It's Tuesday, plus Pan American Day, National Dolphin Day and Loretta Lynn's birthday. What fragrance are you wearing?
I'm in good old Hermès Un Jardin Sur Le Nil. Tea at the moment is a blend of Upton Keemun, Kusmi Violette, Art of Tea Rose Black and cacao husk, inspired by a Fortnum & Mason tea that happy888cat mentioned over the weekend.
Reminder: on 4/17, wear a fragrance by Hermès, OR something from perfumer Jean-Claude Ellena OR Christine Nagel (this is a repeat from 2014).
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: the Natures Marines ("Sun-brightened corals and seaweed shimmering with cool water compose the oceanic garden of the new Natures Marines tableware collection") teapot from Hermès is $1130.
I am wearing Hermes Un Jardin a Cythere for the CP.
Happy Tuesday! 🌷
Happy Tuesday pl67!
Thank you, Robin!
You smell bright and cheerful!
Thank you, Lillyjo! Matching it with the gorgeous weather we are having today.
Hello.
Sotd is Dusita Light of Bangkok. Fresh, bright and beautiful. Citrusy, lemongrassy, with a soft sandalwood orris base. Downside is it’s very fleeting, like an edc and it’s light, sillage of about 10cm.
That sounds gorgeous!
It is very pretty! Dusita really knows her stuff.
Oops, I meant Ms. Pissara Umavijani!
I was just reading about this, happy888cat.
Does it remind you of the Mandarin Oriental?
My sister and I stay there in when we go to Bangkok and it does smell lovely when you step inside.
It does remind me a lot of the Mandarin Oriental.
You know how they scent the air and cold towels with lemongrass and jasmine? The same core is present in this perfume. The sandalwood base brings forth the imagery of the wooden furniture and elements around the hotel. Finally the delicate airiness is perfectly elegant, like the gentle colour palette and ambience around the hotel.
I love a cold lemongrass towel.
Jo Malone Wood Sage & Sea Salt by Christine Nagel.
Points!
I am wearing Hermes Musc Pallida edp for the CP.
I am into clean scents lately and this one is great!!
I can’t remember now if I smelled it…that was the one that was originally released as an oil, right?
They had it in the oil version, they recently released the edp.
Right. If I ever go to the mall again, I will try to smell it 🙂
Happy Tuesday!
Sotd a repeat from yesterday just because lavender…YSL Libre L’Absolu Platine.
A beautiful day to all!
Happy Tuesday LesLiesse!
Glad I didn’t break any unwritten rules about duplicating Sotd’s !
Perfume monogamy streaks are fine! Just ask the NSTer formerly known as CM8.
Smelling great two day’s running!
Lavender baaay-beee!
Looking forward to wearing some Hermès later this week.
I’m continuing my dive into rarely-worn perfumes in my Amouage collection. Over the weekend, I wore Imitation (Woman) and Bracken (Woman,) both of which I admire. They’re bold, strange, compelling, and tenacious, which is really refreshing in a fragrance world which usually plays it safe. Good for Amouage. I don’t reach for these often – they demand a lot of the wearer – but every now and then I’m up for something weird.
Today I’m in Figment (Man,) which also presents challenges, but I really should wear this more frequently. It has a similar civet/feral cat vibe as Ma Bête from Eris, (another one I love.)
Happy Tuesday, everyone! (And for my fellow Los Angelenos, is this not the most glorious morning?)
I am not even jealous of your glorious morning, Daniel, because here in SE PA we are headed to a high of 82 🙂
Happy to hear you’re finally getting the weather you love! 🌞
Thank you! Hope you are getting what you love…62 or 72, I think?
And now, if it would just stay at 82, ha 🙂
Sounds perfect!😊
It’s a bit dim and drippy here, so to warm myself up the tea of the moment is another London Fog and the scent choice is Amber Narguilé. An interesting combination — not quite as eye-rollingly heavenly as with Palisander the other day, but the apple-pie fruitiness of AN blends nicely with the bergamot in the tea.
You smell great SheriG!
Thanks for the idea, SheriG. I have gotten my Ambre Narguile out and I will wear it tonight as I do love love it from beginning to end (there are some musks in the drydown that really work for me, which isn’t always the case) and I find it cozy and fits in kind of OK with what we’re watching on TV as well – Twin Peaks (the original). Special Agent Dale Cooper likes his cherry pie and Ambre Narguile has the apple pie note that you mentioned. I love almost any fruit pie way more than cake.
A London Fog sounds perfect for a day like today.
hello all, echoing Daniel, a gorgeous morning here in SoCal.
Post shower will be Santal Massoia. I think it’s Jean-Claude Ellena.
The teapot is a beauty, Robin.
I love that teapot too…luckily, no need for it! Because I am not going to own it in any case 🙂
Inspired by Daniel I’ve been going through my Amouage perfumes recently and today I’m wearing Bracken woman. I find this one can be a bit overpowering if sprayed too heavily but is beautiful when sprayed lightly. That’s true for many of the stronger Amouage perfumes, I think. I tended to wear too many sprays and would find the perfumes disconcerting. Bracken is nice in autumn when the leaves are falling and the air is crisp, as it seems to harmonise with the smell of leaf mulch and heavy dew.
Nothing like a nice, autumnal perfume.
I remember trying it and disliking it, but it’s probably time to try it again, along with others from Amouage. I do like so many of theirs.
I haven’t tried this one, but having read your review, I think I must!
That’s a lovely way to describe Braken Woman!
“Bracken”😊
We had a blowy front come through overnight so it’s quite breezy and cool today with a lot of clouds. We’ll be lucky to get out of the 50’s. There is some bright blue on the horizon so I’m hopeful for some sun. 🌞
Watching my mail bounce around Utah at the moment. Kind of like watching tennis or ping pong. It keeps circling and circling, landing, sitting a few days, taking flight, traveling in a larger circle only to end up right back in Provo. And this is mail that was returned to my mail forwarding service because the last time I had it forwarded to me in Arizona it arrived a week after the stated delivery day and I had to move on by that point. Hope the same thing doesn’t happen again because I’m headed north in a couple of days.🤪
Wearing L’Artisan Saffron Troublant from the old school bottle with the gold cap that’s so heavy you could knock someone out with it. I bought this years ago, maybe right before packaging changes because I have a huge bottle of it, which I would never buy unless I got some kind of crazy good deal on it. Anyway, if anyone ever needs a decant hit me up because the vat I have will never be fully utilized.
Happy Tuesday!
Safran Troublant is nice if not something I reach for constantly. I too have the very heavy, original bottle,
Happy Tuesday, Deva! You smell lovely!
I remember Provo. It’s been a very long time since I have set foot there.
Wearing VCA Orchidée Vanille, happy to be in from the 7C rain today. I am quite grateful that I bought this and Bois d’Iris back in the day, since they are now gaspingly expensive, i.e. three times the price at the discounters, to say nothing of regular retail.
Kicking off Hermes week in Rhubarb Ecarlate, my second most-worn fragrance. Box of Eels is #1.
You smell wonderful and I will be joining you later this week in that most wonderful of rhubarb fragrances.
Even though it’s rainy and blustery today, I’m going with VCA First because JCE and because someone said that April showers 🌧️ bring May flowers💐😊
P.S. I’m also going to dab a bit of beautiful vintage First from a very generous NSTer💕
CP-compliant in TDC Rose Poivrée. Gloomy day here, but I guess it doesn’t matter much as I’m tied to my desk.
Gloomy day here as well.
Very warm here with dire warnings for severe weather later today that ‘could’ happen, not sure what time. Very unsettling (along with the world situation) as we are meeting friends of ours who are in town for a couple of days for a conference downtown for dinner. Decided to train and Uber it rather than drive just in case. 🤞the warnings don’t occur.
SOTD is SJP Covet. Haven’t worn it in awhile and I enjoy its unusual mix of lemon, lavender and dark chocolate in various seasons, em phasing the 🍋 in Spring.
Happy Tuesday
🤞Laila! I’ve been watching the weather all day, hoping something would change.
Safe travels for you and your hubby tonight!
Trying Celine Parade today and notes are below…bought the discovery set and am taking a teary break from Project Amber. 😂
Have been equal parts curious and annoyed by Celine. 😆 Curious b/c I’ve seen some good reviews but annoyed b/c of the prices and seemingly obvious copying of Chanel Exclusif packaging and actually pricing. 😉
NOTES: BERGAMOT, NEROLI, VETIVER, MUSK, OAK MOSS.
That is some pretty obvious copying.
Sounds nice, although I can see your objections to the line. Would this one be suitable for a vetiver lover, do you think?
SMH. Aspirational luxury pricing is getting old.
Your descriptions of spring days are lovely, and always such a reminder that the world is a big place as we head into the opposite season. We’ve had a few beautiful autumn days lately.
I’m wearing Chanel’s 1932 today, it’s lovely any day of the year.
I’m commando because I just got back from my regular PT, which went well today, and after which I visited Mom, then went for Chinese food for lunch. I’m going to look on Fragrantica to find which scents I may have that qualify.
Meanwhile, I want to tell Robin that I am beyond thrilled to have discovered last night that my (possibly) favorite fictional police detective is now featured in a show on PBS Masterpiece, with 3 seasons, no less! I can’t believe I missed out on knowing this! It’s Inspector Ricciardi, from 1930s Naples, and it is BEAUTIFULLY filmed on site, gorgeous locations, and the man himself is MMMM. It has the key quirky aspects of the original series (the supernatural visions and the prim/weird romance); each person in those very distinctive novels is just exactly as I pictured them, which never happens in a TV show version of a beloved novel. (The new guy playing Harry Hole in the Nesbo mystery is exactly right, and it’s pretty good, but I realized that those books/shows are just more full of sexual violence and gore than I really like.).
https://www.pbs.org/show/inspector-ricciardi/
PS: I’m addressing this to Robin because I am pretty sure you read some of those books after I recommended them several years ago. The author is Maurizio dd Giovanni. The books are done in a highly idiosyncratic style; some people might hate it, but which I find it exquisite. The mysteries themselves are good, but it’s the surrounding characters as well as the era of Mussolini’s Italy that makes them stand out.
Those sound excellent. Thx for the tip, Calypso.
I can’t believe I missed this one. Thanks for the tip!
A fresh mango instead of a smoothie today.
This morning LE essence No 1, a favored citrussy chypre and tonight Réminiscence Tonka.
Been a while since I have seen you wearing the Rem Tonka.
I’m in Hermes Hiris.
In the beautiful blue bottle?
Yes, it is!
I’m early today. I’ve been home cleaning. We are expecting severe weather tonight.
I am wearing Burj Dubai Melina. This was a gift from an old coworker. I thought it was rose and oud but the notes are bergamot, lychee, rose and patchouli. It matches really well with BBW Covered in Rose’s. I like it a lot.
I need to be cleaning. But instead, I am working on a crossword puzzle. 😆
Your secret is safe with us.
Your secret is safe with us.
I clean when I am nervous, and weather always makes me nervous. I’m about to go through and organize my mail. Lol.
I hope the severe weather gives you and the other NSTers in the Midwest a big pass tonight!
Your SOTD sounds lovely.
A bit late today – had a derm appointment this morning. Just put on Hermes Rose Ikebana, rose with rhubarb, tea and lemon which makes a clean and “tangy” rose fragrance. To quote a reviewer from fragrantica who says it much better than I can: “rose that is green but not overly so, fresh but not watery, spicy but without the thorn, vibrant and unique without being obnoxious”.
Hope the derm appt. was no big deal for you.
Wafting Calèche EdT on this bright day! It’s been warmer than lately but with a chilly breeze. I may have wafted a bit too forcefully this morning, in my enthusiasm for wearing this again after a long winter.
You smell SO good! And I have you to thank for turning me on to this classic beauty💕
My pleasure! 😇
SOTD = Hermes Eau des Merveilles Bleue
It’s Hermes although I am too lazy to figure out who composed it. Regardless, it smells really good . The size is also perfect at 35 mL!
That 35mL bottle for the Eau des Merveilles series is so freaking cute.
Christine Nagel. I just happened to have her page pulled up on Fragrantica. It seems I only have one, perhaps two, scents composed by her, so she appears to be someone of incompatible taste to mine (which is, of course, fine).
Holy cow-I’m accidentally CP compliant-I chose Galop. I reallyy love this scent (I say that about most of my scents). Love the clever stirrup bottle and I loved the ads when this first came out-the dancers in bare feet imitating horses hooves. Brilliant. Loved everyone else’s descriptions of their SOTD, esp Kanuka’s. Have a good evening, everyone!
Trying out some of my Hermes samples that I’ve gotten while on trips. Rose Ikebana is just too sour for me. Eau de Narcisse Bleu and Myrrh Eglantine are lovely, though!
Robin, you had asked the other day whether Loree Rodkin is still making perfumes. Yes indeed, and Luckyscent has them. (not affiliated). I like her Gothic I and II the best, though I only have I right now. Her jewelry is also gorgeous, very gothy rock’n’roll stuff.
Gorgeous teapot today Robin!
It’s snowing in some of the mountains here this afternoon. Unfortunately, there was a huge accident on I-70 in the mountains right at the Eisenhower-Johnson tunnel due to the weather. 75+ cars involved, with 19 people injured. No fatalities, thankfully.
Lower down, there have been spotty rain showers along the Front Range. It’s been chilly too, with a high of maybe 60 degrees? Teflon has spent a lot of time on her kitty heating pad today. She also dove under the covers and snuggled in my flannel sheets this morning.
SOTD = back in Agent Provocateur Eau Provocateur EdT. Love the incense note in this and the OG Agent Provocateur.
TK always has the right idea!