It's Friday plus World Food Day. Birthdays: Lucy Stanton, Oscar Wilde, Eugene O’Neill, Günter Grass. Our community project for today: wear a savory gourmand fragrance, if you have one.
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.
I'm in Dawn Spencer Hurwitz Wasabi Shiso.
Reminder: 10/23 will be Unbottling Emotions Friday ...wear a scent that you think embodies an emotion, and do tell us what that emotion is. Suggested by happy888cat.
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 Canopy [cropped] by Dan Zen at flickr; some rights reserved.
Headed out to work this morning and it was the PERFECT fall day: clouds with sky peeking through, 6°, a hint of a breeze, cool and fresh. It reminded me all over again why fall is my favourite season. I’m wearing something that feels autumnal in that context: SL Santal Blanc, so austere and gorgeous.
Sounds like such a lovely fall day, pyramus. I love Santal Blanc too, but on my skin it’s extremely rich and decadent, the opposite of austere.
That is FASCINATING. When I think rich and decadent, I think of complex scents with lots of plush base notes: Santal Blanc is dry and cool — architectural, really. Everyone’s nose is so different!
I’m wearing both sweet and savory today with BBW Almond Croissant body products topped with the myriad of spices in SHL 777 Takalamakan.
Temp went down to 32F last night. I had to dig out the Baby T-Rex’s fleece to keep her toasty when outside. ❄️
Frost, ack.
SOTM for the CP is Imaginary Authors’ The Abandoned Mansion, for its quince and pimiento berry notes. Not sure if I actually smell them, mind you, but it’s the thought that counts. I do get the slightly dusty old paperbacks in it, and a hint of the oakmoss absolute.
Sounds yummy SheriG. A perfect fall scent.
Lovely!
I should pull my sample of that out sometime soon.
I’m in just one small spritz to the neck of Lorenzo Villoresi Piper Nigrum, with its black pepper and anise notes, balanced by a hint of myrrh, vanilla, & herbs. Not sure if it’s savory gourmand or not. I didn’t want to overspray because I’m going to a little sniffa with 2 perfume friends later in the morning and I shall need a fresh nose and plenty of real estate to apply new things.
Robin your fragrance sounds perfect for the CP. I’ve never heard of it and yet I can picture it in my head. Wasabi+ Shiso sounds very intriging and fun.
Where are you planning to “sniff” department stores or brick-and-mortar shops?
Ha! Neither, we meet every few months or so at one of our houses and have a little brunch-and-sniff. But…due to the high winds and power being cut in some areas including the host’s, we have been forced to postpone to next week, alas.
That’s a bummer !
On the bright side, I should have most of my swaps by then so will have new things to share. Sometimes we do a house-themed sniffa and will try (or retry) all Serge Lutens perfumes, say. Or one of us will want to test a particular fragrance before buying or to see how reformulation has affected a vintage so if someone has it, they’ll bring their bottle or a sample. We also swap, borrow, and outright gift. Never a dull moment.
It is more of a summer fragrance but it is fun 🙂
I have not smelled Piper Nigrum in eons but would think it would qualify!
Those Santa Ana winds have been evil as of late.
Hello and tgif!
Sotd is delicious lightly salted roasted hazelnuts in the form of L’Occitane’s newest Noisetier Crémeux edp.
Bought a new puffy deep khaki jacket from H&M yesterday, pairing that today with a big leopard print scarf and ivory knit sweater.
I just finished crocheting a chunky blanket yesterday midnight, 1:30am to be exact. I was determined to get it done! Next project is a long alpaca blend scarf.
I need to try those new scents from L’Occitane.
Congrats on your new jacket and on finishing your crochet project!
Thanks!
Starting the scarf tonight 😀
Oh that sounds so yummy happy888cat and right up my alley, I need to try this one. Your outfit sounds gorgeous too. Meanwhile I’m sweating here in a tank top and shorts. 95 degrees and the dry weird heat that evokes fevers to me. And the hot wind. Fallen branches everywhere.
95 is so hot! I don’t even miss 75 but heat is great excuse for (more) ice cream…
Also, happy 888cat, that reminds me, I have a bit left in my decant of DS Durga Pistachio and will get that out for when the Piper Nigrum subsides. That’s a CP double for me.
Congrats on your FO! I love knitting and crocheting but I rarely finish anything. 😱
I am the opposite! I find it quite daunting to start a project. Once I start though getting going is relatively easy.
How does that new L’Occitane compare to TM Muse?
It’s also Global Cat Day (not to be confused with International Cat Day) and International Dictionary Day.
I am wearing L’Artisan Piment Brulant (the decan is almost gone) – lots of fresh spicy pepper.
International Dictionary Day – now there’s a day for me!!
For me too – I work with dictionaries and glossaries everyday.
Same!
oh that’s a perfect one, Glannys. Much love to you and your country.
Thank you. Our energy systems are under attack again. Another scary winter is coming.
Glannys I think the cats have been influencing the naming of days so they get more.
I would not put it past them! They demand daily worship after all!
Nice perfume choice. I hope your cat has a happy day, and you, too as its server.
Purrs and a headbutt from Teflon kitty to you and Kora.
“After a good dinner one can forgive anybody, even one’s own relations.” — Oscar Wilde
A grey Friday, Melograno body oil keeping me cosy, and East of Eden nearly finished. I’m ready for something a little lighter, and The Great British Bake Off. is next Happy Friday and fragrant hugs to those that need them 🍂
Love the quote. And so true.
oh yes! 100 percent !
I started GBB last night. Glad to be back in the tent.
oh I might need a couple of glasses of wine as well. Though since it’s Oscar Wilde, that is probably taken for granted. Pass the claret.
I am really enjoying Nigella in the tent (although I also loved Prue). Nigella’sopinions are articulate and her tips are helpful and she feels free to disagree with Paul.
Me too me too! I also love her wardrobe and her hair style… yup, obsessed 🤩
Apparently Florence Pugh used perfume to get into the character of Cathy. I don’t know which one but I imagine something like Datura Noir would be quite a good fit
SJP Covet today (“I had to have it!”)
Notes per Osmoz:
Top Notes : Lavender, Lemon, Chocolate, Geranium Leaves, Wet Greens
Heart Notes : Lily-of-the-Valley, Honeysuckle, Magnolia, Michelia
Base Notes : Vetiver, Cashmeran, Teak, White Musks, Amber
It’s really more floral/fougere/musky/woody, but I’m gonna say it could qualify as savory gourmand based on the notes list. 🙂
Loved the perfume but hated the bottle, so I never purchased Covet.
It’s not my favorite bottle, but I don’t hate it. It’s just funky.
SOTD Encens Mythique. Not a savory gourmand unless you count the ambergris. That works! Had to wear a cool weather scent since it is in the 40’s today.
You smell amazing
You smell great
Perfect pick for chilly weather!
I think I am accidentally in CP compliance today with my second Maksim sample, Cafe Mystique. It’s a coffee fragrance, but not sweet at all. There are some floral notes, and some spice. I dislike the sample atomizers because they sputter, and so I don’t think I’m getting the full experience of the fragrance sprayed. Reviewers talk about the projection and longevity, but both yesterday’s and today’s samples wear close to the skin on me, and were gone by bedtime. Maybe I expect too much.
I need to pull my sample back out — I think I only tried it once. It’s near the top of the sample pile…
Wearing BORNTOSTNDOUT Dirty Rice (milky rice pudding, almond, on a cedar wood base) and staring out of the window at a couple of starlings pecking at an apple. They’re in their glossy spring mating plumage and brighter yellow beaks. Saturday here and the weather is still brisk to say the least. Have a nice weekend everyone
Wait, are You in Australia? I mean are You somewhere where it’s Saturday already? Oh my goodness. I am just having a cup of coffee after I had just returned home from work. It’s late afternoon Friday here!! And when I read it’s Saturday somewhere it made my head spin haha
I love that You are birdwatching and that they are pecking at an apple. Must be a beautiful view!!
Kanuka lives in New Zealand.
I am wearing Hermes Eau de Basilic Pourpre and drinking a cup of black tea.
Perfect Barqs!
I still haven’t landed on anything for the CP, instead I’m wearing my latest acquisition, Some Velvet Morning from Prada. It’s very sweet, somewhere between floral and fruity, but it stays just on the right side of not too sweet. It reminds me of some of the sweeter violet perfumes I’ve tried, but there is no suggestion of violet in the notes. According to Fragrantica, I should be smelling peach and patchouli 🙂 .
I love the name Some Velvet Morning, and it sounds like it should be violets!
So hot again!
A few sprays of Bois Imperial to run errands.
Watched episode one of the new season of The Diplomat and downloaded the new Barbara Kingsolver, Partita on audible.
Have good day all
Do report back on Partita! I am several books behind on Barbara Kingsolver now.
I’m wearing PdN Pavlova today, for the strong pineapple note. This one was the surprise of the coffret I bought in Paris two years ago — I thought I was going to like Saint-Honore more, but this was the one I kept returning to.
Oh wow wow wow. First of all: I love Pavlova. Second of all I love pineapple. Third of all thinking of pineapple with heavy cream or whipped cream makes my mouth water so. Your perfume sounds SO good. I have to check this one out.
I thought I’d better check — wasn’t sure if the gourmands were just a seasonal thing but they’re still there. Bless PdN for having the 30ml bottles, too. Even the coffret I bought is still available. It’s also in some of her sample sets, too, if you want to try. I do really like this one, and it reminds me of a lovely trip to Paris, too. 🙂
This morning I wore the current Chance EdP. Love love love. While working, cleaning out gardens and yards, I retouched with what I had in my backpack: Chance original EdT with a strong pineapple note. I absolutely love pineapple in my perfume.
Me too…I should wear my Ananas Fizz before it gets too cold to enjoy it.
Mon Vetiver
Your mention of Pavlova made me think of the vintage Pavlova by Payot. A big floral iirc. It’s been a minute.
I drained multiple bottles of that one in the early 80s. As a professional ballet dancer I love it for the name alone.
I had a retired principal ballerina as a patient a couple of weeks ago. She was amazing!
I loved Pavlova! Wore it in the mid-80s.
The sun 🌞 finally came out a little while ago after a drizzly gloomy morning but it’s definitely chilly today, temps way down in the low 50’s. My hand reached for Pacifica Mexican Cocoa this morning, which I think fits this week’s cp. it’s a dry vanilla cocoa, not sweet, with bitter almond, cinnamon and I even smell clove.
Grocery shopping this morning and then we both got our Covid and flu shots. 🤞 Hopefully no adverse reactions to follow other than a sore arm. Tucked in now for the rest of the day. And I think a nice cuppa of Mexican Cocoa (I have some in my cupboard) will be perfect tonight!
Hope you’re enjoying TGIF day! ☕️
I remember your SOTD. The candle version of it was amazing.
I remember it too! Pacifica really did some nice fragrances.
SOTD = Regime des Fleurs Black Spruce
Perfect for today!
An aunt passed away earlier this week. She was my mom’s younger sister. She was bedridden for a long time and they were too “tight” to pay for a caregiver and instead, had my cousin be it. While I feel bad, it is at least a saving grace for my cousin. I am not speaking ill of the dead but feel relieved for my aunt and my cousin.
In other news, in these days of Adopt don’t Shop, we have someone breeding a fox collier. So many things wrong with this, but you do you. Here’s the article from the New York Times:
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/15/style/fox-collie-mcnab-dog-breed.html?unlocked_article_code=1.JFE.yV-O.QcYkLrLq_rc6&smid=nytcore-ios-share
Sorry to hear about the situation your Aunt and cousin had been in. I can appreciate the mixed emotions you have right now. Hugs.
I’m sorry for your loss hajusuuri.
I’m sorry about the death in your family. Sometimes, though, with a frail elderly person, it is a merciful release. I felt that when each of my parents died. They had long, good lives and were very incapacitated for the last couple of years of life, in ways their younger selves would have hated. May all our elders rest in peace. Hugs to you and your cousin.
Condolences on your aunt, that’s hard even if a blessing.
Cold morning here; it was 34 degrees when I checked my phone after waking up. Still a touch of chill this afternoon with temperatures around 58 degrees for the high. But the weekend is predicted to be much warmer. So we shall see how much longer I will need to keep my heat on.
SOTD = ELdO Fils de Dieu du Riz et des Agrumes. I considered TM Womanity as a savory gourmand but just wasn’t feeling it today. Paired Fils de Dieu with Josie Maran’s “Golden Hour” body butter.
Womanity is the only pillar TM I couldn’t wear. I do appreciate it though.
TM Aura was the pillar I couldn’t handle. I got a headache the one and only time I tried it.
It’s been a long work day, and then errands. It’s 46 degrees and blustery out.
I wore Killians Angel Share for the cp, but I don’t even know if it fits.
Have a great weekend everyone!
If you say it fits the CP, then it does. 😉
Jo Loves’ Red Truffle 21! It has steadily risen in my estimation since I first tried it years ago, and I finally got a full bottle. I’m not really sure if you can call it a savory gourmand, but it’s certainly not sweet. I think the fig and truffle notes qualify as gourmand.