, and will be that warm again tomorrow. This March is turning out to be in the Top 10 for least snow.
Doing laundry today. No mountains, just ordinary loads. The big local news in Colorado is that the Sundance Film Festival is coming to Boulder starting in 2027. I shudder to think of the traffic that will result from it.
SOTD = Eris Parfums Delta of Venus EdP, from the Sample Stash. Fits the weather perfectly!
I wonder why it’s changing locations? I’m sure the local businesses will benefit greatly from it.
The City of Boulder was actively pursuing it along with Salt Lake City. The Sundance Institute was looking at other locations. Perhaps it had outgrown Park City, UT?
Enjoy the good weather, the snowfall is a little alarming for the planet but then what isn’t. I’ve never tried Eris, I bet you smell great.
There’s been plenty of snowfall in the mountains, which is A Good Thing. Been some rain at lower altitudes. That’s why the snow total is low.
Delta of Venus has a lovely guava note that lasts for ages on clothes.
We reached the 80s on Monday and Tuesday this week in California. Thankfully it’s cooled back down now, but it makes me dread the summer!
It was a retail miracle today. All the cashiers showed up! Lol.
Thanks to a generous Nster my sotd is Libre Platine. It’s just lovely.
YAY for retail miracles! 🤣🤣
LOL! So glad for your miracle! Maybe they even all balanced their tills, huh? 😀
Yay for your miracle and fingers crossed for continued good attendance! 🤞🏻
I woke up to moaning and groaning early this morning, my husband was having awful spasms and pain in his neck and shoulder. Poor thing. It took awhile for his doctor to get back to him, but now he’s finally passed out after taking the meds I picked up from the pharmacy. I hope it’s an uneventful night.
Commando today, but I just got some scents from the swapmeet in the mail, so I look forward to trying something new tonight. Can’t wait for the weekend!
I hope your Husband feels better soon.
Enjoy your new scents!
Gosh, 2nd what lillyjo says…hope it gets better!
Also hope your husband feels better! Enjoy the new perfumes!
Oops, I’m quite late for many people’s time zones, but today I did a comparison of Diptyque Essences Insensees Mimosa from 2014 to Perris Monte Carlo Mimosa Tanneron. I’ve loved my samples of the PMC, and I got to thinking I might want a bottle of it. But I have a bottle of the Diptyque and it recently hit me they’re pretty similar. So finally trying them side by side, yes there are some subtle differences in the opening, but honestly, afterwards the mid and dry down are super similar. Money saved!
Yay then!
I like to do the comparison test as well. It sure can put a fine point on fragrance profiles. However, my weakness are iris fragrances; I can’t always say it’s money saved.