It's the last Tuesday in April, and the splitmeet is open! It's also the World Day for Safety and Health at Work. Birthdays: Blossom Dearie, Harper Lee, Yves Klein, Alice Waters, Terry Pratchett. What fragrance are you wearing?
I am feeling indecisive this morning and am going to pick something from what ya'll are wearing. Tea at the moment is Cascadia Breakfast from The Jasmine Pearl Tea Co.
Reminder: on 5/1, rabbit rabbit rabbit! It's May. Wear a fragrance that will bring you peace, happiness or good luck for the month.
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 Serax Carte Blanche teapot (Dutch designer Annebet Philips debuts at Serax with Carte Blanche, a playful coffee and tea collection inspired by cardboard cutouts. She transformed childlike, handmade cardboard shapes into porcelain, preserving their folds and irregular edges, highlighted with hand-painted lines") is $68 at Bloomingdales.
Not sure what I’ll wear yet, it’s that delicious morning dreamtime of trying on different scents in my mind and weighing them to decide which will be the perfect one to fit my day and mood. Do I need armor? Comfort? Do I feel sexy? Introspective? Sporty? But it just might end up being L’Heure Bleue in honor of Yves Klein. Love his blue! I wore LHB the other night and thought, like someone here once said, why do I ever bother wearing anything else, it’s so fine and perfect. But in the same way I don’t want to eat the same thing every day, no matter how scrumptious, (well maybe a few days in a row), I don’t want to wear the same perfume each day. Happy Tuesday NST!
Hope you ended up in something good! Busy day here and ended up commando all day…about to put on some Atelier Ancient Resins for the evening 🙂
Love that teapot which surprises me because I don’t usually like hard edges but it’s so fun! And the price is just right. 👌🏼
Back in Devotion today because it’s very handy to get to, easy to wear, and straight up pretty. Only thing on my dance card today is to make a vat of Italian sausage, white bean, and spinach soup and divvy it up for a quick grab and heat meal. Temp is predicted to rise to 50F and the sun, which has been very shy these past few days hiding behind the skirts of the clouds like a bashful two year old, MAY make an appearance. NGL, I’m excited. 🙃
Hope everyone has a great Tuesday!
I agree about the tea set–it’s gorgeous–it looks very Art Deco to me. The only thing is, the handle on the teacup looks like it would be awkward to use. I only drink my coffee from mugs, and don’t drink tea, but what do the real tea-drinkers think about this?
We’re fussy about cup handles Chez G, so we would have to use those cups the Japanese way, by resting the thumb on the rim and two fingers on the base, and ignoring the handle entirely.
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It looks uncomfortable to hold, plus I would not look forward to cleaning the tea stains out of the many corners, even though efferdent would take care of most of it. But I love the look!
Did you get to see the sun today after all?
Yes, briefly! Enough for solar to charge my batteries to 100%. It’s raining now. Supposedly turning to snow overnight. *sigh*
GREAT tea set.
Today I’m in Confiture, the first of three scents from the Nobile 1942 set Le Petit Chocolatier, and it is enchanting. It smells like candied fruit and peel dipped in milk chocolate and drizzled with honey. I bought the set blind, which I know is rarely a good idea, but I read a ton of reviews and was certain it would be exactly the sort of thing I love, which it is. A commenter in the NST announcement of its launch noted that it was about $1 per mL, and it still is roughly that, a bargain by anybody’s standards.
Well done on the lucky blind buy
That sounds really good! I am tempted but hopefully will forget all about it.
I’m currently in a layering of Marissa Zappas Petrichor over Andromeda’s Curse Sea of Trees perfume oil, and it’s a wonderful, surprisingly soothing combination. I’m also fighting off a cold (or something), and discovered last night that an ounce of whisky in a London Fog tea latte is delicious, helped with sleep, and seems to have lessened the cold symptoms.
Read the full name of that oil three times out loud and am certain my day is better for it!
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LOL! I keep a smoky Lapsang Souchong tea for when I am feeling sick. I’ve added a shot of whiskey to it in the past if I am feeling really wretched, plus some echinacea honey.
Excellent doctoring!
Wearing a spritz of Iris Malikhân, which is smelling particularly confectionery today.
Nice!
Hello.
Sotd is Lush Princess Rosalina from the Super Mario collab. Smells like a very fun, galactic fruity grape soda.
I love my Lush Daddy-O shampoo because the violet scent is intoxicating and it’s great for my light coloured hair but what makes me want to give it up is that the purple stains around and under my nails so everytime after washing my hair my hands look like I am a car mechanic!
Interesting. I thought I had some Daddy O at some point put don’t remember the stains so maybe I am wrong. Does it have that anti-yellowing blue dye?
It does. They say it’s the same type of dye used in salons.
Thanks!
Daddy-O smells amazing! I used it before work one time and had people asking what it was (in a good way). They were ducking into the lunch room and asked “what smells so good”?
Another option is to lean in to the staining with purple nail polish! 💅😂
In the va va va voomed-named Cuir Fétiche. If you are looking for spikes and buckles, this isn’t it. But if you love 80s perfumes and leather perfumes, but wish there was something out there that didn’t announce your presence to the entire room instantly, this might be it💜
MPG or Louboutin please? I like 80s perfumes. 😉
MPG. And me too about the 80s. Didn’t like them in the 80s, but now? Divine by Divine? I’m all over it (or happy when it is all over me 😁)
I will keep my eye out for this. It sounds right up my alley.
Ooooooh, that sounds really good.
This morning I felt like comparing a couple of my fragrances so I have Stash on my right arm and Mx. on my left. It’s not that they are similar (although both are woody), just interesting to see what my nose notices in each one when having two on to compare. I have a few more groupings on my dresser for the same experiment in the next few days. It makes my geeky little perfume heart happy 🙂 .
I know you’re a camper so I’m wondering if you’ve heard about the DNR closures/limited access to the campgrounds across washington state? One of my favorite spots is Lyre River Campground which I’ve camped at in various seasons throughout the year, but now is only going to be accessible for a very limited part of the year. Also, many completely closing…such a shame. 😢
Yes, I’ve heard. Also very disappointed and sad about it. I think access to and upkeep of our natural areas is so important. For us personally, several of our reservations are in county campgrounds this summer so I am 🤞🏻 .
Yay, maybe we need a geek week community project!
We definitely do!
Like many I really like the teapot set and affordable too. I have a real art-deco teapot which I use as a decoration but it is tarnished at the moment, one more spring cleaning project. Early today as I’ve already chosen my evening scent. This morning YR pure désir de lilas again as their season is so brief alas and as I was reminded by my recent purchase I retrieved from the depth of the cabinet Eau de Balahé got several years ago. It’s an old school vanilla-almond, not much like the pillar but really good nonethess.
It’s been a while since I have pulled out my lilac perfumes. I should give them a sniff sometime soon, while the weather is still perfect for them.
Oh yes, do it, I will wear a few more too.
My Pur de Lilas will be joining yours in just a few days!
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Also love the tea set! 😍
Trying Ambre Précieux again and it’s lovely w/ much more oomph today. I first tried it last week when I was coming down w/ a mild cold but thought my sense of smell wasn’t too affected…how wrong I was. 🥸 😆 Beautiful dry and powdery in the opening. I am surprised it came out in 1988?! where have I been? So much sniffing yet we can’t make all the stops. 🚂 😅
Ambre Precieux smells wonderful indeed! I hope you escaped the germs to a great extent.
Yes, it’s very good! Trying to remind myself I don’t need all the amber 😉 and the sickness was thankfully short lived. Have you tried the Ultime?
I may have although it must not have made much of an impression.
Yay for feeling (and sniffing) better!
I’m late posting as usual on Tuesdays, since I remain commando until after my PT session and then lunch. Now I’m trying another Amouage from my new (just found again) sample box, Enclave, which is a mixed bag. I detected mint, what I thought was rubber (it’s leather I think), cinnamon, and cardamom. It is a lot of mint mint mint–triplemint! Eek. But I need to give it more time. I swear I’m still getting a rubber note.
I’m hoping it calms down soon and that the disparate parts meld together better.
How much longer do you have PT, Calypso?
Two more weeks. Then I’ll have a 3-month checkup with my surgeon, to see if he recommends more. I seem to be doing pretty well with range of motion, and so I suspect that the two weeks will suffice. Thank you for asking!
Oh how lovely to be almost done! If you think you’ll be done, I assume you are very happy with the results of the surgery?
SOTD = 4160 Tuesdays Hammersmith Tea & Biscuits
Love 💕!
Also, the teapot and tea cups pictured made me think of “Is it Cake?”
In other news, I have not seen sea lions for a long time. If I recall, it was whenever the last time I was in San Francisco which means it was a long time ago. Anyway, to cleanse your palate (OK, no bad news), here’s an article about Chonkers from The Wall Street Journal so maybe there’s a pay wall:
https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/san-francisco-sea-lion-pier-39-chonkers-145628c0?st=PAsfRo&reflink=article_copyURL_share
Have you seen the news about Irving! We are all aflutter 🧡He was rescued a little over a week ago on Irving Street (but of course!)
https://www.marinemammalcenter.org/news/sea-lion-irving-rescued-on-a-san-francisco-street
OMG. Now that you’ve mentioned “Is It Cake?”, I can’t unsee it!
Chonkers was one of the stories mentioned on the national news tonight on NBC. He’s a biggun!
We survived last night’s storms but it was a dismal day and night with various warnings and lots of rain. Despite today’s forecast for cloudy skies and just a peek of 🌞, temps are in the mid-60’s, the sky couldn’t be bluer and the sun couldn’t be brighter. You might say that today’s weather is heaven sent🌤️, and that’s what my hand reached for today, vintage HR Heaven Sent. I’ve loved this fragrance since I was a young girl and love it still. I have various editions, all obtained inexpensively, mostly when fragrance purchases were first available via eBay + 1 small bottle I found at an estate sale for $1. So many notes, so well blended , bold at first but softening down to powdery, and with that wonderful hint of oakmoss at the bottom you just can’t get anymore.
Spent a good portion of the day sitting in the backyard swing finishing “Hope Dies Last” for tonight’s book 📖 discussion, a lengthy account of global heroes using their talents and education to do all they can to ensure the survival of our planet during these troubled environmental times. A good one and, yes, it does give one hope!
Wishing hope to all this week!🙏
Good to hear that last night’s weather wasn’t absolutely horrid for you. You might get some nicer weather from the West in a day or so.
Glad you have managed to amass a decent collection of an old favorite! I wish I’d started collecting old favorites much earlier on.
Oh my goodness, it’s afternoon already.
The month of May came fast this year, and I have a birthday coming up next week.
SOTD is my newest bottle Spicy Road from Une Nuit Nomade, I am glad I blind bought this one!
146 days to Nairobi.
21 days to Santa Fe.
Not like I am anxious to go somewhere 🤭🤭
Exciting times are heading your way!
Enjoy Santa Fe! I hope the weather cooperates with your plans down there.
Happy pre-birthday and exciting travel plans!💐
I’m wearing SL Sarrasins and looking forward to hearing Julien Priester talk about his career. He is a celebrated 90 year old trombonist who has played with Coltraine, Ellington, Herbie Hancock, etc etc.
Smelling great today, allo!
I always think of you when I wear it and think, “Jalapeno’s going to like this.”
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How cool, hope it is a good talk!
It was incredible hearing about him opening for Coltrane.
I bet!
And he is a native Chicagoan. Enjoy!. Happy 15th International Jazz Day on Thursday. Chicago is the official global host city this year! 🎶
Yay! He talked about Chicago and playing with so many greats there. We love jazz and go to our local jazz club regularly so we’ll be sure to celebrate🥂
It’s been a quiet day here. I hung out with my cousin this morning and did some housework. The weather is in the 50s and sunny.
I’ve been randomly spraying perfume. I am currently wafting Marni and LL Si Lolita. They smell very similar to me. It might be the pepper.
LL Si Lolita was pretty good! IDK why I didn’t get a bottle when it was around.
Oh well, perfumes aren’t like Pokemon. You can’t catch them all!
Random perfume spraying!
It’s finally a sunny day here. There’s been plenty of cloud cover and even some much needed rain over the past few days. Had an hour of rain on Sunday afternoon! Still a drop in the bucket, so to speak.
Teflon kitty is much happier about today’s weather. Cool and rainy is not her thing.
SOTD = back in Agent Provocateur Eau Provocateur today. I skipped perfume for a couple of days over the weekend just because.
We were sun twins! It took awhile for the clouds here to get out of the way though.
Clouds are coming back this evening. It’s looking mighty dark out towards the East…
Glad you got some rain! It’s the best sound when it starts falling.
It was so nice, having all the dust, pollen and crud washed out of the air for a bit!
Adorable😸agrees with Teflon Kitty. Last night it rained heavily and she stayed in her favorite place all night – under the bed.
Tef spent a lot of time this past weekend camped out on her kitty heating pad. She’s now 14 and a half in a couple of days.
Does that call for 1/2 of a celebratory tuna cake?🎂🐟🎈
Wishing you a lot of rain soon.
There’s some in the forecast for the next couple of days! ☔
Wore 4160 Tuesdays Both Sides of Clouds.
We spent some time in the yard today. My hubby put together a chair and side table set for the large patio; it looks great! I planted a few pots; a honeysuckle vine, a few fuschias and something called hummingbird’s lunch. I also planted 2 tomatoes. Plus I started several more rounds of lettuce seed on the weekend and am trying thyme from seed. The hot weather is coming soon!
Your yard is going to look great!
Thank you, lillyjo! It’s been a slow process but kind of fun to figure it out. I think my hubby finally “gets” my vision, although I probably had a hard time explaining it. We have lots of hardscape in the back yard so I’m trying to layer in pots and different plants to counteract the heat.
Sounds wonderful! There’s nothing like working in the garden to soothe the soul.
It’s so true! Thank you, Laila.
Once thyme plants get established, they can come back year after year, depending on what USDA Hardiness Zone you are living in. And they are drought tolerant.
“Hummingbird’s Lunch” sounds adorable!
It’s also known as a cuphea; (I had to look it up). “Hummingbird’s lunch” got me; I bought 3 of them.
You smell great!
I’m in Delina today, as I was yesterday. I know a lot of people wear this one, but I still like it. Quiet, easy to wear and enjoyable from start to finish.
I packed up my winter clothes this morning, but should have checked the weather report. A cool front is coming in on Saturday night, which I don’t mind in the least!
I have Bath and Bodyworks Covered in Rose’s. It’s supposed to be a copy of Delina. If you like body products, you should check it out.
Ooh, thank you for the tip! I like matching shower gels. 🤗