Happy Friday and happy Siblings Day! Birthdays: Omar Sharif, Paul Theroux and Annie Lamott. Our community project for today: name your favorite bird, and wear a scent that matches it for whatever reason, no matter how farfetched. Thanks go to happy888cat 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.
My bird of the day: the hummingbird (not shown in the image). Hummingbirds like jasmine. My fragrance: Aftelier Candide.
Reminder: we will have a community project on 4/17, and I will figure out what it will be by Monday!
And for those of you who like to plan ahead, see Scent of the day ~ Friday community projects 2026, where I'll try (but usually fail) to have the next five or six weeks mapped out in advance.
Note: top image is Goldfinch on the blossom tree [cropped] by Matjaž Mirt at flickr; some rights reserved.
Morning! I’ve loved bird week on NST 🙂 I’m in Neroli Oranger, just because it’s beautiful and I love it.
Almost every day on my way to work I see a small red hawk. She (I think) is just beautiful and kind of radiates intelligence. It makes me happy to see her. They’re not so common around here so it feels special, and she’s out in all kinds of weather.
Speaking of which if you’re looking for a good book I loved H is for Hawk, and the movie with Claire Foy is out soon. I like Claire Foy’s work and loved the book so I can’t wait to see the movie.
looking forward to see who is wearing what today, and potentially more bird stories:)
H is for Hawk is one of the best books I’ve read in recent years. I’m also curious about the movie, though it seems like a tough work to be translated into film.
You smell beautiful! Thanks for your mention of the movie adaptation of H is for Hawk. That has to move to the top of my TBR list so that I can see the movie. (Must always read the book first!) I’m a fan of Claire Foy as well.
We have a harrier hawk that flies past our window once or twice a week as it flies over the valley from the nearby woods. I love watching it glide and rise in the thermals. I will look up your hawk. Have a happy weekend.
I am so glad! And I celebrated bird week by spotting a bald eagle today, which seems too good to be true…although I didn’t spot it, someone else did and pointed it out, while walking at Longwood Gardens. Still, I saw it!
Ah, Longwood Gardens is beautiful.
That’s wonderful, congrats on the sighting! I’ve been lucky to see many bald eagles since I moved to Seattle, even flying over my neighborhood somewhat regularly. I can’t remember ever seeing one when I lived in Ohio.
Good Morning NST. No perfume yet today as I’m meeting two friends for a little show-and-tell sniffa so may arrive unscented the better to smell All The New Things
But yesterday I wore Aviance Night Musk by Prince Machabelli in honor of one of my favorite birds, the owl, who is both nocturnal and probably smells quite animalic-musky due to his diet. We have both barn and screetch owls all around us but the barn owls are the most vocal, we hear them almost every night starting at twilight, and sometimes it’s a real hootenanny with call and response that goes on a very long time. I love sleeping with our windows open and hearing them throughout the night. When our kids were young I read them a book called Owling in which a Dad bundled up his kids on snowy nights and took them for walks and would hoot and teach his kids to hoot to see if the owls responded and ‘sometimes there’s an owl and sometimes there isn’t.” This led to my own hooting on twilight walks but the kids refused to join in and were roundly embarrassed, even though no one was around. So much for storybook endings. Still, sometimes I’d get a response.
But I also love owls because they keep the rat population down and our neighborhood has tree rats. My sister, who lives around the corner from me, has a resident owl in one of her tall trees and she often finds owl pellets with little bones and fur tidily compacted inside. We are lucky to live in a city but at the urban/wild interface and have these raptors all around us, and I hope that they are thriving and I worry about all the rodenticides they may be consuming as people continue to use these toxins that travel up the food chain. We once saw a beautiful and very dead red-tail hawk on a nearby lawn. He had no obvious wounds and looked healthy and we couldn’t figure out what killed him, his plumage was complex and gorgeous. I also love watching the hawks teaching their young to fly and hunt each spring. I second the reccomendation for H is for Hawk.
What a great story. Such a soothing noise at night too.
I can’t hear the name Aviance without thinking of the commercial. It was a classic!
I loved your story, too. It’s too bad your kids were too embarrassed to have fun with you, what a shame.
❤️ your owl story. Thank you for sharing!
CdG Avignon for the jackdaw. I fell in love with these birds while living in Sweden – so cute, very smart and inquisitive, and quite comfortable around humans. Kora liked them too, although not in a way they’d appreciate.
They have black feathers, typical of corvids, but also silvery-grey heads and light-colored eyes, which make them look especially striking.
https://www.arkwildlife.co.uk/blogs/wildlife-guides/bird-identification-jackdaw
Why Avignon? Well, first, because it comes in a black bottle with a silver cap. And because jackdaws like nesting on church steeples.
Fun fact: jackdaws appear on the coats of arms of Ivano-Frankivsk and Ivano-Frankivsk Region in Ukraine. The historical name of the region is Halychyna, and “jackdaw” in Ukrainian is “halka.”
And another fun fact: William Cowper wrote a poem, “The Jackdaw,” about this bird. And frankly, I occasionally relate to the last two verses:
He sees that this great roundabout,
The world, with all its motley rout,
Church, army, physic, law,
Its customs and its businesses,
Is no concern at all of his,
And says – what says he? – Caw.
Thrice happy bird! I too have seen
Much of the vanities of men;
And, sick of having seen ’em,
Would cheerfully these limbs resign
For such a pair of wings as thine
And such a head between ’em.
Thank you for sharing. Quite a handsome dude!
Very! For some reason the jackdaw looks smart. Obvs I am anthropomorphizing in some way…
and thank you, did not know that poem.
Hello and tgif!
My favourite bird is the peacock (and have you seen albino peacocks? Stunning.)
Sotd is Diptyque Lazulio, which is inspired by these beautiful birds.
I have a little story I’d like to share. My previous pup was a german shepherd, he was such a gentle giant. He would always scatter some of his kibbles in the garden then lay in a distance and watch the birds come and eat.
I also found in more than one occasion, fallen chicks that he’d save and tuck away safely in his kennel to keep them warm and away from the elements.
I miss him so much. 🥹🥹
Oh, what a sweet dog!
A gentle soul
What heartwarming stories about your doggy, thanks for sharing!
Too sweet!
Aww pup was shepherding his environment! 🥹
What a wonderful dog! Thanks for sharing your precious memory with us.
Awww . . 🤗
💙🩵! Sounds like you had a one in a million doggo.
I’ve found myself reminiscing about the ”old days” lately, probably because the “now days” are so upsetting. There’s probably a psychological term for this but I don’t know what it is, beyond escapism.
So, finally, I’m doing the CP after thinking about the “old days” all week. 🐦⬛
When I was a tween/teen the corner of our small kitchen was taken up by a large birdcage that housed Bandit, a Masked African Weaver. Almost neon yellow with black points and a mask, he had startling orange eyes and to this day is one of the most striking birds I’ve ever seen. He was quite the character with vocalizations that often sounded like a dying lawn mower, loved to fling around spinach, lettuce and fruit bits after extracting the liquid, the bits and stems of which stuck to the yellow daisy vinyl wallpaper behind the cage. He made short work of mealworms, systematically starting at one end and Crunch, Crunch, Crunching to the other end extract the “juice.” Guess who got to clean up that mess? 🙃
We often gave him yarn and true to his name, he liked to weave the yarn in between the bars of his cage and all around his mirror with the bell and food dish, with occasional pauses to exuberantly attack the interloper in the mirror. He never did succeed in making an actual nest, but we didn’t hold it against him. We had him for double digit years and it was a sad day when we woke to find him belly up at the bottom of his cage one morning.
In honor of Bandit and his genetic origins, I’m pairing with Papillon Bengale Rouge as many of the ingredients in the fragrance come from Africa, including myrrh, vanilla, labdanum, oak moss, and orris butter.
There’s a link to a short BBC blurb about the species below showing the weaver doing his thang.
https://youtu.be/xVdqD0ELtqk?si=IUVFi3u1G_QmX-Xe
Key causes to bird mortality is by far the feral/domestic cat, which kills 2.4 to 3 BILLION birds per year. After that is collisions with windows/buildings, habitat loss, vehicles, communication towers, and power lines…
Yep, that’s why our kitty lives indoors, much as she’d like to get at the birds outside the window.
We saw the weavers’ nests when we were in Zambia. Pretty amazing!
Wonderful story, Deva, and great perfume match! I had to look up the bird – they really are lookers. 💛
Wow, great story! And ‘sounded like a dying lawnmower’😂!
Aren’t those beautiful birds? Thanks Deva.
I suppose the glass dove bottle topper for L’Air du Temps would go with the community project, but I don’t have a bottle of that. My grandmother had a vintage bottle of that one in her perfume collection. I also received it once as a gift from my mother-in-law many years ago. It probably isn’t the same anymore like so many perfumes.
I don’t have a favorite bird, but I saw a cardinal, blue jays, and mourning doves this morning in my yard, so I’ll say they are my favorites. I have no idea what perfume I have would go with them. So I’ll just say En Passant for birds of spring in the garden in the rain.
Good thought, and it might inspire others,
I’ve often thought that if I did not see cardinals and bluejays, which I always admire, almost every day, I would be amazed at the sight of them. The pattern on the backs of the jays is like some Tiffany art glass. The male and female cardinals in the Spring with their breeding plumage are brilliant.
I am going with Azemour today, to go with the orange finch that lives behind my house. I first noticed him during COVID, and loved his colouring. We had a goldfinch coming then, too, but I haven’t seen him since 2020. It was easier to keep tabs on all the birds in March 2020, when I was chained to my desk, which is on the second floor; it’s harder to see them once the leaves come out.
Either later today or tomorrow I’ll switch to Un Jardin sur le Nil for the green and other vivid colours in the juice. That I will link with the parakeets of Wiesbaden. We were sitting outside having our anniversary dinner downtown when we started to hear the craziest racket and saw all these birds coming in to one tree in the square. I saw flashes of green as they landed, which you don’t generally see in European birds, and started googling. Turns out, that tree in Wiesbaden is home to a huge population of parakeets, now wild but descendants of pets that were released. They make quite a racket when they come in for the evening.
Twin’s/sibliearing Un Jardin sur le Nil on one arm and Un Jardin sur de M Li on the other. Both are nice, although I can’t really tell them apart – I have minis of these two and Cythere and will probably wear them all more in the summer.
We have wild parakeets here in Los Angeles communities.
Many a you- tube about them.
Same in Florida. I lived an apartment across the street from a park and every morning the wild parakeets would flock in these trees and commence to gossiping. Very vocal and social. 🦜
We have wild parakeets here in Los Angeles communities.
Many a you- tube about them.
These remind me of the green parrots in San Francisco. They’re a birdy highlight from my trips there.
There are parakeets in Wiesbaden? It isn’t too cold for them?
Apparently not? I didn’t get the idea that they migrated from the sources I read. That said, that area of Germany gets way less snow these days than it did when I was a kid.
Also I’m not sure they’d know where to migrate to, since they are descended from released pets.
Chanel No 5 L’Eau
Your smell wonderful! Maybe a kingfisher for a water-side bird?
Happy Friday!
In honor of The Firebird by Igor Stravinsky, here’s the 3.5 min finale. Magnificent! Try at least the first minute.
https://youtu.be/erOEatu5aH8?si=YHN1Ae6Wigfqr9H5
Sotd for The Firebird is FM POAL. Fiery and spicy, rising from the flames.
I want to say that I was not much of a bird fan except for hummingbirds before this week due to a traumatic experience as a child with a bird, but this week has deepens my appreciation greatly!
Thanks for the link, just happens to match the fiery pink sunrise as I am reading posts.
Thank you Kanuka for sharing that! And wishing you a beautiful Saturday to go with that sunrise!
Your musical choice brought this to mind:
https://youtu.be/JrR92mjauyQ?list=RDJrR92mjauyQ
Ambre Premier today. 🚂😍 Yesterday I wore Ambre Sultan. I just can’t quite these ambers. 😆
And I love kookaburras…kingfishers in general! They all seem to have a bit of attitude. 🤗
And they are beautiful birds!
Kookaburras are wonderful!
There were almost no birds in Saudi Arabia. I can remember no sounds of birds when I would step outside. One can go through life not missing it until one realizes the sound is missing.
SOTD will be Gypsy Water post shower. Just moved my Byredos to the front so I will remember to wear them.
Splash down this evening!
Looking forward to seeing the splashdown!
Interesting to think about a natural environment that has no birds! I have always live in urban and suburban areas where birdsong was nearly year- round.
Got the TV on for Artemis’ splashdown.
I can’t imagine a place that doesn’t have any birds at all, not even pigeons.
Nothing but the wind and sand continually blowing.
It was not an easy place to live.
We get the sonic boom here in SoCal!
A sonic boom? So cool!!
Today I’m thinking of a beautiful toucan that we saw from our room in Costa Rica many (20?) years ago. He would dive out of a huge tree with his colorful beak leading the way and for just a second I would be worried that the beak was so heavy it could bring him down, but he always made it to his destination. I’m wearing Nishane Wulong Cha for the citrus notes that go with his colors.
https://birdspedia.org/birds/keel-billed-toucan/
This is a fun CP – I still have more birds!
However, I worried needlessly as several articles I’ve read (including the above link) mention that despite its size, the toucan’s bill is actually very lightweight and does not interfere with their flight.
How amazing to see a toucan.
It was such a treat. The whole trip was wonderful.
I’m loving bird CP week and reading everyone’s stories about birds. I’ve always enjoyed paying attention to birds around me and all my bird sightings. Highlights include spotting peacocks, hornbills and colorful roosters in Singapore (and these were in completely urban settings, like walking to the train station or 7-11!). Last summer, I saw my first California quails while camping near Napa and they were a delight, with their whimsical topknots. The birds I see most around me daily are crows, hummingbirds, and mourning doves.
I haven’t chosen a scent for today, but here are two I’m considering: Zoologist Nightingale or Shalimar souffle in the peacock bottle.
Have a great Friday and weekend, all!
Which perfume did you (eventually) pick?
Like many other NSTers, my bird for the CP is the hummingbird. We have Anna’s Hummingbirds year round, but I also get Rufous Hummingbirds from early spring to August. They are territorial and will try to attack other hummingbirds at the feeder. It’s always so interesting to watch both species swoop around. SOTD is Dior Tobacolor, a scent that claims territory with a large scent bubble after I apply it.
We are a good sized crew 🙂
And yes, VERY territorial…they can be almost scary when at each other, despite their tiny size.
Too many favorite birds to list here, so I’ll go with a sentimental one from my childhood in the Berkshires of Massachusetts, the adorable chickadee. I love its two calls, “fee bee,” and “chickadee-dee-dee,” and I especially love its markings against a snowy backdrop.
I’m doing a week of selections from my Amouage collection that seldom make it on to my skin. Not because I don’t like them, but because in some cases I admire them more than I love actually wearing them.
On Wednesday, I wore Fate (Man) from Amouage, which I do love wearing. However, it really, really bothered my wife, who made it abundantly clear that I had to get it off me. I spent a good five minutes scrubbing my skin in the kitchen sink. Clearly, this is one to wear only when she’s out of town.😔
Yesterday I was in Bracken (Man), and I’m wearing another Amouage today – one that I rarely spray: Portrayal (Man.)
I’m glad to have it on my shelves; it’s a fascinating woody, leathery, musky, almost rubbery scent, with a pronounced violet note throughout. So unusual, and by no means hyper-masculine, which I something I really appreciate from this house. It’s never less than interesting, yet I don’t love it on my skin. It sits on top of it, and doesn’t become part of me, (if that makes sense.)
Happy Friday, everyone!
I have the same response to you with a few Amouage, notably Interlude and Bracken woman. I find them intriguing but they always feel somehow “ unsettled” when I wear them.
“Unsettled” is a great way of putting it.
Happy Friday and the sound of chickadees never fails to make me smile.
Happy Friday to you, Daniel! The Berkshires must have been a great place to grow up. I love visiting that area.
I love the chickadee “fee bee.” I only seem to hear it starting in early spring, so I was surprised to find that they’re here year-round. That’s the bird that started me on a collection of stuffed bird toys that produce their call when you squeeze them. They’re so cute, and my great-nephew loved them when he visited.
Ann, I don’t know if Wikipedia is correct here, but it seems the “chickadee dee dee” call is actually an alert/warning sound. (It still sounds cute, though.😊)
I didn’t know that, either. Thanks for your addition to “things I learned on NST this week”.
I did not know that chickadees had a second call, the “fee bee” one. I’ve always just heard “chickadee dee dee”.
And for me it was the other way around! 🙃
https://www.nzbirdsonline.org.nz/species/south-island-robin
In honour of Robin and NST.
https://www.facebook.com/reel/1995789653810316/
If you ever go tramping in the South Island beech forests there’s a chance that the small South Island Robin will decide to come down from the trees and check you out. They are extremely curious and will forage for insects in the ground where your boots have disturbed the leaf litter. They are one of the few birds that may land on you, if you stay still enough. The young males have an incredibly loud call ( the Facebook clip). The last time I was walking on the West Coast I heard one sing for forty minutes non-stop, as I walked up a hill. It was still singing when I came down. They mate for life. Because of that and their curiosity I’m matching with BY Your Side, a sweet, smoky pepper and wood scent.
The facebook clip is wonderful – he has so much to say! I would love to have one land on me for a few minutes.
You wonder how it manages to catch its breath!
Oh thank you, what a cute bird! And a cheerful song.
Admittedly I do not want birds landing on me though…springpansy can stand still and I will keep moving, ha. Memories of Hitchcock, maybe?
Inspired by Glannys, I thought of doing a woody scent for my beloved picidae family. I search my collection for woody notes on Fragrantica and was reminded of my peacock bottle of Avon’s Bird of Paradise. Alas! I found major evaporation, and the ingredients had separated. I gave it a vigorous shake and it still smells very good with woody and incense notes. I did learn that no birds of paradise are in the picidae family, but the dashing red-headed woodpecker makes frequent visits to our yard, and they are sensational IMHO.
https://www.audubon.org/field-guide/bird/red-headed-woodpecker
We also regularly see “Woody Woodpecker,” the near-pterodactyl Pileated Woodpecker. They rule the yard when they arrive!
https://www.audubon.org/field-guide/bird/pileated-woodpecker
Nice woodpeckers. I used to like listening to them and cuckoos when I lived in Germany and France.
Not to go on, but this CP also reminded me of this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y98fEMwy2UM
Wow! Talk about a blast from the past!! 🦉🌲🌳
Thanks for the smile!😀
Ha, thank you!
Of all the weird and wonderful birds in New Zealand, I think my favourite is the fantail. They are tiny and so pretty, and well named – the tail feathers are exactly like a foldable paper fan. They catch insects on the wing, so they flit about quickly.
I’ve been trying to think of a suitable perfume, but nothing has come to mind. However, I’m always delighted to see a fantail, so I’ll wear a perfume that delights me, and that will be Guerlain’s Myrrhe et Délires, which I haven’t worn for ages.
Love fantails and they come into the garden more in autumn.
They are lovely!
I’m going to say: Mockingbird. I read the book: “To Kill a Mockingbird” in High School for my English class.
But Mockingbirds like peaches (thanks Google).
I wore the perfume first in the morning: Allure Sensuelle.
How I got back from work and came to NST. I rehearsed the list of notes for Allure Sensuelle and peach (my favorite fruit) is what I chose – surely there has to be a bird that likes peaches?? Used Google for that. Mockingbirds like peaches so here we go. Allure Sensuelle = Mockingbird.
When wearing Allure Sensuelle this morning I made a big and bold impression… On myself!! Oh how I love to wear some of my favorite Chanels and enjoy every second of them. Some 9 hours later it’s still… On my skin!! Faint but surely there. Hairs and shirt wafting good still.
Why I love Allure Sensuelle? Well first of all it smells UNIQUE. The category of the perfume may be wide but no other perfume smells like Allure Sensuelle. The spicy mix is special and unique. The vanilla in all Allure is the BEST in the world. Also You can find regular Allure at discounters for cheap but never Allure Sensuelle. That one is always $150 up. That right there shows that it may be an “oldie” but oh surely it is a goodie.
Some mockingbirds that live in urban areas have learned to imitate car alarms. It’s really weird hearing that noise come from a songbird.
It has been tons of fun to read everyone’s posts this week! Yesterday, I celebrated the owl, who is well-represented here, with Jeorum Studio Athenaeum. Wisdom, knowledge, you get it.
Today I’m wearing Twilly to celebrate an imaginary bird who has all the colors of the ribbon on the bottle, and who has a call that sounds like “twillee, twillee!” I do love the chickadee most but couldn’t think of any scent to tie in with it. So I made up my own, haha.
Make that *Jorum.*
Hi AnnE, I hope your move/settling in is going well😊
Thanks, allo! We haven’t quite moved yet. The house goes on the market the first weekend in May. Then the real work begins!
Hiya AnnE! Glad to see you popping in here.
Thanks, Jalapeno! 😊 It’s always nice to see you here.
This morning D&G Feminine representing the white swans I observe at the nearby park and tonight Commodity Tonka.
There is a native species of swans here in the US: The Trumpeter Swan. They’re BIG!!
https://www.fws.gov/species/trumpeter-swan-cygnus-buccinator
Beautiful! Thank you, didn’t know this variety of swans.
As birds go, swans frighten me. I’m likely in the minority, but the summer I worked in a restaurant up on the Baltic Sea, there was a swan that kept coming into the back parking lot off the kitchen, probably looking for food. That thing terrorized all of us — swans are big, and MEAN when they want to be. Worse than geese.
But they are quite beautiful to see from afar. I liked watching them on the Rhein when we lived in Mainz.
The two swan parents are very sweet and familiar but one youngster from last year is rather aggressive about food like the one you describe.
Ugh. Geese are MEAN so I hope I never meet a swan up close.
SOTD = Kilian Love Don’t Be Shy Extreme
Nice, very nice! I chose it for the color of my bottle (white) and I was thinking of the snowy owl! 🦉
In other news, here’s an article from the Wall Street Journal (so may have a pay wall) about women who invented stuff over the years:
https://www.wsj.com/tech/women-inventors-household-gadgets-chores-9d431bac?st=1yHCzT&reflink=article_copyURL_share
And owls might be said to be shy…of humans, anyway 🙂
Joining Robin in celebrating the Hummingbird. Since we have so many, I’ve given up trying to name one of them. I love how they alert us to other birds, being quite territorial for their size.
Jasmine is an excellent choice. They also love our honeysuckle but I grabbed Eris’s Delta of Venus for its sweet, fruity mango note.
You could have gone crazy with indoles for those Hummingbirds today. 🤣🤣
Ha! When I saw Robin’s post this morning, I knew I’d missed an indolic opportunity☹️
Got home late from last night’s 🎶 jam (which was great!), up early today for yoga at a nearby library, then a trip to PetSmart, Costco, Aldi, and a lunch pickup at McD’s. Glad to be home for the rest of the weekend, I’m exhausted🥱after being out all day and evening yesterday.
My favorite bird is the Northern Cardinal, not just because it’s the state bird of Illinois, not just because the bright red male is my favorite color, but because he is responsible for my love of birds. I grew up a city kid, vaguely aware of house sparrows, robins, and pigeons and that’s it. Shortly after moving to this suburban house decades ago, I heard a beautiful melodious song repeating itself in the tangle of shrubbery just outside my kitchen window. It was a male cardinal singing and singing for his mate. Soon the female joined him, softly deep-olive with red touches, in building a nest right there outside my window! Soon there were babies! For 2 weeks or so I did little but stand in my kitchen with binoculars watching this family grow and absorbing every moment. I learned they love sunflower seeds, and so we placed some seeds on a ledge just below the transom window above the side door near the nest and they visited every day and we were able to see them even closer from inside the kitchen. This was the beginning of our studying, watching and feeding these beautiful gifts of nature and all their avian brethren, and I owe it all to Mr. Cardinal ❤️.
The scent to harmonize is Terre d’Hermes, woody and spicy, described as ‘vibrant from its pepper note, captivating and attention-grabbing, and elegant,’ + it has that beautiful bright red pelargonium middle note. Just like my favorite bird!
Northern Cardinal – American Bird Conservancy
Happy weekend ahead!
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What a beautiful colour
I love cardinals! They are like dapper, jaunty little gentlemen as they flit about. ❤️
One of the things I miss most about NJ was seeing cardinals on a regular basis. I don’t see them in Colorado.
I love cardinals! My grandparents had a number of them at their feeders on the farm. Beautiful birds! I wish we had them here on the West Coast.
Well, today filled up quite thoroughly with parental stuff (my dad – I’m not a parent myself), and here it is late afternoon before I could even glance through the NST conversation. I never did figure out perfumes to pair with mourning doves or evening grosbeaks, so I stole someone’s idea of flight being associated with birds and wore Vol de Nuit. Vintage, mid 1980s edt. Beautiful, and long-lasting in that way that 80s era perfumes have. Hey, happy Friday everyone!
Happy Friday SheriG!
This CP was probably one of the most challenging one for me. I finally recalled the parakeets (aka budgies) that I had had as pets during junior high and high school. My Mom had named some of the earlier ones “Pretty Boy”, but later on my brother and I took over and the names became creative in the way that only tweens and young teens can be. One parakeet was particularly feral, so it was named “Jaws”. I decided to match my reminiscence with a perfume that I actually wore way back then.
SOTD = MEM Love’s Baby Soft Body Mist, from the Sample Stash. Getting close to a thunk with this!
My brother and I had a parakeet as kid’s too.
Parakeets were better than goldfish, though. All the fish ever did was poop. 💩🐟
We had a couple parakeets when we were kids too. I love the name “Jaws”! Great tie-in with Love’s Baby Soft.
We couldn’t even refill the little food dish in that cage without getting attacked!
Your post made me chuckle. The only pets we ever had growing up were parakeets, a series of them. Some were blue and some were green. All of the blue ones were named Pretty Biy and all of the green ones were named Tuffy.😂
We also had different colored parakeets: some green, some blue, and at least one bi-color. I also have vague memories of one canary when I was really little, but the poor thing didn’t last long.
Should be Pretty Boy, not Biy.
I am matching the American Bald Eagle with Libre Platine today. In 6th grade I did my year end oral presentation on the bald eagle. I remember being so nervous carrying up my giant poster board to the front of the class.
If it had been 7th grade, I would have included this song match
https://youtu.be/Clxpougv5jc?si=OePEoiu_t6mmwKPW
I cleaned out the coat closet and have 2 more donation bags to take tomorrow.
You are on a roll with those closet clean outs! Great job!
Go lillyjo, go!!🥇💐
Congratulations on another clean-out. It’s a lot of work!
I love bald eagles. We have so many of them here, along the beaches. It’s amazing to see them up in the trees, surveying everything.
You smell gorgeous!
I was unscented for most of today and yesterday as we were busy in the yard. I’ve been working at pruning back what I believe is a barberry. It has relentless thorns and I’m sure it hasn’t been properly cut back for years.
Yesterday I did notice that there were a couple birds hopping in the semi-pruned shrub. They probably couldn’t even get I there before yesterday as it was so congested. I thinned more out today and will finish up next week after the green recycling gets picked up.
SOTE is Nina Ricci L’air du Temps. Happy Friday everyone; it’s been so fun reading about all the different birds.
Perfect bottle for the cp!
Thank you, lillyjo. It is!
Yikes. Dealing with thorny shrubs sounds like the opposite of fun. Hope you have the proper gear for that!
I had some good gloves and took my time. I had to chop up each branch one by one to get it to fit in the recycling bin, but was extremely therapeutic to do. It looks so much better!
Our birds love our Barberry because it’s next to the suet feeder and they can hide out in it while easily accessing the feeder.
That’s a great idea! Thanks allo!
I”m checking in late but have very much enjoyed the creativity of everyone else’s posts, and the wide variety of birds that inspired them (us) this week. I wore (after finishing my PT at noon) Arquiste L’Or de Louis, a rich orange blossom scent, to honor the goldfinch, a brightly sunny yellow little bird that darts around in the weeds and grasses in Michigan. They don’t seem to appear anywhere down near me. I once saw one in Meijer Gardens, a beautiful, lush, and fantastic collection of plants, landscaping, and sculptures, in Grand Rapids, which I like to visit when I go north for summer. The brilliant yellow was spotlit, as it were, against a dark granite piece of sculpture that was also a fountain, as the little bird paused to drink. I didn’t manage to get a photo in time before it flitted off, so it remains a mental photo only, but a beautiful one.
Perfect match! In my mind, anyway, I keep meaning to smell that one but never have.
I’m late on Friday’s CP but here goes anyway. Estee Lauder Bronze Goddess Capri was my first scent yesterday (but hardly my last), and I paired it with the sandpiper, who is so pleasant to watch scurrying up and down the beach as the water recedes. Holds very good memories of summer. However, I think I like my regular Bronze Goddess Eau Fraiche Skinscent better as its salty minerally suntan vibe captures the beach better for me. Capri has added notes of citrus and fruit.
Oh I think that is a fantastic match! Great idea DeniseH.