Happy Almost-Friday! It’s also Global Handwashing Day and World Students’ Day. Birthdays: Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche and Sir Pelham Grenville Wodehouse. What fragrance are you wearing?
I’m in the possibly-more-sweet-than-savory Vetiver Tonka from Hermès.
Reminder: on 10/16, wear a savory gourmand fragrance, if you have one.
And for those of you who like to plan ahead, see Scent of the day ~ Friday community projects 2026, where I'll occasionally manage to have the next five or six weeks mapped out in advance.
Note: top image is Fall Foliage of Gingko (Icho) at Jingu Gaien Icho Namiki Ave. [cropped] by Naoki Nakashima at flickr; some rights reserved.
I’m wearing Tom Ford Tuscan Leather. It may not be a gourmand in the strict sense of the word, but it makes me think of a roast in the woods – maybe it’s the combination of leather, saffron and smoky notes. It always makes me hungry!
I am always hungry..that is the problem for my waist line
Then you can claim that any perfume is a gourmand! (sorry)
Also, I found out that October 15 is/was (past midnight here) the National Mushroom Day. So, post-shower, I sprayed some Encens Flamboyant, because it smells like a woody mushroomy incense to me And it makes a nice bedtime scent.
Another beautiful photo! I’m joining Robin on the “more sweet than savory” team with CSP Café Vanille.
I was up at 4am, laundry is washed, folded, and put away. Had breakfast, and now enjoying a cup of Cranberry Autumn tea. ☕️ It makes a very nice cuppa.
I’ve totally gone gaga over on IG following Crip the Crab, aka Lieutenant Dan. He’s a Florida land crab that a lady found on her driveway in the middle of the day missing all his back legs so he couldn’t move. Anyway, she rescued him, built him a little habitat while he recovers, and feeds him well. Apparently, once he molts, he can regrow his back legs and be off into the wild again. All kinds of lovely crab experts on the internets have stepped up and been advising her on what he needs to eat, that he needs to be placed in water several times a day to keep his gills moist, needs to be out of direct sunlight, and the type of habitat he needs to feel safe. It’s really a beautiful thing to see, especially right now with so many hateful things going on. This morning she got some close ups of his “bath time” and I swear he was blowing bubbles! Warms the cockles of my cold, dead heart I tell you. 🥰
Happy Thursday!
What the world needs now!🎶💕
I was literally unaware of the existence of land crabs….glad there are experts out there to help!
Having now taken a stroll through NST’s entire collection tagged “gourmand”, I have some ideas for the CP (if “savory” can be stretched a bit). But this morning I’m in the more-sweet-than-savory Frapin 1270 which, as usual early in the morning, is more candied-fruit than booze right now. I love it whichever way it presents itself, and as an added bonus, it goes really well with a nice latte. Makes me wish I had a slice of panettone on hand.
I love panettone with a cup of coffeee
and toasted with lots of butttterrrrrr
Yes. With a latte. I cannot eat any of that but it is what I would prefer, LOL….
I’m going to have to stroll through that too, thx for the tip, SheriG. & you smell wonderful.
I’ve spotted panettone in the store already… drool!
SheriG, I think you might be right about my brother not being afraid of anything. Maybe I will ask him just for grins one day, though.
He had another crazy hitch on shift this past week.
SOTD is Or du Sérail, the most gourmand of the Naomi Goodsir line with its beautiful honey note.
Sounds lovely.
Melograno, my last few sprays
Still watching East of Eden, the show is so hard to watch. I’ve read the book eons ago…..
Are you going to get a new bottle?
Should I?
Butting in to say: YAAS Queen!
You have gone through that bottle like a champ, LTSG.
yes yes! 🙂
No spoilers, but I had to stop watching. I won’t mention what the breaking point was but nope. I need something happy for right now. 🙂
I started to remember if I actually liked the book?! LOL I can’t remember. But yes there are some scenes that are like..ok..well..director didn’t want to cut that out eh?
LLOL! Me too! It’s been so long since I’ve read the book, adding that to my reading list but will give it a while.
Fine, you talked me out of it before I even began…ha! I have just finally started Great British Baking, I will stick with that.
Robin..my kids love Great British Baking (and I do too..my husband not so much)…my son will start making cookies while the show is on-and he put on an apron and everything. What a hoot!
That is adorable!! I love the show but it inspires zero baking…pretty sure I have not baked in a good 10 years? It is now a spectator sport for me 🙂
I am wearing Dior Pure Poison an drinking a cup of black tea.
While on vacation five weeks ago, I got really sick. We drove back home (10 hours) and made it just in time to get to the local Urgent Care. Diagnosis: type A flu, with 103.1 temperature.
I had to go back to doctor last week and I have bronchitis. I am feeling better each day.
Today, I lightly sprayed Pure Poison. I don’t want to start the coughing fits, but I really miss wearing my perfumes.
I hope you start feeling stronger and more comfortable.
So sorry you’ve been sick. The flu this season is beastly. I’m glad you can enjoy just a tiny bit of perfume at least!
I can’t tell you how many cancellations dinner rescheduling, etc. etc. in the past few weeks due to my friends having the flu
Get well wishes
Take it easy, and get well soon!
Ugh, I hope you can shake off that bronchitis. Nasty stuff.
Perfume siblings/cousins with you today!
Oh dear, so sorry! I maybe should have gotten my flu shot first and covid second, oh well.
Still wearing the savoury/ sweet Abel Double Scoop, a herbal, rosemary-vanilla. We’ve had drenching rain the past two days and it’s cold again but everywhere is so green, and the bluebells in the cemetery are beautiful.
I’ve been loving Double Scoop, as a serious vanilla detractor. That rosemary and sesame opening is beautiful.
Bluebells, lovely! It was almost 80 here yesterday but cooled off today…I am still waiting for some real autumn color, so far, mostly green.
Hello everyone! Long time no see. I hope everyone is doing well.
I can’t remember exactly when I stopped commenting but it was probably before I graduated. I’ve been working full time at a perfume store since April, so I haven’t had much time to rest.
I’m wearing Rani Pink from Mitti, a rather grown up take on bubble gum, set against the beauty of tuberose. It’s a lot of fun.
Take care!
That sounds very intriguing, Coumarin, and made me think of Encens et Bubblegum. I wonder if working at a perfume store would make me like perfume more or less. You certainly must have an opportunity to try all the new releases, which would be a lot of fun.
I don’t remember the ELdO well but this has a dusty quality like Bazooka gum that keeps it from being too sweet.
It is fun to try new stuff but my standards have gone away up–and I thought they were high already.
Welcome back
Thank you! I missed NST and everyone here.
Very good to see you!
You too! 👋
Congratulations on graduating!
Thank you! It almost killed me (figuratively) but now back to the real world seems just as hard.
Graduation and a perfume store!
Yay!
Thank you!
Good to see you!
You too. ☺️
Nice to see you! I’d love to hear more about your experience working in a perfume store.
It’s a lot of fun, though customer service is definitely customer service. It’s also sad to see how many brands just blend into the trends, scared to make a splash in anything but marketing.
Also very tired of extrait everything. 😂
Welcome back!
Thank you! Good to see you all.
Good to see you again. And congrats on your new job!
Thank you very much. I hope you’re doing well, Glannys.
Hiya Coumarin! Long time, no see! Your current job sounds rather cool, BTW.
Nice to see you too! It is really fun, can’t lie. 😇
Congrats and welcome back!
Thank you Robin! Thank you for still being here. I can’t imagine the work you put into this blog.
Congratulations on graduating and yay for working in a perfume store! I’m tired of seeing extraits advertised even. 😉 That said, I did venture in to a Chanel beauty store a few weeks ago and tried the new extraits and liked them…but don’t it hold it against me. 😉 Looking forward to future perfume shop anecdotes.
Rose Magnetic
How do you like it? One of my favorites. I bought a full bottle of this since I think it is a fairly inexpensive dupe of Delina.
It’s excellent. In fact everything I have tried I like.
I have tried four of them and liked all of them, though I didn’t necessarily think I needed a full bottle of all of them. The other three I tried were Divine Vanille, Fig Infusion and Velvet Iris.
I opened my box of Maksim samples today and I am wearing Yeti. A reviewer on Basenotes said it smelled like a** crack but I am not getting that at all. I may be anosmic to some of the musks, because I smell some animalic notes, some fir, and some woods. It’s also quite soft and doesn’t project at all on me. I quite like it. Maybe not FB worthy but I’ll use up the sample.
Wow, that is quite a review! It might make me scared to wear it in public.
SOTD is VC&A Bois d’Iris.
I wanted to try this, Kris-the notes are appealing to me.
It’s nice. Quite dry and has the pencil shavings smell. I have several different iris scents and though I like this one, I tend to like something a little more buttery, rooty and/or boozy. My favorites are Iris Poudre and Hiris.
I’m in the same fragrance as yesterday-Musc Ravageur and some Guerlain Eau de Fleurs de Cedrat. Wind is very high here and feels like an extreme fall day. Hope everyone is well 🙂
Once again, you and I are weather twins.
I wore vintage Chloe Narcisse much of yesterday to test some bottles I have. That’s a strong one! Lovely vanilla spice woods dry down after the heavy floral bomb. Today it’s Dior Homme, which is so pretty. If they’d called it Dior Femme it would have been just as popular.
You have some treasures, Denise! Chloe Narcisse is a big fragrance. I missed out on Dior Homme; I bet it’s amazing.
Thank you Gail. It’s got a lot of powder, iris, rose, Really a makeup scent to me along the lines of Drole de Rose, but a bit less sweet and has a little green something or other in it too. I don’t mind sharing a makeup scent with the boys, lol.
Aromatics Elixir for me today.
You smell fabulous
Thank you, apsara!
👍👍 for Aromatics Elixir!
Thank you! I haven’t worn it for awhile but it’s so good! I have a ginormous bottle so should bring it out for regular rotation this fall. Too bad it’s not a vintage bottle; I remember giving my sister my remaining bottle long ago; she used it all up.
Even the current version of AE is pretty d@mn good.
One of my favorites!
I can see why! It’s a great fragrance.
A classic, Gail. You smell great. I often smell this one in the wild. It’s so immediately identifiable.
I still haven’t found a moment to think about the CP.
I’m wearing Molinard Ambre Lumière, we’ve had a sudden relapse into winter and I need something warming!
I have no plan for tomorrow either!
I was ready to crack open the new bottle of St. Moritz, but is a bit too warm again in Los Angeles.
Going with The Architects Club to get a haircut. I’ve been slowly growing my pixie to a bixie and yikes 😱 it’s a journey when you have done nothing to your hair for over thirty years.
At least I wore a hat on safari everyday!
Good luck on achieving your perfect bixie!
Not CP-compliant in 31, rue Cambon today. I had a business meeting downtown so wore my professional go-to. Will have to think about something for tomorrow but have lots of good options.
I have to think of something too!
Today’s SOTD and CP compliant, is J.Crew’s No. 57 by Arquiste. With Vanilla, Whiskey, and Cinnamon. I don’t wear it often so my bottle will likely last a lifetime.
Gosh almost forgot that collaboration. Great pick.
SOTD = Chanel No.19 EDT
Very nice! I’m pretty sure it is vintage. I really like it lots regardless!
In other news, here’s an article from the Wall Street Journal regarding … shop cats!
https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/hardware-stores-secret-weapon-cats-05fecb1e?st=pim3q7&reflink=article_copyURL_share
NYC is famous for its bodega kittehs! Even foreign media channels have reported about them.
Great article!
The sun has returned for me! I saw snow on Longs Peak for the first time in the 2026-2027 season. Telluride received 11 inches of the white stuff. Chilly and gusty wind today, but it should be back in the 70’s before long. Before that happens, though, there is a Freeze Warning in my area for tonight.
Took Teflon kitty back to the vet for yet another follow-up earlier this afternoon. Got a mixed bag this time. One of her ears has cleared up, but the other one still had some bacteria left. So she gets more ear drops. This seems to be the only allergy symptom Tef is experiencing now. Unfortunately it is the toughest one to resolve.
SOTD = back in Hypnotic Poison.
Aw, poor Teflon kitty. One ear at a time? Hope the other ear clears soon. Sending good wishes from 😻😾😸.
Sometimes that happens with Tef’s ear infections. Typically, though, it’s the left ear that is worse off. We have another follow-up scheduled just before Halloween.
At least Teflon didn’t get carsick today. 🤢🙀
That’s one stubborn ear infection. I hope it clears soon.
The vet thinks it is an allergic issue. That’s why it keeps coming back. Total pain in the (r)ear.
I had a feeling it wasn’t entirely cleared up just by how Teflon has been acting.
Healing vibes to Teflon.
Thank you! How is sweet little Kora doing?
(Sorry, I no longer get email notifications from NST – can miss some replies.)
She doing fine, but got a bit pickier about food.
Aw, poor TK. It sounds very frustrating to deal with.
At least I know what is going on now. Back in 2024, I had no idea why she was getting sick so often. And the intervals between her ear infections are getting longer.
You and tef will be more tenacious than that infection! I’m glad one ear is clear.
Continued cool and very rainy today, very dismal. But it’s been a good day. Got a much-much! needed haircut earlier and now we’re getting ready for tonight’s library program – the monthly celebration of the culture/food/music of another country. This month it’s Cuba.
SOTD is Jesus del Pozo’s Halloween, a strange concoction of an aquatic yet powdery violet with notes as disparate as sea notes, banana leaf, incense and myrrh. Strangely, on its page on this fragrance, fragrantica gives no credit to del Pozo and only lists its perfumer as Max Gavarry. Yet on its Jesus del Pozo page, it notes that Halloween was an international bestseller in 1997, and both my box and the bottle itself clearly show del Pozo’s name. Also, although fragrantica ties it in to the holiday itself by its description of this scent dedicated to a mysterious vamp, nothing in these notes say that to me and although I can’t find my copy of this article, I’ve read that the reason for the Halloween name is merely because that’s when this fragrance was released. Simply that. Regardless, I’m enjoying it; it smells like nothing else to me.
OK, time to head off to our entertainment of the evening. 🇨🇺🎵🍴
Have fun tonight!
I had a dentist appointment today. Two cavities..
I just wore BBW Coconut caramel something. It’s an old travel mist. I’m trying to use them up.
It’s cold and raining. I couldn’t take the chill, and turned on the furnace.
Congrats on taking care of your teeth. Not fun, but important.
You were dentist appointment twins with my brother today. He cracked a tooth at the beginning of his latest shift, and this was the first day he could get a crown put on.