Ack, another Monday. Hope it is going smoothly so far? And what fragrance are you wearing?
I'm in Gwen Stefani Harajuku Lovers G, but not, unfortunately, from the G of the Sea mermaid bottle. I would no doubt smell way better if I had only bought that bottle when I had the chance.
Reminder: on 2/26, crack that whip! We're wearing leather. If you need some ideas, do check out Angie's Leather fragrances 101! (suggested by thegoddessrena)
And for those of you who like to plan ahead, see Scent of the day ~ Friday community projects 2016, where I'll try to always have the next five or six weeks mapped out in advance.
That bottle is as cute as a button. I’m starting the leather theme today with ELdO’s Rien. It’s such a wonderful scent, and it has my favourite perfume name.
I wore Rien for the first time yesterday! I’m a wimpy suede-lover but it was great. Cuir d’Ange for me today.
I am another Rien lover, and you’ve inspired me to apply it after a shower.
Ooh Rein! Thanks for the reminder! I have more choices this week than I thought… I’m at work now but I’m suddenly craving this.
It is a wonderful name! I really enjoy the ELdO’s perfumes I’ve tried, Putain des Palaces (my own favorite perfume name) and Fils de Dieu, but have yet to try Rien.
P des P is another good name. I think that you may like Rien, it’s a very bold and daring scent, and oddly introspective as well.
It always sounds appealing when you describe it!
To make it even more enticing I think that it smells just like the attic in the Château d’Azay le Rideau when I visited in 2012.
Have you tried the Intense incense version? I haven’t but I hear it is powerful.
I haven’t, although I would like to. The original is probably the strongest scent I own, plus it has the half life of Plutonium.
Sounds like it would melt my fillings. Is that a good thing? Yes, probably.
Trying to bring on spring with a sample of OJ Champaca. The sun is shining and it should get up to 50 degrees here today.
Spring is in the air!
Hope that will do it!! Maybe I should have worn Champaca too 😉
VERT PIVOINE by histroire (sp?) I guess I am hoping for spring
Histoires de Parfums
thanks
Oh that is lovely and you smell great-and very prettily springlike.
Hacking my way through untried and mostly forgotten samples, I put on Amouage Fate Man this morning. I liked it at first, though only close up, because at a distance something unidentifiably unpleasant kept announcing itself, and now, two hours in, it’s nothing but unpleasantness. A scrubber, on me.
Sadly I cannot remember it. I am the odd man out on Amouage…I just do not care for most of the newer stuff.
Amouage’s newer stuff is really hard to love, isn’t it I think the last one that I loved was Beloved. My ultimate favorite from Amouage is Epic with Lyric close behind.
I can way pre-date you…the last one I loved was Jubilation XXV. I do think Christopher Chong is talented, but all the same I don’t really care for the perfumes he’s making.
This is literally the second Amouage I’ve ever tried, the first one being the men’s version of Dia, which I found completely nondescript, so they’re 0 for 2 with me. I have a sample of Fate Woman, which everyone seems to love (Turin gave it 5 stars), so maybe?
La Fumee Classique by Miller Harris. I am incredibly fond of this one, it seems elegant and intelligent yet very far from too ‘proper’. It has become rather warm but damp in London – if only it were sunny it would feel like spring…
I love La Fumee, it was the first perfume I bought for my husband after seriously falling down the rabbit hole, and it’s a nice one we can ‘share’, it really is very comforting on a grey London day.
Mmmm I love this one!! I’ve only used it once because I’m scared to use up my little sample 🙂
Amaranthine, to sweeten the start in a new week, I know it’s not a popular scent, but sometimes I just enjoy its greenish-milky-floral sweetness.
Another fan here – never really sure why it’s not more popular.
It’s popular with me! I think Amaranthine is a beautiful fragrance and don’t understand the negative votes either.
I liked my sample of it but it was tamer than I thought it would be. Smelled like green bananas and milky white flowers. It reminds me a bit of Ostara.
I got that resemblance too.
I agree that they smell somewhat alike. I have both of them and am happy that they smell similar as Amaranthine has been discontinue.
Three cheers for Amaranthine! I love it, and almost wore it today. You smell beautiful!
Oh, I love it. I got a bottle despite its poor longevity on me. Maybe I’ll wear it tomorrow!
Also doing a ‘leather week’ because, well, because I can, for a change. :^)
As usual, trying samples of things I’ve never tried bdfore. Monday’s leather is Serge Lutens “Cuir Mauresque”. I like the complexity but don’t love the scent as a whole. I mean, it’s fine, but I’m holding out for those perfumes that add a new dimension to your life, and for me this isn’t one of those.
Last week was hard! But you’re really only supposed to feel even vaguely obliged on just the Friday 🙂
Cheers Robin! I like reading how other people interpret and respond to the ‘challenge’, and it’s helpful for a newbie to get a sense of how various perfumes relate to each other. I could probably do 2 weeks of leathers, but I’m prioritising (a) perfumes that put leather as the star attraction rather than a bit part and (b) decants rather than samples, because I think the manufacturers’ samples ought to have a longer shelf life.
If I were left to my own devices, I’d eventually get around to wearing everything, but I like how some of these projects make me think and reflect. And I can always sit out the ones that do nothing for me, like Estée Lauder (I have none, they don’t seem to do men’s scents, UK website doesn’t sell samples: file under ‘really can’t be bothered’). :^)
I like it too, but then sometimes I think there are fragrances in my collection that get ignored because they haven’t, and like G today, probably never will, fit into a project! So trying to not feel bound to do a week every time, and hope other people don’t start to feel like it’s a burden.
And BTW, Estee Lauder did most (not all, but most) of their men’s under the Aramis label. I should add that to the list…
Azuree is both leathery and, in my opinion, rather masculine. Worth trying if you come across it.
Try it layered with a darkish rose. I like it layered with a tiny bit of Rose Anonyme. Really delicious.
SOTD: Eau de Hongrie
Obviously not ready for monday so I am taking refuge in a light golden cloud of comfort.
Hope it works!
OOH LEATHER WEEK.
I am kind of a leather wimp – as in, I *like* it, but I really only like it in certain iterations. Floral leathers, yes. (Usually.) Suedey ones, sure, bring it on.
Green-chypre leathers, no (DON’T YOU DARE SNEAK UP ON ME, BANDIT).
Beasty leathers, back the heck right off. (Cuir de Russie is actually in this category for me even though I generally get on well with Chanels.)
So today is vintage Jolie Madame extrait. Mmmmm. Equal parts bouquet and combat boots.
Any leather that slips into the rawhide category or reminds me of rubbing mink oil into my beloved softball mitt when I was a kid is not happening or me. Because it reminds me of re-lacing my docksiders or rubbing mink oil on my softball mitt! But a very soft background is lovely: Vol de Nuit, vintage Shalimar, Cuire de Lancome, Kelly Caleche… maybe some lightly leathery vetiver like in vintage No 19… but otherwise, no.
I should love Bandit (you know me and galbanum) but I don’t. That thing is a whip-crack!
I am still puzzled as to why I can’t smell Vol de Nuit. I’ve tried it twice now (edt, from two different decanters), and it just smells faint and musty. I don’t understand it.
That’s too bad you can’t smell VdN. I agree it has that musty Guerlain accord. I prefer the extrait which has a bit more heft with the florals and amber. There is just a touch of a cold leather accord which makes it a little different.
I like Cuir de Russie, but there is one much softer than CdR, won’t mention the name, that also reminds me of a baseball glove scratch n sniff sticker I had when I was a kid.
Oh, mention! (It’s okay, even if I like it you can say it makes you think of scratch-n-sniff.)
Box of Eels for me today. Like Mals, I am a leather wimp although I do like pretty floral leathers.
I have no idea how this got here… sorry Mals… BTW, you smell wonderful. I love, love, love Jolie Madame. I only have the current version but have been stalking vintage on evil bay.
I don’t like the current version – it’s not floral enough for me. I keep collecting the mini parfum bottles, though.
I got one of the vintage mini’s recently…maybe it’ll be my Friday scent!
I used to think the current version was so pretty but the last time I used it, it smelled very synthetic. I probably oversprayed since it was evening. Good tip on the mini perfumes. Thanks!
Jolie Madame! I have one of those vintage mini’s of the extrait. Lovely. Dang, I really do have a bunch more leather scents than I remembered….
Dior Cuir Cannabe is very floral leather – have you tried it?
Well, I like it. How about you, Petunia?
I haven’t smelled many Dior perfumes. A clear gap in my perfume education which I will have to remedy.
I layer Cuir Cannage over orange blossom cream to amp up the floral aspect. It’s delish.
That sounds really pretty cazaubon.
Cuir cannage sounds lovely from the list of notes, I must track down a sample, what a gorgeous layering idea. I have BV knot body lotion, if I can find it will try it with that one
I have not tried the Dior. I already have Bottega Vaneta, Jolie Madame, a sample of Cuir de Lancome and probably others that I’ve forgotten. I’ll add it to my sample list. Thanks for the recommendation H. 🙂
I’ll put a sample in your package. And thank goodness everyone got that I meant Cuir Cannage. I blame my fat fingers!
That is very sweet of you. Tx!
“Leather wimp”:)))) I am somewhat of a leather wimp, too. Although I wear Bandit and Cuir de Russie, it does not happen often. Typically I sniff a leather fragrance from a decant, think “Ooh, it’s lovely but I need something lighter today” and choose something else as a SOTD. 😀
Floral leathers are the easiest to wear for me, too. I hope to wear my Jolie Madame this week, but I want to do it on a sunny day. Today’s weather is not right. 🙂
I do okay with leathers on sunny days, but I think I might like them better on overcast days like this one. Funny how that matters, doesn’t it?
I think I associate violets (flower and leaf) strongly with spring, so now, at the end of winter, I am waiting for a spring-like weather to wear Jolie Madame. It seems appropriate.
As for leathers without fresh flowers, overcast days might be better, I agree.
I’m in OJ Woman (but I waited to apply until I got a chance to sniff my boss’s Shalimar).
At the wedding this weekend the bride wore Feminite du Bois and the groom wore Bandit.
and the groom wore Bandit.
That’s so awesome!! 🙂 great choices by both of them- hope it was a fantastic day.
It was! (Though I did have to keep sniffing both bride and groom…;) )
That comment coupled with your avatar made me laugh.
What a fabulously perfumed couple!
Agree!
I’m not sure what I’ll do for leather week b/c I generally only like a very “supporting role” with leather, but I do like that kind of vague leathery vetiver smell so I’ll have to investigate… Today, in honor of what I am hoping will be an early spring, I am rocking just a dab of Clinique Aromatics Elixir b/c it has that great earthy vibe….
With Aromatics Elixir just a dab will do ya! You smell like a hell of a lady!
Thank you!
I am not sure what leather perfumes I have..I will have to look at small collection.
Commando so far this morning, I have been up early catching up on Dowton Abbey. The sun is shining today, I am thinking No 19 will do the trick for today.
Happy Monday to everyone
Another Downton Abbey lover! I loved last night’s episode. Isn’t no 19 just fabulous? Which concentration are you wearing?
I have some perfume, its from the 90’s.
Last nights episode I had to grab some tissues. I am such a sap!
No 19 for me too, it is one of those “No 19…what else?” days. Quite perfect. Began with current version EdP, added a spritz of vintage EdT. And love Downtontoo (Violet to Isobel “tell me Isobel, does it ever get cold up there on the moral highground?”)
I was saying last night that I don’t know that I’ll miss the show so much but I will miss Violet, and her interactions with Isobel in particular.
Violet is my favorite! That line is epic!
Best line from last night’s episode: Violet’s “Oh, I am glad. So climbing all those stairs wasn’t wasted.”
I have to catch up with Downton Abbey. I have 3 episodes I haven’t had time to watch. I plan on catching up tonight. Its overcast, humid and slightly cool here. Perfect night to stay home and catch up on DA.
I was going to do a leather week too, but I’ve got a cold and went with something simple, Philosophy Tea Leaf.
Hope you feel better soon!
Feel better! What a shame to miss leather week.
It’s a rainy, gray day in Atlanta….hopefully the trees and flowers are about to get a good soak, and start the Spring blooming! 🙂 A gal can dream…..
SOTD: Week-end a Deauville. May have to pull this sample out again on Friday…it has a leather note! I must not have applied enough though…90 minutes in, and it’s nearly faded away….
In other smelly news…..2 impulse buys this weekend. Sofia Vergera’s Love, and Tommy Bahama for Her (2012). Deeply discounted! To my nose, Love reminds me of a lighter version of Black Opium. Very very nice, and will be great for the office. Tommy Bahama was the BOGO deal, and it’s MEH. Smells really great on my 11 yr old though!
And….the sales rep was kind enough to give me a tester (only 20% left in it, but plenty to try) of 212 Sexy. LOVE THAT STUFF. That was probably the reason I bought something from her….never underestimate the power of great customer service!
Sounds like you always find some bargains
Well, the hubby finally noticed the uptick of perfume bottles around the house…..LOL Too many bargains!
Sooooo, the girls and I have promised NO MORE for quite a while!! (I did have to tell him that a bottle of Insolence is coming from FragranceNet, but I chalked that up to my upcoming March birthday….HA HA)
Time to slow down and enjoy what we have! 🙂
It’s so easy to get carried away, isn’t it?, I keep whispering to myself ‘just one more’!
I hate when my spouse notices a sudden influx of perfume. He’s pretty great about it, but I feel guilty anyway since he has hobbies that require funds too (and I usually benefit from his woodworking) and we do have a budget. I’ll need to rein it in soon myself.
I also decided to do a leather week because I have a lot of leather fragrances I do not wear often enough. Although wearing leathers five days in a row may prove to be a bit too much. 🙂
Today I am wearing my sample of Knize Ten. A dark, gothic leather, but smooth and warm at the same time. It has a restrained chic. It might be a bit too heavy for me, but it is still amazing.
A leather classic! You smell great.
I like Knize Ten too. It’s the scent that taught me that a little can go a long way. The first time I wore it I put on my usual 5 spritzes and almost choked myself.
Five spritzes of Knize Ten – oh dear! I’m surprised I didn’t notice you from across town that day. 😉
This morning I am in Miller Harris L’air de Rien which is unusual, but I think I like it…
I have it on my list for tomorrow, but just a homeopathic application, I have quite a few meetings planned and it’s not really a crowd pleaser
My all time favorite. You smell glorious.
I love it, too, but I have the petit rien. It wears well, and I am less worried about smelling too dirty.
Yum. I may spray some on this afternoon. It’s one of my favorite cozy-sweater scents.
Love that one too! When I first smelled it all I got was sweaty socks. But something shifted and now it’s such a comfort scent and smells like old books and sweet musky skin. I keep checking to find a discounted bottle online. I’m making due with a decant for now.
“Old books and musky skin,” that’s exactly what I got out of it when I tested it recently. Nice and comfortable.
One of my all time top 3’s, u smell wonderful!
I’m finally participating in the Maurice Roucel community project and am wearing 24, Faubourg. Beautiful, but way too classy for my morning activities – taking my unshowered self to the post office and grocery store.
FYI – I went to Nordstrom yesterday to check out the Jo Malone Herb Garden collection. They were already sold out of the Sorrel & Lemon Thyme! (SA said they had it for three days.) They only had a few bottles left of the Lavender & Corriander, too. If anyone’s interested in this line, don’t drag your feet. Surprisingly, I liked all five of them. They all had typical JM staying power, but were far more interesting than any of the limited editions that I can remember from recent years.
I can’t wait to try the Herb Gardens!
Do check them out. They’re fun, quirky, and a nice departure from all of the other offerings at the perfume counter. I don’t think you need to run to Jo Malone right now, but definitely go sooner rather than later if you want a chance to try or buy all five.
Oh wow! Interesting to hear Sorrel & Lemon Thyme is already sold out–it is the one I liked best (but I don’t need a bottle.)
That’s just at my local Nordstrom, but they aren’t getting any more in. The JM website still has them as does the Nordstrom website. I don’t know how other stores are faring. I just thought I’d mention it because –Three Days! I’d hate for anyone to miss out because he/she waited a reasonable amount of time to go sniff them.
I ended up ordering the lemon & thyme online, and I may go back for the one with clover. I wish the set of five wasn’t full size. I can’t spend $350 on what essentially, to me, are novelty scents.
Ooh, you know a set of five minis sure would be fun. (Altho IIRC, even when JM does those, they seem expensive to me too. $150 for 5 x 9ml of the Cologne Intense series? For that price, MDCI will send you an 8 x 12ml set, plus a store credit!)
Yes, but do they press herbs into their packaging? 🙂
Trying Vent Vert for the first time.
I feel that No. 19 EdT and extrait are much greener, is it because of reformulation?
Try to find a vintage mini of Vent Vert parfum. Swoon!
The older versions are much heavier on the galbanum.
Wearing Vol de Nuit Evasion for the third day in a row and already worrying about the day I eventually run out.
I was reading that this one is basically Guet Apens with a different name. Now, inevitably, I want to try both. And both are discontinued, correct? Sigh. Why must Guerlain be so cruel?
It’s lighter and a little less rich than Guet-Apens with just a tiny bit of that weird bitter powdered almondy thing that Guerlain EDTs always seem to have. Still has a good amount of oomph, though, and the good far overpowers the weird EDT note. If only I could afford one of those bottles of Guet-Apens I see sometimes on eBay. Sigh. Cruel indeed, to discontinue both.
Aaah. Glad to know about the almond thing, because I don’t like almond notes and the hype could have led me to want some of this.
I will never fully understand why perfume companies are now in a constant state of churning out mediocre product and completely neglecting the classics of their past. Hope you luck into some Guet-Apens some day.
This may or may not help at all, but it doesn’t actually have an almond note, and definitely nothing almond-extracty, soapy, or candy-like. I think of it more as raw, ground nuts and it’s often turned me off from Guerlain’s EDTs. However, in VdNE, I don’t think it’s noticeable most of the time.
It has also been called Attrape Cœur. Renaming perfumes is a confusing game!
I have a bottle of Cuir de Lancome, a decant of Cuir de Russie, and a spray sample of Cuir d’Ange, but I forgot completely about all of them this morning and grabbed Fate. Warm and womanly over here, but I’m probably going to be making a list of the leathers everyone else is wearing for eventual sampling.
Also, it is basically spring in New York right now. Is it terrible that I’m enjoying what is possibly a direct result of global warming? It probably is.
Take the day as it comes, senseless not to enjoy it if you can. BTW, you smell great????
Leather week or not–is Fate ever a wrong choice? I think not!
Nothing during the day. But tried Vetiver Tonka in the evening. Unfortunately it lasts about 5 seconds in Bangkok humidity, so better save it for home.
Yum, it was a great-smelling 5 seconds!
The only reason I don’t own the v-t is the staying power. It is great.
It doesn’t last that long in the dry air of Southern California, either.
Ahhh, love leathers and have lots of them so no lack of choices for Friday, but today I’m in Alahine. It’s sooo wonderful.
I love Alahine. Whenever I feel down I spritz this on my hair and it makes me feel better immediately. I wish they made a hair mist.
Wore that yesterday! I love Alahine, but for me it’s a strictly winter-weather fragrance, and it’s too warm today.
I envy you your warm(er) weather. It’s sunny here in Oregon today, but in February that means it’s cold. At least it’s not under-freezing cold! So far Alahine isn’t suffocating or overbearing on me, but I’ll be looking forward to spring and fall for Alahine Experimentation. 🙂
Ugh. I’d trade… I want it to be cold when it’s supposed to be cold. We had an 80F Christmas and I was Not Happy.
A month from now I will be ready for temps above 50, but not yet.
Been too busy to really think about what leather scents I have. My husband brought me a tiny sample of Byredo Super Cedar and L’Artisan Rose Privee yesterday. The Super Cedar is nice but it did make me think I do not like cedar as much as I think I do. Actual wood, as in the smell of a cedar closet I just love. When it is listed as a note in perfume? Not so much. Rose Privee starts out like a slightly more peppery Mohur, but then is gone in an hour.
SOTD is Byredo Gypsy Water.
Cedar in perfume rarely smells like the wood…and when it does, seems like people complain about pencil shavings!
I oddly like the smell of pencil shavings, if it’s mixed with other good things.
It is one of my favorite smells!
I like soft leathers, not too rough and strong smelling. Excited to see what folks wear this week!
SOTD for me is Gourmand Coquin which makes me a delicious chocolate rum concoction.
Twin! Wanted something sweet for a grey Monday morning.
It’s the perfect Monday scent!
You sound like you small fantastic!
She does!
I know that Friday will be a Cuir de Russie day. Yesterday was Bal in PDT form and today will probably be either Memoir or Epic. I’m still having trouble with that 30% FrgranceNet coupon, I don’t know if I want to get Beloved, Epic, Lyric or Memoir.
I’m having the same problem 🙂 Can’t decide between Memoir and Epic, each one fills a place in my wardrobe and would probably get a ton of wear. Hope I don’t wait so long to decide that the point becomes moot.
MM, If you don’t have a preference between them, why not choose the one you’ll wear the most for the upcoming season?
Good idea. Memoir is one of my favorite winter bedtime scents and Epic has recently been getting lots of daytime wear in this warm weather. Funny thing is, I recently re-discovered Epic, which I liked a lot upon first sample and then ignored for about a year because all I remembered was the pickle note in the opening. Now I remember how easy to wear and comfortable it is and I think I would wear it a lot.
I haven’t tested Epic because I think I read somewhere that it has cumin, which I think you like, but on me it’s smells like I haven’t showered for a month. I may sample it anyway. BTW, I would compare the Fragrance net price with Beauty Spin. Sometimes BS has the better deal even with the 30% discount. 🙂
I keep politely pointing the spouse at Lyric and the 30% off and going “Anniversary soon”…
It’s just that I would like to hit the order button before the offer expires on the 2nd. I just need to make up my mind. The good news for me right now is that I actually went through my worn and reviewed decant bag and threw out some evaporated decants. If I had two of the same scent that I could get into one decant, I did it. So now I am down to one decant of Sarrasins, Jasmin Full, and Coco. I’m happy too that I have not spent a whole lot on perfume this year that I have in years past. Only about $150 and mostly decants.
Good luck with that Doc. Personally, I would have to write it on a brick and lob it at my husband. Even that probably wouldn’t work. If you don’t mind me asking, how many years have you been married?
Married six years, together sixteen 🙂 We engage in the “Tell me what you want and I will get it” method of gift-giving.
We do the same. 🙂 My husband only listens when he thinks it is a good idea.
BTW, Happy Anniversary!
We do that too. In fact, I often buy my own. (I did get tired of having to hinthinthint… and then winding up with something like a dual alarm clock. “So we don’t have to get up at the same time, honey!” Coming up on 24 years married, 11 years of picking out my own gifts.)
Snort! I just go straight for the ‘look what you got me’ approach. 🙂
Happy Anniversary!
aha,ha,ha,ha,ha…. Me too.
Yes. This way no one is disappointed. 🙂
I’m in FM L’Eau d’Hiver today. I don’t know what it is, but there’s something in this that sets my teeth on edge. Of the listed notes, I know it’s not the jasmine, musk, or honey. I’m suspecting it might be the iris or the heliotrope.
It also has Angelica in it, which may be the culprit. Personally, I love it. It reminds me of Apres l’Ondee.
It may be the angelica. Looking through things, I enjoy too many other fragrances with listed iris notes for that to be the problem. I also quite enjoy a couple of fragrances with heliotrope notes, so I’m wrong on both counts. Whatever it is, it has faded a little bit.
I get the occasional whiff of celery from it, and I don’t like that bit. Bar the “occasional whiff of celery,” it’s nice.
Yes! Whatever I’m smelling that is bothering me smells like vegetables.
I just looked up and found this… Angelica root (What can I do with this stinker?)
It really dominates any blends with a sort of celery/old fence/spicy musky note. It goes quite peppery when with lemon, and is quite nice with another green like oakmoss. It leans more towards a basenote than a middle range. Lavender works quite nicely with it as a floral. IMO only, not gospel.ed up angelica… So Mals was right again…. good nose…
Heh! So, angelica, huh? Okay.
Wow! Thanks for the information! Mals has a good nose indeed. Now that I’m aware of it, I’ll keep an eye out for Angelica in other fragrances.
Sampling Aftelier’s Honey Blossom, which has gone from a bright linden through some greenery to a rather creamy incense at 4 hours close to the skin but continuing interesting for close sniffing of the back of my hand. I like this a lot, I will have to look at a decant of this…
That sounds lovely. The only Aftelier that I own is Bergamoss. I’m curious about her ancient resins. Have you tried it?
Oooo Ancient Resins. If you like incense, it’s wonderful. And for an Aftelier, quite affordable.
Thanks Pixel!
Agree, great stuff. I keep it on my bedside table.
Mmm — love Honey Blossom, and recently sprang for a mini bottle. Such a rich, golden take on linden.
Sounds lovely
I love linden! I’ll have to make a note of this one and give it a try.
I’ve got a week’s worth of leathers but leather is more of a fall scent for me, don’t think I’ll wear them every day. SOTD is Vetiver Oriental.
If our weather continues cool and wettish, I may make this a leather week. Couldn’t wear the warm sweet leathers like Cuir Ottoman (I still have a sample) or Tuscan Leather, but the floral ones play okay in spring.
And suedes are nice in spring too. I’ll wear Bottega Veneta this week.
Agree, it would have been ideal in fall, but I think it will be cool enough here the rest of the week in DC for leathers, fortunately.
Why hello! I missed you all over the past couple of weeks- sometimes life just takes over for a while..
I have enough leathers for a week or two and for various moods and weather, so I started off my leather week with Lonestar Memories.
I bought a bottle a few months ago and it seems less birch-tarry than my sample which is a few years old now. Still wonderful, but I do love that smokiness.
Happy to see you back and hope all is well????
Hi Perthie! Hope you’re doing well – you were missed.
Welcome back, I was wondering where you had gone off to. Glad to hear you are okay!
I was wondering about you too. Welcome back!
Welcome back! I really like Lonestar Memories as well. Very evocative of campfires in the mountains when I went to sleep-a-way camp. Makes me want S’mores 🙂
*waves*
All is well, mostly… My absence was due mainly to my work hours- this post usually arrives at about 10:30pm and I was in bed by then for early starts and the mornings were just busy.
And I’ve had a bit of an experience like ihadanidea… an ex reappearing out of the woodwork :-/ … It was such a heartbreaking experience the first time around and now he’s back- 4 years later! It would be much easier if we didnt love each other but we do- But sometimes love just isnt enough.. so it’s been a huge whirlwind of emotions here and I’m still yet to settle on any which one :-/
So. Now you’re all up to date with Perthie’s emotional crisis 😉
Oh and I wore Broadway Nite for Roucel Friday 🙂 🙂
and thanks so much for the welcome back, I really did miss chatting with you all- it’s such a nice part of my day seeing how everyone is 🙂
Broke your heart? I don’t like him, says the distant, slightly drunken auntie who has no clue of the entire story. But I can tell from the antipodes that you are sweet, Perthgirl, so, please, take good care of yourself.
Oooooh honey. We may be living the same life on opposite sides of the world. I’m so sorry to hear that you’re going through this.
But you’re right – love really isn’t enough. It’s an essential component, but not enough. But giving up on the love (which, as far as I can tell, never fully goes away) is a gut-wrenching task. It’s why a lot of us remain single – the prospect of diving in and risking it again is too much.
Kudos to you for taking care of yourself, and if you want an American going through the same thing to talk to about it, do let me know.
Just in case, my email – mary (the letter kay) brunner at geemale
Hmmm…what rotters these blokes are, my scented friends. Let me tell you a story, which won’t help, but may entertain you a little. My father was a big man, physically and psychologically tough, with a big, bloke-y, quintessentially Kiwi personality, and you would have thought he would be happiest down the pub or on the farm, being laconic with his mates. However, but he ended up with a houseful of girly girls, and he had more sympathy for our dilemmas with clothes/boyfriends/careers than you would have thought to look at him. He used to listen very carefully when I took my tales of a broken heart to him, and then he would say, “Well dear, it’s hard, but remember that somebody is better than nobody, but nobody is better than anybody.” Of course, I was only a teenager then, and his aphorism is too facile for grown up heartbreak, but yet, there is a skerrick of wisdom there that might help a little when you contemplate these rotten “anybodies” who have captured and retained your love but have proven unworthy of it. Your “somebody” truly is out there, and you will meet him someday soon.
Men !
Good luck, and stay strong. Heartbreak passes, eventually, although my recent experience reminded me of why I tend to avoid “diving in,” as ihadanidea put it. Life as a spinster aunt gets boring, though.
I’m in 28 La Pausa again; so happy I finally bought a bottle! And this Monday is off to a much better start than I expected.
Also, Robin, I enjoyed the No Doubt reference in your post, whether or not it was intentional!
LOL — I’m afraid I am not that good, it was totally unintentional!
I like leather, but probably not enough to manage a whole week of leather fragrances. I’ll try nonetheless, as it will give me an excuse to go through some samples.
Starting the week with Bottega Veneta. I still prefer the Eau Legere version, of which I got a mini in a swap a while back.
BV is one of my favorite leathers.. or I should probably say suede as it’s a very soft, butter take on leather.
You smell fantastic!
Another fan – will have a BV blowout this week with the edp, shower gel and body cream.
Ooooh! Sounds amazing!
That’s my kind of leather as well. I need to pull out the BV this week.
Twins. I like this sample every time I wear it and am tempted by the oil…
It’s light enough for the morning’s sun and PT appointment etc
I’m in Yves Rocher’s So Elixir Bois Sensuel. Perfectly adequate vanilla patchouli scent by Olivier Cresp, especially for $3 (gotta love those YR minis).
Wish they’d get the minis for the newer scents already! They are so slow in the US.
Vintage English Leather layered over Paintbox Soapworks’ “The Englishman” lotion. Fine black leather with a touch of mink oil plus a cup of Earl Grey with lemon.
Wow!
I know, right? 🙂 The vintage EL that I have smells so wonderful– birch tar, cool iris, and that lovely lemon, quite severe yet oddly delicate and feminine. I smell like an Edwardian lady at the Ascot Races, or Lady Mary Crawley suited up for the hunt.
Hey, never heard of that lotion (or even the company) and I am hugely tempted!! I take it you like it?
I love it! A dear friend sent me a wonderful mini-soap sampler and several items from the Englishman line. It is divine.
Thank you! I might have to order — it comes in a small sample size and they have some other lotions that are likewise tempting.
Sounds amazing.
Oh yes! I’m feeling very elegant in this combo. Retro shave-shop fragrances can be so suave.
Leather! I could have done a week of leathers, too! But because I’m old and absent minded, I completely forgot. Maybe I’ll make up for it by wearing one spritz of each leather perfume I own all at the same time on Friday! The whole block may need to be evacuated????
Because it’s Monday, I need something easy and a bit subdued, so I went with L’Artisan Tea for Two. Hope everyone had a wonderful start to their week✌????️
This made me laugh. I think that would smell amazing. A kaleidoscope of notes surrounding leather as a base. That would be interesting!
Another leather wimp here (even Cuir de Lancôme is too much for me) but I do have some perfumes with soft leather/suede notes for this week. SOTD is Amouage Beloved.
Beloved to so elegant
You smell lovely.
I’m feeling “blah” this morning because its Monday. So, I am wearing my all-time favorite fragrance, JM’s Nectarine Blossom and Honey. Its my happy scent. Can’t think of another fragrance that puts a smile on my face! 🙂
That sounds so pretty! Everyone needs a happy scent. I have several, come to think of it…
I would love to hear everyone nominate a happy scent. What are yours?
La Chasse Aux Papillons, The Pour Un Ete, and Rose Flash come to mind, for me. We should have a “happy scent” Friday!
Definitely ….or even a whole happy week.
Seconded
Thirded!
Oh yes, Happy Week.
I always find Jour d’Hermes exuberantly happy.
Eau d’Hadrien feels like the top of a treck, endorphines with a wonderful view. Vintage Armani is a happy, aimless walk in the city wearing a coat, silk scarf and boots, feeling the crisp air in the face.
Drôle de Rose, La haie fleurie, Vamp à New York, Quel Amour and lately Ostara.
I’m not familiar with La Haie Fleurie, but the name alone makes me happy!
LouLou makes me giggle, inwardly.
Pichola makes me immediately cheerful.
I need to find a reason to drive into Atlanta to visit a Jo Malone counter…..I don’t have them near me in the burbs. But I just promised the hubby “no more” for a while……LOL 😥
just give it a couple of weeks…he’ll forget, and you can rely on masculine obliviousness once again!
Jada, maybe the meetup will give you a reason to drive in to Atlanta! I am counting on you to participate 🙂
OOOOOOH Regina! Please educate me? WHEN is the meetup? I haven’t paid attention….didn’t realize there was an Atlanta group!!!! 🙂
There isn’t… YET. But there will be a meetup post right here on NST this coming Saturday and if no one else is organizing an ATL group, I will!
Most excellent! I will check in on Saturday! So what’s the scoop? We meet and just sniff, shop, etc? Never done one, but I’m PUMPED! 🙂
I’m not sure – if I end up organizing it I will probably take a poll of everyone who’s interested to see which kind of event would be best. Glad to know there’s at least one local person interested! Even if it’s just you and me I think we should meet up!
Ahhhhhh, one of my favorites too. You smell marvelous! And you’re also making me hungry. 🙂
Trying to conjure a little spring my way with a spritz of Michael Kors White. In the middle of reading Turin and Sanchez’ The Guide, and I can feel their disdain despite the fact this one has likely never come across their radar. Nevertheless, I find it lovely. A lighter variation of the original MK powerhouse thanks to a soft infusion of freesia, jasmine, and white peony, along with the signature tuberose and gardenia. It dries down to a quiet tonka and musk. Me likey.
I liked it when I sampled it too
Turin gave White Luminous Gold a good review on style.arabia.
The weather was supposed to cool off today and we were supposed to get rain. Guess what? I’m going to have to use my imagination and pretend it’s wet and cool outside (it’s fine inside because we gave up and turned on the air conditioner). I will be baking today as planned, because I’m stubborn, and wearing Cuir de Russie because it’s one of the lighter leathers I can think of right now.
I am wearing 1000 Flowers Reglisse Noire. At work and super tired – we’ve been cleaning out/ packing up for imminent house remodel. Oy vey – who put all this stuff in our house?!
As it is supposed to snow tomorrow, I think I will wear Dzing! Both to feel cozy and also to start thinking about leather. Have a great Monday all!
Random sample of the day– Foudre from Parfumerie Generale, a bright (!) warm floral
Chamade for me today. Such a beauty, we are having a thing.
Ah, it’s love. 😉
It is.
or a fling?
Yes, exactly. Betraying good, faithful Shalimar, tsc, tsc.
I’m definitely having one of those “ugh, Monday” Mondays. Oh well, it’s almost half over.
I’m in Opus II today. I wasn’t impressed with this one the first two times I wore it, but I think it’s finally grown on me. Not FB worthy though. Also, I feel like this one is the only truly unisex one out of the whole library collection. The others seem to skew more feminine in general.
Its almost over …and I feel the same way about the Opus collection as you.
SOTD is Diva, sent by a generous NSTer. Prefacing leather week with a big no holds barred uber glamorous floral on a crisp sunny Monday feels marvelous.
I will ” crack the whip” on digging up some leather for later in the week. ( sorry, it’s the Diva 😉 )
I notice a bit of leather hiding in the Diva hedges, to be honest. It’s such a tour de force, big luscious kitchen-sink floral.
I am commando as I have an internal interview for a promotion at work today. There has been all kinds of drama at my work the last few months (CIO removed during a reorg kind of drama) and I have mixed feelings about the new position but not the additional salary I could blow on more perfume. 🙂
I can still smell a bit of Osmanthe Yunnan on these dress pants from a week ago and it is pleasing me inordinately. 😉
Happy Monday!
Good luck!
Good Luck!
Oh, hope that goes well for you!
Best of luck!
Good luck! Hope it turns out better than you expect.
Oh! Leather week!
SOTD: February returned today- cold, foggy and rainy, with grey skies and clean smelling bracing air. Had a mild case of the sads. Went back on my word and put on my TF Noir Femme. Okay, it’s decided: TF Noir pour femme is really best in chilly weather, cold rainy weather. The richness and underlying ambery sweetness is meant to hug you close to the body. But in warmer weather might be much too much, as Angela wrote about in her review.
My cloud of sadness is already lifted a bit.
OOTD: Black cashmere tunic sweater, brown miniskirt, tights, short high healed boots.
Well you look and smell fabulous! Hope the sads are banished soon!
Oh, thanks! I do suffer from relatively mild depression but I find that exercise, meds and clothes really do help. I need to really make some life changing decisions SOON- and it’s nerve wracking!
Glad you’re feeling better!
I always imagine you as an outstanding smelling haute couture fashion model confidently strutting through the day with aplomb! Glad you are feeling more the thing????
I do move confidently- with a trail of toilet paper on my heel…Thanks! 😀
Better on you heel than out the back your pants????
Your outfit updates bring me much pleasure! Hope the clouds part for you soon. I’ve been in and out of the sads, too, lately, but fortunately it comes and then goes. Stay fabulous 🙂
Thank you! I think a good session of kickboxing tonight will sort me out! 😀
Heck yeah! My husband and I were in a sporting goods store and I was messing around with a punching back, and maybe got too gleefully carried away. He was a tad embarrassed. But I have to say, it felt pretty good.
I do a lot of shadow work and the bag. It’s really good for getting out the stress. You don’t have buy a bag- go to a few classes when you can. You will be surprised at how much fun it is.
Slow slow start to the day and a couple of big meetings this afternoon, so I am debating whether to go Bergamoss (I just bought my first back up bottle, although at 9mls and LE on the EDP it seems essential!) or Mohur. Very different choices, I know!
I went for Mohur. Decided to kill them with its beauty and kindness rather than the slightly sterner, if bright, Bergamoss. Definitely not a day for leather!
Hope the meetings went well!
They did thank you *and* I received compliments on the Mohur!
Ah, I am going to wear Bergamoss tomorrow. Today, testing Afterlier’s Honey Blossom. It is lovely lovely stuff!
I am becoming a real Aftelier fan. You smell great.
My plan is to try some of her stuff next. There’s a few that I’ve been eager to get my hands on..
I also got a sample of the Ancient Resins oil she made for Leonard Cohen. It is really great. I stroke some it on my hair when I go to bed, and just drift away to sleep in the coziness of it.
Great idea. I usually wear something to bed on my wrist and forearm, as that is where my nose ends up when I am sleeping!
Yay for Bergamoss. I am considering a purchase of Vanilla Smoke parfum…
When I was thinking about Leather Friday, I thought “Well I have two leather scents, CdL and CdR, which should I save for Friday?” Then, “Oh wait, there’s Skive too.” Then, “…oh, and Midnight in Paris…” and then “oh yeah, Gomma…” So apparently it’s going to be Leather Week here in Pixeltown.
SOTD is Skive, and I smell fabulous 😉
Skiving back at you!
You smell fabulous too!
I went through the same process — thought to myself “Do I even have any leathers?” before realizing I have at least a week’s worth!
…reading through y’all’s comments, I realize I have even more: vintage Jolie Madame parfum, a Bottega Veneta mini, vintage Bandit mini, a sample of Cuir d’Ange I haven’t tried yet, Kelly Caleche sample… good heavens! Who knew??? (Not me, apparently.)
Skive before 6am: John Wayne lopes into my bedroom, grabs my mattress by the corners and tips me out of bed onto the hard floor while drawling, Outta bed, Missy, Thars a saddle with your name on it and I ain’t waitin for no city gal.
Please, just one cup of coffee and a slice of toast with honey first?
Not a chance.
This is up and at ‘ em time.
Luckily Jupiter is still shining brightly in the sky and it’s a fabulous crisp, almost autumn morning and the only sound is the neighbour’s inappropriate rooster ( I call him Mr. Trump). Have a great Monday and Tuesday!
Go throw a boot at Mr. Trump – and, well, a wake-up call from The Duke is pretty special. Hope your day is, too.
That is awesome Kunuka! Love it.
Ha! I had a great time imaging that scene! I have never met a single rooster who WAS appropriate ????
Coq au vin?
*snort* ???? True that!
I’m going to have to agree with you. Roosters are just about the most inappropriate creatures I can think of.
And baboons?
Love the picture you painted with those words!
Eau de Narcisse Bleu today; it sort of fell into my hand when I went rummaging in my perfume cabinet. Supposed to be a warm and springy day here today, so it was a good fit!
Feeling pretty rotten with stinking cold, but luckily smell still intact , for now anyway. I’ve been enjoying Epic from yesterday on my scarf, mingling with parfum cherie par camille on my sweat shirt cuffs, and have just added a long lost sample of Taif to the mix!, I’m really loving Taif, surprising, as I’d written O.J off, as not a house that agrees with my skin chemistry.. Oh dear, another expensive one to add to the ever growing list!
Hope you are better soon! And Taif is great stuff 🙂
I hope you feel better! I have yet to try any OJs, but I suspect I might like Taif, so maybe it’s better if I stay in the dark 😉
Hello and good morning, everyone. Haven’t been around for a few days–I’ve been sleeping erratically, worried by work, bothered by headaches, much exercised by organising research students, and just generally so much in my own head that I didn’t like to inflict myself on the human race. I can hardly believe it, but I walked past my perfume shelves for three days WITHOUT EVEN GLANCING AT THEM! Today, though, I’m dancing and prancing around (more like thumping and bumping, actually, but it’s my story and I have the telling of it!) in a light-hearted cloud of Apres L’Ondee. I hope it pleases my team: we are meeting all morning to plan lectures and assignments. The reality that teaching starts next week is suddenly urgent and vivid! And so to work…hope your days everywhere are beautiful and beautifully scented, NST.
Apres l’Ondee is plesing to everyone, I think. You smell wonderful!
Thank goodness you’re back. I was born with The Worry gene and have been imagining all kinds of scenarios ( involving everything from No.19 to chocolate chippies ). Have fun today.
Done in by a tray of feral chocolate chippies? Last weekend I made a Bakewell Cake with raspberry glace icing instead, and it was significantly less trouble than making chocolate chippies, but the dear man doesn’t like it. Well, that is, he’s forcing it down stoically, but I feel mean for not taking the trouble to bake him something he likes. I haven’t approached 19 again — just giving her time to calm herself and get over her snit. I think the weather is due to start cooling, and that may help.
Glad to see you! I too had wondered how you were and hoped all was well.
Glad to see you’re back! Ive gone through fits of ignoring my perfumes, but we always make up and have a warm reunion. I agree that Apres L’Ondee should be a crowd pleaser.
Pleasing. not sure what plesing might be… LOL!
Despite the midweek forecast for snow, after our recent unseasonably warm weather I’m keeping thoughts of spring alive on Keep-It-Simple Monday with Borsari Violetta di Parma. Not my favorite violet, but it’ll do to keep me in focus today.
I’m on the ‘leather wimp’ team as well. I like the smell of leather but don’t like to smell like leather.
I finally got a FB of ELDO Jasmin et Cigarette which I’ve wanted for a loooong time and have been making out with samples and decants. I don’t know if it’s been reformed, but I don’t recall it being so fleeting! I used about 7 sprays today and I can barely smell it now except when I move my head( spread in hair) 🙁 I still love it but will use 50ml much faster than expected.
Congratulations! That one is on my FB list, too. 🙂
Thanks! I think I’ve worn it mostly in warm weather so maybe it lasted longer on skin and wasn’t stifled by layers of clothing. No regrets, though.
Excellent FB choice! You smell great!
Thank you 🙂
Oh, no! How frustrating. Especially with that particular fragrance– just the one you’d want to last.
Could be the weather? Congrats on the FB!
About that mermaid bottle: I have it! My favourite category is oceanic so I just had to have it. Got it at Winners which is my favourite store because there’s no one there to help you, the bags are free, no dumb sale gimmicks or points card. It’d be perfect if they shut off the darn music so that I could hear myself think. The G of the Sea juice is divine but lasts for mere seconds on the skin. If only it were an EDP or even an extrait and I’d be in heaven.
Oh lucky you!! It’s the cutest they did, I think, although Super G and Santa G were also darned cute.
Fundamentally I want to love leather (I salivated over the idea of Cuir d’Ange), but for the most part, leather hates me. Only really barely leathers work for me, Gold Leather, Black Saffron… so sad. Maybe someday… today I’m trying Impossible Iris. It smells fine enough, but no fireworks with this one.
Same here with leather. I can do Kelly Caleche, but then that’s more of a suede. Will have to try Gold Leather and Black Saffron, don’t think I’ve given either a try! Thanks for the lightly-leather recommendations 🙂
I like them both – Gold leather is kind of jammy plum over a soft, supple light leather and black saffron is a sweet raspberry over a light leather!
Have you tried Cuir Beluga?
Actually yes! I have a small sample and it is actually one of the few Guerlains that I actually liked so far. 🙂
Finished my week of roses Saturday; transitioned in Fils de Dieu yesterday; pulled out a sampling of leathers for this week. Reading the thread, I’m realizing I missed a bunch and can add more. I, too, associate leather with Autumn but our weather has taken a turn and after weeks of feeling like we’re on the cusp of spring it feels like winter is starting all over again. So I can easily trick myself into feeling like Fall.
I smell gorgeous in Hermes Cuir d’Ange. I was really stuffed up over the weekend and can smell again, which makes it doubly glorious. Love love love this stuff.
Fils de Dieu has been on top of my to try list for a long time now. I’m waiting to being able to justify a sample order (need to buy multiple to justify shipping costs, but definitely do not need a new bunch of sample!)
Another leather wimp here, although I have quite a few things where leather is mentioned as a note that I don’t detect. So, inspired by all the mentions of Beloved, that’s also my choice for the day.
Testing a couple of the Herb Garden fragrances although I have to say, none of them are a love. I put on the two that seemed most appealing to me on a quick sniff–the Sorrel & Lemon Thyme and the Wild Strawberries & Parsley–and while both are fine enough, neither is making my heart sing. Will be curious to hear how others like them–it seems to me that they live up to their herbal billing (was bracing for herbal presence to be very minimized), and I’d think perfumistas will like that. Just bad luck, I think, that none of them really clicked for me.
I tried a few as well, and wasn’t bowled over. Definitely nice, definitely fit the bill of herbal notes, but not a match for me either. I do enjoy some Jo Malones, about 1/5 of their output is a match for my desires, so I do think that there will be plenty of ‘istas who these work well for. Looking forward to hearing more folks chime in 🙂
The line is interesting that way. Blackberry & Bay is true love for me, and then I also quite like Pom Noir, Dark Amber & Ginger Lily, and Wild Fig & Cassis–four fragrances to enjoy is pretty good! But…four of 70-odd releases is a pretty weak batting average! (In fairness I certainly have not tried all 70, so that might raise the average a little…but after so many that miss the mark, it can be hard to motivate to track them all down.)
I did a quickie sniff of them at Macy’s today and liked the sorrel lemon one the best. I couldn’t smell it on my hand anymore by the time I left the store. All perfectly pleasant and light, but $70 for those small bottles didn’t seem worth it to me.
I sniffed all of them briefly at Neiman Marcus and none really stood out enough to get skin time. All of them seemed nice, though, and probably worth giving a more thorough test. Personally, I’d have liked an even bigger herb bouquet, but maybe I was just hungry.
Oh that’s interesting to hear–yes I should admit, aromatic is not my favorite fragrance genre so “pretty herbal” to me may be “not herbal enough” to others!! (Am very pro-spices, less pro-herbs.) I was surprised there were any that appealed to me in this group for that reason, but maybe it is to say they are not super-herbal.
I sniffed them Sunday, pleasant but not my thing. The only JM I loved enough to buy (and lasted more than 30 minutes) is Blue Agave and Cacao.
I have quite a few leather fragrances, enough at least to do an all-leather week. Starting with Cuir de Lancôme today and enjoying its floral leathery goodness. It’s one of the few fragrances I have a backup for.
That might make for an interesting Friday topic: What fragrance(s) do you have backups for, and why?
Yes would love to hear what others keep backups of!
I have backup bottles of Bvlgari Black, Donna Karen Gold EDP, and Bvlgari Omnia.
For reasons of discontinuation, I take it?
Exactly!
Just Omnia for me. Although I am constantly hovering around vintage Diorella on auction site number one and I will probably get a backup if I see a great price.
Vintage Joy parfum and Bandit parfum.
Oh! And I did just also recently get a backup of vintage Vent Vert (though both original and backup bottles are minis).
Bvlgari Black
Bvlgari Black
Tea for Two
Safran Troublant
Dune
Sous le toit de Paris
Opardu
Shower Gel:
Chanel No.19 (I almost bought the entire inventory the Saks flagship store had on hand, but I came to my senses and only got 4)
Lord of Misrule
Vintage Diorella, YSL Paris, Vamp à New York, PdN New York, Sacrebleu, Nicolaï pour Homme, Cristalle EDT, Eau de Guerlain.
Amoureuse, Havana Vanille, Traversée du Bosphore, I have a back up of because I could get them dirt cheap, and they are fragrances that I love, and wear quite frequently. I’m halfway through my first bottle of Amoureuse.
Oh. I would have to do an inventory of backups…
Probably I should.
Wow, now that would be a project. I have a bar fridge and the large crisper drawer of the main fridge filled with bottles. And that doesn’t count the duplicates I have in my two residences. It’s bad.
I know I have five or six leathers, maybe more, but I don’t want a leather week. It is supposed to be unseasonably warm and spring-like here, and all I want lately are florals. Today I’m wearing Une Fleur de Cassie.
I’ve been craving florals a lot, too and actually gave my Cassie a sniff this morning before I opted for some jasmine. You smell terrific, and maybe I’ll wear that one this week.
I do not deliberately seek out leather fragrances but many that I love feature it as a prominent note. A little Cabochard for me today. I have a little bottle of the Anniversary edition and I have made a decision to not regret what Cabochard might have once been and just enjoy what she is now.
Oh Cabochard! My favorite of all. You smell wonderful!
Wearing Dior Addict, the 2002 version from a partial bottle I snagged on ebay. The bottle is messy looking but dang it smells so good. Deep balsamic notes, jasmine, bourbon vanilla. The dry down is spectacular, too, all sandalwood and benzoin.
Need all this to boost me through the day. Monday Monday.
Reckon it will get you right through Tuesday as well. Love it.
It’s good to see everyone back today! I’m back too, but so jetlagged there is not enough coffee in the world.
Balenciaga Paris for a lovely spring day. Smells good. As do you all.
Welcome back, missionista!
Welcome back! I love Balenciaga too.
I’m kicking off leather week with Angel Parfums du Cuir. If it weren’t right there in the name, I’d say it’s probably a little bit of a stretch to call it a “leather” fragrance (it is there and tempers the sweetness but isn’t a prominent, distict note in itself). But I like it and don’t wear it much, so I decided it would be day 1.
Mostly wearing 31 Rue Cambon, with a couple of test spritzes from Jo Malone’s herb collection.
The JM herbs are nice – fresh and light, as one would expect. I did not buy one on the spot though *pats self on back*. Did walk away with samples of Nasturtium & Clover and Carrot Flower & Fennel for further consideration.
SOTD is Samsara.
MMMmmmmmm
I like the iris note, but Impossible Iris didn’t do it for me either.
This was meant for Sun Mi.
Got it 🙂
I’ve got some Gwen Stefani Harajuku Lovers G, so I also put that on today. (I do not have the G of the Sea bottle.)
Hey twin!
The G of the Sea bottle sometimes shows up at Marshalls – $15.
Wearing Black Opium today. Almost to the end of my bottle. Debating if I want to replenish it or not. I might wait to smell the flanker that is coming out.
Wearing Ambre Eternel today, which does have leather in it, but I am appreciating the cardamom, cinnamon, and incense in it even more.
Thanks for commenting on that one, I just ordered a sample of it today. Luca Turin’s review on Style Arabia said he got a lot of iris and basically no amber. It sounds great at any rate.
Easing into leather week (and Monday) with the oh so comforting Cuir Beluga 🙂
You smell FANTASTIC!
Favorite leather/vanilla alert! You smell fabulous.
I barely had time for lunch today so chiming in late with SOTD. Like many, I will be a leather or (my beloved) pleather week or weeks. Also note that any amount of leather or “leather”‘stand-in is fair game.
SOTD = Kelly Caleche Extrait
I would consider this a powdery floral leather. It is a much deeper concentration than the EDP although still not too overtly leatherish but it’s there.
I tried Kelly Caleche EDP Friday, and I didn’t get much leather from it. In fact the main note I was able to find was grapefruit, which I actually quite liked. That surprised me. I don’t like grapefruit.
The EDT is even less leather…just a tickle with the whip
LOL
I get citrus!
Me too. Dirty grapefruit.
I need to try the extrait, too much citrus in the edt for me.
I’m wearing L’Artisan Nuit de Tubereuse today.
Today has been a day and a half!! I’m finally getting to come on NST.
I hope everyone is in the process of having a great Monday!
I wore that to bed last night. Delectable.
Super-late tonight, I think the party is over.
Un Air de First for me tonight. Something I’d completely forgotten that I even had…what a nice reminder. So nice for this “shoulder” kind of day, still a chill in the air but with a hint that spring is just around the corner. This is just the smell of that.
I love leathers, so I’ll get started on that tomorrow, when it’s supposed to be cooler again, with cold rain.
Today I took a quick sniff of Eris Ma Bete, with seems promising. Now I’m wearing Xerjoff XXY, which I do quite like though not enough to pay $685 for it, even with the real lapis lazuli label. Fortunately, my imaginary cat gave me two of the generous Xerjoff exploration sets for Christmas a few years ago, so I have a lifetime supply of Xerjoff (at a very reasonable price per ml).
Hope your cat’s not called Behemoth. Though it would be entertaining from a perfume selection point of view.
I can’t do a leather week–I can only think of four perfumes with leather that I like, and I only have two of them. SOTD is Cartier Baiser Vole Essence de Parfum. I feel pretty, oh so pretty….