It’s Hump Day and Veterans Day. (Plus, a handful of literary birthdays: Carlos Fuentes, Kurt Vonnegut, Shirley Graham Du Bois, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Mary Gaitskill.) What fragrance are you wearing?
I'm in Prada Infusion d'Iris Absolue, because Dawn wore Infusion d'Iris yesterday.
Reminder: 11/13 will be Shalimar Friday...wear Guerlain Shalimar, or a Shalimar flanker, or a perfume that is related to Shalimar in some way (it does not have to be by Guerlain!) This is a (10th anniversary) repeat from 2016.
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 Gingko [cropped] by leighklotz at flickr; some rights reserved.
Good morning Robin, good morning you all.
Wearing Arquiste’s Nanban today. Just wished a friend in Paris and my sister-in-law a happy birthday. I don’t have Shalimar in my collection. But I have vintage versions of L’heure bleue, Mitsouko, Jicky , Nahéma and Vol de nuit. Will probably wear a soft amber …
Have a good day.
Rebecca
Good afternoon! I am very late, long day of errands. Hope your day was good!
Took care of a few things at home and about to get in the shower. I don’t know if I want to wear Theorema or Shalimar today.
Had to take advantage of the Luckyscent sale for singles day. Just got 3 samples and nothing else.
You smell fabulous whichever you choose today. And you may have just earned an enabler pin📌
I have been waiting for Luckyscent’s Black Friday sale (if they have one) but now I’m wondering if I should jump at the 11% sale…a perfume bottle in the hand is worth 2 in the bush???🧐
I am kicking myself..I would of waited and bought my new melograno perfume on luckyscent with the sale…
I know that feeling well😔
I’m thinking like you Allo. I may have to go for a bottle of something too.
Inquiring minds (and noses) want to know…🧐
Doctors appointments today…blah!
In Melograno and about to make some tea and stick my nose in a book before I have to leave..
Veterans Day: Honouring all those who have served, and remembering with gratitude the sacrifices made for our freedom.
Make up question: The new double wear EL foundation I am not liking. It looks too caked on when I try to make it behave like the old formula. I like a full coverage that doesn’t sit in lines on my face. Any recommendations?
Charlotte Tilbury Airbrush Flawless is good on older, dry skin. Full coverage but there are other foundations in the range. The glow tint sticks are also nice and creamy
I’ve been up since three pottering about, looking at the stars, reading but now I’m back in bed reading and drinking coffee. I’ve had a busy week of marking theses but have today with nothing planned except the gym and weight training. It’s cold as usual and grey and dull so I need a bit of sparkle, can’t think what. May settle on Gris Clair.
3, ack! I have been up since 8 😉
Glad you got your marking done, hope they were enjoyable to read.
Happy belated birthday, Robin💓
SOTD is FM Iris Poudre.
Thank you Kris!
I’ve been thinking about a Guerlain perfume for this morning, and I’ve landed on Vol de Nuit, which rebieFR reminded me about.
I am wearing Guerlain Shalimar Parfum Initial L’Eau. Another pretty Guerlain that does not smell like Shalimar.
I’m wearing your perfume sibling, L’Initial. Thanks for the reminder! I almost forgot about this flanker series since, as you said, it does not smell like Shalimar.
The whole naming is confusing! There is Shalimar Parfum Initial and its flankers (like L’Eau I am wearing), there is just L’Initial, just Shalimar, Shalimar Millesime series and more!
Shalimar Philtre today!!! 🍋🍨
Mulling a whole week of Shalimar or Shalimar adjacent 🤣 scents… 🧐
My email notices for comment replies stopped a while ago…wanted to check if anyone still gets them please? They stopped a couple months ago I think.
Will add for a not so mini-rant 😉 ehaeheh. I am tempted to use the Luckyscent code but I haven’t ordered samples from them for months now.
I have realized that many to most of the new releases are just hot chemical messes that are beast mode type fragrances w/ scratchy synthetics and amber woods. I’d say conservatively about 80% of high-end new releases are pretty much crap. In my head now when I smell something w/ amber woods I think to myself…”Oh God…this is full of CAW…” aka Crappy Amber Woods… 🐦⬛it’s a real problem, friends. So lately I have been focused on trying older fragrances and revisiting classics.
Rome has truly fallen and we are walking over the charred amber wood remnants. 🪵🔥The best years for perfume in recent times were probably the 70s-80s but you might be able to convince me to include the 50s and 60s w/ a few glasses of wine. Otherwise you’re talking turn of the century w/ Coty and Guerlain.
All of this is too say that if I do use the Luckyscent code today, I will you know. 😆
I still get them …
Diptyque Orpheon
Happy Wednesday, everyone!
I’m in Chanel’s Paris-Paris, a lovely, peppery rose. Of the Les Eaux de Chanel, I think it’s my second favorite, right behind Paris-Édimbourg.
SOTD = Shalimar!!!
Today’s SOTD is Soufflé d’Oranger. Very nice, just like the other ones!
In other news, I read an article in the New York Times about very expensive Pies!
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/11/11/dining/thanksgiving-pies-prices-expensive-dessert.html?unlocked_article_code=1.PlE.G92_.hLfgL5xvbBXs&smid=nytcore-ios-share
A dark, dreary, chilly rainy day, definitely looks and feels like November. A day that calls for a comfort scent, and I opted for Bvlgari Omnia, a warm softly spicy fragrance I always associate with Deva because I think she wore it a lot ‘back in the day.’ I layered it over BBW’s White Pumpkin and Chai body products, and it’s a wonderful harmonizing combo.
We went to a travel presentation this afternoon and booked a tour to the Pacific Northwest next year. Neither of us have ever been there and it’s long been on our bucket list. Tonight it’s time for our classic film series again, this time it’s the 20th anniversary screening of Casino Royale, and our knowledgeable host informs us that November 11 is supposedly James Bond’s birthday!
But, most importantly, it’s Veterans’ Day today, and my sincere gratitude to all those who have served our country, especially so many in my own family!🇺🇸