Happy Friday! It’s also National DNA Day, World Penguin Day and Ella Fitzgerald’s birthday. Our community project for today: wear a lilac fragrance, if you have one. Thanks to chocolatemarzipan8 for the suggestion!
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 out of town and having a lovely time despite nothing going to plan. So I'm quite late and may or may not be able to post again today, wearing Hermès Un Jardin Sur Le Nil for the second day.
Reminder: 5/2: is Our Lady Donatella Versace's 70th birthday. Wear the last fragrance you purchased, or anything that you think fits the occasion.
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.
Note: top image is Lilas [cropped] by @ S@ndrine at flickr; some rights reserved.
Lots of En Passant (over Korres Lilac body milk), and I expect to see several twins here today.
By the way, today I saw several lilac bushes in bloom – just in time for the CP.
We are wearing the same fragrance, although not the Korres body milk. Have a good weekend, Glannys!
Thank you, twin, you too!
Sara Horowitz Parfums Brigitte Extrait with notes of grapefruit, soft lilac, spicy lilac,African violet, freesia, waterlily, waves, Egyptian musk, African musk, French vanilla and Pavarti sandalwood.
I’m hoping Lillyjo is twinning with me today
Twins!
Woo hoo!!!! Was hoping for this!!!!!
Lavishly sprayed on Vilhelm A Lilac a Day. It’s such a gorgeous lilac scent, but very fleeting on me.
Having my first cup of coffee with a splash of lavender syrup and an avocado toast.
Cloudy day, but temperatures will be in the low 70s. I am planning to take a walk outside in a few and enjoy all the spring flowers blooming everywhere.
Happy Friday! 🌷🌸🌻
You smell lovely. I quite enjoyed it yesterday. Earlier there were a few times when it became a bit weird on my skin, but yesterday I had no issues.
Thank you, Glannys! I am glad you didn’t have any issues with A Lilac a Day yesterday. It is such a happy and beautiful scent.
Enjoy the temperate weather while it lasts! I remember what summers are like in NJ/NY! 🥵🥵🥵
My choice for the CP is Balenciaga Le Dix, in an EDC formulation that came in a vintage gift set that also included dusting powder and a teeeeeensy bottle that I can’t get open (I sort of assume it’s extrait). The lilac note in this is way in the background, but the overall composition is absolutely gorgeous. Hey, happy Friday everyone!
I loved Le dix!
Wow, I love Le Dix, but I think of it as a violet scent, never knew it contained a lilac note. Will have to see if I can sniff it out next time I wear it.
I feel the same, violets for me too, I had a lucky find quite a few years ago, pristine 50ml extrait.
Wow, 50 mls of extrait — very lucky find!
I had a look in archive and grabbed my bottle and presentation box, it was a purchase from Feb 22, so not so long ago, won for £50 and IIRC no one else was bidding. I have this stupid habit of ‘saving’ my extraits but am making a conscious effort to change😀
I have a tiny bit of extrait, too, from a coffret of 6 classic scents my S-I-L gave me many years ago before I was even into fragrance. It’s how I discovered my love of Le Dix and violet as a scent note!
So glad you have it too, extrait is always special, the ritual of application.
Happy Friday all! My SOTD is Alessandro Dell’ Acqua by Alessandro Dell’ Acqua, no Lilac, but plenty of other delicate florals, Sweet Pea, Pelargonium, Peony and Hibiscus Blossom over an Incense, Sandalwood and Labdanum base.
Happy Friday SmokeyToes! We were no-lilac twins 🙂
Twinning with Glannys and I’m sure others today in En Passant (from a generous NSTer💕). What a beautiful fragrance! And just in time for our neighborhood to be bursting and bursting with Lilacs of all colors.
How nice about your lilacs! Here they just have barely visible buds.
Mine are barely visible buds, too; I think you’re not too far from me. I was surprised to read numerous posts about lilacs blooming already, as I think of lilacs as May/Mother’s Day, not April.
I so wish lilacs would grow here! we don’t have enough of seasons. I envy you the smells of them in bloom
Lilacs are in full bloom here! I think they showed up earlier than last year.
I’m wearing EL Pleasures for the CP, thanks to Glannys who pointed out that it has a lilac note. There are so many flowers in Pleasures that I can’t discern the lilac but as a whole, it smells very pretty.
Thanks to everyone for the well wishes about my mom yesterday. She absolutely loved the soup 👍
I’m doing laundry today and noting that my warm leggings and sweatshirts are in the wash from earlier this week. Hard to believe as it was 83F here yesterday.
I like Pleasures, too, but also cannot discern the lilac note.
Happy Friday NST! May fragrant memories of lilacs in nature add to your CP.
Sotd A Drop of D’Issey from a generous NSTer.
Thank you Leslie, have smelled white lilacs across the street three times this week, purple ones are too high.
That sounds heavenly Aurora! I was working on a long distance project in Bloomington MN, and I remember smelling the wild lilacs through the car windows on hot nights driving back to the hotel. I drove slowly to make it last!
Happy Friday back atcha!
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Could not wait and had to wear en passant (FM) yesterday. It is decidedly not spring here today so I am in Ormonde Jayne. En Passant is so elegant and gentle and spring like it would not work today 🙂
Glad you wore it while you could! So pretty.
I will be twinning with Glannys and Allo and others in En Passant today, once I get my shower. The end of a long week, and next week will be even longer. The weather has been beautiful, though, so I’m going to try to take this afternoon off and get outside into a forest.
Hope you got outside today ockeghem! I managed two walks, but city walks instead of forest. At least I got my steps in 🙂
Hello and tgif!
Sotd is EL Beautiful. Such a big bouquet of flowers, lilac is hiding somewhere in the mix.
I have some mangoes ripening quicker than I can eat them so I diced them up and tossed them into a butter pound cake batter. Made 2 loaves and giving one away to a friend. The seeds will go into a planter and see if I can get them to grow.
Mango pound cake sound both original and delicious.
Beautiful really is..beautiful. And your mango pound cake sounds delicious.
Your mango pound cake sound luscious! 😋
Ack, subject/verb disagreement! Should be “sounds” up there. ⬆️
I’m in Bas de Soie, which might not have lilac, but sure is spring-like. It’s early yet in the season, but I am glad to see even buds of lilac.
Wow, you smell wonderful, that’s one of my favorites.
Happy Friday, everyone. It’s not very spring-like today, so I’m not in my one lilac perfume – En Passant. (I’m non-compliant in Almond Suede from Arquiste.)
I’ve started a new freelance job through Netflix, (and boy does this photographer need it.) The only drawback is that when I’m in the studio I really can’t be wearing any fragrance that’s noticeable. Never thought I’d need an office friendly scent, but what can ya do? Open to any suggestions of quiet scents that aren’t boring!
Wow is En Passant to heavy? It seems subtle to my but my standard may be skewed. I had sem sampls fro l’artisan that seems to wear pretty close to the body, one was air bretange (sorry about the spelling)
En Passant is probably a good choice for the office. Today I can wear whatever I want, since I’m not called to work.😊
Maybe a citrus like Eau Sauvage, maybe in aftershave strength.
Ooh, yes. Thanks! A classic that wouldn’t offend anyone, and wouldn’t bore me to tears.
And best of luck on the job front.
Thank you!
Good luck with the job. I hope it leads to even more work . Maybe an Aesop perfume would be okay for work as they are kind of ‘ nature’ scents ( Marrakech Intense is a nice warm resin, or Tacit or Hwyl. ) . For a cheap easy but good perfume I like Lush Fresh As which is pine based. Also eucalyptus scents might work well
Thanks, Kanuka! Good idea about Aesop – I like a bunch of their perfumes.
Wonderful news on the job Daniel! I’m confident they’ll be pleased with your work as well as what an affable colleague you are! As I’m only a freshman in fragrance, I have no suggestions. Almond Suede sounds ideal for that kind of day it is here in the Southland.
Thanks for your kind words, LesLiesse! Almond Suede has been a fine choice for this unsettled SoCal day, but I don’t think it’ll work in the studio – it’s surprisingly potent.
Congrats on the job, Daniel!
I used to have to be almost-no fragrance wearing at work, when I shared a space with a very scent sensitive coworker. I usually wore just the tiniest spritz or dab of quieter fragrances, and never received a complaint. This was over 10 years ago, and my work staples then were Le Labo Gaiac, Byredo Gypsy Water, and Prada Iris d’Infusion. I would think that the FM French Lover which you shared with me would also work very well!
Thank you, Tulipani!
I think as long as I steer clear of heavy florals I’ll be okay. And French Lover is so darn elegant that I can’t imagine anyone complaining!
Great news about the new job! Have you considered the Chanel Eaux? Or maybe something like Guerlain Vetiver?
Thanks, Jalapeno! I think vetivers would be safe. And I do love Paris-Edimbourg. Great suggestions.😊
Good luck on the new job, Daniel!
I would suggest Prada Infusion d’Iris or Infusion de Vetiver.
Thanks! Clearly I need to check out Infusion d’Iris!
Agree with Infusion d’Iris, or any of the Infusions. Or tiny splash of Eau de Guerlain or Chanel Eau de Cologne, something like that?
and meant to say, hope the job goes well!!
Thanks, Robin!
Doing my own CP here with Ingenious Ginger post shower.
Weather still cool and cloudy for us and its’ is perfect for sleeping.
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Congrats on the job, Daniel.
I’m not CP compliant either. Wearing Tulipano Nero from I Profumi di Firenze, a gorgeous spicy floral mix with myrrh whose opening reminds me of vintage Opium and Cinnabar (the cinnamon and nutmeg). The myrrh & Mysore sandalwood drydown is what I wait for. I think one of you lovely people sent me a decant of this. Thank you, it’s quite gorgeous. I don’t think it’s in production anymore, what a shame.
I love this house and many of its fragrances. The Italians love their resins, woods, spices, herbals, bitters, & aromatics. The style is more Dolce Vita than the classic French fragrances with their spotlight on florals. I love them both, but the Italians bewitch me more.
I bought the 10ml concentrato three or four years ago, so maybe not discontinued.
In my area, lilacs don’t bloom til around Mother’s Day; now they’re first leafing out and the tiny buds are forming. We have some that border our small deck and hot tub just outside our bedroom, and I love it when it’s warm enough to leave the sliding glass door open and we can inhale their intoxicating fragrance all night!
Although I’m not much of a floral fragrance person, it’s a favorite note of mine and I have numerous lilac scents that I love to wear throughout May. For today’s cp, I pulled out Alfred Sung Sha, which used to be quite popular awhile ago but is seldom mentioned these days. Although it has a variety of floral notes, including LOTV, frangipani, heliotrope and jasmine, it’s the lilac note that is somehow strongly predominant yet in a very soft and fresh way. It’s so, so pretty and despite its softness, it lasts a long time. It was quite inexpensive when I bought it years ago but I don’t know if it can even be found now. A definite ❤️ for me!
Thanks to Mr. Laila’s addiction to an early morning radio Smart Quiz contest, we’re going to the Smithereens concert 🎸tonight. (He wins approximately 1x a month; I think maybe there’s only 3 people that listen in?😄)
Happy Arbor Day! Be sure to 🙏 a 🌲🌳today!
Happy arbor day! Glad you have lilacs in your garden.
Have a great time, Laila! I used to be a frequent winner on our local college radio station, before it became popular, that led to some fun concerts years ago.
Congrats on those Smithereens tix! 🎶
I remember when that was big on MakeupAlley!
I’m in Lilac Love from an Amouage sample that I’ve had for years but never even opened. It has too much vanilla, and after two days, I’m tired of lilac.
Twins!
Sorry you don’t love it. I am a huge fan
I am in Lilac Love today by Amouage.
Horse back riding early this morning followed by volunteering at the library.
Do you ride outside, in fields or is it in an indoors stadium. I imagine the horses must like being out on the grass, if it’s the former.
Outside only.
I usually try not to ride before I volenteer – but tomorrow there is rain and I was suppose to go then.
This is a big thing for me, I use to ride before I had kids and I really missed it. I applied and they accepted me and it’s going great.
A proud member of the En Passant club! The juice has turned quite dark over the years, but it still smells wonderful.
I was reading one of those beauty pages about when to throw out cosmetics ( things like mascara six months) and it said you should get rid of perfumes after a year due to possible contamination. Clearly not written by a perfume lover. Have you heard anything re. The exam you did a while back or is it still too early? Hope it’s not creating too stressful a situation. Happy weekend in En Passant!
I am not throwing my vintage bottles of perfume away
I have some very old bottles that are still absolutely fine, stuff and nonsense, throwing them away after a year.
My exam will have to be partially retaken by all participants, postponing its results by at least two months, so probably late November.
A bit of a nightmare in a way, but I’m not too stressed about it at the moment. The downside of my lack of nerves is I can’t make myself do any preparation this time.
We will see, but thanks for remembering and asking!
That’s a long time to be in limbo. It’s good you’re not too stressed .
I’m in Desarmant which is my favorite lilac scent.
Perfect then!
It’s early morning and I’ve just been out looking at the ‘ celestial smile’ . Venus and Saturn are like two eyes with the nearby crescent moon acting as a mouth. If you go out in the northern hemisphere and look it will appear like a happy face , whereas down here the moon is a sad face. But it’s pretty cool, something to show the kids. Wearing Tresor for the lilac.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/04/24/moon-venus-saturn-conjunction-smiley-face/83261416007/
I love the. concept of the ‘happy face.’ It never fails here, whenever there’s something special happening in the night sky, that’s when we have lots of clouds! Sad face 😞!
Another fragrance I wear and love that I never knew had a lilac note, Tresor. Will have to look for that next time I wear it.
I would never have thought Trésor contained any lilac, artificial apricots, yes. I love, and treasure my bottle.
I had never heard of the celestial smile.
Hope you have a good weekend!
Unfortunately, no chance to see the celestial happy face here.
I have seen photos online of the happy face. Unfortunately, it is cloudy here tonight and rainy tomorrow to look for it.
Smoothie is a pear from Belgium. In Insolence EDT, I prefer the brash EDT but tbh Samsara and Insolence are my least favorite Guerlains but I still like them quite a bit, tonight for the CP it’s vintage Helena Rubinstein Apple blossom, uncanny lilac and a great favorite, still smelling very fresh.
We’re representing the same house–I’m in Idylle Duet Jasmin-Lilas, an inoffensive little thing. Don’t think I’ve tried the regular Idylle or Insolence for that matter. Imagine they’re “bigger” than this Duet.
Oh so house twins😀, OG Idylle I like very much, along with Robin IIRC but it didn’t make much of a splash but at least still in production and yes, it has some presence in EDP, the EDT, very pretty is more ethereal, I get mixed up with its flankers, some were good, I have love blossom and sublime I think.
I could never make nice with Insolence. I got a giant hairspray note from it. Nope!
I understand, it is quite artificial isn’t it? It’s a fun wear for me though once in a while.
It took me decades to warm up to Samsara. I always liked it but never felt like it was me. I wear it now though when the mood strikes.
Heh, Samsara was the first Guerlain that I clicked with. But it still took a while for me.
Interesting Lillyjo, not very me either, and I’ve smelled too much of it in the eighties.
I went with Pacifica French Lilac today. I got my nose on quite a few lilacs on my walk last yesterday evening. I also smelled some amazing yellow honeysuckle at the park. Smelling flowers all throughout spring makes me so happy. 🥰
Tonight I’m excited to try a new Hong Kong restaurant in my neighborhood with a friend to belatedly celebrate our birthdays, which are 3 days apart. The menu is large so hopefully we pick some delicious dishes!
Also, tomorrow is Independent Bookstore Day for anyone that wants to plan ahead.
Isn’t it early for honeysuckle to be in bloom?
A Hong Kong restaurant sounds exciting! Never had anything from that cuisine.
Sigh, I typed a kinda long reply then accidentally hit the log out button before I found post it. Basically, I’m not convinced it’s yellow honeysuckle, but it has been hard to find what I’m looking for by Googling this specific park and “yellow flowers blooming in Seattle in April” lol. It does look pretty close to this, though it smells more creamy like ylang than typical honeysuckle smell: https://anps.org/2024/03/25/know-your-natives-yellow-honeysuckle/
I was in a hurry when I saw it at the end of my walk, but next time I’ll try to use my plant identification apps in case they can figure it out.
Argh! I’ve done that too. I feel ya!
Ok, I didn’t go back to the park today, but I think it might be a variety of azalea/rhododendron. I saw a variety online called honeysuckle azalea that could be it. Will investigate more soon because I love the flowers!
The lilac perfume I am wearing is En Passant by Frederic Malle.
My handwash coincidentally is Mrs. Myers’s Lilac.
Mrs. Myers’s Lilac is the best lilac scented handwash I have ever had. I also have mine in use right now.
It’s cool and grey today (even drizzling) and I’ve been thinking a lot about Pope Francis, so I reached for a couple of incense fragrances. I have Trudon Mortel on one wrist, and Jovoy Liturgie des Heures on the other.
Weather twins with you today, it sounds like.
Pope Francis has been on my mind too. I’ll miss him.
I will wear CdG Avignon tomorrow for Pope Francis funeral. He has been in my mind and prayers all the time.
SOTD = Fzotic Lilac Brûlée
I do love it although I am not so sure I can tease out the lilac!
https://www.instagram.com/p/DI4dKUBRti4/?igsh=aDZxM3NycXoycHB4
In other news, I heard back from New York State! The acknowledgement mentioned it could take about 9 months or so to schedule an appointment. It’s better than NOT hearing back, looking at NJ Transit … I will call to follow up if I don’t hear anything back by sometime next week.
Hey, some contact from NY is a step in the right direction!
Absolutely agree 💯%!
I have a sample of Lilac Brulee. I’m not sure how I feel about it yet.
That’s what I initially thought but it grew on me!
Success! But slow success!
I know, right? At least there’s communication!
A chilly and rainy day here. Yesterday’s crazy weather marked the passing of a front which dropped temperatures by 20 degrees or so. May and June are typically the most active months for severe weather for Colorado.
SOTD = Soivohle Lilacs & Heliotrope. It’s a heady mix and exactly what it says on the label. Perfect for today’s weather.
Your weather is coming to us. Rain and thunderstorms tomorrow, and the temperatures dropping to the 50s on Sunday. But at least it will help with the devastating fires in New Jersey.
I heard about that big wildfire in the Pine Barrens. Hopefully that front won’t be rained out by the time it gets there.
Your sotd sounds pretty.
Thank you! I’m glad I grabbed a 10mL bottle of it when I could.
I don’t know if I had ever smelled that before but I bet it smells fabulous!
It’s a good cool weather lilac perfume. Not sure how much you have sampled from Soivohle.
It could be too much in warmer weather.
It’s my 3 day weekend and I am feeling under the weather. At least I have the time to rest.
My sotd is Brigitte Extrait. Cm8’s bespoke perfume. See her post for notes but it’s a very beautiful earthy lilac on me.
Yay for a 3-day weekend, but a big fat BOO for not feeling well! Hope it’s nothing serious.
So sorry, hope it is gone quickly!
Feel better soon!🌹
So sorry you’re not feeling well lillyjo, hope you get some good rest this weekend.
Great about your three-day weekend! I hope you recover soon so you can enjoy your time off.
Love, Chloe, from a little mini that may be on the verge of top notes going off. Purple flowers (lilac!), powder, pink pepper. So pretty. Does make me sneeze, but whatever, it smells great!
That one really is pretty…shame it makes you sneeze!