Happy World Octopus Day! What fragrance are you wearing?
I'm wearing Frederic Malle Carnal Flower, from perfumer Dominique Ropion.
Reminder: tomorrow, 9 October, wear a fragrance from perfumer Dominique Ropion, if you have one.
And for those of you who like to plan ahead, see Scent of the day ~ Friday community projects 2015, where I'll try to always have the next five or six weeks mapped out in advance.
Note: image is Sea animals-3-024 - octopus vulgaris, octopus de filippi, octopus salutii, sepia orbignyana, sepiola rondeletii, 3 by artvintage1800s.etsy.com at flickr; public domain.
I love Carnal Flower, it’s one of my 2 options for tomorrow. I’m wearing La Promesse de l’Aube (MDCI), which has a certain wistfulness perfect for this time of year.
Just took my quick morning walk, and it’s lovely out, and yes, wistful…was realizing how soon it would be that I’d have to “talk myself” into a quick morning walk 🙂
My dog passed away this summer, and she was the best reason to go out for a walk. So I need to do a lot of persuading myself as well these days.
I’m in vintage Salvador Dali, one of those kitchen-sink orientals so beloved in the back half of the eighties. I wore it obsessively then: I thought it was the most amazing thing in the world. And that bottle!
I’ve got a mini of that one, I used to like it too. And I agree, the bottle is a winner.
I had that bottle!
I had a mini nose bottle in the late 80s! I used to love wearing that – but I hardly remember how it smells. I felt so “European”!!!
Robin, could we do a Maurice Roucel Friday?!
No SOTD yet, but I’m planning to wear TF Noir Extreme and finish my review.
I love that idea!
Yes!
I’ve only got Tocade, which i need to spend a bit more time with, it’s a mini, so not very easy to apply. Really want to try Iris Silver Mist & Musc Ravageur!
Good idea, I’ve just realised that I actually own 3 Roucel creations.
SOTD is Passage D”Enfer.
Am at airport for flight to east coast for my mothers’ 94th birthday. All I have packed is my Tauerville Incense Flash roller. I had to get up so early I didn’t have time to grab anything for tomorrow. So it’s flash till I get back home.
Oh, very happy birthday wishes to your mom!
Happy 94th to your mom! That generation saw it all. It boggles the mind.
Happy birthday to your mom, wishing her a wonderful year ahead. No doubt her favorite gift will be your arrival!
Thanks for the birthday wishes for her! She still wears Tabu everyday.
Awww! Love Tabu! Wishing your mom a very Happy Birthday! 94 is truly a blessing!
I was thinking vintage Arpege before the seasons change. I wore it to my OChem lab yesterday and its beauty knocked me out. So gorgeous!
Vintage Arpege is so perfect for fall.
Especially in OChem! LOL!
Hmmm… I looked through the list and don’t have any Ropion scents – although I might have a Burberry Brit London sample kicking around. Maybe it’s time to try it. I do wish I had LM Cologne Indelebile – I think it’s lovely.
I am in Fragonard Jasmin Perle de The. (can’t get accents properly on my keyboard) A gift from my sister when she was in So. of France. I’ve never been a huge green tea scent fan, but this is quite lovely during this warm weather. I’ll put it aside soon for next spring/summer. Between this and samples of Teazzurra, I may become a tea-scent lover!
I have a Fragonard Grain de Soleil – the opening is big, but the extreme drydown is all creme custard.
That does sound pretty. I have Billet Doux. It’s a bit old fashioned but so pretty. Plus it lasts forever on my scent eating skin.
In Mistral Patchouli today – surprisingly long lasting a feels very seasonal – not sure why but just fits.
The best Atelier Cologne I’ve tried. I enjoy it in sunset to but it really is nice when the nights get colder.
Is the patchouli very camphorous like in Coromandel?
That really made me think differently about it which is always interesting – I would describe it as a sort of dry but ‘loamy’ patchouli if that makes sense. It does smell of earthy and I guess damp autumn leaves or the beach on a grey windswept day, but with a dry feeling overlaying it. So I suspect not especially camphorous but it shares a wearable elegance with Coromandel (of course Coromandel is rather more incredible) – this is also more restrained and feels very ‘french’ to me. Not sure if that helps!
hmm… ‘wet-earth’ patchouli, then. That sounds very calm indeed. Without benzoin and incense, I would find straight patchouli at the concentration of Coromandel overwhelming — I guess I get what you mean by wearable elegance.
on me, mistral patchouli is very much a grapefruit perfume, middling-dark with some patchouli facets perhaps but still genuinely grapefruit-centric cologne throughout its duration. I haven’t smelled Coromandel for awhile but from what I recall it is rather heavy on the patchouli and thus not similar to MP. I’m a huge patchouli fan so I felt rather cheated by it, but I think someone who doesn’t like patch that might think it’s just the right amount!
Grapefruit?! I dislike straight grapefruit!!
I’m back! A fortnight in the tropical heat and humid nightmare made me go scent-free for a long time. Everything I sprayed on seemed to evaporate within an hour!
I cannot think of a perfume to match octopus at the moment….
On another note, I stumbled upon Vetiver Extraordinaire yesterday. I have been meaning to find a vetiver fragrance with tenacity, surprise, and a bit of sillage.
Here are some which I have more or less sniffed, but not put to test: FM Vetiver Extraordinaire, Guerlain Vetiver, Chanel Sycomore, and Hermes Vetiver Tonka. Which one would you all recommend? Any other suggestions are appreciated 🙂
By ‘surprise’, I mean when a fragrance shifts as in one smells the warm spicyness of Egoiste initially and later the juicy Damask rose and ambrette before moving finally to the creamy sandalwood.
My favourites of these are Chanel Sycomore and Guerlain Vetiver, although I think the first is more interesting – the Guerlain is what I think of as vetiver-vetiver scent. Vetiver Tonka is lovely, but not tenacious. Vetiver Extraordinaire is a great-quality vetiver, but somehow leaves me cold. Or at least colder than some others.
I’m sure many will recommend Encre Noire and with good reason, it’s complex and beautiful and cheaper than Sycomore. I personally also love TDC Sel de Vetiver, a “Normandian-beach-in-November” vetiver, and Une Nuit a Bali Mr Vetiver. The latter is probably not what you’re looking for, as it mostly consists of vetiver and cardamom, no surprises. But I think it’s lovely and that’s why I’m mentioning it anyway 🙂
Hmm…I am half-hearted about Nuit a Bali Mr Vetiver because of the geranium, but Sel de Vetiver sounds promising with the whole salt note and vetiver — they would go together very well.
Added to my sniff list. Thank you, Annikky!
It’s such a pity that Goutal discontinued their Vetiver, which was a Vetiver with attitude. Who knows you might still find bottles online.
Maître Parfumeur et Gantier has 2 very good vetiver scents: Racine, which is an elegant, restrained vetiver, and Route du Vétiver which is very powerful, especially in the opening. Lots of damp earth.
I personally really like the nutty rendition of the note that Etro Vetiver provides.
If you would like to try a no holds barred powerful vetiver the LesNez Turtle Vetivers are a good option. They are currently sold out, but I hope more will be made.
Kenzo Air is a good mainstream vetiver. And though I’ve never tried it myself the Givenchy Vetiver is supposedly excellent.
Ditto on Racine… Elegant and sexy.
Yikes, I had not realized that the current AG Vetiver of the Les Colognes series was different from the original. Now I’m noticing that Luckyscent describes it as “inspired by the perfume Vétiver.”
It does appear that one can still find the real Vétiver online at reasonable prices.
It’s a lovely cologne, but the original Vétiver was such a bold and daring scent.
I have seen some descriptions of AG Vetiver which is spurring into action. I have to find out whether they still carry it!
I just happen to be sampling Oakmoss by AbdesSalaam Attar (thank you Pixel!!) this morning… I am only about an hour in, but I love it! Oakmoss grounds this one, but in many ways it is primarily a vetiver scent. There’s hay and patchouli (light patchouli, not very dirty… Like dried patchouli branches), and even a hint of leather, and sandalwood… Sorry, this review is all over the place… That’s what I get for chiming in before I really get a scent. But it is lovely!
I can’t find this around here to try 🙁
Busily taking notes :). The MPG onrs hasn’t popped up on my radar yet. But second the Guerlain, Sel de Vetiver and Sycamore.
Exactly my thought 😀
SOTD a dip into my very precious and dwindling small decant of Chanel Sycomore. I struggle so much with wanting an FB of this since I already have Encre Noire, and they are indeed so similar. I’m just thinking though that Chanel would go up 100% in my esteem if they released an extrait version of Sycomore!!!
I was wondering too if they’d do more extraits. But luckily for me I like the cheaper one better! (that is, Encre Noire)
I wonder if it would be something similar to the 1930 Sycomore.
When is Chanel ever going to release Rouge?!
I’m wearing Shalimar today…been spraying the Guerlains pretty regularly lately.
Home today, after a week of utter, complete fatigue, A nice mug of hot black tea and a couple of spritzes of Belle du Soir. It’s not extraordinary, but it is a comforting lemony, dusty incense on me, nd goes well with the scent of milky tea.
Oh, you’ve made that we’ll worth seeking out!
It was sold by Anthropologie a couple of years ago and it was by ‘the makers of Le Labo’ I am sure there are eBay collectors out there who have a bottle.
I have a large bottle so I enjoyed this by spritzing my pillows and room.
I’m in the office today wearing Chanel No. 9 Poudre, but I did wear a Ropion fragrance yesterday – Alien Essence Absolue. I also added a few spritzes of A La Nuit to emphasize the jasmine. Very successful combination – I actually received two compliments from strangers! So nice when that happens.
Wow your combo yesterday was gorgeous! I love the Alien EA – it really is a very satisfying fragrance to wear.
Cavin Klein Euphoria is my SOTD.
Happy Thursday! Only one more day until the weekend…
I am considering Euphoria for tomorrow…
I thought I would wear Portrait of a Lady for the Ropion week, but went with Lyric in the end. It’s one of my favourite roses (and my favourite Amouage), possibly because it’s not very rosy on me – it’s more about spices and creamy woods with a hint of dry rose. And that suits me very well.
I’m wearing Alien today, just a tiny amount, as that is all that I can take in these warmer days of fall. I love this on cold days, just as I love Jungle L’Elephant.
Oh, excited for tomorrow’s pick. Today I’m wearing Byredo Rose Noir, my go-to workday fragrance for this fall.
Safari again. I seem to be going through another one of those mini-addictions to it – even wearing Carnal Flower the other day didn’t diminish the pull of Safari.
I’m saving Safari for tomorrow.
Hi mals86,
Do you wear/have the old or newer Safari?. I have just tried mine, which was a blind buy, partial bottle from ebay. It’s lovely, and smells very unusual, hyacinth is very prominant tho, a note i struggle with.
Any thoughts on differences would be much appreciated, thanks!
I… um…
have three bottles. All from ebay, all partially used. Two are edp and only one is “cologne spray” and has a date of 1989 on it so that is the only one I know is older. I don’t know about the other two, but they are quite similar, no great divergence from the old one.
Arrived in Rochester yesterday for my sister’s 60th birthday party Saturday. She is throwing a murder mystery party, set as if it was her wedding (she never married). The girl just loves party planning.
So last night I showed her my Bois d’Argent, remarking that I wear several sprites as it’s pretty mild. Then this morning I somehow got my signals crossed and sprayed 5 sprays of Eau des Baux. I feel like I reek. But someone willingly sat next to me in Starbucks, so I guess it can’t be all that bad. 🙂
Welcome to Rochester!
Have a great time at your sister’s party!
Thanks, guys. Ha ha, I was born and raised here, Karen. Staying in Webster. Can’t believe the development since I worked here 40 years ago.
SOTD: Slumberhouse Norne. It is an extremely smoky fragrance, not very easy to wear. It feels ancient in a strange way, mud-coloured juice and all. Like a potion from the middle ages, strong but not unpleasant in the drydown. After the very strong, almost overpowering smoke in the top (was very, very close to scrub this one off), the drydown is more multifaceted. I get smoke, pine and some faint incense. Glad I didn’t scrub it, afterall.
Tea for Two today, and it’s making me hungry.
Roses and leather for me today. I’m wearing Anubis.
Do you like it? I’m very interested in that one.
I very much like this one and am tempted to get a FB. I’ve worn this a few times and the leather is very raw smelling. Cuir de Russie’s leather is very polished and even a bit powdery and Cuir de Lancome is very saddle-soap-ish to me, but the leather in Anubis is simply raw and almost dirty smelling, but I mean that in the best way possible. The rose in it is a great compliment to the leather as well. If you’re a leather fan, I’d say this is a definite must-try.
I do like leather and this sounds good. I have just discovered a shop in Brussels that should carry it, so will try to check it out. Thanks!
Nanban and I are getting acquainted today. The opening reminds me very much of another perfume, but I can’t think which.
I was debating between vintage Chamade and Deneuve today. But Deneuve won out. I just love Deneuve but nobody in my house really likes it so it doesn’t get worn that often.
I am wearing Balenciaga Ho Hang today, loving it a lot. For tomorrow I haven’t decided yet between Portrait of a lady, Carnal flower or Arpege. My favorite of all these three is Carnal flower but maybe I would go with Portrait since I don’t wear it often.
After Barqs mentioned Coco yesterday, I decided to wear that today. Thanks Barqs.
Ditto! We smell gooooood.
We do!
Happy “Friday Eve” everyone! My SOTD is Santal Blush by Tom Ford. One of absolute favorites!
I love that one too!
Happy Friday Eve to you!!
I went to bed last night wearing Noir Exquis by L’Artisan. It was still going pretty strong this morning. Layered a bit of Philosykos over top. They are playing nicely together on this sunny and warm fall day.
I wore both Noir Exquis and TF Noir Pour Femme to bed last night and I thought that worked nicely, too.
SOTD is 31 Rue Cambon. Of course.
🙂
Divine.
Dug to the dark corner of the perfume cabinet, and came up with Guerlain Idylle EDT today. This was a bit of an ill-advised blind buy when I saw it at Winners, but though I rarely wear it, I do like it well enough when I do. No fireworks, but a pretty little tune.
I really disliked the original, but enjoy the EdT.
Wearing Lollia Relax since I can still smell it even though I’m congested plus it’s good in 60° weather
Hermes Cuir d’Ange. Love it, and it’s perfect for an early fall day.
Oooh, you smell fantastic!
Now I’m wishing I was wearing that, too.
Great choice!
Like the Octopus Day images. It’s unseasonably warm here today and we’re having some landscaping done on the townhouse grounds (re-working of rock bed areas, new shrubs, adding different types of decorative grasses &perennials, placement of a few boulders) and I just felt like wearing something floral, so I am in Frapin Esprit de Fleurs, which is light, but it lasts well on me.
Friday! Eggzellent! It’s cold at the moment, but my daft weather App is promising the high temperature will be 20 today. I’m choosing not to believe the App because I want to wear the enveloping, assertive spiciness of Jungle l’Elephant, and though I adore it, it does rather trumpet (sorry!) its presence in the warmth.
I love all your perfumes today. Such fun to hear and think them over! NST is my gentle start to the day, you know: I prop myself up on my pillows in the dark, drink my litre of water –erk!– and read your choices with curiosity, admiration, and sometimes a little envy, then, nicely grounded in good thoughts, I beetle off to make a pot of tea and start breakfast, which I had better do right now. Be well and safe, everyone.
Have a great day waterdragon!!
Sounds like a lovely start to the day, waterdragon!
It’s warm and sunny here on Throwback Thursday and my perfect scent to match the day is Nina Ricci Bigarade, my very favorite orange scent of all time. Released in the early 1970’s for only a few short years, it’s what initially brought me to perfume websites and ebay, where I was lucky to pick up a few full unused bottles. Billed as “the sexy French daytime” scent, the bitter orange is blended nicely with spices and a background of oakmoss, making it a great refresher for summer but also a wonderful transitional fragrance for fall. The vintage bottles I have have kept their scent beautifully, perhaps the spices and moss have helped maintain the orange and have also added a richness and complexity and depth not found in today’s light and citrussy fragrances. Were it not so scarce, it would definitely be my HG!
Now that’s an endorsement if ever I read one! How lovely Bigarade sounds, and how great that you have a good supply. I vaguely remember someone trying to sell me this perfume, but I was too young and silly to understand what I was being shown. I think I bought Vivre instead.
Oh, I was young and silly then, too, precisely why I bought it! I was a budding francophile, contemplated majoring in the language, was young and wanted to be ‘sexy,’ – and it was billed as the sexy young daytime French scent; I hadn’t a clue what the notes were – or even that perfume had ‘notes’! Yet it turned out to be a true love and when it was d/c just a couple of years later, the Marshall Field’s store in Chicago sold me all they had plus found what appeared to be the only existing bottle left in the warehouse of the American distributor of Ricci fragrances in NY, plus many samples that tided me over until I found more many years later in my first foray into the world of online perfume searches.
Wow! that really is true love! Power to your elbow, Laila!
I think I was so young and silly that I didn’t understand about “sexy” — didn’t have the confidence, or something. Looking back with my perfect 20-20 hindsight, I wish I’d just kicked up my heels and been a mass of dash, but I didn’t get to that until I was (almost) too old for it to count…no, it always counts, right?
Ricci did some great scents back in the day!
I’m trying out Byredo Mojave Ghost. I had a sample that I needed to use from Neiman Marcus.
What do you think? I have a sample that I’ve worn e few times. I like it!
It has definitely grown on me. In the past when I’ve smelled Mojave Ghost, I found it too sweet/fruity, but I didn’t mind today. I don’t find it groundbreaking, but it kept me happy and upbeat. It’s not on the “to purchase” list, however.
Ooh, I *did* think of a perfume for Octopus Day! To wit, Tokyo Milk’s Excess:
http://tinyurl.com/om9ly8k
Since I don’t have Excess I am wearing Oriental Lounge, with no thematic tie-in.
I have nothing that reminds me or smells of octopus, though I love to eat it–maybe I’ll go to the fish market this afternoon. I’m sampling Alaia today, and although it starts off on me as a watery floral, heavy on freesia, it turns into a headache-inducing white musk monster with a side of pepper. I might have to wash this off.
This may be a first – I am scent twins with Robin today as I am wearing FM Carnal Flower! I am still enjoying my decant and I have a travel-sized atomizer as back-up. A little bit goes a long way – 2 spritzes last practically all day on me.
you smell wonderful!- i’m deliberating between this one and Aimez moi for Ropion friday. If it’s miserable weather i might go for Portrait tho.
Aimez Moi is on my FB list – I just need to decide if I should get the limited edition bottle or the boring one – the juice is the same … I think.
Hey twin, and I think that is a first!
Reading and commenting, while putting off putting my small children to bed, they’ve gone a bit crazy, as they often do just before bedtime.This is such great escapism after a tiring day!
I tried out my new decant of Journey Woman this morning, soooo beautiful!, really perfect on a chilly bright and golden autumnal morning.
Journey’s faded to a whisper by late afternoon, and so resampling my new blind buy purchase of Safari. The silage is lovely, and i like it a lot more than i did yesterday evening. All i could smell was hyacinth yesterday, but it seems more nuanced today, tempered by something tea like?- maybe the herbal marigold.
SOTD = Mitsouko, with a little dab of Rose Chypree on the back of my hand for my own sniffing pleasure… 🙂
Supposed to get colder here tonight, so I am basking in the last day of gentle fall weather…
Hi twin! But, like, fraternal twin because I don’t have Rose Chypree on my hand 🙂
Google helpfully showed me a picture of a nice looking orange handbag, so I helpfully clicked on it. The orange was ok, but there was a burgundy ostrich leather bag next to it, which was very nice looking, until I read the blurb and saw that I had, of course, picked out the real ostrich skin Birkin for a smooth $32,000.00.
Who are the people who actually live like that?
That hangbag costs more than the car I drive, a Toyota, and the car adorable hubby drives, an old Vibe which is really a Toyota, and the old Chevy farm pick up that is now full of hay, all put together.
I guess I should be flattered that Google thought I would even like to look at it. LOL!
Not in my neighborhood 😉
At least you know you have good taste.
sotd: jean patou joy edt
this one smells like effervescent musky roses to me
I’m in lush smuggler’s soul, but really should’ve picked mitsouko or agent provocateur today – it’s been a raw, windy, cold autumn day with steel grey clouds, grim-faced Swedes, and a too-thin jacket. I could’ve done with some fruit and rose and spice!
I serendipitously discovered a sample of Alien Eau Extraordinaire, making it my sole Ropion scent, and I don’t think I’ve ever tried it. Let’s see how that goes tomorrow!
Getting back into my usual routine of reading NST over breakfast before heading off to work, and enjoying reading about what you are all wearing and contemplating what I might wear – one of the most important decisions of the day!
I’ve had a cold for the last week, and it seems to be finally clearing up. I had one horrible evening when I couldn’t smell anything at all – not even a hefty dose of Absolue Pour Le Soir, which is strong enough to strip paint.
I’m planning to go into work for a few hours, and am thinking of Chamade. Appropriate to our somewhat patchy spring and it should help clear my still foggy brain.
I am down with the same cold. I could not smell Kalemut Amber oil and ended up suffocating the office 🙂
LOL, but I hope you feel better soon!
It’s a hideous cold, isn’t it! It seems to be lasting forever.
if you get any time could you describe the Absolu Pour Le Soir for me? I have become a little fascinated by this fragrance.
To pipe up with my $0.02–I just resniffed this one this weekend, and gosh it’s gorgeous. I see Kafkaesque’s review describes it as “rich, dark, molten” and I think this is really spot on, it’s incredibly well-blended, lush, and with a slightly boozy quality, even–but maybe that’s just another way of saying it smells both rich and somehow more liquid than other fragrances. I’ve also seen accounts that mention honey, cumin, leather, sweat–I won’t argue but the honey part makes it sound sweeter than it really is, and all the other references make it sound less refined than it really is. It’s potent but uber-elegant, IMO.
More words I agree with from Kafkaesque, for good measure: “absolutely luscious, heady, rich”; “a true oriental in the grand old style…superbly blended”; “definitely musky, yes, but not truly animalic or heavily skanky. It was lovely and approachable and, as time went by, damn seductive!” Ok I’m just going to go ahead and link to his review, before I talk myself into a bottle here 🙂
http://www.kafkaesqueblog.com/2013/02/19/perfume-review-absolue-pour-le-soir-by-maison-francis-kurkdjian/
Thank you so much for the information. I have really been trying to branch out, and this one really caught my attention.
I find APLS a challenge. Sometimes it seems quite harsh and I wonder why I like it, other times it’s rich and lovely. I have a FB, because once I’d tried a decant, I didn’t want to be without it.
I was a little disturbed when a friend sniffed the bottle and recoiled with exclamations about cat pee. I don’t get that myself, but I can see what she means, so I wear it home rather than out and about. That works well, because my beloved finds it quite sweet.
SOTD is Lush Lust after chatting about it a bunch this week! And also after having tested a number of other, more challenging perfumes this week–nice to try new things but also nice to put on an easy favorite.
I keep trying Lush Lust. So far, it has felt to big for me. or rather, I lack confidence in my wearing of it.
Have you tried the solid version? Lush does the lightest concentration of their scents in that form, and I find it’s just the ticket for Lust. The spray is too much for me as well, whereas the solid’s so much more manageable, someone who smelled it on me recently described it as a “soft floral”!! V surprised to hear big brash Lust described as soft but there you have it!
I have not tried the solid, but I will next time I am at Lush. It is kind if funny how differently people interpret scent, isn’t it.
I was having a gourmand craving, so I’m in Bijou Romantique today. I’ve actually been wanting to wear this for a few days now but didn’t find my decant until this morning. It’s running very low, so now I’m trying to decide if it’s bottle-worthy.
ELO is very good value for the money – and I believe Parfum1 is having a sale with coupon. Just adding these facts for research purposes…
Bijou Romantique is one of my newest loves. You smell wonderful!
Me too!!! So different from what I usually wear but lovely.
SOTM is/was Cristalle EDT. It’s gorgeous, of course, but I wanted something not too long-lived because I’m expecting a bottle of Ivoire de Balmain to arrive today and, if I know me, I won’t be able to keep myself from ripping the package open and spraying immediately. Blind buy based on some posts on NST and over at BdJ – hope I’m not disappointed!
I do that too! If I’m expecting something or know I want to apply something else later, I’ll put on something light. Cristalle is such a great fragrance.
Me three–like if I want to wear something but I know in a couple hours I’m going to shower and change to go out, and I’d be sad to wash off my perfume, well, short-lived scents to the rescue 🙂
Thank you for this tip. I have never thought of it, and I’m glad to know it. I’m afraid that in the past, I’ve just gritted my teeth impatiently or scrubbed in vain at my writs or something…not any more, though!
The image of the octopi makes me crave tempura. I know, I know, they have a vocabulary that far exceeds that of cats.
Have not quite regained my sense of smell today (sniffle, snort, cough, cough) so I have on AG’s Songes because there’s a banana note in there that’s pretty pungent. Blind-buy. Obligated to finish the bottle.
Oh, Songes, it seems I like it no matter how well I can smell it. Such a great under the weather scent. You smell great. Feel better!
I started the day enjoying the remains of yesterday’s Ylang & Vanille. I love the base in the sweet/flowery Guerlains. But no scent this morning as I had a headache over night.
A PSA for anyone sensitive to food additives: In the US sulphur compounds have been making their way onto fresh fruit (whether organic or not) with increasing frequency, acting as a mold and fungus inhibitor. I ate a plum I thought was fine last night but woke up in the wee hours with a pounding head. I suspect the plum was treated with sulphur dioxide.
Thanks to inspiration from Laila (orange) and meridifay (Google), now I’m sniffing from my sample of Like This. If Like This had a color it would be the orange of falling autumn leaves. Google surprised me with a link an article entitled “If Tilda Swinton Were Your Girlfriend”, so Like This it is.
That’s unsettling news, for Sure. Good to know 🙁
Greetings and multiple salutations to our octopus friends!
I wore Jo Malone Rose Water and Vanilla Cologne Intense on this warm and sunny October day.
I will have to dig through my sample drawer for a vial of Carnal Flower to wear tomorrow in honor of M. Ropion.