We're marking the first weekend in October with our semi-regular viewing poll. Coming up soon: the fall reading poll (on the 17th) and possibly a splitmeet in November (there was very little interest in the spring splitmeet, so do mention in the comments if you'd like to see one this fall).
So, the “visual media” version of our fall reading poll. Tell us...
...what fragrance you're wearing today?
...any great tv shows or movies you've discovered recently, and/or
...anything else fun you've been streaming (exercise videos? cat videos? anything),
Or, as always, just talk about something else...
Note: top image is Blue Leaf [cropped and background extended] by Paul at flickr; some rights reserved.
I have been since yesterday in a veil of now considered vintage Chance: both parfum and the original EdT with pineapple in it. Vintage Chance lasts forever and ever.
You smell great! I like the Chance line – I have Eau Tendre and now wish I had a vintage (oof!) Chance – enjoy yours 🙂
You smell marvelous. I’m guessing my bottle is about 18 years old, and is a darker golden color. I love the flankers on others, but they just don’t work as well as the OG, in EdP form.
Hwyl EDP from my bottle
I’ve been watching Sunday sermons from my favorite church in Colorado and two of my favorite health podcasts religiously ( no pun intended)….The Model Health Show and Extend Podcast.
Nice to see you!😀
Hi there!!!!
Is the church you listen to down in Colorado Springs, by any chance?
I made two wonderful discoveries while rummaging in my collection yesterday: a decant of le Bouquet de la Mariée and a 30ml spray tester cube of Le Plus Beau Jour de Ma Vie. 🥳 Yesterday I wore Plus Beau Jour, but I’ll save le Bouquet for another day as it’s going to be 98 degrees plus high humidity today, so it’s going to be Neroli Outrenoir instead.
There’s nothing like finding hidden fragrant treasures💝
Very fruitful spelunking! & you smell wonderful, cazaubon.
It’s always such a nice treat to re-find treasures!
We’re about to enjoy a week of crisp, cool, fall-esque mornings and cloudless, summerlike days, so I’m in the apricot-and-osmanthus happiness of Fzotic Monserrat.
On tv we just finished the final season of Shrinking (a little bit preachy but still fun), are in the middle of the newest season of Ted Lasso (not bad so far), and have been re-watching Sherlock (the one with Benedict Cumberbatch — so weird). We also have two unwatched seasons of Only Murders in the Building, but I’m having difficulty talking Mr. G into them.
Nothing else streaming, unless you count watching my dahlias go a bit crazy with blooms lately. Their apricot color really pops against the turquoise pots they’re planted in.
Dahlias sound wonderful! I’m enjoying my late zinnias. We have too many deer for most fall flowers.
I just caught up on Season 4 of Ted Lasso so just waiting for them to drop the last episode. Not sure it was necessary? But I’ve enjoyed watching it.
Hello, I am very interested in a splitmeet this fall. Something like splitting a bottle of Misia would be great.
Oh, if only I could go in on a split of Misia! Alas, being in a different country will put the brakes of that – heavy sighs over postal restrictions etc.
Awww. If we did proceed with the splitmeet I will personally make sure that I cover the shipping cost and I wouldn’t mind mailing Your piece to You. It doesn’t put any brakes on it for me. Let’s cross our fingers the splitmeet does happen.
I am in Ormonde Woman.
Robin, are we going to have the damage poll for the 3rd quarter or is it too much for you? Please don’t stress yourself if it’s too hard.
And also: is everyone no longer receiving email notifications about comments on their posts (if you subscribe to them, like I do)? It’s been like this for the past several weeks.
Huh, this I did not know about. Anyone else not getting notifications??
It seems it’s just me. Odd.
Second.
Oops, I mean I’m seconding Glannys’ comment about not doing a damage poll if it becomes burdensome for Robin or even just another thing she has to think about.
I’m thirding Glannys’ comment about not doing a damage poll.
If the poll doesn’t exist, neither do the sins. 😉 😉
No…I did mention twice this week (on Weds & Fri) that I would not do the fall damage poll — I am already so overextended, sorry! I did also say in Friday’s poll to go ahead and confess your damage if you like! And you can do it now! Donatella is always listening.
Thanks, I must have missed it. I remember that earlier (a week or two ago) you wrote you were not sure you can manage the damage call, but it was not the final decision at that point. Sure, no problem.
🙂
Today I’m wearing Tart Deco by Snif.
I’m trying to catch up on a lot of shows that got back burnered due to life, but one show I absolutely loved was Friends from College on Netflix. It’s very funny! As far as movies, The Furious is a fantastic action movie with brilliant fight choreography.
Two YouTube channels I’ve been enjoying lately are a Korean wax seal channel (the creator makes absolutely stunning wax seals) and a cat grooming channel. I find them both very soothing!
I am going to pick up Netflix again soon to watch Great British Baking, so adding Friends From College to my list, thanks!
I’ve been watching cooking video’s lately. I love to read the comment section because everyone puts in their 2 cents. Apparently there is a big debate about washing chicken, which I was taught not to do and I don’t. I want to know what you all think.
I’m undecided on my sotd for work tonight. I will report back on it later.
I do not wash it as it is not recommended.
Also, the BBW sale is all weekend.
Thanks Kris. I will try and go tomorrow then. I am interested in the new Fruit Fusion offerings.
Thanks, Kris, for correcting the info I posted. I would swear that the first email I got from BBW re that sale said it was for only one day but I deleted it. The subsequent ones do say for the whole weekend. Lillyjo, that means you still have time to spend your money! I haven’t tried any of the Fruit Fusions as I was thinking fall scents. I’d be interested in hearing your thoughts on those.
They came out with a cherry and a plumb one for Fall.
I wanted the tangerine shower gel, but it was always sold out.
No problem, Laila. I just wanted to make sure lillyjo didn’t miss the sale if she wanted to go.
I read somewhere that washing chicken can splash bacteria around, so I don’t wash, just cook thoroughly and bleach the cutting board.
I agree.
I used to rinse all meats. Now, with the occasional exception of thick fish pieces, I too only pat them dry and cook them well. Regarding the fish, and I don’t say this is best practice, but sometimes I buy some that is…fishy. I am a fairly hard-line don’t waste food person. A rinse, a pat dry, a little lime or lemon bath and we have never had a problem nor not had a tasty baked or fried fish dish. YMMV.
If you’re plucking it you may want to use water to get rid of debris. Otherwise don’t wash. But wash your hands and boards.
I wouldn’t even know how to pluck a chicken. I am big on hand washing.
Sadly I would not know how to pluck a chicken, or know where to buy a chicken that still had feathers, and honestly I have never heard of anybody I know plucking a chicken either…is this still a thing in the US? I thought even small scale subsistence farms mostly had machines that plucked the chickens.
Kanuka, is it a thing in NZ?
Only if you keep chickens and eat them. Or, say, you’re a duck hunter and shoot ducks and geese. I’ve plucked hens and ducks and geese and it’s messy, and the feathers stick everywhere. Some people plunge the hens in hot/ boiling to make plucking easier ( same when you pluck eyebrows ). Plucking is easy, you just grab the feathers and pull them off. The strangest thing I ever plucked was an emu skin when I worked in a museum. We used the emu feathers to replicated moa feathers ( an extinct NZ bird) for a model in a diorama.
Interesting. There is lots of hunting going on in my county but there are also butchers who take care of whatever you have killed, and I guess I assumed that was what duck hunters did too but I know next to nothing, clearly. I have never plucked a bird of any sort.
Washing chicken is a big fat NO!!! Especially if you are buying it from a grocery store, where it already has been prepared for cooking. As other US-based NSTers have mentioned, it’s a good way to spread E. coli and campylobacter around the kitchen.
This is what I was taught.
The pro chicken washers are very adamant though, and frankly not very polite. Lol.
This is just me sharing something something with everyone. Last time I only had 2 swaps, but they were swaps of my entire lifetime!! I love swaps, and used to swap on makeup*lley 20 years ago: there is nothing in this world like the trip to a local post office and picking out the cutest packaging as well as preparing the package with all the extras and care. Another amazing feeling is receiving the swap package and screaming with excitement haha.
Every time I see my Cuir de Russie EdT (!!!) I have to pinch myself that I am not dreaming. Or every time I see the most beautiful Chanel 5 vintage parfum mini with the most beautiful #5 blend in it, that could never be replicated again – I feel like floating in the air. That’s all thanks to a swap from last year.
Ok so for the last month I have been thinking that this Christmas since I got married this year, ok, that I actually want a true to my heart Christmas present from Him. You see the other years we spent so much time discussing, ordering, packing Christmas presents for our beautiful Daughter. He always said He wanted to get me something to which I always replied He needn’t to, because since I am a working woman, and a perfume collector, I just purchase things for myself here and there. What I am truly after, and what makes me happy, He just wouldn’t understand, or that’s what my thinking always had been. But still upon Him insisting I would agree to a purse or a pair of shoes just to make Him happy. I also always gifted Him whatever He proposed that He wanted. So we would exchange one gift between ourselves and about one zillion gifts for our Daughter. Inside of my head I always fantasized that I finally opened up to Him and told Him the truth: yes I do use purses and clothes and shoes but I get it myself as needed but it’s not something that I consider a TRUE present that would wake up that inner child of mine. Of course I have received jewelry from Him in the past but I just always daydreamed I would get perfume from Him for Christmas just never opened up about it yet. Actually last year He surprised me by getting me 3 bottles of perfume + one body mist and He doesn’t read Nowsmellthis – that I am sure of, they were great but just not “mine”.
I have been thinking this year I will tell Him what I want. I want one bottle of Chanel perfume. I don’t want shoes or purses or 3 other perfumes that cost $150. I want that $150 to be translated into a Chanel single bottle of perfume. I want to go on Chanel website and order it with their packaging (something He would insist on, He will not agree to 2nd hand bottles for a Christmas present no matter how much I consider them treasures). So recently I have been thinking: what can we get from Chanel website as my Christmas present? I don’t want makeup – makeup items are like clothing to me: gotta have it, gotta use it. Perfume is what makes my heart skip a beat. Maybe I should ask Him for a bottle of Coco EdP? Eeeck no. I only use vintage Coco. Maybe I should ask Him for Coco Mademoiselle? No, I have plenty of it already. Chance? Same I got plenty of it. I didn’t have any ideas as to what we could get that I didn’t already have. And then…
Wow. I just learned of St. Moritz. Wow. Perfect for our budget. Perfect for the occasion. Now I know exactly and precisely what I want for Christmas!!
St Moritz, or get that coffret of all six!
Or one of the travel sprays on a chain with a pouch? I think those are in No. 5 and Coco Mad. And there’s always the matching shimmer oil.
https://www.fashion-press.net/news/150284
We already talked about St. Moritz though and it has been agreed upon. I already love it nevermind I never smelled it. I am sure Chanel won’t do this to me where I end up hating it LOL
I’m wearing the second of my Prin Lomros samples, Saringkarn. Rose, oud, plum, and lots of other flowers. It’s potent stuff.
I read the NY Times “100 Greatest TV shows” article and watched “Chernobyl” the other night, and then a documentary about Chernobyl based on film found after the Soviet Union fell. The story itself is chilling and horrifying. The coverup of the true damage persists as the official death toll remains at 31 despite using thousands of humans for the containment and disposal of radioactive material. Stellan Skarsgard starred in it and I will watch almost anything he’s in.
The Great British Baking Show just started again, I think cookie week started yesterday on Netflix. Nigella Lawson seems to be okay as a new judge.
I thought Jared Harris and Emily Watson were also very good in Chernobyl
They were excellent too, Harris especially. I thought Emily Watson needed more to do. Maybe they edited out some of her scenes.
yes, Chernobyl was excellent.
This reminded me for obvious for obvious reasons of “The Death of Stalin” which was an incredibly funny movie about a very serious topic by Armando Iannucci that featured all British actors.
Love Emily Watson!!
Glad Nigella Lawson is good! I am probably not going to watch it until next month so hope I can manage to not see spoilers…or to forget whatever spoilers I run across 🙂
You might enjoy reading (if “enjoy” is the right word, considering the subject) Midnight in Chernobyl by Adam Higginbotham.
Since it’s now officially autumn, sunny days aside, it’s time for leather and I am in Indult Reve en Cuir.
In fluffy, fun television, RJ Decker’s second season has just started. I tend to think of Florida as Strange Crime Central, no doubt due to a couple of writers, and a friend recommended this show earlier in the summer.
Envious of your Rêve en Cuir. I missed the window on that one.
Thank you all for the good travel wishes, thoughts and prayers yesterday! I am pretending we are leaving tomorrow instead of Monday to avoid the dreaded “stay up until Midnight waiting for the dryer” night before travel. Not that any of you fragrant friends would be so feckless as to do that! SotD SL Fleurs de Citronnier-I’m feeling it as a great Summer to Fall transitional scent. It is also close to being my desert island musk. Although I love to smell heavy, skanky musk and patchouli, I am surprised to find that on me the brighter, cleaner ones fit. I will be watching the Swapmeet but not sure I’ll have any offerings this time.
Beautiful scent. Happy travels!
Thank you-usually we focus on a destination, but this trip has more exploring built in! 🗺️
oh that’s such a beauty, MossyBerry, and I should get mine out, I have been neglecting it. I too like the white musk in it, as I like most of the Lutens musks. It’s very creamy and enhances the lush elements of the lemons and flowers.
Have a great trip! My bugaboo for traveling is not laundry, it’s endless dithering about what to pack, until I finally just shove a bunch of stuff into the suitcase.
That is happening now! This time of year, one has to pack for two seasons. I don’t seem to gravitate toward a layering style of dress, so I am sure I will compromise by taking too much. My giant suitcase is my friend.
I saw Digger yesterday and can see why it’s had very mixed reviews. It’s all theatrics: big performances ( Riz Ahmed is very good, Sandra Huller is completely sidelined ), jarring soundtrack, incredible sets, some amazing takes but also rambling and empty…BUT I also got quite immersed in the spectacle of it and it’s shambolic, unstructured atmosphere. It’s most similar to bardo and Birdland in terms of Inarritu movies, but also like a Charlie Kaufman movie like Synecdoche New York or even Fellini/ Kubrick. If you want a movie that has meaning, it’s not for you. If you don’t mind random ideas given a huge budget , a grand vision and exploration that ends in failure, you will like it. I did like it.
A book I’ve just read that I really enjoyed is Spinster Cookbook by Eli Davies. She uses the word spinster as she felt it “ takes up space” rather than a term like “ uncoupled”, which suggests something is missing. So, it’s a cultural history of cooking for one in a society that typically honours the “ sharing” nature of meals.
Wearing Coven
https://observer.co.uk/culture/books/article/a-single-womans-kitchen-adventures
Review of spinster cookbook
https://www.londonreviewbookshop.co.uk/podcasts-video/podcasts/eli-davies-rebecca-may-johnson-the-spinster-cookbook
London review of books podcast with author Eli Davies ( 50 minutes)
Love the LRB!
Thanks for the Digger review.
Weekend plans: still mattress shopping! We’re leaning toward natural latex for the kids and returning the avocado, which neither of them likes. And we found out we will have to pay to return. For us, we’re thinking a more traditional mattress and box spring. We’ve tried an embarrassing number of mattresses, but the final inspiration was my hairdresser, she’s almost 70 and has had the same mattress and box spring for over 30 years. She says she found a way to flip it herself and when it got lumpy they came out and did something (she had to pay) and now it’s like a brand new mattress.
I’m also in the final stretch of the memoir Strangers by Belle Burden. This is a very strange couple!
And now that horseback riding is over, I went to the farmers market today and came home with a huge haul of vegetables. 🥕🥬
Today scent is Aqua Regina from a sample and melograno oil.
LOL about Strangers. I was wondering what you thought of it.
A book I think you would love is Dolly All the Time. I also just finished Hollow Bones by Jodi Picoult, which was good, but pretty intense topics.
Yes, Dolly all the Time I read over the summer
Almost done with strangers .. Will report back! lol
Re the tv shows (we call them programmes!) here in the UK (Aberdeen, Scotland) I have just watched a drama called “Winter” about a forensic pathologist played by the absolutely gorgeous Richard Armitage – really enjoyable. Re fragrance – my husband & I are off to Dublin (again – the best 10 years of my childhood were spent in Cork & Dublin) the week after next & I will definitely be popping into the perfume shop in the Westbury Mall – very interesting selection of fragrances that aren’t available in Brown Thomas (think Harrods, Harvey Nicks, Selfridges, Neiman Marcus in the US) department store though of course the limit in the size of bottles is still in effect (why after all these years?) but I may be obliged to buy a small bottle of something I find I like.
Aha, and apparently PBS Masterpiece Mystery is going to air Winter here, at some unspecified date.
I’m sure you will be obliged to buy something, and YES, why are they still worried about the size of your liquid bottles? I routinely travel with a large clear bag, clearly larger than a quart, stuffed with small bottles of liquids and nobody ever stops me so long as all the bottles are small…there is nothing magical about 100 ml when you can carry so many of them.
SOTD = Dulce Solis Violette
So nice! Perfect iris / violet!
We celebrated my sister’s birthday today, a day early. We did take out from our a favorite Chinese food place not far from here. I suppose it has become my fave as well since I’ve been there 5 times in the past 3 months.
In other news, here’s a gift article from the New York Times re: roosters:
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/30/realestate/rooster-noise-ordinances-rural-america.html?unlocked_article_code=1.F1E.7CcU.yYMBHpXjCAxq&smid=nytcore-ios-share
This perfume sounds nice. I can’t see that you can buy it anywhere. Do you know where you bought this?
I bought it from the perfumer! If you click on the link, you can send me an email with your mailing address. I’ll get a decant out to you!
Thought of the moment: roosters are males, but isn’t it the females that actually do the roosting?
🤣🤣🤣
Kind of like why does one park on a driveway and drive on a parkway 🤣 …
Another stunning early autumn day here, as Jalapeno called hers yesterday (hope you’re having another one!), and I hope that those of you in CA get some much-needed relief from the heat soon!🤞
I wanted to try out the new BBW Caramel products today so I searched for a fragrance that would harmonize with it and chose JS Fancy as my SOTD. I love sweet warm gourmands in the fall and this combo worked well. I got the Fancy years ago on clearance somewhere and seldom wear it so I’m glad I pulled it out for a change.
As for the viewing poll; we watch very little in the summer as we mostly pay attention to baseball. But I saw a movie just last week, only because my DIL highly recommended it, not something I would’ve ever gone to see but I wanted to let her know I valued her opinion. And it was fantastic! Coyote v. Acme is a live-action film in which Wile E. Coyote enlists the aid of a billboard attorney to sue the Acme Corporation for repeatedly selling him faulty products. It is very well done, very clever, very funny, and very pertinent, and I also highly recommend. I’m still surprised at how much we enjoyed it!👍
Now we’re headed to a pumpkin fest tonight with lots of kids’ activities; wine, beer and special cocktails for adults, food trucks from local restaurants, and 3 bands.
Happy Saturday! 🎃🍔🌭🍻🍷🍹🎶
Enjoy that pumpkin 🎃 fest
I will have to google your movie, it is hard to imagine a live action Coyote v Acme!
I have been LMAOing about the teasers and ads for “Coyote vs ACME”! Glad to hear the movie doesn’t disappoint; I have been considering seeing it in a theater.
Back to work in SJL 777 Taklamakan because it’s just gorgeous. As I walked in, there was a cool breeze and the sun was at the perfect angle to cast a golden glow and make urban areas look much prettier than they actually are. Kind of like after a heavy snowfall when everything is pristine and white. It doesn’t last of course but in that moment, it’s a boon to my mood.
Haven’t been streaming anything or doing anything interesting recently. Just counting down the days until my contract is done and I can hit the road again. I’ve almost reached maximum capacity for humans at this point. Lots of drug and alcohol here, which complicates every admission and is a very taxing population to care for. 😅 I have been sprucing up the camper by adding a couple of pieces of art (a Native American print and some locally made things) and found a fabulous velvet sheet set in a pretty sage green to keep me warm this winter. A new rug, reorganizing drawers and storage cubbies, decluttering, looking lovingly at my new tires…it’s a weird little life but I’m happy with it. Excited about meandering down to the southwest in a hopefully leisurely fashion, stopping along the way to visit some historical sites, etc. It’s all dependent on the weather though, as my contract here lasts until mid-November. Hoping to get out before serious cold and snow hits.
Happy weekend, hope you all are looking forward to something!
Deva, I love hearing about all your adventures, and how much you can tell about a region based on the people who show up at your hospitals. I’m sorry you’ve been having so many challenging patients and I hope you stay safe and well on your travels.
and PS, you smell great. Whatever your patients are going through, at least they have a lovely smelling person caring for them.
Drug and alcohol issues are not delineated by geography. It’s all over and it’s a HUGE problem on every level. 3 of my 4 patients last night were admitted for ETOH/drugs and this is the norm in healthcare today. I also wear perfume for self defense because the priority of this population is not hygiene. It a very sad and depressing job sometimes because while they are admitted in the present, the likelihood of future health issues, admissions, and early death related to use is very high. The happiest area I’ve ever worked in healthcare was at an outpatient surgery center. Both patients and staff were fabulous and it was a very uplifting job. 😊
I’m guessing things are even worse than usual due to the financial pressures and general craziness in the US and the world lately. Self-medicating with drugs and/or alcohol is probably some peoples’ only way of coping with it all.
“Maximum capacity for humans” cracked me up, but I do get that it probably isn’t funny to live it.
Your camper must be so cute and cozy by now. Are you going to take the winter off, or do you already have another contract lined up?
Humor is my coping mechanism, even though a lot of people probably don’t find me funny. 🙃 I’m hoping to take off the entire winter into early spring. El Niño is supposed to bring tons of rain and bad weather to Arizona and New Mexico this winter, so I’ll be moving around depending on the weather. As usual, I’ll be flying by the seat of my pants. 😅
Ha, same here, which means we might not like each other in real life!
So glad you are going to get a nice long break from hospitals and associated humanity, that’s lovely. I can’t believe how many years it has been now since I was in AZ/NM, I think 28-30 years?? ack! I so miss my dad’s house in Taos, and I can smell the land right now if I close my eyes.
It’s amazing how grand the natural world can smell. The farther we get away from it, the more we lose. Taos is such a gorgeous area, too. I’m not a religious person, but I feel like some areas up there are holy. The unit manager just approached me this morning to offer an extension through February. Sorry, gotta go! 👋🏼
Yes you do gotta go!
I agree, there is something about the landscape out there that inspires spiritual reflection.
I’m in Dzongkha today and since I need to make a decant for a friend, and will doubtless get it all over my fingers, that works well. Also to cool me off.
I’m looking forward to watching the new season of Slow Horses but am savoring the antici-pation, as Dr. Frankenfurter would say. RIP Tim Curry.
Since Apsara is off having adventures in Africa, I must provide the Gary Oldman fangirl energy. As well as all the other wonderful actors in this series and the author Mick Herron, who wrote the compelling series of books.
Plenty of goodies left at the Swapmeet, by the way. Come on over and trade with us.
I’ve been so under the weather, I didn’t get around to seeing what I have for the swapmeet.
Hopefully tomorrow I will feel a bit better.
I love Gary Oldman too!
I hope you’re feeling better today, lillyjo. There’s plenty of time left for the swapmeet. Take care of yourself!
Sorry you are not feeling well-hope you can get some rest or at least have a quiet time at work. Maybe with back to school over, you get a little slow season? I might have to join the Gary Oldman club-we loved Darkest Hour! Today is a rare commando day as I pushed toward finishing trip details. Will shower and go for something comforting later.
Hope you’re feeling at least a little bit better today! 🤗
I so love the books but couldn’t stomach the show last time I tried– too much tension even though I know the outcomes. I might give it another shot at some point.
I think we’re only getting one more book, so another option is I’ll just read them all again 🙂
Gary Oldman was fantastic as Dracula way back when.
Wore a few sprays of Chanel No. 19 edt. It was a cool morning but this afternoon it felt like summer out.
I’ve been enjoying Junior Bake Off recently. It’s a kids version of The Great British Baking Show. It’s entertaining and light; the kids are cute, funny and can bake. In all my years, I can say I’ve never made a choux pastry.
I should try that! And I wish they would release Season 9 of the Canadian Baking Show in the US already.
I made choux pastry, ONCE, for profiteroles, and it came out just fine! That was in another life, when I used to cook.
I hope you get to see Season 9 soon, Robin. They just aired the first episode of Season 10 last night. They made a Nanaimo Bar cheesecake!
Oh, so jealous! I don’t know why Roku brought the first 8 seasons here then stopped.
Thank you for your kind comments about my mother yesterday. The whole internet thing is a mystery to her, but she was delighted to hear that some people from the other side of the world were wishing her all the best 🙂 .
I took my mother to her church this morning, and I wore SL’s Chypre Rouge, which is one I’ve put into a handy travel spray so often throw into my bag when I’m away for a few nights.
I hope your mother is feeling better and can relax at home. I’m in Auckland at the moment but have t been too inspired by what I’ve seen , perfume-wise.
That is so sweet and please add me to the chorus of those wishing her the best of everything. She already has the best daughter!
More good wishes for your mom. Please tell her more are coming her way!
Joining others in wishing the best to your mother.
So glad she is well enough to go to church!
Glad to hear that your Mom is well enough to attend church!
I’m wafting over my best wishes to your mother too!
I don’t live anywhere close to any Chanel boutique and I do know that Chanel released Exclusif Extraits in some 7.5ml travel purse sprays. They cost a gazillion coins but generally it’s so hard to find any reference. I do know that they allegedly available on the boutiques only (not online). Any reference to that?
Sorry, I know nothing.
Sunday morning and I’m in vintage Deneuve, courtesy of a lovely and generous NSTer. Deneuve isn’t really “me”, but I very much enjoy wearing it anyway. It’s a perfect example of an old-school Perfume-with-a-capital-P. 💕
You smell marvelous, SheriG!
I put on Frapin 1270 this morning when it was still cool and it made me think of you.
You smell wonderful!
I agree!
Thank you MossyBerry and SheriG! I love the bottle too, the shape and heft of it, the wood cap, and the etchings on the glass. Just a wonderful package.
Yet another beautiful early autumn day to be grateful for 🙏! Spent part of the day picking up and cleaning the rest of the outside summer ornaments and part of the day in the closet getting out the outside fall decorations I’ll put up this week while the weather is still nice.
In October, the month of Halloween, I enjoy wearing fragrances somehow connected to that event. With its’ ties some have made to magic, witchery, and Harry Potter, my SOTD is AG Mandragore. Herbal and spicy, I especially love its midnotes – star anise, mint, ginger and sage – and like to wear it over a ginger body lotion to heighten that note. I’m ❤️ ‘in it today!
Burgers and corn on the grill and potato salad for a quick dinner, then we’re off for a concert with my favorite cellist, Ian Maksin, who’s always magical.🎶
Hope you are all having a good day, maybe with a touch of magic?🎃
You smelled great today! I should wear Mandragore this week.
I wish I would have picked up Mandragore when Annick Goutal still had 50mL bottles.
SOTD was Portait of a Lady. This really packs a punch. I just dabbed a little today and that was plenty! I have a cute little bottle I received from a generous NSTer and a few small travel sprays as well. I always think I need a regular bottle, but I think what I have will last eons.
PoaL is very potent to my nose. I don’t think I ever do more than 2 sprays.
It’s much warmer than I’d like today and predicted to reach mid 80’s tomorrow. Boo! Hiss!
Today I need coffee so I went with the always agreeable CSP Café Vanille. It’s a general crowd pleaser. I’m functioning with only one eye open right now, so I think I need to ingest some coffee as well as wearing it. ☕️
Hope everyone had a relaxing and chill Sunday. 😎
It’s 56 here. I think I probably have the perfect Fall weather right now. Too bad it’s wasted on me. Lol. You should come here. My brother is doing a color tour this weekend up north.
Yes, we need to do a weather switcheroo.👍
I’ve got a week of summer-like weather in my forecast.
I’m fancy for work tonight in 24 Faubourg. I’m looking forward to having tomorrow off.
I stopped at the BBW sale but didn’t get anything.
Off tomorrow twins! 🙌
That is fancy for work — you smelled great!
Hope your day off was a good one! Are you feeling better now?
I’m not. Today I actually feel worse. I’ve been resting all day.
Well crap. That sucks. Have you gone to the doctor yet?
I have a scheduled physical next week. I’m trying to not go until then.
OG L’Heure Bleue EDP today. 🥰
I have been watching the new season of The Chelsea Detective, Grantchester w/ James Norton 😍 and just started rewatching The Legend of Korra w/ She-ra Mini (per her request) which will be our 3 viewing of the series. 🤣
And I just posted a few things in the Swapmeet with my pie in the sky desires. 😇🥧
Grantchester is delightful!
I’m wearing Anais Anais this morning, a lovely gentle spring green. I can see why this was marketed to young girls, there’s something innocent about it.
Yes! And I was very young when I wore it.
Still beastly hot in San Diego, I’ve been wearing 4160 Tuesdays Faerie Queen. Oddly, this perfume did not smell at all good to me in Montréal and I was wondering what happened since I had loved the sample I drained in San Diego. Turns out it only smells good on me in San Diego. Very strange.
Funny how that works. I know I like some fragrances for certain seasons but I have not experienced differences in cities. It’s not hot here-it’s cold and raining in NS:)
I’ve had some perfumes smell good only in certain weather conditions, no matter where I am at. And noticed shifts in how a few perfumes behave in Colorado versus New Jersey. I’d say your observations are valid, cazaubon.
Good morning! I still have traces of last night’s Shalimar in my hair but today’s scent will be a spritz of Ormonde Jayne Ta’if.
PBS has an excellent Sunday night line-up this fall! I was out last night so tonight I’ll be catching up on The Marlow Murder Club, Marble Hall Murders, AND a much darker series named Trespasses.
Wishing you all a smooth and well-scented week.
I’m on S-5 of Grantchester, am thoroughly enjoying it! I can’t decide what to watch next, All Creatures Great and Small or Upstairs, Downstairs. Also, Vicious looks funny.
I am wearing D’zing!, on a cold and very wet Monday. I have online yoga tonight, and had a great mountain bike ride yesterday. It was sunny and warm and I stayed on the beach for awhile letting my eyes rest on the horizon and my thoughts untangled themselves. I’m adding some analogue back into my life-I can easily waste time online (NST isn’t a waste :)). If I chat on the phone to a friend and then go to Inst I am hit with all kinds of ads and posts about the topics we discussed and that makes me uncomfortable. So I just bought the Harpers magazine with Celine Dion on the cover. She’s amazing-she’s a hard worker and her life hasn’t been easy, and the fashions should be fabulous.
I am sure my devices are listening to me and find it disturbing as well. I asked my husband to look into some Faraday bags to put devices into when they are not being used as I have turned off everything I know how to turn off and it is still happening.
A friend of mine gave me one of those bags and they seem to work. One day at work I was having a sensitive conversation with two drivers, and all of a sudden I could see text coming on my phone-it was recording all of us as a text message, to send to the customer with sensitive needs. One driver fooled with my setting and toggled something off but I’ve tried to be more cautious ever since.
I know that my cell phone and laptop are creeping on me. I’ve had the phone conversation thing happen with 2 different people. And there’s only so much you can do in your privacy settings to combat that.
IG listens…ask me how I know…
Hi all, and happy Monday. My SOTD is Chanel No. 19 EdP and body cream. I accidentally found the old tub that I forgot I had. Whoops!
I’ve been battling with Excel spreadsheets all weekend. Our work rolled out a new system with limitations, including revamped (not in a good way) queries. I will hopefully figure out a workaround that’s more efficient.
You smell so good. I remember vividly how upset I was when my decant of Chanel 19 Poudre broke and just how it didn’t feel good. A few days ago when I was reorganizing my collection this decant of 19 Poudre reappeared LOL I’m serious magically reappeared intact. I believe I now live in some other dimension because of that situation. Ok I’m not scaring You right now, I am very sound minded. I will never be able to explain that one though
Thank you! I got a few compliments, even from the scent phobe co-worker. I definitely call that a win!
Congrats on finding that tub of No. 19 body cream!
Thanks! I’m yearning for the Gabrielle in the body oil, maybe I’ll ask Mr. SmokeyToes for Christmas…. It looks so good!
Have any of you tried eos body lotion? I bought some jasmine peach to go with Mitsouko and I love it. I had never even heard of it before.
I love EOS, have used their shower gels and lotions for years!
Glad to hear. I need to try more of them.
I use the vanilla one.
I was wondering about that one. Thanks.
Good Morning NST.
I’m wearing D.S. Durga Pistachio today and I like it and the Durga line in general. I am getting near the bottom of my decant and am not going to run out and buy a bottle, too many other things on the list, but if a bottle fell into my lap, I would certainly not turn it down. I like that it’s not a super sweet gourmand pistachio, but has just a little sweetness and spice from cardamom and vanilla. It also has the oil-y scent of actual pistachios, though I’m sure that’s the wonder of aromachemicals at work.
Really cool article you wrote about Scent Bar!
Kuumba Amber & Sandalwood oil today…much prefer Amber Paste and Amber & Myrrh to this one….it gets a bit odd reporting my findings because the word amber appears so many times…amber, amber, amber! Reminds of when Marcia complained about Jan on the Brady Bunch. 😆
Had a tough morning where I couldn’t log into work b/c of updated security policy, a dentist appointment for a crown 🙁 and the cat vomited for good measure too. eheheheh 😉
Wow. Your Monday was Monday-ing big time! Hope your day improved later on.
UGH, sorry for your Monday!
Record setting temps for me today. It was officially 91 degrees F in Loveland, which is about 16 miles away from me. One of my weather apps said it was 93 degrees by 1pm. Keeping cool by avoiding direct sunlight. 🤣🤣
SOTD = still in Bottega Veneta EdP. Have been all weekend.
As for the watching/streaming poll, I have been catching the occasional sporting event on TV. Earlier this year I streamed a C-drama called “When Destiny Brings The Demon”. I think I got about halfway thru it before getting distracted with life and all its messy loose ends.
Also did something over the weekend that I haven’t done in a long time, which is listen to a compact disc from beginning to end, no interruptions. Symphony and Metallica was meant to be heard that way. So good! 🤘🤘
🤘good for you!
Been thinking about getting more thrash into my music collection. Maybe some Megadeth?
Might as well add Slayer and Anthrax.
I never could really get into thrash but I did see Anthrax open for Cinderella.
It was cool because after their set Scott Ian came and watched the show from the floor like 10 ft from me.
Slayer is a “Never in this lifetime!” for me. I have problems with their subject matter.
I can respect Anthrax, but not enough to pay $$$ for their music.
Wowee! It is TOO HOT! You do smell great though, so there’s that!
Typical temperatures around these parts should be 71-ish. It’s absolutely crazy seeing something 20 degrees above!
Bottega Veneta doesn’t care about the heat, though. You are right, it smells great no matter what.
Herded cats all night, burned rubber on my way out of the parking lot this morning, and dove head first into bed by 8am. Ahhh. 😴 Enjoyed a long satisfying sleep and now I’m sporting one spray of the OG Shalimar.
Saturday predicted temp 88F.
Sunday predicted temp 50F
Monday predictions of SNOW❄️
I’ll believe it when I see it.
Snow!
At the moment there is still 5 inches of snow, give or take, on top of Pikes Peak. But it’s also at 14,000+ feet.
Another glorious autumn day here, nice weather predicted all week. Got lots of work done outside today and all the fall decorations up.
SOTD to mirror this beautiful day was YR Voile d’Ocre that I layered over BBW’s Gingham Glow body products to add some 🌞 to the warm sandalwood .👍
White Sox just won the 2nd ALDS game. They’re finally home for game 3 on Wednesday and we’re fortunate to be going. They could clinch the series; It’s gonna be rockin!!!
Wishing all a lovely week ahead!🍂🍁
Wow, enjoy that playoff game!
The Sox are poppin! Fingers crossed for Wednesday’s game. ⚾️
I’m a lifelong A’s fan but have fond memories of seeing the White Sox play in Sarasota FL during Spring Training. It was fun to see Frank Thomas and Bo Jackson from back in the day. Good times!