Rabbit, rabbit, rabbit; and Happy April Fools Day! Our community project for today is all about pure fun: wear your most-fun-ever perfume. Hat tip to thegoddessrena for the idea!
What fragrance did you pick? As always, do chime in with your scent of the day even if you’re not participating in the community project.
No surprises on my end — I'm in Byredo Pulp.
Reminder: On 4/8, wear a perfume by Sophia Grojsman, if you have one.
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.
Note: image is Alice with the Mad Hatter and March Hare at the tea party table [cropped and colorized] by John Tenniel.
Chinatown (Bond no. 9). Never fails to put a smile on my face. Happy April Fools Day, and TGIF! 🙂
You smell great!!
Dzing! for me, just saying it makes me happy????
That’s a great one too! 🙂
I smelled Chinatown on someone the other day and fell in love again. It was my first “niche.” Sadly I can’t smell something in the drydown and it ends up smelling like a votive candle within a few hours.
I just tried Chinatown, and while it smelled lovely, the entirety of it smelled like a really nice scented candle.
Currently wearing the remnants of my very fun hang out session with Sajini yesterday– Lancome Climat and Floris Honey Oud. Later today I’ll be in Guerlain French Kiss.
Was that the meet up at Colonial? Hope it was fun!
Yes it was super-fun. thegoddessrena is a perfumista extraordinaire. When I arrived there were already six perfumes set up on the counter with hand labelled paper strips and TGR had already tested a couple on skin. I also tested Climat and it smelled completely different on me, different notes coming forward and an overall different effect (powdery on me and sweet/spicy on her). It was my first time sniffing with an experienced perfumista and it was very mind-expanding.
Despite her protestations, TGR (love it!) has unicorn skin.
I also forgot to mention that the oddball Colonial drug guy was extremely professional and gave excellent service in a sort of “Remains of the Day” way. He brought out the perfumes we requested, did paper testers for us and labelled them like a champ. I was concerned that we were keeping him late so asked when they close and he was super chill about it.
Glad you had fun! I love seeing how scents differ on people…
We miss you over here! Lucky Sajini and lucky you to meet each other in RL
Yep TGR definitely has magical unicorn skin. How does she do that? Climat smelled like a completely different perfume on her.
Anyway sounds like there will be another Boston meet up at the Pru this Wednesday. I don’t have the details yet but stay tuned.
Also wouldn’t it be fun to have an East Coast sniffing powwow with the Boston and New York people?
Vamp à New York. I considered Dzing! and Drôle de Rose as well, which suggests that Giacobetti to me translates a certain lightness and ‘insouciance’ in her fragrances, but Vamp is such a favourite, and such an instant mood-lifter, that there was no real hesitation about choosing it for my SOTD.
Have a great weekend everyone!
A gorgeous one. I’m wearing Tubereuse Criminelle and I love it but your tuberose is much more fun!
Dzing!
Happy April fools ya’ll!
Dzing! is super fun. I have no idea why I swapped my bottle away years ago.
Just a temporary moment of insanity 😉 Dzing! is one of the greats.
Maybe at the next swap meet you can swap it back!
I figured we’d see a number of Dzing! wearers..
Not me, however. lol
😀
Great choice. It always brings a smile. Wild wacky fun. Dies down gorgeous. You smell wonderful.
Thank you!
Tubereuse Criminelle. I personally think the top notes are hilarious (and addictive).
Great idea and you smell amazing.
I’m glad! I couldn’t think of any other fun one in my “arsenal.”
Le Guide’s Ethyl Merman of fragrance. That braying but efulgent top note makes me laugh and spray again when it fades. Great choice!
For the 5th of my 6 “aphrodisiac pack” perfumes I’m wearing Baruti “Indigo”. This is noteworthy for its ‘mastic’ note, which is the underlying smell of Turkish delight quite apart from any rose or lemon scent. I like this but it is less fun on my skin than when sniffed from the vial. Unfortunately the little decant I had for today had leaked so I only had about 1ml. It isn’t projecting very much today but a couple more sprays might have made the difference. Fun factor 3/5, aphrodisiac factor 1/5, both scores likely depressed by the scant application.
I hate leaky decants! My car STILL smells like Grandiflora Magnolia Sandrine. It’s nice but I would prefer to smell like that, not my car.
I’m starting not to trust decants.
Vamp à NY won the race, main contenders were: encens et bubblegum, and dzing!
Twins!
OH hey! Vamp would work. I was planning on Demeter Gingerale, but it’s kind of chilly here right now, and I suspect I’d be respritzing every half hour. Yep. Vamp.
As it’s possibly breaking a heat record for today, I did go for the Gingerly, and what fizzy fun it is. It will probably be gone by the time I am ready to out and face the world, but it’s always fun while it lasts.
Encens et Bubblegum is a great idea as well! Lots of ELDOs fit, probably.
I almost went with Jasmin et Cigarette but it felt a little too bright today. If I were synaesthetic I would say it’s magenta.
Men’s scents are almost never marketed as being fun, I guess because that would imply frivolity, which is too loaded.
My ideal of a fun scent is vintage YSL Champagne/Yvresse: it’s a real, oakmossy chypre, but vivid and effervescent. Incredibly cheerful. It always puts me in a good mood.
I wore vintage Champagne last night! It’s fun, but more like cocktail-party fun for me (as opposed to the joy-bomb of Pulp). Do you know, is it very different from the current version?
I owned some when it was called Champagne, I now have a ten- or twelve-year-old bottle of Yvresse, and I am confident in saying there was no serious alteration when the name was changed. However, I smelled the newest version, in the cube bottle, last year, and it’s been tinkered with on several levels, the most obvious being that I am fairly sure it has zero oakmoss, replaced with a whole lot of patchouli, as is usual with reformulated chypres. It’s not really the same scent at all, though I think if you smelled it without knowing its predecessors you’d probably enjoy it.
Thank you for this, so extremely helpful!
I almost wore Passion for Men (Elizabeth Taylor) today, but decided instead for Chinatown. I think PfM is loads of fun!
Twins! I’m in Champagne today …I thinks it’s fun, especially at work, where I never wore it before.
Great choice – I almost went for that but decided something even more light was needed.
Lucky you! Vintage sounds divine.
Love YSL Champagne/Yvresse. And I’m TOTALLY obsessed with the parfum version. Guess what I’ll be wearing next Friday…
Twins! My choices are limited here, but I may have gone with Pulp even if I had thousands of options. My number two would be Bombay Bling!
Right, Bombay Bling would be good too!
Hey twin!
Triplets! Testing Pulp today. Why have I never tried this before??? I wish the opening blast lasted for-e-ver.
Indeed! You should pay attention to what I like 😉
Today was an absolute no brainer, no fail challenge: All perfume is FUN!!! It’s relaxing, it’s artistic, it’s something we do for ourselves for complete luxury!! 🙂
SOTD: Fat Electrician. I really love the approach (and ad copy) of Etat Libre d’Orange. Decided to go with it today, because it also smells amazing!!
As a bonus fun project, I brought a 6 pack sampler from Smell Bent to work today. Later this afternoon, I’m gonna get everyone (including the Perfume Grinch) to sample some fun smellies! I can already report that Walk of Shame is really good stuff!
It’s April Fools: Believe nothing, and trust no one! (Just like most everyday….hee hee) 🙂
Perfect choice, and have fun with Smell Bent!
SWEET FANCY MOSES. While I was at lunch, one of the coworkers tried a spritz of ALL of them (on paper strips). I have to say: The pharmacy smells like an urinal cake. It is 100% funkified in here!
April Fools indeed!! Note to self: Try them one at a time, maybe even one day at a time!
LOL!! Were they sorry or did they enjoy it?
One guy is still sniffing, and even got on the website to learn more. (He enjoys perfume, and always smells amazing.) I’ve even turned him on to Scentbird.
One guy has left the building to “run some errands”. He’s the Perfume Grinch. He even hates the floor cleaner that housekeeping uses……LOL He claims that his tongue is swelling up and he can’t taste anything. April Fools! He feel punked for sure. (He loves to give me grief about everything, so whatevs!)
My boss, who is an Asian woman, is NOT impressed. I recently watched a BBC documentary about perfume, and Asian customers reportedly like very light, fresh scents. That would be her! Since she’s like a 2nd mom to me, she’s forgiven me for stinking up the place!
I’m with you, Jada – all perfume is fun! I just want to say that I admire your attitude most days – you inspire happiness. 🙂
Awww!! Thanks! That is my goal, both here and other places like Facebook and such! 🙂
I agree entirely all perfume should be fun!
Yes! I am also wearing Fat Electrician! To me, it smells just like firecrackers we used to set off on New Years’ Eve when we were kids. What can be more fun!
I wish Fat Electrician smelled like that on me! To me it’s a boring ol’ vetiver, slightly creamy.
All perfume is fun–yes to that!!!
I like your attitude, and it makes me feel better about punting the community project today. Fat Electrician was my favorite from the ELdO sampler, and I would very much like to smell it on a man. (Sigh.)
SOTD: Sex Appeal for Men!
I think that stuff smells great.
My collection tends towards the serious–I ended up going with Bois de Iles to complement my red lumberjack shirt.
A perfect fun combo 🙂
Agree with Robin – that’s fun and I like that you’re taking Chanel into a slightly unexpected direction.
Penhaligon’s Tralala. The bottle looks like a puppet. Wearing the perfume is like going through a ride in an amusement park with faces popping out at different turns. It settles down slowly to a classical vanilla musk base. Glad to rediscover this for today’s project!
Have a great weekend!
Hah, a good one!
😀 How fun! Even the name is in the spirit. Never heard of this scent, and now my respect for Penhaligon rose a little.
Don’t read about the inspiration–it’ll ruin it for you. (Or maybe you’ll like it more. Tastes vary. It ruined it for me, though.)
Great idea!
The puppet bottle scares me, but it sounds like I would like the scent.
Actually remembered to say rabbit, rabbit, rabbit to myself upon waking! CSP’s Pamplemousse today, a fun, feminine powdery grapefruit that never goes sour.
Jealous! I never remember.
I admit I did not remember until it was time to do the sotd. Send me some of your good luck please 😉
I remembered too. First time ever, and helped to put me in a very good mood.
I’m not familiar with this tradition. Is it an April Fools thing or a beginning of spring thing?
Also my first time hearing about it. The Rabbit, Rabbit, Rabbit text at the top brings you to the Wiki page.
I’m exhausted and in the final stretch of work for reports week.
Dunno about this one being “fun” but it appealed to me today – Tam Dao. Thought something light and woody would be nice for this rather humid, warm day.
Hope you have a restful weekend!
My SOTD is Prada Candy Florale. This was the first scent that came to mind when I read today’s theme.
Happy Friday!
I really need to get out to the mall and try the new Candy Kiss!
Robin, I tested it out the other day. It has a lot of musk. I don’t think it resembles the original Candy much. I liked it well enough for a sample.
A lot of WHITE musk? Am I going to hate all the clean?
honestly, yes I think you will hate it. It’s a soft pretty musk to me, but even I have to admit it quickly became clean and boring. please give it a try though.
Ah, thank you. I will, but maybe now I won’t run to the store so quickly. I think Angie is going to review it at some point, so perhaps you’ll be spared my complaints about how it isn’t as good as Prada Candy.
SOTD is Alien from an ingenious magazine sample. I smelled this on a woman and had to ask what it was. It seemed like a fun option. It is very bright and somehow reminds me of YSL Cinema.
Alien is fun, the little purple penguin bottle! It’s cashmeran and jasmine are so pretty. How could it not bring a smile? Be well.
Almost went with Alien myself today.
I just commented about this sample below. I’ve never seen one like this with the teeny tiny atomizer. Pretty elaborate for a magazine sample!
Oh, good choice!
Kerbside Violet, because it smells just like my favorite Lush bubble bar. What’s more fun than a bubble bath?
Not very much (especially if you add rubber ducks)! And you smell lovely for spring, too!
I chose Lush’s 25:43 today. It’s such a cheerful, easy-going scent – it smells like fun! to me.
You smell great!
I wore this one for FUN week! Yesterday’s Lab on Fire What We Do in Paris is Secret has a lot of similarities with it.
Angelique Noire by Guerlain.
Discovered it by coincidence while looking for a bottle of Myrrhe et Delires at NM. Had recently heard that the M&D was discontinued so wanted to have a bottle of it just in case…
They only had a few of the Art et Matiere collection at the DC store so I tried Angelique Noire.
No one ever talks about how beautiful it is. It was an immediate purchase for me and I really love it!
SA was so happy she covered me with samples. So next time you ask for a sample and you’re told they don’t have any, know that they do, but they don’t want to give you any.
Ha
I love love love Angelique Noire. You smell fantastic..
I also have a full bottle, but when I bought mine the SA gave me zero samples of anything! I feel like I got the cold shoulder compared to you!
Such a beautiful scent
I love this one too, just bought my second bottle so you know it’s good. 🙂
I can’t believe M&D is being discontinued!! I love it. I need to find a bottle asap. Thanks for the heads up!
Lolita Lempicka Sweet for me today; I really love it!
And the bottle is so cute! You smell wonderful.
I was going to wear Chinatown or Jungle but we’re having a warm humid day so I’m wearing Lemonilla by CJ scents. I smell like lemon chiffon. Yum! TGIF!!
I thought about wearing CJ’s Flirt today – it’s certainly a fun scent. I need to try Lemonilla.
It’s a fun scent and her prices are great. I’ll have to check out Flirt… sounds like another fun one. I usually wear Lemonilla during the summer.
Would have loved to wear my new bottle of Dzing! But it’s to be delivered on Monday, so no luck.
Instead, SOTD = Guerlain Insolence, from which I am getting a distinct cherry cola vibe. Very fun! 🙂
I was thinking Guerlain petit robe noir, but I think I gave that sample away. Insolence is fun! You smell great..
Thanks!
Still commando post migraine exhausted. Given the rabbit and fun theme I think I will wear I ???? les carottes. Maybe it will inspire me to start to do some seriously needed weeding.
Feel better soon!
So sorry to hear about the migraine 🙁 And I hope you like weeding more than I do.
I’m wearing AG Nuit Etoilee because it’s fun to get the beautiful blue bottle out and spritz from it.
The bottle is beautiful.
I’ll confess that I talked myself into Nuit Etoilee for the bottle, but I’ve come to enjoy the scent, as well.
I have the EDT and love it. I also now have a 100 mL sample of the EDP but have not yet tried it. An informal comments poll revealed that more people like the EDP than the EDT.
I finally got a new cellphone since the BOGO deal was ending yesterday. Now I am figuring out my new Galaxy. Just waiting for the case I ordered off Amazon. Wearing the reminents of MKK and vintage Bal, which to my nose, is a great combination. I think I will wear Lolita Lempicka because it’s cheap and cheerful.
Congrats on your new phone!
No kidding: When I need something on my phone figured out, I yell for my 10 yr old son! HA HA He’s amazing IT help….Hubby wants me to upgrade my phone, but I hate the thought of having to learn the ins and outs of a new one! 🙂
CdG Skai–Vinyl, ozone, grapefruit and sandalwood. Very ex_machina.
I am drinking a mug of Margaret’s Hope 2nd flush.
I had something Margaret’s Hope yesterday afternoon, from a sample from Upton. It was probably fantastic but I did not enjoy it. I am too plebian to enjoy Darjeelings, apparently, even though I try again every so often. But they always bore me.
(Went and got my sample — might be the same as what you’re drinking: 2nd Flush, Darjeeling FTGFOP1. I bought it last summer and still have most of the sample, that’s how much I love it, ha)
I think Darjeelings can be trickly to brew. It took me a while to enjoy them, but these days I do. I love the First Flushes for their floral notes, and the Second Flushes for their fruit. Still not my favourite tea region. Have you tried any black teas from Nepal? They share some of their characteristics with Darjeelings, but seem a little more robust.
Darjeeling is my favorite! Years ago I visited Victoria BC and came home with some Murchie’s darjeeling, and pretty much lived on it for a year or so. I’m not sure of Murchie’s reputation anymore, but am off to order some now and find out. All these years of trying to find a good substitute … can’t believe I never thought of checking the interwebs for them before.
I have tried a few teas from Nepal, a few years back when my sister lived there. Generally speaking I like much bolder teas — my favorite black teas are usually Chinese (mostly Keemuns), although I drink Assams or blends in the morning, and I have a bunch of variations on Earl Grey, and a few Ceylon blacks which I really like. Other than that I mostly drink green teas & green-ish oolongs.
I’ve been drinking green teas for years but I’m really a newcomer to black teas, I only started a couple years ago when I had to (mostly) give up coffee.
Shangri-La Gold is a gorgeous Nepalese black tea.
I too like Ceylon blacks that I often drink in the morning as they always seem to hit the spot. Have you ever tried Vithinakande? Highly recommended.
I think I drink mostly black teas, quite a few oolongs and some green and white teas every now and again. Oh, and if you like Ceylons you might also enjoy teas from the Azores.
I recently had to give up coffee too. Although I cheat on the weekends!
Petunia, I cheat every so often too, with a little cold brew coffee. I really miss coffee!
Austenfan, yes, I had something from Upton called New Vithanakande FBOPF — went through 2 bags of that, then they no longer had it in stock. It was lovely. Currently working on another from Kenilworth Estate, nice but not quite as nice. Also liked one from St. Clair, but it was expensive.
I also cheat occasionally, coffee on a weekend afternoon or sometimes one on a particularly tough morning. I miss the smell more than anything else. But luckily so many teas to try!
Mine is the last of a bag from Palais des Thes. All part of the great m’toe sipdown of 2016. We have a huge Chinese wardrobe filled with tea and more tea bursting from every cabinet.
I am not big on 1st flush Darjeeling and much prefer the darker of the 2nd flushes. This one is okay, but still too bright and trebly for me. My favorites are the autumnal flushes which tend to be fruity/woody and have more mid-range and bass to mix my metaphors. Though I once had a cocktail that was a variation on the French 75 with Darjeeling infused simple syrup, cognac, lemon and champagne that was amazing.
That cocktail does sound amazing.
I’ve only tried one 3rd Flush, and not the very best quality, I think. I enjoyed it, but not as much as my Jungpana 2nd Flush FTGFOP1.
I’d been planning to wear S-Perfumes 100% Love, a rose-chocolate-raspberry perfume that always reminds me of a delicious, buttery chocolate raspberry truffle – definitely one of my ideas of fun. 🙂
When I looked up Robin’s review yesterday, though, I saw that 100% Love was composed by Sophia Grojsman and decided to wear it last night while it was still International Women’s Month. 🙂
https://freebox.it.com/2005/03/11/sperfume-100-love-fragrance-review/%3C/a%3E%3C/p%3E
So today I may follow Hammelis’s suggestion of HdP I Heart Les Carottes or maybe Love Coco.
FYI for those in D.C., I had a delicious pistachio cream-filled macaron at Paul on F Street, N.W., between 13th and 14th. They also have other flavors, including a beautiful raspberry, and boxed assortments.
I thought about wearing S-perfumes S-ex, but forgot to dig it out last night. Either Carottes or Coco should bring a smile.
Thank you for all of the fun suggestions!
What a lovely Gravatar!
WANT that pistachio macaron!
I’m going back for another the next time I’m downtown. I see from their Facebook page that they also have special cherry pastries for April. 🙂
It looks like they have several other locations around DC and also at least one in Massachusetts.
Happy April to you all! One month closer to summer 🙂
I am going to wear Gucci Rush later today if my headache disappears. Fun that one! I have one backup, and contemplating getting another..
For now I’m wearing out my sample of TDC I Miss Violet. Like it quite a lot, totally craving floral/vegetal/suede/pale leathers this spring. Would love a bottle, but not sure I think it is worth the price though. I’ll put it on my wishlist, and see if I will miss it enough.
Not familiar with I Miss Violet. I will have to check it out.
I also am contemplating a second back up bottle of Rush. I know most people wear it for fun, but for me it is my ” give me strength” perfume. I take it very seriously:)
I totally get that 🙂 It can be one of those “don’t mess with me today” – confidence boosters. Will have to try that out someday. Seriously fun too 😉 Quite fond of it, and can’t think of any other scent like it.
Hope that headache went away!
It did! Thanks 🙂 Gucci Rush waftings into the night.
Enjoying Heeley Bubblegum Chic Extrait today, though I think that ELDO’s Encens et Bubblegum is actually more fun. 🙂
I’m off work today, which is fun … but woke up with a massive headache, which is not, and which is messing with my perfume ideas for today’s theme. Since the gods apparently want me to go with something light, it will probably be Jennifer Aniston (beachy fun), or Diptyque L’Eau Tarocco (orange-y fun). Or maybe Diptyque Eau Rose, which my husband thinks smells like the best bubblebath ever. Or maybe I’ll go outside and gather a bunch of blossoms off our overloaded flowering cherry tree and rub them all over myself – now THAT sounds like fun. 🙂
Or you could gather the blossoms and have a petal bath! Might also help with the headache. Feel better, and enjoy your day off!
What a fabulous idea! In the end this morning I tried Atelier Bois Blond, couldn’t smell it at all, and topped it off with Wood Sage & Sea Salt. Soothing. But now that it’s nearing 60 degrees outside, I’m going to take myself outdoors and do some digging in the dirt … and seriously consider that petal-bath idea for afterwards. Thanks for the suggestion!
Down with headaches and their perfume-wearing interference!
Apparently, I associate fun with fruity fragrances which are very underrepresented in my collection (my fruityest fragrance is probably either a decant of Rose Ikebana or my bottle of Grand Neroli), so I was thinking of wearing some Calyx but my sample has evaporated. Instead, my SOTD is Peau de Peche by Keiko Mecheiro (not sure that’s the proper name…?) which I think is pretty fun. I wish I had spritz a couple more times though since it has already soften quite a bit.
That’s the right name – I have a decant of that and it’s lovely, although not long lasting.
Keiko Mecheri
It is quite nice, like a soft embrace. I should get a decant of this so that I can try it when sprayed with abandon (my 1ml is a couple of sprtizs away from being gone)
It’s a nice one.
SOTD: 4160 Tuesday’s New York 1955
Cotton candy gourmand X raspberry-violet-rose lipstick scent, two of my favourite perfume themes. Makes me happy every time!
Wow!
Sounds interesting!
Drole de Rose as I seem to think of light and pink as fun.
OOTD black pencil skirt with lipstick coloured stripes and fitted black top with a few similar stripes. Also appropriately light in feel.
What a perfect scent / outfit combo!
Thanks – it makes you realise how fun it is to match (but I doubt it would work on most work mornings when it’s more a case of run out the door trying to look vaguely ok…)
Drôle de Rose is such a fun scent!
Fun for me is chocolate, and lots of it! So I’m in my very last bit of Gourmand Coquin and feeling all fun & chocolaty.
Happy Friday!
You smell yummy! Love that one.
Yum! I forgot to include it on my FUN contenders list but I definitely considered it as well!
No fun for me so far: woke up with a massive headache.
I planned to wear Atelier Cologne’s Trefle Pur, might actually brave it a bit later. I haven’t worn it for a long time, but as far as I remember it smells like running through a meadow under an early summer sunshine, lighthearted and carefree.
Ah, headache twins … hope we both feel better soon.
Oh, hello, headache twin! I haven’t seen your comment before typing mine. I also hope we both feel better. There’s something utterly wrong about having a headache on April Fools Day.
My headache today is entirely self-inflicted – an April fool indeed! :^s
Solidarity to all the headache peeps! Hope everyone’s feeling better by now.
Hmmm. Not sure I’m all that much fun. My collection seems generally serious. . . So I dug out my dusty bottle of MJ Bang. A spritz on my hand to say I’m participating, but it is unlikely to survive through the day. It’s not a very good fit with the lovely weather.
I am taking a much-needed personal day to check off about a dozen things from my to-do list that just couldn’t get done on a non-school day–strategically planned for when it would be 70 degrees and sunny! 😀
Oh drat. Just realized I totally could justify Lipstick Rose for today. Might go wash my hands now. . . black pepper seems WRONG for spring!
I sort of thought the same about my collection and the realised actually depending on how you think about various perfumes they can be fun!
Anyway good luck with the to do list.
Well, there’s no question that PERFUME is more fun that NO PERFUME! 😀
Just one spritz of Lush Rose Jam, then hopefully going back to sleep. This was the only fun fragrance in my collection, which I should remember next time I consider making a FB purchase.
So many perfumes represented today are in my top 20 to try list,
U all smell wonderful.
I’m wearing Annick Goutals Quel Amour!, pink, fruity and fun!
Twins!! I also considered my other exclamation point perfumes – Dzing! (Too weird for today) and Ex`cla-ma`tion (too high school).
You smell good and yes pink equals fun to me too.
I very nearly went for a Goutal but realised I don’t have any of her ‘pink’ ones so Drole de Rose it is.
I still haven’t tried Drole de Rose, although it sounds like my cup of tea, Lipstick Rose is one of my favourites, and I have been tempted to BB DdR on eBay, but I have scent eating skin, and I know L’artisan’s can be quite ethereal..
Maybe I will hunt it out on our perfume Expedition in London!
Worth Courtesan for me today. Fruit salad with musk dressing really is fun! I’m loving seeing other’s choices today. Putting some things on my sample list- especially those with “bubblegum” in the name.
I’m wearing Little Miss Panda Gets Lei’d.
OK that made me splutter coffee all over my desk – I am going to have to go and google that one…or is this 1 April and am I being completely daft? Either way thanks for the giggle.
That’s a real Smell Bent scent.
I also haven’t heard about this scent before. Now I’m actually thinking about difficulties of breeding pandas in captivity.
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Thus far that name is the most fun 😀 Thanks for the levity!
Too funny! What a great present for the girl who has everything.
Awesome….PERFECT pick today!! LOL 🙂
Such fun reading all these… I originally thought I’d go for one of the new Demeters I got…Cupcake or Baby Shampoo… But then I started digging through samples.
So, it is Olympia! A Paris music hall… That seems fun, and since I’m heading downtown for a lunch date, works for that too…
For the fun challenge, I thought I would wear Ananas Fizz, but since I put on my hippy denim skirt today, I decided to wear some Chillum. Smells like sandalwood, campfire and weed. How fun is that?
That sounds perfect!
Perfect fun!
Rahat Loukoum for me today — another odd but lovely choice for a day of fieldwork. Packing for work this morning was fun; I was like, breastpump… compass…
LOL!
Your post caught me by surprise and made me laugh aloud during breakfast. I’m glad my husband isn’t here to wonder why he married this oatmeal-spewing weirdo. 🙂
Heehee!
Too late for the fun game. Alice was one of my secret friends when a kid. The second one was Tutankhamun! I hade advanced tasted even then.
If I had any left I would have worn Dzing! it allways maked me giddy with joy.
Instead its CKbe, a casual splash that I’m curiously attached to. It starts with an overdose of linalool, the sweet, fresh smell that dominates Lavender, then settles in dry spices (it’s almost a fougere) and skin-close musks. In hot weather it a hot floral note pops up. Supposed to be magnolia.
I feel a deep, abiding connection to Alice, too! Wish I’d been awesome enough to feel connected to King Tut, though. My other secret friend was Jim Morrison. 🙂
You’ve got great taste in friends.
I’m fighting a headache this morning too. Not sure if it’s a result of spending yesterday laying in the mud with my head in a trench trying to find a leaky pipe, lack of sleep due to surprise hail, or the really screwy weather.
I’m in a very good mood in any case because we needed the small amount of rain and watching the kitties react to the piles of melting hail was very amusing.
I was planning on wearing something very fruity and un-perfumista like for today’s challenge, Ineke’s Scarlet Larkspur, but am instead enjoying reading everyone else’s SOTDs and waiting to see how my headache turns out. I might risk Pulp later if I feel up to it since I now have a serious craving.
Hope you get relief soon MM! So many people with bad headaches today. I wonder if it’s the pollen count?
I’m sure mine is some combination of allergens and atmospheric pressure. It’s interesting that my headaches seem to coincide with others’.
I almost always get headaches from big pressure changes. Blerg. Feel better soon.
Hope your headache goes away and you get to enjoy Pulp!
All perfume is fun, so a hard choice. Was going to go with Nuxe Prodigieux for the summery-beachy fun factor, or Gucci Rush for the party-girl fun vibe, but decided on Mohur just because it makes me so happy.
There are a few perfumes that I get gleefully excited about wearing and Mohur is on that special list.
I sometimes wonder why I have any other kind, but I think the ones that are just nice/interesting/appropriate for the occasion have their place too. Then the ones that make you go “squeeee!” remain special treats.
Pulp shower gel. Then What We Do in Paris is Secret
What We Do In Paris Is Secret was my second choice for today. You smell terrific!
I wore this yesterday! Fun!
Love that shower gel.
I’m rocking Love & Toast Honey Coconut and I feel like a walking, talking macaroon. 🙂
Not necessarily a bad thing. 🙂
Oh, definitely an asset, as my husband will attest. 🙂
Guerlain’s French Kiss is what reminds me of Lauderee macaroons
Ooh, lovely. Mine is more Manischewitz… the “congolais” type of coconut sweet.
Fool’s Friday: Am wearing Fresh Cream by Philosophy AND Wasabi&Pear Body and Soul spray by Nest. I smell like Jolly Rogers fruit candy cake batter, which is perfect.
Ooh, I may wear Fresh Cream tomorrow. I’ll be cooped up in a car with family and I could pass that off as vanilla cereal.
I’m wearing No.9 Ocean Air by The Blend. It reminds me of sun tan lotion (not sunscreen) and salt spray.
Thought of Pulp and Bombay Bling and Pichola. PG Isparta, which is like a delicious rose candy and makes me want to chew on my arm. Le Lebo Neroli because beach = fun. Sel Marin because ditto. Corsica Fiorosa because beach in Corsica double ditto. But then I saw Birds of Paradise is on the long list for a prize and decided to wear it in honor of the achievement and because I am trying to decide on a full bottle. (It’s expensive, but the bottles are beautiful, which long rectangular wood caps.)
Oohhh. All sound simply delightful!
Oooooh, I was so annoyed with my child this morning–she go up in the middle of the night and sneakily ate half a chocolate bunny from the easter basket, and go chocolate all over her bed. I was NOT in the mood for a fun scent. I went with Bond No.9’s Harrods for Her, as the thought of being many miles away, shopping in Harrods with no sticky child sounded very appealing.
Such a naughty little midnight marauder! It’s a good thing kids are so stinkin cute.
Seriously! She has been forgiven, but will not get sweets for a few days.
Not trying to one up you, but my puppy sat up in bed last night and before I could even open my other eye- URP! All over the bed. I’ll take chocolate any day of the week ????
Deva, thank you for the dose of perspective. I, too, will take chocolate over puppy vomit any day. Bonus that neither were in *my* bed. 🙂
Oh no! Cute yet infuriating at the same time!
Wearing Florabellio today…
It is fun and a real shape-shifter imo…goes back and forth between floral and salty all day. There’s supposed to be coffee too but not sure I get that. Maybe some bitter and burnt at times.
I’m surprised at how quickly I’m draining my sample of this one…
I am wearing SJP’s Lovely as the post about the new fragrance reminded me of this gem.
Lovely is the very 1st perfume that I bought for myself…..it is SO good!
I’m looking forward to the new sister fragrance to SJP’s Lovely. I’m hoping it will be worth a sniff. I never quite got along with Lovely even though I want to wear it since I find it very nice on a friend.
My fun frag is Mojo Magique VooDoo Child. Love the company and their fun packaging.
I never heard of this line. Taking notes…
SOTD is Black Orchid, for Vegas-style fun. Seriously jealous of all those wearing Pulp today, as I have already burned through my 10 ml decant, and really want a full bottle. This afternoon’s fun – I’m going in to the shelter to adopt the dog I’ve been fostering! He’s 8 years old, has joint problems, and a bite history (mild, and a result of redirection when he’s gone crazy over the nearness of another dog, he’s otherwise great with just people), and could be a poster dog for why no-kill shelters are needed, as he wouldn’t have lasted a week at a kill shelter.
Good luck! How very kind and brave you are to adopt an adult dog! Wishing you many happy and loving years together.
As a shelter volunteer, thank you, thank you, thank you for adopting a senior dog. They have so much to give and are so often overlooked. And for fostering! You are wonderful. Signed, currently fostering 6 cats. 😉
Oh my gosh, as a shelter worker, thank YOU so much for being a volunteer! The shelter I work at has many volunteers (their volunteer hours put together equal something like 50 full time staff), and the awesome work they do really restores my faith in humanity. It counters the sometimes horrible behavior in people that results in so many dogs and cats ending up in shelters in the first place.
Great, so nice to read. What is his name?
His name is Tracker. The perfect name for a dog that loves to walk with his nose to the ground.
Congratulations and thank you for adopting a cantankerous geezer. One of the best dogs I ever had was older and a multiple return “problem dog”.
Awwww!! Congratulations on your new furry baby!! 🙂
I am wearing Dot today in celebration of my puppy girl’s birthday – her name is Dot of course. 🙂 Wearing the Marc Jacobs version on the left wrist and the Comme des Garçons version on the right. Happy birthday princess!
Happy Birthday, Dot! 🙂
Fun fragrances and fun reason to wear them!
Happy Birthday Dot!! Your mom smells great today!! 🙂
How fun. Double Dot for Dot!
Damn, I forgot about Dzing! Otherwise I woudl have worn it too. I’m wearing Aftelier Secret Garden today, recently got hold of a few samples . Cuir de Gardenia and Wild roses are still waiting their turn. I thought Secret Garden because it’s sort of put me in mind of Alice in Wonderland, and secret door, and rabbit, and gardens, and generally I thought it would be fitting. The perfume itself.. well.. it’s not as much fun. It’s quite serious, actually. I like it, but it’s kind a more dark and sinister secret garden, in a sense.
So, now what else is there to try from Aftelier? I’m very intrigued by this brand, and it’s quite hard to come by here in the UK.
Hi tippie, where did u get you’re Aftelier samples?, i didn’t think there was a stockist here. I only know Scent samples UK. I really want to explore Sonoma scents & DSH as well, so frustrating, they all sound amazing.
Do u know about the London meet up in May?, just thought I’d mention it, in case u missed the meet up thread.
Robin,
We are scent twins today! 🙂
My Byredo Pulp came in last night. I couldn’t wait to put it on this morning. I had a horrible start to my morning (locked my keys in my car with cell phone, wallet, money, purse, and light panel on in my car)
But, believe it or not, while the cold wind was blowing (in the 60’s in Houston this morning….WHAT!), my Pulp brought a great smile to my face as I continuously got whiffs of it). Awwww, the power of fragrance! Hope everyone has a great weekend!
u smell fantastic, glad it arrived in time for project, and cheered up you’re rubbish morning.
I have tried this once, and I adored it, on my FB list for the summer.
The power of fragrance indeed!
🙂
Hey twin! And so glad it made your day better.
🙂
I’ve got to reseach this Pulp stuff!! 🙂
Glad you’re day is improving!!
Thanks!
I’m wearing Lumiere Blanche, because the sprayer likes to play tricks on me, and drinking lapsang souchong, because it fools people into thinking I’ve cooked bacon.
I haven’t tried Pulp.. I need to do that. It seems to be getting some love today. I went with Demeters today. I was torn between two of my samples, so I have one on each arm. And they are Gingerale and Egg Nog. The gingerale scent is pretty true to life and gets the fizz too. The egg nog one, however.. if they’d labeled it “cookie-scented candle” I’d believe it. It even has a note in it that smells like candle wax.
Also, I should be getting the L’Artisans I bought from HauteLook today! Wheee!
Also, also: PSA to my fellow Houstonians who live/work/do stuff around the Galleria: I was at the Walgreens at Westheimer & Sage the other day, and the SA in the cosmetics section told me they’re having a 20% off sale from 4/10 – 4/16, and the Demeter fragrances are included in that. Just in case you need any, you know. I was there to buy a bottle of Honeysuckle but decided to wait and go back for the sale.
Heh it’s quite interesting to note the type perfumes seen as ‘fun’ as opposed to perfumes people might wear in an ‘unfunny’ mood.
‘I’m a starched-up board room biatch in my No5 so don’t give me that bs with your ‘fun’ perfumes! Fun? FUN?? Who give two hoots about fun?? I’m No5! Lick my steel-capped boots!’
Anyhoo, the closest in my collection would be Lou Lou but I didn’t feel like Lou Lou. So I wore Truth by Calvin Klein. Tis a verry nice clover-y vetiver and whatnot with excellent longevity. Muchly appreciated now that somewhat warmer weather is around the corner.
Ooh I might need to try that, clover and vetiver sounds like it would be right up my alley.
I almost went wit Dzing! but went with Bombay Bling.
I would have worn Bombay Bling today if I had some! It is very fun, isn’t it?
Great choice!
Sorry for the missing “h” in “with”.
It’s bright and sunny outside but the temp is not in line, so I’m wearing Bobbi Brown Beach and pretending it’s warmer out then it is 🙂
And in the latest Elle magazine (April) there was a perfume sample of Alien. NOT a strip or even a tiny foil packet with towelette, its a real atomizer!! You pull up the top and then press the bottle image, there is a tiny plastic nozzle atomizer that sprays perfume. It clearly has more then one spray in it. Maybe I’m behind in this type of news, but I’ve NEVER seen anything like this in a magazine before, it’s quite generous and novel. This was magazine sent to me as a subscriber so I’m not sure if the same thing is available off the magazine stands.
Katrina mentioned that sample in her post above, and I was wondering what she meant by “ingenious” and was going to ask … but now I know – thanks!
There was one in the last Cosmopolitan I got, too. (Not a subscriber, exactly–they just started arriving.)
It IS a headachey kind of day. Lots of sinus pressure. THAT’S no fun. But I’m wearing Hilde Soliani FRaaagola saalaaata, which to me smells of strawberries and balsamic vinegar over vanilla gelato with a mint leaf.
Hope everyone feels better! (And Missionista – better it was chocolate all over the bed…)
Ugh, headaches begone! Strawberry and salt seems so weird to me, but it sounds like like it smells good!…
I love that scent. I am hoarding my tiny sample. You smell lovely and fun.
Hello, and happy April to NST. It’s early Saturday morning (Dakkiecwoke me being sad again), and it’s raining, but it’s a GOOD day, ‘cos the dear man will be back from Australia this afternoon. I’ve missed him a stupid amount-clearly, I’m not self-contained at all. To keep on smelling of fun, I’ve put on Keiko Mecheri Loukhoum, which I really like most days (today’s one of those days, thank goodness). I smell like the air around the candy floss stall at a fair, all warm sugar and –well, nothing much else, actually. Fattening, unhealthy, non-nutritious, tooth-rotting, and delicious! I don’t eat candy floss, but it seems I don’t mind smelling of it. Perhaps when I grow up I’ll fall out of love with gourmands, but in the meantime, I’m going to wallow in them shamelessly and happily!
Maybe Dakkie misses the dear man too?
Occurs to me that we should all be grateful that Robin didn’t decide to celebrate today with Poisson d’Avril instead. A whole ‘lot of Womanity going around!
Marjorie Rose:
Could you please tell us when you met Mr. Spicebomb (and how) and when you got engaged? It seems I get here too late and you ‘ve already gone when I ask about your interesting love life.
Thanks.
Celestia
Hey Celestia!
Mr. Spicebomb and I met on match dot com. I’d been online dating 2-3 years when I met him. (I was *his* first date since he’d recently joined. Lucky dog!) We’ve been together nearly 3 years (3 yrs. in July), and he proposed about two weeks ago while we were on vacation, driving down the Oregon coast.
I feel very happy and very fortunate! He’s a great guy, and I’ve spent most of my life fearing I’d missed my chance at marriage, having spent a decade with a dud during most folks’ prime dating years.
Thanks! 🙂
My favorite vacation of all time was driving down the coast of Oregon and Northern California back in 2000. Hubby and I were young, no kids yet, and just picked out random restaurants and hotels along the route. Very romantic time….I can imagine it was perfect for your romantic moment/proposal! CONGRATS!!!
Thanks for filling us/me in, Marjorie Rose. I’ve enjoyed reading about your journey to the altar. Hope you’ll give us more details about the wedding in the future.
Congratulations to the groom-to-be and best wishes to you!
MR – I remember you telling us about your FIRST date Spicebomb AND giving him that name 😀 So absolutely amazing you are now engaged 😀 I hope you wedding invitations are going to say “Please join us for the marriage of Spice Bomb and the lovely Lipstick Rose! And then, if they only made inexpensive minis you could gift all your guests with them…
Oh, those would make the BEST favors, wouldn’t they?! BRILLIANT idea! 😀 (If only I could raid the samples drawer at Barney’s!)
Would sure beat candied almonds!
You can contact the company to see if they will either gift you or sell you the samples 😉
SOTD = started with Lush’s Yuzu and Cocoa shower cream, then a bit of AG Myrrhe Ardente, post shower. I smell like the world’s BEST root beer float! And what isn’t fun about a root beer float?
Nothing!
Oh, I love both of those! You smell fab!
I just started using the Yuzu and Cocoa. It’s smells slightly coconutty on me but if I just think “shea butter” the coconut goes away 😉
Yuzu and Cocoa is a chameleon on me. Sometimes I get fancy Creamsicle, and sometimes it’s more towards coconut. Not really getting a chocolate vibe of any sort from it, though. It has definitely grown on me.
I’m wearing Fou d’Opium by DSH Perfumes. It’s new! It’s spicy and uplifting! I love the name! And I think I love it more than Opium!
I think I have an untested sample in Mount Sample!
I thought I had no ‘fun’ in my collection and have spent the day in Cuir d’Ange, which is beautiful but stately. Reading this has reminded me I have an untried sample of Bubblegum Chic at home though.
Today I’m wearing Five O’Clock au Gigembre. I think it’s fun any time of the year! I’m also wearing a chartreuse sweater and shorts – shorts for the first time in I don’t know when. Although they sure fit me better last summer … too much pie and cake this winter, heh
SOTD is Alice + Peter Cherry Cherry. I’m glad I bought the collection on discount when I did because it looks like they’ve fallen off the face of the earth. To be fair, this bottle’s only three years old and already slightly turned, so…
It’s a toss up between Blackbird and New Musk for me. Both of these are recent purchases. I like Blackbird more and more and have worn it pretty much every day since getting it. I think that’s how I do things…like new shoes, new bags, new books, new types of honey…wear, read, or eat them continuously for a few weeks ( or until half finished) and then that’s it for a while. Might explain why I have mostly half full bottles and a stack of unfinished novels in my life. I enjoy the blackberry in Blackbird and it is perfect for autumn. New Musk is a bit more of a challenge as it is pretty and musk and I am not very comfortable with pretty or musk (or elegant scents for that matter). But I guess that’s part of the fun, and getting a perfume all the way from a sweet guy in Arizona is fun for sure…just makes me laugh. The perfume equivalent of hosting an exchange student.
“The perfume equivalent of hosting an exchange student.” I love that idea! Also, it makes me smile to think your New Musk came all that way from just across town from me! (Dame may say “Scottsdale”, but the mailing address and warehouse are down here in the Old Pueblo.) ????
How cool! It had a fantastic cliff top, ocean walk today: ocean, hills, petrels, sooty shearwaters, albatrosses, terns, fur seals, sea lions, silver sun rays and shadows of low mist …and tussocks…i kept pressing my wrist to my nose as i plodded up a very big hill. I was out looking for scented grass but found none…four hours of fun and now I am knackerd.
I’m *so* glad you’re enjoying Blackbird! I don’t think anyone’s done a blind buy based on anything I’ve said, so I was really worried!
It is wonderful and like you say on your blog the fir becomes less noticeable and the blackberry really becomes richer and juicier with each wear. I have used half the bottle already and i also like the woodcut and the seattle chocolate too. So massive thanks.
Nuit de Tubereuse – Juicy Fruit!
That opening IS Juicy Fruit, then sweet floral spice. It is a fun and unusual scent. Well chosen. You smell fantastic!
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Happy Friday, Happy April Fools!
My fun SOTD is Pacifica Malibu Lemon Blossom. Pure sun-and-surf goodness.
Oooooh!! I need to seek that out, next time I hit Sprouts Farmers Market! That sounds like a winner…
(I love Sprouts!) MLB is such a happy scent and one of my favorites because it’s something I can wear all the way through the furnace heat of a desert summer. I recommend spritzing your clothes or hair to boost the longevity.
I’m wearing Lolita Lempicka this morning, both for the goofy bottle and for the fun anise note. I might organize my samples today, they have escaped the little box that is supposed to contain them and now cover the top of the vanity table. A few more have migrated to the dresser, so order must be reimposed.
For me, all perfume is fun!! But, in the spirit of the challenge, I have selected Fragonard’s RIVIERA, RIVIERA. I bought this in Grasse at the wonderful Fragonard gift shop/factory. It was my first trip to the South of France and its sunny citrus and mimosa scent takes me right back to what was a magical time in my life. Love it.
Happy April 1st to all you “fools” out there…..enjoy!
How is the longevity?
not fantastic, but most things last on me for a reasonable amount of time. It is more cologne like in its strength and sillage. But, you can spray with abandon!
Black Opium for me today. Flirty sexy fun!
I crave that one sometimes!!
Wanted to let you know that Black Opium now comes in a lotion and a dry oil!
Goutal Folavril, 1990s vintage bottle before it smelled awful via reformulation like laundry softener which led to its current discontinuation
Folavril! Perfect for today.
Oooh, do tell how you came about your screen name!
Good day here for a focus on fun perfume. Its very wet and dull – we needed the rain, but I don’t think it necessarily needed to arrive on Saturday. I’m thinking of Plum, or maybe Chinatown as a good contrast to the gray day outside.
Totally agree with the comments that all perfume is fun 🙂
O by BPAL for the April Fool’s challenge. It makes me feel silly in a cloud of honey, salt and erm, woman. Normally I tone it down with Philosykos, but wanted to be a little out there. I had a spontaneous compliment from a gentleman in an office I visited. That really made me smile. Be well.
Random perfume compliments are the best!- sorry what do O and BPAL stand for?
I don’t know about the O (unless that’s just the name of the perfume), but BPAL = Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab.
Thanks!
Yes, sorry for the confusion. BPAL is Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab, and O is the title of the perfume. BPAL has ?hundreds? of scents in oil form. I haven’t been on the website in a long time, but the goth poetry and stories fascinated me. I remember O was listed under Ars Amorata. It is a unique company aesthetic and community. (Thanks for asking!)
Will look at their website, thanks!
SOTD Gourmand Coquin because it’s fun to smell like a delicious chocolate cupcake 🙂
Very busy and productive day. Did everything from cleaning house, doing laundry, washing windows, steam cleaning carpeting, and got an hour spin class worked in. I’m done. For the year????!
As far as scent goes, I bought a travel size Bergamot Soleil yesterday while perusing in Sephora. The opening is fantastic and fun, was planning on wearing it for today’s project. The opening lasts all of about five minutes and then…nothing. I must be anosmic to the “Musc” dry down. Glad I only bought the purse size.
So I decided to go boozy with Arquiste #57. Booze is fun, right?
Booze is ALWAYS fun! 😉
I’ll vote for that.
Yes!
Most of the Atelier Colognes do that on me. It should be easy to swap, though!
Getting a late start on the day. Going to take a nice walk, and planning on covering myself with Bronze Goddess. For fun and sun 🙂
After reading the irises for spring piece, I couldn’t help putting on my gifted sample of Iris Cendre. Such a delight. I drained it.
Not being much of a joiner I hardly ever join the Friday (Saturday) project, but today I went with Amarige.
Amarige was always intended as a joyous happy fragrance, but especially since the crushing Luca Turin review, it feels like poor taste to reveal that you like it. Well, phooey to that. The fun of wearing Amarige lies partly in the sheer defiance of critical opinion. 🙂
Ah, Amarige does suffer from something of an image problem. But why? It’s lovely. I get the same feeling about admitting to enjoying Ysatis.
Perhaps it’s a Givenchy thing? 😉
I like Ysatis too, nearly wore it today. Yes, it and Amarige got a lot of use – overuse – in the 80s & 90s. Same with White Diamonds. They came to represent the worst excesses of perfumery for a lot of people, I guess.
I like both of those! De gustibus non est disputadum.
Double phooey! 😀
Puh this had me scratching my head a bit, but finally came up with Fils de Dieu. The scent evokes holiday and thai food to me 🙂 plus I think the names of the perfumes are a lot of fun.
Fils de Dieu is truly a fun name. I love it when a scent’s name tickles my brain. ELdO’s Like This is another one that makes me smile.
I had a very relaxing day today, I went to an estate sale found vintage eau de joy and then to Cos since they had a great sale, and went for a manicure . I am not cooking tonight just ordering in and I am wearing Tom Ford Santal blush. I am not sure if it can be defined as a fun scent though.
Sounds like you had fun while wearing Santal Blush! ????
Had a couple of challenges to face today so though i had nominated Alchimie – for its lovely amber fruit, I didn’t feel like it would give me enough backbone. Instead I wore Jolie Madame which carried me through just fine 🙂
Toinight I’m in a little Lipstick Rose for the indulgence of it!
La Chasse aux Papillons is my easy-to-love fun scent. Most of the time I prefer simple, easy fun. A challenge can be nice, but today is Friday, so I
opt for easy.
La Chasse perfectly recalls the sweet yellow-green scent of honeysuckle vines and flowers growing in the backyard of my childhood home. It’s like space-time travel in a bottle. Pure bliss.
I’ve enjoyed reading today’s fun scents and comments. I hope anyone fooled today had a fun and funny experience. My sister gave me a moment’s pause when she said she read that Trader Joe’s is closing. If that actually happened I’d cry.
Two pub trivia facts that popped into my head:
Today is Susan Boyle’s birthday and the anniversary of the creation of Apple, Inc. It’s a good day for dreamers.
LOVE La Chasse as well as your description!
A good day for dreamers – that’s wonderfully put. We should all set aside time for dreaming.
I love LCaP, and it is very joyous. Have you tried any other scents with linden? I Scent You a Day had a review of La Chasse that was essentially, meh, just an average linden blossom perfume, which made me wonder what I might be missing. The only other one I’ve smelled was DSH Ma Plus Belle, at a perfume event a couple of years ago, not long after I fell down the rabbit hole. I still recall the scent clearly (there’s wisteria, too), and regret not buying some then and there. (“Too floral for me,” I remember thinking. Idiot.)
LCaP is so lovely. I’ll try the Extreme version next, and maybe Mimosa pour Moi.
I haven’t tried other linden scents, but I am always on the lookout for them. I’ve learned that I love yellow flowers like linden, ylang, and honeysuckle with white flowers like jasmine.
I must try La chasse, it sounds beautiful from you’re description.
Oy vey! I had a crazy busy day! All of a sudden, everyone became especially needy today. One colleague whom I haven’t talked with in ages (but due for a conversation in 3Q) called me out of the blue to ask bizarre questions — and even she knew they were not exactly my coverage area when she started with “I know yoy don’t handle this but perhaps you can direct me to the right person.” Anyway, it was appropos for my SOTD which is more in the realm of weird rather than FUN.
SOTD = CdG + Stephen Jones Wisteria Hysteria
Props to the packaging — milky white onion-shaped bottle with vertical folds wrapped in a veil-like plastic sheet nestled inside a mini hat box. How cool is that?!? The juice — soapy spicy carnation with indeterminate anyflower and metallic overtones – it’s unlike anything I’ve smelled but not my favorite. Overall, the fun factor was definitely there and I’m glad I wore it today.
Other contenders were:
Prada Candy
Angel Eau Sucree
4160Tuesdays Sexiest (bkah blah too lazy to look up the correct name)
Voyage d’Hermes Parfum
Bvlgari Black
Guerlain French Kiss
I can’t wait to read what the NST siblings picked today!
I was hoping Bvlgari Black would pop up today. That stunning bottle sits within striking distance of being an April Fool’s joke all by itself.
Agreed! I think the Aedes de Venustas and Ramon Monegal bottles are fun, too!
Late to the party with Chants d’Aromas, which makes me giggle every time I wear it…
April Fools Day came a day early for me when Robin one-upped me with that lovely photo of the macarons yesterday and then several NST’rs mentioned the yummy Laduree macarons. I had already chosen my scent for Fun Friday, L’Occitane Delices des Fleurs, because its sugared rose petals and powdery violet reminded me of my visit to the Laduree restaurant and tearoom on the Champs Elysees, one of my most delightful memories of a Paris trip and where I first learned to love that special French sweet. I made more fun memories today wearing that scent, spent the whole day having fun and laughing with the grandkids. Walking home from the Zootopia movie, we passed a lovely linen shop whose window display featured an assortment of French tea towels. My favorite one was a colorful depiction of the Eiffel Tower – which was made of macarons! I must have it and will be going back to pick that one up on Monday!
Laila for the win!
I had planned to wear Bombay Bling! But I had various swap items lying around, including a decant of By Kilian Back to Black (thank you, KVA), and it’s supposed to get hot next week, when even I might not wear a heavy tobacco scent, so, long story short, I cheated a bit. I spent the morning in various swap and sample order goodies that arrived in the last week (including Britney Spears Island Fantasy, an extra, which is going to get a serious trial on a warm day), and am now in Back to Black, and contemplating spraying on a little of the L’Artisan Tea for Two that finally arrived this evening, which I bought blind in the Hautelook sale, despite it being a full ten dollars over my blind-buy limit, before shipping, even. (Enabler pins all around to everyone who mentioned the sale here! I thank and/or curse you, depending on how it does on me.) I feel that I have stayed true to the general spirit of the day though, as what is more fun than trying a bunch of new perfumes? And then reading about the fun you all had with your choices? (Pulp is going on my sample list right now.)